Kentucky Kernel

Vol. XCl. No. 129

Elections
commence
tomorrow

Staff reports

Voting for the Student Govern-
ment Assoc iation elections begins to-
morio \ and continues through
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tickets vying for
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loi lllt' senator at large and college
senate seats. a large voter turnout is
expected

This year . to ensure against the
possibility of voting twice several
provisions have been set, said Ken
\i'alkei‘. SUA elections board chair»
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During the freshman elections last
semester. voting records showed
that several students had voted
twice

To prevent that. this year there
will be one master list containing
the names of students enrolled in a
particular college. Walker said.

In addition. Walker said there will
be phone hookups at various times
during the day at Ml. King Library.
Student ('enter and t'niversity cafe-
terias to add further insurance
against voting Violations.

Walker said the fewer voting

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places will “make it a little bit hard-
er for a person to vote." but the
“places we have set up are in the
mainstream" of campus for easy ac—
cess.

Like last year. all voting will be
done by voting machines except at
the Lexington Community College.

where voting will be done by write
in ballot

In order to vote students must
have a validated student ID. Walker
said he would like to "encourage
people to be patient" with possible
delays that might occur.

independent since 1 971

Tuesday, April 7. 1987

President-select visits
3 community colleges

B) ERAS STEWART
Editor -in-('hief

l'K President—select David P
Roselle spent last weekend meeting
with faculty students and staff at
three of the l'niversity's community
colleges

Despite a spring snowstorm that
dumped. up to two feet of snow on
parts of eastern Kentucky. Roselle
was pleased With his initial tour of
Prestonsburg. Hazard and Ashland
community colleges

He plans to VlSll four more com
munity colleges Friday and Saturv
day. but those plans have not yet
been finalized.

Roselle said he was impressed by
the community interest in the local
colleges His only regret about the
weekend trip was that the Saturday
meeting and the snow kept him from
meeting with students at Ashland
(‘ommunity College.

The community support "was pre
cisely what I was hoping for.” Rose
lle said iii a phone interview from
Blacksburg. Va Roselle currently
serves as provost at Virginia Poly-
technic Institute and State l'niversi-
tv

"It was really nice to see ithe sup—
porti up close." he said.

While Roselle was impressed With
the support for the college. college
personnel were impressed with the
new president.

"I was very much impressed with
his grasp of our needs." said Henry
Campbell. director of Prestonsburg
(‘omniunity (‘ollege “He seemed to
have an immediate understanding of
a lot of topics discussed "

"I feel very confident with him
and so did my faculty and staff." he
said "And the students were very
responsive to him. ”

Roselle said that when he was in-
terviewing for the presidency, he
considered the community college
component an interesting aspect of
the L‘niversity.

"I think it's a desirable situation."
he said. “and the I'niversity in all
its offices should nurture that nice
relationship.“

In his meetings with college per
sonnel. Roselle said no one express
ed feeling of separation and aliena-
tion between the community
colleges and the l'niversitvs l.e\'-
ington campus

The impression he got was that
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School of Music entertained passersby in front of Mt King Library yesterday as part of the University's outdoor arts festival

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Professor

By SEAN \Nl)ERSUN
Senior Staff Writer

The insights usually provided by
dramatic tragedy are vastly differ-
ent from those offered in Shake-
speare‘s clasSic “Macbeth."

That is the topic of Joseph Bry-
ants lecture tonigh. Bryant. a pro-
lessor of English. is giving the Dis~
tingiiished Professor Lecture. the
llllt or which is “Shakespeare's

to lecture about Shakespearean tragedy

Macbeth and the Epiphany of Trage
dv."

The lecture will be held at 8 pm.
in the recital hall of the Center for
the Arts.

"People generally expect from
tragedy to have a resolution at the
end whereby the hero is vindicated
or justified or commands our total
respect.” Bryant said. “We are sup—
posed to identify with the hero and

Teacher aid

Two professors earn funds for innovations in undergraduate curriculum

By KERHI \l).-\.\IS
(‘ont ribut iiig Writer

Emphasizing concern for under-
graduate education. Jayne Peters.
.lll art instructor. and Janet Isen-
hour. a professor of English. collab-
orated to win $2,000 for the benefit of
their respective departments,

(‘onsequently the two women re-
t‘t‘l\'t"(l the Excellence Award for Un-
i'lcrgradtiatc Education for their
Jitllll participation in the Writing-
Across the (\irriculum Program

The program is designed to intro-
duce and develop a series of teach-
ing techniques in order to clarify
thought processes and to encourage
critical thinking

Among the techniques program
emphasize includes multiple drafts
of asSigned papers. individualized
comments from instructors. written
peer reviews. numerous inclass and
out of class writing exercises and
essay exams where extra credit can
be gained

iii-iginally. Tom Blues. past direc~

tor of the English department.
began the program where Peters
and Isenhour attended lectures and
workshops.

Peters said Blues "basically got
us excited about the program and
gave us the initiative to take off
where he left off in 1983.

“We have joined our classes, art
history and English 102. to help stu
dents learn the material. Writing
about art history can be much more
beneficial to students than simply
reading about it. I think they get
more out of the material . "

Peters and Isenhour hope to Widen
the interest in the program of other
departments as well as art and En
glish. They want to incorporate
more actual writing in the class-
room.

These techniques improve the stu-
dents‘ writing assignments and help
to prepare them for taking essay
exams.

These skills are likewise beneficial
to other academic areas and are

approve of his actions This is not
true with Macbeth,"

He said Macbeth is a “dark crimi-
nal“ and the audience sympathizes
with his victims more. In his lec-
ture. Bryant will discuss the insights
provided by tragedies like "Mac
beth.“

Bryant received his doctorate in
English from Yale University and
began teaching at UK in 1946 After
teaching at Vanderbilt l'niversity

helpful in introducmg first-year stu-
dents to the rigors of studying on the
universny level.

Faith Harders. assistant to the
vice chancellor of academic affairs.
said that this new award speaks for
itself

“We want to show the students
and the Universuy that we are inter-
ested in undergraduate education as
well as graduate programs." she
said. “We are concerned and want
tocontribute.“

Twenty~two people were nomi~
nated for the Undergraduate Excel-
lence award in its first year. Hard-
ers said

The award is designed to recog-
nize any outstanding contributions to
undergraduate education at UK

Besides the $21!!) award. another
$5.0m was given to the departments
The awards are not given in cash.
but in the form of funds to be used
for academic enrichment.

and other institutions for several
years. he returned to UK as a pro-
fessor of English in 1971.

He has been departmental chair at
three universities. including I‘K.
where he served for two terms Ile
has been I.'niversity orator since
1976

Delivering the Distinguished Pro»
fessor Lecture is the “highest honor
the (‘ollege of Arts and Sciences can
bestow on a faculty member." said

JANE PETERS

l‘aul Karan. a geography professor
who is in charge of promoting this
year‘s lecture He gave the previous
one last fall

He said people chosen to deliver
the lecture are nominated by their
college faculty After a committee
selects three names the entire fac-
ulty of Arts and Seiences votes and
the one receiving a clear majority is
named the Distinguished Professor

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DAVID P. ROSELLE

leges enjoy their affiliation with the
l niversity.

Roselle toured the community col-
leges with Charles Wethington.
chancellor for the community col-
lege system. Wethington was one of
the two finalists for the presidency

“Everyone says that Dr. Wething-
ton is a very. very good administra-

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21 women
compete
in pageant

By TERRIE WOULDRIDGE
Contributing Writer

Theta Chi fraternity will give
some lucky woman the chance to be-
come Miss Kentucky when it spon-
sors the first annual Miss Heart of
the Bluegrass USA Pageant tonight.

Twentyone women will vie for the
title. which gives the winner the
chance to compete in the 1988 Miss
Kentucky Pageant. The pageant will
be held in Lexington in September.

All proceeds from tonight's con~
test. which will be held at 7 in Me-
morial Hall. will be donated to the
Dale Baldwin Fund. said Brad Gem-
cinhart. Theta (‘hi's assistant chair-
man for the fundraiser. Admission
is $3.

The fraternity originally wanted to
raise between $300 and $500. but it is
now expecting to raise more be-
cause of an unexpected increase in
the number of entries. Gemeinhart
said.

Theta Chi has already cleared
$225. which will cover the fraterni~
ty‘s expenses for sponsoring the
event. he said.

Additionally. the fraternity has re-
ceived donations from people in the
community. including Phyllis
George Brown. who sent a check for
$100. Gemeinhart said.

All 21 women will go on stage to
night. but that number will be re-
duced to 12 semifinalists.

The remaining 12 will be judged in
evening gown. swimsuit and inter-
view competitions

“These are highcaliber girls who
have been in pageants before."
(‘remeinhart said

The Judges are “people who are
credible and who have experience."
said Gemeinhart They include some
media representatives. a former UK
basketball player and a Coca-Cola
executive

Beth Ann Clark. reigning Miss
Kentucky and a UK student. will be
the master of ceremonies

The pageant will have “a big. car-
nival. party atmosphere." Gemein-
hart said.

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