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Vol. LXV No. 84
Thursday, December-6, 1973

an independent student newspaper

University of Kentucky
Lexington. KY. 40506

 

 

 

 

Energy crisis

may limit

holiday travel

By NORMANDI ELLIS

Kernel Sta ft Writer

News In Brlef

By The Associated Press
and The Kernel Staff

OPettit wins
OEmbargo relaxed
COflensive launched
eLegislation moving
°Coupons proposed

0Nixon disturbed

OToday's weather...

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WHEN IT COMES to leaving all the
problems of college behind and getting
home in time for Christmas. getting home
may be a hassle.

Because of the energy crisis. many
modes of tramportation are limited for
students leaving Lexington. Whether by
car. bus. air. or train it appears that if
arrangements ha ven‘t already been made.
some people will be literally standing out
in the cold.

Faye McKay. secretary to the director
of the American Auto Association. (AAA)
said she had received reports from airlines
stating that almost every flight south has
been booked through the first of January.
“If they haven‘t made their reservations
by now they don‘t have a chance."

HER REPORTS indicate that air flights
have been cut by 15-20 per cent due to the
current fuel shortage. All Christmas
flights have been booked a month or more
in advance. Stand-by flight passengers'
chances of getting in on cancelled reser-
vations seats are minimal.

However. a representative from Eastern
Airlines reported that air schedules have
not been drastically cut back due to lack of
fuel. Eastern Airlines are operating at
normal flight load because of the holiday
season peak. “Some space is available
depending on where you want to go," she
said. “but the seating situation is tight."

If students who drive leave immediately
after the last final exam on Friday, Dec.
21. McKay said the gasoline shortage may
be as drastic. “I really feel like that those
that aren‘t traveling on weekends won‘t
have any problems."

FOSTER PETTI‘I‘

OLEXINGTON. Ky.—Fayette Circuit
Judge James Park Jr. has issued an
opinion that Foster Pettit should be cer-
tified [as mayor of the new merged
Lexington-Fayette County Government.

Park's opinion, issued Wednesday.
reverses the outcome of the Nov. 6 elec-
tion. in which Municipal Judge James
Amato was declared mayor-elect by a 112-
vote margin.

AAA IS (‘l'RRENTLY conducting a
survey to find which stations are open on
Sunday until the Sunday closing law
becomes effective.

“With Christmas being on Tuesday.
most stations will be open Christmas Eve.
Monday." she said.

“People keep calling and asking if
stations will be open on Christmas Day,“
she said. “We have no idea. No one knows
from weekend to weekend."

A ROAD service is being implemented
for AAA members driving on Sundays.
which services 45 counties. “We are trying
to locate different stations in different
areas where members will be able to
contact a station owner or employee.
Sunday services will include charging
batteries. fixing tires. any service a ser-
vice station could supply. except selling
gas."

McKay said since tourists are the
“bread and butter" of the gasoline in-
dustry. most interstate service stations
would be the best place to tank up on
gasohne.

The fuel shortage probably won‘t hit
Lexington until after most students have
left. Gas stations normally have enough
gas until the end of the month when they
start running short.

WHEN THIS occurs. McKay said most
gasoline stations place a $5 fill up or a 10
gallon per tank limit on motorists. ”There
may be a problem on the other end of the
line. if students are trying to get back to
Lexington in late December."

OWASIIINGTON—Saudi Arabian oil
minister Sheik Ahmed Zaki Yamani said
Wednesday his government would relax
its oil embargoin phased steps with Israeli
withdrawal from occupied Arab lands. He
told newsmen following an hour meeting
with Secretary ofState Henry A. Kissinger
that “if lsrael decides to withdraw and
agrees to a timetable there could be a
timetable to relax the embargo."

.SAIGON—South Vietnamese troops
backed by bombers launched a counter-
offensive Wednesday to retake a district
capital and ease North Vietnamese
pressure on a provincial capital. field
reports said.

OWASIIINGTON—The House Com—
merce Committee Wednesday pushed
slowly toward a scheduled Friday vote on
the emergency energy legislation
requested by President Nixon.

 

The AAA suggests “Watch your
gasoline. When it gets down to the half
mark. start looking for a station. Drive on
the upper half of your tank."

Train service anywhere near Lexington
simply does not exist. The closest
departure station near this city is in
Louisville.

Dl'E TO THE increase in holiday traffic
and the Amtrak crisis almost all con-
nections anywhere in the nation are
already booked.

Amtrak only has one train leaving daily
to most cities and most include out of the
way routes to serve the major cities along
the way. The train trips are slow. booked
in advance and the lines are limited. It
may not be possible to get directly to the
city of one‘s choice.

Buses appear to be the most economical.
available means of traveling home for the
holidays. Barbara Gardner. assistant vice
president of Greyhound public relations.
urged more use of bus transportation as a
means of conserving fuel.

”AFTER Al.l.."" she said. “we are the
most economical way to travel. We carry
more people for fewer miles per gallon.”

“The fuel shortage is hurting everyone.“
she continued. “But we have been granted
priority status. however. it is a problem. a
great problem.“

Bus rates have not been increased due to
the high cost of gas. As for future fare
hikes. Gardner said. “This depends on
people using the bus service. If we fill up
our buses. we won‘t have to raise prices.“

Continued on Page 10

.WASIIINGTON—President Nixon's
energy advisers. considering proposals to
ration gasoline. are leaning toward a plan
in which coupons would be transferable
and have value like money.

.WASIIINGTON—President Nixon was
described Wednesday as being “very. very
disturbed" when he heard three weeks ago
that 18 minutes ofa subpoenaed Watergate
tape had been obliterated.

“He was almost incredulous that this
could have happened." Nixon‘s chief of
staff. Alexander M. Haig Jr.. told us.
District Judge John J. Sirica.

...winter strikes

Winter will really strike today. A 20 per
cent chance of snow flurries is predicted
with temperatures in the low 40's
decreasing to the mid 20$ tonight. The
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Published by the Kernel Press Inc.. 1272 Priscilla I ane. lexington. Ky. Begun as
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Editorials represent the (pinion of the editors, not the i'niversib'

Vote for amnesty

The issue of amnesty, too long overshadowed by
Washington scandals, must soon emerge from the darkness
of its forgotten abyss to the realm of political awareness.

Full citizenship is denied a large portion of the American
population because of overt acts of opposition to the Viet-
nam War. Government estimates show 400,000 have lost
rights of citizenship. Groups suffering some form of “legal

disability” include:

OThose in prison for draft evasion;

OCivilian anti-war demonstrators;

.Self—imposed exiles in another country;
0 Those compelled to desert from the armed forces because
of conscientious opposition to the war;
0 Vietnam veterans with less than honorable discharges,

because of anti-war activity.

 

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Amnesty. with a long and distinguished history in the
United States. has been employed by 15 presidents and
Congress. On July 4. 1794. George Washington granted
"pardons“ to all who participated in the Whiskey Rebellion.

No general amnesties have been granted during this
century: in all likelihood. President Nixon will continue his

steadfast opposition. ("Amnesty means forgiveness . .

we

cannot provide for them . . " Jan. 30. 1973). This leaves the

burden to Congress.

A bill proposed by Rep. Bella Abzug—HR 236—would
provide amnesty for persons who have violated laws in
protest of US. involvement in Indochina.

Because years will pass before amnesty is ever fully
realized. supporters must now encourage discussion of this

and other legislation.

Correction

An editorial in Wednesday‘s Kernel 'said that if the

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Letters

 

Devoid of Insight

The recent film review of “The Way We
Were" is seemingly totally devoid of in-
sight. Apparently Ms. Jones was so cap-
tivated by Redford's teeth that she missed
the entire point. The article is riddled with
thoroughly meaningless statements to
which I must strenuously object. Redford
never outdoes Streisand; she is perhaps
this second-rate movie‘s redeeming force.
She is the life ofa film which is essentially
about a group of people who lack the
vitality and the depth of concern to make a
stand for truth. Excepting Streisand as
Katie and her very small forces, the movie
exposes the comfortably rich American
way of life, everything coming too easily.
Hubbell‘s world is dotted with faces
without life. lovely manequin-like women
and disgustingly shallow, absurd men. He
vacillates between this mindless, com-
fortable world and Katie‘s world of
compassion. intensity and pain. She ac—
cepts suffering; he numbs himself with

Perhaps what irked me most about the
review was the statement ”Hubbell is
lured to Katie‘s apartment." Come now,

an open and accepted invitation hardly
suggests deception. Furthermore, her
efforts were not only to seduce him but to
awaken his sleeping sensibilities. The love
they experience is not strictly physical;
Hubbell respects the woman‘s integrity.
This is what initially attracts him to her.
The relationship fails because he is
threatened by her ruthless morality.
Finally, he abandons the striving a
novel would require and writes TV scripts.
realizing some day to day reward for his
small efforts. There is a comfort and ease
with a new woman who is but a beautiful
presence.

The movie is about a woman‘s faith in a
man. a faith in the strength of his integrity
which he finally sells out without even a
skirmish.

If you must review a movie, feel it!

Michal Ann Smith

rising food costs those using Plan III would face a $158 in-
crease. The correct figure is really $71. We apologize for

any confusion caused by the error.

San Diego gas shortage imaginary!

SAN DIEGO — Up in Seattle the other
day a motorist tried to arrest a
Washington State trooper for exceeding
the new 50-mile-an-hour limit. but here in
“Paradise" a sophomore girl at Mission
Bay High School said. “The gas shortage is
all something the government cooked up,
except the people of this country won‘t let
it happen.“

San Diego. Sunshine City. is a town of
happy endings. The long voyages of the
Pacific Fleet wind up here in happy
reunions in much the same way as the trek
west has ended in prosperity for the
hundreds of tho‘uSands who‘ve settled on
the hills above San Diego‘s still unpolluted
bay waters.

In Paradise the planned expressways
don‘t clog up. This is a place where they
believe you can have the best of all worlds,
so they have a single 25 cents fare for the
buses. which the inhabitants say they like
to use because they come often and take
you anywhere in the county.

TIII~Z GAS AND electric bill for a family
of five will run $22 a month; food is cheap
and the natives apologize when the sun is

out and the temperature is a zephyry 70
degrees because of the tranquil presence
of a happy white cloud in the sky. Two days
here could be two centuries, for con-
tentment is eventless. thus rendering time
unmeasurable. You could go back East
over those mountains only to look into the
mirror and find your face cracked with
age.

But San Diego isn‘t wholly cutoff from
the moods of the rest of the nation.

The great, bouncy. brown grizzly bear in
the city‘s magnificent zoo no longer gives
his visitors a military salute. Now, in
keeping with our more nonviolent feelings
he does an ursine somersault, leaps to his
feet and waves. A koala dozes through the
days. hidden among the leaves of a
eucalyptus tree like Mike Mansfield in the
Senate. and there is a mandrill with an
alarming likeness to Gen. Alexander
Haig; none of the 1.600 species brought to
the zoo from out of nature resembles
Richard Nixon.

NOTHING HERE IS conducive to going
out of your way to find substantive
problems. This is Sunshine City. and

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neither the news nor the weather is bad.
When the United States National Bank, the
one controlled by Nixon‘s buddy, C. Ar-
nholt Smith. went down, it was the biggest
bank sinking in American history. The San
Diego Union. one of the town’s two
newspapers. put the story on the first
page, all right: on the first page of the
second section.

The bank had 63 branches and 335,000
depositors, and the newspaper ran a
headline which said, “CROCKER BUYS
U.S. NATIONAL.“ The lead paragraph
told San Diego that “San Francisco-based
Crocker Bank was the successful bidder
last night to purchase . . United States
National Bank. this city‘s largest locally
owned bank.“ It was not until the seventh
paragraph that the readers were informed
that this was a government-forced sale
because the bank could not meet its
obligations. Sunshine journalism.

The paper is run by Victor (The Brute)
Krulak. an ex—Marine general who says he
got his nickname because “I was a shy
little fellow at Annapolis." A quiet, polite
man. he is the head of the city‘s beloved

 

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Nicholas Von Hoffman

Kin. natures syndicate

zoo and an editor who thinks he’s on the
outer perimeters when running a series on
drugs and professional athletes three
years after Sports Illustrated did it.

THE BRUTE‘S EDITORIALS are
conservative but as mild as the weather.
Why go against the community grain? The
poor here live as well as the middle class
do in other places.

San Diego may be an extreme case of
contentment, but for the better part of two
generations many American communities
have been paradise for their people as our
power has enabled us to suck up the wealth
of the world and ship it home to enjoy. NOW
the Arabs say no more oil; the rest of the
world is charging us premium prices, and
predictions of shortages, unemployment.
worthless money and hardship are as
plentiful as the predictions that gas will be
scarce.

If bad news comes to San Diego how will
these happy people take it? What will they
do when it rains? Who will they turn to?

IT'S ONE THING to bite the apple in
Paradise, but it‘s another to bite bullet.

  

 opinion from inside and outside the university community

 

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What are we going to do with our trash?

By SHELLY GRIFFITH

One of the most pressing problems of our
time is that of preserving environmental
quality and reducing all forms of pollution.
Present trends in pollution could be
disastrous if allowed to continue in
definitely. Public and government at-
tention has often been directed towards
water pollution, air pollution and the
energy crisis. However, not nearly enough
attention has been given to the problem of
solid-waste disposal. Each year, ap-
proximately $4.5 billion is spent to collect
and dispose of 3.5 billion tons of solid waste
in either open dumps or landfills. Some
cities, in need of dumping areas forwastes,
have even proposed making arrangements
with train companies to haul their trash
300 to 400 miles away to the nearest
available land. Because of the ur-
banization of our nation and the steady
introduction of more conveniently

packaged consumer items (metals,
plastics) into our society, it is becoming
increasingly obvious that a casual ap-
proach to solid waste management is not
feasible. Obviously, it is not possible now
to just throw garbage away. As the earth
becomes more crowded, there is no longer
an “away.” One person’s trash basket is
another’s living space.

Presently, as a solution to the waste
disposal problem, Stanford Research
Institute is investigating the feasability of
the development of a machine, a
“separator”, that, through the use of air
pressure, could sort out five different
types of waste materials, most of which
could be reused. Until such a machine is
developed however, the dream of most
experts in the solid waste disposal field is
the concept of total recycling. Due to the
lack of government funds and regualtions
in the solid waste disposal field, any major

changes in any solid waste disposal system
would have to originate in the efforts of a
local group.

AT THE University of Kentucky, a
campus organization has been formed to
study environmental problems at UK. At
first, emphasis was given to the initiation
of paper recycling programs. However,
after discussing other universities' solid
waste disposal systems, and the difficulty
in establisyhing recycling programs, the
need for a broader outlook on waste
disposal programs at UK was recognized.
R rch‘into all aspects of waste at UK
has’ been initiated. Hopefully, after the
research is completed, we will be able to

propose ways to dispose of all types of

wastes as well as methods to reduce air
and water pollution if such proposals are
needed. However, as mentioned before,
what is needed to bring about any changes
are interested people.

As it stands now, the paper recycling
program on campus is not profitable
because of the large amount of energy
expended to keep the projects going.
Despite this, it is necessary to prove that a
market for recycled paper exists before a
University wide recycling program is
established. To continue with the present
paper recycling programs and to deter-
mine what type of pollution problems exist
at UK, students are needed.

HOPEFULLY. with student help, by the
end of spring semester, the environmental
quality of UK can be determined and
means to reduce types of pollution
established.

Shelley Griffith is Student
Government’s Commissioner of
Physical Environment.

Nixon's energy speech passes the buck

By ALBERT VJ". CREWE
THE new YORK TIMES NEWS SERVICE
CHICAGO — In his energy crisis
speech President Nixon called on Amer-
ica’s scientific community to develop
new sources of energy. The presump-
tion made by the President is that the
current crisis is in some way a scien-
tific, technological problem. If that
were so, we would be in greater
trouble, for the American scientific
community is in difficulty at the mo-
ment because the Nixon Administra-
tion has begun to dismantle this coun-
try’s strength in basic research.

Brilliant ideas in science come from
brilliant young people, their minds
unfettered by conventional thought. In
the last several years we’ve witnessed
an alarming decline in the numbers
of these people. In fact, there has
been a deliberate attempt by the Ad-
ministration to bring about this de-
cline; the result is that the pool of
people in basic research is less than
it should be—less than is needed. Fur-
ther, President Nixon has very little
access to this group of people. He has
no science adviser; the man charged
with carrying out some of that func-

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hand. It is a pity that Mr. Nixon dis‘
inantled the structure that served his
predecessors, for the energy crisis is
it long-term problem and will reqque
long-term solutions. Such solutions will
come from new ideas. and we only get
ncw ideas by having a strong basic
research community of people who arc
aware of social needs. Should a break-
through occur, this pool of scientist;
and scholars is available to turn new
developments in the necessary direc-
tions.

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ideas nearly always conic front pcopl;
engaged in basic research. If, for in-
stance. in 1939 the military require-
ment was for a \cry large bomb. the
undoubted approach would have been
to go to the explcsnes experts anzl
chemical companies and say: “Build
a bomb. the bigger the better.“ Those
people might haxe come up with a ten-
ton or twenty-ton bomb: no one would
have thought to take the project to a
nuclear physicist involved in basic re
search of the structure of the nucleus.
Yet that is, of course, precisely where
the A-bomb came from. The idea for
nuclear fission was. of course, a mat-
ter of pure chance by people doing
basic research—that is by people no.
at all interested in the production of
an A-bomh. Nevertheless, the facts
emerged that a bomb could be made.

Ideas for solung any one problem,
can ar:se—and often do arise from
totally different areas Similarly, had
we decided in 1955 to cure polio, the
obvious approach would have been to
go to the medical community; their
obvious reaction would haw been to
build thousands and thousands of iron
lungs. But the soluticn to polio came
from people who \vcrc building on a

 

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or the nature of xiruws
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oped through crash programs. thn.
b} Presidential fiat, it “its decided to
int an :\lllt'Tl(.lll on the moon b_\
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bi. a crash cngini-cr'inu program. 'l‘hat
approarh was corn-ct \llllllh begaiisc
all lllt' basic rcscarth on the problcni
had lict'n done .‘ltitl vt-ars ago by
Isaac Ncwton. What was l't‘tlllll‘t‘d was
a concentration of manpower and
money.

'lcmporan cures to llll' energy trisis
might bi- prmidcd the same way. I
i‘rcsuntc that sonn- shortetcrm il\t‘llUt’\
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hi taken. such as urging pt'oplt‘ to rc-
diicc their fuel consumption and fur-
thcr exploration for new sltpplics’ of

l().\.\ll fuels

Albert V.F. Crewe is dean of the
division of the physical sciences
at the University of Chicago.

      
   
     
   
   
    
  
    
   
   
   
   
  
     
   
   
   
     
  
   
    
   
    
    
  
   
   
   
  
  
  
   
  
 
 
 
 
 
   
   
  
     
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
  
  
   
    
     
 
 
 
 
 
  
  
 
  
  

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Cancer research

Goldenberg's recent discovery allows
early detection in beginning stages

By TRACY GANTZ
Kernel Staff Writer

The best way to combat cancer is to discover it
in its early stages, because as yet there is no
cure. Dr. David M. Goldenberg. UK professor of
pathology, is directing a study of cancer
detection which may further such discovery
immensely.

Goldenberg is continuing research begun in
1965 by Drs. Phil Gold and Samuel 0. Freedman
of McGill University in Montreal. They
discovered a substance—carcinoembryonic
antigen tCEAi-produced by cancers in the
digestive tract and fetal tissue.

GOLDENBERG and his team produced an
antibody in animals and attached a radioactive
substance to it. which in turn produced a
radioantibody.

Human tumors were transplanted into the
cheek pouches of hamsters. These tumors are
not lethal to the animals. However. hamsters
provide an ideal locale for tumor growth and
(‘EA production.

Goldenberg then injected the radioantibody
into the hamsters. The radioantibody attached
itself to the CEA in the tumor. Therefore. when
x-rayed. the tumor could be detected by the
accumulation of the radioantibody at the
location of the tumor.

GOLDENBERG has been successful in
detecting tumors as small as 70 milligrams (l-
400 of an ounce) in the hamsters.

“Because of such promising results, work is
now in progress to make these radioantibodies
suitable for use in cancer patients,“ said
Goldenberg.

They are now attempting to extend the method
to monkeys. Goldenberg added that it is hoped
this will bea finalstep before use on humans.

THE MONKEYS. however. do not grow
tumors as well as hamsters, so it may take time
to perfect the system. Monkeys do produce
antibody well and, according to Goldenberg, it
may be possible to get this antibody from
monkeys for eventualuse in man. Currently they
are using a goatas a source of this antibody.

Goldenberg estimates it will be another six to
nine months before they can begin to use the
system on humans here. “We have to know the
limitations of the method, as well as the ad—
vantages." he said.

For example, the lowest amounts of the an-
tibody and the radioisotope that can be given to
enable detection of a tumor must be determined.
Different radioisotopes can also be used if the
current one (iodine 125) does not work as well in
humans.

ONE BIG advantage of this system will be in
post—operative cases. His method could possi-
bly be used to detect metastases (secondary
growths).

Pending further research. this method may
enable doctors to detect certain cancers before
they attain a dangerous size, as well as to inform
them whether metastases have already oc-
curred.

This program is part of a larger one resear-
ching various aspects of the biology and im-
munology of human cancer. It is funded by the
American Cancer Society, the National Cancer
Institute. and the Damon Runyon Memorial
Fund for Cancer Research.

 

 

 

 

Gay Liberation Front desires
equal recognition and status

By DALE S. BRL'SO

Kernel Staff Writer
Bob Morgan and Terry Lloyd
are gay and they‘d like people to
recognize that fact. In particular,
they‘d like the University to
recognize it and grant the Gay
Liberation Front (GLF) the
status of a student organization.
Finding local GLF members is
rather difficult. Few. if any, have
telephones and aquaintances are

Analysis

reluctant to give out their ad-
dresses. But according to
Morgan. “it‘s not because we
want it thatway. We‘re as blatant
as we can be. If we were a
campus organization, we could
receive mail and have our of-
ficers listed. But there is nothing
like that."

MORGAN AND Lloyd recently
discussed campus gay life and
leveled charges that the
University discriminates against
gays. Among the charges, they
alleged that the administration
fired two faculty members that
had supported GLF. Neither
would name the faculty members
for publication.

Dean of Students Jack Hall
refused to comment on the
matter. “I‘m not going to gointo
matters outside the realm of my
responsibility,“ Hall said.

GLF began its bid for
recognition two years ago. When
the University denied the
organization recognition. they
took the matter to Federal
District Court. After receiving

adverse decision there. the group
appealed the decision to the
Circuit Court of Appeals in
Cincinnati. They are currently
awaiting a verdict.

IN AN lit-PAGE position paper
written before the litigation
began. Hall outlined the
recognition issue and the reasons
he denied GLF recognition. Hall
said the stated purpose of the
organization was “overly broad
and vague" and the ad-
ministration has had “marked
difficulty...in contacting the
designaterd representatives of
the Gay Liberation Front.”

GLF is already allowed to use
University facilities through
Free L'. they said. Morgan
explained the organization
made a deal with the Dean of
Students office for temporary use
of the facilities until a final
decision is reached in court. They
meet as Free US Gay Liberation
Workshop.

WHEN ASKED why Gay
Liberation could meet on campus
through Free U. but could not be
recognized and meet as GLF,
Hall said, “Free U has not asked
for space for Gay Liberation and
we have not given it to them. We
furnished them space for a class
relating to homosexuality."

Morgan said there is a need for
alternatives to the present
situation gay people find
themselves in. “Bars are the
only place for gays to gather and
they're known to be Mafia~
controlled. if the University
would open its facilities this
would change," he said.

Morgan said that the biggest

need for gay people is recognition
and an identity. “We‘re not
representative of gay people. A
lot of gay people are afraid of gay
lib, for various reasons. The way
gay people are treated in society
make them paranoid of us,“
Morgan said.

GLF has about 25 members.
but no formal membership
exists. Morgan said. Both
believe. however. that a much
larger gay community exists on
campus. Quoting various studies
of sexual activity—such as those
conducte by Kinsey and Playboy
magazine-they estimated 6-10
per cent of the population is gay.

“There is a noticeably small
number i three or four) of women
as compared to men,“ in gay
liberation Morgan said. He
suggested gay women may be
doubly repressed—as women and
as gays.

MORGAN AND Lloyd said the
University discriminates against
gays in other ways besides
refusing to recognize GLF.
They said the library will not
stock gay lib periodicals and
efforts to get gay speakers have
been unsuccessful.

Most people have a distorted
image of gay people, they said.
“Most people feel that gays are
purely sexual people. We‘re
concerned with every facet of gay
life and the way that gays relate
to society. People don't un—
derstand that, Jack Hall can‘t
understand that. You might
consider us an alternative life
style," Morgan said. “A viable
alternative," Lloyd added
quietly.

  

Adelstein notes the past,
predicts a bright future

By RON MITCHELL
Kernel Staff Writer

As a professor in the English
department. Dr. Michael
Adelstein knew very little about
the decision—making process of
the University and often won-
dered why certain decisions were
made.

When he became chairman of
the University Senate last
January he was launched into a
position where he came into close
contact with the administration
and those making major
decisions. It was then he found
out how complicated the
University‘s decision-making
process really is.

"I THINK THAT only by rising
to a position such as this can you
realize the way in which
everyone is dependent upon
everyone else. I can perceive the
difficulty in effecting major
changes in the University,"
Adelstein said.

Although he is technically
considered a small part of the
administration, Adelstein is not
at all inhibited to talk about the
problems of the University or
how he looks at the institution

Most of his time is spent in a
small. cluttered office in the
basement of the administration
building. Since the Senate
chairman is only a part time
position. he finds time to teach
one English class.

AS CHAIRMAN. Adelstein is
responsible for coordinating the
Senate Council, the ad-
ministratjve arm of the Senate.

The Council meets every
Tuesday afternoon to consider
and evaluate proposals to the
Senate‘s monthly agenda.

‘The real joy about this
position is it gives you the op-
portunity to discuss issues with
members of the administration.
Too often administrators talk
only with each other and theorize
about what is going on—this