University of Tennessee Knoxville - Volunteer Yearbook (Knoxville, TN)

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Welcome to Colle e , K' d By Gayle Kiser Freshman - it's a label we've all en- dured - the ridicule, the tiresome jokes, the condescending looks - but it's tradi- tion and not likely to change. That's pro- bably because there's a little voice in all of us that stomps on any feelings of compas- sion we might have and cries out, If I had to suffer through it, so should they! We've all been there - first in high school and then in college. And always as upperclassmen, we look back at the in- coming youngsters in disbelief and ask ourselves if we could ever have been so conspicuous. lt's embarrassing to eat in Morrill, said Tonya Abel, a freshman in com- munications. lt's like the students there look at us and know we're freshmen. It's like we're always trying to shed that freshman look. , But what a time it is -- that first break away from home. Our social life blossoms, curfews don't exist, and no one is going to tell Mom we skipped our 7:50 three days in a row. Of course, throw in a few bouts of homesickness and one too many no credits in English composi- tion, and itis not all fun and games. But who'll forget that first brave at- tempt at doing laundry -'iWhat do you mean you have to sort them'? - or deal- ing with that first all freshmen deserve an F professor, or trying to explain first quarter grades to your folks, or making bets on what that fried entree in the cafeteria really was. But despite all the trials and tribula- tions, so many of us look back to that first year as the best year of college - a year of self-discovery and personal benchmarks. Student l ifc 29

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lin' J A L, ' is We '4 N912 ,sl A Man' By Beth Hall and Gayle Kiser One of the most tragic parts of going to college is leaving the comforts of home and moving into a dorm. At least that's how it seems when you walk into that cold dorm room for the first time with its bare floors and bare walls, and you say to yourself, Things couldn't possibly be worse. UThen your roommate walks in-you know, the one that grunts instead of speaks and thinks The Color Purple is a crayon. But, of course, it's not as bad as it seems-just a few weeks and you're right at home. I just slapped up a few posters and 30 Student Life . - -Wai. .H 141.1 glad l- 0-- -gy,.. 12L 7 7' Q'-':'.,'S S , K B 5-. .1 V Q i Y 'P v x Lk ' . . ' A our 'K 4 .J I ur' Kevin Krahwinkel Dorm I is Castle called it home, said one Massey Hall resident. lt was a never ending slumber party! About 7,800 UT students live in dorms. And quite a few of those are Knoxvillians who choose to live in dorms rather than enjoy the comforts of home. lt gives me the chance to be out on my own but still close to my family, said Ruth Ann Coleman, a senior in journalism. And dorm living has great things to of- fer. Why, once you get the old roommate situation taken care of and reconcile yourself to cafeteria dining, it's just one big social event. Of course, dorms do have their disad- vantages-like when the fire alarm goes off at 2 in the morning three days in a row-or when you forget you don't have visitation, and the RA puts you on report despite all your protests of innocence-or when you get locked out of your room for the fourth time this quarter and have to sit in the hall for an hour until your room- mate comes home because you don't want to pay the lockout fine. Then again, you can also come through four years of dorm living with a lot of happy memories and friendships that last a lifetime. So you see, from East to West, a man's dorm is his castle.