University of Kentucky - Kentuckian Yearbook (Lexington, KY)

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Ch uck Ferry UK President David Roselle speaks with reporters after meeling with stu- dents about the iiHappy Chandier controversy AB 'iHappyi' Chandler talks Wth aihlelic director CM. Newion and Kernel editomal editor Duane Bonif- eri h Ft ra th Story 3 t in of AB. ated UK's quote the re is all UK in ing, This ber o pus z dents well z Stude from c at the This hopes nor Vi move Board could the bi nation appoir Wilkin: he sa ofrem Che the re signfri Wili him af there I MiChal saying Zimbal and ii I said most of the Zimbabweans were niggers and they are niggers. -A.B. iiHappy Chan- ; : dler

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' Racism in the Bots W1? 3 . Katine. Wmmml Former Governor A.B. ttHappyt, Chandler once again made a racial slur, and the protests and calls for his resignation from the UK Board of Trustees caused history to repeat itself. Story and layout by Jeffrey R. Murphy once before, In the spring of 1988, former Governor A.B. HHappy Chandler cre- ated quite a ruckus around UK's campus. He was quoted then as having made the racial remark Zimbabwe is all niggers now during a UK trustees committee meet- ing, This caused a great num- ber of protests around cam- pus and the state by stu- dents and faculty of UK as well as the general public Students held a l'walk-out trom classes prior to a march at the Capitol in Frankfort. This march was held in hopes of encouraging Gover- nor Wallace Wtikinson to re- move Chandler from the Board of Trustees. Chandler could only be removed from the board by his own resig- nation or if the governor twho appointed him removed him. Wilkinson did not listen, as he said he had no intention of removing Chandler. Chandler did apologize for the remark, but did not re- sign from the board. Wilkinson did not remove him after the second time, ei- ther. In a column written by Michael Jones in the Ken- tucky Kernel on February 27, 1989, Chandler reiter- ated his previous statement, saying 'tl said most of the Zimbabweans were niggers and they are niggers. He I t had already happened made this statement during an interview with Jones about Chandler's new autobi- ography. The tire started all over again. On the day the article was published. protests began from UK students as they once agaln called for Chandler's resignation One day later, UK Presi- dent David Roselle met with a large number of students Jenrey H. Murphy who were concerned about the remark that Chandler made. While Chandler did deny making the statement, Roselle expressed that he felt Chandler should be re- moved from the board if he had made the racial slur, Even though he express- ed some concern about the statements Governor Wilkin- son once again did not re- move Chandler from the Ashley Judd, a junior at UK, was one of the students involved in pro- testing racism on campus. board. Ashley Judd, a UK junior and one of the major protes- tors of Chandlery offered her opinion on Wilkinsonls rea- soning. l'l think ttts obvious that the people who voted for Wilkinson also support Chane dler, and by removing Chan? dler from the board, Wilkin- son would lose whatever meager support that he has in the Commonwealth, Judd said. Roselle said that he in- tended to speak with the governor and expressed his own concern about the re- mark, 'tl abhor racial bigotry, and as UK President remain committed to implementation of programs that evidence this institution's desire to re- cruit and graduate black stu- dents, to provide career paths for black employees, and to recruit and promote black faculty members. 'll deeply regret that the comments attributed to Gov- ernor Chandler have served to detract from the consider- able efforts of the University to meet these goals. Judd commended Dr. Roselle on his efforts in the matter. 'Nobody likes to be told what to do. especially Wilkinson. 1 think David Rose- lle is different from that in that he has enough dignity to admit when he's made a mis- take, accept the loss, and try to correct it. l ltte- J HHappy Chandler 23