University of Pittsburgh - Owl Yearbook (Pittsburgh, PA)

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plague commuter TRAFFIC TIE-UPS ore o fomilior port of the computer's morning; ond even with Rege Cordic on the radio, it it easy to be in o bad mood when finally getting to school. AN EXTENSIVE HOME LIBRARY i one advantage the commuter moy hove over the resident. Besides having the books right at home, she is not ot the mercy of the librory clerks. THE STREET-CAR-BORNE students are soved the agony of searching for a parking place, but must submit to the jostling annoyance of her fellow rush hour passengers. PAPER 8AG LUNCHES, marks of the commuters, can be supplemented by beverages at the Hunt ond Pine Rooms, Tuck Shops, or cofeterio. Though quite a bit cheoper than going out for lunch, eoting out of a bog does hove o tendency to become monotonous. 27

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Traveling, problems that go along At a university like Pitt, where 85 per cent of the student body live at home, the commuter student is an important, if not controlling factor in University policies. In spite of the administration's yeomanlike attempts to establish adequate on-campus living facilities, the day when Pitt will be a campus school is still in the future, and the “street-ear student is still to be reckoned with. For many of these students, commuting means getting up before dawn and traveling as long as an hour to arrive, out of breath, barely in time for an eight o’clock class. Then, after a full day of classes, he must buck the dinnerhour rush home. Parking spaces near the Cathedral are almost nonexistent for all but the earliest arrivals, and it is not uncommon to see these hardy individuals sprawled out in their cars, catching up on the sleep they have reluctantly sacrificed. Commuter students arc roughly broken down into two types: the commuter who takes an active part in extracurricular affairs, and the type who remains in school only long enough to attend all of his classes. Of the latter, the majority usually are those forced to carry outside jobs, and although unable to participate to a large degree in activities, tlie are nevertheless an integral part of the University. For it is these students who perhaps are most appreciative of a college education, and with this incentive, work doubly hard to achieve it. m ARISING AT DAWN it o necettily for many of Hie commuter ifudentt with 8;00 dattet. The discouraging protpect of tponding the noxt hour travelling initeod of sleeping mokes it doubly hord to itort the day off right. PARKING SPACES near the Cothedrol ore at a premium in the morning. Thote with the money and without the time or energy to search, moke ute of the many parking loti in the vicinity. A SOFT BED can be enjoyed iutt at much by a commuter ot by a resident—but not for as long. About the only good port of pre-dawn arising it that it will be possible to brog to grandchildren of the hardships connected with getting an education bock in 1958. 26

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A WASHER, DRYER AND IRON, eotily accessible at home, moke laundry a rather minor problem to the commuter. This it etpecially true when theio appliances ore combined with an obliging mother.