Washington State University - Chinook Yearbook (Pullman, WA)

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Bottom Left: Dave Roberts, Joe Buchberger, Ken Haynes and thousands of others attempt to watch a Cougar Football game. But is that what they ' re really doing? Top: Kim Carrothers and Bob Douglas display what it really means to be “crazy in love. ”

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explained that Housing and Food Ser¬ vice essentially overbooks the residence halls, taking into consideration that some students will not cancel their con¬ tracts in advance but will not show up to claim their room reservations when the hall opens. This year, 6,370 residence hall con¬ tracts were issued for 5,905 spaces (in¬ cluding the graduate center). This means that 465 students were over¬ booked. According to Bierbaum, the halls are overbooked because of the attrition or no-show rate. The attrition rate was set at three percent, or 191 students. Above this number, 274 more contracts were issued, thus totalling 465 reservations. Last spring the Presidential Task Force on Residence Hall Occupancy recom¬ mended that the maximum number of students to be overbooked should not exceed 286. This figure does not reflect the three percent attrition rate. If the 286 limit had been surpassed, the task force strongly recommended that the freshman live-in rule be sus¬ pended for freshman who were admit¬ ted after the date when the maximum number was reached. It would then be the responsibility of the individual stu¬ dent to seek housing after being in¬ formed that the residence halls were full. According to Bierbaum, the number of bookings was not that close to the 286 limit — a difference of 29 reservations. He added that by Sept. 21 the no-shows made it possible for all of the overbooked students to be placed in permanent housing. In fact, there are empty spaces in the residence halls. But what if a majority of the 465 stu¬ dents who were overbooked had arrived in Pullman? It would be very unlikely , said Bierbaum. According to Bierbaum, the attrition rate is actually much higher than the blanket three percent. Using the data from previous years is very im¬ portant, he added. In 1978, the attrition rate was 8.7 percent; in 1979, it was 6.7 percent; and this fall it was 7.1 percent, or 452 cancellations. Bierbaum main¬ tains that the housing problem is well under control. Top: The strain of a crowded living situation can ' t he measured by appearance alone. Many factors enter into the problem. Above: The grind continues on for several weeks. 21

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A SMILE COSTS NOTHING smile costs nothing, but it gives uch, it enriches those who receive ithout making poorer those who ve. It takes but a moment, but the emory of it sometimes lasts forever, one is so rich or mighty that he can t along without it, and none is so )or, but that he can be made rich by It brings rest to the weary, cheer to e discouraged, sunshine to the sad id is nature ' s best antidote for trou- Yet it cannot be bought, begged, rrowed or stolen, for it is something at is of no value to any one until it is yen away. Some people are too tired give you a smile, give them one of mrs. As none need a smile as much he who has none to give. p Left: According to Teri Jacob and Pam march , WSU is the home of a thousand smiles. 23