Space flick

Roddenberry
keeps trekkin ’

By KAREN WILLIAMS
Kernel Reporter

Paramount Pictures has made the
final decision to produce a multi-
million dollar. feature length Star
Trek movie, creator-producer Gene
Roddenben‘y told an enthusiastic
crowd Saturday night in Louisville’s
Freedom Hall.

About live thousand fans of all
ages applauded when Roddenberry
added. “If the picture is a success,
then all three major networks are
interested in bringing ‘Star Trek‘
back as a prime-time series."

Roddenberry said that the movie
would not be just an elongated ‘Star
Trek’ episode, but a motion picture
which would appeal to a broad
audience. “I can promise you that it
will not be ‘Captain Kirk meets
Godzilla,‘ he said

“Star Trek" is the science fiction
series which was broadcast from
1966 to 1969 on NBC. In the last seven
years, the 79 original episodes have
been rerun on 142 U .8 stations and
in 54 foreign countries.

The series has attracted a cult
following over the years. Rod-
denberry called the fans a peculiar
but lovely life form. and he added,
“NBC thinks they are a dangerous
life form." Over a million letters
forced NBC to renew “Star Trek"
for a third season in 19811

Roddenberry. the creator and
executive producer of “Star Trek."
is a veteran of the secmid world war
and a former police officer and
airline pilot. liis TV credits include
“Have Gun, Will Travel." “Naked
City,“ and “Dr. Kildare."

lie is married to Majel Barrett,
the series‘ Nurse Chapel. Rod-
denberry gives three to four lectures
on “Star Trek" each month.

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Dumpin’

—Steve Setigman

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Tim O'Connor and Wes Begley. both age 12 and students at

(‘rawford .Iunior Iligh. don't seem to let the filth and odor of

Ilempster Dumpsters deter them from collecting bottles and cans

for purposes of recycling. The youngsters‘ routine takes them to

dumpster-s all over the city. So far, the rats haven't complained.

Says he needs more

University Press makes

little money, lots of books

By LEONARD KELSAY
Kernel Staff Writer

There‘s a big difference in content
between books entitled "The Life
and Writings of an Early Abbasid
Poet“ and "The County (‘ourts of
Antebellum Kentucky."

But they do have one thing in
common» each was published by the
University Press of Kentucky in
Latferty Hall.

“Our purpose is to serve as a
repository of scholarly knowledge.“
said Willis Popenoe, marketing
manager of University Press.

“We're a very small. modest
press,“ he said. “It is not to make
money. We run with a skeleton crew,
but we‘re very cohesive. Only about
25 of us work in our four areas—
editorial, production, ad-
ministration. and sales and
marketing. Nevertheless, we have
published more than 250 books since
we were organized in 1969." he
stated.

So far, none of those books have
been best sellers. Pepenoe said.
“Our press run is one to two
thousand. We can’t make a profit at
figures like that. so we are depen-
dent on the state and foundations for
money to publish. “That means if an
author comes to us with a
manuscript we feel is worthy of
publication, then we have to get
financial support amounting to at
least $1.000."

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Tuesday, September 28, 1976

Although the press publishes
works "of a certain archival in-
terest"——like the papers of Louie
Nunn—it concentrates on work with
broad appeal to Kentuckians.
Popenoe said. “Kentuckians love
books about Kentucky." he said.
"We will sell more of them than
anything else."

The University Press of Kentucky
tries to balance scholarly books with
those with more popular appeal.
"The Kentucky Bicentennial
Bookshelf is a good example of
this." Popenoe said. "The price on
these has been brought down to a
reasonable level ($3.95) by grants
from the National Endowment for
the Humanities and the Kentucky
Federation of Women‘s Clubs. They
have been quite popular. and we
have increased our printings of them
from 2,000 to 3,000 or even 5,000. We
expect our work on quilt-making in
this series to sell well."

The Bicentennial Bookshelf will
publish at least 50 volumes on all
phases of Kentucky life, Popenoe
said. Titles range from "John
Sherman Cooper“ to “The Kentucky
Harness Horse."

“Inspired by the success of these
books. we will publish our first art
book—on Paul Sawyier—Kentucky‘s
greatest impressionisti~soon,“ he
said. “Sawyier is so popular we
expect it to sell well—even at nearly
$30."

Mining engineering professor ‘digs’ his students

By BYRON BREWER
Kernel Reporter

Although Ted Iialey. professor of
mining engineering. enjoys his good
relationship with his students. there
are still some problems.

“Maybe I get a little too close to
them.“ said Haley, peering through
the thick clouds of cigar smoke
which surrounded him. "When i'm
not at one of my offices. I leave a
sign to tell the student that I‘m at the
other office. Often when I go out of
town, I‘ll leave a number or
something so a student will be able
to reach me if necessary.

The basic kinds of problems they
bring are usually either academic.
financial, or concerning job
placement, Iialey said Engineering
jobs are good today. but mining ji)l)S
a re cx ceptional, "Just the reverse of
20 years ago." he laughed.

“Mining jobs today bring the
highest starting saleries of any
four-year degrees on campus."
llaley saii. The avc‘age starting
salary last year amounted to ap-
proximately $17,()(i0. Haley said.

We had a few that made around
stamp."

According to Haley. there is a
terrible shortage of mining
engineers. "If I had four times as
many students as I have now. they
could all probably be placed in
jobs,“ he said.

Ilaley was to be a member of a
panel involved with the Scotia
hearmgs. because he is an expert in
blasting, but this never came about.

According to Haley. there were
“objections from a well~known
newspaper that there were too many
Kentuckians on the panel. Since I
was the last Kentuckian on it, I was
the first to be taken off."

Ilaley. who has been an instructor
at l'K for 10 years. was raised in
'.\ladisonyille. lie comes from a
family of mining engineers. in-
cluding his father and his brother.
His grandfather was a mine
foreman.

Ilalcy spent many summers as a
part-time worker for his father.
After receiving his engineering
degree at l'K in 1949. he had 17 more

Buddhist center offers forum

for consciousness-raising

By VIRGINIA WALTER
Kernel Reporter

“Sitting" is not just a resting
position. it can be a technique for
achieving higher consciousness. And
the technique of “sitting" is being
practiced in a Lexington Buddhist
Meditation program.

The meetings are held at the
Lexington Dharma Study Center
(dbarma means the ultimate law of
all thingsi, located on Russell (‘ave
Pike. The center is open to anyone
interested in the practice and study
of Buddhist meditation

Meetings are headed by Professor
Bill Gordon of the [K english
department. Gordon said "The goal
of meditation is to attnne one with
one‘s nature What you consider ‘I'
is really a restricted self-
consciousncss "

When the groups meet each week.
the session begins with a 45-minute
period of “sitting" Members of the
group. upon entering the center.
remove their shoes and pull up a
cushion on the floor‘of a large empty
room used for meditation. When the
group has assembled. meditation

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years of continuous experience
before returning to the University in
October of 1966 as an instructor.

Acccrding to Haley, he is part of
UK‘s special title series whereby a
teacher is hired on the basis of his
experience. Instead of the usual

research. it is Haley's job to
“cmsult students and maintain
contact with the industry. That is
most important,“ he said.

The consulting Haley does is
usually of a job placement type, but
there are occasionally discussions
with the student on such things as

finandal aid possibilities and the
particular requirements of one
mining engineering company or
another.

Haley's offices are located at
Anderson and Barkley Halls. “1
move around alot,” he said. “but
people always know where I am."

LTI moves into new $6 million home

By .II‘INAY TATE
Kernel Reporter

The Lexington Technical Institute
(LTI) has a new building. To those
who work there. it is LTI‘s first real
home.

“Now there is an LTI.“ said David
Wilkins. associate director of the
school. referring to the new facility
on (‘ooper Drive. Before this year.
its offices were located in Breckin-
ridge llall. but classes were held in
l'niversity buildings.

(‘onstruction on the new building
began in the early winter. 1974.

The streamlined new home of the Lexington Technical
Institute is located by Commonwealth Stadium on

recalled Dr. M. Stanley Wall, vice
president of the Community College
system.

“And I have to say. the contrac-
tors have been very cooperative."
he said. Wall was referring to the
contractors‘ working pattern, which
allows the building to be used before
it is completed.

The building's exterior was finish-
ed before school began. but interior
work is still in progress.

According to Wilkin’s. “remark-
able progress" has been made on the
interior in the past two weeks. with

Cooper Drive. Its construction represents a major

shipments of furniture, equipment
and other materials arriving almost
every other day.

The three-story structure contains
a library, seven seminar rooms, 14
regular classrooms, 33 special lab-
oratories, spacious office facilities.
and a lounge-refreshment area.

“The total project cost, including
contracting and architecture fees,
was $6 million.“ Wall said.

LTI. established in 1965 with two
faculty members and 28 students,
now employs about 60 persons and
has an enrollment of almost 1,800.

step forward for the Institute. once without any
permanent home.

Despite this foray into books of a
more popular nature, the Press does
not make money. “0f the 250 books
on our badtlist—I don't have the
figures on this——roughly 10 per cent
have broken even. Even fewer than
that have shown a profit. We have
made more and more money as time
goes on, but we are still dependent
on the state for funds." Popenoe
said.

He leaned back in his chair and
stroked his beard. “We rarely ex-
pect to make money; we publish
most books purely for the wisdom
they embody. We are always looking
for ways to publish more works.
Many titles we hoped to have on our
bookshelves have died because we
could not find an author.“

Could a non-scholar have a
scholarly book published?

“There is no policy on that,"
Popenoe said. “If the scholars who
read the manuscripts think the
auth0r has made a serious con-
tribution, and if the work fits into our
general line of publishing (Southern
history and literature). and if the
money is available, we would have
no qualms. Of course. the vast
majority of our books are written by
I’h.D.s."

Do any of the University Press'
works receive mention in national
book reviews?

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Humans are

study subject

By MARY ANN HUCIIART
Kernel Reporter

One little-known aspect of the
University’s liberal arts program is
the department of human relations.
Although related in scope to the
disciplines of sociology and
psychology, human relations is
concerned with slightly different
matters.

The department of human
relations is concerned with family
unity, personal relationships,
human health, abortion, crises in the
family, development of children,
lifestyles, human sexuality, aging,
and human needs for principle.

“Our department hopes to
strengthen human beings and give
more value to their relationships,"
said Dr. John Crosby, the newly-
appa‘nted department chairman.

Several new classes are on the
drawing board and may be in
operation within the next couple of
years, according to Crosby. 0n the
graduate level, new courses may
include topics in developmental
problems, middle years, and
marriage counseling. There is only
me new course being discussed for
the undergraduate program—
human sexuality.

Although this department is
sociobgicaliy and psychologically
oriented, its perspective differs
Iran that of those two departments.

“The department of human
relations is more functional,” said
Cmdiy. “By function], I mean
usable. Hopefully, they (students)
will be able to make practical ap-
plications of these clones." Crosby
sail.