University of Kentucky - Kentuckian Yearbook (Lexington, KY)

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A Turning Point but the corner room on every floor was evacuated for one day until safety engineers checked the buildings structural soundness. Some wondered if humanity would cease to grow and metastasize, if our turning points would screech to a terrifying halt. But we rang in the new year without the existence of Big Brother and Newspeak, as depicted by George Orwell's novel 1984. The movie The Day After warned us of in- evitable destruction of the earth if international governments continued to condone nuclear weap- ons. However, chemical warfare became a pop- ulation annihilation bargaining tool — Reagan said we were against the principle but we needed to keep a supply on hand . . . just in case. Mom and dad hung on patiently with us and supported us (not only monetarily) during our college predicaments. And much as we scoffed at the idea of entering Life the Big One, we suc- cumbed soon enough. An hour drive away, the Red River Gorge pro- vides students with the perfect getaway. A UK student prepared to compete in a bicycle race there. —Photo by Jill Shuler Opening

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