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Kentucky Kernel

Vol. XClV, No. 237 Established 1894

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University of Kentucky. Lexington, Kentucky Independent since 1971 Tuesday, December to, 1991

University
Senate asks
Wilkinson
to resign

By JOE BRAUN and
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We‘re glad to see former Gov. Wallace
Wilkinson (Hallelujah!) finally at a University
function somewhere other than Rupp Arena or
Commonwealth Stadium. However, we believe
that a board chair on the 18th floor of Patterson
Office Tower is not the place for him. Maybe
better would be a classroom. where he could
learn what a modern research university is be-
fore appointing himself to the governing board
of one. ‘ about th sci!

While the governor may have the right to ‘ ".1 iti‘tixmuih‘fii»
appoint himself to the UK Board of Trustees, it . = 1mm; p
clearly is against the spirit of the law. Further. ' _ . _? j f ‘
we question whether Wilkinson wants to re— ’ ‘ '- 1 . a main...
form higher education or simply control the ' '
University of Kentucky. For those reasons. we
believe Wilkinson should give up his seat.

In appointing himself last Monday, Wilkin- .
son said he wanted to reform higher education. ', .; ' . 1 . . .
much like the 1990 overhaul of Kentucky‘s pri— ' ‘
mary and secondary school system. He said
teachers need to spend more time with stu—
dents. and that universities should place greater
emphasis helping those students graduate.
However. he also said that financially strapped
state universities could not afford to have a sig
nificant number of faculty only perfonning re
search.

Wilkinson has hit on some issues that cur-
rently are hot topics in academia. But the man-
ner in which he speaks about them demori~
strates a fundamental lack of understanding
about the modern research university. His
statement that we cannot afford to have faculty
who solely do research shows he has not spent
much time at UK outside of athletics events.
While a very small number of faculty may be
lax about their research or teaching. they are
not so fortunate enough only to have to teach
or only to have to do research. Nearly all fa-
culty do both. And the two actions are not. as
Wilkinson‘s statement makes them appear. riiu-
tually exclusive. Nothing could be further from
the truth. Teaching and research benefit one an-
other iii the mission of this L'niversity to serve
the state and its people.

The University Senate demonstrated carn—
puswide disapproval of Wilkinson‘s self-
appointrnent yesterday by passing a resolution
demanding that he step down.

Given his lack of understanding of higher

dance at today’s Board of Trustees meeting so
Wallace Wilkinson can see how we feel about
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trig Wethirigton as Day id Rosciies s..ccesso:

ity ,,, the [K Board of'l‘rustees. His opting tor
the high—profile seat on the [K board leads its
to believe that his move is political. He could
easily use this to begin his 1995 cariipaign tor
governor or a 1096 campaign for the ICS. Seth
ate.

The l'riivcrsity's first traiisgzcsmoi‘. against t ;
;.:reat and pouertul Wilkinson was not cry in;
him a degree tthe real one. run the rantoror‘.
one , that comes later). Wilkinson dropped
out of [K to open the bookstore that riiatic E .zri mm NW V, L. “I“ l
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education. we also question the fomier govem-
or‘s motives. if he truly wanted to reform high—
er education, he could have done that for the
entire Kentucky higher education system with
an appointment to the state Council on Higher
Education _- but that appointment does not
come with UK basketball tickets. Wilkinson
appointed himself to a board with more visibil—

tion whether he intends to refonn it or control
it. Lord knows it would not be the first time a
(former) governor had done this. All. "Hap—
py" Chandler admitted it, and some accuse
Wilkinson of having done that during the WW)
presidential search. Actually. the governor
probably had more to do with creating the
presidential vacancy for his good friend

Ironically. the bookstore is the obiect o:
l'K‘s second transgression against "the gtea.
and powerful” Wallace ti. Wiikinsori. 1". t re
rind-‘80s. L'K decided to lease on: its book
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attend because of his involvement
in inauguration day fesuxities.

He said he expects to attend the
next board meeting.

By GREGORY A. HALL
Assocrate Editor insatc K fittiit‘s . ‘.: st ;.
Chic! Justice Robert Stephens ex soic illssc‘i.i\i
cuscd hmisclt from the Supreme
(‘ourt hearing because he I\ a [K

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FRANKFURT} Ky Wallace the itil'ill‘ . z» '
Wilkinson's last day in ollicc was
spent in court. The state Supreme
(‘ourt retused to grant an iii_iurictioii
preventing the former governor
from serving on the UK Board of
Trustees.

Wilkinson can attend the board
meeting today at 9 am. Hrmeser,
he said yesterday that he would not

“I‘m obviously pleased with the not tit-title :lxc
decision. \\ ilkinsoii said last night.
“i obviously agree with the deci-
sion."

Wilkinson said “particularly
pleasing" was the fact the decisions
were both overwhclriiingly in favor
of his side

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State Attorney General l-rcd
(‘ovsaii tiled suit on Thursday silll'
mg Wilkinson‘s aclion contrary to
public policy. .>\ hearing was held
Friday in Franklin Circuit Court on
a motion to keep Wilkinson from
participating in today 's nicctiiig.

UK TODAY

The UK Board of Trustees meets
at 9 am. on the 18th floor of
Patterson Office Tower.

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INDEX

Wilkinson‘s fight to
be on board should
not be surprising.
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PHOTOS BY GREG EARS/Kernel Statl

Wallace Wilkinson spoke yesterday in Franktort. Ky . at his last press conterence as governor. During his address, Wilkinson attacked the ‘elitist' attitude of higher education, particularly among faculty at UK.

Wilkinson leaves office same way he entered

By GREGORY A. HALL
Assocaate Editor

FRANKFORT. Ky. On his last
day as goyemor, Wallace Wilkinson
went out the way he came in _, .ii
tacking w hat he perceived to be the
establishment.

In his final press conterence. he
attacked the higher educauon esiab
lishment's “elitist" attitude. panicu»
larly on the part ot some tacclty at
UK. He framed lll\ self-
appointiiient last week is the Board
of Trustees as sat h an. attic k.

He menuoned one tatuliy mem—
her. who after Wilkinson‘s appoint-
meni said he feared the governor

would turn I'K into a community
college.

“Tell him he ought to apologize
to all the community college pro-
lessors across Ihl\ state." Wilkin-
son said.

Wilkinson said that despite L'K's
refusal to grant him an honorary de—
gree. he does not feel snubbed by
the school.

“I‘ve never been a favorite son of
the L'niversity of Kentucky. I sup-
I‘ose." Wilkinson said. “But I've
never qutte understood why. be-
cause no goyemor in history ‘s ever
done as much for the l'niversity as
l have done. There‘s a certain
group over there that has an elitist

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attitude that I feel that does not
serve the citizens of this Common-
wealth in the best manner."

Wilkinson has said he would try
to reform the University to make it
more student and teaching‘
oriented.

“The same way I went about try-
ing to ensure that public elementary
and secondary reform happened,"
he said. “Talk about the issues.
Change the debate. try to somehow
get it done."

Wilkinson said he would not be
attending today‘s 9 am. board
meeting.

“I Will not take pan in the board
meeting tomorrow in any event. 1‘“
be in the inaugural festivities," Wil«
kinson said.

He has not thought about a cam-

rf paign for govemor in 1995, Wilkin-
if son said.

“I haven't thought about it." he
. I‘m not bashful or shy

Wilkinson said despite the law-

'2 suit against his appointment. he
} would have proceeded anyway.

“I did not anticipate the lawsuit."

' he said. “l think the law is clear in
-; the matter
: out. yes, I expected the fallout. 1

. In terms of the fall~

knew the faculty of the University

._ of Kentucky would not be very hap‘
: py ~ those that I refer to as the cs-
1; tablishment would not be very hap-
py about it. And yes, even if I had
known it. I would have done it any~

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way.

“It’s an important constitutional
matter in my view."

During his term. he said he nev»
er did anything just to “tweak"
them. He said there was always a
purpose if he did so.

“I’ve never just done it
tweaking somebody — just to be
tweaking," he said.

Wilkinson said his counsel
should request that the state pay
his legal fees, even after his term
expires.

“Yes, it is indeed appropriate.
same as it is the state to pay
Howdy Doody‘s expenses over
here," Wilkinson said, pointing to
the office of Attorney General Fred
Cowan.

Cowan brought suit against Wil-

kinson to prevent him from serving
on the Board of Trustees. Franklin
Circuit Court Special Judge Reed
Rhorcr issued a temporary injunc-
tion yesterday, which was over-
turned by the Court of Appeals. The
State Supreme Court upheld the ap-
peals court decision last night.

Wilkinson attended UK from
1961-63 full time and until 1967 in
night school. He said he left the
school because he “ran out of mon-
ey.

“I had good grades though,” he
said.

His greatest accomplishment as
governor, Wilkinson said, was tend-
ing to rural areas in economic de-
velopment projects. He said his
biggest failure was not communicat-
ing effectively with the media.

Former Wilkinson campaign offi~
cial Asa Hord, of Louisville, was
appointed to the UK Board of Trus-
tees among lastminutc appoint-
ments.

Hord was treasurer of both Wil-
kinson's campaign and the carn-
paign of his wife Martha.

Hord’s term will expire June 30.
1993.

Hord replaces Billy Wilcoxson,
of Lexington, who was reappointed
to the board in another seat. He will
fill the seat left vacant when Wil-
kinson reappointed Chief Justice
Robert Stephens to the seat of for-
mer Sen. Walter “Dee" Huddleston.

Wilcoxson‘s term expires Dec.
31, 1997. He called Wilcoxson an
“excellent trustee."

Fight for self-appointment
should not surprise anyone

By GREGORY A. HALL
Associate Editor

Wallace Wilkinson's fight to as-
sume the University of Kentucky
trustee seat to which he appointed
himself last week should not sure
prise anyone.

No other govemor has ever had
such a stormy relationship with
Kentucky's flagship University as
the combative former govemor
who made a fortune selling books
to Universities.

“Wallace Wilkinson does not like
the University of Kentucky," said
Larry Forgy. a Lexington lawyer
and former trustee. “He was not

 

ANALYSIS

successful as a student. He has not
been a part of the University com-
munity in any way. Frankly, for
many years he was a competitor
across the street in the bookstore. So
I think this infantile tweaking of the
nose comes from the fact he basical-
ly just does not like the institution
and its faculty."

Wilkinson came to UK in 1961 to
be an engineer. Because of poor
preparation due to an inadequate
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“l left the University because I
ran out of money, No. l.“ he said.

Despite any distaste, Wilkinson
continued to deal with the academ-
ics through the years. And why not?
The profit he made off of Wallace‘s
Book Store turned him into 3 mil-
lionaire.

In the mid-1980s. UK decided to
stop competing with Wilkinson and
other area bookstores. It would
lease its Student Center bookstore
to the highest bidder. Bids from
Wilkinson and Follett College
Stores Corp. came in at $3 million.

UK asked the two to re-bid. Fol-
Ictt bid $3.6 million. Wilkinson bid
$3.15 million. Complaining that the
procedure was unfair. Wilkinson re—
quested that he be allowed to place
a revised bid.

The bids went to the Board of
Trustees, the site of a public disap~
pointment tor Wilkinson. Witnesses
said Wilkinson sat in the first seat
next to the door, waving his hand in
order to speak before the board
when it considered the bids. Board

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chairman Roben McCowan went
on with the meeting, paying no at-
tention to Wilkinson.

Follett got the bid. McCowan
was not re-appointed to the board
when his term expired early in Wil-
kinson’s administration.

Afterward, Wilkinson alleged he
was cheated. Asked if Follett had
inside information. He told repon-
ers: “I am not implying that UK did
anything officially. I believe they
(Follett) had some help. I don't
know from where."

The University's next run-in with
Wilkinson was a much more pleas-
ant one. It was three years later, and
Wilkinson was campaigning to be
governor. Wilkinson sang the prais-
es of higher education to a meeting
of the state Council on Higher Edu-
cation Sept. 3, 1987. Under the Wil-
kinson administration, he promised
them better funding.

“We will fund higher education
at least equal to its present funding
and in addition, I will make this
statement that we are going to put
every dime that we can find, addi-
tionally, into education," he said.

Now I want to commend
higher education and I say this for
no other reason than it is true. I
think higher education has done a
marvelous job, a commendable job
in the last few years in good man-
agement, in tough economic times.
I think the fat has been rimmed out
of higher education.”

But his rhetoric did not match his
performance in 1988, when as gov-
ernor he proposed to the General
Assembly a budget that would cut
higher education to the bone.

He proposed a .5 percent funding
increase for the first year of the bi-
ennium and a 5 percent increase
during the second. That translated
to a drop in formula funding after
Wilkinson had promised more. But
revenue projections came up short,
so Wilkinson used higher education
to take up the slack.

Then—UK President David Ro-
selle criticized Wilkinson and be-
gan bamstorming the state to rally
suppon for higher education. On
Feb. 3, he and other university pres-
idents appealed to a legislative
committee for help.

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national arena The building of fa-
culty is a long-term commitment,
and Gov. Wallace Wilkinson’s bud-
get proposal is a setback to that
commitment," Roselle said.

Wilkinson waited only a day to
criticize the presidents, uttering
what would be one of the most fa-
mous quotes of his administration.

“What they need to do is get busy
and buckle down and reorder their
priorities and use their money wise-
ly and stop crying so much."

Roselle returned to Frankfort and
the legislative committee on Feb.
ll. “I’m not here to whine to you,”
he said. “I’m here to tell you it’s
not going to be business as usual."

On Feb. 18, seven of eight state
university presidents met with Wil-
kinson. Their meeting was cordial,
but Wilkinson ripped higher educa-
tion when he greeted the press,
which was waiting outside his door.

Despite Wilkinson, higher educa—
tion won out in the ensuing budget
compromise. The legislature gave
the state system 317 million more
than Wilkinson had suggested in
the first year and $23 million more
in the second. It was a victory for
the presidents, whom Wilkinson
viewed as crybabies.

Wilkinson lost again when the
NCAA launched an investigation
into the UK basketball program for
alleged improprieties. It was then
that Roselle — now the president of
the University of Delaware —— said
he and Wilkinson had a falling out.

Wilkinson backed former UK
basketball coach Eddie Sutton to
the very end of the investigation.

“And insofar as I can determine,
he has not been involved in any
wrongdoing and it is not alleged
that he has been involved in any
wrongdoing," Wilkinson said at a
March 1989 press conference.

“And if that’s the case, a man
who has spent 30 years building a
career and reputation and who's
been a good basketball coach and a
winning coach, ought not to be pen—
alized or fired for no penalties.”

The NCAA brought I8 allega-
tions of wrongdoing against UK’s
basketball program. UK conducted
an intense internal investigation but

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the school's trustees decided not to
initially make the University's re-
sponse to the NCAA public.

Wilkinson wanted a copy, but
UK trustees sided with Roselle and
refused to release it. Roselle and the
board cited a previous policy call-
ing for the report to not be released
unless ordered by the courts.

On that day, Wilkinson said the
board's refusal was “not a big thing
with me." But he said it should be
released, and he said he would re-
lease it if he got it.

Roselle offered to brief Wilkin-
son on the repon. but the two could
not work out a meeting.

Interviewed this week, Roselle
said in retrospect that he didn’t
mind showing Wilkinson the repon.
The difference came on views of
how UK handled the investigation.

Wilkinson wanted UK to use a
more rigorous defense to the
NCAA. Roselle had other ideas.

“I think probably that we kind of
got off track over the basketball sit-
uation that happened," Roselle said.
“It seemed to me the issue was the
whole integrity of the University
. I didn't see it as a particularly po-
litical kind of issue. It was )uSl time
to stand up and tell the truth."

But “I know he was unhappy. In
fact, he told me he was unhappy
with the basketball deal,” he said.

The final blow in Wilkinson‘s
confrontations with UK was the
University’s refusal to present him
with an honorary degree — making
Wilkinson the first sitting govemor
not to receive the honor in 60 years.

Late in the next semester, Roselle
again made rumblings.

“There were certain matters that
took place around Christmas the
year that Dr. Roselle left that made
Roselle absolutely certain that by
June he was going to have serious
problems with his board instigated
by the governor," Forgy said. “And
he chose not to risk his career in
that kind of struggle with the man
that had the appointing authority. I
don‘t have any question in my mind
about that. I know it happened. And
anyone who says to the contrary is
prevaricating."

Wilkinson won,

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Before leaving for Delaware. Ro-
selle asked for help. Roselle said he
wrote Wilkinson in October 1989
but received no response.

After a campus rally supporting
him, Roselle spoke to the media:
“I'm looking for a commiunent to
help the University of Kentucky.
I've been looking for it for 2 l/Z
years, and I'm looking for it now.
It’s just that you reach the end of
the rope and say we don't have
enough money to do what we ought
to be doing.”

Numerous trustees called on Wil-
kinson to issue a statement support-
ing Roselle, but none was forth-
coming. Wilkinson said he was not
stacking the board against Roselle.
However, the governor would not
ask Roselle to remain.

“I'm not going to get into that
about Dr. Roselle staying or not
staying," Wilkinson said. “If he
quits, he quits. Kentuckians don’t
quit. If he intends to stay, he ought
not be running around and looking
for jobs, quite frankly."

Wilkinson was winning.

Whether Wilkinson controlled
the ensuing presidential search for
Roselle’s successor is debatable.
But there is no doubt that the selec-
tion of his friend and fellow Casey
Countian Charles Wethington as
president was a personal victory for
the governor.

The state‘s chief executive was
almost silent when Roselle was
leaving. But almost at the time the
gavel fell on the trustees meeting
where Wethington was selected.
Wilkinson was issuing a statement
of glowing praise.

Wethington will “infuse the Unt-
versity of Kentucky with the same
energy and enthusiasm that he
brought to Kentucky's community
colleges some 10 years ago," Wil~
kinson said.

The saving grace of Wilkinson‘s
administration as it pertains to high-
er education was the 1990 session
of the General Assembly. There,
Wilkinson passed the largest tax in-
crease in state history to fund the
reform of primary and secondary
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“Higher education did receive its
largest budget increase in his ad-
ministration. that they have seen in
IO years or more," said Robert Sex-
ton, executive director of the Prich-
ard Committee for Academic Excel-
lence. “And that would not have
come about if he had not backed the
tax increase. Beyond that, I don’t
think he would be seen as an advo
cate of higher education."

Ironically, Roselle said he feels
vindicated by the governor's ac—
tions in the I990 session. “I think
we participated in the govcmor’s
education,“ Roselle said.

“I took a lair amount of conitr~
mation on my position trom what
he did in terms of his actions.
Time tells we were right on that. I
think I was right on the revenue and
I think I was right on basketball,
And the governor disagreed with us
on both of them."

Wilkinson was back to his old
form by the end of W91. State hud-
get revenues fell short of protec-
tions, and Wilkinson again called
on higher education to hear Iiic
brunt - a 531.6 million cut Ill state
appropriations.

Then last week the crowning glo-
ry —— Wilkinson awarded illIll‘~~.‘iI
with a seat on the LR board.

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of Kentucky could be spared ltirther
problems," Forgy \‘dlli, “It had
enough problems in I‘M) to do it
tor a decade but there Is llL‘\CI
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rant. There‘s no {it‘lr‘tl in train' to

quieten it down. I think those who
understand the nature and impor-
tance of a first-rate university in
Kentucky on a national model do
not need to make peace with some
one who is going to demagoguc the
purposes of the institution.“

Many protesters at UK tear the
prolonged influence oi poliucs on
the University, like when former
Gov. AB. “Happy" Chandler was
on the board.

But Forgy said Wilkinson cannot
do that. Instead, he will use the
board to keep a high profile before
seeking his next political oltite

“I don’t think Wallace Wilkinson
has anything like lhc long-term
staying power that ‘Happy (‘lian~
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tees refused to let him plead his case. he was humiliated. And
since. he’s held a grudge.

Then there was David P. Roselle. UK's ninth president
did not understand Kentucky politics, good ole boys glad
handing each other. Roselle believed it was the divine right of
government to fund higher education ——~ and he bluntly told
Wilkinson this. The governor, however, did not agree. In
1988. Wilkinson tried to cripple higher education in order to
meet a shortfall in projected state revenue levels. The legisla-
ture overruled Wilkinson and gave higher education more
than he thought it deserved. a1-
beit a fraction of what it need—
ed. Roselle won.

Roselle and faculty also re-
fused Wilkinson the honorary
degree he coveted. Every sit-
ting governor for the last 60
years received one from UK.
Wallace did not. For that, he
blamed faculty and Roselle.
Roselle won.

Wilkinson appointed peo
ple to the board who were
against Roselle. Upset with the
lack of support from Wilkin—
son. Roselle began looking for
work elsewhere. At the end of
1989 he found it — the presi- WILKINSON
dency of the University of Dela-
ware. Roselle. though, implied he would stay if Wilkinson
would give him a vote of support. Wilkinson won. Kentucky
lOsl.

And again a few months ago. Wilkinson dealt what we be-
lieved to be his final blow to higher education — a $31.6 mil—
lion budget cut. Because he thought higher education was not
doing its job 7— teaching Kentucky‘s children — he would
make it pay the price.

Only one week before his self-appointment. Wilkinson
was attacking higher education. Wethington, UK’s 10th presi-
dent. defended it. saying he believed it was doing its job. One
week later. Wilkinson appointed himself to the UK board with
the announced intention to reform. Now Wethington is caught
between his fricnd. the fomier governor. and Brereton Jones.
current governor.

With all these vendettas against UK. how can anyone be-
lieve he wants t