University of Notre Dame - Dome Yearbook (Notre Dame, IN)

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Freshman year means change, a new routine ;JLI. ' Frnhnun YMr 1)

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For freshmen, the routine was new and the people were strangers. They had to settle themselves in, but even more, they had to make a niche for themselves at ND. Parents were gone now. It was time to get down to the business of really learnin g what college life, especially life on this campus of Our Lady of the Lake, was all about. In this endeavor, the freshmen had help from rectors and RA ' s, from upperclassmen and fellow freshmen, and especially from Dean Hofman and the Freshman Year of Studies office. Any problems, any complaints? Everyone tried to make our new arrivals feel at home and secure as they entered a new environment. Before long, the place was home. It was second nature to call the Rockne Memorial building The Rock , to shorten O ' Shaughnessy to O ' Shag , to affectionately term the Administration Building The Dome . Likewise it was a given that studying came after dinner even though mom wasn ' t there to remind you. 12 Frhrrn Year

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Classes: the daily battle The alarm rings, and as you drag yourself out of a peaceful sleep, you wonder what in the world possessed you to register for an eight o ' clock class. Thoughts of skipping it today seem tempting. No, better not you have to go, to copy someone ' s Calc homework to turn in for your 9. Well, you might be a few minutes late, but you ' ll make it. And maybe by lunchtime, you ' ll be awake enough to realize that your engineering prof switched classrooms on you, and you spent 50 minutes listening to a lecture on money and management. Maybe it ' s not too late to switch into business, you wonder, as you walk past the lines of traffic leading from O ' Shag, to Hayes-Healy, to Nieuwland, and back to the dorms. Why do classes have to be so boring today? It was just starting to get interesting. One of your profs almost cracked a joke, and the guy sitting in front of you fell asleep and knocked all of his books on the floor. Oh you realize that you have lab this afternoon. Maybe you can start a water battle with the girl across from you. Or concoct some new potion capable of blowing up the lab. THAT will make that teacher give you the A you deserve. But, after a frustrating 5 hours of finding out nothing except that your unknown is unknown, you drag yourself home, ready to sleep again. The battle continues, as your fight with the alarm clock will begin tomorrow morning, promptly at 7 o ' clock. 14 CIS