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

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In thesection: AS Summer: tlapit sce eee lr 14 A nun from Covington returns to the Hill for the third summer to finish her master’s degree in library science. A Notch in the Past A folk studies department head raises an 1822 four-room log house in his backyard with the aid of industrious graduate students. Blackout A power outage leaves residents in five women’s dormitories without refrigeration, hair dryers and stereos for more than 24 hours. A Great Western Pastime Western's great pastime, Homecoming, descends on the Hill with bonfires, concerts, dances, parades and a football game. A Chinese Wedding Two strangers from Taiwan meet at Western, fall in love and have a wedding mixed with Chinese and American traditions. A Conductor of Note First-year conductor Leon Gregorian commutes from his Owensboro home, bringing a no-nonsense formula for a successful orchestra. 13 Student Life

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STUDENT The extracurricular activities which revolve around more than 13,000 students on a university campus could be compared to a transit system in a metropolitan area. It all begins with the exodus back to the Hill after a sun-filled summer somewhere else. Then as students get settled into their homes away from home, they look for entertainment and recreation. The entertainment came in forms of musical groups who visited the Hill. They stopped in Bowling Green long enoug h to play their latest hits for the small but enthusiastic crowds who always lit their lighters and begged for encores. More lecturers, dancers, actors and — singers visited the Hill. Sponsored by the University Lecture Series, the Center Board’s Entertainment Series or the Fine Arts Festival, they brought culture to the LIFE on the Hill stages and lecterns on campus. As for recreation, a group of graduate folklore students drove into the country to help their department head raise an 1822 four-room log house in his backyard. More than a dozen students volunteered to become Big Brothers and Sisters. For spring break, students had three options. Some began their student teach- ing, the last leg of their education, while others opted to follow the men’s basket- ball team to two NCAA tournament games. Others rushed southward to play in the sun and surf of Florida. It was a year of traffic to and from the Hill. While people came from all corners of the world to stop for a while at Western, many students likewise stepped out into the community or state, taking a part of the Hill with them. Me ¢ ite 12 7 ae ; ae Be Student Life i Ses - Ox Ts

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A SUMMER HABII 14 Summer term ummer term is a collage of students and personalities. There are the spring semester’s leftover students, anxious to finish their degree programs early. Many teachers, on vacation from public schools, work on master’s degrees in summer. Nuns also attend Western in a season when a walk up the Hill is accompanied by humidity and sweat beads upon each brow. With the dry summer of 1977 came ap- proximately 16 nuns from Owensboro and one from Covington, near Cincinnati. That nun, Sister Anne Frisch, is a three- year summer-term veteran who has com- pleted her master’s work and regrets leav- ing Western. “T have a lot of friends here and I like the program and courses in the library science department,” she said. “From the checkout counter to the circu- lation desk, this library fascinates me,” Sister Anne said. ‘The other libraries I’ve seen are much smaller. It blows my mind with all the resources and computers. “I’ve checked out every cassette of coun- try and classical music,” she said. “I don’t like rock‘n’roll.” Sister Anne, in her 25th year as a Sister of St. Benedict, has taught elementary edu- cation. However, she now has a new as- signment as librarian at Thomas More College in Florence. “... After the ice is broken they realize we’re real people, too. They know I’m human, just like any- body. We just have different life- styles.” “It’s kinda good to have a second voca- tion,” she said. “In the library you need a general knowledge about everything. School hasn’t been a big burden because I wanted to learn. I sure don’t know every- thing.” In addition to completing independent study in library science, Sister Anne took a swimming class and an industrial arts course. “T had to wear a bathing suit and go into - the pool with guys,” she said. “I’m just used to women using a pool, but I made up my mind to take the course. “I’ve gotten good grades at Western, but I’ve worked for them,” Sister Anne said. “It’s not a snap. You get what you give.” — Blending in with other students haan been a major concern, she said. A CENTRAL HALL dorm room decorated with Cin- cinnati Reds players’ pictures was where Sister Anne spent much time on an independent study course in library science. She wrote a term paper between two other courses and church services.