Eastern Progress Eastern Progress 1970-1971

Eastern Kentucky University Year 1971

Eastern Progress - 15 Apr 1971

Eastern Kentucky University

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Elections Greeks Page 2 . Page 5 / Sfi>/>f r*# Net in tPmrist'm i7T~] . • • • 1 > I 48th Year, Number 28 Student Publication of Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, Ky. 8 Pages April 15,197| •E ■; Earth Day '71 Honors Program Speakers Focus On Kentucky I Set For April 18 BY JULIA WILLIAMS Appeals, a broad form deed is either support these proposals the coal industry as they K Now Editor a deed which severs the or to propose new changes." would' other industries' The Honors Program will Dr. Thomas Myers, Vice mineral estate from the He continued, "It's my because they are all necessary be held in Brock Auditorium President for Student Affairs, surface estate." hope that since this is a public Sunday, April 18, at 2 p.m. "Focus On Kentucky" to the economic situation of will recognize those students "appropriately" titled Begley continued to say, hearing that some of you will the Commonwealth. A reception will be held listed in Who's Who among also be there. I can assure you Eastern's Earth Day held "the real solution to strip "We talk about the immediately following the Students in American that the coal industry will be yesterday in the ravine, said mining can only be found in destruction of the tourist ceremonies in Walnut hall for Universities and Colleges. there." all honorees and guests. J.C. Powell, Vice President of legislation." industry in Eastern Kentucky. Robert E. Tarvin, Director Academic Affairs. He also called for Let's say that you're a tourist of Student Organizations and Economically Worth Little and come into Kentucky on Dr. Thomas Stovall will Activities, will present Powell continued, "with outlawing strip mining begin the program by our waterways, our abundant operations and suggested that Paul Patton, an operator of US 23.;. and what do you see organizational awards. on entering Ashland? You see recognizing those students on Mary K. Ingels, Dean of resources, and the state of our the 1972 General Assembly the Surface Mine Reclamation the Dean's List. technelogical advance, and the would see many bills Association of Kentucky, said Armco Steel and it is just as Women, will recognize the natural scenic beauty, our introduced calling for the that he enjoyed the great ugly as any strip mine that I Departmental Awards will honor societyies by commonwealth merits the outlawing of ' strip mining beauty of the mountains, have ever seen." follow presented by Dean groups-Collegiate Pentacle, intense concern of all its operations on the mountain however, economically, they He accused them of William Sexton, College of CWENS, O micron Alpha citizens. I would like to slopes. are not worth alot. An polluting the air and river, Applied Arts and Sciences; Kappa, Kappa lota Epsilon, commend all of those who estimation of $18 an acre was "but they're performing a Dean Joseph Young, College and Phi Kappa Phi. have taken part in arranging Students Are Effective made. valuable service for this of Business; Dean Clyde Special musical interludes Plans for the crusade are Dr. Haney Terms nearing culmination. Henry Holly, a lay member of the People For Peace Rally Graham team, said that he is First Meeting Interesting "very impressed with the quality, the dedication and "That was the first one I've Ralph Whalin, whose term furniture is the main hobby of the sense of purpose" of those attended," said Dr. Donald C. expired, and will serve a Dr. Haney. Recently, he persons doing volunteer work Tabled Motion Now Passes In Senate Haney. "But if they're all three-year stilt. purchased an old log cabin in in preparation for Rev. going to be like that. It's going The 36-year-old Haney is a Estill County and is rebuilding Graham's appearance. to be very interesting." native Kentuckian from it at London. Mr. Holly, who teaches the A tabled motion made by preceding the date of the than the legal posting of the create a committee on the Dr. Haney was referring to Somerset. He served two of Dr. Haney expressed Bible study classes prior to Harry Prats to support a meeting. list of nominees and shall end improvement for instructors. his three years of military pleasure with his new position crusades for people desiring to People For Peace Rally on on the day of the election." the recent meeting of Article Amended Eastern's Board of Regents to service in the Far East with and appreciation to the serve as crusade counselors, April 24 was once again The last amendment made Stfety Letter which he was recently elected the Army Security Agency. faculty members for then- says that at least 900 brought before the Student Article III, Section E, was to state, "all student as faculty representative. He received his Bachelor of confidence in him. "They (the counselors and advisors for Senate Tuesday and was Subsection 2, was amended to senators not covered by a James Pratt, President of Science degree from the faculty) elected me," he said, those who "come forward" passed after an explanation of say, "additional meetings of specific constitution must the Student Association is to The agenda at that meeting University of Kentucky in "and I'll represent them to the during the crusade are needed. its purpose and a list of the Senate may be scheduled have a 2.0 accumulative send a letter to safety and had included such major issues 1959 and was awarded his best of my ability and to the He hopes 4 that 900 tentative speakers was given at the request of the President average. This specific grade security and to Dr. Robert point average would not •a as an optional ROTC program masters from UK in 1961. best interest of the counselors will come from by Jim Pelkgrinon, last year's or by a majority of the Senate Martin asking that the road for freshmen male students, After two years of teaching University." among 1100-1200 currently Student Association President. members present and voting. include first semester between University Drive and self-regulated dormitory hours at Campbellsville College, he Dr. Haney has been chosen taking his Bible courses. Holly Pellegrinon explained to Senators shall be given due freshmen." Kit Carson Drive passing by for a certain category of joined the EKU staff in 1962. as one of 20 professors in his adds that, "you see something the Senate that they are not notice preceding a special Walters Hall be changed to a women students, and a $17 Haney took leave to do field in North America to everywhere you go in giving their support to the meeting." Four Proposals one-way street. The direction million budget. further post graduate work study the geology of Spain, Lexington about the crusade." issue but are giving then- Before the constitution would be from University and received his doctorate France, and Italy by the Holly stated that support to a group of students stated that Senators shall be Bill Ramey, chairman of Drive to Kit Carson Drive. "I was very much from the University of American Geological Institute. involvement Of all Christians and the chance to hold a rally notified at least two days the student evaluation of Jim Blair moved that X impressed with the Board and Tennessee in 1966, returning He was chosen on the basis in a city is a chief goal of the in the ravine where students preceding the date of a special faculty committee, made four mimeographed letters the manner in which the to Eastern that fait of his record as a teacher and Graham crusade. He added may express their views. meeting. proposals which were passed concerning the military trial meeting was conducted," said Dr. Haney is active in the researcher, his interest in this that the plans for Rev. Five amendments which Article III, Section C, Par. by the Senate. ■ of Lieutenant Calley be placed i\ Haney, who is also chairman Kentucky Geological Society specified area of the world, Graham's presentations have were proposed at a Senate 1 was amended to say "the ' •All instructors should in the Student Union Building of the University's Geology and is a member of the and his willingness to continue been expanded. meeting two weeks before number of senators-at-large be required to administer the lobby for students to sign and Department and a professor in Geological Society of America international exchange. Graham will speak to the were passed by the Senators are to be elected upon the evaluation to students and mail. that field. and the Society of Sigma Zi. Transportation expenses crowd in Memorial Colesium, this week. following criteria: one student results should be used by the One letter will be asking v In addition to his regular and a daily living allowance and to an expected overflow Article II Section B, senator-at-large representative instructors to improve their President Nixon to reverse the. Haney was officially sworn duties, he is helping conduct a will be provided by the crowd to be seated in Stoll subsection J, was amended to for each 1000 students methods of teaching. decision of the court anjthe as -the faculty regent at the research project on the quality Institute. Trip director will be Field stadium. say, "the president may call enrolled at Eastern in the fall •An essay selection other will be commending the meeting by Circuit Judge of water in Madison County Dr. Thomas J. Freeman, Jr., Each night's session of the the senate into special session semester." should be included with the court. James Chenault, .thus and is also a consultant for the of the University of Missouri crusade will begin at 7:30 with due notice given prior to Article V, Section A, Par. questionaire. The letters are to be becoming Eastern's second '\ United States Geological at Columbia who just returned p.m. Singer Ethel Waters will the meeting." 4, was amended to say •The evaluation should drafted by an executive" facility representative to sit on Survey. from a year of geological accompany Rev. Graham on Presently the President "candidates' campaigns for be re-examined oeriodically. committee appointed by the Board. He succeeded Antiques and rcfinuhing study in Spain. his trip to Kentucky and must file a two-day notice office may begin no earlier •The Sena. should Pratt.

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Confused Election May Bring Useless Winner « The present state of the Student feeling that someone was out to get him tell the voters that since the Court had Association is one of mass confusion. From and he immediately decided that it was reached no decision, the committee's ruling the very start this year's elections have that girl and Tbe Progress. Tbe Progress was would stand-write-in's were illegal. been Unusual, to say the least, just raising too many questions about This did not stop may of those who Tbe Progress declared itself neutral and write-in's; they must have some dark-horse wished to write in a name or those who > one's side" in the beginning and . candidate hidden away. Not so!! chose to abstain because they cared enough remains that way. However, the principles But someone else thought of this too. to vote but saw no "best choice." involved, not the personalities, have Perhaps Kelhoffer had been looking in the The fallacy was in simply telling the prompted many questions and are, in fact, wrong place all along for who was actually voters that write-in's were illegal and not verv questionable. against him. bothering to go on and explain that since First there were three slates . of The decision of the elections committee there was no Court decision on their candidates headed by Chuck Kelhoffer, was appealed to the StudentStudent CourCourt on legality, in the event that the election is Guv Hatfield and Jim Blair. Petitions were Tuesday-the day before the elections-by appealed and comes before the Court again, oreutatirg and then suddenly Hatfield and none other than the forgotten Jim Blair. and, if they rule that these votes are legal, Blair were no longer in the race. It seemed Now Steve Stanley just happens to be then write-in's will be counted. *^\*' very strange that these two would pull out the Chief Justice of the Court in addition There lies the big mistake. Many voters at the last minute, but Hatfield joined the to being chairman of the elections were mislead!! ranks of Kelhoffer and Blair sort of moved committee. And so when the Court It also seems that questions could arise out of the picture-so everyone thought. deadlocked, Stanley divorced himself from about all those write-in votes lying around And Kelhoffer was "king of the the voti because of his conflicting loose waiting for a Court ruling on whether road" --unopposed. Any threats to interests and no decicion resulted. Now or not they are legal after being counted, feb "crown" easily provoked his wrath. why, in all fairness, did he not divorce Because of the last minute occurrences, A miriad of questions questions flooded himself from voting on the committee only 2000 ballots, not the prescribed 4000, Tbe Progress. Can this one candidate^ also? So Blair forged ahead; he had a were prepared. And by mid-afternoon more become president just like that? Is there running mate now and impressive printed than 2000 votes had already been cast. But, any way that another candidate can get handbills. (His slogan, "Vote for Progress," there were not sufficient official ballots, into the race after the petitioning deadline? should not be misconstrued as having had The whole thing is one mass (or mess) of /Are write-in votes legal? any connection with this newspaper!) Blair confusion. And the validity of the election So various inquiries lead Tbe Progress to had been preparing again; he hit hard at the no doubt will be, and should be, fTthe Committee on Elections for a decision last minute, challenged. on the legality of write-in votes which were The crown was in jeopardy. Kelhoffer So many questions and loopholes are '.hot dealt with in the constitution of the could count on the greeks and the support basis enough for a special election. Perhaps Student Association. The committee, that he drew along with Hatfield, but what the best thing to do now is simply to start Readers' Views 'chaired by Steve Stanley, ruled that about the other factions the Blair might all over. Besides, what good is a president attract-the votes of the veterans and the who moves into the office unopposed? Will write-in's were not legal. Death For KA's this institution will not effectively enforce its own So there was the answer and that was blacks. anyone pay any attention to him next rules and regulations, our council and board can that, so we thought. So election day came and brought all year? Which is worse-a useless president or To the editor: only become an ineffective and useless entity with no purposeful goals. But some people did not forget about it kinds of additional problems. Stanley no president at all? The regulations we fed were violated by that easily. Apparently Kelhoffer had the instructed those who manned the polls to - Pausing just a moment to consider what students disrupting the Kappa Alpha parade on Women'* lib would think of Mr. Whitaker's and Thursday April 1, 1971 are: Section 1, subsection Mr. Van Aradale's statement that "the southern A, paragraphs 1, 2, and 4; Section 1, subsection B, era was one of lovely belles in beautiful gowns, paragraphs 1 and 4; Section 2, part 1, paragraphs and a time when men would .guard the honor of 2, 3, 4, and 16; Section 2, part 3, subsection B, Earth Day '71: What Good Was It? these women" (the implication being, of course, paragraphs 2, 6C and 6D of the 1970/71 Student that men do NOT guard the honor of women Handbook. . = • •-•. With Earth Day *71 now a part of The real value of the program will come today), I think that "No. 1" and "No 2. and 38 We have discussed the matter of the above in the resulting action of Eastern students, others" should be aware of two things. violations at great length among ourselves and with Eastern history, a look at the day's events First, and of minor significance, is the fact that Vice President Thomas D. Myers. It is our 'gives impressions of a successful program faculty, and administrators-if there is any. "what is now, Washington and Lee College" is not conclusion that no disciplinary action, of any with certain concealed ironies. Letters to editors and legislators are that at all; Washington and Lee is a full-fledged consequence, will result. . worth writing; ecology organizations are University and has been a university for several Therefore, we the members of Palmer Hal ' Bi In terms of quality Earth Day was a decades. House Council and Judicial Board resign our project worthy of favorable comment. worth joining and supporting; and personal • Secondly, the mother. chanter of Kappa 'positRmsv "'-'^ ■-■ ■■'I aaaftan Those 80-100 studenta who actively interest, education, and activity are nOanliir 'Vto'oW nw.»Cl M KnctfhWnerkftag imperative. Realize the real pollution of And 5 otheri participated on the planning committee, chapter was one of the top fraternities on the plus the few (an unfortunately only a few) driving a car down the street. Support iw&L campus; yet, there is no longer a K.A. ecology through consumer habits. 'chapter at "General Lee's College. Work Was 'Misrepresented' organizations lending their support, are to Perhaps Larry Honig, past president of the be commended for surpassing the '70 We can only hope that the effect of now-defunct W&L fraternity, best indicates why program. Earth Day will last-that Earth Day '72 will fraternities fail, even if they do not fold: "the find more interested people on campus and • death knell for Kappa Alpha Order's mother However, anyone who was in the ravine chapter was not sounded by its members, rather What a compliment the humble Thomas Brecht yesterday or who just passed by there an even better program. by its own failure to justify its existence. paid the band members in - a recent issue of The would have noticed that although someone And perhaps, in some small way those Conceivably, what Mr. Honig says about the Progress/ So we are all "infallible and flawless!!" I mother chapter is true of all the K.A. affiliates see that you, too, Mr. Brecht, still misunderstood was constantly at the speaker's podium, he things said and those strong ecology stands the issue that the band members had with Miss advocated on April 14, 1971, will show up who attempt to justify the existence of such did not necessarily have what you would institutions as "Old South Week" by saying they Davis. in progressive action. ! THAT 60P Weekly Student Publication of Eastern Kentucky University iw ecx>. rewm Associated Collegiate Press, All American

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/ ,\ THE EASTERN PROGRESS - Thursday. April 15. 1971 - Page 3 Lecturer To Speak In Broc£ Tonight

Guess Who Is Coming To EKU Dr. Nicholas Nyaradi will lecture in Brock Auditorium at 8 on "It Isn't Easy to I would imagine that the majority of the blasting the American scene with full force. be An American." student body was as shocked as I was when You may recall some of the group's He is coming to Eastern as a part of a the entertainment for the pre-prom concert other hits from the past year. In addition series sponsored by the University Center next Friday was announced. Everyone's to "" and "Hang On Board. * been spreading the word: "Guess Who is to Your Life," Guess Who has had a great Born and educated in Hungary, Dr. playing here at Eastern!" The frequent deal of success with "No Sugar Tonight," Nyaradi participated in the anti-nazi response is: "I don't know...who is?" "Laughing," and "Undone." Their current underground movement in World War II; After four years of witnessing the release, "," is doing rather