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Vol. lXXXIX, No. 65

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U Senate endorses
stricter requirement

Tougher writing classes, bypass rules
included in English department plan

By DARRELL CLEM
Senior Staff Writer

In order to “raise the standards
for writing proficiency at the Uni-
versity of Kentucky," the University
Senate yesterday unanimously
passed a proposal from the English
department to change current un-
dergraduate English requirements.

In a 12-page report from the de-
partment, suggestions for revamp-
ing the requirements are outlined,
with specific plum for restricting
the options and raising the stan-
dards for students who bypass En-
glish courses.

Under existing guidelines, stu-
dents with American College Test
English scores of w or above can
fulfill English requirements by com-
pleting one course and receiving an
“A“ or “B" letter grade. But the
newly adopted rules would raise the
ACI‘ requirement to 5 or above and
require successful completion of a
“writing proficiency examination."

Eligible students would then be re-
quired to complete ENG 105, an ac-
celerated version of ENG 101/102,
while students with ACI‘ English
scores below 25 would be required to
complete the standard sequence.

Robert Hemenway, English de-

partment chairman, and Thomas
Blues, an associate professor of En-
glish and director of the depart-
ment’s writing program, explained
to the Senate the reasons for adopt-
ing the more stringent require-
ments.

“We can and should improve the
writing quality" of students, Hemen-
way said. “Writing is not something
that is done only in freshman En-
glish courses. It has to be done con-
stantly. It can‘t be done only in the
freshman year and forgotten“ in
subsequent years.

According to Hemenway, between
350 and 400 freshmen have ACT
scores of 25 or above. He estimated
that 75 percent to 90 percent of those
will pass the proficiency test, which
he termed as “a kind of screening
mechanism."

Although 734 freshmen currently
have ACI‘ English scores between 22
and 24, he said the “ACI‘ test is a
very poor predictor" of writing pro-
ficiency.

This prompted Senate member
Donald Ivey to ask, “What is the
justification for using the ACT at
all?" Ivey emphasized that the test
is based on reading, while no writing
is required.

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Film highlights struggle
of South African blacks

By scorr WARD
Staff Writer

A videotape by independent
filmmaker Kevin Harris about the
life of blacks in South Africa will be
shown tonight at 8 p.m. at the Chris-
tian Student Fellowship Center, 502
Columbia Ave.

The videotape, which was aired on
NBC earlier this year, is being
shown in an effort to educate people
on the issue of civil rights in South
Africa and drum up support among
area churches, according to Corbin
Seavers, a member of the Friends of
Azania. The South African support
group is sponsoring the film.

Seavers said one objective in
showing the videotape was to “give
people a more in-depth look" into
the work of Anglican Bishop Des-
mond Tutu.

Seavers has a personal re-
lationship with Tutu, who won the
Nobel Peace Prize this year for his
struggle against the South African
policy of apartheid. Seavers is
'I‘utu‘s son-in-law.

Seavers said that the South Afri-
can Council of Churches, of which
Tutu is general secretary, “is part
of the liberation struggle (in South
Africa)."

“I think its important for people to
see this video in that it‘s so timely,"
Seavers said, in light of the fact that
Tutu won the prize and President
Reagan won reelection. “Bishop
Tutu is the spokesman for a people
struggling for human rights, while
President Reagan represents an ad-
ministration opposing that people’s
struggle for human rights.”

He said the videotape demon-
strates how the two men “are di-
ametrically opposed to each other."

Seavers said the film has
drummed up support for his organi-

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“Bishop Tutu is the
spokesman for a
people struggling for
human rights. . . .”

Corbin Sea vers.
Friends of Azania
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zation's goals and therefore has
“definitely achieved (its) purpose."

The viewing of the videotape —- a
documentary narrated by Edwin
Newman depicting the struggles of
blacks in South Africa under apart-
heid rule — is followed by a question
and answer session with Naomi
Tutu-Seavers, a graduate student in
the Patterson School of Diplomacy.
She is Seavers‘ wife and 'Ntu’s
daughter.

Seaters said audience comments
on the videotape “have been very
positive," and that the reaction
among the people who saw it was “I
wish more people could see it."

The videotape was shown Sunday
night at Good Shepherd Episcopal
Church, 5% East Main St., where
Tutu-Seavers attends church. The
Rev. Tim Scott, rector of the
church, said he decided to have it
shown because he thought it would
be a good chance to get information
about South Africa and to listen to
the comments of TutuSeavers.

He said that, according to Tutu-
Seavers, “it accurately describes
the situation in South Africa

The videotape provided an oppor-
tunity to listen to someone speak
who is involved in the situation, he
said. The film is cosponsored by the
African Student Association and the
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16 she poses for her senior portrait. Senior portraits for the
Kentuckian yearbook will be taken this week from 9 am. to 4 p.m. in the Journalism building.

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Engineering dean considering
student fee to fund equipment

By SACHA DEVROONIEN
Senior Staff Writer

In an effort to have students help
pay for the equipment they use in
engineering classes. the dean of the
College of Engineering is consid-
ering a proposal to impose a fee on
engineering students.

Ray Bowen, dean of the College of
Engineering, said the proposal is
still in preliminary discussion.

Tomorrow, the Engineering Stu-
dent Council will hold a forum for
engineering students on the issue at
3 p.m. in 259 Anderson Hall. accord-
ing to Craig Hardin, a mechanical
engineering senior and chairman of
the council‘s students‘ concerns
committee.

The Engineering Student Council
supports the pr0posal and encour-
ages all students, especially fresh~
men and sophomores, to come to the
forum. “It is real important we get
feedback," Hardin said.

Because the college has not been
able to spend enough money on
equipment to keep up with mainte-
nance, the college needs about $5
million to upgrade equipment used
in engineering laboratories, Bowen
said. So he wants to propose a fee
for engineering students to help pay
for the equipment.

“We asked each department how
much money they needed for in-
structive equipment.“ Bowen said.
The departments said they would
need about $2 million. but the de-
partments are very reluctant to ask
for money, he said. “A more accu-
rate estimate of need is $5 million to

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Dollar per student credit hour

Texas A&M Purdue

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expences

.ve quality tmdergraduate instruc-
tive equipment.“

He said the school may have to go
to a fee for students because “the
central administration just has not
had the money."

Bowen said the problem of equip-
ment is a problem all over the coun-
try, and many schools have already
gone to a fee for their students. or
are comidering the possibility of in-
stituting one.

“Typically, all engineering depart-
ments have bad equipment,“ Bowen

‘Happy’ and ‘Mama’ mark 59 years
with grateful Dental School faculty

By CAROLYN EDWARDS
Staff Writer

Yesta'day, former Gov. Albert 8.
"Happy" Chandler and his wife,
Mildred, "Mama" Chandler stood
behind an elaborate bridegroom's
cake—mpoundsofwhitefmitcake
and 20 pounds of icing, which took
Dr. Merrill W. Packer, dean of the
College of Dentistry, 40 hours to
make.

The cake was part of yesterday's
celebration of the Chandler-3' 59th
wedding anniversary, hosted by the
CollegeofDentistry.

Darin the openirg ceremony, Dr.
Peter P. Woolworth, chancellor for
the Medical Center, welcomed the
Graham and surpassed the warm
wishes of the center. Packa- spoke
next. aayirg, “We‘re briming forth
app-sciatic: to and
‘Malna' fa their help for the people

of Kentucky." He told the Chandlers
that the reception shows “how much
love we have for you both.“

Happy Chandler, as, joked with
the audience about his relationship
with his wife, 85-year-old “Mama"
Chandler, saying, “When we courted
she said if i fussed, I had to go out-
side. After 59 years in the open air.
..." At the close of the ceremony,
the two looked at each other and
began singing, “We've Come a bong
Way Together."

In an interview durirg the recep-
tion, Chandler spoke abOut his pro-
fusionai life. He attended UK and
graduated from Transylvania in
1921. He finished his seven years of
education with a degree from Har-
vard Law School.

He was once appointed and twice
elected to the Senate and served two
terms as governor of Kentucky.
Later he became commissioner of
major- league baseball. During this

time, he made the decision to allow
“colored men“ on the teams. "Some
of the writers said it was equal to
the Emancipation Proclamation,“
hesaid.

He served two terms as governor
of Kentucky, an experience that
Chandler said he would most like to
repeat. While in office, he tried to
fight the lack of health care in Ken-
tucky by establishing the Medical
Center.

“It was a difficult fight," he said.
He had an especially difficult time
setting up the dental school. “I
handcarried the dental school," he
said. “They said they didn't need
it."

After looking back at his long list
of experience, Chandler said, "I've
had a fantastic career.“ But of all
he has accomplished, “She
(‘Mama’) beats them all. She's a
hellofasmartlady.“

_ equipment expenses

Group ll
schools avg.’

said. “We are not any worse off. We
are just using research equipment in
the laboratories.

“Engineering is an expensive pro-
gram," he said. “It is a professional
program. If you look at undergrad-
uate professional programs, it needs
the most equipment.“

Bowen said they are considering
several ways to impose a fee. One of
the considerations is to charge a
$100 fee to all junior and senior engi-
neering students which will be
added to their tuition.

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Former Gov. Albert B. “Happy"

Grants to help
computerize
library service

By scorr WARD
Staff Writer

Because of a grant awarded to the
MI. King library, the process of lo-
cating and checking out books is one
step closer to being completely corn»
puterized.

The $30,000 grant, which the li-
brary received last month and
matched with $20,000, came from
the Kentucky Department of Librarr
ies and Archives.

John Bryant, assistant director of
technical services, said the money
will be used “to convert about 50.000
of our catalogued records into a
machine-readable database "

These records, which are now
stored on earth kept in the library.
will be converted to the ()niine Com-
puter Library System, located in
Dublin, Ohio. The system stores the
listings of about 10 million books
from 2,(I)0 to 3,