University of Arkansas Fayetteville - Razorback Yearbook (Fayetteville, AR)

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What do you call five blondes in a freezer. ? FROSTED T HIS is a confession from a natural blonde. I went through life knowing that some bru¬ nettes got upset with all the hoopla that surrounded blondes. I guess brunettes and red heads had every right be to jealous — since blondes really do have more fun. And to make matters worse for the jealous brunettes, the most beauti¬ ful models in the world are blondes. And, if my theory isn’t true, why do some brunettes bleach their hair blond? And, just when was the last time a blond died her hair brown? Well, turnabout is fair play, and across the country it’s been open season on blondes. It seems that almost every brunette I talk to starts spouting blonde jokes, and even though this blonde has a sense of humor, many of the jokes are offensive. Although I have never considered myself to be a total airhead, (although my friends may have a different opinion), these jokes portray us as stupid airheads. I find it ironic that the only way jealous brunette can get revenge on blondes is by giving us more atten¬ tion. By now the jokes just bounce off me. “Blonde jokes are as dumb as the brunette who tells them,” I retort. Here are a few of my all- time favorites. What do you call an intelligent blonde? A golden retriever What is the difference between a smart blonde and bigfoot? There have been sightings of bigfoot What do you call a brunette standing be¬ tween two blondes? An interpreter Why do blondes wear shoulder pads? So they won’t hurt them¬ selves when they say, “I don’t know.” What do you see when you look deep into a blondes eyes? The back of her head How can you tell if a blonde has been using the computer? By the white-out on the screen How do you get a one- armed blonde out of a tree? Wave Naturally Blonde Asked all the time if she bleaches her hair, junior Kim Tracey said she often gets fed up with the questions and the blonde jokes. “Usually I just try to blow them off, hut there are times when I am in a bad mood and I get offended. I have never thought of myself as a dumb blonde, and I hate the stereotype,” she said. M. ROBERTS PHOTO Flakes M. ROBERT PHOTO Blondes may have more fun, but they weren’t laughing as blo nde jokes became the newest way for brunettes to get even. BY KIM TRACEY CAMPUS LIFE 18

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PITCHING TEXTS CAMPED out to buy student basketball tickets devoted fans arrived with tentS sleeping bags and even televisions VCRs and living room furniture. However not all of the campers were happy when demand for the 1 400 tickets significantly exceeded the supply. BY KIM TRACEY ANGRY students like junior Jennifer Robbins, who did not get tickets, said the police should have done a better job of keeping people from pushing their way into line at the ticket booths. If someone cared enough about seeing the games to camp for two nights in the cold, they deserved to have tickets. Robbins said. It was not right that the UAPD just let people cut in line. (M. ROBERTS PHOTO) T Y HEN THE SUN went down, the party lit up. Some 1,500 students pitched tents, popped a few cold ones and waited in line for basketball tickets to go on sale. “I just wanted tickets, and basically it was just one big party,” sophomore Jason Myers said. “We had a good time. We watched movies, played Nintendo, and drank excessively.” Myers and his group of friends ran an extension chord into the stadium and created a home away from home. “We had a big living room, dining room, entertainment center and kitchen,” Myers said. Other students spent the night keeping warm since the weather was freezing. “We had a TV with VCR and electric blankets,” sophomore Jennifer Robbins said. “Fifteen people bundled together and watched movies. It was like being home. We had a gas heater cooking hot chocolate.” Senior Brad Hammond camped in the cold because it was an excuse to drink to stay warm. However, before he even took a sip, he got caught. “Out of 1,500 people the UAPD smelt my drink first,” Hammond said. “It sucked. I had not even taken a drink yet and I had to dump it out.” Thirty minutes before the police would let the line through to buy tickets, the crowd rushed the ticket booth. Myers said it was not fair because it allowed students to cut. “Hell no, it wasn’t fair,” Myers said. “It was fun camping, but then all the damn Sigma Nus showed up and kept people from getting tickets. Only five [Sigma Nus] camped out, and the next morning the house tried to blend in line.” Hammond, who camped out and did not get to buy tickets because ot all the cutting in line, said he was still hostile to those who did cut. “If I had gotten kicked out because of the alcohol, I would have gotten tickets through a friend,” Hammond said. “I was 10-20 feet away when they shut the windows. If I see someone who told me they cut, I would still punch them today.” The campers also offered plenty of opinions about the upcoming basketball season and the lack of student seating in the soon to be retired Barnhill Arena. “Barnhill is not the problem,” Myers said. “It is a problem of Frank Broyles not accommodating the students. When there are 2,000- 3,000 tickets for 14,000 students, it’s a crock.” According to the athletic officials, 1,400 students tickets were sold at S60 each. Barnhill accommodates 9,000 fans. The new Walton Arena will seat approximately 17,700. “The tickets should go to the students. The alumni got their chance to see the Razorbacks play when they were here, and 90 percent of us never get to see a game,” Robbins said. CAMPUS LIFE 20