Vol. lXXXIX. No.82

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University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky

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Student committee
endorses proposal
to change calendar

Earlier Christmas vacation one basis
for elimination of Saturday finals

By sco1'r WARD
Staff Writer

Members of the Planning Commit-
tee of the University Student Caucus
met recently to air support for a
Senate Councilendorsed proposal to
eliminate Saturday finals.

James Hourigan. an agriculture
senator and member of the planning
committee. said the committee is an
informal and unofficial part of the
student caucus of the University
Senate. He said the purpose of the
organization is to get all the student
members of the Senate together to
discuss the bills that will be on the
floor of the Senate. "We try to get
them all together beforehand so they
can have some time to think the
bills through." he said.

Kathy Ashcraft. chairwoman of
the planning committee. said there
are three basic reasons for the com~
mittee‘s desire to eliminate Satur-
day finals.

The first is that Saturday finals
are unpopular. Hourigan said there
has not been a groundswell of public
opinion against Saturday finals but
some organizations. such as the Hill-
el foundation and other Jewish
groups. have been very vocal. The
Jewish Sabbath is Saturday “You
run into a religious conflict with Sat<
urdayfinals."he said.

Ashcraft said the second reason
for supporting the proposal is that
professors will have more time to
turn their grades in before
Christmas. She said it will help alle~
viate the problems some students
face in trying to get home for
Christmas. especially those who
have to fly home. "Here you are.
stuck the last couple of days before
Christmas trying to get a plane out
of here." she said.

Ashcraft also said that this propo-
sal would put the University on a
closer time scale with the local
school system. She said there are

 

INSIDE

UK’s loss to Indiana Saturday

showed a lack of patterned defense
and a shortage of confidence among
the younger team members according
to coach Joe B. Hall. For details. see
SPORTS. page 3.

Should prisons be run for profit? Is
it moral for private corporations to
run America‘s jails? For commen-
tary. see VIEWPOINT. page 4.

To commemorate its first anniver-
sary. the Bluegrass Nuclear Freeze
Campaign has invited social and po-
litical activist Molly Rush to speak.
For details. see Lance W. Brunner‘s
guest opinion in VIEWPOINT, page
4.

WEATHER

There is a 20 percent chance of
morning showers today. with partly
cloudy skies during the afternoon.
The high will be in the mid 405. To-
night will be clearing and cool with
the low in the lower 305.

 

 

 

 

many students who have family
members in the local school system
and this will accommodate family
vacations better.

Malcolm Jewell. a professor of po-
litical science and a Senate (‘ouncil
member who proposed the eliminav
tion of Saturday finals. said the start
of classes for the fall semester is
currently dictated by a plan that's
about 10 years old. tinder this sys
tem. classes begin on the Wednes-
day before Labor Day. When Labor
Day falls on Sept. 3 or 4. finals have
to be scheduled on Saturday to allow
teachers time to get grades Ill and
students time to get home

Under the plan proposed by Jew-
ell. however. classes would begin on
the Wednesday before Labor Day
only when it falls on Sept 1 or Sept.
2. In years when Labor Day falls on
Sept. 3-7. classes would start the
Wednesday 12 days before

Ashcraft said the proposal is not
as drastic as it sounds Currently.
the start of classes falls between
Aug. 24 and Aug. 30, It the proposal
is passed. the start of classes would
fall between Aug. '22 and Aug. 28
Ashcraft. an Arts 8i Sciences sen»
ator. said what is actually happen-
ing is that the earliest possible day
that classes begin is just being
moved up two day s

Jewell said some students might
consider starting school a week ear
lier than in previous years a disad-
vantage to the proposal “This is a
pretty good trade-off but I wouldn‘t
try to sell it too hard.“ he said

Ilourigan said the fact that classes
will start a week ciirlie. iii these
years is an advantage because they
will end a week early also

Jewell also said that regardless of
the outcome in the Senate today. not
many current students will be af-
fected by the rule. because the next
time Saturday finals would have to
be scheduled is 1989

Patterson

By CAROLYN EDWARDS
Staff Writer

Editor's note: This is the first in a
three-part series on the Patterson
School of Diplomacy.

Amry Vandenbosch and the Wil-
liam Andrew Patterson School of Di-
plomacy and International Com-
merce share a common bond this
month — landmark anniversaries

Vandenbosch, the first director of
the Patterson School. will be cele—
brating his 90th birthday while the
school celebrates its 25th anniver»
sary.

Vandenbosch. who was born in
Michigan of Dutch immigrant ances-
try. came to UK in 1926 as a profes-
sor of political science with a doctor-
ate from the University of Chicago.
At that time. money for a diplomacy
school had been sitting in a trust
fund for more than 25 years UK's
first president. James K. Patterson.
had left the bequest in honor of his
deceased son. William Andrew Pat-
terson. The original amount. about
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Students buy, sell books through catalog

SGA offers alternative to bookstore text-trading with second annual exchange

By MELISSA BELL
Staff Writer

The Student Government AssOCia~
tion is offering students an alterna—
tive source for buying and selling
their books. at its second annual
book exchange.

The exchange allows students to
buy and sell their books cheaper
than at the book stores. according to
Jim Pustingcr. SGA executive vice
president and manager of the ex-
change.

“A lot of students feel they‘re
being monopolized by the
bookstores." Pustinger said. "With
this they can set their own price and
buy at cheaper rates."

Students save about 20 percent by

eliminating the middleman. Pusting-
er said. SGA acts as the intermed~
iary by setting up the process. but
the book only exchanges hands be.
tween the buyer and the seller.

Students may register their books
Dec. 12-14 and Dec. 17-21 at the Stu-
dent Center information desks. the
SGA office and at residence hall
front desks. The book title. pub-
lisher. course title. seller‘s price.
seller's name and telephone number
should be included on the registra-
tion form.

The information will be published
in a catalog to be distributed the
first day after Christmas break at
several locations on campus.

The catalog. which was introduced
last year, is much more costeffec-

tive than the book exchanges in the
past where SGA set up tables and
cash registers “The catalog is simi-
lar to the Thrifty Nickel. but stu
dents don‘t have to pay." Pustinger
said.

The catalog is longer this year.
with 16 pages compared to last
year‘s 12 Also registration sheets
Will be distributed in more places to
make it easier to enter books said
Donna Greenwell. a member at the
book exchange committee.

A major problem with the ex-
change last year. Pustinger said.
was that many students didn't I‘t‘ng‘
ter their books because they wanted
the money before they left for
Christmas.

But 500 to 600 students did register

about 800 books iast year ”I'm sure
we can double that. no problem."
Pust inger said

“We feel like it was a big suc»
cess." Greenwell said “This year
we want to we a bigger turnout
since it 's the second year “

SGA budgeted $1.223 to cover
printing. labor and advertising ex-
penses StiA members hope that ad-
vertisements in the catalog will re-
duce the cost “But our biggest nope
is that it will be self supporting in
the future," Pustinger said.

The exchange has a lot of poten-
tial and should get better as the
years go on. l’ustinger said. ”It
gained a lot of attention last year
and was successful. This year it has
an image tostart with."

school and founder to share celebration

enough to start a diplomacy pro-
gram.

Patterson's successor. Herman L.
Donovan. was eager to set up a di-
plomacy school. When Donovan
asked Vandenbosch if he would be
interested in directing it. Vanden-
bosch said he definitely was.

A mass of diplomacy schools were
spreading throughout the nation at
that time. and Vandenbosch visited
many of them. He considered the
best to be the Fletcher School at
Tufts University and the School for
Advanced International Study at
Johns Hopkins University.

After studying the other schools.
Vandenbosch started organizing the
Patterson School of Diplomacy. In
1959 it opened as a graduate school.
with Vandenbosch as director.
Looking back. Vandenbosch thinks
the school should not have begun at
that level. “I think I made a mis-
take in recommending we set up the
same school as these others had.“
he said. “What we needed was
something more practical. I think
the present setup is better.“

The school used professors on the
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“I don ’t understand
the administration of
today . . . Anyone who
wants war with the
nuclear power we now

have is crazy. ’ ’
Amry Vandenbosch,
first director
Patterson School

which meant they were working
both for other University depart-
ments and the diplomacy school.
But Vandenbosch saw some prob-
lems with the administration of this
plan. It was unclear who was re-
sponsible for paying the faculty, and
the faculty had no real boss. “It‘s a
good idea to have someone who is
master of the house.“ he said. “The
incumbent may decide what side his
bread was buttered."

Vandenbosch said that from the
beginning. the school had no prob-
lem finding students. It was given

Community connection

Christian Student Fellowship,

By ANDREW DAVIS
Senior Staff Writer

The Christian Student Fellowship
is a ”a church away from home“
which offers individuals a chance to
learn more about their faith, and hu~
manity. by helping others.

“What CSF does is offer a church
away from home for students.“ said
John Miller. CSF president. “and it
gives them an opportunity to learn
more about their faith. It gives them
aplacetogo."

The church is located on the cor-
ner of Columbia and Woodland ave-
nues. which is convenient for stu-
dents. “If you want to go to church
and you don‘t have a car and you
live on campus. it‘s a lot easier to
walk down to (SF? Miller said.

Larry Brandon. CSF minister.
said he Wt the inter-delimitin-
ttonal church is succeuful for a va-
rletyofreaaonl.

“We’re one of the moat

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succcessful campus ministries. ‘
Brandon said. One of the reasons is
because ”we‘re close to the dorms . "

Brandon also said the church is a
good place for students to relax and
study as well as a place where they
could talk out their problems. He
said he sees CSF as a combination
“fraternity. sorority. YMCA and
church."

The church helps others by orga-
nizim community services around
lexington. The services include
good buddy and adopt-a-home pro-
grams. visits to the Shriner's Hospi-
tal and nursing homes. and a spome
abuse center.

The good buddy program is in con-
junction with Maxwell Elementary
School where (SF members help
children who come from single-par-
enthomeaorwhohavebeenabmed.
Miller‘s good buddy is Wendell
Webb. 9. a third-grader who lives in
aalmle-parent borne.

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buddy program is their program “is
not as intense as Big Brothers." He
said the CSF program takes an hour
or so a week after the elementary
school lets out.

The adopt-am program will
start again around February. Miller
said. The program. where members
paint and repair home! of elderly

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people. is similar to the greek ver-
sion of adopt-a-house. but is on a
smaller scale and done more often.

The group visits Shriner‘s hospital
because many of the patients are
from out-of-town or out-of-atate and
their parents cannot come and stay
with them. "The kirk get lonely.
Moat are bedridden“ Miller said.

They also have a "travelim

six I‘ S. Defense Fellowships which
were sizable enough to attract stu
dents from all over the country
“They paid well and attracted peo
pie from Yale and Princeton and
other universities.“ he said “We at-
tracted students of good personalr
ties.“

Even with the fellowships. the
Patterson School of Diplomacy
lagged behind other diplomacy
schools because of a lack of funds
“Most of them had far more money
than we did." Vandenbosch said,

But the new school did well in pre-
paring its students for jobs in diplo
macy and international law. Van—
denbosch remembered one student
from among the first group who has
become quite successful. “()ne went
to the Morgan Bank and before I
knew it he was Vice preSident in
charge of the London Bank and the
Tokyo Bank." he said.

While at the school. Vandenbosch
said he most enjoyed the
relationships with the students and
working on foreign policy and inter—
national law. “I don‘t miss commit~
tee meetings." he said. “I miss the
students and my colleagues . "

group" which goes to churches
around the state to tell potential stu-
dents and parents about UK.

"A lot of people in tsomet church
es have problems with UK because
they think of it as ‘an evil place.‘ “
Miller said. He said they go to the
churches to tell people that CSF is
there for their child attending tTK.

CFS members WI” go on a retreat
in Gatlinburg. Tenn. near the end of
January. Miller said. The purpose is
so new members will get a chance
to know some of the older students.
as well as to provide a short vaca—
tion.

Brandon has three assistants. who
each stay for a year. This year his
assistants are Joe Risse. Rebecca
Krieg and Mark Siato. the weekend
weatherman on WLEX-TV.

“So far. it has been great work-
ing at the churchi." Siato said. “I‘m

.leamirg a lot that I wouldn‘t learn

in a classroom.“
The (SF is a place for students to

At one point in \‘andcnbOsch‘s
long career as teacher and director
at I'K. he took a leave of absence
during World War II. to work with
intelligence matters for the Office
for Strategic Services, and working
for the [LS Department of State.

"No one can say I'm not patriot-
ic." he said. “I‘ve served in both
world wars." In World War I he was
stationed in France as a machine
gunner.

Nontheless. Vandenbosch is a
strict advocate for peace “I'm not
for war.“ he said. “I don't under-
stand the administration of today.
They seem to want war. Anyone who
wants war with the nuclear power
we now have is crazy, It means the
end."

Vandenbosch retired in 1965. re-
ceived the title of professor emeritus
and was presented with the 17K
Alumni Association's Distinguished
Teacher Award He continued to
pursue his interests of traveling and
writing numerous articles and books
on the foreign policy of South Africa.
Holland. Asia. Australia and several

other countries "I was not going to
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have a “oneon-one relationship with
God." Miller said. Therefore. poli~
tics never enter into the picture. he
said. “because we never saw any
reason to" take a political stance.

“It's the most important thing I
do." he said “It‘s a way I can show
my faith. 1 don‘t like to compare
myself to those people who scream
and preach down on the corner. I'd
rather have my actions speak for
what I believe in."

Brandon said the church is open to
any student who wants to join. He
said a lot of the students at the
church are from out-of~state and
they see the (SF as a “support
group."

The church is also. Brandon said.
agreatplacetomeetpeople.which
is why he loves workim at (SF.

“1 don‘t know where I could find a
better job.“heaaid.