College of William and Mary - Colonial Echo Yearbook (Williamsburg, VA)

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Around the Campus Cash Conscious Everyone works while they ' re at school. Some people get paid for it. Over one third of the stu- dents were employed on or off camous. Some did it to pay back student loans, some did it to earn pocket cash regardless of the reason, student employ- ees provided a valuable work force to the College and the community. Almost every office on cam- pus employs student workers — from anthropology to admis- sions, from Marriott to the li- brary; almost every business in Williamsburg employs students — from Kinko ' s to Safeway; stu- dents who wanted jobs usually had very little trouble finding them. Some students got their jobs on their own, others utilized the placement assistance available through the office of Financial Aid. One program many stu- dents took advantage of is called work study. Work study guar- antees a student a certain amount of money through a job on campus; participating stu- dents are given placement pref- erence over nonwork study stu- dents. Sophomore Jeryl Rose has worked in the Office of Academ- ic Support for two years. I like working on campus, you get to know what ' s going on, you get to meet the administration and it ' s convenient. Rose started her job as part of work study, and continued it when her work study was over. Next year I ' m going to be working in the gov- ernment office, it ' s my major and it seems like a career mind- ed thing to do. Cindy Janis, who is also a sophomore, was employed at Sammy and Nick ' s Steak House as a hostess. Working off campus, in addition to giving me extra money, let me meet people other than college stu- dents. I liked that, Janis said. Janis enjoyed periodic breaks from the campus life, but added, If I hadn ' t had a car, 1 could never have had my job. Transportation has been a de- ciding factor for students when i choosing whether to work ' on or ° off campus. Having a car can (but doesn ' t always) mean an off- campus job. To a freshman or sophomore, an off-campus job means permission to have a car. Until the school pays us to study, about thirty-five percent of the students will spend hours a week working hard for their money. The rest of us will con- tinue to just work hard. — Jennifer Murphy

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jCifcstyles Some say the heat is the worst part of living in the ' Burg but most students will agree that when it snows it pours and this year was no exception. Trying to clear off her windows and get to class on time. Robyn Zuydhoek scrapes off a good two inches of snow from her car. The snow prompted many professors to cancel classes.

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Working at the Campus Center Can- Giving campus tours to prospective dy counter can be a fuir ' -filling job. students is hard work mixed in with One of Becky Harvey ' s duties is to fun Answering naive questions is just keep the candy well stocked. part of the job. Manning the bar at Berret ' s. Keith Driscoll gets to meet hun- dreds of students and tourists a week. Middle: Working at the Trellis can be a ' rewarding ' experience. Debbie Linden often receives big tips from tourists. Left; The art department in An- drews hall regularly hires stu- dents to help put up new art dis- plays in the building ' s front foyer. Above. Taking orders for sta food. Anita Rutkowski keeps track by writing down the order exactly ensuring her of a good tip. Student Employment 21