University of Massachusetts Amherst - Index Yearbook (Amherst, MA)

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Behind the lue all After two years of bartending, bounc- ing, and working the floor at UMass' most infamous bar Cyou guessed ith, Robert Keenan still enjoys his work and feels 'fthe place has fantastic potential. Keenan, 24, a Hotel, Restaurant, and Travel Administration major and broth- er of Kappa Sigma said, I'm encour- aged by the people of UMass. it's such a melting pot- especially the Blue Wall. Everyone can come here and be com- fortable. I,ve enjoyed the people I've worked with. There are no strict guidelines here concerning who does what, we're all in it equally and everyone does their share, he said. Keenan said he has had a minimal number of bad experiences working there. Being behind the bar I've isolat- ed myself from controversies, but there could be potentially explosive situations with there being so many different types of people here. Fortunately, though, things have been relatively calm. Ideally, I'd like to see the Blue Wall student-run. It would be great if it could be handled properly, he said. This past year, for example, I feel the atmosphere with the administrative personnel has been impersonal. They don't make direct contact with the em- ployees for good or bad reasons. Keenan said there have been a lot of problems with T.O.C. cards. All I know is that it is a club license. There should be a better explanation to stu- dents why it has to be that way. Some people have a chip on their shoulder because they can't come in to have a beer without a card, and I can't blame them. Sometimes, though, the patience of the bouncers caught in those situa- tions is remarkable. Keenan works 22 hours a week and has gotten to know a lot of people by what they drink. Theres a basic core of regulars who always come in, then Dame pinball machines - people just keep coming up to get change for a dollar. Although he generally hasn't worked on disco nights. Keenan said the one time he did there was good crowd. but generally I think people would pre- fer to have the live bands back. Basically this is just a student job - you can't take it home with you. but you learn a lot. You become tolerant of all types of people and realize everyone has their rights. Working at the Blue Wall has been an education in itself. - P..l. Prokop there are the drifters you only see once in a while. On the other hand, there are those who won't go near the place. For me, it's really good. Since I have to work somewhere, this is an interest- ing place to stay, and get paid for it at the same time, he said. The thing that really amazes me is the amount of money that goes into the I Smith Rtiftvs

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The Index Volume 10 University of Massachusetts Amherst, Massachusetts Entire contents Copyright by Daniel Smith. University ol' Mttssacliusetis INDEX, All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form without expressed written permission from the editor. Up front: eight pages offull color photographs, all about UMass - its buildings and its people. Also, six '76 grads talk about their lifestyles, experiences, and thoughts about the past four years. A look at the events that made this year a unique one. Major stories of the year are covered in depth, followed by a representative sampling of academic programs and extra-curricular organizations that abound here. What's a yearbook without a senior section? Fifty-four pages of faces and U yours is in here, you can prove to your parents that you really did graduate! Everyone's got to leave the city behind and go home at the end of the day. Dorm, fraternity, sorority, apartment, house - good or bad, it's the closest you come to home nine months out of the year. Some of the teams had great seasons, others not-so-great seasons. Some teams were written about daily in the Collegian, others you rarely heard about. Inside and outside the Minutemen and Minutewomen. Four years Cfour long yearsj and this is what you get at the end. Senior Day on Friday. Commencement on Saturday. Credits, et cetera, and that's all, folks! Table of Contents I7