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Recruitment not the only problem for minority affairs

can-American. The university has
integrated racial and cultural diver-

 

Northem offers a minor in Afri-
can-American studies that includes

This is the final part of a three-day complex issues. and the minority af- geared primarily toward African- during the academic year, NKU at-

series.

By USA TAYLOR
Staff Writer

At first glance, the central goal of
minority affairs at four of Ken-
tucky's leading universities seems
similar.

But subtle differences nile in

fairs programs at Northern Ken-
tucky University, Morehead State,
Eastern Kentucky University and
the University of Louisville reflect
that

For a university with few minori-
ty students, like NKU, minority af-
fairs means an office in the Student
Affairs Department, little recruiting
and small-scale programming

Americans.

“Only 10 percent of my job in-
volves recruiting,” said Teretha Pi-
roleau, coordinator of Minority Af-
fairs at NKU. “African-Americans
make up approximately one percent
of over 11,000 students here.”

Along with inviting different
speakers to campus and planning
celebrations during special times

tempts to integrate its small Afri-
can-American population into the
larger student body by sponsoring
an orientation picnic.

“We try to reach students who
have gone to predominantly black
high schools one week after classes
start to help them with any prob-
lems they might be having," Piro-
leau said.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Center yesterday. The center helps students develop their study skills on computers.

MCHAEL CLEVENGER/Kernei Staff

Cassandra Denning, an undeclared major, helped Kathy Bailey, a community health major, on the computers at the Learning Services

 

 

Flaws mark first
day of SGA elections

By TIM WIESENHAHN
Senior Staff Writer

Miscommunication and malfunc-
tions marked the first day of Student
Government Association elections
yesterday.

Voting at the Student Center and
the College of
Law was delayed
nearly an hour
because of tele-
phone failure,
while there was
controversy at
both Lexington
Community Col-
lege polls.

An official in
UK communica-
tions said a
switching failure
at General Tele-
phone left cam-
pus phones dead for several hours
yesterday morning. Greg Watkins,
SGA Election Board chairman, said
the telephone failure accounted for
the long lines at the law college and
the Student Center.

“This morning we opened the
polls at 9 am." Watkins said. “We
plunged the phone in and the phone
didn't work at M. 1. King. They
(poll workers at King Library) were
trying to call here (SGA office) and
they couldn’t get through, and we
were wondering what happened. I
picked up three phones in this office
and they were all dead."

Opening the poll at LCC’s main
campus was delayed, and there was
no electronic poll at LCC East.

An error on the ballot at the LCC
main campus poll instructed stu-
dents to choose one candidate for
LCC senator, although LCC has two

Campaign

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seats on the SGA senate.

Duane Crow and Troy Gentry are
mnning unopposed for the posi-
tions.

Watkins blamed the company
providing the voting machines for
the flawed ballots.

“Apparently we had a miscom-
munication," Wat—
kins said.

Although voting
at LCC was sched-
uled to begin at 10
am, Charlene
Walker, coordina-
tor of student ac-
tivities at LCC,
said the poll was
not ready until
about 10:30 am.

Watkins said
SGA worked on
the phone prob-
lems at the King
Library polls first because of its
usually high voter turnout due to its
central location.

“We got Ag(riculturc) North open
on time," he said. “We got M. l.
King open on time. l was doing
everything I could to get M. l. King
open because I felt it was the most
important one at that time —- seeing
as there were so many people
there."

The problems with inconect elec-
tronic ballots at LCC was fixed by
giving voters new, paper ballots to
elect their senators. They were in-
structed to vote for two candidates
and drop the paper ballot in a card-
board box.

Walker said the incorrect ballots
were causing delays.

“It is going to turn people off,"
she said, adding that election offi-
cials could have done a better job.

Ag. North
9:00 - 2:00

Agriculture

Blazer, Commons and
Donovan Cafeteria
4:30 - 7:00
Agriculture
Arts and Sciences
Business & Economics
Communications
Education
Engineering

Business & Economics
10:00 - 3:00
Business & Economics
Human and Environmental Seiences

Dickey Hall
10:00 - 3:00

Education

Law School
10:00 - 3:00
Agriculture
Law

“I feel it should have been han-
dled more effectively and more fair-
ly at LCC," Walker said. “I feel it
has not been handled fairly.

“Last year they had it (the voting
booth) set up the day before -_ we
didn’t have anybody running for
president from LCC last year, so I
kind of feel like that had something
to do with it."

Keith Clark, an LCC sophomore,

LCC
10:00 - 3:00
and 4:30 -7:00
LCC

M.I. King Library
9:00 - 7:00
Agriculture
Architecture
Arts and Seiences
Business & Economics
Communications
Education
Engineering
Fine Arts
Graduate School
Human and Environmental Sciences
Law
LCC
Library SCiences
Social Work

Nursing
10:00 - 3:00
Allied Health
Dentistry
Medicine
Nursmg
Pharmacy

Student Center
10:00 - 2:00
ArtsandSCIenccs
Communications
Education
Mains , ..

BRIAN AKEWKernol Graham

is one of four candidates for SGA
president.

“I think it was deliberate and it
was set tip,“ LCC sophomore Carol
Leath said. “We get a machine that
barely works and it‘s late."

Watkins said there was not a vot-
ing machine at LCC East, on Win-
chester Road. However, there was a
ballot box at the East campm. he
said.

various black history classes. At—
tendance at these classes show that
students —— and not just minority
students —— appreciate diversity.

“The classes couldn't go if only
blacks attended," Piroleau said.

U of L. on the other hand, has a
more diverse student population to
work with — 8.6 percent is Afri-

sity into the curriculum as a whole
in an effort to move away from
emphasizing
courses.

specific minority

“You reach more students that

way," said Denise Fitzpatrick, a U
of L spokeswoman. “Every class

See MINORITY, Page 3

Teaching class
led Hemenway
on new course

By GREGORY A. HALL
Senior Staff Writer

When Robcn Hemenway came to
UK in the late 1960s. some black
students wanted a course in Afri-
can-American culture.

Hemenway obliged. offering to
teach the course.

“That got me interested in Afri-
can-American literature," he said.

From that beginning, Hemenway,
now UK's chancellor for the Lex-
ington Campus, has built his vitae
around African-American literature.
calling it “the driving force in my
scholarly life."

Hemenway wanted to research
the culture because he didn‘t have
the opportunity to in graduate
school.

“I was trained in a fairly tradi-
tional way in graduate school." he
said. He. discovered that there was a
“major part of American literature
that had not been taught."

Hemenway, ~19, called it "the
kind of cultural deprivation that we
should not impose on students to-
day."

Walking the tightrope

As chancellor. Hemenway has

pushed for cultural diversity. in hir—
ing and in daily university life.

As he came to know the culture‘s
literature, Hemenway became fasci-
nated by Zora Neale llurston. a
black, female writer. After he wrote
her biography. she become extreme—
ly well-known, he said.

But in writintr a niaior work about
a minority author Hemenway cn-
countered the same kind ot prciu-
dicc that minorities themselves rc-
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See HEMENWAY. Page 3

Senator files show
broken promises

By KYLE FOSTER
Senior Staff Writer

Performance records of Student
(‘iovcmmcnt Association senators
running for re—elcction show cam-
paign trails littered With broken
promises.

The records of the l l senators are
on file with SGA Vice President
Sarah Courscy, who keeps records
of each senator. These files are sup-
posed to contain updated informa-
tion on the activiucs and progress
of each member of the SGA Senate.
although Courscy said some infor-
mation may not be current.

After lllSl year‘s clcction, all scn-
ators wrote down the platforms they
ran on. This information, along
With any resolutions or bills initiat-
ed by the senators, went into the
file.

Freshmen senators

Coursey said the three freshmen

isenators running for senator at
Marge, Misty Weaver. Rob Elbe»
£nicky and Jill (‘ranston, “are all
lfine, as far as working on what they
said they would do."
: Weaver promised extended VISI-
3‘tati0n hours in residence halls for
his year’s freshmen, extended
check-cashing services, a freshman
town hall meeting, and a “For
Freshmen" letter in the Kemel.

However, her idea for extended
check-cashing services laid dor-
mant until last night, with a month
left in her term as freshman senator.

The senate passed a resolution to
support ~— but not necessarily im-
plement increased hours for
check~cashing services last night. It
was sponsored by Weaver, SGA
President Sean Lohman. (‘ranston

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and Elhenicky.

“For Freshman” ncvcr niateria|<

i/cd, Weaver said she talked with
some students about the letter. but
there was not enough interest shown
to warrant further work on the pro-
wet.

“I would still look into it and

work on it, but it ‘ltlSl didn‘t get

See SENATORS. Page 6

Davnd Broder, a liberal col
umnist tor the Washington
Post, will meet with any in-
terested UK students from
10:30 to 1130 am in the
Grehan Communications
BUilding's McLaughlin
Room.

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“it‘s what I've been trained
to do and what i want to
do.” said DaVid Stockham,
who intervrews for the
l Dean of Students posution
today. Stockham is one of
.i‘ four candidates. the last to
Visa. See story on Page 3.

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A plan to cut price of textbooks

I am writing to address one of the
most disturbing experiences of the
student: the dreaded campus book-
store monster. Everyone who has
ever taken a class feels the sharp
bite the two-headed juggernaut
wields into our budget every semes-
ter.

How many times have you
bought a $40 textbook and then had
to sell it back for virtually nothing?
Whether a senior or a freshman, I‘m
sure you are aware that this is not
an uncommon occurrence. The text-
book stores get us “coming" (buy-
ing) and “going" (selling).

But what can we, only 27,000 stu-
dents, do about this?

Other universities across the na-
tion establish student-run book-
exchangc programs. While this
helps students a little, the enterprise

 

requires an enormous amount of
money and textbooks to operate ef-
fectively. And when it comes to the
green stuff (as well as the books),
there is no way to compete with the
bookstore. This does not mean,
h0wever. that we cannot outsmart
them.

I have created an extremely sim-
ple, practical and efficient solution
— Trade A Book Service. TABS
essentially works like a giant classi-
fied section. listing every textbook
that every student wants to sell.

All students will be able to use
this service at no cost.

This will be located in the Stu-
dent Center. Student directions are
simple: You put up a “tab“ (a card
with book title, student's name,
phone number) for every book you
want to sell. You then look to see if

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Everyone feels the
sharp bite the two-headed
juggernaut wields into

our budget.
’
anyone wants to sell the textbooks
you need for your classes.

If so, simply take the “tab" with
you and contact the person. It‘s time
we implement TABS and start sav-
ing money when it comes time to
buy and sell our textbooks.

Proposing this solution, l’m run-
ning for Student Government Asso
ciation senator at large.

Drawing on my diverse back-
ground and wide range of activities
(i.e. Honors Program, Gaines Fel—
low in Humanities, Karate Club,
WRFL-FM disc jockey, numerous
positions of leadership. etc), I will

Campaign
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start this long-overdue service at
UK.

In conclusion, I encourage you to
remember your experiences buying
and “selling" your textbooks at the
campus bookstores. Remember the
alternative: TABS. Then take a min-
ute to vote and we’ll turn this idea
into a reality. With your help. we
can start saving money every se-
mester.

David King is a candidate for
senator at large.

 

 

 

 

 

Davenport,
Beasley

It is time once again to vote for
your favorite candidates for senator
at large.

As you look over the qualifica-
tions of all the candidates, I urge
you to take time to vote for Sheryl
Beasley and Lea Ann Davenport.

If you are looking for experience,
commitment and dedication. then
Beasley and Davenport are the sena-
tors for you.

Beasley has worked as a Fall and
Summer Orientation Leader and on
the Student Development Council.

Davenport has worked as a fresh-
man senator and on the SGA Politi-
cal Affairs Committee.

They have both worked exten-
sively in their sororities and on nu-
merous committees in SGA. They
both have held the position of sena-
tor at large and seek your help in
their re-election.

Don’t miss out on the opportunity
to vote for leadership you can de-
pend on to be voice for you. Vote
Beasley and Davenport.

Erica McDonald is president of
the Residence Hall Association and
a psychology junior.

UK should
follow GPAC

Hats off to the Greek Political
Action Committee, which has once
again taken the reins of the Student
Government Association presiden-
tial election in hand by endorsing
the ticket of Scott Crosbie and
Keith Sparks. As greeks and as
members of the UK community, we
need to get behind GPAC and en-
dorse Crosbie and Sparks.

GPAC represents the unified
“greek voice” in the SGA election,
and as members of that unified
voice, we, as greeks, are obligated

to make voting a top priority. When
we cast our vote for Crosbie and
Sparks we are doing more than just
voting for our next SGA president
and vice president — in actuality
we are voting for greek political ac-
uon.

Reno Deaton is president of Lam-
ba Chi Alpha social fraternity.

Fabulous five

A senator’s responsibility is to
serve the student body and make
changes that will benefit the cam-
pus. This is why I feel the following
five candidates for senator at large
merit special attention: Sheryl Beas—
ley, Ashley Boyd, Lee Ann Daven—
port. Chris Mussler and Allen Put-
man. All of these candidates have
been the backbone of the UK Stu-
dent Government Association and
have proven they are dedicated to
students.

Beasley really cares about the stu-
dents and always has a lot of input.
She is a hard worker and follows
through on her responsibilities.

Boyd is a true leader in SGA. Her
knowledge of the Senate is very
beneficial, and she has set up work-
shops to increase leadership among
the Senate.

Davenport is the Political Affairs
Committee chairman. She works
hard on the committee and is re-
spected by the students and other
campus leaders.

Mussler is also a very qualified
member of SGA. He is very open-
minded in regards to students’
needs.

Putman “lives" in the SGA office.
He is a very enthusiastic individual
who has dedicated his life to SGA.
He is also the Campus Relations
Committee chairman.

Together, these five individuals
make up a team that will work hard
together and more importantly,
work hard for you. They know what
it means to serve the students.

Laura Rasnick is an SGA senator
at large.

 

 

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are justification for not voting, it's important to remember one thing:

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By KIP BOWMAR
Senior Staff Writer

Cable News Network anchor Ber-
nard Shaw walked into the room
with a half-dozen people. He smiled
and was at ease.

“Sorry I‘m late," he said. “I was
in the bathtub."

A few people laughed and within
10 seconds of entering the room
Shaw had broken the ice and made
everyone comfortable.

Shaw answered the questions
asked a million times before. Since
the end of the Persian Gulf War.
Shaw’s visibility in America has
surged.

“We were having breakfast this
morning (Wednesday) and a man
walked in the Hyatt and just froze,”
David Dick. director of the UK
School of Journalism, said. “He said
‘Is that Bernard Shaw and do.you
think he'd mind if I introduced my-
self'?’ and 1 said ‘No I don’t think
he’d mind at all.’

“And Bernie took the time to talk
with the man," Dick said. “He
didn't try and give him the brush off
and he was genuinely concerned
with him. I have not seen anybody
make people freeze like that since
Walter Cronkite."

America listened as Shaw and fel—
low CNN reporters Peter Amett and
John Holliman described the begin-
ning of the war from the Al-
Rasheed Hotel in Baghdad on Jan.
16.

He talked about how life is differ-
ent since his return.

“Well, bombs don’t go off over
the hotel and cruise missiles don’t
hit targets a block, a half mile, a
mile away and anti-aircraft batteries
aren’t going as close as that red
brick building over there,” he said,
pointing out the window on the 16th
floor of the Hyatt Regency Hotel.
“I’m not working 21-hour days,
which is a relief. In a way 1 was
kind of relieved when the Iraqis
shut us down the following mom-
ing."

But this role of media celebrity
makes Shaw uneasy.

“I don‘t mind the criticism,"
Shaw said. “I expect it. But it’s the
praise I’m not comfortable with.
Being regarded as a hero bothers
me. I‘m a reporter and a journalist.
There was a war being fought and
the three of us were doing our jobs.
We weren‘t seeing a fourth of the
picture, but we were doing it under
lingering death. There were people
dying in the streets."

Those conditions under which he
broadcast have caused him to be
sought out.

He said he could easily do one
public engagement a day for more

Kentucky Kernel. Thursday, Ihreh 28, 1901 - 3

Shaw prefers title of journalist, not showman

 

GREG EANSKe'ne‘ Sta“

DON’T THINK OF HIM AS A ‘HERO’: “I don't mind the criticism," says CNN anchor Bernard Shaw (who spoke at UK Tuesday night) of his stint in Iraq. “I expect it. But it's the
praise I'm not comfortable with. Being regarded as a hero bothers me. I'm a reporter and a journalist. There was a war being fought and the three of us were doing our jobs "

than a year if he wanted.

“I decline over 99 percent of the
speeches,” Shaw said. He said the
offers range from being a celebrity
waiter at fund raisers to giving com-
mencement addresses. The ability to
be close to students and his personal
friendship with Dick led him to ac-
cept the offer to deliver the 14th an-
nual Joe Creason lecture.

But the danger of journalism has
never stopped Shaw from pursuing
it as a career.

“This is what I‘ve wanted to do
since I was 13,” he said with a
smile. “I grew up in a delicious
news town, Chicago. It had four
major dailies and daily commentary
programs. If you wanted to go into
journalism there were lots of oppor-

tunities.”

Later that day in a meeting with
students, he said his opportunity
came while he was still a student at
the University of Illinois and work-
ing for a radio station in Chicago in
1964.

“l was working 50 hours a week
and taking 14 hours in a quarter,”
he said. “But that was my reality.
Each of you will have your Own sets
of reality.”

From Chicago he left for Wash-
ington and joined CBS in 1971. He
stayed there until 1977. before join-
ing ABC. He left there in l980 to
work with CNN.

To a person, the students were en-
thusiastic about talking with Shaw
and listening to him.

 

Minority

Continued from page 1

should have an appropriate balance
of cultures.”

Recruitment at U of L is also
done on a large scale. Having re-
cently created a minority recruit-
ment position in the admissions of-
fice, Minority Affairs has
committed itself to increasing black
enrollment to 11.3 percent by 1995.
A black-scholarship program has
done its part to aid in achieving that
goal by recruiting a record 92 stu-
dents this past fall.

Besides boasting extensive pro-
gramming — like the university’s
10-day celebration of diversity that
included 30 different programs last
year —— U of L also integrates diver-
sity training into its required orien-
tation course and into requirements
for graduate assistants.

Diversity at U of L includes cam-
pus life, too. For example, the uni—
versity has increased the number of
resident advisors that guide students
in residence halls, and a stricter
code of conduct was recently adopt-
ed that prohibits any action consti-
tuting racial harassment.

Efforts to build a “multicultural
center" are under way, but Fitzpa-
trick cautions that the title of the
center should be taken literally ——
the new center would not be exclu-
sively for blacks.

The distinction coincides with the
university's definition of “minori-
ty," which includes breakdowns of
the numbers of Asian-Americans,
American Indians and Hispanics
along with African-Americans.

“The president was really op-
posed to it being just for black stu
dents, having separate centers. He
does not want to segregate the stu-
dents," Fitzpatrick said.

The goal of such a center would
be to have “a place where students
could go to celebrate heritage. so all
students could experience different
cultures," she said.

For Fastem Kentucky Universi-
ty's Charles Whitlock. executive as-

sistant to the president. efforts to in-
tegrate diversity are taking a back
seat to a larger problem — a de-
crease of minority enrollment in the
state.

“We need to do what we can to
encourage continued enrollment. In
the last couple of years, minorities
in Kentucky colleges have dropped
—- that‘s our major concern,“ Whit-
lock said.

According to Sandra Moore, di-
rector of Minority Affairs at EKU,
primary goals of a future cultural
center would include “improving
race relations within the communi-
ty, then making African-Americans
feel comfortable by being around
those like themselves. it would also
serve as a resource center,” she
said.

The program expansion that has
occurred in the past three years
have greatly improved conditions
for EKU's African-American popu-
lation, which accounts for 6.2 per-
cent of the student body. Since
Moore became director, the Minori-
ty Affairs Office and staff has
grown, and the number of minority-
student scholarships has risen from
18 to 33.

Perhaps more importantly to
EKU officials, the number of pro-
jects involving cooperation be-
tween predominantly majority and
minority groups has grown.

“It‘s important for student groups
to work together,“ Moore said.

Whitlock said he would probably
encourage more joint activites on
EKU's campus.

“People need to maintain culture
and heritage, but need to be able to
function in the world, too. Separa-
tism is not the answer,“ he said.

Morehead State University's Mi-
nority Affairs program. despite its
geographic problems in reaching
minorities like African-Americans,
believes that giving minority stu-
dents a place to touch base is its
most important function.

"Our ‘cross-cultural house‘ gives
international and minority students
a chance to get together for relaxa-
tion. A suppon base must be there
along with the need to program
in a way that benefits the entire col

lege community,” said Jerry Gore,
MSU's director of minority affairs.

Gore lists “recruitment and reten-
tion” as important facets of MSU’s
program. MSU has enjoyed a 120
percent increase tn minority stu-
dents in the past three years —— and
African-Americans now account for
286 out of 8,500 students at MSU.
Gore credits the appointment of a
minority-student recruiter and the
inclusion of currently enrolled mi-
nority students in MSU‘s recruit-
ment team for the increase in Afri-
can-Americans.

Gore also hopes that a study on
MSU‘s curriculum will provide
“more diversity" to the current
courses, which include African-
American history courses and a new
course, Black Politics.

Minority affairs programs at
MSU range from peer counselors to
group funding to inviting speakers
so prestigious that many ask Gore
how a school so small can draw
them. A student and faculty panel of
blacks and whites works to “make
things better on campus; to identify
issues and achieve understanding,"
Gore said.

“Understanding” seems to be a
key word for minority affairs, no
matter what the university or poli-
cies regarding recruitment, curricu-
lum and emphasis, simply because
the need to address minority issues
is growing —literally.

”There is a need for this under—
standing one-third of the country
will be part of a minority group by
the year 2000, so the US. will be a
diverse country," Gore said.

CORRECTION

Because of a guest colum-
nist‘s error, Student Govem-
ment Association presidential
candidate Scott Crosbie was
misidentified.

The passage should have
read: “Crosbie and (Keith)
Sparks ask students to look at
what SGA has done over the
last two years. a question
which relates in no direct way
to any of the candidates.“

 

 

 

“He regards his job as a profes-
sion and he's not out for the celebri-
ty,” said Tracey Boyd, editor of the
Kentuckian. “He took the time to
answer questions and sat down Indi-
an-style after his speech to sign au-
tographs."

Other students were encouraged
by Shaw’s example.

“I found it very inspiring," said
Elizabeth Moore, president of the
campus chapter of the Society of
Professional Journalists. “It really
motivates me to stay in journalism.
He said ‘don‘t think of me as a
hero.‘ Idon’t."

Shaw doesn't travel like a here,
either. He made a point of telling
Dick that he was not to be picked up
at the airport in a limousine.

“When he left this morning
(Wednesday), he saw a long white
stretch limousine, and he turned to
me and said ‘1 don‘t like those.’ lt
was clear to me what he meant."
Dick said. “He said ‘joumalists
shouldn‘t ride in cars like that.‘ "

While the students showed re-
spect for Shaw. he proved it was
mutual.

“Students matter most. not the
mortar or the brick." Shaw said.
“They're the heart and soul of a
university. A lot of people don’t re»
alize that being a student is hell. be—
cause you’re unemployed and
you're busy learning and you’re liv-
ing in a culture that's so matenalts-
tic, it‘s pathetic. Let’s face it.
there's very little respect for stu-

dents."

But Shaw shows respect for all he
meets and is interested in them.
Dick said.

“After the speech last night ITues—
day) a Kuwaiti student came up to
him and said he hadn’t heard from
his parents since August." Dick
said. “He took the ttmc to talk with
this student and was very concerned
with helping him."

But for all his effons. Shaw has
no pretensions about what his job is.

"It is not our job to be popular
and the object of adulation." Shaw
\‘ald. “Our job is to gather informa-
tron and report it. Messengers have
always been held tn contempt and
some have been killed. That’s our
role."

Fourth dean candidate visits

By CAROLINE SHIVELY
Staff Writer

Acting Dean of Students David
Stockham -— the final candidate for
the full position —~ will continue in-
terviews with faculty, administra—
tors and students today after meet-
ing with several students last night.

Stockham, one of four finalists
seeking the job, has served as inter-
im dean since October. In the 10
years before that, he served as di—
rector of financial aid at UK.

Stockham said he was seeking
the position of Dean of Students be-

cause it “ts what l‘xc been trained
to do and what I want to do." he
said.

The biggest challenge of Stock—
ham’s interim posiuon was “rapidly
getting up to speed and attempting
to be responsrvc to a broad range of
issues important to students and the
University," he said.

Stockham compared tomtng into
the position of Dean of Students to
“being the little green man from
Mars." However, he said, “I feel
confident that I can do the work.”

Since taking over the interim po—
sition, Stockham said he has ttot im-

plemented any major programs.

Stockham \‘Llld that .tlthough he
does not feel he has an advantage
over the other candidates because of
his posrtton as interim dean, he l\
different from the other finalists.

"l think I‘ve had a better chance
to cxperiencc the position and the
campus has had .I better tbancc to
ctpertcncc me." Stockham \illtl. It
gives people morc of .i chancc '4
judge if i can do well or poorly.

ll Stockham is not thoscn for thc
position of [K l)c;tn t‘l btudcnts. tic
wtll return to his position Ll\‘ dirt-t tor
of Student Financial Aid

 

Hemenway

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way told her about his experience.

When Hemenway was in the Eng-
lish Department, a colleague told
Hemenway he did a nice job With
the Hurston biography, but he
should find a major subject next
time.

Still, some question his interest in
minority affairs w whether ll ts for
his resume or out of genuine con-
cem.

Bratt, an author of a recent report
detailing prejudice against women
that is built into the system at UK.
believes it's the latter.

“Because he‘s experienced that
devaluation of research involving
women. he has a heightened sensi—
tivity to the types of problems wom—
cn researchers so often run into,"
Bratt said.

While many view Hemenway as
the intellectual leader of the Univer-
sity, some of his administrative
practices haven‘t been received
quite so well.

He has created a program to re-
ward innovation and excellence in
the various departments of the Lex-
ington Campus. Funding comes
from taking 1 percent of the Lexing-

ton Campus' base budget.

Because awards tn the Itrst~ycar
program have not been made. He—
tncnway said it is premature to say
the program will inhibit provrdtng
basic departmental needs.

After Hemenway‘s candidacy for
the presidency of the University of
Nebraska in November, many won-
der not if he will leave UK, but
when.

Hemenway, however, vows his
commitment to UK and his unfin-
tshcd agenda on the lx‘xmgton
Campus.

At the tune of the Nebraska
search, Bratt said Hcmcnway's per-
sonality trtade it obvious that “tilti-
mately he was gorng to want to
have a University of his own to
run.“

Hemenway has steadfastly re-
fused to say what his next adminis-
trative position will be. He was
nominated for the UK presidency
but withdrew.

Regardless of what he wants to
do, most of what Hemenway is do
ing has been received favorably by
many on the Lexington Campus.

Among his programs, Hemenway
announced a 10-point Lexington
Campus Agenda in fall I989 to
move the campus into the let cen-
tury. He also has made a priority of
hiring of women and ethnic minori-
tics.

Hemenway "made the chancellor

who we, on the Lextngton Campus.
look up to for gutdancc rather than
the president," Student