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Chelsea Clinton talks policy during UK visit

_By Juliann Vachon
Jvachon@kykernel.com

Students filled the Cats Den to ca-
pacity yesterday while others listened
on the patio outside as Chelsea Clinton
answered questions about her mother’s
stances on everything from energy poli-
cies to the war in Iraq.

“I support my mom so passionately
not just because I‘m so blessed that she
is my mother." Clinton said. "but also as
a young voter and as a young woman, I
believe that she is the stronger and more
progressive and more prepared candi-

me. and I would think on issues that re-
ally matter to you.“

Clinton. 28. is visiting colleges across
the country to speak with students and
campaign for her mother. Sen. Hillary
Clinton and former President Bill Clinton
toured the state last week. making the for-
mer first daughter the third Clinton to vis-
it Kentucky in less than a week.

But yesterday's forum provided a
different atmosphere, one without the
abundant banners. signs and continuous
cheering of her parents‘ campaign stops.
It was meant to be less of a rally and
more of a chance for students to ask
about issues that mattered to them.

Nine people. in the audience of 250.
asked questions on topics such as immi—
gration refonn. racial profiling of Mus-
lim Americans. the close democratic pri-
mary race and veteran's rights.

The first question came from a student
wanting to know what Clinton would do
to end mountaintop removal in Kentucky.

Clinton said her mother would focus
more on looking at the needs of individ-
ual communities and would require that
environmental impact studies be done
before mining could begin, something
she said the Bush administration has

date on the issues that really matter to

See Clinton on page 5

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As his 4-year career as a
UK basketball player ends,
Ramel Bradley prepares
to release his debut album

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The same old Ramel Bradley‘walked into
the studio. His beige Nikes matched his beige
jacket perfectly. His hair was perfectly
brushed; his smile flashed perfectly from his
face. He stood confidently before the micro-
phone as producers prepared another track for
him to rip. .

He appeared to be just that: the same
old Ramel Bradley.

Then the music started and the words
jumped from Bradley‘s mouth, and one
thing was clear: this was a different Ramel
Bradley.

And that's what Bradley is looking to

show when his debut album. titled “Do You
Know." is released April 15. He wants you to

' know the Ramel “Smooth" Bradley the streets

of Brooklyn and the basketball courts of Ken—
tucky helped shape.

“I just have a talent and a life and emo.
tions that l go through." Bradley said.
“That's what I want to bring to everyone
else. Let them know a little bit more of me.
Step into my world, see how I see things."

'00 You Know’ Ramel?

Ramel Bradley did not hide in the shad~
ows during his four—year career at UK.

He was the confident. if not a little
cocky. point guard who challenged 7-foot—
ers to"‘do something." threw up the Roc
symbol to represent his Brooklyn roots and
touted his "Smooth" nickname before he
put on a UK uniform. ’

Off the court. Bradley still has the con-
fident air. He always “has to look good.
baby." He walks through the studio with the

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that he had on the court.

But he insists his album will show a dif-
ferent side of the Ramel so many UK fans
grew familiar with.

Bradley credits his childhood in Brook-
lyn as one of the biggest influences on his
aspirations as a hip-hop artist. It was there
~ a city known for producing rappers like
Biggie Smalls. Jay-Z and Fabolous. all of
whom Bradley cited as influences ~ that
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Budget compromise cuts higher ed by 6 percent

By Jill mtg

jlaster®kykernelcom

After working through the night
and into yesterday moming. House
and Senate leaders have agreed on a
$l9 billion state budget that includes
a 6 percent cut for higher education
over the next two years.

The budget would cut higher
education funding by 3 percent on
top of a 3 percent cut enacted by
Gov. Steve Beshear for the fiscal
year ending in July. If approved by
the full House and Senate. and the
govemor. UK's funding would be
reduced by $10 million each of the
next two years from the original
2007 budget.

Unlike the plan passed two
weeks ago by the House of Repre-
sentatives. the budget approved
yesterday by the conference com-
mittee contains no cigarette or
gasoline tax increases.

The state would instead use oth-
er methods to fill a $900 million
shortfall over the next two years. in-
cluding taking an additional $7 mil-

lion from state lottery revenue each
year. About $85 million would be
generated by not replacing about
3.400 state workers after they retire
this year. and the state would restruc~
ture its debt to delay paying about
$50 million for a few years.

The House and the Senate ap»
proved cuts for higher education in
the separate budgets that each body
produced in the last few weeks. al—
though none as high as the reduction
proposed by Beshear in December.

Beshear enacted a 3 percent cut
for this fiscal year and recommended
a 12 percent reduction on top of that
for the next two years. The House
approved maintaining the 3 percent
cut. while the Senate approved a to-
tal higher education cut of 6 percent.

In a statement yesterday.
Beshear said he is disappointed the
proposed budget does not include
plans for raising money.

“As you recall. I proposed not
one but two plans for recurring rev-
enue - namely expanded gaming
and an increase in the state‘s low
cigarette tax _ in an effort to move

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the state forward in the areas of edu~
cation. health care. public safety and
economic development." Beshear
said. “The House of Representatives
made its own proposal for additional
reyenue. However. the Senate major
ity has refused to consider any new
revenue options.

“Without much needed rccjiiring
revenues. these and other vital ser«
vices will not be adequately funded,"

UK's Top 20 Business Plan
called for an increase of $20 mil-
lion cach year from the legislature.
A cut of 5H) million may have a
negative impact on UK‘s plans.
said Brad Cowgill. interim presi-
dent of the Kentucky Council on
Postsecondary Education.

Because all of the terms of the
committee's 'deal have not become
available yet. (‘owgill said he does
not know the specifics on the agree-
ment for funding. However. he said.
higher education fared well consider-
ing the circumstances.

"I‘m still very encouraged by that
considering the cut could have been
considerably deeper." Cowgill said.

How any cuts will impact stu-
dent tuition will be known by
April. when UK decides its tuition
increases. in 2006. the same year
the state approycd UK‘s request for
$20 million in increases each year
of the 3006-th budget cycle. tu-
ition went up ll percent. In 2007.
tuition went up 0 percan

Before the budget can become
official. it must pass through sever--
al steps between now and the end
of the 2008 session of the General
Assembly on April l5.

Now that a compromise has
been reached. the legislature will
likely vote on the budget Wednesday
aftemoon. going to the House and
then the Senate. legislators would
not vote on individual portions of the
bill. but the budget as a whole.

If approved. the budget proposal
will move to the govemor‘s office
Wednesday. Beshear would have un-
til April l4 to examine the budget.
during which time he could veto all
or pan of the document. In that case.
legislators would be able to oven‘ide
vetoes by Apnl l5.

Downtown hotel
plan goes up
for review by city

By Bobecc_a Sweeney

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A meeting will be held today that could determine
the future of the hotel development that is proposed
for the Rosenberg Block.

The block _. located between the comers of West
Main and South Upper streets and West Vine and South
Limestone streets _, is currently home to popular bars
and music venues such as The Dame. Mia‘s and
Buster's.

Most of the block is within the Courthouse Area
Design 0y erlay Zone. so the (L‘ourtliousc Area Design
Review Board must approve the intended design of
the building before the process can continue.

The public meeting will be held at 2 pm. today in
the Council Chamber on the 2nd floor of the Lexing
ton-li’ay'ette Urban (‘ounty (iovemmcnt Center located
at 200 E. Main St.

Susan Straub. communications director for Lexing
ton Mayor Jim Newbcrry. said the meeting will coycr a
wide range of topics. including demolition permit appli—
cations. the Downtown Mastei Plait and the (‘entrePointc
project.

“This is a required step of the process. They have
to get cenain approval from the city before they can
move on." Straub said.

The Courthouse \rca Design Review Board‘s do
sign guidclincs try to preserve ilic cliaiactci oi dow l‘i'
town and allow inipi‘oycnicnt.

The guidelines state: "Preservation ot l.c\ingtoii\
heritage is important to its sense ol coittiiiuiiity and il\
economic development Many ol the structures in the
Courthouse Area hm c historic \iiluc. c\cn some that
hay c experienced alterations. lt l\ important to coiisid
er the significance ot their cliui‘actcpdctiriing leatuics.
including basic forms. materials and \ic‘ldlis when
planning improycincnts "

Bcforc the l'CHC“ boiiid approycs the Centre-
l’ointc project. ll will dctcrminc whether or not the
project adheres to thc board‘s tour i‘tLlle' principles of
design. Tltc project must maintain ti t.ic.ir dctinition ot'

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W ith 4 days left.
Beaux Arts Ball
loses venue

Bi Alice "amend

arraymmid i‘kykei riel tom

licau'x Arts Ball. ilic .lltlltldi (‘ollcgc of Design
cycnt that l\ \c‘hcdttlcd loi Saturday night. lost its
\cnuc yesterday w hcii an inspection rcyctilcd th.it ttic
budding did not meet city building codes

Kristi Huthlci. the dirccloi‘ ol thc licain \i't~
Foundation this ycar. said she and lici staft wcic cy
pccttng cycrything to run smoothly lills w cck. .v\li oi
their preparations had bcco madc

But .it i p.m. yesterday. tlic lcxington i‘ll'L‘ lie
partmcnt and Building lnspcction told ltuchlcr that
the warehouse cannot housc the c\ cot because it does
not have a spi‘iiiklci systcni The chm Arts Hall
cotttmltlc‘c hopes in ltltd .t new \cnuc today

”Oby iously this is soit ol disastrous and not L'\tlki
ly the best situation." said Buchlcr. an interior dcsign
senior. “We would rather not have to move it. but we
wanted to work with the city and w c wanted to
make sure cwryonc was mic .is w cll ”

About .i month ago. student orgiiiti/cis decided on
the building. an old warehouse .it 10o ”Icht‘l') St oli
Ncw'town l‘ike. It was the fouith \cnuc they had looked
at since they began planning in August. Buclilcr \tllti

Yesterday. the Beam ‘\l‘ls committcc mcmbcrs div
rounded the stage on Hickory Street and hoped the buscs
that had been rented to proyidc transtwtation from Rupp
Arena to that \cnuc would be able to bring ball partici
pants to the new location wherever it may be

The comtnittcc worked the rcst ol the day on find
ing a new location. and with the help ot city officials.
whom Buchler said have been supportiyc. she said
they hope to make an arrangement by this .ittcmoon

The ball has brought thousands of people out in pre-
vious years to unlikely locations. including a parking
garage. a horse sales barn and a tobacco wiucbousc.

“It‘s a lot of people. and we always kind of want

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Friends, peers remember Keightley as ‘a father figure’

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They were "his boys.“

The ones who were there with Bill
Keightley before every game. before
every practice. before a lot of the players.
coaches and trainers got there. The ones
who helped Keightley push the towel cart
and who got the jerseys and equipment
ready for the players and coaches when
they needed a hand.

Generations of managers like Zach
Murphy. Dustin Marr and Will Cariip—

bell have shuffled through the halls of

Rupp Arena with the upbeat Keightley
by their side.

And when the basketball team opens
its season next year for Big Blue Mad-
ness. another group of managers will
once again do their Job as Keightley did
with such effortless enthusiasm over the
last five decades,

But Keightley’s seat will be notice-
ably empty. The alw'ays infectious grin
that smiled upon L'K basketball for years
will be gone. And the managers will carry
on. remembering and honoring the man
that taught them how to act like men.

"He taught Us things that we will
take with us for the rest of our lives."
said Murphy a senior. 'lt helped us as a
group to mature and brought us close
together. He was really like a father tig—
ure to us.

Keightley. affectionately known as
“Mr. Wildcat." died on Monday in
Cincinnati while making his annual trip
to the Cincinnati Reds‘ season opener.
He fell While getting off a bus at Great
American Ball Park and was taketi to
the University of Cincinnati Hospital.

lntemal bleeding front a previously
undiagnosed tumor on his spine caused
his death. according to doctors at the
hospitals,

Gillispie. the players and the man—
agers sat together in front of reporters
yesterday at a news conference to talk
about a man who “made a difference in
so many peoples' lives on a daily ba-

is " Gillispie said.

“It didn‘t matter how' old you were.
it didn't matter how young you were. it
didn‘t matter what. he was something
else." a softsspoken (iillispie said. "We
all have been lucky enough to have a
great example of someone that showed
us what having the spirit of life means.
and that person celebrated life on a dai—
ly basis. You never want those lives to
end."

As Gillispic and senior guards
Ramel Bradley and Joe Crawford spoke
during the _tl- minute news Lorilerence.

 

Entiipment manager Bill Ker ghtley shakest the

national Championship team at halftime oith to UK as Alanama game or wllrirrl; lu-

Murphy sat to the side with the other
managers as he tried to fight back tears.

All three managers . who like the
L' K players were called Keightlcy s boys
W said they could always go to KLightlcy
with any problems they had and he would
be there to offer support.

“It didn't matter what time of day
you walked intothis office. his lace itist
lit tip when he was with you. and it llll~
ed your spirits." said Marr. a senior.
"You forgot about all of your worries
when you went to Mr. Kcightlcy‘s of
fice. [t was kind of our escape from the
outside world."

Gillispic said Keightlcy offered that
same uplifting spirit and support to the
players and coaches throughout this
season as he often did in his 48 years as
equipment manager At first. (iillispic
could not figtirc out why every body.
young and old. was so quick to grayi—
tate to Keightley when he entered the
room.

it didn‘t take him long to understand

"I wanted to spend all my time w itli
Mr. Keightley. and everybody does."

(iilhspie said
in their four years at l'K. Bradley and
(‘rawfot'd have been around ls'eightlcy

more than any ot the current coaches or

other players During their tour tip-arid
down seasons at l'K. the two said there
would be times when they did not want to
practice because they were having a
tough day

But Kcightley would quiLHy put a
smile on his face. \tltl Bradley. w ho res
terred to is'eightley as “Big Smooth."

"it I was upset or reeling still‘iL‘ kind
of way. when you w alked in he w as gr»
mg to grab you and hold you real tight
and tell you. 'You‘i'c my boy |.ittlc
Smooth.’ " Bradley said. "He made mc
lcel like I was his tavorite. and this
thing about it is. he made everyone feel
like that."

\laiiy oi the people w ho w crc close to
Kcightlcy said his love and aitection for
his ('ats came \L‘L'tilltl-ltlrlltllte. .\t one
poirit this season. Keightley broke down
in tears alter a short handed l'ls' team \lll'
lei‘cd a llii‘L‘L‘-potlil loss lo the llleit .\t! l

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