University of Kentucky - Kentuckian Yearbook (Lexington, KY)

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3 outside pressure 9 a brother during the Annual Little Kentucky Bicytle Race. LKD featured events that encouraged cmnpemion between campus. organizations. VD Rumsch

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Internalism- Students ignore d Perhaps it could best be described as a year without- without the enthusiasm, the controversies and the interaction between students that has characterized this campus in the past. Student reaction to issues, both local and national, reflected the changing attitude of the UK student toward the world outside the University. The student body tailed to rally in support of a group of 11 Iranian students and sympathizers who were found guilty of disrupting a speech by Central Intelligence Agency Director Stanstield Turner in the spring of 1978. In fact, as the controversy dragged on through the courts, in the tall, students virtually ignored the protestors during their campus marches. Many developed an Iranians go home attitude. While the Iranian conflict continued student interest turned toward University related events in the community. During the late summer and early fall the Filming 0f the movie Steel, on Campus and in the downtown area, attracted the attention Of Bluegrass residents, particularly those who were involved in the filming as extras. The excitement of the project diminished in September when stuntman A. J. .vrqu n '.ln 1 -C.Lnndrrs 2-OPENING Two members of Sigma Alpha Epsilon helped a

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- Bakunas jumped to his death from the top of Kincaid Tower, in downtown Lexington. His attempt to set a world free fall record was to have been used as a stunt in the movie. Many students were involved in the World 3-Day Equestrian Event which officially opened the new state Horse Park in mid-September. About 150,000 persons Blogged through mud and steamed in the fall Sun watching horse and rider go through the toughest endurance test in the horse world.- As visitors from around the world renewed friendships, swapped stories and learned about Kentucky, students snapped pictures, drank beer and made friends with the visitors. Following the Equestrian Event the community settled back into a routine fall of Keeneland races and football weekends. On campus the attention turned to proposals for expanding and improving the University. The Sanders- Brown Center on Aging and the new Nursing Science .mym r: rug. Sunshine and frishces nude 3 fall afternoon more eniuyable for students a! the Complex. After classes ended, the traffic on Rose Street backed up as lravelcre; headed fur home. On a sunny afternoon in late summer, the center of campus became the center of activity, VD mev - H- 4-OPENING