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POTPOURRI
Graduating seniors face
trauma of 'the real world'
By MARY COX
Staff Writer
For four and a half years, I've waited for my time to come. I've
bought my share of graduation cards and gifts for friends who've
come and gone, but now it's my turn.
I remember when I was a junior I told myself I'd never be an
obnoxious senior who constantly talked about not taking finals or
how much spare time I had on my hands. No talk of dead el
ephants for me. I promised myself I'd quietly rejoice and be hum
ble and gracious. But I was younger then.
I'm still pretty humble about this whole graduation process,
but maybe that's got something to do with the 43 I made on my
last stat test. That's enough to humble the heartiest of elephants. I
guess I've spent too much class time daydreaming. And some
times my dreams of graduation gifts and instant maturity turn into
nightmares.
I can just picture the registrar's office calling me early one
morning, informing me of a grave error in my records. My heart
pounds furiously as I hear some woman's voice telling me I can t
graduate.
After I snap back into reality, I'm always bummed for a little
while. I play the deadly 'what if game in my mind — trying to
imagine any and every situation that might keep me from grad
uating..
All this should indicate that I'm very insecure about all this,
and if you can't understand, then you're either an underclassman
or a confident graduating senior with a job lined up.
Fear does funny things to people. While it motivates some, it
paralyzes me. Oh, I'm excited about graduation, but I'm scared.
Scared of what, I'm not sure.
But I do have my cocky times, the ones I vowed I'd never inflict
on anyone. My favorite is to ask people when they're planning to
graduate, when you know good and well they won't be graduat
ing soon. This question almost always boomerangs back to you,
and then you can proudly say "December." Some feign happi
ness for you, but some don't care enough to even fake it. After all,
you can't expect others to be as excited about your graduation as
you are.
I also show off my graduation cockiness by taking it upon my
self to mention how many tests I have left and how many days
stand between me and graduation. This is always effective in
making someone with an especially tough semester hate you.
Then they vow never to be as obnoxious as you are.
But you non-graduating peers can beat us seniors at our own
game. I ve found the most effective jab a non-graduating student
can deliver is to ask us if we have a job yet. That's all it takes to
put most seniors in their place.
But let us enjoy it. All the pressure to find a job and be a pay
ing member of the Teal world' is something pretty new to us. We
need the security of this environment that's been so familiar for so
long to build our confidence to move on to something unfamiliar
and new. Humor us and look forward to your turn. □
Horse-faced dreamboat?
The fan mail pours in from young girls everywhere, from Emi-
lys and Heathers and Laurens and Tiffanies. Some send hugs
and kisses, to be delivered by proxy, along with promises of un
dying love. Others send drawings. One sent $5, to be spent on
"carrots and things."
This latest adolescent heartthrob doesn't live in Hollywood,
and he isn't a rock star. He lives in Jackson, Ohio, and he is a
horse.
He's Sam I Am, a 3-year-old registered paint horse, and at last
count, he had 522 owners. Yes, just like Seattle Slew, Northern
Dancer, and other high-priced thoroughbreds, Sam I Am, valued
at about $2,00C, is syndicate property.
He's owned by a growing gaggle of horse-crazy girls who
have paid $23.95 per share for a scale model of Sam, a share
holder's certificate, and the right to visit, brush, photograph, and
sit upon Sam.
The syndication of Sam was the brainstorm of Beverley Hen
derson, whose husband Jerry, a breeder of standardbreds, ac
quired Sam in exchange for a saddle. The little paint horse didn't
fit into the farm's breeding program, but Beverley couldn't bring
herself to part with him.
"This is a working farm, not a gentleman's farm, and every
thing we have must be of use," she explains. Remembering Jier
own horseless childhood, she decided to fulfill the dream of "ow
nership” for other children. With the help of a lawyer, she formed
Sam and Co. Inc. and issued shares now being sold through a
handful of retail stores and magazine ads.
Since the shares became available last October, more than
500 have been sold, all of which shows that in this era of video
games and space toys, visions of Black Beauty live on in the
hearts and minds of American kids. □
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2. "Money For Nothing," Dire Straits
3. "Part-Time Lover," Stevie Wonder
4. "Miami Vice Theme," Jan Hammer
5. "Saving All My Love For You," Whitney Houston
6. "Oh Sheila," Ready For the World
7. "Head Over Heels," Tears for Fears
8. "Cherish," Kool and the Gang
9. "I'm Goin' Down," Bruce Springsteen
10. "Fortress Around Your Heart," Sting
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