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Thursday, April 22,1976

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McLaughlin and Haering win

By mun knows
.\ssistant Managing Editor
Veteran Student'Government (SG) observers expected
Mike McLaughlin and Hal Haering to win this year’s SG
election but none predicted the landslide margins they
received.

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86 presidential candidate (.‘arlton (‘urrens (at near
end of couch. right) and running mate Linda Welch
tsea ted on radiator» await last night‘s election returns
“llh supporters llavid Mucci (seated on floor). former
St. president: Sherry .\llen tatt‘urrens' right). ('ouncil
on “omen‘s (‘oncerns chairwoman; and outgoing .\rts
and Sciences Senator Jim Metry lat Welch's left).
later in the evening. president-elect Mike McLaughlin
lalmtet is congratulated on his victory over (‘urrens
and three other candidates.

McLaughlin. an Arts and Sciences junior. received 799
votes more than his closest presidential opponent Carlton
Currens who received 894 votes. Mark “Bones" Chellgren
received 104 votes. 8.1.. Schuler received 88 and Dan Kelly
Ward received 66.

McLaughlin's vice-presidential runningmate. Hal
Haering. received 1.623 votes Linda Welch‘s 1.t16. Welch
ran on a slate with Currens. Schuler‘s running mate R. A.
Pinkston received 103 votes.

Write-in candidates for president received 18 votes and
writein candidates for vice president received 12 votes.

"I expected them to win. and I expected a comfortable
margin. but I did not expect a landslide." said outgoing
SG President Jim Harralson.

After the results were announced at the Student Center
ISC) last night. McLaughlin said he wanted to thank his
campaign workers but had nothing else to say. Haering
was not present for the announcement.

Currens indim ted that he might challenge the election
but said he hadn't decided.

"From what we heard, there were irregularities."
(‘urrens said. “but we got slaughtered. The only reason
we'd challenge now is to find the truth."

Curiens said he had heard that poll workers in Blazer
cafeteria had been telling students to vote for the
McLaughlin-Haering team. During the two days polling
took place. 294 students voted in Blazer cafeteria.

Curiens also said he wanted to learn about the origin of
rumors to the effect that if he had been elected he would
have sought to stop beer consumption in fraternity and
sorority houses

McLaughlin Said he knew of no reasons for challenging
the election.

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by landslides

Steven Vice. 86 election board chairman, said he knew
nothing of the Blazer Cafeteria complaint. He said he had
heard about the beer ban rumor. however.

"if it did happen. it's a dirty trick but it's legal under the
election rule and there‘s nothing thatcan be done.” Vice
said. ”I really don‘t think it had any effect on the election,
not when there were margins of 800 and 500 votes.”

. lfa challenge is to be filedit must be made before 5 pm.

next Wednednesday by one of the candidates in the
clec tion. The election board must then rule on the validity
of the challaige. 1f the candidate is still not satisfied. an
appeal must be made to a SG judicial board. The judicial
board‘s decision in the matter is final.

A total of 3.360 students voted in this year’s election. an
increase of 700 over last year.

lla rralson said the increased turnout was a result of
twice as much election advertising and almost twice as
much polling time as last year.

This increased polling time and advertising cost SG
about $800.1larralson said.

The most popular polling place was the MI. King
Library where 517. or ISA per cent. of the students voted.
The complex cafeteria was the second most popular
polling place; 5H students voted there.

Four hundred and sixteen students voted at the SC and
:il 1 students voted at the (‘lassroom Building. Voting took
place in l2 campus buildings.

llarralson‘s running mate last year. Glenn Stith. won
the highest number of votes «824) for. senator-at-large.
lla rralson‘s presidential opponent in I975. Craig Meeker.
tried with Don Prather for the 15th senator-at-large seat

with 4|?) votes. Meeker won the seat by virtue of a coin
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|( Editor' s note: Because of the number ot letters and commentaries received by the
Kernel, there is no editorial today. In cases where a number of letters or Spectrum
articles are received about one or several subjects, more space is devoted to reader‘s
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Dlegulaed point

Editor:

While reading Normandi Ellis‘ letter
to the editor, " Free the dogs!" (Kernel
, April 19) I marvelled at the great
display of iournalism that emerged.
Yes, Ellis’ letter "reeked" of cynicism
and sarcasm and was even obscure
enough to temporarily disguise the
point of the letter.

Ellis, however, does not fall prey to
my attack, for how can we of a more
mature and intellectual nature con-
demn those who are less fortunate—
those who laboriously continue to
develop and cultivate the ungodly seeds
of preiudice and racism; those who
warn their children like their base and
igno'ant parents warned them! ”Now
don’t you go near those niggers or
they’ll try to eat you!"; those who
harbor such grave feelings of in-
feriority that they become obsessed
with "keeping the minorities down.“

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Susan Jones
Editorial Page Editor

John Winn Miller
Associate Editor

 

No, I can't direct my attack at such a
backward and pitiable creature.
Ratha’ my attack directs itself to the

editor who has. or should have, better
discretion in publishing letters filled
with such nonsense and garbage. Even
at allowing such an letter to be
released. the editor has once more
reinforced the overt racism that exits
at this University.

As a waming to you, theeditor, and to

‘ all whoflaunt racist ideals, this conduct

will no longer be idly ignored by Blacks
on this campus. Our day is coming.

Vicki R. White
Biological science iunior

(Editor‘s note: Letters to the editor
reflect the opinion of the writer.
Although these opinions may or may
not agree with the Kernel‘s editorial
policy, the Kernel recognizes its
obligation to provide a forum for the
opinions and views of its readers.)

 

 

 

 

Evolution is a hoax that did not

 

By John Baumgordner

Evolution is a hoax.

 

Not only does

molecular biology say that it cannot-

'happen, but the evidence from
paleontology says that it did not hap-
pen. When the hypothetical process is
viewed at a molecular and cellular
level, the necessary mechanisms
simply do not exist. As one studies the
fossil record, one finds the transitional
forms hypothesized by evolutionary
theory and uniformly and
systematically absent. In fact, the first
nine-tenths of the hypothesized
evolutionary chain is missing entirely.
Life forms found in Cambrian rocks are
extremely complex and diverse with no
indication or record whatsoever of
transitional development from
unicellular life.

Yet in the face of incontrovertible
evidence to the contrary, evolution is
taught as fact in an institution that
claims to stand for intellectual in-
tegrity. I say that it is high time for this
hoax to be exposed and recognized for
what it is.

Considered in its broader context,
however, evolution is iust one facet of a
larger philosophical outlook—that of
materialism. Materialist philosophy
presumes that a wholly material
universe is the only reality. That there
can be nothing more than the physical,
material realm is a fundamental
presupposition of the materialist
thought system. Accordingly, the
human being can be nothing more than
a complex biochemical machine, no
more than a complex collocation of
atoms without purpose or meaning.

Because this philosophical system is
so deeply entrenched in intellectual
circles today and because some
mechanistic explanation of origins is
essential to it, there is a strong bias to
preserve the hypothesis of evolution.
even in the face of the abundant
scientific evidence to the contrary.

But I would plead that materialist
philosphy lS nothing but a tragic
delusion. Considerable evidence at

 

 

 

 

 

tests to the existence of supra-material
or transcendental reality. In short.
there is a spirit realm. Indeed, the
human being is much more than
biology—he is a spirit and soul residing
in the house of his material body.

 

 

To return to the issue of evolution. it

has been shown in the last decade that
the Neo-Darwinian theory of evolution
based on random mutations, natural
selection and vast
mathematically unsound

time spans is
in a fun

happen

damental way. This has been
demonstrated by computer simulation
at MIT and elsewhere. The basic
theorems of information theory assert
the same thing in a rather trivial
fashion. No longer can the evolutionist
hide behind vague, qualitative
arguments; such propositions can now
be modeled and tested in a quantitative
manner. And when this is done they are
found to be totally inadequate. Thus
when the problem is considered at the
level of the genetic code, one finds that
the increase in order and complexity on
the scale claimed by the evolutionist to
be a biological absurdity.

Not only are the mechanisms for
evolution lacking, but when the fossil
record is examined one finds that
evidence that evolution has actually
taken place also lacking. Even the
prominent evolutionist George Gaylord
Simpson admits that ”This regular
absence of transitional forms is not
confined to mammals, but is almost a
universal phenomenon, as has long
been noted by paleontologists. It is true
of almost all orders of all classes of
animals, both vertibrate and in.
vertibrate. A fortiori, it is also true of
the classes themselves, and of the
major animal phyla, and it is ap-
parently also true of analogous
catagories of plants.” Not only are
transitional forms missing, but there
are numerous contradictions to the
postulated fossil sequence, with
evidence for flowering plants and even
humans in Pre-Cambrian formations.

Again I say it is high time for the
University community, if it is to
maintain any claim to intellectual
integrity, to recognize the hoax of
evolution for what it is.

I plan to give an illustrated lecture
dealing with these issues on April 28 at
7.30 pm. in room 107 of the Biological
Sciences building. This lecture is open ~
to the University community and there
will be ample opportunity for questions
and answers.

John R. Baumga rdner is currently with
the UK Campus Crusade for Christ.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Human idiocy appraoches true potential

Only rarely, in this already too ab-
surd world, human ignorance and
idiocy approach their true potential and
succeed in manifesting themselves in a
manner that inspires actual awe . . .
thereby inviting serious consideration.

terrence
tucker

 

 

Yet a fellow by the name of Scott
Hammen accomplished iust such a feat
last Friday with several hundred words
of sophomoric blather published in the
Louisville Courier-Journal under the
guise of a review of Walt Disney’s
feature-length film, “Dumbo."

In his review, Hammen accused the
film of possessing ”questionable
psychological merit“ and of not being
”wholesome“ enough for children.
Among other things, Hammen charged
that the film is overly brutal (because
Dumbo is separated from his mother),
that it encourages alcoholism (because
Dumbo and Timothy Mouse ac-
cidentally get drunk) and that it
promotes ”the ugliest of Hollywood
black stereotypes” (because the hip»
ster crows, in Hammen's view, were
supposed to represent Negroes and
were dealt with unfairly).

Now, given the author’s lack of a
declaration of sarcastic intent, we can
only assume that he was being serious.
in which case, he is guilty of expressing
the most limited capacity for thought
since . . .since. . . .

Well, the question is not how
precisely stupid Scott Hammen is; but,
rather, thequestion is how to nullify the
mind-rotting movement he is trying to
initiate. How can parents be reassured
that Walt Disney was not out to make
perverts and drunkards and racists and
sexists out of their poor, innocent ch-
ildren? in short, how does one argue
with the shallow shadow of knee-jerk
psycho-sociology and reemergent
puritanism?

The immediate urge, of course, is to
have at both Hammen and hisyprinted
ina nities with the unwholesome end of a
pickaxe. But that would only serve to
spread his shadows around. And there
is no need to perpetuate his party line
slobservations by picking individually
at his rediculous remarks.

No, the only legitimate approach is to
try to provide enough light to dispel
such shadows, and to prevent such grim
darkness and duskiness of mind from
burdening the shoulders of the faithful.

As I have said before in this space,
Walt Disney gave to us the benefits of
an artistic genius unparalleled in this
century. When one looks at the painted
work of other visual artists—men like
Picasso and Pollack, for instance—one
finds some beauty, some truth and
some power. But even their greatest
works are limited in impact because
they are essentially dead . . . crucified
on the timbers of the stretched and
stationary canvas. They do not move.
And they can speak to us only in the
softest of whispers.

Yet considerthe work of Walt Disney.
Here visual artistry achieves an en
tirely new mode. Not only did Disney
and his draftsmen create a visual
statement, they created an entire
visual world—a world populated by the
most appealing and enthralling of
characters. it is not a world that
simply hangs on a wall. It is a world
that is alive, moving, swirling and
flowing and vibrating with color and
enchantment and song—across and
beyond the most heartfelt fancies of the
audience. Every detail is made to
conform to the vision of the artist, and
the vision of the artist is in constant
motion.

Making an analogy to prose, the
difference between the stationary
productsoftraditionalartandtheartof
Walt Disney is the difference between
making a statementand tellinga story.
There is, honestly, a world of dif
ference.

The question, then, becomes: With
such incredible power in his mind and
in his hancs, what worlds did Disney
create? What stories did he tell? And
the answer is that Disney made it his
business to use his talents and his
resources to breathe new life into an-
cient folktales, to re-incarnate the
grandest lssons of man. His entire
career was built upon his ability to
make believe. . . that is, to reinforce
people’s beliefs about what is right and
what is good.

Disney spent three years of his life

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and Sl.5 million of his and other
people’s money to create "Snow
White.” It was his first feature length
film; it is 83 minutes long. But in those
83 m inutes Disney packed so very much
imaginitive reaffirmation that it is
impossible, even for an adult, to wit
ness the event without being filled with
the celebration of life and hope and the
rebirth of innocence that is there.

But probably the greatest testimony
to Disney’s art is the film he released
immediately before "Dumbo”—
”Fantasia.” Herein Disney brought his
visual magic to the aid of the musical
genius of Bach, Tchaikovsky,
Stravinsky, Beethoven, Ponchielli,
MOu ssorgsky and Schubert. And, in the
most popular vignette of the film,
Disney succeeded masterfully in
casting his own Mickey Mouse as the
protagonist in the "Sorcerer’s Ap-
prentice"—an ancient fairy tale motif
written into verse by Goethe and
captured in music by Paul Dukes.

With triumphs of artistic
timelessness like these to his credit
before "Dumbo,” can we expect
”Dumbo" to be of so little significance
that it can be criticized like some half-
bakedpiece of modern-day legislation?
Hardly. indeed, the story of ”Dumbo”
is one of the most reassuring and fully
decent works of art ever to emerge
from the heart of an American.
Wherever good will and self-confidence
stir men's hearts, the story of the little
etephant-that-could is relived.

There is too much to say in Disney’s
favor to even begin a full exposition
here. Whole lives should be dedicated
to the memory of Walt Disney, not
simplyafew printed words. For he was
a master storyteller. Yet to allow him
to be criticized for manipulating con
temporary stereotypes in h is work is as
ridiculous as allowing Aesop to be
criticized for mistreating his mythical
animals.

Worse than that, really. For it was
Disney’s intention to use both modern
and ancient stereotypes to achieve the
effect of his stories. He was trying to
recapture the magic of Aesop and
Aristophanes, and to make age-old
moral lessons accessible to modern
man.

Moreover, Disney did not even use
people as stereotypes in ”Dumbo.” The
heroes of the movie are not white,
AngloASaxon Protestants (as Scott
Hammen would have us believe,
presumably). The heroes are an
elephant and a mouse! How fair can an
artist get? Sh0uld we be mad because
the heroes were not a toy poodle and a
housefly?

How far away from ordinary reality
does an artist have to take his
metaphas before he can attract the
attention of someone like Scott Ham-
men, and convince that person to look
beyond the end of his own runny nose?

 

Terrence Tucker is a communications
graduate student. His column appears
weekly in the Kernel.

 

 

 

 

 

 

   
  
 
 
 
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
   
   
  
  
 
  
  
  
  
 
 
  
 
   
  
  
  
   

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Arts, crafts fair receives

unexpected

My mom GORDON
Kernel Staff Writer

The annual Student Center
Bluegrass Arts and Crafts Fair
had some unexpected com-
petition this year. Keeneland
Race Track evidentally cut down
on a lot of the buying, said Roger
Matchett. a student who has a
jewelry booth exhibit.

“We’re really going to be hurt
Thursday." Matchett said.
"They have the Bluegrass Stakes
at Keeneland" Today is the last
day the fair will be held. _

Cathy Ramsey, special ac-
tivities chairman for the Student
Center Board. said, “There were
not as many applications as
usual. I had hoped people were
waiting tiu the last minute. It’s
usually a pretty big thing."

“People should save money by
not going to Keeneland and have
something to enjoy for years and
years." Steve Barbour. a student
who has a ring display. “Please
buy one of my rings...“

The students were all looking
interested. but not buying
anything. said Matchett. “I
guess we're all broke."

Ramsey said that in the past
"we usually have 50 booths or
so..." this year there are only
about nine.

The fair. which is always held
in the fall or spring. was
scheduled during Little Kentucky
Derby lLKl): week this year, so
that there would be more ac-

competition

tivities and more appeal for the
fair. she explained. "We have
been trying to et local artists and
members of the Kentucky Arts
Guild interested. In the past, it’s
just been faculty members and
students." This is the first year
the fair has been open to local
artists.

A 35 entry fee was required
from anyone who wanted to set
up a booth. There are also
several restrictions upon the
exhibitors:

Anyme with their work on
display canna overtly solicit for
prospective buyers, but may sell
any part of the exhibit upon
request of the individual;

~Each exhibitor must stay in
his own designated area;

» Any exhibitor may be asked
to leave if inappropriate conduct
is displayed; and,

Every exhibitor can exhibit
and sell mly his own original
work.

Ramsey said any proceeds
from LKD activities will be given
to the UK Scholarship Fund. The
entry fee was used for publicity
and mailing. she said.

Another feature of the fair is
live 'music. One of the singers
from out-of-state lamented, “I
came down here looking for the
bluegrass and it’s all green...”

The exhibits reflect some
current fads and trends. Silver
jewelry». is the biggest item. and
there are also paintings, leather
work, belt buckles and straw
purses.

Journalists discuss viewer
reaction to media changes

It} \\.\I.'I'I‘Ili IIIXSUN
Assistant Managing Editor

A panel of four journalists
discussed the pros and cons of
changing formats in the media
Tuesday night at a meeting of the
Society of Professional Jour-
nalists.

The central issue at the forum
concerned the media‘s role in
achieving a balance between
what viewers w ant to perceive as
opposed to wlnt the media feels
compelled to run regardlesss of
viewer interest.

"It‘s a matter of balanced
content." said Howard Collins.
managing editor of the Lexington
Made: (‘ollins said newspaper
readers and television viewers
are most interested in news that
"toudres their daily lives“ and
less concerned with "government
and beauracracy."

Collins said the mixture of what
news is used in television and
newspapers is of "tremendous
importance to journalism.“ "We
have to give them what they want
to read. and what they need to
read. even if they don't want it.“
Collins said

The other panelists were Dr.
Leonard Tipton. UK Associate
Journalism Professor; Ray
IIoIbrook. executive vice
president of Lexington Channel
27: and Stan Slusher. assistant
managing editor of the Louisville

t‘ou rier-Journa 1
"We went from a straight news

format to a 'get your news from a

 

friend setup.” said Holbrbok.
outlining changes in channel 27’s
format aimed at gaining viewer
interest. “I had misgivings at
first butwe‘re doing it well rather
than being silly with it."

Slusher. whose newspaper has
been the subject of controversy
recently for establishing a new
"Accent" section. said the
modern media faces a potential
crisis because of “declining
penetration."

"Nationwide. the industry is
losing young. high income and
educated readers.“ Slusher said.

Slusher said the declining
readership prompted the
('ourier-Joumal to consider the
format changes which have
progremed over seven years.
The Accent section was
established to provide an ex-
panded news service and to break
the paper into three sections.
Slusher added.

'l‘ipton questioned the media's
criteria for determining what
viewers want to perceive from
the media. “Social science
reswrch looks at what people
read and watch and not why.
[Insteadu they make in.
ferences."

The panel agreed that
newspapers are not only
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real play?" is a comment often
heard from audience members as
they leave one of UK‘s more
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tions. According to Dr. J. Robert
Wills. theatre arts department
chairman. “New plays and
playwrights help keep it (the
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Contemporary productions are
often not well received by many
people. possibly because the
plays are so untraditional and
therefore. hard to understand.

I enjoy contemporary plays as
long as the cast and crew make
an effort to get the play‘s point. or
lack of point, across. I don't
enjoy a play when it is obvious
the ca st couldn't care less about
what comes across to an
audience. and is performing a
play in spite of an audience in-
stead of for it.

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To grow. the theatre needs
progressive and experimental
plays. Granted. a contemporary
production will have problems
with audience resistance to
anything untraditional.

This is not to say that the UK
theatre department doesn‘t offer
something for everyone. Ac-
cording to Wills. the department
tries to select plays that "cover a
pretty with rangeof interest" but
at thesametime. tries to "do new
plays and relatively new plays."

New playwrights will certainly
get their cha me next week (April
27. 28 and 29) during the
Playwrights Workshop. Five
plays written by students have
been selected for the workshop.

After the plays are performed.
they will be discussed by the
audience. east and crew. The
plays will then be rewritten. re-
rehearsed and performed again.

' This is an excellent opportunity
for aspiring playwrights to see
their own work produced and to
learn from the mistakes that
always seem to cropup during
performance.

Wills says the Playwrights
Workshop will be a yearly event
and will be open to the entire

t'niversity. Rules and
regulations for the workshop will
be released in the fall. Wills said.
and playwrights will have a good
six months to write a play.

Other programs the theatre
arts department will continue
include the Outdoor Festival and
the program with Actors Theatre
of Louisville tATL).

This program offers an in-
ternship with ATL for some lucky
students. and for most students
the opportunity to study with A'I‘L
professionals.

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Festival. casts and crews take

theatre to the audience. per-r

l'orming at various locations
around the campus.

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to have such a lively. healthy
theatre department. It provides
unique and delightful ex-
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Snyder ‘spreads magic‘ with poetry

lty LYNNE Fl'NK
Kernel Stall Writer

‘lhis living flowing land
is all there is. forever

“e are it
it sings through us—

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without clothes or tools!

"Its l“ra/ier (reek Falls“
t-ar) Snyder

Gary Snyder spread some
magic through a lecture hall
Wednesday night. '

Sponsored by the English
department and the English
Student Advisory Committee.
Snyder drew a full house of about
400 to a ('lassroom Building
lecture hall. despite sketchy
advance publicity.

He came to Lexington from his
home in (‘alifornia‘s Sierra
Nevada and read poems that
"are not just simple nature or
ecology poems." he said.

Dresed in a cream Cossack

shirt. with light brown hair pulled

badt in a ponytail. Snyder read
selections from his book "Rivers

and Mountains Without End."
The book is a long poem. inspired

by a Chinese Ming dynasty scroll

painting.

Thrwghout the reading. the 46-

year-old Snyder traced out with

his finger the rhythm of each
poem in the air. His forehead

wriiiiling in expression. he drew
wide audience response-laughter

GARY SNYDER

and applause-with his quiet.
earnest style.

"This is the mad to the back
country." is the last line of one
poem and also the name of one of
his eight bodts.

The back country is a recurrent
theme for Snyder. San Francisco
critic and poet Kenneth Rexroth
called Snyder's poetry. along
with that of Philip Whalen‘s"
hearshit on the trail poetry.“

Certainly his West Coast
context born in San Francisco
and schooled at Reed College in
tiregon-has deeply affected his
attitudes and his poetry.

Americans are fine as long as
they're working." he said. bet-
ween poems. “But when leisure
time cans they fall apart. The

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society is obsessively work-
oriented.“

Snyder. who has studied at a
Zen monastery in Japan.
distinguishes in his poetry and in
his lite between systems that
require attention and systems
that are self-maintaining.

“The difference is between
production and reproduction." he
said “Horses reproduce. cars
have to be produced."

He seems to be. obsessed Wllh
sclllma intaining lite systems.
which "exist in a bigger space.
where there is less rush.“ he said.

Snyder explained the (iaia
hypothesis-(lam being the
mythological Earth goddessto a
delighted audience last night. It
embraces his philosophies
perfectly.

"A scientist has come up with
this hypothesis that the whole
biosphere is one living organism.
as poets have always suspected. “

Former art

student exhibits

Paintings by Jim Wainscott. a
former UK art student who
earned his BA. and MFA. here.
will be on exhibit in the Lexington
Studios and Gallery from April 26
through May 15.

The oneman show is made up
of \t’airscott '5 work from the past
year. The Gallery is located at
on W- Main St. lts hours are to
am. to «l pm. Monday through
Friday and 10 am. to 1 pm. on
Saturdays.