Westminster College - Argo Yearbook (New Wilmington, PA)

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28 The TUB

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Do you meon rhor rhere is o world beyond our own lirrle ' Happy Volley? . . Thor Pirrsburgh is nor rhe only place rhor one may sample such delicacies as Copuilles 5r Jacques, Posro oi Quorro Fro moggi, ond Spanish Poello?! Surely you jesr! There is indeed o vosr world surrounding us, one rhor serves ro moke our doily lives seem olmosr OS exciring os a day in rhe life of o fruirfly . Thar world implores us ro goin o berrer under- sronding of her people and ourselves by exper- iencing orher culrures rhrough rrovel. As rrire os ir moy sound, we ore forrunore ro orrend a college rhor gronrs us enough leeway ro rake Jonuory excursions ro forowoy ond ex oric places. (No, I om nor referring ro Pulaski and Spending Chrisrmos in Rome was o very speciol experience bur I jusr wish could hove shared ir wirh my family. — John Palumbo; Rennes, France rhe eosr end of Youngsrown). For rhe more daring, Wesrminsrer encouroges spending a se mesrer or rwo abroad. By oil means . . . GO FOR IT! Sure, socrifices will hove ro be mode ro ger anywhere. For me, a semesrer away from Morher Fair meanr rhor I would hove ro forego sunborhing or Driroin Deoch, parrying or Srrow berry Fields, and woiring in Sago lines, bur rhe mosr excrucioring poin of all come wirh rhe reolizorion rhor by missing four monrhs of rhe Guiding Lighr , I would never know exocrly whor evil Mr. Quinron McCord hod inrended for his unsuspecring, unwed, unvirruous house- maid, Nolo. Were rhe socrifices worrh ir? You berchol Jusr osk any of rhe woyforers on com- pus. We ore only on rhis eorrh for o shorr while. Like clouds, we only poss rhrough our surround ings, being obliged ro move on. A frogmenr, a bir of our emorion, rhor is oil rhor will linger in years ro come. For rhor piece of senrimenr be groreful. You will oil hove memories of your college years or Wesrminsrer . . . memories rhor 1 will be unsurpossed. Never ler your realm of experience end here. — Suzonne MoriS: Toulorese, France The five monrhs rhor I srudied in Spain were rhe mosr rewording and educorionol of my enrire life. Like every culrure, rhere ore many differenr people in Spain who oppeor ro be differenr from us on rhe ourside bur shore rhe some feelings we do. Overoll I broodened my knowledge of rhe world ond developed a differenr view on America and Americans. — Renee Noel: Seville, Spain

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Didn ' r rake us long ro ger used ro rhe new onail cenrer in rhe TUB. Ir was fun ro fling moil in rhe dorm or house boxes, bur spying inro lirrle cubbies is kindo fun, roo. The new sysrem has broughr wirh ir only minor inconveniences — onorher key ro worry obour losing, o rrip forrher rhon we ' d like somerimes (es- peciolly when ir ' s reining), onorher public embor- rossmenr ro shrug off (opening empry boxes) , Dur oh, rhe benefirs. The moilmon is hoppy — only one srop os opposed ro — whor, ren? Gol- breorh, Eichenouer, Jeffers . . . Mr, Sago is happy — rhe grill has been ringing up soles os fosr os ir con flip nronburgers And rhe srudenrs ore hoppy — rhe TUB has become o needed social cenrer. A good deal all around. — Korhy O ' Hogon The New-Look TUB Senior Shori McCloy, writing up o no- torious Dr Mod ' y paper , finds rlie TUB o peaceful haven owoy from rhe consronr plione-ringing ond inrerrup- nons of her Thompson House quod The TUD revitalized: upon insrallorion of rhe moil cenrer. rhe TUD has once ogoin — as ir was ren years ago — become rhe hub of ocriviry , rhe campus sociol cenrer. TUD rot Creed Combs, or his regular roble, rries ro concenrrore on a reading Qssignmenr. The TUD 29