Ball State University - Orient Yearbook (Muncie, IN)

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The year was like mmy others in many ways but with one important difference. liberalized living cane to BSU in the form of its first co-ed dorm. lt was a you for catching up with the Joneses as we finally ioined the thousands of other college campuses experiencing co-ed living. Monday, September 8, was set as D-Day as the residents of Menk and Hurlbut Halls of Studebaker settled in as the guinea pigs in a nine month experiment dealing with the maturity of college students. Girls had to learn to contend with running into guys in the hall about any time, or o guy knocking on Co-ed living finally made it to campus but then what happened? According to most, not too much at all BY KATHY KIEFFER the door at the most inopportune moment. Guys got to see girls in a different light, complete with hair rollers md bathrobes. Was the experiment a success? The ones best qualified to iudge were the residents themselves - so l asked a few. Marcia Tague, a sophomore inhabitant of Menk llall, commented, l wanted in on a brother - sister relationship with guys, and that coupled with the fact that I had lived here last yew, brought me to co-ed living. She was very happy with the program and saw no serious faults in it. She says she'll tell friends to live here because not only do you have the opportunity to meet other Menk and Hurlbut residents but all those in other Studebaker Halls. As far as the future of co-ed living is concerned Marcia thinks 24 hour visitation fopen visl is okay if confined ordy to the lounge as it now is. She feels it would be interesting to live with guys and gils on the same floor. Greg Hoover, a sophomore and a transfer student, came to co-od Ivlng for a change. He stated, BSU was not as liberal as the school I previously had attended and l was surprised Ball State didn't have a co-ed dorm sooner. A senior, linda Turula wmted to experience co-ed life before she graduated. She felt alittle disappointed in the venture in that it turned out not much different from her previous dorm. She was complimentary of the abundance of enthusiasm from students md directors conceming getting the program off on the right foot. Two iunior girls, Ku-en McClain and Susan Haupert, had lived in the hdl before Page 22 - Co-ed Dorms and were out for a new experience. Both gids had been a little hesitant about the co- ed life style. Karen said, l feared that there might be a lot of 'messing around' going on in rooms, but there has not been. They stated that they wouIdn't like to have guys living on the same floor because they wanted some privacy. However, they would be in favor of 24 hour open vis. A couple of former Trane Hall residents, Dave Schurick and Raleigh White, were in the market for a new place to live and decided to go co-ed. They were quite impressed with the better facilities, as well as the nice student from IU extension at Gary, first learned of co-ed life during orientation. He w told there was a shortage of men in the co-ed dorm so he signed up. The only faults he saw were the restrictions the university placed on the dorm such as not permitting 24 hour visitation and not dlowing alcoholic beverages within the hall. He would advise friends that if they wcmted to meet girls this was the place to come. Sophomore co-eds Hancy Helling, Sandy Rosenbaum and Sue lautzenheiser came back to Hurlbut Hall after living there last year. They enioyed the brother - sister Sumething neu.: in clnrms at BSU young ladies who live in the dorm. They would advise friends to live here only if they are female, so as to cut down on competition. Garry Ciochina, a sophomore transfer w I-1 IJ lf S.M.O. The hallway turns into a dance fioor as John Steichen and some other Hurlbut residents lake to boogieing during one of the floorlv open house parties. The new co-ed dorm situation didn? seem lo phase anyone too much and no big problems occurred. relationships and the friendly residents, staff and director. One big problem Nancy reported was The hall was starting from scratch with no officers or plans from last year but that cm to be expected in any big change over such as this. Ron Frutig md Jim Garver came to the co-ed dorm because they had lived in Wagoner Hdl for two years. Disappointment was expressed by the two saying We never see girls and it has not turned out to be as sexually enioyable as we had hoped it would. The whole CIIIPUI should go coed, was an opinion voiced by .lim. llon felt that open vis should be enlarged to 24 hours because it's being done myway - regardless of the rules. When Terri Poindexter, the staff on fifth floor of Hurlbut Hall, first learned she had been chosen to staff in the co-ed dorm she was surprised. l didn't thiik they would put a first year staffer in a co-ed situation, she said. She was, however, very happy to be there because the co-ed situation seemed closer to reality md the way it is in the outside world. She hopes in the future to see more co-ed dorms as wellas 24 hour vis. She definitely feels a co-ed dorm has more to offer the maturing college student than a regular dorm because here you get to know the opposite sex as people more so than in the rather phony dating situation. The director of Menk Hall, Ron Gaber's first reaction when he lewned of his new position was fantastic! When I first heard of theco-eddorm I was very interested and hoped to be placed here, he commented. The main difference between

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Why not? Henry Fonda is Clarence Darrow, James Whitmore is Harry S. Truman, Hal Holbrook is Mark Twain, so Fredd Wayne is Benjamin Franklin. In visionary enlightenment and patriot splendor, in celebration of the bicentennial, that whimsical, funny, inventor-journalist-statesman-musician-philosopher and more, Benjamin Franklin made his debut on the Ball State University campus at Emens Auditorium to tell us ofthe latest news of the revolution, of women, of education and religion, the Constitution and The Stamp Act-of course, in the guise of impresario virtuoso, Fredd Wayne. OK. One-man acts are one good reason not to see one perfonner one night juggler, dance, read...need I go on? I had better. This man Fredd Wayne, who spends two hours in make-up to look like an individual who lived more than 160 years ago, who carries in his theatrical productions 580,000 worth of props relative to the 18th century, is not only a different one-man show entirely, he's indescribably a genius at it. The actor has appeared in 300-400 television shows, played leading roles on Broadway productions and starred in films and opera. You should have marked your calendar for the 17th of September, because that's the night when all these incredible theatrics took place. On stage, Wayne brought Benjamin Franklin to the audience, the man who postulated Socrates died of an overdose of wedlock and a friend in need is a pest. You know how it is with us impulsive achievers, the Franklin character said, just terrible! It couldn't have been too bad. The show revealed some of the long lines of Franklin inventions and discoveries, everything from swimming fins to crop insurance and bi- focal glasses, the first fire department and the charting of the Gulf Stream. The very heart of colonial America, as it must have been reminiscently passed by on stage as Franklin anecdotes reflected the life and the times of our country's early history. And more personally, the inner world of one Ben Franklin, of his wife Deborah and of his four children, came to life so real-like that the past became the present and the audience got caught up in the early spirits of America. Wayne researched his role beginning in 1964, two years before his one-act show opened for the first time in Los Angeles. Futhermore, his make-up artist is the same John Chambers who won an Academy Award for his work in The Planet of the Apes. Yale University Professor Leonard Larabee and his book The Papers of Benjamin Franklin was the suggested material Mr. Wayne conceived his production by. Fredd Wayne as Benjamin Franklin, Citizen. Why not indeed. Hand gestures, vocal emphasis and slow, graceful movements characterized the great philosopher, as portrayed by impresario virtuoso Fredd Wayne. Wayne lr presentation included many witty lines plus great words of wisdom. Surrounded by over 380,000 of theatrical production props, Fredd Wayne sets the ideal mood for his presentation of 'Ben Franklin, Citizen to an appreciative audience. Wayne began his Franklin role in 1966 in Los Angeles. With his bifocals slipping down his long, boney nose, Benjamin Franklin. portrayed by Fredd Wayne, makes a point about politics back in the early days of our nationls history.