The dilemmas of dorm life M eet Harding Joe Freshman. He leaves the loving protection of home sweet home, and excitedly journeys all the way from Pangburn to Harding, anxiously wondering what awaits him there. Once on campus (the drive just about killing him) , Joe marvels at all the wonderful buildings, green grass, wet sidewalks and beautiful girls (they just don't make them in Pangburn). Well, there'll be enough time for that later. Joe decides the most important thing to do now is to find his room where he will spend the next nine months. Poor Joe Freshman is quite disoriented, though. He just can't get all the campus buildings straight, and wanders aimlessly until he catches sight of... Yes! It must be Armstrong Hall! Hunky dory. Joe looks the building up and down - it's beautiful! Just the picture he had in his dreams. Joe, carrying his Garfield phone in one hand and his Rick Springfield tapes in the other, then notices a big sign in front of his grand dorm: "J.E. and L.E. Mabee Business Center." Shoot. Wrong building. Joe finally rallies help, and is directed to the real Armstrong Hall. He gazes up at its mighty portals. Shoot. Wrong dream. Oh, well - he smiles and drags his things up to room 238, at the very end of the hall . As he pushes the key into the lock, and turns the door knob, Joe wonders what the other side of the door will present. Click, Creak. Joe is immediately entranced by the rustic decor of the room. Wonderful, pale blue, concrete walls, just oozing with joy and hospitality. And he sees the modern (in 1945) , blue metal dresser-desk combo in the corner, fully capable of meeting all his needs. But wait! There's something missing from all this grandeur, Joe's roommate! He has not yet arrived. Jubilee! Joe has something else to look forward to: meeting his roommate that he knows will be just like himself. He envisions a nice, clean-cut guy entering the room, briefcase in hand , graciously offering his hand in friendship to Joe. He explains that he is a Bible major named John. They rapidly become friends and live happily ever after. Ah, such bliss. A few moments later, the metal door swings open, and standing at the door is a mountain, six feet tall , with purple spiked hair, carrying the book, Dick and Jane Visit Granny in one hand, and 200-pound barbells in the other. "Hi, I'm Orpus," bellows Joe's new roommate. After recovering from culture shock, Joe learns to adjust to Orpus. They just ignore each other and everything's fine! Immediately, Joe notices the smell of pizza every night, and the walls pounding from music in the room above him. (He thinks, " I thought if the music was loud enough to be heard outside the door, it was too loud." He'll learn.) And he just cannot figure out how those massive dust balls form on his room floor. At home, Joe's mom had kept the bathroom nice and clean. Joe finds green mold growing in the shower here. Joe learns how to clean the bathroom! Being a freshman was a growing, humbling experience that encompassed many changes, a major one being living in a dorm. But it was through such experiences that we were tempered into knowing sophomores. - Phillip Tucker Confusion. In a daze, Jeff Vannatta, a sophomore from Baltimore, OH, contemplates where to store his clean clothes in his new room. Many students spent days storing clothes, putting up posters, and buying carpet to try to make their dorm rooms seem like home. - photo by Bill Tripp. Andrea Jane Giles - Hardy, AR Ann Love Gill - Allensville, KY Shelley Marie Golden - Judsonia, AR Sherry Renee Goldman - Searcy, AR Chris James Gonzalez - Apple Valley, MN Wendy A. Goodyear - Tigard , OR Donald D. Goudeau - Sulphur Rock , AR Marlon Walter Grande - Cuscatanci ngo, El Salvador Bryan Nathan Gray - Cove, OR Jeremy Green - Richardson , TX Jerome Green - Richardson , TX Micheline N. Green - Miami , FL Sharon Louise Greenhagen - Baton Rouge, LA Brenda Renee Greer - Rogersville, MO Diana Marie Gregg - Cambridge, OH Lisa Kay Griffin - Hamburg, AR Steven Ray Griffin - Searcy, AR Andrea Jean Grimes - Brentwood , TN David Lee Griner - Freeport , IL Andrew C. Guthrie - Okl ahoma City, OK David William Hadley - Stoughton, MA Jimmy Dwayne Hadnot - Jasper, TX Freshmen 2 g 1 Giles - Hadnot
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