University of Arizona - Desert Yearbook (Tucson, AZ)

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The worst part about dorm life is when there are obnoxious people in your room and in the hallway playing with super-soakers who use you as a target. Run and hide! When you live in a dorm, sometimes the shower is the only place to hide! Photo by Maria Barrow. 22 V ' , Student Life

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I expected all of the upper- classmen to recognize that I was a fresh- man, but it seems as if they didn ' t care. Look at me! A Day was the first opportu- nity for many freshman to strut their stuff . Photo by John Gray. Student Life 21

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We did it! The stress of college life often forced many students to channel their energy into very creative artistic projects like this replica of the pyra- mids. Photo by Thomas Mehls. Will it shrink? For many UA students, living in the dorms also meant learning how to wash their own clothes. Photo by Thomas Mehls. Now this is the life! Trying to find a spot to get comfortable in their dorm lounge was never a problem for some students. Photo by Stacy Lee. Dorm Life It o£ ?4 4toccte tt On August 22, 1993, the university opened its resi- dence hall doors to the thou- sands of students eagerly waiting for a new year to be- gin. This year approximately 4,500 students live in resi- dence halls. Three days be- fore classes began, students arrived carrying crates and luggage. Parents came along to help out and say good- bye. Residence hall life offers the convenience of being only minutes away from classes and is one of the best ways for students to become part of the campus community. The best part about living in a dorm is that it is a great way to meet people and also be- ing able to wake up ten min- utes before your next class and still make it on time, said Jami Erickson, a sophmore Civil Engineering major. Dorm life also has nega- tive aspects including shar- ing a small space with a room- mate, noisy neighbors, and middle of the night fire drills. Kirkland Ahern, ajuniorCom- munications major and resi- dent of Graham-Greenlee hall believes the worst part about dorm life is when there are obnoxious people in your room and in the hallway play- ing with super soakers who use you as a target while you frantically study for a mid- term exam. A student can chose be- tween smoking or non-smok- ing dorms, dorms with 24- hour or limited visitation, single sex or co-ed dorms, and large or small dorms. Any student choosing to live on campus has the advan- tage of being surrounded by other students and close to campus. The dorms also of- fer opportunities to form study groups and intramural sports teams, and to hold leader- ship positions in the hall gov- ernment and Residence Hall Association, by Maria Barrow - staying up till 3:00 AM and waking up at 7:00 AM. - fire drills waking you up in the middle of the night. - being surrounded by friends. - living in a space a quarter size of the room that you left at home. - having your RA ' s come by your room every hour to ask you to shut your door because it is quiet hours. - having to take showers with ten other people. Student Life