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SG Holds Referendum On New Housing Rules
By MARVA CAY

Kernel Staff Writer
Student Covemment will hold a student referendum on
the new housing policy Wednesday and Thursday.
Students will be asked whether they oppose or favor
the new policy. Thom Pat Juul, Student Government
representative, thinks they oppose it.
The new housing policy would allow the University
to require all students under 21 to live in dormitories
except married students, students who commute, students who are veterans of at least two yean of active
military service and students who obtain special permission from the University Housing Office.
According to Juul, Student Government opposes the
policy for three reasons.

Objections
Students in Kentucky are of age at 18 except for
drinking. Making the cut-oage 21 infringes upon the
student's freedom of choice, Juul said. A possible exception to this could be freshmen: "Living in the dormitory
could be a good experience for freshmen. They find out
what they don't like about it."
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The administration may use the new policy to build
more dormitories. "Students would have to live in the
dormitories instead of in fraternities or in off campus
housing, Juul said.
Dormitories, the Wildcat Grill, and the University
Bookstore are all included in the same bond issue. All
students eventually pay for the dormitories. This is not

TKIE ECENTUCKY

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Monday, Dec 2, 1968

University of Kentucky, Lexington

Vol. LX, No. 66

LPC Plans For Next Semester
And Tuesday's KUAC Protest
By DAHLIA
Kernel Staff

HAYS

Writer

The Lexington Peace Council
Sunday night outlined its goals
for both the coming semester
and the month of December.
Plans for this month include
in a scheduled
participation
demonstration against the KenActivities
tucky
Committee (KUAC), a pro

posed congratulatory letter to
a local draft board and promotion of gun control legislation.
The demonstration against
KUAC, a skit to be held Tuesday on the steps of the State
Capitol Building, will be based
on the idea that the government of Kentucky has not listened to the grievances of the
people.

Students Held ToGrand Jury
two

University students, were bound
Eight persons, including
over to the Fayette County Crand Jury last week on charges of
selling marijuana.
Jeanna Butler, 20, who had since been reinstated with certain
been auditing classes here, and restrictions.
William Dana Shelby, 20, a form- The arrests, made Oct. 21
er student, waived their right to and 22, grew out of contacts
a preliminary hearing in police made by undercover rookie po-licemen. One of the rookies,
court.
Brief hearings were held in George Buchanan, testified he
d
of marijuana
the cases of the two students, bought a
Eric Friedlander, 21, and Allen from Friedlander for $45.
Detective Sgt. Frank Fryman,
Holmgren, 23, and four other
who directed the narcotics in- young adults.
Friedlander and Holmgren vestigation, said Holmgren sold
were suspended from school fol- - "a couple of ounces" of mari-lowing their arrests, but have juana.
half-poun-

A LPC spokesman said the
Council opposes KUAC activities that, in his words, "hit
people that are working for
social change."
KUAC made the news last
week by recommending that
the Appalachian Volunteers program in Kentucky be stopped
because the Volunteers have
opposed a water line project
at Pikeville.
In a second discussion, an
LPC member proposed that a
letter of praise be sent to a
local draft board which recently
appointed a Black as one of its
members.
The Peace Council had planned to suggest such an appointment to the draft board, but the
appointment was made prior to
any Peace Council action.
Concerning gun control, tentative plans were made to draw
up and submit to Frankfort a
bill proposing gun control on a
state level.
A suggestion was also made
to carry out plans to support
local businesses who have cut
Continued on Page 7, Col. 1

fair to students not using the dormitories, he said.
"A turn out of 2,500 to 3,500 would be fantastic
because of the short notice," said Juul. The poll is
being conducted so soon because the Student Covemment
wants to present its findings to the Hoard of Trustees
when it meets Dec. 10.
"Let Trustees Know"
"We want to let the Board of Trustees know how the
students feel. That may change their mind," said Juul.
"I think they wouldn't change." Juul added that in
a few months the Student Covemment may be able
to investigate why the dormitories were built, why
they are so expensive and how the financial structure
of the University is run.
Continued on rage 7, Col. 1

IPC Plans Bitch-I- n
To Air Objections
To Administration
By TERRY DUNHAM
Assistant Managing Editor
bitch-i- n
The Interfraternity Council will sponsor a fraternity-wid- e
at 6:30 p.m. in Memorial Hall to protest a variety of administration
it feels are unfair.
policies and
Barry Ogilby, IFC president,
leasing the houses,, why should
says the purpose is two-tol"First, we want to state some the administration be able to tell
problems the IFC feels will face us we have to have a housethe fraternity system if present mother?" he asks.
and
"If they can rule students
policies are maintained,
second, we will air other under 21 can't live in fraternity
houses when they're needed to
'gripes.'
The
the fill the dorms, since we're not
against
gripes
administration include its attiUniversity housing, how come
tude on financial assistance, rules we can't fill our houses with
on housemothers, residence re- whomever we wish? Why can
we rent only to UK students?"
quirements and other restrictions,
and even the debate over whether
Last year, Ogilby says, the
fraternities were informed they
or not the houses should be conwere not considered University
sidered University housing.
housing, and that they would
'A Definite Threat
"Most fraternity men pro- have to give up their sophomores
to the dorms. As it turned out the
bably don't realize the potential
dorms overfilled and the houses
consequences," Ogilby believes.
"The danger of continuing the got the sophomores anyway. diffihe complains, it is
present unwritten policies is a cultStill,
to maintain responsible
definite threat to the very existence of the fraternity system budgeting with such uncertainties developing arbitrarily from
here."
Few of the policies are written the unofficial policies he says
exist.
and formal, he claims.
"Once we get clarification of
The most elemental question
the policy, then we can see what
hinges on what he considers the is
objectionable and what is not,
now-n- o
now-yeUniversity's
and act from there."
position on fraternity housing
Other complaints deal with
as "University Housing."
the ruling on housemothers.
Cites Discrepancies
"I don't necessarily disagree
"If we're not considered UniContinued on rage 7, Col. 1
versity housing and if we're
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State Colleges9 Construction Burgeoning
By LEE B. BECKER and
LARRY DALE KEELING

Kernel Editors
EDITORS NOTE: This is the first in a series of five
on the rapid and recent growth of the state colleges
and Universities.
A new phenomenon is appearing on the campus
scene at Kentucky state universities and Kentucky
State College. The word is construction, and it has
come big to the state schools.
At Western Kentucky University the new $2.9 million Kelly Thompson Science Complex is evidence.
At Morehead State University there is the new
women's residence complex, named after President Adron
Doran's wife, Mignon, and housing 1,100 students.
Eastern Kentucky University sports a new Alumni
Coliseum, put under construction in 1961 and costing
$3 million.
office complex is rising to the Lexington
A
skyline from the University of Kentucky campus while
Kentucky State College, in nearby Frankfort, displays
to passing motorists their new $1.7 million classroom
building.
And at Murray a new $1.7 million laboratory school
Is under construction.
Pushed To Limits
The campuses, pushed to their limits by the postenrollments, are expanding, keeping
war baby-boothe construction wheels rolling.
In the 19G0's, over $272 million has been spent
for construction on the state college campuses in what
lias to be the biggest growing period experienced by
these schools in their histories.
And a close look at the money spent at each college

compared to increases in enrollment shows that each
school seems to be getting fair share of the construction
dollars.
The $272 million figure, based on construction figures
from contracts let in Frankfort, breaks down by college
in the following way.
UK, the largest state school, received the largest
amount of money since 1960 with a total figure of
$89.6 million. Of this amount, $14 million has gone
for construction at the school's 14 community colleges.
Over $26 million has been spent for housing while
another $46 million was spent for main campus academic structures with the remaining monies going
for Spindletop and other
construction. This
does not include the Albert B. Chandler Medical Center,
which was completed in 19G0, but funded in 1956.
Eastern Is Second
Eastern Kentucky University at Hichmond ranks
second with a whopping $61.3 million. Third in the
state in total enrollment with 9,000 students, the school
has spent $29.6 million for housing and $31.7 million
for academic structures since 1960.
Western, with its campus in Bowling Creen, ranked
third with a total construction figure of $45.5 million.
About $17.4 million of this was spent for housing while
the remaining $28.1 million went for academic structures.
Morehead received $40.8 million since 1900 with
$18.8 million going to housing the over 6,000 students
there. About $22 million has gone into academic structures.
About $27.1 million has been spent for construction
at Murray with $12 8 going for housing and $14.3 million being spent for construction of academic structures.
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Synopsis: The hippies decide not
to keep Santa a prisoner but as
he is about to leave Ilippieville
Edgar arrives with the bad news
from Santa Land.

CHAPTER 9
EDGAR'S STORY
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errand searching for a certain blue
glass that Santa used to make doll
baby eyes. When he returned to
Santa Land with a pocketful of
beautiful stones he went straight to
Santa's house to show what he had
found.
The door to Santa's house was
open but no one was home. Not
even Mrs. Claus. Edgar heard a
funny whirring sound. Looking
down he saw a small top spinning
in a pool of salt at his feet.
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going on. Everywhere he went he
found spinning tops and a sprinkling of salt on the floor. Even in the
stables there were no reindeer
only eight spinning tops.
He saw smoke coming from the
chimney of Santa's private tool
shop. He thought, eagerly, "Ah,
Santa is there!" He ran to the shop
but instead of bursting in he
stopped at the door and peeped
through the keyhole.
Inside he saw not Santa but a

misshapen dwarf hammering and

sawing on some strange machine.
Then Edgar knew some awful

thing had happened to all the
creatures in Santa Land. He started running as fast as he could. At
the edge of Santa Land he came
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geese.
upon a family of
When Edgar told them what had
happened the mother goose said
she had seen Santa flying off in his
little plane not too many hours ago
and she could take Edgar to wherever Santa was because it was easy
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for a
goose to track an
airplane.
"Now here I am!" finished Edgar. "And, oh, what arc we to do?"
Santa scratched his whiskers
thoughtfully. "You say there was
salt?" he asked.
"All over the floor!"
"And what was this contraption
the dwarf was making?"
"It was huge and ugly with wires
and bolts sticking out of its middle
and lights flashing in its head."
"Ah," said Santa with a sigh.
"It was Hesckiah. He has invented
a salt to turn people into tops while
he works on a machine to take the
place of people. I never thought he
would dare to come to Santa
Land."
Ding Dong felt terrible. He said
it was all his fault because he had
tricked Santa into leaving Santa
Land. But the hippies said it was
really their fault because they had
wanted to capture Santa in the
first place. Now all of Santa Land
was gone and there wouldn't be
any Christmas anymore.
But Santa said, "Don't worry.
I've known about Hesckiah for a
long, long time. I can handle him."
"What will you do?" asked the
red-eye-

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hippies.

"I'll get the
string
and trip him with it,'' said Santa.
"Then his power will be gone and
so w ill he."
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"The
string? What
is that?"
"That's a secret." said Santa
with a smile. "But come. Edgar.
We must be off. If we hurry we will
still be able to save Santa Land in
time for Christmas."
They ran to Santa's plane but
Edgar was too short to climb in.
Santa said, "Here, I'll give you a
boost." He made a basket out of
his hands and Edgar stepped into
the basket.
When Edgar's shoe touched
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State Colleges9 Construction Burgeoning

Continued from Page One
At the bottom of the list is
predominantly black Kentucky
State with construction totaling
$8.7 million. About $2.8 million
of this went for housing while
$5.9 million was spent for academic buildings.
In comparison to this ranking
of construction totals, the enrollment figures show a slightly different ranking.
UK presently has enrolled
over 25,000 students, including
e
students on the
15,000
main campus and over 9,000 students at the community colleges.
Western ranks second in enrollment with 10,570 students
while Eastern has 9,179. Murray
has enrolled 7,334 students this
semester and Morehead has 6,263.
Kentucky State has an enrollment
of 1,609.
This adds up to 59,955 students enrolled in the state universities and college today. This
compares to 16,851 in the 1959-6-0
school year. The enrollment
for all the state schools has increased over 3Vi times in the
past nine years.
Comparison Impossible
Each campus, because of location and history, is slightly
different. So comparison of construction dollars based solely on
enrollment figures is almost impossible.
Western is crammed atop a hill
in the middle of Bowling Green
'and has to carefully plan use of
every inch of space available.
By comparison, Murray's spacious campus is located on flat
Purchase land.
And while Morehead is shoved
by the town back against the
mountainside, the city of Richmond seems to have left ample
growing space for Eastern.
Further complicating the comparison are the peculiar housing
regulations of each school. East-eMorehead and Kentucky
State students are either encouraged or required to live on campus. The reason for this is there
housis very little
ing.
Spending Reflects
This is reflected in the
amounts of money each has spent
on housing facilities since 1960.
Eastern has spent $29.6 million to accommodate the 6,627
students it has added during
that time, while Western has
full-tim-

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students, even freshmen, have the
prerogative of living
Morehead has spent $18.8 million to house the 4,525 students
added in the last nine years,
while Murray has spent only
$12.8 million to house approximately the same number.
Kentucky State has spent almost $3 million to house the less
than 1,000 students added during
the same period.
Discrepancies
On the academic side of the
picture, there also would appear
to be discrepancies if one did
not consider
the individual
school.
With an increase of only 8,000
students on themain campus, UK
would appear to come out far
ahead of the other schools with
its $46 million spent on academic
structures.
But considering the diversity
of colleges and the specialized
academic facilities they require,
the figure does not seem to be
padded. UK is the only state
school with colleges such as medicine and law.
Also, when one considers that
only $14 million has been spent
to accommodat e the almost 10 ,000
students in the community colleges, the UK figure is comparable to the other schools.
How Much Politics?
When dealing with campus
construction the question arises:
how much politics are involved?
Tommy Preston, editor and
publisher of the Cynthiana Democrat and a member of the Council on Public Higher Education,
thinks the role of politics in construction is limited.
"There was no question of the
need at Eastern (when it began
building)' he said. "They were
just so far behind in facilities."
To Preston, need has usually
determined the amount of construction.
Example Of Need
A good example of the need
is Kentucky State College. The
$5.9 million spent for only 1,000
students added there since 1960
might seem a bit outrageous until one visits the somewhat impoverished campus. Excluding
the new buildings, there would
seem to be almost no classroom
space.
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The Housing Policy's Hidden Meaning
In trying to comment on the
Board of Trustees' action of last
week which gives the University
compower to institute a four-yeseveral
pulsory housing policy,
things come to mind which are not
immediately understandable.
First is the whole nature of the
University's housing policy. According to the recommendation
which the Trustees adopted, the
dormitories must be filled so that
the University can maintain proper
credit and insure a reasonable cost
to other dormitory students. This
is all well and good, but it leaves
unanswered the basic question of
what grounds the Board is acting
on.
There is nothing in the whole
statement which says anything
about the effect which such a policy
will have on students. The whole
rationale behind the decision is
economic, with no consideration of
the students involved.
Further, the exemptions which
the board allowed are seemingly
arbitrary and without rational
basis. Students who commute from
home were excluded for obvious

about the policy in the meeting,
reasons, as were married students. housing office also seems quesBut the three other categories of tionable. What it means or what in spite of the facts that student
students who are exempted from it is used for is entirely another Government clearly is against
forced housing.
compulsory housing, students over matter.
In short, students were sold out
21, students with two years of active
The whole policy becomes
and students who clearer when it is realized that a at the Board meeting. There is still
military service,
a chance, however, in the Student
get special permission from the
majority of students turn 21 during Government referendum on the
are seemingly their
office,
housing
junior year. What the policy
policy which is to be held Wednesarbitrary.
then is really a fancy codificais,
First, the legal age for marriage, tion of the two-yeday, December 4. While the Presihousing policy
voting, making contracts, and which Student Government voted dent of Student Government may
several other activities is 18 in
not care, clearly the Assembly does,
last year.
and it is to be commended. Now it
not 21. The rationale against
Kentucky,
behind this stipulation is not, thereWhich brings us to the whole is up to the students to vote in the
referendum and to make known how
fore, legalistic in any sense. Rather, question of students and this policy.
the motivation behind this exempThe student representative on the they feel about coercive housing
and the hidden meanings of the
tion seems purely to make the board, Student Government Presiof freshmen and sophodent Wally Bryan, said not a word policy.
majority
mores eligible for forced housing.
The exclusion of veterans is
similarly confusing, for it clearly
shows some kind of judgement
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which the board chose not to make ESTABLISHED
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public. Whatever this reasoning,
Editorials represent the opinions of the Editors, not of the University.
the fact is that the
Lee B. Becker,
veteran enjoys (or suffers from)
Danrell Rice, Managing Editor
David Holwerk, Editorial Page Editor
the same legal status as the
, Associate Editor
Guy M. Mendes
non vet. And he should Tom Dorr, Business Manager
Howard Mason, Photography Editor
Jim Miller, Sports Editor
be treated as such.
Jack Lyne and John Polk, Arts Editors
And giving some
students Chuck Koehler, Terry Dunham,
Dana Ewell,
Janice Barber
Larry Dale Keeling,
Assistant Managing Editors
from the
special dispensation

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"All I want
12:20 to go
UT 24-is a winning football team."
"Dr. Hicliard Uutwell, Leading South
East Asian Expert Leaves UK."
"UK President Oswald Takes
n Two Spot at University of California.

Iernel

'

BQB BROWN

Move Heportedly Prompted by Political
Pressure."
"UK Vice President Hobert Johnson
Leaves for California."
"Hecent Hesignations of UK Professors
Hint Mass Exodus of Top Talent."
"UK Faculty Hequitment Paralyzed
by Humors and Procrastination in Choosing a New President."

"Ulmer, Political S cience Chairman,
Announces Plans to Depart. Widely
Known Hehavioralist Denies Participation
in UK 'Exodus'."
Time literally stood still for hundreds
of UK fans in Knoxville last week. The
scoreboard clock stopped minutes after
the game began, leaving UK fans stranded
in frustration as Tennessee scored two
touchdowns in the first half s final minutes that dragged into hours.
But for others time flew into the future

as they pictured what could conceivably
e
happen. For months
proponents of the athletic system have
urged (while they were in realistic moods
with realistic friends and students) that
major changes take place. A Hear Hryant
coach is the dream of many of these
people. "More money for football, even
at the expense of academic departments,
will eventually result in a better school,"
is the argument of many. "Pay what it
takes, over or under the table for top
recruits," is the cry of others. "Hradshaw
had his boy's respect and made men of
them, but he didn't always pack the stadium, which is the purpose of football,"
hint some candid supporters. "We just
fans
want to win," shouted
across campus.
"All 1 want is a winning football
victory-at-any-pric-

fair-weath-

team."

Are the few sweet moments following
a football victory the ultimate goal of

this educational institution? Must the
football players have an interview in
"Sports Illustrated" to benefit from the
program? Shouldn't a stern discipline from
a respected coach mean as much as a
brutal subsistence with a victorious coacli?
Is success a
victory? Can a
mediocre educational system be tolerated
easier than a mediocre football team?
"All I want is a winning football

team."
The gridiron season is over. The Wildcats aren't going to the Cotton Howl.
UK students have nothing to look forward
to except next week's basketball game.

Are they irreparably damaged? Are they

unduly deprived- lias the athletic program failed its purpose? Is winning the
ultimate? Is losing disastrous?
"Them there Kentuckians may have
a lot going for them but we win games."
"All I want is a winning football

team."

* THE KENTUCKY KERNEL, Monday, Dec. 2,

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Viet Destiny: Lotus In A Sea Of Ceasefire

By IIUU
SAICON(CPS)-- If and when
a ceasefire is reached in the

fering of the people in order to
attack the present government,
thereby trying to prove to the
people that the government is
corrupt and dictatorial. And to
get the support of the Free World,

Vietnamese war, how will the
political problems of South Vietnam be solved? Which of the
major groups and parties will be
best equipped to govern?

they will claim they are strongly

This claim perhaps will injure
the possibility of the
of many political parties and the

The Nationalists
The recent alliances of nationalist parties in South Vietnam are proof that nationalists
recognize the dangers in the coming political struggle aft era ceasefire is readied.
Many observers and politicians are pessimistic about this
struggle, because until recently
the nationalist parties had not
prepared a strong unified platform. Some say there are more
than 60 parties in South Vietnam, but most of these are only
small political groups without
any real organization or firm
ideology.
It is true there are parties
which have existed for a long
time the Kuomintang party.the
Dai Viet party, etc. But they
have divided into many branches,
and these small branches are
slowly dying because they lack
substantial financial support.
They also lack the power to call
meetings, for the present government has the right to prohibit
meetings of more than six people.
The nationalist parties are
now trying to convince the press
of their power. Their primary purpose is to demonstrate their ability to maintain a government.
They see the need to unify in
order to avoid repeating the costly experience of 1946, when nationalists fought communists.
The nationalists will be
against both the present government and organizations which issue from the former elements of
the NLF. Because they don't have
a strong organization or, as yet,
considerable power, they will use
two means to reach their goals:
propaganda and militant demonstrations.
In order to get the support
of the people, the nationalist
parties will play upon the suf

possible unification
nam.

of all

Viet-

The Communists
After the ceasefire, whatever
political solution is reached,
former communists who return
from the NLF will have a part
in it. President Thieu refuses to
acknowledge the NLF, and calls
them 'rebels.' However, to absorb this group into society, perhaps the government will change
the name of the Open Arms Ministry to something like the Popular Unification Ministry, in order to allow NLF members to
return as citizens. To do this
would save face, as well as be
an attempt to maintain control
over the returnees.
If this ministry does legalize
citizenship of NLF members,
these new citizens will begin immediately to move into the political system. The communists
will endeavor to profit as much
as possible within the limits of
the law to carry out their true
purpose: to control the government.
The communists will first
work towards destroying nationalist party power, and then
toward destroying the government structure as it now stands.
They will use two familiar tools:
the people, and international
opinion.
The communists will profit