xt7q833n0b8r https://exploreuk.uky.edu/dips/xt7q833n0b8r/data/mets.xml The Kentucky Kernel Kentucky -- Lexington The Kentucky Kernel 1975-02-11 Earlier Titles: Idea of University of Kentucky, The State College Cadet newspapers  English   Contact the Special Collections Research Center for information regarding rights and use of this collection. The Kentucky Kernel  The Kentucky Kernel, February 11, 1975 text The Kentucky Kernel, February 11, 1975 1975 1975-02-11 2020 true xt7q833n0b8r section xt7q833n0b8r Vol. LXVI No. 108
Tuesday. February H. 1975

U-Senate votes
to award seven
honorary degrees

it) Sl'SAN ENGLI‘I
Kernel Staff W riter
Seven persons will receive honorary doctoral degrees in
May. the l'niversity' Senate voted Monday
('hosen by a committee headed by Dr Robert W. Rudd,
agnculturaleconomics professor. the seven are leaders in
\arious fields. including law. education. agriculture and
economics, Dr Robert A Sedler. law professor. called the
recoinmendations “well balanced "

.\P'I‘PR TIIP UPGRPP recipients are Informed their
names will be announced by the Senate

The Senate also voted to accept the ”Standard
.\iiie" proposal which deals with extension and
correspondence courses Dr James Knoblett. accounting
professor. said courses outside the main cirriculum
should be of equal quality to those inside

"If we offer certain correspondence classes for credit.
the quality of the classes should be the same." Knoblett
said. “Standard Nine says if credit is given for a
correspondence course. it should be equal to the regular
course.“

USP ('UNTRUVPRSHI. .\SPPt'T of the proposal was
retained. Standard Nine maintains that :50 of the last 36
hours eamed at the L'niversny may not be correspon»
dence hours. Dr. John Stephenson. dean of undergraduate
studies.said the Senate needed to consider if "distinctions
need to be maintained between correspondence and

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an independent student newspaper

Dr. John Stephenson. dean of undergraduate
studies. speaks to the l'niversity Senate Monday on
the Standard .\ine regulation. Seated to the right

regular courses " The senate decided to maintain the
original pmposal.

The Senate also discussed the proposed establishment
of a department of laboratory medicme Proposal sup~
porters wanted to mail a zmrpage rationale plugging the
department. according to the Senate agenda.

Dr James (‘riswell. agricultural economics professor.
said it would be much too costly to distribute the
rationales to the 300~odd Senators. Criswell also argued

 

Forgy is satisfied

with iob
as UK financial authority

21 University of Kentucky

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Kernel no" photo by John Cranmt
are Dr. Joseph Krislov. Senate chairman. and

(‘indy Todd. Senate (‘ouncil administrative
assistant.

that an mitial description of the program had already
been distributed The Senate voted not to recommend
distributing the rationales.

Senate (‘ouncil Chairman Joseph Krislov discussed a
special luncheon meeting held last Friday for Senate
council members and standing committee chairmen. “It
was their first meeting." Krislov said. “We encountered
some difficulties." Krislov expressed a desire to have the
committees and the Council work together fully.
discussing and resolving any problems.

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Larry Porgy. vice

Editor's Note: This article is the first in a
series of sh concerning l'niversity vice

presidents.

By RON MITCHELL
Managing Editor

There are few people who would get
much pleasure out of managing the
financial affairs ~ totaling $180 million
annually at an institution the size of the
University of Kentucky

But Lawrence r: Porgy. who has been
vice pnesident for business affairs and
l'niversity treasurer since 1971. is satis
tied with his iob

“.v\l,l. IN .\l.l.. although l would say the
day»to«day operations in this place are not
likely to excite most people. I find it
exciting and interesting There's- never a
dull day.” Porgy. 33. said

In 1971. when President Utis Singletary
named Porgy head of the l'iiiversitys
financial department. he became the
youngest president in l'niversity
history.

Porgy is responsible for and
accounting management of the l'nivrsity
and its aft iliated corporation and agencies
llis responsibilities include all areas of
construction. housing and dining. person
nel department. safety and security and
omploye benefits and retirement plans.

vice

fiscal

THE MOST IMPORTANT problem tac»
mg Porgy"s office is the increasing rate of

 

inflation and its impact on the l'mversity.
the students. faculty and employes

"The most tragic thing that has happened
to the institution is that costs for room.
board and tuition are going up to the extent
that there are a lot of people who aren't
going to be able to make it through."
Porgy said

Another problem. Porgy said. is faculty
and employe salary levels

“IP YUl' WANT to see a man who is
struggling with Inflation. you sit down With
a man with three or four children who is
making Shim“ a year.” Porgy said

Porgy said one of his major administra—
tive problems is how to efficiently handle
the increased number of students and also
the increased l'niyersity annual budget

"Any operation that has $180 million
going through it annually has systems lint
it's tough to make the systems oi this
institution operate when it has grown from
about $1012 million in 196” to today 's
figure." he said

“Tll \T KIND ()P growth has created a
tremendous. and I mean a very serious.
strain on the financial handling system of
this l'niversity he explained

Porgy also said student enrollment and
the amount of money spent on higher
education will stabilize in the near future.
but research funds will continue
increase.

"We are gomg to have a period of

to

slowing
l'myersity.”

a period of consolidation at the
he said “But I think the
research side of the t'niversity is going to
be the most exciting ever in the next five to
seven years "

.\I,'l‘ll(tl'(ill 'l‘lll'i SIZE of the l'niver
sity is going to stabilize. Porgy said it is
important to realize that you “don‘t have
to be growing in order for an institution of
this kind to make a contribution."

Porgy also feels strongly about main-
taining l'K as the principle state institu-
tion of higher education

"You can't have a great state without a
great state university." he said. “One of
the problems I think we've got to confront

president for business

affairs. is satisfied with

his job—managing $180

million annually.

Kernel stall photo
by Chuck Combos

is that a uniform leveling of all state
institutions would be one of the most tragic
things that could happen,"

He attended the l'iiiversity of Tennessee
at Martin on a basketball scholarship for
two years, then transferred to UK for one
year Porgy then went to George Washing-
ton t'iiivei‘sity in Washington. l).(‘. where
he graduated in 1960 with an AB. in
economics and history.

III‘I (:I{.\l)l'.\'l‘P.l) PRUM George
Washington Law School in 196'} and went to
work for the Federal Trade (‘oniiiiissioii.
investigating "business practices which
we felt were keeping people in poverty.“

 

 

 

     
   
     
   
    
 
  
  
 
 
  
   
    
 
 
  
 
  
 
  
  
   
 
  
  
     
  
  
 
  
   
    
 

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Managing editor Ron Mitchell Arts edflor
Assauale editor Nancy Daly

Features editor Larry Mead
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Spmts editor Jim Manoni

Editonal page editor Dan Crutcner F‘hmoqiaphy editor Ea Gerald

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Service workers at bottom of totem pole

Every totem pole has a base.
Naturally enough. its called the
bottom. It‘s not considered a pleasant
place to be and it‘s easy to see why.
The bottom is the least visible. least
glorified and most burdended.

In the totem pole structure of this
l‘niversity‘s labor force. the main-
tainence workers are the bottom
Most of them are never seen by the
students or faculty. They have no
visible organization like a senate H‘“
a unioni to represent their view
They are the lowest paid employes i
the least desireable jobs.

What does the bottom of the totem
pole do in such a situation? It starts
squirming and shaking to let the
upper levels know it‘s unpleasant.

The tremors are just now being felt
at L'K as several maintainence
workers are attempting to organize a
union. The immediate impetus behind
the efforts to organize a union is the
uncertain job security. particularly
for the night maintainence crews,

When President Otis A, Singletary
announced in January a tentative
increase in faculty salaries of about
8.5 per cent. he said the L'niversity
would have to cut back in services #
possibly by 50 per cent, to save

money. Maintainence workers.
needless to say were not pleased by

Your health

Perpetual changing,

gaining and

the prospect of a cut 111 services. The
w orkeis fear impending layoffs and
greater workloads for those who
remain.

Larry Forgy. vice president for
business affairs. attempred to allay
some of the workers fears by an.
nouncing that the l'niversity will not
layoff any workers. But. he said.
there will bereductions “by not filling
jobs when people quit." Forgy said
that the same percentage increase in
salary given to the faculty will be
given to maintainence workers.

While reducing the number of
service workers by not filling
positions may be more humane than
layoffs. it still leaves the problem of
who is going to do the work of those
who quit. liven if. as Forgy said. there
will be “some noticeable change from
the present t'niversity a pperance.“ it
seems likely that maintainence
workers will have to shoulder a
greater burden. Whether a reduced
work force will mean more work for
those remaining employes should be
clarified by the t'niversity ad-
ministration.

l’erhaps the most distressing
aspect of all this is the lack of com
munication between the ad.

ministration and maintainence
workers. The faculty w as informed of
the salary inereaseby Singletai'y at d
Senate t‘ouncil meeting .\d
ministrative personnel keep informed
by ineiiiorandums from the president
The maintainence workers often must
rely on rumors that filter down from
the higher-ups.

'1‘ng Lick oi ciiininiiiiicatioii bet
ween the adiiiiiiistiuition and its
workers is sufficient ai‘gueiiieut for

iorining a lll.llllltllllt'llt't‘ woi‘kers‘

orgaiii/ation.
If it did nothing more than open up an
channel for com
it would be worth its

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f‘llt‘t'll\ t'
inuincations.
weight lll eiiiploye counselors

Mudball fight anyone ?

(her a month ago several trees and
benches were removed from the park
area between l’ence and Kastle llalls
in order to construct some walkways
The former grassy area has now been
transformed into a mud hole and
there are no signs of any work being
done.

We don‘t expect construction
miracles overnight and we also have
been aware of the damp weather
lately. but why were the trees and
benches dug up in the middle of
\‘llllt‘l‘ when outside working con
ditions are less than favorable"

.\n even better question is why
were the trees dug up at all" It may
well be necessary to pu' some

walkways in the area. since a mud
path has been tromped diagonally
across it. but tha‘ shouldn't mean
doing away with all the trees

When the plaza was designed a
pr; L .l.llllt" l\llll_‘. former cimi'dinator
of physical plant said the trees and
shrubs .yi-re lit'llltl planted so they
would not hayi- to tie l‘t‘llltiVHl if it
were eyer decided to finish the area
ltke the office Tower pla/a .\p
pah-n‘l‘. that plat: .s now

:iaipei‘atni-

\izyway i! we ll.f\t‘ to wait until

\pi'itig for .wi'lv or ths area to
lt'i‘itlliliit‘lit't' .‘tt‘ lt..i“~ .ls ‘v\i'll lllillx't‘
the tics‘ o: 't \i wine for .i iiiudball
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By LO“ ELL S. lll'SBANl)

Perpetual change is an integral
aspect of reality whether consid-
ered from a subatomic. interper-
sonal. or international level of
organization. Things change.
people change. circumstances
change. There‘s a Brownian
busyness of drawing nigh. min-
gling. merging and exchanging.
unmerging. and moving on; a
continual gaining of that which is
and losing some or much of that
which was.

Losing. There are so many
ways to lose. You lose the
comfort and security and famil-
iarity of home when you move out
and move on. A friend or a lover
becomes more interested in
someone else and you lose some
or all of that relationship. A loved
person moves to another location
and you are physically separat-
ed. An important person dies and
is forever gone except in his
lingering influence and remem-
brance. You lose childhood when
you grow up; you lose high school
when you graduate; you lose
being a student when you com-
plete your formal education, You
lose dreams and wishes when
they become untenable You lose
the fantasy of being a great
athlete when repeatedly
confronted with your clumsiness
and weakness. you lose the
image of yourself as a great
intellect when your il('il(lt‘ltili'

  

performance steadfastly indicat-
es to the contrary; you lose your
hopes of being a swan when the
mirror keeps reflecting an ugly
duckling; you lose selflrespect
when you catch yourself being
cruel or petty or selfish: you lose
esteem when you realize that
your grandeur is delusional and
when you fail to become what you
thought you had to be.

ll \\‘l.\(; LOST. a part of your
reality is gone leaving a hole. an
emptiness. an abhorrent
vacuum. an open wound, With it.
of course. comes the painful
experience of the loss. There is
hurting. sadness. anguish lt
wells up in you. crying out in
outraged protest and washing
over the wound with warm.
soothing tears. filling the empti-
ness with the primeval sea. And
in the course of time there comes
healing and new growth.

A foolish thing to do is to fear
the healing sadness. to hold back
the flood of tears. to deny the loss
has occurred. to fear that if you
acknowledge the emptiness it will
become all that you are. For then
the wound will continue to tester
and you will be so busy walling
off the emptiness in the basement
of your being that you will miss
the sunshine of the new day

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