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Independent since 1971

IFC considers
new policy for
alcohol control

By NICK COMER
Senior Staff Writer

UK's Interfratemity Council was
presented yesterday with a propo-
sal for a revamped policy to regu-
late parties and the use of alcohol.

Lance Dowdy, chairman of the
Alcohol Revision committee, pre-
sented the revised policy. termed
the “risk management policy.“

Among the proposed changes
from the IFC‘s current alcohol pol-
icy, fratemities would be required
to have a security guard present at
each entrance during parties and
also to post a list of designated so-
ber drivers at the entrances.

The proposal also would require
fraternities to post signs warning
against underage use of alcohol at
each entrance and in three random
locations throughout the house dur-
ing parties.

The signs would read, “No one
under the age of 21 is allowed to

possess, use or consume alcoholic
beverages."

The risk management proposal
also limits sponsorship of fraternity
parties to two fraternities. IFC Pres-
ident Jeremy Bates said this re-
quirement would give the hosts of
the party “more control" over the
event

Mike Campbell, vice president at
large in charge of risk management,
proposed hiring a single security
firm to provide security guards for
all fraternity parties.

This would “provide consistency
in how parties are controlled“ and
also would save money, Bates said.

IFC is expected to vote on the
risk management proposal during
its March 30 meeting of full coun-
cil. If passed, the policy would go
into effect immediately, although
there probably would be a “grace
period“ for some fraternities to in-

See IFC, Page 6

Berea gunman caught
by local police force

Associated Press

BEREA, Ky. — A gunman who
moved from building to building on
the Berea College campus in central
Kentucky for nearly four hours yes-
terday was apprehended without in-
cident, police said.

Housekeeping supervisor Gamett
Mundy was taken out of a campus
building by a Berea police chief
shortly after 6:30 pm. EST, 3 col-
lege spokesman said. No shots were
fired during the standoff.

Mundy eluded police and entered
two other campus buildings before
surrendering to Chief Ray Branden-
burg. college spokesman Ed Ford

No end in

Associated Press

LOUISVILLE. Ky. — State and
local health officials say new mea-
sles cases continue to be reported
on almost a daily basis.

Steve Weems, manager of the
state immunization program, said
Friday that the case count statewide
has reached 140 confirmed cases
this year. with another 15 or 20 cas-
es awaiting final lab results.

At UK, three cases have been re-
ported since late February, and
health officials expect more stu-
dents will contract the disease, UK
Hospital spokeswoman Mary Mar-
garet Colliver said.

Distribution
for regionals
held today

Staff reports

About 250 tickets to the East Re-
gionals of the NCAA Tournament
in Philadelphia, where UK will
continue its quest to the Final Four
Thursday against Massachusetts,

said.

Mundy allegedly walked into
Draper Hall, a landmark building
with a bell tower at the center of the
campus, at about 2:45 pm. carrying
a pistol. authorities said. The build-
ing was evacuated within a few
minutes.

Berea College senior Andre
Jones, 21, of Birmingham, Ala,
was in a class on the top floor of the
three—story building when the fire
alarm sounded.

He says students exited the build-
ing because they thought it was a
fire drill.

“The fire alarm went off and we

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sight for measles epidemic in Kentucky

Measles. also known as hard or
seven-day measles or rubeola. has
spread to 11 counties in Kentucky.
The latest to be affected is Taylor
County, where three students at
Taylor County High School in
Campbellsville were diagnosed
with the disease. Weems said.

“It‘s not anywhere close to dying
down,“ he said of the outbreak.

St. Xavier High School is the lat—
est Louisville school to be affected
by the highly contagious viral dis-
ease, with three cases reported this
week, Jefferson County Health De-
partment spokeswoman Ellen Van
Nagcll said. Health Department
workers were at the school Friday

to give free measles shots to stu-
dents and staff.

About 90 cases of measles have
been reported itt Jefferson County
this year. and 150 since the out-
break began in September. Van Na-
gell said. Twenty of those were re-
portcd in the last week. Since
September, cases have been identi-
fied at 20 county schools and three
day-care centers. as well as the Uni-
versity of Louisville. she said.

The Jefferson County Health De-
partment is receiving help in deal-
ing with the epidemic from the fed-
eral Centers for Disease Control.
which has sent an investigator to
Louisville. Van Nagcll said. The

state totals do not COITCSPOI’ltl to the
Jefferson County figures because of
a reporting lag.

Southcm Indiana also has been
affected. with four confinncd cases
of measles reported in Harrison and
I’ond counties. Several of the cases
have been traced to people who at-
tended a Christian-education con-
ference in Indianapolis two weeks
ago.

Sixteen cases of measles have
been reported at U of L. With an-
other 13 cases not yet conl‘tnncd. A
single case has been reported at
Eistem Kentucky University.

Those totals are expected to rise

as students retum from spring

break next week. offictah said.
Mcaslcs has bccn rcpot'tctl lrotn thc
(iull (‘ottst in 'I'cxzts and trotn l’lori-
da. both popular springbtcak desti-
nations. chtns said.

Measles shots are rccomtucttdcd
for children l5 months and older
who have ttot been vaccinated
against the disease. and booster
shots for school-age children. Ken-
tucky law requires children to be
vaccinated before they enter kinder-
garten and to receive a second shot
bcforc sixth grade.

Adults bom after 1956 who have
not had either a bonster shot or a
confinncd case of measles also
should be vaccinated.

Tuesday. March 24. 1992

New club

to sponsor
speech on
linguistics

Staff reports

The Linguistics Club is sponsor-
ing “Notes On Linguistic Form“ to-
morrow at 4 pm. in 205 White Hall
Classroom Building.

'l‘om Stroik. a professor of litt-
guistics at Morehcad State Univer-
sity. will speak on language seman-
tics and Noam Chomsky‘s theory
of syntax.

Liz Lyngvaeck, president of the
club. said she and other several oth-
er students started the club in Janu-
ary to join students pursuing ca-
reers in lzutguage-related fields with
student in other fields. which in—
volve the study of linguistics such
as anthropology and history.

Lyngvaeck. a linguistics senior,
is seeking students interested in
language to join the 20 active mem-
bers.

She said although only ll stu-
dents arc seeking degrees in lin-
guistics. the infomtation shared at
the weekly meetings is beneficial to
many students because of the cultu~
ral emphasis.

Information on the club‘s upcorn
ing movies and speeches is availa~
ble on the 12th and 13m tloors of
Patterson Office Tower and will he
posted in Margaret I. King Library.
For more information. contact
Lyngvacck at 254-5304.

Workshop

at University
to highlight
environment

Staff reports

The Iinvtronmcntal Image Work.
shop will be held ttxlay from I to 4
pm. in (‘cntcr Theater of thc Stu-
dcnt (‘cntcr

The workshop is designed to
make the campus more aware of cu»
vironmcntal issues and encourage
students. faculty and administrators
to address campus cuutotttncntal
problems.

Albert Iiritsch. director of Appa-
lachia-Science in the Public Intcr~
est. will give helpful cnvironmcnlal
lips.

The workshop also will include a
film explaining ctunpus environ»
mental awareness and a walk-
through of the campus to point out
areas of concern and pmposc solu-
tions.

 

By JOE BRAUN
Editorial Editor

This week signals the home
stretch for six Student Govem-
ment Association presidential
candidates as they prepare for
elections April I and 2.

Before heading to the polls, stu-
dents will have several opportuni-

is the first time candidates legally
may hang campaign posters
around campus. SGA Elections
Board Chairman Jim Kruspe said.

Some times and places when all
six candidates will be addressing
questions are as follows:

~Candidates‘ Forum

This will take place in the Law
School Courtroom (room 102) at

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Theater in the Student Center An-

nex. Presidential candidates will
be questioned by the presidents of

nity College Association of Stu—
dents. Disabled Students Union
and Graduate Students Associa-
tion. UPAC‘s endorsement will
be dctcnnined by a vote of two
appointed members from each of
those groups.

'Greek Political Action Com-
mittee Debate

This will be held at 7 pm. Sun-

Candidates prepare for upcoming SGA elections

fraternity and sorority has a vote
in the (WAC decision.

The following is a complete list
of the StiA candidates as they
will appear on the ballot during
elections next week:

President and Vice President

Reed (iood and Mike Rafferty

David Iiasley and Jim lid
()bcrsl

Alan Vick and Nathan Baker

day in the Worsham 'l'hcatcr.
Presidential candidates will be
questioned by a panel of selected
students. An endorsement. deter-
mined by vote. will be made fol-
lowing thc debate. Each social

will be available to students at a
lottery today at 5 pm. at Memorial
Coliseum. a UK official said.

In addition. Assistant Director
for administration Jim Ploskonka
said there still is plenty of room for
students to take advantage of UK’s
organized bus trip to Philadelphia.

noon tomorrow in the UK Law
School. The event is sponsored by
the Student Bar Association.
~Unlversity Political Action
Committee Debate
This debate will be held at 7

ties both this week and next week
to meet the candidates and hear
them speak on various issues af-
fecting students. Campaign pos-
ters will begin appearing on cam-
pus Sunday afiemoon at 1. which

the Student Organizations Assem-
bly, UK Association of Non—
Traditional Students. UK Black
Roundtable, lntemational Stu-
dents Council, Residcncc llall

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By DAVE LAVENDER
Staff Writer

Bela Fleck has one tnission irt
life: to boldly go where no banjo
player has gone before. When the
32-year—old jazzman and his three
bandrnates, the Flecktones, return
from the future and touch down in
the UK Student Center Ballroom to-
night at 8, all will reali/e the mis-
sion already is accomplished.

It will be a homecoming of sorts
when the New York native returns
to Lexington, where he lived from
“979-81. As old-timers would say,
Lexington “learnt" him a thing or
two on the five-string, and in turn
Fleck is holding class: Banjo Bela‘s
way.

Fleck. who attended the High
School of Music and Arts in New
York Wllh future greats Marcus
Miller and Omar Hakim, is bringing
perhaps the most talented, and defi-
nitely the most innovative, jazz.
band in the world to UK‘s campus.
As Fleck said about playing with
his talented trio. “l'm only the ban-
jo player."

The trio exists of Howard Levy
on piano and harmonica: Lemonte
Victor Wooten on four. five and six
string electric bass guitar: and his
brother Roy “Future Man" Wooten
on his space age “Drumitar.” a gui-
tar-shaped percussion instrument
that has the sound of acoustic
drums anti still gives him mobility
on stage.

The Flecked foursome took their
current and second album, Flight of
the Cosmic lltp/m to the No. I posi-
tion on the Contemporary Jazz
charts _. incredible fora relatively
young jazz band, and a first for a
band fronted by a man who packs a

vintage pre-war Gibson banjo

(I937— Mahogany crafted).

“It was really great," Fleck said
about the award in a telephone iri-
terview. “Something I could tell
Mom about."

It was in Lexington, playing with
the band Spectrum, that Fleck was
baptized into Bluegrass music.
Hailing from New York and named
after Bela Bartok, a Hungarian
composer, Fleck spent his early
years experimenting with complex
and crazy methods on the banjo. It
was in Lexington, listening to the
likes of JD. Crowe and other banjo
greats that Fleck found tnieness in
timing and tone, attributes that
characteri/ed Fleck‘s 8 It: year run
with the cutting edge Nashville-
based band, New Grass Rc\ ival.

But. being in one of the world's
greatest bluegrass bands “as not
enough to quell the creative juices
boiling inside Fleck. Like an expe-
rienced spelunker who ltas ventured
into every cavern in the vicinity,
Fleck felt a yearning for unexplored
musical caves.

“l was in one of the best bands in
the world," Fleck said. "Yet I was
frustrated. I \tasn‘t c\plormg. I still
don‘t understand all that."

Fleck came back to Lexington in
l988 to assemble a band for a
Lonesome Pine Special on PBS. Al
though Fleck wasn‘t consciously
gathering a band for the long run.
the response to the show and the
band‘s chemistry were so great, it
just happened. When Fleck got the
band together for the first time a
lightening storm took out the elec»
Lricity, rendering Roy‘s drumitar
useless.

As if taken from a movie script,
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a table. lirst sensed the incredible
surge of energy that captured this
year's Pollstar (‘oncert Industry
Award for the top touring New Age
artists.

Fleck has added Deering’s fresh-
ly-patented Crossfire electric banjo.
Crafted in San Francisco, the Cross-
fire has the head and body of a ban~

jo, but the neck and pickups of an

electric guitar.

Fresh off ol tours with Bonnie
Raitt. Chicago and Take 6 and a
New Year’s Eve gig with the Grate-
ful Dead, The Flecktones have
picked Lexington as the last stop
before they begin recording their
third album.

This means the three-time Gram-
my award-nominated jazzmen will
rustle out some uncut. unreleased

tunes from their gromng repertoire
oi crazy-named songs.

Fleck. sick of people yelling
“play Rocky Top and that other
song“ for nine years. has given his
songs distinct names just for the fun
of hearing fans yell out requests
like “Flying Saucer Duties," “Hole
in the Wall," “Metric Lips" and
“Bigfoot."

“We just have a lot of fun with
the audience," Fleck said. “Like
Animal who plays drums on the
MuppeLs, we just go berserk. It's
like we’re kids left alone in the
house and we‘re doing what we're
not supposed to be doing."

Tickets for Bela Fleck and the
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Adam and the Experts, per-
formed by Actors‘ Guild of Lex-
ington, did not quite hit the mark
on opening night. The main
problem was with the script by
Victor Bumbalo, which barely
managed to go below the surface
of a terminally ill AIDS patient,
Eddie, and his friend, Adam.
struggling to accept Eddie‘s im-
minent death.

The production at ArLsPlace,
l6l N. Mill St, continues Thurs-
day through Saturday nights and
includes some of the best local
talent around: David Tillman
and Vic Chaney do a fine job
playing the principles; John
Schroering is sensational as the
“Man in Boxer Shorts.” Adam’s
walking and talking homosexual
complex.

In trying to find help, Adam
talks to a doctor who sells a
quack AIDS cure, a priest who
makes a pass at him and a shrink
devastated by AIDS. All these
nuerotics, done by Kevin Nance.
are negative, one-sided sketches
and don‘t represent the response.
albeit small and slow, to AIDS
by the gay and straight commu-
nilies.

One of the most touching lll-
terltides is David‘s reaction to a
volunteer that comes to keep
him company. David‘s “buddy"
is too helpless to be of help, but
David finds comfort and worth
by befriending him. It‘s not pity
or kid gloves David needs. He
needs a sense of value, some-
thing stolen from him by his de-
clining health.

Sadly, Bumbalo's script fails
to explore this growing part of
AIDS treatment and also misses
a deeper look that Adam‘s “Man
in Boxer Shorts" could provide.
Because of fear. guilt and shame,
Adam has repressed his feelings
and abstained from sex since
AIDS has become a factor. It

What’s

by John Dyer Fort

seems that we could have found
out more about poor Adam than
the leasing banter he and his fan~
tasy share.

One of UK‘s recently ac~
quired treasures is jar/.7. musician
()rville Hammond. A Jamaica
native, Hammond has played a
wide circuit that includes the Ja~
maica Playboy Club. various
studio sessions with well~known
jazz artists and back-up for reg-
gae great Jimmy Cliff in his Eti-
ropean concert tour.

Hammond gives only his sec-
ond faculty recital since Coming
to UK tonight at 8 in the Otis A.
Singlctary Center Recital Hall.
Admission is free.

Last Sunday, an exhibit by
James Rosenquist called "Wel-
come to the Water Planet"
opened at the UK Art Museum
in the Singletary Center. Rosen-
quist‘s works are colorful. giant-
format “prints" on handmade pa-
pers that feature a collage of im-
ages of Mother Earth. The ex-
hibit continues to May l().

The Rasdall Art Gallery in the
Student Center opens an “Instal-
lation" by local artist and pho-
tographer Louis Zoellar Bic kett
Thursday with a reception at 5
pm. Featuring a projection of
orchestrated slide images in a
darkened gallery, Bickett’s stir-
ring work depicts thc |as1 two
weeks of a friend who died of
AIDS.

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By JOHN KELLY
Assistant Sports Editor

Massachusetts big man Willie
Hemdon doesn‘t look like your typ-
ical Division 1 power forward. He
looks more like a doughnut.

“He‘s the smallest power forward
in the nation at 6-foot-3," UMass
coat: John Calipari said. “But
when we recruit someone, we don't
worry about the player's size. We
ask how big does he play."

Caiipari was right that Hemdon
plays big, but he is not small by any
stretch of the imagination. Short,
maybe. but not small.

Hemdon carries his 220 pounds
on a 6-foot-3 skeleton. His shorts
dangle down to the knees on his
stubby legs. a “personal style“ that
has caught on in several Massachu-
setts high schools.

Stocky is not the word to describe
his frame, but he's not chunky or
fat, either. The best way to describe
Hemdon is to let his game do the
talking for him.

Because when you see him play
Thursday against UK in Philadel-
phia, you'll forget all about his phy-

sique.

He‘s an uncommonly good hall
handler for his size and position.
He plays the point for Calipari
when UMass brings the ball up the
floor against a strong pressing team
like UK.

His shot selection is incredible.
(He‘s shooting 73 percent from the
fieldandhas shot lOOpercentin 11
games during his career.)

And fortunately for UMass coach
John Calipari. this doughnut can
dunk. Hemdon is nrmored to have
a 46inch vertical leap. An exagger-
ation?

“I don‘t really know," Hemdon
said. “I've never had it measured."

Exaggeration or not. his massive
frame soaring to the hoop truly is a
sight

And he does get up there. In
UMass’ first-round victory over
Fordham, Hemdon was a spectacle
to behold.

En route to notching his ninth ca-
reer double-double, No. 34 reinsert-
ed several rebounds, showed a lik-
ing for the alley 00p and lingered
around under the bucket awaiting a
chance to display his uncanny leap-

Cool Cats’ title dreams
dashed by Toledo 10-3

By STEVE FLEMING
Contributing Writer

The UK Cool Cats may have
spent their spring break in Glen El-
lyn, 111., in vain. losing the title
game of the American Collegiate
Hockey Association National
Championships 10-3 to the Toledo
Rockets.

“We were outhustled and outmus-
cled." UK defender Art Wickson
said.

The top eight Division 11 teams in
the nation met in a national champi-
onship toumament for the first time
ever.

And despite the disappointing
loss, the event marked a climax for
the UK hockey club after eight sea-
sons of play.

“For us, it's like going to the final
four in UK basketball,“ UK winger
Roy Henry said.

The Cool Cats played three
games in a round-robin tournament
before the championship game. On
Friday, March 13, the Cats tied the
Liberty Flames 3-3.

Liberty won the Southem Colle—
giate Hockey Association Touma-
ment last month after UK was upset
in the semifinal game by George
Mason.

“It was kind of like kissin‘ your
sister," Henry said of the tie.

The next day the Cats defeated
the USC Trojans 8-7. The game was
marked by hard hitting on and away
from the puck.

“(The referees) let a lot of things
slide, like hooking and stuff." UK
defender Kris Kocan said.

“It‘s nothing were used to,"
Coach Phil Davenport said of the
rough play away from the puck.

Regardless. the Cats weathered a
four-point Trojan come back to earn
win. Chad Cooper scored five goals
in the game.

The Cool Cats then embarrassed
the host team on Saturday, manhan-
dling the DePaul Blue Demons ll-
4. Cooper scored another five goals
and goal tender Eric Sanders made
24 saves to advance the Cats to the
final game.

On Sunday, the Cats played the
Rockets. who had destroyed all
their opponents in round-robin play.

UK nabbed the puck at the open-
ing face off but found little such

luck again. The fast skating, sharp
checking Rockets launched into the
lead early in the first period by
scoring on consecutive breakaways.

Mark Shupe, Cool Cats general
manager, said the Cats were not
fore-checking well enough. thus
causing the easy breakaways.

Another problem UK had was
that the puck sat in the defensive
slot too long. This allowed Toledo
to smack the puck into a crowded
net a few times too often.

“We went down fighting," Sand-
ers said.

Indeed. UK did, finishing the
game with 58 minutes of penalties
including one ejection.

Cooper ended his UK hockey ca—
reer by scoring two goals.

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“The minute he stepped on the
floor at Massachusetts, we started
to win." Calipari said. “Last year
against Colorado, he dunked on
some pretty good people and he's
still dunking on people.

He does it all.

He's the guy we look for for the
big assist, the big hoop. the big
dunk. the big steal.

“He even brings the ball up the
floor vs. the press for us. We can
put him on whoever is the best of-
fensive player, and it doesn’t matter
if that happens to be a center or a
point guard."

Hemdon was a three time All-
City player and a Pittsburgh Player
of the Year in four seasons at Tay-
lor Allderdice High School.

His 17 points and 16 rebounds
per game earned recognition from
UMass, St. John‘s and Pittsburgh.
Hemdon opted for the smaller envi-
ronment at Richmond but stayed
for only seven games before trans-
ferring to UMass.

Two years later. the move has
paid off for Hemdon and UMass.
Although, he probably never will

 

get invited to an NBA tryout camp,
he is no doubt the strongest cog in
UMass' machine-like drive to the
Sweet Sixteen.

Hemdon is the Minutemen's sec-
ond leading rebounder (5.8 per
game) and one of the team's four
1.000-point scorers (He has 1,137
weer points). He is one of five
UMass starters averaging more
than 10 points per game (10.3).

Earlier this season, Hemdon had
only six points and five rebounds in
90-69 loss to UK in Lexington. Af-
ter the game, he mentioned match-
up problems against Jamal Mash-
bum, calling him the “toughest big
man" he had ever guarded.

“He just beat me," he said.

Before UMass beat Syracuse in
overtime to earn a rematch with
UK. Hemdon gave the typical one-
game-at-a-time answer to any ques-
tion about getting a second shot
against UK and Mashbum.

“We just do the things that we’ve
done all year long," Hemdon said.
“They'll be no excitement, no cele-
bration until we win. Not until
we‘re finished."

 

 

GREG EANS/Kernel Stall

UMass power forward Willie Hemdon is a great ball handler, but his
true talents surface with his spectacular slam dunks.

 

By HAL BOCK
Associated Press

All the critics of the NCAA
tournament committee may now
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vs. No. 7 Georgia Tech. They are
four surprising survivors, but
none of them nearly as stunning
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Early round shock waves rattle regional brackets

the West.

The tournament heads into the
regional finals this week with its
top four seeds intact in the East ——
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and Seton Hall. Three of the four
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where Ohio State, Oklahoma
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appear for students!

The field of contenders vying for the presidency of UK’s Student
Government Association now has narrowed to six following N.

Alan Comett’s decision Sunday to drop out of the race.

The sad fact, however, is that many UK students probably would

be hard pressed to name just two of the remaining politicos.

It goes almost without saying, then, that most students haven't the
vaguest notion of what the issues are. or how these nameless and
faceless candidates feel about the matters that could shape student

government next year.

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appear in the Kentucky Kernel. But because many newsworthy
events occur daily (NCAA tournaments. plane crashes, etc). we

cannot send a press corps to follow each candidate every day.

The candidates need to become more visible on campus. Travel-
ing to various greek houses or individual colleges is effective, but

that does little to increase campuswide visibility.

The candidates might consider visiting lunch tables in the Student
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Seaton Center.

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during campaigns.

But this year’s crop of candidates is no more visible than any

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and the issues, they won’t vote.

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What a relief! American workers
are not quite as lazy and illiterate
today as they were yesterday. This
was my first reaction last month to
the Japanese officials‘ attempts to
deny their verbal slurs of Ameri-
cans. Although my response is not
timely, neither is it reactionary.

At various times our industrious-
ness, our abilities, our product qual-
ity, our business savvy and our loy-
alty have all been questioned. Do
they mean these criticisms or don’t
they? Such words cascade from
Japanese mouths so often it is hard
to believe that they don‘t mean
them. I have concluded that al-
though we may be able to improve
in several areas, our main problem
as Americans is loyalty.

It is stereotyping to make a blan-
ket assumption that American prod-
ucts are inferior. My Oldsmobile 98
currently has 176,780 miles on it —
original motor, no rust. My hus-
band‘s Ford Mustang has 116,390
miles — original motor, no rust. I
previously owned a Pontiac Bonne-
ville with more than 200,000 miles
— original motor. no rust. The list
could go on. There