xt74tm71zc5j https://exploreuk.uky.edu/dips/xt74tm71zc5j/data/mets.xml The Kentucky Kernel Kentucky -- Lexington The Kentucky Kernel 2000-02-29 Earlier Titles: Idea of University of Kentucky, The State College Cadet newspapers English Contact the Special Collections Research Center for information regarding rights and use of this collection. The Kentucky Kernel The Kentucky Kernel, February 29, 2000 text The Kentucky Kernel, February 29, 2000 2000 2000-02-29 2020 true xt74tm71zc5j section xt74tm71zc5j Immmm Guys test To entertain A test for guys. but more than entertaining for the fairer sex. too. Point values by TUESDAYKENTUGKY February 29 00 Mississippi: a new start? category. Handicap: You may begin with 50 points (you'll probably need them!) Simple duties You go out to buy her spring-fresh extra- light parity liners with wings: +5 But return with beer: -5 You check out a suspicious noise at night: 0 You check out a suspicious noise and it's nothing: 0 You check out a suspicious noise and it's something: +5 You pummel it with a six iron: +10 It's her father: ~10 Social engagements You stay by her side the entire party: 0 You stay by her side for a while, then leave to chat with a college drinking buddy: -2 College drinking buddy named Tiffany: -4 Tiffany is a dancer: -6 Tiffany has implants: -8 Saturday afternoons You visit her parents: +1 You visit her parents and actually make conversation: +3 You visit her parents and stare vacantly at the television: -3 And the television is off: -6 You spend the afternoon watching college football in your underwear: -6 And you didn't even go to college: -10 And it's not really your underwear: -15 Her birthday You take her out to dinner: 0 You take her out to dinner, and it's not a sports bar: +1 Okay, it is a sports bar: - 2 And it's all-you-can-eat night: -3 It's a sports bar, it’s all- you-can-eat night and your face is painted the colors of your favorite team: -10 You give her a gift: 0 You give her a gift, and it’s a small appliance: -10 You give her a gift, and it's not a small appliance: +1 You give her a gift, and it isn't chocolate: +2 You give her a gift that you'll be paying off for months: +30 You wait until the last minute and buy her a gift that day: -10 With her credit card: -30 And whatever you bought is two sizes too big: -40 -Source: http://www.humor- space.comlhumorltest sltromance.htm Compiled by: Ron Norton Tomorrow‘s weather $ 6.4 4.6 Partly cloudy. Kentucky Kernel VOL. 3105 ISSUE #111 ESTABLISHED IN 1892 INDEPENDENT SINCE I971 News tips? Call: 257-1915 or write: kernelonpukyedu fiLAClLHISIQRLMQNIii r ’1“:le Family tradition P. i ‘i oououoewi | KERNELSTAFF Dr. Peggy Dilworth-Anderson, a geriatologist . gave a lecture on the role of the elderly in the African American family. Searching out the modern family adolescent dress today is deviant Important ties: Conference discusses major issues of the African-American experience By Lamin Swann STAFF WRITER In conjunction with the ongo- ing 50 years of the African-Ameri- can Legacy celebration on campus and this being Black History Month the College of Human Environmental Sciences presented “African-American Families: Re- search Issues for the let Century" yesterday in the Young Library auditorium. The daylong conference fo- cused on the African-American family and where they stand to- day. The sessions were scheduled iii the format of how UK schedules its classes. so that students and faculty could attend. “We scheduled the conference sessions around class schedules so that we could attract students or a professor could bring his or her class to one of the sessions." said Retia Walker. dean of the College of Human Environmental Sci- ences. “And I believe that the con- ference had a turnout because of this." One of the popular sessions with the students was "Cool Clothes: Adolescent Dress and Vio- lence." presented by Gwendolyn O'Neal. professor and head of the department of Apparel. Textiles and Interior Design at Kansas State University. "In terms clothes and violence. there are miscalculations. por- trayed as a problem with the African-American male," O'Neal said. “In fact, that it is a problem in many more cultures." O'Neal also elaborated on how from the dominant culture and where clothing with African Americans is culturally based antl affects self-esteem. Andrew Billingsley. a profes- sor of sociology at the l'niversity of South Carolina. spoke on the fu- ture of African-Americans. espe- cially the growing population of the African-American middle class. “The black middle class is growing, but they are not forget» ting where they came from." said Billingsley. Many Were satisfied with the different issues addressed at the conference from speakers to cori- ference attendees. “I like where the conference in» volved issues dealing with African- Americans from early childhood to old age." said Peggye l)ilworth~An» derson. professor at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Dilworth~Anderson presented a ses- sion on family care giving to elderly African-Americans. That's a. hack: A group of hackey sack formed outside Pat- terson Hail yesterday. an event indicative of the stretch of unusually warm February weather. NATAIJEIOSS I xcnuctsurr Law student to run for council Fields of dreams: Larry Ashlock has the signatures for the ballot, now for the votes By Jill Gorin Ntws EDITOR ‘— l.arry Ashlock. a UK College of Law student. went from the tnounds of a baseball field in his undergraduate days to a differ- ent playing arena . . . politics. Ashlock is running for seventh district l'rban County Council. “Growing up. I was a jock.” he said. “But when I started re- searching iny state senators and representatives. I just got really interested in the way the process worked." Ashlock spent his undergraduate career at (‘ampbellsville University with an athletic and academic scholarship but said UK is exactly where he wants to be now. "UK is the only place I wanted to go lto law scliooli." he said. "I was enrolled at UK for undergrad but wouldn‘t have traded playing baseball (at (‘ainpbellsvillei for the world.“ Now, while most of his classmates are busy hitting the books. Ashlock must focus on studying plus going doorto-door trying to get supporters. "I walk door~to~door five or six nights a week." he said. "I've had people ages 20 to 65 say ‘come in to my house and let‘s talk.” Ashlock thinks it is important for young people like himself to get into politics and show people what a difference we can make. "Young people have a real understanding of what it takes to succeed.” he said. And Ashlock is no exception, He has been on his vigorous tIooHo-door campaign since January. “Politics is looking a person in the eye and telling them what I believe in." he said. “Some will say you said everything right. Some will say you said some things right. And some will say you said nothing right." So far. Ashlock has been successful in his campaigning. but not without some road barriers. One of his opponents. Willy Foglc. is suing him because be accused Ashlock of not getting enough signatures on the ballot needed to run in the election. Ashlock said he originally got HZ signatures on the ballot. All! more than the required 100 registered voter signatures. "Everybody who campaigns knows that you always try to get more. because you never know who will say they're a regis- tered voter and really not tiirn out to be." he said. When signees were checked to see of they were registered voters. it was found that 21 were not. still leaving Ashlock with 121) signatures. “Fogle argues that people who had printed their name, I See LAYI on 7 Students organize to promote responsibility Call-in planned: Free Speech Lawn to be site of cell-phone calls to Coca Cola, others Nikole Wolfe CONTRIBUTING WRITTR Environmentalvaconscious UK students are protesting against the world's biggest soft drink company. (‘ocai‘ola In spite of Coca-(Tola's popularity. some l'K students are up: set with the company‘s envirtmmental practices. Green Thumb. UK‘s student environmental organmition. maintains (‘oca-(‘ola broke a promise to use LS percent recycled content in their plastic bottles. “We are demanding corporate accountability and want Coke. as the soft drink industry leader. to keep its promise to re cycle." said Ben Gramig. student organizer of the protest and member of Greeti Thumb. Students also claim Coke is against the Bottle Iiill The so called Bottle Bill. Kentucky Ilouse Bill 1. would place a five or ten cent refundable deposit on plastic. aluminum and glass con tainers. Students hope that putting a deposit on the bottles will increase recycling and decrease littering in Kentucky. “I don't have anything against Coke. I just want to help clean up all the litter." said Brandon Campbell. a Green Thumb member and supporter ofthe Bottle Bill. Campbell has spoken in the Kentucky General Assembly in support ofthe bill. Members of Green Thumb and (‘okc met last week to dis cuss grievances. Green Thumb members expressed concern that Coke is not doing enough to protect the environment. Green Thumb asserts they will protest until they set‘ (‘okc living up to its promise to use 2:3 percent recycled content plas tic in its bottling operations. A cell-phone callin asking the company to change their en- vironntental policies is planned for today in the Free Speech area from 1 pm. to :1 pm. Students from I'K. 'l‘ransylvania. Berea and Centre will also protest at the (‘oca (‘ola Facility on Leestown Road from -l pm. to ti pm. The protest is part of a national Dirty Jobs Boycott cant paign through which students from around the country are de— manding more environmental responsibility from their future employers. Students protesting at the Free Speech area. it itlt cell phones in hand. will be calling Coke. GM and lil’ Amoco voicing their concerns and letting them know that students will not go to work for them until they change their environmental poli cies. “We want to hold major companies accountable for their ac tions to the environment." Gramig said. Amy Crawford contributed to this article. The Student Newspaper at the D'rfiefiity of Kentucky, Lexington“ 2 I TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 29. 2000 I KENTUCKY KERR]. ALLIHLMEHSIHAILIIS The Low-down It hurt, because I’d been dating Jerry at the time.” .. m Shandlhg, when asked by the New York Post how he felt about his pal Jerry Seinfeld's publicly courting of the otherwise married Jessica Sklar (who's since married Jerry). Yanks' Strawberry suspended 1 year TAMPA. Fla. New York Yankees outfield- er and designated hitter Darryl Strawberry today was suspended by baseball commissioner Bud Selig for one year after testing positive for co- caine. “We will abide by the decision," Yankees owner George Steinbrenner said. It was Straw- berry‘s third drug-related suspension from base- ball. Strawberry. 37. tested positive for cocaine Jan. 19 while on probation after a nocontest plea to charges of cocaine possession and soliciting a prostitute last spring. Austria's Haider reportedly resigns VIENNA. Austria Joerg Haider. known for his anti-foreigner statements and past praise of Nazi employment policies, resigned today as head of the far—right Freedom Party. the Austria Press Agency reported. The agency quoted unidentified party sources at a closeddoor meet- ing of the group‘s national leadership. Patty offi- cials would not confirm the report. APA said Haider. who holds no post in the national govern- ment. would stay on as governor of Carinthia province. The move was seen as an attempt to re duce international criticism of the new coalition government between Haider's rightists and the centereright Austrian People‘s Party. McCain decries religious pandering VIRGINIA BEACH. Va. GOP presidential campaigner John McCain yesterday accused some in his party of pandering to Christian right leaders "on the outer reaches of American poli- tics.” His remarks were designed to appeal to moderates voting in primaries in Virginia and Washington tomorrow. "I am a Reagan Republi- can who will defeat Al Gore." McCain said. ”Un- fortunately George Bush is a Pat Robertson Re- publican who will lose to Al Gore." Saying Mc- Cain was trying to divide the party along reli- gious lines. Bush repeated his criticism of tele- phone calls by the McCain campaign that try to link Bush to anti-Catholic sentiments. GOP Reps. consider own tax plan WASHINGTON Bracing for a November defense of their House and Senate majorities. congressional Republicans will push tax cuts this year that will likely stray noticeably from the proposals of the (lOP's top presidential con- tenders. Though they have made no final deci- RUSSIAN TURBY: The British Broadcasting Corp. said Monday it has secured a major deal to license the popular Teletubbies pre-school chil- dren's program to Russia. Russian state broadcaster RTR has been licensed to show all 365 episodes of the show. MOMMY KATE: Get ready for a storlt delivery at Titanic pro- portions: Kate Vlinslet is expecting her first baby. according to British news reports. Vlinslet, 24, and hubby Jim Threapleton reportedly expect the bambino in September. sions, Republican lawmakers say their tax cuts will almost certainly fall well below the $1.3 tril- lion in reductions Texas Gov. George W. Bush has proposed over 10 years. They also are unlike ly to propose trimming income tax rates, as Bush would do. Congressional Republicans are likely to exceed the loyear tax cuts of about $500 billion that Sen. John McCain. R-Ariz., wants. Drug tests on pregnant women studied WASHINGTON The Supreme Court. tack- ling a dispute over women's privacy. said Mon- day it will decide whether public hospitals can test pregnant patients for drug use and tell police who tested positive. The court must determine whether a South Carolina hospital‘s policy aimed at detecting pregnant women who use crack co- caine violates the Constitution's protections against unreasonable searches. “On one level. the question before the court is whether preg- nant women have lesser constitutional rights than other Americans.“ said Simon Heller of the Center for Reproductive Law and Policy. one of the lawyers representing 10 women who tested positive. Chechnya rights probe baclted GROZNY. Russia — Surrounded by war-ru- ined buildings and shattered lives. Europe‘s top human rights advocate called yesterday for re- building Chechnya‘s capital and said he would press for an investigation of claims of atrocities. Alvaro Gil-Robles. human rights commissioner for the Council of Europe, made the statements on a one~day trip to Grozny. The trip did not take Gil-Robles to sites where refugees and human rights groups have alleged that Russian troops committed atrocities such as executions and tor- ture. GilARobles brushed off questions about atrocities and said. “I am fully satisfied with our cooperation and with the assistance Russia has rendered to make this visit possible." Dow ends up 176.53; Nasdag slips NEW YORK ~—-— The Dow Jones industrials soared yesterday as bargain hunters grabbed shares at reduced prices following last week's big blue-chip selloff. The Dow Jones industrial aver- age rose 176.53 to end at 10,038.65. On the NYSE. gainers led losers 1.4961478. The Nasdaq. which fell 124 points earlier yesterday. finished just 8.62 lower at 4.581.88. Compiled from wire reports. - LAW Continued from page A1 guess as opposed to writing it in cursive. were not valid sig- natures," he said. Now. Ashlock is busy get- ting sworn affidavits from about 30 people who printed their names instead of signing them. “Fogle is the only incum- bent that has to run in a prima ry." Ashlock said. “And he had to do so because of me. If he can get me kicked out of the race. then he wouldn‘t have to run in the primary. And I‘m sure that's what he's trying to do." Ashlock wants young peo- ple to get more involved in pol- itics. and says he‘s running be cause he really believes in a de- mocratic system. “The job of politics is to represent people.“ he said. “The election process is set up for that purpose. and when you run alone it defeats the sys- tem." Ashlock looks at this expe rience as an ongoing project and thinks his education will be a big bonus. “Politics is a common sense job really.“ he said. “It is a continuation of learning. Learning about what the peo- ple want you to do.“ he said. Religious war in Nigeria People pass the wreckage Sunday at a destroyed neighborhood in the city of Raduna. in northern Nigeria. The city is ctn'rently func- tioning under a dust to dawn cur-low alter clashes between Chris‘ tians and Muslims earlier in the week left at least several hundred people dead. The latest clashes were sparked when Christians were apparently attached while marching In protest again“ the hotly-debated idea oi implementing Islamic Law, called Sharla. in 'Radona state, as was recently thecase in another northern Niger- ian state. Viol-r true all new Venol'hrmrn locrurw Hobos . tubonlau . ransom comm- (ww'no won calving my a mlno—bcowlng Trlp to Europe) “an (1440.355) ann- "c'mon, Ian's go stuny... riGht Mow... it'll as fun." versly Vlharo to go when you need to hnow.‘ J T 21w _a-wla _L_ 2.. A.’ r]: ’r. ~._..m .1" Sports Daily Adam J. Spaw Editor Phone: 257>l9l5 I [-maiktrueblueadam‘eyebooxom HEU has Tubby ‘ Revival: Tennessee's loss to Alabama has Tubby looking at year from new perspective By Matt Ellison SKNIOR STAFF WRITER Giddy. It's not the word that imme diately comes to mind when thinking abotit UK head coach Tubby Sitiith. who's usually good for about five scalp-burn- ing stares per game directed at his own team. And the team suffered through its worst shooting performance of the year iii Saturday's 60-35 win over Arkansas. But “I'm about as giddy as you can get right now." Smith said during yesterday‘s press confer- ence. "It‘s almost like a new season all over again." e \s W».- TM”... Humptwrr %¢§ Coliseum ‘ i T]: [SPN lllvel It. I. “I'll.“ (20-8) m 590‘” (13w Seriesrocordzmu was to to Tennessee's loss to Alaba- ma on Saturday dropped t'T into a second—place tie with UK in the SEC Eastern Division standings and leveled the track in the race for the all~important first-round bye in the confer- ence tournament. His giddiness'.’ Well. some players are seeing the spring in his step. “I see that (‘oach is very es» cited and optimistic." center Ja~ maal Magloire said. “He's our leader. With that, we‘re begin- ning to play well. and we have played well." Despite UK's continuing shooting woes. they‘ve man- aged to continue winning games ~ although it‘s not doing much to quiet the team‘s crit- ics. ”I think it‘s hard for Ken- tucky fans to be patient." said guard JP. Blevins. "It‘s not in their nature. They've come to expect a lot. and we should de- liver a lot." “They were concerned when we won the national championship." Smith said of the fans. ”'l‘hey're always going to be concerned." And the immediate concern is Mississippi State (llHl. l 10 SEC). a team which has strug» gled through most of the season but played very well at No.13 liSlV. losing 7166 inside the fi- nal few minutes. "We didn't take any nega- tive things from l.Sl'." Smith said. "The only real bad thing was that we didn‘t win the game. But that‘s something no Kermicity Keener t meson. Furriers, 279007 | 3 giddy’ one has been able to do there all year. So our kids are in as good a state of mind as they can be in coming offa loss." “They gave LSU all they could handle," Smith said of the Bulldogs. “We couldn't even do that." And MSl' will have a large and rowdy crowd on hand at Humphrey Coliseum to wet come UK into hostile territory. a situation UK hasn‘t handled particularly well this season (all four conference losses com- ing on the road). “We‘ve had some lapses both offensively and defensive- ly." Blevins said. "We haven't been able to sustain good inten- sity for the entire 40 minutes." JAMES CRISP | xtnurtsurr Keith Bogans is coming off a 21-point performance agalngt Arkansas. gapmbrtsBytes van Threats in the triple jump have all provisionally qualified for the NCAA lndoor Champi- STAFF REPORI Matt Kavanagh. Chris Daniel and Chad Johnson con- tributed three top-four finishes to help the UK men's track team to a ninth place finish at the SEC Indoor Championships this weekend. Daniel placed second in the pole vault on Saturday for UK's best finish. On Sunday. Kavanagh‘s toss of 62-feet and 2.5-inches in the 35-pound weight throw was good enough for third place. while Johnson recorded a new season and personal best time of 1:50.74 in the BOO-meter run. earning a fourth place finish. The women's track team finished last. but was led by freshman Janet Crawford's fourth place finish in the high jump on Saturday. Kavanagh. high jumper An- drew Vander Wagen and She- onships which will be held March 3-4. Tennis The No. 23 UK men‘s tennis team hosted the USTA» l'l‘A Na- tional Indoor Championships at the Louisville Tennis Club this weekend and finished eleventh in matches versus three ranked opponents. The Cats lost to No. 3 Duke in the first round and defeated No. 52 New Mexico in consola- tion play. Then they fell to No. 11 Southern Methodist to de- cide ninth place. UK‘s top player Carlos Dra- da. who is ranked No. 11 nation- ally. finished 1-2 with losses in match tiebreakers to the No. 42 and No. 20 players in the coun- try. John Hesoun. Gustav Pousette and Edo Bawono all finished 2-1. Stanford defeated UCLA 4-33 for their fifth indoor champi- onship of the nineties. A team from California has won the event 17 consecutive years in- cluding the past 10 by Stanford and UCLA combined. Swimming and diving The UK men and women's swimming and diving squad swam well in seven provisional cuts at the Auburn Last Chance Invitational. The team made seven cuts for the NCAA Provisional led by Eddie Clement. who broke his own school record in the 200~yard butterfly. The men's 200«yard freestyle relay team qualified along with Clement. Roger Watkins. Debra Hinsley and (Tarolyna Rader. Annabel Kosten also made cuts in the 100 and ZOO-yard freestyles. ASSOCIATED?“ Two hand- toka The ltnlclts' Jolin lallace goes up for an easy-two In rats team's lln over the 760“ on Sunday In New Your. Kitty 0‘ Slica‘s Classes Start March 4 arch 6 am GB 25¢ Draft Tonight and Every Tuesday Night!! The Score Also Rises 1m» 1-800-KAP-TEST or 1-606-269-1172 kaptest.com AOL keyword: kaplan Call today to reserve your seat 0 lest names are teglstered trademarks til their respective owners Must Be 2| 255-3078 Kaplan gets you in. UK Student Activities Board Presents Grace Lee 80995 “A New Concept ofCitizerts/Iip in the Age Of Globalization " When: Wednesday, March I“. 2000 7:00 pm. Where: Small Ballroom. UK Student Center “Come see what Malcolm X. 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FEBRUARY 29. 2000 I 4 All of the other reindeer PHOTO FURNISHED Reindeer Games stars Ben Affleclt and the lovely Charlize Theron can run but they can't hide from the movie's all-too-obvious shortcomings. New Affleck vehicle falls short in the character and plot department By Matt Mulcahey ASSISTANT SCENE EDITOR There‘s a scene early in Reindeer Games where Rudy and Nick. eellmates set to be released from prison in two days. talk about what they'll do when they get out. Right then you know one of them is go ing to get shived (that means stabbed by a makeshift knife for those who haven't done time or seen Escape From Alcatraz). Here's a clue as to which one ends up six feet un- der: Rudy is played by Ben Affleek. who probably made a couple of million for this movie. and Nick is played by James Frain. who's making his American film debut. ()nce Rudy gets out of prison. all he wants to do is spend Christmas with his family. That and have some hot chocolate and pecan pie. His former cellmate was supposed to meet his female pen pal (Char- lize Theron). but. since he‘s dead. Rudy de- cides to pretend to be Nick. Unfortunately for Rudy. he gets more than he bargained for. Affleck‘s character does get to “take the log to the beaver.“ but he‘s also taken hostage by his new lover‘s criminal broth. er (Gary Sinise). Sinise wants inside info about a casino Rudy‘s cellmate used to work at. so Rudy must con them into be» lieving he really is who he says. The story of Reindeer Games is kind of like a magic trick. At first glance it ap- pears to be to be believable. but the deeper you look. the more mistakes you find. Writer Ehren Kruger apparently is the only scribe employed by Dimension films (he wrote their just released Scream Ill and the soon to be released Texas Rangers). He doesn't give any of the char- acters any depth or motivation. Their ac- tions seem to be driven by the need for a prerequisite number of plot twists. the dia- logue existing to merely provide a few laughs. The film‘s humor acts as sort of a d011- ble-edged sword. The film has some truly funny moments. but it makes the charac- ters seem unrealistic. Rudy could be killed at any moment and fully believes that he will definitely be offed after the heist. Would he really be zinging one-liners all over the place? In the end. Reindeer Games ultimately does what it intends to. Most of the plot twists are surprising and the action se- quences (the actual robbery. in particu- lar) are well done. But this type of movie has been done before and done much bet- ter. So unless you think that Armageddon and Con Air are cinematic landmarks. Reindeer Games isn't worth playing. Rating: 0+ lQCALMllSlL Add some music to your meal Local guitarist brings his unique blend of guitar skills to lunch downtown today By Alan Slone ASSISTANI SCENE EDITOR While most college students enjoy artistic events and exhibits. it s difficult with a job school and friends to squeeze in things that are intellectually stimulating. The Lexington Arts and Culture (‘ ouncil works to change that. so students can feed their faces and minds at the same time. The Art a la Carte series encourages participants to bring their lunches to the free midday performances and listen and watch arts in action. The series brings local music and other arts events at noon every Tuesday to the ArtsPlace and has been running for more than 10 years. ‘The [Art a la Carte series] was created to provide a free downtown art event for people on their lunch breaks." said Terri DeAtley a spokesperson for the Art a la Carte series. It also ex- ists to promote local artists." While music tends to be the main focus there are other types of art that frequent the series. DeAtley said that next week' 5 per- formance will feature flamenco music and dancing and there are occasionally ballet performances as well. Today at noon the series will feature Phillip High a local gui tarist. High who will be performing all original works on his nV'- lon- stringed electric said.‘ I‘ m mostly self- taught although 1 have taken a few lessons from different people throughout my career. High claimed varied backgrounds influence his music. He said that his music really can t be classified into one category and described it as a mix of new age jazz and ambient. High achieves these sounds by using quite a few effects processors on his guitar. altering the perceived sounds. “I use (the effects) to try and get as broad of a range as a I can "said High The Arts and Culture Council also services individual artists and the community at large with its ArtsPlace Gallery Series. 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