University of Arizona - Desert Yearbook (Tucson, AZ)

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Bruins. The game was one of the best this season. The Wildcats had a hard time getting started and were picked to lose against the Bruins, but they came on hard after their near win against Miami and beat the Bruins 23-3. Sunday is a day for one last free meal and seeing your parents off with regret and happiness as you get back to your normal schedule. story by Jennifer Stancill photos by Sallie Cochren tudentiand ' tour the houses and get to find out about Mi-ebookedfori the sorority or the fraternity. .m■ m jareiit O Saturday the malls are crawling with students and their parents. Stu- f, dents take their parents by the hand ,, J and drag them from store to store for all ■. ' cetojhflwofl tii6 necessities of college life. Saturday night is the big game. For utiie 4th parents who are alumni of the Univer- -vents like ® ty of Arizona, watching the game brings id Tucson back memories of the Wildcats. This ■ • mikgetto year the Wildcats played the UCLA ®l

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Parent ' s weekend is a big deal for U of A students and parents. Reservations in all the local hotels are booked for nonths in advance for this weekend. For many parents, specially those who live out of state, it gives them a chance to visit their child and the school that they writtf i the large checks to each semester. For the students it ' s a free weekend of food and fun and also a chance to show off their school. Parent ' s weekend was on October 2nd thru the 4th. 4000 families signed up for all sorts of events like basketball games, barbecues, and tours around Tucson. For those students in the Greek system the families get to .uaT the ho ' uie;, ihesorontyor: j OnSatuTCa} !r:hstu(ie-:;i deal take the aiikkagthasf Saturday ni{ parents who ar siiyofArizona.1 W memories year the Wilde m

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Just bike it. Just walk it. Just drive it. Just bus it. Just skate it. There were many ways by which UA students made their way to campus. One of the newer develop- ments around campus has been the growing number of rollerbladers threading their way through crowds of their pedestrian counterparts. At near supersonic speeds, these amatuer daredevils skate their way to class and around campus while at the same time keeping in top physi- cal form. They join the ranks skate- boarding dudes that coast up and down the mall with wheels under their feet. While these foot powered con- veyances are mostly used to scoot around campus by on campus stu- ' who prefer a tamer version of people- powerec transportation, the bicycle. Dan Smith, a creative writing senior, bikes to class because It ' s a lot easier. I still have a car ( ' 72 Chevy Nova) to get me to work or up to Phoenix. It seems the automobile is a very popular, if not necessary, mode of transportation at the U of A. So popular that Parking and Transpotation changed the parking system from the traditional colored lots (red, blue, green, yellow, and brown) to a system using three dif- ferent zones to designate different parking lots. Yes, the car is vital in the life of a U of A student. Not only is a set of wheels important to get to school 1 I Convex-; ' - ' I student- a; : ' odwaytor ii I nail or ' : I Onetliing: - ' dents, there are manj wh prejera Tamer TeTsion or people- powerea to get to school r m k or work, but for all those weekend get-aways to San Diego, Rocky Point, and Lake Havasu. Remember that weekend you drove to Disneyland in a two car c aravan? But then there are those who either don ' t feel like wrestling with Tucson traffic or just don ' t have any personal transportation to get them to school . These are off campus people who ride Sun Tran to the U of A, most of which invest in a bus pass to provide a convenient and environ- mentally friendly commute to school . I