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Vol. LXXXV No.89 Tuesday, January ll. I983 An Independent student newspaper University of Kentucky, Lexungton, Kentucky
' Pedestrian accidents move city to seek traff'c o! t '
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By LIN! S. KADABA The researchers Will Compare the acc1dent rate for streets surrounding r“ ‘ ' ' ‘ “ ' ' ‘ ”n
' Special Projects Editor UK with the normal urban accident rate, Problem areas will be identified i ”T
and overall safety improvements will be suggested to the Urban County . //‘\
. .. , , , Government Council. ,/ _
"Hopefully. what we‘ll be able to do is pinpoint problem areas and ' / ‘
(‘logged streets and pedestrian accidents over the past year have makespecific recommendations.“Pigmansaid ‘ r . .
prompted city officials to investigate possible solutions to l'K's traffic Last month. David Uckotter. Urban County traffic engineer. made vi- / ‘.
“ problems deotapes of pedestrians crossing Rose and Limestone streets He is also / ,/ L
Gene 'l‘ichenor. 5th District council member. announced last week that studying traffic speeds. visibility of signs and street lighting. 3 ./ i
a left turn lane and a “Walk/Don't Walk“ signal will be installed at the Among the proposals being considered by council members is a safety ; l ~ l
l intersection of Euclid and Woodland avenues in early March The inter- zone around UK. Lower speed limits its to 20 mphl would be strictly in i . .
section is the center of a business and residential area about two blocks forced and additional traffic signals installed L‘ . . ‘ .
I east of campus Ann Ross. vice mayor. requested the zone 1 bounded by Limestone. _ FED Im
'l‘ichenor said the action is in response to 1.188 accidents reported on Hose. Washington and I‘3UChd " at the November meeting 0t. th“ (“’UhCIIF
: Euclid between September 1977 and September 1982. According to police SerViCP Committee
statistics.twooftheaccidents resulted in fatalities and 243ininjuries "We recognize that the University 0t Kentucky l5 “0t Wth 't “'35 3” 2
Other traffic improvements will be based on a study of accidentprone years ago." Ross said “it‘s a community unto itself “ Drastic changes '
areas being conducted by two L'K Traffic Research Program researchers such as the zone are necessary to improve the safety of pedestrians ‘b L __ _____..~__-
and thelx-xmgton-lb‘ayettcl'rban/(‘ounty Government. around campusshesaid W , , W - W ,,
Researchers Jerry Pigman and Ken Agent said the study will indicate Ross said she envisions a belt around the University similar to those
the “safety level"ot campus streets found at local elementary and high schools “Students are students are Vf , (er L.“ “L t3 , . . , ‘ we to school only to discover they were Thursday. all late registering stir
,L a? / L, ’ . . .. e.“ z - Lb , , ‘3 ~ ‘3th not officially registered for the dents will be processed in the Advis-
b. . ‘b’ _ ‘ f ' - .« ‘\‘ , springsemester. ing Conference Office, 204 Miller
~ 1 L' , . - . i is: , i . The University instituted a new Hall. Late registers Will also be re»
4 1a! ' . 23s . . ' - , 9"": ’3 . . .... \ . . - fee payment in Fall 1982 to ensure quired to payaszo fee
b9; 5'" “ . .2 33.5 » L LL; .4 advanced registration. A $50 pay- Students who failed to pay then
7 ° c a.» ‘ . ' it - ‘ ment was required by Dec. 23 to $50 installment also need to com-
., M "W Lg ‘ .t st, LL L .‘_.; avoid cancellation of registration for pletely reschedule their classes
L. . h m u ,, .. L b . 1“} the spring semester, Late registering students. however.
f. ”t ”is”. '- , , - '9' " -~ {r u,- L 3% ' About 1.700 Students were may not reschedule during central-
f: ‘ . e . “ i or, ‘f. “be canceled because of no payment. ized Add/Drop today in the Memori-
z. "- . ' ‘ .' ' 1% 5:. , " 3 ‘ said George Dexter. associate regis» al Coliseum,
. b; .. My" . if 5‘s if“: I ., . “ ’ ‘ trar. Exact figures on the number of According to Ben Crutcher of the
a: . v‘“ .- .. - _ a» fi ._ ‘ dropped students will not be avail. Billing and Collections department.
_ ,.. ’e‘ 3 “ L~ ‘tb lilo -. ‘ able until tomorrow. the chances for late registering stu~
a" at 5f" . ’ .. x - Normally the University has about dents to get everything they origi-
f... . L . L L i 1.000 students who fail to return for nally scheduled are slim
. f’ Lg " p . L'L t the Spring semester. he said. This The selection Will be sparse be-
' _b’ L... .. .. ri‘ °" b , 1‘ ' .3: semester's number was high. Dexter cause late registering students
_ . . .. . ' “cydfi-b‘" ‘3: .. .{F said. and he attributes the number schedule their classes after ad»
. :.- . , ab?" L ’3 i? . x ‘b . to the advanced payment vanced registered students complete
if. . ' ' “l f " - ., f a: é“ ’ ' \ b ” “Last semester the L'niverSity centralized Add Drop
L “a “mu/MW . . was a little more lenient towards the Beginning at 10 am today. Ad-
?! Moving is a chore familiar to most un ver5ity students Such as undeCided advance payment." he said. “This (1! Drop starts in Memorial Coliseum
tl MOVin d b' freshman Kelly Trosper (right). She gathers a load of clothes and other be semester, we started canceling stu- for advanced registered students
#3 g CY "es longings from her truck Sunday as she and roommate Dawn Houfe also an dents“ registrations" for failure of Dexter expects Add Drop to run
undeCided freshman, move into their Patterson Hall ioom. payment. 39. g“ m .
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1 thought to seeking higher taxes for 1985 and beyond to .
l TUESDAY bring the government's growing budget deficits under con- While you were awaY . . .
b trol. administration sources said yesterday.
I FIMIASSOG'GMPIOSSIODONS Reagan, facing deficits that could swell from a record
‘ $200 billion in I984 to nearly $300 billion by 1988. also was m————————
- L considering proposals for reducing his military spending , management and wood utilization m
l Stumbo cans f0? debates plans, freezing spending for certain non-military programs ROb'nson ForeSf the largest managed and protected
' and helping the unemployed. . tract east of the Mississippi River
f FRANKFORT “ Grady Stumbo yesterday challenged h'S Under intense pressure from his advisers and political Issue reSUrreCfed Mfr: fiftiafgafagincigpmgffg
I Democratic gubernatorial opponents Lt Gov Martha Layne allies to trim his record defense budget he scheduled sepo- the college-for the availability of an '
Collins and LOUISVIHG MOYOr HONEY Sloane. '0 Port'C'POte I" rate meetings yesterday to din-3| With that issue. Several by TrUSfeeS 05 area for research m water and wood
0 series of debates around the state during the next few aides said they were hopeful Reagan would approve a mod» quality.
months. est cut for 1984 and larger reductions in his military buildup means of revenue wwhleh it W8: (“Ler- tfht‘UchL-Igrt’rt“
n ones. a rus ee min . i way.

He suggested the debates be held in each of the state 5 plans for 1985 through l988. asked Barnhart it exploiting the
l5 area development districts. or at least in each of the __ "tremendous asset" m m“ forest
seven congressional districts and proposed that a neutral _ _ . By JAMES EDWIN HARRIS through lumber cultivation wouldnl
party such as the Socrety of ProfeSSionol Journalists Sigma CIA says U.S. INVOIVOd In Nicaragua Managing Editor help the-L'mverSity LRonald t'reary
Delta Chi arbitrate the negotiations and sponsor the pro the states Revenue Secretary and “
gram WASHINGTON — CIA director William J, Casey has con- _ ,,,,,,, ~——»~ . , ~ ~ guséee. asked b85108“) ”W Mm“

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A spokesman at Sloane s headquarters said Stumbo s firmed U.S.-bocked rebels have sabotaged targets in5ide Mr Charles Barnhart. dean of the Col- Bamhart responded by 5‘3ng m
challenge was lost an attempt to divert attention from the COVOQUO bUt denies the Reagan de'mstmt'o" 5 90°I '5 to lege of Agriculture. may have con- didn't know how much reieiiue the
to“ "10' he hasnt raised any money. The”; was no .mme. topple the country s leftist government according to Sidered pedestrian his slide prosen» forest could raise. adding that most
diate response from Collins sources. tgtion to th; 303mg; “fifties 0f Ofdmedtrm there are N“ ‘W “.18”

The sources said Casey testified in secret last month be- t e mearc con uc m 0 inson 0 an "0‘ mature enough h" mm
. f h H d S It h L th Forestover 15x12. her production
' Supreme Court to hear Silkwood case °"“ e “be 9” “me We 'Sem <°mm"’eeb ' ° 9 Several Board members had His admioion that the forests
goals of the CIA s covert actions in the region are to choke markedly different impressmns. wood center was producing a Slight
. ff the aims flow to guerrillas in neorb El Salvador and put however. and ended their Dec 14 amount of lumber prompted former
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and then lost, by Karen Silkwood 5 family after her l974 the'ClA effort wps seeking to Overthrow Nicaragua 5 Sandi Robinson Forest as a source of reve» itwas being sold
highway death, days after she was exposed to radiation at "'5 ogovernmen ' hquLfortheUniversuy ll t" Bamhart slaid the lumber was
_ t h .h k d , d ,0 talk ie issue now wt no I'GVOIVP used primari y to repair structures
0 Ken, McGee pl.” 'w 5”; he 7“" 8.0: Land r: h th r around strip mimng the Him acre ovmed by the Umversity and added
obOut it. The iusttces revive t e OWSUI o eci e w e e tract In eastern Kentucky. but in- that poor demand for lumber cou-
tederol law demands that the bulk of the lury 5 award be stead will focus mehether the L'ni- pled with the cost of cutting the urn.
thrown Out. WEATHER varsity may 88'" fmanctally by com her would make the practice unpro-

Dean A. McGee, chairman and chief executive officer of :fertblehsf part Of the forest ""0 a fitableforthel'mversuy

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Kerr McGee, said, We are disappom ed. in | e ,e. 0v Q” Bamhart. meanwhile, has been in- heated critiCism of the trustees from
we remain confident that Kerr-McGees ego posmon WI structed by Board Chairman “11- William Wagner. a professor 0f
ultimately be upheld BU' Ar'hw Angel (Ounse' ’0' ”‘9 Mostly cloudy and coolor today with o 20 porconi ham B Slurzlllto report mama“? chemistry and a faculty trlstee At
Silkwood family, said “the court has decciided to rewew the chance of ".9" rnln ondohlgh In tho uppor 30.. 3:33:11; :eeetfgfiinzlbfhhgfexghg xwmbf mmte'rmfigfffimfhrouu;
case on its merits. . .lt's a ver important ecision ' . . .‘

Y tonight wl I to mostly cloudy with o 20 porcont incurred by some of the 120 forestry Robinson Feast talk" to asking his
. chance of light snow showers and a low In "in mid to majors who use the forest as their department to produce chemicals to
Reagan sold considering defense cuts uppor min. ,mrch mm), W for m"
Tomorrow will In partly cloudy wlrh a high in tho hint-“macs 1;"19‘” Sime'fdfm 0:51" Uh t0 80hr?“ flhd do It-
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PreSident Otis Sin- ' Rnsponding to dire 1982. President Otis Singletary told ‘ K . ..“~ _\ 7' . .r hnf‘S“! ‘
gletarv announced a re- forecasts for the state‘s the Trustees that the policy would ‘ ‘ ~ 1W2; ‘ ..__-_-_— $1 *1 5
organization of ['K's top higher education budget. beenacted in Fall 1984. 1 e 1 . ..s N . ; 1
admmistrators at a June ~ Gov. John Y. Brown In The real effects of the plan to r. .s “1 r .. ‘ L‘ » , 1;
10 Board of Trustees “ 1981 conveneda panel of limit admissions to UK. currently ‘. A‘ .... , ...w I; l l
committee meeting _ _ tr. f. distinguished citizens to open to any Kentucky high school :" ”a_ -.W.‘ : 1
The full board later that month ‘” é evaluate the future 0. higher educa- graduate. will not be clear until the 3? , ".- \’_‘“ ;
approved the plan. the first reorga- M‘s“ "‘ ‘ '1 ‘ tion in Kentucky. The committee policy. has been inplace for a while. 1 A ‘ 3...«A~-'*"’~~ " j
nization under Singletary since 1970. V . , -. was also charged With drawthg up a But it is significant because it a. ~ . i _ M 1 i
a year after he assumed the presi- ‘ ’1‘ long-term plan for the states eight marks a major shift in the philoso- ' "to“. . g. €1.11 W 1 1
dencv ' ‘i f . public universities. _ phy of public higher education. here i r" it V. w ,
According to Singletary. the reor— . In its final report. the Committee and throughout the nation. ., " \\ . 7 l
ganization would "refine" the L'm- 0" Higher Education 1“ Kentucky‘s 1“ the 19505 and 19705. there was a m l
verSttv‘s dav~to-dav operation. In ef» Future «later renamed the Prichard national effort to provide higher ed- . ‘ " ’ ' ’ ‘ h 3
fect. i‘t insulates him from much of _ Committee in honor of Frankfort at- ucation for all. Governments chan- “\ J
the nuts«and~bolts decision making tthrney Edward Prilchard. the pang:i neled billions of dollars intodcamptlils . ‘» ,V : l
. . mor time for fund ART GALLAHER c airman) strongy recommen construction programs. an enro - .
iggifé\:;dhlggb‘.lngeme General A5» .’ .. that the universities require stu- ments burgeoned. In 1979. all re- BOARD OF TRUSTEES ‘ l;
sembly _: critical functions m (hm ,i 1- ,- dents to meet minimum standards strictions were removed from eligi— every field has made a college diplo complex teaching mission. are con- if
time of cutbacks and budget “short- 9 , , ' for admisswn. bility for Guaranteed Student Loans ma a prerequisite for professional sidering selective admissions poli- ‘ ;
falls."1.7.~:-“ UK's Board of Trustees convened and access to institutions of higher employment. And students, once cies as a means of assuring students ‘
Maintaining the University‘s ma- . 1 1- a committee to begin work on a se- learning becamealmost unlimited. again jockeying for grades. are are prepared for the tougher de- ‘5! i
chinery under the new setup are ,A g ‘ leChVE adIhISSIOhS POhCy 509“ after But a. new spirit pervades the working long hours to pay their way mands they will face. Survival of the A ‘
three "Chancellors." Main Campus .. _. -‘ i the r 990‘ t 5_ release. and thls year 19805» Ehglhlllty for GSLS lS sudden- through school. fittest has replaced enlightenment of .3 I
Chancellor Art Gallaher. former :“ \fi _ . 11w. ' the ‘UniverSity Senate began ham~ ly more restricted than ever. The Public universities throughout the the masses as the guiding light of 3 ,
vice president for academic affairs. " p w r mering out the details. In October expansion of technology in nearly nation. faced with an increasingly highereducation. ,‘ 1
supervises the Lexmgton campus. ' F r 3 I
Overseeing the UK Medical Center , . .; . h l
is Medical Center Chancellor Dr i " 1 SA F'NANCES 3
Peter Bosomworth. former Vice ‘
president for the Medical Center. . -
Charles Wethington. former vice At the beginning of the zation's income and expenditures. few accused the three administra— tempting tocapitalizeon the issue.
president for community colleges. is ‘ 1981-1982 school year. They said they had no way to ac- tors of using the lobbying effort for Eventuallv. new Assistant Comp.
chancellor of the lzlcampus commu- on p515]; BOSOMWORTH Britt Brockman. then count for how the money had been self-aggrandizement. troller Lenn‘v Stoltz determined that ‘
ml)‘ college SYS‘em Student Association spent. The Kernel launched an investiga SA had more monev than originally
All three serve along with Donald president (renamed Stu- Attempts were made to correct tion into the charges, studying bud- believed _ about $4000 more, But
t‘lapp. vice president for admnms- . dent Government Asso- the situation. DUPree was required getarv records to determine if either with a fresh $2.000 allotment for the
tration. and five other administi'av ciation this Fall). must have thought to make monthly spending reports [0 factions arguments held water. An SA presidential elections it didn‘t go
tors in a cabinet that oversees the he had stumbled into the pot of gold the Senate —— something at least one analysis of the situation was pub- far. In late March. the Senate trans~
L'niversuy's day-today affairs Gal- at the end of the rainbow. On a one- senator had requested months ear- lished in late January, ferred $1,000 from a fund intended to
laher and Bosomworth also main- : : _1 year trial basis. SA was to receive lier -— and Brockman appointed an . make grants to other student organi-
tain their own cabinets. but still an» ‘ . $1 per full-time student each semes- assistant comptroller with account- Unfortunately. b99311“ the ac- zations to the general fund in an ef.
swer to Singletary through Clapp. ' , 5 ter. more than quadrupling its bud- ing experience. But the senators‘ counts were 1" such disarray. the re- fort to maintain asolid balance 2
The reorganization has not intro- “ . “v get to $57,500. outrage was not quelled. suits were inconclusive: But. accord» In the end the financial foulup be- ‘
duced a lot of new names to the ad- '1 But the bounty didn't last long. In . . ing to the SA COhSthuhOhv that was came a major embarrassment for j
ministration. but it has put familiar his mid-year report to the Senate. 80°" the Chafges were flying thk Dupree s fault. ll required that the the Brockman administration and it
faces in new poSitions Two notable which was several weeks late. SA and heavy ‘ a Situation "0‘ helped by comptroller ”WWW" an accurate probably cost Dupree a political sci- “
changes were the September flip- Comptroller Will Dupree reported the fact that the SA? presidential up-todateaccounting of Student As ence ser‘iior with little‘accounting ex- 3
flop of David Stockham. former as- that 31900105 remained uncom- elections were upcoming and Du- soctation income and expenditures. perience his bid for the SA presi~
sistant to the vice chancellor for stu- mitted. Over 98 percent of the pree was expected to “1“ mm Although he was 9“ author 01‘ the dencv Despite it all SA again was
dent affairs. and Jim Ingle. former CHARLES WETHINGI’ON money had been spent or allocated Brockmans support. Senators constitution.heobViously had not. awarded student fees‘ for the current
dH’GClOF 0f hhanClal 31d T Lynn With three months remaining in the charged that most of the big-spend- In February and March the issue school vear
Williamson. longtime asSistant dean weeks alter it was approved by the Spring semester. ing bills originated m the admims‘ f th 1 d 7 ‘ _ ' ‘ . . .
f d . be‘ di f l t .1 . SA V' P 'd t B bb' Cl' k tration and that some. such asa bill was ur er cou ed as ‘t was re Bl“ the current administration has
0.5m ents. tame rector 0 p01- rus ees 1 . 1 ice rest en .0 y ar to rovide Brockman with a new ported Dupree had made several taken precautions to assure the mis-
cy. operations and budget in (lcto But as the year wore on. the said that for the remainder of the p . : .. mistakes m addition and subtrac- tak { th t
her The vacancv he left was filled groove wore in Most administrators semester. funding would be avail- $185. chair.‘_had been UDJUStlflably t' thr .- h ,‘ ~ es 0 1e pas are "0‘ repeated. ,
1 1 .. . . 1 1 . . , 1 1 1 .. . ..ralimaded mm” h emer en ion. omng t 9 budget balance in The constitution has been rewritten
by it D Wilson. former director of now seem at least to know the!r “at able only for emergency high- . g g Cy flux for several weeks Communica- to l' ' t th ‘bl
the Human Relation (‘enter around. and they have begun to ap- priority" bills. He laid the blame on committees. thYlS Senator Jim Dinkle (now SGA ecth‘lhh‘l‘lireshi eagoasSi $013960! the
Administrators. 9‘9“ those at [he Primate their new powers — and re» freewheeling spending by the Sen- _Others attacked a Frankfort lob- presidentl introduced a bill to freeze tion p~ candidgtes ft? the jgobpgsr‘e i
lop. half? “0‘ found adjusting 19 1h? SPOhNhlhheS _ 1 . ate. 1 _ . bying effort in which Dupree. Clark expenditures until the budget could now required to have a certain mini~
reorgamzation easy Several of the “bother the reorganization ulti- But indignant senators replied and Brockman were SA's represenr be stabilized but withdrew the bill mum of accountin . i
new Chancellors and vice chanr niiitely “'1“ save the University time that Dupree was at fault because he tativas. They claimed it had been in- after it was ‘debated in the Senate Also a move is unde%.ae3g:n$;ckeé it
cellors continued to refer to them- and money however. remains to be had never honored their request for effective and that the money spent Some senators and members of the the comptrollership an elected, rath- :
selves by their old titles for several seen a monthly accounting of the organi- was not properly accounted for. A administration accused him of at. er than appointedposition
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With the pos5ible exr t'omiiiittee. which had participated ‘ a. zfi “.71. flit—£11553 i , 3“ ' g ‘ '3' ‘
ception of the Robinson in the :ilanning of the mandatory fee A ‘ 95. if“ $637: 1+“ iii , at . .13; x, .- .g‘ l_ L, 9
Forest controversy. no proposal since April. and another 1" é "3 ~ ‘rtwrr’ ; .:‘ f t i ‘ ggfiw ”2211c ' 1 ‘f
issue was more thor- groupotSU-Si members. i? ;: ‘ 1‘ x t: It! ‘2" t; 5 ,‘E-fi‘fiififi “EEjrsfigis‘ 3 l
oughly debated on cam Meanti‘nuc. the Kernel attempted 1 :7” I ; . 3‘1‘ i (3.11: - $1,- mu“
pus than the proposal to fiiid ou‘ where administrators {gag at W _ 5 1 ...“; - ' ‘ ’- , fan {a}:
that all students be required to pay stood on the issue. particularly Pree- ‘ ‘ 49.31“ ..., ‘ «w ’ . M .- R ' ' ' “ ‘ ‘ v? ‘
a mandatory fee for the Student ldf‘I‘il Wis Sinizlt-tary. whose respon- ‘ ‘V w; ’j *_‘ A V ‘i -. i. m . :
Health Service sibiiity it was to make a recommen- . . 1 ‘ t‘ - - . "“""""’ ; he . . ..4._:l. V , « '1 r“ . - E . i
It started quietly enough as Jean diitior. on the proposal to the Board ' , V . .-. In _ ‘ r. ‘ 1 ,- r , 53' ermfi‘, h' l . - ‘
Cox. Health Service administrator. of Trtbteex Singletary would not go a ‘ I? -» '3“ r ' . " .. l
held a series of meetings with stu- on the record as opposing or sup- " ‘ M V_ i
dent leaders during the summer to porting the fee. but other adminis- *‘ a . ,V ‘
discuss the proposal. She explained trators made it clear he would rec- ’ | U ‘ r y , .. -
the service's finanCial troubles and omniendits approval. ' ' ‘ . . “
said its 12 doctors testing and era) When. nobody knew. 1 - 1 . 1 i
faCilities. and gynecological and Singlctary. however. repeatedly ‘ 1| 3:: it.» ;
psychological clinics could no longer rimtnplayed the importance of stu— A general student assembly / ‘ ‘ f 2.
be maintained at a reasonable price dent opinion in his decision. which called in September i0 approve .1 l
_ that is. unless all full-time stur disturbed SIJA members on both a resolution asking the Board 0‘ . .» 1 1 1 . ., in .
dents shared the cost sides of the line In October. the Sen- T ' ' il b ~ ‘ . ._ a? ‘ g. .
There was little dissent among the ate voted to hold a November refer- rus ees ° permanen Y on ' ‘. . g ‘ .1. . 'i“ ,- ' . . j .' ‘
discussion group The students endum on the issue. and for weeks m'h'”9 "‘ Uh'Ve'5"V‘°Whed A.) a; V,,.'_.. ,2 {g ‘ fol} 533‘] 3:54., i
ayeed that the Health Service filled the Kernel was flooded with pro and Robinson Forest 0 l5 000 acre ‘ A. in"). $1 ”a ‘ "35* -' ’ " i Ft. .3‘ -' '
an indispensable community health con letters teaching and vesearch pre» . 7“” , ‘ . " “ '3. ‘»
function for the lniverSity and The referendum was held Nov. 10- serve was unsuccestul. ’ 's-s " - * ‘ ' fl " a: .
should not be cut back The Kernel 11 alter much debate about the in- . z v an...
earned a story with (‘ox’s argu clusion of a clause stating there ;
ments and the students“ comments would be exemptions to the fee l
in September It looked as if there eventually deleted because an ROBINSON FORES '1
would be little opposition to a man exemption policy was not added to T '
datory fee the proposal until after the refereti- ‘
Thei . at the first Student Govern- dum datev
merit Assticiation meeting of the The vote was overwhelmingly .. At its first meeting of - While the documents by which University funds. calling a rally for Jim Dinkle‘s estimate. “the first in
yea“. came the explosion Several and unexpectedly — in favor of the the Fall semester, the E10. Robinson in 1923 and 1930 April 21. Although the weather was five years.” Hours before the Board
stut ents covered by the Veterans fee But SPI' had not given up the Board of Tristees voted deeded the forest and its mineral inclement and attendance was light. was to vote on a resolution stating
Adm nistration and other compre- fight. charging SHAC with campaign to bury a red-hot propo- rights to the University didn't spe— demonstrators were vehement in the Universtty should not allow min-
hensive health plans addressed the violations The JudiCial Board later sal that Robinson For- cifically prohibit mining. it was their condemnation of the mining ing of the forest "under present cir-
meeting. making it clear they did threw out its claim because of pro est. a 15.0w acre Unis clearthat he intended the forest to proposal. cumstances." more than 300 stu-
not want to pay for services they 31- ccdural errors versityowned teaching and research remain a wooded tract. An Appala~ dents gathered in the Student Center
ready had. tlnce again. Dinkle. citing the ref- preserve in eastern Kentucky. be chian Defense Fund lawyer stood by Dukemeiner delivered his report. free speech area. approving a call
What followed was a chaotic atr erendum results and an obligation to opened to coal mining. But the to challenge any attempt by the concluding that deep mining of the fora permanent ban.
tempt by SGA to gauge student opin- represent the majority of the stu- Board declined to levy a perpetual Board to. prove that strip mining forest was permissible. Unfortu~ It was too little too late. however.
ion about the plan A campuswide dentschanged his position ban on miningthere. was permissmle. nately for supporters of mining. geo- The Board approved the resolution
referendum on the fee was planned Singletary chose the 'I‘rustees‘ De- The decision was the culmination logical studies showed the most fea~ with the clause intact. even though
for the October freshman senator cember meeting. during exam week, of a fight that began in December ' In‘Februarthorestry Department sible way to remove the coal was trustees admitted that future mining
elections. then canceled at the be- to make his final recommendation 1%1. The Board, searching for ways Che" Bart “"9189? to“ the Board through strip mining. and further was unlikely. ”The actions of this
hest of Cox. who apparently believed on the fee The board unanimously to replace revenue lost in three state the forest was an irreplacable re- studies showed that the coal re Board cannot bind another Board in .
students would “vote their pocket- approved a SZS-a-semester mandato budget cutbacks. appointed a com- search tract and that any m‘lmhfl serves might not be as extensive as perpetuity." Honorary Trustee Al-
books " Instead. the Senate voted as ry fée for Fall 15133 The resolution mittee to investigate mining ofthe there might threaten his SChOOl S 80' earlier believed. The proposal was bertB. Chandler argued.
“representatives of the student included exemptions for all students forest land. believed “Ch in hISh' creditation. witheringon the vine. Anne Phillipi. SSRF president.
body"to endorsethefee. “enrolled in a comparable compre- grade coal. , In April unable to come to a con- But the Board was unable to allow however. made it clear she did not
A group calling itself Students for hensive health plan" l“it is believed Strong opposition arose quickly. clusion on‘ its own the Board a _ it to die gracefully. While it began trust the Board and pledged to fight
Political Choice formed to oppose only a few will qualify"l and stip— resulting in the formation of Stu- proved the hiring of California lavg- backing off. the members of SSRF any efforts to revive the proposal.
the mandatory fee. distributing liter- ulated that the fee cannot be in- dents to Save Robinson Forest. The . , pressed for a permanent ban on She may soon find an opportunity to
, , . _ . . yer Jesse Dukemeiner. a former LK . . . . . ,
. ature and working with sympathetic creased Without SHAC sapproval organization soon counted among its law ofessor to determine whether mining in the forest. SGA pledged put her words into action ~ at their
7‘ SGA senators and administrators The issue is far from dead, howev- members conservation-minded stu- or mgr mini ‘was rmissible under its support for theircause December meeting. almost exactly
, Included was SGA President Jim er A foe-member committee of stu- dents and faculty members from theterms cashed”? The showdown culminated in Sep- one year after the mining proposal
3 Dinkle. who rescinded his earlier dents and administrators will meet everycornerofthe University. ‘ ' tember with a general student as surfaced. the Trustees voted to in-
‘1 support of the fee. 0n the other side this semester to determine who will The Board. however. found itself SSRF reacted quickly to what it sembly cosponsored by the two or- vestigate turning Robinson