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

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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

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Here We Go Again . . . Summer Hibernation ' s Over As the last lazy days of summer fly past, the thoughts of loyal Notre Dame students turn to their immi- nent journey to the hallowed halls of this university. Clothes, computers and fa- vorite stuffed animals are jammed into the old family station wagon for that most infamous road trip. Then, with cheery smiles, tearful goodbyes and lots of hugs, the students head for the Dome. The select few who obtain legitimate excuses to start moving in early have the lux- ury of finding a relatively calm atmosphere when they arrive. People stroll leisurely down the quad, a cricket ' s chirp can actually be heard, and there are no lines at the dining halls. For the vast ma- jority, however, chaos rules at their arrival a natural re- JUST ARRIVED! Cecilia Bryer arrives with her own moving compa- ny comprised of Bob Buyner, Dad, and sister Roberta. suit of 7,000 people all trying to do the same thing at the same time. U-Hauls swarm around campus, overburden- ed people scurry about with suitcases and boxes, and wel- comes are screeched above the pound of hammers. The few who had enough foresight to choose rooms on the first or second floor be- come the envy of all. Mean- while, the rest lug boxes upon boxes up innumerable stairs which grow longer with each trip. Girls finally find a use for brothers they ' re great at being ordered by parents to carry the heavy stuff and snapshots of dear brother grimacing as he lifts that six foot sofa provide warm mem- ories in months to come. Un- related gentlemen who are willing to help damsels in distress move in may be re- warded with promises of chocolate chip cookies a popular bribe. Some dorms are blessed with a freight elevator, which seems to promise you an easy way to move in. Unfortunately, these elevators cannot keep up with the high demands of moving in and break down during the first few hours of use. Sweaty, disgruntled, and dissheveled, you finally reach The Room. For freshmen an important confrontation awaits meeting the room- ie (s) . Smiling continuously, you introduce yourself and immediately profess adora- tion for the burnt orange re- cliner (probably a Salvation Army reject) that Roomie has brought. Then you notice the top bunk is conspicuously empty and decide you like sleeping six feet off the ground on hundred year old bed frames anyway. If room- Arriving mates survive this hectic time still speaking to each other, the rest of the year should pose no threat to their friendship. Maybe. Note some other moving in idiosyncracies: somehow the University always schedules moving in on the hottest days of the year; carrying your compact disk or stereo or TV or anything while dodging sprinklers requires more than four years of practice to skill- fully master; and refrigerator rentals are always at Stepan as it is the most inconvenient place for most of campus. But as Mom so carefully taught us, everything has something good about it, even moving in. For starters, dur- ing those final August scorch- ers, students can legitimately get their cars past the securi- ty guard a treasure not to be undervalued. More impor- tantly for freshmen, moving in signals the start of their new life with the Notre Dame Family. For upper- classmen, moving in is m erely an inconvenience necessary before enjoying better things: old friends, last year ' s scope, chicken patties, the Grotto, and football games. And so, amid screams of anguish as a refrigerator lands on a toe, amid whining complaints of hall storage being dumped in some distant field, amid the headaches caused by at- tempts to build lofts amid all that confusion and chaos lies happiness; Notre Dame students, one and all, are ready to begin a year of living, learning, and loving it all, or at least most of it. And after all, with such a hectic begin- ning, things can only get bet- ter. - Erin Lynch Moving In 19