Creighton University - Bluejay Yearbook (Omaha, NE)

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Registration still a mess after years of change There is no other experience at Creighton quite hke registration. No matter how many times you ' ve waited in the unending hues, filled out all the forms, and seen all the proper people, it is just as bewildering as the first time you were pushed through as a freshman. It looks easy enough on the little yellow sheet you The list of closed classes grows ominously larger, to the dismay of those students with late registration times. are handed as you enter the gym. All you need to do is go from station to station. Easy enough. What they don ' t tell you is that 200 people are doing the same thing the same time you are. If you ' re one of the fortunate few, you can get in early enough to get all your classes approved. But pity the poor freshman or transfer student who finds out his section (or entire class) is closed. Many a beautiful schedule has gone up in smoke on Friday afternoons. But what ' s really so bad about having to get up at 8 o ' clock five days a week? Once you have those treasured computer cards in your hand, it ' s a simple matter to fill out all the re- quired fo rms. If nothing else, Creighton will make sure you know how to write your name by the time you get out. From now on, all that remains is to have your forms checked and re-checked, ID ' s validated and to get your new food card. And. oh yes, there ' s the slight hitch of paying for it all. Somehow, though, after registration it doesn ' t seem to matter — your mind is already destroyed, why not your bank account? 26

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Does the advising system work? Sometimes, yes, as when Father Francis George, OMI, talks informally with Nancy Murphy (above) or when Dr Bruce Malina counsels (below). fX : W - i-t s ' --

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Carla Skraznas puts up a valiant effort to make tired students smile for their food card photo. Two heads are better than one in trying to figure out the maze of forms and schedules. a fliP . , W I Mr. Zuegner of the journalism department seems just as perplexed as the girl he ' s helping. 27