University of Louisiana Monroe - Chacahoula Yearbook (Monroe, LA)

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Billy Heckford The look on Malea Brown’s face sums up the overall expression of the en- tire campus. That depressed, burned out look says more than words could ever express. Billy Heckford That ever too familiar scene in the coliseum as students pick up class cards, is perhaps the last leg of a long and frustrating foot race to getting back to school. Billy Heckford Registration

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Registration con office box. Taken from an ex- isting system at the Universi- ty of Oklahoma, the post of- fice will present a greater con- venience for the students and will help in aiding the U.S. Postal System when it con- verts to a nine-digit zip code format. For most of us, the day of 12 Student Life registration is not a day we look forward to. Even less ex- citing is shelling out big bucks in the long lines in the bookstore, which are usual. Everyone has different ex- pectations about registration. Looking for friends, parties, a chance to wear new clothes, and sometimes a rare, enthu- siastic desire to dive headfirst into the ole school books. Getting registered, moving in the dorms or apartments, get- ting post office boxes, and waiting in line to get books are all part of the college scene — the first step to a fresh start. - by Billy B. Boughton Through the long winding corridors of Ewing Coliseum, students signed up for various activities that the cam- pus offers. Here students sign up for the Natatorium. | With the increase in tuition, some students might have needed to call home for more money. New fee bills also presented problems for every- one. Billy Heckford

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One of those days Are you sure it’s not Monday s I awoke yesterday morning, I rolled over to see what time it was. My Ti- mex read 8:12 a.m. I started to roll back over when I realized I was already 12 minutes late for chemistry class. I jumped out of bed and ran to the bathroom to take a shower. My scream was probably heard all over campus when I was jolted to life by the freez- ing cold water. I jumped out of the shower and stood there shivering and cursing the people who had just flushed the toilet. I dried off and rushed to the closet to get my clothes. I pulled on my favorite pair of es | ay cs. 14 Student Life pants, bent over to get my shoes, and ripped my pants right down the seam. I scram- bled to change clothes, tucked my shirt in, put on my shoes and ran to class. When I got to class some 30 minutes late, I took my seat and realized that I had on one Nike and one penny loafer. After chemistry, I ran back to the dorm and changed shoes. I was just a few minutes late for bowling. During bowling, a girl who had never bowled before let her 16- pound ball get away from her and it rolled right into my an- kle. My ankle started to turn David Clancy blue and swell almost instant- ly, but I couldn’t go to the doctor because of a math test at 10 o'clock. During the math test, my calculator batteries died, and so did my chances of acing the test. As I hobbled to the cafeteria after the exam, I thought nothing else could possibly go wrong. I was wrong. While limping to a ta- ble with my spaghetti lunch, a clumsy nerd ran into me, spilling the contents of my tray down my shirt and pants. I went back to my room to clean up before my zoology lab at 1:00. David Clancy In an effort to get to class on time, John Scott Bailey’s jacket gets caught in the door and he loses his grip. Once again, remember Murphy’s Law: If anything can go wrong, it will and usually does- on Monday. When I got to class, I real- ized that it was the day we were supposed to dissect frogs. When my lab partner was cutting the frog, she sneezed and jabbed the knife right into my hand. It was hard to tell who was in more pain, me or the frog. When I got back to my room from the hospital with my ankle and hand bandaged, I laid down and hoped I would wake up and the whole day would just be a horrible nightmare and not just one of those days when absolutely nothing goes right. -by John Hines