Rowan College - Oak Yearbook (Glassboro, NJ)

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J s m i OA FeaA, There are some sights on the Glassboro State College campus that have become familiar and integral parts of the landscape. They are part of the college ' s identity and are distinctive GSC landmarks just as surely as New York ' s skyline identifies that city or the Eiffel Tower says Paris. During a typical weekday, a student might go to his first class and, on the way, pass painted bedsheet after bedsheet an- nouncing college activities, The daily ritual of checking the mail, whether or not any is expected, is an automatic act for most students. 6

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Annie Evans and friends are shown above at Spring Weekend ' s Swingin ' Safari festivities. A

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That Looks Familiar strung from trees and telephone poles like someone ' s wet laun- dry. Entering the building, he might grab the latest Whit or Venue from one of a dozen stacks on the floor in the lobby on his way to class. Another student coming from another part of the campus might pass the water tower, (re- ferred to as the Starship Glass- boro by senior Lori Muth and friends) curse the squirrels while dodging a rain of acorns, and en- ter Bozorth, where according to the clock out front, time stands still at 7:05. Other habits and rituals were a part of our day-to-day, activity, like the noontime mailbox cere- mony or hide and seek games with parking guardhouse atten- dants. They will be easy enough to break out of after leaving, but will probably creep back into our consciousness sooner or later as memories of our stay at GSC. 0! Students receive yet another instructor ' s handout. Opposite page, top left, and center: This elaborately decorated Volks- wagon Beetle also coined a message, and became familiar to many as it was often seen zipping around campus. 7