James Madison University - Bluestone Schoolmaam Yearbook (Harrisonburg, VA)

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A Changing Environment Due to a need for more classroom space, trailers were moved in to serve as temporary rooms. Biol- ogy, math and computer majors, due to the renovation of Burrus Hail, were re- located to bizzare locations throughout campus. Math students trekked to Ea- gle lounge, Logan basement and the president ' s cabinet room in the stadi- um. The biology students, however, won first prize for the longest walk to class. They were relocated to a trailer village near the Convoction Center. Heedless to say, they did not enjoy the walk. The most obvious change in campus life was already a long standing sore spot for students — lines. The influx of more students caused this situation to go from bad to worse. We waited to eat. we waited to buy stamps or pick up packages at the post office, we waited to register and even longer to add drop. Hurry up and wait was the rule of thumb. Overcrowding in D-Hall and the Campus Center prompted the administration to begin plans for ex- pansion. Carrier Library was also unable to escape the overcrowding that affected the rest of campus. The library seated less that 10 percent of the student body. Students were forced to sit on the floor in many cases. The noise level rose steadily as more and more stu- dents crowded into the already limited space. Efforts to reduce noise and ac- commodate increased numbers were often fruitless. BEQIMMinQS 5

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Changing Perspectives The influx of students on campus brought more cars than parking spaces, legal ones anyway. Creative parking solutions on the part of the stu- dents only yielded an increase in the number of parking tickets, very expen- sive tickets. Campus police were kept busy writing tickets and students were kept busy trying to get out of them. The few extra spaces that were created in various lots were snapped up just as quickly as they appeared. Suggestions to relieve the parking crunch came from all directions but few were feasible. Who could forget one of the most out- standing changes of the year, the hiring of Lefty Drisell as the head coach of the Dukes for the 1988-89 basketball sea- son. We were thrust into the national spotlight as we went from little JMU t o Lefty ' s school virtually overnight. Eve- ryone wanted to know what made JMU so special, what made him want to coach here. Lefty renewed interest in the basketball program. Season ticket sales increased dramatically as did overall do- nations to the university. As the JMU community grew by leaps and bounds so did the Harrisonburg community. As off campus living ap- pealed to more students, condomini- ums and apartment buildings sprang up on every vacant lot. The vast wasteland that had existed adjacent to Valley Mall was transformed into a new shopping center and office buildings. Sheehan 6 BEQinninos