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January 18. 2002

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U.S. Marines transler the flag-draped eottln holding the remains of the last of seven Marines killed in a crash a week ago onto a 0-17 at Kanda-
har Airport Wednesday. The remains were flown to Germany en route to Dover Air Force Base. Students no longer fear for their own safety,

but for friends and loved ones In the military in Afghanistan.

Life goes on: Initial shock of attacks
fading four months later, students say

”Amber Ashby

STAFF WRITER

The terrorist attacks in New York City and Washington,
DC. impacted the lives of many UK students. Now. more than
four months later. these same students say their lives are getting
back to normal.

“I don’t hide out in my house wondering if something big is
going to happen anymore.” says Ali Cronacher, a psychology ju-
nior.

Other UK students say the impact of Sept. 11 is still relevant.
but they are no longer conoemed about their personal safety. In-
Istiteliiid, their anxiety has shifted to others, especially those in the

tary.

“I have friends in the army that are stationed in
Afghanistan,’ says Rebecca Neal, a broadcast journalism fresh-
man. “I worry about their safety. and I also worry about their
families here, should anything happen to them."

Edward Jennings, a professor in the UK Martin School of
Public Policy and Administration and acting chair of the politi-
cal science department, says although Sept. 11 has continued to
influence people's emotions and sense of security, the effects

have faded somewhat on a conscious level.

“People aren't glued to the television anymore." he says.
“Our everyday concerns have returned. and our sense of nor-
malcy has been restored."

Joshua Browning, a finance sophomore. can attest to that.
Immediately following the attacks. he says he couldn’t stop
watching the news and worried daily about his safety.

The initial fear has now worn off. and Browning is no longer
concerned about terrorist attacks or anthrax scares.

”I guess I’ve just moved on with life and am more concerned
about usual things —— like school." he says.

Michael Desch. associate director and associate professor of
the UK Patterson School of Diplomacy. says Browning‘s re-
sponse is typical of many people who have adjusted after such a
worldchanging event.

“As human beings. we have a remarkable capacity to return
to normal in abnormal situations." he said.

But Desch says Sept. 11 has forever changed the world in
terms of security. Whether it‘s at airports. businesses. military
bases or the Kentucky Derby, he said security measures are al-
ways reevaluated when public safety is a concern.

Jennings and Desch say they feel the weight of Sept. 11 every
time they enter an airport, and though they are comforted by ex-
tra security. it has been an adjustment.

Nevertheless, Desch said that while he might have been en-
raged at the thought of having his shoes X-rayed in the past. he now
welcomes the idea. “Essentially. a lot of things have changed." De-
sch said. "But we’re getting used to those things."

 

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E-club could advance young entrepreneurs

Start-up: New UK student organization
offers many opportunities to all majors

By Kristin Durhln

STAFF IRITIR

Founders of a new organi-
zation want to bring an entre-
preneurial spirit to campus.

UK has not been encourag-
ing to entrepreneurs in the
past. said Chuck Bryant. facul-
ty adviser and director of Re
search and Instructional Tech-
nology for the Department of
Communications.

Bryant and several other
faculty members have
launched E-Club. designed to
give students networking op»
portunities and a place to de-
velop skills in starting a new
business.

“The hope is to foster an
entrepreneurial environment."
Bryant said.

The concept of E-Club is
not new. he said. UK's club will
be based on similar organiza-
tions across the country. in-
cluding ones at Stanford. MIT
and Penn State. he said.

Although most E»(‘lubs are
based in a single department.
UK's will be campus-wide.
Bryant said.

“We don‘t want to limit it
to one college." he said. “Stu
dents who do this are not only
business majors,"

Bryant credited President
Lee Todd with the initiative,
Todd will serve as the charter

The Studet Newspaper

faculty adviser.

Joseph Fink. professor of
Pharmacy and a faculty advis-
er. said if the E-Club gains
ground. a certification pro
gram will be available to stu-
dents. Students will be able to
add a certificate of entrepre»
neurship to their resume.

“Students would have an
added dimension to their de-
grees." Fink said.

A one-hour course is al-
ready offered to anyone inter»
ested. Bryant said students can
register late until Jan. 29.
when the class begins. The
course will consist of a series
of guest speakers sharing ad-
vice and “success stories."

Bryant said the speaker se-
ries will be another way to net»
work with other entrepre
neurs.

”If a student has an idea.
they will have access to the

right people to help them." he
said. -

Tim Woods. an adviser to
the E~Club from the depart-
ment of Agricultural Economy
ics. said he wants to expose
students to what is already
available.

“There are lots of re-
sources students don't know
about." he said. “We want to
connect them with those re-
sources."

Checkitout

There will be an E-Cluh
meeting at 5:30 pm, Jan.
22 in the Student Center
Theater.

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UK cheerleader
pleads innocent

By Kelley Sears

ASSISlANl Niws {Duos

l'lx’ cheerleader Fernando
Russel Thomas. .li‘. turned him
self nearly two weeks after :1
criminal complaint was filed
against him for first degree
rape.

On January .‘i. ii female l'li
student filed a criminal wm,
plaint against Thomas. her ex-
boyfriend. for allegedly raping
her in his Holmes Hall dorm
room on October 13. Tuesday
night Thomas turned himself in
to the UK police.

A member of l,'K cheerlcad»
ing‘s white squad. Thomas was
in Florida last week participar
ing in the national competition.
The [K cheerleading squad
won its 12th l'niycrsal (‘hecr-
leading Association Champi-
onship on Saturday

Sgt. Greg Hall of the 1K po»
lice said he called T. Lynn
Williamson. the director of hu-
man resources and adviser to
the cheerleading program on
Tuesday morning to inform him
that there was a warrant out for
Thomas' arrest.

Hall said Williamson as-
sured him that Thomas would
turn himself in before the end
of the day, Williamson would
not comment.

Hall said he i)(‘ll(‘\’t‘.\
Thomas learned of the warrant
for the first time on Tuesday.

"We did not fer-l he was at
risk for flight." Hall said. "We
didn't feel like he needed to be

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buck "

Hall said there is no stan
dard procedure on how suspects
are brought in. and that each
case is evaluated lllfll\'l(llléill_\'.

He said rapi- suspects are
not brought in until there is a
criminal complaint filed against
them. because alleged Victims
must first decide whether or not
to press charges.

H. Wayne Roberts. Thomas'
attorney. has already entered a
plea of innocence on behalf of
his client He said people nor
mally press rape charges iinme~
diately and he's not sure yet
whether or not the delay will
hurt his client‘s case.

“It is not normal for some-
one to accuse someone of com»
initting rape months down the
road.“ Roberts said. “My prob
lem is that if a young lady has
been raped. she should speak up
and step up in a timely man-
ner."

Alexis Ball. a crisis coun-
selor and educator from the
Rape (,‘risis Center. said some
victims speak out immediately
and others never do. In Ken-
tucky. there is no time limit for
rape victims to report the
crime.

Roberts said he and his staff
have already begun piecing in-
formation together to defend
Thomas.

“I‘m confident from our pre»
liminary background check
that Mr. Thomas is innocent."
he said.

Demand for tickets ‘
keeps scalpers busy

A sealper otters
tickets at the UK
vs. Ole Miss
game Tuesday
night. Many
believe that
sealping should
be legalized. say-
ing it will happen
regardless. From
1992 to 2000.
224 citations
were Issued by
police at UK
games.

NICK TOIECEK I KERNEi
STA.“

‘I need tiekets': Officers go undercover
to catch scalpers outside Rupp Arena

By Jlmmyrlleshitt

storied”

As rush hour traffic inches
along. men with signs station
themselves at the Intersections
leading to Rupp Arena

Posters bearing black. red
and sparkling blue letters are
held high and marched down
nearby streets. They all say the
same thing: ‘1 need ticks-ts ‘

Eastern Kentucky l’niver
sity students .leremy Stet-iv and
Greg Harris need ill kcts
They're here for the I'Ktile
Miss basketball game ”\Vo got
down here around 3 3o. ‘ Stevie
says

Minutes later they find
good seats lowers “(inn guy
started at $120 for (llll‘ ticket
and went down to sso in three
minutes." Steele says Tillrl'}\
adds. “More like three sec

onds "

L'K police officer Bill Hayes
isn‘t smiling

Face value for the tickets
Steele and Harris were offered
is 322. Selling a ticket for an
amount greater than face value
is illegal in Kentucky. Hayes
says

Hayes is in charge of the
department 5 ticket scalping de-
tail. Their strategy I'K police
officers dress in plain clothes
and attempt to purchase tickets
from sellers for greater than
face value

Scalpers cannot be cited un-
less they make an illegal bid to
an officer "That‘s really the
only way we can charge them
with ticket scalpmg." Hayes
says

The penalty for ticket scalp-

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Former UK police officer arrested

.-\ccording to the Kentucky Post. David
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otticer. is being Iield on $50,000 cash bond in the
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was looking above a ceiling tile iii a classroom
when he discovered it. He passed it on to his boss.
After realizing that the wallet was quite old. at-
tempts were made to contact the emergency num-
ber found in the wallet. It didn‘t work. said Fos-
ter's boss. Kim Richards."I hung on to it. When I
got back to the hotel. I found the name. Mrs.
Robert B. Rascoe.“ Richards said. Richards got
the wallet to Rascoe's husband. Robert. He decid-
ed to place it on the kitchen table to see if his wife
would recognize Ii. She finally did. “My first
thought was. ‘It‘s so '70s.”'

Feds up reward for ex-militia member
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ing is treated like a traffic ticket. The crime is punishableby a
fine of up to $250. according to Kentucky law. Buying a ticket

for more than face value is not illegal.

At the 1998 General Assembly. former state Sen..Tiin
Philpot made a proposal to legalize ticket scalping. He believed
legal scalping would lower competition and create a greater

supply. making tickets more affordable.
“It wouldn‘t make any material dif-
ference at all." Hayes says. "That's only
my opinion."
Steele and Harris would like to see

 

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wrong. 14 . . ‘l . m ”.1 “t I) P” ‘ibbi‘ . A ‘1 k thrust two boosting the reward for a former militia member the law change. ”I think it should be le— ,
than to be I‘ l‘llo‘nf‘dlk iiii'y'dUbv bl'ii‘iiitihittil iii-Bruise; federal agents who has been on the run since he allegedly shot gal." Steele says. “They (Rupp Arena) W|th V
vague " ELM?“Lillu‘lfi ., ni'iii fittiiig ("intrell's descgip- into spooky at a deputy in October. TherU.S. Bureau of Alco- should have some area where you can
tion came m around “.30 pm. Tuesday. said he paranormal , hol. Tobacco and Firearms increased the ‘rewatd buy and sell tickets. ‘ 8 Travis
- Freeman J. had a weapon then demanded money. Shortly Situations, W'” for information on btephen H Anderson to A place .where 1‘ COUld be con- A guy L__
Dyson after mt, robbery. sheriff‘s deputies stopped ' end its nine- $030063] Wednesday; . The feward rIliad been trolled," Harris adds. “It‘s going to hap- ff (1 SPORisoAim
(‘antrell's car near the intersection of Mineola season run on the .000. 9 new rewart 1st ie argest t e agency P9“ anyway. ‘ 0 ere
pm, Interstate 375 interchange and requested to Fox television has offered in Kentucky in at least four years. Although the crowds outside Rupp BahaTtlilta'
gem-Ch it (111111.911 rpfused‘ so a detective was network in May, said Don York. spokesman for the ATP in Kenv Arena have shrunk. Hayes says certain me a a lim q
sent to the scene and a search warrant was is- Daily Variety tucky. Anderson. :34. once operated a shortwave games always create a stir. , Ufi 1:13
sued Through that search police found evidence reported in its radio program from his home in Pulaski County, "The most expensive that I recall was palr of for gym
Cantrell committed the robbery. said Boone - . espousing antivgovernment. racist. anti-Semitic from the U of I. game when a guy offered
. . . - . Thursday edition. , . . _ 1 WEI“ Conferei
(, ounty sheriff s Department spokesman May. Series creator and violent views so extreme that the Kentucky me a pair of lower arena seats for $00. 0 at Mer
.lack Banks. Cantrell was working as a fire dis- Chris Carter de- Militia kicked him out last year. Anderson fled That‘s as high as they‘ve been since the “Wild ‘al
patcher 111 Lexmgton. cided to pull the into the woods near Middlesboro. abandoning his 1996 season." Hayes says. arena Th
m on the show truck. and has been missing since then. He is In some cases. scalpers may not be seats for meet as
UK ff . GRE GMAT re classes 5mg” ratin s ' charged in state court with attempted murder. the only party penalized. “A lot oftickets atel , fiil
Tomorrow’s 0 erinq ' P p have been lllJl't and in federal court with possession of illegal ex» will change hands out in front of Rupp $700 Nassau
weather g I. 1\ \\ ill Um‘l {thief l0 Plt'lldlf‘ allldelmsf for this season b plosrve dev1ces. Arena two or three times before someone ’ G mKat
the in .idi' ite Retoid imam on Tuesday ey enings V 11:05 them t0 £10 WdtCh 1h“ game Hayes That S aS y.
~..-. ,. , .t . thede artureof ., .. ‘ ' ‘ Bf‘lghall'
loi six we t ks this st mi sttr. Tht (lasses run from D , says. . 1. St'
Jan. 39 through March 5. UK is also offering a star DaV'd WEWS When Hayes comes across the same hlgh as 0 Infll c
class to prepare students for the Graduate Man- Duchovny and bY seat number. he contacts the UK ticket of» ’ 31
ageinent Admission Test. The verbal review for toughernco'mp- . ' . [ice to find out if it‘s a season ticket. If it they V9 £9318 ,1]
35 ‘9 the GMAT will be offered Thursday evenings. ei't'OU- ltsthe Man who impersonated pllOt convrcted is. he tries to figure out who the scalper 1 e 5“
and the Ill'llll review for the GMAT Will be Tues- ”Int“ inning. We v . . bou 'ht it from been some 0f
m m day evenings The fee for each of the GMAT and want to go out on NEW YORK ‘ A” Egyvila“ man who flew to Lif h t . . ~ ' . . . . t . some EX
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and Ti ansfei Center. located at 103 Miller Hall. Carter as saying. his lans to attend aviation school Butjurors ac- cording to I niversity policy. f .
‘ ‘: ll 257-338;. "We wanted to go 'p ‘ ‘ ‘ -- ' i I ”You figure if '1 season seat shows up _ 31m 0 a p01
”1 ( 1 quitted Wael Abdel Rahinan Kishk. 21. on a sec- ‘ . ‘ x ‘1 . . * l ayes. perform
out asua strong 0nd charge of trying to impersonate a pilot by 11on e than oticdtlp n {pi obabl} the holder UK Police considei
STATE ”Em show. Carter carrying a forged document. Kishk faces up to l; tlhe seat rs stl pirgthc (infill. season without
VOL “‘08 ‘ ' ’ ' “099d Duchovny five years in prison on a federal charge of making ”0 If." song ope. ., “1‘ Ex“ 5'1. H .‘ d Desi
ISSUE ”8‘ would return 35 false statements. A sentencing date wasn’t imme» 9‘ “1,0111 1*‘9; 10.110} ‘ y 1 PO fining“; h If f h 2 . sophom.
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ESTABLISHED IN MISSIII ["59 found 30 ears later Mulder for the - - i _ . . , . ‘ .. .i ,- , tions were issued between the 1996 and 1998 seasons. After nine . .
. Airport in New York on St pt. 19 after arr 1y mg on ‘ ‘ ‘ h . ‘ . 1 . title at t.
1892 BOWLING GREEN. Ky. ,, The bright red two-part series a flight from Barcelona. Spain. that had originat- regular season some g‘gm‘fi.” mye‘been issued. tational
INDEPENDENT wallet disappeared from Nancy Rascoe‘s purse finale 00905“? ed in Cairo. During a routine search of his lug- Hayes 5999 A lot of laminar tau“ over the course 0f the sea— perform
SINCE ‘971 about 230 years ago. Little did she know it never Gillian Anderson's gage. immigration agents diSCOWI‘E‘d a fake Fed- son.“ , , , ., “Jul
left the building. "It was a little while before I Agent Dana eral Aviation Administration document purport There are people we catch more than once a game. he semeste
knew it was gone hours. I think.” said Rascoe. Stully. Both edly giving him medical clearance to fly. Prosecu not hav
now an assistant professor at Western Kentucky actors, whose tors alleged Kishk wanted to use the fake docul her. but
Call 257-1915 or 'c'niversity. The wallet. found last week by light- mutual off-screen merit to pass himself off as a pilot. They also ac- preseaSi
e~mail ing workers. was tucked away in the ceiling of antipathy was cused him oflying about why he was in the coun— WW ,A__,., real b0(
kernele‘ukyedu the school's Academic Complex. Except for 825. well documented, try: to attend aviation classes. He instead claimed DQPS “She‘s 4
nothing was taken."Its amazing that 30 years lat- are on board for he was bound for business school. said prosecu~ ‘ ’ likes to
er. it shows up.” Rascoe said. “What are the a sequel to the tor Dwight Holton. The FBI. fearing a second co t' Joy
chances of that happening?" The worker who 1993 "X-Files" wave of terror attacks. asked Kishk “over and rrec Ions GymKa‘
found it. Bill Foster. didn't think it was a big feature. over again. ‘Do you intend to take flight the No.

deal. "We always find all kinds of stuff at various
sites." said Foster. an electrician. "We wanted to
get the wallet back to the owner because she had
sortie pictures of herself and her family." Foster

lessons?” Holton said in closing, arguments
"Over and over again. he denied it.”

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Setting sights: No.13 UK may enter top 10
with victory over No. 11 Florida tonight

By Travis Hubbard
SPORISDAILV {DlloR

The GymKats‘ trip to the
Bahamas last weekend was just
a glimpse of nirvana before the
UK gymnastics team prepares
for Florida in a Southeastern
Conference encounter tonight
at Memorial Coliseum for
“Wildcats in Paradise.“

The chosen theme for the
meet against Florida appropri-
ately follows UK‘s vacation to
Nassau. Bahamas. where the
GymKats finished 1-1 against
Brigham Young and North Car-
olina State.

“It was a great trip and
something fun.“ UK coach Leah
Little said. "We were able to get
some of our younger gymnasts
some experience and see what
they can do and also rest some
of the others.“

UK lost to NC. State by .100
of a point. but Little said the
performance was respectable
considering UK performed
without much of its first string.

Despite the narrow loss.
sophomore Julie Joy claimed
her second straight all-around
title at the Bahama Breeze Invi-
tational and has become a top
performer for the GymKats.

“Julie came in the second
semester last year and we did
not have a lot of time to train
her. but having her the entire
preseason this year has been a
real boost for us." Little said.
“She's a real competitor and
likes to win.“

Joy and the No. 13
GymKats would love to upset
the N0. 11 Gators.

UK is 1-18 all~t1me against
Florida. and the GymKats see
tonight‘s meeting as a chance to
prove to the rest of the SEC that
UK is a perennial power.

"We want to be in the top 10
and we want to beat (Floridai."
Little said.

A win tonight likely would
land [7K in the nation‘s top ll).
but beating the Gators is a
tough task.

Performing at home in
Memorial (‘oliseum should give
UK a mental advantage. Little
said. but the GymKats must
still perform well.

More than entering the na-
tion‘s top 10. a win tonight
would provide Little and her
squad with a relaxed mind and
a break from the SEC grind.

”We want this one real bad
and we‘ve told them that we
think we are just as good as
Florida.” Little said. "("ompet-
ing in the SEC is pressure, No
matter what team you play. it‘s
pressure."

Other weekend sports

Women's tennis (home)

vs. Cincinnati at 10 am. Sat.
vs. Marshall at 3:30 pm. Sat.
vs. MTSU at 10 am. Sun.

vs. Miami, Ohio at 6 pm. Sun.
Men's tennis (home)

SEC Indoor Championships
Swimming and Diving (home)
vs. Arkansas and South Carolina
at 1 pm. Sat.

Women's basketball (Columbia)
at South Carolina at 2 pm. Sun.
Rifle (Murray)

Withrow Invitational. Sun.

 

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Sophomore Melissa Tucker (above) vaults during a
GymKats practice Monday. Junior Mindy Smith (left) works
on her balance beam routine at practice. She is the
GymKats top performer on the beam with a 9.788
average.

 

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Defense is the focus as Cats travel to South

 

No slip-ups allowed: UK players say defensive intensity must stay
as Cats venture out of the SEC to play Notre Dame on the road

By Will Messer
SPORTSDAILY EDITOR

For Jules Camara. the rea-
son behind UK‘s earlier defen-
sive woes is simple.

“We weren‘t very consis-
tent defensively." the junior
center said.

Camara said the lack of
constant defensive pressure led
to losses to Duke and Southeast-
ern Conference foes Mississippi
State and Georgia.

Against Duke and MSU. the
Cats' inconsistent play allowed
both teams to come back from
double-digit second half
deficits.

And at Rupp Arena against

Georgia. the Bulldogs‘ .larvis
Hayes and Ezra Williams
scorched the (‘ats for a com-
hined 50 points.

But in the Cats‘ (111. 2-2
SEC) last two games. things
have been d itferent.

The defensive toughness
and intensity coach Tubby
Smith's teams are known for re-
turned. and the (‘ats' two-game
losing streak was history

I’K held both South (‘aroli-
na and ()le Miss to less than 3:3
percent from the field.

Against South (‘arolina
defense was the key to a less
than statement(making. one
point victory. btit I'K's stifling
defense led to a blowout win

against Ole Miss.

In addition to consistency.
sophomore guard (‘liff Hawkins
said the (‘ats had to learn they
couldn't rely on their offense to
win games.

“Sometimes we get caught
up thinking we can outscore
people." the sophomore guard
said. “01‘. we get a big lead and
let up ”

Notre Dame (13-1. 2-2 Big
East). should also challenge
l'K‘s offense Saturday

The Fighting Irish allow
62.3 points per game. which
ranks them second in the Big
East in scoring defense

Saturday's game could be
an ideal situation for a (‘at

Junior guard Keith Bogans
eludes a VMI defender dur-
ing UK's 99-57 victory
Dec. 5. Bogans will use Sat-
urday's game against Notre
Dame as a chance to get
out of a recent slump.
Bogans, a preseason first-
team All-SEC selection,
scored seven points in UK's
last game against Ole Miss,
while being plagued by foul
trouble.

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meltdown.

After beginning SEC play (i
2. the Cats have evened their
league record and a non-confer-
ence opponent could provide an
opportunity for a breather.

But freshman forward
(‘huck Hayes said he doesn't ex-
pect a lack of intensity.

“We‘re in the middle of the
season. January's here and Feb-
ruary's right around the corner
and after that is March. You
can't get real content with
where you are right now."

Junior guard Keith Bogans
agreed. saying that the losses to
Duke. MSl' and LC”; were the
wakevup calls the (‘ats needed
to avoid any further lapses.

“We've had too many let
downs." Bogans said. “We've
been in a hole already and
we're going to keep our
intensity up."

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Ah. my first column of the new semester. The first cou-
ple weeks of class always prove to be a time of rebirth. and
in my case they awaken both old and new pet peeves and
psychotic hatreds which have lain
dormant for a month

Therefore. I hereby warn you
that this column may require you
to engage in a rather painful activ-
ity remembering something that
happened last semester. 1 know it
won‘t be easy. and believe me. I‘m
sorry. but my mental serenity is
at stake.

In the interest of relieving this
nagging annoyance I must ask that w
you think back nearly six months assistmmmmoe
to the outset of the Harry Potter
movie craze.

Some of you may remember a column I wrote dealing
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