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Vol. lXXXVI, No. l04

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Established I894

KENTUCKY

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University of Kentucky. Lexington, Kentucky

independent Since 197]

Wednesday. February] l984

 

SGA to vote on bill establishing new 0

By EL IZ:I\HI‘ Tll( AR \S
Senior Staff Writer

Student Government Assomation will be considering
tonight whether to expand the role of the executive di-
rettoi into a full- fledged Vice- presidency creating two
titles for the organization‘s Spring elections.
according to David Bradford. SGA president

”0“

The Internal Affairs Committee will be submitting a
constitutional amendment calling for a senior Vice pres
ideiit who would lead the organization‘s legislature and
an executive vice president. who would act as the presir
dent's assistant. Tim Freudenberg. SGA vice president

said

It passed again on Feb 15. because an amendment to
the constitution requires two consecutive Senate passes.
the new positions would be elected during the April 4-5

election and take office in May

Loan program
is a success,

officials say

By ELIZABETH (ARAS
N‘lllt)!‘ Statt Writer

student Government Association's
.sliort Term Loan Program has been
very successful. Phil Shreves. coor-
dinator oi emergency loans. said

Although SGA initially depostted
the money. the loans are handled at
the financial aid office by Shrey'es

Since the beginning of the semes—
ter .iii to Ll?» students have received
loans from the SGA fund. Shreves
"It s a good program." he
”\Kc rc glad the money is

said
said
there

l'tider the program, any full-time
student is eligible to receive an in-
lt'l‘t’si'irt't‘ loan up to Sloo for 60
days

The program was created in Sep~
tentber as an extenston of the Stu-
dent congress Loan Fund which
originally contained $1.600 that was
rarely used, Shrcves said SGA then
deposited another Still) to bring the
'tlld} to S: mitt

\'(.,-\ intended to create a program
w hich would assist not only those in
desperate need but those with less of
an emergency. Tim l-‘reudenberg.
Si i.-\ \ icc president. said

The majority of the students need
the money ior books and supplies.
."cttt food. car repairs or insurance
payments. said Shreyes. who is also
community college financial aid
coordinator

He also said he has loaned money
to finance trips in connection with a
student's mayor or for tests that a
studt-nt may need to apply to a pro-
iessional school

it» itt‘ eligible tor a loan. Shreves
a student must have some way
to pay back the loan Most of the
students are waiting tor a late pay-
check. a Social Security check or a
check ironi the Veterans Adminis-
tration. he said

Although many were unsure of the
program s success because students
nilglit not pay back their loans. this
problem has not surfaced, Shrey'es
said "My feeling is that the stu»
dents pay back very regularly We
don't lose very much money "

According to the books from early
December. there is about 750 in the
fund w hich is probably much higher
now. Shreves said "Many had to
repay before registering for Spring
classes 'I'here's probably closer to
Slfiooor $2.0001n there now '

Freudenberg said he was very
pleased with the program's success
although it did not surprise him

Because this year‘s budget is very
tight. Freudenberg said SGA will
probably not be able to add any
money to the fund "I would hope
student governments in the future
would continue tosupport it "

"As long as students borrow in a
mature manner. plan to pay it back
and pay it back. the money W1“ al-
ways be there for other students to
borrow Shreves said

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A special course will take students to
Belize during the summer interces-
sion. For the details. see page 2.

The system at buying uni selling
textbooks is explored and compari-

sons made. For the findings. see

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I think this is the solution to an organizational prob-
lem we have had in the past and we want to make it a

constitutional change."
governments I've been in contact with have had more
than one vice president so I feel under the expanded
role that SGA has assumed in the last few years.
position has become a necesSity '

”The responsibility wtll still fall on the prestdent but
he‘ll have an executive VICE president to help him ad—
Bradford said
to get out from behind his desk and serve the students "

minister it."

Bradford said "Most student

this

"It would free the prestdent

Freudenberg said the position of executive vice presir
dent would be replacing the current job of executive di-

rector held by Tim ()‘Mera If the reviSion is passed.

however
not appomted

. the third-incommand job would be elected
and would be given more responsibility
over the executive branch

He will be respotiStble for the nine committees that

 

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the executive diitttoi \ l‘ , .:-i
the departmt nt of lllitl'fl'in‘l' tr.
sity Relations and the
said
”An elected official has
more access to £l'llliill.\'l t'
ability to take the [Jliit't' oi
dent when they‘re not it. 'llc . ,.
r‘reudenberg said i'lH 'w:
authority and responsztiii'
for their actions

\ln‘iim'

Because the pi‘t-sidcnt
Board of Trustees tomb}. a.
needs someone to help t..:.
branch. U".\lera said

“I really hope :t passw
overdue It s the tics! 'itl'.i.'
ciaily since it quadrupled .'

Newberry membership offers
improved scholarly research

B) l.‘ \\ l) l’\ltl\'l‘
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In an ettort ‘o .llllil'=t‘.>
for scholarly rest-art t. ' 7‘.
33.000 to become a r'.t-:: '4
cago's \ewlx-rrj. labia"
Renaissance Studies

The l'niverstty trt .iiim
because 'students trau-
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they're going 'o it: t". .

search said ltotn t" l‘ in."

[either] llcnic/t ii iii
chairman oi [K s \inu’w " I [IQ/[Ah t/t"/?i‘il'{lII¢’/ll
Committee

“The Newberry l. '- c/It‘lll'nlt'lll
the premier rescarcr , ' '
country and onc ,,: '
tes in the world ..'
search lieiiicntax
chairman of tin-
mentsaid

Joseph .lttllt‘>
lsh. said tho ceritcr
tul collwtmt: ot ia'v
ltetiatssancc niatcr
cellent background
intends tc \thl‘. in!
rtously

Jones has ‘liifm
Newberry twlct- ,.--_
eval drama and .ica .
ground of Xllgtaa
Spanish writer tit.
take my iitlilltig‘l’afl.
there for a session
ccllent addltainai
l'niyersity

Without actcss ‘i .’.
Jones said Not.
time borrowing tin-ass
get copicsot it;

According
center. it
areas

- Western litirotw ‘.t . ;: '
history. literaturc .i:.it lu.’
the middle ages
19th century

0 Great Bi‘ita.i: ft‘ilt. .
nings to the early Iiiti: : cnzur‘.

0 Latin America
nings to the time of libct‘a' in
European control

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University’s first lady claims to be a Southern girl at heart

B\ \‘:.\T\l ll-I ( \l l)lll
StaffVlrtter

"How about an iced tea ""

It seems that every visttor to Max-
well Place for the past 15 years has
heard this Southern invitation

Gloria Singletary. wife of Prest-
dent Otis A Singletary. is just as
Southern as her iced tea and her
hospitality

“I was born in Alabama and yew
up in MissiSSippi. you can‘t get
much more Southern than that!“
Gloria Singletary said.

Gloria Singletary‘s appearance
holds true to the image of a planta-
tion lady. cultured. well-bred and
definitely femimne Gloria Sin~
gletary in a pink ensemble and soft.
almost imperceptible draw]. re-
minds you of what the South must
have been before the Civil War

A Methodist minister's daughter.
Gloria Singletary spent her child
hood in the Southern states “I grew
up in Mississippi and spent my sum-
mers on the Mississippi Gulf." she
said.

Gloria Walton met Otis Singletary
while attending Perkinston Junior
College, “We went together for a
year or two before we got married."
she said. “I met him in my first
year at college."

Gloria Singletary said her ambi-
tion in life was altered once she met
Otis Singletary. “I thought I wanted
to be a nurse but then I switched my
major to history because it was Otis“
major."shesaid.

After World War II began, Gloria
Singletary spent time as a WAVE. a
woman officer in the Navy. while
Otis Singletary went overseas on
board a ship in the Pacific Ocean.

My first child Bonnie was born
in 1945. which was when the war
ended"

Gloria Singletary said they both
returned to school on the GI bill
after the end of the war

"Vihen I graduated from Millsap's
College in Jackson. Miss. we went
to [SE where Otis wanted to work
on his Master's." Gloria Singletary
said.

“We were there for three years. I
worked as a secretary and Otis went
to school. and then we were called
back into the navy because of the
Korean War or the ‘Korean (‘riSIsI
as they called it.” she said

"Since Otis went overseas in the
war. they kept him onshore this
time and he spent a year as an in-
structor in the Naval Spy Corps
school in New Jersey." Gloria Sin-
gletarysaid,

This was followed by a stream of
travels from university to universr
ty. college to college.

“We spent two years at Princeton.
New Jersey, where Otis was an
ROTC instructor at Princeton Uni-
versity." Gloria Singletary said.
“Then. we went to Austin, Texas.
and we were there for seven years.
Our two youngest children — Ken-
dall and Scott — were born there.

“We then went to Greensboro.
North Carolina. to the University of
North Carolina. where Otis was a
chancellor, During the five years we
spent there. he took a year off to set
up the Job Corps in Washington.
DC. We eventually went to live in
Washington. DC. where (Otis Sin-
gletaryi was the vice president of
the American Council on Educa~
tion."shesaid.

The Singletarys returned to the

 

 

Lniyersny 0t lexas tor a ye .:i

then came to residt ll l.«\.:.;

where Otis Singletary bet-aim trim

dentof L'K . ._ .. _ , .

Gloria Singletary said that tuna: . ~. w ,_ . l q .: v. .- -.. hp H _.
to Kentucky was a very big :taiyiw .- > ,, . ~ ,t < j - yo.
their lives “lle‘d ittis \‘anglv‘a'j. .v . -. '1 i.
never been to Kentucky ' '
neither one of us had.” she sa
was a mayor step lie tum-i:
ward to the challenge and has
regretted his dec ision ‘

At the beginning tht c. tat lLii i
tough. The first year was
strain because it was durzitc _
Vietnam War. which I ”liiih .\.t* . " ' -. v r‘ g 1 .y in?” I .‘cc.
very unreal situation on .ai‘ tni- .. - .. ; ' .‘ «. - “a“
Gloria Singletary said \\’hc:
came here the students dltil‘i t
()tis. he didn‘t know them and at
made every attempt to pint: lt‘
communication.‘ which set-mm:
be the theme of that time

“The students felt there was no
communication between students
and the administration." she said
”.So I had a series of teas every
Wednesday afternoon during that
year SO tthe students could see that
neither one of us had horns,
Speak." she said. smiling in rccol
lection.

”We‘d have cookies and punch out
on the lawn. the students and the
faculty could come over for an hour
or so." Gloria Singletary said

“At least they had the feeling the
admmistration cared. there’s not
much you can do in an hour in the
afternoon. but at least we made the
attempt to close that communication
gap."shesaid

Gloria Singletary said she likes-
Lexington and CK, "(If all the canir
pusos I‘ve been on. I've never en

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 2 - THE KENTUCKY KERNEL Wodnoaday, February 1, 1984

U.S. policy in Central America is subject of 2-day public seminar

By SCOTT WILHOIT
Associate Editor

itself With "

Former Costa Rican president. Daniel Uduber. Will be

the whole area." Coleman said "And many people are
questiomng on which side the t' S should be aligning LaFeber at 3 30 pm . 206 Student Center later that

Tomorrow's seminar Will begin With an address by

evening. Oduber Will deliver the keynote presentation at

He said the goal of the seminar is to present different 8in the Recital Hall of theCenter for the Arts
the keynote speaker at a twoday public semlnor on ideas “The Latin American Program is taking no
L7 S. policy options in Central America .it it p m tomorr stance other than a stance of informing the public to the
row variety of options available,” he said

Other speakers Will present a variety of opinions on

Fridays events begin at 830 am with HolWill and
Lowenthal's discussion The debate Will be held in the
Recital Hall of the Center for the Arts At noon Friday.

Oduber. who Was president troni tsTt to 1978. is cred the t' S position m the turmoil-plagued region of the Oduber, Holwill and Lowenthal will partiCIpate in a dis

ited with governing one of the truly democratic political

, . world
systems in the region. according to henneth toleman. a

American Program

rofes‘or of m "l H In” 1 -h n' n ti , l -t The speakers include Richard Holwill. deputy aSSis-
p 3 p0 “d 3‘” “ "m ‘ “I" ‘m‘ k ‘d m tant secretray of state. Walter LaFeber. a history pro

cussion titled "Policy Options Toward a Creative Reso-
lution of Conflict "

Coleman said questions from the audience will be en—

fessor at Cornell t'niversity. and Abraham Lowenthal. tertained throughout the seminar "We want the speak-

Oduber is one of the speakers in the Latin American chairman OI the department ”l international relations at ers to finish their addresses. but certainly once they are

Studies Program public seminar scheduled for Feb 3.3
Coleman said the purpose of the seminar is "to expose
Kentuckians to a variety oi \ieWs oi What the t' 5
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Summer course
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Belize vacation

By SACHA DEVROOMEN
Staff Writer

Belize. Honduras and Guatemala ~ perfect sum-
mer vacation spots for those students enrolling in a
special geography course during the 1984 summer
intercession.

The class will spend the first week on campus
studying and gomg through a geography of Belize
textbook. said Percy “"Doc Dougherty. a geog~
raphy professor and instructor for the three-credits
hour course

The next two weeks will be spent. for the most
part. in Belize. Dougherty said he would also like
to go to Honduras and Guatemala for a few days

“We Will be out there doing things instead of
reading out of textbooks.“ he said

Each person Will be expected to do a major pro-
ject While in Belize. Dougherty said. and no tests
will be given "It is hard to give tests on tech-
niques; the class will be very similar to a laborato-
ry class," he said,

"(icing over a number of techniques that they
Will be using in a lot of different research projects
in a different type of culture and land area Will
have more impact." Dougherty said.

Cindy Taylor. a geography senior. said “to get
anything worthwhile out of it tthe class» you Will
have to put some effort intto» it "

The fourth week will be spent on campus where
students Will write their research reports. Dougher-
ty said

Belize. a former British colony, has a Creole pop
ulation in the lowlands. Spamsh culture in the
mountains and Kechumaran Indians inland. he
said

“Belize is a tropical paradise With a little ten-
sion." Dougherty said. There are British troops in
Belize. Which keep the country fairly stable. he
said Guatemala is also fairly stable. although
there is some guerrilla artillery in parts of the
country The class, however. Will not visit those
areas. Dougherty said

Taylor said the political turmoil in the countries
adds a little spice to the trip for her

Students Will pay for their own trip [)ougherty
said he has a tentative estimate of $580 per person.
which includes airfare and hotel rates. but not tood
or spending money

“With $381) on top of that is fairly cheap ' Doug-
herty said

'l‘u1tion Will be $41 per credit hour for undergrad
uates and $59 per credit hour for graduate stu-
dents

Dougherty said he plans to take about in studean
and a graduate assistant "l have a tentatiie list of
in people already." he said “I don‘t know how
many of thoseare gomg ”

Stanley Hrunn. the chairman ot the geography
department. said the trip would be “a good oppor-
tuntity tor students who have an interest in this
field for a very reasonable price "

Students also agree the trip is a great opportunr
ty "Students 1 know are really excited about it."
Taylor said “A lot of people are talking about
going "

Dougherty said he chose Belize because "it is an
area I know. I have done some field research there
hetore ‘ He took a group of students to Belize while
teaching at Ohio t'niverSity

The course Will be offered at both waduate and
undergraduate levels during the summer four-week
intercession .April 1 is the last day to register for
the class and a $200 deposit is due by March 3

Any student is eligible to take the course. Doug-
herty said ".As long as they have done some
coursework in geography. geology and anthropolo»
gy. they Will be in good shape." he said "Someone
With a lot of background in other areas is more
than welcome to go "

The course Will not be all pleasure. however "It
is a working vacation." Dougherty said “There is
nothing wrong With mixmg business and pleasure
Just haying fun in a different culture is learning
about it "

Dougherty said this course may not appeal to all
people because Americans are used to clean IdCllli
ties "Belize is not the cleanest place in the world.
some people are turned off by that." he said "it
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Every college student knows it —
hooks cost bucks

That fact can often lead to frustra-
i:oii at the begimiing of a semester.
mhen tuition and fee payments at
ieady loom ominously on the stu-
leiit's financial horizon The added
burden of buying textbooks can
:eave both students and their check-
iooks unbalanced

students may face more of the
mime frustration at the end of the
semester when they try to sell their
looks to the store Managers at Ken-
:u-dy anti t'niversity bookstores say
".c most sellers can expect for their
iitvt)k\ ls 5o to on percent of the origi-
:...l purchase price (then the return
.. much less. and sometimes the
«Core: refuse to buy back certain
: ooks

the frustration can lead to confu-
sion Why does this happen',’

The Kentucky Kernel purchased
tour textbooks from both Kennedy
and l'niyersity bookstores on Jan 9.
the same books were bought at
-.ich stoie The books 7 English.
.‘rieiiiisti'y. psychology and calculus
were then resold to the
- hes the next do)

The K. vmr.’ spent a total of $168 85
wt gut hack a total of $.37

\t Kennedy we paid $85 55 for four
u t‘tl books

Kennedy uses the publisher's sug»
price to determine the
hooks John Butcher.
':i.ii‘..iger of the bookstore. said New
wail-1s are sold for the suggested
;;.« e med ones are sold at T5 per~
, . :1! of that price "Both of those fig-

't’\ are pretty uniform throughout
".el nited States he said

\1 t'iiiwrsity Book Store. the four
.setl books cost Sal .to

l'tiiversity also uses the pub
Izshei s suggested prices for deter-
"llttltitl what to charge. Bill Eblen.
'1lllll.iL‘.t‘l' ot the bookstore. said “We
itn'rl‘tlt' llils bookstore similar to all
the othei tuiokstores across the
'ittllltt) he said

The books were sold back to both
‘iwiksttitt's on Jan to t'niverSity
;.i;tl a total of 82h. a return of about
1 percent Kennedy paid $31 for
',".l't*t' of 'he tour textbooks. a return
7 about to percent He did not buy
Kick one ot the books. a calculus
'exttimk ll’t'tillslt' it will no longer be
used ti? [‘K

The value of a student‘s book at
'tie resale counter depends mostly
'i one i.ictor. Butcher said

llt‘lllt‘l or not the book is guing to
‘ic itsed at l'K again A newer edi-
"oii of the calculus book will be used
:v-\t semester so Kennedy did not
I'll). 2', back

The books that are used each se~
:icster are selected by [K faculty
'iienibei‘s Butcher said Any
haiigcs that are made from semes»
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“The best time to sell a
book back is the day
wefind out. . . what
books will be used in
the next semester. At a
certain time, we have
to order books from
our publisher. If you
sell back after that
order has gone out,
you will naturally not
get a high price . ”
John Butcher,

Kennedy Book Store
—

ments then place book orders with
the bookstores

“What students forget a lot of
times is that the bookstores do not
change the books Butcher said
“We have absolutely nothing to say
about that We often have to absorb
costs when books are changed at the
last minute "

After L'K's academic departments
place their orders the bookstores go
to several sources to locate copies of
required texts. including used book
companies. publishing companies
and students They try to use stu~
dents as the primary source. Eblen
said

The bookstores benefit from buy
ing students' books because they do
not have to pay shipping costs and
they can stock used books. Eblen
said t'sed books are easier for the
bookstores to sell. he said. because
they are priced less than new books

"We try to buy all the books that
the students have to sell us before
we go elsewhere." Eblen said "We
try to do all we can to get used
books for the classes "

Butcher said that under "optimum
conditions" Kennedy pays about 50
to 60 percent of the original pur-
chase price when it buys back
books “That really isn't a low per
centage." he said

"The costs and overhead" that the
bookstores face determine the prices
they pay. he said Another factor is
the amount of time the bookstore
will have to keep the book on the
shelf. he said The longer the book
will have to stay on the shelf before
purchase. the lower the price

One of the major factors that can
decrease a book's resale value is the
book's availability. Eblen said If
the bookstore is already stocked
with an adequate supply of a certain
book for the semester. it will pay a
lower price for the book. he said
L'niverSity pays 50 percent of the
book‘s original list price under opti-
mum conditions. he said

“hen the Kernel sold back iLs'
books to Kennedy. the man behind

the resale counter did not check any
type of record to find the original
value of the books. He did not con-
sult any type of guide when be de-
termined the prices he paid for the
books

“We work with books everyday."
Butcher said “It may seem arbi-
trary to an outsider because you
don‘t work with them. You learn the
authors and titles and list prices
when you work with them all the
time Just because we don‘t look
them up doesn't mean we don't
know the price."

Prices paid for resold books can
varv, however. depending on winch
of the bookstores buyers is working.
he said. “It could vary between buy-
ers. but only slightly." Butcher said

"It's definitely no arbitrary proc~
ess" at the University. Eblen said
The man behind the resale counter
there looked up the list prices of the
books and based their resale prices
on those f igurts

Kennedy paid $6 for a literature
book that originally cost $14 20. a re-
turn of roughly 42 percent It paid
$15 for a chemistry book that cost
$25 45. a return of about 59 percent.
It paid $10 for an $18 70 psychology
book. a return of about 53 percent
The calculus book that was not
bought back cost $27.20 The Kernel
got back 831 on an original invest-
ment of $85 55 w a total return of
about 36 percent

L'niverSity paid $5 for a literature
book that originally cost SH 20. a re-
turn of about 35 percent It paid
$10 50 for a $23 95 chemistry book. a
return of about 44 percent It paid
$7 50 for a $17 95 psychology book. a
return of about 42 percent. lt paid $8
for a $2720 calculus book. a return
of about 1‘. percent The Kernel got
back $26 on an original investment
of $83 30 — a total return of about 31
percent

Some students" books —» like the
calculus book — are bought back at
wholesale prices. Eblen said “If
we‘ve already stocked that book. we
pay the wholesale price —— the price
arrived at by various publishers'
he said

A book‘s wholesale value can
range from one-third of the original
price. to practically nothing. he
said "We pay the normal prices.
that's whats normally paid across
the L'nited States "

"If we can sell 100 of a certain
book." Butcher said. "and we at-
ready have 100 on our shelves. it
would be kind of Silly to buy it re-
tail "

What can students do to get the
highest possible return on their in-
vestments“

Sell back at the right time. Butch-
er said "The best time to sell a
book back 15 the day we find out
from the faculty what books Wlll be
used in the next semester." he said
"At a certain time. we have to order
books from our publisher If you sell
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(‘omplimentary copies of text
books may increase prices at botr
area bookstores

John Butcher. Kennedy Book
Store manager. said complimen-
tary books are included in a ship»
ment‘s cost. raising overhead
which. in turn. raises prices.

Publishing companies give com-
plimentary textbooks to profes-
sors across the country. The
lloughton-Mifflin (‘0. marks its
books with a gold stamp bearing
the company name and the words
“complimentary copy. not for re-
sale." said Claudia Regan. assis-
tant communicatiom director for
the company.

But complimentary books are
often sold

“Last Fall we bought about
1.000 total copies." Butcher said.

 

"We buy them as a used book and
sell them asaused book."

He said the store tsually buys
complimentary books from a
wholesaler rather than a profes-
sor. A wholesaler WI“ “canvass
the campus and buy directly from
the professors." he said

Butcher said professors may
sell books because they are not re-
lated to their field. Others sell
their copies “strictly for profit
motive." he said. “We feel many
sell books just for that purpose,"

Complimentary books can be di-
vided into two basic groups.
Regan said. Examination copies
are distributed to professors to re-
view and decide whether they
would like to use the book. Desk
copies are given to professors
using the book who have placed
orders with a bookstore.

Both types are not supposed to
be sold. but “we have no control

 

 

 

 

over them after we give them
out."shesaid.

The University Press makes
every effort to ensure that profa-
sors return books they do not
choose to use. Kenneth Elliott. as-
sistant director. said.

If there are any laws governing
the buying and selling of the
books. representatives from the
Attorney General‘s office. the Bet-
ter Business Bureau. the Universi-
ty Police Department and UK
law Library are unaware of
them. Many officials said it was
probably more of an ethical ques-
tion than a legal one.

Elliott said profes