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Students discuss keg tagging

SG sophomore Ben Carter (right) talks to Senator-At-Large Matt Ray during the meeting Monday night. In the background, Council member

Paul Brooks answers questions.

Students voice concern over the implications of the policy;
56 president will represent students at Council meeting

ByRyanGmett

CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Students raised a variety
of questions Monday night
when they met with local gov-
ernment and school officials
in the Student Center to de-
bate a keg tagging policy

The Lexington-Fayette
Urban County Council could
formally vote to forward the
ordinance to the docket as ear-
ly as today

The proposed policy
would require retailers to tag
kegs and report their sales to
the county within 30 days of
their purchase. The tags could
then be used to identify the
person who bought the keg
through his or her name, ad-
dress and drivers license num-
ber.

Student Government held
Monday‘s forum to give stu-
dents and residents the oppor-
tunity to discuss the proposed
policy with members of the 10
cal government. said SG press
secretary Will Nash.

Nash asked how the po-
lice would be able to differen-
tiate keg beer from the beer
partygoers bring themselves.

Other students worried
that all the time checking IDs
and writing tickets for the
purchaser of the keg could tie
up the police when they need
to be handling other crimes.

Council members David
Stevens and Paul Brooks lis-
tened to the students’ con-
cerns.

Brooks said that under
the proposal, the property
owner is ultimately responsi-
ble whether the beer came
from a keg or from another
source.

According to Nash, stu-
dents have stopped by the SG
office complaining about loop
holes they see within the poli-

“They‘re concerned with
things like underage people
bringing their own cups to
parties," he said. “They‘re
worried that police wouldn’t
be able to tell the difference

between that."

SG President Rachel
Watts plans to attend the
council’s work session today

“I’m just going to repre-
sent students who want to be
involved with this." she said.
“If we work together on this.
it can be a lot better for the
campus and the city. We don’t
want to turn this into an ‘us
against them.“' '

Watts said students will
be willing to make sacrifices
for the ordinance.

“If the ordinance goes
through a committee with stu-
dents looking at the possible
implications it could have on
them. there can be a compro-
mise," she said.

Watts sent invitations to
the forum to all of the Council
members and other members
of the local government Sun-
day After problems with for—
mer SG President Tim Robin-
son tarnished the group‘s rela-
tionship with the Council. SG
members think events like
this could gain the organiza-
tion some support.

“It’s not a rally to gather
animosity." Senate President
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rum Monday “These people
are going out of their way to
come out on our turf," he said.
“If they respected us before,
they will even more now.”

SG Senator Braphus
Kaalund said relations be-
tween the Council and stu-
dents need to be improved.

“My feeling right now is
that there is a growing divide
between campus and the
Council that we need to
bridge,” Kaalund said. “They
are passing laws that affect us
without seeking our voice."

Kaalund said that Watts’
efforts to meet with the Coun-
cil and other city officials
should encourage them to
seek her input on issues that
involve the student body .

Advocates of the keg tag-
ging policy say that it will
curb underage drinking.

“I'm amazed by the num~
ber of parents and grandpar-
ents that buy kegs for high
school students,” said Lisa
Johnson, the Lexington resi-
dent who initially suggested
the ban to the Council.

Johnson said she has

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Record federal deficit ignites blame on Bush

ASSOCIATED PRESS

WASHINGTON _ The
federal deficit soared to $374.2
billion in 2003, the White
House said Monday, a record
total that more than doubled
last year‘s red ink and looked
like a prelude to even gloomi-
er numbers.

Because the shortfall
marked an improvement
from a $455 billion projection
the White House made in
July Bush administration of-
ficials cited it as evidence that
their attempts to fortify the
weak economy were working.

White House budget di»
rector Joshua Bolten conced-
ed that worse fiscal numbers
were on the horizon, estimat-
ing the gap for the new year.
Bolten said spending re

straint and policies aimed at
bolstering the economy can
wrench the budget onto a
course to halve deficits by
2009.

Even so, next year's fig-
ure could become a political
concern for President Bush
and Republicans in Congress.
With federal budget years
running through Sept. 30.
next year's figure will be
ready less than a month be.
fore elections.

Democrats mocked the
administration‘s sunny inter-
pretation and tried to focus at-
tention on the numbers for
the budget year just ended.
They noted that last year’s
red ink was more than twice
2002's $158 billion, and sur-
passed the $290 billion record

set in 1992.
Democrats blamed Bush
for the reversal.

Some Democrats have ac—
cused the White House of
purposely padding its deficit
forecast last July to lay the
groundwork for casting the fi-
nal budget as good news. Sen.
Ernest Hollings, D-S.C..
raised that question anew on
Monday, when it became clear
the actual 2003 deficit was $81
billion less than the adminis-
tration projected three
months ago.

Republicans have blamed
the deficits on the recession
and on the costs of opposing
terrorism. On Monday Senate
Budget Committee Chairman
Don Nickles R-Okla. called the
new numbers “encouraging.“

About one third of the
improvement since the July
estimate was because actual
revenue collections totaled
$26 billion more in 2003 than
the White House projected.
for a total of $1.782 trillion.

Part of that improvement
was because in July, the
White House assumed a $15
billion drop in tax collections
because of “revenue uncer-
tainty“ —— a drop that never
occurred.

Most of the rest was due
to better than expected collec-
tions of individual and corpo-
rate income taxes — improve
ments that could mean that a
stronger economy is raising
peoples‘ and companies' in-
comes, which translates to
higher tax liability

 

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Financial institutions offer incentives as well as
tips and techniques for responsible banking

Iy Tricia Melton-y
CONTRIBUTING WRITER

College students are known for never having
enough money, but the problem facing some stu-
dents is what to do with the money they do have.

That’s why many banks are catering specifi-
tcally to students. enticing them with special of-

ers.

Financial institutidns like Bank One. Fifth
Third, National City and Us. Bank advertise
special banking options.

For example, US. Bank otters a free checking
account just for students. Bank One offers 10 free
music downloads when an account is opened.
And that’s just a taste of the offers.

Mary Peniston, personal banker at us.
Bank, and Elizabeth Eilinghaus, banking center
manager at Bank One, said their banks try to ac-
commodate the needs of students.

The UK Federal Credit Union also wants to
help students with their banking needs.

The UKFCU is a non-profit financial coopera-
tive. which means, unlike banks, its financial
value is determined by money invested into it -
rather than stocks. This means credit unions are
more connected with its customers. said Anne
Corley, marketing representative.

The credit union provides banking options .
for UK and Lexington Community College stu-
dents, faculty and staff. .

It offers free checking m

accounts with no mini-
Somespecials

mum balance require-
ments as well” financial that local banks
are offering

seminars for students
throggth'K 101 classgs.

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having money in the bank studentsl 2
creates the problem of -
keeping it there.

“Initially it all goes in the bank, but it man-
ages to work its way out," said Jon Healy, a mu-
sic education sophomore.

Some students get checking accounts but un-
derestimate the value of having a savings ac-
count. said Donald J. Muiiineaux, director of the
School of Management in the Gatton College of
Business and Economics.

“The nice thing about a savings account is it
gives protection against running out of money"
Mullineaux said,

That's protection that some students say
they need.

Unless a student has an impending reason to
save money. such as spring break or a new car,
he or she isn’t looking for ways to save or invest
their money. some said. ~

Elizabeth Ellinghaus. the banking center
manager at Bank One on Euclid Avenue. offers
this advice to students: “Start saving very early
—— it is easy to make small investments grow.”

According to Mullineaux, the most impor-
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il'ii‘ti to make it clear that she
is not targeting college stu-
dents with the policy.

“If anything. I want to
work with the Students be-
cause they are such an impor~
you part of the community,"
site said.

Johnson said that while
discussing the policy with stu<
«tents. she has been surprised
by how few of them say that
they drink. as well as the lack
of concern they have with the
issue.

"Most of the ones I talked
to said they are cool with it be-
twiuse they don't serve mi-
'iors," she said.

"A lot of the students at
" 'l" agreed with tne that
til inking starts in high
vctiool." she added.

Soi‘iie studies support that
"Iii-t.

The national Youth Risk
4i havior Survey published by
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Kaaliuid. who is also a
way student. said that regard-
it ss of who the intended tar»
- . is of the law would he. the
. euncil does not have the legal
ouiid to establish such a pol

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