Vol. LXXXIX. No. 63

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Lexington veterans
will attend service
in nation’s capital

By DARRELL CLEM
Senior Staff Writer

An estimated 35 to 40 Vietnam vet-
erans from the Lexington area will
be among the 300,000 war veterans
nationwide who are expected to de-
scend upon Washington, DC. this
weekend.

The Vietnam Veterans Memorial
will be turned over to the US. g0v-
ernment in a weekend celebration,
and a statue of three soldiers also
will be dedicated at 2 pm. on Sun-
day. Veteran‘s Day.

According to Ivan Weir. director
of the Lexington Vet Center. about
to veterans will leave Lexington in a
van today for the nation's capital.
while others from the area will be
driving cars.

The Vietnam Veterans Memorial
contains more than 58.000 names of
men who died during the Vietnam
War. “They‘ve added 13 names re»
cently." Weir said. “which brings
the total to 58.022. "

During the weekend. two get-to—
gethers. one of which will be held at
the State Plaza Hotel — where many
of the veterans are staying — will
offer the veterans a chance to inter-
act in an informal atmosphere.
Other activities will include a com-
memorative candlelight service and
visits to Arlington National Ceme-
tery and the Tomb of the Unknowns.

The veterans may be “meeting a
war buddy from California or New
York. or any other state.“ Weir
said. "We see it as having thera-
peutic value."

According to Weir. who will be
making the trip. a large portion of
Vietnam veterans have adapted well
to mainstream American society.

“It‘s the men who ran heavy com~
bat. who were involved in mics that
kept them isolated from the main
group. that have had the most
continuing readjustment problems."
he said.

Weir said negative public attitudes
about the Vietnam War often were

displaced on the veterans. It was
felt that the war experience should
be “shoved under the rug and for-
gotten about. "

The soldiers served in the war be-
cause of a “sense of duty," he said.
“They had the kind of expectation
that. upon their return home. some-
one would reach out and say ‘Thank
you for serving your country in Viet-
nam.‘ "

Thomas W. Miller. chief of psy-
chology services at the Veterans Ad-
ministration Medical Center. said
veterans “still experience some of
the trauma of the war.

“They were not able to accompl-
ish their tasks and were unable to
come home as victors. as winners."
Miller said. “They were very
ashamed of those experiences. "

Miller said it takes time for veter-
ans to be able to deny war-asso-
ciated guilt. “That's why we're still
seeing symptoms of post-trau-
matic stress."

According to Miller. this week-
end‘s activities are a positive step
toward helping bring about that de-
nial of guilt. “For the longest time.
we did not give recognition to the
men and women who served in Viet-
nam." he said. “It‘s through an ex-
perience like that that (the veter-
ansi say. ‘The world is ready to
accept us.‘ "

Weir said Vietnam veterans didn‘t
have the postwar financial support
and employment opportunities that
were afforded to those who served in
other wars, and public attitudes
were sometimes antagonistic. The
veterans were expected to instantly
adapt to mainstream society. with
no period of transition.

Weir hopes the visit to the Wet
nam Veterans Memorial will help
reduce “the numbing experience
that was necessary to survive in the
war.

“When that numbing begins to
wear off. the normal grief work be
gins." he said. “That grief work

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High schoolers discuss human relations

A nnual Bluegrass conference centers on working out problems among people

By l)()l'(il..\S E. PITTENGER
Staff Writer

It's not unusual for high school
students to visit the campus. But
today. about 100 central Kentucky
high schoolers won‘t be touring UK.
they will be discussing and solving
human relation problems.

They are taking part in the fourth
annual human relations conference.
sponsored by the Bluegrass Chapter
of the National Council of Christians
and Jews. The conference will be
from 9 am. to 3 pm. in the Grand
Ballroom of the Student Center.

According to Lauren Weinberg.
executive director of the chapter.
the students will come from differ-
ent cultural. religious and racial
backgrounds in order to get a vari-
et y of students.

"We intentionally draw from all
central Kentucky high schools so we
can draw a cross section of stu-
dents." she said. The conference
will consist of representatives from
nine area high schools. including
Bryan Station. Henry Clay. Tates
Creek. Lafayette. Sayre School. Lex-

 

“The purpose is to discuss the building of
human relations, not only in the schools, but in
the personal lives of the students involved. ”

Raymond Hornback.

vice president for University relations

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ington Catholic. Lexington School.
Madison High School and Jessamine
County Senior High.

Weinberg said the principals of
the schools were asked to pick a
cross section of students who are in-
terested in human relations and
have leadership capabilities. She
said a representative should be . .
someone who can take ideas back to
their high school and have them lis-
tened to. "

She said the purpose of the confer-
ence is to . . help young adults
look at human relations in their own
lives and in their schools and to find
ways to improve those
relationships.“ Weinberg said anoth-

er goal of the conference is to help
the participants appreciate the di-
versity they bring to the conference.

The conference will begin with the
keynote address by William Parker.
vice chancellor for minority affairs.
His speech. entitled “A Handshake
in India.“ will discuss the nature of
prejudice.

According to Weinberg. the stu-
dents will then break up into dis-
cussion groups and talk about ste-
reotypes. values and attitudes. At
noon. former UK basketball star
Jack Givens will discuss how he per-
ceived human relations as a student
and as an athlete.

Afterward. the students will re
group with their schools for the final

session in which they will attempt to
solve a hypothetical human relations
problem.

Raymond Hornback. UK vice
president for University relations.
will welcome the group and help
with the coordination of the confer
ence. Hornback. who originated the
idea for the conference and a former
board member of the NCCJ. said the
conference was meaningful.

He said his first exposure of work-
ing with human relations came after
he graduated from UK and started
working at Morehead State L‘niver-
sity. where he became involved in
NCCJ conferences. When he came to
UK. he suggested having a confer-
ence here.

Don Byais. acting director of un-
dergraduate admissions at UK and
chairman of the youth advisory
committee of the Bluegrass Chapter
of the NCCJ. will also be involved
with the conference. He said the pri-
mary emphasis of the conference is
to help students understand their in:
dividual differences and see how va-
riety enhances people in the long
run.

Conservative women
try organizing group

By DARRELL CLEM
Senior Staff Writer

Six women met last night in the
Student Center to form a conserva-
tive women‘s group. but dis-
agreement concerning the meaning
of conservatism divided the group.

According to organizers of the
group — Carol West, a junior in nu—
trition. and Tamera Thompson. a
member of Collegiate Women for
Christ — conservatism is directly
related to the opposition of abortion
and liberal women‘s groups. and
protection of the traditional family.

But to one woman at the meeting.
the focus of conservatism is on gov-
ernment policies.

Angie Whitaker. an undecided
freshman. cited President Reagan's
economic programs as what conser«
vatism means to her. She also said
she is prochoice on abortion. favors
the Equal Rights Amendment and
believes conservatism is not nec-
essarily intertwined with moral is-
sues.

Thompson disagreed. “Abortion is
wrong." she said. A fetus “is a
human life . . . and I don't believe I
have the right to take that life."

While Thompson said she is not
against women in the workplace.
”there‘s an honor and a respectabili-
ty to being a wife. and l think that
should be taught to women.

“The liberal women make having
babies and being a housewife a dis-
grace. and l totally disagree with
that.“shesaid.

Whitaker said. “It would be dan-

gerous to fall into the trap of addres-
sing only moral issues."

Thompson said she opposed ERA

“ERA could be very detrimental
to the woman.” she said "We need
people in Congress and the Supreme
Court interpreting the (‘onstitution
as it should be The problem is peo
ple in government who are control-
:ing the law and manipulating the

aw."

ERA supporters. Thompson said.
share a "disbelief iii God. and a
strong belief in abortion and the de-
struction of the family ‘

“There needs to be some kind of
voice on campus that says. ‘Hey.
there‘s something out there besides
the women's movement ‘ “

According to West. “We felt like
there was a need for an alternative
to liberal groups. such as the Na-
tional Organization for Women and
Democratic Socialists of America."

West voiced concern about the
“surge of women being mobilized by
liberal causes on campus,"

Whether the conservative group
Wlll become affiliated with a nation-
al organization is still undecided.
but West mentioned two possible
choices w Concerned Women for
America. headed by Beverly La-
Haye. and Eagle Forum. of which
Phyllis Schlafly is president. West
said she plans to attend a meeting of
the Lexington chapter of Eagle
Forum next Tuesday.

Whitaker denounced Schlafly. call-
ing her a “scary and dangerous
woman.

West said she would find out more
about the Eagle Forum before de~
ciding what to do on campus.

Physics department
buys new computer

Theoretical calculations now possible
with purchase oj'new Ridge computer

By scorr want)
Staff Writer

The departmeir «n pinsits has
purchased a nev llidci computer
system that will enable its users to
do theoretical calculations that were
not possible before.

George Pepper. computer re-

search adViser. said the computer
will be ”pretty well hitting all the
major areas of our department“
problems in theoretical solid state.
theoretical nuclear physics and as-
trophysics “that are on the forefront
of knowledge. "
Pepper said the computer was pur-
chased to give researchers an oppor-
tunity to solve lengthy theoretical
problems that could not be done on
L‘K‘s main computer system. He
said this was not only because time
on the computer is expensive. but
also because some of the programs
run for three or four days at a time.
and “if you had the money. you
couldn‘t get the time.“

He said the Ridge computer is the
“sort of thing you have to have to
see if your program works." Once
the new computer is used to work
out the bugs. then the user can go to
a national computer to negotiate
getting time.

The money for the computer sys~
tem came from grants made by fed-
eral agencies such as the National

Outing Center offers camping equipment, advice

 

 

 

By KENZIE L. WINSTEAD
Staff Writer

UK students. faculty and staff who
want to go camping can rent their
supplies right here on campus at the
Outing Center in the Student Center.

Beginning its fifth year of opera-
tion, the center has a wide variety of
good equipment at reasonable
prices. said Joan Loughrey. pro-
gram adviser at the Student Activ-
ities Office.

She said the center is now well
known. “The word is out. People are
naturally thinking about the Outing
Center."

Camping is popular because stu-
dents “can kind of forget about ev-
uythingAlotofpeoplegotothe
(RedRiver)nge.“mhrevsaid.

Phylical therapy freshman and
Outing Center staffer Carole Del-m
said. “We have everythim you need
togooutdoora."

Loughrey said she tries to hire
students in the center who have
shown an interest in the outdoors. Of
five students working at the Outing
Center. three or four have camping
experience.

She said a lot of people come to
the Outing Center and ask for ad-
vice; some people are not even sure
where they want to camp.

Marketing junior Susan Shirley
said she was impressed with the
knowledge of the workers at the cen-
ter about camping. “They even
knewhowmuchwaterweneeded."

Greg Wilborn. an undecided ju-
nior. said the Outing Center is well
run. “They were knowledgeable."

“They knew their stuff." recre-
ation senior Robert Sutherland said.
“it (the (hitiiu Center) is nice to
have aromd; not everyone keeps a
tent in their closet." Sutherland
rented eqtipment in the spring of
1m.

Shirley. who used the Outing Cen-
ter last year. said. “I thought they
had a good selection (of equip-
menti."

Sutherland added. “The prices
were very. very reasonable. They
are still cheap.“

Loughrey said the Outing Center
is now totally self-supporting after
the original seed money was allo
cated by vice president of student
affairs. dean of students and the Stu-
dent Center.

“We‘re running about 35 to 38 per-
cent ahead of where we were last
year." boughrey said. She said the
Outing Center makes minimal prof-
its. if any. She exflained that any
profits are funneled back into the
Outing Center to keep up or replace
thesupplies.

DeZarn said she enjoys working at
the outim center because she meets
a lot of people. “Dreryoln is really
down-home country.“

Science Foundation and the Depart-
ment of Energy These monies were
held by faculty members in the de-
partment.

He said the brand new computer
runs on the Bell Laboratories L'nix
system. a software package that is
becoming a “defacto standard.” or
that it is becoming so widely used
that many people already know how
to operate it.

He said one of the advantages of
this computer is that it has the
power of a larger computer. but
does not require the space or the
maintenance of a large one. He said
the Ridge computer does not gener—
ate the heat of bigger computers
and therefore requires less ventila—
tion. The department could not af-
ford to build a large room. he said.

He said the Ridge computer is
“designed to operate in any office
environment."

Pepper said the department got a
good deal on the computer. but
would not say how much the depart
ment paid. He did say it would cost
approximately $50.000 to replace it.
He said this is still a good price con-
sidering “the comparable machine
with this power would be over
3200.000."

He said it “proved to be a very.
very good buy It was everything it
was touted to be "

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