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Ethnicity of Kentucky and students

Students do
not mirror

Kentucky

By Aaron Sandertord
I’diror in Chief

UK seeks to admit a student
body that at least mirrors the
minority po ulation (if the
(Iommonwea th, according to
senior associate director of
admissions Randy Mills.

But the student population
at UK does not tnirror Ken-
tucky.

Kentucky is nearly 92 per-
cent white, 7 percent black and
just more than I ercent other.
according to t e Kentucky
State Data (Ienter at the Uni-
versity of Louisville.

ln fall of l9‘)6, L'K's student
population was 83.4 percent
white, 5 percent black and 11.6
percent neither, according to
the (Iouncil on Higher Educa-
tion.

Blacks are under—represent—
ed at UK. There are tnore
international students than
blacks-—l 50 more to be exact.

But what about that 9 per—
cent difference in white stu—
dents?

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INDEPENDENT SINCE 1971

lllllBIlBlIllBllCB Day
ignites festival

Lexington
celebrates

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By Charles Shumaker
Stuff [I 'r/rcr

and Erich Kragel
Sniff” l'lter

Lexington is show ing lite \\ ith
Spirit of America. This lioui'th
ofjuly festival celebrates Ameri»
ca's freedom. beginning with the
l’armer’s Market this past Satur»
day and ending with tomorrow’s
fireworks display.

.\lthough thousands of Ken—
tuckians are expected to partici-
pate in the week-long celebra—
tion, it didn‘t exactly start otit
with a bang.

“It did pick up a little bit Sat-v
urday night. but this years is def
initely smaller than last (year's)."
said llonme Newton. former L ls
student and face painter: Due to
the humid weather and sporadic
rain. last weekend‘s l)o\\nto\\ii
Dine-around in 'l'riangle l’arL
was disappointing to many,

“liveryonc seems to be ha\ mg
a good time." said llarbara \\a_\.
part owner ofthe \Vestern imr
tucky Barbecue. “but \\e really
needed more restaurant particr
pants."

The festivities moved indoors
to the Kentucky 'l heatre \lon-
day night uith the lit'st~e\ er
lndependence \Veek l’arade ol
.\lusic. Local bands (Iatawaiu—
pus. Balishagg and Prayers p“.
formed at the festival.

Despite the small crowd at the
start of the evening .ind the
unexpected cancellation of Born
(Iross l‘iyed. the crowd seemed
to be in good spirits.

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and friends were rafting at reservoir .\'o. -
near Lexington .\lall. Lexington Police
Major l larold _Iones said.

Resellers searched for nearly Io hours
'l‘ucsday and resumed yesterday at 8 am.
They used three boats to drudge the bot
tom of the reseryoir and two dogs trained
to find bodies in water.

Mills was a W‘H psychology graduate.

"lt is great to come out to t’t'l'
elii‘ate Independence Day audio
support the local niusit scent
said \atalie 'l'lionipson ol 1 r-\
ington.

l’l.t_\llt;_y to .l tll\crst t'l'll\\tl
lllt \lusn l’aradc eateitd to all
ages. lit the spirit olthc l ourth.
the giand Kentucky ‘l'heatrc w I‘s
dressed iii red. white and blue.
\yhile the l’raycrs handed out
lit‘cc(il)is.

”Uur independence is some
thing to be proud ol. lilHN is a
great way to begin the telebra
tion." said Dutch Schult/ ot l.e\
lltgttin.

"lo keep the liC'sIlHllcs rolling.
‘lihe (ireat Race made a pass
through downtown Lexington.
il‘he country race of
antique cars stopped 'l uesday for
lunch at the (iourt l louse.

L'K's own acoL‘stilsats per
form today as part of the Lunch
with the :\rts portion of the fev

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0 DATE “It alumnus
drowns in reservoir

Lexington police and fire fighters con»
tinued searching a city reservoir for the
body of :1 Lexington man and PK alum—
nus yesterday. Lexington police said.

The man. itlentilied by the latringron
Ht’l'tl/(I—Lt’tldt’l' as
drowned early Tuesday tnorning when he

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Sclyool loses
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By Joe Dobner
Stuff II titer

lt‘s summer. and UK is packed
with fresh—faced students getting
oriented. If the past is any indi-
cation. only about 78 percent of
those students will be UK stu—
dents at this time next year.

“Why should we lose 22 per—
cent of these people?" asked
David “'att, vice chancellor of
acadetttic affairs.

Dean of Students David
Stockham would like to see those
numbers improve. Specifically,
he would like to see the first-to—
secottd year retention rate move
up to 82 percent as outlined in
the _lune 1997 Strategic Plan
Progress Report.

“The institution knows what
it has to do." he said.

“Some students cottte here,
and even with our best efforts.
they’re going to leave," Stock-
ham said. Sottte go to work,
soitte receive academic or disci—
plinary suspensions and some
transfer.

One factor “2m cites as hurt—
ing retention is the low rate of
faculty teaching lower division

Students

Reﬂection of world
demographic shift
From PAGE 1

(Iould they actually be under-
represented. too?

“I think that sottte of those
nine percent are at out of state
universities," Vice (Ihancellor
for Minority Affairs Lauretta
Byars said. “There are many
tnore white National Merit
Scholars, and we lose many of
the best students, if yott measure
by strictly ACT and (SPA. to
other universities.

“Kentucky is a relatively poor
state, and we have a larger per—
centage of African-Aittericans in

courses. Although about 50 per—
cent of lower division courses
were taught by faculty in 1995,
that figure has since dropped to
46 percent. The Strategic Plan
sets a goal of 50 percent by this
academic year.

Stockham wants to stop losing
students to undecidedness.

“They'll get more attention,”
he said. UK is hiring additional
staff to help with student advis-
ing and academics.

Students cut their ties with
the university at the greatest rate
between first and second year,
but students continue to bleed
offover the remaining years. UK
will try to get 55 percent of the
entering class (called a cohort) of
1993 to graduate by six years,
according to the Strategic Plan.

Althou h retention was at 51
percent or the 1987 cohort
(those who entered the universi-
ty in 1989), it has dropped to 48
percent for the ‘89 co ort. Data
is not yet complete for subse-
quent cohorts, but the data col—
lected so far for the ‘90’s cohorts
suggests that the overall reten-
tion rate is inching back upward.

So far, the ‘93 cohort is being
retained better. but will probably
fall short of the 55 percent grad—
uation rate goal.

“Anything where students
engage with others iii a universi—
ty-supported environment helps
retention," Stockhattt said. The
three things that Stockhattt
pointed to as being the tttost

important in helping retention
are living in a residence hall,
using academic advisers and par-
ticipating in orientation.

Orientation started on June
24th.

“It starts building bridges
between students and the univer-
sity,” Stockham said.

Students are assigned acade-
mic advisers in their college and
major.

“I think an adviser can play a
tremendous role as a mentor, as a
cheerleader and as a conﬁdant,”
said political science professor
and Director of Undergraduate
Studies Peggy Miller.

Undeclared students lack an
advisor after the ﬁrst semester of
freshman year. Watt thinks the
undeclared need special treat-
ment, and UK is setting up a
central advising department that
will handle the advising needs of
undeclared students.

Stockham points to residence
hall life as a way of tying students
to the university, as students are
surrounded by people who can
help them, such as RA’s.

Stockham expects these
points, along with others such as
UKIOI and peer teaching,
should help the ﬁrst-to-second
year retention rate, and if con-
tinued, should help the overall
graduation and retention rate.

Brim] Drum also contributed to this
article.

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poverty, so many white students
that have tnore money, also have
more options." she said.

The 9 percent ap in white
students is bridget by interna—
tional students and other Anteri-
can ethnic minorities. UK does
not yet keep statistics for multi—
racial individuals.

Mills said the disproportion-
ate number of foreign students at
UK serves a dual pur ose —- an
American education ft)" foreign
students and a diverse environ—
ment for Kentuckians.

“\\'hett you look at the state
of Kentucky, you are looking at a
rather insulated state, and that
has held our international popu—
lation down.” Mills said. “If a
student stays in an environment
that is 92 percent Caucasian,
then that student is not oing to
be prepared for the changing
demographics of the 2 1 st (Icntu-

W-
State Senator Ernesto Scor-
sotte, l)-l.exington, agreed.

“I think the experience of a
university is enriched by a mix of
cultures." Scorsone said. “I
would like to see a greater repre-
sentation of African-Americans,
but UK is making progress."

The 1997 UK Strategic Plan
Progress Report set a goal to
have 6.2 percent African-Anteri-
cans in the student body this fall.

Byars doesn't know if that will
happen. but was uick to say that
UK has cottte a(lon way faster
than most people t ought was
possible.

“Many students come to the
universi ' thinking in terms of
black ant white, but there are so
many variables that must be
taken into consideration now,"
Byars said. “The reality is a lot
more grey."

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tivities.

Continuing th.c musical cele-
bration, the Lexin ton Philhar-
monic, joined by the Le tington
Singers and Central Kentucky
Youth Chorus, take the stage at
Transylvania University at 8 p. m
This concert includes a tribute to
Othello Pumphrey, a singer who
participated in the concert for
eleven ears.

Wit the anticipation of the
ﬁreworks, Friday gets started
early. Participants in the Blue—
grass 10 000 are off and running
at 8 a m. I he 10K run or walk 15
sponsored by the Lexington
Herald- Leader and concludes
with an awards ceremony at
10:30 am. at the Courthouse.

Shortly after the awards cere-
mony, the Fayette C ounty
Democratic Party will host a
reading of the Declaration of
Independence on the Court-
house steps.

This is a prelude to the
nationwide “Let Freedom Ring"
ceremony. Bells at UK and Lex-
ington churches will ring 13
times to honor the signing of the
Declaration of Independence.

As the sun sets on Lexington,
the audience will prepare for the
Spirit of America’s ﬁery ﬁnale.

“The ﬁreworks are the most
antici ated event of the festival,”
said ottie Bean from the Divi-
sion of Public Information. The
ﬁreworks show will be an ex lo-
sive end to Lexington' s Fourt of

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inlited
If you looked only at the
name, you might think that
the Student Center was for
students. But upon closer
look. you would realize that
the Student (Ienter offers
students very little.

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ence in limited both by the
number of seats and the
popularity of the film.

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Student (Zenter offers is
food, and even that is lack—

ing. \Vhile quality
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sities, student centers offer a
safe place for students to
study, even late at night.
()ther schools offer enter-
taimnent to their students
with extensive game/activity
looms, some of which even
include a bowling alley.
L'K‘s Student (lenter
offers few activities for stu—
dents. and the few things
there are in the game room
are lacking in quality. \Vhen
movies are shown in the
\\'orsham 'l‘heater. the audi—

improved over the last few
years. the hours for students
to eat have not. Students are
limited essentially to pizza
and fast food after 3 pm. on
weekdays. In order for the
food services to serve stu-
dents, they have to be open.
Students at UK need a
place to call their own. 011
most campuses, the student
center fills that need. At
UK, all students have is a
building that closes too early
and offers them too little.

Adding identity

For years, UK's name
could