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By NICK COHEN
Senior Staff Writer

FRANKFORT, Ky. — Faced with
the prospect of another 5 percent
budget cut on top of October’s 5
percent cut, the presidents of Ken-
tucky’s eight public universities
painted a bleak picture for higher ed-
ucation yesterday during a House
subcommittee meeting.

Among the messages brought be-

Kentueky Kernel

fore the House Budget Review
Subcommittee on Education of the
Committee on Appropriations and
Revenue, several presidents op-
posed its-allocating funds from
higher education to elementary and
secondary education and said the
cuts will have a negative long-tenn
effect.

“It doesn’t look good to us in the
next decade or certainly in the next
four to six years," said Hanly Fun-

Student Health
urges measles
immunization

By KELLEY POPHAM
Assistant News Editor

UK Albert B. Chandler Medical
Center officials are urging students
to seek immunization after a student
was diagnosed with the first docu-
mented case of nibeola (commonly
referred to as measles) on campus
in several years.

A male freshman from Northern
Kentucky living in a residence hall
was confirmed as having the disease
Friday by the Medical Center in
conjunction with the Centers for
Disease Control in Atlanta.

In an effort to prevent spreading
of the disease the State Health De-
partment and Student Health Servic-
es are asking students to update
their immunization status and are
offering free immunizations. Stu-
dents bom in or after 1957 may be
susceptible to the disease and are
encouraged to get a second vaccine
if immunization has not been updat-
ed adequately.

Measles are a major concern on
campuses across the country be-
cause of the disease easily may be
spread among students in close liv-
ing quarters. In past years, an epi-
demic at the University of Indiana
forced the vaccination of 23,000
students. Another at Boston College
closed sporting events and public
gatherings. In 1990, there were
large outbreaks at Eastern Kentucky
University and Berea College.

“One or two or five cases doesn’t
close everything down," said Spen-
cer Turner, director of UK‘s Stu-
dent Health Service. “But I can tell
you it would be a different story for
the state public health people if
we suddenly turned up with 50 or
60 (infectious) people.“

Despite that Ttimer termed mea-
sles as “very dangerous” and “one
of the most infectious diseases we
know,” he said he does not antici-
pate the spreading of the disease
past the first documented case.

The infected student’s roommate
and girlfriend have been notified
and and so far have shown no signs
of the disease. Nonetheless, medi-
cal officials announced yesterday
that Student Health Service is pre-
pared to set up mass immunization
sites if necessary and that the medi-
cal center is taking such precau-
tions because many people suscep-
tible to the disease think they are
immune.

The standard measles. mumps,
rubella (MMR) immunization only
protects 95 percent of the people
who have it, leaving one in 20 stu-
dents at UK who have been immu-
nized susceptible.

Measles, which last one to two
weeks, begin with cold-like symp-
toms characterized by a deep
cough, fever and runny nose. Sores
also can appear inside the mouth.
In one to three days, a rash appears
on the face, head and neck and
spreads to the rest of the body.

The disease can be dangerous in
adults. In some cases measles lower
the white blood cell count, causing
bacterial infections. Pulmonary
complications or measle encephali-
tis, which can cause death, also can
occur.

Nationwide, the Centers for Dis-
ease Control in Atlanta documented
53 cases during the first six weeks
of this year, 25 of which were in
Kentucky. The State Health Depart-
ment yesterday confirmed 50 diag-
nosed cases in Kentucky this year.
most occurring in Louisville-area
high schools and among infants.

derburk. president of Eastern Ken-
tucky University.

Further personnel reductions
seem to be on the horizon for UK.
President Charles Wethington said
his first priority will be defending
the University’s three-pronged
mission as well as trying to save
jobs.

“I will continue to place top pri-
ority on protecting academic pro-
grams -— instruction, research and

service programs — and on protect-
ing University employees and their
jobs,” Wethington said. “Whether
we can continue to do that, I don’t
know."

Wethington said that, should the
budget recommendations pass the
legislature, he plans to present the

board of trustees with a specific --

plan to implement the further cuts
at the June meeting.
“But at this juncture, I don‘t rea-

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filmy. February 25, 1992

cted in budget

listically see how we can implement
this second cut without significantly
reducing, again, staff and faculty
positions at instruction and service
levels in some instances."

Wethington pointed out that the
first 5 percent cut cost UK $15.2
million.

‘That reduction took back about
half of the increase we received this
year for the University system and
about a third of the community col-

lege system."

The first cut cost UK and the
community college systems 220 fa-
culty and staff positions, Wething-
ton said. Other steps taken to ab-
sorb the first cut included a hiring
freeze on some positions. reduction
of travel and printing expenses and
of overtime work.

A second 5 percent budget cut

See BUDGET, Page 6

 

 

Premier Russian anchorman Boris Notkin took a few minutes yesterday to speak with UK School of Journalism Director DaVid Dick before address-

ing a crowd at University Day. Notkin is the host of ‘Good Evening, Moscow,‘ a Russian TV news program.

Russian anchorman gives University Day address

By CHRISTOPHER McDAVID
Contributing Writer

UK President Charles Wething-
ton described Boris Notkin as a
“kinder, gentler Mike Wallace."

Notkin, anchorman of “Good
Evening, Moscow,“ discussed the
current state of affairs in the wake
of the collapse of the Soviet Union
in his keynote address yesterday at
UK.

Notkin often used humor during

 

his presentation to describe the
difficulties that the Common-
wealth of Independent States is
experiencing in its transition to a
market economy.

“What would happen if the bu-
reaucratic committees moved to
the desert'.’," Notkin asked. “First.
nothing would happen. Then there
would be shortage of sand."

His speech was held at the Otis
A. Singlctary Center for the Arts
as part of University Day, an

event to commemorate the found-
ing of UK on Feb. 22, 1865.

Notkin became more serious
when discussing US. federal aid
to the Commonwealth. Instead of
simply sending aid, he suggested
Americans spend more time and
resources to train economists and
convert the military-industrial
complexes to facilities capable of
performing in a market economx.

In the former Soviet Linioii, (6
percent of the gross national prod

 

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act is spent on the military, com-
pared io 5 percent in the linited
States, he said.

Notkin said as 75 percent of the
officers of the Red Army wish to
return to communism. reforma-
li‘on \\ as the answer to a potential-
ly “dangerous" situation.

Commenting briefly on the at-
tempted coup. he dlSmls’SCtl lead.
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See NOTKIN Ride 8

 

 

Good announces bid for SGA president

By JOE BRAUN
Assistant Editorial Editor

Believing the best candidate for
the job had not yet surfaced, Reed
Good, a communications senior, de-
cided he would step into the ring
turd run for Student Government
Association president.

Good said he decided to run be-
cause “we can make a difference
and we thought we had something
to contribute to SGA."

The theme for his campaign will
be “When Students Come First."
Student involvement and participa-
tion is what he wants his campaign
to be centered around, Good said.

"Students really are very unaware
of what SGA does — just as they
are unaware of many other student
oriented organizations. We will go
out and be very hands on,” he said.

The campaign will be “not so
much ‘you come to us’, but a much
greater emphasis on ‘we‘ll come to
you.‘ "

He has been involved in residence
life for three years, acting as an as-
sistant hall director at Kirwan Tow-

er for two years
and a resident
adviser. He also
GOOD has worked on
the Student Help Council.

He currently is not involved in
SGA, but he has been observing
procedures in the organization and
can be Ieamed easily.

“I don‘t think it will hinder our
campaign. In the past we have had
SGA presidents and vice presidents
who didn‘t have experience (in stu—
dent govemment)."

He said experience, for him, will
come from his involvement else-
where on campus.

Good has selected Mike Rafferty,
a zoology junior. as his vice-
presidential ninning mate.

Rafferty, who has been a resident
adviser for two years, said working

-with a variety of

students as an

RA enables him

to not only find a RAFFERTY
solution to students problems and
needs, but sympathize with them.

“I've been exposed to a lot of stu-
dents’ needs and wants, and I feel
working with their input we can
make a difference," he said.

Rafferty said despite the fact that
they cunently are not involved in
SGA. they will help not only the or-
ganization but also the whole cam-
pus.

“Because we‘re not currently in-
volved in SGA does not mean we
cannot give positive things back to
the campus." he said.

They said they hope to change
some of the negative attitudes that
exist surrounding SGA. Their inter-

action with students has revealed
most students don’t know very
much about the organization. they
said.

“Students are out in the cold
(about SGA)," Rafferty said. “The
only way they can realize the posi-
tive impact is if they take a pan in
their SGA —— that's what we're hop-
ing to do. We also want to educate
students as to what SGA is and
what it does."

The two also hope to eliminate
“both stereotypes and prejudices,
as well as designing programs to
maximize the potential that the di-
versity has to bring people together"
at UK, Good said.

He also is concerned about the re-
cently announced 5 percent Univer-
sity budget Cuts.

“It's going to be tough. We're go-
ing to have to come up with innova-
tivc approaches and new ways of
looking at things and doing things
to maximize the money we have,"
he said. ”It’s a constraint we‘re go~
ing to have to recognize and work

See SGA, Page 6

 

By JOHN KELLY
Assistant Sports Editor

The UK College of Arts and
Sciences faculty bestowed its
highest professional honor
upon Lou Swift this year and
he intends to honor them in re-
turn.

UK’s Dean of Undergradu-
ate Studies was awarded the
Distinguished Professor Award
for the 1991-92 school year
and, as pan of the honor, will
make a presentation tonight in
Recital Hall at the Otis A. Sin-
gletary Center for the Arts.

Swift’s presentation, entitled
“Ivory Towers in a land Grant
Setting," will trace nearly two
centuries of higher education
history, focusing on the devel-
opment of America‘s land
grant universities and how UK
fits into the picture.

 

Swift addresses changes
in land-grant universities

“I chose that because I want-
ed to wrestle with the idea that
we have a land grant institution
here as well as in the other
states, which has a very profes-
sional aim." Swift said. “That
is to say, to provide students
with training, expertise , skills,
outlooks and attitudes that will
equip them for employment af-
ter they graduate."

Swift's speech will outline
the basic miSSions of the first
land grant institutions and how
those missions developed in the
19th century.

Then, Swift said he plans to
use that background informa-
tion to discuss how well UK
fits into the mold - whether it is
achieving its mission or what
the university might change to
better accomplish those mis-

See SWIFT, Page 6

 

SPORTS

UK TODAY

 

 

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Story, Page 2.

 

Cool Cats lose first-round shocker to
George Mason, 7-6, in SCHA Tournament.

from 11:30 to 2 pm.

 

The UK community has a chance to cele-
brate ‘A Taste of Diversity,’ an international i
buffet featuring the continents of the world, i

Macabre.’
Review, Page 3.

King biography be-
fitting for ‘Master of

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Viewponnt .................. 4
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Cool Cats ousted by George Mason

Tournament

ends early

for SCHA
favorite UK

By DAVE LAVENDER
Staff Writer

The UK Cool Cats vs. Liberty
University.

it was supposed to be the match-
up of the year in the Southem (‘lub
Hockey Association 'l‘ourniunent in
Atlanta last weekend. UK. the No.
1 learn in Division 11 club hockey.
rolled into the SCHA toumament
12-0 in the conference arid easy
winners in as Western Division.

Behind the lightning-quick stick
of the S(‘llA‘s‘ leading scorer. Chad
Cooper. l'K outscored league oppo-
nents 83-17. (‘ooper led the league
with 47 points (23 goals and 24 as-
sists) in 10 grunes.

Liberty easily had swept the
S(‘llA‘s liasteni Division at 10-2.
The Baptist college in Lynchburg.
Va. played with all the fervor of
one of its founding fathers (Jerry
Falwell) sermons. outscoring its op-

ponents 88-24.

With the rest of the conference
mired in mediocrity. this showdown
in the conference toumament‘s final
game Sunday was inevitable.

Unfortunately for S(‘HA hockey
fans. it never happened. UK lost in
the first round to George Mason. 7-

UK. SCHA champions in 1990
and 1991, was pitted against 6-5-1
Mason, which finished third place
in the Eastern Division. Not exactly
a ice-hockey powerhouse, Cooper
and company skated through Mason
in the first period.

By the time the first-period
smoke cleared. (‘oopcr had a hat
trick and one assist to boot. Cooper
tied the game 1-1 on an unassisted
goal. Less than two minutes later
center Doug ()ppelt scored on an
assist by Jason Bennett. .lason
Smithwick was next in the firing
line. taking the pass from Cooper
and scoring a short-htutded goal.
Smithwick retumed the favor at the
4:54 mark. passing to Cooper. to
make it 4—1 Cool Cuts. After 21110111-
er George Mason goal. (‘ooper add—
ed an unassisted goal with 2:30 left
in the first period.

With the Eric Sanders. the
SCHA‘s top net-keeper (1.80 goals
against average) wearing the mask,
and UK holding a 5—2 lead. (ieorge

 

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increase annually.

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These sessions are scheduled at

Thursday. February 27, 2-3:30 pm

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BUDGET

with Chancellor Robert Hemenway

By the end of the Spring. 1992 semester, the colleges and
support units of the Lexington Campus must reduce the
campus budget for 1992—93 by 5%. or $6.3 million. This
reduction is in addition to the 5% cut we received last fall,
which was non—recurring for 91—92 but recurring for 92—93.
'Ihe two recurring cuts of 5% mean, obviously. a total budget
reduction of 10% for next year and every year thereafter. A
reduction of this magnitude is very serious in that (1) 86% of
the Lexington Campus budget is allocated for personnel and

benefits and utilities which

There are various strategies for handling the cut, but all have
serious implications for the way we accomplish our mission.
President Wethington has stated. and 1 agree. that the highest
priority must be our academic programs followed by the
preservation of jobs and salaries to the extent possible. Within
these constraints. l seek your comments. questions, and

principles. which we will

explore at sessions open to everyone February 26—March 2.

a variety of times and locations

for your convenience, but feel free to attend any session.

My intention for these meetings is to avoid speeches. The
campus needs your ideas . and you deserve answers to your
questions. If we all are aware of our problems, our collective
power to solve them is expanded. 1 hope you can attend.

Q & A SESSIONS
Wednesday. February 26. 10:30noon Courtroom. 102 Law School
Wednesday. February 26. 2-2:30 pm 1 10 Classroom Bldg.

Auditorium, 158 Taylor
Education Bldg.

Seay Auditorium. Agr. North
102 Mining & Minerals Bldg.
Corner, Rose and Clifton

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Mason was done and ready to be
forked.

Well, almost. As if fate despised
another meeting of the two best
teams in the conference duking it
out for the championship. the UK
(‘ool Cats were victims of a second-
period jinx. in which George Mason
tallied three power-play goals.

After seven minutes of scoreless
skating to start the second period,
(ieorge Mason bombarded Sanders.
and eventually backup goalie (‘had
Rosenak from the blue-line for five
straight goals. The first three goals
were scored while the Cats were
short-handed. it was not until the
8:25 mark of the third period that
Nick Pelligrecn broke the UK scor-
ing jinx.

“We relaxed a little too much."
(‘ooper said. "Just a few lucky
goals. We got a few penalties at bad
times. that killed us. Just mental
mistakes."

“We might have been overlook-
ing them." Smithwick said. “1 don‘t
think that all of us were focused. 1
don‘t think we went down there to
play hockey. We cannot afford to
give up seven goals. Defensively.
we played good. they just had a
couple of goals from the blue-line."

Being used to eight- and lO-goal
victory margins against league op-
ponents could be blamed for the
Cat‘s complacency. But they have
only played one period of hockey in
three weeks. Because of cancella-
tions by Georgia, as well as the
Vanderbilt‘s forfeit because of Sat-

urday night‘s brawl. the last time
the Cool Cats skated a full game
was against the 669th ranked team
in the United States. the Lexington
Puckmeisters.

“That definitely could have been
a factor," Smithwick said of the
team‘s extended layoff. “We didn't
have on our game faces. But we just
have to keep going with it."

Although done with regular sea-
son and an early exit in the league
playoffs, the season. in a sense. is
just beginning as the Cool (Tats
have three games to prepare for the
National 'l‘oumament March 13-15.

The loss could be a sobering one
for the Cats. They lost the first
game of the season to top 10 ranked
111inois only to compile a 13-game
winning streak.

“Maybe we needed it.“ (‘ooper
said about the loss. “Everyone‘s
taking it pretty well. 1 think it will
help us out. Let's concenuate turd
never let it happen again."

“We can't exactly figure out what
went wrong," defensemzm Kris Ko-
can said still stunned by the defeat.
“We just ended up coming home
early."

The Cool Cats play 'l‘enncssce on
Friday in Knoxville zuid play host to
the Volunteers Saturday at Lexing-
ton Ice Center. Face-off time is
1 1:30 pm.

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KENNEL FILE PNOTO

Clyde Rudolph utilizes his foot speed on the football field and the
track. making him one of the few two-sport athletes at UK.

Rudolph using speed
for football and track

By SCOTT REYNOLDS
Contributing Writer

in the world of sports. one asset
is vital —- speed.

As Kevin Johnson. point guard
for the NBA‘s Phoenix Suns, said,
“You can't stop what you can‘t
catch."

Clyde Rudolph is one of those
athletes whose main “weapon" is
his speed.

The redshirt freshman came to
UK from Pensacola, 13121., on a foot«
ball scholarship. But the 5-l'oot-7.
167~pound tailback doesn‘t limit his
talent to one sport.

He also runs track during the
spring.

Rudolph — who ran high school
track for four years —— saw UK as a
chance to participate in both sports
and chose it over Florida and Ole
Miss.

“1 wanted to get out of Florida.“
Rudolph said. “1 came for football.
1 czune because Coach (Bill) Curry
was coming here. It’s a chance to
win the Southeastern Conference.

“And i wanted to see if 1 could
compete with sprinters on the colic-
giate level." he said. “1 also wanted

 

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Cultural exhibits
Continuous entertainment
Food from all continents

FEBRUARY 25

Festival, 11 a.m.-3 p.m.
Diversity on Display, 4-7 pm.
international Night, 7:30-9:30 pm.

FEBRUARY 26

Festival, 11 a.m.-2 p.m.

UK Student Center
Come join the fun!

 

to stay active :utd stay in shape for
football."

So far, UK seems to be reaping
the benefits of Rudolph‘s decision.

In both the 55-meter dash and the
ZOO-meter dash. Rudolph ranked in
the Top 10 in the SEC. He won sev-
eral events while running for UK's
track team, including the 200-meter
dash at Indiana University last year.

“Obviously. we have got a quali-
ty track athlete,“ said Don Weber,
UK‘s track coach.

“(‘lyde is greatly improved from
last year to this year.“ Weber said.
“1 think he can be one of the pre-
mier short sprinters in the SEC. and
the SEC is one of the best confer-
ences in America."

Although Rudolph‘s body has
gotten him where he is today. it is
his body that has slowed his devel-
opment. Last fall. (‘urry had pen-
ciled his name in as the stzuting tail—
back position. But just before the
season opener, Rudolph sprained
his ankle. When he returned. he
pulled a hamstring in the Cincinnati
football game.

“it was kind of frustrating." Ru-
dolph said. “They were not very se~
rious injuries. but they were both
nagging injuries."

“Anytime you achieve a starting
position and an injury takes it away.
it is hard to get back‘ said Rick
Rlioades, UK s offensive coordina-
tor. "When he came back, he was a
real shot in the arm for us."

 

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NOMINATIONS:
ACADEMIC OMBUD

You are invited to submit a nomination of a faculty member for the Office of Academic
Ombud to serve the University from July 1, 1992 to June 30, 1993.

According to University Senate Rules the person must be a tenured member of the faculty.
The person should be able to perform the functions of the Office with fairness, discretion,
and efficiency. The Office requires a person possessing unquestionable integrity. and a
resolute commitment to justice.

Nominations may be made by contacting Charles W. Byers, Chair, Academic Ombud
Search Commitee, Office 13, Dickey Hall, 0017, telephone 257-8796. Nominations must
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‘Stephen King Story’ shows the real Master of Macabre

By KERRY KARPEISKY-RYAN
Contributing Critic

The Stephen King Story: A Lit-
erary Profile

George Beahm

Andrews and McKeel. Universal
Press Syndicate ($16.95)

Since that day in early 1980 when
a friend mistakenly brought me a
copy of Night Shift by Stephen King
— an author I’d never heard of —
I‘ve been hooked. I read everything
by and about King I could get my
hands on.

What is strange is I don’t particu-
larly care for horror but with King's
talent for captivation. I have re-
mained fascinated all these years.

George Beahm’s The Stephen
King Story comes closer to showing
the real man behind the public per-
sona of the “Master of the Macabre"
than any of the numerous other
works about King.

Beahm’s book. a follow-up to his
The Stephen King Companion
(l989). is actually much more than
the literary profile claimed in its ti-
tle. Simultaneously a journey. direc-
tory, biography and tribute,
Beahm's work presents an analyti-
cal yet pleasantly COhCSlVC portrait
that is full of King quotes and in—
sights from childhood friends, teach-
ers. critics. biographers and influ-
ences.

It also contains artwork by re-
nowned King illustrator Kenny Ray
Linkous and 32 pages of must-see
photographs of King’s present and
childhood homes, his wife Tabitha,
his brother David. schools he attend-
ed. his office, his protesting the

Vietnam War and more.

Several pictures were taken ex-
clusively for Beahm to include in
this book and, for the ghoulishly-
curious Kingaholic. there is even a
photo of the trail that leads to the
real Pet Semetary.

In The Stephen King Story, the
pace in which the information is
delivered gives the reader a chance
to absorb all of the facts without
having to work at it. It flows more
like a good novel and would make
a perfect textbook on the subject of
King.

By using quotes from King at
regular but non-intrusive intervals,
you get the feeling that Beahm is
exercising a lifelong passion and
wants to give serious King fans
something they can really sink
their teeth into.

Everything from how King nego-
tiated his book deals before realiz-
ing he had “a fool for an agent" to
some of the finer psychological as-
pects of King’s struggle from liter-
ary obscurity to his status as “Best-
sellasaurus Rex" is included.

Beahm accomplishes this handi-
ly by thting the dry details where
they belong —— in the back of the
book.

There are two appendices. a se-
lected bibliography, a section of
notes, information on himself and
the book's contributors.

And, like a good book will do.
the hook is set when the reader first
nibbles the introduction by Michael
R. Collings and the very special
foreword by Chris Chesley. who
grew up with King.

If there is a shining focal point in

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Beahm's book. it is in revealing that
one. half-hidden key to King's suc-
cess that every other biographer. re-
viewer and critic seems unable to
grasp: his tremendous sense of hu-
mor.

Are all of King’s readers fans of
the horror genre? I think not.

How else could he establish. keep
and expand such a large audience of
non-horror traditionalists? Humor.
character development and pure sto-
ry-telling ability.

Disregarding the plots and story-
lines (which, when you think about
them. are sometimes funny enough
in themselves), all of his work is
laced with side-splitting yuks and
concrete characters that force the
reader to believe in them.

Regarding the comedy aspect, on
page 42 of The Stephen King Story.
Beahm cases into the subject of
King’s prolific sense of humor
when he muses about the author’s
college days at the University of
Maine at Orono:

“in the Jan. 15, I969. issue of
The Maine Campus King appeared
on the cover. A schoolmate of
King‘s. Frank Kadi, shot a riveting

photograph of him: long-haired.
wearing a leather jacket and wield-
ing a double-barreled shotgun
aimed at the reader. and with a de-
cidedly maniacal gleam in his eye.
King looked a lot like Charles Man—
son. The caption read: ‘STUDY
DAMMIT!’

“It showed a side of King that
most people suspected — a broad
sense of humor, the kind that was
necessary to offset the pressures of
January midterms."

And to emphasize his point fur-
ther, Beahm quotes King on page
203 as saying:

“I've been adapted to film a ri-
diculous number of times. and Rob
(Reiner) has done a couple of really
good adaptations that have, I think,
to do with two factors: Misery is a
short novel, and he did ‘Stand By
Me,’ which is based on ‘The Body'
from Dtyferent Seasons, which my
kids used to call Different Sneezes.
And the other factor is that Reiner
hasn't been afraid of the humor in-
volved.

“My theory has always been that
if you want to scare people. you
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is their most common action to that
feeling of mounting terror.”

By closing your eyes to the fright
while reading King, it is difficult
not to see a strong Mark Twain in-
fluence in much of his work. most
notably in “The Body."

It’s impossible to keep from
laughing with him at the Sharp Ce-
real Professor and visions of Cap-
tain Crunch gone bonkers (in C ujo).
and there is no way to hold back
when his main character, Mort Rai-
ney, a fiction writer. answers his
phone from the bathroom with his
pants at his ankles —— and then won-
ders if he has ever read about that
happening to someone in a fiction
story before (“Secret Garden, Secret
Window"). And how many of his
small town characters are reminis-
cent of a countrified Damon Run-
yon?

Beahm, no doubt. truly appre-
ciates the effect of King‘s wit on the

average reader. After all. there's
nothing scary in “The Revenge of
Lardass Hogan," that is unless
you're afraid of the grade school
cafeteria.

When it comes to weeding out
the false from the genuine. Beahm
shares something special with King
and obviously enjoys sharing his
knowledge with his readers.

For King’s “Faithful readers,"
The Stephen King Story really is not
one of those grabhold-of—your-coat
tails imitations. but a hold-to—your-
heart must.

This is the Real McCoy. and it
flushes out sweetly with Beahm’s
The Stephen King Companion. To-
gether, both works form an ironclad
omnibus on the life of America's
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De jure segregation ended at UK in I949 when Lyman T. Johnson
became the school’s first black student.

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