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Things overheard

Holiday gifts

 

Not all gifts given over
the holidays are the

THURSDAYKENTUCKY

 

January 13, 2000

 

best on earth, even
when delivered by
people who love you.
Here are some things
overheard about a
few of the more
unpleasant gifts -
like a spice rack or
something.

"This is just great, I
hope the back door
in these things work
- hey no foot hole.
either? I love these
pajamas!"

“This would fit if I hadn't
just jumped up four
sizes.”

"I thought these were
only popular in the
eighties."

“I will just kill the dog if
it decides to bury
this!"

“This is too nice to wear
out. I might spill
something on it or
something."

“Do I really look like I
need a large?"

“I think I may already
have thrown one of
these away..."

"Hope I don't lose this.
You know how
forgetful I am.”

“Is this flammable or
anything? It is fire
season. Did you know
that most fires go
unexplained?"

“This would be just
great to wear when I
clean the attic."

"Wow, I never knew that
they could make
, cqipqne that smelled
like Moose.”

"Wow. socks.”

"Don't these things
come tree with a
combo meal?"

"I go to UK, but
everything i wear
does NOT have to be
blue."

"Is this a flashlight?
Where do the
batteries go?"

"They make superman
underwear in men's
sizes?"

"You got me tires?"

"Leg warmers? Is this

Flashdance or
something?"

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Tomorrow‘s
weather

%
4.4 2.!

Partly sunny, but
getting a little colder.

JIIEIINQ.

New

Diets are working: UK program uses low calorie intake and
healthy foods to loose weight and help keep it off

By Amanda York

SENIOR STAFF WRIIER

i)ieting is one of the most popular res-
olutions for the New Year and one with
a high failure rate.

But a recent study conducted by the
UK Weight lilanagement Program shows
many individuals in their program
achieve success and maintain weight loss.

“We’ve lost sight that many people
win the battle against obesity." said Dr.
James Anderson. professor of medicine

and clinical nutrition and director of the
[K program.

The Food and Drug Administi ation
and the.\ Nation il institutes of Health con
sider 3 percent weight loss successful;
l'K's study shows individuals participatr
ing in their program keep off more than 7
percent of their weight on average in
about five years. Anderson said.

“Our data points out the fact that
many people are being successful long
term with weight loss." Anderson said.

The intense. low calorie diet consists
of five weight-loss shakes and two low-

 

c aloi 1e packaged meals each d Iy. totaling

8110 calories. Anderson said.

The low calorie intake helps over
weight individuals to get involved 111 an in-
tense program and lose the weight quickly.

he said.

“it's better to bite the bullet and go on
starvation rations and work on maintain-
Ander»

ing the weight after we get there."
son said.

“When people otily lose one pound a
week they're not likely to stay on the diet."
.-\nderson said exercising. eating five
servings of fruits and vegetables daily and
using meal replacements. such as low calo-
rie entrees and low calories milkshakes.

assist in maintaining weight loss.

.lanet Whitaker. producer and director

 

- (Left) Alvis Johnson, C.M.

' Newton and others join
hands to sing “We Shall
Overcome" at the close of
the Dr. Martin Luther King.
Jr. celebration at Chandler
Medical Center.

(Above) The efforts of civil
' rights leader Dr. Martin
. luther King. Jr., were
praised yesterday at the
. celebration.

Celebrating the King legacy

By Laniln Swann
STAFF WRITER

“Let Every Voice Sing.‘ began the
tenth annual celebration honoring the
slain civil rights leader Dr. Martin
Luther King, Jr yesterday at Chandler
Medical Center.

The Medical Center‘s office of the
chancellor and minority affairs joined
together to make the event happen.

Around 100 faculty. staff. students
and members of the community came
to hear the keynote speaker, Alvis
Johnson. UK assistant athletic director
for administration.

Johnson spoke about how people
have succeeded in beating racism dis-
crimination and bigotry

“But we are not finished yet. " he
said.

“Dr King spoke about how African-
Americans were given the rights of the
Constitution and Declaration of Inde
pendence with a promissory note “
Johnson said. “When they turned them

in they were told they were no good to
turn in But today. they are being hon-
ored.‘

Johnson also said he was honored
to see the campus come together this
past year and honor 50 years of African-
Americans at the university.

Students were impressed with John-
son‘s words.

"It was very nice to hear someone
involved in sports speak on another sub-
ject. especially on Dr. King and his lega-
cy.‘ 'said Lu Shawna Dulin a third- year
pharmacy student, from Louisville.

C. M. Newton UK athletics director.
introduced Johnson with high praise.

“I didnt know Alvis while an ath
lete at Western (Kentucky University)
nor while earning his master 5 at East-
ern (Kentucky University)? Newton
said. “but I knew him when he entered
coaching in the high school ranks, and I
knew I met a special person.“

Laverne R. Carter, acting staff and
community development director, also
gave some closing remarks.

Carter thanked Newton because he

 

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New video rental is
here: Punch in some
numbers, get a movie

game they wish to rent and the video
comes out of the machine."
cia Ritter. (TineVault public relations
director.

The computer can be searched by
title. category. actor/actress and di-

said Ali-

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A new video rental service has
come to Lexington that never closes
unless it breaks.

CineVault. available 2-: hours a
day. works like an ATM machine.

‘Patrons use their membership
cards to access the machines com
puter select the title of the mov to or

One student. who noticed the ma-
chine outside of Kennedy's Book-
store. likes the idea.

“(TineVault gives students some:
thing to do after midnight that does-
n‘t
Crutcher. a middle education junior.

Other students are not sure the
new machine will be a success.

“I think it's an interesting idea.

cost that much." said Billy

was one of the first to integrate college
basketball.

“While Coach Newton was coaching
at Alabama. I turned on the television
and saw African-Americans playing, for
the first time." Carter said. “You made
me and many others very happy doing
that."

The recipients for this year‘s dream
awards were Dr. John Piecoro. profes»
sor in the College of Pharmacy and
Joseph Frye. who has been director of
safety, parking and security at the Med-
ical Center for 11 years.

“I was totally surprised I was a re-
cipient of the dream award.“ Pieeoro
said. “I was already coming to hear
Alvis speak. I can relate what was going
during the civil rights era."

Frye. who was unable to attend. was
also surprised to be a recipient.

“I'm honored to receive the award. '
he said.

The celebration closed with every-
one standing and singing the civil rights
spiritual. "We Shall Overcome."

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One new video rental is located just outside Kennedy's
See VIDEO on 2 Bookstore.

health plan to shed holiday pounds

at Kh'l. joined the program in October
1998. Before she joined the program. she of-
ten ate out of vending machines.

“1 was enjoying the junk I was eating
and hating what it was doing to me physi-
rally and mentally." Whitaker said.

Whitaker. who tried several other
weight loss programs. said l'K's program
was different because it taught her to
healthy eating habits.

Whitaker lost 3.3 pounds in three
months anti has maintained the loss by ex-
ercising. eating healthy and using meal
supplements. She said she intends to main-
tain the loss.

“it‘s a lot of work and i will have to
maintain what i do now. My future is up to
me." she said.

Calling home
costs a price

Long distance decisions:
The ups and downs of using
calling cards to phone home

By Jermaine Johnson
commeurmc WRITER ”h

All college students. at one point. need
to call home.

Some have the luxury of charging
those calls to mom and dad while others
have to wade through the complicated
world ofcalling cards.

One student likes this idea.

‘(‘a|ling cards are cheaper than long
distance services." said Krystal Roberts. a
business management freshman. “My par-
ents saved nearly $100 on their phone bill
by using calling cards."

MCI. Sprint and AT&T each have their
own phone cards available by mail or at lo-
cal stores.

According to Sprint Representatives.
retailers charge up to 3.3 cents per minute
to make :1 profit. ,

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How they stack up:

 

'MCI
40-minute card $7.66/$.l9 per minute
80-minute card $14.88/$J8 per minute
ITS-minute card $29.87/SJT per minute

-Sprint and AT&T range from 3.17-5.18

i-‘ee waived for
UK students

Students cash UK checks
free at National City Bank

By Barbara Martin
coiiméui'iifiim

Students are finding it easier to cash
their UK checks now that National (‘ity
Bank has agreed to waive the transaction
fees.

“Students shouldn't have to pay to
cash a check that they get from i'K." said
Marc Mathews. senior associate controller
for the oflice of controller and treasury.

in the past. Lexington banks have
charged the public a $3 fee to cash any
check,

Mathews said students will no longer
have to do that at National (‘ity Bank. but
he wanted to remind students that this
doesn‘t include all checks.

"The service does not include personal
checks." Mathews said. or any other checks
written by businesses other than I7K.

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The Low-down

“I was
doing
sit-ups
and
push-
ups all

Police given broader authority

WASHINGTON The Supreme Court yes—
terday gave police broader authority to stop and
question people who run at the sight ofan officer.
The .34 ruling came short of giving police a blan-
ket right to stop anyone who runs after seeing
the police. But it said such Ilight may indicate a
crime is being committed and therefore can help
justify a police stop.

Microsoft breakup

WASHINGTON Government lawyers
studying ways to limit Microsoft‘s influence
want to break the software giant into three parts.
arguing that lesser remedies in the antitrust trial
would be inadequate. people close to these dis-
cussions confirmed yesterday. The plan could be
presented next week when government lawyers
meet in Chicago with the federal mediator as
signed to the anti-trust case.

Reno backs INS

WASHING'I‘ON Attorney General Janet
Reno yesterday backed an Immigration and Nat-

CROSSING
MEDIA: Opera
llnfrey, the
queen of
daytime
television gets
her own
magazine,
called "The
Opera
Magazine" to
be on
newstands April
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CALL

Continued from page 1

Other less popular
cards can also be pur~
chased.

The Rite (.‘ard. dis-
tributed by Blue Water
Telecommunications. is
available at any Shell Sta-
tion. It advertises a 95-
minute card for 35. but af-
ter reading the fine print.
it is discovered that there
is a tSSl-cent surcharge
that translates into 17
minutes per call. In other
words. every call is at
least 69 cents. regardless
of the time spent on the
phone.

Some students real-
ize this downfall in call—
ing cards and choose oth-
er ways to make long dis-
tance calls.

“I save nearly $100 a
month by using cellular
phones instead of a long
said Alli~

science graduate student.

In fact. cell phones
seem to be fairly popular.

“I use a cellular
phone. It's free nights
and weekends and it‘s
only $40 per month." said
Rashaad Faulkner. com-
puter science junior.

Other students use
the prepaid method.

"I use 10-10-345 be-
cause there are no fees or
bills to pay." said Daniel
Pierre. computer science
senior. “Prepaid calling
cards are also good to
use."

When choosing a
card. the determining fac-
tors are the frequency
and length of calls.

For shorter calls. it is
best to use a card without
a surcharge fee. such as
MCI. Sprint or AT&T.
For longer calls. the Rite
card seems better.

Remember that most
phone cards issue a sur-
charge on calls from pay
phones. and the adver-
tised rates do not include

 

Continued from page 1

Students only have to
present a valid UK ID and
a primary ID. such as a
driver's license. in order
to benefit from the free
check-cashing service.

The new program be-
gan in the beginning of
December and. so far. UK
students have been satis~
tied with the results.

Katie Williams. a
graduate student in the
School of Library and In-
formation Science. is
pleased with the new ser-
vice.

“lt‘s always good to
have a new venue where
students can cash checks."
Williams said.

Others agree.

"I haven‘t used it yet
but it's nice to know that I
have somewhere to go ifI

Fields. an undeclared
freshman.

But National City
Bank has not yet seen this
kind of result.

The bank hasn't no-
ticed an increase of stu
dents using the service.
but that might be due to
the holidays. said Karen
Rowland. vice-president
and manager of Treasury
Management Services at
National City Bank.

The National City
Bank on Euclid Avenue is
the only branch. though.
that is offering the free
check-cashing service.

"That way." Rowland
said. “students can be as
sured that they always
have someplace to go
where they don‘t have to
pay to cash their checks."

Anyone interested in
taking advantage of the
new service at National
City Bank can visit the
Euclid Avenue branch be-
tween 9 am. and 4 pm.
The drive-through is open

 

uralization Services decision giving custody of 6-
year~old refugee Elian Gonzalez to his Cuban fa»
ther. To allow the boy‘s Florida relatives time to
challenge the federal decision. Reno said the gov-
ernment is postponing its Friday deadline for re-
turning him to Cuba. She said any challenge to
that ruling must come in federal rather than
state court. A Florida judge on Monday had said
the boy must remain in the l'nited States until a
March 6 ruling.

Hornets' Phills is killed

CHARLOTTE. NC. Bobby Phills of the
Charlotte Hornets was killed yesterday when he
wrecked his speeding Porsche after a morning
practice at the team‘s arena. police said. Accord
ing to police. Phills. a :30-yearold guard. was trav-
eling at a “very high rate of speed" when his
black l’orsche collided with a car. which was
then hit by a minivan.

distance plan."

son Thielmeier. need It' 531d Amber

from 8 am. to 6 p.m.

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don‘t

"What if it breaks and you can‘t
put the tape back." Crutcher said.

When there is such a problem,
the system notifies the operator. and
the message is forwarded to cus~
tomer service. Ritter said.

Ron Montavon, an accounting se-
nior. had not heard of CineVault. but
thought it would be an interesting
new idea

“I may have to check it out."
Montavon said.

One reason for students being
unaware of the machines could be
due to lack of advertising.

“Nothing‘s been advertised
about how to use the process or how
to become a member." Crutcher said.

C ineVauIt has over 500 titles in
VHS and DVD formats. Some loca-
tions have games such as PlaySta—
tion and DreamCast.

Membership applications are lo-
cated at each CineVault machine.
They are also available online at
www.cinevault.com. They can then
be faxed or mailed to CineVault’s
corporate headquarters on Leestown

Vi - eo rental information

New releases are $1.99 for six hours
$2.99 for l2 hours

$3.79 until midnight the next day
Older titles are $l.99 for two days.

m Romany Kroger, Kennedy
Bookstore. Hartland Kroger. The
Racquet Club, Leestown Road
Marketplace next to Winn Dixie.
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PROFITABLE
NEW YEAR:
Barbara
Streisand got a
massive $15
million pay
check for her
New Year's Eve
concert in las
Vegas. The
show grossed
$14.7 million.

think people will utilize it." said An-
gela Champion. an arts administra-
tion junior. “The concept of getting a
video from a machine may take a
while for people to accept."

Members can add money to their
accounts at any time. to any of the
eight Lexington locations. The mon-
ey stays in the account until the
video is retumed.

Crutcher said he would prefer to
pay the machines with real money.
but a membership account is neces-
sary to use the system.

“The cards are good at any loca-
tion." Ritter said. “but videos must
be returned at the location they were
rented from."

Crutcher was unsure how a mal-
function of a CineVault machine
I would be handled.

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the diversity of
his most recent
roles, at the
New York
premiere of "The
Hurricane.” to
People
Magazine.

Military ban on gays ends

LONDON , Forced to act by a European
court ruling. Britain lifted its ban on gays in the
military yesterday and introduced instead a code
of conduct for sexual behavior. whether soldiers
be heterosexual or homosexual. Opposition Con-
servative Party lawmakers expressed outrage.

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y Scip got Skipped

He stood
i'liii-fimii‘tl
at the fifty
yard line
and fired
balls to
wards the
back of the
end zone.
s pi i i t l n g
_ the up
rights titno
after titne with his sinowy right
arm. it was hours before his team
would kick ott‘against ’l‘ennosseo.
'l‘im Couch. of course. was still
in the l'K locker room doing what
ever. And that was Mike Scipiono.
of course. chucking pigskin the dis
tance of a small par-three in
Knoxville. Of course. it wasn‘t
Couch. Couch couldn‘t throw like
that. Everyone around the team
knew who had the best longvball on
campus. Even casual observers. the
talk-show type fans. heard the ru
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"i seen Scipyony throwin' be—
fore the Outback Bowl. 1 tell ya.
we're gonna have a heckuva re-
placement for i‘ouch," some guy
named Dilly from l’aducah would
say. .\nd they loyed to say it. it is
human nature. naturally. for Ken»
tucky fans to emoy the future more
than the present. Didn't hear about
that tumor guard 'i‘nbby Smith’s go-
ing after',’ (iuys like ltilly will tell
you all about him. just like they
could have tilled you in about Scipi-
ono. one year ago. when the red
shirt freshman \\ as ready to work
his way into a starting quarterback
position on a team in tho nation‘s
best football conference. Scipione
would hear it. too. At a bar in Rich-
mond. Ky.. someone would ap-
proach him “Say. aren‘t you Mike
Scipiono'.’ i hear you have the
longest ball at l'K even longer
than (‘ouchf‘

All six foot and six inches ofthe
\‘irginia native would just shrug
and take it as anotlter compliment.

Former Cincinnati Reds baseball player Tony Perez smiles during an
informal news conference after his election to the Baseball Hall of
Fame Tuesday in San Juan. Puerto Rico.

Perez and Fisk set for enshrinement

The Baseball Writers' Association of America has selected Tony Perez and Carlton
Fisk to be inducted into the Major League Baseball Hall of Fame on July 23.

Tony Perez

Perez received 385 votes and was
elected in his ninth year on the
ballot.

career

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R81; 1,272 Runs

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Fisk received 397 votes and was
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Career

2,356 Hits; .269 Avg; 376 HR; 1.330
RBI; 1,276 Runs

Highlights
0 1972 American League Rookie of
the Year

0 ll-time All-Star
0 Holds major league record for

catchers: most games (2,226) and
home runs (351).

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Scipione wanted minutes, not ru
mors. He know he could throw So
when spring came around. Scip got
his wish. Couch was gone. Long
gone. Longer gone titan Scip on a
good day. it was Scip's titiio until
teammate Dusty Bonner proved bot»
tor Dusty would start,

Less than a year later and not
many days ago. Scip's coach uttered
the player‘s drum roll: “l‘m oncour
aging him to transfer."

The player's father would fol
low. “Mike is looking at other
schools."

And this leaves the infamous
football follower named li'hatrlf‘pon
dering the whole situation. lie won-
ders why Scipione never saw the
playing field. why Dusty received
every snap. lle‘s quick to bring up

that even (‘ouch was brought out of

games for backup from the coach‘s
son, He's appalled that Scipione was
told by coach Hal .\lumme he would
not compete with incumbent quai‘
torback Dusty Donner this spring

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things out." his father, John Scipi
one, said. "He absolutely has no
hard fooliiigs "

liut then you wonder You won
der ifthe whole thing isn't lust a big
phony cover-up Scipiono's pissed.
you say he‘s gotta be.

And even though Dusty threw
for :i‘liil yards. 21% touchdowns and
completed 63.3 percent oi~ his passes.
you can‘t help but think:

Sclp go! the shall.

\\'ell. sure he (litl. liut ll wasn't
because of his coach. who's wol
coined Scipione back for spring
practice. Scip will never start at l'lx'.
but he'll haye time to shop around
for another school some“ here he
can start and put that long arm to
use Scipiono deserves it. .\lumme
llilllks so too.

(Quarterback controversies are
for morons.

it‘s a cruel game like that In the
battle for land. you only got one

Team loses
four players

l-‘our UK football players are leaving the
team and one other is academi any question-
able.
Jonathan Chapman. Terrence Calhoun
and Charles Hamwright
will leave after being “
suspended this season “
by coach Hal Mumme.
for their poor acade—
mic performance in
the classroom. Fresh-
man wide receiver
Brad l’yatt will not
participate in spring
practice after turning in
bad marks from the fall
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The holidays provided a little good, a little
bad for women's basketball team

By Matt Ellison
SENIOR Surf wRIYER

Some good. Some bad.

The holiday break proved
to be good for the UK women‘s
team. as it allowed them to con-
centrate on basketball. There
were a few wins. many by huge
margins. There were also some
heartbreaking losses. which left
the (‘ats hungry for better per-
formances. But UK's tourna-
ment hopes remain alive and
well.

Here's a rundown of what
went on while you were gone:

No.12 Purdue 48, UK 40

Both teams. who were par-
ticipating in the first collegiate
game in Indianapolis' new Con-
seco Fieldhouse. must have
thought the arena was still un-
der construction: Both teams
spent most of the gatne laying
bricks.

UK shot 21.5 percent from
the field. a season low. and al-
most matched their all—time low
of 21 percent set against North-
western in 1995. Purdue didn't
fare much better. shooting only
34 percent for the game.

In the end. Purdue‘s tandem
of Camille Cooper and Katie
Douglas. who combined for 31
points and 15 rebounds. was too
much to overcome for Ken—
tucky. who was led by Erica
Jackson‘s 15 points and eight re-
bounds.

“Defensively. we were right
where we wanted to be." coach
Bernadette Mattox said. “You
can‘t miss layups and expect to
win."

UK 68, Cincinnati 62

Sophomore forward
LaTonya McDole was the differ-
ence maker in this game. scor-
ing a career-high 19 points and
grabbing 10 rebounds as UK
knocked off the Lady Bearcats
in the Queen City.

UK had a balanced scoring
attack. with center Shantia
Owens. forward Laura Mead-
ows and Jackson all scoring in
double figures. Owens also
pulled down 10 rebounds for her
fourth career double-double.

UK 93,
Tennessee-Martin 55
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nents proved to be. well. no
match for UK. as six players
scored in double figures. led by
McDole‘s career high 24 and 14
rebounds. Most of her points
came on smooth drives to the
basket, something Mattox was
encouraging her to do more of.

"I‘m always told to pene-
trate and look for my shot." she
said. “Coach said to attack the
basket and just play."

"Tonya‘s been working
very hard." Mattox said. “I
knew something big was about
to happen for her."

UK's defense forced 37
turnovers. which they convert
ed into 55 points. most coming
on the fast break.

“We really needed to run
more.“ said Laura Meadows.
“We have to get back to playing
Kentucky's style."

Xavier 68, UK 67

As if prompted by some
Y2K bug. UK's defense allowed
Xavier threw a length of the
court pass twice in the game's
final 18 seconds. the second
leading to a free throw with less
than a second remaining. It
turned out to be the game‘s final
margin.

LaTonya McDole nailed two
free throws with two seconds
left. after getting a pass from
Tiffany Wait. who had stolen
Xavier's in-bounds pass. But it
wasn't enough.

Kentucky was outerbound
ed 4636 by the Lady Muske-
teers. and that was the differ-
ence. according to Mattox.

“I felt we played good
enough to win." she said. "but
we gave up way too many offen-
sive rebounds. We just gave
them second chances at a shot.“

The loss dropped UK to 74.
They were led in scoring for the
third straight game by LaTonya
McDole. who had 24.

UK 94, Winthrop 39

Following the New Year's
Eve debacle. Mattox told her
team in practice that if they did
n't start running and looking to
turn up the tempo. they would
sit next to her on the bench.

As it turns out. everyone
who played scored in UK's romp
over the Lady Eagles. who were
forced into 43 turnovers. Sopho-
more forward Tanesha Seaton
led the Cats with 20 points.

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UK junior forward Laura Meadows helped pace the Cats over the holiday
break, which saw UK march to a 5-2 record.

which shattered her previous
career high of si\'.

“If you run the floor. you
get easy layups." Scaton said.
"That‘s what (‘oach told me to
do. and it worked for me."

Tiffany Wait also regained
her scoring touch. registering
12% points.

"I've been struggling a little
bit. but t‘oach told me to con-
centrate more on getting out on
the break." Wait said. “If I'm
playing well in transition. it
makes my job a little easier."

UK 71, No. 5 Auburn 69
When starting center Shan-
tia ()wens went down with an
ankle injury just two minutes
into the game. l’K‘s hopes of up»
setting the Tigers appeared dim.
But they fought and stayed in
the game. led by reserve guard
Natalie Martinez" 16 second-half
points. the last of which
brought UK to within one. 67-66.

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Watch out: Cats look to stop 6-foot-6
Chantelle Anderson, Vandy's center

By Matt Ellison
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Vanderbilt Women‘s bas—
ketball is a traditional power.
with winning 20-plus games
and making an appearance in
the NCAA tournament consid
ered a normal season. Since
1990. the (‘ommodores have
made it to eight Sweet Sixteens
and a Final Four in 19931.

Last year. the tradition
crumbled at the hands of in-
juries and discontented players.
The team stumbled to a 13-11

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record. snapping 10 straight
NCAA tournament appear-
ances.

“For the first time. our
team realized that you can't
live off tradition." said VU‘s
guard Ashley Smith. who is a
Naismith Award candidate for
the top female basketball player
and is on pace to shatter the VI!
career record for assists. "We
took advantage of where we
were. and we hit rock bottom."

But last season is now a dis-
tant memory. The Commodores
have ridden the play of young
talents to a 132 record. includ-
ing a conference-opening victo-
ry at Ole Miss. 60-38. VU held
the Lady Rebels to 25 percent
shooting for the game. and
there was a big reason why.

A BIG reason.

That's 6-foot-6 freshman

center (‘hantelle Anderson.
who moved into the VU start-
ing lineup straight out of high
school. She is the first Parade
All-American in the program's
history.

“Wow. that's big." said UK
forward Laura Meadows. who
is no Lilliputian herself at 6-3.

Anderson has been playing
up to her size so far. averaging
14 points and 6.4 rebounds per
game. While her shot-blocking
numbers are not outstanding.
her presence in the paint alters
many other shots and generally
discourages teams from estab-
lishing a low-post presence. The
result? VU's wing players are
able to pressure the outside
shooters. as evidenced by their
32 percent field goal defense.

And Anderson isn't even
their best player. That award
goes to sophomore forward Zuzi
Klimesova. who leads the na-
tion in field goal percentage at a
69-percent clip. and took SEC
Player of the Week honors with
her performance in two VU
wins last week.

“She's deadly." said UK
coach Bernadette Mattox.
“When you're talking about a
four on the perimeter. that will
really isolate us down on the
block."

The (‘ommodores are
shooting 52.3 percent as a team.
And with three outside shoot-
ers averaging over 43 percent
on threes. and the team
outscoring opponents by an av-
erage of 77-50. well...you get the
picture.

And so does Mattox.

“That's what makes them
so difficult." she said. "You're
talking about players who can
just make shots. We‘ve got to
hope they're off tonight."

UK will look to counter An-

derson's inside presence with
experienced post players like
Meadows. center Shantia
Owens and reserve Tanesha
Seaton. who had a career game
against Florida.

“We're not big. but we ha