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

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18 First Week Of School Back to the grind .n. ¢ Moving In — Mandatory housing brought a shortage of rooms. ° Registration — Tempers flared as classes were systematically closed, but for others the process was smooth. ° Parking situation — The squeeze was on. 5,901 plus parking stickers were issued for 4,157 spaces. were all the dormitories filled, but the university had to put 106 students on a waiting list before room could be made available. Private rooms were not permitted, and even resident assistants were forced to share their quarters in order to house the extra students. Study rooms, storage rooms and even offices were converted a living space as the shortage contin- ued. Several female students were housed in Western Hills Motel at university ex- pense, and 12 male students were housed in Curry House across from Cherry Hall, where the International Students Office had been. Fourteen rooms on the ground floor of Potter Hall, which had previous- ly been used for storage space were also converted into living quarters. At first, the Curry House lacked facili- ties. The heating system in the house had been shut down and keys were not available to the individual rooms. Even- tually these shortages were corrected, and the 12 students did not want to leave when space was found for them in the dorms. Dormitory capacity at Western is 4,950 — 2,068 for men and 2,882 for women — and the university housing office reported that applications for dor- mitory rooms were running 300-400 above normal throughout the summer. Officials at the housing office said a good percentage of the students stuck without rooms had waited until they ar- rived on campus to place an application for on-campus housing. Among other things, the shortage was blamed on the mandatory housing poli- cy which required most freshmen and sophomores to live on campus, and the closing of the College Inn which housed 330 students. Even though rooms for all students were eventually found, there were no at- tempts to put three students to a room as has happened at other state schools or waive the mandatory housing require- ment. Housing for married students was also in demand since six units had been re- Central Hall is a long way from Asheville, N.C., Kimmie Adams’ home. The freshman already knew President Dero Downing and his family, however, and shares a second floor room with Eli- zabeth Downing, also a freshman. Sports 4 KU | @ — J. Burton — M. Lyons Barefooted as he gets comfortable, Paul Simon said he wasn’t coming down to the instructors’ level. “I think they're coming down to mine,” said Simon who registered at 10 a.m. the last day. He is a sophomore with an undecided major. — J. Burton: Minutes after arriving in Bowling Green, Joan San- topinto and her eiothee unwrap the graduate stu- dent’s stereo. There was not enough room in their car, so one speaker had to be sent later by train from their Alberta, Canada home. | | |