Ouachita Baptist College - Ouachitonian Yearbook (Arkadelphia, AR)

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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

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12 Student Life by Jeff Root ne, two, three o'clock, four o'clock — study; five, six, seven o'clock, eight o’clock — study; nine, ten, eleven o'clock, twelve o’clock — study. You’ve got to study around the clock.” So went the unofficial theme song of many students, whose activities force them into late-night study sessions. The typical over-doer was easy to recognize; he or she was always either doing something or on their way to doing something. The eyes were slightly closed searching for sleep when he remained stationary for too long. The rest of an over-doer’s body may have looked like anyone else’s but he may also have bad posture resulting in the proverbial over-doer’s backache. Just about all the over-doers would fit into one of two basic categories. For our purposes we will call them the early bookworms and the late-crammers. The early bookworms were proba- bly the smaller group and they typically led a much different lifestyle. Roger Morgan, a senior accounting major and member of the Ouachita Baptist Student Foundation steering committee, had an eight o’clock (a.m.) class on every weekday. He chose it that way. (Quite a contrast from the trauma caused by eight o’clock classes to the late-crammers.) The typical early bookworm would rise from the bed about six or 6:30 a.m. and after dressing to begin the day ac- tually ate breakfast (a meal the late- crammers don’t know about) and then hit the books. The exact routine may have varied. Sonja Clinesmith, a sophomore, said, “I work late at night until I get a headache, then I get up early after a few hours of sleep.” Morgan said he always went to bed relatively early and got up early to eat breakfast. His key? Organization. He said he never planned out his day min- ute by minute but he stayed in a defi- nite routine. For instance, every week- day evening from six to eight he did homework and he spent from nine to ten with his fiance, Mollie Smith. “I’m an accounting major so I’ve al- ways got homework. . . but Mollie and I reserve that hour for ourselves,” he said. The predictability of his - homework assisted Morgan in his at- tempt to stay in his routine. It also helps that he was prompt. ‘“There are very few times I have been late for anythin g Getting it done - somehow in my life.” By the constant routine, he avoids the greatest college villain — procrasti- nation. Ouachita junior Beth Laney called it the most universal problem college students have. Students employed three - main plans in which to attack the procrasti- nation problem. One was sticking to a disciplined routine such as Morgan’s. Another was to over-indulge in cam- pus activities in an effort to fill up any time that might be wasted. And the third was to simply put off solving the problem. Most over-doers involved them- selves to the point that they simply ran out of time to procrastinate. “IT need challenges all the time,” Laney said. Sophomore Myra Cona- way said she had to have her activities even though they severely restrict her sleep and even occasionally adversely affect a grade. Would an over-doer make better grades if less time was taken by ac- tivities? Conaway said yes in some iso- lated circumstances but not to an over- all rule. Laney said her grades may even suffer without her activities. “‘I probably would get bored and not do as well,” she said. Two other characteristics were shared by most over-doers. They were in almost complete unison when they say weekends are used for catching up on sleep. Favorite naptimes include Saturday mornings and Sunday after- noons. Saturday afternoons and eve- ning were usually reserved for finally getting some exercise or another activ- ity — on or off campus. Sunday nights are almost always saved for home- work. If procrastination was a problem, it hit its height on Sunday. Another similar characteristic at least among female over-doers was a great affinity (or need) for making lists of things to be done that day. “Tm constantly making lists,” Mollie Smith said. “And it works, I keep up with everything pretty well.” Sonja Clinesmith sounded less op- timistic, ‘‘I used to make them all the time ... but now I’m running out of time to make my lists.” The life of an over-doer may have been a hard one; it was certainly an active one. Very few regret their in- volvement, however. As Myra Con- away said, “Somehow it all gets done.”’ Cc) “always doing something or on their way to doing something.”’ LISTS seem to keep everything organized, until there’s no time to make lists.