Tufts University - Jumbo Yearbook (Medford, MA)

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Ho, Ho, Ho It ' s Laundry Time . . . Doing your laundry at school often turns out to be the most challenging as¬ pect of life away from home. In fact, once on your own, a strong feeling of respect is born in your heart for whoever it was who cleaned your clothes for the past eighteen years of your life. How the basic mechanics of launder¬ ing clothes can confuse students with 1500 S.A.T. scores is an interesting phe¬ nomena. For example, the student who breezes through Organic Chemistry and Economics, does his homework on his personal computer, and is fluent in four languages, often puts his dirty clothes in the dryer and dumps detergent on them. But let us not be too harsh. After all, not everyone has difficulty with their laun¬ dry. Inevitably there are those that come to school with hot-water detergent, cold- water detergent, dry bleach, liquid bleach, pre-wash stain remover and two types of fabric softener. They do their laundry weekly, fold their clothes im¬ mediately, and never put darks and lights in the same washer. Some of them come with color-coordinated laundry baskets too! But since we can ' t all be happy homemakers, here is a list, com¬ piled from experience, on the basics of the college laundry. There comes a time when you must opt to use your quarters for the wash rather than for videogames. The galaxy can wait, your underwair can ' t. Red + white = Pink Unless you ' re looking for an extra outfit for your teddy bear, never put your cotton sweater in the dryer. Bleach can not be substituted for detergent in a dark wash. You will never lose a pair of socks- just one at a time. Underwear belonging to the opposite sex often appears. Don ' t try to explain this one to your mother. Some people choose to bypass all of these troublesome guidelines and save themselves a few headaches by waiting until Thanksgiving Break and bringing their laundry to Mom. Of course, by the middle of October, these people have very few friends. 22

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Architectural Wonder The Spaniards used them, the Greeks considered them almost an artistic neces¬ sity, and yes Tufts own Building and Grounds has used them too! In fact, they built a whole dorm of what else? Tiles! That ' s right; Houston Hall, fondly knicknamed Tile City continues in the tile tradition. Houston has otherwise been referred to as the Mosaic fantasyland of Tufts University. Students have been reported to engage in such extracurricular activi¬ ties as rewarding prizes to the first per¬ son to find the real bathroom in Hous¬ ton. Recent studies have verified that the only way to insure that the room you are entering is in fact a rest room, is by the absence of a memo board on its door. In any case, Houston continues to be remembered by its residents as The Gi¬ ant Bathroom on the Hill. ABOVE: Tiles, tiles everywhere, morning hygiene, blowdrying hair. 21

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Exploring The Galaxies . . . You see them in the uphill dorms. You see them in Eaton Lounge. You see only the backs of their heads and their Levi ' s tags while they focus on video screens throughout campus. Electronic enter¬ tainment has give a whole new meaning to the old phrase of: Do you have four quarters for a dollar? In the over joy- sticked hands of the expert, those four quarters represent an entire evening ' s worth of scintillating adventures. How else can you: —travel faster than light to distant planets? —mercilessly attack and destroy radioac¬ tiv e ants? —munch out on cherries, strawberries, and oranges? —save a fair maiden from a deranged monkey? —fly a chopper through a meteor storm? —play leap-frog with a fuzz ball on a multi-colored pyramid? —engage in global thermo-nuclear war? All for only a quarter. What other form of academic procrastination do you know of that is so cheap? Experiencing a new dimension in Tufts education . . .