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11, 1970

UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY, LEXINGTON

Vol. LXI, No. 107

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Community Colleges
Student Conduct Code
By JEAN RENAKER
Assistant Managing Editor
The Board of Trustees adopted
a Code of Student Conduct for
the Community College System
in Tuesday afternoon's monthly
board meeting.
The newly adopted code was
patterned after the code presently in force on this campus.
Revision of the code for use
in the community colleges began
in fall 1967, but action on the
code was delayed after the resignation of Dr. John VV. Oswald
in order to give the new president a chance to inspect it before the board acted on it.
New Vice President
Appointment of the new vice
president for student affairs,
Robert Cordon Zumwinkle, was
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unanimously approved. Dr.
Morris, chairman of the selections
which
committee
screened applicants for the position, spoke briefly in support
of the committee's choice.
He thanked the selections
committee for its cooperation and
gave special recognition to the
student members of the comAl-vi-

tee appointed by the dean of the
graduate school, and approved
by the Graduate Council, by the

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Members of the Student Mobilization Committee and of the United
States Marine Corps seem to be visiting, maybe confronting, each
other. Recently, their booths at the Student Center were positioned
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torney General's Office. In
sence the bill entails:

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A consumer fraud law to
prevent misrepresentation, suppression or omission of material
facts when dealing with consum-

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Investigative demands, to allow the attorney general to investigate, upon reasonable belief
that an act has been violated.
k Penalties imposed if a person
has committed a prohibited act.
It provides an affidavit of discontinuance, or settlement out of
court, if the party agrees to discontinue that specific act. Next,
an injunction to force discontinuance, if the act is still being
violated; and finally, civil penalties, only used for second offenders who violate the affidavit
and injunction.

Allows for private and class

action. A private citizen, can, under this bill, act in his own behalf
or represent a larger group. Also,
a small group can file suit and
represent a much larger group.
This would place, in the committee's opinion, much more responsibility on merchants dealing with the public.
Members of the Kentucky Federation of Retail Merchants have
lobbied against the bill, calling
it the strongest consumer bill in
the United States.
According to Snyder, they
claimed it is too broad and would
run all small businessmen out of
business. They object that it does
not pinpoint all illegalities and
want each prohibited act to be
listed. Snyder said the bill was
stated broadly, but not loosely,
so that merchants could not get
around it.

He cited Gov. Louie Nunn's
House Bill No. 189, which has
no penalties, but sets out 12
prohibited acts. This bill was
introduced before Bill No. 437,
but has not yet come up. Snyder
believes this bill gives more protection to the businessman than
consumer because a merchant
could find a way to get around
the 12 listed acts.
The president of the Kentucky
Federation of Retail Merchants'
sent a sheet of quoted sections
of the proposed bill to members
with editorial comments. Legislators were swarmed with telegrams
and calls by the merchants who
opposed the bill.
Snyder believes the bill will
die because "there were too many
letters to legislators, and not
enough concern for the average
Kentuckian."

UK CLU Distributes
'Know Your Rights'

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Services are reserved for vio"Know Your Rights," a
pamphlet sponsored by the UK lations of civil liberties, not to
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Civil Liberties Union (CLU), will be confused with regular arrest
circumstances.
be distributed during
Members of the local chapter
at all colleges on the UK
will be available during office
campus.
The pamphlet, which was dis- hours to hear complaints. The
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cussed at the CLU organizational matter is then reviewed by an
meeting Tuesday night, describes investigative committee who will
the rights and responsibilities decide if the Union has a case.
of students if ever questioned If so, it will be the responsibilor arrested by the police, speity of the UK CLU to recommend
action to the Central Kentucky
cial services provided by the Uniin this area, campus po- CLU. Both chapters can either
versity
aid the party directly or recomlice jurisdiction, and information
mend another agency wliich
on the regulations concerning
might benefit the complainant.
demonstrations.
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Faculty advisers for the UK
Informally affiliated with the
Central Kentucky and American chapter are Dr. Frederick Fleron,
Civil Liberties Union, the UK Political Science Department,
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CLU is a comparatively new and Dr. Jesse Weil, Physics Deorganization on campus. Its pur- partment. Membership is open
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to all interested students.
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pose is
The UK CLU's office is in
To provide information on
before members of the UK Civil Liberties Union, Mark civil liberties to UK students, Room 107 of the Student Center.
Speaking
Office Itours are
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of the club, discussed distribution possi- - faculty and staff.
p.m. on MonPaster,
biliUes of the CLU pampUet "Know Your Rights." The pamphlets
To assist UK students, faculdays, Wednesdays, and Fridays,
noon on Tuesdays
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will be available at all colleges and departments during the pre-- ty and staff vvlo report civil
and Thursdays.
liberties violations.
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tive Extension Service.
He will be responsible for coordinating and developing the
total Agricultural Extension Program for Kentucky, and will be
administratively responsible to
the dean of the College of Agriculture and to the associate dean
for extension.
The board also appointed a
committee to draw up a resolution in support of Coach Adolph
Rupp and the Wildcats, to be
presented to Coach Rupp before
the Mid-EaRegional game between Kentucky and NotreDame
Thursday night in Columbus,
Ohio.

By BRADLEY JEFFRIES
Kernel Staff Writer
House Bill No. 437, a committee substitute bill which
would make consumer fraud ilson in September 1968, was comwas on the calendar before
mended by Dr. Otis A. Single-tar- y legal,
the Kentucky Legislature last Frifor his acceptance of the
day, but was never brought up.
office.
Sheryl Snyder, UK law stu's
Dr. Singletary said of
dent and vice president of the
appointment: "I am sa
isfied myself that this is the finest Kentucky Young Democrats,
thinks the bill is dead.
possible solution to our search."
He, along with Joe Terry,
New Doctoral Degrees
also a UK. law student; Robert
In other action, the board Viles, assistant dean of the UK
approved a program leading to College of Law, and other coma doctoral degree in geology and mittee members drafted the bill
appointed a new assistant di- to meet complaints about an
rector of cooperative extension original House Bill No. 437 withfor the College of Agriculture.
out weakening it.
The proposal for a doctor of
The bill is actually a substiphilosophy degree in geology tute for three previous bills, two
originated in September 1969, was from the original bill, and House
Bill No. 296, drafted by the At
reviewed by an ad hoc commit

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graduate faculty and by the Senate Council of the University Senate.
S.H. Phillips was named assistant director of the Coopera-

mittee.
Dr. Stuart Forth, acting vice
president for student affairs since
the resignation of Robert L. John-

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