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titles at o ege o e 1c1ne lower delinquency llnnt proposal ,
By VICKI POOLE agronomy professor Layten Davis to Huber took actions “very strong By cums ASH the committee had united. it wouldn’t was thc object of criticism by ‘ - -

Assistant Day Editor serve as temporary acting director of and generated a certain amount of Associate Editor have madeitthis far." Sturgeon and (‘onnie Wilson, also a . j V ‘ -

the research institute and naming hostility,"Singletary said. At the meeting. Sturgeon opposed member of both the advisory and 7 ' '. ' i:
Tobacco and Health Research In- Dean of Students Joseph Burch “to As a result, “Dr. Huber has been Aproposal that would have approv- the change because of what he said board committees. for failing to i" i ».

. stitute Director Gary L. Huber, the oversee the day-to-day ad- subjected toaconsistent campaign of ed lowering to $9.99 the amount of were pr0blems in the collection We follow the student code in declaring '
subjectofaUniversity investigation, ministrative respomibilities at the harassment,“headded. debts for which a student can be cess and because of the recent reduc- students delinquent Last semester _,‘.

has been temporarily reassigned to institute.” Concerning the criticisms of declared financially delinquent was tions in student aid programs which Blanton instructed the business af— .~ .' .

duties in the College Of Medicine, Associate Dean T. Lynn William- Huber, Singletary said, “The fact is voted down yesterday ata meeting of will hinder students in paying their fairs office to declare financially " '-

where he holds a tenured professor- son will serve as acting dean of that we found some of the allegations the code committee of the Board of debts to the University delinquent students owing the ; ,‘1 . ‘

ShlP- students while Burch is otherwise oc- trivial and frivolous and some others Trustees. Other members of the Board of University $10 or more ‘- ; .

President Otis Singletary made the cupied. not to be trivial and frivolous." The five~member committee voted TrusteeS' committee shared Informed of the discrepancy, Blane - . :

announcement at yesterday '5 Board The investigation 0t Huber began Singletary said the situation could 3-1 to reject the proposal, submitted Sturgeon's view that problems exist ton said he had forgotten that the stu- .“- ,-" . 1'

0t Trustees meeting, emphasizing after Singletary received anonymous be a case of either a possible viola- by a presidential advisory commit— in the collection process. The group dent code stipulated the $20 amount '5': _

the assignment is not final and the letters accusing the director 0f tion of law or of mismanagement. tee. The current debt figure at which approved a motion by committee and that, when the error was .» f‘fij ‘

University-conducted audit and in- misusing institute money, falsifying In other action at the meeting, the financial delinquency can be member Terry McBrayer requesting discovered. his office reverted to the , v. ' '.

vostigation of the tobacco institute research data and taking money board approved the granting of declared is $20. that Jack Blanton (vice president for correctamount. . i

willcontinue. fromtobaccocompanies. honorary degrees to five persons, The committee's action will be business affairst study a possible Zumwinkle said that centralizing .

Singletary said the move reflects Huber has said he is innocent 0f among them Gov. John Y. Brown. presented to the full board at its May centralization of the repayment the collection process might bet-{fee ‘.~ '. -'

“the condition of the institute," and any wrongdoing and attributed the “I don't know of any graduate who meeting, according to Robert Zum- system for students. tivein solving some of the problems. j , ‘ -

is “aimed primarily at the hope that controversy to disagreement within has achieved any more in state winkle, vice president for student af- Blanton was out Of town yesterday "It‘s quite clear we have a problem ~ , -. ,

theprogram itself continues." the institution over his attempts to government," W.T. Young said of fairs. and unavailable for comment. of communication a lack of

' “Inthecourseofthisinvestigation, reorganize the research program. Brown, who will receive a doctor of Student Association President George Ruschell. assistant vice understanding among departments . -

certain matters have come to light Part of Huber's reorganization law degree. Brad Sturgeon, a committee president for business affairs. said of what the poliCies are" for collec- ' , ~ -
which raise serious administrative scheme included the. firing of 20 in- Honoring Kentucky governors with member, was pleased with the rejec- that implementing sueh a change ting financial obligations. he said. _ T' ~.
concerns as well as questiors of stitute employees, and he said he has such degrees has beena UK tradition tion of the pr0posal, calling the com— would be an improvement. adding These obligations include all types . .-
possible violations of law," he said, been harassed and threatened by for approximately 50 years, but mittee's vote“a responsibleaction.“ that Blanton would like to see sueha of debts incurred by students. in- .’
adding that the move does not reflect disgruntled former and current Young said the board‘s action was Sturgeon, alsoa member of the ad- change and that a committee had eluding library book fees. parking
a University opinion about legal employees who want to see him leave not obligatory, adding, “I don’t think visory committee which on March 4 been formed to improve the Process tickets. returned checks written to . . ~
violations. town. it’s any overture.” forwarded the proposal to President that Students follow in paying the the campus check cashing services ' .
Other administrative changes Singletary said there is no doubt Board Chairman William Sturgill Singletary, was outspoken at that University. and dorm damages '7.
Singletary announced include Huber, who arrived at UK in July agreed, calling BrOw.‘ an time in opposing thechange. Ruschellsaid he had no reaction to Among the penalties assesed upon , ' . t .
reassigning Val E. Pochay, associate after leaving a position at Harvard “outstanding Kentuckian." ' Yesterday Sturgeon said, “The the committee‘s rejection of the the students declared financially delin- ., ‘ .
director of the institute. to the office University. came into “a situation The boards profile of Brown problem with the advisory commit- $9.99figure. quent is denial of advance registra- ~ . ,
of the graduate dean; appointing that was deteriorating.“ Continued 0“ NB 3 tee was confusion. If the students on Blanton's business affairs office tion for classes. : ' . .
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WASHINGTON — Four days after ried by the Soviet news agency Tass "‘ -' " _3; _ , _.
warning that a Soviet invasion of and the Polish news agency pAp. \: ‘1 a “t" .0 . i ii: 1 ,1, .1
Poland might be imminent, Reagan “The objectives set for the exer- . 4r ' -’; 1' 1' ,0" 3 3’ . ‘ , =‘ ,
administration officials breathed cises have been fulfilled,"the agency W h; {a}: '1 ,1 ~ - v—v’ , ’y I “out“ ' .- _;.
easier yesterday following signs that said of the maneuvers, which had “W1 ._ "a“ r g; .. » . . *‘§p“ 2e“ _ ,
the Kremlin was prepared to let been widely seen as a Soviet bloc ef- I ~ . -- "“9 ‘8 Inc” 7 t K
Poland work out its problems on its fort to pr ure Polish authorities to .1 f I" . , . s.” 1!, ;. it" i . . . .
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Czecholslovakia by Soviet President sporadic strikes and economic 1 -r '. ‘». f - " 4 1 i,
Leonid Brezhnev, Undersecretary of upheaval. ' M - ' ‘ . .'
State for Political Affairs Walter The exercises involved troops ‘ ' 1 ‘ ,-. ,
Stoessel said the Poles now “have from the Soviet Union. East Ger- ;, " - ,
some more time to put their house in many, Czechoslovakia and Poland . T
order,accordingtoSovietlights." itself. They were the longest Soviet '. .
Stoessel was responding to a bloc military exercises since the 1968 '. ’
speech by Brezhnev in Prague in Warsaw Pact intervention in , _ ' fir
which he said the Polish Communist Czechoslovakia, and were believed to , .‘ .
Party and other “true Polish. involve at least 25,000 troops. . ,, '- ' . '
patriots" would be able to manage That announcement, combined , ‘ ' . ‘1 ,
the country’s problems by with Brezhnev’s speech, apparently - A; '
themselves. eliminated, for the time being, the . . , . . . , ' , "a '1
At the State Department, prospect of a full-blown crisis in Light [mes RV DAHDLO‘ u‘ll‘eme'ma" . "
spokesman William Dyess responded East-West relations. 4; .‘_;.
more cautiously to Brezhnev‘s It was just last Friday that the . _ . j ‘
speech, delivered at a Czechoslovak Reagan administration seemed to Pat Brell, principal lab technician of Kentucky Longevity Study. was returning to the lab by way of the stairs behind the Lafferty llall facility. ’5’. '1‘ '. ..
Communist PartyCongress. have resigned itself to an imminent : !_ .~
“If he meant to say that the Poles ‘ Soviet intervention. Despite an eas- ,_ 1-; ‘. .
should be allowed to solve their own ing of tensions inside Poland, the o o . ,' 1 '-
problems without outside in- Warsaw Pact troop maneuvers had ,3 , '
terference, we would welcome this," gone well beyond what US. officials Cl ral I I ea ens e I I 0 e z, 5 i ,
Dyes‘s said. “That‘s been our consis- said was required for the annual spr- v l l I I] I I l I >- '. ._’ ~1
tent position." ing exercises. . .' . .. L,

‘ Other officials: speaking privately, The Soviets flew a number of .’ ._', J, 1.
said they were encouraged by other military transport planes into By MARTIN (‘RUTSINGER planation for the acidity. It was com- The Clean Air Act is up for renewal tion, it's going to get our: v arch-rid H: ' j -'.-'- -. ‘
deveIOpments. They noted that hours Poland. Dyess, the State Department Associated Press Writer ing from on high, they said, in the and the National Commission on Air better in the years h'u-tio " ' ,’ :»'- I
after Brezhnev’s speech, spokesman, said the Soviets were WASHINGTON — Sixteen years form of rain and snow turned acid by Quality has recommended it be Rain always has been slightly , 2 j
Czechoslovak news agency Ceteka “capableof moving at any time.“ ago scientists in North America pollution. They called it “acid rain.“ significantly strengthened to deal acidic but in the past 25 years, LlCCOr-
announced that Warsaw Pact From his hospital bed, Reagan discovered that fish were dying in In the years since, the body count with acid rain. ding to environmentalists. rainfall in - '
military maneuvers were completed authorized the sending of a message lakes that had turned almost as sour of dead lakes among the 2,800 in New The Canadian government, con- the northeastern United States and f"
yesterday and that “participating to Brezhnev reportedly warning of as vinegar. York's Adirondack Mountains has cerned about President Reagan‘s eastern (‘anada has become 40 times » -'
forces were returningtotheplacesof grave consequences to East-West Four more years passed before grown to 212.Adead lake supports no degree of commitment to en- more acidic :7 -' .

, their rmanentstationing." relations if Moscow interfered. . scientists suggested a possible ex- animal life. Scientists say another vironmental matters, is lobbying to Acidity is measured on a pH scale t.- I .

‘ ' ‘ ' . 1 ~ «an, - g 256 Adirondack lakes are ap- influence Americanpolicy. with each decline of one number
1 , ‘ .i (3 I 1“,” “‘ " .. Q. ~ - proacmngacnticallevelofacidity. Thousands of demonstrators representing a 10~fold increase in ‘
' ‘ i \‘l -,,.=~ i"‘-‘,-\ b 1 ‘ 1 ‘ ‘ ( lnneighboringCanada,14olakes in greeted Reagan on his visrt t0 acidity, A pH of four is loo times ,’
. . i . l“ _ ‘ W e 1;; 3 1% we » n .. ‘- Ontario are known dead and officials Canada last month waving signs more acidicthan one of six -_
~. fan‘s, _3' q ' " 'n ' ' - ' g say 48,000 more are threatened. In reading “Stop Acid Rain,“ and US. Normal rainfall hasa pit of 5) 6. but ' ~‘._ ,
{g s _. . f a i§§ ' . Scandinavian countries. 20,000 lakes visitors to Canada are sent home car- rain in the Adirondacks now , , "-
.. _' v .. ’3 ’ , 1 .1 ,I “ are already dead. rying pamphlets detailing the nor averages around 42 The most acid ‘ , - ,
. ‘ . f . ‘ ‘ 5 y - Armed with these statistics, along rors of acid rain. rain ever recorded was 1.5 - almost ~ . , '
1‘ ‘- x ‘ W ’ s' 1- ] withnewstudiesonthecausesofacid “Acid rain is the most serious 10 times more acidic than vinegar —- .
I ‘4. M , _ “1,13 «0“ .1 rain and a strong outcry from pollution problem facing our two inarainstorm last year in Wheeling. ' v“.
; ' k '17“ , 1,’ "' ’1» - "J A Canada,environmentalists plan todo countries today,“ Canadian En, WVa. -
is.“ __" .. » 1 ‘11 r“ ‘1 battle in Congress this year, hoping vironmental Minister John Roberts Acid rain occurs when sulfur diox- ~ , __
p f,‘ at last to goad the government to ac- said. “The situation is already in- ide and nitrogen oxide. two gases ' .
- > .- '7 {1% tion. tolerable. Unless we take swift ac Continued on page 3 . ‘ , .
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They will give anether perfor- . E I. n it"s-*- : ' By CARY WILLIS. ' revrve him, he died on the way to ding that the theater included some ‘
mence camp“ at the (‘cnter for ' ,9 . ' Entertainment Editor Central Baptist Hospital. UK students as apprentices. - ~
the Arte. “a -. Betty Waren, publicity spokesper- “That was when his rapport and ‘ ‘ _-
. , “N: ' . ww—w’. Assistant theater edprofslssgr son for the department of theater respect with students seemed to be - '
~ Charles F. Dickens di M y arts, said Dickens had been at UK the highest.“ Rodgers said.
”DAWDCOYLE/WM' ‘ 9‘ i nightof carbon monoxide poisoning. since “around 1960.“ She said his Rodgers. who called Dickens‘ - .
"y. , He was 52_ prime years were 196569, when be death “certainly a great loss." said '
. , I. - ' Fayette County Deputy Coroner organized and directed the Centen- Dickens had been on an official leave ,
I g. . , M’— Bill McCarney said the death may :iial 'I‘htiatre. Lexington's first pro of absence since Christmas break, '
- “ 7 , . . —’ have beenasuicide. essiona summer theater company. when be contracted neumonia.
:‘l‘heClnclnneti M and the Philadelphia Phillies Mostly sunny skies a high in the mid to upper 705. McCarney said Dickens was found James Rodgers, chairman of the which later developed into double ~
will square off today in theopenmg game-of the Ma- Increasing cloudinus tonight with a good chance of in a car at his home on Goodrich theatre department, agreed that pneumonia. He said Dickens was an
iornl‘ftgue baseball season. For a prewew of the 3M” ars.11ielowwillbeintliemid touppertm. Avenue, and although an emergency Dickens‘ work with Centennial parentlv depressed. because of his
' ga seepee __ . crew w'orked about 30 minutes to represepted his “golden years.“ ad- Continued on peg: 3
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' . Despite his arrogance in refusing to testify Wheeler’s attorntely, called their charges @ the KC “1!)th / Jay ,, , ”m“ "’-"" 40/4? .
. ' before the state Personnel Board, Alben “trivial” and e women themselves . . "' " * ”W/‘téIW/I/flmi/fi/ /’
. . Barkley was found guilty Monday of sexual- “character assassins.” De l'BY mmtv . ~
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- _ workings lh Barkley’s Agriculture De rt- they have to listen to the lawyers‘ com- @ the stafl OF - g‘z‘ m’ “a . ?- qfi}; ’ 7R 4%:‘3 .9” *C ’
, . .- - ment have captured the a tention of reaggrs, merits, they had to listen as their own . 7 t - ‘ ? v?) 'A' cf , r‘
I . - ’ if not for the news at least for the excite- morality was questioned. This of course is tile 80910“ be ,, A - é s \ ,I
; , ment. Tales of voyeurism and baby oil have the typical tactic of lawyers, to defend their a t 0 it t , 7/ . A @ l‘%? 4/ H “‘
‘V - Ferhaps only been offset by the equally clients by attacking women’s morality _ m3? ll n - a / "“2: ,. {’7 ‘ 6 // 4y
' . ascinating testimonies of the wives of the The board’s lawyer probably saidi best in a». .’ «K a], 5,5 ‘51 i - W
x » defendants. Mrs. Barkley told the court his closing arguments. “Every lawyer at the © L . GtOh .. ’ \. 0' \j /A\\//f/l I ’ .
. I ' about how she and her husband always hearing got eir shot at Hester and Arm- en“ ‘ rig ' fie ,. (g p . . ,
I r I discuss their potential infidelities, how strong, but Barkley said nothing. He had his mayoraL 'o l V . - 0": “i9:
. ‘ . Barkley is “a warm person . . . (who) fre- witnesses, but where is the man. ” - t ,, I q,- ' ' . m) A»
. - quently puts his arm around both men and The two women deserve to be con- cahDI 0a es I “ e . ‘0‘ xi.)
' , . .- women,‘ and how their oldest child emo- hil'atulated for the perseverence and courage _ . \ I l . ‘1 s " “ ” ' ,
3 ‘ tionally denied the hussy’s accusations. ey showed in challenging their superiors. C l'usllmG t0 File - \ II
The truly sad thing about these pro- Hopefull this case will be a continuation of . , . . I 5 . , , " ' '
I ceedings, however, lies not in the supposed the trend1 toward greater prosecution of sex- F0! Office futowim V; e / : c ‘V/ .
trauma of Barkley or Douglas Wheeler - ual harassment. The next step ideally of , . ' . Q ” -%/// /' ” / , ,. ' ‘ ' J
. Barkley’s associate, also found uilty — but course will be to eliminate the trauma and wato S Wfpl'ise l w l Xi “ W '1 J
in the trauma of the two women th0 brought stigma attached to taking such matters to . , ‘ ” y ' - '
the charges, Ann Hester and Barbara Arm- court. As long as women have to undergo DEClSiOl‘l “Ct to NM) ' ‘ / ' ' '
strong. As is always when women bring sex- what Hester and Armstrong‘ had to — be it e..- / i
. . ual matters into court those two were either for rape, sexual arassment, or
, treated disgracefully. David Van , Horn, anything — these cases will continue. rams ware‘at
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clarity and to eliminate libelous material. and may con-
' obliterates one 8 sense of acadenncs
.~ . Freedom to choose
- ' . to be late for Class obscene things. Sticker. But you will "0t cry. You reading Mr McIntosh’s comments I f0und most of them to be of little thought
. . . Say. for example. your You close your eyes angrily and will look for a space calmly and col— and withoutsubstance
' ~ . muse/apartmenudmm has burned "y ‘0 Sleep. But Y°ur um“ ‘5 min" 'ecuvely‘ He stated in the beginning of his letter I opened with the statement “On March
. down. Or you had to drive your CON ed. And your neighbors hate you. It’s your lucky day! There‘s a 9 6 000 coal miners shut down hundreds of mines and marched upon the White
' " "mm" ‘0 the “059"31' Who was And Your “and hurts "0m “‘9 593“” OKv 5° "'5 between a tree iiouse wn 9" Yes ldid open with this comment but it seems Mr McIntosh
I - paralyzed by a terrible auto aCCi' vibrations off the softball bat. The and a fire hydrant in the backyard feels the mil-ch was for a different reason than i had written His reason stated
. ‘ .' ' dent. Or perhaps y ou've been try- Willis confrontation with the do“ has 0‘ an Old lady’s home on Rose it was a “dedicated memorial to 59 coalminers who lost theirlives on those two
' I‘ ing to remove an arrow protruding made you forget about your 9 Street — you‘re late and you‘re in a days a few years back in our own southeastern part of the state.” I do not have
. from your “00K . . o clock class. _ hurry. . . knowledge of any such reason, but if it is true, this reason was overshadowed by
But the most common reason is Eventually, your Wornes fade Wow, you think, it's only three the miners portost to Reagan‘s proposed cutbacks in Blacklung funding Mr
. the least understood, the least and you're out again But you minutes after 9. You might be able McIntosh what newspapers did you read anyway and are your reading
' , socially acceptable: you just could So you have to actually open your awake in a panic at 8:52. “0migod! t0 take your QUiZ after all. You're capabilitig limited w the editorial page” The Kentucky Kernel Lexington
, . . , not get out of bed in time. eyes. The buzzing sound is frighten- I’ve got a quiz in eight minutes! running like a madman toward the Herald and televised national news reported this march upon the White House
. 1 To some earnest, energetic or ingly, nauseatingly loud. But you Omigod! l . . . what time is . . . Classroom Building, taking enor- and gave the reason asaprotest to the Reagan administration’s proposals Fur-
,1 . - maybe merely insomniac students, promise not to break the clock. where am I . . .Omigod!" mous steps and swinging your ther in his letter he accused me of “drawing similarities to the coal mine in-
- . . such a problem is not a problem at You lightly smack the top of the You brush your face, wash your arms. You‘re so out of shape you dustr with comparisons tothe farming industry it Ifyou will review my letter a
, . - all, These people jump out of bed. little electronic machine. and it teeth, put on your pajamas and run get cramps in your side. But falling little i105”. ou will find not a com rison but ah analogy Mr McIntosh stated
. _ whisk through a cold shower, suck shuts up. “Aha! I must have found outside. But being the sharp- on your ass in the mud puddle is the I “com reg occupational hazardspiali each indusz blacklung to skin cancer n
. ' ' down a hOt‘ balanced breakfast, it," you uedde' and the self— minded individual you are, you worst. Actuallpal said “Yes blacklung in an occupational, hazard to coal miners but
. brush their teeth and zip to school. satisfaction relaxes your weary realize something is wrong. With Your embarrassment is topped hazard: exist in almost every occupation n In other words the possibility’of a
. . . : looking great and showing up six soul. the foam of Crest toothpaste sting- only by your soaked trousers. You farmer developing skin cancer due to years of sun exposure are just as great a
. . minutes early “I‘ll just lie here a few more ing your cheeks and an awfully hop up and try to act like nothing hazard to his life as coal dust is to the miner The point I was setting forth is the
' ' is The" homework is neat and com- minutes, then I,“ get up and take a soapy ‘35” on your tongue, you happened and run into an old blind fact miners receive federal funds to deal with their occupational health pro-
. . plete. they love all their teachers shower,” you tell yourself. By 7:49. dart back in the housefotryagain. man. Still, you must get to class. blems while farmers and the majority of America’s working public do not
. I . and they have some hard-hitting you‘re asleepagain. The most disheartening element “Sorry,"you say inpassing. receive funds for occupationally related health problems
. , .~ . ~ , questions prepared for class discus- Oh. but no worry. You forgot that to the entire event is that you At long last, you 8et ‘0 the door to Mr McIntosh goes on with his confused idea that I was making a comparison
-' i f 5'0" your new clock has one Of those already had your clothes on; you the classroom. Everyone in the by saying “When was the last time anyone can remember that 59 farmers lost
.- ;. __.. How disgusting. “snooze“ devices that goes off nine had gone to bed last night toodmnk hallway is staring at you, but their lives ina single accident” coalminers not farmers who go intotheside
. j . For the rest of us. such pro— minutes after you press the button. to take them off. It‘s not going tobe you're not sure if it’s because of ofamountain with millionsof‘torm'ofearth above their heads and still work eight
‘ ' * ‘ ceedings are alien to our way of Thus, at 7:54. another incredibly agood day. your wet pants or the fact that to 10 hoursaday n
. _. life Doing everything professors obnoxious buzz disturbs your rest. But, determined, you go through you‘re breathing so hard they think I ask you Mr McIntosh is the death of 59 coalminers ina single accident more
'. ; _v ask of us — much less exceeding This time. you‘re so angry the the motions once more, only cor- you're dying 0f emphysema. 0“ important thanthe singular deathsof59 farmers over the courseofone year? A
, .‘.. . their requests re is deemed damned thing is making noise rectly. Then you get in your car, it because you forgot to wear shoes deathofa human being whether it is one personor a groupof59is still a tragedy
j: . -. ‘. idealistic. bookwormish or simply again that you don’t even care doesn't start, and you curse. Whatever. At least you made it to with the onl differ“; being the usual large amount of publicity that accom-
f . -_ I pointless. 0r impossible about the fact that y0u really Frustration dictates that you flood class. It sure is quiet inside (they panics masgdeatin As for your statement that miners still work eightto 10
'. . . I‘ll set the scene It's 7:45 am. should get up and go to class. Your the engine, so you have to wait a must be taking the quiz already). hours a da who was thelast full-time farmer oulmewthat workedaschedule
' ‘ . and you're sleeping quite soundly sole purpose now is to stop the clock few minutes before you can try YOU walk in and . . . Where is ofeighta g; tofive m es iall during lail’tingandharvesting m9 .
.I . . ’. In fact. you‘re snoring and dream- from annoying your sleep. again. everybody? Written on the board is Mr McIntosh nosed the 3:0“an “Her: we have the classic case of a m
' ,' ' ‘ mg about sex or fame or something. You grab the clock by the cord Finally, oh finally . . . it starts. that "10588881 “ENG 222 Students barking about cfibacks (orfuhdS) the shouldn'tbegettinginthefirstplace
. .-‘ I Buuuuzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz! Your and slam it to the floor. The buzz That small sparkle of happiness — class is cancelled today. Quiz Toda is coalmining amuiti-milliondgllarindusu'y should forthell‘oblems
.-.- : : . '. head jolts up and you instinctively degenerates to a warbled hum. but sinks when you notice that your gas will be held as scheduled next Mon- it creates __ not the’American blic n and offers tum ”tum to this problem
‘ '; ‘I ". '- or reach over for the alarm clock. Un- doesn‘t stop completely Still in a gauge registers an eighth of an inch day.“ The first is tohave state and fegueral ,overment eliminate excessive regulations 2
' . _. .' I fortunately. it is a new alarm clock half daze. you grab your softball lower than it ever has before. You wonder why you exist. and the second the solution he favorgs is to ibl have the overnment give 4
. .. ' - (you destroyed the other one bat and smash your shiny new [mom problem! You get85cents School is surely notthereason. backtothe coal roducing counu'es then €113:st severencegtax paidin thus
.‘ . .I 21‘ , yesterday i and you don‘t clock until the pieces fly across the worth of regular at the station down Cary Willis is the entertainment allowing the fungs to be put to use in counties which id in the tax Theso two
-. 7,. ‘3 remember where in the hell the room. sparks spray from the con- the street and head to school. editor. His column appears opinionated solutions are Mr Mclntosh’s right but 3: still don’t answer the
. .1. ‘ .‘ ~ ‘ stupid little --alarm off" 5WltCh is. nections and your neighbors Ah, parking. It‘s Time to Park on periodically, question of why the American public must pay for a feerally funded blacklung
' ' , '- ‘ program, aproblem created by the coal mining industry.
, v" . ‘ Finally, Mr. McIntosh concluded his letter with my statement “A coalminer,
. .‘ - . -. like any other American, exercises the right to choose the career or job of his or
x ‘1 h her choice." He proceeds to tell of his own experience by saying “After living in
, -, , . ..—I i a coal-producing area for the majority of my years, I am not so sure of this. For
. .' , j ‘ 'I example, I have seen numerous cases where, ‘My grandfather was a coalminer,
~. :I"‘,. j, \ fl " __ __-‘_’ ,; / ‘ ~ ‘ my father isacoalminer, sol mustbeacoaiminer.’ For your information, Mr.
.‘.. 4 -‘ .' " ,- - “ ‘ :i i McIntosh, I was raised and presently live in Hopkins County, Kentucky, one of
.'., ‘ . , \\ . “\* the state‘s leading coal-producing counties which is located in the heart of the
. 2 ‘ ‘ \\ ‘ . Western Kentucky coalfield. I don’t have to do your “research" to learn about
J. I. . 7' ~\ . / . ~ - ,7 ~ \ the situation of it being a “must" for a person to be a coal miner because his
' ' , . / 1* k \\ l \ father and grandfather were. You do some research and you will find
. ,l; . 1 M,_ A ‘ \ \ i . coalminers in theis situation are a very small portion of the state‘s total
.' 1.: .' . .' \ afi‘ . \ coalminers. I think today's miner is intelligent enough to know mining is not a
«a, . I ._‘\I . - ’4 .1.“ fl." “must" and that the United States provide; thousands of alternative oppor-
_ I’ . ,' _ f ; - ~._—————- 1K . ‘L‘l tunings to thosewhoarewilling towork for them.
I . . . ’ __;I_ I, . -- t - 9—- ., M W. Ainsworth -
. X. 1 , ', - —— l - f?“ - t ' fl)! (mi—‘9’ . Business Administration senior
I , , . , .
' .i" I \ .,' _ l I 8)) {31’ \ N0 lnfluenw
,; . .l v‘ I' ’ ‘ l\ j -' / - . Thisisin replytoRichard Neill’s April7letter.
I, . ; -. ltt § - J l ‘ . - Aspresidentihadnoinfluenceonthefmnulaoftheelection rules. They were
‘ . . '. ' .' — I ——---' . . , I indirectly formulated by the Election Board and approved by the Student Senate
1 ,' .4. __ , __. ‘ / ' andtheUniveisity Senate Council.
; . - , / , t The rationale behind eliminating write-in candidates is because of the high at-
] [I f m Kl“ WPLE “0;, , , 13 ~——— trition level of write-in candidates once elected. Secondly. in my opinion, if so
. . . GU$ m. It}, /, I ' meone is serious about being president of the student body/student trustee, then
. 3 PEOPLE K‘LL WE W .' I t_' that person has the responsiblity of stopping by the Student Association office
. - ' . t ;, '. ‘ . and checking the mice and adhering to them. It still stands that there may be
. . . , __ _ ;- — ’ M ' ‘ ’ ,1 / . ' write~ins for colleges without sufficientcandidatee.
_ _ I . ’ The original idea for eliminating write-in candidates for positions in colleges
. - - - _ - , - - ‘\ ‘v " ‘ ‘ I V] which have enough candidates came from the constitutiona