Word: mixer
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...mixer was one of the biggest wastes of time I've ever been to," says Mike. "The people were boring, the conversation forced, the atmosphere anything but relaxed, and the music wasn't music. You walk up to someone--you don't know anything--you don't know anything about them--and you're reduced to the standard questions you've been asking the rest of the week: What's your name? Where are you from? What courses are you gonna take...
...spend her week, then? "In my free time, I've been reading a lot, meeting people, just trying to assimilate myself with as little hassle as possible--you know, getting drunk lot." The highlight of the week was yelling obscenities at people on their way to the mixer. "I wouldn't have been caught dead there...
...memo board of Mike Knobler's Holworthy room bears a simple message: "The basic formula of all is: frustrated, neglected love." Chances are, it is a sentence that found expression on Friday night, the night of the Freshman Mixer...
...What about the mixer?" yells a roommate from across the room. Steve grins. "The mixer was a meat market," he nods, "but I guess it worked out alright...
...year can matter. These kids may be cloning frogs for fun during the afternoon but at night they're all trying to bluff their way into 33 Dunster St. with fake I.D. cards. Either that or chasing members of the opposite sex with a vigor that makes the Freshman Mixer look like a 50th reunion cocktail party...