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Page 4 . Scrimshaw Friday, April 14 It's a Wonderful Town--- New York is {"tossed salad of 12 chances are good that the play or room and so reduce the price to pay the 50 cents fare just to enter a million people, and when you movie or musician that you've less than $6 per person per night. -stauon and watch the trains go by. we'll go anywhere!" arrive at Fifth Avenue, it seems as always wanted to see or hear is The Student Center Office is just This is not to say that New York is New York cabdrivers are if they are all trying to grab the playing somewhere for two dollars. off the main lobby of the hotel and hurting for art. The city has more authorities on every subject. They same parking place as you, Tickets for first-run movies cost is open from 9:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. than 75 museums and 100 galleries. love to explain the problems of U.S Before you try to see anything in about $4; plays and musicals, $6 to The office personnel will give you Familiar favorites are the FOREIGN POLICY. They also can New York, dump your car for $6 a $17. information about the city and sell Museum of Modern Art, the tell from a glance in the rear-view day in one of the many public' If you're going to spend the a good city map for 50 cents. When Gugenheim Museum, the Marlboro mirror what your po.rUcular garages around Central Park. You night, the best deal in town is this office is closed, the main desk. Gal!ery, and the Metr-cpofitan problem is, and they'll lavish tnerr won't want or need it. Driving in definitely the New York Student which is open all night, will book a Museum, advic; on you for no extra charge. downtown traffic is a disaster. The Center in the Empire Hotel at room for you. Make sure that you If you are struck with madness most exciting way to get around is Broadway and 63rd Street (695- ask for student prices. or sudden weal th, you can travel When dealing with cabbies, as towalk,walk,walk.NewYorkwili 0291), The hotel is at a prime If you get too tired to walk or are well as with all New Yorkers, you charge you with energy. location with rooms overlooking in a hurry to see a show across by taxicab. Cabs are abundant and needn't shout, as many out of After parking your' car, get southwest Central Park. The hotel town, you can get within blocks of expensive. The ones licensed by towners do. Despite their copies of The Village Voice and rents several floors to the Student anywhere that you'll want to go on the City of New York are yellow, reputation, New Yorkers are quite cabs, called Other colored "gypsy New York Magazine. They list Center. which will then rent a room the subway and buses. The subway cabs," are unlicensed. They will civilized and. at times, even what is happening and where. to you. A double room, two beds cars are so colorfully covered with take fares to areas of the city friendly. If you get lost. stand on a Read these carefully. New York with a bath, goes for $23. You can mural-sized graffiti inside and out where licensed cabs will not go, corner, hold your map, and look has plenty of" theaters, and the fit four friend1y people into the that art majors have been known to and they boast, "We're not yellow- forlorn. Someone is sure to appear and put you in the right direction. ~~:,~~~xa!'~ondEndin9--IJJ'~~":' The Frog The ringing of the Alma Mater, Downstairs, to the basement, my _ rhythmically reinforced by the heart runs to a strange laboratory, SOUNDS OF SPRING rope beating against the flagpole, with no scientific instruments. THE WAY OF THE FLESH draws me once again to my win- Memories of so many hours in my dow. I see a chapel, without a private office, as I always liked to Meanwhile, back at the Quad, Word has it that there were quite cross-crown, but still white and thinkofit.Coldandtempermental, spring has brought out the lacrosse a few dissatisfied females on fresh: a monument to the beauty peaceful and my hideout. sticks, softball gloves, and 'campus following the Bete run last that surrounds it. Looking beyond, Lest I not forget, I add a frisbees. It's also brought out the Thursday. It seems that their stereos. On a clear day you 'can realizations were less than their ~~r:y~ ~~;~~g g~~~-~~w~ ~~ :~:~~~::~c~hi~~, ~:~im~ BURN, BABY, BURN hear forever. We're not com- expectations. Blame it on the distance. Trees, with branches a day, a social gathering that holds While walking through the plaining-the Quad is supposed to Dean, girls' he ordered that gently swaying in an ever-present no special sponsor spontaneously female side of the campus one be the rowdiest, noisiest place on decency be maintained. So what if beckoning breeze, silhouetted on a occurs. No lonely meals permitted bright and sunny day, we noticed a campus. Let's just hope that the he destroys one of the major noticeably blue sky, make me here, (with tables so close together sizzling noise and the smell of Dean doesn't start a war on noise traditions of the Bete hell week? smile. And I never thought ten and WMC people like they are.j something frying. It did't take pollution.