Does a sudden, irritating buzz or a startling, spine-tingling "brrinng" put you in a bad mood for that "8 o'clock"? A well-known clock manufacturer has put on the market a new kind of alarm clock. A 15-watt clear light bulb in a clouded plastic window flashes warningly on and off for 5 minutes before the ringing alarm goes off.

Here comes Veishea, 1961, and with it an increased interest in feminine apparel.

Questionnaires to 50 states, gas chromatography analyses, and "a game" are some of the information-gathering techniques which young women are using to conduct various home economics research projects at Iowa State University. The women are graduate students who are each working toward the degree of Master of Science.

Avid gardeners are in the midst of planting. Some students are thinking up ingenious ways of livening up their rooms with the spirit of the season, others are meandering along campus paths searching for the annual signs that spring has arrived. Then there are those who have caught the fever of the season and just can't get around to seeing all the possibilities for spring. Whether or not you are a victim of the desire to over-relax, you might like to find the offerings of nature in an easy way.

Spring Fever Victims Are Missing Out, Anne Collison, page 4

Horticulture, Flowers to Grow… Or to Go, Karen Nielsen, page 5

In Step with Veishea, Anne Collison and Sherry Stoddard, page 6

Leave Hotdogs at Home, Alice Warren, page 7

Where There’s Will, There’s Europe, Marilyn Bratten, page 8

Three Symbols Bring Orient to America, Karen Scott, page 10

Ways to M.S. Differ, Barb Pierson, page 11

Here’s An Idea, Barb Jackson, page 14

The Creek Awakened, Melva Lafrenz, page 14