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

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students levels off to a glide w 3 L M Photo by John Pickel Photo by Rlchord Cunningham Photo by Rlchord Cunnlnghom With moving In our of the way, portles dot the com- pus as o christening ceremony. Sophomore Ann Clouss of Washington dances to the bear during one of them. Painting their suite becomes an all day project for sophomores Nancy Reuber of Michigan City and Tracy Anderson of Hano ver. Unmade beds and scattered clothes are the final marks of the complete transformation to college liv- ing as one finds little time for cleaning his room. Crowded conditions sometimes sprout from the effort to create 0 home away from home. Encosed by his .. mm by K0 Jahnso personal touches is Porrogejunior Kevin Rambo. Moving In 13

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Moving In 12 Turbulent flight of migrating Just 05 birds fly south in winter, 0 stronge migrotion occws in Terre Houte every year. Only this journey takes place in the early fell 05 students travel from all over the store and o few other ploces to live in one of the twelve residence holls for the duration of the school yeor. Pandemonium reigned over the campus the first few days after the halls opened about 7,000 students flocked into their previously assigned rooms. The process begon or home 05 the student pocked his life into ossorted suitcases, boxes, ond milk crotes. Hoving done this, these necessities were loaded into the cor, usually with the aid of o relieved parent. The boggoge, along with the student, was then transported to the campus, and the whole process began again in reverse; After making several trips from the cor to the room, or in some luckier cases, 0 single trip with the help of 0 moving bin, the assorted boxes were unpacked, end the room began to take on 0 new shope. A shortage of space become immediately opporent for many students 05 they realized they owned or brought too much. In some cases, this dilemma wos tripled os 50 rooms were mode to occommodote three people by adding on extro bed and desk to the olreody tight quorters. These triple rooms were divided up, however, as students were given new room assignments 05 more space become available. Reolizing that they would be spending seven months living on compus, most students transformed their room into 0 home. The stondord bed, desk, dresser, bookshelf, and mirror were not enough for most students. Some of life's little luxuries included 0 rented refrigerator, 0 television set, and 0 stereo or rodio. These things were just the basics, however, ond some students odded finishing touches that reflected their own style. Deciding they did not like the color of their four walls, some opted to point the room with the university- supplied moteriols. Others found 0 rug added another splash of color and comfort. Posters, plants, and knick-knocks joined the collection in on effort to make the room unique and cozy. This, in addition to clothes and toiletries times two roommates, packed the room, often leoving students with no idea of where to put their books. When all this was completed, which sometimes took 0 couple of u. artwork, ., weeks, the migration come to on ' end as students settled down for two semesters of college living until the time that they would flock back home for the summer months.- Movlng blns are in high demand because they facilitate the moving in process. As students make several trips from their cars to their rooms, Hammond senior David Brich, marketing major, finds himself only making one trip. photo by Don Goither

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Registration is only preliminar Many students song the closed-closs blues os registration time rolled around each semester. After cooly strolling down to the Hulmon Civic Center armed with 0 Form One, 0 permit to register and 0 business office cord, one usually ended Up in o stote of heated frustrotion after being herded through the various registration lines. Eoch semester the blues hit hard. Since registrotion times were orronged by class rank, the further down the totem pole one was, the harder he was hit by closed closses. Although enrollment was down 2.2 percent from lost year, one could not tell while fighting the long lines. For 0 freshmon, registration tended to be especially discouraging 05 he anxiously waited in line only to find there were no openings in the classes he had wanted. He was then forced to take them or another time, with early morning and night classes usually being the only ones available. Sometimes he even found himself taking on entirely different course. After that, he then was easily confused by what area to go to next. The sophomore, aided by experience, was usuolly 0 little more prepared for this ordeol, although he hod his patience and fortitude tested SPEEL'II ,, ,, 41?? V I JW l fry ll . lOl y, w CLOSEb !. Discouraglng signs such as thls one dot the main floor of the Hulmon Civic Center causing much confusion and frustration for the unfortunate student. Final checks are crucial to insure that the correct course number is copledl Wheaton, IL sophomore Don Cipriano finds the floor a convenient place to do this Registration 14 by the closed classes and long lines. The junior had on easier time of it and when faced with 0 closed class, he was consoled by the knowledge that, 05 o senior, and he soon would be, he had first dibs on all the closses. But, 05 the senior discovered, he had his own problems. All the dreaded classes that he had postponed taking had to be crammed into his schedule to meet groduotion requirements. After bottling the crowds .during registrotion, one foced onother struggle ot the bookstores. Feverishly searching through the stocks of books that occupied almost every ovoiloble inch of floor space didn't keep one's mind off the long lines he soon joined ' to pay sky-rocketing book fees. It was l olmost enough to make the most 9 unemotionol person cry. 1 After one song the closed-closs l blues or registration and endured the l bookstore torture, he had 0 couple of days to regain his sanity and psych himself Up for the start of classes. Registration was only the preliminary . round in the bottle for on education. He was now committed to o 'I semester of note-toking, reoding, exams, and poper-writing.l