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Vol. LXXXVI. No. 125 Established 1094 University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky 1984

SGA Senate approves bill opening its meetings

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By S( (I'I‘T “ll HUIT
\ssomate Editor

The Student Government Association Sen-
ate last night approved a resolution opening
all meetings of its organizations, except cer-
tain deliberation proceedings. to the public.

Primary sponsor of the bill. Phil Taylor.
Arts 81 Sciences senator. said the bill will
show the student body that “we have gone
on the record favoring open meetings "

Taylor said that when the bill was first in
troduced last November. it was tabled.“The
reason why it failed the first time was be-
cause we were waiting for an opinion from
the Attorney General's Office.“ Taylor said
"It never showed up. so here we are now
\'.llh this bill ”

The bill stirred debate from the floor

”There are times when we dont want
people knowing what we do at these meet-
ings,"Paul said.

He added that there also are times when
the press should be barred from attending
SGA meetings "There are situations when
the press should not be allowed to listen to
what goes on here.“ Paul said

In an interview following the meeting. he
said. “In general. I am not opposed to bar-
ring the press, But. in specific areas. yes. I
think there are times when the press should
not be allowed to attend "

Paul said the “specific areas" are times
when SGA deals in “sensitive matters such
as the ground work on how to handle the
chemistry resolutions. for instance "

Paul also said that at times the public
should be barred from attending SGA meet-

Flo Hackniaii a senator at large. objected
to Paul s statemants and said SGA has a
duty to be open to the public “We are elect
ed and have a trust." she said "We are a
public organization. and we have to be
open "

L'nder the bill. all meetings of the organi-
zation are open to the public with the excepr
tion of "posthearing deliberations of the
Election Board and the Judicial Board "

(‘huck Thornbury. Appropriations and
Revenue (‘ommittee chairman. requested
that the Student Hrganizations Assistance
('ommittee also be included on the list of
closed pnx-eedings

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propriating money to campus orgainiza
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Pro-freeze activists
want arms control
on November ballot

By JOHN \tlSKl'HI.
Special Projects Editor

The Bluegrass Nuclear Freeze
(‘anipaign announced yesterday that
it will sponsor a petition drive aimed
at placing the nuclear freeze issue
on the November ballot in Fayette
(‘ounty

The Bluegrass campaign is a 40-
member group of "Citizens in Lex-
ington who are concerned about nu
clear weapons.~ said Betsy Neale.
cochairw‘oman of the group tester»
day s announcement came at a
press conference in the Newman
l'enter. 320 Rose Lane

The campaign wants to put the
assoc ot nuclear arms before the
general public. Neale said

"The Freeze referendum w'ill pro-
iide the people of Fa_,ette ('ounty a
unique opportunity to vote on an
issue that directly at fetts then sur-
tival. but which they are never con-
sulted on.” she said "Through the
referendum. we can send a clear
message to our leaders in Washing-
ton and the rest of the world that we
want to see an end to the arms
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.\ similar move to put a freeze ref-
erendum on the ballot in 198?, was
defeated by the L'rban County ('oun-
ml by a one-vote margin. according
to Rita t'aufield. a member of the
Bluegrass freeze campaign

The freeze supporters in the 1982
attempt had generated only 5.000
signatures and therefore had to
leave it up to the Lex1ngton~Fayette
I'rban (‘ounty Counctl to dec1de
whether to include the referendum
on the ballot. said Wylie Slagel. also
a member of the group The counCil
did not pass the resolution. stating
that the freeze is not a local issue

“Part of the reason that we‘re
doing this is to bring the issue be-
fore the community again." Slagel
said

Kentucky state law states that a
petition drive must generate about
15.000 signatures in order to bypass
local government and place a refer-
endum directly on the ballot. Cau-
field said The goal of the petition

 

INSIDE

The Lady Kate try to redeem them~
selves after a lackluster season as
they take on LSU in their first game
of the SEC tournament at the Uni-
versity of Georgia. For more. see
SPORTS page 3.

A Kernel reviewer looks at the latest
dance movie “Footloose". For
more. see FANFAIE page 6.

Local bookstores see the selling of
religious materials u I ministry. not
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drive will be to get the required 13.
000 signatures she said

The ordinance that the group
hopes to put in a referendum form
would call for the president of the
L'nited States and the supreme sovi
et of the Soviet [him to negotiate a
mutual. verifiable freeze on the test-
ing. production and deployment of
nuclear weapons and their (it‘ilH‘l‘y
systems (‘opies of the ordinance
would be sent to the president and
the supreme soviet

It also would call for the desig-
nation of one day each year Au
gust 6 as a day for public dis»
cusSion and education on the
subjects of national defense and .il
ternatives to nuclear w eapons

If the freeze issue makes it into
referendum form. la-xmgton will
j()ln 38 other American cities that
have had referenda on the issue.
Neale said (if those cities. 33 have
passed the respective freeze ordi~
nances

Members of the religious coinmu
nity' and a representative troni the
Central Kentucky Fellowship of Rec
onciliation and the Bluegrass ('hapr
ter of the Physicians for Social Iter
sponstbility were also present at the
press conference to support the pt‘ll'
tion drive

“Because we don‘t want any certain
senators
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Medical School enrollment down with glum predictions

By EM“ \ \IUHSF
Staff \\ riter

Sparse federal funding and a re-
port predicting an oversupply of
phySicians by the year 1990 have
contributed to a decline in enroll-
ment at the L'K medical school.
according to Terrence Leigh. acting
associate dean for the College of Ed-
ucation.

The l2—percent slide in enrollment
reflects a national pattern of shrink‘
ing medical school classes over the
past two years.

Leigh said two key issues led to
the medical school‘s reduction in
class size, which went from 108 in
1982 to 95 in 1984 the drying up of
federal funding and a national re—
port stating that the future would
bring an oversupply of physicians

Leigh said that in 1964. the [K
medical school was originally ac-
credited for 80 students. but in the
late 19605 and early 19705. the feder-
al government offered a capitation
fund. providing the medical school

with money for each additional stu
dent taken above accreditation This
caused the enrollment to steadily lIlr
crease

The college reached an enrollment
high of 108. with the freshman class
of 1973 At about the same time. the
federal government provided the
largest amount of money

"In 1974 and 1975. the federal gov
ernment provided a total of 3853.000
That converts to about $2.050 per
student." said James Hacketf. asso~
ciate dean for administration and fi
nance.

In the late '70s. thc capitation
monies dried up "In essence. there
was no money to keep class size
high." Leigh said

“In Kentucky. the money lost
from capitation was not subsidized
or replaced by state funding "

In addition to the loss of federal
funds. the (lMENAt‘ iGraduate
Medical Education National AdVl‘
sory Committee-1 report. which has
appeared the last two to three years.
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The universal emotion

Listening goes a long way toward stemming the tide of angry words, professor says

By MICKEY .‘IEECE

Reporter

One roommate always plays her
music too loud. and the result is an
argument — started by the other —
that is louder than Led Zeppelin.

“Anger as an emotional state is
universal.“ said Susan Abbott. a UK
psychological anthropologist

In this case. it is music. the urti-
versal language. prompting anger.
the universal nonlanguage;keeping
communication lines open is a key
to resolving an argument. said
George F. Herbener. a Lexington
communication consultant.

To dilute another's anger, it is
best to go beyond a defensive reac-
tion. Herbener said. If you listen to
that person's side. he said. the anger
will recede more quickly. “By re-

sponding to them in a posmve way.
you can lessen their anger." he said
"The person is expecting you to
fight back.

“Pat each other on the back."
Herbener said. "We‘re real good at
tearing at each other.“

Said Abbott: “What the culture
does with expression of angeri va-
ries from culture to culture We tend
to rely on external agencies. like po-
lice and courts ifor outlets l . “

”Different people get angry for
different reasons." Herbener said.
”Some people need very much to be
in control. other people need to have
a sense of power or ability to per-
suade or control others."

There is a process to getting
angry that involves a series of per-
ceptions. decisions and responses

The process is not Simply one of
cause and effect. Herbener said

Although one student consistently
plays her music loud. the second
might snore all the time In reality.
Herbener said. one or the other. or
both. have expectations for living to-
gether that are too high Many peo-
ple have expectations that are too
high.he said.

“We have these expectations. but
we never stop to think about them."
Herbener said ”Ask yourself. ‘ls
this realistic'?‘

He said people should reflect on
when they first became angry and
try to determine what they really
expected.

He described the process of anger
in four stages The first stage in.
volves expectations. “oughts”

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