University of Central Oklahoma - Bronze Book Yearbook (Edmond, OK)

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l 1' , . fri ra ara Far left: Taping ankles just the right way comes from years of experience for Darren I'-Iellwege, trainer for the University's athle- tic department. Above: Charles Newcomb gains valuable experience and know-how as a disc jockey for CSU's radio station KCSC. Left: Hands-on computer experience along with experience gained in counseling will aid sociology major, Tamy Martin, with future employment.

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Working While Learning fi? College life can be challenging, exciting and very expensive. For every major area of study there is a club: Finance, Accounting, Pre-Law, Health Science etc. For every club there is a cost. In addition to the clubs there are social sororities and fraternities. Many students are finding it necessary to work full or part time to fully enjoy the extras of college life. . Campus employment is available to some of the students. The University employs over 500 students in jobs that are beneficial educationally as well as financially. The Uni- versity pays students minimum wage and is willing to work around the student's class schedule. Many students are able to find jobs relat- ed to their major, such as lab assistant, or news editor or disc jockey on the radio sta- tion. With student employment, you have students working with other students, as in the financial aids office where several of the counselors are students. 'Working in the financial aids office gives i . s Kr? me experience in counseling, and when I graduate I will already have experience. I think this will help put me one step ahead in the job market when I graduate, said Tammy Martin, a sociology major. It is impossible for the University to find everyone a job related to their major, but there are positions available in many offices as well as in the cafeterias. Often professors help their students find work. The Daily Oklahoman often turns to CSU journalism students when looking for part time help. Several law offices hire college students for legal research. The University placement of- fice is available also to assist students in finding jobs. Because the University can't employ ev- eryone, some students look to local retailers for jobs, places such as Quail Springs Mall and fast food restaurants. Working as a clerk or a waiter may not sound very exciting, but it helps pay for the extras. Debbie McClaren, business management major, works for Sears as a clerk and additionally serves as a -of W lifeguard for White Water in the summer. Debbie hopes to go into management and thinks her job in retail will be helpful. Even though it's difficult juggling a job, she be- lieves that holding two jobs and taking a full load at school will prove to future employerj that she has the determination it takes t succeed. Lana Griffin, communications major, likei working part time because it gives her ex perience without all the responsibility of 3 career. Lana also works two jobs in additio to her school load. Gloria Jarvis, computer science major, says: I work in the nursing profession, and see a lot of things going on that people neve even think about. I think my job gives me an insight that helps me appreciate my studies more. Most students see their jobs as excitin and fun and also see a social advantagj when allowed to make new friends and learn about different people. By Tammy Tuberville

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Edmond: Now A Town 0 Mercedes The tremendous change in Edmond today - the onslaught of both residential and busi- ness structures, the rapid increase in popula- tion, the explosion of civic developments - can hardly be identified as anything less than a metamorphisis of the city. What only a few years ago was a small, comfortable Oklaho- ma village has suddenly become a bustling urban area where a network of traffic lights work endlessly to stem the rising tide of automobile traffic. New shopping centers, actings as hubs to residential developments, seem flung almost with centrifugal force to the ever-widening outer perimeters of the town. This Hboom' of population and building, which began in the sixties and accelerated in the seventies, has made it seem as though the eighties were saying, You ain't seen nuthin' yetli' Somehow it makes the twenty-first century seem suddenly closer. In years past, a CSU student could stroll a few blocks downtown and see a movie at the Broncho Theatre or buy an ice cream soda at Kirland Drug. But the movies are all gone now. You go to Quail Twin or Quail Springs Cinema for movies now. And eats and drinks are available at a multitude of places along Second and Broadway. Not so long ago there were only a few places where you could eat out - the Cor- ner Restaurant or Billenlsg even the old Wide-Awake is torn down and gone - but now the fast food places and restaurants are numerous throughout Edmond. There is an- other difference: The people you see when you go out to eat nowadays, you mostly don't know. There are a lot more strangers in Edmond than there used to be. Central has been a commuter school for over thirty years now, but there's a differ- ence here, too. You take a large percentage of 13,000 students with cars, add to that the people who live in Edmond, plus those who are visiting or just passing through - like semi-trailers big enough to raise a family in - and what have you got? Well, for one thing, some people who nostalgically recall the good old days when the trolley ran down Broadway. Once Central State lay nestled comfort- ably on the edge of downtown Edmond, buf- fered by small, unpretentious residences and uncrowded streets - just like the ones back K 7wu,.r,, .gf-It I M ,V Above: Towering over the southeast corner of car pus, the new Sheraton Hotel gives promise to largt edifices of the future. Right: Edmond commuters b come accustomed to road expansion inconvenience. and await completion of various trafficways throughoi the city.