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Diet plan

Just an

Idea

It seems that a lot of
people are dieting
recently, trying
everything from an

all-carbohydrate to
an all-protein mix. l

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Summer’s
here and pink
is the new
style | KEG

have another
suggestion: the
“Beer-Me" diet.

Fact: A lite beer has
between 70 and l00
calories, is almost all
water. and the part
that isn't is almost
pure carbohydrates.

Fact: The average diet
equates to at least
12 beverages a day
for women, and 15
for men, based on
the daily
recommended calorie
intake. A measurable
goal, plus a lot of
vitamins.

Fact: Alcohol is a
diuretic, which
causes the water to
flush out almost
immediately, leading
to a consistent
workout regimen
including deep knee
bends (getting out of
the chair), fast
walking (good for
your heart) and
squats (as the case
may be).

Fact: Drinking beer
actually helps you
sleep — even when
you aren't
necessarily tired. All
that added rest is
certain to help any
problems you may
have experienced in
sleep deprivation.
Possible additional
exercise if you have
to sneak out and run
home after waking
up in an unknown
location.

Fact: The "Beer-Me"
diet is good for your
heart. After just one
day on said diet, you
will certainly want to
consume some
aspirin. which is
medically proven to
help prevent heart
attacks.

Fact: 0n the “Beer-Me"
diet, you can eat
anything you want
after you have
consumed at least
half of the day's
required beers. This
way, the food will
probably only stay in
your body a short
time, until you again
exercise the deep
knee bends, quick
walk and, this time,
the “lean-over-and- '
flex-your-gut"
stomach crunches.

Fact: Beer drinking is
often done in bars,
where other forms of
exercise are
common. Dancing,
for example, is a
good way to build up
a thirst, as is chasing
members of the
opposite sex.

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THE 411

Tomorrow’s
weather

April 29. 1999

UK's magic number: 10

Achieving a goal: Committee releases its
recommendations to improve UK education

By Karla Dooley
ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR

The verdict is in.

The President‘s Initia-
tive Committee has released
10 “recommendations for
progress" and a list of nine
“foundational recommenda-
tions“ for examination by
UK President Charles
Wethington and Lexington
Campus Chancellor Elisa-
beth Zinser.

It was the final step for
the committee. which began
examining speciﬁc needs at
UK last August.

The committee hoped to
help move UK toward devel»
oping what “one committee
member dared to call a ‘signa-
ture experience.‘ for under—
graduates." the report said.

The result was a report
that said UK must address
nine fundamental issues.
such as class availability for
students and the examination
of unsuccessful courses. be-
fore it can achieve the higher
aspirations of the 10 recom-
mendations for progress.

Wethington said yester-
day he has distributed copies
of the report to his adminis-

trative staff. who are work—
ing with Zinser to create a
response for Wethington to
give back to the committee.

He said he hopes to be
able to submit the report
within the next few weeks,
although he has not yet set a
deadline for its completion.

“1 want to give the com-
mittee a response back from
me," he said of the report.
which he hopes will be a
plan for addressing the is-
sues contained in the report
by the committee.

“I have read the report
all the way through."
Wethington said. “I think
these are excellent sugges-
tions and ideas."

He said he has already
made plans to propose that

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$750,000 of the 1999-2000 bud-
get be allotted to classroom
renovations. The Board of
Trustees will approve the
budget in June.

Proposals that would in-
volve curricular changes.
such as creating freshman
seminars and a junior/se-
nior experience. will be sent
on to the University Senate
for examination and should
be addressed during the
next school year. Wething-
ton said.

“lt's very important to
see this as a plan m not
something that‘s going to
happen next year." said
Louis Swift, dean of Under-
graduate Studies and chair
of the committee. which de-
veloped the proposals.

Recommendations for
progress

in order of priority ascribed by the President's Initiative
Committee:

1. Small inquiry-based freshman seminars to be taken by
all ﬁrst-year students over the first two semesters

2. Six-hour communication skills component to link
speaking and writing

3. Student resource center to help students "find their
way through the seemingly fragmented net of services and
regulations on campus"

4. Living/learning communities, where students with
shared interests live together

5. Departmental teaching awards

6. Peer mentor positions

7. Division of teaching assistant titles into three cate-
gories - instructional assistant, teaching associate and senior
teaching fellow

D. Junior/senior experience, a required “capstone"
project

9. More technology - in the form of faculty support and
”smart" classrooms

to. Expansion of the Undergraduate Research and Cre-

ativity program

Making
painting
look so
easy

Two members of
the Physical Plant
Divisions paint
department
worked on
touching up some
areas around
campus on the
walkway coming
from the Student
Center on North
Campus. The
improvements
being made come
as this year's
commencement
ceremony nears.

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’Til it sparkles and shines

AKA returns
to campus

New dedication: Sorority
says it has positive attitude

By Shulesia La'nae Stewart
EMT—ﬁ"

The women of Alpha Kappa Alpha so
cial sorority returned to campus Monday
with a new president. 29 new members
and a dedication to unity in their hearts.

After being expelled for hazing. the ‘
women say they are back with a positive
attitude and eagerness to work for the
campus and community.

The University has strict guidelines
Greek organizations rnsut follow. llaz
ing is never tolerated anti will be investi.
gated thoroughly. administrators said.

“The goal is to prevent hazing
through communication." said Susan
West. assistant dean of students.

Once a sorority or fraternity is sus-
pended from campus. they must have pet‘—
mission to return. West said. lipon re-
turning they must also go through a train—
ing process on selecting new members.

A few members of the alumni chap-
ter harbor some bitterness for their re-

See AKA on 2 ?

DlSEDMERlEi

Dillehay
featured

STAFF REPORT

Anthropology professor 'l'om Dilli-
hay was featured on the table History
Channel last Monday.

Dillehay was on “In Search of Histo-
ry: The First Americans." for his discov
cry of the oldest—known evidence of t‘l\‘l-
iization in the Americas.

The site. called Monte Verde. was
discovered during a dig in (‘hile in
1976.

In 1997. a team of archeologists
from the National Geographic Society
and the Dallas Museum of Natural His-
tory examined the findings and decid
ed that Monte Verde was the oldest»
known civilization in the Americas to
date.

The discovery of Monte Verde
changed the theory about the ﬁrst Amer-
icans.

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“1 try to pull it together. but

prepare for commencement.
“We try to get as many

PPD workers going at it day and night to

.,P:,,'.“V"°:“Yd°‘;‘"9 ensure campus is clean enough to eat off of the people that actually do the howers in plate beforsthe cer- The 12.0(Xl-vear-old site is hundreds
'slitigs e': “£30", 0an work deserve the credit." emonies as we can. Riddle of years older than the site previously
da pec y th ‘t memorable ex eri- The efforts are part Of the said. “We 3150 m" all the grass. considered to be the oldest civilization
Y- 31 Pm iﬁeilbistheir life p presentation of the commence— trim shrubs and bushes. and in New Mexico.

Kentuck ASSISTANT ””6me 9“ Well Physical Plant is do- ment experience. said George "1”ch and “Nd the ﬂower Archaeologists are trying to find

y Flowers are blooming - 'h 1‘] can to make it so Riddle, grounds superintendent. beds. , . man‘s earliest route into Americas and
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VOL “‘04 'SSUE ”‘43 falling. bUt mOSt importantly. volve numerous behind-the- looking as good as it can possi- doesn't S to ) with the grounds. rived in Chile. -
—‘*—“— students are graduating. scenes activities to be pulled bly look," he said. “We want a "ThPV"ll'lV't‘ to set—up and It is believed they traveled by
ESTABLISHED IN 1892 And after four long years off successfully. good atmosphere, to make peo— ’- ‘ ‘ coast.

take down the stages. and set-up

'NDEPENDENT S‘NCE T971 — and many more. for some —~— “Everyone from grounds to ple feel more at home." 'Dillghay has been teaching at the
‘ "“‘— students, family and friends custodial services is involved," There are numerous things Umvers1ty of Chicago this semester. and
News “P5? want the ceremony to be one of said David Twig. manager of the grounds department does to See CLEAN on 2 ))> plans to return to UK in the fall.
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Clinton presses for llosovo funds

WASHINGTON —— President Clinton pressed
Congress yesterday to approve swiftly $6 billion
to pay for the conﬂict with Yugoslavia, urging
lawmakers to resist Republican-Jed efforts to
double his request. A White House spokesman
said Clinton fears that “any additional funding
creates the potential for political ﬁghts and dan-
gerous delay." Clinton accused Yugoslav Presi-
dent Slobodan Milosevic of waging a “meticu-
lously planned" campaign to drive 1.8 million
ethnic Albanians from their homes in Kosovo.

Yugoslav ofﬁcial ousted

BELGRADE, Yugoslavia — Yugoslavia’s mod-
erate deputy prime minister was ﬁred yesterday
after urging Serb leaders to realize that “we can-
not defeat NATO." Vuk Draskovic has been criti-
cal of President Slobodan Milosevic and urged
compromise with NATO. Draskovic was once the
main opposition leader before joining the govern-
ment three months ago. A NATO spokesman has
pointed to Draskovic‘s recent remarks as a sign of
serious cracks in the Yugoslav regime.

Casino, lottery moratorium urged

WASHINGTON — A panel studying gam-
bling in America recommended yesterday a na-
tionwide moratorium on the spread of casinos.
lotteries and slot machines.

The commission’s report will contain a call
for “a pause" in the spread of legalized gambling
and encourage state and local governments to
form their own gambling study commissions.
The group‘s chairwoman says there's no way to
justify adding more gambling without further re-
search. But one American Indian on the panel
says that‘s not a good enough reason to call for a
moratorium. The panel has no power to impose a
moratorium.

U.S. changing sanctions policy

WASHINGTON ’ President Clinton is
changing US. foreign policy to exempt food and
medicine from future economic sanctions. a
White House ofﬁcial said yesterday.

Commercial licenses to sell agricultural and
medicinal products under existing US. sanctions
— against Cuba, Iran, Iraq, Libya, North Korea
and Sudan — will be reviewed case by case, the
official said. The United States would include
items considered “human necessities" in future
sanctions and embargoes only in cases, for exam-
ple, where the foreign regime is in armed conﬂict
with the United States.

BAD FORM:
Colorado
legislators
passed a
resolution

Tuesday asking

a local
broadcaster to
drop radio
"shock jock"

Howard Stern's

program after

he asked on the

air If the two
gunmen who
slaughtered l3

people in a high
school had tried

to have sex
with female

students during
the attack. The

Colorado state
legislature
demanded an

apolouv-

Streisand, who
christened the
MGM Grand
Garden more
than five years
ago, is
scheduled to
return on New
Year's Eve to
usher in the

RARITY: Barbra

millennium with

a rare public
performance.
Tickets will
range from

$500 to $2,500

and will go on
sale Saturday.

lrag celebrates Saddam's h-day

BAGHDAD, Iraq —— Iraq marked President
Saddam Hussein's birthday yesterday with songs,
poetry readings and the dedication of a dam at the
hour he was born 62 years ago. The official Iraqi
News Agency called Saddam’s life a “success
march." Government offices and schools were dec-
orated with colorful posters and banners. Officials
vied to express their support for Saddam, ﬂooding
television and radio stations as well as newspa-
pers with congratulatory messages.

Ex-lntel worker loses e-mail fight

SACRAMENTO, Calif. —- A judge ordered a
disgruntled former employee who bombarded In-
tel workers with company-bashing electronic mail
from sending any more of the messages. Ken
Hamidi. an engineer with Intel. was ﬁred in 1995
over unresolved claims of job-related injuries.
Hamidi started a group called Former and Cur-
rent Employees—Intel, known as Face-Intel, devot-
ed to proving that Intel mistreats its workers. The
microprocessor giant says the stories posted on
Face-Intel‘s website such as blaming Intel for
one worker‘s suicide and accusing the company of
running a sweatshop in Malaysia « - are untrue.

Obesity risks decline with age

CHICAGO A» Obesity is not as dangerous for
elderly people as it is for the middle-aged or
young adults, researchers reported yesterday in
the Journal of the American Medical Association.
The findings are similar to those in a study re-
ported last year that indicated being overweight
shortens life expectancy up to age 75, but does
not make much of a difference afterward unless
people are extremely obese. In the latest study.
researchers studied 6,193 obese men and women
who ranged in age from 18 to 74, following them
for an average of 14.8 years.

WNBA, union close to a deal

NEW YORK ~ The WNBA is close to resolv-
ing some labor difﬁculties and could get back to
basketball issues shortly. A source said charity
appearances by players is the last issue separat-
ing the WNBA and the union from a labor agree-
ment. The WNBA. entering its third year. is sup-
posed to begin a 10-week season June 10. The la-
bor dispute forced the postponement of this
week’s draft. The agreement calls for 5 percent
increases a year for draft picks.

Angelou still recovering

LANCASTER, Pa. ,,. Maya Angelou, recover-
ing from pneumonia. has canceled two appear-
ances this week. Angelou was hospitalized over
the weekend and was resting at home in Win—
ston-Salem. N.C.. her agent said.

Compiled from wire reports.

Continued from page 1

moval from campus.

“I feel we were unfairly
treated by the administration,
because a lot of double stan-
dards exist among black and
white Greek organizations,"
said Charlene Sanders, an UK
graduate and member of AKA
since 1992.

Regardless, members
and new pledges are eager to
return.

“I have wanted this for a
long time, and I am so proud
to be part of such a wonderful
organization," said Nikia
Coger. a broadcast journalism
senior.

Members say some people
have questioned the validity of
the new group.

“Other organizations will
be watching. They need to do
something to get back their
creditability after being away
for so long," said LaGene
Brown, economics senior and
member of Alpha Phi Alpha
social fraternity. The AKA’s
are the sister sorority to Alpha
Phi Alpha.

“There have been some
negative responses about who
we are and what we stand for,
but we take it all in love,” said
Cynthia Lee, a psychology ju-
nior. “Regardless of what peo-
ple say, we will always hold
our heads high.”

Despite negativity, the.
sorority is determined to get
back in the groove, with the
support of the Alpha Phi Al-
pha and other organizations.

“We support them 100 per-
cent," said Arvel Banks, a so-
cial work senior and member"
of Alpha Phi Alpha. “They
have really been missed and
hopefully in the future we can;
work together.” 7

One alumnus has a lot of
conﬁdence in the future of the
sorority.

“I have no doubt that the
campus and surrounding com-
munity will beneﬁt from the
service (and) scholarship for
which our sorority has always
stood,” said Philana Sibley, a
UK graduate and member of
AKA since 1993.

The members of Sigma
Kappa say they will be happy
to work with the AKAs for the
good of the Lexington commu-
nity. Stoess said.

“AKA’s return to campus
can help strengthen the Greek
community as a whole,” said
Marianne M. Stoess, a journal-
ism senior and member of Sig-
ma Kappa.

Kiyon Moss, a communi-
cations senior and president
of AKA, said she will see that
the sorority meets Stoess’s
expectations.

“As president I plan to
work very hard for the sorori-
ty promoting unity among the
Greeks,” she said.

“It feels wonderful to be
welcomed."

—
CLEAN

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all the platforms, lights and
chairs," said T. Lynn
Williamson, the commence-
ment coordinator. “There is
one main commencement and
24 additional activities, usually
individual college ceremonies."

A majority of the work is
focused on Memorial Colise-
um and the Singletary Center
for the Arts, as well as the sur-
rounding areas.

“There’s a lot that goes in
to it: washing windows, scrub-
bing ﬂoors. wiping down chan-

deliers, touch-up painting, re-
vamping (replacing light
bulbs)." Iwig said. “It’s tough
making a 50-year-old building~
look good." I

The extra work involved:
with the ceremonies is piled‘
on top of the division’s exist-
ing duties, making this time of
the year especially busy for
the department. ,

“We have to continue to
do our routine jobs,” said
Iwig. “We get other people to
come in and help. It’s a combi-
nation of a lot of people getting
together to get the job done.”

The main ceremonies
take place at 10 am. on Sat-
urday, May 8 at Memorial
Coliseum.

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Graduating senior Jason
Stevens boldly goes where few
UK students have gone before.
His future shines as bright as
the stars with which he will be
working.

“I’ll be working with to-
morrow‘s editors today." said
Stevens, a senior in telecommu-
nications. “I‘ve been wanting to
do this since I was eight.”

Stevens will be attending
the American Film Institute,
which considers 1,000 appli-
cants a year and accepts only
146 of them.

Stevens will get his mas-
ter‘s of ﬁne arts. Getting accept-
ed is not easy, he said.

“You have to show a body
of work, short ﬁlms, pho-
tographs and written work that
you've done," Stevens said. “I
edited a ﬁlm in New York called
Paper Walls."

The institute is known for
its Lifetime Achievement
Award.

“According to the school,
the AFI Lifetime Achievement
Award is the highest honor that
one can receive in the enter-
tainment industry." Stevens
said. “Clint Eastwood, Steven
Spielberg, Orson Welles, Alfred
Hitchcock. etc. have all been
awarded the AFI Lifetime
Achievement Award.“

The institute is for stu-
dents of film and motion pic-
ture production.

“They only use (Screen Ac-
tor‘s Guild) actors for student
films." Stevens said. “(The
guild) is a union guild for ac-
tors in Hollywood or anywhere
who have done any kind of
screen work. Tom Cruise, Fred
Savage, John D‘Aquino and
Tom Hanks are among those
who are members of SAG.“

Before arriving at UK in
fall of 1995, Stevens attended
the summer program offered by
New York University, another
one of the nation's top film
schools.

“I think when you go to a
school like NYU. you become a

little arrogant as far as your at-
titude toward making movies,"
said Stevens. "After I came
back from NYU, I took profes-
sor (Armando) Prats‘ class on
ﬁlm criticism. and I was quick
ly humbled."

Stevens had Prats for the
majority of his ﬁlm classes.
Prats even wrote one of the three
optional letters of recommenda-
tion that Stevens sent in with his
application to the institute.

“His passion is about
movies," said Prats. a Professor
of English. “It was only a mat-
ter of time before he got accept-
ed into a place like AFI."

Stevens might stick out at
the institute, considering the
average age of those accepted to
the institute is 30. Then again.
he stuck out when he began
school at UK and took one of his
ﬁrst classes with Prats.

"There was a paper re-
quired at the end of the semes-
ter." Prats said. “Very early he
asked me if he could turn in a
movie instead. I knew then that
he was very committed."

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Classrooms getting smart

Intelligent lite in here: Whitehall, others
offer digitally-enhanced learning on campus

By Donal: Creasy
CONIRIBUTING WRIIER

Some students at UK might
be surprised to ﬁnd out the
classrooms they are learning in
are smart. Smart, as in more ad-
vanced technologically, that is.

Although each smart class-
room might not be the same,
there are several ways to distin-
guish them from the rest of the
classrooms on campus.

Smart classrooms have
more capability. says John F.
Clark, Technology Coordinator
for the College of Communica-
tions and Information Studies.
They have more presentation
devices students and faculty can
use and connection to the Inter-
net in the classroom, he said.

Smart classrooms generally
consist of three things: a net-
work connection, a computer
and a projector. The projector
can have a variety of devices
connected to it, such as VCRs
and laser disks, said Robert S.
Tannenbaum, the director of
Academic Computing Services.

Since technology changes
all the time, deﬁning the smart
classroom can be difficult, he
said. What might be technologi-
cally advanced for one person
might not be so much for anoth-
er. The needs of particular fac-
ulty members might or might
not be the same, so each smart
classroom might be a little dif-

ferent, he said.

Many faculty members
and students said having ac-
cess to a smart class-
room is a real advan-
tage.

“I love them,"
said Associate Dean
for Graduate Studies
Roy Moore. “They
provide instant ac»
cess to the Internet.

ier." Tannenbaum said. “Stu-
dents can pay more attention to
what‘s going on rather than be-
ing a conduit of information go-
ing from the board onto his/ her
paper. It makes for a good way
to review."

There are only 25
smart classrooms.
said Anna Harover.
a member of staff
support.

“As it stands now.
you have to put a no-
tice way in advance
to have any chance
at all of getting a

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Smart class-
rooms facilitate mul-
ti-media learning.

“Faculty mem-
bers can take the material
they’ve created on PowerPoint
slides and put them on the
course website. thus making
learning for students much eas-

averaged $25-35.000.
with some as much
as $50,000.

The president's ini-
tiative proposes to put more
smart rooms on campus. begin-
ning this summer. said Shirley
Raines. vice chancellor for Aca-
demic Services.

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