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The Kentucky Kernel Thursday, Dec. 10, 1970 UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY, LEXINGTON Vol. LXn, No. 65 Teaching Versus Research 4 Firing ’ Forum Attacks Priorities By JOHN CRAY Mason, whose speech was in- speech, refused to talk about but stressed the flexibility of these Kernel Staff Writer terrupted several times by bursts any "specific cases of hiring or criteria. teaching is Good being per- of applause from the predomin- firing” because he felt it would “It’s unrealistic to say there ceived today as a dangerous phe- antly student audience, denounc- be “inappropriate and unethi- is no element of Judgment” in nomenon, when you mean by ed what he called an overem- cal.” Mason and Petrakis both good deciding cases of hiring and fir- teaching a primary concern phasis of research at the Uni- expressed willingness to talk ing, Cochran admitted, “and we for undergraduate education,” versity. about their cases but Royster Dr. do make mistakes.” Gene Mason told a crowd of Dr. Byron Petrakis, an assis- still refused. His stand brought over 800 in the Student Center tant professor of English whose angry shouts and boos from the Cochran was followed by two yesterday afternoon. contract is also not being renew- audience. English professors who have had Mason, whose teaching con- ed, spoke after Mason and con- their contracts terminated, Pat Three Fired Profs tract has not been renewed, was tinued the attack on the alleged White and Clayton Reeve. They The evening session featured speaking at a Forum on Faculty “publish or perish” policy of both launched bitter attacks on a panel Hiring and Firing called by Stu- UK. discussion with three the “publish or perish” policy. dent Government President Steve fired professors and Dr. Lewis Incentives to Neglect Students White said administrators Bright. Cochran, vice president for ac- Petrakis argued that the rea- ademic think of students “the same way Forced Against affairs, Dr. Stephen His Nature son research was stressed at UK PAT WHITE Manning, chairman of the Eng- Continued on Pare 3, CoL 2 DR Mason said the situation of was because "the incentives to lish Department, and Dr. Garrett a university administrator is simi- neglect students and do research Flickinger, former head of the lar to the situation that faced are greater,” claiming that “re- University Senate Privilege and Adolph Eichmann, a Nazi war search-oriented” professors earn Tenure Committee. Forum Provides Look criminal, in that he is forced by more and are promoted faster. Both Manning and Cochran the institution he works for to Dr. Wimberly Royster, dean explained the four criteria for do things against his nature. of the College of Arts and Sci- Into ‘ hiring Complex and firing and the process Problem Mason said the typical ad- ences, denied the overemphasis followed in hiring and firing a ministrator” is concerned with on research at UK and claimed By JERRY W. LEWIS The fact that a University professor. the reputation of his institution that “the best teachers fit the Assistant Managing Editor vice president would agree to try and tries to gear its programs mold of teacher and scholar.” Both said the four criteria Yesterday’s “Hiring and Fir- to explain the procedure by which provided a professors are fired to more than to match the "so-called quality Royster, who was booed and were teaching, research, profes- ing” forum suddenly rare and somewhat unique look a thousand students at an open institutions.” yelled at during much of his sional status and public service. into the complexity of the simple forum shows that the administra- cliche— “Publish or Perish.” tion at least realized that more An opportunity to listen and than a handful of students is up- ask questions of four professors set with their decisions. who challenged the “system,” Numbers are important to ad- as well as several University ad- ministrators. They use them to ministrators who are a part of evaluate their peers, to name the hierarchy which refused to students on computer cards, to renew the teaching contracts of count up their investments in rail- the professors. road stocks. The numbers of dis- In the past, it has taken such satisfied undergraduates surely things as large in scope as the must mean something. Vietnam war to make students demand rational answers about News Commentary where the University stands on certain issues. Although student frustration Student Popularity with the lack of specific answers, Suddenly, mostly due to the especially with the case of Cene professors student popularity of Mason which hints at political as Gene Mason and Pat such maneuvers, often resulted in White, rational answers are being shouts of strike and class boy- sought about why teachers rated cott, the majority of students highly by students are being fired. The significance of yesterday’s seemed to be earnestly looking forum is not that any answers for legitimate channels through were provided, although certain which to protest and change the opinions were certainly heard. causes and results of the firings. It’s not important that faculty Whether or not any real chan- members could make meaningful nels were discovered remains to and sincere speeches about “the be seen. crisis of higher education" while What hopefully did come University administrators fum- across at the forum, was the bled and stuttered through com- point, especially well expressed plex policies about faculty and tenure. by Byron Petrakis, assistant pro- The real meaning to be drawn fessor of English. He took issue out of yesterday’s confrontation with the fact that teacher evalua- Gene Mason, assistant professor of political science, and read a letter at the ‘Firing and Hiring' is the genuine concern about the tion is based purely on the num- (left) provided a tense and somewhat surprising Forum last night from Cochran to a professor quality of undergraduate educa- ber of articles published in a moment for Dr. Lewis Cochran, vice president saying that a policy of “publish or perish” does tion at UK, both by students and specialized referee Journal. 1 faculty and maybe, even by ad- for academic affairs, (right) when he produced not exist at UK. Kernel Photo By Bob Brewer Often faculty members stood ministrators. to praise the benefits of good research. This is not the cause of concern. Two Arrested on Campus by LPD Students simply want the de- finition of research made real- By DALE MATTHEWS squad) and asked what they (off-campus less they were ‘‘requested by the director of istic, rather than the evaluation Kernel Staff Writer police) were doing on campus.” Safety and Security.” process where administrators find Sedler also made arrangements with Dean City and county policemen converged on After talking for a short time with the themselves counting and playirg Botanical Cardens officers, hecontinued, “Vance(FayetteCoun- of Students Jack Hall to have a meeting UK’s Tuesday and ar- the numbers game once again. rested two persons. ty deputy sheriff) gulled out his I.D. and Tuesday night, including Hall, Vice Presi- ” asked me for mine. When Brown could not dent for Student Affairs Robert Zumwinkle, David Brown, a UK student, was ar- produce an I.D., Vance arrested him for Director of Safety and Security Joe Burch rested for loitering. Robert Arnold, a non- loitering. and four students— student body President student, was arrested on charges of dis- Weather Steve Bright, Lew Col ten, Sam Mason and orderly conduct and carrying a concealed While Brown was still in custody at Peck Keiuiamer. Lexington and vicinity: Con- deadly weapon. county police headquarters, a group of stu- siderable cloudiness today, “This is a time when the administration dents went to law professor Robert Sedler s with occasional rain to- The arrests were made during a gathering and the students should not be at a stand- wanner office. During the meeting with Sedler, several ” night. Rain ending and turning in the garden which previously had been off. They should work together, saidColten. students who had been in the gardens claimed cooler on Friday. High today, billed on mimeographed leaflets as a “Fuck- After the meeting. Bright said that, “I that the police were taking photographs low tonight, in the low 40's; in ” think we made our concern unquestionably 60; “of everybody. high tomorrow, in the mid-50's. Brown said that he had been in the clear. Taking pictures at every student Precipitation probabilities: 10 Student Center grill and went to the Bo- Sedler was of the opinion that “police gathering obviously intimidates students, and percent today, 60 percent tonight, tanical Cardens to “see if anything was intelligence" tactics of the land constituted makes them reluctant to assemble. and 60 percent tomorrow. Partly going on." Once there, he said, “I started a “chilling effect on student assembly” and It was learned Wednesday that the charges cloudy and cooler Saturday. rapping with Thornton (a detective with the that efforts should be made to prevent off- against Brown had been filed away and would Lexington Police Departments narcotics campus police from coming on campus un- not be pressed. 2—THE KENTUCKY KERNEL, Thursday, Dec. 10. 1970 Holiday Mail May Be Affected by Rail Strike Workers struck the nation’s mail traveling more than 300 The commuters will be forced quickly shut down their produc- In the face of the threatened railroads early Thursday, with miles. to find other means of transpor- tion. General Motors, the largest strike Wednesday, postal officials thousands of commuters expected spokesman for Bethelehem tation starting Thursday morn- of the automakers, just weathered ordered an embargo on mail rates A to he among the first affected Steel Co. said the firm had been ing.

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