Tuesday April 12, 2005 www.kykernel.com newsroom: 257-1915 first issue free. Subsequent issues 25 cents. THE KENTUCKY Kerrie Celebrating 33 years of independence 1 + Top wide receiver out for remainder of spring Page 3 Targeting Top 20: UK Med Center valuable to research mission Page 4 By Megan Boehnke m: kmrucxv ktnnfi For the three people gathered around a table in a desolate Student Center, voices were quiet but con- versation was flowing. Dick Purnell and Diane Cross. employees in UK‘s Disability Resource Center. sat with one of their stu- dents. laughing as they signed quickly with their hands. “()h. I‘ll brag for you." Purnell said. turning. "In the weightlifting contest. Terry lifted more weight than any of the other line- backers both times last yean" Terry Clayton half- smiled shyly. glancing down while gesturing with his hands. “I don‘t like to brag." he signed. “1 don't want to say that." Terry Clayton is a line— backer for the UK football team. And although he occa— sionally talks in one-on- one conversations. he is legally deaf. “You should tell them honestly that you are real— ly a mama’s boy." Purnell joked. causing a wave of amusement at the table. mostly from Clayton. “Yeah. I am really a ted- dy bear." Clayton said with a smile. “Terry and I tease each other all the time." Purnell said. “We get along great." Purnell has been an in- terpreter for 30 years. earning a degree in deaf education at the University of Nebraska. Cross majored in inter— preting and has been work- ing in that field for almost 20 years. As one of many ser- vices provided to students through UK‘s Disability Resource Center. Purnell and Cross work with hear~ ing~impaired students. signing for them in class. He and Cross have been working with Clayton for about two years. “I don‘t want any new interpreters here at UK." mm PM... I STAFF Dick Purnell of UK's Disability Resource Center, signs for Terry Clayton, a linebacker on the football team, during a class. Purnell and Diane Cross aid Clayton, UK's only full-time deaf student. “If he was to look down even for a minute, he is probably missing really important information." Purnell said. Seeing all the signs mm nun I sun Linebacker Terry Clayton is the only deaf football player in the South- eastern Conference. He lifted more than any other linebacker last year. Clayton said. “I am really comfortable with Diane and Dick." The duo first met Clay» ton two summers ago. After then-recruiting coordinator Joker Phillips sought out Clayton when he played football for Lo- gan County (Ky) High School. Clayton decided to come up for the summer to meet the interpreters. “I wanted to see if they were any good.“ Clayton said. laughing. After being asked to work with Clayton over the summer. Purnell decided to stay and help Clayton when the fall semester started. Purnell and Cross are both contracted by UK through the school’s Dis- See Clayton on page 2 A new alarm clock: This one runs and hides 9 By Roger Vincent ‘losriiiiCEEs’iiu't—s’ After years of cowering helplessly as their owners bash them every morning. alarm clocks are starting to run away “Clocky.” invented by a graduate student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Media Lab. is round, furry and has wheels. It takes off in search of a far-away hiding place as soon as you hit the snooze button. That you have to get out of bed to hunt it down after it rolls off the nightstand is considered good news by slugabeds such as Clocky's creator. Gauri Nanda. “I‘ve hit the snooze but- ton for. like. two hours." said the 25-year-old MIT student. One reason Clocky is so effective ~ some might say diabolical W is that it's pro- grammed to move random- ly in distance and direc- tion. It could come to rest across the room. beneath the loveseat or under the bed before it resumes chirping. “The idea is a hide-and- seek game in the morning. so you don‘t know where it‘s going to end up." Nanda said. Several investors and retailers have approached Nanda. She said she would like to see the Clockys rolling off the manufactur- ing line within a year and selling for less than $30 each. The prototype is coated in brown shag carpeting. which Nanda said she may replace with a soft. colorful fabric. Efforts to wake people by mechanical means date at least to the days of Leonardo da Vinci. l I i One of the Renaissance j man's lesser-known inven- tions was a device that woke the sleeper by gently rubbing his feet until he : awoke. The earliest known U.S. alarm clock was created by . Levi Hutchins of Hampshire in 1787. but the New 3 alarm rang only at one . specified time that couldn't be set or altered. For more information about the Clocky. visit Nan» da's Web site at http: ’web.media.mit.edu nanda projects clockyht ml. The idea is a hide-and-seek game in the morning, so you don’t know where it’s going to end up.” — Gauri Nanda, the creator of the Clocky, on the invention's purpose : Todd, mayor formally The building was budgeted at $67.2 million. but an added fourth floor raised the cost to $74.4 million. Todd said UK received a $5 million grant to help pay for the additional floor. About 60 percent of the building's cost was paid for by the state. he said. while the rest came from research By Jenna Tyler not KENTUCKY KERNEI President Lee Todd and Mayor Teresa Isaac were part of the ribbon cutting ceremonies yesterday for the dedication of the Biomedical Biologi- cal Science Research Building. Located at the corner of South Limestone Street and Virginia Av- enue. the l&5.li()0square foot facility houses laboratories and work spaces for scientists from the colleges of medicine. pharmacy and arts & sci- 911008. “We have talented faculty." Todd said. “We just have to give them the tools." funding. Todd said it is money well spent. “The real benefit will come from some of the research that takes place in these laboratories." Isaac said the building will im- pmve the state of education in Lexing- ton. “This pmject represents the joint commitment of UK and Lexington to rooms. he said. said. foster an innovative and intellectual T environment both on campus and throughout the community." she said. Edward Hall. Spinal Cord & Brain Injury Research Center. took tour groups through the keycard-controlled labs. He said each floor includes labs. furnished offices for staff. conference rooms and break director of the Hall. a former Pfizer employee re cruited to help with research at UK. said researchers have been working in the building since early February It will eventually provide space for 350 to 400 faculty. staff and students. he E-mail newsmkykernelcom l Board disqualifies Nash’s SG victory President-elect vows to appeal, runner-up Ellingsworth ‘stunned' Tricia McKenny mt mirucn min In a landmark decision last night. the Student Gov- ernment Elections Board of Claims disqualified SG presi- dent and vice presidentelects Will Nash and Michelle Bish‘ op. A majority of board members found a “preponder- ance of evidence" supporting three claims against Nash and Bishop. and found that the violations constitute a “felony." as defined in the SG Constitution and disqualified Nash and Bishop as a result of these findings. The exact vote was not released. “We will certainly appeal this decision." Nash said upon hearing the board’s rul- mg. “We feel like no student changed his or her vote based on the items in the claims. We are upset the student voice was not heard." he said. Becky Ellingsworth. who finished second in the elec- tion with running mate Kyle Burns. said she was “stunned" by the decision. “We are just going to wait to see what the Supreme Court decides." she said. Tommy Cunningham. who finished third with run- ning mate Matt Neff. said he was surprised at the decision and his inten« tion was not necessarily to disqualify any candidates. "They finale 1y got it right." he said. “I knew stuff went wrong. and my intention was to bring ac- countability to SG. and hope- fully Becky (Ellingsworth) can step up now." (‘unning- ham said. “They (the board) is try- ing to send SC in the right di- rection. and hopefully she can take the reins from there." he said. The board found evidence supporting claims made by presidential candidate Toni- my Cunningham regarding campaign spending rules that Nash and Bishop violated. The board ruled that Nash and Bishop used a tax exemp tion certificate to purchase campaign signs. By using the tax exemp- tion form. available to all stu- dent organizations funded by IIK. the campaign was not re quired to pay $1.20 in taxes and did not list the tax on their required expenditure forms. “We feel like no student changed his or her vote based on the items in the claims." Will Nash SG presudent-elect The claim said that as a result of this omission, the “candidates filed a false. sub- stantially inaccurate. and de- ceptive report to the Elections Board of Supervision. in vio- lation of Article V. Section 5. Clause C." Presidential candidates are limited to spending $600 on their campaigns and if the $4.20 was added to the Nash/Bishop campaign’s ex- penditures. its total spending would be $601.62. said Matt Kirby. SG’s elections investi- gator. in his presentation to the board. “It is unknown whether their motive was to file false expenditure reports." Kirby said. Nash told the board he was under the impression that the tax form was avail- able to all students. “Whether it is found not to be. at the time. I believed it was available to all students." Nash said. He said he called the printing company on the final day of elections. the day be fore the deadline to file expen» diture reports. in order to confirm an invoice and was asked if he was with a UK student organization. He said he replied. “Sort of." and de- scribed the 86 election to the employee. The em- ployee then asked Nash to fax the tax form in order to complete the invoice. and Nash said he did. "You can only imagine the stress level on the Thursday of the elec- tion." he told the board. “When someone says. ‘Let me help you.‘ you only say. ‘Thank you.” Nash and Bishop told the board that they admit they were over the spending limit if the tax is included. “I am struck by the non- chalance by which two experi- enced candidates have showed with their spending." Board of Claims Chairman Chris Thacker told them. “Nothing was done pur- posely." Nash said. “It was an oversight of our campaign without mali- cious intent. We will accept responsibility and whatever the board deems as punish» ment for $1.62." he said dur- ing the meeting. before the de cision was announced. The board also found evi- dence supporting Cunning- See 56 on page 6 open science research building Vimala Bonda- _ da will now work in the ' Biomedical Bio- logical Science Research Build- ing under Dr. James Geddes' spinal cord research.