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By Delmar Watkins
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Students are getting wired by going
wireless.

L'K has two grants dealing with
wireless classrooms and distance
learning.

_]IIII (iriffioen and Brent Scales are
two computer science professors using
wireless classroom technology to
teach their students.

“\Vith this technology, a student
could be sitting anywhere and still see,
hear and interact with a teacher.
(irifiioen said.

In this kind of classroom, all the
students have laptops with a wireless
network connection to a central access
point.

The teacher has a laptop and
drawing pad. The professor could pItt
slides, audio, video and any other notes
onto the screen. called a whiteboard.

The students would be able to see
and interact with this information.

They could even add their own
notes and pictures made with a mouse.

“The process is truly interactive,
and students could have interactive
notes,” (iriffioen said.

The students can replay the class
lecture including when they added
notes, at a later time, said (irif.fioen

l he other grant, won by the
mathematics department frotn the
National Science I‘oundation. exper-
iments with taking computers to the
classroom whenever a professor
needs them. said Paul I‘iakin, profes-
sor of mathematics.

This project, currently in \\'hite
lIall Classroom Building. allows
professors to create a wireless
microlab in any class. I‘Zakin said.

Another advantage of these sys—
tems is that instead of wiring several
classrooms with network connec-
tions. there only needs to be one
central access point for modem
access, (iriffioen said.

“It's the difference in cost between
wiring only one station vs. wiring one
station foI every student," (iriffioen
. aid. I his technology could cut down
costs for wiring a classroom front K
through IZ, and also in college.

“Also, the wireless environment

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makes the class more mobile. Stu—
dents and teachers could go any—
where in the building to anywhere
in the world."

The whole network of computers
runs from an access point at a central
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(iriffioen s pIoIect is currently in
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building and the AS I e(.(. Building.

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(Iongrcss. l’rcsident (Ilinton said \\'edncsday the
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days are not the same as the next six months "

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(linton s countdown on thieatcmd aiIstIIkes
\\ hile a\erting bloodshed. the accoid drew sharp
criticism in (Iongress that Iraqi President Saddam
Hussein had won important concessions from the
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pay $10,210

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\Vho says journalism is a thankless profes-
sion?

\ on get money. a byline, a chance to inter-
view important political figures, uncover a
scandal or two and travel all over the world.

And if you re the five journalists who will

be inducted into the L K Iournalism Ilall of

I ame, you get a plaque—mounted frame ~
complete with a mug shot and bio information
A on the wall ofthe Maggie Room, located in
the( irehan journalism Building.

\nd of course recognition for reporting
efforts.

I he induction ceremony, on April () at the
Singletary (Ienter for the Arts, consists of a
\Vashington correspondent, a publisher. a
sports columnist, a retired political broadcast
reporter and the editor of a community daily
in Shelbyville. Ky.

“Kentucky has a rich and storied tradition
in journalism on the national stage. region—
ally and in the local community newspapers
that dot our state's landscape," said Buck
Ryan. director of the LYK School ofjournal~
ism and 'I‘elecomInunications. in a news

release. “'I‘his year's inductees into the Hall of

Fame represent the best ofthat tradition. "

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Reed, a sports columnist for the Iexington
IIerald Leader, who has also written for
Sports Illustrated siI1ce_Iuly IW‘IR.

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vania L‘niversity at the time, convinced him
otherwise.

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the business. Reed said his hardest story was a
whodimit on Dancer's Image. the Derby win-

ner back in the '60s that was later stripped of

its victory because of an illegal medication
found in its urinalysis.

The act sent Reed, who wrote for the
Louisville Courier-journal at the time. and
fellow reporterjim Bolus on a chase for the
culprit, who to this day is still unknown, Reed
said.

Reed said he hopes his nomination sparks
the induction of more sports writers.

u'l‘here are a lot of really talented sports
writers that work in this state," he said. “I’ve
always felt that some ofthe best deadline writ-
ing and reporting, was done in sports."

Likewise, some of the best accomplish-
ments cotne from adverse circumstances.

In [967, when she was Io, Duanne I’IIckett
was in II car accident that severed her spinal cord
and left her paralyzed from the chest clown.

But that didn't sto Puckett, the third-gen-
eration in her family to grow up in Shel»
byville, front doing her iob.

“I had to depend on a lot of people to be my
legs." said I’uckett, who was notified of her
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Renovations have kept
0|) businesses spinning

By Peter Baldes

(III/III [I'M/Ing II 'I'III'I

(Iercal lovers may wonder how they cram all
that graham in (iolden (irahams.

But music lovers may wonder how local
music stores (ID (Ientral and (Iut (Iorncr mesh
all that music into a space about as big as 20]
\Vhite IlIIll(IlassrooI11 Building or the King
Library Deli.

\\'ell. it ain't easy,

Both stores renovated to hold their inven-
lories.

(ID (Ientral owner Alike Baron attributes
the renovations of his I—year—old store to a
need for space and to create a better store,
located at 200 Bolivar St. for his customers.

“\\'e need to keep our customers." Baron
said. “Our renovations will make us a better
store, and the customers will come back."

I11 mid- and late—February. Baron and co-
w'orker ’I‘ony Stakelin remodeled the store
themselves. The two tore down a wall which
enlarged the store by “about half." Now it's
twice the size of a classroom.

The expansion allowed for more new and
used ( Ds to be added to the rock/pop bins
and to greatly enlarge the electronic. alterna-
tive country and folk/bluegrass sections.
\Vith more space Baron and Stakclin rear-

ranged the ( I) bins, which Baron called heavy

and said was back breaking work
“Im still dealing with the pain."
said.
The expansion also allowed Baron to btiild
.III in—store stage. Ile hopes to one day feature

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local bands.

“\Ve've been talking to some bands," said
Baron. “\\'e‘re looking forward to some live
music."

Baron's “several thousand dollar" renovation
and rent hike may be murder on his pocket—
book, but he knows I1 bigger store is .1 necessity.

“lhe (ID business is
very competitive. It was
Baron

time to open up," ,
said. “It’s been worth it.

I ve had .1 lot of fun. and
The CD busi-

customers are giving us
complements."

716.3131!!!) (ID (Ientral's chief
company”: competition is an old
It mm. til”! t0 IIIainstay. (Iut (Iorner has
been at its long and nar—
opmup’ 1‘3” row space at ‘77 S.
be", worth “- Limestone St. for In
V vears.
mm They have an ever—
CDCnnnl expanding selection of
W (IDs, but absolutely no

space to expand. So they
made the most of what

they got.
General Manager
Mike Mann described

their situation. “H 0 hit a point where we want-
ed to have a well- stoc ked store. H e wanted to
stock ev crything. and we needed space.

()ch customers of ( III ( orner may not rec-
ognize the changes. I hey (I probably overlook

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