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Report: State lagging in female representation

By Katie Sultz

ksaltz'akykernel com

Despite an increase in the number
of female elected officials in the state.
Kentucky is still behind most of the
country. according to a report released
yesterday by Secretary of State Trey
(iray son.

Kentucky ranks 40th in the country
in the number of women sery'ing in the
state legislature. dropping from 48th

place since the 3005 Opening Doors of

Opportunity report

Les Ftlglllt‘. deputy assistant secre-
tary of state. said e\ en though the rank-
ing dropped. there are more women in

Students
come out,
support
gay rights

By .loseyMontana McCoy

ymccoy’dkykernel com

Us is celebrating the 19th
annual National (‘oming ()ut
Week with events encouraging
awareness and tolerance of the
gay community,

“(‘oming ()ut Week brings
awareness to ongoing problems
sesual minorities hay e in popu»
lar culture." said Mathias Deta-
more. marketing coordinator of
()l'Tsource. l'K‘s (iay Lesbian
Biseyual ’l‘ransgcnder Queer
Questioning Ally ((iLBTQQAi
resource center.

The center. which opened in
April. offers educational re
sources and safe spaces for sexu—
al minorities on cainpus. l)eta~
more said.

liyents in honor of (‘oming
Out Day. which is held tomor»
row and started in WKX. ha\e
gone on all w eek,

“(Coming Out Day) is a re-
membrance that se\ual minori-
ties haye to go through a strug~
gle." Detamore said,

Planned Parenthood kicked
off the week's c\ents with a lec-
ture on safe7sc\ practices on
Monday. (‘hristine Ma\well ol
the Lexington Pride (‘enter and .
'l‘ransKentucky . a state transgen~
der stipport and resource group.
discussed transgender issues last
night,

“It‘s e\citing that the uniyer-
sity is haying this." Detainore
said “We‘re starting to
some real positiye change in the
way sexual minorities are more
easily integrating in the popular
culture."

The w eck will conclude
with state Sen. l:rnesto SCHIV
sone. l)—l.e\ington. speaking
prior to a showing of the film
"The Times of Haryey Milk."
which is the story ot the openly
gay San Francisco councilman
who w as murdered in l‘lTr‘s'.

“ The more people know
about gay lolks. the less dis
ciimination there is against gay
l’s‘sll‘lc.~~ said Scoi'sone. who
came out to the public four
years ago

Scorsone. who represents
most of layette ('ounty. inclutf
ing l'K's campus. said coming
out is one of the most important
things a gay indi\ idiial can do

"(‘oming out is a wry per»
soiial decision and no one can
make that cell for someone
else." Scorsone said. "It is an llir
diyidiial decision and we ha\e
to respect that "

()l"l‘source. the (‘ats Den.
Student .‘\L‘l|\lllk‘\ Board. the
Student (‘enter Film Series and
the (lay-Straight Alliance spon»
sor the (‘oming ()ut Week
eyents,

Tonight at 8. Anthony Rapp
froin the Broadway musical
"Rent" will hold a discussion
in Memorial Hall about his ca-
reer. life as a gay man and cur-
rent issues facing sexual mi-
norities.

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some elected positions.

"We hayen't made as

sue."

for the first time in Kentucky his-
tory. there are two women sitting on
Supreme ('ourt. and
Kentucky now has 33.6 percent fe-
male representation in its courts. ae~
cording to the updated report. There
«if
women from Kentucky in the US.
Congress but an increase in the num-
ber of women in the state House of

the Kentucky

was a decrease in the number

Representat i \ es.

The low number of women in these

much
progress." Fugate said. “But the gains
we saw this time were \ery impres—

positions is not because of a lack of
yotes for women. but a lack of female
candidates. Frigate said.

"It's not that Kentuckians aren't
electing women; it's that women aren‘t
running." Fugate said. "We're not do-
ing enough to nurture young women to
become elected officials."

One reason women might not be
running for office is negative cani-
paigning. said state Rep. Kathy Stein.
[)»Lexington.

“Negative campaigning puts a
damper on anybody wanting to run for
office." Stein said. “But especially on
women because they know‘ they ha\e to
get a leg up anyway."

 

Stein suggested that women who
are elected to office increase their num—
bers by talking to young people about
the political process.

“Women who are in elected offices
have a responsibility to mentor and talk
to young women." Stein S‘dld. “The
more we discuss it. the less frightening
it becomes."

The report includes biographies of
female state officials. resources for
women and a database of female offi-
cials in the commonwealth. Fugate
said these tools are offered to help
young people build a network to be»
come involved at a local or state In—
el.

"Getting young women iiiy'olyed in
organi/ations in their communities can
open a lot of doors." Fugate said.

Kentuckians should want more
women in office so they can better rep»
resent all areas of the state. Fugate
said.

“There are lots of different perspec~
lives and experiences of people with
different backgrounds that need to be
heard." Frigate said, “By being diycrse.
we hope to ha\e a stronger goyern-
ment."

A full copy of the report can be
found on the secretary of states Web
site (www.sosky.goyv‘secdesk/initia-
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Ciy'l ltghb actiwsts: the Rev James Tennyson, in maroon shirt, and the Rev touts Coleman, center in white shirt, pray with students outSide the Main Building yesterday afternoon
Coleman, of Laura/rile, protested With students over Friday's Kernel editorial cartoon

Louisyillc aetiyjst
jOins ‘211‘toon protests

By Jill Luster

ilasterdkykernel corn

A crowd of about Ztl students gathered around the
Rev. Louis (‘oleman yesterday to pray about Friday ‘s

Kernel editorial cartoon.

"We come. oh (iod. to let these students know we
are here to support them." ('oleman said. "Giy'e them
the strength. oh Lord. to continue their struggle."

('oleman. a l.0lll\\'lllc preacher and ciyil rights ac-
tiyist. said he and two other acti\ ists drove

to protest the cartoon.

The cartoon. which compared [YK‘s (ireek system to
a shoe auction. is only a symptom of larger problems at

the uni\ersity. Coleman said.

He also said the campus-wide e~mail UK President
Lee Todd issued Monday night e\pressing his “strong
disagreement" with the cartoon should ha\e been sent

See Coleman on page 3

 

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['K President Lee Todd released a statement
last night denouncing campus incidents “in which
the lines of chi] discourse have been crossed."
The incidents Todd referred to have taken place
since an editorial cartoon that likened 17KB Greek
system to a slave auction was published in Fri-

day ‘s Kernel.

to UK today

UK spokesman Jay Blanton said two specific
instances prompted Todd‘s statement. One student
had a racial slur written on his dorm room door.
and a Kemel reporter was slapped while coy ering
protests about the cartoon Friday.

“Such acts will not be tolerated.‘~ Todd said in
the email “They will be fully inyestigated, and
those found responsible will be dealt with accord-
ing to rules and regulations."

Blanton said the reason the e-mail was sent
last night was because the student with the racial

w Todd decries threatening incidents

The resident ‘dLl\l\Cl' on frontrdcsk duty in

New North Hall. where Watkins liyes. filed a po-

lice repoit Monday afternoon alter two residents
told her someone had w rittcn profane language on
Watkins‘ door,

The UK police crime log said "offensive
w ords" were written on the door but did not cori-
firm what the words w ere. Maj. Joe Monroe of

[K police also couldn't confirm what was written

slur on his door. agricultural economics sopho-

more Josh Watkins. had spoken with the media

but said it was a racial slur,

"They know w ho I am. but next time it could
be something worse Watkins said.

Watkins. who was part of the group that talked
to Kernel Editor in ('hiel Keith Smiley about the
cartoon on Friday. said finding the slur on his door
scared him, as did the lact that someone saw him
in the media and lound where he ll\€(l.

"They can‘t eyen protest without being threat-
ened." Watkins said.

Kernel Assistant News Editor Blair Thomas

See Todd on page 3

Iraq-Vietnam comparison kicks off conference

By Jennifer Miles

news‘dkykernel com

A conference beginning tonight in-
\ites l'K students topiiii Vietnam yeter—
ans in comparing the w an in lraq to the
Vietnam War.

The panel discussion titled "Vietnam
lessons and Iraq Parallels Reflections
by Vietnam Veterans" marks the begin
ning of the Making Sense of the VietA
nam Wars Conference. which draws
scholars lrom across the nation.

Though the conference is aimed at
educators and Vietnam War experts.
panelist Peter Berres. a Vietnam veteran
and the assistant dean of the (‘ollege of
Health Sciences. said tonight's presentav

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tion is geared toward college students.

"My feeling was we ought to ha\e
something tin the conferencel lor stu~
dents." Berres said.

Lien-Hang Nguyen. an assistant his-
tory professor who organi/ed the con
ference. said the eyent is unique because
it gathers top scholars in the field of
Vietnam War history but also \eterans
and politicians. including fomter Demo»
cratic senator from South Dakota and
presidential candidate (ieorge Stanley
Mc( ioy'em.

“The conference is about the chang-
ing perceptions of and the yarious per~
spectiyes on the Vietnam War and the
historical lessons we can draw from that
war for the present war in Iraq Nguyen

said.

Fiye Vietnam \eterans will make up
the panel: Berres. Phil Desimone. hhltr
rian Robert Topmiller. attorney Henry
Watson and ('harlie O'Neill. a psycholo—
gist and associate director of l'K‘s
(‘ounseling and Testing Center.

“We come from very different
backgrounds professionally. but of
cotirse we all share the experience."
Berres said.

The speakers are expected to ex—
press their opinions on what lessons the
US. leamed from the Vietnam War.
what lessons the country still needs to
learn and what students need to know to
better understand the lraq war. A ques
tion and answer session will follow the

presentation.

Berres said there will be a broad
range of opinions represented. both cone
seryatiy'e and liberal.

(ieoi'ge Herring helped plan the
eyent and studied the Vietnam War dur-
ing the 30 years he worked at [K before
he retired.

“The conference is being held here
because this uniyersity has a long tradi»
tion of scholarly interest in southeast
Asia in general and the Vietnam War in
particular." Herring said

The conference begins with the pans
el tonight from 7 to 9 in room 106 of the
White Hall (‘lassroom Biiilding and will
continue through Saturday.

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