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<B>Town meeting opens up discussion</B><P>
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<FONT SIZE=4><B>By Ginger Sampson</B><BR></FONT>Contributing Writer<BR>
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Approximately 80 students and faculty, filled Worsham Theater to confront racial issues on campus last night.<P>
Lainie Crouch, vice chair of Student Activities Board's contemporary affairs committee, described UK Speaks Out as "...a verbal way of exchanging ideas that would otherwise be left unsaid."In reaction to UK's Inclusive Learning Policy, the SAB, St
udent Government Association and Faculty Senate chose racism as the first topic for UK Speaks Out.
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A panel of four commentated by David Stockham, dean of students, debated racial issues of affirmative action, forgiveness and community racial issues directly facing UK's administration, faculty and students. The first issue proposed by Stockham questio
ned the current necessity of affirmative action in the United States. Although the panelists unanimously agreed on the need for affirmative action, they disagreed on methods of administration.
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"There needs to be a standard of qualities across the board while allowing for differences in experience and background."said College of Architecture professor Michael Pride-Wells. "Yes, we still need it. The issue is guarantee of opportunity, not necess
arily guarantee of a job or a scholarship."
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William Wharton, executive director of the Fayette County Human Rights Commission, described the downfalls of affirmative action to be that a "person must be qualified to take advantage of it. We need to broaden opportunities."
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"White females are the biggest beneficiaries. Black males often are the scapegoats" said John Lindsay, student member of Students for Social Justice and AWARE.
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Other questions proposed to the panel and audience revolved around reparation. Students and panel members voiced solutions for replacing racial hostility with trust and respect.
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Many responses involved increasing interpersonal contact between people of different races.
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"Tonight we saw what can happen when we see stop looking at each other as things but as people" Lindsay said. <P>
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<B>Photo: </B><B>HEAR YE, HEAR YE</B> James Chapman, vice chancellor for public service, Dean of Students David Stockham, John Lindsey and Michael Pride-Wells discuss race last night at SAB's first Town Meeting.
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