/ :*' r i^' m \ \ X \\ KlUfiF Archives and Special Collections NON-CIRCULATING r Digitized by the Internet Archive 2009 with funding from in Lyrasis IVIembers and Sloan Foundation i I http://www.archive.org/details/oakyearb1991indi OAK TonyPiccioni The 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