University of Pittsburgh - Owl Yearbook (Pittsburgh, PA)

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the laundry room. Giant Eagle and the Cathedral for classes. Dorm life is, to say the least, different. One must put up with blaring music at any unreasonable hour, waiting for a shower, signing people (and liquor) in and out and getting along with probably virtual strangers. But. living on campus does have its advantages. You're always right in the thick of things” and McDonald's is close, although sending out for pizza is popular with the pizza wars of '84.” Whatever the day may bring, life in the Towers makes anything else look easy. After all. anyone who can live in a pie slice and live to tell about it. well that's an accomplishment in itself. Introduction Student Life 23

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Wake up — class in half an hour!!! Roll into the shower and hope no one steals your towel. Throw on some sweats, ten-nies and a shirt, if you can find a clean one that is. Head on downstairs, grab a candy bar for breakfast and over to Langley for that 9:30 psych class. And of course, it's raining and you are once again without an umbrella. Such is life. Psych — well, you got yourself here, that should be enough. So. let's take a snooze in the back of the room. The professor will never know. First, though, how about a letter to Mom Dad for some extra bucks for um ... books — yeah, sounds good. Good grief, was I snoring??? Oh well. 11:00 time to eat. Down to the good ole Towers cafeteria — well, ole anyway. Ah ... a Towers specialty — cheeseburgers and fries. I'll take two. And let's not pass up some delicious pie. Find a seat, hey there's a BOOTH, and blab about last night at Peter's and the frat parties tonight. Sounds great. Check out the Pitt News and the mail situation. None. Upstairs then. Brush the teeth, open a book, turn on the radio, lay down with the book and ... fall asleep. 3:00. Time to run some errands. Class — guess we missed a few. To the Student Union, get some change to do laundry and get the campus bus up to Trees to do some lifting. Time to eat again. What delicacy will be served this evening? There's always icecream. And we can always look forward to the Holiday dinners. And so the day goes, more or less, in the life of a Towers resident. And basically, for any resident of Holland. McCormick. Bruce. Lothrop. Forbes. Brack enridge or Amos. Most spend some time every day in at least three places: Hillman, the caf and the dorm room. Every now and then, one makes a trip to 22 Introduction Studcnt Life

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STUDENTS Everyone has time between In the winter time, it is difficult classes, an hour here or there, to go outside and sleep, or Well, what do you do with this study. It is just too cold. So. extra time? Are you one of what do the students do during those people who goes to the the long winter months? Student Union to play pool or socialize with your friends? Or Well, some students like to bun-do you go to try and study? die up and take long, romantic walks down the streets of Oak-These extra hours provide time land. Most of the students go to either prepare for your next either inside the Cathedral or a class, or get ahead in your last library and talk with their one. If you would study during friends or study. No matter this time, you wouldn't have what the weather. Pitt students much work to do at night. It always find something to do would give you more free time with their time — besides in the evening. In the spring time and early fall, one can find many of Pitt's students sitting on the Cathedral lawn studying, or socializing. Many of the residents like to lay out and try to catch some rays. Some of the students sit around and talk with their friends. The nice weather permits them to be outside in the sunshine, not inside an air-conditioned room. If you ever get tired of studying outside, you can always take a short nap. The nice lawns around Pitt allow people to lie down and sleep.