Vol. XCll. N0. 98

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University of Kentucky. Lexington. Kentucky

independent since 1971 Thursday. January 28. 1989

 

Tickets to
campus-wide

formal on sale

SGA hopes event
becomes a tradition

By Jl'lilE ESSELMAN
Special Projects Writer

Classy. Extravagant The ultimate.

The Latin word. excelsior, has all of
those meanings. And that word, with all its
connotations. is the title for L'K‘s first an
nual campus-wide formal next month.

Tickets for Excelsior, which will be held
Feb. 17 in Heritage Hall in the Lexington
Civic Center. went on sale yesterday at the
Student (‘enter ticket office.

Tickets cost $20 per student couple and
$35 per faculty, staff and alumni couple.

Excelsior. a black-tie affair. is an at
tempt to start a tradition at UK that will
bring all aspects of University life together
for an evening and years to come
according to Carrie Tipton. administrative
director of the formal.

"We‘re hoping to draw in from all
around the area and have representatives
from all parts of campus." she said “It's
for the l'niversity as a whole, The main
point is this is a celebration of the l'niver»
sily H

The formal will commemorate the found
tug of ['K by having displays in Heritage
Hall from the different colleges and on the
history of ['K. and even will have the origi-
nal writing of the (K fight song. 'l‘ipton
said

it is being sponsored by a variety of
campus organizations. including the l'K
National Alumni Association. the Student
Government Association and the Greek -\e
tivities Steering (‘ommittee

In this way. the formal will promote
“the unity of all the organizations.
t‘hrista t‘olhns. ciH-hair of general
jects for Excelsior

"We want this to be something for every
one to get together." she said ' it‘s a real

said

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B) )llt‘lHH. I...ltt\'l~1.\‘
Staff Writer

Three l'K strident organizations
joined the I'nited Mine Workers of
:\Hlt‘rlt'£t to protest the Pittston Mining
(‘onipaiiv‘s treatment of its miners and
asked a l'l\' professor to help settle the
dispute

in a press conferiiece held yesterday
afternoon in the Student t‘enter. the :\p~
palachian Student t‘ouncil. the ['K Law»
yers (ludd. Students and Workers in
Solidarit}. and the l'MWA charged
l’ittston with cutting off the health ben
efits of more than 1.300 former workers
on pension. widowers and disabled minv
ers

The organizations choose the [K
campus for the press conference be-
cause (‘harles Haywood. a [K finance
professor. is a member of Pittstoii‘s
board of directors

"We are here to urge him iHa) wood
to use his influence to settle the dispute
between the union and the compaii} or

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HOOK SHOT: UK center LeRon Ellis nooks .n two at me
88. IR Win over Allhlff" 56-! :tor. see Sports made .3,

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W1 "points

Student groups join UMWA to protest
mining company, UK finance professor

STEVE SANDERS Kernel Stan

Students protest the Pittston Mining Company's treatment of its ’Ttlt'tefs UK
finance professor Charles Haywood Sits on the company s board

 

Dean Little

of agriculture college

is taken to hospital after collapsing

B} 'l‘UNJA \t'Il/I‘
Staff Writer

(‘harles () Little.
dean of the (‘ollege of
Agriculture. was
taken to the Albert B.
Chandler Medical
Center yesterday
after he collapsed be~
bind the White Hall
Classroom Building.

He is listed in satis~
facton condition In-
formabon was not LITTLE
available last night about what caused
Little to collapse

Several students who were walking past

the classi‘ooiii 'ii;ililiiig saw ' .tiie collapse
and stopped to help

"I was walking oiitsafe. coming ii'oiii ill}
post office liii\ .iiiil saw the at iiilcliitiii fall
down." said \lltltiivl Brennan i political
science \liseif and three other
people crime to ;Ll\t' .iid I then :iiitiieili
atel) called the paramedics and «Lewd
until the) t'.lllii'

"I came a long .iroiiiid .l to p in .iiitl he
seemed to tail. ‘ said Tom Biiike
uatc student He \\.l\ llllllillst'ltttls loi .i
few lllllllllt‘s He had li small abrasion on
the back of his head '

Little who ‘.\.‘ls .ippoiiited the dean of tfic
t‘ollege of \griculturc last summer h} the
[K Board of Trustees tiist mine to t’K iii
19m He has bet-i a tai‘illt) iiieiiibei' ,llitl
adiiiiiiis' moral 1 him Lucius

st'l‘ilol

.i grail

.\s dean of ‘he i‘iillege iii \griciifturi- fit
is the director of ‘he l\t‘l|lllt‘l\'_\ \grii iiitu
r.il l‘lxiwriiiient Station .tllll of 'he l\t‘ll
tuck} .‘\§.’.l‘l('lllllit't‘ li\teiitioii \t‘l \ ice

:\ iiiagna ciiiii taude graduate of 'he 2 iii
\ei‘sit) of Houston, Iiittie earned lll\ Enii he
lors degree iii gent-i.“ «lgl'ltlllllllt' i-co
iiomics and biolog}

.-\t the [lil\t'l'.\|l_\ of low... liittle mini-ii
his masters degree iii .iiiiiiial 'iiitiiiioii
and biocheiiiistri and (l ilocliate .ll .iiiiiiial
nutrition. biix‘heiiiistri .iiid \i-tei'iiiai‘i
phisiologi

Little is the author or co author oi titl ie
search articles iii national publications. 108
abstracts and 12] lfixiieriiiienl station pub
licatioiis

 

 

Judge decides in
favor of Herald
in Warford case 4‘

Associated l'l'l‘ss JIM“, ii . r, “him/“i “it" .:.
litit'3‘~.: . “
;\ Judge issued a directed '.t'.'"l:t" fw‘iv
(lay iii favor .,t. the Lexington llt'liilii i .-t'
er iii formi-i i'ii:versiti wt l’:“\iri.:x.iii
sistant basketball coach lteiggic \Lii‘ ,, ‘1 ~-
libel l£l\\'\llil against the 'tt“.‘.\}i$l;it‘t
Warford's attorney l..ll‘.'"a liolwi"
ished presenting \k'arfoi'i‘K siili
~vesterda} morning before it"l‘tl Y"‘,-t
newspaper iiioied tor 'he :t'i
mg that Warford had not prim i-d
Fayette t‘iri-ii;' .Iiidee inn:-
then ruled iii favor of it» ii i -
a lunch hreak
'l‘he trial at hicl‘i tit‘Llill‘. ,‘ :"
llithdm
"i felt iiii' two it
for at 1%“ and iii? Limit .~i'
that ends it '
paper‘s editor .ihvi 'i as its“
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We had .t
iiii‘ loi‘tri'ia'el'.

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Senate confirms Baker
to post in Bush cabinet

 

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Sullivan draws fire
for his comments

5;} DEBURAH NIPISCE
.-\s,~ocitited Press Writer

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‘iYASHlNGTUN Members of (‘one
itress said Tuesday that ltr Louis \"
‘s‘iiilivan, President Bush's nominee as

fieaith and human services secretary
'9 , "' “ " .V g ' has told them he supports the Supreme
‘ ’ ‘ ' t‘ourt decision legalizing abortion and
favors abortion in limited circumstane
es. but would carry out the pro-life poli-
t'lt‘.‘~ of his new boss.

The controversy is unlikel} to threat~
en Sullivan's nomination.

Senators who met with Sullivan said
his comments appear to conflict with
those of Bush. who told an anti-abortion
ralii ‘ilflli(la) that he considers abortion
tin ' \lllel‘ltféln tragedy" and that he
would like to see the high court ‘s land
iiiark 1973 deciSion reversed -

The White House maintained that Sui ,
iivans posmon I.‘()llSiSl9lll \th
iiiish s

Earlier this month. Sullivan told seve
ral senators during courtesy calls (ill i
i'apitol Hill that he supports the court's '
.973 decision He also said he favors at»
lowing abortion iii cases of rape. incest

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