THE NORTHERNER Vol. 16, No. 29 ·Northern Kentucky Univeraitr, Wednesday, May 4, 1968 ( could lose Wynn Battalion, colonel seat on Board to he honored ~ of Regents over at commissioning felony conviction ceremony for cadets NORTHERNER STAFF REPORT OnApril9, 1942, /JauwnfelL ~,..,... B vivon, including tM brave mt'n we honor Student Government's president-elect wniglu, ,..,.. beginniTIIf a tluu and a half may be denied a seat on the Board of year journey at tM portal. of MIL Regents because he was once convicted of a felony. Excerpt from ceremony program Brian V. Wynn described his convic­ tion for stealing equipment from an BY KRJS KINKADE automobile in Dayton as a mistake he THE NORTHERNER made when ~~e was 18. Friday's (May 6) commissioning Wynn told a Kentucky Prut reporter ceremony for ROTC cadets will be a little that he and his family made full restitu­ different from past ceremonies. When the tion to the victim of the theft and added cadets go up to be sworn in this year, it that he served two years of probation. will be administered by a man described - Wynn, junior political science major, as one of the greatest marine heroes of this was elected to office after a controversial century. election campaign that involved last Colonel William minute write-in candidate Rich Nielson. E. Barber, a medal THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE BEAUTIFUL: Debbie Schwierjohann, Jim of honor recipient Simon and Nick Cres8le from The Northe rner are ready to bust out of here. Wynn and Vice President-elect Scott for his actions in Kappas, were criticized for successfully Korea, will bestow drafting a resolution of endorsement for officer s tatus on A. B. " Happy" Chandler after the fonner NKU cadets at a go"ernor had made racial remarks. • cere mon y that Northern administrators are reviewing • 1 IJ .......... serves a dual pur· Dukakis: Now you see him, now you don't 1 state law to determine whether Wynn can 1 poee in honoring the legally be seated as a regent. I men of the 192nd sot to Findley Market too late. \J. [ BY HANNAH SIMON tank battalion for Dukakia bad been sone a half hour when "No official action has been taken as '-M ~ GUEST CONTRIBUTOR Col. Barber the ir actions in we arrived and waa then on his way to of yet," Elizabeth Blincoe, assistant legal World War II . Cleveland, Oloo, said an unidentified televi· counsel for NKU said Monday ...1 know Besides Barber and some members of Michael Dukakia waa at Findley Market sian cameraman. there will be, but I don't know when." the battalion, various upper echelon of­ April 30 to pve a friendly " heUo." He wao lrv Katzman, a weekly shopper at F"mdley Under normal conditions the SG ficers in the army, induding ge nerab, will on a campaign tour. Market, commented that he was so close to president is given a voting seat on the be in attendance and media coverage will We would have taken a picture of him, Dukakia he could see the lillings in hio teeth. Board of Regents. include a special on KET public television, but my dad, Jim (the editor), Nick (the art lrv had brought hio camera alao, but it waa various magazines articles and local news director) and Debbie (the editor), jammed. ""'"""inB coverage, according to NKU professor Jim Claypool, one of the organizer> of the ceremony. Within the ceremony a special plaque Howe donates $100,000 to NKU will be dedicated in the name of the I 92nd tank battalion, whose heroic efforts in NORTHERNER STAFF REPORT Howe, who died in October at age 90, students in the nursing and medical World War II contributed to slowing down practiced medicine in Alexandria for over technology fields. It will help train students the Japanese onslaught in the early days orthern Kentucky University recently 50 years and is reported to have de~vued in proCeedures such as cell-culturing and of the war. received a S I 00,000 donation to set up a nearly 5,000 babies. He also provided toxicology analysis, according to university To better understand the significance clinical sciences laboratory from the widow medical services to numerous members of officials. of these men's actions and why they war­ of a local physician. Northern's faculty and staff according to Boothe regarded the donation as an .. ex­ rant such high regard, it's helpful to ex­ Orpha Howe, the widow of Dr. A. E. N KU President Leon Boothe. ceptionally generous gift" and said that it amine their actions during the months that Howe of Alexandria, presented the money Mrs. Howe donated the money to help would go far in helping pick up the slack that foUowed the bombing of Pearl Harbor. to NKU offi cials Friday, April 28, at a lun· medical professionals. The money will go to a lack of state funds has created. While on manuevers in the Philippines, chcon ceremony in her honor. equip a clinical sciences laboratory for the 192nd tank division of the national guard inadvertantly got caught up in the whirlwind of IVW II when the Japanese at· HISTORY: This tacked the iolands on Dec. 8, 1941. Viewpoint. ................ p. 4 week we wrap up When the U.S .• Filipino troops were Featu res ....... .......... p. 6 NKU'a history with fo~rd to withdraw their forces in Bataan, Sports ...... .. .. .. ..... p. 12 Boothe'• administra­ it wal; the 192nd and !94th that covered Bloom County . .. .......... p. 14 tion and the school'• their retreat and, when captured after a Classified a ........•••.... p. I 5 futuR. See page 2. three month standoff against m08t of the aee HERO, 1"'8e 16 0438.tif 2 News, The Northerner, May 4, 1988 Trivia Q. What t·olor was ud<l<'d to the [ CAMPUS BEAT l school's official colors in the early 80's'! Article causes 'stir' in Frankfort to go along with ye llow and whitc. BY SHERI COLEMAN since I advise and counsel mostly white TIH: NOilT HEilNEil students.'' stated Simpson. Minority Student Coordinator Albert Bur­ An article written in the Thursday, April ton had tal ked to Brian Wynn, president ­ 28. City/State section of the Lexington elect of stu dent government , and adv ised Recent years at NKU Herald- /..,eader called " Chandle r Bac ker him against the letter saying that "it was not Elected NKU Student Head" has caused a a wise decision." Boothe battles the budget, talks of future srnaiJ stir among some administrators in frankfort . " It appears that this stud ent is very astute Editor's note: this is (thonk God) t~firwl a president to run the school. As before, the and an opportunistic politician and willing inJtallment of the hiJtory of NKU and it .sour Board managed to narrow it dow n to about Dr. Neal Sim1)son, an advisor in the Ad ­ to appeal to imm oral and socially irrespon­ hope thot tho,. ofyv u who actually read the five candidates and eventually chose the vice vising, Co unseling and Testing Ce nter at sible voters to co mpose his constituency," .segmenu enjoyed what yo1L read and maybe president for administrative affairs and pro­ NKU and form er Min ority Student Coor­ comm e nt ed Dr. Michael Washington, learned a little about what it took to make vost at Illinois State University - Leon dinator, received phone calls concerning this History professor and coord inator for the the .school you auend everyday. Again, we Boothe. article. Also, a si milar art icle was published Afro·American Studies Progra m. would like 10 thonk}im Claypool, NKU's ar­ Boothe had been nominated for the posi­ in the Louisville Courier Jounwl. chivUt, f or allowing our reporter to take up tion, he said, by someone else, and, although " From an im age standpoint, it is very, .. While the governor won 't be affected his tirru each week (and his secretary Linda he had turned down nominations for other very bad as it relates to black recruitment," one way or the other by his gesture," f or f orcing him t.o keep doing it week after positions, decided to let this one stay in. said Simpso n. Washington said, " he understands mobiliz­ week). We would aL.o like 10 thonk t~ " I must have been the right person in ing right wing support to build his conser· school 's pn!jidents f or talking about their ex­ the right place at the right time," Boothe According to the Lexington Herald vative coalition among the students and was periences and providing some interesting said, co mmenting on why he was chosen. Leader, the NKU Stude nt Government effectively able to get statewide media atten­ reading in .sonu cases. Thanks, too, should resolution came with a d isclaimer that it sup· tion in doing this. Also, it underscores the ported Chandler and not the racial slur and go out to anyone who gave our reporter some "NKU is like deja vu for me," he add­ importance of black students on campus and that the resolution was approved in two con­ iruis/U or a bit ofin f omuJ1wn thot might hove ed. Illinois State had a similar history to NK U indeed all students who are concerned with secutive weekly meetings . ~lped him piece 10get~r t~ school's history. in that it had ex perienced large spurts of social justice to mobilize their constituency, " I seriously wonder if this is a true refl ec­ growth in a short time. so as to offset the reactionary image that this tion of how students feel at NK U.