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

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THE YOUNGEST member of the ver- nacular architecture class watches her mother Luanne Glynn, a Sharon Grove graduate student, take notes. Katie had been going to class since she was 6 days old. KATIE ACCOMPANIES her mother in the cafeteria line at Garrett Conference Center’s Hilltopper Inn. Katie could not be left at home because she was breastfed. GLYNN TALKS with Sandy Pom- erantz, a graduate student from Philadelphia, outside the Fine Arts Center. Glynn’s other children have also attended classes with their mother. yn) Child tn the classroom

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CLASSY By BONITA CORLEY Photos By KEVIN EANS 24 Child in the classroom SOME PEOPLE start college at the tender age of 17 or 18. Others start college as early as 16, and a gifted few start even younger. Katie Glynn began her college career at the age of 6 days. She couldn’t wait so she went to summer school and took part in the folklore and film course. Katie, born June 5, 1985, was the sixth child of Luanne Glynn, a graduate student in folk studies from Sharon Grove. Glynn was doing her graduate field studies, “a really tough course,” in the fall of 1984 when, “I started feeling tired.” Glynn thought that the strain of doing taped interviews and transcriptions was the cause. “I said to myself, ‘Gee, this is almost as bad as being pregnant.”” Glynn said that two weeks later she confirmed her pregnancy and began checking with her professors to see if she would be able to continue with her studies. “I made sure that I was going to be able to do it without creating a problem,” Glynn said. “I just wanted to keep going. It was definitely not something I planned ahead for.” Katie attended classes regularly with her mother. “Katie is just part of the classroom,” Sheila Cobb, a Glasgow junior, said. “I didn’t even know she was there until the second week of class.” Dr. Lynwood Montell, a modern language and intercultural studies professor, said, “I don’t notice that she is there.” Katie attended three of Montell’s classes with her mother. Katie’s mother is part of a new breed of students on Western’s campus. This older-mother-with-child trend is the “wave of the future,” Montell said. However, Katie is not the first child of Glynn’s to go to class. “The others have come when they have had a holiday from school,” Glynn said. “They have all gone to classes at one time or another, but not regularly.” Cobb, the mother of 9-year-old Damion, had a class with Glynn and Katie. She has also taken Damion to Montell’s class several times. Montell said, “Damion came by after class, shook my hand, and told me he enjoyed class.” Glynn was not worried about keeping Katie under control while still being able to continue with her work in the classroom. “I was pretty confident that I could keep her happy and quiet.” Montell said, “One day, the mother was taking an exam, and the baby started making a little noise. I asked (Luanne) ‘Could I hold your baby?’” While he was holding Katie in the hall of the Fine Arts Build- ing, another professor said, “So that’s the good baby I hear so much about,” Montell said. Glynn said there was really no choice as to whether she would have to take Katie to class. “Because she’s breastfed, I can’t leave her at home with my family. It wa s the easiest thing to do and definitely the cheapest. That was definitely a factor.” Katie rested in a carrier on the floor by her mother’s desk. Montell said that he didn’t know of any rules against a baby in a classroom, and was not checking because, “I don’t care.” Montell had “total respect” for older students such as Luanne Glynn, and will “bend over backwards to help them,” he said. Glynn was glad that her children have gotten to “go to college.” Glynn had quit high school but gotten her graduate equivalency degree and began her college career in 1977. “I like the idea they are exposed to a college education,” she said. “I was never exposed to college myself. 7 @ GLYNN USES a pacifier to quiet Katie during a discussion in Dr. Lynnwood Montell’s class. Katie and her mother were in a vernacular architecture class.

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DOWN UNDER MIDNIGHT By FRED WHITE Photos by KATHY em OR RS SW 1S lr 26 Unicorn Pizza IF WAS PAE at night and a student sat in his room studying. ‘Suddenly, a serious case of the munchies struck. Without a car and without cash, what was a starving college student to do? His trembling fingers dialed the number of Unicorn Pizza. He placed his order and it would be here soon. Everything was OK now. Unicorn Pizza was a university-owned pizza parlor that offered pizza, submarine sandwiches, a salad bar and snacks. It offered students the opportunity to use cash or their Super Cards. Operating from the basement of Gilbert Hall, Unicorn served nearly 2000 students each week. In a typical week, the restaurant employees made 600 pizzas and 300 sandwiches. It offered dine-in as well as a carry-out service. Glenda Gabhart, daytime supervisor, said that Uni- corn offered “good quality products” and saw the place “growing more and more” in the future. “We are pleased with the growth but we are look- ing for ways to promote it more,” Gabhart said. Unicorn added new equipment that would improve service. “We've gotten a new oven and new re- frigerator that will make performance more efficient.” More improvements were the additions of a daily sandwich special and four new sandwiches to the menu. Mrs. Grissom's salad spreads were added to the salad bar. “In cold weather, we are going to have chilt every day,” Gabhart said. They also added a bread shelf which offered a variety of sandwich breads. The busiest time for the Unicorn was at night. Jane Dams headed the larger nighttime staff that was necessary to accommodate the business of students taking a break from studying, Dams said. The on- campus location and Super Card were what made Unicorn Pizza convenient for students. Three-fourths of the students who went to Unicorn used their Super Cards, Dams said. Dede McCarthy, a Louisville senior, and Dilissa Anderson, a Henderson senior, said that they came to Unicorn because, “It’s close” and the food was good. Unicorn also offered a personal-size pizza that was popular among many students. “This personal pizza is a good deal for $2.50,” said Daisley Gordon, a Louisville senior. Gordon said he came to Unicorn once every two weeks. “I came after studying and to talk toa friend,” Gordon said. Carla Hale, a Harrodsburg senior, said that she used her Super Card at Unicorn two or three times a week. She usually got a personal pizza. “I work at Gilbert and it’s real handy.” Michael Corbett, an Elizabethtown freshman, said the Unicorn Sub was “one hell of a sandwich.” He ate at Unicorn about twice a week. Often customers took advantage of the Unicorn’s free delivery for on-campus orders, which began at 6 p.m. Deliveries made up 75 percent of the nighttime sales. Unicorn driver Chris Wright, a Whitesville soph- omore, said, “I keep busy, and since I can’t deliver off campus, I’ve met people on street corners at the edge of campus to deliver food.” Despite one comment that the food was “too slow,” Unicorn seemed to be scoring a big success. Whether it was the food, prices and service, or the warm atmosphere with tapestries of Unicorns on every wall and a juke box in the corner, Unicorn Pizza was, as Ft. Mitchell sophomore Meredith Monohan said, “the place to be. ) AS PART of the busier nighttime staff, Santos B. Lopez, a Caracas, Venezuela, junior.removes pizza from the oven. The pizzeria offered both eat-in and carry-out services.