1988-1989 Rothberg Yearbook

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The tim e has come. You ca n 't put it off any longer; the phone calls m ust be made. You haven't
spoken to your cousins in tw o m onths, your parents in six weeks, plus friends of the fam ily are here
and if you w a n t th a t free meal you have to call them .
The decision is made to dedicate the evening's activities to phone calls. Arm ed w ith phone
num bers and at least tw e n ty asim onim you trudge to building five at nine o'clock. However, the line
has tripled in size since th e last tim e you checked. Also, half of the phones a re n 't w orking and should
your tw e n ty asim onim drop w ith in the firs t m inute the m achine isn 't w orking anyway, as usual. AGH I
Should you stay or take the chance and go to Goldsm ith.
Y ou're feeling daring — w h a t's the point of making phone calls the evening peulah if you don't take
some chances ? O nw ard to Goldsm ith. Yet everyone seems to have the same idea. By now it's 9:15,
G oldsm ith closes at 1 0 :0 0 ‏—־ w ill you make it?
Finally you get the phone; your cousins a re n 't home and w hen you start a decent conversation w ith
fa m ily friends the people in the line start to give you dirty looks fo r m onopolising the phone. A t least
you get the free meal.
A t 9:45, you em erge triu m p h a n t feeling quite accom plished but th e re 's still the call to your parents.
Twelve o'clock arrives and dragging an u n w illin g friend you make the trek to the Hyatt.
You slink past the reception desk in that obvious college sw eatshirt. Upon reaching the phones, it's
a tense situation. Three people in line and tw o of the phones are broken. You're not in the mood — but
w a it, w h a t about the phone dow nstairs.
This is d e fin ite ly your night — no one is there only you and the bezek. Your asim on is safe in the
aperture and your parents accent the charges.
By one o'clock your pockets are stuffed w ith Hyatt bathroom tissues. You leave satisfied w ith the
phone call adventure fo r yet another m onth. By the w ay did you know about the new phone in moadon
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Jessica Steinberg
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