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Timothy Jacob Wise, a social critic. spoke to students and staff in Memorial Hall Monday night about dismantling racism.

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While white people are
benefiting from past racism.
many are blinded to the priv-
ileges and racism's current
presence. said Tim Wise. a
white anti-racism activist.

Wise. who has spoken on
over 300 campuses. spoke to a
near-packed Memorial Hall
last night.

“People don’t want to
talk about it." Wise said.
“People get tense and uncom-
fortable.”

Wise. 35. learned about
racism at an early age.

Despite being white.
Wise went to the historically
black Tulane University in

New Orleans. La. The people
he met there shaped his
views of race relations today.

“I thank the colored peo-
ple in my life for instilling
wisdom and knowledge.
sharing what they have
known for a long time." he
said. Wise is a reflection of
“black and brown wisdom."
he said.

Wise has been an anti-
racism activist since he was
14 and has helped end ex-
Klansman David Duke‘s po-
litical career in Louisiana.

Affirmative action.
among others. is one of the
main misleading perceptions
in society. he said.

It is not a new idea; one
of its earliest forms benefited

white people.

The Homestead Act of
1862. which awarded 160
acres to any white male over
21. gave a leg up to adventur-
ous Americans to colonize
the West much like today‘s
affirmative action gives mi-
norities a leg up. he said.

Another incorrect idea.
he said. is he incidence of
affirmative ction in college
admissions.

Ninety-two percent of
scholarships go to whites. he
said. Three percent of all
scholarships are set aside for
blacks.

Wise said that whites.
while many are not racist.
have indirectly benefited
from racism‘s effects.

A black person is more
likely to be found guilty of
crimes, while more white
people are actually doing the
crimes. he said.

“War on drugs m it's
more a war on black and
brown people." he said.

Everyone should recog-
nize racism's effect. regard-
less of his or her race. he
said. He urged students to
challenge institutions ,_
schools. restaurants. land-
lords, etc. - and look at their
policies critically.

“This is not a black is-
sue. Asian issue or Latino is-
sue; it's an issue for every-
one.“

Members of the audi-

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Veterans share

Library of Conqress’ Veterans History Project includes
about 3,900 oral history submissions from veterans

ASSOCIATED PRESS

EVANSVILLE. Ind.
Charles Hubbert‘s night-
mares were so terrible after
World War 11. his wife hid
with their toddler son in the
bathroom as he fought the
Gestapo police in his sleep.

"I‘d scare her to death."
Hubbert. a former prisoner
of war. said. Once awake.
“'I'd yell. I‘m OK.‘ and she
would come out."

Hubbert's story is
among about 3.900 oral his-
tory submissions collected
so far for the Library of
Congress‘ Veterans History
Project.

The emphasis is on re-
cruiting World War I and
World War II veterans be.
cause thousands of them die
each week across the coun-

Donald Ritchie. a histo-
rian for the US. Senate who
was a project adviser. said
older veterans are often
more willing to talk about
the ugliness of war after the
years had past.

“For a long time people
shy away from talking about

painful subjects. They saw
friends die and feel guilty al-
most." Ritchie said. “They
have trouble bringing it up.
They don't want to burden
their families with stories."

Later. “they review their
lives. They sort out the good
and the bad They go from
wanting to talk about it to
feeling compelled to talk
about it." Ritchie said.

To get Hubbert to tell
his story. Larry Ordner. a
staffer for US. Sen. Dick Lu-
gar. attended an MIA/POW
luncheon at a Sirloin Stock-
ade restaurant in Evansville
and sought him out.

Hubbert later sat in his
home and told Ordner of
having his plane shot down
and eventually helping to de-
sign and build escape tun-
nels in a German POW
camp.

Hubbert was trans-
ferred from the camp to an-
other. but heard later when
50 men were executed for es-
caping or attempting to
leave.

“I never gave up hope."
Hubbert said when asked
how he survived POW

stories

camps.

While Hubbert‘s story is
one that movies are made of
—— the film “The Great Es-
cape“ is based on the men
killed at his former camp —
Ordner said he found some-
thing compelling in all of
more than 200 interviews he
has done.

“The people who
thought they had nothing to
say actually had the most
poignant" accounts. Ordner
said.

Lugar has prepared tele~
vision and radio public ser-
vice announcements that
were to begin airing in Indi-
ana on Tuesday to mark Vet-
erans Day.

Ordner makes it a point
to ask the veterans what it
was like to come home from
war. Hubbert said his night-
mares eventually went away.
but he knew he wasn't the
same person after the expe-
rience.

“Every time I‘d enter
the room. I'd see where the
exits were." Hubbert said.

When talking about
coming home. veterans from
different wars tend to de~
scribe varied receptions.
While World II veterans tend
to express pride and say
they would do it again.

of war

many Korea and Vietnam
veterans don’t always share
that view. said Ellen McCul-
loch-Lovell. director of the
Veterans History Project.

“What we‘re starting to
hear from Vietnam was how
hard it was to come home
and not be appreciated." Mc—
Culloch-Lovell said.

Some veterans say it is
easier to tell their story to a
stranger.

Guy Stephens. 78. of
Yankeetown. said he told his
interviewer about the day he
was liberated from a Ger-
man POW camp — some-
thing the retired school
principal said he had never
discussed with his family.

“It‘s hard for POWs to
talk to your family about
combat or what you‘ve expe-
rienced as a POW." Stephens
said.

“There's something
about POWs. we never talk
about things. I told him
things I‘ve never told my
family I don't know why."
he said.

Ritchie said the project.
which is also accepting writ-
ten memoirs. letters. diaries.
maps. photographs and
home movies. would provide
a wealth of information to
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Oral History
has storied past

The UK Oral History Program turns 30-years-old;
Malcolm X, Lyman T. Johnson among many in collection

Andrew Martin
STAFF WRITER

Terry Birdwhistell said he still doesn't know how the
University of Kentucky Libraries’ Oral History Program
got this far.

Birdwhistell and several other distinguished guests
gathered at the UK Libraries' Oral History program last
night to celebrate its 30th anniversary.

The oral history program was founded by historians.
librarians and others interested in the art of preserving
what was called “living history" of Kentuckians in the
form of interviews. which have been taped, transcribed
and preserved in archives at UK libraries.

Featured speakers last night were former Kentucky
Gov. Louie B. Nunn. state historian James C. Klotter and
Kentucky Oral Commission director Kim Lady Smith.

“Many stories you may never find in a history book."
said Nunn. who as governor
appropriated funds that al-
lowed the program to start
in 1973.

Nunn is also the chair-
man of the endowment
board and is leading a cam-
paign to raise more funds for
the program.

“We’re not ashamed to
ask people to contribute be-
cause this program is a good
thing for our state.” Nunn
said.

The keynote speaker
was George C. Wright. the
newly inaugurated president
of Prairie View A & M Uni-
versity in Texas. who was
one of the first active histo-
rians to work on the UK Oral
History Program.

Wright. a Lexington na-
tive. spoke about the impor—
tance of oral history in cap~
turing the attitudes of those
who lived through times of
racial desegregation. He has
written several books on the
racial history of Kentucky.

“His work has helped to
fill several voids in the
racial history of Kentucky.“
Birdwhistell said.

Wright expressed his in-
terest in the subject to the audience.

“I wanted to find out why men have been inhumane to

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UK alumna Jody Carbiener Dreyer Will discuss Disney‘s
corporate philanthropy in a speech titled: "Reaching Out: A
Lifestyle for You and Your Company“ at the second annual
Richard G. Wilson Alumni Symposium at 10 am. Friday.
Nov. 14. in the Worsham Theatre of the UK Student Center.
A 1983 College of Communications and Information Stud-
ies graduate. Dreyer began her career as an intern at The
Walt Disney Company while she was still a student at UK
and rose to be senior vice president of Disney‘s corporate
public service. The symposium is free and open to the pub
lic. Dreyer also will be honored at the UK College of Com-
munications and Intormation Studies annual awards dinner
at 7 pm. Friday. Nov 14. in the Hilary J. Boone Center on
Rose Street. At the reseiyations-only dinner. Dieyer will re-
ceive the college's 2003 Outstanding Alumnus Award.

Newlgquround dedicated on Washington Avenue
The arly Childhood Lab dedicated its new playground
in a ribbon-cutting ceremony yesterday at the facility locat-
ed at 149 Washington Ave. The new playground ieplaces the
previous wooden structure that was constructed in the 19705
by parents of children in the ECL program. Established in
1928. the ECL serves as an on-site preschool and child-care
program for children ages six weeks to five years. Children
currently in the program have family members who work
or study at UK. or live in the greater Lexington area. The
ECL recently received a four-star rating. the highest rating
an early care and education program can achieve in Ken-
tucky's STARS for KIDS NOW quality rating system. It is
one of only two in Lexington and one of only eight in the
state to receive this rating. The ECL is accredited by the Na-
tional Association for the Education of Young Children and
has collaborations wtth both Fayette (‘ounty Public Schools
and Community Action Council Head Start. The ECL and
Fayette County Public Schools have worked together since
1993 through the Early Start Program. which serves chil»
dren ages 3 to 5 who are “at risk" through income or devel‘
opment. Its partnership with the Community Action Coun—
ciL/Head Start has existed since 1999 and enhances the ECL
program by providing training of staff and monetary sup-
port for equipment and class materials. “During a time of
tight budgets. the Lab has managed to build an inspiring
outdoor play environment for its children and to achieve a
level of excellence that is unprecedented in its history." said
Jennifer Grisham Brown. F.(‘L director. "These achieve-
ments occurred because of a group of people who daily
have ‘large‘ wishes and are willing to work hard to make
those wishes come true. I‘m convinced that with their com»
mitment. the Lab will continue to expand and serve as a
model for the state of Kentucky”

Crohn's disease and colitis workshop offered

The UK Chandler Medical (‘enter is hosting an educational
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once said the talk was thought
provoking. Scarlett Clay. a
psychology freshman, was
surprised Wise was white
from the way he talked.

"He was very impressive,
especially (for) a white guy,"
she said. “It was inspiring.”

Others. though. were dis-
satisfied that Wise did not
propose solutions to race-re-
lated problems.

“He didn‘t really state
how to fix the problems." said
Robert Zega. an accounting
sophomore. “He really didn't
tell me the solutions."

Anna Allen. the director
of UK Medical Minority Af~
fairs. had hoped more people
could have been at the talk.

“I'm ashamed more UK
faculty could not hear him
speak." she said. “We need to
have more dialogues like
this."

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HISTORY

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other men and women I
feel it is an issue of those
with power do things to
those who are powerless."
he said.

Wright praised the oral
history program‘s broad
range of interviews, which
include Kentucky politi-
cians. everyday citizens and
national figures such as
Martin Luther King, Jr. and
Malcolm X.

Wright joked about in-
terviews that Birdwhistell
and he conducted together.

“Whenever we would
ride with important people.
it was the perfect opportuni-
ty because Terry would dri-
ve. and I would run my big
mouth the entire trip."
Wright said.

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UK wide receiver Derek Aliney had 137 all-purpose yards Nov. I in a 71-63 seven overtime loss to Arkansas.

THE LINE By Jeff Patterson

By the Numbers

162.7

- All-purpose yards per
game for senior wide
receiver Derek Abney.
He leads the SEC in
that category.

1.5

- Points per drive for
Vanderbilt, ranking
last in the SEC.

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“If anything,
the perfor-
mance against
Arkansas
ought to show
this team what
we’re capable
of doing.”

-Ul( head coach Rich
Brooks on UK’s potential

ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR

UK head coach Rich Brooks
hesitates running the flea-flicker
or any other trick play against
the Vanderbilt Commodores.

Vanderbilt is too smart for
it. Brooks said.

“I don‘t think you confuse
Vanderbilt players very well."
Brooks said. “I think they’ve got
a little edge on the intelligence
on most of the rest of this con-
ference.”

In Vandy’s 35-17 loss at
Florida on Saturday, Vanderbilt
started playing a cover three de-
fense. A few hitch passes in
Vandy‘s soft coverage made
them call for a change to a cover
two defense.

But Vandy (1-9, 0-6 South-
eastern Conference) lacks expe-
rience on defense. The ‘Dores
start nine sophomores and two
juniors on defense.

Vandy enters Saturday's
game against the Cats in
Nashville as the nation‘s 19th
best pass defense. allowing 186.2
yards per game. But the ‘Dores
rank 88th in rush defense.

Still. the Cats (4-5. 1-4 SEC)
respect their counterparts.

Brooks talked up the 1-9
Commodores in his press confer-
ence Monday.

“I think they may be the
best one-win team in America.“
Brooks said.

But UK can relate to the
close losses Vandy has endured
this season.

Against Ole Miss (8-2. 6-0
SEC) Aug. 30. Vandy blew a
fourth quarter lead before
falling 24-21.

The Cats see a little bit of
themselves in Vanderbilt.

“They‘ve gone into the
fourth quarter of every game
with a chance to win. except one
(a 45—7 blowout at the hands of
Auburn)," said senior center
Nick Seitze. “Their record does
not speak for who they are be-
cause they are a good team that
is on the rise.“

Junior defensive tackle
Ellery Moore said Vandy‘s losses
are the result of playing in the
SEC.

“The SEC is the best confer-
ence in the nation." Moore said.
“People tend to look at our team
records. but that‘s because we
beat up on each other every
week. No conference has the
teams we have from top to bot-
tom."

INJURY UPDATES

The Cats return from the
bye week as a much healthier
team. Brooks said.

The only injury of note is to
sophomore running back Arliss
Beach. whose knee has been
sore and will limit his play.
Brooks said Reach will probably
need surgery in the off-season.

BWENGE TO START

After leaving spring prac-
tice as UK's No. 1 running back.
sophomore Alexis Bwenge will
make his first start at running
back Saturday.

Bwenge rushed for 89 yards
on 22 carries Nov. 1 against
Arkansas. Bwenge has been play-
ing fullback for the past few
weeks. Ronald "Rock" Johnson
will start at fullback. Brooks ex-
pects to use a rotation of Bwenge.
Draak Davis and Beach.

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Mayor's strategy on wrong track

Lexington Mayor Teresa Isaac’s recent decision
to ignore an Urban County Council vote that
struck down her administrative policy on domes-
tic-partner benefits is more than typical squab-
bling between politicians.

The recentlyenacted policy extends benefits on
the city‘s self-operated insurance from the tradi-
tional spouses and close family members of city
employees to both hetero and homosexual non-
married partners of employees. In order to receive
the benefits, a couple must meet various require-
ments, including living in the same residence for at
least one year and having joint bank accounts and
property. The council rejected this new provision.

We support the concept of the benefits policy,
but not Isaac’s methods of preserving it. To stop ex-
tending benefits at the limit of marriage is to draw
an arbitrary line and it is not government’s place
to dictate what forms of relationships are best for a
person.

Fred Brown. the 8th district councilman who
voted in favor of striking the policy: told the Kernel
that he disapproved of the mayor’s methods.

“To my knowledge. we‘ve never had any mayor
who‘s said. ‘you can pass all [the ordinances] you
want. but I'm not going to honor it’.“ Brown said.

The Lexington Herald-Leader reported Friday
that Isaac has no intention of vetoing the council’s
8-4 vote. she said _ the policy itself will not be
struck down. Isaac told the Herald-Leader that the
policy is an administrative one, and the council’s
opinion has no bearing on her authority there. She
and some council members argue that the council
set a precedent for the policy two years ago with
the Fairness Ordinance. which bans discrimina-

tion on the basis of sexuality

That may be the case, but to have the mayor
butting heads directly with the council in this way

sets another kind of precedent. To what extent
should the mayor‘s administrative authority con—
tinue to trump the legislative and democratic will
of the council? Does it mean nothing that all of the
players in this game are elected, and they could ac-
complish more by working together?

But Isaac told the Kernel she had met the only
request the council asked of her: to increase the
standard on couples living together from six
months to one year. Some members of the council
still objected on religious grounds, she said.

She said that. as a Catholic, “if I imposed my
religion, I wouldn‘t give insurance for second and
third and fourth marriages, and I wouldn’t give in-
surance to the stepchildren," all of which are cur-
rently covered.

She said if the council really disliked the policy,
they couldn‘t stop it simply with a resolution.

“They can get a court order to say that I exceed-
ed my power or they can change the [city] char-
ter," she said.

Council Member At-Large David Stevens‘ said
there was still room for compromise, however.
Stevens suggested to the Kernel that to help resolve
the budgetary part of the benefits debate, the city
could ensure that while it would sell insurance
policies to domestic partners (which is still far
cheaper than buying one on the market), there
would be no subsidies for couples‘ benefits — mar-
ried or otherwise.

Another of Stevens' suggestions for compro-
mise doesn’t resonate nearly as well. He suggested
that to protect the community’s sense of the sancti-
ty of marriage, the benefits be extended only to ho—
mosexuals. This would pose a clear appearance of
bias, however, and could not be regarded as viable
—— heterosexuals would still be left out.

 

‘Shadydeal' hard

The temperatures falling faster than the
Bush stock market. and I think I speak for all
of campus when I say “Thank God. the se-
mester is nearly over!" -

Last week. due to spending too much
and working too little. I was brown-bagging
my lunch to class. As I pulled out a can of
Cherry Coke. one of my classmates gave me
a confused. inquiring look.

“Where'd you get that?“

When I. now a bit confused myself. of
fered that I'd brought it from home. he again
looked confused. almost conspiring.

“You're not supposed to have that on
campus. you know." he clucked.

Of course. that‘s baloney. To the best of
my knowledge. students can bring any non-alcoholic drink
onto campus that they choose. Purchasing beverages on cam-
pus is. however. a different story.

Lured by a huge payoff. UK is part of what is known as an
“exclusive marketing contract." Under this system. the univer-
sity gets a lump sum of money in exchange for only selling
products manufactured by Pepsi.

Personally. I think Pepsi tastes awful. and I only drink it if
(a) I‘m starving and need its scant nutrition to continue to
thrive. or (b) I‘m on campus and don‘t have time to leave be-
tween classes. Between the two. I end up spending perhaps a
hundred dollars a semester on little plastic bottles of copper-
colored sugar-water.

This arrangement. hereafler referred to as the “shady
deal". costs students in two ways. The first is choice.

We're an easily polarized society. Coke or Pepsi. Democrat
or Republican. McDonald's or Burger King: just about every

 

Am

mute-us!

to swallow, hurts students‘

segment of our lives can be described by the two partisan op-
tions with which we're presented. Luckily for us. the university
has taken at least one of these decisions out of our hands:
when you‘re here. you‘re drinking Pepsi.

Moreover. the shady deal hurts students where we can
least afford to be hurt: our pocketbooks. Competition has a fan-
tastic effect on prices: outside Kroger on Euclid. for example.
one can purchase a soda for thirty-five cents. With their shady
deal in place. Pepsi has no fear of competition. Sure. you can
buy Coke for cheaper. but you have to walk six blocks to get it.

The deal also has a detrimental effect on accountability. If
the Pepsi machines aren’t properly stocked. students have the
option of. well. waiting until Pepsi decides to re-stock them. If
the drinks come out of the machines warm. students have no
recourse.

I know the university is in a big-time budget crunch. and
needs all the extra money it can conjure. At the same time. the
lump-sum payment from Pepsi didn‘t materialize out of thin
air; we're paying for it. every day. one bottle of foul-tasting car-
bonation at a time. This isn't Chump change. either; millions of
dollars changed hands in this shady deal.

Businessmen and administration suits may call this an
“exclusive marketing agreement." but I prefer to call it what it
really is: a shady deal. and a transparent attempt at establish-
ing a campus monopoly.

Campus administrators should take a hard. long look at
this policy. and make the decision that‘s best for our school’s
students. not their own treasurer‘s report. Students deserve
options and fair competition for our money.

Andre-Grossmaelsapellticalseleneeandhistorysenior. Ills
ulewsdonetneoessarllyrepresenttheseeitnelernel.

 

 

WALKNTALK

Tim Wise. a white anti-racist activist and major proponent of
affirmative action, spoke last night at Memorial Hall. Here's a
sampling of students' opinions on affirmative action.

  
   
  
  
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
   
   
   
   
 
  
   
   
   
   
  
 
 
   
   
   
    
         
     
   
    
    
   
   
   
   
 
  
  
 
   
  
   
    
 
  
   
 
 
  
  
 
 
 
 
 
  
  
   
     
  
     
   
  
   
   
  
 
 
 
 
  
    
     

I think it’ll help a lot of
people out that are
getting treated unfairly.”

" RYAN AUDI. UNDECLARED
SOPHOMORE

I would want to earn the
position because of my
qualifications, not because
I was in a minority.”

- AMBER CAIN INTEGRATED
STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS JUNIOR

You can help [minorities]
financially and whatnot,
but as far as getting into an
institution, that’s not right.” ,,
- KEVIN NATHIAS. COMPUTER SCIENCE
GRADUATE STUDENT ‘

I believe the initial inten-
tion of the idea is a real no-
ble one, but the implemen-
tation of it is a complex and
conflicting issue.” ‘

- PHILIP EICHORN, ENGLISH JUNIOR 2'

It benefits me, but for
other people it’s not
fair I guess.”

- LACEY HEHL BIOLOGY FRESHMAN

 

 

MRSTOTKE-ITOR

No excuse for littering;
reduce, reuse, recycle

When we talk about littering. we have this preconceived
image of someone throwing a load of garbage out their win-
dow. or someone tossing their candy wrapper on the ground
as they walk to class. These are acceptable forms of the def-
inition. However, should there be another term for digging a
hole in the bluegrass and filling it with the same waste. but
on a more massive scale? And if so why?

Recycling is only one (and actually the least important)
of the three popular ways to avoid the damage that we do to
once beautiful land by creating landfills. Reducing and
reusing are far more important, are actually easier. and are
more efficient forms of waste reduction.

However, we cannot pretend that we can reduce or reuse
to a degree which eliminates waste entirely, which makes ne-
cycling a fundamental part of our daily actions. There are
very few. if any, people who do not assert to caring for the