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THE KENTUCKY

Kerrie

In your lap or on your desk?

You decide
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Celebrating 33 years of independence

SG's Rachel Watts discusses

goals, voting
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Higher enrollment leads to larger classes

Some professors fear quality of courses
will suffer as UK accommodates growth

by Samieh Shalash
nit KENTUCKY mm

When associate psychology
professor Monica Kern began
teaching in 1987, her core class
was capped at 45 students. Next
spring. she will teach 120 stu-
dents in the same type of course
-_. a problem she said would cut
effective teaching methods from
her curriculum.

“The very best features of

my classes was weekly logs I
would assign," she said.

“In social psychology. when
we talked about conformity I'd
have them write about going
along with or standing up to a
peer group, then examine if the
experience contradicted what
we'd talked about in class."

With 120 students to teach.
Kern said such interactive fea~
tures wouldn't be possible.

“1 just cannot do that." she
said. “Things like dropping out
the demos and actually collecting
data from students I used to
do those everyday. but now it
would take too long."

Provost Mike Nietzel said in
creased enrollment and a $73 mil-
lion budget cut since 2001 are re-
sponsible for the majority of in-
creased class sizes, especially in
colleges of arts and sciences and
communication and information
studies.

“Does it create more burden
on faculty and make for crowded
classrooms? It does. but it is im-
portant to look at the context."

 

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Cecil Baker enjoys killing time by scouring the ground for lost change with his trusty metal detector. Here, he searches near
the parking meters on Scott Street. He says his hobby makes for good exercise. And sometimes, he says, he finds as much as
75 cents at a meter. At lower right. Baker plugs his headphones into the device, made by Garrett Metal Detectors, so he can

hear the beeping of the machine better.

he said.

Enrollment is up because
there was a 13 percent increase
in applications. and 91.4 percent
of applicants were automatically
admitted under selective admis-
sions standards.

“Should we tell applicants
‘You met the criteria. but we're
not going to let you in?” he
asked.

Kern said that while enroll»
merit should be limited, a more
pressing issue is hiring enough
faculty to effectively teach stu-
dents.

“I believe the university's
hands are tied." she said. “The

vast majority of the budget goes
to faculty salaries. If they don't
receive enough money. they can’t
hire faculty"

Nietzel said 10 new full-time
faculty positions were funded
this year. partly by the 32.5 mil-
lion to $3 million brought in by
the increase in enrollment.

“The extra resources haven‘t
been here," he said. “There isn‘t
any denying there's less money
than there was three years ago."

Linguistics professor Lynn
Guindon hasn't had any prob-
lems with changing her curricu-
lum to accommodate more stu‘

See Enroll on page 2

* Students applaud

prepaid tuition plan

By Meghan Cain
lHE KENTUCKV KERNEL

Some UK students aren't wor~
rying about rising tuition --—- their
tuition was paid for a few years
ago.
The Kentucky Affordable Pre-
paid Tuition program. started in
2001 by state Treasurer Jonathan
Miller. allows parenis and grand-
parents the opportunity to pay a
student's college tuition in ad-
vance.

This school year is the first
year students enrolled in the pro-
gram are starting college.

When a relative signs a stu-
dent up for the program, the cost
of tuition is locked in and re-
mains the same until all four
years are paid for. which avoids
inflation increases.

“(It) guarantees the price of to-
morrow's tuition at lower prices
today." Miller said at a news con-
ference at the Hardymon Building
yesterday.

Undeclared freshman Megan
Applegate said she was glad her
parents enrolled in the program.
because she will not have to wor-
ry about rising tuition.

“We have it where it won‘t go
up anymore. so I did not have to
experience the 15 percent in-
crease." she said.

Applegate also said she thinks
the program has brought her clos-
er to her parents.

"I can now talk to my parents
about my sorority. homework or

other things. but finances aren‘t
an issue." she said.

Cynthia Collier. mother of
Elizabeth Collier. a journalism
sophomore in the prepaid tuition
program. said the plan is even
better for parents.

“It is a wonderful feeling to
know that it (tuition) is taken care
of." Cynthia Collier said.

"This is such a wonderful op-'
portunity for parents with
younger children. They have noth-
ing to lose and everything to
gain.”

UK President Lee Todd said
the program is an example of how
the state is working to make edu-
cation more affordable.

“This is the best value for stu-
dents right now." he said.

“We are still trying to hold
down tuition. but in the case
where we just can‘t do it. this pro-
gram is a salvation "

Tuition at UK has increased
37.7 percent. Miller said. and stu-
dents often have to take out loans
to pay for school,

“So often these days students
are taking out more loans and tak-
ing jobs they do not want after
college just to pay off their stu-
dent loans." he said.

"(The program) allows stu-
dents who do not want to take out
all of these loans another way to
pay for college "

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at SAB’s ‘Classic Tuesdays’

By Ashley Graves

mt ktNiutkiitiiiiEi

The Student Activities Board
presents a new monthly film se-
ries at the Student (‘enter's Wor-
sham Theater tonight.

"(‘lassic Tuesdays" showcases
films with some of the most mem-
orable names in show business:
Humphrey Bogart. Judy Garland.
Frank Sinatra. The series begins
with (‘asahlanco at 8 tonight.

"i love old movies." said .lenr
nifer [)anhaur. SAB director of
cinema. “People know the famous
names and their movies. but have
never seen the actual movie Now
we're giving them a chance to see
it and understand why they‘re fa
mous."

(‘asahlanca premiered in Will
and has enjoyed an enduring pop-
ularity for decades. The story
takes place during the wartime
conflict between democracy and
totalitarianism. and follows two
men fighting for the same
Woman's love. The political and
romantic espionage features un-
forgettable characters and memo-
rable lines. including “Here's
looking at you. kid."

“We're trying to bring aware-
ness of classic films and their his—
torical role to campus." said Carly
McLean. SAB director of public
relations. “The messages old
movies have still influence us to-
day."

Next month. on Oct. 5. The
Wizard of 02 will be shown syn.
chronized with the music of Pink
Floyd's famous album Dark Side
of the Moon.

“I‘ve never seen The Wizard of
()z played to Dark Side of the

‘Casablanca'

Casablanca will be shown
at 8 tonight in Worsham Theater.
For more information,
visit www.uksab.org or call 257‘8867.

Moon." McLean said “The movie

is supposed to fit exactly with the
words to the album it‘ll be neat
to see the movie played this way.“

November brings (‘iti:en Kane
to the screen. and Ocean's 11 fol
lows in December

“I love to watch old movies."
said family and consumer sci»
ences junior Emily (‘yrumblatt “I
especially low (”10) remakes. so
you can see tow they change over
the years."

The series will continue in the
spring semester Wllh Some Like It
Hot in January.

Last spring. SAB organized the
Creature—Double Feature and a
.lames Dean film series Both had
a great turnout and the interest in
the these series has been tremen-
dous. Danhaur said.

“We're giving (students) the
opportunity to be exposed to the
difference between historical and
modern movies. and the develop-
ment of the film industry." said
Megan Powell. SAB director of
quality control.

The Kentucky Theater on
Main Street has hosted a classic
film series and continues to have
success with it. Danhaur said.

"We never seen many of the
old classics." said Amy Lee. a
business management senior. “It‘s
great to have the opportunity to
see them on campus.“

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dents she refuses to let
her sections be increased.

As a professor with
out tenure. she implies
that she will leave for an-
other school if her class-
es are expanded without
her permission

“With the education
and experience 1 have. i
could be making $20,000
more teaching high
school." she said. "i teach
here because it‘s fun."

Guindon has been
teaching classes with 31)
seats for 12 years. and
said she does not believe
that large classes teach
students effectively.

“I assisted in teaching
a class of 185 once. and as
far as I‘m concerned. it's
not an education." she
said. “if you're going to
put 300 students in a
room with one faculty
member. the noise level is
huge. the attention level
is small. there is virtual
ly no student to faculty
interaction. The faculty
member may as well type
up her lecture notes. sell
them to students and
meet them for exams.

"Right now our dean
is telling us to come up
with ways to teach larger
classes more effectively.
which is a contradiction
in terms." she said.

Elementary education
senior Jessica Sanders
said her largest class. a
required English course
for her major. has about
60 students.

“it's frustrating be
cause it's all lecture. Vi'ith

hardly any discussion."
she said. “i don't feel like
l'm getting much out of
the class. It seems that
when everyone needs a
certain class. UK just
adds more seats to a sec
tion.

"That is helpful in
some cases. but on the
other hand it robs us of
being able to have discus»
sions or go more in depth
with the subject."

Guindon said a num»
ber of people in her de
partment are yielding
and teaching larger class-
es. which she thinks is
the wrong direction to
take when the mission of
UK is be a top-211 research
institution.

“The administration
needs to focus on getting
more funding rather than
passively accepting the
funding cuts from the
state and passing it on to
their faculty and stii
dents." she said. “i think
we're turning this into a
diploma mill."

Nietzel said classes of
150 or more should be ex
pected in any major state
university at the fresh
man level.

"You shouldn‘t have
all of your education in a
class like that. and you
don't at l'K." he said. “i
don't think there would
be a single student here if
that was the case

“We have a wry good
faculty here.” he said
“They may have to work
with students a little
harder and be more cre
ative to make sure that a
class is everything it can
be."

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CORRECTION

In the InSIde UK specral section in Sept. 7's newspaper, The Kernel
incorrectly identified the UK Counseling and Testing Center and the UK
Career Center as one entity. They are two separate centers The UK
Counseling and Testing Center is located in Frazee Hall room 201 and the
UK Career Center is in the Stuckert Budding on Rose Street.

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CRIME

Crimes roportod Sept. 7 through Sept. 12
Sept. 7: Theft at Chandler Medical Center at 9:09 am.
Sept. 7: Assault at 460 Cooper Drive at 10:05 pm.
Sept. 7: Terroristic threatening at Chandler Medical
Center Wing D at 10:22 am.
Sept. 7: Suspicious person arrested at 670 S. Limestone
St. at 11:03 am.
Sept. 7: Terroristic threatening at UK Medical Center at
12:39 pm.
Sept. 7: Theft at 305 Euclid Ave. at 3:06 pm.
Sept. 7: Theft at 305 Euclid Ave. at 3:07 pm.
Sept. 7: Suspicious person arrested at Papa John's on
Euclid Avenue at 5:09 pm.
Sept. 8: Theft of a bike at 305 Euclid Ave. at 2:51 pm.
Sept. 8: Theft at 460 Cooper Drive at 5:08 pm.
Sept. 8: Theft at 305 Euclid Ave. at 5:29 pm.
Sept. 9: Criminal mischief in progress at 408
Administration Drive at 1:38 am.
Sept. 9: Hazardous Materials Unit called to Virginia
Avenue railroad bridge, report of unknown substance
under the bridge at 10:04 am.
Sept. 9: Theft at Memorial Coliseum at 12:04 pm.
Sept. 9: Theft from an automobile at Taylor Education
Building at 1:57 pm.
Sept. 9: Theft at Memorial Coliseum at 3:27 pm.
Sept. 9: Theft at 1435 Nicholasville Road at 10:32 pm.
Sept. 10: Theft and arrest made on Veterans Drive at
12:09 am.
Sept. 10: Theft at Chandler Medical Center at 11:33 am.
Sept. 10: Theft at 305 Euclid Ave. at 12:37 pm.
Sept. 10: Theft from an automobile at Hot at 3:16 pm.
Sept. 10: Theft from an automobile at K-lot at 5:47 pm.
Sept. 10: Arrest made for disorder in progress at
Singletary Center at 10:33 pm.
Sept. 11: Suspicious person arrested at University Drive
near Fraternity Row at 1:15 am.
Sept. 11: Suspicious person arrested at 700 Woodland
Ave. at 4:47 am.
Sept. 11: Burglary at Kentucky Clinic at 2:26 pm.
Sept. 11: Criminal mischief at 305 Euclid Ave. at 2:42
pm.
Sept. 12: Assault at Chandler Medical Center at 4:01
pm.
Sept. 12: Suspicious person arrested at 355 S.
Limestone St. at 8:01 pm.

Compiled from UK Police reports by Dariush Strata.
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Scam artists have targeted students
in their residence halls in recent weeks.
according to UK police.

The appearance of this type of con
men on campus is not surprising this
scam is a common one. seen every-
where. The scary part is that these
criminals gained access to UK‘s dorms.
that they could attack students outside
their rooms.

UK police chief Fred Otto said at
least three incidents have been report»
ed. including one in which a female stu-
dent reported being physically bullied
by a solicitor into writing a check.

Otto said the frequency of reports
has decreased. yet he still urged stu-
dents to be on guard against possible
scams.

If these common crooks can get to

       
   
   
  
   
    
  
    
   
   
   
   
   
  
   
    
    
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
   
  
    
  
    
    
  
    
  
    
  
 
  
   
   
  
     
   
    
    
     
 
    
  
   
   
  
   
  
    
    
    
    
 
  
   
   
      
    
   
   
  

 

Assistant Opinions Editor Ben
Roberts sat down icitn Student Gor-
ernment President Rachel Watts to
discuss issues pertaining to Student
Government.

What are SG's top goals for
this year?

l see theiii in thrrw categories
(‘onimunication is huge To riiake sure
we're communicating with the students.
administration the city of ll‘\lll;{ttlll

To make sure that we‘re really hear
ing what students want. the til'\t big
thing is advm'acy. There‘s so many situa»
tioris where students iust Ilt‘t‘ll a repre
sentative. soriieone that can come and
speak and give their liplllli in

The final thing and the one that prob
ably will affect the most students is ac
countahility: l oiniiig back for lsl'l'lll‘itl
term. one of my main goals is to n-ally
hold people accountable

Since l already know what projects
different groups are working on. I'm in a
position where I can hold lllose people
accountable to promises they made to
students

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apartofSG?

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of different types of people l really
wanted to experience that part of l'K
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types of people. but l Willllt‘ll to make
sure that I really took advantage of be
ing around so many culturally diverse
people.

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went out and was visible with the stu-
dents. Making sure that they didn't just
read about me in the paper aiirl didn’t
just see me in the spring when it was
time for elections.

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students. so can other. far more danger-
ous ones.

With the right warnings. L'K stu-
dents can protect themselves against
fraudulent magazine subscriptions and
other cons. But they shouldn‘t have to
fight them off inside their dorms

The safety of students has to be
U K‘s highest priority and UK should do
anything necessary to guarantee it.

Con artists might not be the most
frightening threat to students on cam-
pus. Still. the fact that some scammers
have made it past resident advisers and
desk workers into dorms is a cause for
alarm

Students must be able to feel secure
within their dorms. If they do not. then
UK is failing them.

Resident advisers and desk workers

Dorms need tighter security .

should be strict about who gets into the
dorms. even if it means hassling Slu-
dents for a few seconds. The possible de-
lays might be annoying. but they are a
small price to pay.

Students should be patient and ac-
cept any inconveniences along the way.
and they should be watchful about who
gets into the dorms. too.

If anyone can get into a dorm. then
there is a problem. And if it means stu-
dents must wait a few more seconds to
walk to their rooms to for that problem.
fine.

A warning about scatn artists will
not raise anyone‘s eyebrows. but the
real problem if the ease with which
anyone can enter a dorm . should at-
tract the attention of UK officials and
students.

 

with Rachel Watts

 

Student Government President

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Seeing me around campus and seeing
me at events lets them know my commit-
ment to ITK and makes them feel com»
fortable with me

Do you have any firtber
political aspirations?

I don't have any political aspi
rations l could see rtiyself helping a can-
didate if I believe in the candidate. To be
honest. I wasn‘t planning on running for
St} President when l first got involved.

litist want to follow whatever plans
(iod has for my life. Whatever God's will
is and whatever He wants me to do.
that's what 1 want to do.

How do you feel about UK's
drive to become a top-20 institution?

I think it's a great dream and
we have to be realistic about it and set
L'fl.ll\

lt's definitely \oiiicthing that we
slllllllll not give up but I think also we
need to be sure that we‘re not just look
ing :it some abstract idea but that we‘re
setting tangibles

I also think that we have to make
sure that we don't neglect undergraduate
studies in the proi ess to lN‘t orne a re
search institution that we continue the
great tradition of tintlcrgraduate studies
we have

v, Doyouthinlianemphasison
researchihwsawayfrom'li-class
itstruction?

ldoii‘t think it draws away

frorii it l think it can really enhance it
anti allow students to really learn a lot
on their ow it

But definitely we liH-rl to make sure
that we never lll‘llil‘lll/J' that over the val
ire of the traditional l ollege expericnie
that I“ offers

.‘ Whosensponsliltyiloyou
tliiiliitistosetoodsbowldbeooim
atop-ZOsdiool?

2
y

L I think it‘s definitely not just

JOIAfllAI nun l STAFF

the administration's job to set those
goals Most of the goals you look at in-
volve student progress and behavior.
We‘re such a huge component of
that. So whatever issues we need to look
at to get students motivated to reach
those goals are what we need to look at.

. Whydoyouthinlistudents
aresoreluctanttoparticipateinSG?

I think sortie of it is intimida
tion or uncertainty about how they can
get involved.

A lot of students will believe in cer-
tain issues. but I think they are reluctant
to actually get involved.

l think more than anything students
need to realize if you have a problem
with something or if you want to change
something. instead of complaining about
it. get out and run turd be proactive.

Howdoyouplantoattract
non-Greekstudentstooetoutandvote
inSGelectionsnextsprinq?

I think the main way to do it
is to encourage candidates who aren‘t
(ireek to run for office

That can be done through student or
gain/.ations. ones that may traditionally
have very few (lreek members

Howdoyouplantooet
studentstovote'lithellovember
elections?

One of the main things were
doing is distributing inail-in voter r -gis»
tration cards. We want to encourage stu
dent organimtions to come in and pick
up the cards and encourage their mein
hers to get out and vote and hold them
accountable. go to the polls with them.

We're also having Rock the Vote.
which is going to he a huge nonpartisan
political rally lt Wlll he a chanre for stir
dents to come together and celebrate
their right to vote and hopefully encin‘
age students that it's the cool thing to do.

Because it is (ml to vote That's a
right that we have and I think we need to
start embracing that attitude

Online poll question

to ( )piiiions ltihtor

lllth \oiii full 1

Do you aqree with the derision to withhold Victim informa-
tion in UK Police incident reports at the Victim's request?
Yes: i believe it's important to protect the Victim's rights

and it's really none ol the public's business.

for c l.irir\. hrcvin
ins about the polity.

llo: Disclosing information about the accuser is farm to the
accused and assists students in making important decmons

VOTE ()NI .1 N E AT WWW. KYKERN El i( X )M

i
l about their safety.
l

Emily Haqedorn, Editor in chief
Andrew Martin, Opinions editor

Ben Roberts. Asst. Opinions aitor

Rebecca Neal. Asst. Managing editor for news

 

   

Steve Ivey, Managing editor
Josh Sullivan. Staff columnist
Sara Cunningham, Projects editor
Tim wiseman, Sports editor

President Bush’s -
domestic record
exposes failures

Not since President Andrew Johnson stymied positive
Reconstruction efforts and callously disregarded the execu-
tive branch's obligation to the newly freed has one leader
perpetrated so much damage. For all his
crudeness and shamelessness. at least
our 17th president did not make a mock-
ery of foreign policy and gutlessly sad-
dle our youth with the burden of tomor-
row. like our 43rd.

President Bush is from another place
and time. an era far divorced from those
who spent their formative years in the
Clinton administration. The disagree-
ments that liberals have with the presi-
dent should surprise no one. but Presi~
dent Bush could have dissented from the
lefi's agenda and still might have proved
a competent. if not great. president.

Prior to the president‘s arrival. the congressional Re-
publicans had already wavered and distanced themselves
from the 1994 ideals that toppled the Democrats in the first
place. But under the leadership of Bush. all pretenses of a
legitimate difference of opinion crumbled. replaced by
sleight of hand economics and crass irresponsibility.

It is one thing to espouse limited government. to argue
for a tightening of spending in conjunction with lower tax-
es. That. at least. is a credible debate.

What is not credible. however. is to continue to spend
(disproportionately in the "red" states. as opposed to where
most Americans reside) recklessly while reducing federal
revenue (i.e. taxes) to dangerous levels.

Republicans won the tax-and-spend question from De-
mocrats a decade ago. but have cheated on the issue ever
since. to the degree of driving '94 idealists from Congress.

President Bush does not care whether the next genera-
tion will be afforded Social Security or whether Medicare
can survive 2010s-era budget crunches. nor is he truly in-
terested in reducing American dependence on foreign pe-
troleum or protecting the environment.

His willful neglect of the American middle class is
matched only by the Chutzpah required to send their sons
and daughters dutiful practitioners in the National
Guard »- to Iraq. as though they volunteered for such haz-
ardous duty.

In fact. all but one of Al Gore‘s ominous warnings has
come to fruition. but that would surely change in a Bush
second term. Despite having a far superior success rate
with federal judicial appointees than Bill Clinton in his
1997-2001 administration. Bush has charged Democrats
with “obstruction." when he is not castigating “liberal ac-
tivist judges.”

If George W Bush is reelected. his damage to this coun-
try will nearly be complete. as the critical Supreme Court
seats of John Paul Stevens and Sandra Day O'Connor will
be passed to far more conservative “strict constructionist‘"
jurors. If so. the president will use the high court as a club
to whack the opposition. legitimizing further PATRIOT
Acts and rolling back the rights of women. minorities and
those of "nontraditional" lifestyles

The foreign policy mistakes of this president can be re»
hashed in another debate on another occasion. yet it is pos-
sible that Bush's historic gamble on Iraq may pay off quite
handsomely thus causing the records to ignore or over-
look his disinterest in international principles (Kyoto.
Anti-Ballistic Missiles. the l'nited Nations. etc).

However. on his domestic record. the president has
nowhere to hide. no trump card to play: Americans need to
understand that the gross negligence or pernicious hard»
ness of Bush‘s domestic policies holds consequences for us
all. perhaps providing the impetus fora form of radical pol-
itics somewhere down the road that once seemed utifatlr
omable before Jan. 20. 2001.

 

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Edward Guest IS a history senior. E-mail opmions®kykernelcom

 

 

LEWERl‘dféttE EDITOR

Editorial wrongly pointed to BOT
as cause of fiscal problems

I wanted to respond to your editorial suggesting that
the ['K Board of Trustees should have had its retreat at
Patterson Office Tower rather than Shaker Village. I
agree with the sentiment that the university is in difficult
financial straights. put there. in my view. by the inability
or unwillingness of the state of Kentucky to adequately
fund higher education

I would suggest that you might consider editorials ask-
ing students and their parents to contact the Kentucky
legislators resimnsihle for the reduction in state funding
from iriore than ltalf the budget not so long ago. to less
than a quarter today

Here are sortie facts you and your readers should be
aware of. The BOT is ultimately responsible for the iri-
come and extwnditure of almost $15 billion per year The
20 BOT members serve without pay: Many of them live in
liwations away from Lexington.

They give t