University of Minnesota - Gopher Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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FREE medical advice and service is only o couple of blocks awoy al the health ATTENDING meetings of the MMRA and the inter-dorm council is the sorvico for dorm residents. Probobly closer than the family doctor back home. job of few residents, but they do so os representatives of others. MAIL box check is port of daily dorm routine. A letter from Mom, an extra $10 from Dod con brighten any student's day. RESIDENTS find dorm library convenient. It saves lime (it's only a few stops away), and during the winter months, they're spared from a long trek across a cold and windy campus.

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Dormitory Portfolio DORM residents live cloie lo ihe campus in many ways. They tee it in many moods — busy, noisy in the morning, still at night — for the whole campus is thoir front yard, You move into a dorm and all of a sudden it’s a whole new way ol life. I he rooms are small, the closets crowded and the cafeteria food is—well, different. You net used to noise while you try to study and soon discover the effectiveness of a “do not disturb” sign. You’re never lonely in a dorm, not with rooms full of students willing to slip out for a movie, play cards or talk. And you learn a lot of things about life in general. You learn from being in the midst of “characters.” from the opinions voiced everywhere from the cafeteria to the governing council. And because you live in a place where the variety of personalities is as great as in the country itself, you learn to live with people. DURING Ihe day he is one of many. Greek, resident, or commuter? It's hard to tell. 22

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IF TIME is short, so is conversation. Those who hove Iwo or more hours until their next eloss con afford to relax a bit, sip their coffee, chew ihc foi with olhor fortunatcs. OF COURSE it's not quite os good as being able to talk to Mom or Dad when you hove problems, but the house counselor can be of much help. LONG cafeteria lines, soggy bag lunches are known to the dorm man, and his 1:30 classes across campus will keep his sprinting form good. DRAWN curtains, deep concentration separate student fromcampus. Nomoller where you are, sludying's tough; requires nourishment, in this case provided by raisins.