University of Florida - Tower / Seminole Yearbook (Gainesville, FL)

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THEY GIVE US THE RUN-AROUND 14 Transportation Transportation Parking tickets are a common occurrence on cam- pus. W. McNeill How ' d you get to school today? Finding the right bike and maneauvering around ' other bikes is a challenge to look forward to after Well, I didn ' t have the sixteen dollars to buy a sticker for my car so I could park class. on campus, I rode the bus. Bicycling across campus can be dangerous after Oh yeah, how is riding the bus? ninth hour classes. It ' s fine. You just have to remember to Skateboarding provides another way to get around have enough change for the fare. campus. I guess that could be a problem. When will you be able to drive your car to Buses are available for long-distance traveling. school? I ' m not sure. The last time I tried to park on campus, they put one of those yellow boots on it. I couldn ' t believe it. Just because I had parked up on the sidewalk a couple of times and once next to a fire hydrant, they hold my car I don ' t think it ' s safe to drive a car on this campus anymore. That ' s so true. I live on campus and have the same problems. I ride my bike to classes and every day I know I have at least two near-misses. Some of those — they must have a death wish or something. They don ' t look to see if anyone is coming or anything! Hey! I ' m one of those pedestrians! What do you think you are when you ' re on your bike anyway? Are you a kamikazi pilot or something? And you wear those little radios that tune out all the noise around you. Don ' t you know that ' s dangerous? Yeah, so it ' s a little dangerous. Big deal. How many points will you give me to run over that jogger? K. Johnson W. McNeill

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Ninety people were arrested in a major drug bust. Snow (the cold kind) fell on Gainesville. Mickey Mouse was a special guest at the Homecoming festivities. The Alligator left campus and became the Independent Florida Alligator after the fall of campus communications. The Accent speakers were Senator Edward Gurney, Attorney General Robert Shevin, consumer advocate Ralph Nadar, and columnist Jack Anderson. Music performances included Isaac Hayes and a look at the music of the fifties. Mr. Two-Bits was hard at work even then. A female student demonstrates the style of the seventies. Ten Years Ago 13

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D. Wheeler M. Boyette UNIVERSity OFFICE APPLICATION FOR regisTRAR CHANGE IMPORTANT! READ INSTRUCTIONS ON THE REVERSE SIDE BEFORE COMPLETING THIS FORM. REFER TO THE CURRENT CLASS SCHEDULE FOR SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION. ANY STRAY MARKS OR INCOMPLETE ERASURES WILL RESULT IN THE REJECTION OF THIS FORM. TERM ADD DEPARTMENTAL SIGNATURE COURSE PREFIX SECTION NUMBER PROPER MARKS STUDENT LAST NAME FILL IN YOUR SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER directions (see reverse) DROP DEPARTMENTAL SIGNATURE COURSE PREFIX USE ONLY SECTION NUMBER D. Wheeler Drop Add Well, this is one way to spend the first day of classes. Really. The line for Spanish had about 300 people in it. I know. We had to wade through all the people just to get up the stairs. Does anybody know what time it is? Twenty ' til one. Does anybody know when they ' ll be done with their lunch break? They ' ll probably never come back. Good grief! Look at this line! I ' ll never get the classes I want. We ' ll wait here until quarter after. Then we ' ll go to GPA, drop English, then go to the HUB for books. And wait in another line. Yeah, this is pathetic. Does anybody here have a pencil? I forgot my pencil and you can ' t use a pen on these drop add sheets. What time is it now? We ' ll wait ten more minutes, then we ' ll What ' s this line for? I ' m dropping physics class. For sure, for sure that class has got to go. Where is the end of the line? least someone ' s happy waiting in the CIS line. People had to wait in long lines to have their classes dropped and added during that hectic week. D. Wheeler Drop Add 15