Indiana State University - Sycamore Yearbook (Terre Haute, IN)

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Rej The Hassles Have Just Begun When a student comes to college, so does the checkbook. Besides housing payments one has the horror experience of registration. As in the past freshmen pre-register during summer orientation, so they never attain the actual feeling of college until spring registration. Registration is held at Hulman University Civic Center which adds to the mass confusion. Students according to hours completed are the first ones to pick-up materials as well as register. Often upon obtaining the actual hour to register One receives an incumbent card. Various reasons such as parking tickets, failing to pay a lab fee, or who knows what else stems to that pink incumbent matter. As one enters with a valid form | the fun begins. Students journey to the numerous departments getting the class they have chosen. It is not uncommon to stand in the mathematics or life science lines to discover that the basic courses are closed meaning one finds another general education course. By the time underclassmen enter on the second day each department has to closed classes posted. It seems as though ones college career Is to an end because the classes a student chose to enhance one’s education are closed. When that nasty word closed penetrates one’s eyes the panic begins. After an hour or two a student finally gets a full load of hours. Even though one class may be a 8 am then the next one at noon at least one is enrolled at ISU. Better yet some students could easily be classified general education maj ors because their major courses were closed. Registration sure is fun. Once the fee assessor determines one’s bill some stop by the financial aid office off and on until the end. Then the green begins to flow. The business office rings one’s tuition bill up and writes out the receipt. Almost like shopping at K-mart except the university forgets the thank-you. With mass confusion still on a student’s mind the final checkers grab the form |, class cards, and the receipt to find out one may have an overlapping class hour or better yet one has misplaced a class card that they just paid for. Within time one journeys up the stairs back to reality. Students at ISU are fortunate because by selecting the hours of the courses one avoids a 7:30 am class on Saturday which is an everyday affair at Purdue or Indiana. Administrators have talked much about changing to a computerized system. The true confusion of registration would begin with the computerized registration. More students would be discontent with their college class load. What is so discouraging about registration is that a senior is not always the first one to register. Athletes get those overrides to register them early, underclassmen Sparkettes register early because of practice, and best yet registration workers get those class: cards pulled as well as slipping many cards out for colleagues. With students taking class cards on the first day for a friend(s) who doesn’t register until the tail end of registration is a common affair. What is amazing is when a sophomore business major comes to the final checker on the second day with a card number three for a 10 am class. The ironic thing is that the class was closed the day before. Oh, just like anything in life registration has its flaws. Welcome to ISU!!! @ Sharon Johnson

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A residence hall room can be almost like home as two eager students move in. -Roger Syester An anxious Cromwell residents has almost everything except Overloaded cars are nothing new when a student moves in the kitchen sink for his room. because everything has to be like home -Roger Syester 13 Moving-!n

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Karol Osborn, Crawfordsville, fills out her form | which ts A business office employee fills out one of the many students needed to register. tuition receipts. : Lero Irvin, Lockport, IL junior and Dan Crafton, Indianapolis ’ wast? junior, are two of the many athletes that register early. Checking over their class schedules are Bernie Pollock, Doug The financial aids office sets up a special station during Schroeder, and John Conley. registration at Hulman Civic Center. I 15 Registratio