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The Daily Independent, Ashland, Kentucky, Saturday, February 27, 1999 Lucas stresses need for teachers to be trained 'in computer skills so worried about teachers, By TOM LEwts new and old, being able to OF THE DAILY. INDEPENDENT use technology effectively as an educational tool. MOREHEAD - Every­ "We need help. there," where U.S. Rep. Ken Lucas said Wf,!lls, .assistant super­ stopped during a· ·day-long intendent of Johnson Coun­ visit in Rowan County ty schools, adding ·that the schools and at Morehead standards board is prepar­ State University Friday, ;1· ~e ing to make technology a '!.,W.1 !i:'iitl-tftI_t'1::"':·-~A"'.+1Y,1i there seemed to be a com­ ~"' 4.,-J,...,lU~ more important factor when puter in the room. l,:r'hls is one of the glitch­ evaluating educators. And invariably, the stu­ es mat we're finding around Lucas also visited Rowan dents seemed to know more the state is that the teach­ Caunty .Middle School, ·- --· -~ about those computers than ers ·need to be taught (about their teachers. technology)," .Lucas said. where students are "pen pals" At Rowan County Senior '· Later during a portion of with children in England via High School, for instance, MSU's· symposium on · the the .Internet. Lucas met members of the future of t_eacher education, Jon Grubb, a junior in the Student Technology Leader­ . Lucas - a 23-year member Student Technology Leader­ ship Program who are con­ of Northern Kentucky. Uili­ ship Program, confirmed that structing the school's World versity's Board of Regents teachers are not well versed Wide Web site and have - stressed the need for in . the latest technology, helped install hard drives Kentucky's s~hools· of educa­ telling Lucas, "Most·ofus who and design the school's in­ tion to stress computer know how to do this learned ternal computer network. training for future teachers. on our own." ''They know more about "Computer literacy is the The Student Technology technology than I do," said­ greatest gift we can give our Leadership Program is even Peg Collins, the high children after we get past preparing to launch an "Adopt school's librarian. "They put the basics," he told the sym­ , the Teacher'' project, in which me to shame." posium audience on hand students will actually tutor It's a story he's heard and viewing the program on their teachers on the ins and many-times since becoming. Kentucky Educational Tele­ outs of computers. Kentucky's 4th District vision's Star Channel. . Lucas did not discuss any Congressman last month, The symposium's keynote specific initiatives designed to Lucas said. Even if they speaker Friday, Kentucky help teachers become more have the technology in the Education Professional technologically literate. classroom, teachers too of­ Standards Board member ten don't know how to use it. Zella Wells, said she w~s al-

The Daily Independent, Ashland, Kentucky, Friday, F!b_ruary 26, 1999

By TOM LEwt11 ideas and ways to present OF THE DAILY INDEPENDENT those ideas, said Joyce Saxon, · a member of the symposium MOREHEAD - As models organizing committee. and molders, inspirations and Presenters from 11 states innovators, women have been will focus on topics like inspi­ key figures in the arts for cen­ ration for imagery and media, turies. media used by contemporary Those links will be explored women artists, artistic dimen­ March 7-9 during Morehead sions of women in the sci­ State University's 1999 ences, feminine voice in art Wilma E. Grote Symposium and the cultivation of woman­ for the Advancement of hood through the generations. Women, with the theme, "The The symposium fittingly /J, ,_ Art of Being a Woman: will open with two art ex- • • Artistry, Creativity and Tra­ hibits, one featuring the work ---: dition in Women's Lives." of a variety of artists in This year's theme lends it­ MSU's Claypool-Young Art self to a broad range of session Building. The other will be a . , ►woman

solo exhibition at the Ken­ Best Seiler List, is a two-time speak at the symposium ban­ tucky Folk Art Center on recipient of the Best Ap­ quet on March 8 at 6:30 p.m. First Street of the works of palachian Novel award and in the Crager Room. Nan Phelps, who was· born in was .honored by the Ap­ Brinson's career of public south-central Kentucky in palachian Writers Association involvement began in 1960 1904, began painting at an in 1997 for the Outstanding with efforts to integrate lunch early age with virtually no Contribution to Appalachian counters and movie theaters formal training and continued Literature. in Greensboro, N.C. She has to paint until her death in "My books are like Ap­ also worked for racial equali­ 1990, Saxon·.said. palachian quilts," McCrumb ty, women's rights, civil liber­ Internationally known nov­ said. "I take brightly colored ties,· economic justice and elist Sharyn McCrumb will scraps of legends, ballads, compassionate services for speak at· the conference's fragments of rural life and lo­ AIDS victims. . opening reception·on March 7 cal tragedy and piece them to­ She .now serves as director at 5 p.m.- in the Crager Room of the Kentucky Civil Rights of the Adron Doran Universi­ gether into a complex whole . that tells not only a story, but Project for the Kentucky His­ ty Center. also a deeper truth about the torical Society and teaches at Mccrumb has had two nov­ the University of Kentucky els on the New York Times culture of the main south." Educator and social activist School of Medicine. Dr. Elizabeth Brinson will' "We don't want just women to come to our conference," Saxon said. "We want ail peo- ple to come." · ·

Lexington Heral~ader Saturday, February 27, 1999 Morehead talpng fresh approach

Newcomers Brown1 Um~e~ger'Ieac improved Morehead to OVC semis

By Rick Balley HERAlDWDER STAFF WRITER Morehead State Coach Kyle Macy and his staff send out projections to newcomers in the Eagles program. · Erik Brown was projected as possi­ bly Freshman of the Year in the Ohio Valley Conference and perhaps All­ OVC by his sophomore season. Kyle Umberger was considered to be a good backup player.for his rookie year. So much for projections. Brown, indeed the league's top freshman, made the All-OVC first er players, but he knows how to use hi team. Umberger has started 11 games, body and match up with bigger guys." including the last four. And today the Both players, Macy points ou two will lead the Eagles against peren­ come from competitive, winning hig nial champion Mlirray State in the school programs - Brown from Brya OVC Tournament semifinals in Station and Umberger from Ashland. Nashville. Tip-0ff is 6 p.m. "They've played in big games bi Brown, a 6-foot-5 small forward who fore," Macy said. "They like performin, plays all over the court, is the OVC's in big contests and want to play the1 leading scorer at 19.5 points. Umberger, a best. That's contagious. At Austin Pea 6-7 inside player, is averaging 9.7 points, (an 82-77 first-round MSU win Tue! 15 in his last six games. Their play has day), we played well down the stretcl helped Morehead reach the OVC semifi­ and they helped. We took care of th nals for the first time since 1994. ball executed· our offensive plays an And both have played well down the got the defensive stops we needed." stretch. Brown has become more selective The young Eagles are eager. to te! with his shooting. Umberger has been ef. their wings against Murray, which ha fective close to the basket and from medi­ won seven of the past 11 tournament um range. Both have pleased Macy. and has played in the last nine tit! "Erik is a competitor who wants to games. get better and works at it," Macy said. Morehead's confidence was lifte; ."He's getting more confident in the by taking the Racers to the wire i1 conference, and he knows what's suc­ FRANK ANDERSON/STAFF Murray, losing 86-82 on Jan. ~2._ "W cessful and what to stay away from. had the ball with a chance to be m th Kyle Macy has coached Morehead from a "Kyle has good basketball sense. last 10 seconds," Macy recalled. 3-23 record last year to the OVC Tournament With his sire, he's not as big as some oth- Brown said: "We've got to elimi semifinals and a 13-14 season mark. ' 11,\0Rf ~ Basketball nate their second shots and outre­ bound them. The odds are against us, AII-OVC men's teams but we've got nothing to lose." Umberger agreed with his ·team­ The 1998-99 All-Ohio Valley Conference mate's assessment and added, "If we can men's basketball teams as voted on by the play our game, we can play with them." league's head basketball coaches and sports information directors. Despite their youthfulness, Brown RRSTTEAM and Umberger haven't been intimidat­ F William "Bud" Eley Southeast Missouri ed by the OVC. They have been part of F Isaac Spencer Murray State an MSU team that has gone from 3-23 G/F Trenton Hassell Austin Peay to 13-14 in one season. A lineup that F Erik Brown Morehead State includes Scott Charity in the post, Brad G Aubrey Reese Murray State SECOND TEAM Cleaver and Ted Docks in the back­ F/C Ryan DeMichael Tennessee-Martin court and Brett Bohanan and Jeremy G Jamie Roberts Tennessee State Webb off the bench has the Eagles on G Josh Heard Tennessee Tech a four-game winning streak, their first F Rod Murray Murray State since 1989. G Corey Hemphill Tennessee Tech "They played a super game against HONORABLE MENTION F Jerome Jackson Austin Peay us," Murray State Coach Tevester An­ G Kyle Hill Eastern Illinois derson said ·of the January matchup. F Corey Williams Tennessee State "They ran their offense well and G Jack Owens Eastern Illinois played good defense. I wasn't sur­ F/C Jason Johnson Tennessee State prised, because I knew they were play­ G Whitney Robinson Eastern Kentucky ing well. And now to go into Austin All-NEWCOMER TEAM G/F Trenton Hassell Austin Peay Peay and win gives them a lot of mo- F Erik Brown Morehead State mentum." · G Josh Heard · Tennessee Tech Macy said: "If we're shooting well, G Corey Hemphlll Tennessee Tech we can compete. (Morehead shot 53.3 F Roderick Johnson Southeast Missouri percent at Mtirray.) It's a big challenge. G Whitney Robinson Eastern Kentucky F Corey Williams Tennessee State Murray has a great history, and F Cedrick Wallace Middle Tennessee they're comfortable at the OVC Tour­ G Nick Stapleton Austin Peay nament because they've been there so PLAYER OF THE YEAR many times. That's the fun of tourna­ William • Bud" Eley Southeast Missouri ment play." CO-COACHES OF THE YEAR Umberger can't wail Tevester Anderson Murray State Gary Gamer Southeast Missouri ''There's a lot of pressure and stuff, NEWCOMER OF THE YEAR but it's exciting to get this far," he said "I Trenton Hassell Austin Peay like being put on the spot ... to make the FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR big shot or make the stops on defense." Erik Brown Morehead State

The Daily Independent, Ashland, .Kentucky, Saturday, February 27, 1999 Morehead's Brown s·eiected OVC freshman of yea - NASIMLLE~ Tenn. (AP) ageof 60.3 and 2.5 blocked guided. the Racers to their _ Southeast Missouri State shots per game. He is South- 11th OVC regular-season title center W.illiam "Bud" Eley, east Missouri's career leader in the past 12 years posting a · who led the Ohio Valley Con- in rebounds, with 928, and 25-5 mark overali. Murray ference in rebounding, field blocked s_hots, ~ 72,. and w~s State also tied the league goal percentage and blocked the first player m school his- mark for conference wiris in a shots, has been selected the tory to score over 1,500 points season with 16 and was.a per- OVC player of the year. and grab over 900 rebounds. feet 13-0 at home, extending Other conference honors Hassell, a 6-foot-5 forward the nation's longest, home went Friday to Austin· Peay from (!larksville, averaged court winning streak- to sophomore forward Trenton 17 .8 pomts per game, 9.3 r.e- games 43 Hassell• as newcomer of the bounds, 1.0 blocked shots, 3.8 Garn. er d S th . I year and Morehead State' s assis· ts and h"t1 76 •4 percent of souri St t et . oub east Mis- Erik Brown as freshman of his free throws. . . ~ ~ 0 its est season the year. Brown, ~--6-foot-5 forward 1~~cl~ 1oimng Division r in Sharing the OVC coach of from Lexmgton, averaged 9 · the year award were Murray 19.5 points per game and was State's Tevester Anderson the first freshman to lead the and Southeast Missouri's OVC in scoring since 1973. He Gary Gamer. was the nation's leading Eley, a 6-foot-10 senior freshman scorer through from Detroit, was among top Thursday. players nationally with 10.5 In Anderson's first season rebounds, a field goal percent- as Murray State coach, he THE COURIER-JOURNAL• SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1999 Book recounts integration of Morehead State this one from 1958: any objections to the presence At a Morehead motel where of (black) students who may be Publication foreign blacks were allowed to sitting beside you, you can find rent rooms but African Ameri­ an institution of.higher learning also profiles cans weren't, one quick-think­ more to your liking further ing black American quoted 128 south," Flatt wrote. . lines from Chaucer's "Canter­ But Doran wasn't able to black alumni bury Tales" in Old English. The eliminate racism at the univer­ confused clerk thought the stu­ sity. Marshall Banks was the Associated Press dent was speaking a foreign first black on Morehead ·Slate's language and allowed him to basketball team. When he was MOREHEAD, Ky. -A More­ rent a room. . a freshman, his coach tried to head State University history The students who broke the assign him a locker in an area professor who witnessed the color barrier at Morehead were separate from the rest of the university's early days of inte­ teachers attending graduate team, the book said. gration has written an account school in the summer of 1956. And two team photos were of the challenges and triumphs Ida Mae Ross of Minerva was taken: one with Banks and an­ experienced by the first black 65 and Anna Louise Randolph other without him. students. of Germantown was 42. By the Lemuel Berry, dean of the The university's Office of end of the 1950s, a dozen Caudill College of Humanities Multicultural Student Services blacks were enrolled. Today, said the book is a boost for th~ released Donald F. Flatt's 309 of the school's 8,263 stu­ university. "Winning Through to Fame dents are black .. "'I think it helps in o~r re­ and Glory: African-Americans Flatt said former university cruitment efforts and our public and MSU" on Thursday in hon­ President Adron Doran helped relations that we have a publi­ or of Black History Month. ease the university into integra­ cation that outlines ... the suc­ The book, which is the first tion. cess stories of those (minor­ official account of integration "'At the opening convocation ities) "'.ho have graduated," at Morehead State, contains in September 1957, Doran told Berry said. stories from the first black stu­ the student body, '.'If you have dents at the university. The 46- page tribute also contains brief biographies of prominent black alumm. Flatt, who is white, attended Morehead State during the ear­ ly days of integration. He said the blacks who integrated the university were heroes. "Not the type that 1V cameras are going to be tending to all the time, but they bad the same qualities and should have got­ ten more attention than they did," he-said. Among the stories, Flatt tells The Daily Independent, Ashland, Kentucky, Saturday, February 27, 1999 Getting, k~eping high-quality teachers ·not'cheap, Patton says Leaaers: Improvement covers more than better salaries By CHARLES WOLFE At the same time, keep Patton said teacher prepara­ tion needs to be scrutinized to THE ASSOCIATED PRESS teacher standards high and hold policy makers accountable ensure new teachers are leav­ FRANKFORT - Attract­ for hiring unqualified teachers. ing college with the skills they ing and keeping high-caliber Barnett Berry, who directs need. He also said those skills school teachers will not be the southeast office of the Na­ need to be assessed at some cheap, Gov. Paul Patton and tional Commission on. Teach­ point in a teacher's career., other leaders said. ing and America's Future, "In the end, it matters not "Obviously what we're pay­ said there were implications what we do with school rooms ing classroom teachers is to­ ' "" ~ ' ~-~ ., .' :.:_;.,..,_';"; ,,.~::;·.-- or with technology. It is the tally inadequate," Patton told Everybody's ox is going classroom teacher who will a task force on teacher quality. to ~et gored in this,it~; . dictate the quality of the edu­ The price of improvement we rl.l improve. cation provided to our chil­ covers more than teacher go.ing_to .. dren," Patton said. salaries, however, Patton and this system. . .. :,,. >>'"' "We need the teaching pro­ others said Friday. ·Educator.Barnett Berey fession to understand we can­ Some of their ideas: Help ; , •,")';i, ,, ; not just keep on · doing the teachers add to their educa­ tion. Enable more teachers to for everyone in education - seek national certification, kindergarten teachers to uni­ which is rigorous, time-con­ versity presidents. suming and expensive. Shut "Everybody's ox is going to down teacher-education pro­ get gored in this if we're going grams that don't produce. to improve this system," said Berry, of Columbia, S.C. Lexington Herald-leader Saturday, February 27, 1999 same old thing the same old Routes to better way we've always done it," Patton said. Judith Gambill, president of the Kentucky Education Association, said she ques­ teachers mulled tioned how much Kentuck­ ians value high-quality teach­ Governor, quality task force talk skills ing and to what extent they would be willing to pay for it. ' Starting pay for teachers salaries, public image averaged $24,000 in the state "In the end, it matters not By Charles Wolfe this year, according to the De­ what we do with schoolrooms or ASSOCIATED PRESS partment of Education. The FRANKFORT - Attracting pay for jt. Starting pay for teach­ top of the range was $.52,000 ers averaged $24,000 in the state in the Anchorage Indepen­ and keeping high-caliber teachers will not be cheap, Gov. Paul Pat­ this year, according to the De­ dent district. ton and other leaders said yester­ partment of Education. State Rep. Joe Barrows, a day. State Rep. Joe Barrows, a longtime KEA ally, said real "Obviously what we're pay­ longtime ally of the Kentucky improvement won't come un­ ing classroom teachers is totally Education Association, said real til the public acknowledges inadequate," Patton told a task improvement won't come until teaching to · be a year-round­ force on teacher quality. the public acknowledges teaching profession and pays for it ac­ The price of improvement to be a year-round profession and cordingly. covers more than teacher salaries, pays for it accordingly. Without that, "spending a however, he and others said. Without that, "spending a lot lot of time asking teachers to Some of their ideas: Help of time asking teachers to jump jump · through additional teachers add to their education. through additional hoops ... will hoops .. . will simply take Enable more teachers to seek na­ simply take away from their per­ away from their performance tional certification, which is rigor­ formance in the classroom and in the classroom and their ous, time-consuming and expen­ their time for preparing," srud time for preparing," said Bar­ sive. Shut down teacher-educa­ Barrows, D-Versrulles. rows, D-Versailles. tion programs that don't produce. with technology. It is the class­ At the same time, keep room teacher who will dictate the teacher standards high, and hold quality of the education provided policy-makers accountable for to our children," Patton said. hiring unqualified teachers. "We need the teaching profes­ Barnett Berry, who directs sion to understand we cannot the Southeast office of the Na­ just keep on doing the same old tional Commission on Teaching thing the same old way we've al­ and America's Future, said there ways done it," he said. were implications for everyone in Judith Gambill, president of education - kmdergarten teach­ the Kentucky Education Associa­ ers to university presidents. tion, said she questioned how "Everybody's ox is going to much Kentuckians value high­ get gored in this if we're going to quality teaching and the extent to improve this system," said Berry, which they would be willing to of Columbia, S.C. Patton said teacher prepara­ tion needs to be scrutinized to en­ sure that new teachers are leav­ ing college with the skills they need. He also said those skills need to be assessed during a teacher's career. THE COURIER-JOURNAL• SATURDAY. FEBRUARY 27. 1999 Teacher task force studies salaries, preparation preparin~ teachers needs sig­ was not addressed by the 1990 Patton task force nificant improvement as well. Kentucky Education Reform He also indicated that the state Act, which raised academic is told standards, may need to look at a new eval­ standards and essentially re­ uation system, which he ac­ made the state's education sys­ salaries must rise knowledged might not be popu­ tem. lar among teachers. Lawmakers said that to reach 1 "! would ask the teaching those standards, the state needs By LONNIE HARP profession to understand that to raise its expectations and The Courier-Journal with improvement comes support for teachers. change, and we all must be "We want to make it very FRANKFORT, Ky. - Teacher willing to look at things in a clear that this task force is not pay, the college courses re­ different way," said Patton, about attacking anyone," said quired for certification and in­ who created the 18-member Sen. David Karem of Louisville, school training were all on the task force to identify specific the chamber's Democratic floor table yesterday as a task force reforms. "We cannot just keep leader and a co-chairman of the charged with boosting teacher on doing the same old thing task force. "The teaching pro­ quality began studying its op­ we've always done in the same fession is enormously treasured tions. old way we've always done it. 11 by _th~ public and by legislators. Gov. Paul Patton started the Yesterday's meeting raised This 1s an attempt at enhancing meeting by saying teacher sala­ teacher education as a pivotal and elevating the status of ries were "totally inadequate" issue in improving schools that teachers and enhancing the and went on to say that much profession." of the state's current system for fltbf._& ➔ But Judith Gambill, president several years with the same group of of the Kentucky Education As­ grams ·should operate more like sociation, said it may be hard teaching hospitals - where students students to paying teachers to work to consider ambitious reforms spend residencies paired with doctors year round, with the time during stu­ without making teachers feel - and teacher-certification programs dents' breaks devoted to more train­ under the gun. should·be more like the performance ing and planning. "It will be a difficult sell," exams that architects must pass. she said. "The responsibility. "You have a choice: to turn out Karem reminded members of the level (that) teachers are carry­ group· that they should plan to devote ing is already pretty heavy. I teachers one by one with no regard don't want teachers thinking, for quality or you can work on qual­ a good deal of time to the process. 10h, no, here comes a lot of ity," he said. The panel will start next week with 1 11 other stuff. Berry said the state needs a way to an all-day meeting to survey what the The panel opened its discus­ remove incompetent teachers. It also sions, which are expected to con- state Education Department, the state needs to give teachers more pay for teacher-certification board and Ken­ tinue with monthly meetings specific skills and experience t~at through November, by hearing will help them in their job, he said, tucky colleges of education are doing froin two national ex- now. perts who have worked on recent not just give pay increases for gener- efforts to identify teacher-education al degrees or years of teaching. reforms and understand public atti­ David Haselkorn, president of Re­ tudes toward teachers. cruiting New Teachers Inc., told the Barnett Berry, a regional director task force that a 1998 survey by his for the National Commission on group showed widespread public sup­ Teaching and America's Future, said port for raising standards for teac~­ Kentucky officials need to consider ers. He urged the panel to be ambi­ wholesale changes in how college­ tious but added that in many school­ level teacher-education programs are refo~ efforts, teachers have seen run; what kinds of courses they themselves as "targets of reform in­ teach; how much time they allow stu­ stead of agents for reform." dents to spend in the classroom; and Karem said the panel starts with how the state grants licenses to an "incredibly ambitious" agenda. teachers. Yesterday's opening discussion in­ He said teacher-education pro- cluded suggestions ranging from al­ lowing teams of teachers to work for

Lexington Herald-Leader Saturday, Febru~27, _l!al5!!1. More and more -college students going online to get term papers

By Mark Fritz where the plagiarism is." LOS ANGELES TIMES cold virus. . McCabe will rectify that this Using the Internet to c~nJ?Te NEW YORK - Suppose you were spring when he embarks on an­ up the evening's homework 1sn t a other study at 12 universities un­ rambling around the Internet and stum­ novel thing to do anymore. To bled across a Web site devoted to the der the auspices of the Center for some students, it isn't eve11: cheat­ Academic Integrity, an ethics con­ works of Euripides, the ancient Greek ing. It has simply evolved m_to an dramatist. Maybe you'd think this was sortium headquartered at Duke institution, a pillar of education, a University. As a prelude to com­ the obscure hangout of, like, professors big study group and an endless or something, exthanging ideas about posing questionnaires, he inter­ archive of cut-and-paste essay viewed focus groups of college­ things written on scrolls. components. Well, you would be_ wrong. You bound high school seniors last To a generation coming of age summer. would- find typical yet tightly wound in the opening years of an un­ college students, burdened with home­ "The scary thing . was that tamed new era, the ability to easi­ cheating was no big- deal," he work, pressed for time, cheating t~eir ly scoop a little flotsam from the hearts out with ingenuous amorality. says. "The Internet was just the vast oceans of the Internet doesn't new way to cheat." Much of the You'd find scholars such as Jeremy, seem nearly as nefarious as pilfer­ whose last name is being withheld to ire of educators is aimed at Web­ ing a passage from a library book. based commercial operations such spare him a scowl from his instructor, in Many students seem to a~ost re­ deep research. • flexively embrace a philosophy as the Evil House of Cheat or "SA VE MY LIFE!!!" he yowls across rooted in the subculture of com­ Schoolsucks.com, which offer the yawning void of cyberspace, ~is pa­ puter hackers: that all information everything from custom-fit papers that cost hundreds of dollars to thetic plea posted on an electromc ~ul­ is, or should be, free for the tak- letin board like a message stuffed m a mediocre work" that won't raise ei­ ing. . . bottle. "Send me a 1,000 word essay on The flow of informal!on 1s so ther eyebrows or GP As, but may morality in Medea now!! I WILL DO rich and tempting that even many earn a passing grade. .- ANYTHING FOR IT. I need it by Sun- instructors are pinching each oth­ "When I first got on the Net day." " . er's syllabuses and lesson plans, there were only three or four oth­ And somebody responds. Mah- ers. Now, I understand there are ka21" offers a report on Medea - Eu­ says Donald L. McCabe, a Rutg~rs University professor who studies 180 term-paper sites. Quite a few ripides' most heavily assigned play - free ones too," says Michael von that she assembled from the Internet a cheating. Plato, h..;d of A-1 Termpapers in semester before. The students disappear "A lot of faculties don't even West Chester, Pa.. into the privacy of e-mail, leaving on­ bother to try and stop it," he says. McCabe has conducted studies Von Plato says selling off-the­ lookers to only wonder what sort of indicating that nearly 70 percent rack research is protected by the transaction was taking place in the of students cheated in college, First Amendment. "We're not sell­ name of a passing grade. ing anything on how to poison the with plagiarism the favored of­ This sort of exchange is standard di­ fense. Yet McCabe says he fai!ed water supply or build an atomic alogue in the Euripides Lectur~ Hall, bomb," he says. "We're selling p~­ to catch on to the Internet's u~­ which bills itself as a sort of literary pact, a realization that sunk m pers about Hamlet's relationship with his mother." · cafe set up for intellectual discourse on when he got scores of 1995 ques­ the works of an ancient dead guy. In­ His business was ainong eight tionnaires from students who had sued by Boston University in a stead it has become a veritable bazaar scrawled comments like: "You of su~pect scholarship, swapped back should ask about Internet. That's and forth among students like a campus MO((t= --r case watched closely by colleges. munity known as the Jolly Ro~er, .\ A federal judge threw it out in De­ which was created by Elliott cember, ruling that the school McGucken, a physics professor at couldn't allege that term-paper Elon College in Burlington,- N.C. peddling was tantamount to orga­ An aspiring writer himself, ~e nized-crime racketeering. BU built a richly detailed maze of dis­ spokesman Kevin Carleton said cussion boards and chat rooms lawyers were revamping the suit devoted to the classic works of for state court. Western culture. · . Massachusetts is among 17 . McGucken envisioned the s1~e states with laws against selling purely as a gathering place for _lit­ term papers, though enforceme_nt erature lovers, not comer-cutting ranges from spotty to non-exis­ college kids, and he'!t been_ forced tent. 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Lexlngton Herald-Leader Mondav. Man:h 1, 1999 No matter. . Dick Burdette "I don't play the numbers game," Blythe HERAl.OUADER COWMNIST said as he circled the block again. He's looking for only·one. The one who needs a helping-hand. The EKU math teacher one who's about to get into a fight or arrested. The one who's in !Ii> condition to ~e, but is helps keep the peace about to climb behind the wheel. · - ' · hi class, crossing the campus, on Richmond streets standing in a downtown parking RICHMOND- It's near­ t~l=~~r~;·ii\/ ly midnight Thirty-seven remembers - or even kno~f; degrees. Dozens of college their name, especially in a class of students and non-students, nearly 200. . : many wearing T-shirts, are He does. standing in line outside a Blythe doesn't go into the bars. , downtown bar. Dozens more Often, he does not even get out of • - . ., -drift up and down the . his car. Nor does he judge, criti­ streets. Po~ circling the block are keepmg a cize or proselytiz.e. Whether it's a watcbful'eye.. - · --·:;-.-,_ : -:. ·.. · • '• .. ·. · church member who has not . So'is Robert Blythe. - attended services for awhile,- a stu-· Iii 2()•minutes or so, scores, perhaps hun­ dent who has missed classes, .-· . dreds, more will empty out of the bars. As Blythe never asks "Where have __ '-··-?• ., ., ... ~ -~--.,,,t_ they mingle ·and congregate on comers, as You lJCt:111 r -· , ·· · .,...1 • ',...;r they head for their vehicles, officers will keep It's always, '.'How are you --<,J] an even closer watch. · doin'il" ---·:-·:_.. _. .;-. So will Robert Blythe. . When he spots Blythe ~7'•1 If there's going to be trouble, this is when 1t the wheel, a student standing at . ,:;J will happen.· Right after the bars close. By the curb holding a cup of beer- _,- their presence, the police want to stop it befor_e grins - sheepishly, it would it starts. ' .. seem. So does Robert Blythe. : "He'll be embarrassed when he , Anytime anyone anywhere asks how_ ~; is sees me on campus," Blythe says. doing, Blythe, 49, says, "Fine as frog hair. "But he's a good kid." . He also could say •. "busy." On the previous trip around the block, on the opposite side of the For the past six years, street, there was some pushing Blythe has taught mathe• . and shoving. matics at Eastern ·Blythe spotted one of his stu- Kentucky University; dents in the crowd . before that, he taught 12 years of high school in "He missed class today." Madison County. For 17 He didn't say so, but you could · years, he's been th~ pastor see Blythe make a mental note: of the downtown FlrSt Make sure he's OK Baptist Church. The At the Richmond police depart­ fourth Tuesday of every month, he ministers ment, Blythe's efforts do not go at the county jail unappreciated. Then there are Thursday and Saturday ''He has defused some tense sit­ nights. Thursday is a big party night ~own­ uations," said Chief David town. Many EKU students go home ~nday for Harkleroad. the weekend Both nights, Blythe cruises, look­ "Don't make me ·sound noble," ing after what he calls "my kids." Blythe said "I'm not trying to be Some are enrolled in his classes this semes­ noble. Many of these kids are ter Some he remembers from when he was a looking for something. They just high school teacher. Others attend First want to know that someone cares Baptist about thein." He knows all of the "locals," he says, and perhaps only 10 percent of the university stu­ dents he sees. The Daily Independent Lexiniiton Herald-leader Monday, March 1, 1999 -February 28, 1999 r--==.,...... , University of College offers new· - Kentucky: Scott Smith has career program ., ' · been named as­ LEXINGTON - Sullivan· sociate dean for College announces a new,. research and as­ career program. .::-i;•.·-·.: .. sociate director William B. Drake Legal Nurse Consultirig'-, ·­ for the Kenruckv prepares registered nurses Agricultural Ex: in the substantive and pro'·:' periment Station Midway Col­ lege: William cedural areas oflaw thafiif,,, Scott Smith at the Lexing- feet the·medical profeiisioit··,, ton-based uni­ B. Drake has been named vice Classes begin March 29: - versity's College of Agrculture. For more information:-?;<:,," president for col­ . ', .. lege relations for call (606) 276-4357 or 1-80°' 467-6281. '•;·' .. a,. the Midway col­ • ...i.,: ···-,.,:· :-. ,•. lege.

The Sunday Independent The Daily Independent FebnJ_ary 28, 1999 Sunday, February 28, 1999 KCC gets Ashland Transylvania plans Foundation grant student camps GRAYSON -The Ash­ LEXINGTON -Transyl­ land Inc. Foundation this vania University will offer week presented Kentucky three camps this summer to Christian College with a high school students. $50,000 grant to help fund · Academic Camp with t_he Wayne B. Smith Center Computer Emphasis is for Christian Leadership scheduled in two sessions, capital campaign. · June 13 through 18 for 8th­ . The center is a 27,000- · to 10th-graders and June 20 square-foot, $2. 7 million fa­ through 25 for 10th- to cility that will have seven 12th-graders. Cost is $250 classrooms, a computer lab per camper and enrollment 18 offices and two confer- ' is limited to 50 students per enc~ roo!_lls and will house session. the Keeran School of'Educa­ Registration of $100 must tion. accompany the application The center is under con­ and deadline is May 1. struction and will be dedi­ Science and Techno~ogy cated in December. Camp will be for students in "We are thankful to the grades 10 through 12 June Ashland Inc. Foundation for 27 through July 2. its cominitment to Kentucky Cost is $300 per camper Christian College and to and enrollment registration higher education," said KCC is limited to 50 students. President Keith Keeran. " ... Registration cost is $100 This type of support enables and deadline is May 1. KCC to continue to provide Academic Camp for Ap­ quality Christian education palachian Students will be in Kentucky and beyond." July 11 through 16. High school students en­ tering their junior or senior year will have the opportu­ Lexington Herald-Leader nity to experience college Monday, March 1, 1999 life and be introduced to lib­ eral arts through discussion Longtime dean returns to teaching: in five academic areas. After nine years as dean of undergraduate stud­ The camp is free but a ies at the University of Kentucky, Louis Swift has $25 application fee is re­ announced he will step down from the position. quired by May 1. Enroll­ Swift, 66, will leave the position at the end of the ment is limited to 40 stu­ semester and return to teaching in UK's classics dents and applicants must department. During his tenure, he created the have a B average and be Central Advising Office to help students who recommended by two indi­ have not decided on a major yet. He also empha­ viduals. sized undergraduate research programs. Swift For more information, won numerous awards for undergraduate teach­ call (606) 233-8228. ing, including the faculty's Distinguished Professor Award for Arts and Science in 1992. UK Lexington Campus Chancellor Elisabeth Zinser said the university would begin a search to fill the position. The Sunqay lnd!lpendent, Lexington Herald-Leader Sunday, February 28, 1999_ February 28, 1999 Applications for Do homework, get college scholarships taken HUNTINGTON - Appli­ education at a bargain cations are being accepted from students who wish to apply for the Larry ~ruce By Veronica Puente · Memorial Scholarship. KNIGHT RIDDER NEWS SERVlCE The scholarship was cre­ eannie Panton will be the first complete the Free Application for ated by West Virginia Sec­ to say that hard work has its Federal Student Aid, available at retary of State Ken Hechler_ Jrewards. college financial-aid offices and li­ to perpetuate the spirit and After four years of good grades, braries, and online at http:// ideals of Larry Bruce Jr., a leadership roles and playing sports WWw.fafsa.ed.gov. former president of the U.S. in high school, Panton earned . a The application, which deter­ Committee for UNICEF and four-year Anny ROTC scholarship mines a student's eligibility and a Marshall alumnus. that allowed her to graduate from how much a family is expected to Bruce, a native of Hunt­ the University of Texas at Arlin~­ contribute to a child's education, ington died in 1992. ton debt-free. In return, Panton will takes about a month to process, The' $900 scholarship wil spend the next four years in the Several non-financial factors be awarded to Marshall military, something she considers a can improve a student's chance University juniors and se­ nominal price for a college educa­ for aid, including grades, commu­ niors who in their freshmar: tion. nity involvement, and American and sophomore rears ex_h/b• Panton's story is a reminder College Testing Program and ited an internat10nal sp1nt Scholastic Assessment Test as evidenced by an interest that there are more ways than Y?~ might think to pay for college. M1h­ scores. in a career in international College financial-aid offices affairs. tary service is just one. There are many others, including special-in­ and high school counselors can Deadline is March 31. provide information on other Application forms are terest scholarships, state and feder­ al grants, educational loans and scholarships, including those available in Smith Hall. awarded by professional and ser- Room 738 and Smith Hall work-study programs. Room 779. "There are many more options vice organizations in the appli­ For more information, than there were 10 years ago," said cant's area. call (304) 696-2763. Mike Scott, director _of financial aid Aside from scholarships, stu­ at Texas ChristillII University in dents can apply for grants, educa­ Fort Worth, Texas. tional loans and college work­ "I almost think you have a bet­ study programs by completing the Free Application for Federal ter shot at making it possible than Student Aid. you had 10 years ago." If they plan to apply for finan­ Like scholarships, grants are cial assistance, now is the time for popular among students because parents and students, particularly they do not have to be repaid. The high school seniors, to act, experts Pell and Supplemental Education­ say. Scholarship and college finan­ al Opportunity grants are among those available by the federal ·gov­ cial aid deadlines for the 1999-2000 ernment. academic year are fast approaching. Schools often give priority to stu­ Educational loans are another dents who meet their deadlines, favorite because they are not re­ said Karen Krause, director of fi. stricted to needy students. Subsi­ nancial aid at Texas Wesleyan Uni­ dized loans are distributed based versity in Fort Worth. on need, while unsubsidized loans And remember this: College en­ are made available to all students. rollment is at an all-time high. En­ Interest on a subsidized loan rollment at two-year and four-year is paid by the government while a public and private colleges and uni­ student is in school, but all ac­ versities reached nearly 15 million crued interest on an unsubsidized last fall, compared with about 13 loan is a student's responsibility. million a decade ago, according to the National Center for Education Statistics. You might have a more favor­ able package if you apply early, be- cause more money is available, Krause said. In 1997-98, more than $60 bil­ lion in federal, state and institu­ tional financial aid was disbursed to students, according to the Col­ lege Board, an increase of 6 per­ cent over the previous year. At the same time, the price of college grew an average 4 percent this academic year compared with last, according to the board. Many students grapple with how to pay for college. Even with financial aid, many have to find other ways to meet costs; awards typically do not cover all college costs. To be considered for federal and state aid, students must first The Daily Independent, Ashland, Kentucky, Saturday, February 27, 1999

Good time to give State will match university donations If you ever considered giving UK has used the donations generously to a state university to more than double its number in Kentucky, now is an excel­ of endowed professorships. It lent time to do it. A fund creat­ began this fiscal year with 23 ed by the 1998 Kentucky Gen­ endowed chairs, and the mnn­ eral Assembly promises · to ber is expected to reach 55 in match with state dollars pri­ the coming months, said Terry vate gifts donated to state uni­ Mobley, development director. versities. UK already has matched However, unless it is extend­ $42.4 million of the $66.6 mil­ ed by the 2000 General Assem­ lion available to it. U of L has bly, the offer expires with the matched $14 million of its current biennium budget on $33.3 million. June 30, 2000. Among the regional universi­ Under the trust fund created ties, Western has matched $2 by the 1998 General Assembly, million of its $2.3 million, while $66.6 million was earmarked the other schools h.ave yet to for the University of Kentucky, use any of their shares. $33.3 million for the University However, officials at several of Louisville· and $2.3 ·million regional universities say they for each of the regional univer­ are planning fund-raising dri­ sities: Morehead, Western Ken­ ·ves that will emphasize the tucky, Eastern Kentucky, availability. of matching funds Northern Kentucky, Kentucky from the state. State and Murray. All would be wise to do so. Several schools already are While some university leaders pointing to the trust fund as an and legislators already are call­ added incentive for people to ing for the 2000 General As­ ·give. sembly to continue and expand Mary Nixon, 43, an executive the trust fund, there is no guar­ at Tricon Global Restaurants in antee that will happen. Mean­ Louisville, says she probably while, it is important that the would have delayed giving universities take full advan­ $500,000 to Western Kentucky tage of the money that has been University ifit had not been for earmarked for them. the trust fund. However, by The trust fund is an excel­ matching her gift, the trust lent way to encourage more pri­ fund enabled Nixon to give the vate investment in public high­ equivalent of $1 million to her er education in Kentucky. Un­ alma mater. That was just too like Nixon, most of us lack the good of an offer for her to pass financial resources to give up. $500,000 to our alma maters. UK and U ofL also are work­ But the trust fund assures that ing to claim their full shares of what we can give will go twice the trust .fund. as far, and that makes this the .,e uaJlv lnn;,n~nc!P.r,t, h•hland, Kentucky, Sunday, February 28, 1999 U.S. college 1irogra~s·expand overseai - , ; ~i-¾\~Y •,'t,·•"'""n'i- .. ,r•n$f!i1rones"1 By DEBORAH SEWARWD ' ' ·"!,r•!;.;R .. ,C!sl:Jt ~.§;;I, ,,, <•"' -~· •. ~ •••L~ ASSOCIATED PRESS RITER ::.t~/f{11.¾,,.A e/f\·1 {'¾-~•.w-;1<•·•1; _ri.:,. o;,,-,.&fi.roh't,i,½{, ?£1~P,7,.1t!:.r: -· ffij~t,;:P•\.~· ·. 'th U s N!'Ples.~!t.,!J;u,f9P8~!!11!.0, ,,., ram a 1 PARIS - Wi . . corpo- ,,..,,encan. u, ,.en., c:~_Q;e,., J global economy; c:in ~~nca s . ,. ;, mE!s!.eror,ye11r,7b,oar8mg ,i:,,d,orm ,:\)f, vt!th/alll.,ll~~l~Efi4 colleges and universities be ~est~tcosts}$9;QQQi}/l.ooy,t, 60:st\!\!entl!'tQl'!llJlilY.. ~:i,l\;';\~J far behind?_ . "l!~~~l'f1ANY::}Qi}lv~rsityf;9f;i\~aryf~n.~;?;at":'.Scliwa~blsh The University of Mary- ,Gmuena,,:rultlon $12;000".for,year;\roo nd b9ardt~l:,2(,)0:,1 land runs a full:scale residen- :rc__ ,C>'.uf __ ';9e,ef.rb_::_4e,g.rg~-~- ~~i'a~_llri~s~,;i:i. . '':fii_st91,:;1:!l,it~i!l~_;.J tial camp_us ~n. Germany. ~1J?'tlal/re!atlons·~ar!~c!:9tg~r;,ar~a.s . • . .i$'.[;.'.k:'1'J,,:,ri;:,~;~'il Bosto_n University 1:as an i:x- [4:0~G~O,: Br.(t1~r :flrJJ.8f!C8ff £q)te,,iE:\'.llm-P!J.Orl,,,¥1ffillatedJ pandmg foothold m. Pa1;-s. ,\Y/Pi~e,Rster:IJi][Vern1f¥ .Qt~~.l,Q,l!IS,.{9ur-~.e.~f ;J?((!g~am.:te,~~' j

And. New York. Umversi~y i!IJ__ g__. l!!>-:B_ij_c .h.·e _ ,__ 9_ f.'._,_~ •.d,e __ g__ ·_ ~._e.· .:t__ J_: u,t,on,$12' O a. e,ar;-10om·and: President Jay Oliva says his tboard:•,$255 a'weeki1r,,:,,;w:1r__ institution i~ strivinti~alto 11:ibe- r~~r~,~~N:4W~Yi?IB;!pn1: '' '$ . . . ····"' ... ' come "the qumtessen g o - ryear:Jong~ptogran:,sfffuition;,, :1:2;9 .. emest~ ,,, . , .S _l')gl al ~iversity." . t¢~ttower;ttianUfi':t.Jfii!~d:~tesf(II.Qo . ?0 .stiicJ,e,_ri~s:'l;tf:tllf,\~ Time was when Amencan r~(J:ZJ!~!tc;>SLQ~~l9A:r:~~te,., lJ_l)ive,[~l!Y~,Qf;.·;J,:l,eiv,;.;;.Y.<1,r · ll)J students overseas. spent . a rmgy_~;:£(1.\!r,Ye~[-i[actJ.elqes;gl!gfE:e m!p,9~1n,e,s_s':9rr:p1,1J;il carefree year le~g a lan-un[ni\1!:.ation:,CQ§!;i:c~~iS,~~S!~(:j/},:; guage and absorbmg culture . . .. at a foreign university, with a But the program doesn't and many {!.S. umversitiei bit of fun travel on the side. leave much time for sipping e~d up shann!f sp'!-c.e, espe- The Junior Year Abroad is cafe au-lait, or even seeing the cially m expensive cities. still alive and well, but things sights. After completing three I~ Spain, the International have changed. · courses in eight weeks, BU Institute house~ programs More and more· U.S. uni- students set off on an intern' ~ b)'. top Amencan schools, versities are offering their ship, where some work 40 to mcludmg New York Universi-- own programs and courses 50 hours a week in a totally ty, Mid~lebury College and rather than· just. registering French environment. yassa:, ma 90-year-old build- their students at foreign uni- "The main objective for.our mg with a 75,000-volume li- versities and giving them students to come to France is brary, cafeteria and garden in credit toward their U.S. de- professional, not just because downtown Madrid. .. grees. French is a pretty language," In Paris, American college Some American schools said Gerald Honigsblum, di- students still troop through have set up their own satellite rector of the BU program. Reid Hall, which houses about programs, with facilities for The number of students at a dozen U.S. study programs semester or year-long stays at Boston University's Paris pro- in the heart of the Left Bank: regular campuses, and some gram has tripled over the last Most American universities even offer full four-year pro- four years to about 60 stu- regard overseas programs as grams leading to undergradu- dents, largely because of the a supplement - not a substi- ate degrees, plans that also internship. tute - to a U.S.-based degree are _attracting. foreign stu- "What comes out is better program, but some have start- dents. French. We've demystified the ed full-fledged satellite pro- Professional and graduate acquisition of French," grams abroad. . programs overseas are on the Honigsblum said. The University of Mary- rise, too, especially those of- Maintaining an indepen- land is one of the few Ameri- fering MBA degrees. dent overseas program is can institutions to have a The new approach reflects prestigious but expensive, complete residential campus the changing demands of in Europe, at Schwaebish American students who are Gmuend in southwestern concentrating on skills for the Germany. Many of its stu- job market. Although enro!l- dents are non-American, who ment in language study has want an American education fallen back home at U.S. without going all the way to schools, an increasing number the United States. of students are going abroad Kunan Arora, 20, chose the to study foreign languages, University of Maryland be- cultures and business prac- cause he feels he's getting a tices. more practical education than More than 64,000 Ameri- in Germany or his native In- cans enrolled in study abroad dia, where he says much of programs in Europe in the the learning is theoretical. 1996-97 school year, com- A business management pared to 47,000 a decade ear- major, Arora also says he lier, the Institute for Interna- likes the international atmos- tional Education in New York phere at Schwaebish says. Gmuend. ''There are so many For students in Boston cultures and countries repre- University's Paris program, sented here," he said. "To school is a handful of base- learn about them ... to under- ment rooms where they at- stand their language will be tend classes and check their e- really helpful to me later in m~e facilities look i lot like the business world." those on Commonwealth Av- enue back in Boston - except for the smoky cafe on. the cor- ner and the nearby Metro line that whooshes past the Eiffel Tower. A sam le of recent articles of interes t to Morehead State Universit UNIVERSITY COMMUNICATIONS MOREHEAD ST A TE UNIVERSITY UPO BOX 1 100 MOREHEAD. KY 40351-1689 Improving teacher quality must be 'campus wide' effort .. •There', a good supply of Te~cher preparat1_on 18 "i.ust By SEAN KELLY teachers . We're not facing a do~e 1~ ~he academic area of Staff Writer shortage,• he ■aid ; except in the umven1tiea - u oppo1ed f:O f:be areu of math, acience and ape- ~ a teach~r would ipectalize cial education. . 10, Sexton 1&1d. He added that The job of improving teacher quality 1hould not be left to a •(Kentucky) atudent 1core1 teacher preparation is ■not top univeraity', education college, (on national teat■ ) are near the priority, (but) often the loweat national level, while income ii priority" at came,wiea. the executive director of the near the· bottom: Sexton ,aid, Teacher ■ falling to have a Prichard Commi ttee uid at in commenting on teacher·efl'ec- grup on the area they are Morehead State Univenity lut 4 tiveneu: ·· :·· · :· ~-...... _ teaching will eventually 1how Friday . But he ■ aid the 1tudy ,bowed up on 1tate 1tudent te1ta, Stx- ..It ', r?t to be a campus wide a good number of teachers, who ton ■aid. · •): job," satd Dr. Robert Sexton, are teaching out ■ i de of their "We're going to hit a wal(1D who ■poke during the third p~ field. KERA 1corea that will be the of MSU's "Teaching the Teach­ Between one-quarter and re ■ ult of problem, teachers ers for the 2let Century• forum one-third of teacher ■ of.math have," he uid. / at Reed Hall. Sexton hae been and science teacher■ have no Teacher education need• to head of the Prichard Committee major or minor in their fields," be a •uni-v:eraity-~e• effort, for Academic Excellence aince be aaid. And a midale ■ chool Sexton aa1d. He 1a1d teacher ita inception in 1988. tran ■ cript atudy indicated at educator, nHd fo be held Sexton said there has been "a "only S9 percent (of math teach- accountable, ".Jlotj~t in the col- big national pu1b• to improve en) can be conaiderecl qualified• lep of education. ' / the quality of teachen. to teach in the field.:'?.!'-.:~ . '# !'~ Sexton 1aid a fl,an e1pomed •1t hun't really gone away," Sexton ■ aid that improving by Dr. Donald N. Langenber~, he ■ aid ·of the campaign. •It teacher quality will be a •huge ch~cellor of the .lS-echool U~- started 15 year, ago. It', still job. • He uid 1 .ncrea■ tDJ the venity 8yatem of ~land, -U there.•· • · number of teachen will alao be a good place to •tart. The ia ■ue will be one of the difficult, becau■e of women mov- Langenberg, who 1poke at •bot topic,• in Kentucky, at ing away from the teaching pro- MSU ~n Jan. 29, pro\)OIH an leut through the next legilla~ fe ■■ ion into other area• of the educational partnerah1p called tive ■euion. . • r · job markel ~K-16 Square/ which baa been Sexton ■ aid according to a •Moat Kentuckr diatricts 1mplemented m Marylan~. recent 1tate atudy, Kentucky don't recruit: he ,aid. 'Twenty- In ■ucb a partnenhtp, ele- bu made 1ome im11rovemenb eight percent of achoo) eyatems mentary, eeconclary and poataec- 1ince the 19801 1n teacher have no recruitment proceu ~ndary would work togethe~ to aalariea; increaaed graduate wbataoever: with school offi- improve the teacher quahty. training and certification; and cial• hiring whoever ie available Lan1enberg ■ aid the plan improftd ACT ■core■ for teacher in the community •or hie 1i1ter." abould be tailored to each atat.'1 education graduates. need■• Dr. Wilmer Cod_y, commi1- 1ioner of the ,tate Department of Education, told an MSU audi­ ence earlier tbil month the ,tate i• ■till formulating the plan for Kentucky, which will be unveiled in ■everal montlu.

· · ~mamm utd.tlii romid tn ~ - 1~ 'and 'Hamilton wilf DO~ De ' ~ii!~:tt~~~~~~·:tii~-~ . . . .' ore a ty counctl voted prorided fne for the two council () . thta:month to ■end 1 the mayor :w,.'!IW..tativu. Up to 16 repre­ er-to ·aiilia city council member to ~ -So at their own pa~ t,,; Cttt.. . Ireland on a Si1ter Citiea tiip. ..,_q<>1J~1aid, but the relati ..:.:Z.City official ■ in Ballymena, . . . ~ . ~ril'1.~. . NOithem Ireland, invited city ~~¥h~~~~~~- land. ~u ·· oon afterwa offlc:iah from Morehead to travel A, 1i1ter dtie■ relation,nip ~re-to 1ign official documents help■ · promote cultural~:and edu- vo~Co ~l'lnth OU. . Morebe~tJie:.m&ttit creiting an official si1ter cities .caUoaaludl~•••·t.WIMl~i-c: . d · . ·hbf,_H.. ~ ~ relation1hip between the two iclioati and~lI1e uni nr1ity-., ... t. cHlii:it,~ .:-:.:..411, .i.-t;;b ·. '.'?,.w; well u economic denlopme11t ·· ···-t·~ -- . 'lbyor Brad Collini and coun­ exchanges with the city.and cil.member Shirley Hamilton county and to promote goodw11I an-plannini to travel to Bally­ with citie, from abroad. ., ;J. f . mena aometime around the end 'There have been preliailnary ofJune or beginning of July. talk ■ about Htabh,bing eco­ Council approved giving the nomic development exchange■ i two up to $3,000 for air fare. with Ballymena already:' Councilman Mark Perkin, - --~ • . • ,, • ., . -.:.,M votitd no, Hamilton ab1tained ftatn "Totin, and Sonny Owen · --~ent from the me!~~n1~ __ L, Peb.;l'llllB• -~ .,..._ ~.~Tuudiy; _ .., 2, 1999

LYMAN GINGER 1907-1999 Influential Kentttcky educator dies By Jet ■llfer llnlalt 'Hllh-aMIY persan' HERAIDlfADER STAFn,mER "I was retired for about six months, the Kentucky Commission on Post-Sec- 0nd Lyman V_. Ginger, one of Kentucky's most promi- and .got tired of mowing the grass and ary Education and was executive di- nent figures m the field of education and a man who ,playing golf," he said in an interview in rector of the Governor's Task Force on w:38 ~ to Jiulil!c service throughout bis life, ,1989. 'Tm such a hig~-energy person, as Welfare Reform after he was state died last mght at Hospice Care Center in Lexington. long as I stayed healthy with pretty school superintendent · He was 9~. ·• - ·-'li'lv, ,,!,;.c:·-,!!ic;" .·.:"'·~"; good taplilies, I couldn't see· :iihY I He won the 10th District Lexington- . _Mr. G~, a former state superintendent of.pub- shouldn'tkeep my hand iii." ·, I Fayette Urbari County Council seat in ~= mstruction, d~ of the UJ!iversity of Kentucky ··•He said he never took medicine, not 1979. He announced_ for a second council =liege of _Education ~d president even aspirin. ~ but resigned •in 1983 to become an of the National Education Associa- . • • aide to Baesler. As the mayor's aide, he lion, underwent colon surgery Mt. Gmger, a Ballard County native, worked to improve services for the. el- eral weeks ago . . sev- attended elementary schools in Union derly in Lexington and was the local In recent years, he had served and ~ aJUDties. He graduated government's chief lobbyist in Frank- as ei<:eculive director of Lexington's from Henderson High Schooi wtu:re be fort Cardinal Hill Rehabilitation Hospi- played football, in 1925, mid received a Also in the 1980s, Mr. Ginger was · ta! and headed the Cardinal Hill bachelor's degree from Kentticky Wes- an at-large member of the State· Board Foundation, the hospital's fund. ' leyan College in 192!l. He received a for Proprietary Education. He was elect- raising arm. Although he no lmiger master's degree in educatio1111l adnrinis- ed to represent the 1st District on the held those posts,· he still devoted 1.lle8_ FU PHCrro !ration in 1942 and a doctorate in educa- Fa~ caunty school board in 1988. lim~to~~~~ atin-- M~. ~~~ ~~ ~=~n and psychology in Director at Cardinal HIii

..:Ja:PUQlicservantinTr-hoft!..._thonDr Lvmanr.: Froml929°tol940 he ch •J • Cardina!Billbeaimethebeoeficiary i>~~'sln'afoiiiiei,:~"'ifai:r- . : !.-...,,_.,.m- . d h . , . was a em- . of Mr. Ginger's . 1 ,,~ ., • ..,..._." .. • _. . ,er.arid C'ii!iilnmman tstry an P ysu:s teacher and football , ...... , ellerip' m_ 984, whm he ..,.....,,T . ._.... ~- __,_..,, ..,.,_ basketball track d · ' was reawu:u aa an mtenm .,,__ .._ Baeslerwlim.,;"~~ ... ~'."'." as an ...... , to . , . an tennis ~ ~t '---'- ...... m: .. .. ~:w:alnnayor: , . , -~•.. Winchester High School. He was prmc- ,.~ed~~m ~workthltbe "He liiid ~ ~t career that's a notch above pal o~ Bath Consolidated School in Ow- sla}' Oil, he said In an mterview. ~::Z~ ~ ~I knoy,-. Above all, he was a fine ingsville from abo~t 1940 to 1943. _. . Mr. Ginger ~ 0!1 special ~­ . !'His~-.13:s1er. ~.•" .. In 1943; Mr. Gmger became princi- '- Dlltlees of the Umted NatiOII!' Mnt ■- ~ :· handled Q right up to the.last day.... He pal l!lld basketball coach·of UK's·Uni_- ,al, Sci~tific anil Cultural Orpnizatim; kin& wrjj·bjmrltl .well ~t people felt good about vennty Schoo~ which included kinder- the adVIsory committee of the NEA's w:-"' th~~-~llegeofEducation'soivision ~t _of. the ~n-Fayette C-irdinal Hill board member ·Paul 0! ~on and plaremem:·Jn-this·po: """"'T {!mted ~ Fund;_ a for- Honeycutt saidMr. Ginger remained the s1tion, he oversaw all undergraduate -,~ P~~of-~ Lexington Kiwanis hospital's ~"'emmssador" aits;be teacher training. lnl954.' l!e'was miiid Clubj,:rlOlillG" l.exingron YMCA board steppedd~~~m:;S»i "lleanofanewlycreai!c!CoilegeofAcfult 1_!!!!:'P.~~~:.jlad been. an elder and .... "Hr°went to Wasfifngton, : us." ~'11 Education. .,_Siliil!ay-sclio61 . superin~ndenf ~d Honeycutt said. "Anywliere .~f~i- •~.£0Iltinued as acting ~ean of the !:l"!:::11=t Presb~ nal Hill needed aJ1 ambaSS?&ir;' Dr. Gm- ':<>~-of Adult !1~~s~~-Ed\lCI· and lia(f been· · · n l;llld a Shnner 1 gerwasour11lllll.Hefilledinforusin tionml!i'he~. deano'ftheCol- ,lioard,.,. ... ,. on the Spmdletop Hall so many ways, !ft11 after he retired. He lege of Edl1!2tion m 1956. He continued • · • . · never really teft US.: He truly wanted to as an ~te dean of the college. after , In ~!!89\ Mr. Ginger became the old- help o~5ll ,w.>', ... ,,, .,.,r•" •: he i:elinquish~--~ ~i_tj~n as dean in . 1 ?-~ of tl!!l _Op~t Cup for out- . . Mr. Ginger helped raise hundreds of ~ · :· ! ~ :·' • ·' · <"'~ · SJIUng C!)mmumty _5e;11ce, presented tliousandii of_ dollars for ijie facility, . As~ pr_es/dent, ¥1°· Ginger,was ;_by~~Optimist Club. He also Honeycutt said. _Cardinal Hill officials ~,mwpiiimg_ti:>ward tJie am:· _'W!lB - . ~ mto the Dawahare's- hon!>I"e? him by'naming the hospital's S!itutional ~endment which made pos- , ~~ ,c>f,-F~- pediatnc ~~ after him. sible ~ ~ Foundatiorr Program : • ;i.iyn':l.img!!I" JS ~ed by twin SODS, "I had ·great affection for Lym;m, for public education. The program guar, ~ Thomas G~ of Frankfort.and and that means I had- great respect for anteed ~t all ·state .school districts ·,~ Wesley Gmger of Lexington; him,• said Kentucky historian Thomas ~d receive a basic level of state fund. eigtit grandchildren; anti 12 great-grand- Clark, who was a member of the UK fac- mg. · ~ u11y· at the same time as Mr. Ginger. In 1960, he was elected chairman "of ._ VJSitatioil will be from 3 to 5 p.m Mr. Ginger· was state education su- ~eEdew Cic?vemor's Co~ion on Pub- ~ to 9 p.in, Wedneday at W.R Mil: perintendent from 1972 to 1976. He was th ucation, a conumss1on named by . Mortuary - Broadway. Other UK ~lion dean from _1956 to 1~. · ..,.,:?h~i; sc:booBert JXD!mg• . ~ 1957~lie ~ thefirst Kentirkian •~, ~ • !~·,,_.~:ttlrangmtmts ' ·;;,,.: ·c · , .· - . to be elected president of the National Mr,:1:6~ . . · · . · · · ·· · Edw;a!ion Association. Previously in the won !Ire.' $20,~year state .school 1~ he semfiJifwo terms as president supenn~~i97LlJe'adyocat. of tlie ~:F.ducation Associatinp ed doubling. tlie number of vocational He w-... piei.!d!=nt of-~ ~tucky High .schools in ~-~te _witlijn "the next School.4tlilettp Assiii':iation from1947 ~ . ·· ,,,)!;,,·,,n'···""''·••; -· to 1 •.a' . . . . ¥M ... S./ffl _.a~'!": Gm&a' ~:.~-~ Cliiec:tlll d •. · the ·W&:.u-~~:'!J. ·OD ·;.,.-.Ai'·· .,,.~·- .,!1wi~·-l,'_·""°· r:::l-:.,.. -,.·,..,•,·~11::,...,.#- ·•w., .,.. ,,,;_•"'=. ,.. , . . . """~ I!~ ' :~· ...:::l.iiv0«k~ . fl· . ~ . \iNIIIQJ ICllaol .,...... The Dally l11dependent, Ashland, Kentucky, Monday, March 1, 1999 -Morenead;:. BallYfilena to put finishing touches .on .Sister Citi.,es pac~ ,----::--~;-::::::------·-Tlie.relationshiji could also head City Council member iy TOM Liwls help economic development, who traveled to Northern Ire- OF THE DAILY INDEFENDENT he added. For instance, Bally- land in 1997. ''MoRE·· HEAD. _ M6rehead _Dlena b8lol a large .toba~co Ballymena will be _the "J?ig products maniifactunng sister" in· -the relationship. Mayor. :Brad Collins ; and plant, and burley is plentiful The ·· borough covers 200 Councilwoman .. ·· Shirley around Morehead. -·. ·. ·· · . . . square miles and has about Hamiluin will travel "to the00 Sev~ community)eiiders 30,000 residents, compared to Emerald.Isle this summer from Morehead' became ac- Morehead's 8,357, and is ·a put the finishing_ toucI?,es OJ?- a quainted ,. with Ballymena growing commercial center sister city relationship with when .they-attended the 1997 with a railway line running Ballymena, Northern ~el~d. Sister Cities International through it and an internation- Ballymena leaders,myited conference.in Belfast. An 11- al airport and two seaports Morehead oflicials-ui come to member delegation from the •less than 30 minutes away. the borough, 30 miles north of borough visited Morehead While not opposed to tne Belfast, in late June ·or early last summer and recommend- partnership, Morehead Ooun- July to sign documents o~- ed the formation of a sister cilman Mark Perkins voted cially making the commum- city partnership. against using city funds to ties sisters;. • .. , · When the agreement is send Collin1fanii Hamilton to The Morehead City Council signed, Morehead will be the Ballymena ..to finalizfl the voted lllllt month to give Col- first Northeastern Kentucky agreement.tJ:- · · -·,.- . ·: ·,,·. J.inj-- and -··Hamilton up to community to have found an "l:"finalize·· business ·oeals ---~~-~--Meahl and overseas sibling since the Sis- every-week with busines~ $3 will be ffl'fflrided by ter Cities program was New York; Chicago, ,SL .Loiij.s, hi hos& , :r,;,--:·· launched in 1956, program Cincinnati 'fif'fa:i ma~t ' Ulillfu~ said other More- administrators said. said, ·_Perkins, a cable ~- ~~ head residents cmtld also go co~:;Jt~05 ~!:_and ~«:1ta~~~:~ f~,~~~- at'fheir own· eipens~, and-he "It - makes the world a ·"J··think there3 is a~ibr expected:representatives from I uldn't "" _., the Rowan County s~hool_s smaller place when you be- us to go, or wo · ,;., ....,. and'Morehead State V!11vel's1- come friends with another vocat~ it at·. an.•_ Collins .... finriake the trip. · · · country like that," said Jan i:eplied. ... They asu!f...1,is:000 •J "'M,.,J'e.ja .I think, a~ot of White-Dacci, a former More- coIDL' · .c:>:S:.c . . enthi'Jiaiiii'w·have:some cul­ iur.el <>v.. han~ wi~_,Bally­ ·stud_ ent .. :ex- ~.. _. =~- 9 __ , cS _- . cb~."8fR,,:. ~-· •.:.: . TI-IE COURIER.JOURNAi TUESDAY, MARCH 2, 1999 State looks for new ways tO . fund mgfier edU.altioll whatever clout it wielded in the University of Kentucky and the General Assembly. Universjty of Loui&ville. . -:'.Catch-up plan The effect bas been eight The (~stature· should ba'Se universities and. more. than a it~liil~ dacisio1111 on those dozen community colleges that gdals,_Davi]lS said.. . ·h,.eans 80,000 have broad programs, alUclents ... But. some lawmakers -were who don't graduate lllid little skepticitL Sen. Benay Raf Bai­ }tiiore students national stature. A moi:e.semi­ ley, D-Hindman_, ·the,chamnan I ' .•., ble approach ~.needeif'sii'lbe of. the. &e,!ate •A.Pii'!'Prlalio~ . ' growtfi . becomes · planned and Revenue Ccinimlttee, said ·By MARK R. CHEU.GREN growth, not growth;forJts own Kentucky is a poor .state -that ••.Associated Press sake," Davies said .. ::· ' should- not. be compared to Universities should strive to wealthier.ones .. He also object­ ".-_ .FRANKFORT, Ky. - The get one-third of their money ed to placing too much of the search for a new way of provill­ from tuition and fees; he said. burden on students. ·.-1ng money for higher education He also would prefer seeing the But ·Davies countered that it .- with rewards for something universities wiih niore co~trol was the ~slature that had set other than size - may be run­ over their tuition and fees, rath­ the goal o1 a-higher-education ning into some old legislative er than have the council set tu- gystem of lllllioaa.l stature. concerns about costs and re­ ition, as it does.now. .. ,' "Jf/ou want• to- •Y UK gional lnteresls. Community and technical shoul be a· top research uni­ Financing will be a crucial is­ colleg_es should get one-fourth versity among p:!,Or states, you sue as Kentucky works toward of their money from tuition and didn't say that,' Davies said. · its goal of educating its popula­ fees, Davies said. · -Another legislator voiced the tion at the national average by He also said the financing of same regional concerns that 2020, aid Gordon Davies, each university should be.com­ ~ave plagµed the,higher-educa­ president of the Council on pared to · its own series of tion ~ foryean1.;, .. Postsecondary Education. benchmark institutions, .rather "I'm afraid that some regions That will-require 80,000 more than the one-size-fits-all ap­ may be,. left out or sbort­ students than are now enrolled proach now used for the six re­ chaNjeif' more t1ian they. are in universities, colleges and gional institutions and the two now, iiafd Rep. John · Will other Institutions beyond hiJ:h doctoral-degree schools - the Stacy, D-West Ulierty. school, which would be an tn· crease ol 50 percent. To ·attain the national aver­ age for public funding - in­ cfuding state lax .money plus tuition and fees~ wift mean an increase of about $450 million by 2014. 11That1s a big number " Da­ vies acknowledged yestenlay 111 a joint meeting of legislative subcommittees that oversee education and finance issues. The Daily Independent. Ashland, Kentucky, Monday, Man:h 1, 1999 Financing has been based mainly on liow:many students, buildings and programs · a 7:0, ?~-- .,_. school had, augmented by da.v·m1m_··· ,a 'N ew pro~',.; , . 'will'be ;;.....a.a:to.1•·· ·n o.... - li]f...... -v .... . :.:. . begins ,!,~fl.C~~~;: ,,: area schpo~ hl!:y:e uif.e_r"' ,., . ASHLAND _;_;_·Ashlarid sioiis · or are canceled'bealuse Community College today of bad weather. · ·. opened an after,scliool and Intended primarilY.JF· Saturday program.for ele­ children of ACC students, the mentary and niiddie school academy will also O~l) iin- . stuilents. UR~- 12 vears- old; filled-spaces to children of . .Funae,pi~il ~r.~~­ . AOQ,faulty_.o_rr,~ana.area the Kentucky.C-aj,met.fort"·. residents.•'Ffles ·will be based on !l ~1.ww~-~~i~le· determined Faniilies··and ·clfil-';;.;;;.:,_.-,/'··'"-~'t-. Learning Academy is expect­ bymcome,:·- -:,--. · ed to provide private tutoring Parents ~t pre-enroll and academic enrichment for through the KiriderCollege up to 20 students. · facility, Room 164. For more The academy will operate information, contact Krissy Monday_ throughThUl'llday Vanover at (606) 329-2999 from 3 to 10 p;m., Friday Ext. 466. from_ 3 to·6 p.m. and Satur- Lexington HeralcReacler Tuesday, March 2, 1999 What a surprise! Lottery in decline with scholarships on the line o the Kentucky lottery is a big April Fool's joke? . slumping - losing the compe­ Yeah! Right! That's a one-way Stition for discretionary dollars ticket to legislative retirement. to those Ohio River casinos. Wait! There is a solution! Well, gee whiz! Who would Let's put slot machines at all the have thought that? · state's racetracks, to try to lure Who could have imagined that some of the players off the boats. Kentuckians feeling a little gam­ We can sneak this expansion of bling fever would prefer the instant gambling through the constitutional action of slots, blackjack, craps and back door by calling these things roulette to the slow-paced lottery "video lottery terminals." games? We can do it by statute, so the Certainly not our forward-think­ public won't get a chance to vote on ing governor and state lawmakers, it. And we can justify it by saying who just last year tied college and we need the money to pay for the technical school scholarships for promised scholarships: (Of course, thousands of Kentucky teens to the we won't tell anyone that many .of lottery's fortunes - or misfortunes, these. merit scholarships-will go·to as the case may be. middle- and upper-income kids, _· Having made .that ill-considered whose families don't need 'the fiilan. promise, only to see the lottery's cial help.) . revenues start to decline, what's a The only down si

Last week, Morehead State Uni-· · _ versityretireil DaiiSwartz's ora·oas::'"" ketball riumbifr•at the Alf-American·•• banquet ana half-time cele'fftaticin: ''• swam; who· assedawayiiit997, .. was·amoit-~.lgh1 · '1ti'1ii h!iv~tlieir ' . numbcis ~lircd1:~•tli'i!i£"~e..... ,..... ,L. y s''' hung in the rafters b)'tlieUD1veislty. · All w.liredvnembers.had to be All, American basketball players while pla:iiP.& .i!\Ji:'!o~)l~ -11.,,, · · .- ".' · jAilen sjliP! ':IA"• 'ffl·Pl}e_,of t!'-e bc;;t to ever pi':°ythe game:fbtr'!\ad ·to' ec him to,.liclievciL~'(,.;2'113;,f ~ughout the evening, Coach ~/:-· ·_ -· Sqnhy Allen, told of personal expe, -~~-~:- ·--· ...... ri~nces ai?!>tJ~ ~Ii of~!'· players. World0tamp1E_·p. theBos- One of the stones involved Swanz, :lon Celtics · - 1.-Laiiir;he moved and how he (Swaru}' was talking withhisfarnil backiollaihCounty. with.a j>layer from Mu#.)'. prior to a , The next forty yeais, D'an served ganl'e. The Murray player asked how the community in various' ways. He many· Swartz thought hfwould get was involved in politics ~d law en, that evening during the competition. fo.rcement. •~ held ~1tion~ as r CCIUllty noh'n~dcnutv, sheiiff . Swartz casually said aboui 30. " · ·• ,., u·~ . . ~l'":6""' ri __ .._r,. -~-'••• ·-• • l I ·•·'t'-'•:•'•'""'·•~ ·.~• . '"" •".'{.iMlt1,-.,_,j,."jA:> mgh ·sberiff.and- · gsvwe city ,Anothetpia eronM " y~ _tiiid, .,l!l!li~!!l?E.,,. _ - y,2?J~97, he. a treS!imaii,' ~onder§~·~uta· , served as lf~~sentative f~r -. Swilitz just·say1ie .w· · ·getthose ScottyBaesler:-,--r - ~.f°\~){1 .· • ,.,, ' ' 'l,. ~ . .... ' paints:·nte olderplayeMold him to While holding this position he · watch out llecaifSe Sw"ffl2Wo!ild gef - · fonnedthe"CoUDty.StoreNetwork". J his, points a~d the~ ~ .J3.Y... \)J~ . 'lbe network was desismed to help way_, hegothts 30 pomts.tl_ialevemng. uriderstand the ls!iiea'~d concerns 1 , ~e room on the nig6t of the re- ~ the farming mld¥mall town com- ' tirement was filled with ex-players, munities in ICeotnclcy, •1 mostly all-stars from previous out­ standing basketball squads. Family, friends and MSU administrators moved the evening alcing. Current coachesLauraLitterandKyleMacy, who remarked about ·the,achieve­ ments made by these phenomenal athfetes, weie in atteridancl,as wen: . After dinner, there was a presen­ tatl9n of plaques from the·w:e-pres: ider\t of Student Life and Director of Athletics, Mike Mincey. Randy Sta­ cy;head of Sports lnfonnatitiit, read off'the names on the pbques and·_ Coach Sonny Allen, who was among· the names retired, gave a little histo­ ry of each of the athletes. · · Peggy Swanz attended 'and ac­ cepted the award for her husband. Chris Swartz, who is said to possibly . join his father as a retired All-Amer­ ican for MSU and would make them the only father-son duo with retired· jerseys, was also in attendance as well. · ; · After participants received their plaques at the banquet, they were also honored during half-time of the 1ffi~Aq,erican ban~et~eggySWartz'attended MSU's men's game against Eastern Ken­ All•Amllrf?n banquet to acce~ a plaque for her husband Dan.·Hls tucky University. There was also a number~ rtl(red with 1181(111J~lhers th~ p_ast ~.eekimd during. the =~=~':1£~~1 g~e-, (~'n.",8,~~~k ~11~1. Jiu. 1~ -, l.ll,;v"Q....• ··- ~''-fr'lcuc)L, -:z, /'19? Regents oK-fire~·-•-~•----•-•, kl··•-- ,_.,;._ - -,_ .. -.. --~-- -:·· .. :.~,-~ ..- ~ ~LID 1 ers,• ·:MSU. dorm··· fe11~·-iol~~~ ~ •• ;: ~... -~!.~,•,.~ '...... ,:_J~ ·,. --~-t>,_.,... •., a,,c--..,. . .,,.._ ...... 1-.~.!:...~~~~-'.- -Jy SEAN KELLY ··- l. ·: ·'. "Any ~rt. 0! lncnue Car any1 ''tra■h room■, irh:eill. fire ■ are:>' Rfair.Writer..,' ~ ._, ...... ,,_" . -~~••!;"Jl"Olllgto be apin■t,• 'Dlllllillkelytobreakout.F ,., :,,; ~::--.,.,,,"",..•---•_- ....-._·_•·_-...... ;· -··· .;.....,DQI il&ld after the wta. "It'■ MSU ha■ amob clelectoni-itt< ifu~,!.89 million project to,~ ~,~gmtu~~~- i;ll roamath); ta.ting of llrii' alum1· · ll flre aaf'ety in .Morehead lCl.]!aY w ~-i'" l!mon r, an ~!U1!!9~f!~:4 6 re§ ~ Unmmty reeidence hall■ : _Part. th coi .wlll lia paid -~driD wh-~if~ ~:=;:.,bicl~ the in■ tallation of : withcl ~,000,~th■ ~mina · dorm ■taff in e111erp111:t ]I~ j .!llrin~n - wu approved by an Dlilhiir Spt.am Ra~ an4 _ i clure■ and miJur lri ~bi;~ ~Uie- . _l' ■ Board of Regent.· Main~~nnca -~.1erve, with tu ■n; and annul. la,I_Dilctlonl J,Jg ·I'd ... 1;;11,,,.~·=:s..- re11UUIIUl(,.£C!D:W11 from bond■ . th■ ■tat■ fire maiiJi~ · .. l'QJect, mo ■ to(.which farthatumeaccounl.;.;--=·~~ . :;,in~penclmtCOD~ ••· 1,.t~ : · ,jiaiilfor. ~.bond■, The $1.69 mllllon·project will .f· The ■tat!! fta,._. .. ,_ , • ■tu.dent do~ fee■ .bY be p>}lclncted ~r. the nut two . already aclvi ■ l!cf..llSt, fi}h,· :. -~ •-te_r tbia.fall. .Ana yeara:. at Ciir~iniilr_ Hall and ~11eecl for,the ■Pfll'kl__ - •iii¥_' Cc ! ... - are upectecl to jump Almnni Tower; lo lie-completeil f, the Murray ·,t1(" : to ·,$86-per-■eme ■ ter .daring thi ■ f!ll~cj. a·Towei:;. , , Bat withlrL.' .. ot _ ·· ·a @le. fl.veranofthaprqject,. Mi~'. ~ .· ·. .Hall:" ~!l!'m11..etin1.for.· e'iprhikle · W wiD ~ce ■prinlden and Ht ro~_ ~aeti1111.]11. .. fall of \lwtallati_OD CQJDli~',jhe;i:oi ~ -■afety.featare■ in 1\ _2000;

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The. Daily Independent, Ashland, Kentucky, Tuesday, March 2, 1999

:IMQr~J;i-~~d":Stafe: .. ~n°fn:1~ ~~==i::otc:: •O Regenfs •"1·:: /li-· I ·tiguc""'cius .. 'to':ut¥''·MSU -Golff' _ ,,. ,,, . _ , --· ,;,,'·"·:;, '·,.·::,·;i,,. ourse on· ...,. so.•--~8.!lt· 0 , · ~~~,-,. .. ~"-f.r.~-::~ ... =-·:~~~, .... . ,f!:,,· Morehead' ·,•~t-- •·---·. 71·: - .- M.OREHEAJ? ~,>,The More- · '.0:.The wriversity. had ·1e~. head. State Umvers1ty Board· of llf acres of the land from the Regents conducted the following Rebecca Ro&11 family since 1993 1;,usiness during i~ ·- quarterly for use u'a driving range 0·and meeting on·FJiday in the Adron the.foundation lio~ the land Dcir,µi University Center: ., friiiii Ross irl December, · • ::w·. Re-el~d L:M,. "Sci.nny" .,~"1ie ,1,llli~n!tlJ .l!ild:leased ~ones as chllll', Buckner Hinkle +'h•, 15,-acre.,,plot :.Coi:.-$7;200, a. ··Jf:: Iii '"vice:Chair:'.an!lw.-Car_iii &and ,w_·~ill-'.' •t.ffl,{lll_aO an•·~ :'.iro~on:.-aii- s~~·-1rones vally~1eiise~!l:ltf::j;fact. ,.• appomt.eclPorter Dliiley:·MSU. will 1:1,alulte_~ r !l,,SOC• ;lyi,ce.jlreaideilt 'for adziifuistra~~ -~ ··y5e~:~~'$riwr ti~n. and .. fiscar )~ci!s'/tas ·nmg!! ap.d' 'safer' golf ~-:....::. ~ I board tre~r- ~-~~'jfj;;f;ji;: -~~--~ ~hot.on one·J;iolit:~ the •i~,~~v':,d -1!-'P~ .. _ . ··~nt course ~ss119 twooth­ re11on; on sp:1Ilg semes~r.:en_. · -~fllll"\!li.ys -:-'1111d ·possil,i_ly.for rollment, whichsh~W~J~ll- .~ractice__ f'.i!il~for s~r,,.fciot; :e;;~::m1!°f!~dsi!E-?Wo!~ ~afteis~Jf~~;il~,~-', ·__ ev11.r, ;MSU Executive:· Vice . ~.,Accepted. the school's sec- President for Academic Affairs ond-4.11arter 'fiiui.ncial' :;t:eport _ l!fi~liael Moore said ·he ejpect- · ~d- amended :·the· IJutla~t ''ac­ 'ei'li,11light"increiise'cirice'ffie fi• ·conilii~'i:il'~~~~i,' · 'nsl"'jijiures are taliubitecl.·and ~ :.>-::-. . .ed'.i>.~~ni:J:~l;P!lli- · ~~bll!1tted to the state Coµpcil CI~ on t"\'P.!'~~_gy ~~,!;i~!/Pd . .9~ Postsecon~ Educa~on in I emergen_cy .;_;,llP.tl!}~!!~ns~-- {llld mid-March. -• -,,~ • -- d•;:t "_ , commumcations.; .....,~~ .. .-, - .. -f:i;:),,i-':'.if roved a iease a~ ,:·.:?·· jf;f,'f.fi&"' ,~•i,1 · -~11:1~~.-.~i .the oP,tion to.~- a•·s ,; ;·~?5i.Q't-'-.-- · · · • ' · • > :,.,1~/~.~;.,: c:,r.:'·t ·:'·';~,: -·:_: ;: :;:'.~ -~'.l.,,;-::,,~•- · •:,' ?•·: : ,;,~« . Thec.ounciI Dally Independent, '.se~us~i\tw'hinctin•g'' Ashland, Kerituc)iy,"· 'tuesi:lai,'l-'arcn~;:!999...~: ''o11i :for/ '~J}m~i:aii~~tion ··-•··' ... g . . -·". ·-· ,· ~.liJg, ,1"""'1'>':·,~.;,,c,, ,,,_..• .','.', . . ; By MARK R ~ ·: -~.". ~ tucky ia- a. pql_lr. state 'that council set tuitiott;:js·it-iioes ' ·' -~ " should riot-be ·- -rued to . ub- now. Community and. techili- ' AsSOCIATED PRESS WR1TER'°tf,._, - :•,if;, :lic,fii:Jimcing' in:nch.~• states. pAnd cal' co 11'eges .• >WU,LLl1.:..:.~•a·,:.a, • t'!!/,ve . !)~&,-·' FRANKFORT f ::::. •. · '""d- he objected~ i,~too much f~ of their mon~y~~ _tu- ; with one estimate thafi1tfwill:' ofthe•bilrdenoii:'stuilents: , · 1tion and fees. :: ·· · ·, cost upwards •.of $450.".m:illion ..But Davies cou:iltered that And Davies said each uni- in the next ;.5 · ye~'.l(f~µt ': it was the legislature that set ve~ity should have ,i~ ~wn Kentucky's .. higher.. •Eiilifcation the goal of a higlier education _s_~nes .o( benchmark 1nst1tu- system on the road tcHllition-· system of·natioiliil stature. , tions to -compari~•,flii:ancing al mediocrity, legislators may . '.'.'1(/··ou wanted to say ~ rather than a.,_oJie-,siiAi,;fits-all be beginning to blanch. · sho~ be a top research uni- ap~roach_ as .ri.9Vf f~· the six Gordon Davies, president· vers1ty among poor states, , regional mstitlitions .and the of the Council on Postsec- y9.u didn't BllY that," Davies ' two doctoral _de~ s«;h_ools - ondary Education, said fi- said. _ UK and Lowsville. nancing will be a crucial issue In the past, finaµcing was ! . The Gei:i,eral A!'sembly as Kentucky works toward its:· based largely on how many . s!i,ould base its financmg_ de_ci-_ g_oal of ed1,1ca~_ its_)i:-';\:,:- · bY 2020 ings · and programs it had, •. . another , }egislator ,_. That will. i:equi~-;; · BQ;ooo: ,augmented by whatever polit- vo1ce4 the same :~o_nnal con- more students than are now ical clout it wielded in the ~ms that .haye,. p~ed the e~olled in universities;- col- ·aenei:al Assembly. , .. -. .· Y~~ ,e.. d~fJ :,.:?,~~m- ~~r leges and· other schooling be- '!,'he !l~ect has been. eight 'Tm afraid· -thii~-•-0 yond high school, which is umvers1ties and more than a . · . · S!)me re- half again more than now at- dozen community · colleges gions may be left out or short- tend. And to meet the nation- that have broad programs, chanpd_ more tlum..thll.{ are · _al average for public funding students who don't graduate now, smdt ~P- Jobn_:W Sta- - including state tax money and little national stature. cy, D-WeS Liberty. plus tuition and fees - · will A more sensible approach mean ·about' $450 million is needed, "so the growth be-· more than now just by 2014. . comes· planned · g,:owth, . not ~at's a'""'big number," growth for its own. sake," Davies acknowledged· Monday Davies said. . to a joint meeting of le~sla- -DaV1es · said universities tive subcommittees that over- should strive toward having see education and finance is- one-third of their money come sues. · · .. ·•,,. ·. · ·.< . ·:· ; . from tuition and fees. And he Sen. Benny Ray Bailey. D- would prefer seeing the uni- Hindman, the chairman of the varsities · with. more control Senate ApproP,riatio1111 and over the tuition and fees they Revenue CODUDl~,.aaJ,d·Ksn- charge, rather than have the,. THE COURIER-JOURNAL• WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3, 1999 19 study t~~~~er • .to • _. ·- .•• -:..-. ••• •• tra~ng• !" •• • Associated Press - , ,.c ;:sional trailrlng, Harold Dexter, Bowling The other task force in- Green, former elementary FRANKFORT, Ky. - For- eludes 12 legislators and six school principal; Pat Gish, mer Gov. Martha Layne Col- appointees of Gov. Paul Pat- Whitesburg; Joseph W. Kelly, !ins is among 19 people on a ton. Both groups will make Lexington, a former chairman teacher-education lasli force. . suggestions to the General of the· Kentucky Board ot - The Task Force on Teach- Assembly, · Education; Mary Jane Little• 1 ing in Kentucky's Future was ., The Prichard Committee 1011; Murrsy; Lynda Thomas, , assembled by the Prichard voted .in.- July to tackle the Lexington; and Ruth Webb, a , Committee for Academic Ex, , teacher-education issue. Ex- Lexington lawyer. . cellence, and ·lts,,·membera ecutlve Director Bob Sexton Also on the task force are: were announced yesterday. -said teacher l)reparslion had Betty J. Davis, Covington; _lt is to be directed by: Gayle been . ''the least-addressed Ginny Eager, Berea; Adam Ecton, a.· Western Kentucky-_ area"_ of: 'Education in Ken- Edelen,_ Louisville; Linda Har­ Ulliveraity _professor and for, tucky, _ "\,'·,:y;,:-;.;: ,:, -; ·gan, Louisville; Joanne _Lang, mer supenntendent of.Hen- .Collins, who·was governor: Lexington; Loma Littrell, derson County .schools, ·a·, from 1983 to 1987, Is one of• Henderaon; Joe Meyer, Cov­ cammittee statement said. eight - Prichard • Committee ington; Hugh Orem, Pem­ . The task force is •~ne of. membeIS cin,!!l~-!l!_SkJorce. broke; Teresa Combs Reed, two studYin« preparstton of Others are: ---=, ·· Hazard; Mike Ridenour, teachen," including their col- Jackie Betts .of Lexington, Frankfort; and Clara Wilson, lege education and prof es- formerly-- of Berea .College; Lexington. • ,' ~-.:; :;·. -~• •I:: • • -~-~ ·-• - - j ·• ~ I ·• •••

Lexlniton Henlldleader Wednesday, Marcil 3',.1999 ---- ..... - S9 named to education ·wk fon:e: FCl'lllfl' Gov. Martha Layne Collins is among 19 ~le on an advocacy group's·task fon:e on ' • teacher education, it was 3IlllOUilCed yistiinlay. Th.e Task Force on Teaching inKentucky's,·•. :, .~,, Future was assembled by_the.Prlchard Comlliittee. : for Academic Rvel£oore ·1t.iito be directed DY- :-~ Gayle Ecto11; a Western Kentucky University pro-" fessor and former su~tendent of Henderson County S\ilools, a Prichard Committee statement . said. The task force is one of two currently study­ ing teacher preparatio11; including their college education and professional training, The other task force includes 12 legislatora and six . _ appointees of Gov. Paul Patton. Both groups are · to•makeisuggestions to the.General Assembl • The Prichard Committee voted in July to iaJJe the teacher education issue. Executive Director ,_ Bob Sexton said teacher preparation had been "the least addressed area" of education in Kentucky. Collins, who was governor 1983 to 1987, is one of eight Prichard Committee mem­ bers on the task force. Other committee members are: Jackie Betts, Lexingto11; formerly of Berea College; Harold Dexter, Bowling Gree11; former el~entary school principal; Pat Gish, . . _ Whitesburg; Joseph W. Kelly, Lexington, a former chairman of the Kentucky Board of Education; Mmy Jane Littleton, Murray; Lynda Thomas, Lexington, and Ruth Webb; a Lexington attorney. Other task force members are: Betty J, Davis, Covington; Ginny Eager, Berea; Adam Edele11; Louisville; Linda Hargan, Louisville; Joanne Lang ~ Loma Littrell, Henderson; Joe Meyer, • Covington; Hugh Orem, Pembroke; Teresa Combs Reed, Hazard; Mike Ridenour, Frankfort; and Clara Wtlso11; Lexington. .\ .. ··. . Web site offers directory of resources: The state has a new Web site that provides a directory of Kentucky resources, from day care to transportation. The site, listing at least 45,000 services in public and private agencies, is part of Empower Kentucky, Gov. Paul Patton's plan to ~tream!ine state government The $200,000 .pro­ Ject was done through a partnership between the Kentucky Council of Area Development Districts and several state cabinets. The Web site, which is now aa:essible at public libraries, will be com­ pletely online by April 1. The address is kydir.state.ky.us/cfcsnl/Defaulthtm. l.ellffl«IDII N8fll1CH.11110er WednndllY, Marcll-S. 1999 ~ -::--: . ·;.~ · 1 -~l. -:'Yb:--) . · .• ,:::1. •• : ~-::i ~.r. ·· ..___ Attitude a~ustment , .::.- •t.n;.,,..J:•• 'S!.:'""l ·- ~,-11 ••:]~ _. ···,··-,1-"''·- '.J !.S ~--"···, ."~.::i,.-\· ··"'-_J .• ~--~~--· .: .:~--~~~: . .,:~.- .::· . _. ,.-: . : .... : ~--"J."':_ t~__ .__ :~,: "·: -· . -. •.,. Kentucky needs to change view of higher education J,.~tlll;]tt,s, Rubljc college$, . . ;~,JS..·· altered. .We suspect that Stacy, ' universities and technical who recently became an employee Ischools are ever to reach their . ·of Morehead State University, really full :potential, and achieve the na- .' meant that some regional universi- tioiiaJ recognition promised by the ties might nQt get as much as they !~Jligher education 1efoxms, we are acctisimned to getting.-' which ~~t>P- ~ !l1Jantity over often has been anything they want­ -~-if.i,.'~:i.~:. . J '-.{ect:thaniai to parocliial-thiiµcing. -~ ~~~·11- fiuuung formu- 1;111alreii like Stacy. . .- Jatilatl~ief-r,;,;"fuo lieaviiY..on tne.-~-'t- r,\fe'.ve.got to stop thinking that inmiberof ~oodies on 'ii,.cains ·-· _;;.,ri, im1i'of eiglit state universities •pus, raili'er ffian.tbe.value ol"t11eed.;- ''~t b'e some kmd ofeducational ucation tHose lxxlie!i'·recei:ve there. "9oe::an'filia·end-all unto itself. Ye$. -. ' For it is ·ttiis elnpbasis on numbers ~they·a11·neeif to. offer a blisic core that spawned the empire-building, · curriculum. But once you ·get past ._, the wasteful duplication and the in- tliat, programs ought to be judged · efficiencyJ!:!l!!: have characteri1.ed . Qll how good they are, i:ltit_h:ow .- ..~ ~ ~je:Jor decade9: \' 1, ~·- :' •· •ic many students they lia~J~lled... : ? .--Before we,can get rid of the _,,, .. ., ..-~If that means Mllll'ay,SfateUm-; numbeni,-~ -· thm•n" · another ' ·· ·· • . · ts a little extra by doing a changiils=sazy~--a change iiii "t=-~:than Mo~'or.vice . , ; attitude mJqiJvhe viinous iilstitu-·<<• versa, so be it Theobjecf~t to "·~ tions of lughereduca'tion, and with- build empires; it's to do tlie Best;_ :.; in the minds cif their'ffiends in the ~-~- most efficient job ofleacbmg Ken- ·l l,egislatlll'e. That was evident this •..;._ ·tucq stud~ts. ~~..,-,,t;:;'l week when Gordon Davies, plesi=.' 1:- .. /'ZState Sen. Benny Ray Bailey ~1!",i dent ofthe Council on Postsec- -·~t"-" ·was worried, too -wmried that . : ondary Education talked to a leg- ' iiiiiversities in a poor state like •i · islative committee about new meth- . Kentucky sbouldn't be compaied to ods of funding higher education. .. their counterparts in richer states. · : We don't know if Davies' ideas, · · Yes, we're a poor state; but we which include a heavier reliance on can't use that as an excuse for not tuition and fees and comparisons to trying. Because we are compared to benchmark institutions, are the best our richer counterparts on a con­ solutions to our funding problems. stant basis - by business and in­ But they c:ertainl.y deserve consider- dustry looking for a well-Educated, ation in a debate that's just begin- well-trained work force. · ning. ·.-, --i .,, · -· . _ · '· · So, a poor state that wants to What troubled us about this improve its lot damn well better get week's discussion were the com- its education·act together. We have ments from a couple of lawmakers. to compete; and to do so, we must State Rep. John Will Stacy wor- change our attitudes and our ways. ried that "same r!!!Pons may_~ left Otherwise,_.w;e'll continue to be left out.or sbortchanged more than they behind, wallowing in our excuses are now" if the funding mechanism and our parochialism. ' .. - . ..

~ HerlllcM.eader / Wednesday, March 3,~ ■ SULLIVAN New legal program for regismred nurses Sullivan College will offer a new program this spring. The legal nurse ronsulting program is designed to prepare registered nurses in the legal procedures that affect the medical professions. It also qualifies them to manage an independent practice as a ronsul­ tant or to assist lawyers and health-care providers in medical­ related cases. Classes will begin March 29. Nurses interested in·. enrolling should call 276-4357 or (800) 467- 62.81 for information. --- . _, . . ..z.:. • - •• • • ..: •., - -- Lexing10n Henlld-l.eader. Wednesday, March 3, 1999 r l Lt: L..U, I ~h MSU A.R"J;Yl:S ·Mcu Clip ~ ee, --- A sample of recent articles of interest to Morehead State University ~ (j I )qqlj UNIVERSITY COMMUNICATIONS MOREHEAD STATE UNIVERSITY UPO BOX 1100 MOREHEAD, KY 40351-1689 606-783-2030

The Daily Independent, Ashland, Kentucky, Saturday, March 6, 1999 More seamless MSU and ACC work together to aid all The educational opportuni­ MSU's Ashland Center. ties in this community keep im­ ACC already has an agree­ proving as Ashland Communi­ ment with Morehead that al­ ty College and Morehead State lows students to complete all University continue to work to­ ward the "seamless" system of the requirements for a bache­ higher education envisioned by lor's degree in business in Ash­ Gov. Paul Patton's 1997 re­ land, and the community col­ forms. lege has an agreement with Under an agreement signed Marshall University's nursing last week by ACC and MSU, it program that is similar to the soon should be possible to re­ ceive a four-year degree in new agreement with MSU. nursing from Morehead State ACC's nursing program is without leaving Ashland. seeking accreditation by the That's a real plus for this com­ National League for Nursing, munity, particularly for older something the Morehead and students whose family or job obligations or financial re­ Marshall programs already sources would make it difficult have. The accreditation would to pursue a degree on the More­ increase the respect of ACC's head campus. program and enable ACC nurs­ The agreement aligns ACC's ing graduates to better compete two-year associate in applied for jobs throughout the nation. science degree in nursing with While the chances of Ash­ Morehead's bachelor of science degree in nursing. All the nurs­ land ever becoming the home of ing courses completed at ACC a four-year college are remote, can be applied toward MSU's ACC and Morehead are contin­ four-year degree program with­ uing to work together to create out the necessity of repeating the next best thing. In a com­ qmrses. It will be possible for munity where many are seek­ students to take two years at the community college, and ing retraining for new careers, then complete their work to­ they are helping to meet that ward a bachelor's degree at need.

The Daily Independent, Ashland, Kentucky, Friday, March 5, 1999 Before Lucas' election to Lucas appointed Congress last fafi, he served on the Board of Re­ to task force gents at Northern Ken­ WASHINGTON, D.C. - tucky University for 23 U.S. Rep. Ken Lucas has years, 13 of those as chair­ been appointed to the De­ man. mocratic Caucus Educa­ He was also a charter tion Task Force. member of the Boone The task force will lead County Education Founda­ the Democratic effort to tion, which explored ways develop education policy in to improve elementary and the 106th Congress. It is secondary education one of four key issue task through public/private forces organized by the De­ partnerships. mocratic Caucus so far. Lexington Herald-Leader Sunoay. ~larch 7. 1999

rights to AIDS to the First Amend­ . ,..u,-~ Educator, activist ment. Betsy is a resource on a host ,' ' "•"'~'"''~.c•·'·WBS ·•'11,w..- ·'. an. of issues, but really with a focus on .•epiphany;•~ s e ·recalled. She saw women." ·.•the power that women's history addresses neglect Brinson was hired last summer had in "teaching and raising con­ by State Historian James C. Klotter, sciousness" and as an "organizing who later moved to Georgetown tool." of women's past College. ",A,J,k~~, Klotter said Brinson "can be !:M\ef"the'!'fiiu~iding~'i>f · By Art Jester somebody who can help move women's . hlstory in the United HERAl..D-l.EAOER STAFF Yl'RfTER scholarship forward in a lot of dif­ States. When Brinson told Lerner ou don't have to tell Betsy Brinson why ferent fields, not just the civil rights of her strong interest in a career as Women's History Month is important. She movement and women's history a historian, Lerner tried to talk knows. She was one of the women who created but in other fields, like health care." Brinson out of it She said Brinson it Brinson moved to Kentucky be­ .the.~-'!'t"""',,,..t•,)he ins ti­ She's quick to point out, however, that cause her husband, Gordon Davies, "- "';.;.,.,d· ·a ·=1·' d YWomen's History Month is not just for women. : ·, .ww o -more o· a vance a nationally respected former head i women's rights in the jobs they al- "Understanding women's stories gives everyone a of Virginia's higher education sys• ready had. . different perspective on history," the Lexington historian tern, was hired to direct Kentucky's said as she was preparing a speech about women's histo­ Nevertheless, Brinson began new Council on Post-Secondary Ed­ work on her doctorate in history ry for a 6:30 p.m. banquet Monday at Morehead State ucation as part of Gov. Paul Pat­ University. through the Union Institute in ton's push to improve Kentucky's Cincinnati, a "university ·without "For women, a knowledge of their history builds public universities. awareness, confidence and esteem. It's good for girls and walls" primarily for doctoral stu­ Brinson and Davies married in dents who design interdisciplinary women, but it's also good 1976, a second marriage for both. for boys and men. It pro­ programs and enlist faculty I (Brinson was the name of her first advisers from across the country. vides balance that's need­ husband.) ed.11 . . n' By 1984, Brinson had'her doc­ A "~i!itary _brat" in a family torate. Her career in Richmond be­ It has been 20 years Orne· whose m1htary □ es went back sev- came dotted with accomplishments since Brinson was part of a "in Kentucky \en generations, Brinson grew up sequence of events that led not only in civil liberties, health to the enactment of care and medical education but in 'h:' 1·stor··y fu:~ru=~~~n~f ~~o!~~~d N~i: women's history, as well. Women's History Month, so · Charles Stevens, one of the she's in a good position to · : •· · · · founders of the Green Berets. In many ways, she said, her assess its accomplishments. · The Wilma E; Grote It was at Fort Bragg that she new work in Kentucky is pulling "I think we've made real · Symposium for the became aware of segregation and together all of her major interests. progress," she said. "I think ~-Advancement of Women j racial prejudice. The base was inte- "I really like what I'm doing we have a long way to go." is today through Tuesday . grated, including its elementary now," she said. "I've been doing Brinson, 56, has trav­ at !'Aori:head State . ·school. Later, when she began rid­ oral history for 25 years. It just eled a long way, too, in her Umversity, Appalachian : ing the bus to a public high school feels right to me at this point in remarkably varied career, n?vellst Sharyn Mccrumb ! in Fayetteville, she always noticed my life to help people tell their will speak at 5 p.m. · 1 .th d' tha h b . keel stories, to make sure these stories which she summarizes as today at the Adron-Doran • WI ismay . t t e us p1c up that of an "educator, com­ are there. It shows why history University Center., · ,. black and white students together, matters." munity organizer and com­ Educator/social activist but dropped off the blacks at an munity activist" Betsy. Bnnson w, spea . .,, .•.•. ,.c•.•i.:. • ..::, __ ,__ ,. .. ,.._,, ·,' . .,, ' """1,1,d - - ~ ' Now, only seven months at a banquet at 6:30 · Fl• . • on ""' ._..... a ...,.u~ ~ ""+';"Y • after she moved to Ken• p.m. Monday. 'call (606) was_ 1;ot sup~ to socia!Ire with lucky from Richmond, Va., 783-2004 for more infer- fam1hes of enlisted men, even vfY\. OlR. -r Brinson is immersed in a mation. sergeants. history project that has I Brinson began college at the been begging for attention. University of North Carolina at As director of the Kentucky Civil Rights Project at Greensboro, where she developed a the Kentucky Historical Society, Brinson will spend five serious interest in history. (She was years gathering oral history interviews and written docu­ arrested once during student sit-ins ments for the largely unwritten history of the civil rights to desegregate lunch counters, but movement in Kentucky. she was not jailed.) It took her 20 "This project is a real privilege for me to work on be­ . yeim; to graduate,, hoW,l\'(er~,1 cause it's so important." she said. "There's very little out t¢aiise sh~tiiarried· llet hiia_ffil.l there on women in the civil rights movement. What I'm sweetheart· and helped iput him· finding in a number of places is that the leaders of the through law school. ' · . NAACP and CORE by and large were women. The bulk Politics fascinated her, as did of the membership were women." racial and ethnic diversity, and she Brinson is also serving as a voluntary assistant pro­ thrived on helping people, so her fessor at the University of Kentucky College of Medicine, succession of jobs had a kind of teaching a course on "Patient Physician and Society." logic: state director of the Ameri­ This allows her to continue work she began at Vir­ can Civil Liberties Union in North ginia Commonwealth University's Medical College of Vir• Carolina and later Virginia; pro­ ginia, where she taught a course on gram director for the National health-care policy and recruited YWCA; work with AIDS patients, and advised students who were be- senior citizens and medical stu­ dents in Richmond. ing sought for areas that do not ,,,. ~i.-i/r"";\,. ...:"i,!•·.,t«,.u.-, .t:,,j ,.;~. I have enough doctors. "I really like people," she said .. ,E- ·B'·~,,g:1 ·m:cE•·s· '·.•·, In short, Brinson has studied "I get my energy from people." · W: ~ :)r:.~ ·: './l~\ .:·' '/i and done a lot, and in her career While her career as a historian ■ The National Women's . she uses her versatility. had deeper roots, it really took off Histo,y Project' offers aiiseflll "She really brings a wealth of in 1979, when she was director of Web site; Its· address :;s: ·" · knowledge, expertise and experi­ the ACLU's Scuthern Women's http://www.nwhp.org./ ■ Gale Group Women's ence to Kentucky's women's com­ Rights Project. Brinson was one of 40 female Hlstoiy Resource Center: munity," said Eugenia Potter, direc­ :, l)tip://www.gale.com./gale/ tor of the Kentucky Commission on leaders in national organizations invited to a monthlong Women's -cwh/cvmset:hlml 'IC ,. ""'!" ,; Women and author of Kentucky · ■ Women's' History Month: ' . •·: Women. History Institute held at Sarah · ·. http://www:snc.edu/dlverse/ ·,, ·: j "One of the interesting things Lawrence College, north of New women/ ·· ' · .. ·, York City, in conjunction with the . , about Betsy is her sensitivity on a - KNIGIIT RIDDER NEWS SERVICE : broad range of issues, from civil Smithsonian Institution and .the . . -•-:, . ,--,~~ ~~ '! ·:. - • ~ ... .1,;, ••• J. . . •.• ~ ... BRINSON: A historian and helper

WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH READING LIST

omen's historian Betsy Brinson suggests ican Documentary (1991) the following books for readers who want to explore women's history: ■ Gerda Lerner, Why History Matters (1997) ■ Joan Jacobs Brumberg, The Bodv ■ Susanne Lebsock, A Share of Honor: Virginia . Pro;ect: An Intimate Historv of Americaiz Women, 1600-1945 (1987) WGirls (1997) - ■ Eugenia K. Potter (ed.), Kentucky Women: Two ■ Ji\! Ker Conway (ed.), Wrillen by Herself­ Centuries of Indomitable Spirit and Vision (1997) Women s Memozrs, An Anthology (1996), two volumes ■ Ellen Carol DuBms and Vicki L. Ruiz (eds.), Un­ ■ Radcliffe College, Notable American Women, eq_ual Sisters: A Multicultural Reader in U.S. Women's 1607-the Modem Period: A Biographical Dictionary History (1990) (Four volumes, available in most library reference col­ ■ Sara M. Eyans, Born for liberty: A History of lections) • Women m Amenca (1989) · ■ Lynn Sherr and Jurate Kazickas, Susan B. An­ ■ Susan Faludi, Bae/dash: The Undeclared War thony Slept Here: A Guide to American Women's Land­ Agamst Amencan Women (1991) . marks (1994) ■ Alma M. Garcia (ed.), Chicana Feminist Thought· ·■ Deborah Gray White, Too Heavy a load: Black The Basic Hzston·cal Writings (1997) · Women in Defense of Themselves, 1894-1994 (1998) ■ Darlene Clark Hine, A Shining Thread of Hope· The History of Black Women in America (1998) · ■ Gerda Lerner, The Creation of Patriarchy (1986) ■ Gerda Lerner, The Female Experience: An Amer- Lexim\ton Herald-Leaaer Monday, Maren 8, 1999 State urged to increase teacher pay leaps" in teacher salaries since the teacher-education agenda for the state's education reform act was Study cites salaries as a way 2000 session of the Kentucky Gen- enacted in 1990. era! Assembly. "We all would like to see them Robert F. Sexton, executive di- improved but I'm not prepared to ro raise quality of educarors rector of the Prichard Committee, say by how

By Jack Brammer said the new , ~~--.-~'.7,-~-" 1,,..,m, .. ·~-~"'"'• much," said study "provides ·.iAboutsixofeverg_JO. Kar~m D- HERALDlEADER fRANKR)RT BUREAU 1 Kentucky needs to raise salaries of teach~rs to el­ ~;ry b~se~~isi~a • m:iddle_sclwol math - . Lou~;jle. study evate the quality of its teaching force, but 1t would ered." teachers in Kentucky do also mentioned a be costly, according to a study released todai,:, . . Concerning not have a college mo,jor cheaper altema- The price tag could be more than $1.75 bilhon m new money if Kentucky teachers' pay were to reach teacher pay, Sex- or minor in mathematics, tive - boosting ton said the a new study j(JUnd. · teacher salaries the national pay average in 10 years, says the study Prichard group - ., • in Kentucky of teacher quality by the Kentucky Long-Term Poh­ is looking at a • from 87 percent cy Research Center. new pay scale of the national The study called "Kentucky's Teachers: Chart­ for teachers but average to 91 percent. That is ing a Course for Kentucky Education Reform Ac~'s it is premature to say how much roughly the cost of living in Ken­ Second Decade," also found that many teachers_ m raise would be involved, its cost tucky compared with the nation. Kentucky may be teaching in subject areas for which and source of the money. To do that over 10 years they are not prepared. . "If we don't address this prop- would cost about $500 million. About six of every 10 middle school ~th t9'.1ch­ erly, we could find our best teach- Karem said he was "very can­ ers in Kentucky do not have a college maJor or mmor ers being recruited by other cemed about teachers teaching in mathematics, the study said. states," Sexton said. out of their field." Stephen Clements,_ an assis_tant pro_fessor in the Gov. Paul Patton told the leg- "Parents expect people teach- Department of Educal!onai Pohcy Studies and Eval­ islative task force last month that ing tlieir children a subject to be uation at the University of Kentucky, prepared the attracting and keeping high-cal- qualified in that subject but we study. He is to present it today at Mid'_VaY College to iber teachers will not be cheap. need strong definitions of what a group formed by the Prichard Comm1tte~ for Acad­ The average teacher salary in qualification means," he said. emic Excellence to study teacher preparation. Kentucky during 1996-97 was Karem said his panel already A legislative task force also 1s trymg to draft a about $34,000 or about 87 percent is aware of one of the study's ma­ of the national average teacher jar findings _ Kentucky does not salary, the study said. collect sufficient data to evaluate Kentucky's teacher salary av- teacher quality and track the rela­ erage ranks 28th among the 50 tionship between teacher perfor­ states, the study said. But it noted mance and student vutcornes. that the average masks the range of salaries in the state - from $43,000 for the most experienced and highest ranking teachers to $24,000 for starting teachers. . Sen. David Karem, a co-chair of the legislative task force, said Kentucky has made "011antum

MONDAY. MARCH 8, 1999 THE COURIER JOURNAL- Evaluation of teachers is criticized Gap found in National studies of teacher with the performance of their qualifications have generally students," concludes the report linking skills, given Kentucky high marks, by Stephen Clements, an assis­ but those reports - and Ken­ tant professor at the University tucky's own system for gradu­ of Kentucky. classroom results ating and certifying teachers - Clements will summarize his pay little or no attention to findings today in Midway at the By LONNIE HARP what teachers know and are first meeting of a teacher-qual­ The Courier-Journal able to do in their classrooms, ity task force or~anized by the according to a study to be re­ Prichard Comm1ttee for Aca­ FRANKFORT, Ky. - Ken­ leased today by the Kentucky demic Excellence, a statewide tucky teachers may have solid Long-Term Policy Research citizens group. resumes, but parents, prin~iJ?als Center. The report contends that in­ and state education offlc1_als "Simply put, we now have no formation judging teacher have no way of knowmg way of linking the skill and whether teacher-training pro­ knowledge level of teachers, ei­ grams produce classroom re­ ther individually or collectively, sults, according to a new re­ port. '-")'Y\_ou..... ~' 1n tact. Ile said the lack, of good the issue. And Education Commis­ data is so thorough that 1t under­ sioner Wilmer Cody called last year mines efforts to take stock of the sys­ for a host of changes at the same tem and recommend changes. TEACHERS: time that the state's teacher stan­ Because the absence of data means dards board is at work on raising needed ref or ms ·e not obvious, the training based on classroom re­ standards,. report recomrr. .Js that the debate sults is "conspicuously absent." "The issue is getting a great head It also concludes that many of steam," Sexton said. about teacher-education improve­ new teachers score below aver­ Susan Leib, associate commission­ ments should be extensive. "Any age on national certification ex­ er of the state's teacher education teacher improvement policy package ams and that Kentucky's teach­ and certification office, said she was that might be effective would need a er certification system over­ in agreement with the new report's coherence wrought through much looks whether teachers have recommendations. public discussion about the nature of taken courses in the subjects Beyond more content training for teaching, schooling and community they teach. teachers and a system for rating life," the report suggests. Clements reviewed the tran­ teachers' classroom results, the re­ Finally, Clements noted that state scripts of middle school math port also calls for more focused on­ officials may find themselves in a teachers and found that only 39 tlie-job training for teachers; close numbers and financial crunch when percent earned a college major monitoring of new teacher prepara­ it comes time to raise teaching stan­ or minor in math. But state cer­ tion standards that leave colleges to dards. tification records show that largely vouch for students' training; State records show that one in four only a tiny fraction of the connecting teacher raises to classes Kentucky teachers will be eligible to state's middle school math that upgrade specific skills; wider op­ retire within three years, and while teachers lack proper training. tions for people with career experi­ the supply of teachers in training That's because the state's ence to become teachers; and a com­ looks adequate, raising standards certification system allows prehensive state record-keeping sys­ could cause shortages. graduates with general training tem. And the best option for enticing m reading, science and other Leib said her office is woefully be­ more people into the field - higher subjects and knowledge of hind in electronically tracking or salaries - would be costly. Raising teaching methods to teach any analyzing teacher qualifications. Kentucky teacher salaries to the na­ subject in first through eighth tional average, which is more than grade. Last week, when Patton's task force asked for tallies on how many $38,000 a year, would cost $1.75 bil­ "The report is right on target lion in new state spending over 10 in the need for more content students were in the state's 26 col­ lege undergraduate and graduate years, Clements determined. knowledge," said Bob Sexton, The report did say Kentucky's director of the Prichard Com­ teacher-training programs, the certifi­ cation office had to compile the rec­ teacher salaries are reasonable. The mittee. "We've raised-expecta­ state average of about $34,000 a year tions for students so that now ords by hand. "Everything we do is delayed is 28th nationally, while Kentucky's we expect teachers to teach at per-capita income ranks 42nd. higher levels. The numbers on weeks if not months because we lack middle school teachers show comparable databases between col­ that we've got a lot of catch-up leges and schools," Leib said. The work to do. 11 need for more staff and a bigger Teacher education has be­ budget has already emerged as an is­ come a popular theme for re­ sue for Patton's task force. formers. "Our board has been very clear in Gov. Paul Patton recently wanting a system to help us make created a task force of lawmak­ decisions based on good solid data ers and others to study the is­ versus what feels good at the time," sue and make recomrrienda­ she said. tions in time for the 2000 Gen­ Clements said the state needs to be eral Assembly session. The Pri­ able to track teachers' training and chard group is also taking on make sure they are assigned to jobs that match their background and training and that they get the on-the­ jo~ tr~ining they need.

Lexington Herald-Leader Sunday, March 7, 1999

HINKLE Buckner Hinkle Sr., 85, life­ Other survivors are three sons, Cress, Richard Ledford, Bobby long Bourbon County land­ Buckner Hinkle Jr., Lexington, Mynear, Bob Markham, Leon owner and farmer, founder and Henry L. Hinkle, Thomas S. Roberts, Gordon Wilson, Owen Chairman of the Board of Hinkle Bourbon County; three Yocum, Buckner Clay, Lock­ Hinkle Contracting Corpora­ daught'ers-in-law, Joy T. Hin­ hart Spears, Laurance Simp­ tion, husband of Sally Spears kle, Barbara J. Hinkle, Lisa E. son, Dennie Ferrell, Roy Hinkle, died Thursday, March Hinkle· four sisters, Anne H. Crump, and Jack Ruth. Visita­ 4, 1999. He was born January Baldwin, Susan T. Hinkle, tion will be 3-5 and 6-8 p.m. 6, 1914 in Kansas City, MO, son Bourbon County, Mary Hoff­ today at St. Peter's Episcopal of the late Charles Thomas and man, Mt. Sterling, Dr. Nancy Church. Memorials are sug­ Susan Buckner Hinkle, and Holland, Nicholasville; and ten gested to St. Peter's Episcopal, graduated from Paris High grandchildren, Sally Brown Paris-Bourbon County YMCA, School. He was a member of St. Hinkle, Lucy Lockhart Hinkle, or the Buckner Hinkle Sr. Peter's Episcopal Church, Mary Grace Hinkle, Henry Scholarship Fund, UK College where he served as Senior Lockhart Hinkle, William Jen­ of Engineering. Hinton-Turner Warden; past Chairman of KY nings Hinkle, Buckner Hinkle Funeral Home in charge of Association of Highway Con­ II Thomas Spears Hinkle Jr., arrangemen,.:,t:::s:.:_, ______tractors, KY Crushed Stone A~ne Archer Hinkle, Emily Association, Plant Mix Asphalt Manning Hord, and J ~ne Ly_le Industry of KY, and the Road Hord. Graveside services will Information Program, Wash­ be 2:00 p.m. Monday at in the ington, D.C.; past Director of Paris Cemetery by Rev. Mi­ American Road and Transpor­ chael E. Carlisle and Rev. tation Builders; member of the Bonnie Q. Jones. Casketbearers KY Transportation Hall of will be Boone Baldwin, Miller Fame; recipient of . the PK Hoffman, Lockhart . Hinkle, College of Engineenng Life­ Will Hinkle, Buck Hmkle II, time Achievement Award; hfo­ Spears Hinkle, and Thomas time Director of the Pans Barrow Stephens. Hono~a:Y Bourbon County YMCA; for­ bearers will be Dr. Ph1lhp mer Lee's College Trustee and Holland, James E. Clay, Don Chairman; and was a past Chestnut, James C. Codell Jr., President of the Pans-Bourbon Bill Sphar, Doug Wilson, Cat­ County Chamber of Commerce. esby Clay, Tom Brannock, Bill The Daily Independent. Ashland. Kentucky, Sunday, March 7, 1999 Massachusetts brings teacher recruitment to a new level $20,000 signing bonus woos best prospects to state By ROBIN ESTRIN million endowment last sum­ ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER the most part, school mer, the bonus program was For designed to recruit new blood BOSTON - The enticing districts are very reactive for the state's neediest urban ads have been appearing in in their recruiting. They communities, where teacher college newspapers around go to college fairs that shortages are the greatest. the country: Teach in Massa­ they're invited to around It was also an attempt to el­ chusetts and earn a $20,000 the area and they just . evate 'the profession's belea­ signing bonus. work with the candidates guered reputation. Massachu­ Now the responses are setts teachers became the pouring in as a result of the who put in applications. butt of jokes last year after highly unusual cross-country Michelle Rhee hundreds of aspiring educa­ blitz by the state's Depart­ tors failed a basic literacy ex­ ment of Education to woo the am. best teachers to Massachu­ Project. "It's awesome that they're setts. "For the most part, school finally recognizing how im­ "We are sweeping the coun­ districts are very reactive in portant teachers are, and that try for the cream of the crop," their recruiting. They go to they're trying to solve the Alan Safran, the DOE's chief college fairs that they're invit­ problems in the education of staff, said. ed to around the area and system," said Boston College While most school districts they just work with the candi­ senior Haemin Kwan, who at­ typically hire local candi­ dates who put in applica­ tended a campus information dates, Massachusetts has tions," she said. session last week. gone national to pick 50 aspir­ School districts and states While only 50 of the antici­ ing teachers for the state's should be chasing new teach­ pated 1,000 applicants will new bonus-paying program. ers as aggressively as any ma­ get the signing bonus, officials On one day last week, the jor corporation recruits its are hopeful the candidates education department's job employees, said Rhee, whose who aren't chosen will still opt application Web site received organization has been work­ to teach in Massachusetts, 500 hits. Some 60 calls have ing with Philadelphia and where the average teacher's been flooding the telephone Austin, Texas, on new hiring starting salary is about hot line every two hours. And methods. · . $27,000. scores of students have been With a $30,000 recruitment But some educators are filling recruitment sessions budget, Massachusetts has questioning whether the re­ held in Boston, New York and placed advertisements in 48 cruitment campaign puts oth­ California. college newspapers and is er states at a disadvantage. The bonus program and the hosting information sessions "I don't think that in the national recruitment drive in more than a dozen states, long-term the solution for the have put Massachusetts on including California, Col­ Massachusetts teacher short­ the cutting edge of teacher orado, Florida, Georgia, age or the national teacher hiring, said Michelle Rhee, Maine and New Jersey. shortage is for recruiters to partnership director for the Applicants need to be spread out across the country New York-based New Teacher among the best to even make and raid one another's teach­ the firi,t cut: a ranking in the ing pool," said Segun Eu­ top 10 percent of the graduat­ banks, a vice president at Re­ ing class; a minimum of a 3.5 cruiting New Teachers in Bel­ grade point average; a rank­ mont. ing in the top 10th percentile Tommye Hulto, spokes­ on a nationally recognized ex­ woman for the California am designated by the educa­ Teachers Association, said tion department. her state must hire an esti­ The state also is encourag­ mated 300,000 new teachers ing mid-career professionals over the next decade, and can and leaders - not just teach­ do without the competition. ers, but engineers, house­ On the other hand, she wives and business people - said, "We always hear about to apply by the March 1 dead­ baseball signing bonuses. It line. Their eligibility is based would be nice for teachers if on work experience. that kind of thing were preva­ Signed into law with a $60 lent." THE BA TH COUNTY NEWS-OUTLOOK Owingsville, Ky.-Week of March 4 - March 11, 1999 I Students at OES get black history lesson road. The stories and tales of the invited everyone to come and see the railroad include having conductors "wonders of Black and American and stations ~lrctching from Alabama history" at his location. Jerry Gore, National Underground all the way to Canada. The conduc­ One student ofOES who had vis­ Railroad Museum director and a re­ tors were the people who would lead ited the museum stood up and told cent subject of a History Channel people seeking freedom on the path, the class about what she had seen special on the railroad. recently vis­ and experienced. Kim Everman, sec­ ited Owinesville Elementarv School and the stations were the safe homes ond grade student from Mrs. Rice's for "Black History Month": where slaves could seek refuge in class, told the auditorium's audience Gore. a Maysville native. who rhe davtime. A maidritv of the travel everything she experienced while on runs the museum, came to the school was d~ne at night lo cs~ape the view her visit to the Underground Rail­ to talk to several classes about the of people seeking the slaves. road Museum. importance of Black History as it The underground railroad was the relates to American history. Peggy primary source of escape for en~ Overly, his partner at the museum slaved Africans before the Civil War. was at the school as well to help in It was through the railroad that Har­ the presentation, and she was also on riett Tubman received her fame as the Historv Channel. Their visit was one of the most famous conductors. one of twO which came towards the The Maysville location of the end of the month at OES in celebra­ Underground Railroad is said to have tion of "Black History Month". been the stationformore than40,000 Gore told the classes he would slaves seeking freedom. The name talk to them about some history that of more than 2,000 who traveled they may not know very much about through the area have been docu­ and then answer any questions they mented by Gore and officials at the had. The presentation included arti­ National Underground Railroad facts from the museum, stories and Museum in Maysville. real lifo details of his interest in the Gore's fascination with the rail­ Undergrouml Railroad. road staned as a child when he would His song and dance, which the hear the tales of how his great-grand­ class was illstructed they could imi­ father used it to escape and seek his tate, kept the attention of the classes freedom. In 1995, they opened the as he entertained a gymnasium full National Underground Railroad of students. teachers and faculty twice Museum in the welcome center at during the day. Maysville and have been giving guid­ Gore's spot on the History Chan­ ed tours ever since. nel aired on February 20. at 9 p.m. Bibles, slave dolls and chains are He is considered one of the leading some of the anifacts spectators can researchers of the underground rail- see at the Maysville location. Gore

THE COURIER-JOURNAL• SATURDAY, MARCH 6, 1999 Pair give Midway College $2 million

The Courier-Journal The new facility, which will department to set up four pro­ academy in the next millenni­ also be financed by other do­ fessorships and as many as 10 um. Historically, faculty in col­ MIDWAY, Ky. - Midway nations, will be a key part of graduate fellowships. leges and universities have not College has received the larg­ the school's mission of helping UK's civil engineering build­ encouraged women to enter est capital gift in the school's women become leaders in the ing is named for him. highly paid technical careers. history and will use it to help fields of math, science and Women's colleges play a build a nearly $6 million cam­ technology. "We have been blessed and unique role in encouraging pus technology center named Both Oliver Raymond and now want to assist others women to enter such fields." for one of the donors. his wife are members of Louis· through education," the Ray­ The new center will house The $2 million gift, from Oli­ ville's Beargrass Christian monds said of their gift to science laboratories, class­ ver and Anne Raymond of Church (Disciples of Christ), a Midway. "Gifts such as this rooms and a conference cen­ Louisville and Naples, Fla., will denomination to which Mid­ brin~ us great joy." ter. Midway's Center for Wom­ help the state's only women's way has links. Oliver Ray­ Midway President Allyson en, Diversity and Leadership college fund the Anne Hart mond, a founder of a Louis­ Hughes Handley said: "Thanks - which will provide the Raymond Mathematics, Sci­ ville construction equipment to the vision of Ollie and Anne school's students with leader­ ence and Technology Center. company, pledged $2 million Raymond, Midway College will ship training in their chosen Construction is expected to be­ last year to ttie University of educate generations of leaders professions - will also be in gin early next year. Kentucky's civil . engineering in science, industry and the the center.

J..0_ t'Vt ~ I[ Q.WS '1"Y\. Cl.AU\ .'., 1 1q 99 THE COURIER-JOURNAL• THURSDAY, MARCH 4, 1999 -Some tuition waivers suggested

condary Education. Kentucky," Davies.said. he said. Davies offers Waiving out-of-state tuition Although not every student MSU Faculty Senate Presi­ was among the ideas Davies would stay, Davies said he dent Ann Landini said it was idea to reverse discussed during a meeting hoped enough would remain an interesting idea to explore. Tuesday with the Murray so the state would get a re­ But she said she would like to 'brain drain' State University Faculty Sen­ turn on a "relativelv modest know who would decide ate. investment." which professions should Associated Press "We could view students as "I would love to subject have the tuition waived. an investment," Davies said. . that to an economist's analy­ "Would we do it at our uni­ MURRAY, Ky. - Kentucky He said it. might reverse sis,". he said. "I think it's in­ versity level where we would should consider waiving out­ what he called the "brain triguing." be working with our immedi­ of-state colle~e tuition for stu­ drain" now occurring in a After the meetin~, · Davies ate area to know what our dents receivmg training for state that is not expected to said he didn't think 1t was the area faced in the next 20 skilled professions in de- . grow much, he said. · kind of idea that people. will years?" she asked. "Or would mand, a higher-education "I don't know that it's as adopt immediately. But the this be done in Frankfort?" leader said. critical to keep people so .idea is worth discussing in a MSU already allows some "That might be a way of much as it's a way to build state that wants to build a out-of-state tuition waivers for changing the work force and the kind of work force that highly skilled and knowledge­ students coming from states changing it quickly," said goes hand-in-glove with the able work force, he said. that border Kentucky if they Gordon Davies, president of kinds of industries and jobs "I'll keep talking about it. attend class full time and live the state's Council on Postse- we want to create here in And we'll see what happens," in the residence halls.

Lexington Herald-Leader Sunday, March 7, 1999 EKU scores a big hit with week~nd event By Jefferson George IActivity blitz gives hundreds crn;-c:;i;;;;UREAUOfficially, it's supposed to I a reason to stay on campus help create a "campus culture." - But by doing that, First Weekend - a month- ends, said Sara Stich, a junior ly weekend blitz of campus programs and a<;tivi- from Louisville and ~other event ties - also could help Eastern Kentucky Umver- volunteer. It'll take time for stu- sity shrug off its "suitcase school" label. . _ dents to be totally persuaded to And if the initial First Weekend is any md1ca- stay at Eastern after a week of lion, students actually may put classes, she said, but Friday night off packing their bags, at least was a good start. part of the time. "I was very surprised at the The effort is part of new turnout," Stich said. President Bob Kustra's goal to Besides a Friday concert by keep a constant sense of com- Grammy Award-winner Barbara munity at the Richmond school. Bailey Hutchison and yesterday's Co-chaired by Kustra's wife, card tournament and ballroom Kathy, and student Josh Bleidt dance, First Weekend featured ex- of Louisville, First Weekend tended hours at the library, com- kicked off Friday at the Powell President I puter labs and fitness centers. Building. Hundreds of the Bob Kustra But the free bowling and bil- school's roughly 14,000 stu- wants EKU to liards may have made the most dents lined up that day to ride shed its impact, especially since usual the Reactor - in which seats weekend crowds feature more fac- rise and rotate along with a 'suitcase ulty and families than students, thrill ride projected on a screen school' label. said Allan Richardson, supervisor - while others jammed Pow- of the Powell Recreation Center. ell's recreation center for free bowling and bi!- "A normal Friday night crowd liards. is not very big. I haven't seen it "Flabbergasted" was the reaction of Noel Cox, that way in 15 years," Richardson a senior from Simpsonville and a volunteer for said yesterday. "This is normally the event. my day off, but I came in for the "I've never seen anything like that in the four crowd." years I've been here," Cox said. "If they had this Better yet, Daugherty said, stuff when I was a freshman, I wouldn't have run was that students seemed to enjoy home every weekend." just being together on campus. "It That's the idea, said Skip Daugherty, East- wasn't about who was winning," em's dean of student development. The commit- he said. "Some of them didn't even tee of students, staff and faculty coordinating the know how to keep score." event doesn't expect every student to be camped on campus every weekend, he said, but the school at least can get some to think twice about leav- ing."The whole thing is interacting and intermin- gling," Daugherty said. "A lot of education hap- pens outside of the classr?"m." . While open to the entire college community, a main target of First Week end is younger students who could come to expect and enjoy more on­ campus activity, as opposed to olde~ student~ skeptical of such efforts, Daugherty said. Coordi­ nators will review student comments to help plan future events, he said. • Still, campus is "pretty barren" on the week- ,, . . L~x1ngton Heratd•Leader Sunday, March 7, 1999 Tenure gives professors a great deal of job security as well as pay increases. Full professors often earn about $20,000 more than lower-ranking colleagues, Almost 90 percent of full pro­ Women at Carolyn fessors are men. Bratt, a UK UK'~ situatiol). is not unique, law profes­ A recent report by the Ameri­ sor who led can Association of University Pro­ the commit­ fessors found that nationally, tee that pro­ women in higher education were UK making ·duced the more likely to have jobs in lower- 1990 report . paying positions, institutions and on women's academic fields. status, said The study found that women made up the majority of part-time that despite faculty positions and almost half slow gains improve­ of assistant professors - the en­ ments, pock­ try-level position for full-time fac­ ets of sex­ ulty. Gender segregation, sexism remain ism and gen­ University officials say that ·der segrega­ demographics play a big role in problems despite some improvements tion remain. those numbers. Only in the last couple of By Holly E. Stepp decades have women entered academe in large numbers, the ar­ HERALDlEADER EDUCATION WRITER Women at UK Nearly 10 years ago, a group gument goes, and it will take of faculty and staff members de­ Women make up more than awhile for them to move up the clared the University of Kentucky half of the.employees at the ranks. was a segregated workplace Universily of Kentucky, and The revolving-door nature of where sexism ran rampant their numbers have grown over higher education often means that Today, those critics say the the last decade. But the both women and men faculty earn campus has made great strides, riiajority.'of women employees full professorship at a different But they are equally quick to say remain concentrated in.the university than the one where there's still work to be done. school's professional and they began. "We have seen some progress, secretarial ranks. , , , . ". . . ., , "I fully expect that in the com­ ; :""\, •.~·!•-• _ --;>··-•~;.~ / •:•1;r but there are still pockets of sex­ 1989-90 · ing years, we will see more of our ism and gender segregation," said ·;-;._,_. •· EXECUTIVE, women faculty moving up the Carolyn Bratt, a UK Jaw professor ... JACUIJY ADMINISTRATIVE ranks into full professorships," who led the 15-member Universi­ 2% UK Wethington said. ty Senate committee on the status SER~CE7%l President UK's goal is to increase the of women, which produced the 11% proportion of women faculty to 37 I Charles 1990 report. Wethington percent within the next decade, he The report portrayed a uni­ says the said. versity where few women held Mary Gibson, associate profes­ top administrative positions or improved numbers sor at Rutgers University and college deanships and most chairwoman of the national women faculty weren't full profes­ show the AAUP's status of women commit­ sors, Women staffers were most work the uni­ tee, said the issue is far more com­ likely working in hourly-wage po­ 1998-99 ...... versity has plicated. sitions as secretaries and clerks, EXECUTIVE, done to "In the end, we have to recog­ and less often in higher-paying FACUIJY ADMINISTRATIVE attract more nize the social practices that de­ middle-management jobs. 3% highly quali­ fine what kind of work women Since then, the numbers show SERVICE9%1 ,-SKILLED CRAFT fied women do," Gibson said. areas of slow improvement. 9% .,...1__ 0.05% to faculty 'Women are often less mobile Today, four of the 20 college I deans are women - twice what it positions. and have fewer professional op­ was in 1990. Two women, Lexing­ tions outside. of the academy, and ton Campus Chancellor Elisabeth additional responsibilities like Zinser and special assistant Juani- child-rearing are seen as disad­ ta Fleming, report directly to a vantages for women," she said. UK's president, and four others Gibson also said that universi­ hold vice-chancellor positions, • Includes s , ties are relying more on part-time, Women make up a larger propor­ clerical, technical and professional non-tenured positions that don't tion of the faculty, increasing NOTE: May not add to 100 percent because of rounding require doctorates. from 21 percent in 1990 to 28 per- That may mean women are cent this year, The percentage of Source: University of TIM BWM/STAFF women in managerial positions Keatucky less likely to get doctorates, which has increased from 27 percent to in turn prevents them from ever 39 percent. still see the highest concentra­ getting on the tenure track, she UK President Charles tions of women in the lowest-paid, said. Wethington said the improving low-level jobs," said Bratt, one of And some say systematic sex­ numbers are a positive sign. the few committee members Who ism still plays a role in the picture. "It shows the work to bring in still work at UK. "Too often, we still hear hiring more highly qualified women to Most of the signs of improve­ committees saying that we don't the university," Wethington said, ment for UK women come in the have to hire a woman because we But others point to this statis­ faculty ranks. All of the universi­ already have one or two on facul­ tic: In 1990, 80 percent of all fe­ ty's colleges have at least one fe­ ty," Bratt said. male university employees male faculty member, and the num­ Diana Rast, chairwoman of worked in traditionally lower­ ber of women faculty has grown the UK Women's Forum, said that ranking, women-dominated fields from 298 in 1990 to 513 in 1999. the current improvement is good such as secretarial and clerical But fewer women than men and should only continue as UK jobs. are reaching the top of the tenure tries. to become a top 20 public re­ That hasn't changed. ranks - full professorship. search university. "For all the improvement, we As part of that goal, UK has Wells said staffers don't have created more than 50 endowed the job security that tenure gives chairs and professorships. faculty members, and that lack of "It's a great opportunity to get security often prevents women women into high-profile positions from reporting discriminatory on the faculty," said Rast, an asso- practices or even speaking out about them. ciate professor in the business "There is in many cases a school. sense of fear, their jobs are year­ Ungerlng Issues of pay long contracts with little guaran­ tee that you may have it the next Improvements in the working year," Wells said. conditions of women staff at UK Russ Williams, the staff repre­ are harder to see; women make up sentative on UK's board of the majority of the lower-paying trustees, said the university is hourly-wage workforce and a working to prevent those sorts of smaller portion of the middle­ problems. management ranks. "The problems outlined in the And according to 1996 figures report are a real concern, and the from the UK Women's Forum, university has addressed them," men in the same job classifica­ said Williams, a manager in UK's tions often earn more. Nearly 70 Human Resources Department. percent of women in service-main­ Programs that educate em­ tenance jobs earn less than ployees about sexism in the work­ $15,000, while 57 percent of men place, and training and leadership in the same job classification earn classes targeted for women are less than $15,000. two steps UK took in response to Charles Wells, executive direc­ the 1990 report, he said. tor of the American Federation of "Are we exactly where we Teachers Kentucky, says that want to be? No, probably not," while some of those issues can be Williams said. explained by seniority, pay equity "Are we getting there? Ab­ probleqis often hurt women more. solutely," AFT-Kentucky represents staff at the University of Louisville and is considering setting up a group at UK.

The Sunday Independent, Ashland, Kentucky, Sunday, March 7, 1999 Some colleges use merchandising techniques to lure students

WORCESTER, Mass. plan to pursue. Clark esti­ (AP) - They're not offering mates additional savings of cents-off coupons yet, but at about $23,000 in tuition, least two universities are room and board for a theo­ successfully using modern retical sixth year that isn't merchandising techniques to needed for an advanced de­ attract students. gree. Two years ago, Clark Uni­ At Virginia Wesleyan Col­ versity in Worcester started lege in Norfolk-Virginia a fifth-year-for-free program Beach, Va., freshmen enter­ that effectively lets students ing the school this fall ,vill earn two degrees for the . be offered a guarantee that price of one. all courses needed for a de­ In a recent survey, the gree within four years ,viii school found that 70 percent be provided, or else offered of its first-year students for free in the fifth year. chose the school because of The guarantee contract that program, which offers a spells out responsibilities of fifth year free - a tuition both school and students, waiver worth $19,500 - to which include regular meet­ students who complete a ings with an advisor to map bachelor's program within the degree course and main­ four years with a B-plus av­ taining an acceptable grade erage or better. average. The free year can be de­ Both schools cite financial voted to work on a master's savings in making sure the degree, something that near­ basic degree is earned in ly half of Clark's students four years. T~e Daily lnaeoendent. Ashland. l\entucky, Sunday, March 7: 1999 Admissions plan hot talk on California campus

Sen. Gary Hart, Davis' newly dents receive for honors By EMILY BAZAR courses, and adding one year SCRIPPS HOWARD NEWS SERVICE appointed secretary of child development and education. of work in the visual and per­ SACRAMENTO, Calif. - But as the concept trickles forming arts to high school All it took was a few strong deeper into school halls and course requirements. words from California's new principals' offices, concerns UC officials estimate adop­ governor, and now the most are surfacing amid the opti­ tion of the package wouldn't sweeping admissions proposal mism. have a monumental effect on to hit the University of Cali­ Some worry that a pledge numbers, increasing the pool fornia since the demise of af­ to accept students from all of eligible students only by firmative action fast is gain-­ California high schools - about 3,600. ing momentum and support. which differ widely in quality Lightfoot said the impact is The most debated compo­ and rigor, even within a single minimal in part because two­ nent of the plan, the compo­ district - could dumb down thirds of students who fall in nent that Gov. Gray Davis the top 4 percent of their said in his State of the State the nation's most prestigious public university system. classes already are eligible address "will promote diversi­ under current criteria. ty (and) reward excellence And counselors at some across the board," would guar­ rural or inner-city schools . The UC Board of Regents antee spots in the UC system that don't currently send will hear the proposals at its to the top 4 percent of gradu­ many graduates to UC cam­ February meeting and is -ex­ ates from every public high puses say the proposal doesn't pected to vote on the mea­ school. address one of the biggest bar­ sures in March. riers to UC enrollment: finan­ Hailed as a potential anti­ cial need. So far, it is the 4 percent dote to lagging minority en­ ~roposal tha~ ~as caught pub­ rollment and also as a tool to The 4 percent proposal is part of a package of reforms lic and poltt1cal attention, attract bright graduates from overshadowing the rest of the rural towns, the 4 percent meant to expand the pool of UC-eligible students. plan and stirring debate in proposal is generating excite­ university halls, Capitol corri­ ml)nt among some high school The state's Master Plan for Higher Education calls for the dors and area high schools. students and counselors. But critics point out that From West Sacramento to UC system to draw from the top 12.5 percent of eligible GPA alone doesn't provide an Marysville, many say the pro­ accurate comparison between posal would create opportuni­ students statewide, but only students. ties for students currently at about 11.1 percent meet cur­ a disadvantage, and also give rent eligibility requirements, The content and rigor of them a reason to achieve. said UC spokesman Terry courses vary from school to The plan would "send a Lightfoot. school, and when standard­ message that wherever a stu­ To bring the figure up to ized test scores are thrown dent is enrolled in high school 12.5 percent, the university's out, there's little way to tell if throughout California, Board of Admissions and Re­ a 4.0 student from one school whether in urban or rural ar­ lations with Schools - made is as academically prepared eas, there is an opportunity - up of faculty members - pro­ as one from a historically if they work hard and excel - posed several changes, among higher-achieving school such. that there will be a place for them the 4 percent plan, re­ UC Davis Chancellor Larry them in the University of Cal­ ducing the extra credit stu- Vanderhoef acknowledged ;fornia." said former state that not all high schools are equal, but said students per­ forming in the top 4 percent of any school have proven them­ selves worthy of admission. "A student in a high school Some worry a pledge to accept students from all Cali­ that doesn't promote going on fornia high schools could dumb down the nation's to higher education, who still most prestigious public university system. maintains those goals and ends up in the top 4 percent, has proven something rather fundamental we should pay attention to," he said. Lexington Herald-Leader Sunday, March 7, 1999 'Remembrance' can be stirrini

that the artist saw fit to memorial• By David Minton i,.e. In another work, Bowles is CONTRIBUTING ART CRmC seen giving birth to herself in a emembrance is, well. a double•exposed Polaroid. That's memorable show. pretty bold stuff. R Each of the show's 15 Michael Goodlett's autobio• artists makes work that leaves a distinctive impression. graphical books are also I have no doubt that viewers gripping. Sometimes will walk out of the , ..~. shocking. They aren't actu• gallery with images ; If •y,- _··u go· ally books as we nonnally of Robert Morgan's ; _;....._...,.,...~0 .· , think of books. These have wildly decorated ' Reinembrarice pages of different sizes, skulls still in their will remain on materials and thicknesses. heads. I did. view at . - One is a fold-out book. Morgan gives us Transylvania·-· What is on the pages is plenty to think about. · University's' . · the important thing. Like Charles Mortan Gallery Goodlett's fragmented Helmuth's wall•size through March stream of consciousness installation. What do 11. Information, narratives have an imme• 210 those 36 panels repre· 233-8 · diacy that memories some• sent exactly, and times lack. He lets us read what meaning were the intimate running they meant to convey? Why were monologue in his head and they stacked in that triangular for• see his mental pictures. mation? His exaggerated, stylized, And we find things to laugh explicit drawings pull you about. right in and then the some• Carleton Wing's generic ritual times rambling designs hei"td made of gear wheels, a crank take over and keep you and a tuft of hair is a real hoot. there. The theory behind Phil High's Some of the work leaves memories of a memory of a land· a stronger impression than scape is intriguing. High first the rest. painted a landscape on a grid of K. Johnson Bowles' New square-cut papers. Then he pulled Relics and Post•Catholic up the grid and spread the squares Relics struck me, for exam· over three other sheets of paper. pie, not only as beautiful This left gaps, which he had to fill reliquaries but as in with other painted squares. So: unabashedly the first picture was a memory of open remem· the landscape itself. The second, b·r an c es. third and fourth were memories of Bowles lets thememorv. you into her Other artists in the show deal inner life and with the memory theme in less the lives of her engaging but nevertheless inter­ family and esting ways. friends. Umrid Uardct-t.-\vorks in pho- One work togravure, a medium and process has on it a gripping (if 1hat are little•practiced these days. abbreviated) His imagery is rustic. focused on story about her decay or brgone eras. schizophrenic sister. Going through this show is like Bowles speculates on the going through someone else's cause(s) and ramifications. Her scrapbooks or photo albums, liter• touching confessional becomes a ally or figuratively speaking. It's a calligraphic decoration ior her great premise for an exhibit. shrine. . And while the things that Another piece by Bowles hous­ hooked me won't necessarily hook es a used home pregnancy test kit you, the range is so broad there is bound to be something for most everyone.

David Bartlett deals with photogravure, a little-used medium. His work is at Transyl• vania University through March 11. M:JU Clip A sam le of recent articles of interest to Morehead State Universit UNIVERSITY COMMUNICATIONS MOREHEAD STATE UNIVERSITY UPO BOX 1100 MOREHEAD, KY 40351-1689 606-783-2030

The Daily Independent. Ashland. Kentucky, Monday, March 8, 1999 Morehead student heading to Bosnia Ministry mission to war-ravaged country in May

By TOM LEwls OF THE DAILY INDEPENDEITT MOREHEAD Many Bosnians would give anything to flee their war-tom nation. Merk Morelaiid can hardly wait to get there. The Morehead State Uni­ versity senior is a member of the Bosnia Changers, a group of 30 students from a dozen Kentucky colleges and univer­ sities. From May 13 to May 29, the students and their leaders · will work alongside Bosnians to re-roof, stabilize or repair 10 homes in Saraje­ vo ravaged during the recent civil war. It will be Moreland's first trip overseas, but he said he's not worried about what might happen to him in a city where nearly every home has been scarred by mortar shells and machine gun fire. "Everybody's. like, 'Don't get shot,m he said. "I obvious­ ly know God's going to keep us safe and take care ofus while we're over there." Bosnia Changers is a min­ istry mission sponsored by the Kentucky Baptist Conven­ tion, Ralph Hopkins, the con­ vention's director of student missions, was part of a dele­ gation that visited Sarajevo in November in· search of work sites. F DAit DEPENDEI Morehead State Unlvenlty Hnlor Mark M­ campus. Moreland Is part of a 3o-studer land sits outside the Bllptlat Student Union on group travellng to Bosnia In May. "The human need is inex­ done in the states:• -said the Kentucky students must haustible," Hopkins said. Dwayne Doyle, a former Ken­ raise their own funding - "Many families live in houses tucky Changers director who that were damaged in the $1,500 per student - to go on is now a journeyman South­ the trip. fighting and are struggling to ern Baptist Convention mis­ Another $30.000 in dona­ rebuild or repair their homes." sionary serving in Sarajevo. tions is needed to buy con­ Bosnia Changers is an out­ In Kentucky, Changers growth of Kentucky Changers, struction and repair materi­ provides the labor and local als, organizers said. a construction missions pro­ governments pay for the pro­ gram in which high school stu­ The Bosnia Changers hope ject, Doyle said. While the to help people rebuild their dents repair homes for needy Bosnian government has giv­ lives as well as their homes. Kentuckians each summer. en permission for the project "But this project is much in Sarajevo. it has no money different from those projects to assist with the work. and ►Mission Morel~nd said, and are prepanng themselves spiritu­ ally to meet those needs. Moreland, an elementary education major from Lexing­ ton, said the students will stay in the neighborhoods How to. he.Ip wh,ere they work. "Hopefully, To sup~ort the· Bosrtia · we II get to meet some kids Changers mission, send and make some friendships " monetary. gifts to Bosnia- ·. he said. ' · Changers, c/o the Broth-'··­ Even though Moreland has erhood Department; been excited about the Bosnia Kentucky Baptist Con- Changers mission from the mo­ . ventiol'l;.P.O_ BaxA3438; •" ment he heard about it, he ad­ _Louisville. K¥- _4025a. ,~ ~ i "' ..r mitted that he wasn't sure why. • ·'. 0••><11.,-'..f"t\hJ'it~•. ".?.'>;.:,,. ,.., '-~ ...:,P: ,,.-~t;N 1:q;;~,. 'j "I just feel there's some­ . . . 1)~~- ·. -· . ;_ . •• thing great in store," he said. "I'm going to learn some pret­ ty big things, but I don't know what."

Lexington Herald-Leader Teachers to '"get'fewards for skil1s sociation, said she thinks teachers entire state, 16 teachers have Oldham to start will enjoy the challenge. earned the certificate. "I don't like to look at it as as­ The pilot program is part of experiment in May sessment," she said. "I look at it a legislative mandate to examine as proving you're a top-notch teacher compensation, but the By Unda. B. Blackford· •· teacher." state is not funding it. Oldham HERAl.Dl.EAOER EDUCATION YmlTER ; Her parent organization, the County officials will find the In May, Oldham County will Kentucky Education Association, i money when they fmish their start a revolutionary experiment: also supports the measure with : budget in May. · - · Pay some teachers for their some reservations. I Oldham County Superinten­ knowledge and skills, instead of Oldham County would create dent Blake Haselton says his dis­ merely rewarding them for the four sets of teaching standards trict is committed to the program years they've taught based on the national board: con­ whether the state adopts it or not It might not sound ground­ tent knowledge, teaching meth­ "We think the effort will in­ breaking, but it's never been done ods, teaching support skills, such crease the capabilities of teachers in Kentucky. It's an idea that's ; as lesson p1annfug, and maiiage: to improve learning in our dis­ just picking up steam around the I ment and leadership skills. tricts, and that's really what it's nation as teacher quality - and New teachers would then be all about," he said .. ·· finding tlie money to pay for it - mentored as they learned the However, the lack of funding becomes a hot topic. best ways to meet those stan­ is o_ne reason Judith Gambill, Oldham County officials see dards. president of the state's largest the voluntary pilot program as a By tlieir eighth year of teach­ teachers union, says she is cau­ way to ensure a high-quality ing, they could volunteer to be tious in her support for the plan. teaching force. tested in those standards, as a 1 The Kentucky Education As­ "We want to help teachers re­ way of seeing how well they. sociation has traditionally op­ alize that they have to continue to would do on the National Board' posed any kind of mid-career grow," said Harrie Buecker, in­ certification. By passing each of , testing, most notably when it structional director for Oldham the categories, they could get a , successfully killed legislation in Counfy schools. "Teaching is so pay increase, although exact 1994 that would have required different from 10 years ago, but amounts haven't yet been deter­ teachers to pass tests for recerti­ preparation is staying the same." mined. fication. Currently, Kentucky teachers Teachers who didn't do well But KEA worked with Old­ must get a master's degree to could get extra training in each ham County on the program and move up the salary ladder, but nu­ category. . . the organization appears to be merous studies have shown that Teachers who chose to take more open to teacher quality is­ many of the classes are unrelated the National Board examination sues. would get half of the $2,000 fee to the subjects teachers actually "We will still look for issues and, if they passed, they'd get a teach or the methods they use to of pay and collective bargaining, teach thein. • · · - · $2,500 yearly supplement. That but we also realize that things would in addition to moving Instead, the Oldham County be have to change because some­ program would be based on up to the highest salary categOry times change does mean what's considered the gold stan­ awarded by the state for the Na­ progress," Gambill said. dard in teaching, the National tional Board certification. Board for Professional Teaching Those master teachers could Kentucky's attention will stay focused on teacher quality Standards. also earn more money by train­ To get that certification, teach­ and teacher pay, thanks to two ing other teachers. task forces currently meeting, ers undergo a yearlong examina­ "Teachers need continual tion of their teaching methods, as one convened by Gov. Paul Pat­ support in moving from where ton, and the other by the Prich­ well as rigorous exams in their they are to where they need to subjects. ard Committee for Academic Ex­ be," Buecker said. cellence_ Rhonda Hale, a teacher at Four Oldham County teach­ Buckner Elementary who heads ers are currently preparing for "If we get everything else the Oldham County TeaCQing As- the National Board exam. In the right and don't get teacher bene­ fits right, then we're just perpet- OLDHAM: uating problems we have," said Gayle Ecton, an education pro­ fessor who is heading the Prichard task force. A report presented at the Prichard Committee task force yesterday estimated that it would cost $1.75 billion to bring Kentucky's teacher salary up to the national average, which might make the Oldham County pilot program more attractive to legislators.

The Dally Independent, Ashland, Kentucky, Monday, March 8, 1999 Study urges teacher quality·system

FRANKFORT (AP) - A Clements will summarize the issue and make recom­ new report on teacher quality his findings today in Midway mendations in time for the in Kentucky notes the state at the first meeting of a 2000 General Assembly ses­ has no way of comparing teacher-quality task force or­ sion. The Prichard group is al­ teachers' abilities to their ganized by the Prichard Com­ so taking on the issue. And students' performance. mittee for Academic Excel­ Education Commissioner The report, released today lence, a statewide citizens Wilmer Cody called last year by the Kentucky Long-Term group. for a· heist of changes at the Policy Research Center, con­ Clements reviewed the same time that the state's tends that information judg­ transcripts of middle school teacher standards board is at ing teacher training based on math teachers and found that work on raising standards. classroom results is ~conspic­ only 39 percent earned a col­ "The issue is getting a great uously absent." It also con­ lege major or minor in math. head of steam," Sexton said. cludes that many new teach­ But state certification records Susan Leib, associate com­ ers. score bel?w average on show that only a tiny fraction missioner of the state's national certification exams , of the state's middle school teacher education and certifi­ and. that Kentucky's teacher math teachers lack proper cation office, said she was in certilication system overlooks training. agreement with the new re­ whether'teachers have taken That's because the state's port's recommendations. courses m· the subjects they certification system allows Beyond more content train­ teach. graduates with general train­ ing fo:i: J;ilachers and a system National studies of teacher ing in reading, science and for rating teachers' classroom qualifications have generally other subjects and knowledge results, "'the report also calls given Kentucky high marks of teaching methods to teach for more: focused on-the-job but those reports - and Ken'. any subject in first through training 'for teachers· close tu!!ky's own sy~tem for gradu­ eighth grade. moni.toi:mg of new t~acher ating and certifying teachers "The report is right on tar­ preparation standards that - pay little or no attention to get in the need for more con­ leave colleges to largely vouch what teachers know and are tent knowledge," said Bob for ~tudents' training; con­ able to do in their classrooms Sexton, director of the nectmg teacher raises to the study said. ' Prichard Committee. "We've classes that upgrade specific "Simply put, we now have _raise_d expectations for stu- skills; wider options for people no way of linking the skill and dents so that now ·weexpect­ with career experience to be­ knowledge level of teachers teachers to teach at higher come teachers; and a compre­ either individually or collec'. levels. The numbers on mid­ hensive state record-keeping tively, with the performance dle school teachers show that system. of their students," concludes we've got a lot of catch-up Clements noted that state the report by Stephen work to do." officials may find themselves ·Clements, an assistant profes­ Gov. Paul Patton recently in a numbers and financial sor at the University of Ken- created a task force of law­ crunch when it comes time to tuclcy. .. makers and others to study . raise teaching standards. State records show that one in four Kentucky teachers will be eligible to retire within three years, and while the supply of teachers in training looks adequate, raising stan­ dards could cause shortages. Lexington Herald-Leader Tuesday, March 9, 1999 Ky. ready to show its 'good work' toward college desegregation

By Holly E. Stepp work" the state has done. ?nd m1:15t create action plans on HERAI.Ol.£ADER EDUCATION WRITER In 1981, the federal OCR unprovmg their performance. Fifty years after the federal found that Kentucky had "failed to eliminate the vestiges" of its Fox said Kentucky is unique courts called for desegregation of in that efforl the University of Kentucky, an­ segregated public higher educa­ other federal agency will visit the tion. The state has had a plan for "Th~e have been few states in state this week to make sure that desegregation and equal opportu­ the region that have monitored de­ actually happened. nity since. segregation efforts as extensively · The federal Department of Ed­ The Office found that Ken­ as Kentucky," she said ucation's Office of Civil Rights tucky hadn't made enough The federal review could clear will meet with Kentucky educa­ progress in three areas: recruiting Kentucky of past violations, and ti~n leaders on Thursday to re­ and retaining African-American determine whether it meets the view the state's desegregation ef. students, hiring African-American current standards. If the state forts. faculty and enhancing Kentucky doesn't meet standards the coun­ The office will review the State University. cil would have to continue work­ state's eight public universities for In 1987, the then-Council on ing with the federal office to cor­ rect the problems. compliance with Title VI of the High~r Ed~~tio~ filed an action 1964 Civil Rights Act, said Wen­ plan to correct the problems but Fox said partnership would be della Fox, director of the Philadel­ the Office never cleared the ;tate key during the review. phia o.ffice, which monitors Penn­ of its violations. "We want to work with them sylvania, Delaware, Maryland, However, the Council renewed to find out where they stand and West Virginia and Kentucky. its desegregation plan, and has figure out what they need to do The visit is.part of the office's monitored universities' progress and help them do it," she said. efforts to make sure states are against it for the past 12 years. complying with a 1994 Supreme The plan evaluates universi­ Court ruling that raised the stan­ ties on how well they enroll, retain dard states must meet on higher and graduate African-American education desegregation efforts. students, and hire African-Ameri­ Title VI of the act prohibits cans for faculty and administra- discrimination on the basis of tive jobs. · race, color or national origin. Universities that don't meet Fox and her staff will meet the plan's seven goals have re­ with members of the Council on strictions placed on the new acad­ Postsecondary Education and the emic programs they can propose rouncil's Committee on Equal Op­ portunity to discuss its agenda. Council President Gordon Davies said the visit would be an opportunity to show the "good

THE COURIER-JOURNAL TUESDAY. MARCH.9, 1999 College system officials get bigfai.Ses

above those paid when the two grades also received substantial Combining 2-year, systems were separate. raises. Of the combined system's The leaders of the Kentucky technical schools 120 central-office employees, 33 Community and Technical Col­ make $60,000 or more a year. lege System said last week that boosted pay scale Seven officials, who previously the increases were justified by worked in the old systems or in the combined system's size - it state government, got pay has 45,000 students in credit By ROBERT T. GARRETT raises of 40 percent or more in courses - and its need to pay The Courier.Journal the past year. competitive salaries to attract Smaller percentage increases or keep talented administrators. LEXINGTON, Ky. - Ken­ that nevertheless boosted sala­ The leaders also said several tucky's new system of commu­ ries by more than $10,000 a officials are being paid more nity colleges and technical year were awarded to 15 offi­ because they were promoted or schools has a cadre of adminis­ have additional duties. trators whose salaries are well cials. Many others at lower pay Also, at the union's urging the the regents "have worked hard, with­ The system was created General Assembly in 1997 and' 1998 passed language saying the new sys­ what we've had to work with," to in: when the legislature reorgan­ crease faculty and staff salaries. ized higher education in 1997 in tem should giv_e a high priority to m­ an effort to upgrade universi­ creasmg salanes of commumty-col­ "I'm not prepared to apologize for, ties, colleges and technical and lege faculty and staff. you know, what's come before and where we are today because I think vocational schools. PATTON repeatedly scoffed at "This is a major organiza­ contentions by people who wanted to the things that needed to get done tion," said Michael McCall, a keep the commumty colleges under have gotten done," she said. veteran of technical-college sys­ UK that the new system would spawn Regents Powell, of Bowling Green tems in Virginia and South a huge, expensive bureaucracy. Technical College, and Bobby Carolina who is in his second It's difficult to directly compare the McCool, a welding instructor at Mayo month as the Kentucky sys­ new agency with the old since it Technical College in Paintsville, said tem's first president. manages schools and colleges once the board hasn't kept close tabs on "This is not some half-baked, run by two large institutions - UK central-office hiring. They said even 11 little system. _ and Workforce Development. Patton regents on the board's finance com· had promised a lean, new agency. mittee were never told about admin­ McCall said the new system has more administrators than While the new system has more istrators' salary increases. the two old systems employed. administrators, differences in various Johnson said union activists "have But he said it faces a huge states' governance of community and workload in meshing the technical colleges make ii hard to as­ some of the same concerns the board course offerings, work-force­ sess whether the central office in has." She said regents will judge training efforts, financial-aid Kentucky's new system is out of line McCall, who has a three-year con­ programs and personnel poli­ or about average in size and salaries. tract, partly by whether he "runs a cies of the two former systems. McCall saicf he hasn't studied the lean system.", . Representatives of faculty question. But he disputed the conten­ JOHNSON acknowledged differ­ tion of Powell, the technical-college ences among regents delayed the and staff, and a union trying to staff regent, and Charles Wells, exec­ organize them, said better eauio- presidential search process by about utive director of the union, that he eight months. As a result, the system "As a chief inherited a bloated, overpaid admin- - facing deadlines for consolidating istrative staff. · executive "This is a small number of people 13 of UK's community colleges and officer, I operating· this system," McCall said the 15 technical institutions - began have no in an interview. · hiring employees before ii had a per­ problem 11 manent top executive. 1 As a chief executive officer," he Thus, McCall is in the awkward paying the added, "I have no problem ,\'aying salaries that position of defending decisions he the salaries that we are paying. didn't make, she noted. "Let's give we are McCall noted that his agency's paying," Dr. McCall time to assess what's go­ budget is bigger than those of all ing o~," Johnson said. said Michael state univers1t1es except UK and the McCall, University of Louisville. head of the New money from Patton's reform McCall said he would&'! s~cond­ newnystem. effort boosted community-<:ollege fac­ guess previous hiring decisions, ulty salaries in academic year 1997- many·of which he said were "kind of 98 to a long-sought goal - the mid­ battlefield promotions," made in ment and classrooms should have been point of safaries paid by comparable haste and under pressure while the a higher priority than administrators' mstitutions in the Southeast (which system was being organized. pay. They also said professors and pay well below the national average). Former interim President James mstructors are underpaid, despite But the system had to scrounge to Ramsey issued contracts 'to four peo­ progress earlier in the term of Gov. come up with 5 percent raises in the ple with whom be had worked close­ Paul Patton.· - current academic year for technical­ ly in Frankfort - Workforce Devel­ "We've got programs out here like college faculty and staff, who didn't opment Cabinet officials Sandra auto mech:anics, working on shoe­ share in last year's bounty. (Techni­ Gubser, Beverly Haverstock and Bry­ string budgets " said Mark Powell, a cal-college employees had been in an Armstrong and budget analyst computer analyst at Bowling Green state government, which has manda­ Beth Hilliard. · tory 5 percent raises.) Technical College. The new system has borrowed sev­ "But they can't keep up with tech­ Raises for the current year were nology on the budgets they have," only 4 percent on the community-<:ol- eral people from state universities. addea Powell, who represents techni­ lege side. - In its first 18 months of operation, cal-college staff worlters on the new And the system received enough the system also spent nearly $250,000 system's board of regents. "So it state money for next year to allow hurts to see how our front office took only 3 percent raises, · said Jack to bring a trio of educators out of re­ care of themselves first." Hanel, a psychology professor at Jef­ tirement - interim president and for­ ferson Community College's South­ mer Virginia community-college THE UNION, the American Fed­ west Campus. Hanel represents fel­ Chancellor Jeff Hockaday, who got eration of Teachers-Kentucky, has low professors on the board of re­ $U0, 700 for six months' work; for­ publicized in recent weeks the pay gents. mer Morehead State University Presi­ raises awarded to 26 officials, most dent Nelson Grote, who made of whom work in the technical col­ BOOSTING the pay raises be­ $63,000 over about five months· and lege branch. The AFT is seeking state yond 3 percent will require painful former school superintendent 'Jack recognition as the bargaining agent mternal-reallocation decisions, he Moreland, who received $72,000 over for the technical school and commu­ said. about ll months. nity college teachers and staff. McCall acknowledged as much. He According to Armstrong, the sys­ Using the Open Records Act, The said that the system, which is to take tem'.s spokesman, the campus presi•· Courier-Journal examined contracts in $300 million this year from the dents of the community colleges or pay records of those 26 and sever­ state and tuition and fees, expects to. make an_ average of $93,508 a year. al dozen other employees in the sys­ have $5.5 million more for next year.· tem's central office. Offering 5 percent, across-the-board The 25 directors of either the techni­ The review showed that the new raises next year would cost $6.5 mil-' cal colleges or their off-campus ex­ system has abandoned the lower pay lion, he said. tensions make an average of $54 413 scales used when the University of Wells acknowledged that smaller a year, he said. ' Kentucky ran the community colleges salary increases for administrators and state government's Workforce would not have saved enough money Development Cabinet operated what to guarantee a 5 percent raise. are now called technical colleges. But he said the big raises for some The new system has wider latitude top officials were "inexcusable." to set salaries and policies. They have "hurt morale" among Patton and the legislature deliber­ teachers and counselors, who worit ately removed the post-secondary directly with students, Wells said. technical schools from state govern­ Martha C. Johnson, an Ashland ment personnel and procurement Inc. executive who is chairwoman of rules, viewed as· an impediment to the system's board of regents, said rapid response to the needs of busi­ ness and mdustry. However, most of the discussion at the May 1997 special session on high­ er education centered on hopes that the new system would be able to hire teachers quickly and at salaries com­ petitive with those paid to training in­ structors in private mdustry. SALARIES AND PAY INCREASES. FOR TOP BRASS OF THE KENTUCKY COMMUNITY AND TECHNICAL COLLEGE SYSTEM Salaries of many administrators of the new Kentucky Community and Technical College System have been raised substantially in the p: year. The system's leaders say the increases are justified by the system's size - 45,000 students taking courses for credit - and a need tc pay competitive salaries to attract talented executives. The system's officials said several of the people listed are being paid more because they were promoted or now have additional duties. But representatives of faculty and staff, and a union trying to organize them, say better equipment and classrooms should have been a higher priority than administrators' pay. 7/1/98 Current Perce, Name m1e salary salary chan~

FOOTNOTES 1 As of 3/1/98. 2 As of 2127/98. 3 As of 4/15/98. 4 As of retirement from state, 3/31/98. SOURCES: Open Records Act requests to KCTCS; University of Kentucky: Workforce Oevelopmenl Cabinet Personnel Cabinet. MSUC/ip A sam le of recent articles of interest to Morehead State Universit UNIVERSITY COMMUNICATIONS MOREHEAD STATE UNIVERSITY UPO BOX 1100 MOREHEAD, KY 40361-1689

The Daily Independent, Ashla~d. Kentucky, Wednesday, M_arch 10, 1999 ~.S_U takes steps to ~~ttle J!iµg~ ~iBking. Taek-fo~ceKto·~ make recommendations to> B"oard of Regent ByTOM LEwls wellness·coordinator.:'" er forms of substance abuse OF THE DAILY INDEPENDENT ·. ·Dealing effectively with combined. It also has been · binge drinking will require identified as a major factor in ::. MOREHEAD - Deaths more than just a college-level serious academic problems ex­ caused by alcohol poisoning. , plan, Krug ·said. Entir; ~~m­ perienced by students," he : ~ots and assaults sparked [ munities· must work together, wrote. .,. . .. . · li_y drunk students at schools Binge drinking in college like the Massachusetts_Insti­ and agencies on the state lev­ el need to pool resources to often leads to serious prob­ fote. of ·Technology and lems later .in. life as well, he Louisiana State University. target factors that encourage stud~nts to drink~cessively, said. : . Such incidents have raised MSU has a good education­ awareness of the problem _of Sh e S81- 'd •. ~i1- .::,-:· , , ...... ,_..,_.-,.:C al program -to alert students pin~:-_':drinking. ,...,. . on college : 1n·the February newsletter to the dangers of excessive cmnpuses. •. . • .. T'-' ·, prepared for MSU's Regents, drinking and dedicated coun­ ;'. Morehead State University school :,~.President:..... Ronald selors to help anyone who iir taking s~~~to make sure Eaglin devoted his front-P.age feels at risk, he said. But the next hea · e about an al­ column to his concerns 'atiout more is needed. , .. ·. ·cohol-related tragedy at;, a binge drinking among coll!Jge One step that Eaglin said U.S. colliigeisn't followed by a students. ::u-:•,,i~ ..-~~ J}.-·o...,:; 0 MSU will take .is to contact Morehead dateline;''. · ;_,:;: "Alcohol abuse .is tlie)i;!<1st parents when underaged stu­ · "It's_ very eviden~ that if. _it I insidious form of self-destruc- , dents are cited· the first time can hapPen there; it can hap- tive beha~or_ · because·, toq i for alcohol intoxication, .· ' "'"·.~ywfu;~f;: said M n many of our ypung peop,le do I "Parental engagement will ~- f>fan, MSU"dean .of stule:ts not recognize alcohoT as·their be increased if tlie self-de­ · an.:i 'i::bi1imiiri' cif 'the; school's. enemy," Eaglin. wr()tll,.,"hi- -! structive behavior ~persists, Cne~~li:'fon:e~ciiiii !Bed of stead, they see it as a· mellll!I and if all" else fails, we intend staff, facµlcy and stude11tii - of · being accepted by th,~ir . to·•• send "problem drinkers peers or an easy way to pyer­ home to .stay," Eaglin wrote. 1· tbiit'is'"tiwii? to. find new a· - proii'.~li~s -and developing ··r~t come shyness or lon~ess.~: "In short, we are not going to - oi'nmendations on how to deal · , i "The hard, cold fact is .tliat look the other way while stu­ . alcohol abuse causeii'' more dents' endanger themselves . witl(:~~«:_~ss~ve drinking' 'fly. deaths, serious fujuiies '·. arid -·and"i>ther. members of our uni- students; ·o --. F"a! ... medical probleins · amcing'"col­ · MSU'has"its· share of alco­ .· versity community." '- . lege-age persons ·than all oth- ·••·" ' - ~ hol•rela.ted' incidents, Doan --· said. The m>al of the task force is",t6·00;:~pro-active," with' an ' emphasis on intervention and -preveritio1frather than disci- . ,·,a ,, 'I . .. Plin . 8 :. t~1Zt=~~~-:·, · . Alcohol abus~.iitft{f~~~tinsidtoris'.form of self-de­ ,,· The task: force's .recommen­ structive behavior·oecause.too µian;xJ>.(Oilr young peo­ datforui will'.Jikely'be'present­ ple do not recognize alcohol as their eriemy. Instead, !l~Mto,¥,~_tfs'B.d;o~:'!fReg;ents they see it as a means of being accepte!:IJ!y their peers -m, ay,•u&.Bal ',,!;:.'.,;.·· • . · ~- . Members of the MSU com- or an easy way to overcome shyness or loneliness. . - ·-- . . •:-:,'.:. ~ -:··,_ ·- .•• :,c,·a.. :,·_ : • ;;::~-;: • . ~·.(~ ! ,_ -•• mumtv iilse> attended a meet­ ~ . MSU President Ronald Eaglin ~ Friday in Rfohmcind tci'liiy -•-,1• ~ •.: • :·,; ~ - - :.~- ~~ - ,._ the ~o~~wo.i;k . for' · a _statewide higher ·educati!>n -· -- -- -.. ~-----' bin!fe~drinking ,, prevention coaliti~n. More ~an 30 repre­ sentativ!ls · of vlll'!-o_us colleges . ,and re~onal_ prevention cen­ . ters were dn harid, said Judy KJ:!ig, Morehead's student t ·--l~l;;]..,i:;t:_~c:.,~---· . THE COURIER-JOURNAL• WEDNESDAY, MARCH 10, 1999 State a~vised to get tougher on schools · The state Board of Educa­ . The . panel's recommenaa­ By LONNIE HARP tion's draft of a new rating sys­ The Courier.Journal tlO!JS now go to the state school tem would give a share of the board, which will take its final state's $27 million reward mon­ . FRANKFORT, Ky. - Re­ action in April, and then must ey to schools that fall into a be approved by the legislature. wards for school test scores safety zone below their long­ should be· harder to win, and The new system will go into range improvement line. The effect in 2002. . the cushion for schools missing state board called that zone their goals should be smaller, ''progressing." Board Chairwoman Helen according to a committee help- • Mountjoy of Daviess County sat But the advisory panel U'J!ed in on yesterday's meeting and ing state officials draft .a new that that zone be renamed 'no I statewide testing system. - · . consequences,° since schools predicted that the state board That would mean significant- could actually have their scores would take · the suggestions -ly. more reward money for drop over a two-year cycle to very seriously. schools that meet or beat their end up in the zone. The panel also said that the goals and less .forgiveness_ for "Rewards need to go to state's top-scoring schools schools that decline. schools that exhibit the strong- , should get banners proclaiming Yesterday the-state's advisory est. performance," said Gary them "pacesetter schools" in­ panel on testing re-examined Mielcarek, a public affairs offi­ stead of a share of the reward the school rating and rewards cial at United Parcel Service pot as the state board's plan system that it helped devise I would provide. But if the and suggested it be less gener­ · and a member of the school ac­ schools meet or exceed their ous with schools. countability advisory group. goals, they could also get mon­ Created by legislators last ey. year to represent parents, edu­ "Rewarding a school that's cators and businesses, the com­ doing less than what we've de­ The committee also wants to mittee em1>hasized yesterday fined as the highest perform­ let high school English teachers that beginnmg in 2002, rewards ance doesn't follow the'spirit of use seniors' answers to the on the new state test should go ,our system," he added. · writing section of the state's only to schools that meet or ex­ The panel also voted to tests for class grades - an ef­ ceed their 14-year improvement slightly narrow the new rating fort lo make students try hard­ targ_ets.· sy~~m•s safety zone. er on the exam. · "Having that optioii before us would certainly be appreci­ ated," said Jon Akers, principal at Dunbar High School in Lex­ ington. "It's definitely needed at our school." Today the panel will consider other ways to encourage stu­ _Jl:IE CQURIEB-JOLJRNAL dents to try harder in school. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 10, 1999 Merit pay For .his trouble, The Governor And not everybody got a big r's' ~ttrageous to suggest is getting a bunch .of self-se_rv­ raise. Chancellor . Tony New­ that Kentucky's new sys­ ing criticism from people -like beny came from the old com­ tem .of coinmunlty col-_ Mark Powell, computer ~ munity college system, with all ".',le""" and ' technical at Bowling 'Green Technical the ability and experience ~ schoii!s!c'To'o\lld'I ,ti!{; 'a. second­ College, who complains that the made him a· success there.-His clasif~tio~;'(;!;it ft - ;;~ ''front office took care of them­ salary rose _less· than 3 _peJ'Cl!nt. \ Th'e cal'pmg·thfit' it was siif.: selves" instead of sending more to $128143.---,;h""I,"'.., . .,.,,. ')'.: .. . ·•,·'·.:.. • - pris~, -Or .inappropriate, ror money to needy programs like KCTCS se . µ -· almost twice administrative -salanes to nse 7 as many stud~ -as the state's when·-the old coinmunity col­ a\rto inechifui~••: · ,t-t:·t~Y·:...; next largest institution. Its far- \ lege :iiiid''vocatiori[!i-tec~cal _~. what they're taking ciiie of-is business. •"· ,,,.. , ,, -- flung system of two-year pro­ systeitts· were'combmed JS ab- grams is 'precisely ·. where ~~iJtl~!" '"l' I . ·Yes;--more administrators are growth is expected, and itS suc­ '~/i~city needed to''essemble the vast cess is aucial to its students' · an ·· · · ~e union that ' KCTCS -':to reduce redundan­ d, ~·- ., echnical' and the state's prosperity. Its hopes ''to'· represent- t 'cies, create efficiencies and ex­ mission and its leaders deserve school-.aild'.community college ploit opportunities. And we to be taken seriously. teachers and staff might want should pay._them w!iat they're the citizemy to believe that the worth. The fact that some ad­ new Kentuckv Coinmunity and 1 ministratora got big" raises' in TechnicaFCoilege System is_ an [ their new-positions-is a m:eas- f exani 'Ie'!of"' administrative ex­ ure of how. underpaid 'they were cess.,~ hasn't fully reconciled in the.old system.You get what .. itself to losing control of the you pay for in most cases. _ _ · community colleges, and would Is KCTCS getting 'its money's be happy-to see the new system . worth? The, answer :is yes, :if discredited as a bunch of wast­ Sandra Gubser.is any example. rels and back-scratchers. It's As head .of finance and admin­ not . istration in the new system, her For decades, Kentucky's salary rose . from. $65,625· to most dramatic public policy fail. $93,449. Slie's · ari •especially ure .was the refusal to rational­ able individual, who was a'_key ize post-secondary education.­ player in pushing and funding to position it properly, organize the earlier KERA-reform. She, it efficiently and fund it ade­ and many others, could make quately. Gov.· Paul Patton, at that much or more in private last, did something about it business. . The Daily Independent, Ashland, Kentucky, Wednesday, March 10, 1999 ~r.opose_d_ sjt~ for_~ecycling ~e~ter q~esti_oned M9)'elie~a res.idents worry cle~n.U:p .effort~ -~ l)e trashe1 By TOI'!' LEwls ing Mayor Brad Collins, are ing lot that MSU has no plans OF THE;DAJLY,INDEPENDENT afraid a recycling center· 7 to beautify, noted Councilman : MOREHEAD·•..:_ 'Environ-I with'its discarded'cans, bot­ Al Baldwin, an MSU adminis- mental (consciousness and ur­ tles, plastic jugs, cardboard trator... . · •, . and newspapers -. could un- / The current recycling cen­ oari beautification .are at odds I here'aifiifficials· ponder a new; dermine the efforts· to clean ter is an unsightly, 70-year­ up what had been one of the 1 old converted barn with sever­ k'i~~!t~tow!rcounty ~~: cify.t de~~~~~d ~:~~on~-~fthe ! al outdoor drop-off bins, and cycling Center, ' the ground is often littered : The current center, on U.S. "What worries me is what with materials. 60 East, is in the path of what . will it look like 10 years from The new center will look will be the_ third phase of the now?" Collins asked at Mon­ much nicer, Brown said. It Morehead bypass and will be day's Morehead City Council will have a covered drop-off tomidowri in late 2000 or ear­ meeting. .. .., .,,,.,, , -- point with slots that allow ly 2001'i;~\~j=-• .-.:_:_~ -r:~ .:. :..... :\-- ·Fred Brown, president of materials to be put inside the the recycling center's board, i building, and a fence or : Morehead State University said the organization could shrubs could be put around it. has offered to donate land be- look for another location. But Few West Morehead resi­ hind·tlie .old Cowden's Manu­ dents have talked to city offi- -the center's· cost will increase - - . ~--- facturing building on :West cials about the proposed site. · First Street for a new recy- by at least $60,000_ if_ the · board has·.to, buy propei:cy, Pearl Barker, who lives on cling center:' ._ ~- • •. . I ~earby Short Street, said she ·,... Thilfsite'is directly across and tne ·proposed. · 1ocation would be.convenient for.most l).ad heard only ~ few neigh­ f'· th,. ·streei/from the Morehea_d 0·••• Ro wan· ·c-~oun ... ·ti· •. ans.-r·r ,.•. ·-••-"'-:>!

haven't talked to C.M. Newton or respect your fans at all, to go to anybody else about it. So I hate the limits of the rules," Bassett coach Tubby Smith said. "I'm not to speculate." said. "You have to compete." saying anything the courts and "We're going to sit tight," Smith said he has always the NCAA have not admitted. said Newton, "and treat it as been against using the standard­ "The test is geared toward we've been treating it until we cultural differences that people ized test as a criteria. might have. That's the thing that have more information." "I've always felt the test is "It would drastically change needs to be addressed, and I'm something we shouldn't have glad to see it has been ad­ the way we recruit if it goes used," he said. "You've got to dressed." through," Bassett said. "When it have some means of evaluating But Claude Bassett, UK's re­ gets right down to it, far and people who didn't test well and cruiting coordinator for football, away the largest criteria that af­ have been very- successful (in said he supports the idea of stan­ fects whether or not we can offer school).'' dards and hopes the current rules a scholarship to a young man is, Asked about the abuses of are upheld. 'Can this young man come to the system before Prop 48 was "It is immoral and unethical Kentucky and graduate?' " introduced, Smith said he felt to bring a young man into a uni­ And, wondered Bassett, since there were far more positive versity that you know is not go­ UK has been trying to improve strides than negative. ing to graduate," Bassett said. its academic standing, would the "I can cite many examples of "The most important part is that university be willing to lower its people reading on the sixth grade the kid come and get a degree. standards to accept athletes? level that have degrees now and " ... What this is about is the "That's where the head coach are doing well," Smith said. fact that there are standards, and the athletic director are going "There are a lot more positive ex­ there must be standards and that to make some pretty tough deci­ amples. I can promise you that, the standards are under the mi­ sions," Bassett said. "How can the croscope. Bottom line is, the president say, 'We'll accept anyone Gudge) is way off base on this who can throw, punt, catch or run.' one. In my opinion." • But what does it mean for Yet if the rule changes, Bas­ UK, especially with the spring sett said he would feel obliged to signing period for basketball ap­ cha.nge as well. proaching? "The minute the rule changes, "I don't know," Smith said. "I then you ·have no choice, if you

Lexington Heral~ader Thursday, March 11, 1999 Mary Sample, 98, dj.es; last of MSU's ·original faculty ~ l • ,, . H~ERST.iff~; '.. · wer~ recognized in 1960 when Mary Emma Shader Sample, · the university named married the last of Morehead State ·uni- student apartment buildings for versity's seven original faculty each of them. The one named in members, died Tuesday at the her honor is called Shader HalL home of a nephew in Louisville. ,, Mrs. Sample, a Springfield She was 98. ,_. .._.. , , :, ,. . •· " native, was a 1922 graduate'of · Mrs: Sample taught at More- ' the University of Louisville Con­ head in the 1920s after the - servatory of Music. She received school, which had been a private another bachelor's degree from institution, reopened as a public MSU in 1939, . · institution. She was the widow of During her time there, the William J. "Bill" Sample. school was known as Morehead · Services will be at 10 a.m. State Normal School and later as Saturday at Jesus Our Savior Morehead State Normal School Catholic Church in Morehead. and Teachers College. . Visitation will be after 7 p.m. to- Mrs. Sample and her six col- day at Northcutt & Son Home leagues on the original faculty· for Funerals in Morehead. THE COURIER-JOURNAL • THURSDAY, MARCH 11, 1999

Patton fills two. . Cabinet . vacancies•

of regulatory agencies. sides their regulatory nature. Party chief, Marlene Helm, who takes The industries they oversee over the Education, Arts and range from utilities and coal college teacher Humanities Cabinet, teaches mimng to horse racing and liq­ graduate-level . education uor. Other branches include named to post~ classes at Georgetown. Before the public defender program that, she was director of ele­ and the.Board of Tax Appeals. · mentary schools in Fayette By CHARLES WOLFE County. Education, Arts and Human­ Associated Press Helm, of Nicholasville, suc­ ities includes the state library ceeds Roy Peterson, who died system, Kentucky Educational FRANKFORT, Ky. - Gov. in November. McCloud suc­ Television and the Teachers Paul Ration filled two vacan­ ceeds Laura Douglas, who is Retirement System, among ciei in his Cabinet yesterday, leaving to become an attorney other agencies. . adding the chairman of . the for . the Louisville Water Co. Had Patton noi appointed state Democratic Party .and a Both appointments are effec­ Helm, an African American, teacher at Georgetown College. tive Monday. · Peterson's death and Douglas' Ron McCloud, whom Patton Patton has expressed no par­ departure would have left him picked to head the party 18 ticular concern·about turnover . with an.all-white Cabinet. months ago, played !lie "good in his Cabinet. Most of those soldier" when asked to take who left, like Douglas, .did so Patton said Vice Chairman over the Public Protection and ·for higher-paying jobs. · Moretta Bosley of Owensboro ~f.'lation Cabinet, Patton "This is certainly a very would become actini; chair­ stressful existence. It's a fish man of the Democratic Party. 11 His real commitment was bowl," Patton said. "Beyond that, I haven't given to beini; part of this adminis- · Public ·Protection is one of it a whole lot of thought. !ration m whatever capacitr he state government's great amal­ There's not a whole lot of was needed," Patton said 111 a gamations. It has 1,200 em­ races on the ballot," said Pat­ news conference at the Capitol. ployees in a dozen agencies ton, who is unopposed for re­ The cabinet consists mostly that have little in common be- nomination.

~~- . ~~~~-~~~t.-_ - Thegiieit facility. could serve people wJto: come· to .confer­ " the time that the U.S. Supreme !fte Courier.Joumei ;, -::, · ences and contin•-educ:ation Court has ruled that ·it's le~al ,~. . . .:·· ·;::: -,; ,: ~r,· ;:.:"l'1'f... . , events, · guesr __,Jecgtren,·· and for local governmental bodies ·. '·Visitors ,·to ,•lbe · Louisville .-scholars,c:and prosJlllCIIYlr stu­ to issue tax-exempt bonds for Presbyterian Theological Semi­ ·dents Dawson salcl ··•· -:••· ·· · Institutions that are ·affiliated nary woul(I have a place to stay i "~e've !ot pla~s ~~i:neet, · with churches, as long as they on .camP.US if·lbe school ·pro­ 1 are riot "pervasively sectarian.J• ':eeds WJ!h a Pl?JlOSed,$/j'.5 mil- . but we need "a 'place,for people MacDonald said all the facts , hon lodging faci\ity, . ;,-,~ .. to stay," she said. Visitors now. · about the Bellarrnine case were The two-story, 36,000-squar:e- I usually stay in. hotels and I'/!· . n~t.di~elosed early enough. But foot building, designed by Pot, ' quire· transp_ortatiorf · to· and · this-. time ··the commission• is ter &.Co,c Architects,.would be • from the campus. , ...... making -sure residents .are in­ near;, the1former Gardentourt . Residents of Seneca" Gardens . ·formed_ about lbe Presbyterian estate off-Alta Vista Road, said , are being notified ot the meet; . seminary.issue,before the meet- Cathy' Dawson, vice president ing through the city's newslet­ ··ing, he said. - ,· for -seminary relations.·· The ter, .Mayor Jim , MacDonald plans will be considered by the said. The city commission's ap­ seminarx's board of directors at 'proval· of'a. request in 1997 by. its Apnl 23-24 meetj11g, she Bellarniine College · for ·· a said,.,:... - - .. ~420,000 bond issue for lighting The seminary is asking. the improvements drew some oppo­ nearby city .of Seneca Gardens . sit1on and questions from -resi­ to issue· $5.5 million in .educa­ dents. Among those questions tional· development .. revenue was whether bonds should ··be bonds to finance ·thej1roject. issued · to -benefit ·a school Seneca Gardens: wm: hold · a historically-related to a partk:u­ hearing on the project. and in­ lar faith - in Bellarmine•s·case, troduce an ordinance· for the the Catholic Chlll'Ch. ·_., · ... bonds at Its' meeting Monday. BufStephen Berger, an attor­ No city funds are used for tlie· ney who was involved in -the bonds, and lbe city is not liable Bellarmine bond ·issue, said at on the debt ~ · · _.;. . .-... Lexington Heral~ader Thursday, March 11, 1999 Grad honored for helping pave the way to de8egregatio~ at UK Law school launches celebration of lawsuit's 50th_iuµrlv~rsary . · • · · -- - fessors who would make off-color · By Holly E. Stepp ing summer, Johnson and 30 oth- jokes during lectures. HERALl)lEA[)ER EDUCATION WRITER ers enrolled in UK's graduate "I just figured these were the One summer of hard manual programs. Johnson· died in 1997 notes they had been using for · labor in the shipyards as a ·high at the age of 91 after complica- y~," he said "What we call schooler reaffirmed Olien Hin- tio_ns from pneumonia. raCial problems now were just nant's convictions. _ · · UK has planned several other problems for ml!:" · .. "I knew I wanted. to be a events through the summer and UK President Charles "'.iawyer, but after that summer, I · fall, including special plays, con- Wethington also praised the ef- knew-for sure,• he said. certs and lectures. forts of early black students such Hinnant was among the nota- Hinnant, who earned his law as Hinnant and Johnson as steps hies present yesterday as the - that "nudged open the door to end University of Kentucky kicked degree in 1954, said that although desegregation at not just the Uni- five years had passed since the versity of Kentucky, but all of the off a yearlong celebration of the lawsuit, UK still wasn't a welcom- commonwealth.• landmark court case that deseg­ ing place for black students. . 1 Louisville U.S. Attorney Steven regated the university. "I remember coming to the Reed, a 1986 law school graduate, The UK College of Law hon­ building for the first classes, and also spoke at the ceremony. . ored Hinnant, its first African­ some (white) guy greeted me at "The University of Kentucky American graduate, and present­ the door and told me I should be a cannot change its past, let alone ed .lectures on the landmark case. boxer," said Hinnant, who is now that of America; UK exemplifies · · · ·-1n· 1949, the late L~"T. retired from his career as a corpo- tremendous leadership when it -Johnson, a · Louisville scliool­ rate attorney· for State Farm In- recognizes the past, looks it teacher, won a lawsuit that surance. ~ . . squarely in the eye, and honors it ' forced the integration of UK's Hinnant, the only black stu- "The honor, in tum, becomes graduate programs. The follow- dent at the law school for most of a tribute to every UK student or his time there, _also recalled pro- aspirant, black or white, past or present"

Lexington Heralc:H.eader .~ern9i :;ip;,ji;; 2 cabfuet -'-•~ ._,--,_- ..:;.~;;t;.,-;•., ,~ - ' "•"• o> V ...... - ' ,,,._' •""""tan''-- .. • . Patton is running for re-elec­ Education;- fublic Protection tion. The only other statewide and RegulatioiF .os.itions filled secre es...... race, for treasurer, will be decided a:, in May's Democratic primary. ·"'"''-'· ·t~'.'fi- _.;:;,;r;;;0i -~: _"" :: - ••.;.;.;__:-_ --, -.. ·;;1,;-.,...-- ~~,: .... ~ \~•• '""'~~:-_ ' Current Democratic Party By Monica Rlchardaon(;"J, ,.;.a,",.v ·. Helm,,49,-wllo IS a·visitmg professor at vice-chairwoman Moretta Bosley HERAID!EAD£R FRANKRlRT• BUREAU J • ·" ...•.· .. I Georgetown College-and had been in ad­ will become acting chairwoman. FRANKFORT- Marlene Hehn, a long- 1 ministrative roles in.Fayette schools for 14 McCloud, 50, served 18 time educator and former director of elemen­ years, replaces Roy Peterson. He died in months as party chairman and be­ . :•,- -- . tary schools .in Fayette County, is Gov. Paui Novembe!' of lung cancer. . , fore that was senior vice president Patton's choice. to become secretary of the Helm will resign from the · of First American Bank in Ash­ Education, Arts and Humanities Cabinet . Council on Postsecondary Educa- 1 land for 19 years. The Eastern · Patton also tapped Ronald McCloud, cur­ tion, a position Patton appointed Kentucky University graduate, rent chairman of the Kentucky Democratic her to in 1997. ' ",_; · .:.. ·· who lives in Frankfort, also was Party and .. a- fonner. Ash­ Before her years in Fayette, mayor of Worthington in Greenup land banker, to become sec­ where she dealt with board poli­ County from 1983 to 1997. retary ofthe Public· Protec­ cies; the budget and affinnative Patton praised McCloud for his . tion and Regulation Cabi- action, the Nicholasville resident work Democratic Party work and net, a positioi;i that opened· worked with the Scott County for economic development work in last month after .Laura school system arid was a Lexing­ Greenup and Boyd counties. Douglas resigned ,.,,,,.,,._,. ton schoolteacher. "I'm stepping up to a higher Douglas; -who took a "I'm dedicated to education, so level of public service and that's higher paying position as this just feels right," said Helm, a always been my first love," Mc­ vice· president and ·general Kentucky State University gradu­ Cloud said. counsel at the Louisville McCloud ate who has a doctorate in educa­ The Public Protection and Wale!' Co, had been t1ie·1as1: tion from the University of Ken• Regulation Cabinet, with about African-American in Pat­ tucky. "I look forward to enhanc­ 1,200 employees and an annual ton's original· 1995 cabinet ing education, arts and to preserv­ budget of $172 million, oversees until Helm's appointment ing the wonderful art of enhanc­ several inajor regulatory agencies Patton announced the ing this great state." sticli as· the Department of Alco­ two appointees. yesterday The Education, Arts and Hu­ holic Beverage Control at a n11ws 'conference. manities Cabinet has about 1,200 Helm and McCloud · will employees and an estimated $183 start MondayL, ·;: .. million annual budget "Thesidiosiiioiis• are a Patton _said, chuckling, that very stressful existence," Helm - there's only "one, very important said Patton. "Replacil)g -- . . race" he's interested in preparing cabinet ~.has.been an equal chal­ for at this time, so there's no rush lenge." .:,;·~.~:-~:::: _.,,.,,~-:- ~- .rH •• ..._, •• • • Lexington Herald-Leader Thursday, March 11, 1999. Judge dumbs-down rules that· aid college athletes ,f·, . . expensive prospect, the NCAA That's sadly ironic, since a Clarence Page rode to the rescue with new rules disproportionate number of the commonly known as Proposition student athletes who get exploit- SYNDICATED COLUMNIST 48 or, in their latest incarnation, ed and discarded by the collegiate For a while, Proposition 16. _..• , sports _system also are black. at least, it These new rules required - Nevertheless, the judge agreed looked as get this! - students who wanted with the plaintiffs that the goal of though student_ to play. sports as freshmen in col- raising student-athlete graduation athletes might lege to have a high school diplo- rates probably could be accom- actually be re, ma! And, as if that were not plished without the SAT require, quired to be- enough, the NCAA also wanted a menl I hope it can. But it sounds have like stu- minimum standardized test score to me like the judge is giving up dents.Now that's in jeopardy. and grade-point average in 13 too easily. A federal judge has thrown core academic courses! Call me naive, but I still cling out the National Collegiate Athlet- The test score and GPA were to.the belief that black youths can ic Association's minimum test indexed against each other on a compete with others in the acade- score requirement for athletic sliding scale, meaning you could mic arena as well as they do in scholarships. .get away with a lower test score the athletic arena, if they were For now, at least, Judge .. if you had a high GP A and vice given enough encouragement. Ronald L Buckwalter of U.S. Dis: versa. Unfortunately, too many of us trict Court in Philadelphia has . · Either way, you had to have give up too easily. We dumb the . disrupted the NCAA's efforts to. at least an ~O out of a possible standards down instead of trying f~ athletes heading for the 1,600 on the Scholastic Aptitude to smarten the kids up. The NCAA's top two competitive lev, . Test or 66 out of a possible 120 NCAA rules may not be perfect, els - Division I and Division II on the American College Test or but they were trying to raise the :_ to attend actual classes and you would have to sit out your · . academic bar and challenge crack open a book now and then. ~eshn?an year. You could prac- young athletes, the same way Back in the early '80s, you tice WI~ your team, but you their coaches challenge them to may recall a bunch of investiga- · couldn t play. superhuman achievements on the tive report~ and other busybod- ,. .Thanks 1? J(!dge Buckwalter's courts and playing fields. ies began to raise a fussibecause ruhng, our high schools _and col- For a while, the new NCAA many student athletes who could- leges can get ba~k t'? domii: what rules were causing good things to n't read were receiving high:'.---=.~ they do ~t, which is making " happen. High schools, their alum- &l:iool'dipioinas and'rompleting<.' : money, which they ~I! "revenue, ·ni and their athletes of all colors their college eligibility without off the talents of sennliterate ath- were starting to get serious about '00;""' 31) h 1 • -to.. d t- letes, many of whom are too busy books and tests. The national cul- ' . -'.° yw ere c ose gra ua chasing a dream to chase an edu- mg,__ ._ .._._ · .:. __-c_ ___ : _ ___ cation. ture that feeds high school athlet- :· ~t's because many were a~ _ Opponents of th~ new rules _ ics into the huge sports entertain- ~ding schools wher~ no one se- • . could hardly have asked for a ment machine was slowly chang- nously expected them to ~ttend a more sympathetic pair of plain- · ing. -· · · . ~. let a!~ne pay a~ention once tiffs. Leatrice Shaw and Tai Wlio knows? Maybe some- . they got tliere.·•. • •; · ~-:· , •.· K ---- . · thing might have been done to at- It's_im old story, b_ut this time , Wll'! Cureto~,w~e black semors tack the real problem, which is the horror captured the public's ·- m, Philadelp~ s Slillon Gratz . · the substandard education too High School m dl996. They 1!ad . many African-Amen"can kids get imagination. After all, the vast GPAs f 3 5 2 8 respecti I m•;ority of s.. ·dent athle' end ' · ve Y in public schools. •-., "' tes and finished~ ~m the top 10 percen~ . · • up on the streets unemployed of their 305-student class. , N~w all 1:ru!t'~ been, thro';ffi and, in too many cases, uneducat- But neither scored above the !Ilto, disarray until the Judge s rul- ed long before they achieve pro- minimum SAT score. The Wash- mg IS stayed or ovE;rturned or the fessional stardom. ._ • ington-based Trial Lawyers for . NCAA ~mes up ~th !1~w rules. ,· Some of the busybociies even Public Justice sued the NCAA Until then, umvers1ties are suggested that if universities charging that standardized ~t free !O ·raC; to the ~cademic bot- .·were not going to require that .-, scores were racially discriminate- tom m their pursuit of new stu- their student athletes behave like •ry. They liack,;µp their ~ent . de_1:1t athletes, , students, they should pay their · with statistics that showed fF ,, .. Too bad, but I guess that's athletes like professionals, espe- African-Americans score dispro- w!mt happens when the 1:'!CAA cially since the universities are portionately lower than white stu- !Jies .to let a good ~ucation get making millions off their talents. dents with comparable grades m,the way oi playmg games. F_£Jrestalling that potentially and class standing. TRIBUNE MEDIA SERVICES /VJSU Clip Che1~CHIVES

A sam le of recent articles of interest to Morehead State Universit J\l1o.n¥L UNIVERSITY COMMUNICATIONS MOREHEAD STATE UNIVERSITY UPO BOX 1100 MOREHEAD, KY 40351-1689 606-783-2030 Lexfngton Herald-leader _F!iday, March· 12; 1999 ;

Fa1fnesic'~lli~7»ia~k athl~rer1 ~ •. '~~·}::{~J;;'~~·~;:t;'1?~}f:-tt{;~~~_r.}'~::..... ~·.:; ""-~~ ... , l ~ ~%~~~r.::~\,ft - . .Gues(e~ d? no{~f!/sE!Jli~e,.-;:_, J'\VaS a failure ~o ~chieve ~~~T.., ffed Herald-Leader 111CWs:--·~-•· ""'.'~·.··;=•«-•~score:The plaintiffs' lawyers also argued • · :, i-,-. -'. · ~iac'•iO'>il:.:.m, ('U~,;;1;;,~ ~.tj':.',c;f:that the test score was a·flawed'predtctor· ·:. he National Collegiate Athletic-Ass<>- ·::.of academic perfonnance. A:crucial'piece .. : .ciation will need to devise new·eligi-.. :of evidence, plucked from the NCAA's own: - T.bility requirements for-student ath, data, showed that student athletes who fell . 1 ·_ letes tgr~S,,.l!~~~f ;!P._,~""-.·. i!-!;!!~~~~~cu_~ tcJ!t.,~~~ •• -tlil~ti-,.,-z_,,.,... -~ . out at!1if we sante'tiifte w.,ucww1<1_.....,:.:.i,:,',~~;q.'.''~i1/f:;W____ r:Were 11,~LU:U .L!UI )Vere·uenteu a e_ C cu•(' · 't Afncan:Amerlrans·'niiit isthe~:'.·~:•, 0 '~""''"'"·practi=-mea!lllll!·O "'·•• •1n:=_-ct ..,.,, .., ..•• 1••;,r;;•Uuise -R·"a:.,·i.;,"r:_omud·'-'...;t, ··III> -~-~.::.: is~•=.,. ..1 u,e,same.or,even'-"'"· •• ,._,, ,,, ..•_,;_ liefi&_~c!,gra es ··..f.. ·., 1 · L Bw:kwiltef's nilln'gorrMonaa·t:har.tlieYf'JfbaiJ.:11iiise"wh11 liiirel '.met'tne 820 m;:• (• . NcAA1f~rem..,Miiasloi~lgi1Sifttr:laigei-t1~mum:·Those1ie1mf~.1me·w~·most11·1t~ I on sfiiii.'dardi1iif t'a;fsciires is-:',,nfiiif ~to·:;,,~,black, ifuise' aoove:~ere'mootl '.wliiili." ';'. ·'! 6lacks.'The ndiiii(doeiinot meaii''l:bat&l."'''*"The --1amtiffs md not'deii Yfliatefforti ., 1eges shou!d:abandon t!ieir' worihvvhil~ and.""''.ti, ~·~trance· stmdards f~ student ath- . Decl'S$3;r{efforndp"improve:graduation -:~ 1:;~Jefes)iaii'led to a)ifc\destµiiprovemeiit in.· J rates a'inongalbletes'. It does mean niicliiig ·' ;•gtaduaticiii rails: Biitthey' argued improve'.~ fairer ir.ixs:to,measure academic potential .~,ment liad been achieyed at j:he expense of · ; At:issue in•the case, brought by four ·. -.'."'denying eligibility, and in·many.cases ath- . b!ack'siudent alliletes who wenHweil'ineP'" !etic schohirslii •to a dis ,. rtioriilte .,,1i,J . iblt'··~ . ., ris'intheir-msbroao'';,iu-"','!;-·• . ti!geofb1/icks.A: ~~. neii~1 tgibeca use.se.iif O.. .: ,>:,~"""'-' OW.auuu:,,,,ons.scores,JV"S "...... -.. ,.-, .x a.::,'°,": ., __ ,d.'Jrf;IL ..'.~uwwuu ... ,_.,.,..1"1U.ID•liM "''"'·'"~ llD 'an.www-;:, .,_~'.,;,,.;:,,·,., .. J:t• "~»•c,...,,Pro·" • • 16_ Jiisti'·• led.'-'•''•;,:.:~.;,,'•"~'.' 'u,1;;,;:;,·,.;•·•" .,_. ,.~•·•"'-~v,·J rul e kiipwp:as:. pos1tion· .. tu _ '!I.•.·.:uwuen7"'a~---ate;l!D '::.m• .,,<1,<.ii •·.•·,.,.,,1· !l96 'ed. to' ,.• ,.. ,.,;;;.,··•"•-=~•,. ·-·-··bla'""~ ·'"t ,;a•,,'1

The Daily Independent. Ashland, Kentucky, Sunday, March 21, 1fisJ

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Rosemary Carlson, Morehead S~e Unlverslty~s coordinator of the MBA program,

works In • computer lab for the program. MSU's MBA ._program going online by fall notes and their "grade book" She taught MSU's first on­ By TOM. LEw1s and will be able to take OF THE DAILY INDEPENDENT line class in 1996. Other class­ quizzes and take part in class es have also used compressed eginning this fall, discussions, she said, video - an interactive ·audio Morehead State and video presentation where University will be -~'1'4~"),!/f?~.-·:·· :ic..':f;'.~ .... :.·~ a teacher and students at dif­ the first school in nnouthalt;ofitne-12, -.- , -· ;,, ferent sites can communicate. Kentucky to offer class' - - · · A:·"-'"'~ ' B .,..... ~- ,· '~;\ '-_, ' '"'{f:'~'A But Carlson noted that its entire master of business . with compressed video, stu­ administration degree on-line dents' still have to be in a cer­ over the Internet. · tain place at a certain time to That means instead of hav­ receive instruction. , ing to show up at a set time in "They can do anything they "The crucial issue, specifi­ a specific classroom that may could do in a traditional class­ cally for MBA .students, is ac­ be miles from a student's room," she added. "It's just cess to education," she said. home, course materials will be that instead of staring at a MSU's use of distance available 24 hours a day, sev­ teacher, they're looking at a learning technology in its en days a week, on any com­ computer screen." puter with Internet access. With the added scheduling MBA program __has -~!eady In fact, .,said Dr. Rosemary flexibility and other features paid dividends, she said. Carlson, professor of finance that the Internet brings to a Since it began offering courses and coordinator of MSU's class, Carlson said she felt the via compressed video and the MBA program, there will be move on-line would improve Internet in 1996 - when it no classroom lectures. MSU's MBA program. had 75 students-enrollment "Most of our students are If students do not have in the MBA program has in­ already full-time profession­ home computers, they will creased 300 percent. als. and to come to the cam­ have access to any of MSU's Carlson said the main goal pus for a class at night is often computer labs across Eastern of moving the MBA program difficult with family consider- Kentucky, Carlson said. on-line is to better address students' needs in MSU's 22- ations," Carlson said. About half of the 12 classes in the MBA program are of­ county service area. But she When students log on to said students overseas are al­ MSU's World Wide Web site fered on-line already. "But we'll be upgrading those pro­ ready taking some of the to do MBA coursework, they classes on-line, and the move will have access to lecture grams, fine-tuning those pro­ grams," Carlson said. to 100-percent on-line will . ' < /1/11?.A r;~~rctv-- - further open the program to students globally. She said the on-line MBA program might be submitted for consideration as part of the Commonwealth Virtual University, established in 1997 higher education reform legislation. That "university" will serve as a hub for programs offered by all Kentucky public univer­ sities via distance learning.

Th!! Daily Independent. Ashland, Kentucky, Sunday, March 14, 1999 Rules have changed; binge drinking is serious business at MSU It II11ght be easy to dismiss ByRoNEAGUN this article as the same old message that students have As a university teacher, heard from parents and oth­ parent and grandparent, I am ers. But the truth is that we deeply concerned about the scourge of binge drinking can no longer rely on the which is evident on virtually methods of the past in dealing every campus in this country, with a problem that is out of including Morehead State control. We are serving notice University. to our students at MSU that This truly is a national binge drinking is not accept­ problem and hardly a week able behavior and that we are goes by without someone's life redefining "intervention" on ending because of alcohol poi­ this campus. soning. Yes, we are serious about Alcohol abuse is the most confronting. this problem and insidious form of self-destruc­ we are ·enlisting the help of tive behavior because too the entire campus to find new many of our young people do approaches to shed light on not recognize alcohol as their the dangers of binge drinking. enemy. Instead, they see it as We also are committed to new a means of being accepted by efforts to change the behavior their peers or as an easy way of students who believe drink­ to overcome shyness or loneli­ ing is a harmless way to so­ ness. cialize. The hard, cold fact is that Some may say we are try­ alcohol abuse causes more ing to be too parental but one deaths, serious injuries and of our new initiatives will be medical problems among col- to contact parents when de­ lege-age persons than all oth­ pendent students commit er forms of substance abuse their first offense of alcohol combined. intoxication. Parental engage­ It also has been identified ment will be increased if the as ·a major factor in serious self-destructive behavior per­ academic problems experi­ sists, and if all else fails, we enced by students. intend to send problem However, the risk does not drinkers home to stay. end when someone survives . In short, we are not going to look the other way wliile stu­ binge drinking as a college dents endanger themselves student. Studies show that al­ and other members of our uni­ cohol abuse at this age can versity community. We know lead to a shortened life filled that binge drinking ·can lead with pain, disappointment to alcohol poisoning, auto ac­ and economic disaster. cidents, unprotected and/or Morehead State University unwanted sex, violence, seri­ has a good educational pro­ ous injury and death. gram to alert our students to My 'wife and I sent all four the dangers of binge drinking, and we have dedicated. con­ of our children to college, .and cerned counselors available fo we feel strongly that most help anyone who feels at risk. parents would want to be in­ In addition, a newly-formed formed if their sons and task force of students, faculty daughters are involved in ir­ and staff is developing recom, responsible drinking. This is a serious problem, and we at mendations for more educa­ MSU are committed to giving tion programs and how to deal it serious attention - start- with students whose binge ing now! ' drinking violates the univer­ sity's rules and regulations. RONALD EAGLIN is the presi­ dent of Morehead State Univer­ sity• ... ,.. ... ,,e""'' '·-·-·------Wednesday, March 17. 1999 THE MOREHEAD NEWS FRIDAY MORNING, MARCH 12, 1999 Mary Sample 1901-1999 MOREHEAD - Mary Emma ling Church, leaving Morehead Shader Sample, 98, o( 113 N. at 6 a.m. and returning at 6 Wilson Avenue, Morehead, died p.m. Tue1day, March 9 in Louisville A longtime member of the at the home of her nephew, Morehead Woman'a Club, she Edwin Shader Jr. held several local, district, and She wae born Feb. 23, 1901 at state offices. She wa■ also an .Springfield to the late Jobn Car­ avid bridi!e player• roll and Sophia Hagan Shader. In adclit1on to her parents, A graduate of the University she was preceded in death by of Louisville Conservatory of her husband, William J. (Bill) Music and Morehead State Sample, a Morehead busineee­ Teachers College, she was a man, on April 12, 1970; a sister, member of the firot marching Mary Louise Shader, on July 29, band. She taught music at the 1994, and a brother, Edwin H. old Morehead Christian Normal Shader Sr., on March 11, 1996. School and wao one of the origi­ nal seven faculty members at Surviving are several Morehead State Teachers Col­ nephews and nieces. lege when it became a public Funeral service■ were set for institution in 1922. Shader Hall, Saturday, March 13 at 10 a.m. located on the Morehead State at Jeaua Our Savior Catholic University campus, is named in Church with Father Steve Gal­ her honor. lenstein officiating and burial at A faithful member of Jesus the Lee Cemetery. Our Savior Catholic Church, she Visitation i• all day Friday at and Grace Ford were especially Northcutt & Son Home for in1trumental in getting the Funerals. Catholic Church e1tablished in Memorial contributions may Morehead in 1946. Prior to that be made to Jesus Our Savior time, she would travel by train Catholic Church or Morehead to attend Masa at a Mount Ster- State Univer■ity.

Lexington Herald-Leader Sunday, March 21, 1999 Cave Run .Lake draws ultra distance racers By Unda B. Blackford HERALDlEADER STAFF WRITER The view might be worth the climb. It looks out . SALT LICK - It's not for the a 360-degree vista of brown hills, faraway small faint of heart or the weak of towns and the steel-gray waters of Cave Run Lake. knees. "Of course, we had to do that," said Ginny Turner, But for a group of intrepid who traveled to Kentucky from Portland, Ore. Turner athletes, a SO-mile run through gave up the Maui Marathon to run in Kentucky, .to the Daniel Boone National Forest help fulfill her goal of a race in every state this year. in Bath County makes for a per­ She had already tripped on one of the trails and fect, even relaxing, Saturday. hurt her right hand, which was swelling and turning "We're having a ball!" called blue with a finger that was probably broken. out Cynthia Ethington of Shelby­ But Turner shrugged it off. "! don't need it to run ville, as she and some friends trot• with, I don't even feel it now." ted down a leafy trail near Tater Although foreign to most people, long, long, Knob. long-distance running is the norm for a few. They had hit the 12-mile mark For centuries, the Tarahumara Indians of the and had 38 more to go in the third Copper Creek Canyon in Mexico ran after wild game annual Kentucky Ultra Run, a for days, waiting for the prey to tire out and be killed course that winds its way through for food. Today, members of the Tarahumara run the trails around Cave Run Lake. 100-mile races in the United States to raise money for The Ultra Run is not competi­ their tribe. tive and there are no awards. "To some extent you experience what Native "It's a way to enjoy nature Americans would have felt," said Andrew Colee, a and get in some good running," 52-year-old retired engineer who lives near Pensaco­ said organizer Herb Hedgecock. la, Fla. When Hedgecock started the "I feel free and I get to enjoy the wildlife." he said yesterday. "I like to travel, I love to run, I love nature run three years ago, only about 12 and this allows me to get out into the woods." people showed up. Yesterday they Colee calls this kind of long-distance running were expecting 50, from as far uaddictive." away as Florida and Oregon. He said he might get tired during the first 20 The race started at 7 a.m., and miles but '"by mile 30 you may feel great again." would continue for some people Leo Lightner of Cleveland agreed. Ultra runs make until 6 p.m. the 70-year-old feel "euphoric." Last year, he ran 100 The course started at the miles in 29 hours, ,vith brief stops for food and water. Clear Creek parking lot. At the Back at the parking lot, there was no finish line, old iron furnace, runners hit the just a box of bananas parked next to someone's truck. first of six steep hills. near a wire basket full of raw eggs, for those who need 7eople like that. It's much harder, of course, but instant protein replenishment after running all day. thats the challenge," Hedgecock said. "It's definitely habit-forming," Lightner said. As a special treat for these ultra participants, "People who run these ultras, we're kind of crazy they could pass by the Tater Knob fire tower. So af. and we admit it." ter running nearly 12 miles up and down the sides of mountains. the runners could jog straight up a rocky knob to a 35-foot fire tower. ihe Dailv lndepenaent. Ashland, Kentucky, Wednesday, Maren 17. 1999

By JOHN FlAVELL/0FTHE DAILY INDEPENDENT Morehead State freshman Kyle Umberger put up solid numbers this season. Umberger makes most of freshman year at MSU tucky 91-69. He followed that By ROCKY STANLEY up with 15 points and seven OF THE DAILY INDEPENDENT rebounds against Middle Ten­ MOREHEAD - 'Morehead State basket­ nessee and a 20-point, six-re­ ball coach Kyle Macy said he expected fresh­ bound performance against man Kyle Umberger to provide solid backup Tennessee Tech - both More­ minutes this season. head victories. As it turned out, both Umberger and MSU The Eagles beat Austin turned plenty of heads around the Ohio Val­ Peay in the opening round of ley Conference. the OVC Tournament, aided The Eagles won 13 games and reached the by Umberger's 14 points and semifinal round of the OVC Tournament. five rebounds. Umberger, the 6-foot-7 forward from Ash­ During those four games. land, had much to do with Morehead's turn­ · Umberger was 27-for-40 from around from a 3-23 record in Macy's first sea­ the field. son as head coach. "We played good basketball ;v\ore.. -r A year after winning All-Area Player of down the stretch and I was the Year honors with the Ashland Tomcats. glad to be a part of it," said Umberger emerged as one of the OVC's top the soft-spoken Umberger. freshmen. "Everybody was working It just so happened that he played along­ hard. We knew where we side Erik Brown, a multi-talented newcomer wanted to go." who averaged 19 points and was named the Morehead's season ended league's Freshman of the Year. with a 92-69 loss to OVC While Brown's slashing and soaring style heavyweight Murray State, grabbed the attention of fans and opponents but Umberger and MSU had alike, Umberger quietly went about building already proven much to them· a strong foundation for what promises to be selves. an outstanding college career. "We got a taste of what The agile big man averaged 9.7 points and winning is about, and it tast­ ,i.3 rebounds while playing 26.l minutes per ed real good, " Umberger said. game. "We want to build on that for "There's no question that Kyle had a real next year." good year," Macy said. "He even exceeded e;<· Now that the basketball pectations. I thought he would gwe us sohd season has ended, Umberger's backup minutes, but he started several focus is pulling up his GPA af­ games and played very well. ter a weak first semester. ·'Look at his numbers. They compare with "I didn't meet certain stan­ anvbody on the team." dards that were set, but I've °Umberger made 12 starts. including the been improying," he said. Eagles' last five games. He averaged 15 Umberger plans to spend points during the late stretch that covered the summer in Morehead. the final three games of the re!!lllar season Along with taking classes and and two OVC Tournament contesl.s. working camps. he will intro­ First Umberger had 15 points and eie:ht duce himself more to the rebounds as MSU trounced Eastern Ken- weight room. · ►Umberger "The college game is a lot bounds against Tennessee more physical and I know I Tech, followed by 16 points have to get stronger," Um­ and 10 rebounds in a two­ berger said. "Last summer, I point victory over Eastern Illi­ had a job. I didn't really do nois. much except gain weight." "I didn't know that I would When preseason condition­ contribute as much as I did." ing started, Umberger was Umberger said. "It was up to playing catch-up. He dropped me how hard I worked as to 19 pounds to reach his target how much I played." range of 220-225. Morehead recovered from Morehead lost seven of its its slow start to finish 9-9 in first 11 games, but Umberger OVC play. began to make an impact. His "I think I would have been first start came in game four happier if we had won more and Umberger responded games earlier in the season," with 14 points and seven re­ Umberger said. "We had a bounds in a loss at Marshall. couple of players out and that Two games later, he had 15 hurt us. We picked it up at the rebounds against UT-Martin. end, I'm happy about that." After a midseason slump, he had 21 points and nine re-

The Daily lnde~endent. Ashland, Kentucky, Thursday, March 18. 1999

Morehead State University stu­ Morehead resident: dents must pay this restaurant tax even at the campus cafeteria and 'I feel your pain' restaurants. Do they think that's progress? Ask them. I've been reading the letters re­ Our mayor and many high-ranking garding the proposed occupational tax city employees (non-police) enjoy the for Ashland and the restaurant tax for use of city owned vehicles to drive to Russell. And as Bill Clinton often and from work including stops to shop, says, I say: "I feel your pain!" in the name of "being on call." Oh, and To all who live in Ashland and Rus­ by the way. Our mayor lives but two sell, why not move to Morehead where blocks from city hall. our property tax has been increased Is Morehead council killing the over 40 percent in the past few years. goose that laid the golden egg? Maybe where we have both a city and a coun­ Ashland and Russell leaders should ty occupational tax. a newly passed 3 learn from their "progressive" neigh­ percent city restaurant tax, and water bors. bills that just have been increased by So when you think about it, living city council by about 40 percent. in Ashland or Russell might not be There's speculation the council will such a bad situation after all. raise our sewer rates in the near fu­ I do however applaud your writers ture. and others for demanding more from The council just authorized our your elected officials. I guess we in mayor and a city council member Morehead are just too ·'progressive ... $3,000 each to travel to our adopted sister city in Ireland. The justification? Paul D. Thompson Our mayor said, '.'They invited us." Morehead He also said all "progressive" fourth-class cities in Eastern Ken­ tucky have a restaurant tax. That cer­ tainly makes me get all excited to go out and buy an extra hamburger! The Sunday Independent, Ashland, Kentucky, March 21, 1999

The agency's new two-year Head Start lease was approved by the plans July move Rowan County Board of Edu­ cation on Tuesday. MOREHEAD - Gateway The group will lease three Head Start will lease space in classrooms for $500 per the Rowan County school sys­ tem's kindergarten building month per classroom. The beginning July 1. kindergarten building is on The group was forced to Ky. 32 near Cave Run Clinic. find a new location when Morehead State University opted not to apply for grants to house the program. MSU's , Breckinridge Hall, which had been the site of Gateway Head Start for more than 30 years, is scheduled to be ren­ ovated in the near future. '--<.i..-µruJ~ i~1a1d · ~~ , I ·-;y~ ~ , 1Y!_ o.ri..u-u 15 , I ~ 1'1 Plan wolild link funds 1D state universities' goals,_ perfon11an~s I "I have to give it to the council The college-going rate for the By Holly E. Stepp staff for coming up with a plan nation is about 65 percent; about HERAUJ.l£AOER EDUCATION WRITER that makes good use of bench­ 45 percent of Kentucky's high In the world of higher education, filling the marks," he said. school graduates go to college. universities' coffers often means packing the Kustra, however, said a uni­ According to council figures, classrooms with warm bodies. versity's mission should play a reaching that goal will mean 'That, many say, forces universities to offer all role in determining performance bringing 80,000 more students manner of classes and degrees to attract as many goals. into universities and colleges. students as possible, even if the programs are "Eastern has prided itself on 'That's l½ times more than the mediocre at best current enrollment Meeting the The state's Council on Postsecondary Educa­ being a university of access and taking students who may not national average for public higher tion is working on a plan to make that practice a education funding - which in­ thing of the past have had the best preparation or ACT scores," Kustra said. cludes state-tax money plus tu­ And if it is successful, it could achieve a key ition and fees - will cost about goal of the 1997 higher education reform act - "It concerns me that we may be judged on our graduation rates $450 million more. ending the competition and petty squabbles Davies is the first to admit among the universities. without receiving any additional help to move those students from those are big numbers. Council President Gordon Davies today will "But I want everyone to hear present a plan to tie a portion of universities' the freshman year to the sopho­ more year." them," he said. "Everyone should funding to how well they educate and graduate know what it takes to meet the students, and whether certain academic programs But other legislators worry goals that have been set for us." progress toward national prominence. about equity in funding among "The growth becomes planned growth, not the universities. growth for its own sake," Davies said. "I'm afraid that some regions The council is not expected to vote today, but may be left out or shortchanged "It moves the funding plan should be fillalirei hy July. more than they are now," said The old funding formula - which closely away.from a Rep. John Will Stacy, D-West Lib­ one-size:fits­ Jinked dollars to how many stu­ erty. dents were enrolled at a universi­ "It shouldn't matter where a all approach ty and how many buildings and student grew up, they should find wfunding programs it had - was eliminat­ a high-quality education at any of universities.• the universities," he said. ed as part of the 1997 higher edu­ Gordan Davte,, cation reform act Davies said the proposed Council on Often, the state was unable to funding plan would recognize the Postsecondary fund the entire budgets the formu­ differences in the universities' Education, on a la produced. 'That prompted col­ scopes and missions and would new funding leges to appeal directly to legisla­ fund them accordingly. formula that tors for money - touching off "It moves away from a one­ would abandon scrambles for extra dollars and size-fits-all approach to funding the old plan of pet projects. . universities," Davies said. tying a portion Funding the universities will of dollars to -the The new three-part plan in­ number of cludes a funding base, as well as be critical to the state's efforts to students at a extra money for meeting certain create a populace that is as edu­ university goals and incentives to pursue cated as the rest of the nation by state goals. 2020 - the bottom line for the re­ Davies said the incentives form act. should be closely tied to what the universities should ultimately be. "The regional comprehensive universities might have incentive funds that would really evaluate How the plan works their contributions to their com­ munities," he said. Most legislators and universi­ ty presidents have greeted the plan with cautious optimism. During a recent meeting of ·a legislative committee that over­ sees budgets and education, some legislators wondered if the plan would offer realistic and equitable funding goals. "I am very encouraged by the approach I've seen so far," said Rep. Harry Moberly, D-Richmond, House budget committee chair­ man. "It will be very important to make sure those performance and incentive funds are tied very closely to what we want our uni­ versities to be," Moberly said. Eastern Kentucky University President Robert Kustra agreed. Lexington Herald-leader Monday, March 15, 1999 Funding proposal isn't a new idea in Ky. universities By Holly E. Stepp the Council on Postsecondary Ed- HERALDWDER EDUCATION \',1lf1ER ucation, said that under this in- Performance funding has carnation of perfonnance fund­ been a buzzword in secondary-eel- ing, universities wouldn't be pe­ ucation reform for years, but only nalized for falling short of their recently has it caught on in the goals. higher education arena And the state has no A proposed funding ----- plans to take perfor­ plan for Kentucky's uni- Under the rnance funding to the ex- versities includes tying a plan f 11r trernes other states have. portion of dollars to stu- ,,,,f; In South Carolina, all dents' graduation rates P~•Jllr· of the nearly $700 million and equal-opportunity mance budget is distributed ac- goals. funding, cording to how the state's It's an idea that the universities 11 colleges and universi­ state has toyed with be- wouldn't be ties meet their perfor- fore. penalized f11r mance goals.

N'earthelythenthr-Coeeunc,:learson falling slwrt_ "I think when so ago much money is involved Higher Education ap- of their the perfonnance require- proved a version of per- goals. ments become very per- fonnaiJce funding that functory," Davies said forced universities to Most of Kentucky's meet certain goals to get their en- university presidents are recep­ tire budget allocation. live to some sort of performance · Eastern Kentucky University funding. was the only school to lose mon- "We have done this before," ey under the previous plan; it lost said Ron Eaglin, president of about $230,000 in 1995-96 be- Morehead State University. cause its graduation rate fell "I think as long as the criteria short of its goal is carefully thought out, as it Gordon Davies, president of seems to be, we will welcome it"

THE COURIER-JOURNAL• TIJESDAY, MARCH 16, 1999 .College council would like to link funding, scores

By CHARLES WOLFE Greenberg said a previous council heard a presenta• Associated Press tion on performance-based funding in October 1996. "It's 2½ years later, and we still don't have a measurement of FRANKFORT, Ky. - It sounded simple: Require Ken­ academic performance," he said. tucky's universities to publish their graduates' scores on Walter Baker of Glasgow said he was generally sup­ exams for law and medical school, engineering licenses portive of Greenberg's proposal, and Ba1

Lexington Herald-Leader Saturday, March 13, 1999 ogy sounds good, and moving from 43rd to a 19th place ranking in 50 Kentucky lags in states since 1997 is remarkable, we still have computers sitting in boxes be­ readying schools cause schools aren't wired and teachers are untrained in their usage. That is for technology unacceptable and inexcusable perfor­ A headline in the Feb. 26 edition mance, particularly since the state has reads "State gets A's in technology: 63 had almost 10 years to put its technolo­ percent of Ky. classrooms fully wired." gy requirement into effect. If the headline writer or anyone else Praise from three studies recogniz­ thinks 63 percent warrants a grade of ing achievement that only comes to 63 A, the need for revising teacher educa­ percent isn't worth the paper it's writ­ tion is even greater than I feared. ten on. A state four points from the As a college teacher, I can tell you normal standard for failure in installa­ 63 percent is not only an unacceptable tion and use of technology won't at­ performance rating in my classroom, tract companies needing people who but four points from real failure in the can access and process information. administrative sense. What is more Until we refuse to support and en­ important, however, is that my stu­ able excuses for inadequate perfor­ dents learn that, without challenging mance and hold legislators, teachers, requirements and meeting high stan­ students, and parents accountable, this dards of actual achievement with or state deserves new Lexington comput­ without technical support, they're go­ er entrepreneur Alan Murray's descrip­ ing to be barely getting by. tion of Kentucky: the "Death Valley of While recognition for progress in venture capital." Alyce Grover distribution and teacher use of technol- Somerset' -lJESOAY MARCH 16. 1999

"HE COURIER-JOURNAL Better pay for teachers Much is being made of the need to increase standards The Daily Independent. Ashl_and, Kentucky, Saturday, March 20, 1999 for public school teachers. Pubhc perception is that classrooms are filled with in• competent teachers with limited knowledge of their subject matter. While this is a A step backwards gross exaggeration, here is part of the problem: In this day of low unem­ ploymen~ corporate recruiters Lowering standards wrong approach are battling one another to A federal court ruling strik­ age and below the threshold for snare top students. Starting ing down the NCAA's academic salaries are easily $40,000 and admission to many major up. A friend's son just graduat­ standards for freshman ath­ schools. ed from the University of Ken­ letes is a step backwards for in­ Buckwalter may have had a tuckv and immediately started tercollegiate athletics - a step at foyota at $47,000. With better case if the number of overtime, be expects to make back toward the bad old days black athletes on college teams over $70,000 this year. The when talented athletes would had declined since 1986. They scenario Is the same for nearly complete their college eligibili­ all top students. haven't. And the number of Now why in God's name ty without being close to earn­ black athletes who earn their would a top student want to ing the academic credits need­ degrees has increased in the become a teacher at $22,000? ed for graduation. And then peak out at $40,000 past 13 years. after two more degrees and 20 Judge Ronald Buckwalter The higher standards have years? Add the constant criti­ ruled in Philadelphia that the prevented some talented ath­ cism,· stress and pressure that NCAA's 13-year-old freshman teachers are currently under, letes from playing as freshmen, and it becomes painfully obvi• eligibility standards have an but those are the young people ous why top students are not "unjustified impact against whose high school records and entering the classroom. And it African-Americans." He point­ also becomes obvious why college test scores clearly indi­ teacher morale is a problem. ed out that fewer blacks than cate that they are going to have If the public wants top whites were able to meet the a difficult time being a success­ scholars in the classroom; it is academic standards. . going to have to Pl!Y for-them. ful college student. Rush them Teaching Is much like the To understand the resoning into the limelight of major col­ ministry - it Is a calling. The behind the NCAA's 1986 deci­ lege athletics and the task of vast majority of teachers are sion to raise its acadmic re­ quite competent and extreme­ succeeding in the classroom be­ ly dedicated. Unfortunately, a quirements, one must harken comes even more difficult. calling that is underpaid and back to the early 1980s. A se.­ What the NCAA standards underappreciated does noth­ ries of investigations revealed ing for the spirit or the family have done is force young ath­ bank account. athletes who could barely read letes to spend more time on still being able to complete LARRY WILLIS academics. Talented high English teacher their four years of athletic eligi­ Campbellsville, Ky. 4271 B bility at major universities. school athletes - blacks and Once they were no longer eligi­ whites - are fully aware that ble to play varsity sports, most they must maintain a 2.5 aver­ lost their scholarships and age and complete the required were returned to society with­ high school courses to play as out possessing the skills neces­ college freshmen. They know sary to succeed in life outside of they have to possess the knowl­ athletics. edge necessary to make reason­ Instead of demanding the able scores on the college en­ athletes also be students, many trance exams. In other words, universities were using these thanks to the NCAA standards, teens to help the schools earn more ahtletes are cracking the millions of dollars in revenue in books at an earlier age. their big-time sports programs. If Buckwalter's ruling sur­ · This exploitation of young ath­ vives on appeal, the NCAA letes fell disproportionately on need not rush to lower the aca­ blacks. demic standards. There is an­ Since 1986, athletes who other option: Return to the want to play as freshmen must days when all freshmen were meet these academic stan­ barred from playing varsity dards: A high school grade sports. For even the brightest point average of at least 2.5; students, a case can be made successful completion of 13 core for giving athletes time to ad­ academic courses, and scores of just to the academic rigors of 820 out of 1.600 on the SAT or college life before entering the 17 out of 36 on the ACT - pressure-filled, high-profile scores below the national aver- world of college athletics. · • ...... ,_...,, 111...1 1-uvvn1 ... ML FR1DAY, MARCH 19, 1999 Kentucky colleges lag in rankings of graduate schools Purdue's executive master of UK's graduate program in business administration pro­ One exception: pharmacy tied for the nation's gram ranked 15th and its busi­ third best and Purdue's tied for ness school placed 20th. IU's fifth in the U.S. News rankings. UKpharmacy {!K's !)N!rmacy college also business school tied for 21st. program is No. 3 tied for third last year, and U.S. · IU's medical school tied for News has COMistently rated it >list overall and tied for 33rd in as one of the nation's be51. the field of primary care. By MICHAEL JENNINGS Among law schools, UK's Among other health disciplines, The Courier.Journal cracked the ma!lazine's toii 50 IU tied for 10th and Purdue for by tying for 50fh place, while ·18th in audiology: the Universi­ New rankings of graduate Notre Dame's tied for 21st and ty of Indianapolis tied for 20th schools show that Kentucky's IU's tied for 36th. According .to i!J physica_l therapy; and Purdue universities still have a Ion~ U.S. News, IU's law school ex­ tied for fifth, IU tied for sev­ way to go to reach the ambi­ ce.s in health law and Notre enth and Indiana State Univer­ tious goals spelled out for them sity tied for 36th in speech pa­ in a 1997 law. Dame's in trial advocacy. thology. Based on its quali(Y. ratings, The aMual rankings by U.S. The magazine ranked Pur­ News & World Report - which U.S. News arranges other law due's engineering program as will be released today on the schools in three tiers. U of L's the nation's nintli best and said Internet and Monday on news­ Brandeis School of Law moved it is especially strong in nuclear stands - · the University of into the second tier after being placed in the third tier last en~ng. IU's graduate pro­ Kentucky'f:harmacy program gram ID education tied for 13th. its customary high mark and year. The law schools at Val­ suggest that the law schools at paraiso University and North­ Among doctoral programs, UK and the University of Louis­ ern Kentucky Umversity made Purdue tied for 25tli in math­ ville and UK's College of Nurs- · the thittl tier in this year's ematics and IU tied for 17th in rankings. Engl!5h, 19t_h in history, 15th in ing might be improving. · poli11cal science, 18th in psy­ Otherwise, they give no sign UK's nursing college also chology and 13th in sociology, that graduate programs at Ken­ made a top 50 showing, tying Among master's degree pro­ tucky's state universities are at­ for 48th. IU's graduate nursing grams, JU tied for 16th in cre­ taining the quality the state en­ program tied for 12th. - ative writing, 23rd in drama visions for them. The 1997 law IU's music school tied for and theater and sixth in fine says that by 2020, UK should · second in the rankings, and its arts. be. ranked _!l,IIK)llg the nation's program in opera and voice top 20 public umversities and was rated as the nation's best. U of L should be a "nationally Purdue's doctoral program in recognized metropolitan re­ analytical chemistry won the search university." top rating, though Purdue's The magazine gives high overall doctoral program in rankings to many graduate and chemistry tied for 18th. professional programs at Indi­ IU's music-librarian program ana University arid Purdue Uni• was rated the nation's best, versity. The law school at the Overall, IU's graduate-librarian University ·of· Notre Dame is program tied for sixth place. also ratecfhigbly.

The Daily lndependel)t, Ashland, Kentucky, Tuesday, March 16, 1999 Debate ongoing on-requiring schools to publish graduates' exam scores Council member Norma The scores could be com­ . By CIWIUS WoLR Adams · of Somerset said pared to those of students at ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER "funding should be tied to per­ benchmark institutions. FRANKFORT - It sound­ formance as soon as it can be." Greenberg said. ed simple: Require Kentucky's Philip Huddleston of Bowling Greenberg said a previous universities to publish their Green said the funding issue council. heard a_ presentation graduates' scores on exams was "simply too important not on · performance-based fund­ 1 for law and medical school to have some academic crite­ ing in October 1996. "It's 2 /, engineering licenses and th~ ria.• years later, and we still don't like. · Greenberg, a hospital exec­ have a measurement of acade­ "I've got to believe, in a bil­ l1tive from Louisville, called mic performance," he said. lion-dollar industry, this is for requiring the institutions Walter Baker of Glasgow not a new thought," Ronald ti! report annu_~l.!Y.....tb.~. mean said he was generally sup­ Greenberg, a member of the scores and ranges of academ­ portive of Greenberg's propos­ state Council on Postsec­ ic, professional, technical and al, and Baker added an idea of ondary Education, said after licensing exams taken by his own: Compare the bar-ex­ making the suggestion Mon­ their graduates. am pass-fail rates of Ken­ day. tucky's three law schools. Numerous questions or ob­ Not new, perhaps, and cer­ I've got to believe, in a jections were raised. tainly not simple. There was billion-dollar industry, Council President Gordon an implication that future Davies said "academic" exams funding of the institutions this is not a new thought. would be based, at least in Ronald Greenberg part, on the information. A di­ vided _council de~lined to ap­ Council on prove 1t, but the idea remains Postsecondary alive. Education could include tests given in ··Not all students go on to class. Lee Todd. a council law school or medical school member from Lexington. not­ or engineering or whatever it ed that not all engineering may be," Ransdell said. But students pursue licenses. an incentive to produce stu­ Steve Barger said perfor­ dents who score highly on mance-based funding should such entrance or licensing ex­ be done comprehensivelv not ams could tempt an institu­ piecemeal as in Greenb~rg's tion to put its money in those suggest10n. areas to the detriment of oth­ . Western Kentucky Univer­ ers, he said. sity Presi_dent Gary Ransdell. who was m the audience. said Huddleston, of Bowling Greenberg's recommendation Green, said Davies and other seemed to suggest all stu­ critics should realize that de~ts would take entrance or some council members feel exit exams. strongly about funding tied to It does not take into ac­ academic performance. count, for example, the histo­ ry graduate who goes into the family business. Ransdell said m an interview.

The Sunday Independent, Ashland, Kentucky,Sunday, March 21, 1999 College applications up nationwide . 1ternet, rising number of graduates fuel the surgE ment man­ dling, he says some students By ROBIN Es1R1N agement, said are applying to more schools ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER many of the to see where they can get the BOSTON - The growing applicants best financial package, and took advantage of the school's electronic access makes that use of the Internet combined electronic forms. with a surge in high school The Web, he said, "is cer­ easier. graduates helped boost the tainly giving us and our col­ Almost all of the 1,000 par­ number of college applications leagues a lot more exposure." ticipating CollegeLink schools submitted last year, said sev­ It used to be prospective are reporting an increase in eral school officials. applicants learned about col­ applications of 3 percent to 5 Although most colleges leges by sending away for percent this year, Paxton don't accept applications via brochures or poring over hefty said, and the percentages are the Internet, it's becoming far guidebooks. higher at the more selective more common for them to post Now, most universities institutions. blank applications on the have Web pages that contain But there is a downside to Web, allowing would-be stu­ everything from course de- dents to download forms and the Internet application mail them in later. scriptions to virtual walking boom. For those schools that do tour_s of campus. College officials are finding accept applications over the Even without the Internet it harder to gauge the serious­ Internet, some even waive the scho!)ls w~uld probably be re.'. ness of applicants, said Joyce fees - typically $35 to $60. portmg a Jump in applicants. Smith, executive director of "From the candidate's point The number of high school se- the National Association for of view, it is a much easier niors has College Admissions Counsel­ ballgame and the Internet has been in­ ing in Alexandria, Va. facilitated that," said Marlyn creasing about 3 "Everybody is talking about McGrath Lewis, director of percent an­ how great the applicant pool admissions for Harvard Uni­ nually in was," Smith said. "I truly sit versity, which saw the num­ recent and just wonder if the stu­ ber of applicants rise almost 8 years. dents are just applying to percent this year over last. Experts more schools." Applications to Yale Uni- predict versity rose 10.5 percent· Uni­ there will versity ofCalifornia-Riv~rside be close to 3 applications were up 14.6 per­ . million cent; Rensselaer Polytechnic high school graduates next Institute in Troy, N.Y., was year, up from 2.6 million in up 13 percent; and Temple 1990. University in ~till, _the nun:iber of appli­ Philadelphia cations_ 1s outstripping the in­ was up a crease m students. whopping 23 Jerry Paxton, president of percent. the ~lectronic service Col­ Tom Max­ JegeLmk, runs a business that ey, Temple's e~s s~udents fill in their ap­ vice president phcat10n~ on computers. for enroll- At_ a t\me when federal fi. nancial aid for college is dwin- Lexington Herald-leader Sunday, March 21, 1999 Keep focus on academic · standards for athletes Traditionally, the presidents of the table standards across the board. With­ By Charles T. Wethington Jr. 302 NCAA institutions have pressed for out unified and stringent standards, he National Collegiate Athletic Asso­ stronger academic eligibility standards however, we jeopardize the students' ciation was dealt a setback March 8 that would result in enrollment of student confidence in the very system instituted Twhen U.S. District Court Judge athletes who are better prepared for col­ to support and protect them. Ronald Buckwalter struck down the asso­ lege-level academic expectations. We take Obviously, I am greatly concerned ciation's freshman academic requirements. seriously our responsibility to provide about the effect this court ruling will Judge Buckwalter ruled that the NCAA's these prospective students every opportu­ have on the academic preparedness of use of minimum scores on the American nity for academic success that prepares prospective student athletes.' It could cre­ College Test and Scholastic Assessment them for productive careers after gradlJ!I· ate an environment in which the focus is Test was invalid for initial eligibility stan­ tion, while providing gifted athletes the only on winning, with education taking a dards for Division I and II schools. possibility to play collegiate sports. back seat. Proposition 16 (Bylaw 14.3) requires The judge's ruling negates the asso­ The NCAA will continue to support freshmen student athletes to have a high ciation's eligibility standards, placing the academic eligibility standards like those school diploma, a minimum grade-point put in place a few years ago, which en­ NCAA and prospective freshmen student sure that student athletes are not exploit­ average of 2.5 in 13 core academic courses, athletes in a precarious position - espe­ and a minimum (new sum score) of 68 on ed for their athletic ability, but are pro­ cially during this spring's recruiting sea­ vided absolutely every opportunity for the ACT, or 820 on the SAT. son. It leaves the NCAA without one uni­ The standard doesn't allow freshmen academic success. That is the ultimate fied method to evaluate eligibility, which mission and responsibility of every col­ to participate in collegiate athletics if they opens the doors to an environment of in­ score lower than 820 on the SAT or 68 on lege and university. equity with as many different criteria as While the drama and emotion of col­ the ACT, regardless of their GPA. there are schools. The ruling directly affects Division I lege athletics often captures our hearts, it The ramifications of this ruling are is important to keep all this in perspec­ standards, although Division II standards enonnous. Freshmen athletes who were ad­ will be reviewed in light of the court's de­ tive. I believe it is clearly the responsibil­ cision to determine what, if any, actions mitted to school this year but were ineligi­ ity of the NCAA to establish rules and ble to play because they didn't meet the standards that always focus on the im­ should be taken. old standard, today technically are eligible. portance of making sure athletes are giv­ The NCAA remains committed to the But if such a student athlete were to par­ en the very best opportunity to receive a principles of its freshman academic initial ticipate in just one sporting event this aca­ quality education. · eligibility policy and will appeal the court's demic year, for example the NCAA basket­ It would be an injustice to prospec­ decision in this case. ball tournament, that would be counted as tive students, their families and their The ruling stems from the case of stu­ using the first year of eligibility. schools to endorse lower standards for dent athletes who filed suit against the In that case, the athlete technically student athletes. I feel this ruling is detri­ NCAA. They claimed they were unlawfully would be forfeiting a full year of eligibil­ mental to the academic and athletic fu. denied educational opportunities as fresh­ ity. Moreover, if the NCAA wins this tures of countless students across the na­ men through NCAA initial eligibility rules. case on appeal, any games in which tion. The NCAA is working vigorously to These standards have been in effect since these athletes participated automatically secure a fair and equitable outco~e. August 1. 1996. The plaintiffs did not re­ would be forfeited. ceive the required minimum test score need­ I encourage colleges and universities ed for their respective grade-point average. not to take any recruiting actions that Buckwalter's ruling stated, among oth• might harm the student or the institu­ er things, that the test score cut-offs were tion. if this appeal is granted. In the in­ arbitrary. The judge's ruling doesn't pre• terim. operating under the existing stan­ vent the NCAA from establishing initial el­ dard at least will 0ffer students and their igibility standards or using standardized prospective institutions some protection test scores as part of the eligibility criteria. in the event the NCAA wins this case on It does state that any standard will in­ appeal. If we are to err, let it be on the clude a provision that academic work can side of academics. be used to offset a lower test score. The The student is our primary concern. challenge for the N~AA remains as it has Since the current freshman initial eligi­ bility standard took effect in 1996, the always been - to develop standards NCAA has continued to look for even that meet that goal and uphold the acad­ better standards that first and foremost emic integrity of the student. promote academic success while support­ The court's ruling clearly disap­ ing athletic opportunities. points me; however, I am encouraged Through this process, other models by the court's acknowledgement that have been formulated and have been un­ NCAA member institutions serve a le­ der review since last summer by NCAA gitimate educational goal with the ob­ committees. We always are seeking bet­ jective of raising student-athlete gradua­ . ter criteria to help us provide more equi-. tion rates. The Daily lndepenaent. Ashland, Kentucky. Monday. Maren 15. 1999 Kentucky groups· receiving less NEA grant money Appalshop media arts, cultural center among hardest hit Completing the top five mon, an NEA spokeswoman By JAMES PRICHARD were the Louisville Orchestra, in Washington, D.C. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS at $603,500, and the Ken­ The Clinton administration Programs run by Kentucky tucky Center for the Arts En­ asked Congress last month to arts organizations have seen a dowment Fund, at $498,800. use some of the expected fed­ decrease in federal grant money The figures also indicate eral budget surplus to set from the National Endowment that, except for a spike in fis­ aside $128 million for the for the Arts in recent years. cal year 1997, NEA dollars agency in fiscal 2000. Among the hardest-hit flowing to Kentucky have Under NEA guidelines that groups is Appalshop, a media steadily declined since peak­ took effect in fiscal 1998, state arts and cultural center in ing at $2.3 million in 1992. arts agencies now automati­ Whitesburg that produces That figure had dipped to cally receive 40 percent of the and presents work about Ap­ $819,300 by 1996 but rose to NEA's grant-making money. palachia and its people. $954;100 the following year. Appalshop started in 1969 The number of grants is­ as a War on Poverty program sued to Kentucky organiza­ to provide media-production tions also declined during the Ata training to young mountain eight-year period, from a high people. Its annual budget of of 40 in 1991 to nine in 1997. glance $2.4 million comes from pri­ . The GOP targeted the NEA vate fou'ndations, individual for extinction after taking THE ASSOCIATED PRESS contributions, state and feder­ control of Congress in 1995. al grants, and merchandise Some Republicans say the Entities in Kentucky sales and theater perfor­ federal government shouldn't that received grants from mance fees, said Tim Mare­ subsidize artists, while others the National Endowment believe the agency has funded for the Arts between 1990 ma, the organization's devel­ and 1997, with total opment director. pornographic and blasphe­ mous works in the past. amount received (figures After receiving an average of do not include individual more than $300,000 per year in The House voted 253-173 NEA grants in fiscal years last year to provide the NEA artists who received NEA 1990 through 1997, according with $98 million in fiscal 1999. fellowships): to an Associated Press analysis The agency' received the same Kentucky Arts Council, of NEA funding during the pe­ amount the previous year, $5,417,170 riod, Appalshop got only about when the House originally de­ Appals hop Inc .. $140,000 in fiscal year 1999. cided by one vote to eliminate $2,648,500 Marema blamed the de­ all funding for the arts agency. Actors Theatre of crease on a recent NEA rule The money was later re­ Louisville Inc .. change: Arts organizations stored at the insistence of the $1,352,795 used to be allowed to apply for Senate and the White House. Louisville Orchestra grant money throughout the The decisive House vote last Inc .. $603,500 year as projects came along. -year to continue funding the Kentucky Center for the Now they can submit just one NEA resulted in part from the Arts Endowment Fund, application annually. widely held belief that the $489,800 Given its situation - the agency is carrying out con­ J.B. Speed Art Muse­ um, $217,000 large number of poor commu­ gressional mandates to ensure Owensboro Symphony nities it serves, the small it is backing programs that en­ amount of corporate philan­ hance the cultural lives of a Orchestra Inc .. $197,300 thropy it receives - Appal­ broad spectrum of Americans. Louisville ·children's shop has been "one of the Still, the NEA has seen its Theatre Inc .. $176,440 hardest-hit organizations in budget drop from a high of Kentucky Opera, the United States" by the rule $175 million in 1992. In 1995. $170,100 change, Marema said. Horse Cave Theatre 76 "We've scrambled to try to Inc .. $94,581 make up the loss, but the main We've scrambled to tr; Berea College, effect has been that it pulls us to make up the loss, but $86,800 out of the communities that the main effect has been Lexington Philharmonic most need the arts activities that it pulls us out of the Society Inc .. $75.200 that we provide," he said. . Galef Institute. communities that most $70,000 The AP analysis shows that need the arts activities Kentucky Educational the Kentucky entity receiving that we provide. Television Foundation the largest amount of NEA Inc .. $60,000 money from 1990-97 was the TimMarema Theater Workshop of Kentucky Arts Council, which Louisville Inc .. $59,000 got a total of $5.4 million. Bluegrass Tomorrow Next was Appalshop, which the agency issued about 4.000 Inc., $50,000 received $2.6 million, and the grants totaling $138 million: Actors Theatre of Louisville, by 1997, those numbers had which got $ 1.4 million. dropped to about 1,000 and $83 million, said Sherie Si- , ,.- \ ' . I:.. ..i- i I, l),,,.\J,.N\J,( - NI t.,, ' ~r:1, v f THE COURIER-JOURNAL• MONDAY. MARCH 22. 1999 . .

Amalgamated Produc­ COMMENTS ON ers, Playwrights. Lyricists & Entertainers Inc .. $37,500 Arts watch Inc., CQLLEGE OFFICIALS' RAISES $29,500 'Administrative excess' Capital Arts Alliance KCTCS, computer analyst and Inc., $29,000 The March 10 editorial. KCTCS regent Mark Powell. 'Exorbitant raises' National Association "Merit pay," was written from Powell has tried to circumvent a position of self-serving ad­ I am employed by KCTCS at for the Advancement of the restrictions placed upon ministrative tunnel vision. The KCTCS staff and faculty regents the Owensboro Technical Col­ Colored People. $28,000 writer claims that KCTCS in order to defend his co-work­ lege and the Daviess Countv Morehead State Univer­ [Kentucky Community and ers and students in KCTCS. His Extension. I personally know sity, $26,700 Technical College System] ad­ reward has been condescending Mark Powell, the computer op­ University of Kentucky ministrators are "taking care treatment from the central staff. erations analyst at Bowling Research Foundation, of business" and notes that who are supposed to serve un­ Green Technical College, and I $19,400 they were previously under­ der him, and his removal from a can tell ,you there is nothing Louisville Visual Art As­ paid. The writer excuses the position as a committee chair. KCTCS central staff from ac­ Powell is anything but "self­ self-serving about him. Mark sociation Inc., $19,000 countability, the scrutiny of serving." He is a sincere de­ has worked diligently for the New Performing Arts knowledgeable front-line em­ fender of employee rights and staff members he represents on Inc., $15.000 ployees, and the approval of technical education. Powell has the KCTCS Board of Regents. City of Covington, the taxpaying citizens who . attempted to enforce account­ It is almost comical that The $14,700 help fund KCTCS. ' ably upon those in KCTCS who Courier-Journal' ascribes ques­ The writer begins by endors­ refuse to accept it. tionable motives· to Mark's Kentucky Dance Coun­ statements about the under­ cil, $10,000 ing a fallacy that can be stated The one point the writer is as: the higher the pay of the correct about is the one that de­ funding of programs offered bv' Murray State Universi- lead administrators, the higher stroys his argument. Chancellor the technical colleges, but finds ty, $9,250 , the quality of the learning insti­ Tony Newbury was pointed out nothing self-serving in raises of Living Arts & Science tution. How surprisin~ that the as someone who, despite his 20 percent, 30 percent, 40 per­ Center, $7,300 KCTCS central administrators ability and experience, only re­ cent and 50 percent for KCTCS Kentucky Historical So­ have grasped onto this theory! ceived a 3 percent raise. New­ administrators. ciety, $6,500 · I argue for another theory, bury has accomplished tremen­ Who approved these exorbi­ Chamber Music Society espoused from a different per­ dous credentialing and organi­ tant raises for members of KCTCS management? Can some­ of Central Kentucky Inc., spective: the better the quality zational tasks with amazing of the teachers and front-line speed and efficiency for the one please explain to me how it $3,500 staff and the materials for stu­ community college branch. out­ is that they can only find enough dent use, the better the student perfonning the central office money in the budget for 3 per­ aptitude and, therefore, the staff by leaps ·and bounds. If cent raises for faculty and staff at more legitimate the .operation of Newbury's parochial focus on the very same time they are mak­ the learning institution. Good academic integrity and his gold­ ing plans to pay for the homes. administrators. and quality edu­ en work ethic don't warrant a cars·and country .club member­ cation resources (human and substantial raise, then what are ships of technical college presi­ material) don't have to be mutu­ the standards for giving KCTCS dents? I don't know how I made ally exclusive. However, there is administrative raises? it to the age I am without realiz­ no excuse for neglecting stu­ The writer implies that the ing before _now that country club dent needs as the immediate public cannot take the mission 1 '!(emberships · are a necessity of priority in order to favor admin- of KCTCS seriously if we do not 1 life. KCTCS administrators are take the supposed "leaders" se-, indulging their rich tastes with istrative excess. the hard-earned tax dollars of a A fair system of compensa­ riously. The logical rationale is \ poor state. tion and freedom of infonnation that we should care enough . about the KCTCS mission to en­ Morale at the schools man­ fosters better employees. and aged by KCTCS is at an all-time the proper distribution of funds sure its oversight, including the oversight of administrators who low. I urge all Kentuckians to provides for better school mate­ contact their legislators and rials. If merit is the rationale for choose to reward themselves without merit. Gov. Patton and voice their out­ the distribution of personnel rage at this abuse of taxpayer funds in a system of education, SCOTT LeCATES funds .... then by what merit did the Berea, Ky 40404 KCTCS central staff earn their PAMELA E. SAPP monumental raises? The reality Owensboro. Ky. 42301 of KCTCS is that many techni­ Letters to the editor are wel­ cal programs and priorities comed. They should be ad­ don't make it to the KCTCS dressed to: agenda. and the dedicated fac­ Readers' Forum ulty and staff are often sup­ The Caurler-Jaurnal pressed in an environment of P.O. Box 740031 secrecy, insults and threats. It Laulsville, Ky. 40201-7431 should be no surprise that this Our e-ma11 address 1s: paper will probably not reflect c)[email protected] their commentary. Letters can also be faxed to us The writer notes that Ken­ at: (502) 582-4290. tucky has failed to further post­ Best-read letters are under 200 secondary education because of words and on topics of general positioning, organization and interest. A letter must be original funding. I agree with this obser­ and contain the signature, vation. but for differe·nt reasons. address and daytime telephone Positioning related to technical number of its wrner. The editors and conimunity college educa­ reserve the right to condense or refect any letter and to hm,t tion should be detennined by frequent writers. local communities and based upon the opinions of front-line employees. Organization should occur according to program needs, not the political agenda of self-serving administrators. Funding should be focused on program needs and teacher quality, equal to or better tnan the private sector. The writer attacks one of the most dedicated employees in TH~ COURIER-JOURNAL• FRIDAY. MARCH 1tl. 1999 Lexington Herald-Leader .. Wednesday, March 17. 1999 B3

BEREA Later, another prosecutor pursued the case, and Schmidt was indicted 1 Berea official last May. At that time, Berea spokes­ NKU to shore up man Ed Ford said the charges were admits embezzling "completely unrelated to Dr. A Berea College administrator Schmidt's tenure and duties at Berea who was formerly a dean at the State College." Yesterday he said Berea oi­ future teachers' Universitv of New York pleaded ficials were not yet aware of the plea guilty yesterday to a felony charge oi and had no immediate comment. embezzling about $20,000 from the math, science SUNY college at New Paltz. Philip Schmidt was accused of fraudulently billing the college for By Holly E. Stepp trips and services between January HERAl.lHEADER EDUCATION WRITER 1992 and July 1996. Businesses want students who can actually When the embezzlement was dis­ do science, rather than just recite theories. covered, SUNY officials told Schmidt The state needs schoolteachers with a deep that if he resigned and paid back the knowledge of science and math. money, they would recommend that Northern Kentucky University is creating a he not be prosecuted. The state's new math and science center to meet both de­ then-attorney general agreed not to mands. prosecute. Schmidt agreed and be­ The state's Council on Postsecondary Educa­ came associate dean of student serv­ tion Monday approved more than $2 million for ices at Berea. NKU to create the Center for Integrative Natural Science and Mathematics. The center will focus on preparing math and science teachers and other undergraduates for high-tech jobs. The state money will be matched by the university. Northern President James Votruba said the center will focus on giving students hands-on ex­ perience in science and math. "What we have heard from the local busi­ THE COURIER-JOURNAL• nesses and school districts is that they want INDIANA / KENTUCKY • graduates who know and can apply science and math principles," he said. Votruba said the center would also benefit TUESDAY, MARCH \6. 1999 students who don't major in science, math or ed­ ucation. The center will offer a new class in inte­ grative science, which is expected to be required of all undergraduates. )~KU science, math center funded The center won't offer degrees itself, but will ,: coordinate the work of faculty from both the Col­ lege 'of Arts and Sciences and the School of Edu­ t\s~ociated Press ics would prepare math and science teachers for elementary, middle and cation in the College of Professional Studies. FRANKFORT. Ky. - Funding for a high schools. · The center is one of five ro-called "program,, scrence and mathematics center at of distinction" at the six regional universities. Ndrthern Kentucky University won It also would prepare math and The programs are paid for through the state's state approval yesterday. science majors for jobs in business and industry and help other NKU un­ Regional University Excellence Trust Fund, The money - S2.2 million. to be which supports programs that are expected to matched by the university - is from dergraduates. regardless of major. a fund created to encourage Ken­ improve critical-thmking skills. earn national prominence. . A similar fund has been set up for the uruver­ I ucky's regional universities to devel- The center's funding, approved 11p'J)rograms of distinction. yesterday by the Council on Postse­ sities of Kentucky and Louisville. Kentucky State The proposed Center for Integra- condary Education, is to begin in the University has not yet developed a "program of 1ive Natural Science and Mathemat- 1999-2000 academic year. distinction." The quality of the state's teachers has re­ ceived a great deal of attention recently. A regional study of the Southern states found that 45 percent of Kentucky science teachers didn't have a major in the subject, and 25 percent of middle school math teachers hadn't majored in math. , Professor Gail Wells said the center would fo­ cus on providing more math and science classes for education majors and area teachers. "Several studies have shown that teachers need an in-depth knowledge in science and math in order to be effective in the classroom," said Wells, chairwoman of NKU's math and comput­ er-science department. Lexington Herald-Leaaer Tuesday, March 16. 1999 Lexington wants to collect tax on UK worker retirement funds

By Geoff Mulvlhill city and UK. HERALDlEAIJER STAFl' WRITER With 10,000 employees, UK is Lexing­ Citv officials are considering an effort ton's largest employer and generates the to collect additional taxes from University most wage taices, $10 million a year for Burch of Kentucky employees, the only workers the city and $1.5 million for Fayette Coun­ in Lexington who do not pay city taices ty schools. on retirement contributions. -UK employees have not paid the local taic A top UK official said university em­ on retirement withholdings for about 30 plovees are not subject to the tax, but the years, however. . Urban County Council plans to hE:gin ~!k­ Joe Burch,. a UK vice president, said ing about the issue today. The d1scuss10n that paying the 2.75 percent taic on retire­ will be closed because the city might sue ment contributions would cost UK em­ to get the money. . ployees $650,000 a year. The disagreement comes at a time The city's share would amount to less when Mayor Pam Miller and others are than one-half of 1 percent of its $170 mil­ calling for more cooperation between the See TAX,A6 Brown

TAX:· Lexington eyes UK year must contribute. Employees' salaries are reduced by 5 percent, and the money is put into the retirement fund, which means worker retirement funds it does not fall under "salaries, wages, commissions and From Page One other compensations" subject to local taices, Burch said. Urban County Councilman Fred Brown said UK's in- , lion annual budget terpretation doesn't make sense. The dispute is not a new one. Both city and UK offi­ "If you're taking money out of the employees' pay- cials say the issue dates back to the 1960s. check, it belongs to the employee" and thus The city levies a tax of 2.25 percent on 4 ·ft-;~:-. ·.·!;~:_W.!!f:;:)':l is taxable, Brown said. personal income, which includes retirement

THE COURIER-JOURNAL• NATION• SUNDAY, MARCH 21, 1999 :HE COURIER-JOURNAL• MONDAY. MARCH 22. 1999 Film portrays Eastern - . Kentucky family

Associated Press Housing and Urban Develop­ mately, it's a film about people ment. The film, which will be and stories and family and Iree Bowling remembers the shown on HBO in the fall, was community, and sort of the first time she met Rory Kenne­ first seen this winter at the conflict between modernization "My father had dy, a filmmaker and daughter Sundance Film Festival in Utah. and traditional lifestyles." been to of Robert F. Kennedy. Bowling, 69, has spent her In Kentucky, where mountain "I was walking out to take entire life near Buckhorn Lake residents have long been sharp­ Appalachia, and clothes off the clothesline," in Perry County. She lives with ly sensitive to outside portray­ it really made a Bowling recalled, grinning. her husband, Bascum, 71; most als and suspicious of patrician "'She came right -up, and she of their 13 children and their Northeasterners, the film could very profound went to helping me take clothes families are nearby. also strike a nerve. off and fold them up. That's The film is built around three Kennedy said she tried to impact on him." how we met." substories - a teen-age grand­ avoid portraying the Bowlings Robert F. Kennedy's Rory Kennedy came to East­ son's dilemma over whether he as victims. daughter. filmmaker ern Kentucky in early 1997, should stay in the -area, an "You want to show the chal­ R01y Kennedy planning a project that looked adult son's false arrest and an lenges and difficulties ... but at welfare reform in rural adult granddaughter's success­ also balance it out with a real America. She ended up with a ful effort to get herself and her sense of 'We have a wonderful film documenting a year in the children away from her abusive life here; we have this incredi­ Eastern Kentuc~ a backwards life of Bowling's family. That husband. ble family, this incredible com­ place?' You feel hke there's this film, "Am_erican Hollow," will "The film is very different munity,' 11 she said. "I don't rich, incredibly rich, deep cul­ be screened tomorrow at a fo. than what we set out to do," think m the end you feel sorry ture that has so much to teach rum in Washington sponsored Kennedy said last week in an for them. And I don't think in us." by the U.S. Department of interview in New York. "Ulti- the end you feel, 'Wow, isn't That is what Iree Bowling.

• took from it when her family Eastern Kentucky in 1983 as sional subtitles in the film and watched the final version of the part of his nationwide survey of two off-camera questions from film before it was unveiled at hunger in America. Kennedy. Otherwise, the story Sundance. The family had few In February 1968, Robert is the Bow lings'. reservations. Kennedy, a senator and presi­ Viewers hear the voice of "I don't think there was any­ dential candidate, toured sever­ Clint Bowling, who was in high thing wrong about it," Bowling al Eastern Kentucky counties as school during the filming and said last week at her home. "It part of a field hearing on rural had pledged to move out to join was about me - a document poverty for a Senate subcom­ an uncle working in Cincinnati. about me and my children and mittee. In contrast, most of Bowling's Bass. That's all it's supposed to "My father had been to Ap­ uncles will never leave the be." palachia, and it really made a mountains, he tells the camera Kennedy followed a family very profound impact on him," with an edge of teen-age anger. tradition by traveling to the said Rory Kennedy, 30, who . But in the film, lree Bowling area. was born after her father's offers a different perspective. Appalachia has been a sort of death. "That was definitely one "I don't need all this world whistle-stop for the Kennedy of the reasons that I was initial­ and its riches," she sings, family dating back to 1960, ly interested in the area and go­ cleaning the kitchen one night when John F. Kennedy's cam­ ing to film down there." alongside Bass. "I don't need paign tour of West Virginia was But she said she came to the no fancy clothes to wear. All I credited with helping him win area not as an advocate or poli­ need is Jesus to walk beside the presidency. U.S. Sen. Ed­ tician, but as an impartial ob­ me. My every burden I know ward Kennedy, D-Mass., visited server. There are only occa- He will share." THE COURIER-JOURNAL • SUNDAY, MARCH 21, 1999 EKU plans changes to ··- . -- battle grade inflation

grade inflation. grades," EKU President Bob each course; and an index on New system Professors claim that stu­ Kustra said. "An A earned at transcripts that will tell how dents are receiving top grades Eastern Kentucky University students compared with their will take effect for average work and that five should stand for the highest classmates. letter grades aren't enough to quality of work." The changes are the result of in fall of 2000 judge performance. EKU's plan, which will be work by a faculty committee That will change next year, announced this week and go that has spent three years Associated Press when the university begins a into effect in the fall of next studying grade inflation. They system designed to ensure that year, has three parts: including are expected to fight the trend RICHMOND, Ky: - Eastern students are earning their plusses and minuses, which at EKU, said Professor Kirk Kentucky University is prepar­ grades. will allow such grades as B Jones, chairman of the commit­ ing to unveil a new grading 11 What I am most concerned plus and C minus; semester re­ tee. system that professors and ad­ about is the quality of our de­ ports. on average grades and The committee collected 13 ministrators hope will end grees and validity of our the distribution of grades for years' worth of data on· EKU

students, looking at grade-point olle in three. said EKU student Nicole John­ averages and American College Most universities' attempts to son, a senior biology major Testing Program scores. change the situation have met from Ashland. "Our low A's, "We found that while there with vehement protests from the 91s or so, will become A minuses and lower our grade­ students and faculty alike. 11 was no evidence that our stu• point average. dents are better prepared for Of the changes at EKU, stu­ Karen Janssen, chaiIWoman college, their college grades dents have complained most of EKU's faculty senate, said went up every year," Jones about the plus-minus grading the new system will allow said. system. The University of Ken­ teachers to grade more precise- , For the early years of the tucky implemented a limited ly, study, about one in every 10 plus-minus system last year "They (the students) will bet­ students earned straight A's in that angered students there. ter see where they stand and one semester, Jones said. In "I think it will hurt the SIU· work toward higher goats," she 1996, that number jumped to dents who already make A's," said.

Lexington Herald-Leader Al7 Saturday. March 20, 1999

r=i'su yearbook case can set \ dangerous precedent ronic, isn't it? Kentucky State University banned a student­ Iproduced yearbook as a face­ saving move because the publica­ tion was poorly done. At least that's KSU's story. But the university could end up saddled with a far worse embar­ rassment than a sloppy yearbook. KSU could usher in a new era of censorship on U.S. campuses. Only the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati stands be­ tween KSU and that infamy. The court must decide whether to let stand a lower court ruling uphold­ ing KSU's decision to keep the yearbooks locked away. Sad to say, KSU students and Kentucky taxpayers are footing the bill for this attack on college stu­ dents' First Amendment rights. dE COU~IER-JOURNAL • KENTUCKY• TUESDAY. MARCH 16. 1999 Business-college plan is revived after 2-year delay

the Kentucky College of Busi­ Old vocational ness, which has campuses in six cities - said !he college's school in line Shively campus will probably move from 3920 Dixie Highway for renovation to the Mill Creek building. The building could also By BILI. PIKE house two other colleges. They The Courier-Journal are Fugazzi College, a two-year school with campuses in Lex- Plans to open business col, . ington and Nashville, Tenn., ieges in the old Mill Creek Vo- and National Business College, cational School building in a four-year school with cam• southern Jefferson County nave puses in seven Virginia cities. been revived after a two-year Wood expects enrollment at delay caused by extensive dam- the Shively campus of the Ken­ age during a break-in. lucky College of Business to Corolla Management Corp. of jump from 300 to 500 or 600, Roanoke, Va., is moving ahead assuming the school moves to with plans to convert the three- the Mill Creek site, which has story building at Dixie Highway 53,000 square feet of space. and the Watterson Expressway "Our college would need into a center that could include 18,000 or 20,000 square feet," two two-year colleges and a Wood said. "That would leave four-year institution that Cor- plenty of room for the other olla operates. schools." The site was rezoned com- Wood said the Mill Creek mercial for Corolla's project in building needs interior paint- 1995. A burglary in 1997 that ing, caT',ting, new boilers, en­ caused S270,000 in damage ergy-efflcienl windows and oth• stalled the plans, while Corolla er remodeling. Corolla officials and its insurance company expect the job to cost about worked out a settlement, ac- $700,000 and to take six to cording to records at the Louis- eight months, according to ville-Jefferson County Planning Planning Commission records. Commission. Corolla bought the . Mill The business college propos- Creek building and four adjoin­ al is back in the works. The ing acres from the Jefferson commission's Land Develop- County Board of Education for ment and Transportation Com- $302,500 in 1994. mittee has scheduled a hearing Mill Creek Elementary. March 25 on a minor change in School operated at the site Corolla's plans. The company from 1942 to 1970, when ii wants to redesign the parking moved to 3816 Dixie Highway. lot and increase parking spaces Mill Creek Vocational Center from 195 to about 260. operated in the building frnm Dick Wood - president of 1972 to 1992. THE COUAER-JOUANAL • NATION• SUNDAY, MARCH 21, 1999 .Students and UPS prai~e new Metropolita~ Coll~ge ~j i ' . : . . .. :.~ . : ' . :·":' By MICHAEL JENNINGS think, substantially ambitious," he tendance,.safety prac:tices and adher; The Courier-Journal - said. ence to training.' .. · . · •., The 1,>rogram has sparked "tremen- Josh Abbott, 18, of Etlzabethtown;. The University of Louisville, along dous" mterest, said David Howarth, a U of. L freshman; sald:Metropolitail with Jefferson Community College U of L's dean of undergraduate stud- College "turned out to be just what1 and Jefferson Technical College, is ies. "It's been much more successful needed" after a vision problem CQ5t, blending education and employment than I would have ever imagined." him an Air Force Rare scholilship~ to aid cash-strapped students and a About 4IO of Metropolitan Col- Abbott, who is considering a cii;, major Louisville employer, United lege"s students attend JCC, 330 at- reer with· UPS, completed IZ credit Parcel Service. tend U of L and 40 attend Jefferson hours with a C average in tlie fall; The three schools launched Metro- Tech. Ash said about half the stu- but. he said his grades are better tliii· politan CollegP last fall. The 800 stu- dents are under age 20,. about 8 per- term. · ~. dents initially enrolled get standard cent are over 30 and 19 percent are Wrestling with Iwa,'V boxes for. UPS pay and benefits, tuition-free members of racial minorities. four hours a,night pruved a. physiciir schooling and a college schedule that Nearly all - about 95 percent - challenge, Abbott said "I mean, itt, allows them· to work part-time at come from a seven-county area first I didn't think· I was going Jo night for most of the school year and around Louisville. make it ... but. ii got better as tilllll' full-lime during the Christmas ship- Ash said recruitment for next year went along." · ~ ping season. . will expand into hij!h-unemployment Jerod Lookabaugh, 18, of-,Louis, Eventually, they will get their own areas south of Louisville along Inter- ville, also a freshman, saJd·MetropoJ.f•. campus as well. state 65. tan College enabled him to atteiid Dan Ash, acting head of Metropoli- John Kinney, workforce develop- college sooner than .he could ha'l\; tan College, said a surprising number ment manager for UPS in Louisville, otherwise. ·.; of its students have challenging ma- said Metropolitan College students For ·· people ·in· similar circum­ jors such as biology. "I would char- "generally do better" than other first- stances, he said, "I definitely reco,n; acterize our students as bein~. 1 time UPS employees in terms of at• mend it." · Lexington Herald-Leader Sunday. March 21, 1999 Gross tax unfairness .. UK should deduct city payroll levy in full f one were to describe the Uni~ quire everyone, UK not excepted, versity of Kentucky's half of to pay tax on their full wa~es. Itown-gown relations, the word ____ So if UK is being i:oruiistent, it cooperative would not come to · ,-: may_ very wellbe evailing some mind. ·"·~· payroll taxes all" qver the :state. On Insensitive, vexing, neighbor- .· the other hand,· UK might be de- hood bully - those would be ·: ··aucting the·full tax everywhere more like it. Now add "tax .. : ·_ but Lexington, where UK puts the dodger'' to the list mostdemands on local govern- UK is thumbing its nose at the nient services. _ Urban County Government, its . •·-. · By its own estimate, UK has payroll tax ordinance and every _ ::·: saved 10,000 employees $650,000 employer and employee in Lexing-· · m-Lexington and school district ton who abides by the rules. Out ·;, IiaY.roll taxes this year alone; of fairness alone, UK should stop ·there's no telling how much the its evasive actions and pay up. ,:--tmC:break has been over three For years, UK lawyers have · _. de<;ades. Collectively, even one split legal hairs over whether UK ··year's worth is a lot of money that is required to deduct from employ- oould, for example, help the coun- ees' paychecks the payroll tax on ty's faltering health department some retirement contributions. The ·. On an individual basis, howev- city's payroll tax is 2.25 percent of er, the amount of .tax in dispute is all gross wages; another 0.5 per- small. A.UK employee whose cent is levied by local schools. gross income is $50,000 '(according · The city says that its ordi- to the W-2) would have at least nance and regulations make it $2,500 (5 percent) deducted for re- clear that "gross" includes all tirement. The Lexington payroll wages, even that portion diverted tax on that amount is about $56 a into retirement plans, such as a year and the school district's por- 40l(k) or a 403(b). tion is $12.50 a year. UK officials have thrown up a So what if Lexington were to variety of obstacles to prevent the change its ordinance and, like city from collecting. Their latest Bowling Green, exempt deferred objection is that 5 percent of em- income from the payroll tax - ployees' pay-isn't really pay at all giving everyone the tax break because it immediately goes into a now enjoyed by UK employees? mandatory retirement plan. It's impossible for the city to Whether it is mandatory or estimate its lost revenue, but most voluntary is immaterial; the 5 per- assuredly it would amount to mil- cent is still part of employees' lions of dollars. The city has few gross income. In fact, UK reports options to offset such a tax cut; it as gross income on W-2 forms. one obvious remedy is to raise the Many other employers, such as payroll tax rate. Fayette County schools and East- But consider one repercussion em Kentucky University, have of such a tax increase. People mandatory contributions to retire- whose employers offer deferred in­ ment plans and deduct the payroll come retirement plans and who tax based on gross income. can afford to put aside some mon- A quick survey done by Lex- ey wouldn't pay any tax on that in- ington officials found only one come. But people who aren't so Kentucky government - Bowling well off, who work for employers Green - that imposes a payroll without such' a retirement plan, tax on income after deducting for would pay the city tax on every a retirement fund contribution. penny of their income. In effect, the But Bowling Green clearly intend- tax burden would shift onto those ed the exemption and applies it who are the least able to pay. equally to everyone who works Lexington is right to want to there, not just those who have the settle this tax dispute in court if privilege of a job at Western Ken- necessary, but UK is flaunting its tucky University. sovereign immunity protection Lexington is not the only city from lawsuits. expecting UK to pay its fair share UK should agree to properly of payroll tax. Other cities and withhold the tax. If it continues its counties where there are or were legal runaround, the city is well UK employees - Louisville, Eliza- within its rights to sue individual bethtown, Paducah, Pulaski Coun- UK employees, starting with the ty - say their ordinances also re- highest-paid ones. iHE COURIER-JOURNAL• FROM PAGE.ONE• SUNDAY. MARCH 21, 1999'

. ···-~ ••- .. ,-.111 wv," wrv uvu••• Better students, higher standards: 'The goal is to get them up the ladder'

-·-· U of L has'worked out an arrange­ By MICHAEL JENNINGS ment with Jefferson Community Col­ The Courier-Journal lege in Louisville that ,allowed the ' university to drop remedial education Jenny Sawyer. U of L's admissions Michael Adams spent ~is first year while still keeping the welcome mat director, said publicity about the uni­ at the University of Lou1sV1lle won­ out for students who need extra help. versity has prompted more campus dering if he'd.made a big mistake. Students who show promise ,but visits by Kentucky Governor's Schol­ The Paducah native enrolled at need remediation are referred to JCC ars and students who do well in Na­ U of L in 1994 after being awarded a but promised admission to U of L if tional Merit Scholarship competition. prestigious scholarship that covere_d they pass remedial courses. Students But enrollment by such talented stu­ most college expenses. He fo_und his with lesser deficiencies are admitted dents hasn't yet increased, she said. freshman classes undemanding af!d to U of L but placed in special sec­ To attract them, Sawyer said, he was disappointed by the academic tions of math or English where they U of L needs more scholarship dol­ caliber of fellow students. . receive extra time to meet the stan­ lars, undergraduate research oppor­ "Honestly I was kind of womed dards that apply in regular sections. tunities, internships, study-abroad - unnecessarily worried," said Ad­ "The goal is to get them up the opportunities and mentoring. It also ams 22 now a first-year student at ladder to the top and not have them needs a stronger honors program and Ha...;,arci Law School. His fears ~.ere fall off," said David Howarth, dean of guaranteed pathways to graduate and dispelled by the rigor of the pohucal undergraduate studies. "And right professionaf schools for students with science and history courses he took now we lose too many on the way.". strong unde~duate records. as a U of L sophomore. U of L intends to raise its admis­ Howarth 1s leading- efforts to re­ Adams' complaints match items on sion standards over the next four to vamp undergraduate education by- ' U of L leaders' checklist of things five years. Howarth said it would ag­ among other things - having senior they need to change to make _more gressively recruit "what I would call faculty members teach freshmen, list­ satisfied and successful customers of Kind of B-plus students." ing the concepts that students should their undergraduate and graduate Heightened e!'Pectations have al­ master in general education courses students. As part of its overall strate­ ready taken hold m t~e scho~l of mu­ and measuring how well students gy to join tlie front ·rank of metro­ sic, where "we're bemg fussier about benefit from such mastery. politan universities, U of L plans to performance standards" for entenng In some respects, U of L is playing get better students in the front doo.r, students; said Herb Koerselman, the novel variations on standard aca­ give them better reasons to stay m music dean. demic themes. Its humanities pro­ school and provide them better step- There are signs that U of L gets se­ gram is blurring the boundaries be­ ping stones to careers. . rious consideration from able stu­ tween historically distinct disciplines U of L will gradually_ ra_ise adm1s• dents who might not have given it a - English, classical and modem lan­ sion standards, . and 11 1s alre~dy second thought in the past. guages, fine and theater arts, philos­ phasing out remedial educat10n. Paul Weber, a political science pro­ ophy and religious studies. Those changes should we~d out stu; fessor and director of the McConnell In another departure· from tradi­ dents like some of those m. Ad~!Ds Scholars the program that persuaded tion, U of L will soon offer a master's freshman classes who, he said, Just Adams io attend U of L, said test degree in humanities and civic lead­ could not grasp basic math." scores and grade averages of appli­ ership, designed for people who pur­ U of L plans to strengthen aca­ cants for the lucrative four-year sued a narrow professional track in demic advising, another source of awards have "gone up considerably college and "only recognized some dissatisfaction for Adam~- . . Ibis year." five or 10 years later, when they are Memories of drug use m dorm1tones in a profession. what they missed," and gunshots outsi~e als_o mar Adams' said Elaine Wise, the humanities pro­ memories. U of L 1s try_ing to chan_ge gram director. that to mal\e campus hfe so attract!Ve that many more students will follow Adams' choice and live in a dorm. To improve undergradu~te edu~a­ tion, the university must first decide "how many students we can h~ndle with quality," said U of L President U of L faces different challenges in John Shumaker. . its effort to attract outstanding That's a far cry, h_e s~1d. f.rom graduate students, who are likely to U of L's former recruitment p~ct1ces, be more sharply .focused on academ­ which he likened to "harpooning s_tu- ics and research than undergrad­ dents and drag~ing them flopping , . uates. Paul Jones, acting graduate onto the campus. ' Soon after Shumaker took office m school dean, said that if U of L suc­ 1995 a survey showed students ceeds in its campaign to recruit more "we;e unhappy about the mixture of eminent faculty members, gifted rules and regulations, t~e differing graduate students will want to come policies between academic schools - to study under their tutelage. academic processing by and large," . To draw such students, said Jones, said Denise Gifford, vice president U of L needs to expand its graduate for student affairs. fellowship._program. He said U of L The provost's office set out to over­ , now offers onty"·53' graduate fellow­ haul undergraduate policies. U of L ships, compared witn 195 at the Uni­ made academic requirements more versity of Kentucky. uniform across departments, hired 10 Jones hopes for larger numbers of new undergraduate advisers and researchers like Rhona Feltzer. who launched efforts to provide. students picked U of L for doctoral work in with streamlined handling of finan­ biochemistry and molecular biology cial aid queries, registrations and fee after attending the University of Ar· payments. kansas on a swimming scholarship To help smooth students' adapta­ tion to college, U of L began requir­ ing first-year students to take a one- ' hour "campus culture 11 course. Her research could help im.i;:;iv~. th~ U of L's leaders are striving to give treatment of bacterial eye ' ec 10n. more content to that term: it may among contact-lens ':"earers. B ·r h Feltzer 24, a native of the . n IS take some doing at what is predomi­ city of Derby, said she considered nantly a commuter school. other American and European U of L is also trying to double the 1 b t "pretty much ended up proportion of students - now about ~i~go~y heart set on Louisville" bed 10 percent - who live in university cause of its faculty strength an housing. U of L has reserved two 0 dorms for freshmen and clustered range of rese~rct 'WJ' :!d the things freshmen in .. learning communities" Tbat was m 9 ' w mprov- that take three classes together. That that attracted her t~en are l way "students automatically have a ing.as we go/' she said. peer ~roup," said <':arol Garrison, :__----== U of Ls provost. a-Leaaer Lexington Hera, 14 1999 sundav: Maren ,

Paintings by· Nan Phelps in~lude unexpected gems

By Benita Heath CONT1l\BI/TING ARTS CRmc ust like a family gathering, the portraits of Laurel JCounty-born folk artist Nan Phelps are a mixed bag. There are ones that chann, bore, irritate and command at­ tention from across the room. And as with some people, flI'St impressions of these paint­ ings may need to be re-evaluat- ed. . . The 40 paintings - mostly figurative works - on exhibit at the Kentucky Folk Art Center in Morehead, detail . the develop­ ment of this self-taught painter who died in 1990 at the age of 85. i Interestingly, P.helps' matu­ ration as an artist was not a steady ascent Sha didn't even hit a plateau and level out Rather, her work does a loop-the­ loop from intriguing to insipid and back to "I can't believe how good that painting fa.• My first impression was that this was an artist who really couldn't draw all that we!~ with a penchant for Life,Savers candy • colors. I . Then I saw on ~ far wall two figure studies that drew me across the length of the gallery. I had to withdraw my quick dis- missal. i These works ~ Indian lady Selling Flowers and Indians in the High Andes -;- were done in the late 1960s after Phelps re­ turned from a trili to Peru. Here she forgpes her palette of lime greens and cheery cherry Donna V. Phelps, Daughter, painted in 1957, is one of three reds to create works of acute portraits that Nan Phelps made of her daughter. contrasts. In botli, there is an al­ most monochromatic study of a fe. hour's drive. male figure set against a landscape of And they are there. If you go colors so iridiscent they vibrate a So why did she waste her time spirituality. Tl)is is the stuff Mary painting a GI Joe helicopter and call it The paintings of Nan ... Cassatt was made of. Nixon Leaving the Wlzite House? Sure­ Phelps will be on df&­ Equally mesmerizing are three ly, this must be a joke, play at the Kentucky studies Phelps did of her daughter Folk Art Center, 102' The folk art center's curator Adri­ West Rrst Street. Donna, not so much for their composi­ an Swain once said the purpose of Morehead, until June tion as for the depth of emotion put in good art is to make the viewer ask 13. Gallery hours ere such a young gjrl's face. questions. 9 a.m, to 5 p,m. Even in the handful of pastoral My question is: "Who was the real Monday through scenes such as ('icking Grapes, there's Nan Phelps?" Saturday, Sunday 1,'l"eat lyricism despite the silly colors. I spent a morning with her paint­ ,hours will begin April With canvases like these, I began ings, Still, I don't know. 13ut I want an 4 from 1 to 5 p.m. · to see the show as an Easter egg hunt answer, so I'll be back. For more Information, ior the goodies that make the show Besides a painter. !'helps was a call (606) 783-2204. worth the price of admission and an spellbinder. Lexington HeralcH.eaaer 1U'L8 gi·uup~ ~t,t, lU~~ Ill Monday, March 15. 1999 federal dollars

serves, the small amount of corpo­ Appalshop among rate philanthropy it receives - Ap­ palshop has been "one of the hard­ hardest-hit; new est-hit organizations in the United ~)', St:ites" by the rule change, Marema rule change cited said. /.Z. "We've scrambled to try to By James Prichard make up the loss, but the main ef­ ,,,, ASSOCIATED PRESS fect has been that it pulls us out of ';~ Programs run by Kentucky arts the communities that most need the -~ Ac!Qnl' .. organizations have seen a decrease arts activities that we provide • he ,J. 1.oursviue~ in federal grant money from the Na­ said. ' ', Kenit1tilif tional Endowment for the Arts in The AP analysis shows that the -=vo:-.ftmdf$489~8 recent years. Kentucky entity receiving the . J.B,Speed.Art. Among the hardest-hit groups largest amount of NEA money from :. Owensboro . is Appalshop, a media arts and cul· 1990-9! wa~ the Kentucky Arts ,~: $19J:-.®C)c;/> Counctl, which got $5.4 million. , Loulsville.Chll tural center in Whitesburg that pro­ duces and presents work about Ap­ Next was Appalshop, which re­ .l-.~-·$17cG:un,;;;;:;: ceived $2.6 million, and the Actors ·:. Keittii~Jcr' ~,.• P8. " · palachia and its people. Appalshop started in 1969 as a Theatre of Louisville, which got 1 ~~,~;. War on Poverty program to provide $1.4 million. ::.■ ..,. ,., Completing the top five were the ;:;, .. media-production training to young "i;SG mountain _P~ple. Its annual budget Louisville Orchestra, at $603,500, uc ■ ·K of $2.4 mtlhon comes from private and the Kentucky Center for the ~~ · .. foundations, individual contribu­ Arts Endowment Fund, at $498,800. '$ ' tions, state and federal grants mer­ The figures also indicate that ,1 chandise sales and theater perfor­ except for a spike in fiscal yea,; ii· mance fees, said Tim Mareina, the 1997, NEA dollars flowing to Ken­ ,n organi2ation's development director. tucky have steadily declined since Between 1990 and 1997, Appal­ peaking at $2.3 million in 1992. J shop received an average of more That figure had dipped to ~;.} . than $300,000 per year in NEA $819,300 by 1996 but rose to .f'' More ""ad"' grants. But Appalshop got only $954,100 the following year. ,:0 . University/of .. . about ~140,000 in fiscal year 1999, The number of grants issued to ,},:Foundatlon'$19_ .... ---••· , ,_400;: -.--1,: according to an Associated Press Kentucky organizations also de- · .-,■ Louisville VJsuaf·Art · ·· analysis of NEA funding. dined d~ng the ~ight-year period, Jrf=-~lif,:'?•!~, Marema blamed the decrease on from a high qf 40 m 1991 to nine in a recent NEA rule change. Arts or­ 1997. 'il c ofCOVJ d Jrr-~ . J ~w~-Cl/~r·t1 ganizations used to be allowed to The GOP targeted the NEA for ': ■ Murray State Unfveriilff.;'$9 apply for grant money throughout extinction after taking control of tj Uvlrig Arts & Si:ieric&Centet. the year as projects came along. Congress in 1995. Some Republi­ ,~ Keq!UckyHl~torlcal'Soctefy;", Now they can submit just one ap­ cans say the federal government ,. ■ Chamber Music Society.of plication annually. shouldn't subsidize artists while i ·i Inc $3 500 · dl:r.:.l ·tt2s:tr,:t;,i , , •I I :A ~:•2--f,;~~~O, Given its situation - the large others believe the agency ~ fund­ ·~ .. .(~.-:,:::, -~!t~tf-~;js~~;; number of -poor communities it ed pornographic and blasphemous

Sti!L the NEA has seen its bud­ get drop from a high· of $175 mil­ works in the past. The House voted 253-173 last lion in 1992. In 1995, the agency is­ year to provide the NEA with $98 sued about 4,000 grants totaling million in fiscal 1999. The agency $138 million; by 1997, those num­ received the same amount the pre­ bers had dropped to about 1,000 vious year, when the House origi­ and $83 million, said Sherie Simon, nally decided by one vote to elimi­ an NEA spokeswoman in Washing­ nate all funding for the arts agency. ton, D.C. The Clinton administration The money Wl!S later restored at the insistence of the Senate and the asked Congress last month to use White House. The decisive House some of the expected federal budget vote last year to continue funding surplus to set aside $128 million for the NEA resulted in part from the the agency in fiscal 2000. widely held belief that the agency is Under NEA guidelines that took carrying out congressional mandates effect in fiscal 1998, state arts agen­ to ensure it is backing programs that cies now automatically receive 40 enhance the cultural lives of a broad percent of the NEA's grant-making money. In Kentucky, that state spectrum of Americans. agency is the Frankfort-based Ken­ tucky Arts Council, which is in the Kentucky Education, Arts and Hu­ manities Cabinet. The General Assembly estab­ lished the council in 1965 to devel­ op and promote support for the arts in the commonwealth. PAGE ONE• SUNDAY. MARCH 21, 1999 rHE CQURIER-JOURNAL • FROM . Shumaker leads school to uncharted waters

By MICHAEL JENNINGS pal~ to help those layoff The Courier-Journal victims, and anyone else, learn new job skills and John Shumaker, a scholar broaden their knowledge. of classical langua11es and The details are to be lore, invites compansons to worked out, Shumaker told an artful commander out of his audience, but the univer­ Greek mythology. sity would do something. As president of the Uni­ It was yet another mo­ versity of Louisville, Shu• ment in Shumaker's 3½ maker likens himself to years as president that Odysseus, who.lived ~Y his .demonstrated something wits and sailed throu~ ad· that is increasingly clear: verse seas, his mind s eye This is not the same old fixed on a faraway goal. University of Louisville. Odysseus, thougn, was de­ Once dismissed as undis• ternuned to get oack to ..the tinguished, U;of L is on a place· where he had started, campai!l!l to polish its im­ Ithaca. Shumaker is deter­ age, build its research arm BY JAMES H. WAUACE, lHE COURIER-JOU!lNAl mined to take U of L to a and capitalize on· the best of "I want to make this university sizzle," University of place where it has never its programs - all while Laulavllle President John Shumaker said. · been. hoping that the rest of the school eventually comes • along. GLANCE Less than 24 hours after ■ Under John Shumaker, the University of Louisville's Philip Morris announced last "I want to make this uni­ month that it would lay off versity sizzle," said Shu­ endowment has.grown by 89 percent, to $317 million. 1,400 workers at its Louis­ maker. "What it takes to do ■ Medical research is making headlines. that, I will do." ville cigarette-making plant, ■ But tensions have come to the fore in some depart­ John Shumaker stepped to a Shumaker, who recently lectern in the faculty club li­ won a $200,000-a-year con­ ments, as the university shifted priorities and brary at the University of tract that makes him Ken­ resources. Louisville. tucky's highest-paid univer• A perpetually cheerful sity president, intends that INSIDE by 2008 U of L will be re• man with a habit of steadily ■ The top recruits for the school's leadership team scanning a crowd, his face garded as one of · the re• turning from side to side search beacons in American Illustrate Shumaker's Intent to "go national and get like a searchlight's beam, he higher education. Under a the best" announced tnat the city's ■ To get and keep better students, U of L,is raising biggest institution of higher See SHUMAKER standards and improving campus life. learning would lead a cam- Page 12, col. 3, this section St01lea, Page■ A12-A14 Shumaker leads university into an era- of maj_or change count Joseph Chalmers, U of L's physics chairman, Continued from Page One among the skeptics. He fears· A NIMBLE APPROACH the university is trying to build Novel ■olutlons With Metr01>olitan College plan he spelled out irt early a grand superstructure in the up and runmng, · Shumaker 1997, Shumaker insists that medical school while neglect• for community needs could respond quickly to the U of L must nearly double its ing physics and other core dls­ The most notable example layoff announcement by Philip federal funding, doctoral de­ clpbnes. His department, rath­ of Shumaker's quick footwork Morris on Feb. 24. The infra­ gree production and number of er than growin11, lost one of its in the public arena came a structure was already in place, endowed chairs, liberally fund­ 13 faculty positions in 1997, he ·year ago, when the university he and the JCC and Jefferson ed faculty positions designed said, and it has received no en­ Joined with Jefferson Commu­ Tech presidents reasoned, so to attract academic stars. It dowed professorships. · nity College and Jefferson why not adapt it to other em­ must seek out better-prepared "I think this focus on the Technical College to announce ployment needs? freshmen and work to keep medical school, if the intention an unprecedented educational At a meeting with deans, he them for four years. It must is to bring the rest of the uni• venture: Metropolitan College. asked whether the new effort versity along ... is probably a It answered a community fit with U of L's goals. They generate more licensing, pat­ 11 enting and business start-ups. mistake," Cftalmers said. The crisis of sorts. United Parcel agreed that it did. Resources, he said, ought to · ·great universities are the ones Service··was about to choose "He's opportunistic, but it flow abundantly to some sec­ that develop across the board." between greatly expanding its seems to be in line with where tors of the university - espe­ But Dennis Hall, an English hub at Louisville International he wants to take the universi­ cially in medicine -while oth­ professor and chairman of the Airport and building one else• ty," said Terry Singer, dean of er sectors make do with what faculty. senate, believes .that where. The big problem was the Kent School of Social they have, or even with less. the- university, is attending to finding enough package han• Work. "I see that as great Shumaker, in an interview areas . outside the medical dlers - often students - for leadership." in hiS office, said, uwe often school. · For instance, U of L the overnight shift. If Metropolitan Colleg, joke here about what kind of has subscribed to more online Led by Shumaker, the three shows U of L's willingness tc university we want to be when databases, made it easier·.to schools tailored Metropolitan help its hometown, the medica we grow up." The answer, he access · library holdings and College to the needs of UPS. school is where Shumaker', said; is a school that pursues trained students in library Students could attend class in ambitions for winning renowr "quality across the board and technology, he said. As a re­ the early mornings and eve­ for U of L are clearest. selective excellence." sult, he said, library use is up ninss, sleep in special dorms In 1995, U of L joined will The change that he pursues 25 percent dunng the day and catch spe­ is not without pain or detrac­ Changes like those, while cial buses to the UPS airport tors, "At the outset, there was important educationally, don't compound, where they would very considerable faculty skep­ draw the public attention that spend the wee hours muscling ticism" about Shumaker and medical research does, Hall boxes bound near and far. his plans, said Bob Schulman, said. "Somebody can drop a The novel approach clinched head of U of L's Center for Hu­ pin down at. the Health Sci• the $860 million UPS expan­ ma.!'ilies an!l Civic Leadership. .. ences Center·and four photog­ sion and the 6,000 jobs it will raphers and:18 reporters will brin11. appear," he ~d. ------maker ha°iiiihown inadequate TAKING RISKS commitment to equity for Afri­ Shumaker undaunted can-American ·students and ·:;numaker dropped the cor­ faculty and to fair hiring prac­ a,, mlscalculaUons poration idea cold and with lit­ tices on ul\lVenlty construction Shumaker, 56, is a Pitts­ tle apparent regret. The over• projects. burgh native who holds a doc­ seas programs 6ave continued Shumaker was also accused torate in classical studies .from to grow and thrive as a non­ of racial insensitivity at Cen­ the University of Pennsylvania prolit arm of the university. tral Connecticut, when he re­ in Philadelphia. He has taught "Thini;s just don't get to fused in 1995 to crack down Greek, Latm and classical lit• hlm," Fitzpatrick said. 'When on alleged racial name-calling erature and mythology. criticized; she said, Shumaker and harassment there. He said he initially found listens carefully, perhaps Shumaker bas defended his administrative matters boring. cracks a joke - "tiut you record on all counts. As a freshly minted faculty won't see him make the same In the Connecticut dispute. member, he once walked out mistake twice." he called himself "a First of a long-winded faculty dis­ Mulloy said last week he has Amendment absolutist" and cussio.n on program develop­ had no contact with U of L said he believed "the only an­ ment. since he ~t the board and swer to . :speech is, more But "somehow I got sucked C!ft4Al'lh II ~ ' thus has 'no perspective or ~~""'"'· •-P,... • ~ into it," he said. He rose basis" to comment on Shu­ · To anJWer crilics like Cole­ through the administrative maker's leadership now. man, . 'ShumQer Aid that Last year the truataes ranks at Ohio State and the Shumaker made another no­ U of L'has met Its goals for mi­ extended Shumaker'11 State University of New York table about-face in late 1997, nori')'. hiring, and that the contract far five year■ and • at Albany before becoming when his and the trustees' de­ state s count of African-Ameri­ ralaed his base pay to president of Central Connectf­ cision to demolish Rauch Me­ can students is artificially low $200,000, with benafltll of at cut State University in New morial Planetarium ,-' a field• because it doesn't include out­ least $75,00011 year, making Britain iii 1987. trip staple for generations of of-state residents. him Kentucky'• highest-paid During his eight years at schoolchildren - turned into a But faculty and enrollment university pra■klent. Central Connecticut, be gained public relations fiasco. At the numbers lend substance to Co­ credit for expanded interna­ crucial juncture, said Fitzpa­ leman's complaints. U of L had two local medical powerhouses tional studies and a 17-fold trick, Shumaker telephoned a 54 black professors in 1995, - Norton Healthcare and Jew­ growth in the ·endowment.· He Louisville benefactor, the and still had only 54 in 1998 (5 ish Hospital HealthCare Serv­ set up a center that nurtured Gheens Foundation, and talked percent of its 1,089 full-time ices - to try to lift its medical fledgling companies aiul, its leadership into pledging positions), despite adding 56 research to national promi- helped the .local economy $1.1 million to help build a full-time teachln~ jobs. One nence. . : adapt after the Cold War end­ new planetarium. administrator hired during Last year, the School of ed and defense industries de, "My impression .•• Is that Shumaker's tenure - Law­ Medicine lured Dr. Suzanne clined .. he was a man who was able to rence Nichols, associate vice lldstad, a Philadelphia-based Shumaker's personal history state directly what he had in president for human resources, researcher famous for her may hold a clue to why he has mind, what he wanted to do,'' who started in January - is work with bone-marrow trans­ focused on helpiilg workers, said Joseph Stopher, president black. A dozen black, full-time plantation. This year, the not just students. He learned of the foundalion, which di­ faculty members were hired school is basking ID the re• early that education can nur­ rects most of its support to re­ during his first two years. fleeted glow from the nation's ture hope when there's little ligious, charit~ble and ~u~­ And, even if out-of-state first hand · transplant, p~r- . else to sustain it. tional causes m the Louisville residents are counted, black formed in January at Jewish , When he was 10, Shu­ area. students still account for less Hospital. . ·" maker's parents divorced, leav­ Shumaker, said Stopher, "is than 14.5 percent of combined Research under way or ID ing him and his mother in a bright, . quick-witteil fellow black and white undergraduate the offing at U of L holds near-poverty. He did well in who examines a situation enrollment -.short ofU of L's promise for the treatment of school, "and it was always just quickly and is able to move." 16.6 percent goal. . cliabetes sickle-cell disease, assumed, I think, that I would As for construction projects, spinal cord injury, coronary a_r­ go on io college,'' he said. contractors must prove to tery disease ancl stroke, said Shumaker held three part­ CONTROVERSIES Coapercase U of L that at least ll.2 percent Joel Kaplan, vice preoident for time jobs for most of the time of their workers are members health affairs and dean of the he was in colle,:e. After gradu­ wanlessome · of racial minorities and at least medical school. . ating, he studied briefly at a · Shumaker sometimes moves 6.9 percent are women. Shumaker said Jewish, Nor­ Presbyterian seminary but so quickly that he leaves the Of the Cooper firing, Shu­ ton and U of L are l)OOUng switched to graduate school peoP.le under him in the dust. maker said it was an agonizing their resources to attam stat· Fitzpatrick said she was as­ but ultimately unavoidable de­ ure in studies of the brain, the tonished one day when Shu­ cision in which race played no heart and cancer. · · . after deciding his true calling maker absorbed a complex Richard Stremel, a physiol• was as ateacher and scholar. memo in about 20 seconds, ~aper nilver publicly sai_d 0gy professor and former For years he was happily "even to the point of asking or implied that he thought his chairman of the faculty senate, immersed in the study of dead . . • complicated questions firing was motivated by race. said word has gotten out that lanjll!ages - not the usual about it." . He said that he had been felled u of L is a scliool on a roll. training ground for entrepre• · Said Deborah Wilson, a for­ 1 by "trap-setters" among the "Candidates come: here li.ild · neurs. llut as a graduate stu• mer assistant provost and now ' boosters but that Shumaker they tell us exactly that," he dent, he cut a deal for a cheap chairwoman of justice admin­ and Athletic Director Tom Jur­ said; "They tell us lhil! they're group flight to a meeting in istration: "He is a very chal­ ich weren't to blame. very interested •• ; .Just be• Toronto - and realized tbat, lengin!J eerson to work for be­ Shumaker justified his ~lose cause they hav~ .read al!<>ut the in life, there is a vast world of cause 1t s difficult to keep up attention to the Cooper s1t'!a• innovative things going on deals waiting to be cut. · with him." tion and to other athlehcs here." .• "That's where I learned it Those who work for Shu­ matters sayinJ it's "the wm­ lldstad is an example. She never hurts to ask, it never maker defend him when asked dow on'the umversity through said U of L's blooming reputa• hurts to try," he said. whether his reversals show a which most people tend to lion swayed her 40-member re­ Today, Shumaker seems to lack of commitment to his look." search group to relocate there. thrive on risk, repeatedly com­ course. Fitzpatrick said Shu­ It "had all the different compo­ mitting U of L to new endeav• maker, doesn't shrink from nents in place ... and_ had the ors before it's· clear how, or controversy and doesn't duck vision in place," she said. whether, he can deliver on the pressing questions, 0 even Shumaker takes care no! to pledges. '. · · . when it would have been more suggest that the med1C!(l U of L spokeswoman Denise comfortable for him to do scfiool also has greatness ID Fitzpatrick said Shumaker that." place: "If you take all those staked his reputation on the Shumaker generated plenty things and put it together, you concept that became Metro­ of controversy in late 199'7 get the picture .of a university politan College, ignoring' risks when he changed his mind that has some pretty good stuff that it would carry "a ridicu­ about former football coach goin,: on, .But the Sch?,ol of lously high price tag•• or fail to Ron Cooper's fitness for the Medicine 1s not there yet. persuade UPS to expand in job at the end of a 1-10 season. Louisville. His withdrawal of support With some bets, he's lost. for Cooper, who is Afncan In 1996. with plans set for American, is one of several U of L degree programs in reasons that some civil-rights Hong Kong, Athens and San activists have expressed mis• Salvador, Shumaker proposed givings about Shumaker. ... spinning off the overseas ven• "On a scale from one to 10, I'd give him a two,'' said t~e Gordon Davies, Ken;~~ky .lures into a for-profit corpora· Council on Postsecondary tioh. _ Rev. Louis Coleman, a LoU1s• Some trustees recoiled; 1one, ville minister and leader of a Education president: u of L Patrick Mulloy, quit. Mulloy, a band of activists who cam­ should pick Its targets for ' former state secretary of fi­ paign against alleged discrimi• exce!fence and keep them •· 'The a;, Of creaang nance and administration, said Ille comprehen■ lve the scheme seemed so ill-con• unfversHy that Is ativng ceived that he thou!lht he everything fa gone." 1n could better spend his time elsewhere. Gordon Davies, president of GE1TING THERE kY council on Post• THE MONEY KEY •Selective excellence' the ~~nieyc Education. also said Reforms, priVate donors 'picks Its programs t~ L might be overemphasr boost the university . medical research. ~ut . e When Shumaker was sworn l°'d U of Lis right to pick its Stateslevel reforms in highe1 in as U of L's 16th presiden~ in education and booming sup­ SBl ets and keep them few. port by private givers may play September 1995, he was taking \~e age of cr~atin~ thehcot~; over a school better kno~ for · university t a 1 m Shumaker"s and U of L's fa. basketball than for teaching or , prehen~1ve h'ng1 is gone - vor. research. . . , strong m evervt 'd In 1997, the General Assem­ "be sa1 bly set up a trust fund to spur His formula to msttgl\te ' si1r:~t~:a~k schools' likenfC~ change boiled down to this: . Yale and Sta o university r~search, and a. y~ar Decide which things U of L 1umb1a, rsued selective ex- later it dedicated $ll0 mdhon should do best, and then do have also p~d J dith McLaugh- from a surplus to the creation . cellence, sa1 u . rt of endowed chairs - faculty them superbly. l'n a higher edu~at1on expeh Before he laid out his goals I , ard university. T e positions with enough m_on_ey in January 1997, )le .":val~~d at. H~hools however, a~e behind them to attract d1stm­ people through this ~1s1on m elite. boih preserve their guished scholars. U of L re­ more than 50 meetmg~ and "trying to h en it to a ceived $33 million of. the en­ made dozens of changes m the excellen~e a,n,d;hifeP U of L is dowed-chair money, known as plan, Fitzpatrick said. 11bucks for brains.'~ ·: •~.... :·. · .. (~lt~~¥tain excellent• fr°[ The new state funding has Still . it wasn't an easy sell, h first time, Thus, o as Shumaker acknowledges: \~eeds to be even more care­ ignited a spate of private giv­ "The notion of selective !lxcel­ ing to U of L. lence is ... hard for umve~1- ful that it places its emp~a:1;: ties to embrace, because we re where that can happen, such reservoirs of talent .that said. everybody knows that, with a little more money or a lot more money, they could reach for the stars." Most universities once dreamed of emulating Harvard or Ohio State - schOols that excel in a vast array of en­ deavors _ but that dreall' withered as states de-empha sized higher education funding r over the past two decades, Shumaker said. In Kentuc!<}', for example, higher-education funding slipped from about 20 percent of the state budget m the early 1970s to. 14 percent by the mid-1990s. . Today, Shumaker said, the Since ·Sumaker moved into have refused to make excep­ useful model~ _for t,l of L are ,he presicint's: office in 1995, tions. eluding entrepreneurship an, urban univers1t1es with strong, U of L's• e.dawment - an in­ U of L has already drawn urban affairs, have drawn na focused research and graduate vestment! .fund;• composed $15.5 million of its $33 million tional notice. But the universi studies. He mentions sc_ho?ls chiefly aJ. plivate gifts, that "bucks for brains" entitlement. ty as a whole routinely re like the University of C1ncm­ produces,ncome for the uni­ The University of Kentucky ceives low ratings from U.S nati and the University of Ala­ versity -,, has, grown by 89 has drawn $42.5 million of its News & World Report, WhOS! bama at Birmingham. percent,, t $317: million as of influential evaluations of col, $67 million share. leges are based on such fac, u of L aims to elevate at last sumrer. It ,stands as the As the state money runs least 20 research, graduate or 36th l~t public university low, "we're probably going to tors as admission test scores, professional programs to na­ endowmet lruthe,nation. have some donors who ... will graduation rates, class size, tional prominence. by 2008. Last fisal 11ea,,, the endow­ be a little disappointed that per-student spending and Most are in med1cme and ~•• ment gre, faster, than all but there wasn't more match opinion surveys of college offi­ lated fields, ent.repreneursh1p, seven pubc-lllliversity endow­ there," Collins said. Gov. Paul cials nationwide. logistics and d1stnbut10n, ur­ ments win assets over $250 Patton has said he may seek ■ While it is ·creating plum ban and environmental studies million. more funding for endowed faculty posts to attract reading and education. Under :humaker, the uni­ chairs next year. scholars, U of L . underpays u of L's long-range plan, versity ha established 26 en­ most of its faculty and staff. which Shumaker dubbed th~ dowed cbirs:·and professor­ DOSE OF REALITY Shumaker estimates it will "Challenge for f:xcellence, ships - Ii since December - Some goals seem take an additional $15 million contains a smattenng of goal_s bringing U,totaJ to 51. a year to close the gap with in arts and sciences, but ambi­ Drs. Lit and Sam Weakley especially ambitious faculty pay at other metropoli­ tions remain limited for so.me fashionedWo-.of. the 51 chairs. Between today's U of L and tan universities. disciplines, includi~g physics, The Weal,eys, alumni of the Shumaker's aspirations, famil­ The average pay for full­ mathematics and philosophy. medical seool; gave $ I million iar problems loom. time faculty during 1997-98 some professors, said Shu­ several yers ago to create a The average score of incom­ was $54,900; the average at maker, feel relegated to sec­ faculty pootion in surgical on­ ing freshmen continues to hov­ schools U of L wants to be like ond-class citizenship - a P~:i" cology. Lat year, learning that er around the national average was $59,213. tial misperceptlon, he sa1h, the statetwould match new of 21 on the American College ■ U of L aims to fuel re­ since u of L wants to strengt • gifts, theypledged another $1 Test, which U of L requires for search-based growth in Louis­ en all undergraduate educa- million fa an .endowed chair admission. The school wants ville's economy, but there is tion. d f in anesthe:ology, · that average to reach 24.5 out little sign of that happening, as The programs targete or Lita Wakley. .said she and of a possibfe 36. measured by grants from the excellence are unified,."not by her husbnd , knew they'd U of L still has a whopping National Institutes of Health, the university's desires. s,o make the ,com! gift eventual­ 29 percent dropout rate among which fund medical research much as by the comm~nity s ly, but the;tate•~ matching of­ freshmen. across the counlly. needs" for the economt~, so· fer promred. them to hurry The school wins a paltry Last fiscal year, the NIH cial and cultural buttressms a up. fraction of the federal research awarded $9.5 million in Louis­ university can provtde, _h_e said. To makisun, the. "bucks for grants won by schools it wants ville, most of it to U of L. Com­ They are also unified by brains 11 ad an additional, an­ to emulate. petitor cities fared much bet­ money, said Richard Stremel, nual $2 miion-in·state match­ The goals spelled out in ter. Birmingham, Ala., received the former chairman of the ing mone go ·to· the right U of L's "Challenge for Excel­ $148.6 million, with most going 100 faculty senate. "If you ~~~ places, U l i has set up tight lence" look hugely ambitious to UAB. UK accounted for across all those progra~s, the guidelines Only gifts of at when measured against its nearly all the $38.2 million in ones that really cai"t ~ad a least $500100 that go for Shu­ past: NIH grants for Lexington. top were the ones t a maker's "fl8llenge for Excel­ ■ While the university wants Houston's Texas Medical Cen­ significant funding base or at lence" --ls long-range goals to be accepted as a toe-flight ter, a partnership between pri­ least the potential" for o_n~, - can be mtched: . research school withm the vate hospitals and the Univer­ Stremel said. Good ideas w1\ • Richard:ollins,. U of L's as­ next decade, it didn't even at­ sity of Texas, gained $263.3 out financial backing, h~. said, ~ sociate. vuq,resident for de­ tain second-tier status until million in NIH grants, nearly "got put on a second tier. velopmentsaid enforcing that 1995. 28 times as much as U of L. Joseph Chalmers, the ph&!~ policy isn' easy "when faced ■ U of L has yet to qualify U of L also_ lagged in a Na­ ics chairman, said th~ emp with donm, .and department for a chapter of Phi Beta tional Science roundation re­ sis on funding me~1ca_l P °· chairs wmd like to get some Ka~pa, the academic honorary port on federal support for sci­ grams has caused ' a b1\ o1 a of the pie.:But Shumaker and society. ence and engineering to col­ scramble in which peop e trd Carol GaJison,. the provost, leges and universities. In 1995- trying to see if they. chan i~. f A few U of L programs, in- some sort of tie-in Wlt me t­ eal research 11 --

QV,II~:;:\. .. "'ffl::rt-,,,W :~ Q?c:~·-'·.,,·:z~-,,, .. "~. ' :e ar1:,.some benchmarks in the U~iversity of Lo~isville's irt to,~ecome a nationally recognized me1TOPOlttan ;earctr university.

96, U of L received $10.l .them in that adventure." million - less than one-fourth The trustees seem convinced the amount received by the that Shumaker is the uncom­ University of Nebraska at Lin­ mon leader U of L needs for coln, which ranked 100th in its uncommon·quest. federal research funding that In December, after extend­ year. . . . ing his contract for five years U of L is "not yet nationally and raising his base pay to competitive" for federal re­ $200,000, and supplemental search dollars, said Nancy benefits to at least $75,000 a Martin, U of L's vice president year, trustees' chairman · J. Pruloc1Bdota1a!Wllf 1!199-J"" 1991 for research. She added: "We Chester Porter said they were aim to change that." going the extra mile to• keep Ii; Shumaker happy: "And if he if THE CATALYST gets a call ..• from another ~ Uncommon leader university, we hope he will ,f PllfESSIIRS generates loyalty ~~~!Y say, 'I'm not interest- \I ■ 2DD86(\III. Tom Jurich, the. athletic di- Shumaker said "people call rector, said that most of the all the time" to sound out his change at U of L emanates interest in other jobs, but he from a single source: J obn i:enerally says nothing could Shumaker. induce him to consider an of- Shumaker does that "just by fer elsewhere. being John Shumaker," Jurich He said that he knows of no said. "That's why I'm here - other school where he could you can mark ·that down. Be- "have as much fun" but that cause of him." . . . he might want to retire in Shumaker mamtams that about 10 years - just after the !~e school's. other lead~rs deadline he set for 9 of L to know ~hat 1t i:nean_s t,~ build reach its goals. U of L; he said, a quahty university and "has a legitimate claim on would not "stand still, fo_r. a greatness, and I think m · job . president who wouldn t Jom ... is to set it on that coun. "

Lexington Herald-Leader Friday, March 19, 1999 UK's College of Phannacy RANKINGS: 3 UK programs ranked third nationally amnrur }he best

By Holly E. Stepp But university officials often criticize the_ rankings this year, HERAUHL\nER EDUCATION WRITER its methodology and validity. which pleasantly surprised Three University of Kentucky Still, UK deans were pleased by me acting Dean Robert 1%duate programs are among the best rankings, which will be available on Schwemm. in the nation, according to a new rank­ newsstands Monday. The rankings "I don't think that our mg of graduate schools released today can also be viewed on the magazine's quality goes up and down U.S. News & World Report's Best website, www.usnews.com, starting to• each year as the rankings Graduate Schools issue ranked UI{' day. would have you believe," College of ~harmacy third in the na~­ William Lubawy, interim dean of Schwemm said. tmn, a ~po! it shares with the Universi, the College of Pharmacy. said the rank­ "But I can't help but say ty of Michigan. ing reflected high-qualitv faculty and that I am pleased that we I The news magazine ranked UI<'s students. are going in the right direc- ,

"We are liomg very innovative tion," he said. 1 master's of nursing program 48th ir: things in the :ireas of curriculum, re­ Kentucky's two other the nation, a position shared with four search, as well as service," Lubawy law schools were mentioned _others, and its College of Law, 50th. said. "I think people are beginning to in the rankings of 181 law also tied with four others. recognize that." schools. The University of California at Sat. Nursing Dean Carolyn Williams lJniversitv of Louis, Francisco held the top spot in the agreed that strong faculty and stu­ ville· s Brandeis School of pharmacy rankings; the University of dents contribute to the rankings. The Law was listed in the un­ Washington in nursing; and Yale Uni­ nursing and pharmacy rankings were ranked second tier of versity among law schools. unchanged from last year. schools. Northern Kentucky The rankings are based on both UK's College of Law moved up in University's Salmon P. reputational surveys and variety of Chase College of Law was in the fourth tier. . lat:~ i l•11 · ·•,-p,i from the universities 1\.ppeai ill·gw11~lllJ~ ll\jW.. \J H aic!-l.eaoer l.e~ine,ton e~ 1999 Friday, Marc 19 , ~Jn KSU yearbook case I

By John Cheves day. An ojfici,al at HERAl.lH£ADER STAFF WRITER The battle for 2,000 copies of the KSUlocked CINCINNATI - It looked like an 1992-94 Thorobred - seized by a up the year- amateurish college yearbook, with KSU administrator before students books, missing photograph captions and could see them - has attracted atten­ scanty coverage of campus news tion from dozens of groups across the they saying events. country, including the American Civil were of poor But even if it wasn't great journal­ Liberties Union and the Society of quality. The ism, allowing a Kentucky State Uni­ Professional Journalists. editors say versity administrator to block the A three-judge appeals panel yes­ freed.am of yearbook's distribution could damage terday heard arguments from attor­ the free-speech rights of all college neys representing KSU, a public uni­ speech is at students, a lawyer warned the 6th versity in Frankfort, and two fonner issue. U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals yester- KSU students who want the year-

books released. 2,000 copies of the newly arrived administration. The federal courts will start a Thorobred locked up where students Coffer and Kincaid sued for the dangerous trend if they allow a public would never see it. Gibson said she book's release in U.S District Court in university to interfere with student did not like the book's design, particu­ Frankfort, claiming a free-speech publications because of so-called larly its purple cover - the school's right to express and view speech. "quality" problems, said Somerset at­ colors are green and yellow - and Judge Joseph Hood dismissed the torney Bruce Orwin, who represents missing captions under many of the students' lawsuit in 1997. He ruled the students. photographs. that the First Amendment can't pro­ "The sanctions that will be un­ However, yearbook editor Capri tect the yearbook because college leashed on the First Amendment Coffer and student Charles Kincaid journalism isn't a "public forum," but would destroy the student press," Or­ think Gibson was upset after losing an educational tool produced at win said. an argument with the faculty journal­ school to be read only by students. In 1994, KSU Vice President for ism adviser about letters in the stu­ The students appealed. Now, the Student Affairs Betty Gibson ordered dent newspaper critical of the school See YEARBOOK, B4

. ------__ ..., _ _, ...... 6 . 't i:/~;lBtr ,.. :~i. ·:·, ., :ontinued from Page 8 I • · sides argue in Apparently skeptical, Judge 1alf an hour after learning "If you let .James Ryan interrupted Orwin to vhat the subject is. · say: "I can't believe that book says Woodring, who had tau~ht students know appeals hearing :peech at Union County High ·. the university was going to hand ichool, came to Western m there is no limit From Page B1 · over the yearbook to a student ed­ 989 as director of the Ken­ to what they itor ... saying 'This is your baby, ucky High School Speech Court of Appeals m~st decide do with it whatever you want.'" .eague, which moved to West­ can achieve, whether to reverse Hood's ruling, :" from the University of they will and return the case to district ,entucky. Shortly after arriv- achieve." court f0! trial, or allow it to stand. 1g, s~e was asked to take A dec1s1on could take months. ver the oew forensic team. Outside the courtroom Orwin She called high school Judy Woodring Several dozen civil-liberties -said he regrets that neith~r Hood ,achers around the state to and academic groups worry . nor the appeals court have seen a nd out which students en­ Hood's ruling will weaken the >lled at Western had taken copy of the yearbook. The books ·,eech in high school. Then nghts of college journalists if it is remain in the school's custody at Western, but Woodring had allowed to become precedent in an undisclosed location. ie picked up the phone and taught her at Union County ialed dorm rooms. Twelve High. An autographed of Wes­ the four states of the 6th Circuit: aople signed up. "Those 12 ley now hangs in the pro­ T~nn_essee, Kentucky, Ohio and "I've seen the yearbook," Or­ udents have been the back­ gram's office. M1ch1gan. These advocacy groups win said. "It looks just like the me of this program " she Another supporter, Cora D. filed "friend of the court" briefs in . yearbook from the year before ,id. "Even after they g;aduat- Hooks of Bowhng Green, sold behalf of the students. · and the year after. Granted, it was 1they have not quit support­ her McDonald's stock to cre­ g 1t." fair quality, not really good. but ate a endowment. Hooks was H~wever, Frankfort attorney J. all the yearbooks look like that." For many years, Western· Woodring's speech teacher at Guthrie True, arguing for KSU dn't have a forensic team Webster County High School :cause the university didn't in the 1960s. yesterday told the appeals judge,; :pport _it financially. That Sandra Schneider, a team that . the yearbook debate has 1anged ,n 1988 when William member from 1989 until 1991, nothmg to do with the First Bivin, a former university returns to campus at least Amendment. KSU only seized the torney who was on the de­ once a year to support the book to prevent its poor quality te team in the 1950s left program. She is an insurance from embarrassing the school, he mey in his will to restart the claims investigator in Tennes­ said. ogram, which was eventual­ see, and last Thursday she named in his honor. was at Western helping with "There. is not a shred of evi­ The program is now sound­ the Kentucky High School dence 1~ this case that these books supp~rted by the university, Speech League tournament were Withheld because of ideo!o t until recenr years it has Schneider credits Woodring d to rely on donations. - as well as the hard work of . or a~y opinion in them," True to'1;J One year, when Kassie Wes­ students - for the program's the Judges. "They were withheld ·. an actress on "One Life to success. because they were a poor job." "'," heard the club couldn't "After 10 years, Judv still 1md a tournament, she sent works as hard " she said "Ev- . • But Orwin, waving a copy of a 1100. Wesley didn't attend erything is ea~ed." · · KSU handbook, said the school's ; ~wn rules give control over pub­ hshmg the student newspaper and yearbook to the student editors not to administrators. ' Lexington Heralo-1.eader Saturaay, March 20, 1999 EASTERN: Some students worry 1 grading changes will hurt them EKUtaking From Page One steps to battle against their classmates in each Shading the grading course. While students like some por­ grade inflation tions of the plan, they worry that the new grading system will hurt By Holly E. Stepp them when it comes time to look for HERAI.D\.EAllER EDUCATION WRITER jobs or apply to graduate school. At Eastern Kentucky Univer­ The changes are the result of a sity, an A isn't what it used to be. faculty committee that has spent Professors say students are three years studying grade infla­ getting top graqes for work that is tion. sonly average, and that five letter It is expected to combat a clear ·' grades aren't enough·tojudge stu- trend of grade inflation at Eastern, dent performance. said professor Kirk Jones, leader of That will change next year, the committee. when the university begins a sys• The committee collected data on tern designed to ensure that its Eastern students over 13 years, grades are making the grade. looking at grade-point averages and "What I am most concerned American College Testing Program about is the quality of our degrees scores. and validity of our grades," said "We found that while there was . EKU President Bob Kustra. "An no evidence that our students are A earned at Eastern Kentucky better-prepared for college, their col­ University should stand for the lege grades went up every year," highest quality of work." Jones said. Eastern's plan, which will be For the early years of the study announced next week, is unusual­ group, about one in every 10 ly comprehensive in battling a na­ students earned straight A's in one tional college phenomenon known semester, Jones said. In 1996, that Johnson, a senior biology major as grade inflation. Kustra hopes number increased to one in three. from Ashland at Eastern. the system can be a model for the EKU is not· alone in battling "Our low A's, the 91s or so, will rest of the state. grade inflation. The problem is per- become A minuses and lower our EKU's plan, which goes into haps most prevalent at highly selec- grade-point average,· she said. effect in the fall semester 2000, tive private colleges and universi- Eastern's Faculty Senate chair- has three pans: a plus-and-minus ties. woman, Karen Janssen, said the grading system, semester reports At Georgetown University, 42 new grading system will allow on average grades and the distrib­ percent of the grades awarded in instructors to be more acrurate in ution of grades for each course, 1994 were A's. The mean grade- grading. and an index on transcripts that point average for students at Duke "They (students) will better see will tell how well students fared University rose from 2.7 in 1969 to where they stand and work toward 33 in 1996, on a scale that gives 4.0 higher goals," Janssen said. See EASTERN, A13 for an A At public universities, the increase is slower. Junior Andrea DeCamp still Many schools have used similar wondered how much difference the methods to address the problem, al- new grading system would really though usually one step at a time. make. Duke University has implemented a "It seems that for most students grading index, rewarding students it would lower some A's and raise who take classes from professors some B's, so the effect on grade­ who assign a wide range of grades. point averages would be balanced Eastern's grade inde.xing moves out," said DeCamp, a journalism beyond just letter grades, said major who lives in Richmond. Jones. "That makes it kind of point- "If a professor's average grade less." award is a C, the student who is making an A or B is truly doing - outstanding work," he said. Most university efforts have met with vehement protests from students and faculty alike. Of the changes for Eastern, stu­ dents have complained most about the plus-minus grading system. The University of Kentucky implement­ ed a limited plus-minus system last year that angered students as well. "[ think it will hurt the students who already make A's," said 1'icole id-Leader ce"ngton Hera h 13 1999 Saturday, Marc ' BAPTIST: Lexington. college to. close From Page c1 Ashland Avenue Baptist enthusiasti­ accepted a job in February as Boyce Col­ cally supports the shift. The church rLe:xington lege dean of students and executive di­ started LBC to counter what it saw as rector of the center of youth ministry. theological liberalism at Southern Semi­ ■ Debt. Had Lexington Baptist Col­ nary at that time, Howard said. Baptist lege continued, it would have faced a Conservatives gained a majority on $200,000 deficit by the end of July. Southern's board in 1990. Southern presi­ "With what we knew about the oper­ dent R. Albert Mohler Jr. has applied the­ College ating deficit coming up this year, how ological fitness tests to faculty candi­ could we in good faith start a search for dates to ensure doctrinal purity. a president?" Howard said. "ln the '50s, there was a need for an will close ■ The change in program at educational institution that would whole­ Boyce College. Boyce had offered only heartedly embrace the authority of Scrip­ By Todd Van Campen two-year programs, but last fall the col­ ture," Howard said. HERAU>lEADER RELIGION 'MllTER lege also started four-year degrees in bib­ "There have been older people in the Leicington Baptist College will lical studies. church who have said to me, 'If the close in May after 49 years of That made Boyce's programs virtual­ Southern of today had existed in the training students for Christian ly identical to those of Lexington Baptist 1950s, there would not be an LBC,' " ministry. College. Howard said. Debt, the impending resigna­ With Adams moving to Boyce, the When LBC began, it met at Ashland tion of its president and a dupli­ Louisville college will expand its training Avenue Baptist, then moved to buildings cation of training offered by of ministers for youth. That had been on Walton Avenue before buying the El Southern Baptist Theological one of LBC's major emphases. Dorado MoteL Seminary in Louisville all con­ 1n spite of all this, LBC may have tributed to the closure, said the Adams said LBC is going out a win­ continued were it not for the conserva­ ner. Twenty students will graduate in Rev. Russell Howard, pastor of tive shift at Southern Seminary. May, up from one in 1997 and eight last Ashland Avenue Baptist and chairman of the I.BC board. The board made the decision last month. LBC's building, the former El Dorado Motel on Ver­ year. LBC was expecting 165 students sailles Road, is already for sale. next year, which Adams said would LBC has 130 students, 100 of have been a record. them full time. About half will . Yesterday, students said they're look- transfer to James P. Boyce Col­ mg forward to life in Louisville. lege of the Bible at Southern Sem-. "It will take a while to get the kinks out of the move, but I think it will be a ~ would interpret this as a good thing in the long run,'' said Jason God moment," LBC president Eads of Lexington. Eads plans to be a David E. Adams said. "God obvi­ minister after he graduates in December. ously worked at the very pinnacle Even Charles Juma expressed opti­ of our growth and success to mism. Juma came to Lexington from have us relocate. Now the mission Kenya in January to attend LBC. He met can be carried out in Louisville." Adams in 1988, and Adams helped Juma Ashland Avenue Baptist come to the United States. Church of Lexington opened LBC ."I was _a li~e shaken, but with expla­ in 1950, and the chw:ch has re­ nation I think it's a better opportunity for mained the school's chief support­ me as far as education is concerned " Juma said. ' er. Howard explained the reasons that LBC will close: After LBC's aCC?unts are settled, any remammg money hkely will be used to ■ Adams' resignation. Adams, I.BC president since 1996, equip satellite-capable classrooms at Ashland Avenue Baptist's new church See BAPTIST, C3 on Reynolds Road, Howard said. Ash­ land Avenue Baptist is now raising mon­ ey for the new buildings. LBC's nine full-time employees will I~ their jobs. Some are negotiating indi­ vtdually with Southern. Howard said.

Lexington Herald-Leader Saturday, March 13, 1999

,... . I r Morehead State star freshman Brown suspended indefmitely for academics Macy says ex-Defender missed classes, study hall academic and team obligations and rejoin our squad." .\SSOCIATED PRESS "As a coach and educator, it Brown, a 6-foot-5, 210-pound MOREHEAD - Morehead is my job to see that these young player from Bryan Station, led State forward Erik Brown, an all­ men improve and succeed, not Morehead in scoring at 19.3 points Ohio Valley Conference player as only on the court, but more im­ a game. He averaged 5.4 rebounds. a freshman, has been suspended portantly, in the classroom," Brown was a first-team all­ indefinitely from the team, Coach Macy said in a statement. OVC performer and was named Kvie Macv said yesterday. "We have team rules that, the conference's freshman of the . Brown was punished for when followed, encourage this year. missing classes and study hall, success. I am hoping that Erik The Eagles finished the sea­ Macy said. will learn from this, fulfill his son 13-15. M:Ju c1;p snee1i~~ A sample of recent articles of interest ta Morehead State University ,Y{_~!)?JI JC/qr UNIVERSITY COMMUNICATIONS MOREHEAD STATE UNIVERSITY UPO BOX 1100 MOREHEAD, KY 40361-1689 606-783-2030

. THE MORIHli,nibws FRIDAY MORmNGLMARCH 19, 1999 MSU stuilent-set for Bosnia ,,ii:ssi9-~s trip ------,-- ::-1a-211...... -1.alkwithtbam. By SEAN KELLY : · Monland, U. m:iuiona coor- Moreland will be buy with a Staft'Wr:i.ter ::-dinator for MSU'■ Bapti■ t ·stu- mi■ aion trip Gver ■pring bnak A u--'-ead State Um'venity · · dent Union, found that ta ■ k an well. He will-be aJDODS ,& .munw daunting at tint. . BSU uwnben who will travel to student will-be among 80 people •1 thou1rht it wolild be (very Georgia for evangeli ■tic out. traveling.to Sarajevo, Bollllia, on difficult);t' he ■ aid. "But God reache■ and ■pecia1 project■• a apecial·mia ■ ion ■ project to blew me out of·the water,• an Bosnia Ch_angen are ■till in repair home■ in the war-ravaged people donated toward■ the trip, the process of raising $80,000, cai;~· rull_y_·excited. about it," he added. for c«!nstruction and repair said llart':Mcireland, a aenior The group will reP.air 10 !Datenals .for the Sarajevo pro- homes in Sarajevo, while atay- Ject. Le:dnllton elementary school ing in dorm-style housing. Those who want to donate to major."He added that he signed Moreland aaid the Bosnia the project can .write to: Bolllia up for the million trip when he Changers will have the opportu- Changera, c/o the Brotherhood lini~jt, . ~-,.-. -· nity to. share their faith in • Department, Kent~ Bapli■t Moreland will-be 8IDOIII 80 Jesus, while repairing· or Conventio!z_P.O. Box ,8488, Kentncky college and univenity rebuilding homes. Louisville, AX 40268-0488. studentl,,who.-will be part of the He added that thoae opportu- "Bo■niil'Cliangen.• The group, nities will come through: build- •~Jl1111J'811,by the Kantu~ Bap- ing relationship■ with thoae in tu,t Convention, were picked the neighborhood where they f,rom,!1~~-lit;,~~=--o_.• · _were are working. m~ lilr.... · "We'll DrllbulY ■tlclc oui," he · Eiu:h ti■am member, after hi■ said. "Tliat will give u ■ the or h■r ul ■ ction, waa thin opportunity to abue our faith" re11J10md111■'to rme $1,600,for - e■pecially whan people from the mi■■ion, to take place May the neigh~rhood com■ up to

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,J, u.~ 0 ·3 j iYla..<.tl.. '" }!~Q~ili~ ce!!fii: -~.Pts mascot tor aw:iu-~n.ess ·- iiB;:y:-;oma:;;;;wir::win~-;;;;,;-::..,..;_;-· -- brinp "Popat," a doll made from Tha grant money rec■iTed Contributmc·Wmer··~ recycled pop boW• and orpnic from.ihe EPA COTIIJ!l the Jelly- . - - .-.,... cot!"n, to the clu■room1.. . bean co■tume, di■ )llay matari• . The c'ommunity Recycling A lot. of our efforts lDVOlve al■, ■olid wlllte brochure■, and a e!ICOlll'881Ds peopJe to _buy ~- Year 2000 calendu that will- Ce~'Jterl~~-U::""':'... cle~ products, · _rll feature utwart about emiron- .. I .... -.,...... !f,,11 . ... e Un1-ht, a Commumty_ ■ a1~A h l d ch__ .._•-•'-- .. .J • ....., . . mental awaren■ 11- from 4t J!nal ~~"'::i;U:; Center Board me~ber ,an, adar■ in the target counties. -;;..v.-r-• -· .. ~...,._.,. ,..., More'!ead State Un1ver11ty • fite calendar winners will be · L1lillu.·-e tQVni•U'l:imd■ d J!acycling and Ei;:ergy ~naerya- selected on Earth Day,April22. by a r:.fDOO ~from the.ad- tion Manqer. If you re gomg Another facet ·of the lll'aDt is er.• -p, -- · on -'-' to recycle, that'■ great, but we . .J .., d ..,... - 1 · · ...... need to buy the product■ that coope~tive ....m:a ..on ~ mar- ro-iilll awuenu1 in a· ■Ii:- are made from those material.II.. ~ting m the ■umnmding ~- co:ii!:iit-■ &\iiign~to · Buying ~cled prodad■ ii a ties, to ■llmllftp.other ~ties . : . loo Jaopard frog, wblcli ~way to clDle the loop.• As to ■ trengthen recycllnir pro- - i■ llowiirCcnmb-. t pointed out, it doean't do ~- . . · m good to recyde materials The Commumty Recycling Jellybean will be vi ■iting without market. Cn,at;,.w that Center recyc1_· about 400 .tons ■chool■ in the m-anmty·~n, II - 1 91 That which include■- Rowan, Bath, market in Rowan County i■ one of matena P.9 r year.. . Carter, Elliott, Menifee and ot th■ goal■ of the Center, and amount, ~~ to Haight, 1r Mo to •---'- Id-'· about th the llfflllt money will enable the amall coundering the 11D1Dunt 0 im:ce ~-- e puhifcation of brochure■ and the wa■te produced by Rowan Corm- The tall amphibious critter ireneration of o~her tactic ■ to ty, "W cle about perceni vi■ited an elementary ■chool in mcreus commumty awareneu. " recy tad2 in the Carter County lut week. "The fro_( !e _great for the of the ;:"0 te.Jenera "The kids already seemed kid■,~ ■ Bid Haight. "For adults, coUDty, ■he d. - pretty knowledgeable, but they wa have a rotating di■ play of At lut count, ■■ch p■non in had a lot of que ■ tions (about recyded product■ and II li■t of Kentncky pner■ted ,.2 pound■ recnlinJr)," ■aid Jan Donald■on, place ■ where people can buy ofwute eaich du, one of Jellybean' ■ animator■• thmn." With Rowan County'■ landfill "And, they all wanted to huir the ~ of the prodnd■ include rate ■ the lowe ■t in the ■ tate fmg.• 11 :ck made· from an old there i■n't a great rn■h to ftna1 Kri ■ ta Dalton and Leigh in and ■wntpant■ made altemative waste disponel meth- Gmnch work with Donald■on to from plum pop bottle■• Many of od■• intere ■ t kid ■ in recycling. In th■ )IIOcbi.ct■ are mod■led on a But a little elementary math addition to Jellybean, th~ ll!'DUP recyaecl llllUlDllqUin, made from make ■ it obviou ■ that , 4.2 tin-■•· pound■ per penon per day add■ up to a lot of truh. 1'1asc·rit

The Community_ Recycling number ■bould be. lilted 011, the Center located on U.S. 80 eut bottom of th■ container with ihe now recyclu ■teal can■, green, recnlilllr aymbol • · clear and brown glai ■, alu­ .lelly6ean will be Yi■iliq the minam can■, 11 and #2 plutic■, elomentery ■chool■, and the dla­ new■papen, maguine■, boob, play ■ will rotate among hi1h cardboard, paperboard, comput­ ■ chool ■ and area buin- ■W, er paper and general office throuirhout the ■pring, accord- paw, ing to llaight. ·- 'A lot of people ult about the p_la■tic, and how to determine the number," Hllight ■aid. '"l'he

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draws. . criticis.m. . . "I thought I'd bring tbia pro- By KIM HAMILTON poaa1 and clJ:awjpg to ya~ atten- Staff'Writer tion and give'you an idea of what we ·want:to do with it." :Morehead'■ recycling efforts Brown uid; '· could get in the way of down- "Thi ■ drawing look■ pretty town beautification, according to now, but what worrie ■ me i• comment■ made by -mben of what will the recycling center city council after di ■ cu ■■ing look like 10 year• from now?" where a new recycling center said :Mayar Brad Collim. ■hould go, The site drawing depict■ a The di■cuuion en■ued after prietine building to be u■ed tc Fred Brown, pre ■ident of the collect and house reeycled good■• recycling center's board, pre- It is !JUite unlike the current 1ented a new de,rign and a pro- recycling center, an old school poaed new location for the cen- bus IJll?.IJe, which i■ a dilapidat­ ter to council Monday night, ed building. :Material fall ■ on March 8, the ground around the outdoor The Clll'Nlnt recycljna, center, dro trbillll. located on U.S. -80 Ea ■ t, is ~e university i■ committed ■ chadialad..io.-be.iom down in to keeping it looking: 1p1od,• l■ia-"2000 or uriy 2001 to m■ke Brown ■ aid. --We're loolrlng--at w•"· for .th■.ildri "phue of the something to ■ nne our need■ ~~-- ·i, Iii!~ wi'll have over the nut 20-30 yean mad · to ba. ; \. " ;·. trying to keep our co■t■ a■ low . B.ecyclbii- board member• aa pouible," Brown laid. · want to keep the center at a The proposed center i ■ to downtown location, ■o it will be have a covered drop-off place convenient for people to bring with ■lot■ that allow materials lhair ~ to the location. to be put iuid■ t.ba building, :Moreh■ ad State Univenity 'The ~g.board hopea to hu offered to donate property eave up to $50,000 by builcling. on whkh to build th■ new r■cy• the ■ite on donated p1vil&'b','! clmR ~dt Counc:ilrneri Sc!DDY Owen llllid,. . idlie~ri;,.1:mlot _...... the recycling center'■ _bo~if"·• th!! old ~•• ■ewmg factory could find another .locatiori:J'or. buildiJla;,i'}: ~ t'f , · • .-- • its building that -ne coiild-: Hownv,- ~clloLu .. --"'-"~:"' ~ .. ,--~ -a.:;, ,· in a ■ectimroUiii'iilba.a"' hu ""~':,::o· ~, · -~ · -.-.~·• - •,! Counolmen .AI. 7- ~· :· ·"l!..-~--, rs •t.andard ...... _. __ uniti'thin.in ha■ no plan■ to beautltyit-ay- .th■ put.'10~ and- nallitly ~;,;;;,.. ;~ked tfe~:~~ to , receiYid ano'ther, $ Lmillion con■ider putting__ $1__ 0__ poo in the ,gruif.to ravitilhe anothei:'.-21 horneii hi the ■NII. ·· 19911-2000 budget tor tbe pro­ ~~ center. •Ir you don t and the county won't, we'll be hornele■ s," Brown ■aid. The center could co■t about $250 000 to bmld, indndinJr ■ite pre~tion. The city and D■C8I court would n■ed to pay $10,000-$15,000 !" year in debt service OD the proj■ct. Council took DO action OD the propo■al. ~--- TBBMOBEBE+DJgWS-----·--~

Bnt the now buildill1 ud ·OIi: 'l'bunu;----,, lk,Dr BJ BDl)JA!Dl,'J'OR ~,a!·'· .. Stafl'Wrim ·'' · · · ., ... , .. l~-~ation will be notldn:rf !~e Brad Collin• aid that whan be ..,..t; accordiJir to',._ ,1 preaonta the city'• budget to premdent of tho ree.,i:]inir board. , council next month, there will Don't judge the now recnlinR - · He preaented a dr=J.:: , ba.$10,000 allocated for the center by the .old one, mga local what.tho new•pn>poaad · · recycling center from that environmantaliiits. Official• and ruidonta here =t9r would look like ~.h•n B88,A~ :!;~~g hoard ilJ looking aeom to be more ilt .. ea■ e .this '"l'hat'a a ·nice looldiur baild- for a partnenhip from the city week with allo~ a ~ling ilu[,• 'Magiatrato Niak.Oau,iill and COIIDb' governments to help center to be built m w--t•Mare• llllbL · --- · pay for th• center. MSU has head, cloH to • r;anatad "I.Lhink'l~'V:J!.:!::-pod. agreed to donate the far downtowr- btt _illlcpi; 1. ::-dy location, too,~ JI Anna - ._ _._. __ •L- · · nl On Tue_aclay, -..,._ Fiaul Pecco aeid. "l'heni 11n1 - nai- -...... money o y CDart appro•ad . allocating denLa in that area of town but · if t.hii cit:,' matchu it," Judp- $J,O,OOO iD ita 11111 .IOOO badat it'a •till the beat placo for iL' · dllCUl:iva CIJda Tbomu ■aid. to help pay for debt aemce 1or The drawing of the center · "I'm going to aupport it," tho eatimated $260,000 center, depicLa a.drop,off area COVDnd Collins ■ aid. "Al long a■ they propoasd-to bs built on the-site by a canopy whore vehicle■ can can keep it looking-neat and of tho parking lot behind tho old drive in to drop recyclables c1••~an, I don't aeo a problem with Cowden'e aewing factory build­ inaido the building throu1h 1.. ing at the comer or Weat Fint openinp in tha -..n. During co11Dcil'a .Marc1i meet- Street and Norman Wen. Bonle- No recyclable material ■ will inf\ councilman Sonny Owen verd. ' ,. be put on tho outai•• or the aa1a Lhat Lho recycling board llo~d State Uni;;niQ' could Ind other property to put now-tMC--n·iltaad building. All ~q actirity tho cantar-. ia --willinr to donate t~ the will take place 1naide, Brown Brown ■aid that MSU bad ■aid. two other lit., but they couldn't reeyc)ing ~-...... to · He added that a fence can bs · ------· bilfld'tlio. cinter:'Some MSU put up around the building if be -■ill lio,bailcl oa became one office, lini locatechiC"thii'-f'ormer there bocomoa a problem with ii.too narrow-for. tho building manufacturing building. . material■ bl · around. and tho other ii in a flood way. Thero wore concem• coming "W.o wan~_,.INd n:!§h- Tho~ board wanta to from city council on. March 8 ban, Brown•uid.-•o'v• a bef tho-CQtor.in a downtown lhaL the center wauld· bscome an lot of doviil:ion and donation or l!pD 10 it will be more •cce ■aible ~-• well u being located time and iB'art at ma1n~·a for local people to 11■ e for rocy- mar mlli-orclollan worth or _,.. _.___ _,_ cling • and they've promiaod to ·•-.1-Di ...... -• ...... a 1ot - uo~·tloo'"'--..,;c •-d-. downtowu nviWiz■tion efforts. ther ahiai"lllan moat co11Dtiu ...... , -r• - -.-- "nloaa cona,rna waro hued on in E •-.,,_ ...-• t thia center ii amn, to the.current~ center and u"!!... ~n---.,. look like in 10-20 yura d-n what it loou lib now. - the road i• what tho city uad county want it to look like," · The current center wu put in Thamullllid. · the old achoo) bu■ 1•r•1• on V..S. 60 Eaut after a now bu ifarap wu built. Tho baD41q WU iJroady dilapidated, hall·• :atonge apace and recydabl•• had to be dropped "ciff ouLafdo . .The:dropofl'·llita-alao pta muddy d~ninywaatlier; · . . No..money,wn::1111.i iiito' tho 80-,nr old buildillll'i'bacauao board member, k1111J1'it•wa• gaiu to be "tirrii- dilwii"J'or tho thirl;ph- of'ihci".Jlorehead bJDul:'ftie old recji:ling:ceiitor will bs tom down in late 2000 or Lexington Herald-Leader oarly200L Tuesday, Man:h 23, 1999 U of L rai~ing the bar for its

~~~E - Uni~ersity of .students Louisville administrators are listening ' Adams' initial concerns mirror to students such as Michael Adams as those of U of L leaders who are seek­ remediation are referred to JCC and they work to propel the school into the ing ways to make students more satis­ promised admission to U of L if th_ey pass remedial courses .. Students with front rank of metropolitan universities. fled and successful. As part of its over- Adams, a Paducah native, enrolled · - · - - lesser deficiencies are admitted to U of at U of L in 1994 after receiving a all strategy, U of L plans to a~ct bet- L and placed in special sections of prestigious scholarship that covered ter students, to keep them m school math or English. most college expenses.. and to provide them better stepping- U of L plans to raise its admission But he found his freshman classes stones to careers. standards over the next four to five undemanding, and he was disappoint- , U of Lis _already phasing out reme- years. David Howarth, U of L's dean of ___ ··'---· . . - · · dial education. and has made an undergraduate studies, said the ~ver­ ed by the acadenuc cali!Jei: of fellow arrangement with Jefferson Communi­ sity would aggressively recruit "what I s~dents. "Honestly, _I was kil_id oJ w~- ty College which allows the university would call kind of B-plus students." ned - unnecessarily womed, said to drop remedial education while· still Adams, 22, now a first-year student at · offering admission to students who Harvard ),aw School. , need extra help. By _his sophomore _year, his ~ . Students who need considerable were dispelled by the ngor of politieal . science and history courses he tDO!t, THE COURIER-JOURNAL• KENTUCKY • TUESDAY, MAHc.;H ~;;. lllllll

• • • lJ of L to raise standards, increase ai, State figures show that the sequence, they said. $21.5 million that U.of Lis spending Fewer than 30 percent of U of L's ByMIC~GS on scholarships ud fellowships this undergraduate students earn bache• . The Courier:Joumal academic year puts it in third place lor's degrees in six years, and "that's among Kentucky's universities. UK is not a figure we're comfortable with " . J1'_ha University of Louisville is pre­ spending $39.8 million, and More• Garrison said. ' Pll:'fflll to offer more scholarships and head State University is spending The university is working with JCC nuse admission requirements. $26 million. on a plan to place students on an •Yesterday two trustees' committees approved a plan to start a fund-rais­ U of L officials also briefed the educational ladder that might for ing;campaign for scholarships next trustee committees on plans to raise some, start in remedial classe~ but fall · - especially scholarships for the expected minimum scores on col• would eventually lead to a bachelor's frellhmen. The goal is to offer lege admission tests to 18 from 16 on degree. · $6.4 million in aid to freshmen by the the ACT and to 870 from 790 on the Options under consideration in­ 2~ academic year. SAT-1 in fall 2000. The .minimums elude joint admission to both s~hools •."flie plan also calls for about 30 would go up again in fall 2G02 to 20 · and allowmg JCC students to hve on sttlilents with ACT scores of at least on the ACT and 950 on the SAT:! U of L's campus. 2-1:~n,d high school grade-point aver­ Under the proposal, students" who David Howarth, U of L's dean of a~$- of at least 3.0 to be named an• fall shoz:t of the minimum test scores undergraduate s~d1es, said the uni­ nalilly as President's Scholars. could still be admitted if they earned vers1ty has admitted underprepared Outstanding high school students a high school grade average of 2 5 on students and "really not worried CQ_Uld compete for 15 renewable Su­ a fo_ur-point scale in a pre-coilege aboutthem until it was too late." per Trustee awards covering tuition cumculum pr:escribed by u of L. or if . The new plans are aimed at plac­ room and board and books. ' they ranked m the top 15 ,percent of mg· students where they belong on U of L also plans to offer more th~1r high school class. The current the ladder and ~ving them "a better scholarships to African-American stu­ mmtmum grade-point average is 2.25. chan~e of walking up those rungs," dents and to create 25-40 new schol­ ~arol Garrison, U of L's provost he sa,d. arships for Jefferson Community Col- said ,about 300 of the 2,130 freshme~ lege students who transfer to U of L admitted to U of L last fall would have been rejected if the standards U of L sometimes loses out in the proposed for fall 2000 had been in ef- competition for the ablest students. fect. who chose schools that can. offer scholarships to cover all educational Higher admission standards don't costs, while U of L can cover only tu­ mean U of Lis becoming more exclu­ ition, said Denise Gifford; vice presi­ sive, U of L officials said. It is trying dent for student affairs. to help more students earn bachelor's Last year U of L spent about two• d_egrees b_y directing them to the thirds as much as the University of l'!ght startm!l point in higher educa­ Kentucky on scholarships and fellow­ tton and ~ng sure their education• ships, and this year it is spending al expenences follow a meaningful only about half as much, she said.

Lexington Herald-leader 1uesdav, March 23. 1999 Value of the mark S~dards are the best weapon against grade inflation ometimes gi:ades in schoolare It's one reason eni- Going from five grade possibili­ nothing but a cl!Ner disguise. players are demanding, and right- ties to 12 will give professors a S There's the sixth-grader fully so, that job hunters do more -wider range to describe students' with a stellar report card but who, than flash a grade-point average. work. That, we hope, will be used tests show,. can't do the work of the I They want rock-solid proof that to help students better understand average student in that grade.· ~yone hired actually learned some- their performance and not satisfy Or the high school senior who thing while in school all those some ideal grade-distribution curve. aces course after course only to find years. But the most important step that he is eating dust in college. Eastern Kentucky University is EKU or any college can take Then there's the college junior about to combat this problem in an against grade inflation is to empha­ who sails through undergraduate ~ort to restore the integrity of the size to teachers and students that a classes but is ill-prepared to enter diploma. grade is truly a measure of learn- a graduate school or the job mar-· I Whether EKU's solutions will J!!g. Great teachers don't have to ket ... bear frui~ could take some years to fuss with-curves and The educational system- stu• analyze, Just as the inflation spiral 1 grade distribution. At the dents, parents, teachers, administra- didn't emerge. overnight. Over 13 outset, they explain what tors - are fooling themselves when years, EKU found that the number will be taught in the class grade inflation is .allowed to run of, students who received straight and what standards the wild. As grew from one in 10 to one in students must meet for It's a RrQ!!lem that goes all the three. At the same time, the quality each letter grade. By the way up the ladder from of students admitted was un- end of the semester, the e!ementary school to col- ~. _ . ,ntd~nt r~ves a grade lege, and at every level, Similar inflation reports come that 1s neither a surprise the sys~~ has to con- from colleges, public and private, in nor a gift, just an undis- tend with 1t . other areas of the country. torted mirror of learning. Some­ Just as_-monetary m- One way EKU wants to make times, every student in class de­ :flation steals the val!,1e of grades m?re meaningful is to add serves an A ~-dollar,,so grade infla, plus or mmus to each grade, except, Grade inflation is pervasive not tion ~epletes,tb::value of of <;0urse. for the lowest grade, just because students press for the diploma; which needs no embellishment higher grades and teachers hand

'-fYl. frr,.x__ --;? them what they want. Teachers feed off inflation, too. High marks give off a reflective glow that can help a teacher look good and ensure consistent enrollment in their class- · es and positive evaluations. Grades shouldn't mask weak perfonnance, by the student or the teacher. In Kentucky the new state scholarship program, which ties fi. nancial aid to grades, is likely to fuel inflation rather than whip it. EKU and every university and school district would be smart to curtail inflation now.

Lexington Heral

The Daily Independent, Ashland, Kentucky, Thursday, March 25, 1999

Women's work is on show ASHLAND - The work Displayed artists are of five women artis·ts from Geraldine Lewis-Wireman, Morehead State University Louise Kelly-Parkansky, is on display. through Karen Telford, Jennifer March in a new exhibit ti­ Hart and Samantha Grif­ tled "Day Out - 5 - Day ■ . fith.Hart is an instructor at I n. MSU and gallery coordina­ The show is hung in the Joseph and Sylvia Malilss tor . at MSU's Claypool bach Library Gallery at the Young Art Building. Grif­ college, and ·can be viewed fith is a graduate assistant during library hours: 8 a.m. at MSU, Kelly-Parkansky to 8:30 p.m., Monday to is studying for a bachelor's Thursday, 9 a.m.;t<> 5 p.m. degree in art there, and the Friday and 9 ii'.m. to 4 p.m. other exhibiting artists are Saturday. There is no ad- pursuing master's degrees . . barge ' there. InlSSlOil C • 11~~ ~;~•. •,.

Karen Telford Is the creator of "Balance,• an oll on canvas painting In the ACC exhibit. .

Qoraldlne Lewl•Wlreman I• shown with her work "Re­ membering G. • Lexington HeraJO-Leader Friday, March 26, 1999 45 in state are named 'highly skilled educators'

Teachers, officials will help ailing schools in Kentucky Schools' helpers 1'nfii,eil~o~;i,~iix:fufi! ~~-e -, , By Unda B. Blackford \~f'dlstrfcts'otcliles·;are:. "'·· ... " HERAIDtEAOER EDUCATION \MUTER .l\ttiiand lndepende~f;'jei\ii'iier Griffith; , Forty-five teachers and administra­ !lamin Crl[lnty{'Jiinetp~ ::.Bourbon • tors from around the state, including ~nty,.Corih!ellis!er;'~lng~:--. ~ three from Fayette County, have been l~depende_nt;:~alne,.~mitead~.Breathitt picked to help ailing schools improve. nty· Llilda.Bowtlng;;Calloway:County,. -' rawfo·rd• "C"""'''Cii;""" 'William Known as "highly skilled educa­ rllyri c, J~•H· ,;;;, ~...'-'-•~'"' ... , .• , ...,. tors," the expert teachers will help l ~Haywa,u.- Us_1'8s:'\#\IY1,_"0~,,_..,.,-.... ;; ..•.t~,.: lili:1ependerit;;J;!ar1an ;sulimer;:;~;r,e,: Li schools focus their lesson plans and . . '., ifl.!., 'f''' "·t•''' ' .K; / ··~. "" improve teaching styles during the g::~~e;~~~Yn~l~~:~~ny'l'.!: 1999-2000 school year. ;Brown; ~.county/ Debra.com~ " The educators have not yet been Na'ricy GR Ilg~; Mhii)l_e Carol ~Kee; . ~ assigned to schools but their time will Flciyd County;--Patrk:la .Watso~l',Graves · . be split among 73 schools with slip­ County, SUsan.Hlgdon,,JanlooJackson; ping test scores and a lack of overall Harlan county.Ahlt4J.i>llivei;'Hamson progress. 1,C9unty, V~i)lca •T/&'19f.:.J8!)1\son .,1,/ ' The educators will get a yearlong ··tounty, Franklin Tliomas; Jefferson .. if. Courity, Nlri1i'Bedfofil;,'Aorta Clay, Mem.__ leave of absence and will be paid 135 De .•. DyeAflh Fo' -~Silsan'~nch~'7_"-! percent of their annual salary. 'Ma'l:;a Lewls;'Pat~lirshall,'Jariii:e ... ' "It feels very validating," said McDowell; Knott County, Denlsei-'. · Nancy Gilligan, a Fayette County re­ Gibson; KnoxCounty';Doris Mitehell; ,. source teacher who works out of the lee'Cdilnty.°M!Chael,fj!te;:_!.ewis'',.'' :-<-·; central office. "It's the highlight of my professional career." · · · · · Coti~~;~OS,l~Tu~rt; 1 ' Currently, 57 educators are work­ !tfflff~11-~!Siiste'Sinlih':'~o~• ~1 ing with schools. ,,COilnty, Anne Poe; MCCrackoo'C'p~nty, .; The educators will undergo exten­ · Barbara McGinty; McCreary County, ·,,:) l

Lexington Herald-Leader Lexington Herald-Leader Wednesday, March 24, 1999 Friday, March 26. 1999 U of L to offer more scholarships: The University of Louisville hopes soon to ?ffer more scholarships in an effprt to boost recrwtment of WKU paper pulls off twin wins: Western top students. Two trustees' committees approved Kentucky University's student newspaper has a plan Monday that will start a fund-~ cam­ won the top award from both national college paign this fall to raise money for scholarships media organizations. The twice-weekly College primarily for freshmen. The plan also calls for Heights Herald received the' Gold Crown Award about 30 students with ACT scores of at least Zl on March 18 from the Columbia Scholastic Press and high school grade-point averages of at least Association during an awards ceremony at the 3.0 to be named annually as President's Scho~. 21st annual College Media Convention in New Fifteen renewable Super Trustee awards covenng York City. The award complements the national tuition, room and board and books would be Pacemaker Award the newspaper won last fall available for outstanding high school students. U from the Associated Collegiate Press and the of L also plans to offer more scholarships to Newspaper Association of America. "Winning one black students and to create 25-40 scholarships of the national awards is great," said Herald for Jefferson Community College students who adviser Bob Adams, "but getting them both is transfer to U of L. The university sometimes phenomenal." loses the competition for the ablest students, who choose schools that can offer scholarships to cover all educational costs, while U of L can cover only tuition, said Denise Gifford, vice presi­ dent for student affairs. Last year, U of L spent about two-thirds as much as the University of Kentucky on scholarships.

- COMPILED FROM STAFF, WIRE REPORTS · ne ua11y 1naependent, Ashlana, Kentucky, Thursday, Maren 25, 1999 Th~ right to _know 2 rulings defend Open Records Law Two rulings in recent days - In the other ruling, Assistant one by the Kentucky Court of Attorney General Amye Basen­ Appeals and the other a Ken­ haver said Western Kentucky tucky Attorney General's opin­ University improperly denied a ion - have come out strongly in request by the Daily News in defense af the public's right to Bowling Green for records of a know. .. sexual-harassment case Bath involved interpretation against a former WKU official. of the Kentucky Open Records The university claimed it Law. . , . .. . was required by state and fed­ The Kentucky Court ·of Ap­ . eral law to keep sexual-harass­ peals ruled Friday that Hardin ment complaints confidential. County school' officials improp­ ·. Not so, Bensenhaver said. Com­ erly denied a reporter informa­ plaints of sexual harassment tion on disciplinary actions . and subsequent disciplinary ac­ against students. · · .. ,. tion are matters of legitimate The school system contended public concern that outweigh - and a circuit judge agreed - the privacy rights of the public that the information was ex­ official, the opinion said. empt from. disclosure because it The name of the person filing could lead to th,e identity of stu­ the complaint can be withheld, dents or their parents. along with personally identifi­ However, Judge Tom Ember­ able information. But a public ton, writing for the majority in 'agency "cannot adopt a policy of the Appeals Court ruling, right­ blanket nondisclosure" of Iy said, "There is simply no in­ records, the opinion said. formation which could easily · ·She's right, of ·course. The lead to the identity of the stu­ sexual harassment allegations dents." against Wayne Jones, who was In addition, Emberton ruled director of the university's that the information sought by branch campus in Glasgow, led a reporter for the News-Enter­ to a recommendation that he be prise in Elizabethtown - the fired. Instead, he resigned. type of offense, the school That's a serious matter that where it occurr.ed,' and the dis­ is of legitimate public interest. ciplinary action taken - was of An attorney general's opin­ vital interest to the public. ion carries the force of law in "The increase of violence, open records and open meet­ drug use and behavioral prob­ ings cases. lems within our schools height­ Both these cases involve the ens the public's need to know release of information that the disciplinary problems and could prove embarrassing to their resolution by our school those involved, but that's no administrators and board mem­ reason to keep the public in the bers," Emberton wrote. dark.

Lexington Herald-leader Friday, March 26, 1999 Centre to fonnally inst,aJJ. its president John A. Roush will be fonnally installed as presid~t ~f Centre College on April 15. The pro­ gram will mclude a formal 2 p.m. ceremony in the college's Norton Center for the Arts, and, at Roush's request, will culminate with a mini-pa­ rade in Danville featuring the Olympia Brass Band from New Orleans. Roush officiallv took of­ fice on July 1 as the college's 20th president He succ~ed Michael Adams, who left to accept the presidency of the University of Georgia, The Olympia Brass Band performs each year during Danville's Great American Brass Band Festival. iE CGjR/ER-.,ul.:RNAL • "RIDAY. MARCH 26. 1999 ·UK'c receaich park getc ~5.5 million from state

.. like software development. ington. 510 acres are to be de­ computers, engineering, bio­ veloped. The rest has been giv­ E)fficials predict en to the city as park •race in technology and pharmaceuti- exchange for municipa assis­ lab, site to boost cals. · tance in developing infrastruc­ . ' Patton said Coldstream's suc­ ture. ~hool, economy cess as an incubator for a high­ A high-technology manufac­ ,.. tech economy depends on UK's turer, Lexel Inc., is operating at Jfr TIM WHITMIRE ability to become a top public Coldstream. Under construction ~sociated Press research university. are offices for Kentucky Tech­ "The only institution that we nology Inc., which provides lab ,,:LEXINGTON, Ky. - Gov. have in this state that can be space for industries incubated i,ul Patton spoke frankly and the source for the concentra­ on the UK campus, and for Par­ Ol!rried a big check yesterday, tion of intellectual capital that rott, Ely & Hunt Engineering. dlilivering $5.5 million in state can develop the new ideas, the An Embassy Suites Hotel is to ')\Oney to develop the Universi­ new technologies and the new open this spring at the ·north ty of Kentucky's Coldstream processes ... is this University end of the research park. · lt~search Park as he helped Like Patton, wh~said of Kentucky," he said. !lie He added that the state's ef­ state's commitment to higgilj break ground for a new labora­ fort to improve UK's standing education must last for a ~ tory there. among ~ublic universities, em­ eration or more .if it is to ,m The Sl.2 million state-funded bodiea m the $66.7 million in dividends, Wethington saiili~ lab will contain 10,000 square state matching funds being of­ will be years before the re­ feet of office space, while the fered to UK under the Research search park's success canfH $5.5 million is to be used to Challenge Trust Fund, is long evaluated. · .~- prepare other sites on the Cold­ overdue. "! think this park will be: stream property for develop­ "The only tragedy is that we very successful," Wethingllni: ment by putting in roads, side­ didn't do it 40 years ago," Pat­ said. "The one caveat is. thal:!rle" walks, sewers and utilities. ton said. "But just because we ·The money came from state must be patient. These parks didn't do it 40 years ago is no take 20 to 25 years to build Au~ tax surpluses. Its expenditure reason for us not to do it now." was approved last year by the to completion, and that's litti Of Coldstream's 735 acres, ways been our vision of the ~ General Assembly. located adjacent to Newtown Patton, Lt. Gov, Steve Henry, Pike on the north side of Lex- velopment of the park." :Ire'> UK President Charles T. Weth­ i~ ington Jr., Lexington Mayor

Pam Miller and state Sen. Er­ nesto Scorsone all cited devel­ opment of Coldstream as cru­ cial to two connected goals: making UK one ·of the top 20 public research institutions in the nation and making Central Kentucky·a home for nigh-tech economic development. Officials envision Cold­ stream, opened in the 1980s but slow to develop, as a place where UK-developed research can be transformed into start­ up companies, cutting-edge products and high-paying jobs. They want tyarget industries

Lexington Herald-Leader Friday, March 26, 1999 Coldstream gets $5.5

····~~-.HERALDlEADER EDUCATION millionWRITER grant The University of Kentucky's Coldstream Research Campus got a check during a ceremony at the only a handful of the high-tech big dose of start-up money yester­ former farm off Newtown Pike in businesses that the university day - 12 years after it began. Lexington. originally envisioned. UK officials formally accepted The General Assembly last Coldstream's first tenant Lexel $5.5 million from the state for year.approved a total of $6.7 mil­ Co., formerly known as Hughes roads, sidewalks. sewers and utili­ lion from the estimated $234 mil­ Display Co.. a high-technology ties for its Coldstream Research lion budget surplus for Coldstream. manufacturing firm, located there Campus. Besides the infrastructure. an addi­ in 1990. Construction is under way "This is the first step in fulfill­ tional $1.2 million was earmarked on a new building for Kentucky ing a promise of a higher standard for a new laboratory building. Technology Inc., a private compa­ of living for the residents of this The money provides a jump ny that supports new businesses. state." Gov. Paul Patton s.~id. start to the research park. which Parrott Ely & Hunt Engineering is Patton presented UK President has struggled to get off the also building new headquarters at ·(( I r-i \:..., Charles Wethington a symbolic ground. Coldstream has attracted Coldstream. \ ' .. - UK. The universttv's efforts to de­ velop Coldstream parallel a nation­ al slowdown of sorts in university­ A new Embassy Suites Hotel is ants. "This money for infrastruc­ related research parks. which en-. scheduled to open this spring. rure means that in addition to joyed a boom in popularity in the. The new 10.000-square foot beautiful pasrures, prospective ten­ mid-1980s. laboratory building should be com­ ants will see lots ready to build on," UK didn't decide to dedicate pleted by early fall, but doesn't Wethington said. Coldstream to research until 1987, have a tenant yet Ed Caner, UK Transforming Coldstream into after what some industry observers vice president for management and a viable research park is consid­ called the peak for research parks .. budget, said the university is in ne­ ered a key element in achieving Many of the 1980s parks have gotiations with potential tenants two of the state's top goals - since moved awav from research to and expects to announce a lease launching UK into the top 20 pub­ include more hotels, shops and re­ agreement soon. lic research universities in the na­ tail outlets. Wethington said the improve­ tion and developing a base for Wethington said despite UK's ments would make Coldstream high-tech industry in the state. slow start. he is confident that more attractive to prospective ten- It has been a slow process for Coldstream will be successful t- I L C LU r--' r MtJU Clip A sam le. of recent articles of interest to Morehead State Universit UNIVERSITY COMMUNICATIONS MOREHEAD STATE UNIVERSITY UPO BOX 1100 MOREHEAD, KY

_ .,. • -r-- ,..!!': , :..;;-:-.;r... \1r~».~::~,,~~;-:;-~ 1 ;,T!!_~ELOYD CouNlY~tii!:s · ' '• ,:". ~~•~ • •--;,-"":,,.... " ~;;",_'t'v. FRIDAY, MARCtf19;'1999 Lexington Herald-1.-;;adei Monday, March 29, 1999 -· --LOillSA - · ~mard Ewers, 75, Morehead,. retired Morehead State University Food Service em­ ployee, Anny veteran of World War II, brother of WaJlace Ewers ~f ~uisa, died Saturday from in­ J~es 8ll:ltained in an automobile .. aCC1dent m Louisa. Services 2 pm. f ~f:Sday, Heston Funeral Home. ISltation 4-8 pm. Tuesday. ..,, , -~•:;----·,. _. ··---- .,.;·. ·- ...... ~---=- •...,,i;r:-:···r:--· .f§llilndependent,· Ashfanc1; Kentucky: °Friclay'·March '1999 l~:. '. ' a:-,,--...o~ .•;r,.:~"""""'"·- ... ~~-~A'::;;:1..o~26 ·c II ·' i"'. -1.tf'.'Jg:1;'.·r:~µr-t·::::~:'i~Ii 'l~,~7'crlp.·r~ i, t 8:~--~g~~,~-~-AYtl~ .. ~~)l,~,~~&)~Itl~i\ l'~~p.~\t>'~•;th.... ~~~;'1';,.M~"ltt:~i'm,~~v~:.·F1.,,~;..,r,;. :~~-t~~·ara:~1ons.-~ ~~--. --~ '! ~~1.r, ...... t.,.. ~~~~~;:~•• ,:; .r.: ·->' ;.,s.,•.,:,:.c.:,,"--:,,,.:., - • - . -- -•.--•...... -·" - ...... -] "'.• . .... ~,~~·"1!.iiSl4 By TOM Lewls - · ·; -· . . Of THE DAJi.v'INDEPEND~~·,•,.· -:J: : MOREHEAD..:. O - ,. · .. 1·., · 1 •• ,,_.•• , ., ..... ,,... . Jlicial~_ a_j;, ,, the i::eITTo_n,~.;.mstitutions olJ J higher · le~g seem ciihli: ' dent.that they'll be Y2K com-:: pliant;7ifihey're not'iuready:: ..,_. · , But getting to th~fPC!!!IJ ·­ has t~en ,plenty of··eva!ua- : tion, preparation, man-hours· .i :and in_,some cases, nioney;•~§.-1! :; M~rehead _$.ta~ J]irivet_sity~ ~-~gan:assessmg. ~ts ~ear 2000 · nsk and developing an action· I 0 plan in ~arly 1997. ; :, :; ·:·, ;\: · : MSU s greatest challenge' [· :was the software used fcii: ad,~ ' ministrative .. and acacfemic- ·. record.. processing -:-r known as· ~'':<-,...,;:ti,✓ ;~iS'ff '..,-;ti'fl'J w_are. UJ.lgrad!;: .,:~'-"'-! •",.. ·•: .. , ,soth~J::.',prpgram,merlanalysts I ACC has. dev,elopedJ:oritiii.'c., Patnck said AIMS up- redirected about half bf thefr" gency_:Jilans in e'ach·•de£~:~ grades are now "about 95-per- tim!1. to ,year)~_o9q conversion' ment,-"just in case some · g:_­ cent complete• . . . .. prOJects;_J1aJ,I1p!lruig produc- goes wrong," he said.,Fox"ex-: . '_c,;Mpst;of~Ef'"sc;Iio~l';·: oth~; -tivit;v· · :o~ . _othii_i-:,-:iP~ Educator's°from Ohio, West Virginia and scored at least three times by you do." , and Kentucky gathered in Lexington the judges. Other judges say they know this weekend to judge the candidates Janice Ledford, principal of they have found a top point-getter for the teaching award. Many of the Ashland's Paul Blazer High School, when they find themselves scrib- judges are former award-winners them- has been judging the awards since bling notes about the applications selves. · · .. ·, · · · · their start in Kentucky 11 years to share with their co-workers. The judges who began their work "On the best ones, you will see Saturdav. toda~ will pick 10 teachers .. ,... - Lexlngt~n-Heral~ader S;it~~ay, March 27, 1!399 ~i:jBiitish :.health· schooisi

MnotmCe.:..,.. -- '-;0-,, ;lie°WafflliaUOR'il ...... ·~· - --~ --- . -~~ ·'.- •.• ·;··- :· •:._...--- ':-- •-"-r,.-i . .- .. - ~;. ,.•.,r-·· ----...... , - ~ . ,r .....-.,.,-.-..-~-~- !·.:'"·-r..,- • -- -~-- --· • , Kentucky students . . ."-and faculty, as well as for public- . • - ·Toe London School of Hygiene, . , - ...• ·: '. .< .. health workers across the common-· ·'.&Tropical Medicine is perhaps the . .f~~pi,o/~ JJ~.-~g~~ .-;;i~ra:~Hb~,&~t;:~~fl~/?Jr,:~~~~~rJ~eHtl~~i=-~~~f'. t~. s~~l-1!1 -~n~~!1~ ,__ :;, UK's Chandler Medical Center. ·'-: '. ';,tropical health needs for ~Ian/l's . : '.!}°\,,.-;,~,-.--. · ..' .. · ":'·. ~-- ,.,L-,-, Holsinger ·and Dr. Harrison C... 'far.flung. colonial service. a:t""the' By Jim Warren . ·,.,, ,·.- •._,, ··.,.,,~Spencer, dean of 'the Londori height of the British Emp~ ''.":"~~,\1 HERAl.OillDEH MEDICAL WRITER · · S!:hooi signed papers in Lexington UK's public-health. school· is_ UK and the U.K. joined hands yesterday making the arrangement one of the world's newest. It was yesterday. . official. approved by the universify'.s The new affiliation between · · Spencer said the affiliation will trustees last fall, and is still ~ the University of Kentucky School let the two schobls collaborate in developed. •·. ';-",\,;~: of Public Health and the London · _such areas as cancer research, de- Officials said the affiliatioh. (England) School of Hygiene & · veloping improved surgical tech- grew in part from the fact)liat' Tropical Medicine will open the riiques an,d studying ways of treat- Spencer, formerly dean of tlie ·tu! way for several joint efforts, in: ing emerging diseases. · lane University school of jJJiblii: eluding sending UK students and Joint study programs and facul- health, knew both Holsinger and F:· faculty members to study in the ty and student exchanges will al- Douglas Scutchfield, acting direct6r United Kingdom. low participants to learn from both of UK's school of public health. . · · · UK is the first American uni- the private American health-care - Scutchfield said joint efforts versity to be 1lffiliated with the system and Britain's government- will start soon, with a UK represen­ London school; which has partner- 'run system, he said. tative scheduled to attend a sympo- · ships and arrangements with in- . • "We're,.!lsked to do this (form sium at the London School on·in-'. stitutions in' more -than a dozen affiliatioris) quite a lot, and we're equalities in health care.· -.c.-~·,;! countries. pretty careful about whom we Ideas discussed there could ap- "We're excited because this is a choose," Spencer said. "We're par- ply in Kentucky's medically under- great opportunity for our students ticularly pleased about this one." served areas, he said. --~

Lexington Heralcl-l.eader Monday, March 29, 1999 Sophomore to give" Breathitt Lecture: A University of Kentucky sophomore from Bowling Green has been chosen to give this year's Edward T. Breathitt Lecture. Marissa . Fugate will speak on "The Day the·Music Lied: . Charting the Struggle for Race Equality Through American Popular Music," at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at Young Library Auditorium. Fugate is a marketing, Spanish and international economics major. The lectureship was established by the UK Gaines Center for the Humanities in 1985 and honors the former governor. THE COURIER-JOURNAL - - --·-··- ~._,u__.,;.-~ -·. -Eau~atioii\:,f:l~ka::_:;~·:SATURDAY, MARCH 27, 1999 ke:t_~to ~ 9-'!:\J\ill§'f\:;c,;:;:,,:t_: _::.i ...... ·.;, ,_ :P.. 22:z;,;-;•,;_,-.\t---. g. /f., :-" Y ... --·, ....: .. .. ~Si¢.$ eipaijSl()ii

1 :·" · :: __ ·_':~ ::\:··'{_. '.: /. · u/~~::i:'~o~~ 1i:et;:}8~ ~::::~:it~·believes it is a Cooperative effort ITC component of the effort, particular strength of the l.ouis- t ·tr · - · ,~•: " · ·but nq· dollar figure has been ville area that its educational 0 run "'.O!~ers _Ill settled upon. ~e said-decisions , in§titulions are willing to work health_ seivice_ J' obs ! o_n fuhdmg_ Will be !!1ade ,as l together. ','There's more than · __ . ,.>,..;. _- .·c.-i -~"•·· i needs_ are know.n .. They re enoughneedtogoarouf!d,'_'.,l!_e_; q,;,:;;;c'[._ ·"';St·'!lccfc;,~-,0t' -· I ~om~J1led to makjng 1t work,"_ I\said.,:. -~-• · : .,; · ;:-;:,-:; ..,:i~ 1 By JOE W~ - - :::~~ ~:;_:__, .,_ecs~1n-d"y Crabt..-,;e dean of ·:'ffliS ·TYPE ·of combiJ!ati(\r( The Couner.Journal · • •• · 1· ,. · ' f bl" d · t iilstitu • ,Cc. ··-.:.· ·•·if-.c· - _- .,,,_, . nursirig at Spalding, said de- 0 pu _IC an pnva e --- ... ·, , _.:::a~isvn1~;highei:education I tails of the institute are still !O I ti-;,_n·s. coming" together"!IS''aii". -community_ lias coine through ' tae worked ?Ut as well. She said : e~onomic development-,. -~l!<>l lrfthe clutch again to develop representatives of the three col- may be unprecedented, accord- an unusual· program to. meet Iege~ -an_ d the, co_m11any expect ing to Bose, of Greater Z,OIIIS_• - the employmenf needs of IL /o sit dow~. 'w1thm. the next ' ville Inc. . . ,: "''"· .,.... ,.~ .. · · · . . • -- week or two to flesh 1t out. ,----- ,, . .. . , . i compl!lly wanting to g!'e8:IIY e,:c- ;; She said they will .. develop a , /'If !t;s not the first of,Jts; ! pand its work force - .m this curriculum to supplement cur- kind, 1t s certainly, one ..of the, case SHPS_ Inc., ~_2,900 Jobs, . rent training programs that will. first,,,he said, .. ,rf ·· -~-,.~-/ . ~ell111:1111ne Co eg~, Sp!l1ding te~ch 11kills SHPS employees "The effo~e ilie Metro- . Umvers1ty, the _{liµvei:s1ty ~T.. will need to do care manage- , --·=7'- --~- . , .. ,. ... ,"- Louisville, Jefferson,Commum- 'ment;ln general, they'll be fol- I pobtan College set u_p for,U~S. cy College and JeffersonTech- -- .. ~- .. : . · - m that the commumty_ and its nical College have,..~gieed )O: '! .J.IOWI~ patient~• care from be- , .colleges came together to.meet work out a special, <:Uriiculum. fore illness strikes - address- the needs of a ·,Particular em- to give nurses,.phy~ician~ _and i!'g smoki_ng, o~esity, cardiac ployer. But it. ·1s different in customer-service techmc1ans nsk and similar issues, for_ ex- most other ways. . , ..:c.-;sb:,;;:" the added skills they'll ·need to -~J!le ,-,,.through_ any hosp1ta!-· Metropolitan College :,offers· fill the _jobs the health-care .. ~~/10,n,, .ofrnurs1pg ~ome;.,,9r $dents0 .a _college _edut!i~o.11:in, companY. plans to add over the :h~"!e care. -~'1Jil"':l · 't,t1 :§.,~ 1, exchange for working nights on, next three years. .. I' :,./;:Jabtr~e ~!d}!)e__ curriculum, the· package .carrier's~sorting .r.t='--,-8 -iii h · ti h s ··would be designed to enhance . . . . ,:.,.,: .. ,, -. t Hf'~oo w m~lo:~~ '.feffe~- th~ iraining ooth of s~dents ' belts. Its purpose is to. pro'!f4e. !I ou e d: 'nisters health- going through the schools' reg- a steady supply of part-time ton ~~un7,;. for other firms irlar:baccalaureate courses and employees, with t_he expecta- e~\1 a1fh~malntenance organi- of nurses. who already have lion that ,mo~t. will move on anti e The company officially been working. when they ve finished schoo 1• . za ons. d · x ansion lans Sh_e said ~he program will . For SHPS, the stu~~nts WI 11 an~o~d~; f~~ ; gew 456000- provide for ;nternships at the be trained for specific work- yqe~i:'re-foot corpor~te head- company -_generally for stu- with the company. "W~aw~: _s · · us and.the addi- -dents to work full time between them to learn and stay_ ~ a~:J'gb~P-, · ,::. :, . _., theirjunior~ndsenior~ears_..:. us,"Bartlettsaid. ~ ... , .. ...;.The education program ?Jill and for co-op~ that will give ..., .. .- 'follow the successful establish- . students part,tim~ work at "!e ment last year of the Metropoli- / company while tliey still are m tan College program by 1! oI ~ ~choo\. "T,hen th~J.'ll graduate I JTC and Jefferson Community mto •Job, she sai • ' College to help supply United COMPANY AND school of- Parce1 Service with college-stu- ficials also envision a fellow- dent workers for its expanded ship program, through which alrbub.. ,:,.,.... ,. . . fa~ulty_fro!'1 tl)e schools will Todd Bartlett, SHPS director work part time at the. company, of human resources and oper- to pick up skills to pass onto ations support, said the SHP_S the,r students 'and also to pro- education program - which 1s vide nursing expertise to the unique in the country as far as company. he knows - was a ''very strong Crabtree said such fellows component " of the package might also study the results of put together by state and local the company's services to .iJL development officials to land an - - - '•· -k--- -SHPS d d SHPS headquarters ?tstomel'Si to_ ma e ~ure . !ll!!Lan e . · -- 1s accomplishing specific aims. operation .. for Louisville. The JTC director Marvin Copes state is giving the company said his institution will work $32 million in _tax _incentives to with JCC to provide technical eXfan_d. ., ·.. , . • . training in such areas as rec- 'W1th unemployment so low, ord-keeping, insurance and bill- we had some concerns about ing and will set up laboratories "!eeting e~ployment needs," the'company cari use for specif- Bartlett said. "We. h~d to be ic'skills work. · · sure that the C~1)lmumty would Copes said JTC also may re- h~ve the capab~1ty to supply us ·cruit students who can be with the folks m the specialty trained and · then hired at areas we needed." SHPS. Mike ·aosc, spokesman for Mary Mundt, dean of the U Greater Louisville Inc., said the of L nursing school, said train­ educational. package has two ing for physicians probably will components. A Care Manage- be undertaken at U of L's medi­ ment Institute· will.,, provide cal school, but details have not classes ·for nurses and· physi- been worked out fet. cians at' U of L, Bellarmine and ·'Mundt, Spa!dmg President Spalding. The second compo- Thomas R. Oates and others nent will provide training for said they know of no similar non-degree nurses and custom- partnership between public and er-seiv1ce workers through JCC private mstitutions. "Most · and JTC. schools are co!'~tantly compel- 1V/:JU Clip &li88~fJf1 A sample of recent art,cles· of mterest- to Moreheads tate umvers,ty... - .Man¼15;,:t, UNIVERSITY COMMUNICATIONS MOREHEAD STATE UNIVERSITY UPO BOX 1100 MOREHEAD, KY 40351-1689 -606-783-2030

The Daily Independent, Ashland, Kentucky, Monday, March 29, 1999

Barnard Ewers One killed in 2-car 1923-1999 ·accident in Louisa Bernard Ewers, 75, of Morehead, died Saturday in LOUISA - A Morehead Louisa. man was killed Saturday in a He died from injuries suf­ ·two-car accident here. fered in en automobile acci­ Bernard Ewers, 75, of dent at Ky. 3 and Ky. 2566. Morehead died when the car Mr. Ewers was born May he was driving collided with 16, 1923, in Buckingham another car at the intersec­ County, Va., a son of the late tion of Ky. 3 and Ky. 2566 in Ossie and Minnie Dixon Ew­ Louisa about 3 p.m., said dis­ ers. :patcher Jeffery Pack,• -,,. He was a retired Morehead ; . A passenger in Ewers' car State University food service ·r·d at least two people in the provider, ~ member of First -ther car were treated for mi- Baptist Church in Richmond, . or injuries at Three Rivers Va., a World War II Army vet­ edical Center, Pack said. eran. No other information was Surviving are a daughter, available this morning. Elaine-Strickland of Jackson, Tenn.; three sisters, Doris New and Alice Queen, both of Louisa and Grace Price of Columbus, Ohio; a brother, Wallace Ewers of Louisa; and three grandchildren. The funeral will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Heston Funeral Home· in Louisa by the Rev. Ric Frazier. Burial will be in Greenlawn Ceme­ tery in Louisa. Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home.

\JJl{ 111 ~:_/ Lc.atf. 'f21.t_<_.r...J..., llJ-/U£1.Li.J, '-fl/a !?:IL ~!:, Ro~wa,il,~ stiiden)t·~ta·· es best. •. •.,:...,... ~• .,.. I •r•o-•• • ..,_ -~ . ' • ,._ .._I .i. . • • , '. in show at An·n1,µa_··Art Day three frames, is.entitled •My~ The art day was held on ffuft'~~TON Mother Before Me,• ~;'.-:,. ·...Wednesday, March 24 at the "She looked a whole'fot like I aypool-Young Art Gallery on do now when aha .wu ·t(teenag- a university'■ campna. About When Jerielle Hanlon looka er," Hanlon seid. "I thoight how 1100 high school ■ tudents from at her mothe"ii!:lt· ■he wa strange and inte~•ting.:tp_ ~9ii·. 29 ~chool■ in thl! !inrley_-Coal a reflection of . someone who loon- ■o·mncJt;.like gional area participated m the That idea in■pired the high younelf, so 'I used· that con1:1ept .vent that ia in it■ 20th year, ■cliool art.atuden♦ •to craate·.a '·to ere~~. a-ccording-to Roberi..F.ranzini,. work of art that-~··dged beat Hanlon ■ aid ■he ha■ drawn; · MSU'■ art department chair. in ■haw at Annual h School painted and made jewelry since ' .\ "We had an uceptional year Art Dq at Morehud te Uni- she was about 6 yelll'B old. She 'for, hiJh •chool art ■tudents this venity./'-...:· ,1··•J!'f\. had even made the dre ■e she year,"\he seid. "The show give■ H_anlon'•. work, a mixl!d wae wearing during the ar them sood expo ■ ure and ■tu- media portrait other lllllther m show.. -··· . ... . ·

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dents can come and oee what a "I wa■ e:i:cited about every­ collelJII art program ha11 to offer. thing I entered. It was a lot of . "When otudenta can ■ ee the fun to oee what happened," kinds of thing• they can work Mrazsaid. · • with it can influence them to go Kyra Goldman attained aec­ to that program or achoo!," ond place with a three-dimen­ Franzini said. •so it helps with sional oil paatel of a.Ppies, enti­ recruiting u well.• . tled "Nature'■ Compliment.• ' Winnero ~,50 to the Ken­ "I wanted to do ■ omething tuck:Y Educ111ti Anaociation' ■ aimple and be ·able to ahow the all-eta ts ■how, to he held in May detail• of aimpl.e thmp we don't in Mason County. look for detail• in," Goldman Elizaheth Mraz won aecond aaid. · · place in ink work, third place in Two uchange atudenta al ■ o mixed media and third in pho- placed in the art ■how. tography. · Yen-Yi Wu of Taiwan, took an Her mi:red media was an honoruble mention with her ink unu•ual style, according to interpretation of actre■■ Kather­ Suzanne Blair, high school art ine Hepburn'■ face entitled: The inotructor. Face ol Put ReOec:tiona. "I wanted to try mylar and •1 lib her faee," Wu aid. "I ink. It was late fall when I did leli the backRro1111d totally black it, so I created a fall landscape," and I like it ihat way for creativ• Mraz oaid. Her work included ity.• ' .. the use of real colored leave■• Rie Takaha■hl or Japan, took "It'• a technique you don't oae second place in mixed media in high ■chool art ■ hows," Blair work of a fall land■cape. oaid. "It' ■ aomething different "I did thia becauae I like fall for them to work with mixed in Kantucily ," aha ■aid. media and it' ■ a good way for studenta to achieve unlimited •our ■chool io very fortunate to have 10 many talented atu­ opportunity with their work. dsnts, and even more fortunate "I saw a lot of frustration on to win award■ at a comf.'lition their facea, but then I 111w like this," Goldman ■al . "Tbls emile• at the end of creating the year we've been very aucce111- work. It ohowed they were ■uc• ful." ceaeful," Blair 1aid.

THE COURIER-JOURNAL TUESDAY, MARCH 30, 1999 Political use of student fees at issue University of Louisville spokesman "We look to the Supreme Court to John Drees said U of L turns over stop this narrow-minded assault on·a Supreme Court some money from student fees to the neutral system for supporting cam­ Student Government Association, pus dialogue," said Patricia Logue of to review ruling which in tum helps. pay for activities the Lambda Legal Defense and Edu­ by recognized student groups, but cational Fund, a gay-rights group. barring practice only if there would be "campus-wide In a friend-of-the-court brief sup­ interest in th~ topic," he said. porting the ~~iversity's appeal, Jon Jageman, U of L's s(Udent gov­ Lambda's lawyers had argued that By RICHARD CAREW ernment president, said his group Associated Press gets $15 per student per semester the appeals court's ruling "confuses from student fees. Some of the mon­ payments to construct a stage with . WASHINGTON - The Supreme ey helps other organizations pay for being forced to speak upon it or fund Court yesterday agreed to decide guest speakers, travel and projects an organization that uses it." whether public universities can use with campus-wide impact, he said. The Supreme Court ruled in 1995 mandatory student activity fees to that public universities and colleges U of L has about 150 recognized 11 subsidize campus groups that pursue student organizations. They include cannot create a public forum" for political goals. some explicitly political groups, such students and then refuse to subsidize The justices said they will review as the College Democrats, College some student groups because of their rulings that barred the University of Republicans, Reform Party of U ofL viewpoint. That decision said the Wisconsin from dipping into activity and Young libertarians. University of Virginia wrongly re­ fees it collects from every student to Jageman said he knows of no com­ fused to subsidize a student-run finance such groups. Advocates for plaints about fees being used for I Christian maf!azine. . gay-rights organizations say limiting groups with political agendas. Gor­ The 7th Circuit panel said: "If the subsidies will hurt "disfavored don Davies, president of the Ken­ university cannot discriminate in the groups" nationwide. tucky Council ori Postsecondary Edu­ disbursement of funds, it is impera­ Several law students with conser­ cation, said he knows of no such tive that students not be compelled to vative views challenged the fuMeling challenge to the use of fees in state fund organizations which engage in of student-activity money to 18 or­ public universities and colleges. political and ideological activities - ganizations on the Madison campus. Whatever the court's final ruling, it that is the only way fo protect the in­ A federal trial judge and an ap­ would apparently have no effect at · dividual's rights." peals court ruled that the subsidies the University of Kentucky. Stall writer■ Michael Jenning ■ and unlawfully force some students to "There isn't any money flowing Richard Wllaon contributed to lhla subsidize views they find objection­ from UK (mandatory student fees) to story. able and thereby violate free-speech an organization's treasury that is en­ rights. The lower courts barred the gaged in some activity that is politi­ university from using fees collected cal," said David Stockham, UK's from objectinl;l students. · dean of students. The three-Judge panel of the 7th Among sroups objected to in the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals did not 1996 lawsuit against the University of shield objecting students from paying Wisconsin were Students of National any activity fees but gave them an Organization for Women, Interna­ opt-out privilege. They can identify tional Socialist Organization, Campus the political or ideological groups Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual Center and an they don't want to support and have AIDS support networi<. their fees reduced. Lexington Herald'Leader Tuesday, March 30, 1999 Grossly unfair UK should give city its due in payroll-tax dispute he city of Lexington has for the federal government should made a formal request that be "gross" for the city. T the University of Kentucky Based on such contrived techni- start deducting the fair amount of , caiities, UK is attempting to carve payroll tax from its employees' pay- out an exemption that is unfair to checks. other taxpayers. · UK can agree to comply with the A local payroll tax on retire- city's regulations, as other employ- ment contributions does not amount ers do, or it can go to war over it to double taxation. While cities and UK should lay down its arms counties typically levy a payroll tax and pay up. It has wiggled out of on the front end, so to speak, no paying the full amount of the tax such tax is applied when the retire- long enough. ment benefits are paid out That's The city says the 2.75 percent when the state and federal govern- tax (2.25 for the city and 0.50 for ments take their share of income the school district) is owed on the that was sheltered from tax when it gross amount of income, before de- was first earned. ductions of any kind. Besides UK, Lexington officials But UK has refused to withhold have not found any other employer, the tax on the retirement fund con- including the state of Kentucky, tribution, an amount designated for that has refused to deduct the fair a 403 (b) account. amount of tax. When they have dis- UK has contended that the city's covered employers not in compli­ ordinance is vague and that the re- ance, a simple notification has tirement fund contribution should- straightened out the problem. Not n't be counted as gross income be- so with UK, which has more or less cause it is mandatory. dared the city to go to court while But the city's regulations, which knowing that sovereign immunity spell out the terms of the tax ordi- protects it from lawsuits. nance, specifically note 403 (b) ac- · Other cities and counties with a counts. They also make no distinc- payroll-tax law like Lexington's, tion between mandatory versus vol- which is common, should take a untary contributions. When UK re- keen interest in UK's obstinacy and ports gross income to the federal double check its payroll records. government on W-2 forms, it in- Quite possibly, UK, which has em- eludes the full amount before retire- pioyees in just about every county, ment deductions. What is "gross" is skirting the laws statewide.

Lexington HeralcH.eader Tuesday, March 30, 1999

Two new student regents named: Two new student representatives were elected to the Kentucky Community and Technical College System's Board of Regents. Trish Bailey, a busi­ ness technology student at Somerset Technical College, was elected as an interim regent for the rest of the 1998-99 academic year. She will serve out the rest of Walter Lichtenberg's term. Latasha Dobbs, a desktop publishing student at Somerset Technical College, will serve during the 1999-2000 academic year.