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Wednesday. April 26, 2006

Mayoral
Q&A to air
on WRFL

_By Jennifer Jones
THE KENTUCKY KENEL

With the mayoral election fast ap
proaching, UK‘s campus radio station
is hosting a question
and answer session
with mayoral candi-
dates up for election
this afternoon.

The 88.1 WRFLFM
public affairs pro
gram, “Campus Voic-
es." is airing a ques-
tion and answer ses-
sion with the four can-
didates, incumbent
Mayor Teresa Isaac,
Urban County Coun-
cilman Bill Farmer.
Lexington lawyer Jim
Newberry and local
business owner
Charles Martin Jr.. to
day at 5:30pm.

They session will
focus on certain is-
sues such as public
safety. the “brain
drain." and the Party
Plan, and is taking
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Sundays. He said he often listens to the television or the police scanner along with the radio.

Story and photos by Brad Luttrell | Staff

Radio Eye brings world to life for Visually impaired

It should have been easy.

And for two years. it was.

Franklin McGuire spoke
clearly into the microphone.
reading stories from local news-
papers and magazines as a volun-
teer for Central Kentucky Radio
Eye. a radio station for people he
can’t see A and listeners who
can’t see him.

But occasionally. he would
make a mistake during his live
reading segments and mispro-

nounce a word or two. Some-
times. the words he read didn‘t
make sense to him.

“I discovered that I was mak-
ing mistakes,“ McGuire said.

He was diagnosed with macu-
lar degeneration three years ago
— a condition that eliminates the
ability to centrally focus on an
object.

“I decided it was time to
quit.“ he said.

The gradual loss of vision

pained McGuire.

“I’m a retired minister." he
said. “Reading was my life.“

The simple apts he used to
perform on a near-unconscious
level became subtle reminders of
his limited vision. Squeezing
toothpaste onto his toothbrush.
parting his hair just right and
recognizing friends and family
became arduous tasks. To see an
object clearly. McGuire must look
to the side of it.

His vision will continue to
worsen.

“There are strange things you
never think about when you‘re in
this predicament," he said.

Such as the concept that he’s
now on the receiving end of a
service he once helped provide.

Like many of Radio Eye‘s
more than 2.000 listeners. most of
whom are visually impaired. the
83-year-old typically schedules

See Radio Eye on page 0

journalism class.
which is subtitled
“Lexington and the
Mayor’s Race.“

Ryan said he de-
cided this would be a
good show for unde-
cided voters to hear
and for students to
take part in.

“The forum is im-
portant because
whether this is a great
college town or not
has a lot to do with
who is mayor." Ryan
said.

Not only that.
Ryan said, but UK‘s
state-mandated top-20
research institution aspirations will
be tied in with who leads the city.

“Whether Lexington will become

See WRFL on page 3

Trustees to
revise how
chiefs are

renewed

By Dariush Shafa
THE KENTUCKY ma

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The Board of Trustees yesterday
unanimously approved the first read-
ing of a change to a portion of the uni-
versity’s governing regulations that
deals with review of departments in

the university and their heads.
The revision in the regulation will
. . apply primari-
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sight and re—
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Lee Todd before the
UK president, on changing the b08121 f0: Sip-
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next meeting
on June 13.

The change is being made because
of revisions in the accreditation stan-
dards by the Commission on Colleges
of the Southern Association of Col-
leges and Schools. although UK is
compliant already in action. just not
on paper. said the Board of Trustees
chair James F. Hardymon.

“I think we're up to what it says."
Hardymon said. “We’re just getting
the paperwork caught up.”

Hardymon also said that tt'om his
time in business. he sees this as a
healthy thing for the university be
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Three volun-
teers read
the Lexington
Herald-
Leader during
the morning
session in the
Radio Eye
studio. Read-
ers each have
their own
articles
selected prior
to airing and
rotate during
the reading.

“Life would be a lot less pleasant without it.”

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President's pond gets makeover

Private contractor restores pond for $10,000
as part of PPD annual campus improvements

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Place. once all but invisible. is
back and flowing. complete
with two small waterfalls. and
student questions have sur-
faced with it.
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scaping project in the corner
of the yard at the home of UK
President Lee Todd and his
wife. Patsy

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the pond in front of Maxwell Place, whlch cost $10,000 to be repaired and
restored, is now completed and fllled. complete with two small waterfalls.

each year to improve the look
of campus. although this was
done by a private contractor
for 810.000. he said.

“We generally try to pick
so many places on campus to
repair and improve." he said.
citing work done on plantings
outside the Student Center
done last year. “We just select
certain spots. We identify ar»
eas that need improvements
and we schedule so many a
year

“I don't think he's making
any money on it. though." Ap-
plegate said of the contractor.

A pond existed on the site
years ago. but needed repairs.
Applegate said.

“It hasn't been working for
a long time." he said.

He also said he thinks
there will be home and garden
show at Maxwell Place this
summer. so the pond and its
surroundings should be ready
by then.

Currently. the pond is filled
with water and the waterfalls
are working. but it remains
surrounded by dirt.

Some students thought the
work was not necessary

See Pond on page 3

Anti-alcohol
; group hosts
event today

By Sean Evans
THE xtmum mm

A l'R' student organization with a fo-
cus on giving students an alternative to
alcohol-related partying will be holding
a cookout on campus today. complete
with music and the atmosphere of a day
at the ballpark.

The Genesis Group is working on sig-
naling a new beginning on campus with
events focused on safer drinking and al-
cohol-free entertainment.

The mission statement. according to
the Genesis Group's Web site. is “to re-
duce the harm to students and our com-
munity caused by the abuse of alcohol.
through a partnership of students. facul-
ty. alumni. administration. and commu-
nity leaders with presidential support."

Today. the two-year-old group will
hold its second major event of the year.
the Dugout Cookout. The cookout is an
opportunity for students to come out and
enjoy music. free food and cheer on UK‘s
baseball team. all in one night. The event
will run from 6 pm. to about 8 pm. be
hind Ingels Hall.

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a topzo college town has a lot to do with
the mayor’s vision and how the commu-
nity connects to the faculty, staff and
students at UK,” he said. “Everyone
should know who’s running for mayor
and the person’s vision for the commu-
nity”

John Edwards, WRFL general
manger, said “Campus Voices" is airing
this show today to hit an issue that is

important to the community and the
campus.

“I think it will give the students
more reason to believe that the mayoral
candidates want to talk to them," Ed-
wards said. “It is good to see the candi-
dates reaching out to the campus."

Edwards also said he sees candi-
dates trying to tap a potential political
source.

“A lot of the people living in Lexing-
ton are students and they do vote,” Ed-
wards said, adding that the candidates
taking time for this event is a message
in itself.

“This lets the students know that
they have a voice and they should use
it," Edwards said.

Edwards said he believes that re
gardless of whether or not the students
have always been residents of Lexing-
ton, all of the mayor’s decisions affect
everyone that is here.

Ryan and his class will broadcast
the live airing of this Wednesday‘s
“Campus Voices” show, hosted by
Rachel Tierney, on the Student Center
Patio. Free food and drinks will be pro
vided from 4:30 to 6 pm. and the session
with the mayoral candidates can be
heard from 5:30 to 6 pm. in the outdoor
setting.

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cause it keeps deans and administrators
informed of how they are doing.

“The greatest thing about manage-
ment, from my time in management, is
to be communicated with,” Hardymon
said.

Jeff Dembo, a professor in the Col-
lege of Dentistry and a faculty represen-
tative on the Board of Trustees, said he
doesn‘t see this as leading to much of a
change.

“I really can’t see it making any pal-
pable difference," Dembo said. “I see it
broadening the umbrella under which
evaluations of people and units are ac-
complished.”

UK President Lee Todd agreed that
this type of review is good for the deans
and administrators.

“I think they need to be reviewed,"
Todd said. “I do think having more feed-
back on a regular basis is a step for-
ward."

Not only does he like the idea, but
Todd said the deans and administrators
want and approve of such reviews.

“They want to be reviewed and I
talked to them and they want annual re
views to explain everything they do to
myself and the provost,” Todd said.

The board also approved the ap
pointment of two people. Paul Chellgren
and James Geisler, to the Board of Di-
rectors of the University of Kentucky
Business Partnership Foundation, Inc.
This body includes 26 UK alumni and
business executives from within the
state with the goal of introducing more
business opportunities and partner-
ships into the Gatton College of Busi-
ness and Economics.

The board passed their appointment
nearly unanimously, all but one of the
members present voting in favor. The
lone dissenting vote came from Dembo,

though he made very clear it was not be
cause of a lack of qualification of Chell-
gren and Geisler.

Dembo raised issue with the diversi-
ty of the Business Partnership Founda-
tion Board, stating that foundation’s
board has very little diversity on it right
now, a problem which he feels must be
addressed.

“Diversity is a goal that can only be
achieved slowly, one step at a time,"
Dembo said.

Roy Moore, a professor of journal-
ism and the other faculty representative
on the board, agreed.

“It (diversity) does indeed make a
difference and that‘s why we have to
think about this a lot,” he said.

Todd said he would in the near fu-
ture direct the multicultural affairs of-
fice to break down and examine the di-
versity of boards in all departments of
the university as something to help with
this type of concern.

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Schwartz, a middle school education
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people want to come here. but there
are cheaper ways to produce better
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Others questioned the price tag.

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“First of all, we hope they have fun.
From a organizational standpoint, we
hope to gain recognition and credibility
which can behard to do here at UK."
said Meredith Marcum, co-chair of the
event and incoming president of the
Genesis Group. “We also don‘t want to
come across as preachy. Our group un»
derstands that there are good ways to
have fun. and bad ways. We just want
students to choose the better one."

The goal is to also help student relax
with the impending pressure of Finals
Week looming on the horizon.

“We know there's a lot of stress
now with finals coming up, and we
want to offer a fun event to give a little
break for students." said Andrew War-
ren, the other co-chair.

The Genesis Program got its start in
fall 2004 at UK. UK. along with Indiana's

DePauw University: were chosen to pi-
lot the Genesis Group’s “Program for
Change."

The mission is to bring fraternities
and sororities into collaboration with
UK staff and faculty to come up with
ways and event ideas to encourage stu-
dents to have fun responsibly and safely

Susan West, Student Affairs officer
in the Dean of Students Office, is one of
the faculty advisers to the 15 or so regu-
lar members of the UK Genesis Group,
and is helping with its goals.

“My job is to help them with re
sources and researching, especially
when it comes to the national aspect of
the program." West said. “What they're
trying to do is change campus lifestyle,
and it helps to have faculty to see events
through and give advice."

The Dugout Cookout is the second
event here on campus this year. The
first, March Mania. was held at the
Johnson Center. attracted about 500 stu-
dents within a two-hour span and was
accomplished on a budget of $1.500.

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ple would show," said Warren.

The group also hopes to have an
event every month next year along with
regular meetings on Thursdays. So far
this year, the group has met at 5 pm. on
Thursdays at either the Patterson 0f-
fice Tower or in the Student Center

With the success of events like
March Mania and Dugout Cookout.
they hope to attract new members and
spread word about alcohol abuse and
underage drinking.

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Most UK students gradu-
ate with a list of accomplish-
ments. but Ian Hickman can
boast of a most unusual one.

Hickman. a 2005 UK jour-
nalism alumnus, has a week-
end hobby most students
have never even
tried:
tive eating.

“I don‘ t get
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“The competi-
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is a weekend
hobby"

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various eating competitions
and winning world titles.

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has become the World Fried
Zucchini Champion. the
World Potato Pancakes
Champion and the World
Spoon Bread Champion. His
talent caught the eye of MTV.
putting him on one of their
shows. “True Life."

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young and good look-

Arnie Chapman
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lndependent Competitive Eaters petitive Eaters

about three weeks." said
Hickman. “They filmed me
for my first real competition
as a competitive eater."

Before he was an official
competitive eater, Hickman
did local competitions like
the one at Trumps for the F1-
nal Four that is held every
year.

"I knew I
could eat a lot,"
said Hickman.
“I just needed to
learn how to eat
faster."

Hickman,
who is about 6
feet tall and
weighs 165
pounds, got in-
volved in com-
petitive eating
after contacting
Arnie Chap-
man. the chair-
man of the As-
sociation of In

(AICE). He
asked Chapman for sugges-
tions, and he ended up being
sponsored by Chapman.

Hickman is now a mem-
ber of the AICE along with
Chapman and many others.
“We believe you shouldn‘t
take the humor out of com-
petitive eating." said Chap-
man about the AICE's philos-
ophy

Chapman. also a competi-

tive eater. holds the world
record for chili after eating
7.1 pounds of it in five min-
utes.

Hickman has learned
competitive eating can be a
lucrative hobby. Each compe-
tition has a different reward,
sometimes it is money and
sometimes it is food. Thanks
to Hickman‘s unique hobby,
he has free Ben & Jerry‘s for
life after eating a seven-
pound sundae.

“I start training two
weeks before a competition,
every other day," said Hick.
man. “I’ll drink a gallon of
water and eat cottage cheese
while at I’m at work."

Some of his eating ac-
complishments include 220
Red Lobster shrimp in an
hour, 19 Skyline chili-cheese
dogs in 30 minutes. 117 Hoot-
er‘s wings in one sitting. and
22 Taco John‘s tacos in one
sitting.

“Ian is the future of com-
petitive eating,” said Chap-
man. “He is a great kid who
represents the fact that com-
petitive eating attracts all
sorts of people, even the
young and good looking.“

Hickman‘s next competi-
tion will be the National
Strawberry Eating Champi-
onship in Delaplane. Va.. on
May 27.

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film follows
the antics of
a family
vacation
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Williams and
Cheryl Hines.

Editor's note: It's been a
swell semester, my acolytes.
I've managed to deface every
movie that was released in
the last five months without
getting a single piece of hate
mail. This can mean one of
two things: either no one is
reading any of this, or we 're
all in complete agreement.
One can only hope that my
altruistic goal of achieving
pure, unbridled negativity
will continue in the Fall
Kernel. So long!

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as

Robin Williams is the conduc-
tor of this train wreck which
co-stars Cheryl Hines.
Williams plays an overworked
and detached business exec-
utive who decides the best
way to reconnect with his
family is to treat them to a
hellacious cross-country trip
in a recreational vehicle. As
if this film didn't have
enough artistic clout already.
it even sports pop prodigy
iolo. Bitterness aside,
Williams is still funny. Opens
Friday at Regal and Woodhill.

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Wednesday. April 26. 2006 | m: 5

FWEXFWE I In theaters and on shelves

flight 93 on Sept. ii, 2001,
"United 93" has stirred up
mixed reactions in anticipa-
tion of its release.
Considering the fact that no
one knows what actually
happened on board the plane
one wonders how anyone
crafted a script out of chaos.
Sadly, the cinematic interpre-
tation of that tragedy will
likely become the enduring
cultural memory we'll all
carry with us. Opens Friday at
Regal, Lexington Green and
Woodhill.

S $th; 30?
l'm absolutely convinced that
there was only one of these
movies ever made. they just
keep changing certain vari-
ables to sort of change the
dynamic so they can keep
selling tickets to a monstrous
horde of nincompoops. You
know the story: rebellious
young teen finds herself after
being forced into a sport they
didn't particularly enjoy at
first but, inexplicably. they
excel at. This time it's about
gymnastics. l'm just thrilled
that l finally found a way to
incorporate the word "nin-
compoop" into a piece.

Score. Opens Friday at Regal
and Woodhill.

AKEELAH AND THE
BEE

This is a joke, right? They
actually made a movie about
a spelling bee? it was
enough to have arrogant l2
year olds spell rarely used
words like "antidiestablish-
mentarianism” on ESPN. i
can’t wait until those kids
grow up to spell words like
"methylenedioxymetham-
phetamine" and "benzoyl-
methyl-ecgonine" because
their parents forced them into
a life of over achievement
and ultimate disappoint-
ment. Opens Friday at Regal.
Woodhill and Lexington
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bondage culture, based on
the phenomenally inexplica-
ble cartoon that aired on MTV
in the mid '905, stars Charlize
Theron as an assassin forced
to choose sides in a quickly
unraveling dystopia. Any
movie that features a side
kick who has hands in place
of feet is a winner.

Siifit’fititi.

Based on Steve Martin's
novella of the same title, the
film weaves a love triangle
involving a lonely shop ven-
dor played by Claire Danes
and her goofy. lame
boyfriend played by lason
Schwartzman with, you
guessed it. Martin at its vor-
tex. Whatever.

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