Show Quality ty time i C CI I Ii ir i- i r T w N J 7 d W v. v y u 7 tJ T t. t Jr I. 1 i Tit t j t k w r. r f Alexendra plays in the water fountain to cool off while her dad Victor watches I Cleova Williams Feature Editor A high percentage of students students students stu stu- stu- stu dents come under the heading of non- non traditional They usually face complicated lives lives lives-lives lives that include children Some of these children visit campus every day Babies in strollers tots rolling in the grass and children splashing in the fountain are a cornmon common common com corn mon sight Talking with numerous parents I found two recurrent reasons for the childrens children's presence The first is that parents frequently face temporary sitter baby-sitter problems Loretta Robles brought her 5 S year old son Carlos to school because he was mildly ill and couldn't be at his pre pre- school Jan Thompson desperately needed help from her algebra tutor and brought 5 S year old Christine along Christine sat in the math lab eating candy and coloring I was surprised at how many parents brought their children to school just to have some time with them Berthana Drossos said When you are a mother who goes to school and works you dont don't have time with I your children She periodically x y brings Samuel 10 and Philip 12 to tor r r school so that they can all do something something something some some- thing together 1 Samuel told me that he likes ea eating ing in the th cafeteria and playing video 1 games in the game room Children k when are welcome in fn the game room A they are accompanied by a parent with witha a student activity card Samuel then watches television while his mother goes to class The night I talked to Berthana and Samuel they were catching up on Samuels Samuel's homework Berthana was keeping up on being a Mom Children have been given a friendly friend friend- ly welcome in many parts of the campus cam cam- pus Some teachers allow them to quietly sit in class Usually the children choose not to be that confined con con- fined and play outside or in the College Col- Col lege Center There are classes that cannot permit permit permit per per- mit children to attend such as classes with computers in them And some professors are uncomfortable having children in their rooms since children dont don't always sit quietly I ran into one interesting father and daughter in the library Eleven year old Jamie needed science information information information mation for a report and talked her dad into helping her find it Stan Pitcher an and l his family live near but none of them are students here He was unsure of where to find the information information information mation and called the school science department They directed him to the campus library Stan and Jamie were enjoying each others company as they studied Overall children have a good time on campus and feel welcome Some of them feel so comfortable that they enter into campus activities Petite 5 S year old Chaley Atwood took part in inthe inthe inthe the pie pic eating contest last March and bested two college men |