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Students

pass SGA
referendum
297- 1 61

By JOE BRAUN
Assistant Editorial Editor

Students gave their stamp
ofapproval 297 to 161 for the
enactment of new Student
Government Association
campaign election reforms
through a student referendum
held Wednesday and yester-
thy.
Referendum Board Chair-
man Stephen Keller said 458
students voted on the special
ballot.

Keller said if no one chal-
lenges them, the results will
be official Thursday. The
SGA Constitution states that
results are not official for five
working days after a referen-
dum is held.

He said voting went
smoothly both days.

“The turnout was lower
than what we expected," he
said. "There were 458 (stu-
dents) who voted out of
24,000 Anytime that hap-
pens. it‘s pitiful."

SGA President Scott Cros-
bie said he is not surprised by
the low voter turnout

“I didn't expect a real high
voter tumOut because you
have got to look at the judi-

See SGA. Page 3A

 

 

mat 1992

UK officials diagnose
third case of measles

By KELLEY POPHAM
Assistant News Editor

Student Health Service officials
confirmed a third case of measles
on campus yesterday. prompting re-
newed concern at UK.

Measles were diagnosed in a 28-
year-old male working at the Ani-
mal Pathology Building. The em-
ployee said he engaged in no class-
room activity and has not left
Fayette County in weeks. He also
said he has not been near Haggin
Hall, the residence of two males di-
agnosed with the disease recently.
leaving state and local health offi-
cials umble to pinpoint from whom
he contracted the disease.

“I urge all UK students. faculty
and employees who need to be im-

Director Lee
to address
UK tonight

By ANGELA JONES
Senior Staff Writer

With movies like “She‘s Gotta
Have It” and “Jungle Fever,” film—
maker Spike Lee is known for tell-
ing it like it is.

And students should expect he
will do the same when he speaks at
UK‘s Memorial Coliseum tonight at
6. .
“We‘re counting (on) anything
from movie making to racism," said
Barry Sturnbo, assistant director of
student activities.

The Student Activities Board
along with the Office of Minority
Affairs and Student Government
combined funds to bring Lee to
UK.

“We wanted a significant name."
said Stephanie Stephens, one of the

See LEE. Page 6A

Credit cards readily available
to college-student population

By CHRISTOPHER McDAVlD
Stall Writer

“Hi (insert name here)! My name
is Marsha and l'm calling to offer
you your very own pro-approved
Citibank Visa or MasterCard."

During a student’s freshman year
in college, he or she will hear some
variation of this spiel over the
phone at least three times.

Additionally, the student will be
accosted by other students around
campus representing a variety of
companies, each offering low inter-
est, a low annual fee and a grace
period for purchases that makes the
easy-to—get plastic cards seem like
they are plated in gold.

But ask most upperclassmen, and
they will share horror stories about
credit cards that would make a
freshman think twice before filling
out the "easy-to-complete applica-
tion."

Why then, would credit card
companies make cards readily
available to a group that would
seem to be a bad credit risk?

“There‘s a common misconcep-
tion that students aren't good credit
risks,” says Max Haynes. leader of
Citibank MasterCard and Visa’s
“Money Matters for College Stu-
dents” seminar program.

“That couldn’t be further from
the truth; students have proven to
be very responsible users of credit
They understand that it's important
to use their credit cards wisely and
begin developing a healthy credit
history right from the start.”

Building a healthy credit history
early is stressed by all of the bro-

WIldcats’ seniors to say goodbye tomorrow
when they play Tennessee during their last

arm at Rupp Arena.
ory, Page 4A.

 

 

 

 

GREG EANSIKemd Sta"

PAPER OR PLASTIC: Students are iinchg i easier and easier to obtain
credieards, alhotmtheyrmynotbewletoaiiordthem.

chures placed in the classrooms
across campus by Citibank, Bank
One, First Card and others.

"Once you‘re approved. you'll be

able to enjoy all the worldwide
credit privileges, prestige and con-
venience that only a First Card Mas.

Filmmaker Spike Lee will lecture at 8 pm. at

terCard or Visa card can offer."
states the First Card brochure, typi-
cal of the glamorous way that credit
cards are presented.

You also will be able to enjoy the

See CREDIT. Page 6A

Memorial Coliseum. Lee is best known for
his controversial films “Jungle Fever," “Do
the Right Thing," and “She’s gotta have it.”

munized to contact the Student
Health Service for additional infor-
mation or the free vaccinations.”
said UK President Charles Wething-
ton tn a statement.

Student Health Service, under the
direction of the Kentucky Depart-
ment of Health Services, is provid-
ing immunizations outside the Stu-
dent Health Office from 8 am. to 4
pm. today and 9 am. to noon to-
morrow. State and local health de-
partmean urge people born after
1956 to receive a vaccination.

Special immunization lines have
been set up “totally out of the regu-
lar flow” from other patients for
convenience, said Dr. Spencer
Turner, director of Student Health.

Also released yesterday was the
confirmation of one measles case at

By TYRONE BEASON
Staff Writer

Winning the Student Govem-
ment Association presidential
election requires “broad-based"
support. candidate Jay lngie said
yesterday.

The Ingle—Cranston ticket has
that support, he announced in a
press conference held at Kirwan-
Blanding Complex Commons.

Ingle invited more than 15 stu—
dents to the press conference.
The students represented several
university groups to prove how
diverse his support base is.

Among those supporters were
Duane Crowe, a Lexington Com-
munity College Senator; Kevin
Cicci. lnterfratemity Council
vice president; and Steve Kelsey,
a resident adviser. Supporters
also included what lngle called
“average students.”

Ingle said his goal is to show
that as SGA president. he will fo-
cus his term on student needs.

“We’re trying to get back to a
personal level, to issues that con-
cern students instead of issues
about internal student govcm-
ment,” lngie said.

By JOE BRAUN
Assistant Editorial Editor

Believe it or not, there may be
a seventh ticket running for Stu-
dent Government Association
president during next month’s
election.

“I’m seriously considering
running for SGA president," said
SGA Judicial Board Chief Jus-
tice Ken Walker.

Walker. a second-year law stu-
dent, believes students are un—
happy with any of the candidates
who have announced their inten-
tions.

"If you talk to virtually anyone
on campus, there seems to be ei-
ther dissatisfaction with the cur-
rent crop of candidates or worse.
a sense of pervasive apathy
about SGA." he said.

Walker said he has been con-
templating the idea of running
for president for several weeks.

“it's been in the working for
the last couple weeks. The cur-
rent candidates that are running

 

Broad-based support
vital for win, Ingle says

Judicial board chair
wants to lead SGA

Eastern Kentucky University and
seven probable cases at the Univer-
sity of Louisville.

Student health reportedly has im-
munized more than 1,700 people in
the last 10 days. However, state
health department officials said
yesterday they anticipate more cas-
es on campus because of the highly
contagious nature of the disease.

Measles is droplet spread, mean-
ing the disease can be contracted by
coughing and sneezing symptoms
that occur at the onset, or through
conversation. It remains viable two
hours after an infected person has
left that air space, making it one of
the most contagious diseases.

See MEASLES, Page 3A

“A lot of the (student) feed-
back is that student government
is too self-centered." he said.

SGA needs to work more
closely with the Student Adviso-
ry Council, said Jill Cranston,
lngle‘s running mate. By doing
so, it can reach every sector of
the student body.

in the meantime, lngie and
Cranston said they will take
their message directly to the stu-
dents.

“One thing that we‘ve ex-
pressed to the students is that we
will go to them.“Cranston said.
“They don't have to come to us.

“i think our efforts will in-
crease voter turnout."

Cranston said she is con-
cerned that students do not know
enough about SGA-sponsored
programs such as the escort ser-
vice, free tutoring and tax help.

“Publicity needs to be up."
she said. SGA should use more
of its funds to inform students of
those services.

“We’re (SGA) investing in
ourselves. and we don‘t want to
do that," Cranston said. “We
want to invest in the students."

seem to be anything but a true
representative of the student
body. Once again, the real losers
in this race are going to be stu-
dents.“

Although Walker has not con-
firmed a running mate. he has
extended an invitation to Sena-
tor at Large Jeremy Bates.

Bates, who also serves as In-
terfratemity Council president.
is qualified to fill the position of
vice president, Walker said.

“I am considering (Bates). He
certainly represents what many
of the qualities that anyone
would want in a running mate.
and he is undoubtedly one of the
top student leaders on this cam-
pus "

Bates said: “Obviously, there
would be some people i would
need to talk to. It's not a small
decision and it just can't be
made spur of the moment.“

His plans “have been and are

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Three mod to Komuclty Journalism Hall or Fame

Two pioneers in the TV industry and an internationally-recognized
expat in the marketing and 'on of newspapers will be induct-
ed into the Kentucky Journalism Hall of Fame in ceremonies at UK
on April 9.

The 1992 inductees: ' .

oThe late Harry C. Barfield, who was president and general man-
ager of WLEX-TV in Lexington at the time of his death last October.
Barfield. in broadcasting for 50 years, helped start WLEX-TV in
1954, the early days of the new medium, and was honored by his
peers many times including being elected president of the Kentucky
Broadcasters Association and receiving that organization’s top
award. the Kentucky Mike Award.

oPhyllis Knight, retired broadcast personality of WHAS radio and
television in Louisville, Ky. Winner of two Golden Mike Awards
from McCall's magazine as Outstanding Woman in Radio and Tele-
vision, Knight's interview program in television's early days, “Small
Talk," was viewed by thousands of Louisvillians for 13 years. She
began her broadcasting career at age 17 and joined the Louisville sta-
tions in 1955. In the latter stages of her career, she served as execu-
tive director of the WHAS Crusade for Children.

oDonald B. Towles, vice president for public affairs of The Couri—
er-Joumal in Louisville, became an intentionally-recognized leader
in the marketing and promotion of newspapers. He was twice presi-
dent of the International Promotion Association and is a former pres-
ident and Most Valuable Member Award winner of the Kentucky
Press Association. He is the founder of the Kentucky Journalism
Hall of Fame.

Induction ceremonies will be held April 9 during the annual Joe
Creason Lecture at UK. United Press Intemalional White House bu—
reau chief Helen Thomas will deliver the lecture.

Two named to Kentucky Advertlslng Hall of Fame

Advertising executives from Ashland, Ky., and Lexington are the
first inductees into the new Kentucky Advertising Hall of Fame. Da-
vid E. Carter, founder and president of David E. Carter Inc. of Ash-
land. and Thomas W. Baker, founder and president of Baker Com-
munications of Lexington, will be honored in a ceremony April 9 at

 

the UK School of Joumalism's Alumni Dinner.

The event begins with a reception at 5:30 pm. at UK's Hilary J.
Boone Faculty Club, dinner at 6:30 pm. and awards at 8 pm.

Carter and Baker, both UK alumni, were chosen by a committee
composed of advertising club presidents from Lexington, Louisville,
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SGA

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cial board ruling," he said.

Led by Chief Justice Ken Walker,
SGA Judicial Board ruled Monday
that a student referendum does not
carry the weight of law and cannot
amend the SGA Constitution.

Crosbie said that decision affect-
ed not only voter turnout, but atti-
tudes about the student vote.

“I do believe the referendum had
a very, very big impact. Students
really didn‘t want to just state an

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tum? .’

opinion. I think they were more in-
terested in enacting a law and that
took the interest away from it,” he
said.

Now that the referendum is over,
and students have said they were in
favor of reforms, Crosbie said he
will take the election reforms to the
SGA Senate and ask them to vote
on them.

If the senate approves the bill, it
will not change election campaign
rules, which were approved by the
senate last night for the spring elec‘
tions in April.

Police looking into LCC bomb threat

By BOBBY KING
Senior Staff Writer

UK police are investigating a
bomb threat that forced the evacua-
tion of Lexington Community Col-
lege yesterday.

“A member of the registrar‘s staff
received a call at 11:20 am. indicat-
ing a bomb would go off in 38 min-
utes," said UK Police Chief W.H.
McComas.

The staff member immediately
notified UK police, who ordered the
evacuation of the building. McCo-
mas said the police department,
along with the Lexington Fire De-
partment, conducted a search of the
building until' just before the bomb

was supposed to explode. After
about 25 minutes, the search was
called off and the investigators left
the building.

“We got out a couple of minutes
before the time (the caller) indicat-
ed it would go off," McComas said.

When the clock hit 11:58, all was
quiet. After a few more minutes
passed, no explosion occurred, and
after an additional search the police
allowed everyone to return to the
building.

“At this point in time, it is under
investigation," McComas said.
We do have things in place that
does permit us to track (the call) —
to do some investigative work that
will permit us to identify where the

call came from.

“We do have the ability, through
the UK phone system, to do some
electronic backtracking."

McComas said UK Communica-
tion Services, in the Rose Street
parking structure, were trying to lo-
cate the origin of the call.

“We can determine the trunk that
it came from," McComas said.

A trunk is the first three digits in
a phone number. A trunk such as
233 indicates that it may have come
from somewhere in the Albert B.
Chandler Medical Center. A trunk
of 258 may have originated from
campus housing, McComas said.

Billie Pennington, a second-year
LCC student, was in class when the

fire alarm sounded.

“We thought it was a fire drill,“
she said. “But they usually take 15
minutes. This took a lot longer, al-
most 45 minutes. We missed a
whole class, so we thought there
must be something to it.“

It was the first bomb threat re-
ported to UK police in 1992,

Kontueltv Kernel. Fridav. March a. 1m - at

Spring break no haven
from measles epedimic

By KELLEY POPHAM

Assistant News Editor

If you're looking for safety this
spring break, don't just pack your
condoms — get your measle vacci-
nation.

Students leaving Kentucky next
week who think they are going to
escape the recent measles outbreaks
are wrong and could be even more
at risk in the nation‘s hot vacation
spots, Student Health officials said
yesterday.

Texas and Florida — as well as
many other states — have reported
measle outbreaks, causing concern
in the state and local health commu-
nities.

People born after 1956 are strong-
ly being urged by state and local
health service members to receive a
second measles immunization as
soon as possible.

Dr. Spencer Turner, director of
UK Student Health, said the typical
spring break scenario of lying on
beaches and staying in crowded
places such as bars and hotel rooms
“is a breeding ground (for mea-
sles)."

Clarkson Palmer, communicable
disease manager at the Kentucky
Department of Health Services, said
20 measles cases have been docu-
mented in Florida this year as of
Feb. 22.

But he said he recently learned
that the numbers have increased
dramatically.

Measles outbreaks have forced
the Texas Department of Health to
issue a travel advisory after a rash
of nearly 350 cases were document-
ed in southern Texas this year, said
Wes Hodgson, epidemiology coor-
dinator for the Texas health depart-
ment.

“We are concerned kids are gmng
to contract it there and bring it back
here," he said.

“It can go both ways," Palmer
said. “It’s an even bet we‘ll take it
there.”

 

Measles

Continued from page 1

State health officials are
enforcing a policy in some
secondary schools requiring
proof of student immuniza-
tion. So far, there are no
plans to adopt such proce-
dures at UK. Turner said if
outbreaks continue, the state
health department can re-
quire immuniution for stu-
dents in residence halls. He
recommends that students
vaccinated during break ob-
tain proof of immunization.

As required by the Centers
for Disease Control in Atlan-
ta, state health officials
mailed letters every two
years since 1984 to all col-
lege and university presi—
dents urging mandatory im-
munization upon admission.
Institutions that comply re-
ceive free measles scrum.

Berca College and several
other private colleges have
implemented it. UK has not.

“There has been a constant
encouragement from univ'er-
sities in the state to require
immunization," said Steve
Weems, immunization pro—
gram managcr at the state
health department. “It would
save the University time, ef-
fort and money.”

Weems said the policy
would reduce measles cases
and University spending and
student health fees because
universities have to pay for
people to administer the vac-
cines and to inform students
about outbreaks.

State health officials
mailed the letter before
Wethington took office,
Weems said. Another request
will be mailed this summer.

“Mandatory IROCLIIZJUOR is
a policy that has serious ram-
ifications as to health, cost
and administering problems
in such a program,“ said
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By IIKE EMORY
Associated Press

In UK's storied basketball history
there have been the Fabulous Five,
the Fiddlin’ Five and Rupp's Runts
— teams that won national champi-
onships or captured the imagination
of fans.

When historians look back on
this year‘s squad several years from
now, this bunch may be called the
Final Four. It won't be in reference
to the NCAA Tournament, although
anything is possible with this team.

It will be because four seniors —
Richie Farmer, Deron Feldhaus.
John Pelphrey and Sean Woods ——
stayed with the Wildcats thrOugh
the dark times of NCAA sanctions
and were a big part of the school’s
retum to national prominence.

“We’re not going to be known as
the guys who were here when Ken-
tucky wasn’t very good." Pelphrey
said. “I'm really glad we've had a
chance to be successful the last two
years."

Pelphrey and Feldhaus are fifth-
year seniors. They were redshirted
as freshmen in 1987-88 when the
Wildcats last played in the NCAA
Tournament. They next season,
Farmer and Woods became Wild-
cats, although Woods had to sit out
as a Proposition 48 casualty.

“It was a learning experience, I
can say that." Farmer said. “We
went through tough times.”

The 1988-89 season probably
was the gloomiest in UK’s history
as the program was being investi-

gated by the NCAA for recntiting
and academic violations. The Wild-
cats suffered on the court as well.
compiling a 13-19 record for the
school’s first losing season since
1927.

The NCAA probe resulted in a
two-year ban from postseason play
for the Wildcats. Eddie Sutton re-
signed as coach while players LeR-
on Ellis, Chris Mills and Sean Sutv
ton went to other schools.

Farmer, Feldhaus, Pelphrey and
Woods —— along with Derrick Mill-
er, Reggie Hanson. Johnathon Da-
vis and recruits Jeff Brassow and
Henry Thomas — decided to stay
on board.

Then Rick Pitino accepted Ath-
letics Director C.M. Newton's invi-
tation to rebuild a program that was
in shambles.

That first season, the Wildcats
were expected to win no more than
five or six games. They finished a
surprising 14-14 with a rag-tag out-
fit learning Pitino’s freewheeling
style of exhaustive defense pressure
and endless three-point shooting.

While the NCAA sanctions were
in effect last season, the Wildcats
were back. They were 22-6 overall.
compiled the best record in the
Southeastern Conference at 14-4
and held the No. 9 ranking in the fi-
nal AP poll. This year, with the
NCAA tourney as a potential re-
ward, the Wildcats are 22-6, 11—4 in
the SEC and ranked No. 10 as they
head into their final regular-season
game against Tennessee in Rupp
Arena tomorrow.

“I always knew I made a commit-
ment to come here and play for four
years." Farmer said. “I didn’t want
to quit or back out of that commit-
ment I wanted to be here when it
got back on top."

The seniors will take their final
bow before the home crowd with
the traditional sendoff before the
game that will have each of them
running through a paper hoop hear-
ing their likeness and standing at
midcourt with their family while
the pep band plays “My Old Ken-
tucky Home"

“They’re terrific young people."
Pitino said. “They are really nice to
be around. It's been a great three
years with these four seniors. And,
at this point of the season, to con-
tinue to see their boyish enthusiasm
in practice is a great thing.

“A lot of teams would let down at
this point, but I think the reason we
don’t is because they are such out-
standing individuals."

Pelphrey, Feldhaus and Farmer
are products of rural Kentucky
while Woods is from Indianapolis.

Pelphrey and Feldhaus. both 6-
foot-7 forwards, were considered
marginal talents to wear the UK
uniform. They leave as members of
the exclusive 1,000-point club.

“Sometimes I doubted myself,"
said Feldhaus, whose father. Allen,
played for Adolph Rupp in the early
19605. “But it was always my
dream to play for Kentucky. You
don’t know if you‘re good enough
to play at UK.

Feldhaus was even willing to

give up his scholarship after his
sophomore season so the Wildcats
could sign prep standout Chris
Webber.

“I thought he could take us to an-
other level," said Feldhaus. who
kept his scholarship when Webber
went to Michigan.

Pelphrey has been the leader on
the court.

“Without John, I don't believe
we would reach our heights emo-
tionally," Pitino said. "I’ve never
had a better captain."

Farmer came to Kentucky with
legendary status after a storybook
career at Clay County High School
in Manchester. The fans practically
demanded Sutton to sign him to a
scholarship.

“‘Ihat’s something that's kept me
going — people rooting for me and
wanting me to do well," said Farm-
er, a tobacco chewer since he was 8
years old. “They're good old coun-
try people and boys. That's what I
am. I remember where I came
from."

Woods said he considered leav-
ing UK after the NCAA sanctions
were handed down. His mother told
him to stick it out.

“She said, ‘You're going to have
problems in life, you might a well
face them now," said Woods, a
three-year starter at point guard.

And now the seniors are ready
for their last hunahs.

“Hard work has paid off.” Pel-
phrey said. “It took awhile but it fi-
nally did. Things have really turned
out well."

 

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Tomorrow, seniors Sean Woods, Deron Feldhaus, John Pelphrey
and Richie Farmer play their last game at Rupp Arena.

UK lacrosse club to face Eastern, Indiana, Wright State

By JOHN KELLY
Assistant Sports Editor

Terry Justice wm a self-
proclaimed “Lexington boy" who
grew up with no clue of the secrets
of lacrosse.

One day he walked onto the UK
Lacrosse club’s practice field and
now, as a UK graduate working as
an engineer for Fayette County,
Justice is in his fifth year as the
club's coach. teaching his addictive
bobby to any UK undergraduates,
grad students and even faculty
members who express interest.

' Justice's UK Lacrosse club has
existed for 12 years and has gone
through a metamorphosis over
those seasons, evolving from a hap-
hazard group of guys just trying to
have fun, into a haphazard group of
players out to have fun. And
they've won the Midwestern Colle-
giate Lacrosse League eight of the
last 12 seasons.

Justice will load 25 to 30 of his
club members into several cars and
hit the road tomorrow morning to
Bloomington, 1nd., to face Eastern
Kentucky, Indiana and Wright
State. And he is concerned to say

the least.

“Every day, I hope I win the lot-
tery so I can buy the team a bus,"
Justice said. “The biggest problem
we have is transportation. We have
to go on these road trips and the
kids pile into cars and go on the
road. Whenever you have six or
seven cars on the road, you're six or
seven times more likely to have
something go wrong."

But once the team arrives in
Bloomington, the road trip will be
the farthest thing from their minds.

Eastern Kentucky is a team that
has UK ties. Several UK players de-
fected to Eastern after last season
and have started their own club in
Richmond.

Indiana is coached by Timmy
Nelson. who played in an NCAA
championship game for Syracuse
several years ago and has brought
an East coast touch to the program.
The sport is most prominent in that
area of the United States and many
of the colleges in the Northeast
have varsity teams. But is growing
in the Midwest.

Wright State comes from that
transplanted lacrosse hotbed of

Dayton, Ohio, which fields three
teams in UK's league. In addition
to the team from WSU. there is a
team from the University of Dayton
and one from Wright Patterson Air
Force Base.

“Their coach is a UK lacrosse
player who has transplanted the
spon into that community so tis a
sport that's growing in the area,"
Justice said.

Justice said the team can expect
good lacrosse Competition from all
three teams, but these games are
more of a preparation because it’s a
preseason tournament that doesn‘t
count in the final MLLC standings.

“I go into this game knowing I‘m
gonna play like 30 guys on the
squad,” Justice said.

Beyond the trials of just being a
club sport with transportation and
financial problems, he knows the
team has fundamental lapses as
well.

“The biggest fault of this team is
defense," Justice said. “We're small
and we‘re slow. I‘m looking for a
strong defensive effort in all three
games, but I haven’t seen that kind

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of effort yet."

A lack of preparation has ham-
pered the team as well. They've
only been practicing for two weeks,
whereas Indiana — a club that is
supported more by its university —
has been practicing for more than
two months because it’s had the use
of the indoor school facility —- As-
sembly Hall.

The team still is taking players
and is willing to look at anyone.
'Ihey don‘t make cuts. They just
want to pass their addiction on to a
new generation in the UK commu-

nity.

“There's undergraduates who
have played high school," club
president Bob Pfannenstiel said.
“We have dental students and grad‘
uate students who have played col-
lege ball. And we recruit a lot of
people who have never played be-
fore and we actively teach the sport
to new people —— anyone that’s in-
terested. It’s real fast and it’s excit-
ing and if you're athletic and you're
willing to put the time into it, you
can get good enough and you can
play."

Pfannenstiel said it was hard to
describe the sport beyond “hockey
on grass." But he said the best way
to figure out what it’s really all
about is to come watch the team
practice Tuesday and Thursday
evenings at the club sports field out
beyond Commonwealth Stadium on
Cooper Drive.

“We have a fair share of home-
grown people who have learned it
here and definitely contributed a
hell of a lot to the team," Pfannen-
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