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Underpassis being discussed
for Euclid and Harrison Avenues

By JACK WAINWRIGHT
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Copyright‘ The Kentucky Kernel

Students who have difficulty crossing Euclid Avenue
at Harrison Avenue may soon have an easier, if not safer,
trip. An underpass at Euclid and Harrison is currently
being discussed by state and University officials.

According to Jack Blanton, vice president of business
affairs, the plan. which was drawn by UK's Design and
Construction Division, is not the first. “Over the years
we‘ve had several ideas proposed but none were
satisfactory,“ Blanton said.

“This underpass is the latest idea," he said “A previous
plan for an underpass involved steps to reach the
underpass which created a safety problem.”

Earlier plans for an overpass were also rejected.
Blanton said the state was concerned that students would
throw objects over the side.

Night safety of the proposed underpass would be
insured by it being well-lighted and on a flat grade. “A
student would be able to see clear through and the

Vol. LXXI. No. 24
Wednesday, September 20, I978

By LINDA CAMPBELL] Kernel Sta

Tobacco
row

lt’s tobacco-stripping time all over
Kentucky now, including the farm
on Old Richmmond Road where
two Eastern Kentucky University
students are working to make
some extra money. After the
tobacco has been brought in from
the fields, it is hung in barns to dry
before being sold.

tickets tickets tickets tickets tickets tickets tickets.

The ticket situation for
Saturday‘s football game isn‘t

bleachers.

all that bad. T. Lynn
Williamson , assistant dean of
students, said there are plenty
of guest tickets left for the UK-
Baylor game in the end zone

itoday

Memorial

UK students can purchase
guest tickets for $6, cash only.
for the end zone seats today at
Coliseum
windows from 9 a.m. to 4 pm.

corners would be rounded so someone couldn‘t hide.” he

said. “There are a lot of places that are worse on campus.”

he added.

According to Warren Denny, assistant to the director
of design and construction at UK, the underpass would
be 80 feet wide with over a nine foot height clearance. “It
would be almost as wide as an interstate underpass but
not as high.” he said.

However, Dennis Bellamy. state district design
engineer for the department of transportation, said the
proposal is still in the discussion stage and neither the
cost nor the time to complete the job has been set.

“The cost of the underpass would be paid for by the
state,“ Blanton said. “The University would be
responsible for building part of the sidewalk on Harrison
and a plaza between the Student Center and the proposed
addition. ” Such a plaza would be built even if the Student
Center addition 18 not approved.

Denny said U K has the opportunity to solve a problem

and still conserve funds because the state has agreed pay
costs.

Continued on page 8

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drawing also shows the Student Center addition which
has yet to be approved. No date has been given for the
proposed underpass.

fight during heavy morning and evening traffic. The

an independent student newspaper

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Students already holding
tickets and wishing to sit with
their guests may exchange their
ticket for one next to their
guest. Williamson said there
would be no conversion of
student tickets to guest tickets.

ticket

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University of Kentucky
Lexington, Kentucky

Board advises administration

By JEANNE WEHNES

Associate Editor

The Board of Trustees approved a
recommendation for UK‘s administ-
raton to ignore a bill passed in last
year‘s state General Assembly.

The bill instructs state medical and
dental schools to allot enrollment in
their programs by congressional
districts.

In the resolution passed
unanimously by the board, University
administration are to “refrain from
any attempt to implement, enforce or
apply the provisions (of the bill) in its
present form unless and until ordered
to do so by a court of competent
jurisdiction after all rights of appeal
are exhausted."

Dr. Peter Bosomworth, vice
president for the Medical Center, said

Appalachia

at yesterday‘s board meeting he is
“sympathetic“ to the needs of
medically underserved areas in
Kentucky.

He said, however, other plans must
be made to help serve the mostly rural
areas of the state which lack adequate
health personnel. The medical school
already uses geographic location of
applicants as one of the criteria for
acceptance.

In an offical opinion directed to the
Council on Higher Education, state
Attorney General Robert Stevenson
said the bill, which allocates
enrollment by congressional districts
is unconstitutional and void because
of vagueness.

UK President Otis Singletary said it
is silly to admit medical and dental
students on the basis of congressional

‘to disregard enrollment bill

districts. “What comes next? By cities
and towns?"

The professional standard of the
schools and quality of students must
be maintained and Singletary said
such enrollment allocations would not
be in that interest.

“I am concerned that this not be
seen as any act of rebelliousness on our
part.“ he said.

Bosomworth said more rural than
urban students were admitted to
medical school last year despite the
increase in urban applicants and
decrease in those from rural areas. He
said he is working with various
community and state organizations
such as the Municipal League and
Department of Human Resources to
help recruit health service personnel
for understaffed areas.

Continued on page 4

Culture studies alive at UK

By DAN HODGE
Staff Writer

Listen to a string band, learn a little
folklore or read some moun'sin-style
fiction. Appalachia is alive at UK and
here for sharing.

The base for Appalachian concerns
at UK is ina small house at 641 South
Limestone called The Appalachian
Center. Although the center is only
one year old. it has already been a
catalyst in the installment of several
UK Appalachian programs. The
center is the sponsor of UK‘s
Appalachian Studies Program.

According to John Stephenson,
dean of undergraduate studies, the
Appalachian Studies Program, topical
lectures. workshops, entertainment,
research into Appalachian problems
and primary stages of an Appalachian
library collection, have all resulted
from The Appalachian Center. “The

center is in the stage of exciting

beginnings,” he said.

Stephenson has been involved with
the center since its beginning, assisting
in its development, and now acts as
associate director of Instructional
Programs for the center.

The center was started mainly with
help from Doug Arnett. a member of
The Appalachian Center. Arnett
persuaded the Rockefeller
Foundation to give the center a grant,
Stephenson said.

“The primary function of the center
is that of instruction,“ Stephenson
said.

Assisted by a grant from The
National Endowment for the
Humanities, this program includes
Appalachian study courses,
coordination of library resources.
strengthening of the network of
Appalachian scholars and special

events including concerts, lectures,
and seminars.

Student interest in the subject of
Appalachia is “satisfying,“
Stephenson said, noting the UK
courses have been regularly full.

, Concerning student interest, Harry
Caudill, professor of history and a
teacher of Appalachian courses at UK
explained. “nationally, there is a trend,
especially among young people, to
move into small towns and ‘get back to
the land.’

“We can learn a lot from our past,”
Caudill said referring to the need to
study Appalachia. “The most
imponant word in our language has
been forgotten, and that's ‘posterity.‘ "

Caudill said the benefits of
Appalachian study are far-reaching,
especially to those in the Kentucky
region. “Most people don't realize the
wealth of natural resources from the
area," Caudill said. i

He suggested the “the center work
with KET (Kentucky Educational
Television/ to produce shows
informing the public of the possible
profit of Appalachian resources."

LEXINGTON HAS BEEN GIVEN a five-star rating by
competitors, tourists and organizers of the World 3-Day Event
Championships here last week.

Lexington Mayor Jim Amato billed it “an outstanding success“
and Katherine Martin. with the Lexington-Fayette County Tourist
and Convention Commission, said she was “absolutely amazed"
that the event went off so smoothly.

The competitors praised the new $37 million Horse Park, and
said the course was definitely championship caliber.

state

A JEFFERSON COUNTY POLICEMAN yesterday lost his
appeal before the Kentucky Supreme Court to receive monetary
damages from former Jefferson County Judge Todd Hollenbach
for the loss of an eye while on duty.

Patrolman Michael Doughty lost the eye during an anti-busing
demonstration at Valley Station in December I975. He was struck
by a lead fishing sinker. apparently hurled from a slingslot, as

police were attempting to quell the demonstration on Dixie
Highway.

campus

BIO IIO MAKE-UP exam for Dr. Pisacano will be held on
Thurs. Oct 5 at 6 pm. in the Thomas Hunt Morgan Biological

Sciences Building l07. Make-up for the second exam may not be
offered again.

nation

THREE TRAINMEN WERE KILLED Monday after two
Lousiville & Nashville trains collided head on in Florence, Ala..
derailing four engines and briefly posing a threat of explosion.

Upcoming events include the
appearance of David Hawpe. a
journalist specializing in Appalachia.
Hawpe will provide lectures, seminars

Continued on page 4

Authorities said the trains were traveling l0-20 miles per hour
when they rounded a blind curve and collided. The W is run
through a neighborhood of small industries and apartments. corrOCtio n _

Because of a reporting error,
yesterday's Kernel incorrectly stated
that UK‘s Student Government passed
a bill that would place two freshman
members on the Student Senate.

The bill is a constitutional

' amendment and therefore requires
two readings before a vote can be
taken regarding passage. At Monday‘s

. meeting the bill received its first

. , reading and was then tabled to await

. further action.

- The Kernel regrets the mistbke.

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