Wartburg College - Fortress Yearbook (Waverly, IA)

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Kevin Real checks out the action in the back of the bus he drives for the Waverly school system. No Way To Make A Living 13

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No Way To Mahe A Liuing The demands on today ' s Wartburg student are greatly diversified and varied. Students attend classes anywhere from 12 to 25 hours a week, toil nights and weekends over endless amounts of reading, term papers or book reports, serve on or participate in a host of committees or club activities ranging from student housing to the worship of John Wayne, try to find a little time to watch T.V., have some popcorn and relax and, of course, sleep. But there are a great number of students who not only carry this load but pile the harsh demands of the real working world on top of all the activity in the academic setting. These students, whether assigned work-study by Wartburg to help foot the bill for college or just working to have a steady supply of spending money, can be viewed as dedicated or deranged. How do these people make money? What do they do? These questions bring quite a few interesting answers from quite a few people. The available jobs on-campus range from the position of cafeteria worker to that of showing and explaining the wonder of the stars and solar systems to groups of campus visitors in the planetarium. Other on-campus work includes stuffing envelopes and typing for the various administrative offices on campus, keeping the hallowed halls of Wartburg bright and shining, fixing cassette tape recorders or shelving books in the library, filming Wartburg athletes in action, serving as resident assistants or managers of housing units, or stuffing the student mail boxes with the latest from the home front. There exist also a group of souls who attend Wartburg and hold off-campus jobs as well. Wartburg can boast of having six to ten Waverly-Shell Rock bus drivers, a couple of mixologists who will be happy to wet your whistle with your favorite libation, some waiters and waitresses who serve the best culinary delights around, and a full- time, full-fledged Waterloo peace officer who provides the citizenry with protection, law and order. No, these students aren ' t merely gluttons for punishment. They perform a variety of needed jobs for the money, for the experience and for enjoyment. The only difference is that when they finish a hard day on their jobs, they are faced with another pile of work awaiting them in their dorm rooms. 12 No Way To Make A Living

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A Family Affair Student Marrieds Lead Double Lives Just be cause something is dif- ficult doesn ' t make it impossi- ble. Being a full-time student isn ' t easy, but when that student is married, often to another full- time student, the situation gains additional complications. We ' re asked why we didn ' t wait. Why should we? There will always be that tough time of getting started sooner or lat- er. We wanted our friends to be around when we got mar- ried. Some parents have helped by continuing to cover tuition costs, so students could use their income from part-time jobs to defer living expenses. Lobster and caviar aren ' t on the table every night, but with some scrimping and saving, there ' s an occasional night out on the town. Housing accommodations for married students aren ' t usually elegant either. The majority settle down in the trailer courts west of campus, while others grab up the few small and inexpensive apartments in Waverly. Time presents the biggest de- mands. Study, jobs, home up- keep and just plain time to- gether are all contenders for those limited 24 hours. 25 per cent of social problems come from being single and 25 per cent from being married. The other 50 per cent come from being human . . . You have to work to make it work. Dave and Janna Willardson not only both attend classes and work part- time, but also find time to raise April Ann, born April 3, 1978. 14 A Family Affair