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Tuesday, Oct.

13, 1970

UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY, LEXINGTON

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By JANE BROWN
Assistant Managing Editor
"Solitary Singletary" came
out of rumored seclusion Monday
afternoon to address the University Senate at its second meeting
of the year. He warned the faculty
representatives that insufficient
funding could hamper continued
growth of the University.
The appearance came after
discussion at the first senate'
meeting about the "inacessa-bility- "
of the president and the
need to improve communications
between administration and faculty. It was in this context that
Singletary made joking reference
to himself as a "solitary" and
apologized to the senate for lack
of contact.

Throughout

the

speech,

Singletary emphasized the problem of lack of money in university communities.
"There" are fewer new resources . . .the rate of increase is
not going to be there." He said
that the recent UK budget cut
is an index of this, and added
that if there is another budget
cut "this institution is in real

trouble."
Degree of Expansion
Singletary said also that UK
"must determine to what degree
we have expanded, and to what
degree this expansion is good."
He said he fears that any decision for new programs will involve curtailing old ones. He emphasized the need for setting up
priorities: "What to do," what
we ought to stop doing."
In a more optimistic vein, he
said that "we're not doing that
badly," and set up a "homely
parallel" of a fiddler with only
three strings, who can make
music but has to move his fingers faster.
Singletary praised the this
generation of "young people"
who, he said, have "a desire and
the ability to think for themselves." He continued, "despite

shrill cries of repression," higher
education "allows more freedom
and labors more to create a freer
environment than any other institution in this country."
'Viable Institution'
Singletary explained he believes that for all its troubles
and problems, UK is a "viable

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that the senate
"think about" the proper role

of the student in the faculty
senate as well as in other academic units, pleading for what
he called "student participation"
in which the student is heard,
listened to, and therefore "receives serious and open con-

sideration."

Another area that the senate
should be considering, said
Singletary, is a way to improve
relations between the academic
community and the rest of
society. He grades the existing
low."
relationship at an "all-tim- e
He would like to see the "academic man once again publicly
recognized."
Singletary also announced the
appointment of an Ad Hoc Committee on Faculty Performance
Review. The committe has been
instituted to "take a look at what
we now have and see how it
can be improved." Singletary
said that "less and less affection
is attached to the process now
being used to evaluate teachers."

Weather
Forcast for Lexington and vicinity: cloudy and mild with a
period of rain and a few thunder
showers tonight and Wednesday.
High today, low70's; low tonight,
near 60. Precipitation probabilities: SO percent today, 60 percent tonight, and 40 percent tomorrow. Cloudy and cooler
Thursday.

Changes in Student Codes
Similar Across the U.S.
College Press Service
The first student demonstrations and possible violence on state
colleges and universities in the west are likely to result from revisions
in student conduct codes designed to quell student uprisings.
That is the feeling of most student leaders from New Mexico
to Washington, where the governing boards of state institutions
in each state have either revised or replaced old conduct codes
to add more stringent clauses against political activism on campus.
"These repressive codes," according to one student leader, "are
likely to stir the students up, rather than quiet them down."
The new codes, written without or with minimal student involvement, came in response to public anger generated by campus
disturbances last spring on various campuses. Many apply to
campuses which have never gone through student disruptions.
In Oregon and Washington, two very similar codes of student
and faculty conduct have been decreed by the respective governing
boards of those states. Detailing clauses under which a student
may be suspended or expelled or a faculty member fired, they deal
with possession of firearms, physical abuse of people or property
connected with the institution, possession of drugs, and other offenses which would generally be handled in civil courts.
Incitement Clauses
Rut both codes contain incitement clauses, and these are what
students are objecting to. The Washington code states that members
of the university staff or students may be suspended for "intentionally inciting others to engage immediately in any of the conduct
prohibited herein, which incitement leads directly to such conduct."
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President Singletary speaks before the University
Senate yesterday and describes what he calls
"the problem of lack of money in university communities." The UK president warned the faculty
representatives that insufficient funding could
hamper continued growth of the University. The
University Senate had earlier criticized Singletary

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for his lack of contact. Singletary also announced
the appointment of an Ad Hoc committee on
Faculty Performance Review to improve teaching
at UK.
Kernel Photo by Dick Ware

Greeks Told to Integrate

right Speaks to IFC

By DALE MATTHEWS

Kernel Staff Writer
Student Government President Steve Bright, speaking last
night before the Interfraternity
Council, suggested a student boycott of the Lexington community,
denied proposing $100 of SO
money for black "reparations,"
and urged fraternities to integrate.
The IFC meeting was called
by president Damon Talley because "we wanted to get fraternity and sorority presidents
together to let Steve Bright relate his position concerning fra-

ternities."

Bright said that since students
couldn't spend "$2 bills" to let

giving money to NABS" (National Association of Black Students).
Bright cited the campus Black
Student Union as "more deserving (of SC funds) than a national organization which would
have no effect here," but he added that in any case "we do
not have the financial ability to
give to anyone."

of
Concerning
integration
Creek houses, Bright said that
"it seems to me the houses must
open their doors. I just don't
see how we can ignore this any
longer."
Bright suggested that each
house should "take blacks and
foreign students as boarders if
not as members next year as a
step to full integration."

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the community know how important student spending is to
Lexington, "I propose an economic boycott. Certainly not a
complete one, but one large
enough 'to show the Lexington
community just how important
students are to the economy of
the community."

BEIRUT, Lebanon-Presid- ent
Carnal Abdel Nasser named his
successor shortly before he died,
but his nominee is under house
arrest because he is unacceptable to the Soviet Union, reli'
able diplomatic informants reported today.
The sources said Nasser's
The Student Coverntnent deathbed choice to lead Egypt
president indicated that clothing was Zakaria Mohieddin, a relstores would be the best target atively liberal former prime
for the boycott.
minister win) at times embarBright noted that the boycott rassed his chief by opposing
would be something the Creeks the
owiiig Soviet penetration
of Etfypt.
could do "in terms of constructNasser icportedly expressed
ive, positive contributions to the
his last w i.sh to Information
University community."
Minister Mohammed llassanein
TheSG president said lie "regretted the need to lespond" Heikal, one of his closest
to charges made by the Studt-niiiemls, who was at his bedside
Coalition and asserted he would when the president died of
rather "discuss ideas, not slander lu ait failure Sept. 28. The inand accuse."
humation leached the foreign
's
He denied, however, a Coali- diplomats from some of
tion accusation that he had secassociates.
The Arab Socialist Union
retly proposed SC contribute $100
toward a "reparations" fund nominated Vice President Anwar Sadat to succeed Nasser,
being raised by the National Student Association (NSA) on behalf but there are indications a paw-e- r
of the National Association of
struggle is continuing lehind
Black Students.
the scenes, with Heikal's own
"Our expenditures must be ap- position thieatened lx'cause he
proved by the Business Affairs insisted that Nasser's preference
Office and are public. We cannot for Mohieddin be honored.
make 'secret expenditures," he
The diplomats said Soviet
said.
Pieinier Alexei Kosygin, when
Bright also said that the "UK he came to Cairo for Nasser's
delegation to the NSA conven- funeral, told the Egyptian leadtion last summer voted against ers the Sov iet govermnent w ould
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have no confidence in a government headed by Mohieddin.
The Russians are believed to
favor Air Marshal AH Sabry, a
prominent figure in the reported
power struggle and an old rival
of Mohieddin. They loth served
as prime minister and also as
vice president.
Mohieddin was in the inner
circle of Nasser's 1932 revolution against King Farouk. Nasser publicly designated him to
succeed to the presidency when
he announced his resignation in
the first hours of defeat in June
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resignation under popular pressure, anil Mohieddin faded into
the background.
editor of
Heikal, long-timthe
newspaper Al
Ahram and Nasser's mouthpiece
for many years, tried to convince the other Egyptian leaders to honor Nasser's last wish
despite the Soviet veto of Mohieddin, the informants said.
Heikal reportedly ran into
stiff opposition, notably Sabry
and Sadat, who pointed out that
Egypt colud not afford to offend its only source for the huge
arsenal required for war with
Israel.
Some sources said Heikay,
acting as a kind of spokesman
for the absent Mohieddin,
argued in vain in the inner
councils for a more liberal political system.
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Laird Hopes to End
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WASHINGTON (AP) esident
Nixon
announced "an
accelerated rate of withdrawal
of U.S. troops from Vietnam
Monday and the Pentagon
ordered an immediate start on
all-opreparations to end the
draft by
Nixon said during a trip to
Connecticut that the authorized
ceiling on American troops in
Vietnam will be reduced by
40,000 men through the Christmas season. This will bring the
figure down to 314,000 as of
Dec. 31.
Secretary of Defense Melvin
R. Laird forecast Nixon's announcement at a news conference at which he said the armed
services have been ordered to
prepare for ending the draft.
Asked whether the announcements were aimed at helping
Republicans in the coming congressional elections, Laird replied with a smile, "I don't
know how you came to that conclusion."
'Go All Out'
The defense chief, who previously has set a 1973 goal for
ending reliance on the draft,
told reporters "we're going to
go all out in the Department of
Defense to reach the goal of a
zero draft" in three years.
He made public a memorandum to the service secretaries
and Adm. Thomas H. Moorer,
chairman of the Joint Chiefs of
Staff, to spur actions "that
should be taken now" to move
toward the zero draft goal.
In addition to stepped up emphasis on military recruiting,
other supports may be required
for additional enlistments in
both the active forces and the
reserve and National Guard
components, Laird's memorandum said.
He requested top service officials to review recommendations of a "Project Volunteer
Committee" within the Pentagon for various ways to improve
the attractiveness of military
careers.
And he asked his senior
subordinates to identify priority steps that will be required
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to meet the zero draft objective.
Increase Military Pay
With an eye toward Congress, Laird said early Capitol
Hill action is needed on legislation to boost by 20 percent
the base pay for low ranked
enlisted men.
On troop withdrawals from
Vietnam, Laird noted that the
goal of reaching 384,000 men
by Oct. 15 already has been
surpassed and that the U.S.
force level there will be "several thousand below" that figure when Oct. 15 arrives.
The new troop cutback in
Vietnam apparently does not
change Nixon's goal, announced
last spring, to cut U.S. forces
in the war zone by next May to
284,000 men, close to half the
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284,000 ceiling for May 1,"
Laird said.
The White House press secretary, Ronald L. Ziegler, said
the reduction through Christ- mas was decided on as Nixon
and his advisers reviewed the
Indochina situation while preparing last week's five-poipeace proposal.
Nixon attributed the action in
a statement to "continued progress of the Vietnamization program."

Mason Continues
To Seek Arrest
Of Lawson King
out a

After failing to swear
warrant for the arrest of county
prosecutor E. Lawson King after the Crossen rally Thursday,
UK political science professor
Dr. Gene Mason said lie still
plans to take further action.
Dr. Mason was attempting to
get a warrant on the charge of
common law assault because he
said King's prosecution of Crossen had "frightened" him.
Mason told a Kernel reporter
that he plans to take further action, but he does not expect
anything to come of it.
The UK professor said he expects "further confrontation,"
but as for what kind, in or out
of court, he only stated, "We'll
just have to see if the warrant
comes through."

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and to
problem solving of universal
dormitory difficulties. The new group agreed they
needed to work for improvements in the dorms
and agreed to meet again to draw up a constitution and decide on policy.

Steve Bright, Student Government president, addressed a meeting of the newly organized Council
of the Residence Hall Presidents last night in the
Student Center. The group seeks to operate as a
vehicle for expression of residence hall concerns

Dorm Presidents 'Get It Together'
By DALE MATTHEWS

Kernel Staff Writer
The newly formed Council of
the Residents Hall Presidents met
last night in the Student Center
to discuss goals for the fledgling
organization.
Carl Brown, Student Government cabinet member and director of the office of student
affairs, which is responsible for
the organization, said the purpose
of the new council was "to serve
as an information center and as
a vehicle for expression of residence hall concerns that are universal."
Steve Daub, a
of
student affairs on the SG cabinet,
said "everyone shares many of
the same problems in residence
halls, and the Council of the
Presidents is a good idea because it gives representatives
from all donns a voice."
Student 'Input'
"The administration wants input from the students and the
Council of the Presidents is a
good way to get reliable input
to the administration," Daub
said.

Student Government

presi-

dent Steve Bright also addressed
the group.
"I wanted to indicate my
whole support for the council"
he said. "I said last year when
president that we would try to
make it possible for dorm presidents to get together and discuss problems. For this reason
we thought it would be good
to set tills up."
After these initial remarks, the
residence hall presidents considered what the nature of the

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organization should be and discussed possible goals.
Projects Considered
Some of the projects considered were "liberal ized"
optional women's hours
and the organization of dormitories according to "life style."
Mike Stutland, president of
the Complex Coordinate government, asked "What kind of power
will we have?"
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Brown replied: "That is up to
you. This is not a Student Government operation, it is a residence hall operation. It's your

baby."
The general consensus of the
group was that an organized body

would be more powerful when
seeking privileges and improvements for the dorms and that they
should meet again to draw up a
constitution and decide policy.

Ticket Sales Changed
By CAROLE BRYANT

Kernel Staff Writer
The Student Center executive
board is experimenting with a
new method of ticket distribution
for concerts and other activities.
"We received many complaints after the Chicago concert
from individuals who complained
they were not given equal opportunity to choose their seats, since
the seats on the floor were bought
by organizations," said Sara O'
Briant, public relations director
for the board.
For the Lettermen concert,
Oct. 31, the experimental ticket
distribution
method will be
tested.
There will be two lines for
tickets. One line will be for people wanting four or fewer tickets,
and one line will be for persons
wanting more than four.
Those wanting fewer than four
tickets will form a line from the
coat check room at the Student
Center. These persons will have
the option of tickets on the main
floor or in the regular seating
areas of Memorial Coliseum.

The people wanting more than
four tickets will form a line from
the Student Center central information desk. They may not
have seats on the floor.
Their seats will be in the regular seating areas, but in many
cases these seats are better for
viewing the concert than the floor
seats. Miss O' Briant said.

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Radical Separatists' Manifesto Lists Aims

aratist element in Quebec even
College Tress Service
as they gather strength.
Although the news of the
Sedition laws against the adby the Front le Liberation Quebccois (FLQ) has been vocation of separation or overRiven wide coverage in the United
throwing of the government have
States news media, one question been used for years to keep the
that probably exists in the minds French in their places. And in
of most people is who the FLQ the past years, laws against demis and what they stand for.
onstrations in Montreal were
The FLQ was created in the passed to stop the massive proearly sixties in Quebec in response tests against new laws which favor the English language for Queto growing awareness of the
that they were being se- bec immigrants in the schools.
The following is the Manifesto
verely oppressed both culturally
and economically by the
of the Front de Liberation Quepeaking
Canadians
and becois, a document discovered by
Americans.
police authorities in August, 1970.
From a terrorist organization
It was written in May, 1370, and
which planted bombs in mailhas never been printed hi English
boxes to illustrate its defiance in Canada or the United States.
of Federalism, the organization
The publication of this docuhas now developed a political ment is one of thedemandsmade
program which includes working by the kidnappers of the British
with trade unionists, tenants orattache Cross. The Manifesto was
ganizations and other groups in obtained by Canadian University
Tress.
Quebec against the English moThe objectives of the maninopoly of power. "The enemies
of our enemies are our friends,"
festo read:
their manifesto reads.
We want to answer the challenge of the status quo. We want
s,
The separatist Parti
formed only last year to answer the challenge of the
received 21 percent of the vote businessmen who believe they
in the provincial election in the can maintain the current political
and economic system by sowing
spring. The party has a large
the fear of change among the
Socialist wing.
the salaries of the population.
Meanwhile,
To the threats of the Royal
French in Quebec are only G5
of the English there and Trust we oppose real bombs. All
percent
the French suffer the brunt of we are doing is answering their
violence with counter-violencthe 15 percent unemployment.
We are defending ourselves
Canadians and AmeriEnglish
cans are the managers of industry against the constant attacks of
and of the banks and of the big the
universities in Quebec. Over forces that make up the financial
of the industry in institutions, the big companies,
the Chamber of Commerce, etc.,
Quebec (Canada's most industriwho are all maintained by the
alized province) is American-owneLiberal Tarty and Trudeau-lSou-rassAnd the Liberal government has been escalating the fight
g
We are attacking the eeo-again st the growing
sep

nomic organs that use puppet
iHjliticians who speak French

(likeTrudcau-Rourassa-Drapca-

that we are the enemies of the
people of Quebec. It is up to the
free intellectuals (freethinking) to
denounce this monopoly of information.
The FLQ is in solidarity
with all Quebecois movements
that are militating for real economic liberation of Quebec workers and are fighting for the political emancipation of Quebec
workers and are fighting for the
political emancipation of Quebec. It will be independence or
destruction.
In a second part of the manifesto, FLQ list their "M eans
of Action":
To fight the reactionary
forces who are effectively working against the Quebec people
it is urgent that we form a common front (front commun) of all
the progressive forces in Quebec.
It is necessary to end our isolation which plays into the hands
of the Establishment. We must
continue the fight together. The

enemies of our enemies are our
friends.
'Common Front'
This common front will reunite the numerous movements,
committees and popular associations that are currently militating in favour of a real democracy,
real economic liberation, cultural
revolution and for independence
and socialism in Quebec.
,The leaders of all these movements in coordination with the
political committees of trade
unions must meet together to
establish a base together to participate in the publishing of a
Manifesto and to elaborate a total
strategy (strategic globale) that
will respect the particular char-- i
acteristics of each of the movements.
This committee of the common front that will unite all the
delegates of the different movements, associations, and small
groups will orient action, coor
dinate and mobilize for it. "

to protect their interests, and
with whom people periodically
have "dialogue" in that phony
ex ere i se of democracy el cct ion s.
We are fighting this clique
of exploiters who make up the
capitalist Innirgeoisiethat is domn
inated by
financiers, and which some ambitious
have been collaborating.
We are fighting all forms of
exploitation, the most blatant
being linguistic segregation: the
necessity to speak two languages
because we are Quebecois. Our
colonialist bosses are responsible
for this.
We are fighting all sorts of
racism, discrimination and segregation. We are in solidarity
with all struggles being waged
by people who are victims of
American imperialism. We support the struggle led by those
first exploited on this continent,
the Indians. We are in solidarity
with the American Blacks and
Puerto Ricans who are fighting
Yankee capitalism.
We are with all workers who
immigrated to Quebec and with
whom we want to fight our comW
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mon enemy:
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capitalism. We want to wage the
. struggle for nation liberation with
all workers.
Supports Trade Unions
While supporting all trade
union struggles, the FLQ hopes
for:
unionized workers will throw
themselves vigorously into the
second front. As soon as possible
workers' representatives must reTHIS WEEK ONLY
place the people's phony representatives in Parliament. When a
entire stock of
real workers' party is created,
the FLQ will no longer have a
reason to exist.
The FLQ is fighting the ownSLIP-ON- S
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ers of the means of communicaBUlKY AND
tion (moyen d'axxinformation)
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who are trying to make us believe that the current government
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erves all of society. The current
MONTREAL (AT) The terrorist Quebec Liberation Front offered government serves only those who
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Monday to negotiate with the government for the release of a finance it.
We are fighting these capitalBritish envoy and a Quebec official kidnapped by two front cells
ists who monopolize all the maBring This Ad Into The Store Or We Will
last week.
from each of the cells to French-languag- e
radio jor means of infonnation, and
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Communiques
stations in Montreal indicated, however, that the price was higher who are trying to make it seem
for the Canadian than for the British captive.
Trade Commissioner James Richard Cross of Britain was kidnapped Oct. 5. Labor Minister Fierre Laporte of Quebec Province
was seized on Saturday.
There was a possibility the difference in the ransom demands
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for the two men grew out of a lack of coordination between the
two front cells.
A letter attached to one of the communiques was in Laporte's
handwriting and it appealed to Premier Robert Bourassa of Quebec
to meet the terrorists' demands Monday or Tuesday.
DEADLINE: Copy must be received 11 a.m. the day prior to the
Vague Deadline
That was the only indicmion that the front had any sort of
first insertion.
new deadline for the government to meet the ransom demands.
Otherwise, the communiques were regarded as conciliatory.
Both said the two men were alive and in good health. The
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communiques were issued in response of a broadcast Sunday
Premier Bourassa asking the kidnappers to make connight by
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tact and saying his provincial government wanted to set up machinery to insure the safety of Cross and Laporte.
The communiques proposed Robert Lemieux, an attorney who
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has defended accused terrorists, as the front's intermediary.
Lemieux was picked up by police Sunday and the police said
they intended to charge him with obstruction of justice. They
did not go into detail, but Lemieux was at liberty Monday.
Copy:
Must Meet Two Demands
sent to
The communique from the cell holding Cross and
Radio Station CKLM said the two captives would be freed if
two of seven demands were met.
These two demands called for a halt in the police search for
the kidnappers and the release to Cuba or Algeria of 23 men in
Jail or awaiting sentence or trial in connection with terrorist
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* ZPG Veto Responsible
It is no rarity for student body President Steve Bright to be under
attack, but a simultaneous attack from the left and the right of the
political spectrum is noteworthy. The attack stems from Bright's veto
of a Student Government bill which would provide $150 to Zero Population Growth, a campus organization concerned with overpopulation.
Although ZPG is deserving of much student support, the manner
in which the bill was conceived and framed force one to commend
Bright for his veto.
Student Government has no criteria for selecting one deserving
campus organization from others whose aims are just as worthy. This
absence of objectivity could leave the SG Assembly open to much
criticism as vying organizations bring pressure to bear on the SG
Representatives to obtain their support for this cause or another. The
absence of guidelines could conceivably lead the Assembly into a
spendthrift attitude toward funding needy causes.
As important as the lack of objectivity in the conception of the bill
has been the irresponsible manner in which it was framed. No guidelines were set as to how the money should be spent by the SPG, nor
was any provision made as to where the money should be taken from
the SG budget. The budget has no allocation for projects such as those
stipulated by the bill; in order to provide the money some areas of an
budget would have been pared.
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Perhaps the most encouraging aspect of this situation is that it
provides an indication of the personal stamina we have been hoping
to find in President Bright. At a time when it would have been very
politically advantageous to go along with a irresponsible move, Bright
chose to follow his judgement even though it allienated all who were
concerned with the bill.
Student Government has seldom needed an aura of responsibility
as badly as it does now. As the Assembly honestly strives to become
more relevant it has tended to overlook some basic areas of responsibility.
For its own benefit, the SG Assembly should thank Bright for his efforts to include the issue of responsibility in the pursuit of relevancy.
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Kernel Soapbox

Graduate Fee
By BEVERLY

J. WESTBROOK

Senior
I have had many thoughts about why
and how administrative rules are perpetuated by students who really don't
want to be bound by them. Now I know- -it
is too much hassle. I have for some
time been concerned with the graduation
fee and in line with this concern, I addressed a petition to the Office of the
President of the University. May I share
this with Kernel readers?
Arts-La-

"Recently, I encountered the most
overtly racist rule that I could ever have
hoped to encounter at the University of
Kentucky. This was in the process of applying for my undergraduate degree. There
were two parts to the application process:
the one, an information card for purposes
of correctly labeling and mailing one's
digree, the other, an information sheet
diking about one's plans regarding attendance or
at commencement and setting forth the date by which
a graduation fee of $11.50 must be paid
to Billings and Collections unless one
wants his name removed from the degree
list.

"The purposes of this fee are to grant
one the privileges of being able to pay
more money in order to attend commencement along with hundreds of other
bodies; being put on the
mailing lists of unheard-o- f companies;
receiving a copy of the yearbook; and,
last but not least, receiving a degree. The
result of this is that I am petitioning you
that some alternative be made for tins
racist rule.
"Perhaps you are not familiar with
racism. Let me explain. Racism may be
viewed as any attitude, action, or institutional structure which suboidinates a
person or grou