Ohio University - Athena Yearbook (Athens, OH)

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11' x, Above- Aher 0 long doy 00 dusses, your room Is your rerreal, ol leosf umll bond pronlce starts. Leh- Dorm Me Is not always fun ond games. ln the back ol our minds we oll know the real reason we ore here

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:J l IBC!! l l 4: S! , M... One advonrage ol hcvlng o room- yon more ls hovlng someone Ilsfen IO . you lead your term paper. but when I I he sions laughing. ll ls vlrne IO stop. When author Charles Dldrens wrore, lr was rhe oesr of rlmes and Il was rhe worsr of rlmesf' he could larer haye referred ro dormlrofy Irfe or OU Llvlng lO close proxlmlry, wlrh berween 40 ond 55 people on each floor SECVIOO, had lrs dlsadyanrages lr also had Irs good polnrs, as senlor Marry Caulran sand The people you meer rhrough llylng ln a dorm have o dehnlre Influence on you for rhe resr of your llfef' Caulron sald Caulron herself spenr four years ln rhe dorms Dorm llfe provides opporrunlrles ro meer people from dlfferenr clues and srares, as well as from orher coun' mes The yarlery of people can meer lh a number of ways These can range from Jusr passlng and rallrlng I0 rhe halls ro helplng each orher wlrh homework The worsr of times Meerlng rhrough dorm acnvlrles as anorher way ro ger rogerher Ar rhe beglnnlng of fall quarter, Tlffln Hall, now a freshman coed dorm, worl-red wirh mrs upper- dass nelghbor Gamerrsfelder IO esrabllshlng a A'Drorher- Slsrer program Upperdassmen were asslgned freshman l.lrrIe Drorh- ers or Llrrle SISYQYSH ro lnrroduce people and draw rhe complex rogerher for furure ocnvlnesf' sand Marl-r Savage, area resldenr dlrecror for rhe Tvfhn-Gam come plex Mosr emerge from dormlrory lrfe wlrh a wade range of new experlences One resldenr agslsranr sand, Dorm ln'e lS o once rn a lrfenme Chance You won'r be able ro do lr OQOIO, and you'll never wanr ro, elrher Km Drown

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rf Q A i Many hlendshlps made In Crook Hall wlll lasv for o Ilfevlme. . . . QI r '4 '-A' if 4.1. ,, lf- 'iff'-Si The ranks Holf rhe fun, and mosr of rhe rrouble, wlrh belng a freshman lS dlscoverlng college llfe, rhe campus and Arhens rhrough rrlal and error Freshmen llve wlrh fresh- men, upperclassmen wlrh upperclassmen, and mlxlng lS often lsepr ro a mlnlmurn so rhar rhe wlsdom rhe upperclassmen galned nn rheur beglnnlng yeors IS usually unropped by rhe new crop of srudenrs So was rhe case Bur, begrnnlng I0 rhe 19704080 school yeor, OU experlmenred wlrh mlxlng rhe rwo groups ln rhe some dorm, on rhe same floor, even ln rhe some room rhe lkyors Hall experlmenr Apparenrly ll worked, because rhls year rhe GXDEVI' menr was expanded ro rwo more dorms, MOCKIUOOO and Croola Halls I wouldn'r wanr ro llve anywhere else, sold fresh' man Marlam Carrozlon of Crook Hall 'll really lllxe belng wlrh upperclossmen, because all my llfe my frlends have been older Leon Hams apparenrly lllxed rhe expenmenr so much as a freshman rhar he returned ro Psyors rhls year ro rry ll os an upperclassman 'llvlng here helped me a lor, Harrls sold Mwhen youre llvrng wlrh upperclassrnen, you're almosr forced ro odopr yourself ro rhelr way of lufe And nobody a fall in ... wanrs ro act lllse a lowly freshman 'lLasr year, we were always golng ro upperclossmen for help, sald Srephanle Burger, onorher vereron of Ryors Hall bade for more Thls yeor rhe freshmen are comlng ro us lr malses you feel lllse you know whar you're rallslng obour Alrhough sfudenr reacrlons ro rhe experlmenr are belng consldered very carefully before lf KS mode a permanenr orrongemenr, pleasing srudenrs was nor rhe unlverslry's only morlve for glvlng maxed dorms a rry Dy havlng rwo or rhree porpourrl dorms ro worle wlrh, rhe unlverslry has much more flexlblllry when If comes ro molslng room osslgnmenrs Whor rhe experrmenr does lS llfr resrrlcrlons off who can be pur lnro rhese dorms Dur upperclassmen who molse no preference I0 room cholce can be placed lnro rhese dorms, wherher rhey lnlse lr or nor A quad I0 MOCKIUOOO does wonders for my srudy- lngf' complalned Mlcls Kullnl ojunlor l flgured I had o Ilrrle bar of renure, ar leasr enough ro ger a double somewhere Maybe freshmen need more of a socral ormosphere ro meer people, our l need a hrrle more prlvacy Sco Powers