Sul Ross State University - Brand Yearbook (Alpine, TX)

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Break Time -- Many Sul Ross students feel it took too long to go through the registration line for the fall semester. Sul Ross Trivia Did you know... In the beginning, the Museum of the Big Bend was a bowling alley? What is now the Student Union Building was once the origi¬ nal museum. Because of the increase in stu¬ dent enrollment, due to the Vietnam War, the center was needed for a place for stu¬ dents to gather and relax. A few years passed while the museum contents sat boxed up in the bowling alley. The decision to convert the alley to the museum was made in 1968. It was only a year later that the completed museum was opened. Remnants of the bowling alley can still be found within the museum. The ramp leading down into the actual museum is supported by the gutters of the lanes and the flooring is still visible in what is a replica of a general store. Smile — Lamar Evans tells John Steger to smile for his identification photo at the end of registration. Listen Here — Duke Cooper is not too happy to hear that he has to rearrange his schedule to accomodate a full class. When, When — Students patiently await their turn to register after being put hours behind schedule because of computer problems. Registfatioh i

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Learning the ropes Orientation helps freshmen adjust to college life About 130 new students had the advantage of getting ac¬ quainted with Sul Ross, its fa¬ culty and Alpine by attending summer freshman orientation held in June, July, and August. Bob Hardin, director of Ad¬ missions, said that attending orientation made school easier for the students as well as for the university, because these stu¬ dents would not have to go through the registration process in August. ”It would have been a disaster if all the freshmen had to go through registration,” he said. The orientation helped stu¬ dents meet the new people they would be living and working with for the next few months. The students also met advisors for their major fields of study. ”It enables students to get more personal attention, because there is more time at orienta¬ tion ” Bob Hardin, said. The summer sessions last a day and a half while the August session is done in half a day, but all three feature the same activit¬ ies. These include a welcome ad¬ dress from Dr. Jack W. Humph¬ ries, president of SRSU, and other talks with heads of faculty and student departments. Parents were also invited to attend orientation, because, Hardin said, ”It enables parents to realize what the students are going through and get acquaint¬ ed with the university and its policies.” Parents were allowed to stay in the dorms for these vis¬ its. Alma Dominguez Freshman Orientation

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Fall registration Hurry up and wait Long lines mark registration at beginning of fall semester Once again, registration lines were overflowing. Patience was the key ingredient for anyone who registered at the beginning of the fall semester. There were a number of stu¬ dents who were angry because of the long wait in lines. Many left and tried again at late registra¬ tion. The long, slow lines were due to both the computers not work¬ ing at all times and the people who had to rearrange their class schedules because their request¬ ed classes were full. Although there were many students waiting to be regis¬ tered, enrollment was down from last fall’s figures. There were a total of 1718 students re¬ gistered for on-campus classes, and 410 students registered for the Uvalde Study Center for the 1987 fall semester. That meant a drop of about 180 students from the same time a year ago, but de¬ spite the head count, the semes¬ ter credit hours and full time stu- dent equivalents remained about the same. Because of the low enrollment this year, new tactics will be used to recruit and retain more stu¬ dents. Dr. Vic Morgan, execu¬ tive assistant to the president, said, ”We have combined re¬ cruiting and admission func¬ tions to be more responsive to students’ needs. Once a student has been recruited, the universi¬ ty must do everything possible to retain the student.” A long time goal of the univer¬ sity is to improve the financial assistance available to students, Morgan said. ”Our goal is that no student be denied the right to attend Sul Ross because of lack of finances.” ■ JoAnna Avalos Thc One To Watch — Rodney Spradling is recruited to help mark rolls of yearbook pic¬ tures while going through the fall registration line.