University of Tampa - Moroccan Yearbook (Tampa, FL)

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If you have that much energy left after the profs have done their num- bers on you all week, you can usually go to some kind of dance on week- ends. Frats, sororities, and other organizations give them. And there are several ‘'in” discos around. You can wear jeans to most of the campus dances, but once in a while they toss one in where you feel sort of grungy if you don’t at least dig up a coat and tie. DATING Dating is pretty much “out” any- more. But some people do “go together.” It’s hard to meet somebody interesting, because the interesting people don't hang around in public places for fear everybody will think they're not interesting, or else why would they be hanging around like that? The best place to meet somebody is in class or at a special interest group meeting. There you have plenty of time to size up the situation before making your move. DORM LIFE Because most of the UT dorms are at least 20th century vintage, they are the “Ritz compared to the dorms you might find at, say, Harvard. But there are drawbacks. Most dorm counselors are worse than the old-fashioned house mother with dimming vision. Nothing gets past these dudes. For example, it is absolutely impossible to smuggle a member of the opposite sex into your room except during visiting hours. And then everybody’s visiting. So you get no privacy at all. Don’t try to gaily. Actually, they do some good, though. They’re great at helping you find yourself when you’re lost. They even give out maps. Also, they protect you from salesmen, census takers, rabid dogs, murderers, sex maniacs, con artists, dope pushers, and drunks. And even when you have cleverly con- cealed yourself behind a winerack in the darkest corner of the Rathskeller, they manage to ferret you out for an emergency phone call. DANCING IP

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 A's are the most cherished treas- ure on campus and just about as hard to come by as aardvark feathers. You can’t buy, beg, borrow, or steal one. The only sure way to get them is to make your own. BICYCLES If you don't live too far off campus, a bike is a pretty good way to go unless, of course, it’s monsoon season. On campus you don’t really need one, but a flashy 10-speed racer might be a way to start a conversation with a chick when you’re too poor to own a ’vette. You don’t have to worry much about getting your bike ripped off. There are racks you can chain it to everywhere. BOOKSTORE The bookstore is a terrific place to buy whatever trivia you might need. They don't make a profit; so everything is disgustingly cheap. They’ve actually got a ballpoint pen that shows up on thermo copies for a nickel. They've got T-shirts with every kind of decal you can think of as long as it has something to do with UT. And they also sell text- books. CAMPUS COPS The unsung gendarmes of the cam- pus are like all the rest — never around when your roommate is being assaulted by a dorm counselor — always there when you’re parked ille- 18

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sneak a joint between classes either. The bloodhounds will sniff you out 100 yards downwind. EATING If you’re trying to lose weight, check the UT cafeteria. At first the rawhide slabs and tractor bearings they try to pass off as roast beef and potato balls might seem almost appetizing — if you've spent the summer at the beach on a strict diet of fiddler crabs and seaweed. But they do get old. Before long, you’ll be down to jello and iced tea. And just watch those pounds roll away. Of course, if you're trying to gain, there are always two all-beef pat- ties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese . . . at your nearby . . . well, you know. FOREIGN STUDENTS Don’t let the foreign students throw you just because most of them speak five languages and have IQ’s of 250. Many of them await a fate worse than death — stuck here every weekend and possibly Thanksgiving, Christmas, and Easter. And because so many dif- ferent countries are represented here (about 20 at last count) by only a hand- ful of students from each country, these poor souls are hard-pressed to find a fellow foreigner who speaks any one of the same five languages. FRATERNITIES If you need comradeship, encour- agement when you get your first F in Dr. Harder’s logic class and plain old down-home grass roots sympathy when your chick drops you for another dude, don't go to your dearest frater- nity brother. He's too busy combing his hair, drinking your beer, borrowing your clothes, and wallowing on your Brut. But you might get even with that macho jock if you'll just have patience. He may be the one who will appear at your 20-year class reunion as a thin- haired. 300-pound basketball with 20