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IRAQ RETALIATES

Saddam carries out threat, attacks Israel

By TERENCE HUNT
Associated Press

WASHINGTON President
Bush warned last night that the
Desert Storm alliance will keep
pummeling Iraq until Saddam Huss-
ein surrenders Kuwait, but a day of
official war optimism was punc-
tured by the distant thunder of a
night-time Iraqi missile attack on Is-
rael.

“It‘s what we've been worried
about all along," said Pentagon
spokesman Pete Williams. Military

sources said 10 missiles were
launched against Israel from west-
ern Iraq.

It wasn't known whether the mis-
siles carried chemical warheads; in
advance yesterday. the administra-
tion promised to intensify the war if
Baghdad uses chemical or biologi-
cal weapons.

President Bush condemned the at-
tack on Israel and “is outraged at
it," the White House said.

“Coalition forces in the Gulf are
attacking missile sites and other tar-
gets in Iraq," Bush’s spokesman

Marlin Fitzwater said in a state-
ment. An Israeli ambassador to the
United States said on ABC at about
11 pm. last night that his country
would cooperate with the US. and
not strike back at Iraq.

Saddam had threatened to strike
Israel in the event of war. a straight-
forward bid to draw Israel into the
Persian Gulf conflict and tempt
Arab nations —- Egypt or Syria, for
example — to desert the Desert
Storm coalition.

Administration officials were
talking tough all day; despite the

early success. military leaders said
they were taking nothing for grant-
ed.

“We are going to prevail," said
Bush.

“The pause for peace is over," the
State Department said, slamming
the door on diplomacy. “The talk is
over.”

The Pentagon said just one Amer-
ican. an F-18 pilot, was killed in the
fust phase of Desert Storm warfare
but warned there might be a long,
bloody struggle to actually pry hun-
dreds of thousands of Iraqi troops

 

By DERBY NEWMAN
Contributing Writer

About 100 people gathered
downtown last night for a peace
vigil supporting an end to war in
the Persian Gulf.

 

 

“I lost a lot of friends then (in
Vietnam)." said Charlene Davis, 3
Lexington resident who attended
the vigil. “I don't want to lose any
more this time around. I have
friends serving now in the re-
serves."

Eric Spangler. a UK anthropology student from Gillette. Wyo., and Pam Williams, a UK English student from Pikeville. Ky. embraced at
a vigil held at the office of Congressman Hopkins last night.

People gather to protest war, not troops

While Davis opposes the war,
she said it could not have been
avoided. “Politically there was no
way out. I wanted something dif-
ferent I wanted this not to hap-
pen."

Others at the vigil said war still

GREG EANSI Kernel Staff

could have been avoided. Some
said that if economic sanctions
had been extended. peace likely
would have prevailed.

“I think the embargo could have

See PROTEST, Page 5

 

 

 

A prayer service
will be held at Max-
well Street Presby-

terian Church at

noon.

Vandy
next to
take Rupp
test.

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UK students on front lines demonstrate

By MEREDITH LITTLE
Senior Staff Writer

While most UK students have
been waiting by televisions or radios
during the last 36 hours for news
from the war’s front lines. a few stu-
dents are on the front lines.

UK juniors Greg Ousley. Ben
Greer and Marty Moore left the
United States in early December and
at last report were stationed in Saudi
Arabia 20 miles from Iraq.

“As far as we know they haven't
been hit," said Ousley's mother.
Gloria Branston. "We just have to
sit back and pray. but we’re pretty
scared.”

The three men are Marine Corps
reservists. now on active duty with
the Second Marine Expeditionary
Force.

Branston. at Lexington resident.
last heard from her son on about
Jan. 3 when he called from PortJu-
bil. Saudi Arabia. He said he. Greer
and Moore were leaving the next

day to set up a prisoners of war
camp close to the Iraqi border.

In an interview before the three
left for the gulf. Moore. a civil engi-
neering junior from Grayson, Ky.
described their responsibilities as
combat military police: “to take and
handle prisoners of war."

Branston has not heard from Ous-
ley since that call.

A member of the UK community
has been exchanging letters with
Ousley since his departure for the
gulf region. Timothy Cantrell, a po
litical science professor at Lexing-
ton Community College. was Ous-
ley’s professor for three semesters
at LCC. Ousley's most recent letter
to Cantrell was written on Christ-
mas Day.

Cantrell said that while Ousley's
letters showed apprehension. they
also showed determination. He read
a few excerpts.

“I'm scared. but I think everyone
is. I think it's all right for a man to
cry and run forward. It's shameful

for a man to cry and run away,"
Ousley wrote. “Being scared just
might keep me alive."

Like Ousley. many soldiers are
worried and scared, Cantrell said.
but they are concentrating on their
purpose in the Middle East. “That's
what soldiers have thought over the
years - mission first.“

Cantrell’s interest in the gulf war
goes beyond concern for a favorite
students —— he is an Army reservist.

When Ousley left Lexington for
training before being sent to the
gulf, Cantrell went to Blue Grass
Airport to see him and the other stu-
dents off. Ousley joked with his
teacher. a 17-year rescrvist

“He said ‘Don‘t worry. I'll take
them out so you don’t have to fool
with them.‘ "

Ousley‘s experience with war and
the support he has received from
Cantrell and other teachers have
changed his goals. his mother said.

See STUDENTS, Page 5

out of occupied Kuwait.

US. military officials, left in sus-
pense by the absence of Iraqi resis-
tance to the initial attacks, prepared
for a ground battle and suggested
that allied ground forces would be
moved into position near the border
between Saudi Arabia and Kuwait.

“We’re not going to stop” pound-
ing until Iraq leaves Kuwait, Bush
said.

Unconditional surrender? he was
asked.

“He (Saddam) can call it anything
he wants, interpret it anyway he

wants, but we are going to prevail,"
Bush said. “He’s got to get out of
Kuwait with no concessions
(from the allies) or no condition."

UN. Ambassador Thomas Pick-
ering warned Iraq against using
chemical or biological weapons,
saying it would 'occasion a dramat-
ic escalation of hostilities and objec-
tives."

Defense Secretary Dick Cheney
said Iraq might have been initially
lying low and cautioned against pre-

See GULF, Page 5

Split campus
debates issue

By JOETTA LYNN SACK
Staff Writer

and SHANNON ARMSTRONG
Contributing Writer

In an emotional debate yesterday.
a divided UK community expressed
its views on the Persian Gulf War,
Some argued that the United States
was too quick to war, while others
said it was the only alternative.

“War is not the answer," Kevin
Steele, campus minister at the Cath-
olic Newman Center, told the audi-
ence of about 100 at the Universrty
Forum. “I voted for George Bush tn
1988. and I voted for Reagan in '94
and Reagan in '80, and I feel my
leaders have failed me. I'm
ashamed and embarrassed for my
country I‘m tired of being hated
by other countries in this world."

“If he (Hussein) is going to be op-
posed, it has to be the US. to do it.“
said Stuart Kaufman. an assistant
professor in the political science de-
partment. “What we need to do is
support our president and troops in
the gulf. Their lives depend on our
support.“

This was the first of six Universr-
ty Forums set up this semester to
give people opportunities to speak
about international, national and lo-
cal issues, according to Louis Swrft,
clean of undergraduate studies. He
said he planned to address the Per-
sian Gulf at this meeting before the
United States attacked Iraq Wednes-
day night. “We knew this was an
important event, ibUI) we had no
idea of the timing," he said.

The event. which resembled a
town meeting. was also sponsored
by the Dean of Students Office.

After a tentative Start to the al-
most two-hour session. members of
the audience eagerly voiced their
opinions. While nearly everyone

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States Will be in the gulf “for a very
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not the troops, is to blame for the
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UK juniors Cpl. Greg Ousley. Pvt. Ben Greer and Pvt. Marty Moore
are pictured in Saudi Arabia shortly before Jan. 15.

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Sean Woods (11) and Deron Feldhaus tight underneath tor a re-
bound. UK will tace a scrappy Vanderbilt squad Saturday in Rupp.

Gym Kats look to liven up meet tonight

By AL HILL
Senior Staff Writer

The UK Gym Kats (30) will be
out for more than just a win over
the Bowling Green University Fal-
cons (I-O) tonight at 7:30.

The team wants more participa-
tion from the Memorial Coliseum
crowd with a more modern ap-
proach.

They plan to mix some exciting
gymnastics routines with some of
the fans favorite musical beats —

Vandy next to take Rupp test

UK’s eight-game winning streak,
No. 9 ranking at stake tomorrow

By BARRY REEVES
Assistant Sports Editor

It took Vanderbilt University a
couple of months to win their first
game on the road But when it
came, it came with a vengeance.

The Commodores (10-6 overall,
4-2 in the Southeastem Conference)
beat Auburn 80-59 at Joel Eaves
Memorial Coliseum on Wednesday
night.

“To go down to Auburn and beat
them like they did, you have to be
playing great basketball," UK coach
Rick Pitino said during the SEC
Teleconference yesterday. “Right
now, Vanderbilt is playing solid
basketball."

It wasn‘t always that way.
though. Last Saturday. the Commo-
dores lost 85-63 at Mississippi
State. Vanderbilt's next road assign-
ment is no easier — tomorrow at
1:30 pm. against ninth-ranked UK
(13-2. 5-0) at Rupp Arena.

“Obviously, by looking at Ken-
tucky’s record, they are playing the
best basketball in the SEC,” Van-
derbilt coach Eddie Fogler said.
“They have really improved the sec-
ond year in the system, which was
to be expected. You always expect a

thus creating more fun and partici-
pation.

“We’re going to try four theme
songs during the warm-ups to each
event — similar to what coach Rick
Pitino has done during basketball
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big jump from the first year to the
second in a system. It’s happened
here.

“I think each of their players are
better and you add Jamal Mashbum,
who I think is a terrific freshman,
then you have a solid team. They
are tough team top to bottom now."

After losing their first four road
games of the season. the Auburn
game was important for the Com-
modores.

“Winning on the road gave us a
big lift," said Fogler, who is in his
second season at Vanderbilt. “We
had played a tough conference
schedule. and I’m a believer that
a tough non-conference schedule
will help you come conference
time."

Of Vandy's six losses, four have
come against Arkansas (road), Indi—
ana (home), Virginia (road) and
LSU (road).

“Like us, their schedule helped
them get ready for the SEC race,"
Pitino said. “The best way to learn
is play good teams.”

Perhaps what is most impressive
about the win at Auburn was that
Vandy’s second leading scorer,
Todd Milholland. did not play after
suffering a knee injury earlier this

Oeffinger.
UK coach Leah Little has her
team off to its best start in eight
ears — since the 1983 season
when the Kats tumbled their way to
a 5-0 record. But it won't be easy
for the freshman-dominated Kats to
keep it going.
The Falcons are coached by Dr.
Charles Simpson, who has compiled
a record of 133-71-2 in 16 years
there.
“They‘re a good team, not a big
name," Little said. “I think they
scored higher than we did in our
first meet. I told the girls we’re not
going to be able to make mistakes."
An obstacle the Kats will have to
overcome is a recent rash of inju-
ries. Two freshmen —- Tara Kahle
and Amy Appel — both are expect-
ed to perform at tonight’s meet, de-
spite not being 100 percent free of
injuries.
Kahle is suffering from a sore
back, while Appel is still recuperat-
ing from a spill she took in warm-
ups at mt week's Klassic.
“Getting them (Kahle and Appel)
back on beam and floor would
make a big difference in the line-
up," Little said.
One bright spot for the Kats has
been the emergence of Oeffinger.
Oeffinger, one of two seniors on
this year‘s team, scored a career
high 9.6 on the vault in last week’s
event.
“Donna is the emotional leader of
this team.” Little said. “She’s hav-
ing the best year of her career and
has the possibility to be an all—
arounder. She's the backbone of our
team.“

Tickets will be on sale for the
Southeastern Conference Champi-
onship meet featuring the NCAA
champion Dee Dee Foster tonight
The SEC meet will be held at Me-
morial Coliseum March 23 at 7 pm.
Tickets for the event will cost $4 for
adults and $2 for children.

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overall, 5-0 SEC) vs.
Vanderbilt (10-

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week. Milholland. a 6-foot-10 jun-
ior center who averaged 11.7 points
and 6.2 rebounds, will be out four to
six weeks, Fogler said.

“We’re going to miss Todd,” Fo-
gler said yesterday. “He's been hav-
ing a good year. Hopefully, he'll be
back before the tournaments."

Picking up the slack against Au-
burn was sophomore swingman Ke-
vin Anglin, who scored a team-high
26 points. Anglin averages 10.9
points a game and hits 44.2 percent
of his three-point attempts.

“Anglin is playing solid basket-
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lot like Jeff Brunow in the way he
plays. He's a good shooter. just like
dreirwholetearnis.(he)scrapsand
plays good defense."

Leading the Commodores in scor-
ing again this season is guard Scott
Draud. a 6-2 senior from Fort
Thomas Highlands. Ky. Draud. the
SEC's most accurate and prolific
three~point shooter, hits 46.8 per-
cent (51-for-109) of his shots from
behind the arc. He averages 15.1
points a game, while shooting 84.2
percent from the line.

“Draud is a very dangerous
player,” Pitino said. "If you let him
get going. he can really hurt you.
But all their people can hurt you,
though.

“They shoot the ball well, mix up
their defenses really well. and they
get they have tremendoas move-
ment on offense. They create a great
deal of motion.”

Wildcat notes

-Despite their 5-0 conference
record, the SEC has placed UK at
the bottom of the league standings
with an asterisk because of NCAA
probation. LSU is atop the stand-
ings with a 4-1 mark. and Vander-
bilt is second at 4-2.

At fust, this irritated Pitino but
not anymore. “This is not a concern
of ours,” he said.

Bo doubtful to play
championship game

By JOHN NADEL
Associated Press

EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — Bo
Jackson knows greatness. granted.

Bo, however, also knows injuries.
In fact, the two-sport star has a rep—
utation — deserved or not — as a
player who will hit the bench with
the slightest ailment.

Jackson apparently won't play for
the Los Angeles Raiders in Sun-
day’s AFC championship game be-
cause of the hip injury he sustained
in the Raiders‘ 20-10 second-round
playoff victory over Cincinnati.

Team physician Robert Rosenfeld
says Jackson won't play against the
Buffalo Bills and might not be
available ft! the Super Bowl on Jan.
27, should the Raiders get there.

“We'd like to have Bo — he's a
great football player.” Raiders quar-
terback Jay Schroeder said. “If we
don‘t have him, someone else will
have to step in. We're still a good
team without Bo."

“He’s getting constant treatment.
Ik's doubtful, but you never
know.” L.A. coach Art Shell said.

 

    

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By BARRY REEVES
Senior Stall Writer

   
 
  
 

It seems as if everyone has a dif-
ferent name for Webb Wilder’s mu-
sic. It has been described as inter-
planetary Southern—roots rock. sci-ti
psycho-rockabilly, detective rock
'n' roll, swarnpadelic uneasy listen-
ing, Mississippi moderne, rockin’
droll, modebility and hillbilly goth-
ic

    
     
 
  
  
  

To Wilder it's, “rock 'n' roll —
that fits it”

“All that other stuff was never
meant to be a smoke screen," said
Wilder, a native of Hattiesburg,
Miss. “It was meant to pull people
in more because people aren’t satis-
fied with the description of ‘rock
'n’ roll.’ To be honest, we wanted
to get some attention for ourselves,
so we challenged our vocabulary.”

In mid-1985. Wilder, while prac-

ticing his interview-giving skills
with a fellow band member. came
up with his credo: “Work hard.
Rock hard. Eat hard. Sleep hard.
Grow big. Wear glasses if you need
’em."
“I think I practiced it before I ver-
balized it, you know,” Wilder said
with a small laugh. “It was kind of
what was going on and what is go-
ing on. It is what is and ever shall
be."

Wilder blends many different phi-
losophies into his shows. He’ll go
from a raunchy rock 'n' roll song in
the flavor of a Rolling Stones to a
old-time tune — the likes of a
Chuck Berry — to Southern blues
to a near country tune. That blend is
what seems to attract listeners to his
band.

“People who aren’t musicians or

     
    
  
  
  
    
   
  
  
  
   
   
   
 
   
   
    
   
  
  
  
  
  
   
  
   
   
  
   

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‘Gettin’ our chops
back together’

Webb Wilder and his band
bring ‘rock ’n’ roll’ sound
to Lexington tomorrow night

critics just have to enjoy the music,”
Wilder said. “We’ve had people
who come up to us after the show
and say. ‘You guys are great. I love
country music’ or ‘You guys are
great. I love rock ’n’ roll' or ‘You
guys are great. I love Southern
blues.‘

“Then we would look at each oth-
er and say, ‘Did we play any blues
tonight.’ We do play some blues,
but we didn’t that night.

“You really can’t put us in a cate-
gory. In a nutshell, I felt like our
bandkindofsetouttobeandhas
become a roots band for rock fans
and a rock band for roots fans.
We’re not purists. and we very
much enjoy some pop music, some
blues and a lot of other things."

Wilder and his band, which origi-
nated in Nashville, Tenn., about
seven years ago, have two discs out
—-It Came From Nashville and Hy-
brid Vigor — and are back on the
road getting ready to go into the stu-
dio to work on their third.

Wilder will play the Wrocklage
tomorrow tonight.

“Yeah, we got back out on the
road to get our chops back togeth-
er," Wilder said during a telephone
interview from his home in Nash-
ville. “We’ve got some new songs
that we wanted to see how the
crowd reacts, and we can tighten
them up, too."

Wilder had a dream. just like
many other “age-old garage bands,”
of putting a band together, practic-
ing, eventually becoming big. fa-
mous stars and making lots of mon-

ey.
“I don't know how giant, famous
stars we are, but we are electrifying
artists,” Wilder said, going into his

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tomorrow night at the Wrocklage.

Wilder said he will perform songs from his soon-to-be-released album.

on-stage voice, which is a little
deeper and more exciting. I
guess we’ve made it further than
most who start out like we did. It
could have fallen apart a long time

ago.”

Wilder said the band hopes to go
into the studio in March and to have
a new disc in stores by October,
even though they do not have a la-
bel —- yet. Hybrid Vigor was on Is-
land Records. “We’ve had interest
from several (labels) or I wouldn’t
be that confident about a timetable

to the album," he said.

The band, like Wilder, is not that
normal. The band consists of Donny
“The Twangler” Roberts on guitar,
Les James (formerly James Lester)
on drums and Cletus Wollensak.
"We go together great," Wilder
said. “They like the same music I
do and are just as nuts as me, may-

be.”

Wilder was drawn to the invasion
of the British rockers.“I guess those
guys had a big influence on me, just
as they did everybody who grew up

 

in the '605,” Wilder said. “At first, I
started playing guitar like Keith
Richards, but realized that I was just
playing guitar like Keith Richards,
who was playing guitar like Chuck
Berry. In all music, eventually you
will get down to the grass roots.”

Since Wilder’s music is like noth-
ing else, how did it really evolve?

“Part of it you decide on, and part
of it finds you," Wilder said. “It’s
like a hair style —— part of it is gov-
erned by nature. you know. and pan
of it is what you can do with it."

 

 

 

 

 

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‘Together’
entertaining

By CAROL GOWIN
Stall Critic

The empty nest. All parents
look forward to it, whether they
admit it or not. Suddenly, the chil-
dren are gone and the couple are
free to do whatever they please,
whenever they please. But if they
come back or don’t ever leave, it
could be parents’ worst night-
mare.

Playwright Lawrence Roman
brilliantly captures this “night-
mare" in his play Alone Together,
currently being produced by Lex-
ington Studio Players.

Some of the comedy's impact is
lost, however, by weak casting
and directing.

Alone Together requires the
cast to play off each other so the
audience can be drawn into each
the lives of each family member.

The Butlers, a “typical" Ameri-
can farnily facing the retum of
their adult children as well as one
that doesn’t belong to them, easily

 

 

draw the sympathies of both mid-
dle-aged parents and young adults
who can relate to this all-too-
familiar scenario.

Director Iarry Block’s debut
with Studio Players hits the mark
with some casting decisions and
misses it with some others.

One character who does hit the
mark is the father, played by Vic
Hellard.

Hellard’s performance as
George Butler is by far the best of
the bunch. There is never a ques-
tion as to who the audience is
watching, George or Hellard.

Overacting is another problem
Block needs to control. When ten-
sions are high and a scene calls
for strong emotion. members of
the cast handled their task well.

But when a more stable, even-
keeled performance was called
for, the actors (especially Paul
Bush, who plays middle son Elli»
ot) seem to try too hard to keep
the audience hanging on their eve-
ry word.

While the performance has its
flaws, the story line is still won-
derfully entertaining as it accu-
rately depicts the difficulties
faced by the Butlers.

‘Lysistrata’
not up to par

By JEFFREY R. MURPHY
Assistant Ans Editor

Attempts at updating classical
drama have been made for quite
some time. The unsuccessful are
those, who become overly con-
cerned with entenaining the audi-
ence. and therefore sacrifice the
purpose, or original flow. of the
play. Such is the case with Ac«
tors' Guild’s production of Aristo~
phancs' Lyiisirata (written in 411
BC).

Director Vic Chaney chose to
set the play in 1880s Appalachia
complete with hay bales. overalls
and long “Little House on the Fur
rie" dresses. While this gives the
play an interesting atmosphere for
the first few minutes of the pro-
duction. it wears thin as the play
progresses.

This classic comedy was writ-
ten in the 20th year of the Pelo-
ponnesian War, when Athens at-
tempted to dominate the other
city-states of Greece. During the
war, the women of the society re-

alized how “stupid" the battle was
and decided to abstain from sex
with their husbands until a peace—
ful resolution took place. The
original language of the script is
elegant while very funny.

In this production. the language
has been changed to give the char-
acters dialogue full of one-liners
and ‘dirty” jokes. That is the en-
tertaining part: but only for a
short time. The sexual innuendos
cannot continually support the
play as Aristophanes’ original lan-
guage did. There are a few times
that Chaney decided to keep some
of the characters’ speeches un-
changed. When an actor suddenly
switches to the original script, it is
as jarring as instantaneously
changing plays.

The bright spot of the produc-
tion is the cast. The group of en-
scmble actors carry the attitudes
and dialogue of the updated char-
acters qutte well, most notably
Carol Massey as Cleo, DaVid Till-
man as the Sheriff, Janet Princc as
Levici and Michael Foit as Ken-
ny. Lilla Lowe, as the “grand-
mother” character of Sally. gave
the evening's most consistently
concentrated and funny perfor-
mance.

 

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funny and not all of us got to see it the first time."

  
 

 

 

  

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Wrocklage
back with
two shows

Staff raporta

 

The Wrocklage wants people to
know that it is here to stay.

The downtown nightclub has
been a popular college nightspot for
several years, but last semester ru-
mors were circulating that the club
was going to close down or m0ve to
the site of the former Bearded
Scale, on the corner of Woodland
and Euclid avenues.

John Heizog, the club’s manager,
said the Wrocklage investigated
moving closer to campus, but nego-
tiations over moving to a new build-
ing fell through.

This weekend, Herzog said the
Wrocklage wants to let people to
know that the club is still around.

Tonight, alternative band Afghan
Whigs will perform, and tomorrow
night Webb Wilder will perform.

Afghan Whigs, formed in 1986 in
Cincinnati, is supporting their latest
release, Up In It (Sub Pop Records),
which broke in to the “Gavin Re-
port." (The band’s first full-length
album was Big Top Halloween.)

The quartet‘s music has been
called a “brainbumer ~— their music
prickles with go~for-broke potency
and hideous truth.”

Up In 1!, which was recorded in
Seattle, was described by one critic
like “the Replacements of yore (be-
fore maturity made 'em constipat-
ed), the Afghan Whigs have loads
of pop chops, which they drench in
beer, swallow and puke back out
quite charminly."

Another critic wrote of the band:
“Good taste in role models is hard
to come by these days. And, with
Up In It, the Afghan Whigs can take
their place on the ladder, waiting for
some wise-assed 14-year-olds to
stumble across this record and say.
‘This is what I want to be.‘ May

God help them."

         

 
 
  

Lexington
Ballet to give
‘New Works’

By RHONA BOWLES
Staff Writer

The Lexmgton Ballet Will per-
form “New Works ’91“ Sunday at
the Singletary Center for the Arts.
Four “newly choreographed pieces"
will be performed, said Roma Ped-
neau, the company’s marketing di-
rector.

Although the performance :5 ti—
tied “New Works." Pedneau said
that the viewer should not expect
“avant garde."

The first piece, ”Les Plaisirs,”
which was choreographed by .tom-
pany member Leigh Witchei. 1s
“very traditional and clasSical,"
Pedneau said.

"It‘s ou1ck and the music will re-
mind you of a French minuei,” she
said. The movements are so “intri-
cate that if one dancer messes up.
the whole thing could go as in die
domino effect"

Another piece was choreographed
by Maunco Revelo, a choreogra-
pher from Ecuador who Visited Le»
ington last year in the exchange pro»
gram Partners of the Americas.

Influenced by an Argentine tango
composer, Revelo choreographed
“Studio No. l of Astor Piauola" .is
a ballet to tango mUSlC.

The Lexington Ballet pertomis
“New Works ‘91 " as an addition to
its regular season. Because it is be-
ing performed at the Singletary
Center. the pieces WI“ feature "min-
imal sets, props and design," Ped-
neau said.

"New Works '91" will be per-
formed ai 3 pm. and 7 pm. Sunday
at the Otis A. Singletary (cater for
the Arts. Tickets are $10 for adults
and $5 for children under 12. For
more information, call the (his A
Singletary Center for the Arts box
office. 257-4929.

UK art exhibit
opens Sunday

“Two Centuries, Two Cities:
American Masterworks from Lex~
ington and Louisville," opens Sun-
day with a reception at the UK Art
Museum.

The exhibition combines the mu-
seum’s best late-19th and early-
20thcentury works with Louis-
ville's LB. Speed Art Museum. The
exhibit runis through May 12.

 
 

    
  
            
          
         
     
   
      
     
    
 
    
  
   
    
    
   
     
   
     
   
  
   
  
 
   
  
 
 
   
  
   
   
     
   

 " My Kernel. Frlday, January 18, 1991

Editorials contradict
themselves, without

facts; U.S.

Editor's note: This letter was re-
ceived before the Jan. 16 allied air
attack on Iraq.

Your editorial articles on January
9. 1991 entitled “Iraq’s Hussein the
real danger in the Middle East" and
“Don't act like the students of the
'603” greatly disturbed me. In read-
ing the articles, I found several con-
tradictions and unsupported state-
ments of opinion.

First. you criticize President Bush
with the statement “we wonder how
he can call himself a foreign policy
expert." However. later in the arti-
cle you assert that “Bush adminis-
tration also is to be commended for
taking its case to the United Na-
tions.”

The fact that President Bush has
aehestrated an unprecedented coa-
lition of United Nations members il-
lustrates his unique talents in for-
eign policy. Furthermore, both the
Wall Street Ioumal and CNN have
acknowledge his foreign policy ex-
pertise.

The UN resolution allowing the
coalition to militarily force Iraq out
of Kuwait received near unanimous

not alone

support from the members of the
UN. It is interesting and paradoxical
that the resolution receives no such
support from home.

Both the media (including the
Kentucky Kernel) and many mem-
bers of Congress have failed to ac-
knowledge that the UN resolution is
precisely that, a resolution with the
support of virtually all of the mem-
bers of the UN. It is not President
Bush's resolution. Furthermore,
U.S. troops are not alone in defend-
ing the Gulf region. Saudi Arabia,
Egypt. Canada, Italy, Great Britain,
Australia, France and many other
UN nations are sacrificing by de-
ploying troops in order to enforce
the UN resolution.

Second. you state that “there is
good reason to believe tha