Ball State University - Orient Yearbook (Muncie, IN)

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guess it's just that I wanted to spend some time doing things with and for others, so I called SVS. I now work with the deaf school, Schweier added. We just walk in and work with the kids. Each time April Neth, Colum- bus freshman, went to the school, she found something unexpected and surprising. It's interesting, she said. I'd always thought that a deaf school would be quiet. But it's not. The kids go running around scream- ing. But they don't know they're screaming. As if on cue, two little girls, earlier engrossed in dipping their fingers in paint and drawing pic- tures, quickly discarded their ar- tistic talents when they recogniz- ed the four volunteers and pro- ceeded to scream their greetings. The volunteers were only allow- ed to work with the children for 30 to 45 minutes on arts and crafts, after which the children went to bed. For the time spent with the children, the volunteers were ex- W pected to know a little sign language. When you first go there, you get one sign, so they don't have to spell out your name, explained Annette Sage, Indianapolis junior. Sometimes the kids know we don't understand. They're only first graders and first graders don't know very many words, so you can't expect them to know all of the signs. The project for the evening was weaving. Sitting at the round tables in the small room, the children worked earnestly while playing a mild game of tag and teasing one another with the col- ors each had chosen. One boy, teased because his creation was pink, quickly changed colors to white and haughtily stuck his tongue out at his taunter. After only a 20-minute session, the volunteers had to say good- bye and assured the children the project could wait until the next time. But student volunteers didn't just help or teach a craft, they learned just as much as the children did. The first minute as a volunteer is really difficult, said Bawmhower. But it's also rewar- ding. I think I learn more from them than they learn from me. Eby Nancy Neff .A john S. metzger Z ' I.. .I A April ' Neth, Columbus freshman, works with a student on his crafts project at the Indiana School for the Deaf. j h S tzger SVS Volunteers 29

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Dr. James Marine, Student Programs director, unveils the Student Voluntary Services' new logo before SVS volunteers Ann Whitsel, Muncie graduate student, and Tana Myers, Noblesvillesenior. To raise money so that SVS could buy a new van, A.J. Spoerner, Munster senior, ran 22 miles and walked three around the West Quad track. The van would allow the volunteers a much more convenient mode of travel. SMM SVJWVW 5,4-fi -J 5: dS lguess lt s just that I wanted to spend some time doing things with and for others so I called SVS Audry Schweler Zlonsvillejunior ervlce with a heart ' students lifeblood athered in the cramped of- fice area, student volunteers for the Indiana School for the Deaf collected all their materials, books and umbrellas and rushed through the rain to board the large white van waiting in the parking lot. The four were on their way to Indianapolis while the majority of other students were on their way to class and unconcerned or unknowledgeable about Student Voluntary Services. I think a lot of people don't know what SVS is, said Marita Tolle, Windfall sophomore and 28 SVS Volunteers Pendleton State Prison volunteer. I've had criminal justice classes and I learned about SVS through them. Leslie Bawmhower, South Bend junior, agreed with Tolle and add- ed that if it hadn't been for her counseling professors encourag- ing her and her classmates to par- ticipate in SVS, she never would have known about it. The only time we hear about SVS is during Campus Chest, said Bawmhower, Indiana Boys School volunteer. In counseling classes they say that we should get involved with SVS. But if so- Arts and crafts were only a few of the activities SVS volunteers supervised at the Indiana School for the Deaf in ln- dianapolis. Annette Sage, indianapolis junior, measures out yarn for one of the school's students. Brad Sauter meone hadn't shown me where the SVS house was, I certainly wouldn't have known. Hoping to resolve the problem, SVS unveiled its new logo during SVS Week Winter Quarter. Replacing the large red S join- ing the words student and ser- vices was a red, open heart shape with an arrow at the end pointing in to Student Voluntary Ser- vices. The service also showed slides of its volunteers and the institu- tions they had served during the past year. The main purpose of SVS Week is to recognize the volunteers, said SVS Week co- coordinator Tonja Weaver, Ninevah sophomore. The leaders all sent out 'thank you' notes and put personals in the Daily News for them. For the new volunteers, that was enough. I love it, said Audry Schweier, Zionsville junior. I feel volunteering is important and it gives me a sense of satisfaction. I

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' F' W UX5: l . 1 . lx ff A ' l lllilllllslll . I klnkofsl H vlafnnn' is P Assault with a muddy weapon, Anita Bunch, Madison sophomore, flicks a hand of mud on Theta Xi fraternity member John Smartz, Indianapolis freshman, while fellow member Dave Neff, Warsaw sophomore, gets a muddy hug from Lori Dwyer, Warsaw freshman. A deep breath was something everybody took whether they were get- ting ready to tug or take a dive at Theta Xi fraternity's annual Tug-O-War. The Baker Hall team digs in for its first pull. 30 Tug-0-War