East Tennessee State University - Buccaneer Yearbook (Johnson City, TN)

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I — Lunihtime in the ballroom !• an anlicipdlfa deiighi-unk-sv you are at Ihu bottom of the ramp. 2-The process ot pa rng lor fees became anotfier patience enduring lest as lines began to grow. 3-Seeminglv a bastion ol lonlusion, the Admissions and Records Department does much to clariu perplexing registration problems. conflicts. If no problems arise, the student retains a copy of the schedule just punched in and then pro- ceeds to the registration payment area. It ' s short and sweet. An example of the efficiency of the ETSU system was seen fall quarter when 10,037 students were registered in an approximate two-month period. Orientation 23

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n kl In the old process, if all desired classes were available, if all the right people signed all the right cards in all the right places, and if all the right fees and charges were paid, registration for the average student took four to six hours. As the schools ' enrollment grew frcjm college to university status and beyond, the registration pro- cess became inadequate. In 1973, in response to this need, a computerized system was begun that was unique to ETSU and that has remained since that time. Admissions and records personnel point with pride to the cutting of students times spent in registration to approximately 30 minutes over the previous four to six hours. Each student now works out the class schedule with advisors before going to the registration area. The schedule is then key-punched into the com- puter system for checks against full classes and J 22 Orientation

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So You Wanted to Leave Home . . . 1 —When the final shreds of patience are gone, sit and contemplate. 2-The agony of moving in is spared with the help from some new-found friends. I PHOBEE WATKINS One morning last fall, I woke up and realized that summer was gone, and school was approaching. The date was Sept. 16, and I couldn ' t believe my leaving for school that had seemed years away was now, in reality, only two days away. I spent the whole day shopping for things I thought I would need, and for the things I forgot that I needed. On Sept. 17, I visited all my local grocery and package stores for boxes to pack my necessities in. ▼ 1 .,••5 k For me, this was practically everything I owned. I was so busy trying to get ready to move into the dorm that I didn ' t realize that within a few hours I would be on my way. D-Day, Sept. 18, arrived and I was excited and nervous at the same time. I arrived in front of my dorm, Lucille Clement Hall, about 1 p.m. and was shocked to find so many people and so few parking spaces. There were approximately 2,500 students living in 16 dorms, I was told. Ten of these were for women, while six were for men. Those figures showed me rather quickly the ratio was not to be in my favor, seeing as there were some 1,500 females to only 1,000 males. The first thing I wanted to know about my dorm was its visitation plans. I learned that there are three types-plan A (no visitation except for open house), plan B (four-day visitation), and plan C (seven-day visitation). I just knew that my dorm would have plan A, but we didn ' t. We had plan B. As far as my friends and I have been concerned, the new system has been a success.