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cos, un estimated $58     OO , IIC., C IICCESO OSllO1'1, HSS.
million. The university T UK has chosen a specific site within y Malcolm Holzman, a senior part- ,
:;‘;';:$?:n';‘:;ii:;"3:   30 acres known as the Clifton Park ner in the planning firm, presented
and wrpomte c°nm_ l area where it will build a new central the planning services report to the
butions toward the l and life sciences library. university’s administration.
an d;‘v‘;:1;$;°g:"€ l The property is bounded by Rose y Denny said the detailed presenta-
P°r,;,_·",e Kemuglg, Street, Columbia, Hilltop and Wood- , tion, which included many drawings
General Assembly land avenues.   of optional uses for the buildable
°"°h‘::;":‘1l:§\:°hP:}?é y The specific site is slightly offset   land in the area, took into considera-
Plmming und gesign   from the center of the property and is   tion such characteristics as extensive 5
stages witlithe pri-   on a "highly buildable site between l green space, pedestrian circulation
"°'° °°""'b""°""   two natural depressions," says UK   patterns, the property’s relationship
  architect Warren Denny.   to the rest of the campus and the
W The library site and suggestions for   slope of the land. w
y locating future academic buildings in   Casual observers might think that I
r the area were recommended by the A the land there is relatively flat, but, i
physical planning services firm of ; actually, it is characterized by a gentle
Hardy Holzman Pfeiffer Associates of slope which rises from Rose Street to
NewYork City.   University Drive and then levels
An extensive study of the area was   toward Woodland Avenue. A
performed by the planning firm work-   "The planners took that into con-
ing in close cooperation with the 1 sideration as they chose the site for _
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It what will be the premier structure on   through a system of chancellors and
{ that property," Denny said. l vice presidents.
. Another consideration in the   In reviewing the report and plan
  detailed analysis of this property is   of action for UK Board of Trustees
  the manner in which elements of the   members, Wethington said imple-  
, existing campus to the west of the site   menting the changes will free up $2.6  
i and University Drive form two impor-   million to reallocate to instruction, i
` tant “axes” that intersect at the pro- research and public service programs ,
T posed site for the library, Denny said. , within the university. 1
One axis runs through Memorial   The president also reviewed for 1
Hall, extends eastward through cam-   board members the impact that the i .
, pus and, after crossing Rose Street,   $26.7 million in state budget reduc- ` _
i passes through the library site. The , tions in recent months has on the Y _ » `
, other axis is formed by the extension i restructuring plan he presented, y 1
p of University Drive and also passes { including the elimination of some i , __¤
through the library site. i 575 employee positions. i t J    
The site planning firm’s sugges— , Wethington said he hopes "the l    
tions for the area primarily call for i implementation of the plan of action l     j
future construction that would "ring”   will bring to a close this veiy difficult         ·'
the library, leaving that structure as i and challenging period of budget *     W  V<<_  
the "strongest piece on the property   reductions and organizational review." , _;   
no matter what other building types   The plan of action urges the chan-    
are constructed,” Denny said. i cellors to work within UK’s academic      
Among buildings now located on   structure to consider the elimination 1  
the 30—acre site are UK’s Hilary i of certain degree programs and the i ~   _`  
Boone Faculty Center, a Mining and 1 consolidation of some educational     U ;   ?%Q$g°=’°  
Mineral Resources Building and a   units and degree programs. Hundreds of persons civil rights qetivist
Parking Ssucium i   so §.‘Z.'IZE'?Z'.i;’J2.°.r i’..".‘*.;'II.‘£§f°.22‘.Z'° °‘
Design Of thc? new library by K3·u` 1 Deunls Llsis Dr. Mcrtin Luther This is the ihirdgyeur
mann McKinnell & Wood is expected "Y c"c’r*c s' , King Jr.’s birthday UK cmd the
to take about 18 months. A tentative   The 13 undergraduate colleges at the   ;'::v‘:1" ';‘:";:;5$;‘;; t;’;z‘3z;‘Q;‘:;°"°
timetable calls for construction of the   Lexington Campus reported some an indi,. ceremony Govemmemhuve
library to begin in spring 1994. Con-   2,700 students were named to the in Lexington’s Civic co-sponsored these
struction will take about two years.   Dean’s List for high academic c°"*°I: f§"°“:"9'h*° °"°"°"
    achievements during the 1992 fall :;::;,,;,9:,e,: usc
RGOIQCIIIEZEIIQ UK 1 semester. The 1992 dean’s list in- inclvdedthe
”  ’‘‘* ' ‘ i cludes students from nearly all of 5;,;:;:: hggxgl
President Charles T. Wethington jr. i Kentucky’s 120 counties, as well as 38
has released an academic and admin- 1 states. The requirements for being
istrative reorganization and restruc-   named to a dean’s list varies from col-
turing plan of action for the Univer-   lege to college. However, most re-
sity of Kentucky. The deadline for quire an "A" average, or a 3.5 grade
= implementing the majority of the   point average, based on a 4.0 system.
changes in the plan of action is_]uly 1,   me ‘ s ‘ss* more cc’cs*ss*cs s s t scsc cmrrv s as
1993. Other changes are expected to sigllll   célliéllllitll
be in place within the next two years. c tcs‘ ‘  or c trmw ‘ cttw t t c
The 26-page report and plan of 1 The UK chapter of Sigma Chi will be
il action includes 86 recommended celebrating its 100th anniversaiyApril 2-
changes in the academic and admin- 4. Alumni William B. Sturgill and Paul
istrative structure and processes of Chellgren, both UK trustees, will be
the university. honored as “Significant Sigs” at a lun-
The report also recommends that cheon. Other events, including a golf
an outside consultant(s) be asked to   outing, are being planned throughout
re-evaluate UK’s top-level administra-   the weekend. For more information,
tive structure which now operates call Mark Rexroat at 606-255-8735.
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show and took a Ryan showed every _ t as _~, iv 7,.   __ Y    iz;
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C°y|e_ u11t1l the \A1ldcats went to Vanderbilt A< `,_§=.;g     1,.. 1  
University and lost; then, Kansas   A        
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y took a turn until Long Beach State   1 `--·· ‘   1
beat the a hawks at Kansas. But, not 1   ~ ··  
0 worry. It s n1ce to be No. 1 dur- ( 5 -;;.     y    
ing the season," said Pitino. "It’s ( 1*%* 1   V ''       
good for the fans and it’s fun to talk     $4 ·· ··4... · I
about, but what really counts is the   ` -·»~  
end of the season a11d our players   _ *
know that. There will be several No.   y
l’s before it is over." each. You may notice Duke by its 1
In that final poll of the season, UK absence. The Associated Press publish-
A has been at the top most often — tied es its final poll of the year before the
with UCLA, each finishing No. 1 seven NCAA Tournament. When you look at
times, followed by North Carolina with Top IO finishes, Kentucky again heads
three, and Cincinnati, DePaul, Hous— the list with 27, followed by North
ton, Indiana, Michigan, UNLV, Ohio Carolina (21), UCLA (18) and Duke
State and San Francisco, two times and Indiana tied with 15 each.
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ii   I   ”r r W   from last season and advanced to the       ».~*   A·· ‘* —»,  4  
  TEIIIILS 1 semis of the “B Singles" division. ° ifi ( if   . T
"'   ' W"' Y"'   “With this (SEC) league having 10 (
, Tennis coach Dennis Emery says the teams raizked in the Top, 25 in the uKis A".'"n.°
1 new faces on this year s 12th-ranked country, Sald Emery, it s a real Leading s·°r°rs
{ tennis team answered a lot of ques- good feat to put together the week-
  tions during the SEC Indoor Tennis end that we did."
, Tournament held in Lexington in   **775
, january. The Wildcats lost seven of UK OII WCKY-AM
l their first 11 players from the team   it   1
that won the SEC last year, but came WCKYAM (1530) will be broadcasting
1 through their first major tournament UK football and basketball games for
i with some encouraging highlights. three years beginning with the Fall 1993
The Cats’ No. 2 doubles team, com- season kick-off as a part of the UK radio
posed of sophomores Ford Lankford network. WCKYAM is a 50,000-watt sta-
and jason Yeager, upset the No. 1 1 tion located in Cincinnati, Ohio.
_ seeded team from the University of “We are delighted with this al-
Georgia in the “A Doubles” division liance with VVCKY,” said UK athletics L Dun Issel ,68_,70
before losing to the eventual champi- director C.M. Newton. “This provides 2,138 pts/83 gqmes
ons, juan Carlos Bianchi and Rick us with the best possible situation for 2 Kem walker ,83-,86
Witsken of the University ofAlabama. our fans and listeners in Kentucky 6,080;,s/132 games
junior Mahyar Goodarz, coming I and throughout the Eastern portion
off a subpar fall season, knocked off W of the United States." 3- J°'°k Gl"°"’ '75"78
the No. 10 and the No. 3 players in One of the benefits to UK fans is 2’°38 pls/123 games
the countiy before falling in the finals the fact that UK football games will 4. Kevin Grevey *73-*75
of the “A Singles” division. begin at 7 p.m. during September and l·8°l P"/84 9°"‘°’
junior Mike Hopkinson, seeded llth October. Coach Rick Pitino added, 5_ Comm Nash ,62_,64
in the tournament, made it to the semi- “We are excited to be on their station. 1,770 pts/78 gumes
finals of the “A Singles” division before It will enhance our program [1`€m€1l- 6 Alex Gnu ,45 ,47-,49
falling to the eventual champion. dously. It will give us great leverage in ° 1,744 PB/no games
Freshman Tad Berkowitz beat one recruiting and it will also expose our
of the top players in the "Boys I8s" program like it should be." f;‘;;‘:";:R‘l;’; $$218
KENTUCKY FOOTBALL RECRIIITS FOR I 993 8_L°u,e D¤mPier,65_,6,
Nume Pos. Ht. Wt. High Scho¤I/ Hometown 1,575 pts/80 gumes
Darrin Clark L 6-6 230 Coldiron, Ky. (Bell County) 9. Mike Cusey *68-*69, *71
Kareem Dailey L 6-5 218 Louisville, Ky. (jeffersontown) 1*535 PB/82 9°“‘°’
john Gibson L 6-7 252 Independence, Ky. (Simon Kenton) w_ JAMAL MASHBURN ,9]_,93·
David Ginn L 6-5 205 Cincinnati, Ohio (Elder) 1,523 pes/82 g¤mes
I Donnell Gordon B 6-0 185 PeeWee Valley, Ky. (S. Oldham) , ,
Billyjack Haskins* B 5-11 190 Paducah, Ky. (Tilghman) `lj5°i°J”,:,$TZ$*gZ?Q,;°
Van Hiles B 6-O 175 Baton Rouge, La. (Episcopal)
~ Mad Hobbie B 5-11 180 Sarasota, na. (High) '2· ****,;*1* '·;g·;*· '”'·'°°
Chad Hudson L dz 240 Lill)Ll1`1'1, oa. (Bmahwadd) l’5° P"! “°'“°’
Brandon jackson L 6-4 305 Massillon, Ohio (Washington) 13. Cliff H¤g¤n *51-*52, *54
jb. Reed L 02 260 sphhghaid, Ky. (1/Vashington oa.) '·’*’5 PB"' ¤¤*¤·===
, Rob Reynolds L 6-6 282 Fort Thomas, Ky. (Highlands) M_ P4, Riley ,65_,67
i Kio Sanford B 5-11 155 Lexington, Ky. (Bryan Station) 1,464 pts/80 gumes
john Schlarrnan L 6-2 280 Fort Thomas, Ky. (Highlands) , _,
Km-, Sapa L dz 231 cihdhhad, Ohio (LaSalle) `ijZZ*{“,§Z,°§Z”g3.;,3°
jeff Tanner B 6-3 225 Marianna, Fla. (High)
Littleton Ward B 5-10 155 Lexington, Ky. (Bryan Station) ,,;:::',;l:’;;',;;;‘:;'::iagT':5.
Maurece Williams B 6-2 205 Columbus, Ga. (Spencer)
*K1mtucky Z1 Mr. Football
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i  Jamal Mashburn leaned “A lot of times people are Jealous, tucky. But it’s not like I’m this big
, •   back on the trainer’s table J but everybody’s so proud ofJamal, star. I’m Just a friend who’s had
JJ   recently, and reflected on J first of all because they know what he some different experiences.”
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    ·~ Kentucky basketball player J Glover, Mashburn”s cousin and one college all-stars who scrimmaged
  and his life as a student. In the last of his closest friends. “When he was against the United States Olympic
three years, the two have become sep- younger, Jamal had a hard time even i squad, Mashburn spent most of last
J arate entities. getting chosen for a team when they I summer in New York. He proudly
J In terms of his career, life has played in back of the building. They recalls how he spent a good deal of
l been extraordinary. called him a big baby, said he would J time in recording studios with Glover,
Mashburn, who played high school J never make it.   an aspiring musician-writer who plays
JJ basketball for Cardinal Hayes in the “The other reason people are I keyboards and hopes to produce rap,
Bronx, is firmly established as one of happy for Jamal is because of the rhythm and blues and gospel groups.
the nation’s elite players. The 6-foot- i kind of person he is,” Glover added. “He’s a person I really admire,”
8-inch, 240-pound player has l “He’s quiet, doesn’t bother anybody. T Mashburn said. “Sometimes I envy
achieved the perfect balance between l People want to talk with him or touch him because he’s so creative, he
J the pivot, where he dominates with a I him. I remember once a couple of taught himself to play. He can write
strong, versatile inside game, and the   people, I guess they were crackheads, and mix. That’s the thing, there’s so
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point shooter. T where I grew     A
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creased from 12.9 points a game as   graph and wished him good luck. Just don’t   O" '
a freshman, 21.3 last season, to   They said they followed his career l have the {X'.,
more than 22 points this season. l and were happy he’d made it. That resources to  
Mashburn, born in New York City A meant a lot to Jamal. He sees himself get it out.”
and raised in the Rangel Homes on as part of the community.” l Perhaps a little  Em  
155th Street, never played at the Gar- Indeed, aside from becoming a l more than he _ ;_ ‘£ ·  '
den (until last December). pro-caliber basketball player, Mash-   would like, trips to    
When Mashburn gauges the dis- burn’s most consistent quest, as he l Harlem also help I   V, 
tance he has traveled since leaving negotiates fame, is a longing to fit in.   remind Mashburn   °`§*J'JJ,J
. New York, he measures his progress In Lexington he is the Monster Mash,   that, for all the hype   _p "°‘
_. by what has taken place outside the J No. 24 or an all—America basketball of his all-America \ L   r ' `
arena. His world has now expanded player. He is featured on posters   career at Kentucky, Jl   
to a point where proficiency in bas- showing him crushing a basketball. A in some eyes, in ·-     f J
ketball isn’tenough.   Trips back to New York tend to some environments,    
“Sometimes I feel that playing bas- ground him in reality, help him he is merely a    I J
  ketball is the only gift I have, really,” J maintain a fix on what is real and potential criminal in  ‘  J
` i he said. I wish I could write music what is not. J a perpetual game oi ·
or play music. Basketball is not a real I know that s all part of the cops and robbers.
big thing. Something besides sports, hype, but that’s not who I am," According to his
I think, is a real talent, a gift God Mashburn said. “Sometimes in Lex-   family, Mashburn was
gave you. In sports, you can work on ington, there’s so much hype   stopped by the police 0
it and become good with hard work around basketball, you’re treated in in Harlem twice last §~
and talent.” a way that can make you lose sight l summer — both in _:
Indeed, those who know Mashburn of reality. Back home, around my cases of "mistaken iden- J , ig
talk about how hard he has worked to friends, I’m justJamal. They ask me tity.” The first time J J J , j Q
change from being a pudgy play- about my experiences. They want to Mashburn and two      QJ f
ground hopeful to becoming one of know what it`s like playing against friends hadjust picked   fi   5
the nation’s leading players. the Dream Team or playing at Ken- up Glover from his Job J*/,   ¤-
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V ·     this season or next, in many positive  
V · V. .  V        9**-     ways he will not be the same person i
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V , V V   `V . . V earn his degree. T e reality o eco
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V   at a bank on 145th Street. They were l "There’s more than just me to
W four oun black men ridin in a car   think about," Mashburn said, refer-
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1 with Kentucky license plates.   ring to his decision whether to leave  
i ,@¤~·.. Glover said the police stopped   school or stay.  
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  .,¤ everyone to get out. Only when i ness for Mashburn is to have a domi-  
  ‘_ ~_ `_ .s 7 V · Mashburn announced that his l nating year. After deferring to  
i Q  ···"` , · Vi *‘ " `  father was a olice officer was the u erclassmen his first two seasons,  
I I "fi I situation diffused. Mashburn, with roddin from Pi-  
* =· V His father, Robert Mashburn, i tino, has taken over. But he has not  s
i -. ” *   ·· ` recalled the other incident when his taken over in a frenzied, e ocentric  
i 4 V _ g  
. o ’_ ‘ V son was sto ed outside of the Ran el manner. He mi ht take the o en shot  
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Q ¤VV VV` K j V Homes. "Same thing: out—of-town when he would have passed off, or  
L ·~ `”   I l license, black male wearin a certain now he mi ht demand the ball in  
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l V" kl "` "They thought he was selling drugs." "Basically, jamal is unselfish," his    
  V _ V VV ' When he committed himself to the   father said. "He’s a team player, but V ’V? V·_"  
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  A became the center iece ofKentuck ’s i tau ht to res ect all eo le, to
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I ‘ rebuilding process, with Coach Rick   respect his elders. He knows how to
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V   PIUIIO at the helm. Mashburn was a   wait his turn. I ~
i J¤m¤I Mushburn His futher, Robert,   freshman when the Wildcats complet- l “The way I approach the game,  
Q °"|°Y‘ ‘°'“° "'9hP ‘”°"°‘ '° ° V ed the final season of a two—year pro- and people, is to respect all and fear i
V pre-g¤me moments friend. Above, I V . 7 V _ ,, . ,, , !
  in New york Mashburn than iation. Last season, he helped pull I none, Mashburn said. So far, that s I v
  with his mother, with his best friend Kentucky within an overtime victory of V what’s worked for me.”
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