University of Kentucky - Kentuckian Yearbook (Lexington, KY)

Page 16 text:

 Customized Wildcat items delight «f fans - and rake in tjBig Blue Bucks 4! m co Bim % BL ' . '7-‘y 12 Big Blue Paraphernalia entuckians loved the University of Kentucky. That was evident by an in- spection of the shopping bags belong- ing to the people of the com- monwealth. Other universities' names were presented in tradi- tional ways: on sweat shirts, T-shirts, sock hats, jackets and notebooks. Still other universities' fans went a step farther with stadium blankets, bumper stickers, um- brellas and spare tire covers. But UK fanatics found themselves hungry for unique blue and white paraphernalia, and area merchants found ways to make the products available. Sandra Harrison realized the market existed and on February 1, 1982 opened The Kentucky Corner. The establishment was devoted to items relating to the University and the state. We have a screening process for T-shirts and we had done lots of Kentucky T-shirts. We opened the store because we knew what the people wanted, said Har- rison, co-owner. Despite the store's location in the exclusive Mall at Lexington Center, Harrison attempted to keep the prices within the average student budget. The locale was pivotal to success during basketball season due to its proximity to Rupp Arena. We will kind of cater to the games, said Harrison. In the summer we'll phase out basketball stuff and have bluegrass souvenirs. Intense rivalry between UK and the University of Louisville prompted Jerry Lewter of Frankfort to devise the Archrival Basketball” board game. It provided a continued on page '14 Kentucky Corner's Sandra Harrison displays UK products she selected for the newly-opened establishment. —Photo by Leigh Anne Stephens The Wildcat Wagon, maintained by 803 South, shuttles fans to and from UK athletic events. —Photo by Leigh Anne Stephens

Page 15 text:

Drum major Sandy Banks directs a group of horn players in part of a football game halftime performance. - Photo by- Chuck Perry- After winning the UKIT, Wildcat basketball players Bret Bearup, Troy McKinley, Jim Master, Dicky Beal, Melvin Turpin, Dirk Minniefield, Chuck Verderber and Bo Lanter collect the trophy. Injured Sam Bowie is shown in the background, where he remained for most of the season. —Photo by David Cooper chances for a job come if you're a good person. But it's undeniable that the institution you're from is a key factor in the hiring. Richard Furst, dean of the College of Business Economics, had little sympathy for Denemark. The dean of the College of Education resigned, saying he didn't have enough funds, said Furst. His student-faculty ratio is nine-to-one. Mine is 28- to-one. I would have to hire 170 new people to catch up with him. Furst expressed some of the same concerns as Denemark, but emphasized that they were on a larger scale at his ‘'The state as a whole has never made a commitment to education... Here when the cuts came, they came right from the hone. college. We have the highest student-faculty ratio on campus, he said. The University average is around 17-to-one. At the same time as the cuts, we're faced with a surge of enrollment. Combined, this leads to sizeable increases in class size. This places us in jeopardy of losing our accreditation. Taking a senior level course with 68 students in it is terrible. It's not an easy thing to teach classes with 60 and 70 people, continued on page 348 Budget Blues Opening 11

Page 17 text:

x 803 SOUTH WILDCAT WAGON WILDCAT COUNTRY ] GET ON THE WAGON