Western Kentucky University - Talisman Yearbook (Bowling Green, KY)

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Long distance moving—a one shot deal = 5, A map and a peg board in Downing Center provide the op- portunity for students to ask for rides, but rides to Florida are few, especially for Mary McClean. Pe A blonde coed burst anxiously through the front doors of Rodes-Harlin Hall and went immediately to peer into her 5” by 5” mailbox. She retrieved a slip of paper marked “package” from inside and went to cash it in at the lobby desk. It was just as she had hoped — a CARE package packed with candy bars and cheese from her family back home in Miami, Fla. A person who lives close enough to campus to go home periodically to pick up needed odds and ends may find it difficult to put himself in the position of Mary McClean, the coed from Florida. She had to move everything to campus the first week of school and be relatively sure she had all necessary items. Juanita McClean, Miss McClean’s mother, com- mented about the planning it took to bring her daughter to school in Kentucky in a letter to the Talisman. (The student life editor wrote the mother early in the fall requesting the information). “With much pondering and planning we bought one medium- sized foot locker,”’ said Mrs. McClean. “After that was packed and we projected what would go in her lug- gage and our car, we bought a large trunk and shipped one trunk, one foot locker and two large suitcases on the Greyhound bus two days before we left by car for Bowling Green.” Miss McClean said the family — her mother, father, and 17-year-old sister Beth — were going on vacation after they dropped her off at Western, so planning the vacation luggage was an ad ded task. “We stopped in Atlanta to see friends so we had to take things out and rearrange at that stop,’ said the 18-year-old freshman. According to Miss McClean, one of her reasons for coming to Western was the dental hygiene department. The packing situation within the car was crowded. She said she brought two large suitcases, two small ones, a television, a radio, a typewriter and a three- cornered study pillow in the car. There were also two suitcases between the other three family mem- bers plus hang-up clothes. The only thing she forgot to bring was her electric curlers, and they were sent later. Mrs. McClean explained in her letter that their household now seems empty without their middle daughter, but she said, “We (she and her husband) both feel that just being away from home and familiar surroundings and people is in itself a major contribution to education.” Explaining some of the ways they are affected by Miss McClean’s absence, Mrs. McClean said her husband waits by the phone on Sunday afternoons to hear from Mary (successfully) and keeps on dropping by her bank regularly (necessarily). “She was a great gas guzzler and | am enjoying having my car to my- self again. She is a great talker but our phone is still busy with her sister — and still — we miss her,” she said. Ts) Moving In

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i Stuffed Every nook of the car had something in it. Every box was crammed with necessities and trivia. People who braved moving in shuddered to think moving out would come too soon. Television sets came. Wrinkled clothes were pulled from cars and added to the stack of paraphernalia. Necessary munchables were stashed somewhere deep inside the corrogated cardboard boxes. It was called moving in. Most people took it lightly and took the hassle of carrying the heavy containers up dormitory stairs or through crowded elevators with ease, but it was rougher for some than others. Moving in was only half the process, however. The other half started at the homes of the part-of-the-year Bowling Green resi- dents. People who moved from short distances had relatively few problems as they could return home for forgotten items. Lisa Ellis, a freshman resident of Rodes-Harlin Hall, said she brought about one-third of her stuff on Saturday before registration. “| just brought the things for my room that first day and it was easy,” she said. “The hardest thing about moving in was finding a place to park.” Students who moved in the dorm from Bowling Green homes had little trouble, too. Freshman Kathy Bryant said she also started moving on Saturday morning before registra- tion. “I'd been preparing a week before, filling boxes with towels and clothes and | came with about half of my stuff,” she said. ‘For two or three days | kept remembering stuff | needed.” Miss Bryant explained the reason why she chose to live in the dormitory instead of at home. ‘In college you don’t meet many people in class,’ she said. “| came to a dorm to meet girls and get involved in a lot of activities.” Other students moved to college but found it difficult to leave situations at home. David Aldridge, a junior from Se Ree and David Vincent, a sophomore from Mammoth Cave, both said returning to campus the last of summer made it difficult on their fathers since they helped with work on their farms. Vincent said he returned home a couple of times during tobacco cutting season to help his father. Aldridge said he had to go home to help almost every weekend because “‘there’s always something to be done.” Some people moved into difficult situa- tions. Melinda Reynolds, a freshman from Cave City, moved into a dormitory wing where she was the only freshman among upper classmen. “| wanted to meet new people, but I’m not very good at that,’ she said. ‘Everybody knew everybody and | felt left out.” Miss Reynolds said she soon began mak- ing friends on her floor. “They knew a lot of things | didn't know,” she said. “| knew just from listening to them that they were a little wiser and | had a lot to learn.” She also said she did not know how much to bring and was embarrassed that her room was bare. ‘Everybody's room had stuff accumulated and | felt funny because | didn’t have anything,” she said. @y Stereo equipment, albums and tapes were the first things Terri Pesoat unpacked when she moved in East Hall. Miss Pesoat said she could not bring her sewing machine but managed to bring it one month later. oving In Bringing enough belongings to carry a person through an entire semester is one of the tricks Cindy Page of Owensboro learned that all students have to master. Miss Page helped a friend move in Rodes- Harlin. Transferring a rented university refrigerator from the housing office located in Potter Hall was part of the moving process for Lisa Ellis and her mother, Mrs. Jack Ellis. They used their car for part of the move to Rodes- Harlin, but Miss Ellis said it was very difficult to find a parking place near the dormitory. She is a Franklin native.

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1G Long lines, filled classes and scorching temperatures combined to make August registration... A Not-So-Shert Steer R egistration resembled a literature anthology: a collection of varied stories in- volving numerous characters, roles and situa- tions. Like literary pieces, the registration tales range from adventurous to melodrama- tic, and from routine to ridiculous. But the stories all had a common setting—95 degree Diddle Arena. Two factors influenced the role played by each character: last name and classification. Seniors, graduate students and transfers in a-to-z fashion got to sweat first. “| was so hot that | would bend over a table and the sweat would roll off,” said Dan Meadows, a graduate assistant from Lebanon Junction. Besides the heat, Meadows complained about confusing signs at the car registration tables but admitted that as a graduate student, “it was the easiest of all registrations.” After this opening scene, the unprepared, unsuspecting, un-preregistered freshman was introduced into the plot. ‘| didn't pre- register because of my summer job,” said Terri Pesoat of Paducah. ‘There were two Registration classes | wanted real bad but were closed. | thought | was going to suffocate or faint in the English department line.” To appreciate this drama, some back- ground material is needed. For the first time, Western offered freshmen a choice of a summer or fall OAR (orientation, advisement and registration). If the beginning student preferred a summer headstart, the Office of Admissions assigned him to either June 18 or June 25, the days on which the summer OAR program was offered. Beginning with a general orientation in Van Meter auditorium, students finished off summer OAR in one day. Parents were also invited and open house was in effect across campus. After an advisement session from the student's assigned adviser, easy registration took place in Garrett Conference Center. The only resemblance to the real thing in Diddle Arena was the packet and the alpha- betical scheduling. There were no class cards. The students merely completed the yellow-striped registrar's card, went to three stations to wait for the hours to be totaled, then ambled to the registrar's office where they were registered by computer. “It was a big load off my mind,” said Nancy Booker, a Bowling Green freshman who took advantage of summer OAR. “There were plenty of people there to help you. When you begin college, you've got enough hassles without registration. In the spring, I’m going to feel green,’’ she continued. “I’m going to be one big nerve when | register then.” With the A-Br’s in the lead, the under- graduate scramble came at 1 p.m., Tuesday, August 26 after the exit of the first-time freshmen. “| didn’t expect any trouble since | was at the beginning of the alphabet,’’ said Chuck Beckman, a sophomore from Evans- ville, Ind. “But two classes, English and Problems with arranging a schedule prompted Bill Kiessling to do some heavy t hinking at fall registra- tion. The junior accounting major from Edison, N.J., said he got stuck with too many early morning classes. He has an 8 a.m. class every day of the week. ie i Pa er i 0 ¢ 43 hi jana