University of Georgia - Pandora Yearbook (Athens, GA)

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wm ?. IVING STYLE OF UGA STUDENTS • Deanna Newman • Deciding where you live while away at college is an important part of the college experience. Pleasant or dis- satisfying living conditions affect an individual ' s outlook on school as a whole. When choosing where to live, con- venience and affordability help to influence the final decision. Many students choose to live on campus for several reasons. Mark Elmore, a Senior religion major, says the main reason he lives on campus is because, it is right on campus, and I can either walk to class or get on a bus and -not have to fool with the traffic. The other conveniences of living on campus are the lower ex- penses, more opportunities to meet a variety of people, and a chance to experience living with others in close quarters. Disadvantages of living in a dorm are less pri- vacy, fire alarms at odd hours, and confined space for personal belongings. Other students choose to live in either an apartment, a house, or a duplex. Kristi Boutwell, a sophomore jour- nalism major, comments say- ing the reason she lives in a duplex is because it provides her with an opportunity to be alone when she wishes. Also, she has learned the meaning of responsibility by living in a duplex. Other ad- vantages to living off campus are less noise, more privacy, and no enforced rules such as visitation hours. Expenses such as rent, water, and utili- ties are a few disadvantages to living off campus. Also, an individual must have time to clean the apartment and to cook his or her own meals. When choosing to live on or off campus, the decision is clearly a personal one. Un- less, of course, one does not have enough money to have a choice between living in a dorm room or an apartment. Individuals who like to par- ticipate in hall activities by being on the softball or bas- ketball team and participat- ing in RHA may decide to live on campus. While on the other hand, those who are claustrophobic and feel like they had no space to even breathe in their dorm room and those who could not stand listening to every bit of their neighbor ' s conversa- tions through the thin dorm walls chose to live off cam- pus in either duplexes or apartments. A little cramped?! These Creswell residents and friends find that there is barely enough room to stretch their feet out. One liring alternative for students is a boarding house. DaWd Stembridge lives in one close to campus. ffi '

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M- F IRST STEPS SA STRIVES FOR CREDIBILITY Georgette Thompson Student Association (SA), the University of Georgia ' s student government, was certainly busy during their first full academic year in or- ganization since their nine year absense from campus. They were busy with plan- ning a spring concert, trying to extend library hours, and taking a student survey to help find a solution to the problems on Baldwin Street. But perhaps the biggest task that confronted SA was that of defining their role in the University system. Accord- ing to President of SA Howie Manis, The function of SA is to facilitate communica- tion between the administra- tion and the students and to get more students involved in the bureaucracy. This year ' s SA has set a precedent that each succeeding SA will follow. Although it may seem that SA did not actually accom- plish much, it must be taken into consideration that this fledgling organization can- not instantly garner the re- spect needed to have a major impact on all of the impor- tant campus issues. Howev- er, SA has courageously pur- sued and is gradually earning this respect by tackling con- troversial issues and trying to find solutions. This ap- proach worked well when SA saw a demand for longer li- brary hours and was able to temporarily extend the study lounge hours in the Main Library for two hours with night buses running ev- ery seven minutes to acco- modate the students. Unfor- tunately, this same well organized approach failed at finding a solution to the problem of traffic on Bal- dwin Street. SA took a stu- dent survey to try to find an answer on how to solve the traffic pedestrian problems. There was no overwhelming opinion found, but SA was credited with having taken action on an important stu- dent issue. Also, SA was able to gain the permission of University President Charles Knapp and former Head Football Coach Vince Dooley to use Sanford Stadium for a spring concert. However, their ef- forts to book REM to play at Sanford for student ticket prices fell through. But all the same, SA ' s foundation-laying year in or- ganization was ambitious. Throughout the year they tried to establish themselves by voicing their opinions on issues and implementing projects. — with Young-Sun Yun X At a SA meeting, President Charles Knapp voices his opinion on student participation in the selec- tion of a new Athletic Director.