Westminster College - Argo Yearbook (New Wilmington, PA)

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Frorerniry parries — rhey ore THE place ro be weekends, righr Whor berrer place ro mir gle, see some new faces and ger berrer acquainred wirh some old ones (preferably of rhe opposire sex). Fror parries are rhe hub of Wesrminsrer ' s sociol life. They are enrerroining and relaxing bur — ofrer you ' ve been ro a number of rhem — predicrable The life of rhe parry begins wirh rhe firsr rrip ro rhe bor. While woiring for rhor drink ro be served, parry eriquerre requires rhar a conver- sanon be srruck up. How was your summer and Where did you ger rhar grear ran? ore familiar openers early in rhe season. Of course if you ' re ralking ro o freshman rhe besr parry lines are Whar ' s your major? or Where are you from? . ' ' Whar dosses ore you raking? and Any 8 o ' docks rhis semesrer? ore popular ofrer regisrrorion. Bur by mid-November rhese quesrions ore prerry well rehearsed and we ' re ready for somerhing more rhan rhe old one- liners. Forrunarely, rhe parries seem ro pick up oround rhis rime, a week before break Why is rhis, you wonder? Could ir be rhar everyone wonrs ro ler loose one more nme before rhey go home ro Mom and Dad? Thor ' s possible. Or maybe rhey ' re lerring off sreom ofrer srudying (or rarher cramming) for rhar big resr? Probably so Dur rhe weekend before break is also prime- rime for formal dare hunring. Dorh rhe guys and rhe girls have narrowed down rheir lisr of possi- ble formal dares, and srraregy plonned by borh genders will derermine who will receive rhe ulrimare of parry lines, Whar ore you doing rhe nighr of rhe formol? Frorerniry parries and rhe orrendanr parry lines ore nor all alike, however. Cosrume par- ries, rogo parries, inrernorionol mixers ond rhe like give srudenrs rhe opporruniry ro ad lib a few one liners (as quored or lefr). Though nor espe- cially original, rhe new openers ore o welcome supplemenr ro rhe old parry lines sraples. Dur when oil is said and done, rhere ' s no berrer place rhon a fror parry ro frorernize wirh one ' s fellow Wesrminsrer-ires. Parry lines have rheir place, roo, like a welcome mar or rhe fronr door .0 lirrle worn maybe, bur o friendly gesrure oil rhe some Besides, predicroble as rhey are, rhere ' s somerhing ro be said for parry lines: rhey ' ll never leave you wirh norhing ro soy. — Todd Cole — Cheryl Geruldsen All oboordl Ar rhe Thero Chi evenr of rhe year — Lol- e G Grounds Day — brorhers and guests shove off on o mokeshifr crofr What ' s up, Doc? Roommores Polma Serroo ond Lynn Schofield smile for rhe phorogropher or rhe Alpha Sig cos- rume porry Parry Lines 15

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Dirty Laundry adopred ro rhe rune by Don Henley I ' ll roke your quorrers and I ' ll rake your dimes Give me oil your Izods and your dirry Lev i ' s Toss in some exrro-Qcrion Tide And more dirry laundry Throw in your sweory T-shirrs and your smelly sv eors Dur keep your crumpled Kleenex — hove you checked your pockers yer? Didn ' t even rhink ro look, I ' ll ber Sorr your dirry laundry Chorus: Gonna chew ir up Gonno shrink ir down Gonno chew ir up Gonna shrink ir down Should have checked rhe labels for dry clean only signs Now your fovonre swearer is a much smaller size Bring ir oil home ro Mom, next rime Give her your dirry laundry Look or all your whire stuff — it ' s all turned blue Should have kept it separate, you ignoronr fool Nothing looks as good as new It looks like dirty laundry Chorus Fashion odopred ro rhe rune by David Bowie There ' s a different look From ' gator green That people on campus Are wearing this year. It ' s tights and stripes Done in colors that shour That big name designers Are raving obour. Chorus: Fashion — turn to the left Fashion — turn ro rhe right We ' re in high fashion Or no fashion or all Eat-o-preppie-save-a-gotor oop bop — do do do do do do do do fa fa fa fa — fashion There ' s a differenr look From designer clothes Thar people on campus Consider in vogue It ' s sneakers and sweor shirrs Done in colors, no doubr Thar big name designers Think nothing obour. Chorus Foshion 17