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

Page 32 text:

1— A good book and a cuddly toy sometimes help to alleviate homesickness. 2-A long line of students besieged Central Receiving Ware- house for one of those luxuries of dorm life— a refrigerator. The warehouse, where the refrigerators are dis- tributed, opened its doors Monday, Sept. 19, around 8 a.m. I thought I would get there about 7:30 a.m. and be first in line. Well, about 300 other people had the same idea. I stood in line from 7:30 a.m. until 12 p.m. I was so mad and hot that I was ready to explode. Finally I made it up to the refrigerator man. As I handed him my contract and he pointed out my re- frigerator, I just smiled and forgot that I had been standing in line four and a half hours. It was like a new toy- 1 just wanted to get it and go home. After all the excitement and confusion of moving in and finding all my classes, I walked down the hall of my dorm and reality hit me like a ton of bricks. All I could think of was, Boy, this place could use some fixing up. There are plans for future renovation, I learned. The two dorms that are first in line are the men ' s Browning Hall, and the women ' s Carter Hall, ac- cording to Joan Dressel, housing director. This pro- cess is not scheduled to take place for another two years, though. It ' s up to the state legislature to sell bonds to raise the money, so the dorms wait. Air conditioning of the dorm is also in the future plans. That ' s good, as there isn ' t a bit of breeze coming into my room, except when I open my door. Then, of course, everyone walking down the hall looks in or the wind blows the curtains and knocks the plants on the floor when the door is Needless to say, privacy is rarely found in a dorm. Dorm space itself is a problem, but if new dorms are built, where would they go? There isn ' t much campus property left for dorms, according to Dres- sel, and what is left may be used for parking spaces. One possibility for dorm space is to build across from the new health building on Southwest Avenue. As for now, new things are being ordered for some of the more desperate dorms. McCord, Clement and Dossett got new drapes this year. This wasn ' t really a special gift, since all that was hanging on the rods were strings where the drapes used to be. McCord was the first to receive their drapes, with the others scheduled for instal- 28 Moving In

Page 31 text:

Welcome to the Dorm!

Page 33 text:

3-Some people even take time out from the hectic chores to pose for the photographer. 4- The moving in process is brightened by a friend stopping by to chat about summer activities. lation during the year. As for Clement, only first, second and third floors will be receiving drapes. Now at least I will be able to come out of my closet to dress. Looking back at all the crazy things that I have said and done, all the times I got mad and swore never to come back, and all the times I spent endless hours studying when all my friends were at Tulley ' s, I have to admit that I ' m excited when I think I have another year ahead. I really did a lot of growing up, and if I had the chance to do it all again, I wouldn ' t change a thing.