Radford University - Beehive Yearbook (Radford, VA)

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Cashier Lines Never qo to the cashier's window at the last minute I he line snakes through the comdo’ at Heth. r oto t KMHn U Ax.tr; ANTICIPATION . .. “Lena Lines Lent Me Waiting” The famous Medieval writer and poet, Jeffrey Chaucer, once wrote. Patience is a heigh virtu . [sic] Obviously, he attended a university much like our modern day RU. Patience was a virtue for a four year course entitled. “Lines 101. The long lines began the first day of freshman year, and didn't end until that long-awaited day in the graduation processional line. Believe it or not, there was a line for every event and occasion Hungry? Waited in line. Needed to buy a book? Waited in line. Registration? More waiting. Needed to drop add a course? A conflict in scheduling? The lines rolled on. The lines seemed endless, unorganized, and definitely intolerable. As a matter of fact, during the drop add season, a student had to wait in line at the chairman’s door, in order to get a number to wait in another line later in the day Silly, but true Sandi Durkee, a sophomore business major, felt that registration for fall classes was nothing short of torture. I found registration to be very ineffecient. I sat and stood in line for five hours. Durkee said Social security numbers were ig- nored so the schedule outlined in terms of times weren't even relevant. Apparently, with the ever increasing population of the university, a 6.14 percent enrollment increase over 1986 87 fig ures, waiting in long lines became a frequently voiced criticism of RU's growth spurt. RU boasted 8,122 students, 7.270 of which were undergraduates. Can a university the size of Radford accomodate such a strain on its facilities? Julie Englen, a junior from Springfield, didn't think the university adequately met student needs with the rapid enrollment increase. The university grew so fast, we needed to put a crunch on incoming students, said Englen.1 We needed to build upon what we've got before the school increased anymore. Even though registration lines couldn't be blamed for the high number of drop add transactions, the method used at RU was virtually obsolete. Several universities throughout Virginia, such as Vir gima Tech and JMU, used computerized methods for registration as well as drop add so the process was more efficient and less time consuming. Nonetheless, students did have several suggestions for next fall's registrar maddness. One student suggested te ing several different registration locatky or at least, creating a more realistic tr schedule. And the most popular regx by the students interviewed, was to pr vide, some good, crankin' tunes. Waiting in line was even required il student was directly contributing to ' university. The treasurer's office in P it ton Hall was characterized by the ton snake like lines that formed every often The fall semester proved to be different, with the lines being slower a' somewhat longer than in previous yea- The school got a new computer in year, but the line was the same. $3 senior marketing major. Tim Tayi: Either the employees weren't trainee the computer or the computer was: cess work which meant more waiting Nonetheless, lines were a very imp: tant part of college life for some studer Jim Burke, a sophomore from Mar ville, felt the long lines were extrerre useful. It was a great way to meet girts he said. O by Michele Williams 020 Campus Life

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 Oh, Neat! What RU? They couldn't agiee on a group like costume, so this Stuart Dorm gang dressed as an array of people, from louosts to presents to witches, to bag ladies and housewives pmto by Krium w a Jack-o-Lanterns Compared to the sadistic minds oi some students, these carved pumpkins rci cct tne true tall season poyo br G na lop-no Halloween 019

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Bookstore Lines The worst line is el the beginning ot cash semester when everyone is buying books' Books should be Outlawed m college pr o or knotn v Post Office Lines it's bod enough trying to get to your P O box. but then to find you hove to stand m line to get pack ages Why can't we just have our boxes at the dorms? phUO UfKnMWiU AXjrr, Real Food ... Well, sort of Between the Highland Room and Campus Cuisine, students get a taste different from the cafeteria lord It s a lot easier to swallow, prcrobyxmcn v Cafeteria Lines No one should have to stand n hne at Walker But even with all the complaining students do about the food, mere rs still a fine during meats onto tw u AKsm Lines, Lines. More Lines 021