University of Kentucky - Kentuckian Yearbook (Lexington, KY)

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INTRODUCTION - 9

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CONT. FROM PG 7 nation in February. A shortage of coal caused by t the United Mine Workers' strike and compounded g by unseasonably cold weather reduced the supply of i coal to utilities companies, including the Kentucky Utilities Company which supplies UK with electricity. UK faced the problem of cutting the consumption of electricity by 2.5 percent or closing it's doors until the strike was alleviated. So there were cutbacks and more cutbacks. Thermostats were lowered to the point that it became necessary to take notes in heavy sweaters and overcoats. So many lights were cut off that hallways loomed like 1 dark caverns. Library and cafeteria hours were shortened and elevator service was limited, making 1 life for those who had offices in the Patterson ! Office Tower and those who live in the Complex .3 l little inconvenient. 1 Everyone had to learn to live without all the I convenient little gadgets that are so taken for granted. The use of hot plates, refrigerators, and coffee pots was curtailed. Stereos, radios and I X televisions were shut off to conserve electricity. The t t situation got so bad that students were even t requested to stop using hair dryers and curling i i irons. Surprisingly, the complaints weren't too i1 numerous. The administration struggled the entire year with 1 problems relating to money and space. Both were in g 1 short supply. A financial crisis threatened to lower i the University's standards for education and make Vt Fees go even higher. To everyone's relief, the state came to the rescue. Gov. Julian Carroll's budget proposal increased the allotment of funds to UK Warm weather seemed far away during the Spring Semester of 1978. : Snow records were set as the national government called it the worst l i winter of the century. 5 During the snow days when students were released from classes, many I students went various places within walking distance. Debbie Haney finds herself at Two Keys being carded by Hank Gibson. . Sorority house boys find themselves with many different tasks such as shovelling snow. Robbie Caldwell helps members of the Pi Beta Phi's clear their back parking lot. 1 SHOW 8 e INTRODUCTION

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10 - PRESHMEN M'EEKEND