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Looking ahead

UK has a plan to make the best use of its space

This isthe fist segnnentolatwo-
part series on University land use.

By mans MITCHELL
Kernel sun was:

In an diort to achieve a cohaive,
undivided campnt, the University
mnnst maintain a viable land-use
plan as a long-term project to ac-
connmodate its charging academic
and physical needs.

Aplancompiledinlsosservesasa
guideline to current and future
planning, accordirng to Peter Fit-
zgerald, office of policy and
operatims analysis director. Last
year a similar plan, including land
use, facilities and financial
projections was published through
the President’s office for the years
1975-11).

UK land holdings are divided into
three categories, said Clifton
Marshall, director of design and
construction and University ar-
chitect: centralcampus, community
colleges and acreage for farnns,
forest and other uses.

Central campus occupies about
625 acres, Commonwealth Stadium
an additional 82.2 acres. Space on
Cooper Drive used by Kentucky
Educational Television will revert to
the University aher expiration of a
long-term obligation by the state.

Communly college space adequate

Thirteen community colleges
occupy a total of 859 acres and each

has sufficient land to meet its needs,
Marshal said Student commnte to
campnt so hanshng is not provided.

Research is part of UK’s federal
annd state respmsiblity. Abonnt 6,750
acres are used for this pnnrpose,
irncluding space hr Hi centers.
Agricultural experiment and in-
struction are condnncted on the l4,495
acres of Robinson Forest, a 1923 gift
to UK, Marsinall said.

There have been some shifts in
landusearnd development emplnsis,
which reflect how priorities have
evolved over the past decade, Fit-
zgerald said. Flexibility has been
maintained allowing expansion in
new directions because of changing
connmitments.

On the cenntral campus, Euclid
Avenue annd South Limestone Street

serve as natural boundaries. Ex-‘
pension is planned southward UK.

officials say, but no further than
Cooper Drive becannse the distance
between facilities would be inn-
convenient for students.

“We try to characterize a logical
way to see growth and expansion for
the University,” Fitzgerald said.

Rose Street a headache

Lanri east of Rose Street is used
for housing, parking and auxiliary
purptses but the area’s traffic
problems create a barrier to
developing that land for academic
use.

SPORTS AND RECREATION
FUTURE RESEARCH

“It’s one of my biggest
headaches," Marshall said.
Suggestions to alleviate the problem
include widerning Rose street and
creating a median or tunnelacross
the heaviest aossing area—tine
parking structure to the anarh-angle.

“Tht would cost about 92 million
and the University has other
prioritie,” Marshall said. “There is
a quutlon concerning who is
responsibile for this area, whether it
is the city’s or the state’s jurisdic-
tion."

In conjunction with the land-use
plan, University policy has been to
purchase neighboring property as it
becanes available for sale, said Jinn
Ruschelle, ass'stant vice presidernt
for budness affairs.

Although UK has the power of
innminernt domain, that power has

seldom been used, Ruschelle said.

Imminent domain is the court-
approved right to condemn property
if the owna’s refusal to sell holds up
construction for pnnblic purpose.

Upon request from the state
Division of Properties, a branch of
the Department of Finance and
Administration, a professional
amraiser is assigned to establish a
fair market value of the prospective
property, Ruschelle said.

“It’s an arm’s length deal,”
Ruschelle said. “By bringing in an
outsider it can be handled more
objectively.”

Ruschelle said his office had the

Nicholaslville RIG.

LEGEND

ACADEMIC AND RESEARCH
SERVICE AND AUXILIARY

authority to pay up to $60,000 if that
is the appraised value. “Anything
ligher than that requires the ap-
proval of the Board of Trustees,” he
said.

Clifton Circle complex planned

UKis preserntly negotiating for an i A

area around Clifton Circle as a
possible site for a zoo-capacity
apartment complex, Ruschelle said.

“We own an d the 27 pieces of

property. There are mixed'feelings . I

from the private owners abonnt
selling, so nothing has been
definitely determinned,” Ruschelle
said.

Dispisition of University property
follows basically the same
procedure, Ruschelle said. If the
larnd is outside UK’s area of in-
terest—such as Pralltown and
Maxwelton Court—for reasons of
traffic safety, and disposition has
been approved by the Board annd the
state Oomnnissioner of Finance, then
sealed bids are accepted from in-
tersted buyers.

“We have the property apprated
so we know what it’s worth and
accept the highest bid,” Ruschelle
said.

Other University-owned land,
acquired as gifts, outside the area of
interest arnd development which will
be disposed of are property in Texas,
an orange grove in California and
surface rights of Oklahoma oil-well
property. Ruschelle said.

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Lexington. Kentucky

Hey. mister

Former UK President James Patterson. or at least his statue.
refuses to take note of an irnquisitive visitor. The young lady climbed
tip for a better look at the founrflng father while her student mother

was taking a test.

UK's Adena Park

buried in

By BETSY PEARCE
Kernel Staff ther

On a typical Sunnday afternoon in
Adena Park, Frisbees are flying as
studernt picnic and party. Few
people are aware that beneath them
lie the ancient remains of a
prehistoric Indian tribe.

Located in the Bluegrass country
north of Lexington on Mt. Horeb
Road, Adena Park, also known as

the Mt. Horeb earthworks, is

maintained by the University for
exlnnsive use for students, faculty
members and their families.

Its history, however, is little
known by the hundreds of people
who visit it each year.

Acca'ding to Michael Collinns, UK
associate prdessor of anthropology,
mounds and earthworks were built
by a prehistoric culure known as
the Adenas between 500 BC. and 500
AD.

The Adenas hunted and gathered
wild resources for their sustenance,
as well as gardened, Collins said.

“The Mt. Horeb earthworks
containn a particular kind of ear-
tlnwork known as the ‘sacred circle,‘
although we don’t know exactly
what it was used for," he said.

The circle cornsists of a central,
round platform surrounded by a
moat with a narrow cornnnecting
causeway.

in 1937, the recently fanned
Kentucky Archaeological
Association (KAAl bought the six-
acre Mt. Horeb property from a
private owner for $8,000, with
promises of assuring its preser-
vatian.

the past

interest in the spot gradually
dwindled, until May, 1949, when
members of the KAA suggested
turnnng' over the neglected site to
UK .

Two months later, the KAA
decided to transfer the deed to then- ,
University President Donovan as a
gift.
“It was intended by the KAA to
serve as an educational and public
facility," Collins said. “But it’s clear
that Donovan’s interpretation of the
property was to have a place for
University staff picnics.”

Today, Adena Park is used
primarily as a recreational facility,
althonngh some classes visit it on
field trips and class projects.

For instannce, Collins said land-

scape architecture student are
currently using the area fora design
study and feasibility evahration, as
though they were planninng a public
park.
Fa- those less interested in its
academic bernefits, the park may be
used by anyone associated with the
University willing to put up a $5
dqrrsit for the park’s gate key.

Bernard Johnson, director of
campus recreation, which handles
the park’s progrannming, said the $5
in refundable upon return of the key.

The park contairns two picnic
table annni a restroom, but Johnson
said it is not equipped to handle a
lam crowd. “Abonrt so is‘a good
numba' (ofpeople to use the park)."
he said. ' ,.

Mainly groups suchas University
department, dormitories and
Greeks use me park for picnics,
although Johnson said a marriage
was performed there last year.

campus

Dr. James Lafferty and colleagues at the Wen-
ner-Green Laboratory have begun work under a
tromo Air Force contract to study the problems of
spinal injuries to pilot who ehct from their air-
craft. Using spinesofdeadlaboratory monkeys, the
researchers hope to discover ways that
pilotejectlon seat canbe madesafer and allow for
ejections at greater at speeds. A possible

byproduct of the research, Laiferty said, t safer
automobiles.

nation

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National OrganisationforWonnen M. Ma.

Smeal is the first hansewlte to become NOW
president. in her acceptance speech, Ms. Smeal
stresed the need for patage of the stalled Equal
Right Amendmernt, a conference theme. She abo
called for financhl security for homemaker-s.

The White Home has asked Tennessee Valley
Authority to come up with specific programs that
will how what the Carter administration's energy
program is abant lnchnded lrn the White Home
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warnning tilt “we are now running out of gas and-
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of both for another hundred years. A newly issued
repat of last summer’s conference says the dozens
of medalist who attended generally agreed that
oil and gas from conventional sources “would last
at least until about the time period mm."

world

Ethiopia’s leftist mlitary rules arnnounced
yesterday they had closed the consulate of the
Unled Stats anrd five other countries in war-torn
Eritrea province. The order canne a day after the
government dosed down fonrrdher U.S. facilitiu in

Ethiopia. saying they connadicted the ldedogy of
the Ethirpian socialst revohntion.

Americas experts will try today to cap a runaway
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qrewingmllonsofgalomofcrudeoflintoths

North Sea. Norwegian authorities said yesterday
the 12-mile-Iong slick flowing from the offshore well
had begun to dissipat.

The Pakistan government filled 48 prominernt
oppaition politicians yesterday inn a move aimed at
eliminating the leadership of a six-weekold
campahn d‘ street protest against Prinne Minister
Zulflkar All Bhnrtto.

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editorials 89 comments

Editorials do notlropraaent the opinions of the University

 

 

Mike could walk the three blocks down to a
friend’s’ house, but it’s quicker and easier to
drive the car. Mary could turn the bedroom
heater down before going to bed but she likes to
feel extra warmth in the morning.

Proprietor Jane Doe could leave the neon sign
off at closing time but she thinks people will
remember the na me of her business if she leaves
the lights flashing 24 hours. Supplier Henry
Smith could package his products in recyclable
materials but he believes customers prefer
throwaways.

Wasting energy has become as American as
apple pie. Whether it’s large-scale waste from
multinational corporations or a light bulb left
burning in an individual home, the end product is
the same.

The American people must take the blame for
energy waste, but the government until now has
failed to emphasize the severity of energy
shortages. Indeed, a great number of Americans
may not believe in the “energy crisis”
preferring to shrug it off as a plot by the oil
companies.

Speaking on three separate occasions last
week, President Carter made it clear that there
is an energy crisis. He stressed that making the
best of it is, to a great extent, dependent on the
actions of the American people. The 200 million
Mikes, Marys, Janes and Henrys that make up
this country will all have to sacrifice.

The frank recognition of our energy problems
is long overdue from the executive branch of
government. Carter may fall out of favor with
the oil and natural gas industries, the
automobille manufacturers and some unions,
but those problems are minor compared with the
task of implementing a successful energy con-
servation program.

Carter’s proposals, if passed by Congress, will
result in more efficient use of energy. However,
those proposals will boost gasoline prices for
consumers and will lower profits for industries
that don‘t take steps to conserve energy.

Specifically, the President proposed to:

-wut the increased demand for energy from 4.5
per cent to less than 2 per cent annually;

—continue federal control over the price of
natural gas and oil while levying an additional
tax on oil to raise its cost to the world market
level by 198);

—reduce demand for gasoline by 10 per cent;
-—cut oil imports by about one-third by 1985;
—increase by two-fold domestic coal production
and;

~offer various tax breaks and incentives for
citizens to conserve energy through home in-
sulation, solar heating and purchase of smaller,
less consumptive, automobiles.

To say that all these conservation measures
will be effective is to judge too hastily. But it’s
obvious that some measures had to be taken to
reform a society that wastes as much energy as
it uses productively.

Ca rter’s proposals now go before the Congress,
which has built a poor energy record in recent
years. The Congress rejected most energy
proposals from Presidents Nixon and Ford.
Generally, the rejections were justified; the
Nixon-Ford policy was to lift price controls
allowing the enrgy industry to collect greater
profits, supposedly to be pumpedd into ex-
plora tion for new energy sources.

This approach is not effective because it
ignores a major cause of the energy crisis—
waste. Carter’s combination of tax incentives
and what amounts to penalties for overuse is a
more comprehensive approach.

The Congress apparently recognized the
deficiencies of the Nixm-Ford plans, but it failed
to produce an energy policy of its own. This was
due in part to the unpopular consequences of a
truly effective energy program. That is the
problem Carter now faces.

Congress must analyze the causes and effects
of Carter’s sweeping proposals. That is a dif-
ficult and time-consuming task but Congress has
accorded top priority to the new energy
program.

The gist of the President’s program is sound.
We hope the threatfrom what surely will emerge
as a major industry effort to water down the
proposals will not deter Congress from passing
an effective program.

Carter’s energy proposal

could cause worse crisis

 
  

Because we face an impending
national catastrophe. Congress will
enact a comprehensive energy
plan—or—r Because Congress will
enact a comprehensive energy plan,
we face an impending national
catastrophe. Which statement is
correct?

President Carter undoubtedly has
much company in taking the former

 

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viewpoint. I believe history and
common sense support the latter.

While President Carter‘s proposal
is too complex to review in detail
here, its philosophy is worth
d'scussion. The basic thrust of the
plan is to tax those entities that, by
government definition, are wasteful
and then give tax breaks to those
entities that are most economically
disadvantaged by the tax, to those
who do an especially good job of
conserving energy, and to those who
partidpate in the development of
new muroes.

The problems with this proposal
have been given wide publicity.
Opponents of the “big car“ tax note
that large families with moderate to
low incomes will be burdened un—

fairly. Opponents of the various
gasoline tax proposals claim that
those who would pay the tax are not
those who can afford it. Others
oppose any increase in nuclear
energy plants.

Vthile the objections to particular
phases of the proposal may be valid,
they are small potatoes in the whole
field. Arguing against one part of the
plan tends to suggest that some plan
is necessary. Because there is a
problem, the conventional wisdom
reasons, government must offer a
solution.

History shows us the results of
such reasoning. Government has
attempted to solve occupational
problems with OSHA, the railroad
problems with the ICC, food and
drug problems with the FDA, and
the housing problem with a myriad
of different plans. The failure of
these plans to do what they were
intended to do is well documented.
And they are not alone. There is
scarcely a one of us who feels he is
getting his money‘s worth from
government.

Yet we never draw the proper
conclusion; namely, that govern-
mentcannotdowhatit promises. We
allow politicians to convince us that
their promises are implementable,
that their proposals will work.

They might just as well promise to
give us a cat that barks. We know
that it is biologically impossible for
a cat to bark. in the same way, we
sho‘ ‘3 rraliae the int. . .ailure of
govemment programs to do what

their proponenst claim they will. We
must realim that the programs are
serving special interests, not the
public interest.

Few have proven the failure of
government better than Ralph
Nader. Mr. Nader’s singleness of
purpose, dedication, and persistence
has proven lime and again that
government is ignoring the general
public and its interests.

But the solution he offers is more
government. Because consumers
are being slighted, we need a Con-
sumer Protection Agency. Because
some regulations are bad, we need
more regulations. Then the car-
sumer will be protected. Business
will be properly regulated.
Government will serve the public
interest. Cats will bark.

Why will an energy plan be any
different? President Carter pointed
out in his Monday speech that this
country has made an “energy
transition" twice in its lifetime. He
failed to point out that both were
made without comprehensive
government plars. We should heed
our experiarce.

Apparently, we have forgotten the
government‘s FEO and the resulting
gas stratage and long lines of 1973.
We will soar be reminded, however,
that a government that can’t deliver
themail also cannot deliver our
energy needs.

 

Jim llamlson h a first-year law

simunt. 'I nis is his last column! the
semester.

 

Serious scientists are rejecting theory

By JOHN R. BAUMGARDNER

I would like to comment on the
letters criticizing Dr.” Comelius’
article on evolution.

Contrary to the statements of Dr.
Dav's, there are quite eminent
biologists (who, by the way, would

 

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not be cmsidered “fundamental”
Christiars) who are totally rejecting
the hypothesis of evolution as an
explanation for the existence and
diversity of life.

For example, in the June 1975
isue of Evolution, Prof. Theodosius
Dobzhansky reviews a recent book
entitled L'Evolution du Vivant by
the premier French zoologist Pierre
Grasse I quote from the first
paragraph: “The book of Pierre P.
Grasse is a frontal attack on all
kinds of ‘Darwin'sm.’ Its purpose is
‘to destroy the myth of evolution as a
simple, understood, and explained
phenomenon,’ and to show that
evdution is a mystery about which
little is, arxi perhaps can be, known.
Now one can disagree with Grasse
but not ignore him. He is the most
distinguished of French zoologists,
the editor of the 28 volumes of Traits
de Zoologie, author of numerous
original investigations, and ex-
president _ d the Academic des
Sciences. His knowledge of the living
world is encyclopedic, and his book

is replete with interesting facts that
any biologist would profit by
knowing.”

Grasse, like many other highly
qualified geneticism, biochemists,
and mathematicians, point out, as a
simple fact which can be readily
verified, that chance can never give
rise to ordered complexity above a
trivial level. This is a fatal flaw in
any attempt at a naturalistic ex-
planation d origins.

This simple, but glaring, truth was
clearly articulated eleven years ago
at a symposium at the Wistar In-
stitute of Anatomy and Biology. In a
paper entitled “Inadequacies of
Neo-Darwinian Evolution as a
Scientific Theory,” Dr. Murray
Eden, Professor of Electrical
Engineering at M.I.T., provides
several examples to illustrate this
reality.

Using generous assumptions he
shows “one would need an average
populatim of E. Coli of 10 to the 30th
power (about 10 to the 13th power
tons or a laya on the surface of the
earth two centimeters thick) if one
expected to find a s'mgle ordered
gene pair in 5 billion years.”

I would suggest that intellectuals
who refuse to face up to the solid
evidence of the theoretical im-
possibility of an amoeba to'man
theory of evolution are simply being
dishonest and irresponsible.

Rather than the model of special
creation being the religious dogma

Letters

 

Thanks Greeks

Are you aware that one out of
every four people living today will
have cancer in his lifetime? Kind of
surprising isn't it? There is an
organization here in Lexington
tryirg to lessen the odds. They are
the Ephraim McDowell Community
Cancer Network. The Network
serves Kentucky 'm a number of
ways—one of which is the toll-free
cancer hopeline.

People with cancer related
qu‘stions and problems can call any
day of the week for professional help
and direction. The establishment of
the toll~free service was the pet
project of a group called the Special
Projects with Greeks Committee.
Working with the Network, the
committee was able to raise $1,000 to
help combat cancer.

As oo-chairmen of the committee,
we feel that the members of the
committee deserve recognition for
all their hard work during the past
year, contributing to the ongoing
fight agairst cancer.

The fund raising campaign started
with the Sigma Nu—Delta Delta Delta

Icharity disco. In the course of four
hours some 1,0tli people danced,
drank, and had a great time with all
the proceeds going to the Network.

Furthering the fight against
cancer with the money raised at
their chili supper were the girls of
Alpha Kappa Abba, aaa goodcrowd
turned out for the homecoming
weekend event.

Many of us learned a few new

as Dr. Davis aserts, it is the theory
of organic evdution that is the
religious dtgma. Indeed Dr. Car-
penter tips his hand when he quotes
from The Humanist magazine.
Humanism dogmatically insists on a
materialist view of reality, i.e., that
there is no God, nor any element of
spiritual reality. Humanism
therefore requires as part of its
dogma a naturalistic explanation of
origins.

Yet science is showing clearly that
a naturalistic model for the origin
and diversity of life on earth is
untenable. Not only does the
inadequate mechanism of chance
mutation, natural selection, and
recombination show that evolution
cannot happen, the fossil record with
its systematic lack of transitional
forms reveals that it did not happen.

It is high time for the academic
community to'co'me to grips with
this errtr in its midst. This is so not
only for the sake of intellectual
honesty, but also because of the
socidogical and moral implications
involved. It should be clear that
whenever in history men have at-
tempted to build a society on a
humanistic base, a reign of terror
and bloodshed has resulted. Hitler
and Stalin are but two examples“.

 

This comment was submitted by
John R. Baumgardner, a Campus
Crusade for Christ staff member.

 

steps at the square dance held in the
Student Center Ballroom sponsored
by the men of FarmHouse
Fraternity. An evening of unique
entertainment resulted in more
proceeds for the Network.

There were those of us who put on
a few pounds at the Chi Omega
pancake supper, but it was all for a
good cause as the Network received
another nice contribution.

Possibly the most smashing
success of the semester came when
the brothers of Sigma Alpha Epsilon
and the sisters of Kappa Delta
teamed up to throw a Beat. Ten-
nessee party. An overflow crowd
showed up to wish the Cats the best
of luck and contribute to the fight
against the most dreaded disease of
our lifetime.

All inall itwasa great year for the
Netwa'k, and we join with the
Network staff in thanking all the
Greek houses that participated, and
especiallly the people who came out
and supported the activities they
sponsored, by doing so everyaie
involved himself in a truly wor-
thwlile mum.

Brad Caron

Steve Mllhouac

Co-chairmen. Special Projects
with Greeks Committee

UKCR

UK College Repullcarl had their
regular monthly meeting Tuesday.
April 19, and elected officers for the
upcomirg year. Greg Blackburn

was elected chairman along with a
slate of six other officers. ‘

Blackbum, in outlining goals,
stated, “increased membership and
assistance to local candidates will be
the primary objectives.” He hopes
the UKCR’s will work more closely
with the state organization whose
leadership includes three UK
students.

Kay Rubin, former UKCR
chairwoman, was recently elected
state chairwoman along with Mark
Sauer and Robert Stuber as
secretary and treasurer, respec-
tively.

UKCR

Humanist

A word to Chr'stians concerning a
previous comment referring to the
Humanist. I encourage you to
browse through an issue of the
Humanist and become familiar with
what the American Humanist
Associatim wishes to have you
believe. lama can be found at the
M. 1. King Library.

Members of this groupsneer at the
Christian experience. They believe
man can be his own savior. They
speak little of personalpeacc, joy, or
love, and even less of the charged
lives of converts.

Nevertheless, let there be
Christan compassion for them.
They need assurance that they are
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Election Board punishes unfairly

By JOE ALAN KELLEY

It wouki seem that after a
semester of political errors
our present Student Govem-
ment (80) could call an end
to itself, prepare for finals,

 

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and begin summer vacation
without further antagonizing
those people it supposedly
represents.

The SG senators have
stirred interest anti caused
controversy, to be sure, but so
did Watergate. They have
held onto their values and
made strong personal con-
victions (sometimes), but so
did Nixon.

They have denied support
both to International
Women’s Day and to Free
Speech Movements of fellow
students on other campuses.
They have given single
support to an insurance
corporation. 'They have
remained strangely silent on
the possibility of tuition hikes.

They have failed to support
students on class withdrawal
policy. They have done
enough. 0: so it would seem.
Ah, not so! They are at it
again~this time fronted by
their appointed Board of

 

Elections.

Some of you may
remember when the hitting
power of Mantle and Mars
launched many long shots out
of the park, earning them the
title M-men Well, our SG has
its own M-men (sorry, Ginny)
who have managed to power
just representdtion out of
UK’s student elected body.

They first succeeded in the
legislative and ad-
minidrative bodies through
the above actions. Now, they
are swinging away at the
very seams of our system of
justice.

The Election Board has
ruled 41 senatorial candidates
in violation of campaign
rules. (Specifically, the ln-
famous 41 left up isolated
campaign posters after the
deadline, so they say.) In
making this ruling, the Board
has broken one of the highest
laws in the land. Certainly,
this puts them head of the all
time RBI list (Regular
Bullheaded Ignorance).
Congratulations!

The metaphor may sound
trite, but the facts are clear.
At no time before the
proceedings were the accused
informed of our offenses. Nor
were we allowed effective
representation at the

hearings. These are Sixth
Amendment rights, ap-
plicable to every legal body in
the United States. Justice
Sutherland, in Powell v.
Alabama, 287 US. 45 (1932),
stated that the accused
“requires the guiding hand of
counsel at every step in the
proceedings against him."

In the Miranda decision, in
1966, the Court ruled that the
right extends even to the
interrogation stage. This
decision applies in all cases.
Today, the hard-core Gold-
waterites claim this
technicality lets criminak go
free. However, it is not a
technicality, but a law. The
Election Board has acted
improperly in the name of
justice.

It's silly to apply this to a
collegegov em ment, you say?
Not so, again. Students are
citizens under the same laws
as any other citizen, and,
therefore, we have the rights
those laws guarantee. The
University of Kentucky is a
part of the United States and
should stay within the bounds
of the Cmstitution. Unless, of
course. SG votes to secede.

 

This comment was submitted
by Joe Alan Kelley, a
graduate senator-elect.

Abortion should be

A debate on abation took
place Thursday night, April
21. Around 80 people attended
and participated in a lively
discussion. The Young
Socialist Alliance feels this
was a move forward in the

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needed campaign to combat
the distortions of the anti-
choice movement.

The basic position
presented was one of abortion
being a matter of personal
choice for a woman based on
her own values, which was
countered by the anti-
abortion position that the

' moralphildsophical position

of the “right-to-life”
movement, that a fetus is
human life, be made law.
This argument completely
fell apart when one anti-
choice speaker admitted that
the point at which life begins
is purely anarbitrary concept

and is widely debated. The
logic of this statement, of
course, is that whether
abortion is murder is com-
pletely conjectural and a
decision to lave an abortion
or not on moral grounds can
only be an individual one.

A pro-choice speaker. Tom
Stickler of the Reproductive
Freedom League, printed out
the emergency situation
caused by attacks on the legal
right of women to choose
abortion. The Hyde Amend-
ment, which would take away
funds from poor and minority
women who need abortions
and the attempt to give the
fetts legal rights through a
constitutional amendment
are examples of such attacks.

These attacks are real
attacks on the rights of all
women. The anti-choice
movement has a lot of rich
backers, like the Catholic
Church hierarchy, and is
waging a campaign that is in

free choice decision ,

danger of swaying public
opinion. We must answer this
campaign of distortion.
While they have the money
and the buses, we have the 60
per cent majority that sup-
po