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About The daily Nebraskan. ([Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 4, 1990)
Drab walls make studies look exciting Lots of people go to Perkins or Love Library if they need to study. Even more people just stay in their apartments and suffer through advanced calculus or whatever. I’m not one of those people. I can’t study successfully in very many places, mainly because I really hate studying. My attention wan ders if there is anything even re motely interesting near me. Thus, if I’m in my apartment, I’m more likely to run up my long-distance bill than torture myself with the history of mass media. At home, I also am easily dis tracted by the TV and the VCR. I’m more likely to catch up on “thirty something” or a good movie than force physical geography through my brain cells. Unfortunately, I’m not likely to be tested on why Michael and Hope had their last fight. So, I head downtown to my sorority -- and to the relative quiet and boring atmosphere of the base ment. The sorority basement pro vides an atmosphere where staring at my books is more interesting than staring elsewhere Don’t get me wrong The rest of my sorority is tastefully decorated The colors harmonize, the pictures on the wall arc tasteful and niceiy framed. People sit around talking like rational human beings But when you get down to the study basement, tnc well-coordi nated decor of the other floors gives way to downright ugliness. The carpet is a puke-green shag The walls a re a dark, wood-grained panel. On the wall there are old com posites, pictures of girls from years past. On one of the most recent of these old composites, I see a pic ture of myself fre >m three years ago, as a gccky-looking freshman. I’d definitely rather look at my books. In the basement of my sorority, people sit around in old T-shirts, with huge glasses of Diet Pepsi, and mutter to themselves about the subject that they’re studying "Chemical engineering is . . “ or, "the mesosphere is related to the troposphere in the way that . . In fact, the basement’s best feature is the abundance of people to crab at about studying. Somehow, it’s easier for me to force myself to study after I’ve complained about how much I hate the subject. Once I finally force myself to sit down and do my homework, the atmosphere is conducive to good studying The room isquict, except for the occasional strains of music that waft down from the piano directly above. A few people whis per in the corner, but that’s better than my apartment, where the people next door probably are having a loud party -- complete with blaring headbanger music. I still hate studying -- but in the basement, at least, 1 get it done. Julie Naughton is a senior news-edi torial and English major and a Dally Nebraskan senior reporter and copy editor. ^Jgf^THE UNCOMMON MARKET Unusual clothing and accessories ^ If™ from around the world. Have a | clothes shopping adventure at | the Uncommon Market. We also I have foreign military book bags. I 1418 0 Street — Lincoln I 474-6199 v J iW.C.'s W.C.'si i i in TAKE A STUDY BREAK! \ j | ^ $2.30 Pitchers ^ l I J) $1.00 Well Drinks ep 1 j\ W.C. 'S Downtown (} j | 1228 Tl Street | [W.C.'s Coupon Not (»ond illi Any Other Offer w.c.v "Macintosh practically eliminates the need to keep manuals next to my computer, because regardless of which program I'm using I can open, close, save, and print files in exactly the same way. And you can't say that about any other computer. "Today lots of other computers are attempting to kx)k and work like a Macintosh, but it's just not possible.They’re tcx) fundamentally different to l begin with.This may sound a little strange, but * comparing a Macintosh to other computers :>i is like comparing apples to oranges. '■//. • You can squash the orange into ■ ‘ shape and paint it t( > kxtk like an ' 0 ' V '.' apple, but underneath the makeup, it's still an orange. ,;f; J v "It s funny-1 work at the Uv." Vanderbilt computer store and I've seen lots of people switch from other com w(i.„ ' puters to Macintosh, but I’ve never seen anybody 'IjjMb t X with a Macintosh Wkt switch to another W? i computer.” T The Computing Resource Center Computer Shop University Bookstore Lower Level, Nebraska Union 472-5785, Hours: 8am - 5pm * Why do people love Macintosh'? Ask them. C 1990 Apple Computet Inc Apple the Apple logo and Macintosh ate tegiMeted trademarks ot Apple Computet Inc HH