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Vol [\ij \‘h .52 Ker 21 University of Kentucky . .
Monday. April 30. I979 an Independent student newspaper Lexington, Kentucky
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*S. I ..-;’ C v ‘ I; yeti? ‘ % at g? I BIy JAY FOSSETT band together. not only to talk to the the teaching assistant‘s ability to
a , .‘t It": "5 t I (om Fdllur administration but also to talk with teach." Tourjee said. ‘ '
. I 3 if .i . :fiE-I . I ' 5:... (“WWW “mm" """"' ”7° . each other. I “We don‘t consider ourselves '
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“Q‘s ‘ ;§ .i‘ . _.I ‘ cs; banningIot several English textbooks. accountable to our students and tothe don‘t want the questioning to be an .
h: . .- » \. ' I , ' > ._ ‘ $315 .. , some L KI teaching 3551931115 and administration for what we teach." automatic response We are open to
II , ~I . ‘3 " ‘ .. - I egg a ,3 graduate ISIUdCNS Iwant ‘0 form an Tourjee said. “We know that we must criticism from the students. but we .
-_.I ' r». . _ “§*\ . ,. isgfi‘ orgamzauofllha‘“'11181V91h9mImOTe teach students how to write better don‘t want the criticism to be
- ' ~ ’ it“sgg.‘ ’ I . ‘ i \.»- UNVICTS'U' administration. other material that helps accomplish Bernie Lovely. an English graduate
g I . I ._. .5 §\.s®$§si .- 8‘5 ra “9‘9 ~ l” ent rgani- “We believe that we have fulfilled the idea of a union. said that most
I . . *l {\Qagse . II; I ‘9: ““109. said yesterday that an that responSIbility." continued major universities have graduate
2 ' W ' §§§E\ N” organizational mcstlng ‘0 dISCUSS the Tourjee. “but We do not believe the student unions or similar I
II if: . . I "I oi. s idea '5 IlcnlaIItIlIWliI' scheduled IO? U niversity has fulfilled its organizations.
. , : ». .. -» ‘1; ‘°".‘°T’°“ 3‘ ° "‘ 2 '2 “mm" responSlblllli to “Many major unlversllles have
. ‘\ ' ;_ t ’ Bu‘ld'"g' . I “If we are to teach effectively we graduate student governments that
I a“; .- I , ~ I '3th aftermath ofchargcs by EthSh University and the assistance of our governments.“ Lovely said. “(At UK)
II I: If. II I» Bfipi‘ll'll'nen;I halfgldnTDT. JIOCSleI A. oven department chaiIrman," we have One graduate student as a
\s.‘ . . . .. -I-. I ryant. w o sai As are too Touryee emphasized that the member of Student Government and I
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~ By TOM MORAN/Kernel Staff “the experience ‘9 choose an effective organization for all the graduate feel that this is not sufficient
» W ' p I t“I“c {0r composmon.“ students. not just those in the English representation.“ 'I ’ '
. : II a 5, . Bryant also bannedIseveral books department. Tourjee and Lovely expressed .
a I I What a that some TAs reqUired for their “There is a lack of communication concern that the attitude toward TAs I
I V. -. freshman EUSIhSh classes. . . between his (Bryant‘s) office and us in English department would spread to -,
j . , ' TourIjee 5319 the combination 0' (English TAs)" Tourjee said. “and TAs and graduate students in other .'
. ,, I I I wake Bryant 5 recent IcoImmeIntsIand 3Cl|0n5 Similarily. Ithere is also a lack of departments.
I. hI‘III‘ . "1:55.. and the administration 5 lack Of corInmhjnjcatlon between [he “The ISSUE With the English C
. . .; .. . support were important factors In the UanCTSllyand thegraduate students." department had gone beyond the ‘,
’ ' " . dCCISIOMOIeStathhthC organization. Tourjee said that TAs and non- making of book decisions.“ said ' .
. . I : _. 3?” to go “We belle“ timeIhas 90m? {of a teaching graduate students have Lovely. “but has gone on to the TAs ‘. ,
' a, A ' ‘ graduate student union. a UhlVerSItY' always had a problem reaching the asking‘Who am Land what rightsand "
.. . ' ' .. ‘ . “‘lde Offiam’allOIW “‘l‘lCh WI” University administration. He saidthe responsibilities do i have?‘ "
‘ ' I a I . . ‘» represent [20!“ teaching 8551mm“ and recent accusations by Bryant led to Tourjee encouraged departments to -
II :i. a} .. II I II I '1. ., _ tItIOYI'leaIChIIBS graduateIstudents 10 the their decision to take action and form send representatives and invited ‘ -
far I . a a“ lhIltIetSlt} administration. the union. I anyone in the University community
' ' " g An unusual celebration took place (iraduate “Udell“ haveacommon “They (the accusations by Bryant) to attend the Classroom Building .
' - . Friday mu“ on North Campus .5 cause and we believe they ought to have already had students questioning meeting tomorrow.
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.../ ‘. , ,. occupants took part inthe affair, and acu ty If,” s are" t ast to ken Ism .
‘ M ’§ a“ . (at left) helped drain the six kegs of I:
'- ~ . _ beeftririenfl'nalls. it igszcs$d12t3r£y By RICHARD McDONALD blacks will end up ~ if anywhere — at l977-78. However. the Human Rights .
a . We a “sh“ _ containing a model of Managing Editor Kentucky State. the report states. Commission noted that fewer than 0.9 .
”5. ' ,. m y . Bo d H II _ th h th rt (I Only l7 of the 485 faculty members percent of the community college .‘.‘
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. " . s . . I Mr . in the “Death March." The model The state 5 public univerSities hired during 1977-78 were black. and instructors with tenure were black. ,
2. . , ' . MW I W1: was burned in effigy later in the haven‘t “moved beyond tokenism" in Kentucky State. again.hadthehighest AccordingItoIthe report. Murray ;
.41 j 5: j; . . evening. 0“” features included a hiring black faculty members. percentage l7.6 percent of its new State UniverSityin Murray. Kentucky. 1 ‘
_ Li. 1.“ ' I , concert by the rock band Carrier and according to a report by the Kentucky faculty members that year were black. has made the best efforts at increasing 3
I I..-I i e. a slide show produced by Arts & Commission on Human Rights. The report is particularly critical of the number of blacks on its teaching .
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.44. " ,1 »- :; Sciences senior Pat Lally. Based on employment records for UK. It says. “We Kentucky State staff. The western Kentucky school is ,
e" ' a the l977-78 school year. the report (located in Frankfortlhasthe greatest called “atraditionally white univerSity -
~ ,5 I g; | saysthat only 2.8 percent of allfaculty number and highest percentage of that has made visible progress in hiring ‘ .
" 22:. '1 members at the eight state colleges and black faculty members — 68 of 143 M blacks as non-tenured faculty.“ .
W % in the UK community college system the University of Kentucky. just 25 Between I975 and I977. the .
' are black. When the figures for miles away. has the worst percentage.“ university added 13 blacks to its I .
. . . . predominantly black Kentucky State Only ll instructors. which faculty. making the teaching staff 5.4
Local I \’ statlons employ mlnorlt|es University are dropped. the constitute 0.7 percent ofthe faculty. at percent black. However. none of the . .
I percentage of black faculty members l'K in l977-78 were black. Four of blacks had tenure at Murray in I977.
drops to Hi. them had tenure. At other state universities. the ~ -
' d ' ' ' ' ' (Kentucky‘s population is in fact. the numer of black faculty percentage of blacks on the teaching -
. women In eCIS|on-maklng pOSltlons approximately 8 percent black.) members here dropped from 14 to ll staffs range from I percent at
Even fewer blacks hold tenure on between l975 and I977. while the Northern Kentucky University to47.6 - ‘
'I the teaching staffs. the report says. overall number of instructors percent at Kentucky State. Only at .
By CINDY McGEE true at the majority of the television three black reporters and one black When the Kentucky State faculty is increased And while the University Kentucky State did blacks make up ‘ I
Staff Writer stations in Lexington and Louisville. troubleshooter (who investigates not included. less than 0.9 percent of hired l24 new instructors in the last more than l.7 percent of the tenured ‘. . '
Only two of the six news stations complaints made by the public). the tenured professors at the state academic year. only three were black. faculty; there. 59.3 percent of those .' .
. Stations in Kentucky‘s two largest studied. WAVE and WHAS in WHAS has one black reporter and one institutions are black. “Without more vigorous affirmative holding tenure were black. ." .
. television markets are continuingtheir Louisville. employ more than one black production assistant. During the 77-78 school year the action efforts. black representation on The commission calls in the report i ‘ ' j
efforts to hire more women and female anchorperson. The anchor The other four stations each have eight universities (including Kentucky the (UK) faculty will continue to lag for a coordinated hiring system ‘0 ,'
. members of minority groups. but positions held by women at the other one black employee in the news State) hired 4.968 full-time well behind the proportion of black increase the number of blacks on the '. .
finding qualified applicants is a four news stations (WLKY in department (not including instructors. Of these. I43 were black. citizens in the state." the report schools‘ staffs. It says the primary .3 ' . . ,
I problem. according to six television Louisville. WKYT. WLEX and cameramen). with WTVQ having a Tenured professors numbered 2.783in concluded. problem I“ KCMUCK)’ has beena “Ck ' . I ,
. news directors. WTVQ in Lexington) are on weekend black weekend sports editor and all universities. including 53 blacks. (UK released an affirmative action of effort on most schools‘ parts. :‘I ' I
. IThe LES. Commission on Civil and midday reports. unlike WAVE WLEX employing one black However. 68 of the total number of plan early this semester that calls for “The racial composition of faculty 3 . f
i Rights releaseda report early thisyear. and WHAS. assignment editor. black instructors and 32 of those with hiring 25 additional black instructors at Kentucky State indicates that I ._ .
titled Window Dressing on the Set. A total of 26 women are employed Ken Kurtz. news director ofWKYT. tenure were employed by KSU. by I933. making the faculty 3 percent qualified black persons have been a '
which concluded that although an by the six stations. with l0 women said the shortage of blacks in news According to the report. hiring black.) available to universities in the state -‘i " ’
. increasing number of women and working in decision-makingpositions. stations in this area is caused by the patterns don‘t show much hope for Ironically. the UK community whether they were native Kentuckians :5: . I
I‘ minorities are employed at television Five ofthe l0 positions held by blacks low number of qualified blacks in the increasing the number of blacks on college system won some qualified or recruited from other areas. “, . _ .
. stations throughout the nation. they are also decision-making positions. broadcasting field. “There are more state faculties. “Eventhc hiring forthe praise for its efforts at hiring blacks. Apparently state universities . . . ‘i'
‘ are almost completely absent from WAVE and WHAS are the only openings forblacksthancanbefilled.“ l977-7R academic year showed the The percentage of blacks on the haven‘t worked hard enoughtoattract F . ‘
,« deCision-making positions. news stations ofthe six to haveablack he said. continued pattern oftokenism and the community college teaching staffs faculties which reflect the population ,3
. However. this does not appear to be female anchorperson. WAVE employs Continued on page 4 likelihood that a higher percentage of went from 3.5 in I975-76 to 4.2 in Of Kentucky." the ”PO" says. 5 '
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E: n 'on Another of the dissidents. Georgi \‘ins. a Baptist pastor. serious lung inflammation. 3 . ‘
it state HOURLY WORKERS IN THE UNITED STATES. who attended a Washington. DC. church with President Jimmy Ii . I
13’ once earned the highest average Pay among their peers in the Carter, 1 wo others. Eduard Kulnetsov and MarkIIlI)ymshiIts. BRITISH MOTHERS SAID THEY do not like Margaret . ,
ii WEEKEND TRAH-K‘ ACCIDENTS on Kentuck)‘ world. ha" "0“ “id ‘0 “Rh 9"“ among '2 hllhly attendedIIa MW York ("y rally celebrating Solidarity Thatcher‘s upper middle-class accent and aggressive manner.
'I _ if highways claimed lour ll\C\. raisingthe state‘stollforthc year industrialized nations. “‘0'de ‘0 a study conducted by a Sunday. before leavrng for lsrael. where they “I” makctheir but they llltC lht Labor Party's socialist policies "c" less. . ' V
S to 213. state pnllCL‘ \illd yevterday I matiagemcnt consultant firm. homes. .. . I , , , according to an opinion poll published yestersday - .
j Pic-dawn accrdcnis yesterday killed a 32-year-old American “CC"llVCS also are slipping lower in world The.lmh‘ “Em" Ileoroz. was dis“ In .New Y0“ after The poll indicated mothers underthe age of 45 agroup '
l.cxmgton man. (’harlcs ('aldwell. and an ltt-year-old Bell comparisons of base salaries. attending a rally m Phlldddph'a‘ whose support is considered vital toeithersidesvictory- will I
' ‘ (‘ounty resident. [)anny Ware Ware died when he [05‘ Theav‘erageSlttlhourlypayforAmericanworkerswasthe vote for the Conservatives by a four-percentage-point ‘ '
' l. control of his automobile while beingchaved by police for an highest ‘" the world i" [972‘ bl" “89"“ for '977 show world margain over Labor in the national elections 0i Ml)’ 3- ' '
- ' alleged speeding \Iolalltni Japanese manufacturing workers earned the most with an A Conservative victory would make Thatcher Britain‘s first 3 ._
. . I Two other peoplc were killed In Saturday acctdents average of $6.70. as compared to an average of $5.63 in the PRESIDENT LEONID BREZHEV ATE with a spoon prime minister . \ . .
. . I l'nited States. Japan was sixth in the I972 survey. during most ofa formal Kremlin dinner. had trouble signing I
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. ‘ ' . ILLINOIS ('I'VTRAI Gill RAILROAD tracks and a NEWLY FREED SOVIET DISSIDENT Alexander attention during some top-level meetings. ;' ~ . I
l. i ' _ ' "9° road '" (WWW (hunt) were reopened yesterday (iimburg said yesterday that he and his family will go to live This picture of the 72-year-old Soviet leader emerged CHARACTERIST'C SPRINGWEATHERreturnstothe l .. -
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“ The embarassmg Situation in which the School of with contingency dollars this year.) Most of them .It ‘I 7‘ “(2.1 ~\ iI__ (V s,- I . r;
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. Last night lwalked upthe street. the to be doing out there‘.’ Surfing?" happen.“ A burst ofwind blew the door open. combing my hair. “But you'll have to And feeling whole. I turned off the .i'III ;
”“5 lining the sidewalk bursting ""0 “I‘m 80th 10 be an assistant dean of I pulled myself away. “Four years but the chilly night breeze I expected come to Francetosee me. I won tgoto lightsIano went to sleep.dreamingfirst ti
bloom. the setting sun casting long students at the University of ago I was telling the samething to my didn‘t materialize. Instead. a warm Florida." of Cincmnati. then of Paris. And
shadows. Much to my amazement. Evansville.“ friends from high school. And when l waft of air billowcd soothingly across I turned and suddenly the finally of a winter not the oneyust '7. I
there was a brand new Mercedesinthe “Oh. And did I tell you The New first walked into that dorm room and the room. . apartment was alive with his voice. his passed that hung likea mist.almost If? .
, driveway and Franklin was putting York Timescalled‘.’lgotthemanaging met the short kid from Photostat. And suddenly I realized it was personality. and those oIlalltheI people imperceptible. on the horizon of a to; {
su1tcases in it. ”Oh- my 00d. editor lob." N.J.. I sure never thought he‘d teach spring. I stood up and walked to the we‘d known. And despite feelingthat destiny | knew I alone would I), . I
Franklin.“ I said. “Take this back —_‘——‘_ me how to laugh so hardthat my sides door. drinking in the gentle warm half 0t me had been amputated. I determine. I; )
before the owner calls the POllCC" I - I hurt. that friends are the greatestthing wind that dried my eyes while bringing coulant help smiling broadly. then I
He looked up and smiled. "lt's frank/In and me in the world. and that it hurts when rejuvenating warmth to plants. lovers breaking. self-consCiously. into You don‘t have Gnu Fields, 'I
mine." b re fields you have to say goodbye to them.“ and the squirrels that nested in our laughter as the memories echoed Journalism senior. to Iticlt around "5.
“Franklin. as I recall. you and l have Y g 99 He opened the shiny new door and gutter. “I love you. Franklin." I through my mind. God. I was goingto anymore. Three cheers for the class of '3 I
spent the last four years living on tuna ———————————— crawled inside, “I‘m gone. sucker.“he whispered to the night. the air miss him. '79. I:
salad and Tang. which tends to make “I‘m serious." he said.“l interviewed said. and we both grinned. . . t . t rt '1
me think you can‘t afford this car.“ for it last week. ljust told them some As he backed out of the driveway I F k' h g I I“ d. ed fac ts t
‘ "It‘s a graduation present.“ he ofthestuffyou andlhavedone—like went inside. to the apartment devoid ran In c ar as co u "'8 s o :-
answered. tossing a suitbag into the thetime we kept put offdoing laundry of half its furniture. appliances. . . . :
passenger seat. for so longthat we hadto wear grocery humanity. And out ofthe corner of my You stupid nit. I admit. you can be people l “he as much 115 .VOU Id0- BUt any trtehdSh'P- httt d0 X0“ hit“? any :
"And 1 suppose you“ sleeping in bagsto class— andtheysaidthey were eye I saw a bottle of Dewar‘s on a funny. but thattrashycolumn OlYOUFS that Kym” staff at“ they for that? idea how expenstve Sk'PPYI isIthese i
’i the glove compartment tonight?" sure I could relatetothe problems kids chair. Knowing that Franklin would is so full of liIes.I For instance. you lt'SI not that l mind radical derelictIsI d3)“ And by the way.you dldhthOl 3
He turned and stared at me. He “'83 have.“ He pulled out his keys. “What never purposely leave booze. I didn't mind bringing up the fact that Sitting around saying. "WOW- man. me When you "59d my shampoo and .
silent for a few seconds. then he are you going to be doing?“ grabbed the bottle and ran after him. we both had charge accounts at the but I can’t relate to people who have put water in the bottIleto cover up. As s
““18th nervously'No.“ he said.“|‘m “I‘m going to Cincinnati and work . His car was at the end ofthe street. its abortion clinic. But why didn‘t you , d , a matter 0t fact. lve kept my real ;I
leaving. For good.“ for the summer. And in the fall I‘m right blinker on. “Franklin.“ I yelled. ever air the fact that the only reason I 9,999 an me shampoo under my mattress {0" th° it
“To where?“ going to Europe. I don‘t know about running down the sidewalk. “Wait opened one up was because you b frank/in davis years. That stuff you VC been washing 3
“Out west.“ after that." up." 'overspent your limit‘.‘ y youthair With '5 great for SCttIlhg ..
— My head started spinning. He spoke softly."Well.l'llwriteand But 30 feet before I reached him he And that disgusting little drunk never been awake between 7 am. and PUPP'CS t0 80 0“ newspapers. how .
“Franklin. Why are you always leaving tell you when my spring break is. We‘ll pulled out and drove off. column. You made me look like such noon. 5'0“ know‘NttythatSa'ht Bernard “‘3’“ I
early for thlth? There's Stlll finals go to Florida. Oh. Gregg. we had so I stood there holding the bottle. an idiot. Why didn‘t you write about And also. why did you make me d0” “Otttd "9"" leave you alone. ‘ .
week left." much fun down there. lt‘ll bejust like Then slowly an anger of an intensity the time that I had to carry you to the sound like an academic alien? I happen I COUtd 8° 0” forevcr about what a .
. He grinned at me. “No problem. I old times.“ I‘d never known before slithered into Med Center and have your blood run to know thatjust lastweek you wentto lousy roommate you VC been: what . »
tOld mytCaCherSthatlftheydidn‘t P855 His last line made me wish none of my brain. increased its strength. then through a dialysis machine because one of your classes and the professor With fallmg aSlCCP “for? your parties ‘
me la come back and repeat their this was happening. “Sure.“ I said took control of my body. “Go ahead doctors had determined it was 90 told you that it was too late to add a ended.and neveransweringthe phone - w
courses. Heck. I'll probably make the unconVincingly,“Andin 20 years we‘ll and leave. you fucking bastard.“ l proof‘TtBeginning to get the message?) course. Sounds like you're a real when 3'0“ '3 Stttlhg next to 't‘ and
dean's list.“ both come back fora homecoming. get screamed. The bottle shattered after I And you made me sound like some regular attender. sleepingIthrough an alarIm clock that I i
t was SttCht 35 he PM“?d hlS so drunk we can‘t stand up. and cry threw it to the sidewalk. “You dirty degenerate slob. It would have been In addition. I thought it was tacky. sounds ht“? RtIlPP Arenas 3'8 bertha. ‘
televiSion up from the pavement and about our na in wives. our 274 kids uncarin son of a bitch." nice if you would have mentioned tack '. tack ' to ut certain cx loits of and “9"" buying your own hatthSh
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put it in the trunk. I stared at him.“So and the high cost of suburban split- l blinked hard and swallowedtwice. some of your own drawbacks. I mean. mine into print. Let‘s face it. brother. and. well. l don‘t see much sense in II.
where out west are you going?“ levels." I fiddled with my ear. “And I ran back to the house and sat on the . Gregg. there‘s dirt under your bed you‘ve had affairs with some girls so trying to prove that water '5 wet. 3‘" 't-
“Evanstille.” then college will seem like it never couch. I picked a piece of paper up that‘s petrified. I dropped one ofyour uglytheycould scare rabies outofmad let meiust make 0““- final statement: .'
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hello for me." He slammed the trunk we‘re not going to stop being friends. I crumpled the note and dropped it on thought I could just say a few words actually bought your own peanut assnstant 0““ 0t sItudents 't the .
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I . a intellectualliberty and even less for his (including Dr. Bryant). Ms. Gooch‘s Inane Stupldlty works in question and the passage powerful tones of such great writers
Vismng the UK campus on colleagues‘; and because Betty Jean knowledge ofMiller will be even more l must take issue with the point of cited are among the most exemplary as Miller and Faulkner.
Wednesday. April I25. I hadIa chance Gooch. apparently the only person eVIdent when She completes her MA view expressed in your editorial of works in the English language. One cannot learn composition
to look at the [kernel articles and who understands the true import of theSISOHBSPCCtSOltheestCCmCd man‘s_ April 24. I979: “Whether literary I am disturbed to think that without pursuing fundamental
editorial 0” the Gooch-Goss~Bryant this matter. is no longer a part of its life and WOYKS- Yet she is assailed for works should be used in freshman , .. ‘, . » .. meanin s as an architect I know
controversy I was amused then . h .. d - . . . l rofessor Bryant could notdtsurnthe B
. ' . ‘ staff. er au aetty and incompetence ”t compnfiltlnn classes '5 a purely . . . . ~ .. ~ . . that such action reverts to em ty
astonished People like Eugene Goss h' 3| . - , _ _ 77 7 clear \dluc of the meaning bencaththc I P
' teac ing "k 59"": academic dCClSION- Surely SUCh an . d th th't b' d th m gesture and mindless formalism. Toa
are anendlesssourceofhumorr until D - l Pl Now thes t f . h' h ‘ . ' ' - . wor 5' e “”0 d ”t 5 C I .7 ~-
. , ‘me .5 ~ -P‘~‘C re 0 cenhors In 35 attitude abdicates our COHCCIIVe h R l. . .. It - . student of English the consequences
their arrogant meddling causes C t C II envelo ed F lk B S . . , .‘ toget er. e igion. rc- ig-ion. dl its I 7
I I I en re 0 egg p au ner. ram . toker. commitment to the meaning of a . b' - . . .. ‘d - h become more disastrous , the
dlhgcntI power-[:85 people “kc Betty A u‘ ‘ f f H. ‘ d Mollere a'ld JUV I wh . I h . . I. I I . . I most (INK meanlng. lbtonltrnt “ll I .
I I ssts In pro essor o is cry on - cna. ystopt ere. university cducation. lfthe purpose of h“ . - ~ ~ I , internal dialogue we understand as
leanGoochtolosetheiryobs.(Editor's R It i Dr Br' t" th . . _ I- I , t is sort of binding together. am I I
. e gon - yan . ) not Include a medical degree is to guarantee an . ,, , human consciousness and conscience
Note: Gooch w“ "0' f'lred.butrather ' Steinbeck‘s Grapes of Wrath. ability to heal ratherthan to prescribe disturbed that Bryant would w ld d t to utterances of
chose t° leave "‘9 Unlverslty.) What Regfottflble act‘ons Vonnegut‘s Slaughterhouse Five and ills or make money ifthe foundation apparently bow m cxtcrnal whim.“ - ou 6’53”.” e
troubled me most was the . . A d . M . .. . p ‘ . " . . pressure. seek a scapegoat among his inane S“ll" tt)- 7
. . ‘ - The comments and editorials n rew arvclles To His Coy ofa historv or law curriculum. is an _ . b d' , , d l' . l'
. dlspasslonatc tone of the [kernel 7 , 4 . Mistress"“ All f h I k h . . I -I 7 7 . own su or mates. .in u timatey ,
. , appearing in the Iteme/ and city - - - 0 t €56 WOI’ S ave understanding of prmcnples rather . f . h - d h , , d b' . . 7
editorial and accompanying letters - been scrat h d h- . .- ~ . ~. 4 “t" “set e m'" ‘ “t t‘ ”t” em“ .‘ Jonathan l'riedmnn
- Sur l h U - - newspapers have emphasned the ‘ C C out t hasty-acting than lmt rote memorization 0t not unequivocally demonstrating the Agslqtnnt fofesgor of Architecture
I) hy somfonehat t, C numlt) outrage we should all feel for the schools and English departments and isolated facts.then it may be fairtosay ' ‘ ‘ p ‘ '-I
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