University of Kentucky - Kentuckian Yearbook (Lexington, KY)

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Parents had said it count- less times: Your college years are the best years of your life. But the Students of 1983 had reason to beg to differ. An all-time high unemploy- ment rate in Kentucky left the job-searching scene bleak. Even part-time work was hard to find It became increasingly difficult to maintain funds just to remain enrolled at the Uni, versity. But all was not lost. Diversions of all sorts proe vided outlets to relieve the ev- eryday frustrations of student life. Video games sprang up in unusual places: groceries, laun- dries, bars, high schools and fraternity houses. The quarters placed into the machines in the Stu- dent Center paid for the Operation costs of the building. New bars and restaurants in Lexington lured students From hitting the books. Near-to-campus establishments called Cats, BrCfs Lounge and Starthrower's Cafe tilled vacant spaces in an area traditionally poor for the restaurant business. El Toritols, the Fireplace Lounge, Shea's and Spirits in the Radisson all became popular spots tor happy hour pleasures. Concerts at Rupp Arena featured REO Speede fhe annual Halloween Bowl pits Holmes hall against Haggin Hall in a football rivalry that is a freshmen tradition. -Photo by Frank Salvino wagon, Diana Ross, Hall and Oates, Kiss, Alabama, Olivia Newton-John, Fleetwood Mac, Men At Work, Pat Benatar and The Who. Adam Ant per- formed in the first major on- campus concert in several years. The 1982-83 school year showed a marked improvement in the movie industry. NET. and Rocky UIH were summer titles that maintained populari- ty well into the fall semester. Christmastime films Tootsie? Best Friends, 'Kiss Me Good bye The Verdict, and Ghandi entertained the masses. Studentsl attention was not totally focused on frivolous 0r fictional matters. While the forms of protest were not as violent as those in the 19705, a variety of topics that caused student malcon- tent ranged from saving Robinson Forest to pro- testing a mandatory health tee, and from increas- ing residence hall visitation hours to establishing an organization on campus for homosexuals. Some things never changed. Winds tore across Patterson Plaza, tuition increased, and it seemed the alumni rarely cheered at basketball games. Maybe these were the best of times W Ufa Student Life 15

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z? The first week of school means a long line while playing the Waiting Game ll atience is a virtue, or so states a familiar cliche. PDuring the official first week of school, the pa tience and virtue was brought out in the best of students. All of those herculean tasks that most tried to complete the first week of school required standing in at least one line. When all 4750 campus residents moved into their re- spective rooms, they had to wait. Whether it was to get in a door, to use a cart, or to ride an elevator up to the twen- tyrsecond floor of the tower, the line formed to the rear. Everyone remembered standing there with loaded arms, sighing parents, and aching feet and legs. After students thought that they were properly settled into the dorm, most trod t0 the Student Center just to find there were more lines that were even longer. Once I was sure I was in the right line, I waited for about thirty min- , utes, said Shawn Duvall, an undecided freshman. The line , t ' s : ; 1 continued on page 18 Parents learn the waiting game durv ing the first week of school, too, The wait at the Kirwan- Blanding Complex was tor carts and elevators to move in a new semester's worth 01 belong- ings, -Ithntu by Frank Salvinu Memorial Coliseum holds hundreds ut students trying to add and or drop a course tor the tall 1952 semestel. e Photo by ID Vane Hoosc l .s w-v n-r-.-J ru gwar- I1 I 16 First Week