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Thecolorsoffall light up the lUPcampusas students
enjoy the autumn air.
Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Indiana, Pennsylvania 15705
Volume 80
Title 1
lUP football players get psyched up
before a big game.
Writing
on
the wall
Indiana University of with any degree of senti-
Pennsylvania. For most mentality, but someday
of us, this place becomes when we are deep in the
our home for at least chaos of REAL LIFE,
four years. It watches us these annoyances may
grow from inexperienced seem like something to
freshmen into college remember with
graduates eager to face amusement.
the real world...well, Naturally, we will
maybe. lUP is the setting look back at lUP as a
for many changes in our place where we formed
lives, and they all add up lasting friendships, fell
to make us who we are. in and out of love,
While at times we feel laughed, cried and
we can't wait to get out changed. The par-
of Indiana, there are oth- ties...the shows...the late-
er times when we look night food runs...all this
around and wonder what and more adds up to a
it will be like to leave be- collection of memories
hind this way of life that that is special to each of
we've grown so used to. us. Someday, we will
Although part of us thank lUP for giving us
wants to escape and nev- the opportunity to prove
er look back, there's an- ourselves to us and to
other part that says we our friends and instruc-
will miss every little tors, and for the wealth
thing about this place. of memories we will con-
Right now it certainly tinue to cherish for years
seems hard to believe to come.
that we could ever look
back on finals week or —Stacy J. Estep
telephone registration
Photo by Tony Piccioni
ThetypicallygrayIndiana skycanbe
picturesque in its own way
Scott Davis
Atalkwitha friend in theOakGrove
provides a moment of relaxation.
Opening 3
On warmer days, students can often
befound studying intheOakGrove.
Writing
on the wall
It's not just anyone on our way to achieving
who can say that they our ultimate goals in life,
went to lUP. It takes spe- whatever they may be. It
cial kinds of people. may take many more
Sometimes we get frus- years before we actually
trated and wonder why reach these goals, but de-
we are here at all, but we ciding which path to
always find a way to get take is often the biggest
through the tough times. problem, and lUP is
That's what being an where we make that
lUP student is all about. decision.
Students everywhere College is a learning
have stress, but people at experience in more ways
lUP seem more deter- than one. It doesn't just
mined than most to mean learning things in
work as hard as neces- the classroom, because
sary to get the job done. there is much to be
When we first arrive learned in day-to-day
here, we may feel over- life as well. As freshmen,
whelmed and lost we may not know much
amongst the crowd, but about life, but by the
over the years we begin time we graduate, we
to form a solid identity. will have enough infor-
With the help of friends, mation to formulate our
professors and advisers, own theories about life.
we find out what we like The hard work will pay
and don't like, what we off and things will be as
do or don't want to do clear as the writing on
with the rest of our lives. the wall.
Sometimes it takes a
while, but by the time —Stacy J. Estep
we leave here we are well
Flagstone is another popular spot to
hang out when the weather is nice.
Carl Eakin
Students show their Homecoming
spirit by partying on fraternity row.
Opening 5
Top Left: There's nothing like a cold
drink to refresh you on a hot day. Top
Right: Carmen Espinosa celebrates an
lUP Christmas with a stocking full of
goodies.
Writing
On
The
WALL
Mention the lifestyle of a crop up along the way, and
college student, and a lot of we each find our own ways of
images come to mind. The coping with these setbacks.
classes, the parties, the The stress and chaos are un-
games, the relation- avoidable parts of college life,
ships...they all play key roles not only in the classroom but
in making our college years in day-to-day activities. It all
special. comes together to make us
Despite the common who we are.
threads, the lifestyle of a How do all our experiences
typical lUP student is hard to fit together to create the life-
pin down. After all, who is style that suits us best? It
really "typical?" The differ- seems to be a very natural
ences between people can be process, a phenomenon that
so great it's sometimes hard sneaks up on us gradually
to believe we all go to the until one day we realize we
same university. Students are no longer the same people
come to lUP from all over the we were when we entered col-
state, the nation, and even the lege. Our lives have changed
world. They represent an drastically in many ways,
amazing variety of back- and while we have spent a
grounds and hold equally di- large part of our lUP years
verse dreams for the future, searching for our identities,
and they flock to lUP in when we leave here we may
hopes that this will be the be surprised just how clearly
place where those dreams we can see ourselves for who
will begin to come true. we finally have become.
Needless to say, plenty of
distractions and problems —Stacy Estep
J.
6 Lifestyles
