Furman University - Bonhomie Yearbook (Greenville, SC)

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T-shirts Making a statement of the unique living arrangements. Allison Hintze and Emily Burry display the hall T-shirts of E-200 South. A coed dorm on the Furman campus? Temporarily, at least, yes. In order to accommodate all of the students who were promised dorm space, the Office of Residential Living had to temporarily reorganize conditions in both the men’s and women’s dorm complexes. The reason for the increased number of students was threefold. First, only one-half of the students who had planned to transfer from Furman did so. Next, more freshmen were accepted, and finally, more of the freshmen who were accepted chose to attend Furman. “The statistics of the past simply did not hold true, said Phil Howard, coordinator of residential life. “We always plan for a certain percentage of the freshmen accepted to cancel their dorm reservations in order to attend other schools. Very few freshmen cancelled during the summer. however, and the Residential Living staff had to devise an alternate plan in order to house everyone. The plan required a bit of reorganization. New furniture was purchased, and all of Poteat Hall was tripled, as were scattered rooms in the women’s complex. Finally, E20OSouth was converted into a women’s floor. According to Grisell Collazo, resident assistant on E200-South, the arrangements worked well. She commented that many of the men learned to appreciate having the women around, especially at laundry time. The students handled the situation very maturely, says Mr. Howard. But men were reminded that the arrangements were only temporary. Hank Hinnant CNyByrd Contemplating room assignments. Phil Howard faces the tough job of squeezing everyone into rooms.

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Where Are You From? Preparing for the arrival of freshmen. R.A.'s Julie Teal, Tom Adam , Dcde Eades. Anthony Ross, and Dale McAbee meet at Jeff Schenning's home for a steak cookout. Capturing the true spirit of orientation. Gnger Biggs and Jeff Petty get to know each other better. Oricntatlon 21

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Unexpected Adjustments Owp 6»f J The increase in enrollment for this Putting on makeup becomes a new year necessitated slight overcrowding in challenge when Meda Carr, Beth the dorms. McKay, and Stephanie Thompson have to share a mirror. Doing laundry in a coed dorm has its o.pBir advantages when a womans advice is needed. Housing 23