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Vol. XCl, No. 136

University of Kentucky. Lexington. Kentudty

Independent since 1971

Thursday, March 31 . 1988

 

By HEIDI I’RORS'I'
Staff Writer

t'K basketball star Rex Chap~
ittatt ltas been called the King by
some. and ttow a group of Bland-
ing 11 residents are trying to
tttake ltiitt president of the Stu-
dent Government Association.

“The tttedia said Rex could be
governor attd it' he could be Gov-
erttor he could be SGA presi-
dent.” said Dale Roberts. a politi-
cal science senior.

"As lottg as l have beeit at this
l'ttiversity. SGA hasn‘t dotte any-
thing for itte so why not make
Rex Chapntatt president." said
John Dubrick. a marketing sc-

 

Students get their lD‘s checked before voting in the SGA elec-
tions yesterdav at the Busmess & Economics College poll. If yOu

ttior. "That would make the
school look better academically
and athletically since he's the
Kentucky legend."

(‘hapman could not be reached
for comment last night.

Dubrick said he has given
ittuclt thought about Chapman's
qualifications aitd he said Chap»
man probably does itot know the
issues very well. but Dubrick
said Chapman ought to be SGA
prestdettt because he is “the
King."

So Dubrick. Roberts attd Gus
Benson. a marketing senior. de-
cided to campaign for Chapman
for SGA president.

RANDAL WiLLIAMSON Kernel Start

have not voted, the polls wnl be open again today. Election re-
sults will be given tonight in the Student Center.

"If I vote. I‘ll write him in."
Benson said.

Benson attd Roberts said tltey
made about 2:3 signs that read
"Vote Rex for Presidency" and
“Vote Rex for SGA” Tuesday
night attd hung them around
campus.

"We have ito issues. no caut-
paigtts. it‘s ttot meant for that."
Roberts said. "It is just that we
wanted to throw a little levtty
into it. We didn't mean aity
harm."

"We don't want to tear down
SGA." Benson said. “I really re
spect them "

However. Roberts said lte read
about the candidates arguments

iii the Kernel attd felt the need
for some humor iii the election.

“It seems like a popularity cons
test aitd Rex could be the one to
conte in." Roberts said.

Benson said another reason lte
decided to promote Chapman was
because of the bickering between
the presidential candidates.

“There is so tttuch mud slings
ing,” he said. “They should be
for each other than for them-
selves."

'l‘he SGA presidential candi-
dates had mixed reactions about
the write-in campaign.

“Personally. I think that ch
will call off the write-in cam»
paigtt by noon ttodayt aitd will be

Issues rare in
SGA voting,
exit poll shows

By mutt ('Util’rLR
Senior Staff Write»

Jeffrey Keller cai tell you win.
he voted for iii the Student Gov»
ernment Assix'tatton presidential
race yesterday. but he couldn't
tell you why. Nor does he proba
blycarc

“Dragged" to the voting booths
at Ml King Library by two
friends. Kelli-r ottly voted for
SGA Setttor Vice President Stisan
Bridges because he "was told
to.”

[f Keller had another option. lte
probath would have backed oitl

“iSGA t‘lt‘t‘llttllSv are a joke."
said Keller. a comittitittcatiotts _iu*
ittor “It doesn't have any basis I
can't see it doing anything big
It‘s not going to affect me itt the
long run "

While Keller may
trettte example of
dents the Kentucky Kernel sur~
vcyed while leayiitg the polls
yesterday. a large share (ltd have
trouble identifying candidates
with specific issues

Elections continue
polls around catttpu,s Winners
will he announced at to pm
today iii the (ireat Hall of the
Student Center.

Most students interviewed
they left polls yesterday said they
voted for a certain presidential or

be an ex-
llit‘ llt) .s‘tui

today at

‘1‘

Students want to crown Chapman ‘King’ of SGA

endorsing ltaytd Rotkins for pt‘t‘s
idcnt." said David Botkins ”We
would like to hayc his endorse
ntent. considering Leah thlct'aitti
lS from (twenshoro attd so is Rex.
“we're obviously closely tied ”
.\lc('ain is Bittkitts' \‘icc president
running mate

However. Jame Rose saill stu
dents should take SGA more se-
riously.

“I think students should take
the student govcrttittcttt elections
seriously because student govern-
ment does a lot to affect students
and they need to put the best in—
terest of students at heart." he
said.

SCL' ('H'\P\1\\.l’dilc5

ELECTIONS
'88

\tce presidential candidate be
cause of ties to friends and tra-
teritit ies or sororities

While cantpus~telatcd
were important to a handful of
students most placed i-ttipltast.s
on ltow well candidates artic
ulatcd their platforms Students
also liztscd thcu tlccistotts about
the candidates information
they picki-d up in social circles
Some said they dciided who to
\otcforrattdoittly

Hitters toted out of a ttt't'tl for
feeling wanted Such the
case at Lexington t‘omtiiunitt
('ollegc. witi-rc studcttts com
planted they did not see enough
of the presidential candidates

"We want to get rid of tlic tilc
gttintate stepson coitci-p' ot lit‘
and get tit\ol\ed lit the L'H‘.t't‘ti
ment of our st'ftitol_ ltich
ard Brown. a zirycat‘ old int-char.
icalengttti-ertng student

"lt‘s ktttd of hard otcr ilt'H' be
cause there arc a caitdt
dates on the lzaliot never
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Budget compromise
worked out, offers
little for Wilkinson

By MARK R. ('lll‘llilliRHN
Associated Press

FRANKFURT —- New uitiverStty
buildings won out over retired teach-
ers iii the budget compromise
reached yesterday by House and
Senate members.

House members who had held out
against any new construction even-
tually gave in to Senate members
who supported building projects at
several universities and numerous
community colleges.

Sen. Mike Moloney. the primary
proponent of new buildings. said
they were needed because higher ed-
ucation has had substantial enroll-
ment growth in recent years.

Rep. Joe Clarke said he lost the
argument. but would still maintain
that new buildings are a luxury the
state can't afford.

Moloney and Clarke. the chairmen
of the respective appropriations and
revenue committees. explained the
guts of the budget to reporters after
nearly 16 hours of conference com-
mittee meetings spread out over two
days.

The House and Senate will vote on
the budget today.

The budget compromise generally
borrowed equally from the Home
and Senate spending plam. inually
whichever one involved less money.
the lawmakers said.

The budget does not include many

of the new provisions proposed by
Gov. Wallace Wilkinson.

Asked what Wilkinson gained from
the budget. Clarke replied. “Experi-
ence.“

For example. there is no money in
the budget for Wilkinson‘s two
major education initiatives and his
request f'or new economic devel-
opment tools was cut substantially.

The lawmakers agreed there was
little in the budget to boast about.

“I couldn't brag to anybody this is
a good budget." Clarke said.

Here are the highlights of the bud-
get compromise reached yesterday:

0 Debt service for new buildings
was approved at the University of
Kentucky. Western Kentucky Uni-
versity and Eastern Kentucky Uni-
versity. New buildings were also au-
thorized for community colleges at
Madisonville. Paducah.
Hopkinsville. Prostonsburg. Somer-
set. Ashland and two at Southeast
Community College in Cumberland.

In each case. the budget will re-
quire that one-half of the first-year
debt service be raised from private
sources

The compromise budget contains
no specific money to operate new
buildings at community colleges
that will open this coming school
year. but does contain more money
for general operations at all univer-
sities.

For all of higher education. includ.

WALLACE WILKINSON

ing the eight universities. the budget
proposal is for spending General
Fund tax money of $560 million in
fiscal 1989 and $593 million in 1990.
Those totals are $17 million and $23
million higher. respectively. than
Wilkinson recommended.

Those totals are enough to provide
salary increases of 2 percent in 1989
to all faculty and staff and 5 percent
in 1990. Moloney said. The budget.
however. leaves it up to the institu-
tions to determine how to spend the
money.

A special appropriation of $1 mil.
lion each year is set aside for en-
hancing engineering programs at
UK and the University of Louisville.

0 Class sizes in grades one and
four will be reduced by one pupil in
1990 at a cost of $7.2 million. The re-
duction is less than the one proposed
by the House. which included second
grade. but more than the Senate.
which did not provide any money for
smaller classes.

Associated Press

FRANKFORT 7 The Senate‘s
ranking Democrat said yesterday
that “constant confrontation“ hc~
tween (iov. Wallace Wilkinson aitd
the General Assembly will mean
“continued failures and frustra-
tions."

But cooperation between the legis~
lattve attd executive branches “can
build the foundations upon which our
common future will flourish for the
betterment of all our citizens." said
Senate President Pro Tem John
“Eek" Rose.

“Through our joint efforts there is
hope and firm expectations for vic-
tories over ignorance. illiteracy.
poverty and sickness." Rose. of Witt-

cltcster. said it] a speech on the Sens
ale floor.

“The alternative is constant t'llllr
frontattoit lroitt which there will
flow coittiitued failures aitd frustra
ttoits . . ’l‘ltat alternative is itot ac
ceptable to reasonable men and
wottteit." Rose said.

The speech was sotttething of a
\alcdictory on what ltad been the
last scheduled day of regular busi-
ness lit the 1988 legislative session
That changed as House aitd Settate
leaders agreed to delay a vote on
the executive budget until today

Rose‘s speech had the toitc of an
open letter to Wilkinson. with whom
Rose attd other members of Senate
leadership often clashed

Their most notable conflict catttc
on the issue of gubernatorial succes-

‘Confrontation’ between legislature
and Wilkinson means more ‘failures’

.sion, witlt 'ttc Senate refusing to de
lt\t't‘ a coits‘itutional aittcttdtttettt on
succession that Wilkinson wanted.

"to our wilt'l'lllll'. I say publicly
that out (llllt i‘citccs \U‘t't' those of my
.s'tttutioual mat'ers and substantive
viewpoints. not petsottal.” Rose
said "Rt-cattsc they occur ttt the
public arena loi‘ all to see. they are
easily tttisconstt'iicd battles of
prtdctul pcopli' "

lint Rose reiterated a consistent
theme that tltc legislature must
not knuckle under to a governor
even one as tenacious and persistent
its Wilkinson

“I will cooperate with Wilktn~
soni, but l will itot he subservient."
Rose said “I will cmperatc. but I
will ttot he a ‘ycs' ittait “

(1‘

Russian immigrant to speak tonight

Staff reports

Lexington's “Center for Soviet lni-
tiatives" is sponsoring a speech by
Paula Garb. an American immi-
grate to the Soviet Union. tonight.

The lecture. at 7:30 in the Old Stu-
dent Center Theater. Will feature
Garb speaking on her experiences in
Moscow during the last 13 years. An
informal discussion/seminar on
"Glasnost." “Perestroika” and
change in the Soviet Union will be
held Friday from 4-5 pm. in 231 Stu‘
dent Center.

Admission to the lecture and infor-
mal talk is free.

Garb went to the Soviet Union in

the late 196th as a student She mar~
ried attd returned to the Soviet
L'nioit. Two sorts were born. but the
marriage ended in w ithiit five years

(iarb then went back to the l'ntted
States. but raising her family while
trying to continue her cducatiott was
toodifficult.

With the offer of a free education
and allotted housmg. Garb returned
to the SOViet Union in 1975.

She attended the L'niversity of
Moscow. where she received her
bachelor's and master's in history
and anthropolgy. Garb is currently a
doctoral candidate at the Institute of
Ethnography in the t'SS R Acade-
my of Sciences.

Site also works as a journalist and
translator iit Moscow

(iarh's sort. Andre ltanilenko. 20.
was oit campus last year for a week
for a series of talks and meetings

(iarb has published two books.
"Where the ttld Are Young Long
Life iii the Sotiet Caucasus.” and
“They Came To Stay North
Americans in the l'SSR."

Garb's lecture topics include: The
Impact of Gorbachev's Reforms.
The l'SSR in Reform. Women‘s
Roles Women's Issues. Longevity in
the Soviet Caucasus and Immigrant
Americans in the USSR.

 

 2 — Kentucky Kernel. Thursday.mrch 31,1988

 

Diversions

Master and moron

Cliff’s ‘Fire’ is comp

By ERIK REECE
Arts Editor

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JIIIIIII) (‘Iiff
(‘RS Records

Jimmy (‘liff is not blessed with
a lot of humility. In his current
“t‘mcmax Reggae Sessions" spe—
cial he introduces his song. “The
Ilarder They Come.” as "the song of
lheeenlur} ”

The same spirit carries over onto
his la est single off his Hanging I-ire
ohm». "Love Me Love Me.” How-
ever. this surface narcissism is a
iront tc the deeper concerns that
burden t‘htf and the rest of his reg-
gae counterparts.

Hanging Fire has all of the ingre~
merits of a good reggae album: sev—
eral protest songs targeted at apart-
Ilt‘ltI. a salute to the genre itself. an
inspirational tune and a love song.

Aside from his competent Oneness
Rand. t‘hfl incorporates a synth pro
gram that works. not enormously.
but adequately. at supplying a solid
rhy thin section. L'nlike the program~
hung on Bryan Ferry’s latest, BPll’
Noiw. the synth beat of Hanging
I—‘iru doesn‘t bog down the liveliness
oi (‘liff‘s inspiring lyrics.

Instead. it proves appropriate
hacking for Radcliffe Bryan's spon-
taneous guitar licks as well as the
rest of the ()neness Band‘s typical
reggae format.

“Girls and Cars” is a thrashing of
a capitalist culture whose narrow-
mmded materialism allows no com—

 

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