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Defense moves to close Morton case hearings

By STEPHANIE WALLN ER
Managing Editor

The trial of Elzie Alexander Mor-
ton, accused in the June 9 murder of
a UK student, has been postponed
and defense attorneys are awaiting
a decision on their motion to exclude
the public and press from pretrial
hearings.

The court is expected to rule Mon-
day on the motion, which would
close the pretrial hearings.

Morton, 31, was arrested in Cali-
fornia in August and extradited to

Lexington, where he was charged
with the murder of chemistry grad-
uate student Lin-jung Chen. He is
also charged with rape, sodomy and
being a persistent felon.

In the closure motion. defense at-
torneys claim that articles published
in the Kentucky Kernel, The Cou-
rier-Journal and the Lexington Her-
ald-Leader contained “significant
pretrial publicity . “

The motion states, “the closure
will keep potential jurors from fur-
ther exposure to information which

would render them an unfairly bi-
ased juror."

Defense attorneys Erwin W. Lewis
and Edward C. Monahan filed the
motion in Fayette Circuit Court
Monday and presented copies of ar-
ticles from the Kernel and Courier-
Journal for review They will submit
articles from the Herald-Leader at a
later date, they said.

The motion states, “articles exten-
sively discuss: 1) the commission of
the crimes; 2) information on the
victim, her child and husband . .
and information on Morton's arrest.

plea, statements when arrested. pa-
role and prior convictions.
Representatives from the Herald-
Leader and Kernel announced at
yesterday‘s hearing that the two
newspapers would contest the mo-
tion. A representative from the Cou-
rier-Journal was not present.

Elsa G. Black, an attorney rep-
resenting the Heraldicader. said,
“You have to make specific findings
. . . before you can close this case."

She said the accused must show
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‘Progressive groups’ form new coalition

l, iheral students want ‘network ’ of information between several organizations

i._\ tMKNELI. (‘LEM
Senior Staff Writer

In an attempt to establish a “net-
work" of information among various
campus organizations. a “coalition
of progressive groups" was formed
last night at a meeting in the Stu-
dent Center Addition.

Lois Wesly. Socially Concerned
Students president, and Kevin
Greene, 3 member of SCS, began
contacting group leaders about two
weeks ago. In attendance last night
were members from SCS, Young

Democrats, the UK chapter of the
National Organization for Women,
the Resource Conservation Club,
Democratic Socialists of America‘s
Youth Section. GALUS. and Emer-
gence, a campus feminist newspa-
per.

The purposes of the coalition will
be to provide a wider system of sup-
port among the groups and to keep
members informed of campus activ-
ities.

“We need to be monitoring things
that go on on campus." said Suz-
anne Feliciano, coordinator of UK‘s

NOW chapter. "The first thing we
need to work on is (to see) how this
University is run. to learn how the
channels work.‘ ‘

The coalition should “look into all
kinds of things that go on." she
said.“We need to be going to admin-
istration meetings.“

The students also voiced concern
over the re—election of President
Reagan and the conservative mood
in the country.

Laura Collim. a NOW member,
predicted that the University will
experience an increase in conserva-

tism. “We're going to see a very
strong conservative trend come over
this campus — like a fog,“ she said.
Collins stated that there were “dif-
ferent groups here (at the meeting)
with different strengths." By com-
bining efforts. “we‘re going to be
seen —- we‘re going to be heard."
Susan Brothers, Young Democrats
president, noted that the individual
organizations have particular goals,
but said, “we also have a common
goal, or we wouldn‘t be here to-

night."
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College of Engineering receives private money

By JULIE SCHMI'I'I'
Staff Writer

The College of Engineering has re-
ceived $32,500 in yants from private
industry to develop faculty, improve
job-search facilities and conduct re-
search.

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tion organization. gave a $5,000
grant for faculty development.

“This money can be used to buy
new equipment for the school, to
send professors to seminars, meet-
ings and the like." said Ray Bowen,
dean of the College of Engineering.

This is the third consecutive year
Halliburton Foundation has given
money to the engineering school.

“We do receive unsolicited gifts
from companies. such as Hallibur-

ton. that come to UK to recruit stu-
dents for employment, " Bowen said.

In conjunction with the money
Halliburton gave the engineering
school, it gave an additional $500 to
the Career Planning and Placement
Center.

“This is the second year that Hal-
liburton has given us $500,” said
Drema Howard. associate director
of the service. “They gave us the
money because of the career and

Like pulling teeth

Dental students gain experience on volunteer patients

By CAROLYN EDWARDS
Staff Writer

For 845, patients can buy complete
dental service and help educate UK
dental students.

The College of Dentistry offers a
special program in which full-time
UK students can pay a “5 flat fee
and receive dental care from sec-
ond to fourth-year dental students.

If accepted for the program, pa-
tients are randomly assigned to a
dental student. They then have to
set aside some free afternoon for
treatment.

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affairs. A standard appointment
lasts from 2": to three hours.

“Time commitment is very impor-
tant,“ Cunningham said. “Be pre-
pared tobehere an entire day.“

Treatment at the College of Den-
tistry takes more time than going to
a regular dental office because the
students are still learnirc. They
have not acquired the confidence to
work as quickly as their professional
counterparts, said Dr. LR. Bean.
chairman of the oral diagnosis de-
partment.

“It‘s primarily a teaching pro
gram and it takes time to teach,“ he
said.

Instructors check the dental etu-
denta' work with every step to in-
sure giality tnatmait. This taka

placement services we provide for
students and because of the quality
of students that Halliburton has
found at UK."

Howard said the $500 will be used
to develop the library at the place-
ment center.

“We do not have the luxury of a
budget specifically earmarked for li.
brary development,“ Howard said.
“Any material in the library is pur-

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up a lot of time, but is a necessary
part of the program, Cunniruham
said.

“We're cutting on live people
heist, so we have to be careful,“ he
sat .

Bean said the quality of the work
is very tightly controlled. But even
though mistakes are usually pre-
vented or caught by the imtructors.
they cannot catch everythim right
away. “Sometime thins slip by the
cracks," he said.

in addition to evaluation on the
technical aspects of their work. the
dental students are graded on the
quality d their patientduitiat
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and that “this is simply a blanket
motion. It's a very general closure."

Monahan said he wanted a fair
trial “without publicity that is preju-
diced. Those news articles indicate
already a great deal of publicity.“

Black said the defense had “mis-
placed the burden of proof on those
who want to enter the courtroom. I
think the (defenders) have misap
propriated the burden of proof

Also yesterday, Fayette Circuit
Court Judge Armand Angelucci
granted a continuance on the trial —
scheduled to begin Jan. 7 H until

“the latter part of February or in
April."

Lewis and Monahan had originally
requested an extensior. until May.
which Angelucm denied Monahan
said Morton would sign a statement
waiving his right to a speedy trial as
requested by A-sistant (‘ommon-
wealth Attorney Joe Bouvier.

Monahan Cited possible difficulties
in obtaining information from Cali-
fornia investigators as a reason for
thecontinuance.

Off-campus groups
combine members

Merger move looks for organization
with greater commuter involvement

By MICKEY MEECI‘I
Staff Writer

Students who don‘t know what
STRAY CATS stands for can give up
guessing. That organization. the Off
Campus Student Board and the
Commuter Advisory Committee
have united into one.

The reasons for the merger,
according to Kelly Hern, president
of Students That Reside Away Yet
Care About Their School, are “to
build up membership and to broaden
the scope of the different groups."

The new organ‘zation has not yet
been named, but its working name
is Commuter Cats Club. A more per-
manent name will be chosen at the
organization's first meeting.

Hern cited one example of his or
ganization‘s past membership prob‘
lems. “Legally, STRAY CATS has
not conducted business for over a
year." he said. A clause in its con-
stitution requires a minimum of 12
active members to be present at a
business meeting, and the group has
not been able to meet that require-
ment.

Now, according to the new consti-
tution drafted at yesterday’s organi-
zational meeting, a quorum of at
least three executive members. one
of which must be an officer, plus
seven active members must be met
before the organization can officially
conduct business.

The new group. as stated in the
constitution. is "dedicated to provid-
ing a better plan of opportunities to
the commuting student at the Uni-
versity of Kentucky through social
events. intramurals and programs
on student concerns. "

The offcampus student board tra-
ditionally has been a political orga-

nization that had similar mem-
bership problems, With the merger.
Hem said, “students can find some-
thing more to their liking. more than
just one area

Any full-time or part-time student
at UK or Lexington Community (‘olv
lege is eligible for membership

Hern said: “We are trying not to
knock anyone out, if they're on cam—
pus and want to move off campus.
they can join. "

In the past, Hern said. his group
and the others. “have not had effec-
tive attendance to be able to orga-
nize major events

The organization will be composed
of four executive members. includ»
ing three officers. president. vice
president. and secretary/treasurer.
and four board members. an intra-
mural director. special events chair-
person. newsletter chairperson and
campus issues director.

'I‘here are two classifications of
membership: active and inactive. A
member becomes active upon initial
attendance of an officral function.

Once the member has missed
three consecutive business meet»
ings, he becomes inactive. If he or
she misses five group functions. in—
cluding business meetings. during
the course of one school year. he or
she is dropped.

The club's next meeting will be 5
pm. Wednesday at 215 Bradley
Hall. Officers will be elected and the
first social function will be planned.

Job market improving,
placement director says

By ANDY McGIlJ.
Reporter

Improvements in the economy
have resulted in more job opportuni-
ties now than ever. according to
Larry R. Crouch, director of UK‘s
Career Planning and Placement
Center.

This is evident in the recent in-
crease in employment recruiting on
campus.he said.

“This last year. recruiting activ-
ities were up almost 50 percent over
the previom year,“ Crouch said.
“We are posting over 70,000 differ-
ent job opportunities each month
here at the Career Planning and
Placement Center."

Crouch said many fields are ex-
pending and offering more jobs to

graduates. These include engi-
neering. computer science. busmess,
agriculture, education and the liber.
alarts.

Academic performance and com-
munication skills are important
areas employers consider when hir-
ing, Crouch said. "They temploy-
ersi are definitely looking at aca-
demic performance. They are
looking at communication skills -.
written and verbal. "

He said other factors considered
in the hiring process include human
relations skills. studi-m ambition,
courses taken and leadership ability.

The center offers four phases to
help students make career choices:
career planning. explrmnion. plat-v:-
ment services. and alumni assis-
tance.

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