Morehead State University - Raconteur Yearbook (Morehead, KY)

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PARAMEDICS HAVE to be on constant alert in case of an emergency. Everett Duna way checks an oxygen tank to be ready if an emergency arises. PHOTO BY IACK SIMPSON WORKING OFF campus while trying to keep up with classes can be hard, but running your own business takes even more time. Stephanie Bond runs her own store in Olive Hill. She is trying to make a sale to Bobby Lecampte from Shelby- ville, K Y. PHOTO BY LARRY TACKETT FAS T FOOD restaurants hire a lot of students to work part time. Belinda Stambaugh and Teresa Layne work in the kitch- en at Pizza Hut. PHOTO BY LESLEY TACKETT

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NOff C ampus Work Requires SeIf-Discipline Sihcefederlal aid has been cut and student loans are scarce, it can be tough to pay for a college education these days. Some- times the money earned from a summer job just isn't enough. More students are having to turn to part-time jobs off campus during the school year to pay their bills. At many downtown businesses, students can see friends and classmates hard at work. The university supplies a lot of custom- ers for these businesses, so they give something back by em- ploying the students so they can pay their school bills. 3 Fast food restaurants, pizZa places, stores like Roses and Heck's, and the Dynamic Lady Spa hire college students. McDonald's employes 22 students, Druther's 5, Mr. Gatti'sJO, and Allen's lGA East employes 9. The number of students varies from semester to semester because some students only work one semester and then quit. 3 One McDonald's manager said they had several students quit this year after the fall semester because their spring class sched- ule was too heavy. The manager said some of those students plan to return in the summer. Work schedules are usually arranged according to students' schedules. At most places students workaround 20 hours a week, but sometimes they may work 30- 35 hours Ron Cantrell, a senior from Morgan County, likes his job at Hardee' s where he s worked since the end of last summer. ROn works about 20 hours a week. lilt' s a good job I enjoy it, Ron said. ul usually stay ahead in my classes too3' i l Some students, however, have more difficulty in keepihg up with a job and studying. Melissa McCarty, a freshman from Morehead, worked at Hardee's during the fall semester and, like Ron, she enjoyed working there, but Melissa said, ul decided to take a leave of absence until summer. I had a hard time fitting everything in. Melissa worked 20 hours a week at Hardee's, ten hours a week as a work study on campus, and carried seven- teen hours last fall. Delores Sizemore, a sophomore from Hazard, KY, quit Hairr I dees for a 20 hour-a-week job at the Farmers Home Administra. tion doing secretarial work, plus a college work study, She liked working at Hardee's, but her hours were too rough. She went to classes until four in the afternoon, went to work at Hardee's at five, gothome late, arid had to get up early for classes the next morning. Tl am fortunate enough to have a boss who lets me i work around my class schedule, Delores Said. An off-campus job is not for every student. The pressures of attending classes, studying, and working can be too muchfor many students But some students have found off-campus jobs to be an agreeable way to finance their college education. Junior Beverly Maddix, an empIOyee of Roses from Olive Hill, works 30 hours a week In the winter and full time in the summer and'fall. TWOrking off campusista'big adjustment, Beverly said. ltMy first semester I tried it and it was really difficult. You just have to budget time. By JOAN ALTMAN ? TO Off-Campus Workers

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Se It's 7:50 on a col. unfortunate enough to one-by-one out of their dor note that the campus police hav- t illegally parked cars from the night be t yellow tickets. Security officers begin their day before mos about getting up. Some of the officers start their v ling campus, looking for illegally parked cars, students i any other problems. Other officers are responsible for o. certain buildings and rooms before students are up and about. day time is relatively calm, as students spend this time in classes and save up for the night. The most exciting things the officers get to do during the day are open meters for the change, maybe give a few tickets, or order a tow on a car they discover has unpaid tickets on it and no registration. Occasionally they escort a poor commuter who has to park 5 miles away that calls in for a police escort to campus. Later, however, after classes, students come alive and so does the security force. It's 6 pm. and two policemen have stopped a speeding Domino's man, with blue lights flashing. A little later someone sets off a fire alarm in Cartmell and the force rushes to the spot to make sure it is not a real emergency and to calm the students gathered outside. Of course, the culprit isn't discovered, but general and stem warnings are given. It's a Thursday night, so of course all police eyes are trained on suspected intoxicated drivers. A report comes over the CB of an alleged partwbrawl in Cooper. A couple of cars head for the scene, but when they arrive everything is strangely quiet. The partyrbrawl is over and after issuing general warnings to the sus- pected partiers, the officers depart. The night is when most tickets are given, as most students prob- ably know. The officers smile as they write the ticket out for a shiny red corvette parked in the middle of Alumni's lot, because they can imagine the excuses the traffic clerk will be hearing tomorrow. Some students are half-way nice, some angry, some have short excuses, some go for hours, but virtually no student will pay a ticket without first giving a heart-rending explanation. However, it's usual- ly a waste of time: very, very few students will come away from the security office without being $5 or $10 poorer. Gary Messer, Head of Safety and Security, estimates at least 8070 of the tickets are paid in the end. The officers come upon a red truck parked illegally in West Mignon as they continue rounds. The truck already has two tickets on its windshield. One officer checks the dates and sees they were written over two months ago. Once again the prime student ' of old tickets has failed to slip by the security force. The re night proves to be fairly calm and the next morning with a bright new day. Most students only see the security force lwhich isn't unusual since Mr. Messer es ' are given out every semesterl and fi Safety and Security force does a I, hold different seminars on pr they stick around over v, ins. They will always ' Design by T. R. '