Vol. LXXI, No. 61 Friday, November 10. I918 ‘yDAVlD AVNARR [Kernel so Dark shadows The days are ending sooner but for most students the nights are longer with the semester now well on the way to an end. A student headed for home yesterday after spending the day on campus. Anderson Hall’s passageway is a great place for protecting bikes from unexpected fall rain. The Homecoming spirit By DALE MORTON Staff Writer Homecoming was intended for the good ol‘ grad to return to the alma mater for a weekend of parties. old friends and a good college football game. Homecoming at UK may be a misnomer .lay Brumfield. UK director of . Alumni Affairs. said the association does very little for its Homecoming visitors. "There are approximately 70.000 alumni on our records.“ BrumfieId said. “Of those. there will probably be less than 20 percent. if that many. returning for Homecoming. “We have a brunch Saturday morning at the Student Center.“ ———toclayL - Brumfield said. “We use this as our annual meeting. There is nothing solely for the alumni.“ - UK alumni would not recognize Homecoming festivities offered at a smaller school. Rose Hulman Institute of Technology, in Terre Haute. Ind. has about l.200 students enrolled in its primarily engineering program. There are no athletics scholarships. and no hopes for a post-season bowl game at Rose Hulman. but its athletic program is still well supported by students. both past and present. Rose Hulman‘s first Homecoming was held in 1885 (UK‘s was in I920) with a class consisting of three members. Homecoming activities start in KENTUCKY 21 University of Kentucky Lesington. Kentucky UK ’s new nursing program greeted with mixed support b y college members By MARY ANN BUCHART Copy Editor Although nursing students dont appear pleased with the College of Nursing‘s new two-year program. Dean Marion McKenna said she~ expects it to work out “fairly well.“ The College of Nursing began a baccalaureate program this fall after discontinuing its four~year nursing program two years ago. Formerly, students entered the nursing program as freshmen and after four years graduated with a bachelor degree in nursing as well as being prepared for the testing to be a registered nurse. Under the baccalaureate program students must complete at least 64 credit hours and must be a registered nurse before being accepted. “This program is designed for registered nurses who want to become professionals.“ McKenna said. Although people don‘t like the terms. a registered nurse is not really a professional. she said. The difference between a registered nurse and a professional is education. Registered nurses are those who have passed the state boards and attended a two-year program. or not attended enough school to have their bachelor‘s degree. A professional nurse has completed at least four years and received a baccalaureate degree. McKenna said the program change was made for several reasons. “One. there is a need in Kentucky for preparing nurses for specialized areas that were not previously covered in our courses. For example. the students never received experience in primary care settings." she said. “As far as I know. no academic institutions offer intensive care settings. “Two. the Council on Higher Education‘s study on nursing found that nursing students‘ career opportunities need'to be improved. And we felt that we had the resources to study this and improve on it." she said. All of the faculty members have at least a master's degree. and McKenna said she believes they can switch over to this new program with few problems. Includes more middle class families Bill helps UK students cut their college costs By GIL LAWSON Staff Writer Eligibility for federal grants has been extended to about 800 UK students. A recent bill extends the family income ceiling of college students for_ Basic Educational Opportunity Grants eligbility. President Carter is expected to sign the bill. BEOG currently applies to students whose family income is $l5.000 a year or less. The Middle Income Student Assistance Act of I978 will raise the maximum income level to 525.000. James lngle. financial aid director. said approximately 2.400 students now receive'aid through the EEOC. The new law will make federal aid available to nearly 3,200 UK students, Terre Haute Wednesday night with a dinner for the graduating class of 50 years ago. The following night is another dinner for members of the Fifty-Plus alumni club. And then there‘s Friday‘s annual golf tournament and a series of continuing education lectures to keep graduates posted on new information and techniques. Kent Harris. information director for Rose Hulman. said as many as 80 percent of that club returns for the Homecoming activities. Friday night begins the real preparation for the football weekend. In addition to the pep rally. a bonfire is built.‘: possibly the second oldest Homecoming tradition on campus. Back in the l920‘s when it was lngle estimated. “Most students with family incomes under 325.000 should be eligible." lngle said. But he added that other family assets such as stocks and bonds have to be taken into consideration before the student can get aid. lngle said students now getting aid' through the EEOC will probably not get additional aid. Students can get as much as $1.600 in aid through the BEOG. lngle said this might go up to $1.800 if Congress appropriates more money for the grant program. “We‘ve analyzed their need and met their need.“ lngle said. He added grants cannot ext:eed more than half the cost of attending school. lngle said the average grant to students living on campus is $l.288 fashionable to wear coon skin coats. some freshmen went to an abandoned railbed that had been “derailed.” collected the ties. and brought them back to build a fire. An outhouse topped the blazing pile. Harris said the tradition was to see which way the outhouse fell. If it dropped into the fire. freshman could shed their beanies. (Until I969 benies ‘ were required to be worn by freshmen ‘ to signify they were freshmen.) If. however. the outhouse fell outside the fire. the freshmen had to wear their beanies for another six weeks. Size has become the fire‘s focal point. Originally the plan was to add - one tie to the fire every year. but because of the possible dangers the fire She said she sees this first year as a time of stress because transition to the new program is difficult. HOWever. she added that the faculty are now working with a different kind of student; one who is generally older. knows the basics. is usually working part time. “lt'sjust too soon to tell how the program will work.“ she said. “But. I think we can make it.“ One student in the new program‘s first class. who asked to remain unidentified. said she is dissatisfied with the new program and knows that the majority of students agree with her. “I know there are a lot of things that need to be ironed out. but there are a lot ofthings I don‘t like. For example. some courses are self-taught.“ she said. “This one I have is especially hard and the administration is beginning to give us study guides and help because we‘re all having such a hard time. “I also have a lab that doesn‘t correlate with the lectures, and some of my courses overlap in material.“she added. She is working part time and attending school full time so she'll be while students living off campus average $l.038. Most students receiving aid can combine grants. . loans and work study aid. lngle said. The new bill also removes a $25,000 ceiling on federally insured loan programs. which makes loans available to any student. regardless of family income. The government pays the interest on ‘ loans during the period the student is in school and nine months after graduation. The student is then responsible for paying back the loan and resuming interest payments. Congress also allocated $500 million to college work-study programs. lngle said UK applies for work-study funding each year. UK gets $650,000 for work-study programs and lngle said he has' Small college has big alumni turnout ' for long weekend of school traditions is only allowed to be 66 ties high. “There is a lot of physical labor involved " Harris said. “There is between 60 and 90 tons of material.“ This year ’5 fire was the largest ever, with l,500 railroad ties that burned for a record 5| . minutes before the outhouse fell. Harris said. “It is the biggest (bonfire) in the world. certified by the Guiness Book of World Records.” The longest tradition at Rose Holman is Rosie. the school‘s mascot and a 75-year-old pink elephant. Rosie was adopted as a mascot when several Rose Hulman students. on their way back to campus. saw the elephant on top of a store. They took the elephant down and brought it back to campus. finished in two years. “I am under a lot of stress because I work. which most everyone does. but we have to.“ She said she did think the faculty seemed qualified to teach the material they were covering. "They offer us a lot of consolation. they keep telling us we'll make it.“ she said. “We have our doubts. especially those of us who have been out of school for several years." Another student. who wished to remain anonymous. is a senior in the final class under the old four-year program. She also said she hasn‘t heard many good comments about the transition. “I didn‘t think they should change it (the program) in the first place. because there aren‘t enough good four-year programs as it is now. and if a student goes two years one place and has to switch schools. I think they'll be more likely to quit." There are four good state programs offering the four-year baccalaureate program. McKenna said. She said there are plenty ofcommunity colleges that offer the two-year program. requested $800. 000 for I979-80. UK matches the federal funding. one dollar for every four federal dollars. bringing the total for next year to over SI million. The middle income bill passed easily. but was held up with a tax- credit provision. Carter had opposed the tax-credit provision. saying it was too expensive. and threatened to veto the entire legislation. With the veto threat. Congress dropped the tax-credit measure and approved the middle income bill. lngle said the legislation will benefit more students with families in the middle income bracket. “They will get more dollars in terms of aid compared to the benefit of tax reductions." he said. Today the elephant Is watched over carefully by the freshman who build it. They are responsible for keeping it safe until Homecoming. as it is traditional for the sophomores to try and destroy It. The school does not attempt to make any money off these events. Harris said. “In fact it(the school) loses more than $500.“ Homecoming parades and house displays cost too much money according to Harris. “We feel that the money can be used by organizations to throw parties. “Homecoming is for the adults." Harris said. “A lot of people use Homecoming as a family reunion. There are a lot of family ties." state THE PRESIDENTS OF FIVE 0F KENTUCKY'S STATE SUPPORTED REGIONAL UNIVERSITIES agreed yesterday that the Council of Higher Education should not be given any more power. They received some support from members of the legislative subcommittee that they testified before. "I believe that we have now reached the point where consideration needs to be given to local autonomy and the prerogativces of the local boards in directing the institutions." said Dero Downing. president of Western Keltucky University. There is a danger in excessive decision making in a centralized body.“added Constantine Curtis. president of Murray State University. The presidents then cited problems with maintaining competitive faculty and staff salaries along with proper maintenance of buildings and equipment. A LEGISLATIVE SUICOMMITTEE said yesterday that state reclamations inspectors should not be given authority to shut down strip-mining operations found in violation of federal law. The subcommittee on surface mining of the Interim Joint Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources rejected the arguement that Kentucky law should mirror the federal ‘strip mine act by allowing the state Department for Natural Resources and Environmental Protection — or its reclamation inspectors —— to issue cessation orders. nation TOWNSPEOPLE OF STOCKIRIDGE. MASSACHU- SETTS who had posed for Norman Rockwell expressed their sentiments for the artist who died Wednesday at his home in the Berkshire Mountains. “I’m verysad.“said Many Salvation. a thirty~two year old -Insurance agent who had posed for Rockwell while in grammar school. “He was a lot of fun...he made ybu try to understand what he was trying to paint.” Stockbridge Police Chief William J. Obanhein appeared in. several of Rockwell's illustrations. including one of President Kennedy‘s inauguraton. “He was just a regular guy who lived down the street and loved kids." he said. Private funeral services will be held Saturday in St. Paul‘s Episcopal Church in Stockbridge. PRESIDENT CARTER. COMING DOWN ON EGYPT‘S SIDE OF A DISPUTE. said yesterday a peace treaty between the two countries should be linked directly to future negotiations for an overall Mideast settlement. He then stressed that the ultimate decision is up to Egypt and Israel. Israeli negotators said on Wednesday that they want the link. in the treaty‘s preamble. deleted. The dispute has snagged progress toward completing the negotiations and wrapping up the agreement. The president say! that Egypt and Israel agreed at Camp David in September to deal with 'a solution” for the West hnk of the Jordan River and the Gaze Strip as well as peace between them. world A TERRORIST ASSASSINATION SQUAD shot and killed a district attorney and his two bodyguards yesterday in Frosinone. Italy. raking their car with submachine gun fire in the bloodiest strike since the kidnap and shooting of former Premier Aldo Moro. A caller told a Milan. newspaper several hours later that the attack was the work of “Frontiine.” a leftist terrorist group that has claimed responsibility for a number of 'killings and bombings. Police said they had no way of establishing whether the all actually was from the terrorists. Nineteen persons have been killed in ambushes claimed by terrorist groups this year. They were all party officials or businessmen. weather IT‘S GOING TO IE ANOTHER IEALTTIFI'L FALL DAY today with highs in the upper 60s. For Homecoming. lit will be almost like summer ~~ sunny and temperature reaching the mid 70s.