Ball State University - Orient Yearbook (Muncie, IN)

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Student employment helps combat higher costs College life gave the youth of America a chance to express themselves — in personal- ity, in clothes and in a job. During their four-year vigil toward life in the big, bad, cold world, students scraped, begged, borrowed, mooched, entertained, swiped, sacrificed and honestly earned money for expenses. Jobs ranged from the common seater in the dining service to being a nude model for an artist. Such jobs were obtained through a friend, a counselor, a work-study program or SOS (Society of Services), which placed students in jobs and voluntary work of their liking. ‘Actually, we work the opposite of an employment agency,’’ claimed Dick Williams, president of SOS and one of its first organ- izers. ‘‘We keep a list of students seeking jobs for employers to check when they contact us.” During the average school year, approxi- mately 2535 employed students received a paycheck from the clerks downstairs in the Ad. Building. The average work week was ten hours, and the time put in could accumu- late to give the working student a much- needed and much-worshipped raise.

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Greek Week planned for good times, information Friday , Sept. 22 The football stadium opened for another Greek event, the Sigma Alpha Epsilon-Chi Omega Circus Feed. Various booths, rented by dorms and Greeks, offered everything from teddy bears, to Dunk-a-Chi-O, to can- dles, to games of Bingo. A dance followed the carnival, featuring the ‘‘Hands of Time’”’ and “’The Exiles.” Saturday, Sept. 23 The first Delta Tau Delta ‘Miss Water- melon Bust’’ was rained out. At an evening dance, featuring ““Trenfield,’’ Charie Pratt, sponsored by Phi Delta Theta, was crowned “‘Miss Watermelon Bust,’’ with Susan Wade, Delta Zeta, first runner-up. Despite popular opinion, the girls were judged 20% on poise, 30% on overall appearance and 50% on proportionment. Sunday, Sept. 24 Watermelon Bust games were played as Lambda Chi Alpha and Delta Zeta took first place in the men’s and women’s divi- sion, respectively, while Alpha Tau Omega and Roger’s Hall received second place tro- phies.

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|! am a student and my own em- ployer. My weekly income ranges from $150 to $200 and | seldom leave my apartment. | sell grass. With the growing acceptance of mari- juana on campus, a whole new line of employment has opened up to Ball State students. The stereotype of the evil ‘‘pusher’’ has been replaced with the “friendly dealer’’ image. 1 could live across the hall, down the street or | may even be your roommate. Dealing became my job only after my roommate came back one night with a lid, less than an ounce of grass, for which he had paid $20. It was then | realized that here would be a chance for me to make some money and maybe save other people money. Buying in pounds takes one tele- phone call and one trip to pick it up. Before | make a purchase, | sample it to check its quality. Usually it is good or- ganic Mexican grass, but lately there has been a lot of Indiana weed which has been treated with chemical THC. This Indiana weed gives a nice high but! pre- fer to deal in organic marijuana. A pound of good Mexican grass costs anywhere from $150 to $200, depending On supply and demand. | get 20 lids out of a pound and sell them for $15 each, giving me a profit of about 100%. The only other expense | have is a 69c box of Baggies. Lately the grass market has been flooded. Everyone | know has at least a pound he is trying to push himself. For this reason | have had to start deal- ing hash, hash oil, cocaine and speed. These drugs cost me a little more; so | only buy them when!know the market is good. They are currently the ‘‘in’”’ drugs to do. If you need a couple hits of speed for exams or a snort or two of cocaine for a concert, | can set you up, The only thing | dislike about sell- ing is the paranoia. Sure people are coo| about dope these days but there is always the chance that you might get busted. | try to minimize the risk by keeping a low number of contacts. And when there has been a bust, dealing dies down everywhere. | also avoid dealing hard drugs like heroin or chemicals such as L SD and STP. Some call me a criminal, some an Opportunist, others think of me as a public servant. With the job market as limited as it is, | look at pushing dope as just another job, and at myself as just another student “’working my way through college.’’ F A. Being a secretary is more than just knowing how to type, as Wanda Evans shows different office procedures to Karen Franklin. B. High schoolers aren't the only babysitters available. Vickie Welsch spends an evening entertaining and watching two children. C. Lew Truex watches over chemistry lab students John Bernhardt and Steve Briggs as part of his graduate assistant duties. D. By cooking for students and helping the women in the cafeteria, Beth Breston, Brayton, earns some extra spending money. E. To help pay living expenses, junior Pam Wright works 13 hours weekly in the library. F. Ed Hackett helps a customer with his selection of clothing at the Dug-Out, in the village. G. This is one of the many ways students find to fight the rising costs of education.