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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Tuesday. December 5. 1967
Freshmen take a long look at KU
By Linda Fabry Kansan Staff Reporter
By now freshmen have adjusted to campus food, large classes, professors, closing hours, counselors, residence hall directors and advisors.
The next step after adjusting to surroundings is taking a long look around, which is exactly what freshmen are doing.
With all the publicity that hippies have been getting lately KU's freshmen can't help but notice them.
"They are futile, useless and stand for something impossible," Chuck Rickel, Basehor freshman, said when asked about hippies.
When asked the same question,
Dave Shoults, Wichita freshman,
said he thought hippies were a degradation to the University atmosphere.
"It's good to show individualism but being messy and dirty to do it is going too far," Kathy Newcomer of Omaha. Neb., said.
Dave Morgan of Kansas City, Mo., said he really feels sorry for the hippies.
"I don't think I like their appearance," Terry Howell of Chicago said.
Hippies act the way they do because they are lazy, according to Mike McGinley of Dodge City. Mike concluded that hippies are just a novel.
On classes
Coming from a high school of under 5,000 students to a University of over 15,000 requires an adjustment to size alone.
Freshmen, finding themselves in large lecture classes for the first time, are somewhat overcome by the numbers.
"I expected to be a number but none of my teachers call me by my student number," Kathy Newcomer said.
Instead of having a "teacher" for a class, freshmen are faced with such things as professors, associate professors, assistant professors and instructors.
One freshman thought that with such important titles teachers would be too busy to help a student. He found out later that this wasn't the case and said his
teachers "beg you to come in and see them."
Having graduate students for teachers is a new experience for many freshmen.
"I have one graduate student that I like and one that I don't," Dave Shoults said.
"I like them," Philip McManis of Prairie Village said. "You can see the transition from student to teacher.
On closing hours
The subject of closing hours is discussed frequently by freshmen.
"I, more or less, have been brainwashed by AWS," Nancy Messplay of Kansas City, Mo., said. "I don't think a freshman is smart enough to know when to come in."
Kathy said she thinks the majority of freshman girls are smart enough to know when to come in, however, for the majority of girls who don't know, rules are necessary.
On change
By now KU freshmen have a pretty good idea of what they like about the University and what they don't.
Ask them what they would like to change about KU and they'll tell you.
Slang at KU
'23 skiddoo' to 'take gas?'
"Apathy in relation to caring for others" is the thing Philip Mc-Manis would like to see changed.
"People here don't want to get involved." Philin said.
Scene: Hawks Nest
"I'd like to see people use their energy for something other than panty raids." Dave Morgan said.
Time: 12:30 p.m.
Dave said he would also like to see teachers use first names in class.
"Hey man, how's it going?"
"I dunno Jock, I'm so hacked off I'm ready to pull out, ya know?"
Nancy said while a lot of people thought KU's closing hours were strict, she didn't think they were so bad.
"Lemme guess, you blew another shotgun."
"You really never know the first names of the people in your classes because teachers always call everyone by their last name," Dave said.
"Nah."
"Nab."
"Your honey pimped you again."
The coach is on your tail about the game Saturday."
"No, it's none of those deals on its own, it's just that I'm sucking in everything. Last year I was a stud-va know?—I was acing tests like it was outa sight, was one of Mitchell's best jocks, had the dolls screaming for my bod, finally got my GPA up to be initiated, the old man bought me some wheels, everything man, ya know?"
"Yeah, you were really torcqing on."
"Now everything's going down the tubes. At first I though I'd just punt for a while and things would work on out, but now—"
"What happened?"
"Well, English has always been my best course. Aced I and II. Grad students really grubbed my essays. This year I've taken gas. Just got back an essay, flunked."
The prof said I use to much slang. Ya know? Says we're butchering the English language at KU. Did you ever hear so much bull in your life?"
This kind of small talk permeates many local taverns and gathering places for the KU students. This small talk is the modern-day version of the "23 skiddoo, small change," slang many KU alums used frequently in their days at Mount Oread.
It is, simply, slang. Hard to understand for the outsider—the alum, or anyone not from the midwest—but commontalk among KU students these days.
Many alumni and university guests are baffled at students' conversation during something so common as a basketball game.
"What a stud effort on that last play," a student may say at a ball game.
The alumni wonder. The guests ponder such talk.
... Stud: one who excels or does outstanding work in his field,
To suck: to do poorly in one's field of endeavor—the opposite of burn, syn., to take gas.
Dave said it would be a lot easier to get to know people if you could call them by their first name.
Bull: meaningless talk, usually met with skepticism by the communicatee.
Dolly: a coed, usually very attractive. syn., honey.
Pimp: a slang term, usually met with considerable shock by an alum hearing the slang term for the first time—meaning a joke ... to kid . . . Are you "pimping" me? (Are you "kidding" me?)
Jock: an athlete.
To pount: To procrastinate. To put off. To totally eliminate from one's agenda with considerable decree of irresponsibility.
And so on.
A dictionary of college slang might well fill a big book. Slang is not new. New words and phrases are invented every day—the change in word usage from day to day is amazing. Hep.
"Some schools are even more strict," Nancy said. "KU is really very liberal."
Just ask the folks.
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Kathy Newcomer said she feels closing hours are a protection for "the gullible freshman girl."
"Rules aren't made for the majority," Kathy said. "They are really made for the minority."
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