Pearl River Community College - Wildcat Yearbook (Poplarville, MS)

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Moving In — A Hassle for Students Moving in is an especially trying time for most students. Finding out you live on the third floor of Huff or being made to believe no males are permitted upstairs in Marion Hall, not even to help with several large suit- cases, can be an experience in itself. Multiply this by being too late to get the bottom bunk, when you have this thing about heights, and quickly realizing that your roommate loves animals, hates sports, and has this infatua- tion for Doritos.

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Freshmen Frustrated by Registration Several PRC students began college in the summer, soon after the regular school year had ended. Some were 16, some were retired, but they all were faced with the experiences of registration. Freshmen found it was a series of unending frustration, while sophomores smugly endured the familiar ordeal. The day ' s events included fix- ing a schedule suitable for a genius, paying fees equal to a summer ' s work, and get- ting an ID made that resembled a circus freak. After signing their lives away for 18 weeks, students sat down in exhaustion, went to their rooms in shock, or left for home in disgust. With the parking lot being repaved, the clogged streets added to the sense of desperation. After the preliminaries were over, classes started. Another year had begun. 75

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Sleep is a rare phenomena experi- enced by few when Hving in one of Pearl River ' s six dormitories. Talk- ing, laughing, practical jokes, feuds, and noise in general create an atmosphere which could only be found in a dorm. Girls living in White and Marion Halls had to go through the tedious, tiresome task of signing in and out and worrying about being in on time, while boys were virtually left on their own. Nevertheless, elabo- rate methods of getting around restrictions and curfews were invented by each. Many who viewed dorm life as a sort of solitary confinement found some consolation in late night activi- ties such as pre-Perk dances, jam sessions, Christmas parties, and var- ious mischievous illegalities.