The seniors spent the weekend in Missouri where they visited Doening's Barnswing on the way to Branson. It certainly was a curious sight to see seniors in college swinging from huge swings in Superman style and two or three at a time. While in Branson they took in the Baldknobbers and, of course, Silver Dollar City where they attended church and took in the sites. The Student Development staff recently wrote the new time-in policy that will go into effect the fall of 1999. The time-in policy will affect first semester freshmen ONLY and will be for the Fall semester.
More students flunk out of college because of poor adjustment during the first semester.
It is believed that a time-in policy will help our students during this critical time. It also should increase bonding and create positive social interaction in the residence halls. We want to give new students every opportunity to succeed and our experience indicates that this will help. We are configuring Parsons Hall differently this next year in order to free up Stoll Hall for refurbishing. Historically, Kline Hall and Gillespie Hall have been men's dorms and Parsons Hall and Stoll Hall have been women's dorms.