University of Arizona - Desert Yearbook (Tucson, AZ)

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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

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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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Dazed It is not often that you can play earthball, dodgeball, and volleyball, and participate in a scavenger hunt and a mid- night Monty Python movie all in two weeks. For each of the last 12 years, the Residence Hall Association has provided all dorm residents with the opportunity to participate in these and other events dur- ing the annual Dorm Daze competition. The purpose of Dorm Daze is to encourage inter- action between halls, to en- courage team and school spirit, to meet people, and to get more people involved in RHA, said RHA representa- tive Biochemistry sophomore Tanya Behr. Everyone in dorms was encouraged to participate, and anyone who did received a t-shirt in their team color. The theme dis- played on this year ' s shirts was Make Tea Not War. In late September five teams competed in events ranging from Pictionary to musical chairs. Others came to cheer on their teams and compete for the spirit award. The competition ended with the blue team members from Yavapai, Coconino, and Gra- ham-Greenlee halls taking first place. Participants from Kaibab-Huachuca, Corleone, 24 ¥r 4, Student Life and Coronado cheered their team to a third place finish and earned the spirit award. The most popular event was earthball which turned out to be a little dangerous, said Tanya Behr. This year, RHA decided to attempt 20 people teams instead of ten so more people could par- ticipate, but it ended up lead- ing to a few injuries. Another problem that oc- curred in an otherwise suc- cessful two weeks was the lack of participation from some halls, said Behr. They drew names out of a hat when they were making teams which wasn ' t really fair because there are some halls that are known not to participate. As captain for Gila Hall, Tanya ' s team never had the number of participants allowed, usually because few or no guys showed up. But for the Twenty Thousand Dollar Pyramid competition we had a total of two participants, both from Gila, and we ended up winning first place in that event. Dorm Daze is completely funded by RHA which re- ceives their budget from a $12 fee paid by all hall resi- dents, by Melissa Prentice What a tangled web we weave! Stu- dents push, shove, and plant their behinds firmly to claim their chair whe n the music stops. Photo by Dawn Lively. Have a ball! Many Dorm Daze partici- pants found the life-size Earthball to be a little more than they could handle. Photo by Dawn Lively. Air Ball! Earthball was a little dangerous but a lot of fun for the dorm residents who participated. Photo by Dawn Lively.