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Friday, September 23, 2005

Celebrating 34 years of independence

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Faculty finds new meal plan unsavory

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Apathy and annoyance are the
emotions of choice for UK faculty
members who have to deal with the
school’s new meal plan system.

This year's version of the meal
plan system is set up so faculty.
staff and students can buy a set
number of meals per semester. The

plan is required for students living
on campus. while those not on the
meal plan face higher prices at
campus establishments.

Some faculty members feel the
university does not consider them a
target group for the meal plans.

“I didn‘t even know it was avail-
able to faculty." said Donald Gross.
director of graduate studies in the

political science department.

The meal plans range from 123
meals a semester (7.7 meals a week)
for $883 to 336 meals a semester (21
meals a week) for $1,873. Commons
and Blazer dining halls have all-
you-can-eat meals. while other din-
ing choices like the Student Center
and K-Lair have a set amount you
can buy for one swipe of an ID. or

the price of a set meal.

“I don't have any reaction to it.“
said Topher Rice. a political science
professor. “It’s hard to give a reac-
tion without knowing the details."

Rice doesn't feel any effort has
been made to attract him to the
plans, or even inform him and oth-
er faculty members of the plans.

“I just don‘t feel it’s been mar-

keted in a way to draw me in." he
said. “I’m a little surprised by not
having gotten the information."
Some professors are upset be-
cause it has inconvenienced them.
“What bugs me is no water."
said Suketu Bhavsar. director of
the honors program. "Water is
healthy. and what is our university

See Faculty on page 2

 

RACE TO THE FINISH

mun-ulnar!

Members of Delta Tau Delta and Kappa Kap a Gamma check on the progress of their soapbox car at the Delta Tau Delta house yesterday in preparation for to-

day's Soapbox Derby. The team has worke everyday since Tuesday to

Sororities and fraternities put finishing
touches on this year's Greek Week

sun neon

As part of Greek Week.
sororities and fraternities
on UK‘s cam us have been
fighting a “ attle of the
Sexes."

That battle concludes
today at 2 with a soap box
derby on Administration
Drive. Twelve teams of
sorority and fraternity
pairs will race and be
Judged on most creative de-
sign.

Throughout this year‘s
Greek Week. sororities and
fraternities have gathered
to compete and socialize at
events around campus.
while also collecting dona-

tions for charities.

“We’re promoting the
Greek community." said
Erin Carr. an accounting
senior and member of Kap-
Ea Kappa Gamma. who has

elpe organize the week.
“We’re lettin peo le know
we are Gree an we are
proud."

On Wednesda, the
Greek God and oddess
Date Auction was held.
with more than $3.000 col-
lected for victims of Hurri-
cane Katrina. Or anizers
collected more t an 500

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Bounds of canned goods to
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Derek Smith. a junior agriculture ma'or, cuts a "K" out of plywood to help decorate a
soapbox derby car yesterday at the elta Tau Delta house.

 

Students turn to bikes for cheap ride to class

BY RELV’JYE‘S,
THE KENTUCKY KENNEL

UK is facing an invasion
of the two-wheeled kind.

In the aftermath of Hur-
ricane Katrina and the rise
in gas prices. many UK stu-
dents have taken to bicy-
cling to class. Previously
empty bike racks are now
filled almost to capacity on a
daily basis. Students have
begun securing their bikes
to hand rails outside build-
ings and along sidewalks
and walkways across cam-
pus.

While students all across
Lexington have adopted
bikes in order to save money.
many students do so out of
convenience. Students living
close to campus claim that
the daily ride is more effi-
cient and convenient than
driving or walking.

“I live just a few blocks

 

off campus and just think
it‘s a lot quicker than walk-
ing." said Mike Tuttle. an
undeclared freshman.

Many areas. such as the
exterior of the Classroom
Building. are off limits to
bikes. If a student leaves a
bike in an area not designat-
ed for bike parking, it could
be impounded by Parking
and Transportation Ser-
vices.

“A lot of the complaints
we've received are with stu-
dents locking their bikes up
on the handrails outside the
Classroom Building." said
Don Thornton. the director
of Parking and Transporta-
tion Services.

Even with the increase
of riders on campus. the
number of bike impound-
ments has remained rela-
tively unchanged. Thorton

See Bikes on page 2

First issue free. Subsequent issues 25 cents

Rachel Ward.
agricultural
biotechnolo-
gy freshman,
locks her bike
to a rack out-
side of the
Chemistry-
Physics Build-
ing yester°
day. The num-
ber of bike
riders on
campus has
increased
this year tol~
lowing a rise
in gas prices.

 

 

DanceBlue
keeps groups
on their feet

for charity

UK groups are raising money with a
dance marathon for UK Hospital

By Megan Stanley
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Groups at UK will be on their feet with-
out sleeping or sitting for a 24-hour period
in a dance marathon to raise money for 10-
cal families with children battling cancer.

“This will give the kids something to
be excited about. and will allow them to be
kids again.” said Shelby Dehner, family re.
lations chair of the marathon.

DanceBlue. a year-long fundraising
event. will begin on UK’s campus in Octo-
ber and will end with a dance marathon in
February.

All groups participating in DanceBlue
will be assigned a family from the UK
Children's Hospital. and will raise money
throughout the year on their behalf. The
money will go to the Golden Matrix fund.
which assists children treated at UK Chil-
dren’s Hospital Cancer Department and
their families through superior care, com-
prehensive support and innovative re-
search.

DanceBlue was inspired by Penn
State’s “THON”, a 48-hour dance
marathon to raise money to conquer child-
hood cancer, which raised over $4.1 mil-
lion for last February’s marathon for Penn
State Children’s Hospital in Hershey. Pa.
UK and UK Children’s Hospital are work
ing together to make DanceBlue possible.

It’s the first time UK has hosted the
DanceBlue dance marathon. It's a student-
run organization open to all campus
groups. Pfeifer said.

“We hope to recruit 5060 student orga-
nizations.” said Emily Pfeifer, overall

chair See Dance on panel

 

Senior leader
pulls double duty
for women's soccer

By Ryan Wood
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On a hot. sunny Tuesday afternoon,
Ashley Schillig was in a playful mood after
soccer practice as she posed for her portrait
shot.

“Am I smiling?" the UK senior for-
ward/defender asked as she grinned from
ear to ear.

It‘s easy for her to be upbeat; heading
into conference play this weekend. her Cats
are sporting an undefeated record of 4-0-4.
Last year at this time they were 3-3-1.

“This is my first winning season."
Schillig said. “Finally all the puzzle pieces
are falling into place. (I‘m) not saying the
teams in previous seasons were bad. but
this year we have great team chemistry"

After starting her collegiate career at
Marshall University. Schillig transferred to
UK as a sophomore. She made an immedi-
ate impact at forward. scoring four goals in
the 2003 season.

During her junior year. Schillig decided
to switch to defense.

“There were seniors ahead of me at for-
ward (so) ljust decided to play D." she said.
“I put myself back there in practice and
played pretty well."

“i got my chance in a game. played well
and stayed there through (this) spring."

All through grade school Schillig was a
forward and a natural goal scorer.

See Soccer on page 8

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tions.
“I've never found it so ex.
pensive (elsewhere),”
Bhavsar said. “It‘s usually
not good, but it's cheap (at
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Faculty

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Other professors were

 
   

openly upset with the meal
plan system.

“I think it’s a ripoff.
quite frankly,” said sociology
instructor Jeremy Kerr. “I
can’t believe how much stu-
dents have to spend for a cou-
ple of square meals a day.

Kerr said he also believes
this new plan will affect stu-
dents in more places than
their pocketbook.
“Especially the price for

 

high, and (it’s) discouraging
students from eating
healthy." he said.

Kerr said he sees only
one group benefiting from
the plan, and it's not faculty
and students.

“For the people running
it, yeah, it’s obviously mak-
ing a killing for them.”

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Dance

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of the marathon.

“Every organization on
campus can take part in this
event," said [)ehner. “The
university needed some-
thing everyone can partici-
pate in.“

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said. He said there were
eight bike impoundments on
Tuesday and two on Wednes-
day He said there has been
an overall decrease in bike
impoundmen‘ts over the past

-NEWSBRIEFS

show there is more to col-
lege students. and that they
care about other people, said
Pfeifer.

DanceBlue isn’t setting a
specific goal for the
fundraiser. Instead. they are
working hard to make a con-
nection and be a support
system for the families in-
volved.

"We do not have a goal
set right now. it is more
about focusing on the fami-

This is an opportunity to lies,“ Pfeifer said.

five years.

“We haven't seen much of
an increase in the number of
bike impoundments this se~
mester in comparison to oth-
ers," said Thornton. "We typ
ically see a temporary in-
crease at the beginning of
each semester. but it usually
drops off as students become
more familiar with the bicy~
cle regulations."

While students enjoy be-

Lauren Scott, Chi
Omega’s DanceBlue chair. is
organizing the event for her
sorority. The number of
groups registered has not
been tallied yet.

“We want to spread the
word, we want everyone to
be involved. not just Greeks,
It’s going to be a blast, every
one loves to dance."

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ing able to ride to campus,
some feel more could be done
to accommodate the growing
biking population. Many
complain there should be
more paths open to bikes.
that there are too few racks
and many of the current
racks are too clustered
around specific areas of cam-
pus.

“They are starting to
work on it. like when they

 

I Registration ends today

I Marathon start: Friday. Febru-
ary 10 at 9 pm

I Marathon end: Saturday. Feb-
ruary II at 9 pm

I Where: Memorial Coliseum

I For late registration and infor-
mation contact Emily Pteiter, emi-
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repaved Avenue of Champi'
ons," said Lauren Raupach. a
communications disorder ju-
nior. “But, there’s still a way
to go, and campus still isn’t
real bike friendly. But, like I
said. there’s work being
done."

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