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Diversions

 

 

Stage and technical work make ‘Shop of
Horrors’ musical to see. SEE PAGE 3.

 

Sports

 

 

Baseball team hammered 1 5-7
by Ball State, SEE PAGE 2.

 

 

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Today: Sunny
Tomorrow; Breezy and cooler

 

Kentucky Kernel

By HEIDI PROBST
Staff Writer

A group of students yesterday
called once again for the resignation
of former Kentucky Gov. A.B.
“Happy" Chandler from the UK
Board Trustees and invited students
to walk out of their classes today
and attend a rally in Frankfort.

The group, calling themselves the
United Student Association for Ra-
cial Justice, also is asking the Uni-
versity to establish an ongoing task
force to study and improve race re-
lations on campus.

Ashley Judd, a French and history
sophomore, asked “racially con-
cerned" students to join the protest,
which begins at 11:15 am. with a
campuswide walkout from classes.
The rally will follow at the Capitol in
Frankfort.

USA for RJ was formed in reac-

tion to the April 6 racial comment
made by Chandler at a BOT invest-
ment committee meeting and the
need to address racism on campus,
said Blair Butler, a biology senior.

At a press conference, which was
held at noon yesterday at the foun-
tain in front of Patterson Office
Tower, Butler said several racial ins
cidents have occurred over the past
few years on UK’s campus, such as
graffiti, verbal abuse of students
and “lack of sincerity“ toward eth-
nic groups.

The group presented an “Agenda
of Concerns“ to deal with the racial
issues to “move toward solutions
which are beneficial for this Univer-
sity community.“

The three sections of the platform
include:

. The resignation of
from the BOT.

- A call for an increased aware—

Chandler

tinivereityotkentucky. Lexington. Kentucky

ness needs of minorities. USA for RJ
asks for the review and implementa-
tion of an aggressive retention of
minority students, the implementa-
tion of a mandatory cultural studies
program and the review and abo-
lishment of University—endorsed ac‘
tivites that “perpetuate racism.“

The group also asks for a review
of all campus organizations which
participate in “racially sensitive
functions" and the examination of
racist behavior in the classroom.

- A review of current University
policies concerning affirmative ac-
tion and investment.

In addition, USA for RJ called for
the active recruitment and advance-
ment of a racial minority of faculty
and staff and the review of the im—
pending absorption of Minority Af-
fairs by the Office of Student Af-
fairs. They also want investment of
University-generated funds into mi»

nority socioeconomic sectors and the
establishment of an ongoing task
force, composed of all sectors of the
campus community, to investigate
and improve racial relations.

Following the press conference,
USA for RJ met with UK President
David Roselle and presented him
with its agenda.

After the hour-long meeting, Rose—
lle said USA for RJ had articulated
a constructive agenda.

Ideas about how to implement stu-
dent activities, such as a workshop
on white professors teaching black
students, was discussed during the
meeting, Roselle said.

Roselle did not encourage or dis-
courage participating in the boycott.
“The walkout will not help the items
we‘ve talked about," he said.

In a related item. the UK Board of
Sec PROTEST, Page 5

 

 

A construction worker rolls a wheelbarrow atop Kirwan iV. one of
the eight lowrise residence halls in the Complex Commons. The

building is receiving a new roof. Sunny but cool temperatures
today should be welcomed by construction workers.

MAL WILLIAMSON/Kernel Staff

 

 

C-J columnist John Ed Pearce
to give annual Creason lecture

By JULIE ESSELMAN
Staff Writer

John Ed Pearce. a Pulitzer Prize-
winning journalist and well-known
Kentucky writer, will be the guest
speaker at the 11th annual Joe Crea-
son Lecture tonight.

Pearce, who graduated from the
UK School of Journalism and was
later named to the Kentucky Jour-
nalism Hall of Fame. is considered
to be “an institution in Kentucky."
said Donald Towles, the vice presi-
dent of public affairs at The Courier-
Journal.

“Pearce is probably as well—
known as any journalist or writer in
Kentucky," he said. “He has a tre-
mendous following. “

Pearce‘s talk will be at 8 pm. in
the Singletary Center for the Arts.
Following his lecture, this year's
Hall of Fame members and under

graduate journalism scholarship
winners will be honored,

The Joe Creason Lectures were
begun in honor of the well—known
Courier~J0urnal writer and previous
president of the UK Alumni Associa-
tion after his sudden death.

Through an alumni fund and
matched endowment by the Barry
Bingham Sr. Family, former owners
of The Courier-Journal. a distin-
guished speaker is brought to UK
eachspring.

“As a journalism event . . . it's the
most significant of that sort in
Kentucky,“ Towles said.

Past speakers have included na-
tionally known writer James K. Kil-
patrick and Eugene Patterson. chief
executive officer of the St. Peters-
burg Times.

This year, however, Towles said
he thought a lecture focusing on
Kentucky would be preferable to “a

talk about global politics or the pres-
idential election."

Towles said Pearce gave a talk
last fall at the Shakertown Round
Table concerning “the needs and
problems of Kentucky." Pearce
later wrote a series of columns on
Kentucky‘s position in education,
taxes and other areas.

“He has a lot to say to Kentucky.”
Towles said. “This is an opportunity
to focus more on this region.“

Pearce‘s background as a journal-
ist is deeply rooted in Kentucky.
After graduate work at Columbia
and Harvard, Pearce joined The
Courier-Journal as associate editor
and editorial editor. In 1967 he
shared in the Pulitzer Prize won by
The Courier-Journal for its fight for
stronger strip-mining controls, and
in 1985 he was named the Outstand-
ing Kentucky Journalist.

Although Pearce has officially re-
tired from The Courier-Journal

JOHN ED PEARCE

staff, he still writes a weekly col‘
umn for the paper.

“He‘s the best-known writer in the
state of Kentucky today," Towles
said. “He's been around here a long
time and has a feel for the state."

Pearce‘s lecture is free and open
to the public.

Soviets said to be upping Afghan forces

By BRYAN BRl’MIEY
Associated Press

WASHINGTON — The Soviets, on
the verge of signing an agreement
calling for their withdrawal from
Afghanistan, sent large numbers of
trucks across the border this week
and some Reagan administration
sources said they contained up to
15,000 fresh combat soldiers.

At the same time, Soviet armored
units already in Afghanistan moved
south from Kabul to relieve the be-
leaguered city of Gardez, according
to US. intelligence sources.

Analysts who monitor the fighting
disagreed over whether the trucks
which moved across the border con-
tained troops. One source, speaking
on condition of anonymity, said they
apparently were empty and intended
for use in a Soviet withdrawal.

Anothermcesaidthetnicks

were believed to contain elite com-
bat units to replace engineering and
other support troops that are
thought likely to be among the first
tobepulled out.

The activity was reported the day
before the Soviets were expected to
sign as guarantors of a United
Natiom agreement on the
withdrawal of the Red Army from
Afghanistan.

The Soviet units headed for
Gardez. 80 miles south of Kabul and
60 miles from the Pakistani border.
consisted of an undetermined num-
ber of soldiers and 420 vehicles, in-
cluding T-72 tanks, armored person-
nel carriers and mobile rocket
launchers, said one administration
source.

Mujahedeen guerrillas recently
cut the road to Gardez. where a
Soviet special forces. or spetsnaz.

regiment is garrisoned, said one
source.

Some analysts said they believe
the Soviets will withdraw the
spetsnaz unit to Kabul as they begin
to withdraw the Red Army from
Afghnistan.

The advancing column and the
spetsnaz regiment are also expected
to attack stockpiles of guerrilla ar-
maments.

US. intelligence analysts were di-
vided as to why the Soviets sent the
15,000 additional soldiers to
Afghanistan. Some suggested they
were sending in more elite combat
units to replace engineers in their
occupation force. estimated to total
120,000.

Other analysts, in the Reagan ad-
ministration and on Capitol Hill.
fear the Soviets will heavily fortify
the area around the capital city of
Kabul and the northern provinces.

adjacent to the Soviet Union, where
Afghanistan‘s rich natural gas fields
are located.

Under the withdrawal agreement,
the Soviets are supposed to pull out
50 percent of their troops within 90
days. and US. analysts believe the
Red Army will pull back from ex-
posed positions and concentrate in
Kabul and around the northern city
of Mazar-i—Sharif.

Most US. analysts believe that the
Kremlin-backed regime headed by
Najib will collapse during or after
the Soviet withdrawal, the intelli-
gence sources said. The withdrawal
is supposed to be completed by
Feb. 15, 1989, but the United States
wants it finished earlier, they said.

But the collapse of the Kremlin
backed government “may not be as
imminent as we thought before,‘
said one source.

Independent since 1 971

UK class walkout called as prelude to protest

Thursday. April 14. was:

«a

RANDAL WILLIAMSON ’Kernet Staff

Stephen Taylor, Blair Butler and Kennedy James speak at a press
conference held yesterday by the POT fountain to protest racism.

New Honors Day
to celebrate work
of UK faculty, staff

B) L.“ ltlli III-ELK
Staff Writer

L'K will focus on academic
achievement today with Lil] awards
celebration and it‘\il\'2t| of faculty.
staff and student accomplishment.

The Honors Day celebration bc-
gins at noon when an exhibit of aca-
demic achicvcmcn' will open iii the
main concourse of the Siiiglctary
Center for the Arts

The exhibit includes faculty. staff
and student ci‘eativc and research
work from the main campus. coin-
munity colleges and Med (‘cntcr

The (lay winds down with the I'm-
versiiy's annual Honors and Recog-
nition Program at Marriott‘s Griffin
Gate Resort The tcstivitics will
focus on top faculty. staff and stu-
dents on the Lexington campus and
the 14 community colleges

“The campus will be colorful with
lots of peoplc wearing academic rc-
galia.” said I'K l’i‘csidciit l)a\'id
Roselle

The purpose of tlic day is to re
serve coniniciicciiiciit for the recoi,L
nition of recipients of (it‘gi‘(‘t‘.\. ltoscr
lle said.

"(‘oiiiiiiciicciiicnt “it." getting a bit
lengthy with honors. awards and an-
nouncements." said Ralph
Dericksoii. director of tlic ("R News
Bureau. "The Honors Day removes
a lot of activity from coiniiicncc-
ment so that ciiiniiicnccnient can
focus entirely on graduating stu-
dents Each student iiccds tlicir mo—
ment in the limelight "

Not only is it the first [one the fac
ulty and staff have been been recog-
nized. the day will also act as a kind
of inauguration. lierickson said.

“Perhaps the most important
event of the day is the iiivcstitui‘c of
Dr. Roselle." he said. "It's kind of a
ceremony welcoming or turning
over the t'nivcrsiiy to him rFormer
PrcSidciitI (itis Siiiglclary will be
there to turn the office over to Rose-
llc "

Aside from the iiivcstitiire of
Roselle. there will be scvcral other
events.

The festiviiics begin at 2:30 pm
when members of the faculty. Board
of Trustees. administrative staff and
honored staff will gather in the Reci-
tal Hall dressed in caps and gowns

DAVID ROSELLE

to prepare for thc acadciiiic pr0c~
cssion

From 2::io to 3 pm. a trumpet»
organ duo of Vince DiMartino and
Schuyler Robinson of the PK musm
faculty will pcrf'oriii during the pre-
ludc. tlic processional and the reces-
sional Also performing will be Phyl-
lis .lciiiiess and the UK
Sophisticates

'l‘hc :ictuzil ceremony. which be-
gins at :i. will focus on past winners
of various l‘iiivcrs'ity awards

.-\ reception. which is open to the
public. will be licld immediately fol-
lowing the ('OIIUK'tititili in the
Singlctary (’ciiter for the Arts

The last event of the day will be
the annual Honors and Recognition
Program. which is an invitation-only
affair. Outstanding graduating se-
niors in each college. major grad»
uate fellowships and thc Siiiglctary
awards for outstanding senior. ju-
nior. sophomore and freshman will
be announced

The Honors Day was planned by a
iii-member committee of members
of the l'niversny. said Joseph Fink.
assistant dean of thc (‘ollege of
l’hariiiacy

“I think it will be a festive occa»
sion where people get together to
celebrate the achievements of their
collcgues.” Fink said "Hopefully it
will become an annual event ”

 

By DONALD .\I, RUTIIBI‘IRG
Assomated Press

NEW YORK —’ Demoeratic
presidential candidate Michael
Dukakis said yesterday that rival
Albert Gore Jr. "ought to get his
facts straight” after Gore
touched off a campaign clash
about the use of nuclear weapons
in Europe.

President Reagan. his vice
president on the campaign trail
and talking tough about drugs,
stepped into the political arena
himself. saying politicians don't

 

Dukakis defends self,
says Gore’s facts wrong

criticize Jesse Jackson for fear of
being labeled I‘aCiSt.

“l have to believe that a great
many of us would find ourselves
in great disagreement with the
policies that he is proposing. and
would perhaps be more vocal
about them, if it wasn‘t for con-
cern that that‘d be misinter-
preted into some kind of a racial
attack." Reagan said.

Reagan. speaking to American
Society of Newspaper Editors in
Washington, did not specify
which Jackson policies he didn‘t

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 2 — Kentucky Kernel, Thursday,

April 14, 1988

 

Sports

It’s official:

Faimer to

By JIM WHITE
Assistant Sports Editor

Clay County guard Richie Farmer
answered the cries from UK basket-
ball fans and speculation from the
media yesterday with a resounding
“yes."

The 6-foot Farmer, who led Clay
County High School to the Sweet Six-
teen finals, announced yesterday
morning he will play basketball for
Kentucky next year.

Farmer averaged 27.1 points. 6.1
rebounds and 8.7 assists a game for
the Clay County Tigers, who went
35-2 last year.

About 1,500 peOple turned out for
the signing at the Clay County High
School gym yesterday morning.

“It‘s been a hectic time. but over-
all I enjoyed it.“ Farmer said of the
recruiting process “‘It s a very big
relief to get all this behind me I m
going to go down to Lexington this
summer and get ready to play some
ball."

“We are pleased that he has dew
cided to become a Wildcat.” I'K
coach Eddie Sutton said at a news
conference yesterday at Wildcat
Lodge He 5 the type of player that
you re pleased to Sign because he s
an outstanding athlete student and
certainly human being

Farmer. the No. 1 candidate for
Kentucky's 1988 Mr. Basketball
award. is the fourth high school se-
nior to commit to UK.

He joins Shawn Kemp. a 6-11) for-
ward from Elkhart. Ind.. Chris
Mills. a 6-7 forward from Los An-
geles. and Sean Woods. a 6-2 guard
from Indianapolis.

The three players signed with
Kentucky during the early signing
period in November.

UK is still waiting to hear from
Don MacLean, a 6-9 forward from
Simi Valley. Calif, and Maurice
Brittain. a 6-9 forward from
Hutchinson iKan. 1 Junior College.

UK did not offer Farmer a schol-
arship until March 28. the latest of
any school to do so.

ern Kentucky L'niversity and ['K be-
fore yesterday's announcement

“We were always interested in
Richie." Sutton said "He has a
great competitive spirit He is a win

Farmer had
narrowed his choices down to West-

RICHIE FARMER

ner and that is evident by the record
he has accumulated at Clay County,
taking his team to the Sweet Sixteen
every year that he has been there."

Sutton said his reason for offering
Farmer a place at Kentucky was not
due to outside pressure.

“I would never be forced into sign-
ing someone if we didn't feel like he
couldn‘t one day fit into the pro—
gram." he said.“I think's it‘s wrong
to sign a player because of political
reasons. He's a fierce competitor
and what he‘s done has impressed
our coaching staff."

Farmer hit 54 percent from the
field and ~13 percent from three-point
range this season and was named
the state tournament‘s Most Valu-
able Player in 1987 and 1988. Clay
(‘ouuty won the Sweet Sixteen in
1‘18?

Farmer's lack of speed and size
brought up doubts among fans and
media. but Sutton said the guard
will be able to fit into the Wildcat
scheme

”When you recruit you have to
look at the overall player for next
year.” Sutton said. "The other thing
we questioned was his size but he
plays a lot taller than he is. I‘m
looking for people that understand
what it takes to win. That doesn't
mean that a guy his size couldn‘t
makcus winners. . . .

“i don't know how quickly he will
play. We can't make that decision
until he comes and starts working
out with the team."

Farmer said he
begin \\ ork.

"I feel that if I go down this sum~
mcr and work on my defense. I can
come 111 next year and contribute. "

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Ball St. hammers UK 15-7 in marathon

By JIM WHITE
Assistant Sports Editor

For Ball State, last night's college
baseball game at Shively Field was
a game of extremes.

Three hours and 18 minutes, 21
hits, 15 runs and eight pitchers.

For UK, the game was extremely
bad.

The Cardinals downed Kentucky
15-7 under the lights.

Ball State is 11-15. The Cats fell to
19-15 and 8-11 against non-confer-
ence competition.

“We have too many balls down the
middle of the plate," UK coach
Keith Madison said. “We've got to
get things turned around again."

Although the start of the game
was delayed an hour because the
umpires were late, Ball State
wasted no time getting on the board.

The Cardinals rocked UK starter
John Ofstun in the first inning, scor-
ing four runs on four hits. Ball State
never looked back.

“I told Coach Madison that that’s
probably the best we ’ve hit all sea-
son, except for one game against
Michigan,” Ball State coach Pat
Quinn said “That 5 part of the
game. We got down on the ball and
swung the bats.‘

UK, however, wasn‘t exactly pas-
sive from the plate either. The Cats
finished the night with seven runs on
11 hits. Not usually the numbers of a
losing club.

“I thought we hit well (Tuesday
night against West Virginia) and
(last nighti," Madison said. “Any-
time you have 11 hits and seven runs
you expect to win."

UK right fielder Bobby Olinick
had the hottest bat for Kentucky.
The junior hit two home runs.

After Ball State‘s four runs in top
of the first, UK got on the board
when shortstop Billy White reached
home on a sacrifice fly by Mark
Blythe.

Three scoreless innings passed be-
fore Ball State put the Cats away for
good with a five-run fourth inning.

The Cardinals pushed in three
runs on Ofstun. Then, with one out,
reliever Roy Bailey went in for Ken-
tucky. His first pitch was sent over
the left-field fence by Ty Allen for a
tworun homer. Ball State led, in.

In the fifth, Ball State picked up
two more runs on an RBI double and
and base hit.

Bailey threw until the seventh in-
ning. In three innings on the mound,
the junior right-hander gave up 12

etc

UK shortstop Billy White slid under the tag of a
Ball State player last night at Shively Field. The

hits and seven runs. He also struck
out six batters.

It was just as hard for Kentucky
to keep up with the Cardinals' pitch-
ing rotation as it was with their hit-
ters.

The Ball State pitcher that lasted
the longest was the starter, Lex
Hunter. Hunter pitched for three in
nings. The Cardinals used eight
pitchers before it was all over.

“We were trying to find someone
who would throw strikes for us,"
Quinn said. Quinn said that in a re-
cent game his staff gave up 14
walks.

“We told our guys that we were
going to come down here and throw
a lot of pitchers. I wanted to find
someone that was going to throw
some strikes,“ he said.

And if that means looking outside
of the regular rotation, that’s OK
too. In the bottom of the ninth, Ball

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Cardinals used a 21-hit barrage to power past the
Wildcats. 15-7. UK fell to 19-15 with the loss.

was credited with the loss and drops
to 1-1.

That Cats‘ next game is Tuesday.
April 19, when they play a double—
header against Morehead St.

QB’s shine in football drill

Staff reports

Passing highlighted the third
scrimmage of UK's spring football
drills yesterday as three UK quar-
terbacks threw for more than 100
yards at Commonwealth Stadium.

Junior Chuck Broughton was the
top passer. completing 11 of 15
passes for 119 yards. Senior Glenn
Fohr hit nine of 19 for 109 yards, and
senior Bill Allen hit nine of 11 passes
for 105 yards and two touchdowns.

“This was the best day we‘ve had

throwing the football this spring."
UK head football coach Jerry (‘lair-
borne said.

Senior flanker Bill Shehan led 1:5
Wildcat receivers with SIX recep«
tions for 61 yards. Sophomore Steve
Phillips had five catches for 74
yards, while Charlie Darrington and
Darren Bilberry had four receptions
each.

Sophomore tailback Al Baker led
the UK rushers with 49 yards on
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Botanical bloodsucker is star of musical ‘Shop of Horrors’

By BOB SENG
Senior Staff Writer

Who would have thought that a
grade-B 196m horror flick that was
tossed off in two days using bor-
rowed sets and props from other
films would have the staying power
that “Little Shop of Horrors" has
enjoyed?

“I think with the musical, they’ve
melded the best parts of the movie
and the play together,“ said Russell
Henderson, director of the play.

As with any musical, Henderson
has encountered his share of techni-
cal problems in the staging of the
play, including having to reset the
lighting cues on the day before open-
ing night.

“There‘s over 100 lighting cues,
which is a heavy load for a play
with a short running time," he said.

With the exception of the lighting
problems, the staging of the play
has run smoother than Henderson
expected.

“We‘re also working with mike
sound with microphones at the cor-
ners of the stage and, in some in-
stances, hand-held mikes," he said.

The microphones should help the
actors overcome the volume of the
accompanying rock band which will
be performing the score from behind
the stage.

“We're dealing with electric
music, which helps the tone of the
show," Henderson said. “The show
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that the play takes place in because
that’s when music first started to go
electric.“

The star of the show, a plant
called Audrey II, was borrowed
from 3 Cincinnati theater group.
The plant. goes through four incarna-
tions as its diet of fresh blood causes
it to steadily grow. In its final stage.
the plant is operated from offstage
as well as by the actor who is
crouched inside.

“Playing the plant required the
actor to be in real good shape as
he‘s got to move through the puppet
and get in a variety of positions,"
Henderson said.

“I was told to do a lot of sit-ups
and I've also had to do a lot of
stretching." said Andy Burden. who
controls the plant. “I‘ve also got to
concentrate on being very still be-
cause. if I move. then that will pull

the audience’s attention away from
theactors."

As Jett Canary supplies the voice
of the plant from behind the stage,
Burden had to become very familiar
with the script in order to syn-
chronize the plant's mouth
movements with Canary‘s voice.

“I have to screen out all other
noise and just listen carefully for
Jett's voice." Burden said.

Kathyrn Dixon describes her char-
acter, Audrey, after whom the plant
is affectionately named, as an ex
tremely naive girl from the lower-
middle class who wants to get out.

“She‘s a real ditz, but I think she‘s
got some depth to her by the fact
that she wants to get out.“ Dixon
said.

For those who've seen the movie
and think they've seen all that the
play has to offer. Henderson has
added a few surprises.

“This is very much a piece of
Hollywood, so I wanted to give it the
feel of an actual ‘605 movie." he
said.

Henderson has added characters
such as a girl who slates every act.
and he has left the stage exposed to
the wings to reinforce the idea of a
Hollywood set.

Henderson has also added an
extra girl to The Ronettes ~ a fe-
male chorus who serve as narrators
and are modeled after The
Supremes 7* and he has also added
four males to the chorus.

Artwork victim of mistaken identity

By LAURIE DELK
Staff Writer

Webster's Dictionary defines art
as “the conscious use of skill and
imagination, especially in the pro-
duction of aesthetic objects."

According to John Baird. a grad-
uate student in art studio. art is sup-
posed to make people aware of
what‘s going on around them and
it‘s supposed to get people‘s atten-
tion and make them think.

But for the next nine days it might
even help UK students find an
untowable, unticketable parking
space.

If you've noticed the motorcycle
located on central campus near the
White Hall Classroom Building, you
might not have thought it was art. If
you thought someone had parked
their motorcycle in the grass while

they went to class, you wouldn‘t be
alone in your assumption.

Tuesday, the UK Police Depart-
ment mistook the sculpture for a i1»
legally parked vehicle and decided
to towit.

“One of the committee members
for the Outdoor Arts Festival had to
call the UKPD and tell them that
the motorcycle was part of the festi-
val,“ said Dwayne Cobb. an art stu
dio graduate student.

Peter Malinoski, the motorsculp-
ture’s creator, placed the piece of
art into the roped-off area Tuesday
as an exhibit for the Outdoor Arts
Festival, Cobb said. Later that af-
ternoon, the UKPD wanted to tow it.
hesaid.

Because of the close call. the

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sculpture now has a sign explaining
its purpose.

"Pete predicted it would happen,“
said Baird. a friend of Malinoski.
"He said it might get towed and he
also thought people would start put-
ting other things on campus."

According to Baird. Malinoski
thought people would say. "Well if
that‘s art. then and then put
whatever they want on campus.“

"Some lines of communication
weren't cleared up." said Todd
Bezold. an art studio senior and a
festival committee member.

The Outdoors Arts Festival is a
lzday event celebrating the arrival
of spring and focuses attention on
the arts on campus. The festival
began Monday and runs until
Apri122.

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University should
work to eliminate
racial inequality

The United Student Association for Racial Justice re-

leased its ”agenda of concerns‘

‘ yesterday.

Topping the organization‘s list is the resignation of for-
mer Kentucky Gov. A.B. "Happy“ Chandler from the UK
Board of Trustees for his racial remark at a BOT commit-

tee meeting last week.

Chandler’s bigoted attitude truly merits his resignation
from the BOT. but other points on the group’s platform
perhaps would do more to erase racism at UK.

USA for RJ calls for an “increased awareness of and

sensitivity to the the needs of a racial minority

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on cam—

pus. and an “examination of existing policies concerning
affirmative action and investment.“

To show solidarity. USA for RJ asks students to join a
walkout from classes at 11:15 am. today in order to join a
march to a rally being held at the state Capitol in Frank-

fort.

We encourage students concerned with racial equality
on campus to participate in the rally. but not at the ex—
pense of respect for teachers. Walking out of a class is a
slap in the face of professors who have little control over
the situation. Simply skip the class and tell your professor

why.

Although controversy over Chandler‘s statement has
caused considerable harm to UK. something positive can
be made out of the situation if the University takes a closer

look at race relations.

As USA for RJ suggested. UK should form an ongoing
task force. composed of all sectors of the Universtiy com-
munity. to study and improve these relations.

In less than a month. most students will be heading
home for the summer. and most likely, the Chandler issue
will die down. UK has made efforts to promote racial
equality. and