Western Kentucky University - Talisman Yearbook (Bowling Green, KY)

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and went on filling out forms and bartering for computer cards. A loud speaker an- nouncement ordering evacua- tion finally prodded students out into the parking lot where they continued to fill out forms on hoods of parked cars. It seems another anonymous Call- er had phoned in a bomb threat just 36 hours after the bomb was discovered in the parking structure. This time, however, no bomb was found and students marched back in- “Getting through that first week is quite an ac- complishment!”’ to Diddle, determined to con- quer. And then there was book buying. Students who had man- aged to live through registra- tion were then plunged into another delightful experience. The process of buying books closely resembles an obstacle course that would do justice to the U.S. Marines’ training pro- gram. If one manages to fight his way through the crowd and find the books he is looking for (assuming they’re there) he shaper epee’ 2 joins a line along with 5,000 She shetiee ponsdge eh ee pe ee other people. Many hours later Pies : ; Winns the students, expecially fresh- men, emerge confident that they are through the worst. If they only knew! Left — Cindy McGuire, a freshman from Lexington, takes a break after a hard day of moving in. Below — Con- nie Miller, a freshman from Hardins- burg, ponders school opening from her dorm residence in Central Hall. Registration 21

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man of the Board, described many off- campus housing units as “hovels.”” He and other Boz ard members believe stu- dents will be better off in campus housing. Student Regent Steve Yater added his approval to the decision. He said he | voted for the ruling because it was necessary for ‘financial stability.’’ Yater felt that elimination of the deficit | would: benefit the whole university providing more money for needed | | programs and improvements. | | This ruling is the first of its kind on | the Western campus. Before the Board | made its decision, WKU was the only state school without a mandatory hous- | ing policy. In the 1960’s, this freédom was often cited as a reason for West- ern’s high enrollment. With a decrease in enrollment in the | | 1970’s, however, the University began | | its liberal policy. A special housing | study committee was appointed last | year to study the different aspects of | | the housing problem. The committee’s findings were instrumental in the | Board’s decision. Although students attending West- ern now are not affected by the ruling, | many of them have some definite op- } inions. | | Jack Sunderland, a junior from Oke- | to, Kan., summed up the feelings of many students living off campus when he said, ‘The only See in living in a dorm was the shower.” Sunder- land has lived in both an apartment a and a dormitory. He said there is a lot | more freedom for the student who lives | | off campus “He can come and go as | | he pleases and | fri i | ever he wants.” | mandatory housing | inion, the Uni i | the surplus of ca Owensboro another student ff not as Critical of Herite She also lived on campus e) 3 Below — “It’s sort of informal,” said Mike Noe, Jr., a junior from Albany as he plays the guitar in what he calls his ““dump. Above — Yvonne Atkinson, a sophomore from j Hardinsburg, and van Ru | rollton relax on the bed while watchi on television. Below —Making use of ye study closet at the Sigma Nu house i } 1; Fas | ha co -| ar. jshe believed 1C ese views and others L rol De 11 Ay! I ne Board el thing tnat § | Miss Upton saw sev | dormit ory lif She h | where things are happenin | she admitted it was fick | with o | panies vith Pikee ‘Samay | what ig: thought rule, Mi ‘Pat ct en: Soe ie ving to worry Ities or cle Chism | dorms are often too lever, and visitation policie expanded. He said not like the new althou ritiling ruling, C