Truman State University - Echo Yearbook (Kirksville, MO)

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SURFIN' USA Tom Zangriles, jr., an RA in Missouri Hall, works the sound board as Clark House residents per- fonn. Clark House lip-synced to a Beach Boys medley. Photo by Pam Salter if ,. if X L. f f 4 f 1 ff VA kg tm ,ff UWM W f rf, ,W I f l'..l C24 y ,f ff 4 Qjfz yff z f 42 ,L!,ff, f.,Wf , f f H wwf BURNIN' UP Centennial Hall di- rector Lori Haxton represents the music industry. Haxton encour- aged participation in the contest as well as the new government. ff SYNCHRONIZED SHUFFLE Valen- tine House residents perfonn the Chicago Bears ' Superbowl Shuffle. Valentine had the highest percentage of residents in attendance. Photo by Pam Salter Student LifefLlVE-VAID Photo by Pam Salter 1 1 Z K W 'Cl W , Mifune,

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, 5 ,7523 A 1- f an 3: 1,173 , K A,? 4? f 0 f f J 1 K 1 , ff 4 X ff af f ff' W f af -fz2 f? f A , f ff f ,A I ' 1, ,, fy ff' C0 - EXISTENCE Men and women live under sarne roof in Blanton Hall Coed residence halls have been common on college cam- puses across the Northeastern area - except for here. Last year, the proposal to make Blanton l'Iall and Nason Hall coed passed. Rules were set, and the residents of both halls prepared for a new life of coeducational living. i'It's about time. l'm glad the residence halls are finally be- ing improved, junior Shellie Mathias, Blanton residence assistant, said. Mathias said she is very excited to have her first year R.A. assignment in Blanton, because she wants to prove to the students and the adminis- tration that coeducational liv- ing will work. Though both Blanton and Nason were slated to become coed halls, Nason was not filled and remained a women's residence hall. The women who had lived in Blanton or Nason were given the choice to stay by a grand- father clause inserted after the coed proposal passed. Three requirements had to be met to live in the coed hall: 50 semester hours of complet- ed course work, a GPA of 2.75 and a score of 20 on the ACT or a score of 22 on the sopho- more test. t'The requirements to be eligible to live in Blanton are high and the publicity was lacking, Mathias said. Many of the students who lived there were very pleased. My attitude has taken on a total change. I had to move off my floor to make room for them and that bothered me, but now I love it. The guys add so much. They are fun, but they are also serious stu- dents, junior Becky Bartee said. It's nice because you get to know a lot of girls: it's kind of like a family with both guys and girls here, junior Don Thomas said. Being an R.A. of a coed dorm is a lot more fun. Both the guys and girls receive each other well. They work to build a different hall spirit, junior Joan I-luntsberger said. Men lived on the second floor of Blanton, between first and third floors of women residents. Brewer Hall and Nason I-Iall, which adjoined Blanton l-lall, had all women residents. The coed housing makes things more realistic, it's like a whole family, the guys don't feel out of place. It makes friends of both sexes, junior Tim Stickel, residence assis- tant, said. Many skeptics felt the coed living would encourage idola- tions within the hall. HThere is no problem with the residents breaking quiet hours or visitation hours. They've taken the responsibil- ity to use the lounges after hours to study and talk, Stick- el said. Though the optimists out- weighed the skeptics, there was still a strong drive to prove that coeducational living can work. 'lThe administration is pri- marily concemed about grades and social habits, Mathias said. l'We are the first coed dorm and we are setting an example for possible others. Everyone is looking at us to see if things are going well. We also want to look good and prove this can work for NMSU, Bartee said. It's not that different living in a coed hall. You wouldn't want to walk doum to the desk in your nightgroum, but . . . If they lower the requirements, I think a lot more people will be interested, sophomore Liz Green said. l'l'm glad I decided to live here, sophomore Trent Webb added. Susie Sinclair STUDY SESSION Ann Gettinger, jr., REST AND RELAXATION Naoki Ta- and Pat Leftridge, jr., prepare for kao, sr., takes advantage of some tests. Blantonfhlason 's main lounge leisure time to enjoy reading a book. on first floor provided an alter-hours Takao, an international student from study area for both sexes. Photo by Judy Tsai Japan, majored in English. Photo by Judy Tsai Student LifefCoed Living

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1 , l 5 HALL-SHUFFLE Centennial dissolves Senate to restructure Hall government What Live-Aid did for the music industry, LIVE-VAID hoped to do for the Centennial Hall govemment. The director and assistant director of Centennial Hall designed a new program which they hoped decentral- ized the hall's government and divided its work load among all the residents. Lori Haxton, director, and Theresa Malm, assistant direc- tor, called the new program LIVE-VAID or Life Is Very Edu- cational-Value Added is Daily life. LIVE-VAID replaced the old senate system which was made up of representatives from all 10 houses. The Cen- tennial Hall Senate was dis- solved because of the low participation from residents which made it diflicult to meet demands. Haxton said the new pro- gram increased involvement get residents involved in deci- sion-making, problem-solving and idea-fonning of the hall, junior Lisa Pressler, a member of the LIVE-VAID committee, said. Under the new program, each of Centennial's 10 hous- es had control over some function of the government such as treasury, weight room, maintenance, public relations, the computer room, hall store, food committee, hall policies, visiting students programs and a residents recognition program. LIVE-VAID committee mem- ber, senior Sandra Newman, said only a few people did the work for the hall senate, and things did not get done. Also, with LIVE-VAID, the work load was spread to approximately 600 people which reduced time commitments for all. I'm pretty excited about it. I think it's very innovative and in the hall. l'The program is designed to needs to happen because hall senate has changed. Centen- '5 Nl :Wi 11 nial has recognized this, Ron Ciaber, director of Residence Life, said. A lip sync concert was the Iirst step of the new program. Each of the 10 houses per- fomied to win the hall job of their choice. The benefits of the concert were not monetary. It provided hall residents the opportunity to take on leadership roles and become an important part in the functioning of Centenni- al Hall, Pressler said. Senior Melanie McCulley, Valentine House R.A., said that the reaction among her resi- dents had been very positive and receptive to LIVE-VAID. 'Alt was sort of a shock after the hall senate dissolved, but it cut a lot of excess meetings, and that meant more time for other things. This bnngs in another facet of value added - that it is positive, McCulley said. Susie Sinclair! Index KEEP SMILIN' Teresa Bell, so., Vicki Ben, fr., and Donna Phillips, fr., portray Stevie Wonden Gladys Knight and Elton John. The women repre- sented Towne House. Photo by Pam Salter Student Lifefuvc vfub 2 7 l N E , -. - f A .Z f' H .. -..N 'x ffl , ii ,