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SEVEN DIE AS SHUTTLE DISINTEGRATES OVER TEXAS

Picking up the pieces

Debris from the Columbia space shuttle lies in a parking lot in downtown Hacogdoches, Texas Sunday.

ASSOCIATED PRESS

Authorities used horses
and satellite gear Sunday to
search for more scorched
pieces of space shuttle Co-
lumbia across the Texas
and Louisiana countryside,
as NASA moved ahead with
its investigation and the
seven astronauts were
mourned at church services
around the nation.

The shuttle tore to
pieces Saturday 39 miles
above Texas. in the last 16
minutes of a 16-day mis
sion. as the spaceship reen-
tered Earth‘s atmosphere.
The accident occurred al-
most exactly 17 years after
the Challenger exploded.

NASA chief Sean
O‘Keefe announced Sunday
that Harold W. Gehman Jr.
the retired Navy admiral
who helped lead the Penta-
gon's inquiry into the USS
Cole bombing. will head a
special government com-
mission investigating the
Columbia disaster.

The commission will
not use “any pet theory or
other approach“ but will

ASSOCIATED PR.

A helmet from mission STS-lO? is seen in this Image from televi-
sion Sunday in San Augustine. Remnants of the space shuttle
Columbia remain strewn across east Texas and Louisiana Sunday.

look into every aspect of
the ﬂight. O‘Keefe said on
“Fox News Sunday"

At Titusville. Fla.
where many Kennedy
Space Center workers live.
the Rev. David Waller called
the trail of smoke from the

disintegrating shuttle a
“glistening tear across the
face of the heavens."

The Rev Mike Weaver
of the All Saints Evangeli-
cal Lutheran Church said
the crew had touched “the

See SHUTTLE on 3

Shuttle explosion

rattles campus, world

Searching for answers: Students express grief,
ask questions as news of Columbia tragedy ﬁlters in

By Steve Eilerman
and Sara Cunningham

STAFF WRITERS

The explosion of the
space shuttle Columbia left
UK students - like many
around the country W try-
ing to absorb and process
another national tragedy:

Ericka Harney. a mar—
keting. communications
and management senior.
felt regret for the
astronauts.

“A loss of seven lives
regardless of who they are
or where they‘re from is a
terrible thing." she said.

Roland Lee. an electri-
cal engineering freshman.
had just sat down to eat in

Blazer Hall Saturday after
noon when he mistook
video footage of the shut-
tle falling from the sky for
a Chinese New Year
display

"1 scooted up when I
realized what it was."he
said. “It just seems like
more and more drama for
the US."

When the shuttle Co-
lumbia exploded over
Texas. killing all seven as
tronauts. students such as
Lee were filled with con-
ﬂicting emotions.

The cause of the explo-
sion has yet to be deter»
mined. but NASA officials

See REACTION on 3

UK engineer
remembers lost
crew member

WWW

EDITOR IN CHIEF

When the names of
the seven astronauts
aboard the space shut-
tle Columbia scrolled
across television
screens Saturday morn-
ing. George Huang saw
the name of a former
coworker. now a hero.

Huang. director of
mechanical engineer-
ing graduate studies.
worked with Kalpana
Chawla. mission spe-
cialist for Columbia.
during the early 19905
at NASA. They worked
at the same research
area in California.

“She always want-

See HUANG on 3

; Chief of staff

ready to juggle
Todd’s schedule

To the rescue: Bogged down by travel, appointments.
president hires university veteran to help sort it out

ELM“

STAFF WRITER

President Lee Todd has decided it‘s time for someone to
help him with his scheduling.

“After a year and a half. he came to that conclusion he
travels a lot A he's really an external president." said Jack Blan-
ton. the senior vice president for administration.

Phyllis Nash of the Medical Center has
been named Todd's chief of staff. pending ap
proval by the Board of Trustees.

Nash said she was excited to begin her
new job.

“I believe in our president and his vision
for the university and I'm glad to get to be a
part of it." she said.

Her duties will include scheduling meet-
ings. managing Todd‘s ofﬁce. handling corre-
spondence and making recommendations.

“Of course. the president will make the ﬁ~
nal decisions. but I hope to be able to offer ad-
vice and consultation along the way“ Nash said.

In a statement, ’Ibdd said he was eager to have Nash on staﬁ'.

“I’m convinced her talents and efﬁciency will help ensure
smooth operations by the university administration, just as I
know I‘ll enjoy working with her.“ Todd said.

Nash will play an important part of managing the presi-
dent‘s responsibilities. Blanton said.

“She‘s well suited for the job. has the necessary interper-

See HIRE on 3

Saturday
night.

mu maul
KERHEL smr

Current search includes
more women, minorities

Replacement: UK seeking to ﬁll administration seat
left vacant by retirement of senior veep Jack Blanton

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STAI'F WRITER

More women and minorities have applied to replace Jack
Blanton. the senior vice president of administration. than
most administrators had expected.

“i‘m rather pleased. After just flipping through some of the
applications. it looks like more women and minorities applied
than I had initially expected." said Edynhe Lach. the assistant
dean for administration for the (‘ollege of Medicine and a
member of the Commission on Women.

Lach. who has served in a consulting role for the search,
said she contacted agencies and organizations that are involved
with underrepresented groups to help promote the search.

Blanton. who has held the job since July 2001. said he was
not interested in applying for the job again.

“I'm too old!" Blanton. 67. said jokingly. “No. I‘m ready to
I‘E‘tll’t‘. but I‘ve enjoyed the job enormously"

Blanton also held positions as vice chancellor for adminis—
tration from 1982-2001. vice president for business affairs and
university treasurer from 1. 75-1982. and taught introduction to
business management for 18 years.

The positions title will be changed to executive vioepmi-

See SEARCH on 3

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The

There is no
change to the
president's
responsibili-
ties to keep
the peace and
protect the
American
people from
dangers
around the
world.”

Ari Fleischer.
White House
spokesman, ex-
plaining that
Bush would not
allow the Colum-
bia shuttle ex-
plosion to deter
his attention
from world
issues, including
Iraq.

Low-down

Baghdad: We'll ‘do our best'

BAGHDAD. Iraq Just days before a
crucial round of talks with chief inspectors.
a senior Iraqi ofiicial said Sunday that Bagh‘
dad is “keen to resolve any pending issues"
in the IIN. search for banned weapons. but
didn't immediately offer new concessions.
Maj. Gen. Hossam Mohamed Aiiiin indicat-
ed. nevertheless. that Iraq may have compro-
mise proposals on lizuid for the talks next
Saturday and Sunday with Hans Blix atid
Mohamed I-IlBaradei. "We shall do our best
to make his (Blix'si visit successful." Amin
told reporters. In his news conference.
Amin. the chief Iraqi liaison to the UN. iii-
spectors. also dismissed US. Secretary of
State (‘olin Powell's plan to present purport-
ed evidence of prohibited Iraqi weapons
programs to the UN. Security Council on
Wednesday: That material will probably be
"fabricated space photos or aerial photos."
of a kind the Iraqis could refute if given a
chance to study it. Amin said.

Bush's budget proposes tax cuts

WASHINGTON , President Bush will
send Congress a $2.23 trillion spending plan
Monday featuring new tax cuts to boost the
economy. a conservative tilt to major social
programs and record deficits for the next
two years shortfalls that Democrats
blame on Bush‘s tax cuts. White House bud-
get ofﬁcials said Sunday the president's tax
and spending blueprint. complete with
dozens of agency briefings. will roll out as
scheduled despite Saturday‘s space shuttle
disaster. Bush's budget outline for the 2004
fiscal year. which begins Oct. 1. is required
by law to be sent to Congress the ﬁrst Mon-
day in February: The numbers and spending
priorities undoubtedly will change some-
what over the next several months as Con-
gress acts on his request. The Columbia
tragedy certainly will prompt added scruti-
ny to the president's spending proposal for
NASA. which has come under heavy criti-
cism from Congress in recent years because
of cost overruns for the orbiting space sta-
tion and other programs.

Explosion kills 40 in Nigeria

LAGOS. Nigeria VA powerful explo-
sion tore apart a bank and dozens of apart-
ments above it Sunday in Nigeria's crowded
commercial capital. killing at least 40 people
and trapping many others. relief workers

WHO'S THE MAN?
the weather-
Micah!
worm known
as Pimxsotawney
Phi saw his

Scottish couplet:
"It Candlernas
Day is bright and
clear, there'll be

until 1966. and
only Phil's predic-
tion was revealed
to the public.
Since then, Phil's
fearless forecast
has been a
national media
event. The
comes
out of his electri-
cally heated bur-
row. looks for his
shadow and
utters his predic-
tion to a crowd-
hog Club repre-
sentative in

"groondhogese."
The representa-

tive then trans-
lates the predic-
tion for the gen-
eral prdilic.

said. Police were investigating a range of
motives including that the blast was part
of a bank robbery plot. Looting and bloody
fights broke out as hundreds of young men
grabbed fistfuls of cash from the leveled
bank and battled over them. In the chaos.
trapped victims cried for rescue and onlook
ers wailed as rescuers retrieved bloody. bro-
ken bodies. The Red Cross said searchers
had recovered more than 30 dead and 32 iii-
jured. Ten of the wounded died later at La-
gos General Hospital. hospital workers said.
Many more victims were believed caught in
the rubble. and the death toll could rise. said
Emmanuel Ijewere. president of the Nigeria
Red Cross.

Venezuelans seek to oust Chavez

CARACAS, Venezuela ~ President Hugo
Chavez declared victory Sunday after his op.
ponents agreed to ease a two-month national
strike. but thousands of Venezuelans still
lined up for a petition drive seeking his
ouster. Strike organizers, who began the
protest Dec. 2 to pressure Chavez into ac-
cepting a referendum on his rule. said Fri»
day they would ease the work stoppage. al-
ready waning, this week to protect business.
es from bankruptcy However. the strike will
continue in the vital oil industry, where pro-
duction was cut from 3 million barrels a day
to 150.000 at the height of the strike. Chavez
said Sunday the government boosted pro-
duction to 1.8 million barrels a day. but strik-
ing workers put the number at 1 million. Op-
position leaders accuse Chavez of ruining
the economy with leftist policies and trying
to accumulate too much power.

Vehicle sales may decline with war

SAN FRANCISCO -This year’s U.S. ve-
hicle sales likely will decline at least 1.8 per-
cent if the nation goes to war with Iraq. but
should remain strong by historical stan-
dards, the National Automobile Dealers As-
sociation predicted Sunday. NADA chief
economist Paul Taylor. speaking at the orga-
nization’s 86th annual convention. projected
new car and light truck sales of 16.5 million
in 2003. down from 16.8 million last year, the
fourth-best tally on record. If the US. goes to
war with Iraq, Taylor says total volume like-
ly will decline by another 200,000 vehicles as
the conﬂict chills Americans' spending. His
predictions are in line with most industry
forecasts, which range from 15.9 million to
some 17 million. Some of the 25,000 dealers
and industry observers here said they've
been encouraged by recent economic indica-
tors. such as Friday’s news that Americans
boosted their spending in December by the
largest amount in ﬁve months.

Compiled from wire reports.

Bush deals with
shuttle, budget, war

ASSOCIATED PRESS

WASHINGTON President Bush is entering one of
the most difﬁcult Weeks of his presidency: leading the nation
in mourning over the space shuttle while bracing Ameri-
cans for war and defending a budget proposal that promises
record deﬁcits.

He spoke with the leaders of Pakistan. Spain and India
on Sunday. juggling condolence calls with efforts to build
support for military action against Iraq.

The president arranged to meet Monday with NASA
chief Sean O'Keefe. before O‘Keefe briefed lawmakers.

Bush and his wife. Laura. are to fly to Johnson Space
Center on Tuesday for a NASA memorial service for the sev-
en astronauts killed Saturday:

The president was releasing a spending plan Monday
for the budget year beginning Oct. 1 that offers a string of
deﬁcits for ﬁve years. with cuts in some popular programs
and growth in others.

A senior administration ofﬁcial speaking Sunday night
on condition of anonymity said the new budget would pro-
pose increasing NASA's budget from $15 billion this year to
nearly $15.5 billion next year. The ofﬁcial did not know what
the change for the space shuttle program would be.

Bush planned to emphasize in a Monday afternoon
event his request for $6 billion over a decade to quickly make
available vaccines and treatments against bioweapons such
as anthrax and plague.

Administration and congressional sources said Bush's
plan envisions record deﬁcits of $307 billion this year and
$304 billion in 2004. The $2.23 budget proposal does not take
into account the tens of billions of dollars war would cost.

The situation in Iraq also takes center stage this week.

Bush was to meet Wednesday with the prime minister
Poland. the same day Secretary of State Colin Powell goes
before the UN. Security Council to present purported evi-
dence of prohibited Iraqi weapons programs.

A session scheduled for Tuesday with the king of
Bahrain was postponed indeﬁnitely by Bush's trip to Hous-
ton. giving Bush some breathing room to put off talk of war
while the nation grieved.

White House spokesman Ari Fleischer said Bush's deter-
mination to disarm or confront Iraq would not be derailed.

“There is no change to the president‘s responsibilities to
keep the peace and protect the American people from dan-
gers around the world."

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number of December 2001 voter registration forms that were
never turned in by Student Government. There were 747 cards
— not 749 , found in a file cabinet in the SG ofﬁce, according to a
Fayette County grand jury report released Jan. 28.

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sonal skills. has a good knowl-
edge of the university. and I’m
sure she and President Todd
will work well together." he
said.

Many UK administrators
have supported Nash's hiring.

University Senate Chair-
man Jeff Dembo said Nash's
hiring was a move toward
more diversity at UK.

“It's a positive step for-
ward." he said.

Nash was associate vice
president for academic and
student affairs for the Chan-
dler Medical Center before
her appointment as chief of
staff. She has a joint appoint-
ment in the College of Medi-
cine as a professor of behav-
ioral medicine and surgery
She earned her bachelor‘s de-
gree from UK in 1968 and her
master‘s and doctorate de-
grees from West Virginia Uni
versity in 1979 and 1985.

ing provost. before the
search was over. N ietzel was

Continued from page 1

jobs responsibilities.

committee for the position.

dent for ﬁnance and admin-
istration. which one admin-
istrator said will reﬂect the

“This person is the chief
ﬁnancial ofﬁcer anti the chief
administrator for non-acade-
mic affairs." said Henry Clay
Owen. the university's trea-
surer and controller and the
chairman of the advisory

Last fall. the search for a
provost was criticized as not
being inclusive enough. with
many on the advisory com
mittee announcing their sup
port for Mike Nietzel. the act-

later appointed to the posi-
tion permanently

With such criticisms of
UK administration searches.
administrators have worked
to attract more women and
minority applicants during
this search.

Owen said the position
has been advertised in major
academic journals. The ads
said the deadline for applica-
tions was Jan. 30. though
Owen said late applications
would still be accepted.

"We'll probably have
about 75 applications by the
end." he said.

Jeff Dembo. the chair-
man of the University Sen-
ate. said he wants diverse
candidates.

"It's an administrative
position. not an academic po-
sition like the provost. But
we still have concerns about

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diversity. especially in at
tracting qualified women
and minority candidates.“
Dembo said.

The advisory committee
will make its recommenda-
tions to Pi‘eSident Lee Todd.
who will make the ﬁnal deci»
sion. Owen said they hope to
have the position tilled as
soon as possible.

He said the committee
has outlined qualities for a
new administrator. such as
an iii-depth knowledge of
finance and administra-
tion and at least six years
in an executive position.
preferably at a college or
university.

He said that the new ad»
ministrator will have a lot to
live up to after Blanton's
years at UK.

“Blanton‘s known and
respected nationally for his
work." Owen said. "He's go-
ing to be hard to replace."

We still have concerns about diversity,
especially in attracting qualiﬁed women
and minority candidates.”

- Jeff Dembo.

chairman of the University Senate

SHUTTLE

Continued from page i

at 9:16 a.m. EST.
8:53 a.m.

8:58 am.

Columbia's final descent ends in disaster

Space shuttle Columbia broke apart over Texas one hour into its descent Saturday, approximately 40 miles above
ground and traveling at 12,500 mph. The orbiter was scheduled to land in Florida at John F. Kennedy Space Center

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temperature signals
drop in temperature

Mission Control
loses contact with
Columbia.

Mission Control loses
temperature readings from
hydraulic system in Ielt wing.

ResidentsinArtiansas, Louisiana
and Texas report loud boom .::::::::: ;::.: -_-
overhead.

face of God."

The debris being collected
from far-flung areas of Texas
and Louisiana is being
trucked under high security to
Barksdale Air Force Base in
Louisiana for analysis. A team
of 20 engineering experts from
the United Space Alliance. a
key contractor for NASA’s
shuttle program, is being sent
to examine the debris.

“We’re securing all the de-
bris and assuring that we look
at every possible angle of

what could have caused this

,-;. .horrible accident."
’ .said.

O’Keefe

Authorities in Nacog-
doches County. Texas. used
everything from horses and
four-wheel-drive vehicles to
GPS satellite locator devices to
track down shuttle debris. But
Sheriff Thomas Kerss said the
area “cannot muster enough
manpower” to guard the hun-
dreds of wreckage sites. At
least 125 debris sites had been
reported in Sabine County,
east of Nacogdoches.

Seventy people went to
hospitals in Nacogdoches
County because they had
touched debris and were wor-
ried about toxic shuttle chemi-
cals. said Sue Kennedy, the
county’s emergency manage-
ment coordinator.

Authorities said divers
may be sent into the Toledo
Bend Reservoir, where a large
chunk of debris was seen
splashing down. Sabine Coun-
ty Sheriff Tom Maddox said
there was no reason to worry
about the water supply.

An immediate focus of
the investigation was possible
damage to the protective ther-
mal tiles on Columbia‘s left
wing from a ﬂying piece of de-
bris during liftoff on Jan. 16.
The space agency said the first
indication of trouble Saturday
was the loss of temperature
sensors in the left Wing‘s hy-
draulic system.

The day before the disas-
ter, NASA ofﬁcials said they
suspected the wing was dam-
aged during liftoff. but there
was no reason for concern.

E‘s.
§
Final
descent

sensors in left main
landing gear.

Orbiter breaks
into pieces.

intended landing path

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Authorities in
counties in Texas and
Louisiana reported finding debris.

All times are EST

‘ Scheduled landing
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“As we look at that now in
hindsight we can't discount
that there might be a connec-
tion." shuttle program manag-
er Ron Dittemore said Satur-
day. “But we have to caution
you and ourselves that we
can’t rush to judgment on it
because there are a lot of
things in this business that

any surface-to-air missile. one
senior government ofﬁcial
said. Security was extraordi-
narily tight on this mission be-
cause Ramon. Israel's ﬁrst as-
tronaut. was a crew member.
The shuttle has more than
20,000 thermal tiles designed
to keep the ship from burning
up during reentry into the at

A glistening tear across the
face of the heavens”

- Rev. David Waller.

discussing the disintegrating

Columbia's path across the sky

look like the smoking gun but
turn out not even to be close."

The crash took seven
lives: shuttle commander Rick
Husband. Michael Anderson.
David Brown. Kalpana
Chawla, Laurel Clark. William
Mch1 and Han Ramon.

“The same creator who
names the stars also knows
the names of the seven souls
we mourn today.“ President
Bush said Saturday.

Authorities said there was
no indication of terrorism: the
shuttle was out of range of

mosphere. Columbia was at
the point at which it is subject-
ed to maximum heat when it
broke up.

Television footage showed
a bright light followed by
white smoke plumes streaking
diagonally across the brilliant
sky.

Pieces of the spacecraft
were found in several east
Texas counties and in
Louisiana. including an astro-
naut's charred patch and a
ﬂight helmet.

There were at least two re-

ports of human remains re-
covered in east Texas near the
Louisiana line. In Hemphill.
Texas. a hospital employee on
his way to work reported find-
ing what appeared to be a
charred torso. thigh bone and
skull on a rural road.

Nearby. also in Sabine
County. two young boys found
a charred human leg on their
farm. The Dallas Morning
News reported Sunday. “From
the hip to the foot." their fa-
ther Bob White said. “it’s all
there, scorched from the ﬁre.“

The ﬂight was the 113th in
the shuttle programs 22 years
and the 28th ﬂight for Colum-
bia. NASA‘s oldest shuttle. It
was built in 1981 at a cost of
about $1 billion.

The Challenger explosion
led to a 2 1/2-year moratorium
on launches. and Saturday's
accident could also lead to a
suspension of all shuttle
ﬂights and bring construction
of the international space sta-
tion to a standstill.

Six shuttle ﬂights were
planned for 2003. ﬁve of them
to the space station. The next
was scheduled for March 1.

Just in the past week.
NASA observed the anniver-
sary of its only two other
space tragedies: the Chal-
lenger disaster that claimed
seven lives on Jan. 28. 1986 and
the Apollo spacecraft fire that
killed three on Jan. 27. 1967.

M
REACTION

Continued from page i

have pointed to damage to
the thermal tiles on the
left wing as a possible
anuse.

During the UK v. South
Carolina men‘s basketball
game. broadcast on CBS.
part of the screen was tak-
en up by newscasts of the
explosion.

Students all over cam-
pus watched footage of the
shuttle‘s explosion just 39
miles above land.

Ted Manahan. a me‘
chanical engineering
sophomore. criticized the
media coverage of the ex-
plosion.

“Yes it‘s a tragedy. but
I think the media is going
:to make it out to be a big-

ger tragedy than it really
is," he said. “Seven people
died today but there are a
lot of people that die every
day and the media doesn‘t
do anything about it."

J‘Austin Flippin. an
electrical and biosystems
and agriculture engineer-
ing freshman. said more
precautionary measures
should be taken in the
future.

“They should have
more people checking each
part of the spacecraft."
Flippin said.

One initial reaction to
the explosion was that it
was a terrorist attack.

Experts say. however.
that the Columbia was too
high for a terrorist missile
attack.

“I thought it had been
shot down." said Tamara
Mills. a graduate student.
“I don‘t know if [terrorists
or Iraq] can do that but at
this time [an attack] is al-
ways your first thought."

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ed to be an astronaut. She
made it." Huang said.
Chawla. the ﬁrst Indian
woman in
s p a c e .
logged more
than 375
hours in
space and
was the
prime robot»
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ator on a
s h u t t l e
ﬂight in
1997.
Huang. who worked for
NASA for seven years. contin-
ues to do space-related re-
search. He is now working on
four projects for NASA which
total $200,000 in research

funding from the organiza»
tion. Huang said he wonders
how his research. along with
NASA-funded research of oth-
er professors. will be affected
by the Columbia disaster.

“I certainly think it will
create a major impact on the
future of NASA." he said. “Do
we get less money for punish-
ment. or do we get more mon-
ey to strengthen our research?

“This is something that
could be a positive or a nega-
tive. I somehow feel [it] would
have a negative impact."

After the explosion of the
space shuttle Challenger in
1986. the type of research
NASA funded changed: before
Challenger. the organization
had an academic atmosphere.
Huang said. but after\y.'ird.
the it encouraged researrh
that had a practical purpose.

Huang said he expects
more changes in the after
math of Columbia.

“I guess they'll give an-
other whip to this organiza
tion and make it more to
cused." he said.

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Play puts new focus

on eating

William Henderson
lll, Nathen Colburn,
Andrew Jessop and
Kyle Zornes
rehearse lor the
"Sally" segment of
“What's Eating
Katie?" Throughout
the show parodies
oi TV spots bring
humor to the seri-
ous subject of eat-

ing disorders.
BRITTANY CLARK I KERNEL
STAN

Act: UK theater teams up with UK C.A.R.E.S. for play

By Brittany Clark
STAFF WRIT—ER

What‘s Eating Katie?
could easily tell the story of
a sister. mother or any fe-
male. The play. performed by
the UK Theatre Department
with the help of UK
CARES. a UK counseling
service dealing with disor-
ders. details the life of Katie.
a young woman concerned
with her weight and bom-
barded by society‘s expecta-
tions eventually turns to an
eating disorder for guidance.

“She's an All-American
girl." said Ginny Utz. a the-
atre sophomore. of her char-
acter, Katie. “She runs track,
her parents are busy. she has
friends that influence her:

Check this out

The show will run February 12-l5 at
the Briggs Theater in the Fine Arts
Building. Each show starts at 8pm.

Admission is free.
The play is highlighting Eating Disor-
ders Awareness Week

everyone can relate to her be-
cause she's everyone’s life."

Katie's struggles and de-
cisions in the play are
prompted by anorexia/bu-
limia disguised as a voice
within her that quickly
turns menacing as Katie's
disorder begins to take over.

Director Margo
Buchanan feels that anorex-
ia/ bulimia is Katie’s demon
or her dark side. In the
script, anorexia/bulimia is a
woman but Buchanan cast
Jason Thompson. a theater
sophomore, after seeing how
right he was for the part.

“Dr. Susan Bordo. a pro-
fessor at UK, wrote a book
called Unbearable Weight, in
it she wrote that anorexics
often heard a voice in their
heads telling them what to do
and that that voice is always
male." said Buchanan. “So I
felt redeemed in casting a
male.”

Some people find they
can relate to the laughs
What‘s Eating Katie? gener-
ates with sarcastic advertise-
ments sprinkled throughout
the shows for faux-diet prod-
ucts such as “Fat Attack”

disorders

Lauren Osborne
rehearses her
"Butt Crusher"
scene tor What's
Eating Katie?
The play high-
lights society's
expectations of
bodies.

BRITTANY cunt |
KERNEL sun

and “Butt Crusher."

“I think sometimes it is
easier for someone to look at
themselves through humor
than to be hit over the head,"
Buchanan said. “This play
has lots of humor and some
absurdity. A n n i e
Lopez, a junior cast member,
agrees. “The play is filled
with dark humor but though
all the parody there is a difﬁ-
cult message.”

Act II of the play takes
place in a psychiatrist‘s of-
fice. showing that anorex-
ia/bulimia can be a serious
psychological problem.

“The play shows the psy-
chiatrist as human for those
who may need to see that and
for the rest of us seasonal ob-
sessors, it helps us to laugh
at ourselves," Buchanan
said.

‘MovieMask'
cleans up dirt
in movies

Where did it go.: New software angers directors
by taking out original material in movies

ASSOCIATED PRESS

Los Angeles __ Last June. Utah software developer
Breck Rice met with movie directors to pitch new soft‘
ware for letting consumers digitally alter Hollywood hits.

It could insert product placements into movies, make
a New York skyline resemble Tokyo and even drape a
modest negligee over Kate Winslet during her nude scene ,
in Titanic.

The program, called ”MovieMask," was designed in
large part to make movies more family friendly, skipping
violent or sexual content and toning down language.

To demonstrate. Rice showed the directors a demo
tape. T