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

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The bayou bridge becomes an important access path on which students pedal, walk, run, ride, and glide across. Arriving on the scene Students tind ways to get around woooshh ... thunk-thunk neSkid-Skidve.s “What the heck was that?!?’’ My roommate asked as we brushed the dust from our bodies and picked up our books that had fallen as a result of the thing that had just whisked past us. “Must have been ... a biker?” I replied hesitantly, for we both knew that it could not have been much larger than a normal-sized person. As we stopped at the corner, I looked ahead to find nothing but a human on top of a little platform with wheels. “Didn't think skateboards could go that fast ... ‘’ I mumbled to myself, while my roommate screamed at a turning car that almost hit her. “That's IT!’’ she hollered. “I am so sick and tired of walking everywhere and being pushed around by people with cars, motorcycles, bikes ... ’ ‘Calm down,” I replied, sar- castically reminding her that my father had promised me a pair of skates for Christmas. To that remark she yelled, “That's not funny! I want to be able to ride to the places | need to go!” ‘C'mon, now, you could al- ways take the bus like your mother did when she was your age,” I chided, ‘Or you could get fancy and canoe down the river, or you could coat your- ‘self in Crisco and siliiiide!”’ ‘Now that’s really not funny; quit trying to be humorous. Life is just so unfair! I've got to talk my dad into letting me have the car next semester.”’ “Oh, you mean the huge green tank everyone at home calls ‘Big Daddy’?” In exasperation she replied, “Well, at least it has four wheels and moves faster than our four feet.” We walked silently for a few minutes, dwelling upon thoughts of shiny Trans Ams and Porsches. When we reached the dorm, I casually commented that I at least knew what to get her for her birthday, but be- fore she had time to comment, I hurried inside. Why press my luck; she wouldn't have been pleased with a skateboard, anyway. -Letha Benton

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Bil ‘oof ‘thes need washing when ‘You arrive wearing dirty rags, Ot arrying a basket containing ° i] the other clothes you own. if fter accomplishing this task, on ‘umble weakly into the living ati 40m, fall onto the floor, and ti oudly boast the twenty-five sunds you lost in just a week shool. Next, crawl around on te} } e floor with a flashlight, as if iée| | sarching for a lost contact. m™}| When your mother finally 8 478 pennies to be able to a] [uy the chemistry book you ed] } sed to study for that bigexam ta Tuesday. You should not sis taly get the money for the uid took, but a handsome tip for tie valiant effort you make to om asking your parents | ———— leisure |i precious few to go home to get your laundry done, you must risk life and limb to do it yourself. First col- lect your weapons; laundry tickets, Tide, Bounce, and dirty clothes. After you have these, proceed bravely toward the laundry room with the “Eye of the Tiger.” The most boring, but mest rewarding way to spend the weekend, is to study. Although it is not the most fun way to spend two days, it allows you to enter into the week with the knowledge that you are pre- pared for the week ahead. It may be the best way for the hi | sks you what you are doing, © oat form her that you only need | student in the long run, but what student is known for do- ing what is best for him all the time? This has just been a list of suggestions as to what you can do with your upcoming week- end. If you still can't decide what to do, ask around, there are quite a few other ideas that have been submitted by stu- dents which are unprintable -by Barbara Griggs — During the fall semester, foot- ball becomes an exciting way to see friends and cheer on the mighthy Indians. “Bat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow you go back to class” sums up many students feelings about Sunday after- noons. Weekends

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= hy ie ee em cat Todd Landrum and other members of the staff find the school services’ golf cart an impressive way to escort visitors around Northeast. a Even the clowns have to around” somehow. get During the weekdays, the parking lots around campus crowd with cars as students hurry to class. Getting There 17