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Students leaving despite
efi‘brts to retain minorities

By Fausto Menard
Staff Writer

Sometimes, you can have the
highest mark of anyone in the
country with an 84 percent. At
least if you are the University of
Virginia.

And with marks hovering
around 40 percent, like UK, you
could have a lot to learn.

According to the 1994 Ken-
tucky Higher Education Account-
ability Report, 2,689 full-time,
degree-seeking freshmen enrolled
at UK in 1987. Out of those, 92
freshmen were black. Only 38 of
them graduated within six years, a
graduation rate of 41.3 percent.
Only six additional students
remained enrolled at the universi—

ty

’In comparison, 2,473 white

students entered UK in 1987. Of
those, 1,272 (51.4 percent) gradu-
ated within six years, while 103
were still enrolled.

The numbers for the 1995
accountability report were similar.

Of the 2,951 full-time, degree-
seeking freshmen who enrolled in
1988, 135 of them were black
(2,668 white). Only 56 (41.5 per-
cent) of blacks graduated within
six years (50.5 percent white). In
addition, only six blacks remained
at UK after enrolling in 1988.

The latest figures should be
released later this month.

Earlier this month, the New
York Times reported that Vir-
ginia was being recognized for its
success in retaining and graduat-
ing black undergraduates. Citing
The Journal of Blacks in Higher
Education, the Times reported

that 84 percent of blacks who
entered Virginia between 1986
and 1989 graduated within six
years. With programs that include
peer advisers, faculty mentors and
a parents’ advisory association,
' Virginia is receiving high marks
for its minority graduation rate.

In contrast, Virginia graduated
93 percent ofits white students in
that time.

With 11,000 undergraduates,
Virginia does have a smaller stu-
dent body than many other public
universities, but its percentage of
black undergraduates is one of the
highest, at 1 1.4 percent.

In tenth place was Penn State,
with a 51 percent graduation rate
for black undergraduates and 80
percent of white undergraduates
who entered during the same peri-
0d.

UK’s numbers were consider-
ably lower and didn’t place it in
the top ten. Of more than 24,000
undergraduates, 5 percent of the
student body is black.

The low numbers aren’t

because of lack of effort. In fact,
UK offers many programs similar
to Virginia.

“We have something we call
the Critical First Year Program,”
said Toni Thomas, director of
learning services.

year.

“We try to get them ready for
college," said Thomas, “Even
thou h we know we can’t com—
pleter get them ready in six
weeks. But they do get a head start
in making that

 

“We have an ori—
entation at the
beginning of the
year (for minori-
ty students)
before the big
orientation that
the university
has. This is just
an orientation to
the university to
introduce stu—

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Black graduation rates

In 1988, 2,951 lull time, degree.
seeking freshman enrolled at UK

V135 students were black
756 black students graduated
within six years (41.5 percent)

adjustment from
hi h school to
co lege.”

She said UK
also offers fresh—
men focus work-
shops in which,
for the first six
weeks of school,
the students are
required to
attend personal

 

 

dents to different

staff, to introduce the parents to
staff people, to let them know
what their son or daughter will be
involved in here at UK."

Another well-received program
is the freshmen summer program.
In the program, minority students
can take some courses for credit
the summer before their freshman

development
workshops and listen to different
people from the community and
across campus talk to them about
how to be successful at while at
the university.

Topics include discussions of
typical faculty expectations of stu—
dents in entry level courses, famil—
iarizing new students with the

University Studies requirements
and orientating students to the
resources at the Margaret 1. King
Library. Thomas says the center’s
role for first year students is to set
up study groups.

“We have about 50 study
groups set up,” she said. “Students
who receive scholarship money
from minority affairs are required
to attend. The other students are
strongly encouraged to attend.”

Thomas said tutoring is also
provided to help retain minority
students, as well as letters from
professors which monitor the stu-
dents’ academic progress. Many
students also si n student infor—
mation release firms, which per—
mits the university to release a
student's academic information to
his or her parents.

Thomas has no answer as to
why there is such a discrepancy in
graduation rates between UK and
other institutions, but she said the
Learning Services Center pro—
grams are designed to improve
those numbers.

 

 

 

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TERRE HAUTE, Ind. — A USAir jet with more
than 175 people aboard made an emergency landing
yesterday after passengers smelled smoke and saw
sparks and flames coming from the back of the
plane. No one was hurt.

“People said from the beginning of the flight
there was an electrical fire smell, and shortly before
we landed there were sparks and flames coming up
through the floor,” said passenger Fritz Baumgart-

Flight attendants ran to the back of the Boeing
757 with fire extinguishers, but most passengers
remained calm as the plane landed at the Terre

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religious community listen as one of the speakers at yesterday’s demonstration talks about the death penalty.

Students protest death penalty in Franklort

By Tltlany Gllmartln
Editorial Editor

FRANKFORT — The yellow light of candles
reflected softly against the rotunda of the capitol
building in Frankfort yesterday. A soft murmur of
song was heard through the crowd as anti-death
penalty opponents protested the 20th anniversary of
Kentucky’s reinstatement of the death penalty.
Before t e vigil, speakers addressed the crowd of
about 150 on what they considered the unconstitu-
tionality of the death penalty.

“The death penalty is nothing more than legal-
ized guilt, legalized murder,” Paul Stevens, member
of Victims’ Families Against Ca ital Punishment,
said in his speech. The speakers a dressed a sup ort-
ive crowd, and many held signs that read “The eath
penalty makes the streets safer for politicians” and
“outlaw capital punishment.”

Several UK students were in the crowd.

“My father was murdered several years ago in a
prison escape,” said Chris P. Cash, a second—year
electrical engineering master’s student. “My family
would be appalled if my father’s death was answered
with another death.”

Cash said he thinks the man who killed his father
would not have been on death row had he not had a
prior prison record and money for a good defense.

The belief that socioeconomic status and race
play a large role in decidin who will go to death row
seemed to be a common t eme among speakers and
the audience.

“When 12 percent to 13 percent of the popula—
tion is black and 50 percent of those on death row
are black it doesn’t take a mathematician to figure
out the racial bias of this punishment,” said Chris
Clements, a political science senior.

Getting to the root of the problem is what

Clements thinks will help diffuse the crime program.

He said improving education and offering the
working poor an alternative to crime might remedy
the need for the death penalty. No one in the audi»
ence was advocating the release of prisoners.

“I feel God made all life and He wouldn’t want a
life to be taken, but failures and mistakes should be
punished, but not killed,” said Dennis Cornell, a
psychology freshmen. But the question of what to do
with prisoners in the system was on the minds of
man protestors. Standingin front of the Kentucky
Coa ition Against Execution banner with a picture of
an electric chair with a large red “X" through it, Sis-
ter Emmanuel, a Benedictine nun from Northern
Kentucky, talked tibout finding a better alternative to
the deat penalty. Sister Emmanuel said her opin—
ion changed when she started corresponding with
inmates on death row and saw the prisoners as
humans, not monsters.

 

time,” said another passenger, Melanie Rapp. “I
wanted to jump up to the front but everybody was
staying in their seats. And I was impressed at how
calm everybody was."

There were 171 passengers and five to six crew
members on Flight 158, which flew out of Phoenix
and was headed to Pittsburgh.

Rick Weintraub, spokesman for USAir in Arling-
ton, Va., said the airline did not know what caused
the sparks and smoke.

Fetus cured by a transplant inside womb
BOSTON — In a medical first, a 4-month—old

fetus doomed to have a disastrously weak immune
system was cured by a bone marrow transplant given
while he was still in the womb.

The baby was born healthy after an otherwise
normal pregnancy. At 18 months of age, he shows
no signs of his life-threatening inherited disease,
known as severe combined immunodeficiency syn—
drome, or SCIDS.

Doctors said the approach is especially notewor-
thy because it eliminated the disease before it even
began.

They hope the same technique can be used to
head off some other genetic illnesses, including
sickle cell anemia.

The first successful use of the technique in the
womb was performed in Detroit at Children's Hos-
pital ofMichigan by Dr. Alan W. Flake, a pediatric
surgeon who is now at Children's Hospital of
Philadelphia.

The procedure is described in today’s issue of the
New England Journal of Medicine.

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mr. I “I? Some residents of Blazer Hall’s third floor wrapped their
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By Brandy Curler
Staff Writer

Residence halls across cam us
have been transformed-with lig ts,
garlands and Christmas trees to
get students into the holiday spir—
1t.

Kirwan IV residents will cele-
brate the Christmas season with a
party Dec.12 at 8 pm. Klrwan IV
residence advisers decorated a
Christmas tree in the main lobby
and put u Santa's lists so resi—
dents coul sign their name under
the nau hty or nice list.

Residents of Jewell Hall will
also have a Christmas party.
Female residents participated in a
secret Santa 'ft exchange, as did
Blending and Boyd Hall.

Blanding IV residents will discov-
er their Santas’ identities on Sun-
day at 3 pm.

Holmes Hall and Blandin III
residence advisers and stu ents
decorated Christmas trees in the
lobby, and ut up decorations on
each floor. lazer Hall is collect—
ing food for food baskets for the
Hope Center. Blanding IV also
got into the philanthropic spirit of
the holiday season and hosted a
candy cane contest to raise money
for c Nest, a charity that sup-

rts abused children. Residents
bgught candy canes for a quarter
each. The floor that sells the most
will win a free pim parry. All resi-
dence halls are collecting food for
God’s Pantry.

Some students got a little crazy

with holiday decorating. “Christ—
mas is the reatest time of year. I
went a litt e crazy with the gar-
lands and lights in my room,” said
Tammy Hermmerle, RHG presi-
dent in Blanding IV.

Students also reflected on the
meaning of Christmas.

“Christmas is a time to be
thankful that you have what
you‘ve got. Its a good time to get
together with friends and have
fun,” said Vicki Blair, an animal
science freshman.

Psycholo senior Jennifer
Crai said t e holidays are not so
mucfi about gifts as they are about
attitude.

“I think Christmas is a time
when people need to put away
their differences and start working

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together,” Craig said.

Students geared up for the hol-
iday season in a variety of wa .

“I like decorating for Chi-ist-
mas because it’s real festive and it
pteits you in the holiday s irit. The

st thing about the o iday sea-
son is seeing pcople you haven’t
seen in a longtime and beingwith
family,” said Gina Finell, an edu-
cation senior.

For English junior Tim Smith,
celebrating the holiday spirit has
been put off for dead week pres-
sures.

“I have: sick, diseased Christ~
mas tree,” Smith said. ‘1’ve been
so busy turning in all my pseudo—
dead week pro'ects and papers
that I haven't ad time to take
care of my Christmas use.”

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PIIIICI listed roperty from a

desk ocated outsrde
I“. 1|] the weigh room of the
V( ierald Roberts, STlilitrrdc— £23: crimi-
iit"filincillllifil'ilé ‘ "3' mischief: Spindle-
intoxication. Pouci top Parm;d Com—
VDavid Cole, 26, no log playnant stated persons
address~available,ifor V Eghizfdvnthrofighe hi:
:lcoholic intox1ca- research crop, damag-
"(21.8 ing his crop.

Vjeremiah Perkins, 19, of 3990
Bensal Rd. in Campbellsville for
alcoholic intoxication.

Illt. 7

VDerrick Lane, 34, of I95 Mal—
ibu Dr. #7 for third~dcgrcc crim-
inal trespass.

DOC. 8
Vjohn ll. Ilannum, 46, ,,t‘ I23
W. High St. for altoliolh wtwvi
cation.
VAllan R. Coleman, 3“. ..:~ Hit!
Versailles Rd. for arson... "llthl'

the influence.

VChristophcr Kimball, l9, of
3428 l’aulion Ave. for altoholic
intoxication, disorderly conduct
and minor in tossessioii.
VDaniel Burke, 2], of 156 Apri—
cot Lane, for alcoholic intoxica—
tion and disorderly conduct,

Complaints iileii with tilt Police

nee. to

VThcft by unlawful taking over
$300 (felony); Memorial Colise-
um; Complainant states
unknown subjects removed listed
property from the bike rack out-
side the CATS entrance.
VThird-degree criminal mis-
chief; South Upper Street; Com—
plainant stated persons unknown
caused listed damage to listed
property which they have rented
from Resco Rental. '
lies. 9

VTheft by unlawful taking over
$300; second floor Kentucky
Clinic; Complainant stated

VThird—degree criminal mis-
chief; Building l Greg Page
Apartments; Complainant stated
the light pole was damaged when
it was broken off its base.

”CC. 8

Vl‘burth-degree assault; fourth
floor UK Chandler Medical
Center; Complainant stated list—
ed suspect pushed her causing
her to all and injure her back.
Viiirst-degrec robbery; Com-
monwealth Drive; Complainant
stated two unknown persons
assaulted him and attempted to
take his wallet. Complainant
refused to turn over the wallet
and began to fight back and states
he was struck with a bottle in the

back of his head.
lion. 7

VTheft by unlawful taking
(auto); Commonwealth Stadium
lot; Complainant advised listed
)roperty was removed without
her permission.

VTheft by unlawful taking over
$300; Patterson Drive bike rack;
Com lainant stated someone
stole is bicycle.

VThird degree criminal mis-
chief; Virginia Avenue Lot;
Complainant stated listed dam-
age was done to his vehicle.

VTheft by unlawful taking over
$300; Virginia Avenue Lot;
Complainant stated persons
unknown broke out the passen—
ger side window of his vehicle
and removed listed property.

BBIIQIOII guides artist

By Rusty Manseau
Staff IVriter

Thanksgiving came and went
this year, and Chris Ware, 43—
year-old news artist at the Lex-
ington Herald-Leader, was pre—
pared.

Paint brushes. Watercolors.
Pencils. Stacks of design maga-
zines. Ware has many items on
top of his drafting table — one
being a uni ue photograph of
himselfwith is wife Denise and
Mother Teresa.

Ware met Mother Teresa in
Fall I982 at a news conference in
Louisville. Mother Teresa had
just won the Nobel Peace Prize
and made a stop in Kentucky.

In his earlier years, \Nare kept
a folder with information about

Mother Teresa as he was inspired
by her. Meeting her was the
chance of a lifetime.

“Here's someone you’ve
admired, and I got to address
her," said \Vare.

Mother Teresa influenced
Ware and gave him the desire to
ret involved. Before meeting her,
he had found her telephone
number and had given her a call.
He said he wanted to become a
“co-worker” and was immediate—
ly welcomed aboard.

The “Co-workers of Mother
Teresa” were started in the 19505
by Mother Teresa and others in
India who wanted to carry out
her work. Since then, the group‘s
influence has spread to America
and people like the Wares.

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“gonzojournalimz, " in whit-h a reporter become: immersed in the subject.

Thompson ’5 style of writin to he celebrated
in tribute by University 0 Louisville

By Rodman P. Boikins
StaffI'Vriter

Forty-two years ago Dr.
Hunter S. Thompson exiled him-
self from the city of Louisville
after spending his last weeks of
high school in the Jefferson
County jail.

Today, Louisville welcomes
him back with “A Tribute to
Hunter S. Thompson,” hosted by
The Literary Renaissance and the
University of Louisville.

The tribute is in honor of the
25th anniversary of Thompson’s
most famous book, “Fear and
Loathing in Las Vegas.” Special
guests at the event include john
Depp, Warren Zevon, Douglas
Brinkley and Mojo Nixon.

For those unfamiliar with
'I‘hompson, he is a journalist who
rose to fame after writing “Hell’s
Angels" in the 19605.

Thompson is the father of
“gonzo journalism,” the practice
of a journalist becoming part of
the topic he or she is covering
instead of remaining a detached
observer.

Thompson rode with the Hell’s
Angels motorcycle gang while
writing the book.

He applied “gonzo journalism"
to his later works that also include
“Fear and Loathing: On the Cam-
paign Trial ’72,” “The Great
Shark Hunt" and “Generation of
Swine.”

In addition to “gonzo journal-
ism," Thompson is infamous for

his liberal use of illegal drugs
while covering events.

Thompson used these two con—
troversial practices as a writer for
Rolling Stone. “Fear and
Loathing in Las Vegas” spawned
from Thompson’s unique style in
reporting the Mint 400 road race
for Rolling Stone.

In an interview with Rolling
Stonii last month, Thompson said,
“You know, acid will move your
head around and your eyes, and
whatever else you perceive things
with. But bringing it back and
putting it on the page was one of
the hardest things I ever had to do
in journalism.” '

Thompson is being honored at
the tribute as one of America’s
greatest writers.

Thompson is working on his
next novel, “Polo is My Life,"
which is due out in May along
with the first volume of Thomp-
son’s collected letters titled
“Hunter S. Thompson: Tire
Proud Highway: Saga of a Des-
perate Southern Gentleman?
Thompson is also consideri c
writing a monthly column
for Rolling Stone starting neit
year. :1

The tribute begins at 8 p.m. 31
Louisville’s Memorial Auditorium
on 4th Street. Tickets are $10 a
are available in advance throng
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Illllll It "on Lexington Herald—Leader reporter Cbri: Ware 1': involved in many public service programr.

MotlJer Teresa has profound
afirect on journalist’s family life
From PAGE 2

For example, the weekend before Thanksgiving
the Wares were part of an organized feast in Jenkins,
Ky., for those who are less fortunate, lonely, without
family, etc. Ware said he goes to Jenkins about four
or five times a year.

Ware has also been involved with organizations
such as Birthright, Big Brothers/Big Sisters and the
Community Kitchen.

Ware talked about Mother Teresa with great rev-
erence.

He described her as a very humble woman, one
who bought the cheapest clothes she could find —
clothes nobody else wanted, who made it her mission
in life to serve the poorest of the poor and who fig-
ures she can understand the poor and the disadvan-
taged better by livin among them.

Ware said one ofg the quotes he admires the most
from Mother Teresa is, “Do small things with great
love.”

Ware spoke about how a large amount of food
supply arrived at the Italian embassy and Mother
Teresa was there to watch over the supply.

People gathered to help her load the food into
trucks, and as the day drew closer to an end, people
began to leave one after the other. But Mother Tere-
sa continued to lift boxes weighing 2 5 to 50 pounds,
despite her old age and medical conditions.

He also talked about the fact that Mother Teresa
was the first to start homes for people with AIDS.

While the government eventually provided such

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places, Mother Teresa ran them at a cheaper cost and
did not allow television, but instead required interac-
tion between the people.

Now Mother Teresa runs 517 such places around
the world, including homes for the poor and orphan—
ages.Ware said he talked with her on an airplane for
a out 40 minutes.

When he asked her , “You’re so tired, do you want
to rest?” Mother Teresa replied, “We’ll get to rest in
heaven.”

Her influence has affected Ware in many aspects
of his life, namely his family.

Ware has four children — one daughter, three
sons and a wife, Denise. He expressed his love for his
children and said it is important to be present in their
lives.

He also said that included everyday is Bible study
and rayer time.

“gutting them in that ath and forming them
in their faith is the best t ing we can do,” Ware
said.

He expressed his love for his wife, with whom he
does much of his mission work. Ware said he is
encouragin his children to go in that direction.

“1 pm t at wherever they’re at, that they would
be faithliil in their calling and in their service to

Jesus,” he said.

Another important aspect of Mother Teresa’s
influence on Ware is religion. Ware, a Catholic,
thinks God is always watching over him and his fami-
ly and said no one should worry about anything.

The 86-year old Mother Teresa is currently
stru gling with her health.

Sic continues to perform her charity work, but is
also fighting pneumonia, lung and kidney trouble
and a poor heart condition.

“On one hand, when she goes I think she’s going
to be missed,” said Ware. “But as a Christian, I’m
happy for her —— she’s going to get the reward she

wor ed for all her life.”

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By Price Atkinson

{.immltuting ll 'mer

\\'hen the UK (lym Cats vault
itito the 1997 season on Jan. ll)
against Ohio State, one particular
Lexingtonian will be making her
official return back to the mat for
UK.

.lunior \Vhitney Ellis tore her
Achilles’ tendon ditring a practice
on March 18, abruptly ending the
rest of her 1996 season with the
(lym Cats.

In that fateful practice, just two
weeks before the Southeastern
(Ionference (lymiiastics (Iliampi‘
oiiships held at .\Iemorial (LoliseA
ititi. Ellis was going through .i
tumbling piss Wllt'l' the accident
happened.

“I was tuitibling and it just
snapped in two,“ l‘lbs said.

Oddly enough. only 14 hours
passetl between the tittie the injury
occurred and when the surgery
was performed by team physician.
Dr. (Iaborn.

Just one month prior to her
injury, this particular Achilles ten—
don surgery was presented for the
first time and Ellis was the first
athlete to have it done.

She admits to being skeptical
about being the first athlete to
have the surgery done. but had
confidence in her doctors to fix
her injury.

“I knew they were gonna do
everything they could to get me
back," she said.

\\'hile spending an abnormally
long spring semester and a slitti—
mer working her “butt off" in the
Nutter 'l‘raining Center. Ellis
became frustrated at times. She
said the encouragement she

received from everyone was great,
especially the support from her
teammates.

“They are the reason I came
back,” she said. “They were part of
what pushed me.”

junior Beth Cluxton said by
overcoming such a devastating
injury, Ellis has become stronger
and more motivated to prove peo-
ple wrong who thought she
couldn't rebound after the
sur very.

‘She seems a lot stronger men—
tally and seems more driven
inside," Cluxton said.

UK Coach Leah Little says she
was skeptical about her comin off
the injury at first but has )een
amazed at Ellis' recovery.

“I have been shocked by her
pi ogress," Little said.

Little also cited Ellis’ work
ethic to be an example of her lead-
ership she brings to the team.

“She’s not a real vocal person,
she just leads by example," she
said.

Now with her strength at 100
percent, Ellis is focusing in on the
team's goal for this season, for the
squad to make it to Nationals.

“I want to do everything I can
to help the team make Nationals,”
she said.

Little predicts Ellis will have
her most successful year this year
since becoming a Gym Cat.

“1 look for her to have the
greatest year she can have,” she
said.

With Ellis back in the ,
running, jumping and tumgfihn
with the other (iyin Cats, she said
all the work has been worth it just
to be there.

“It is worth every minute of it
now," she said.

 

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