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Eddie Sutton wants his team to be less
trigger-happy. SEE PAGE 4.

For a review of “I’m Not
Rappaport,” SEE PAGE 3.

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Kentucky Kernel

Vol. XCI. No.87

EstabliSMd 1894

University of Kentucky. Lexington, Kentucky

Independent since 1 971

Friday, January 1 5, 1 988

Seminar to address shortage of black teachers

By DAN HASSERT
Editor in chief

The way Pete Middleton sees it, the more
black teachers you have. the more and better
black students you get.

But since the number of black teachers is de-
clining, so is the number of black students. And
with fewer students comes fewer education ma-
jors. And with fewer education graduates . . .

The circle was just getting tighter, so Middle-
ton and several other UK professors decided it
was time to break it. Last year they regrouped
and counted their losses. This year they‘re going
on the offensive.

The group is sponsoring the second annual
“Conference on Minority Recruitment and Re-
tention in Teacher Education Programs."

At the threeday conference ~ to begin Sunday
at the Hyatt Regency Hotel ~ the group will
present a plan to nationwide educators designed
to reverse the decline of minority teachers. They
drafted the plan trom information gathered at
the previous confer once

"We picked our brains for three days" at the

first conference, said Middleton, an associate
professor of curriculum and instruction in the
College of Education.

“They
ieii a; UK to honor Martin Luther
enough in- King with campus march.
formation See Page 2.
to come up
with a model for recruitment and retention (of
black education students). This year, “we will
be showing institutions how to use this model."

Statistics reflect the urgency of the efforts.
Last year. 1,160 students were graduated from
teacher education programs at Kentucky's eight
state-supported colleges and universities. Of
those, 1.117 were white and 33 were black.

Blacks make up 8-9 percent of the teaching
force in the United States, but this ratio is pro-
jected to decline to 4 or 5 percent by the year
2000, Middleton said. a decline that could have
drastic effects.

“This is a multicultured society and I think
we need a multi-cultured teaching force,“ he
said.

“A lot of times. black teachers are role mod-

els. If the kids don‘t see a black role model in
the classroom, they‘ll think, ‘Hey, we can‘t do
this.‘ "

Several factors hurt blacks‘ abilities to attend
college and become teachers, Middleton said.

One is decreased financial aid. Another is the
increasingly rigorous admission standards being
imposed by many colleges and universities. An-
other is the bad reputation recently gained by
the teaching profession.

“In the last five years, teacher education has
taken a beating from the general public.” Mid-
dleton said. "The hours are long, the rewards
are few as far as monetarily and (teachers;
have no control over who they teach. what they
teach and how they teach. "

The trend is nationwide and applies to all tea-
chers. according to a statistician with the fedei <
al Department of Education.

“Maybe students aren't as thrilled to death
with the salaries (teachers) are getting.“ said
Norman Brandt.

“People have said that students lately have
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Cats hoping
for win
over UT

By CHRIS ALI)“ I DUE
Staff Writer

The year was 1979.

Jimmy Carter was in the White
House and a typical freshman at UK
was 10 years old, Jan. 20th of that
year also was the last time the Uni‘
versity of Tennessee won a basket-
ball game against Kentucky in Rupp
Arena.

UK will try to keep its eight-game
home win streak against UT alive
when the Volunteers roll into Lex-
ington Saturday afternoon.

But it doesn't matter what sport is
being played when Kentucky tangles
with Tennessee. State pride is at
stake. Even a bakeoff between
these two heated rivals would get
the adrenaline pumping.

Last year‘s basketball game at
Rupp Arena is a good example. The
Vols led the Cats by 10 points with
just 73 seconds remaining. But UK
outscored Tennessee 12-2 in those
waning seconds. including an off-
balance shot by Rex Chapman at the
buzzer to put the game into over—
time.

Kentucky posted 14 points to the
Vols seven in the extra period to
give the Cats a 91-84 win. The Ten-
nessee bubble burst when top gun,
senior guard Tony "The Wizard"
White, fouled out with 32 seconds
left in regulation. He had led the Vol
attack with 20 points.

Now graduation has forced White
to take his one—man show to the pro-
fessional ranks. But the folks in the
UK camp think this year's edition of
the Vols, minus White's 24.5 points-
per-game. may be more formidable.

“He's a great player," Chapman
said of White. "But they‘re probably
a better team without him.“

Taking White‘s place at point
guard is Clarence Swearengen, a 6-
foot-3 junior college iransfer from
Connors State College in Warner.
Okla.

UK assistant coach Dwayne
Casey, who scouted the Vols' 52-51
loss to Louisiania State Wednesday
night. says Swearengen was a big
addition to the Tennessee lineup.
Maybe bigger than the loss of White.

“He‘s the difference in their team
this year,“ Casey said. "He‘s the
glue to the Tennessee team. He al-
ways keeps the ball in motion.

"They‘re a lot better basketball
team without having to depend on
Tony White. Last year, a lot of times
they would stand around being mar-

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Gar Arnett. an accounting sophomore. takes
Mary Marshall’s Student to picture yesterday.

Students can have their IDs validated at Stu-
'dent Billings in the Student Center.

UAW MON/Kernel Staff

ABOUT
THE GAME

latching: Tennessee. 9-2 (2-
1 SEC). vs. Kentucky. 11-1
(4-1 SEC).
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By THOMAS J. SULLIVAN
News Editor

Students will have the opportunity
to ride “The Bus With No Name“ to
class this semester. said Keith
Yarber. WKQQ station manager.

The Bus With No Name is a
glossy, black, bex'l‘ran bus, bearing
the Lex'l‘ran and WKQQ logos. The
bus will be runnim a campus route
this semester along with the other
beam-an buses.

The bus will begin running a regu-
lar route on campi- Monday.

The bus is a project that WKQQ
and bex'lran got together on to
make both companies “visible,"
Yarbersaid.

“0n the interior there are brand
new seats, there‘s a stereo system
locked on Double Q with four speak-
ers that are throughout the bus."
said Janet Ratliff, a marketing coor-
dinatorfor hex’l‘ran.

“We had specified that the sound
system be in there." Yarber said.

And Lex'l‘ran honored that re-

quest. Ratliff said WKQQ will al-
ways be playing over the sound sys-

tem on the bus. Only WKQQ. the
station cannot be changed, she said.

WKQQ was responsible for the ex-
terior of the bus, such as the paint,
and LexTran took care of the interi-
or.

bexTran placed a new engine.
transmission, suspension and new
seats, among other things, in "The
Bus With No Name. "

“The only thin that remains of
the original equipment is the body.‘
Ratliff said.

Total renovation coats of the bus

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Students speak out
against possible loss
of center’s pool hall

By III'III)I PROBS'I‘
Stall Writer

A group of students ~«— worried
about how the potential commercia-
lization of the Student Center will af-
fect gameroom space A have
formed a committee to secure space
for activities.

Laura Mollet, an art junior. said
the main concern is to keep activ-
ities for students alive on campus.

”There has become less and less
to do for students. the space avail-
able has become smaller and small-
er. in particularly the pool room."
she said.

The issue is that the Student Ac»
tivities Board is trying to bring a
commercialized businesses to the
Student t‘cntcr

SAB President Lynne Hunt said
the most likely .spot for a new hUSl~
ness would be the Student Center's
pool room.

Mollct and other students have
formed a committee. “Students for
the Preservation of Recreational Ac-
tivities." to protest taking away the
space where the game tables are lo-
cated. They discussed their concerns
in a meeting with SAB yesterday.

“We formed because we were con-
cerned that they were going to take

that space away” said \lollct. co-
chairwrson tor the coiiiinittcc

At the meeting the committee‘s
chairperson. James (‘alkins asked
for some consideration from SAB for
student activities:

The “Students tor the Preserva-
tion of Ra-i‘eatiiiiizii AL'IIi'lIlOS may
be making much ado about nothing.
however According to Hunt. the
General Assembly has yet to deter
mine if commercialized businesses
can place themselves on the cam-
pus.

“The legislature doesn't know
whether or not it wants a commer-
cialized business at direct competi-
tion with uth‘i‘Sll_\'-Spt)ilStil‘(‘d serv-
ices.” said llunt.

She said that. it iippi‘oicd. the
business would most llkt‘i} be placed
where the current billiard room is
now. However. Hunt also limit) said
if this happens a suitable place will
be found for the game tables

“We will find it place bccausc
there is no doubt that thcrc is a need
for student activities." she said

(‘alkins is rtctcrinincd to ensure
student activics arc not neglected

“\t'c are going to liiriii ii proposal
to bcconic a t'lillilillllt‘i' ol SAB." he
said

Organization establishes
center to better explain
the First Amendment

By ROSS l.. ANDERSI‘IN
Contributing Writer

Congress shall make no law re—
specting an establishment of reli-
gion, or prohibiting the free exercise
thereof; or prohibiting the free exer
cise thereof: or abridging the free
dent of speech. or of the press; or
the right of the people peacably to
assemble and to petition the govern
mentfor a redress ofgrievances.

While many may recognize this as
the First Amendment, a group
known as the First Amendment Con-
gress is taking big steps at UK in
helping students and professionals
understand exactly what those
words stands for.

The group is responsible for the

WKQQ and LexTran donate bus to University

totaled 360.000. over and above the
paint job. Rathffsaid.

But Yarber said the new addition
to the UK bus fleet won‘t remain
nameless.

“Once the semester has started,
we're going to have a contest to
namethebus.“hesaid.

“We‘re gonna do some fun stuff
with the bus." Yarber said. “th
stuff," being the contest and occa-
sional visits from the Double Q Q
bird among other things, he said.

But for now it‘s just “The 318
With No Name."

establishment of a First Amendment
(‘enter located in the reading room
of the Enoch (irchan Journalism
Building. Started with a grant of $3.~
000. the center will be composed of
books and other materials relating
to recent issues involving the First
Amendment.

“The idea is to put everything that
will be useful to people interested in
First Amendment issues in one
place.“ said Roy Moore. a faculty
member of the UK School of Journa-
lism involved in coordinating
materials for the center

“To my knowledge. it will be the
only one of its kind in the state and
is a really nice step in improving the
relations of the tjournalismi school
with professionals." he said

According to a 17K press release.
half of the center‘s funds were con‘
tributed by Kentucky Post Editor
Judith Clabes. on behalf of the news-
paper. The remainder came from
representatives of other Kentucky
news organizations and businesses.

Areas the center hopes to address
include current rulings on obscenity
and copyright laws, freedom of in-
formation problems and access to
government -related meetings.

The center has been in the works
for about two years and has about 10
books covering a wide range of is—
sues dealing with the First Amend-
ment. Additional materials are cur-
rently on wder, Moore said.

2 — Kentucky Kernel, Friday, January 1 5, 1080

OCats

Continued from Page 1

veled and amazed at his oneon-one
ability,“ Casey said.

Dyron Nix leads the Vols in scor-
ing and rebounding at a 21.1-point,
10.1-rebound clip. Nix also blends
quantity with quality, leading the
Tennessee starters in field goal per-
centage ($1.3i and at the free-throw
stripe «75.3 percent 1

Casey said he believes Nix is on a
fast track to the NBA.

“Nix has to rate as one of the top
pro prospects in the country." Casey
said. “Nix is so athletic and so
quick. That‘ll be a tough idefensivel
assignment."

UK forwards Winston Bennett or
Richard Madison. who UK coach
Eddie Sutton said will probably be
in the starting lineup for the first
time this season. will likely have the
task of keeping up with Nix.

Guard Greg Bell. a freshman. and
swingman Elvin Brown. the Vols de»
t'ensive stopper. chip in 10.9 and 10.6
pouits-per-game. respectively.

Tennessee looks to be on the win-
ning track after last year's disap-
pomting 14-15 finish. The Vols have
currently notched a sparkling 9-2 re~
cord and are in a three-way tie for
third place in the Southeastern Con-
ference at 2-1. behind 34) LSL' and 4-
1 l'K.

(‘asey said for Kentucky to beat
the Vols they must rebound the ball
well. Rebounding is something Sut-
ton wasn ‘t pleased with in the Cats‘
win over Alabama Wednesday night,

"Our guys aren't attacking the
glass.” Sutton said. “They've got to
get a nose for the basketball.
They‘ve been playing long enough to
figure out where the ball is going to
bounce “

(‘asey said he doesn't expect Ten~
nessee to slow the tempo of the
game down. a scheme used by less-
er-talentcd Auburn and Alabama
squads in the last two games.

"iA slower tempOi would be a big
change for them because they like to
push the ball up the floor.” (‘asey
said.

Some L'K players welcome a fas-
ter~paced game. considering the
trouble the Cats have had recently
with a deliberate-style offense.

When told Tennessee preferred to
run-and-gun the ball. L'K guard Ed
Davender replied. "That '5 good.”

Binding pyramids

23. , in

Brian Rogers. an undecided freshman, selects
a binder from the maze of back-to-school

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been more concerned about picking
a major that is assured of providing
a decent income."

The number of people earning
bachelor’s degrees in education has
declined every year since 1013,
Brandt said. Likewise, the number
of people earning master's degrees
has declined every year since 1976
and the number of people earning
doctorates has dropped every year
since 1080.

Several hundred educators and
policy-makers from across the coun-
try will attend this weekend’s con-
ference to discuss a plan designed to
fight this decline. The systemized
model was put together by Middle-
ton, UK Vice Chancellor of Minority
Affairs William Parker and Ema-
nuel Mason and William Stillwell,
both professors of educational and
counseling psychology in the College
of Education.

The four met four times a week
over the summer, analyzing and or-
ganizing issues discussed at the pre-
vious conference. Mason said.

The eight—part model they devel-
oped identifies various steps nec-
essary in the whole process of at-
tracting and retaining black
education students. Steps em-
phasize:

. analyzing the teacher-education
program

0 setting goals for minority partic-
ipation

0 involving the entire community

- developing and implementing a
recruitment and retention plan

. and keeping a recruitment and
retention reference system.

The plan is general enough to be
made situation-specific, Mason said.
The goal of the conference is to
apply the model to individual cam-
puses, whether it be an Oklahoma or
Texas school worried about attract-
ing more Mexican education stu-
dents or a New York school wanting
to attract more Cuban or Puerto
Rican students.

or than in past years, he said. “UK
is the first major white institution to
attack this problem head-on. ' '

This is especially important, he
said, because while the number of
blacks attending colleges and uni-
versities is decreasing, the number
in elementary and high schools is
sharply rising.

“It’s a different problem in each
community," Mason said.

Based on what he sees at UK,
Middleton is optimistic about the ef-
fect of the conference. The 35 black
students enrolled in the school‘s edu-
cation program is significantly high-

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About 2,000 people participated
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Laughter is the best medicine
in comic ‘I’m Not Rappaport’

By ERIK REECE
Arts Editor

“I’m Not Rappaport" is a timely
play about people who are running
out of time . . . and money, and op-
tions.

Herb Gardner‘s Tony Award-win-
ning play, which opened last night at
the Lexington Opera House. takes a
serio—comic look at a serious social
issue — America's neglect of the
aging. Described by one character
as “abortion at the other end,”
aging is addressed in the play by
those affected the most.

The main characters are resilient.
elderly men who refuse to be exiled
to the safe confines of low-rent
apartments and senior citizen
homes. They spend their days on a
Central Park bench in New York
City. risking the looming danger of
muggers and drug pushers and per-
haps the most antagonistic member
of society — a daughter.

Vincent Gardenia is Nat. a Jew-
ish. Lithuanian Marxist who lies
about his past because he is
ashamed of the boring truth. Glynn
Turman is Midge. a black apart-
ment superviser on the run from
employers who want to dismiss him
from his job of 42 years.

The duo provides an extraordinary
chemistry in the roles of die-herds
who refuse to yield the upper hand
in their personal fights against
aging. Both suffer from glaucoma.
making for some slapstick blocking
that is as funny as their running dia-
logue.

Nat possesses a chameleon per‘
sonality that allows him to pick up
and drop personas daily. He fab-
ricates his past and the past of 0th
ers in an attempt to ward off the in-
evitable fate of being placed in a
home by his concerned daughter.
From a Hollywood mogul to a mafia
don. Nat tries good-heartedly to res-
cue himself. Midge and others from
what he sees as social injustice.

In doing so. he succeeds in compli-
cating everyone's life further as the
truth slowly unravels. Yet what
seems to become a dark comedy is
salvaged by the two characters‘
ability to retain a comic perspective
of their own dilemmas. “I'm Not
Rappaport“ laughs with the elderly
without having a laugh on the elder—
ly.

And in the end. it is Nat‘s endless
stories that bring the two friends

Erik Reece
Arts Editor

EDUARDO FERNANDEZ

Solo guitarist
comes to UK

By JL'IJI‘I ESSELMAN

Staff Writer

He may not be an Eddie Van

Halen or a Pete 'l‘ownshcnd. but

Eduardo Fernandez is known

throughout the world as one of the

best guitarists of his generation,
Fernandez will be performing in a

solo classical guitar concert this Sat-

’ urday at the t‘lx‘ Singletary (‘enter

i for the Arts

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Vincent Gardenia (left) and Glynn Turman star in the Tony Award-

winning play. “I’m Not Rappaport."

Theater
Review

back to the park bench again and
again.

The play‘s title comes from an old
comedy routine Nat remembers,
which concerns an instance of mis-
taken identity. the same comic el-
ement on which “l'm Not Rappa-
port" thrives.

Playwright Gardner definitely
works off the theatrical influences of
Samuel Beckett's "Waiting For
Godot.“ But unlike Beckett‘s two
characters. Nat and Midge don't
bring disparaging gloom to their
roles. rather evoke a vitality of spi—

rit. And Gardner further chooses not
to raise “I‘m Not Rappaport” to a
metaphysical level of contemplation.
rather writes with a humaness of

spirit by keeping his characters on a
park bench.

The supporting cast. led by Lau-
ren Klein as Nat‘s daughter. never
quite keeps up with the enchanting
pace set by Gardenia and Turman.
Their roles only seem intended to
further the helpless plight of Nat
and Midge and the five actors never
muster an equal fervor.

In the first dramatic performance
of the Opera House‘s season. it is re-
freshing to see a performance this
solid and moving.

“I‘m Not Rappaport" continues
through Sunday at the Lexington
Opera House.

Alan Hersh to open Sunday Series

By JODI WHITAKER
Staff Writer

The Singletary Center for the Arts
will kick off the semester‘s Center
Sundays Series with a performance
by concert pianist Alan Hersh. who
will feature piano recital music
from Vienna at the turn of the 19th
century.

Hersh, who also heads the School
of MIBiC and is in his second year as
a mimic professor at UK. began
playing recitals across the United
States at the age of 11.

His performance Sunday will in
clude works by Mozart. Beethoven
and Schubert.

“I like to play on our campus."
said Hersh. “because as a teacher
and administrator. I enjoy partic-
ularly to have some kind of interac-
tion with our students and col-
leagues."

“Also. UK has one of the finest

WHEN, WHERE
AND HOW MUCH

DAlan Hersh wiil be in con-
cert at 3 p.01. Sunday at the
Singletary Center for the Arts
in the Recital Hall. Admission
isiree.

concert halls in the United States."
he added. “I like to play it the
best.“

Hersh has taught and spoke about
the piano for many years and has
written a number of articles on the
subject. “For several years. I was
the host of a public radio program
called ‘The Piano Dynamic."' Hersh
said.

At 3. he began playing the piano —
his first teacher being his mother.

ALAN HERSH

He attended the Juilliard School in
New York and has been playing con-
certs in public since he was 11.

“He‘s the most renowned guitarist
the lguitar: society has broughl to
Lexington." said Michael Fogler. its
vice president and publicity direc-
tor. “He‘s really excelled as a musi-
cal artisl and is among the best
dozen guitarists in the world today."

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York in 1977. Since then he has per«
formed throughout North America
and Europe and has recorded with
the famed English ('homlwr ()rches
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Sports

Scaver
to speak
at clinic

B) STEVE HARDY
Staff Writer

Former major league pitching
great Tom Seaver will be the fea-
tured speaker at the 10th annual
Kentucky Baseball Clinic sponsored
by the UK baseball team.

The program will begin at 8:30 in
the morning in the Grand Ballroom
of the Radisson Plaza Hotel.

Wildcat coach Keith Madison said
the clinic is held every year to help
promote baseball at all levels in the
state of Kentucky. He said it is di-
rected at coaches as well as players.

Seaver will throw out the first
pitch and devote most of his forum
to the mechanics of pitching. Mad-
ison said he is pleased to have some-
one as knowledgeable and articulate
as Seaver speaking on the subject.

Seaver will get some relief help
lrom major league pitchers Jeff
Parrett of the Montreal Expos. Paul
Kilgus of the Texas Rangers and
Jack Savage of the New York Mets.

Parrett said he will focus most of
his attention toward the mental as-
pects of the game.

"I can‘- tell anyone how to pitch
.. that‘s Coach Madison‘s job,” Par-
rett said. “If someone wants to be a
better ballplayer they‘ll have to
work at it."

Also on hand to conduct catching
and hitting drills will be Ball State
coach Pat Quinn. Infield drills and
overall improvement drills will be
conducted by the UK staff. including
Madison and assistant coaches John
Butler. Bo