Pittsburg State University - Kanza Yearbook (Pittsburg, KS)

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like to get back to see friends I haven’t seen all summer,” said Karen O’Connell, Kansas City senior. Students flocked to the college bookstore to buy textbooks, and many who waited until the first week of school ended up waiting in long lines for the cashier. “I was there for almost two hours waiting to pay for my books,” said Teresa Harrell, Oswego freshman. The lines were nine miles long at the bookstore,” said Leuteritz. Various campus organizations sponsored “Welcome Week” ac- tivities during the first week of school to familiarize students with their club and with other students. The Student Union Board sponsored a plant sale, Coffeehouse concert, street dance, midnight skate, moonlight swim, glassblowing demonstration, movies and other events throughout the week. Even with the confusion and complications of the first week of school, most students were glad to be back for another year at Pittsburg State University.—by Sheri Johnson WATER FIGHTS are a good way to meet your neighbors, “face to face1’. Stephanie Delana greets Pat Stevenson with a big splash. — photo by Alan Ford. Anticipation, confusion, ex- citement and activities are all a part of the first week of school, and this year was no exception. Beginning around the middle of August, students began moving their belongings into the dorms and surrounding areas and preparing themselves for another school year. Some students, especially fresh- men, had mixed feelings about going to college, but most were looking forward to it. I was nervous about going to college, but I was excited about it at the same time,” said Susan Lollar, Arma freshman. “I was really looking forward to living away from home,” said Jackie Carbon, Mound City freshman. I had a sister here last year in the dorm who I stayed with a Jot, so I knew what I was getting into. It’s just like I ex- pected.” Most freshmen found that their initial fears about college were un- necessary. I found out the first week that school wasn’t going to be as bad as I first thought it was,” said Mark Farris, Oswego freshman. “I was really hyper about college at first,” said Lollar. I expected it to be super hard all the time, but it isn’t. The only difference from high school is that it’s easier to skip classes.” New students to Pittsburg State had to familiarize themselves with the campus to find out where everything was and how to get to it. Many people experienced problems finding their classrooms the first few days of school. I used the map of the campus that I got in my orientation packet,” said Farris. “I didn’t have too much trouble until I got inside the buildings. Then I’d get lost.” “The buildings weren’t hard to find, especially since most of them have the names right on the front. But finding the rooms was confusing to me,” said Lollar. Some students were faced with another problem when they finally found the room they had been looking AS THE FIRST EMPHASIS speaker of the year, political humorist Bill Alexander gave his impression of college life in a series of four one-act plays. “Is there life after college?1' was on the university crowd could identify with, —photo by Kyle Cleveland for. Some classes were moved to other rooms, sometimes even to another building. “I was 20 minutes late for my first class,” said Jerry Reeves, Altamont freshman. They had moved my class clear across campus, and I had no idea where it was.” People who were used to small high schools or community colleges had to adjust to the bigger sized classes. “It’s weird not knowing everyone in your class,” Lollar said. I knew everybody in my high school, and now I’m lucky if I know half the people in my class.” The returning students also had mixed feelings about coming back to school. “Back to school week means just that, and after a long summer, it’s a traumatic experience,” said Gary Leuteritz, Indianapolis senior. “But it also means getting back into town, seeing old friends again, and going to Hollywood’s, and that’s not so bad.” “I looked forward to coming back to school, but not because of classes. I Now semester hassle 1st week of school—15