University of California Los Angeles - Bruin Life / Southern Campus Yearbook (Los Angeles, CA)

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HANGOUTS We always knew where to find John because he never ventured far from the grassy knolls beneath Bruin Walk. He said it was just a hangout, but those knolls kept him out of the city and reminded him of home. Eventually we just accepted that he wanted to be there, in the same way that Margie could never pull herself away from the Sculpture Garden and Laura loved the coffee house. They were our hangouts. Eventually, everyone settles in. North Campus is great to get together with friends, but it ' s lousy for studying. The Kerckhoff lounges, with over-stuffed chairs and long, wide couches are great for sleeping, but anything louder than a whisper won ' t be tolerated. The pizza at the Coop is almost as good as pizza in the real world, and the wide screen T.V. entices a lot of sports fans away from studying. The Bombshelter appeals to the more scientific minded, while the Corner Pocket appeals to those outdoor types. No one hangs out on Bruin Walk, but everyone passes by; religious zealots scream of Jesus and new causes are hawked to passers by. But if the hustle-bustle gets to be too much, there ' s always a corner somewhere to crawl into - an arch at Royce or a window in Powell. On this campus, there ' s a place for everyone. COLLEGE LIFE 27

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26 COLLEGE LIFE

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ROUTINES AND Early on, Laura got into the habit of stopping off at the coffee house (because she had a French class at eight) for a cappucino and soon after that it became a reflex to grab a Daily Bruin at the kiosk to go with her coffee. It didn ' t take the rest of us long, bleary-eyed as we were, to follow suit. The greatest clues to individuality may be the routines we form, but all of us are subject to many of the same ones. Standing in line to buy books. Yelling at clerks in Murphy Hall. Stumbling to school too tired to move. Breath that reeks of coffee at midterms and finals. Got to study one more hour. Pressure, pressure. If that wasn ' t enough, the laundry ' s got to be done, and there hasn ' t been any food in the house for a week and a half. The check from financial aid hasn ' t come yet and the rent ' s due tomorrow. Still... it isn ' t all bad. There are those Thursday lunches with everyone at North Campus and the bowling team on Tuesdays. Sunlight sparkling through the trees makes history just a bit easier to digest and URL eventually becomes pleasingly familiar. Coffee keeps us vitalized and friends ease the burden. Grades are in and school is out, and finally, when it ' s all over, we realize that those routines weren ' t bad at all. No, not bad at all. COLLEGE LIFE 28