Northwest Missouri State University - Tower Yearbook (Maryville, MO)

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Illrf ling. ' ever, |s affect the »®d MHHK Getting back to the swing However the rest of the summer had been spent, either basking in the sun of a tropical beach or getting grease splatters from slapping hamburgers at the local grill, students seemed to dedicate August to one thing-pushing, cramming and shoving possessions together to return to the world of academia. Axles, backseats and laps bowed under the weight of packed trunks, and cars caravaned down Fourth Street making their way toward campus. Like mice in a psychology experiment, the first challenge students faced was finding their way through the maze or new traffic pattern. The driving pattern was designed to eliminate traffic (and seemingly to confuse drivers) traveling through campus. What had once been mainly two-way traffic flow became one-way streets and numerous detours to harass motorists trying to get where they wanted to go. Strains of The Magical Mystery Tour is coming to take you away. . . seemed to echo in the distance as drivers tried to figure out how to get from Point A to Point B without driving two miles, but with the mystery finally solved, the real fun began. It was that ever-popular game called moving in. Rules were simple, and the more players, the more havoc it caused. MOVING IN 13

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Getting back to the swing cont A total of 4,174 students were enrolled, a decrease of 189 over the previous year. One reason may have been that 401 students were put on academic suspension during the previous year for low grades. Of those students enrolled, 2,125 were dorm residents, a decrease of 75 from last year. The top two floors of Perrin Hall were closed off, but Bruce Wake director of housing, reported that dorms were 99 percent full otherwise, and that many students had private rooms. For the student with discriminating tastes, there were for the first time certain designated living quarters including non-smoking, 24-hour quiet and 21 years and older floors. Terry Hulsebus, who lived on the 21 and older floor in Cook Hall said that he chose to live there because it was less noisy. People were a little more mature and it was easier to talk to them because of their age. I also liked the isolation-it was an escape from the general populace. ' . ' Walking through the Administration Building may have had students writing home to Mom for a hard hat. Phase III of the renovation of the 68-year-old building was in full swing, and making one ' s way to the cashier ' s window on the first floor became an adventure of dodging wires, workmen and ladders. Fees were paid during registration rather than a week later as in past years. VIP students, those who paid early, were entitled to gift certificates and the pleasure of not waiting in line. We wanted to encourage students to pay fees early, which would help us with our work, said Jeanette Solheim, bursar. Students with cars noticed that besides the new traffic pattern, there were new parking regulations. Sticker prices were lowered from $10 to $5, but there was a catch. Everyone had to buy one or face stiff er fines for parking violations. Lots were, as in the past, assigned for dorm residents and off-campus students, and Earl Brailey, director of security, said that over 1,000 warnings were issued in the first few weeks to students parking in the wrong lots. Off-campus students complained about difficulty finding parking spaces, but according to Brailey, off-campus parking was 70 percent over-issued, because a survey revealed this could be done effectively. Vikki Samson, an off-campus student, said, The parking situation was not bad if you got there at 8 a.m., but after that it was hard to find a place and you could expect to walk a long way. After all the moving-in mayhem, the inevitable first day of classes came Aug. 28 and it was back to the grind once again. Even Labor Day implied just that, as students and teachers sweated it out together in the classroom, making everyone realize that the freedom of summer had come to an end. D Gieseke 14 MOVING IN