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Tokens of affection Colonels roll Good grades past Morehead lead to cold cash Roses, balloons sell well as Valentine's Day gifts Page B-1 Page B-6 Page B-1 Vol. 66/No. 20 Laboratory Publication of the Department of Mass Communications 14 pages February-1 I. 1988 Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, Ky. 40475 The Eastern Progress. 1988 Chemical attraction Students, faculty to march on Capitol By Mike Maraee budget that has been proposed, program will be David Nusz, the Editor it's going to be very difficult to university's Student Associa- Supporters of higher educa- maintain quality.'' tion president. tion in Kentucky are staging a "Students are looking for a Nusz will speak on behalf of march at the Capitol and a rally cause to get behind," he added. student government leaders in Frankfort Tuesday. "What better cause than ... from all state schools. The university is expected to education?" have a large delegation of The scene then shifts to the But Bell pointed out that the Dudgeon Civic Center, where students, faculty and staff at rally is not for students only. the rally begins at 3:30 p.m. At the event, which is expected to "AU constituencies of higher 4 p.m., a "Student Showcase," demonstrate concern for higher education are encouraged to at- which features student enter- education to Gov. Wallace tend," he said. tainment from various schools, Wilkinson and members of the Bell said the governor's pro- will begin. 1988 General Assembly. posed budget would have The event comes in the wake negative effects on faculty The university's show choir of Wilkinsons proposed budget, salary increases and state- will perform during this portion which offers no increase in state supported financial aid. of the program. appropriations for Kentucky's The day's events start with a Later in the afternoon, three public universities in 1988-89. march at the Capitol Building, people will speak on behalf of and a 5 percent increase in which begins at 2 p.m. Tuesday groups of alumni and parents, 1989-90. and a student program on the faculty and students, and door The Kentucky Advocates for Capitol grounds. Higher Education, Inc., which Among the speakers at that (See UNIVERSITY, Page A-4) sponsored a similar rally two years ago, and the Student Ad- vocates for Higher Education are co-sponsoring the event. Fraternity faces Robert Bell, chairman of the former group, stressed the im- portance of the rally to students. hazing charges He said students will be in competition upon graduation to enter either a graduate school or By Donna Pace nity Council members on the work force, and a quality News editor Monday. education can give those Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity "They are suspended from Progress pho'o/Mike Morris students an edge. pled guilty to charges of hazing any activity on campus. The in- Wendy Scheider, a freshman from Louisville, and Mark Moore, a sophomore from Hustonville. "It is very important to their which occurred last semester itial decision was mine, but they future lives that the quality of and has been suspended from have a right to appeal," wait for the results of a chemical reaction they are observing in a chemical kinetics class Daugherty continued. Monday afternoon the Moore Building. education be maintained and campus. enhanced," Bell said. "With the According to Dr. Hayward Before any permanent actions M.'Skip" Daugherty, dean of are taken, Daugherty said the Student Services, allegations national chapter of Kappa were made and charges brought Alpha Psi would conduct its Proposal would ban minors from bars against the fraternity, and they own investigation into the haz- were given the option to plead ing allegations. By Donna Pace According to Luxon. the bill tional rights," Luxon said. innocent or guilty prior to the According to Dr. W.T. Smith, EKU News editor I "* ■«' •' '88 GENERAL denies the rights of legal adults "Legislators are seeking to hearing. national director of Kappa Students under the age of 21 No* ASSEMBLY to determine where they want to deprive students, who they see Since the fraternity pled guil- Alpha Psi, the allegations will be searching for alternatives go and who they wish to spend as apathetic and uncaring, of a ty, there was no hearing. against the university chapter to the usual Thursday night introduced in the Senate Jan. 15 their time with. recreational outlet." "It came to our knowledge were referred to the regional ad- trips to downtown bars if the by Sen. Nick Kafoglis, D- "I believe that under aged peo- Joe Joiner, Alcohol and that there was a possibility of ministrator in Memphis, Tenn. 1988 General Assembly passes Bowling Green. [>le should be respectful of the Beverage Control administrator some hazing going one. We Smith said a regional in- a bill proposal by Bowling Green aw and not drink, but I just as for Richmond, said he felt the gathered some facts and vestigative committee would be Both bill were assigned to the strongly believe they have the passage of the bill would make presented them to the president in charge of pursuing the legislators to keep minors out of Business and Professional nightclubs. constitutional right to mix and enforcement of the legal drink- of the fraternity," Daugherty charges and reporting its Organizations committees of mingle with people who do. ing age easier for bartenders, said. findings to the national head- Richmond officials are in the two houses. favor of the bill, but various bar After all, they spend all day in managers and owners. Later, the president pled guil- quarters in Philadelphia. owners and managers see the "I wish everyone would just school with them," Luxon said. "All the people admitted into ty to the charges, Daugherty O.C. Pleasant, regional direc- bill as controversial and just keep their mouths shut," Robert Luxon said government and the bars would be of drinkin? said. tor, said Ernest Daniels, the another way to strike out at the Mudd, Phone 3 bar manager, city officials are bypassing the Daugherty announced the alcohol industry. said. "I'm tired of hearing about real solution to underaged drink- (See BILL, Page A-5) suspension to the Intra Frater- (See FRATERNITY. Page A-6) House Bill 368, introduced people talking about bars in the ing by creating stipulations that Jan. 12 by Jody Richards, D- city and state. That's all I have hide the problem for a while. Bowling Green, prohibits per- to say about all these bills and According to Luxon, the real sons under 21 from being on the laws." problem is enforcement of Vehicles premises of a drinking establish- Billy Luxon, J. Sutler's Mill drinking laws. "The cure is en- ment unless it is a restaurant, manager, is also against the bill forcement, not a legislative bill." private club, park, fair, bowling because it "questions a person's he said. alley or place where athletic constitutional rights and is "If I were a student affected receive events are scheduled. discriminatory against 18-21- by this bill, I d be in Frankfort An identical bill. SB 126, was year-olds." waving a flag for my constitu- new look By Jamie Baker Student attacked by dog Assistant news editor The vehicles in the universi- ty's Division of Public Safety have recently undergone a face on outing at local park lift. By Tom Wiseman She said the dog. a pit bull, The dog was placed in quaran- The cars now have a maroon Staff writer jumped out of the car and tine by the Madison Health stripe and maroon lettering on Michele Grau, a university started running toward them. Department, which is standard them as opposed to the blue let- student, probably would The dog first ran under one of procedure for incidents involv- tering and gray decal they had .disagree with the New York her friend's swing and then ing dog bites. before. I editor who said, "When * dog under hers, Grau said. The owner of the dog Tim According to Wynn Walker, uites a man, that is not news. "It scared me so I jumped off the assistant director of public But when a man bites a dog that M alone, a university student my swing and started running, from Louisville, was unable to safety, the idea for a new look is news." so it jumped on my back and be reached. came from the campus police An ordinary dog bite might then it bit my leg," she said. officers. not be news, but because of re- Grau said that M alone was cent reports by the media, a pit "After that the dog pulled me nice about the whole situation The officers had expressed a bull attack generates some to the ground and bit my arm." and offered to pay for her desire to have a new look so they medical expenses. were given the opportunity to attention. Grau was rescued when a design that new look, said The attack occurred Jan.