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FEB 11977 E

Extreme cold continues to takest to'll

Lives, jobs, classes and gas supply
threatened by frigid arctic onslaught
as government gears up to fight back

Associated Press

The severe cold blitz that has left
at least 75 Americam dead and
sliced deeply into natural gas
supplies has forced millions of
Americans off the job or out of
school.

Thousands of schools, particularly
in the Northeast, were closed
yesterday as state officials fought to
preserve diminishing gas supplies.

The gas shortage forced the layoff
of more than 1.5 million workers in
areas where plants and businesses
were ordered to close or reduce
operations so available heating fuel
could be rsed for homes in the
Northeast and Midwest.

At least 11 states ordered
emergency measures to deal with
the weather and energy crisis.

In Washington, meanwhile,
Congress worked on emergency
legislation proposed by President
Carter to redistribute natural gas to
those areas that need it most.

In Kentucky, Gov. Julian Carroll
placed state employes on a four-day
work week yesterday.

The governor also requested such
non-essential services as
restaurants, sports arenas and
movie theaters to trim hours by 40
per cent and recommended a 20 per
cent slash for essential services

other than hospitals, fire and police
departments.

If the voluntary action isn’t suc-
cessful, Carroll warned that he
would takecontrol of all fuel sources
and be responsible for their
allocation.

“I'm going to wait until Friday to
decide whether an emergency
declaration is needed," he said.

State government hours will be 8
am. 'to 6 pm, Monday through
Thursday, with lunch cut from an
hour to half an hour. Normal hours
are 8 am. until 4:30 pm.

Excluded from the governor’s
order are such agencies as State
Police and the Unemployment In-
surance Division.

Warming trend predicted

The National Weather Service
predicted a warming trend would
move into the state today, with
temperatures reaching the mid 30’s.

The service also released its
outlook for February, reporting that
temperatures should be below
normal and snowfall less than five
inches.

Normal highs are in the low to mid
40’s, while normal lows are in the
mid to upper 20’s.

State Energy Commissioner
Damon Harrison, meantime, said
Kentudrians should have natural

gas to heat their homes, unless
pressure dropped too low in the
storage fields. That occurs when
large volumes are withdrawn.

He said if the supplies of alternate
fuels such as propane continue to
grow scarce, more industries may
have to shut down.

Robert MacDonald, chief labor
analyst for the state, said 7,000
workers have been furloughed
because of the energy crunch, while
3,000 others have been idled because
of adverse weather conditions.

“Those were figures we had as of
last Friday," explained MacDonald,
who said the list may be higher by
the end of this week.

Barges laden with fuel badly
needed in the north have begun
locking through three dams on the
icy Ohio River, but a spokesman for
the Army Corps of Engineers said
yesterday the vessels can’t move
upriver.

Scores of barges have' been
waiting below the three danrs for
more than a week. Officials feared
the structures would be damaged by
ice if they tried to raise them so that
barges could pass through the locks.

Now that the dams have been
raised, however, the towboats
pushing the barges still can’t move
upriver because the water level is
too low.

KENTUCKY

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an independent student new

Vol. LXVIII, Number 98
Tuesday, February I, 1977

Parking problems top list
Survey gets official responses

By MARIE MITCHELL
Kernel Staff Writer

(Th's article is the second of a
three-part series on a survey of
student needs, satisfactions and
dissatisfactions.)

Although no far-ranging con
clusions can be made from the
general findings of a campus survey
of student needs, satisfactions and
dissatisfactions, certain areas of
concern stand out.

According to the poll, taken by
Vice President for Student Affairs
Dr. Robert Zumwinkle, inadequate
transportation and parking are
areas of major concern to students.

“It’s not lack of spaces to park
that causes dissatisfaction, but
where these spaces are," said Tom
Padgett, director of public safety.

There are 1,200 parking slots at
UK, including free parking at the

 

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stadium, according to Padgett.
Upperclassmen are eligible for the
most favorable areas—across from
the Chemistry-Physics Building and
behind Memorial Coliseum, Padgett
said. The remaining permits are
issued according to residence hall
assignments and classification.
Parking in designated lots is allowed
for anyme after 5 pm. unless
special events are scheduled, he
said.

“Because of the American love
affair with the car and our depen-
dence on them, we’re going to have
these problems,” Padgett said. “We
want to maintain the land and green
areas around UK. It would be un-
feasible and unethical to pave
everything to accommodate ad-
ditional parking."

Students also complained in the
poll of last April‘s parking fine in-
crease from $2 to $5.

This was not a revenue-producing

spaper 1

University of Kentucky
Lexington, Kentucky

move, Padgett said, but a result of
parking regulations being taken too
lightly.

“Stringent rules needed to be
enforced because of this abuse,"
Padgett said. “Since the increase
there have been fewer offenders.”

Information flow deficient?

Insufficient publicity of campus
events, programs and issues rated
high on the dissatisfied scale.

“Advertising is frustrating
because we have to stay within
budget limitations," said John
Herbst, Student Center program
director. “We make a big effort to
keep students informed by using as
many mediums as possible, from the
Kemel‘s Monday campus calendar
to posters. But because of either the
large size of the population or the
diversity of the student body, some
people just aren‘t reached."

t'outiuued on back page

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Neither rain nor sleet...

William ll. Barkley has served with the postal service for 26 years. [2
of them on a route iii the Walton Avenue area. He said that he‘s never
seen snow stay around this long, and that he's getting really tired of
wearing boots. By the way, snow isn't listed in that old post office
proverb about the postmau‘s dedication to his job.

Warm wear
unavailable
in Lexington

By SUZANN l-I DURIIAM
(‘opy Editor

l-‘rom discount shops to specialty
marts to chain stores, winter clothes
have recently proved to be n
unusually hot item because of un-
commonly cold temperatures. Down
jadrets and thermal underwear are
the best sellers, with wool caps,
gloves and mittens running close
behind, according to several
Iexington retailers.

Sage School of the Outdoors has
sold 600 down jackets this winter,
according to retail manager Steve
Morgan. He added that his store’s
gross sales are up about 25 per cent
from past winters.

Shillito's has “sold completely
out" its inventory of 50 down
jackets, said Dick Krewson, men's
wear department manager.

tang john shortage

'l‘hemral underwear, traditionally
a rare commodity because of
Kentucky‘s normally temperate
winters, is now either unavailable or
nearly sold out. ‘

According to Sears‘ sportswear
manager, Patricia Stokes, her
department is “undersupplied.”

The Consolidated Sales Company
sportswear department got a
shipment of Iongjohns Friday but
sold it all by Monday, said Linda
Womack, department manager. She
explained that her department
would have more underwear if
shipments weren‘t delayed from the
producing plant in Indiana, where
many roads are closed because of
snow.

(in Monday, J & H Army Surplus,
Inc. had a thermal wear stock
consisting of 10 shirts and five pants
which store clerk Steve Stanley
estimated would be sold by the end
of the day.

t'orrtinued on back page

—Iill KigM

 

Poll results

"as thisbeen a need or
cmcern for you any
time this school year?

If yes. then has your
concern or need been
met adequately?

Very

No “.5 Well Moderately No

 

Finding adequate transportation or parking

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Learning where I go on canrpus to get certain as-
sistance or information

 

Being informed regularly about campus events,
progra nrs and issues

 

Finding interesting things to do on weekends

 

Being able to choose nry place of residence from a
variety of housing types and lifestyles

 

Finding suitable off campus housing

 

Obtaining adequate routine health care

 

Obtaining adequate health care in an emergency

 

Obtaining adequate health care for a chronic condi-
tiou

 

 

 

This graph shows the survey results of certain
areas of concern listed by 62.7 per cent of the 1.088
randomly selected students.

“For any response greater than 10 per cent in

the last ‘No' column. we need to take a long. hard
look on how to improve these services." said Dr.
Robert Zumwinklc. vice president for student
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state

(iov. Julian (‘arroll yesterday ordered state
government offices, except for certain emergency
service agencies. to go on a four-day work week.
The governor said that by Friday he may make up
his mind on whether to declare an emergency
because of the cold spell and fuel shortages. "With
a four~day week, we will accomplish a significant
savings in fuel consumption.“ Carroll said.

nation

Vice President Walter F. Mondale pledged
yesterday that the United States will consult with
Japan or major policy changes and avoid the

 

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sudden shocks which occasionally strained U.S.-
Japanese relations during the Nixon and Ford
administrations. Mondale assured Japanese Prime
Minister 'l'ak to Fukuda that President (‘arter was
”resolved to consult closely with your government
on all matters of mutual interest, including stable
growth of the international economy."

Secretary of State (‘yrus R. Vance, in his first
formal news conference since assuming office a
little over a week ago, said yesterday that
violations of human rights are of “fundamental
importance" to the United States, but he does not
“intend to be strident or polemical" in criticizing
the practices pf other countries. "We will speak
frankly about injustice at home or abroad.“ the
secretary said. But he added that the issue is “very
complex . . . we will not speak out in every case."

t'laudiue Longet. pleading with District Judge
(icorgc Irihr to have rucrcy on her as the mother of
three children. was sentenced yesterday to serve 30
days in jail "at a timeof her own choosing" for the
killing of her lover, Vladimir “Spider" Sabich. Lohr
said he felt releasing her with no jail time ”might
undermine respect for the law." He also put her on
two years' probation.

Labor lh'partmeut officials said yesterday
lcng thcnirng lines at unemployment offices will cost
the states millions of dollars in extra benefits for
the jobless. 'l‘liercare estimates that as many as L5
ruillion persons have been laid off because of the
fuel shrwtages. Even before the new crisis. t9
states. the District of (‘olumbia and l’uerto ltico
already «used the fmlcral government $3.6 billion.

t'ougressioual sponsors of President ('artcr's
emergency natural gas bill tried yesterday to fend
off rnajor attempts in both the House and Senate to
inmlify the legislation. (‘arter is seeking authority
to allocate gas among interstate pipelines to get it
to the areasthat need it the most.

weather

The weather is a little better for a few days.
anyway. ’l‘oday will be partly sunny and not so cold
with a high in the mid 20's. Tonight will be clear and
cold with a low of 20. Tomorrow is predicted to be
sunny aral warmer. The high tomorrow will be in
the mid 30's.

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Severe weather shows need for energy policy

()ne positive aspect of the recent wave of
severe weather has been its dramatic demon-
stration of the need for a long—range and com-
prehensive national energy policy.

lt's turtortunate that it has taken a second
catastrophe to bring the problem back into the
limelight. Alter the Arab oil embargo nearly
crippled the world economy, the federal
governrrtent made loud noise about readjusting
the nation‘s energy priorities.

Sadly. the noises were just that—cosmetic
solutions to a complex problem. An energy czar,
William Simon. was appointed by former
President Nixon to formulate and coordinate a
rough national energy policy. The new czar,
however. was unable to do anything other than
reprimand the American public for its wasteful
habits.

Simon’s only serious attempt to conserve
energy was to force states to reduce highway

speeds to 55 miles per hour. Temporarily,
motorists obeyed reduced speed limits, which
resulted in some savings in energy.

When the embargo was lifted, the severe
shtrtages were quickly forgotten by a fickle
public and the problem was relegated to the back
seat by the Ford Administration. Instead of
policy, Ford offered WIN buttons and com-
placently accepted the status quo.

The embargo did create a momentary panic in
America, but unfortunately the recent weather
crunch is already being dismissed as a fluke.
Again. the federal government is making loud
noises.

President Carter is considering several
alternatives, including eliminating gas-price
controls (Ford did cut controls but his order was
rescinded by Carter in order to give him time to
re-evaluate the situation) and he is asking

Congress to give him emergency powers to
control gas flow around the county. But, as with
the WIN buttons, these proposals are only
temporary responses to a permanent situation.

No matter how well our current supply of oil
and gasoline is conserved, the painful fact
remains that these energy sources are finite;
some scientists are prediciting that known
American oil reserves will be exhausted in as
little as 10 years.

And, it’s no secret that America is now using
more foreign oil than before the embargo. More
than 40 per cent of our petroleum is imported.
While our oil dependency has been allowed to
increase, alternative energy sources have been
debated but underdeveloped.

Nuclear energy has been heralded as the
energy wave of the future, but serious doubts
have been raised by environmentalists about the

actual usefulness of nuclear energy given our
present state of technology. disposal and

‘ security techniques.

Carter‘s energy czar, James Schlesinger, has
a long history of supporting nuclear energy. As
Atomic Energy Commission chairman,
Schltsinger said he saw no real alternative to
nuclear generation of electricity. Fortunately,
his boss is well known for his opposition to ex-
elusive dependence on nuclear energy.

As a result, it seems likely that despite
Schltsinger‘s fondness for nuclear-generated
energy, the Carter Administration will seek to
develop as yet untapped energy sources.

Whatever approach Carter takes to solving the
energy crisis, it should be balanced between
environmental needs and energy demands. It‘s a
quagmire, but it’s one that requires wading
through now before we sink above our heads.

   
 
 
 
  
  
   
  
   
    
  
  
   
   
   
  
 
   
    
  
  
  
    
   
   
    
    
  
    
   
   
    
   
     
   
    
    
     
   
   
  
  
    
   
  
   
    
   
    
 
  
    
    
   
   
  
   
 
  
   
   
    
   
    
   
   
   
   
   
    
    

Stunted roots

Author’s search uncovers Bavarian fart 7

After being overwhelmed by
Alex ltaley‘s search for his family
history. l became obsessed with
the idea of finding my roots. You
sct‘. ltou belong to a lttlltOrlty-rllt
terminally short.

Asa scrapping fty-weiglit at five-
tootsix. I‘ve spent most of my life
tolerating mental midgets who find
artiuscment irt retelling stale short
jokes.

to tell you the truth I‘m getting
tired of being told to stand up when
I already am. And. l find little
humor in wrtlcss nickriairies like

shod
john

Warn
1, 1" tTttllef

ittitt. half-pint. squirt. shorty. pip-
sqmek and the wot st of all. stump.

Some may find my problem
trivial compared to Haley‘s. but.
nonetheless. it is one that takes
some time for adjustment. At first.
I dismissed iny shortness as a
tnatter of age. Needless to say. i
was crushed when l learned that
not only had 1 past the height of
my sexual potency some years ago
but my growing stage as well.

At 2t. I had to face the cruel
reality that shortness is forever.
(tut of desperation I joined ttunts
Anonymous (BA i. But all t teamed
there was clever retorts to short
jokes like "It's not the size of the
wand. it's the skill of the
iiiagiciati ”

In addition. BA tried to instill a

 

 

sense of pride in all us short peeple
by reminding us of all the short
people we had to look up to (uh,
look level tot like Dustin Hoffman.
Al Pacino. Napoleon. and Bogart.
But. it was all to no avail.

1 just couldn't shake the con—
viction that my stature resulted
front some trnspeakable deed
perpetrated by one of my
illustrious forefathers, or mothers.
l kept thinking that l was being
punished. sort of a ltawthornesque
sins of the fathers.

l had to find my roots. Un-

fortunately. my parents were of .

little help. All they would say was
some idiotic ditty that said. “With
be for a sire and she for a dam what
could I be but just what l am.”

Well. damn the sire and straight
ahead irtto the past. Looking into
my mothers side of the family
proved to be a dead end. All her
relatives are lrish and all they ever
did wrong was grow semi-rotten
potatoes.

After tracing my father's side of
the family all the way back to
Bavaria. I thought that. once
again. that I had struck out. That
is. until I ran in the sordid history
of grea t-g neat-great-u ncle Ludwig.
He was a guacamole magnate in
Southern Bavaria.

Apparently. L'ncle Ludwig fell
front favor with Prussia 's Fredrick
the (treat when he supplied the
tliiiperor's troops with state
quacamole and beer; a com-
bination that had a disaterous
effect on the digestive system -it
prtxl uccd a pa rticulary painful gas.

It seems that as a result of the
troops" loud distemper. Fredick

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was unable to shake the opposing
army and was defeated. Ole Fred
left quite a trail. so to speak. As he
was being led away in chains. it is
recorded that he uttered a curse
against Uncle Ludwig.

Unfortunately. the manuscript
containing this story is slightly
dilapidated and all I could read of
the curse was, “t curse that little
fart Ludwig to....'

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Jean Claude Snares

And so, at last I knew. my short-
ness in stature came from a fart. So.
the next time someone calls me a
little fart, t can hold my head high
because I know that I come from a
bigger one.

 

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Managing l-Iditor. His column ap-
pears every other Tuesday.

Carter should support nuclear exports

By It. All‘Nl\'l‘llilt.\l'l’.\

l'rcsident .litiniiy (‘arter‘s sur-
prising decisioit to halt export of
nuclear technology and supplies
\f1‘ll..\ to be art art of desperation
without any solid reasoning behind
It. though the objective behind the

commentary

 

order nonproliferation of ttuclear
weapons is highly adriiirablc. I do
tttll see how this action is related to
l'it-srdertt cam-rs goal of cotiiplete
t.llt tear (itilltltillltt‘llt.

l earnestly pray all countries in
the world cmperate with him to
achieve this goal for the benefit of
irzaitkind. Because it seems to me
that the second biggest mishap in
him an civilization is the develop-
tr ent of ntttlear technology the
lli‘t being the idea of path of war to
settle disputes.

l bclitve the t‘tsults of ('artcr's
proposal will be fruitless if the

government acts unilaterally in this
worldwide problem. because such
actions involve ending export of
nuclear materials to countries who
are in need of energy and who have
professed to use nuclear technology
only for peaceful purposes.

The action would have had some
usefulness had it been not possible
for these same countries to acquire
what they need elsewhere in the
world. Bttt as everybody knows. this
is not the case.

the right approach would be for
the riteiiibers ot the nuclear club to
get together and discuss the probletn
of nuclear proliferation honestly and
with purptse. arriving at a practical
solution and demonstrate to the
world unequivocally that they are
seriously concerned about the
problem. l'ntorturiately. to date the
attitudes taken by the French and
West (it‘rlllilll governments spread
w avts of great concern to the op-
posite effect.

it is believed that liidia will be the
first country to feel the pinch of the
rtcent order as it will halt the
shipment of enriched uranium oxide
fuel which is already months
overdue. It is reported that if im-
mediate replacement fuel is not
available. the nuclear power plant at
'l‘arapur (Bombay) might have to be
shut down iii a month.

It is also reported that shutdown of
the plant will lead to considerable
disruption of life in the city of
Bombay and iii some parts of the
states of Maharashtra arid (tuja rat.
i wonder whatever trapperrcd to Mr.
(‘aitcr‘s words of compassion and
love.

There will a tso be a breach of faith
on the part of the government in this
action. The us. and India tirade
contract in the (it‘s when the first
nuclear plant in India" a boiling
water reactor~ was planned. The
(RS. was to supply the uranium fuel
required for the two units at the

'l‘arapur station over a period of 30
years.

The above two factors clearly
show that the decision has been
taken without considering all the
factors in the case.

I also see a bad omen iii this ac-
tion. It will lead to mistrust between
the two governments a rid a widening
gap iii communication which will
nullify any effort made to bring a
halt to nuclear proliferation.

Finally. this failure on the part of
the US. to keep promises give
strong supprrt to the fact that India
should become self-reliant as soon
as possible iii the field of nuclear
energy. llere. I am in no way
discounting the fact that there are
reliable sources of nuclear
materials elsewhere in the world.

It is shameful how a country tries
to pressure other countries to accept
its terms.

 

It. Mlllll\'t‘l‘l‘tl|i|ltl is a Mechanical
I-Ingineering graduate student

Ambiguity persists
throughout the
world of politics

By JOHN FIELDS

Much of what I find objectionable
in political discussion would not be
considered as such by a public
consensus: indeed my concerns are
often quite trivial. compared with

 

commentary

 

the sea ring moral questions so
earnestly debated by barroom
sociologists and political analysts
the nation over. '

" t have ne'opin'tons ort' busing‘t nor
do I feel I should have). am un-
decided conceming the relative
titoralworth of abortion. and haven‘t
really committed myself to any
economic ideology (which some
would probably say is a sin of om-
mission»

I do not avoid these questions. I
simply haven't given them enough
reasonable consideration to march
in parades or to write venomous
letters to editors of small-tOWn
papers with the confidence which
comes front ignorance.

Instead. 1 ant concerned with the
expressions of language which are
forced upon me in my daily ac-
cumulation of knowledge by the
people involved with these problems
(usuallyi at an organizational level.
Expressions whose symbolism is
sometimes euphemism. either by
accident or for the purposes of
deception.

You can pmbably think of several
of these ex pressions; in this article.
I will list some of the ones which
bother me; and together we may
attest to the triviality (or im-
portance) of my concerns.

It "The I’m-Life Movement.“ to a
weak sense. we are all pro-life. and
so this title is not the prerogative of
any one group. For example. most
everyone. no matter how deranged.
will generally try to preserve at
least one life (that is. his or her
owin.

lit a strong sense. no one. in-
cluding this group. is pro-life. for the
sustenance of humankind depends
upm the destruction of living things.
be they plants or animals.

At the same time. for this group to
claim a more moderate position.
that of being prohtiman life in
general. is probably inapplicable
also. since many pro-life people
favor capital punishriient. and have
no qualms about fighting defensive
wars.

Thus the title "l’ro~l.ife" is
analogous to a title like "Anti-Sin":
few. if any. people are going to array
themselves against an organization
with such a title. without the risk of
being called (at least by the Pro
Liferst “murderers" or "inhuman."

A more appropriate name might
be something like “l’rol-‘etus-Life
Movement." As it is now. the case is

prejudiced before the discussion
even begins.

2) “The Defense Department."
Since a dcparttnent of the govern-
ment is supposed to have a name-
which rclect its functions. one might
imagine that the Department of
Defense is concerned with defending
this country.

It is concerned with that, of
course. butnot only with that. for the
Defense Department is also con-
cerned with offensive war
strategies. civilian and foreign
espionage. nuclear arms ac-
cumulation and doinesticeorporate
contracting.‘ -- " c"

But the mna’mes “Defense
Department" and "Defense
Budget" immediately conjure up
images of some enemy. that is. a
state of continuous defense.

In such a paranoic view of war
policy. to cut the "Defense Budget"
sounds like a slashing of a life-line.
instead of the trinttning of the ex-
penditures of the War Department
(the original title of the depart-
ment.) Again. the case is prejudiced
before the arguments are even
heard.

3) "Blacks". “Whites". "Gays."
Although it goes without saying. I
strait hasten to say that not all blacks
are black. no whites are white (even
albinoes a re pinkt and not every gay
is happy.

4) “Leader." This term is morally
ambiguous and dcfinitionally
vacuous but I have seen it used
favorably in two recent political
campaigns: the 1975 Kentucky
governor‘s race and the 1976
Presidential election.

Both times it was used in con-
junctiotr with the words “for a
change." In the.(tovcrnor's race. it
was used by Bob (table. and in the
Presidential race. by Jimmy Carter.
so I imagine it is safe to assume that
its use is confined to newcomers
challenging shaky incumbents.

As I pointed out in the pages of the
Kernel in '75. the term “leader"
should give the citizens of a
democracy "the nervous fantods."
Moses was a leader. arid so was
llitler the expression is so neutral
and deceptive that anyorte who uses
it as a part of a campaign slogan
should be regarded with extreme
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New teacher evaluation program stalls

By LINDA JACKSON
Kernel Reporter

The semester’s end is a
time for grading—students
get report cards, and
professors get teacher
evaluatims

The University requires
that studerts get a chance to
evaluate their professors
once each semester.
However, there are no
University-wide guidelines,
rules or requirements for
these evaluations.

Because of this vacuum,
Dean of Undergraduate
Studies Jdrn Stephenson has
received complaints about
the evaluation system from
Studert Government (SC).
The complaints include
reports of faculty members'
collection and review of the
evaluations before issuing
students’ final grades.

“1 get enough rumors about
thatsort of thing to suspect it
happens once in a while,”
said Stephenson. “i would
like to think it didn’t, but it
probably does. You would
never be able to eliminate all
of that, but you hope to curb
it.”

However, Stephenson said
no evidence of such abuses
could be found.

Sirould evaluations be public?

One SG suggestion is to
make teacher evaluations
public. Craig Meeker, SG
senator-at-large, said
teachers would pay more
attention to publicized
evaluations because nobody
wants to be known as a bad
teacher.

Although Stephenson said
publicized evaluations could
aid students in their selec-
tions of professors, he said ‘fit
will never happen here.”

He gave three reasons for
his view:

—SG would have to do it
and it does not have the
resources;

—SG does not have the
continuity to sustain an
evaluation system because of
its turnover in personnel,
and;

—There is no standardized,
University-wide evaluation
system.

“If teacher evaluations
were published, however,
there would be brisk buys—
especially by the faculty," he
said. “1 know of some cases
where teacher evaluations
have led to genuine attempts
on the part of some faculty
members to change teaching
style, to change testing
techniques and to experiment
with new kinds of ap-
proaches. That is where the
payoff comes. That is what
this University is supposed to
be about."

Singletary questions
publication

UK President Otis
Singletary said although he
thinks teacher evaluaions are
valuable, he is “not one of
those who believe in the
unlimited accuracy and
veracity (f student teacher
evaluations.

“If you want to publish
evaluations," Singletary
said, “there are questions you
ought to ask." His questions
include:

“What benefit comes to
students and does it offset the
cost incurred?

~What is the purpose? Is it
to encourage students to
write juicy tidbits about their
professors, knowing that they
are going to find their way
into print? Or is it to give an
honest evaluation of what

students think so the
professor knows something
about his status, and so the
people who make recom-
mendations about such things
as salary increases and
promotions can have some
knowledge of that?

86 has an IDEA

In order to try to deal with
evaluation problems,
Stephenson and SG asked the
College of Home Economics
to try a new computerized
system, called the in-
structional Development and
Effectiveness Assessment
tlDEA) system. They said
they chose Home Ec because
it is a diverse college, and
results there could
adequately project the results
of University-wide ap-
plication of the system.

Results of last semester‘s
[DEA experiment in Home
Ec have not yet been
evaluated. However, two
professors who have seen
their IDEA results said they
did not feel the system was
that much more effective
than the old system.

Although IDEA is designed
to provide teachers with more
specific information about
their teaching techniques, the
expenses incurred make it
almost impossible to use it for
the whole University, ac-
cording to Stephenson.

He said it would cost ap-
proximately $15-20,00t) each
semester to conduct l