Karen Pierce - Gulfport, MS Tyonia PipkiD - Cabot, AR Deborah Pollard· Cave City. AR Debra Pope - Irving, TX Anita Porter - Hope, AR Jeffrey Potts· Bald Knob, AR Ro"bie Powell· Memphis, TN Mif:bael Powers · Chester, VA Cbarles Prabl • Lufkin, TX Keitb Pratber • Tucker, GA James Preslar· Union, MO Susan Presley - Houston, TX Pbillip Priddy· Shreveport, LA Cberyl Priest· Searcy, AR Small Town, USA: "Salute!" 212 Ah yes, the joys of a small town: On Oct. 20, while Carter was calling Regan "naive" and Iran and Iraq were trying to scratch each others eyes out, a Searcy newspaper adorned its front page with a giant picture of a grasshopper captioned "Grasshopper enjoys sumptuous meal." It is as Leo Gilbert, ' il senior from Chicago, commented, "Everything just seems to be kind of slow paced." Whether this slowness is a boon or a bane to man is a question that has been tossed around as much as lettuce and tomatoes. To some, it's a curse. One senior has a girlfriend back in Cincinnati who equates the entire area of Arkansas with Soviet Siberia. Her sympathies are stirred when he must Alan Pryor - Searcy, AR Anlela Pyland. Searcy. AR Kimberly Quandt - Little Rock, AR James Rackley - Lewisville, NC Jack Raines· Whites Creek, TN Beth Ra...... 11 • Pacheco, CA Dan Ramsey - Warren, OH Robyn Ransom - Coshocton, OH Georae RawHns • Clarksville, TN WilHam Ready - Blountville, IN Cindy Redman - Burlington, CO Robert Reely • Searcy, AR Caren Reeves - Moriarty, NM Ellen Reid - Sugar Land, TX NaDCy -.. • Ft. Walton Beach, FL Frank Rboades - Riverside, CA Janelle Rhodes - Raytown, MO Dana Richards· Hardin, TX Debbl Ricbards - Pottstown, PA Jeff Richardson· Ash Flat, AR Nell Riley· Little Rock, AR Dawn Ripley· N. Little Rock, AR Jessica Roberts - Gainesville, FL Enin Robinson - Memphis. TN Robert Robinson - Norcross, GA Jerry Roe - Kansas City, MO Gina Rogen - Plano, TX Melanie ROlen - Bloomington, IN Freshmen "leave civiliztion and return to the wasteland." Advertising her sentiments is the T shirt she gave him reading "Prisoner No. 1 Siberian Labor Force. to The biggest adjustment for most students is "you can't get near as many things." Another student put it less delicately, "You end up seeing last year's (movie) hits just before they come on T.V. Foyce Mallory complained. "Everywhere you go. everything is Harding." There are positive aspects to small town life. One husky P .E. major commented. "I feel a lot safer out now. Another plus is that the people are friendlier in small towns." Female students like the fact that they can 'I get to know their merchants " personally. ,. A little spiritual food is served with the bad news in the papers. On the front page of the Citizen is a wise thought and a scripture. You don't see that in many big city papers. Another issue that drew front page coverage from the paper was the blood drive. Most of the front page blood in Metropolis, USA was on the ground flowing out of open wounds. There are financial squeezes in a small town to which city people must adjust. Leo from Chicago noted, "For this being the land of opportunity. jobs are hard to find." Joe Mabry mentioned another kick to the wallet. "Prices are basically higher because there's not enough competition." ••If you have a girlfriend, you waste "money because you have to take her to Little Rock," one senior art major added. One student reported that prejudice seemed to thrive in a small town atmosphere. "I was told it would be difficult for me to get a job at a local restaurant because the manager was prejudiced. " Mabry chipped in, "When I'm cruising on my Yamaha 650, some conservative type people seem to think I'm from Hell's Angels." But Joe seemed to speak for most of the slickers when asked if he would return to Searcy if he had to do it allover again. ". probably would. The atmosphere is good in Searcy." It seems that Searcy's legs are just long enough - to reach the ground .. . or the top soil. - Skip Bradley
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