Memphis State University - DeSoto Yearbook (Memphis, TN)

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BE IT EVER SO HUMBLE THERE ' S NO PLACE LIKE DORM One special thing about going to college for most students was the chance to get out on your own and live away from your parents. This meant moving into the dorm, your home sweet home away from home. Living in the dorm was fun and it was a headache. Sure, it is the chance to get out on your own, but it was also not home. Students filled their rooms with articles from their homes such as stereos, television sets, refrigerators, pictures, books and other articles which give the student the feeling of home life. Still, there were other duties to perform that had been performed before by your Above: The desks in Richardson Towers are softer than the mattresses. Right: Dorm life often features a game of UNO when studying becomes boring. 16 Affairs

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Fall 1980 registration was moved from the sweltering heat of the fieldhouse to the air-conditioned comfort of the Uni- versity Center. Registration was extended one day, alleviating the usual congestion of people and giving students an ad- ditional day of summer vacation. Despite the same old headaches of registration, student response to the new registration location was very favorable, as was the response to new student orien- tation, which proved to be a very helpful tool to freshmen, transfer students, and their parents. The day-long program, which included several different sessions, helped the new students familiarize themselves with Memphis State and made the transition to college life much easier. Left: Holly Baker gives instructions to a new stu- dent. Below left: Orientation is a new and friendly experience. Below right: Studying about Those far away places, ' ' a new student checks over a campus guide. Features 15

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Top left: Who said life was boring in Robison Hall? Top right: Some students can understand any language including English upside down. Above right: Dorm life can lead anybody to drinking and listening to loud music, I mean anybody. Above left: The hand that ate Cleveland or Where is that towel? mother. There was no one to cook for dormitory. Other discomforts included importance of the library as a quiet place you, therefore you must eat the food in people screaming or playing loud stereos to study. the cafeteria or become a fast-food junkie, in the middle of the night while you were Despite all the discomforts which came Keeping your room neat and doing the either trying to sleep or study. The result as a result of living in the dorm, it still laundry were other chores that often came of this was often low test scores for the was home sweet home, at least while with the big move from the home to the student who quickly learned about the school was in session. Dorms 17