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

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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.

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Story and photos by SAM UPSHAW, JR. GIVING blood to the Red Cross in the spring of 85 turned out to be better than Elaine Lewis, a Glasgow sophomore, ever expected. That was the day she met Freddy Shanks, a Radcliff junior. Lewis had just been to the cellar of West Hall to give blood, before going to the Downing University Center. “I was feeling a little sick at the time and he came over and asked me how I was,” Lewis said. Shanks said he saw her sitting alone in the lower lobby of the student center. “She had on a tag that said, ‘Be nice to me. (I gave blood),’ so I went over to talk to her,” Shanks said. Since that day, Elaine and Freddy were names to be spoken in the same breath. A member of Alphi Phi Alpha fraternity, Shanks convinced Lewis to join the Ladies of Black and Gold, the little sisters to the fraternity. “We spend more time together than anybody on this campus,” Lewis said. “There are some running close seconds, but their love can’t compare to ours.” Shanks was a resident assistant at North Hall. “This is practically her room. She’s here so much.” The couple spent as much time together as possible. They shopped and took classes together when they could. Also, they were both members of ROTC. Shanks was a first lieutenant and Lewis was a staff sergeant. In the spring of 86, Shanks received his commission and the two planned to be married when Shanks grad- uated. Shanks faced his military career after graduation, but was unsure about where that career would take him. “T have no idea where we will be. Hopefully it will be overseas. I come from a military family and I’ve been over there a couple times and I just like it.” Lewis planned to complete her degree and pursue her career goal of being a registered nurse wherever she ll | I ul AT SMITH Stadium, Freddie Shanks, a Radcliffe junior, and Elaine Lewis, a Glasgow sophomore, spend time together. Both were ROTC members. had the opportunity. “I go where ever he goes,” Lewis said. Lewis also liked the idea of living overseas. “I think it’s great,” she said. Although their relationship seemed to be perfect, Lewis and Shanks did have their problerns to deal with. “We fight more than the average couple, but we always trust and care for each other,” Shanks said. “We don’t really fight about big, major things,” Shanks said. “She gets a little jealous sometimes. I might be walking to class with a girl in my class and she might not understand,” he said. Lewis said Shanks got jealous sometimes, too. “He gets mad if he doesn’t know where I am every minute,” Lewis said. Both Shanks and Lewis said that they didn’t feel that spending so much time together caused them to fight more than other couples. Shanks said, “I see our relationship like my parents’. They may argue and be mad at each other, then five minutes later they may be talking and laughing about something different.” Lewis said, “I love him because he’s not as forceful as the rest of the guys on campus. Some guys come up and say, ‘Hey baby, what’s up?’” However, Lewis said Shanks was different. “He gave me some respect..He’s areal gentleman.” Shanks said that Lewis’s personality was what set her apart from other girls. “She’s the first person I've been around who wants to be around me all the time. We spend every second of every day together.” Shanks said that he didn’t think any relationship was perfect, but “If you can make it through the argument, you can make it. We've gone through a lot together. Even though we have a few problems, we stay together.”