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

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Orchard Hill ResideririQl Area has many oursrondlng feo- rures which orrrocr rhe srudenrs ro live rhere. One feorure is seclusion, ir mokes rhe residenrs of rhe four dorms o close- knir communiry rhor connor be found anywhere else on campus. During my orienrarion, I was informed obour rhe different oreos ro live in, ond rhe counselor said rhor when- ever people rolk obour Orchard Hill rhey coll ir home. Anorher nice feorure obour rhe hill as ir is known, is rhe balconies. Every floor has rwo balconies affording rhe sru- denrs on excellenr view of rhe surrounding campus. In rhe spring, rhey ore o greor place ro relax, srudy, and worch rhe proceedings in rhe courryord, berrer known os rhe bowl. bowl. The Dowl is whor Orchard Hill is besr known for. Ir is rhe focal poinr of mony ocriviries. On any given day you will find rhe srudenrs playing a voriery of sporrs, such as frisbee, sofrball, football, and soccer. One only has ro walk ourside ro become involved in rhese and orher evenrs. One besr known evenr usually occurs afrer midnighr. Ir is The Lore Greor Dowl War. All you need is someone ro shour somerhing like, Hey Websrer, Wake Up! and rhere will be hundred of screoming voices coming up with some very creorive explerives while rrying ro prove dorm super- iororiry. Losr winrer, rhe bowl, on rwo separare nighrs, become rhe sire of o few snow-browls. Orchard Hill wos orrocked rwice in one nighr by Sylvon, Cenrrol, and Norrheosr and rhen, finolly, by Sourhwesr. The hill dwellers responded well by repelling rhe orrockers wirh o combinorion of snow and warer. The second snow-brawl occured on rhe losr nighr of classes. This fighr preceeded rhe one in rhe Quod of Norrh- eosr before evenruolly finishing or Amhersr College. Acriviries in rhe bowl ore nor resrricred ro sporrs and shouring morches. Each spring, rhe Orchard Hill Area Gov- ernmenr, OHAG, sponsors o series of evenrs, including o spring concerr. The rumours for rhese hove been large and encouroging. A residenriol area is more rhon jusr buildings ond grounds, ir is people. The Orchard Hill people ore rhe freindliesr, and wormesr around. I ' m glad ro be a parr of ir. The Hill, I coll ir home. Michael Alrneu THE BOWL rT !F!FlF]r:i u . 4 Si r: 31 ij ' M r .4 li ' i ' Si ! ' SS 23

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22 O.K., whor do I have ro do firsr? My english poper-5-7 pages, 1 con handle rhor . . . Spanish quiz on Wednesday . . . Oh . . . some- one ' s worching nne ... Hi ... I wos jusr making our a iisr of whor 1 hove ro do ro remind me of whor I hove ro Do . Ir ' s rhe eosiesr woy ro keep my prioriries srroighr, if I con keep ro my Iisr, srudying becomes jusr onorher parr of my busy doy. Some- rimes I rhink rhor profs scheme rheir ossignmenrs wirh rhe weorh- er, rhough . . . ir seems like I always hove on assignmenr due when rhe roys ore prime for ronning ... I suppose I could olwoys srudy by rhe pond . . . how obour rhe sreps or rhe Compus Cenrer . . . There ' s always my fovorire desk by rhe windows in Goodell, 1 could ger major srudying done rhere . . . maybe I ' ll roke Q break and read a choprer in rhe Horch . . . rhere ' s always my room, I jusr hope no one disrrocrs me rhough, rhe folks on rhe floor ore always going somewhere ... rhe Blue Wall? . . . THE BLUE WALL! . . . moybe I con finish my reoding over some brew . . . Yes, I rhink I ' ll pur rhe Blue Wall firsr on my Iisr . . . Veronica Smith

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Winners of rhe Deouriful Room Conresf; 5ruorr Sojdok end Perer Holschuh, rm 623 Did inson. 24