Ouachita Baptist College - Ouachitonian Yearbook (Arkadelphia, AR)

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Everything Cruclemt clicked. It had to with all of i the special emphasis i weeks and student ac- tivities like Twirp Week, Homecoming, pageants, Christian Focus Week, Tiger Tunes, pledge week. And when we did something, we had a reputation for doing it right — that meant hard work. It affected everyone. Presidents of clubs and other leaders made plans early in May for the coming year. Andy West- moreland worked in the summer to tie up loose ends. And then, student leaders tried to remember what it was like to bea freshman through another orientation. The administration was deep in prepa- ration for the centennial program. And students had to decide how to schedule classes and study time around club ac- tivities, work and soaps. The cafeteria even had some re- semblance of order. Knowing who sat where was as predictable as Walt serving Jello. [9 IT’S AN END OF A HEC- TIC DAY, and the best part, time to relax a few minutes and talk with a friend. Student Life 9

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“It’s really a pretty bureaucratic story ...”’ by Mark Shipp esign was there. Everything, D down to the most trivial event, ran like clockwork. Oh, there were the usual last minute details whenever an event rolled around, but almost nothing major. “It's really a pretty bureaucratic story — the way things are done around here. But when you’ve got as many students with so many interests, you have to have some sort of system worked out,” said Andy Westmore- land, whose student center office or- ganized events on campus. Planning the official school calendar was without a doubt systematic. There were forms to be filled out, requisitions to be made and approval to be ob- tained. “We really get a lot of cooperation from all angles,’ commented Andy. “Both students and faculty are very flexible with their requests, especially when they know all the facts. People are generally very reasonable if they know you re not trying to put one over on them,” he added. The whole thing started during the previous March. Requests for calendar events for the following year were sent to faculty and staff members. “Getting things back from faculty is often pretty slow, so we sent out a sec- ond request during April,’ Andy said. After all the requests were in, a tenta- tive calendar was drawn up and mailed to faculty, staff and students. This was done prior to commencement in May, so everyone would have a chance to work things out. “Changes and additions were con- ° stantly recorded during the summer,” added Andy. “Then club and organiza- tional presidents met during the Stu- dent Leadership Workshop in August to ‘finalize’ the calendar.” “Luse the term ‘finalize’ loosely,”’ he cautioned, ‘‘for nothing is ever really final when it comes to the calendar.” The final draft of the calendar is then mailed out all over campus. “Calendar additions were mailed out periodically throughout the year,”’ ‘added Andy, “‘as things come up.” After events were scheduled, the “red tape’ fun had only begun. Then came requisition time. A site for the event had to be obtained and con- firmed by the supervisor of whichever building the event was to be held in. “Requests are almost never turned down, unless of course there is a con- flict in the schedule already. And we’re supposed to prevent that,” said Andy. “We have very few flair-ups in working it all out; people are pretty coopera- tive.” As well as obtaining permission for the use of building facilities, one had to request whatever special services were required to make it all a success. This often meant catering by Walt’s. “Most of our problems occur with food requests,” said Andy. After it was all arranged and ap- proved, events were posted on a large magnetic calendar on the wall of the ESC office, where Evelyn Bettis ‘‘runs the whole show” according to Andy. “It’s a pretty efficient system for get- ting it all in order,” said Andy, sum- ming up all the details. ( ] The whole snow BESIGN| magagine STUDENT LEADERS check final details during the calendar planning session be- fore school began in August. IN THE PROCESS of making the tenta- tive calendar final, Andy Westmoreland leads the planning session at the leader- ship workshop. FINDING A TIME SLOT that didn’t have a conflict to go with it was always a chal- lenge. Diane Hoag and Andy Westmore- land check out the possibilities. enn nn rrr mn Se OS EE 1] Calendar Feature 11