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UK, U of L go head to head at meeting

Higher education task force gathering
marked by passionate discussions

 

By Brian Bennett
Senior Staff Writer

 

FRANKFORT. Ky. —— Sherry
Jelsma bowed her head. She gri-
maced like a mother of two bicker-
ing children.

Jelsma. chairwoman of the mis-
sions and programs committee of
the Governor's Higher Education
Review Commission, played medi-
ator as UK and University of Louis-
ville officials exchanged a few
pointed words at yesterday's meet-
ing.

Those words came as the com-
mission appeared to decide on clos-
ing UK's dental school. State gov-
ernment officials supported the idea
yesterday, and the commission will
study the option between now and
the next meeting on Nov. 16.

The idea caused battle lines to
once again be drawn between the
two camps. U of L President Don-
ald Swain lobbed the first volley
earlier in the full commission meet-
ing.

“The issues are clear." Swain
said. “One school ought to be
closed. and that school ought to be
UK‘s. It's always difficult political-
ly to close something at UK. so thus
it gets finessed."

Robert Meriwether. vice chair-
man of the UK Board of Trustees.

Case involving
student’s death
held over for

a grandiury

 

By Heather Relster
Staff Writer

 

The case of two men arrested in
connection with the beating death
of a UK medical technology stu-
dent was waived to a grand jury
yesterday.

In a preliminary hearing at Fay-
ette District Court. the men. Rich-
ard C. Staton, 21. and Robert R.
Rankin, 19. each entered not guilty
pleas to charges of murder. kidnap-
ping. first degree robbery and first
degree burglary.

Fayette District Judge Gary
Payne then sent the case to a grand
jury. which will decide if there is
enough evidence to bring the case
to trial in Fayette Circuit Court.

A date for the grand jury hearing
has not been set.

’ayne also set Staton‘s full-cash
bond yesterday at Sl95.000.

Rankin‘s received a slightly low-
er bond, $145,000.

Both men remained in custody at
the Fayette County Detention Cen-
ter last night. a deputy jailer said.

Staton and Rankin were arrested
Oct. 14 in Des Moines. lowa. after
the body of Thomas Robinson, a
26-year-old UK medical technolo-
gy student. was found behind an
abandoned school in mral Fayette
County.

According to the Lexington-
Fayette County coroner's office.
the student's death was caused by
blunt injuries to the head.

Staton. of Ashland. Ky.. was
driving Robinson's car at the time
of the arrest. and police say he also
had one of Robinson‘s credit cards
in his possession.

Police say they tracked Staton to
Iowa by following purchases he al-
legedly made on the card.

Staton had been a house guest of
Robinson and Robinson's room-
mate Jeff Burlew. a UK graduate.
prior to Robinson‘s Oct. ll disap-

pearance.
Burlew said neither he nor Rob-

inson had ever met Rankin. who is
from Arizona.

fired a shot of his own during the
committee meeting.

“1 want to know if we're going to
look at all the programs." said Mer-
iwether. a brain surgeon from Padu-
cah. Ky. “Let's look at medical
schools. Do we need two medical
schools?

“As a physician and by reading
all the medical journals and maga-
zines. it's clear which is the better
medical school. And i can tell you
it's not U of L's.”

To which Swain quickly replied:
“Arguments about quality are not
made best by self-interested peo-
ple."

Jelsma interrupted the discussion
and pleaded for the two sides to
“talk to each other in a calm man-
ner."

Yesterday‘s debate probably
doesn‘t indicate that the UK-U of L
sports rivalry has extended into the
academic arena. Rather. it illus-
uates the competing interests facing
leaders of the state‘s two doctoral
institutions — the desire to maxi-
mize efficiency in Kentucky higher
education versus the need to protect
one's own programs.

The situation figures to only
grow more controversial as the
commission considers the future of
programs such as engineering. law
and medicine at both schools.

“You get into these committees.

Tuesday, Novemberz 1993;

 

Tuition formula revision suggested

 

By Lance Williams
News Editor

 

FRANKFORT. Ky. — Changes
could be in the works for the for-
mula Kentucky uses to determine
how much money each state
supported university receives each
year.

The new funding formula,
which was discussed yesterday by
members of Gov. Brereton Jones‘
Higher Education Review Com—
mission finance committee, would
allow schools to obtain more mon-
ey for good performance.

In addition. the formula would
include different variables to take
each university’s mission state-
ment into account.

Council member Larry Haynes
said the new approach would be
an improvement over the existing

 

formula.

“1 think the state universities
may have lost out on additional
funding by using the (current) for-
mula." he said.

The current formula. which was
developed in 1982, is based on a
series of principles that guide how
Kentucky gives money to each of
its eight state universities.

First. the formula gives each
university money to maintain its
current level of services.

Then, an additional lump sum is
given to all the schools. based on
programs that are provided at all
eight institutions.

Finally. the formula takes into
account the amount of funding
schools received in other states.

Hayes said he didn‘t think the
formula has had any relevance
during the past couple of years.

Although the goal of the state

has been to fund each institution
at 100 percent of what the formu-
la says it should receive. the high-
est average funding level for the
universities has been 88 percent
It now stands at 72 percent — the
lowest level in history.

Hayes said he was “not sure
how legitimate the goal has
been."

He said a reworking of the
funding formula would help make
the numbers more realistic and
also could help the universities
obtain more funding.

“Right now, we don't now what
(the universities) are doing with
(the money). and the formula is
part of the problem.” Hayes said.

One of the goals of the Higher
Education Review Commission is
to establish a perfonnance-based
funding system that can be used
with other reforms the group as a

whole will recorrunend.

The members of the committee
agreed that the formula should
give more attention to the perfor-

mance of the universities, but
many cautioned against scrapping

the formula altogether.

“There is no need to get rid of
the formula — just build perfor-
mance onto it" Eastern Kentucky
University President Hanly Fun-
derburk said.

Morehead State University
President Ronald E‘aglin said the
basic premise of the fonnula
should remain intact to protect
schools that might lose funds if
their performance is judged to be
substandard.

“We need to look at the same
baseline because we have to have
some prorection built into the for-

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and things become adversarial.
Swain said
“it's very important that we be
considered the state‘s premier insti-
tution." UK President Charles
Wethington said. “So I'm prepared
to go to battle for our programs."
The battle over dental schools has
been raging for some time. Last No-
vember. the issue was raised during

a state (‘ouncil on Higher Educa-
tion meeting. in February. the CHE
decided to keep both schools open.
but to lower each‘s enrollment.

Yet war didn‘t end there. Gov.
Brereton Jones put the issue on the
commission's agenda. and Cabinet
Secretary Kevin Hable yesterday
said U of L’ 3 should be the only
dental school in the state. UK offi-

 

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cials were upset.

“We felt that a reasonable conclu-
sion had been reached last year."
said Peter Besomworth. chancellor
for the Albert B. Chandler Medical
Center. “We‘re not prepared to ac-
knowledge that UK's dental school
should be closed.“

“There are a lot of serious issues
concerning higher education and

closing the (K dental school won‘t
solve all of them." Wethington said.
i'K currently accepts about 40
students per vear into the College of
Dentistry. while U of L accepts
about 50 Bosomworth said UK will
continue to have “a dental pres-
ence" even if the school is closed.

See MEETING. Page 2

Phone scheduling

replaces long lines
Qj‘icials advise early planning

 

By Kathryn Abney
Staff Writer

 

With a little planning and pa-
tience. students should experience
an easier way to register this semes-
ter — by telephone via the UK-VIP
Network.

“A lot of people at UK have
worked very hard and hope students
have a good experience." said Lisa
Collins. assistant registrar for regis-
tration. “The schedule book will tell
when and how to register. and we
advise everyone to call if they have
problems."

The new Voice information Pro-
cessing Network means students
won‘t have to stand in long lines at
centralized registration sites any
more. but there is one caveat stu—
dents should heed: Don‘t miss your
registration “window."

Each student is assigned a so-
called window -— roughly a three
day period in which he or she must
register —— by class standing and the
last digit of his or her social securi-
ty number. A table on pages 8-9 of
the class schedule book lists them
for all students.

Under the old system. students
could register at any time after their
appointed times. Under the new

Students wanting more for their money

Some say rising cost of education
must be met with higher quality

 

By Caroline Shively
Staff Writer

 

Students and their families may
have to reach even deeper into their
pockets if they want to attend a
state university in Kentucky next
year.

The Council on Higher Educa-
tion staff announced last week that
it will recommend an ll. 2 percent
increase for undergraduate in- state
tuition. The full council meets on
Nov. 8 to consider the stath rec-
ornmendation.

If adopted. UK tuition will jump
from the uncut $980 per semester
to Sl090 — an inert-me Imny stu-

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dents say they cannot afford.

The CHE maintains that the in-
crease should not unduly hurt stu-
dents because it is based on the
growing income of the state. It also
is based on the tuition of bench-
mark institutions in other states.

“Our aim is to keep the tuition as
reasonable as possible." CHE
spokesman Norm Snyder said.
“The main thing we looked at was
the increase in per capita income
for the increases.

There is not much ofa difference
in the per capita increase and the
tuition increme."

Many students. however. do not
agree with the CHE's thinking.

“Lots of people pay their own

tuition. and when you concentrate
on the per capita income of Ken-
tuckians. i think the student work-
force is not on the same wage-
increase level of a full-time work-
er." political science senior Rob El-
henicky said.

Marketing junior Jason Martin
said he didn't like having to pay es-
calating tuition costs while state
schools cut back on programs and
class offerings.

“It‘s really frustrating for the stu-
dents. especially those that have to
pay their own way." he said. “We
keep having to pay more. and the
University keeps cutting beckon
classes. We re paying more for
less."

Out-of-state students also are fac-
ing a probable tuition increase.

“1 me here from New York he-
causeitwassupposedtobconeof

the best buys for what it offered.“
communications junior Rob Naylor
said.

“But after being here. i don't
think education is a priority in this
state."

UK's Student Government Asso-
ciation is planning a rally Wednes-
day at 2 pm. in front of the Admin-
istration Building to protes' the
proposed increase.

Students. faculty and elecwd offi-
cials are scheduled to speak.

“If they are going to keep in-
creasing tuition. we want to see an
improvement in education." said B-
len Hamilton. SGA governmental
affairs chairwoman.

SGA Resident Lance Dowdy
saidtherallywillshowtheCHE
where smdents stand on the issue.

See MONEY. Page 2

 

system. however. waiting could
mean students will find vastly re-
duced course selections.

If students miss their registration
windows. they must use a secon-
dary window that falls later in the
registration schedule.

Graduate students’ secondary
windows are Nov. 6 and the last
two days of regisuation. Nov. 17
and 18. Secondary windows for un-
dergraduates will be available only
on the final two days.

Randall Dahl. University regis-
trar. said the change makes the sys-
tem more equitable.

“Before. the windows stayed
open. but this was a disservice to
freshmen and sophomores because
seniors would procrastinate and all
would register at the same time." he
said.

Dahl encouraged students to plan
their schedules carefully and review
instructions for UK-VlP before call-
ing. He also stressed that students
must see their academic advisers
before they can register because
they must have thii "adviser
holds“ lifted.

“Students could slip though and
not be advised before. but no long-
er." he said.

Each student must access the sys-

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tern through a touch-tone telephone.
using his or her social security
number and personal access code
for identification. The code is a
four-digit number based on the stu-
dent's binh month and birth day.

To prevent schedule tampering.
(‘ollins advised students to change
their personal access codes as soon
as possible to a four-digit number
known only by them.

“"lhe first time you call. change
your PAC number," she said. “If
you put the number in one place
your head —— there‘s no way anyone
can know."

A telephone bank for students
who do not have touch-tone phones
is available in o Funkhouser Build-
ing.

Other changes made under the
new system include a higher sched-
uling priority for students in the Ac-
ademic Honors Program Their wiri-
dows open beginning tomorrow.

“(W’e try) to move (honors stu-
dents) along in their academic
work. and it goes with being in the
Academic Honors Program." said
Louis Swift. dean of undergraduate
studies.

“They need to be able to get into
classes they wouldn't be able to get
in before."

Evening. weekend and disabled
students. as well as athletes. also
were given earlier priority windows
to assure they can register for class-
es that fit their needs and time
schedules. Dahl said. Most graduate
studean may begin scheduling to—
day. while seniors. Juniors. sopho-
mores :md freshmen follow iii re-
spective order from Nov. 4-18.

The system mil be operational
from am. to b‘ pm Monday
through Friday tutd from 8 a.m. to 5
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“You can‘t have an academic
health sciences center without some
presence." he said.

Engineering schools present an-
other point of discord for UK and U
of L. Jones has said that he wants
one of the two schools to be ranked
in the top 25 in the nation within
five years.

Swain and Wethington disagree
on the likelihood of that happening.

“I‘d be willing to bet you a dime,
or even 25 cents. that it can't be
done in five years or even 25
years," Swain said. “It would take
millions and millions of dollars.
which is something we don't have.
Both of our schools combined don‘t
add up to a single Purdue or Virgin-
ia Tech."

“I think it‘s extremely realistic."
Wethington said. “The University
of Kentucky is in a position to take
its College of Engineering to that
level."

But while they may disagree
upon issues, both Swain and Weth-
ington say it‘s nothing personal.

“We‘re all friends," Swain said.
“We can still go out and have a beer
together afterwards."

Formula

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mula." he said.

The committee did not reach an
agreement on what criteria would
be used to evaluate performance.
but many pointed to a bill presented
by State Sen. Edward Ford. 1)

(Tynthiana. who also is a member of

the commission. to the state legisla-
ture. Ford‘s bill proposed a series of
evaluations to determine how close
a university is to meeting its goals.

In the bill. Ford offered 14 crite-
ria to gauge levels of perfonnance

The committee is expected to
look at Ford‘s proposals at its Nov.
16 meeting to find a starting point
for determining how performance
will be rated.

With slightly less than 50 days
before the commission must present
its plan to the govemor‘s office.
Jones urged the commission yester»
day to work a little faster.

James Miller. chairman of the
Council on Higher Education.
agreed with Jones and also prodded
the group to speed up progress on
discussions concerning topics like
program duplication and the rede-
fining of mission statements.

“1 was very disappointed when I
received the packet for this meet-
ing.” Miller said. “1 was disappoint-
ed at the commission‘s progress. It
seems like we are making recom-
mendations to make recommenda-
tions.

“We now have 50 days left. We
cannot continue at the pace we are
gorng.“

Clay Edwards. a University of
Louisville law student who is stu-
dent representative on the CHE.
gave a letter to Miller yesterday.
asking the commission to keep the
concerns of students in mind as it
considers the new funding formula.

1n the letter. Edwards said "al—
though students continue to pay
more. quality remains unen-
chanced." He urged Miller and the
other members of the commission
to keep the burden of paying for
Kentucky‘s higher education system
from shifting back to students.

“Relying on students as a source
of revenue in the face of declining
budgets will inevitably mean slam~
ming shut the doors of accessibility.
thus closing the doors to Ken-
tucky‘s future.” Edwards said in the
letter.

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Student government leaders also
hope to address the council at its
Nov. 8 meeting.

“They need to know tuition is a
priority and we can‘t be tampered
with." he said.

Snyder said this and other student
input may have at effect on the
CHE's vote next Monday.

“There have been changes in the
past because of student urging of
the council." he said.

That remains to be seen. but ac-
counting senior Jennifer Wesley ex-
pressed the sentiments of many sen-
iors: “Thank God I'm graduating."
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On the other side of a glass pane,
in the sound proof room, sits
“T own Hall" host John Clark.
Calmly smoothing over the prob—
lem, Clark welcomes the listeners
in a deep, neighborly voice.

After setting the agenda for the
evening (pleasant and accorrunodat-
ing). Clark patiently waits for the
first calls to come in. lie begins dis-
cussing the top-rated jobs listed in a
recent issue of a news magazine.

At the control board, Jamie
poian out that it takes 10-15 min-
utes for people to “figure out that
music isn‘t being played."

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to 10 pm, Clark's all-talk show
has been going strong since early
September. Since be replaced for-
mer hosts Chris Heustis and Marvin
Jones. the show steadily has experi-
enced an audience growth in Lex-
ington and surrounding areas.

The show has received calls from
listeners in Danville, Paris and
Frankfort.

After several mils and congenial
comments from Clark, the pace
quickens. The topic skips spontane-
ously from Rush Limbaugh to the
Reginald Denny trial to environ-
mental lawyers, then back to Rush.

“1 always have a plan, and it lasts
for about 10 minutes,” Clark said.
“And then after that, I just try to
wing it and work in whatever I can.
whatever is going on with people
that are calling."

Clark said past shows have dealt
with an eclectic mix: censorship,
the national health care plan, extra
terrestrials, local government and

Halloween allows holiday setting
for haunting claymation fairy tale

“The Nightmare Before Christ-
mas"
Touchstone Pictures

 

By Nina Davidson
Arts Editor

 

From the quirkily creative mind
of director Tim Burton. who has
served up such fantastical films as
“Beetlejuice” and “Edward Scissor-
hands," comes a new twist on the
sardonic horror genre he has pio-
neered.

“The Nightmare Before Christ—
mas" blends dark humor with a sur-
real landscape peopled with clay-
mation characters.

Jack Skellington, the lanky skele-
tal hero. is bored with his routine of
Halloween antics. like any hero
with a quest. he longs for some-
thing more. One day as he is walk~
ing in the woods. he stumbles urxrn
a grove of trees leading to the holi-
day worlds.

lle is sucked in by the Chrisunas-
town world and becomes entranced
by the bright lights and good cheer.
He decides to commandeer Christ-
mas and stand in for Santa Claus
for one year.

The romantic interest is provided
by Sally. a ragdoll animated by the
local mad scientist. Sally tries to
prevent Skellington from attempt-
ing to take over Christmas, but to
no avail. Skellington soon enlists
the whole llalloweentown in his ef-
forts to kidnap Santa Claus and re-
place him as messenger of good
will and cheer.

The simplistic storyline of

 

“Nightmare" is reminiscent of the
children‘s classic “The Grinch Who
Stole Christmas." The Grinch wants
to steal Christmas so he can have
all the presents. and Skellington
wants to steal Christmas for the ex-
citement of a new holiday.

However, the plot is not the main
strength of “Nightmare." The
strength of “Nightmare“ is the clay-
rnation characters that are master-
fully designed and intriguingly ani-
mated.

The Mayor of llalloweentown is
cleverly constructed with two faces,
one smiling and one scowling so
that he can have the correct expres-
sion for any occasion.

The landscape of llalloweentown
is rendered in eerie shadows and
stark shades of grey. The town is
populated by gruesome monsters of
all ilks, including vampires. were-
wolfs and hunchbacks.

Lock. Shock and Barrel are per-
petual trick-or-treaters that Skell-
ington enlists to capture Santa
Claus. Paul Reubens, the deposed
Pee Wee Herman, provides the
voice of Lock.

Although “Nightmare," rated PG.
is marketed towards children, some
scenes may not be appropriate for
young viewers. Santa Claus is tied
up and tortured by the boogie man
in one section. and small children
Inight be traumatized as they watch
their Christmas benefactor squirm
helplessly in the grip of the evil
boogie man.

The opening sequence of “Night-

the city‘s mayoral race.

Because Clark is well-read and
always prepared (he brings newspa-
per clips and magazines to the stu-
dio), he can manage most topics
successfully. One of Clark's favor-
ite callers is a man from Frankfort,
who he said is “really knowledgea-
ble about extraterrestrials. UFOs
and that kind of $th

Clark recalls one of his more
memorable calls came from “a sev-
enth-grader who wanted to know
what they had on ‘NYPD Blue' be-
cause his parents wouldn't let him
watch it." '

Clark said about half his callers
have some tie to the University.

Through word of mouth, “Town
Hall" is gaining listeners quickly,
but the limited phone system keeps
Jamie and Clark from fielding too
many calls. Patience is the key
when trying to get through.

A UK graduate, Clark has two
bachelor‘s degrees —— one in tele-
communications and the other in
political science —— and a master's
degree in communications.

Clark also is assistant director of
the College of Communications and
lnforrnation Sciences and teaches
telecommunications classes.

The characters Barrel, Shock and Lock plot to kidnap Santa
Claus in the Halloween film ‘The Nightmare Before Christmas.’

mare" also tours the spooky mon-
sters hiding out under beds and in
closets, which made one child at a
local theater start crying.

Along with the meditxre plot, the
musical score also is mediocre.
Danny l€lfman. founder of the rock
group ()ingo Boingo, composed the
hauntingly insipid score.

Despite these minor flaws.
"Nighunare" provides a dream of a
movie with the creative artistry of
the clayination figures reason
enough to see the film.

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