Northwest Missouri State University - Tower Yearbook (Maryville, MO)

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Beth Bailen smokes a cigarette in her residence hall room on second floor Millikan. which is designated for smok- ing. As part of the miage change, three out of the six floors for residents in Millikan became designated smoking floors. Photo by Tony Miceli. Wayne Viner. hall director, and Jeff Moser relax in a newly renovated room in Phillips Hall. New carpet, ceiling fans and other modifications were made to some hall director apartments. Photo by Chris Tucker. Joseph Koeberl prepares a piece of pie for use in his microwave at Phillips Hall. One of the bigger policy changes in the residence halls was allowing residents to use microwaves in their own rooms. Photo by Chris Tucker. 22 Residence Hall Changes

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il ' -f n Alison Burt receives a balloon from Bumbles the clown during Family Day. Bumbles was one of the many attractions during the Family Day carnival. Photo by Jon Britlon. lodd Jacobs and his son Dallon lake a break Irom Family Day activities. The carnival had many different booths targeting younger children thai gave them a chance to participate in the day. Photo by Russ Weydcrt.

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l tl ith the increased niimher of snidenls w ho chose to li e oil campus. Northwest began wondering hov they were going to increase on-canipus housing. Changes in the residence halls nia ha e just been the answer. The biggest change that took place in the residence halls was the designated smoking and non-smoking floors. Karl Hertz, an resident assistant on a smoking tloor in Phillips Hall, said onl a couple of residents snmkcd. Wayne V ' lncr anticipated more non-smokmg Hoors the following year due to less student smokers. .Another change was the microvsaves that residents were allowed to have in their rooms, which were once banned. We checked with other uni ersities and found that a maxi- mum 700 watts was safe with llni ersit policies. Viner said. Students responded w ah positive attitudes to changes. I losed ha ing a n)icrowa c in otirroom. Renee Hahn said. It was more con enient than running down the hall to the lounge. According to Viner. residential life coordinator, the campus was on a three- ear handicap facility plan, where all halls would become handicap accessible. H en with the changes made to residence halls and the reno ations of Roberta Hall, a greater demand for rooms on campus was expected. Instead, the south fourth tltmr w ing of Hudson Hall and fourth floor of Tow er w ere closed. The rooms, according to Viner. housed approximately 48 students. It was upsetting to see so many students living in that hall to nunc off campus, when the money received from campus housing was used to help restore Roberta, Viner said. Re enue was lost from the students choosing to live off campus and mo e back in next fall. Also, some of the hall director ' s apartments were renovated to gi e them a more home-like appearance. New carpet w as laid dow n, ceiling fans were added and several other changes were made. Wilh all the improvements being made, the Residence Hall Association wanted to distinguish between the characteristics of residence halls and dormitories. According to Curtis Heldstab, RHA president, an educational program called dorm police was started by the RHA executive board. This was to increase the awareness of the differences between past dormitories and present residence halls. The dorm police, which consisted of the executive members of RHA, sent letters to people who had used the word dorm instead of residence hall. The letter asked them to change their word choice along with a 50 cent fine. The .SO cents was an attention getter, Heldstab said. Pay- ment was never expected and the program was meant in fun. Heldstab thought the program was blown out of proportion. Students had a misconception of people running around with a pencil and paper in hand and writing eveyone ' s name dow n that said dorm, ' Heldstab said. Even with the negative feedback, we had increased awareness and that was our goal. From handicap accessible rooms and microwave ovens to an increased awareness of the term residence hall. the image of the halls made a change for the better. RESIDENCE HALLS FACE CHANCES HELPIN6 STUDENTS FEEL AT HOME BYSHERRI MCCORKINDALE AND AMANDA MCMANICAL Student Life 23