Rochester Institute of Technology - Techmila / Ramikin Yearbook (Rochester, NY)

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I met a person today who showed me their apartment. She said that she likes it better living off-campus because you have more freedom. I suppose that all depends upon what kind of person you are, 1 mean, it seems to me if you enjoy doing dishes, vacuuming, washing floors and bathrooms and cooking, you would just love living in an apartment. She said that’s true, not everyone is cut out for the apartment life and that it takes some getting used to. You're further from campus, you have to do your own grocery shopping, it’s not always the easiest thing in the wrorld to deal with your roommates, and the bills get ourrageous sometimes, but overall you get used to ir. One of her roommates has a terrible time cooking. Every time she tries to make something it burns. They’ve had to use their fire extinguisher 3 times and call the fire department once. Her second roommate never does anything and they get mad because she makes just as much of a mess as they do, but she never deans it up. They had me over for dinner, and it was great. They have such freedom. They can make whatever they want, when they want. Their apartment was cold though. My Iriend said they pay for their own heat, so they keep it set low. I guess not all the apartments are like that. Some include the heat in with the rent. 21 TIJdHd

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Dorms !Apart men ts These dorm rooms are something else. I spent today seriously contemplating my dorm room. 1 was curious as to why someone would actually think this was a good place for students to be housed. I looked it up in the dictionary. They described it as a room for sleeping. I think I disagree with Mr. Webster. So far I have done everything but sleep in this room. 1 was visiting my friend's room and noticed how different dorm rooms can be. Mine is neat and orderly, while his is a pig pen. He can't find anything on his desk because it is covered with so much junk. The girl down the floor has a toaster oven and you can smell the wonderful things she cooks as you get off the elevator. The guys down the hail have boring rooms. They are always studying though, so they don't have an opportunity to do much in their rooms. That also makes me wonder about the purpose of a refrigerator in a dorm room. What item of importance is actually stored in there? I suppose 1 out of 10 people do actually have a real use for one, but what about those other 9? It’s something to think about. I wonder if Nathaniel Rochester or Mark Ellingson ever really knew what people would do in a building named after them. oct 20 T 1

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 Administrationllnterfaitb Today was the big day to take care of all my academic stuff. What a pain in the behind that was. When I went to Open Registration the other day I thought chat took care of it. Not only did I not have a pencil, but I didn’t know where to get a form. They just throw you in, 1 had to stand in line to get the signatures I needed. Then I found out those courses were closed, so I had to hurry up and find new' courses. What a mess my schedule is. I have an 8:00 class, a 12:00 class, then one at 3:00 and 6:00. What am I supposed to do in between? That definitely didn’t go the way 1 wanted. Then there was the Bursar s line. I stood in the line for V2 hr. Someone told me it was the wrong line so I got out and got into another line. As it turned out, the first line was the right line but it didn’t matter because it had grown while I was gone, so I had to wait a hour to get back to my original spot! You'd think the Bursar's office would make it easier to take your money. My mother always taught me to be proper, so I w'on’t continue. 1 would use too many improper words. 22