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Vol. LXXXV. No. 90 Wednesday, January 12. I983 An independent student newspaper University of Kentucky, Lexington Kentucky
Installation of campus phone s stem nea '11 com I t 'o
2 _ m.-. 2, W ,1, Communications manager says problems being corrected
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. UK 25 I 53 €2,111 1‘ f ,w‘, By MICHELE ERB These changes had to be put in as options, “Practice phones were also set up around
_I..II . .. . .. . .1 -,II,I:. ,I2 fwf. Senior Staff Writer CombsI said. “People forgot that the options campus. People who utilized these aides are no
,,.r, I. . - . ..- . . 1,, .. _,.i - 2, .‘ . :0, couldnt be used until the second week after the doubt enjoying the system,"he said,
#3;in “DR" 2 f}; - -"~'-_' *7 ‘ 2 2'" ;. WWW cutoff” _ The Communication Services Department has
.._I.I E , k hi I I 2. .. . Changes are being made as people request put out an addendum to the 1982-1983 telephone
”* *4 . J . . , i .. ‘t,’ I 1"1'1 . UK's new phone system — known as the UKSX new functions “There have been 2.000 ltol 3,000 directory listing numbers changed by the new
4 _;, . _, . , . A . .. . , TA '” . 4600 — is now being used in all departments and programming changes since cutoff on Dec. 28 re system.
a 2 .r 3 0' ‘ -.- , v.-. ”ff‘ .ifi; *“f’ for ’1. offices and is almost fully operational, according Sarding people who want different functions." he “It is much more accurate than last year's di-
3 M- *0 . . 3" | y rI. " to Del Combs, communications services depart- said. “All of these changes should be completed rectory,“ Combs said. “We went to the presses
1 “MM § l E k l 3. .‘ g- ment manager. by Wednesday. in late November. and there have ionJy2 been
. * *‘ .2 . L"? W “The system is working 100 percent now, ex- UK telephone costs should decrease 18 to 20 some number changes since then,“
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toateachingposmon cuts havestifled L'K‘schances." product they want but they don‘t I . / g 5 1 g l
Denemark‘s reSigiation by itself havetheresourcestodoitwith." . f €34 Y 1 l
was notable -- he was the L‘niversr h was a sentiment echoed by the Meanwhile. the number of tempo- 1 . l {7 / \ .3 3 ’_ h I
ty's senior dean But. more impor- other resigning d?” and a parade rary deans increased. Faculty class ' t» : ”5 2/; .//, \ \‘ .5 i
tant. he was the third dean to reSign 0t. departing faculty members. many loads burgeoned as they filled in for I \ 4// " /////, ,l \. t‘ N\ k ' F" ‘
in the 1981823cademic vear 0t Whom‘ htte .Eichorn. had con- departed colleagues. And numerals "f //. . \i \ L‘\\ X 33a t l
Law Dean Thomas Llewis and Ste- tracted "TeanItis Even the Ker-- improvement projects were put on r 4/ / i v j \\\ r: ' l ,
phen Langston. dean of L'niverSity nel was affected as Nancy Green, holdorcanceled. ‘ , 3;.) ,/..//, / / /./ .' i ‘ _\\v \\ .' l
Extens‘ion. preceded him. and Mar- long-time student publications‘ady'ls- It has been more thana year since . / , ,«/L/:/}/ / ,/ , / y/ I, . l ‘x.-\.\ i \ \\\\\\ \ AWN l .
tin Solomon. director of the comput er. accepted a Texas offer m Au— the Council on Higher Education ' ' . ' ,/ . .: f ‘ ‘ . «\ H?» . j: \\ \\>\L\.‘$5 l 1
er sc1ence center. also had an- gust called for a renewed commitment to w » / ~. g. _-- ’ l ‘i ‘\ x ' w W“ \\ ‘ g \t i
nounced his resignation. Forbes Most Of the resigning faculty quality education at Kentucky‘s h .. , , -',.‘ "it; a" l \\ ‘ t "‘4 " u. .. \. J
Lewis. chairman of the computer members. on the way out the door:. state-supported universities. Bl“. al- 5/" . "c-giflfl / l l i ‘ ' ‘ 1"‘5-1'é» \ \~\ . I
SCience department. had departed took time to say they understood the though the budget hemorrhaging has t . ‘ IM‘ ' g \ 3 . \ . {f 7 .\\ ‘ ‘4 ,
earlier t'niverSlty administration‘s prob- stopped — at least for now — the i/ ' ft X - \\ \\ \ ‘ .\ \l f
Two months later. Engineering lems — strapped by three succes» promise of more money for the fu- LAW /, _ 4..., _‘/-.._W.J-,___/__WZ_.__ -i..c,_._-sL-_- .,._-_:,.-__X._L_ _‘.\._\__:s_:s_l }
Dean Roger Eichorn mined the exo‘ Sive budget cuts. it had no choice ture remains beyond an unseen hori- "v'-""M"‘l°/“""rW" l
dus. “It's more than Just L'K.“ he but to cut back wherever possible. 100- GALUS RECOGNIZED
A decade after the first whetherconsentualor not. bomb threat. The caller. he said. i
A W attempt by a group of So far, the approximately 3035 warned that he had “better get
IN LESS SE ASO N homosexual students to members of GALUS have been those gays and lesbos out or we will.
gain recognition as an quiet, and. with the exception of Thebombwiugoomngommumf
official student organiza- Hrkman, have maintained their ano- After an evacuation of the building ,
0 tion. the University in nymity in Kernel interviews. But and an unsuccessful search for a
After the Wildcats d1. mid- November granted a charter to others in the University have been bomb by police and fire department
sastrous 1981 gridiron the Gay and Lesbian Union of Stu- vehement in expressing their dis- personnel, GALUS held its meeting
performance and the dents. pleasure over the group‘s recogni- as scheduled.
contentious firing of The group. according to Stephanie tion in letters to the editor and cam- The semester ended without fur
Coach Fran (‘urci. L'K w... , Hrkman. its president. is a “politi- pus graffiti. ther incident. But. despite the fact
began the new year with J ‘ _ cal organization active in opposing The worst incident so far. howev- that homosexual student orgaiiiza
a new coach. Jerry Claiborne. a 1; legislation against equal rights for er. came in early December. tions are relatively common on cam-
Hopkinsville native late of the g.» 2 gay and lesbian people." The first GALUS had scheduled a meeting in puses elsewhere. GALUS is still a
Maryland Terrapins attempt failed because the group the Student Center, but shortly be- new phenomenon in conservative
Claiborne, a 21»year coaching yet. was to be a social organization. and fore it was to begin, a night than Kentucky. and its opponents are
eran. impired high h0pes With a mag Kentucky laws still prohibit sodomy. ager there received a telephoned many.
reputation for being tough but fair. "t
he set about shaping up the much- - I
sullied team. past members of i: OME s T cs
which had been implicated in crimes " ‘ W N A H LETI
ranging from petty theft to rape 53:4; % ' - '
Whhe the" Oh‘held performance . gig, 1h“ a f While'UK varsity men’s women‘s track team and move the team. wrestling. The women‘s team
t°°k an equivalentdive. , . i_ 5?; ‘5 1 teams turned in disap- gymnastics team from the Seaton to be elevated has not yet been cho-
Changes came immediately (131‘ {gig ; ' pointing performances, Center to more spacious Alumni sen.
borne moved the team into an ath- 3%; 21.. 4 . the women took up the Gym. Problems remain. however. The
letic dorm and enforced strict cur- 1%. ' " , slack. In March. the The investigation came in re- need for a new pool ~ the one in
““5 He also instituted a stringent " wax basketball Lady Kats sponse to a request by former wom~ Memorial Coliseum is in such poor
weight program. one Of his 59903“ '. ' ' 1 took the SEC crown and the volley- en‘s swim coach Ray Mernaugh. condition that it was closed for a
hes Sportswrlters throughout the . . \e "a, . he ” «a; ball Kats were top national contend- who was outraged when his team‘s short time in December ~ leaves
state began forecasting the heSt 593’ ‘ -. . c “h" a“ W ' .‘W g ers. Lady Kat golfers were no already meager budget. as well as the women's swim team at a disad-
scrim years, , . . ' K " that?) ‘ ' ‘ "f Slouches. either, and women‘s track funding for all other club sports. vantage as a candidate for varsity
nstead. the Cats had the" worst . f . ' .. k ,7 m ,. , , y . boasted an All-American. was eliminated from the University status. Although Mernaugh set off
season ever. gomg (“0'1 against a t ‘ W ' t ' t ' budget for 1982. He also complained the investigation. his team. ironical-
schedule packed “1th bOWl contend- Claiborne unleashes his temper on a referee showmg the ten- In late September. however. the that the amount of pool time allotted ly.may not benefit,
"5- The team- never seemed ‘9 h" 5.0m of +1.5 wmIess first season Department Of Education 5 Office M for the team‘s daily practices was Also. Assistant Athletic Director
‘ts stride. despite a mid-season first- C‘Vh Rights concluded that they had not enough Sue Feamster expressed her worrv
half lead against tor-ranked Georgia quarterbacks were particularly only one was removed from the ”‘0“ “ a“. ““de.’ herdshlr- C399“ It irked him. too. that while his that the inclusion of a new women's
that was nothing short 0‘ mirac- weak team ‘ll should be “0th that the a lengthy investigation, the OCR re- team's competitive chances were varsity team would mean the others .
ulous. Even \anderbilt. long a door- But there was also an undercur- charges against the other two were ported ‘“ a lengthy document thht virtually eliminated, the men's wouldbe“watered down."
mat for LK.proved too much; ‘ rent of resentment among the team droppedl. women are ’underrepresented 1" swim team retained varsity status Despite their impressive perfor- i’
Many of the problems Claiborne members toward Claiborne‘s brand Nevertheless. game attendance "‘9 UmverSity s intercollegiate ath- andafull-tin.e coach. mances. women's teams remain sec- t
experienced were viewed as part of of discipline. Some charged —— off averaged 54.000. 28th in the nation. letlcs program when. compared to . . . ond-class citizens at UK and else< ‘
the CurCi legacy The team. which the record u that he played favor- And the glowing forecasts will un- the" representation 1" the student The University replied to the where The money and glory still go I
he had no part in recriiiting. was iteS. particularly after an October doubtedly be heard again. proving. hwy-h OCR'S order w1thapledge to elevate for the most part to the men's t
young and physmally small as com- inCident in which three players were if nothing else. that Kentuckians It ordered UK to add a full-time one thwomgfi steam to ‘5‘”th staitusf teams. ‘ f
pared to its opponents Also. the charged with public intoxwation but aren‘teasilydiscouraged. women‘s coach and another wom- c; f A hticdhshgc‘afithh ar (ft As Feamster noted of the OCR re 1
en‘s varsity team. either softball or lrec 0?; ‘w1 mg“ l? h ttc one. . port, “These investigations don't get j
swimming. to the seven already a so sal 1}: wo e imina e a men 5 at what athletics are. It's not just a l
existing. It also said the University team coac ‘ lot of people participating. We‘re not
must provide locker space for the So far. it has eliminated a men‘s in this toberecreational." 1
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TIMES GUIDE , . {rm-P l
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In January. 3 book that John DarCie. but it seemed there whether accurate or not. had every The issue might have died there — ”6““- \ " /
had some very unflatter‘ was little they could do. Fiske. right to say what he said. that is. if Peter Fitzgerald. then vice ’ t‘ ‘Q .1] V
mg things to 53} about president for policy and budget. had - ‘ .‘:V~I ‘ O“ 1
UK madeitsdebut not gone rummaging through his ‘1 Q:l“ é‘oll
s The Newt; Yorb TlmeIS ~ 0 ~. files. In a copyright story. the Ker- ' ‘ ‘3’..\‘ I,
e ective uide to Cor 20‘ »
ieges 1982-83 by Edward B Flske. “‘1 c N 0“, lurk tameg nel reported that Fitzgerald had , Oh).
the Times education editor rated ’ . found 3 packet 0f 25 surveys sent .by t '3'. i, q ,
academic atmosphere. somal life F‘Ske about a year before the Gum? - J v.\
and quality of life at 250 colleges was'publish‘ed. requesting the Uh" : i
and univerSities throughout the L' S verSity distribute them to students.
The ratings were rtedly As Fitzgerald put it, "We do legal»
based on surveys of at Isms stu~ 1y required surveys first. The lowest
dents at each imtitutlon. as well as priority ts. commercial ventures 0 .
press reports and other sources (“Ch as ms“ 5 book). so the sur-
UK's rating was a mixed bag w it veys had never been distributed. al~ .
received the highest possible rating though the CW“ 3 introduction cat- ‘- ‘
on the socxal scale. but it finished egorically stated that 9h each ’ i
rock bottomon the academic scale campts. h set of ' ' ‘ questionnaires ’
was distributed to a cross section of _’
Fiske explained the rankings in an students." ; ’
accompanying article: “the Univer- , . . . . "
sity of Kentucky is a Wise choice for m mick m ()ch [h a telephone interview mm the t .‘r
the rural Kentuckian — or anyone ' Kernel, “She refused to say wheth- ‘ 3
else for that matter »— who wants a 2” M 1111' er or not ht: had received any sur- .
college education without working . . veys from LK students. But he saw ‘»
too hardtogem -' most likely to COIISIdL't‘ "W 9‘. "‘9 WY was based °" 8" - l
News of the Guide entry galva- hhshec'hftd number ht telephone .‘
nized UK faculty members and ad- calls to people at the UniverSlty °f - .
ministrators in a unified expression Kentucky. ‘=
of outrage. The administration immediately .. ~
“I don't think (it) in any way fired off'a registered letter toFiske. ) -‘ . ..
characterized the way the Universr demandigg hithat he divulge the ' \4 ' .
ty is now." said Arts and Sciences ' melts tud: git?!” gglgeoeasked 5/ 3:;
Dean Michael Beer, Raymond Horn- Ema RD ve edritgehtif 3‘“er h Shh “ , 4 f .
- back. vice president for university y y es. ,9. - ’L
relation. characterized it as "very B. FISKE Fiske never replied. and the elu- ,_
_ subjective. 803“”. flippant " Art sive students never stepped forward. A -
- Gallahu'. then vice president for “It-”M There is still no proof that he did
Icndernlc affairs. called it "a tre- not. as University officials 3399“» Although UK's female athletes won more lourels than the men 5
mm disserwce ‘0 the “'0th base the entry simply 0" his own teams the worked under handica th t S F t
andltudentsofthisimtlmtion." opinion of UK. Reportedly, however, Vhl .Y . PS 0 U? earns er ass-s
» mm of the administration the 1m“ Gulde‘s UK entry will be tent at etic director, intimated went beyond inequalities in to l
‘F comulted with University Counsel farmore-flattering~ ("W's and funding
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n a'ns rls 3 Palm does not believe, however,
~ that such a change would cause any ‘
: long-term damage to the appeal of
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' By SUSAN SIMMONS “If a warm is an apparmt gay Donnid he has Iostsome triends "1m” “9:. . T o ._.___-__-.-__
i Staff Writer and the person hiring is a closet after telling themhewas gay. than fratertuti: havelnottung more ~ °° o
2 gay, the person hiring feels threat- Lincoln attributes society’s atti- nkbeei ° theaw Sufism” the , t .
_.—~.____.“_._ ened and will not give the applicant tudes toward says to education. or foggyfn‘zfc‘ to 3“!“ .. he 5315“}: 9,, .A ll'
thejob." ratherthelackofit. . ‘ ' . " . ’l
l This is the second of a three-part Even though the homosexuals in- “Students have voids in their ed- ”if“ "find“ and "“5 dry “‘3“ w‘“ t l /; t)
. series on Lexington's homosexual terviewed said lexington was not ucations. They have poor concep- 5 3w 9"“ . . ~,- . \_ D l /
community. totally accepting, they said they tions of history and art. They can't :riousn fr aternitisshasay the dry l ‘ ’
had not been victims of blatant dis- speak English. You can’t criticize gusm M m fc Kzges. Aim-y t . ,
. Many homosexuals hide their crimination. them for not accepting an alternate {mg ,ttprssi ‘d m: .99: {PM . .y‘ 0‘ /
sexual preference to maintain their However, Edwin Hackney, a lifestyle." ra em! Y. 5:“ theiriéilori y 0 its , / ’ '1
professional standings and not hurt counselor at the Comprehensive “Educated, well-adjusted people mgrhnbers we :3? tibanged " . a ’
theirfamilies Care Center, recalled an incident do not have any problem dealing t' ere are ”we an neg. ‘ 6‘ t 0'
“You can be gay and be a part of in Lexington. with themselves or anybody else," ahive asspetctts .50 prom .- ‘ d)
, the school system, but see what He said a lesbian, having jlst said David, a UK student and C Wei ml satij' at th , \
i happens if anyone finds out,” said broken up from a five-year member of GALUS. f. ”Exile“ un er lfa 85' \ -
; Don.a“closet"gay. relationship, was at a hospital un- Lincoln said Lexington had an Sufipéir; 1 Ag??? c“ nge \
: dergomg treatment similar. to the unwillingness to progress, citing lgv or the pacifive sideulfeco ’ w? \
counseling heterosexuals might re- Sunday liquor sales as an example. the moneypvllz will be savinaglusiflsg ,
“ehiaiihdéif‘iml preference thiif'iiiufi'yiii’nfsSii'lné'is‘vimm the change Wi" mean less an“: ' "“ "‘" I " '
l was discovered by her landlady I greeks coming to rush just for the
l and upon coming home from they But Bennett had a different idea, beer,”Smith said. DAVID'IIICl/K-rnolSIo“
t hospital, the woman found her be- “I haven’t found Lexington to be Nearly 200 people come to Kappa Jack Duiworth, an IFC and Delta lem,“he said.
' A few years ago, Don quit work- longings in the hallway and the ultra-prejudiced. Some people Alpha every night during rush. he Tau Delta fraternity member, said Dulworth says his fraternity does
l ing with a religious group in Lex- door padlocked _ she had been have. but they court it. They try to said. Smith belteves if change oc~ his fraternity also welcomes the not expect any change in the num-
i ington after telling one of the lead- evicted. show everyone they are gay. Peo- curs, his fraternity Will have an eas- change but with some reservations. ber of students coming and pledg-
I l ers he was gay. Lincoln told of a time when he ple get irritated at that, Just as ier time selecting prospective pledg- Dulworth says he'ls proposing a ing. However, hedoes admit that his
l .it don‘t think it was right thatl was attacked. He and a male they would get imtated if a es. compromise of havmg alternating fraternity ml] have to make some
i had to quit, but i think it was best. friend had gone to a restaurant. Straight W50“ always immuced 0‘ "‘9 negative asPec‘S' smith nights 0‘ 3‘00““ and "on'alcomic charms ‘0 compensate a non-a100-
l How could I expect others to ac- Upon leaving, they were followed himselfasaheterosexual." sees fewer people 88“"‘8 to know beverages available. holic “’5“-
t cept something quickly that it took by another car whose occupants as- Hrkman said she thinks the atti- about the greek wax 0f life. “Even . “The thing about it is the educa- Although no definite date has been
! more than 10 years for me to ac- saulted them with rocks, bottles tudes are changing as people be- when we had theoanti-greeks coming tion to teaching students how to set to vote on the change, Palm ex-
cept.“ and verbal challenges to get out. come moreliberal. for rush. we believed we were able drink responSibly. If people would pects the issue to be brought up in
l Even though many heterosexuals “We ran a few red lights, but we Mike McCormick, a manager of to persuade many to Ehe pOSltlve