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

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ee OL 2 Oe 2 Oe | That long awaited day has ‘inally arrived. You are a col- ¢ge student! As you take the rer load of pieces from home «) that room which you've con- ynced yourself is a small plush yoartment, you insert the key f to the lock that will protect jour life’s treasures for the y2xt four months. | Unfortunately, it takes ten ‘inutes to unlock the door. ‘This is something | can live jith,” you tell yourself. | The door swings open and ou fall to the ground from the F verwhelming goulash green yalls and locker room smell. hen you come back to life, ,ou find someone who looks as »nough he stepped off of the set -f the ‘‘Revenge of the Nerds’”’ ‘novie hovering over you. ' You let out a scream of terror =nd when you both recover from shock, he introduces him- ‘elf as your roommate. ‘ No, no this just can’t be! It’s jst a dream. The problem is, tne worst is yet to come. Your ‘uitemates enter, obviously ‘ressed for a costume party as llell’s Angels. Late that same afternoon, Winn: J fl pitti attr fur you carry up your last load of towels and they feel as though they are a box of bricks. After collapsing on the bed, you real- ize there is something moving under you!! The dreaded vinyl covered mattress! What could happen next? That night you try to sleep, but your roommate decides to en- tertain himself by reading ‘‘Re- turn of the Jedi’ aloud with sound effects. Registration day at last! You decide to sleep late, because it is Tuesday and you don’t have to be there until 3:00 p.m. Nine- ty degree weather accompa- nies you and your sweat drenched clothes as you scram- ble across campus looking for Brown Gym, your adviser, and finally Ewing Coliseum. By the time you have drained your piggy bank that your mother gave you for your birthday, you hear the an- nouncement being made that registration will close in fifteen minutes. The classes you've picked have all been filled and you, the business major, are now agree- ing to major in Flight Attending Richard Lupo just to get to the next table. As you emerge from the doors of Ewing Coliseum into the dark, you look at your watch and pray that it doesn’t read 8:30?!? Well at least you have registered and are ready for class the next day. The rest should be smooth sailing. Wrong again! You have to buy your books. You decide you will be smart for a change and buy your books early. After you go through security clearance at the back entrance to the book store, you find out that every- one else decided to join you in the book buying process. You collect approximately three hundred pounds of text and then begin the time of your life. You never realized that standing in line could be so much fun. Three hours later you place the books on the counter and attempt to get your check book out of your back pocket with your arms and hands that are permanently bent into a cradle position. You gasp when the checker rings up two hundred and sev- ana Si | nal TCO ol ECT Perr Ts Perr Toot TUT Settling In brings horrors, hassles, and headaches. enty dollars for four books, four notebooks, two pens and a pen- cil. With shaking hand you write out a check and hand it to the checker along with your brand new ID. The woman at the counter goes into hysterics claiming it was the funniest thing ever and holding it up in the air so that 600 students be- hind you can also enjoy it. Three weeks later, after suf- fering from total humiliation, nerve damage and physical ex- haustion, you realize that col- lege life might not kill you after all. You are so glad that you found out your suitemates were really going to a costume ball. And as for your roomie, well, you‘ think you might be able to hold out until the next semester. It will just take some getting used to. After all, how many sequels are there to ‘Star Wars,” “Star Trek’ and ‘‘Su- perman?”’ — Jeff Broocks yin co gat oy TOO Uf, Closed | 4 |- = ye IS tha Richard Lupo Student Life 13

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- hee eTTTET SSNS ROR T SAKE HESS SEE Y SAREE 12 Accuracy in selecting textbooks was a must for Michelle Hollan from Vidalia. She, along with other students dread having to go through the treacherous bookstore check out line. After her long and exhausting drive from her home in New Orleans, Elise Allen takes a last load of clothes from her car. Richard Lupo Richard Lupo Totally perplexed, Sandra Wills, won- ders if her classes will be harder or easier than registration day. Getting Settled

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The new Miss NLU, Keily Walker, walks the runway for the crowd mo- ments after she is crowned. Judges have one of the toughest jobs on campus. They must select Miss NLU out of ten beautiful contestants. The five finalists, Kelly White, win- ner of swimsuit competition; Candy Capelan, 3rd runner up; Kelly Walk- er, Miss NLG; Rhonda Vinson, 2nd runner up; and Lauri Hendricks, Ist runner up, pose for the press. ; i Kelly White makes @ final tigaafor the ju@ges during the s it compefition. ; 14 = Miss NLU