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Vol. XClll, No. 21

Established 1894

University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky

Independent since 1 971

Thursday. September 7, 1989

 

Bush’s drug proposal
met with skepticism

By GENEVA COLLINS
Associated Press

President Bush's pledge to fight
drugs “block by block, child by
child" was a popular sound bite on
newscasts yesterday, but when
young people on one block were
asked if the war on drugs could be
won, most were pessimistic.

“It’s going to take a lot, because
it‘s not just the students, it‘s like
everybody, you know, policemen,
people like that, the big people,"
said Yolanda Brown, 17. Brown
was one of several students inter-
viewed yesterday outside T.C. Wil~
liams High School in Alexandria,
Va., about Bush’s speech Tuesday
night before.

The students' skepticism was
echoed by many of the rank-and-
file soldiers in the daily battle
against drugs — narcotics officers,
drug counselors and others who
said Bush's $7.9 billion drug pro-
gram was simply not enough.

Shane Berry, 17, another Wil—
liams student, was asked if he
agreed with Bush that people who
look the other way when drugs are
being used are also responsible for
the problem.

“You couldn‘t really say that, be-
cause you can‘t go telling on your
friends, especially if it‘s just some-
thing like pot or something.“ he
said. “But crack, and cocaine, or
heroin, I would tell on my friend,
because I know that could kill you
the first time."

In Philadelphia. Allen Dobson.

21, an admitted former drug deal-
er, watched the Bush speech with
his parents, Vera and William,
both recovering drug addicts.

“I know a lot of people don‘t
want to hear this, but it‘s too late
for a whole generation of us. The
bottom line is that we have wasted
lives, people from 17 to 25. Get the
babies and start talking to them
now.“

His mother disagreed, noting
that she was 35 when she got help
and has remained drug-free for 22
years.

Dobson said he quit selling drugs
three years ago and sometimes re~
grets the money and power he lost.
“It‘s hard for me to face the fact
that I'm broke."

The chairman of the Chicago
Housing Authority, Vince Lane,
said on "CBS This Morning" yes-
terday that the president had taken
an important step by throwing
down the gauntlet.

“I was surprised to hear that we
did get $50 million allocated to pub«
lic housing,“ he said. “With about
$30 million here in Chicago I can
clean up every troubled high rise in
the city. So the money will be very
much appreciated, "

While law enforcement officials
said more money was needed to
bust drug dealers and keep them
behind bars, volunteers in treat~
ment centers said dollars spent on
breaking the addiction would be
more effective in the long run in
solving the drug problem.

 

UK, city
react to
Bush plan

By GREGORY A. HALL
Contributing Writer

Although much of Presi~
dent Bush’s speech Tuesday
night was directed at stop-
ping the inner-city American
drug dealers and kingpins of
South America, the president
also promised to get tough
with drug use at America’s
colleges.

“Every school, college and
university — and every work-
place —must adopt tough but
fair policies about drug use
by students and employees,"
Bush said. “Those that will
not adopt such policies will
not get federal funds. Peri-
od."

UK is “ahead of the game“
in implementing effective
drug~prevention programs,
according to David Stock-
ham, UK director of financial
aid.

“To my knowledge we are

See COMMUNITY, Back page

 

 

 

 

Drug plan could help officials
reduce flow of drugs into Kentucky

Associated Press

President Bush‘s comprehensive
antidrug strategy could give au-
thorities more ammunition in their
fight against drug infiltration into
Kentucky. a narcotics officer says.

Bush‘s proposal for tougher pe-
nalties for drug kingpins might re-
sult in fewer drugs being trans-
ported on interstate highways in
Kentucky, said Sgt. Greg Howard
of the Lexington police depart-
ment’s narcotics division.

An increased number of jails. an-
other component of Bush‘s propo-
sal unveiled Tuesday, could help
ease police frustrations, he said.

“We‘re arresting the same peo-
ple again and again because

there‘s no place to put them."
Howard said,

Although the state has become a
crossroads for drug smugglers be-
cause of its location. Kentucky
seems to have escaped a large in-
flux of crack thus far. Howard
said.

The drug, a powerful form of co-
caine that is smoked. has led to ad-
diction and street violence in many
parts of the country as dealers
fight for control of the lucrative
market and users struggle to sup;
port their habit.

“There‘s some here. but it‘s not
in the magnitude of some of the
large cities. or even smaller cit~
ies.“ Howard said.

People appear to be using more

drugs and are more likely to be
usmg cocaine in its less pure pow
dered form. which lids meant more
burglaries and thefts to pay for
drugs. he said.

Maj. Thomas Hakestraw who
heads the Kentucky State Police
drug enforcement-special investi
gations unit. said use of both mart
juana and cocaine appeared to
have leveled off in the state

However. Rakestraw said iiiari
iuana use is widespread.

Amphetamines and other synthe
tic drugs produced in underground
laboratories seem to be increasing.
he said. And the government needs
to do more to stop cocaine from
coming into the country

Campus skeptical about chances
of winning the ‘war on drugs’

By ELIZABETH HAMMOND
Staff Writer

Many on campus interviewed
yesterday were skeptical that Pres-
ident Bush's proposal to win the
war on drugs will be successful.

President Bush outlined his $7.9
billion drug program that includes
stricter penalties for drug users
and suppliers, and more funds for
prisons, treatment programs, drug
prevention and educaton.

“The problem with our prison
system is that it deals with the
punishment and not the rehabilita-
tion,“ said UK student Chris Kim-
merly. “I think that the drug prob-
lem begins with the mentality of
children in elementary school.“

‘Mountain’

By ROBYN WALTERS
Contributing Writer

Four area charities who help the
homeless will receive proceeds
from a major fund-raising project.

The Troubadour Project will fea-
ture a walk-a-thon and a special
theme song, Michael Johnathon,

Div 6.530115

()ther students also said part of
the answer of solving the drug
problem is education].

“The drug problem needs to be
confronted with education and that
education needs to start at an early
age. as early as fifth or sixth
grade.“ said Erin Mact‘racken. an
Arts & Sciences sophomore.

Freshman William Meece said:
“I like the idea. personally. Be-
cause if we‘re gonna have a ‘drug
war.‘ we might as well do it se-
riously.“

()ther students responded differ-
ently to Bush‘s program.

Education sophomore Susan
Quinn said: “One nuclear sub can
blow up the whole world. America
has 32. Also one out of four under

the age of ti years old live in pow
erty. (treat. he‘s spending money
on the drug problem I ,iust don't
think it will work. "

Many students said they
public~serv1ce campaigns
stress educat ion.

that
should

"I think little Mrs, Nancy Itea~
gan‘s ‘Just Say .\'0‘ campaign is
too Simplistic in it‘s premise. She is
50 elevated from the problem that
she can‘t really understand it "
freshman Teena Mart said. ‘I’or
the national drug program to work.
we need to be concerned with help
services and not punishment serv-
ices. And as for public commer-
cials. we need to be more realistic
and less fried eggs. "

at Keeneland

By I’ \HEI..\ \Ile‘llElJ,
Staff Writer

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Those are the words Laura

 

Schneider has longed to hear

1""1' sh“ bought her first tl-or
oughhri-d weanling last year
those words finally will reach
her ears w hen her yearling filly
sells at the l-‘zisig-’l‘ipton year
ling sales at Keeneland tomor-
row

Schneider. .‘l ("K iournalsm iir
nior. has worked with thorough-
tireds .ill her life and has
dreamed of getting into the bUSlr
ness with horses of her own To
get llt't‘ i’oot iii the door. she has
begun by 'pinholing” weanl-
iiigs. where a buyer purchases :1
volt or tilly that has promising
bloodlines and raises it to sell in
the yearling sales the next fall.
hopefully fora swableprofit,

Schneider describes pinholing
as “taking tin ugly duckling
weanling and turning it into a
swan yearling ” She said it‘s re-
warding to see the progress the
weanling makes over the year.
especially when the finished

Laura Schne .er shows her yearling to prospective buyers

Student sells first filly
and starts career early

MICHAEL MU -

 

product is a beautiful, strong.
potential winner

the Bit-y‘eai'old got involved
iii the Keeneland sales a num-
‘iier of years ago as a groom at
ier late grandmother‘s farm.
iakeview Farm in Frankfort
schneider said although she
likes working with the horses.
.‘llt’ wants to get into other as-
pects of the business where she
can use her writing talents

 

‘ I like the business aspect of
the gob I want to be a blood
stock agent. so I thought why
can't I put this rher Journalism
classes i to good use" " she said

Blood stock agents use their
knowledge about thoroughbred
bloodlines and history to select
potential winners :or buyers
who want to invest in the busi-
ness Its like being ti cons‘ingir
cr.” she said

The best thing about this Sop
tembers sale for Schneider is
she‘s "not iiist .1. groom in;
working as. an agent tor myself
and when other people \i ant to
see my horse i tiring it out. and
even it they don‘t want to see it.

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University
enrollment
up 6070 ,

sets record

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Student enrollment at (K in
creased .iliiiost ii percent this ycai.
setting .in tilltimc record based on
preliriiinnr; tigurcs I‘l‘lt'élst'fl ycs
terday

"I think the incrcasc is a get;
cral awareness of the importance
of higher education.” said Joseph
Fink. assistant vice chancellor tot
academic affairs on the Lexmgton
campus and director of admissions
"The tact that higher education
can be directly tied to economic
advantage for ones self is dlltllll
cr reason tor the increase tr. enroll
mcnt

The increase. which topped 38.000
student.s tor the entire Lniycrsity
system. was sparked by a ‘llllri
plus student growth in the [Enact
sity's H community colleges.

"'I‘hi- community colleges pro
\‘idc Ll \cry high tit-grew ot acr't-ssi
l,‘ M} to the c'llllt‘llr ot the slice.
l‘mk said "their course offerings
are oftentimes \cry ro-spoiitiing tv
iocalneeds ’

Allen I‘Idwards prt‘sldt‘ll’ oi Ln,
iiigtoii (‘onimunny college. sad:
there are several reasons viiroli
ment increased at com .
leges

"(me of the reasons is _;u.~t our
more Kentuckians are coming back
to college.” Edwards said
getting more students of all ages '

Enrollment at lK's comn‘rinit'
colleges increased 'l' lolw' lane":
college enrolls iiiori than ‘. 'W' s‘ 1
tlt‘nl.\

in . .i
l..'\ ' lit

‘ \‘vi rr

tiw'ensboro i‘ommiinity ”illegi-
experienced thc largest growth it.
the community college system u-u'h
a 2:3 percent increase our '
year‘s figures Lexmgton t'ot'iiii:ii
iiity' (‘ollege twat! lit
crease

l{:\

'iwii t‘v.

'l‘he lxwzington campus and llw
Medical (enter showed enrollment
gains of 1.2 percent Enrollmei't in
creased from 22.834 students LII
1988 to about "Jitoo students this
year

The number of graduate students
increased about _) percent from
4.036 students It‘ 1988 to 4333i) st;
dents this vcar
This years treshniaii on“ w
about than .‘Too podium . _g,..
tewer than last year's class
The class average .\t"l' store
was the some ,‘is last year
The national .‘ivcrngc is I“. Hut oi
t3 treshman sponsored by the \i
tional .\Ierit torporation. i.‘ are
.\lerit Scholars and three are spc
i‘lill scholars 'l'hc freshman class
includes no Kentucky high
school \ tiledictoriaiis

223

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Funding for drug strategy criticized

Associated Press

\VASIIING'II ).\‘ President
Bush said yesterday that skeptics
of his $7.9 billion drug war were
just "carping" and should "stop
i ritu .xing for partisan reasons

Democrats. meanwhile. said the
gotcrnment would have to raise
more revenue to mount an tilleout
fight against illegal drugs but con»
ceded it would be impossible to
enact ii tax increase for that pur
pose as long as Bush opposes it

Rep Dan ltostenkowski. l)-Ill.
chairman of the House Ways and

Means Committee. said. l'nless
the president supports the tax in
creases that will be necessary to
fight this war. the drug dealers are
going to win.”

Ilouse Speaker Thomas f'oley. I)
Wash . said. “Without the adiiiiiiis
tration‘s support. the idea oi “ills
ingtaxes is futile.”

Bush emphatically I't‘jt‘t'it‘il the
notion of higher taxes. liicry
time you make a proposal. he
said. “you have somebody .ltllllI) up
and say, ‘Raise taxes.‘ I am rot in
a mode to raise taxes ”

Less than 24 hours after declar-

project to raise money for area’s homeless y

the group‘s founder, announced at
a press conference yesterday at the
Community Kitchen.

All revenues from the sale of
"Mountain,“ a song Johnathon
wrote in response to the death of a
local homeless man, will go to
Community Kitchen, Child Abuse
Council, the local chapter of Hab-

itat for Humanity and the Women‘s
Center.

“The reason these four charities
were picked has to do with the the-
ory of homelessness that ‘Moun
tain’ is working on. . the bat»
tered woman and an abused child
who live in a house can feel just as
homeless as the man on the

“Casualties of War”

a powerful film.
Review, page 2.

street." said Johnathon. who
started the Troubadour Project in
I984 to use his mustc to help peo-
ple.

To draw attention to the project,
several radio stations and country
mustce Video stations have agreed
to air the song and information
how to purchase it.

soot“

i\ live—mile walk-a-thon from l‘I‘lr
angle Park to Lexington Mall also
has been scheduled on Sept. ill to
raise money for the project

“The success of our City is going
to depend on how well we address
the needs of the person who may

see PRUJII l. ”1th page

ing a new war on drugs. Bush and
his critics sparred from a distance

in speeches. on television shoyu
and meetings w ith the press

Asked about llemocrats' crit
icism that his pian is inadequately
funded and doesnt go tar enough.
Bush said. ‘Iy response l“.
they're wrong '

"It's a good plan. he said "lt
people would stop _iust criticizing
tor partisan reasons and get behind
the program. and then it there's
something additional we should do
then let's doit ' ‘

 

Correction

.\ story in yesterday’s Kerr
nel incorrectly reported the
amount given to [K by pri
vate donors last fiscal year
More than $222 million was
giycntothel'niversity

 

 

King Rex returning
to his kingdom.
Story, page 3.

 

 2 — Kentucky Kernel, Thursday. September 7.1989

DIVERSIONS

 

By ELIZABETH HAMMOND
Staff Critic
a t a

“If you can survive the ‘Nam.’
you’ll live forever," was a line
taken from a character who
didn‘t survive “Nam“ in Brian
De Palma‘s film “Casualities of
War." Well. my thoughts went
something like. “If I can survive
another Viet Nam war flick after
the bombardment we‘ve received
since ‘Platoon,‘ then I'll live for-
ever."

That. however. was not the
casein “(‘asualities of War."

De Palma chose to deal with
the morality, or rather the lack
of it. that often prevailed after
soldiers were confronted with the
many atrocities associated with
war.

Micheal J. Fox stars in his
most demanding role to date as

"cherry" of the squad.

 

Fox, Penn give strong performances
in De Palma’s evocative ‘Casualties’

FHUIO COURTESY OF COLUMBIA

the naive pfcl Eriksson. the Eriksson (Michael J. Fox) refuses to join Meserve (Sean Penn) in

his brutal treatment of a Vietnamese girl (Thuy Thu Le).

The movie showcases the
moral dilemma Eriksson goes
through after he witnesses his
fellow soldiers. led by Sgt. Me-
serve (Sean Penn). kidnap, rape
and murder an innocent Viet-
namese village woman.

The movie begins with Fox rid-
ing in a bus reflecting upon his
war days. He sees an Oriental
woman who spurs his memory of
the girl and the soldiers in his
unit, including Penn, who plays a
burned-out young soldier who
has been irrevocably hardened
by the war.

De Palma does a brilliant job
at that point of profiling Fox‘s
disgust with the other men and
inner contempt with himself for
doing nothing to help the girl.

In both of those films, De
Palma manages to bring conflict
to the surface.

“Casualties of War” is rated R
and is showing at North Park
and Crossroads cinemas.

 

 

MTV is still rocking after eight years

By JOHN HORN
Assoctated Press

LOS ANGELES — The 19805
burned through a lot of fads, but
MTV: Music Television has refused
to join the trendsetter trash heap.

Gr0wing stagnant. MTV and its
music-video format have been re—
vamped from t0p to bottom. and
have emerged on its eighth anni-
versary as one of television's more
robust and diverse enterprises.

In the wake of a two-year over-
haul spread across MTV and its
two affiliated channels — VH-l and
Nickelodeon-Nick at Nite — MTV
Networks now features a mix of
game shows. children‘s programs,
newscasts. dance shows. sitcom re-
runs and rap music.

MTV's archly irreverent “Re
mote Control" quiz show has be

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After losing about $50 million in
its first two years. MTV Network
now has a combined subscriber
base of 125 million viewers. MTV
says. and a growing following over—
seas.

All the same. MTV's evolution
has been clumsy at times, and the
future is dotted with challenges.
Even after a redesign, soft-rock
VII-1 still attracts meager audi‘
ences. And Nick at Nite has yet to
become more than a rest home for
old sitcoms.

In the coming months both MTV
and Home Box Office will intro-
duce allcomedy cable channels.

“We think a comedy channel is a
real logical next step for us.“ said
Tom Freston. MTV Networks
president and chief executive offi-

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will see only one ! comedy channel)
surviving.“

With HAl, as MTV‘s comedy
channel will be called, MTV will be
chasing the competition.

“I think that what we‘re doing is
unique and innovative and what
they‘re doing is already available
on other cable channels.“ said Dick
Beahrs, president of HBO‘s Come-
dy Channel.

The Comedy Channel. which de-
buts in November, will be com-
posed of brief comedy sketches
from movies and nightclub perfor-
mances. complemented by occa—
sional feature-length films and sit-
coms. HAY, using longer‘form
program packages. premieres
April 1.

MTV’s other channels continue to
be reworked. VH-l. now 4 years

old, faces perhaps the most diffi-
cult battle.

Preston labels VH-l “a work in
progress." A few cable operators
have called it something else: un-
necessary.

When the Consumer News and
Business Channel began in April,
several cable systems bumped VH-
1 to make room at a cost of nearly
a million subscribers, according to
CNBC.

“It was a repository for every-
thing MTV didn't want to play,“
Freston said. “And it still has a
way to go.”

VH—l these days offers a blend of
artists such as Enya, Fine Young
Cannibals, 10.000 Maniacs and Edie
Brickell & New Bohemians. Gone
for good, VH-l promises, are Julio
Iglesias and Neil Diamond.

 

 

The Guitar Society Of Lexingto
Central KY '

Presents In Concert

ANDERSON-MCLELLAN
DUO

”absolutely first rate, all around technical mastery, beautiful
interpretations, and a really well-chosen variety of excellent and
unhackneyed music ” (Guitar International magazine)

Saturday, September 9, 1989
8 RM.

Singletary Center for the Arts — Recital Hall
General Admission $8

Tickets are available at the Singletary Center for the Arts Box
Office (MC or Visa accepted) or at Fred Moore Music. For more
information, call 257-4929, 231-0497 or 276-4733.

The Society gratefully acknowledges support for this series from the
Lexington Arts and Cultural Council, the Kentucky Arts Council with
funds from the National Endowment for the Arts.

 

 

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Members are students with special training advised by professionals in
the Counseling and Testing Center and the Dean ot Students Office.
The Peer Assistance Leaders Program is available to serve all
university students and to help make collegiate life as rewarding a

positive as possible.

WANT TO BE A PAL?

if you would like to be a PAL for your student organization or would like
more information about the program contact the Health Education
Office at 257-6600. Deadline for applications is Sept. 13 and

enrollment is limited.
Pick up applications POT 516.

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Arts Editor

Nelson is unrelenting

By MICHAEL L. JONES
Editorial Editor

RELENTlJ-ZSS
a

What do you do when you‘re a
psychopath. but they won‘t let you
on the police force? You become a
serial killer who only murders peo-
ple whose last names begin with T,
or at least that's what the people
who made Relentless think.

Personally. I would become a
dentist. Or at least a mortician (re-
member Phantasm'.’ ).

Mike Taylor. father of super-kill-
er Arthur ”Buck" Taylor (Judd
Nelson). had better plans for his
son. You see. Mike was a cop that
made Dirty Harry look like Don
Knotts.

But the city of Los Angeles was
not impressed, and they decided
that he is more dangerous than the
killer and let him go. Hey, haven‘t
they ever seen The Dead Pool '.’

So Mike. real guy that he is.
starts to train his son to be a super-
cop. Talk about strange father-son
relationships, what would Freud
think of a man who smacks his 5~
year-old son for missing a target
on a shooting range?

If you think that is weird. just
wait until you see the part where
Mike is shooting live ammunition
as 12-year-old Buck runs through
an obstacle course.

No wonder Buck is bonkers. But
like the movie ads say: “Killers
aren't born. They‘re made.“ And
good ‘ole Mike made a “relent-
less." but polite. one.

You see, Buck is bummed out be
cause the police academy won‘t
take him. for psychological reasons
(imagine that). So he tears a page
from his phone book, circles a
name and kills that person. Leav-
ing behind the torn page with a
message on it.

Worse yet, he lets his victims
take part in their own death. For
example, while he strangles a
woman with piano wire he says.
“Here you do it." and puts it in her

hands. After she is dead he asks,
“Isn’t that better?“

Judd Nelson does a good job in
this dud movie playing a very non-
Judd Nelson role. If he and Robert
Loggia (of “Big“ fame). who plays
an older cop and friend of Mike
Taylor's. weren‘t the only ones
with any talent in the film, it might
have even worked.

But the direction stinks! The cin-
ematography stinks! The guy who
plays the young cop. who I suppose
is the hero. stinks!

Of course, the good cop, who has
come to Los Angeles from New
York City (where else?), helped
catch the Son of Sam. Too bad he
didn‘t die in the process.

The scenes are so short I thought
it was television. This is a definite
“Drive-in Theater" candidate.

Sometimes I wonder if anyone
told Nelson that he was supposed to
be a smooth. confident killer as the
police psychologist describes him.
Nelson plays a shy. half—retarded
introvert, who at least one girl in
the audience said that she felt as if
she wanted to take care of him.
Talk about ineffective casting.
They never figured on the dreaded
Judd Nelson effect.

If someone like David Lynch,
someone with talent. had gotten a
hold of this story it could have been
a classic. When Nelson killed the
woman with the piano wire I was
waiting for him to do something
morbid, like kiss her.

You can't even depend on this
movie to gross you out!

It's just too boring for my
money, and thank God I didn‘t
spend any on this turkey. I‘d rather
rent a copy of I Spit On Your
Grave or the classic Pink Flaming-
as for $2 than spend $6 on this crap.

Judd Nelson is not relentless in
the film. He is wasted.

“Relentless" is rated R and is
showing at South Park and North
Park cinemas.

GOLDEN GLOBE NOMINATIONS
BEST PICTURE ‘ I “l ‘

“ONEOFTHEGREATONES,

Poignant. profound and powerful. It’s awesome."
- Joel Slept. GWD MORNING AMERICA/AX-TV

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Tomorrow—Saturday
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Sunday,
September 10

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Mark McMasters

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words only your
heart can hear.

...words of failure
& forgiveness.
...words of acceptance
& a fresh start.

9:30 am. College
._ Bible Study
..1 1 :00 am. Worship
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Noon College
Lunch
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By CHRIS HARVEY
Senior Staff Writer

“God has purpose and reason
for everything," Massie said.

The next year Curci gave Mas-
sey another shot at playing.

Massie went on to lead the
Cats in receiving that year as he
caught 29 passes for 448 yards, a
UKrecord.

After Curci's contract was not
renewed in wax, Massie played
his final two seasons for Jerry
Claiborne.

“Coach Claiborne gave me a
opportunity to grow off the
field," Massie said. “He taught
me a lot of things off the field. "

After graduating from UK in
1983 with a degree in business
education, Massie set his sights
on professional football.

He was not drafted by an NFL
team, but he finally landed a
spot on the Denver Broncos,
where he played in 1987 and 1988.

While with the Broncos, Massie
participated in the 1987 Super
Bowl.

But then Massie learned that
he had a fear of flying. He hated
to ride in airplanes.

“I had never had trouble with
flying until last year on the
(team‘s) trip to Kansas City.“ he
said. “The next week, when we
were to go to San Diego. I
couldn't get on the plane. "

For every good thing that has
happened to former UK receiver
Rick Massie, something bad has
happened to taint it.

But for all his hardships
through his life. one reward is
given to him for his efforts and
contributions to the Southeastern
Conference and UK.

Just recently Massie was hon-
ored for his courage and perse-
verence when he was named
winner of Maxwell House's SEC
spirit award given to alumni. A
winner was selected from all 10
SEC schools and Massie was
named for UK.

Massie received the award be-
cause of his ability to handle two
terrible situations to come up
during his football career: the
death of his brother and his fear
of flying.

At the beginning of his career
as a Wildcat in 1980, the Paris,
Ky.. native was eager to wear a
UK football uniform. He was to
be a walk-on for then~UK coach
Fran Curci‘s team, but the death
of his younger brother dampened
his spirit.

Massie was crushed by his by
his brother's death, but soon put

his pain in perspective through Massie knew he had to receive

Massie trying to overcome

By BARRY REEVES
, Sports Editor
overcome his fear of flying and
play in the NFL again.

“I'm now seeing a therapist
once a week," he said. “We try
to dig deep to find out what in-
side me is causing this prob
lem."

Former UK basketball star Rex
Chapman will be running the floor
of Rupp Arena again.

Chapman and his new team. the
Charlotte Hornets of the NBA. will
play an exhibition game against

Massey said the Bronco’s man- the Minnesota Timberwolves. an
agement has been helpful. expansion team, at Rupp Arena on
“They have been totally sup- ()ct.24.
portive of my situation,“ Massie u] am very

said. ”They’re like brothers to
me.”

Even if Massie fails to return
to the Broncos, he said he will
not hold any grudges.

“Football has been good to

excited about
coming back
(to Kentucky)
and play in
this exhibition
game in Rupp

 

 

me," Massie said. “If it‘s God‘s Arena," Chap-

will for me to return. then I man said at a I

WilIII" . ‘d h l t d news confer- /
aSSle sai e was eae ence yester-

about being selected as UK's day. “It will CHAPMAN

winner and recognized for his
courage.

“After what I went through
last year, it‘s nice to get recog-
nized,” Massie said. “A lot of it
has to do with the charity work I
do in Denver.

“It’s an honor just being nomi-
nated. I’ll cherish it laward‘i for-
ever."

give me a chance to play against
(Jerome) Pooh Richardson.“

Chapman, Charlotte Hornets
Vice President and General Man-
ager Carl Sheer and former I'K
player Mike Pratt. who is a scout
and color commentator for the
Hornets, were in Lexington yester-
day to promote their game against
the Timberwolves. ,

Sheer said there were [\HI rea
sons an exhibition game \i as sr'ht‘llr
uled in Lexington.

“First, we wanted to return Itcx
Chapman to his home.“ he Siiid
“Secondly, there are a great llidll}

Massie now lives in Denver
and works as a sales representa«
tive for The Ridge athletic club.

“I get to help others,“ Massie
said. "I get to work with all

 

 

 

 

 

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