University of North Alabama - Diorama Yearbook (Florence, AL)

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The campus being within walking distance of downtown Florence, Carol Brewer and Connie Harper window shop and save gasoline by riding their bicycles. Breakfast in Towers Dining Hall is served between the hours of 7:30 a.m. to 9 a.m. daily. Cindy Jones and Kim Beach try to decide between fresh fruit or donuts for a quick meal before an 8 o ' clock class. Lynn White and Karen Long take advantage of a fast and complete meal at a local restaurant ' s salad bar. Being reasonably priced, the meal can fit into any student ' s budget. The restaurant staff says they go through 48 heads of lettuce every week day.

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Student Dress All Decked Out As we enter a new decade, students want clothes that give them the most for their money. Also, clothes that are truly versatile give a student a complete look with every combination. In clothes, students want key pieces, not just random parts. A suit or the look of a suit remains the backbone of a modern wardrobe. The trend is for a longer, softer jacket. If there is a skirt, the skirt is comfortable and a bit full. The pants are gently gathered at the waist, then straight-falling, clean. Dresses are softer, more polished and worn especially with pumps. For the preppy-look, there is the skirt-and-blouse: a khaki skirt and a button-down or an Izod shirt work well. This outfit can be topped with a light sweater or jacket for an added touch. Accessories are still on the level of inventiveness: circlepins, sorority pins, kilt and stick pins, headbands of any sort — especially gold; argyle or cable socks, topsiders, penny and tassel loafers, pumps, elastic gold belts with interchangeable animal clips, add-a-bead and add-a-pearl necklaces, all gold jewelry, Izod belts and down vests. Designer name clothes attract attention. Items such as Calvin Klein, Gloria Vanderbilt, Jordache, and Sasson jeans and shirts, Lacoste shirts and dresses, Evan Picone and Larry Levine suits, Lee or Levi ' s straight-leg jeans or cords will give a student a preppy-look. These designer clothes can be found in both women ' s and men ' s departments. Within the total context of dressing today, there is more ease, a feeling of softness, and a classy look. A student may wear an outfit for day and, with minor changes, wear it at night. Distinctly out of place are over-structured, confining, or strict pieces. What was once a feature of sports-clothes dressing is now standard fare, and it serves as a guideline to the clothes students want most. (Photos by Grant Lovett) Teresa White sports jeans and a western-styled shirt pulled together with a sweater vest. Accompanying Teresa is Toby Cosby dressed in khakis, loafers, and a sweater and shirt set. These two show the popular look on campus. A variety of styles can be seen on students around campus. student Life 1 7

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Spending Habits Mixing Dollars and Sense With the rising cost of tuition, dorm rooms, meal tickets and books, students found that their budgets had to be stretched just a little bit thinner as prices continued to rise for a college education. The Board of Trustees approved numerous hikes for the school term. An increase of $35 per semester for tuition changed the fee from $340 to $375. Room rent for residence halls went from $280 per semester to $315. Inflation also hit the cafeteria, raising meal tickets for campus dining halls by approximately 10 percent. Textbook prices increased from $1 to $6, depending on the individual publisher ' s prices. Rather than living on campus and paying the higher prices for room and board, many elected to share the rent of an apartment close by campus and some women students took advantage of the new off-campus dormitory for women that was opened in the old Starkey Residential Hotel building. Other students decided that commuting was the answer, despite high gasoline prices. This made the parking stiuation disastrous as the extra population of cars battled over the already limited parking spaces. Many wrote home to Mom and Dad for extra money to tide them over, while other industrious students found parttime jobs with the work-study programs on campus or at local businesses downtown and at the malls. Students also took advantage of discounts given by area merchants to ID card holders that helped them through the inflation crunch. (Photos by Lee Puckett) Tony Mapes, a senior commercial arts major working parttime at a department store in the mall, tries to persuade Jeff Hornbuckle into buying a new wardrobe. Lisa Cunningham helps a student satisfy her sweet tooth ' s craving with cookies from a Home Economics club bake sale in the SUB. Different organizations hold bake sales almost weekly in the SUB, providing students with an excellent opportunity to purchase bakery goods at a low price. At a downtown department store ' s jewelry counter, Melissa Smith and Beth Nease admire the different styles of earrings offered for sale. student life 19