University of Maryland College Park - Terrapin / Reveille Yearbook (College Park, MD)

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ALL-NIGHTER The battle between your de sire to pull an A on your final, and your goal of getting at least three hours of sleep a night ends up in an all-nighter. Sleep, sanity and friends are sacrificed during the vigil to salvage a grade — one last attempt to pull through. You live on the contents of Macke machines and quick trips to your window for air — often out on the ledge — hoping the cool breeze will either revive your spirits or give you enough nerve to jump and end it all. ALUMNI They usta go here. APARTMENTS The alternative. If the dorms are too racy, there are scads of apartment complexes just brimming with terps. Seven Springs ( the Cherry Hill Perch ), Presidential Park ( Guaranteed Crime Week ), and Springhill Lake ( Gateway to Beltway Plaza ), all cater to countless students who choose to avoid the dormers ' drunken rowdiness. They opt instead to move into their own pads to engage in drunken rowdiness. ARMORY The Armory is a University of Maryland phenomenon, cursed by its veterans and an unknown horror to first semester freshmen. Often called the zoo to the pits, the Armory remains that infernal step between the almighty computer and the innocent (?) student. Students ' semi-annual pilgrimages begin every semester when they begin to devise elaborate schemes to sneak in or sweet-talk 14 door guards. Once they ' re in, bleary-eyed, disgruntled students wade through thousands of drop add slips, in search of those last three credits. Please mister, please becomes the battle cry and it ' s every man for himself. Finally, reaching the booth after waiting in line forever with tears (fake?) in your eyes, the stone-faced department official slams the book, crosses his hands, and without blinking, replies, closed! 19

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B ' f w«» ■ i l l . ■1- WW BACKGAMMON At first it was labeled a fad, but the rage has withstood the test of time and is still sweeping College Park. Backgammon enthusiasts can be seen holding late night tournaments in the dorms, catching a quickie on the Mall between classes or just having a casual game over lunch. Many say backgammon is merely a game of luck with the dice, but a loyal player is quick to defend the game as requiring enormous amounts of skill and concentration. BEER In heaven there is none, and that ' s why we drink it here. The all-American brow for parties, mixers and all social occasions, beer goes with pizza, football and good times. It is the canned, bottled, and kegged drink of college-goers, suited for nearly every taste, price range, and social standing. BILLS Bills at UM are paid not once, not twice, but at least three times — each. From freshman orientation until that long-awaited graduation day, students are flooded with a continual onslaught of multi-colored bills for tuition, room and board, tuition and more tuition. If you don ' t learn anything else at the University, you learn to keep ALL receipts. Classes like Bill Dodging 101 should be offered for seniors worrying about the ancient threat — if you don ' t pay, you don ' t graduate. YRD Forget Florida. Forget Ocean City. Mary- land students get their San Tropez tans without Bain de Soleil, without beach, without sand, without ocean. Come the first sunny March day when the temperature soars to an unbearable 55 degrees and the UM sunworshippers head for Byrd Beach. There they lie on aluminum bleachers, frying beyond well done, from Spring Break through finals week. But a Byrd tan is not a true tan. The bright red hue peels and fades almost overnight. And come rain or snow, hail or sleet, track practice or football games, Byrd Beach reverts to what it once was — a stadium. 2]