Ball State University - Orient Yearbook (Muncie, IN)

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Greeks and inde- pendents gather to run in the annual Watermelon Bust melon passing re- lay. Cheering on team members and capturing the University spirit was all part oi the pany, Q4-openinrg .5 1 'If ei The Betas, along with 32 otherteams, warm-up before Bike-A-Thon. The event, however, was more than just a race, it was months of practice and preparation and tense moments of waiting. Q3 r 5 'Qi' I' .-I .-,. 1, J- ..- If Em- ' ,fx.'- ,, ' ':.-,A,,,,,., r. 2 v'.f

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H C7 I- 0 SQ Z CD The tremendous change that occurred during the year was predictable. It would be a year of upgrading and advance- ments Which would take the university, and students alike, one step closer to the future. Freshman filled the cam- pus over Labor Day weekend as the first Fall Freshman Orienta- tion took place. The orientation gave the incoming students a chance to familiarize them- selves with the campus before the intimidating upperclass- men horned in. As for the upper classmen, they met such changes as the Junior Writing Competency continued I' CLOSER 5?

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.1 nanny-3 v Dale Weslrats H CD I- O fi? Z CD continued Exam and a new de-centralized advising system. With the new advising system came the unfa- miliar and often confusing De- gree Audit Progress Reports. While the DAPR sheets brought confussion, OPAC COn- line Public Access Catalogb was a pleasant change to the old method of card-catalog search- ing. Students could simply walk into the library, find a terminal and type in the subject or author they desired. The books avail- able would then appear on a screen. Locating materials had never been easier. Besides the academic changes which prevailed over continued . ,,i. st. 'PA I. ' W-fa H ,.i-. . CLOSER '4 'QI gf? -ni- Q. , YD openin.g.5.