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World AIDS
Day '98

The slogan for I998’s
World AIDS day is
"World AIDS
Campaign with Young
People." This day
exists to bring
attention to the
millions around the
world who struggle
to fight off this
epidemic.

Here are some numbers
that help paint the
picture:

30

The number of people. in
millions. alive today
with HIV infection or
AIDS.

10

Estimated number of
people (in millions)
aged 10-24 who have
the AIDS virus.

50

Percentage of young
people compared
with all of infected
persons who have
contracted AIDS after
infancy.

- Source: http://gbgm-
umc.org/programs/
wad98/

10

Percent increase of
AIDS/HIV infected
people last year.

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Number of new
infections every
minute.

2

Number of AIDS/HIV-
reiated deaths (in
millions) in Sub-
Saharan Africa. Two-
thirds of infected
persons live in this
region.

75

Number of people (in
thousands) who have
contracted the virus
in the United States
in 1998, about the
same as last year.

9

Dollar amount (in
millions) to be given
by International AIDS
Vaccine initiative for
research on two
prototype vaccines
designed to attack
the virus in Africa.

- Source:
http://www.qcfurbali.co
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Megan McDonougli, left, an undeclared sophomore, was one of the many students out at Fayette Mall yesterday getting a lump on Christ-
mas shopping. About a third of Lexington' s population goes to Fayette Mall in one weekend to shop.

It’s beginning to
look a lot like

Students pour it on as the Christmas shopping season
kicks into gear, brave malls in search of perfect gifts

Dy Amber Scott
STAFF WRITER

With Thanksgiving less than a
week ago. and only 24 days until
Christmas. the holiday phase of the
year is officially here.

This translates into panic for any
one who does not finish their (‘hrist-
mas shopping before Halloween. And
those people that don‘t finish their
Christmas shopping before Halloween
can be called college students.

Most students plan on starting
their shopping before the end of the se-
mester. but it is doubtful they‘ll finish
buying everything. Taking finals. mov-
ing out of dorms. going home and cele-
brating Christmas are all within seven
days of each other. Finding time to shop
only complicates the situation. but it's
still something that must be done.

Most students said they have 15 to
20 people to buy gifts for. and they plan
on spending $150-$200 on gifts. With
that much shopping to do. some say it's
important to get started soon.

Although it is a bit terrifying to
face the crowds of Christmas shoppers
that swarm the popular shopping spots
almost every day. it is extremely neces-

MMHOQBS

Turner, fellow Wildcats pumped for competition with Williams
millil- and Co., look to come up huge in Great Eight tournament

sary. Most students say they plan on
minimizing their shopping time by do-
ing it all in one day. at one place.

“Fayette Mall has a lot of selection.
You've got your Gap. you've got your
Limited." said Aaron White. a theater
freshman.

White. like most people. plans on
knocking out all his shopping in one
day.

"I prefer malls because they're
more convenient." he said.

Fayette Mall manager Myron Wor-
ley agrees.

“We have an awful lot of selection
without getting in the car and going
from one place to another." he said.
“You can't find as great a selection un~
der one roof anywhere else in Lexing-
ton."

Fayette Mall might meet anyone‘s
gift demands because of the numerous
stores. but that shopping convenience
is recognized by everyone in the area.
And that means a Christmas crowd.

The crowds can be somewhat
avoided by shopping mornings and
early in the week. Worley said.

“Saturday is always the busiest
day. followed by Friday. it builds to the
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Probably 100.000 people about
one-third the population of l.e.\'1ngton

go to the mall in one weekend. he
said.

If the tnall shopping scene docs not
seem like your piece of fruit cake. bou
tiques and gift shops are feasible alter
natives. Victorian Square and l.imc
stone Street are cluttered with shops
selling everything from books to jewel-
ry. Most prices are comparable to ma-
jor department stores. but some places
raise prices to compensate for the
smaller clientele.

And price matters llltisi to people
in college.

Some students are avoiding (ili‘(‘('l
shopping altoge her.

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BIG BONE LICK. ind.
This is the kind of game se-
nior Wayne Turner has
been waiting for his entire
career at UK.

Kansas.

Just saying the team the
UK men's basketball team
will play tonight made his
eyes light up in anticipation.

"When i first got to UK
M always hear the commen-
tators talk about how great
we were and how storied the
Kansas and Duke and North
Carolina teams were." Tum-
er said. “And i would always
think ‘Why don't we play
those teams?‘ This year it
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big teams on our schedule."

Next up on the schedule
is Kansas. the (‘ats' oppo-
nent in the Great Eight at
9:30 in (‘hicago tonight. UK.
which hasn't played the. Jay-
hawks since its 88-7] win in
1990 at Rupp Arena. is con-
cerned about No. 8 Kansas'
offensive style.

it is a similar style UK
has seen already this sea-
son. the three-guard offense.

The (Tats had trouble
against it when they faced
No. 16 UCLA and in their
loss to No. 22 Pittsburgh.
both in the Puerto Rico
Shootout.

Playing against three
guards presents a problem
for UK because the matchups

aren‘t always as clear

And the Cats have
struggled to defend the
three-point shot in every
game this season.

Kansas' three guard
line-up of sophomore Kenny
Gregory. Ryan Robertson
and Jeff Boschee are all spe-
cialists in assists and forc-
ing turnovers. Robertson is
especially dangerous for UK.
averaging better than 50 per-
cent from beyond the arc.

“(The three-guard of-
fense) puts a lot of pressure
on our perimeter and our
post people as well." UK
Coach Tubby Smith said
yesterday. “At practice yes»
terday we worked to try and
get those kinks out."

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Smith's biggest worry lie is
eager to see how the team
responds to extensive travel
and fatigue.

And the t‘ats‘ recent
mental lapses are just as
scary for Smith as the
matchups. The team has
played five games in nine
days. He said it is starting to
wear on the younger l)l.’i\oi‘\

But it's not just the
younger players that have

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house gets
$1M boost

State capital projects committee
extends cost limit to $7.5 million
By Mat Herron

EDITOR lN CNIEu—‘F

The new house on the block just got a boost.

A committee that oversees capital projects in
the state approved a proposal two weeks ago by
George [)eBin. L'K's vice president for Fiscal Af-
fairs. to increase the project scope for the new Sig-
ma Alpha Epsilon social fraternity house.

Translation: The house could cost $7.5 million
when it‘s finished.

When L'K signed construction contracts in
June 1997 the cost was about $6 million. Now UK
has added anothet 842“) 000 for improvements on
the site. such as underground utilities parking
and storm drainage.

The scope was increased to accommodate
changes that were made to original construction
plan for the project which LK oversees DeBin said

The estimated 500 SAE alumni who have
pitched in for the house said they wanted to trade in
the shingle roof for the longer-lasting copper roof.
he said. New furniture. lockers and underground
utilities all which were not planned originally
are some of the other changes that will be made.

The more changes they make. the longer the
construction takes. DeBin said.

The house. which will house about So mem
bers once the fraternity comes back to campus
next fall. will also have a top-notch communica-

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Liening
booted from
UK squad

Tackle, arrested last week, kicked
off after pleading guilty to charges

By Ellen Lord

ASSISTAN' NEWS E01' 0)?

Offensive tackle .lonas Liening
was kicked off the UK football team
yesterday. less than a week after
pleading guilty to misdemeanor
charges of marijuana charges.

Liening. “.23. had graduated
from (K last spring but was c1 intin-
u1ng to attend [K and play football
on scholarship money. said i'K
football Spoits information Director Tony Neely

Although Liening. a foiirryear starter. had not
played since Oct. 34 when he broke his leg against
UPLII’LLlII. he was erx‘cted to play in l'K's bowl game.

Liening and former L'K defensive end Robert
Marcus .lones. Bil. were arrested on Nov. 34 behind
('amelot East. an adult-entertainment club at 2606
Richmond Road.

(‘oiirt records show that police found a plastic
bag with ibout five g1 1111s of mat iiii 111a 1n.slone ‘
car: i iening tinned over another three gr 1111s in 1
sin ill wooden box They both pleaded guilty to
drug possession charges in Fayette District (.‘ourt.
l.iening paid a $175 fine.

l.icning's suspension is one more loss for the
football team after :1 Nov. 13 drunken driving acci-
dent killed redshirt freshman Artie Steinmetz. l9.
and Eastern Kentucky l'niversity student Scott
Rrock. 21. Starting center .lason Watts was also so
i‘iously injured and now faces felony charges of
manslaughter and drunken driving.

Nine days later. l‘K Athletic Director GM.
Newton .‘1nnounced a stricter alcohol policy for
Sillfit‘lllvlllhif‘it's. l'nder the new policy. a student-
athlete convicted of drunken driving is kicked off
the team and looses their scholarship.

it was not clear wnether Liening's scholarship
this semester would be revoked. (‘oach Hal
Mumme did not comment on the matter.

[.iening had been suspended before by former
coach Bill Curry in January 1996 after pleading
guilty to charges ofdisorderly conduct. criminal mis-
chief and resisting attest at a lkixington nightspot.

Jones was kicked off the team in August after
being charged with reckless driving. resisting ar-
rest. fleeing from police and operating a vehicle on
:1 suspended license after :1 high-speed chase with
police. That case is still pending

The Associated Press contributed to this article.

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3"", :3 3" Quebec vote may affect secession
W Ill." MONTREAL —— Quebec voters will chose a
Ill! resin provincial government yesterday in an election
litoierat of that could move Canada closer to another show.
holesexualty, down over secession. The separatist Parti Quebe-
gear“ to . cois. under the leadership of Premier Lucien
W h the Bouchard. is favored to return to power. If victo—
Los M rious. Bouchard planned to call another referen-
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by the head of the International Monetary Fund
which is demanding a sound budget as a con-
dition for giving more aid to the crisis-ridden
country. The Cabinet of Prime Minister Yevgeny
Primakov has warned Russia would suffer seri-
ous problems if it doesn't get more aid from the
International Monetary Fund. The IMF has as-
sailed the government‘s 1999 budget revenue
forecast as too optimistic.

Hanks keeps away from Clinton

NEW YORK —- Tom Hanks sounds like he's
ready to quit the FOB Club and run for office
himself. Hanks has been one of Hollywood's lead-
ing FOBs w Friends of Bill. as President Clin-

tions system installed. with
Internet access in every room.

Because the house is will
be part of the housing and din-
ing system, it becomes debt-
free. The house comes with no
mortgage, “because the bene-
fectors are paying for all of
it,” DeBin said.

Once members move in
after this year. the house will
operate basically like a resi-
dence hall.

A UK housing and dining
employee will live in the
house. and each fraternity

“If the building costs $7
million or thereabouts, that's
far above the cost of any con-
struction or renovation of any
fraternity property that I’m
aware of," said Bill Martin.
executive director of Phi
Gamma Delta International
headquarters in Lexington.

But when it comes to re-
cruiting. the soon—to-be
grandiose structure may not
give the SAEs much of an ad-
vantage over other fraterni-
ties at UK. said Tony Blanton.
dean of fraternities.

ton‘s strongest supporters are known — but he . . .. .
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education. ‘ me hel vou outywith this goblem‘ the double- meetings there, as well as are already in the fraternity, not
London Oscar S'iiiner said Hanks KlNhO has stayed at the cess meeting rooms, eating ar- because of all the extraneous
newspaper said White House and once hosted a fund-raiser for eas, study, etc. A fee assigned things associated with the fra-

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; FRANKFORT —- The “working poor" will be
" \. able to buy subsidized health insurance for their
' ' _ ' . children for fewer than $2 per month in many
, “v . cases. state health officials said yesterday.
“ ; That would be the low end of a premium
' ' ".- scale for the Kentucky Children's Health Insur-
" «; ance Program. It is part of a state-federal initia-
tive to cover about 123.000 children who at pre.
“ _ sent have no private health insurance or Medic-
. aid coverage and whose families are considered
; '. low-income.
1.. ”I. “Families are ready for this,“ Dr. Tom
_ - Young. a UK pediatrician. said at a news confer-
ence. “Of 12 kids I saw this morning. families are
4. very anxious to get this program started."
.' - Reno delays decision on lclies
WASHINGTON —— Attorney General Janet
_ Reno delayed a decision yesterday on whether an
Tania independent counsel should investigate former
38‘” A; White House aide Harold lckes. She requested
.. '<="”i_ that a special court allow her 60 more days to re-
‘ ‘ m ' view the case. officials said. Reno has been
who weighing whether there is evidence that lckes. a
W former deputy White House chief of staff, lied to
, lone h” a Senate committee about what the administra-
tion might have done to assist the International
Db m Brotherhood of Teamsters in the union's strike
/ M '7‘ _ against Diamond Walnut Co.
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histone. Clinton unlikely to testify
- III- lIII-v WASHINGTON _., The White House said yes-
“ terday President Clinton is not likely to accept
3‘55». an invitation to testify next week before the
““7 House Judiciary Committee. The committee in
M vited Clinton to answer questions about the Mon-
w" ica Lewinsky matter. Two Republican committee
w“ officials also said the panel was likely to cancel
”- plans to question Robert Bennett, Clinton‘s
lawyer in the Paula Jones sexual harassment
suit.
‘ Hospital wants Pinochet out
LONDON ., The London hospital where
f ‘ Gen. Augusto Pinochet is being held under police
" ‘t guard said yesterday that the former Chilean dic-
' tator no longer needs special medical care and
r should quickly find another place to stay. The
statement appeared to be a new blow to any
hopes Pinochet had of fighting extradition to
Spain on grounds he is unfit for trial. Pinochet
was arrested Oct. 16 in his hospital bed on a war-
rant issued by a Spanish magistrate on charges
of murder. genocide and torture by secret police
during his 1973-90 rule.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS

FRANKFURT — Federal
agents have interviewed Ken-
tucky insurance regulators
about the collapse of Cleve-
land~based PIE Mutual Insur-
ance Co.

The FBI is also investigat-
ing other matters related to
PIE. including talking to athlet-
ic officials at the University of
Kentucky about their use of a
PIE corporate jet for recruiting
trips and other travel. the
agency said in a story pub-
lished Sunday in The Courier-
Journal.

Ohio’s superintendent of
insurance, Harold Duryee.
claims in a lawsuit filed last
month that exorbitant spend-
ing by PIE‘s former president

and chief executive officer,
Henderson native Larry
Rogers, was a factor in the com-
pany's failure.

The lawsuit alleges that
PIE paid more than $7 million
to Rogers in the year before the
company collapsed and that
Rogers squandered company
money by using its jet on per-
sonal trips — including allow-
ing the University of Kentucky
athletics department to use it at
no charge.

Rogers said he does not
know the focus of the FBI inves-

tigation.
He also said that the FBI of-
ten examines the circum-

stances surrounding an insur-
ance company’s insolvency.

Rogers said he has not filed
a response to the lawsuit.

not in a news-
paper," Rogers
said.

“My input
will come at the
a p p r o p r i a t e
time and the ap-
p r o p r i a t e
place."

Insurance Commissioner
George Nichols acknowledged
that FBI agents interviewed of-
ficials of the Kentucky Depart-
ment of Insurance about mat-
ters involving PIE but declined
to elaborate.

Late last summer. FBI
agents interviewed Kentucky
Athletics Director C.M. Newton
and Larry Ivy, senior associate
athletic director. about the use
of the PIE jet.

“1 don’t remember that
much about it.“ Newton said.

Newton

    

for boosters and corporations to
allow the athletic departments
of universities to use airplanes
for free. adding that the plane
was never used to bring stu-
dent-athletes to Lexington and
the University's use of the plane
did not violate any NCAA rules.

Ivy said the PIE jet flew
school officials to an annual
Southeastern Conference meet-
ing in Florida and on several
trips to recruit high school se~
mors.

Rogers said he allowed the
school to use the plane no more
than 10 times.

Misuse of the airplane is
one of several charges leveled
in Duryee‘s lawsuit. one of six
filed in Ohio's effort to pay off
PIE's liabilities.

It seeks $40 million from
Rogers and former PIE officials.

 

fiRAQUAILSCHODL

Students upset over coverage

E-mail survey shows graduate students
unhappy with University's health care plan

By mum Pickrell
CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Reconsider our health care
benefits. UK graduate students
say.
An e-mail survey about
UK's health insurance policy.
conducted by Susan Mains. the
Graduate School representative
for the University Senate. found
that graduate students were up-
set about the cost of the insur-
ance and wanted free benefits.

The current insurance does
not cover allergy-related ex-
penses and would only pay $250
worth of prescriptions a year.
students said.

Several graduate programs
throughout the United States.
including two benchmark
schools the Indiana Universi-

ty-Bloomington and the Univer-
sity of North Carolina-Chapel
Hill — have 100 percent of
health benefit costs covered.

“I have watched graduate
colleagues struggle to stay
healthy while teaching under-
graduate courses. taking semi-
nars. attending conferences.
and undertaking their own re-
search." Mains said.

"At some point. something
has to give, and unfortunately
it is usually the graduate stu-
dents well being.”

Mains said it is the Univer-
sity‘s responsibility to make
sure graduate students are
working in a healthy and sup-
portive environment. and “not
simply treated as dispensable
cheap labor."

Donna Fain. clinic services
coordinator of University
Health Services. said the cur-
rent health insurance policy of»
fered to students is one of the
best in the state.

It offers inpatient. outpa—
tient. accident/injury and sur~
gical coverage to any under-
graduate with six or more cred‘
it hours. any graduate student
with three or more credit hours
and certain zero-credit-hour
graduate students.

But Mains said the students
cannot afford the plan. Teach—
ing. research and graduate as
sistants have limited incomes.
she said.

Assistants and fellows also
cannot work more than 20
hours per week and are unable
during the school year to work
for another employer who could
possibly provide them with the
health benefits they need.

Mains will present a pro-
posal for subsidized health

care. which would provide free
health benefits to graduate stu-
dents. to the University Senate
at 3 pm. on Monday. Dec. 14.

The proposal cites the need
to provide subsidized health
care to attract more graduate
students. with a funding pack—
age that includes health bene-
fits.

“This should be a priority."
said Roy Moore. Senate Coun-
cil chair. "It is also a major
step in helping recruit the type
of graduate students that would
play a significant role in rais-
ing the University to the status
of a Top-20 public research uni-
versity."

"It all boils down to where
the funding will come from
We will be attempting to per-
suade the Board of Trustees to
come up with the funding."

If the proposal is passed by
the full Senate. it will be sent to
the UK Board of Trustees in
January for final approval.

 

BUSINESS

Market looking strong for grads

Company says outlook good in Lexington for
graduating seniors seeking employment

By HichaelHeppermann

STAFF WRITER

So you‘re graduating this
semester. and you need to find a
job. Wondering what the job
market is like?

Well. if you‘re planning to
hunt for a job in Lexington. the
market looks good. according to
findings by Manpower Tempo-
rary Services.

Manpower. one of the
largest staffing services compa-
nies in the world. conducts sur-
veys every quarter of each year
based on employment outlook,

Of the companies contacted
in Lexington. 23 percent said
they planned to increase their
hiring for the first quarter of
1999. while only 7 percent plan
to cutback.

“It's going to be a good
year for employment." said
Maggie Coats. Manpower’s
area manager.

Employers in three of the
four sectors surveyed in Lexing-
ton durable goods manufac-
turing. the wholesale and retail
trade industry and the service

industry ~ plan to increase
their employee base. The manu-
facturing of nondurable goods
sector foresees no large-scale
hiring or firing next quarter.

Despite these numbers. the
survey indicates students
might have been better off grad-
uating last December.

Thirty percent of Lexington
companies increased hiring. 7
percent higher than the expected
percentage increase next quar-
ter. at the start of 1998.

Service industries increased
their hiring by 38 percent and
durable goods manufacturing by
75 percent. compared with an ex-
pected 13 and 25 percent for the
start of ‘99.

“The numbers are typically
down every first quarter of
each year." Coats said. “The re-
tail business is down because
the holidays just ended and con-
struction is down because of
the weather."

Eric Thompson. associate
director for the UK Center for
Business and Economic Re-
search. said the dip in hiring
for manufacturing jobs may

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continue.

“Nationally. the manufac-
turing industry has been hit
somewhat." Thompson said.
“In the last half of the year.
there's been reductions in
manufacturing jobs.“

Despite this slip. he said the
employment outlook in Lexing~
ton and all over the country is
bright -— under one condition.

“The outlook is good for
graduates. assuming there is no
recession or slow growth." he
said. “The chances for a reces-
sion are higher than they have
been in recent years."

One reason is that many de-
veloping countries are having

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problems that could affect the
rest of the world. If countries
that import goods from the
United States experience reces
sions. our exports to those
countries would decrease.
Thompson said.

But a recession wouldn‘t
hurt everyone‘s confidence.

If students work hard
enough. arts administration se-
nior Danielle ()atley doesn‘t
think they will have a problem
getting a job.

“I think someone who has
the skills and the education will
be able to get a job." Oatley
said. “The employment outlook
is very favorable right now.“

 

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