University of Arizona - Desert Yearbook (Tucson, AZ)

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w PH f The trials and tribulations of university life held something different for each of the 30,000 Arizona Wildcats Each stu- ( dent, however, found out that they had something in com- mon with every other person roaming the aisles of university lecture halls. That is, plain and simply, studying. The transition from high school to college bore one well-known trademark: the develop- ment of study habits. Whereas once a student could get away with cramming for a final the night before the test (after neglecting to open lh book all semester), a college student must incorporate notebooks, typewriters, slide rulers, and Cliff Notes into his everyday liv- ing. As soon as you could say mid-term examination, students became comfortable carry- ing six text books slung over their shoul- ders and calculators in their back pock- els Freshmen also learned quickly that coffee and No-Doz sometimes became the name of the University of Arizona game. Even though the need to study was laced through every person attending U of A, the atmospheres for doing so could differ dramatically. I found that I do some of my very best studying in the back stairwell of Coronado, said Janis Sharp, BPA freshman. Wherever there was a semi-quiet place with fairly bright lighting, people could be found sifting through note cards or highlighting key points in a text book. The library, a dormitory laundry room, the back of a commuter bus or under a tree were favorite spots for students to sit down and study for a while. You learn quickly, said Anna Beth Asmussen, journalism sophomore, that it really doesn ' t make any difference where you study. What ' s important is that everything gets done. It ' s kind of funny, but wherever there is enough room to sit down, you will find people trying to study.