University of Arizona - Desert Yearbook (Tucson, AZ)

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DAVID PORTNOY DOMESTIC CHAOS Horrors of Household Existence Anarchy reigned in the student ' s home away from the nest. College, a reputed bastille of intellect, opened a student ' s mind to the tenets of philos- ophy, the intricacies of nature, the great literary works. The arts and sciences, however, shed little light on the mechan- ics of a dishwasher or the complexities of laundry. In short, when one left the childhood home to pursue knowledge, one entered the Domestic Concrete Jungle. Home was where the parental heart was, and life there was patterned after order. Only in the world of the Brady Bunch did the washing machine turn into a soap-spewing menace of destruction and that was only when Alice was on vacation, once a season, with | her prudent lover Sam. Leaving the technologically secured nest thrust a student into a foreboding world where piles of dirty o clothes mercilessly towered around a bedroom and stacks of dishes spread like the plague throughout the kitchen. This was college life where precious time that could have been devoted to studying was waged in the constant battle of domesticity. This domestic anarchy worked on many levels. Small appliances became small demons as toasters caught on fire and the plastic parts on woks melted in the dishwasher. Convenience appliances trans- formed into arsenals. When microwaves exploded food and vacuum cleaners belched dust, air condi- tioners broke down unexpectedly during the heat of the day, televisions waged electrical snowstorms at will, and everything else su ccumbed to being stained and soiled or simply resembled gutter sludge. Life certainly was never this traumatic in the par- ent ' s house. Thank AT T that the parental units, those experienced wells of How To Run A House- hold, were just a phone call away when each new crisis arose. I don ' t know how I ' d survive without you became a familiar farewell, along with all my love with each emergency phoned home. Students were well aware of the overbearing strain of studies when they went to college, but possessed little knowledge about the horrors of household living. Douglas L. Kinne DOMESTIC LIFE 27

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26 STUDENT LIFE

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When every- thing builds up, I go out and get wild. Erik Hartman Scarlet ' s on Park Avenue, has a dance floor where UA students can get close to one another and forget school for awhile. Letting yourself get crazy with friends helps relieve ten- sion. Three UA stu- dents are enjoying each other ' s com- pany at the Buffet. 28 STUDENT LIFE