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ESTABLISHED 1894

‘The road

 

   

Senate will investi ate
fones’ alleged mis eeds

By Jacob Clahes
Stajfl/Vriter
and Stephen Trimble

Executive Editor

After considering im eachment, the Student
Government Association enate last night voted to
form a committee to investigate alle ed wrongdoings
by SGA President T.A. Jones an Vice President
Benny Ray Bailey.

Senators broke up into a quick caucus session
gurling the meeting to discuss impeaching Jones and

a1 ey.

But the Senate decided to look into the allega—
tions before beginning the process.

Senator at Large Shea Chaney proposed the
committee and said it should study charges that Jones
has misused SGA funds, lied to the Senate and sexu—
ally harassed female SGA members.

Chaney cited public records showing Jones has
used more than $3,300 of his
personal SGA honorarium
although the organization’s

 

IMPEABIIMENT

However, Jones said he
was aware he had made some
mistakes with SGA’s T—shirt
sales, which promoted a bon-
fire before the UK-Universi—
ty of Louisville football game
Sept. 3.

“I don’t know the Con—
stitution as well as I should
have,” Jones acknowledged.
“I had no idea doing the
bonfire was unconstitutional.
I was wrong there. I apolo-
gize.”

Jones welcomed the idea
of a committee and said he
was willing to answer any of
the senators’ questions last
night.

“It’s funny,” he said.
“No one wants to ask me any
specific questions.”

Bailey was the first to draw fire from the senate.

UNIVERSIIY OF KENTUCKY. LEXINGTON. KENTUCKY

to hell’

 

 

OFFICE

vacancies
V

Should a vacancy
occur in both the
offices of president
and vice president,
the president pro
tempore shall
assume the powers,
duties and oflice of
the resident of the

ent body for the
remainder ofthe
term.
That person shall
nominate and the .
Senate approve by

ma 'ority vote an
eligih/le student, who
shall assume the
powers, duties and
ofiice of vice
presidentfiir the
une ired portion
ojpthe term.

 

 

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today, high near 70,- cloudy
tonight, low near 4 5; partly
sunny tomorrow; high near 70.

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83“ SHBWDIIWN College ofBusiness and Economics Senator Greg T. Watkins makes a motion for the resignation of

Student Government Association Vice President Benny Ray Bailey at last night’s Senate meeting.

 

rules
V

According to the
S GA Constitution,

the president and
vice president may

budget only allocates the
president $2,500.

“We’re seven months
into this administration and
we’re so bogged down with
these problems that we can’t

He presented his resignation to Jones early yesterday
morning but then rescinded it last night.

Senators accused Bailey of missing several meet-
ings and not living up to his duties.

But some senators defended Bailey, saying the
accusations were merely personal attacks and that
Bailey had legitimate excuses for missing the meet-

T.A.Jones had the look ofa defeated man.
While members of the Student Government
Association Senate were holding a caucus to

President says he will not fight impeachment

 

 

 

 

 

he removed from
office by a two— mg
thirds vote at two
consecutive meetings
of the Senate.
Such votes are not
sub'ect to veto.

 

 

 

lahrcn calls
llll police
following
altercation

By Stephen Trimble

Executive Editor

Campus olice were called
on the scene liist night after big
accusations led to a small scuffle
between Student Government
Association President T.A. Jones
and a former member of his
executive branch.

Addressing the SGA Senate,
former Executive Representative
Ted Lahren accused his ex-boss
of ordering him to destroy offi-
cial SGA documents and forcing
him to attend several meetings
Jones missed and handle other
duties for the SGA president.

Jones announced last ni ht
during the Senate meeting that
he had fired Lahren for “a com—
plete breach of trust.” Jones
accused Lahren of searching his
desk for records and giving per-
sonal receipts to a senator.

The Senate wanted to dis-
cuss a motion held from the last
meeting about dismissing
Lahren for not doing his job, but
he had already been fired by
Jones.

Later, while the Senate was
in debate over another issue,
Jones led Lahren down a hallway
outside the Student Center
Small Ballroom and asked,
“What the fuck are you doing,
Ted? What the fuck are you
doing?"

Then,Jones abbed Lahren
by his shirt andgrslammed him
into a wall.Jones lifted his arm to
strike Lahren, but SGA Athletic
Activities Chairman Mark Riddle
pulled Jones away.

“Yes, I pulled (Jones) off of
(Lahren),” Riddle said. “But it’s
just two really frustrated guys
going at it.”

ahren originally left the
meetin to speak with a Ken-
tucky Igernel reporter about his
accusations a ainst Jones. He
said Jones tol him to shred the
minutes of a meeting in which
senators allegedly criticized
Jones for mismanagement of
SGA’s T-shirt sales.
Lahren said he saved copies

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get anything done," Chaney
told the Senate caucus meet—

Jones called the whole
discussion a “witch hunt.”
“If you think it’s fun, if
this is a game for you, then I
don’t have respect for that at
all,” he told the senators.

 

In

“I think the Senate is trying to use (Bailey) to get
to (Jones),” Senator at Large Beverly Coleman said.
“This organization is embarrassing. I’m so embar-
rassed by every one of you all.

“If you want to go after the big dog, then go after
(Jones) and leave (Bailey) out of the this because he

 

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discuss impeaching the SGA president, Jones
walked back to his seat and prepared for the worst.
“It’s over for me,” Jones said. “They want to
impeach, and it looks like they‘ve got the support.”
Jones, though disappointed, said he would not
fight an impeachment.
“That’s life in the big city, baby,” be said.
But he and Vice President Benny Ray Bailey
insisted they were getting a raw deal.

“I honestly feel like a Christian in a Roman
Coliseum,” Bailey said. “If I’m gone and they go
after T.A., they’ve effectively eliminated students’
ability to make a decision of who should be
president.”

Jones also told the Senate that it was ruining
SGA.

“You’re on the road to hell with this
organization,” he said. “So get in the car, and see
what happens when you get there at the end of the

ear.”
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Executives slammed at Denny's

By Jennifer Smith
Staff Writer

More than a Denny’s grand slam
breakfast appeared on the Student
Government Association Senate’s menu
last night.

Amid talk of impeachment, SGA
senators also learned of a possible
conspiracy to impeach President T.A.
Jones and Vice President Benny Ray
Bailey. A group of senators have been
meeting nightly at a Denny’s restaurant
on Nicholasville Road to discuss the
SGA chief officers, Senator at Large
Julie Wright said.

Wright, one of the senators who
met at Denny’s, said meetings about
Bailey and Jones were not the only
reason the senators went to the
restaurant.

“Before I was ever elected, I went to
Denny’s,” Wright said. “The rule (when
we go) is that we have 30 minutes of
gossip and then we study.”

Wright said the group had one
meeting that was set up specifically to
cover the possibility of impeaching
Jones. She also added, however, the
problems of Jones’ administration came
up a lot during those late night
meetings.

Senator at Large Shea Chaney said
the Denny’s meetings were just a group
of friends getting together to talk.

“I’ve never met with the specific
intent of impeaching T.A.,” Chaney

 

 

GREG EMIS Kernel staff

llNlJEll "if all" T.A. jones, Student Government Association president. said he has made
some mistakes but called talk of impeaching him a “witch hunt.”

said. “I am not saying the topic hasn't
come up, though.”

Jones, however, said he does not
think the group has been meeting inst to
eat and study.

Jones said he thinks “this is a clear-
cut case of obstructionism.”

Also, Jones said a group of students
approached him this summer saying

they had overheard some of the
meetings. The students said the
members of the group were waiting for
Jones to do something wrong and so
they could try to impeach him.

Jones said he does not think the
entire Senate is in on the alleged
conspiracy. He said he thinks there are

See DENNY’S on Back Page

 

 

 

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road to hell with
this organization.
So get in the car,
and see what
happens when you
get there at the
end of the year ”
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Wendy Hyland
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resigned last night,
speaking to Jones.

NEWShytes

WEE Bomh explodes
in Tel Aviv, kills 22

TEL AVIV, Israel — The terror at the edges of
the quest for Middle East peace exploded yesterday
when a bomb on a crowded city bus killed 22 peo~
ple and turned a bustling street into a scene from a
slaughterhouse.

The attack wounded 48 people. Police blamed it
on a suicide bomber.

Some Israelis cried for vengeance against the
Islamic radicals who have claimed responsibility
for three major attacks in 10 days.

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CONROE, Texas — The sun shone for the
first time in four days yesterday as hundreds of
National Guardsmen drove boats and big trucks
through filthy, waist—deep floodwater to help peo—
ple driven from their homes.

As the rain stopped, people in this city 40 miles
north of Houston piled into dump trucks 20 at a
time or used boats to travel through water 3 feet
deep to retrieve what few undamaged belongings
were left in their homes.

The death toll climbed to nine yesterday with
the discovery of a body caught in a barbed-wire
fence in Polk County. The man had been missing
since Monday, when he fell off a horse and was
swept away by fioodwaters.

Il.lll. praises ll.8.-lllorth Korea Ilcal

WASHINGTON -—— The U.S.-North Korea
nuclear deal was praised yesterday b the head of
the United Nations agency that wil help imple-
ment it, while the top Senate Republican criticized
it as a “one-way street" favoring the Koreans.

The accord announced by President Clinton on
Tuesday commits North Korea to freezing and
eventually dismantling its key nuclear facilities. In
return, . ’orth Korea will receive modern nuclear
power reactors and new diplomatic links with

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W's ‘Soorpio' online this week

Soap star discussing disease

By Jolt Vinson
Staff Writer

Best known for his role as
Mac Scorpio on ABC’s daytime
soap opera “General Hospital,”
john J. York will communicate
4! with fans this
week not through
his show, but
through Prodigy.

Prodigy is a
.. _ an online comput-

' er service that
reaches more than
two million Amer-

  

Y‘m‘ icans, according to

The Crohn’s 8t
Colitis Foundation of America
Inc.

York said the foundation has
been instrumental in the battle
against inflammatory bowel dis—
case.

“They are the instrument that
gets the funds, that raises the
money,” York said.

York is online to share his
advice and- personal ex erience
nationwide with fellow su ferers of
inflammatory bowel disease who
own the Prodigy a plication.

York, who su fers from a spe-
cific IBD called ulcerative colitis,
said his focus is mainly to help
young adults deal with the physi-
cal and emotional consequences of
living with these medically incur-
able diseases.

“I understand the pain, I know
oh boy, do I know the pain
(IBD) can cause,” said York,
whose battle with colitis began
when he was 17.

Crohn’s disease and ulcerative
colitis (collectively known as IBD)
are chronic digestive disorders of
the small and large intestines.

York said he knows how hard
it is to be young and full of life and
suddenly find out you have a
chronic illness.

Dr. Gary Varilek, who spe-
cializes in internal medicine at
UK’s College of Medicine, said
IBD is marked by persistent diar-
rhea, abdominal pain, cramps and
weight loss.

In addition, Varilek said IBD
may sometimes result in blood
passin through the rectum. In
some BD cases, the overall bodily
growth of a patient is delayed.

“We don’t know the ideology
or what causes these two diseases,
but it is believed that certain indi-
viduals have a redisposition, an
inherited risk 0 getting one or the
other disease,” Varilek said.

The Crohn’s & Colitis Foun-
dation created this opportunity for
York to discuss the disease via
Prodigy’s Crohn’s & Colitis
Forum.

York said there are a lot of

caring people who suffer from the
disease who are leaders of local
chapters that function as support
grou s for other IBD patients.

rina VanGuilder, a nurse
and mana er of UK’s Endosco y
Unit, has had Crohn’s disease or
20 years.

She or anized the Central
Kentucky Crohn’s and Colitis
Support Group, designed to bring
other patients together to help
each other cope with IBD.

VanGuilder said about 30 to
40 people have attended each
meeting since last summer.

She said her overall goal was
to have a large enough attendance
to possibly subdivide the group
according to age.

VanGuilder admitted that it is
difficult to get teen-agers to feel
comfortable enough to come to
the meetings.

She said the support ou
meets the first Thursday 0 eacii
month.

"It group tops at its dirty work

Soil-judging team takes first at regional

By Stacy Shilling
Staff Writer

How would you like to spend your time
digging in the dirt and learning at the same

time?

Recently, UK’s soil-judging team traveled
to Virginia and won the regional competition

doing just such an activity.

During the team’s week in Virginia, which
ended Friday, the members spent the first
three days judging soil in practice pits.

On the day of the final contest, only four
students were chosen to compete — Matt

By Tiffany Gilmartin
staff Wrim

One year ago today, UK stu-
dent Thomas Robinson’s beaten
body was discovered in a rural
Fayette County school.

Since his disappearance, two
men have confessed to his murder.
One man, Richard Stanton, 22,
has been tried and found guilty.
The other, Robert Rankin, 20, is
scheduled to have his day in court
in late March.

Pre—trial motions will begin
tomorrow for Rankin, who is
indicted on numerous charges,
including capital murder, kidnap-
ping, first—degree robbery and
first—degree burglary. His case will
be heard byJudge Gary Payne.

Elmore, Kimberly Collins, Laura Smith and

Steve Williams.

The students had to look at the layers in
the ground, determine the physical properties
and characteristics, evaluate the soil based on
its characteristics and classify the soil without

using any notes.

highest scores per pit.

competition.

Winners were determined by the three

The UK chapter won the championship.
Team member Matt Elmore, a soil science
junior, had the second highest score and Kim-
berly Collins had the third highest score in the

To prepare for regionals, the team met
once a week for two to three hours reviewing
notes, gudging pits and working with the soil.

T e soil-judging team consists of four vet-

eran members — Smith, Elmore, Collins and

VVilliams.

Accompanying them are four new mem-
bers — Greg Brown, Matt Hutchinson, Jason
Schwartz and Jay Ferrell.

This year’s national com etition will be

held in Columbia, Mo., in Apri .

The national tournament procedures are

the same as in the regional competition.

“We did retty great, and I couldn’t be
more proud 0 this team,” Elmore said. “Once
we got the hang of everything, we nailed it and

got on top of everything.”

Robinson hearings begin tomorrow

 

“The state will
seek the death penal-
ty,” said Roger West,
assistant Common—
wealth attorney.

Robinson, a 26-
year—old Paducah man,

hi

(Stanton) got
what he deserved

ting Robinson’s 1988
Cheverolet.

They were extra-
dited to Lexington
shortly afterward.

According to
Fayette County dis-

was kidnapped from his "’ be beat ”if“ trict court records,
South Limestone man to death both confessed to the
Street apartment near murder.

UK. He was missing
for two days before
authorities found his

v
Roger West

Assistant Common-
wealtb attorney, about

West said he was
unable to discuss the
details of state’s case

body. .tl’“ :mtana'ngof against Rankin. He

Stanton and Rub”; $71307, 70;)? a so would not elabo—
Rankin were arrested 7"“ 0", 8"")‘0 rate on why Rankin
in Des Moines, Iowa, ”WWW‘ chose a criminal trial

after local investigators
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credit cards to them. Polk County
police discover the two after spot—

plea.
Stanton was found guilty of

murder, kidnapping, burglary,
robbery (all in the first degree) and
two counts of fraudulent use of a
credit card.

The jury recommended that
Stanton serve two life sentences.
Payne will impose a sentence on
Nov. 11, West said.

“(Stanton) got what he
deserved -— he beat that man to
death,” West said. “It is not a pro-
batable offense.”

If Payne accepts the jury’s rec-
ommendations, Stanton will be
ineligible for parole for at least 25
years.

The jury for the Rankin trial
has not been selected, a Fayette
Circuit Court clerk said. Pre—trial
motions next week will be made
without a jury. "

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DJ will live on soalloltl until Wildcats win

By Brett Dawson
Sports Editor

If Richard Vallandingham can
spend 111 hours waiting for UK’s
basketball team to practice, why
can’t “Roadkill” Kessler hang
around a while waiting for its foot-
ball team to win?

He can. And he will, starting
today at 7 am.

That’s when Kessler, a DJ at
WKQQ-FM, 98.1, will climb atop
a 25-foot high scaffold, dubbed
“The Big Blue Monument,” out-
side Crossroads Furniture on
Nicholasville Road near New Cir-
cle Road.

And he will stay there until
Bill Curry’s Wildcats win a foot-
ball game, or until after their last
game of the season at Tennessee

on Nov. 19.

Seriously.

“I’m probabl UK football’s
biggest fan,” Kess er said 13 hours
before his bivouac was to begin.
“Everybody was on the UK band—
wa on when we beat Louisville
an now everybody’s fallen off.”

That falloff has come courtesy
of UK’s five straight losses —
three of them blowouts —— and the
fact that Wildcat basketball is
right around the corner.

But Kessler isn’t intimidated
by the fact the Rick Pitino’s hoop
troops are almost ready for action.

“That’s the best time to rein—
terest eople in football,” Kessler
said 0 the start of basketball sea-
son. “(The fans) are really starting
to lose interest in the (football)
team, and we need to do some-

 

 

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other UK fans involved in is
insanity. WKQQ will set up a
banner at the site of the monu-
ment, where UK fans will be able
to stop by, sign their names and
show their support.

The banner will be hung at
UK's four remaining home games,
pending approval from the UK
Athletics Association.

Kessler, meanwhile, is getting
a late start on camping season.
Unless the Cats beat Georgia at
Commonwealth Stadium this
week, he’s almost certain to
endure some.inclement weather.

“That’s no concern to a UK
football fan,” Kessler said of
potential weather worries. “I’ve

got a tent and warm clothes —
what more do you need?”

Various local vendors have
donated foul weather equipment,
security, food and personal need
items (like a portable bathroom),
accordin to WKQQ.

Kess er, who’s been a Wildcat
football follower for “a real long
time,” will be allowed two one-
hour shower breaks each week.
Aside from those breaks, he’ll
spend all his time atop the scaf-
fold, where he’ll be givin updates
on the radio throughout t e day.

He might even do his Satur-
day night “Block Party” show
from the scene, he said.

All of that just to rekindle
Lexington’s interest in football?

“Well, that,” he said, “plus
I’m probably certifiably insane.”

Chickens nixed at Iowa

Associated Press

IOWA CITY, Iowa —— Ahh,
remember the good old days when
you could enjoy an occasional
dead chicken? At the University of
Iowa,the do.

It loo like the fun is over,
though.

Securi has been stepped u at
Kinnick Siadium during foot all

ames, and the cheerleaders have
Eeen moved away from the stu-
dent section because of debris
raining down from the stands. And
it’s not just dead chickens, either.

It’s coins, marshmallows, bot-
tles and eggs.

In this case, however, we know
which came first. It was the chick-

en.
“Back in the old Fieldhouse
they used to use a starter’s gun at

basketball games and you’d have
this real loud ‘Bang!’ " recalled
George VVme, Iowa’s sports infor-
mation director emeritus.

“Every once in a while some
smart-aleck student would brin a
chicken and throw it from t e
up er deck. Time that baby just
rig t, you know, about two sec-
onds before the gun, and bang-
s lat! That chicken would land
right on the floor.

“That was a pretty funny deal
back then.”

Iowa hasn’t la d in the Field-
house since 1 8 , but someone
has carried the chicken tradition at
least once to the football stadium.

No serious injuries have been
reported, but Michele Anderson,
Iowa’s spirit coordinator, she said
she saw a man hit in the chest with
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during the socially
turbulent 19608

By Nick Rhoton
Staff W riter

In 1964, Imamu Amiri Baraka, formerly known
as LeRoi Jones, saw “Dutchman” produced for the
first time in New York.

Mere months later, Baraka saw his play, which
first frequented the Cherry Lane Theater, win an
Obi Award for Best Off Broadway Play.

“Dutchman’s” rich history was obviousl a fac-
tor in Marlon Bailey’s decision to produce the clas—
sic race relations play at UK.

When Baraka developed “Dutchman,” America
was entrenched in a time of change. The black
power movement, the black arts movement and the
civil rights movements were each tearing at the
foundations of society.

“Baraka extended a revolution that began with
the Black Arts Theater in the 18005,” Bailey said.
“Dutchman” is one of five black revolutionai
plays written by Baraka.

While Martin Luther Kin Jr. and Malcolm
were crusading to improve the lives of the blar
community, Baraka was joining in the movement.

Also in 1964, Baraka opened the Black Arts
Reperto Theater in New York. “Dutchman” was
produced] there in that year, and the production
was the subject of more than a little controversy.

Baraka, in rotest, did not allow whites into his
theater, mucli the same way that blacks were
denied admission into white theaters. The part of
Lula in “Dutchman” was played by a black woman
wearing whiteface.

Baraka, who used federal funds to support the
theater, saw his theater closed after federal officials
learned of his policy.

No theaters with similar policies regarding
blacks were ever closed.

Despite such setbacks, “Dutchman" soon gained
notoriety. In 1967, the play was made into a movie
starring Al Freeman Jr. Freeman, an accomplished
actor with a long list of credits, often is recognized
for his portrayal of Elijah Mohammed in Spike
Lee’s “Malcolm X.”

Baraka cautions the audience not to fall prey to
the pitfalls of that his characters do in “Dutch-
man.”

WHAT'Syour sign?
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By Mike Manson

“Pl” (March 21-April 19) You can judge a man by
how well he kee 5 his own rules. A loved one must go
on a journey, but you will remain in his or her
thoughts.

Taurus (April 20-May 20) The evil ones around the
corner will plead for your acceptance of their sinful
behavior, then ask you to join them.

Gemini (May 2 l—June 20) What you saw when you
saw what you thought you saw was not what you think.
Ifyou’d do anything to get an A in that class, why not
try studying?

Cancel- (June 21-July 22) “Lust indulged starves the
soul for it never has enough.” (Proverbs 13:17) Tell the
truth, and you’ll get a favorable judgment.

[80 (July 23-Aug. 22) The Lion roars this week.
W’hatever strengths you possess will be ma nified to
make you King of theJungle. Risk—taking wileayoff.

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vomit, so does a fool to his folly. Party at your house.
BYOB. Everyone is coming.

UUI'I (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) Be inwardly at peace with
hopes yet unfulfilled. Long, hard questions have long,
hard answers. Ifyou go to bars to find a mate, all you
will find is someone who hangs out in bars.

“Ml. (Oct. 23-\'ov. 21) Fools' names like fools’
faces are often seen in public places. Family stress will
cause things to be blown out of proportion.

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drive, you are.

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to choose whether on are going to be the big fish of
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you are.

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your attitude, wear your nice clothes. If you look ood,
you’ll feel good. You’ll have to comfort a sick fEiend
this week.

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GOING DUTCH Lula (Melanie .7ulian) and (.‘lay (Rique Curtis) talk during a scene in Imamu Amiri Baraka‘s play
‘Dutchman. ’ The play, which focuses on race relations in the I 960s, opens tonight and ends Saturday.

Baraka play DIIBIIS tonight

By Nick Rhoton
Staff lVriter

Marlon Bailey is making a splash.

Bailey, an assistant theatre professor in his first year
at UK, will direct his first play on campus this week
end.

“Dutchman.u a play by renowned playwright
Imamu Amiri Baraka, stars Rique Curtis and Melanie
Julian in the two most prominent roles.

Bailey commented on his choice of “Dutchman" as
his first production.

“Baraka is the most prolific writer or his time and
genre. A theatre department needs to be aware of
works of different cultures; not only the black culture,
but all cultures," Bailey said.

Baraka, who visited UK in early 1993, believes that
art can, in itself, be violent, Bailey said.

“His way of creating revolution," Bailey said, “is
best displayed in this play.”

“Dutchman" takes place on a subway ride to New
York, with most of the interaction taking place
between two characters, Clay and Lula.

Riding on what Baraka called “the flying underbelly
of the city," the two characters are unable to escape
from their roles in the world.

 
  
 
  
 
  

 

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Clay is a young black man, Lula a middle-aged

white woman.

Rique Curtis, an undeclared sophomore, plays

Clay.

Curtis describes his stage persona as “a middle class

black man, about 20 years old, in the ’605, from Jer—
sev."

During a time when black people were just starting

to see real money, Curtis said, Clay is “trying to come
to grips with being a black man during this time.”

Clay is, Curtis said, “very confused."
Undertaking the role of Lula is theatre and English

senior MelanieJulian, who last appeared in “Marvin’s
Room" at the Lexington Actors’ Guild.

Another crucial role in “Dutchman" is that of a

young boy, played by freshman M. Donivon Blue.

Blue said his character enters near the end of the

play, after an incident between Lula and Clay.

“I come in and follow in Clay’s footsteps," Blue

said. “It completes the cycle."

Blue is making his debut at UK in “Dutchman."
Both Bailey and Curtis described “Dutchman" as a

metaphor for race relations in the 1960s.

 

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relations dur~
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rights and
black arts movements, Baile said.

The concepts of myth, ailegory, poetry and
violence are present in all of Baraka's works,
Bailey said.

In developing this play, Baraka borrowed
from the German myt of the Flying Dutch—
man, Bailey said.

In the le end, a captain is doomed to sail
the seas wit out ever porting as punishment
for his blasphemy.

Baile said Lula’s character is the represen—
tation oithat captain.

The mission of “Dutchman" is to cause
audiences not to fall victim as the characters do
in the play, Bailey said.

To learn what victimizes Baraka's charac-
ters, catch “Dutchman” playing Thursday
through Saturday at 8 pm. in the Black Box
Theater at the Fine Arts Building. There is no
fee for admission.

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