Michigan State University - Red Cedar Log Yearbook (East Lansing, MI)

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Off-campus students enjoy the comforts and conveniences of life at home. Bruce Parsons, opposed h Carl Hosford and ' ayne Parsons, grimly surveys tlie prospects for making liis game contract. Outside of the married housing units, the greatest concentration of married students is in Trailer Haven, conveniently located on Grand River next to Coral Gables. Comforts of off-campus living ease the rigors of college life. Whether in appro ed or vinappro ed quarters an atmosphere more like home prevails. Individuals and groups forsake the university rules to lead the life they desire. Neatness may be a virtue acclaimed by MSU, but off-campus students may leave beds unmade, clothes strewn around and only close the door to hide the mess from the outside world. The president of any large university can easily lose contact with the student population, but Presi- dent John Hannah solved this predicament with the Spartan Round table, hniting members to dinner twice each term, President Hannah and top ad- ministrators exchange and compare ideas with stu- dent leaders ranging from dorm presidents to pub- lication editors. Opinions are ' oiced at an informal forum after dinner at which ciuestions are asked, misunderstandings corrected and complaints heard. 26

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-«r:. ■. w Altliougli the east campus dorms arc far from the Union, their proximity to classes mal es them a convenient place for girls to live. These fraternity men gather around the piano in the evening to sing fraternity songs, building the spirit which is the highlight of fraternity living. Shaw Hall men gather around the TV to watch the Wisconsin- Minnesota game, upon which rode tlie Spartan ' s last chance for the Rosebowl. 25

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Campus leaders and administrators meet together informally to talk over campus issues at the monthly Spartan Roundtable. Members select from the buffet line at this winter term meeting held in president Hannah ' s home. 27