Jacksonville State University - Mimosa Yearbook (Jacksonville, AL)

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Ienniier Vinson Gem and Traci Kemp of Sparkman Hall enjoy most oi the things about dorm life. excepl for the long waiis for the elevator. Some of the sludenis housed in Sparkman Hall are involved in somrmes. an added incentive to living in a dorm. Barry Roberts. an RA in Dixon Hall, proves there are diHemnt lorms of enleriainmenl avail- able. The social aspects 0! dorm life ' can provide a great deal of dis- traction imm the tediousness of studying. 24 CAMPUS LIFE

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As dimctor oi Dauqene Hall. Fa- iricm Tyrant appears to enloy tackling her darm-day duties. Hall director Tony Adams 01 Weatherly ensures me men In his dorm stick to the rules. Manell Lasseier. director a! Sparhmn Hall, is well-likad by all the mdenis. -'--r Tony Hartley. director of Dixon Hall. Is stem with would-be trou- , blemnkem. DORM DIRECTORS 23

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Try 'Iife in the dorm' ome people call ldcksonvilie State University the friendliest campus of the South, and some people call it the Suitcase Campus ot the South. Why? Because on the weekends almost everybody hits the road to home sweet home! Although students are here tive days a week, there's always that longing to see good ot' Mom and Dad and the rest of the gang. Dorm lite can be great tor some and not so great tor others. However. atter you live in the dorm awhile It be- comes livable and eventually an ex- citmq adventure. Many friends are made 1ust by passing people in the hatts and qivtng a friendly hello. It may just begin as a shared complaint about the notsy maids or the leaky tdur cets that can turn into :1 tasting trienti- ship. Dormsatso let you grow up a bit. It's like being in your own apartment, ex cept you trve With about 150 people. There's no curlew, no parents, no one to tell you when to go, where to go and what time to come back. You also have to cook your own meals it you don't eat in the cafeteria The true friendship test comes when its time to study. Dorm lite can Studying tor tests can become an interesting and dtHiqut task .jfe whmtmnginadmn.u'nm K Blanton can mm really be a pain it you don't have hour- teous neighbors. Nothing can be worse than being awakened at 6:30 am. to your neighbor's radio alarm when your class doesn't start until 10 a.m.y or sounds at night stalkers tpeor ple Who stay outside past 12 aimJ right under your window. The best way to conquer the noise makers is to make trientis with them. Usually after you make trienrls with your hallmates and they get to know you, they Witt respect your hours and keep the noise at a minimumt It this doesn't work, you can always resort to the restdent aaeistant, who Will give them something to be noisy about, the dreaded Incident Report. That's a report written up on a restdent Who is causmq contusion. Excessive incident reports may lead to removat trom the dormitory After you get to know your halt- mates, you always have someone to talk to when times get tough. Before the year 15 out all those people whom you thought were strangers become your friends. So it you are a shy per son, as some people are, don't reform, try Lite in the Dorm! Bridget Crensha w DORM LIFE 2 5