Freshmen Turn Your Back to Her She knows the back of your head. After all, she sees it nearly eve ry day, five days a week. But she might not recognize your face, and you might never exchange a hello. You might not want to, fo r , according to Dean Ted Altman, although she is one of a group of really caring people, because of the nature of her job, most students don't realize that. They often simply point vaguely in a direction and say, " I sit right over there ." They can't remember their seat numbers, but they expect the checke r to know right where they sit. And, as Martin adds, that's hard when she only knows the back of their heads. The checkers and the Student Personnel Office get lots of excuses from students for being late to chapel. One of the most common is getting up late. One student wrote on his excuse, "I was only late both days. Faulty alarm clock. " When do you notice her? When you're late. You guessed it - she's a chapel attendance checker. Everyday she goes down the aisles of the Benson, checking off attendance from the backs of heads. And she stands at the back of her auditorium section so that if a student is lat e, he can stop and tell her. Then he reassured the checker, "Don 't worry. I went out and got a new one. . Accidents, too , are not uncommon. Excuses range from the logical (" It is hard to pick up 10 pounds of books that have just Late students are amusing, says Barbara Martin, a chapel checker. 178 Freshmen Dur k Prahl - Daingerfield. TX Anthony Priel' - Bo~si~r City. LA Dawn Pr yor - Godda rd . KS /. Anthony Puckett - Benton. AR Martha Punier - Martinez, CA ThaIn Rackley - Conway. AR Deborah Raley - Fred~rick. MD Pamela Ratliff - Livonia, MI David Rector - Vernon. AL John Reid - Newport . AR Ikth Reynolds - Gre-enfield. IN Randall Reynolds - Pensacol a . Fl Cliff Ri chardson - N~wberg. OR David Richardson - Pontiac. Ml Dawn Riley - FL Worth . TX Michelle Riley - Caulfield . MO Kevin ROMrson - Bedford, TX Jeffrey Robinson - Jackwnville. Fl Lo ra Roby - Overland Park. KS Rodney Rodgers - La p"lma. CA Daniel Rogers - Charleston. SC James Rogers - Tulsa. OK Jammie Rollans - Tipton. OK Rochelle Roth - Searcy , AR Andrl'w Rowan - Searcy. AR James Ruble - Monticello. AR RenU$a Ruffin - locust Grove, GA Sherry Rush - Jackson, MO Jenie Ru,senb.>rg~r - Step Rock. AR Gayla SaeRert - Rogers. AR 'IUS Saleh - San Antonio. TX Kel y Samuel - [{og~rsvill~, MO Michael Sansom - Pensacola, FL Michael Savage - Gent ry. AR Matthew Scorzelli - liverpoo l. NY Wallace Scott - W~nt~ville . MO lisa Suy - Garland. TX KimMrlH Shaffer - Baldwin Park, CA Martha Shanklin - Do.>c~tur . IL CathuiM Shaw - East Point . GA All~n Shldon - Wut Melbourne . Fl Jeffrey Shipman - Fri~rwn , LA Becky Shipp - Benton, AR lauri Shirley - Searcy, AR Ear~st Sims - Marianna . AR ly~tte Sim, - Coloma . MI Jennifer Sipe - Waynesboro. VA Danny Sisco - Memphis . TN Rachel Sisk - Bentonville. AR ,dfrey Slater - [{oyal Oak. MI ~bra Sloan - Ft. Campbell, KY William Slocum - Mt. Dora. FL Michnl Small - Wynne, AR Ikt,y Smelser - Florence, AL Gina Smill'Y - Houston, TX Chuyl Smith - Commerce. TX Christophr Smit h - Jarrettsville, MO Heidi Smith - New Braunfels. TX Jeffrey Smith - Griffin. GA Kari Smith - Bloomington, MN Michul Smit h - Wallingford. CT Rosemary Smith - Searcy, AR Terry Southerland - Bradford, AR fallen out of your backpack when you are standing on one leg because the other one is broken and NOT be 2.5 minutes late for chapeL") to the ludi crous ("About ]0 minutes before chapel I fed my fish and the reflector fell in and shorted out. No fooling. "). Next time you are late, stop in the back, wait for the devotional to end, and check with your friendly chapel checker. If you don't remember your seat number, she might. But turn your bac{ to her. Maybe she' ll recognize you. t(lh Freshman Tob y Tay lor ( hecks wilh Barbara Marli" a fler 1'Jl'illS late fo r chapel.
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