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UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY, LEXINGTON

Vol. LXF, No. 27

Futrell Will Fight
Speaker Policy
'In Every Channel'

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By GEORGE JETSON

Managing Editor
Student Government President Tim Futrell stated his position on the University speaker
policy and presented the first
SG Newsletter at his Wednesday press conference.
Futrell had announced Tuesday that an ad hoc committee
of the UK Board of Trustees
would hold open hearings on
campus next month to give students an opportunity to voice
their opinions on the speaker

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policy.

In Wednesday's conference
Dr. Richard C. Birkebak, right, and Dr. Clifford J. Cremers, both
show samples the student executive disclosed
from the UK Department of Mechanical Engineering,
of the 10.28 grams of moon dust received from NASA last Tuesday. his position on the document
The engineering team of researchers is placing its samples in an ultra- which passed the Senate in fall
high vacuum almost equal to the moon environment, for testing. They 1968.
will be seeking to leam the heat transfer properties and the light emisPosition Clarified
sion capabilities of the lunar Samples.
Kernel Photo by Dick Ware
"I want to make it unambiguously clear," he stated," that
I strongly oppose, and will fight
in every channel up to and including the Board of Trustees,
the clause in the proposed policy
that requires a proposed speech
to be 'relevant to the educational mission of the University.'
The UK team will meet with
measuring physical properties to
By CWEN RANNEY
"I cannot think of any speaksee if the samples will conduct other researchers at- the NASA er who would not be educationKernel Staff Writer
The moon finally made it to light or heat. There also will be Space Center in January in Hous- ally relevant for someone. To
UK . . . about a half an ounce chemical studies of the samples
ton where the research results will prejudge a speaker as academicalto determine their composition. be made public.
of it anyway.
ly irrelevant would violate the
At a Wednesday morning press
The research team will place
"The scientists remarked that very spirit of this University-fr- ee
conference in the Chemistry-Physic- s its samples in a vacuum for testthe actual value of the dust is a
inquiry into every thought
Building, four University
ing to simulate the moon's at- great deal less than recent press and idea.
researchers discussed the 10.28 mosphere. The vacuum is about overtures. Dr. Ehmann noted,
"In addition, I oppose the
of the earth's atgrams of moon dust they received
"Their (reporter's) values are proposed policy on a second
last Tuesday night from Houston. mosphere.
ground. The policy differentiquite unofficial."
Dr. Richard C. Birkebak and
ates between speakers brought
The vacuum is used because
Reporters have said there is in by faculty members and those
Dr. Clifford J. C remers, both tlie tests should determine the
million worth of moon maof Mechani- oxygen content of the rocks, $10
in by students. To make
associate professors
terial here. Actually, the sci- brought
cal Engineering, Dr. John Mor- which will not be exposed to
additional requirements of
the samples are
entists said,
gan, Research assistant, and Dr. oxygen from the air.
speakers is grossly
valued at about $130,000 or
0
William D. Ehmann, professor
unfair. The sentence in the prosoil samples will remain
a gram.
The
of chemistry, will study the composed document that states the
The research team will not University Senate shall adopt
of the dust and chips on campus until March, but the
position
chips of moon rock will be passed put the samples on display, but rules
from moon rocks.
affecting student-sougon to two groups of researchers said
regional showings of the speakers must be eliminated.
The research will include in Oregon.
moon rocks and dust will be preDiscrimination Charged
sented in every state of the union
"I want to emphasize, there
at some later date.

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Research To Begin Soon

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Moratorium Plans Include
Marching On Courthouse

entire University for the program.
The bulk of the program will
evening's Students be held in the Grand Ballroom
Wednesday
for a Democratic Society (SDS) in the Student Center. A film
called "The War Game" will be
meeting.
The antiwar program here is shown, and a series of speakers
associated with the national war will discuss the war. Law Promoratorium movement, which fessor Robert Sedler will speak
will be held at more than 500 on the differences in "Johnson's
colleges and universities across and Nixon's wars."
the country. The local plans are
There also will be talks on the
somewhat different than the na- draft, the war Itself, and the eftional movement's, centering fect of the war on the home and
mainly on '.'educating" the entire family in America.
community on the Vietnam situaIn an effort to honor tlie war
tion.
dead, a march to the Fayette
People were solicited at the County Courthouse is being
meeting to contact instructors planned, where a list of men from
about the Oct. 15 war program.
Kentucky killed in Vietnam will
The volunteers will follow up be read.
letters sent out by the SDS to
The inarch will converge on
1,900 UK instructors, askingthem the court house from tw o or three
to cancel classes or devote them directions to dramatize the numto discussion of the war in relation
ber of people involved and the
to their field. The instructors variation of their backgrounds.
soon will be contacted in person
A parade permit will be apby the volunteers to elicit their
plied for so the inarch can be
to the letter.
response
President Singletary, who has leld in the streets. If the permit
been invited to deliver the in- is denied, and one cannot be
vocation for tlte antiwar program, obtained with an injunction, the
will be asked soon to close the march w ill take to the sidewalks.

fore, the force with which I oppose these two parts of the document. To me, both are obviously unfair and discriminatory and
must be stricken from the doc-

ument in order to protect the
rights of students."
Futrell predicted that "some
policy" changes would be redrafted and submitted by the
Trustee Committee to the Board
of Trustees before the end of
this year.
Newsletter
The newsletter was to be sent
to community college student
body presidents and directors, in
addition to its distribution to
students and interested faculty
and administrative personnel at
the Lexington campus.
Other items cited by Futrell
were the extension of the enrollment dates for the Student Government Insurance Plan to Oct.
15, and a survey to be conducted
by the SG executive to discover
student feelings with regard to
what should be the "appropriate
balance" among teaching, research and service functions of the
University.

Draft Status
Not Available
The Kernel erroneously reported Tuesday that students
could receive information concerning their draft status in the
Registrar's office.
The office does send certification to the local boards that a
student is attending the University, but no information concerning individual classifications
are returned to the Registrar by
the boards.
The Kernel was notified
Wednesday that the information
was incorrect.

War moratorium preparations

were the topic of discussion at

Kernel Photo by Dick War

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Minerals

Dr. John Morgan, right, and Dr. William D. Ehmann, both from the
UK Department of Chemistry, examine the moon samples they will do
research on. Chemistry researchers will bombard their moon specimens
million electron volt neutrons produced by a neutron generator
wln
to determine their composition. In this manner they will be able to chart
the abundance of numerous elements in the lunar soil. UK is also
scheduled to get lunar samples brought back by Apollo 12 and 13.

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Free

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The Free U, unrecognized of- Country Music, the Occult, Sex
ficially on (he UK campus but ap- Knowledge, and the History of
parently not seriously hampered Jazz, while the only new class
by that fact, launches what the set for Thursday night is Guitar.
In addition, 20th Century
television networks would refer to
a weekend
as "the second season," Monday. ous-Revolution,
The Free U will distribute seminar, will be held Oct. 2
new catalogs, Friday, describing at the Four-Camp in Carlisle.
Three of the new classes-Yo- ga,
and containing the schedules for
16 classes already in progress and
Sex Knowledge and Cui-ta- r
will meet at the Lutheran
introducing 13 new ones.
All new classes will meet off Student Center while Under-

to the Newman Center.
Many other classes are scheduled for private homes and apartments while some of the original
classes still meet at the Student
Center, in the grill or on the
patio, and either remain in those
locations or move on from there.
One of the original Free U
Classes, Environmental Awareness, has become autonomous,
and Dave Elkinton, who standing the Christian Faith and breaking away from the remaincampus
an old class. The Revelance and der of the Free U. There is a
helped draw up the new cataor Irrelevance of The Church possibility that other classes may
log, expressed the belief that
sites may soon be found In The Contemporary World, will also follow this procedure, and
for the original classes also.
meet at the Koinonia House. possibly as single entities seek
New classes to be held on
Developing Fundamental to be recognized as student orMonday nights are Folk Music, Values will meet at the Sigma ganizations on the University
Understanding the Christian Nu House while the class in Bas- - campus.
Faith, Social Values and Contemporary Poetry Interpretation.
Such classes as Developing
The
Fundamental
Values,
Southern Appalachian Arts, and
Yoga are offered on Tuesday
nights.
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country through films, pictures
and books.
Thursday marks the lapse of
a century since the birth of
Candhi.
According to members of the
India Association, 12 pictures and
10 books on Candhi will be on
display in the Student Center
Art Gallery for one week.
On Oct. 11 the Association
will sponsor two films on Candhi
for public viewing. The films
will be shown at 2 p.m. in the

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it's probably pot. Let's take him in."

You, Me And The LPD
The presence of Lexington police on the UK campus pos,es a
question that should require little
deliberation. Is there any legitimate
need for these officers, and does
not their presence cause more harm
than good?
It has been conclusively shown
that Lexington police detectives
are circulating on campus in the
guise of students. When asked why
they were here, two of these men
made various excuses, saying they
were merely stopping by during
their off duty hours. This was later found to be false.
Police authorities admitted that
some of their men were enrolled in
University classes in order to observe the happenings on campus.
The Student Affairs office, however,
denied that to be the case in those
incidents in question.
All this makes for a disgusting,
but interesting view of the Lexington Police Department and its connection with the Student Affairs
office. There can be little doubt
that the University community is
one of the more disciplined areas
in this country. In addition, the
campus police force has men who
keep a close eye on the campus
scene, both when they are in and
out of uniform. Still the LPD feels
obligated to force its "protection"
upon a community that neither
needs nor wants that concept of
protection, and the Student Affairs
office tolerates this situation.
The supreme irony of the situation is the state of order on the
UK campus compared to that which
the LPD is leaving to patrol the
campus. Lexington is consistently
among the American cities with
the highest per capita crime rates.
While this situation of lawlessness
is predominant off campus, the University has been sheltered from the
mood of the city. Last spring a
campus officer admitted that one
gun of the campus policemen had
been fired only once in the past
thirty years. Why then does the
LPD feel obligated to leave the
city to piddle in University affairs?
The officers who have been
spotted on campus have been young
and alert. These are the type of
policemen we. need, more of. But

surely they can find a rewarding
avenue of adventure somewhere
else. The young Sherlock Holmes
role can do nothing but harm the
image of the LPD at the time it
needs public support most.
A larger issue at stake is the
separation of the University and
the community. Many obvious factors make the University partially
independent of the Lexington community. UK must keep its own
grounds, provide its own communications system and protect its own
inhabitants while they are on University property. When the LPD is
called to a University owned housing unit they do not hesitate to refuse service, saying the University
has provisions for such things. By
the same token, why can the University not be allowed to control
drug traffic itself, if and when it
occurs on University property?
The presence of Lexington policemen constitutes an obvious case
of fraud. A fraud perpetuated on
students who have usually done
nothing to deserve such a deprivation of truth. Dishonesty in any
community can hardly be condoned, in an academic community
it is repugnant. The LPD has obviously confused their ends with
dishonest and deceitful means.
d
The campus police force is
and evidently capable of
handling most situations that arise.
It seems the only rationale for the
LPD' action is that it is in need
of a few sensational arrests, a few
more 'UK Students Arrested On
Drug Charges" headlines. Has our
city police force become that pubwell-traine-

licity hungry?
It should be obvious to anyone who has been around the campus more than a few hours that the
LPD is stretching to find an issue
in order to milk it for all it's
worth. If there is a sufficient number of students engaged in drug
transportation (there has been no
reason to believe this to be the
case), they are not blatantly passing it about classrooms. In fact,
the LPD would be hard pressed
to find any cases of drug illegalities whose nature was found by
their detectives on campus.- -

The presence of city policemen
on campus does a great deal to
destroy the academic atmosphere
which should be a part of any
legitimate University. A professor
whqmust carefully survey his class
for sight of an undercover agent
and a student who must guard his
conversation for fear oftalkingwith
a police officer can not help but
feel hampered in a community of
supposedly free men. Academic
freedom must entail freedom of
expression and knowled gable association, as well as freedom of
thought. This is not yet the age
of Big Brother and his agents who
must watch our every move for a
report to the state. Or is it?
The Student Affairs office must

be strongly criticized for its lacka-

daisical attitude in this matter.
Surely Dean Hall was not unaware
of the events prior to the public
announcement that police officers
were on campus without Invitation from the University or notification given to the University.,
It often seems the city of Lexington is paranoid in regard to the
use of marijuana. The LPD has
ceitainly done nothing to lessen
this exaggerated view of pot users,
nor has the sensation seeking press.
It's about time our city police
department concentrated more of
its talent on making Lexington a
safe place in which to live, and
less of it in personal, publicity-seekin- g
arrests.

Kernel Forum: the readers write
EDITOR'S NOTE: Hie following is a copy
of a letter recently sent to President
Singletary.

Dear Sir:
I am writing this letter mostly because
I hate to leave anything "hanging;" and,
therefore, it may be only for my own
personal satisfaction. However, I felt that
I should state that I have given up my
attempts to see you. I would also like
to make several observations.
First, let me say that I hope you will
excuse me for the inconvenience of calling you at Maxwell Place on a Saturday
night. I only hope that you realize that I
felt there was a certain principle at stake,
regardless of the importance of me or
my business. Since I can probably predict your reactions to my questions ("We
always lose"), I will not take up any
more of your time.
I followed your advice and talked to
Stuart Forth about the questions I had
concerning the Free University. As is always the case, Dr. Forth was most cordial
and attempted to answer my questions
as well as possible. As I expected, however, he was able to give me no more
than his personal opinion on a couple
of major points, saying that the final
decision rested with you and that he
could only guess what your reaction would
be. He did assuie me that he would talk
with you about these questions and that
I could check with him for the results.
,

Since he basically disagrees with my
positions, I doubt that Dr. Forth will
somehow bring himself to represent them
with the same zeal and enthusiasm which
might be desirable.
I would also question Miss Wilson's
statement that the Free University issue
is dead. I am not sure just who Vkills"
issues on this campus, but If
Wilson, I am afraid she is in 'need of a
more potent weapon. Or perhaps Miss
y
Wilson doesn't "kill" the issues, but
them dead on arrival at
pronounces
the President's office. Regardless,' this
violation of student rights is far from
dead on some parts of this campus, even
if Tim Futrell has turned his attention
to refrigerators, which are higher or his
list of priorities.
In closing, I would only like to urge
you to at least occasionally attempt to gain
a broader view of student opinion than
that which is represented by Mr. Futrell,
your advisory committee and Dr. Forth.
I realize that your time is extremely
valuable, but the cancellation of a speech
school once
to a
in a while might give you the opportunity
to spend some time with other University
of Kentucky students. The result could
be the prevention of something neither
you nor I want to see on this campus.
Student No. 400 70 72G0
(STEVE BRIGHT
A 6t S Senior
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Kernel Interview: SG President Futrell
The following interview with Student FUTRELL: I think I made it extremely
Government President Tim Futrell was
clear in that address, as well as in
conceived as an effort to present the
other public statements, that I think
student participation and student conphilosophy of tfie student government
executive to the students he represents.
trol should have that effect which
The interview with Futrell was held last
the decisional output has on the students. When the decisional output
Friday afternoon in the Student Government office. Kernel interviewers were
of the university has a significant
Frank Coots dnd Bill Matthews, assistant
effect on the students, I think the
role of students in shaping that outmanaging editors.
put should be significant. When the
decisional output, for example with
KERNEL: To, start things off, let's disregards to alumni affairs, is not that
cuss your role as Student Government
significant with regards to an effect
President. Specifically, you have stated
on the students, I 'do not think the
that you perceive your role as that of
student role should be that important.
a trustee rather than a representative.
So I think the decision must be made
with regards to the effect which the
Although the completely representative
role has fallen into disfavor in most
university decision output has on the
student.
circles, how would you justify this
trustee concept when Dr. Singletary's KERNEL: A lot of people are talking
office recognizes you as their only
about total student control of the
or primary student contact?
university with regards to things that
FUTRELL: Well, as you probably know,
directly effect students. Would you go
there are two different views of how a
along with this?
legislator should act. One is as a FUTRELL: Yes, to the effect that the
decisional output has that amount of
delegate which is to solely represent
of students. The other is
an effect on the students. Of course,
as a trustee feeling that the students
the difficulty comes in trying to determine what decision has a 100 percent
put the person there with the general
idea of what he would stand for.
or 51 percent effect on the students
But in general voting him there because
solely. I mean it is awfully difficult
to determine the percentage, if you
they believed he would be the best
will, of the effect on students as opperson who, when the time came up,
would vote the right way on the
posed to on the faculty as opposed
issues.
to on the public as opposed to on
It is a very tough decision to make
the administration.. That is where the
real difficulty comes in determining
or to say that on this issue I will be
a delegate and on this issue I will be
whether a board should have seven
a trustee. But I think that this is a
students or ten students.
question that every person has to KERNEL: What about things students
would have a 100 percent interest
answer if they are in Congress or if
in such as curriculum? Would you
they are President of the United States.
think students should have total conSimply doing the best thing when
trol of curriculum, maybe with a facit comes up. And I think this is in
accordance with my view that a Stuulty advisor?
dent Government president should not FUTRELL: I think it is false to say
follow student opinion but should atthat students have a 100 percent into mold it in the way he sees
terest in curriculum and no one else
tempt
has an interest in curriculum. It is
as best. In terms of reconciling my
difficult to determine. We recommend
position as a trustee, with Dr. Singlethat two students be placed on the
tary's conception of my role, I would
academic area advisory committees
say that the analysis that he views me
as the sole representative of students
which have a great deal of effect
is false and, in that sense, the diwith regard to teacher promotion,
teacher tenure, these kinds of academchotomy which you presented really
is not that significant a dichotomy.
ic problems. In that realm we saw
that two out of seven students should
be the right number.
In a curriculum realm, we might
see the three out of seven should be
the right number. The whole problem
here comes down to making a decision
with regards to what percentage students ought to have. What percentage
of students should there be on the
Board of Publications? We have recommended that it go up to 10 out of 14
V
instead of 7 out of 14..
KERNEL: It seems like all universities,
following the unrest on college campuses in the last few years will give
students three representatives on a ten
member board which is almost token
representation.
"I do not condone civil disobedience FUTRELL: I do not view that as token
of any type . . . at this University."
representation. On any issue which
there is any amount of concern, three
KER