University of Rhode Island - Renaissance / Grist Yearbook (Kingston, RI)

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The Joys and Sorrows of MOVING IN A nticipation is the best part about starting a new semester. Driving down Route 138 in early September, URI students have many thoughts racing through their minds as they ap- proach campus: What will this year be like? Will I like my room- mate? What will my dorm be like? How will I do in my classes? Will I finally be able to get a job on cam- pus? What have my friends been up to? As they eagerly turn onto But- terfield Road, the excitement grows — just as does the line of cars waiting to be unloaded in front of the dorms and the piles of trash accumulating at the dumpsters. Moving In Day! It means meeting new people, getting reac- quainted with others, sharing news of the past summer and set- ting up house in a tiny cubicle. It ' s the best day of the semester. It ' s also the worst day of the semester. It means fighting for a parking space at least within a mile of your dorm. It means unloading your belongs on the sidewalk only to find that someone else has just car- ried away one of your suitcases. And it means lugging boxes up three flights of stairs in the sweltering heat of an Indian summer. And the problem with Moving In Day is that it ' s always associated with the chaos of Registration and the hassle of running errands around campus. But whether you love it or hate it. Moving In Day is a day to remember, ang Joann Muller 14 Moving In

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E very day, thousands of students converge on the place we call the Union — to pick up something at the bookstore, to sit and chat with friends or just to pass through on their way to class. Although it ' s not located in the exact geographical center of the campus, the Memorial Union is a place around which much of the URI community revolves. It ' s a building just for students — a place to get away from it all and, at the same time, a place to get in- volved in it all. Some choose to go there to relax in the Ram ' s Den or the Commuter Lounge while others choose to busy themselves with the myriad of activities available . there: the Student Senate, The Cigar, Renaissance, the Union Board, the Student Entertainment Committee and WRIU among many others. Because the students at URI are enrolled in such widely diversified curriculums, they spend much of their academic lives in the same group of buildings. But what makes the Memorial Union dif- ferent is that it ' s the one place that every student shares, the one building that everyone has in common. ‘OEg 16 Union Joann Muller