Peace College - Lotus Yearbook (Raleigh, NC)

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a.:. ' i;ia!mmmjm,iii «jMyaia)ffw»CTia! (Tl)S The Freshmen ' s Brief Glimpse of Raleigh Nightlife From tha first Friday that you were in Ralaigh, you understood that, tf a Peace girl A aan ' t going home, she w as going to Crazy Zack ' s for Happy Hour. A marvelous crow d hung out there. You dressed yourself in full awareness of the fact that you would be in com- petition vtfith all those girls from Meredith, St. Mary ' s, and N.C.S.U. And you A anted so much to im- press those wonderful guys that you nnissed out on A hile you were on cam- pus at Peace. Oh, those ex- hilerating nnen in their bur- mude shorts, knit Polo shirts A ith upturned col- lars — or perhaps a mad- ras plaid shirt A ith rolled up sleeves, topp ed off with a hat bearing their country club crest or those ever- popular Greek tetters. You were thrilled when that cute guy in the yellow shirt and plaid burmudas, whom you talked to for an hour and a half, asked for your phone number. He ' ll proba- bly noyfor call — you kne Af that — but then again, maybe he may decide to surprise you! Something ' s changed at Zack ' s, and at Harpo ' s as A ell. The freshest and the most excited faces aren ' t there anymore. The giggle in the girls ' pow der room has died someu hat. The freshmen are gone. As u e all kno A , October 1 , 1 983 put an and to the nightlife of the eighteen- year-olds — wefl, at the bers anyway. Our neigh- bor, Governor Jim Hunt, Bcted in response to tregedy after tragedy — in- nocent lives being taken by irresponsible drivers. The ne A la A raised the

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If They Only Kne A Your mom and dad are probably bragging to their friends, If I went to visit my daughter right now , IMI bet she ' d be sitting in the library with her chemistry book, striving to nnake nothing lass than an ' A ' on the next test. Ugh, would you like me to break the na Ms to thenn? Mom and Dad, you ' d proba- bly find your daughter watching TV or gabbing with friends. Oh, there are those who are working, cutting out articles from newspapers for their biology class or doing a map study. But then there are the soap- opera experts M ho can tell you w ho the latest murder victim is, wrho had sonneone ' s baby Csonne- one other than her hus- band, of course), and A ho is participating in the big- gest scandal in every weekdey-afternoon soap opera. But there a I a a y s seems to be one on the end of every couch A ho is bored by the A orthle88- ness and triviality of the mindless sho A s. Others try to forget their studies by finding something in thoir room to play w ith. Af- ter all, all w ork and no play A ou1d make a very boring day. But in spite of all the Peace girls ' extracurricu- lar activities, they are here to learn something. And sometimes they do get around to studying.

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drinking age to nineteen, and nnost college fresh- men are only eighteen. Not only are they res- tricted from beer; they are also cut off from the places to dance, meet people, and join many of their friends. They did, how ever, go out w ith quit:e a bang! Near- ly every freshman girl at Peace urant out that last night, along wfith the rest of the Raleigh eigh- teen-year-olds. DJ ' s at lo- cal bars played and dedi- cated songs for them. The excitement and last- tinne-for-a-year worked thenn Into vigorous dances of frustration for their plight. Not ready to leave, the girls jumped into their cars and sped down Hill- sborough Street in order to meke it in by that notorious midnight curfe w. Too bad we lost the fresh- men, but never fear, the sophomores will uphold the Zack ' s tradition.