Clemson University - Taps Yearbook (Clemson, SC)

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Have you ever been processed, as- sessed, matriculated, surveyed, dropped and added, bumped and bruised or given thie general runaround? If not, join the 11 ,000 othier Clemson stu- dents as they embark on the fun, excit- ing (choke!) adventure of registration! The mayhem begins with preregistra- tion. All students enrolling in classes for the next semester must pick up their packets in Tillman. After picking up your packet, the next step is to figure out the courses you need and get the approval of your advisor. It sounds easy enough. But, what do you do when two courses you need for graduation are offered at conflicting times? Or you must have five eight o ' clock classes and three night labs? Now, at the mercy of the computer gods, your real worries begin. Schedules are fed into the computer in somewhat of a seniority system - grad students first, then seniors, juniors, and sopho- mores. Finally, the dregs of the schedules are given to unsuspecting freshmen. You wonder if the computer will like you - should question 23 have been answered A or D? Did I color the little squares in darkly enough? Am I sure that I turned all of my cards back in? Your pleasant, relaxing summer is plagued by thoughts of a miserable fall semester compliments of some screwy computer. On August 19, students pick up their schedules according to the first and second letter of their last name at either Tillman or Sikes. Tension mounts and confusion begins. Registration is going full steam ahead. Pity to the freshmen who haven ' t been through the agony of registration. Before a schedule can be picked up, a student must be either prepaid or wait in an end- less line at the Bursar ' s office to pay and get a receipt. Activities cards are picked up at Mell Hall, meal tickets at Harcombe. Finally, after filling out a slew of com- puter cards, waiting in innumerable lines and pulling your hair out begging a professor to let you into his class, registra- tion ended as abruptly as it began. The completion of computer cards for pre- registration usually causes such bedlam. Student Life 17

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4 ed lVlATRICULATEd bURVEyEd Almost half of registered students do not receive Student attempt to complete registration before schedules compatible to those sent to the compu- the deadline takes effect. ter. 16 Student Life

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' k ■ . ' % ttcam alatesu.. street dan( September 00. still busy after registration, atten- dance at the event, held in ttie park- ing lot in front of ttie Loggia, was not gqod, capturing only several indred studi ts. The band proved F be quite good for those who at- •roujht with them a much Jer crowctof stifients. Although .r, sound system ent after the first song, most students remained dur- ing the twenty minute delay to hear the country and Ifestern music. Stu- dents actively enWyed the concert with bringing hanc|s together and voices uplo sing a png with omg ' 1 ii m iT V H i iT £tj0 1 [•i I ■ and possessing a unique style. country fi. 18 Student Life