Fe,!,, 1, J q1s- ~i',- n·.a.a u P.U\.\...llJ. V ,b~ 4 35 1/ MG V Clip oheet - ,,~ A s;,mple of reamt articles of interest to Morehead State Univemity INSTITIITIONAL RELATIONS MOREHEAD STATE UNIVERSITY UPO BOX 1100 MOREHEAD, KY 40351-1689 606-783-2030 LEXING_TON HERALD-LEADER, LEXINGTON, KY. ■ WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1995 • Status .~eport.i,~: Small public broadcast budget IS • lit the:Hmise':':Repiibli­ . can leaders of the ~Apprppria-. •tions · Committee talk : about .rescinding or sharply, cutting big political football money that the . 1994- Con­ pretends that federal financing of gress already had appropriat­ BY NINA J. EASTON the Corporation for Public Broad- ed through fiscal "yeat:1997. AND JUDITH MICHAELSON . casting is more than a nick in the ■ In the' Senate: ''Larry Los ANGELES TIMES federal budget. But the tug·of war . Pressler, R-S.D. chairman. of At 0.0003 percent of the federal over its future makes for grand ' the '> Commers~:'.·; Committee; budget, public broadcasting doesn't political theater, rich in the symbol- says fie will intropuppeteer Shari Lewis, Lamb Chap's point to a gradual elimination of PBS Chairman Henry Cauthen sidekick, is helping Public Broadcasting Service Presi­ federal money altogether. Some says that one-third of the system's dent Ervin Duggan plead his case. If Gingrich wants to lawmakers are talking of schemes TV stations would go under with­ play the political game of "us vs. them," who better for to privatize the system by selling out the subsidy. And radio might the PBS crowd to trot out as the face of "them" than off all or some of it to investors. have it worse. Lewis, the ebullient redhead who is entertaining a second generation of children on public TV? How that would ultimately af. Without federal dollars, public Lewis branded charges of elitism as "dumb" - 60 feet the 110 million people who broadcast officials insist that fund_­ percent of the households that watch PBS make less watch public television and the 18 ing for new programming would than $40,000. The argument that government should million who listen to public radio dry up. While CPB does not pro­ not be involved in culture, she said, is "barbaric" - each ·week is anybody's guess: The duce or own shows, it does provide Canada and England spend more than $30 a person on system is a complex pastiche of grants to local stations .and inde­ public broadcasting· each year compared with Ameri­ 1 000 locally controlled stations in pendent producers who put togeth­ v~rying states of health. But it's ca's $1. er programs, typically· relying on Welcome to Washington's culture wars, Act I, likely that rural areas would lose tax dollars as seed money to attract stations, while everyone else would other investors. Scene I: the fate of public broadcasting. Nobody find slimmer pickings in their pro­ THE COURIER-JOURNAL •_ FEBRUARY 1, 1995 Prompted by editorials on their 'NEDNES-□AY, gram guides. local stations, the public broadcast­ Attending UK That doesn't bother conserva­ ing audience has inundated Capitol tives, who extol the range of op­ Hill with calls and letters. Despite tions in broadcast and cable that this display of support, the writing still has merit the free market has spawned and LEXINGTON - The University is on the wall. An appropriations see nothing wrong with public TV bill cutting already-allocated dol­ of Kentucky is again ranked competing in that market. among the top 10 U.S. public lars to CPB and a wide variety of institutions in the number of Na­ With an explosion of media other federal programs is expected tional Merit Scholars enrolled outlets, "the original justification to go to the House floor for a vote last fall. for taxpayer funding of public in early February. According to figures from the broadcasting due to 'market failure' National Merit Scholarship Corp., no longer holds water," says Sen. the 81 scholars at UK place the Larry Pressler, R-S.D., who plans to school seventh in the nation. introduce legislation to privatize UK also moved from 22nd to. the system. 18th among all public and private universities in the number of new ll.K--: .. C,..\..,..,.ln.-,- ..,._.. ..,...J!o,l cleanup, expectea to oe arouna ~~.a r . THE COURIER-JOURNAL • TUESDAY, JANUARY 31, 1995 million .. State environmental secretary V' About $3.5 million for infla- · Phillip Shepherd ·said the state has Building tion Previous budget. estimates Inot yet appro':'ed a .cle~nup plan, we~ a year old, and didn't include ! b~t ~sley said tha\ ":'111 be done higher costs for issuing bonds and within 60 ~ays; ~e said 1t may focus 1 • • on extensive soil replacement. stadium other expenses affected by inflation. Meanwhile,· · five architectural Construction would be covered by groups, including some of the coun­ $15 million in pledges for lifetime try's major designers of sports· fa. now set at seats, about $12 million of which is cilities, have submitted bids to de­ in the bank, Chancey said. The city · sign the stadium. One will be cho­ and/or county would sell $25 million . sen by mid-February, Owsley said. $62 million in bonds, probably late this sum- Eight engineering .firms have bid to mer. Stadium income, including manage the stadium's construction, concessions and parking, will pay . with one to be chosen by early Land deal spurs hunt off the bond debt. March, he said. ··•· · Of the $22 million yet to be · •• Final documents on the land for corporate donors raised, about .$17 million should swap probably will be signed By SHELDON SHAFER come from foundations, corpora- around. March 1, Owsley said. Staff Writer tions and individuals for getting a _ .Under the deal, CSX will deed the name on some portion of the stadi- 92-acre stadium site, valued· at $6.5 Backers of a new University of um, or for marketing rights, Chan- million, to the state. The state will Louisville football stadium hope the cey said. Several corporations al- .give CSX 118 _acres along Hurst­ legislature's approval last week of a ready have been approached about bourne Parkway, north of Shelby­ land swap securing the site will gifts. One is Columbia/HCA Health- ville Road, land valued at about $3 open doors for corporate gifts to the care Corp., considering a $10 mil- million. A key third party is Ken­ project's construction budget - lion donation, for which it probably tuclfy Kingdom - The Thrill Park. which has risen at least $6 million would get its name on the stadium. The park will lease the 47 southern­ in recent months, to $62 million. Chancey would not discuss the sta- . most acres at the stadium site for 20 Efforts to raise the last $22 mil­ tus of the Columbia gift yesterday. years. The park will spend about lion for the 50,000-seat stadium will The other $5 million would come $4.5 million to put about 5,000 park­ move to the fast track. Construction from a renewed effort to sell life- ing spaces on· the 47 acres for its is set to begin Nov. 1, with comple­ time seats focusing on about 1,000 patrons. The parking will be avail- tion in fall 1997. remaining prime "club" seats. able for stadium events. U of L trustees must give the proj­ In all, about 22,000 seats have Kentucky Kingdom's "lease" will ect final clearance, but last week's been committed for the opening include paying U of L $3.5 million legislative approval removed the 1997 season, said Al Parrish, U of L over 20 years, With U.of L then turn­ largest obstacle, said Malcolm athler~ department's stadium coor- ing that money over to CSX as it Chancey, stadium committee chair­ dinator. comes iri. The $3.5 million is the dif- man. Chancey said no deadline hru. ference between .the value of the The state authorization "will open been set for raising the $22 million, stadium site and the Hurstbourne a lot of doors," he said. A half-doz­ and there is no contingency plan for property. en major corporations had been scaling back the project if less than Besides Kentucky Kingdom's waiting to see whether the land $22 million is raised. _ 5,000 · spaces, the parking will in- swap would go through before com­ Construction will wait for CSX elude. 1,800 spaces in the northern mitting to donations, he said. Transportation to clean up the sta- half of the stadium tract, about The deal will secure the 92-acre dium site - an old rail yard pollut- 4,000 .spaces at Belknap Campus stadium site off Floyd Street south ed primarily by diesel fuel spilled _and about 2,000 spaces off campus, of the Belknap Campus. over the years. CSX will pay for near the stadium site. Larry Owsley, U of L administra­ tive vice president and project man­ THE COURIER-JOURNAL • WEDNESDAY', FEBRUARY 1, 1995 ager, listed these added costs: V' About $1.5 million to accom­ Murray State puts center on hold modate soccer. Most of the cost is MURRAY, Ky. - With construction bids running $2.4 million for "telescopic seating" that can be above estimates, Murray State University has placed its $18.8 million moved back to enlarge the playing Regional Special Events Center on hold. field for soccer and raised to pro­ Last month, A&K Construction Co. of Paducah was named the vide better views of soccer. general contractor. Bids were opened last week in Frankfort•for V' About $2 million for extra con­ subcontracting work, said Clark Beauchamp, commissioner of the crete and foundation work. The state Department for Facilities -and Management, and either there original plan was to excavate were very few bids or they were above the estimate. enough dirt to put the field 12 feet University President Kern Alexander said university officials don't below grade. But Owsley said the know yet if they will accept the bids, which will be examined by the underground water table, which architecture firm that designed the center. cannot be disturbed, is higher than The arena would be used by the Racer basketball team and for anticipated. Excavation for the field, concerts, regional meetings and other events. which is to be covered with natural grass, is now to go down only 6 feet. That means more underpinnings for the stadium structure. Fe-h. 32. 111 s- ./lllf,, i'VlSU ARCHIVES M QV Clip chee1~-15ilS A sample of rerent articles of interest to Morehead State University INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS MOREHEAD STATE UNIVERSITY UPO BOX 1100 MOREHEAD. KY 40351-1689 606-783-2030.. . THE COURIER.-JOURNAL • FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 3. 1995 Centre president leads push- · to save aid to college students By MIKE BROWN 89 percent think it is important to pay the interest that accrues while Staff Writer maintain student-aid -pro~ at they are in school Instead, the gov• current levels. emment pays it, at an annual cost WASHINGTON - Centre College Fonner New Jersey Gov. Thomas of about $2 billion. President Michael' F. · Adams, ap­ Kean, now president of Drew Uni- House Budget Committee Chair• pearing as the new leader.of a high­ versity in Madison, N.J., noted that • man John Kasich, R-Ohio, has said er-education group, argued yester• this ~upport, according to the s~- he thinks this subsidy should be . day against cutting federal· aid to vey, 1s second only to· that for Social. .stopped, though no fonnal proposal college students. · Secunty (92 percent). . . . is being considered, said Chris Ull• The opportunity to. The reason, he swd, IS man, a committee spokesman. choose among many insti• -- that parents know that Toe argument for cutting the sub• tutions is a strength of the college is the "path to sue- sidy is that eveiyone must sacrifice American higher-educa• . cess, and ,tpey wll!'t ~t to eliminate the deficit: Ullman said, tion system, and this ·"mo­ path open to their chil- . Kean, a Republican, said he saic of choice" will be at dren. . agrees with much of· the new GOP risk if government aid is Three students ~t the agenda. But he said he also thinks substantially reduced, Ad· · news confere1;1ce 581d they the Republican Party should stand ams said at a news confer• woul~ ~ot _be 111 ,college to- for opportunity. ence on Capitol Hill. . day if it we!"'n t .for (!OV· Wrthout student aid, he said, the Adams is the incoming emment assistance. . . chairman of the National Jeffrey. Doggett, an. un- ~oun~. is increasingly likely to~ Association· of Independ• - Adams dergraduate at Northeast- into a have-and-have-not society. ent Colleges and Universi• em University in Boston, , Adams, who was once chief ties, which·comprises·private insti­ said that· when be· graduates, his1 ~f staff ·to former- Senate Repub­ tutions throughout the nation. monthly pa¥J11ent on his govern• -lican leade~ Howard Balter of Ten• It is one of som~ 30 higher-educa­ ment-subsidized loan will be $246. nessee, S81d the survey shc_>wed tion groups that have joined a coali­ Without the subsidy his payment strong support for student aid tion - the Alliance to Save Student would be $298 a mo~th, he said. among both Republicans and · Aid - to protect that spending from The federal government provides Democrats. budget-cutters. . about SIO billion a year in grants, Al Centre, he said, 30 percent to The alliance called yesterday's loans and other fonns of student . 35 percent of the students get feder• news conference. to release a survey aid. Yesterday's news conference al or state aid, but the money repre­ it commissioned on the issue. was aimed specifically at the subsi- sents only about 4 percent of the The telephone poll of 1,000 people dized loan program. · college's budget. The.percentage.is conducted last month by KRC Re­ Students who qualify by financial higher at other private Kentucky search & <;:onsulting Inc. found that need for the loans do not _have to schools, he said. · LExlNGTON HERALD-LEADER. LExlNGTON, KY, ■ FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1995. S Inducted lnto7JK business hall of fcime:-Five people were THE COURIER-JOURNAL • FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 3. 1995 inducted into the UK College of Business and . Economics' Alumni Hall of Fame yesterday. The inductees were: Kim Hatch Burse, revenue secre­ 01'_ College tary and the first black woman appointed to the state Cabinet; Paul Chellgren, president and chief operating officer of Ashland Inc.; Carol Martin of Business "Bill" Gatton, an entrepreneur who owns automo­ bile dealerships in Tennessee and Texas and is a · shareholder in several Kentucky banks; Joel names 5to Charles Gordon, chairman of the board and chief executive officer of Surgical Care Affiliates Inc.; Burse hall of fame and Joseph Logan Massie, professor emeritus in the UK College of Business and Economics and the first chairman of A woman and four men have the department of business administration. been inducted into the University of Kentucky College of Business and Economics' Alumni Hall of Fame. automobile dealerships in Tennes­ They are: see and two in Texas. II' Kim Burse, head of the Ken­ II' Joel C. Gordon. chairman and tucky Revenue Cabinet. She is a chief executive officer of Surgical certified public accountant and Care Affiliates Inc.. Nasliville. He the first African-American wom• founded the General Care Corp. in an to· be appointed to a gover­ 1969 and was ·the finn's president nor's cabinet in Kentucky. until 1980 when the company was II' Paul Chellgren, president sold to Hopital Corp. of America. and chief operating officer of .,. Joseph Logan Massie, profes­ Ashland Inc. sor emeritus of the UK College of II' Carol Martin "Bill" Gatton, Business and. Economics and the an entrepreneur who owns six first chainnan of the department of business administration. L. MSU ARCHIVES MGU Clip Gheet-35clH A sample of recent articles of interest to Morehead State University 606-783-2030

The Sunday Independent, Ashland, Kentucky, February 5, 1995 EKU program.· is accredited :. RICHMOND - Eastern Kentucky University's specialist,degree.program in,schciol;psychology·has: receivedfullfivEfyear !i'J ',. ' l!.ciifeWtattlffi'l@,''th'W,~iitionaf ,.,.soc,.4.c,.: IJ<"'Tr°ia· '.,'.;;., ....,n•o1·.,.., ,, ,,r,'.},. c,-;;_h. oo '.'." i•i".i:J;i..-",,I'_' ·.,·· · ". -•,. ·· ; Psyi:liolo~ts-'~nd Nliti6!ihl. · council ror-1A' cred.Hatinn or · Teaclier' EiiuJHlicants, said ; · ··· · ... , h' requested W""•·~·· . · ;, . ' F'iscRer-,>aifustee'\vho'is'.chairrnan ing faci.Jlty'to SP!!Ciali_ze in teac mg •~'';.-;,,i} ;?<¢~ ;~"· ~/-~, . • : .. i',X: .• : • or research'wotild''end _up "ghetto- O.t.\Y(i@,I of a riew president relations with Swain. oi-ileiing)tniri\"ti,'teach or'dci re' 1 will meiui"}f~tresh start, Stremel think the 'faculiy--morale is liesaid.'Tliat concern 'd ,. -. ,1,,• • • , "! 1 search; was ' sa1. ")·•t,'r\ ,, , .... _ .. I"' still bad," said Richard· Stremel, partlciilarly's'.evere;~use'fac_ulty~ .. ,_ · ·:•·11\1•- ,, -,- ,·,:;'.J••h1 >· chairman of the facuity senate and ~istori.C- . 1 , , .,:'lf"yow;:.chamnan. and : your , ,~or, sai :; _e. ney,: pres1 ent,s dean ·come to you··and .say, 'You assilredTtiustees ·that the faculty . 11l!1Jor· quahty,_ m .some peoples will do this,' then you are not controvet'sytshouldn't scare ·away· mmds, IS that they. woµ't be the . --. : . - ·-·c -,-•.-,,-- a~y poteritiaJtgincjidates. - current'president,'.', ' ;-(" ';<'r;'.>--'ii" ,:- .l • .nrgoti~tin!( ypur OWJl _ca,reer! ~Ire-. .,;rr.,,•.:..~O:,•.:-·H.. ~ -~l ·= .r mel srud. i -:,({~:Qt~itiel said, it might :; . ;;,'.f :,:'.','.;.; .' ~;: - The provision,that,created the eve.~,;-'.#,}fittU of L attractive to New·rules:.fot faculty biggest firestcimi;"tliougli,:changed.' spme;preI;ic!eiltial hopeful~, . , _ , 1·'.• .~·,~·• •. •-~-· ..•.- ,., '·'··ol , .... -,.·,-. ...,,,;~- .,: ..•, ____ , •. r-.;_l,f~./'-f~i:-,:._1J~-·· . • · · ",'• , • • 'f!i~:\d~!~IJcira(!~n :,pf. Jhe rela- the way.. clep~«;_ht:-lieads ~-~~te;J •·',."£' ,_ -;1, :~•\·,,,-'J;'!· • , I •. tionship ~~~ the;faculty and·: chosen. &,fore,. U of.L•ihacl to· get ''WYou.'nave the opportunity, to Swain had been developing over a, the_ approvalof.a majiirityof_f;tcul-:: come iri'"and fix something ·right period of years. But· the decision ty m a department,U:nder the new away," he said. "If you deal with it last_ fall to ·radically change the rules, the school didn't have to. in a positive way, you make a lot of people happy right away." rules that govern much of the faculty members' work was one of the precipitating factors. The rule changes basically do this: The plan, approved by Uof,L's .. -trustees.-, ,in ~-September, called for a "periodic career re­ view." That means that even after faculty 'members' 1get; 'tenure . - generally the guarantee ofa perma­ nent job'~ ·theii-·peniirmimtes will stil! be_ ~~vi~i-~ t~eiy five_ years. The plaii alsii calls for"i,6ssibly restructuring faculty meniliers' job duties• after'they gefteriui:e. '.· ' Traditioriall . facul , members were ~eci t~'ieacli;-~b research and proviiie. service to the:i.miversi­ ty by_ mrticipating .in a\l.ininistra­ tive 'romniittees and' other· activi­ ties:£' ,!!; ..-{ftL., :-•,;::~u.';.j !... ·•1~ .. . .i,l.11ie' 'iieW "guidelines·' ~\iggest ' tlialfaculfy mem~rs be allowed, if they 'wish;' to"''foctis oil'. onei'ai-ea' after getting tenure, ratnei "thari · trying to do all three. • • LEXINGTON HERALO-lEADER. LEXINGTON. KY. ■ MONOAY. FEBRUARY 6. 1995 Many want to preserve beauty, environment. of state, UK poll :fin~

BY ANDY MEAD Tom FitzGerald, director of the HERALD-LEADER STAFF WRITER Kentucky Resources Council, a Kentuckians love their trees. Frankfort-based environmental And flowers and bees. group, said he was not surprised . They told University of Ken- that many Kentuckians care about rucky pollsters that they oppose environmental issues. · logging on public lands, think it "We have raised underestimat­ should be regulated on private ing Kentuckians to an art form," he land, and value a healthy environ- said. "The only problem I see is ment over a strong economy. · that this doesn't get across into the legislative arena." Most are not familiar with .the _:··ilut.-John Brazel, manager of terms "biological diversity'' or "bio- · ,.,.. · · • · · , · diversity'." But, after being told the _Jegislativ._e; J_esearch and environ- e d s 'be h , Ii • mental affairs for the ~entucky t ,:ms · e en °~- . a11 vmg . Chamber of Commerce, said he thmgs.great and sllla affeft ea~h •suspects· eth"i g w s wro g th th J"k 'th ·ct !. .•. ... . s 0 m n a n 0 ~ ,i:-~ e __ e·i eaiI fr.·. ,,;.h · with_tht}loll because.of the re- . p_u, 1F 0P1,m0.\1. po 91Il,J e,. -~ponses abg_ut putting environment umvers1ty's __,Surv~y Research,-~en-. · ahead of economy. ter - oonductedlm November and ·, •~f fl.,.,,. · ·the f ·· f h t r just beiri'g. released -·: sliows .... .,/.1;8; thm bl~ce -0 '!' a ,. · · ·"rt· • K h_. 10· •.••.perceive as e pu 1c sentunent,. strong ~uppo ainen_g e,i,,uc~ians ··, Brazel said., "lt:~rtainly' fli~ iri th-~ for environmental issues. Some re- fa · f hat th G neral-Assembl · ·ubl" hed. · ··d""' ceo w e e . y su Its were P is m X.~l~-~,-~ perceives· as the public ·sentiment". Herald-Leader... , · ..., - ·• •.•...,._. ":''L · 'Th.I e· survey_:·. ' R_esearc .... h.,.• ee· nter' 9'1 som~ issues, ooh~ focthe , conducts polls· twice ·a·'.year on a environment appears somewhat·' , · ·. f • - · •·' ·.. • · ·· · · • . range o issues.. ., , ,1 ~ -..· .. • stronger m Kentucky:than m the ,_. · · , .. ,,. ,.,,; ... -·. · rest of the nation. · -: .~--~-., ,;.(;',; .\ So!"e of the questions_ m the . Th h" hi". ht ·.,'-'';"• 'i1-·.'i ·r · November poll were posed for. the · ■ ~~-\; ,,j~ sh: ,f '~:.__J -~ ':'t, UI<>Jiirestry department; · wliich '.'~~;~qilrt s.~- ... ,,_;.,.v-..:·.,, wan\cig'.to,'use ·them as a guide to those po!l<:P}e .sho~ed·. up at ::.·the'scn.itliemeifd{9.ftti~:fofes(wnile a P. ubhc heanng· Iast week to nro- · t"''"F. ·· t'.<>~.L~" ·ct ' 1· · 1 1:ie"tt.. · • , ... ·ct· ., . , • ,, -·"' ·-- __ me ..ores = v ,ce. eve pps.a er test wh at they sal were euortll ?Y i/plaii :fo 'protect' ilfo'··iiba'.d~~­ the, state .to low~r. V\'ll)er Ql!~.l:ty ·- ."Althouoh Jogging on the Daniel standards.• That· Stewart said: "-''" · • L'< 'lct• • ···th' 00·•001 •-tt· · . " - - , . _ •-- • _.,.. ~- ! ~ne uaS ra:wn_ .e.1rn~7..,a en- showed tliat_. people w~.mterest: · lion, the':vast .majority_ ot··-Ken­ ed, peopl~ C>!~ed a_boµt 1_t, -··, _- ,tucky's forests are:on private land . ./the ~II r<:5ulli_ n}ovide aii:,'.c:;:;,:!he,QK,;poi! ~ot";o~lls.~lfowed esti""'" L-,C lil. ·t· ~r n,s,wC k"!.<'•'t,,,.,~o.uup O,a .-growmg' ... "'•"~-----'!!''"'eneral'.sti.l.port .., . fo•.regulatin~•Jogo.,•· _ . ~.,._ figh~-oyei'_Joggmg;~n-Jiub!ic la@Jt1i\!~&';.,9!1'-:Pn:,:ate_ Jang,-;, bµt ., also the:,: Daniel' :Boon(::arld:;at .:-Lan-'•·,1;.sugge,s~ •lles_1tation1to,cµt 'tiillber Between .,...th'e'0 takes: in.; Wesfer:;.,,::,:,ifo·. tlie'0~.fof ·p_eopfe"wlio own Keiltu~Jcy;·. efforts. tq~;;gt'9w, :~th~··~-tci@?ti.~~-i; ,- ~;~~-if~JF:;t~h;~ sta_te:s 1 timber industry;at1d ,signs ":::~t\1Eh~ •s.\d"VeY · alsg found-· &trong that tne~new··Republican'rriajority'.:-:~Upportffor;'go_ve¢!iiffit:,regfilation in Congress"plans a major retreat" ·ot.·what. piivate ..jvoodlahd :owners from environmental regulation. a•. -:-cto .with-tlieir· '~ . . ; .. ~. , - --~ •- ~--'•-•v-~r-"-•l!,}.. trees:':''.)·~·· • "~' , .. ,.,. THE COURIER-JOURNAL• _MONDAY,JEBRUARY 6, 1995 . . . PELL GRANTS FOR INMATES

Reduces recidivism ■ ■ ■ whose education will make them produc­ tive, self-supporting, contributing, rational Having been involved in the information- citizens is money wisely spent. ... gathering.aspect of your story.-on-the loss Most inmates will come back to us - of Pell Grants for incarcerated students one way or another. The violence we want (Jan. 23), I am concerned- that the entire to end is overwhelmingly committed by picture was not given in·-frus'article, Miss- people with·little education- people with­ ing the heart of what interviewees.repeated out problem-solving, conflict-resolving over and over resulted in ·.an• incomplete skills that education could give them. What story, in my opinioru if we prepared inmates to make educated The real issue here is rehabilitation. Col- choices and wise decisions so crime and lege programming __in prisons has consistent- violence would not be alternatives they ly, been. shownJo reduce recidivism far more would ever again want-to consider? than most other rehabilitative programs. Ad- For inmates who went in the right direction ditional education: gives. the released men with Pell Grants, the end of the college pro­ and women 1Cnew tool'.to"use'in building a ,gram poses a terrible detour, if not the end of better. life up'oii. .their releas~:'However,, .. . . •. the th e roa d. Still , th ose wh o have wh e tt ed th err· prunaiy benef\t 15 n~~;oi!/Y.111 tl}e,m9"e_ased .appetites for knowledge and havetasted suc­ educa(1on but.m.the·m~i!5fqf,s~!f-esteem, · ,cess may yet find' their way; some vow they t~e rei_nforcement that h~~w<1r,K.~.d. self-,, ,will. It's those.yet to come who won't get a , ~1S~1plil)e can,, !~~d ~Q. l),O.~\~,!l@gs; ;E~~c,a-, · --first taste of.the enlightenirig opportunities an lion al9ne do~~.no.t"!cf!!.P, ~Jrp>]/.t 9-f ~~- .. education·ormgs that we should worry most on, but s!fong _self-~~1 1\offi.i,.!!11cf !)?Sttive :about. Be concerned about them - and about accomplishme_nts ·do; J-liave p_eisonally seen ourselves. We -~ 59meday live again with a number-of ~ves turned:around as a result them in a darker world that these Pell Grants of the college program.· _: . . . could have given light''"'"· '' ''-' -' I ~nders,ta!l_il _ajl:,t!ie; ;!!PjjlC?Ol1$ 11>f·1thll • · . . \. ~ . TOM LEWIS public, _!:iut _I_ also ~hajle_n~e. the_~_.\o t~ · , ..... , .-, 'Adjunct Faculty beyo~d th~Jr e!!1.9.ti~l,l!lt.feq·,G~~:~c.>.. m' . : /0/lielferson Community College carcerateil students·did'noffulre any,money _ --; ,:..,.,<;'. •Frankfort,,Ky. 40601 awa from tne"faw!ao1dm-f,.,.\i6iic] lior 'did., ~,_ '-''-':"-;: : .... : . -,-- Jd ·· •· · r· ,..,. .,tP)Jlre"",;r."" · THE COURlER-JOlJRNAL [ ! MONDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1995 th e em1Se o we •=~6!,'!.""'• 'miike an~. more . . - ...... -- _ . _ iieoJi1e e1iiriliie·raf'w,;i11;,:,Toe"iiciloii'was·' \!.-.. "'"'"" -;•i, 1,, .,,,,, .. , ._ .. - tud • · "' r_ ,.,, W, iJl 00!l'.l£il . . pureY.,1W'l!!r,J.~,"i::.n!l·ml!/lf.'.''ij'"""''"•ll.'lr·''.d"•ti""'nEmii:A"'$.➔ll10_ .· "'om·, : e, n ·s·· s · 1es We must = m ~rms 1nammauon. , .,,_•,i -1 · .· • . , ...... ottnel'p·•teo·p•J~WEPate~to.ms~f.1 1wili· ,_ : ~ Most uP.·' 1.-,·,:\.,,-r:~·:j\~~r;:.~~-:•.-~"-:~.. :- .: -. ·· ... ·• ~··:, :.'"')~-:~, __ --: . · .- s~j~j;~--~ii~1~~fJ:~~l!~~Y.~~J- a:·r··:~e:.. _,fl· -o.,:·::r•·:_'.:a" 11 e~7jen' ·'m:,,ue-···n·" ~-:· ositive'.'ilii-ii£on: Po'f''''' e'"'ii~--l~ucii . ,. : , . ·c 'V 1 ' ' hl/herpncewheii'tbey'~~~~~=~-- sats''.,UK director'.,:'·';.'', .· ;;i:.. ~-~~{·f;-~!J~~~~~~~~ii '''.; '}!_.::I,~~ll~;· ':~~ _.,."-' ' . ': "' . .·. ,·. ~- - , ..... ,,,.,, ,.r!l,1Jh f19'(,.-:-- 111~'-l . .t-0 ,.L Ass9C)ated Press .· ,,wn·1 .· plines had made women invisible, .:.::: ·•~·f/11:.::·• ■ uN,t.irif.!"' mt'-nu~~f_ ?u,.l !.., •• ,'. ,--· · · :.n01f~:f·--~ri{- ... ,~ ,.c , or:genderinvisitile,orli~,evenpaid ■· ■-■ · ·1111 _ - , ...lnYe _,_ .. _.: ·,menl- ·. -,- ... ·-.,~•-·,· -~, 0 ---·,. LEXINGTON___ _ , ,~-,,.,-, --;, p at Co oper att en ti on t o 1.'t" . ·.,., ,.,., .. '·,.•"· .• ·- --· '\' ,.;:sb'ould tlix_.dolJarsigflofof pnsciti'col-' was· a~coue~,siudent in the late In today's programs, courses fo- , lege classes?LJ !mow"of:no 1chea~f'ilis:ur• 1960S~W~en,,she !earned __ that all CUS On topics such as the positive ance for 1tuminif'but:'pafu\iies1We.iill''can' ~.~erei(t_;'i!iul!Lfor women. . and negative aspects_'O! ~. and live with. . . :Al ol_ t<>lp!J'.lf!~l "'waam '· $he;was;-attending~the all-worn• ho\\'. ·language, :iw,abzatin11 and Sinci'i' 1992 'I •have,fau"glif'£ttgljsn1ri tlie ·en'{~~'},~)jhigt9n:'C9llege .iii .education relate:to ,genderrCooper college' piogriiiii~at1 L'iithei9 f!!!l:itetl:'ITifu(! Vij-gijiw:Cwhenf;slie--applied for ad- said. · ..,:,. ,,,,,,,, .. :,{; ,,,.,,, Kentucky'· Stat1f'Refo~iiry: 'l'lkJ:iow·'iri• ~~~9re,tidiif,~ijlv,~rn~ty;9t,JiQith _ ·''W.e'.!'l ;_al\yays }la~ ~I!., jn~lude mates who have grown m reasoning and Ciitolinlla~Clia!l!ll Hill.1ihe hall.the ·something new ·each~.Y'e&I'," she communication skills, gained;~~!\- grades. an!l, test .scores but_ was said. "I'm sure.next year, withwel• in psychology,_ sociology,.J111ci'.".history 1 turned down. . .- -., • ·, -i- •.. , fare reform anil all of that, there. classes, mastered difficult math processes, 'IWhen I :called to find out about will be a lot more attention to that" $d' beciim1r·:sensitiied'iliy,· hiliiiliilities · it;_theyJold._me.tbere was.a quota The program offei:s_!!,11 under- study. MllJlY catch,fu•H!¢,lll1:laze.them- for out-of-state womeri," Cooper graduate minor and a graduate c:er- s~lves_ '_"il1!oµtstan~.£qll~iW.,~~!1; ~~~d , said., :!t !asJhe -~ !i!J!~. it, dawned tifi~te that_ stude~~ , -~,.receive rehEiail~!Jitali~o~ Prybo~ ¥.(9~·,,,;vo}t'i .; .,1,.,, on !!!e:~~1.,s_ometioth_!1Y: !".~w~ tr,eat a .wd hile purslll!lg traditio!l81 graduate uca ng an o~3 .1S M~}:co~ .s.an woman wuerent an-a.man. · egrees. . ~ .. :::. _ , . . ••. investty.ent.Spt!ndingjai"mnney'ori1no\Qp1e: ·Coiiper;"45, is•the·-ilirector ofthe · The course.'Y(lrkJ!!lhJtetdiscip!lii~; ,_ ..... ,. "'""'·-~"=•-··""'"""·"' Uiilvel'Si ··of'Keniuclri•'s Women's· ary,includingclassesinEnglisb,so­ Studies1~·""'"; She ~as'iiimied to ciology, · history,. ,philosophy. and· thii'.four-' -~fiii'rtn'AllgusC -· . psychology. ·- "";~" .. , , · .. -; ' •!fill }j~/!-'.1>" ~ij'.Y':~cpe~fp~·• ·9!<>per sail! sh~ .,via.P;~ -~e. p~ grari_f _tie~1a~Jan· f?leg9 :~tate__ lll __ gram ,IQ -~e !!!Ore 1.11gll1!we. am;l_l)Ot

197~-'..~\!';<;e~llJ~9ir,~~-l iP,!'!'gTI\IIISll__ at be pt!rce~~ed .as ''.a 0"¢i~:!l'r!°,,11'~ 68 P!'!~ns ~f}lie ~tto11: s Cl_! eges program. . . '""'•'' 1 .,,.. ,,, and· U1U\'ers1ties' have ·tieen · devel- "We want to mclude.all ages, out­ oped fo~focus iin'issues relating to looks· arid perspectives,"· she said •. 2 0 woineh;·-·' " ~;~".'il ·. • ··• --' '' • "And _we want.to be. unrelenting in Coop_\!r, .who. earn~' at doctorate · our efforts to make;thiii campus. a iri Aiiiencaii"lilsto ,. -at tlie'Uirlversi- . safe, 'comfortable and ~c com: ty_;§f:~½l~cf{:.1!!~l;;!!i!ent)Q: munity for ~eryone;" :-:;; : .;: ... , years,at'DrexeMJ'ruverslty m··Phila- Cooper said women's·.$Jdies.pl'O'·' de! hiiFiiefonFco"·• 'to Kentu•lri• ' .are misunaersfuod:: .. ·' ~ .. =~·P:ru,_-3:","-'. ""'ill ·,om-_1~~~~,·1"_-, .•) .":'f:'J,., ~--·•F':.,; '' ·. -..... , .,.,..,., ~-·;er, d·'"!r:,!';.tJtl 111.ll,~ -· '_,.,, __ •,.v,,,, ,_w • •. w~-·. ' orone+I''"" we""'n+an n-· ·•1F : ' ., 1iii:e"a:c'liuo&l to'iiiliilt'ln · meh'' takin ~lirses'f.V'.'s&e 'said:; n~~•slle'lsala'o'ftliii't)I{ ~sf,' "For fuoihe~ ...ffie·fiei'd~" ... ·uilirlg"' tion:·1 ,rll!!-m ~we ,ns >.,,,,,n.;. P?._, '·, .,,;;,onentially; It's nof"'•.t-e:ated to : Coope7~1siild:~} ·women's~ .. ·~mest· h~anitieS and'sO~ai';ience~~,r' }f.'Jl have evolved· through, the years. · Cooper isn't afraid of being called Kentucky started its program in the _afeminist. ·, -, · ~ · ·f""" late 1970s •. ~: iHf€~·fft J ~:' :: ~t ;-;·.~-~'.::~¾'lo; me a~-fenµnist·•iiieims,. so~~ "In the early ilays'tliey.were coin- one who cares· about'- justice 'and

I ~~i~~~~i:~~4~~::~¥'t~\ri~:a~ l', MSU ARCHIVES q iA {) ~-4-3s-1, 3 M§U Clip §beet A sample of rerent articles of interest to Morehead State University INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS MOREHEAD STATE UNIVERSITY UP0 BOX 1100 MOREHEAD, KY 40351-1689 606-783-2030 The Daily Independent, Ashland, Kentucky, Mondav. Februarv fi. 1995 depict t_he role the under• Green, who established ground railroad played in several Baptist churches in Mason County." . Slaves' the region, was born into sla- Development of a trail along .very in Bourbon County in Lawrence Creek in Mason 1 8 1 8 an d b r o u g h t t a County, believed to be the path freedom Maysville in 1828. He bought many runaway slaves took to his freedom, th·en paid $850 the Ohio River, is also on the to free his wife and two chil- drawing board, Weber said. museum Sprague said he saw .a lot of dren. potential in the museum, espe­ Other items on display in­ cially since no other in the f OCUS··:,;· clude shackles, reward post­ . , ... , country has been dedicated to ers for runaway slaves, mar­ exploring the underground By GREO Co.;umD , f .. riage certificates for "ne­ railroad. · OFTHE DAILY INDEPENDENT. groes and mulattos" and· "This community has got as posters advertising slave auc­ much right to call it a national MAYSVILLE - keiifocky's tions, underground railroad museum - first_ muie\iin:.dedicated to The posters often bore de­ an any other place. It can give the ·underground railroad tailed descriptions of the this community something to opened Sunday "af Maysville, slaves being auctioned. One on shoot for," he said. · the launching point to free­ display Sunday described a The museum is -open· Mon­ dom for thousands . of, slaves mulatto named Frank as of day through Saturday ·from 10 in the 1800s.,·;'' . ., .. .-,,·_,• ,·I .- · .• "first-rate character, with the a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission,is $1 :~:;r,ii,e ·Q.li!R:.l9YE1t 'Y-a~,; that' exception that he will oc­ for children and senior,. citi­ bo~ni:lary.Ji_et:-,vj!~J};;,_s!ayery casionally drink, though not zens and $2 for everyone .else. and freedom for.1s1;1-many- ... an habitual drunkard." Weber said he is applying and' Mason' Coiinty' was one "If our babies, black and for grants to help keep the mu­ of t!ie= keyrroiiteii'for..,,peciiile white, yellow and red, are seum running, but private do- . who were-_escaping from the going to inherit this land, they nations are also needed. Bluegrass." 'said ~of'." stuart need this information," Gore Anyone wanting to make a Sprague; pfofes,sor··of history said. donation can send a check to: at. Moreliead:··state - Univer- Phil Weber, Mason County Maysville Tourism, 216 Bridge sity. · .,-:· '.'. ·• .. tourism director, said he St., Maysville, Ky. 41056. Spra:gue 1·sp_6ke 'a( the mu­ hopes to have an outdoor A notation of "underground seum's operiilig;''ivhil:h drew drama operating by 1997 "to railroad" should be made at about 75'people. " ..,., . the bottom of each check. The uifdei'gfourid . railroad was a'lhetw6rR of p_eople and places ··that 1lielp'ed" fugitive slaves make their way' to free LEXINGTON HERALD-LEADER, LEXINGTON, KY. ■ TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1995 territbtyf'If Tuii.cfioried "from abblit-1830 ..to'i:860/'" ·... ,,, · . 'Planningnfor"'fhe''Ma'son Co.lln ty.,,,U:nderground .. Rail­ Priorities"askew road Museum and African American· Research Center started in· Augiist. ~ · ' ·. . What do.we wajlt from university ·1eadersf·:'.. The· Mason '.',county. ·Tour­ ism' Commission·provided he death of John Oswald last .university presidents anyway? Do $5,000 -in seed• money; and week set us to thinking about we want them to be primarily aca­ soon it was just a matter of what it takes to be a ·good demic leaders and educators? Or is when, not· if,· tne museum Tpublic university president in Ken-. their first pri9rity tq 'iJress flesh . would open/,<• :J .. .•'.)Z, - • ·' • wi~ •.IT'he mus~iun's' ;homer,.jn a tucky. It was not an uplifting train govenim;s, 31¼~ l,~~la:tors, to small b'ullding:at· tliiii coiner of thought. ... _.. . . :bnng home. the ba,g:i11 !!Ild keep , ·.· · ·· V ' ·s,fuingsquietoncampUS? ··: .. of ThWiili~}l~dg~_ijfreetfi~ By any standard,. Oswald .was · . : ,, .. ,.. ,,..;; .be th . ·. • .._. 't''' 'th .,,,_,: •. i only, telllporary. IJ -~;'-" "'-~"-:' ·' · 'JI · · · · .. 'd · ,_.,, .. may ·. ose aren -et er1 or. . an exce ent uruvers1ty pres1 ent 1 · /,.- .•. ,. • ,.. th' , tat'"" b t th · ... ·· ' "Five years •frO!!\•·now we. ·1 ft K 1n. Hi · - ·d --c1101ces mo er·s es· u ey hope to have ·a'laiger'facility once he. e entuc,,,1 . . s recor .. -._, ,. • · .,.,be. ·h· ",.t. K. ~1~, with-not only' a-liisf6ric_al·col­ at Penn-State was one aiiy\miver- "'.Often s~·to: ..• --~e,}11 en~~l• lection, but ·a· i'eiieilrch center sity leader would be prou_d pf. And · ~t!9nd. of cho_Wf,<;liove Osw~d for "this regibii'.'imlfcthe .u:s. it wasn't a purely academic record ;frqm.,J)K_ · And n:rn.-or:i thaned,a · that will' be•natioiiaily'reciog• either, as any football.fan knows. -q~;_centtuyt , -- , ,Ith= pOpenald nized,". said"''Jeri-y· 'Gore, :- . .. . -.. •· .. ,._ . noonecanqmesayw y sw lVISU's . direcfor''ilf 'iiiiii.ority -: So how come Oswald 1¥td so -- wasn't allowed to.do here what.he studenCaffairs and a tJi,uch trouble here in l\enttii:ky? . did at Penn ·state: '·•'. : . · - ·· MaysJille native .. :_ iC~!i-··:--, Was there somethin~ abot1t}wn? "The only tiung:ciear is that it. . • ! -l-.•_- ~ ...: , f,. , • ~,v ; Une of the first items visi­ Or_was there something aoout Ken-· was the university's loss ·and the tors entering - tli.e museum., !1:tl:ky? . .., ...· . ,":,1-c-;1 • · stat~•s .. As.we.Sllld; it's not aj._",:-·; ~efi?'a':bust or·t11e"'~ev.''E;1-:; : ,; What do we wanf from'public '·0uplfftina'traih oftlfought .. :;· ;; ··ice'. • . •. •·- _,.-; -· ._,._ ''. ~~~rf .,.',i!,'."'J,----<-.ilJ•' . ·-• '·· .VJ_.·11 Lq,i:M~-~s%.AfrPn\l,i-h.~Y,J9- year-ai~Ni a.. u.. es man .iasorl"'lfanbel"ot-West·. Lib- erty··•,•,•.',~'..':.,.,·.\., ::..H:~'l.-•,:;,,•..J• .\-••• _,,:·'!!":!'>'"l ;,'3Jl" (

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HERALO-LfADER STAFF REPORT at home, that I wanted to stay," after,she graduates in May. Five college seniors from Ken­ said Martinez, 21. ''They say you Griffin is majoring in special tucky sclwo/s have agreed to share can't go borne again, but I really education but in a non-teaching their job-hunting experiences with felt like I could." concentration It's not a common readers throughout the year. Martinez, who is majoring in major. She said she knows of only They're seeking work in diverse business administration and minor­ two or three other students who fields, from h£alth core to computer ing in Spanish, was offered a job as share her major. science to accounting. a management trainee at JC Pen­ That means that her big chal­ This semester, they're trying to . ney, where he was a summer lenge right noV{ still is trying to juggle the search, their classes and intern. He's not sure yet if that's track down information about pos­ in some cases, internships. what he wants. sible places to work. ••• He got a rejection froffi another "I would really like to start SONJA LOFTIS, Eastern company for a spot that would sending out some resumes," said Kentucky University have been. his "dream job." He Griffin, 23. "We're just still search­ Loftis, an accounting major, is keeps the rejection letter and looks . ing for the right p!ac,s to target." still hoping to land a job with the at it occasionally for motivation Griffin, who is from Louisville. FBI. Her hopes were buoyed recent­ "It's just a reality check for said some opportunities might ex­ ly by a magazine article saying me." he said. "It's not going to be ist in rehabilitation centers, hospi­ that the bureau was recruiting new that easy. tals, homes for the mentally retard· agents - especially women and . , '1 don't think my head is in the ed and other institutions. people with accounting back­ clouds," be said. "I do think I will The details of her internship, grounds. get something. But I know it just which will require 120 hours of She's already got the thick might not be my dream job right at work this semester, are still being sheaf of application forms for the first'' finalized. But it probably will in­ FBI. But the problem is that she ••• volve some work at a home for can't even fill them out until May, LORI LINDSEY, Kentucky abused children, she said. when she has her degree in hand. State University "I think it's going to be a good "The trouble is they're asking Just because Lindsey is pretty experience," she said. "I think it's me to graduate without a secure confident that she has a job lined going to be fun.• job," said Loftis, 35. "But if that's up doesn't mean that she's stopped ••• what it takes, I'm prepared to do preparing herself to enter the work­ SABRINA KIMBROUGH, it" ing world. Transylvania University Loftis' plans to apply to the FBI Lindsey, 21, a computer science It's a hectic semester for Kim­ also might be affecting her other major, is mulling a job offer in brough, who will graduate in May prospects. She said she feels ethi­ computer programming at AT&T, with bachelor's degrees in sociolo­ cally bound to tell other interview­ where she interned for two sum­ gy and in business administration ers that she plans to apply to the mers. As soon as the details are with a health-orre emphasis. FBI. finalized, she'll probably aa:ept i~ Kimbrough, 21, is working as Even so, interviewing with oth­ she said. an intern at Hwnana Hospital in its er companies has been a learning But in the meantime, she is still administrative offices. It's an effort experience, she said. She was invit­ talking to other KSU alumni to on her part that she hopes will help ed back for a second interview for seek advice about other ways she her land a job in health-care admin­ an accounting job with State Farm, can improve herself - or, as she istration. traveled 420 miles io the meeting says, "how to prepare myself for She traveled to Ailanta a few but didn't get the job. the real worla" weeks ago for Careers '95, a big job "It was an exc.ellent experi­ · Lindsey said she's interested in fair that attracted about 1,200 col• ence," she said. "Even though they going back to AT&T because she !ege seniors. She's also getting didn't give me the job." has enjoyed working there. Plus, ready for a career fair in Louisville. ••• she said, she would be working in Annette Mayer, Transylvania's KELVIN MARTINEZ, Berea Columbus, Ohio, which is her director of career planning and College hometown: . placemen~ said she thought the job As Martinez has gone through "I really wanted to be at· home fair helped Kimbrough and the six the job-searching process, he's also for the first few years after col­ other Transy students who attend­ undergone a bit of a change of lege," she said. "It's a good oppor- ed. heart. tunity for me." , ''You stood in line and got • Originally, Martinez was ready ••• about 30 seconds -to hand them to go anywhere in the country to RENEA GRIFFIN, Morehead your resume," said Mayer, who find a job. But a trip to a job fair in State University accompanied the group. "It was Washington, D.C, his hometown, Griffin is preparing to start an interesting for them to get to see made him realize that he really internship that she hopes will pro­ their competition There are a lot of would like to rerum to that area. vide valuable experience and possi­ · bright young people looking for ..,1n..,.., 1 ,.,,.., tho.-,. T .-o .. llu ta.It hle leads for findin~ a full-time iob iobs." §heet~as;J~§t N'.il:;U lH{CHiVES

A sample of recent articles of inteftSt to Morehead State University INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS MOREHEAD STATE UNIVERSITY UPO BOX 1100 MOREHEAD, KY 40351-1689 606-783·2030 l.EXJNGTON HERALD-LEAOER, LEXINGTON'. KY. ■ WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1995 .··· =-·-· . .• ----- Comfuilajty" ~oJ~~ges.~-~foriiidation I of ,:tural prosperiey . . . . • - . .. .. '. · come a)lve. - . . and elsewhere, have waited too long fort! ne of the problems· ih poor, rural . The Southeast and Hazard groups met others to bring them prosperity. Genera-·· regions is that there's not enough · yesterday in Whitesburg to continue their tions of Kentuckians have waited for the · 0 juice in the lemon. There aren't the · planning. Nothing is final, but the colleges gods of industrial development to deliver: people, institutions and energy needed to are finding their direction. a factory. Most have waited in vain;. thOSlEADEli Srm WAITER I eye on Mark and see how he did. "We were Impressed with his grades. We talked with his high the way," Fick said. "I wanted .him Klnnalrd's statistics school and college coaches. We had him In for a visit, and we .. MOREHEAD - On a summer I . "We were imp~ v.:ith )lis 1 to go to another level. He gave us a at Morehead State afternoon in Louisville, with few grades._, We talked with his high• signed him. I'm glad he wanted to come here." big lift against Tech." colleagues looking on, Coach Dick &;h°'?I and colle_g~ coacha W~ ,had , DICK FICK, Kinnaird said, "It · (the non­ Oames ...... 20 Reb. , ...... 44 Fick found the player who has ., him m for a visit, and we signed Morehead basketball coach start) bothered me. I wasn't mylaelf Fg-Att. ... 84•188 Ast...... 76 helped carry the Morehead State him. rm glad )\e wanted to come, that week and couldn't get things PcL ...... 44.7 TO ...... 51 try 3pL•alt. .. 44-104 Stl...... 20 Eagles to new heights in the Ohio here.''. .• , ,. ,. .. ,.,.,.,,,~,er-' and he's bought into·the defense. "These are more intense and physi­ ' 'What ~i!l •you

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Ttie Daily Independent, Astiland, K~ntuc~Thursday, February 9, 1995

,!- •. "It's•/ always""nlce'to lielion'­ .ored by yaur peers and former C~ellgr~~, -~sociates,",he said.:'/' ' ' .. Chellgren_ was one five new named to\ inductees · into the hall. All; ·''haII'·'·,. ••'.'\ were, honored during a lunch-:: UK ~'. . ;, ·• ~- .- "·/, eon last' Thursday, at the UK•: ,Student Center. · '.: of~fame _:ri:,,-'! ., : ' :"All of·our inductees have· .had' outstanding .careers in :,their respective fields and a By KENNETH HART Ihave distinguished themselves :. OF THE DAILY INDEPENDENT through contributions to their . ·., :'.r . ' communities," said Richard: )': LEXINGTON - Paul ·w. W. .- Furst, dean of the College·, ; Chellgren,, president and ·chief of Business and Economics. · )°'operating; officer of Ashland . The hall of fame, which was< t1nc:/ has been~ . i founded last year with the in­ t inducted'1'irifoif ' duction' of nine· alumni, "pro- [tA~tuniversi~;~ ; vides role models for students · f of;. Ken tµ9,.ky} '· and·• informs 'Kentuckians of LC o I 1 e g ei ·0 6 f•) '. ,the' many· success stories at ~Business ·:cand,\l our college,'' Furst said. fE co iro:m·i c,s ':; . At least two alumni will be .;Alumnit . . Hall .of, . inducted into . the- .hall every , ,,Fame. year, he said. f'~. Chellgren is , •., This year's other inductees . a 1964 UK grad- Chellgren : ! :: were:' ; . · . '.- ' uate. He later earned a· mas; ! ►Kim Burse, secretary of , ter's 'degree in business ad- ·· the state Revenue Cabinet. . · iministration from .. Harvard / " ► Carol Martin ."Bill" Gat­ rBusiness . School and· a dia j ton,· owner of eight auto deal­ fploma in developmental ' eco- : erships in Tennessee and \nomics from Oxford; Univer' ! •sity, · · · ·,·i • · .,., ' Texas· and a•· major share­ holder-' in· several Kentucky [. •· He, is·, the second·: person . banks.·' ' · •' · jWlth ties to Ashland Inc. to be . · ► Jo·e1 Charles Gordon,. ,named to the hall of fame ..Reli;· ·chairman and chief executive · (tired ·vice chairman Robert T. ;. officer of Surgical Care. AffUi, · fMcCowan was named a .char-; ates Inc. ... · ter member last year. ,,.;,,,6 .-.· ►Joseph Logan Massie, pro­ 1· Chellgren said he was'.· fessor emeritus in the College ,pleased ·to have been selected · of Business and Economics. 1. to the hall. • o; .. •EXINGTON HERALD-LEADER, lEXINGTON,.KY. ■ FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1995 ·s enter lii< _Alumni Hall -of Fame: The . :University of Kentucky College of Business and ·Economics has inducted five people into the A!umni Hall·.of Fame. They are:.. · ,. '· ■ f au! Chellgren, president and chief operat- mg qfficer of Ashland Inc.; · ■ Kim Burse, secretary of the state Revenue Cabinet. · ·' •. •• · . , : ■ Carol Martin "Bill" Gatton, owner of eight , auto dealerships in Tennessee and Texas and a · II!.aior. shareholder. in several Kentucky banks. · ,. : .·· ■ Jciel.Charles Gordon, chairman and chief . : executive officer; of Surgical Care·Affiliates: Inc ·: ':t"J ii Joseph Logan Masllie;-.professor emeritu~ ::' . iri' the &Jllege· of-Business_'imd Economics .. ; · :

TuE COURIER:JoURNAl:1'.• FRIDAY: FEBRUARY 10, 19~ -~ Nov~mber. The first game would ; , be played in fall 1997. The project is · "St d." . · 1 '' • ,-1, ;·subject ,to,,fu.tal_revieW:• .. by•·Uofl;; :I. a lUID· .-;,.-:;,. l trustees, . .- .. r, •..,,.,il,,;. .,., .. I ',. •, ,,. · ,. :. 1 · • :· ·_,.-: Manyi:desigrr•aspects •·are· wide , l·'a·r·· ch"t t ' . ;:pperi. ·,Heery's'.-:working•':model- !;_ . 1 ec s,.,' , .-- . ---'"showed two decks on both sides,: !)r• h.. ,· '· '"' .. ,.,,, •· .. ,· ·., ... .-, ·,.,; .come down,. the. bond Issue would',: ~th the.stadium open on the ends: ~:c osen·•, ..· ·_' '· _,., be lowered, officials·_said. · . . · Owlsey' said Rosser-Luckett sug•, . "We will still try to raise $62 mil- ·gested ihe ·seating at one end zone · · u f L' ' ,lion, but down the road, we may not·; and_' reducing the size of the press · y · ·· Q ' · need that much money," said Larry box to save money. Owsley said a , · b ' ·· · :· ·· Owsley, U of L administrative vice ' goal remains to accommodate soc> : · ' r ·\ · '' ,. · president who led the architectural.· cer but the seating for that is uncer-· · . By SHELDON .SHAFER•' ·• ., , selection committee. . tain, ' : · .Staff Writer:-:,·:--•--:• r ·\· ·' ··•·, u of L officials selected the archi-, Luckett & Farley Pr~sident Den-· ' 1 tects yesterday in a · competition ' nis DeWitt was thrilled with the se-· • ' ~hitects sel~cte~yesterday to· with four other· groups:'.They said\lectiori. DeWitt .said .. design cha!·: !u~gn_'s ~lf.ii~~~atioLootbuallis- ' '.!he .~tad,iu~ >viJ! .ha:,:e_ a!Uh.e_ proinf;f ·lenges re!~(~', :D?.i¥.1.f-!P. :)~yoilt ~ ~! 1sed amemttes, mcluchng-c1u6 faciil--- concourses and ramps'..!. and not to stadium already have suggested a. ties, even if design,,i:'1~es. bring~;_t\1,e ~ite or the urban setting. ~e·: !Afe t=~ l::rwarit to· keep down.the:i;qst:; -~---~:j:.J •~, ;:.; · l:1~:;~1te,1S 0ff floy!I Str~~t ~t 1!I1 old rai!·. A joint venture of Luckett & '' Tliii'Rofsef-Lilckett•group's sillec--~~-roaa Yl_ll"d,, DeWitt-:srud-the ar~hi-: Farley of· Louisville and Rosser tion over two .. other finalists . sur-· · tects will help momtor. ,the cleanup , International ·of Atlanta was cho- I prised some architects. · ·o_f the propertY by CSX Transporta-, , sen for the $62 million project. A One of the three final groups in- tion, which ts to turn over the Ian~ . contract might be signed today. . eluded Hellmuth, Obata & Kassa- under a swap with the state. ; : Rosse(s past projects include the · .baum (HOK), which designed some Rosser architect Fred Krenson ·: · Georgia Dome and The Pyramid 1 'of the country's largest pro sports ~I be a key designer. He was the ,in Memphis. . ·. stadiums - the new Comiskey Park pnncipal designer of the new . · Already, the architects· have in Chicago and Oriole Park at Cam- : 20,000-seat · Bud Walton Arena,• : suggested changes in cdnceptual · den· Yards in- Baltimore. Hellmuth . where the University of Arkansas . -' drawings for the stadium, includ- .. was . teamed with Johnson-Ro- plays basketball. Arkansas Athletic .. ing l seating section in one end-· 'manowitz of Louisville.on the lfof L Director .' Frank Broyles praised·. zone to .replace the upper _deck .;project.· · · ·. ' "· ,', Krenson,'saying he "understQod our . on one of the sides. . · t'. And the other,venture that was 11 . needs and transla~e_d them into a : ' The firms estimate that the · :finalist included'Heer'y lnternation, yery succe~~ful facility." end-zone seating would reduce · "Iii, whlch designed the Syracuse A Louis & Henry vice president, • ·construction costs as much as 15 Carrier Dome and had done the pre-; Rick Kremer, said his group, which . percent ; liminruy U of L stadium ' work. included Heery, was "obviously dis-·, · ·• And U of L athletic officials · Heery teamed witli the_.Joi:a) firm ,of appointed." He said some local ar-. ·· · said many fans actually prefer '..Louis. & Henry.,._, ···. •.• •' ·h: · ·, ·· chitects "may have thought we were·., end-zone seating,· as they now · ; . · But .Owsley said Rosser had the a lock" because of Heery's prelimk •· 'have at Cardinal Stadium. · best track record with collegiate sta- nary work on the U of L proJect, but•. ;, ' '!Jte Crunch Zone is the rowdy · -diums:,•. : especially-at Marshal) Uni- . "we never· thought _that was the: section along the first base line at versity'and the-.Univei;sity of West case." · Cardinal Stadium, where fans ' •.Virginia.• Owsley· also· said .U of L . Qne of the· groups that bid and·, 'and · players have · developed a · ,Athletic Director Bill Olsen and his was not a finalist was led by the: : 1 real rapport. It was credited with· \staff'. are: comfortable'.' with Rosser Bravura Corp. of Louisville, which · helping the Cards compile a rec-·· because ·or its work on Freedom is overseeing the-waterfront master:• Ord-breaking 10-game home-field Hall's renovation 10 years ago. •plan. Bravura President Jim Wal-·,. stre · winning ak last season, which 1 ; · 'The· •Rosser-Luckett· group ''will ters, a former Humana design chief, , Boston College ended. After each , crive us_ a uniquely de_signed facility' ,_was_ surprised by Rosser's selectio_n._•. • game, 'the players jog down to " • The Crunch Zone and slap hands th~t ,~'.,~e .f\111,Jri,endly,"· O,ls_~.n ,_ He said he thought Heery had the_· with .the zealots leaning over the. .S\lld,. ,· . . ",mside track. And he said the HOK · rail · · · A . U of L committee will work _group has a strong design record on ·, "We could definitely sell the with the architects on desi~ Ai- ,major stadiums across the country.:' •end-zone seats," said U of L As-. ,tails. , · · · · · ·, ''I know very little about Rosser," sociate Athletic Director Mike . Owsley expects a preliminary de- . he said. "Their experience is a lot Pollio. sign June 1 and a final design · less extensive" than that of Heery Stadium · fund-raisers won't Sept. 1, with construction to begin and HOK. · ·· lower the goal of raising $22 mil- lion in a corporate campaign. The budget also includes $15 million . pledged for lifetime seats and $25 million in local bonds. lf costs ~t iVASU ARCHIVES 9('ff~·'J-- L/-'3 S '_/0 MSU Clip Sheet · A sample of recent article; of interest to Morehead State University INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS MOREHEAD STATE UNIVERSITY UP0 BOX 1100 MOREHEAD, KY 40351-1689 606-783-2030 The Daily Independent, Ashland, Kentucky, Saturday, February 11, 1995 Kentucky is expected to de- 'M SU However, Eaglin said recent crease over the next two years. · tuition hikes at MSU have Budget cuts will have to be ' made "their in-state rates very made unless MSU can find an- appealing." other source of revenue, Ea- Preliminary figures show glin said. MSU's spring enrollment at The program, which will be t0 Offier 7,974, a 6 percent decrease aimed at students in Western • • from last year. Spring enroll- West Virginia, Southeastern ment peaked in 1993 at 8,613. Ohio and Southern Indiana, Last fall's enrollment was- also should inc~ease. diversity tuition· 8,697, down from 8,899 the pre- on campus, Eaglm said. .· vious year. Fall enrollment "We need a student body also peaked in 1992 at.9,169. that reflects society." · ,, · About 1~. percent ·or Msu·•s In addition to the $515,000 b reak S students ate from outside Ken- shortfall in campus housing, it tucky, the lowest amount was also disclosed Friday that . By GREG COUARD among colleges 'and universi- MSU came up $32,000 short in OFTHE DAILY INDEPENDENT ties in the state:: · · · · its tuition and fees fund. Eaglin said another reason The cpmbined shortfall - MOREHEAD - Faced with for impleinenting the program $547,000 - was covered by a 1 declining enrollment and a is that the number of high percent increase in MSU's $515,000 shortfall · in housing sch90! graduates in Eastern 1994-95 appropriation from the revenue, Morehead State Uni, Kentucky General Assembly. versity has approved an incen­ tive package aimed at attract­ ing 200-300 more out:Of:slate THE COURIER-JOURNAL• MONDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1995 students. . __;·. ___ .. -_,.:. ,_, __ . President: Ronalcj.,Eaglin told• Orientation .is the Board -of Regents , Friday about a tuition assistance, pro: must at Morehead gram he has implemented tliat Starting this fall, all Morehead will give a· costbreak'}o otit:of­ State-University freshman will be required to take Discovering Uni• ~tate_ ,stuc.J\lP.:ts, a·ii_rp;,;{~ing.,_tJiey versity:Life,,an orientation class. ve m campus gr,r.ns. ,, " b ..: . Out-of-state -students-,can The course has been optional now get· up .to $2,000 a ,year since 1987,.and.studies have through• a:•Tuition•; Assistance shown that students who took it did better in college than those Grant,' depeniiiii\;"oft."tlfeir w)lo di#,n'.\..~j~, J9hn ,c, l'~ey, grad(i'J)oiht average "ancil ACT. executive .vtc~presiilent.Jor aca­ 1 scores. The miliimuiii require• demic affail'S;·"~·.'"..l ~ • "-·..... •l · ment is a 3.0 grade-point­ in six years,"47 percent of stu­ average and an ACT score of dents who took theclass·graduat­ 20, which will give• non• ed from college; compared .with a residential students $1,0oo· an- 37 percent graduation rate for for nually. . .., .. ..'. 1., t!\ose who didn't take the one­ Students also._would be ,eli­ credit course. gible for· traditional·. sclio1ar- ·Thii requirement will be evalu­ ship money. . _,~·., __ : ..... ated. after two years. "They would still pay,,more than in-state students, but they mustlive in the residence halls. Let's face it, we've.' got to LEXINGTON HERALO-LEADER, LEXINGTON, KY. ■ SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1995 get this turned . around . with the students living··m •the· bisi~ ·. ■ HAZARD dence halls,". Ea0Hn said)";.,;,, CommunitycoJlege'to get $1mlllion: Hazard Community rn:stafe' uiia~~~diiatli''fo­ College will receive $1 million from the Department of Housing and . ition rates.' t:MSU'ara:$000·:a semester·~Jd'"$2;sao-· for·- non­ Urban Development, U.S. Sen. Wendell Ford, D-Ky., said yesterday. residen~,.,;.,;:.-t._. - -•-· 0 •--.a., - . Ford said the money w.ill be used to build a performing arts and regional classroom center. The facility will add 27 classrooms and 38 0 -The-'-fliition\rassistance.- pro• ~-afu>i!ah!iiftoJ\ave~upfiort faculty offices ;p1d expand space for student counseling, career from the Regents and•others in planning.and s_!iident leadership ,development. attendance-at the meeting· ,, "I' thin!Cfhe filscount. t6 the i out-of-state•· students· woUl.dn't cost us anything. We need! to get those .. dorms filled," said Russell Howard, chatrman~ of I MSU's Staff.Congress: --. l• , MSU lost 9,p11rcenf of its out-, of-state students this year, Ea­ glin said. Many non-resident: students in. the past were at­ tracted· to MSU because cits · non:resident .rates-:_were,,com-1 parable with the residential tu-" ition fates' In 'thefr ·home; states. THE COURIER.JOUBNAL ·•··SPORTS1•7SA1URDAY~F,EBRl;JARY'-1.1; 1995 bVCcomniissionerBeebe · ~ THE C-OURIER.JOURNAL • SPORTS • SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1995 a fin~st for.Big.12job . .•. ·- -- - • 1 KANSAS-CITY; Mo., (AP) -"-c One athletic :director.. and three -confer­ Fi:ck,--still .. :has ,moves, ence commissioners;: including . a woman, are· the.finillists,for the job of .Big 12 ... commissioner,, sources said yesterday;, . - .: ·· · ·,. · ,, Sources ·told The Associated ·lirtt Press the four. are Dan Beebe, 38, Mor~h·eatl's,·team·~' ' .. . . -, cominissioner of the Ohio Valley Conference and a former. NcAA en­ forcement officer; Patty Vwerito, .42, drawing.,,:atte*t,on,··--now senior associate · commissioner of ...... _, '. ' the Missouri Villley; Steve Hatchell, 47, commissioner of the Southwest By GEORGE RORRER Conference; and.Bob Frederick, 54, Staff Writer OVC RACE AT A GLANCE director of athletics at Kansas and chairman. of the--NCAA' basketball Ohio Valley Conference· basketball fans .-. . ovc Overall OVC games fournament,selecticin·· committee;" may 'not notice Morehead State University· · Record Record remaining Frederick , liliif Hatchell are coach Dick Fick as much as before,- but he Home Away thought to be front-runilers to head says it ~'.t because he has chang~. ,. Tenn. State 9 3 15 . 5 2 2 the new ·super conference; which '"I may'be more of a spectator this year, begins play in 1996-9'7 with tbe cur­ Fick said: '.'People are probably notic[ng !11Y , Morehead State B 3 13 7 2 3 rent Big Eight -and Texas, Texas playi!rs~riiore :than _th.e sidelines. :::·When · · Tenn. Tech · 7 3 11 9 2 4 Tech, Texas A&M and Baylor of the you'i:f falling, shorl,"fails notice the side­ 6 5 13 8 1 4 disintegra~1rswc.. '. · lines. a little more." Murray State "The others are there because the Over Fick's first three. seasons at More­ Austin Peay 5 4 8 11 3 3 committee feels veiy interested in head he drew attention ·because of his side­ talking to them about the job, not line antics. Art Oliver Hardy ·1ook-alike with because a couple of· extra names a clipboard, Fick was so _expressive and dreams of getting the program to the point were needed to fill out a list," said colorful thatthe,late·Jim Valvano named a where we could play in this kind of big another source who requested ano­ mythical ESPN award for him, presenting it game," Fick said. "It was good to see them nymity. weekly to the college. coach with the most as happy as they were after the Murray Beebe, reached at his office in outrageous outburst:,·.· · .. game (an 80-76 Morehead victoiy Monday). Brentwood, Tenn., confirmed he Fick at the time was bringing the Eagles "The best part of it is, it's like bringing up was contacted by thec committee. back from the Ohio Valley Conference your children. You know you're not always dead. Now they're .. contenders.with an 8-3 going to be there for them. When they move league record, a half-game behind Tennes- off on their own, it's good to see them do see State (9-3). Tonight at Nashville they'll well with the things you have tried to instill challenge Tennessee State for the lea!l,. in them. .. • Fick has had his moments this season. In . "We hope they're ·tough enough to make a game at Terine~see, new Vols _coach Kevi_n good decisions, They have been, and it's be­ O'Neill caught Fick out of the corner of his cause of senior leadership. eye and stopped what. he W[IS doing to "Over the next two weeks, there could be watch Fick gyrate. .. a lot of big games. It's a challenge we're Less than three minutes into a game at excited about." Middle Te1_111~s~, Fick walked away from_ Fick's Eagles have been unusually sue­ a call he. didn t like, went O'fll! to the home . cessful at Tennessee State, winning two of team's mascot ai:td en~ed· up in- a pos7 !hat ihree games there, including last season. turned the backsides of both to·the officials. . , Fick was ejected, but Morehead won 87-74:- •_ ""~tern _Kentucky, _the_ OVC s hottest "The mascot felt'worse than I -did about .. team with ~ five-game :wmrung streak, trav- it '.' Fick said. "I'll ·bet he apologized to me els to :',ustin Peay tomght. . . 10 times." . . .. : Austin Pea)/ (5-_4) c?uld JUmp into the One of Fick's better verbal shots came at -league race wt(~ VJ~?nes over Eastern and Indiana, where someone asked why he al- Morehead, which V1s1ts Monday. ways shucked his jacket early iri the game. Eastern's tu~around from a school-re~­ Nobody would ever confuse him with a dap- ord 13-game lo~ing streak has gotten a big per dresser such as Kentucky's Rick Pitino, boost from·the improved plaJI of ~ard Mar­ Fick said because "they don't sell Armani Ion Stewart and center Curtis Fincher. suits at the Big and Tall store." Fincher credits his climb to th7 No. 3 spot Now, though, the emphasis is on basket- among OVC rebou~ders to his recoveiy ball. Toe Eagles haven't been in the OVC from an ankle sprain. He said the ankle race this late in the season since Wayne isn't 100 percent but is "as close as it's go- Martin's final Morehead team in 1986-87. ing to get." "Two years ago this group had some ·. Fincher still has a shot at the rebounding ·title. At 9.6 a game, he trails Morehead's Tyrone Boardley (9.9) and Austin Peay's Bubba Wells (9.8). "" Murray State (6-5 OVC) begins a three­ game homestand tonight against Tennessee Tech (7-3). THE COURIER-J60RNAL • ~SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1995 ·~ EKU w~sn't negligent

The Daily Independent, Ashland, Kentucky, in death, court says Saturday, February 11, 1995 By FRAN ELLERS Art·Woodrow Staff Writer 1931-199& Charles Arthur "Art" Wood­ FRANKFORT, Ky. - The state row, ·63, ,,of Morehead died rul- Court of Appeals has upheld a nm1, the court said. According to 'I'.uesd:i,r,,jn __ /1_._!lrow.ni~g ac­ ing that Eastern Kentucky Universi- the opinion, witnesses saw Dailey c1denL'.1D · the·. Gulft of · Mexico ty was not negligent in the alcohol- drinking from three different bottles near Palm Harbor, Fla. related death of a student in 1986. of nm1, at times holding two bottles Michael Dailey, 19, of Edgewood, at once. Mr. Woodrow was born June died after drinking_ a large quantity Besides noting that the university 22, 1931, in Rowan County a son of . the · late Thomas a'nd of rum and possibly some beer at ~ _did not supply the alcohol, the ap­ off-campus Sigma Alpha Epsilon· peals court opinion said recent case S~rah Skaggs Woodrow. His fraternity party in March 1986. law has not' held universities liable wife, Rosina Sue Boehm Wood­ At that time, according to the for students' voluntary intoxication. row, died' in 1992. court opinion issued yesterday, the According to the opinion, the uni­ He was· a farmer, a former university · '.,'regularly co-signed ,. -versity's practice at the time was to carpenter at Morehead State checks" so fraternity funds could be ' ,issue checks from a fraternity's ac­ University and a Korean War used to buy alcohol. Lawyers for count based on vouchers submitted Army veteran. Dailey's estate argued that the pnic- for payment of expenses; the checks Surviving are three daugh­ lice contributed to his death. required the signature of the chap- ters, Karen Sue Black of New­ But the appeals panel agreed with ter treasurer·and a university offi­ burgh, Ind., Margaret Denise earlier rulings by the state Board of ciaL "It is undisputed that the uni­ Tackett of Prattville, Ala., and Claims and Madison Circuit Court , versity regularly co-signed checks Charlotte. Marie "Charlie" that the alcohol that killed Dailey to liquor stores for the purchase of Barker of Charleston Air had been supplied by friends, not alcoholic beverages," the opinion Force Base, S.C.; two brothers bought with the university's help. said. John Woodrow and Forrest Furthermore, the panel suggested Harrell said that is not the case Woodrow, both of Morehead· that even if the university had had a now. National fraternities and so­ three sisters, Audrey Brisen~ role in supplying the alcohol, it rorities with chapters at Eastern no of Vian, Okla., Ethel Bolinger probably would not have been liable longer allow the use of chapter of Westland, Mich., and Gloria under recent case law. funds for alcohol, and the university Lee of Taylor, Mich.; and four An attorney for Dailey's estate, "follows those guidelines," Harrell grandchildren. Susanne Cetrulo, said she hadn't said. The funeral will be con­ seen the opinion and doesn't know The Board of Claims came down ducted at 1 p.m., Monday at whether there will be an appeal. harder on the university 'than the Northcutt & Son Home for Fu­ Ron Harrell, director of public infor- appeals court did. The claims board nerals Memorial Chapel. Buri­ mation for the university, also said said Eastern breached its duty to al will be in_ McB~ayer-Skaggs he hadn't seen the opinion and thus protect Dailey's welfare by authoriz­ Cemetery .with military rites couldn't comment. ing the vouchers and co-signing the by Morehead American Legion Dailey was an SAE pledge the se- checks "for the purchase of alcohol Post 126. mester he died. The opinion cited which it knew would be consumed Friends may call from 10 testimony given before the claims by members and pledges of SAE, a.m. until service time Mon­ board that Dailey's "big brother'' in some of whom were known to be day at the funeral home. the fraternity and others at the par- minors." ty - not the fraternity itself - sup- It also said the university had, by plied the rum that Dailey drank. co-signing the checks, broken the The fraternity had bought a keg state law that prohibits helping any­ of beer for a mixer the night before, one under 21 from obtaining alco­ and some of it may have been at the holic beverages. party Dailey attended, according to But the board said there wasn't testimony. One witness saw Dailey enough evidence that those actions holding a beer, but there was much led to Dailey's death to allow his es­ more evidence about his drinking of tale any damage award. . MSU n ~I,. 14; 1995' 35 9 MGU Clip cheer- - A sample of recent artickw of interest to Morehead State University INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS MOREHEAD STATE UNIVERSITY UPO BOX 1100 MOREHEAD, KY 40361- 1689 606-783-2030 The D,1ly Independent, Ashland, Kentucky, Monday, February 13, 1995 olI the air last week to get people will contribute," she the word out about the fu nd­ said. Romance raiser, in which 100 public All orders received by 6:30 • radio stations nationwide are p.m. today were guaranteed by can give participating. FTD to be delivered Tuesday On Friday and Saturday, - Valentine's Day - a ny­ for example. 10 volunteers where in the U.S., Puerto Rico boost to a nd staffers dressed as and Canada. hearts. wearing red tights " For the Love of Public and bright pink wigs, and Radio" or iginated several WMKY passed out 2,500 fl yers at the years ago at the public radio intersection of Main Street station at Kent State Univer­ sity, near Cleveland. Ohio. It Sy GREG COLL.ARD and Ky. 32 for BVJ hours. has been such success that OF THE D AILY INDEPEND~NT " People with good taste a love roses and love public National Public Radio this MOREHEAD - Supporters radio." said Roger Dalgleish, year decided to extend it to af. of WMKY-FM hope that this a Barrington, lll .. seniQr at filiates nationwide. Valentine's Day, listeners Morehead State University. "People have gotten a big will express their love for "At the same time I'm over­ kick out of it, and it has at­ their sweethearts and public coming my fear of walking in tracted quite a bit of atten• radio at the same time. the middle of streets." tion," Nelson said. The Morehead station's lat­ " It wasn't all that cold be· Although the fund-raiser is est fund-raising drive, uFor cause there was a lot of run­ centered on a Valentine's Day the Love of Public Radio," ning around," said Nelson, theme, orders will still be seeks to enable its fans to do who did a two-hour shift on taken through the end of Feb­ just that. ruary, Nelson said. Friday. She said it's important for Listeners can call 1-800-987- . The Fuzzy Duck ColTee Shop ROSE to order a dozen long­ people to remember WMKY's ins ide the Bookhaven book­ call letters when asked where stemmed roses for $120, or a store helped warm the walking half-dozen for $60. About 50 they want their contributions hearts wit h h o t d rinks directed. percent of the proceeds will throughout the day. go directly to WMKY. ~ elson said the station's Most orders were expected goal was to raise S3.000. 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The Daily Independent, Ashland. Kentucky. Monday, February 13. 1995 John Hall an MU Business Hall of Fame honoree Ashland Inc. Chairman and last year at Marshall. The cen­ C_hief Executive Officer John ter encompasses the univer• R. Hall has been chosen fo r sity's honors program, the So­ induction into Marshall Uni­ ciety of Yeager Scholars and versity's Business Hall of the John Marshall Scholars. Fame. Other members of the 1995 Hall is one of four members hall of fame class are: of the hall's second class. Cri­ KEN HART ► Philip E. Cline, executive teria for selection includes at vice president and director of least 25 years of professional of Bus iness Hall of Fame din­ J.H. F1etcher & Co. of Hunting­ service and professional stand­ ner April 21 at the Holiday Inn ton. ing, evidenced by other major Gateway in Barboursville. ► J . Robert Pritchard. presi­ awards or recognition on a Hall. a 1955 graduate of dent of Pritchard Electric Co. state, regional or national Vanderbilt Unive:-sity. joined of Huntington. level. Ashland Inc. in 1957 as a ►Th e late Paul D. Butcher. a Honorees don't have to be chemical engineer. He was fo rmer U.S. Navy vice admiral Marshall graduates, said Dr. elected to his current post in and chairman of the American Calvin A. Kent, dean of the 1981. Ship Building Co. of Tampa. school's College of Business. He is the namesake of the F1a. Butcher died in 1992. Hall and his fellow inductees .John R. Hall C€nter for Aca• ... will be honored at the College demic Excellence. established THE COURIER-JOURNAL ~-TIJ_E~DAJ', FEBRUARY 14, 1995 -·Education chief Boysen resigns, says he met goals By MARK SCHAVER Staff Writer in Lexington, said that Boysen's de­ THOMAS C. BOYSEN parture is an "opportunity. to reas­ FRANKFORT, Ky. - Calling Birthplace: Sioux Falls, S.D., sess" its direction. himself "more homesteader than Nov. 16, 1940. "We've always had a cordlai reia­ settler," Education Commissioner Title: Kentucky Commissioner tionship with the commissioner, but Thomas C. Boysen announced yes­ of Education. I think he must have seen that some terday he would step· down at the Education: Bachelor's in big changes were coming down the end of June. history from Stanford road, and the prospect of trying to Al a late afternoon press confer­ University, 1962; doctorate in head those off may have made other ence, Boysen said he did not have educational administration opportunities a lot more attractive," · another job lined up, nor had he from Harvard University, 1969. Cothran said. · submitted his resume or inter­ Experience: Superintendent in Cothran called Boysen "the voice viewed for another position. San Diego County, Calif., of the pro-reform status quo" and As Kentucky's first education 1987-90; Conejo Valley, Calif., praised him for being "a good sales­ commissioner, Boysen has been the 1980-87; Redlands, Calif., · man" who knows how to explain most visible advocate. of the 1990 1977-80; Pelham, N.Y., 1973- things in terms people understand. Kentucky Education Reform Act - 77; Pasco, Wash., 1970-73. "Losing that voice and· that lead­ as well as the lightning rod for crit­ Director of administration, . ership, it will be harder to sustain ics ... Bellevue (Wash.) Public KERA· as it is," Cothran said. Schools, 1968-70. High school He said "no single factor'' led to Brad Hughes, spokesman for the his decision to resign. geography teacher and "I have served as commissioner basketball coach in Kenya, Kentucky School Boards Associ• for four highly charged and dynam­ 1964-67. ation, said he was "completely ic years during which 1,400 schools Personal: Married to Laurie stunned" by the news of Boysen's have started their climb to excel­ Bottoms; four grown children. resignation. lence," Boysen read from a state­ Some members of the association ment "In recent months and weeks "He was able to help and guide us met with Boysen as late as Friday I have become convinced that, once through some tumultuous times," I on long-range items, Hughes said. the current gains are consolidated, Meyer said. "While a lot of times : "Now this state is going to make I can serve the cause of education ·people were dissatifised with it, I two . critical choices this year in reform• more effectively in another would would have to say that he did leadership positions," Hughes said. position." · a remarkable job." "The selection of the next commis­ Boysen, 54, said the goals he had Robert Sexton, the executtve dl· sioner has every bit as much impor­ when he took the job four years rector of the Prichard Committee tance as the selection of the next ago "have been attained at a level for Academic Excellence, a citizen's · governor." that has exceeded the expectations group in Lexington, said that when Two legislators noted for their ad­ of many national observers." Boysen took the job he expected vocacy of the reform law - Senate "KERA could have crumbled or him to stay only for three to six President John "Eck" Rose and collapsed- as have so many 1990s­ years. He said the pressu~ and House Majority Whip Kenny Rapier school reforms across the country," scrutiny facing the commissioner - said the transition c;ould help he said. "That it proSpered so well - made it unlikely that anyone would mollify the law's critics. is a credit to many people and their stay on the job too long. teamwork at all levels of govern­ "It may be an opportune time to · Sexton said that Boysen has let those critics •.. have some input ment and schooling." "launched the reform quite well" Joseph W. Kelly, the chairman of into the selection of a new one," but he did not expect his resigna­ said Rose, who also is a Democratic the state school board, was out of tion to harm the school reform. town yesterday but released a "Reform is moving along and is candidate for governor. Rapier, D-· statement that said he accepted much. much bigger than any one in• Bardstown, used nearly identical Boysen's resignation "with sincere dividual," Sexton said. "It has some words. regret." potential for slqwing things down, Boysen's most powerful critic in "Dr. Boysen's boundless energy but it certainly doesn't have to." the General Assembly - House Ma­ and unabashed enthusiasm have Wayne Young, the executive di• jority Leader Greg Stumbo - said resulted in the successM launching rector of the Kentucky Association Boysen's departure "will actually of our new system of education," of School Administrators, said he enhance the chances that (the law) Kelly said. · also did not expect Boysen's depar­ as we envisioned it will continue to In a . statement, Gov. Brereton ture to have a big impact on reform. move forward." Jones noted that Kentucky's school "This is not meant to be critical of "There was and is a great deal of reform was the subject of an ABC the commissioner, but I'm not so public dissatisfaction with the pro­ news segment last week, when Boy­ sure it's so significant that it ought gram," Stumbo said. "But when you sen announced that test scores fo1 to give us pause," Young said. ask teachers and parents what part 95 percent of the state's schools im­ Education Department spokes­ they're dissatisfied with, what you proved over the last- two years. man Jim Parks, who said he knows find is they're really dissatisfied Jones said, "All of Kentucky's Boysen about as well as anybody in with the administration of the act - children are learning more than Kentucky, said he believes that Boy• too confusing; too much paperwork, ever before" and thanked Boysen sen is leaving "because the excite­ "for his work, his vision and his goals aren't defined." ment of the job is over." Phil Schlechty, the president and commitment to high expectations." "He came here to put refonn in Boysen began as education com­ chief executive officer of the Louis­ place and he thinks refonn is in ville-based Center for Leadership missioner in January 1991. He took place," Parks said. "It's a mainte­ over the Department of Education for School Reform, said Boysen has nance operation from here on oul done a good job. ·But he said losing and other duties formerly vested in He doesn't like to maintain. He's an an elected superintendent of public innovator." him shouldn't raise concerns about the future of Kentucky's reform ef­ instruction, an office abolished by Boysen has often been the focal constitutional amendment in 1992. point of criticism over refonn, tak· fort. He said he would be more con• KERA was enacted after the Ken­ cerned if the state were losing tucky Supreme Court, ruling in a ing heat from legislators unhappy someone who had championed and lawsuit by poor districts over dis• with the way it has been carried out helped in the creation of the reform parities in state funding, declared and from people unhappy that it act. was ever passed in the first place. the entire public school system un• Reform had already been enacted constitutional. "I guess he'd been kicked around when Boysen was hired, Schlechty Sen. Joe Meyer, D-Covington, the enough," said Rep. Freed Curd, D­ said, and Boysen only "did what he chairman of the Senate Education Murray, the chairman of the House was hired to do." Committee, praised Boysen and said Education Committee. he was leaving while "he's on top." A critic of school reform, Martin Information for this story was also Cothran of The Family Foundation gathered by The Associated Press, MSU ARCHIVES feb. I 'I; J '11'-! C/ I A-~~-

LEXINGTON HERALD-LEADER. LEXINGTON. KY. ■ f~IDAY. FEBRUARY 17, 1995 Gingrich vows to halt any public wasn't fired because it looked bad to hire a lobbyist." Gingrich said. "He was fired because he strongly broadcasting funding advised them to explore their pri­ vate sector options.'' BY ELLEN EDWARDS CPB President Richard Carlson In recent weeks. some on the THE WASHINGTON POST had no comment, but CPB board Hill have suggested that public Chairman Henry Cauthen said, "It broadcasting could be sold to the WASHINGTON - Saying that is not a game with us nor with the "the CPB still hasn't seen the 1,000 public broadcasting stations private sector in some way, and light." House Speaker Newt Ging­ that were built with the help of the Bell Atlantic. for one, has ex· rich, R-Ga., declared yesterday at a government for the public .... Why pressed interest in buying what Capitol Hill lunch that he would the speaker would go against the might be available. Public broad­ scuttle any legislation that appro­ strongly held views of the Ameri• casting executives have expressed priated money for the Corporation concern that the system would be can public when 70 to 80 percent broken up to further the interests for Public Broadcasting. want to see public broadcasting "Thev still don't realize that the of commercial enterprises. appropriation is gone, that the continue is a mystery to me." Gingrich fueled that concern game is over," he told a group of He said it would be "one of the yesterday when he said: "They're current and former senior Republi­ great tragedies of our time" if the sitting on very valuable assets. can Hill staffers known as the public broadcasting system were Channel 8 in Atlanta is choice Rams, who meet for monthly off­ dismantled. spectrum. Sell that slot to a com­ the-record lunches. "The power of Gingrich also attacked the CPB mercial operation. move PBS to the speaker is the power of recogni board for firing former Republican Channel 36, and Georgia public tion, and I will congressman Vin Weber, a close broadcasting could live forever on not recognize any personal friend of Gingrich. The the interest from that trust fund." proposal that will board had hired Weber to help develop a contingency business He told the group that "I don't appropriate man· understand why they call it public ey for the CPB. plan for possible privatization. broadcasting. As far as I am con­ What they "The members· of the board cerned, there's nothing public should be doing appointed by the Clinton adminis­ about it: it's an elitist enterprise. is planning for tration fired him because that's not Rush Limbaugh is public broad­ the future." what they wanted to hear. He casting.", The House Gingrich Appropriations subcommittee that oversees the CPB is due to THE COURIER-JOURNAL• FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 17, 1995 mark up recisions on current fund­ ing for the organization next week, Students protest coach's firing and insiders thought the cuts COLUMBIA, Ky. - Some students at Lindsey Wilson College would be in the neighborhood of 15 are protesting the firing last December of Diana Chalfant, the to 30 percent. CPB funds the Public women's volleyball and softball coach. Broadcasting Service and National Chalfant, 30, said she was discharged because she is a Public Radio. lesbian. Administrators at the liberal-arts college of 1,100 Gingrich's comments were students have declined to discuss reasons for the dismissal. made before an audience of about About IO students gathered at the student union Wednesday, 100 at the Capitol Hill Club. circulating a petition asking the college to remove an employee Gingrich has called for the contract clause that allows employees to be fired "for any elimination of CPB funding in the reason." past, but yesterday's statements The United Methodist Church, which Lindsey Wilson is went' further than he had gone affiliated with, also expressed support for the students. Mark before. Bowman, national coordinator of the church's Reconciling Congregations Program, said he and other Methodists sent letters to Lindsey Wilson President John Begley asking him to rescind remarks that homosexuality was incompatible with Christianity. THE COURIER-JOURNAL • FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1995 KSU regents chairman to probe newspaper flap view before it is published. Cullen However, Smith tweaked the ent from the review the administra- Publishing the newspaper is a School president, also was ordered to publish more newspaper in her State of the· Uni­ lion wants, he said. "I don't think it learning process for students, she positive news. versity address yesterday, taking is­ needs to be overseen by the admin- said, and they must be· given as adviser at odds Cullen, who is ·chairman of the sue with a , past story saying the istration." much freedom as possible. ; publications board, argues that such number of . students on academic William Moorer, a freshman from She said the newspaper is not mill- By FRAN EllERS a review would violate the free­ probation has increased. The num­ Detroit, agreed. cal in its news coverage or onlnlons. Staff Writer speech rights of the newspaper's ber of students at the college also "All this money we're paying, I "Basically it's pretty sofhlews:"' student staff. An issue came out has gone up, she said, so the per­ want to know what's going on/~ he '· Yesterday's lead story was aboul FRANKFORT, Ky. - The chair­ yesterday without the board pre­ centage on probation has de­ said. " .•. If you've got a good thing \·tuberculosis testing on campus. man of the Kentucky State University viewing it; Cullen was reprimanded creased. going on here, they (the administra-'''' Faculty regent Richard Taylor board of regents said yesterday that after the Jan. 19 issue was printed Students interviewed yesterday lion) shouldn't have any i trouble said he favors upholding universicy he will look into a campus controver­ without review. disagreed with Smith's contention (with) telling the truth." 1· i . policies, but those policies in#fffnol sy over the administration's efforts to Some regents expressed concern that the controversy isn't a student Toi ya. Moo~, . a juniQ.r.rfio m violate state ~r fed~ral;,t!I~!; :; . preview the student newspaper. yesterday about ·the controversy,: matter. Shelbyville, swd it's a free-speech "llearned m law,~~h!IOlth~l,PnOJ The adnµnistration recently disci­ and board Chairman William Park"' Cory Brown, a junior from. Louis- issue. "I don't think it should !>ego- restraint was generally iriteJ'J)retec plined Laura Cullen, adviser of The er said he "will probe it." . ville; who reviews books for the ing through any advisory liciaicl."1 as restraint against .the .exercise ol Thorobred News, for refusing to KSU President Mary Smith re­ newspaper, said he thinks the paper At the heart of the controversy, free . speech," Taylor said: ii !i. I submit the newspaper, which is fused to comment yesterday, saying, should be reviewed regularly, per­ Cullen said yesterday, is the admin- hope all of us remembe~ that•a ilni· published every two weeks, to the "The matter is not a student prob­ haps by experienced journalists, to istration's "misunderstanding· about versity should be a place when Student Publications Board for re- lem. It's a personnel problem." improve its quality. But that's differ- the function of the student press." there is a free exchange of Ideas:"

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Regents also designated Alexan- ander took over. -der as a distinguished professor He said he has $129,800 with tenure. initiated out- No written contract was signed reach programs By JAMES MALONE_._ .,_,-.·J,·.· • yesterday, but Easley received ap- to area _ high Staff W ...... proval to have one prepared. . schools and n1 er ,...... ·. ';,;.,-,,: -·- Easley gave Alexander's first sev- ' l' , en months on the job a ringing en- community col- MURRAY, Ky. - Murray· State do~ement, saying he Wl!8 "delight- leges and also has beefed up re- University:: regents v,oted unani- ed to have a person of his leader- cruiting.efforts .. mously yesterdafto approve a, four- ship an&'ability" at Murray State An enrollment increase of 100 to year contract that will pay ·school and,,calllng•,him··an.·.•~oulJitanding 200 tins fall would be exciting, Al- 0 President Kem .'Alexander about · scholar." "~'"''""' ····-· exander said. $130,000 a year._:·: . .,_;,2,{.i~r;, •,;•:;,, ,,.. In-an interview after the regents' In another development,. the re- That'sc· a~out:.~0 _pen;ent.,more· meeting,/Aleximderitsaidihis first gents learned ,that the late Mabel than·was-jiaid'tl.£Ai;~, l.EXl~~N. KY. ■ MONDAY. FE_B_RLJA~Y 20, 1995 before_yesterday;•~!Jl'S'tlta~~.Alex:,1 satisfied with his performance aride{miglltbe le'"c• ., tlieiinii! i''•• Fund ffl :'l11"1"· k' S EKlJ· . " . · cii'ciil teifliistJl~o='s,..,,~l; e 'll..L. , overall. .. ,. ,,, 1 , ty__ ... a .. ;, , .. ·.W:!lll,, ~---1"''1,.,.,...ITT'.':::J, · . . . . Funderburk,'63,.'.S?YS now that ,_ But Alexander,"fonner:president. te fabl ~ - he researched Eastern .thoroughly _o,fy;\ve'sterii:\ln'.-before, . . . S}'., Funde_r- versity"set'~ide)~iili91fs to witch the vote. Biit:Alexander was-"pre: burk resigned the presidency m roofs, air-toiilJ.iti9n-'.!=1ilssrooms·•and sented with a simiI1,c,]iacklige;..wlien,~ 1983 after two no-confidence. votes dormitories;- and'. make other need- he was offered the job; said Easley, by_ the faculty ~nd after stx top eel tepain\:· ,·, ,: :',F .'Hi S'','f. -:_ who described it as be~-fashioned officials. there qmt. He had served Funderburk said h.e realized to·"bring-stabilityt "'::,- He also said he has tried to dent for .10 years. Q) :, focus attention on teaching, which Age_: 63 _ . a. is considered the primary mission Home state: Alabama of a regional university such as Education: · Bachelor's Eastern. Increasing faculty salaries degree "fi:om:Auburn Univer­ was part of that effort, he said. sity in- _agriculture;.,master's ."We've tried to get people to degree froniiAribw;n itj bot­ remember, to understand what the any; ,doctoral : degree :•from mission of this university is," he Louisiana Sta~ pniversity iii" · , , said. "It's a frustrating situation to 0 plant· ~hysiolpgyi :s:, :,; ~,, . be in an organization-where you're J · Experi~rice:, Canie'#.to­ trying to be SOl])ething you can't ,. Eastern frihn'Auburh Univer­ be." . ', f sity, wlferehe'fia,fbeerl'presi- Gary Cox, the executive direc­ • f .defit,_in~:~~:t~~r,.~~: 'i~ :{ tor of the Council on Higher Educa­ ';'•~'.Quotation:i,:,::Most,; ad-"c ·. ;. mkistrators· higher.'educa' '-;;· tion, said he thinks·, Ftmderburk m: will be remembered. ·most. as an , :'.·\ion ddn't·go ihtii•higher ,edu••.·: cation'.tliinking'thefd'be an·;· to executive who watclioo·.:out. for (!) administrator/' ·"/ ' ··n1y· (I1 Eastern and took gcxxf ciire' of,the did 't\,.~~.~ t,i:;;;;- ;.1.i,I :i . campus. · '· · =~~~ ~ ~~/}~:.f?;~;l±t _-,~ Funderburk also· will be re­ If!fJ membered for promoting_ the uni­ April Ramsey, president cif ti\.~ versity's ·well-res!)ci:ted_'::Ia~ ~:en:· Student ·Government''Associatioq, forcement_ .. _prog111IDs ~ and for said she sometimes sees Funder­ overseeing.the.start-up o£Eastern's burk striking up conversations off-campus•cen~ers in Corbin, Man­ with students :during hii;l frequent ch'ester ·and-Daiiviiie; 'etix;said'. ~- .. strolls around campus. ' . Eiistfrn'.Jiad·~\ightiyim9r_e ~ · . Fuilderburk also is known for 16,000 tun:time students lasffall ·at inviting student groups to social its Richmond campus. Nearly 1;800 events at his home, she said. He studenbFatteitd classes· at'its three· and his wife, Helen, also· are hosts of..an annual barbecue at their ':-M~' sl:1 sure the university gets adequate groups df faculty!mem.ileis-. to chat funding, he said. ; with thein:·He.also attends Faculty ,. Funderburk also has been a/I Senate meetings and generally outspoken advocate for giving stays for the whole event , ' more state money to Eastern anq "We have had disagreements other regional universities that re: occasionally, but he·.•has; always ceive proportionately less monel( made the effort to work them oilt than other schools. and to listen to what! had to say;" "I think the state is in a situa; Freed said. ,., ,,, tion now that really doesn't bode Fimderourk is ' ~so known ds well for higher education," he said: someone who wants honest assess­ "We've made a very major conuniti ments and isn't shy about his own men! to K-12, and that should hav~ opinion. . ~ . ' been done. But other things hav~ ''He's veiy straightforward and taken a lower priority, includin!j to the point with his point of view," higher education." , ~:-; Cox said. ''That's refreshing and But Funderburk said he ruw helpful." never regretted his decision to takil the president's job at Eastern, de'l spite having to -deal with budge! cuts. .. '. "I've met a lot of interesting people here," he said. "It's been a • -LEXINGTON HERALD-LEADER. LEXINGTON, KY. ■ SUNDAY. FEBRUARY 19. 1995 Gingrich threat boosts donations to public radio

KNIGHT-RIDDER NEWS SERVICE funds both the Public Broadcasting PHILADELPHIA - The mere Service and National Public Radio. mention of the man's name makes · "The appropriation is gone, the most public broadcasting execu­ game is over," he said. tives apoplectic. WHYY listeners responded by But, in a perverse way, Rep. calling in 2,137 pledges for a total Newt Gingrich, R-Ga., the outspo­ of $117,567, a one-day record. ken speaker of the House, might be. the best thing to Stations that serve smaller or happen to public. ----­ medium-sized markets nationwide radio - at least Ammcing_ ... . · also have experienced increases in for now. ~--·--~•---·~•---~ pledges, though not as marked. Gingrich ■ on average, Despite the increases in pledges wants the Re- the Corporation publican-con- for Public .Broad­ .from listeners, the loss or even trolled Congress casting provides · moderate reduction of federal mon­ to eliminate 15 percent to ey is unlikely to be made up money for the 20 percent of a entirely by. listener donations. Corporation for station's funding_ Public Broad- . - though the . M - percentage can caStmg. any be much higher public radio sta- for a small:sta, tions around the tion. country say lis- teners are re- . , .. sponding by digging into·, \i}~ir wallets and pledging. inoriei,_ a~ a record pace · ·. · .. -- · i ,,:,,-·,\•. LEx!NGTON HERALl>LEADER, LEXJNGTON, KY. ■ SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1995 Last w~k. mN';: ilie,silittan ■ COLUMBIA affiliated with th:e° Unjyeij;\tf{o( --:- JS::,~'•·'-:-"'. Pennsylvania, received pleOO in 4½' days:~ai'siaiicin has hrl-ed".

THE COURIER.JOURNAL!• SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 18, i995 Active~3grospects ·to-lead- U of-L , inclucle~~tf ·number ·of:women - ,., ___ .'lf;>,,-~•--~' ~--- e...,Gv/llL.1 . - By BEN Z. HERSHBERG That's up by more than 100 since versity, who now Staff Writer -'="'.'f,;~, ;· ------1992 and by more than -_300-since -heads Mississip" . :;,_. . . • ~!':ii , . , ,• 1975. l"l~Iy: a third,of !h~ nation's, p_i s_tate 11J!i!er-_ The_ teaD1_ ~~J9r).11..!II~-__ college: pro_fe~_O!:!i.c.are..:'~!>m_e!.l,_Jis _s1ty_m StarlM!le. _ sor to University,c;,!.,.._Lo.~lle Pre~i- are 55.:~rc_eht_ of undergraduates:'·' · ·" But· a.:signifi- L:ADNER: dent Donald I Swami)jas, :shone its Kronholm smd she was honored to cant number' of - · spotlight on several;'.women;-iliclud, ;- be·· considered for.;,the, U,of L presi-,. women .. are ~:c:r:r::ni ~:• ,. ing the ,.interim head' qf Howard· dency but felt obligated'to complete·.,: among the ac- contacted ,;;,'.~, -. University;: the-ll!tign's . most- re- projects she has-under way. -- ··:,·-"'· tive candidates, abo·ut lhe­ nowned historically,b]fo~~ school. Joyc,eii::ildne~, in!~!n,I! .. iiresi~ent said law.,profes- presidency. Constiltants Jor_·Ql~i$.!larch com- of Howard'Uruvers1ty m. Washing-_ sor Robert _ mittee also have~- interviewed -a ton, D.C., also confirmed that she . Stenger, who is chairman of a facul­ woman who is well•'kriown locally had been contacted. But she said ty advisory committee· for the - Lois Kronholm;--fiinner dean·,of she is committed to Howard;where ,search. •. • --­ U of L's College ot ~ , and ·Sci- . she is., being considered for . the ... Stenger didn't know· the number. ences who is.now.senior-yice presi, presidency;-A decision·,is-,expecteds··.of.__women candidates, and. George dent and ·provost of Biinich College, in April;·,::·, ,,., '."' · . __ .,'.';;. Fischer,. the ·trustee who' is leading in New York. ", -~!'f;,,:-; ____ _ ~dsei~~ vi_~ p_resicJM( __ th_~ search committee, d~ecJ _to· If a woman is selected to head the--for finam:e- -and administration at 0 ,comment on ·the number:of- women, University of Louisville, the school·-·Portland:stiite U~in Oregon;.l2being considered. -.~:- wotild be following a,national trend. also said.she had been nominated for" ' · Fischer said fewer than 20 people that has seen the appointment of,an the job but hasn't pursued it are on an "A" list of candidates get­ increasing number of wqmen• exec- Like Swain, she once worked for ting, most attention. That's down utives at colleges and'universities, · the California university system. from 150 people when tlie search About 450 presidents are women Other candidates to succeed committee started meeting last fall. - roughly 15 percent of_ the total, Swain contacted by the constiltants Fischer said that he still hopes to said Donna Shavlik, director of the- . - Heidrich & Strµggles - include bring between two and six finalists Office of Women in·Higher Edu"ca,. Louisville Mayor,-Jeny,,Abramson to the campus in March. A new tion at the Ameri~".!;:ouncil on and .Don .:z:acharias;.,Jp,e former president still may be chosen by the Education. •. ___ .,,,_,,,;__;_~-----,-- - president of Western Kentucky. Uni- .. end of March. - -- _;:,"'-o.,·-- Tl1e Daily Independent, Ashland, Kentucky, Friday, February 17, 1995 .. Osteopathy· .. p•.. ·-U~s_· tlp·-;~~-~littmillion:-[iJ~i}tschool Dacker• • ). !• ·' 1~ \I (, l ..', r''J ~·:z::!4·""~ -- ·-· j .~ ,-:m,,.~-1 ... ~,._•,, n·'t"l , • ·. . :' ,. (, .._,_ ;:.,f, ,~. ~- . (.l_-:h..... , .• ,,,_···\ t-~ ..::,1.Y·,;; ';' .·:::~4;-:·:::;i··, .. Proposed campus would be' behihclPaiiltsville §hop··'ping':'·:tienfer't i waf,fr?m.m~re'!las.~ci,/iii the ;centers at_Ashland and Iron- - • ~-. • ..... -"-'--··-""'--- _. . . .,, .cl.. . .. _:__]'"», c,,·.-•. -,;;;,;,.,.,.;;.::.'l ; numbe;,_ of gRod applications... :ton(,sald:·tl!io\t·'whil~ 1:Jte train- somebody ~as ·t_o· Put .~p. $1 ~ n,0:s.~ doctors ·or osteopathy'· yelopoie~t Jlehind. the\ shop- , we g_e,t,,, h~ s.~~~-; _.,,,,. ,,, , . · :ing .is basitjilly· the same, t)!e By SAM ADAMS million that has to_- be. es- :·11._rust~d~oii';!l}el.'.~!!l!ls,;:. : · }iin_g,~el).~r; ,.: .' ,. ·___ · ., , , __ . '. He s11ld :the;school already :Philosophy of.'the. two branch- OF THE DAILY INDEPENDENT cro~ed and. ~ne~c,umb~red ,,,'.'West,\\Tirgiiij.a;,,-1~)\half:', the . r.\{[Pei:Ty·said:fue;school-'ls 'haf accredifa\ton; 'from'' the :es dlirerS; . "i·• • ,; ·• ~- · 1 trY· unti~. the first •~las~ gradu- f~,!¥~.\:9f:k~'4~~~d~ils'.:two' :;in'1fto rajs~•~,5·ni1!ll?n for a 'Kentuclty;Council',on,Hl.gher '·'' 1,"-',1"lihllii\':"1:~:;,c, ' PAINTSVILLE - If George atht:~:s mPyerprarty saf1thd.e. plan!~~ss. , ,.~e]!g~J1:!£n.g,~!§;l·~~~- K.e.p,- , : buil~~~:.hl!fl:~PJl,IJed.for a ·. Educatiori"ancf is seeRing ac- fe~i:tiil!i~.--st~_~!~~IJii~o- ~Pl~ Chad Perry m gets his way, 0 · •tucky• and:;!1as_ ~~ost';, · ,C •, --~- ,, ·I The college. announced the :lzir in family practice, .by next fall. . d --·:··•,iii:~·~-·-_ ..... _ 1 ( • -•::nonpro 1 ,icor-pora xon~ {":':.. ~~. •·,-~·'"'•: ... , ,, ·, ...... ~,:·. ·'·· ·-.~--•.;-::,.~:~-.-~·: .. ··• .. i:1·.-.~.- _. To help get the. Southern th a t me1 u es manip , ation of 'wasY]forni.ed 1,anli%'egan/,work-:i rYt'.E"'1 :: c'.- ';, ·• ''' ,· :t· •·:: t'· "- '., :, : r· -,appointment;;ofca··.dean;: Dr.' , F I b Id th pu f th.. .,. ·.·J· ., .. _._,_· ,._,,. 11y;, 1 .~!'II_,§!\.. •.. -~. College of Osteopathic Medi­ the bones ,, ligaments ,, muscles ing.. ,.... :on, e'l'sc'•h·'·"1·.··· oo ,•;iJi':' anuai;,, ~-$·-· ,ven_tua · · ·,· ... ·__ · · -,·:-··•.,_u1 ·· "•t"•dons,,o "1· ' "o·•··B·a11e·s·•1a"'st'w"•. ·"·, ,. ' ·ee·k·'1·B~". . • =es, a • ,...,,tli.,,i,;',.i.... JLI)- h · I ·1 ·, · ·, •.•_.,_g>ose,o I .. · · cine Inc. started, the Paints­ and nerves as therapy I - , I 'h·, ,,, , '''"' h·-..oe,e,-, 'fti .. , ,_ 20,000~per~year. .per•. s U en 'former · dearf~ of ·a:caciemfo. -af-· ;'. e',.,SC 00 ' s.,.to recru t ·Stu-'- • · . ,tl994:· t · as,a,temporary.. ,o ice, should support it he said. 1 - · · · '.. denfs froni areas ·that' are un-, ville attorney has put up $1 Pel"o/ said he be~e i,n~er- in'•a'shopping:cehter on U.S. . . Pe _ ,said, he ~xpects 25 tci. -fairs at the' ,Ci>llegelof-0steo'- 'Ii~" · million of his own money. ethsted mh thee fledld aftedr dr1v~g 23 and is planning a, campus' ~, 40' s~ents3 tti'~ ':'first '¼;ear pathfo Medic!iie, ,pf the '~aciflc; ,··,,'_,M!8t eili:~.-- wfi/orect~ i~ ~~~r: "In order to get approval, roug ere o an seemg on a port1·0 n' 0 r·•a'4·00·-a·cr·'e ae: .th•.,1,p-·'t"o''"s·s•'tli·. · ,. c··'n·"d'''' · ' ,_also helped· ~.ound the •,West ,, jii,,,i,,I , ·1 t· 1· I "th WI U e se o · , .. · ·- il-· •· .. ··· '.: homes to''work, ,ami Y prac ice c m cs WI "We'll just· have to feel dur ;',Virgmia Scn,go_ · of.Q.~11!9P!!thic 1·, The school could be a: bless- 0 . ~-·.. _ · Medicine. 1111~{,s~rye_a,\9.n. the Ing for eastern Kentucky "if ., » .. a i. ., ,. »., , 0 l!P- -i!I =· faculty_ of the,:Ohlo University I , h di d I ,, 'd 0 ; ?. P ~ :r: .,.:- ; ~ t,1 ~ ·i': g i3 ,g ,College;/'ofr1, QsteopathlcirMedi- t s an e proper y' sa1 il, ill.::: .,_0 _ ,§,:0 . al &~ >--o -o cine. · ·. ·,., .,,,_ ,,, .. Lois A. Baker, executive direc- 1,. ::::11] !s-o gi .S ;a.ij_ t-.,. ;;> a "o :g· g = tor of Mountain Comprehen- 0 ~ "' .c ., ., - 8. .., 0 t'.l "' . .,,, 0 "The requirem~nts- for ad- sive Health Corp. of Whites- .c ~ ,.~ t ~a v d" ~ § ,gJ -o "' r... .S ., -o ., a ., gi ;12 - mission in me 1cal school and bu~g, one of the largest rural ~ C"l.l S S: '5i .i? g,ll!l g § ~- -ijJ , ~; ;i: ~;~;§l ·osteopathic school are abso- community health centers in :.:, -o ., a" -o 23 .c !<1 ~;i f! ·.,!:''a O _., lutely the same," Perry said. the nation. d.lC1J..c'I c:1 as-E!o"9. _c.. "0· . .><1 E' '" a ., o ol !:= -o :S :o ~- · The difference is the addi- "There are still just-scads of IS ~ ~ ii cir P "' ii= ::::l '" § ,. 1j "6lJ~ tion of classes·• in osteopathic kids that apply and don't get :'"CJ~fr:.--.. I cu- 0 1Cl ' J ' h ... ·• ;i "' ., o .., iJ i.,..., .c -o ;i "' mampu atlve t erapy to the considered" for medical pro- o1 • ., ~., 1';i .:,. .,"' - ·.,:ac..><1 .,, ·i:: ... ".; =;l;,! .,c regular med1" cal 'school cur- t b" II "d i 0 0 IS ju " 0 grams a 1gger co eges, sai - >- .,.-o - ... ii: "" i.. >-,E -o Eo !':: .c riculum. · Baker. She is on the board of ~ QJ 1"1"11 ~ :@' ~ ~ gi i j. i 'g :i" g.'!S ,.8 el,; the Southern College of Osteo· >-"~ ...., ., ::. ., _-om 8 c.., v ~ ;i.:: ;i Dr. Harold Feinberg of Ash-, pathic. Medicine,- Morehead land, who operates arthritis State·University a.rid on the ad­ ~I..,.. OIJ mission's \iommittee at the ~,~~ University of Kentucky Medi­ ':' ,...., cal School. .. _She said, tjl~ new school will

be successful, to have a quality pro­ Marketing logos a whole new ball game gram, because that translates into we're patrolling," with an aim to money," said Jim Haney, executive seizing unlicensed merchamlise. director of the National Association of Michael Drucker, a member of Basketball Coaches. "The bottom ljne is that you need to Collegiate's legal team, said enforce­ Winning ment efforts· last year· resulted in win," Haney said. means more arrests of llO people and seizure of than filling the stands and bringing in merchandise with a street value of ticket revenue. Ultimately, Haney said, $11 million. it translates into more gifts for the pro­ gram. Although Newton says ''you cannot bottom-line" everything in a. college ath­ letics program, he agreed winning is critical. "Ultirnately the bottom line is win­ ning, as a coach," he said; referring to his years on the sidelines. It is more complex as an athletics director, he said. ''Winning becomes important, but how you win is very important,· too." - Tutoring programs, ·compliance issues, they all define a· pro~ and ultimately affect haw the community feels about it. As for any business, image can affect financiah~ormance, 1_,EXJNGTON HERALD-LEADER, LEXINGTON, KY. 11 SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1995 A new chapter in Books, technology 'move ahead' together as campuses \Library growth add space Althea Jenkins, executive director BY ANGIE MUHS "We're in a transformation HERALD-LEADER EDUCATION WRITER of the Association of College and Research Libraries. stage of how we get the informa­ High-tech computer infonna­ tion, but it's not changing the tion might be sweeping Kentucky California State University nature of our business," said Paul college campuses, but that doesn't drew national attention earlier this Willis, director of UK's libraries. mean it's time to mothball the year when it drew up plans for a "Libraries aren't in the book and books and libraries. new campus - and announced it journal business. We're in the infor­ Far from it. Libraries - either didn't intend to build a library. But mation business." new buildings or expansions of Jenkins said she thought· that was existing ones - are . the hottest an extreme example, rather than a McGowan said he thinks of the construction projects on campus harbinger of a trend. new library in a different way. this year. Kentucky library officials "I'm seeing it as a big electrical The University of Kentucky, agreed, saying the difference in the wiring outlet to the rest of the the state's flagship, is busy at work current, construction · boom is in world," he said. on the biggest and most well­ what's going into the buildings publicized library, a $58 million, now. five-story structure that will more than double the school's library capacities. It's not the only one,_ Two regional universities, Easlen'l Ken­ tucky University. arld";.:Northern Kentucky University, eiilier,'.iecent- - ·_ ~·~.--'~ - ly finished or are still.,wor1iliig on significant expansions"!to~thefr li­ braries. . -·;• · \,•f\c':,\-:}_'J}_:;-J{f>, ··: . And ~ 'pritiite1;;.Kerttuclcy ' college, ·are: builcljiilfi'Jiew.H~rger: libraries. · Belhifini!ie;tC/illege,. exf:: peels to br~'grow\fficiii)s that the school needs·.a'.\i~~':bigger than the 6,100 square feet:it has now, said Laura Edwards, ihe cani­ paign coodinator for the fund-rais­ ing drive. The school's enrollment has tripled to nearly 1,000 over. the last seven years. "We've just outgrown it," Ed­ wards said. ''The new libr;try is a critical need for us." · · · :•.'"_~,., ~"• Prestige also icpli!~":;:.a~,part. · Georgetown ~i@,t{i;:Wjlliam­ Crouch i • ,) said::-·. tlie-. ~·• scnoSfhi~d~betn" ..•• :· ·"'""" !1•·, . --.: talking .about a ·ne'Y01J:itar:Ytfu(.; ears; Bufthe' ·ro"ect]oofu';oh'fan') y . - _I)-,-- i •.. ,Y" '"'' • .,. ••, .. added., ur,g~q,, ~~;;-_tli.~;\~11.~l;le:, · was reclilss1fied ,1iy,-anrooilcation' group as .. a .national .Jif>eraLarts · college, he said:".,,,;, "'.·it'};.:_ .- "A ke'f. ·- sY!Il lioi- ,of- ---·. "a'cadeinic .. stability on any campus is the size and magrutljile,-,:Qf::l1is'?-li1irary;" Crouch said?M'"~hlf~eaMnc!ional - need for a iibiaiy;_ 1-iut"wtalsi,bave a symbolic need'to show.we're ·as good as.we say we -are,,~··: . . Nationally, tlie''c'.miigazijie:·Li­ brary JournaJ-couiited\38'co1\iiileted library projects iri '1994J, ·:;.:.; .One possible tdifu'li·•'foi-'. · the building boom, beside,;'· increasing enrollment and larger· boolt collec­ tions, is that marty."of the .older libraries can't accommodate the new technology. thilt'a heeded, said -;-;E COURiER-JOURN,;L • MONDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1995 Coach's remarks offended player, aide In a recent interview, Fields said the re- her privately that they were offended.

1 marks were made in jest. V" Players took the second incident, the one ' A!hletic Director Mike Strickland said he involving Pearson's missed practice, much urra:y C eare and Fields agreed that "maybe he shouldn't more seriously, the report said. All the play- M• · 1 · d have said a couple of things." But Strickland ers interviewed "seemed to feel the remark said that the incidents had been blown out of was inappropriate," it said. Flelds Of Sexual proportion and that Fields, a former Harlem V" Because Fields' remarks were not direct- . } •. Globetrotter and University of Oklahoma ed at Gray, "they do not support her com­ af aSSfil efl Catm standout who is in his second year as the plaint," the report concluded. But it also said, h t head coach of Murray's women's team, has "The statements by Fields in these incidents his full support. did contain language that would be offensive By J~ MALONE Pearson, who left the team after her schol- to many women. The fact that such remarks Staff Wnter · arship was not renewed last fall, said Fields are made in anger, or. as jokes, does not make · ; . . . told her about his remark, saying he meant it , them less offensive." MURRAY, Ky. -Lequida Pe8!'5on,. aJumor as a joke. But Pearson said she failed to grasp \ 1 foi;ward on the Murray State {!mvers1ty wo1!1• 1 the humor and said it emliarrassed her. B odgett declined to comment on her inves- en s basketball.team, bad to 1D1SS a practice m After her athletic scholarship wasn't re- i ligation. 1 ~:~:~s~eif!e::!~ ~~tment for pre- n_ewed,Je~on sai~ shhri:jecte_d the univer- Fe~::~fgg~er ~~~;~ ~~n~ :fureys: She sai4 she told hei- coach, Eddie Fields, sity's O er O a partial sc O arship and unsu~- filed her complaint _-::-:. b_ecause of what she that she couldn't make the practice. . . ~ssfully appealed the non-renewal. She still . ~ed a personality conflict with Fields. She When Fields explained to the team why IS enrolled ~t Murray. ·: . IS now a girls' basketball coach at 4'on Coun- Pearson wasn't there, he said she "had to go The Couner~ournal ob~ed a copy of the ty High School. ' take care of an abortion, you know; one of re~ort ?!1 Gra~ s complaint, !I document the Gray said in an interview that she was dis­ those women things you-have.to do," a uni- umverstty declined to release to the newspa- he_artened by the 'university's findings. She versity report said. per last summer !"lder Kentucky's Open Rec- said she thinks her complaint received short That incident - and another in which ords Law. Compiled last May by Bet!J Blod- shrift because the schootwas in the middle of Fields referred to his players as ''titty suck- gett, an as~ate professor_ of:education;:the:: a pJ'llSldential seartji..Some of her witnesses ers"-ledthen,\IS§~-£0,!l-cJl.,V~e~J--Gray. report ~ntained_these!indings:-_., :.< - , w~re ~ot intervie~edj ~he.said. .. -,.· . t~ file~ s~!Jl-ti.Braslftpenr-coinpiaintJ!gainst -1,:'~ghalftime ~fa 199~gamewith the, .. 'The ~y..l read.tt.,ther (uruvers1ty o~- F1elds-m March•l994, ,t,,,..,,,.,, •;;1 :.,l ,, _. Uruverstty of Evansville;·which·Murray· nl!I'~- · cials)_,seemed to be say.mg,1t :was OK for him The university's report on the complaint ab- rowly won, Fields called his players a "buiich'1 · to baye sald·those ,t!Ji'1gsi'., she said~·- - : 1 solved Fields. of, ~~al ~~e.!':t {But it of titty suckel'!I," Most of the players.took the · - She s_ai~ she has decided not to puisiie the concluded that he baii made" ~propriate · remark as a Joke, Blodgett found:- But Gray I matter m court. : ' . · and "offensive" remarks, · ·: .;,;;J ;·1.,;. . · said in an interview that some players told

,,. .. -·, .. , , · .,. __ ; ~,, the firm to do penetration test: tests. Adams plans to use, MSU' By GEOR~E.,Wo_~~'!I?;;"/ ,>,,.-,:,_ · · ing of various products. . students in the. future t'o help OF TH~'!)(ll~Y.;IND~E!'ID,!W;' : : : .: , ' i<. "My students and I test the them learn about the com-• .. ,,,,,_. .. ,,".. •··· . clothing against acids_ and plexities of p,ivate industry. : WE,.S',t;,L@~RTY - A More- · other dangerous· chemicals to "Over the years,)'ve le.1¥:led, headi,St!itef!Jµiversity. profes- see how well the cio.thµlg pro­ a lot .about industry: and · it! sor:afid~ii(.!iiading E,~tern Ke~- tects .from hazardous· materi0 h~_lps: that I · _c;.m •now .. share; lucky company are mvolved m als " the professor said.·· · that . knowledge· with· my stu-! a worlt!il.g relationship that · .. So. far the- relationship . is dents,'' he said.- .· · -- l continues to prosper; ,,-:.working 'out·well for·both, ac- He also considers· student in-l Dr. Michael Adams, MSU as-. - cording to Nick · Curtis, vice volvement in_:. the project the! sistant professoi;- of cl).emistry president of Lfon Apparel!· · best··re'ward ·for his·,relation-i and physical sciences, works "We're very· pleased with ev­ ·· ship with Sawyer-Tower. ; closely with Sawyer-Tower, a erything we've been involved In addition to· the hands.on: manufacturing company with fu concerning Morehead State. work, Adams also. serves as a: production facilities•. in West The university faculty has general consultant for the! LibertY. · . . . been extremely professional," firm. ; Sawyer-Tower, a d1v1sion of Curtis ·said. Adams, a ·member of the: Lion Apparel-in Dayton, Ohio, Adams, along with two MSU MSU faculty since 1990, holds: makes heavy-duty weather and seniors - Rob Ison of West as doctorate in inorganic: chemical protective clothing. Liberty and Mike Sllimcer of chemistry from The Ohio State: In 1991, Adams was asked by Sandy Hook - conduct the University. By PAMEIA J. TODD OF THE DAILY INDEPENDENT ASHLAND - A group of Kentucky universities is try­ ing to get a better grasp of the types of chemicals traveling ;,cross state highways. The study, launched in June, 11 ill help emergency response teams better prepare for emer­ gencies, said Dr. Ron Mitchel­ son, Morehead State Uni­ versity professor and project coordinator. A team of students .was hired to collect data along In­ terstate 64 from the Big Sandy River south of Catlettsburg to Louisville, 191 miles away. The type of material, as de­ termined by a four-digit code on the vehicle placard, is re­ corded along with the location, day and time it was observed, Mitchelson said. The group also plans to mail GENE MARVIN, who died Dec. questionnaires to shippers, ·, 29;,1994: ·contributed . seeking answers to: What information to this story. Marvin route does your truck take to get from the place of business :, was a 1'ree-lance writer for The to the interstate? What time of Daily Independent. clay are you most likely to make delivery? What type of material are you carrying? 'Phe final product will in­ ,·l11 ✓le maps, graphics and ta- rvrsu ARCHIVES ·.i fe,i:J. 21, 1r

HERALD-LE THE COURIER-JOURNAL • rlEGION • ,UESDAY. FEBRUARY 21. 1995 New Spalding degree seeks to fill need for occupational therapy By BEN Z. HERSHBERG vice chairman of Spalding's board. occupational therapists per capita, Staff Writer 1n his work Auerbach has seen at 8.2 per 100,000 people. how effective occupational thera­ Based on federal estimates, occu­ Spalding University in Louisville pists can be and how many are pational therapy is among the na­ is making a big commitment to oc­ needed locally. So he began urging tion's 20 fastest-growing fields, cupational therapy next fall by Spalding to· develop the program. Spalding said in a statement. starting a bachelor's degree pro­ "I'm very excited about it," said The school is raising $500,000 - gram that ultimately could increase Laura Norem, program specialist primarily from hospitals in the com­ the student body by about 15 per­ for physical therapy and occupa­ munity - to renovate a laboratory cent and raise fund-raising needs by tional therapy with the Jefferson on campus, hire a director for the about $1.5 million. County Public Schools. program and, during the next year, It will be one of just two occupa­ The school system employs 11 oc­ a full-time faculty member. Spald­ tional-therapy programs in the cupational therapists. It has been ing also will use several parl'time state. seeking four more to work with the instructors for the program. The decision to begin the bache­ 800 students who need their serv­ Auerbach hopes Spalding eventu­ lor of science program was an­ ices, but it hasn't been able to find ally will raise another $1 million to nounced yesterday by university any available for a couple of years, endow the program. President Thomas Oates, Provost she said. The university plans to enroll 20 Janice Murphy and nursing and Seneca Millner, occupational to 25 students next fall, and within health sciences Dean Marge Perrin. therapy coordinator at SS. Mary & a few years it may add 50 students a Local experts in the field applauded Elizabeth Hospital, also is happy year. That could mean 200 more the move, citing a growing need and about Spalding's decision. short supply of occupational thera­ "I'd be willing to bet that anyone students for Spalding, which now pists in Louisville and Kentucky. who has occupational therapists has about 1;200 students. Only Eastern Kentucky University working for them would be willing Spalding already has received offers a program in the state similar to hire one who came by immedi­ about 100 inquiries about the pro­ to what Spalding plans. ately," Millner said. Her 2-year-old gram with only word-of-mouth pub­ Occupational therapy focuses department at SS. Mary & Elizabeth licity, Auerbach said. more on the skills patients need to has three therapists and would ea­ The 50 graduates a year the pro­ go back to work or to function in a gerly add another, she said. gram eventually should have won't school or home environment, while Based on statistics Spalding gath­ all be employed in Louisville, but physical therapy focuses more on ered, Kentucky ranks 45th among they will be in demand throughout the muscle strength and range of the nation's 50 states in its supply of the state and region, he said.• motion a disabled patient has lost or failed to develop, said S. P. Auer­ bach, an orthopedic surgeon and

THE COURIER.JOURNAL• REGION • TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1995 UK launches mentoring program to .attract black faculty members :. The Bluegrass Bureau gain tead!ing experience and fur. UK this year to increase the number !her their research," said Richard of African-American students . and LEXINGTON, Ky. - The Univer­ Edwards, dean of the College of faculty at the university. . . • sity of Kentucky's College of Arts Arts and Sciences. "And if we wind The others are a special scholw;­ and Sciences is launching a summer up up eventually attracting them to ship program for black undergr;i.a­ mentoring program th_at the univer­ faculty positions, that's an added uates from Louisville and a fellow­ sity hopes will ultimately Increase bonus." ship program for two black doctoral its number of African-American fac­ Toe college advertised the posi- candidates each year that will pay ulty members: .- . . . - lions •last November and extended for four years of graduate work •.. · Under the:Summer Scholars Pro­ offers to the four _doctoral candi- ' Here are the summer ,scholar .des; gram, four black: doctoral · candi­ dates early this year. · · · ·· · ignees, the schools where they are dates from other universities will Ten -of the coll~'s 326 faculty doing their doctoral work !\!Id th~ come to UK'to:teach and study for men;ibers'- ·this· ijeai · are ·African UK professors with whom they will two to three months. Each student Americans .. Three more have been work: - who will get travel expenses and 10 hired far-itext.yeat:·•· •·· 0""""~""~.;~""shidey Jaclison, University of a stipend of up to $6,000 - will teach one course, as well as study Edwards said lie hopes the' sufus,.-~California-Santa · Barbara; · Kathy and conduct research with a UK mer program will,help·iJtthe.natioi:l.-"': ,Blee, sociology., · · ~ •:: ,: faculty member who has similar in• wide effort of colleges to increase · Y" Bennis Lathan, Ohio State Uni­ terests. the number of African-American versity; Ellen Rosenman, English .. - The program is open to those faculty, particularly black men. Y" Rodney Roberts, University of who have completed all of their doc­ "Our efforts to increase diversity Wtsconsin-Madison; Pat Smith, phi­ toral requirements except the dis­ should be ~ggressive and consis- losophy. , sertation. tent," he swd. Y" Paul Robinson, University of "This will offer outstanding The Summer Scholars Program is Southern California; John Pickles, young scholars the opportunity ·to the third initiative announced by geography. THE COURIER-JOURNAL • KENTUCKY • TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 21. 1995 EKU president's fl.seal prowess, low-key style win over doubters Associated Press em had been HANLY FUNDERBURK phasing out RICHMOND, Ky. - After 10 Home state: Alabama. some academic years as Eastern Kentucky Unil'ersi- · programs · with ty's president, Hanly Funderburk Title: President, Eastern low enrollments has won over doubters with a low­ Kentucky University. and restructur­ key management style that has Education: Bachelor's degree ing the universi•• minimized friction. from Auburn University in ty's administra-. "I honestly can't remember any agriculture; master's degree tive processes to good conttoversy since he came," from Auburn in botany; said Bonnie Gray, a philosophy and doctoral degree from allow lower-level officials to inake religion professor who initially did Funderburk: Louisiana State University in not support Funderburk. "Indivldaal plant physiology, more decisions. ; ''We"ve tried He also : said, people mlght pick at indivldaal to get people Experience: Came to Eastern things; but f ~I most people are sat• to remember from Auburn-University, where he has tried to isfied with~ J)!lrformance overall." ••• what the he was president from 1980 focus attention­ Funderburk's experience at Ea!t· ml11&lon of this to 1983. on teacfii_ng,: em stands in stark contrast to las unlvers!IY Is." which is consid-: previous presidenev - three yeai:s ered the primary, at Atibum University. minister them." nuss1on of a regional university­ He resigned in 1983 after two no- Funderburk has gained a reputa• such as Eastern. Raising faculty sal-­ confidence votes by the faculty and tion as an excellent financial man• aries was part of that effort, he said. after six_top· officials quit. : -, ._ ager .who can cope well under tight ''We've tried to get people to. re-· Many:taculty members at Eastern budgets. Eastem's budget is roughly member, to understand what the mis-­ had nilsgivings. when Funderburk $55 million. sion of _this university is," he. said.. was hlre!l; sa1a Grar., who served on Also during Funderburk's tenure, "It's a frustrating situation to be in an the seaidf·comouttee. But those the university has set aside millions organization where you're trying to fears .faded::qu1ckly after Funder- of dollars to patch roofs, air-condi­ be something you can't be," burk 'arrived on campus in January tion classrooms and dormitories, . Gary Cox, executive- director of 1985, she said.. and- make other repairs. the Council on Higher Education; Funderburk, 63, says he re- F'w!derburk said he realized that said he thinks Funderburk will be searched· Eastern thoroughly before the state of campus buildings need­ remembered most as can executive: be ~pli.ed - to make sure he ed to be one of his top priorities a who watched out for Eastern and: wasn t getting into a situation like few weeks after he arrived at East­ took good care of the campus. - ·· the one._ at Auburn,. where he had em. He was walking through sever­ Funderburk also will be remem­ been:the compromise candidate of a al buildings on a rainy day and no- bered for promoting the university's­ badly divided board. - !iced buckets everywhere. well-respected law-enforcement. "I wanted to know what was go- Funtlerburk also managed to in- programs and for overseeing the be­ ing ·on there," he told the Lexington crease faculty salaries, a move that ginning . of its centers in Corbin, Herald-Leader. "I wanted to know if · many credit with contributing to his Manchester and Danville, Cox said. they followed what a board is sup- stnooth tenure, . Funderburk said he might _stay posed to do - make policy. Boards Funderburk said he thought his two or three more years before ra, make policy,_ and administrators ad- greatest accomplishments at East- tiring, provided the board. agrees. ,,; MSU ARCHIVES r~b, 22.) 1715' q I Aa:J- L/adcasters the $285 billiqn already . possible: Although radio is far less lucra­ bracing for cuts appropriated for. the '· tive than television, ·there· llnrcertainly ad­ Corporation for Public vantages to acquiring major market radio WASIIlNGTON - Public . Broadcasting for this year, spectrum_ and licenses;:...... ,. -.. ·.:. : . broadcasting executives are according to· public · ··But the 'only conceivable way· to·.make anticipating deep cuts in · broadcasting industry inoneffrom owning li·,radio station is to federal funding to be officials, but would cut 10 sell advertising. Suddenly, not .only would recommended by a House percent from the 1996" ._ · there be- big missing links in·the·public ra­ subcommittee that is budget of $305.millioii''and · dio system, leading to the ripple effects de- looking for ways to trim the 50 percent fr.oin(the:~·•:, . scribed above;.but.'ip11blic'! radio in ,those budget. +- ~ s:c ,,,. · budget-of $315 m.illion'and cities would suddenly·become commercial In one scenario, the panel end federal fun«!ing in •!9e:·., radio, with programming,t1riven by its at• would not take· back any of tractiveness to advertisers;.not by its value to.a. diverse. and-democratic populace•. ·Since the Pilblic,Broadcasting Act .was passed in 1967, this nation has invested ·many millions of dollars in building a pub­ . lie radio system. It is a system that serves , America well and cost,effectively, for.only 1 29 cents per person per year. . · , · The public radio system is a wise and valuable federal investment. It is in the best interest of the people that the investment : be continued and protected. THE COURIER-JOUR_t,JAL • NATION • THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1995 jPanel s_tu

THE COURIER.JOURNAL:. THld_8SDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1995 Black~"""'rofessor·-- _, ______--P------•-- -- ______"q nits __ ------in-- dis pute --- over:~tefifire: 'at.::·Ba:,- •\• tist seminary :·, · N·; ;q~"-'2 ·_c,;!:-P .,,,. ·. · , . · ··: · ,· ,_-,_ BycMARK E:McCORMICK · , pleted his doctoral work in ·African- had anything to do with the contrac- Staff Writer:,,··''"-'!-., · · q.,:.: American studies at Temple Univer- tual process," she said. ·c ;J;. :,,, ,'!t.<,n:,; "' t;•3?r1 ~o !fr:-r: ,. ;: stty;: Honeycutt ·and.Davis had re- Garland, who encouraged:·the :The first full-time African>Ameri- -_signed. He was then offered an 18- School of Social Work to recruit can professor. at the Southern Bap- month· contract;: .: ·. .ccr@9z " .--,,::; . Johnson; said she had hoped : he list Theolilgical'1Seminary has re- Johnson,- said·- his. embracing of would finish his career at Southern. signed; saying the -school's current Afrocenllism ,appears to have been "He has been an outstanding per­ administration,reneged on-1i" pledge · threatening• to the administration, . son and faculty member; and I'm to.help him gain tenure. . . which perceived him as "unsafe." sorry to have a friend leaving the :rimothy J. Johnson, an associate "If I were a docile African Ameri- community," she said, "but I do not professor of church: social ·: · · can, if I was willing to for- think any process was denied him." work, wrote .to. Southern get my culture and homog- Neither Mohler nor Honeycutt Seminary-President.R. Al•,• : enize with the, Southern could be reached for comment., bert Mohler'.that·:he · is, , Baptist cu,lture, I. certainly Davis said she recalled matting "a qµitting·effedlve,July,31. ,c, would.not·be in this posi- verbal commitlljent" to recommend "This red...,•tiitfai!.¢ t.o. , -~· ____ : soon became aliability." faculty member." '"•-· ~· -- • ' honor- ,or even" consider;~·Johnson '. :mmi :',Johnson said be insisted Larry McSwain, who was South- promises .. ,}'i'i\l!~if .. lJ!e .,'.,.,., :.,, .,, •. ,, · that."1i5 ~d_ents strive \o e~•s pr~vost when_ Johnson'•was s~--.~ ... ,IJ!B:,""-'4~ti-trR.m~_~~e.½e~11~_,?tygrtl_ l ~~-.mtttierathlDlpli_ca:i~r:. of_m:1:_-m Jhirehnsd, s111d thahire,~hed didnd 't ~t..~ttiat awuwmua On.; _ · ;;1 ...... _ ,._. "O '-.p~ .~~:'?,I •• !!?L . ,_~nymg O on was un er a . ~~~- Johnson,,who has a_·miisfet's,de;. aboutbeingpoliticallycorrectan4.uy._ ble" contract. Without such a'·con­ ~ iifs6cikt-w1ijftJfyn1the Univer• .. ing,,to loo!t .beyol14 IB?! J!)r ~ers. tract, "I do~•t see how anyone'~uld s1ty •of 1PellilSylwnia,, left•a!telll!red · •-~- h,ekl, stude_nts 11?)ooking at have pronused' any more than ,en­ pi:ofesso~1:1,at Eastern· College 1ft · their ?wtt. ~ '!5:~_wa1, pf. ~~r- couragement wi~ th~ possibility of Pennsylvahili to.come:,to;Southem·, standing,-~ -ISSUes,'.,,he .said.. tenure," McSwam s111d.. c.nu,,iL-- -in: 1991. He, said .former. seminary "When you do that there are students McSwain, now president of Short­ P~sident ~y _L:J:io~eycutt and the, - WI\<>.~ ~~eful llJ!d grow:,l!Jld'f'1ere er College in Rome, Ga.,_ said John- former: .dean-, of ,,the,;,School .,of are oiliers who get angry. . son was a valuable coll~e. Church Social.Wcirk;;Amie,C: Da~, · D~ R. Garland,, dean of the "He brought a perspective~ the· assured him thaf'he"'wiiuld be- School of Chtirch-social Work, de;. African-American perspective _:·to· · placed in the-- teiitiie,process after nied Johnson's claims. "I can cate;. Southern that it traditionally-didn't he-completed bis doaorilte. - gorically deny the accusation that have, which enriched and helped :But by the time Johnson, 50, com- anything about his style or person - our ·community," Mcswain said. ~: lV1~U ARCHIVES q (It 'J;}.-l/-35:.. 3 MSU Clip Sheet , A sample of ret:ent articles of interest to Morehead State University INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS MOREHEAD STATE UNIVERSITY UPO BOX 1100 MOREHEAD, KY 40351-1689 606-783-2030 LEXINGTON HERALD-LEADER,___lEXINGTON, KY. ■ FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 24, 1995 WKU president wants higher standards Tougher admis3ion rul_~~' co~petency tests sought

BY ANGIE _MUHS _ HERALD-LEADER Eouc'AnciN wRrr~R BOWLING GREEN--,-Western Ken­ tucky University President Thomas Mer­ edith is poised to introduce ·ao· ambitious plan stiffening.admissions·· standards ·and dramatically chl!ngin\dhe-ways the uni­ versity measures students' progress. Meredith's vision -includes ~~veral ap­ parent firsts for the state's public univer­ sities - from instituting-student compe­ tency exams, to requiring volunteer work for graduation, to offering prospective employers guat;!nt~. aboµt_;~dqates' . skills. . > , ;_£; 1::::-·:ii 11~i:~i~d.u''./,_ :.~ ~, · · • Meredith was slateji"_-to,1present his proposal, called tJl.:!oving. to .l!-):{~w ,Leyel The plan calls__ for ""gradually in­ But that doesn't necessarily While 'Keeping Old ,.Traditions,'\;at a creasing that to a minimum of ·20 mean those students wouldn't be s!)llclal board of"regenis 'meeting:toclay. oil the ACT or a 2.5 j'rade-point admitted under new standards be­ But the meeting was caricelled ·yesterday average by the year 2000. · . - cause they might h,ave had higher afternoon after several .r,;gents .said .they , The University• qf .·Kentucky, grade-point averages tjlat qualified could not atlencl because 'of1illriess or the most selective public university them, Chambless 'said.'.',_ " , • t. . _. . .f.,. • ; • ..., . ' scheduling cOnflicfs:•:!:5 ,~.. ;~±?~: 97.,1,,.;:.,,i·: ' irl the state, requires that potential students. have at l~_t an 18 on the Meredith said "he 'expects that . :The meeting bas ~n6f'yet':been'i-e- any decline in::Westein's enroll: scheduled , ~. /',1 "!--'.i:new IfWestern's boardapprovei, the,entire tci be considered for admission. But ilia! does not guarantee they'll get interest from other students attract­ -plan, it woula'oe ihl'ioruy·Kenfilc!i,i".srafe . irl. • '-".t '"-'•~i.•,.;•:••/(,. r. ed because of the .higher standards.­ university tliat 'woulcf.i}gurre'lfcoirlpeien- :, Meredith also -citeP,;_,;:•,"L,:• --.,. agreed that requiring volunteer work had been the most controver­ committee t<> r~place,-Boysen. sial proposal. But, he said, he ~~;E:J;. ~_l:L _, . ' -, - . thought Meredith's ideas had sup­ BY LUCY MAY .., . . Cllildidates _it suggests to· tlie ·run· board.'. Under"state law, it's up port. HERALD-LEADER EDUCATION WRITER ·to the S\l!t~;. s_c:hgol .\:>Oard. to hire "A lot of students I've talked to FRANKFORT ~ The state someone·to · replace Boysen, the like the idea of 'raising our stamY school board issued a strong mes- state's>fifsi;- appointed education ards," said Evans,_a senior. "Al 1 sage yesterday for critics and sup- COil)!Il!SSio'}~, '., ·: o":, _, ,_ , time you raise your stand porters of school reform alike: ·. Board ·members said they don't people at least perceive r' If you think Education Com- want to limit their search for' a new more competitive." missioner Thomas Boysen's deci- commissioner to people from Ken- sion to step down June 30 means tucky, but · they are willing to that school reform will be derailed, consider Kenti/cky applicants. you're wrong. . "I'm willing to cast the net wide "I just want to make absolutely and Ree wfiat we turn up," Mount- . clear that no one has any misgiv- joy sa,id. ,.,- ;;:-.,. _:·: · , - · _ ings that there's a backing away of • · If, there were two great candi- what we've been about for the past dates·wno:_were·eguals except that: four years," said Joseph Kelly, state qne•~~;'fto'\ii'.~erifucky' and:-the· schoo!'ooard .i:hainnan:· '' '-'.~,,-.,\. other wasn't; "the· Kefifucky''candi0. With as "mucli. time as "the date might'_ 1:iave'ii" slight advan: boarc(l\a_sta·findaJ1e'Y_~ucatfo'i)J, . tage, K@i'::.sai.c!-': _·,:: ;. •··:" ;;;,; comm1ss1oner, hoard · membef, · : ·•But Mountjoy said she thinks· Wade Mountz said, "I don't thinK' that.is unlikely.to happen . .''• ._'·' 1 we'il miss a beat," _ . .--. _ S :'· '.The,boai'd decicloo againsi:set- The board unanimously .. ap~- ting-':a date by.· wliich it will hire a: proved a resolution saying as, new commissioner, and Mountjoy much. Board members made it! said.. ~!hf~.OOi!Td ·~.11 be- finished clear that whoever replaces _Boyseg "when w~ find· the right person." should have a strong understand,, But :ri:ue ..• saitj :'he hopes the ing and commitment to Kentucky'sl board can·hirea new commissioner: reform efforts. · ~ before.the.end cif June so the.person The board also approved ,l; has' timit to·work\vith Boysen. search committee ma_ de up of fon,1,l ,The·-- boarc:l' ·, vbted to use a: of its members:·Helen·Mountjoy ~ :seafcli'tjrni;_'.".:,to'.lxi'.employed oy, Utica, chairman; Laken Cosby or~ the _seru'th.coinrnittee in the coming Louisville, vice cfuiirman; Jane Ad-... w~s,,-:-:. 't,ii:.li~lpJ'jnd candidates ams Venters of Somerset; ancf for the job: ·• · · --·. · · --· ... _ - Craig True of Fort. Thomas, 4 Kelly estimated the firm would They all have children in public cost up_:to--$35,000. plus. any ex- schools. penses the,coiiiriiittee might incur ·. Kelly _ 51lic!~ _tile co~ittee_ whi_l~ _inteMewjµg_qmdidates. should'agree ililanhnously.on .any MSU Clip A.sample of recent articles of interest to Morehead State University INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS MOREHEAD STATE UNIVERSITY UPO BOX 1100 MOREHEAD, KY 40351-1689 606-783-2030 THE COURIER.JOURNAL!• MONDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1995 HIGHER EDUCATION

A recent editorial that. alluded to the I would like to encourage my colleagues possibility of a high-ranking official add­ in higher education across -the common­ ing a couple of building projects to the wealth to respond immediately to their leg­ Governor's construction ·package suddenly islators and/or members of the Council on reminded me of the confusion of the '94 Higher Education· and personally let them legislature and how littlti"time we as citi­ know what our. needs and concerns· are. I zens have to prepare,flir -11)~,-'9_~ legisla­ do not know about the internal politics of ture. I would like to take :this opportunity the regional universities; but to. tcy to pro-. to recommend that legisla!i>J,'s;.~ughout mote faculty equity concerns through nor­ Kentucky look.vecyclosely at iill .construc­ mal channels in the community college sys­ tion projects for higher: education and tem is a joke. It is time that the higher edu­ Before coming to Western in . fund only those that are absolutely neces­ cation· teaching· faculty stand up and be 1988, Meredith was vice chancel­ sary. In most cases; addi_tional. building heard in Kentucky:··- · ..,. - · ·for for executive affairs at Ole projects are not. necessarili the_;solutions Miss. He also worked on the staff a JOHN ti. SAMMONS, Professor to our problems, and these'projects have Prestonsburg Community College ~of the state's college board for -10 tendency to produce additional adminis­ ·years before going ti> Ole Miss. trative waste in the long Jun.: Ask. your­ ___ f'.~stonsburg! _Ky~ 41~3 · ··-He also earned,liis doctorate in selves, what really produces'qiiality educa- THE COURIER.JOURNAL·• educational administration at Ole tion, buildings or p~ple~ :;~/.-.. , .·. · SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1995 'Miss and has a son enrolled I would encourage· iliill'legislature to be tliere. His wife, Susan, is•from pro-active for human ~co11cerns l>y. ,placillg .Meredith not · Booneville, Miss,",-~---.,, -.. -. le needs above i;,,n,i;l,.;'"'rojects. Higher . : '"The Ole Miss'job is something ~~on in ~ sta'i~£rii:iieed of .the · .read1,~i~" l.£a~e: ,; that is not even discussable at this followillg: adeqiiafe'. '·"~' 'Jit?a,rd raises ~ BOWLING GREEN-Western point," ~eredith said: "They've - for '-culh• ·a_ -_ rop[~\lf.f!!C8ieh~ '!:' • 1s. for Just appointed a searcli commit• . ·~ .,. pp , .. j,.. -,,,.:PP.. poo ·K'entucJii;University,President. tee:" · · .. · · faculty salaries to. b · .,us,·.1:1oser.,to bench­ -Thomas.Meredith has taken him­ marks increased <,,~A;;,:, _-fof-' ·rofessional self out of consideration for ~ead ·: ·-Meredith said the Ole Miss.va­ development pro~~-·"'wf#iite travel :QI the Mississippi-Board of High- . Clmcy comes at a .time wheri he is funds (facul travel fwlds,:,die'.community tl,i' Education. But he has not~~ 11romoting his vision for Western. college syst! ani'liii iiisillt):1aiid increased ·out the chancellor's job at the - He wants to stiffen admission funding for additional posifim'.w,)!i order to University of Mississippi. , -j ,, ! standards, begin student compe­ reduce faculty workloads. · . -- , ,. - -: Meredith said he recently told tency exains and guarantee ,. -.• ·iJ,.r:; fttJ:~l':J. · -~ board, which is interviewing ')!raduates' skills to employers. full for both jobs, ~~,hl!c h~~ .no.. . "My plate is vecy here," he , ,uiterest in beingcollllll1S5!oner;"' - said, addillg thathe wants to see h/s proposal approved by the re­ .THE,CQUBl~fu!QlJ_f!NAL ~~.~~~•~~t~v;'Q~~m-.~. gents and his ideas implemented ' • SATURQl\'Ci.li~H,IJe.R_Y 25, 1995 1ll'tlund kidi" ~fore he considers leaving. -- As:~oBD~\qseeking:~U~of·,L president·_, J.>egii~\litt~ Ab~9's0n rorges ttes, · By. BEN Z. HERSHBERG, with U of L prof~ors. their concerns. Staff Writer ... · .an· Mason Rudd Sr., a businessman The mayor asked professors ; · · -' ·' '"~"i/l'!/i2Jil:~"";-,,:• · . and,a major contributor and"fund. whether they would support_a new ·:While tbe M@Hfth!jit laoldng for a raiser for U of L, said he supports -president cutting the work force so '!j!W UnlvmltY,:cafrLilulsvllle pres!- Abramson and has spoken .•with more !DOney would be avallabls,to dent bas been',j.fepeitng:ifor,visits ·"many Important membel!l··of the lncrease-aalarles. .. c·,.,,., •·.,· vdlll llsvlO;fD'•J5;'■.,_iliffrlllMs; .. tbe,,,!111silless-collllD1lllity -that:support , '.'We ·ll8fd, 'No, ,:we:in-getlb!g: D111y1jlublfcly"~-amdi,--.blm." - '"'"' •r•s:vh' w•---.,, piettythln,'"·Webersald. "~;,.- · d$11;.lMa;oriei.a_f,._ii,lll:m-bas-. "He~ ~billy- f~~ the ~ramson also met.witb•faculiy; ~wvddng.oa;the:llilillelfaont· · collllD1lllity and the 111ate and can members·'l'uesday at the.home.of, ·,"Weariisp~~ hitthegroundnmnlng;'..'Ruddsaid. EnllishProfessorDennls'Ha!L.Hallc blllty." semi)· . lfiill aiainnan Several seardl commlttee::mem- dedined to discuss the meeting, and, Geotge•:Fisdieta~~' earlier bers, including. Fisc:her,-are 'busi• Abnimson would-not commenh1il plan for·a11·13V~·of the nesspeoplewhomthec:ity'sco~ theUofLpresidency•. , · : . ~ eommltt!e .. fD,,fnlmvlew all rate leaders know ..well, and Dl8lly Weber said that as faculty mem-· the cemifiaalisll,w;mapped be- . business-leaders have· written ·or bers think about who might be the dose of ·ICbed!!Jfnlf' pmblenm, · he spoken, to committee membeis on best .person for the job, many are said. . . ,;;:-,r,;;,;· •,• Abramson's.behalf, Rudd said.. becomiJlg IDOIII open to Ab18111!0D. ~But, small·· IPVUPl'lof. committee Rudd said he thinks support from Weber said he thinks Abramson's members are tslkiJJg·wltb:tbesemi-, business leaders would be critical to academic shortcoming& .could. be 5'allslw -ttherlo vlsill.to their csm- the president if .the. univel&ity is, to oven:ome, wltb the •apP,JinlmelJt of p1isel or tbmugh.'V!deoconferences, complete the $200 mllllon fund-rals.. an effective provost, or chief ac:a- F1!idler llid. ... ,, i,.c ;,,., .. Ing campaign it's. planning and demic officer. · - . '.Hellill.plans,to,lmngtlueeorlio wants to finish ID 1998- UofL's Histocy Professor Nancy Theriot fiJlalim ID Loulsvllle,bHate March 200th birthday. · .- . agreed Abramson's contacts could. so the· commltteie- and .trustees c:an Abramson met' twice- this. week help U of L raise money. But she clioose the president·by_the·end of with U ofL faculty members. · said she worries about. lils lack of March or early April. On Monday the mayor met wltb academic experience and thinks ,While the ~ · committee - 11 faculty members at the home of, many other professors feel the sanie m,ade up primarily,. of trustees - political science department Chair- way. · triml Its list (If semlflaaliitl, Abram• · man Paul Weber. Weber said the "It will be harder for us to ~ ~­ son has. bunt•suppoit 'lw!ong thl· · meetiilg wu a cliance for profes- ward if there is no vision of·lligller·­ dly's business'leadenl l!lld has met sors to talk with Abramson about. education at the top," Theriot said.- YOUR MONEY ■ LEXINGTON HERALD-LEADER. LEXINGTON. KY. ■ MONDAY. FEBRUARY 27, 1995 .New federal student-loan program federally financed account. Re­ says. Direct loans also save the payments go to the Treasury. sch9ols from coping with each :bypasses banks Private contractors administer lender's separate forms. • the loans and handle collections. Ironically, free-market compe­ resident Clinton's new "di­ The government expects to make tition wasn't fixing these prob­ rect lending" system for dis­ money on this program the same lems. But government competi­ P bursing student loans will way the banks do - by borrow­ tion has been "a wake-up call," expand this year to 1,500 col­ ing at a low interest rate and says Susan Conner of the USA leges, universities, community lending to students at a higher Group, a private company which colleges and trade schools. Stu­ one. The feds also think they'll guarantees and services student dents can start applying in July, pay less in administrative costs. Joans. USA now delivers loans if their school is participating. About half of all undergradu­ faster and can give schools a They will prob­ ates borrow today. They gradual­ speedy update cin an application's ably find this a . ed last year with an average debt progress, she says. Eighteen lend­ simpler way of of $10,500, said Jerry Davis, direc­ ing institutions - including Citi­ borrowing than tor of research for Sallie Mae, a bank, Chemical Bank and Bank working prime player in the private loan of America - plan to create. a through a·bank. market. Because of rising tuitions common electronic lending sys- · Most of the and increased loan availability, I tern.~-~· .·:::: - · ~-. student -Joans . , last year's entering freshmen will Clinton thinks that the direct now are made JANE BRYANT probably graduate with $13,600 lending will be cifeaper for tax­ by bank~ or . ·QUINN- · in debt, Davis says - a 30 per­ payers, in addition to saving stu­ other pnvate -=·:-:--::--­ cent.increase. Average payments dents time. But key Republicans )enders, admin- SY~;1;;A-;.E~ will rise to $163 a month, from hated the law when it passed in 1stered by state COLUMNIST $126 today. . 1993, and hate it still. Fierce re­ or private guar------• If students have access to di­ sfstance to the direct lending, antors and in- . rect loans, they will probably find from the private '!enders and · sured by the federal government. that it's faster than dealing with a guarantors thafc:urrently handle The government pays the banks bank. Even late applicants can most of the busmess, almost and the guarantors for their serv­ receive their money before school snuffed the piognim at birth - ices. When students default, the· and their loblJyists. aga.in in · taxpayers _typically cover 98 per­ starts. The.ROttioii:ofiiii~eii.t . ' ~ ar~ loans processed in time for the full .cry._Speake(Newt Gingrich cent of the-loss. So .lenders earn has·.vowed"ii'i'end direct loans. A their·comfortable profits at small fall semester rose,35.percent last risk. Student Ioans'wili test the year at Colorado State-University, bill just intrcidtli:ed by.Rep. Wil­ reports Kay Jacks, _head of finan­ liam GoodffngCJf Pennsylvania governm~t$6,~i)iil.g~_fiscal. cial aid - largely because of . _limit~ ~h~ ~rreef 1?3fl '.Jollllile at year.. ' • ;,,.7:·•C··~• direct lending. If a student's eligi­ 40·);\ercent of'all student loans. The new·direct-lendirig:pro-­ • r_. '~. - ·j ._.... ~-,,;J_, -~! : • . bility changes, the_ loan amount :,Poubt~:~iJh<1t direct lend­ gram cuts out the middlenieri. · · can be adjusted ·overnight. By ing cail't-sircceaj;,altl)otigh the Students·get'govei-iimeiit-ihsured contrast, _getting achange 104 schools-_~biit t09k. part in the loans directly from tli:errsdiool§. through a private lender can be a start-up progran(last yea,, say, it which draw the money_ n;oin a bureaucratic headache, Jacks . worked fine. There'are successful, low-overhead: feqei:al programs,· such as Social ~ty: The _ques­ THE COURIER-JQURNALi• SATURDA'r', FEBRUARY 25, 1995 tion 'is wheth~,flirec;t lending can be one of them. and whether the Proposal,.won't affect. HCC center administration· wilf be given a · . HOPKJNsvnii:; Ify, - Madisonville's plans to build a .$1.5 chance to find out· • mllllon· tecbholog{cenfer won't' affect the proposed regional technology center at Hopkinsville Community College, officials said..,.~- -,-..-~ .. ~~"1"''1'f; ·. The Madisonvllle project Is going to be geared toward indus­ trial recruitment nither than technology training, said Jim John­ son, HCC's director o_f public relations and marketing. Meanwhile, fund raising continues for the proposed $8 mil­ lion regional technology center in Hopklnsville. About $1.2-has been raised so far, officials said. THE COURIER-JOURNAL • KENTUCKY • SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1995 UK, rl-t ...._,__ -SE~~~~ ~;;~-~-= ~~~~~.E lt)t::t~.13s-s~~~~~ tfa :S-S£l ()nee rejected~iby professor '-I' ...1. ~ as O c.:s la Q) a, .. Q.l c: Q) ·t: e C1) ·-r-1 0 rn - rn ::::s ~ as o o u .- fH ~ C\j u;-;: 1n - ]j ~ ii-~ th al cu:~ >C C"3 g.t-~ ffl: ~"u~q.~ Oj i~~.£.i! ~8~grn tn8.="g,8m8-~kf.C_8 i~Q)tJ:::srn ~"cl"af~, ~8rn;:::,; 0 Jg o ~ o .!= ~ ~ cu .8 eo:s. ~ .8 ~ t :~ -~ ti -S 8 ~ .S 8 & m ~ • o Q): .. El ... · Fi9w .points pr@udly to 3 degrees e ~ u"'Ce"CG.I:; ._."'C ~-rnasC.C::S ~~ Orn • OQ) ~a., .... O U.Cs::; 0 By MIKE EMBRY the fatal. shooting of a black teen- person doing something like that to ~ .~ ib ~~i~ iJi.~}ij~j] fil ·~1~ !if ~]El·ttliJ Associated Press ager by a white policeman last fall . get through college." :l~if-11 . . set off •racial disturbances. Bert Nelli, a UK histm:y professor, ·fi Q) ,:n • .,....--if;· a, o ~ <0 - ~ J:2 ....0 c.:s a. c:: -d u U .du ..c - ~ ~..., o ~ ,e. as g_..c: rn a. cu b.O ~ ~ o, ,....,f ,..... cu:s::::~ bQtn f - rn s- Q) Q).s cd cu C1) ::::s::::: Q) .... ·a_ 1u ~ -5~ Q) 'rn, LEXINGTON, Ky. --' Gerald "We were so isolated from every- was Smith's adviser in graduate 1--. \a\J ,--...t ~ 0 ..O as a,.., ~-:: • s.. C:: ,g->cis-fn;;: gj"'C § ~ ...... , 8 t, Q) E ::::S O:S Q) bD~bDt, b.O -~...., C':S < . Smith used to gaze at the walls of thing else," Smith said. '.'When I school. L"\J " "\...... , Q) Cll ~ e ~ i cf.d Q) O-=...., CU "'O a: ~ .S:: ~ Q) ~ 0 ~ 0 -s .s • c'3 •= °3 0 ~ ., f 8 the-9ffices he was cleaning at the .. · came to: UK' in 1977, it was like a,. "He was a hard worker and very E ~ · ;l'I "\ -g~tB ~- Q)s~~ bl)B~~ ~r~;g El>,-a~ ii .Im": 0~ ..:' ~ tj ·eg ~-= ~.. ~~-~ ~ ...... ,..,_. \J,J i:d- = i3,....~as=t::~-- .... : ~ Oa.,~ Q)UC"')a.,- Oc C:'0..,.-kQ) University of Kentu~ky and admire •,culture.sl),Qck for .me. I literally had ·conscientious," Nelli said. "He had ~ rJl ~ bD5~JrSE~: -~~8.~i~§~~ugJ~~~-a~~i::i~1~g~t·~~-a~e the,l'ramed. diplolli.as of professors; /ito· · get useil"to· Jleing· around white . a weak high school back~und, but ·u __l_li .5 :n-• "'ta as c:s U 'ci.i O C':S w :S ca P.. C':S c:s c U w as P.. IJ ,-.I\ ..,...... t -S i ~ St .c St ~ bD-S ~ :S < That·was back·in·l979, when·he people. ,_ he didn't.let that hold him back." wll$)1. simu,ner,school history stu- "I had whiie teachers: at high And Smith could take criticism. .L 'vU.J CZ) "''tl "'§'"''"'"' J,J,<1>>,0 <1><1><1>J,bl) -e,o~•:::, -~>,-- ~"'C:~'C .. ·e• :'.';. ] bJJc,;"'" ""a.,. 'Ow...,.<1>0.c 'O--.s:::c:.s::: ""'...,. o::i ~ ~-.s:::.ci:;c, +J Q..:C ,S-- bO ~•'" =a.c.. -S~ B 'v"'oa,~- o'O., c:• o deil~-~ to make ends m~t w_ith school and .white friends . O!) the . "1:fis . writing was very ~e~" :-a- • P-4 cu · :::1 "'i' as w..... as 'O o> - ~ a, 'O cu~ .c ·u ~ c • Cilst~:w:or'k.and a part-time JOb football team at Henry Clay, but Nelli swd. "I would go over his wnt­ ~ • . 8m 8i~i ;_;s !!~ ~ .i Ss=ifi G-- .-1-~i~ ~ ~01~;-·bl)s·.~~ai.&iiJ. sellfug sljQeS at ~em,s_.; ·, those were _very casual , relation- · ing and point out ways to improve ...... J - ' CV - c:l.•- o ..., c:l. ::a - '.cl U • ..,. .::a C a, • i> • ,· ;l/l'.~•:,~,:Jhosf1,~.. degr~; ;r,s1!ips.. ~y-,'X~!ld .was· ~iblack. - it. Un¥ke most students, wh? °!"ould :S! ,. " ~ £.S ~,£! ~~ .:8..8~,8~ ~;_ :·~ ~:gJi ri ii a~; .,~'al:"11~~:r.:r~ t~ bl!!)liclor~,,_lli.aster's _anjl. J?h.D. s "'7.,,,frien.S 13-8..;.; ~-.!!! o '0-- ... :. ~ IM ...cu,,:,,!!a..d:fi.,S li111t~'!l say,\iyellh,.l·~tto have an .. }neighbors.'.'/<.!::' . ;; .. . . · , improve, he would work that much ~- ~ ~ ~-~sii] ~-5gJl-£la! ~~-[~a] 8 ! Gi~-a.fa. ~~!·li ~.-'!i~··d!li:[1:S~g- ·office:llk'e:tbat someday.' ,That was, 1v 'Smith'liald'.wi>rkiilg as a busboy· harder." .. .C ~ 'O u c,; UJ ::S .!!l 1j ~ a, cu "§ C "'CJ 'O bO o ca: u tn·~ u § .., a, .C :~ .:.o :a. .. ,,. ·.._. c:l. u; ·~~~1_1:i;~~~~~~ ::eo~nii/!'.i:~W~~~~ne:ti~f· s~rac~;~:~te:hin;o;!~::~~ ~: n ·~ -~ii!I ~~ lg-~ ~!~-~~.!ii!lili 11! ~-~ :11~1:jJ'~.1.:~:~ •ricaji'!:~iii:J,f311 blsfoiy.'[ • ·:: ·.. '' • · · most of,thflli.tch~n lielp was black. at Memphis St~te University. He re- :,I (]..) \J,,J a,Q)0-q4(!JQ) :cd.acuO-ai::: .,Q) -a•M>, C'O M+J~'O.c9ea1i~-;~u=rJoe ~-35;,CiUI gaze Jrt a wall today "I came:to, the .conclusion that I turned to UK m 1994. :11 r-1 t; r3 ~-cij,S·d ~.c-~ CIS Ug,S' >, ini~~:~1_1 O(fice;'f~r.ilnd wanted som~more,'t he said. Smith, who is 'married has ~ ~ 5 t:S :-~~ a~:a ""'~ a s,g 5'6b';S"~ ~-~~-a~·t an~ ·" ~ ,-....t · £.8-::;.e:_ U:-6 ~~-= £3~~ ~l:1::-af'g~:, bJJ::s-d o"fii,...·~~'M e-8 as.c~ see,f:linie:more d,iplollll!S .--': his own.. "I wanted to,ex_cel beyond the cer• . two young daughters, accomplished • I'" ~ ]-g g< U ~ g,!.!!!E-- >,f,§E-- · :Biit'Jiesid¢ thein,'iilso fnimed, .is a. tain images· 'that people '•have of another goal last year when he be­ ....J" '-I ~ rn.C: ca .f:! cu·m oU ~::::~.~"'CJ O rn.S:a cd ~.as-s ~ f< ~"tJ cd U U ca:..c C rejec:tloil ,Jetter Smith once received•· blacks.". · . / ;, • · · came a published author. He did after'.aj,plY!ng to'gniduate school at ',, He earned his bachelqr's degree ' ihat with a book titled "A Black 'a. ll }l .8 gj,,E gi B 1! §Bal .5 ·= ~. 1! ii a !ii p; ii '.0 a gj;,;,·tr~ ·a ::li~ [ \J,J~ • ros .,CJ u-.i::: ~ ~0 Q)- rn ca u ~ ~ ... »>::s,s~ ca ... _cu m"C O ca~ "3.e 9..i;;;. ::s-.a~ ~~;;- ~ ·uK1ee·didii'thavethegradestoget 'inl981,master'sin1983anddoctor- Educator in the Segregated South in. · ,' ' · . . ate in 1988. During that· time; he · - Kentucky's Rufus B. Atwood," ~~ ~ . -~ i=urg-g !8; J~1-~ ~-s ~ii:~ ~~ ~~ ~-~~~ 111< ~i t~.s.~ After .. meeting with administra- - also held part-time jobs teaching at about the former Kentucky State .r: ,., " "' b ... C .. ..c .. "'"' :a .. lo l;;"' ,:,. 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"",.:;.., !!~ is2J; Smlth' .. can ·glance out.•his .17th- ies. at Duke University, had also · lions of you, you begin to have high ri?i d ~~ dffl~!'!l-~j ~~,t:1~~j~-~iJ;SiM~~~~i!i·~~~ [~~£ §: floor window·and see the neighbor- worked at UPS when he was a stu-. expectations for yoursell'," Smith •~ ~o ..SrJ...2~o..Et2 8~.ccdti:::'0~.E!tern B8~8 OCISO::S~ Uf:>.f!.S~- h()()d.where he grew up. He used to dent. ."That· is. very, very hard said. "People told me that I was go­ . play in Bluegrass-Aspendale .Park. . work,''. Wright said. "College work ing to do something with my life. I · He spent ·much of his childhood is difficult under any circumstances. didn't want to ·let those folks down, in the same part of Lexington where I'm always µnpressed when I see a nor did I want to let myself down." • • The Daily Independent. Ashlanc • ·Rose pledges support for ACC building

By GREG COWIRD OF THE DAILY INDEPENDENT ASHLAND. 2-~.Kentucky Senate president. and guberna­ torial candidate -·John "Eck" Rose said, Thursday ·he will support a .~;5;.million class­ room building at Ashland Community ~llege,in'l996. But that support;,whether as governor or• Senate.president, will come ,_oli •the::condition "that golf. courses-;and things like that" are,motz-tied to the project; Rose,•saickat .a press conference at the Ashland PlazasHoteb"~'""·"·. ·. · .. , Rose was in 'Ashland for a fund-raiser.r;r!\~d~Y,;; ~ig)lt at, . , the h_otel. "~. ~-!.. ·'" "--· Johiill!EclJ'!JRotitr,1. faJ;il4h•1H; The golf COU[.~e.:i~f.~rence ,:Jn,:9iiaifi'.ti:<1. ...:f.i!l~Y 1>.ifi 1,1w, was ,!? ,.,a $1j;~ @ll¼<>11, ,, , world foig:,)>~gi;ra)~g~~'?J!~n,W., ffiJ; the tax would more than make cl~~§., . g,olf,,£Q.ll~: . .aJ,. Jenny , thEtpr@l!IY,,1'.cs.t'oi:, Reform Act, although he said st"' b'"'4\1,ifgNmt""''b · toJirlfig,,INu= ...... f" .. --'{ ·""~·--·· 1 he was not comfortable with w~: th~'Ge~~rt:4'.~fiifubY;r~ ~~i~~CL ·,!?.~~1~· ~a! ~:'&1· statewide assessment tests. cop.sts!lc\: bJ:{;~~'.i~v,,enue · PBBP.!~ i~ijey;&,@;fg~t~igh-'. "I'm not for taking away the bonds," , .. .,~;,.-, .,,.,-, . s~l9,life, :~9_se.. 5a/:~;·*·l . , basic component of KERA :....:. ~~- golf cq~e. Yii!S. part of.a New,.;jolis:, are ce'"' 0 '"'Y-· :we!- accountability of schools and $l00 1niilliqn b(f d)pa'ckage the coilie"'' os'·said letting local folks run the ' ~~1,1~'1.;.,, . t · · ~- !/I~ .. """,bti~ciiitu'ck... y · h ls " h aid House· ·,~ app_rgv.~~<1mf·\year. ... o.. n~!li!§,u.Q•.~.s!op_~l"H..r;l.IJg"~t .!i!{_ · flci~-.-,,.. sc oo , es . fun1 r_epa1r;:,~e,.ttH¥&t1~n and p11,yJ1_1cg,,,\P:.~\!St1Jte~: \Vl!h ta~, ►Property rights. Rose said expan~10ll ~9f] "~ll:i. ~~ state breaks ·because tho,~JH;ompa- · there's a lot of potential for park: system. ___ ').• cl· , . ,.. nies;(;~oul~J,ome to Kentucky • Eastern Kentucky's lumber in- _Bgt the_,s"enJ\t.e11w~,,PY Rose, anyway,;: ?-19°':c, ,., .,,, .. , - . · dustry and he would be killefl, t~e gplf1R~u.rse and !!!!1,P:c:,int.e.~ Jto,;the,.rapid against attempts to regulate agree~ to· a i$!i0,,i¥Jl!!!.on com• growfu,c:>fLtl_le:chi~k~n industry timber practices on private promise pac~~~~;_·-:ui .,,. in_Wi~I"E-}{~~!!£19',as..11!121''".,, lands. Rose opposed_, .putting the amp1 e:·•= .. -:·"·-~-·-'.-~--·-- · ACC building, on ijle agenda Ros~.: sa~d __ tax .-_breaks are "We have to have a balanc­ for last mol,lth'..t ~pecial ses- s~met~~-~,j1)-E!Ce~s~ .to: lure. ing act between property sion, in P!lli:, he-)lajd, because h1gh-paymg jobs to K~ntucky, rights, which I feel very he feared it w9uld provoke a b_ut should be used with, cau- strongly about, and the envi- rash of pork-bai;i:e},projects. t10n...... ronment, so I would be against But Thursday,. Rose said he On other issues, Rose said regulations on private lands as didn't "know ofa• ,my better he sup~mr:ted: . . long as you're not doing dam- place to spend money than in . ► F!ll.1)1.i,natmg the mtan- age to the environment and the communtty <;Ql)._!!ge system. g1bles Silx: .~e. t~ . ge11erates other private property." "We can get,l!J.ore, kids to about ·:$B0·.~1~llo,n, ~-1,m~ally, college through ,.community but Rose said .economic gro'Yth colleges," he said. . that would result from axmg Rose also took a jab at Lt. Gov. Paul Patton, ·one of his ~-- {;. Msu ARCHIVES C/JA':i~-l/-35~1 MSU Clip Sheet A sample of recent articles of interest to Morehead State University INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS MOREHEAD STATE UNIVERSITY UPO BOX 1100 MOREHEAD, KY 40351-1689 606-783-2030

LEXINGTON HERALD-LEADER. LEXINGTON. KY. 11 fuESDAY. FEB.RUARY 28, 1995 Maysville museum tells story of route

BY SCOTT LEARN The Maysville area alone was Takes a lot to hold your head NORTHEASTERN KENTUCKY BUREAU up when you run into your third home to 3,500 slaves. Evidence of safe houses and other "stops" on MAYSVILLE - The shackles child on the road to Paris. when lie heavy as a sledgehammer in the he's in shackles, when you have no the underground railroad is scat· glass case. Thick ankle bracelets idea where they're taking him, tered through Mason County and on each end. An oblong link in the when there is nothing you can do Kentucky counties within 60 miles of Maysville, Gore said. middle for chaining slaves togeth­ about it. ' er. Up to 50 at a time. Maysville also had a bigger Nona Marshall wants you to Takes dignity. community of free blacks than feel the iron. most in Kentucky. It had an aboli­ •·Go ahead Jerry Gore's mother started tell­ tionist society early on: Two free ing him the stories 41 years ago. If you go and touch black communities were estab­ those." says the when he was 7 years old. Back lished across the O~)o River. then. he and his black friends had grandmother of And Ripley, 4 miles west of The Mason to sit in the balconv when Santa 10. "Go ahead Maysville on the Ohio side, was so County Under­ Claus came to the high school and touch them. active in the abolitionist movement ground Railroad auditorium. Museum is in Can you imag­ that Front Street there became ine that?" His mother told stories of aboli­ known as "Abolitionist Row." the Maysville tionist John Rankin's house aLToss Welcome Center, Takes a lot As Harriet Beecher Stowe the Ohio River in Ripley, the lights 115 East Third to run from the knew, those unique features helped a beacon for escaping slaves. Street in down• master who put the Maysville area become a mag­ town Maysville, you in those There were stories of Eliza and net for slaves escaping to freedom. next to the Si­ the farm she escaped on Tuckahoe chains. When Gore started asking mon Kenton Me. Road. Stories of the Paxton Inn in Takes around about the area's history, molial Bridge. nearby Washington, where escaped strength. descendants of slaves descen­ The center is slaves are thought to have taken and Marshall is dants of slave masters were eager open 10 a.m. to refuge in a hidden stairwell. 4 p.m. Monday standing in the to help, telling stories, handing through Saturday new Mason Stories of Phillip's Folly, a: over documents and artifacts, he house in downtown Maysville and 1 to 4 p.m. County Under­ said. . thought to have served first as a Sunday. For ground Railroad He and Sprague produced a holding pen for slaves traded in more information Museum, which genealogical directory of blacks in call Phil Weber opened this one of Kentucky's most active at (606) 564- slave markets, then as an under- the region. They are working now month. She and on a pictorial history of blacks in 9411. ground railroad stop. . the others who Maysville. founded it want "One of the things my mother realized was we live in an unfair A little divine intervention from you to feel the stories that are those who have gone before has world. and she knew the effect slipping away. helped bring information his way, racism and segregation could have Stories of thousands of black on children," Gore said. "But she Gore thinks. families who escaped through Ma­ also knew she could keep us moti­ "Over the years things were · son County and across the Ohio vated with positive images of the falling into my hands," he said. River to freedom, of whites and beauty of our history." "One day l asked myself, 'Why?' blacks who helped them, of whites One of the things I strongly feel is and blacks who held them back. Gore put himself through More­ that the ancestors are calling on us In the display case with the head State University. He's director to tell this story." shackles is an original, 1853 edition of minority affairs there now. His extensive research of black Hard work ahead of Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Phil Weber, Maysville's tour­ Beecher ·Stowe. history in the area, along with research by MSU history professor ism director, decided to seize on Tum to Chapter 7. There's the that rich history seven m9nths ago. story of Eliza Harris. She ran from Stuart S. Sprague, laid the founda­ a farm just west of Maysville, then tion for the museum. With $5,000 iromthe county's tour­ crossed the frozen river with her "There is just so much here," ism commission, he pulled commu­ son in her arms and a slave hunter Sprague said. "It is just so rich, and nity members together and insisted yelling from the Kentucky banks. it· can be documented far better on opening the museum as soon as Takes a lot to leap from one than some of the other gateways." possible. wobbly chunk of floating ice to· "We needed to go ahead," We­ another, leaving bloody footprints ber said. "It's part of the history of 'Gateway to the South' the United States we're sitting on." behind. In the period before the Civil Takes courage. The museum is small now. War, Maysville was known as the taking· up a side room in Mays­ "Gateway to the South." The road Over by the door is a bronze ville's welcome center. from Maysville to Lexington and sculpture of the Rev. Elisha W. The organizers hope to move to Green, who bought freedom for southward was a . main highway, well-traveled by settlers who mi­ bigger quarters in a few years. himself, his wife and two of his They're hoping to be able to fund three children. His story is in. an grated from the east along the Ohio River. more research. autobiography at the sculpture's And they're hoping the national side. Gore and Sprague have found much evidence that plenty of es­ park system, which is doing a study of underground railroad Takes a lot to set up Baptist caped slaves traveled the other churches from Maysville to Lexing­ way, from as far as Louisiana, from sites, will pick the Maysville and ton when you're one of the few free · Tennessee. from all over Kentucky. Ripley areas for national park sta­ blacks in Kentucky. tus. That would bring federal fund­ ing and recognition. . \l me :-ame time. the urgamz­ t:rs \\·orry that people might expect more than the one-ronm museum. - 1~:G- '. HERALD-LEADER. LS,INGTO:-J. l\v. ell TUESDAY. FEBRUARY 28. 1995 The museum is a work in progress. Weber said. They worry that bigger cities. U of L presidential candidates to visit: The chairman of the ~uch as Cincinnati. will edge them l"niversity of Louisville's presidential-search committee said yesterday Pllt for recognition arid money. he expects up to four finalists to visit the campus sometime in March . .-\nd thcY \\·orr,· that the iir:-:r George Fischer told the board of trustees he thought the board might blu:,;h of rffogniti<)n will fade a~ be able to vote on a new president at its March '2:1 meeting. Fischer lllack Histo1T :llonth ends and the declined to divulge the names or any information about the possible museum goeS about the hard \\"ork finalists, saying he wanted to protect their confidentiality until they of building for the future. confirmed they would like to visit the U of L campus. Job candidates Gore said the museum is al­ ready a place where blacks and who visit will meet with trustees, faculty, alumni and advisory ,vhites can learn lessons. About committees, in addition to attending a public forum, Fischer said. strength in a·dversity. :-\bout cour- age. About dignity . . The museum will develop, he said. He and the other museum organizers wiU have to take anoth­ er lesson from their ancestors, Gore said. They will have to persevere. "Slavery happened over almost 300 years, and it didn't end over­ night," he said. "To build this museum is going to take more than over:night.:•

The Daily Independent, Ashland, Kentucky, Monday, February 27, 1995 Student p;repares­ to pedal

By GREG COllARD OFTHE DAILY INDEPENDENT The fraternity's 174 chapters MOREHEAD - Paul nationwide annually raise and know who we're riding Cantrell hasn't been too inter­ money for PUSH America on for." Cantrell said. "I want to ested in bike riding since he their campuses, but the bike promote a ·better uncterstand:­ turned 16 six years ago and got ride, called the Journey of ing of what disabled people his driver's license. Hope, is a separate project. can do, and I'm looking for­ Until recently, the 22-year­ "It started wjth one guy ward to the trip itself." old Morehead State University eight years ago and it just pro­ Before he rides his first senior didn't even own a bi­ gressed. Last· year it raised mile, Cantrell is required to cycle. $400,000," Cantrell said. raise $4,000 by April 15 for But neither of those factors PUSH America. So far, he's re­ - not to mention the fact that The fraternity's national ceived about $1,400. he's a little out of shape - headquarters, also located in He spent last Monday at the kept him from volunteering to North Carolina, didn't accept ride a racing bike more than just anyone for the Journey of Adron Doran University Cen­ 3,500 miles across the country Hope. ter passing out literature and this summer. Cantrell needed two letters accepting donations. That ef­ 11l'm working out now. I'm of recommendation, and then fort generated about $100. trying to ride every chance I had to go through a one hour Cantrell also stood by his get," said Cantrell, an elec­ interview by telephone. He got new bike, a Dave Scott Signa­ tronics and robotics engineer­ accepted for the ride Dec. 1. ture, Saturday at the Ashland ing major from Gallipolis, "They wanted a group that Town Center, and raised about Ohio. will work together and help $150 there. That appearance Cantrell is among 50 U.S. each other out for a common was with Jamie Bennett, a college and university stu­ goal," Cantrell said. Marshall University student dents, all members of Pi Kappa Cantrell will ride through 64 who also hopes to make the Phi fraternity, who have vol­ cities and 12 states, starting in ride. unteered for the 63-day trek San Francisco. Along the way, "I'm getting a little bit ner­ beginning June 11. the group will spend a day vous that I won't- be able to Its purpose is to raise money with many local PUSH Ameri­ raise it. I'll take anything, be and awareness for PUSH ca chapters. cause one thing I've leQ11Jled America, a North Carolina­ about fund-raising is it's ~ lit­ "We'll play basketball with tle bit of money that adds up," base organization that serves them, and get to work with people with physical handi- Cantrell said. 1 FROM PAGE ONE ( _. ( ( \ \ ' I \u,(- c_) LEXINGTON HERALD-LEADER, LEXINGTON, KY. ■ TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1995 If Cantrell succeeds at rais­ About 200 students have is up to each school, she said. ing the $4,000, a ride through I . "We've got'a big misconception signed up for the conference, which About 200 high schools use an Death Valley is likely to be his among a lot of college students is free to college students, Ballard education program endorsed by the toughest challenge on the Conference about what HIV is," said Mike said. national Centers for Disease Con­ Journ~v of Hope. Ballard, a health professor at More­ trol and .Prevention that empha­ sizes abstinence, discusses contra-. "I've heard some horror sto­ head State. "There are a . lot . of Effect on women ries about coming across that plans AIDS homophobic ideas and fallacies out ception and uses role playing to desert with 130 degree days. there." AIDS researchers predicted 'last help teen-agers learn to refuse sex David Mawn, director of AIDS week that HIV infection will be­ and avoid risky behaviors, Conner Volunteers of Lexington, said Bal­ come the No. 2 killer cif U.S. women said. Eight people dehydrated last education ages 18 to 44 by the year 2000. year," he said. lard and co-organizer Robert The state does not monitor Grueninger of Morehead State Women '- particularly girls elementary and junior high school Cantrell could have taken a and adolescents - are the fastest­ cooler, northern route across called on a wide range of AIDS programs. for E. Ky.. groups and health organizations in growing category of new HIV in­ Programs in elementary the U.S. Instead, he chose a fections, according to the World southern route that will go organizing the conference. schools are not likely to address "We're very proud of Morehead Health Organization. They now sex but would emphasize hygiene through California, Arizona, . Morehead organizers seek represent 50 percent of all new HIV Nevada, New Mexico, Texas, State," said Mawn, one'of 15 speak­ and the role of the body's immune wide range of partic;ipants ers scheduled for the · conference. infections. system, said John Wyatt, also a Louisiana, Mississippi, Ala­ In Kentucky, the number of bama, Georgia, North Carolina "T,hey really, wanted this· to be a consultant for the state prevention BY $COTT LEARN women, diagnosed with AIDS rose and South Carolina. very broad-based. conference for program. NORTHEASTERN KENTIJCKY BUREAU this whole region." from 19 in 1991 to 30 in 1994. Men The state holds four to five Saturn has donated several and women contracting AIDS MOREHEAD Morehead '' teacher-training programs a year "chase" vehicles to follow the ·, through heterosexual sex rose from riders. State University this week, will Peer education for AIDS education. But about half hold what organizers say is the The . conference will begin nine to 31 for the same period, the state's high schools might not .The northern and southern according to state statistics. riders will meet again Aug. 12 most comprehensive conference on 'I)iursday with •.a three-liour .semi­ be teaching about AIDS, Conner in Charleston, S.C., the desti­ AIDS and HIV ever in Eastern nar for college students' on "peer That makes heterosexual trans­ and Wyatt said. nation for the Journey of Kentucky. education." mission the fastest-growing catego­ · "We have a lot of teachers who Hope. The two-day conference ·will That seininar will put More­ ry in the state and the second­ ' do not feel comfortable discussing Cantrell will return to MSU focus not only head in the ·midst of a nationwide largest category, accounting for 18 issues of HIV and AIDS in the next fall to finish his degree. on physician effort to .recruit college students to percent of the cases diagnosed in classroom," Ballard said. Anyone who wants to make education, but Time, place teach fellow· students how to avoid 1994; Morehead State will not know a tax-deductible donation to also on teaching -----­ AIDS and HIV; the virus that State officials caution that a how many teachers are attending change in the definition of an AIDS PUSH America can mail a college students Morehead State causes AIDS, Ballarp said. the conference until registration check to Cantrell's residence. to counsel fellow , "We're really excited about the infection accounts for some of that Thursday, Ballard said. The uni­ University's jump. ' His address is:· 300 Criqueside students about HIV/AIDS Up­ peer education component," said versity sent conference broc~ur.es Drive No. 79 Morehead, Ky. the disease. date 1995 con­ Holly Conner, a consultant with the Ballard said the risks are par­ to principals at all the schools m its 40351-1384. The confer­ ference will be Kentucky AIDS Prevention Educa­ ticularly high for college students, 22-county region, he said. . ence also aims Thursday and t\on, .Program. "The. stronger ·the a sexually active group. to help elemen- Friday at Adron !)lessage is,from ·their own· peers, "But we still have the miscon­ tary through Doran University· ception that AIDS is only a homo­ Rural-urban comparison Center. For more the more they're going to take it to high school h " ' sexual disease or something. related State ,statistics indicate the information, call ~• I• • to blood transfusions," he said. number. of AIDS diagnoses h~s teachers in• the (606) 783- '. . Peer education is fairly new to university's 2180. Kentucky, ·although at · least one remained level in rural areas, said mostly rural re­ other university, Western Ken­ Instruction varies Reginald Finger, director of the gion learn how tucky University; has set .up peer Kentucky has no state stand­ to instruct their students about programs, slllte officials said. ards for AIDS instruction in ele­ AIDS and HIV, organizers said. SEE AIDS, A7 mentary through high school class­ i-ooms, said Conner, whoSe group falls under the state's Department of Education. The extent of AIDS instruction LEXINGTON HERAL[}LEADER, LEXINGTON, l{Y. ■ TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 2ts, 1995

' I ~ ' ' . stat;'s Division of Epidemiology. fhat runs counter to trends in WKU's on-line paper reaching out to world other Southern states, which have seen a nse in rural AIDS c-ises Finger said. c · ·' BY ANGIE MUHS "It links us to the world," said Urban areas still account for HERALD-LEADER EDUCATION WRITER Jon Grant, the paper's on-line edi­ the majority of AIDS ca'ses stale BOWLING GREEN - The Col­ tor. "My heart just jumps when I statistics indicate. Jefferso~ acncl lege Heights Herald is telling the get a new (computer) message. I Fayette counties account for 773 of world what's happening on the wonder who it's going to be now." the 1,477 cases diagnosed since campus of Western Kentu_cky Uni­ The Herald, which publishes 1982. versity. twice a week, is the first college paper in Kentucky to be available . Many AIDS activist groups Literally. Since the student thmk the state is undercounting on the Internet, said Pat Moyna­ newspaper began providing its is­ han, executive secretary of the rural AIDS cases, but state officials sues on the Internet this semester, disagree. ·Kentucky Intercollegiate Press As­ people from Japan to Denmark sociation. · Mawn, from A IDS Volunteers have been checking out the paper said either way the number of on the worldwide network of com­ The electronic edition, available cases will rise if prevention efforts puters. every Tuesday and. Thursday, just do not increase. like the regular paper, got started Even people in Bowling Green in January_ The staff had been "We need to be ahead of the -; Ohio, that is - are reading all working to·· aevelop -the on-line Its electronic edition allows a The Ke11luck~ h.e1111.:I, llie ll11i­ reader to select stories from vari­ of ~111den1 ~urve_ if ,;ve're going to stop this about it electronically. version since about October. versity Kentucky's mfect,on, he said. ous categories or to examine photo• newspaper, should bl! accessible on "I thought it made a lot of the Internet within a few weeks, sense," said Herald Editor Cara graphs and charts. Readers also • can browse through back issues. said Brian Bennett, the paper's Anna, a senior in journalism. "I editor-in-chief. think it's interesting that more than Grant, a sophomore photojour­ just the 18,000 people in Bowling nalism major, said he has gotten Grant said the Herald staff is Green can get the paper .now." electronic mail from Western alum­ working with Western's microcom­ ni from as far away as Germany puting experts to try to add other In fact, the Herald's electronic who have seen the paper. features to the on-line newspaper, version has been. called up more NationaUy and internationally, such as a gallery of student pho­ than 25,000 times since it became about 90 college newspapers are tographers' work and a function available, said Baron Chandler, .an posted on the Internet, said Eddie that would let people search for employee at Western's Microcom­ Blick, an assistant journalism pro­ stories about a specific topic. puting Support Center who helped fessor at Louisiana Tech Universi­ "There's always more we want itet the on-line newspaper st:(lrted. ty who has been following the to do," he said_ A review of the program's elec­ trend. tronic log shows that people from Blick said he expects even more Japan, Finland, China, the Nether­ college papers to follow suit. lands, Zaire and Israel - as well "We're seeing a lot more col­ as people from universities all over leges getting access to the Internet the United States - have read the or, if they've had it, they're finding Herald Online, Chandler said. out now what you can do with "Ifs really cool that someone in this," Blick said. "Students take to Japan is reading about what's go­ this like a duck to water." ing on at Western,'.' he said "It's At least one other Kentucky just really neat." college newspaper also is looking The Herald distributes about into joining the electronic informa­ 12,000 copies of each issue on tion highway. campus and in Bowling Green.