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On Hill A Closer Look ~;a • Charles Cooper ----~B~Y~P~AMIDA~~BA~U~Y~---- down the hill, S"'ffWri." and the proxim- The campus has changed a lot in the ity to the campus last forty years, but most of us have only has probably heard about the changes, not seen helped him main- them. tain his work at- Charles Cooper, Sr., a member of tendance. In the the housekeeping staff has seen last forty years, those changes. He was hired in Mr. Cooper can- 1953. He started his work here in not remember the dining hall, then the basement missing a single and first floor of Memorial Hall. day of work, not He continued to work for the din- even for snow or ing hall for the next thirty-five illness. years. He met his wife, Yvonne, in As we talked, Memorial when she started working he showed me there in 1962. They were married where the old soon afterwards and had _!)Vo'sons, roads passed Charles Coope~,_ and Ene Coo~. through campus and pointed out the ing~~~;; ~~~~ed~~ l::a~:~~~; buildings that were ctfi:nged from Marriott to Sodexbo. He part of the campus was not happy with the changes tak- in the 1950s. Dur- ing place and since then he has ing his time here, he worked for the housekeeping depart- has seen the con- ment. struction of almost He works, five days a week, from half of the buildings FREE trip plus commissions as 6 A.M. to 3 P.M .• in Decker Center. on campus and our campus reps! 1-800-9- retirement will come three years late. He has responsibilities in other renovations of the others. BEACH-l buildings. also (the Garden Apart-. He is planning on retiring in 1998, Although this does not seem to bother him ments and some work in Whiteford when he is eligible for early retirement. (he has accepted it), he is anxiously awaiting BUSINESS ADMIN! and Rouzer). but he prefers working Because of tbe system in the 1950s, he retirement. When asked about retirement and in Decker, the building in which be was not offered benefits of any kind un- if be will miss anything, hereplied. "I'll be CUSTOMER works alone. til he had already worked here for three glad to retire. I've been there a long time-- SERVICE: He lives on Union Street, right years. For this reason, Mr. Cooper's forty years." Full-time summer job College Park, MD, Good organizational and phcee skills required. Responsible. hardworking Conrad Hilberry Discusses Life As A Poet ro""" performance bonuses. Call applicants warned. Competitive By S.A. SOMMER writing poetry ," Edi_I~ot:~;'f Hilberry went on to further According to Hilberry, his Hilberry discovered in Rudolf On Tuesday, March 22. explain, "We didn't have first poem published Koch'S Book of Sign. 1994, poet Conrad Hilberry undergrad writing programs; professtonty appeared in the ., 1 try to imagine who would read his poems before a stand- like the ones Kathy [ManganJ magazine The Atlantic when have this sign and 1 make up a ing-room only crowd in teaches. If there had been, the editor of the magazine, vis- person," he said ... 1 find it in- Plus up to $500 for your clubl McDaniel Lounge. Icould've made the same mis- iting Depauw University in in- teresting to immerse myself in fund-raiser cost nothing and Prior to his reading. Hilberry takes ten years earlier." diana where HiIberry was an someone else; there is a part of lasts one week, Call now and receive a free gift. agreed to an interview about his He described his desire to instructor, read it in the univer- me in each of them," 1-1IOO- ~3- 8 sides on a stop sign 26- 7 ages ofman -- ]1