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July 18, 2002 Celebratng3 years of independence

The search is over:
Barnhart named AD

By the numbers
$275,000

Amount of Mitch Barnhart’s
annual base salary.

$92,000

Amount of former AD Larry
Ivy's annual salary.

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Maximum amount of incentives
Barnhart may receive based on
UK teams’ performances.

Amount of incentives included

in Ivy's compensation package
as AD.

Barnhart's allotment of tickets
for UK home games. lvy was

reported to have had 165
during his tenure.

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Appointment yields
mixed reactions
among students

Optimism and doubt: Some believe
athletics changes possible; some don't

By Lanlin Sunni:
suuurn urns EDITOR

With Monday’s announcement of UK‘s new athletics
director, Mitch Barnhart, students have mixed feelings
concerning Barnhart’s ability to bring changes to the
athletics department.

"I think current employees associated with UK Ath-
letics are so stuck in their ways that to
be a successful AD, he needs to clean
house, front to back," said Brandon
Johnson, a business sophomore. "If he
doesn’t do that, we’ll be back at the
NCAA sanctions committee soon."

But a former UK student has faith
in Barnhart and sees UK Athletics com-
ing into a new era: former UK basketball
star Sam Bowie.

After Barnhart’s announcement,

Bowie said Barnhart is "young and ener-
getic he knows it’s a big job." Bowie was a member of
the UK athletics advisory committee.

Bowie said Barnhart was the guy immediately after
the group interviewed him.

"He was the guy. I wanted to tell Dr. (Lee) Todd to can-
cel the rest of the interviews and hire him," Bowie said.
"In the interview, he was confident in what his plans were
going to be as AD, but not cocky, conceited."

While reporters capped their ink pens and finished
their sound bytes and TV crews wrapped up lengths of
cable outside of Patterson Office Tower, biology fresh-
man Anna Michaels wondered if the announcement of
Mitch Barnhart is just too much hype.

"I wish all these TV cameras were here when I came
5 to UK" she said. "This university focuses too much on so»
i called star—quality people, but not the common people."

In with the new

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UK President Lee Todd looks on as Mitch Barnhart addresses the Athletics Association Board of Directors
and the media Monday. Barnhart was athletics director at Oregon State before coming to UK.

Housecleaning: Barnhart faces the task
of reforming troubled athletics department

By Tom Super
SPORTSWEEKLY EDITOR

After saying he wanted
to change the culture of the
University of Kentucky ath-
letics program. UK President
Lee Todd looked to the Pacif-
ic Northwest.

served as Athletics Director
at Oregon State University.
was introduced as UK‘s new
athletics director on Monday
by the UK Board of Trustees.
He is UK's first athletics
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tasked with cleaning up a
program that has been
awash in scandal for the last
year and a half A a scandal
that resulted in UK‘s football
program being placed on
NCAA probation for the next
three years. the loss of schol-
arships and the team being
prohibited from playing in a
post-season bowl game for
the upcoming season.

The actions taken by the
NCAA prompted Todd to per-

the athletics program that
uncovered several question-
able activities taking place,
including department staff
trading basketball tickets for
the use of automobiles from
area car dealers. At the end
of the internal investigation.
then AD Larry Ivy was
forced to resign.

When asked what he
thought about the ticket situ-
ation. Barnhart made his
stance clear.

“I haven't seen tickets or
cars win one game yet." he
said. “I understand there are
some issues with tickets.

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With fresh faces coming on campus in the last year
since Todd has been in office, Jessica Neilson welcomes

the change in athletics.

"Hopefully the department and the new AD will fol-
low through with Dr. Todd’s plans of open communica-
tion and not get into any more trouble with the NCAA,"

the English freshman said.

He was the guy. I wanted to
tell Dr. (Lee) Todd to cancel
the rest of the interviews and

hire him.”

- SAM BOWIE. FORMER UK STUDENT AND
BASKETBALL STAR IN THE 19805

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UK professors will read poems

In the park: Poet laureate will headline
annual event of art, music and literature

By Vaughan Neill -
STAFF IRITER

The sponsors of a popu-
lar poetry festival asked two
UK professors to read their
work with many others Sat-
urday at Woodland Park for
a day of music, poetry, art
and diversity.

“Poetry in the Park: A
Celebration of Kentucky's
Writers" will include many
poets; several are from the
UK community. Kentucky‘s
Poet Laureate James Baker

Hall and Nikky Finney. both
of the English department,
will read.

“Our featured poets al-
low us the avenue to redis.
cover all that makes Ken-
tucky a majestic and histori-
cally rich area through
voice and personal experi-
ence," said Christina Abra-
ham, director of Poetry in
the Park.

Hall, who headlined the
event last year as well as

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Senate elects officers,
adopts constitution

Official: New organization's committees
advise president and Board of Trustees

ey Cathy Lindsey
CONTRIBUTING WRITER

it‘s official. The universi-
ty now has a Staff Senate.

At the senate's first
meeting last Thursday. sena~
tors adopted a constitution
and by-laws making them an
official entity on campus.

“The first day i heard we
didn‘t have a staff senate is
the day i decided this was
something i would endorse."

UK President Lee Todd told
the group. ”We are one uni-
versity one community of
faculty staff and students all
working toward one
common goal."

The first official order
was to elect an executive
committee. William Ad-
kisson. a physician assistant
in orthopedic surgery at the
UK Chandler Medical Center,

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