Millersville University - Touchstone Yearbook (Millersville, PA)

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Just Another Special Ring A Repititious and Often Non- terminating Ring—On Campus Ring-a-ling!! ! • Hello?' IsCarrie In 206 in ? CARRIE!! ! !! Tills scene is a repetitious and often non-terminating occurrence In the dorms of Millersville University. The ringing of the phone, followed by a loud screeching noise identifying the lucky receiver of the phone call, is representative of a very popular form of communication In college dorms. Thanks to one person’s creative invention, bells always seem to be ringing throughout the world. Alexander Graham Bell Is the person responsible for this common and important communication system. Were he alive today, he would be astonished by the progress his ringing invention has made. The massive telephone poles and the spaghetti-like wires linking cities, countries and even continents together would amaze anyone foreign to the concept of the telephone. The spaghetti-like wires linking college dorms together are probably some of the most utilized wires in the world. Students use phones for several reasons. Cheesy, pepperoni pizzas and Juicy strombolis can be ordered via the telephone. If it weren't for the telephone, we might actually have to walk to the Sugar Bowl! Those students who have suddenly become ill. or perhaps are recuperating from the Yes” concert and the parties held both before and after the concert, can use the phone to find out what they missed in the class for the day. Some people are referred to as having a phone growing out of their ear. This is a descriptive way of commenting that these people arc constantly gabbing on the phone. Such people are usually rewarded with horrendous phone bills and It would be nice if people learned how to take phone messages. A single yell up the hall doesn't do it. Too many people have missed phone calls. summarizes Sue Wilding concerning the telephone problems in the dormitories. sometimes lockjaw. These same people, if residing in a dorm, are also subject to abuse by their hallmatcs. Unfortunately, there are two phones per dorm wing, thus causing some difficulties among the residents of the dorm. Most dorms Using an on-campus telephone. Joanne Stine calls a co-ed concerning some classwork. Resident students depended on the campus telephones so that they did not have to walk to other dorms. -Photo by terin Studio 28 Telephone Calls

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twenty-first birthday In many different ways, some no different than any other birthday. Grim. Iseman and Larson all recalled that they celebrated their twenty-first birthday at home with their family. Both Hays and Hoke said that their roommates had surprise birthday parties for them. The Inn is a popular place for students to go on their twenty-first birthday to celebrate. It gives them a funny feeling to suddenly get served legally when just the day before they would not have been able to. Another thing that makes a person feel funny Is to go to a liquor store and buy something. Grim stated. I was disappointed on my birthday when I went to buy some champagne and I wasn't carded! He says that he has an arrogant attitude when he goes into a liquor store, and he almost wishes that they will card him. Another male said. Although some people despise being carded. I love it because my young look fools them. I like to see their stunned faces when I put my card in their face. Twenty-one is an interesting age. Some people are married and may be supporting children at age twenty-one. Others may be living the singles life in an apartment and have a fulltime job. While still others may be still living at home with their parents. For the college student who is in his senior year of school, becoming twenty-one comes at a major turning, point in his life. He is about to leave school and all its comforts and enter the adult world that is full of the unknown. □ iMiira f eece A convenient location for all students, the Inn provided a place to relax. Anthony Pack. Jeff Long and Mitch Hoffman take time out of their studies to have fun. • Photo by Merin Studio. Senior Kim Larson relates, turning twenty-one opened up new options for me. I can now go places that I could not go before. Not so much for drinking, but dancing and having a good time.” Turning Twenty-one 27

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provide each wing with one off-campus phone and one on-campus phone. Difficulty quickly arises when there are fifty persons who want to make a phone call, or are anxiously awaiting a phone call, and can’t seem to manage to get within ten feet of the phone due to the mad rush. Rodger Macarevich. a Junior geology major, and current resident ofGaige Hall added one of our phones is usually out of order. and the one that docs work is almost always being used. One solution to alleviate the busy phone situation is to have a phone limit. Violet Apple. a senior social work major and a resident of Lyle Hall said. Our wing has a 20 minute limit per person. Violet, however, confessed that she. herself, does not live up to this rule. She added that if she knows someone is waiting to use the phone, she will try to limit her phone call to only 20 minutes. Rodger Macarevich claims that his wing has no phone limit. Rodger is one of several students who thinks it is about time that phones are placed in every dorm room. This alternative has both pro’s and con’s. One student said. If we had phones in our rooms, everyone would be broke! Violet Apple pointed out that if everyone had a phone in their room, we would hear ringing all day long, even more then now. Violet thinks we should just have two more phones placed In each hall. Students have also pointed out that one of the biggest problems with our current phone system is receiving phone messages. Often times If the person who receives the phone call is not in. they are never made aware of the fact that they received a phone call. Usually, a message is left on the person's memo board or on a phone call sheet next to the phone. Sometimes, however, the messenger is too lazy to trot down to the person's memo board and write a message. Phone calls are missed sometimes, even when the person receiving the phone call is in. because no one knocks on their door. They just stand at the phone and bellow the person's name down the hallway. This problem is best summed up by Sue Wilding. Sue says. It would be nice if people learned how to take phone messages. A single yell up the hall doesn't do it. Too many people have missed phone calls. Perhaps Alexander Graham Bell didn’t know what he was getting us into when he so considerately invented the telephone. If he could only see it now . . . □ Becky Moyer Beth Wiegand Assistant Vice-President to Academic Affairs. Mr. Michael Kovach uses his office telephone to contact other persons on campus. Students weren't the only victims to the on-campus telephone phenomenon. • Photo by Steve Dan orth Many dorms have a limit set for the amount of time a student may talk during one phone call. Lisa Buohl. third floor Lyle resident checks her watch as she talks on the telephone. - Photo by Lisa Filler Telephone Calls 29