Howard University - Bison Yearbook (Washington, DC)

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These movers are hampered by the rain that fell. as they move Into the Tubman Quadrangle on the first day of freshman orientation. Entire families are involved In moving students in And this fathor finds that transporting the heavier Hems falls to him. SttOiR and sweat ptag ed ncueJis js tfcx; discoL'ewd tie tu.- °b U- fetai ... or most people. It was no Fmore than an ordinary summer's day. For stu- dents, however, it signified much more. It meant regained independence, renewed friendships and revived social lives. It was the day that students began to move back into tho Residence Halls, the first official step toward starting the new school year. The hasscls of moving in quickly hampered the excitement of being back to school Many students were met with a number of problems upon checking into tho dormitories. In Bethune Hall, there were problems with front door keys that just did not quite fit the lock. Students in Sutton Plaza returned to find bathrooms that had yet to be cleaned. And. of course, every year there was the you did not get here by six o'clock (p m). so you cannot get your keys tonight problem These problems, however, paled in comparison to those caused by Crant Enterprises, a storage company with whom | many students entrusted their i belongings for the summer. The company had leased space to I store some of the students’mer-® rhandise. from Capital Cities “Storage. They. (Crant Ent.) § failed to pay for the rented | space, thus relinquishing claim of the students' property to the storage company. Students were then left in doubt as to whether they could claim their belongings. The management of Capital Cities Storage was cooperative in allowing students to claim their goods as long as they had thoir claim tickets and as long as the company had these goods. Some students were § among the unfortunate whose S items had not been left in tho | earn of Capital Cities Storage. s and for those students chaos o ruled. Said sophomore Lynn | Moore. “I'm still trying to get 5 the rest of my things. Once items were retrieved from storage, some students faced another problem, a room in which to pul them. For some of those students the housing office designed a special contract known as the open assignment. Quite simply, this gave a student the right to a room somewhere in a specified re i-dence hall. This situation created a great deal of stress for the uncertain student arriving on opening day. Camlle l.ouis. a junior majoring In Chemical Engineering. commented. “1 gut there (Bethune Hal)) early because I wasn't even sure that I'd get a room. Finally, many students were surprised to find that their rooms wore unprepared on the return date. This fact w-as quite disturbing to many Freshmen residing in the Tubman Quadrangle. Dorm counselor. Valerie Cray, explained. “Some rooms were not ready since tho dorm was never closed. With a build-ingasoldastheQuad. repairing is a continuous process. The physical toil of moving in could noi be forgotten. Arms ached from carrying heavy boxes and hauling huge trunks. Backs pained from carrying refrigerators and shoulders swelled from toting suitcases packed with clothing. Ben Cay and rubbing alcohol were abused substances on this day as unpacking gave way to bed making so that a place could be found upon which to lay ones head. After suffering the pain of moving in and getting .settled, one would imagine that students were worn out and disillusioned. This, however, was not the case. As Joel Milliner, a sophomore, put it.“I'm just glad to be back at the Mecca. by Claire Louis Layout by Alan I). Ryan Many resident found that elevator were crowded or absent. Thw Drew Hall resident struggles up the staircase rather than wail fur the elevator. Moving In 17

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Al thi rap ei ion during Froth man orientation, now antranti enjoy the tun on tho balcony at tha Blackburn Center a they learn of each other' background 18 Freshmen Orientation