Garden City Community College - Broncbuster Yearbook (Garden City, KS)

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1 - 1 is i r t few 1 ff.. The University threatened to break me physically, men- tally and financially. At one point they even threatened to run me out of town, Jan Kemp said during her lecture Oct. 10. Kemp, professor of English at the University of Georgia, was referring to her ordeal with the university which began in 1981. She protested the institution's preferential treatment of athletes. She faced intimidation from administrators as well as selected students. I faced in- timidation, death threats, obscene phone calls and slander, Kemp said. They did these things to my friends also. They wanted to totally alienate me from everything, Kemp said. The nightmare began five years ago when she and several other faculty members refused to pass nine football players in order for them to play in the 1982 Sugar Bowl. The grades were changed and the Sugar Bowl was played, Georgia lost 24-20 to the University of Pittsburgh. Kemp was fired from the university for continually refusing to change the grades of failing athletes. The university contended that she was fired because she failed to conduct research or make progress toward promo- tion. In her lawsuit against the University of Georgia, Kemp sought back salary and a token payment. I never dreamed they would award 82.6 million, Kemp said. What happened to the University of Georgia should be an important lesson to every university whose policies were styled like ours were, Kemp said. Due to the stress and the longevity of the lawsuit, Kemp faced psychotic depres- sion and attempted suicide twice. The main reason for my depression was the suffering that my students faced in court on my behalf and vice- versa, Kemp said. I'm very glad that I had a good Lord and a good doctor to get me through that ordeal, she said. The mother of two children, Kemp said, We didn't go hungry during those five years, but we sure put some strange things on the table. 'It's better to starve free than be a fat slave, ' Kemp said, quoting Aesops. Her message to the student athletes was to play for safe- ty, in life as well as a game. Learn your academics, a knee can go like that, but a mind can last forever, she said. Kemp signed a contract to have her story turned into a movie and a first chapter of the book written by Randall Savage, Pulitzer Prize winner, was submitted to Simon and Schuster Publishing Com- pany. Kemp attributed the exten- sive press coverage of her case to the fact that the University of Georgia Bulldogs were a powerhouse team. It really helped to get the message out, she said. People are just not going to stand for this kind of thing anymore. Kemp implored the faculty and student body alike to keep the college honest. It's your place to see to its integrity. In summing up her speech, Kemp said, silence is not always golden, sometimes it's just yellow. Silence not always golden- University of Georgia Professor Jan Kemp fields questions during a press conference Oct. 10. Studentslj an Kemp 37

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l Buckaroos, urban cowboys and down home country boys enjoy he Chuckwagon Hoedown brought out buckaroos and urban cowboys from Florida to California as well as the down home country boys from Kansas. Sponsored by the Dorm Council and American Food Management, the festivities included a western barbecue, mechanical bull riding, calf roping and horse shoe pitching.. Prizes for the various events were pro- vided by Coca Cola Bottling Company and the college admissions staff. These prizes ranged from ice chests to T-shirts. The track team took first place in overall team events. The prize for their efforts was a Sunkist patio umbrella, donated by Coca Cola Bottling Company. Blaine Crocker, sophomore, won the steer roping event and the calf tie-down. Darryl Lynch, sophomore, won first place in the mechanical bull riding. The best Rope, tie, score-Freshman Scott Moody from Bluffton, S.C. demonstrates his ability in the calf tie-down event during the Chuckwagon Hoedown. if 4 T dressed cowboy was Freshman Heath Norris. Stacy Marley, sophomore, cap- tured best dressed cowgirl honors. Students danced to the country sounds of the Sandhill River Band, a local group. The Dorm Council decided on a western theme for its first event of the year. We were trying to get away from the traditional dances, said Buddy Rhodes, Dorm Council treasurer, it's time for new things, he added. This was an experiment as we didn't know how it would go over with such a diverse group of students, Dave Peyton said. Everything turned out fine and everyone said they enjoyed themselves. Some of these kids had never even seen a mechanical bull, much less ridden one, Peyton said. I'd say it went over real well. According to Shurlene Mitchell, freshman from Liberal, the highlight of the evening was watching all those guys from New York and Chicago trying to do the Cotton-eyed joe. It was great, Mit- Finger liclcin' good-Travis Benoist, freshman, enjoys a meal of barbecued ribs served at the Hoedown. A little bit countr -The Sandhill River Band 3' on stage to provide students with the sounds of country music. chell added. I hope they have this again next year, she said. Tall tales-Daryl Lynch, sophomore, explains to Renea O'Neal and Kevin Moss how he tamed a wild, vicious tmechanicalj bull. 'RR Fi fa.: Campus Life II-Ioedown 39