Ball State University - Orient Yearbook (Muncie, IN)

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IORITIES were a way of life at Ball State. Even before the year began, students were taking care of their priorities and responsibilities. For Student Orientation Corps Coordinator Kathy West, Indianapolis senior, there were 3,200 ma- triculating freshman that needed to be inaugur- ated to the traditions and introduced to the troubles of college life before the summer ended. West and almost 300 SOC leaders spent nearly everyday of summer answering questions and guiding tours. For Student Center Conference Assistant Kevin McCray, Marion senior, there were direction signs to post, medical forms to collect, mail to deliver and lunch counts to take from 27 simultaneously running workshops. For Julie Patrick, Seymour senior, and the other Banevolks there was one last folk dance to do for the International Folk Dancing Fest- ival. After 41 days of dancing across Europe it was time to return home -- but only two weeks before classes began. At Ball State there wasn’t always time to have fun, to study or even to see friends. But there was one thing that was more important than everything else: one thing which took precedence. And time commitments demanded that wae 2] only one Issues @ thingcouldcome SS DOLES ics eure 90 GrOUDS sete e 396 Index: 408 C1OSINP Set 426

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a all State University, Muncie, Ind., 47306 rient 1984 VOLUME 66 Sa ee me eAoesare pecan STORE nreetcaiprertawiter han FLOWERS may not have seem- ed important; but they could be used to teach, and academics was the University’s top-priority. Sa- brina Scales, Monan senior, and Nancy Baker, Anderson senior, choose a flat of marigolds for use at the Home Management House. Photo by Tom Amiot A Ball State Tradition