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

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Karen Green finds that it’s just not her day when she receives a ticket for parking in the wrong zone. She was parked in Sherrouse parking lot. Becky Baker, a Bastrop junior, is showered by a passing car during the rainy weather of the fall semester. Other students walking along the side of the roads during the rainy season experienced these unexpected showers. | Kare tts David Clancy Bad Day 15

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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

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Money Talks Tight economy forces students to spend bucks Decal sure would like to go to Florida during the break, but ... I sawa really nice ste- reo that I would love to have, but Man there are so many good movies on that I really want to see, but .. . I’ve just got to get that new album by John Cougar, but .... I just don’t have enough mon- ey. College. students, along with the rest of the nation are being faced with today’s fi- 16 Money nancial challenges. Finding ways to save money on clothes, makeup, entertain- ment, vacations - even food and decorating is not an easy chore. Shopping around for the best buys may not sound easy, but there are some gold mines to be discovered. With everyone talking about how tight money is, the word “budget’’ comes to mind. It sounds boring but having money at the end of The Bookstore not only sells books, but is the college town department store. From clothes to candy it serves the students year round. ain N bay fitey a the week to go out on or to buy clothes is nothing to sneeze at. That extra bit of time a student spends on planning finances could pay off in a big way - by being able to control exactly where the money is going. So you want to take a trip to Hawaii, but your chances of winning a trip in a sweep- stakes are slim. You could stretch the funds you have, along with some provided by eee 7 ¢ Eric Hanson Cash is a must and the Indian Bank serves the students in cashing checks up to $40 for full-time students. BUCKS!!! your parents, to go on Union Board sponsored tri] Or instead of paying $3.50 fil a movie, go see one for 5(| with a full-time ID that’s alg held by the UB. Many thi aters in town have doll] night and the SGA provid« discount tickets for moj cinemas. In the clothing departmen| some stores provide a dij count with student ID’s, th latter also applies to food an liquor! Perhaps the main cos that puts the biggest crunc} on pocket books is gasoliné NLU and the surroundin area provide many interestin| and attractive money savin} opportunities. So remembe| — good ideas and wise think ing don’t have to cost BIG -by Billy B Boughton