Western Kentucky University - Talisman Yearbook (Bowling Green, KY)

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grass 9 2 -- and put them in the grass, it wouldn't be very 7 - hospitable. -.f...:,,,, H www ,f Q Q1 Blacklock also felt the parking situation had been Q .. ...W l L 5 1 handled better this year. fmg I it-'B Q is -1 ' I was expecting to have to drive around campus g hz'-F x ,f-r i lr is. I I fi' '4 ' for an hour Thursday morning, she said, but the N I ' l f If 5' P lllllll 5 , V111 campus police showed me where to park in the X7 ' 8 5 0 1 . E structure. They were more helpful this year. I T couldn't ask for better service. B g g g X gX,,, . M, N Shuttle buses were also used to help alleviate the T T T parking problem by bringing visitors from the Bowl- Q ing Green area to campus. The buses cost the com- mittee 34,000, Schrader said. H W I Q Everything that I heard from visitors about l parking places was complimentary, Schrader said. I did not think there were any parking problems this time. Director of Public Safety Paul Bunch said that there was never a shortage of spots during the tour- nament, not even during the most highly attended I , l tt game-Franklin-Simpson versus Marshall County ll on the first day. mutt The whole tournament went very smooth from JI ' the parking perspectivef' Bunch said. We were C concerned because of the day-long hours. Our peo- K ple worked double shifts to help park the cars. i l p f . Despite the smooth situation, finding a parking 9' spot during the event was still an aggravation for IW l l I many students. ,ll l Saturday evening, joyous fans ran onto the floor of Diddle Arena as Laurel County defeated Louis- ville-Doss 50-48 for the title. As vehicles pulled out jk' of Bowling Green, another sound was heard amid l c ' ,N lil the shouts of victory and the soft crying of the losers S' 'X l H ,A I who had come so close. 411 K It was a quiet sigh of relief coming from the car owners on campus. I ks u -iiory by jergniflerlstginge h Ustfatlflfl y Ula iffy YP?-I I fs.. were 'ZW , , ffl t lf B1 in- 2 5 X 4 --.fy up a ' Nxxgx X bu- - N - , nn , Do. Q Q 4 f E' l X77 . . ga Z I -' I ' ,Z fl? ', . 4 ' . n uv ' A 'jfti i,47,i 12'1i?fl If 3 it-q E'?if I 'I 1'Illl77M CYD J A 'lv if '1 .ILll'ml7f7,,l,li fc. ...,,p17l!lll!!llllf' V PJ. S. , 'f7 ,, X Owuf , U , ff- CB if C 4 1 IIIH ' H 'ltilllfmhqflllll l f Q an 4, 'gl I is 'N X 'I' V D f a -. if . ff 'T' of llll l 1 I ' l l ' , TQ W ' 1, l Suv' r i I , Pv'l:-'lt 117' J 0f'f,.l 'l, J A3,'i'qEf?lf,, A 'U' - - - - - eff, Q - ut' Ill I. uliilil '1 l 'U'l ll ll i' 29 Parking

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G C 5s ss. XQ5 x . get Xl X i ' , X I he 1987 Girls Sweet Sixteen State High parking facilities first. . A s 3 I School Basketball Tournament brought The university followed the same parking proce- X X , , sl X . X h more to campus than excited teams and dures for this year's tournament as it did for the i' XV X XX I' X coaf ei- previous one. Students were asked to move from . ,WS I X X t 3 50 brought Cars- Diddle Arena Lot to accommodate those visitors X I if n X Lots of them- coming to the games. Q I- X ax S Lots of vans. Lots of trucks. And lots of buses. Cn campus, fliers were put on cars the day before x, Ig XXX in X! X a result, students were forced to move their the tournament asking students and faculty mem- X m , . Q vehicles out of areas where they normally parked. bers to cooperate with parking adjustments. Those 3 fl, l X Many reluctantly kept their cars in the same spot adjustments included having students on campus A . 0 p throglghlout thlgl fopr-day touripangent, mainly to move their cars from Diddle Lot to the parking I - avoi t e trou e o trying to in another spot. structure and Se,-,din facult and t ff b in H , , , , 1 H g y sa mem ersto g' i l my - I didn I think If W35 falfiu S-ifldfa Rose, an grassy areas at Pearce-Ford Tower or Downing Uni- ! ' A C Owensboro sophomore, said. These events are versity Center's south lawn. ' ' v, good for the school, but they have too ipany. They They blocked everything off faround Diclclle gl I , , p are HIWHYS making the students move. Lotj, Drakesboro sophomore Kim Johnstone said. ... Ill, .The foufnflmemi held Malfh I8-21, was the The worst thing was that they didn't even restrict AA. . third Sweet Sixteen to be hosted by Western. The people from parking in our lots. D 4 I firstltournament held here in 1985 presented 'no It was not a plan for visitors to park in those ll -it parking problems since it occurred during spring Qregular lotsj, Director of Public Information Fred A f S' t 'ea - Hensley said. ll' -. The Controversy began last year when tourna- However, he acknowledged that it was entirely . 1' - U mem gHmCS were SCheCluled on the same days stu- possible considering the 3o,ooo estimated atten- I I' ff v Q , dents had classes. A group of university administra- dance. He also said the tournament had probably h b ' 'm - tors were concerned that all the parking spots would brought more people in individual cars to campus M a . be filled by students, leaving none for guests. than any other evgnt, ll'-it g g l 99 The group decided to ask students and faculty The fliers placed on cars explained that thou- M Y Y - ,J to park on the grass, said Horace Shrader, chair- sands of high school students, teachers, parents and W W ' 5 man oflthe 1987 .Bowling Green Sweet Sixteen other guests would visit Western for the statewide ,l,:,.:,-', ' Orgamzmg Comrmttee. event and said the cooperation of those involved L A .wwf 1 Z I ' I was pleased with the way the university ad- would be appreciated. l ' ' dressed the ISSUQH. SChl'21ClCl' Said. 'Tm sure there Given the statewide tournament's PR value, stu- il 1' f 'Ill-A was some inconvenience. for the students, 'but since dent recruitment value, publicity and prestige, 4 u V - ' they know the community better than visitors, it is Hensley said, the advantages far outweigh the S r' null better to inconvenience them. Pin-king inconvenience. Ill ,' ' I fffliny Students dlsagfffd- Marsha Blacklock, a Beaver Dam sophomore, ' T go It 5 riot SUI f0l' the ,students to have to move realized the importance of the university presenting A -. I I I V from their parking spots, Fort Thomas freshman 3 good image as hggt of the tournament, ' .1 gb Sue Lother said. I think the students should be the They had to park them somewhere, Blacklock Db 1 I' L university's first priority. They should get their said. If they let us fstudentsj stay where we were l I fin! l H X U, ' A -, X A3435 v ' . .3 'dm , , xl.. - l I G ll I iff? - 0 1 ,l S f 31,319 I- ll F in. s - 3 S Q! x ' 1 1 f W N x ' 1 D I 1 Z 4 g gm 0 T K x ' ' , J nf' 'Inns . X FU ' N. --1 Q ' 'I f I L - l ' -if X I gli siflpifl wr' D if if mi If 8 RQ V I al flu A g X s X '0 ' Huh- ' fl- if i ' e f X S A X i 'iw r Q ' E ,Q:Qiffii',. H 's I .J l l I I we .LADIES f S .ei 1' ,i ' .f'uQiffT' '- -im ' PJ it ff W is Ml . J- 0 All , l X . 1 L l 1 S xi. . XXXX i GIIHDL 6 -7 QA M6292 28 I Student Life

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