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Worley makes it three’ 5 company in 86 presidential race

By Sean Rose
THE KENTUCKY KERNEL

The campaign slogan “new vision,
real results” projected on the back wall
of the small ballroom in the Student
Center last night as history junior Pre-
ston Worley announced his candidacy
for Student Government president

Worley, vice president of public re
lations for the Interfraternity Council,
along with running mate and account-
ing sophomore Scott McIntosh, spoke
about the importance of women’s safe-
ty in the announcement in front of
about 100 people.

“The most important thing has to
be women’ s safety,” Worley said last

night adding that he only fully under-
stood the importance of the issue after
his little sister came to campus.

Worley said most people’s recom-
mendations for improving women’s
safety included better lighting and few-
er bushes, but that only affects the 5
percent of women who are victimized
by strangers. Worley said 95 percent of
victimized women were assaulted by
acquaintances and that forming teams
to educate and engage people on
women’s campus safety issues were
more valuable in the long run.

“The more people involved (in the
issue) on campus, the safer women are
going to be,” Worley said.

Women’s safety fell into Worley and

 

McIntosh’s “ABC plan" to improve UK.
That three- -part plan calls for standing
for awareness, back to basics for SC
and campus life.

Worley also advocated a change in
punishment for UK students from local
police in regards to alcohol violations.
He said it isn’t fair for student he stuck
with “a criminal record just because
they had a drink.”

Worley instead proposed having
any UK student caught breaking an al-
cohol- related law to be referred to
“Choices," UK’ 5 alcohol abuse class, in-
stead of being arrested by police.

“I think it’s terrible that we are
criminalizing students,” Worley said.

 

See Worley on page 2

One of the biggest criticisms of Student Government is

how students say, ‘I don’t know what it does' for me.’ ”
— Preston Worley, Student Government presidential candidate

Student Govern-
ment presidential
candidate Preston
Worley speaks at
his candidacy

. announcement last
; night in the Stu-
dent Center.

Worley, a history
junior, and his run-
ning mate,
accounting sopho-
more Scott McIn-
tosh, represents
the third ticket to
announce its can-
didacy for the top
56 office.

The election will
be held at the end
of March.

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New cheating
rule changes
find ‘balance’

University Senate efforts to tweak
punishments take effect this fall

By Dariush Shafa
THE xmucxv KERNEL

A new policy regarding cheating and pla-
giarism will reduce the minimum penalty for
those offenses and give faculty and administra-
tors more leeway when it comes to deciding
student’s punishment.

Currently, UK 5 minimum punishment for
an offense such as cheating or plagiarism is a
failing grade for the course. The new policy,
which goes into effect next semester gives fac-
ulty more room to decide a student 5 punish
ment and to factor in mitigating circum-
stances, such as a student’s past record and the
seriousness of the offense.

“The feeling was, the present academic of-
fenses policy in official use was far too puni-
tive." said Ernie Yanarella, chairman of the
University Senate, the faculty governmental
body that spearheaded the effort to change the
policies.

As a result. many faculty members pre-
ferred to handle matters in secret and outside
UK regulations, he said.

“I think that many fac-
ulty in the past, under the
old rules, felt the action w
an automatic E v (was too
serious) and were reluc-
tant to drop the hammer
on a student when they
could appreciate other fac-
tors." said Yanarella, a po-
litical science professor.

The new policy allows
be treated for faculty to be more judi-
. . ,, cious with their punish-
fairly llqhtly. ment and to take other de-

_ tails into consideration,

Ernie Yanarella he said

chairman. “There's more of a
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Yanarella said. “The first

offense can be treated fairly lightly"

Under the new system, there is no default
penalty, and students who commit academic of-
fenses out of ignorance or by mistake will not
face as severe a penalty as if the cheating or
plagiarism had occurred purposefully.

“The faculty member, in concert with the
(department) chair, will have the option of a
variety of penalties rather than the student
failing the course," Yanarella said. “The stu-
dent will receive a penalty commensurate with
the seriousness of their offense."

But students who believe that they can take
advantage of the new system’s lighter outlook
should think again, he said.

“My response to that is, if a student has a
willful intent to breach academic standards
and does so continuously, they will find the
penalties will rise considerably and quickly
and they will find themselves in hot water." he
said.

Record keeping of prior academic offenses
will also be improved, Yanarella said, a change
he believes will also “serve as an effective de-
terrent.” If a student with an offense has no
other run-ins, the record of their offense can
be expunged upon graduation as well.

Yanarella also said he sees both faculty and
students benefiting under the new arrange-

See Offenses on page 2

“There's
more of a
sliding scale
on offenses.
The first
offense can

 

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Rosalind Welch president of UK's Black Student Union, takes a break from her production work on her play “For Colored Girls Who Considered Suicide When the

Rainbow Is Enuf" last night at the Fine Arts Building.

Fulfilling an ‘obligation’
to future leaders

Black Student Union president sees education as force for change

By Wes Blevins
THE xtmucxv KERNEl

Rosalind Welch just took the GRE.

Unlike most students who take the
exam, Welch didn‘t spend much time
studying. In fact. she didn’t study at all.

“My dad has a philosophy on tests,“
she said. “If it's a standardized test.
somebody should have taught the materi-
al somewhere along the way."

Education has always been stressed in
the Welch household. Both of Welch‘s
parents earned college degrees ~ her fa-
ther. a bachelor‘s in political science; her
mother. a master's in social work.

"My parents have shown me what an
education can do," she said. “They made
sure I stayed focused."

At Louisville Central High School,
Welch always enrolled in advanced cours-
es, and she earned scholarships to help fi-

nance her academic career.

High school also provided Welch with
her first experience in predominately
black classrooms. Before high school. she
said her classes maybe had an average of
three black students.

Welch admits that she came to UK be»
cause her parents “made her." Still. she
doesn‘t seem disappointed with her
choice.

“This is the best educational institu-
tion in the state." she said. “My parents
told me. ‘Your degree from UK will all
ways stand strong.‘ "

But lately. the school's strength in di~
versity has been called into question by a
40 percent drop in black freshman enroll-
ment this year as opposed to last year.
That decrease. Welch said. can be attrib-
uted to UK not “playing on the same field
with other universities with scores for
scholarships."

See Welch on page 2

 

Association gives UK student clinic bill of good health

By Shannon Mason
mt ktutucn mm

About a year ago at this time, Univer-
sity Health Services faced such concerns
as inadequate patient privacy, limited
space and too few reception areas —- all
adding up to the possibility that the clinic
could lose its accreditation.

But yesterday, UK announced that

UHS , the primary health care facility
for UK students ~ has been fully accred-
ited by the Accreditation Association for
Ambulatory Health Care.

Accreditation means that UHS passed
an extensive survey of its facilities that
proves it is running in accordance with
national standards. said Dr. Gregory
Moore, the clinic’s director.

Moore said accreditation is significant

because many outpatient health clinics
like UHS do not bother to go through the
accreditation process.

“Most (outpatient health clinics) don‘t
go through the hassle of being accredit-
ed." Moore said. “We're the only one in
Kentucky that has gone through the has-
sle."

Moore said the process is a hassle be-

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