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

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A PEARCE-FORD RESIDENT returning from classes gets his bicycle from the rack in front of the Tower. With rising gas prices, ° bikes were’a popular form of transportation. I 2 ' t 3 ‘a : 4 H ——

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Conversions oon. alking and jogging became more functional and less recreational. If the weather were warm, students walk- ed to the laundry, to the grocery, or to church. No matter what the weather, students walked up the Hill to classes. The number of gas-saving mopeds in bicycle racks | increased while gas prices climbed steadily. Students unable to make other arrangements rode buses home on weekends. The field behind the university center was more than a place to fly Frisbees as concerts, craft shows and theater groups took to the outdoors. During the week, it was easier to stay on campus to watch $1.50 movies at the university center than to pay $3.50 in town. Girls began to pay their own way when going out, but not as a rule. Dates were sometimes a home- cooked meal and television in the dorm. : THE PRIMAL THERAPY Coloring Book, a new wave expression group, passersby on the north lawn of the university center in the fall. Lynne Danville junior, used interpretive dance in their production. performs for ON A SIDEWALK along Russellville Road, Kenny Vance from Louisville, Cantanna Mays Firkins, a Shepherdsville senior; Catherine Crowley, a junior from Cincinnati, Ohio; and Terry Hatfield, a — Jim Gensheimer — Jim Gensheimer AS THEY WAIT for a bus ride, Yolanda Robinson and Kathy Wiley watch Pamela Davis and Sam Childers play backgammon. The Louisville freshmen were at the Greyhound bus station in Bowl- ing Green, preparing to go home for Thanksgiving. : ; — Jim Gensheimer from Owensboro, Corine Floyd from Henderson and Rochelle Mays from Owensboro dance to music on the radio, The freshmen were out on an unusually warm day in February. Opening