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Trips down memory lane
Students reminisce about summer childhood memories
By Lyndsey Sage
THE BATTALION
Once upon a time, summer equaled carefree
days of riding bikes, running around barefoot,
lips stained red from cherry snow-cones and
hours of jumping off the high dive at the com
munity pool. Some of the most cherished memo
ries come from the little league, music lessons
and dance camp summers of childhood.
As students reflect on their childhood days of
summer, much more than the excitement of no
school for three months comes to mind.
For David Aycock, a junior marketing major,
a family trip is a memory that he will keep with
him from his childhood.
“I went to Disneyland and Universal Studios,
when I was five,” Aycock said. “I remember
seeing Mickey Mouse and all. I also walked on
that one guy’s feet; 1 think it was the guy who is
Captain Hook’s first mate on his ship.”
Memories such as this become priceless as col
lege students find their summers consumed with
school and work. No longer is summer three
months of play, as it was in the childhood days
when school was a distant thought and work was
designated for “grown ups.” As Aycock discovered,
time for amusement and recreation become scarce.
“My family still takes vacations,” Aycock
said. “But without me.”
Jennifer West, a junior journalism major,
recalls the weeks of her younger days spent at
summer camp as she contemplates memories
from her childhood.
“When 1 was younger, like in middle school,
I would go to camps for a week at a time,” West
said. “We could do a ropes course and go swim
ming and all those kinds of things.”
According to West, some things never change
because the best part about going to camp was
that you went with all your friends.
As many students join West in counting their
favorite summer memories at camps as a child,
those same students are heading back to camp
for the summer, only this time as counselors
helping shape childhood memories.
Kicking off her shoes and running barefoot
around the neighborhood is a favorite memory
that Mindi Ethridge, a junior psychology major,
values from her childhood.
“I couldn’t wait for summer because I could
go barefoot all day,” Ethridge said.
“Every time I ran across the
pavement or street, my
feet would burn and melt
ed tar would stick to
them. Even though it
hurt, I still did it every
time.”
Ethridge also rem
inisces on the games
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After the sun went down, neighborhood kids
would congregate to play murder in the dark.
“There were about 15 kids that were around the
same age, so we all played together every day,”
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Ethridge said. “We would get on our bikes and
cruise down the street picking up kids as we went.”
Every once and awhile, Ethridge is reminded
of those memories when she comes across one
of her former childhood buddies. According to
Ethridge, even though everyone moved away,
they still see each other sometimes and stop
to chat about the good old days of summer.
For Matt Matherene, a junior recreational
management major, the feeling of winning a
junior golf tournament is among his most
prized memories from his summers as a
child.
“There were two tournaments a week
all over East Texas. My folks would take me
to them,” Matherene said. “It was so cool to win
when you were 10 or 11 years old.”
The pride of winning was enough for
Matherene, although winners of each tourna
ment received medals. Matherene saved the
medals from his first place finishes, which are
stored away in his closet.
Matherene is now assisting in the same tour
nament that he played in as a kid.
Family vacations, camps, sports and neigh
borhood games all shape childhood summers.
However, summer would not be complete with
out a bathing suit and water.
For Michalea Daggett, a junior genetics major,
summer was a time to cool off from the swelter
ing Odessa heat by running through the sprin
klers.
“In our backyard, my sister and I would set
up the sprinklers,” Daggett said. “We would put
on our bathing suits and run through them. We
would also set up the Slip ‘N Slide with the
neighbor boy.”
Driving down the street not too long ago,
Daggett was brought back to this childhood
recollection when she saw a group of col
lege students who had set up a sprinkler in
their front lawn and were running through it.
“It looked like so much fun,” Daggett said.
Although students may outgrow their child
hood bathing suits and tennis shoes, there are
some things that one will never grow too old to
do. One of those things being taking a trip down
memory lane to the summers of childhood and
possibly even reliving those memories.
PEOPLE IN THE NEWS
Charlie Sheen, Denise
Richards married
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Charlie Sheen, one
of Hollywood's best-known bachelors, has
married actress Denise Richards, his publi
cist said.
Sheen and Richards were wed Saturday
night at the home of producer Gary David
Goldberg in Los Angeles, publicist Tracy
Shaffer said Sunday.
It was the 36-year-old actor's second mar
riage and the first for his 29-year-old bride.
The couple wore custom-made Giorgio
Armani designs. Richards dressed in a white
satin gown with a plunging back; Sheen
wore a two-button tuxedo.
Richards has appeared in the films "Wild
Things," "Starship Troopers" and the current
"Undercover Brother." She met Sheen while
shooting the independent film "Good
Advice" in 2000.
They began dating after Richards did guest
spots on the sitcom "Spin City," which stars
Sheen.
Sheen's film credits include "Platoon" and
"Wall Street." He is the son of actor Martin
Sheen of NBC's "The West Wing."
Crowe accuses men of
extorting money from him
SYDNEY, Australia (AP) — The trial of two
men accused of attempting to extort money
form Oscar-winning actor Russell Crowe
was adjourned for two days Monday so
prosecutors can finalize their case and to
ensure enough potential jurors are available.
Crowe, believed to be shooting a film in
Mexico, was not present for Monday's
scheduled start of the trial at Goffs Harbour
District Court.
Crowe, whose movie credits include
"Gladiator" and "A Beautiful Mind," owns a
cattle ranch in the rolling hills outside Coffs
Harbour, an upscale resort town in eastern
Australia.
Philip Antony Cropper, 36, and Malcolm
Brian Mercer, 37, are charged with trying to
extort money from Crowe in exchange for
destroying a security video. They face a max
imum sentence of 10 years if convicted.
The video allegedly shows Crowe in an
altercation outside a Coffs Harbour night
club in 1999.
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