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Friday, November 11, 2005
Debate
tackles
slavery’s
legacy
Forum focuses on the merits
of paying reparations to blacks
By Spencer Conco
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The older academic ar-
gued that the US. govern-
ment is “morally culpable"
. . to repay blacks for genera-
x tions of injustice. The
. .J younger music industry
u professional countered that
I have a blacks. not the government.
' are the ones more responsi-
fEEIIDQ ble for taking action.
the one. What both men want to
see, however, is a debate in
drop rule Congress over the underly-
ing issue of reparations.
would Roy Brooks and Regi-
nald Jones debated the topic
Come last night in Memorial Hall
,, in front of more than 150
baCk- UK students and faculty
, Student Activities Board
Reqmald Jones sponsored the event.
speakinuaaainst “It is not natural that
reparations blacks are on the bottom
and that whites are on top;
it is constructed,“ said
Brooks, a law professor at
the University of San
Diego.
“The government is re-
sponsible for slavery” he
said. “We still live under the
Constitution that allowed
slavery.”
Brooks mentioned the
reparations that the US.
government issued to de-
scendants of Japanese-
Americans who were in-
terred at the start of World
War II. He then said Ameri-
ca needs to do the same for
blacks.
“Make the apology be-
lievable by doing something
tangible. like reparations."
Brooks said. “The range of
reparations is only limited
in our imagination and
sense of morality."
Jones. meanwhile. took
the other side of the issue.
While he’d also like to see
some sort of compensation.
tions are)
only limit-
ed in our
imagina-
tion and
sense of
morality."
Roy Brooks
speaking
for reparations
See Debate on page 2
NAACP
leader offers
advice to UK
By Erin Thomas
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UK has a chance to raise the bar of diversi-
ty across the state. a leader in the National As-
sociation for the Advancement of Colored Pee
ple told an audience of more than 100 people
last night. .
Creating a climate that is conducive to
democracy and diversity is necessary if UK
wants to recruit and retain minority students.
especially black students. said John Jackson,
the NAACP’s chief policy officer.
While Jackson spoke of UK‘s recent diversi-
ty issues. the timing of his speech was coinci-
dental. said Lisa Brown, director of student
and multicultural affairs in the School of Jour-
nalism and Telecommunications. The school
had been trying to arrange Jackson's appear-
anoe for two years. she said.
“There must be a climate that makes indi-
viduals outside want to one in." Jackson said.
“and each of us has to identify what role we
can £1me play to address the challenge that
ems
Jackson acknowledged that UK has the
highest retention and graduation rates of black
students among Kentucky’s higher education
institutions. This arises from the fact that there
See NAACP on page 2
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Walking toward a solution
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56 Cabinet Secretary Tony Jackson coordinated the safety walk and its route. 56 President Becky Ellingsworth, her staff, acting UK Police Chief Kevin Franklin and the
staff of the grounds crew, UK housing, and physical plant employees walked the course last night to document safety issues and discuss possible solutions.
Student Government sponsors walk through
campus to identify potentially unsafe areas
By Chris Miles
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Student Government hosted
its first on-campus safety walk
of the year last night, designed
to help both UK students and
staff identify areas on campus
that could be dangerous after
dark.
Members of SC. representa-
tives of UK’s Physical Plant Di-
vision and acting UK Police
Chief Kevin Franklin walked
around campus identifying dim
and unlit walkways. large
hedges and bushes that might
cover an attacker and clustered
buildings that might allow as-
sailants to hide in wait behind
dark corners.
Christie Mitchell. SG senator
and a communications and mu-
sic sophomore. pointed out
hedges in front of Bowman Hall
as potentially dangerous.
Franklin said those are
bushes where an attacker could
hide. The group also identified
walkways around the
Funkhouser Building as target
areas. UK has removed similar
hedges in the past.
“There was one area two
years ago in front of Barker Hall
and the Armory that had hedges
that were five feet tall.” said Jer—
ry Hart, a horticulturalist for
the Physical Plant Division. “It
was like walking into a tunnel.”
Last year's on-campus safety
walk also identified the lands
scaping in front of Memorial
Coliseum and the flag pole area
across the street as trouble ar-
eas. The Physical Plant Depart
ment recently ripped the bushes
out of both of those areas.
“We found homeless people
sometimes sleeping in those
bushes." Franklin said. “When
we pulled those bushes out. we
found a whole lot of beer cans
and bottles and even some mat-
tresses."
Still. altering the landscap-
ing around buildings and walk-
ways isn’t always an easy task.
“Different locations need to
have different measures applied
to them." Hart said. “There is no
one rule that we can follow
See Walk on page 2
“We found homeless people sometimes
sleeping in those bushes.”
KEVin Franklin, acting Ull Police Chief on bushes removed next to Memorial Coliseum
Ernie students
praise Path,
look for more
By Michele May
The majority of female
students at UK seem to be
happy with the recent ad-
vances in women‘s safety on
campus. but many still feel
that more can — and should
be done.
Recent student sugges-
tions have included adding
more lights. especially in
parking areas: offering self-
defense classes; increasing
police presence on campus at
night. especially in residen-
tial areas: and installing
more emergency call boxes.
“There is only one emer-
gency button between Kim
and South Campus." said sec-
ondary education freshman
Arielle Evans. “They really
should have more of them;
they’re so far apart."
UK is working on the
CATS Path. which is de-
signed to be a main thor-
oughfare through campus at
night with additional light»
ing and improved landscap-
ing. Current plans call for it
to run from the intersection
of Hilltop and Woodland av-
enues near South Campus to
South Limestone Street near
Dickey Hall.
Alison Rahn, an elemen—
tary education sophomore.
and Jenny George. a biology
sophomore. said they would
use the CATS path. providing
it was well-lit.
“I‘ll definitely go out of
my way to use the path."
Rahn said. “It sounds like a
great idea. I love it.“
One common complaint
was that the proposed CATS
Path doesn‘t include the
more remote areas of cam-
pus. specifically K-lot.
"If I‘m going to my
boyfriends house at night. I
won‘t go to my car. I make
him pick me up." said
George. who lives on South
Campus. “The CATS Path
should definitely include the
See Path on page Z
UK 84, OHio ALL-STAR544
Smothering defense
delivers blowout
pleased with our defense. We got
By Chris delimit
THE KENTUCKY KERNEL
UK used a stifling full-court
press and various man-to-man and
zone defenses in the half court to
defeat the Ohio Girls Basketball
Magazine All-Stars in an 84-44 ex-
hibition game victory last night.
The Cats held OGBM to 16-for-56
shooting on the game and convert-
ed 25 Legends turnovers into 32
our hands on a lot of balls."
Defense has been a point of em-
the start.
fense."
phasis in the first few weeks of
practice. and it showed. as the Cats
used a tough trapping press from
“As a team, we agreed that‘s
what we‘re going to do this sea.
son.“ sophomore guard Samantha
Mahoney said. “We want to play de-
points.
“You can‘t ask for a much better
defense than that." UK head coach
Mickie DeMoss said. “l‘ve been
Combined with easy points off
the press. hot shooting from Ma-
See Cats on page 5 u
Sophomore
center Sarah
Elliott drives to
the basket for
two of her
team-high 15
points last
night at Memo-
rial Coliseum.
Elliott was per-
fect from the
field, going 6-
of-6 on field
goal attempts.
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