University of Wisconsin River Falls - Meletean Yearbook (River Falls, WI)

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Spring Is - - - A Time for Creativity Impatient with winter's ungracious refusal to leave, the student again is caught up in a round of term papers and final exams as the second quarter ends. As spring approaches, the heavy residue of snow begins to melt, repents, and freezes again, leaving shiny trails of ice across the campus. Spring quarter ushers in a fresh view of academic and extracurricular life. The approach of the new season inspires creativity; students work with a new vision in music rooms, art studios and theatre. Famous lecturers, concert artists and touring repertory groups visit the campus, awakening the student to cultural awareness. As April blossoms with warming winds and soft the student sense, the pull of the world outside the frosted window and is easily distracted from study. rains. once-

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Summer Is... A Time for Endings Balmy May is hard to combat. Both students and faculty fight the distractions of the season to focus on the matter at hand—completing the last weeks of the academic year. Warmer weather means it’s time for a picnic on the South Fork, for silting on the banks of the Kinnic. May is the time to make summer plans and, for the seniors, lime to think about a life ahead. Beyond the distractions of May, there still must be time for long hours of study. The loose ends of the academic year must be gathered up; projects put aside must be finished. And finally, another week of final exams to be endured. The student pushes aside thoughts of green lolling spots and settles down to study.