q,A ;;i :l-:l -f;>,p- l~ ? )or March 1 1988 Gil+ 2.il 1 SU Clip Sheet THE COURIER-JOURNAL, TUESDAY, MARCH 1, 1988 Governor's budget review doesn't help universities·· By RICHARD WILSON education next year Stall Writer and a 5 percent in­ crease in 1989-90. FRANKFORT, Ky, - Gov. Wallace Wilk­ Wilkinson remained inson said yesterday that despite another re­ adamant that the presi­ view or his proposed 1988-90 budge~ he has dents can find enough not round any more money for higher edu­ money in their budgets cation. to provide the same 2· "I'm not optimistic, but I'm still looking," percent pay raises for Wilkinson said In an interview. their !acuities and /1 staffs that he has rec­ State university presidents have said that Wilkinson ommended for teach­ Wilkinson's proposed budget provides no ers and other state em- new money for faculty or staff pay raises ployees. nert year and leaves them far short of the He called the pay raLses ''vitally impor­ money needed for fixed costs. tant" A 2 percent raise for faculty and staff After meeting with the presidents earlier in the state system would cost an estimated this month, Wilkinson directed his budget $9.4 million next fiscal year. staff to see whether more money could be found, Finding that money, Wilkinson acknowl­ "I really want to satlsly myself that edged, would require close scrutiny of extst­ there's not any money being spent some­ lng campus spending. "They're going to where that couldn't serve us better if it have to prioritize and make those tough de­ were spent ln higher education," he said, cisions, just as I had to make them (In bis "So far, we haven't found any." proposed budget)," Wilkinson said. His budget calls for a little more than a I He also said he has scheduled bis second percent increase In state funding for higher meeting with the presidents for Thursday. _ _ LEXINGTON HERALD-LEADER, LEXINGTON, KY .. TUESDAY. MARCH 1, 1988 UK doesn't ha.ve-· enough money for the basics A Feb. 19 letter by Donna Burrus needs main library that have not been painted in Michael Dukakis. A sound education sys­ to be addressed because of its implications more than 24 years. There are restrooms tem is not a drain upon our fine state. but a , that University of Kentucky faculty mem­ that need renovating and flooring that is necessary foundation for a more progres­ bers are unhappy just because they will not worn out. We have dormitories in desper­ sive Kentucky, receive raises under Gov. Wallace Wilkin­ ate need of interior renovation. We have DAVID D. ROYSE son's proposed budget. equipment and furniture needs. I've had Assistant Professor Ms. Burns does not understand that students who had to use broken chairs and Univei:i;ity of Kentucky higher education has been seriously under­ desks. Many of us have been teaching Lexington funded for some time. While Ohio State ' overloads because there is not enough University talks of becoming a world-class faculty. university, we at UK do not have sufficient The entire state suffers when education funds to buy books for the library or to is not adequately funded. Newsweek maga­ continue certain journals. Our audio-visual zine recently concluded that Massachu­ resources are embarrassingly meager. setts' economic recovery had as much to do There has not been enough money for , with spinoffs form the Massachusetts Insti­ routine maintenance. There are areas in the l tute of Technology as the efforts of Gov. -A service of the Office of Public Information- .. UK $(grts trial student safety patrol • Escort program LEXINGTON HERALD-LEADER. LEXINGTON. KY TUF.SrJAY, MARCH 1. 1988 She said she had hl'ard about dents aware of the need to walk in The success of the program aims to provide similar programs at other universi­ groups after dark. primarily depends on the number of ties, including Vanderbilt and Ohio "Even if students don't use the people who use it, Ms. Bridges and night protection State. escort service, I would hope that at the escorts said. The escorts, who are students, least it is promoting campus safety "Unless people use it, it won't By Jodi Whitaker were screened by the campus police awareness," Bridges said .. be around and the few people who before they were hired, Ms. Bridges Herald-Leader UK correspondenl The escorts are to act as purely use it will be left without a valuable said. program," Shepherd said. Students at the University of that - escorts, she said. Any The escort service is in its incidents that might take place are Kentucky may never have to walk second week ol a six-week trial. So to be reported to the campus police. alone across certain parts of cam­ far, about 20 people have used the pus at night if a trial student safety service each night, Ms. Bridges patrol becomes a hit. said. The service. which provides stu­ . If the demand stays high, Ms. dents with walking companions Bndges. a candidate for student from 8 p.m. until midnight Sunday government president. said she LEXINGTON HERALD-LEADER, LEXINGTON, KY .. TUESDAY. MARCH 1. 1988 through Thursday nights, was the would go to the student senate to idea of Student Government Associ­ ask for continued funding for it. ation senior vice president Susan Money for the program is pro­ Funderburk: making best of bad situation Bridges. vided by UK's student government. The program works like this: The cost of the six-week trial period This is in response to the Feb. 15 article A Jan. 23 letter complained that the An escort is assigned to one of is $1,800, which is spent mostly on about Eastern Kentucky University Presi­ Campbell (art and drama) Building's walls three routes departing from the M.I. wages, Ms. Bridges said. dent Hanly Funderburk and some letters to were stripped of their covering and painted because Funderburk didn't like their color. King Library. Each route follows an The program will be used main­ · the editor on the· subject. established circuit. One route goes ly by female students, Ms. Bridges Some of the characterizations of Fun­ He supposedly did this while ignoring serious leaks in the roof. The walls were lo Blanding Tower before circling said, even lhuugh it is open to derburk betray an animosity out of place in back toward the library. Another anyone who wants a companion for reasoned argument. Phrases such as painted because of complaints by the art one goes down sorority row. The \\·alking around campus. "stone-faced" and "defrocked president" faculty. The department chairman selected the color. At the time, contracts had third travels past Anderson Hall, Tate Shepherd, an escort in his are uncalled for. Patterson Office Tower and the first year at UK, said he agreed that The charges that he is out of touch already been let for roof repairs. These have not been done because of the weather. student center. the service would serve mostly with the faculty and that he is an "imper­ After the escort drops a student women. ail" president won't wash. Unless he is out The charge is made that the Art off, he continues on his circuit. "I think by nature, males will of town on business, the president attends Department is . understaffed while enroll­ Students may join the escort at any almost resent us," Shepherd said. all meetings of the Faculty Senate. lie is ment is at an all-time high and that this is of several designated stops along "Just for the simple fact that they informative and engages in open dialogue. the president's fault. The department may the way. think they can take rare of them­ There is no hint of intimidation. I know of be understaffed, but this is not fault of To identify themselves. the es­ selves. I would not hesitate one · no one who has had a difficult time getting Funderburk or anyone else in the universi­ corts, all men, wear orange vests minute walking with a guy. A to see the president. Funderburk often ty. Funding for faculty positions is con­ and identification badges. They use person with a gun is a person with walks about the campus and makes him­ trolled on the basis of complicated ratios flashlights and carry walkie-talkies a gun, whether you are male or self accessible to whomever wishes to talk that will not allow additional faculty. for communication with campus female." to him. Funderburk's detractors are a ·small police. Patrick Dougherty, another The statement that Funderburk cares minority of the faculty. Their academic Ms. Bridges said she came up freshman escort, said he received a more for buildings than faculty is wrong. freedom is respected. They apparently feel with the idea because she was lot of strange looks while walking The money that went into raises la~t year free to speak up (and harshly, too). Our concerned. about the safety of stu­ his route. and provided Eastern's faculty with the president deserves commendation for mak­ dents who walk across campus "Most of the people who are highest average increase of all pubhc ing the best of the extremely difficult alone. walking back to dorms arc aware universities could easily have gone mto situation he inherited. "I've been concerned with cam­ that we are here. The fact that we physical plant. The austere funding provid­ E. CARROLL HALE II pus safety for quite some time," she are here will help them out." ed the last IO years or so has resulted m Professor of Art said.