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By TIM WIESENHAHN
Sports Editor

In the early days of segrega-
tion, four black children riding
the bus to school could not count
on the law to shield them from
racist remarks by 60 white
schoolmates.

All they could do was sit be-
hind the bus driver and hope he
would be their savior. He was
their only refuge until their
mother taught them to play a
new game. Until she had them
playing a game of immeasurable
risks. Until she had them playing
“long shots."

Lauretta Byars grew up play-
ing “long shots.”

“We would all sit together —«
we were scared to death.“ said
Byars, UK's vice chancellor for
minority affairs, talking about
the bus ride. “So my mother said
don’t sit together. When we got
on the bus, each one of us would
take a seat. It forced the students
to have to sit beside us. Before

By ANGELA JONES
Senior Staff Writer

Dean Manning talks of the UK
track team as a “home base."

Without it, Manning, who is a
black freshman at UK, would
feel alone.

“If I were just a student and
not on the team, I wouldn’t be
here," said Manning, 19.

From Toronto, Manning came
to UK on a uack scholarship last
fall. He’s made friends but won—
ders if stripped of his athletic tal-
ent, some of those friends would
disappear because he is black.

“I wonder if the only reason I
get invited to the white fratemi-
ties’ parties is because I’m an
athlete,” he said.

Like Manning, many minority
students see the campus split into
two camps —- “us" and “them."
Although the students recognize
the University has made some at-

 

the year was over, we weren’t so
verbally abused. Students did
sit beside us and they did see
that we didn't try to mug them
on the bus, or that our odor
wasn’t so foul that they couldn’t
make it to the school."
Segregation always has result-
ed from bad experiences, unrea-
listic expectations, myths and
stereotypes. However, segrega-
tion — whether on school buses
or on college campuses — is no
longer based on legal or social-
ly-approved sanctions. Many
times, it results from tacit accep-
tance by all parties that separa-

tempts to bridge the gap, its tac-
tics have only scratched the sur-
face.

The University has made cul-
tural diversity on campus one of
its top missions. Yet, serious ac-
tion didn’t happen until a racial
slur appeared in the Student Ac-
tivities Board‘s “Wildcat Date-
book 1991-92" last semester,
some students said.

The original lyrics to "My Old
Kentucky Home," which re-
ferred to blacks as “darkies,”
were printed on the datebook.
SAB apologized for the incident.
But the mistake spurred Phi Beta
Sigma, 3 predominantly-black
fraternity, to protest.

Some students said although
the incident prompted diversity
seminars and serious recruiting
of minorities, the general atmos-
phere of the campus is not
friendly to minorities.

“I wonder if the SAB incident

Judiciary examines
referendum process

By JOE BRAUN
Assistant Editorial Editor

In a 3-1 decision last night the
Student Government Association
Judicial Board decided that consti-
tutional by laws cannot be amended
by a student referendum.

Former SGA
President Cyndi
Weaver asked
the board to re-
view whether a
referendum has
the weight of
law needed to
amend the con-
stjtution.

“Nowhere
does it say that
you can amend
the by-laws, or amend the constitu-
tion, or do any other act that is nor-
mally delegated to the senate by
virtue of a referendum alone,"
Weaver said.

SGA President Scott Crosbie pre-
sented a differing opinion to the
board.

CROSBIE

Segregation taking
toll on UK students

tion of races is desirable.

Nearly two decades after the
beginning of busing, it seems
few students are playing “long
shots" at UK. Instead, students
huddle in self-imposed segregat-
ed groups and refuse to associate
with anyone of another race.
They refuse to step beyond their
comfort zones.

“A situation definitely exists
on this campus where people of
similar cultural backgrounds in-
teract in social settings primarily
with people of the same back-
ground,” said Frank Walker,
program coordinator of the Mar-
tin Luther King Jr. Cultural Cen-
ter. “It depends on what level of
interaction. The classrooms are
integrated, the eating spaces and
some of the larger social events.
The smaller the social event, the
more particular or significant
you are going to find only peo-
ple of that interest being drawn
to it, but I wouldn‘t call it volun-
tary resegregation.”

See SEGREGATION, Page 3

Minorities try to deal with
‘us’ and ‘them’ mentality

hadn't happened, would we be
talking so much about diversi-
ty?” said Kim Mayo, a Spanish
junior from Louisville, Ky.

Like Manning, Mayo has a
“home base” also — the Office
of Minority Affairs, which has
gone out of its way to make
Mayo feel comfortable at UK’s
predominantly-white campus,
she said.

“But it’s like we‘re kept separ-
ate," she said. “Activities geared
towards minorities shouldn’t
have to come just from Minority
Affairs."

Mayo said the administration's
efforts for diversity come in
spurts and seem insincere.

“Spike Lee’s coming is that
one event supposed to pacify us
for awhile?"

At a campus where 955 black
students constitute roughly 4 per-

See STUDENTS, Page 2

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JEFFREY BURLEW Kernel Siai‘

The Kentucky Theatre, which closed after a 1987 fire, will make a comeback April 11 with both current
and alternative movies. The theater is located on Main Street in downtown Lexington.

First-run films, classics part
of revived theater’s offerings

By KEN VANDIVER
Contributing Writer

Moviegoers wait no longer —
the Kentucky Theatre is back!

The Kentucky Theatre, which
closed after smoke and fire dam-
aged the historic building in 1987,
will reopen in mid-April.

A wide variety of films will be
shown at the Kentucky, including
first- and second-run films, classics
and offbeat cult films, said Fred
Mills, the theater‘s operator.

“If the film has merit, it will be
shown,“ he said.

Admission to the revamped Ken~
lucky will be $3.50 for first-run

films and S3 for second-run films.
Senior citizens and children under
12 will be admitted for $2.50.

The historic Kentucky Theatre
first opened its dmrs in 1922 with
the screening of the silent film
“The Eternal Flame." starring Nor-
ma Talmage. The first “talkie"
wasn’t shown in Lexington until
five years later.

The theater went through some
lean years in the 1960s when popu—
larity dwindled. But in the ‘70s and
early ’80s, the Kentucky found re-
newed popularity as it repertory
film house.

In 1987. an building adjoining
the theater caught fire. The fire

spread into the Kentucky Theatre.
Most of the theater’s damage was
done by smoke; only the men’s rest
room and management offices were
structurally damaged.

The theater almost closed be-
cause of the high cost of restoration
and a number of building code vio-
lations. Public support, however,
was overwhelming, and petitions
containing more than 15.000 Signa-
tures urging the city govcmment to
aid in the renovations were gath-
cred.

The Lexingtoniayctte Urban
County Govcnimcnt bought the
building and began the painstaking

See THEATER, Page 2

Wis. students charged in license thefts

By KYLE FOSTER
News Editor

“[8 STOLEN" or “18 N JAIL."

Five University of Wisconsin
students typified the meaning be-
hind thosc personalized license
plates Saturday as they sat in the
Fayette County Detention Center,
charged with stealing 4-1 plates
from vehicles on UK‘s campus.

Charlie Clarke, president of
UK’s chapter of Alpha Gamma
Rho social fratemity, said that 11
members of Wisconsin’s AGR

chapter in Madison armed in Ice
ington Friday night as part of .i
walkout.

He said UK AGR did not knots
about the incident until L'K police
arrested the group Saturday at
UK's fraternity house at 70]
Woodland Ave.

“One subject. William Sullivan
stepped forward and stated he had
information about the thefts. He
stated that he and several other fra-
ternity members took a large num~
ber of license plates off of vehicles
on campus between (3 and 5 pm.

Fridayi." according to the police re-
port filed by patrolman 1.]. Roper.

Four other students then admitted
to participating in the thefts. the re—
port read.

Both UK Police Chief Wilson
McComas and Clarke said there
were no L'K students implicated.

Clarke said police asked L'K‘s
fraternity members if any of them
participated in the crime. They said
they had not, and the police did not
question any of them further, he

See PLATES, Page 2

 

“This assures the student body to
be able to ensure that the elected
leadership is providing students
with the type of leadership they de-
serve and a way to keep our consti-
tution viable and up to date without
legislative or executive consent,”
he said.

Weaver said she interpreted the
word “referendum” to be an adviso-
ry statement, which the senate
would receive from students and
then decide whether to act upon.

“Every dictionary explanation I
got was that a referendum was a
proposal passed by a legislative
body sent to the voters for approv-
al," she said.

Crosbie disagreed, calling it “the
submission of a law proposed or al-
ready in effect to a direct vote of
the people to have for superseding
or overruling the legislature."

Crosbie said, “If the framers of
our constitution had wanted (a refe-
rendum) to have the effect of an ad-
visory or an opinion poll, they
would have undoubtedly have

See REFERENDUM, Page 3

 

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Visit the businesslike UK forward John Pel-
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Student Government Association officials
will hold a press conference about pro-
posed SGA restructuring in 113 Student
Center at 3 pm.

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Students

Continued trom page 1

cent of the student population. stu-
dents like Mayo naturally are going
to feel “outnumbered." said Dean of
Students David Stockharn.

There is a "heavy obligation on
campus to recognize each other." he
said.

Stockharn said he thinks UK has
made genuine efforts to make mi-
nority students welcome with UK
101. minority orientation. the Am-
bassador Program and the creation
of an international residence hall at
Jewell Hall.

“I don’t think there is some sinis-
ter force driving wedges between
people” of different cultural histo-
ries. Stockharn said. “If there is. it's
an element afoot that clearly doesn‘t
belong here."

But Manning and Mayo said al-
though instances of “blatant" preju-
dices aren’t frequent, they have oc-
curred.

Mayo said during her first semes-
ter here, she and some friends were
walking to a fraternity party on
campus when a carload of college-
aged, white men yelled “niggers” as
they rode by.

Manning had a similar experience
when he accompanied a friend to a
predominantly-white fraternity par-

ty and someone chided his white
friend that “it's about time you
stuck with your own kind.”

At UK. blacks Ie the largest mi-
nority group. whereas the intents-
tional students collectively corn-
prise l,394 of the student
population.

Charlie lapadermawan. an elec-
tric engineering senia from Indo-
nesia. said although being an inter-
national student at UK generally
has been positive. he also has expe-
rienced some discrimination.

He recalled an incident a few
weeks ago when he went to a stu-
dent organization office to inquire
about a job with a tutoring service.

He was told no one needed help.
But while Japatknnawan was in
the office. his white friend was ap-
proached about a position.

“I didn't say anything because I
didn't want to ruin my friend’s
chance of getting the job." Japader-
mawan said. “But 1 was upset."

Stockham said that kind of be-
havior was a “manifestation of ig-
norance" and that students on both
sides were “timid to break those
false barriers" between their indi-
vidual cultures.

“It’s being afraid to reach out to
someone.” he said. “But we’re not
that unique from one another and
the University is taking the best ap-
proaches it's capable of."

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science junior from Lexington. said
the administration can't change
minds that don't want to change.

“You can't force a relationship.”
she said. That goes for both white
and minority students. Alexander
said.

Frank Walker. program coordina-
tor of the Martin Luther King Jr.
Cultural Center, said although the
University sometimes sends mixed
signals. it has made some improve-
ments.

“Given the conservatism here

andhowfarUKhadtogointhe
past 12 yens. it has made some
ground." he said. “But UK Ins a
considerable distance to have!
still."

Someofthatdistaneeisinthe
curriculum. Walker said for a Uni-
versity that represents such a di-
verse community on its campus. it
should include that diversity in the
classroom.

For example, in UK's art cours-
es. which are all taught from an Eu-

ropean perspective, UK seems to

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m“It rs that kind of Europent 81'0-
gance that rs present in a lot of dif-
ferent parts of the University." he
said.

“Compared to other universiu'es."
he said, “that approach is archaic.”

But in Kentucky. Walker said
there is no richer. collegiate experi-
ence available to all students than
UK.

“Relative to other schools. UK
has more than any school in the

state. hands down."
Mayo ins the same attitude.

As a student representative for
UK in the Ambassador Program,
Mayo often is asked about racism
on campus by potential students.

“I just tell them there's prejudice
everywhere." said Mayo, the only
black student of four ambassadors.
“Go and make the difference, make
the best of it."

 

Plates

Continued from page 1

said.

“1 would like to emphasize that
no (UK) AGRs were involved."
Clarke told members of the lnterfra-
ternity Council yesterday.

Even though UK’s greeks said
they were not accomplices, there
could be serious repercussions for
the AGR members.

“Even though we were not in-
volved, it was our chapter."

Assistant Dean of Students and
fraternity adviser Ron Lee said he
doesn’t think the University will
reprimand the fraternity unless
more incidents occur.

“It's a tough situation. It's a
shame. People who don’t realize it’s
not the students from our campus
don't know. They see someone
stealing license plates, and they are
wearing the greek letters from a fra-
ternity we have here,” Lee said.

He advised the fraternity presi-

dents present at yesterday's IFC
meeting to create policies dealing
with walkout chapters.

“Please when dealing with walk-
outs. remember they are invitees of
your chapter so your chapter can be
held responsible for their actions.
Try to make them have a little more
responsibility.” he said.

Clarke said as a result. AGR
won't accept more walkout re-
quests from other chapters.

“We just can't have any walk-
outs," he said. “I'm just sorry that
they had to cause problems with
other fraternities on campus.”

There were 44 license plates.
three novelty plates. three parking
control signs and a No Parking sign
recovered from the Wisconsin
chapter's rented van.

All subjects were charged with
one Class D felony count or theft
by unlawful taking under $100 — a
misdemeanor — and taken to the
UK Police Department and then
held overnight at the Fayette
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Theater

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process of restoring and rebuilding
the Renaissance-style theater.

“1n the process of saving the 70-
year-old theater. the Urban County
Government has not only restored a
structure of historical significance,
we have preserved a building that
has great sentimental value to our
community.” Lexington Mayor
Scotty Baesler said. “When this the-
ater reopens in April, it will again
be the Showplace it once was."

Renovators have tried to include
many of the historic items that once
decorated the theater — like four
chandeliers dating back to the
18403, which will be hung in the
mirror-lined foyer.

New to the theater will be an ex-

tended 18-foot stage for more live
concerts and performances. better
access for the disabled — including
audio receivers for the hearing-
impaired — and a large adjoining
meeting room for public and gov-
ernment use.

The new Kentucky Theatre. seat-
ing 810 people. will combine the
largest screen in Lexington with a
state-of-the-art sound system.

The grand reopening on Satur-
day. April 11 at 8:30 pm. will in-
clude a screening of the Marlon
Brando classic “Guys And Dolls"
and a special appearance by actress
Debbie Reynolds.

Tickets to the opening-night gala
mostly will be limited to contribu-
tors to the renovation. Other tickets
may be available through promo-
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Byars. too. rejected the idea of
voluntary reaegregation.

“It only becomes an issue when
you have 20 black students who
want to all sit together.” she said
“Nobody ever questions the fact
that you have 350 white students all
sitting together. But if you have 20.
or even 10. or even five black stu-
dents wanting to sit together, then it
becomes an issue of. “are they seg-
regating themselves? "

Although Byars admitted there is
a tendency for people always to
want to be with people like them-
selves, she said feeling comfortable
is not the reality of life at a universi-
ty.

“The risk is not as great as most
of us perceive it to be." she said.
“Too many problems we have (hap-
pen) because we refuse to take the
risk. You need to force yourself to
move beyond the comfort level of
being with people like you and take
advantage of being at the Universi-
ty."

Byars pointed to the Margaret 1.
King Library delicatessen as an ex-
ample of a campus environment in
which students are forced to play
the “long shot"

“At the deli they do have limited
seating, and whenever I'm there I
see conversation," Byars said. “Peo-
ple are forced to have to sit with
somebody not like them. You go
there. anybody just comes up and
sits down. Maybe the difference in
the situation is that you don't have
an option."

During the past year. Khalilah

 

 

Muhammad. a social work senior.
said occasionally she has felt segre-
gation at UK.

"It depends on your personality,”
she said. “If you look for it, you see
it (segregation). Most of the time. I
stick with the same cultural group
—- it’s comfortable. It's like guys
hanging out with guys.”

Jerry Stevens. director of opera-
tions of minority affairs at UK, said
he doesn't see anything different
happening at UK today than what
has happened in the past

“Certain students seem to go
through phases where they feel
more comfortable having most of
their associations with groups of
people along racial or cultural
lines," Stevens said. “I’ve seen peo-
ple expand beyond that

“Part of the reason. it is difficult
for black students (to adjust to life
at historically white campuses) is
that there are not signs that they are
welcome. When there are signs that
they are welcome there is still a lot
of skepticism because it is risk-
taking to be in a minority group
and to assume that you can function
without any regard to the way peo-
ple will accept you.

“Racism is still very much alive
and a lot of people limit their asso-
ciations because of past experienc-
es of being rejected." he said.

“Blacks just never really know
when we are going to run into hos-
tility and bigotry. or the conse-
quence of trying to extend our-
selves.”

The reasons for segregation seem
to stem from something deeper
than fear, though. Many have ques-
tioned if black students at UK are
fearful of white people and white

 

institutions.

"This is still a white-male-
dominated society,” Walker said.
"To not recognize that would be
very naive."

Others have questioned if aca-
demic success among black stu-
dents on UK's campus have be-
come equated with “becoming
white" - losing touch with one's
black roots.

“The first mistake is assuming
that there is a monolithic black stu-
dent — there’s no such thing,"
Walker said. “It's not like you
come here and push a button and
make a choice. If there is any kind
of pressure from other blacks to
students to not integrate, it is based
on that participating. And getting
the fullest experience doesn’t nec-
essarily mean surrendering every-
thing you came here with."

Yet the most significant obstacles
to cultural diversity at UK are the
opinions generated in the class-
rooms, Walker said.

“You can’t make a person go to a
diverse cultural event," he said.
“But if have an chance to impact on
their education system and present
them with the broadest world view
possible ——- that ought to be an obli-
gation from an educator’s point of
view.

“Some major things need to hap-
pen to the curriculum," he said.
“UK, relative to other curriculums
in other university systems across

the country — would be viewed as
ratha' conservative —— possibly ul-
tra-Eurocentric. The requirement is
to know European history. The re—
quirement is to know European art.
That whole focus on the European
perspective is unfair if you come
from outside that group.”

Nevertheless. many still ask what
can be done to make UK more in-
elusive.

“You always need a strong ad-
ministration because if the presi-
dent says it needs to be done. it
makes it easier," Byars said. “As
long as the president is very firm in
saying that this is a university that
is going to acknowledge diversity
- and our president has said that
— it will be done.

Stevens said UK needs to contin-
ue to promote honest and open dis-
cussion about the reasons why peo-
ple feel afraid. why people feel that
they are being ostracized.

“We need to encourage people to
speak to their feelings about these
issues, more than anything else," he
said. “There still will be situations
where learned prejudices and bigot-
ry are being expressed and opened
hostilities are being expressed.
Hopefully. the University commu-
nity is no place for that."

Student Government Association
President Scott Crosbie said UK's
activities need to be centered
around and focused on campuswide
functions, rather than specific or-
ganizations and groups.

Kentucky Kernel, Tueeday. March 3. 1992 - 3

“They need to branch out and try
to include everyone,” Crosbie said.
“With the emphasis on multicultu-
ralism that is being placed on stu-
dents by the administration and the
faculty. 1 think we will all see divi-
dends on a much wider scale in the
future.”

UK's continued recruitment
black faculty is a definite plus.
Walker said.

“Increasing the number of minor-
ity faculty on campus — that is go—
ing to be a positive influence," he
said. “It is helping change the per-
ception of this University — we are

making great strides.

“If we could ever (get to a) point
where that persistence is as strong
as it is for our black athletes, we
would really be somewhere —— but
that hasn't happened yet"

Many would argue that Walker’s
goal is a long shot, but if four girls
can overcome their fear. can't UK
23,000 students overcome theirs?

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challenged is a vital pan of col-
lege," Byars said. “Although it is
unsettling, challenge is crucial to
intellectual growth."

 

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worded it as such."

Weaver told the board that the
wording of the SGA Constitution
was not only “sloppy“ and “ineffi-
cient," but contained unclear state-
ments regarding referendum regula-
tions that board should clarify.

The wording of Crosbie‘s refe-
rendum also was an issue at last
night’s meeting. Weaver said the
referendum Crosbie is presenting to
students this week regarding elec-
tion reforms contained “advocato-

ry” and “biased" language.

The two also questioned whether
a vote taken by former SGA Presi-
dent Sean Lohman and Vice Presi—
dent Sarah Corsey last year regard—
ing the introduction of presidential
tickets actually was a referendum.
They disagreed on whether that
vote was able to be used as a prece-
dent since a referendum board was
not established.

UK students will have the oppor-
tunity to vote on a referendum to—
morrow and Thursday regarding
campaign election reforms being
proposed by Crosbie.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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SGmerendum
deserves ‘YES’ vote
at polls this week

Most students are tired of hearing about two things: division in
student government and referendums.

Tomonow and Thursday students will have the unique opportuni-
ty to vote on how elections should take place on campus — through
a student referendum.

The referendum was orchestrated by Student Government Associ-
ation President Scott Crosbie as a method of “circumventing the
senate," which did not approve Crosbie‘s reforms.

While the SGA Senate has said it is in favor of election reform. it
voted down Crosbie’s plan and offered no strong alternative.

Passage of the referendum would remove campaign spending lim-
its and restrict where posters, fliers and other printed material could
be placed. This would discourage candidates from spending sub-
stantial amounts of money because they would have a limited space
to put campaign posters.

Voting for the referendum will help to add some fairness and in-
tegrity to an election process desperately in need of help. Once the
referendum vote is over, SGA can get on with its business and at-
tempt to do what it should have been doing all year — working to-
gether for the betterment of the student body.

Students should make sure they take the time to vote tomonow.
Doing so only takes a very few minutes. The ballot requires voters

to vote either for or against the entire package of reforms.

Brown wrong about black culture

To the editor:

Oh, here we go again! This is my
response to the Feb. 24 article by
Lisa Brown entitled “Blacks de-
serve more than one month." Our
modern society is filled with black
history and culture.

First: To link Christopher Colum-
bus' discovery of the New World in
the 15th century to the displace-
ment of Native Americans centuries
later is misleading and irresponsi-
ble. Let us not diminish the contri-
butions that Martin Luther King Jr.
made during his lifetime, but let‘s
not make him into a saint by com-
paring apples to oranges.

Second: What's wrong with ath-
letes being held in high esteem for
being athletes? Athletics is the pur-
est form of competition — combin»
ing mind and body performing in
perfect sync with one another. The
many challenges of emulating their
athletic idols provide an alternative
focus to the many “wrong turns” a
child might face.

If it weren’t for their athletic abil-
ities, the likes of Michael Jordan
and Magic Johnson probably
wouldn’t have become the success-
ful businessmen they are today. An
entirely different argument could be
raised that these days they are more
“businessmen" than they are “ath-
letes," which could lead to the
eventual bankruptcy major league
baseball. This however, is an entire-
ly different argument and has many
different sides in itself.

Nonetheless, Michael Jordan def-
initely would not be a walking Nike
endorsement if it were not for his
unprecedented ability to play bas-
ketball.

Third and most confusing: What
do Albert Einstein’s theory of rela-
tivity and Solomon's building of
the temple possibly have in com-
mon? Einstein‘s theory of relativity
is conccmed with objects moving at
the speed of light.

Fourth: l have never been given a
detailed account nor a history les-
son of the terrible scourge of slav-
ery without being given accounts
from the slaves. l remember being
taught these accounts in elementary
school. Brown failed to acknowl-
e