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Vol. LXVI No. 14
Friday, August I, 1974

an independent student newspaper

Work on Main St. is due to be completed sometime
around Thanksgiving. l'ntil that time. motorists and

In a rut?

dust
(iroshong).

pedistrians will continue to face sidewalk detours into
the street. bumpy roads. open ditches and plenty of
and gravel.

(Kernel staff photo by Phil

University of Kentucky
Lexington. Ky. 40506

Student Senate allocates
funds for textbook sale

By NANCY DALY
Managing Editor
The executive committee of the Student
Senate Thursday allocated $6.725 , two
thirds of its annual budget to buy text—
books for sale to students at a discount.
After expanding the five-member
executive committee to include any
senator present at a meeting where ad-
vance notification is given. the textbook
plan and the 1974—75 budget were
unanimously approved.

STI'IH-INT (EUVERNHENT \A'lll order
Boo of tourdifferent textbooks today to sell
to 2.7oostudents in upperdivision classes.
Ronald Cross. St} aide who prepared the
project. said immediate turnover can be
expected it most of the books are sold in
September

Books will be sold in a room next to the
Stiottice at a cost to per cent cheaper than
regular bookstores SC will still make to
per cent profit since the bookstores mark
up books by Bo per cent

(iross said any capital accrued from
book sales will be used to expand the

Women's Center prepares to launch

rape crisis operation in September

marks or other signs of violence around
the vagina. brutses or cuts or other wounds
on the victim and if gonorrhea is present.

By LYN HACKER
Kernel Staff Writer
The Rape (‘risis Center. a committee of
the Lexington Women‘s ('enter. will have a
rape crisis phone in operation by mid-
September. according to Dianne Marion.
publicity co—ordinator for the (enter.
Tentative plans for the center include
looking into the possibility of having a
center physician and psychiatrist on call
as part of the service. as well as making
information available on rape prevention
and selfdefense. Marion said. But she
added these programs won't be possible
until the center is fully established.

Till-3 RAPE crisis phone number will be
with Shaw‘s Answering Service in
Lexington. and will connect the rape
victim with one of the members of the
Crisis Center on call.

The Crisis Center has also scheduled a
rape workshop at UK on August 31.

The purpose of the August workshop,
Marion said. is to “get people involved."
The center hopes to emphasize through the
workshop that its services are not
restricted to the UK campus but are
available to all Lexington rape victims.

THE WORKSHOP. planned to stir up
interest and solicit volunteers for the
Crisis Center, will offer discussions
covering different aspects of rape for the
pubhc.

Topics include legal and medical aspects
of rape, psychology of the victim, self-
defense.psychology of the rapist, rape and
marriage, homosexual rape and the
politics of rape.

The Rape Crisis Center was formed in
April after the Women‘s Center sponsored
a panel discussion on rape. The purpose of
the crisis center is to counsel rape victims
and offer legal and psychological referrals

when it is in full operation. Marion ex-
plained. She expected the center to be in
operation by fall.

IN ADDITIUN. she said women in the
center will accompany rape victims to
hospitals andor the police station if the
victim decides to report a rape.

Reporting a rape will be the, decision of
the victim. Marion said. and the center
wouldn‘t try to influence her choice.

Although the (‘enter is working with the
rape division of the Lexington Metro
Police. Marion said "our primary concern
is the victim. and what we want to do is to
eliminate the guilt feelings and aloneness
she feels.“

“WI-2 WANT to make sure she knows
about the medical aspects. thinks about
preganancy and veneral disease. But I
doubt we will take a position on reporting
the rape.“ she added,

Detectives Bill Allen and Sharon Harper
of the Metro police rape detail attribute
the rise in the number of rapes to an in-
crease in the number of women who are
reporting them. But women‘s groups and
several periodicals insist some women are
still hesitant to subject themselves to the
embarrassment medical examinations
and police questioning can bring.

Consequently. one purpose of the Crisis
Center. Marion explained. was to ac-
company the victim and offer support
during the course of a medical
examination and police investigation.

WHEN a victim reports a rape in
Lexington, she is taken first to the UK
Medical Center where she is given an
examination to determine injury and to
verify the rape.

The examination determines if there is
sperm in the vagina. if there are tear

A pap smear is included in the
examination but is optional. according to
Barb Winters. a nurse at the Medical

(‘enter
Continued on page 8

project. He said unsold books could be
returned and credited to their account for
further purchase or transfer to other
bookstores.

Sl‘t't'ilss UP the project. he added.
depends on publicizing the project to
students in the courses affected. Enough
books will be available for 20 per cent of
the students enrolled in those classes.

The executive committee also approved
Sti's annual budget. tentatively including
$480 for a legal counsel.

SC l’residentDavid Mucci is negotiating
a legal assistance program for students
with lexington attorney Bob Giblin. The
Fayette (‘ouiity Bar Association will in-
form him of the project‘s feasibility later
this month. he said.

The committee also approved a $742.77
loan to the Red River Defense Fund to buy
T‘shirts for sale at the Kentucky State
Fair. The anti-Red River Dam
organization will return the money by
September. according to Mark Kleckner.
senator-at-large.

Profits from sale of T-shirts will be used
for litigation designed to stop the dam and
to fund their educational projects. he
added.

THE COMMITTEE approved Mucci's
recommendation of Sherry Allen for SC
administrative aide Allen will serve for
the rest oi the summer but will be subject
to approval by the full senate in the fall.

Senate action was to have been taken
Tuesday. but that meeting was postponed
due to lack of quorum. Three members
constitute a quorum of the executive
committee. which officially acts for the
sente during the summer and when school
is not in session

Senate Council approves calendar
and community college changes

It) NANCY I).‘\I.Y
Managing Editor

The Senate (‘ouncil met in final summer
session Wednesday and acted on
I'niversity calendars and changes in the
community college system.

The council recommended adoption of
the 1977-78 academic calendar for the
(‘ollege of Law. where approval is
required three years in advance

III‘IBI‘XTA “'ESTI‘ZIH‘II‘IIJ). student
senator from the law school. made and
later withdrew a motion to table the action
until the calendar included a deadline for
posting grades.

Law students are notified of their class
grades extremely late. she said. often two
or threemonths after a semester ends. She
claimed this hampers scheduling efforts of
students who need to know their grades
before signing up for classes the next
semester.

Westerfield said inclusion of a deadline
was necessary to provide professors in-
centive to post grades sooner. Grading
policies are currently established by the
(‘ollege of Law dean on a semester to
semester basis.

DR. STANFORD SMITH. Senate
(‘ouncil chairman. said approval of the
calendar should not be delayed because of

approaching printing deadlines and since
amendments can be made at any time.

Smith suggested law students attempt to
insert grade deadlines in calendars for the
next two years.

Westerfield withdrew her tabling motion
and the calendar was approved by the
council. the administrative arm of the
l'niversity Senate. The full senate must
give final approval before the calendar is
adopted.

The council also considered a report by
the senate ad hoc committee of associate
deans on community college credit.

Tttt) recommendations in the report
were forwarded to senate committees for
further deliberations:

A recommendation that credit earned
in community colleges courses at the 100
and 200 level be applicable to all un-
dergraduate degrees at UK was referred
to the (‘ommittee on Admissions and
Academic Standards.

~A recommendation that certain
community college courses be allowed to
fulfill UK general studies requirements
was sent to the General Studies Committee
and the Undergraduate Council.

The committees were requested by the
senate to report on the recommendations
by Oct. l5.

Continued on page 8

 

 New tenant rights

A new law went into effect Aug.
1 which could ultimately assure
Lexington tenants something they
have never been guaranteed
before-rights.

The “Uniform Residential
Landlord and Tenant Act" clearly
states a landlord‘s privileges and
outlines the tenant‘s avenues of
safeguarding certain rights in
rental agreements.

One of the more progressive
bills to pass the 1974 General,
Assembly. the law is designed not
only to protect tenants from bad
landlords. but also to shield
landlords' property from bad
tenants.

Much confusion has surrounded
housing ordinances in the past.
Common law or an absence of law
usually made tenants-landlord
court cases difficult to decide. but
most decisions favored the lan-
dlord.

The new law has outlined many
major housing problems and
listed responsibilities for both the
landlord and tenant to fulfill.

Some of the major points of the

law include:
«A section to clear confusion over
security or “damage” deposits.
Landlords who require deposits
must keep them in a separate
bank account and provide the
tenant with the accounts number
and locatiion. Before moving in.
tenants and landlords must agree
on a complete list of any existing
damage to the rental unit.

Similar to the “model lease"
pushed by the University’s now-
defunct Tenants’ Rights
Organization. this section of the
law provides a mutual un-
derstanding of what should
happen to the tenant‘s deposit
when he leaves. and more im-
portantly. the new law provides a
basis for action against a landlord
if he should refuse to return the
depost.

--Another section defines the
tenant's responsibilities. They
must keep rental units as clean
and safe as the condition of the
place permits. use all utilities in a
reasonable manner and must not
deliberately destroy or damage
any part of the premises.

--Landlords will not be permitted

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Managing editor, Nancy Daly
Editorial editor, Larry Mead
Photo editor, Phil Groshong

to enter a dwelling unless two
days' prior notice is given to the
tenant. except in cases of
emergency.

--When the apartment is rented.
the landlord must provide the
tenant with the name of a person

to whom complaints can be

directed.

--Tenants can deduct the cost of
needed repairs if they are judged
by local building and safety of-
ficials to be necessary to the
tenant‘s health or safety. If the
landlord refuses to make the
repairs. tenants can make repairs
of up to $100 or half his monthly
rent. whichever is greater.

--One section protects tenants
from retaliatory evictions. rent
hikes or service decreases by
landlords for joining a tenant
union group or for reporting
building or housing code
violations.

“hen tenants begin to realize
they can make their own self-help
repairs and can report to
authorities without fear of
harassment or eviction. then the
substandard conditions of the
city‘s housing should improve.
Although the law applies only to
the Louisville and Lexington
metropolitan areas. it is finally a
step in the right direction.

Editorials/ Letters

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Viewpoints

Student wants rehiring

l a m one of severalstudents who has just
recently learned that Dr. Jeff Bassett will
not be returning to the L'niversity because
he was not rehired. This. undoubtedly. is
one of the biggest mistakes that could he
made by the personisi who didn't hire him
for one of the three job openings. Not only
would the geography department lose one
of its greatest assets. but the whole student
body would miss the opportunity of having
him as a teacher.

Information directly accumulated from
students evaluations states that Dr.
Bassett was overwhelmingly rated the
highest by the students in every category.
Doesn't that mean something to anybody?
Does anybody care what the students feel
about losing him'.’

Dr. Bassett is also well qualified. He
received his PhD. from UK in May of 1973
(We all have faith in ourown turnout. don't

we"i He has been co-author of a book on
Kentucky geography along with several
other publications. Dr. Bassett has also
served as an undergraduate advisor as
well as on other committees.

Dr. Bassett was highly recommended
for the job by the department and I can't
see why he was turned down. Since the
student-faculty ratio in the geography
department is the highest of any other
department. I feel that someone ought to
dig deep into that million dollar budget and
create a badly needed opening for one of
the best teachers this school has. He is
availabe. UK. Don't let him get away. He
is so valuable to us. your students
(remember us?), We do care about his
future ..... and we look forward to seeing
him again in the fall?

Janice Versaw
BGS—junlor

Duke Power versus Brookside

By BOB muss

tEditor‘s Note: This comment is the
second of a two-part article dealing with
the past history and present confrontations
of the Brookside mine in Harlan County.)
Limited in the leverage which the
striking miners can exert with a picket line
at a single mine. the Brookside miners
have launched a national campaign to
mobilize public opinion and weaken the
confidence of Duke Power‘s stockholders
which may be Duke's greatest
vulnerability. With community support
groups of Brookside women. retired and
disabled miners. local merchants in
Harlan (‘ounty. and consumer groups in
North Carolina who are disgruntled with
Duke‘s effort to increase its electricity
rates to buy more coal at the higher
market price to avoid settling with the
L'MW. and student groups at Duke
I‘niversny whose endowment fund is a
major stockholder in the Duke Power (‘0.
the striking Brookside miners are trying to

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marshal] nation-wide support from unions.
churches. universities. foundations. and
private citizens to put pressure on the
Duke Power (‘0.

The Brookside miners have carried their
picket signs from the entrance of the
Brookside mine. to the headquarters of
Duke Power in North Carolina. to the rate
commission hearings at the North
(‘arolina Power (‘ommission to the New
York Stock Exchange entrance on Wall
Street when Duke issued its latest stock
offering.

As the strike approached its annual
deadline. after which the l'nited Mine
Workers' tl'MWi claim to represent the
Brookside miners could be superseded by
a new National Labor Relations Board
(NLRBi supervised representational
election. it appeared that the company's
strategy was simply going to be holding
out until scabs could he hired that would
vote for the Southern Labor Union tSLll l.
Eastover announced that it was tiring
striking Brookside miners who were
convicted of violating the injunction which
restricted picketing and served notice to
evict them and their families from the
company houses in the Brooksdie mining
camp which Eastover owns.

Then a startling revelation came to light
which signaled a new UMW offensive
against the Duke Power (Yo. Two
Brookside strikers produced tape recor-
dings and photographs of an alleged
bribery effort by the president and field
representative of the SLU to induce them
to abandon the UMW strike and lead the

lti'ooksidc miners hack to work The all
leadership claims that a Hrookside miner
approached them complaining that the
lirookside miners were frustrated with the
dead-locked strike and wanted to get back
to work According to the SLl'. the
lti‘ookside miner then proposed that he
would try to get other ltrookside miners to
sign representatioiial cards for the all in
exchange for an eqtiivaleiit ot the strike
lienelits paid by the l'.\l\\' and an ad
ditional $2.300 organizing lee

Immediately. the l'hl“ filed charges of
unfair labor practices against the rival
union. and then disclosed plans to extend
the l'MW picket line to the other Eastover
mine at llighsplint in Harlan (‘ounty
which still has a contract with SLl'. lii-
creasing its leverage on the Duke Power
(‘o , the l'MWclaims that its picketing at
llighsplint and future plans to picket other
Duke Power mines is legally protected by
its right to conduct picketing against an
employer with whom it has a dispute.

In addition. the UMW has filed a
discertification petition against the SLU
at the llighsplint mine. alleging that the
llighsplint miners never voted for the SLU
contract. that the leadership of the SLU
has repeatedly revised the original con-
tract without rank and file approval and
arbitrarily extended the date of the con-
tract. The UMW believes that the
llighsplint miners would select the UMW
as its bargaining agent if the NLRB would
nullify the existing SLU contract and
supervise new representational elections.

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The most demoralizing form

By MARGARET WEEKS
and JOHN ROACH

In the remarkable Comment in the July 23 Kernel
Don Duke proposes that the solution to the problem of
rape is legalized prostitution. The essence of Mr.
Duke's solution lies in the “willingness" of a strata of
the female sex to submit to any form of sexual outrage.
however “shocking" for a “sufficient fee.”

In general. prostitutes are not at all “willing“ to be
prostitutes. Prostitution is one of the most horrible and
demoralizing forms of human oppression and for the
most part is entered into only out of extreme social
necessity.

In the modern world capitalist exploitation and
oppression is the cause of prostitution. Prostitutes
generally come from the most downtrodden and im-
poverished sections of the population. Where
prostitution is institutionalized as a legal activity. as in
Nevada. its nature can be seen most clearly. It is
primarily a matter of convenience for well-to-do men
who want a disease-free lay. The women are ghettoized

. forced to live in special quarters segregated from
the rest of society. They are required by law to report
for periodical physical examinations. It is the apex of
human alienation and fascisization of society: sex is
industrialized and women are turned into commodities
with a US government inspected seal.

In essence prostitution is no different than rape. The
woman is the victim in both. The force which compels
the woman is physical in one case and social and
economic in the other. Prostitution. in fact. is a much
worse fate. For the woman who is raped is forced only
one time to give herself to an anonymous man. but the
prostitute must give herself again and again. Like rape
y ictims prostitutes often undergo beatings. torture or
murder at the hands of their clients. Rape and
prostitution are part of the degradation and
humiliation which women of an oppressed nation or
class are forced to endure.

For instance. during US. military aggression
against South Vietnam, prostitution and other crimes
against women were encouraged by the US. im-
perialists. Wherever there is oppression. rape and
prostitution are commonplace. Prostitution existed on
a wide scale at one time in North Vietnam and China.
But with thedevelopmentof anti-imperialist revolution
and socialism in both countries these evils have been
completely eliminated. The Vietnamese and Chinese
were able to do this completely because they
eliminated the forms of oppression which were the
objective conditions for rape and prostitution.

Mr. Duke says men are rapists because of “their
pressure“ (a very incisive analysis). The “pressure“
theory leads to the absurd notion that rape and
prostitution stand in inverse relation to each other.
Quite the contrary. where prostitution exists on a wide
scale rape is also widespread. Nevada, where
prostitution is legal, has the fifth highest rape rate in
the nation (hardly reducing rape to zero as Mr. Duke
asserts.)

Rape is not a matter of sexual deprivation. It is due
to the attitudes of men promoted by capitalist culture.
The attitude toward women which is the basis of
widescale prostitution is the same attitude that leads to
rape and violent attacks on females. The attitude —
profound contempt for women. indifference for human
misery and suffering. sadistic desire for power over
another person is a product of bourgeois culture, a
reflection of the outlook of the ruling class. As Ellen
Strong. an ex-“hustler” puts it: “There is nothing like
screwing (and I mean screwing, not making love to)
one of the Establishment’s leading lights and hearing
the hate and filth pour out of his mouth to give one
insight into the basis of our revered society."

In [1.8. society the ruling capitalist class lives
parasitically off thelabor of the US. working class and

 
  

Comment
of oppression

peoples of the world through exploitation, plunder and
genocide. The depraved and violent nature of the
ruling class, covered by an ever-thinner veneer of
Puritan morality, is reflected by their ideologues in
popular culture, art and literature. Popular culture
bombards us with constant sexual stimuli as an in-
ducement to parasitic consumption.

Alienated sex and demented violence are the prin-
ciple objects of movies. Pornography is disseminated
on a wide scale. This together with the racist, anti-
woman, anti-people attitudes which characterize
capitalist ideology and culture in its moribund stage is
the subjective basis among the male sex for rape and
other crimes against women.

Mr. Duke‘s “solution" is a despicable insult to the
whole female sex. Such a reactionary notion —
elimination of the crime of forcible intercourse, by
stubstituting the crime of purchasing female bodies —
is almost too incredible to believe.

Legalizing prostitution, far from lessening rape,
would increase it. Legalizing prostitution means
regularizing the oppression of women, openly sanc-
tioning the abuse of women by men. It means forced
examination, licensing, inspection and fingerprinting
of the women who are victimized. In short. it legalizes
the branding and enslavement of a strata of the female
population. It is entirely different from the elimination
of laws which punish prostitutes - an entirely just and
progressive measure. The victim should not be
prosecuted.

Prostitution itselfcan be eliminated only by working
to end the capitalist. social. economic and cultural
conditions which create such unspeakable crimes
against women.

Margaret Weeks and John Roach are members of the
Lexington (‘ommunist (‘ollective (Nlarxist-Leninist).

       
  
  
  
   
 
  
  
   
   
   
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
   
 
  
  
  
 
   
  
 
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
  
   
 

Unions obedient to capitalism

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While these charges are pending before
the NLRB. the ['MW is still legally con—
sidered the bargaining agent for the
Brookside miners even though the one
year certification period has elapsed since
the miners voted to be represented by the
[NW This extension will also allow the
[NW to try to link the Brookside strike
with the forthcoming national contract
negotiations in appealing to the coal in—
dustry' to pressure Duke Power into
reaching an agreement with the UMW.
'l‘he I'MW has already leaked a veiled
threat to use the remaining nine days
allotted in the existing national contract to
declare a national moratorium on coal
production to demonstrate the l'nion‘s
concern for the issues represented by the
Brookside strike.

Meanwhile. the extension of the UMW
picket line to the llighsplint mine in the
past few weeks has precipitated some

violent confrontations between the UMW
pickets and the SLU miners who have been
escorted through the UMW picket line by
club-swinging Kentucky State Police. Olfe
retired UMW miner was shot in the chest
on the picket line as he approached a
company guard. The company has
threatened to fire any miners at Highsplint
who refuse to cross the UMW picket line. It
is especially burdensome for the SLU
miners to bring pressure on Duke because
they are not eligible to collect
strike benefits from the UMW and are
certainly not provided strike benefits from
the SLU to honor the UMW picket line.
Nevertheless. production at the Highsplint
mine has now been reduced to a single
shift as most of the 204 miners at
llighsplint are respecting the UMW picket
line.

In the last few days a contingent of SLL‘
miners have joined the UMW pickets at
Highsplint and seem to be playing an in-

 

creasingly active role as the UMW has
agreed to limit the number of its own
pickets in a compromise with both Gov.
Wendel] Ford. to remove the Kentucky
State Police. and with the NLRB.

To emphasize its commitment to return
to eastern Kentucky. the UMW held a
mass rally in Harlan on July 21. 1974.
addressed by the national leadership of the
UMW and attended by representatives
from coal mining districts throughout the
nation. To the chagrin of most of the
assembled miners. the UMW leadership
carefully avoided declaring a national
moratorium in support of the Brookside
strike. but pledged to commit the entire
treasury of the Union and affirmed that
the Brookside strike was a higher priority
than the national contract negotiations.
Ironically. however. the commitment of
the [NW leadership to eastern Kentucky
didn't extend as far as recognizing the
long-standing hospital employees' strike
at the Appalachian Regional Hospitals.
which the I'MW originally built and still
remains its largest customer. located just
in front of the auditorium where the l'MW
held its rally.

The experience of John L. Lewis should
have taught us that the I'MW cannot win if
it confines its leverage to a single mine.
But equally important. we must learn
from Lewis that the I'MW cannot change
the conditions in eastern Kentucky if it
confines its attention to the bread and
butter issues of a single industry. The
miners in eastern Kentucky have suffered
for a long time from the forces of
capitalism

The I'.\l\\' has come forward bravely to
organize the miners when the market
permitted. but they have also consistently

 

retreated as the market for coal collapsed.

The obedience of labor unions in a
capitalist society to the forces of the
market has prevented them from finding
alternative solutions to the problems
which capitalism creates. These problems
are nowhere more evident than in eastern

Kentucky ,

Veteran coal miners have fought the
struggles represented by the Brookside
strike many times in the past. They know
that if they go to hell. it won't be their own
fault

llob (iriss is a sociologist-in-exile who
actiyely supports the l'.\l\\'.\ in Hair ef-
forts to improve eastern Kentucky coal
mining conditions.

 
  
  
 
  
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
  
  
 
 
  
  
  
 
 
  
 
 
  
  
  
  
 
 
 
  
    

  

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‘AdOpf-a-prisoner'
bridges prison gap

By DUN IDI'KE
Kernel Staff Writer

A convict serving a prison
sentence for amied robbery is an
unusual guest for most people at
a Sunday afternoon picnic.

But a handful of Free
University (Free ll) members
have been including convicts on
their guest lists for the past few
weeks. Since convicts cannot
come to the gatherings like
traditional guests, these Free ll
members have been taking the
gathering to the convicts

(‘ontacts with the prisoners are
part of adopt~a-prisoner. Free
l"s Blackburn Speakers
Program The one-to—one
relationships with prisoners wrll
do more than anything else to
leave the prisoner with the
feeling and knowledge that he is
no longer a forgotten man. ac»
cording to Jay Pay of the
Lexington department of
corrections.

“I KM)“ some prisoners who
ha ven‘t received even a post card
in years. It Is certainly easy to
see why they would be bitter
toward the free community." he
said.

“There is one fellow who has
been locked upoff and on since he

was it years old. The longest
time he was ever free was four
months and that was over five
years ago," Pay added.

Free ll coordinator Ken Ashby
said. “Free U hopes to bring
prison inmates to its class
meetings as speakers. With this
type of interaction. the class can
learn how the prison system can
work, if at all. to serve the needs
of our overall society."

"l'Nl'l‘ICD STATES prison
systems keep people locked up
longer than any other country in
the Western Hemisphere." Ashby
added. “The American prison
system aLsohas one of the highest
rates of offenders. repeating the
same offenses once they are free
in the world.

“The class thinks that part of
the problem can be attributed to
public ignorance." he said.

”lluwaucracy has failed by
itself to solve the prison social
problem The problem In order to
lind a solution needs to go public
and bnng in outside help for
retorms." Ashby said

Free l"s class meets on Sunday
nights in the Patterson Office
Tower

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 Annual writing workshop
will feature noted authors

Noted authors Jessamyn West,
Hollis Summers, Lillie (Ihaffin
and David Madden will work as
instructors in the Council on
Aging‘s eighth annual “Writing
Workshop for People ()ver 57.“

Held at the Carnahan House on
Newtown Pike Aug. 4 to 10, the
workshop will include classes in
children's literature, fiction, non-
fiction and poetry for older adults
seeking help and professional
instruction in their writing fields.

PARTICIPANTS in the
workshop must submit a
manuscript of their original work
to the director. Travis Du Priest.
Registration is limited to 50
persons to provide ample time for
personal conferences with in-
structors and for each par-
ticipant to attend a full course of
lectures, according to Du Priest.

The older adults will receive
lessons from their instructors
from 9 a .m. to :3 p.m and special
sessions conducted by each

author—instructor will be held at
night.

At 8 p.m. Friday, Aug. 9, a
“Meet-the-Press" type panel will
be conducted with most questions
being directed to novelist West,
whose most famous work is
Friendly Persuasion. the story of
Quakers in Indiana at the time of
the (Iivil War.

Sl'MMERS. WHO will teach
the poetry classes, is a native
Kentuckian and former director
of the Writing Workshop from
1967 to 1970.

The children’s literature ex-
pert, (Ihaffin, won the In-
ternational Poetry Prize in 1967
and was named Poet of the Year
by Alice Lloyd College in 1968.
Formerly fiction editor of Pen
Women‘s Magazine, she is
current