70s recollections 1978
![Karen Caskey](images/karen-caskey.jpg)
Karen Caskey, one of 53 women in the 1978 class of 160, consulted the diary she kept during her student days to share some of her recollections.
“Books cost a mint – $45 per semester,” read one entry. “Just finished calculus and accounting assignments – could have done it in one-third the time if I had a calculator. I do my homework in the Common Room, as it’s hard to concentrate with the clicking of typewriters.”
Elections were a frequent occurrence. Karen’s diary noted: “Decided to run for Commerce Senator for next year and had to campaign all last week and this week. I wasn’t going to campaign so much, but my worthy opponent, Nicol MacNicol, went all-out on the posters, so I had to follow suit.” Karen not only won that election, but was re-elected the following year.