Eastern Kentucky University - Milestone Yearbook (Richmond, KY)

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Left: Tvna McClure and Patsy Schnitzler spent part of their summer studying in the library Below: The Alumni Colise- um pool provides this coed a place to study while working on her tan. Student Life 25

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SUMMER SCHOOL A Matter of Necessity Your last final is over. Every- thing is packed and stuffed into the car. As you drive out of Rich- mond, you ' ve realized another year has come and gone. Visions of homecooked meals, sleeping late, fun and sun pop into your head. It ' s that three month vaca- tion you ' ve worked nine months for. For some students that isn ' t quite the picture they had in mind. It is business as usual for them in the summer. The next 12 weeks they will spend in in- tersession and summer school classes. Reasons for attendance in summer school are as varied as the 3,754 people who attended last summer. The most obvious reason was lack of jobs; because most busin- esses refuse to hire students knowing that those employees will be lost in the fall. Transfer- ring, program changes, adding minors, and changing majors brought students to the Univer- sity. Graduating on time was the main focus for students such as William McCoy, music education major from Radcliff, Ky Repeating courses to improve grades is an added incentive to attend summer school. The final, and probably the biggest reason people flocked to the University was summer and December graduations. Leesa Woolums, se- nior communication disorders major from Canaan, In. was one of the many August graduates finishing up in summer session. Connie Holbrook, senior busi- ness education major from Win- chester, Ky, came to take that last class before student teaching and December graduation. Still there remains another group of people who attended; teachers who were studying three months out of the year to receive a masters degree and maintain their certification. Lin- da Wilson, who teaches elemen- tary education in Lexington is a good example. Although school was the pri- mary focus of the students, they found fun and sun, and mini-va- cations anyway. When it was all said and done, the necessity of summer school was worth it, even if a 12-week vacation had to be crammed into two. Right: Dr Fred Engle lectures to one of his economics classes during summer school. Many students attended summer session in or- der to raise their GPA or to bring their gradu- ation date closer. 24 Student Life

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RESIDENT ASSISTANTS Responding to Students He sits alone, twiddling his thumbs, staring at the four concrete walls of his dorm room. He tries to remember what all he did this week- end, but it all seems foggy. He bows his throbbing head just as someone knocks at the door. It ' s his R. A. Oh! O X . He ' s never been too keen on R. A. ' s. They ' re always butting into people ' s business. But this time it was different. He guesses his R. A. hap- pened to be the right person there at the right time. He invited him in and his R. A. sat down. They talked for several minutes about different things, but as they both gazed at the mess surrounding them, the topic turned to that. He bowed his head again, but this time tears were running down his face. He knew he needed help. His R. A. was aware there was a problem, so he made himself available to his neighbor. It was not an accident. These people have no real names. But they could represent any dorm resident or R. A. on campus. Most people don ' t think of an R. A. as a counselor, but instead, that of a plainclothes detective. Accord- ing to the Dean of Men, Dr. Howard Allen, counsel- ing other students is one of the prima ry functions of an R. A. Sincere interest and concern for people enables an R. A. to carry that out. Scott Mandel, an R. A. at Commonwealth Hall, feels his job is an excellent course in human rela- tions. Besides having to know your entire floor of residents, being an administrator, communicator, and enforcer of rules and regulations, an R. A. must be on call 24-hours a day if an emergency arises. You even play mother sometimes, one R. A. ad- mitted. The same R. A. went beyond the call of duty and bailed one of the residents on his floor out of jail. Despite the varied hours, having to give disci- plinary action, getting late night phone calls, and more; the R. A. ' s agreed that the rewards of being a resident assistant far outweighed the disadvantages of the job. 26 Student Life