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UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY, LEXINGTON

Vol. LXI, No.

G2

UK Abandoning

Forced Housing

Kernel Photo by Ken Weaver

Volkswagen On A
Mound Of Dirt

evidently became carried away with himself and left
his machine in a rather compromising situation. On the other
hand, maybe he was just distracted by a good looking girl. We
don't know to whom or where the VW belongs, but the mound
of dirt belongs behind the Chemistry-Physic- s
Building.
A

hot-rodd-

At the usual time, between
"For all practical purposes
the University is abandoning its January' and April 15, students
who wish to reside in dormicompulsory housingpolicy,"said
James King, acting University tories for the following year will
business manager, in a Wednesapply for rooms.
On the basis of date of Apday meeting.
The announcement was made plication, students who apply
in a meeting with Dean of Stu- for dorms will be given priority
dents Jack Hall, Business Mann-ge- r in their choice of residence halh.
King and SG Housing ComIncoming freshmen will be
mission members Steve Bright given the option of indicating
and Joe Dawahare.
on their housing applications
In contrast to last year's polwhether they want to live off
icy of having all sophomores apcampus under the new system.
ply for housing to insure full
Nov Deadline
residence halls, Dean Hall said,
The final date for cancellation
"We do not anticipate having
of housing contracts with refund
to require anyone to live in (the
of deposit will be June 1 under
dorms)" next year.
the new policy as opposed to the
Normal Procedure
late July deadline of past years.
The new policy follows the
On June 1 the Office of the
normal procedure for applying Dean of Students
in cooperation
for dormitory residence.
with the Office of Business Affairs will review the statistics
of housing applications compared
to the number of rooms avail-

Report Asks For Faculty PR Role
ulty could improve "the image
of the University throughout the
state and nation as well as locally."
Lack Of Understanding
The report claims one of the
major factors contributing to the
Public Relations.
damaged image of the University
The report will be considered
is a lack of understanding in the
by the University Senate in its state concerning the nature of the
University and its diversity of
special meeting Nov. 24.
The committee presented a responsibilities.
The report went on to say
questionnaire to a number of
the main function of a public
faculty members who were interested in the topic. Thirty-ninrelations program is to close "this
replies to the questionnaire were communications gap and to crereceived.
ate a better understanding of the
Goals of the committee were goals and responsibilities of the
to explore the role of the faculty University."
in "developing public support for
Improving communications
the institution and in promoting between the faculty and the comunderstanding throughout the munity, creating an awareness
state about the missions, goals, among the faculty members for
problems and opportunities of a need for public relations and
the University."
improving the status of underThe committee also examined graduates are other committee
methods through which the fac
goals.
By PAT MATHES
Kernel Staff Writer
Improvement of the University image was the concern of
a report issued Monday by the
University Senate Ad Hoc Committee on the Role of Faculty in

e

able.

"Some faculty members be- tion in public affairs were also
lieve that the University has been supported.
The idea of inviting state ofdamaged in recent years by the
ficials to campus functions was
activities, behavior and appearfavored by the committee.
ance of some of its students,"
Improvement of teaching and
according to the report, but it
added that the faculty has little student relations was a major
control in this area.
part of the report, although "some
faculty members object to con'Attract Best Students'
sidering these topics as aspects
The committee suggested that of
the PublicRelations problem."
the faculty, take part in activi"This is a vitally appropriate
ties that would enable them to
for our committee because
explain the University to the topic
poor teaching and inattention
public and work to "attract the to students can profoundly dambest students to the University
of the University."
and give them the best possible age the image
Student Critics
education."
"If students fail and blame
Strengthening of the Speakthe University for their failure,
ers Bureau in the Public Relathey become critics of the Unitions Department was also adversity, perhaps for life."
vocated by the report.
Concerning the relation of the
"Closer cooperation of faculty faculty to the student body the
members with their colleagues
committee concluded, "We must
at other colleges in the state,"
recognize that today's students
with faculty members at the comhave different and higher
on Page 8, Col. 5
munity colleges, and participa
expecta-Continue-

d

If there are vacancies, the
dorms will be filled form the following priority groups:
New freshmen who requested
to reside off campus latest applicants first.
Third-semest-

freshmen

er

who requested to reside off campus latest applicants first.
transfer stuSophomore
dentslatest applicants first.
Returning sophomores beginning with those students who
have the lowest number of hours
completed.
Junior and senior transfer
students in that order, latest applicants first.
Late Registrations
Anyone applying for admission to the University after June
1 will also be
subject to possible required housing.
The administrators said they
expect to fill the dorms with
voluntary residents, but that in
accordance with bond issue regu- Continued on Page 8, Col.

3

Washington Moratorium

On How To Underestimate A Crowd
is something much
WASHINGTON (CPS)-Th- ere
more significant about the numbers game being played
with crowd estimates for the November Mobilization
activities than is immediately visible. The fact that
estimates have ranged from 170,000 to two million
does not necessarily reflect a lack of sophisticated
means for counting crowds as much as it could reflect
a conspiracy to play down the number of people who
came out to protest Nixon's War in Washington.

specifically to the "young" about their peace activities,
excluding the many thousands of "not so young" who
were seen in October demonstrating during the Moratorium. His development of the "silent majority" image
during the speech was an attempt to create a positive
backing for his peace policy in terms of numbers without
really going into specifics.
The media have managed to muddle the reader's
and the viewer's mind by constantly changing estimates
"
and using the ever present cop-o"more than
in a minimal figure and leaving the rest to
dropping
imagination. Washington's Chief of Police admitted
that after a crowd passed 250,000 he was unable to
make an accurate guess. It is now fact that this was
the largest demonstration ever, and hence there could
be no one with previous experience to make an accurate
ut

News Analysis
The events of the last two months seem to indicate
that such a conspiracy could easily be the product of
a political force aimed at toning down the importance
of the peace movement and creating a feeling of uncertainty about Just how widespread it actually is.
Since late September, Vice President Agnew has wasted
few words explaining the insignificance of the movement.
Labeling the marchers, "snobs" and "intellectuals" and
constantly referring to the general youthfulness of the
group, Agnew finally entered the numbers game shortly
before November's peace activities.
His first move came during a speech in which he
referred to the couple of hundred thousand of people
who might show up in Washington to make law in the
streets. Next, Agnew took on the television networks
in an attempt to cast some doubt on their overall
credibility Just days before the Mobilization began.
In his speech November 3, President Nixon spoke

comparison.
So why say anything at all? Numbers have always
been important in politics. And like it or not, the whole
peace movement thing is the very essence of what is
happening, politically, in America today.

Participatory Democracy
Active dissent is something that American politicians
are not used to. Politicians, in modern times, have
been able to operate effectively because the populace was
rather quiet and distant from what was really going on.
The sudden movement, initiated largely by the young,
toward a politics of involvement has caught many old
style politicoes with their tactical pants down.
In the case of the Nixon Administration, it would

be very difficult to admit that any large segment of
the nation was actively opposed to the President's
War Policy. Admitting that even a million people were
motivated to the point of marching against their President could inflict a serious wound to the President's
image and greatly impare his ability to carry out his
duties under the pretense of having the nation solidly
behind him. Clearly, within the historical context at
least, it ha j been the active and vocal minority which
has most radically been able to affect change in the
political structure of this nation. However, at this point
in history, that change seems contrary to what would
be the best interests of the President; and many have
indicated that his best interests are not necessarily
the best interests of the people. This does not indicate
malicious intent, rather political motivation.
PR Job
All information released by the Chief Executive's
staff has been aimed at building an image of two
particular phases of the peace movement. First, the
importance of keeping estimates low to cast doubt
on reports of vast numbers of supporters. And secondly,
make sure that the focus is on the young to discredit
indications of a broadly based involvement in the movement. Herb Klein, the President's Chief of Communications, made it very clear in his analysis of ths October
Moratorium that the "official" feeling was that it was
a young thing older people were not involved to any
significant degree. Anyone who took part in any of the
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-- THE KENTUCKY KERNEL, Thursday, Nov. 20,

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Watch Your Cars
By TOM HALL
Kernel Staff Writer
Does your car have a stereo
tape player slung under the dashboard? And a lot of seven dollar
tapes in a little bucket on the
transmission hump?
If you've still got them you're
luckier than a lot of college stu-

dents.
"These things are attractive
to thieves all over the country,"
said Safety and Security Director
Joe Burch.
His records reveal that during
August, September and October
there were 28 larcenies from autos
on campus, with 40 percent of the
cases at the Complex parking lot.

During the same months there
10 cases of vandalism of cars,
with half the cases at the Comwere

plex.

and the thieves "usually have a
coat hanger on them to pull the
latch," said Burch.
He noted that the great majority of victims say that their
cars were locked, if only for insurance purposes.
Burch stressed the importance
of reporting a loss to campus police because it enables them to return the property if found, and it
keeps them aware of where to concentrate their preventative

ef-

forts.

"In the Complex lot (we patrol it' heavily) there's so much

movement that you can't keep
track of who's supposed to be
there," said Burch, a UK law
school graduate.
He recommended that stu-

dents put clothing and other attractive articles in the trunk, not
in full sight on the back seat.
"I don't think it's other students or members of our own
community that are doing it,"
he said of the larceny, "I think
it's outsiders. We've never arrested a UK student for this."
Most of the larceny takes place
at night, although UK police are
especially watchful then.
" 'Grab that stereo and go,'
that's the motto of the semi-- .
thieves," Burch
professional
warned.

Students lost two stereo tape
players, worth $198, and $320
worth of clothes in August. September losses included eight tape
players valued at $1,452, plus
another $600 worth of batteries,
hubcaps and clothes. Five stereo
players were taken in October,
for a loss of $709. Again, money
and hubcaps amounted to a further loss of about $300.
"Make sure your theft insurance is paid up," said Burch. He
suspected that a good number of
the cars weren't even locked,
although this is little deterrent to
the determined thief.
"They're usually pretty slick
about how they get in," Burch
noted.
Forcing the side vents is the
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By JERRY LEWIS
Kernel Staff Write
Two views on the current
issue of sex education in the
schools were presented yester
day at the monthly luncheon
of Phi Delta Kappa.
The
fraternity, made

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the teachers is debatable."
"There are more hangups in
the school system in this area
than in the church," noted Dr.
Cladden. He went on to say
that he believed "sex education
is basically physical rather than
moral."
Dr. Karmel, who actively
fought the 1968-6- 9 Fayette County Curriculum for sex education,
asked just what is "healthy sexuality?" He claimed, for example,
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242 of the Classroom Building. At
this meeting the student chapter's
National Charter will be presented
and there will be a panel discussion
concerning "The Engineering Graduate in Industry, Government and
Private Practice."
Those interested in Christian Science are invited to attend a meeting
held every Thursday at 6:30 in Room
308 of the Complex Commons BuildThe Marshal McLuhan
lab will meet at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday in Room 32S of Dickey Hall.
The fencing club will hold a preliminary tournament at 7 p.m. on
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A University of Chicago geographer.
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lecture on "Geography and Water
Resource Management" at 2 p.m. on
Friday. Nov. 21 at the Helen G. King
Alumni House at the corner of Euclid
and Rose Streets.
The Student Center Coffee House
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Coming Up
The Block and Bridle Club of the
University of Kentucky is holding
its annual Little International on Friday, Dec. 5. 1969. This year's event
will celebrate the 50th .anniversary,
and will include an honors "program
to the 1919 show, with the assistance
of the Animal Sciences Department.
The show is free, and It will be
preceded by a barbeque starting at
6:00 p.m. The Little International will
consist of swine, sheep, beef, dairy
and equine
cattle,
showmanship
classes; intermissions will include faculty egg throwing, milking contests,
etc., as well as events for students.
Awards will be given to the winners
of each class.
UNICEF Christmas Cards will be
on sale at the Human Relations Office from now until December 8.
Lances, junior men's honorary and
leadership fraternity, is now accepting applications by letter from all
second semester sophomores and juniors with a 2.5 overall. Send letters
of application to Will H. Green, 2111
Sonsill Or..
by Nov. 24.
The play, "Billy Budd" will run
Dec. 7 in the Guignol Theatre. Reservation for it can be made by calling UK's Guignol Box Office,
Ext. 2929 from noon until 4:30 daily.
Curtain time Wednesday through Sat7:30
urday evenings is 8:30; Sunday, stup.m. Tickets are $2 regular; $1 for
dents and groups of 10 or more.
The Russian Club will have a meeting at 7:30 p.m. on Nov. 25 in Room
245 of the Student .Center. A program of Russian folk songs will be
presented. All are welcome to attend.
Anyone interested in Initiating a
Free University Discussion Group during the second semester, please call
so that it will be
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The next Student Government
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Demonstrator's Demonstration

Last Saturday's Peace Mobilization In Washington provides an interesting insight into the psychology of today's demonstrators. Some
of a million people
assembled in the nation's capital
to make known their attitudes on
the war in Vietnam. They converged there from a population hostile to them and their ideas, they
were met in Washington with belligerence and were recognized by
the officials they hoped to persuade
as being spoiled Juveniles with,
"simple answers to complex probthree-quarte-

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lems."
In spite of these difficulties the
demonstration must be termed a
great success. The fact that one of
every two hundred people in America was in Washington last Saturday gives some indication of the
depth of concern felt by much of
America. The fact that in the course
of Saturday's march only two demonstrators were arrested indicates
that the marchers were serious in
their efforts to persuade peacefully.

The feeling of comradship felt
in the mass of people is indicative
of their general orientation toward
world problems. Their naive belief
that the tear gas released on them
was prompted by a disruption somewhere, and their total acceptance
of police directions, however contradictory and hostile shows that
these people have not yet been corrupted by the realities of life. Their
innocent hope that someone in
authority would take time to weigh
their opinions indicates their extraordinary faith in the ideal concept of democracy.

The contrast between the protestors and their environment was
indeed great. In a community which
served food regardless of the ability of the recipient to pay there was
a total absence of intragroup hostility. In a widely diversified group
of several hundred thousand, no

drinking, and no one reported a
theft.
In contrast, the Washington
community

was

thoroughly

up-

tight about thesituation. The White
House and Capitol Building were
blocked offfor several blocks. Stores
were closed and Washington newspapers warned the citizens of an invasion.
Most participants agreed that
the conduct of the crowd was much
superior to that of the Washington
authorities. The coverage of the
event through the Washington press
hinged on being unethical. According to all measurements used in
estimating the crowds attending
demonstrations, there
previous
were some 750,000 to 1,000,000 people at the peace demonstration.
While some radio stations were
estimating the crowd at 800,000,
others were quoting the Washington D.C. Chief of Police who estimated the crowd at. 70,000. This
was later raised to 250,000, which
was the number which stuck.
While the press insisted on underestimating the number involved
in the peaceful protests, they continued to exaggerate the size of the
militant occurances. For example,
the press took the number of militants who came to the Justice Department actually equipped with
weapons (roughly estimated as
10- 0- 500) and added the number of
observers who were in the crowd
but had not come with the intention or means of promoting violence to the number of observers
who happened to be at that sight
and the local citizens and press to
arrive at headlines such as "5,000
Armed Militants Attack Justice Department."
Even though the outbreaks of
violence which occured before and
after the demonstration itself are
abhorred, we cannot deny that the
participants exhibited a commendable amount of courage, dedication

fights or aggressive action was observed. There was no apparent and

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The University Student Advisory Committee is currently seeking
applications for membership to one of the most potentially important
organs of the student body. This committee, whose purpose it is to
serve as an advisory body to the president of the University, has taken
on a more far reaching task in assuming some responsibility for long

range academic goals.
USAC must net be a committee onejotos in order to have an extra
activity on his record. There is too much hard work involved for this
attitude to prevail very long. Weekly meetings occupy only a fraction
of the time required for one to do a good job on USAC. Hours of
investigatory work and background research are necessary. Recognition
for work done on the committee is slight, and publicity is nil.
In addition to having kept itself informed on most campus problems
in order to effectively advise President Singletary, USAC has actively
participated in many recent innovations in the UK system. The extention
of the pass-fa- il
system, the proposal to improve the advising network,
an attempt to formulate an academic statement of purpose for the entire
University, a plan to make student evaluations of courses and professors
a part of the tenure and promotion procedures and plans for recruitment
of superior students for UK, improving freshman orientation, and easing
the race problems have all been areas of concern for this committee.
Applications for USAC merely consist of a name, address, telephone
number and hours available for an interview with the committee. These
must be submitted to Room 206 of the Student Center before noon
Tuesday November 25.

ernel

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20,

1969

Editorials represent the opinions of the Editors, not of the University.
James W. Miller.

Editor-in-Chi-

Demonstrating Against The War
No American political leader
can afford to ignore a demonstration of public sentiment as large,
as fervent and as preponderantly
dignified as last Saturday's peace
rallies in Washington and San Francisco, especially a leader like President Nixon who has so recently
cited manifestations of public support to validate his policies.
With only a relative handful of
extremist exceptions, the demonstrators conducted themselves with
a gracious good humor and
that stood in marked contrast to the nervous distemper of the
Administration they challenged.
The general peacefulness of the protests was especially impressive in
view of the efforts of some high
Administration officials and others
to create an atmosphere of alarm.
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Much credit is due to the demonstrators' own marshals and to the
restrained District police.
The .massing bodies on Pennsylvania Avenue of course does not
represent any reliable measure of
national sentiment on the complex
issues of war and peace in Vietnam
any more than did the stacking
of telegrams on the President's
desk. In any case, popularity polls
are never infallible guides to wise
public policy
the President
Nevertheless,
would be remiss in his role as national leader if he did not at least
show more consideration in the future than he has in the past for the
views of that articulate minority
of citizens who have again manifested their deep concern over the

course of American policy in Southeast Asia. Few would challenge
the President's professed goal of an
honorable peace. But many are sincerely alarmed by his apparent neglect of opportunities that could lead
to a ceasefire and a political set-

tlement.
As long as the fighting goes on
and there is evidence that the

United States and its allies are not
doing all they could to promote
peace, Americans opposed to the
war must continue to make their
views known in every possible legitimate way. That is their right and
their duty as citizens, even if their
actions invite the scorn of Vice
President Agnew.
But there is grave danger in the
policy of confrontation that both the
Administration and its critics have
demonbeen pursuing. Ever-largofstrations against
ficial resistance will inevitably lead
to violence. The cause of peace will
not be served if disagreement over
how to end the war in Vietnam
is allowed to degenerate into conflict in the streets of the United
States.
The responsible course for war
foes is to focus their energies on
more manageable forms of protest
for example, political action directed at members of Congress. The
Administration in turn can help
ease tensions by lowering its own
voice and demonstrating a more
in
diligent search for a cease-fir- e
Vietnam and an accommodation in
Paris.
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THE KENTUCKY KEKNFJ Thursday, Nov.

Dorm Heads Discuss Problems
presidents and
Dormitory
head residents met Tuesday night
in the first meeting of a series
designed to letter communication between dorm governments
and Student Government.
Dormitory presidents were
shown last night how to go
through channels for everyday
needs for their dorms, such as
soft drink machines, washer repairs and other services needed
in dorms.

The presentation also includdiscussion on Intramural
funds, which primary interest in
where the money goes and what
it is used for. There are plans
to ask Student Government to
inestigate what happens to the
ed

funds.

Open houses were discussed,
with most of the discussion centering on the hours. Roger Val

entine, one of the coordinators
of the dorm presidents meeting,
says there probably will be discussions with deans Jack I fall and
Rosemary Pond on