Birmingham Southern College - Southern Accent Yearbook (Birmingham, AL)

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Olinites It ' s 10:00 and you haven ' t fin- ished that paper or computer program for class tomorrow. Olin is the answer. That is the Olin Mathematics and Computer Science Building. Since its addi- tion to the campus only a few years ago it has been a lifesaver for many students. Some students have a par- ticular fondness for Olin. They study, type papers, play com- puter games, and, at times, even sleep there. Yes, after staying up all night to finish a paper some students have been known to grab a few minutes of sleep at the terminal before go- ing to their morning class, fin- ished paper in hand. These Olinites seem to find the Olin atmosphere more con- dusive to their study needs. Some have even suggested that a S.G.A. representative be elected for the Olin Dorm . Of course, this is a bit extreme but to many students, Olin is home for several hours each day. WILBUR ELLIS 21

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Religion at a Church School Religious life is a dominant part of most every well- rounded student with unique opportunities to grow spiri- tually. Among these groups are Southern Christian Fel- lowship, Christians for Social Justice, Southern Life, Baptist Campus Ministries, Southern Volunteer Ser- vices, and Fellowship of Christian Athletes. These orga- nizations offer special opportunities for worship, desci- pleship, and fellowship for the Christians here at ' South- ern who make up a majority of the faiths represented. Other religious practiced at B.S.C. are Judaism, Hindu- ism, and Shintoism. Among the on campus services are Methodist Chapel, Episcopal Communion, and Catholic Mass. It is hoped that by offering such religious opportu- nities, the college student will not have to sacrifice a spiritual life for a college life. Yielding Chapel

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This Place is Giving me an Attitude Problem I can tell it ' s going to be a bad day when my alarm clock rings and it feels like I just went to bed. It takes incredi- ble will power to pry my body from the bed and walk to the bathroom to stand in line for a shower. At last, it ' s my turn — but of course there is not a drop of hot water. You would think that, with as much as we pay for tu- ition and room and board, they could afford hot water for every student not just the early risers. As soon as I re- cover from the hypothermia I get dressed and leave for class. I have the extreme pleasure of walking up three flights of stairs for my class in Mt. Munger. Between the stairs and the hills I think I ' ll have a coronary. When they said, Welcome to the Hilltop! , they meant it. By the time I climb the 200 or so stairs to my class I am out of breath and parched. I approach the water fountain and as if Fate has doomed me to suffer the wrath of the Hilltop the fountain does not work. After classes I go to Goodwin to get change to by a cola since the fountains in my dorm don ' t work ei- ther. The elevator doesn ' t work, but there are always the stairs. I shove my dollar bill into the change machine and what a surprise! It doesn ' t work either. I am pretty upset by now. May- be a drive to the store to get a coke will calm me down. The peaceful drive and the coke seem to help my nerves. Upon returning to campus I ' m de- lighted to find that I have to park be- hind the coliseum and walk to North while some Biffy has his BMW double parked near the Quad. In my room I collapse in bed and view my day in retrospect. I ' m not angry. After all, this was one of my better days. Gtes o(j ' Ql- Paul Anderson Jacuie Araneta Amy Arnold Amy Ash Kristen Austin John Bakkegard Suzanne Barnett John Bennett Melanie Berry Mark Berte Christine Braddock Pamela Brantley Ken Brasher Mike Brown Beth Brunson 22