College of William and Mary - Colonial Echo Yearbook (Williamsburg, VA)

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RIGHT: To dance without losing one's attire is a challenge for Linda Lynch and Nancy Conlon at a Hunt-JBT toga party. BELOW: A new album offers Bruce Jones a brief but welcome respite from studies. NlAKlNG erhaps one of the major skills acquired at William and Mary during four hectic years was the fine art of liv- ing with a hodge-podge of people in unique situations and learning to like it, no matter what the circumstances. At first glance, William and Mary's on-campus housing seemed to consist of the sardine structures found on campuses across the nation. In reality, the W 8z M stu- dent had considerable freedom in choosing his own lifestyle, for housing options included special interest housing, coed dorms, single rooms, doubles, apartment living and Greek housing. With the renovation of Chandler and Taliaferro complete, students had access to all dorms on campus for the first time in years. Upper- classmen flocked to the spanking-new Chandler and the perennially popular lodges. The concept of mixed dormsn combining freshmen and upper- 24fD0rm Life classmen together in one structure was successfully effected in Barrett and Jefferson. Bryan Complex remained coed, and the Terrace received its first female in- habitants, though limited to only those enrolled in the graduate schools. While a few students were forced to apart- ment-hunt, most who desired on- campus housing were satisfact- orily placed in a much more smoothly-engineered room se- lection process than seen in past years. Students rose to the chal- lenge of stamping individual- ity on their four walls with flourish and enthusiasm. Posters, plants and stereo speakers went up in a flash to hide peeling paint and ancient plaster in the not- so-new dorms. In Landrum, a set of four suitemates agreed to place their four beds in one room of the suite, leaving the other for a livingfdining area. IT LIKE HO E Immaculate or chaotic, the dorm room became home for William and Mary students. To add to the feeling of home and involvement in community living, the staff of Residence Hall Life cre- ated programs tailored to suit every need. In ad- dition to dorm parties, there were area-wide pro- jects like JBT's Oct- Terrace-Fest, Jamestown Road's One-More-for-the- Road and the Bryan Complex Heart Dance. Speakers on security, career planning, and income tax forms made study breaks more than just munch-outs. They became infor mative as well. Whether listening to live music on Barrett's porch or sharing popcorn with the gang across the hall, dorm living provided an exciting means for discovering new people, new ideas, and a broader sense of self for those in the William and Mary community.

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BELOW: The mood and the music are mellow at Old Dominion. BOTTOM: Not content with just drinking the trashcan punch. Diane Herkness want- ed to dunk for fruit as well, . A Hg 1. i fi . 351 54 Mix-ups I oed freshman housing: a definite and exciting first at W 8a Ml Over the summer the decision was finalized to make Taliaferro coed. Forty- four men and nine women were randomly chosen to inhabit the newly-renovated dorm. Both the freshmen and their parents were called, and permission was obtained to place the students in the unique housing situation during their freshman year. The response was decidedly enthusiastic. Area Coordinator Debbie Davis expressed satis- faction with the Year's ex- periment and felt that the dorm's smallness had led to strong group rapport and cooperation. Residents en- thusiastically participated in trivia quizzes on Sunday nights and generally enjoyed the dorm's superb new facil- ities, which included game tables, an air-conditioned lobby, a fireplace, and a newly decorated atmosphere. Dorm Life!25