Ohio University - Athena Yearbook (Athens, OH)

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en The first day of school means the hassle and pain of packing and unpacking. Moving in involves unpacking junk, arranging furniture and simply putting the room in order. Boxes are scattered and eventually the once bleak and barren space becomes alive. But for some, no university housing was available when they arrived. Robert Hynes, Director of Resident Service and Auxilaries, explained that there were more students than anticipated. Capacity accomodations for students totaled about 6,400, but 6,600 were assigned housing. So James and Wilson Halls, both closed to residents last year, reopened. The university filled requests for housing from about 100 Hock- ing Technical College students. 26

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Left - Earlier fears (hat a $3 cover charge would keep students away were realized. Less than 1000 attended what had been billed as the world ' s largest birthday party. Right - Police played a hard line against rioters. Bottom - COPE ' S slide shows and talks im- pressed students, but many still went uptown to watch . the students understood what the trouble was really like, they would not participate. Back in the Convocation Cen- ter, two sides of the floor were flanked with a row of tables which each boasted an abundance of Fritos and potato chips. The front was the stage with musical instru- ments and stacks of speakers demanding the basketball back- boards make way. On one side, a booth was selling beer and mixed drink tickets, the only things not covered in the three dollar admis- sion fee. The other side foamed with beer and mixed drinks. A small crowd entered at 9 p.m. The total attendence was about 500, much fewer than the 2000 hoped for. Two bands, The Seeds of Fulfillment and Brass Tracks provi- ded music for dancing most of the evening. Comedian Jimmie Walker of CBS ' Good Times finished the entertainment at 1 a.m., in time for an ample amount of submarine sandwiches and a huge anniversary cake. But uptown, it happened again. By 3:30 a.m., a crowd of people had taken over Court Street and the police came out in full riot gear. Firing knee-knockers and waving billie clubs, the police pushed the crowd off Court Street and down Jefferson Hill. There were some arrests, but the crowd and the disturbances were much smaller than in the previous years. Most people had, apparently, stayed away. Although any anxieties about poor attendance at the party were s fulfilled, the party and the efforts of | COPE helped control the annual f disturbance. I 25

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Left - It seems to take lorever to unpack, but it is satisfying once finished. Right - Moving in is both exciting and fearful as thoughts of meeting new people, making new friends, and attending different classes go through minds of students like Will Parks. Bottom Right - Finding just the right place for everything is hard in a small dorm room. These students moved into Wilson Hall while OU students shuffled over to James Hall. Hynes said there were no accomodations for James and Wilson residents in the Boyd Hall dining facility, so these students ate in another dining hall. Shortly after fall quarter began, a new system was designed to take care of this problem. In addition to service prob- lems, the maintence staff had to be re-adjusted. Fortunately, OU fared better in residence housing than many other campuses in Ohio. OU has not had to house their students in libraries, lounges and in unused classrooms. 27