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Vol. XLVIII, No. 10 Th1e U of L Student New paper
Dorm renovations planned,
other improvements made
by Sherry Baker
Help i on the wa for the dormitories
at of L. Last Thur day, Dean Harold
Adam , the Director of Housing, in­formed
the lnte1-Dorm Council of a
proposal for dorm renovations. The uni­versity
is floating a bond issue worth
$150,000. The money will finance the
improvements sugge ted by the council.
The council consists of representatives
from Miller Hall: President Mark Williams
and Vice - President Dwayne Woodruff;
and representatives from Threlkeld, Presi­dent
Joy Maxberry and Vice-President
Lucinda Honeycutt. Unitas Hall has nom­inated,
but has not elected its representa­tives.
Council members will work with
Adams to determine the needs of the
dormitories. The proposal for improve­ment
is expected to be made to the
university some time this semester.
Mark Williams says the council is
working on ideas that will "make the
dorms more liveable." One idea is putting
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kitchen facilitie in the dorms. Respond-ing
to this, Adam aid that "kitchen
facilities would not be unrea f nable be­cause
f basement areas." Adam wa
referring to the unused baseme:nts of the
dorms.
Williams also said "The bond issue
must look pretty go d, otherwise we
wouldn't be doing this." Williams cites
the general reaction as being "mixed
between astonished and general elation."
Mter the council decides what needs
improvement, the ideas go to housing.
Housing will then make its recommenda­tions.
This year there are additional improve­ments.
The Housing office has hired a full
time security staff. Adams has also tried
to "beef up resident government." Adams
also hired a new resident hall co-ordina­tor,
John Webb. Webb is responsible for
programming dorm activities.
Adams said the purpose of the im­provements
is to "update the dorms to
meet the needs of today's students."
Presidential election unnotic4eable
by Steve Wingfield
It was the fall of 1972, and George
McGovern and Richard Nixon were the
major party candidates for the presi­dency.
The McGovern volunteers were can­vassing
the dorms , trying to register
voters, holding bake sales to raise funds ,
sponsoring a Free U class on the issues.
They also had an office in the Coffee­house
and were even hawing Millhouse, a
black comedy about Nixon.
The Nixon volunteers were doing
much the same thing. Of course they
didn't show Millhouse.
There was even an exhibition of politi­cal
posters in the library.
This fall, not much is happening at U
of L as far as the presidential election is
c ncerned.
besides the hanging a few posters around
campus were completely unsuccessful.
"I think it's the whole national trend
towards apathy," said R. Stephan Phelps,
president of the Student Government
Association and a former vice-president
of the Kentucky Young Democrats.
Phelps said he has seen a lot of activity
for congressional and judicial candidates,
but little or none for the presidential
race. Part of the reason, he said, might be
problems with the Democratic Party.
"Young Democrats on a state level are in
havoc, and on the college l~evel, it's a
network of havoc."
The minor party campaigns have been
more active than the Democrats.
The Socialists Workers Party even
brought both its presidential and vice­presidential
candidates to U of L. Presi­dential
candidate Peter Camejo spoke
here last spring, and vice-presidential
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"U d h • " Photograph by Jay Wooster
.~.~appy ays are ere aga1n
U of L students find many ways to amuse themselves. Clifford Miller (right) and David
Waine (left) decided that a little refreshment was in order last Monday
The College Republicans are by far the
most active group. The club has signed up
80 volunteers thi fa ll, according to
Charlie Watts, second vice-president and
coordinator of the Pr sident Ford cam­paign
on campus. I Ie said the club's
activities are having a daily table in the
Student Center, holding social functions
and organizing people to working for
can did a tes.
Construction begins on observatory
Most of the work on campus, however,
is done by a very few pe ple, he said.
"I think it's been dead around here
because there haven't been any people
here to motivate students," said Watts.
"We've gotten a great response in the last
two weeks, and it's been my indication
there are many more Republicans and
right-thinking students on campus than
most people think," he1added.
The Jimmy Carter campaign, however,
isn't doing much of anything at U of L
this fall. Attempts to find any activity
by Robert Royar
Construction has begun on the U of L
observatory. Tite construction site is on a
212 acre farm the University acquired
through a donation in 1960. The observa­tory
is costing U of L $108,000 and is
expected to be completed in February.
Ground breaking ceremonies were to
have been Friday, October 15 at 11 a.m.
The ceremonies were cancelled because of
a bad access road on the Oldham County
property. The observatory is to house
two telescopes, radio and optical.
Dr. Donald Scheer of the electrical
engineering department said in an article
in the Louisville Times, "Frankly, we
were looking for a quieter spot from a
radio-astronomy viewpoint." In the same
article Dr. John Kielkopf of the physics
department said that the lights of the city
reflected off the low position of the city
made optical-astronomy work hard.
The observatory is a model to deter­mine
the feasibility of the use of solar
energy in Kentucky in the future. Colonel
Tom Murray, the designer of the solar
energy system said, "UntiJ you actually
try it out in your part of the country,
you can't really tell how it will work."
Murray said that if the project works as
he thinks, it will pay for itself in 10 to 12
years at today's oil and gas prices.
The architect for the project is Roger
Hughes, and the builder is A1 Schneider,
Jr.
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