‘ ~ ‘4‘ - Foes of Bush seek miracles from address By MARTIN CRUTSINGER Associated Press WASHINGTON — The White House complained yesterday that President Bush's political foes have raised unreasonable expectations for his State of the Union address to- night. But press secretary Marlin Fitz- water said the speech will set forth “a demonstrable economic recovery program” and he predicted, “the president will be re-elected no mat- ter what happens (tonight).” The White House itself has fos- tered the big build-up to the speech for almost two months. The Bush- Quayle re-election campaign said it would be “the defining event of the Bush presidency." Critics say the president has opted for a minimal package of spending cuts and tax increases that will do little to bolster the confidence of re- cession-jarred Americans. “There's no question that some of our political opponents have tried to raise expectations to a point where the bar is so high it can't be jumped ever," Fitzwater said. The president will offer “a very reasoned and sound approach to the problems we have,” including his blueprint for “stimulating the econ- omy in both the short term and the long term," the spokesman said. The pmkage, much of which has already leaked, will include income tax relief for the middle class in the form of an increase in the personal exemption for families with chil- dren, a tax credit for first-time home buyers and a reduction in the tax rate on capital gains, income earned from the sale of assets. In addition, the president's elec- tion-year budget will propose high- er spending for such popular pro- grams as Head Start, environmental cleanup, park purchases and space exploration. To keep the budget deficit, pro- Professors: Economy 1 st priority By JOHN KELLY Assistant Sports Editor When President Bush gives his annual State of the Union address tonight, UK professors say that Bush‘s desire to gain votes will far outweigh any issues that face the nation in this election year. The reason is Bush’s sud- denly apparent political vul- nerability. “Unlike last time, people perceive now that there is quite a realistic chance that he can be beaten," said Don Mullineaux, associate dean in the College of Business and Economics. Speculation in Washington is that Bush, in an effort to See BUSH, Page 6 jected to hit an all-time high of $352 billion this year, from spiral- ing further out of control, the ad- ministration wants to slash defense spending by an extra $50 billion over the next five years, reflecting the collapse of the Soviet Union. The administration also will pro- pose repealing the 10 percent luxu- ry tax on the purchase of yachts costing more than $100,000. White House Chief of Staff Sam- uel K. Skinner defended that move Sunday. saying the 1990 tax had See ADDRESS, Page 6 University receives By TAMMY GAY Staff Writer UK's Center for Prevention Re- search recently received a $850,000 grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse for four minority scholars to research mi- nority drug abuse. “We are interested in drug abuse in all people." said Richard R. Clayton, a UK sociology professor and scientific director of the center. “(The four researchers) will get an opportunity to do some research not only with African—Americans but also Ni gerians." The three-year grant, which is the Trustee bill, funding topics for luncheon Staff reports State university presidents and their governing boards are expected to gather at the govemor’s mansion in Frankfort today for a luncheon meeting held by Gov. Brereton Jones. The day‘s fare could include dis- cussion of a legislative bill to recon- stitute the governing boards of state universities as well as higher educa- tion funding. UK President Charles Wething- ton, who plans to attend the lunch- eon, said he thinks the luncheon is “one to brief the presidents and oth- er officials on the trustees' bill.“ Rep. Ernesto Scorsone (D- Lexington) sponsored the bill that would wipe current university boards and the state Council on Higher Education clean and then start from scratch with a commis- sion to nominate appointees. The bill passed easily in the House of Representatives but is expected to have a tougher time in the Senate. Jones has indicated a willingness to compromise on the bill to allow at least pan of the incumbent trus- tees and regents to be reappointed to their respective boards. Another topic that may arise to- day is university funding. Jones has said that more cuts in higher- education are possible. University presidents met with the governor several weeks ago. Wethington said, but “discussions at that time about budget cuts were premature." Kenneth Walker. finance director for the state Council on Higher Ed- ucation, said he would be surprised if any announcements are made to- day regarding university budget cuts since Jones requested a dead- line extensiOn for presenting his budget proposals. Today would have been the deadline for present- ing the budget, but the legislature granted him nine more days to complete the plan. a .."_' «s—éa‘. . 33“”; .k‘.‘ ‘,.e Kentucky Kernel aw gas,»~x-.tt.au~a§§r;fisewa: g . r. . x.» . S I‘ ‘~.- .. ’4‘ i Ila! i .r,‘ 1971 _ “2““,ng Students wait in a long line in the Student Center to pay fees for the 1992 spring semester. As to- morrow's tee deadline approaches, lines are expected to grow longer. GREG BANS/Kernel Stat‘ Tuesday. January 28, 11962 UK sorority presents gift for research of disease By KELLEY POPHAM Assistant News Editor “Kentucky is a great place to grow older," read Phyllis Markley, president of the Sigma Kappa foun- dation, to a room full of women whose faces were unmarked by the lines of age. However, Alzheimer's disease — the degenerative disease of the cen- tral nervous system characterized by senility — was foremost on their minds last night when the national Sigma Kappa social sorority pre- sented $10,000 to the Sanders- Brown Center on Aging. Markley presented the grant [0 Deborah Danner, senior research associate, now in her third year of working with Alzheimer's. Danner studies facial coding to determine the emotions of Alzhei- mer‘s patients, some bedridden with impaired or loss of speech, in order to care for them adequately. “I think what surprised me most was that from reading the literature I thought there was a flattening ef- fect, that as the disease progressed you actually had very little expres~ sion and what we found was very robust expression of happi- ness, sadness and pain," Danner said. Danner does not work on this project alone. Heather Horn, Evy Whitlatch and Tera Pauley, three Sigma Kappas who currently are interns at the center on aging. plan to participate in the research by conducting interviews with patients and care-givers and scoring video tapes of patient‘s facial move- ments. “Alzheimer’s is a horrible dis- ease . If you can learn what they‘re trying to communicate non- verbally, it could be a great help to care—givers." said Horn, a psycholo- gy senior. Although the interns will receive See DISEASE, Page 6 $850,000 to study minority drug abuse first to provide funds for four schol- ars. primarily will focus on drug abuse by blacks. It will fund the re- cipients' salaries. staffs, research equipment and travel. The four scholars are William L. Turner and Donna Ford-Harris, both professors of family studies; Regi- nald Alston, professor of education and counseling psychology; and Carrie Wilkinson. a researcher in psychology. Clayton applied for the grant af- ter seeing a common interest among the scholars. The grants are set up to get minority scholars in- terested in careers in alcohol and drug abuse. “I‘m their teacher in a sense. I will learn a lot more (from them) than I teach them," Clayton said. The three faculty members will continue teaching as they research. Turner, who teaches graduate courses in marriage and family ther- apy, said the research goes coin- cides with the research on the strengths in black families. This is an opportunity. Tumer said. for him to study how black families protect their children from drug abuse. Alston and Turner have pub— lished articles on black family See GRANT, Page 6 Recent mild temperatures drew UK students to the Seaton seasonably warm for the next few days. Highs today and tomorrow will be in the mid-40$ to tower SOs. Center courts for a pickup basketball game. Temperatures will remain un— GREG SANS/Ksrnd Siaft SPORTS UK TODAY INSIDE Darrin Van Horn lost his boxing title earlier this month, but he hasn't lost his drive. Story, Page 2. Old GTE telephone books will be collected for recycling beginning today on the Lexington campus. For information call 257-1672 or 257-4838. Museum display features photos of jazz legends. Story, Page 3. Sports ............................ 2 Diversions ..................... 3 Viewpoint ....................... 4 Classifieds ..................... 5 f r j.