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

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N Change at Western has traditionally come slowly, QQ mm Ml S if ever at all. But it all depended on a person's i perceptions. The statue of Henry Hardin 0 PQ Q U Q W S Cherry, the school's first president, still stood at the top of the Hill, O symbolizing the reputation of a conservative, parental school. But that perception was changed in January when the Sh U f ig administration decided to allow 31 hours of visitation in dorms each week. And a quick change in the policy on graduation requirements, along with other, more subtle changes, gave an image of a more modern school, the kind of image that the new president, Donald Zacharias, wanted to project. How much the changes affected Western's image depended on the perceptions. Crystal Cunningham ON A CENTRAL HALL COUCH Gaynel Gaynor, a Hawesville A LATE NIGHT FOG dlffuses the lights at the bottom of the Hill junior, ,and Mark Payne, a Lewisport junior, watch television. Street lights and the moon illuminate the landscape. 2 Opening

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A perception of Western as a sleepy little campus was affected when students staged the first major protest on campus in a decade. U About 250 students demonstrated against the holding of American UIQ il SE U1 Q ig E Q W hostages in the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, . Iran. Q l Further evidence of students' increased awareness of the world was the debate over ED HJ Q E Q Q President Jimmy Carter's call for registration for . A the draft. For days, talk of the draft dominated conversations across campus. One touchy subtopic was whether or not women should be included in the registration. But in a few days that changed, as students became more concerned with the fate of the basketball team. Another issue hit closer to home - rising gasoline prices. Although the cost of filling their gas tanks rose dramatically, many students di n't think twice about driving home. But the rising prices had at least one effect. Students wondered whether the perception of Western as a suitcase school would eventually change. .. V ... ' J? L 4 Opening Hamid Sinclair David Fnmk 5 f' L AT SUNRISE ON HOMECOMING DAY, Pearce-Fordi AFTER SEVERAL VAIN ATTEMPTS to find a carwash not - . I T' Tower resident assistants Jay Householder and Tom Black jammedlwlth cars, George Wilson, a Gamallel' freshman, finally .. unfurl a gigantic spirit flag from the roof of the tower and then finds a spot at the University Car Wash on Old Morgantoum ,, - . -. 1 admire their work, left. Road. He took advantage of a warm day in early spring. Hamid Sinclair