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Back to
normal

You know you've been at
college too long

PRIDAYKENTUCKY

KERNEL

January I4, 2000

 

when...

Chicken and ramen
noodles is a gourmet
meal.

Eating those bagels you
purchased back in
December seems
normal even though
it is growing
something that
resembles penicillin.

Showering is not
something that
occurs every day.

Shows like “Friends."
“The Drew Carey
Show," and "ER" are
more important then
studying or going to
class.

Your body has adapted
to going directly to
REM sleep ten
minutes into that
calculus lecture.

You can definitely argue
about the theories
and symbolism in
popular game shows,
but the two-page
paper for your 8 am.
class is something
you just can't seem
to tackle.

Going to the ”Ho" seems
like eating healthy.

Coke (not pop, you live
in Kentucky now!)
becomes a large
percentage of your
daily food allowance.

Your grocery list is
topped, in order of
necessity, by beer
and pina colada mix.

You ask the postman if
he knows where your
mailbox is just
because you have not
gotten any mail in
over a month.

Small things such as
finding your keys or
getting an e-mail
from “Bill Gates" is a
reason to party.

Weekly allowances for
living include items
such as cover
charges.

You have learned to
function with a
couple of beers in
your system - at 10
am.

More than three outfits
have stains on them
due to excessive
drinking.

You get excited over
Spaghetti-0's.

A check for less than a
dollar is perfectly
acceptable.

You consider the dorm
toilet an extension of
your personal space.

-lfon Norton

THE 411

Tomorrow’s
weather

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5.8 2.?

Daytime high near
sixty, but a chilly night
lies ahead.

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Monica Grant receives Marshall scholarship

First from UK In 46 years: UK senior adds Marshall
Scholarship to her extensive list of achievements

By John Wampler
SPECIAL SECTIONS EDITOR

Anthropology senior Monica Grant re-
cently became the first Marshall Scholar
from UK in over 40 years.

The Marshall Scholarship. similar to
the Rhodes Scholarship, provides recipi-
ents with two years of all-expenses-paid
study at any British university. The
Rhodes is for two years at Oxford only.

Charles Whaley. a 1949 UK graduate.
was UK‘s first Marshall Scholar in 1954.

Only 40 students in the United States
won the Marshall this year. out of nearly
1.000 applicants.

Grant. an Honors student and Single-
tary scholar who also won the Truman
Scholarship last year, plans to study med‘
ical anthropology at the London School of
Economics.

Dan Rowland. co-chair of the UK Mar
shall/Rhodes selection committee. said

that while many qualified students up
plied.
apart.

“She really knew where she was going
and what she was doing." he said. “Her de
termination to get there made us (the com»
mittee) anxious to help her."

Kate Johnson. academic coordinator
for the honors program. has watched
Grant‘s progress over the past four years.

“She‘s what I call the true student.“
Johnson said. "She's not interested just in
the 4.0. but in challenging herself with the
classes she takes.“

Johnson explained that Grant would
take classes outside of her area of exper-
tise. such as art history. for instance. for
the sake of expanding her base of knowl
edge.

Despite having 148 credits. Inore than
enough to graduate. Grant is still taking 1.3
hours this semester.

While she doesn‘t quite have the 4.0

it was Grant's focus that set her

(ll s a 25%) Grant is de liniteh a dedicated
student.

The fall semester of her junior year.
Grant broke both her arms in a biking ac-

cident the day before classes. Instead of

taking a medical leave of absence. she
showed up to classes as usual. using a tape
recorder to take notes.

Grant said that her interest in anthro-
pology began in early childhood. Her fami-
ly had a subscription to World Magazine.
which she read often. She remembered
that when she was in second or third
grade. she found an article on the ancient
cities of Herculaneuiii and Pompeii, which
fascinated her.

"I read it until the Iiiagazine fell apart
at the seams." she said.

Peter Little. an anthropology professor
who has had Grant in two classes. referred

to her as the “ideal student."
she
confidence without being arrogant.

Giant is not. only an involved stude nt;
she s also a demo d volunteer.

vice Alliance.

 

The llll Bas-
ketball Muse-
um, which
opened last
year, will
recleve some
funding from
the city to
help ease
their finan-
clal difficul-
tles.

saying that
was a good public speaker who showed

This past
summet. she g Me ”to 60 hours of her time
every week as a caregiver at Human Ser~
a residential center for the

 

City to help museum financially

By lamln Swarm
STAFF WRITER

The Lexington Fayette Urban Coun-
ty Council voted last night to help the
UK Basketball Museum pay off its more
than $2 million debt.

The museum originally presented
the idea last week to the council. which
voted 12-3 to assist the museum with
city funding last night.

The city is expected to pitch in as
much as $60,000.

Although the decision seemed obvi-
ous to fans, the process didn't come as
easy for council members, who hope the
museum will be a success.

Dr. David Stevens, councilman at
large, was not sure before the council

meeting whether to vote ‘yes’ before,
but yesterday he gave his approval to
pass it.

“Now that we are going to help
them out, I hope it will be a success for
the basketball museum, the city and the
fans of Kentucky basketball,” Stevens
said.

Todd Snow, a Paris resident who at-
tended the meeting, thought differently.

“I believe that the council agreed to
help because it‘s a morality issue,“ said
Snow. “Because the University is so vis-
ible citywide and basketball is king,
many citizens would think it be un-
moral to vote against it."

Sixth district council member, A1
Mitchell. who voted against the agree-
ment, said the city should have no in-
volvement assisting the museum finan-

cially.

"I don’t think public tax money
should be used to help a private estab-
lishment get out of debt," said Mitchell.
“The marketing of the museum needs to
be better and it would been great if it
was built on campus."

Since the opening last year. more
than 30.000 people have visited museum.
learning about the history of UK basket-
ball.

The museum includes exhibits cov-
ering coaches fans and players as well
as a virtual basketball court where peo
ple can play against famous Wildcat bas-
ketball stars.

Attendance at the museum has fall-
en short of predictions. though. and
forced museum owners to seek outside
financial help.

 

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Bill proposed to increase campus safety

By Chris Markus

ASSlSTANT NEVS EDITOR

When Murray State sophomore
Michael Minger lost his life in a dorm fire
last September. he did not know a blaze
that occurred in the same dormitory just
a few days earlier had been started by an
arsonist.

State Representative Jim Wayne feels
Minger‘s fate should have been different.

“If he and his family had known that
(the arson). and the dorm. which had me
viously been cited for fire~code violations.
had been up to code and had fire sprin-
klers. he would be with us today.“ Wayne
said.

Hoping to avoid instances such as
this one. Wayne has introduced a bill into

the Kentucky General Assembly called
the Michael Minger Act.

Among other provisions. the bill calls
for all of Kentucky's post-secondary insti-
tutions to post a crime log on the Inter-
net. The proposed log Would list all
crimes committed on campus that are re
ported to the police or school officials.

Serious crimes such as murder.

See SAFETY on 2

flow to apply:

Any student interested in applying
for a Marshall or a Rhodes scholarship
should contact:

Dan Rowland at 257-537,

Kate Johnson at 323-4725,
or Phil Harling at 257-1246.

Students are requested to apply by March I.

terminally ill In \Vlllsltillrsull‘lll. N(.

While studying so faraway from home
may cause concern for some students.
Grant has no such fears.

"I‘m an anthropologist
deal with toreign cultures."
iiigly.

Rowland hopes that (lraiit’s success
will inspire Iiiore students to apply for the
Marshall and the Rhodes scholarships.

"The best students here are as good as
the best students anywhere." he said.

I learn to
she said Jok-

II'S FLUSEASQNDNCEAGAIN

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The Medical Center is overrun wlth flu vlctlms,
leaving the Blood Center short on donors.

Flu lowers
blood supply

Blood center suffers: Flu
keeping donors at home

By Tracy Kershaw
ASSISTANT ~th to: TOR

The inevitable llii outbreak has arrived
yet again. attacking the population with
backing coughs and aching bodies and
leaving the (‘eiitral Kentucky Blood (‘enter
scrambling to liiid healthy blood donors.

The center reported a loll-pint shortfall
in blood inventory across (‘entral and East
erii Kentucky last week,

“This happens every winter. but this
w inter we have seen a really dramatic drop
in donors.“ said Marsha Berry. public rela
tions director for the blood center, “(‘oii-
plcd with the flu impact nationwide. it
shows that there truly Is an epidemic with
the flu and blood centers.”

Prevention is taken to avoid shortages.
but when it occurs the center must resort
to other options.

"We go to a system to reach people
through the media and calling campaigns."
llerry said.

Sometimes the situation Is so severe
even those measures will not suffice.

“If we do not see the proper rise in in-
ventory. we must assess the situation
again and go into consultation with hospir
tals." Berry said.

Hospitals do their part to help out by
canceling elective. or nonsemergency. surg-
eries. she said.

llerty hopes the situation does not reach
that extreme.

“Obviously we do not like to do that.
I'nless the inventory drops again. we will
Iiot have to call on the hospitals to cancel
surgeries." she said.

Healthy UK students. facility. a

See FLU on 2

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ALL THE. NEWSIHAIIIIS

The Low-down

I did
think
this
was a
show
where
you
answer a
couple of
easy
questions
and you
wmamd
lion dol-
lars.”

- Hlllly Roaiam
Clinton. on one
of the Top to
reasons for
doing last night's
"Late Show with
David
Letterman."

Judge lenient on murderer

PONTIAC. .\lich A judge yesterday spared
a I;l»_vearvold murderer of spending the rest of his
life in an adult prison. ordering Nathaniel Abra-
ham to be held in juyetiile detention until age 21.
when be w ill be released. Nathaniel. convicted of
an adult charge of set‘otititlegi‘ee tntirder. was 11
years old when he shot Ronnie tireene Jr. on (let.
2.”. 1.007. The boy became the first youth charged
with firstdegree murder to he prosecuted under
a 1.097 Michigan law that allows adult prosecu-
tions of children ofany age in serious felony cas
t‘fi.

Survivors pulled from crash

BERN. Switzerland Libyan officials are
saying that 18 people so far have been rescued af-
ter a plane transporting oil workers from the
Libyan capital. Tripoli. to an oil refinery crashed
in the sea yesterday. The plane. which belongs to
Avisto At} air services. a Swiss company based
in Zurich. went down this afternoon and there
were unconfirmed reports of fatalities. The craft
was carrying 38 passengers. apparently all oil
workers. and three crew members. The plane
was a Shorts 3003.60. :1 twin-engined. propeller—
driven plane manufactured in Northern Ireland.

Cuban boy case goes federal

WASHINGTON Attorney General .Iatiet
Reno implored those battling for custody of Khan
Gonzalez to return the dyear-old boy to his
(‘uban father. btit the protracted dispute ap»
peared headed for federal court first. An attorney
for Elian‘s Florida relatives. who are caring for
hint now. said they would go to federal court next
week to challenge the Immigration and Natural-
ization Service‘s ruling that he must be returned
to his father in Cuba. who wants him back.

Biotech: vitamin solution?

WASHINGTON Scientists have genetically
engineered a type of rice that could end vitamin
A deficiency in the developing world. a problem
that is a common cause of blindness and other
health problems in millions of children. The re
searchers at a Swiss laboratory spliced three
genes into the rice to make it rich in beta
carotene. the source of vitamin A. according to a
report on their findings appearing Friday in Sci-
ence magazine.

BAD FILM: A
big-screen gold-
en boy who
doesn't want
you to see his
latest release?
Actor-writer
Ben Affleclt
basically dis-
owns a I5-
minute 1994
film short “I
Killed My
Lesbian Wife.
Hung Her on a
Meat Hook and
Now I Have a
Three-Picture
Deal at
Disney," which
credits him as
director and
started screen-
ing on the film-
shorts Web site
AtomFilms in
mid-December.

MARIAH LIVE:
American
singing star
Mariah Carey
will give her
first live per-
formance in
Britain in three
years when she
appears at the
Wembley Arena
on Feb. 26.
She will also be
releasing a new
single “Thank
God I Found
You" on Feb.
28.

 

 

 

Israeli President investigated

JERUSALEM Prosecutors announced yes-
terday they have asked police to investigate
whether President Ezer Weizman illegally ac
cepted hundreds of thousands of dollars in gifts
from a French millionaire. The move could in
crease pressure on Weizman. a powerful figure
in Israel, to resign. The president‘s role in Israel
is ceremonial. but he wields significant influ-
ence. At issue is 3430.000 that Weizman allegedly
received between 1988 and 1993, when he was a
lawmaker and government minister.

Pipeline co. fined for pollution

WASHINGTON Koch Industries was hit
with Sf) million in fines and penalties by the gov—
ernment yesterday as part ofa settlement over al-
leged contamination of lakes and streams in six
states front Missouri to Texas. The settlement
with the Environmental Protection Agency
stems frotn allegations that the company had
more than :300 oil spills from its pipelines and
other oil operations and polluted waterways in
Texas. Oklahoma. Kansas. Alabama. Louisiana
and Missouri. The Wichita. Kan-based company
operates more than 35.000 miles of pipeline in the
United States and Canada.

Clinton backs incentives

NEW YORK , Investment in America's
hard~luck urban and rural areas makes bottom-
liiie economic sense. since it represents an easy
way to expand the economy without increasing
inflation. President (‘linton said yesterday. Road-
testing some ideas he will highlight during his
State of the Ifnion address at the end of this
month. Clinton ntade a dollars-and-cents pitch
for his proposal to more than double a tax credit
for investment in what the (‘linton administra-
tion calls ”new markets.”

Stocks higher near closing

NEW YORK The Dow industrials were up
56.15 to 11.60723 just before the close of trading
on Wall Street. Advancing issues on the New
York Stock Exchange outnumbered decliners
18761.146. The Nasdaq composite was up 85.84 to
3.935.865.

Sapp. AP Defensive Player

NEW YORK Tampa Bay Buccaneers tackle
Warren Sapp won The Associated Press Defen-
sive Player of the Year award yesterday. Sapp t0-
taled 12 1 ’2 sacks and was solid against the run.
giving him the edge in balloting by a nationwide
panel of 50 media members.

 

 

 

 

 

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rape. and robbery must be
posted on the log within 24
hours after they occur.

Institutions caught violat-
ing the act will he slapped with
a fine between awe-$1.5m or 30
days iii jail. Also. failure to
comply with the act places lia-
hility on the offender for any
damage done as a result.

The bill includes both pub-
lic and private colleges and
universities in Kentucky.

"Some students live in an
illusion thinking that their
campus is safe when it may
not be," Wayne said.

Brad Taylor. a history ju-
nior. thinks that Wayne‘s bill
may be a good method of pre-
venting on-campus crimes. but
questions one aspect of the
proposed legislation.

“I can see where having

your name posted on the Inter-
net for a crime may make you
less likely to commit one. but
who wants to get online and
check out that sort of Web
site." Taylor said.

Some students have already
begun to applaud Wayne‘s bill
and hope to see it passed.

“I think that laws like this
need to be passed. Any steps tak-
en to enstue student safety are
nicessaiy ones." said Annie
Bertram. Biology sophomore.

In addition to forcing Ken-
tucky colleges and universities
to keep an Internet log detail»
ing campus crimes. the bill
reaffirms the state fire mar-
shal‘s jurisdiction on campus-
es and its authority over fire
investigations.

"The bill brings together
all safety legislation under one
umbrella." Wayne said.

Wayne also said institu-
tions created for higher learn-
ing should be held to the high
est standard. He says the bill
does just that.

 

 

Continued from page I

can help raise the blood invento
ry at an on-campus drive Jan. 24.

Berry said on-campus dri-
ves are usually successful.

"By and large. they do
very well. The number we an-
ticipate usually comes so we
meet our goal." Berry said.

(‘reatmg awareness on-
campus to ’et new donors is

; key. she sait .

“The tnore students can do

to promote blood drives. the

more successful the drive will
be," Berry said. “We are al—

ways looking for volunteers."

Not only does donating
benefit others. but the donor
also reaps rewards. Barry said.

“It takes less than an hour
to give blood. You are saving a
life. and with the shortage
across central and eastern
Kentucky. you may be helping
someone in your hometown.“

Another donor perk:

“You get a mini-health
checkup." Berry said. “We
check your temperature. blood
pressure and iron levels."

Now is the time to give.
Berry said.

"According to the news.
the flu is just starting to peak.
We could see a few more
weeks of it." she said.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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