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CELEBRATING it) YEARS OF INDEPENDENCE

One year after Flight 5191

Robert I.

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tims of last year's Comair Flight 5191 crash.

Community unites to remember
the 49 lives lost in crash

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Family and community sup-
porters shed tears and spoke of
hope for the ftiture when they
gathered yesterday at Southland
Christian Church for a public
memorial service for victims of
Flight 519i.

Well~wishers lined the en»
trance of the church with signs
demonstrating their love for the
families and their continued
thoughts and prayers for the 49
victims of the crash. which took
place a year ago today.

Inside the church.
families of the victims
wore blue stickers
adorned with doves. A
banner that read ”Re-
member 5191“ hung
over the stage. filled
with signatures and
messages written by
moumers who visited
the airport following
the crash.

Music played
throughout the memo- .#_
rial service. and the
audience was particularly emo—
tional during a performance of
"You Raise Me Up." sung by
Katie Feola. Tom Jones and Jeff
Day of Southland Christian
Church

Joumalism sophomore Morgan
Witt attended the memorial and
said the victims' families needed
support from friends and the com-
munity.

“I don't think anything can re-
ally help." Witt said. "but they
have great friends and family."

Witt said she is particularly fa-
miliar with the grief of her friend
C‘lay Turner. who lost his father.
Larry Turner. in the crash. Turner
was the associate dean of agricul-
tural extension at UK.

The senior minister at the

"I don' t think
anything can
really help,
but they have
great friends
and family."

MORGAN WITT

iournaltsm sophomore and visitors.

church. Jon Weece. did much to
honor the families at the memorial
through his distinctive approach.
Witt said. Weece. who wore a
black T-shirt with “5191" across
the front. used handwritten poster
boards to accompany his remarks.

Commanding attention with
each of the l00—plus poster boards.
Weece expressed his sorrow and
love for the families and friends of
the victims.

Weece used the poster boards
to support his message that 5191 is
more than a number; it represents
the 49 individuals who died. His
final poster quoted 1
Corinthians l3:8 v
“Love never fails" —
which emphasized the
necessity of love with-
in the community.

Leaders froni the
city and the state. in—
cluding Mayor Jim
Newberry. Gov. Ernie
Fletcher and several rc-
Iigious figures. ad-
dressed the families
H.--" Newberry. whose
office planned the ser-
vice. gave his condolences and
spoke of how he gradually became
attached to the victims as each of
their stories became known. He
spoke of how impressed he was by
the lives they led.

“In the days that followed (the
accident). we all came to know
people who truly lived life fully."
Newberry said.

A choked-up Wayne Tumer.
the brother of Larry Turner.
brought some in the audience to
tears while talking about the harsh
responsibility first responders
faced.

“There was nothing more that
you could do." Turner said. “and
yet you did something more: You
created an atmosphere of rever-
ence."

ELLIOTT HESS STAFF

"Bobby" Meaux‘s mother, Barbara, center, mourns the death of her son yesterday afternoon after a citywide memorial servrce at Southland Christian Church for the vic-

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remembering a tragedy one

year later PAGE 3

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so MATTHEWS ; STAFF

Lors‘ Turner Widow of tarw Turner, the former assocrate dean of agricultural extension at
UK, srts in front of several family photos it her home Saturday tarry Turner and 48 others
died one year ago today in the crash of Cornair Flight 5191

We’ll never get over it’

Pain lingers for families of victims with UK ties

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Clay Turner Used to look into the
stands at his high school basketball
games and see his mother and father
cheering him on. But this past year.
when C‘lay returned to help coach his
old team. someone was missing.

“I would be coaching front the
bench. look up into the stands and see
my mom sitting by herself.” he said. “It
was a harsh reminder that my dad is
gone.”

Clay ”s father. Larry Turner. was. an
associate dean of agricultural estcnsion
for UK. and one of the 4‘) \ictinis of
C‘omair Flight Sim. w hich crashed a
year ago today. The flight took off from
the wrong runway, the shorter ot the
two at Blue (irass.\irpoi1 in l.e\ington.
The plane didn‘t have enough room to
reach a proper takeoff speed and
crashed less than a mile from the air
port.

After a year of grief. families are
still coping wrth the absence of their
loved ones.

Clay‘s loss is one Adam Hooker
knows. His older brother. former UK
baseball player Jon Hooker. was also on
Flight 5I9l. When Adam looks at his
nephew. he sees a resemblance to his
brother.

Features, PAGE 8

"We see signs of Jon in him. and
we compare baby pictures." Adam said.
“But maybe we're just searching for
Jon iii anything."

Time has passed. but the Tumer and
Hooker families are still learning to live
with the losses brought on by the crash.

Celebration becomes tragedy

That morning. the Hooker family
rested after a night of celebrating Jon‘s
marriage to Scarlett Parsley. The farm»
lies assumed the new bride and groom
were on a flight to their honeymoon in
California.

Then the phones began to ring. and
the laniilics heard Jon and Scarlett‘s
plane had crashed near Blue Grass Air»
port.

"We w cre hoping that they had
ou‘rslc‘pt at their hotel." Adam said.
"We w ere in a state of panic and worry
trying to figure it all out."

Scarlett‘s father went to the airport.
Adam said. while the Hooker and the
Parsley families gathered at the cou-
ple'r. condo in Lexrngton. They called
the phone number shown on the news
for family members of passengers. and
a representative from a care team came
to the condo.

See Families on page 3

Sports, PAGE 4

New VP
revises

view on
top 20

By Jill Logo!
ilastertakykornelcom

UK‘s new vice president for
research has changed his opinion
of the top~20 goal. saying now it
is attainable by its 2020 deadline.

“Absolutely. it's achievable."
James Tracy said in a Friday in-
terview. “If I didn‘t think it was
an achievable goal. I wouldn‘t be
there."

In an interview with the Ker—
nel in April. Tracy said although
the Top 20 Business Plan‘s goals
aren‘t out of reach. getting there
by 2020 might be “a steep climb."

“I don't know if you‘ll get
there." Tracy said. “It might be
3020 or 2030."

Tracy was selected for the po—
sition over the summer. He came
from the University of Wisconsin-
Madison where he was the associ-
ate dean of research for the veteri-
nary medicinc school.

When Tracy starts Oct. I. he
will be UK‘s top research official
below the provost and the presi.
dent. merseeing 18 centers. insti-
tutes and facilities run by the uni
versity.

The first thing Tracy will do at
UK. he said. is meet with depart—
ment heads and other officials to
"get the lay of the land."

“I have to fit into the culture
of the campus." Tracy said.

Research is a major focus of
LIK‘s Top 20 Business Plan.
which calls for increasing the uni-
versity‘s annual research expendi-
tures to $768 million by 2020.
L'K's research budget in the 2006»
07 school year was $275.8 million

about 3o percent of the target
amount.

I'K received $380 million in
research funding from external
awards. such as grants and fellow-
ships. for the 2007 fiscal year.
down $l0 million froin last year.
Research awards from federal
contracts have stayed about the
same.

Provost Kumhle Subbaswamy
said while UK will be affected by
the federal research budget. other

See Research on page 3

Obama
rames
student

suppon

By Blair Thomas
bthomastykernel com

Hands shot up in the air. voices
sang along to Luther Allison‘s
“Freedom." and the crowd erupted
in applause yesterday evening as
Democratic presidential hopeful
Barack Obama took the stage at a
campaign stop in Lexington.

The sold-out rally attracted
supporters of all ages. and mttch of
the event's energy came from col—
lege students.

"I can‘t believe how many stu-
dents are here." said Student Gov-
ernment Vice President Brittany
Iangdon. who attended the rally. “I
lcel like the event got hardly any
publicity on campus. but the num»
ber of students who showed up is
~inst overw helming."

Many students thought the
tumout at the rally at the Lexington
C‘enter reflected a nationwide trend
of high youth support for Obama. a
US. senator from Illinois.

“I'm not surprised at all at how
many students are here." said Sh-
eryl Williams. an elementary edu-
cation senior. “Looking around the
room you can tell that this is a

See Obama on page 3

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While sons Scan and Juydcn
wcrc at her home sleeping (and
undcr the curc of a new nanny)
on August IX. :1 dnzcd and sub-
dued Britney Spcurs strolled into
Hollywood hot spot Teddy‘s with
u fcw mule pals a little beforc
midnight. Nestled into a comer
booth near the DJ. she was clad
in dark sunglasses. knee-high tun
boots and u bundunna covering
hLl' hair extensions. The pop star.
who rocked of sweet. fruity per-
fume. Sucked down drinks and
fidgctcd with the top of her silvcr
strapless dress. exposing her
breast to throngs of patrons.
"When 1 shook her hand, she
kind of molcstcd it." u clubgocr
who met Spczirs that night tells
Us.

Spczirs' blltllTL‘ behavior
capped off yet unothcr stint of
clubbing. late nights and very
surprising slccpovcrs: three with

‘ illusionist Criss Angel. whom shc

only rccently met. This. just as
cat-husband Kevin Fedcrlinc. 29.

’ steps up his efforts to gain full

costody of thcir sons. In fact.

. chcrlinc subpocnucd an execu-

tivc from Promises Trcutmcnt
Ccntcr to i'clcusc information of
Spcurs’ February stay at the rehab

, facility on thc day of hcr Teddy's

incidcnt.

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Spcars' curcfrcc sprcc begun
thrcc duys curlicr on August I5
~ tis soon us licdcrlinc's body
pickcd up Scan. 23

CRISS ANGEL
CASTS HIS SPELL
0N BRITNEY

What custody battle? Spears leaves
her kids home as she parties (and spends

from her Beverly Hills mansion
for a few days with Dad. First on
her agenda"? A meeting at the
LA. office of her divorce lawyer.
Laura Wasscr. She emerged look-
ing sullcn. which she quickly
trcutcd with some retail therapy
at Versucc in Beverly Hills with
cx-ussistant Alli Sims. (Among
her many purchases. Spears. 25.
snatched up three white bags to—
taling nearly $11,000.)

But Spears‘ real pick-me-up
arrived later that night while she
dined on lemon chicken at her
regular haunt. LA. eatery Crav-
ings. in the form of Angel. the
Lus Vegas magician known for
his A&E series. “Mindfrcak”
(and whom Cameron Diaz dated
briefly in May: see box. page 59).
who approached her table with
his entourage. "Criss was sitting
outside. and Britney was sitting
inside." Cravings owner Ibrahim
Oztok tells Us. “He went inside
to her table. He just introduced
himself." After their 20-minute
chut (“They were friendly and
having a good time." says 07.-
tok). the two left separately.

But their bricf meeting was
all it took for Angel to mesrncrize
Spcurs: Lotcr that night. the pair
urrchd all The Tower Beverly
Hills holding hands, “Criss is u
mugicitin , ~ hc knows how to do
lowvlcx‘cl hypnotism." says an
Angcl pal. "if he run into Britncy
Spctirs. l‘m sur’c it was like
shooting fish in ii bzirTcl."

Business or Pleasure?

.\ngcl dcriicd tlic hookup to
l’coplc. insisting thcy ncrc col-
laborating on hcr performrmcc tit

the night!) with the magician

the MTV Video Music Awards in
Scptcmbcr. But he and Spears
werc sccn leaving the some room
the next moming. They also or-
dcred turkcy club sandwiches
from room service before they
left (and at one point. Spears
cven locked hersclf out of the
suitc). Thc duo were seen thc
next night entering the W Los
Angclcs-Wcstwood hotel at 3
am. and didn‘t leave until later
that moming. (Angel‘s rcp had no
comment.)

Sources close to Angel insist
thcy‘rc involved ,_ at least for
now. “Criss is a total dog." says
the ﬁngcl pal. “Hc knows that
Britney is susceptible at the mo—
ment and is going for it. He‘s to-
tally doing this to raise his pro-
file." The Angel pul says scduc—
ing Hollywood women is a prior—
ity for the magician. “He’s got u
differcnt chick in his bed every
night. but he knows the power of
hooking up with famous. beauti-
ful girls like Cameron and Brit;
ney." What's so charming about
the 39~ycar—old'.’ Says an insider
close to Angel. “Criss has it way.
an aura about him." Agrccs the
Angel pal: “He turns on that bad
boy rcbcl thing. and it‘s gumc
over for whomcvcr he has in his
sights."

is it lovc‘.’ Not likely. “He'll
chamr her for a couple wccks. get
bored and drop her. probably af-
ter thc VMAs." says the Angel
pal. A source close to Angcl adds
it‘s all u routinc for the illusionist:
“.\II the girls full for it. thn the
goinc plun works. you stick to it
(‘ountcrs o soui‘cc closc to Angel.
"('riss didn‘t gct itito this for thc
attention. Hc‘s it good guy."

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“That is when we knew." Adam said.

The realization of loss did not imme—
diately set in for the Hooker family be-
cause they were already expecting Jon to
be away for a while. Adam said.

"It still felt like they were just on
their honeymoon and they would re-
turn." he said.

Despite all the explanations for the
crash. Adam said he never put blame on
anyone,

“Deep down it didn‘t matter. What-
ever was said couldn‘t change that we
lost them." he said. "We‘re still heart-
broken. We've healed to the point we
think we can. but we‘ll never get over
it."

A painful return home

Lois Tumer woke up the morning of

the crash and was not surprised to see
her husband was not there.

“Larry had gotten up early to make
the ﬂight. and he did not wake me, as
was our normal routine." she said. "The
last thing he always did was e-mail me
his itinerary with ﬂight numbers and
things like that."

Lois‘s friend called with news about
the plane crash. but Lois said she was
not alarmed until she opened the e-mail
from her husband and saw that his ﬂight
was Comair Flight 5191.

Lois and her two daughters tumed on
the TV and waited for word on possible
survivors.

“A reporter said that there was a row
of ambulances lined up at the field and
that none of them had been called." she
said. “That‘s when I knew."

Clay‘s cell phone kept ringing while
he sat in a church service at his college
in Indiana. After ignoring several calls
from his mother and sisters. the then-l8-
year-old decided to step out of the ser-
vice.

“I called my house and my mom was
crying," he said. “She told me there had

been a plane crash and that my dad was
on the plane."

Clay returned to his domt room
alone and waited. not knowing if his dad
had survived.

“Finally I just called my mom and
said I needed to know." he said. "She
told me my dad had passed away. It was
the lowest moment of my life."

Life following the crash was full of
emotion. and living day to day was hard.
Lois said.

Some comfort came front more than
1.300 sympathy cards and letters the
Tumer family received and thousands of
visitors at Larry‘s funeral services and at
Lois' home the day of the crash.

“That physical outpouring of cott-
cern was very comforting.“ she said.

Clay moved home to be close to his
family. He said he ignored news updates
about the crash.

"The only fact that mattered to me
was that tny dad was gone he said.

Lois didn‘t pay attention to new de—
tails about the cause of the crash either.
she said.

“From the very day of the crash I
have tried to focus on being thankful for
the almost 30 years 1 had with Larry."
she said. "and not focus on what hap—
pened at the end of the runway last Au—
gust."

Lois said her family is recovering.
but slowly.

Clay will return to lndiana to attend
Taylor University. He said he feels
enough time has passed. and he is ready
to leave home again.

“My mom and sisters are doing bet-
ter. and I feel like that is where I'm sup-
posed to be." he said. "But I still feel a
little lost sometimes without my dad."

The one-year anniversary will be
hard. but Lois said if anything positive
can be drawn from her experience. it is
that she always feels remembered

“A positive of being part of a public
tragedy is that people still do remember
and people can reﬂect." she said. "
allowed to talk about Larry and what he
meant to us."

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Community responsible
for remembering

It s quiet just before 6 .i. ttt. near
the end of Runway 22 at Blue Grass
Airport — the runway ( omair I light
5l9l was sup-
posed to take off
frottt a year ago
today.

Jct engines
throttlcd up yes»
terday with a
heavy vvhitte
and lifted off iit
darkness on a
muggy momittg
typical to chr
ittgtoit itt Au»
gust. It was a
morning similar
to tltc one crash
victims experienced as they boarded
Flight 5l91 last year.

Much has happened since Aug.
27. 2006. and tttuch has been discov—
ered about the circumstances stir-
rounding the crash. front the under
staffed air tower to the pilot cvror itt
verifying the runway the ﬂight was
on. A constant since that morning has
been the pain of the victims families.

As time passes after any tragedy.
people teitd to move on and forget.
As a joumalist and community mem»
her not directly connected to the
crash. it‘s often easy to see such an
accident only by the numbers ~~ 4‘)
people dead instead of a new bus-
band and wife. carittg parents aitd
young individuals with plans for their
future.

A memorial exhibit at the Avia-
tiort Museum of Kentucky near the
airport tells the stories of broken
lives. Letters sit behind glass ad-
dressed to passengers. scrv mg as a
goodbye that couldn‘t be done iit per—

BOSE
Kernel
columnist

son.

A handmade card w itlt a child‘s
jerky writing in marker telling a
mother she is missed. A thank you to
guests of Jort and Scarlett Parsley
Hooker's wedding. which was held
just the night before. One hand-writ—
ten letter several pages long from an
airport employee who checked itt
Tittt Snoddy. 5 l . a Lexington bttsi~
nessman. and Marcie Thomason. 35.
a Lexmgton native who worked itt
Washington. l).(‘.. but was
home to plan her wedding.
The employee wanted to
record interactions with tltc
victints. even if they were
small , how Snoddy was
friendly and ltovv Thoma—
son “its pretty.

No one will understand
the paitt like the families of
the victims. But it’s clear
the crash touched most
everyone in the community.

Elizabeth Casey. 3‘). of
Versailles. visited the nurse-
um yesterday with her fum»
ily. She didn‘t come to
view the rnctnorial exhibit
but took a tttinutc to look over the
cards and letters.

“I think about it whenever I'm
getting on a plane myself." Casey
said. "I didn't know anybody on
board. but I still think about what a
tragedy it was."

Stev'c Collier knew several peo-
ple on board including Pat Sittith. a
58—year-old Lexington mart who
worked with Habitat for Humanity.

Collier volunteers at the aviation
museum and also cov ercd tltc crash
as a cameraman for NBC affiliate
WLEX-lb’. The day was a bltir. Col-

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her said. and it wasn‘t until later tn
the day he realized he‘d met sonte of
the victints before.

"l try not to think about it be-
cause it makes it easier. sometimes."
he said, "I just wonder what would
be going on (if they were aliv‘ei."

Besides the exhibit at the aviation
museum which other volunteers
said receives a few visitors each
month ~ there is no permanent
memorial for the crash v ictittts or
their fattttlies. The re—
sponsibility of carrying
on their memory and
recognizing those dc~
parted as unique indi-
v idtials falls on each
person in the commu—
nity. And preserving
such memory is never
guaranteed in a world
that continuously looks
forward.

"I think everything
fades with time if you
didn‘t have any kind of
direct connection."
Casey said.

I still think people
think about it a lot." she said.

Collier was closittg down the ntu-
setittt yesterday after 5 pm. and had
turrted off the lights irt the main
hanger. He switched on his ﬂashlight
and looked over the messages to vic—
tims before leaving. He looked down
silent. in the dark. shining his light
over each one carefully.

"It‘s a day I won‘t forget for a
long time." he said.

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Kentucky business leaders discussed the
future of UK and other state colleges Friday
at the last of nine forums. sponsored by the
Kentucky Chamber of Commerce. that have
taken place across the Bluegrass this month.

"The purpose of the study is to follow
up on the '97 reforms and evaluate what
progress has been ntade and what still needs
to be done." forum moderator Diana Taylor
said.

Reevaluating the approach of the re‘
forms is necessary if Kentucky is to keep
up with the rest of the country. said forum
leaders Aims McGuinness and Dennis
Jones from the National Center for Higher
Education Management Systems.

“There are many good initiatives. but
many do not have systemic affect."
McGuinness said. “There is a real miss be-
tween the goals and what actually occurs."

The 1997 reforms found that low educa—
tion attainment was a factor in Kentucky‘s
low per capita income. according to a pre-
sentation by McGuinness and Jones.

The business leaders said they are con~

ducting the study not just to review educa-
tional success. but also to judge what the
business environment will look like over
the next 13 years.

Routine behavior is the primary reason
students are not prepared for the workplace.
said forum attendee and businessman Marty
Kish. and more education would be benefi—
cial to increasing profits.

"It makes a big difference between the
four~ycar college student and high school
degree." said Kish. who is vice president of
marketing and communications at the Keit~
tucky Association of Manufacturers.

UK is taking steps to achieve its plan to
become a top-20 public research university.
which aims to benefit the state economical—
ly by generating students who are more
likely to lead productive careers.

"You've got to find a reason to be here
(at UKi." said Student Government Presi-
dent Nick Phelps.

Phelps. who attended the forum. said he
is pleased that the business leaders are ntak~
ittg an effort to evaluate education reform
and are using feedback front the forums to
decide what needs to be done to continue
education reform.

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factors are more important.

“Our potential for growth in research
funding is more a function of being able to
hire outstanding faculty than growth in fed—
eral research expenditure." Subbasvvamy
said in an e-mail to the Kernel.

“In fact. our primary limitation at this
point will be capital investment: we are esr
sentially out of research space. and need

ntorc laboratory build
ings.” he said.

Although it is too ear-
ly to say exactly what
will be changing iit UK‘s
research program. Tracy
said he doesn‘t see any
major problems

“It's not a question of
things being broken and
needing to be fixed." Tru—
cy said. “I don‘t see anything that is broken
at Kentucky."

Tracy

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younger group of supporters. He‘s
gotten such it great turttotit Ltl col-
lege campuses around tltc country;
l tn glad tl .cic s so tit tny students
ltcrc even though It s ttot at l K.

Students and other tttcittbcrs of
thc crovv d of inst ovci‘ lMltl coit—
tiitued cltccrtttg on ()lvitttta as be
discussed national issues like lltL‘l‘
acy. bankruptcy. energy policy and
tlte war irt Iraq.

He called the nation‘s health
care and educational sy stcttts ”bro-
ken" and discussed total and state
issues as well.

“it needs to come to the atten-
tion of the national gov criitttcitt
that if tltcrc l\ soittcoitc tit Ken
tucky who is poor. that tittpovetr
isth all of its." ()baitta said

Cindy .-\|c\bcrg. .i psychology
freshman. said it is citcoutagittg to
have presidential candidates come
to Kentucky

“l'nt front l’ikcvillc.
n‘t fltc Itiigcst tovvtt or

which is
the most

likely stop for a presidential candt~
dale.” .v\lcxberg stud. "But when
we get the chance to talk about is-
sues with :i candidate like ()baitta
.it a local level. it really gives its
citciturugcinettt that even the prob-
lems of l:.tstcrn Kentucky can bc
sitl\ctl."

()battta said traveling around
tltc country and talking to people
in ev cry state is utt'tottant because
everyone has ”different issues tltey
want to see solved,"

livtdcitce of tltc large number
of students backing ()bama can be
seen oit \Ocittlvttk‘t“Ol'klltg sites
like l‘accbook Milt]. vvltci‘c he has
over l z5.000 friends and more
than Uiflflfl tnctttbcrs in at least
500 groups for supporters. Hy' conA
trust. lcllovv llctttocratic primary
candidate Sen Hillary ('littton oi
New York has l‘lllflil ntcntbcrs ttt
ltct‘ largest group on the Web site

"llc‘s here. and he's talking
about issues that students care
about." Williams said. "He talks
about bridging this country 's cdu
Ldllt‘ll gap. and as it future tcacltcr.
iltts is iittportattt to me llc talks

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about eitdiitg this war. which is int-
portant to so many young people
who feel helpless. He gives its
hope that our voices will be
heard."

()baitta .tsked tltc crowd for its
continued energy and support for
change during his presidential
campaign

"You didn‘t cottte ottt here to»
day because you are against some-
thing ,, everyone is against some-
thing; everyone has something to
be cynical about." ()baitta said.
"Just like citi/ctts tit otltcr parts of
tltis nation. you are here because
you want to be tot something."

Alter tltc lt.ilf~hour rally. stu~
dents and other supporters gath-
ered to discuss the issues they: sup
port.

“lt's ttot ittst .tb.tut the educa-
tional sy stem and 'i‘._\ future as a
teacher." Williams said, "As an
.\fi'ttan~;\ittcrictut. it‘s about
sotttctltittg more that that. It‘s
about a minority candidate for
president. It's about changing his—
tory. it's about the possibility of
making history.”

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