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

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Studying computer science with ‘The Three Stooges’ as background from Madisonville. Keeping King company is Ned Johnson, a friend is no problem for Wayne King, a junior office administration major of King’s since their freshman year. King has no roommate GETTING INTO The “SWING OF THINGS...” Dorm Life AG)

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4 il . [i MIDDLE PQs | have female visitors in the dorm. “I think col- lege students are adult enough to be respon- sible for their own actions,” Greene said. “Butsince it’s ajob | have to follow the rules.” Miss Reinert said she does not agree with the rule against drinking in the rooms, even though she realizes it is a state law and not just a university policy. ‘My parents instilled in me as | grew up that it is much better to drink in the privacy of my own home instead of being out on the highways somewhere,” she said. “And what is the dorm now be- sides my home?” The R.A.s said they felt they are under- paid for the amount of work they have to do. “We get paid $1.70 per hour for the hours we work the desk, but we're on call 24 hours per day,’ Waddlington said. ‘‘Ideally we should be paid two dollars per hour.” Miss Reinert said she was under the impression that private rooms would be available to R.A.s as sort of a fringe benefit, but the overcrowding of the dorms this year has made it impractical. Greene said he also thinks the private room is almost a necessity. “When in a private room you can counsel a person easier if he has a problem,” he said. “If an R.A. has a roommate you have to take into consideration it’s partly his room, too, and you don’t always have the liberty to talk to people.” The R.A.s insisted, however, all the things that happen to them are not bad, and they wanted to tell about some of the rewards of being an R.A. Miss Reinert said it was rewarding to her to be in a leadership capacity. “| was in- volved in a lot of things in high school, and being an R.A. is bringing back a part of my leadership capabilities that were missing my freshman year in college,” she said. “There was a freshman girl on my floor who was the only freshman among juniors and seniors and she was lonely,’ Miss O'Hara said. “She would just look out the window all the time, and she would avoid me like | was some sort of an ogre or something.” She said she made an attempt to draw the girl out one night during an open house, and the girl opened up, talked about herself and seemed much more happy and relaxed. “That was a reward — getting that girl to feel like a part of something,” Miss O'Hara said. “It just thrilled me to death.” Other rewards were not as complex. They mentioned favorably the pay for the job, which is approximately $80 per month, even though they said they are underpaid, the involvement with the dorm they might other- wise miss, and getting to meet many people both in the dorm and from other dorms. They said they attend periodical workshops for R.A.s on campus. Asked if they will consider taking the job again next year when the time comes to decide, all the R.A.s responded favorably. Greene said, “I'll say yes because | like the money, | like to be in charge of people and | like to have some authority. The only bad thing is that it cuts free time,” he said. Wadlington at first said he would probably be back, then he said, ‘| know | will be. The bad thing is a lot of residents don't realize you're a human, too,” he said. “You have to live up to a lot of expectation.” ry 2S) Resident Assistants Profile

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ccording to Regent Dr. W.R. McCormack, dormitory living was supposed to put the udent “into the swing of things.” Opinions vary sharply from student to student as to what dormitory living ac tually is. Although she considers studying in the dormitory a hindrance because it gets too noisy, Becky Griffith, a senior secretarial major from Louisville, gets in a portion of her 18-21 hours of weekly study in her East Hall room Preparing for a regular trip home to Henderson, Mike Mulligan, freshman mass communications major, packs his clothes. Mulligan, who lives in Barnes-Campbell Hall, said he goes home every three weeks because ‘most everybody else does.” Photos and story by Carl Krull total of 4,568 were in the “swing of things” this year. Most of the students tolerated the problems (mandatory housing, visitation and noise) for the conveniences. Charles Hardin, a sophomore from Lost Creek, criticized mandatory housing. “' think it’s ridiculous to require grown-ups to live on campus and then put restrictions on them like they're in elementary school,” he said. “I think the first year would be nice, but two years in a row is getting a little ridiculous.” Sheila Martin, a sophomore resident assistant from Cave City, said, “| don't think that freshmen should be made to live in dorms. ..some people are just not made for dorm life.’ Miss Martin added, “I'll probably live in this dorm till | graduate.” The existing visitation policy allows [es Zi] Dorm Life