Page 81 - Clearwater Christian College 1993

EIGHT IS ENOUGH

OR IS IT?

D o you have a friend with

a popular name? If so,

you know the annoying

feeling you get when

calling out to your friend

and having several heads

turn in your direction and yelling

“Yeah?”.

With a student body of about five

hundred you would think that duplicate

names would not occur more than just a

few times. Jennifer and Jonathan (or

some variation thereof) are the grand

exceptions. With ten Jennifers and fifteen

Jonathans this situation happens more

than you would think. Jonathan Yoder

states that one of the best ways to get the

attention of one of the “Jon’s” is to use
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characteristic nicknames. Last year Jon

was called “Yoder” now it has been

shortened to “Yode.”

The top five student names are: Robert

(9), David, Jason, and Amy/Aimee (8),

and Kim/Kym and Dan/Daniel (7). The

staff is also included in the confusion by

Eight “ Jens” on campus is confusing having three Phils, three Mikes, two

enough — imagine living together!

Jennifers Brewer and Bevan live in Karens and two Debbies.

the same unit; Cozart and Brewer and

Jennifer Nightingale are close friends.

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