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Ofiicial: Low cost
a consideration
in choosing VIP

By Don Puckett
Senior Staff Writer

 

 

Students can blame some of their
phone registration woes on recent
budget cuts.

Gene Williams, vice president for
Information Services, said he was
thinking of budget cuts when he
purchased the computer boards that
are slowing down the UK-VlP tele-
phone registration system.

“We were certainly trying to
make sure that the costs were kept
down." he said. “The low cost was
sure on our mind.“

UK spent $95,440 to purchase

computer boards from the Voicetek
Corporation. These boards saved
the University between $15,000 and
520.000. Williams said.
They also had never been installed
in a college telephone registration
network. A former Voicetek official
said the boards usually are used for
banking or medical records net-
works.

“The Voicetek boards have not
performed as well as we had hoped.
but we‘re working with the compa-
ny to correct that." Williams said.

Problems with the boards first
were detected during the test of
phone regisu'ation during Add/
Drop. UK registration officials

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planned to solve the problems by
ordering new technology that would
speed up the boards from Voicetek.

Voicetek promised to deliver the
new pans by July but has not sent
them to UK yet. Company officials
say they cannot ship the parts be-
cause they will not be manufactured
until next year.

UK officials would not say how
much the additional parts will cost.
The costs of setting up terminals to
supplement the UK-VIP network
also will not be available for a
couple of weeks, said Donald
Clapp, vice president for adminis-
tration.

The Voicetek boards allow the
mid-size computers, where the soft-
ware for the UK-VlP system is
stored, to conununicate with the
University mainframe. which hous-
es student records and scheduling
information.

The faulty boards create long
pauses for students each time the
mid-size and mainframe computers
communicate. As a result. students
usually spend at least 15 to 20 min-
utes registering for full schedules of
classes.

Other universities. such as the
University of Louisville and The
Ohio State University. purchased
boards that commonly are used in
telephone registration systems, and
have not experienced similar prob-
lems.

The boards will be four or five
times faster with the new parts, UK

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By Don Puckett
Senior Staff Writer

Telephone registration does
not have to be difficult.

That is what registration offi-
cials from the University of
Louisville and The Ohio State
University said in response to the
trouble UK has experienced this
fall with its phone registration
system.

The systems at both schools
have been able to handle the tele-
phone traffic created by register-
ing students because they can
process each step of registration
quickly.

At UK, it takes the average
student between 15 and 20 min-
utes to complete telephone regis-
tration, UK Applications Manag-
er Jayna Cheesman said.

“Our process doesn't take
nearly that long," said Scott
Burks, assistant director of regis-
tration atUof L.

He said that like UK-VIP.
Louisville's system cuts the stu-
dents off after 20 minutes.

“But nobody maxes out.“ he
said. “They are usually off the
system in five to 10 minutes."

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failure. Cheesman said.

Students at UK experience a long
delay after they enter their social se-
curity numbers or select classes.
Cheesman said the delay is created
by slow communication between
UK's mainframe computer, where
student and class information is

stored. and the mid-size computers
that contain the registration soft—
ware.

The process is slowed down by
the computer boards that UK
bought from the Voicetek Corpora-
tion. Both Ohio State and UL pur-
chased similar equipment from

companies other than Voicetek
and have not experienced the
same problems.

Louisville and UK each have
48 phone lines for phone regis-
tration. but Burks said that the
shorter calls almost double the
number of students that can ac-
cess the system.

Ohio State has twice as many
phone lines, but it also has twice
as many students as UK. Ohio
State's Senior Assistant Regis—
trar Henry Lee said the average
Ohio State student only takes
about three to five minutes to
register.

Both Burks and Lee said they
also avoided problems with their
systems by phasing in phone
registration.

Ohio State began phone regis-
tration in 1987. but only made it
optional for a few students. It
was slowly made available to
more students over three regis-
tration periods.

Even now, Ohio State uses
both terminals and phone regis-
tration. “But our system is so ef-
ficient that 90 percent of the stu-
dents use it instead of
terminals." Lee said.

U of L also began phone regis-
tration last fall by giving stu-

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Guidebook
for speech
coming soon

 

By Doug Saretsky
Staff Writer

With the upcoming publi-
cation of a language usage
guidebook. UK joins a grow-
ing list of schools and busi-
nesses that have decided to
encourage standardized
speech.

Compliance with the guide-
lines. however. will be entire-
ly voluntary.

The manual, titled “Lan-
guage Guidelines," has been
completed and should be cir-
culated by mail to campus or-
ganizations within the next
week.

Bernie Vonderheide. direc‘
tor of UK Public Relations.
said the book is exactly what
its title implies.

“It will hopefully serve as a
reference guide for those re—
sponsible for UK publica-
tions." Vonderheide said.

“Language Guidelines" is
comparable in nature to “The
Associated Press Stylebook."
Updated often. the AP style-
book is a reference used
mainly by journalists for
grammatical aid.

Vonderheide said the UK
speech guidebook is an at-
tempt to standardize language
with “the suggested use of
words and phrases." “Lan-
guage Guidelines“ will not
become UK policy. he said.

To design “Language
Guidelines." UK Public Rela-
tions assembled a committee
to devise a guidebook to stan-
dardize language while re-
maining sensitive to minori-
ties.

Led by former UK Public
Relations Publications Direc-
tor Jane Cunningham, the
committee used the expertise
of people in specific fields to
make decisions regarding the
book‘s treatment of gender,
sexual orientation and other
minority concerns.

The committee included
UK faculty with interests in
minority affairs. like Lauretta
Byars. vice chancelktr of mi-
nority affairs; and Carolyn

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during her master’s of fine art thesis exhibition yesterday. The exhibit runs until Dec. 10.

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Economy taking
back seat to war

 

By Anne Jackson
Contributing Writer

War in the former Yugoslavia
must come to an end before that na-
tion's republics can begin the jour-
ney toward free market ec-
onomics. four Croatian
professors say.

“i dare to say that it is a
miracle (that) the Croa-
tian economy is still
alive." said Garoslav Kel-
ler. assistant dean of the
economics faculty at the
University of Zagreb in
Croatia. ‘

Keller. along with the
three other economics pro-
fessors. participated recently in an
exchange program between UK and
the their university. located in the
northwestem part of what was Yu-
goslavia before that Balkan nation
fell apart last year.

The ensuing ethnic battles have
left the individual republics gasping
for air.

 

‘ Crush ’ trophy stays home

Campus wins
blood drive title
for third time

 

By Erica Patterson
Assistant News Editor

UK might have lost to the Uni-
versity of Tennessee during its last
scheduled football game of the sea-
son. but the tables were turned in
the Big Blue Cnish.

UK crushed UT in the annual
blood drive competition. collecting
2.738 pints of blood, surpassing this
year's goal of 2.350 pints.

Also surpassing its goal (2.000
pints). UT collected 2.263 pints
during the weeklong blood drive.

UK now hm won three blood
drive competitions and tied one.
taking the lead for the first time.
said Marsha Berry, spokeswoman
for the Central Kentucky Blood
Center.

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trophy given each year to the win-
ner of the ccrnpetition. as UK was
the winner of last year's blood drive
competition. as well.

last year. UK collected 2.350
pints. and UT collected 1.977 pints.

"This week we collected well
over twice what we normally would
collect any other week." Berry said.

Usually. there is an decrease in

“"‘»€*‘~e-ns—'~O.-fit“‘ ‘

blood domtions timing the fall be-
cause peopic get busy and some-
times get the flu and cannot donate.
Berry said.

The increase in donations may be
attributed to the extra motivation
from the rivalry with Tennessee.
But the most important reason that
mom people gave blood is because
“maple have come to realize what

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an impact they can make on the
community.“

Although UK collected enough
blood to help the 68 hospitals that
depend on the blood center for do-
nations. there is an ongoing need
for donations. Berry said. “People
still are in need week after week."

The winners of the competitions
in this year's blood drive between
campus residence halls and social
fraternities and sororities have not
been announced. said Glen White. a
donor resources consultant for the
blood center.

White said the residence hall
floor with the highest percentage of
blood donations will receive a pizza
party. and the winner of the compe-
tition between fraternities and so-
roritics will receive a traveling tro-
phy and community service points.

Big Blue Cnish ended Friday. but
blood donations still may be made
at the Central Kentucky Blood Cen~
ter. located at 330 Waller Ave.

The next blood drive to be coor-
dinated with UK is Pint Party. an
annml blood drive held on campus
early in April.

 

KELLER

Communication lines are severed
and electricity and water are una-
vailable in most parts of Croatia.
more titan a third of which is under
occupation. professor Vlado Leko
said.

Dubrovnik. the jewel of
the Adriatic Sea and the
crown of the Croatian
tourism industry. has be-
come a shattered ruin.

in addition, Croatia is
sheltering some 500,000
refugees from other pans
of the former Yugoslavia.

And foreign aid will be
“ needed if the economy is

to recover from the ravag-
es of war. “There is some
aid. but it is not enough."
Leko said.

in addition to financial support
the C roatians want to learn how to
carry on trade relations with other
countries. he said.

“First. it must be Western Eu—
rope. We arc waiting to become

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development department was
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edition of the Kentucky

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ART 8: MOVIES

Monday,11/22

-T|CKETS ON SALE!!! Tickets
for Spotlight Jazz individual
shows are on sale at Ticket-
Master; general public, stu‘
dents. faculty. and administra-
tion; CALL 257-8427

-TlCKETS ON SALE!” Tickets
for Next Stage Series are on
sale at Ticketmaster; general
public. students, faculty, and
administration; CALL 257-8427
ambit: AnfleEQLAmiguihc
Singletary Center for the Arts.
UK Art Museum. Tuesday-
Sunday 12200-500 p.m.. CALL
257-5716 (thru 1223)

-Exbibit: _R_tissian Icons Single-
tary Center for the Arts. UK Art
Museum; Tuesday-Sunday
12:00-5:00 p m., CALL 257-
5716 (thru 1223)

-Creative Camera Club Compe-
tition and Exhibition: Student
Center,

Rasdell Gallery, Gallery Hours
Mon -Fl’l.11i00 a.m.-5:00 pm ;
CALL 257-8867 (thru 11/30)
Exhibit. MQnica g Church: 1st
floor Fine Arts Building, Center
for Contemporary Art; Monday
81 Wednesday 3:15-7:00 pm.
Tuesday S Thursday 9:00 am.-
7200 pm. Friday 9:00-11:00
am. & 1:00-4:30 pm, Saturday
81 Sunday 1:00-4:00 pm, CALL
257-8148 (thru 12/10)

-Exhibit: Clay Fiber Figures.
Bamhart Gallery 9-5 M-F. Re-
ception 5-7pm.

Mon. 11/21.

 

 

 

 

College of Fine Arts presents
UK Wind Ensemble: Richard
Clary; director. Singletary Cen-
ter for the Arts. Concert Hall,
8:00 pm, FREE

Tuesday, 11/23

-United Way of the Bluegrass:
Campaign Finale; Singletary
Center for the Arts, Concert
Hall, 4:00 pm, FREE
-College of Fine Arts presents
Music For Flute And Piano;
Gordon Cole, flute, and Alan
Hersh. piano. Singletary Center
for the Arts. Recital Hall, 8:00
pm. FREE

UK
INFO
LINE

257-5684

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Tuesday, 11/23

-UK Basketball vs Australia-
Ethition game. 7:30 p rn
Thursday, 11/25 - 11127
-UK Women's Volleyball SEC
Tournament Birmingham. Al—
abama

Saturday, 11127

.UK Basketball vs Tennessee
Tech 7:30 p m

 

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BIRMINGHAM, ..

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Nov. 25-27

 

 

 

performanceinmathematics.

teaching techniques.

gram, at 257—8314.

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Math performance to be focus of talk

'I‘hclnterdisciplinarylliunanDevelopmentlristiurtewillpresenttomcrrowthesecondinitsscriesofre-
search colloquia. Skip Klfer, from the department of Educational Policy Studies and Evaluation, will

present a lecture entitled “Half Baked Pies." which concerns the results of a worldwide study of studeu

'I‘hecolloquiumwillbeheldfrcmlto2p.m.intheconferencerocmofIHDl.locetedinthcbasement
cftheMinetallndustriesBuilding.

Nominatlom being accepted for excellence awards

Departments and colleges may be ncrninated by others or may submit themselves for consideration for
the Excellence Award in Undergraduate Education, which is designed to recognize outstanding contribu-
tions to undergraduate education on UK's Lexington Campus.

The award focuses on the collective efforts of a college or department. The award, $3,000, must be used
for academic enrichment. such as purchasing books for depanmental libraries, traveling to professional
meetings, buying equipment or educational materials for undergraduate teaching, enhancing teaching as-
sistants’ stipends cr hiring additional student help.

The award honors a variety of contributions. including program development. advising. effective meth-
ods of improving laboratory instruction, enhancement of students' learning skills and the development of

The quality, imaginativenees and effectiveness of the contribution are the primary criteria of evaluation.
Greater weight will be given to activities that have a long—lasting impact on undergraduate education.

Nominations must be received by Dec. 17 and should be sent to Judith E. Lewter in the Office of the
Dean of Undergraduate Studies. Recipients will be notified by April 8.

Donovan Scholars Program to offer scholarships

For the fourth year, the Donovan Scholars Program, will sponsor a number of gerontology scholarships
to promote the study of aging at both graduate and undergraduate levels at UK.

Both full- and partiaHuition scholarships are available for the 1994-95 academic year. Students enrolled
on the Lexington Campus, at Albert B. Chandler Medical Center or in the Community College System are
eligible. Applications must be receivai by March 15.

For an application or more information. contact Roberta James, director of the Donovan Scholars Pm:

Application forms and criteria for the award also are available in the Financial Aid Office on each carn-

Blue Ribbon Speakers being sought

The UK Student Development Council is organizing a Student Blue Ribbon Speakers Bureau. made up
of students who will speak to their hometown civic groups and high schools during the Christmas break.

Student Blue Ribbon Speakers will be supplied with a speech containing general information about UK.
as well as inferrnation about'the school’s accomplishments and goals. The speakers may contact their own
hometown civic groups or schools to make speaking arrangements. ‘

The speakers bureau has been a project of the Student Development Council in past years.

The SDC is distributing participation sign-up sheets through other campus organizations.

interested students should contact Brandy Lesak. the SDC member who is overseeing the project,
through the UK Development Office in the Sturgill Building by Nov. 30

 

 

Monica d. Church

Master of Fine Arts
Thesis Exhibition
Nov. 21- Doc. 10

 

Center
for
Contemporary Art
207 Fine Arts Building.
257-8148

 

 

 

 

MEETINGS 8t LECTU RES

 

 

Monday. 11/22

Catholic Newman Center Daily

Mass Servrces; 320 Rose Lane,

12:10 pm . CALL 255-8566
-Aikido Classes. Alumni Gym
Loft, 800 p rn . CALL 269-4305

Tuesday, 11/23

UK Sierra Club A Chat With
\‘v’endoll Berry Student Center.
Rm 228. 7 0') p m CALL 278»
4126

Wednesday, 11/24

Holy Communion. St Augus-
tine‘s Chapel, 1200 81 5 30
CALL 2543726

-Aikido Classes Alumni Gym
Loft, 8 00 p m . CALL 269-4305
Fitness and Weight Training
Clinic sponsored by Campus
Recreation Sign up Rm 145
Seaton Center. Cost is St cash
Seaton Center Conditioning

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Ceramics. Fiber Arts

 

 

Rm. 7:30-10:00 pm, All UK
and LCC students, faculty, staff
welcome

Saturday. 11/27

Catholic Newman Center
Weekend Mass Services: 320
Rose Lane, 6 00 p m, CALL
255~85fiti

Sunday, 11/28

Catholic Newman Center
Weekend Mass Services: 320
Rose Lane, 900 811130 am.
5:00 a 8:30 pm, CALL 255-
8566

—Holy Communion. St Augus-
tine‘s Chapel; 10 30 am. &
530 pm, CALL 254-3726
Christian Student Fellowship
Sunday Service, on the corner
of Woodland and Columbia,
1100 am , CALL 233-0313
-Aikido Classes Alumni Gym

& Figurative Drawing

BARNHART GALLERY
mov. 22-osc1
OPENING RECEPTION
NOV. 22 5-7 p.m.

 

Workers struggle to recover
remains of 115 killed in crash

 

By Konstantin Testorides
Associated Press

 

OHRID. Macedonia — Rcscuc
workers struggled yesterday to re-
covcr the charred remains of 115
people killed when their plane
crashed in the rugged. snowy
mountains of southwestern Macc-
donia.

Only one person aboard the Avi-
oimpex charter flight survived the
crash late Saturday night, officials
said. A UN. relief worker from
war-tom Bosnia was among those
killed.

Villagers. police and airport
workers found the fusclngc still
ablaze when they reached the crash
site. Bodies, luggage and debris
from the aircraft were scattered
about the hillside.

Policeman Mladcn Dimovski dc-
scribcd the wreckage as “a virtual
torch."

“It was hard to reach the spot. let
alone put out the flames," he said.

The Soviet-made Yak-42 had
flown over the ()hn‘d airport once
late Saturday and was making a scc‘
ond attempt to land when it went
down about four milcs cast of the
airport.

The plane, leased from the Rus-
sian carrier Aeroflot, was on a char—
tcr flight from Geneva to the Macc-
donian capital Skopjc. but had to
divert to ()hrid. 65 miles to the
southwest, because of a blizzard at
Skopje airport.

Goran Pavlovski. bend of the
govcmmcnt commission investigat-
ing the crash. said the pilot appar-
ently lost control of the plane. dc-
spite good visibility and favorable
landing conditions.

Sanctions banning commercial
air traffic in Yugoslavia have led to
the proliferation of air traffic bc-
twecn Europe and Mnccdonizt. once
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traffic and othcr controls arc said to
bc rudimentary.

Officials said 80 percent of the
108 passengers were Yugoslav citi-
zens, most of them ethnic Albani—
ans.

A French ficld officer from the
UN. High Commissioner for Refu-
gccs was among thc dead. Pierre
()llicr. who was in his mid-20s. was
headed to a new assignment in
Skopje after working in Bosnia-
}Icrzcgovinn, UNIK‘R spokeswom—
an Sylvana Fort said in (icncva.

The rest were believed to be
Macedonian. the Yugoslav news
agency ’l‘zinjiig rcportcd.

The four mcinbcrs of the flight
crew were Russian and the four
cabin crew members were Macedo-
nian.

The sole survivor. a Serb, under—
wcnt surgery to stop bleeding in his
left lung. He was listed in critical
condition.

Guidebook

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Bran, who headed up a University
Senate ad-hoc committee on wom-
cn's affairs.

Almost a year of research was in-
volved in the drafting of “Language
Guidelines.” During this time. the
committee received input from oth-
er universities across the nation. In
addition, the committee consulted
members of the UK faculty for de-
tails on how the book should be
written.

Vondcrhcide also said “Language
Guidelines" would not be a cast-
iron guide for language use in the
writing of UK publications.

“People will see other things that
need to be added." he said.

 

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Senior Staff Writer

 

If Friday night's lab experiment
proved anything for the UK men's
basketball team. it‘s that more stud-
ying is in order.

Though the Cats beat Athletes in
Action 94-78. they trailed by as
many as 12 in the first half and led
by only five with six minutes left.
UK‘s slow start happened largely
because of its failure to follow two
of Coach Rick Pitino‘s postulates
—- good shot selection and defend-
ing the three-point shot

Athletes irt Action hit seven of 10
threes while UK missed 30 of 46
shots in the fust half. It was enough
to cause an acerbic reaction front
Pitino, who angrily threw aside a
clipboard and scolded his players
during a first-half timeout.

“He got a little PO‘d at us."
freshman Anthony Epps said.

But it must have worked. AIA
missed all eight three-pointers in
the second half. and UK shot nearly
58 percent to break the game open.

UK’s press also took on a new
fierceness in the second half, forc-
ing a tired AIA team into 27 tumo-
vers for the game.

“This game woke them up." Pili-
no said of his second-ranked club.

Epps and Jeff Sheppard. earned
As for their performances. Shep-
pard scored seven points and Epps
added nine points. seven assists and
five rebounds in 20 minutes.

“They turned the game around
for us." Pitino said.

Epps wm especially impressive.
The former Marion County star
shook off his anxiety and hit three
three-pointers to spark the Cats'
comeback.

“At first I was scared to shoot be-

 

No. 6 Vols
believe they
deserve more

 

By Ty Helpin
Sports Editor

 

After Tennessee‘s 48-0 win
over UK Saturday, the Vols
were more concerned with
hearing other scores than any-
thing that happened on the
field.

“Notre Dame lost?" run-
ning back Charlie Garner
asked. “Then we should defi-
nitely be in the top five."

Many Tennessee players
and coaches felt the same
way after learning of Satur-
day's surprising scores: top-
ranked Notre Dame lost to
Boston College 41-39, No. 9
West Virginia upset fourth-

ranked Miami 14-10 and
fifth-ranked Ohio State fell to
Michigan 28-0.

“1 would think at least in
the top five.“ UT coach Phil-
lip Fulmer said. “I would
hope we would be higher.“

“I think we deserve to be at
least in the top four." Tennes—
see wide receiver Craig
Faulkner said.

After hearing the results of
the day. Garner was sure the
8-1-1 Volunteers would gain
a lofty ranking.

“I guess I can look forward
to a top three position," he
said.

But. since the polls have
slighted Tennessee before.
the Vols should not be sur-
prised by this week‘s AP
poll. in which UT is ranked
sixth.

After being ranked No. 6.
the Vols crushed then-No. 13
Louisville 45-10 on Nov. 6.
The next week. UT actually
dropped a spot to No. 7.

Tennessee senior lineback-
er Reggie Ingram points to
the Volunteers' 41-34 loss at
Florida as reasoning for the
relatively low rankings.

“We controlled our own
destiny when we lost to Flori-
d2." Ingram said.

The only other blemish on
the Vols‘ record was a 17-17
tie against defending netioml
champion Alabama in Tusca-
loosa on Oct. 16. Since that
game. the Big Orange has
crushed three opponents by
an average score of 49 to 4.

“We‘re just hitting full
stride." Gamer said. “I think
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cause I thought I'd shoot an air-
ball." Epps said. “But once the first
one went in. it really boosted my
confidence. It felt great to hear the
crowd say ‘Three!’ and then
‘Whoosh.’ "

Epps' poise in handling the point
for half the game surprised AIA
coach Sharm Scheuerrnan.

“Is he a freshman?" Scheuerrnan
asked after the game. “He‘s got a
lot of basketball ahead of him. He
works hard: he's intense. I liked
him."

Professor Pitino gave substantial-
ly lower grades to Rodrick Rhodes.
Rhodes, whose unselfishness Pitino
praised in the preseason. scored 10
points but was just four of 13 from
the floor with two assists.

Rhodes admitted that he was try-
ing a little to hard to put last year‘s
late-season slump behind him and
to “get the jitters out the first
game."

“Exhibition games are for leam-
ing and I'll learn from it,“the soph-
omore forward said.

Jared Prickett was on the border-
line of a failing grade in the first
half but passed with flying colors in
the second half.

After missing five shots in the
first frame, including a wide open
breakaway layup. Prickett missed
one second half shot. He finished
with 20 points and 11 rebounds.

Another student making the hon-
or roll was center Rodney Dent (17
points, seven rebounds, four
blocks, four steals). Pitino called
the senior “much more of an offen-
sive threat" this year.

The Cats have another practice
exam tomorrow night against the
Australian National Team. The first
real test comes Saturday in the sea-
son opener at home against Louis-
ville.

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INSIDE GAME: UK’s Rodney Dent puts up a shot against Ath-
letes in Action Friday at Rupp Arena.

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By Ty Helpin
Sports Editor

 

The youth movement has arrived
for the UK men‘s basketball team
in the form of Jeff Sheppard and
Anthony Epps.

Epps hit 3 of 6 shots, all from
three-point range, and scored nine
points Friday night. Sheppard. who
was enthusiastic in his debut as a
Wildcat. scored seven points, all in
the second half of the Wildcats' 94-
78 victory over Athletes in Action.

“I was really pleased with the
play of Epps and Sheppard.“ UK
coach Rick Pitino said. “Both guys
came in and gave us a big lift."

Pitino was pleased to see that his
youngsters were not bashful about
throwing up threes.

“I was happy to see Anthony
shoot because he was taking good
shots." he said. “It doesn tmatter it
it goes in as long as it s a good
shot."

lipps' performance was especial-
ly surprising because he was not
heralded as a diaper dandy. Iiis ball
handling and decision-making
skills came through when UK nccd-
ed them most.

“If I could get some of our upper-
classmen to play like him we'd be
all right." Pitino said.

It wasn‘t easy for either lipps or
Sheppard to adjust to life in Divi-
sion I basketball. Playing in front
of 22,175 people will have that ef-
fect on a player.

"When the game started. I was so
nervous and so tense." Sheppard
said. “I had chills going down my
back. Once I walked out on the

   

 

floor.
floor.“

UK. which was down by as much
as 12 at one point in the first half.
needed someone to step it up.
When Epps and Sheppard provided
the lift, AIA was forced to call a
timeout.

Sheppard jumped into Epps‘
arms like a young boy greeting his
father who has arrived home from
work.

“I don't know why I do it." Shep—
pard said. “It just happens some—
times. I was just trying to spark our
team. You never get tired when
you‘re pressing and everything's
working. That was the best feel-
ing.“

Playing in front of a Rupp Arena
crowd can melt the concentration
of some first timers.

“That‘s different from what I‘m
used to.“ Sheppard said. “I just
tried to bust my tail and play hard.
It was a dream some true for me."

“It was a great feeling to play at
Rupp Arena," lipps said. “I'm just
glad the coaches gave me a
chance.“

Pitino gave lipps and Sheppard
the chance because of the scrappy,
all—for-one style they play.

“'l’ogcdtcr. everyone achieves
more." Pitino said. “If we just will
sacrifice, everyone will look bet-
ter."

Newcomer Walter McCarty
missed out on the party. sitting out
a one-game suspension.

"1 wish I was out there," McCar—
ty said. “Our freshmen did a great
job. This experience will help me
adjust to the crowd and the excite-
mcnt "

it was just like a normal

Offense has been pretty offensive lately

 

By Brian Bennett
Senior Staff Writer

 

Only about a three weeks ago.
UK‘s offense seemed like it was
progressing perfectly after scoring
59 points in games against Georgia
and Mississippi State.

Then came schools fmm Tennes-
see. And so did the arrested devel-
opment of the Cat attack.

First up was Vanderbilt. which
held UK to seven points. Saturday.
Tennessee became the first team to
blank the Cats since the Volunteers
did so in 1985. Sandwiched be-
tween those games was a six-point
outburst against East Carolina in
swamplike conditions at Comrnon-
wealth Stadium.

So what went wrong?

“I can‘t tell what the problem is.“
tight end Terry Samuels said after
his team‘s 48-0 thwacking by UI‘.
“This is pitiful.“

Part of the problem lies within
the passing game. Check out the
Cats' net passing yardage the past
three games: 47 against Vanderbilt,
34 against ECU and 54 against Ul‘.
That's 134 yards, or 21 yards less
than the Volunteers‘ Ileath Shuler
had in the first half Saturday.

The lack of a passing prowess
has allowed opponents to key on
the run. especially on the option
play that had been so successful a
month ago.

“Obviously the plans for our of-
fensive progress have not come to
fruition." Coach Bill Curry said
during his weekly media teleconfer-
ence yesterday.

“We need to build a passing
game. When we can throw the ball.
it's not surprising that we can also
run the ball."

Curry said he doesn‘t know what
happened to his once promising at-
tack.

"Things that never happen in
practice happen in games‘ ‘Cuny
said. “When we throw a screen
pass which is an easy pass to
throw. we fall down or have the ball
taken off our chests for an intercep-
tion. We’re pressing too hard."

The situation may call for some
new play-calling. UT players had
no trouble figuring out the Cats‘

plans. especially the option. The . 1

Vols limited Moe Williams. UK's
leading rusher at nearly 90 yards
per game. to just 31 yards on 10
carries.

“We expected to stop them every
‘ e ‘ UT linebacker Reggie In-
gram said. “We could see what they
were doing with their option."

“Their offense was easy to read."
tackle Leland Taylor said.

Curry tried adding new wrinkles
to the offense Saturday. like snap-
ping the ball directly to Williams
and shifting to the shotgun from the
Stack—I. But the players say it‘ll
take more than that to solve the
problems.

“We have to start doing other
things," quarterback Pookie Jones
said.

“We have to make them respect
the inside." Williams said. “When
we run the option t