Millsaps College - Bobashela Yearbook (Jackson, MS)

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Moving It All In Boxes, boxes, boxes! Hey, I ' ve looked through all of my stuff and I can ' t find my shoes. Where are my shoes? Oh, yeah, I left them In the closet at the end of the hall. Oh, no!! The air conditioning unit is in there. My shoes have been moved — my shoes have been stolen! Who would want to steal somebody ' s shoes? Well, I can do without shoes but where is the cold air?? I can ' t stand it! Boy, what a way to come back to school. First all of my shoes are stolen, then there ' s no air con- ditioning! If I can just find my stuffed rab- bit. I ' ll be okay. Oh, no! I packed it in the clo set, too. I hope it ' s still there. It isn ' t. Who would take my rabbit? It ' s mine and it ' s old and it ' s gone. . . . Sob. ■iwhtiaw B, Moving In— 19

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Registration Organization! Smooth operation! No more Red-tape! all of ttiese cries and many more were heard the week of Au- gust 24-28 as f lillsaps students, old and new, returned to register for classes. Registration has undergone a great change. Computers, the watchwords of modern day living, have taken hold of Mill- saps. Registration is now completely computerized. This simplifies matters for those in the Business Office, but does it simplify the situation for the students? Students no longer present class cards to professors but merely show up as a name and number on a computer printout sheet. What student wants to stand in line for two hours awaiting his turn in the Busi- ness Office only to find that the computer has not credited his payment? Oh, but, of course, computers don ' t make mistakes, do they!?! Computerization is an advance in that records are more easily sorted and kept up with. However, computerization be- comes a detriment to the school system when it overshadows personal contact between students and staff. Afterall, ' Isn ' t that what Millsaps is all about? »,V ' ' %, 18 — Registration

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Change Change. Does it bring to mind images of that which is brand new and exciting, or does it conjure up thoughts of uncertainty and confusion? No matter, whether for better or worse, a life without change would be unbearably boring. Millsaps is definitely not boring! Change occurs everywhere an unsu- specting student looks. From a price in- crease in Cokes to Garfield posters in the bookstore to a revamped security sys- tem, change runs rampant at Millsaps. One of the most obvious alterations is the installation of a guardhouse at the State Street entrance to Millsaps. Does this ediface actually house a guard? , you ask. At varying times of the day and night, yes, a guard is there searching dili- gently for the new green glow-in-the-dark decals positioned, not on the bumper of the passing car, but on the right side of the windshield. Gates at the two West Street entrances and at the end of frat row modify the flow of traffic through cam- pus, but they also tamper with Millsaps traffic itself. A student of liberal arts, how- ever, learns to accept quickly. Therefore, although a little inconvenient, the gates prove to be no major problem. Change also struck the living quarters of Millsaps students — the dorms. The oc- cupants of Bacot, Sanders, and Galloway saw the demise of individual air-condi- tioning units and the birth and installation of new central air-conditioning systems. Government regulated temperatures and lowered ceilings were two results of this change. The interiors of Sanders, Ezelle, and Bacot were refurbished with new paint jobs and so seemed a bit nicer and cleaner. The renovation of Murrah Hall has been completed and use of the build- ing started in the Spring semester. The metamorphosis was greatly anticipated and awaited with baited breath. Millsaps alters from year to year. Some of the changes are welcomed, some de- spised. Some are thought to damage the college ' s image, some are thought to en- hance this image. Whether major or mi- nor, good or bad, change is an integral part of life and cannot be ignored. There- fore, we must keep open minds and flexi- ble spirits and learn to deal with it in the best way possible. : ;, ¥ ; av i ' i- :JK ' -s 5k.