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Monday, February 20, 2006

By Dariush Shafa
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Administrators at UK are trying to
learn from the experience of the University
of Michigan when it comes to diversity.

Abigail Stewart, a principal
investigator with the Universiv
ty of Michigan ADVANCE pro
ject, a fiveyear, grant-funded
initiative to improve recruit-
ment and retention of women
in the science and engineering
fields, visited UK on Friday
and delivered two presenta-
tions. Working on the institu-
tional climate and recruiting
practices has led to some suc-
cess in improving gender di-
versity at the University of
Michigan.

The first presentation was
given at 9 am. to interested members of the
campus population. The second was given
during a noon luncheon. which was attend-
ed by deans of the various colleges through-
out UK, I ,iembers of President Lee Todd’s

“We do not have
the reasonable
number of
women faculty
in some areas."
Dorothy Brockopp

President's Commission on Women

Celebrating 35 years of independence

UK gets diversity advice from Michigan

staff and members of various committees
or commissions on diversity

“We do not have the reasonable number
of women faculty in some areas,” said
Dorothy Brockopp, chair of the President’s
Commission on Women, who helped orga‘
nize this presentation, as well as
one last month, which brought in

ty of Colorado. “It’s not just here.
It’s at all major universities.”

Michigan’s approach to this
started with evaluating faculty
members and faculty hiring and
comparing between the sexes. In
one of their experiments, they
found that with two identical re
sumé packages, one labeled
Karen and the other labeled Bri-
an, Brian was chosen to be hired
twice as often.

It doesn’t stop at recruitment
issues, but continues on to retention and
achieving a “critical mass," a minimum
number of women on the faculty required
to influence change, Stewart said.

Stewart said creating a climate that is

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positive to drawing in diverse faculty mem-
bers is crucial. In terms of gender diversity,
family-friendly policies (such as providing
free or reduced-cost childcare), workshops
and focus groups to increase awareness of
discrimination and administrative efforts to
gigten to and address concerns were suggest-

UK’s main issue with these seems to
stem from the pocketbook.

“We have issues particularly in Ken-
tucky because of our budget limitations,”
said Jeannine Blackwell, dean of the Grad-
uate School, who added that she’d like to see
moves toward some of these changes get
priority. “If the administration decides it’s
going to happen then it can happen. It’s
certainly very doable."

At Michigan in 2002, prior to some of
the initiatives, the percentage of females
hired to science and engineering positions
was about 15 percent. Over the next three
years, it was almost double that or better.

“I think it’s not so much difficult as it is
long," Stewart said, noting that while the

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One stage, many nations

“summon I STA"

One of about 20 acts, Linda Matusek and Dwight Kelley perform a tango during international Talent Night on Friday in Memorial Hall. MORE PHOTOS 0N PAGE 3

About 350 people attended this year's International Talent Night Friday, which
was hosted by the International Student Council. About 20 acts, ranging from
many varieties of cultural dance to an African fashion show, took the stage with the
goal of raising money for tsunami aid for the second year in a row.

It’s a night of performances to Show the cultures we have at
UK rather than to compete.”

- Pauline Chhooi, lSC President on Talent Night

 

 

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Geek Week
showcases
arts, selences

By Erin Lautner
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Geeks are all the rage — at least this week they

Today kicks off the third annual College of Arts
and Sciences Geek Week, an entire week of events
meant to celebrate the programs that fill the univer-
sity’s largest college.

“This week is an effort to showcase the arts and
sciences at UK and their centrality to life in gener-
al," said Steven Hoch, dean of the College of Arts
and Sciences. “We cover everything from philoso-
phy to physics. We are the very core of the universi-

are

Geek Week begins with a luau kickoff today
from noon to 1 pm. at the Main Building Plaza. A
poetry slam is set for tomorrow night, a blood drive
on Wednesday and the ever-popular chemical reac-
tion attraction on Friday. Many of the Geek Week
events will feature free pizza and prize giveaways.

“These events are open to the public and very
popular in the community," Hoch said. “I‘ve always
enjoyed the biology presentation on bones and the
chemistry presentation. They are great fun.”

Students also do not have to be Arts and Sci-
ences majors to participate in this week’s events.

“Arts and Sciences touch every student at the
university because at some point everyone will have
to take a class in Arts and Sciences," said Assistant
Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences Adrienne
McMahan.

Among this week’s events is a Career Center Cy-
berCAT event with local radio station 104.5 WLKT—

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UK to sell
Duplication
Services

By John Morgan
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By July of this year. UK will cease to operate
any duplicating facilities on campus. and an out-
side vendor will be in place running the facilities
instead.

UK Duplication Services will be closed by July
1. 2006 and a new vendor will be selected through a
bid process to carry out all future university copy-
ing operations.

The chosen vendor will commence copying ser-
vices at the three locations of operation in Room 8
of Kinkead Hall, the basement of the White Hall
Classroom Building, and M-57 of the UK Chandler
Medical Center.

“We were simply not generating enough rev-
enue to justify keeping the service operating with
UK employees," said Ben Crutcher. associate vice
president of Auxiliary Services. which is in charge
of Duplicating Services.

Over the past three years UK Duplication Ser-
vices paper output has declined from 2.8 million
pieces per month to 1.6 million pieces per month.

The decline in paper per month production can
be attributed to two main factors. (‘riitcher said.
the low cost of copies and the convenience of oper-
ating copiers already at the disposal of certain do-

= partments.

“Copiers have gotten cheaper to operate. and

' some departments have started to use their own
‘ copiers," said Crutcher.

With the arrival of a new vendor. Crutcher

said. Duplication Services hopes to offer services

at a more competitive price. as well as to offer stu~
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UK 79, SOUTH CAROLINA 66

Sparks, Morris
shine as Cats

COLUMBIA, S.C. — For a Tubby
Smith administration that has built it-
self on team play and hard-nosed de-
fense, individual efforts are sure going
a long way this season.

Rajon Rondo’s two buzzer-beaters
to lifi the Cats against Central Florida
and South Carolina Gamecocks at ,
Rupp Arena.

Joe Crawford’s pair of 23-point
games against Ohio and Auburn, sav-
ing UK from another embarrassing de
feat at the hands of the Bobcats or
Tigers.

Shagari Alleyne's 16 points, six rebounds and
three assists against Georgia State to rally the Cats
from a doubledigit deficit.

Patrick Sparks’ 25point efforts. against West Vir-
ginia in the Guardians Classic and Mississippi State
three weeks ago.

But, for the first time this season, two Cats took
over the game.

Chris

Johnson
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Senior guard Patrick Sparks drives toward the goal past South Carolina
senior forward Rocky Trice during UK's 79-66 win on Saturday in
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Dressed for success,
Cats find groove

By Josh Sullivan
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COLUMBIA, S.C. —— As part of
the Southeastern Conference's
“Throwback Week" festivities, UK
left its regular uniforms back
home in Lexington on Saturday.
Instead of their 2005-06 threads,
the players donned uniforms mod-
eled after those worn by the 1978
national championship team.

“I walked into the equipment
room (earlier in the week) to see
what the jerseys looked like." said
junior forward Bobby Perry.
“(Equipment manager Bill Keight-
ley) said, ‘Now you need to go out
and play like them.”

The Cats may want to consider
adopting the new look for the rest
of the season, because in the sec-
ond half against South Carolina,
they took Keightley's advice and

went retro with their game. not
just their jerseys.

Led by senior guard Patrick
Sparks‘ season high 26-points and
perfect performance from behind
the are after the break. the Cats
exploded for 54 points in the sec-
ond half and turned a 28-25 half-
time hole into a 79-66 victory over
the Gamecocks.

After jumping ahead 14-6. UK
went cold from the field despite
working free for several good looks
at the basket. The Gamecocks
raced ahead 23-16 after a 17-2 run
fueled by senior guard Tarence
Kinsey. who accounted for 11
points during the spurt. The Cats
misfired on all eight of their 3-
point attempts before the break,
but things changed when the sec-
ond half buzzer sounded.

Senior guard Ravi Moss opened

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