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Senators argue over party allocatton

Hourlong discussion ends
with defeat of legislation

 

By Melissa Rosenthal
Senior Staff Writer

 

A heated hourlong discussion on
whether to allot money for Patter-
son Hall' 3 90th Anniversary Party
dominated last night’s Student Gov-
emment Association Senate meet-
ing.

“Just call it chaos,” Senator at

Large LeAnn Norton said of the de-
hate

The bill, sponsored by College of
Communications Senator Antimony
Bishop, asked for $500 which
would be allocated to Patterson
Hall's Residence Hall Government.
Much of the money would be used
to cover the fee for performance by
the band Kentucky Trio

Many of the senators voiced their

 

concern about whether the party
should be sponsored by the Resi-
dence Hall Association or by stu-
dent government.

Bishop said there was not nearly
enough money in residence funds to
cover the event, which “is a histori-
cal event the campus should be
proud of."

Although discussion was lengthy,
the bill was voted down, much to
the dismay of Bishop and Graduate
School Senator Erica McDonald.

“1 think the SGA Senate‘s deci-
sion proves that they don't consider
people who live in the residence
balls as having viable concents,"
McDonald said.

She added: “Students should re-
member this bill when senators
come knocking at their doors for
votes in the spring."

Bishop said she was disappointed
by the decision. “11‘ s a shame when
people forget about tradition."

The Senate last week passed a
bill allotting $277.59 to the UK

New business fights up campus

loser Quest
oflers thrills,
safe combat

By Jackie Sue Wright
Contributing Writer

 

 

 

 

 

Most students would never shoot
someone in the back. But a new
campus-area business will give
them just that opportunity, and it's
all perfectly legal.

Laser Quest. which holds its
grand opening Saturday, offers the
latest wrinkle in high-tech, blood-
less survival games.

The object of the game is to
shoot fellow competitors with a
low-powered laser gun while evad-
ing their attempts to hit you.

Each participant wears a suit, or
“pack," that is covered with laser
sensors.

Laser Quest operators Arie and
Kim van der Heiden said they think
the business will do well because
of its locating near UK.

“lexington and the University
campus are very acceptive to new
and exciting entertainment ve-
nues," Kim van der Heiden said.

The Laser Quest experience he-
gins in a “briefing room," where
the mics of the game are explained
to each group of participants.

The group then travels to the

“airlock,“ where glowing packs
hang on the wall.

Each participant straps on his
pack and has 30 seconds to hide in
a dark, mysterious, 12,000-square-
foot, two-level maze.

 

JAMES CHOP/KIM Staff

Undeclared freshman David Stidham, a Lexington Community College student, takes aim at his
opponents yesterday from a perch on the second level of Laser Quest’s combat maze.

There are fluorescent splashes of
paint. fog and many cubby holes to
hide in.

A player gets points for shooting
someone and loses points for get-
ting shot.

After the game is up, all the war-
riors exit the maze to receive com-
puter print-outs identifying whom
they hit and where they hit them.
The sheet also lists players‘ final
poirtt scores —— under an aliases, of

Core program list
angers presidents

 

Associated Press

 

FRANKFURT, Ky. — Gov.
Brereton Jones' administration
thinks students at all eight state
public universities should have the
opportunity to major in English,
mathematics and philosophy.

But not all the schools would of-
fer econontics, anthropology and
psychology as majors. Only four
would. in general. offer those and
other subjects excluded front the
administration‘s proposed list of
core programs.

University presidents quickly
criticized the list, which was un-
veiled during a meeting of a corn-
missiort Jones created to streamline
higher education.

Cabinet Secretary Kevin Hable
urged the Governor's Higher Edu-
cation Review Cornmission on
Tuesday to decide which (hplicated
programs should be eliminated to
free up money for more important
courses.

“Do we truly need five institu-
tions offering agriculture ethica-
tion?" he asked. “Do we Md eight
colleges of education? Does a state
like Kentucky need six MBA pro-
grams? Do we really need. .
journalism schools? That's the kind
of analysis we Md to do."

When the [Ingram couunittce
met later to am making thu kind
of analysis. the miversity presi-
dents queetioned how the adminis-

11

tration‘s list of proposed core pro-
grams was developed

Western Kentucky University
President Thomas Meredith said
the schools had worked in the past
with a longer list of core programs
which contained about 21 programs
compared with 15 on the new list
The list was developed about five
years ago by the schools' chief aca-
demic officers.

Meredith asked why the adminis-
tration had cut programs without
input from the presidents and their
academic officers.

James Miller. commission chair-
man said liable had developed the
reduced list to help the commission
focus on which courses could be
duplicated and which should have
to be justified if they're taught at
too many schools.

Hable was at another committee
meeting.

U of l. Piesident Donald Swain
asked whether the list shouldn‘t in
clude economics.

Meredith said the arts should be
better represented because they are
important in the Kentucky Educa-
tion Reform Act. which is guiding
the state‘ s primary 81d secondary
schools

Sherry Jelsma, chairwoman of
the programs committee, asked
whether anything else should be
eliminated or added to the list.

Meredith said a cornmitbc de-

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course.

Laser Quest also may be played
with teams, and space is available
inside the maze for each team's
headquaners.

The new business. located on the
corner of Upper Street and Bolivar,
is the first of its kind in the United
States. but more than 80 similar fa-
cilities operate in Canada and Eu-
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Zealand and then was introduced to
England where the game has be-
come successful.

It may be used by all age groups
and may be rented out for group
discounts.

A party room is available and the
facility takes resenatrons. Usually
a 20- -minute game costs $6.

The owners expect about 2,000
games to be played each week.

Sierra Club This bill was vetoed
yesterday by Student Government
President Lance Dowdy.

Dowdy said he vetoed the bill be-
cause “parts of the bill would
put the Student Govemment Asso
ciation in a regulatory position."
Part of the money was to be used to
help reorganize the club.

Although this was the ntain rea’
son for the veto. Dowdy cited little
support by the regional and national
chapters of the Sierra (‘ lub and no
clear-cut criteria for possible legis-
lation as other reasons for his deci-
sion

After Dowdy cited his reasons,

the bill was put back on the floor
for further discussion.

‘When we vote, we must realize
that this is an action that will affect
the entire student body," Preshman
Senator Adam Edelen said

“We are being cold and calculat-
ing by being so concerned with this
bill that people cannot see it is a
worthy cause."

Senator at Large Steven Dawa-
hare disagreed. “Every penny mat-
ters. and each club reorganizes. But
we can‘t afford to fund each club
for reorganization.“

After much discussion, the Sen-
ate voted not to overturn the veto.

 

 

By David Espo
Associated Press

 

WASHINGTON — In a hard-
eamed triumph for President
Clinton. the House approved the
North American Free Trade
Agreement last night to fuse the
United States. Mexico and (‘ana-
da into the world’s largest trad-
ing bloc. Republicans provided a
majority of the support

The 234-200 vote sent the
measure to the Senate. where
leaders predicted approval with
in a few days. “NAFTA is a
lock.“ predicted GOP Leader
Bob Dole in a written statement.

The House voted after a day-
long debate that reflected high-
minded disagreements over
America's role in the world
economy and bare~knuckled pol-
itics. Dozens of labor-backed
Democrats abandoned their pres-
ident to oppose the accord. but
132 Republicans signed on to as-
sure passage.

For weeks the outcome had
been in doubt but in the end it
wasn't even close. A cheer went
up in the chamber when the vote
count passed the 218 needed to
approve the pact. Opponents
stood in clumps, shaking their
heads and grimacing at the re-

 

House passes
NAFTA bill

Vote exceeds 218 needed by 16

sult.

The House was packed with
lawmakers: the spectators‘ gal-
lery that rings the chamber was
filled.

“A vote for NAFTA is in the
great tradition of our party,"
House GOP I eader Bob Michel
of Illinois said in a ringing
speech of support “So let it be
said on this crucial vote tonight.
that we Republicans «tid not sac-
rifice the jobs of tomorrow to
the fears of today."

Democratic Leader Richard
Gephardt summed up for the op-
ponents who fear the pact will
throw thousands of Americans
out of work. “Deficient and
flawed." he said of NAFTA.
“We cannot and must not expose
our workers and our corpora-
tions to unfair competition."

The accord would create a
continental free-trade zone by
gradually eliminating tariffs
over 15 years. All industries
would be affected. from fmits
and vegetables to banking and
automobiles.

Opponents vented their anger
over concessions the administra-
tion made to line up votes “If
this is such a good deal why did
we almost have to give the porti-
co away on the White House to
get it?“ said Rep. Butler Derrick.
D-S,(‘.

 

 

Computer version of GRE
debuts at some test centers

 

By Heather Reister
Staff Writer

 

Broken pencils and eraser shav-
ings will soon be just a memory for
those taking the Graduate Record
Exam.

The 400. 000 students who annu-
ally take the GRE will be taking it
via computer by the 1996-97 school
year according to test administra-
tors at the Educational Testing Ser-
vice.

In the meantime. a few computer
centers across the country will be
offering a new “adaptive" computer
version of the (1RE.

The adaptive version, which was
offered for the first time Monday.
continually changes the sequence
sequence of test questions based
upon a students‘ performance.

For example. if a student answers
a difficult question correctly. his
next question will be more difficult
If he answers a difficult question in-
correctly, the next query will be
easier to answer.

By correctly answering the hard
er questions, students can improse
their scores.

'1th is a huge step in changing
the very nature of testing in the fu-
ture.“ said Nancy (‘ole president-
elcct of the Educational Testing
Service.

The new method does not. how-
ever. allow students to skip a ques-

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By Heather Relster
Staff Writer

Officials at the Educational
Testing Service are dropping an
entire section of questions from
December Graduate Record
Exam because too many people
knew how to outsmart the test.

The questions which were
supposed to test a student‘s abili-
ty to recognize numerical pat-
terns and apply math concepts.

 

 

Officials to drop entire section
of exam beginning next month

actually could be answered with
a simple method developed by
researchers at Kaplan Educa—
tional Centers.

Kaplan helps more than
150.000 students prepare annu-
ally for college and graduate ad-
missions exams, as well as pro-
fessional licensing tests and
specialized exams for foreign
students and professionals.

The firm published its method

See KAPLAN, Back Page

 

 

rim or go back to change an answer
once it has been locked in.

Ray Nicosia. spokesman for me—
dia relations at the Educational
Testing Service. said this feature
has not been a problem for students.

Of the 1200 students who were
usedinatrialnmoftherxogram
only a small percentage complained
about this aspect of the test.

Another change in the new meth-
od is the testing environment. The
test ustnlly is given in a room with
six to eight students. Each student
ins his own cartel in which to
wmk.

“Students overwhelming pre-

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fared taking the test in a smaller
setting.“ Nicosia said.

Although he said students en-
joyed the comfortable atmosphere.
scores were not expected to im-
povc. Nicosia said the students
who took both tests found their
scores tobecompatible.

A tutorial program helps test-
takers become familiar with the
computer. and Nicosia said that
even computer-illiterate studmts
8e able to feel comfortable am
about 10 to 15 minutesfor those
with computer experiatceitisonly

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UN. resolution could signal
Somali peace, officials say

 

By Nola Sammalda
Associated Press

MOGADlSHU. Somalia -— UN.
officials said yesterday that a Secur-
ity Council resolution calling off
the search for Gen. Mohamed Far-
rah Aidid could lead to national rec-
onciliation talks.

The United Nations issued an ar-
rest wanant for Aidid in June. after
his men were blamed for the deaths
of 24 Pakistani soldiers. The war-
rant was effectively suspended after

 

 

 

 

a battle on Oct. 3 in which 18
American soldiers and more than
300 Somalis were killed.

The Security Council voted T‘ues-
day night to otficially suspend the
warrant. The vote appeared to be an
admission that a political solution in
Somalia would probably have to in-
clude Aidid and his clan-based So-
mali National Alliance.

The Security Council also voted
to launch a new inquiry into attacks
on UN. peacekeepers in Somalia,
even though Aidid has been blamed
for many of them. It also suggested

 

 

 

 

 

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the possible release of 35 Aidid
supporters.

Adm. Jonathan Howe, the UN.
special envoy. said he hoped the
resolution would spur reconciliation
talks between UN. officials and
Aidid‘s representatives. “Now is
the moment for all Somalis to work
together for the peaceful recovery
of their country." Howe said.

The United States plans to pull
out its more than 16,000 troops by
March 31. and to start a phased
withdrawal as early as mid-
December. The United Nations
hopes to have set in motion a struc-
ture for national reconciliation by
then.

Aidid. a powerful force mainly in
south Mogadishu and pans of cen-
tral Somalia, has so far boycotted
UN. attempts at establishing secur-
ity in Mogadishu. but he declared a
unilateral cease-fire last month. The
peace has held, broken only by a
few incidents of banditry.

Still. a bitterness remained
among Aidid‘s people after news of
the resolution.

“There is still enmity between us
and the United Nations Organiza-
tion for Somalia,“ said Kassem
Olad Diso. a businessman and Aid-
id follower.“We think yesterday‘s
decision will change a lot between
us and the UN. and the US. here.
but 1 think there is no way they can
participate in talks about reconcilia-
tion."

UN. military officials said two of
Aidid‘s close aides, Col. Ahmed
Omar less and Mohamed Ali Harsi.
were in Iran. where they are be-
lieved to be discussing the possibili-
ty of funding future terrorist activi-
ty in Somalia against UN. forces.

They said while Aidid is known
to be against Muslim radicals, hard-
liners within his faction may have
believed he went too far in declar-
ing a unilateral cease-fire against
UN. forces and in releasing an
American and a Nigerian held hos-
tage last month.

Now that the UN. Security
Council has suspended the hunt for
Aidid. the hard-liners may back
down. said the officials. who spoke
on condition of anonimity.

However. they said there were
still up to two dozen terrorists in
Mogadishu, believed to have been
sent by the Iranian-backed Muslim
extremist group Hezbollah.

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Senate votes to outlaw
19 military-style guns

 

By Larry Margasak
Associated Press

 

 

WASHINGTON — The Sen-
ate today voted to ban 19 mili-
tary-style assault weapons and
toughen language against drug
kingpins as it inched toward a fi-
nal vote on a $22 billion crime-
busting measure.

Senators tried to outdo each
other with toughness as they add-
ed amendments to the bill. which
already included authorizations
for 100,000 new police officers,
new prisons. and a long list of
other anti—crime provisions.

“This legislation will stop the
flow of the most deadly weapons

on our streets," Sen. Dianne Fein-
stein. D-Calif., said after her as-
sault weapons ban was approved
by a 56—43 vote.

The Senate's mood was appar-
ent when it voted 73-26 to defeat
a proposal by Sen. Carl Levin, D-
Mich., to substitute mandatory
life imprisonment without parole
for the measure‘s many death
penalty provisions.

Feinstein’s bill was carefully
crafted to overcome some of the
opposition from gun control op-
ponents. It would stop the manu-
facture. sale and possession of 19
specified semiautomatic assault
weapons. But it also would ex-
empt more than 650 hunting
weapons by name.

 

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GRE

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a matter of minutes. he said.

The adaptive GRE will be of-
fered more than 150 times next
year, as compared to the five annu-
al test dates for the paper version.
Students are limited to one compu-
terized test each year.

A possible drawback to the com-
puterized GRF. is its $93 fee. The
paper-and-pencil exam currently
costs $48.

Nicosia ust’d the argument that
the fee is less expensive than some
college textbooks.

He also said that financial aid is
available for students who can not
afford the fee.

Starting in April. nursing stu-
dents will be taking a similar adap—
tive exam before receiving their li-
censes. Cole said.

Tests for teaching and architec-
ture licenses also will be phased in.

Kaplan

Continued from Page 1

 

of answering the questions shortly
after the October GRE was given.
and Educational Testing Service
decided to remove the entire sec-
tion from the GRE.

Jose Ferreira. Kaplan‘s director
of GRE programs. said he was
pleased with the decision.

“For most students, pattern ID
questions are confusing and time-
consuming," he said. “We feel they
are not a good measure of students‘
abilities.”

Ferreira said he also wanted test
officials to know students could an-
swer the questions without using
any mathematical abilities what-
soever.

Officials of the Educational Test-
ing Service stressed that the ques-
tions were in an experimental sec-
tion of the test and were not
graded.

 

College

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