Kent State University - Chestnut Burr Yearbook (Kent, OH)

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wall of section numbers, their eyes searching for the exact one. After five minutes of myopic staring they head for the departmental line and pray. Finally, they try to cajole and curse the professor behind the table to squeeze just one more on the roster. Many attempts are unsuccessful. Profs come pre-recorded, That section is filled try coming back next Saturday for final registration I'm sorry. The students are sorrier. Somehow, things work out. Schedules are filledg registration fees are paid. Students head home , then meet friends over pizzas and beers and catch up on a summer-full of adventures. Professors head back to offices with class rosters and newly t ll ' Af -- 2 dittoed syllabi under their arms, then head home to dinners while the staff keeps the university running. Newness of routine is evident in red eyes and tired faces, but there is no time to be lazy. Right away, there are texts to buy and study. The bookstores are packed tightly, full of students with hungry minds. For hungry mouths there are refrigerators to rent, drag back to the dorm, and fill with munchies. Professors have lectures to plan and office hours to decide upon. For staff workers there are roads to repair, bushes to trim and rooms to clean. School hasn't officially started and already everyone is busy. Morning comes - the first day of class. Students, faculty and staff rise . Q ,.t. .i . -11 v.- x S yg. 1 e ii f . otogra hy, Opposite a e' Bob Lotte, top Chuck Humel. h P P s bottom This page, Thom Warren, lop left Lee Ball, bottom left lov Stenger, top right loe Lee, bottom right 13

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be 'X fi .J . Like blood cells surging through veins, students, faculty and staff stream through the arterial corridors of KSU every year. Without them there would be only dead stone, steel and glass. With them KSU becomes a growing, breathing, alive and kicking university. Students pour into rooms off- campus and on, bringing clothes, stereos and little pieces of home. Iungles of wandering jews, spiders and pepperomia plants till the rooms while posters clutter the walls. Each room expresses identity as the student inhabitant continues to seek it. Faculty members return to guide the students' search. Books full of all possible knowledge are dusted off. More than books, faculty members bring new experiences and ideas for the fresh crop of faces in lecture hall. First, eyes alight with enthusiasm, they exchange thoughts with colleagues over gulps of coffee. Staff members don't enjoy such ceremonious returns. They come in clean, pressed uniforms to attend to the business of keeping the university running. They are not the educators or the learners, and their importance goes largely unnoticed. After a Drop!Add session in Wills Gym students feel unimportant too. Numbers - id numbers, credit hours, maximum class size, course numbers, section numbers - take precedence. Students drop trance-like before a

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ll l A '-...Ln .,,, ,-, u i E- Jlfstd . W B k L ' X ', . s' f - - , , gig to if r t 114 , . X AP early in different corners of the community and head to their respective places. Lecture A Bowman fills up quickly with freshman faces for history and psychology classes. They scribble notes incessantly, hoping to understand them later. Other students stride confidently into the Business Administration Building with briefcases, slide rules and pocket calculators in hand. Confidence quickly evaporates as scribbled computations cover blackboards. In Satterfield frustrations arise from learning French accents after three years of Spanish. Even one's native language requires work in English ifi.. . -,-:tr ,' - , ',j -' ' classes. Biology, physics, and chemistry classes are time consuming and difficult. After an hour squinting down the throats of microscopes, jotting notes and diagrams, the brain is ready for a rest. Physical education classes offer a chance to work the muscles as well as the mind. Classes range from dance, to paddleball, to gymnastics. Many require constant practice to condition the body. Gym lights burn late into the night. Other buildings do not sleep, Fourth floor Taylor Hall is always bright, full of architects striving to finish one more project. Downstairs, journalism students battle deadlines. l need