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VOL. 59, NO. 17, LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY, JANUARY 21 , 1988 8 PAGES AN INDEPENDENT STUDENT NEWSPAPER
Student governments, SAFE
to join fight for aid funding
Suggested and projected loan
guarantee fund balance,
198 7-1990. - FFIS RECOMMENDATION
By TAMMY FREDETTE
· taff Writer
The dtreclllr ol Kentuck y"\ finan ­ctal
,11d <tUihOrtl) ha~ a.,ked \ludenl
lettder' I rom aero" the ~tale lor
thetr 'uppun tn 'ecunng <l'er 10
mtllton tn emergency fundtng for
atd program'
Paul Borden. execuuve dtre tor
nf the KentuC~) Htgher Educallon
"''lance Authortl). d"CU\'>Cd the
mtpcndtng .11d crunch with \artow,
Student Gm emment A "octallon
uekga11on' .11 J J,m 1.5 meeung tn
1-ran~fnn
Borden plc.tded for help from
'1udcn1 leader,. panicularly
through the tudent dvoc ate'> For
1:-.dw.:altnn lohbytng organtzallon .
We can 1 do th" alone . Borden
'atd Wtth a great deal of effon
" e \Hill 1 he alone
The ,tudenh have to play a role
111 th" II the Leg"lature doe'n 1
he.tr from the 'tuden" we won 1
gel the tncrea'e needed
Borden pre.,ented the .,ludent
rcpre;cntattve\ with ;,tattsllc whtch
e>timale over 10.000 Kentucky
collejle \ludent; may be dented fi ­nanctal
atd over the next two year;
if the General A. sembly refu;e;
KH AA \ Agency Fund Replace­ment
requew •.
KHEAA\ 19 8-90 executive
budget reque;~ calls for $5 .5 mtl­lion
in 19 9 and $5.7 million in
1990 tn addtt ton 10 the agency., $9
million General Fund Ba>eline al­locallon
.
KHEAA petitioned the Legisla­ture
for the additional funding tn
re~pon>e to a ~harp drop tn the
Loan Guarantee Reserve Fund.
whtch ha'> been depleted by recent
budget 'honfall~ .
A\ federal and \late revenue
dropped. the re>erve. which tn the
pa'>l ha., 'erved as a funding .,ink
for variou~ aid program~. plum­meted
from it~ 1987 balance of
22 .2R mtllton to $12.93 million
thl'> year
Borden '>aid that before the re-cent
shonfall. reserve funds were
u<,ed 10 increa~e aid awards from
8 .6 mtllton m 1985 to 14.2 mtl ­lton
dunng 1988.
The loan re~erve is already dan­gerou~
ly below the level needed 10
protect the Guaranteed Student
Loan Program . the fund 's primary
purpo~e. and an no longer be used
10 '>Uppon other aid projects. he
'atd.
Without 'uppon from the re­erve,
all atd programs will face
maJor cutbacks if they do not re­ceive
emergency fund allocations
from the Legislature .
1oreover. many state official
'lre~sed 10 the \ludent delegates
that the much-needed revenue will
not matenali1e 111 the near future.
according to mid-October revenue
projection~ from the stales budget
dtrector.
There' ju>t not going to be
much. if any new revenue next
year. .,aid Ken Walker. Ken-
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Two students put a lot of thought into production of new magazine
By GREGORY HARRIS
Features Editor
Tlw '"" 'tudenh rc,Jlllll'thle lor
produung th" 'erne,ter' '"ue ol
~ he Tlunker ltteran ntJI!allne .,atd
the) . got more than prok'>'>tonal
•,Jtt,laclton frnm lhetr collaborauon .
Edttor l.e,lte Mo"e and graphtc
d!.!,rgnc:r DorlJ \Vong . \tranger~ at
the beg111ntng of the 'eme\ler. 'aid
the) commll ted them,elve' 10 work­tng
"' a team and became good
fnend, dunng the many long hour'
the~ r ut mtu the proJeCt.
Onna Jnd I wen' tntroducecl to
each other 111 the mtddle ol Ocw­ber.
Mol\e recalled. We dtdn 1
~nm• each other unul th" I!OI
''ancd . but no" "e e'en take
da"e' together.
Moi\e and Wong. a natl\e of
Hong Kong. 'atd the) teamed ,,
great deal from each other. She'
changmg the way I look al the
world. and lm improving her
knowledge of American 'lang.
Moi'e 'aid .
Ro•h Moi;e and Wong had experi­ence
with publishing. but onl)
Wong had previou,ly ~ ubmined
rnalenal 10 fhtnker.
Long-time music school
instructor dies at 65
By KENNETH HARDIN
News Editor
School ol Mustc faculty and ~tu­denh
mourned the loss of a beloved
colleague and mentor when long­tune
111\lrucl<lr Leon Rapier died last
\\eCk
He wa' perhap' the best in true­tor
we had 111 many ways. said Dr.
Jerry Ball, mu..,ic school dean . "He
wa' a kind , gentle, highly intelligent
man who wa' truly a genius with his
111~1rurnent.
Rapter. 65. died at Baptist Hos­pital
Ea.,l on Jan . 15 ~evera l hours
Jfter becoming ~eve re l y ill.
Rapier came to Loutwille and the
UtHver.,ty in 1954 from the New
Orlean\ Symphony. He instructed
'tudenh on the trumpet and became
the pnmary trumpet player for the
Lmu~vtlle OrLhe>tra.
Wuh hun. leaching and per­fonnmg
alway\ went hand m hand ,
... atd Mar Rapter. the decea ~ed\
"tdo\\ and J profe'>stonal ptamst
heN:II II wa' a real challenge 10
hun 10 help 'omeone de,elop their
natural talent
K.trren Fa,terda) . a muo;te o,chool
gradu.tle who .,tudted trumpet under
Rapter for tour years. de'>crtbed him
'" ,, paltenl teacher who wamed the
m<hl from ht' \ludenh .
lie would never ra~>e hi'> voice.
hut ~ou ~new that he expected the
be,, that you had . 'he \U td He
C\pectcd the he\1 . but he never oul­"
ltrdl) demanded tl. He wa\ a great
tn,tructor.
R.!pter. a name of Tyler. Texas.
LEON
RAPIER
began his musi­cal
career at the
Eastern School
of Music in
Rochester. New
York. where he
received both his
bache lor's and
master s degrees .
During World
War II he served
in the Air Force.
where he played
in many of the
service's top
bands.
Rapier's teaching career stretched
well beyond his duties at U of L.
where he had served as chair of the
Applied Music division for 15 years.
and sponsored the University's band .
While in the New Orleans area he
taught at Louisiana State University .
He al ·o instructed each year at
Mtchigan niversity' Interlochen
Mu~ic Camp. one of the most re­'
pected m the country.
Rapier wa' awarded U of L > Di~ ­llngu,.,
hed Teachmg Award tn 1982
and wa, named Musician of the
Year by the Louiwille chapter of the
American Federation of Mustcians
hl\1 ovember.
The mu~tc school >tudent council
will conduct a fundraising drive for
a plaque commemorating Rapiers
contrihutions to the \Chool. A con­cen
will also be devoted 10 Rapier's
memory
Hi~ famtly has requested that all
expression~ of sympathy take the
form of alvalton Army donallon> .
I came m lre\h . Mot>e 'atd . I
""' ed11or ol a new>lener. "htch
wa' real!) more of a magazme . for
a "nting club 111 the five->lale area .
She noted thl\ credential tn her
application to Thtnker s faculty
b<1ard . along wuh her plan'> to
t·hange the maga1ine s formal. The
board made her a''nciate editor. but
'he wa> given editors >pol when the
previou' editor took a full-time job.
Following her appoin tment . Moi'e
turned her anention to assembling
poetry. drawings . and factual ani-de<.
I rom the of L communit y .
I hall an idea of the type> of
thtng' I "anted to r~cc1\ c I gtll
lucky . ·" far a' nHhl <'f the 1h111g'
lit the concept I "anted to come up
with. 'he ' tlld
One of th1' l''ue' ... tone' 1"' un
finished . and the maga11ne " hold ­mg
a conle'l for the per"m "ho .:an
furnish the be.,t condu.,on M<ll'e
'aid she i> 'Jllm"mng the co111e'1 In
generate more ftc11onal 'tone' for
the next '"ue.
Although ,he 'aid 'he \\ould have
liked more fiction . Mn"e ,aiu ,he
was plea~ed with the maga11ne '
overall content.
B and large I thin~ mmt of the
,uhn11"inn' that recel\ed that
made 11 1nto the magannc \\ert:
"nnen b~ people "ho real!~ cared
about thetr topiC. Mn"e 'atd
Someone '' hl' h..t' .... omt!thmg. tn 'a)
anu '"'' II \\ell . Someone who
m.tde ttl~ Ioili- at the \\Orld a hnle
dtfferentl) .
Th~ year' lir't i'>ue of Thinker
,pon' a different look than preVIllU'
cdllion,. Wong. changed th~ m~r­gin,,
added new type ;,tylc,. anu Ill­eluded
colored design e lement, .
Wong 'aid \he changed the de.,g.n
Continued on Pa~:e 3
S taff photo by Mark Cramer
The King Remembered
colt K e lly (left) and Tracy Harper wel­comed
tlte Reverend Ronald E. Lockridg-e
who spoke at the Marlin Luther King t•er­emon.
r held Monday. See story, Page 7.
Chinese ambassador discusses new era of reform INSIDE
By PA L '. STOKELL
' taff Writer
Ch111.1' ,unha"ador Ill the l 'nned
' .1111111, p.ttnll!d an oplttn,.,llc pt<:lure
ol rdonth tn h" homeland dunng a
J.111 I 5 ''"' to the nl\er"l) ol
Lou"' tile
mh.,.,,ador H.111 u 'poke to an
0\ erllu" nm' d ol 6() people 111 E~ ­'
lrum l.tbrar) \ audttonum
cump<l,Cd nhltnl} ul 'tuden" and
la<:uhy ol htne\C de ent hfty
.tddlltonal 'pectalur., vtcv.ed hi'>
addre" un do,ed ctrcun televi\lon
The amhu"adm. hi\ wtfc. Mme
c Qt)Uil Qtyun .• md h,., atde hen
Mlllj! Mmg. v.cre recetved wnh en
thu"a"n . e'pectally b many of the
H6 Chtne'e naltonul\ uucnding the
Untver,lly
We are all excned. very e cned,
by hi\ vt 11. 'uid Ya guang-Ha. an
b11"ne" \ludent !rom Shanghat.
Aller all . th" " the ftN v"11 by a
Chtne'e I.P. In of L
Han' ""' wa.., a pari ol a 1\\(l­da)
tour of Loutwdle 'pon\ored b)
the local <:hapler ol the nlled a-
11011' "uctalton of the Untted
State'
Han wa' welcomed by Dr. Lillia ­lyce
1-er,, pre.,dcnt of Loutwtlle.,
chapter. and Introduced h)
mver\11) ProHI\1 '\! tlltam Dnrrtll.
who moderated a quc.,tion-an.,wer
,e,\ton after the amba\Sador.,
\peech
Han ponrayed a \trung contra''
between today '-; tndu~trial and e<:o­nomtc
reform and condtllon.., dunng
the Cultural Revolullon ol Mao T\e·
Tung.
Productton wa' not geared 10 de­mand
. everyone ~hared thetr meals
from the '>ame pol, leadmg 10 a lack
of llllltntive . he ;aid
After Mao. many hme>e, m-cludtng
Premier Den~; Xtao Ptng.
began to reah7e the tmponance of
their coumty., place 111 the world
communny . Han 'aid. The re~uh
wa' a program of 111len\e
modemitalion . whtch Han 'aid "
betng u'ed a\ the bluepnnl for
current 'ocial change' 111 the Soviet
Unton
The~ learned from u, , and they
arc dntng qu11e v.ell But if they
latl . v.e re not to blame . he said .
tnce the <:urrent refonm began
nmc year' ago. China\ economy
ha'> expenenced numerou'
•mr.rovemenl\. accordtng 10 Han .
Farnung ha\ become more prof­liable
. lndtvtdual hou\eholds now
1111 lhetr own '>011, he ~aid
In 1987 . hina produced a record
400 rntllton htn\ of grain. according
to Han. Tit" would. 10 th Ameri­can\,
maf..e u~ an ir.tentational com­petnor.
Han 'atd . But not 10
"urry: th" gratn goe' to Iced I 7
hillion people .
However. Han 'lre"cd th.ll re
lorm; do m11 .,top on the lttnn In
du\lry and I lltance are underg01ng
change '" well
hina, Jnh., altona! Pruduu h;"
grown 10. 1 perc~nt "nce IIJ7X . "llh
produc11on mcrea.,ng at .111 .tnnuJI
rate nf 11 .3 percent lndtvtdual 111
come al\o douhlcd tn the 'amc llnll'
Foretgn tnve.,wr, have b<tl,tercd
hma \ economy. pulling $50 mtl
!ton tn hma tn the pa\1 decade. tn­cludmg
\Uille l()() .S pruJCll\ .
AI one 11111~. un Open Door pol
tcy hurmliuted U\, nov. \\~ open uur
uwn door\ , Han \atd
Even wllh \uch e\cellenl rc,ult,,
Han JXllllled OUI lhUI the 1110\1 1111·
ponant reforrm are one' made 111
prerarm10n lor the future Ptnhlenh
"'' exi\1. \uch a' 'upply and de­mand.
und 11tOa11on. he \atd
S11ow probktlt. !.lillie• 011 ltow to
co~ wUia 11ti11or wii!Ur errurge11·
· cks from sllllW con to fin
ltovuds .............................. Pog• 2.
Tltt cupiHNIM.,., bon. Etlilorilll
BOCTd ,_ .. ,,, 011 llu proj.c,.d
loek of GIIIITfiiiiH4 SUIMIII
Loo11 fullllbtg llltd llu probiiiiU
beltilld this sltortfoll. ........ .Pog• 4.
111 llu drlaL EtliiMMI w•ko-• "'w akoiNII pJMU11., •lid cltiMr
tlto" wlto i111ilt 011 tlu fn•do• to
driiiA: i,.,.llfiOIIIUJiy ........... .Ptlf• 4.
Pay11t i11 tlleltrad. U of L trlumplt
ov~r UCU des,U. forward K•ll·
11ry Poy11e's lllild illuu.
............................................ P•g• 5.
Insurance
costs main
worry with
new policy
B,v :'\1.'\RY .JACOHSO:\'
Staff \\'rih•r
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rhl.''t: i..' h,t'ix' tlllll.'' \\I 'llid ,t,,Uilll.'
ll.'g.tl rl.',pun,tl·ultt) IIH t! lll.'''' ,,~,.
ttllll' ..tnd . th~..·!l. .' l'l'l.'. th~.· lnl\l.' t' '''
,tron i!h r ... ·~,.-,,mm~.·rh.l' th.tt lhl~t
group ~ ~..:~.-ur~.· lt._thtltt\ llhllt.tth .. l'
Dr J·rl.'d Rhl•lk'. ·'"''t.tnt 'h.l.'
pre"denl ''' 'ludenl ltk '·"" ht' nl
ltce .tnd the Ollt,·e nl Rt'~ \1.m
~t g~tnl.' lll \HlUI\J hl.'lp ,11 1~ 11\ll.'ll.'' ll.'d
org..mtt..ttuln' I11H..I .t 'lltt.thll.' llhllt
.mce ~..·a tTH.-'1. t'1ut dl.'.ll h .. t.ltl'd th.tt
l ' ol l . ''Ill nnt ,,tkt ·l tn.ttll..t .d ·''
'''tatH.:l.'
Rhode:' ""d th.ll th~ l'"'"'"'"
ha' n~'er pnl\ tLic.:d bl.llll-..l'l ptllll.'l:
tlllll tor n:nH!Illll'd ... uull.'nt or~.1111
'·""tn' "nd 1h: 11 he .md "'' '1.11 t ' hnld
tndl\ tdual ''"htllll "'''" ·""'" '" I""
h.!l'l thl.'Tlhl.'h ~ .....
I real!\ unde,.,l.tnd the l' nl\~r
... ity' intc.:"ntum - the.:~ n: tr ~ "' ~ to
protect u,. ""u 1\lat~ Blltell . ,,
rcpn:,c.:ntatl\l.' nl the: lntl.' t1rall.•rntt~
Counc·tl nn the <lree ~ "'"~ h>r<'c
"htch dr;~fll!d the pnl~e·, But un
le" lhl'~ lthe ~ h"ll<! lllll<!' l .tre ll"t
real!\ "'ell ~u'' · I dt'n t thtn~
the) "'rc gomg t~l hu) lll'honal llahti ­H)
111 uratll.'l.' .
Other fraterntt~ nfltl'<'r' . "h" tep
n:,cnl the nri!.tlllt.tltllll' mn't lr..:
quenll) all~,· t~d h~ the ne" re~ula
tton' . • ti!rc.:ed that much nl thL' .tk·o
h11l pnltc ~ '' l'\lii,IIU\.11\e . hlll IlK' It
.thtltl) '"ue "ti l hlltdet. tl 11111 pt<!
\enl thetr cnmplt .ttt<·<!
I thtn~ II' .t 1!""d l"'lll·\ I he
p,1lt.:) nced<!d Ill h<! ttl.llk . '·""
Stc\1...' Dnolul . P"·' 'tdl.'nl til I n.mgiL'
lrat e rnll~ I I'"' '"'h the~ 11he
l ' nl\er,it~ l \\uu ld 11 ~ tn help nul th~
"nailer ;:rllup' '"'h ih ~ lt.thtltt~ 111
... uranc.:e
Ru" f-:n,dl. J tnettl"-'' nl the
Grec~ ta'~ Ioree .tttd lklt.t l 'fhtlon
fr.ncrntt). 'atd that lt.thtllll cmcr­.
u.!c ,,,- S I nul !ton "til l..'thl f11, Ol!!"'
nTtallnn !:.1 .200 .tnnu.tll) But 111
th~ pt"t the~ 'e l~en ·"' .tn.ltttg \20.
30 or ~0 mtlltun "' the "''u' " · "'
you ha\l' Ill \\OIILkr tl II' l'\t:l1
\\tlrlh 11 . he ,,ud One nulltoll
would he a drop 111 the huc~cl
En,ch ... uggc ... t~.:d that .all o llll...'l.'"
ul reco~nctl.'d ... wd~nt w g_;IIHtalttHh
famtltar11e tlwm'd'e' '"'h the pol
tl..') anU 'l1ll'l.' th~tr l'tHil''-'rn... I k
,aid he 1h111~' Rhude' .tnd Student
Life are open mtnd~d .md g.: nllll1l'h
cunn~rned
We l<x,~ ed ,11 the l<!!_!.tl t,nntltc .t
tum' ol the: !_! tttdcltnc, . ' ·""
Rhude, . Rut the ho1tu111 l11te "·"
what could "e proJC<'I ·" '"' ''·"'
<.lard' lor group' ,111d 'tudent' Ill
have rc,pon\lhk dnn~"' !!
Studenh '·"" the\ lllttkt,ltxKI th.tt
the new gu!Udtnc.:'p "crl' tuH .ul .tl
tempt ht prc,ent ""''·'' '""'II)
They dun 1 "ant '" Ill ' '"/' P·"
tying . the> !U't "·•nl u' ''' '" re
'P"""hlc . £-.t,.,ch '·"" It "'•'!
'eem lt~e I 111 tr~ "'!! to ,ell the
Circe~' nut. hut I "' ""' I 111 IU'I
\er) aware tll thc ,, , II~ 111 nnnd nl
onlinued on Pug" 3
Purdue preview. The lowdown on U
of L's upcoming full·courl boUle
willt tlu Boikrmalcers ........ Page 5.
Hil tltt slopes. Aftercloss spot·
Ugllts venues near Louisville whtrt
stutlt11ts can rnjoy a ski weekend
or just a qui cit slalom ......... Pagt 7.
Divt·in. The Island's ,\plash
niglttclub becomes one ofthtlottsl
spots for Louin•ille'} llightlift!.
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Ntws Brkft ...................... Page 2.
Edilorillls .......................... Pagt 4.
SlfiOrli ................................ Pagt 5.
,4,fterd1u ......................... .Pag• 7.
Cllu•i/kd• alld PenoMls.
........................................... Pag• 8 •