University of Kentucky - Kentuckian Yearbook (Lexington, KY)

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A warming trend in February brought rain instead of snow. .1, Clifmn as Kansas and Notre Dame during the December schedule. But January's SEC conference play brought out the team's inexperience and lack of depth. It struggled through the season trying to maintain a winning record and prepare for the SEC Tournament in Birmingham, Ala. in late February. Struggling also was a part of the students' everyday attempts to cope with the weather. The biggest news Of the year was not the ice and snow that had brought the state to a halt the previous year. It was a 9-inch December rain which caused the worst flooding in the central Kentucky history. Frankfort was hardest hit. Many resident faced the task of digging out from under several Feet of mud and having to replace their homes and possessions two weeks before Christmas. When the ice and snow finally arrived in January there were new Lexington plans to cope. Snow emergency routes, new plows and Snow Plan B for public school children helped. Kentuckians .inmumi ,vv Wr 5M :5 J i FI 5i: ,3 r k i E F i . .I t Lee Goss spent some leisure time on Seamn courts IE ,vg- din- 8-OPENING 5 '7t'm ' e i m mph.

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Building opened and the Fine Arts addition took Shape with occupancy planned For Fall, 1979. But perhaps of greatest interest to students was the announcement of plans for a long-needed expansion to the Student Center. Easing the student housing crunch became a top priority as construction began on a student apartment complex on South Campus behind Commonwealth Stadium. The Facility, which will house 800 students when completed in fall 1979, will Open the Opporunity for coed housing on the North campust For the Wildcat sports fan it was a tough year They learned the hardest lesson of all--h0w to loose. The football team finished a disappointing season with a record of four wins, six losses and a tie. It was all a bit hard to take for the loyal Big Blue supporters coming off the 10-1 record of the previous year. Early Fears about the basketball team seemed unfounded 1 Hum Students v5. winter un the sidewalk across from the Coliseum C'mwus lights Hem ! Wing icy rm '.imb5 as the young team defeated such nationally ranked teams around Maxwell Place, home of Pregldent Singletary. ' ' 3 t t v mmr yuna- , - I'I ed the beauty and hazards of winter. I hough picturesque, icy road conditions kept most driversand pedestrians inside. 1 How OPENING-7

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.1 :1.er Freshman David Workman skied down the slopes in Gallinburg, Tenn. Rain didn't dampen spirits at an ATO pre-game party Iessamaine County residents surveyed the swollen Kentucky River during the December flood. 1 uwmn Limb OPENINC-9