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Trustees approve
budget, faculty
and staff raises

Bonuses: Board passes Wethington $200,000
salary unopposed, Todd receives $100,000

By Jeff Wagner
CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Despite recent state reductions in university bud-
get allocations, the UK Board of Trustees, Tuesday,
was able to ensure increased spending for the new bud-
get in key areas such as faculty and staff salaries, em-
ployee health insurance, and financial aid endow-
ments.

The approval of the 2003-2004 operating budget
highlighted a lengthy meeting. Members met to accept
the university’s new strategic plan, to approve recent
high-level administrative appointments and to divulge
the results of the Board‘s performance evaluation of
President Lee Todd.

The acceptance of the 2003-2004 university budget
of $1.392 billion — an increase of $19.9 million (or 1.5%)
from the previous fiscal year — marked the culmination
of numerous efforts by the university president and
the Board to adapt to reductions in state government
spending for universities.

Facing a $5 million out in state appropriations
from the previous year (and $14.5 million less than
2001-2002), the Board had revised the budget to incorpo-
rate a number of changes.

A tuition fee increase, the reorganization of uni-
versity administration under the Provost model, the
corresponding departmental and personnel cuts, and a
temporary freeze on faculty hiring in many academic
departments were all figured into the new budget.

Despite the revenue problems, the Board was able
to ensure a $9.8 million (3 percent) merit-based raise
for faculty and staff. A $2.6 million increase in health
insurance spending for university employees was in-
cluded to offset rate increases.

Covering the 2003-2006 period, the strategic plan
outlines six key goal areas in which the university
hopes to initiate substantive qualitative and quantita-
tive improvements in academic and administrative

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Programs eliminated or moved
for provost model approach

Among affected: UKTV, Women's Health
Center, Medical Center Arts and Photography

By Brittany Griffin

ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR

Several departments on campus will be eliminat-
ed, restructured or moved to meet the recommenda-
tions of the Implementation Committee for Transition
to the Provost Model, according to a report issued by a
committee this March and approved by the Board of
Trustees on Tuesday.

President Lee Todd charged the Committee this
January to produce this report, in order to examine
how to restructure the University of Kentucky to the
"One University" model.

"The Provost is the chief academic officer of the
institution, and is responsible for the oversight of the
faculty’s roles related to teaching, research and ser-
vice," the report said. "To this end, all teaching and re-
search facilities fall exclusively under the purview of
the Provost.”

The committee then recommended certain depart-
ments and services that did not fit into the new model
for reorganization or elimination.

Women's Health Center

The Women’s Health Center was one department.
It will be eliminated June 30.

"Well, I think the committee looked at a variety of
different programs and tried to make some decisions,"
said David Watt, a member of the Implementation
Committee and Associate Provost of Academic Af-
fairs. The committee weighed the cost of the pro
grams. the people involved and whether they were
achieving their mission. ”This particular program
wasn't meeting those needs," he said.

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Rape suspect sought by police

Awareness: Police, UK officials seeking to educate
students about campus safety, day or night

ByDereh Poore

SUMNER [DITOR lN CHIEF

While UK and Lexington
police continue following
several leads involving last
week's rape on South Cam-
pus, authorities are urging
students to exercise caution.

The rape, which oc-
curred around 3 a.m. on
June 18 near Kirwan Tower,
has prompted increased pa-

trols. UK police said Tuesday
The victim a UK student .
was dragged from a parking
lot near the Kirwan and
Blanding dorm complex into
a wooded area and was
raped, police said.

Police have posted flyers
with an artist‘s depiction of
the suspect along with cam-
pus safety guidelines.

In light of the week‘s in-
coming freshmen advising

conferences. UK police
spokesman Travis Manley
said every chance was being
taken to communicate safety
tips to the new students.

"We're making sure that
we discuss those safety tips
to the advising conferences."
Manley sa 1d. He said new
students need to understand
safety when they arrive on
campus this fall.

Manley also said that
many officers were working
overtime to make the cam
pus safer. including in-
creased bike patrols.

 

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A DAY AT THE PARK

Smash Hit: Lexington hit a home run three years ago when the
Legends began play and the ball hasn't landed since.

 

 

A Dog’s Night Out!

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Todd Scheler of Berea, his daughter Raine, 8, and son Reid, l0, pose with the Charleston, s.c. Riverdogs mascot.

By Jeff Patterson
MANAGING EDITOR

It's official. Lexington is
in love with baseball.
Whether it is the kids with
American flags painted on
their faces or a _____
family enjoying
the game, base- SPORTS

ball is bringing ANALYSIS
people together fi

in Lexington.

At Tuesday night‘s
South Atlantic League ~- sin-
gle A — All-Star Game. 8,122
fans came out to see a ball
game. Some 916 miles and
three levels of play away.
only 5,872 went to the ball-
park in Montreal to see the
Pittsburgh Pirates lose to the
Expos 64.

Why the difference?

A)French-Canadiens
don't like baseball.

B) Applebee‘s Park is a
cheaper and friendlier set-
ting than Montreal's en-
closed baseball prison.

Todd Scheler of Berea

chose the second option.

“I am not a great base-
ball fan and I don‘t even fol-
low the majors." Scheler
said. “But nothing equates
to the experience of coming
to a live game."

Scheler and his two kids.
Raine, 8, and Reid. 10. experi-
enced the game right beside
the South All-Star bullpen
and less than 15 feet away
from future big leaguers.

Reid and Raine came to
their first game of the year
to enjoy the simple pleasures
of the ballpark such as cot-
ton candy.

The difference from
their experience to being at a
big league park is a mere $65.
Three lawn seats cost $10 for
a Legends game. Three simi-
lar seats for a Cincinnati
Reds game costs $75.

“It is a beautiful park
and it brings the game up
close to you." Scheler said.
“Where as a major league
park. you are paying a lot

more to sit a lot further away
from the game."

Lexington went nearly 50
years in between minor
league baseball franchises
until the Legends came to
play in 2001.

Unlike some other minor
league ventures. baseball
works for Lexington. Lex-
ington‘s latest hockey ven-
ture. the Lexington Men 0'
War, sadly ended after only
one season. The Men 0' War
only averaged 2,368 fans per
game. ranking them 24 out of
27 East Coast Hockey League
Teams.

Through 37 home dates
this season. the Lexington
Legends are averaging 5,200
fans per game, ranking them
second in SAL attendance.

For Scheler and many
fans in the Bluegrass “it's
great having a live ballpark
so close."

By the look of things.
don't expect this love affair
to end anytime soon.

 

 

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By Ryan Mar
compares CitlTlc

The first thing that
came to mind when I heard
the Deftones’ self-titled a1-
burn was, “What are they
doing on Summer Sanitari-
m n

The band that helped
create nu-metal is now tour-
ing with Linkin Park and
Limp Bizkit, two bands that
sum up everything that is
wrong with rock music
these days.

Lead singer and gui-
tarist Chino Moreno's vocals
range from the whispers of
a frightened man to screams
that sound as if his vocal

chords are diced through a
blender.

Moreno’s combination
sounds more emotional
than an emo singer does
and more hardcore than
most singers. This happens
to be a perfect combination
with Stephen Carpenters'
roaring-tuned-down power
chords that puts them be-
yond any band out there.

“Lucky You” gives
Frank Delgado a chance to
show his chops on the keys
and turntables. He does it
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of other songs. The keys on
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Harry Potter
book sets new
sales record

ASSOCIATED PRESS

More than 8 million may not be enough. J.K. Rowling's
fifth book in the Harry Potter series is being snapped up at
stores across the country and has the possibility of. poof 1.
making publishing records disappear.

"We expected to sell 1 million copies in the first week
and we sold that many within the first 48 hours," Barnes &
Noble CEO Steve Riggio said Sunday as "Harry Potter and
the Order of the Phoenix" set records around the world in
its first weekend.

Nobody in the industry had seen anything like it. at
least since "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire." which
came out three years ago. Scholastic, the book's U.S. pub-
lisher. estimated 5 million copies were sold the first day
alone, well ahead of the pace of "Goblet of Fire."

Borders Group reported worldwide sales of 750,000 the
first day. Amazoncom shipped out more than a million
copies of the new book. making Saturday the largest dis-
tribution day of a single item in e-commerce history.

Some retailers had worried that even an enormous
first printing W 8.5 million just in the United States -_
wouldn't last long enough to keep up with demand. A lot of
latecomers found themselves settling for a mere pre-order
in place of a book.

Riggio said many Barnes & Noble stores had run out
of copies, but that more would arrive "over the next few
days." The Book House in Albany, N.Y., sold out its 1,050
copies of the book. even though it limited purchases to two
per person.

A Borders bookstore in Columbus, Ohio. had just
enough Potter books for the people who reserved them this
weekend, and another shipment was expected by Monday
or Tuesday.

Borders store manager Mathew Kowalski said many
customers who could not get the new book bought copies
of the other Potter novels.

"We sold some other books, but it was mainly Harry
Potter sales this weekend." Kowalski said.

In London, the supermarket chain Tesco said it sold
317,400 copies of the fifth in J.K. Rowling's fantasy series in
the first 24 hours. seven times the number sold in the first
week of Potteer

"The book has now broken all our sales records and
there is no doubt that this will be the best selling book we
have ever stocked," said Tesco book buyer Caroline Rid-
ding.

There were flaws in the Potter master plan. Some
stores put the book on sale before its June 21 publication
date and a seller in Lynchburg. Va.. Givens Books, discov-
ered that more than 40 of its copies were missing 33 pages.
Scholastic said the books would be replaced.

Rowling's first four Potter books have sold an estimat-
ed 192 million copies worldwide and have been published
in at least 55 languages and distributed in more than 200
countries. Movies were made of the first two books and a
third will be released next year.

Lights burned all through the weekend as Potter fans
didn't let anything as silly as sleep keep them from work-
ing through the 870-page book.

Eleven-year—old Geronimo "G" Gisleson. of New 0r-
leans, received his copy Saturday and was up to page 650
by midday Sunday.

When his mother, Susan. went into his room Sunday
morning, she realized he'd been reading all night, using
the light from a bathroom across the hall that had been left
on as a night light for his younger brother.

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Burton gives UK double vision

ByJe_fl_Patterson

MANAGING EDITOR

With the UK football
program enduring the loss
of several scholarship play-
ers, they could use a 2-for-1
deal. Limited to only 18
scholarships for the 2003 re-
cruiting class due to NCAA
sanctions, Keenan Burton
may be the deal head coach
Rich Brooks is seeking.

Burton proved to be the

bargain of UK's 2003 recruit-
ing class with his MVP per»
formance in last Friday's
Kentucky-Tennessee All-
Star game. Not only did Burr
ton shine at wide receiver,
he also excelled at defensive
back.

Burton caught four pass»
es for 66 yards and one
touchdown in Kentucky's 28‘
14 win over Tennessee. His 3.
yard TD grab in heavy trafv

lie was the catalyst in start-
ing the romp.

Filling the 2-t‘or-1 role.
Burton played a little de~
fense. He picked off an
Austen Everson pass and re-
turned it for 48 yards. set—
ting up Kentucky's second
TI). Burton had two tackles
and a team-high three pass
deflections.

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sition does he want to play?

 

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John Cohen. whose ca-
reer includes success as a
player and assistant coach in
the Southeastern Confer-
ence, and as a head coach at
Northwestern (La) State. is
the new head baseball coach
at Kentucky. Cohen, who
played at Mississippi State
and has
been an as—
s i s t a n t
coach at
Florida and
Missouri. is
e x c i t e d
about his
new role.

"This is
a tremen-
dous honor
and opportunity." Cohen
said. "The University of Ken-
tucky has one of the premier
athletics departments in the
nation. Everything I hear
about the UK administration
is the big '0 word - commit-
ment. Under Mitch Barn-
hart's leadership, we'll work
to make UK baseball 3 con-
sistent winner.

"I have high expectations
for our program. It's a privi-
lege to follow Keith Madison,
one of the classiest people I
know. one of the real gentle—

Cohen

men of our game, a coach
who has tremendous respect
throughout college baseball.
I know Coach Madison's
players are a first-class group
of young men who know
how to work and give every-
thing they have." Cohen
comes to UK from Florida.
where he served a record-set-
ting term the last two years
as hitting coach for the
Gators.

‘Bear's Boys' reunion
in Lexington this week

Outland Trophy winner
Bob Gain, All-America quar-
terback Babe Parilli, and
NFL legend George Blanda
are among the "Bear's Boys”
group of Kentucky football
alumni who are having a re-
union this week. June 26-28.
in Lexington.

The "Bear‘s Boys” are the
Wildcats who played for
Coach Paul "Bear" Bryant
from 1946-53. The "Bear's
Boys" have been having a re
union since the 19808, cur-
rently meeting every two
years.

The primary events of
the reunion are a cookout at
the K—House, next to Com-
monwealth Stadium, Friday
at 6:15 pm. and a recep-
tion/dinner Saturday at 6:15

"Receiver." Burton em
phatically said. ”(‘ornerhack
is too hard. But if need be. I
would play defensive back."

With a loaded receiving
corps. featuring the likes of
Derek Abney. Tommy Cook.
Glenn Holt and incoming
freshman John Logan. Bur-
ton may need to play in the
secondary as well.

“If they want me to play
both. I'm all ears," he said

Three former Cats await

the NBA Draft tonight

pm. at the Hilton Suites. The
reunion is being organized
by John Griggs.

UK swimmer Manley
breaks three records

Kentucky swimmer
Steven Manley rewrote the
record books of his native
Ireland when he broke three
freestyle records in long
course and short-course
meets.

Earlier this month in
Abbottstown. Dublin. Ire-
land. Manley broke an 11-
year old Irish National
Record when he swam the
400 meter short-course

Keith Bogans.
Jules Camara and
Marquis Estill
prepare for the
next step in their
basketball careers
as they await the
National Basket
ball Association
draft tonight. The
draft can be seen
live at 7 pm. on
ESPN.

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freestyle in a time of 3:53.08.
The previous record was
3:53.89.

Then on June 20 and 21.
Manley set two more
records. in the 200 and 400-
meter long-course freestyle
events.

On Friday he swam the
200 in a time of 1:52.58 break-
ing the eight-year old record
of 1:52.84 and on Saturday he
swam the 400 in 4:01.88. The
previous 400»meter record of
4:02.12 stood for 15 years.

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President Todd

deserving

President Todd may end up turning
down the annual $100,000 bonus offered to
him by the UK Board of Trustees Tuesday
— but he shouldn’t.

Last year, Todd turned down the bonus
only to later accept and donate half to UK.

Board chairman Steve Reed mentioned
many lines of praise for Todd, including
one that is extremely important in an en-
vironment of college students vying for
successful careers in an age of angst to-
ward college administrators. He has
shown “unprecedented access.”

Todd has exemplified a hard work ethic
and true love for the university and has
never been one to shy away his beliefs
about what’s best for UK.

As Reed pointed out, Todd has shown a
special skill to the handling of dire budget
constraints. He has also consistently given
the bottom line in a time of economic
hardship.

This year he pushed for a 3 percent
salary increase for faculty and staff but
reiterates it’s still not enough.

UK will absorb $2.6 million in health
care hikes. This allows faculty and staff
not to have their raise put in one pocket
and health insurance increases pull it out
the other, as Todd put it this week.

A friend of mine. who shall remain
nameless. seems to only date losers,
They aren't necessarily bad guys
(though some of them have been) nor
are they entirely free of ambition
(though most of them had none). They
just weren't her type; not what she
wants.

Yet still. somehow. there they are.
They were like casualties of a dating
war, lined up toe tortoe. failed relation-
ship to failed relationship. And my poor
friend can't seem to grasp why she never
ends up with what she wants in a
boyfriend My suggestion. both to her and to you
out

You see. once upon a time there were these things
walled standards People. primarily the dating type. would
rreate these things by whirh to measure their prospective
partners Somewhere along the line, however. these simple
giiidelines have disappeared Now. people with high stan-

 

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of bonus

Todd has also asked the UK Athletics
Association to give $1 million to the uni-
versity for merit-based scholarships,
which they will do for at least ten years.

Last year he hired Athletics Director
Mitch Barnhart, whom has continued to
bring prominent coaching staffs to college
athletics at UK.

College athletics generate a large rev-
enue each year and are often criticized for
large salaries given to coaches. Any funds
diverted from athletics to the academic
side of campus must be praised.

A more diverse faculty including the
hiring of more women for faculty and ad-
ministrative positions has been a priority
of Todd’s. As has been moving the univer-
sity to the provost model: the “One Univer-
sity” system.

Todd has been a very Visible and avail-
able president to students and for that he
is to be commended.

If Todd donates his bonus to the uni»
versity, then he is to be applauded for his
gesture.

However, with all the hard work and
character he has instilled in the presiden-
cy of UK, Todd can willfufly accept his
bonus under the auspices that he does de-
serve it.

dards are considered picky. high maintenance and even
snobby. You're encouraged to be flexible and open-minded.
Not surprisingly. this attitude has created both positive
and negative effects.

Let's say Billie Sue has a crush on Bobby Ray. Bobby
Ray smokes. Billie Sue doesn't particularly like smokers.
but in the spirit of open-mindedness she decides to let it
slide until they start dating. She wants Bobby Ray to
quit. If he loved her. he would. Secondhand smoke can kill.
surely be has to know that. Does he want her to die? He
must not really love her. And so it begins.

The devil behind dating without standards is this:
you're never really doing it. Everyone. has at least a few.
immovable standards they use to measure the people they
date, The question is whether or not you know the differ-
ence between the steadfast and the flexible. Ultimately. you
are the only one who can decide what factors are open for
compromise and those that are set in stone.

For example. I may want a guy with an appreciation
for art. music and theater. However I could just as easily go
for a guy who likes none of those things. but is willing to

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Derek Poore, Editor in chief
Jeff Patterson, Managing editor
Brittany Griffin, Asst. news editor

Matt Goins, photographer
Moira Bagley, staff writer

Low fireman salary
is inexcusable

Wanted: highly skilled men and women willing to
work under stressful, very hazardous conditions for low
pay. long hours, and no upward mobility for at least six
years. Seem like a job you‘d consider?

After September 11th. America lionized the heroic
efforts of New York's firefighters, many of whom lost
their lives trying to save others. Less than three years
later. however. many cities and towns are struggling to
provide decent pay and benefits for
their own fire services. and firemen
are getting laid off in one-third of
American cities.

Lexington‘s fire department who,
in addition to responding to fires and
other disasters, operates our city’s
EMS service. It has seen the post-Sep-
tember 11th goodwill evaporate. and
today our firemen and women are
making just barely enough to get by.
The result has been difficulty in re-
cruiting and an overworked depart-
ment. with many EMS units making twice as many
runs as the national average.

In 1994. Lexington hired an eminent. international
human resources firm to address the pay and benefits
structure of our fire department. The subsequent rec-
ommendation. known as the Mercer system, gave merit-
based pay raises and made many in the department feel
that this was the best job they'd ever had.

Unfortunately budget constraints have intervened.
and this year's budget includes only a 1% raise for city
employees. firefighters included. When taking into con
sideration the rising cost of health insurance. as well
as the cost of living in Lexington, it is easy to see that
this "raise" is really no boon at all.

Last week. I had the opportunity to see the hazards
entailed in serving in the fire department. Assisting
our staff at UK hospital with a combative family mem-
ber. one officer was injured badly enough to be treated
as a patient himself. There were no headlines the next
day. the officer thankfully sustained only minor in-
juries. and for the EMS crew it was just another day at
the office.

With politically-charged items like the Carnegie
Center. the PDR program, and others sapping Lexing-
ton's budget. it is easy to forget about the security in-
frastructure upon which our city relies. As the baby
boomer generation comes of age, there will be an ever-
increasing need for ambulance services. Lexington’s
fire department does not have the money to meet this
need.

In order to re—enact the Mercer system, our city
would have to absorb a one-time cost of roughly four
million dollars. This is just over one percent of our
city’s budget.

Firefighters usually only make headlines when dis-
aster strikes. This does not mean that our city does not
rely on them each day to respond when we need them.
Having a well-staffed. professionally paid fire depart-
ment can help stymie disaster when and if it strikes in
Lexington.

Today, I make more money per hour as a clerk in
the emergency room than a firefighter who has been on
the job for five years. This unfortunate inequity should
be one of Mayor Isaac's first — not last — priorities.

 

Andrew Grossman is a political science and history se-
nior. His views do not necessarily represent those of
the Kentucky Kernel.

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Sex and the single girl: Finding what you want

sit through three hours of Aida and a Da Vinci exhibit just
because it's something I enjoy. True. shared interests are
important. but how do you ever expect to expand your own
if you only date people who