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Bilateral Love
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by Dave Stroik
  Perhaps it's a failure to communicate, or just a
lack of understanding, that's creating the barrier
between the hill students (liberal arts students)
and the valley students (engineers). The presence
of such a rift was graphically demonstrated to me
when I witnessed the accidental meeting of Betty
Buststein and Harvey Halstead.
  With each long stride the slide rule in Harvey's
back pocket swayed from side to side. He'd regu-
larly run his fingers through his short unruly hair
to counter each gust of wind.
  "Help me," came a soft yet distinctly New York
voice from behind a clump of bushes.
  Harvey glanced at his watch and decided he
could spare a few minutes to check out this maid-
en in distress. As he rounded the bushes two large
brown eyes peered up at him. Sweeping her hand
across her forehead she removed a lock of long
raven hair from her line of sight. "I'm stuck," she
said tugging at her bellbottoms.
  Harvey's eyes moved down her leg to the piece
THE WISCONSIN ENGINEER
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