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The first part in a series on
finding your place at UK.

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Cruising for spots

is a way of life for
UK street hoppers

By Delmar Watkins
Sta/f ll 'riter

They prowl around L7K like steel
sharks, looking for their elusive prey.

And when they find it, they strike.

They are the street hoppers, a
breed of people that refuse to pay
UK‘s parking sticker prices and
instead stalks the back streets around
catnpus every iitorning trying to find
a parking space.

“I‘ve spent eight years around the
UK area, and I've found that the best
way to park is by cruising the area
and finding an empty parking space."
said Brian Latter, a geography senior.

“Cruising for a spot is part of the
UK parking game, a lot of people do
it," said David Birkhead, college of
comititinications graduate student.

“I found the spot I usually get by
blind luck," Lauer said. “but cruising
still beats a pass. You just have to figure
out where to cruise."

.Many L'K students do not like
having to pay premium prices for the
honor of parking in a UK parking
lot.

“Cruising for a spot every morning
beats having to pay money," Latter

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said. “I had a parking pass behind
Memorial Coliseum for a semester.
and I found that it is actually better to
cruise for a spot."

“Nobody wants to pay around $100
to get a parking space for a year," Birk—
hcad said.

“If you know what you are doing
you can park free all year without park-
ing illegally." he said.

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of people that park on side streets
instead ofin parking areas is the effect
that the street hoppers have on local
residents.

“Parking is a preniitiin on ()ldham
(Avenue), where I live." said Chris
Moffitt, a psychology senior. “People
from llaggin Hall and the towers park
on ()ldham instead of buying a pass.
That isn‘t bad if they only stay a few
hours, btit they park there for a long

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SPOT CHECK

Geography
senior Brian
Latter n‘osscd
the street in the
South Hill area
where he
parks. Lauer.
who has spent
eight years in
the area
around UK.
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“I usually don't have a space to
park," he said.

However. the parking conditions
at UK reward street hoppers' behav»
ior. By making convenient parking on
campus so hard to find, UK forces
students to park off campus. Latter
said.

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INDEPENDENT SINCE 1971

Entering
scores at
UK may
increase

By Annie Gillespie
Sta/fill ’ritei'

Spoil the smart kids. and they w ill Llllllt.

:\ proposal to increase tlit illili‘ilit'l oi \‘ll
dents enrolled at L‘K with \(i l st ores oi _‘/, ‘vi
higher will be presented to f’icsidc'ti ( h tile»
\Vethington on \lay i by ilit l l\ \ll.lii.‘Lle
Planning(Ioiiiiiiittec.

The proposal is one of it. strattuit inditaiot s
the coiiiitiittec hopes will lit attt‘p'ed.

“\Ve watit to raise the mean \(tllt’ the
mean percentage ofstiidenis w ho hat t- .l .‘t- or
better composite \( .l score" said l)a\ id \Vatt.
vice chancellor of \(.ltlL'llllt' \tlairs .iiid mt :izlni
ofthe strategic planning committee.

\Vatt said they hope to. in the new int ycals.
raise the percent ofsttidents who hate .i _‘(i (If ltlgl‘i'
cron their ;\( IT from V percent to 4“ percent.

One way the committee hopes to .lt complish
its goal is to offer greater assistance to students
with high :\(1T scores.

“Achieving 40 percent is well within our
grasp," \\'att said.

\Vatt said the key to raising the percentage is
to offer better services to the applicants with a
score of 26 or above.

"The better services we pro\idc. the better
caliber ofsttidents we will attract." \\‘att s.iltl.

The services the planning committee is talking
about include giving applicants with high \(, |
scores more attention. by giving prompt respon»
es to students after applying and calling interested
sttideiits at their home or .it their c'tilivt'lllclic‘t.

Another way the planning committee tit‘optiscs
to increase the percentage is to give students early
advising appointments to asstire the students lllt‘\
will get the classes they need. \Vatt said.

The applicants will also be offered greater
scholarship assistance and more financial aide
than in the past.

Joan McCully, associate vice president for
planning and budget. said the funding for this
program will be paid by the Merit Scholarship
Program.

“At a later date. we will have the .lpprii'pi‘ialt‘
department focus on each of the lllillc‘alirls.”
.\lc(iully said.

She said that the details of the proposal
would be managed by the ( )ffiee of \(llllleiiilis
and the chancellor‘s office.

“l think it is .i positive goal." said lil'L‘lll l)a\id.
philosophy sophomore. “I know many of mt
friends in high school who would hate consideicd
L'K more seriously ifthey would l1.l\ c gotten more
attention and enmtiragciiicnt from the Lilth'l‘sli}

Some students do not think the plan \\Ill ltL'l'
ter L'K.

“just because you score well on the \(.l
does not necessarily mean that you will be a
successful student or perform well .it a unit ei'si
ty," said Nancy \litchell. .i graduating \panish
senior. “I think that the L'niversity should take
more things into consideration like (il’\ or
extra-curricular activities when deciding on
who to pamper."

“'att said the :\(IT score strategic indicator.
as like all the indicators. will lt.l\t' posititc
effects on L'K and will imprint: the L nit ersity.

“The University of Kentucky is a quality llislltll‘
tinn, but like all quality institutions the L'itiversity
wants to improve all elements." \Valts said. "That
is the goal ofL'K and ofthe L'K strategic planning
committee. One piece ofthat goal is to increase the
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lllt's Zinser not chosen

W Michigan not last possibility for chancellor

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L 'K commit/uh
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By Mat Horton
News Editor
and Jill Erwin

Senior Staff H 'riter

And the winner is Elson
Floyd.

The executive vice chancel-
lor at University of North
Carolina—Chapel Hill was
named the new president of
Western Michi an University
on Friday by the university's
eight-member board of
trustees.

Floyd received six first~

lace votes in a first-round test
liallot on paper. said Mike
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Matthews, 3 \Vestcrn Michi—
gan spokesman.

The chairman of the
search committee then ro-
poscd a roll call vote, w ich
was unanimous.

After the vote, the trustees
used “dynamic," “energetic,”
and “charismatic" to describe
Floyd, who was selected over
UK Chancellor Elisabeth
Zinscr and three other candi-
dates for the position.

The selection process was
public “because our Open
Meetings Act in Michi an
re uircs that public bo ics
defibcrate in public."

Matthews said. “Thus, the
board (lid not discuss the
pros and cons of any candi—
dates."

Zinser. who also was in
the running at North (Iaroli-
na State in Raleigh for the
chancellor's position, said
she was happy for Floyd.

She said she'll visit the
University of Milwaukee
earl 'ncxt month.

"lt was a board decision.“
Zinser said of the \Vcstern
Michigan search. “The cam-
pus is probably circulating

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durin the
Blue ”tire
game Saturday
a ‘moon. The

[tie team
demolished the
M 'hire team
54-17.

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Wildcats end
spring football
[III a high note

By Jill Erwin

Senior Stafl H 'rtter

In a scrimmage not so much expected to be a
competition as a showcase. the first- and second-
sm'n Blue team destroyed the “hire squad, 54-17.

K wrap d ll its spring football practice
with an air 5 ow t us far unseen in 1998. Tim
Couch was the star. throwing for 316 yards on
14-0f-20 passing.

In one quarter.

First play off the blocks, already down by

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