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It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us. . In a way the Dickens quotation summarizes all that was RIT social life in the past year. Activities and social events drew packed houses and there were those which ran empty. There were parties that fizzed out before starting and others that were grand successes. Off campus and on campus haunts drew students as never before, where they spent many of their happy college times. Bands came again and again, coffee houses and coffee hours, TGlF's and quad blasts all made up the RIT social scene for the year, 5omewhere out there is an impression that there were no events to pass the time at RIT. This can't be more wrong. After a lapse of some time, a major band once again had the ice rink hopping ■ Cheap Trick. Senior Night, introduced for the first time, drew a large number of seniors on campus, happily drinking and remembering their years and friends at RIT. Vegas Nite winter quarter cannot be forgotten either, where over twenty gambling attractions were insufficient for the itching fingers, or the great pornography debate where one participant was jeered and the other leered at. What about major weekends, Fall, Winter, and Spring, which were the framework for major campus activities; now they are in storage gathering dust, waiting to be refitted next year. Speakers at RIT ranged from the dismal to the extraordinary. Some of the more prominent appearances were from Minister Louis Farrakhan, who brought along his own body guards and bomb threats; Senator William Promire; the American Pictures presentation for its third consecutive year; and Chief of NASA, lames Fletcher. There were super successes this year on the social scene. TGIF at the RITz was so popular this year people had to be turned away at the doors because of capacity limitations. The Park Avenue Band and Aaron Austin can consider themselves a hit at RIT after more than a half dozen sets each. The Red Rose Semi-Formal was particularly popular this year for celebrating young love and Valentine's Day, Then of course there were other events which never quite took off, but that is to be expected when no one can be completely sure what students want to do at any given time. But the RIT fort also has holes in it that were being filled by places like Red Creek, El Toritos, CoCo's, TGIFriday's, Cheers, City Limits, Vuk Vuks, Funny bone, and of course Nick Tahoes! Then of course other things were happening in the world outside of Rochester, but overall the campus was not really affected by world events, whether it be disaster or politics. After time has past an you look back on your college years, the news of the day will not be what you recollect, memories tend to be sweeter than the six o'clock news. Those may include the famous Grade's hamburger, RITz pizza, the changing shades of Campus Safety, parking tickets, Disioner, Bristol Mountain, OEE at the Red Barn, falling asleep in the RlTreat before an exam, NCAA hockey finals, and the infinity loop that runs between the Registrar, the Bursar, and Financial Aid, just to name a few. These are a part of each student's life, RIT Life. Rochester Institute of Technology
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