Arkansas Tech University - Agricola Yearbook (Russellville, AR)

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' Is there life after lunch ? All ot the food served in Chambers, salad, peanut butter, and milk are student ' s staples By Kristi Voelkerding Lately there is a question that keeps running through my mind. It seems that every time I go trotting off across the cam- pus to stand in line for my daily ration of food, my thoughts turn to the question, Is there life after lunch? Now everyone knows that the cafeteria is the favorite subject for bad food jokes. On a college campus, the cafeteria is equal to a mess tent in the army. In fact some students watch M A S H just to get new material. I prefer to be more original. (1 listen to other students and plagarize their material. ) The gagateria isn ' t exactly one of the hot spots on campus but it does constantly amaze me to see the long lines of people who wait to get in the place and then spend the entire time they ' re inside grip- ing about how terrible the food is and how they will probably die before morn- ing. But have you ever noticed that people that gripe the most are the ones that are shoving down the food faster than a truck driver? It is sort of amusing to see that these people are usually the ones waiting outside, first in line for the doors to open, while the whole time they talk about how bad the food is. I ' m sure that for some students, going to eat lunch is the high- light of their day, for some it is a chance to just get together with friends and talk over the day ' s problems. Some days the food is better than on other days. I ' ve decided that the more you eat in the Torture Chambers the easier it gets. I attribute this phenomenon to the fact that you build up a matural immunity to it. If any of us survive four years of this food then we should will our bodies to science. The ice-cream is usually one of the best things inside. Although it is a bit dis- couraging to find a cockroach frozen solid inside one of the containers. At least he died a happy death! Some kids have written up a manual on how to eat in the cafeteria. It ' s entitled, Kill it Before it Kills You! It contains tips on: identification; swallowing; and most importantly, how to make a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. There are also special recipes such as, peanut butter and honey and peanut butter and ba- nanas. If there is life after lunch, I ' ll be the first to stand up and say that I lived to tell about it. Of course, all college campuses have their own little jokes about how bad the food is. Institutional food is not known for it ' s taste appeal. If there aren ' t jokes about the food there will be jokes and wise- cracks about something else. It is all a part of college life and it does make for some fun among us. Fraternity brothers find dinner a great time to socialize with each other and with other fraternities. ARA offers soft drinks, tea and kool-aid to drink as well as chocolate, two-percent and whole milk. 26Student life

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The Student Health Center encourages students who need treatment tor minor illness to come by Tern Lough gets her blood pressure taken Phyllis Cook is going in to take advantage of ATU ' s tree medical service FREE HEALTH INFORM from your Chriltftti i ■L ..i Along the beaten path . . . health ah 1 1 1! m Free health information materials are available tor students when they visit the Health Center The Student Health Clinic is a free medical service for all students both on and off cam- pus. It is operated in consultation with a physician. Located east of Tomlinson Library and south of Bryan Hall, the Student Health Cen- ter is conveniently located on the Tech cam- pus. The hours the center is open are Mon- day through Friday from8 a.m. until 12 and 1 p.m. until 5 p.m. Anyone who has a physical disability or a recurring physical problem which might af- fect his or her life at Tech is asked to please check with the clinic as early in the semester as possible for precautionary planning. Also, special medical parking permits may be is- sued to those people who are physically handicapped. Janette Wilson, the Student Health Service nurse, encourages those people who wish treatment for minor illness, such as a cold, sore throat, upset stomach or headache to come and receive help. Care for accidents and other minor emergencies is also given. Other services rendered to the Tech stu- dent are allergy injections or other specific medical treatments, blood pressure or dia- betes check, a tuberculosis skin test, im- munization for tetanus or a test for preg- nancy. Student insurance application forms or claims forms are also available in the center. The Student Health Service is also respon- sible for the blood drives on campus. The Red Cross comes to the Tech campus twice a year, once in the fall and once in the spring. To encourage students to donate, an award is given to the group, dorm, or organization with the most members donating. Paperwork is just part of the |ob Nurse Wilson sees about three hundred students a semester Health 2?

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Y«j Along the beaten path . . . Chambers Another facility along the beaten path is Chambers Cafeteria. It is under the supervi- sion of ARA and it provides the Tech student with several advantages. Two advantages are the salad bar and the wide assortment of ice-cream. Also, a choice of three entrees and three desserts are given. Chambers Cafeteria extended it ' s dinner hour to 4:45 — 6:30. This fifteen minute ex- tention was done in order for students who participate in band or in sports to eat in the cafeteria. The food at Chambers is prepared by full- time cooks who have at least two years ex- perience. These cooks go by a basic company recipe book that is also used by other cafeterias under American Restaurant Asso- ciation. Students who wish to contribute feasible recipes are encouraged to do so as long as the volume required is considered. Once in a while, the cafeteria will run short on one of their entrees and lines will back up This night, everyone Most students have learned well the lessons that their mothers taught them They ' ll eat all their dinner, as long as wanted the spaghetti they get two desserts Chambers 27