University of Kentucky - Kentuckian Yearbook (Lexington, KY)

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Members of AOPi, UK's newest sorority, celebrate after winning the sorority di taion of the Yell Like Hell contest at the Wildcat Roar. — Photo by Chuck Perry In protest of the state's selective admission policies, political science sophomore Chandra Gunn joins her sister, biology senior Pamela Gunn, in making some views known to Gov. John Y, Brown at the budget rally. —Photo by David Cooper Cheerleader Lisa Perkins performs a dance routine as the UK football team prepares to take on Virginia Tech in the homecoming game. —Photo by Chuck Perry expansion of higher education. Singletary and others concerned about the future of the University received good news just one month later when the Council on Higher Education's mission model plan was adopted. In its original form, the mission model would have distributed state appropriations in 1982-84 to seven of the eight state universities (Kentucky State University was excluded), according to the missions developed for them by the council in 1977. The vast majority of the appropriation increases would have gone to UK, Louisville, and Northern Kentucky University. The plan was, however, revised when Brown said there would not be adequate funding for it. The compromise reached gave at least a six percent guaranteed increase in 1982-84 state appropriations to the seven universities. In the original plan, deemed the Bluegrass Plan, UK was to have received $20.7 million of the $39 million in new state funding in the plan's first year. Nearly $8.5 million was trimmed off that appropriation continued on page 8 '7 would be hesitant, if I were a student out there, to come to the University of Kentucky. Budget Blues 6 Opening

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The family of the late House Speaker William Kenton gathers at a memorial service held at the state capitol. Kenton's wife, Carolyn (center), made a successful bid two months later for her husband's vacated seat. —Photo by David Cooper Donovan Scholar Jessie McDonald studies for a class as part of her work as an arts and sciences student. —Photo by Robin Barnes In protest of the proposed succession amendment and other phases of the Gov. John Y. Brown ad- ministration, Rhoda Kyle, a graduate student in education and co-ordinator of the UK chapter of the National Organization of Women, hoists a sign at the budget rally in front of the Administra- tion Building. —Photo by David Cooper in supplemental grants. We were up about $50,000 in work study. Overall, then, we were down about ten percent. The alternative for most of the students who chose to return came in the form of loans—loans from banks, parents, grandparents. Some students had to borrow more than we would have liked to see, said Ingle. But they had to meet the cost of an education. The cuts hurt the middle income students the most. First priority was given to students with the greatest need. Anyone with under $2,000 need, we had to deny. Financial aid, however, was not the only problem. Various colleges within the University faced overcrowded classes and increased student-faculty ratios due to a freeze in hiring that resulted from the cuts. The student- faculty ratio in the college of Business Economics, for example, climbed to 28 to 1. Students were scared about the future of their University. About 2,500 of those concerned students converged upon the front lawn of the Administration Building in October for the Student Association's Rally to Save Higher Education. The rally was attended by, among others, Gov. John Y. Brown Jr. During the rally. President Otis Singletary said, The flagship University in the state has paid for the continued on page 6 B udget Blues

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