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Show Dormitories Weber State College dormitories, this year, have led a revolutionary life, a nonviolent one, but revolutionary nevertheless. The dormitories have challenged the Administration, the Housing Office, and even each other. The year began with a battle between the Administration and the dormitories, mainly Promontory Tower and Wasatch Hall, over the issue of whether or not dormitory residents had the right to set their own Open House hours. A mass meeting of dormitory residents with WSC President, Joseph L. Bishop brought about some changes. These changes were: soap was finally placed in the soap dispensers (dorm residents can finally have clean hands); ironing board covers were finally installed (dorm residents can finally have pressed shirts). Other changes include a contract finally being made to replace the leaky cafeteria roof in Promontory Tower (after five years of trouble -dorm residents can finally eat in other than a tropical rain forest atmosphere), and the freshman residency rule was finally waived. The "Right to Decide" Open House hours has not been given to dorm residents nor have the see-through drapes been replaced in the three women's dormitories - Wasatch, LaSal and Stansbury Halls. Later in the year, an intra-dormitory newspaper, the LOWER LEVEL, was established. According to its Editor-in-Chief, Michael H. Lewis, the paper has tried to instill some comraderie and start some communication between the dormitories. In my opinion, the LOWER LEVEL has been a success so far. Its budget could probably be renewed or increased by the ASWSC Executive Council next year. The residents of the four dormitories have also sponsored a Christmas Party, complete with Santa Claus for fourteen children from the School for the Deaf in Ogden; shown movies; sponsored homecoming display contests for football games, won by LaSal Hall; had the first streaker on Weber's campus (the intrepid soul dashed from Promontory Tower to Dee's Drive In with only a pair of ski goggles and his watch to protect him from the snowstorm that raged around him); the first female semi-streakers-ten girls from Stansbury Hall pranced one night in only their bikinis and teeshirts before a gathered crowd of 150 male residents; won, and lost, many intramural tournaments; started an Ice Cream Parlour in Wasatch Hall; and, finally became a force to be reckoned with on Campus. Dormitory life, for all its faults, still is relatively inexpensive, humorous, serious, even sad, and of course, allows WSC Students to live close to all the campus recreational, athletic and intellectural facilities. Upper left: Dormitory coeds took advantage of March's first warm days to stroll around Wasatch Hall. Upper right: Promontory Tower, the tallest building on the WSC campus, loomed in the distance from a vantage point behind the Fine Arts Building. Lower left: Wasatch Hall residents had to brave the winds of winter three times a day in transit to meals at Promontory cafeteria. Lower right: Mealtimes at Promontory Tower cafeteria provided an ideal time for discussion of the day's activities. Opposite page, upper right: Winter Quarter weather forced two dorm residents to seek the shelter offered by Promontory Tower. Lower left: Mad dashes through Promontory Tower were a common sight as dorm residents tried to make it to class on time after eating in the cafeteria. Lower right: A campus resident surveyed the view of Ben Lomond Peak from the stairs of eleven-story Promontory Tower. |