Plymouth State University - Conning Tower Yearbook (Plymouth, NH)

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incident, we kicked two young men out of the dorm because they were harassing some of the girls. When they got out on the front steps, they urinated all over the windows using sweeping motions that spelled some of those names of the four letter variety that I mentioned earlier. It was quite a sight. Don’t think that being an RA is all bad. though. The good things that happen just don’t make for an interesting discussion. I Think That If I Have To Tell One More Person That You Can't Get Crabs From A Toilet Seat, I Will Just Die. and most of the bad things are pretty funny to think about once a day. month, or. in a few cases, years have passed. I’m sure that, given the chance. I'd do it all over again. Anyway, it'll be the most exciting chapter in my book. Dormitory Resident Assistants arc frequently misunderstood, and. in many cases do not get the recognition they deserve. In an effort to correct this problem, this year's housing staff has initiated a new award—the R.A. of the year. Selection is based on the individual's outstanding service as well as service beyond the requirements of the resident assistant job description. The recipients arc selected based on their nomination by fellow R.A.s and the final decision is made by the Resident Directors and the Directors of Housing. This year's recipient was Ann Ciaraldi who was very active in her work in Blair Hall and who was recognized for her efforts in the campus wide alcohol awareness program. The R.A.s who received honorable mentions were Shelia Hingst of Pcmi Hall and Cathy Davis of Belknap Hall. [LjI 23

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1 M ave you ever torn down signs, broken windows, or shot off a fire extinguisher in Mary Lyon Hall? If you did, were you confronted by a woman who stood with her hands on her hips and said, Do you realize that this is unacceptable behavior? May I sec some identification?” Well, that woman may have been me. After two years on Mary Lyon’s second floor, though, I am taking down my shingle, an R” and an A” with a “G” tacked on the end by some resident who liked me especially well. When I write my memoirs some years from now. I’ll have a very lengthy chapter about being an RA. The chapter will be divided into sections, I think, each one relating different experiences. maybe all the way through the alphabet from A to Z. The experiences for the letter A” arc very easy to think of off hand. I can’t think of an RA who won't admit to having lots of encounters with individuals who are best described by a seven letter word that starts with the letter A. “B,” without a doubt stands for bums, especially naked ones. Like the night when I was on duty and we had a young man who delighted in showing his naked bum to anyone who happened to be standing behind him. When campus security came, he got to sit on his naked bum on the front, very cold steps of Mary Lyon for a couple of hours. We all thought that it was pretty funny. 1 guess that you could say that he was one of those individuals who is best described by a seven letter word beginning with the letter A.” Crab Counseling would have to be my words for the letter C.” Sometimes I think that if I have to tell one more person that you can't get crabs from a toilet scat, I will just die. Late nights on duty is my word for the letter L.” I never could figure out why residents always think that roommate problems, boyfriend problems, health problems, family problems, and academic problems are easier to solve at two AM. “N” stands for names, especially those of the four letter variety. Since the first day that I got this job, I’ve been called more names than I ever could have read on bathroom walls, in dirty novels, or heard in any movie in the Combat Zone. Talk about exposure. “P” is panic. Like what you do when someone faints in the shower, punches her hand through a window, or tells you that the dorm is about to be raided by 100 guys from Grafton bent on revenge, and you don’t know what to do first. The best word that I can think of for S” is shower. Like the time just last semester when I chased a gentleman who had just broken a window all through the dorm. I found him, though, on the third floor hiding in the shower. It wasn’t a bright place to hide, however, because I was so mad about the time and effort that it had taken me to catch him that I reached my little hand into the shower and turned the cold water on full blast. Another A” word bites the dust. The people who I work with all agree that U” has to stand for urinators. They wanted something more graphic that begins with a different letter, but we decided to keep it clean. One night last semester, just about a week after the “A” word in the shower An “R” And An “A” With A Tacked On The End emoirs Of A Resident Assistant By Donna Mayhew “G”

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When University System of New Hampshire Chancellor Bruce R. Poulton accepted the position as chancellor of North Carolina State University, Dr. Kasper C. Marking, Plymouth State College’s president, became one of the candidates for his position. In early February, the field was narrowed to two candidates, and President Marking remained one of those considered. Then, on Wednesday, February 23, 1983, Marking was officially appointed as the new chancellor of the University System of New Hampshire. Dr. Kasper C. Marking has served as P.S.C.’s president since 1977. Prior to that year, he served as the President of Briar Cliff College in Sioux City, Iowa and as Dean of the College at Minot State College in Minot, North Carolina. His public service accomplishments include serving as the Chairman of the Postsecondary Education Commission and the Chairman of the Planning Committee of the New Hampshire Postsccondary Education Commission. He is active in Rotary International, the Chamber of Commerce, and served on the Board of Directors of Sccva Speare Hospital in Plymouth. Dr. Marking received his Bachelor of Arts from the University of Portland in Portland, Oregon in 1952, and earned his Ph.D. from Washington State University in New York in 1954. When Dr. Marking received his appointment as University System Chancellor, trustee Lillian Bailey said, “When Marking came to P.S.C., people told me that Kas Marking was going to bring Plymouth out of the pit’ and he has done just that. He has excellent listening skills, humor, and a lot of wit. He has the whole campus behind him.” And the whole campus will miss him. The Senior Class of 1983 is proud to dedicate this issue of The Conning Tower yearbook to Chancellor Kasper C. Marking.