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Feb. 22 - Although
Presidents' Day (Feb.
15 this year)
commemorates the
births of both George
Washington and
Abraham Lincoln,
Washington's actual
birthday was
celebrated for many
years on Feb. 22. But
he was really born on
Feb. II, I731. During
his lifetime, the
English and American
people switched from
the Julian to the
Gregorian calendar,
under which people
born before 1752
were told to add II
days to their birth
dates. Those born
between Jan. I and
March 25, as
Washington was, also
had to add a year to
be in sync with the
new calendar. By the
time he became
president,
Washington
celebrated his
birthday on Feb. 22.

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Weird news

According to a January
Boston Globe feature,
Wai Y. Tye, 82, who
retired a while back
after 32 years with
Raytheon Corp, has
lived without
complaint in the
same ZOO-square-
foot room in the
downtown Boston
YMCA continuously
since 1949.

"When you’re busy
working and playing
tennis," he said,
“when you come
home, you don't have
much time to take
care of an
apartment." The
bathroom is down the
hall to the left, and
he said he does not
mind the exposed
pipes, the linoleum
floor and having to
use a hot plate.

Radio Television Russia
was flooded with
protest letters and
demonstrations in
December when it
was forced to drop
the U.S. soap opera
"Santa Barbara,"
which had built a
large following. A
batch of 65 episodes
had been held up at
the border because
RTR had no money to
pay the import fees.
One suggestion for
Russia's problems
was advanced in the
December-released
book "ABCs of Sex"
by nationalist
politician Vladimir
Zhirinovsky, who
wrote that exporting
virgin Russian women
to men in other
countries could
somehow raise $750
million a year.

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Club: UK should mandate recycling

Spreading the green: Green Thumb organization takes
inspiration from Tulane report, will seek signatures today

By Mark Vanderliofl
CAMPUS EDITOR _

 

There's nothing complicated about
throwing an aluminum can into a recy-
cling bin. Teaching people to use the
means properly and maintaining a pro-
gram are entirely different issues, though.
as UK students and staff have found out.

That's why Green Thumb, a student
environmental organization on campus, is
gathering signatures outside the cafeteria
in the Student Center today.

The club will petition the administra-
tion to institutionalize recycling. said Greg
Dogget. a graduate student in rural sociol-
ogy and member of the club.

“Currently. the impact of recycling on
UK is very small." Dogget said. “UK could
do better. we just need the money and peo-
ple power."

But Dogget doesn‘t want to stop there.

The petition will also call for l'ix’ to per
form an environmental audit. a pi'aclit'w
catching on at colleges and universities
around the country. he said.

Inspired by “The Greening of ’l'ulane.“
a report by Tulane environmental studies
senior Aaron Allen. Green Thumb “Jilils
to make UK more environmentally respon-
sible. Dogget said.

“We‘re trying to raise the issue for stu-
dents, faculty and staff.” Dogget said. "l’res-
ident Wethington will have to take not ice,"

Allen tracked the progress of an cnyi
ronmental audit at Tulane performcd by
students. According to the report. the pur
pose of an environmental audit is to assess
every environmental impact made by a
campus, from food service to energy con-
sumption. and to provide recommenda
tions for the improvement.

The campaign to reform Tulane‘s envi»
ronmental practices was largely unsuc-

cessful. the report said. because of one ma

jor problem: a lack of commitment from

the university‘s administration

That's where the petition comes- Ill.
Ilogget said.

I'lx' has already experienced the begin
mugs of camptiswidc recycling hni \IIII
faces many obstacles. he said

Maria Widmcr. a natural res-om c.-
conservation and management senior. i‘i‘
ceived a national award last fall for her
achievements in coordinating the lit-st
dence Life Recycling Program

“Last year the residents recycled ap
proximately 165 tons ofpaper. cans and hot
ties.” Widiner said. “Presently. the amount
of recycling is up by 2o percent over the
same time last year. We expect to redirect
over 20 toiis of recyclables this year."

One major problem Widinci' has en
countered. though. is contamination of the
recyclables. which occurs when recycling
bins are used as trash cans. she said.

That's something Tom Gregory. recy-
cling coordinator for UK's program. which
began in 1995. knows all about.

Gregory oversees recycling among fac

iiIt\ and ~.t.iil oi‘liccs. and has improved stu-
dent li‘!‘\i'llil‘.! by providing bins for paper
and cait t'l tishot s at :r few class buildings

We find \Ikliilimlll cups. food. all that
(lit l"4'\I'IIll‘;' Iiinsi.“ Gregory said. "It we
I'llllslsll‘lllli illw contaminated paper :iiid
\Ilt'I‘ to the MINI WNW at the recycling ccn-
tot he Ii on i don‘t, want it no more.”

II; |\ slohb I“;Il tiiiig how to be more
cm ironincnrilly iricndly. All paper prod-
lit‘l\ on tainpiis. c\cept for thesis papci‘.
contain iccxcled paper. he said.

\et the campus still falls below the
\‘fllllllll'll\ many other major colleges ad-
beii Iii, sIIIII lien Graniig. a natural re—
mini ~- con-mi \ 'll ion junior and member of
Green 'I Innnb. He thinks an environmen-
I'll :itidit and institutional commitment to
rliibltlt'l‘ the cm nonincnt in all policy de
risioiis would boost I'K's progress.

iiiainig said he envisions a campus
that would practice the most efficient (‘IIt‘l‘
gy and \iatcr conservation methods and
would induce waste production through rc-
cycliiig and composting. practices he said
are more economical than current ones.

"We should feel compelled to succeed."

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S.C. handed
yet another ‘L’

Colossal blowout: Wildcats turn on the burners
for victory; fans give Barnes a fond farewell

By Dave Gorman
SENIOR STAFF WRITER

 

On paper. it didn‘t look so
good for the South Carolina
Gamecocks.

They came into yesterday's
battle with the Wildcats 0-13 in
the Southeastern Conference. UK
has beaten three teams in the top
25 this season.

It didn‘t look much better for
the Gamecocks on the court. ei-
ther. UK showed no mercy the en-
tire game. spanking S.C. 93-65.

UK point guard Erica Jack-
son had 21 first-half points and 30
for the game. She sparked a 9-0
run with a three pointer. when
both teams were tied 1414.

After a while, the runs and
plays got repetitive. to make the
game nothing short of a blowout.
The Cats shot 59 percent from
the field. and outrebounded 8.0
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University living on the ’Net

Virtual classes will give more students increased
access to educational opportunities in Kentucky

By moish Bliatla
STAFF WRITER

Higher education in Kentucky
may move into the 215i century
with the opening of the Common-
wealth Virtual University. which
offers Kentuckians the chance to
earn a degree without trekking to
a distant college campus.

“This addresses the needs of
students who cannot come to a col-
lege campus because of work or
family." said Ben Carr. vice presi-
dent for Administration.

“A student can take different
courses from different institutions
to combine them into a degree

from one institution. (The univer-
sity) is like a clearing house.
which works with the eight state
institutions and the community
colleges," he said.

Established by the Council on
Postsecondary Education. the pro‘
gram consists of a board, trustees
and staff members. But the degree
would be offered by one of the in-
stitutions and not the virtual uni-
versity, Carr said.

The university's mission is to
provide a student-centered. tech-
nology-based system for delivering
postsecondary education.

“The purpose of the virtual
university is to raise the education

attainment level of the state." said
Larry Fowler. director of Special
Programs for the council

Although UK already offers
distance learning as an option for
students. the new system would be
more comprehensive. offering stu-
dents access through video. satel-
lite, KET and the Internet. Fowler
said.

The concept of distance learn-
ing is not a new one. The Western
Governors University is a coalition
of several states on the west coast
and other states. such as Indiana
and Texas. which provides access
to a number of courses from sever-
al universities around the nation.

Though still in the fledgling
stage. Kentucky's virtual universi-
ty will allow students to order

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win over the South
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yesterday after-
noon at Memorial
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also marked by a
ceremony honoring
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Cmcliullege pushing fair CALENDAR

Ripe territory for work: Students usinq
fairs to pique interest in future professions

By Brandon ilart
CONTRIBUTING WRITER

What do you want to be
when you grow up? This is an
age old question that has
plagued college students since
time immemorial. The answer,
some say, is to attend one of
UK's career fairs.

The Career Center cooper-
ates with several departments
in the fields of agriculture, busi-
ness, human and environmen-
tal sciences, minorities, nurs-
ing and physical therapy, to
name a few. to coordinate fairs
for students.

These fairs allow students
to explore what opportunities
may be out there after college
by introducing them to compa-
nies related to their field of
study.

Gail Fortner, an academic
adviser for the college of Hu-
man and Environmental Sci-
ences who helps plan the col-
lege's fair. said that their fair
is always a huge success be-
cause it helps students in a so

many ways.

“Our career fair has two
main purposes." Fortner said.
“The first is to allow the fresh-
men and sophomores to get an
idea of what kind of careers
they can pursue with our col-
lege. The second purpose is to
allow the juniors and seniors to
give their resumes to any of the
companies."

A large variety of corpora-
tions would attend this year’s
career fair, because of the di~
versity of the college, she said.

“The College of Human
and Environmental Sciences
has nine different majors, and
that allows for a good variety
of corporate participants," she
said.

Stephen Cassidy, a hospi-
tality management senior who
is interning at a Radisson hotel
in New Jersey, said he owed his
opportunity to the career fairs
at UK.

“I attended last year’s fair,
and it gave me the opportunity
to see that my major had a very
wide selection of career choic-

es” he said.

The career solidified his
choice to pursue a career in
hospitality industry, he said,
and gave him the confidence
he needed to leap into the
work force.

“It is just good to know that
UK is looking out for our future
by hosting these fairs. It is reas-
suring to see that there are so
many companies who are in the
market for college graduates.
especially in my chosen field,"
Cassidy said.

Ahren George, 3 family and
consumer sciences education
senior, said the fairs open up
new possibilities.

“During your freshman
and sophomore years it gives
you an opportunity to look at
careers that you didn’t know
were out there." she said.

George also said it‘s a great
opportunity to find other career
alternatives depending on your
field of study.

“I didn’t know that with
my degree that I could work as
a home economist for a major
corporation like Procter &
Gamble until I attended the ca-
reer fair.

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Several upcoming career
fairs are on the horizon. The
center's homepage has posted
dates for several other
departments.

The dietetics. food science
and hospitality management
career fair is March 11 and 12. and
the physical therapy career fair is
on May 14.

Anyone who wishes to
inquire about his or her college's
career fair can call the Career
Center at 257-2746. The center's
web address is
http://www.ulty.edu/CareerCenter.

 

 

lege. but it is reassuring to
know that I have other op-
tions," George said.

Fortner said that the col-
lege‘s career fair is a great op-
portunity for anyone who is
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Amnesty calling out U.S.

Stop the madness: Executive director calls
for end to human rights abuses in America

By Jeremy Gernert
CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Its time for Uncle Sam to
look in the mirror, Amnesty In-
ternational insists, and take care
of human rights on his own soil.

“Pressure on officials is the
key to change," said Bill Schulz,
executive director of Amnesty
International, in a speech at UK
last Thursday on the organiza-
tion's new USA Campaign.

The USA Campaign took ef-
fect last October with a goal to
pass human rights treaties in
America. The campaign focuses
on serious violations of human
rights Amnesty says are com-
mitted every day in the coun-
try, from police brutality to ille-
gal arms sales.

The USA campaign takes
up most of Amnesty’s efforts,
Schulz said. The campaign asks
for increased police account-

ability, better prison condi-
tions, the abolition of the death
penalty and protection of asy-
lum-seekers.

Rowly Brucken, an
Amnesty member, said the pri-
mary focus on human rights vi—
olations for the last 15 years has
been on countries in the east-
ern hemisphere. Now it’s time
to look at the United States,
Brucken said.

Calling it one of the most
arrogant nations in the world
Brucken said, the United States
encourages other nations to
stop abusing their citizens
while it denies its own citizens
the human rights.

Others agreed.

“We like to pretend that
such (atrocities) as these are not
going on; it is time we recognize
and step forward to do some-
thing about it," said Don Pratt,
leader of the human rights orga-

nization‘s Lexington chapter.

“We have a terrible past of
ratifying human rights
treaties," Pratt said. “We must
alert the people that we will not
stand for these crimes against
humanity. We can stop them
before they start.“

Pratt said many of these
crimes are disguised as justice
in the United States.

“These (prisoners) murder,
rape and pillage, why should
we care what happens to them.
they deserve what they get?“
Pratt said, questioning the
mindset. Perhaps, he said. that
mindset is part of the problem.

“In the case of prisoners,
our main focus is how to bring
criminals back into society:
how do we rehabilitate them so
that they can stop themselves
from committing a crime
again?" he said.

Pratt said this country‘s
incarceration system en~
hances the anger in prisoners.
making it more likely they
will repeat the same crimes
when they‘re released.

People in other countries
see us as a place where any-
thing is possible. he said. When
refugees arrive seeking asylum.
the United States government
incarcerates them and holds
them for unreasonable amounts
of time. Of the 100,000 people
that seek asylum. the United
States only grants it to 10,000
people. he said.

Brucken said all asylum
seekers need to be treated with
due process.

“We jail many refugees in
county lockups or prisons
where processing can take
years and they are granted lim-
ited access, if any. to immigra-
tion lawyers." he said.

A better alternative to this
is to create detention camps for
the refugees to wait in while be
ing processed.

There they will be allowed
access to immigration lawyers
and allowed to continue a semi-
normal lifestyle. The only ones
who can tell us if conditions
have improved or not are the
victims, Pratt said.

 

ACADEMICS

Logger program, group earn honors

By Jill Gorin
SGA WRITER

Two programs in the UK
College of Agriculture, the Ken-
tucky Master Logger Program
and the Wheat Science Group
each recently received an
award for their hard work.

The master logger program
received the outstanding pro-
gram award for 1998 by the As—
sociation of Kentucky Exten-
sion Specialists.

“I'm not sure how many
programs were actually submit-
ted for the contest," said Jeffrey
Stringer. extension forester in
the Department of Forestry,
“but there were a lot of pro-
grams out there in the College
of Agriculture."

The program trains Ken-
tucky‘s timber operators in

safety, professionalism and en-
vironmental practices.

The program was started
in 1992 and provides voluntary
training to timber harvest op-
erators.

A logging council, com-
prised of the Department of
Forestry, Kentucky Forest In-
dustries Association and the
Kentucky Division of
Forestry, plans and schedules
the program. To date, more
than 1,700 loggers have graduat-
ed from program.

The program has received
other awards too, including the
Governor’s Environmental Ex-
cellence award in 1994 and the
fourth best comprehensive log-
ging education program by the
American Pulpwood Associa-
tion in 1995.

Stringer wrote an article
about the logger program for
the Kentucky Land Air & Water
magazine last year. explaining
the focus of th