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UK may raise tuition up to 10 percent

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Unless the state gives UK more money than expected,
UK will have to increase costs to make up for loss

By Rebecca Neal
ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR

Tuition may increase
between eight to 10 percent
next academic year if the
economy doesn’t improve,
President Lee Todd said.

“If things keep going

the way they are, we'll have
to have some kind of in-
crease," he said.

Todd said the exact
amount of the increase will
be easier to determine once
the Kentucky Legislature
passes a budget in the
spring, but said that he ex-

pects a cut in UK's funding.

“Right now, we're not
sure what the increase will
be, but it looks like there
will have to be one,“ Todd
said.

In the meantime, he
said UK is working to be ﬁs-
cally responsible in the face
of more budget cuts.

“We know students
don’t like it, and we try to
cut spending wherever pos-

sible," Todd said.

The Legislature cut
UK’s funding for the next
two years in the spring by
nearly $31 million, forcing
UK to implement a 14.5 per-
cent tuition increase for the
current school year.

Currently, resident un-
dergraduate tuition and fees
are $2,280.25 a semester. Tu-
ition for non-resident un-
dergraduates is $5,613.25 per

semester.

If the 10 percent in-
crease is passed, tuition for
residents would rise to
$2,508.28 per semester. Fees,
which are included in that
preliminary total. could be
increased separately.

The Board of Trustees,
which approves tuition in-
creases, has already dis-
cussed a possible increase.
It approved the forecast of a

four to 10 percent tuition in-
crease at its Sept. 16 meet-
ing, Student Government
President Rachel Watts said.
Approval of the forecasted
increase does not mean it
will actually go into effect
in the 2004-2005 school year,
said Watts, who is a member
of the board.

Watts said she voted

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THE BREAK IS OVER

Chemistry freshman Chris Shain demand undeclared freshman Ryan Caplto (right) unpack in the ﬂaggin Nell parking lot on Sunday evening
after returning from Fall Break. They spent the break in their hometown, Louisville. Like most students returning from the break. Capito and

Shaln had bags with Items they realized they needed. “I went and picked up some winter clothes," Caplto said.

Ban could affect ‘social smokers’

UK professor says drinking and smoking are associated;
students say they often smoke more when drinking

By Ryan Garrett
CONTRIBUTING WRITER

The proposed smoking ban.
which will be considered by the
Kentucky Court of Appeals to-
day, won't just affect the every-
day smoker — there‘s a whole
crowd of so-called “social smok-
ers“ who will have to give up
their habit of only smoking
when they drink.

And, many say. that will be
hard to do, since smoking and
drinking often seem to go hand-
in-hand.

“If I go out to a party drink-
ing all night, I'll probably smoke
a pack," said Jon Sanning, an
English sophomore.

“There is a deﬁnite associa-
tion between smoking and
drinking, particularly for the
occasional smoker.“ said Ellen
Hahn, a nursing professor and
an advocate for Lexington‘s
smoking ban.

Jessica Manning, a sports

management graduate student.
said that although she smokes
about half a pack of cigarettes
a day, she easily goes through
the other half when she is
drinking.

“A lot of people say they
only smoke when they drink,“
Manning said, “but I just think
that it’s an excuse."

While many smokers say
they are less likely to become
addicted since they only smoke
when consuming alcohol, Hahn
said that is not necessarily true.

“The more you smoke, the
more likely you are to be addict-
ed." she said. “It doesn‘t have
anything to do with drinking.”

It's not hard to distinguish
those who smoke occasionally
from the regular smokers. said
Shaun Tucker, a bartender at
Pazzo's Pizza Pub on South
Limestone Street.

“They never have their own
cigarettes,“ he said of the occa-

sional smokers.

Tucker said he rarely sees
patrons smoking while not
drinking at the restaurant,
where smoking is limited to one
of its three levels.

But it‘s that mix of ciga-
rettes and alcohol that ban ad-
vocates and others often have a
problem with.

Even though Manning is a
smoker, being around all the
second-hand smoke affects her
health. she said. “I always get a
bad headache," she said.

Cigarette smoke also aggra-
vates some casual smokers.

“You always get smoke in
your face working in smoking
(sections)." Tucker said. “In
non-smoking. you have the
choice of whether you want to
have smoke in your face or not."

Hahn said second-hand
smoke is one of the most dan~
gerous aspects of smoking.

“Workers in smoky bars are
nearly two to six times as likely
as other workers to develop
heart disease. lung cancer and

other respiratory problems,"
she said.

Still, students said they en-
joy getting a smoke and a beer.

“You get a better buzz
sometimes." Manning said.
Others said it‘s a good com»
bination.

“Since nicotine‘s an upper.
you can drink a lot longer if
you‘re smoking." Sanning said.
“If I wasn‘t smoking, I'd proba-
bly pass out a lot earlier"

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The Kentucky Court of Appeals
will address the smoking ban pro-
posai at 11:30 am. today in Frank-
fort.

The Lexington-Fayette Urban
County Council approved the ban,
which was set to start Sept. 29.

Businesses that would be af-
fected by the ban have been at-
tacking the ban, though, saying it
will hurt sales.

UK broadening
its policies
on family leave

The definition of family has been expanded,
and the “66-day" rule has been eliminated

By Amanda Duckworth
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UK has expanded the use of temporary
disability leave and funeral leave, allowing em-
ployees more time off for family emergencies.

One change to the UK Human Resources
policy governing leave is the deﬁnition of fam-
ily. Previously, family only included an employ-
ee’s spouse, any unmarried children living at
gomde, or any other relative living in the house-

01 .

Family will now include a spouse, chil-
dren, grandchildren, mothers, fathers, grand-
parents, brothers, sisters (including step, half-
relatives, and in-laws), or any legal dependent
of the employee, regardless of residence. Ac-
cumulated leave may be used to care for any
other person who lives in the employee’s
household that the employee is obligated to
take care of.

Also, the “66-day rule” has been eliminat-
ed. This rule stated that an employee must
have a balance of 66 days of accumulated leave
before being granted time off for the illness of
a family member.

Richard Siemer, the executive vice presi-
dent for ﬁnance and administration, said the
policy changes are great but that they do not
come without cost, especially to the medical
center. If any employee there takes extended
leave, they will have to be replaced, whereas in
other departments, they would not, he said.

In the past. UK employees could use only
ﬁve consecutive working days of leave for one
family illness or injury or five working days
used separately over a period of six months.
Now, they are eligible to use 30 working days of
accumulated leave over a period of one year
and no longer have to have a leave balance of
66 days before using it for these purposes.

Another major change deals with the fu-
neral leave policy, formerly known as the Fu-
neral Attendance Leave policy The number of
days off with pay that an employee is allowed
to take for the death of a family member or
friend has been increased.

“Many times, especially with closer rela-
tives such as parents or children, an employee
needs the extra time to not only make satisfac-
tory arrangements but also sufﬁcient time to
grieve," Karen Combs, co—chair of the UK
Work-Life Task Force. said in a press release.

In the event of the death of a parent,
brother, sister, spouse, child, any other relative
the employee is responsible for. or any other
person who resides in the employee‘s house-
hold, time off has been increased from three
working days to ﬁve working days. If extensive
travel is involved, the employee has two addi-
tional days.

In the event of the death of a direct de-
scendant grandparent, a grandchild, aunt, un-
cle. niece. nephew, or in-law relative, time off
has been increased from one working day to
two. with two additional days available for ex-
tensive travel.

Francie Chassen-Lopez, a history profes-
sor, said she feels that the changes that were
made are good ones. “Anything that is more
understanding of home life is a move in the
right direction," she said.

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Thirty-six Olympic athletes and
coaches who have lived in Fayette
and surrounding counties for at
least two years were honored Satur-
day at Transylvania University.
The group. which included Tubby
Smith and Adolph Rupp. was hon-
ored at the annual Hellenic Ideals
Program of the Bluegrass. More
than a dozen of the honorees at-
tended or had representatives pre—
sent at the ceremony. William Collis
and his wife. Connie. started the
Hellenic Ideals Program 23 years
ago as a way of honoring and pro
moting ancient Hellenic principles.
[hiring the event. Ralph Miller and
former Lexington mayor Pam
Miller were honored as “The Cen-
tral Kentucky Persons Who Best
Exemplify Ancient Hellenic Ideals."
Ralph Miller is a skier who compet-
ed in the 1956 Olympics. For more
than ‘31) years. he held a world
record in downhill skiing. He was
clocked at 109 miles per hour. Some
past recipients of the Hellenic
Ideals award have been William T.
Young anti Otis and Gloria Single-
tarv.

McDonald's changing its nuggets
CHICAGO McDonald's plans to
introduce a new. all white-meat
Chicken McNugget with less fat
and fewer calories. the latest move
by the fast-food giant to offer
healthier fare. In the next six
weeks. McDonald's will begin offer-
ing the smaller McNuggets in all of
its 13.600 US restaurants. The re-
vamped McNuggets are designed to
meet a growing consumer prefer-
ence for chicken breast meat. The
change is a big. and some say risky.
move for the Oak Brook-based coin~
pany Ever since McDonald's first
unveiled .\Icf\'uggets in 1983. they
have been one of the restaurant's
most popular entrees. especially
among children. But the company
says extensiye consumer tests over
the past six months show the time
is right to shirt from a McNugget
tint is fill percent dark meat to one
that - loo percent white meat. In
\optcniber. the hamburger chain
‘i2‘\"‘.:l‘(l it was test marketing an
adult torsion of its Happy .\leal.
Radon“ than a burger and a toy. the
Ilt“.\ Lo _\.cti\'c meal will include a
sairtd. ‘ll‘. ext rcise booklet and a pe-
dometer meant to encourage walk
in: The new \erlIil‘i‘t' McNuggets

will contain 260 calories. down
from 310 calories. and 16 total
grams of fat. down from 20 grams.
William Mikel. a UK professor and
specialist in meat processing and
product development. wonders if
consumers will reject the new Mc-
Nuggets the way they rejected Coca
Cola‘s New Coke in the mid-1980s
"I think they probably have a good
idea. but we as consumers. we're a
ﬁckle bunch." he said.

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ATLANTA , A woman
opened ﬁre at an Atlanta church be
fore services started Sunday morn
ing. killing her mother and the
minister before committing sui-
cide. Congregants of Turner Monu-
mental AME Church said Shelia W.
Chaney Wilson. 43. was agitated
when she came to the church. She
was sitting with her mother. Jennie
Mae Robinson. and the Rev. Johnny
Clyde Reynolds in the sanctuary af-
ter Sunday school when Wilson
opened ﬁre with a handgun. police
said. No one else was in the sanctu-
ary. Police did not say how many
shots were ﬁred. Reynolds. 62. was
pastor of the church in the Kirk-
wood neighborhood. on the city‘s
east side. Assistant Pastor Christy
Miller said Reynolds had just ﬁn-
ished teaching Sunday school and
was walking through the sanctuary
when he stopped to talk with Wil-
son and Robinson. 67. Soon after.
other congregants heard shots in
the sanctuary. Miller said. Police
spokesman Sgt. John Quigley said
ofﬁcers don't know of any possible
motive. Worshippers who knew
Wilson said she was disturbed and
that something set her off Sunday

Oldest American passes away

TRENTON. N.J. Elena
Slough. documented as the nation's
oldest person. died Sunday at the
nursing home where her daughter
died three days before. She was 114
or 115. according to different
sources. Slough died in her sleep at
the Victoria Manor Nursing Home.
where she and her 90'year-old
daughter. Wanda Allen. lived. ac-
cording to Judy Moudy. a supervi-
sor at the Lower Township facility:
The Gerontology Research Group
said Slough was born on July 8.
1889. making her 114 years old at
the time of her death. But Krista
Rickards. director of marketing at
Victoria Manor. said Slough's son
had a 1930 document that listed his
mother as being born in 1888.
which would have made her 115.
What is not in dispute is that
Slough had been the oldest person

in the United States since April.
when 113-yearold Mary Domthy
Christian died in San Pablo. Calif.
Christian was born on June 2. 1889.
"(Slough) is the oldest living Amer-
ican as of the time she died.“ Dr. L.
Stephen Coles. executive director of
the Gerontology Research Group.
said Sunday. The organization. .
which is affiliated with the UCLA 1
School of Medicine. maintains a '
Web site of the oldest people alive.
Three different types of documen-
tation — birth or baptismal certiﬁ-
cates. marriage certiﬁcates and
census data are used to verify
ages. According to the organiza-
tion's Web site. Slough was the
third-oldest living person in the
world. Kamato Hongo turned 116
last month. and Mitoyo Kawate
turned 114 in May. Both are Japan-
ese. The oldest person on record
was Jeanne Calment. a French-
woman who was 122 when she died
in 1997. Slough, who was born Ele-
na Rodenbaugh in a log cabin in
Horshatn. Pa.. lived through 21
presidents and seven US. wars.

Town's leaders leave for Img

BRADFORD. Ark. m The may"
or. police chief and school librarian
are all leaving for military duty
Monday that is expected to take
them to Iraq. and the residents left
behind in this tiny town of 800 are
scrambling to ﬁll their roles. At the
local cafe and in school hallways.
the callup and what to do about the
loss of city leaders is the talk of the
town. At city hall. meanwhile. ofﬁ-
cials have been rushing to prepare
paperwork necessary to transfer
the mayor's power to a 78-year-old
retired school teacher. The soon-to-
be acting police chief says Bradford
is just one example of how the war
in Iraq has affected small town
America. “One way or another
we're going to handle it." said
Michael Ray. who will become the
new police chief. along with his job
as a school resources ofﬁcer. “It's
going to be OK. I'm going to run it
the same way as if the chief was
here." In addition to Mayor Paul
Bunn. Chief Josh Chambliss and 11»
brarian Nolan Brown. ﬁve other cit-
izens of this farm town have re.-
ceived orders to report to Fort
Hood. Texas. There. they will pre~
pare for a tour of duty in Iraq that
is expected to put them in Iraq by
Christmas. Grebe Edens. the town‘s
recorder-treasurer. will take over
for the 35-year-old mayor. Previous
1y. she spent 24 years as Bradford‘s
fourth-grade teacher

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Local ministers
vexed by large
gay numbers

ASSOCIATED PRISS

Religious leaders are troubled that Lexington has be-
come a flash point for gay issues because of a vocal and
growing homosexual population,

According to the Zooo 17S. Census. Fayette County
leads the state in the concentration of households headed
by same-sex partners. ()n a national level. Fayette ranks
153111 out of 3.1 11 counties.

David Cupps. a steering committee member of the
Bluegrass chapter of the Kentucky Fairness Alliance.
said Lexington is developing a reputation as a haven for
gays and lesbians throughout the state.

Last week. state Sen. Ernesto Scoi‘sone identified
himself as a “gay Kentucktan." an announcement Cupps
saw as another positive step.

Still. resistance is strong.

Earlier this year. Mayor 'l‘eresa Isaac made Lexington
the tirst Kentucky city to offer health benefits to domestic
partners of government workers. but the measure was
temporarily halted by the I'rban County Council.

On Thursday. Kent ()strander of the Family Founda-
tion organized local ministers to discuss the mayor's poli-
cy of extending health insurance to same. and opposite-
sex partners of city employees.

“Here we have the mayor attempting to redefine mar-
riage and its place iii our society through her benefits
plan.” said ()straiider. who encouraged the preachers to
call their city council members to express their feelings
on the issue.

Isaac quietly implemented the plan in July. but the
council quickly moved to freeze enrollment for any future
domestic. partners. Council members objected on a vari-
ety of grounds. from budgetary to procedural to moral. A
council committee is expected to decide the future of the
policy on i\'1onday.

At their private meeting last week. the ministers
frowned upon the recognition of unmarried couplings.
Ostrander said,

“This was not a group to bash gays.“ he said. “It was
just a group to protect marriage and its deﬁnition.

“I believe what we re seeing today is the second gener-
ation following the sexual revolution of the '60s" Ostran-
der said. "Then. it was sex between non-married people
being equated with married people. Now. it‘s sex of any
kind between nonmarried people that is equal with mar-
ried people."

While discrimination still exists. many gays credit
the 1999 passage of the Fairness Ordinance with lighten-
ing the burden of gays who felt they had to harbor 3 5e
cret.

Since the ordinance was passed four years ago, the
city's human rights commission has records of more than
60 complaints that invoke rights provided in the law.
Many cases have been litigated. and at least two have re-
sulted in settlement money.

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‘Sieqfried & Roy' star in critical condition

Roy Horn was dragged off stage by the show' 5 tiger;
attack injured his neck, barely missed an artery

ASSOCIAIED PRESS

LAS VEGAS w The fu-
ture of the famed Siegfried &
Roy show was in doubt Sun-
day with illusionist Roy
Horn still in critical condi-
tion after a tiger mauling.
Employees of the show were
encouraged to look for other
jobs.

MGM Mirage officials
said Sunday that Horn re-
mained on a ventilator but
was able to communicate
with doctors. Even if he re-
covers, they said, it's unclear
whether he would ever be
able to perform again in the
rigorous show.

Horn, who was bitten in
the neck and dragged off
stage by one of the show's
signature white tigers, un-
derwent surgery late Friday

and Saturday at University
Medical Center. Mirage offi-
cials said it might take an-
other day or two before doc-
tors have a prognosis.

It was a good sign that
Horn’s condition had not
changed since he last under-
went surgery. the duo's long-
time manager. Bernie Yu-
man. said Sunday afternoon
during a news conference.

"The doctors are cau~
tiously optimistic," Yuman
said. “The doctors are telling
us that the more time that
passes, the better we are."

Horn, 59, was heavily se-
dated but able to respond to
voices and touch. MGM Mi-
rage Resort chief executive
Bobby Baldwin said.

“We are guarded. opti-
mistic.“ Baldwin said late
Saturday night outside the

hospital. “We are pleased the
news isn't worse than it is."

It was halfway during a
Friday night performance at
The Mirage hotel-casino that
Horn appeared alone on
stage with a 7-year—old, 600-
pound white tiger named
Montecore.

Horn told the tiger to lie
down. When it refused, Horn
tapped the cat on the nose
with a microphone. The ani-
mal grabbed at Horn's arm.
causing him to stumble.

The tiger then lunged at
Horn, who tried to beat the
animal away with the micro-
phone. Audience members
said the tiger dragged Horn
off the stage by the neck.
The attack barely missed
severing Horn‘s carotid
artery.

Horn and longtime part-
ner Siegfried Fischbacher
have been a Las Vegas Strip
staple for years, performing
their magic show to sold-out

crowds. The shows, with
their white tigers and lions,
are among the best-known
and most expensive on the
Strip.

“For more than four
decades, I have had the great
privilege of standing at the
side of this remarkable man,
and I will continue to do so
during this very challenging
time," Fischbacher said in a
statement Saturday.

Mirage spokesman Alan
Feldman said late Saturday
the show was closed indeﬁ-
nitely.

Montecore was quaran-
tined at the hotel, officials
said. Feldman said the ani-
mal had been used in the
show for several years.

Siegfried and Roy signed
a lifetime contract with The
Mirage in 2001. The German-
born pair perform six shows
a week, 44 weeks per year
and have been onstage in Las
Vegas for more than 35 years.

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against the proposal.

“We need to make sure
it’s affordable for students
here," Watts said.

Watts said the board is
researching tuition in
creases at UK’s benchmark
universities.

Some schools. includ-
ing Western Kentucky Uni-
versity in Bowling Green,
are implementing mid-year
tuition hikes, she said.

UK’s tuition remains
low compared to most oth-
er benchmarks. she said.

”We‘re pretty low on
the totem pole as it is. but
in my mind, 10 percent is a
lot," Watts said.

UK's most expensive
benchmark competitor,
Penn State University, costs
resident undergraduates
$8,382 a year in 20022003.
The cheapest benchmark to
attend, the University of
Florida, charged $2,581 a

year in 2002—2003.

Most of the bench.
marks‘ non-resident under-
graduate tuition is signifi-
cantly higher than that of
UK.

University of Michigan
at Ann Arbor was the most
expensive at $23,365 a year
in 2002-2003. University of
Texas at Austin was the
cheapest at $10,490.

A student‘s tuition and
fees covers about one-third
of what it will actually cost
to educate the student.
Todd said.

“The state is expected
to pick up the rest of the
tab, and when they can’t, it
creates problems.“ he said.

Todd said scholarships
can be a way for students
to pay for tuition increases.

“With the increases,
we're working on attract-
ing more scholarship mon-
ey for the students." Todd
said.

Todd said he has also
talked about UK‘s econom'
ic issues with gubernatori-
al candidates Ben Chandler
and Ernie Fletcher.

UK Resident Undergrad Tuition and Fees: Last 8 Years

$5,000
$4,750
$4.500
$4.250
$4.000
$3.750
$3,500
$3,250
$3,000
$2,750

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“We‘ve been talking
with both candidates about
the need for funding for
higher education," he said.

He said he hopes the
new governor will be sym-
pathetic to UK's budget

problems.

“We'll be ready to work

with whoever wins to help
us." Todd said.

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Saturday, October 18
9:00 am. - 12:45 pm.
Health Sciences Learning Center, Rm 201

The College of Pharmacy will host a career day for students
interested in learning about the pharmacy profession. All majors are
welcome. Information sessions will include pharmacy careers,
admission process/requirements. PharmD. curriculum & a student
panel covering “life as a UK pharmacy student."

Please visit our web site for more info: www.meuki.edu/pharmacv.

To register call 323-6163.

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Wednesday, October 8.

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More freshmen living off campus

As freshmen enrollment continues to increase,
more students are living off campus their ﬁrst year

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With enrollment trends
pushing more students off
campus. the chances of aca-
demic difficulties increase.
said one UK adviser.

"Students (living off
campus) usually do not do
as well academically be
cause they are not as in-
volved in student activities
on campus." said Mimi Ha-
ley. the associate director of
undergraduate studies in
the College of Communica-
tion and Information Stud-
ies.

Between the 2001 and
2002 fall semesters. roughly
500 more freshmen walked
through the doors of UK.

The Ofﬁce of Residence
Life is working on a long-
term resolution to help
dorm overcrowding by
opening four new residence
halls by 2005. UK broke
ground Sept. 15 for a new
dormitory in the
Kirwan/Blanding Complex,
and another dorm is
planned for North Campus
where the basketball courts

currently are.

"The catch with this
year is that more upper-
classmen are back in the
dorms." said Pat Terrell.
vice president of student af-
fairs.

Courtney Johnson. an
undeclared freshman. said
she had to resort to an
apartment. “There was a
waiting list for the dorms,
and I couldn’t get in before
school started." she said.

Haley feels that stu'
dents miss out on opportu-
nities available on campus.

“I cringe when I hear
first-semester students are
living off campus.“ Haley
said. “All of the campus re-
sources » for example. coun-
seling and tutoring _, are not
taken advantage of. Off-cam-
pus students are more wor-
ried about getting their car
away from a parking meter
instead of using the re-
sources."

Debra Ross. assistant di-
rector of auxiliary services.
said living in dorms pro-
vides encouragement and
educational help.

“Freshman year is a

transitional year from high
school to college life," Ross
said. “The residence halls
provide peer support, acade-
mic support, and guidance
from the residence life
staff."

Terrell believes living
on campus is a unique op
portunity.

“The No. 1 reason to
stay in the dorm is that
there is no substitute for the
once in a life time experi-
ence you receive,” she said.
“Students learn so much
about the different back-
grounds and cultures."

Along with the general
campus activities, some
dorms provide special
events during the year.
These activities are one of
the many options and rea-
sons why most people be—
lieve dorm life is the best
way of meeting new people.

“I think we miss the ca-
maraderie that exists be-
tween dorm tloors," said
Ben Hornback, a pre-phar-
macy freshman.

An added burden living
off campus is gas money.

“One of the negatives of
living off campus is the ex-
pense of gas driving to and
from campus,” said Nikki
Laton, a political science

freshman.

Other UK students have
been able to ﬁnd good as-
pects of living off campus.

Summer Roark, an un-
declared freshman. said
there are positives of living
off campus.

“By living off campus
you feel like you have a re-
treat away from school in-
stead of going to class all
day and sleeping on campus
too.” she said.

Some said that by living
in an apartment. students
are learning to become
more responsible.

“Students learn a lot
about adult living financial-
ly, but usually not right off
the bat," Haley said.

Sometimes students
have trouble remembering
little tasks.

“Remembering to keep
the fridge stocked and trash
emptied really opens your
eyes to life," Hornback said.

Roark, however, feels
like she is being more inde-
pendent by living in an
apartment.

“I am making more de-
cisions on my own with out
the help of school regula-
tions and RAs,” she said.

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UK Ofﬁce of
International Affairs

INFORMATION SESSION:
STUDY IN EAST ASIA

Tuesday. October 7lh
4:00 ~ 5:00 pm,
20.7 Bradle) Hall

Learn about study abroad
opportunities in Japan.
Vietnam. Korea. China.

Thailand. and other Asian

countries. and about

Freeman Scholarships for

study in Asia.

For more information.
contact: 357.4067. ext. 220.

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