University of Kentucky - Kentuckian Yearbook (Lexington, KY)

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A CBS cameraman focuses on cheerleaders Donald Ware and H011 ' kemper at the UK anova basketball match. Footage 1mm the WAS used 111 a speual ' CBS Roportq' program that heralded UK athlc s' aLadeic accomplishments 7 Photo by Frank Salvmo A red tubular ballon stretchuo across tha north- 01 campus, A wnlrdpuon was 1 uplre Slate Bulldnr managed 1y L11; Phat The Rrgional Fine Arts Center provide: 3 ha Hm Hag plaza Im' a strolling shzdml. iTKhmn h: IE- dr p against fall fuiiagr ut ran' Salvmu Opening 11

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or those students fortunate enough to own not only a television, but the cable hook-up at- tachment, MTV tMusic Televisionl was the rage. Students were able to not only hear but also see their favorite rock stars perform in live concert settings or in short video films which, in most cases, followed the words to the son 5. Martha Quinn, N. Jackson and Mark Goo man were several of the disc jockeys that kept the music and the tapes rolling. December, 1982 saw the end of an era in Lex- ington when Creed Black, publisher of the Lex- ington Herald and Lexington Leader decided that the two papers would become one. Every morn ing the people of Lexington arose to find the Lex- ington Herald-Leader awaiting them on their doorsteps. This maneuver intended to brin Lex- ington better newspa er coverage and iger competition to Louisvi e's Courier-Iournal. There were some who disagreed. Aside from a new paper, students returned to shorter and swifter lines to pay their tuition and fees. That was made possible by the renova- tion of the Music Listening Room in the older half of the Student Center. All accounts were kept on a compter's file, and a student's financial status could be obtained in a very few seconds. Computers appeared in many facets of every- day life on campus. A new phone system de- pended greatly on advanced technology to keep the campus communicating. But most students saw the computer through the aura of a video game. A Quiet Confusion 10 Opening

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,ar- ,. . Y'Elifila here were some sad spots throughout the year. UK student Lauren Trocin was struck and killed by a car while crossing the intersection of Woodland and Euclid avenues. A national study showed the crossing to be among the most dangerous in the country due to its poor lighting. These facts led 5th District Councilman and for- mer UK student Gene Tichenor to go before the Urban Count Council to ask for better traffic control in t at area. Recommendations were made to increase the lighting and to establish and fifth lane on Euclid for turning purposes. College football lost one of its greatest when Alabama coach Paul Bear Bryant died. He had retired only weeks before. UK mourned the loss of its former coach; Bryant was the winningest coach in UK football history. On the political front Kentucky's First Lady, Phyllis George Brown, wrote a diet book and lost weight. It was an election year, and, since her husband John Y. Brown, Jr. couldn't succeed himself, the constituents of Kentucky wondered what would become of him. Nationally, there were rumblings of a possible residential bid for the governor in 1984. Back home in the com- monwealth, Kentuckians wondered if there would be a Republican gubernatorial candidate. All major candidates were running on the Demo- cratic ticket. Even the weather had more unpredictability than usual. A mild autumn led into an even milder December when temperatures reached the 8OS-a record high for Kentucky in that month. It all fit in. A year of confusion, but no one screamed. At least not too loudly. A Quiet Confusion 12 Opening