From: zelek@remus.rutgers.edu (Grey Wolf)
Subject: Re: how to identify a senior
Date: 24 Sep 92 05:20:32 GMT

  Freshmen:  Are never in bed past noon.
  Seniors:   Are never out of bed before noon.

  Freshmen:  Read the syllabus to find out what classes they can cut.
  Seniors:   Read the syllabus to find out what classes they need to attend.

  Freshmen:  Brings a can of soda into a lecture hall.
  Seniors:   Brings a jumbo hoagie and six-pack of Mtn. Dew into a
             recitation class.

  Freshmen:  Calls the professor "Professor."
  Seniors:   Calls the professor "Bob."

  Freshmen:  Would walk ten miles to get to class.
  Seniors:   Drives to class if it's further than three blocks away.

  Freshmen:  Memorizes the course material to get a good grade.
  Seniors:   Memorizes the professor's habits to get a good grade.

  Freshmen:  Knows a book-full of useless trivia about the university.
  Seniors:   Knows where the next class is.  Maybe...

  Freshmen:  Shows up at a morning exam clean, perky, and fed.
  Seniors:   Shows up at a morning exam in sweats with a cap on and a
             box of pop tarts in hand.

  Freshmen:  Have to ask where the computer labs are.
  Seniors:   Has 'own' personal workstation.

  Freshmen:  Use the campus buses to go everywhere.
  Seniors:   Use the campus buses to run block while crossing the street.

  Freshmen:  Worry about the last freshman composition essay.
  Seniors:   Worry about the last GRE essay.


Feeling strange at this relatively early hour,
Chris [zelek@aramis.rutgers.edu]