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‘Vol. XCll. No. 80

Established 1894

University of Kentucky. Lexington, Kentucky

Independent since 1971

Friday, December 1, 1989

 

More than 400 urge Roselle to stay

Says he is still looking
for signals from state

By TONJA WILT
Campus Editor

UK President David Roselle said
yesterday that if the state makes a
commitment to fund higher educa-
tion in the next biennium, he could
be persuaded to remain at UK.

“I want to be at UK but on condi-
tions,” Roselle told reporters yes-
terday. “Those that I can run an ad-
equate education program that is
appropriate. There is not really an
urge to stay if there is not appropri-
ate funds."

Roselle’s remarks came after a
rally in front of the Administration
Building in which more than 400
students, faculty and staff demon~
strated their support for him.

Students held banners and pos-
ters beseaching Roselle not to leave
UK and asking Gov. Wallace Wil-
kinson and other state leaders to
better fund higher education.

Roselle, who is one of four final-
ists for the presidency of the Uni-
versity of Delaware, will visit the
Wilmington, Del., campus Mon-
day.

One of the reasons Roselle said
he is attracted to Delaware is be-
cause it is better funded by its state
leaders than UK.

“Delaware is a school that is well
financed and is a school that is am-
bitious to do things, and that makes
it a special place," Roselle said.
“The University of Delaware is fi-
nanced better than the University of
Kentucky."

Without adequate funding from
the state, Roselle said he cannot do
hisjob.

“I want to be a good president of
the University of Kentucky and that

can only be measured by the
progress the University makes un-
der my leadership," he said. “In or-
der for the University to make
progress I need some help to do
that. I need some financial help.
Unless I am making progress, un—
less I am being a good president I
don‘t think the University is well
served by my being here. Either we
make progress or I don’t see the
point of the whole exercise."

Roselle said that state leaders
must demonstrate that they are
committed to funding the state’s
eight universities and I4 communi-
ty colleges at higher levels.

“We don't have enough money
to do the things we ought to be do-
ing," Roselle said after the rally.
“This thing is at a point now where
it needs to be tumed around and go
a different direction."

UK has recognized the state's fi-
nancial problems by asking for less
money for the next two years, Ro-
selle said, and therefore state lead-
ers also should recognize the needs
of higher education, he said.

Roselle said that he is concerned
that the state’s budget for the next
biennium will not address higher
education‘s needs, forcing the uni-
versities to endure even more diffi-
cult economic times.

“It is the anticipation of next
time’s budget.“ he said. “That in
my opinion will be a really bad
thing if we go through yet another
biennium without any recognition
of what the needs ofthc institution
are. l actively seek out conversa-
tions about funding for the Univer-
sity of Kentucky. Sure, I‘d wel-
come conversations with the
governor or anyone else about what

Frankfort’s reaction
will decide Roselle’s fate

By C.A. DUANE BONIFER
Editor In Chief

UK President David Roselle sent
Frankfort a clear message yester-
day: Either commit now to fund
higher eduction adequately, or he‘s
packing his bags for the University
of Delaware if the the university’s
board of trustees offers him its
school’s presidency.

Roselle, who is one of four final-
ists for the Delaware presidency,
told reporters after a rally held for
him by UK students, faculty and
staff that he has reached the end of
his rope at UK.

“I want to be a good president of
the University of Kentucky, and
that can only be measured, it seems
to me, under the progress the Uni-
versity makes under my leader-
ship," Roselle said. “Now if the
University is going to make
progress, I need some help in being
able to do that — and I really do. I
need some financial help for the in-
stitution. And unless I‘m making
progress, unless I can be a good
president, I don‘t think the Univer-
sity is well-served by my being
here. Either we make progress, or I
don't see the point of the whole ex-
ercisc."

Yesterday’s rally largely was a
last-ditch effort by the University
community to show Roselle that
what he is doing at UK is appre-
ciated, but Roselle has known for a
long tintc that the University likes
him.

What he needs to hear in order to
stay at UK is that the state's leaders
are committed to giving higher ed-
ucation the support to operate at
the level it wants.

Since coming to UK in July

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ANALYSIS

I987, Roselle said he had been
looking for commitment from the
state to fund higher education ade-
quately, but he said that he has seen
few signs of it. Roselle said that he
believes UK can help the state im-
prove its economic and social con
ditions, but not unless it has the ad-
equate financial resources.

“The University of Kentucky
wants to be part of the solution, not
part of the problem," he said. “And
we need an opportunity to be able
to do that, to able to be the kind of
institution we ought to be to help
the state —- that's all we're looking
for. There’s not a lot of self in this,
it’s just that you reach the end of
the rope and say, ‘We don’t have
enough money to do what we ought
to be doing.’ We’re losing some fa-
culty who I don‘t want to lose, and
this thing is at a point now that it
needs to get turned around and go a
different direction."

Roselle also has to be frustrated
at the lack of leadership in Frank
fort. While some lawmakers have
been rather vocal about higher edu-
cation’s needs, there still has not
been a consensus to emerge front
the state‘s Capitol.

Rather than talking about ltow to
fund higher education, many law-
makers have been cattght up in the
politics of the issue, which is some-
thing Roselle said yesterday that
does not care to become involved
in.

“I don‘t do politics. I do educa-

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ANDY COLUGNON'KBMB' S‘a“

More than 400 students, faculty and staff organized in Iron of the Administration Buridtng to encomao UK President Dthd Roselle t:
stay not to leave the University. Roselle is a candidate for the president of the Universny of Delaware

the funding of the institutions really
are."

Roselle received one sign of leg-
islative support yesterday when the
Interim Joint Committee on Appro
priation and Revenue of the Gener-
al Assembly passed a resolution
supporting him and promising to

fight to fttnd higher education bet-
ter.

Sen. Mike Moloney, chairman of
the appropriations and revenue
(Ollillttitcc and the sponsor of tlic
resolution, praised Roselle for his
work at UK, saying the state could
not aiford to lose him.

AM” CQUONOWKOMQI Staff

UK President David Roselle addresses the crowd at yesterday's
36c ROSELLE‘S. page 2 rally. Roselle said he was “touched" by the show 01 support.

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“Dr. Roselle I will picduc to g on
that in 1990 I will do L“-t.'l‘_\!ilillL' I
can to get the money that tin . .arul
every institution of higher vina-

tion as well as other the iii-:ttittwm
of government need to set-ct itze

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Wilkinson must decide
on funding, leaders say

By ELIZABETH WADE
Assocrate Editor

and DAVID A. HALL
Staff Writer

Some state lawrttakers .\.llti yes-
terday that Gov. Wallace Wilkin-
son needs to take a positne stand
regarding the issue of funding illgh‘
er education within the next I'M)
weeks to keep UK President i.)tl\'itl
Roselle front lcaytng the l mvcrsi-
ty.

“If his response is to say nothing
or not going to supply the money
then I think he‘s saying. "The hell
with higher educauon trt the state."
said Sen. Mike Moloney. i)-
Lexington. "I think it‘s time the
gavemor spoke specifically to the
question. He's got to quit hiding
behind his press secretary. lie was
elected govemor to ntakc dct istorts,
so let's let htnt make one. '

Roselle is a finalist tor the prest-
dency at the University of lk‘lti—
ware in Wilmington. Roselle is
scheduled to visit the school \ion-
day and Delaware officials said that
they will make a decision Dec. ia

Moloney and other state law mak-
ers told Roselle at a rally held Iil
front of the Administration Rudd
ing yesterday, that they will lobby
hard for additional funding for IIK
and for higher education.

“It will not be easy,” Moloney
said. “There will be obstacles to
overcome and ignorance to over
come. Kentucky, not Just UK, can-
not afford to lose men of the caliber
of David Roselle. We have enough
problems in this state without hav»
ing to worry about replacing our
leaders, and David Roselle is a

leader of this suitcf

I K political sctentc protessor
\ialcolrn Jewell said Rosette ll.t\
established a good working rxia
ttonshtp with legislators that will
help secure funding to tittancc tlic
l‘nivcrstty' and higher education

“(her the long haul. it Ros-cite
would have bccrt willing tw ~ .iy
here for ll'xc‘ o: \l\ years. iic twain
have tnadc good progress." ' u .tt
said.

iivcn it l‘clayyarc does not st act:
Roselle. Jettcli said another institu-
ttort that i~ tx-ticr tundcd probalwx
WI“ recruit.

Lt. Gov. ltrereton Jones said that
the state has decreased the amount
of funding for higher education dttr
mg the last Ill years.

“In comparison with lWo’ o \i
lars, the state‘s conuibuuon to lt.gli~
er education has declined 25.4 per»
cent," Jones said.

Jones said higher education‘s iti-
ture rests with the goyemor.

“Hopefully, the loud cry for the
landing of higher cdttcation w ill be
heard and respected by the goxcrtt—
or," he said. “The bottom line I\
that you don‘t gct something for
nothing."

If Roselle leaycsl K, it will hurt
higher education because he is its
most vocal advocate. Moloney said,

If Roselle doesn‘t receive support
irortt the governor, then “it's clear
anyone else who is \ocal “ill be
run out of town too, and that‘s rc~
grcttable very. very regrettable

“The goyemor's got two weeks
to demonstrate art intcrcst irt higher

Sec WILKINSON, l‘age 3.

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Roselle’s future still up in the air

Continued from page 1

tion," he said. “And if I‘m going to
do education the politicians need to
figure out how to get us some more
money so that we can do it in an
appropriate manner."

Part of that commitment Roselle
is looking for from politicians came
in the fortn of a resolution passed
yesterday by the State Interim Sen-
ate Appropriations and Revenue
Committee declaring their support
to Roselle and their commitment to
fund higher education.

Roselle said that the move by the
committee was “just super," but he
needs more signals before he is
convinced that attitudes in Frank-
fort toward higher education have
changed — especially front Gov.
Wallace Wilkinson.

“1 want people to say, ‘We buy
into what the University (is doing);
we want to be a part of it." Roselle
said.

One of Roselle's greatest frustra-
tions has been the way Wilkinson
has acted toward funding higher
education. Since Wilkinson called
the state's eight university presi—
dents “cry babies" and refused to
raise taxes to increase state reve-
nues in the last session of the Gen-
eral Assembly, things have ap-
peared to be tense between
Wilkinson and Roselle at best.

And perhaps the prospects of

having to lobby Wilkinson for just
enough money to allow the Univer-
sity to continue to scrape by for an-
other two years was enough to
cause Roselle to look elsewhere for
employment.

As one University official re-
marked earlier this semester, UK
has been cutting the fat for so long
that it is reaching muscle. Like
many others at the University, Ro-
selle feels that students and higher
education have done their job in
making up for the state’s lack of
funding. UK even scaled back
when it made its request to the
state this fall.

Although the University of Dela~
ware may not rank high on many
people’s list in terms of noted aca-
demic institutions, it has one thing
UK doesn‘t — money.

And Roselle was quick to point
that out when asked by a reporter
yesterday what is so attractive
about a school that has a student
body of less than half of UK’s and
a budget about one-third the size of
UK‘s.

Delaware provides Roselle with
the opportunity to achieve the
kinds of things that will make him
attractive to an Ivy League caliber
institution.

Most people expected that Ro-
selle would stay at UK for only
about six years and then move on
to a prestigious East Coast college.

   
  
      
  
   
   
    
   
   
   
  
   
    
 

And while at UK, Roselle hoped to
turn a fairly good land-grant school
into one of the nation‘s best.

If Roselle is not selected presi-
dent by the University of Delaware
— which there is still the chance —
and decides to ride out the storm in
the next General Assembly, it will
be interesting to see what kind of
commitment students show.

In the legislature’s last session,
students were virtually non-
existent. But with the support stu-
dents showed yesterday — more
people attended a rally to keep Ro-
selle than attended to keep former
UK men’s basketball coach Eddie
Sutton — it would appear that stu—
dents are ready to fight for higher
education.

“As protest rallies go, this one
seems a bit unusual in its character.
This is not what you expect when
the students show up at the admin-
istration building," Roselle told the
crowd yesterday.

The University of Delaware's
board of trustees hopes to choose a
new president by Dec. 14, which
gives Gov. Wilkinson less than two
weeks to decide how to respond to
Roselle’s call.

But as State Sen. Michael Mol-
oney remarked when asked if he
thought Gov. Wilkinson would re-
spond positively to higher educa-
tion within the next two weeks,
“I’m afraid not.”

 

 

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Many students at yesterday's rally held banners or posters showing their support for UK President Da-
vid Roselle. More than 400 people turned out at the rally.

Wilkinson must support UK, leaders say

Continued from page 1

education in this state and I hope he
demonstrates it positively," Molon-
ey said.

Moloney and other officials said
they do not believe Wilkinson sup-
ports higher education.

“I don‘t think the governor has a
strong appreciation for higher edu-
cation," said James Applegate, a
UK communications professor.
“He’s politically ambitious and
bought into the view that anyone
who raises taxes won’t go any-
where."

Although several UK administra-
tors and faculty said that the Uni-
versity would be hurt if Roselle left,
many said they understand his frus-
tration with state leaders.

“You don’t make any progress in
any program unless you have the
resources," said Vice Chancellor
for Administration Jack Blanton. “I

don’t think Roselle came to the
University to preside over its de-
mise."

Faculty members said Roselle is
being realistic about the Universi-
ty’s financial situation, and that al—
though they do not want him to
leave, they said they will support
his decision.

“If he has been convinced that
there is no way to accomplish any-
thing worthwhile at this University
because he can't get the resources
to do it with, then someone in the
country looking for a top—rate presi-
dent will realize he is a top pros-
pect," Jewell said.

Applegate said students, faculty
and the public need to express their
feelings about higher education to
Wilkinson.

”He needs to take a stand and let
the people know where he is on
this,” Applegate said. “I don’t think
I’ve ever seen a person so apparent-

ly lacking in leadership potential, so
totally dominated by self-tide con-
cerns when the state is in the shape
it is.

“No matter how good of a com-
municator you are, if you are talk-
ing to someone who's blind, deaf
and dumb, it does no good," Apple-
gate said.

Many legislators and faculty said
Wilkinson is more concerned with
passing a succession amendment
than he is with helping higher edu-
cation.

Lawmakers said that Wilkinson
will use succession as a bargaining
chip to fund some of the state's
agencies.

“If he did get succession, he
would not comply with any promis‘
es he made to get succession," Mol—
oney said, adding that most legisla-
tors are opposed to Wilkinson
serving another term.

 

 

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Exhibit
captures
essence of
Eastern Ky.
coal town

By KIP BOWMAR
Arts Editor

Haymon Ky., is one of many
small Eastern Kentucky towns that
draws its life blood from coal. That
reality has greatly affected the art of
David Lucas.

With a simplicity that matches
the lives of the people there, Lucas
has rendered a very real portrait of
many coal towns. His works evi-
dence a genuine feel for life, based
on reality as opposed to stereotype.

None of the paintings have bold
or bright colors that overwhelm the
eyes from the first glance. They are
simple, earthy tones that flush out
the people in each of the 25 paint-
ings.

Although all the paintings come
from different time periods, they
appear to be frozen in the same
time era.

In many of the paintings, coal
weaves itself into the background,
such as his painting of a pastoral,
NITIT‘lk‘tl'iithIl church. A close look
reveals a coal truck iii the back»
ground.

One of the most pertinent exam-
ples is ot a woman, whose striking
features have become slightly hat-
dened by life in the mines. But the
face ts vigilant and unbowed. al—
most to the point of defiance.

That painting is in direct contrast
to a portrait ofan older gaunt miner
whose face and hands show the
lines of time. Although the miner
tame from the past in which condi-
tion.» supposedly were more severe.
it is easy to see the young miners
ending up in the same condition in
it! years.

The pictures that depict people
caught in action. however, are stiff
and don‘t capture the feeling of the
portraits. The people in motion
don’t flow as well.

Lucas also captures glimpses of
the culture and surrounding scarred
hillsides of Eastern Kentucky.

 

 

 

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STEVE SANDERSJKernel Stall

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David Lucas shows the prevalance of coal in many Eastern Ken-
tucky towns in his 25 paintings on exhibit at the UK Art Museum,

Iii one painting. a group of coal
trucks are clustered together as a
white crms in the background
reads: “get right with God.“ Once
again. the iuxtaposition of religion
and coal ls interesting.

But I it: as is at his best when he
captures the landscape and this l\
evident in two landscapes that ap—
pear to be similar bill actually
come front different parts of the

day. The more the paintings are
studied, the more the differences
stand out.

David [.itt‘ui .' Life in a Kentucky
Coal 'll'ucn will run through .lun.
N at the (“K Art Museum in the
{his A. Singleton; Center for the
Arts. [he must'iurt is open from
noon in 5 pm. Tile. through Sun.

STEVE SANDERS/Kernel Stall

David Lucas's paintings that attempt to capture people in motion appear still, but the rest of the works
in the exhibit do an exquisite job of capturing the simplicity of the landscape and people.

Actors’ to offer a ‘Reckless’ humor

By HUNTER HAYES
Staff Writer

The Actors‘ Guild of Lexington,
Inc. will bring a production of
Craig Lucas' off-Broadway play
”Reckless" to Arts Place this De-
cember.

The play. directed by Ave Law—
yer, provides a new twist on the
yuletide theme.

Actor Vic Chaney describes the
production as an atypical (‘hrisunas
play.

“It‘s a dark comedy,“ Chaney
said. “It‘s pretty funny at times.
other times it is not. It’s probably
more comic than it is not.“

The play opens with a woman
confessing to her husband on
Christmas Eve how much she
loves Christmas. But her husband
has something different to confess
w he has taken a contract out on

her life.

The devoted vvile and mother, Ra-
chael. reacts by leaping through a
window. Through the window, she
begins a strange odyssey full of ad—
ventures.

The audience literally will be
placed at the center of the play,
thanks to a set that surrounds the
audience, designed by John Hollo-
way. Chaney said that this is the
first time that the Actors' (iuild has
used a set like that.

Chaney said that this is the first
Christmas play the group has ever
performed. But they would have
done the play even if they hadn‘t
been able to secure the rights for
the production in time for the holi-
days, Chaney said.

The fact that “Reckless" has been
a challenge for the actors has heigh-
tened the Guild's desire to produce
the play.

Seven actors in the play Wlll as—
sume approximately l5 roles. Cha—
ney said that .sotne of the 28 differ—
ent scenes in the play will lastjust
30 seconds.

In its original run oft-Broadway
last year, ”Reckless” enjoyed a
grand success. Chaney said that he
believes the Actors" Guild produc-
tion also will be successful.

“I think it's going to be a big hit
for us," Chaney said. “We‘ve built
up an audience that expects us to
kind ol do something dill'erent each
time. I think they‘ll be happy with
this."

”Reckless" will he performed
Dec. 7-9. [4-10 and 21-23 at Arts
l’lacePcrfornumces begin at 8 pm.
Tickets are available at Arts Place.
16/ North Mill St. Admission is S
5 for students and senior tritizcni
and $10 for the general public.

Kentucky Kernel, Friday, December 1, 1989 - 3

Kg) Banana
Arts Editor

Talented cast wasted in ‘Dads’

Lemmon’s
performance
one bright
spot in film

By ELIZABETH HAMMOND
Staff Critic

With a cast of Jack Lemmon,
Olympia Dukakis and Ted Danson,
among others, the newly released
“Dad" should have been an excep-
tional film.

But due to a lengthy script and
mediocre acting from the support-
ing cast, a film that could have
been among the year’s best suc-
ceeds only in being tedious and
overwhelming.

Lemmon gives a performance
that is vaguely reminiscent of Hen-
ry Fonda’s last role in “On Golden
Pond." His strength and charisma
carry the film, and his gradual met-
amorphosis from a healthy, if
somewhat senile, aging man to
cancer victim is believable and tear-
jerking. Lemmon is a veteran of
the screen, and his acting expertise
is, without a doubt, the salvaging
factor of the movie.

On the other hand, neither Duka-
kis or Danson proves their worth.
Danson should go back to “Cheers"
and “Three Men and a Baby” roles
where his ability to play a gigolo
or an irresponsible bartender cannot
be questioned. In “Dad," Danson at-
tempts to play a role that would
have been more deserving of Dus-
tin Hoffman or James Woods. The
burden of portraying a son who has
to cope with his father’s mortality
and fear of growing old is too big
tor Danson to bear.

Dukakis also disappoints an au-
dience that is accustomed to her
more cogent performances. such as
“\loonstruck" and the more recent
“Stetl \Iagnolias." She has a few
good names, but they are only ap-
parent vi hen the cast works togeth-
:r for a rapport that gives glimpses
oi as hat this film could have been.
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Jack Lemmon donned a great deal of makeup and gained 15
pounds to play a 74yeariold man in the new movie “Dads "

fortunately these scenes are rare.

The plot is simple. yet stretched.
It is the story oi as lliii’c'l man who
has lived his life as good prot titer
for his l'tttttily ()vil‘. lti'~‘.1'lzi the end
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are r.‘\er\etl. .tritl flan-tori. has to t are
tor his father alter he undergoes ili\
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whose tilhci war}, I" l‘ :,~

NBC sitcom "Family Ties." effec—
tively shows us a man growing
c loser to those he loves as lil\ death
draws near. He relays a message
Lilli ll l\ llc‘M‘T ltii‘ lLlIC ll‘ TIl‘c‘IliI
Limit). tie»; But he also sueceeds in
treating a film that drones or. art.l
has the audience eager for the end-
rntt Lemmon's character‘s health
unprozes an-l fluctuates etitllz's-.l\
throughout the lilrn.

t-than liakkke. “Dead Poetfs Soci-
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With the passing of Jerry Clai-
bome's coaching career, college
football has lost a unique individ-
ual.

Claiborne was not known for
scholarly sayings, but he did en~
courage his athletes to be scl‘.ol«
ars.

“I think that they broke the
mold when they made Clai-
borne,” UK President David Ro-
selle said after the announcement.

“I don‘t know too many people
who put as much emphasis on an
education as he has," said Randy
Holleran, a junior defensive back.

While Claiborne may not al-
ways have been the greatest coach
on the field, he accomplished
feats in the classroom that rival
anything Knute Rockne or Vince
Lombardi accomplished on the
field.

Claiborne was unselfish. He
cared about his players and their
futures to the point that he made
disciplinary moves which possi-
bly cost him the personal glorifi-
cation from bowl games.

For Claiborne. a university
was a place to learn. Football
was just a game.

But now the search begins for a
coach to continue those ideals.