University of North Alabama - Diorama Yearbook (Florence, AL)

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am a pinBatt ... As I approach the enormous pinball machine that is the Gulllot University Center I prepare myself mentally for the jolting journey ahead. It is lunchtime hunger that propels me as I trek e A rLock Hot University Center. n building. It matters th of obstacles lies te. oal: a. deliciously from high atop ping into the up the front steps of also known as the stud not that a veritable between me and mj lti delectable Miss Si ' a The twelve j - ' r Lock i ' n Bibb Graves, machine. Pingl 1 weave my way in, out, around the clusters of students standing just outside the front doors. Ding! — I bounce off after saying hello to a friend and — Ding! Ding! Ping! — IVe made it into the lobby. Ding, ding, ding, ding ... im forced to pause for a moment as I wait in line at the ATM before rolling on through into the seething lunch crowd. Suddenly the wonderful aroma of coffee wafts unto me and — Ping! — I make contact with the guys at the Wired Lion Coffee Bar for a hot, frothy cappuccino. I can see my destination now, but — Ding, Ding, Ping! — Vm bounced from table to table as I ' m regaled with free T-shirt offers and campus orga- nizations seeking to distribute information and col- lect donations. Just as I ' m about to reach my goal, 50 or so other pinballs crowd around the deli and I ' m forced to stave off my hunger just a little longer. Ping, Ding, Ding! 1 travel on around the corner for an encounter with my campus mailbox where — Pi g, Ping! — again I take pause for concentration as I struggle through hunger pangs to remember the combination. I gather my mail and find my way back through the multitude of other hungry-hollow pinballs, ping- dinging against every obstacle along the way, and finally after my exhausting journey I am rewarded with a satisfying ham swiss creation from the tal- ented hands of UNA ' s very own sandwich lady, Ms. Sissy Balentine. Ding, ding, ding, ding, ding ... — Tanjie Nash GOOD TO THE LAST DROP. John is always on hand to soothe students ' caffeine cravings at the Wired Lion Coffee Bar. 13

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HELP WANTED. A job search can be made easier by the listings board outside the ARC. YOU ' VE GOT MAIL. On a brisk fall morning a stu- dent checks her Guillot Center campus mailbox. T-SHIRTS, T-SHIRTS EVERYWHERE. A Lion fan pens a check for a commemorative Homecoming T- shirt. M.W i I I e M

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