Creighton University - Bluejay Yearbook (Omaha, NE)

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RAS battle bugs, noise but find job rewarding Cockroaches, mice and bats are just a few of the problems that the resident advisors handle on their wings. They also fill out form after form, quiet their boisterous residents and plan evenings full of excite- ment for all. The duties of the RA aren ' t all fun and games, but as a whole, their job is as versatile as it is self- rewarding. Being an RA gives me a real chance to know people, Bus. Ad. junior Kevin Nemetz said. I feel ap- preciated by my residents and because of it, I feel that I ' m a better person. With the addition of coed housing, life in the dorms was not as quiet as it once was, especially in Kiewit Hall. But Arts junior Kathy Mondrella doesn ' t seem to mind. Coed housing has really brought a unity to the campus as well as the dorm life, Mondrella said. The functions we have are more natural and people make friends faster. Before the start of the year, all RAs met at the O ' Donnell Center for a workshop. At the workshop, they became familiar with the duties and respon- sibilities of their job. We try and communicate the standards of the university at the workshop, and in the last few years have had more participation from the group. West Quad Director Sue Wilcox said. Despite phone calls at 4 a.m. and regardless of the desk duties on the night of Fall Frolics, some RAs have personally gained from the experience. Lisa O ' Byrne said that the knowledge she has gained from her contacts with other people, both stu- dents and administration is one thing she appreciates about the job. If nothing else, you learn a lot about yourself. Arts junior Laura Muus said. Through other people I ' ve been able to see myself in a different light — by what other people see in me, Muss said. At left: West Quad Director Sue Wilcox helps inoculate students for the swine flu. Above: Rev. Michael Cannon, S.J., East Quad director, gives communion at the annual Thanksgiving Mass. 20

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Above: Coed dorms also made it possible for students to get together for serious endeavors. April Shaughnessy and Rich Mudrack use a floor lobby to practice one of the Bluejay cheers. Above: Laurie Shook, Maggie Pieper, Joyce Eiserunenger, Joanne Curoe, Mary Ann Harper and Katie Hogan drink to an early New Year. Dorms add new shapes with coed policy sanction The beginning of the 1976-77 school year was also the beginning of a new era for Creighton. Kiewit and Swanson Halls, formerly all female and male dorms, be- came coed. After a survey of student interest in coed dorms proved positive, formulation of the proposal was deliber- ated for about three years ending with the approval of the Rev. Joseph Labaj, S.J. According to Sue Wilcox, director of the West Quad, Kiewit had no major problems with the transition. She said, as a matter of fact, it progressed very well. The Rev. Michael Cannon, director of the East Quad, reported a smooth changeover for Swanson Hall, adding that, At first, the students were confused about which floors were which, but that problem was soon eliminated with the posting of additional signs. Cannon said that in preparation for female residents, they hadn ' t foreseen that women would want floor-length mirror and draperies in the halls. Since both Swanson and Kiewit are the first full fledged coed dorms for undergraduates, female occup- ants of both dorms were there by choice. Student reaction to coed dorms was generally favor- able. Comments varied from one extreme like, The guys are tearing the building down! to I haven ' t even noticed any guys. More specific, however, are the comments of Sharlot Palmer, female resident of Kiewit and Pat Rooney, male resident of Swanson. Palmer, who has nothing against guys as persons, found them a problem as dorm-mates. The elevators are always crowded, she said, and the candy machines are always empty. In addition Palmer said, There are more non-university men roam- ing around. Pat Rooney, Arts sophomore said that his biggest complaint is the eviction of guys who are replaced by women. Swanson is air-conditioned, has larger desks and larger sinks, making it more convenient for the male student, he said. 19

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Front: (from left) Bernadette Smid, Laura Muus, Teri Kaczmarek, Jackie Miller. Second Row: Fr. Mike Cannon, S.J., Mike Kiley, Joyce Eisenmenger, Mark Mackey, Mike Zoellner, Diane Glow, Mike Curoe. Third Row: Jeff Modica, Sue Dunn, Ed Washington, Jim Wolpert, Kevin Nemetz, Kathy Ryan. Front: (from left) Jeff Jeffers, Kathy Hero, Pam Watson, Cathy Hogan. Second Row: Debra Nichols, Susan Wilcox, Kris Krager, Kathy Mondrella, Dominic Freceintise, Susan Kopatich, Lisa O ' Byrne. Third Row: Tom Zorn, John Anderson, Ray Redlingshafer, Tom Fer- guson, Barney Gordon, Bill McCabe, Bob Ferguson, Mary K. Lawry. . tim . MK »fS 0M» i A 21