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...grow up and accept traditional molds. Less a latter-day Peter Pan than a twentieth-century Southern version of Prokofiev, Buffett suffered through a lengthy period of obscurity. His peculiar style evolved out of Nashville origins, tempered and improved by Floridian and Caribbean overtones and directed by his own laid-back outlook on life. Even today, although "Margaritaville," probably his biggest hit to date, has been transformed by "The 101 Strings" into dentist-office muzak, few people are familiar with Buffett's music. Fans greet each other with the same excitement that marks a meeting of, well...Harvard alumni...
Coming from a family of quite a few Harvard graduates, Ed Franklin entered the University wary of the "snooty and close-minded" atmosphere here. But he happily reports that he has found a "relaxed, laid-back" home away from home. For example, he says, "Friends cover up for me when I'm someplace I shouldn't be with some one I shouldn't be with...
Still, the school's laid-back image has lately begun to work against it. Students today are reluctant to confront graduate schools and employers with unconventional college grade transcripts. As a result, enrollment at Santa Cruz began to slip after reaching 6,134 in 1976. Last year U.C. President David Saxon warned that the campus would have to trim its faculty unless enrollment rose significantly by 1983. This year the student body is up to 6,472 but that figure includes 460 students who wanted to go to the University of California at Berkeley and came to U.C.S.C. only...
...Chuck is just outstanding--he is consistent in his playing and has done a great job rallying our people," Restic says. Leader of a Crimson defense that has repeatedly come up with crucial plays, Durst brings a laid-back style to the position of captain. "I'm not the only leader on the team--we have broad leadership," number 72 says. Crimson players and coaches alike agree that this year's squad is as close as any during the Restic reign. As for the defense, Restic says, "It's as good a unit as I've had here...
Despite their Harvard peers' laid-back view of academics, courses have kept all three very busy, thanks largely to language difficulties and unfamiliar "in-class terminology." Like many other freshmen, all three are taking Ec 10; Bing and Jia say they may major in Economics, while Lynn leans towards Applied Math...