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Tuesday, March 10, 1970

UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY, LEXINGTON

Vol. LXI, No. 106

President Names New
Student Affairs VP;
Zumwinkle To Serve

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Speaking on "Kentucky's Wild Rivers" as Dart
of the. Environmental Awareness Seminar at the
Student Center Monday night, John Henson of
the Kentucky Department of Natural Resources
pointed out that the deterioration of the rivers of
Kentucky is a "constant process" stemming from
improper timber practice, strip mining, highway
construction and bad agriculture practices. "People

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some of our most important resources
destroy
for ones of lesser value," Henson continued. "The
crisis has to be immediate for the people to be
interested but most of the time they wait until
it is too late." During his talk, Henson showed
slides of the four streams under consideration for
preservation from pollution.

Kernel Photo by Ken Weaver

Kentucky Rivers Deteriorate

Naturalist Cites Impending Crisis

scenic, scientific, esthetic and
cultural values.
Henson said that the Department of Natural Resources works
in the capacity of an agency.
Environmental It provides management planning
tended
the
for each designated stream area
Seminar
Awareness
Monday
and has developed public hearevening.
ings for the protection and enJohn Henson, Kentucky De- hancement of state streams.
partment of Natural Resources,
The streams to be included in
was the guest speaker. He is a the
original system are: Cumgraduate of the College of Law. berland River from the Ky. 204
The lecture centered around
to the backwater of Lake
Senate Bill 269, a proposal to bridge
Cumberland, Red River from the
set up a program for Kentucky
Ky. 746 bridge to the mouth of
rivers.
Swift Camp Creek, Rockcastle
River from the new Ky. SO bridge
According to the bill, only
certain designated streams will to the backwater of Lake Cumreceive immediate concern for
berland, and Green River from
further preservation. Some of the Mammoth Cave National Park
to the backwater of Lock and
qualities these streams must possess are outstanding and unique Damn No. 6.
By DON EGERJR.
Kernel Staff Writer
"Kentucky's Wild Rivers"
was the topic of discussion as
60 persons atapproximately

University Senate Revieivs
UK Community Colleges
tain courses which at present the

These areas are labeled as
"Wild River Area," while the
portion impounded by Lock and
Dam No. 6 are to be "Recreational Stream Areas."
Henson indicated that acquisition of the land should not be
a major obstacle and that the bill
is not asking for any funding.

of
to three-fourtthe total land is already owned
by the United States government," he said. "The scenic easement would only be temporary
until the government takes over."
"It seems a shame that since
Daniel Boone came across the
mountains we have so few 'pure
streams ii. existence in Kentucky," ;uid Henson. In the proposed system, Cumberland River
constituted the longest stretch
of water with 20 miles. Green,
Rockcastle and Red Rivers possessed 18, 14 and eight miles
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respwtively.
After a brief introduction explaining the purpose of the bill
now before the Senate, Henson
showed 10 slides of the four
streams now under consideration
in the proposed system.
The UK graduate stressed the
point that natural resources are in
the constant process of being
deteriorated. The major factors
are improper timber practice,

By JEANNIE LEEDOM
community colleges cannot offer.
Assistant Managing Editor
"Another group of students is
in an advisory capacActing
confronted by the fact that other
ity Monday, the University Senate approved the Senate Advisory scliools will not accept for transfer
Committee report on community credit any course which has a
label. Certain of
colleges and forwarded it to the 'T (technical)
these 'T' courses would be acpresident.
The committee had recom- ceptable at other schools if the strip mining, highway construcmended several changes which 'T prefix were not there."
tion and bad agriculture pracRecommendations
involved course structure and
tices.
He named "sedimentation,
preThe recommendations
grades at the community colleges.
acid water draining and polluAccording to the report, "Many sented suggested:
The Community College Sys- tion from pesticides" as drastic
community college students who
transfer to schools other than UK tem should be permitted to orig- results.
find themselves at a distinct dis- inate andor offer courses in addi"The crisis has to be immedbecause of the present tion to those offered on the Lexiate for the people to be inadvantage
course regulations affecting the ington campus.
terested," said Henson, "but
Courses taken in the Com- most of the time they wait until
Community College System.
"The transfer course offerings munity College System which it is too late."
He indicated that more sucof the Community College Sys- are not offered on the Lexington
tem are now limited to those campus sliould be evaluated for cessful legislation of strip minlower division courses approved
transfer credit to the Lexington ing has not been brought about
for the Lexington campus. Many campus on the same basis used because there are too few supof the other schools to which the for courses from any other insti- porters.
Henson stated, "People destudents transfer require or expec t tution.
their freshmen and sophomore
The present practiceof trans- - stroy some of our most important
students to have completed cer
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By BILL MATTHEWS
Assistant Managing Editor
Dr. Robert Gordon Zumwinkle, an administrator at Eastern
Michigan University, was confirmed as new vice president for
Student Affairs this afternoon by
the UK Board of Trustees.
At the trustees' meeting, President Otis Singletary expressed
enthusiasm for the new vice president and indicated that he was
impressed with Dr. Zumwinkle' s
record in dealing with students.
Dr. Alvin Morris, chairman of
the president's advisory selection
committee, said at the meeting
that Dr. Zumwinkle, one of several persons recommended by the
committee, was the first to whom
President Singletary offered the
vice presidency.
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Replacing Forth
"Of the various people considered by the committee, who
visited the campus, and of the
various individuals the committee recommended to the president as deserving of his consideration, this is the person
(Zumwinkle) for whom the com
mittee had the greatest enthusiasm," Dr. Morris continued.
"The committee was
to learn that Dr. Zumwinkle was President Singletary's
choice for the position," Chairman Morris added.
Summer Arrival
Dr. Zumwinkle, who is currently vice president for student
affairs at Eastern Michigan Uni

versity, will arrive on campus
in the summer.
The new vice president will
replace Dr. Stuart Forth as head
of student affairs.
Dr. Forth, who talked to Dr.
Zumwinkle when the new vice
president visited UK, described
him as "a low-kerelaxed sort of individual."
When the new vice president
arrives, Dr. Forth plans to resume
his academic duties as director
of libraries.
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Dr. Zumwinkle, who holds
a Ph.D. from the University of
Minnesota, is also a professor
of education.
He has held previous posts
as director of the Institute for

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Center, University of Hawaii;
dean of students and director of
student personnel services at St.
Cloud State College in Minnesota; and director of student
affairs for men at the University
of Missouri.
The new vice president is also
a former president and member
of the Minnesota Board of Directors of the American Civil
Liberties Union, and is a former
member of the St. Cloud Area
Human Rights Committee.
Dr. Zumwinkle has written
several professional papers, including one on "Civil Liberties
for College Students? Dilemma
for the Student Persoime'

Strip Mining Bills Die
'Open-Hearin- g'
By HAZEL R. COLOSIMO

Kernel Staff Writer

Time is running out for the
Kentucky Legislature and UK's
Environmental Awareness Society (EAS) is trying to stop the

clock.
Only two weeks remain in
Kentucky's
present legislative
session. Making every minute
count, the EAS sponsored what
it termed an "open hearing"
in Frankfort Monday concerning
the dying of anti-stri- p
mining
bills and to urge the legislators
to put these proposals on the
House or Senate floor before the
March adjournment.
As stated in the EAS's pub"
the
participating in
"open hearing"
cited the "common plight" of
their eleven strip mining proposals. "A bill is introduced, referred to a proper committee and
that is the last anyone hears of
it," and thus the bill "dies."
The chairman of the Frank-

lication, "The

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fifty members
the Frankfort

fort meeting was Andy Grimes
who emphasized the use of the
term "open hearing" in reference
to what the EAS did in Frankfort Monday.
"Maybe it's merely a matter
of semantics," explained Grimes,
"but it certainly wasn't a march
nor was it a protest, in any form.
We merely tried to bring some of
the issues associated with the
bills in the Agriculture and Natural Resources committee to
the attention of the public."
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Wednesday,

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groups met in Frankfort and ap
peared before the Agriculture and
Natural Resources Committee.
Realizing that a sufficient amount
of time for discussion of the strip
mining legislation did not exist,
they requested an open hearing.
They were denied this request
and so the group "went to Frankfort Monday to have our own
commented
hearing,"
open
Crimes.
After "everyone had their little say," as Grimes put it, a
petition which had been circulated both at UK and at Frankfort was brought to the Governor's office. Since Governor Nunn
was "in a meeting and couldn't
be reached," the petition was
'given to one of the Governor's
aides.
The only real problem seen by
Crimes in respect to the success
or failure of the Frankfort hearing was a lack of preparation-bo- th
on the part of those participating Monday and the public's unawareness of the planned

"open hearing."

Grimes said there was a lack
of time for building up support
for the "open hearing." Also,
he cited the fact that many
"thought it was a demonstra-

tion and that turned them

off.

They probably thought there were
other ways to do it."
Future plans of the EAS are
still not set although Crimes
said "I can't see us marshalling
in Frankfort again."
"I guess we'll continue to
bombard legislature with letters

and telegrams."

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