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

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Starting OVEF con. the summer sessions and the fall term. | needed another few weeks to unwind from summer classes. “But every time | went past Diddle (the site of graduation), | kept wishing | could speed time up,’’ she said. Fee payment in the Garrett Conference Center also signaled the beginning of school. “Paying fees was easy (this time),’’ Bunce said. “It seemed like there were a lot less people in the lines. | got through really quick.’’ As a senior, she registered in advance. David Link, a junior meteorology major from Goodlettsville, Tenn., remembered taking it easy the first week of school. “| mostly watched a lot of television and tried to figure out what books | needed,” he said. “Moving in is always such a pain; | need to rest up about a week afterwards.” But the summer weather made it hard for Link to spend much time inside. “It was so nice outside,”’ he said. “| had to get out and play some Frisbee. You can’t stay cooped up in the room all the time. You don’t meet anybody that way.” The best part about the first week of the fall semester was the friendliness of students trying to make new acquaintances — especially the women, Link said. “That first week, you just gotta find out who they are and where they’re from,”’ he said. LONG LINES in the bookstore caused Owensboro freshman Debbie Chandler to write her check on the back of freshman Tammy Price, also from Owensboro. Students sometimes waited as much as one hour to buy books. Wednesday night, as students prepared for classes the next day, another outdoor concert sponsored by UCB brought students to the fine arts center amphitheater. Dixie Line, a Southern rock band, entertained several hundred students with hits by the Allman Brothers and the Marshall Tucker Band. ; “That was a really good concert,” Link said. ‘| sat through one class that wasn't even mine. I knew it was wrong after the class started, but I was too scared to get up and walk out.’ — Anita Priddy “The music was great, and everybody in the crowd was having a good time. “On the last night of summer vacation, you Tre ready to let loose one last time,’’ he said. When the day came to start classes, halls were filled with students looking for the right classroom, carefully studying their schedules and running into old friends. But in the afternoon the flock of sunbathers — Jim Gensheimer A NIGHT CONCERT by Lodestar kept students entertained during the first week of school. The concert was sponsored by University Center Board. around McCormack Hall was only slightly lessened by the routine of the new semester. And in spite of all the last minute planning, some students discovered that finding the right room in the building wasn’t always as easy as it sounded. Hodgenville freshman Anita Priddy said she wished she had taken more time to go over her schedule. ‘‘I! sat through one class that wasn't even mine,”’ she said. ‘| knew it was wrong after the class started, but | was too scared to get up and walk out,” Priddy said. Priddy had waited until Wednesday night to move in, she said, because she was already familiar with Western’s campus. ‘| was lucky. I spent a lot of time down here with my older sister this summer, so | knew my way around,” she said. “‘But | guess | didn’t know my way around my schedule too well there at first.”’ Perhaps Bardstown junior Jeff Shirley pur- sued one of the most popular activities of col- lege life. “I spent the whole time down at Mr. D's (a local restaurant),”’ he said. “| didn’t get a whole lot done,”’ Shirley said. “But | met a lot of people.” Fred Wheeler PROPPED UP ON ONE LEG, Susan Flock, a senior from Bowling Green, finds an uncrowded area in front of the university center to fill out registration forms. She didn't preregister in the spring, so she was registering when she returned to school. Todd Buchanan 17 First week