-+''/~ J c' : MSU A~HIV s MSU Clip Sh,eet A sample of recent articles of interest ta Morehead State University Sept. 1, 1999 UNIVERSITY COMMUNICATIONS MOREHEAD STATE UNIVERSITY UPO BOX 1100 MOREHEAD. KY 40351-16S9 (6061 783-2030

Lexington HerElld•leader Wednesday, September 1, 199£l 10-year SAT average up despite recent_dip

The scores for Kentucky high­ by professionals and a forum for By Wllllam=itf',,__ len CHICAGO TRIBUCI ,,.~}, • school students who took the SAT answering questions right after an in 1998 remained above the na­ exam. WAS - · - Average tional average. Scholastic "s · 11rut Test scores "The emphasis ... is not on According to the College some kind of 'quick fix,' " said are up;,oyer .~'::• decade de­ Board, 12 percent of Kentucky's spite a shght de/:line in scores over Gretchen Rigo!, the College high-school seniors took the SAT. Board's vice president of special the last year, according to test re­ scoring 547 on each part. The na­ sults of this fall's oollege freshman programs. "We are going to help tional average was 511 on math students develop their verbal and class released yesterday. and 505 on the verbal. Officials at the College Board, mathematical reasoning skills, In 1997, about 13 percent oi their thinking skills." the organization that administers the state's seniors took the test. the SAT; called the nine-point The board said the Web site is scoring 550 on the math portion intended to help minorities and math score increase to 511 and end 547 on the verbal. one-point verbal.score increase to other students who usuallv do not The SAT scores are not repre­ seek test preparation guidance. 505 over the past 10 years a sentative of all Kentuckv students "decade of promise," while cau­ Over the past year, math aver­ tioning that the gains do not make because only the students going ages for all minority groups up for 30 years of slippage. The to Eastern or Midwestern colleges dropped. But in the past decade. take it, Robert Sexton, executive maximum SAT·eoore is 800. average verbal and math scores The members of the class of director of the Prichard Commit­ rose ior all but Mexican-Ameri­ 1999 scored six points lower in tee ior Academic Excellence. has cans and Hispanics. math and 35 points lower in ver­ said in past years. Rigo! said the drop in those bal than their parents' generation Kentucky colleges and univer­ scores could be attributed to the graduating in 1969, which didn't sities require the American College growing number of test takers have personal computers and the Tes ting Program assessment, and who do not speak English as a Internet because of that, the majority of the tirst language. "That's not good news:· said state's seniors take that test. The College Board also report­ Gaston Caperton, president of the The state's average ACT ed that its popular advanced place­ College Board and a former gover­ scores have remained fairly stag­ ment program. which offers col­ nor of West Viqpnia. "(We must) do nant for the past four years and lege-level classes to high school stu­ more to support public school sys­ fall below the national average. dents. has been increasing rapidly. tems so those sans will get better." Over the last year, the average Over the past decade, the num­ -·-·- ::.::- - math score dropped one point and ber of students taking such cours­ Iowa and North Dakota tied the average verbal score remained es. which end in a test that is often for the top average verbal scores unchanged for the fourth straight counted for college course credit. at 594, although both had only 5 year as 1.2 million graduates. or has increased by 390,000. A total percent of students take the SAT. 43 percent of the nation's high of 704,000 students took advanced North Dakota also had the highest sc!1ool seniors. took the test. placement tests this year, 30 per­ average math score at 604. T1, help improve scores. the cent of whom were minorities. Hawaii recorded the lowest board next month will begin offer­ average verbal score at 482 and The number oi schools offer­ ing a Web site that will share test­ mg the courses jumped by 4,0011 South Carolina had the lowest m·­ taking tips, discussion groups led in the last ten years to 12,886. erage math score at 475.

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FRIDAY; AUGUST 27, 1999 Education pays; t,vo:~~Kerlt:u·e~n: switching career tracks ·

FRANKFORT - Riding 1hc their 1ra1111nr. at thl' Cmcmnari State hefore rn mv life:· !he mother of wuh full benefits that pays " rails working on a• train brings up Technical a;,d Commum1y College three teen-aie hoys said. She said "It's made a 100 percent imrro images of the old west and jobs through 1hc Cahmet for Workforce her house is about 50 feel from the ment rn my life. I wish I had don trom a bygone era. but two laid off Development. railroad. "ll cracks them up," she IO years ago, .. she said. Kentuckians found they had futures Mr.:Cuhhins 111quired at her local said ol her sons· reaction to her job. McCubbins encourages lll :1'- train conductors. Employment Services office about Mt.:Cuhbins said rhat her hus• dislocated workers to get cduca1 In a matter of weeks. Cythiana returning lO schlllll alter she was hand. \\ IHI repairs train cars for and training even if they have h1 Mi.:Cuhhins of Louisville and laid ofl lwm a l:mdscaprn~ compa• CSX. d1dn'1 re-ally 1h111k she was out of school for a while. She s Lowell Blevms of Ashland com­ ny. --1 havl' hcen lmam:iallv emhar• ~orng 111 ~o through with the 1ra111- she quit school in 12th grade ; plt!1cd 1heir education and training rasscd all of Ill\." hie and 1hought 1l ing, but she surprised him. later earned a GED when she , w;,, 11111c 1t1 d;an!!t'." McCuhhins. t\1 hccome train conduc1ors for ¥ As :1 condU1.:tor. she connects 28 "They can do u. All you !!O CSX Railroad. ''. ,;11d and sw1t1.:hcs the tram cars and docs do•~ put your mind lo it." .shes: rhrowz.h their local Deparlmcnt l.111k did :-.he .,_mnv 1hat 1114u1r~ all the paperwork. McCubbins 1s happ) lnr Empioymcnt Scrvicc.s o!Ticl' \\ ould k:ul her 111 a railroad job. Of (JU{.l employees at CSX, 1wo changed c:irecr:,; "Ir's dcfinucl 1lu.. ·v tound out about the Jt,1, ti.k( 'ubhms has hcen a condur.:10r cn~mcl'rs and -:,;n conductors arc ~reat 1nh. I It •n.· 11." she said ir:;mmJ.? Partnership Ar.:t\ UTP:\ 1 (lll a 1rc1eh1 tr:1111 IDr nwrt· lhan :: WlllllCll d1,l<1ca1cd wort..ers prngrnni JT!' \. n·.1r arid ~n1rb on the l.ou1svillc 111 !\kCubbm, ,.lid education pav, ~d11d1 1\ now called the Workh ~. ·· N.1,h\·11Jc lrnt· tt,r lier t,l-..:.m:-.t· ,ht· h:t\ a l!rl"al p1b llc.:vclopmenl Ar.:t (\VIA). paid ll 1; · 1 !: ul llt'\t'I J,n·n on ,I 11am rtl hl'COtlll' ;1 cont..lui.:tor. itiaJm,!! doL'k for 20 vears. the com­ 1 le said his favorite part about \kCubbins wcnl lll schoul lt 1r live pany merged with another compa­ w11: king on a train is seeing the ·seeks and was hired 1h:: sixth nv and thl' workers lost their jobs. country and wildlife. He works on 1 week. She then -:umpletctl si., \\ hile he was with the loading thl' Huntrnglon division and travels weeks of on-1hc-iob m:nmng. Jock. he also worked as a deckhand al11·1g the New River in West Blevins worked as a conduchH and barge handler. Blevins was oul \.IT:..!!Oia. lor CSX for a year-and-a-half and llf work lor a year-anJ-a-half 13 levins said without a college 1hen continued his education lll oefore enrolling in the JTPA rw­

Lexington Herald•Leader Wednesoay. Septemoer 1. 1999 'ftiree EKU students accused ~o·-•··r · sp;••~~In J..llg =~· By Wayne Partridge and Rick Balley HERALDlfAOER STAFF WRITERS The police held the student, RICHMOND - Colin Dunlap said he "The way their security per­ ior about 40 minutes before re-­ enjoyed watching the football game be­ sonnel harassed them is unreal.'' turning their ;dentification. but tween Kentucky State University and EKU Coach Rov Kidd said. "They denied their requests for the re Miles College on Saturday - until he were very mistreated. They mad-e turn of their game programs and and two friends were detained bv Ken­ ·em leave, searched ·em. ran a other belongings. Dunlap said. tucky State University athletic ofiiciais LTiminal investigation." "They never told us whv the,­ and police. Dunlap said he. Asel and were holding us," Dunlap- saici. Their crime? Dunlap is a student at Hunter decided on a whim Satur­ "They just told us to shut up. Th" day to attend the Kentucky Stall' only reason they were holding u, Thursday's game i:ame in Frankfort. "the onl\' is because a member of their ath game within driving distance letic department told them to_" Kentucky State that daY." Kemuckv State Universin at Eastern Kentucky "It ·,vas just entertainment, police refused to comment on thi ~ ■ When: 7 p_m_ like going to a movie," said Dun­ incident, referring questions 111 • ;-..- ■ Radio: WEKY-AM 1340. . WEKU-FM 88.9 lap, a senior majoring in public the university's legal depan. relations. "Scooter and Josh are ment. which did not return calb football players. so naturally, vesterdav. Eastern Kentucky University, and his they're going to be drawn to a · "Thai does seem a bit much.-· friends - Scooter Asel and Josh Hunter football game, especially a com­ said Carson Smith. Kentuch - are members of EKU's football team. petitor_ We were there just to re­ States vice president of admini;­ which is scheduled to host Kentucky State lax and have a good time. not tration. who oversees the campus on Thursday at Roy Kidd Stadium in take notes like they're saying." police. "I can't comment. though_ Richmond. · Dunlap said the three decided on the propriety of what the offi. "They were accusing us of scouting, · to leave during the second half af­ cers did. I haven't gotten a report which is absolutely not true," said Dunlap. ter a member of Kentuckv State's from legal yet." who is not a menilier ·of anv EKU sports athletic department apparentlv Smith said he did not kml\\ team. "But even if we had been scouting, recognized Asel and Hunter and under what charges campus p( ,. it's not illegal, and they had no right to instructed a photographer on the lice had detained the three_ treat us like animals like thev did_" rield to take photos of the three. Asel and Hunter decline,: Although NCAA re!(Ulaiions prohibit "We figured we'd worn out comment through the EKli ath· coaches from Division I schools - such as our welcome and we decided to letic office. but Dunlap said h,· iilnJ- from scouting competitor's game~. leave." Dunlap said. is "exploring possible legal m·· ~e is no such restriction ior college Slll llut before they could leavl' enues.. regarding the detention student-athletes, an NCA,\ the stands, several members of and the confiscation of his be·· ,· said yesterdav. the athletic department and an longings_ -~.- ,- there were possible NCAA vi,. 11nidentified man 111 a suit "This is still a free counrn·.·· Ja_tjOns, it is not a c..Timc. and police :-:-1111u1t. _,,c,bbed them b,- the anus. l'tnJ • Dunlap said_ "You shouldn't ;,,;,.,. not have detained the studenis "r ,·01111, liL"d 1he studem< pnci,;t•\:-.. and ro worry about being gra\Jbl't: c.ated their game programs and 01hl'r Jl!·1 held them until camµu.:-; pohce at and held by police for ju~t l'om~· sonal belongings. EKlJ oftici:11:-- :--aid nn:d. Dunlap said. w a 1001ball game." r, :;

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l lw Lini\'ersi1v of Loms\·illL' Our unc.lcn!radua1l·· r" ,i!l.i '-l,11•· ll'iltll'r, W/10 llil\'l' t\·. we hope 1ha1 uur s1mh•n1-.. :1.,p1res to becoll\c a great um­ bcnefi1inc a.-. \\:llll. Ti·:t' •- 1iu!1l 1I ~;-..1!t·d l ,·I J. 1hr11ug11 !ht· who al read\· han· ral\llll cduc;1- 0 versny. That vision requires us on PostScconuarv l·.uuc.111011 \:tl 111l111 '.1 J)l'(J~ram llltlUdt· 11onal trips to i·ranklon. wiselv included in tht' 01t'ic:ial 1o build strong graduate pro­ 1hcn-Lou1sville· Mavor Jern· \\'ashington and C:1ina. SC)(lll t:rams and invest more heavilv "bucks !or brains" ::~1idclines :\hrnmson. lhcn-Kctltuckv LI. will he able to visit other n;i 111 leading-edge research. · :in admoni11on that !!.rc:11 re­ 1 ;m•. h1ui P:1tton and the,i-.Je!­ 11ons as ~kConnell Scholar!-.. ~earch umvers111es a·l:-.o 111u:-.1 But as we attract even mdre . ~~·rs~n Ccmntv .Jud~e•Execulivc Throug-h aff extensive na­ world-class teachers. scholars build great undergraduate pro­ JJa\'ld :\rmstron!!. :-,,;a11onal tional search. we have attract­ ;md leaders to our campus. we grams. What's more. 1 he .111cl 1111erna1ional leaders 111- · Council also made it clear that ed Dr. Gary Gregp;. a hi~hly also must guarantee that thev 1 lucle U.S. Sccrctarv or State qualified !cacher and scholar have meaningful. and sus·­ the "bucks for brains" pro­ ,Iadeleine Alliri~ht. Li. S. Ucp­ gram would be panly evaluat­ 10 help us design such pro­ rnined contact with our under­ utv Secrcrn.rv of State Strohr ~rams. While he will ha,,,, graduate students. Great re­ ed on the basis of our succes~ Talboti'. former U. S .. Secre­ in usine: it to retain brieht un• taries of State James Baker some administrative duties. his search uriive;Sities ·strive to primary job is to teach and create an academic atmos­ dergraduates in Kentucky•. and Geor~e Shultz. U.S. Sens. Bill Bradle)' and John McCain. mentor our McConnell Schol­ phere that.challenges' and ex­ So the Unh·ersitv of Loui:-­ ars. link them with national cites undergraduates. Because ville decided to inv·est a ~m;dl E~yptian ambassador Ahmed and !(lobal resources. guide we all want a "larger share 01 pa11 {:J pcrcenll of i1s "buck" ~laher El-Saved and Israeli Kentucky's best and brightest tor brains·· allocation in the ambnssador ·11amar Habino­ 1he1r research and writing and high school graduates to stay ivlcConnell Center tor Political \'ich. Students ·also were ablt> help them take full advanta~e in Kentuckv. we must build a11 l.cadcr:-hlp. an underµ:rndua!(' In mc.•cr fflrnH'r British PrimP of the tremendous opportuni- undergraduate program 1ha1 program 01 diSl111CllUll thtll :,,11111s1cr i\.larj!arel Thatcher 11es they will have to. meet sur­ ::.parkles. • · brings politic:tl leaders to c1.m1- whl•n she came to Louisville ,:essful politiC:al leaders. These Kentucky Gov. Paul Patton pm, w enga)!e not only our un• las! vcar. experiences usuallv occur onl\' and the state legislature have tlcrgradua1c-;. but gradua1e Brin~me; in the'ie mspinng m ~~itc private collCges. · l'mbraced this vision for ttw s1ude111s. facultv am!' member:-. rnlt• mcilkls 111 ll'adership cost!-> I he McConnell Center add, Universitv of Louisville bv cre­ of the communftv. !he t~mversny prac1ically notn­ luster to U of L's undergrnu­ ating the' "bucks for br'ams .. The f\lcConnell Center prn­ ln!,!. fhese distinguished ,·isi­ ua1c program. It make!-> c,t:i program to help us bring lead­ \'ides a four-~·ear scholarshqi :•1!·:,; rharce no foes and CO\'Pr uni\·ersity sland out. It is 1m1 ing scholars and intellectual for more than -ID of Kentuckv·s most 01 their own t··..:pcnse~ reason we are welcomin~ tn leaders to our campus. Com­ most able high school ~radu­ The greatest reward the~· reap campus the largest, most tal­ bined with 1he ·1>rivate money ates IO come 10 U of L from all 10r lht>1r ef1ons is lhc chann· ented and most diverse fresh• we have· raised to match the corners of the commonwealth. r,1 mt•i·t and insoirr :i \'e~, spp­ man class in the universn1.··-.. state's investment. "bucks for Thanks 10 thr efforts of U. ~. t:,:l !.!!',,t:!J ,,i c1ilit1p.cs1udcnts. history. brains" has given us $66 mil­ Sen. ).Ji1ch ).JcConnell. a non­ ~Vt• 110\\' plan IO ITIO\'e tills Al?ng with our strong l'n1- lion to invest \n improving the partisan ackisory board of uni­ unique prop;ram to a hicrher phas1s on research. our in\'es1- quality of our academic and versttv and communitv lcadcrs. lt.'\'el or' qualitv and effcc'i'ive­ mcnt in the McConnell Center research programs. and Several j!enerouS donors. ness. I c.1m ask(np: facultv to ct;. will have an impact on•our stu­ As a result, our programs in thcst• talented students enjnv \·clop mtensive seminai:s to ac:­ dents, faculty and members 01 medicine. entrepreneurship. the opponunit:,..- to study nul rompan~· _the \·isits t,y political the community tha_l far cx­ logistics, early childhood edu­ onlv the theorv oi cffccti\'e leaders. lonlercnccs will stim­ ct!eds its modest size. Ulti­ cation and law' are much leadership but aiso to meet po­ ulail' _:,;ti.idents to engage in n•• mate!!'• the citizens of Ken­ stronger. Several alreadv have li1ic:!I lij.!ures who cmho(I~· 1riat searc:n and. shnrc the re~ults 01 turkv will be the beneficiaries. p:ained national attentiori. concep1. the!r work with local. regional Tlw li....1 h impressive. l.,,l, JOHN W. SHUMAKER ano r:ar1nr:al aucl1enn•-.. Fi'nal- Prm:1(i;, · l/111.-cr,;;nv 01 Lutu!'-..•u•• l.ou1::·11H•· .;\J;'·• \ ' ~11M~~(,~ MSU Clip Sheet A sample of recent articles of interest to Morehead State University Sept. 3. 1999 UNIVERSITY COMMUNICATIONS MOREHEAD STATE UNIVERSITY UPO BOX 1100 MOREHEAD, KY 40351-1689 1606) 783-2030

Lexington Herald-leader Thursday, September 2, 1999 NeW target: 11,000 more college,;,students ·. . c8\e3 · .•. - State council unveils its mission for next four years Barrows asked. By Holly E. Stepp legislative advisory board to public universities in 1991 had Davies said the council would HERALD-LEADER EDUCATION WRITER higher education. graduated six years later. likely limit the scope of degree FRANKFORT - In the The report, the council's programs the schools could create next four years, Kentucky Action Agenda for 1999-2004, "We want to make sure that they keep students and not just without approval. needs 11,000 more students in sets specific targets in enroll­ Davies also hinted that the the state's colleges and univer­ ment, retention and graduation churn the same new students through the system," Davies said. General Assembly might need to sities, and those schools need rates for each public university The report also outlines what give the council more latitude in to do more to make sure they and the 2-year college system. controlling the types of new de­ stay and graduate. ·. The council projects that the council and each university should do to reach the goals. grees colleges create. That was the mission out­ nearly 9,000 students should Each university has the right lined yesterday by the Council enter college by 2002 and an Some of the council's tasks raised the eyebrows of SCOPE to create schools within its campus on Postsecondary Education. additional 2,000 by 2004. The without the council's approval. Enrollment and graduation majority of the growth is ex­ members. The report calls for the council Last fall, within a week of each rate§ ,ep~nt)W' parts of the pected to come at, the s4'te's to give the universities some re- . other, both the universities of Ken­ council's rr,work;,,plan for the two-year schools. . n. tucky and Louisville announced next four_ years. sponsibilities it has traditionally That, Davies said,' would held, such as approving degree that they were forming schools of Council President Gordon put Kentucky on the way to public health. That prompted con­ Davies presented the work programs and setting admission meeting the national average requirements. In April, the council cern from some council members. plan to legislators, education for college attendance by high "The best we can do is say pulicy-makers'and· Gov. Paul· voted to give t1nhrcrc;it~cs ~h: r:;ow­ school seniors, which is f.7 r,er­ :.: ,:i ,il lheir own tuition . you can create a school, but you . .Patton, as part of a progress cent. Kentucky's college-going can't have any (degree) programs report on Kentucky's higher Rep. Joe Barrows, D-Ver­ rate is around 45 percent. sailles, asked whether putting to go in it," Davies. education reform efforts. But to reach the national av­ "That is a disconnect that you ..:. "These are the things we new emphasis on enrollment, as erage, the state still would need well as giving the universities may want to address in the Gener­ • need to do if we are to be on nearly 80,000 more students in al Assembly this winter." . track tci meeting our goals in control over academic programs, college, a total of 195,000. would encourage duplication. 2020," said Davies. His re- ' Davies also said that col­ ■ "Won't that make the schools marks came during a meeting leges will have to work harder Reach Holly E. Stepp at (606) of the Strategic Committee on to keep more students in col­ more inclined to add more pro­ 231-3484 or by e-mail al grams that they may not need?" Postseco?dary Education, a lege. Statewide, only 35 per­ [email protected]. cent of students who entered

Lexington Herald-Leader Thursday, September 2, 1999 $200 million m'dre needeo during next two ye_~rs, :~arJy estimates. show By Holly E. Step;- ,,~,,,(),;:~an $2 ·billionyn state funding plan for funding the state's public HERAlDlEADER EDUCATION WRITER ,:i,, . al\ocated to)11ghei: edl\fll!on FRANKFO)ff _ The this year alone. ,; ,,-.. , universities and two-year colleges. The state also would need, sfote'.s _higher ·.education. si~, But it may be diffirult f.l!Ilcil ?_i:esident Go_,~E_I]- aware of the bleak budget outlook for the state's colleges and universi­ 11'°9.Y1~. pr~tec! the_ .agency's and was focusing on the system's ties. Those projects, Davies said, · tentativ~, .bi,Idget, estimates! to most important goals. The council represent nearly two-thirds of the l~tc/~~d;Qqy. ~!JI Patton will approve its final budget in expected space needed until 2020. dunng a meeting of -th~.Strate- November and send it to Patton. Still, the colleges could need $50 gic Con_nnittee 0!' ~~tsocon_dary Davies." estimated the universi­ million to $70 million for renova­ Educa_tlon, a l~lal!ve adVISOry ties would need an additional $80 tions to existing buildings, he said. Criilfen, . hip, said Keith 1, ran,.. _wh!); .is. :_~xpected to b_e :-Kapp~~. MSU vice president . move~ to. Le~g4,~(s Car~­ . of university relations. ' nal _Hm, ~h1!-~ilim.t_i9n Hospi­ (,c '·Doran was listed in fair tal s09n,,: \L,: <;1:· · :: .'- ··' :. - coniliticn. Dora_n•,,.: ;. born Sept. 1, 4 ~. •

THE COURIER-JO~~N~L FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1999 tJ_ .of L prop:oses- U .R~rs;ent tuition hike·:over two ·years

By MICHAEL JENNINGS stay away ... orto leave the univer- ·would go up at the same rates for The Courier.Journal sity solely because of financial prob- resident and non-resident undergrad- :1ems;" · uate and graduate students. Law stu-· .The University of Louisville is pro- He said the added revenue should dents would pay 7.5 percent more posing to raise its tuition for under- also help U of L attract and keep each year, medical students IO per­ graduates from Kentucky by $189 in iiood professors and build its librar- cent more each year and dental stu-' each of the next two academic y;ars. 1es. dents 12 percent more each year. The tuition proposal, which 1s sub- Jason French, U of L's-student gov- The move will bring out-of-state ject to approval by the U of L trust- ernment president, called the undergraduate tuition to $9,448 next ees, amounts to a 6.4 percent in- planned tuition increase reasonable. year and $10,015 the year after. · crease in the 2000-2001 academic But he added that many U of L stu- French advocates an annual cap on year.and a6 percent increase the fol- dents must juggle school with the de- tuition increases. Shumaker endorsed 'lowing'year. The tuition rate for resi- mands of worl

By Linda B. Blackford agency is attached to the Ken­ "The report is a compilation HERALDt.EAIJER EDUCATION WHITER" tucky Department of Education. of a lot of good thinking," she FRANKFORT - Ask 10 people what makes a ■ More accountability for the said, "We have some concerns good teacher and you'll get 10 different answers. agencies that prepare teachers. about details that are missing." Ask how to make that teacher even better and The independent standards She was most concerned you'll get 10 more. board would have to make re­ about the makeup of the stan­ So perhaps it should ports to the General Assembly, dards board, which currently be no surprise that after while colleges of education could holds a majority ofK-12 teachers. six months of asking be shut down if they show con­ The KEA also opposed any those thorny questions sistently bad results. major salary change for teachers about Kentucky's teach­ ■ Higher standards for entry who go into shortage areas, but ers, a task force came up into teacher preparation pro­ will support the idea of signing with 39 different answers, grams, and more support once bonuses, "when there is a trulv a ranging from higher col­ those teachers are in the field, shortage." · lege standards to perfor­ with an extension of the teacher One potential setback is that mance bonuses to better­ internship program from one almost every piece of the report on-the job training, . High-quality year to two. requires funding, and prelimi­ Sen. David Karem, D­ teaching for · ■ More efforts to recruit nary budget discussions indicate Louisville, co-chair of the teachers from the professional there will be little, if any, new Governor's Task Force high-quality world and to strengthen minority spending in the 2000-2002 bud­ on Teacher Quality, learning recruitment efforts. get. called the recommenda­ ■ Tie teachers' certification Task force co-chair Rep. Har­ tions "a starting point." from the sixth grade on to a mas­ ry Moberly, D-Richmond, who The group will try to finalize the recommenda­ tery of the subject they will also chairs the House Appropria­ tions in.October, and present a final version to Gov. teach, and turn half of all profes­ tions Committee, estimated the Paul Patton in November before their being intro­ sional development money to plan would cost between $20 and duced as legislation in the 2000 General Assembly. helping current tearhers learn $30 million, as well as the redi­ more about their subjects. rection of existing professional . Overall, the report urges bet- , "I think it's a ve.ry.important --- '':" ·. -- ter cooperation between the · development funds. report," said Robert Sexton, direc­ "I would place it high on the many agencies involved in tor of the Prichard Committee for teacher preparation, between a priority list for new funding," he Academic Excellence, which re­ said. college·of education and the rest leased a similar report earlier in of the· university or between KEA;s Gambill said most the summer. "If they follow it teachers would probably be ap­ higher_ and lower education. In through, it can get us to where addition, the report includes: prehensive about the changes un­ we need to be with a well-trained til more details were made clear. ■ A'series of ways for teach­ teacher in every cl?ssr09m.: ers to el!ffi more money, rather She plans to have a board meet­ than an overall salary boost. For ' But several members raised ing next week to start spreading example, .. teachers could earn concerns about the wording of word of the proposed plan more _money for being mentors or many of the recommendations. around the state. for becoming nationally certified. "A lot of it is very vague and But others said that teachers The report also urges considera­ general," said Rep. Jon Draud, R­ should welcome the proposed tion of paying teachers for a full Crestview Hills. "I'm more con­ changes, which would raise pro­ year, so they could work on extra cerned about how we're really go­ fessionalism and pay in their training and preparation and be ing to adopt this." field. paid for that time. Karem, who helped write the "I really think teachers are · · In addition, teachers could report, said most of the small de­ ready for serious professional de­ earn multi-year signing bonuses tails would be left to the proper velopment and serious engage­ if they started teaching in a agencies to implement, while the ment in their professional work, shortage area, like math or sci­ bigger decisions would be made and they would welcome this ence, or- if they went to teach in a by the General Assembly. kind of change," Sexton said. geographical region that has a Judith Gambill is president of hard time attracting teachers. the Kentucky Teachers Associa­ Experienced teachers could tion, the teachers' union that also earn more money by staying helped defeat teacher quality leg­ in the classroom, rather than be­ islation in 1994. Gambill had a coming-administrators to make a guarded reaction to the report high salary. and said she, too, would withhold ■ A recommendation to judgment until more details were make tlie Education Professional finalized. Standards Board an independent agency responsible for all teacher quality issues. Currently, the THE COURIER-JOURNAL• FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1999 Panel hopes to dra·matically -~ . - ~ -- improve quality of teachers

And members of the panel ~en­ elude a call for higher base sal­ rious about good teaching and erally backed the suggest,ons aries for teachers. making sure there is rigor in our ::- ask force begins presented yesterday. "II we're going to raise stan­ colleges of education, profes­ 11We've raised student stan­ dards for people going into sional development and recruit­ ,:: ()Ilsidering dr_aft dards without raising teacher teaching, we need to think ment efforts and that we have a standards," said Ed Ford, Pat­ about raising salaries," said I sensible salary system," he said. Ia{ecommendat1ons 1 ' ---·- ton's education aide. "Our Rep. Jon Draud, R-Crestview Sen. Gerald Neal, D-Louis­ :!'\_:ONNIE HARP teachers·are doing an outstand­ Hills, a member of the panel. ville, said yesterday that making : ing job considering the way Draud also questioned the greater efforts to recruit more e Courier-Journal they were trained to teach, but need for a recommendation when you look at how we're minorities into jobs as teachers, ;;RANKFORT, Ky. - A task that calls for adding more mus­ principals and school superin­ doing against other.. nations, cle to the Education Profession­ 1-_~if_.r~ce. stu~ying teacher quality we're not getting the job done." tendents should also be part of ~d its fmal report could dra­ al Standards Board. the final report. And Sen. Dan The task force's recommen­ The standards board, created :;.qtii,tically boost the quality of . dations would boost entry re­ Kelly, R-Springfield, said Senate ,ffiiiµing programs and provide quirements for admission to under KERA to set policies for Republicans will push during .:dew incentives for learning on colleges of· education, create teacher certification, would be the legislature for a program to ~¥;job. new quality checks for the col­ expanded to set quality meas­ ures for on-the-job training and ensure the competence of mid­ {.t,'YllV. Paul Patton's teacher lege programs and make sure dle school math teachers. -Qlla!ily task force began consid­ the programs prepare teaching college teacher-education pro­ '1!fliig draft recommendations grams under the draft recom­ Karem said the task force will candidates to address the aca­ go through the draft report and ~st!lrday, and leaders of the demic goals of the 1990 Ken­ mendations. The plan also calls ~up said it will hash out its tuckY Education Reform Act. for adding staff to the agency consider any new suggestions -@onties starting next month. The draft plan would also in­ and separating it from the state next month before issuing a fi­ ;.~This-is a positive for teach­ crease recruitment of teaching Education Depanment, to which nal report in November. said David Karem, a f~T:Sl-' .s~n. candidates, open new paths to it is now loosely connected. Louisville Democrat who is co­ the classroom for people with­ Tim Dedman, a Lexington chairman of the panel. ''We're out formal teacher training and teacher who is chairman of the trying to enhance that profes­ boost the subject-area expertise standards board, said the group sion and acknowledge how of middle school and high is ready to take on a larger role. critically important the teaching school teachers. 1 He said if teaching is going to be profession is in KentuckY." I The recommendations also elevated as a profession, it needs Rep. Harry Moberly, the pan­ include a new system of salary a strong oversight group the el's other co-chairman, said incentives for teachers to get schools, would be improved if same way the bar association or the-state'-opted for a system in strong training in the subjects medical boards watch over peo­ which teachers received finan­ they teach. ple practicing law or medicine. cial- incentives for deepening KentuckY Education Associ­ "This is a step in the right di­ their knowledge of the subjects ation President Judith Gambill, rection," Dedman said. they teach instead of pursuing ·a member of the task -force, Robert-Sexton, director of the advanced degrees in school said she liked the recommenda­ Prichard Committee for Aca­ management. tions but said some disagree­ demic Excellence, a citizen Moberly, D-Richmond, said ments may arise over details of group that has also taken on the the . recommendations would how some concepts ~ like teacher-quality issue over the add qualtty and better checks changes in teacher evaluations past year, called the panel's con­ and· balances throughout the - mighfwork. clusions a strong beginning to teacher-preparation system. Gambill joined two other an issue that is likely to high­ 'The·.rei:ommendations were members of the panel yesterday light the 2000 General Assem­ drawn"' from testimony the who uid they were sorry the bly's education agenda. group has heard since it started recommendations did not in- "This shows we're getting se- monthly meetings in January.

THE COURIER-JOURNAL' THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 2 1999 -- - • • - - --··------L.. - - Report: Broaden teacher training ' The task force will begin thEf General;Asserribly- to consider work on its final recommenda­ teaching•jssues in• its 2000 session, _Pay incentives tions today. e;xpected !o:be:tl1e.top education is­ The draft also suggests more sue b'eforelaWlil_akers: , · l9'iinprove skills ways for teachers to earn pay ..The: group.-;wilFsettie, on its final incentives and a study of the recommendation~' a_t its meeting to­ ;.~~ suggested state's teacher evaluation pro­ day and in October•. ' •. / ·· cess. By WNNIE HARP The report calls !be quality of Among the reco\nmendations in The Courier-Journal the state's 26 college teacher­ the draft:~ - -... -.~ :-j?7:~·-~--- . preparation programs uneven ·■ Colleges' teachiir:education pro­ , ,.FRAN~ORT, Ky. - A task grams shouldjn~~lve·ilot only educa­ force reVJewing the quality of and concludes that there is a hon pr9fessorir~ut mli!h,.science and KentuckY's teachers will con- widespread mismatch between other sp~cjalized faculty members, sider proposing an expanded what colleges are. teaching and and n~w- :1c1e,t ·and rigorous" stan­ role for a state agency that what the state's schools need. dards_nee_d tq.~e-adopted for rating oversees training and will urge "Ensuring that all teacher­ tbe:stat.e's-teacller-training programs. salary incentives for teachers prepai:ation programs perform who boost their skills. at a high level and adequately ■ -'i'i!a~t1eK.~reparaticin programs In·a "draft report obtained by (!rep~e students to have a pos1- would.be llligiti,tl with the state's aca­ The Courier-Journal, the co- live lll!pact on Sll!dent ach1ev~; demic goals for public schools under chairmen of the task force call ment 1s an ongoing_ conc~rn, the.1990 Keri~ Education Reform ,-. --.- - . -- '· says the report, w6tch will be Act, . ~vitlt: ·~!!t~r attention paid to '.':for expanding\ the size and presented by Rep. Harry Mo- making ,sp__i:~Je~c~ers have a handle ~uscle of tbe board that certi- berly of Richmond and ·Sen. .on.; Jll,e,;-. &Cl!a.~m1c -content public , fies teachers. The draft recom- DaVJd Karem of Louisville the school,studeri\i; are ·expected to learn. ;, mendations avoid calli~g for an Democrats who co-<:hair' the ;: across-the-board pay increase task force. _ . :"■ 'Ole'st'a'.t~\:"should create more for.teachers ~ut contemplate ... Th,_ •..c.-• .. _ .~· d d • averiues to lure candidates with work 1 I . gradually movmg to a lon~er ; · _e p!\',e -11s s .... e u _e to debver :exj,erien~. ~~?,did: not. get formal ,',sft.ool year for teachers, which its fm.al~re~\lm.mendal!ons to ~ov. teacher.traunng.in.college, especiallv t,wo)lld·essentially increase their Paul ;~a/to1_1 ,.11_1__ •Nov~mber. The iii areas -where the state expects a .. Report: system should also rec~it_ college One of the most frequent recom­ planning, more training and possibly students into teacher trammg pro­ mendations iii the task force hearings more school days. grams. was the need to add more money and The draft does not specify how ■ Tests should be. implemented to power to the state's Education Pro­ many d·ays might be added or how make sure veteran teachers in grades fessional Standards:Board, a group much such a program would cost. six and above are competent in the created by KERA to police the teach­ Lawmakers are not alone in focus­ sub~ts they teach :,vit~ "reaso!'~ble ing profession. ing on the need for better-trained timelines for ehmmatmg def1c1en- Under the draft plan', the standards cies." , teachers. Education Commissioner board would be expanded and gain Wilmer Cody called for a host of ■ Thlsfaie. should earmark more authority for all aspects of ·teacher changes last year. His recommenda­ of its professional-develop_ment mon­ quality, essentially overseeing any re­ tions included changing certification ey, which pays for on-.the-Jo~ tea~her forms lawmakers would pass .. : · training to increase teachers subJect­ rules so that middle school teachers One of the jobs envisioned for the would have to become specialists in area knowledge,.such as makin~ sure board, now an offshoot of the Educa­ science teachers know. more science. , specific subjects. tion Department, would be writing The Prichard Committee for Aca­ The draft also recommends an ex­ quality standards for on-the-job pansion of the Education Depart­ demic Excellence, a statewide citi­ teacher training: No such standards zens group based in Lexington, also ment's summer "teacher academies," now exist. workshops that offer in-depth subject spent much of the past year drafting training. On the issue of teacher pay, the recommendations for teaching re­ draft report does not include any The draft plan is the result of a se­ forms. mention of a pay increase, though its ries of hearings since January in And earlier this year, the Kentucky which national teaching experts, recommendations include new incen­ tives that would help teachers earn Long-Term Policy Research Institute state college officials, interest group recommended teaching changes that representatives and ·others recom­ more money. Among the bonus .items now on the table are taking on lead­ closely correspond with the task mended changes. The report the pan­ force's draft plan. . el 'will consider today includes many ership roles such as becoming a new 'of those suggestions. teacher mentor; gaining more sub­ That report said that while Ken­ ject-area expertise and taking on tucky does not face a teaching crisis ''difficult assignments.'' - and also found that salary is not a Signing bonuses for teachers in major issue - it added that no one shortage areas or parts of the state can know how to assess teacher lacking enough applicants is also on quality and effectiveness because the •list, as is a gradual shift to a data and information are scarce, longer school year for teachers to making research on the subject next build in paid time for curriculum to impossible.

THE COURIER-JOURNAL• THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1999 Patton says he'll back education·-council's-- -- ... advice. 1 Le:,,; 1Jffire year,-,;n~li~;-for special iip_- -t~ree ·;eneral areas: - actually been started. pr?p~ations for programs and ■ Increases in basic operat- . . . bwldings. , ing budgets of 2.4 percent for But fiscal reahty may mtrud_e on ~~t¢pnine Council President Gordon alf institutions. There. would I the hopes for new money for higher Davies told !He state's Strate- be special consideration for education. it's'!IJl/l.' realclout Ui'.i'. . . gic Committee on Postsecon- Northern, Western and More- ' . . f1, ·1;'f1,j)'f1•q:,1: dary Education that the cmin- head and for the community St.ate Budget D1rec;or Jim R_amsey By MARK R. CHELLGREN cil will likely have some rather and technical college system outlm~d ~ome prehmmary e~llmates Associated,P,ress ,. - specific budget ~ec?mmenda- · to get their budgets up to par that md1cate Kentucky will have .(,. '.i'i.iJ.:1!!fo.;1,·11 trn~s, but they will m_clude n? with comparable institutions more demands on its revenue than it i'.RANKFORT;.Ky. - When maJor 1;1ev.: constructton proJ- in neighboring states. The cost has revenue in the coming two years. the.fu:st tug.of,war over mon­ eels this ttm~ around. Th?se could be $30' million to $40 recommendation~, mcl?dmg million a year. . ey erupts.between.·Kentucky requests for special fund mg to · - . colleges and Universities, Gov. increase the base budgets of ~ lncenllve_ trust funds to under- PauJ .. Patton .em,l!hasized yes­ four institutions, could in- wnte such thmgs ~s resea~ch, enroll­ terday he'll side with the crease the total asked for to as ment and retention ach_1evements, Council on ·Postsecondary teacher preparation, equipment re­ Education.i-d ~-·- - much as $145 mi!Hon more placement and perhaps adult educa­ '.'.!'.II! goin1(1 to follow the than the current year's $1.01 lion. The trust funds, which amount­ council's. advice. as to what I billion budget. ed to $HO million during this two- recoinmel)d';ifo.' -the 'legisla­ The strategic committee, year budget, would be $50 million to ture " Patton said. "If we don't known as SCOPE, was created $60 million over the next bienniwn. list;n to it;we-don't need the to lend some political weight ■ No new-c~str,;~tion in the com­ council."': - ··:·~ .-· to the higher-education plan- ing budget, but $50 million to $70 Next year's session of the ning process and includes the million for' renovation. Davies said General ;Al\s~mbly will be ~e governor, legislators and . the·system will need to build 3 mil­ first real t~s~ ·of the council, council members. Rep. Joe which was given new author­ Barrows, D-Versailles, said it lion square feet of space to accom­ ity in the 1997' overhaul cif the needs to get the universities modate the 80,000 students the sys­ higher-education system. and colleges in agreement. tern wants to add by 2020. In the , llistdticallv;-:colleges and Davies outlined the budget meantime, though, Davies noted that universitieS'liad a free-for-all proposals he will submit to the 1.9 million square feet of new space over money,when the budget council during SCOPE's meet- was authorized for construction in was being written every other ing today. The big items cover 1998, and only one of 28 projects has .. THE COURIER-JOURNAL• 'THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1999 COLLEGE SPORTS: FIRST THINGS FIRST ASHINGTON - The This, even though the profits - alion rates among athletes. (For ter, Auburn hired football coach .college football season when there are any - general- example, only 40 percent of Di- Tommy Tuberville away from W began before most ed by athletics, meaning foot- vision I male basketball players Mississippi for between college classes did. First things ball and basketball, usually stay - the athletes with the worst $750,000 and $900,000; the ac­ first. within the athletic department. graduation rates - graduate in tual sum depending on the · There is a plan - adored by Roger G. Noll, a Stanford six years or less.) The plan team's performance - not in fans, but not yet by university University ,economist, argues would penalize teams for the the classroom but on the field. officials and officials of athletic that only about three dozen academic failures of their ath- He is to get $50,000 if the pro­ conferences - to extend the Division I schools compete at a letes. gram simplf is not an outlaw season with a 16-team playoff level that earns· almost con- When an athlete failed aca- (does not violate NCAA rules culminating slant television exposure and demically, his.team would have for five years) and $100,000 if in a national frequent appearances in the one fewer scholarship to offer the team wins the national champion­ major bowl games. For them, until the athlete's class gradu- championship. ship game annual football profits can ates. So if a sophomore football ·. Joe Paterno, who last Satur­ that promot­ exceed $10 million. But such player failed academically, his day began his 50th season at ers say, not profits materialize only if there team would be limited to 84 Penn State (his 34th as head convincingly, are substantial donations for rather than 85· scholarships for coach),. has won two national would gener­ athletic scholarships and facil- the next two years. (That might championships, has been to 29 ate $3 billion ities. And "several studies seem sufficient, considering the bowl sames, has won 19 of over eight have concluded that athletics ;team has onlyH players on the them, 1s the fourth winningest years. Fan in- has essentially no effect on field at a time, but until the coach in Division I-A history. GEORGE terest, meas- · contributions to the school <1970s, scholarships were unlim- His program has never been WIIL'' "·": ured by tele- outside the athletics, pro- ited and some schools awarded ·sanctioned by the NCAA. He . :·.... vision audi- grams." . 130.) . has consistently regretted the ences, •in post-season bowl Some of those programs re- Although athletic directors in NCAA's 1972 decision to make games has declined over the last cently had a near-death experi- the Southeastern Conference, freshmen eligible for intercolle­ decade, wl!ife college basket­ ence with the IRS, whic_h was which includes Vanderbilt, op- giate play. ball's playoff - "March Mad­ considering eliminating its rule pose the plan, SEC presidents Now,. Paterno is not your· ness" --:-,has become so success­ that allows renters of luxury voted for it 9-0 in June. (Flor- average coach. When he was an ful, that. the National Collegiate suites at college football stad1- ida's and Tennessee's were not undergraduate at Brown, he Aihletic 'Association is reported­ urns and basketball arenas to present; Arkansas' abstained.) met his future wife at a Leslie ly negotiating a $3 billion to deduct 80 percent of the cost. · At the University of Minneso- Fiedler lecture and wooed her $4 billion (the number of years Suites, according to The Chroni- ta, where under the previous while reading Camus' The is_,unse.tt,led) extension of its cle of Higher Education, are the basketball coach [Clem Has- Stranger on the beach. The current'seven-year, $1.73 billion fastest growing source of rev- kins, formerly of Western Ken- $26.5 million addition to the contracfwitli.CBS. enue for athletic departments. lucky University) players re- Penn State library will bear his . Still, last season bowl games The IRS came to its senses as ceived improper academic help name. - more .than one-third of the Nebraska's senators - Go Big (e.g., papers written for them), · He understands that with the 112 Division I-A teams played in Red! - reportedly were• about · the new coach's contract calls . fall. season, Sl_lring practice and one.,.,-_didgenerate $140 million to proceed with legislation to for a $25,000 bonus any year strength trainmg all year, jump­ for-distriliulion to universities. protect the deductibility. : the team has -a collective 2.8 ing from high school into uni- Many academic officials are From Vanderbilt's Chancellor grade-point average. Such in• · versity athletics and academics skeptical about a football play­ Joe B. Wyatt and Athletic'Oirec- centive clauses are ·becoming simultaneously is a challenge off,for the wrong reasons. They tor Todd Turner comes a pro-· common in coaches' contracts. few young people can meet sat- are savinfi, "Show me the mon­ posed new structure of incen- Some contracts contain less · isfactorily. So, first things first. 1 ey," llot'i Enough is enough." lives to combat declining gradu- admirable incentives. Last win-. • was•1nston Post wr11en o,... '

THE COURIER-JOURNAL FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1999 The program was estab­ BOWLING GREEN lished in 1989 between West­ WKU delegation em's Ogden College and Chi- na's Coal Ministry. leaves for China Since the program began, Western Kentucky Universi­ Western has taken in 36 Chi­ ty President Gary Ransdell is nese visiting scholars and 40 Chinese university administra­ leading a delegation that left tors and faculty for short-term yesterday for China, visits. In turn, Western has He was accompanie~ by sent Ogden College faculty on Martin Houston, dean of the 23 occasions. Ogden College of Science, Technology and Health; chem­ istry professor Wei-Ping Pan; Ransdell's wife, Julie;' and Houston's wife, Mary Sue. The visit is intended to en­ hance the existing exchange program with China Mining University in Beijing, T~iyu~n University of Technology m Taiyuan and Southeast Univer­ sity in Nanjing. MSU Clip A sample of recent articles of interest to Morehead State University Sept. 4-7. 1999 UNIVERSITY COMMUNICATIONS MOREHEAD STATE UNIVERSITY UPO BOX 1100 MOREHEAD, KY 40351-1689 16061 783-2030

THE COURIER 0 JOURNAL • SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1999 ~Uest for knowledge is .- . - - . - - . - . . . . . ,· . .• :· . -- - .:ongoing, and onl1ne A."-~•"~· ~ --- '-:':;:..~\~/;:::; ;.. •i' . . - - - - - {n the ~QW~¢4ge Age gf the new millennium, information an_d ideas will be as essential .·, ,,:·.r:•:1;..·,"'-•-.;.;;.i.~,i...•-· - - • - - /;- ·- - ~------as:the engine was to the Industrial Revolution. With computers comes perpetual ~ . e4_ufation -::::- an 1_1nending quest f~r more and b;tter information. , ' Demand for any and all ting but, with a family and a , - ··--: . By DEBORAH MATHIS information is so widespread bookkeeping business to Assistance Collaborative, an Gannett News Service and fast-growing that educa- tend, Loudis needed flexibili- Dagency of the . Labor •.·, torshaveinventedanamefor ty. epartn.:ent, put 11 more SED TO BE, five it- "lifelong learning.'.' , Loudis found a school that bluntly: Wor_kers wh_o do !10_1 . years of engineer- More th11n continuing edu- would "bank" accredited k~ep upgradm~ their skills · mg studies and a c_ation, it is perp~tual educa- / cours~s ~he_ might take at will be left beh1'!d by_work- . degree to show for t1on - an unendmg quest for othermst1tullons orbyuncon- pla_ ce change-_either m low- it were prepara- more and better information, ventional methods. Together, wage, d~ad-endJobs orunem- t\onU aplenty for a career- whether for career.develop- the cobbled curricula will . ployed. · . . minded young man like Ryan ment, lifestyle enhancement soon yield a bachelor.of sci- ; ,-\ .And busmesse_s tha! fail to Pastrana, 26, of Atlanta. · or simply for the pleasure of ence degree from Regents : -supportwor~ersmtheirquest f'.But, · no sooner had expanding one's horizons.- College in Albany; N.Y. ,.· fo~ new sk1l\~• the agency Pastrana picked up his dip lo- Leo Morriso_n,,ey4,pre.~id~ll~, ;... Eve!! the11, 'Lo_udis knows, , . W'!rned, will be o"!tclassed niitfromGeorgiaTechinl995 o_f a ~omp"!ter,,engitfeermg ·/,~he will ~aveto tap into the ___ b_.Y. "the1_r m~.re enlightened -thanhegotthena!lJlingfeel- firm m Arh!}gton, Va,-,,ha_s :,mfClrmaho11welrregularly.· I competitors. . ___ _ ing that bis schooling days used the ln\e':!1et to._stu~Y. P1e .I•. , M!)~t U.S. colleges and uni- I · · w.eren't over ... that they stock market; leam·bas1c car :vers11Ies now offer some form nii~ht never be. repair and study Japanese. !>filistance learning.. ,, · THE •PROS li' I was torn between _ .'.'.l_ca_n goJo.~chool al)ytime ,: .International Data Corp., a 'V~dh~_i' i.w~mtt_ingto class;'it did- bachelor's· ~egree. Still, he transferable to other institutions. ·r,Pastranil' and Conley are n't include papers oi tests/' !'· expects he'll have·to periodi- part of a multitude captivat- ' In pursuit of an accopnting I . cally br,ush UI) on the· latest · edbythe KilowledgeAi1e, for degree, Maureen Loudis of , trends to stay m the running .wJ1i~h the:,t_rad/r:ii of mfor- Latham, N.Y., has been part · for new opportunities .. (MORE) mation ana ideas IS as essen- old-fashioned student and · The National Workforce ti~l_as the'.imgine was to the part ·New Age learner. She Industrial Revolution. · preferred the classroom set- QUESTIONS YOU SHOULD ASK ·:w· .Ii ··. --.. m$ EDUCATION Not all distanc~-learning the instructor offer "office ~: -~!HIGHER ,' ir.l Longest.' -~ SPENDING programs are created hours" when you can pose equal. Some issues to con- questions and receive •J···a,:_EDUCATION , .'..<> sch~'.~.l.. years. ~g;;-:a~e~~~t~~h~~a~~~ntiies sider: , immediate response? i . .rWORLDWIDE How the United States . . in education spending: Is the program accredit- How will you be graded? ; Top 10 countries with the !)-·-~P~~-MiBI .· _Neth~rl~ds IBm] Sweden~ credent1als of the instruc- tions?Cal!areputableinsti­ tor - acad!'m1c de!lrees tution close to you and ask ~enictMill Scotland~ Republic of Congo M=!Wa and professional ac_h1eve- whether the courses of the France IEmJ _Thalland..mlllJ Zimbabwe t■ =Ek4 ments that qualify him/her first institution are accept­ ·-·---·············•-·-••· .. ··-··-·····-······ ..... to teac_h the course. Speak ed for credit toward a Netherlands.Em to the instructor. . degree. ,µnited States -.slliiJ . U~_ited Stat~~ ...... m What kind of ~ccess w!ll Are academic and career Sources: UNESCO. '"Top_Ten ;,sources: UNESCO, -rap Ten of Everything for 1999" Sources: UNESCO. "Top Ten you havi, to.the m.s\ructor placement counselors of Everything for 1999" of Everything for 1999• tDK Publishing) - (DK Pub!ishmg) and other students? Can av .1 ble>, {DK Publishing) you gettimely feedback via a, a · e-mail or chat rooms? Does - Jennifer E. Mabry GANNETT NEWS SERVICE f e·chnology puts· the classroom wherever you want it to be By DEBORAH MATHIS nities. Most have the old- stay on the job and train simul­ their workers. Gannett News Service fashioned correspondence taneously. 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According to · .ing" programs - an array of' Kaplan (www .kaplan.com) ing program be established Training Magazine's 1998 eclucation techni~es that cir- and Peterson's (www.peter­ when upgraded skills are Industry Report, 31 percent of cUmvent the traditional face- sons.com) are major providers required. all formal training courses will t6~face classroom setting. of online sources for accred- The U.S. departments of be provided by outside con­ tAJready, satellite technolo- ited courses that can lea'd to education (www.ed.gov), tractors like Yippinet gi_, audio and videotapes and associate~. ~ach~lo(s, mas­ labor (www.dol.gov) and (www.yippinet.com). . iheliitemet,are iinki°ng-mil- ter's, doctorate and even law defense , lions.of Americans to lectures, degrees. . (http://www.defenselink.mil1) .•,syllabi;. study groups and But the trend has even direct the federal govern­ ' ,traj.riirigSe_Ss10ns. Countless r~~ched some of the most sen- ment's lifelong learning. othei's are_..taking language, s1t1ve comer~ of government. Big business has become an hobby _and· self-enrichment The U.S. Air Command and avid convert. To meet the courses from instructors they Staff College at Wnght­ ~rowing demand for continu­ may never know in person. Pat_terson ~1r Fore~ Base 1~ ing education and skill-sharp­ Collegt;!S and universities Oh1~ offel:8 _mteracttve, mult1- ening courses for employees, ,have ·. •fhe · richest variety media wumng progra_ms that companies often subscribe to · ·ofoistarice-learning opportu- allow mid-career officers to online lear1_1~ng _programs for_ ,. . - DISTANCE-LEARNING TECHNOLOGIES Examples of T (lj·. -m.., .. ! . n· learning --g~~.::-::; ·· -. ; I - ■ .: j I · Ii technologies: ::f'" . ! l!l · . ! 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By MICHAEL JENNINGS FOR ITS I' FIRST semester the a great way to teach as well as learn. The Courier.Journal Virtual University is testing th~ wa­ When online classes make good ters with nine pilot projects, all col­ use of the various available modes of Kim Dunn, a teacher from laborative ve11tures among schools or communication - such as chat­ Corbin, logged on to her home state agencies. Most initial course of­ rooms, bulletin boards, forums and computer. last week to see ferings lead ttjward degrees or certifi­ electronic mail - "the interactivity is whether · any state university cates and all• are designed to meet rea)ly b~autiful" sa\d !)enzil Edge, a could help·her become certified ~rucial employment needs, including Umvers1ty of Lomsvllie education in her .new, specialty, working increased numbers of trained fire­ professor who will teach Dunn's with disabled students. fight_ers, sch_o~I speech pathologists, class. , . . "I wa~0jusJ going to check special educat10n teachers and regis­ But Edge, who has taught U of L _around· and;, see who might tered nurses who hold bachelor's de- classes via television or the Internet have a Saturday course that I grees. . ~: 1 .••,.. • • • • . sine~ 1992, said faculty training is might drivifup- to," she said. For at least the first year of the crucial to successful online instruc­ But clicking through the Uni­ Commonwealth Virtual University tion. "The number one barrier to dis­ versi!'}'. o~_Louisville's Web site, participating schools must charge th~ tance learning is not the technology· she dIScovered she could regis­ same tuition! and ·fees for online it's the lack of support to faculty and ter aiid'jiar.··•tor a course Online courses asfo~ classes taken on cam­ staff" who design and teach online or by'mai , ifod attend classes pus. Students: usually must pay more courses, he said. via the Internet. than they would on campus to take Stan Cooke, an education faculty Within a day, she had joined one of the 100,000 courses offered member at Western Kentucky Uni­ the:inaugural-class of Common­ j • -- versity, is new to online· instruction wealth Virtual University, Ken­ electronicall~ by colleges and univer­ tucky's ambitious new effort to sities nationwide. but he's already sold on its value. ' extend the teach of its colleges "I thought I was ready to retire Many of those enrolled in online but now I think I'll stay a while ,: through .the World Wide Web. courses are full-time college students By the time registration end- said Cooke, who teaches one of the wh~ tum 101 the Internet .to speed two classes Luttrell is taking. •ed last week, Dunn was one of their progress toward graduation. But 237 s,tudents who had signed electronic instruction offers special TEACIUNG.ON the Internet has up·for one of the 22 courses the advantages to adult, employed stu­ been "the best teaching experience ".irtual. University•is offering its dents such as Dunn and most other 1'.ve ever had,''· said Martha Birch­ .first semester. That puts Ken­ !'lembers of \he _Virtual University's field, library director at Le~ington tucky well' ahead of the pace inaugural class. · Community ·College. She may see set·by si;ni!ar W~b-ba~ed ~entures, The closest school that offers students.only once, for an orientation said Mary Beth Susman, the Virtual ~curses in h~r specialty, Dunn said, session; yet ''I've Rotten-to know the University's chief executive officer. 1s Eastern Kentucky University an students very well, ' she said :·; The West~iu Governors' University hou(s drive from her home. Wiih a . Birchfield, ;who has conducted on­ 0 hne classes smce January 1998, said ~joinqiroject backed by the gov­ family an~, a 1 fl!ll-time job, she was ernors of lfstaies - enrolled fewer put off by t1ie idea of getting in the · ~er stud_e!1ts ~re local·Jibrarians-seek­ than 20 students when it opened for car and driving anywhere." mg certification by the state Depart­ business ;iri''early 1998, and it has Now, she s~id, she expects to be at !'lent. of Libraries and Archives. Even only 120;:students today, Susman her home co~puter when her class if CO!lrses_ therneed are taught near­ convenes electronically at 7 p.m. on by, hbranans work schedules often said; The Colorado Electronic Com­ make it: difficult for them to attend miiiiity College, which Susman-head­ 1:ue:":cfays. She wm· ·kg on at other·~·---!-•'--· "conventional classes, she said. ,.. ed before:taking ave-, the Kentucky -t1meno chec,k the course outline or Karen Daniel _;: who' has· already project in March, enrolled an initial send messages and will work at her taken two online courses in librarian­ class of 32 last year, she said. . own pace on weekly assignments. .~··.-··•... ,. ,• .. , .•. . . ship and Is now ~nrolled for a.nether · l'I.Pl;ANS· CALLfor Commonwealth DUNN HAS never tsken a course through th~ Virtual University - v~:.!:[~iv~rsjty to offer more than ~lectronically; before,. ·but so far "it must somettmes work on evenings JOO~.O.!llll!eJcourses in January, and l~st really·appeals to me," she said. and ~ee~ends a\ the Johnson-County Susnian°J!redlcted that 1,000 students It really knocks down a lot of bar­ .Pubhc .Library.·. That schedule and would be enrolled by then. . ri~rs,''.. including any .hesitancy she her family- duties make it hard for might ~av.~ about speaking up in a her to take a conventional class she 1t~t~t~d!!>yJhe ·199.7 law that trans­ said. ,:. . '. I fO:~e,

By Holly E. Stepp His parents also gave White­ Whitehead demurs when HERALD-LEADER EDUCATION.REPORTER head the ability to deal with the asked about his numerous charita­ COVINGTON - Charles "Chuck" segregated world of Lincoln ble activities. Whitehead for years has been a quiet play­ Heights, Ohio, a community just "You just do what you can to er in the state's higher-education scene. outside Cincinnati. make a difference." With his imposing figure - he's a for­ It was .a skill, Whitehead said, mer football defensive lineman - White­ that he didn't recognize until he Emphasis on opportunity head has been a regular in Frankfort as an was older. Whitehead has been credited advocate for equal opportunities in higher "I remember getting ice cream with bringing the state's equal op­ education. with a white friend at the little portunity and anti-discrimination community grocery store," White­ efforts to the forefront during his · And while Whitehead has rarely been in tenure on the council. the spotlight, many in the education circles head recalled. "And they would al­ ways put wax paper over mine As chairman of the Council's count his leadership as one of the constants Committee on Equal Opportuni­ in a period of higher-education reform. and not i;ny friend's, and I always · But now the soft-spoken and thoughtful thought it was because they didn't ties, he led the group's annual re­ . Whitehead, 61, is taking a leading, and want the: road dust to get in it." views of the universities' efforts to Whitehead said it wasn't until enroll and hire black students and more public, role as chairman of the state's faculty members. Council on Postsecondary Education. later that he realized that the wax paper was because he was expect­ After being cited in 1980 by Whitehead, president of the ed to leave with the ice cream and the federal Office of Civil Rights Ashland Foundation, the charita­ wasn't allowed to eat inside the for still having vestiges of a segre­ ble arm of Ashland Inc., will be store. gated system, the state created the the first black person to head the "llut: my mother always un­ Kentucky Plan for Equal Opportu­ board, which is charged with derstood· those things and helped nities, as the committee's guide. overseeing the. state's system of us deal with them." The federal OCR is now higher education. As Whitehead grew older he reviewing Kentucky's progress to­ It's a _challenging job he says continued to navigate issue; of ward complete desegregation. If it he's ready for. discrimination as he attended finds Kentucky has removed all "The council has a real oppor­ Hughes High School. Although it segregation, it can remove Ken­ tunity to inake a difference," was a ' somewhat integrated tucky's citations. Whitehead said during a recent school, he was turned away on the If not, the OCR will cite specif­ interview in his Covington office. first day; and had to petition to be ic problems and demand that the "Not just in the lives of stu­ allowed to enroll. state correct them. If the state dents who attend our universi­ But it turned out that the foot­ doesn't, the federal office can cut ties, but if we do our job well, a ball field would be one place he off all federal money from the difference in the lives of all Ken­ could m~ke his mark. state universities or pursue legal tuckians," said Whiteliead; who "You know, you have first- action through the Department of was elected.council chairman in .· str:.,g··and -second-string, I was Justice. _ July. ... probably fifth-string" Whitehead Committee members and oth­ That commitment to helping joked. f:\ut during ; sophomore­ ers say Whitehead has been in­ others is Whitehead's greatest as­ year scrimmage, he got a chance stiumental in keeping desegrega­ set, say those who know him. to play. · tion issues on the front burner. As ·"He has the greatest level of _ "I kn,ew this was my opportu­ council chairman, Whitehead will empathy for people," said Dan mty to prove myself and if I could have to appoint another member Lacy, Ashland Inc. vice president outiun, out-block, and out-tackle of corporate affairs and White­ the rest of the team, I would make to be chairman of the committee. head's boss. the first string,'' he said. "(Whitehead) has been able to "In every decision or policy he work with the presidents and He did, and two years later the pave the way for a focus on equal makes;he is keenly aware of how rest of the team elected him their they will affect the individual,'' opportunities," said Sherron Jack­ captain, 'the first black player to son, a council staff member who Lacy said. "That's a quality he hold that position in the city. will bring to his council position, works on the committee. Tha~ kind of determination Committee member Wendell and college students in Kentucky also helped him rise through the will benefit from that." Thomas agreed. ranks a~ Ashland, a company he "He has conveyed our commit­ 'Responslblllty to help' joined iii 1964. He was a human­ ment to equal opportunities to the " . resources ~xecutive, and was Whitehead's ascent to the council and how important it is named president of the Ashland that they hold the universities ac­ council's top ·citizen post comes af­ Foundation in summer 1998. ter more than seven years on the countable,'' Thomas said. council and. its predecessor, the . "Chuck was an easy choice,'' Council President Gordon Council on Higher Education. He said As~land's Lacy. "He is truly Davies said Whitehead's insight was appointed to the old council committed to helping people - a would be critical as he heads the in 1992 by former Gov. Brereton trne humanitarian." council. Jones, and was reappointed by And Whitehead has been ac­ "Often in the pace of reforms Gov. Paul Patton in 1997. tive in charitable organizations in equal access and opportunity i; Before that he served on the and outside of Kentucky. one of the things that gets lost " Kentucky Enterprise Authority, He is a member of the board Davies said. ' an economic-development group, of directors for the Kentucky State "I don't think he will allow during the administration of for­ University Foundation, ·serving that to happen.• six years as ii$ president. - mer Gov. Wallace Wilkinson. -'Leave no one behind' .. '.!'he ,-,native of Clarksdale, Whitehead· currently is on the Miss.,. credits his parents, share­ national board of the National As­ . The council will face some of croppers, who moved to the Cincin­ sociation for the Advancement of its to~ghest challenges this fall, nati area when he was 4, with in­ Colored People. He also chairs the mcludmg the preparation of a stilling in him, his brother and two NAACJ':'s prestigious Image s_tatewide postsecondary educa­ sisters a desire to help others. Awards, and last year he was a llon budget. And in January, the "They always told us that we leading candidate for the organi­ General Assembly starts its ses­ had the'opportunity and responsi­ zation's national chairmanship. sion; it will be the council's first bility to help others and make a . He also is on the executive with new president Davies . difference," Whitehead said. committee of the National Council on Aging. (MORE) I Lexington Herald-Leader WHITEHEAD: Saturday, September 4, 1999 Whitehead said that one of his top priorities for the council will be making sure the progress that Accounts out of balance has come with the 1997 higher-ed­ ucation reform act continues. Guest editorials do not necessari­ last year, an increase of 54 percent "We have to continue the in­ ly reflect Herald-Leader views. since 1994. Much of that money is vestments we have already seen in unpaid student loans, tuition, hous­ higher education and continue to build quality at the colleges," ll eight state universities in ing and other fees. Whitehead said. "But at the same Kentucky have undergradu­ Hatchett suggests the universi­ time we also have to make sure we ate programs in business or ties hire collection agencies. That's leave no one behind in our efforts. A finance, but if the universities were one direction to go, but we have a "We have to lift up everyone better idea. Every two years, when to a new level." private enterprises, the way they The respect Whitehead has handle money owed them would the universities come to the General earned with legislators and Patton have all but two on the ropes finan- Assembly for their budget appro­ will also be beneficial as the coun­ cially. priations, legislators simply deduct cil is tested in the General Assem­ A report1 by State Auditor Ed each institution's outstanding ac­ bly: counts receivable. Whitehead was asked by Pat­ Hatchett released last week found ton in 1995 to assist in selecting the universities had a combined - The State Journal. his initial cabinet secretaries, a $176 millidn in accounts receivable Frankfor1 group that is touted as one of the most diverse in Kentucky's history. "His commitment isn't limited Lexington Herald-Leader to educational issues alone," Pat­ Tuesday, September 7, 1999 ton said in a statement. "He is a MOREHEAD - Dr. Roscoe very caring person who is dedicat­ H. 'Playforth, 89, 1309 Knapp ed to helping all people." Avenue, retired dean of social sci­ Leonard Hardin, former coun­ ences at Morehead State Universi­ cil chairman, says that White­ ty, husband of Sibbie Armstrong head's everyman appeal will help Playforth, died yesterday at his guarantee his success. residence. Services 10:30 a.m . ."Chuck is a consensus-builder; Wednesday, Northcutt & Son he's not controversial but still Home for Funerals. Visitation 4 stands up what for what believes p.m. today. in," Hardin said. "Chuck has seen what the council was before (the reform act) and he knows the challenges be·

fore us." I THE M~REHEAD NEWS FRIDAY MORNING, SE_PTEMBER 3J 1999 ~---· ...... ::•·----~-. . _.,....) .ritudent reaction mixed ;t1ii·:·:M·SU alcohol policy tz;J.yf''•• .. •• •• . • I ~'lt:Trliv~rsity hopes that parent notification ~~-help curb underage drinking (. ~...:,~ ~.;i;.• 'CHRIS TURNER weeks, be required to attend an bill passed by Congress and .uSf;_-,,,W ·t education seminar, do 20 hours signed by President Clinton ? ·•if~-: ~ er . of commtlnity service and meet gave universities the authority •. ,,: with the staff in the Office of to notify parents of college stu_­ Wijii'1)he first_elfects_ofa new ajc~- Retention. dents ages 18 to 21 when then tli.ol;iil!,d;_drug pohcy are _bem_g "This is not·a surprise tactic. they have alcohol and drug vio- i!t\~li('l,".h~~~-~tate Umve~- We've let it be known in SOAR lations. · ~l!W,\six-'e'tud;rits 'are not.only ------; 'lhg,tn,bave to face reprimands , ·1 k : ·'"m,tbe'university for violating , I thin it's a good idea. If you_ want to drink 'tne'.policy, but tb'eir parents are you should be of age. If you take the chance, you ;golnirtobenotifiedaswell, h Id t k th · h t th d -',f,•~'f~ey, were up~et,' but'th':Y s ou . a e e pun1s men . ·o n e secon kQew,:what the policy was,• smd offense; they should kick you out.' Mrn,n Doan, dean of students. Trent Harris, student .,,:';,The policy was enacted by the u¢vei-si_ty's board of regents in and freshmen orientation," said Previously, it was unlawful to ·June:•.='· ------·-- -- Doan. · notify parents of students over "'.!!.ilt. requires that parents be Parent notification applies to 18 for violating alcohol and drug ·:notified on tbe first violation of students! who are classified as policies . . tlie policy. Students will also be traditional, or generally stu- Doan points out that the poli­ -issued a written reprimand, put dents_who are 18 to 21 years old: · cy o"f no. alcohol and drugs on .!!P,Probation for 15 academic The new policy is similar· to• campus is not something new. what many colleges and univer- "We have just restructured sities across the country are our response 'to the alcohol prob­ doing to ~ to curb alcohol and !em. We have always responded drug abuse on campuses. with reprimands, counseling Last October, provisions of a

(MORE) Alcohol "it takes away from the free­ Doan also pointed out that and education, but we're putting dom they have been taught all the program is constantly being a system in place," he said. their Jives. They're adults," said reviewed and analyzed by the Reaction on campus to the Hoffman, a,21-year-old junior Alcohol Task Force, and repri­ new policy is mixed. from Danville. mands and ·punishments are "Students might not like it, Brandon Fraley, president of open to revision. but in the long run it's going to the Student Government Associ­ The Alcohol Task Force is be a good thing," said Jessica ation, acknowledges that the comprised of approximately 40 Taylor, an :~8-year'arentiguardian notification by Dean of Students off campus. pus. r ·These students will probably Doan is' adamant that the in cases of dependent student, . beleiist affected by the new poli­ policy is not just about punish­ assessment/counseling with cer­ , cy, · since it focuses on alcohol. ment and reprimands. tified substance abuse coun­ and.drugs on campus and at "We're not out to be searching selor, loss of residence hall visi- ; university activities. · residence halls or smelling peo­ ' tation and meetings with the "I think they're (students) ple's breath. It's about using staff in the Office of Retention legl!,l _adults. They have the right, as appropriate on an individual good commo'.n sense in the usage to make their own decisions," of the policy." basis. said Jarrod Cline, a 22-year-old 1 Third violations include par­ "We re nOt out just to repri­ entiguardian notification and junior from Morehead who Jives mand. It's about helping stu­ · off campus. "It's a Jame policy eviction from residence hall and dents be responsible academical­ the university. that dictates their life and ly and socially. It's the student's 'mor:als." Doan noted that each case decision to use alcohol, we hope will be heard on an individual 'Trent·Harris, a 17-year-old to help them determine when, basis, and that in some cases, , freshmen from Cynthiana who where and how to use it," Doan those involving vandalism for 'Jives in a residence l!aI,_thinks said. example, could automatically the folicy is not strict enough. Each student is given a result in third violation punish­ " think it's a good idea. If. chance to respond to the ments. you want to drink you should be charges, and parents are not of age. If you take the chance, contacted in every case, said you should take the punish­ ._Doan. ment. On the second offense, He said ·that in some cases , t~ey ~hould kick you out," Har­ contacting the parents may not ;- ns smd. be the right thing to do, such as Sarah Hoffman, another when alcohol may already be a upper classman who lives off problem at home. · campus, is against the polic::t,

THE COURIER-_JOURNAL e SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1989 Graduation rates cause for concern . When the niost recent NCAA graduation rates were released last ·week, jumpillg out from th'e maze of numbers·was one disturbing fact: Th~ rate for black male Division I basketball players had plum- meted.' , · Only 33 percent of the black male players who enrolled as fresh­ men in 1992 graduated within six years from those schools. That was down,from 3~ percent the ,previous ye~r, the biggest pro·p among black males smce the NCAA: began-trackmg such numbers nine years ago. -·-:.·.r . '.The graduation ~~le for 'Yhite i>l!iyets hise'.slightlyto.53.p~i:cent. The rate for all D1v1s1on I players was4I·percent;·· · : ·. • ::· ," · T~re was no disparity by ~a~e;\'! at)easfp_~e sta!~:_No~i~i!i]le male player who entered a D1v1s1on fMaryland slate university in 1992 graduated. That encompasses five schools, including tlie Univer- sity of Maryland. · ~.THE COURIER-JOURNAL• MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1999 Job market faces

By ALICE ANN LOVE -Among these is erosion in Associated Press new demands benefits offered by employers. " ,":- ' ' Thii"iiiaiiufacturing indusm,, -ry that \h~se wi_thout education­ Recent studies show the per­ WASHINGTON - With un• where Goldman's education and trammg will be worse off centpge of workers with a high employment at a 29-year low, would be most relevant, is a as traditionally unionized man­ school diploma who are cov­ wo,k 1s_ relatively .easy to find dark spot in today's bright ufacturing jobs, with high pay ered by employer-sponsored this Labor Day, .but the U.S. job economy, losing 946,000 jobs in and good benefits, dry up. healjh msurance fell from 72 market is hardly-a placid place. the past decade. · The jobs on the low-skill end . percent in 1989 to 69.5 percent For workers/ a significant In contrast, the booming con- that are expected to be among ID 1997, transition iii'1indei' way in.the struction ihdustry, ~h!cli has the most p)entifu) in -~oming Also, the rise in non-tradi­ mix ·or job(~V!IUi\ble, skins re- a?ded more than a million jobs years? Cashiers and retail sales tional work arrangements, such quired and benefits offered. For smce \989, welcomes inexperi- , positions that-pay an average of as temping and independent some, if has meant opportunity; encedJob seekers. . • less than $300 a week- below contractor status, is raising for others frustration. In the futur~, the Labor De- the poverty level. questions about who is legally Charles Goldman, a 30-year- partment pred1c_ts t~at ma_ny of Those in the market now for responsible for the fair treat­ old Phoenix resident, has been the fastest gr g b 11 ment of such workers. looking,for full:time work as a · • - owm JO s wi re- · jobs are encountering other dis- . . . quire, 1f not a college degree at · t' g d 'd AFL CIO Leaders of the business com­ mechamcal en!lmeer smce he least some special traini~~ ime.~n IrJ°nh s, sai · h munity, however, bristle at any got his degree m 1995. He toils These include com uter en '('. re_s1 ent o n. 8weeney, w . o suggestion that American work­ on_ a!!d ~ff as_ a t,~lemarketer or neers, database adnl:nistrato~s bbeheves .a growmbg ma_l01se Will ers are worse off. They note as ..a . salesman•·.- of . computer. de s kt op pu bl'1s h ers, me di ca l as-' -· oost"Y umon memk ership. f d that wages have grown at about eqmp~~nt,. But lhose,J~bs are , sistants and securities and fi. ou~g wo!. ers see un a- the same rate as productivity __ p~04ti~e,, lack -bene!1ts and nancial sales people. , ~ental mequ1ties t1hat edu~: during the 1990s and that in the don,~,IIJake .use ·of his hard- Labor leaders, however. wor- 110n alone wont solve, past few years wages have been earned education. , Sweeney said. rising faster :han inflation. Lexington Herald-Leader Sunday, September 5, 1999 College admissions: choosing subjective or objective policies

sions criteria and then - with certain family afforded him every ad­ William Raspberry "reasonable", exceptions - stick to them. vantage. (You wouldn't want to make it unlawful In ·much the same way, we SYNDICATED COLUMNIST for a restaurateur to give special attention might contend that affamative When it comes to to big tippers or to celebrities whose regu­ action ought to be available, sentencing, judges lar presence;might bring prestige to the in close cases, as a ·sub- should: establishment.) tle thumb on the A. Have the flexibili­ The point is, there's no right answer. scale to help ty to look beyond Or, rather, that the right answer depends those whose cir- • specifics of the offense on the picture you have in mind at the cumstances and mete out punish­ time you choose. have given them ment based on a deeper Black Americans, for instance, used to few advantages. fairness that takes into account individual doubt the fairness of "admissions officers" Many of us circumstances of the offender, including - whether 'at a Deep South university or would go further his socioeconomic background and his at certain places of employment. We to argue that - just prospects for going straight. thought they were looking for an ex- as the restaurateur pays B. Have before them the equivalent of cuse to keep us out. Our choice, in attention to the prestige a restaurant menu - so much time for those days, was B: Tell us what quotient of the overall mix of simple assault, so much for manslaughter, your requirements are and judge his clientele and not merely to so much for armed robbery - and mete us accordingly. Your subjective the ability of each would-be diner out sentences solely on the· basis of the of­ judgment i~ probably my exclusion. to pay - universities ought to pay fen&e. :,,, Today, we are likely to believe the attention to what we've come to call diver­ Naturally, your choice says a good people in the "admissions" office - sity. As a matter of fact, most of them do. deal about what you think of the power of particular!~ at the leading universities The trouble is that the trend in state law environmental influences, the require­ - want usi in if we come anywhere and court rulings is to make it more diffi­ ments of fundamental justice and the fair­ close to meeting the admissions stan­ cult for them to pay attention to anything ness of judges. dards, and so we opt for A. that might be a proxy for race. I think it may also say something That sounds like rank selfishness - The whole issue of race and college ad­ about your views regarding affirmative an endorsement of whatever gives "my" missions is far from settled - legally or action. · side the advantage. But it is more compli­ philosophically. The point here is that it I'm speaking here not of the "wider cated than 'that might be helpful if each side could resist the net" approach but of the sort of affirma­ Some of us really do believe that a re­ tive action voters struck down with Cali­ pentant offender, or a desperate one, temptation to brand the other as either in­ fornia's Proposition 209 and the 5th U.S. should be treated differently at sentencing different to the continuing effects of racism Circuit Court of Appeals ruled out in a than an unremorse.ful oprortunistic felon. or indifferent to academic standards. Texas case called Hopwood. Some of us would argue that the junkie · To a greater extent than either side is If you chose A, you may trust univer­ who sells drugs just to supply his own willing to acknowledge, most of us would sity admissions officers to take into ac­ habit should be handled differently - choose both A and B. count. not just test scores and other objec­ perhaps given probation and referred to ■ tive criteria an applicant brings to the treatment ~ than the person for whom William Raspberry's e-mail address is table but also·the obstacles he has over­ the illegal drug trade is a consciously cho­ wil/[email protected]. come, the social, political and economic sen business enterprise. WASHINGTON POST WRITERS GROUP status of the group he comes from and his And some of us might call it reason­ prospects for benefiting from an education able to distinguish, at sentencing time, be­ at a competitive school. tween the poverty-stricken youngster . If you chose B, you're likely to want whose neighborhood is a hotbed of crime the universities to publish their admis- and the u11per-middle-class felon whose

THE COURIER-JOURNAL• SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1999 BONUS FOR GEDs! SENDS WRONG MESSAGE BY TED JACKSON Jr. The wriler is a Loulsvllle busi­ S500 may not be enough. How my GED after leaving school at alternative to a high school edu­ nessman, lawyer and Republl­ much would be eil.ough - age 16. Leaving school was no cation. Paying a bonus of $500 can strategist. Sl.000, S2,500 or maybe even doubt a mistake, one that I cor­ to those who receive GED certi­ GOVERNMENTAL S5,000? rected in part by earning mv ficates and not to those who task force has recom­ Should the state's goal be to GED and later graduating frorrl graduate from high school A mended to Gov. Paul issue 1 million General Educa­ the University of Louisville with sends the wrong message. Panon and the state legislature tion Degrees and spend many undergraduate and law degrees. For those beyond traditional that the state pay individuals a millions to reach that goal? If There are very few circum­ high school, we must under­ bonus of S500 for obtaining people need to be bribed to pur­ stances under which leaving stand the issues that prevent in­ their GED. Patton's educational sue education, what has been high school could be viewed as dividuals from pursuing a GED. aide indicated that the Governor accomplished? The success of a anything but a mistake. We Chief among them are both would need to review the cost of GED program should not be must be willing to say this to pride and a fear of failure. Can I this plan be­ measured bv the number of students and to those of us who do it? Whv take the risk? The fore endorsing people who ieceive the certifi­ made the mistake of leaving value deri\'ed from receiving a it. The pro­ cate, but by the value,one attrib­ high school. A GED has value to GED takes many fonns, includ­ jected cost for utes to this degree, which only those who did not graduate ing higher self-esteem that 15,000 qualify­ from high school: realizing that comes from a sense of accom­ comes through sacrifice and value should be the motivation ing individ­ hard work, not a cheCk from the plishment. The self-esteem fac­ uals would be for anyone who decides to make tor is more important than any state. the sacrifice necessarv to re­ additional earning power real­ S7.5 million. We have a signifi'cant prob­ The panel's ceive it. To pay someone to earn ized from a piece of paper. lem confronting our, sta.ce - a a GED effectively diminishes The state's emphasis should co-chainnan, declining high school gradu­ · :,._ Rep. Brent the value of it to that person. be on educational effons that ation rate and an increasing The first line of defense must seek to reduce the anxiety and Ted Jack&an Yonts, D- number of adults without a high be to keep students in school apprehension one experiences Greenville, school education. This task said, "If we and find ways to demonstrate to at the thought of exposing him­ force plan fails to address the them the value of an education. self or herself to failure and the are dead serious in Kentucky reasons people leave school in Make no mistake, a GED is not unknown and on the real life about getting l million people to the first place and the range of the equivalent of a high school benefits that flow from the get a GED, we need an incen­ reasons why they do not pursue education. It is apples and or­ sense of accomplishment in re- tive to get them to do it." Sen. a GED. Offering them money is anges. A GED is remedial in ceiving a GED. · Tim Shaughnessy. D-Louisville, not the answer. comparison to a thorough high That should be the incentive has embraced the bonus plan, I have some standing to school education. A GED should - not ca.sh. his only reservation being that speak on this maner:. I received never be perceived as simply an Special fa TIie COVr1er.Journo1 Lexington Herald-Leader Monday, September 6, 1999 COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES c~?>- .... '---~· ' ~/T ft L, '"cam' us By law, the programs must be open to all stu­ dents, but they tend to attract mostly minorities, Programs said Dr. Margarita Arellano, assistant dean of students for retention services at UT. . That's because minorities on campus are more likely to feel socially isolated and seeking a aim to keep support system, Arellano said. They also are more likely, to have to work a part-time job to make ends meet. "This is the future of Texas," she said. "If we minorities don't educate them, we're all going to suffer. Re­ cruitment is one part of the process, but if we r don't graduate them, then we're just a revolving door." Retaining students seen as The record on retention programs is mixed. At both A&M and UT, fewer than half of the valuable as recruiting them ?lack and !,lispanic students who entered school • m 1992 graduated within five years. For whites, By Christopher Lee the figure ..yas closer to 60 percent. THE DAUAS MORNING NEWS Officials say building a diverse student body · COLLEGE STATION, Texas - When an en- - and diverse graduates - has only gotten gineering class stumped Tiffani Darden, she did harder with declining minority enrollment after what aµy Texas A&M University student might the 1996 Hopwood ruling. In that case the 5th do: seek help from a graduate assistant. U._5. Cir~uit!C?urt o~ Appeals effectively did away - But the assistant's prickly personality and the with affrrm~bve-act10n pr?~ams in state colleges Q:mfederate flag hanging over his desk taught the and umvers1hes and proh1b1ted schools from tar­ b!ack 20-year-old, then a sophomore, that she geting minorities in admissions and financial aid v.:ould have to overcome more than physics and Minority upperclassmen at A&M said they formulas to succeed at the mostly white university. seldom Sl;C mo~e than a handful of other minority · It's a lesson the senior from Houston passed stud.ents m:t~eIT classes. ~ach of a half-dozen in­ along to 87 incoming freshmen last weekend at , terviewed said _they had friends who dropped out. Ptoject ExCEL, a two-day, student-run conference . And several said they _might have a minority pro­ q~igned to smooth the transition to college for fessor _only once or twice throughout college. minority freshmen and their parents. Classes at "I Just glance_ around the room and say, 'OK, A&M begin last week. I'm th~ o~ll( one m here,"' said Jaime Ratliff, 20, a "The thing you have to be careful about is not black Jumor_ from Temple .majoring in marketing. letting one negative thing overpower you and "_Aft~r awhile, you get used to it. You may not make you stereotype every single white person at hke 1l, but ·mat's· the way'ifis'." ...... · Texas A&M," said Darden, now a political science In a 199,8 student survey, 17 percent of blacks major. She dropped the engineering course with- a,nd 56_ percent of Hispanics said they were satis­ oµt penalty with the help of two sympathetic fied with A&_M's racial mix, compared with 79 v,:hite adminjstrators, she said. percent of whites. .. The 13th annual conference - ExCEL stands for Excellence-uniting Culture, Education and 0adership - costs $35 and inclu?es W?rkshops, •,~✓~"?hJ,.,·'-,\A@~~--~-~~ group d1scuss10ns and J·~Q?fbfaqrf~/tak_e,;· social events. It's all .. · :· thetiineotuJ,:;', · part of f\&M's effort to .: .. , · ··, 'to"''J"'""6ft • keep mmority students a o/JfI!J!.,,,,,J'jlff,;_p,.. on track toward their ,.• """'e s,'UUfJ'lus,'. ,. d Asbury seminary links . ? -•~wlzif{ii/;;.;rg"e,,'1'- egrAees&M. . 1 .,;-i · C , .~.., r~~H; ., 1 -"t.'i\·· 1s not a one. :.. hei:~;ifW!?lfiJJlf1!1:.1lc A~ co_urt rulings campuses for service , ,be doing:tJiim·a -· curtail affirmative ac- Asbury Theological Seminary will use two­ 1~h:t;,.:..:..:.i...·";:.:.·~ 7 •t-.1w··•-.:·:;:.::f. tion programs nation- ·n1··:'-~,-vef students enter college and never The service will include the installation of six get out." new faculty members. A new distance-learning cen­ ,- Loma Hermosura, assistant coordinator of ter on the Flonda campus also will be dedicated. student ·retention and development at A&M

~gr~~i dof}'t'take the time and energy to sup: port lliese students when they get here," she said, ''_then we'may bedoing them a disservice by ad- mitting them in the first place." (MORE) TheUniversity of Texas at Austin offers a similar summer orientation as well as workshops, 11eer counseling, .tutoring and social activities tproughout the year. TODAY ■ Labor Day, no classes at most colleges and universities. ■ Cumberland College Convocation: Speaker Harry Moskos, editor, Knoxville News Dual careers, Sentinel, Rollins Center, 10 a.m. TUESDAY ■ Eastern Kentucky University Opening: Faculty Biennial Art Exhibit, Giles Gallery, Campbell and on a rOll Building, 7-9 p.m. Exhibit runs through Sept. 28. Gallery open afternoons Tuesday-Saturday, ■ Morehead State University Nursing professor a success· on the court Opening: "Reflections," Kentucky Folk Art Center, Ga~and and Minnie By Holly E. Stepp ease, which slowly diminishes basic bod­ Adkins Gallery, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday HERALD-LEADER EDUCATION WRITER ily functions. Verst wears a pacemaker through Saturday, 1-5 p,m. Sundays, On the first day of class. Amy Verst to regulate her heartbeat and breathes Exhibit runs through Sept. 30. tells her nursing students to expect two through a hole in her trachea. ■ University of Kentucky things from her: At first, Verst said she didn't think it Lecture: Dr. Stanley Brunn, 1) To occasionally cancel their Bel­ was appropriate for her to play wheelchair "Rebuilding Bosnia: Spirit and sports - Verst can still stand and maneu­ Landscape," Lexington Senior larmine College class; 2) And to talk a Citizens Center, 3:30 p.m. A lot about basketball. ver. To be eligible lo play wheelchair Donovan Forum. For the pediatric nursing professor sports nationally, one must have an illness at Bellarmine College in Louisville, the that causes at least a minimal disability. WEDNESDAY basketball is wheelchair hoops and the But a friend persuaded her to play ■ Eastern Kentucky University occasional canceled class the result of and she joined the Los Angeles Sparks Lecture: Novelist Sharyn Mccrumb, her passion for the sport. Women's wheelchair team, South Room, Keen Johnson Verst is a member of the In Business which won•the national cham­ Building, 7:30 p.m. U.S. Women's Wheelchair Monday pionship in! 1998 and earned a Basketball team and will com­ spot on a 1;'eam Cheerios cere­ l THURSDAY ) ■ Morehead State University pete in the Pan Am Games in ■ Online sellers al box. of textbooks are Recital: Johnathan Adkins, bari­ Mexico City next month. Next Verst also wins praise as tone, Duncan Recital Hall, 8 p.m. fall, the team will compete in trying hard to be faculty member in Bel­ noticed. Page 10 ■ University of Kentucky Sydney, Australia, in the 2000 larmine's School of Nursing, Opening: Vitra Design Museum • Olympic Games. where she, has taught since exhibit, Eames Demetrios, princi­ "I think about what I do and I am 1993. "She is a breath of fresh air," said pal, Eames Office. UK Art Museum, amazed - I've got both a great academ­ Susan Davis, dean of the nursing school. Singletary Center for the Arts, ic career and a.great athletic career," "Amy relates to the students very well, 4:30-7:30 p.m. Part of Design on Verst said:· but she also holds them to the highest the Edge series. Balancing both, however, is tough, standards." Lecture: William A. Miller, "How the United Nations Benefits Verst says. She juggles her time between Students agree that she adds a new Kentuckians," Lexington Sen:or teaching three classes at Bellarmine (one element to the lecture hall. Students take Citizens Center, 3:30 p.m. A senior-level nursing course and two fresh­ field trips to play basketball with area Donovan Forum. men seminar courses), daily workouts and children who use wheelchairs. Lecture: Paul Shuch, principal inves practices with· a Lexington team, the "She was a lot of fun in the class­ tigator on the Project Argus SETI Wheelcats, that she coaches. room," said Suzanne.Pike, a nurse at the experiment A157 A.S.T.E.C.C, '.'It means some. long nays ... but it is Norton HealthC_are,.Cen~r..in Louisville, Building, 3:30 p.m. Sponsored by \VOJ°tl1 it," sr.e saidf.. who took Verst's class this spring. the Center for Computational Verst, 33, began playing wheelchair "She was one of those professors Sciences. basketball in 1995 after being diagnosed who you could be a friend with outside THURSDAY with a· degenera_tiye neuro-muscular dis- the classroom," she said. ■ University of Kentucky Lecture: "The Psychology of the Buddhist Path: Awakening Your Genuine Nature,· Venerable D.~eon dorms, paity Khandro Rinpoche, a Tibetan Buddhist nun who is the head of a Buddhist convent in India and an authority on Tibetan Buddhism, st,b.Qols, generation gap Memorial Hall, 7:30 p.m. ' Class notes from back-to­ ■ California Polytechnic State FRIDAY class news from around the University, San Luis Obispo ■ Eastern Kentucky University state and nation: (The University bf Kentucky Recital: Professors Jonathan Martin . -·" Without fail, every fall and was 20th on this list.) and Rob James, trumpet and per­ spring, everyone cussion recital, Brock Auditorium, 8 has a different Party Schools (1Top 5) p,m. ■ Florida State University take on ranking SATURDAY ■ University of Florida every aspect of ■ University of Kentucky l,'! the college expe- ■ Michigan State University Lecture: "De-mystifying Attention D..! nence. ■ Seton Hall University Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder,· I' ·"' •. .. - Some, like U.S. ■ University of Mississippi Psychology professor Richard Milich, News & World Report, use an Other Kentucky ~lleges made Wilham T, Young Library auditorium, incredibly complex matrix to some of the Review's rankings. 10:30 a.m. Part of lecture series ·· deterniifle school ranking. Others Centre College ranked in the top Frontier of Leaming: The Brain a~d take a more tongue-in-cheek 20 for its major frat ,and sorority How It Works, sponsored by the UK approach; ·surveying students to scene and for "lots of hard liquor" College of Arts & Sciences, determine a university's status, (these are students talking). Cen­ SUNDAY tre's professors got high marks Here's what The Princeton ■ Morehead State University Review'.s 2000 Edition had to for being accessible' and bringing Recital: Carrie Hegge, soprano say about some of the "bests" subjects to life; its administration Duncan Recital Hall, 5 p.m. ' got high marks because "the _!lld.;'worsts." ■ school runs like butter." To have events listed in the Donns Like Dungeons OnCampus calendar, please e-mail (Top·&) ' Calling all gre~ teachers: them to oncampus@herald­ ·-·■ State University of New The University of Kentucky leader.com or send them to York at Stony Brook College of Education is looking OnCampus Calendar, Newsroom Lexington Herald-Leader, 100 ' ,■ State University of New for nominees for its "Teachers Midland Avenue, Lexington, Ky, York at Buffalo Do Make a Difference" project. 40508-1999. You can also fax ·:·~■ Rutgers University The public is invited to nomi­ notices to (606) 254-9738. We'll · ■ University of California, nate special teachers who made try to list as many events as we Santa Barbara can. (MORE) a difference in their Jives, 10 when the Soviet Union broke Nominated teachers will be hon­ apart and do: not remember the ored at UK's Singletary Center Cold War. They have never for the Arts on Oct. 16. Submit feared a nuclear war. They are nominations by Sept. 15 to: UK too young to: remember the College of Education, 106 Dickey. space shuttle blowing up. 'The Hall, Lexington, Ky. 40506-0017. Day After' is a pill to them, not a movie." ·, ' Technology - "They have The_ Us~~_For'ihe·past two always had an answering years, Beloit College in Beloit, machine. Most have never seen a Wis., has pr9duced a list designed TV set with only 13 channels, to help professors know more nor have they seen a black-and­ about their incoming freshmen. white TV. They have always had Among other things, it points cable. There:have always been out that most freshmen this year VCRs, but they have no idea were born in 1981 and to them, what Beta is. They cannot fath­ "John Lennon and John Belushi om not having a remote control." have always been dead." Entertainment - "Atari The List, as it has become predates them, as do vinyl known, has made its rounds via albums. Sta~ Wars looks very the Internet, and it shows just fake to them, and the special how young college freshmen are effects are pathetic. They do not (and perhaps just how old col­ care who shot J,R and have no lege professors are). idea who he was. There has How have things changed always been1 MTV," since 1981? Politics - "They have no ■ meaningful recollection of the Reach Holly E. Stepp at (606) Reagan era and did not know he 231-3484, br by e-mail at had ever been shot. They were [email protected].

Lexington Herald-Leader Saturday, 'September 4, 1999 UK puts goals onp~per ... and on the air c:Jo1ina, and the universities of renowned UK anthropology pro­ Print, electronic ad blitz to tout California at Berkeley and Los fessor Tom Dillehay scenes of 'America's next great university' Angeles. the William T. You~g Library, :Since the reform act UK has and researchers at the College of By Holly E. ·Stepp re*'1mped its goals in c~rtain ar­ Pharmacy. HERALDlEADER EDUCATION WRITER ea_s to make sure they are in line The ad campaign is part of For the .University of Kentucky, it isn't enough with that top-20 goal. That in­ UK's first foray into integrated for just pe6pl.e from Hickman to Harlan to know cludes increasing the number of marketing, a business term that about the coJtege. special _e1:1dowed faculty posi­ means using market research in So UK is taking ·its message to the nation this tions, ra1smg more money for re­ part to determine how a compa­ weekend by. launching an advertising campaign that sfl\l"ch, and increasing the num­ ny should operate. touts it as "America's Next Great University." be!' of students who graduate "Integrated marketing is within six years. about knowing what your mar­ Over the next four weeks, people from Chicago to 1 Atlanta, including Kentucky, will see new UK ads on :~ spent nearly a year kets think about you and expect television during shows such as A&E's Biography. pol,hng 2,800 alumni, potential of you and working to meet They'll read about UK in newspapers and national stupents and parents of potential those goals," said Bob Sevier a magazines such as Newsweek, and hear spots tout­ students nationally about their higher-education marketing c~n­ ing it on the radio. attitudes about colleges in gener­ sultant. Sevier is vice president The_ television ads begin today, the print ads be­ al and UK in particular She de­ of STAMA TS, a Cedar Rapids gin Sunday and the radio spots Monday. cline~ to elaborate on how peo­ Io:ova-based firm that has worked A television ad will be played on Commonwealth p_le, view UK now, but said offi­ 'Y1th numerous public universi­ Stadium's new scoreboard during the UK-University c1a\s weren't surprised by the re­ lles, but not with UK. of Louisville football game today, as well as during sponses. Ripley said UK will know if the live broadcast. :Ripley says the marketing ef­ the campaign has been success­ The ads are designed to build UK's image out­ forts are based on the results of ful when its research shows that side Kentucky, said Michele Ripley, the university's those surveys and UK's strategic people think of UK differently. national marketing director. goals. "It will have worked when "We have to make people aware of our current !"We want people to think of we can say that UK is America's newest great university." _s_trengths and tell them about the things we are do- Kentucky when they think of ' ingJ~;~l:!)Jll,~ next level: top- those schools, but we realize that ,. 20 pubhcT~ch university w~ have to walk the walk before status," Rip1ey said. w~ can talk the talk," Ripley As part of its 1997 higher said. education reform act, the Ken­ ;_ The campaign wil) cost UK tucky General Assembly set be­ about $300,000. The alls feature coming a top 20 public universi­ chi!dren talking about 'their aspi­ ty by 2020 as the top priority rations, and go on to tell how for~ Uni~ersities that usually Ulj: can help them reach those rank m the top 20 include such goals. schools as the universities of ' The television ad, which was Michigan, · Virginia and North fil\ned on the farm of a UK alumnus,I features internationallv• THE COURIER-JOURNAL

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1999 Kentucky State's future Historically black university wrestles with funding, purpos«

ship .. Other concerns included In A History of Blacks in By SABA BIREDA KSU's lack of an established The Courier-Journal Kentucky: In Pursuit of "program :of excellenc~";_ the Equality, historian George C. NTER TO learn, go poor repair of some bu1ldmgs Wright says that "Kentucky out to serve." (one, McCullin, has been the had other schools of higher The motto of Ken­ object of student complaints to education for blacks, but none tucky State Universi­ the Board of Regents since competed with this institution ty,E inscribed on George Wash­ 1996, but it currently is under for loyalty of blacks. Without ington Carver Hall, speaks of a renovation); a lack of graduate question, AfroAmericans com­ time and tradition dating to the programs: and the possibility ing from all over the state saw school's founding in 1886 as a that KSU could be hurt by new Kentucky State - with all its black teacher's college, It's a state funding guidelines. shortcomings • - as their symbol of Kentucky's segregat­ Add to all of this KSU's need school." ed past and of the challenging to improve its retention and But that loyalty has not trans­ future the institution confronts. graduation rates, and it is clear lated into stability, and a lack of KSU, like its counterparts that the school faces a serious elsewhere, will remain locked and broad challenge. administrative continuity may in a national debate over the Many familiar the school's explain some of KSU's difficul­ fate of historically black institu­ history believe its problems are ties. The school has had four tions in an increasingly multi- the result of historic neglect by presidents in the last 23 years, cultural the state. which is about average for most world. Richard Wilson, a recently universities. The difference is Its tradi­ retired education reporter for how some of .those leaders tional role The Courier-Journal, says that departed. collides with for many years, "KSU never got Raymond Burse, president its modern much attention from the state." from 1982 to 1989, resigned mission to Instead, it "got the scraps from after disagreements with be Kentuck­ the table ... regents and faculty over man­ y's small­ Under those circumstances, agement style. His successor, scale public "how do you expect it to John Wolfe, was removed in liberal arts become a quality institution?" 1991 after a series of disputes. SABA college. In What's. more, Wilson says BIREDA recent years, KSU's efforts to move into the "The lack of continuity and it has been a mainstream in the last few leadership has led to a lack of focus of the public debate about years came "into conflict with solid programs at KSU," insuring all Kentuckians equal the heritage of the school." He Stewart insisted. The flux could access to education. also notea that frequent admin­ help explain troubles such as · The federal government has istrative turmoil hasn't helped. the probationary status of stoked that debate. Loretta Stewart, a KSU alum­ In 1982, Kentucky was cited KSU's College of Education nae and retired administtator at roaram, the failure to develop by the -U:·S;·Department of Louisville's ce·ntral High P 0 Education's Office of Civil School, put it this way: a "program of exce ll ence, " an d Rights for failini; to eliminate "I'm not sure if the state real• the absence of graduate pro­ all remnants of its previously )y wants_KSU to survive. There grams other than one degree dual, segregated system of pub- has been, too-frequent talk of offered in public administra- -1ic higher.. education. A plan closing ill down or making it a Ridgel, however, believes _subsequently crafted by the two-year community college." that the primary responsibility state's ·:council on Higher However, Gary Cox, former for providing continuity rests Educaiioit - designed to executive director of the with the Board of Regents. expunge all ''vestiges of segre­ Council on Higher Education, "KSU is searching for the gation at the eight public uni­ believes that during his tenure, versities in Kentucky" and to right mix between administra­ "the institution had adequate tion and Board of Regents di­ comply with Title VI of the Civil funds to achieve the goals of rectives," said Dr. Clifford Clai­ Rights Act of 1964 - called for the university." special attention to KSU. Title I borne, president of the KSU VI requires the strengthening of ' D Alumni Association. historically black institutions,. KSU was founded on May 18, D according to Wendella Fox, of 1886, as the State Normal At a time when• Kentucky col- the Office of Civil Rights. School for Colored Persons. .The 1982 plan, renewed and 1eges are being pressured to The firsti programs were utili­ raise the bar and demand more improved in 1987, focused on tarian, includini; classes in KSUJs mission, academic pro• from entering students, KSU is teaching and agnculture, the at a crossroads over its mission. grams, funding, physical plant, fields most accessible to blacks and service to state govern- at the time. For years, KSU Historically, KSU has .been a ment.· --- · labored with inadequate bud­ saving grace for many students There has been some overall gets. Often, it only received who otherwise may not have success. For example, an what was left after the white been able to attend college at all increased number of African institutions got their state because of insufficient prepara­ Americans are entering college money. tion or low test scores. That role and graduate school. But KSU The Civil Rights Act of 1964 poses philosophical prob­ still remains in need of vast produced a bit more more lems for the school now that it imj>rovement. attentio11: to KSU funding, but is being expected to recruit the After a campus visit in 1995, Gus Ridgel, former vice-presi­ most academically prepared the state Committee on Equal students, according to Dr. Carl dent of finance and administra­ Smith, a faculty member. Opportunities said it found a tion, said that KSU "historically faculty _divided and holding had received almost no funding KSU, he said, should build on ''widely·divergent views of the support." its tradition of "concern for stu­ university and the roles of Despite pro~ress in recent dents and their growth." African-American and white years, Ridgel still believes KSU But raising KSU to state and facultr, m~mbers in its enhance­ _ didn't get the funding it needed national prominence, and mak­ ment. . to establish programs that ing it one of the "eminent liber­ When federal civil rights offi­ would attract the "best" quality al arts colleges in the nation " is cials visited this year, they students in Kentucky. what KSU's current presid~nt 11:oted _ continuing tension Even so, a skimpily funded George Reid, has in mind. Thai among faculty members. There KSU ttained thousands of black means KSU must bridge its "was almost. no progress students. This encouraged a competing desires to continue between the visit in 1995 and kind of resilience "in many KSU to educate the less academically the visit in 1999," said Fox, who graduates. prepared while building pro­ also . .wcirried about African­ grams to attract more talented AniericaiQ~presentation in the students. ·fti~)ll,ty",Sel!f\te, .and about dis­ •~enl$;oyer faculty leader- /MOR Fl "If they want to retain the \lt~\-v.c-'V...q. · . type of students they have • KSU now has a 34 percent For example, the renovation of four buildings and the estab­ now " administrators must freshman drop-out rate, and its mai~tain the predominantly enrollment has declined by 11 lishment of the aquaculture pro­ black atmosphere in student percent since 1995. In addition, gram would require big invest­ ments, but KSU's small enroll­ life, she said. of the state's eight four-year Reid insists that KSU has public institutions, KSU has the ment makes it hard to raise big alumni dollars. already become a model for lowest ACT scores for entenng diversity in Kentucky. Its stu­ freshman. In 1997, gifts to KSU totaled dent body - 40 percent white. Reid who took over as presi­ less than $100,000. dent la;t year, hopes to increase D 55 percent black, and 5 percent enrollment to 4,000 in the next other races - is the most five years and has already estab­ Still, there are other prob­ diverse in the state. lished a "first-year program" to lems that could be solved with­ Reid said he wants to "show improve retention rates and help out substantial increases in the world that a diverse univer­ freshmen succeed. The universi­ funding. "\ sity can work" and that "the ty has established an Office of Racial tensions, which school two missions of diversity and University Advancement to officials qui'ckly dismiss as a maintaining a tradition of edu­ guide the school through expan­ "clash of cultures and thoughts cating African Americans aren't sion decisions, implement pro­ about the university," have mutually exclusive." grams and act as liaison with the been glaringly apparent to both A workable diversity will media, alumni and businesses. federal officials and to students. require ongoing dialogue, how­ KSU has proposed to the Co~n­ Reid promises programs to dis­ ever. cil on Postsecondary Education cuss and collnteract any divi­ Drashae Stevenson, president a "program of distinction" in siveness. of the Studenr Government aquacufture and will begin offe_r­ Reid also hopes to get the Association, says he's seen divi­ ing this fall a master's degree m teacher education program off siveness among faculty and stu­ that area. probation by March 2000 and dents, and he's suggesting that A definitive development shape KSU's:program into "the this year's SGA theme should plan, including more scholar­ preeminent teacher educat10n be "We are family." ships, is still in the works, ac- program in the state." Given the Veriee Wilson, the director of cording to Henford McDuffy, programs already in place at first-year programs, also vice president of university ad­ other state universities, this will believes there must be more vancement. The plan, he said, be a challeng~. unity. "All of us have to come will consider such questions as Vast internal improvements "What type of students do we together to focus on what's best could lead to more funding and for the students .... People want to involve in the mix at also to. the success of KSU's ef­ KSU? Do we have the academic don't like change, but we have forts to create a "program of to do what's best for the stu­ programs to attract lhose 'stu­ distinction." , dents of exceJience'?" dents," said Wilson, who heads The Whitney Young Jr. Lead­ a small team of advisers and Both Reid and McDuffy are ership Program, the university's peer tutors.who help students apprehensive about the CPE's elite leadership-studies program adjust academically and social­ · new three-pron11ed funding for­ established during the Burse ad­ ly. mula for determming how much ministration~ could achieve a KSU does have the opportu­ money state schools receive. more prominent role in the uni­ nity to become a model for the The funding of each universi­ versity and'the state. More successful transition of a histor­ ty is to be based on and com­ scholarships'. internships and ically black institution. By offer­ pared to a set of benchmark in­ research opportunities, com­ ing a chance to engage in stitutions. Final decisions bined with a higher level of se­ research of African-American haven't been made, but funding lectivity, might make the pro­ culture and providing the nur­ would be compared to the medi­ gram a majo~ attraction for tal­ turing found at so many black an or soine percentile of fund­ ented Kentucky students. institutions, KSU can provide ing for these benchmark institu­ KSU also must find ways to elements of a traditionally black tions. overhaul its i_mage and recon­ institution to a new, multi-racial For instance, KSU's funding, cile the wideli disparate percep­ student body. now about $19.6 million, could llons of the university. Many But it must also make dra­ be based on the median funding people, including students fac­ matic strides in the areas that levels for such schools as Mor­ ulty and alumni, perceive 'Ksu have been highlighted for gan State University in Mary­ as a black school. Others see it improvement: land,. California State Universi­ as a racially diverse campus. ty-Bakersfield, and North Caro­ . !{orea Milledge, a junior ma­ ■ Faculty must fonn a cohe­ lina A& T University. Jonng m apparel retail, was not sive idea of the school"s teach­ A seconif part of the fonnula hesitant in explaining why she ing mission. is perfonnance indicators, such came to KSU.1 "It was close to ■ Administrators must work as graduation rates and reten­ home (Indianapolis) and be­ closely with the CPE to quickly tion. Better perfonnance would cause it was a historically black remedy the federal civil rights mean more money. university." citations. (If not, all state insti­ tutions could lose federal fund­ A third part of the fonnula is Another 'student Alana incentive trust funds to encour­ ing or face suits from the U. S. Barner, a soJ}homore 'majoring Department of Education.) age and reward higher aspira­ in physical education, said KSU tions. still seems to be majority black, ■ The state must seriously Although CPE officials insist because "Many of the white stu­ consider KSU's request for that no institution will be penal­ dents are commuters and aren't more enhancement funds. ized under the new strategy, involved in a lot of stuff." ■ Most important, the entire Reid isn't convinced. He be­ Like other universities with KSU community must commit lieves, for example,'that the for­ similar histories, KSU's strate­ itself to the preservation of mula "does not consider the gies must strike a balance KSU's heritage but also to the history of past inequities at between its African-American acceptance of a new multicul­ KSU." And while he considers pas! and i_ts desire to provide a tural and diverse group of stu­ benchmark comparisons fair, racially diverse atmosphere in dents and faculty. he argues that the total fonnula the future. , doesn't adequately reflect all There are signs that KSU is Without intense introspection the years that KSU's per stu­ succeeding. and renewal, KSU will undoubt­ edly continue stumbling over dent funding was unfairly low. The university's Government 11 Continued enhancement Services Center has been hugely the many problems of the past funds would continue to do rather than jumping ahead to successful at recruiting govern­ steady progress. good things at KSU," he said. ment workers and students, and ''We can't continue doing those many are not African KSU's most famous alumnus. things on peanuts." . Americans. At the same time the late Whitney Young Jr.. Fox, of the federal Office of the university1 established the seemed to have foreseen the Civil Rights, said that her pre­ Center for Excellence for the future of his alma mater when liminary review suggested that Study of· Kentucky African he said: "It is not through the the new funding fonnula "could Americans, which 1s a major withdrawal of any group, but have an adverse impact on the resource for the historical study through the fervent, united viability of KSU becoming an of blacks in the'state. efforts of decent people of good academically stronger insitu­ Still, KSU's persistent image will of every race, color and tion." some students say, is "black by creed that the system can be day, white by night," implying made to work for the benefit of While all of Kentucky's pub­ all men." lic institutions of higher educa­ that full immersion of non-black tion could use a financial boost, students into campus life hasn't For KSU, as surely today as KSU's situation is particularly occurred. But some students then, success will come only as difficult - and correcting the including Milledge, feel thai the result of such fervent, unit­ problems cited by the civil maintaining the status quo ed effons. rights office would be expen- would be good for KSU. sive.·- 1 • • • - -·"•:.:' ' TH[~ COURIER-JOURNAl THE COURIER-JOURNAL TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7. 1999 TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1999 OWENSBORO l\fuREHEAD Kentucky Wesl,eyan Father who abused gains sonie·students his new son is jailed · 'The numbers of full-time stu­ A former Morehead Stat dents and first-time students at University student who pleade Kentucky Wesleyan College are guilty to abusing his newbor up this fall. son by nearly shaking him I Full-time enrollment is up 4 death has been arrested aft< percent and there are 688 full­ failing to show up for senteP time students, 23_. more than a year ago, President Wesley Pol- ing on Friday. ing said. . 'fy(Jln M.. Page, 23, was be!n~ Of those 688, 195 are first­ helc;f In ·the Rowan County Jail time students, a 22 percent in­ without ;bond ,vesterda~. He crease over last fall's number. had beeh free sm·ce posting 10 Total enrollment is 744, up . perc

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Dr. Roscoe Playforth , His contributions to inter­ 1909-1999 . collegiate athletics at MSU Dr. Roscoe H. Playforth;, 89, were recognized in 1975 with of Morehead. died Monday at the naming of Playforth his home. Place. a street which serves Dr. Playforth was born Oct. MSU's Breathitt Sports Cen­ 6, 1909, in Crab Orcha~d. a ter. He was the recipient of son of the late Henry and Re­ Morehead State University's becca Harness Playforth. : 1991 Founders Day Award for He was retired as dean of University Service. social services at Morehead He was a member of More­ State University. He came to head First Baptist Church, MSU in 1957 as assistant pro­ National Education Associa­ fessor of sociology and ,after tion, Kentucky. Retired Teach­ becoming a full professor was ers Association, Quarterback named social sciences ,dean Club and Morehead Optimist when the School of Social Sci­ Club, where he ·was president ences was established in and a former member of 1966. I Morehead Men's Club. Before joining the MSU Surviving are his wife, Sib­ staff- he was a teacher in Lin­ bie Armstrong Playforth; a coln' County, principal! and son, Dr. Herman Playforth of basketball coach at Waynes­ Lexington; four grandchil­ burg High School and princi­ dren; and six great-grandchil­ pal and superintendent at dren. Barboursville City Schools. The funeral will be con­ He was a graduate of East­ ducted at 10:30 a.m. Wednes­ ern Kentucky University1 and day at Northcutt & Son Home the University of Kentucky. for Funerals in Morehead by He served as chairman of Dr. Don Mantooth. A grave­ MSU's Committee on Athlet­ side service will be held at ics and as the University's 2:~0 p.m. Wednesday at Crab representative to the Execu­ Orchard Cemetery by the Rev. tive Committee of the: Ohio Don Mantooth. Valley Conference. He also . Friends may call after 4 served on the Eagle Athletic · p.m. today at the funeral Fund Advisory Board and home. Board of Trustees of the MSU Foundation Inc.

THE COURIER-JOURNAL• THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 9 1999 j- . . . Court reje¢ts KSU students~ free-press case· 1997 ruling against the stu­ the yearbook. Coffer worked on Associated Press dents. In a dissent, appeals the newspaper and was editor Judge R. Guy Cole Jr. sided of thayearbook. · CINCINNATI - An appeals 1 with the majority's decision on The administnitlori said it court yesterday rejected argu­ ' the campus newspaper, but he confiscated the yearbook be­ ments by two former Kentucky rejected the majority's view cause of problems with its qual­ State University students that that the university's yearbook ity. Future administrations the school violated their First was not a public forum and could use that excuse to halt Amendment -rights by forbid­ therefore was subject to restric­ any campus puplications when ding distribution of a yearbook tions by the university. umversity officials object-to the and interfering with the student . Hood ruled that the yearb?ok editorial content, Orwin argued newspaper. 1 was not protected by the First before the appeals court on The 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Amendment because its content March 18. Appeals ruled that former stu­ did not amount to public Orwin said the administra­ dents Charles Kincaid and Ca­ speech. He also ruled that the tion never consulted a student pri Coffer failed to prove their students lacked standing to publications board about con­ allegations against. the school pursue their claims about the fiscating the yearbooks. He said 1D Frankfort, Ky, ·. the administration transferred Their lawyer, D. Bnice Or­ ai~~°:r~·~upheld the coordinator of student pub­ win, said that he had not seen Hood's ruling that tlie students lications out of that job, against the ruling but that he intends to failed to show that their speech her will, after she took the po­ appeal it, either to the full 14- was actually _restricted by ..the sition that the students had the judge appeals court or to the Kentucky State administration. right to determine the newspa­ U.S. Supreme Court. ''We thought it was a non-is­ per's contents. "You can depend on it.'' Or• sue all along," True said. _ The Society of Professional win said when asked about an Journalists, American Society 11 Kincaid and Coffer accused appeal. We think it's an im­ the administration of trying to of Newspaper Editors, Report­ portant First Amendment keep '~negative" news out of ers Committee for Freedom of case." the newspaper, The Thorobred the Press and National Feder­ J. Guthrie True, a lawyer for ' News, and of forbidding distri­ ation of Press Women filed the university, said he had not bution ofthe 1992-94 yearbook, written arguments with the yet read the ruling, but that the The Thorobred. . court in support of the stu­ university was not trying. to "There: was no evidence to dents. control the content of the year­ be found because it didn't ex­ book. ist," True said. ·"The university True said university involve­ never did anything to try and ment was "only an effort to as­ ' mandate any review of the pa­ sure the students were produc­ per prior to publication." ing a quality yearbook," - Kincaid wrote letters to the Appeals Judges Alan -Norris , editor of the newspaper and and James Ryan upheld U.S. paid an·S80 activity fee, which District Judge James Hood's he said entitled him to receive Lexington Herald-Leader ihursday, :septemcer 9, 1999 ' KSU yearboOk confiscation upheldI i D~~ision alarms free-spee:ch advocates; appeal to come sued, arguing that the school had is the precedent in those states. By John Cheves no right to seize the books, and The decision was not clear or. HERAL.OlE.ADER STAFF WRITER also that the books were of the how financially independent stu­ College journalists sometimes same quality as in years past. dent publications - such as the can be censored by adminisrrators The I seizure was part of a Kentucky Kernel, the University of Kentucky's student newspaper who want their schools portrayed struggle for control of KSU's stu­ 1 in a more positive light, a federal dent jotlmalism program, which ' - should be considered. The appellate court ruled yesterday. irritated'school officials with criti­ Thorobred was supported in part weakening the First Amendment cal cartoons and articles in the with university money. for college students in Kentucky student-,run newspaper. the stu­ Mike Agin, UK student media and three other states. dents sa,id. adviser, said he worried about the The decision. which upheld erosion of college journalists' U.S. District Judge Joseph rights, but he does not predict the 1994 confiscation of KentuckY Hood in Frankfort dismissed the State University's yearbook by students' lawsuit in 1997. College that UK administrators will try to an unhappy administrator. yearbooks are not intended to be censor the Kernel. alarmed free-speech advocates. read by the general public, so they However, even independent who· wonder if college officials are noi a "public forum" and do college news media could see will act on their new rights. not merit First Amendment pro- more scrutiny as administrators High school journalism can tection,: Hood wrote. flex their muscles and wonder be censored under a controversial Writing for the majority in whether any student publication 1988 U.S. Supreme Court deci­ yesterday's decision, Judge Alan is a public forum, said Bruce Or­ sion, advocates noted. Yester­ Norr!s !agreed KSU had the right win, a Somerset lawyer represent- day's court ruling seems to ex­ to seize the yearbooks. ing tfie fonner KSU students. tend that vulnerability to any col­ "It is-nQ__dl;_ubt.~=bleJbaL. "College journalists ought to I • lege news media that is produced KSU should seek to maintain its be scared. This is the most senous on campus with school funds, su­ image' to potential students, alum- setback to college journalism in pervised by a faculty or school ni and the general public." Norris perhaps 25 years," Orwin said. staff member. wrote! "In light oi the indis- The studeots wili appeal the putably poor quality of the year­ "Colleges and universities are appellate panel's decision to the all about free speech. We should book, I it is also reasonable that KSU might cut its losses by refus­ full court, Orwin said. If that fails. have the First Amendment up on he added, they can appeal to the a pedestal on every college cam­ ing to distribute a university pub­ lication that might tarnish, rather U.S. Supreme Court, although the pus. But instead, with this deci­ high court agrees to hear only a sion, we're going in the other di: than enhance, that image." The 6th circuit is composed of tiny fraction of the appeals sent rection," said Mike Hiestand, staff its way each year. attorney for the Student Press Kentucky, Tennessee, Ohio and Law Center in Washington, D.C. Michi~an: yesterday's ruling now KSU officials did not return A three-judge panel of the 6th phone calls yesterday. The school's US. Circuit Court of Appeals in attorney, J. Guthrie True of Frank­ fort, denied that the First Amend­ Cincinnati ruloo 2-1 in favor of KSU 1, ment is at risk in the Thorobred and against former students Capr: ' case. All KSU wanted to do is con­ trol the quality of the yearbook, Coffer and Charles Kincaid. Coffer 'I was the editor of the 199'2-94 Thoro­ ' not censor its conten~ True said. bred, KSU's student yearbook. In 1994, KSU's vice president for student affairs confiscated· 2,000 newly printed copies of the Thorobi:ed, saying they were of poor quality and reflected badly on the school. Coff!!f and Kincaid THE MOREHEAD ~EWS SEPTEMBER i. 1999 I Welcome back bash is planned for MSU students To learn niore about More­ By KIM HAMILTON ' head Tomorrow, members of the Staff Writer ! community are encouraged to gel involved with one or more of The local group that ih work­ the committees. ing for downtown revitalization Listed below are the next is throwing a bash for n'.ew and committee meetings: returning university students. Promotions, 11 a.m. at Morehead TomorrOw is Pasquale's, Wednesday, Sept. 8; throwing a welcome Hack to Economic Restructuring, school partv for Morehe~d State noon, City Hall, Wednesday, University" students oniThurs­ Sept. 22; day, Sept. 9 from 6-10 p.m. Housing, 11 a.m., City Hall, The event will be held at the Thursday, Sept. 9; new parking lot on Mai~ Street Transportation/Parking, 12 across from the University Cine- noon, City Hall, Thursday, Sept. ma. ' 9; The evening will feature food Arts District, 2 p.m., City from local restaurants1, prize­ Hall, Wednesday, Sept. 22; giveaways sponsored b)' down­ Greenways, 9 a.m., City Hall, town merchants, Jive mu'sic from Monday, Sept. 13; local band• and the sounds of Courthouse, noon, City Hall, disc jockey Dave Carpenter with Thursday, Sept. 19; Main Street music. : Streetscape/Urban Design, 12 One of the many ac!tivilies noon, Thursday, Sept. 19; and project. currently! undar- . Steam,s.flommi•~• wnv, this event ii:i frf",. and open lvn's Restnurnnt, Moncla'y,-'Sepl~ to the public. ' 27. I THE MOREHEA[) NEWS SEPTEMBER 7. 1999 Retired MSU dean I Roscoe Playforth dies 1909 · 1999 His contributions to intercol­ Son Home for Funerals Memori- MOREHEAD - Dr. Roscoe H. legiate! athletics at MSU were al Chapel with the Rev. Don Playforth, 89, of Knapp Avenue recognized by the institution in Mantooth officiating. Graveside Morehead, died Monday morn'. ~ ~7!j \\~th !.he n=iming of "Play­ services wilJ be conducted at mg, ~pL. 6 at his residence. forth Place," a street which 2:30 p.m. Wednesday at th·.;··--.. - He was born Oct. 6, 1909 at serves IMSU's Breathitt Sports Crab Orchard Cemetery. Visita- Crab Orchard to the late Henry Center. tion is after 4 p.m. Tuesday. and Rebecca HarneBS Playforth. The former administrator .Pallbearers: Dr. Eugene He retired as Dean of Social and educator was the recipient Duncan, Dr. Jack E. Dizzel, Dr. Sciences at Morehead State Uni­ of MSU's 1991 Founders Day Alban Wheeler, John Collis, Dr. versity in 1976. He came to Award:for University Service. Byron Wentz, John Stanley and MSU in 1957 as assistant pro­ Dr. lPlayforth was an avid Paul Williamson. fessor of sociology and after ris­ golfer 1and spent much of his Honorary pallbearers: Dr. ing through the ranks to full time building clocks and furni­ Adron Doran, Dr. Nelson Grote professor, was named social sci­ ture, •I hobby he picked up alter Dr. Ronald Eaglin, Dr. Ma~ ences dean when the School of retirement and was a member of Luckey, Billy Joe Hall and Social Sciences was established the M'orehead First Baptist Robert Bishop. in 1966. Church. Dr. Playforth began his edu­ He jwas a member of the ...... •.· cation career teaching elemen­ National Education Association, tary school in a two-room school the Kentucky Retired Teachers house in hie native Lincoln Assodation, the Quarterback County in 1931. He went on to Club, knd the Morehead Opti­ serve as principal and basket- mist Club, where he had held many :offices, including presi­ ball coach at Waynesburg High dent ahd was a former member School and principal and super­ of the Morehead Men's Club. mtendent at Barboursville City Surviving are hie wife, Sibbie Schools, prior to joining the Armstrong Playforth; one son, Morehead State faculty. Dr. Herman Playforth of Lexing­ He earned his A.B. degree ton; fo'ur grandchildren, Kathy from Eastern Kentucky Univer­ Graw~. Salli Whisman, Karen sity and hie M.A. and Ed.D. Plavforth and John Plar.forth; degrees from the University of and six great-grandchildren, Kentucky. Clare ,Gallaher, Caitlin Galla­ In addition to his academic her, Emma Whisman, Ben roles, Dr. Playforth served near­ Grawe, Molly Grawe and Will ly 15 years as chairman of Shapiro. MSU's Committee on Athletics and as I.he university's represen­ Ful\eral service~ will be con­ tative to I.he Executive Commit­ ducted al 10:30 a.m. Wednes­ tee of the Ohio Valley Confer­ dnv. Sept. 8 at the Northcutt & Dr, Roscoe H. Playforlh ence. His volunteer service to the univeraity following retire­ ment included terms on the Eagle Athletic Fund Advisorv Board and I.he Board of Trustees of I.he MSU Foundation, Inc. I I THE MOREHEAD NEWS SEPTEMBER 7. 1999 Hicks to plead guilty tomorrow !in Montana would come back to Ken lucky By CHRIS TURNER after he is released," Adkins Staff Writer said. The plea will be entered Former Morehead State UniJ tomorrow with the sentence versity professor Charles Hicks hearing on Sept. 30 and Oct. 1. 1s scheduled to plead guilt\1 The prosecution had argued tomorrow in Bozeman, Mont: that Hicks conned his way into according to Gary Adkins, assis­ the Fitch residence by posing as tant Commonwealth attorney. a home buyer while passing "Hicks is pleading guilty tJ through Bozeman. aggravated kidnapping and Once inside, he allegedly felony assault. The aggravated choked Fitch and took her to the burglary charge is dismissed as basement. The two then strug­ part of the plea bargain," Adkins gled ,!I~. he _zap(l6d _her_ numer­ said. 1 ouo· t1mes w1tll a •tun gun; '!lilt Hicks is accused of attacking she fought him off and fled. a Bozeman, MonL woman, Mar,­ The guilty plea follows an cie Fitch, in her home with a appeal denial handed down by stun gun on April 27, 1998. ; the Montana Supreme Court in He has been in jail since May August. 12, 1998. The court had turned down Adkins said that Hicks' total an appeal from Hick's attorney, sentence would be 20 vears, tL Herman "Chuck" Watson Ill, to serve five, and 15 suSpended. reverse a ruling by District Hicks would be ineligible fo'r Judge Mike Salvsgni that would parole the first two years, after allow jurors to see violent that it would be up to the parole pornography taken off the com­ board to determine if he shoul'd puter in Hicks' home in More­ be released. i head. Hicks' defense lawyer has a He wanted the state Supreme plan of strict supervision and in­ Court to bar the use of the patient treatment for psychi­ pornography collection as evi­ atric problems and sexual obses­ dence. On Aug. 3, the Supreme sion for Hicks when he is Court declined to bar the evi­ released, Adkins said. dence. "My understanding is that he Deputy Gallatin County Attorney Jan, Mersen, who is prosecuting tl:e case, declined to comment at p,eee time. I I THE MOREHEAD NEWS SEPTEMBER 7, 1999 Man arrest~d after missing sentencing i;b baby's assault

A former Morehead State Page was indicted in Febru­ University student who pleaded ary on a charge of first-degree guilty to a charge of nearly assault but pleaded guilty to a shaking his newborn soO to lesser charge in an agreement death was arrested after he offered by prosecutors. failed to show up for his sched­ He failed to appear Friday in uled sentencing. Rowan Circuit Court for sen­ Tyran M. Page, 23, is being tencing. Judge William Mains held without bond at the R.dwan issued an arrest warrant and County Detention Center( He said Page was to be held with­ had been free since posting 10 out bond. I Tabatha Page pied guilty to a percent of a $10,000 bond alter lesser charge of facilitation to pleading guilty July 16 ~o an commit abuse, reduced from amended charge of firet-degree first-degree criminal abuse.

criminal abuse. 1 In court on Friday, Mains Page and his wife Tabatha, ordered her to take part in a 12· 20, were accuaed of seriOusly month diversion agreement. injuring their 3-week-<>ld son on The agreement calls for Page Feb. 12. The infant, who /is in to comply with the district court foster care, suffered permanent ruling on visitation with the brain damage from the alleged baby, commit no offenses, stay shaking. ' enro1led as a student at MSU full-time. continue counseling and complete 60 hours of com­ munity service. "I consider this a verv serious matter." Mains told Page. "You're !(etting quite a break with this divers10n.- The Daily lnaepenaenl ~sI1Ianc,, 1,entucky. Monaay, Septemoer 6. 1999 Former Morehead stttdenitI ··arre · ·'•~·-· · Man who admitted abusing son fails to appear in cour 1 ly TOM l.Ewlll Feb'i'1ary in their Peratt Hail plea bargain in July and ad- OF THE bAILY INDEPENDWT apart/ ment on the MSU cam- mitted to the lesser charge of - pus. The baby, who was born facilitation to first-degree MOREHEAD - A_ former Jan. 23, suffered perm~n\ criminal_ abuse. . . Morehead State Umvers1ty brain damage. ·. · She did appear m court Fri­ student who pleaded guilty in Page was indicted in Feb- day and Mains ordered a 12- July _to a. charge of nearly ruaey on a charge of first-de- ~onth., u'!-supervised pretrial shakmg his newborn son to gre~ assault, which carried a d1vers1on m her case. death was arrested over the maximum prison sentence of Under the agreement, Mrs. weekend alter failing to show 20 ykars. But in an agreement Page - an MSU stl!'dent - up for his scheduled sentenc- offeted bv Commonwealth's must remam a fu_ll-time stu­ ing in Rowan Circuit Court Attornel' · Georg"' Moore, he dent or ~vork full-time, rece1v,, . -'a,· 1 'd d. "lt t th counseling through Path- Fnu _ peae gmy o e Iesser I ways, avoid committing am· Tyran M. Page, 23, was in charge, and Moorll' recom- other crimes remain drug­ Rowan County Detention mehded the Jllaximum 10- and alcohol-f;ee and be sub- Center this morning without year sente~. . 'j,< ject to random testing. bond. He had been free since ~n.Pa,wfail!li!to app.~ar She will have limited visi- posting 10 percent of a Friliay, Rolf&il"T'p~t·[ll":ge tation of her son; who is now $1~,000 b\md after pleading William Miil"Rll ia@ue the in foster care. gmlty July 16 to an amended wah-ant and said f,qe j11s to If Mrs. Page ~bide~ by the charge of first-degree criminal be held without bond. terms of the d1vers1on, the abuse. ~rs. Pegtl, priginally ch_arge against ~er :,viii be dis- ·Page and his wife, 20-year-_ . ch~rged with fjn,t-degree m1s_sed. If not, 1t _will be up to old Tabatha Page, were ac­ criminal abuse also reaooed a ~ams to detennme her pun- • ., 1shment.-Moore recommended cus~d of seriously injuring that she spend 12 months be­ their only child, Conner, in hind bars. Mrs. Page had been free on a $5.000 unsecured bond. ~Vfr MSU ARCHIVES MSU Clip Sheet A sample of recent articles Jinterest to Morehead State University Sept. 10. 1999 UNIVERSITY COMMUNICATIONS MOREHEAD STATE UNIVERSITY UPO BOX 1100 MOREHEAD, KY 40351-1689 (606) 783-2030 I THE MOREHEAD NEWS SEPTEMBER 10, 1999 D r. C ue:e:n_· .. t·e rta1ns. I. . and. ins t ruet s about the gamJ he cherishes Demonsirating trick shots, ·-Thie faith is also rea=·in By C~S TURNER p)a_ying a~~inet etud~nte anii hie book, "Rack up a ·· _- .• Staft'Wnter ~vmg advi~e_. Dr. Cue e expree- The book, which cove· fall s1ve pereon!1l.1ty and tremendou~ aspect~ of ~he game, _iil_if!_rpo- In some circles, playing pool playmg ab1,!1ty keep some stu rates his beliefs. ·•,,.:({If is not consider the most nobleat dents watc~mg for hours. . Rack is an acronym for'Riic:re- of pursuits. • He gave ,one-on-one advice to atioruil Ambassador for C)ii;lat'a Dr. Cue is out to change that several students. For one . . ,. ·IB-- perception. observer, he went into intricate Kingdo~ . .,,:lfiii· A professional pool player for detail on bow to use a detailed He 881d that bemg an iiiiilias- over 10 year•, he now gi_vee chart to master a subtle nui- sadorfor God is partofhiajob. sance of the game. Dr. Cue's awards and experi- exhibitions to show the public But entertaining and giving ence at billiards are too numer- tbe positive aspects of pocket advice is only one-aspect of what ous to !isl billiards. Dr. Cue is all about. The game he started playing "There's not much laughter in Hie reallname is Tom-Ross- at age 10 has turned into·a life- profossional pool tournaments. I man, and he has incorporated long pursuit that baa touch all inject humor in my shows so hie religious beliefs into a game aspects of his life. people can walk away healthy that is sometimes associated "I'll still be giving •hows and happy," he eaid. with a more darker element. of when I'm ninety if I can walk Dr. Cue give ■ over 200 exhibi- society. I around the table.• lions a year at college■• univer• "You don't talk about God in Dr. Cue said that his neweat sitiea; military installations, . the billiard industry. he seid. project wii:s developing !l Jlilot ' h n d' • •· lk .show for a new 24-hour bilbarda prisons and malls. AtI h oug. 8• oesn t .. ~a. channel that ie·ernected to hit A master of over 400 trick about God tn his _show~i' 1t. ts cable televisiou··rn the near shots, be views hi:m"elf as a P~· apparent ~om_ talki~g ~Ul · h)m future. · . feesional entertmner whose Job ~at he has pmred ht~ fmth with "I developing an entertain~ is to be a steward of the game he ht~ rol~ asl a "profeeSJonal, enter- ment style billiards game show lovea; • tamer. . . · · h for the network," he eaid. "I love it so much. I want peo- . He "'!d bte. wife, Marty w o Re--''••• if the f.ilot works pie to see a different pa,rt of the 1s also his jbusmeee agent, mcor-1 ~-~ D C to game. I want people to feel bet-. porate prayer into their·busi- o_ut or not, r •. _ue Pan• ~n- ter after they leave my show," nees deciB1ons. S\ · tinue enterta1U1ng people wtth he said. "I believe that the routes we tbe game ha lovea. Dr. Cue gave a two-day exhi- take through the year· are bition at ADUC on Morehead divinelyinspired,"·he said:o'·· State University's campus last They are getting reildy to week. embark on a 20-state toai' this He has been giving exhibi- fall. I ,, ·, tione at MSU since 1987. _ . . THFCOURIER-JOURNAL FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1999 FIGHnNG •~RACY iN--KENTUCKY _ , . sy _ROBERT F.I SEXJ:ON • The wrHer la the executive dlrec- blocked It we don'tao Dellfi'in tor of the Prichard Committee readinf,· , I ;: thirds did not learn to read. is beca..use"wllen:1wo·~- "eve - I ·•-·· 't';,\Y,,,e .. . ry for Aca dem Ic Exce II ence. My nen• d, a co II ege graouate" Theymilhon are adult now Kentuckians among the withone one earne -: o,read/'. lie. is 0 thinking·· · ·ciiiat'""'liahdful of RAN INTO an old friend ;~ :0~~"! panp'mp~~Jf.~~t~ weak or nonexistent reading ~1t. , :·o~,:,l't!1en he at the grocery store the ibl1 .,'h 'd b, • his:'"'), skills, Pe<>P!II, day after the Prichard tern e, e sa1 a qut t .an~ .today K tu 1cy·. h Is . wann sdiool\m".Kentu"1n, we • · nouncement. "When ·I was in. ,., en. c sc oo are didn. 't·-"1·.-~-•-•"1 ·."•11·~.. o "'.'G."Ji~'.':flil every- . I Comm1tt~e for A~adem1c school everyone l~arned to .. teac:bing a "!~er portion of the one to·ieacti ~tir fr._ J~t-:~. Excellence a,:ino~ced its alarm· read." ' · .,;;l •• ·· same population to. read than ·; Whe.:n~my/.;'f"'en"iitwas.. in about ~eadmg .m the earl,Y Hardi : If his'·'ihinking is Itl)ey d1d 50 years a:go·and a con- school; peolife !li1Cugiiftliat onl grades· a. nd ab~'!t Ke!)tuCky s common;tim many )ldult Ken- i· s1derably smaller fraction 7' childre1(/&o;Wei'e:Ji@nd fo~ history ofadult illiteracy. . tuckilins not only ·have a prob- probably under 20 percent - IS th "office' jg~.-I{iieeiledt."!i/{ii'cation. · . KentuckyAl ough has 1em WI"th re~ d'mg, .. 't" ne Ir history, not le.,umg,to. "-•• read.-•Butwe'.re·· ·· Other cffilmiu'.jlj1filii~inte idea greatly,. im- and math skills n~ some ~elp s~ying. that 11~!Dher is.s~l too was·tbat,l!ijfy_'could[~,]obs in proved its as well. Kent~cky 1s re!1d1'lg high, even though it's the best miiles,_;_lggg_l!/g(ol,;9Ji)~arms. •. fourth-grade p_roblems h~ve. be~n with us Kentucky schools have ever They.,could·,use.,th:elr,strong reading- . •. s1_nce the begummg 9f recorded _done. . _ I. backs; wiiilfethfo ancl'ilinafe · - ... . - ~·--~~= -~1~----, ••I;,.-, .. m scores, we history. Our volunie~r gro'!p Today, more young people ·tell1gence.iq;__s~pp_on,.tbem- said we must alone has_ bee!1 raisin!! Cam are literate than before-but - selves ..... , •,--.•.,;~·, c1•?.~.~:!:,; .• ·. :r,,,b . tttfainii lli~-- . ' do much, abou1 readinl? smce our first r~ and this is critical - our sta1;1:- . S. 81\,_,_ • , y_., !l,,now re- much better. portml98!.Justlookattheevi-. dards keep going up. In 1900 quire,m~r~,.~~ad_ing,~bmplex About 50 per- dence. ·I • for instance, the l).S Census Imaterial JS.essentiiil·.even in jobs cent ·of our Today, about one mll_lion said people were "literate" if 'that·5o Y.ajitjigo"'"i:oiild'be han­ Robert $exton fourth grad• a~ults (age 25 to 65) _are e1~er they had a fourth-grade educa- dled by,i!on-readers.''Adults . ers, we be- ilhterate or so weakl m f!!admg lion. In 1980, it was an eighth- without'reaahig !sliillll'ielf' their lieve, cannot read well enough that they ~ave troub.le with th,e grade education. In 1990, it was stories wiil{passloniiiid'soirow: to handle academic c~ntent most routine tasks. ffbey cant high school graduation. They·know.'they,lfaves.1>een left work at the nex~· rade level. read well enough 1to handle S h Is d f mill" "l t d" b work or read a newspaper or c 00 an a es are do~ ~e~diWl111t)ny!,fri~~;missed Many h ave earn Ofe!l Y readtotheircbildren. , ing a better job of teaching m. his comments was: that tourth grade,,~ut th~a~~t If my math Is right, these rea. ding, but it is not good school.taught hint; .aiid that read to learn, some g_d,,Y folks were in the early"grades of, enough. Why, then, does my seemed.g~_ep_Cl)lgll; IM .it was must .do ,as they enter m1 ,..e school between 1930 and 1980 ' friend think things are wor,e• It school. The goal of Kentucky. th · " · · · not good enol!llh for many of education - to have all children And for ose .who ,yere follr!h his genemt!iln.~-- · '." ·~:,:., learning at-high levels -will b~ grader, or fourth-grade. age m ,-.-1'..: . . . .. • • •• •· 1940, for example, ai least two- (MORE) I In Kentucky,'·we· now expect read to their children, and they every child will learn to r.ead don't have books and. other well enough to handle. complex written material in their homes, academic subjects. -Schools So Kentucky has to catch up. measure whether this is done Teachers will make the critical successfully and publicize the difference, but parents are tre­ results. In other words, it now mendously important, too. matters whether schools teach Reading-eJ

Lexington Herald-Leader Friday, September 10, 1999 Fc,r_ today's -~llege freshmen, Cold· War is ancient history By James M. O'Neill ! KNIGHT RIDDER NEWS SERVICE I 'Not that far back' German occupation. He wanted to ask For this generation, ihe ac­ PHILADELPHIA - Nuclear win­ Bohr abou( the morali,ty of pursuing, ter. START. SALT. ICBMs. Khrush­ as a sc1ent1st, experiments that could tions of the scientists in the play, chev saying "We will bury you." The lead to the Nazis' ability to produce an and the ensuing nuclear threat, Berlin Wall. The Cuban missile crisis. are not just history. They're, like, atomic bomb. j To many Americans, these Cold War prehistory, The play, a discussion between the Students in the session of remnants conjure memories, provide two long-dead physi~ists rehashing links to their own experience. They Penn professor emeritus Abraham their meeting, raises the question were words of the moment Klein, for instance, were surprised wheiher Heisenberg failed to pro­ to learn that Klein, himself a But for the freshmen sliding into duce a bomb on purpose. And it classroom desks this fall, these are physicist, had seen both Heisen­ turns assumptions on' their head berg and Bohr give lectures. • dusty words from ancient history. when it is revealed that the ac­ This group, coming of age after the "It makes you realize that, tions of the perceh'.ed villain, while ibis stuff is 50 years old, it's Cold War ended, must read about Heisenberg, fail to kill a single really not that far back," said these things to understand them. soul, while those of the hero, That's why the University of freshman Michael Hall, of Mount Bohr, who ultimately fled to the Pocono, Pa. "Like, the guy was Pennsylvania had incoming freshmen 1 United States and worked at Los standing right there in our class­ read Copenhagen, British playwright Alamos, produced the :bombs that room." ·: :Vlichael Frayn's portrayal of a 1941 would kill tens of tliousands of As for ihe reality of Cold War meeting between German physicist Japanese in Hiroshima and Na- life for Americans in the 1950s, Werner Heisenberg and his father-fig­ gasaki. ! '60s, '70s and early '80s? The tins ure mentor, Danish physicist Niels After a live reading of the of crackers and water stored in Bohr. play earlier this week,:Penn fresh­ fallout shelters and school base­ Heisenberg, who headed Ger­ men met in groups of 15 all over ments? The genuine fear of adults manv's atomic research, visited Copen­ campus and, guided [by faculty, who followed the progress of ihe hagen after Denmark had fallen to hashed out the play's ineaning. Soviet-American brinkmanship (MORE) I I during the Cuban missile crisis? CLOSE-UP:

The closest modem parallel ist groups out there who could set viewing of Stanley Kubrick's fi1in, the Penn students cite is the Y2K off nuclear \veapons without Dr. Strangelove, or-H

I . THE COURIER-JOURNAL I FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER-10, 1999 The Buzz NEWS & NONSENSE/ WARREN PAYNE • I • ' Getting a haµdle on college drinking "Who says falling oft'. balcony is such a bad thing? And what's an occasional riot? Or even a little assault between friends?" So reads an advertisement launching a national campaign against binge drinking today The ad, bearinj: the endorsements of 113 col leges and universities, will run in 17 major newspapers around the count,y. It's aimed at parents and legislators. I · The National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges, which directs the campaign, wants us to lmow that this isn't a problem "created 10n or by universities." A third of college students start drinking in high school, the association says. I

THE COURIER-JOURNAL i FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1999 I Te~~~ T~~h's 1s,,!µd~nt pap~:

wail~~:bt''cens~~sbip'_,,,__;, . . : .. ·.- ..... - at KS.It:!. ··•------.l eourt"fhl'.ifofficials could ;withhold lsc1ioolyearboo~ By CHRIS NEWTON"\ ·. Associated Press ·· .. · ·• like we n!eded to take· a strong The U.S. Court _o~,Afl-~s. rul~d .;1· ; a:~ ~ · .'_;;.;!a::!-:'.<"";, ', editorial stance for the s\udent~ ol Wedn~sday that. the. . . ok ffii.~t LUBBOCK, Texas'-- The0 student­ Kentucky State University .~!Id· the a pybhc forum, cone udlilir tha1,J~1.s run newspaper of Texas Tech Univer­ student media at Texas Tech. · no :~,-..,ti . stroy the freedom of student media at gan in 1994, when KSU admlnlstra- "The- Supreme :.Cclurt,·J.ias' .never public universities. tors in Frankfort confiscated nearly said that a publicailoil:mu'st'be of a "I've been following this case for a 2,000 yearbooks because ,they were certain quanty· or that th~· C!JIO:r o~ it couple of years becl(use it has really of "poor quality,!' and because the must fit someone's tas,l!!'i', Ile! said. bothered me," )l1Jlttildltor Warne doriunant c~lor ,on IM.~er was pur-. "It has only said \hat -~~!!1!181 be 11 Hodgin, a senloi',j\iumaUsm ma19r. pie, accor~:hng to court documents. free. • • • , "At first, we were iust going to wnte The school's colors are green and (MORE) an editorial, but late lalif:nlght we felt gold. I The students who published the center, said he is glad other schOols yearbook have graduated and could "are taking note of something that not b~ reached for comment by The could affect them." Associated Press. KSU administrators · "I think it's cool that they're stand• did not immediately return phone ing up for what they believe in," said calls. - · .· · · Jeff Manns, a drama major at Texas Press associations and coll~gejour­ Tech. "This is the time of our lives nalism professors have •also de­ where we can stand strong about nounced the court's decision. things we believe. It seems pretty ob­ · "This decision represents an al­ vious that the court out there has its most ISO-degree .turn from the strong wires crossed."' · · First · Amendment- protections that An advertiser didn't seem to mind have traditionally been afforded pub­ that there were no stories printed in lic college-student media," said Mark an issue with his compants ad. Goodman, executive director of the "I Imagine people still looked at Student Press Law Center. it/' said Matt Walker, a _manager at "Make no mistake, if allowed to Jazz - A Louisiana Kitchen, stand, the decision will gut student "They're just proving their point for .ournalism programs at some col- , one day. That's the crowd we're ad­ leges and universities," he said. vertising to, so we want to be a part Mike Heistand, an attorney for the of what they think is important."

. I Lexington Herald-Leader Friday, September 10. 1999 Ex-professor at Morehead pleads

guilty inI assault.case!. ..

By Frank E. Lockwood when he broke the law. On May 8, Fitch picked Hicks' NORTHEASTERN KENTUCKY BUREAU If he'd paid for the trip with picture out of a photo lineup, Ana A former Morehead State University cash, instead of MasterCard, he on May 12, Kentucky State Police professor pleaded guilty in a Moritana· might have;gotten away with it. detectives got search warrants for courtroom yesterday to aggravated kidnap,: According to court documents, the professor's home and the of­ ping and felony assault charges. . . · Hicks stopped at a house with a fice he still maintained at·MSU's' Charles Henry Hicks, 64, admitted at,., "For Sale" :sign in its front yard Co mbs Hall . . ...· ;.:.,r_ "' .. ..:...·~·;,, 'ii·, tacking Bozeman resident Marcie Fitch oi • 1' • ,k{".11 and posed j as a potential home­ In Hicks' office, dltectives April 27, 1998. : buyer - a ruse that helped him found a stun gun, Montana ·tourist· In exchange for Hicks' guilty plea, a. get inside Marcie Fitch's home. information, binoculars,an&-pic- · felony burglary charge will be dropped. . Once inside, Hicks began tures of "young college· girls," Hicks faces two to 20 years in prison: choking the woman. He wrestled court records say, '."JJ.C , .i for the crimes. He will be sentenced os' her down 'a flight of basement At Hicks' home, th~y found Sept. 30 by District Judge Mike Salvagni. : · stairs, and then attacked her with The state has recommended a 20-yeat: pornography, videotapes on Ted a stun gun/ striking her abdomen, Bundy and the Hillside Strangler I sentence, with 15 years suspended. . chest, and face. Defense experts will argue that the at-· ' and numerous photographs de­ tack was triggered by clinical depression, Fitch, 20 at the time, screamed picting women being strangled or health problems and prescription steroids and foughtl back, breaking Hicks' drowned. __. __ . Hicks was taking at·the time. glasses and the stun gun. Hicks was arrested onMay).I Hicks fled, but he left a pre­ 1998. He's been behind oafs'e\lt!i­ "People who are 63 years old since. · , t-" ~ scriotion bifocal lens in the base­ ' .,, ·,1,;.,-, .{I with no history of conduct of this ment and he dropped a credit card Hicks was an active'.meni.D@ nature just don't go ape and at­ receipt in Fitch's front yard. · of the Morehead United Method!"t tack somebody without there be­ Church, and his arrest stunn ing a real significant intervening The re~eipt led law enforce­ ment officials to Hicks and to many residents of this · colle cause,'-' said defense attorney town. Chuck Watson. Kentucky. : The credit care! also led them Dozens of them - from, cot" Hicks told Bozeman psycholo­ lege officials to clergy to neig~ · gist James P. Murphey, "l can't to a Lexington eyeglasses store. Days after the attack, Hicks had bars - wrote character references figure out why I did it," according for Hicks after he was arrested! to a psychological evaluation filed bought a new bifocal lens at Pal Optical on Richmond Road, The The accusations are still hard fOI' with the court. "It wasn't that l many of them to believe. wanted to have sex with her; it prescription was nearly identical was just a violence thing. It didn't to the Montana lens. "It's been pretty devastating, seem real, like I was watching it "We wduld have had to have because Dr, Hicks was a good ·peril in a movie." 'been very i!ucky" to find Hicks . son," said Jewell Hunter, an· MSU without the receipt, Deputy Gal­ ' academic departmental -specialist:t Hicks, who taught information "I worked with the man for services before retiring from his latin County Attorney Jane yeam Mersen said. "I think we were and you couldn't find.a better hU:. full-time position in January 1998, man being," was traveling across the country very fortun8te." I THE MOREHEAD NEWS SEPTEMBER 10, 1999 :Nssaw1·t 1Ja :WiPQstponed ,: ciriil,er Morehead State '. ··~ professor Charles :. . 1·~• ;~•• o_riginally ached­ . ·to·..iter a plea of gu,!ty ,In•?.,. o.iiiman, Mont. on o/~. set to enter hie pJ"eiaometime on Thursday, No other··detaile were avail­ able at pre•• time. · . He Willi accUBed of assault­ Ing a.woman. I with a stun gun . Msu c1;p ~11ee1H~ I A sample of recent articles oflinterest to Morehead State University Sept. 13. 1999 UNIVERSITY COMMUNICATIONS MOREHEAD STATE UNIVERSITY UPO BOX 1100 MOREHEAD, KY 40351-1689 16061 783-2030 I LEXINGTON l{ERALD-LEADER ' September 12, 1999 I - Morehead f©otball thriving on ]ower scale

But out of a job anyway, Ballard cause they didn't have what Eastern Mark Story took it on an interim jbasis. It was the had or Marshall had, they thought 'We don't have that, therefore we can't be HERALD-LEADER STAFF WRITER classic example of the right man at the right moment. i that.' We came in here from day one MOREHEAD­ Matt Ballard is one of the world's and said the focus was going to be on There is life after great optimists. ff he had been aboard Morehead State and what we dq have." death. the Titanic as the doomed ocean liner When Ballard got to Morehead, hE In 1994, More­ descended into the frigid North At­ inherited a team that was down to 39 head State Universi­ lantic, his final thought would have players. It was a demoralized crew, ty President Ronald been ''What a great night for a one that had come·oto see football as a Eaglin killed off brisk swim." I drudgery. The prevailing attitude . football at the Instead of fretting over was: ff the school hail given up, why mountain university. At least, that's what Morehead didn:t have should we bust our tails? what almost everyone in this state's in terms of facilities and fi. The first time Ballard walked into football comfu.unity thought. nances and what it was the school's weight room, he noticed After.yefu~•'of dreadful teams and losing in scholarships, the there was not a person wearing any­ financiaH~;jiikitEaglin pulled the former NAIA coach ap­ thing that identified them as an MSU plug on scholaranip football at MSU, preciated what the school football player. announced that the school would go did have. I "They were embarrassed," Ballard from 50 _football scholarships a year "The No. 1 major said. "'They absolutely didn't want to none ovef. the course of five ·years. thing I found out was anyone to know.they were connected It was a traumatic move. The deci­ that Morehead was so with Morehead football." sion meant that Morehead would have to concerned about evecy­ The first year was dreadful. Still stop playing football in the Ohio Valley one else, their perspec­ playing an OVC schedule, Morehead Conference, its traditional home, and un­ tive was totally screwed went 0-lL They were outscored by an leashed an emotional opposition group up," Ballard said. "Be- average of 51-9 per game. that called for Eaglin to resign l "But ol' Matt would go in the locker room with them after we'd got­ The. team's CQach did resign in To this day, not everyone-is sold on ten our brains beaten in," Mincey protesdifEaglin's decision. Players the decision. Former !Ashland High couldn't scamper from the sinking School coach Vic Mal-sh, a one-time says, "and after he talked to them, they would come out like they had ship fast enough. · Morehead player, was a member of the won the national championship. It As a program, Morehead football group that fought Eaglin over the elimi­ seemed deader than Elvis. nation of scholarships. Marsh says he was an amazing coaching job." The turnaround in the program . But then something really funny thinks the school could've been compet­ was led by a massive recruiting class happened. • itive in the OVC if it _had given this brought on board following that 0-11 Football at Morehead didn't die. coaching staff a chance. season. That class would graduate last In fact, it seems to have become a bet­ "Look at what Matt and this staff ter experience for. almost everyone in­ year with the best four-year record (24- I have done," Marsh says, "and then 17) in school history. volved. 'think of what they would have done Dropping down in class to compete Contrary to the way the decision I• with 50 or 60 scholarships?" against other schools that either don't 1 was framed in many quarters when it · Fifth-year senio~ defensive tackle was announced, Morehead's move to give scholarships or don't give very Jeremy Binakonsky and running back rpany, Morehead has been winning. David ·Bone - the last two full-schol­ stop funding football scholarships The perennial OVC doormat has arship.football players at MSU - . was not a case of taking money away from athletics to be used on gone 6-4, 7-3 and 9-2 in the past three ~th ~ithef wi~h file sch_ool lra.dn't years. A~dance, which was an­ given up on playmg at a higher"level. the academic side of the university, nounced as 4,480 a game in the last ''But really I just want to play," Mincey says. year (1993) before Eaglin's de-empha­ Bone says. "I don't care who." The money saved stayed in sis, was 5,086 a game last season. Says Binakonsky: "And it is more the athletics department and was "It's been fun to go home on Satur­ fun winning." primarily used to address gender days and feel good about the score­ This year, Morehead had 123 equity issues (the school added a women's soccer team) and bolster board," says Mike Mincey, the school's players come out for football. Or 84 athletics director. more people than the roster Ballard other non-revenue sports. The hero in this story is football inherited in 1994. I coach Matt Ballard. In 1994, Ballard It's a nice story. · had parted ways with Union College, And if you still cling to the idea where he had compiled a 35-25-1 that college sports below the big-time record as head coach. level can be about fun and participating After Cole Proctor quit as More­ and learning lessons about life, then head coach, MSU was desperately Morehead's decision about football in seeking a head coach who would 1994 looks pretty darned good in 1999. come aboard quick. Conventional wis­ Sometimes, less really is more. dom was that they couldn'togive the job away. LEXINGTON HERALD-LEADER ' l!W!!llf-~iA!&~!Atf!! More record.s ·fqr Morehead State~ By ROCKY STANLEY OF THE DAILY INDEPENDENT yards against Butler. Dinkins Junior runniI]g back Ryan accounted for a whopping 482 Zipleman is another mainstay More records anyone? himself as he werit over, in the Bulldogs' offense. Zim­ In crushing Butler 55-17 around and through the pleman was named a presea­ last season, Morehead State's Bears' defense for 210 yards son All-American return spe- football team broke school rushing and 272 passing. records for both team and in­ Dinkins shattered j another cialist !>Y. The Sports Net· dividual total offensive yards. MSU mark with an , 89-yard work. The two teams meet again However, Butler must con­ TD run. I tend with an MSU defense Saturday (1 p.m.) at the But­ Butler, also a 1-AA non­ that limited Davidson to 95 ler Bowl in Indianapolis. scholarship program! will tn· total yards. Eagles linebacker And MSU quarterback to avoid another Morehead Greg Brady, who had 14 tack­ David Dinkins, who did much blitz after building sbme mo­ les, was named Co-Defensive of the damage against the mentum with a 27-20 over­ Player of the Week on the I­ Bears a year ago, is already in time win against Albion Col­ AA non-scholarship level. high gear this season. lege. Albion was ranked sixth Morehead leads the series . Dinkins, a junior, passed in the preseason Division III with Butler 3-0. The first two for four touchdowns and ran poll. I games were played in 1963- for another in the Eagles' sea- Butler quarterback De- 64.

son-opening· 40-0 rout of Wayne Ewing thre)a 3-yard Davidson. last week. He con­ TD pass to Kyle Conner on nected on 15 of 24· 'passes for the final play of regulation to 242 yards. tie it, then scored onl a 1-yard MSU is ranked No. 1 in the run in OT. first Division I-AA Non­ Ewing threw for 227 yards Scholarship Poll by Don and two touchdowns, while Hansen's Football Gazette. Collins finished with 11 re­ Last year, Morehead amassed a school-record 717 ceptions for 132 yards. I I I THE COURIER-JOURNAL• SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1999 I ·Ex-Morehead p~ofessor admits attack on studettt in Montana I Associated Press When Fitch _fought back, Hicks word of it would get back to her." , gave up and left: Detectives tracked Defense experts will argue at the BOZEMAN, Mont. - A former Hicks to his Kentucky home through sentencing hearing that the attack Morehead State University professor credit card receipts and an eyeglass was triggered by clinical depression, has pleaded guilty to aggravated kid­ lens he left at the _crime scene. health problems and prescription napping and felony assault charges ''We would have had to have been steroids Hicks was taking at the time. in connection with an attack on a very lucky" to find Hicks without the According to court records, Hicks Montana woman in her home. receipt, Mersen I said. "I think we told Bozeman psychologist James P. Charles Henry Hicks, 64, admitted were very fortuna.te." ·Murphey: "I can't figure out why I attacking Bozeman resident Marcie Fitch picked out Hicks' picture in a did it. It wasn't that I wanted to have Fitch on April 27, 1998. A sentencing photo lineup on May 8. Four days lat­ sex with her; it was just a violence hearing has been scheduled for Sept. er, Kentucky State Police detectives thing. It didn't seem real, like I was 30 and is expected to last two days. searched the professor's home and watching it in a movie." .., As part of a plea deal reached his office at MSU:s Combs Hall. Thursday, Deputy Gallatin County According to court records, detec­ Defense attorney Chuck Watson (Mont.) Attorney Jane Mersen will tives found a stun gun, Montana said, "People who are 63 years old recommend that Hicks receive 20 tourist information, binoculars and with no history of conduct of this na­ years in prison with 15 years sus­ pictures of female college students in ture just don't go ape and attack pended. Mersen also will dismiss an Hicks' office. Al' his home, they dis­ somebody without there being a real aggravated burglary charge. covered pornography, videotapes on significant intervening cause." ·· Hicks, a retired professor who Ted Bundy and the Hillside Strangler The arrest stunned many of his taught information services, was trav­ and numerous photographs depicting Hicks' former colleagues. eling through Bozeman when he women being strangled or drowned. "It's been pretty devastating be­ knocked on the door of Fitch, a Mon­ Hicks was arrested on May 12, cause Dr. Hicks was a good person," tana State University student. After 1998, and has been behind bars ever said Jewell Hunter, a Morehead aca­ asking about a for-sale sign in front smce.. I' demic department specialist. "I of the house, he .burst through the "For 15 months I've been wanting worked with the man for years, and door, choked her and zapped ner re­ to apologize to Marcie Fitch," Hicks you couldn't find a better human be­ peatedly with a stun gun. said in court Thursday. "I hoped ing." ' - LEXINGTON HERALD-LEADER I I September)2, 1999 UK contihuin.g on path of raciftl heaJing

I By Charles T. Wethington Jr. , In 1997, the retention rate oi resident n March 1949, a young African­ first-year African-Americans was 79.4 American man took on the j percent, compared to 80.4 for white I"world." He applied to the Univer­ students. Resident undergraduate re­ sity of Kentucky's graduate program, tention was 78 percent for African­ in spite of a state law that forbade his Americans and 81.2 percent for white enrollment, in spite of the U.S. I students. Programs at UK, such as Supreme Court's "separate but equal" "Come See for Yourself'' and "First ruling and in spite of society's support Year Focus," as well as cultural and of segregation. 1 UK denied Lyman T. Johnson ad­ social opportunities like the Martin mission, citing the Day Law, a state Luther King Jr. Cultural Center and law that prohibited blacks from being UK Black Voices have made the uni­ educated alongside whites, and rej versity the choice for many African­ f\m"ed him to Kentucky State College, Americans. UK's progress and com­ the state's institution for blacks. John­ mitment to diversity has even led it to son sued, and in less than a month, be named among The 100 Best Col­ the Kentucky State programs were leges for African-American Students. ruled separate but not equal. The I To honor Johnson's courage, his state's graduate programs were o"­ victory and its fruits, UK is engaged dered to desegregate. I m the commemoration of "50 Years of Johnson had taken the-first step the African-American Legacy" this for a society that knew in its heart year. An opening event featured a dis­ segregation was wrong but didn'tl cussion of the historic court case. have the courage to Johnson and UK's desegregation were fo:ever com1:1emorated on campus If you go do an~g to i change 1t He forced with the ded1cat10n of a historical South African UK to look at itself marker. Student artwork, writing and Archbishop and see the injustice performances have paid homage to Desmond Tutu it was ~porting. the suffering and courage of African­ will speak at 3 As a result of John­ Americans, as an original play will do p.m. Thursday at son's courage, UK this fall. Memorial The highlight of the commemora­ Coliseum. and· Kentucky began Admission is opening doors to tio~ will occur Thursday, when South free. African-Americahs. African Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Since then, UK winner of the 1984 Nobel Peace Prize has continuously for his battle against apa¢ieid, will grown in diversity. 1n the first semes­ offer_ wo:ds of wisdom mi equality ter after the lawsuit, 30 black students ~d Justice to t_he UK community dur­ enrolled, a minuscule percent, but' an mg a convocat10n, "Remembrance, achievement for the time. 1n the 1980s Reconciliation and Renewal." vestiges of segregation were found at ' Through the commemoration, UK UK, and a plan was devised to eradi­ has hoped to acknowledge its history cate that. By 1990, African-Americans and to come to terms with it We are at UK represented 3.9 percent of Ken­ honoring the courage of those who tucky undergraduates in the universi- lifted the veils of darkness from so ty system. I many eyes and broke barriers as they went. We are taking stock of our­ 1n 1998, that number jumped to selves - where we came from and 6.3 percent, with first-time African­ where we are headed. We are dedicat­ American freshman enrollment hitting ing ourselves to the importance of di­ 8.2 percent. In 1997, UK enrolled 15.8 versity for all time. percent of African-American under­ graduates studying in the university UK's past, like that of every per­ system in Kentucky and 19. 7 percent son and institution, holds some sad of all Kentucky undergraduates. ; memories. Unfortunately, we cannot change the past or make up for it. We The university surpassed its goal can only learn from its lessons and of a 5.3 percent enrollment for , become stronger. It is with this African-American graduate students strength and in the spirit of healing in 1996, enrolling 6.1 percent. By 1998, and a bright future that the commem­ oration was formed. graduate enrollment was up to ~.4 percent. I Tutu's visit humbles us all and we hope his words will provid~ us di­ African-American facultv nilinbers rection and a new path to true com­ su~assed the 3 percent goai in 1993, munity. to hit 4.1 percent in 1997. I _ Not only has UK worked hatd to bnng African-Americans to campus it ~!so has focused much energy on se~­ mg those students through to degrees. ' -

LEXINGTON HERALD-LEADER I ' September 111, 1!-J.'•.' 1

I A bad decision Latest KSU yearbook nmhg erodes free-press rights bviously, our trust was mis-i ther into an erosion of free speech. placed. We thought for sure I Too much research. creative think­ 0 that an appellate panel would ing- and even social protest occur on see the First Amendment danger in college campuses to allow any ad­ Kentucky State University's refusal ministrator with a grudge the right to distribute its 1993-94 yearbook. I to silence such expression. We thought that the controversy · A campus newspaper is often over the yearbook, produced by stih­ the best ml'dium for even faculty dent journalists, should be consid- l and staff to get issues addressed. ered in light of the right to a free ! Sometimes, it also serves as a uni­ press. That the whims of campus I versity town"s paper. administrators should ! On-campus media not deprive students of should not be shielded a product paid for by The former KSU from the consequences student fees. That cam- student,s have of bad journalism or li­ pus officials should not vawetl to appeal. bel. But KSU officials be empowered - and Good. Thu; decisum halted yearbook distrib­ burdened - with the should not go ution because, among right to be press censors unchallenged.I other complaints, the rather than journalism It u;: the first to cover was purple in­ advisers. reduce college stead of green and yel­ But a three-judge media to the status low (the school colors) panel of the U.S. Circuit of high sclwol and many of the pho­ Court of Appeals this papers and tographs lacked identi­ week upheld a lower yearbooks. fying captions. We court ruling that sup- I would bet there are a lot ported the university's I worse mistakes in year­ actions. That ruling now becomes, books collecting dust in many at­ law on Kentucky, Tennessee, Ohio tics. and Michigan campuses. We doubt seriously that KSU of­ The former KSU students who ficials set out to undermine the brought the suit have vowed to ap­ First Amendment. They just want­ peal to the full court. Good. This , ed to withhold a product they decision should not go unchal- I thought did not show the university lenged. It is the first to reduce col­ in the best possible light. But a lege media to the status of high ! yearbook is not a press release, it is school papers and yearbooks. In j a form of student expression - for 1988, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled good or ill. that it was constitutional to censor And it's hard to believe that a tussle over one shoddy yearbook high school journalists. I' To apply that rule to colleges should set a federal precedent for and universities moves us even fur­ censoring free speech on campus. ' I I ' , - : • -- - M~~tt~Vt::~ Jv/SU 0/1p Sheet I . A sample of recent articles of. interest to Morehead State University Sept. 14. 1999 UNIVERSITY COMMUNICATIONS MOREHEAD STATE UNIVERSITY UPO BOX 1100 MOREHEAD. KY 40351-1689 1606) 783-2030

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From Special Dispatc_hes I -• .M~rehead State quanerback David Dmkms was µamed .an ESPN/OSA Today NCAA Division 1-M· football TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1999 Player of the Week. • . · ...:-- In Sa!un!~y•~ ~6.-3(vlctJeled 15 of 24 pass~sdor:, 187.ryaros',and three touchdowns::.and ,rushed ·•19 times for .129;.yilhls-_and,two ·TDs. That was J?llit Qfaschciol-recorii-444 yards rusliml! and 631 vards overall. Students who work;.::at UPS .:,•,~: . THE COURIFR-.101 IRNAL • TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14. 1999 •,_;m,·.: ····1•,d,_·· -t,o··g·;·~t- o· ~e··:~a·1 A space-planning studf done ;'." ·'" ~ I' · r l , .I. - ~ ' , . for the council concluded that ' ' • ' . • - ,: ·':'£·! Colleges, universities, colleges and tech­ nical schools did not need any ; .. ~· ' '". ·" ·:·/-, ,. new buildings in the two-year By ANDREW WOLFSON,, budget ·period that will ,begin The Courier-Journal bi(ftget next July I. Ali had more space than they needed, though the_ study concluded there ' were some needs in specific 'areas. advisers such as research laboratories. · The universities made their original, requests. befcir~. _the space:study, but few of them a1: dis.agree 1 tered,tbeir lists after the study w~~- dori!l,\\l{~~i' .~idl .~d !he', capita1.1",>< iisldor- much.more $2:oiffi.ofiif~r ·:·_ thai\;jiajL'iii,i!Jctings. Th~i'e ~ .: also --ttie:,maillt•nance;lll\a, ,re: buiJdinFi!?tRanel ·r 1ace'ment""·nr~;'-wlilcli tiie •,,l~unru·:R:dvom/j,lus large'.: s'ays\n9nl1i~d~d )ElQliipment p~rcl1ases;and ~ome \Lother. items;-=,·;:,. ~\!~l:lll.~.. h •-ii:-.:i'ti~"'· =~ ;,f"') r,;: r : ,-,i~mre 1--esr~' .ist!farii'tmni. By MARK R:CJ:!Ell.GREN A.wesiem~ntuc · ,university;. Associated Press - ; which wants $46. million ·to: .. ,:_. ..-, l re'ifovate and:expand a: science· FRAfOO'Od.. ffe,' !{,Y. - Cokl· , complex, and-tbe,University.of: Ieges,an ,UD1Vers11ies are as · Louisville, which ;Wants f$4Ll: .ingJor_;Wn,strus,ti_~n._11rojects to­ · million for a research lmilmore'•ttian:1us1, a•cwish of.'all·IS the Gene""I.Assembly, • list. It's ail'liidicaiioil of need," wliicl! ~l gaih"iir°fu 'J.anuiiry to.: said, Ed\Carterhtbe; University write !be next state budget. . • of_Kentu~'yice:pre5ident for "Will ;!be' legislature pursue: plannln!i,,ag.:';r;dgelirlg: , ., . some of·.tliese ·,initiatives on: The:p ' ,-. :.board; which is their own?" Carter wondered. ,: · sclJeduled•to,meet-tbis week, is ·It' ahas :-happened.,. Projects: slip~a~·,priorities to •that reven ~tblrlinstittitions ,puti • coll$tn!clioii':teqil'\iS!S'from,all . fa• ilown1 theif bwil 1!$.'•!l~r. thetnttehcles1m"s'tiite-',g-overiiJ~ ,hqW!)!'t~.n'wind_'\!P in t!ie1!J!i}s•i ·et~"' h-!:"1,~ _,,.,-~ •• ··- , ,.:., ,..,.-.,>,fl· mehf?nufaliii)will_bir_ "11• rel. ; • ~,'(':,-..--~~ ... , .• =-· ~~ l':• 't.:t.!): fore,.rd·ilter,ffiii-~J:rm.k;;'i'! -~-- .., """-,;,.. ... ~!", -=>•. ' - • ., • - :u~•~ • -~ _;;•-t::-•,'1 :;'/ .,._..,p·-"1?· ,w,~SJOJlS-•';J~.... ;.i;.;o,--..!-"t.-'i::~~!•. - The Daily Independent, Ashland, Kentucky, Monday, September 1~. 1999 :Part-time instructors for full-time students ' Morehead State University hiring fixed-term professori "It's a very sad commentary versity can renew, but only two By KEVIN EIGELBACH on the Inew economy, that we times for a total term of three OF THE DAILY INDEPENDENT have people with masters and years. · Let's pretend you're in doctorates who want to get out Fixed-term professors have charge of a college where a and teach that can't earn a liv­ no incentive to advise students, professor has just retired. ing wage. They can't have a do research or other things The professor taught five family," Horwitz said. tenured faculty do for MSU, courses per ~emester, advised ·Part-timers increasing Haller said. students, did researc~ and Part-time faculty made up Professors do not want to served on faculty committees. ,40 percent of the faculty at work under fixed-term con­ She earned $40,00_0 a year, ACC in 1991. They now make tracts, Haller said, but want and the college paid for her •up 47 percent. · jobs that will get them tenure. health msurance. . Dvorak attributed the in- That makes hiring qualified You can reJ?lace her with crease to retirements among people difficult when only another. full-time professor. the full-time faculty and de- fixed-term contracts are avail­ able. Or, ·you could hire part-time clining student enrollment- a For example, Haller teaches instructors to teach those five decline that reversed itself this in the psychiatry department, courses - at a total cost of year. which she said desperately less than $10,0?0 a semester Although the number of needs to hire a neuropsycholo­ - and you don t. have to pay part-timers has risen, Dvorak gist. But the department can them benefits. said 'full-time faculty still only offer fixed-term contracts. If you chose the part-time teach 68-72 percent of the 'They want tenure, which is instructors, you had plenty of coursek at the school. what the Ph.D. people want," company. The' number of part-time Haller said. "We can't build a Education experts say that faculty has increased more dra­ program until we have that." colleges and universities matically at Morehead State However, it doesn't appear across the country have hired University. In 1989, only 14 that MSU uses fixed-termers part-time instructors in in- percent of the faculty was part- as much as other universities, creasing numbers. time; by 1998, it was 30 per- Haller said. _.. " . cent. , One of the region's newest Those same experts say A simple head count can be higher education centers, ~hat may save colleges ~oney misleading, MSU Dean of Fac­ Shawnee State University .in m the short -term, bu_t it may ulty Mike Moore said, because . Portsmouth, has built a variety . also be sho_rt-changmg stu- the university limits most part­ of new programs and hired full­ dents: . .. time instructors to teaching · time faculty. "ltjth a $)!_.million "The strength of any insti- two courses per semester. start:up:1~ra11tJrom.1-0e state of -tution'.is·its;ftillstime-faculty. The numbers are also mis­ Ohio;.- Intemn•··Provost ··Jim Pe!,iod';" sii:{d "Pr. Angeline leading at Kentucky Christian Kadel'~aid. . '. - · Dvorak, president of Ashland College in Grayson, Director of '.As' a result, it increased- its Community College.. · Institutional Research Jeff full-time faculty by 7 percent Part-time instructors made Metcalf said. and decreased its part-timers up 38 percent of the nation's A full 40 percent of the 50- by 33 percent from 1990 to professoriate in 1987, accord- pe~~o~ faculty ~t Kentuc~y 1998. . ' ing to the American Federa- Chris~an College m Grayson 1s Nevertheless, Kadel said he - - - - - part-time. would never want to see the tion of Teachers, and that per- However, Metcalf said that university have an· entirely centage grew to 43 in 1992. in six Iof the college's nine ma- full-time faculty. Now, 47 percent of all .col- jor fields of study, full-time pro­ Part-timers bring recent re­ lege classes are taught by fessors teach more than 80 per- al-world experience that full­ part-time instructors, said the cent ~f the ~urs1:s. . . timers don't have, he said. federation's Jamie Horwitz Pnvate mstitutions like They also help connect the uni­ and 65 percent of all commu'. ~CC !put a premium on ~e versity with the community. nity college faculty are part- time fa~ty can sp~nd with Barbara Walters-Bator, co­ t . s students m and outside class, chair of the ACC Faculty Coun­ rmer. · . . . Metcalf said. cil, is now in her 16th year U~vers1ties used to hire But the use of part-time in­ teaching math at the college. part-time faculty only when ~ - - . --- ,--. they needed someone with ex- s~ctors "is too cheap_ for ~ti- She began at ACC as a part­ - tim ~ tutions not to consider, he timer when she had a full-time rtis th full p~ , e e - . e PI"?1essors said. job at Russell High School. didn t have, ~orwitz ~d- Now For the past 10 years, the She said that for the most they are ~g part-time1:9 to state!has cut its contribution to replace ful}.-~~rs who retire._ . MSU?s budget, Moore said, and part, ~he feels grateful for "We think 1t s really t!,etri- hiring part-time teachers can ACC's part-time faculty be­ m1;ntal to the students, he be a tempting way to save mon- cause they free up full-timers srud. ey for other .duties. The average full-timer · : . The University of Kentucky makes $40,000' a year, plus Fix~e~ t~ers uses part-time instructors to benefits, for teaching five ~e ~vers1ty has also re­ complement its full-time pro­ courses per s_emester. Horwitz cently hired ~ore fixed-term fessors, Chancellor Elisabeth said. The avei;a.ge'.;part-timer professors, sa.1d Lynn Haller, Zinser said. meanwhile ;,eims\less thW: chair of the MSU ~~culty Sen­ (MORE) $2000 ·per'coiiise:':' :.with:no _ate. F.ixed-~zj:Ii~,liaye a on1; be;efits. ..,,, ,;:Y,.:-,,,v .,. ... year/-cohtrac:t;•-wliicbJthe,um- Part-time faculty has stayed at about 20 percent of total fac­ ulty at the university over the past 10 years. . . Smee most part-timers uon: manage formal research pro- Part-time veraus.fulMlme faculty grams. Zinser said, they don't ACC, help the school achieve its goal UK ssu MSU of becoming a major research Fall fullipart full/part full/part full/part university. 1998 1,813/457 74/89- 111/116 321/137 UK has sufficient resources 1997 1,8021435 73/89 110/107 317/141 to keep it from relying too 1996. 1,832/380 76183 ,.J231133, 326/101 - ·. 1221111 331/103 heavily on part-timers. It has 1995- -'1.'IIIW4 79/60 1994 1,7741347 79/etJ 118/118 _~1/92 . $134 million in endowment 1893'' 1,885/380. 77/69 · . ' ,,,.,;;,,.~11Q.ifj9'.'· . ' ,.33e192 , money to spend on establishing 1992 1,8431288 74/66" .,1171143 -- - chairs, professorships, gra~u­ 1091 1,81181423 76/49 1121150 , ·: ate fellowships and special · 1990 1,SOS/385 NIA 1041164,. ·~=344/65 support. I .. "We're' hiring a lot of very, ·lndll1l91Hfllnl graphic / Beth Goin• very talented people away from some very prestigious universi­ ties,'' Zinser said.

THE COURIER-JOURN~L • TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1999 4 KSU regents say president Letter doesn't ! Ile . give deta~ ~~~§, "Jt'New- ! ga(~o~-~ .of accusations berry,, said Reid "has r\o earthly Kentucky Staie is_ the smal_l- hq~ve:/? file an open-recoras re- idea ' what trye __ alle!:1!.l_ions are est_ of th_e states eight _public . about and that it was unfair to universities. Reid was hired 14 Short said she asked two Associated Press expect him to respond. Reid did months ago fro~ Benedict Col- weeks ago for information not appear, lege m Col~mbi~,-S.C.,. where about the use of state funds for FRANKFORT, Ky. - Four re­ Four regents _ 1 Brenda he wa~ a semo'. V1ce president. Reid's inauguration. The news- gents of Kentucky State Univer­ Schissler, Anthony I Howard, He is to b~ maugurated Oct. paper said KSU officials sity called for a meeting yester­ Elizabeth Short and Charles 20, but possible postponement claimed Reid was trying to day to review allegations, as yet !lennett _ asked Livingston to of the two-day event was on raise private money for the unspecified, ai:ainst the call the special meeting. Those Schissler's list o_f discussion event, expected to cost nearly schooFs new president, George - Y f' .h ' w·m· -· items. So was reVleW of a con- $40,000. W. Reid. The attempt fizzled fpur anu a ift reg~',1t, i iam tract for an outside consultant Newberry, the attorney, said (or lack of a quorum. ~- Johnson of Frarllifort, were. . , . ·- - Reid knows nothing about re- Two of the 11 regents can on hand yesterday.. • . to evaluate Reid s Job perform- quests for information that A letter from Scb1SS!er to Liv- ance. have been denied call a meeting, but it takes six ingston said the board need~d . _Short, of Beattyville, said she · to hold one.· to discuss allegations of "mis.- ;01ned m the demand for a Board of Regents Chairwom­ feasance, malfeaSl!Dce and/or ~eeting in part because of pub- an Valinda Livingston was nonfeasance" by Reid. he records requested by Frank- among the no-shows..chough Livi~ declined. "Any fort's daily newspaper, The she was on the campus.- She ·pruden c rperson would pro- 1. State Journal. The newspaper delivered a statement to report­ ceed cautiously when. words ~ it wanted informat10n ers outside Reid's office but an­ like malfeasance, misfeasance · about renovation of Reid's cam­ swered no questions. and nonfeasance are Used," she , pus residence, staff salaries and Livingston said she had re­ told reporters. i : costs associated with the inau- fused to call a special meeting Schissler, of Cresnyood, said guration. . of the regents because she baa the regents "did not accuse the Short and Howard, of Inde- been given no specific allega­ president. We said there have pendence, said they also had tions _o_f wrongdoing. been allegations." Livingston sought information but had not • "chose not to recognize tlie is- received it. Added Howard: sues," she said \ "I'm at the point where I ~ight Lexington Herald-Leader Tuesday, september 14. 1999 ' . 1

Charges i encircling KSU president School's board divided on how to proceed

I By Jack Brammer and1or nonfeasance" that have been direct­ Reid was hired in lulY 1998 to HERAl.D-l.EADER FRANKFORT BUREAU ed at Reid. Neither letter gave further de­ head KSU, the smailest of the FRANKFORT - The governing board tails. The Sept. 12 letter mentioned a facul­ state's eight universities. He came of Kentucky State University is divided on ty grievan~e. but did not describe its na- from Benedict College in Colum­ hOI~ to deal with unspecified charges ture. · bia, S.C .. where he was a senior agamst new President George W. Reid. "These !actions carry with them serious vice president. Five members of the university's board liabilities for each of us," Schissler said in Regent Short of Beattn-ille of regents showed up for a special meeting her Sept. 2 letter. "If we do not respond said she and others joined in the yesterday on the campus, but disbanded properly, we could be accused of misfea­ demand for a meeting in part be­ 20 minutes later when not enough mem­ sance, malfeasance and/or nonfeasance." cause of public records requested bers arrived to conduct business. Two re­ Asked if she has confidence in Reid's by Frankfort's daily newspaper. gents can call a meeting but six must be ieadership, -Schissler said, "President Reid The State Journal. present to hold one. 1s outgoing, vivacious. I have nothing neg­ The newspaper said it wanted The board's chairwoman, Valinda Liv­ arh·e to saY about him. information about renovation of Reid's campus residence, staff ingston, did not attend the meeting, but "\Ve just need a board meeting to see if \\"e can get fully behind him and to find salaries and costs associated with held a news conference shortlv thereafter I - the inauguration. on_ another part of the campus: Livingston uut if this is the person we need to Short and Regent Howard of said she would not call a meeting until she cad this university." Independence said they also had had more information on the need for one. The four regents also said sought information from the uni­ Livingston said she had not received thev want to discuss possiblv versity but had not received it. any specifics of wrongdoing against Reid. postponing Reid's two-day inau­ Short said she asked two who arrived at KSU just over a year ago. guration, scheduled to begin Oct. weeks ago for information about She declined to answer questions. 20. The)' also said they want to the use of state funds for Reid's Reid's attorney, Jim Newberry of Lex­ review a contract for an outside inauguration. The State Journal ington, said Reid did not know what the consultant. hired at Reid's request said in a storv Sundav that KSl' allegations are and it would be unfair to to evaluate his job performance officials claimed Reid ·was trying expect him to respond. Reid did not appear Schissler said she wanted to to raise private money for the at yesterday's meeting or at Livingston's find out why Reid showed up at a event, expected to cost near! r news conference. KSU foot8all game with a body- S40,000. . guard. , Four regents - Bren­ The Associated Press con­ da Schissler, Anthony She emphasized that no regent tributed to this article. Howard, Elizabeth Short has accused Reid of any wrongdo­ and Charles Bennett - ing. She said Livingston chose not had asked Livingston to to recognize the issues. call the special meeting. "I believe I have given her All four, along with re­ everything," Schissler said. "Don't gent William G. Johnson, you all find it ironic that she was showed up yesterday in on campus: and did not attend the KSU's Carroll Academics board meeting?" Building. Schisslh said she hopes the Schissler of Crestwood gave reporters brouhaha simply is "a problem of letters dated Sept. 2 and Sept. 12 that she miscommunications." She said the wrote to her fellow regents, saying a meet­ board will try to meet Thursday. ing was necessarr to discus, "serious alle­ gations of misfeasance. malfeasanr•

THE \MOREHEAD NEWS SEPT. 14. 1999 Former MSU pr9fessor pleads guilty

30 by District Judge Mike Sal­ tion bifocal lens in the basement By CHRIS TURNER vagni. and dropped a credit card Staff Writer Defense experts are expected receipt in Fitch's front yard. to argue that clinical depression, The receipt eventually lead Former Morehead State Uni­ health problems and prescrip­ law enforcement officers to Ken­ versity professor Charles Hicks tion steroids that Hicks was tak­ tucky and to Hicks. pleaded guilty in Montana last ing at the time triggered the Thursday to aggravated kidnap­ attack. ; He was arrested on May 12, ping and felony assault charges. According to court docu­ 1998 and has been in jail ever Hicks, 64, admitted attacking ments, Hicks posed as a home­ since. Marcie Fitch, a Bozeman, Mont. buyer and stopped at Marcie Law enforcement officials resident, on April 27, 1998. Fitch's house in Bozeman - found pornography, which A felony burglary charge was which had a "For Sale" sign in Hicks' defense attorney unsuc­ dropped in exchange for the front. cessfully tried to block as evi­ guilty plea, He then attacked the woman dence in the trial, at Hicks' According to the agreement, by choking her and using a stun home in Morehead. Deputy Gallatin County Attor­ gun on her abdomen, chest and Hicks was an information sci­ ence professor and active in the ney Jane Mereen will recom­ face. 1 mend he receive 20 years in Fitch fought back and broke Morehead United Methodist prison with 15 years •uspended, Hicks' glasses and the stun gun. Church, J.::,,. ~" L- ___ .... ____ • ...... _, .. . . - - I MSU Clip Sheet A sample of recent articles of iAterest to Morehead State University Sept. 16. 1999 UNIVERSITY COMMUNICATIONS MOREHEAD STATE UNIVERSITY UPO BOX 1100 MOREHEAD, KY 40361-1689 (6061 783-2030

Lexlngton'Hefal·;• •a•, •-·• · ~-) •~-..·· desegregatj~n ceremQllY • ,.J,•, •c•• -

I By Holly E. Stepp Then-UK President Herman Seavers, earned degrees from Berea HERAl.DlEADEA EDUCATION WRITER ,~ Donovan decided not to appeal the I College and UK's Patterson School For Mary Ann Adams, decisioO: and that summer Johnson of Diplomacy and International the feelings of isolation and 29 others enrolled in graduate Commerce.. · and rejection were simply progran/s at UK. It would be five I Many of UK's-~~ black stu­ part of the package. years before. undergraduate pro­ dents will attend today's event As the first African­ grams would be integrated. Americans to enroll at the UK's white students and pro­ Retired Lexington educator University of Kentucky, fessors were rarely openly hostile, Char!~ H. .Quilliogs said he was Adams and 29 others were said Adams, but few made any ef­ looking forward to Tutu's speech. the invisible men and Tutu . ·forts to welcome the new students. Quillings earned his master's women on campus, alienated from : "There were a few (students) degree in 1950 while still 'teaching their classmates and professors. . ' who would talk to me and a couple at Lexington's old Dunbar High "YOU just dealt with it," says even invited me to their homes for Schooi which was all-black Adams of Lexington. '.'It was one lunch," she said. "But l remember .- . . professors who would call on me in UK, he said, has "come a long of the sacrifices you made." way." •; •:J .. I, .j I •. Those sacrifices will class-- but , never give any sort of . . ' ~ ;. ' . . -. ',:-; be remembered at UK to- feedback to my answers." . "At Dunbar, · we graduated day during a special cere­ 'Convocation organizers-say re­ some outstanding students, but for them, attending UK was never an mony marking 50 years of flecting on th~ experiences would option," Quillings said. ., .. " ... desegregation at .UK. The be a part of today's event. The convocation's guest speak- theme"of the convocation is "Re­ ."Now our best and brightest ... er will be human rights membrance, Reconciliation and Re­ think of UK first" ·-· · activist and Nobel Prize newal" :. laureate Desmond Tutu, "We' can't change our past," archbishop emeritus of 1said Lauretta Byars, UK's. vice South Africa's Anglican Church. chancellor for minority affairs. But The event, which will be held we hope _that the convocation will If you go . at 3 p.m. in UK's Memorial Colise­ be part of reconciling that past and establisl)ing a commitment to do ■ The University of Kentucky's spe­ um, is free and open to the public. more." ·. -". UK's first African-American cial convocation, "Remembrance, students say seeing people like I , ihat mission, said organizers, Reconclllatlon and Renewal:,so made Tutu an ideal choice. Years of the African-American ; Tutu invited to campus speaks Legacy• will feature Nobel Prize lau- volumes about the changes that "When we thought about I (Tutu's) work with South Africa's 1 reate Desmond Tutu, archbishop. have occurred since 1949. 1 emeritus of the South African "Honestly, it was like we didn't Truth and Reconciliation Commis­ Anglican Church. . , . sion, we, knew he could provide exist,• said Adams, who earned her ■ The convocation ls at 3 p.m. master's degree in education from that perspective,• said UK music today In Memorial Coliseum. It Is UK in 1950: ' professo~ Everett McCorvey. free and open to the public; tickets "We were allowed in, but we South African President Nelson are not needed. weren't really part of the school" Mandela asked Tutu in 1995 to ■ Parking will be avaliable behind In 1948, Louisville educator Ly­ lead the commission, which was Memorial Coliseum, although people man T. Johnson sued the. state, al­ charged with uncovering the evils are encouraged to arrive early. leging that it had failed to provide of apartheid. Its report was made equal opportunities in graduate ed- public last year. . . . ucation. .. Tutu) however, is no stranger On March 30, 1949, U.S. -Dis­ to · Kentucky,_ He S!>Qke at UK's trict Judge H.. Church Ford ruled commencement in 19ss, ciurhi'g that UK had to admit black stu­ which he: called for U.S. colleges to dents, saying the state's effort to divest from companies that do provide graduate education business in South Africa through Kentucky State University was merely a "makeshift plan.• His daughter, Naomi Tutu- Lexington Herald-Leader Thursday, September 16, 1999 I Skateboarding ~kes a fall at EKU I Citing complaints, school bans the activity on campus

By Wayne Partridge The university joins the University CENTRAL KENTUCKY BUREAU of Kentucky and Morehead State Uni­ RICHMOND - About 50 skate­ versity in recent skateboarding bans. boarders and supporters rallied in front College officials say skateboarders of Eastern Kentucky University's damage steps and brick walls by per­ Alumni Coliseum yesterday to protest a forming stunts off structures. ·newly imposed campuswide ban on "This has escalated year after skateboarding. . year," said Doug Whitlock, EKU vice­ About two dozen teens and young president for administration and fi­ adults on skateboards jumped off nance, who issued Monday's order. stairs and slid down railings in front Protesters wore shirts bearing "We've had people knocked down, peo­ of reporters and photographers while , a"skateboarding is not a crime• . ple feel intimidated. It's just become too supporters held signs bearing slogans slogan yesterday. The skateboard­ big a problem." such as "Skateboarding is not a ing ban was if11posed Monday. University police will be issuing crime." . warnings to skateboarders for about •r think it's just discrimination," wasn't arrested for skatebo~ding, but another week before strictly enforcing said EKU student Jeremiah Dean, who for refusing to give an officer his name the new rule, said Tom Lindquist, EKU spent about five hours in jail Tuesday arid identification. director of public safety. night after campus police· arrested him Dean says I he was doing nothing "We want to let everyone know for disorderly conduct in connection wrorig, so he felt the officer didn't need what the new rules are," Lindquist said. with skateboarding. to see his identification. . . "I hope that, after the public is in­ "They build basketball courts for Eastern officials have allowed formed, we won't have any problems.• basketball players, they· build tennis skateboarding at the coliseum parking, courts for tennis players, but when we lot for several :years, but they banned just want to skate on the sidewalk, we the activity Monday after receiving a get arrested.• ' growing number of complaints from University police officials say Dean pedestrians in the area.

The Daily Independent, Ashland,_ Kentucky, Tuesday, September·14, 1999 i Teaching' task fore.~· in on the right track A task force studying the quality draft report that is expected" to be- of teaching .in Kentucky is heaqed . come the basis of proposed .legisla- in the right direction, but it needs tion in the General Asse!Ilbly. next to go much further in proposing year. , Some of the changes the ways to reward excellence and dis- group is proposing-should help the courage mediocrity in the teachµig state do a better job of training profession. . I . teachers...... Gov. Paul Patton's teacher quali- One of the more promismg pro- ty task force concentrates on bu- posals ·from task force is establish- reaucratic changes, such as ex- ing financial incentives for teachers panding the size and power of the to strengthen their knowledge of teacher certification board, • that their subjects. Teacher pay current- probably won't have a decisive im- ly is linked to _the- purs!llt of ad- pact on teaching. However, the pan- vanced degrees m education.... el ... · does call for new teacher pay Challenging teachers to excel in incentives, a review of the teacher the classroom is the key to improv- evaluation process and other mea- ing the quality of teaching. The in- sures that put more emphasis ,on cremental reforms proposed by t~e performance in the classroom; · task force should help, but ment Unfortunately, the task force pay has the power to fuel true ex- hasn't tackled the touchy issue of cellence in the classroom. merit pay .... The task •force is preparing a I I I Lexington Herald-Ueader Thursday, September 16, 1999 Delta Zeta sued by 8 ~x-members from UK

By Tom Lasseter the suit charges, the national sororities on campus, leaving HERALD-LEADER STAFF WRITER office decided to effectively bar them no choice but to watch When University of Ken­ the girls from their own chap­ new girls wearing their former tucky senior Jennifer McVay ter, leaving several of them organization's letters. pledged as a member of Delta without a placelto live. . "It's. incredibly bizarre, Zeta Sorority two years ago, The math behind the entire frankly," Darling said. · she said she was looking for­ proposition does not add up, I The suit seeks to have ward to enjoying the Greek said Jeffrey Darling, who is , alumni status conferred upon life. . . representing the eight plain­ the plaintiffs who are seniors Today, McVay said, she is­ tiffs. and to allow the others to join n't allowed to step foot in the If an organization wants to different sororities. Also, the Delta Zeta house or wear her bolster its numbers, then why group is seeking an unspeci­ sorority letters. cut 22 members from its exist­ fied amount for emotional dis­ Mc Vay and seven other UK ing membership rolls, Darling tress, anxiety and mental an­ students have filed suit against asked. I · guish. Delta Zeta, alleging that the Adding insult to injury, A lawyer for the sorority's sorority unfairly kicked them the "old" Delta Zetas weren't national office, Bill Nolan of and others out of the campus even given alumni status, Columbus, Ohio, issued a state• chapter. which would I have allowed ment saying that the organiza­ The story, according to the them to atten~ some events tion considers the suit to be plaintiffs, began with the soror­ and receive newsletters, ac­ "meritless," and has no further ity's national .office wanting cording to the ·suit, which was comment. this past April to reorganize filed in Fayette _Circuit Court Calls to the Delta Zeta the UK chapter because of low on Sept. 8. I house were not returned. enrollment. Additionally, the plaintiffs Instead of working with the saiathenatiortal chapter isn't existing members to that end, allowing them a join any other ' . ~ MSU Clip Sheet A sample of recent articles of interest to Morehead State University Sept. 17. 1999 UNIVERSITY COMMUNICATIONS MOREHEAD STATE UNIVERSITY UPO BOX 1100 MOREHEAD, KY 40361-1689 (606) 783-2030

The Dally lndepend_ent, Ashland, Kentucky, Thursday, September 16, 1999

Board hears enrollment·.- I up_ 1for 1st time in 7· years at ACC dents from O1:iio, who now pay · ' · It also created' ads . that 13 percent more st~dents in-state rates for tuition; have , touted the earning power a increased by about 50. · college: education can give a taking classes this year The number of high school . ! sfudent. students taking classes-for. ACC did its own enrollment ~CC credit has risen dJ:amat- .. ·project, interviewing about By KEVIN E10ELBACH ically, McCullough ~aid, by 1,500 students in the spring of OF THE DAILY INDEPENDENT about 75 students,· .. _,-. ,, ,;,,-•d • 1998. ,,.,_· i-,a:r· , ,,, , , ASHLAND - Bruce Leslie was happy Th!! · eproJ,lment mcrease · Those interviews Jed to Wednesday morning when he couldn't find a spell;ks ~elt-,,of the coHege_. changes in dass· _schedules, . parking space at AshJand Community .Col- le_adersh_¼P,' · ~oard ·11;el!],b_er,: ; creation of a day.-care'ori cam- lege. • · • ·· ... · · • · · Ric!J,ard Sonny' Martin ,~m~. pus _and the addition of some , It's a nice problem to have',-said the chair- "Thlj thanks, o~-_the boar~ .isl I new'degree·programs. ·, .· , . man of the college board of directors .. · exten,ded to you,. he told ACC.,• -untii-this year, enrollment.· Dean of Students Willie McCullough told President Angeline Dvprak. --·, 1• a:t·~cc 'had declined by 1. . , the board Wednesday that she expects ACC From her talks with her' · ·.. - 8 5 · to have a fall enrollment of2,377 students. counterparts'atothercoll~ges.: percent. oy!lro,t)le 'past_ six That amounts to a 13 percent. increase McCullough said, it _appeared : ;years, the most·:of,!lll?,' ~.ch~?! , over last fall's enrollment, the first time enrollment· had declined.· at; i,n,the state ".Ystem·•. ·' .. · ~ since 1992 that fall enrollment has in- more than half of the state's '. '· Je_ffr~y Hicks, director of d community colleges. . .•.. ,.,:; adllllssions and records fi_or creaseMembers • of the. community have taken· · "We're beatin' different Prestans b urg Commuru t Y· notice, McCullough said. · . buslies" Dvorak said. ·.: · - -,, · , _C9_llege,. said that 2,387 stu- · She's been amazed at how. many people 1 Enr~llment at the state•;' _dent~ .had enrolled there for ' have told her "You have· a lot-of students, community colleges had fallen- fall' classes, ,coin,11ai:ed with don't you?" · •' · · · · · ' , 'five IY~ars in a row ~hrough 2,432 la~t f~. · :·.:,.'. _'.·:, McCuliough will•kno~ the ~hl;~b:roll- ,Jastyear:'" _,:• .,.,.· ,.,,- :.., __ , .. "Thatsnoteven-alpercent ment figures after Ftjday, the last day stu- The Kentucky Co~unity.. ~eclµie," Hicks said. "Nothing dents can drop a class. ·, ·- · · · f!!I_d_ _'.!'~~cal Cfollege· System ' . to be alarmed over,• As of Wednesday, the school had about , -created- an ad campaign last 300 students more than, last fall's total of winter to encourage 19.98,stu: 2,140. But McCullough expe~ted about 100 dents.to return for the spring students t~ drop out by Fnday, based on 1999 semester, past expenence. The increase has come from several groups of students, McCullough said. The percentage of students returning from spring semester has increased. Stu-

Lexington Heral

' . Bf Mark R. Chellgren deputy director Ken Walker said. needs in specific areas, such as re­ from the legislature. Gov, Paul ASfO"IATED PRESS WRrrER "It's more than just a wish list. search laboratories. Patton and council President Gor­ FRANKFORT - Despite a It's an indication of need," said I Ed The universities compiled don Davies have acknowledged study for the Council on Postsec­ Carter, vice president for planning their original lists before the space that practice and have pledged to ondary Education that concluded and budgeting at the University study, but few made changes after keep their recommendations in no new buildings are needed in of Kentucky. the study, Walker said. And the line with the staff reports. the coming two years, colleges The planning board is sup­ capital lists contain much more Finally, the biggest wild card and universities across Kentucky posed to compile lists of the most than just buildings, There are also of all are members of the General have blueprints for construction needed construction items across the maintenance and replacement Assembly, who will gather in Jan­ that total $2 billion. all of state government. But tliere projects that the council staff fa. uary to write the spending plan The lists are compiled for the is a lot that will happen before and vors, large equipment purchases for state government from July 1, Capital Planning Advisory Board, after the planning board's deci­ and some other items, 2000, to June 30, 2002, a collection of legislative, execu­ sions. Carter noted that the council "Will the legislature pursue tive and legislative branch offi­ A space planning study done itself, a group of gubernatorial ap­ some of these initiatives on their cials that is supposed to make for the council concluded that imi­ pointees who oversee higher edu­ own?" Carter wondered, some sense out of the piles of pro­ versities, colleges and technical cation policy, has not acted on the It has happened with some jects suggested by the various schools did not need any new capital planning strategy. The rec­ regularity. Projects that even the state agencies. There is a differ­ buildings this coming two-year ommendation for no new· build­ institutions put far down their ence of opinion about the signifi­ budget period. All had more space ings is from the council staff. own lists somehow often wind up cance of the lists. than they needed, though jibe The institutions have a histo­ in the budget at the behest of in­ "They're wish lists," council study concluded there were some ry of seeking their own plums terested legislators. (MORE) I THE COURIER-JOURNAL FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER, 17, 1999 UK,UofLNqlleltl •' UK students sue The top five items on the capital ~ orlw lists for the University. Qf sorority's lea4ers Kentucky and the UnM!rSity of A group of University of Kentucky Louisville and the estlmatr costs. students has sued Delta Zeta's na­ tional organization, claiming they UnlYel'llty of Kentucky were among 22 women unfairly ■ Blomedical sciences research kicked out of the sorority's Lexing­ building, $65 million. j. · ton chapter. ■ Rural health center build'1g, $10 In the suit, which was filed in Fay­ million. ette Circuit Court on Sept. 8, the ■ Seaton Center addition, $15.3 eight women contend that the soror­ million. ity wanted to reorganize the Ken­ ■ Deferred maintenance pool, $2 tucky chapter because of low enroll­ million. ment. The suit says that instead of ■ Capital renewal pool, $12.2 mil­ working with the existing members, lion. however, the national office decided to bar the students from their ~hap­ Unlwrslty of Loulsvllle ter, leaving several of them without a ■ Research bui~ $41.3 million. place to live. , ■ Aeldhouse, $26.2 million. According to the suit, the students ■ Residence hall, $27 .8 million. also weren't given Delta Zeta alumni status, which would ,have allowed ■ Student services renovatkm, $5.4 million. them to attend sorofity events; and the national chapter isrr't allowing ■ Research equipment replacement, them to join any other sororities on $25 million. ,, campus. Bill Nolan of Columbus, Ohio, an attorney for the sorority's national office, issued a statement saying that, the organization considers the suit "meritless." ' '

Lexington Herald-Leader Friday, September 17 1999 tµ p: ··. t ofv·UK. . 6,000 hear Nobel P0ace· ~~er .speak of n~· : -: to rise above r~cism, 'lift each and .every o1'e.tip' - • J• I.. ' ' .. By Holly E. Stepp .., "It is a privileged honor to be ' The event, which ~oved som~- HERALD-lEAOER EDUCATION ~ITER. , t -~~ here toda~ and, as an alumnus audience members to tears, fea- More than · 6,00Q ~ple and more importantly the parent tured a ritualistic African libation turned out yesterday afternoon to of an alwnnus, I am prou~ to say by Chester Grundy UK's director h~ ~uth African human;iig~ts ~t I~ '!111~ part of this gr~t of African-America'.n Affairs, and activist and No_bel Peace Prize uruversity, said Tutu, 67, who m a historical overview by African­ laureate ~~b1Spop· ~m~nd 1985 received an honorary doctor- American Studies professor Ger- Tutu speak on the n~ for all ate from UK. aid Smith. people to work to uplift their feJ: That same year, his daughter UK senior Phillis Rambsy low men. N . T Se d h d . . I h . Students professors and aom1 utu- vers earne er rea an ongma poem ononng pie from acr~ the state filled~ master's degree from UK's Patter- Johnson. And S.T. Roach, the leg­ University of Kentucky's Mernori- son ~hool of Diplomacy a_nd In- endary ba?ketball coach at the 019 al Coliseum for a special convoca- Itemahonal Commerce. She 1s also Dun~ High School, led ~e audi­ tion commemorating 50 years of a graduate of Berea College. ence m a ple~ge to continue to desegregation on the campus. Tutu discussed the arbitrary1 work for equaltty. The event, "Remembrance, nature of segregation and racism. UK's student music groups, Reconciliation and Renewal: . . . the Wind Ensemble, UK Black Commemorating 50 Years of the .. "Imagine if there were umv~r- Voices and the University Chorale African-American Legacy," is si_hes created _for only"peopl~ withl and_ Choristers, also performed part of a yearlong · series of ~ig n?s~, hke me, he Joked. dunng the l ½ hour convocation. events marlnnn d · f Imagine if the unfortunate people . . . - ..... 16 esegr~ ion. with small noses had to petition to Many m the audience said af- . A 1949 U.S. District Co~ the Cabinet Secretary of Big Nose terward~ that they were inspired ruhng forced UK to open its Affairs to go to college." by i;:utu s words. . " . graduate school to black stu- . He was amazing, said Cyn- dents. A Louisville educator the Racism can't be rationalized, th1a Cox, a UK junior from Rad- late Lyman T. Johnson, had filed Tutu said. cliff. "It is such good thing that suit the year before, challenging "Racism is inherently blasphe- UK could bring someone like him the segregationist Day Law. mous; it is as if we are spitting in to . campus . to commemorate "Today we reflect.on the dy- the face of God." African-Amen?lns at UK." . namic change that shaped the Tonya Griffith, a UK semor Tutu also exhorted the audi- fr 0 Pr t b eed laSt half of the century. for thi$ ence to make a renewed commit- ":, «:5 ~ns l:lr~, agr · · university," UK President It_1 s 1~sp_1rmg to hear h_1m Charles Wethington said during ment to caring for one another. and his _pn_nc1ple .~f co~umty his welcoming remarks. "We are made for the stars and egahtanamsm, she said. "Because of the courage of and we must lift each and every I James . Miller ~f Lexington those first students in the 1950s, one up," he said. brought his four r h1ldren. ages 8 everyone can prosper at this uni- through 12, to hear Tutu. . . versity," he said. "White and black, rich arn ''We ho~e-s~~oo_l and ~his is Tutu, head of South Africa's poor, straight and gay, young ani very educational. Miller said. Truth and Reconciliation Com- old, lame and virile, everyone." "And this is a once-in-a-life. mission, charmed the audience Many of UK's first black stu- time chance to hear such a histori- during his 40-minute speech. dents, as well as Johnson's son, at- cal figure in the Anglican Church tended the ceremony. speak." THE COURIER-JOURNAL • FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1S99 UK marks 50 years of integration Archbishop Hammons said. OK has I crowd : it was unfortunate . , come a long way smce 1949, that legal action was neces- l,when Lyman T. John~o~, a sary to dismantle segregation Tutu praises black man from Lomsv11le, at the university changes at school filed_ a federal lawsuit to be Wethington . said that admitted to UK. A _fede:al "hateful prejudices prevented Ju~ge ordered the umvernty too many black Kentuckians By CHRIS_ POYNTER to mtegrate. . and black Americans from The Couner-Journal Hammon~ sa~d students reaching their potential.'' today are fnendher to peop!e Archbishop Tutu, who won LEXINGTON, Ky. - When of othe: rac_es, and theres the Nobel Peace Prize in Louisville native James Ham- more d1".ersity on campus. 1984 and whose daughter has mons enrolled at the Univer- H_e_ especially applauded the a degree from UK's Patter­ sity of Kentucky in 1953 as a ~mng of Tubbr Smith, the son School of Diplomacy and graduate student. many peo- firS t bl~ck men_ s basketball International Commerce, said pie thought he was a janitor coa~h m the his,\ory of the he is proud of the university because he was one of the stoned program." That was a . and was glad that UK had few black men on campus. tr~n_ie~dous step, he said. turned lits back on segrega- He said if it weren't for the S1ttmg next to Hammons tion. i books he carried under his yesterday was Sarah Cla~k He said racism is immoral arm, he might have been Newby, who came to_ UK m and evil and that having uni­ asked to clean floors. 1~54 and grad~ated m 1_958 versities that admit only one Now, 46 years later, Ham- with a degree 1~ education. race is: ludicrous, He com­ mons can _laugh at the Sh_e, too, doesn. t remember pared it to having a school thought. He was among sev- bemg i~unted by white stu- only for people with big eral black UK graduates I !,lents. I was too busy s,\udy- , noses and those with little from the 1950s who attended m~ and gomg to class, she , noses having to apply to the a ce~emo~:y yesterday at ~e- ' said. : "commission of small noses" monal Cohseum celebrat!ng Newby r~called being ner-1 to be ,admitted. His com- 50 years ~f ra~1al mtegr_at1on vous that fir~\ day of cfasses ments drew a laugh from the Tutu, ol i;outh Africa, shook hands with at the umvernty. Archbishop - the usual Jitters, she said. crowd.' UK President - Charles Wethington Jr. alter Desmond Tutu of South Afn- Sh_e didn't think much about "What of any significance yesteraay's program. ca was the featured speaker bemg black among a sea of does skin color or race say at the event, attended by sev- white students. about any one of us?" Tutu eral thousand students, facul- When Newby, Hammons said to applause, adding later ty and alumni. . •J and other students who were that "racism is bad in the Hammons, a 1944 gradua!e among the first to integrate past, racism is bad today, it of Central High Scho_ol~ the campus were introduced, will be bad tomorrow." Louisville, came to UK in they received a standing ova- 1953 to get his master's de- tion. gree in public health. He was UK President Charles the first black graduate of Wethington Jr. told the Lexington Herald-Leader that program and is now a Friday, September 17,.1999 doctor in Lexington. He said he doesn't remember being taunted or harassed by white students, but he does recall . Ky. s~dentsj advancingi in mail\, getting stares on campus. B~t arts, social studies, reading ski"])·-~- science are weak areas -- S J!:!s. GOUE!l!;8.:J_O!,2~NAL ! · The old systetit Kllown as were both at 67. But scienc, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 17 1999 By Linda B. Blackford, KIRI~ was thrown out by legisla- dropped down to less than a 40. • ..1.. ' HERAI.DIDDER EDUCATION WRITER tors m l998 because of wide- ■ High schools scored in th, EKU students protest FRANKFORT New sp~ea~. fears about fairness and 60s in all four main academic sub statewide public school test r_eliabihty .. The new test is sup-· jects. In addition, nearly a quarte ban on skateboarding scores unveiled yesterday re- posed to J~dge student pro~ess of students were deemed profi A new campuswide ban on skate­ vealed a familiar tableau: Ken- more ~ons,stent!Y, take less time dent in both reading and math. boarding has prompted protests by tucky's students are progressing and give a national comparison ■ Regionally, the same histor some students at Eastern Kentucky stu University. in reading and math, but have a for dents. . ical patterns continued. The low About 50 skateboarders and sup­ long way to go in science, social Stu?ents m fourth, fifth, sev- est scores were in urban Jeffers01 porters rallied Wednesday in front of studies and the arts before they enth, eighth, 10th! 11th :ind 12!h County and rural Eastern Ken Alumni Coliseum. Some protesters reach state goals. !lfades are te~ted m r~dmg, W;It- tucky, while the highest went tc held signs with slogans such as "We are now reasonably close mg, math, sc,en_ce, social stud_ies, Northern Kentucky region arn "Skateboarding is not a crime.'' in some grades and some sub- ~rt~ and humamt1es a_nd pracllcal Bluegrass schools. "I think it's just discrimination,'' jects," said Education Commis- hvmg/vocallonal studies. • said EKU student Jeremiah Dean, sioner Wilmer Cody Because the test has a new More analysis who spent about five hours in 1· ail Tuesday night after campus po ice Elementary students earned format and a new scoring system, Because scores cannot be com arrested him for disorderly conduct the highest scores overall, espe- results cannot be accurately com- pared, state officials are emphasiz in connection with skateboarding. cially in reading, where they pared to the KIRIS te~t sco'.es ing the need for teachers and ad "They build basketball courts for scored an average of 76.4. They from last Y~, state offiCJals sa_td. , ministrations to analyze test scan basketball players, they build tennis also scored 64.1 in math. In particular, the new scormg data to see where certain lesson: courts for tennis players, but when I we just want to skate on the side­ That put them much closer to system made scores on average Ihelp students learn and when walk, we get arrested." the state's goal for all schools to much higher than. KIRIS scores. 1others don't. University police said Dean wasn't reach a score of 100 in all sub- Instead, schools will have to be "We use test scores to realiz, arrested for skateboarding, but for jects by the year 2014. ! compared to how far they are exactly where our students are a refusing to give an officer his name In all grades, science and so- from 100. . and we try to develop curriculun and identification. Dean said he was cial studies fell behind reading These scores Will be ad~ed to around where we need to go," saic doing nothing wrong, so he felt the officer didn't need to see his identifi­ and math. !!ext )'ear's to form_ a baselme to Roger Johnson, principal of Pik, cation. "Kentucky teachers are focus- Judge improvement m 2002. County Central High School ii Eastern officials have allowed ing on the basics, the skills neces- The results also showed that: Pikeville. skateboarding at the coliseum park­ sary to succeed in all other sub- . ■ Elem7ntary . schools had Virgil Covington, principal o ing lot for several years, but they jects," Cody explained. I high '.esults '!! read(ng a_nd math, Winburn Middle School in Lex banned the activity Monday after re­ The new Kentucky Core Con- but_ shpped _shghtl)I m science and ington, said the statewide score, ceiving a growing number of com­ tent Test is part of the state's social studies to Just above 50. show that the state's science cur plaints from pedestrians. high-stakes Commonwealth Ac- Arts and vocational studies con- riculum is still too broad and re countability --Testing : System, tmue to be low. . which gives cash rewards to im- ■ Middle schools contmu~ to proving schools and state assis- lag behmd elemen'.ary and high (MORE) tance to those that decline. sch?

Coming on Sept. 30 . . School-by-school t~t results: For a ~omplate listing of your school's scores, pick up a Hr,rald-leader on Sept. 30, or Jog onto http://www.kentuckyconnect. com. ·,

1 Science 36.9 '------~r5ci~66.3i'_": ." r,i Soc. Stud. SO. 7 :sac. stuci,'st:2 '.·Vl Arts & Hum. 38.8 ~ & Hu11!;:a8.1 ~,,.,.,.r,,-,"~;<"'! P. Llv./Voc. 33. 7 , :P;Lfv,/Voc,,38.2 Writing 39.2 Wrttf,;;;56:1 ;; ,,~ --""--...... [J 0 100 0 Source: Kentucky Department of Education CAMILLE WEBER/STAFF MS,U ARSi~V:ES . ~~ \.e.,Uf-1 1.. ,~ JI/IS. U {;i_·11"' She~t A sample of recent articles of interest to Morehead State University Sept. 20. 1999 UNIVERSITY COMMUNICATIONS MOREHEAD STATE UNIVERSITY UPO BOX 1100 MOREHEAD, KY 40351-1689 16061 783-2030 I THE COURIER-JOURNAL SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1999 lnaugurati~n to spotlight community,. tech colleges ·-· j ___ . ------·- - - ·-- . , ty colleges came after a tough the inaugural events. "I think it Fl edglin _ g sys t em S politicaffight, Gov. Paul Patton has elevated the status of com- ' dent to· be said at yesterday's tel~confer- munity and technical colleges presI ence. !fhat 1997 battle m a spe• . . across the ·state so they have • today cial legi~lativ~ session came chances to get more fu)ldi'!g SWorn ID after IUmvers1ty of Kentucky and have a stronger v01ce m President Charles T. Wething- their communities." ton Jr. sought to maintain "Many people didn't under- By WNNJE HARP oversight of tlie state's commu• stand what we were trying to The Courier:.Journal nity colleges. do," Patton said. "And tbey Patton reiterated yesterday were apprehensive as we em­ LEXINGTON,' Ky. - An in­ that · severing the community barked on a new course." auguration today will cap two colleges' ties with UK and The state's 1997 higher edu­ days of events designed to shifting authority for the state's cation reforms created a- new spotlight the new leadership of · technical schools from the Council on Postsecondary Edu­ the state's community and state jWorkforce Development cation charged with coordinat­ technical colleges. · Cabinet will make the schools ing the work of the state's uni­ Michael McCall will be more: responsive to workplace versities, including UK aild the sworn in in Lexington as presi­ 'training·needs. · University of Louisville. Under dent of the fledglmg Kentucky A handful of the state's tech- council oversight, the commu­ Community an!l,T~clmi@ <;;_of_:__ lege System today, even nical 1and community colleges - iiiiy anil technical college sys- though lie has been on the job locate(l in the same towns are tern exists as an entity equal to for a&out nine months. now considering consolidating the state universities and Also part of the events de­ with one another. . . . McCall has equal standing with . signed to call attention to the Anita Mowery, marketing d1- university presidents. . new leadership ,were a telecon­ rector. for Central. Kentu_cky During the first months· of ference ·beamed to the state's Techmcal College m Lexmg- his tenure McCall a former di- 15 technical colleges and 13 ton, :said yesterday that the rector. of South Carolina's tech- · community colleges yesterday new ~anagement has ~!ready nical college system, has vis­ and a formal dinner last night. made 11 easier for techmcal col- ited Kentucky campuses in part "We are stressing unity, and lege students who .have earned to answer questions and relieve the unification that it will take ·a professional" certificate to get anxieties about the new chain for this system to lie successful credit that can he transferred of command. .. in the future,'' McCall said. to community colleges and McCall said be will outline ''This is a celebration for all · count· toward associate's de- . new initiatives for the system our people who have worked grees. - ·. during his speech today, and to make this system what it "The system is a lot more the system's board plans to act is." , . flexi~le and ab!~ to do those on the agency's first-ever stra­ New leadership for · the kind~ _of things now_." said tegic plan when it meets next state's technical and communi- Moiery, who was helping plan month in Louisville. THE COURIER-JOURNAL MONDffi', SEPTEMBER 20, 1999 _ New president has plans I . for community, tech colleges I I . -- • t' · l d -The secondinitiative is .--partner-· """Assembly.The battle came after Uni- InitIa IVeS lDC U e ' ship with Geo~etown College and versity of Kentucky President Charles work-.corce ·1·raunn'. g Oxford I.University in England._ Each 1:· Wethington Jr. tried to keep over- .LI , academic year, two commumty or sight of the state's community col- technical college students will be leges. school part DefS hi pS able to! study at one of the 42 col- Gov. Paul ?atton said,t~at se_vering leges that comprise Oxford. the co'!1n.mmty coll~ges lies with UK The Courier-Journal "It creates a pathway that will mo- and shifting authonty for the techni­ tivate ~tudents to pursue a baccalau- cal schools from t~e state Workforce LEXINGTON, Ky. - Work-force reate · clegree," McCall said. "Our Development Cabmet v.:ould make traini_n~ teams ,and p~rtnerships with graduates who participate will gain a' the scho~l~ more responsive to work­ prest1111ous umvers1t1es were among &roader cultural and personal per- ' place trammg needs. the imtiatives revealed Saturday dur­ spective that will serve them well in, ing the inauguration of the Kentucky any ch Osen career." Community and Technical College Faculty, staff and administrators of . System's new president, Dr. Michael the Kentucky community-technical B. McCall. college system also will be able to The work-force training will in­ participate in short-term sabbaticals clude high-level academic and techni­ at Oxford to study, do research or cal skills. explore more opportunities for inter­ The program will be known as national education for students. Kentucky WINS - the Workforce In­ McCall's third initiative, New Hori­ vestment Network System - with a zons, will focus on building a strong network of certified training teams internal organization for the commu­ throughout the state that can quickly nity-technical college system through help companies. its employees. The program will also include re­ . The!state's technical and communi­ cruitment, screening and assessment, ty colleges were. united in a single McCall said during his 35-minute system after a political fight during a speech. 1997 specialI . session of the General I 0nCampus Lexington Herald-Leader Monday, September 20, 1999 I 'Binge Beer' ads may be too late for college kids Last week, nearly 100 pub­ Universities and Land-Grant By the time many students lic universities launched an ad Colleges, led by Penn State, get to college, the only thing campaign designed to target sponsored the campaign, and new about alcohol is how the problem of binge drinking 113 college presidents - much more easily they can get among college including those from UK, it. students. University of Louisville and The ads are a good start to The full-page Kentucky State University - changing college behavior and tongue-in-cheek signed the ads. perceptions. But many of stu­ ads tout "Binge The ads come on the heels dents' notions about college life Beer," the sup­ of high-profile drinking deaths, begin well before they ever set .:iJ posed malt bev­ drunkeri riots, and rising foot on campus. erage of choice for students. drinking-related emergency­ It's time to start targeting They appeared in editions of room visits. the problem where it begins - The New York Times, The A Harvard study in 1997 in high school. Wall Street Journal, USA found that 43 percent of college Today and the University of students reported being binge Kentucky's Kentucky Kernel. drinkers. Binge drinking is hollye~stepp The ads feature a beer bot­ considered five drinks in less tle under a headline, "Hitting than three hours for men, four CLASS NOTES college campuses this fall." drinks for women. "It's tough being a college The ads are clever and kid today," the text reads. begin tolpoke holes in the idea "That's why that drinking till you pass out we've devel­ The ads is all part of the college experi- oped Binge ence. I Beer. At Binge, are clever But the message perhaps we understand and begin comes too late. I that sometimes to poke Maytle the time to start stu­ you just need lwles in · dents thinking about the conse­ five or six the idea quences ;of binge drinking is in drinks the that high scliool. night before For n\any college students, that big test. ... drinking ' the first beer·came after the Who says tillyoo high schbol football game on a . falling off a passootis Friday night. It came in hotel balcony is such aUpartof suites rented out at prom time. a bad thing? the college Recent studies bear that out. And what's an The University of Michigan's occasional riot? experience. 1998 Monitoring the Future. Or even a little But the Study, based on interviews'. assault between message with 50,000 students in eighth, friends?" 10th and 12th grades, found .. The'" . ,. :perh'aps:~ . comes too. that one:third of all 12th,- National· graders said they had been.•. [a(e;uh 1 Association of ·drunk at least once within 30 State- days of taking the survey. - . I . I Lexington Herald-Leader Degr¢(f0f "difficulcy Getting to clas.s at EKU can be ail artful dodge ~ ----~-- ____._ - - L. By Rita -Mackin Fox · told the Board _of Regents at its July 29 "What we plan to do is look at a CONTRIBUTING WRITER. ' meeting that the state and university whole slew of different ideas and alter- The closest distance between ·two were considering a plan to install a I natives, then sit down with the city points may be a straight line, but that traffic light at fhe•intersection. ., . ' and university ·and, as much as possi- line is a dangerous one on the Eastern . That plan ~!so would invoh'.e do~- J ble, please everyone," Boleyn said. Kentucky University campus. mg the lot's !current entrance .and / David Evans, Richmond's city For 25 years, the Lancaster Av- widening the exit to line up with Uni- manager, said the city wants to wait enue parking lot on the northern· blir- versity Drive. I · for the state's analysis of traffic der of campus -has•had 'students'dQ\)g•' I "W~·r~. cei;tainly relieved,"_- Whit- ·-counts and traffic impact" stud!es ~be- ing oncoming traffic while going:' to. lock said. We ye recogn~ed t~1s to be fore making a decision. He expressed and from classes and dorms. ·• : - · a pote_ntia!,lY. d~ngerous situation for a concern about making traffic at the al- Rather than walk the half block to ' long time. _i • , • ready congested area even worse dur- the crosswalk and traffic signal: at But the um,vers1ty s rehef ~ay_ be ing heavy commute times. Barnes Mill Road, most students pre- premature. On~ problem 1s f1gurmg "We just need to see what impact fer to cross Lancaster Avenue directly , out wh? the pl~fers are. .·. the five proposals will have on traffic from the lot to the campus entrance at \Ylutlock s~id EKU plans to keep ·-before choosing which we'd prefer," University Drive. . · - the ctty mformed, but the talks are be- Evans said. "It's hard. There's no doubt about -~ee_n _the_s_t~~e and the university. Boleyn said the state has some it," said Regina Hahn, a junior social "It's a state highway and the universi- preliminary- statistics and hopes to work major from Paint Lick. ''Usually, . ty owns the property on both sides of meet with EKU and the city within a on a busy.morning, it takes almost 10 the street," he said. month. minutes to get across." . But the state did seek Richmond's EKU isn't alone among universi- This summer, the campus ·buzz input - and city officials had con- ties with pedestrian traffic challenges. had hinted a solution was at hand. cerns with the plan EKU favors, said Lexington's Transylvania Univer- . Doug Whitlock, EKU's vice presi- Philipia Boleyn, a spokeswoman for sity has a similar situation at its.North r!Pnt fnr ~rhnlnic.-t-.-.,,+;,...,...... A .&!----- ,._L_ ,._____ • ••1 • • Broadway crosswalk, which also lies in the middle of the block between two signals. It now has a caution light, crosswalk stripes and a Yield to Dod~ng Traffic Pedestrians sign. EKU andjthe state are still "As long as the motorists and stu­ trying to 1figure out how to make dents proceed with caution, nobody it safer for students to cross gets hurt," said Sarah Emmons, Tran­ Lancast~r Avenue near campus. m~,..W:'W7f".IS~;,cyrrr-P.t=ti'lrTt'-,,'J:.':!FJ ""'1 sy's director of public relations. .":;:¾';'-U/t"""lf~"'1-•¥ ,1 .,~',. {,,.,"._~,, Tom Lindquist, Eastern's director 1 ~r • ,,.''<'\ '':.:":J-;; •~'f/ C f;'l,:7 ,- I ~~•t). ,_ 05v.,.zL:~J~:_~.;;. 1-'; ·'J 's:- of public safety, didn't recall any re: tce/V ,~:¾ . ~ ·ioi!!'""!!'li

stop and let you go." 1 While the search for a solution ' continues, some students play it even safer. "I go to Barnes Mill to cross at the light," said Mandy McElroy, an occu­ pational therapy major from Jenkins.

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. ~,.--, . "Parentsslio1;1Ioooinmuniel!te to el!ch - ·There are various repayment options By Pamela Yip . ~Id the expectations of how ~eir education available on student loans, so students lHE DAUAS MORNING NEWS will be funded~ ~ctfy what 1s covered, f~r should talk with their lender. s Drew York returns to' classes , how long, etc., ,saiq Mark_Schupba_ch, P~I- Repayment options include: at Southwestern University in ·dent _of The _Cen\er for __Personal Finance m ■ Standard repayment plan: The student Georgetown, Texas, he has more Dallas, a··personal .financial management k . "pal and interest payments each on his mind than schoolwork. ·firni. "This discussiori··can--include how the ma es pn:1c1 · Like his fellow students, child will participate in. the process:· By set- month throughout the lo~ repay- York, 20, of Plano, Texas, hopes ting guidelines· early, tlie child begins· to, set ment term. to make a good salary after he gets his de- realistic expectations." · · ' · ■ Graduated repayment gree in economics."But until then, he and his · ··' York, who_.romes--from"·a single-parent plans: The student makes reduced fellow college .students must stretch the family, said it was clear what was expected payments in the early years of re- money they get.from their parents, jobs and of him financially in college. .,. •••' ·,, ,, payment and still pays off the student loans so they don't end up subsist- "I had some money that was set aside for loan within the standard 10-year ing just on macaroni and cheese during their me to use; but when I graduate; the loans are repayment term. college years. · , · my own to take" care of. And I had to have a ■ Income-sensitive repay- "The thing that is unique for students is clear understanding when· I ,went •off to mimts: Payments are a percentage that for many of them, this is their first time school that what school I picked, I had to be of the borrower's monthly gross having to have substantial independent con- able to cover all the costs," he said. income. · trol over their finances," said Jacqueline His biggest worry, as with other stu- ■ Loan consolidation: Com- King, director of federal policy analysis at dents, is repaying the loans. bining all eligible loans into a sin- the American Council On Education in "I worked in a law firm this summer and gle loan with a single monthly Washington, D.C., the major lobbying group I it was a bankruptcy firm -and .yousawtlie f payment. for colleges and universities. . • people who came in," said York, who plans ■ Prepayment All federally Not all students come to college to attend law school or get a master's degree sponsored loans allow you to pre- equipped with money-management skills. in business administration. "Their creditors 1 pay part or all of the loan at any Almost half of students have bounced a were student IDlins." time during the life of the loan check during college, according to a survey His· worst fear is that· he won't earn without penalty. Prepaying can conducted last year by Quicken, the best- enough after graduation to cover his stu- greatly reduce the total cost of selling personal finance software. dent-loan debt,I which he estimated at your loan. Fewer than half of college students bal- $15,000 to $H),OOO, excluding graduate Students should borrow only ance their checkbook monthly and almost school. what fs necessary to cover their three out of four have called home asking for "If I were to do that (attend graduate costs. money. school), I'd be Iadding more loans after- One temptation that students Unfortunately, many families don't pre- wards," York said. "The scary part is that should resist is credit cards. pare a budget with their student, and that's you spend all the money and when you get "I see far too many students the first thing they should do before the out of college, tile job's not going to be there' • by their third or fourth year work­ child heads off to school, experts say. I for you." , · ing extra hours to pay the credit- "How much are fixed expenses, tuition, 1 ___ Scott Grischow's father is h~IJlng htJp_ card bills they accumulated dur- books, rent?" Kirig said. "What are j,ciirr pay for hisedu_ cation at Texas Christian ing their first two years," said variable costs? .What is a reasonable amount 1· University in Fbrt Worth and will help him Bruce McManis, a professor in the to spend on entertainment, transportation, pay his student-loan debt, which Grischow economics and finance depart- clothing?" . .. estimated at $30,000 to $40,000. ment at Nicholls State University Once you've decided what the costs are, "That is a figure that will intensify in the subtract any financial aid such as grants, next 10 months as I approach graduation," (MORE) scholarships and loans and don't forget to said Grischow, 23, who is studying for a account for money that parents kick in. master's degree in business administration. "Honefullv. 1 will h,1ve rt lnh hv thPn." I' Students can get extra money COLLEGE: i by working, but they shouldn't let work interfere with their studies, in Thibodaux, .La. "I have also York I and Grischow said King says. seen students who couldn't afford they're dreful about using their "If you go over 20 hours a to finish because of credit-card credit cards. week in working, you could run debt." "I hav~ two credit cards, and into proBlems. That just doesn't The results of a study released they're only used in emergencies," leave enough time to pursue your earlier this year by the Consumer Grischow said. schoolwork." Federation of America ! Students can save A campus job can actually showed that about 70 ·"They'lljust· money and avoid using benefit students. Research has percent of undergradu- call your plastic by being more shown that students who work 15 ates at four-year institu- room and resourceful in their pur- to 20 hours a week, especially on tions have at least one solicit ylY/i.'.V"'' chases. campus, tend to do better in credit card. Most of them . ,: .,· For example, they school than those who don't work. - nearly 80 percent - , Drew Yoikl could eat out less often "It helps them feel connected have their first card by '" on credit-card • and save that for special to the campus, and it helps them the end of their fresh- ~ . Js~uers~!""'' occasions or as a needed discipline themselves and be orga• man year, and students · · :I..t • · break. Asking theaters nized," King said. When push are carrying an average of about about student discounts or attend­ comes to shove, students should $2,000 in credit-card debt by the ing matinees can save on movie choose their studies aver a job. · end of the school year. costs. ' "The thing that's going to cost Students- said credit-card is- For name-brand clothing, you the most is taking an extra suers are in their face the moment shopping at off-price stores such year to graduate or not finishing they set foot on campus. as Ross Dress For Less and Mar- at all because you've allowed your "They'll just call your room shalls can save some money. grades to suffer because you're and solicit you," York said. "I had Buying used textbooks in­ working," she said. "The vast ma­ ane that called, and I was half stead of new ones costs less mon- jority of people who finish a de­ asleep." ey. gree program pay off their loans."

Blacks hol~ silent sit-in, demand U!of L apology testers, its effortwas inadequate. Ad­ By CAMILLE DIANA BARBEE have decided tci stand up for 1 ministrators said they called the The Courier.Journal ourselves." • • home of the arrested man and sent Warner said Shumaker had letters only to the homes of_ freshmen Some 200 African-American offered to meet with him and who attended the reception. students and faculty members another professor ,later yester­ That, the protesters said, was un­ jammed the rotunda of Grawe­ day to discuss the incident. But acceptable. meyer Hall yesterday, demand· the professors declined because "It's about the habitual mistreat­ ing that the University of Louis­ they wanted the students in­ ment and the consistent disrespect ville publicly apologize to black volved and didn't want any we receive every day," said Danielle scholars whose reception was "back door" meetings, Warner Herriford, a junior who helped or­ interrupted last month by Se­ said. . : ganize the protest. cret Seivice agents and police. The protest stemmed from The demonstrators - most an Aug. 25 incident in which IN THE LEffER to Porter schol­ dressed in black and holding federal agents and police, in a ars, officials said in part: ''We are hands - sat for 30 minutes· in foot chase with a black man very sorry this incident marred (the) silence outside the door to suspected of being involved in event. . : . We have contacted the Se­ U of L President John Shu­ a counterfeit operation, burst cret Service to express our concern maker's office fo show their an­ into a reception for the univer­ about the nature of their entrance ger over the incident. They had . sity's Woodford Porter Scholars into the reception." a list of six demands that in­ and arrested one student. But Jamila Waddell, a junior, said cluded ways to end what they . The student was not the sus­ the university has failed to protect see as a hostile atmosphere for pect. However, he was arrested. African-Amencan students. blacks at the school. on unrelated charges. · "On this caIIUJUS we're not wel­ "We want them to recognize The university promised to comed," she said. "We're constantly that the folks here are in pain," apologize, but according to pro- harassed." said communication professor (MORE) Ede Warner, who helped or- ... ~-·-- LL- -•~ •-- "'""' • ' U ofL: Among the demonstrators' de­ Befor~ the protest, Fitzpatrick said mands was a call for the university to Shumal1er had planned to convene provide more funding for African­ two open forums to ~ear the con­ "It's about American programs and hire more cerns of African-Amencan students. black rrofessors. The forums were unrelated to the the habitual U o L has 60 full-time black pro­ fessors. The university's goal is to in­ Porter incident, Fitzpatrick said. mistreatment and crease that number to about 85 by "The ;Porter incident was unfortu­ 2001. nate," he said. "But what it serves as the consistent is a flash point for other concerns. It BEYOND A public apology from leads the way for a new form of stu­ disrespect we the university administration, stu­ dent activism." dents demanded an apology from po­ receive every day." lice and the Secret Service. They Waddell said it's time the uitiversi­ ty listened to its black students. Danielle Herriford, a junior want the agencies to say they mis­ who helped organize the protest handled the situation. "This is (only) the beginning," she· But Jim Mackin, a Secret Service said. "We will not be pacified." spokesman, said that the matter has been reviewed and that there was no wrongdoing. "No inappropriate behavior on the part of our agents has come to light at this point," he said. Neither Mackin nor Louisville po­ lice would comment on whether there should be a public apology. RALPH FITZPATRICK, special assistant to the university's president, denied that U of L is ignoring stu­ dents or failing to provide them with adequate programs. :'To sug$est that U of Las an insti­ tution of higher learning is far off the track, I think that would be a harsh statement to make," Fitzpatrick said. "To say nothing is being done is un­ fair." . M~ .Msu 01ip sheeA,HJV

A sample of recent articles of ~nterest to Morehead State University · Sept. 21. 1999 UNIVERSITY COMMUNICATIONS MOREHEAD STATE UNIVERSITY UPO BOX 1100 MOREHEAD, KY 40351-1689 16061 783-2030 . I . Lexington Herald-Leader Tuesday, September 21, 1999

' Picking a new chaitjnan tops UK board's list 2001. That committee is expected New chief will have to be appointed early next year. UK's board meets at 1 p.m. in key role rn. chobsing the 18th-floor boardroom of the Patterson Office Tower. next president The trustees were embroiled in controversy earlier this year HERAIDWDER STAFI' REPORT that ,began with their May 4 deci- The University of Kentucky sion to extend Wethington"s con• Board of Trustees will meet today tract for two additional years be­ to elect a new board chairman. yond his expected retirement in That new chairman will have 2001. That ignited a firestonn of a key role in determining, who will .· criticism from faculty and others, be the next president of the state's ·charging that the decision was se- flagship university. I cretly and hastily made. ·· · · · The outgoing_board chairman, In the two months that fol- fonner Gov. Edward T. ""Ned" lowed, the state's two largest Breathitt, said the board's nomi- newspapers sued the UK board, nating committee will recommend charging that it violated the state's three candidates' for the positions open meetings law, and UK's Uni­ of chairman, vice chairman and versity Senate asked the board to secretary. . : vote again. The usually united 20- Breathitt said the board will member board of trustees then also consider nominations from · deadlocked over whether to re­ other trustees. He declined to com- scind the contract extension. .. '. ment further on the nominations. On June 29, the board voted to The board chairman! will ap- rescind the original contract ex­ point a presidential searcli commit- tension but keep Wethington on tee that will screen possible succes- for. two years as a special fund­ sors for UK President I Charles raiser after he steps down as Wethington, who \Vil!_ s~p ~own in oresi~!Pi-,- . 'Lexington Herald-Leader Tuesday, September 21, 1999 ' ---- I-~------.Pi~~g __ ~_IWW: l_eader s the University of Ken- Yet, w~ are less concerned about ' braced by the faculty. But many tucky's board of directors that tussle 1than we are about the were. · A meets today to choose a new need for a different attitude from The chairman selected today chairman, we hope its members the board, ~s a whole, about its re- will oversee the search for a new have learned some lessons from the sponsibility. president - a crucial factor in de- contract fiasco last spring. For despite all their status and termining whether UK will have f The board made an ilkonsid- perks, boar~ members should - leadership needed to break into th ered and possibly illegal decision to first and foremost - see them- ranks of the nation's top research extend President Charles Wething- selves as public servants. They are universities. ton's contract two years beyond his -iiot back-tip singers for a chairman At a .time when more state tax his long-expected retirement in or a president. money is going into endowments 2001. . . While ~ board position may be and more private donors are inve" After complamts and _lawsmts a reward for financial support, po- ing, much needs to be debated over the secr~t man~uvenngs - led litical loyalty or civic involvement, about the university's future. by the outgomg cha~, fo~er it is also a!serious commitment that Those debates should be rigor- Gov. Edward ?,'- "Ned Brea~tt - demands some independent ous. And they need to be done in the board rescmded that decision. thought. ' public - regardless of who holds 1 The board"th nowt has ·some t newb That means keepmg· m• touch the gave1 . bloo cl, WI recen appom ees Y. with the concerns of faculty stu- Gov. Paul Pattor:-_ It_ "11Juld be naive dents and taxpayers. No on~ on the to ~ n~ political b~ttle ove~ the board, for example, should have ch~rrmanship, as loyalties r~m been surpnsed that the Wethinirton ,.. ...1.~ J.,,,,...+.-t ..=.-. 'On++,-,..., ,i,n.-l '\XTo.+h,nrr_ , t1~~

A sample of recent articles of interest to Morehead State University Sept. 22. 1999 UNIVERSITY COMMUNICATIONS MOREHEAD STATE UNIVERSITY UPO BOX 1100 MOREHEAD, KY 40351-1689 (606) 783-2030 I l Lexington Herald-Leader Wednesday, September 22, 1999 Tuition to nsJ in 2000, 2001 By Holly E. Stepp j HERALD-LEADER EDUCATION WRITER · UK Tuition The University of Kentuck , Board of Trustees yesterday ap7 In-state : Out-al-stale ■ Undergraduate : ■ Undergraduate proved 5 percent tuition increases 2000-01: $4,665 effect 2000-01: $1,555 : to take both next fall and in % Change: 5.1 : % Change:5.1 the fall of 2001. I 2001-02: $1,635 : 2001-02: 4,905 The increases - which equal % Change: 5.1 , % Change:5.1 about $155 over the two years foi; ■ Graduate l ■ Graduate Kentucky resident undergraduates 2000-01: $1,715 : 2000-01: $5,145 - ·are designed to put UK more in · % Change: 5.2 ·: % Change:5.2 line with its benchmark universill 2001-02: $1,805 : 2001-02: $5.415 ties, university officials said. · %Cflmlle:5.2 l % Change:5.2 The action was the board's first foray into setting tuition. I The state's higher education . The council is now requiring governing .board, the Council ori that tuition and fees make up one­ Postsecondary Education, gav~ third of a 1!lliversity's p~blic funds. university boards the power to set . The council defines public funds as tuition in April. Before that tlie ., tuition and fees plus state appro- ooun!=iJ set tuition_ for all state pul>-j' priations: ., . . ~ lie universities:: . · Trusti:e and student body pres- . Ed Carter,' UK vice president. ident Junmy Glenn said he thought : for mailagem~nfand budget, said students would ·support the in- · UK's decision puts its tuition at'the ... creases.· : ' median of comparable universities. Board chalnnan Billy Joe Miles He also noted tliat the increase is aslied whether the tuition increases smaller than those set by the coun- . would affect student scholarships. cil. . . . · f ~ President Char)es "'.ething­ . In 1997 the Council apprqved a ton said that the un1vers1ty. has nearly 21 pe,cent increase 'in tu- · routinely: increased scholarship itionfor UK and the Univ~ity'of-. amounts to cover tuition increases. Louisville. -, ,:.. • . .. .,; 1-- . Carter said the' ne'i>/'fuitioh rates would also make. sure iiK meets new state gl)idelines. ·'

l'HE MOREHEAD ~-- .,,. . - . . . . . NEWS-MOREmrn, KY TUESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 21 1999 1 · n-,.~ e•-•,·:--,!~..... -:'1.--•· 1-' •. _-,.~,,.,,..,_, -,: ,,1)Iition break for some · .i~M~r,~~-~t~t~~£lst~!!~~~.:.;::{i.·'!J, :•· '. _· -~ . ... ,j ' _· By CHRIS TORNER·':/,;:"····'\ ~ent.fgures were unavailable. Ronald Eaglin and other MSU Stilft'Wiiter1Y'.:i i't,.;--,Ji{.' ';: '?,1 • The Kentucky State Data staff in August to discdss enroll- ·'"·'''"'"' ·.·:•o•·d··' '. · Centei·'projects a 9.86 percent mentprojectionsforMSU.. :; . . Moreheail ·sbi'.te Univ~rsity is d_ecline ,in the number .i>f traiµ- It was from this meeting that 1. planning to offer resident tional ~ollejl'e-age s~udent~ ID a goal of having 7,100 under­ . tuition rates·to-iitudents who · the .. umye~ity's_ se~c'! region, graduate.students enrolled by . live in counties that border.Ken- thus,,.ipakmg .1~ d1fflcult;·to 2003 at MSU was set. · · tucky; . · . ·· ,, . ,.. · ,. '.· . . . recru1t,,tl\e '!ddittonal stud_ents Eaglin stressed at Friday's The Board of Regents _voted. from thJ/l;,1'!3giO!'· :' meeting that the new tuition • _at:the.q,iarterly meeting cin Fri- . ;• The univerS1_ty hopes to,l'll!'~h rates and· increased enrollment .·day to offer the'niiw rates start- !~ enrpllment .goals J>ym:i~r_wt- would not be at the expense :or f. ing with the academic ·year ing.Stu~e!'ts _from the.~:~ontigu- s~uden~s in the 22-county ser- ' 2000-2001. · "''t;,;,.. ,i, 0118 co~tjes in·bord~nng"states. · vice region. . Ls.The new rate win be 'ciirered The '!~~~e~~e;t!~·goals'lire Tuition rates for undergrailu- . n~Jonly' to those countie11;Jhat g~ 0 f aJ>~_a'!.~!~l'!ped h,)l':the ate nonresidents are currently directly border Kentucky· but 01:ll'Cllfon,l'.~s,l§:ec;pndaey,:,!'Jdu- set at $3,030, beginning 'with al~o- to those counties that are cation_ (CPE).,!¢,lfl!!:l'i',.;',ii,~.. the 2000-2001 school year, this one county away from the'bo~-~ T!i~ .Cil.P,E,,h~:sefa.goal:,0_f·an rate would drop to $1,040 for ,der. ·...... ,.··· ;7.;,;;,• .,,d•dd1ttc!Dah18Q,OO_O. students those students who live in the '. .. ·The tuition':·~·;te ·cha~gi;:is ~~_!•ndro.lJ_t!~ in:.~n.~~clcy pos_\~_ei:- contiguous counties that border part of a plan to raise under- on ary institution~ by 2020. Kentucky. · · ; .. graduate enrollment to 7 100 In °rder 19 achieve that goal, The rates will only be offered ,,studente by fall 2008 ' the. CPE) developed a 1999-2004 to first-time, qualified, full-time · .Action Agenda. students. · I I THE MOREHEAD NEWS-MOREHEAD, KY TUESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 21, 1999 I Chick-fill-A Inc. will open re~taurant at MSU More than 9,500 !students, their satisfaction," said Kevin faculty and staff at Morehead Petrinjak, director of dining ser- State University will ,be able to vices at MSU. . enjoy the convenience of a relo- The restaurant will be open cated Chick-fil-A restaurant in Monday through Thursday from the Marketplace at ADUC with 7 a.m. to 11 p.m., Friday from 7 the restaurant's Sept. 23 open- a.m. to 7 p.m. and Saturday ing. : from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Break- "Having Chick-fil-A at the fast, lunch and dinner will be university is a natural step served.. towards expanding our business · MSU 1s P!'rt of a n_ew overall into new areas. ARAMARK's strategy Ch1ck-fil-A 1s employ­ reputation for excellence in the ing to make its products more food service industry allows accessible to customers .. In the Chick-fil-A to maintain its stan- campus arena, the cham plans dards for providing high-quality to open 25 restaurants national­ service and food," said Chick-Iii- ly in 1999. A Operator Consultant Jeff ARAMARK's campus division Stryker. I ' serves more than 205 million ARAMARK the, nation's meals annually to college and leader in food ~ervice manage- university students at 375 insti­ ment, in partnership with tutions i!} the l!1_1ited State~ '!nd Atlanta-based Chick,fil-A Inc., abroad, m add1bon to provtdmg the nation's third-largest quick- dining services-foe~, catering, service chicken company, contin- food court, convenience and ue their relationship with the facility ~ervices. ARAMAR_K opening of the new restaurant. Co~porabo1_1, h~adquarter~d. m "We take pride in 1being able Ph1ladelph1a, 1s a $6.3 b1lbon to offer to our custbmers the world leader in providing man­ high-caliber products 'Chick-Iii-A aged services-food, clothing, provides and we know the new education and health care mar­ convenient location "-'ill add to kets. ' mr~i:1w11n~~1s'1A.Xi::!!.'2!!'!'1B~ER 21, 1999 Part-time teachers I Instead of poorly prepared fill-ins, many hav~1 much to_ offer students In utilizing an increasing teachers they need by employ­ part-timers also are likely to number of part-time instruc­ ing part-time instructors than provide better instruction than tors, colleges and universities by adding tenured professors to the graduate assistants who are mirroring an employment their faculties. teach many freshman courses trend experienced by those in Thus,! it is not surprising at major universities. many other fields. that almost half of all college For some, teaching one or However, we- are not con­ classes are now taught by part­ two classes a semester may be vinced the increasing use of time instructors - and the providing them with the expe­ part-time instructors is as number i~ increasing. rience they need to land a full­ detrimental to students as Howe~er, it's a fallacy to as­ time teaching job. But many some believe. Instead, some sume part-time instructors are part-time instructors have lit­ part-time instructors may be not as able as full-time profes­ tle or no interest in teaching able to provide more practical sors to instruct college stu­ full-time. For them, teaching training, advice and guidance dents, especially in lower level . ' not only provides them with a to students than some full­ courses. little extra income, but it also time, tenured professors. keeps them in touch with new While imost· part-time in­ The trend toward using more trends in their field and con­ part-time instructors is driven structors lack the doctorate de­ nects them ·with young people by economics. Just like employ­ grees that many. professors pos­ who may someday make good ers in virtually every other sess, maµy part-timers have employees for their companies. field, colleges and universities years of experience working in Every college and university have learned that it is much their fields that many profes­ needs a solid corps of well-edu­ less costly to meet their em­ sors lacl~. In preparing stu­ cated and experienced full­ ployment needs with lower­ dents to iork outside a college time faculty members. Indeed, paid, part-time instructors who setting, the on-the-job experi­ schools often are rated by the receive little or no benefits ences the~e professionals share quality of their full-time facul­ than to employ more full-time with students can be more ty. However, the use of experi­ faculty members who demand valuable than much of the the­ enced part-time instructors can higher pay plus benefits. In ory imparted by professors who be valuable to the overall edu­ schools with fluctuating enroll­ have never actually worked in cation of college students. ment, it is easier for adminis­ the field . for which they are trators to adjust the number of preparing, young people. The i : THE COURlfR-JOURNiL WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 199n Divided U~ trustees pick Owensbor0 man as leader

New officers to guide search for president

By LONNIE HARP The Courier-Journal LEXINGTON, Ky. - A yesterday, said the university needs After the meeting, Breathitt, who shake-up on the University of to find a leader who already pos­ received several tributes for his work Kentucky Board of Trustees sesses solid credentials at a strong as head of the trustees, said he was yesterday means that a new universitv. : unsure of what to expect. leadership team will guide the The search for a president will "I hor,e that the chairman is suc­ school's search for a new start next year. The job of repl?cing cessful, ' Breathitt said. "The univer­ president. Wethington came about dramatically sity has already embarked on a two­ Billy Joe Miles, 60, an this summer in what has, amounted year program that has all the support Owensboro farm-supply com­ to a big loss for Breathitt, who has of the faculty and staff and the whole pany executive, pulled together become an institution on the UK university family. I hope we can all just enough votes to wm the board. work to make it as effective as it can board chairmanship. On May 4, the board met behind be." The victory by Miles and his closed doors and approved an exten- In addition to Miles, Reed and slate of officers was also seen sion of Wethington's contract. After Reedy, the trustees who supported as a defeat for former Gov. Ed­ strong criticism from 'UK faculty their candidacy were Loys Mather. ward T. "Ned" Breathitt, who groups over the extension itself and Elissa Plattner, C. Frank Shoop, Alice did not seek re-election a,; . Breathitt's handling of the:matter, the Stevens Sparks, Grady Stumbo. board deadlocked 10-10 ,on June 8 JoEtta Wickliffe,. Russell Williams chairman but had backed the over reconsidering the e,ct~nsion. and Elaine Wilson .. candidacy of Paul Chellgren, Those voting against Miles were chairman and CEO of Ashland THAT. SPLIT led Breathitt to bro- Breathitt, 'Ghellgren, Merwin Grayson Inc. ker a compromise in late June under Jr., •Robert P. Meriwether,. Billy B. In a meeting full of tense which Wethington will step down in Wilcoxson, Ted Bates,'Jack Guthrie, moments, trustees first voted 2001 but remain as a: fund-raiser Marian'Moore Sims and James H. down Chellgren 11-9, then through .2003, still ~•ming his Glenn.III, the president of-the stud111t elected Miles by the same to­ S265,000 salary. I body. . tal. Chellgren had been the Miles, Reedy and .ne,~ board vice In other-action,.the board approved candidate proposed by the chairman· Steven Reed; a federal tuition increases of just over 5 per­ board's official nominating prosecutor in Louisville.I met briefly cent for the 2000-01 and 2001-02 committee. , yesterday with '\\'.ethin~on and all school years to bring tuition in line Miles said the board's top three pledged their full ,support for with·.the cost of classes at other ma- priority will be choosing a new the remainder of his term, : jor colleges across the country. president to succeed Charles Reed played down t_h~ role of t~e . The, proposed rate, which must be Wethington Jr. in 2001 and in­ I contract co_ntroversy m ;yesterdays approved by the Council,on Postsec­ stilling a new sense of partici­ board elecllo?,s, b~t ~~~dy .said the ondary Education, would raise in- pation among all board mem­ , bo~rd needed heahng. :. . . state undergraduate tuition from·, bers. When you see the d1V1s1on of a $1 480 per semester to $1 555 in I A controversy over extend­ 10-10 vo.te, it speaks for the need of a 20°00-01 · and to $1 635 in 2001-02. ing Wethington's contract ex­ Band-Aid," said Reedy, a'33-year em- Graduate tuition w~uld increase by posed rifts in the UK board ployee of UK. "This process. is over about 5 percent as well. Out-of-state that continued in yesterday's and we need to look at how we move tuition would rise at the same rate. meeting. Members who voted to bring people together ~th a com- THE · BOARD I· d to reconsider Wethington's ex­ monality of purpose." , . . a so approv~ . a tension - after it was ap­ Miles said that yesterday's election construction re~uest for $5. 7 mil hon proved in a closed May 4 was ,not about taking over the pro- from the state_ s. Ge~eral Fund and cess of selecting a new president but about $302 m1lhon m state bonds. meeting - backed Miles, who rather making sure that all of the The trustees will also appeal to the also had voted to reconsider hoard members had a fair say in all Council on Postsecondary Education the extension. Two new board decisions. · to request S65 million for a biomedi- members also helped tip the While appealing for a united front cal sciences research building. vote in favor of Miles. from the board, Miles said his elec- Council President Gordon Davies As chairman, Miles will get lion will mean a more , democratic has already said that a survey of col­ to decide who serves on the process among the trustees than dur- Jege space does not justify seeking committee that will choose ing the leadership of Breaihitt. new construction money from the candidates for the presidency, He proposed hmiting the service of 2000 General Assembly. But officials although he said yesterday the board chairman, a post Breathitt said yesterday that the biomedical fa. that he does not plan to be a held for seven years, to two one-year cility is a necessitv for meeting the heavy-handed leader. He said terms, He called for a similar limit on state's goal that UK become one of that all board members want top committee jobs. Action on the the nation's top 20 pubhc umvers,- to be ambitious in choosing a term limits was put off yesterday. ties. new leader for the university. But Miles was not alone in stress­ "It has to be somebody vi­ ing the need to promote more in­ sionary," Miles said. "We need volvement from all board inembers. somebody who's aware of the high-tech field and can show DURING A brief speech before compassion for the rural peo­ the election yesterday, Chellgren 100 ple of Kentucky." promised a more collegial reign as Dan Reedy, a former dean of chairman; with an "open, very non­ the graduate school at UK who political" atmosphere. He;described a was elected board secretary board "more involved in decisions than it historically has bee,n." Lexin~ton Herald-Leaae, weanesda\. Seotemr,er '.?.2. 199'· • I I UK trustees' ' choose their new chainnan· Majority rejects Ashland Inc. CEO for Owensboro farmer-businessman

By Holly E. Stepp HERALD-LEADER EDUCATION WRITER The University of Kentucky Other trustees said they hoped The board didn't acl on thm Board of Trustees yesterday i the board could focus on the chal­ proposal. which drew some heated picked an Owensboro farmer and le~~es ahead, includ\ng a $400 criticism. businessman as its new chairman, milhon capital campaign and the Groups such as the investment passing over the CEO of one of search for a successo~!to Wething­ committee need continuity, said the state's biggest and oldest ton, who steps down ir 2001. Grayson, the losing nominee for businesses. "I am hopeful t~at ':"e ~n vice chairman. Miles countered UK trustees elected Billy Joe come together and get behmd this that, in the best case, the invest­ Miles chairman by a margin of current president an\J then find ment committee had "guessed two votes over Ashland Inc. the best possible next president;", right" and others could do that. chairman and chief executive offi- 1 Breathitt said. : Trustee Billy Wilcoxson, chair­ cer Paul Chellgren. The board "We need to close the door on man of the investment and nomi­ also elected Steven Reed, a lawyer any past divisions." · nating committees, took exception. in the U.S. attorney's office in However, yesterday's vote may "I guess the growth we ·ve seen Louisville, as vice chairman, and reflect some lasting t~nsions from in the endowment - from $95 mil­ UK Spanish professor Daniel , the controversy last summer. The lion in 1992 · to $343 million this Reedy as board secretary. All I trustees decided Ma~ 4 to extend June - means that ... we guessed terms are for one year. j Wethington's contract for two years right," Wilcoxson said. Miles replaces former Gov. beyond his expected retirement in Miles said after the meeting he Edward T. "Ned" Breathitt, who 2001. ! was more concerned with getting served as chairman the past s~v- Many faculty members cried the work of the university done en years. Breathitt _said he decid- foul, charging that the, decision was than offending pecple. ed not to run agam because he secretly and hastily made, and the He also said it was critical that thought it might divide the board. state's two largest newspapers sued UK have the support of the gover­ Miles, 60, a farmer, is president the UK board, charging that it via­ nor as well as legislators, adding of Miles Farm Supply Inc. and lated the state's open-meetings law. that he hoped that each trustee Marathon Fuels and owns Miles The usually united 20-member would lobby his or her state legisla­ LP Gas Inc .. He is a graduate of board then deadlocked over the ex­ tors on UK's behalf. Western Kentucky University and tension. Finally, on June 29, the "I went to see the governor to was appointed to the board in 1995 board voted to rescind the exten­ let him know I was running, and he by Gov. Paul Patton. · sion, but to keep Wethington for said he wouldn't interfere. but said The 11-9 vote was a rejection two years as a special fund-raiser that our most important job would of the slate of candidates present- after he steps down as president. be finding the best possible presi­ ed b\' the board's nominating , Miles and almost all of the dent." Miles said. committee. which supported trustees who supported him had Patton said aiter an unrelated Chellgren, banker Merwin Gray- voted to revoke Wethington's con­ news conference in Frankfort that son for vice chairman and stu- tract extension. he had spoken with Miles, but that dent body president Ji~my Glenn Reed, the new vice chairman, the election was ultimately an inter­ for secretary. said he didn't see a connection be- nal decision. The divided board vote also tween the two events., "That's the board's decision:· closely mirrored one earlier this "It's more of a sharing of goals Patton said. "Certainlv 1 will re­ year over President Charles Weth- and ideas," said Reed, who has spect whatever the decision of the ington's contract extension. Many been on the board for five years. board is." of Miles' supporters had voted "As I. said then, we. are all _fully against the extension, which had comrmtted to supporti?g Presid~nt been brokered in part by Wethmgton durmg his remammg Breathitt. two years." Miles said the board would Miles also won the support of have to be united in its efforts to two new members. Alice Sparks make UK great. and Elaine Wilson, appointed by "I am sorry to have to be part Patton last summer. I . of something that has divided the There was another hmt of ten- board," Miles said, referring to the sion later in the meeting. . election, which took up the first Miles said one of his goals 20 minutes of the board meeting. would be to open leadership roles "But right now this is a new on the the board's committees to dav. Mv goal is not to make this more trustees, adding that they and university top 30, but to make it the chairman·s post should be limit- the best in the whole world." ed to two terms of one year each. THE COURIER-JOURNAL• KENTUbKY • WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1999

Two co-leges in Indiana get $60 million I' I , and help the school land grants to Grants aimed ' expand the program, he said. Brand said Indiana is not "going to give up manufacturing jobs, but we at developing have to provide jobs for the next cen- tury." . high-tech areas Brand said the grants will provide the region with a magnet to attract highly educated entrepreneurs who By CRAIG HARRIS would have access to some of the The Courier-Journal brightest students. And, he said, he I INDIANAPOLIS - In an effort to hopes Indiana can follow other slow the so-called "brain drain" froffi states, including Massachusetts, Cali­ Indiana, the Lilly Endowment yesteri fornia, North Carolina and Georgia, day gave nearly $60 million to two in developing high-tech centers. colleges to create and lure high-tech Rose-Hulman will use its $29.7 mil­ businesses. I lion grant to establish a Center for The Indianapolis-based foundation an Innovative Economy that will help announced that it was giving about keep the institute's graduates in Indi­ $30 million each to Indiana Universi'. ana and provide increased profes­ ty and Rose-Hulman Institute of sional development for the faculty. Technology in Terre Haute - the The center also will include a ven­ largest single donation ever to either ture capital fund for commercial de­ school. · I velopment of ideas in an effort to at­ N. Clay Robbins, the endowment's tract entrepreneurs to Indiana and re­ president, said the grants were tain them. And the center will spon­ awarded because JU and Rose-Hul­ sor internship programs for students. man already had strong programs in "This is a great day for Rose-Hul­ science and technology fi.elds. I man, the Wabash Valley and for the "The endowment ·has had a long economic future of the state of Indi­ histoi;r in working with both institu­ ana," said President Samuel Hulbert. tions,' he said. I "The generosity of Lilly Endowment Robbins said.Lilly decided to make the gifts. because many highly educat­ means that Rose-Hulman can accom­ ed Hoosiers are leavmg Indiana for plish its dream to offer a world-class better jobs elsewhere. I education in undergraduate engineer­ In addition, he said, research has ing, mathematics and science." shown that Indiana ranks 48th out of Gov. Frank O'Bannon's office also the 50 states in the percentage of praised the Lilly gifts. adults with a college degree. And In­ "Indiana is making great progress diana is last in the percent•~• of in addressing the so-called 'brain­ workers with professional positions drain' issue," said Cheryl Reed, the or specialty occupations, he said. : governor's spokeswoman. "This is a "If Indiana is to prosper in the welcome addition to our ongoing ef- highly technological, globally com­ forts." petitive economy of the future, its The endowment - one of the na­ work force must be prepared," Rob­ tion's largest - is a private philan­ bins said. "These statistics show that thropic group connected to the Lilly we have farto (lo," I pharmaceutical company. Its assets JU will use ,ts $29.9 million grarit rank fourth nationally behind the Bill over the .next five years to develop & Melinda Gates Foundation, the Da­ six research laboratories - three in vid and Lucile Packard Foundation Indianapolis and three in Blooming­ and the Ford Foundation. ton - for software technologies and The Lilly gifts come a month after advanced telecommunications in ah area called pervasive computing. , DePauw University in Greencastle, JU President Myles Brand de­ west of Indianapolis, received $128 scribed pervasive computing as the million in stock - one of the largest concept of linking all electronic de­ gifts ever bestowed upon an Ameri­ vices, from toaster ovens to supef­ can university. DePauw plans to use computers, in one global network. the money for scholarships. JU will recruit a world-class scien- The Associated Press contributed to tist to lead each of the laboratori~s this story. I I I I THE MOREHEAD NEWS-MOREHEAD, KY TUESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 21 1999 I -- ·-' Man sentenced' in abuse df his son By STEPHANIE DAVIS lodged in the Rowan County Managing Editor Detention Center. Page and his wife Tabatha, 20, were accused of seriously A former Morehead State injuring their 3-week-old son University student was sen­ Conner on Feb. 12. The infant, tenced Friday in Rowan Circuit who is in foster care, suffered Court for nearly shaking to permanent brain damage from death his 3-week-old son. the shaking. Tyran M. Page, 23, was sen­ Tabatha Page pied guilty to a tenced to 10 years in prison for lesser charge.of facilitation to criminal abuse first-degree. He commit abuse, reduced from pied guilty to the charge on July first-degree criminal abuse. She 16. He was originally charged was sentenced on Sept. 3 to a with assault first-degree. · 12-month diversion agreement. · Page was scheduled to appear The diversion calls for in court on Sept. 3 for sentenc­ Tabatha Page to comply with ing but failed to show up.. district court visitation rulings, His failure to appear in court stay enrolled as a atuden t at two weeks ago prompted ,Circuit MSU full-time, continue coun­ Judge William Mama to deny seling and complete 60 hours probation for Page, ~ho is community service. I

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! MSU chi~f wants state to pay for sprinklers "Murray and Morehead don't By CHRIS TURNER have that capacity," Eaglin said. Staff Writer The idea of raising student tuition and fees to pay for the President Ronald E~glin sprinkler system didn't appeal wants the state to pay for hav­ to the president. ing sprinkler systems installed "I found it ludicrous that we in several of Morehead State would have to raise rates in an University's high rise buildings. area where kids can least afford The university needs' $ 1.3 it," Eaglin said, Teferring to the million to complete the sprinkler 22 county service region where systems in Cartmell Hall and there is a high rate of poverty. Alumni Tower. Currently, the state hasn't An additional $4.1 million is agreed to help fund the systems. needed to install systems in six The concern about sprinklers more residence halls by the year in dorms was prompted by a 2004. : · Sept. 18, 1998 fire at Murray Eaglin, in his report to the State's Hester Hall, which killed Board of·Regents at Friday's· Michael Minger, 19, a sopho­ quarterly meeting, said he had more from Niceville, Fla. advocated to the Council on Another student, Michael W. Priddy, 21, of Paducah, suffered Postsecondary Education (CPE) third-degree burns on 10 to 20 that the state pay for the cost. percent of his body. Thirteen "I just feel that the state has others were injured in the fire. a responsibility. This does not Morehead State has several make me popular with the residence halls that don't have CPE," Eaglin said. ' sprinkler systems - because Eastern Kentucky University they were built before 1972, and Western Kentucky Univer­ when Kentucky passed a law sity have agreed to pay for their requiring them in all high-rise sprinkler systems themselves. buildings. I MSU Clip Sheet . A sample of recent articles of ~nterest to Morehead State University Sept. 23. 1999 UNIVERSITY COMMUNICATIONS MOREHEAD STATE UNIVERSITY UPO BOX 1100 MOREHEAD, KY 40351-1689 (606) 783-2030 I I Lexington Herald-Leader Thursday, September 23, 1999 Board vote~ SUjiport of KS~ chief But some want more answers on finances . -- - . first raised Jo weeks ago when four l)ng, lan~scaping, a new heatini: By Holly E Stepp . . called' , pecia]' ti" t :and coolmg system and an add1- • . · regents ,oras mee ng o <· h Id b I ted b HERALOlEADER EOUCATlON YmlTER · • . I 'd • . , ,

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,' ' ,' Board must focus on finding the right UK president I , he best spin you can put oh Another, less inviting way of · the current turmoil on the ! looking at Tuesday's action is that T University of Kentucky _Board it was nothing more than the final of Trustees is to recall the adage battle in· the political war between about broken· eggs being a prereq- Patton and UK President Charles uisite for making an omelet. : Wethington, who was the leading The omelet in this instance is opponent .of Patton's higher-educa- one of the stated goals of Gov. Paul tion reforms. Patton, as might be Patton's higher education refonri: to expected of a governor, emerged make UK one of the nation's top: victorious. public research universi- · Whether Tuesday's tiesTo get from the com- · :'.tfl~[~~j~~ ~lfri~1~~;b:k ~~lly a placent UK of old to the ifu°pl,re ri-Ow if!ff; merely represented the vibrant UK that's envi- !;~;l!t(tlf l?,af!!m:~nd.:;; chaos that often attends sioned will not be easy. ,:1rM9es., Wit~fthat~'J change, the result is the Change of this magnitude ~'~/m'lrofcMirls•lfit1 same. Control of UK's fu. often requires adjust- .,»··:· {ey·~_t_}lj· 'ture n:ow r~ts with Pat- ments in attitudes, the . ., . . . - '.l«l(.;a::-).r_il_·_i ·. ton and Miles. breaking of habits and, · . . . ·. U! se~fi:1tL¥ij With that control yes, turnover in leader- . oi:'Wetliiwnoft1Jliii comes the responsibility ship. ::;, !!': I ~cesso~. ""'""'' to heal the rifts that exist That's one way of ~~~~.1i1£-!ti:~i!l on the board; to regain looking at the board's 11- the trust and support of 9 vote Tuesday to elect Owensboro students, faculty, staff and the pub­ businessman Billy Joe Miles as jts lie; and, perhaps most important, to chairman. In doing so, the majority conduct a thorough, credible search of trustees rejected Ashland Inc! for a successor to Wethington, who chairman and chief executive officer . is scheduled for a 2001 retirement. Paul Chellgren - who was recdm- If that search does not produce mended by a nominating committee a visionary academician to lead UK to head the board and who was1the to national recognition in the new choice of former Gov. Edward T. century, this messy transition Breathitt, the outgoing board chair- leaves Kentueky with plenty of bro- man ken eggs but no omelet. Lexington Herald-Leade,. Thursday, Sep;ember 23, 1999

'I Donovan Scholars at UK celebrating 35 years of enriclµng older students- 1- "I think as bur population has agreed. By Holly E. Stepp gotten older arid is living longer, 1 Jenness said she began taking HERAID-lEADER EDUCATION \\1llTER there is a real sense that the lives Russian classes through the Dono- In 1960, then-University of Ken- after work have to be meaning- van program after other volunteer tucky President Herman Donovan ful," said Johnson. "No longer experiences. came back from a White House con- does retirement simply mean "I started teaching English as ference on aging inspired waiting to die." , a Second Language course UK, Donovan thought, needed to And, Johnson said, the pro- · through Operation Read and I do more to enrich the lives of the gram keeps senior citizens en- ended up mostly teaching Russian area's senior citizens, encouraging gaged with younger generations. students," said Jenness. them to continue their learning. "It's really .interesting being in "From there I got interested in !t !ook_ fo~ more years for Do:10- class with these people who look the culture and the language and vans msprration to become a reality. like kids, but they are very nice to , decided to take language courses. But the results have been remarkable interact with," said scholar Phyllis , The Donovan Scholars program - many thousands of older adults Jenness, 77, a retired UK music ' made it easier." that have taken classes at UK or par- professor. . Others have found that the ticipated in dozens of art, writing and The program also awards two programs have made their retire- music courses. · scholarships to UK students inter- ment travel more meaningful. This year, the program that bears ested in pursuing careers in aging "There is something wonder- his name - UK's Donovan Scholars issues. Funding for the scholar- ful about learning for learning's - turns 35. ships comes from Donovan Schol- · sake," said scholar Ruth Kitchen, At its inception, the Donovan~'-dqnations.. j,'.,. ;:,f{,.";,,r~'· 70, retired registrar and director Scl:o 1~ program was on~ ~f th~ firs Donovan Scholars say the pro- of admissions of Lexington. Theo- o_f its kmd an_d was pubh~ m na gram has added years to their logical Seminary. . .. , ,,_;,, li?nal magazmes such as Time a~ lives, and life to their years. Kitchen has taken eight UK Life. In November, the, program w!l "Donovan has opened new vis- courses through the program; celebrate that legacy with a luncheo tas for me," said Al Hadley, 74, of mostly in art, music and theater. and.. cer~ony. . Lexington. Hadley, a retired Army Ton;-of her ~t classes ms an This pro!lf3!11 has s~own us. m colonel and military school admin- ! art course with UK art professor re:l:l ways ~at. life doesn t end wit!t istrator, earned a doctorate in edu- I Jane Peters that covered"amsts retirement, said Arleen ]!Jhnso!1, di- cation from UK this spring after I from the Renaissance to fu6a'ern rector of the Donovan Scholars 10 years of study, / times. _" program. "It keeps the old noggin think'. "There were two pie\:$ by "Seniors are active, creative ing," he said. · ' · Matisse in the Hermitage:ni•St. and involved people still looking Hadley's dissertation1 on mili- Petersburg that she spok~: on to learn and participate in new tary schools began. at eight vol- great depth," Kitchen said.'' · :: things," Johnson said. umes and 2,100 pages and ended "And when I finally got'ro go The Donovan Scholars pro- up one volume and 300 pages. He there and see them, they "came gram has two components: said the research has helped him alive because I knew more about ■ the academic track, which in other retirement work. . ' ' them. It was so much mar~ )11ean- waives tuition and fees for peo- · A former president of Millers- ingful." · •·. pie 65 or older taking classes at burg Military Academy, he still Johnson said she wotilc!~like UK; serves on the ,Bourbon County to open up those experiences to ■ the self-enrichment pro- school's board of directors. more people. She envisions' the grams, which offer free classes in "The Donovan Scholars has programs expanding to iiicii'e of subjects such as art, music, com- allowed me to stay in the flow and the counties surrounding Lexing- puters, yoga and Tai Chi to adults build contacts with other military ton. · ~"'." age 60 and older. schools," Hadlei said. And increasing the div¢t;'Sity Other public universities also Other Donovan Scholars of the participants is alsO'a-goal are required by state law to waive for the program's coming-r,ears. tuition and fees for students over Johnson thinks some senfo~ citi- 65. But UK's program is the zens are unaware of the offeiii\gs, biggest and most formal. or that they are free. ·• n, More than 100 people this fall "This is so beneficial to'o\)'t'se- are taking regular academic class- niors," Johnson said. •~·~•. es at UK; some earning credits, "I want to see the biggest others just auditing the classes. number of people of all types par• More than 400 people are regis- ticipating." • .. . tered for this fall's enrichment · ... ~ programs. Since its founding, 40 Dono­ van Scholars have earned 41 de­ grees ranging from first-time bachelor's and associate degrees to second degrees to graduate de­ grees. Academic subjects have in­ cluded agriculture, education, classics and social work. Johnson said the program's popularity has grown with the times. In its first year, 26 schol­ ars entered UK; three years later, 200 people enrolled in the pro­ gram. ~ MSU~IVES MSU ~lip Sheet A sample of recent articles of 'interest to Morehead State University Sept, 27. 1999 UNIVERSITY COMMUNICATIONS MOREHEAD STATE UNIVEfSITY UPO BOX 1100 MOREHEAD, KY 40351-1689 (6061 783-2030 Lexington Herald-Leader Monday, September 27, 1999 Tuition inc.rease_s fairly unifonn as state. universities set own rates By Holly E. Stepp Tuition at Lexington Community That requirement, council .. HERAIDl£AOEREOUCATIONWRITER:,;.:; ., .... College w9n't increase; 'LCC is the members said, will show the Gen­ ;. " After their first attempt".~i· ~!ting only commilriity college still con­ eral Assembly that the universi­ their own tuition rates, the·state..uni- trolled by UK; arid university offi­ ties and colleges are bearing their . versities haye set;ptices that are not cials said LCC's tuition was slightly part of the burden of financing much differe!!tfrom one another. higher than its benchniark schools, higher education. The council will Edti6ition officials say they aren't Uavies said the new· university­ finalize the statewide higher-edu­ surprised that the tui_tion rate increas- set rates are siiiiilar to council-set cation budget in November and rates. , es, which range from about 3 percent 1 present it to the governor. (Q;7 percent,.are Similar. .. . .' . I "I am pleased that with a few The tuition increases will put · "Some thought that things would exceptions : the tuitions are at the universities and colleges at run amok with universities setting the about the same place they would their funding mark, said · Ken rates," said Council on Postsecondary be if the council was still setting Walker, the council's budget di­ Education President Gordon Davies.: the rates," said Davies. rector. "I wouldn't suggest that the:uni­ Until this spring, the council "This new policy gives a rea­ versities got together on this, but I set universities' .tuitions -:- one sonable and moderate rate of in­ think they were all very mindful what for the two research universities crease in tuition, rather than huge 1the otheisweie doing," Davies.said. and one for the six regional uni­ jumps," said Ed Carter, UK's vice ;_·,::=Toclay'i,t~ Council on Postsec- versities. The. ·state .also set president for management and . oridruy .Education will get"its first I charges for out-of-state students . budget ,'look at the '.new rates for the 2000-01 Council members said the During ·the council's last --~-..c..:....__:tl:...,!___ ------change would give universities :.and· 2001,02, school years since its, round of tuition-setting, U of L more control of their financial fu. and UK saw nearly 11 percent in­ April d~iQ.11.to allow colleges to, set I tures and move away from a one­ creases last year and this year. the prices themselves. .. _ ,;·, . : size-fits-all approach. Tuition at the regional. ccimpre-1 Students' ability to pay also Under the new guidelines ap­ played a role in determining the hensive universities, schools like , proved by the council, colleges are Easterii.Kentuw, Morehead State new tuition rates. ·and Kentucky State universities, hov­ allowed to set tuition by whether "We have -to phase our. in­ the student lives in Kentucky or ~eas1;,5, ~ather than one . big ers around $1,100 a semester, At:the out of state;by'tmdergracluate or 1 Jump, said Carson Smith, Ken­ state's twq.:r~cli. campuses/ the graduate programs, and by specif­ ' uitlversities\.of•. ·Kenfuqii·~ and ic.academic :programs. ·{, ., . _., tucky State University's vice pres­ . Louisville(.Jwfioit?averages:: about ident for budget and manage- · $1650. ·•-•-;~·' _:..,_ j.;:.';J '>"·~"'"r:'.:I,:· ·i,,-. · ;:;j.,,-,•·-·, The new guidelines also re- ment · . , a sem~1,t.J..·.~f., .,.,,.. .•~,-. t-l1 .iJ:"·•,\\ ;, - - -~--1------,-~ quire that the universities gener-' , .,.~We !mow.how many of our ~.,;;~tjj~~-Iiis':~)n~(~f t~~'.s~te's. ate one-thiro of their public funds students are on financial aid" \ ~!1:"~~' c;o~~S:~:;,_v1!r~.ee:mcreases . ' from tuition and fees. The council Smith said. · ' ,_ in •tuiJion. Twtion increases for sfu: defines public· funds as the total ,. dents,at,Kentuclcy.C

• As set by the Council on Postsecondary Education. • • As set ~Y the Institutions". • ••! LCC Mition is set by the University of Kentucky.

Source: Council on Postsecondary Education t!:A.l.lrll lftW.MMN 1.;.T.11.~ Lexington l;ferald-Leader Mondav, Septemrr 27, 1999 . Convenience store • for mind I ·- Students, professors at odds over online class notJs - free~r otherwise . I ..

By Holly E, Stepp other students or, in the case of online which studentu.com offers notes. She is HERALDtEADER EDUCATION WRITER services, offers them for free. Those onj none too happy about it, and asked the line services make a profit by selling ad site to stop listing notes for her class. It used to be that you had to make a 1 least one friend in your biology lecture vertisementslon their Web sites. // Crooks says she worries that stu­ - just to sure to you had a source Some com­ dents will see it as substitute for class be panies set grade and the learning process will be dimin­ for no.tes from missed (perhaps, skipped) ' I classes. requirements for ished. the students fthey "Some of us are auditory learners But in the age of high commerce hire, who earn and we gain when we are in class." and the Internet, making friends who Some students say the notes could can about $300J · hook you up with copies of lecture a semester be a 'good supplement to their own notes isn't always necessary. ,;:".;' f · work, but not as the sole source for their Over the last year, ;it:.Jeast. three ·per class. . · . · . 1 .studying. · companies have popped ujron the Inter-I Lexin .on has one storefront note business, University Notes, which is a · Jenny Briar, a EKU junior from net to provide free lecture. iiotes: They I unit of an Auburn, Ala,-based company. Richmond, said she might use them as a are in addition to the local ,businesses comparison. that sell class notes to students>>. Oran Wolf, 'lR, president of Houston­ based Studyfree Inc., the owner of stu­ · "But I know people in my classes Students say it's a convenience that who I would not trust to take my notes," could help out in a pinch. Professors say dentu.com, !jays the notes are jll!lt anoth­ the proliferation of free notes online may er study tool for Internet-savvy stu- I she said. ·· tempt students to use them as substitute dents. f for attending class. "I used similar services when I was The University of Kentucky· and 1 'in toliege when I missed classes, and I Eastern Kentucky. University are· just \ think students now do· the same," said .Wolf, a 199,i busjness graduate from the two o(more ~c 100' colleg~\~tion-: University of Texas. . '• ,, ... ;, ·. wide where www .studentu.com has la:: •. .He started in. the note-taking busi-'. hired students to take notes from their; ''ness in 19'34, proyiding :written' notes_ ·. classes and submit them. for electronici ''foi siiidentil at the University of Hot.is-. distribution on its Web s1~,And other, ton for a fee. Last year, he took the sites like www.versity.com": and business bnline and eliminated the www.allstudents.com also offers class fee.,.I I notes from Kentucky campllse!l, . . UW anthropology Professor , Notetaking businesses work like Deborah Crooks' Food and Culture ' this: Companies hire students .t.o take class is one of the courses for ' notes in a class they are enrolled lil. The company then either sells their notes to

THE MO~HEAD NEWS SEPTEMBER 24, 1999 :Conference center ·update ·given by- to,rism director · MSU representatives Porter just trying to get things in writ- B KIM HAMILTON Dailey and Keith Kappes met ing." Sfuft'W ·te Monday with councilmen Jim n r Stamper and.AI Baldwin, magis­ Tourism is now in the process trate Anna Pecco and tourism of putting together on paper the Morehead-Rowan· County representatives Roger Russell advantages and disadvantages Tourism Director Sheree Win­ and Winkler. of having a shared conference kler reported to city council "We're exploring to come up center at ADUC. recently about the most recent with a workable solution," Win­ "We wanted to ensure that it meeting about creating More­ kler reported. "We came away was truly a concept that the head's first conference center. with a need to look at the pros, owners would be the city, uni­ As reported last month, cone, assllmptions, parameters versity and county," Baldwin Morehead State University offi­ and direction. said. "We want a proposal that cials have been talking about "Ifwe want to go ahead, we're brings in all three, with the city partnering with the tourism looking atihow we could incorpo­ in control of the facility and con­ commission, city and county to rate a multi-purpose recreation tribute it to the need the city expand the Adron Doran Uni­ unit with it and preserve the old has along with working it in versity Center. courthouBe," she. said. "We're with 'Morehead Tomorrow.' " I Lexingtt Herald-Leader Monday, September 27, 1999 Morehead State has new food choices I - pleased with the changes in dining, but This article was reprinted with I • permission of The Trailblazer, the say prices are too high. "The buffets are student paper at Morehead State "Students nmv have-more: .. -- overpriced for people who don't have University. choices and ailded fte:ribiliti/ :. huge appetites," said junior Jeni Jones. with their ~l plans.\.,: .. _ Senior Jimmy Crace and junior Stacy By Carla Mccleese , I' ''(':µ,zcn- • -..,_~, J ·'~'-··•. , Drake said the food is better and they like CONTRIBUTING WRITER .,. !.Lynn Chard . ,,;-c- the bigger selection, but said the food was Students returning to Morehead not worth the prices charged. o,•,~a~etl~gi:~~ie;~~~;~S~"~i~fg,;·... State University this fall may have no­ "If you don't have a meal plan, you ticed differences in food options avail­ .:~'\':i.:::·: end up paying too much, especially if ;-·-,,,. ·or:~. i.:.:c~:c you don't eat very much," junior Robin able .on campus. Lynn Chard, marketing manager of Market Place. The MSU Grill and BBQ Combs said. MSU Dining Services, said the main fac­ prepares rotisserie chicken, roasted Many students complained about tor behind the changes is a new contract turkey, roasti beef, ham and pork. Also seating restrictions in the Plaza Cafe, supplier. Chartwells had been the suppli­ inside the Market Place is the New York where students eating the buffet are re­ er for MSU dining services until this Deli and Easy Goes Take Out. Java City stricted to a designated seating area. summer, when MSU contracted with Coffee is available for those in need. of Chard said the restrictions were put Aramark of Atlanta. caffeine rush! in place because the buffet had been "Students now have more choices Some students seem excited about abused by students loading up on more and added flexibility with their meal the addition of Freshens Frozen Yogurt food .than they can eat and taking it to plans," Chard said. and Smoothie Bar. But many were dis­ other dining areas for their friends. Dining options at Adron Doran'Uni­ mayed to find their favorite Dunkin Along with changes in dining op­ versity Center are now distinguished. by Donuts gone.I tions, meal plans have been changed. two areas, the Market Place. and the Alongside the Market Place is .the Most students said the Flex Meal Plaza Cafe. Plaza Cafe. ~or one price, students can plans were hard to figure out and too re­ Chick-fil-A, previously in Alumni take advantage of this all-you-can-eat strictive. Some said they felt pressured Tower; is now in the Market Place, buffet. The prices are $3.99 for break­ to eat a certain number of meals on cam­ along with MSU Grill' & BBQ and Taco fast, $4.99 for lunch and $5.99 for din- pus whether they wanted them or not Bell. ner. 1 because they didn't want to waste their All items are sold a la carte in the Most shldents interviewed seem parents' money. i I

I . ·-FRIDAY MORNIN'2, SEPl·EMBER 24, 1999 . I -- Ma:r;-k A. Barnett 1967 -1999 MOREHEAD - Mark A.I Bar­ Fannin offici~ting and burial at nett, 31, of Brown Ridge More­ the Barnett Family Cemetery on head, died Tuesday, Sept. 21 at Brown Ridge. • the St. Joseph Hospital in Lex- Pallburers are Bi!ly Ra) . ington. I Goodan, Kendall Trent, Wendall . : He was born Oct. 30,1967 in Trent, R. L. Trent, James Dam­ Rowan County to John Dt and ron, Gale Thornsberry, Tro) .-Carolyn Trent Barnett of Brown Wayne Howard- and Trac) ·. Ridge, Morehead. . 1 Howard. Honorary Pallbearers -'.'.· A member of the Litten are Roger Trent, Ronnie Trent Apostolic Church and al985 Jo_hnny Conley, Waldo Prince: graduate of Rowan County Cliff'ord Porter, Jeff Porter John Se'!-ior High School, he: was Porter, Gary J!'nnings, Terry retired from the Pest Control Mays and Glenms Caudill. Department at Mor:ehead State ·.University. He was al'so a farmer _and an avid outdoors­ man. He enjoyed deer Iand :turkey hunting. Surviving are his wife, Lesi'a -~oward Barnett, whom he mar­ ned on July 1, 1989, three eons -:Jonathan Barnett, Winded · :Tyler Barnett and Dwight •Bar• .n~tt, all at home, one daughter, -Tiffany Denae' Barnett, at home, one brother, J. D. Bar­ ·nett, two nieces, Crystal Bernett and Shawna Barnett, maternal grandmother, Myrtle Trent of Clearfield and paternal grand­ lJ!Other Cledith Hanshaw olil Sol- dier. . . Funeral services will be con­ ducted Friday, Sept. 24 at 3:30 p.m. at the Northcutt & Son Home for Funerals Memorial Chapel with the Pastor Denzil I . THE COURIER-JO~R-:1~ •_ MONDl

I courts _w.ere locking the tion, wants the legal right to HE temptation for not -a newsp!IPer· and nlore newsroom door. · print what it likes, the thing f~ee-~peech chanl' illlporta~td!if'stilde~ts 'are, to do is become financially p1ons was to con­ not its pumisner .. They do 'riot The Sept. 9 issue of Texas independent, as, for exam­ demn the recent · haveJCllJ!I! 'Bildadministrative T~h'.s University Daily con­ ple, the University of Ken­ Tfederal court decision.in-the, tained no. news. Instead •':-~~blli~'foiith~publiai~. readers found the word tucky student daily did many now-notorious Kentuclty , :; ~n ~1l, questjon;,J'!)e .f!pPlials "Censored,"·printed over years ago. , court was 1recogoli'rlg As long as the school acts State_,!-!~!~!~~i1Y:~~f.rb?9}( 1 those and over. , ·""·'<;;.·;,-·,· ... , ,,..-._. , ··~nces'Wiienit,ciled/ ime case.. ,. ·.·-, ._. · · ·Thci' young ·folks· in ·Lub­ as publisher, the administra­ After all,, don~t.college .. :miitmiglit condl!inil .-w'ii'at bock were showing solidar­ tors must meet a publisher's kids have the·nght to- any di_t1,{(Sp administration did ity with t.heir now-graduated responsibilities, and the sort of yearbook they_ \,VBnt? '851~.'ltdiscQiiriigedi'ree , journalistic kin in Frankfort courts are rightly going-to And where is it written that • eiqlress~on at,'~ntilc;ky 'State. That's fine. . · give them the authority they administrators, can·lock up It,sent,stu!f\iilts the-wrong need to do it. the yearbooks, jusf because messime about the kind ofat- - But a University Daily edi- ' , . torial waaea Tnto excess . tile: ,fo§i'g;:'cii'itrt't ini:Iti'ile when it warned, "This deci­ KSU 'ciilots am:1-some ·of''the -~~}i~:~tc;~~t~ sion strips. not only student : layouts•~re i'P9QI' ~i1Y'.i? most, a minor irici­ media of our First Amend­ Student .press,a.ilvocates . been, ,at ment rights, liut also strips haVCl ~n.up t11:i,ca~~t;1Jte ..~eilt_jnto:acause celebre.: I. ciur audien.ce of the right to KS U; ,s.tudJ;nts,;"attol'lleY, .-.: .. ;Bµt was.what the admm1S­ · be informed," · · - Bruce Orwin :§!IY.l!Jreedoms ttaticirl did :illegal and uncon- More convincing was a lo­ ' were ilie'~ni- . ~!lhitii>'riiil; a violatio'1 !of violatid''w)lell' rights? ·.so far; two courts cal bar operator's complaint verslty'. -coiifisi:lited ~~ ;000 1 that his ad was appeanng in copies lhe?l99,4°lica- . Of ·couif;e, a,yeiir!>~ok,-.is 1n1f... -... li~d ,.,.. . puffing.- ' . as. if•the. I . .-· ,-•-. '. ~ ..• .-_:.:: -~. ;·~

Lexington IHerald-Leader Saturday, September 25, 1999 'Professot investig8iied 'by KSU says he'll quit ASSOCIATED PRESS I . -"If.~; ~~;~ent is ~owed to FRANKFO~T . A ~en- ~o this, without sanction, he may tucky State U1;1vers1ty professor mvestigate anyone who questions who feuded 'Ylth s'!pe~ors, \then his .decisions, seeks infolllJation, came. undl!; mvest1gat1on, says or anyone whom he, for any rea­ he will resign at the end of the· son, dislikes," Green wrote. semester. , i The AAUP can intervene in Dan Green, a soc1ol?gy pro- matters of tenure and academic fes~or! asked th ~encan1 As- freedom. Censure is its chief tool 7 1 sociat10n of, Umvers1ty Pr9fes- for dealing with colleges that fail sors to ex~nuµe :,vhy the_ sch(,()J'S to meet its professional stan- attorneys mvestigated him. I dards. · - ' - . .K?V administrators tried to Ksu· administrators have c!e- mt1m1da~e . and harass l)im, dined comment on Green. The Green said _m a Sep~. 20 letter to Board of Regents on Wednesday the AAUP m Washi?gton, D.C. passed over an agenda item on . G~e~n has· questioned salary his resignation. meqmties among faculty and The investigation was con­ staff. He also criticized KSUI for ducted · by the Jaw filllJ of a lack of communica_tion with Wiiliam E. Johnson a prominent the Frankfort ~ommumty. : criminal defense ~ttorney who KSU President Georg~ 1W. also represents KSU Reid's decision to ha~e a C!'ipli• !he State Journ~l asked for n~l defense attorney mvestigate the mvestigative report on Green his conduct was "a clear abuse under the Kentucky Open of power and a seri~us violatjo~ Records Act. The university de­ af stand~rd academic protocol, ' nied the request, claiming attar- Green said. \ ney-client privilege. I THE COURIER-JOURNAL FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1999 Meeting calms ·tension at U of L J'he scene was more cordial yesterday in the university's voted to African and African-Ameri­ By THOMAS NORD Red Barn activities building can ~ulture and history, a greater em­ The Courier-Journal I .. - .'. ·- phasis on recl'\liting and retainin where students ate pizza provided i,y black ~tud~nts and a greater voice i~ the university and listened to Shu­ th e umve!)11ty-admi~istration. Blaclt students and teachers · They.gave ~humiil..l;.,~;.'J,i;.:-,.,.~.r~. -~ can-American students and in­ )ictions, calling lbe'l' 'proprJat~- <_, ,Bl!!,~a\'.?!8!1id'.thiil~rger problem structors are using the incident y,,,, That ha~ ,Prol!!P.te':f S~u·malier .to (., ·!sJ,1'fl!;fe~,_c.1-n_,, !I!~.. ll'l~_~ersity's white to point out larger racial prob- ,ask;U,s .. Sen. ¥1t~h McConnell;,R­ ,- ·, maJ~nty -u_qde,rstand)he feeling of lems at the school. · ,Ky~Jo;.ra,st!!t!_ ISS~.':.w/!h Jfficials at 1' s,-~~ta.cl)mel)\;:\!lllDY.)llacks on the cam­ Tensions ·came to a head a· 1!!!~,'.f[~ahsury IYepaiiment, "which , -,pus• .en"••teF,ffe· nofed, 'the' -lack of week ago, when more than 200 19.!em_,e.,, t e Secret Service. _-r. "'wliif~;fa~"a!thiiineetiil : -- . protest~rs hel~ a .,60s-styl_e sit•. ,,,,._.•:Stiiijents, -~ an~_"f";.;,1t,;·._. .'I' ,.,,.,.,~,.mean~ · --- ·- "1ii•1'" e ~J'>i;;'Uhlru{m~re i(a· pr~blem in ac_- ""'cdemanain"- lfse;.;es;--f ·· •· · · " ' 1 - )inowledmni, ,tliat -the problem ex­ m·outs1de Sbumaker's office-In i-f.;~iilllng· Ill °:"'''_··"-'.'.c.-"_',°-'•kre,,, ffll~i ,!;tsf ·~, Grawemeyer _ Hall. - They i!-:m •r ore Je!Jll!."",-",ar prof.,.. h- !,,?J.~wa~_ . ~-·~-.-~i<»-~ .. :-~•~.: .. :-.·-,, brougl!t a list of demands, /~-~. more courses'and- .,._!!P.!'!11:~l!ll. .... ~-- -- "ii", t changes··tbey said would im­ p~ve a hostile atmosphere. . _

By SHELDON S:SHAFER 'The,, $510,000 came from , tio1fboard of trustees, 1fi!.~!leS are scheduled .to vote The Courier-Journal • r: · Kent_'()yler, chief operating offi- " ' Partnership _President Gerry Monilay on the license transfer ' ' .... _, cer of Louisville-ba$ed High-) · ·Weston said the radio stations for, 0 tbe· ;third public station -_ The Public Radio Partner­ S~AccessCorp,;a,provider\, ,.probably will__-move into tl)e WUOI:,•'to the paitn h"' ship, which runs Louisville's ,of high-speed Internet access , new quarters' lly_ .the end of WUOL is based at u or"CB~- public FM radio stations, has services, and David_ Gibl,s, a co- ; ~ Febru~ry. E'!_ch_ sl!'tion ,will knap Campus. • founderofthe,company. - have·-1ts own .studio, and a \ - _ Th . . - receive .f<;>r ,$75,000. Renovation Loui_sville_ Palace Tlieatre, into t!ie: •former -Coµrier-Ji>ur'nal :_transfer ,of--:the ,Ucen,ses ,!)f _·was started last year, short! studios a.nil offices. ,:. 1- rident, ga~e_ the $250,_000 to , WFPt_h- L"'~li~bWFPKd,\ hotused . ltn . · after the structure was heavilyy the 'gi!ts,.,totaling ,._.e partners~JP for t)1~,project. , em- rap,. own own, __ o damaged by fire. ~~=·;i qyrus MacKmnon,\\'hO died.in ,the, part1_1ersp1p., Weston.~ 5:11d '$510,000, prompted th'e jiartner­ 199~, was a charter member of t_he University .. of Loui:;nlle ship to name the new head• Jtational Public Radio Founda- quarters the HSA:Broadband .,-:;.., ,~ J.!.li~.:. .,-. Buildinlt.' • Lexington Herald-LeaderI Saturday, se~tember 25, 1999 WKU may ave to repay money for hiring police

cent, Pfeiffer .said. ASSOCIATEO PRESS During 'those three years, the uni- agree1I1ent with the COPS depart­ . BOWLING GREEN - Westem versity was expected to strengthen its ment. Kentucky University could have to re- budget andltry to retain the positions, "At the end of May ?~ 2000,. W!) pay money the federal gove11;111ent paying 100 percent of the officers' will have three more pos1ttons eh~i­ gave it to hire more campus pohce of- salaries after the grant ended, Pfeiffer nated unless we. can come up with ficers because it didn't meet the grant said. · I -~'-'" ·-·' _· - _ some funds,• Wilder said. . . . requirements. . . Westerrtis original COPS grant of- Pfeiffer said Western 1s fulfillmg The university is currentlf USlll!l' ficially ·ended in March and, while conditions of the latest grant an_d has funds from a second Community Ori- · two of the officers still work at West- promised it will be able to retam the ented Policing Services grant to help em, the thr~ positions created by the officers; . h h pay for three officers on its 23-person grant were discontinued because of a "We will have to deal wit . t em force. . h lack of funds, 'said Jerry Wilder, stu- on an individual basis," he_ said. "It But if Wes tern doesn't re tam t e dent affairs vice president. depends on whether there 1s an_ ~n­ officers at the end of the grant, the "We aggressively pursued fund- foreseen economic iss_ue that pro_h1b1ts school would be prohibited from fu- ing from the university to sustain them from doing this. If that 1s the ture funding, and the govern~ent those three positions and were simply case, we will work with them as much could impose sanctions on the umver- unsuccessfuJi" Wilder said. as possible." . sity, including repayment of so11;e of In 1997, I Western's police force As for the first grant, Pfeiffer said the funds, said Dan Pfei~er, rose to 26 officers after applying for his office is looking into what hap­ spokesman for the COPS office, which I . pened and is working with Western. and receiving its-second COPS grant provided the grants. · . that May. I The U.S. Department of Justice While officials say they will make awards COPS grants across. the na- every effort 'to provide funds for the tion sci''police departments r;an ex- second grant: after it ends this spring, pand, Western's• campus pohce de- the university already has had prob- partment has relied on two grants to Jems funding its 25 percent, and the help pay for three officers at a time COPS department now pays 90 per- during the past four years. •. · ·cent of the Isalaries for Wes tern's Western, which fell from 26 offi- three COPS officers, Pfeiffer said. cers in 1991 to 20. in 1995 becau~e of "We never expected the gra~ts !O , budget cuts asked for and· received cost this much in the first place, said its first COPS grant late in _199~. · Phil Myers, '}'estern's sponsor~ pro- THE COURIER'.JQURNAL Grant stipulations were that grams direct9r. "W!th all of_ the mtan- , SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, _1999 Wes tern pay 25 perce';it of the gibles - the umforms, .msurance, salaries benefits and other costs asso- traininf-c- we just couldn't afford it• 1 dated \rith keeping three police. offi- . Wilder has until the end of this ; FRANKFORT cers on staff for three years. The total fiscal year tol find funds for the sec- cost for each · officer was around ond grant or the university will fall Professor who feuded $90 000 over the three-year period, of back to20'.o]cersand again break its whlch the COPS grant paid 75 per- with bosses will resign . A Kentucky State University pro­ fessor who feuded with superiors, THE COURIER.JOURNAL .. '!lien came under investigation, says SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1 99 he will resign at the end of the se- . mester. ~" . , _ Dan Green, a sociology professor, ~BOWLING GREEN : asked the American Association of ! University Professors to examine ;_WKU tuit~on will rise .. ·J : why the school's attorneys investi­ ·. about 13 percent . gated him. ~; Tuition for Western Kentucky lf ni­ ·· KSU administrators tried to intimi­ , versity undergraduates will incre~se ~~ate and harass him, Green said in a ::"about 13 percent over the neJ

A divided. .I board. UK trustees must seek degree of unity New Chairman Billy Joe one more closely aligned with Miles said he wants to work to­ the governor. However, 11 ward unity on the University of votes on a 20-member board is Kentucky board of trustees, but not much of a majority, and it is his election is a clear indication not the sort of division the that the divided board still has trustees need at this juncture. a long way to go before achiev­ The board is facing impor­ i.ng .that worthy goaL tant challenges. First and fore­ Miles Tuesday was elected most is the selection of a suc­ chairman by an 11-9 vote. His cessor for Wethington, who has selection came after the same agreed to· step down as presi­ 11 board members who sup­ dent in 2001 but remain as the ported Miles voted against the uµiversity's chief fund-raiser slate that ·would have made and president emeritus until Ashland Inc. Chairman and 2003. Finding a president who CEO Paul Chellgren the new has both the academic creden­ chairman. That slate had been tials to bring respect and pres­ proposed by the board's nomi­ tige to the university and the nating committee. political skills to curry the fa­ The vote was divided along vor of the governor and legisla­ the same · lines as those who tors is critical to .UK's future. supported and those who op­ UK has been challenged by posed last spring's rescinding the governor to become one of of a resolution extending the the top 20 research universities contract of UK President in the nation by 2020. To Charles W e'thingfon for two achieve that goal, the school years. Those trustees support­ can't be ·burdened by a board ing Miles favored the rescission divided along political lines. while those supporting Chell­ "It's obvious that we've got a ·gren backed Wethington. lot of work to do and we've got The difference was two to.work. together," said Miles, truste!)S who have been ap' who is president of Miles Farm pointed by Gov. Paul Patton Supply Inc. and Marathon Fu­ since the Wethington vote'. els and owner of Miles LP Gas Both replaced trustees who · Inc. "I want this to be a unified supported the UK president · board.~;. and both supported Miles ... · Obtaining that goal is impor­ Thus, a new majority has ·as- ·• tant not only to UK, but to the sumed control of the UK board, state as a whole.

The Sunday Independent, As~land, Kerucky; Sunday, September 26, 1999 New BA a~ Shawnee State gets 1approval PORTSMOUTH - The sistirig (2+2) and internation­ Ohio Board ofReger,ts has ap­ al relations. proved a new bachelor of arts Miller predicted more than degree in sociology at half of the more than 300 cur­ Shawnee State University. rent social sciences majors .at The approval came at the the school will opt to switch to regents' monthly meeting last one of the new degree pro­ week in Athens. grams. "The sociology degree and And the additional degrees the psychology degree ap­ proved this summer are the will undoubtedly bring new two biggest events in the his­ students to the university, he tory of our department," said said. Jim Miller, chairman of the Student surveys conducted · Social Sciences Department over the past several years in­ at the school. dicated a strong desire to add The new B.A. degree makes both majors. the ·seventh for the Social Sci­ The sociology degree will ences Department. , require a total of 186 quarter In addition to psychology, ! hours. No new courses need to there are also . degree pro­ be created, Miller said. The grams in history, social sci­ possibility of internships as ences, individualized studies, part of the major is under re- social sciences with J.,,,.R 1 R•- ,n.ou:T 1V1t;U dlip ~heiil~ES A sa;,,ola of recant articles J, intarast to Morahaad State University Sept. 29 • 1999 2 3 UNIVERSITY COMMUNICATIONS MOREHEAD STATE UNIVERSITY UPO BOX 11 DD MOREHEAD, KY 40351-1689 (6061 783- 0 0 Lexingtori Herald-Leader · Wednesday, September 29, 1999 Board ca,Jls for trust ~ fund teacher training plan The teaching trust fund is one integrate them into their existing By Holly E. Stepp of several the !council may ask for schools -or use the model pro- HERAIDl.£ADER EDUCATION \\llllER as part of the 'state's higher educa- grams to replace them. COVINGTON - The state lion budget. I P-16 Council member Shirley wants new teacher training pro­ The state already has funds to Menendez said the trust funds grams that will involve th_e entire support univ~ity endowments would· encourage schools to think university, work closely with local and special academic programs and act differently. school districts and represent th~ that could gain national promi- "We really don't do enough of best in teacher training. nence for the colleges. The council that in education schools. and this And it. is willing to pay as will make a decision on all the trust would make them really consider much as $4 million to get them funds in OctolJel-. the outcomes." said Menendez, who. That's the tentative pitch The new teacher training pro- is also a CPE member. · from the state's higher education grams would have to take innova- P-16 Chairman Jeffrey Manda board and it has the endoraement tive approaches to preparing stu- said teacher prep programs of th~ group charged with_ keel!· dents for the classroom, said Diane should be working on the pro- ing public schools and umvers1• Bazell of the CPE. posed criteria anyway. ties working together. "These programs would be . ~houldn't we be expecting this Members ofKentucky's P-16 university-wide and include not type of work from our colleges of Council said yesterday they liked only the -education faculty, but __ educ;ation..without the trust funds the idea of .a new state fund to professors in I the arts and sci- as a lure?" asked Manda, a ~ember create model programs for, enoes • she said. of the state board of educatmn. teacher education. • All of the}tate's colleges.and; . Education Commis~ioner The P-16 Council, which deals universities would be eligible to Wilmer Cody agreed, but said the with issual . from pi:eschool compete for the special funds. Tlie trust funds would make the through the first two years of col­ granm would last for five years. schools focus.. . lege, advises the state Boord of Ed­ The programs would have to "Thmgs )tke this. are W.?rked ucation and the Council on Postsec· include a strong partnership with on around the. ed~es, but .tf we ondary Education. at least one local school district want to make significant changes, The· CPE has proposed a spe­ lots of classrcpm experiences fo; we have t~ give colle_ges -~ reason cial trust fund that would support students, training for current teach- to do so, Cody said. We can new teacher training programs at ers, and follow-ups with graduates. redirect the colleges' work and three public universities and one If the programs are sua:essful; make some funda~en~l changes private college. • the colleges would be expected to in teacher preparatton. I THE COURIER-JOURNAL• WEDNESDAY,, .SEPTEMBER -. . -I . 29, 1999

College.... ~- -· aid comesI slowly, some saYi

The money can be used for Associated Press any education-related expense at a public or private universi­ · FRANKFORT, Ky. - Ken­ ty, community college or 'tech­ Lexington Herald-Leader tucky's new merit scholarships nical school in Kentucky. \ Wednesday, Septe'!!_ber 29, 1999 funded by lottery profits are · Some institutions bill SIU· rolling out somewhat slowly. dents, then reimburse them Some parents and students are when the scholarship n\oney wondering: Where is our mon­ arrives from the Kentucky Breathitt County ey? Higher Education Assistance \'Unfortunately this is a first­ Authority. I Schools Join forces for degree program: year program. It's not going to Some will credit a student's Morehead State University will join Hazard go smoothly,'' Tim Phelps, co­ account. Either way, the stu­ Community College to offer a four-year bachelor's ordinator· of the program, said dent's enrollment has to be degree in business administration at HCC's Lees yesterday. verified. The process is not College campus in Jackson, officials said yester­ About 30,000 members of widely understood. \ day. HCC President G. Edward Hughes said the Kentucky's high school class of "When that first money1goes Hazard school and Morehead will hire at least one 1999 are thought to qualify for out, and I see those kids get­ some amount, Phelps said. ting the (money) they're! sup­ jointly appointed faculty member for the pro­ Individual awards are based posed to get, then ·I'll feel bet­ gram, which will begin in January. on a graduate's high school ter," said Debra Croo~s. a grade-point av.erage and ACT guidance counselor at Hender­ score. To date, award notices son County High School in have been sent to 27,000 stu­ Western Kentucky. I dents. There was no-deadline, ·but Some had to be revised be­ many students and parents ex­ cause high schools reported pected the money to be distrib- students' cumulative grade­ uted sooner. I point averages, not senior-year "I think it's causing prob­ averages, Phelps said. lems for the parents,'' Crooks Colleges and technical insti­ Under a law passed last year, said. I tutions can expect payment on awards for 1999 high school "When s·omeone sends you a the scholarships in the middle graduates would range from letter saying $800 will be :com­ of next month, Phelps said. $125 to $500 per year of post· ing off your tuition, and the Starting next year, the secondary education. Students school starts sending you ,bills, KHEAA hopes to distribute can win a one-time bonus for then they're upset, and I would money in early October, he ACT scores. be too." I said. I Lexington Herald-Leader Wednesday, September 29, 1999 Lottery fund~d scholarships slow to reach state's students ASSOCIATED PRESS count. Either way, the student's FRANKFORT - Kentucky's enrollment has to be verified. The new merit scholarships funded by process is not widely understood. lottery profits are rolling out "When that first money goes somewhat slowly. Some parents out, and I see those kids getting · and students are wondering: the (money) they're supposed to Where is our money? get, then I'll feel better," said De- · "Unfortunately this is a first­ bra Crooks, a guidance counselor ·. year program. It's not going to go at Henderson County High • smoothly," Tim Phelps, coordina­ School tor of the program, said yester­ There was no deadline, but day. awards for 1999 high school grad­ some students and parents expect­ It is believed that about 30,000 uates would range from $125 to ed funds to be distributed sooner. members of Kentucky's high $500 ,eer year of postsecondary "I think it's causing problems.· school-class of 1999 will qualify educafion. Students can win a for the parents," Crooks said. for some amount .of cash, Phelps "When someone sends you a letter . one-time 1bonus for ACT scores. said. The money can be used for saying $800 will be coming off• Individual awards are based any education-related.expense at a your tuition, and the school stam :: on grade-point average and ACT public or private university, com­ sending you bills, then they're .up­ score. To date, award notices have munity college or technical school se~ and I would be, too." .. -. been sent to 27,000 students. in Kentucky. . Colleges and technical institu­ Some had to be revised because Some institutions bill students tions can expect to receive pay-:. high schools reported students' · for expenses, then reimburse them ment on the scholarships in mid­ cumulative grade-point averages, when the scholarship money ar­ October, Phelps said. In the years not senior-year av~rages, Phelps rives from the Kentucky Higher to come, the KHEAA hopes to dis­ said · Education Assistance Authority. tribute money in early October, he Under alaw enacted last year, Some will credit a student's ac- said.

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- ' Grant-would aid U of L alternative-fuel project

By MICHAEL JENNINGS In June, Philadelphia began testing The Courier-Journal P-series fuels in city-owned vehicles, and U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell of A pending federal grant would give Kentucky inserted the grant request engineers at the University of Louis• for U of L in the proposed energy ville a chance to prove that alterna­ and water projects budget. tlve-fuel blends can be mass pro• The grant would create a partner• duced at a competitive cost. ship between the university's Speed The $500,000 grant for the project Scientific School and Pure Energy ·is contained in a -$22 billion appropri­ Corp., a New York-based company ations bill for energy and water pro-· that holds the exclusive worldwide li­ grams. The House and Senate ap­ cense to make and distribute P-series proved the bill this week, and Presi­ fuels. Pure Energy would match-the dent Clinton is expected to sign it. government's investment in the proj­ The grant's terms call for U of L to ect. design a refinery for sulfur-free "P­ Denise Fitzpatrick, a U of L series" fuels - blends of ethanol, natural gas liquids, butane and meth­ spokeswoman, said the project's yltetrahydrofuran (MTHF). The fuel planners hope to build a refmery blends are derived from corn, waste next year that can produce 50 million paper, wood and agricultural wastes. gallons of P-series fuels annually. and they are intended to reduce auto· She said a site for the refinery has mobile emissions: not yet been chosen. In May, the U.S. Department of Fitzpatrick said Speed School Energy approved the P-series blends Dean Thomas Hanley, a chemical en­ as alternative fuels, and Energy Sec­ gineer, will lead U of L researchers' retary Bill Richardson said they have efforts to derive P-series blends the potential to replace I billion gal­ cheaply enough to make them com­ lons of gasoline annually by 2005. petitive with unblended gasoline.