Valparaiso University - Beacon / Record Yearbook (Valparaiso, IN)

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be frequented often by the big spender. Checks can also be easily cashed at Millers Mart or Market but the shorter lines experienced there also produces lower cash maximums. Parties are also a major source of lines on the VU campus. When students arrive at a party, they must stand in line to pay the cover charge or to buy tickets. They then walk in a line across the dance floor to the side of the room with the bar. At this point, they stand in line to receive their drink. After acquiring a beer, the students will next stand lines around the dance floor and talk and drink. Numerous trips to the beer line will produce a need to stand in still another line: the one for the restroom. For those daring enough to dance at parties, line dances and a version of the ttBunny Hop are becoming popular. To the Greeks on campus the line takes on new meaning in the Iine-up. The pledges of the fraternity or sorority are lined up, either individually or in groups and are interrogated about the specific organization and it's members. To live up to the tun-loving image fraternities and sororities have acquired these line-ups take place at the least convenient time possible. Another form of line found frequently on Friday and Saturday nights is the pick-up line. This type of line is used when a student is ready to relax trom hassles encountered with the other lines. thome up and see my stereo and ttHaven't we met betorefl are famous examples of this brand of line. ' The one line that we look forward to standing in from the moment we first arrive as a freshman, takes place each May at graduation. As each senior walks up to receive a diploma, all past lines are forgotten as a myriad of new lines take shape, llll 27

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26 LINES itls infinitely long and imaginary but we spend more time being affected by one than we do eating. its a line. Lines come in many forms and have many uses, and they are an important part of our daily routines on the Valparaiso University campus Beginning with our first week on campus as a freshman for orientation, we were beset with the first of a countless number of lines. We had to wait in line to find out our room assignments and then we had to wait in line to use the elevator, We waited in line for our registration materials and also to pick up our first meal tickets. Highlights of the week were the lines we stood in to shake President Sohnabel's hand, to climb up and down the dunes on the traditional hike tor Dunes Day, and to register for our classes. This week was only the tip of the iceberg of the lines that we would sooner or later be faced with during the next four years. MeaI-times have always been times for socializing on campus, and the line plays an important role in that process. While waiting in line for a meal, students are able to visit with their friends without having to force a conversation between bites of food and they donit have to worry about interrupting another persons studies. This line also allows the older students or the first in line to observe the new arrivals with ease. Our sources for obtaining cash easily are also tied to the line. To take advantage of the Union's Check Cashing service, a student must first stand in line to receive a check cashing card. This usually takes place on the hottest day of August when the entire student body trys to buy their books After being granted the privilege of cashing Checks at the Union, we must next brave the lines for cashing the check. $25 is the maximum amount for checks so this line must

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28 A MATTER OF SECURITY iiWe werehlt told anything about special procedures. We were never told what to do in a confrontation tinvolving some wrong doingt. The people who worked full time knew the procedures, but the students did not. There was no training? Statement of Purpose: ValParaiso University Security Department - HWe exist to serve and protect a social and academic environment that sustains and encourages moral and intellectual growth. But does the VU Security Department adequately fulfill its reason for being? VU Security chief, Thomas Blanchard feels that the Security Department is greatly hindered in its job of protecting the environment oil the university by a lack on police powers. Three full time officers and 15-18 student officers have little power to stop crime. Presently, security officers are allowed to give tickets for parking violations and to speeding motorists on campus, but that is all. iilf there is an accident on campus, we can't even investigate it ourselves. We can't even find a license number,u said Blanchard. if an accident or a crime such as a break-in or assault does occur on campus, the Valparaiso Police Department, who has full authority on campus, is called in. Detective Dave Lippens, Valparaiso Police Department, said that he would like to see the VU Security Department police trained with full police powers. Hit would relieve us from a lot of work, said Lippens. Police training would give VU Security the power to make arrests, hold suspects, issue tickets for every type of offense and pursue suspects off of university grounds. Campus Security could also carry out their own investigations without Valparaiso Police intervention.