xt7h445hdw6d https://exploreuk.uky.edu/dips/xt7h445hdw6d/data/mets.xml The Kentucky Kernel Kentucky -- Lexington The Kentucky Kernel 1978-12-01 Earlier Titles: Idea of University of Kentucky, The State College Cadet newspapers  English   Contact the Special Collections Research Center for information regarding rights and use of this collection. The Kentucky Kernel  The Kentucky Kernel, December 01, 1978 text The Kentucky Kernel, December 01, 1978 1978 1978-12-01 2020 true xt7h445hdw6d section xt7h445hdw6d ' A traveler’s tale of two cities. . .

By NELL FIELDS
Images Editor

Cart New York and Washington be
squeezed into one Thanksgiving
weekend? Maybe not, but there was
time enough for a college reporter to
capture some impressions. if not the
essence of America‘s most famous
cities.

New York — the setting for scores
of books. plays. musicals and movies.
Holden Caulfield roamed its streets.
lovers walked (god forbid they should
do so today) barefoot in the'park. The
modern day Romeo and Juliet of West

Side Story crooned on top of a
tenement there.

When she arrived at La Guardia
Airport. which makes Blue Grass
Field look like a Fischer-Price special.
she looked a bit lost. Fortunately she
got directions from a Time-Life. Inc.
picture editor on how to reach Port
Authority bus station. where she was
to meet her father.

Big city style

She noticed a lot that day about
New York. She noticed that people
who lived in the city lived the way they
wanted.

As she and her father passed the
New York Public Library with its two
huge marble lions guarding the
entrance. she saw two young men
smoking a bowl of marijuana.
Normally it‘s not an unusual sight.

But when she saw businessmen, clad
in pin-stripes and grey Ilannels.
sharing joints in a discreet group. she
did a double take.

One man with a patch of pure white
hair walked slowly with a group of
younger men wearing jeans. The man
took a long drag off a marijuana
cigarette and passed it down the line.

corporation executive smoking ajoint
doesn‘t even rate a glance in the Big
Apple. Only she and her father paid
any attention to him.

For lunch. the big thing was ice
skating at Rockefeller Center.
Hundreds of people sat and ate lunch
while they watched senior citizens
wearingtutus and tight ski pants skate.

At lunch everybody young and
old , drank wine with their Gyro
sandwiches. Gyro‘s are also called
kangaroo sandwiches because they're
made of fried. shaved beef stuffed in a
pouch.

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Vol. LXXI, No. 74
Friday, December 1. I978

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By DA ‘10 MAYNARD/ Kernel Staff

A few more pages

When classes are over for the day. it‘s
only the beginning of study time for
many. Computer science freshman

Ron Nagel found some extra minutes
for an English book after class
yesterday in the Classroom Building.

A businessman who looks like atop

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an independent student newspaper

Continued on page 6

Senior women recognized

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s; NELI. FIELDS] Kernel Staff

l'niversity of Kentucky
Lexington. Kentucky

Panhellenic honors high school standouts

By MARY ANN aucnxar
Copy Editor

The Student Center may be more
crowded today when over 100 high
school senior women from around the
state visit campus and attend afashion
show and special seminars scheduled
for their “Recognition Day.“

The third annual Outstanding High
School Senior Women‘s Recognition
Day was organized by UK‘s
Panhellenic Council. Its purpose is to
“recognize those young women in
Kentucky who have given time. effort
and dedication to their high school
and/or community.“ according to
Margie McQuilkin. assistant dean of
students.

Over l4 one-hour seminars dealing
with different aspects of UK life are
scheduled for today. although the time
element restricts each senior to

attending four. When selected by their
guidance counselors. the seniors
selected the four seminars they wanted
to attend.

The seminar topics include
admissions. women‘s athletics.
financial aid‘work study. housing.
health fields. home economics.
journalism. and education.

.In addition. they can take a
scheduled tour of campus and the
Seaton Center.

The women attend two seminars in
the morning and two in the afternoon.
all held in the Student Center.
Attending one of the four Panhellenic
Who sessions is required.

Named assistant dean of students
for sororities this fall. McQuilkin‘s
responsibilities included recognition
day. Although she has been advising
the various Panhellenic committees.
she has left the work to the women. she
said.

“I'm here if they need me. but I‘ve
put the responsibility on their
shoulders." she said. “They‘ve done a
greatjob in getting the plans together.“

Each Panhellenic Who session is
conducted by one of four sorority
women chosen to represent sorority
life for the outstanding seniors. They
will answer general questions on
Greek lite and CK activities.

McQuilkin said the Panhellenic
council sponsors this recognition day
without stressing Greek life because
“we feel this opportunity allows the
women to come up here and see what
college life is all about."

“We are promoting UK to these
outstanding senior women as well as
helping them.“ she said. “We are
making people available to them to
answer any questions they might have
about college. especially if they don‘t
have anyone else to ask.“

.WOI‘I’ICII

McQuilkin said she thought the
Greeks were getting very little
exposure. adding. “but we think the
day is well worth it.“

At noon today. Panhellenic has
planned a disco fashion show and
luncheon to be held at the Student
Center. One woman from each
sorority will model clothes furnished
by Lexington stores such as Meyer's.
Embry‘s. Casual Corner. Main Affair.
Dawahare‘s and Collage.

Makeup will be done by Gallery
Girl. and Superhair is cutting. perming
or styling the models‘ hair.

Carol Brandon. chairwoman of the
Panhellenic Council will welcome the
to UK at an 8 am.
organizational meeting. ‘

The seniors will be on campus until
4 pm. today. Women who came from
distant areas of the state arrived last
night and stayed in the sorority
houses.

Study finds UK 1st in social prestige

LOUISVILLE (AP) ~ The final
score: Kentucky ll6. Louisville 5. but
it didn‘t happen on the basketball
court. Those are prestige. ratings.

A new consumer guide to colleges
ranks Kentucky first in prestige with
”6 points; gives Louisville a 5;
Transylvania College 6 points and
Centre College 5.

Georgetown. Asbury and Eastern
scored one prestige point each and
Western got 2 points. No other
Kentucky schools were rated.

UK did well nationally. placing in
the “high“ prestige category with such
schools as Vassar. the University of
Chicago and Washington and Lee.

Louisville landed in the “moderate"
category along with Centre and
Transylvania.

“It‘s meaningless but interesting."
said U of L Faculty Senate Chairman
Carl Abner after learing ofthe ratings.

“UK is a social school. I would say
this is the sort of thing that detracts
from a school.“

Daniel Reedy. secretary of I’K‘s
faculty group. said he was “delighted
to know UK is so high on the social
register. so to speak. We're in nice
company."

Mark Williams. U of L‘s student
trustee. said “everybody makes
mistakes. I doubt if many people pay
attention to books like that."

Billy Bob Renncr. IYK student
government vice president. agreed.

“I don‘t think a book like this would
in any way determine what school a
student would go to.“ said Renncr. a
native of Somerset. “I didn‘t even
know they existed until after I got to
UK.“

The consumer guide was prepared
by Gene Hawes. who has published l6
books on higher education topics.

Each school‘s prestige rating is
determined by the numer of its
students or alumni whose families are
listed in the I977 Social Register ,
described in the book as a “reasonably
accurate. complete and independent
listing of members of America‘s
richest. oldest and most socially
prominent families."

Hawes admitted that this method
tends to be biased against small
schools. southern schools and
women‘s schools but he takes the
prestige ratings seriously.

“Americans necessarily surmisethat
social prestige and academic quality
go hand in hand. Their surmise is in
large part correct." Hawes says in the
book.

In social achievement ratings. UK
came out on top in the state. placing in
the “high" category with I40 points

while ll of I. was second with 90 but.

was in the “moderately high"

nationwide rankings.

UK and U of L ranked the same in
the faculty salary. student—costs and .
admission comparisons.

Median faculty salaries at both
schools were rated “low average“
compared with others around the
country. but no adjustments were
made for cost of living differences.

Both schools rate a “very low" on
expense and an “easy“ regarding
admissions.

“Easy." as Hawes explained it.
means a high school student with a C
average “could almost certainly be
admitted.“

Abner says he wasn‘t impressed by
Hawes‘ findings.

“We know there are certain'
prestigious institutions in the country

Yale and Harvard. But when you
get down to the lower classes ~ and
that‘s where we are , A the comparisons
are a little silly."

 

—1oday

local

THE LEXINGTON-FAYETTE l'RBAN COI’NTY
GOVERNMENT will operate within its budget the next
fiscal year and local officials will observe President Carter's
proposed inflation fighting guidelines. Mayor .lim Amato
said yesterdav

Amato was one of several oliictals who met Iiievday with
Carter. Vice President Walter I-. Mondale and
administration officials in Washington.

At a press conference. Amato said. “T he word must be
spread." about Carter's plan. including his call for a seven

percent ceiling on wage hikes and a 5 45 percent limit on
price increases

state

THE INITIAI. SCREENING OF APPLICANTS for the
lob as president of Western Kentucky l'niversny can be
done behind closed doors. according to the state attorney
general‘s office.

In a opinion released yesterday. ASSistant Attorney
General Carl Miller said a screening committee appointed
by the Western Kentucky L'niversity Board of Regents is not
a public agency subject to the state open meetings law

The committee is composed of five members ofthe board
of regents and I0 other persons Ihe committee is to
recommend 20 finalists from more than l00 applicants for

futher consideration as a replacement for retiring Western
President Dero Downing.

ACCORDING TO A STATE LEGISLATIVE
LEADER Gov. Julian Carroll is “leaning toward." calling a
second special session in January. to deal with issues.
including tax cuts and a reduction oftraffic fines. in the call
for the Dec. ll session.

Adjourning the special session » called Nov. l7 by Lt.
Gov. Thelma Stovall while she was serving as acting
governor was one alternative discussed earlier this week
at a meeting of the Democratic leaders of the Hou'se and
Senate.

Rep, l loyd Clapp. D-Wingo. House speaker pro tem. said
most of the leaders who attended a meeting Monday “are
leaning heavily" toward recommending adjournment to
their colleagues if Carroll agrees to schedule a second special
session to begin in January.

nation

NEW FEDERAL PRICE CEILINGS 0N NATl'RAL
GAS taking effect today are expected to boost the average
household's gas bills by about Sld next year. to a total of
‘nearly $300.

The higher price ceilings are included in legislation
approved by Congress after an Iii-month battle and signed
by President Caner Nov. 9. that is intended to provide added
incentives for industry to explore for new natural gas
supplies.

Tl ‘iving costs for natural gas consumert will be uneven
arc'ino lit country. partly because of varying demand
rei.it.-d ' . weather. and will be felt gradually.

‘ Over the long haul. however. residential gas bill: could
rise as much as 42 percent by I985. when federal price
regulation of newly discovered gas I! removed entirely.

JERRY RAY. THE BROTHER 0F JAMES EARL

0n defense spending. Carter did not say specifically

RAY. denied yesterday he is the mysterious “Raoul."named
as an alleged accomplice in the assassination of Martin
Luther King Jr.

The House assassinations committee had said it appears
likely that Raoul was either Jerry Ray or John Ray. another
brother of James Earl Ray. who is serving a 99-year prison
term for the famed civil rights leader‘s slaying.

Nearing the conclusion of its two-year investigation. the
committee confronted Jerry Ray with indications that he
met and talked several times with brother James in the
months immediately preceeding the April 4. WM.
assassination in Memphis. Tenn.

James Earl Ray pleaded guilty to the murder but then
recanted his confession. saying he was drawn into the
assassination plan by a man he identified only as Raoul. He
has described a series of contacts with Raoul in the months
leading to the assassination. During this period. James Earl
detailed his travels from Los Angeles. to New Orleans.
Montreal and Mexico.

PRESIDENT CARTER SAID yesterday he would risk
his political future rather than water down his fight against
inflation.

“I believe that is exactly what the American people want.“
he said. .

The president made the statement at a nationally
broadcast news conference in response to a question about
whether he would continue the fight against inflation even if
it meant reconciling himself to being a one-term president
should his program prove politically unpopular

whether he has decided definitely to increase the Pentagon
budget by three percent. “Our goal is to increase the real level
of defense expenditures." he said. without citing a figure.

world

RICHARD M. NIXON. SHOWERED WITH JEERS
AND APPLAUSE. protesters‘ eggs and British courtesy.
told a student group in Oxford. England yesterday he has
“not retired from life“ and will continue to speak out on
public affairs.

“I feel as long as I have any breath in me I will speak up for
what I believe.” the former president told an audience of son
in the hall of the prestigious Oxford Union debating society.

Nixon disclosed in his remarks that as president he had
authorized wiretaps and break-ins to root out a group of
Palestinian terrorists in the United States.

The cit-president arrived and departed from the l9th-
century building through a battery of 500 noisy. egg-tossing
protesters. both British and American students. During his
20-minute address on foreign affairs and the 90-minute
question-and-answer period that followed. be frequently
had to speak over the angry chants of “We Want Nixon
Dead” and “No more Nixon“ from the demonstrators
outside.

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Reports about political events in communist
China have a special flavor that is found nowhere
else. Strange stories about ideological conflict.
purges and amazing rises and falls in power are the
new hallmarks of the Mysterious East.

But are we really that much different from China?
The essentials of conflicts and value judgments
would seem to be universal. with only differences in
locations and languages. From a different
perspective. and with a few changes in terms. it
could be possible to see American culture in a whole
new light:

 

NEW YORK ~- A sudden decline on the New York
Stock Exchange triggered unprecedented criticism of
President Carter's administration today.

Posters on Wall Street denounced C arter‘s handling of

The Klu Klux Klan:
It is still as American

   

the economy in the strongest terms ever “Carter‘s
regressive economic policies are dangerous to the
people." proclaimed one banner “Strong fiscal
leadership is essential in these times of turmoil“ read
another.

It was the fourth day ofthe intensive poster campaign
in Manhattan‘s financial district. Hundreds ofcxccutives
donned aprons. brandished paint brushes and climbed
ladders as they hung new slogans from Wall Street
buildings.

 

CINCINNATI In a startling mov‘e. Manager
Sparky Anderson of the Cincinnati “Reds“ and his
notorious “Gang of Four." the team‘s coaches. were
ousted from power today.

It was a major political development that took most
expert Reds watchers completely by surprise. coming
right on the heels ofthe Reds‘confiicts with Third-World
teams in Japan.

  

Politics in the United States -- Chinese style

Anderson. a hardline Marxist who was a strong
proponent of collective effort. which he calls “team play."
was unavailable for comment. Speculation has centered
on the possibility that criticism from party treasurer-
catcher Johnny Bench played an important part in
Anderson‘s fall from power.

Hench was elevated to the top spot in the party
hierarchy after former secretary-third baseman Pete
Rose stunned the world with his defection at the end of
last season. Although lambasted by hard-core leftists for
his embracement of reactionary materialism (i.e.. seeking

‘a better contract). Rose was nevertheless popular ambng

the masses.

Anderson‘s ouster was announced by premier-
president Dick Wagner. Wagner and other ranking Reds
officials were reportedly unsatisfied with the former
manager's policies used against other teams in the West.
Anderson is to be replaced by John McNamara. a
relatively low-level bureaucrat from the province of

 

California. who formerly held a position similar to his
new Cincinnati post in the province of San Diego.

 

LEXINGTON [)abney 1‘. Walter. a University
student. suddenly found himself a subject of public
humiliation and official degredation. Administration
announcements have appeared calling Walter “A threat
to the financial condition of the state“ and “A delinquent
concerning finances.“

The official action was taken quietly and went
unobserved by experts on the situation in the Kentucky
province. It was only recently discovered that Walter has
been officially purged from class rolls. even though his
present term was scheduled to end in three weeks.

Walter has sought the aid of several departmental
agencies to correct the situation. but observers feel the
current party administrators is conducting a veiled attack
against Walter for his ties to revisionist writing against
the party and his roles in various Cultural Revolution
productions.

McDonald’s-UK courtship
is not fair to students

 

as mom’s apple pie

Allis and Doris Coleman lived in an
urban community in Kentucky with
their four children. They had enjoyed
good relationships with their white
neighbors until one September night
when a brick shattered their bedroom
window. showering two children with
shards of glass.

fitz

The brick had a note attached which
warned the Colemans to “Get out of
the county . . . go back to Africa"and
was signed “nigger-hater.“

In the days and months that
followed another brick was thrown
into the house. threatening phone calls
were received; a Molotov cocktail was
found in the yard; shots were fired into
their fence; sticks of dynamite
exploded in their yard. The local
authorities claimed they were
“investigating.“ and no further public
statements were issued.

During the time that the Coleman
family was being threatened and
attacked. other incidents occurred in
the community. A five-foot cross was
burned in front of the home of Harriet
Coffey and her family. Ms. Clifford

Mills opened the curtains in her living
room one morning to find the letters
“KKK“ written on her window. Racial
slurs. obsenities and anti-busing
slogans were also painted on the
house. The car tires were slashed.

Car tires? Yes. These incidents
aren‘t from a historical treatise of
some other time. They have occurred
in Okolona. Jefferson County.
Kentucky since 1975. Similar incidents
have occurred to black and native
American families throughout
Jefferson County. According to a
report of the Kentucky Alliance
Against Racial and Political

Repression. these attacks have

increased with the most recent

 

 

attempts at school desegration in
Jefferson County.

It has been 24 years since the US.
Supreme Court ordered the
dismantling of the dual educational
systems which had perpetuated
diminished educational opportunities
for blacks.

The resurgence of splinter.
terroristic groups like the American
Nazi Party and the Ku Klux Klan
cashing in on the resentment which
some express toward busing for
desegregation of schools. is a
frightening spectre. Notwithstanding
the recent notoriety which these

groups have received concerning their ' ‘

right to free speech. painting them
with an aura of respectability as sort a
sort of “bigot‘s social club.“ these
organizations and those under new
names which act out of their blind
hatred and fear. remain the same. The
tactics of terrorism. of flagrant
violation of laws they consider
unjust or out of line with their beliefs.
and of otherwise beingthe law. are still
in their arsenal.

The response of the police in
Jefferson County to the attacks on the
black community has been less than
adequate. The Collier family.
reporting on damage to their home
from rocks thrown through window
and at the house. and after threatening
calls and a note from the Klan
suggesting they “go back where they

came from“ were told by the police -

that it was “kid's stuff." Ms. Leach of
Shively was told that the burning cross
in her yard was a “kid‘s prank." Ms.
Jackson reported that her sons were
being attacked by white youths; when
the police came. she said. they jumped
into the fight and arrested the black
youths.

The attacks on individuals and
families in Jefferson County by
terroristic individuals and groups have
not been limited to those against
minorities. Over the past three years.
harassment and violent acts have been
occurring nationwide and in Jefferson

County against political organi/ations
and various civil liberties groups.

The Socialist Workers Party offices
in cities like los Angeles and Boston
have been bombed and shot at. The
American Nazi Party terrori/etl the
Los Angeles S.W.P. office for months
in efforts to close it down. under the
conveniently blind eye of the local
police.

In Louisville. Klan members
disrupted a meeting which was being
held in the l'nitarian ( hurch to
discuss a woman's right to chose an
abortion. A month later at a meeting
sponsored by the Civil liberties l'nion
to debate the death penalty. KKK
leaflets were distributed and a S.W.P.
campaign supporter was assaulted a
few feet away from a policeman. who
refused to make an arrest.

Last month. at a rally for Socialist
Workers Party candidate .lim
Burfiend. a tear gas grenade was
thrown into the meeting place. and but
for the quick reaction of Burtiend

 

would have gone off in the building.
possibly causing fire and deaths. The
windows of the building have been
shot at repeatedly.

On August l7. I977. the FBI
announced that it found a cache
including downs of US. military
grenades and weapons. They stated it
was put there by an unnamed anti-
busing group.

lhe police department of
louisvillc-chferson County. the
county government. and the state must
move to end this violence against
individuals by these groups. Equal
protection of the laws is being made as
much of a farce as equal educational
opportunities have been.

(iov. .lulian Carroll was pleased to
report the other day that the majority
of those polled in Kentuckythink it'sa
g ‘at place to live and raise their
children. Tell that to the Coleman
family. and those countless others who
live in constant fear for their lives and
homes.

BY JAN BRONSTEIN

It is time for a critical look at the

current courtship of UK by the

McDonald‘s corporation. The limited
meal time alternatives available

around this campus are a constant

source of irritation to students; we
have three hamburger joints. two
deli‘s. two greasy spoons and a high
priced vegetarian restaurant. These

 

Opinion

serve a huge captive market in the
middle of a fair-sized city.
Supplementing these commercial
ventures are the Equinox and the
Wildcat Grill in the Student Center.
l hey offer sandwiches. salad. soups.
hamburgers. hot dogs. fresh fruit and
cookies.

Like all the eating places. they are
very crowded at peak meal times.
However. they are less expensive than
the other restaurants and can be used
'by people with University meal
contracts.

Now the University is considering
an offer to replace these facilities. or at
least the grill. with a fast food
franchise. What does McDonald‘s
have to offer to the UK community?

It is not better quality food. (A
Kernel story) reported that the Grill
serves larger hamburgers and fish
fillets and more french fries than
McDonald’s; it claimed that the Grill
uses better quality meat. The Grill
serves homemade brownies' and
cookies; McDonald‘s serves only pre-
packaged. heavily sweetened. deep-
fried fruit pies.

It is not wider variety of food either.
McDonald‘s will not serve fresh fruit.
salads or soups. so the alternatives for
meals are actually being reduced. The
best way to get a balanced diet is to eat
a wider variety of foods. Fresh fruit
and vegetables are especially
important. since they provide the
vitamins and fiber many Americcan
"diets now lack. It‘s not easy to eat a
nutritious meal when standardized
menus. with some foods consistantly
omitted. are offered every place you
can afford to go.

 

McDonald‘s isn’t offering a more
economical choice either. Their prices
average 26.5 percent higher than the
Grill. according to the Kernel.
Students who purchase meal tickets
precisely so they won‘t be forced to pay
cash for food cannot eat there. and the
rest of us will pay substantially more.
The prices will be tied to McDonald‘s
nationwide advertising budget. rising
packaging costs and the fate of their
substantial real estate investments. '

In his autobiography. Ray Kroc.
multi-millionaire founder of
McDonald‘s. discusses the franchise
sponsership ofcommunity activities as
a highly successful advertising
technique which links the urchase of
a Big Mac to the Flag. Mother and the
Boy Scouts. Of course. McDonald‘s
sponsorship of campus activities at
Ohio State is part ofthe same strategy.

The Kernel has taken an admirable
position regarding Universal Studio's
promotion of fraternity toga parties
and the same policy should hold here:
if McDonald‘s wants advertising
space. there is plenty of it for sale.

It is questionable whether
McDonald‘s offers an alternative to
the food already available around
campus. But even if you are a
confirmed Big Mac addict. you will
soon be able to feed your habit at a
new McDonald‘s one block (south) on
Limestone Street.

What does a Student Center
McDonald's franchise really offer
UK? The bottom line is that the
University stands to net a higher profit
because a franchise can serve more
people for less money than the Wildcat
Grill. The University of Cincinnati
gets six percent of the gross profit off
their franchise. The lavish sales pitch
offered to U K officials and students (a
few weeks ago) suggests that the
McDonald‘s corporation will suffer no
hardship from the deal either.

In the world of big bucks and big
business. service to the campus
community is not the University‘s top
prioirity. The decision makers might
well paraphrase the words of that
infamous queen of France. observing
the hungry mob. “Let them eat grease.
as long as they pay for it."

Jan Bronstein is an anthropology
graduate student.

 

 

 
 
 
  
 
  
  
 
 
 
  
 
 
  
  

 

 

 

     

  

Letter to the editor

 

Bad Med School image

I must applaud Fitz for his statements about
Affirmative Action but (I must) say in defense of
the medical school that there were blacks
accepted for the class of '82 (the first year class).
These students chose to go elsewhere for medical
education due to the image UK has projected in
the minds of many. (An image) of a school for
well-to—do whites. where not only blacks but
whites who weren‘t connected and moneyed
were accepted on great occasion but never really
sought.

To overcome this burden of “bad p.r.."the UK
Medical Center has created the Health Careers
Opportunity Program. The major objective of
this program is to sell minority and

 

 

 

 

 

disadvantaged whites on UK as a place for
education in the fields of medicine. dentistry.
pharmacy. nursing. and allied health. The
director of the program. Emmett “Buzz“
Burnam. is a black UK graduate who has no
illusions about his job.

One of the prime determinants of how well
any program succeeds is how far the
administration is willing to back it up. not only
with words but with honest effort and
cooperation. Too often do school
administrators mouth platitudes of “what they
would do for the underpriveleged.” only because
the government isn‘t giving grants away to do
what is really in his bean.

Larry C. Woob
Second Year medical student

 What is a special session?
Rare, but here's how it works

a, sv RAMSEY
Associated Press Writer

FRANKFORT — A special
legislative session. such as the
one coming up Dec. II in
Kentucky, basically is the same
as the regular session with a
couple of important differ-
ences.

The regular General

Assembly meets automatically.

every other even-numbered
year. but only a governor may
calla special session.

The regular General
Assembly is limited to 60 days
— and that has been
interpreted as consecutive days
— but the state constitution
apparently says nothing about
a time limit for a special
session.

A governor has no authority
to adjourn a special session.
That is the prerogative of the
legislators.

The special session
variations have caused some
confusion about who can do
what.

It‘s clear that a lieutenant
governor in the absence of a
governor can call an
extraordinary session.

That’s just what Lt. Gov.
Thelma Stovall did Nov. 17
while Gov. Julian Carroll was
in Georgia. As acting governor.
she had that power and there
was no way Carroll could halt
the move.

The immediate question is
whether he can add to Mrs.
Stovall’s agenda of tax relief
and changes in court fines and
fees.

The thinking of most legal
observers is that Carroll can do
so because the law deals with
the powers of a governor and
has nothing to do with who
holds the post.

Thus. Mrs. Stovall was
governor when she called the
session. Carroll was governor
on his return. and the joint
session of the House and

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Senate would be addressed by
whomever is governor at the
time.

A number of other questions
have arisen. In simplified form:

Q: How much will the
session cost?

A: The pay just for
legislators. $125 a day for
salaries and expenses. will
amount to about 8 | 7.500 a day.
The total is at least $25,000
daily and possibly more.

Q: How is the Christmas
recess going to be handled?

A: Unknown at this time.
But earlier optimistic
predictions of a l0-day session
have been discarded. and a one-
month session forecast is not a
far-fetched speculation.

The latest talk is that the
Legislature. instead of meeting
a couple of days and recessing
might work almost until
Christmas. then recess until
after the holidays. Some
legislative leaders have said the
Legislature might convene
Dec. II and immediately
adjourn in the expectation that
Carroll would call another
special session for January.

Q: What happens to the I5
joint legislative committees
during the session?

A: There are two types of
committees: standing. which
function during a session. and
interim. which operate between
sessions.

Those interim committees
whose work is not needed for
the subjects to be taken up by
the special session will continue
to meet in preparation for the
regular I980 session.

But perhaps five or six
interim committees will
become standing committees

for the sessron and will process
legislation. Membership
probably will be at least similar
to the interim committees.

Q: (‘an the budget passed in
the I978 regular session be
opened in the coming special
session?

A: Probably. but there is
little or no prec