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

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HALL LIFE Our time spent at Notre Dame gave us a chance to grow up, and most of our growing up occurred in one place. After graduation we may forget the poems of Wordsworth, the score of a hockey game, the names of people we passed on the Quad. What really changed us was the sense of belonging we felt while we were here the pride we developed in our dorm. The dorm was the place where we first made friends: the people we lived with, the people who shared our triumphs and failures. Here we had the chance to learn about ourselves and about others who were not just like us. By taking the time to talk with them, we grew. And so the phrase dorm life does not simply refer to buildings functioning as student residences. Rather it reflects being a part of something, a member of a close-knit unit. Dorm life is playing on a cham- pionship football team in the stadium even if you never lettered in high school. It is decorating your section and having a blast at an SYR even if you don ' t date regularly. It is speaking up at a hall meeting and having people accept your ideas even if you never say a word in class. In the end, the dorm provided us with a place to seek refuge. It was a safe place where we could relax; it was . 1 6 Hall Life

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ALUMNI The rivalry it all started in the mid-sixties with the be- ginning of the Stay-Hall Experi- ment. The new idea then was that students were to stay in the same hall for the duration of their college career. This gave students four years to conjure up a fierce feeling of pride and loyalty towards the hall in which they made their home, and anyone or anything that de- graded or hurt their home was immediately a source of offense and a target for retaliation. Alumni and Dillon have all the right ingredients for rivalry. so the legacy of animosity be- tween them is no suprise. Situ- ated next to each other on South Quad, the look-alike dorms have adjoining court- yards that double as battle- fields late Friday and Saturday nights especially if it has snowed recently. Both dorms are rich in tradition, and once the tradition and character of each hall was boosted in the mid-sixties with the Stay-Hall Experiment, it never died, and has provided the foundation for their clashing personalities. The upperclassmen in each dorm instill in the young fresh- men not only a drive to make their own hall the best it can be, but also a mutual dislike for the other dorm. This leads to a ten- sion so thick in the courtyard between the two halls that you can cut it with a knife. Often, the first things the freshmen learn are the name of their roommate, their Clark number, and that the hall on the other side of the courtyard @?@! - John Steffen LOFTY AMBITIONS. Chris Tra- verse hopes to finish building before he heads out for the night. OUCH! Stacy O ' Grady attempts to make light of having just smashed her thumb. ILLON HOW MANY guys does it take to carry a refrigerator? Too bad their little sisters weren ' t around to help them. PRIME SCOPING. Boys side, girls on the other. 18 Hall Life