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By James Ritchie
Senior Sniff “1 'riter

Recent arson pranks in residence halls may have
shocked many in the University communitv. btit UK
is not the only school that has had problems with
fires.

Since last summer. five fires have been set in pub—
lic areas at Clemson L‘niversity in South Carolina.
resulting iii the arrests of three students. said \‘erna
llowell. executive director of housing at Clemson.

()ne ofthe individuals was responsible for three of
the fires. and two other individuals were separately
responsible for the two other blazes.

l‘hc five have been subject to both tiiiiversity and
criminal discipline.

At \\'est Virginia University. an intentionally set
fire caused extensive damage to three faculty and
staffoffices in an academic building last month.

An unknown person used gasoline to ignite a pile
of debris outside the building in the middle of the
ni rht, said Bob Roberts, director of public safety at
H 'L'. He said he thinks the fire was connected to a
series of trash bin fires that had been occurring
recently in the city.

\Vhile no arrests have been made. a 55.000 reward
is being offered in the case. Roberts said: the stati—
dard $1.000 from the state fire marshal. and 54000
from the L'niversity.

Several years ago. \\'\'L‘ experienced a problem

 

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Clemson

similar to the otie L'K weSt Virginia U'

has been having with
bulletin board fires iii
its dormitories. Roberts
said.

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school's bulletin boards are
now iti ccntraliycd loca—
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College fires

UK is not alone in cases of campus arson. Other
universmes have also reported similar instances.

 

Starting > 5 tires set in public
Summer 1996 areas
> 3 arrests

November 1996 > Fire set outside

of campus building

7 years ago > Bulletin boards in
dorms
May 1996 > Fraternity house

> 5 deaths

 

 

glass or l’lcxiglass. making
them difficult to set on fire.
The key to preventing sticli
fires. Roberts said. is for the u immunity to refuse to tolerate
them.

u’l‘he community sets the standard. not the
police." he s )tlier universities report having had
occasional _ .dents of arson. btit not continually.

l.t. _lc. .y .\linger of the Indiana [‘niversity police
department said he has seen “nothing out of the
ordinary" iii terms of fires this semester at If. He
estimated there may have been one or two isolated
incidents of arson on campus this semester but no
arrests have been tnade. Fires have not been iiitich of
a problem at the L'niversity of'l‘ennessee either. said
Detective Don Cook ofthe L'l police department.

“\Vc have been really lucky." Cook said.

L'l has occasionally had problems with bulletin
board fires. Cook said. but they have not been recur—
ring. Perhaps no school has better reason to take fire
prevention seriously than the L‘niversity of North

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(Iarolina at Chapel Hill.
l‘ivc students died when a fraternity house caught

on fire in May. said Frederick Schroeder. dean of

students. lhe official report attributed the blue to
discarded smoking tiiaterials. he said.

.\s a result ofthe fatal fire. Schroeder said. the
campus has a heightened sensitivity toward fires and
probablv sees fewer pranks invohing arson than
other schools.

L'K‘s history with arson fires began this semester.
So far. two fires have been reported in lloltiies I 1.111.
one iii Blanding lower and three incidents in Kit—
waii 'l‘ower. lo date. no suspects have bceii arrested.

UK Police Chief \\'.l l. .\1c(lomas said his depart-
ment is pursuing some leads iii the incidents and is
tryitig to develop some suspects. He said a “Crime
Stoppers" spot on TV is also in the works about Kir-
wan lower incidents. “\Ve're hoping to generate
some response." .\1e(Loiii.is said.

Jury indicts
in 2 till cases

By Kathy Betting
.\'cu'.t Editor

A Fayette County grand jttry handed down two
indictments last week in cases that began at UK.

Jay McCoy. former assistant dean of students
and fraternity adviser. was indicted on 30 counts
of criminal possession of a forging instrument.
according to the circuit clerk's office.

McCoy is scheduled to be arraigned this Friday
at 8:30 a.m. at the Lexington-Fayette County
Courthouse before the circuit judge.

The indictments against McCoy stem from his
use of an lnterfraternity Council bank account.

A University audit states he misappropriated
tiiore than $1 1.000 froiii the fund.

Testimony presented in a preliminary hearing
in district court indicated McCoy admitted to
forging the checks in question by the L'niversity.

Lt. Robert Abrams testified at the time that
McCoy wrote 514.993 in checks to himself from
the IFC account.

In a second case relating to the University.
Kelly McCalla, a soldier at the Fort Campbell,
Ky.. military base. was indicted on charges of sec-
ond degree burglary and second degree rape.
according to the circuit clerk‘s office.

He will be arraigned at the courthouse by the
circuit judge at l pan. Friday.

Charges against McCalIa stem from an Oct. 5
incident at the Sigma Kappa social sorority house.

In a district court preliminary hearing Oct. 15.
joscpli Monroe of L'K Police testified McCall-a
was arrested in the house after being found in a
member‘s room without being given permission to
enter the house.

Members told police McCalla tried to leave the
house when found so the boyfriend of a member
was let in the house to restrain him.

McCalla told police in his statement that
another sorority member had known he was in the
rooin ofthe member who filed the rape complaint.

Monroe said no signs of forced entry to the
house were found. and the house door has an
automatic lock. In a statement. McCalla told
police the door to the house was unlocked.

NEW§hyte
msmdent finds

OIBIIIBM III Tennessee

KNOXVILLE. Tenn. — Dennis Coskren has
found thin s that no one knew existed.

The U doctoral candidate has discovered
three new minerals atop a rocky hluffin the (lreat
Smok Mountains.

“T ev’re new for the World." said Robert Latif.
head of ceramic processing at the Oak Ridge
National Laboratory. “'l‘hey've never been found
anywhere else."

Coskren made his find while studying Alum
Cave Bluff. a source of epsom salts for early set-
tlers and saltpeter for gunpowder in the Civil
War.

Coskren collected 26 distinct minerals. btit
three could not be identified despite chemical
analysis. leading to the conclusion that they had
never been discovered.’l~he tiny crystals. which
have yet to be named. have no known value.

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Wilder quits
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By Gary Wull

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Carrie Sterling \Vilder is stepping otit to take a
step otit.

Student (iovernmcnt .\ssociation\ executiic
director for student services is resigning this
evening at their final ftill Senate meeting of the
semester.

\Vildcr received notice before
'l‘hanksgiving vacation that she
had been awarded the \\'l\'\"l‘
(Channel 37) l‘jellowship.

She said she will be working 30
to 30 hours a week with the fellow-
ship.

lhough the fellowship will aid
in her pursuit of a job in the corti—
niunications field. \\'ilder said she
had trouble deciding what to do.

“I was torn over it a lot. I talked with my family
over 'l'haiiksgiving and actually before then."
\Vilder said.

\fter discussing it with family. friends and S( i.\
iiieiiibei‘s. she decided it was best to accept the fel-
Iowship.

“l“.vcrything is moving smoothly in S(i‘\. and it
(the fellowship) is one oftliose opportunities you
can‘t give up." she said.

S(.';\ l’residcnt .\l.lll \ja said he does not plan
to fill the third executive director branch position.

"If it was the beginning of the year. yes. we
would probably have to get a third." :\ja said.

He said because a lot of the programs have
already been established and the semester is cntl~
ing. appointing a new executive director ofstudent
services is not necessary.

lle said he will divide the responsibilities
between the two other executive directors.
Melanie Cruz and \Vendy llyland.

;\ja said he did not think having three executive
directors w as necessary.

“\Vc believe \\'endy and Melanie can handle it.
and they are ready to do it." :\ja said.

Cruv. cxectttivc director of campus affairs. said
she (files not expect any problems will] the t‘csigv
nation of \\'ilder.

“1 don't think it will really affect us since I lian~
dlcd the majority ofthe programs handled by the
student services last year." Cru/ said.

”I‘m extremely familiar with the process and
whatever programs need to be implemented."

Cruz said \\'ilder's presence will be missed.
though. since she was voted outstanding senator
last year.

Before \Vilder's term ends she will head the
Memorial \\'alk this Friday.

’l‘he walk will honor those who have died while
they were students at L‘ls'.

.r\ja said \\’ilder‘s biggest contribution in SC \
has been setting the foundation for student legal
mediation services.

This service. which shotild be available next
year. will allow student volunteers from the (lol-
legc of Law to help the sttidciit legal adviser on
cases that cotild not be settled iii small claims
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0011898 l‘BlflthllSlllllS closely related to family

By Kathy Reding

.Vi'tz'i I'll/[HIV

Romantic relationships of college age people are
closely related to their upbringing and anxieties they
have in relation to their families.

Studies conducted through L‘K‘s College of
Human l‘lnvironmental Sciences Center for Families
and Children in conjunction with four other school
have arrived at this conclusion and others relating to
marriage. divorce. births and relationships.

Stephan \Vilson. director of L'K's center. said the
family of origin impacts one's future relationship
decisions.

“The dynamics of fatiiily relationships contribute
to a general level of anxiety and that carries over."
\‘l'ilson said. For example. he said. the study shows
that young adults from more dysfunctional families
may have more anxiety about emotional closeness.
He said behaviors such as “whether we juni i into the
first relationship that comes along“ or whet er some-
one goes through many relationships. unsatisfied
with them originate through their family.

\\'ilson said the attitude that family influences
young adult relationships is generally accepted. but
the study. a cross-national survey of 1.500 under—
graduates. shows the influence statistically.

Family also colors views on marriage.

“It has a strong continuing effect." he said. “\Ve
have one model (ofmarriage) in otir mind. and that's
the one we know the best."

He said most young peo le's preparation for mar—
riage is “pretty dismal." am that more than affection
is necessary for a good marria e.

“'l‘here are a lot of things t at go into whether this
person that you like a lot is actually a good match."

Vilson said. “\\'e have high expectations about mar—
riage."

l‘hcse expectations. which often become too high.
result in divorces. he said. \Vilson said sometimes for
undergraduates. relationships and preparations for
marriages take a back seat to decisions about majors
and careers. when further down the road in life they
realize the relationship decisions were the ones that

really mattered. Young people have to be motivated
early to establish constructive relationship habits.

“Most of us learn this too late in our life." \\'ilson
said. ".\1aybe they (young adults) will say this (a rela—
tionship) is as important as a major. entry” level job
or where they move to."

Other work done within the Research (lcnter for
Families and Children show marriage and parent—
hood are no longer linked. and that it has become
more acceptable to postpone marriage and parent—
hood. lle said many people think half of all L'.S.

marriages end in divorce. btit actually. “The rate of

divorce ieaked in 1978 at about 40 percent and had
been stafile or actually declining ever since."

“The crude CS. divorce rate per 1.000 population
was 5.2 in about 1980. and now it’s about 4.6 per

 

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thousand." \\'ilson said. “However. both the mar—
riage rates and divorce rates are iiitich higher in Ken:
tucky than they are for the LIS. as a whole."

He said many marriages that etid in divorce do so
within the first six years ofthe marriages; marriages
that last to that point have a good chance of lasting
permanently. “Satisfaction. interest and the centrali—
ty ofmarriagc in each partner's life is cyclical."

Debunking another myth. \\'ilson said statistics
also show Kentucky has .1 lower birth rate than the
national average.

“That goes against the ‘barefoot-and—pregnant‘
idea." he said.

\\'i|son said the studies and statistics show fami—
lies. socicty and young adults themselves need to pay
more attention to maintaining hcalthy relationships.

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Wrestlin ’5 Monday Nitro
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wrestling product. When it came
to Dayton's Hara Arena on Mon-
day night, though, they let down
the great wrestling fans of Ohio.
Mind you, I didn’t expect much
from Nitro this week, but when I
made the trek from Lexington to
Dayton, I expected to see some at
least decent matches.
The night started off with a
thud rather than a hang, with
(ilacier going up against

Rob Parker himself. It was actual-
ly amusing to see Parker dressed
up like a member of the Royal
Canadian Armed Forces.

This match was totally useless
because it featured two tag teams
who have never won a match
before. The French Canadians
came out on top though, so maybe
they are going to turn around
their losing ways under Parker s
direction.

T hat was pretty much the way
the entire night went — one crap-

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wrestling trunks just doesn't do it
for me.To beat it all, the match
ended in about 20 seconds while
some young punks were walking
in front of me trying to find their
seats.

\YCVV didn’t try to redeem
itself with the next match either. I
kid you not, wrestling fans: the
Amazing French Canadians
wrestling the astonishing team of
Joe Gomez and The Renegade.

You know, there's nothing I
enjoy more than watching two
absolute loser tag teams go up
against each other. The Canadi-
ans did have a bit of a different
look by coming out to the ring
with a manager.

Yes, you heard Inc right, and
that manager is none other than

By Suzanne Rafield

Aries (March 21-April 19): A
strangedooking man becomes fix-
ated on you. You start fearing for
your personal safety, but you soon
realize that this strange looking
man is your father. Since you
haven t been home for three years,
his appearance has faded In your
mind, and he was just coming back
to remind you that he still exists.

Taurus (April 20-May 20):
You ive money to one of those
1,60pr who ring little bells for
money during the holiday season.
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the man begins to shout obsceni-
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you, but makes for a nice change
from the usual relentless and nau-
seating holiday cheer.

Gemini (May Zl-june 20): You
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for the upcoming. However, you
do not believe in shopping. You
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strangers, which also functions as
a way for you to make new friends.

perform stunning high—risk
maneuvers.

On Monday however, the
cruiser weight match featured
Dean Malenko and Billy Kidman.

I don't want to take anything
away from the champ, Malenko,
but Kidman just wasn't up to par.

The entire night wasn’t a total
waste, however. A match that was
a part of the tournament to crown
a new national heavyweight
champ pitted Chris “the Crippler"
Beniot, a member of the Four
Horsemen, against current TV
chatnp, Lord Stephen Regal.

Any time two of the sport's
greatest mat wrestlers hook up,
it‘s bound to be a good match.
Regal got a cut opened on his
head early in the match which

probably kept him from perform-
ing up to his full potential.

Beniot won the match, but was
confronted by his fellow llorse-
men. It appears that there is some
question concerning the loyalties
of Benoit’s manager, known only
as \Voman.

H'oman is married to “The
'l‘askmaster” Kevin Sullivan, who
is the leader of the Dungeon of
Doom. There has always been
bad blood between the Dun-
geon and the Horseman,
and it looks as if it is
about to boil over
again.

The climax of
the night was
when Rick Stein—
er called Sting
out for a special
challenge match.
After exchanging
a few blows, how"
ever, Sting turned
his back on Steiner
and left the arena.

This left all the
fans in llara Arena
with a bad taste in
their mouths.

As I was exiting the arena I
heard one fan say. “This was the
worst Nitro ever." And as
much as I hate to say it, I have
to agree.

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CHICAGO —— If Kentucky’s
defense isn’t good enough to win
another national title, as coach
Rick Pitino claims, it’s plenty
good enough to impress the Wild-

cats’ ogponents.

' “T ey get after you,” Purdue

coach Gene Keady said Tuesday
nifitt after his team committed 28

mariners against the Wildcats’
j Mun press in a 101—87 defeat.
j ~“s are up on you, bumping
you, forcing you into trouble.
They do it so well and it's very
hard to beat.”

Pitino’s team has scored 87,

 

four games since opening with an
overtime loss to Clemson.

“Everybody is talking about
offense, offense, offense. But what
wins championships is defense,"
he said.

The sixth-ranked Wildcats (4-
I) scored 31 points directly off
Purdue turnovers and had 68
ppints from within the lane. Ron

ercer was especially effective,
scoring a career-high 30 points on
l3-of-16 shooting.

Mercer, the latest in a long line
of Kentucky stars, was on the all-
NCAA tournament team as a
freshman last season and was
picked as outstanding player last
week as the Wildcats won the
Great Alaska Shootout.

“Ron is a super sophomore

with great potential," Pitino said.
“He is a special young man, and as
his defense gets better he could
have the best career of any Ken-
tucky player.”

Michael Robinson scored 20
points and Chad Austin 18 for the
Boilermakers (2-2), who dropped
their second straight game. Austin
is the only returning starter for
Purdue, which won its third con-
secutive Big Ten title last season.
Robinson is one of several fresh-
man who get significant playing
time.

“We’ve got talent,” Keady said,
“but basketball savvy is going to
take time. I think we’re going to
have some fun with our young
kids.”

The Boilermakers stayed in the

 

 

 

 

 
 

 

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Leg two of the UK women’s basketball road show
~ ' makes a stop in Columbus, Ohio, tonight as the Cats
’ Ohio State.

. - ’ Cats should be used to the road, since this
Will Weir fourth game away from the confines of
Muéorial Coliseum. They have played only one
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theCats. UK’s last win against Ohio State came on
Nov. 28, 1990, in Lexington.

5 This ear OSU is ed by sophomore forward
Larecha Tones, who scored 20 points and grabbed 14
rebounds in a losing effort against San Francisco on
Sunday in Columbus.

Overall Ohio State is a balanced team; they have
four players averaging in double figures.

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Tonight’s me will be game three of four against
lB:§fi"l(;en con erence opponents for UK, and success
t been on the Cats’ side.
Including a 68-54 loss to Michigan and the loss to
Michigan State, UK has lost I 1 straight games to Big
Ten- foes, dating back to 1990.
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minutes per game.

One problem for the Cats with only nine available
players is consistency. UK head coach Bernadette
Mattox has used a different starting lineup in every
game this year. Only Martinez and center Kim
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Shooting bricks

Basketball is a simple game; Make baskets, and
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Maybe that’s why UK has a 1—3 record.

In the Cats’ four games, they have shot below 40
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