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Tuition schedules and the approval ()f college
bud ret recommendations for the next two years are
on t e agenda at today’s Kentucky Council on High-
er Education meeting.

The Council had invited the nine members of the
Board of Student Body Presidents to Frankfort for
an informational meeting on yesterday, but only
three members of the board, made up of Kentucky
college student government presidents, attended.

UK student Government Association President
Shea Chaney did not attend the meeting.

Because of a missed deadline, a conflict over engi—
neering and other higher education programs in
Paducah is also on the council's agenda today.

The council instructed the presidents of UK and
Murray State University last month to work togeth-
er on recommendations for addressing higher edu—
cation needs in Paducah.

Executive Director Gary Cox said the schools
were instructed to have a written agreement in the
council office by Thursday so it could be distributed
to council members and considered at a meeting
today. The universities failed to deliver.

Cox said because there is no agreement, the coun-
cil staff has not recommended funding for programs
in Paducah.

Administrators have held regular meetings to
draft a plan for UK, Murray State and Paducah
Community College to operate a higher education

“The Board of Student Body Presidents rarely center in Paducah, (30X said.

has more than four members at any of its meetings,”
Chaney said.

“We didn’t feel that this was that important
because there were no policy decisions being made.”

Council recommendations go to the governor,
who presents a budget proposal to the General
Assembly, which convenes in January.

UK had asked for about $1.5 million in each of

offering engineering degrees now to meet demands
for engineers in the region. They say offering
degrees in Paducah will help attract new and
expanded industries into the region.

Last year, UK presented a plan to offer engineer-
ing degrees at PCC through a cooperative effort
involving Murray State.

Murray officials proposed that instead of UK
offering degrees in Paducah, Murray State's curricu-
lum be expanded to include an accredited engineer—
ing program.

But the council has said UK, Murray and PCC
should cooperate to offer engineering degrees in
Paducah, and said the degree offering should be
expanded to include other similar four—year pro-
grams.

\Vhile some issues have been worked out, Cox
said the key issues that started the debate more than
two years ago apparently remain unresolved.

Among the sticking points are the level of
involvement of each school, and exactly where the
courses should be offered.

Cox said he didn't know what the council might

to accept new budget

\VASHING'I‘ON ~— The Clinton administra— '
tion refused yesterday to commit to a seven-year
balanced budget as the Republican price for avert-
ing the twin crises this week of a partial federal
shutdown and a halt to government borrowing.

In what amounted to a day of broadcast budget
bargaining, leaders swapped conditions for coin-
pletingr a pair of bills allowing the government to
continue borrowing and spending money, which

President Clinton has threatened to veto.

Federal spending authority
expires at midnight tonight and
failure to extend it will force nearly
half the federal work force to go
home tomorrow morning and cur—
tail government services. Borrow—
ing authority also lapses this week,
which could rattle financial mar—
kets.

Senate Majority Leader Bob

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Dole, R-Kan., went on ABC's “This \Veek With
David Brinkley" and said, “Ifthe president would
agree to a balanced budget in seven years, then we
could make very good progress" in completing the
bills.

White House chiefof staff Leon Panetta wasted
little time in turning them down.

“That cannot be part and parcel of an agree-
ment" on the two short~term bills, he declared on
CBS’ “Face the Nation," though he didn‘t rule out
discussing it as part of a long—range budget-balanc-
ing deal. Clinton would eliminate the deficit in
nine years, but has never definitively rejected a
seven—year goal.

The council’s Finance Committee will meet at
8:30 am. in Frankfort today to discuss tuition sched-
ules for 1996 through 1998.

do today but predicted that if the council staff is
instructed to draft an agreement, “I am sure that nei-
ther side will be happy."

the next two years to offer engineering courses at
PCC.
Proponents in Paducah say it is important to start

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\\':\SI TING’H )N ~ Nearly one in four people
arrested for weapons crimes are juveniles, and
weapons offenses are the fastest growing youth
crime, theJustice Department reported yesterday.
A study by the departiiient’s Bureau of Justice
Statistics found that juveniles accounted for 23
percent ofall weapons crime arrests in 1993, coin—
pared to 16 percent in 1974. Such juvenile arrests
more than doubled, from less than 30,000-to more
than 61,000, between 1985 and 1993 while adult
arrests for these crimes grew by one-third.
Juvenile delinquency cases involving weapons
violations grew by 86 percent between 1988 and
1992, more than any other type ofjuvenile offense.
The weapons crime data track closely the surge
in violent youth crimes, which has been widely
reported during the last three years.
President Clinton said in a statement yesterday
that the statistics are “a chilling reminder” that

If attendance at UK’s Engineering Career Day
for High School Women is any indication, the num-
ber of women interested in a career typically domi—
nated by men is on the rise.

One hundred forty girls from about 25 counties
in Kentucky attended the career day Friday. Close to
20 teachers, parents and counselors also attended the
fair.

The day included lab demonstrations, slide shows
and discussions with women currently enrolled in
the engineering program as well as women graduates
who are presently working as engineers.

“I think we gave the girls both an overview of how
to adjust to college, what it’s going to take to adjust,
as well as a look at what the study of engineering
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engineering student who worked at the career day.
“They wanted to see college life and the engi-
neering program from our perspective." Sullivan

sadi.
“It was a lot of fun to do.”

This is the College of Engineering’s third career

day for high school women.

Attendance at the first two career days, both held
during the last school year, was well above 100 each

time.

In addition to the 140 girls who attended this
year, 65 more had to be turned away due to lack of

space, said Suzanne ScheFf, director of UK’s Women

in En "neering program.

“T is is a good way to reach the students — to

get them to the college campus, into the laboratories

and interacting with the female college students,”

Scheff said.

“I think what they like most is talking to the
ey can see how they balance

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them.”

family and career. That’s always interesting to

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UK College of En 'neering Dean Thomas W’.
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By Melanie McCoy
Staff Writer

Faculty Appreciation Week
1995, an opportunity for the
greeks at UK to show their thanks
to UK faculty and staff, will begin
today.

UK Panhellenic Council is
sponsoring Faculty Appreciation
\Veek 1995.

Meg Wiggins, a Delta Delta
Delta social sorority member, said
the week—long program was initi-
ated by Susan \Vest, Panhellenic
adviser.

Different events will be held
each day to show appreciation for
UK's faculty and staff. Ideas for
these events were created at Pan-
hellenic meetings.

“(Ideas) just kind of came out
from no where,” said Janice
Evans, Kappa Alpha Theta social
sorority junior.

The program begins today with
each sorority delivering trays of
treats, such as cookies, to each
academic department. Each soror-
ity will bring four trays to their
respective departments.

Also tonight, sororities will
invite their favorite faculty mem-
ber to dinner at their sorority
houses. Wiggins, the chairwoman

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of the committee organizing this
event, said individual sororities
may invite more than one faculty
member to their dinner.

In many cases, the number of
faculty members invited will be
determined by the dining space of
the sorority houses.

Other events today include
sorority members making and
hanging posters and banners in
Patterson Office 'Tower. They
also will distribute bookmarks to
show appreciation to UK Teach-
ing Assistants.

Faculty Appreciation Week
will continue Tuesday with a side-
walk blitz in which sororities will
be responsible for decorating side-
walks. Areas that will be decorated
include the Patterson Drive side—
walk and the mall between the
Enoch J. Grehan Journalism
Building and McVey Hall.

Sorority members will hand
out paper apples to their profes—
sors in class on Tuesday. These
ap les will then be retumed to the
of cc of greek affairs on Thurs-
day. A drawing will be held on
Thursday and prizes will be given
to those professors and sorority
members whose apples are drawn.

“I think (this event) will really
stand out. It will be hard not to

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notice, and every faculty member
will know that we do appreciate
them," said Wendy Hyland, chair—
man of the the committee orga-
nizing this event, and Alpha Delta
Pi social sorority member.

Girls from each sorority will
wash faculty car windows on
tomorrow to show their apprecia—
tion to them. All also have been
asked to participate in the Big
Blue Crush on tomorrow.

“(The Big Blue Crush) is a way
for all greeks to get involved,"
Hyland said. Sorority members
may ask faculty and staff to donate
blood in the Big Blue Crush in the
name of their sorority. Their
donations will then count toward
the contest being held between all
fraternities and sororities for the
highest percentage of donation.

Part of the events during
Teacher Appreciation Week 1995
are the Panhellenic Council
involvement with The Lexington
Herald-Leaders' Storybook
Christmas, in which books are
gathered and donated to young
children in the Lexington Com—
munity. Each sorority member is
asked to donate a certain number
of books and to donate them in
the name of their favorite faculty
member.

llli honors lellows at
annual society dinner

By Charles Cooper
Staff lVriter

UK held its annual Fellows Society dinner at
Rupp Arena Friday. It was a black-tie event to
recognize and honor friends and alumni who
have contributed $10,000 or more to UK.

“This is another great night for the Universi-
ty of Kentucky, a night when we introduce new
fellows,” said UK President Charles \Vething-
ton.

“Their support for the University of Ken-
tuck is extremely important to us and that
number just keeps growing. The people who are
interested in the University of Kentucky who
give their time, effort and their money are really
important to us and we're delighted to have
them.”

Of the 229 people who contributed in the
past year, about 126 of them turned out. It was
estimated that a total of 720 people attended the
event.

“There are about 126 (new fellows) here
tonight to be honored and we’ll introduce each
one of them,” said Rex Bailey, officer for the UK
Development Council.

The first-year fellows are allowed to attend as
guests of the Universit . However, everybody
else who attends, including contributors of the
past, must pay to get into the event.

The UK Fellows pro ram consist of 5,733
people who have donate more than $111 mil‘

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juvenile violence is the country's top crime prob-
leiii.

Teen—age violence, particularly with guns, has
been rising steadily since 1985, even as the number
of teen—agers declined. During the next 20 years,
the age 14— 1 7 group is expected to grow.

Security knew of Benin assasination

TEL AVIV, Israel — In the latest evidence of a
stunning intelligence failure, the Shin Bet security
agency acknowledged yesterday that it had advance
information about the assassin of Prime Minister
Yitzhak Rabin.

In a highly unusual move, the secretive Shin Bet
sent a fax to Israel’s Army radio saying that author—
ities were told of an assassination plot in June by a
friend of Yigal Amir, who confessed to gunning
down Rabin after the Nov. 4 peace rally.

The agency acknowledged that a friend of
Amir's, Shlomo Halevy, provided authorities with
an accurate description of the assassin after being
told of plans to kill Rabin by a mutual friend.

Security sources said on condition of anonymity
that Halevy's information was turned over to the
Shin Bet, but after a superficial check, the agency
decided to ignore it.

Serbs agree to give up holding:

ERDUT, Croatia ~A Rebel Serbs agreed yester-
day to submit the last of their holdings in Croatia
to government authority, resolvin I a dispute that
threatened to derail [LS—led tal s in Ohio on
peace for the Balkans.

“This is a historic signing," U.S. Ambassador
Peter Galbraith said. “For the first time in this
conflict an issue has been solved by a signature and
not by a bullet."

The agreement, si ned in this Serb-held town
in eastern Croatia an witnessed by Galbraith and
chief U.N. envoy Thorvald Stoltenberg, also avert-
ed the imminent threat ofmore fighting.

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O'Graly ms surprise at ceremony
COLUMBIA, SC. — Scott O'Grady expected

a Veterans Day salute. He also got a surprise per-
sonal salute from some favorite Marines.

The downed fighter pilot who became a hero by
displa in his survival skills in the Bosnian woods
took the field at halftime of the Florida—South Car-
olina football game Saturday.

Suddenly, eight of his Marine rescuers walked
out for a public reunion orchestrated by school and
Marine Corps officials.

“This was great,” shouted Sgt. Glenn Kirst after ' ,3
he and his buddies were reunited with the Air '

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