Missouri State University - Ozarko Yearbook (Springfield, MO)

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q9! ,WW fABOVEj JENNY CRAMER, assistant professor of English, holds her develop- mental reading class 's atten tion. THE EXCITEMENT OF TENT THEATER begins as students work hard to erect the green and orange tent outside of Craig Hall.

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Record turnout for '81 by Pamela Seid For a variety of reasons - despite rain, heat and a hectic pace - students turned out in record numbers for summer school '81. Enrollment totaled 5,998 students, an increase of IOM: over the previous summer session, and the summer graduation class numbered more than 300. This year's enrollment is at an all-time summer high for SMSU, Ed Pierce, director of admissions and records, said. Summer school students were greeted by rain torrents and thunder on the first day of classes. Despite continuing rains there was a summertime atmosphere on campus different from the one many students left only a month before. Flower beds all over campus were ablaze with color and scent, as recent plantings began to bloom. The new John Q. Hammons Fountain spouted for its first summer on campus, providing an attractive place to study. Tent Theater activities created an air of excitement and anticipation, as summer students watched the erection of the tent and heard the sounds of rehearsals and set-building. Asked why she attended summer school, freshman Karen Sanders said, 'Tm going so I can be a sophomore at the end of this semester. Other students used summer school as a means to lighten their regular semester load, to fill empty free time or to enroll in courses not often available. Teachers seem to be a lot more relaxed in the summer, Rexanna Ipock said. There are less students in the summer. Those who are here really want to be here, so the classroom attitudes seem to be much better, she added. The four-day week also received overwhelming approval by students attending during summer 1981. I like the four-day system better, Teresa Gail Phillips said. On Fridays I can concentrate entirely on something else. Considering the pluses and minuses of attending summer school, most students said it added up to a positive experience. And for those attending in '81, lots of rain, great movies, paint fumes in Craig Hall and the building of the Grand Street underpass were among the things that made it a memorable summer. .-.1

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AMERIC'A'S FAVORITE SWEET- HEARTS Luke and Laura fAnthany Geary and Genie Francisj finally became husband and wife Tuesday, Nov. 171 on General Hospital. Thou- Students hooked on Monday through Friday the television sets came on at 2:00 p.m. All types of people sat in hushed rooms with eyes glued to the tube. They all had one thing in common - they were General Hospital fans, better known as GI-I fanatics. The average soap opera attracts 900,000 daily viewers. GH became the highest rated daytime show in television history with percent of this audience fell into the 18-34 age category. The fact that GH was in tune with SMSU students was obvious. Luke and Laura were hot topics of discussion, and on their wedding day, the TV sets in Springfield were on for the big event. Some called it an addiction, others a habit, but many students admitted to being hooked on soap operas. Some even went so far as to One student who did just that, Sharon Patterson, a junior from Kansas City, said she was, embarrassed by it, kind of. Patterson misses her soaps only during the summer when I have an B-to-5 job, she said. Sandy Downes, a freshman from Columbia, said she used to skip study hall in high school every day just tc go home and watch GH, but sands of students witnessed the blessed event on TV more than 14 followers. An ab, schedule their classes around soaps. ' 0 if' fi' l if if as if since I've been in college, I haven't had too much time 'S