Marshall University - Chief Justice Yearbook (Huntington, WV)

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to tranquility KEEPING THE PEACE • At other times. Marshall's shaded ■Araik ways and many benches provided a place to sit and talk with friends or share quiet moments. PLAZA MOODS • 25

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From turmoil... HELL RAISIN' - The activities on Marshall's campus here as diverse as the peisonalitles that made up its student body. Sometimes the plaza was a scene of chaos like the day students witnessed the hell-raising speeches of James Brother Jim Gilles. The 23-year old self-appointed minister caused quite a controversy, preaching to students and dishing out verbal abuse, as in his statement. Marshall University is a three dimensional cesspool of lust. 24 ■ PLAZA MOODS

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Life in the dorms Home Sweet Home Like Boney's Hole in the Wall.” new friendships and big adjustments, dorm life was an integral part of many students' college experience. 1985-86 was the year that dorms would enjoy tremendous popularity. So popular in fact, that at the beginning of the semester, housing officials found themselves having to deal with 150 students in study lounges across campus and still others tripled in rooms made for ony two. I didn't mind living in the lounge. said Nancy Davis. Williamson junior ar.d Buskirk study lounge resident. There were three of us. and we had a lot more space than we would have had in a room. In addition, we had a stove and refrigerator, too. We really didn't have much to complain about.” For all the inconveniences and drawbacks it had for some students, the situation did have its positive aspects. Increased residency meant increased revenue, making it possible to plan improvements such as a new $30,000 dishwasher for Twin Towers cafeteria, carpeting for rooms, and bathroom renovations for Ho.derby’s east side. All of this compared with an almost destitute system of jus: a few years before, which led one to wonder what exactly made dorm life so attractive in '85-86. There was more than one reason. Marshall's coming into view not only statewide but nationally was one of the factors responsible for attracting out-of-state students and others who lived too far away to commute. Of course, these students needed housing. Because the dorms had beer, considerably less than capacity in the past, housing started more strictly to enforce the mandatory freshman and sophomore residency requirements. Increased residence hall activities and relaxed policies were other reasons so many students chose to live in the dorms. Although total enrollment was up only 1.3 percent, housing requests showed an 8.5 percent increase. This increase, coupled with the absence of the usual room cancellations, was one of the reasons for the overflow. Ramona Orn-dorff. manager of student housing, said. 'The previous three years, there was only an 85 percent occupancy rate; so we're not sure what caused such a sudden and drastic increase in requests. It tends to be a fluctuating thing. We can only estimate from past experiences, so we will be expecting the same amount of requests next year and renting fewer single rooms, especially in Holderby.” DECK THE HALLS - Residents of Twin Towers East found a different way to decorate the halls of fourth floor. STUDY BUDDIES - Roommates Karen Koontz and Kelly Anderson study together in their Twin Towers West room. 26 DORMS