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

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Eyes are always on the lookout Hey look, There ' s Chem-Lab Boy! . ..Variations of this familiar phrase floating about campus prove that Domers have perfected the quirky art of scoping out the opposite sex. For the single crowd of students, the entire campus seems a great place to check people out. Whether searching for food in the dining hall or sauntering into class at DeBartolo Hall, we are constantly in the eye of prospective mates. Scoping is present in everyday life just as sleep, meals, and classes are. Everyone has been a victim at sometime or another. We are indoctrinated into our scoping rituals freshman year during the infamous Graffiti Dance and handed our Freshman Registers, AKA Dog Books, as guide maps to the sport. It is bound to continue throughout the remainder of college life. By the time senior year rolls around, a majority of the student body can probably confess to hav- ing secretly carried a torch for someone they have spotted around campus at some time or another. Often among groups of friends, crushes assume names related to their interaction with the scoper. These names, such as Chem-Lab Boy, seem to be in a secret code reminiscent of junior- high. In a light atmosphere, friends may use nicknames to dis- cuss advances or failed attempts on that cute guy or girl whose name somehow seems less signifi- cant than their presence. The many students who are already involved in relationships on campus, or have a Home- Town Honey, have no real need to partake in such an activity as scoping. A large majority of stu- dents hope to find their future spouse here at Notre Dame, per- haps the first person to walk around the lake with as the old superstition goes. The flip-side of scoping has benefits because al- though you have a significant other, it never hurts to look as long as you do not touch. How- ever, ther are always those stu- dents who have neither the time nor energy to put forth in a rela- tionship. The ladies on campus seem to continually flock towards attractive men in awe and wonder. (Or, at least, the men or campus would like to think they possess such magnetism.) Campus Life

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rish fans pray before the game at the Grotto. They hope that their prayers for a victory will be answered. ans gather outside of the newly remod- eled stadium for tailgating festivities. 110 - -n a mass, . Fans may n in payer at fa players march iiiii, the Irish A member of the Knights of Colombus % makes an appeal to hungry fans. The - . m popular Knights of Colombus steak sand- wiches are a pre-game tradition. tvvuwwt att Campus Life 2 1 1

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