Barton Community College - Spoke Yearbook (Great Bend, KS)

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Division Page, Student Life 7

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Student life began with enrollment this fall. Class schedules were made and changed, fees paid and financial aid disbursed. Next came the student- faculty barbecue, sky divers, balloonists and film fe stivals. After the first few weeks passed students settled into the routine of classes, labs and studies. Oc¬ casionally dances and concerts were held to break the monotony. Students living in dorms found then- lives based around the campus. They usually found places to spend then- time. “I go to the swimming pool most of the time after studies,” Jimmy Scott Spare time... what is spare time?” -Mike Becker said. While Keith Thompson said, “I take a road trip to surrounding towns and find some parties.” Athletes lifted weights in the weight room. While some played basketball in the gym. The commons area was the center for some Hacky-Sack or Fris- bee. Since most of the students came from a fifteen mile radius of the college they simp¬ ly went home. Home life involved washing clothes, watching television and visiting with friends. Student life, one of the many spokes or parts in college life, was important socially. Students take part in the mud volleyball games held near the housing units.

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Students gather in front of the Commons to find out their room assignments and meet friends as the fall semester begins. Dorm life brings new experience The Barton County Community College living centers experienced change in more ways than one this year. BCCC hired a new Housing Director, Bill Murray, who came to us from Harvey, HI., and also Housing Assistants, Gary Howard and Christi Schnoebelen, both of whom are former BCCC students. Along with the change in housing adminis¬ tration Four new trailers were added to the housing complex. Many students had to adapt to life on their own for the first time this year, but help was provided by the returning sophomores on campus. Murray provided a new outlook for the campus and in¬ troduced many activities with the par¬ ticipation of the Residential Housing Association. Many new experiences were brought about by living in the dorms. New relationships were bom the first day on campus. Interaction through the dorms provided a closely knit family for BCCC. With the changes in administration, the addition of more dorms, and the experien¬ ces faced by dorm living BCCC has pro¬ vided the college student a variety of areas in which to grow. Laundry is a dirty job, but it must be done. This is a big adjustment for some students. Clean clothes are no longer taken for granted. Kenny Gaston does his laundry in the Commons. 8 Dorm Life