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iSlABLISHED 1894 INDEPENDENT SINCE 1971

Students
missing
Madness

By Justin Willis
Stuff ll inter

The people who lined up yesterday morning in
front of Memorial Coliseum to get their tickets for
Midnight Madness were either elated or disgusted.

The 7,000 tickets, which went on sale at 9 a.m..
were handed out by 1 1:15 a.m. Out of the 7,000 tick-
ets, 5,000 were given to the public while 2,000 were
set aside for students.

Student and public tickets began distribution at

the same time. ;\ student. re ardless of the number of
IDs he or she brought, coulttlzonly receive two tickets.
Public tickets were given away four at a time.
t “I don‘t see any problem only giving two tickets to
students," said Alan (Iurtsinger. a senior public ser—
vice and leadership major, who arrived after the last
tickets were sold, “but we should have first priority."

The decision to allow four tickets to each member
of the public and two tickets to students was based on
proximity, said Kyle Moats, assistant athletic director
of marketing.

“Students were here on campus and had a closer
opportunity," Moats said. “It's harder for families to
i make it down.“

Last year students could only receive one ticket
with their ID, Moats said. This year. in hopes of hav—
ing more student involvement and a separate student
section. they were allowed to receive two at a time.

“It's bad enough we have to pay for basketball
tickets as it is," said (Jory \Voods. a senior architec-
ture major," They shouldn't put so many limits on

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the students."

“l’vc come to it every year." said Dwayne Martin, an
accounting senior. "lf I’d known they were giving them
to the public too I would have come this morning."

Beginning his wait in line at 7:30 a.m., Kevin
Kohler, a graphic design freshtnan, received his ticket
at 1 1 am. Although a little frustrated with the hassle,
he was pleased to be one of the few students still lin-
gering in the crowd who laid claim to two tickets.

Angered at the limited tickets, psychology senior
Kirby Ramsey was not so lucky.

Asked what changes he would like to see next year
to make ticket distribution more accessible, he was
quick to respond with suggestions.

“Why don‘t we just have it at Rupp?" Ramsey said.

“Next year, if they’re not going to give four tickets
to students we should at least ct to buy them first,"
said Shannon Stakelin, a speciafeducation freshman.

Although many students were left frustrated at
their inability to claim tickets to Midnight Madness,
“nothing prohibited the students from getting them,"
Moats said.

“If they were in line early enough," he said, “They
could have jumped in the public line and grabbed
four more."

By Lisa Gentry

(.iiiitr'i/titt/i/g ll '13:.

The 13th

annual

\ll‘. .illtl .\lis\
Black UK pageant will be held tomor—

row night at 7: i0 p.m. Seven contes—
tants will compete for the titles in
Memorial l lall.

Delta Sigma Theta sorority sponsors
the event on campus every year. Kendria
Perry. an integrated strategic communi-

cations senior and pageant committee
member. said the pageant is .i doorway
of recognition for black students.

"The pageant is such an important
ci ent." Perry said. “lt gives black stu—
dents .1 chance to receive recognition
they normally wouldn‘t receive."

;\ potential candidate for the
pageant must be a L‘K student and
must obtain a sponsor.

.-\ Sli sponsor fee is charged. Pro-
ceeds go to cover expenses for the
pageant. and each contestant is also
expected to collect canned goods that
will be donated to (iod's Pantry.

“(Lollecting canned mods for
(iod‘s‘ Pantry is a big dea for Delta
Sigma Theta." Perry said.

Not only are contestants collecting

canned goods. but anyone attending
the pageant will receive a dollar div
count on the S3 admission if thcy sub
init a canned good at the door.

The pageant consists of four
events.Following an introduction will be
a talent ponion, an eveningwear compe»
tition and a question and answer session.

The candidates for Mr. Black [K
are john llarris, _Ir., a business man~
ageinent junior. and Kenial Mitchell.
an accounting freshman. 'l he (Kiltlll'
dates for Miss Black Lilx' are Donna
Black, a pre-med sophomore: Shannon
\Valker. a secondary education .ind
l‘iiiglish junior; 'luliese Davis. a psyw
chology freshman; Tlove Thomas. a
secondary education sophomore; and
Toya Bailey, an education sophomore.

The new royalty will receive a
crown and book awards and will be
required to appear in several events
throughout their reign. not the least
of which is participating in the home
coming parade.

“During my year as Miss l3l.itkl ls.
l w cm to area high stliools and spoke
with students about .i!!L‘I‘.il!!‘.‘.l Lit."
said Shonda (.anada. iii .iiioiiiiiiiie,
senior and the 1090 Miss lilack l l\ "l
think it's important that \li -..ii:
\iiiei'icaii
\fi‘icaii - \iiici‘icaii role models iron: .2
predominantly white university '

(i.lll.itl.i upects to ‘t'k .i big in: i‘;‘ Mi.
especially among w hitc students.

“\Ve made .i point to iiiiitc «lot oi
predominantly white organi/aiions on
campus and off caiiipns." slit said

It‘s important for white students on
campus to understand this cunt is
held to i‘ecogni/e the accomplish
iiients oflilack students. (.anad i said.

“People want to know w by \\ c can‘t
just run for lloiiietoiniiig ()iiccii or
King." she said. "'I hey iloii‘i under
stand that we area minority in main
hers. \Vc don‘t have the s.llllt' iliain t‘s
as (white students) do to win the
lloineci iiiiing race."

\liitlt’ill\ \tt il<|»f‘\t

Satisfied?

A recent survey conducted
sought to compare the opinions
of UK students with a national
group.The students were given
one week to complete the survey,
a five dollar stipend. a free
drink fromUK food services,
and a chance to win free
printing in the computer labs
and/or $50. 379 UK students
completed the survey and were
found to be significantly less
satisfied with the following
six items:
1. The amount of parking
available on campus.
2. Commitment to racial

Plus/minus system

slain by It. Senate

Lopsided 71 —I 5
vote ends debate

By Joe Donner
Staff ll 'rirer

Students voice
problems with tilt

By Jessica Coy
Stuff ll 'rim-

the existence of the .-\+ included in the
plus/minus proposal.

"I guess we don‘t hay c any .iltciiiatiie
lint to vote for straight grades." (.esiiiid
said.

T he senate approved the substitution
in a vote of 50-3 i. That sii iptil‘l foi ttill-
sideration of plus/minus (lit n‘t imply sup
port of plus/minus itself.

Psychology chair Phillip lxi‘aciiicr
voted both for the substitution. but
against plus/minus.

“(Plus/minus as opposed to ( .l’ \ neu
tral plus/minus) made more sense." he
said. “ lfyou'rc going to hay e plus/minus.
it ought to affect (il’.\. ‘

student parking spaces, campus commit—
ment to racial harmony, library
resources and services, computer labs,
residence hall regulations and cominit~
ment to meeting the needs of coni—
muters.

Sony \Vright, an engineering sopho—
more, said he felt diversity was not cele—
brated on the UK campus.

“Everything is about black or white,"
he said. “There are no organizations or
programs for the students who do not fit
into one of those categories."

()f the multicultural organizations

“Dear Student. Your institution is
interested in systematically listening to
its students."

So reads the first line of the Student
Satisfactory Survey, distributed to a ran-
dotn sample of 1,151 degree‘sceking
undergraduate students and 120 transfer
students to gather information for the
Student Satisfaction Study.

A project team, appointed by Presi-
dent (lharles “'ethington in December

Starting in Fall 1998, L'K will be minus
plus/minus.

The L'niversity Senate voted 7| - IS to
kill plus/minus grading yesterday. :\t the
end ofthis academic year. all undergradu-
ates at all L'K colleges will get straight
ABCDF grades, with no plusscs or ininus~

199;, was lgivcnfthe :351‘ of increasingi Lhat gotexist, \Vrigllit addied, few are ever harmony. es. ' y ‘ ‘I all “m a more worthy opponent.”
# unt erstant in o stut ent concerns ant car a out or iu ) letter on campus. . “I was sur risc( saﬁ Senate (jmmc. Wu] , 'l e 'r' , ,myuww ( . ,r ,L.
w - .. g . .t f - .. .H, l ‘ . , ... . 3.l.itiraryresourcesand . . . P _ , . d , (it weltsmsi « .L
making rccommcndatmns or improvc- . ass e most stut ents cncountcr (.hairjim Applcgate. who preside over Blandford had submitted a contingency

daily is inadequate parking. according l” SOI’VTCBS. yesterday's Preceding“. substitute motion to compare the loser of

. merits.
. In return h” the 30 minutes that it the survey. _ y 4- Adequacy and accessablllty According to 3 decision ‘3“ Spring- ‘ht' the substitution vote to straight grades.
. took to fill out the survey, students “'I he number of parking services 0' computer labs. senate was to adopt a single grading sys— That ”mm”, was dcfmmj in a mm. mm

term this academic year, to take effect in however.

the 1998“” academic year. A subsequent tnotion to close debate
The senate took a straw P0“ 3‘ a "wet“ and go strai rm to voting between

ing 195‘ spring in WhiCh straight grades plus/minus and straight grades failed to

and the “plus/minus neutral" 53'5‘0'1‘ were get the necessary two~t iirds majority.

the “V0 t0P vote-getters. Th0": m") were Students and faculty once again went over

the motions to be ”'0th ”n this meeting- thc various merits. and disadvantages of

available to students is roughly equiva—
lent to the spaces available to faculty and
staff," said David (Iowan. manager of
Parking Services.

The lack of student parking spaces
within reasonable distance from her
classes drives her to park in potentially

received $5, a free drink from UK Food
Services and a chance to win free print-
ing in the computer labs or a $50 gift
certiﬁcate to the UK Bookstore.
Despite the incentive package, only
379 usable surveys were returne .
According to the study's final report,

5. Regulations of residence
halls.

6. Needs of commuters are
adequately mat.

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the project team found that “the unsafe areas, said a" senior Amy Planning Budgeting and However, professor of library science both ““9"“
- response sample was sufﬁciently repre- Stephan. Effectiveness Tom Waldhart ﬁled 3 "1‘“th to th‘l‘ loe'Schuler, student government direc»
,. . sentative of total degree-seeking, under— “One of the main reasons I miss class- tute a system which included the A+ and mr' of academic affairs and non~vozing
. ,, ' ‘ j'f, graduate population [0 be meaningful in CS is that I don't feel like dealing with students. would count plusses and minuses in the sena‘c member‘ citcd research done this
..‘ " interpreting results.” the whole parking situation," Stephan Psycholo ' sophomore Stuart Allen calculation ofa student‘s GPA. gpn’ng by North Carolina State L'niversiw
.. y 4 Compared to the national group, UK said. said he has ad a hard time using the Civil engineering professor Hans (m plug/minus trading. That “my".
- - survey respondents were significantly Residence halls, the library and coin— library. Gesund spoke against the plug/min“s syg. showed that m a] L “,5. “mic“. (”W's .
" . less satisfied on SIX items: the amount of puter labs also came under attack from See SATISFACTION on 2 tem, Citing the ack of an alternative and S“, SENATE ”h 2 ‘

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halls among concerns
From PAGE 1

“Nothing is labeled correctly
and everything is so hard to ﬁnd,"
he said. “I think that the facility is
just too small.”

The campuswide printing prob-
lem ranks ﬁrst among the com-
plaints about campus computer labs.

“Many students are frustrated
by the shortage of workable print-
ers in the labs," said Gardener Roe,
a computer science junior who
works in a campus computer lab.

Cara Wooden, an undeclared
freshman, said she is upset by the
amount of time it takes to catch an
elevator in residence halls and also
thinks hall regulations are too
strict.

“It’s ridiculous to have to leave
your room 20 minutes before class
just to catch the elevator,” \Vood-

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number of recommendations and;
possible initiatives. '-

According to the Undergradu:
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accepts, appreciates and celebrates;
diversity. '

The report also suggests sup-
port for improvements in all cam--
pus libraries, increased student
access to computers and an in-
depth study of residence hall life,
aimed toward understanding and
improving satisfaction.

Proposed initiatives include
developing a workshop series on
appreciating differences, increas-
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computer labs on campus, improv-
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help students find their way and
reviewing residence hall policies.

The project team made no rec—
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Senate

Plus/minus hurts

GPA, senators say
From PAGE 1
dropped, and that twice as many

minuses were given than pluses.
“As far as I can tell. nobody

has suggested that plus/minus
grading has any effect on how
much students learn,” said
physics professor Tom Troland.
“Let's just vote it down and go
back.”

Theater professor Mike Fried—
man spoke in favor of the
plus/minus neutral and plus/minus
systems.

“It gives professors an increased
level of discrimination and dis—

cernment between the work of
individual students,” Friedman
said.

Education Senior Amie Bird
had a more visceral reaction to
plus/minus.

“When my resume goes across
the desk of a prospective employ-
er, he sees my GPA,” she said.
“We want to get jobs. You guys
want us to get jobs. Plus/minus"
won’t help that.”

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cam- MIRROR 'MABESﬁ'n‘od Sill: (ahot'e) play: the l 0-year-old Tommy with the effort/err charm of” retrained
ll??? veteran. thit Ray (top) also giver an affix-hie performance (13' the older I'm-tion. H I
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.1,“ Surf] Critic here, providing multiple levels and malicious, unholy and unforget—
iclude . ; . . . entrances which allow the ensem— table. _ . .
ies on '. l There is avsingle word which blc cast to flow on and off the . l‘ueling the'inlerno surround~
creas- ‘1 sumsyup the L‘is Ihea’tcr Departg stage. . , mg these leading talents are the
talent .- ment 5 production of The W ho s Scorching the‘ stage from the hard. lean bodies oi the ensemble
‘l’mV’ 7; Tommy. first moments of the overture is east. ltrika Sclinielyer andloseph
ries to ti llot. . , .\lelanie—sha ()nkst as \lrs \\ alk— \ erciglio are among the bestgm
w and l . T his production is hot. llot er. lommy s mother. [he volup— the ensemble, maintaining lull
cies. ‘5 like steam. llot like lava. Hot like tuous ()nkst portrays both the energy 111’ their characters even
.0 rec- the hrcs ol hell.‘ passionate lover and caring nioth— when the locus is elsewhere. (.om~
av ini- (get the idea: | . er with equal savvy. liming l ields
“'1le .. Costume designer . .\elson ‘ Stefam :\. Knorr rocks the Loschmann s choreography and
Fields drapes his cast in steel, (turgnol as the Actd Queen, domi- the unabashed energy ol these
leather and flesh. The result is a nating the stage in Ficlds’ version young performers. 'I'rmmiv scores a
seamy marriage to the driving beat ofa hard-core biker‘s fantasy mis- hit on almost every level.
__ of Pete ’l‘ownshend’s score. At tress. Laura Kristin Burkhart Surprisingly. the real star of
first Charlie Calvert‘s set design launches the second act as the l’in— this production does not attend
)rk of seems sparse. but the naked metal ball “Vizard. belting out the rock L‘K. .lerrod Sills plays the l()—
:dinan provides the jagged edges that opera's most famous tune. year—old 'l‘omiiiy with the daring
frame the action of the produc- Spencer D. Christensen exudes .ind polished style of a veteran
_, Bird ‘ tion. the same dark passion as 'l‘ommy’s thespian. Awash in a turbulent sea
ion to l Director/Choreographer john bullying cousm Kevin. (Ihris-_ of light. sound and music, Sills is
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statements are scattered throughout the album,
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caoheable to an American audience.

The band’s ﬁrst single, “Tubthumping.” has
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and a demagoguc-sounding Englishman giving
a short speech about how “people matter."

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song itse f, a catchy all-out, synth-pop tune
with really singablc lyrics.

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to “Tubthumping.”

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contains a little more guitar than “Tubthumb-
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kind of lyrics that stick in your head for days on
end. “Do you suffer from long-term memory

loss?" Alice Nutter sin s. After listening to the
song enough, you will have some dclinitc holes
in your memory as the simplistic beat slowly
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before and after certain songs.

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rather drunk sounding entleman says. “I only
recognize two tunes, ‘. ilent Night’ and ‘God
Save the Queen.‘ and I only know which is
which because one of them, everybody stands
up for.” This includes background music that
sounds like it is straight out of Austin Powers.

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good on the first couple of listens, but goes

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down in history beside such greats as the ed-
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Todd Hash, editorial editor
Jenniier Smith, editor in chief
Chris Campbell, managing editor
Brett Dawson, associate editor
James Ritchie, news editor
Brian Dunn, assistant news editor
Dan O'Nelll, entertainment editor
OJ. Slaplelon, entertainment editor
Ashley Shrewshury, columnist

stiffed at ticket distribution, aren’t you getting
used to it yet? Aren’t you getting the picture?
Students, in the eyes of UK Athletics, are sec-
ond-class citizens. Yesterday’s Midnight Madness
ticket distribution only provides more proof.
Students were allowed two tickets apiece to the
most festive basketball practice of the year. Not
such a bad deal, really, though it’s a little shady that
students who brought multiple IDs couldn’t claim
two more tickets. Our real beef— like a

u re you really surprised? After years of getting

student line also was the line for football tickets, so
students who wanted both had to go through that
line. And by the time students who got in the stu-
dent line at 9:30 got their tickets, the general public
line was closed. OK, critics will say, why didn’t stu-
dents just get in line before 9230? Good question.
Maybe the answer is class, which we’re told some-

times starts as early as 8 a.m.
The Midnight Madness ticket distribution is a
good idea, one that assures students and other fans
a spot in Memorial Coliseum even if they

lot of students’, judging by the phone calls IN UUH UPINIU

attend Saturday’s Homecoming football

we got yesterday — is that members of the
general public were allowed four tickets apiece.

We understand that families want to attend
Madness, and work and school conﬂicts keep multi-
ple family members from showing up to pick up
tickets. But — and maybe we’re getting crazy here
— we keep hanging on to this naive ideal that Mid-
night Madness should be for students ﬁrst.

The athletic department would have you believe

game.

A better system would allow students to pick up
two tickets per ID, allowing them a total of four.
And an ideal system -— one that UK would never go
for — would allow students to claim their tickets on
Monday morning before opening the distribution
to the general public later in the day, or even (dare
we think it?) the day after.

In a perfect world, events like Midnight Madness

that students had all the advantages yesterday. After
all, we could pick up tickets in the student line then
jump to the general public line for extras. But the

would cater to students ﬁrst. This, of course, isn’t a
perfect world. And yes, we’re just a little bitter.
But we’re not surprised.

Realities Ill liie lll
Russia require a
diiierent approach

To the editor:

It’s all too often that we Amer—
icans self—righteously and ethno-
centrically cling to our “good”
and “bad" paradigms when
observing events overseas. We
relate our own notions of religion
to societies that, despite a diet of
CNN and armchair research, we
cannot fully understand.

Picture this: You are a twen—
tysomething living in Russia
today. Your sister republics don’t
want to speak your language any—
more, and some resent your pres—
ence. Your children may end up
speaking Kazakh or Ukranian,
languages you never learned
because you were state-reared.

It’s very difﬁcult to ﬁnd work
even after an education, and you
may not get paid for months even
if you do. None of your friends

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have time to socialize and toast
vodka as in the old traditions;
everyone is scrambling to make
money in the fledgling market.
Your grandparents may have
retained a few icons or some sem-
blance of religion, but it’s not
likely. How can you feel proud
and united in such a situation?

By reco nizing the Russian
Orthodox Ehurch as the domi—
nant religion, Boris Yeltsin is try-
ing to emerge as a strong leader.
Orthodoxy has to a degree bound
Russia together before. For more
than 70 years, people have not
been allowed to worship accord-
ing to their traditions in Russian.

Many of the former Soviet
Union republics have put similar
restrictions on religion, trying to
regain identity. In these cultures,
identity now comes before per—
sonal liberty. It’s a concept few
Americans could possibly under—
stand; we always want both, and
don’t have to sacriﬁce one for the
other.

David Hicks is correct in say-
ing, “Russia is not Amer