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Wednesday, January 9, 1991

 

 

 

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LSU center Shaquille O'Neal showed he‘s a man among boys, but No. 11 UK
showed its power, too, winning 93-80 Saturday. See Sports tor related stories.

Stdent voices quiet

on issues of gulf war

By TOM SPALDING
Editor in Chiel

and MARY MADDEN
Assistant News Editor

This is the first part of a three-day series.

UK students haven’t been as engulfed as other college cam-

puses by the possible war

committees."

For example, about 50 university and college groups across
the nation ——- including Northwestern and Harvard universities
—— have formed a national network in opposition to the war and
plan a two-day convention in Chicago this month.

Stant said all it takes is “one bold person" to build a move-
ment. The problem, he said, is that “everybody is sitting, wait-

ing for someone to move. Somebody needs to move.”

UK Student Govem-

 

in the Middle East, even
as the Jan. 15 deadline for
Iraq's withdrawal from
Kuwait nears.

Although there is spo-
radic interest on campus
in the gulf conflict, Ken-
tucky students in general
haven‘t warmed up to the
idea yet.

“Right now war is
still not as graphic and
vivid as the Vietnam
years,” said State Rep.
Ernesto Scorsone, D-
Lexington. “The shooting
hasn’t started and there’s
a big difference in think-
ing and actually engaging
in combat.”

“I think the people in
Kentucky are generally

 

ment Association Presi-
dent Scan Lohman expects
anti—war groups to pop up
on campus more frequent-
ly in the next two weeks
— but SGA won‘t be a
part of it. Lohnian said it
was “inappropriate" for
SGA to inspire an anti-war
group.

But UK’s chapter of So-
cially Concerned Students
is becoming active in
protest against military ac»
tion in the gulf. The group
is a member of the Pro-
gressive Student Network,
a network of 90 uanCTSl-
ties. That network has
scheduled a conference
Jan. 27 in Washington,
DC.

 

 

fairly conservative even

though Kentucky is not a predominantly Republican state,“ said
Alan Comett, president of the College Republicans. “The gen-
eral feeling is that Southern Democrats are more hawkish. The

UK campus just reflects that."

UK is not alone in lacking a comprehensive student anti-war
movement on campus. Only a handful of colleges have taken a

strong stance on the gulf crisis.

“I think it depends upon the prevailing politics of a particular
region,” said Bill Slant, 3 34-year-old graduate student and

“We (SCS‘) are trying to

work out getting the money to send someone {to the conter-
ence) right now." said Jerry Moody. a political science JUHIOT.
“We are hopeful that we Will get to send someone to represent

the University of Kentucky. It IS important for students to know

action.

member of the US. Out of the Gulf Coalition at Loyola Univer-
sity in Chicago. “But those schools are probably ripe for such

Colleges forming anti-war groups

8y TOM SPALDING
Editor in Chief

Nick DeGenova doesn't consider stu-
dents at the University of Kentucky to be
any different than those at his school, the
University of Chicago.

That’s why he believes UK will follow
the lead of other campuses in the nation
by forming a campus group to protest the
United States‘ involvement in the Persian
Gulf.

“At the school where I am, to imagine
a meeting of 30 or 40 people on the verge
of final exams is something people who
have been here awhile find unbelieva-
ble," DeGenova said. “There has never
been anything so politically engaging
the way this issue in the Middle East
has."

More than 50 universities w ranging
from the Rhode Island School of Design
to the University of Cincinnati to the
University of Washington at Seattle ——
already have such groups in existence.
He believes more will form soon, even at

not been a “hotbed" of activism.

“I think there's good reason to be opti-
mistic," the 23-year-old graduate student
said. “Basically what I see all around me
in Chicago, there are a lot of people who
have not been especially active but feel
really moved to get involved to be op-
posed to this war."

DeGenova is one of the principle orga-
nizers of a rally designed to do just that.
The National Network of Campuses
Against the War has scheduled a plan—
ning conference on Jan. 19 and 20 on the
campus of Loyola University in Chicago.

About 100 people representing more
than 50 universities are expected to at-
tend. As word spreads. DeGenova said,
that number should increase.‘

DeGenova said he along with two oth
ers —— Bill Slant of Loyola and Nancy
Maclean of Northwestem — sent out let-
ters to various campus organizations
across the country, urging a forum was
necessary for “stopping another Vietnam
before it starts."

Chicago has been picked as the sue be-

thcrc is networking going on."
SCS is involved in several upcoming events in protest )l gulf

“Rally for Peace," sponsored by the Central Kentucky Coun-
cil for Peace and Justice and SCS, will be held at 2 pm. Sun-

See GULF. Page 8

of universities, he said.

The actual idea for such a conference
—— which would be used to determine.
among other things, the time for another
rally — stemmed from campus anti—war
groups in the Chicago area.

“just expanded from there. he said,

DeGenova said the purpose or goal or
this planning conference is to tacilitatc
national movement on the issue. But top-
ics to be discussed wrll include the dralt.

“The biggest inspiration at the llli‘illt‘itl
tor me is realizrng how remarkable ll .\
that so much is already underway. .'\clt
before the actual shooting war has be»
gun," he said. “If you compare where
we‘re at at this point in the lace ot the
Middle East crisis to what the lllt‘Vk‘ll‘t'lll
against the war in Vietnam was tij'l‘ 3 \L‘
years after the heavy lighting had htguii,
we‘re in an incredible position.“

A position, he said, in which even ; K
eventually Will be lllVUlVCd.

“When school gets started sou 1c gon-
na see a lot of stult tstartingi," salt! Sean
Lohman, Student (itivernitieiit .\m\ia-

 

 

schools like UK which traditionally has

cause it is accessible to a large number

UK chief’s rise to power heads ’90 list

As a nation crept skeptically into
the last decade of the century.
events at the University of Kentucky
on the athletic and academic play-
ing fields showed the school's foun-
dation has more cracks than an
lben Browning earthquake predic-
tion. But UK filled some needed
holes, shining some light in an oth-
erwise dark 1990.

A sleepy campus awoke with con-
troversy as it watched its search for
a president come under fire and
some students began speaking out
about the crisis in the gulf because
they, too. wanted to avoidflre.

Back home, Kentucky enacted a
$1.3 billion tax increase to fund a
landmark education package and
Republican Mitch McConnell
whipped opponent Harvey Sloane, a
Democrat, to keep his seat in the
Senate.

 

 

lmploring the University
community to pull together

 

 

and not look back, Charles

 

T. Wethington became
UK’s 10th president on Sept. 18,
closing a long chapter of controver-
sy, which began with David Ro-
selle‘s resignation less than a year
earlier.

Wethington, a 54-year-old Casey
County native, was selected by the
school's Board of Trustees by accla-
mation at the meeting, after the
board voted 17-3 in his favor.

Wethington asked the University
community to move on, placing fac-
tional differences about the search
aside. "Let's don't look back," he
said. “Let’s all pull together for the
benefit of this University of Ken-
tucky.”

Defeating opponent Peggy Gor~
don Elliott, the other finalist for the

 

job, wasn't too much of a problem,
considering all the skepticism he
had to overcome on his path to the
position.

When Roselle resigned unexpect-
edly in December 1989, a divided
board chose Wethington to be its
interim president. An excellent
fund-raiser, Wethington was able to
acquire much-needed funding for
the University.

From the time the search began
last February, everything appeared
to be going smoothly for trustee and

 

INSIDE: PHI KAPPA TAU LOSES APPEAL TO REMAIN! ,

3

search committee chairman Foster
Ockerman. It seemed as though the
Sept. 18 selection would be the re-
sult of a technically proper search
and a landmark day in which a Ken-
tucky native again would assume
the presidency of the state‘s flag-
ship institution.

But shonly after that placid Stan,
the search unraveled, gradually los-
ing its veil of credibility, as candi-
dates began to drop out.

Only two of four finalists visited
campus, giving the University a def-
inite signal about the search to
which it could react. And the carn-
pus reacted loudly, dividing itself
against the search.

The University Senate passed a
resolution abandoning the search
and calling for a new one. But trus-
tees picked Wethington.

 

2 In November, jUSl [WU
months after UK‘s own

 

 

 

presrdential search, its Lex-
ington Campus chancellor was a ti-
nalist for the University of Nebras-
ka presidency.

Roben Hemenway, the second-
year chancellor, dropped out of the
search after an interview with the
University's board of regents.

As in the UK search, the interim
president was selected presrdent.

Many on the campus feared this
was a signal that Hemenway wanted
to leave UK. After dmpping from
the search, Hemenway said his pro-
grams are not finished. He cited be-
ing a Nebraska native and an NU
graduate as his reasons for being in
the search.

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Classes
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Mississippi
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Story.
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Diversions ........................ 16
Viewpoint ........................ 20
Classifieds .................... 21

 

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 4 - Kentucky Kernel, Wednesday. January 9, 1991

Student lobby leader
arrives at road’s end

By TOM SPALDING
Editor in Chief

The stretch of winding road that
connects Versailles to Frankfort has
a speed limit of 50 mph. It was
probably the only thing that slowed
John Elder down last spring.

Elder, a recent UK graduate, said
he spent about 25 days driving to
and from the state capital. Not fun,
he admits, but it's necessary when
you're the chief lobbyist and coordi-
nator for the student leaders of the
state‘s eight public universities.

That's why he knows he’ll miss it
—— despite a $20-per-week salary
and the constant pressure that work-
ing with legislators can bring.

“It’s been a tremendous learning
experience meeting so many differ-
ent people across the state and
country." he said in an interview
Sunday. “I don’t think anything
(else) would have provided me with
a greater learning experience.”

Elder, who briefly considered
running for Student Govemment
Association president this spring,
was diligent in the classroom. He
carried a perfect 4.0 during the
spring 1990 semester.

But his biggest accomplishments
occurred in the legislative halls of
Frankfort, where he hob-nobbeti
wi'h several key lawmakers, includ-
ing Rep. Ernesto Scorsone and Rep.
Bill Lear.

“I was in Frankfort. He was there
just as much as l was and I had a
full-time job," said Jeff Speaks, an—
other recent L'K graduate who was
campaign manager for Will Scott’s
close campaign loss to Rep. Chris

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hard to replace. if nothing else just
because of the work ethic getting up
there. seeing those guys (and) being
involved in the process."

“I think he did an excellent job,"
Scorsone said. “He was very thor-
ough, right on top of the issue and
made every effort to explain the stu-
dent position and did that well."

Elder often joked that he would
have a tough time putting his re-
spective titles on a resume. He was
the administrative director for gov-
ernmental relations for SGA. But
his chief role was state coordinator
for governmental relations on the
Board of Student Body Presidents.

It required hours of work on the
phone, trying to keep a line of com-
munication open among student
body presidents.

For example, at a board meeting
held at Kentucky State University in
Frankfort last spring, only three
bothered to show up - KSU’s
Corey Bellamy, Northern Kentucky
University‘s Scott Kappas and
UK’s Sean Lohman.

Unity is one thing, he said. Apa-
thy is another.

“My big concern is that it contin-
ues to thrive, so for the next few
months I’m gonna stick with it so it
doesn’t die," Elder said. “With
some good direction it has tre-
mendous potential."

Direction was what Elder provid-
ed from the beginning. He was nev-
er an SGA senator or major office-
holder, opting to' get involved
because he found politics interest—
"12.

It began as a modest effort. Elder

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and his assistant, Craig Johnson, or-
ganized a letter-writing campaign
and phonathon to give students a
chance to let their legislators know
how important higher education
was to the future of Kentucky. This
was before the 1990 General As-
sembly was to begin.

The campaign helped students
get in on the ground floor, instead
of waiting outside.

“You have to take initiative in
Frankfort because the system
moves pretty fast," Scorsone said.
“Otherwise you get lost in the shuf-
fle. 1 think John was careful not to
do that."

His biggest challenge —— and his
biggest accomplishment — was
getting House Bill 60 to pass. Elder
and the student presidents were up-
set with the student representative
on the Council on Higher Education
and the process by which the reprc-
sentative was selected.

They also were concerned that
the student on the board at the time
—— Jim Hill — wasn’t a true spokes-
man for the students.

Scorsone sponsored the bill, and
it survived its passage through edu-
cation committees, the house and
Senate, and then finally was signed
by Gov. Wallace Wilkinson last
spring. As a result, Elder said, stu-
dents now have more say in who
represents them.

“The positive signs are already
coming from it," Elder said. “That
was a great accomplishment Hope-
fully down' the line it will stay that
way."

Elder plans to spend the next few
months working again in Frankfort,
which means more time spent in a
vehicle. He eventually would like to

 

 

 

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work as a corporate lawyer. Politics,
he says, has to take a back seat.

But as new as Elder was to the
lobbying game, many said Elder
played the game well.

NKU’s Kappas, for example, of-
ten said Elder was the glue holding
the Board of Student Body Presi-
dents together. Lohman, whose
SGA office is a few feet from where
Elder worked, agrees.

“There was a lack of communica-
tion before John came in," said the
senior from Prospect, Ky. “And
John kept in good contact with
the student body presidents."

Elder held the position for almost
two years. He succeeded Speaks,
who helped form the board primari-
ly to give students more say in who
represents their views and ideas.

“It's kind of a crapshoot. You just
have to have a gut feeling about
whoever you think would do a good
job,” Speaks said. “It’s a tremen-
dous time-consumer. You don't get
a lot of recognition, you have to put
up with people you don’t want to
deal with a lot of times.

“If they are interested in it they'll
go out and do it," Speaks added.
“It’s hard."

LCC Sen. Clark
facing purgation

By GREGORY A. HALL
Senior Staff Writer

Two candidates have emerged in
the race for the Student Government
Association president, and one of
them is expected to be purged from
the student senate.

Lexington Community College
Senator Keith Clark, a 28-year-old
LCC sophomore, is running, but
faces purging from the student sen-
ate for missing too many meetings.
His only opponent is College of Ed-
ucation Senator Christa Collins.

The SGA constitution allows sen-
ators to miss two senate meetings
with excused absences. But, regard-
less of excused absences, if a sena-
tor misses half of the meetings, he
is purged. Clark has missed 7 of 14
roll calls, according to SGA Vice
President Sarah Coursey.

The Senate Committee on Cam-
mittees will meet Tuesday and is
expected to purge Clark.

Clark says he was aware of the
rules but had other commitments,
including his job and a church revi-
val.

“I’m not going to say I’m going
to fight it because rules are rules,”
Clark said.

He said he told Coursey about the
revival. “To separate someone from
church is just totally unjust," Clark
said.

He will reconsider his candidacy
after the planned purging. “I’ll see
how this turns out and give it my
best shot."

Clark said if the purging is a po-
litical move in favor of another can-
didate, he “would still run."

Despite rumors last fall that up to
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only Clark has emerged.

Collins is a 20-year-old speech
pathology junior from Villa Hills,
Ky. The member of the Kappa Al-
pha Theta social sorority also is the
chair of task force on prejudice re-
duction.

Collins is mnning with Amy
Cooper, the SGA executive director
of academic affairs. Clark has not
determined who his running mate
will be.

Cooper, a 20-year old chemical
engineering junior from Elizabeth-
town, Ky., is a member of Alpha
Gamma lta social sorority. The
ticket has a combined six years of
experience in SGA.

Collins, Cooper and SGA Presi-
dent Sean Lohman have discussed
the ticket, but they said that Loh-
man only has said that the ticket is
qualified. He has not yet made an
endorsement.

“I think that everyone running
should talk with experienced people
just to get an idea of what they’re in
for," Collins said in December.
“He’s been honest with me about
what it needs to take to be a good
president.”

SGA Senator at Large Ashley
Boyd said Lohman appears to be
more than an adviser.

“My impression is that he (Loh-
man) has had his hands in it,” Boyd
said. “He wants to help who he
wants to be the next president."

SGA Senator at Large Allen Put-
man considered running for the
presidency but has since decided
against it.

“It’s something that quite a few
people have discussed with me,"
Putman said. “But as far as I’m con-
cerned, at this' point, no I am not
running."

However, Putman would not rule
out the possibility that he may
change his mind. He said that he
will run for senator at large again, if
the situation does not change. A
member of the Sigma Pi social fra-
ternity, Putman said he may run for
office at the fraternity or on the Stu-
dent Development Council.

Another person who considered
running, Pi Kappa Alpha social fra-
ternity President Lance Dowdy, said
he has ruled out running.

“I've thought about it, but I don’t
think that would be the right move
for me," said Dowdy, who had
served two years as a senator.

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Students find quicker service, few lines at Add/Drop

By MARK SURDETTE
Staff Writer

No long, snaking lines? No inter-
minable, frustrating wait? Was yes-
terday really the opening day of
Add/Drop?

Students expecting the traditional
nightmare of the first day of Add/
Drop were pleasantly surprised with
this semester‘s unusually small

crowd and short waiting time. Ac-
cording to Lisa Collins. UK's direc-
tor of registration, less than half the
number of expected number of stu-
dents had shown up by noon.

“We don’t know if the weather
kept students away or if they are
just better prepared this term, but
the number of studentshas been far
less than we anticipated,” she said.

The first day of Add/Drop has at-

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tracted between 1,800 and 2,500
students since the University started
using an on-line computer system
for Add/Drop two years ago, Col-
lins said.

Mart: Rhorer, who has worked at
Add/Drop since the fall of 1988,
said this semester’s crowd was the
smallest he had seen in that time.

Students, who usually are the sys-
tem’s biggest critics, praised the
Add/Drop process this time.

“The system is running better
than it ever has,” said Ken Camp-
bell, a political science junior. “I re-
member it took me three hours to
get through (Add/Drop) in my
freshman year under the old system
where you picked up cards and h