Luann by Greg Evans and Karen Evans for December 16, 2013

The girls are growing up!

Hopefully not until they are both 25!

Howard fits for Delta’s Law ambitions…

“The Old College Try”“Fresh From The Cocoon”“Rookie Season”“Almost Been There, Done That”or “♪Big Girls Don’t Cry Yikes ♫”

Once upon a time I was young and foolish. Now I’m no longer young……just foolish!

Luann and Bernice, roommates at Moony Uni, check. Delta ships out to Howard, never to be seen again except for maybe at breaks or Christmas, check.

Right…what the devil is Moony Uni supposed to be, huh? Is that short for, I don’t know, Municipal University? Or what? I only ask because…It’s not a very encouraging name for a school!

“….. some of the most interesting people he knows are in their 50’s and 60’s, and still don’t know what they want to be when they grow up.”I never knew either, so I didn’t grow up.

Hey Greg, I really enjoy your strip. I’ve followed it for years And as a Howard alum (Class of 1977), thanks for the mention. I knew quite a few “Delta’s” when I was on the “Yard”.

Tom Robbins tells us “It’s never too late to have a happy childhood”.

It’s great that each of the girls found a path that works for them. It may change between now and graduation, but at least they have a direction!

I’d like to see see all of them together in university.

“Brought to you” by…Soured University… “When life hands you lemons, you can laugh, because Soured already gave you some!”…. – United College.of Optometry-Kelly Normal School, home of the ‘Fighting Eyes’… Dr. I.Z. Fine, Chancellor… “U.C.O.K is the leader, and you’ll see why”… “We’re the standard in Optometry teachers…. We’re O.K.!…” – the Silent Comedy College Fund… “Help the world to appreciate thinking outside of the box !….Help someone get to go to France, and make the world laugh!”… “Because a mime is a terrible thing to waste!”…. – and by…U.C. Berkeley Breathed Univerisity…. “Your greatest Opus, will be because of us!”..

Do the teenagers of today use such an old-fashioned word as “yikes?”

Yes, I got to see, thanks! Hope it’s s’alright, over there!….

I say ‘yikes’ every time I’ve watched Jabberjaw, Josie and the Pussycats, Speed Buggy, Land of the Lost, Yogi, and The Banana Splits… I guess they are a corrupting influence, after all!… – Especially noticed it, when in a need to “exit stage left” from a scene quickly, with an anamorphic talking dog or car in tow, I found myself uttering: “Hey gang, let’s get outta here!”….

There needs to be a class titled, “What To Do When The Batteries Go Dead 101” ^No lie!… – And a heavy internship at places where gadgets have to be turned off…. and a first aid/rescue course, on what to do when the power goes out….with an emphasis on how not to panic!…

With the girls’ musings on how adult they’re becoming, it reminded me about another University’s ad:

Britney-Cocoon Girls’ Prep at Disney U… “Home of the Killer Butterflies athletic teams…Leading the way in turning girls into ‘stars’, since 1994!’….”Helping you change, when ‘♪♫ you’re not a girl, but not yet a woman!♪♫’ "…

I’m afraid that this strip will end next summer. I’ve seen a storyline like this with another strip I loved… Please, Greg, don’t do this to us!

How far away is Moony Uni from Pitt? Is it possible to commute, or will Bernice actually be going away?

I wonder why neither Luann nor Quill seem to be involved in any school theater productions this school year.

Why is it that I think 2 years from now Luann will still be in this same situation? Oh yeah, it’s on account of the “no talent and no goals”, probably.

@overtherainbow: exactly… moony uni..is it Rev. Moon’s university? Some sect, that’s what it sounds like..

That old gang is on the brink of splitting up!With Luann at Pitts CC, Bernice at Moony Uni, they will apparently be pretty close to one another (Moony Uni is said to be “here”; hence, either in Pitts or nearby, so " Pitts Municipal University" is a good guess for its full name). Delta’s choice of Howard is excellent, if she can get in. I have some (slight) familiarity with Howard and have been on its campus for an event; I am also acquainted with its current president, from a former job of his. But of course D.C. is far from California, where Pitts seems to be. We’ll have to wait to see how this all works out….Yikes!

Don’t bet the mortgage!

Adults do so say yikes, so there.

OH. So NOW Lu Considers Herself an “Adult”???HA!You Babettes SHOULD Have SEEN Your Whiny Crybaby G/F Last Week while She was Tormenting Her Hopefully, Soon to be Ex B/F! It Would’ve Curled Your Guts.

Its interesting that Bernie is going to the SAME College as Mr. Perfect. And so far, THAT little detail hasn’t Really SUNK in with Luann, Yet.

Let Lu find Out that a Certain Other Person (like Say, Oh I Dunno, Tiffany maybe) is Going to Moonbat U. Our Heroine WILL be Switching From “Junie” to “Moonie” in a QUICKIE.

Its Just as Well though. The “Moon” is NOT a SAFE Place to Be these days, What with the Giddy Chinese Up There Tooling around with Their R/C cars and TEARING Up the Moonscape.

No Place Like NOME, I Say!

Errrrrrrr, Uhhhhhh, I THINK I NEED a Nap…….,

Adults at times still say ’Yikes". But in many cases, it is a reaction to something their family and or friends have done. Or they caught themselves doing something.

Delta at Howard… a perfect fit… would write her a letter of recommendation if it would help

Ok, so the scene is partially set, now. As expected, Lu stays in town (I gather to interact with whomever remains in town). Bernice will still be close by at Moony Uni. Although I wonder what will happen in re: Quill also being at Moony Uni as well? :-PPP Then again, Bernice has to be around to give Lu her daily dose of “snark.”

Looks like Delta will be departing the strip. I guess they had to make room for new characters. Sorry to see her go. Hopefully she’ll return for the holidays, etc.

So now we need to determine what will happen with Tiff, Knute, Crystal, Ox, and Gunther, and the other seniors. Fogarty I think will find work moonlighting at either Pitts CC or Moony Uni. Not sure about Phelps…She might retire, but I’m not sure if she’ll be replaced, as we no longer need the setting of Pitts HS. Unless Bernice eventually succeeds her there.

What might be interesting is if Lu, given her talents with children, eventually ends up teaching at Pitts HS and Bernice is the GC there… They can butt heads as adults! :-PPP

LuAnn says “we’re talking like adults”… that’s a fine, perfect linguistic differentiation by Mr. Evans… she says “we’re talking LIKE adults,” not “we’re talking AS adults,” as if they were… love this strip

Yeah, so what?

teenagers don’t say “yikes” either…

And it only took 25 years.

I’ve heard that applied to University of Bridgeport.

Yeah, there’s no law that adults can’t say “yikes” or “zoinks” or “yackety-sachmackety”, either…. those words are acceptable… it seems that today’s teen/young adult in training has a pre-set idea of what adults are “supposed” to be like ….. – But, I guess all teens through the years think like that…we think we know what being an adult means, that it’s either thiis thing or that, and then we try to distance our adult selves from our teen selves, and say things like: "look at those freshmen " or “look at those juniors… they are so immature” (though in reality only a bit apart from them, their own selves)….. – So interesting that at that age, we think we have an idea about what it’s all about, and then life and experience show us, and then we actually find out what it’s all about…

Do young adults still say, Yada, yada, yada – or is the Seinfeld age ancient history now?

“Pitt” is presumed to be patterned after San Marcos, CA, where Greg Evans lives and works. “The local junior college” would therefore be Palomar College, which is in San Marcos. What is not clear is whether “Moony Uni” is CSU San Marcos, which would be local, or whether it is San Diego State University, or UC San Diego, or some other school in that city. If so, then it would be about 25 to 40 miles away from Pitt, depending on just where in the “Municipality” it is.

I say “Yikes” and I’ve been an adult now for about 35 years

It was Luann herself who admitted she has no talent and no goals. See the December 9 strip. Whether you think she has talent is irrelevant; if she thinks she doesn’t, then she will continue to wander through life aimlessly (except to get a boyfriend, of course).

This remark of Bernice’s is why I feel she thinks Luann is not worthy of her attention anymore, and she doesn’t consider Luann a friend.

Hey, I’m 21 (for almost the 40th time) and I still say yikes!

No, I think he’ll be one of those street performers who puts out a hat and either plays a guitar or does magic tricks….

I still say “yikes” sometimes. Why is Bernice always such a downer? She kills the whole mood with one sarcastic remark. It’s a bit annoying.

Probably just a one day transition… there have been times when Greg did a two day “synopsis”, then did a 3-4 day storyline…. – My guess is that there will be two other characters in a new arc starting either tomorrow or Wednesday…. at first, I was leaning towards a TJ story, but now that I think about it, maybe a transition to Tiffany and her feelings, since the “after school care scare”….

“Dude,” unfortunately, reading must not be one of your strongest suits. If you go back to my comment… I never said anything akin to you or any student “not [being] capable of finishing school or focusing”. What I was suggesting was (just like Luann) that many students who are NOT really interested in an educational goal will drift into a Community College situation, take a bunch of disjointed classes that will not move towards a goal, and then complain like heck when they finally DO have a goal and try to transfer their 90+ Community College credits to a 4-year school and only about 20 credits transfer into what they now want to be their major.+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++You can have any CHOICE you want, joel. Yet, I would suggest that you READ more carefully before you spout off like you often seem to.+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++Community Colleges are great places for two year programs. They can be acceptable places for students to transfer to 4-year schools… BUT ONLY IF THE STUDENT IS CAREFUL, FOCUSES VERY INTENTLY ON WHAT THE 4-YEAR SCHOOL WILL ACCEPT, and REALIZES THAT EXTRA CREDIT IS FOOLISH AND A POOR WAY TO EARN A GRADE. To my manner of thinking, Luann is not going to be particularly successful at Community College because a) she is NOT FOCUSED, b) has no real clue as to what she wants to do, c) has no real inclination at the moment to pursue anything other than her boyfriend, and d) she will probably just enroll in any course that strikes her fancy at any given moment.

Will they all make it to college by 2016??

I agree. I’m all for living in another culture, it widens perspectives and provides inspiration for the future. Besides, many adults go to college for the first time (or back to college) in middle age. There are always second and third chances in life.

The adults you are thinking of are a special subset of adults: parents of kids thinking about college….

Isn’t Quill going to Moony Uni?

And there are a couple of other reasons for starting at a community college (now called ‘state school’ in parts of Florida). One reason: if you aren’t sure what you want to pursue, or have more than one possible interest, taking core classes at the state school can give you a sampling of a field and help you decide whether you are really interested in, say, pursuing training in animal medical care. And another very good reason is, if you feel overwhelmed at the thought of the typically large classes at a four year college, and fearful that you might fall behind and not be able to get personal attention, community colleges and state schools often have smaller classes that help if you start to find the material confusing.

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I didn’t start at a state school, but at a (former) small college that has since expanded to university size. I had graduated high school with 600 other kids, and we were in huge classes. I always struggled with math. At the smaller school, I was not as hesitant to ask the profs to repeat proofs. The disadvantage: when I found out what I wanted to do, I had to transfer to a university, because the archaeology classes I needed for that major weren’t taught at my small school.

The best thing my daughter did when choosing a school, was choose to go where she knew no one. Although she is still close to her high school friends, it broadened her horizons by not being tied to her high school crowd.

In this day of inflated college costs, even being a brain doesn’t guarantee that you can afford to go wherever you want. Two out of three of my brother’s kids got partial scholarships to Princeton; the middle one was turned down for funds, got a partial scholarship at another, smaller school. But her partial scholarship only covered part of her expenses, so she had to work AND take a loan. She is now working two jobs to try to pay off the loan, and, like her brother and sister, is a ‘brainiac’.

I’ve been wondering about Moony Uni, too. I do hope it isn’t Sun Moon University in Korea. But no, it couldn’t be if Quill came back to attend Moony Uni.

To all those wondering about Moony Uni, please go back to the December 10th strip. That should explain it.To Leviticus: That “toenail” is actually a boomerang necklace that Quill gave Luann earlier this year.

And that’s because “the Incredibles” were based upon that type from the 60s-80s… a pretty nice shout out, at that…

Yeah, I know. When people mention full rides and scholarships that cover the cost of tuition, I try not to laugh in their face.

It is a funny name (although the Uni part is obvious. Still, universities can be named for many reasons—like that "obscure school named Yale in the hopes of a further donation from the rich Mr. Yale. (It didn’t work lol

Will Quill be going to Moony Uni next year, too, the same place as Bernice?

Left you all thank you’s yesterday.

Received. If you ever need to talk.

It’s times like this that I wish GoComics would have a facility for “private messaging.” I’d be able to shoot you an e-mail address then, or we could PM.

Anyway, hang in there.

some of the most interesting people he knows are in their 50’s and 60’s, and still don’t know what they want to be when they grow up.

I finally decided what I want to be when I grow up….retired!

Bernice is the only one that will go to collage

Years ago the Unification Church purchased Bridgeport University here in Connecticut. Lots of folks started calling it “Moonie U” at the time. These days nobody mentions the Unification Church connection very much, and it doesn’t seem to have damaged the university’s reputation (they actually seem to have a better reputation these days than prior to Rev. Moon’s involvement).

@Leviticus

I knew a kid like KNUTE in High School. You would have hated him Especially at the 29th reunion when he sowed up in a MASSERATTI.having lived In Japan, and Europe, with several patents under his belt. Bottom line you have no idea what the kid in high school will turn out to be.,

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Hahahaha! Great! Thanks, Joel. I love Knute.

It’s mid-Decmber, A lot of people (not just high-school seniors) don’t yet know what they’ll be doing after next June.

Right Berniece, Adults say worse things than Yikes! That’s why their entertainment is restricted so children can’t watch it!

If Luann goes to Pitt CC, I assume she’ll live at home to save money. Bernice could live at home too, if Moony Uni is in fact within an hour or so drive from Pitt. (We haven’t been told how far away it is.) Delta is genuinely going away to college, and I suspect Rosa is too. If Moony Uni is close to Pitt, then Quill will likely go there. Gunther will go to Pitt CC so that he can keep living with Mom. Tiffany will go to Hollywood, Crystal will go to Moony Uni, and Knute will flunk out of Weenie World.

The way I see it playing out is Tiff will be at Pitts with Lu. Crystal will end up at Moony. Rosa will either go east to Ivy league, or if she stays near home, she will be at UCLA..

With Rosa’s intelligence (and her parents’ financial status), I’d be thinking “Stanford” more than UCLA, if staying on the West Coast. But I also think she will go eastward to Ivy League and/or study abroad in Europe (which is what her parents want). Not sure if Gunth will follow her there or not. Again, if Lu and Gunth are eventually destined for each other, probably not.

At their graduation parties, do they dance “The Academia Waltz”? ^Ha ha! Figured you’d take a gander at that one, Lol!…

Yeah, I can see that, too! Maybe a bit more of a peak past her made-up exterior?…

If Moony Uni is in the same county as Pitt, then Quill can go there as a commuter student while still living at Gunther’s house (since Gunther will probably stay at home for college and then for the rest of his life.)

I say “yikes!” all the time… usually followed by a string of words they won’t let me print here.

Cent Soixante…

MPQ & Bernice at Moony Uni together? Go for it Bern, steal him from her, the way she stole Gunther from you (Only to dump him a month later when Mr Perfect showed up), then break his heart, and send him home to OZ & never to return!