Centenary College of Louisiana - Yoncopin Yearbook (Shreveport, LA)

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R REGISTRATION Registration is held at the beginning of each semester, and students, faculty, and administration all agree that it is not a pleasant way to start the year. You stand in five or six different lines, and then when you finally have to write a check for some huge amount of money, you feel nothing but frustration. How can it cost so much money? Pre-registration cuts down on the time involved, and the trauma wears off after a few days. REVEL The Red River Revel is Shreveport ' s celebration of the arts. The riverfront is decorated by booths, signs, and stages. The Revel is characterized by delicious food, beautiful crafts, colorful paintings, and interesting dem- onstrations. This year ' s Revel included a hot air balloon race; downtown was lit up with colorful cloudlike bal- loons. The Revel is a celebration which should not be missed. 26 • Guidebook

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PARTIES Parties on the weekends make the weekdays worth it. The fall semester is sprinkled with KA Jungle Party, TKE Graveyard Party, Sig Pajama Party, Theta Chi Mafia, Chi- O Barnyard, Zeta Swamp Party, and Fall Ball. The spring semester has the formals which usually involve parties, pre-parties, pre-pre-parties for days ahead of time. Ev- eryone has their favorite parties to go to, and everyone loves to go to parties. First a day is announced for the party, then everyone suffers the indecision of who to ask and what to wear. Finally the night itself rolls around, excitement fills the air, the sun goes down, the music goes up, and the occasion has arrived. PLAYS Centenary ' s Theater Department produces two plays each semester. The Playhouse is usually a flurry of activity — building sets, rehearsing scripts, working on costumes, and planning programs. Opening night comes, the play is presented, and then the cast awaits reviews. This fall Madame de Sade and Medea were produced. During Interim, a musical production, An Evening With Lemer and Lowe, was staged. Guidebook • 25

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RUSH Rush is a week of madness which takes place at the beginning of the fall semester. Freshman girls and guys and any other students interested in becoming a Greek are swept through a week of fraternity or sorority ideolo- gy and history, socializing with total strangers, and finally, pledging. Whether or not you pledge, you ' ve had a chance to meet a large number of Centenary students. On Sunday the guys wear their new jerseys and the girls run down the hill; the madness has ended, and each new member now has a house off campus, new friends, and a table in the caf. s SECURITY Since Dick Anders became Dean of Students, security has been tighter on campus. Hardin Dorm has a 24-hour lock on the doors; Cline Dorm has two locked doors facing Kings Highway. It is still questionable whether thefts have decreased, but he has created a protected and isolated campus that leaves students less prepared for the real world. STUDENT GOVERNMENT Our fearless leaders meet each Tuesday in the Student Senate on the second floor of the SUB. Elected by the student body, officers and senators plan such projects as forum speakers, campus entertainment, and blood drives. Their most important job is deciding how to divide the money received from student fees. Though earth- shaking decisions are not usually handled by the SGA, what goes on in their meetings does affect the lives of Centenary students. Guidebook • 27