University of Washington - Tyee Yearbook (Seattle, WA)

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iCOND FLOOR OUGL « the perfect place to study and retax tor student Kelly McEl sin. Here. McElwem takes a break from Calculus 124 rEVE GLOVER experiments with the theory ot osmosis as he attempts to soak his iychotogy up through his arm library 25

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To Study or Not to Study The question is: What else goes on in the library? 'T'he library: a place for researching, reading and studying the three R's. These were always the academic reasons for going to the library, but then, there are the three S’s: socializing, scamming and sleeping. Anyone who’s taken a social science class learned that humans are social animals. And although it was not its original intent, the library has been a popular haven for the UW social animals. In Odegaard Undergraduate Library, also known as OUGL, monitors make sure students keep the noise down and that the socializing doesn’t disturb others in the library. Frank Seabeck. a monitor for five years, doesn’t mind the socializing, saying. It would be difficult to keep the students from doing it. so I just tell them there’s a lot of competition on this campus and you ought to be studying fiercely. That usually quiets them down.” During Seabeck’s five years of monitoring, he has dealt with interesting situations. Once he threw out a group of young men who brought roosters into the library. Another time he came upon a lottery game with approximately $150 on the table. Seabeck told the participants to take it outside. Several times he found papers pasted over the study room windows and remarked, You never know what goes on behind closed doors. Along with socializing, the library is a favorite place to scam on people. A popular activity among students, scamming is the practice of checking out members of the opposite sex. Students had discovered long ago that the library was a convenient place to scam with the benefits of not being obvious. Friends of Yumi Nakamura found their convenient spot. My friends always want to go to the second floor of Odegaard because of all the cute guys up there. Sleeping students have always been a familiar library scene, especially in OUGL. Between classes, it provided students with comfortable chairs on which to catch a few Z’s, but according to Seabeck, students aren't the only ones using the library for napping. I see a lot of staff members come in just to catch up on their sleep. Somewhere through the years socializing, scamming and sleeping became part of the library scene. More than likely, more imaginative things have already happened or will happen in the library. By Usa Matsumura Kevin M. Lohman photos 24 library FORGET ECON. Butch Marley would rather hear the scoop from Jill Ichryama THE STAIRS TO HIGHER EDUCATION, where people go to socialize, scam, sleep, and even study.

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In Sickness and In Health Hall Health Center spells relief ne thing is certain. Life in college is difficult enough without having ' the added burden of catching a cold or the flu the week of midterms or finals. When this happened UW students knew where to turn for relief. All they needed to do was grab their student IDs and drag themselves over to Hall Health Center (HHC) for a little TLC. Hall Health Center, named after UW's first appointed physician Dr. David C. Hall, provides general medical care for University students. All that is needed for treatment is a current UW student identification card According to HHC administrator Karen McKellar, every year UW students make between 77.000 and 90.000 appointments at HHC. and 80 percent of UW students will have visited HHC at least once during their college careers. Totally funded by student activity fees. HHC charges no or minimal fees for such services as allergy injections, casts. X-rays, wart removals, and minor surgery. HHC is a service that most students may take for granted. But what would students do if there were no HHC? Said McKellar. HHC exists so students can continue to go to school. We are here to care for the wellness’ and sickness of UW students.” Although most visits to HHC are for problems such as minor scrapes or the flu. McKellar vividly recalled one incident that turned out not to be the case. Several years ago a student came to HHC complaining of headaches. A nurse practitioner picked up on warning signs that alerted doctors to the fact that the student had a brain tumor. The student had surgery, which turned out to be successful, and later returned to school. Scenes such as this attest to the caliber of the staff that works at HHC. But the incidents that McKeller remembers most fondly occur every quarter during midterm and finals week. Students come in HHC and will be diagnosed as having either a cold or the flu. With very serious expressions on their faces they will request to be made well IMMEDIATELY as if there’s a magic potion that works only during exams. But of course much more serious accidents are treated. Senior Dawn Mathison had cut her hand on a piece of glass one afternoon. As blood gushed out of her wound she drove herself to HHC. Dawn recalled. I was immediately taken care of. The nurses were very nice and careful as they cleansed my cut and proceeded to give me nine stitches. They made me feel much better. But what really made my day was that it was all free. One nurse told me that if I had gone to a hospital, such as University Hospital. I would have paid about $70. I’m glad I came here. ii n ... . By Nina G. Melencio M. Renee Halttman photos