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By Gary Wult

Associate News Editor

Another chapter in the continuing lus/minus
saga unfolded as plus/minus grading for e graduate
sc ool was approved by the University Senate.

After an hour of discussion, the senate voted 35-
32-2 to include the graduate school with ﬁve other
colleges in implementing the controversial grading
policy.

In many aspects the meetin resembled every
other plus/minus debate in the ﬁst two years. The
same issues of consistency and fairness covered in
other council meetings saw the light of day a ain.

The onlychange was an amendment a ding an
A+ to the grading policy. Prior attempts by other
colleges to ave an A+ had been defeated before yes-
terday’s approval by the graduate school.

Mandy Lewis, Student Government Association
College of Social Work senator, called for consisten-

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“What anut compensation for the College of
Arts and Sciences and other colleges with
plus/minus? Ifyou have it in one college and not
another you are going to have people complaining,
‘I’m not being compensated for this and that ..."'
Lewis said.

Constance \Vood, acting dean of the graduate
school, supported plus/minus in the graduate school.

“The system (was) motivated from the fact that a
great number of graduate faculty wanted a ﬁner scale
ofgrading a graduate level class,” Wood said.

On the other side of the debate, Michael
Tomblyn, SGA graduate student senator, thought
the plus/minus system would create more problems
than it would solve.

“We don't have the top graduate students in
the country for the most part, so we don’t get the

eople who get As in every class, so we are going to
ose a lot of people who would otherwise fare well,”

School to get plus/minus

Tomblyn said.

He said grades in terminal degree programs are
irrelevant since those students’ focus is ()l)[.‘llniliL! the
highest degrees available in their ﬁelds. A

Joan Callahan, philosophy professor, said a Lini-
versitv-wide policy needs to be in place.

“If we do make this change it needs to be made
very clear that this is the system that everyone
should use," Callahan said. '

She added when some professors grade on
plus/minus and others don't, it puts some students at
an advantage and others at a disadvantage.

\Vith undergraduate students [llklliif 500— and
400(i-level courses, grading students ~could be a
dilemma.

Hans (iesund, a civil engineeringr professor, said
he would have a problem ifhe had to give two differ-
ent grades, based on the different grading scales, to
an undergraduate and graduate student who
deserved the same grade.

PHOTOS BY STEPHANIE CORDLE Kernel stir/f

[mill ACCESS? Special edueation senior Pam Hancock demonstrates the
difficulty of opening the door in Taylor Education Building since there is no
handicapped button fbr it. The narrow ramp (right) causes prohlemsﬁir her.

Campus not truly
accessible too all

By Capri Cicero
Staff Writer

Although the Americans with Disabilities Act was
passed in 1990, UK still has steps to take before it is
fully compliant with ADA’s guidelines.

Students with disabilities say they feel it will be a
long time before precedents are set for ADA really
to take effect.

According to Darrell Mattingly, computer science
graduate student, and Pam Hancock, special educa-
tion senior, there are too many gray areas in ADA
for it to have helped the way they hoped it would.
“The ADA is the bulldog, but it’s the people with
disabilities that have to put the teeth into the bull—
dog,” said Mattingly.

Hancock, who has done research on UK’s history
of compliance with disabled access, said UK was a
“front-runner in breaking down barriers” from 1969
through the early ’805. Since then, however, UK’s
progress has slowed. In some students’ opinions,
UK has not yet fully complied with Section 504 in
providing complete program accessibility.

The goal for students with disabilities is simply to
be a competent part of the work force; indepen—
dence is ideal. It is imperative, Mattingly and Han-
cock said, that students with disabilities have all the
opportunities other students have.

The bus systems are a prime example. LexTran
has not yet provided lifts on all of their buses. As a
result, a student in need of a lift may wait 40 min-
utes at the same bus stop to get to school, Hancock
said.

Although Hancock said she has spoken to the
Afﬁrmative Action Ofﬁce on campus, the Depart-

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tions manager,
nothing has been
done.

Hancock said,
“The treatment
should be equal,
not preferential.

They don’t want
to listen to my excuses (for not paying tuition); why
should I have to listen to theirs?”

Steve Rowland, general manager of LexTran, said
they are simply waitin on money from federal
grants to continue with plans to equip every bus
with lifts in the next few months.

But bus systems are not the only problem. Han-
cock and Mattingly noted the inconvenience of a
class having to be moved several times simply to ﬁnd
an accessible location for students with disabilities.

Besides being inconvenient, it doesn’t motivate
other students to accept students with disabilities
socially. It is problems like this that Hancock and
Mattingly say students with disabilities should not
have to worry about. Problems begin as early as reg-
istration time for students with disabilities. While
there are maps available, none of the maps note the
routes that are accessible to wheelchairs. So students
must learn the ropes alone.

Mattingly, recipient of the Adelstein Award, an
award for outstanding students with disabilities, is

active in bringing awareness to UK. It is hard,

though, he said, when service providers seem to
think “they know better how to take care" of the
student than the student does.

Both Hancock and Mattingly stress the impor—
tance of having a positive attitude. They point out
that while many providers within the University
want to do the right thing, they just don't know
how.

It is imperative to consult students before making
changes,” Hancock said.

Mattingly and Hancock expressed hopeful atti-
tudes about the future.

“The long and short ofit is that UK has made
impressive improvements in some areas while in
other areas not as fast as I had hoped,” Mattingly
said. ,

“No matter how good UK is now, its ultimate goal
should be full and complete accessibility, campus-
wide.”

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Simpson to pay
$25 million in damages

SANTA .\1t).\'l(l.~\, (Ialif. ~— A jury yesterday
heaped $25 million in punitive damages on ()._l.
Simpson for the slayings of his ex-wife and her
friend. saddling him with more than twice the
debt even his pursucrs say he can pay.

The judgment is on top ofSh'5 million in com--
pensatory damages awarded last week when the
jury repudiated his murder acquittal and found
Simpson liable in the l‘N-i slashing deaths of
Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald (ioldman.

“binding 0.]. Simpson liable of the murders
and acting with oppression .ind malice was one of
the easiest decisions l have ever had to make,"
)lll'rir .\'o ll, a white woman in her ills, said at a
news conference.

The iury. characterized by the media as mostly
white and tontrastcd with the mostly black jury
that attpiittcd Simpson of murder. said race had
nothing to do with their decision.

“\Ve went by all the evidence and it had noth-
ing to do with the color of .\1r. Simpson's skin,"
said iuror No. 400, a white woman in her 50s or
(dis

Eight charged in alcohol poisoning case
FROSTBURG. Md. -~ Fight students at
lirostburg State University were charged with
manslaughter in the alcohol poisoning death of a
freshman who got drunk at a fraternity party.

The freshman. _lohn l'iric Stinncr. ll), con—
sumed at least six beers and If.’ shots of vodka in
two hours at the off—campus Kappa Beta Zeta
party. :‘xllegany (I: ninty State's Attorney Lawrence
\V. Kelly said .\iontlay.

l-‘riends carried Stinncr back to his dormitory
room. where he was found dead on Nov. ‘) with .i
blood alcohol content of 0.34 percent, more than
three times the legally intoxicated level of (H0
percent.

The defendants were indicted on Friday and all
had been released on their own recognizance by
yesterday afternoon. Kelly said.

Seven were members of Kappa Beta Zeta, one
of several unsanctioned fraternities that hold
weekend parties in the western .\laryland town of
8,000.

The eighth lived in the apartment building
where the party was held.

They also were charged with reckless endan-
germent and sale of alcohol without a license.
Stinner, of (ilassport, l’a., and other underage
drinkers had paid a $3 admission fee to the party.
Kelly said.

Two men were charged with involuntary
manslaughter in 1995 in the death of a Chicka—
mauga. (ia., high school football player, and an
Anderson. lnd., bartender was charged earlier this
year with reckless homicide in the death ofa man
who drank until he passed out.

Al‘my suspends high-ranking saldlel‘

\VASI llN(}'l‘( )N — The Army suspended its
top-ranking enlisted soldier yesterday after the
woman who accused him of sexual misconduct
publicly complained ofa “different system of jus-
tice" for the service's upper tier.

In explainin r its decision, the Army said public-
ity about the a legations against Sgt. Map. of the
Amiy (icnc (I. McKinney made it difficult for him
to perform his job.

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litheridgc and her partner,_lulie Cypher.

Bailey jean Cypher, weighing 8 pounds, ll)
ounces, was born to Cypher early yesterday, said
Ethcridge spokeswoman Gayle Fine.

litheridge, the Grammy-winning sin er of
“Come to My Window," and Cypher, the ormer
wife ofLa Bamlm star Lou Diamond Phillips, dis-
closed last year that Cypher was carrying their
child.

The method of fertilization and the identity of
the sperm donor weren’t disclosed.

Compiled from wire reports.

Campus operators iillli GOIIIIGCIIOIIS III the people who use IP68 SBI‘VIGB

By Nlckl Sullivan
Contributing Writer

How often have you found yourself dialing 7-9000
to ﬁnd out a professor’s ofﬁce phone number or the
number of a classmate? At UK, life is simpliﬁed
because of campus operators who work around the
clock to provide students and faculty, as well as pea.
ple outside campus, with names and phone numbers.

Campus operator Robert Roark has worked as an
operator for six and a half years.

A former LCC student, Roark moved up from
part-time to half-time and ﬁnally into his current
full-time position.

“Every call you handle is different,” he said.

The 0 erators work from a database and switch-
board cal ed RingMedical. Not only do the operators
give numbers, but they also page doctors and deal
with trauma alerts and codes from the hospital.

“People tell you their problems and gross stories.

t s” in

It’s more information than you need to know,"
Roark said.

Important skills for an operator include rationaliz-
ing, bein able to read between the lines, good com-
puter ski ls, and the ability to stay calm. Supervisor
Billy Penningzon said it is also helpful for the opera-
tors to have owledge of the campus. One of three
supervisors, Pennington said, helps with the hiring
and training of the operators.

“Training can last up to three months,” she said.

Operators are hired using the STEPS system.
They begin with directo assistance and move up
into the answering service or the hospital. The oper-
ators have access to TDD, a go-between for the deaf
and the people they are trying to call, which must
also be learned.

“It’s uite stable,” Pennington said of the 23 full-
time and half~time employees. “Students know when
th re goipg to work.

obert oreland, campus operator for four years,

said the hardest part of being an operator is the
uncomfortable situations they are put into.

“When a friend or relative calls (into the hospital)
for a deceased patient’s condition, what do you tell
them?“ Roark said.

“People call in and get irate with you,” he said.
Angry customers are transferred to supervisors like
Pennington who try to deal with the person as polite-
ly as possible.

“Most of the people who call in on the UK line
are doctors looking for patients or students looking
for professors. (People who call on the UK line) are
more educated than the people who call on the medi-
cal center line,” said campus operator Melissa Ecker.

Ecker’s funniest moment as an operator happened
when a woman called in and needed to leave her
phone number for a doctor to return her call. Ecker
asked for her area code and the lady said, “I don't
know nothing about no damn area code.”

Although they do sometimes have to face uncom-

fortable or challenging situations, the operators are
providing an invaluable service.

“They (the operators) are really nice and helpful;
they'll connect me or give the number," said phar-
macy junior Emily Custer. Custer uses the system
often to locate campus phone numbers.

As far as changes to the operating system, Roark
said, “If we could get everyone on campus listed in
our computer, that would be a tremendous help.”

This year, student listings are still not in the oper-
ators’ databases, making it complicated to give out
information about the students.

“In years past, we’ve always had it before now,”
Pennington said. “I don’t know why it’s so late this
time.”

Most of us don't give 7-9000 a second thought.
Campus 0 crators work hard, though, to make life
easier for the students and faculty of UK

Answering the call is just the beginning for com-
pus operators.

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6. Utah 17-3 117
7. Cincinnati 17-4 114
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11. South Carolina 17-5 89
12. Arizona 15-5 88
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4. Kentucky 1,598 3
5. Utah 1,438 5
6. Duke 1,387 8
7. Clemson 1,323 10
8. Cincinnati 1,244 12
9. Iowa State 1,168 6
10. Maryland 1,127 7
11. Arizona 1,076 14
12. South Carolina 946 19
13. New Mexico 901 9
14. Michigan 791 13
15. Colorado 730 15
16. North Carolina 723 20
17. Louisville 606 11
18. Villanova 454 16
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21 . Texas Tech 245 23
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23. Tulane 153 21

ebster’s Dictionary deﬁnes

“resilient” as “capable of

withstanding shock with-
out permanent deformation or
rupture.”

For a better deﬁnition, you can
just look at the UK basketball
team.

This team has had to put up
with more problems this year than
any other team out there, yet its
record stands at
22-3, and it is still
ranked in the top
four in the coun-

try.

How many
teams out there
could lose its top
‘ scorer —— a legiti-

cm: I

mate All-American

Elstﬂ'lll. candidate no less
3 — to a season-
5%; ending injury and

v still roll over
opponents with

relative ease?

Throw in an injury to the
team’s third-leading rebounder,
right before the biggest confer-
ence game of the season, and any
other team, short of Kansas,
would throw in the towel.

But this team hasn’t, and
nobody really expected them to,
or at least shouldn’t have.

All you have to do is to look at
the coach, and the reason why the
team hasn‘t folded is as plain as
the nose on Pinocchio’s face.

Ever since Rick Pitino has been
in Lexington — no, make that in
coaching — his teams have given
absolutely everything they could
eve game.

hat’s how the 1987 Provi-
dence team was able to make the
Final Four, and that is the reason
that this year’s team, despite the
lost of Derek Anderson and four
players from the title team, has a
good chance to end up in Indi-
anapolis.

The coach, about whom Sports
Illustrated ran a story entitled “A
Man Possessed,” has rubbed off
onto his team his intensity and
desire for winning. This desire has
helped lesser teams achieve a lot
more than they were physically
capable of.

With such players as Ron Mer—
cer, Allen Edwards, Anthony Epps

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STEPHANIE conou rem/m};

6M6 THROUGH Cameron Milli has surprised everybody by increased

point: and minute: since Derek Anderson went down with a knee injury.

and Wayne Turner, how can this
team, prodded by Pitino, not
make it to the Final Four?

And it’s not just Pitino. Look at
Mercer, the Cats’ stud sopho-
more, who has had his share of
difﬁculties this season. After a tor-
rid December, he found the bas—
kets to be a little less friendly after
the turn of the year.

But, almost at the same time
that Anderson went down with his
injury, Mercer heated up again.
And since then, he hasn’t really
cooled off, includin Sunday’s
eye—opener against VilEanova.

Then there is Cameron Mills,
the seldom-used Lexington native.
Since Anderson went down, he has
exploded, both in scoring and in
minutes.

Against Arkansas, it was Mills

who was one of the keys to the
Wildcat victory.

Of course, there have been
other examples when the entire
team has stepped up its play to
pull out the victory in the face of
heavy obstacles.

Consider the Jan. 14 game at
Georgia: UK was coming off a dis-
appointing loss at Ole Miss,
Anderson was just coming off of
another injury and the Cats were
facing yet another hostile environ-
ment.

No problem; result is a 21-
point win.

The list goes on after that, and
keeps on going. Maybe all the way
to the Final Four.

Spam Editor Chris Faster/Mg is a

journalism .rophomore.

Three teams from 8. Carolina in Top 25

By Pete Iacobelli

Associated Press

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Basket-
ball and Carolina have alwa s
gone together. But South Carofi—
nar

Three South Carolina teams
were in the AP to 25 for the ﬁrst
time yesterday: C emson at No. 7,
South Carolina at No. 12 and the
College ofCharleston at No. 25.

“This is a good basketball
state," Clemson Coach Rick
Barnes said. “There's just a per-
ception that we’re all about foot—
ball."

Fans in South Carolina packed
football stadiums to capacitv, even
before Clemson’s 1981 national
football championship. Basketball
was left to Tobacco Road, where
North Carolina, Duke and North
Carolina State won titles and
dominated the region.

But tobacco is a cash crop in
South Carolina, too, and now so is

basketball.

The biggest victories and the
toughest tickets to ct in the state
this season are basketball. Clem—
son had a campground of 141
tents waiting for seats to watch the
Tigers play Wake Forest. Stu-
dents lined up the past two weeks
at South Carolina to sweep up
available tickets. The College of
Charleston has sold out its 3,052-
seat arena sinceJanuary.

And why not?

Clemson (19—4) beat top 10
teams UK and Duke and top ed
Maryland twice. South Carolina
(17—5) beat the Wildcats 84—79 a
week ago in overtime, and with
Saturday‘s victory against Florida,
ran its Southeastern Conference
record to 1 1-0. Charleston (21—2)
has the country’s longest win
streak at 15, along with marquee
wins over Arizona State and Stan—
ford.

“It takes time to have name
recognition,” said Charleston

coach John Kresse. “This is like
the little y etting invited to the
InauguraTuBa l — it doesn’t hap-
pen a lot.”

Kansas and Wake Forest stayed
1—2 in the rankings despite mid-
week losses. Minnesota moved up
one spot to third and UK slipped a
spot to fourth.

It was the 11th straight week
Kansas (23—1) held the top posi-
tion. The Jayhawks received 67
ﬁrst-place votes, while Minnesota
(20-2) got the other four.

Clemson has been in the top 10
for nine strai ht weeks and moved
to seventh offer an 80-68 thump—
ing of Maryland, the Terps’ most
lopsided loss this season.

South Carolina’s streak fol—
lowed unlikely home losscs to
North Carolina-Asheville and
Charleston Southern. But Coach
Eddie Fogler, who successfully
turned around pro ams at Wichi-
ta Statc and Vangrbilt, kept his
team calm and playing as one.

“It’s nice to be in this osition,"
Fogler said. “It’s more fiin going
to work; it's more fun coming to
practice.”

Charleston, in Division I since
1990, reached the NCAA tourna-
ment three years ago as an at-large
selection. '

The Cougars have gone to the
NIT the past two years. Since
joining the Trans America Athlet-
ic Conference in 1994, they have
gone 56-4 in the league with three
straight regular season titles.

The Cougars play host to the
TAAC tournament later this
month and, now that they are eli-

iblc for the league’s automatic
iiid, can win their way to the
NCAA tournament for the first
time ever.

“I feel like we don’t have to
send a polished resume to the
NCAA selection committee now,"
Kresse said. “But now that we're
in the AP top 25, we’ve become a
major target."

Newcomer 8888 “PSI action IDI‘ "II

By Dave German
Staff Writer

Carlos Drada and the UK
men’s tennis team brought the
thunder to Indiana this weekend
in the Indiana Invitational.

The competed against Clem-
klahoma and the host

son,
Hoosiers.

Drada, a newcomer from
Columbia, partici ated in his ﬁrst
collegiate matc es while in

Bloomington, Ind. After repre—
senting his home country in the
Davis Cup for the past six years,
Drada came through big.

The 2 l-year old freshman
made it to the ﬁnals of the A divi-
sion, where he lost to the No. 30
player in the nation, Mitch
Spreenglmeyer of Clemson.

“He played good to get to the
ﬁnals,” UK men’s tennis coach
Dennis Emery said. “Any time you
are in a new situation you will be a
little nervous.

“I think he’s more used to the
outdoor courts than the indoor

courts. He’s been adjusting from
week to week.”

Marcus Fluitt lost in the ﬁrst
round to Spreenglmeyer in a close
match, 7-6, 3-6, 6—3.

Ariel Gaitan ﬁnished third in
the B division. Although Gaitan
lost to Oklahoma’s Thomas Neto
in the semiﬁnals by a score of 6-2,
4-6, 6-4, Emery feels that he has
been constantly etting better.

“Ariel’s ro ably our most
iraproved p ayer,” Emery said.
“ e’s a very im ortant player in
the scheme of tliings. I think he
played very well.”

Dan Spaner was forced to sit
out the ﬁnals of the B division due
to tendonitis in his elbow. The
No. 38 player in the country beat
one of the hosts, George McGill
of Indiana, 2-6, 7-5, 7-6.

Drada and Fluitt appeared to
be ready for competition during
the invitational. The duo beat

airs from both Clemson and
Tndiam easily before losing 9-7 to
a doubles team from Oklahoma
consisting of Dusty Beard and

Chris Barkla.

“Drada and Fluitt’s play in dou-
bles was good for our opening
weekend,” Emery said. “Their
play is very important for our suc-
cess.”

Saute II, partner-

UK’s top two players, Cedric
Kauffrnann and Ludde Sundin,
moseyed on down to Dallas to
play in the Rolex National Indoors
this past weekend.

Kauffmann, the No. 6 seed,
nearly shut out Georgia’s John
Roddick, the No. 8 seed, 6-1, 6-0.
Kaufﬁnann then lost in the quar-
terﬁnals to the No. 1 seed, Johan
Hede of Ole Miss 7-6, 7—5.

“I played retty good this
weekend,” Kan am said.

“This should give me more
conﬁdence for the dual matches
coming up against Notrc Dame
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and burns bright

By Kelly Armstrong
Suﬂ' Critic

The Violet Burnin is proving
itself to be yet anot er success
story out of the Orange County,
Calif, area.

Their recently released, self—
titled album on

passionate.

Not entirely limited to the dark '

side of music, The Violet Burning
also lets a few rays oflight shine in
on a couple of tracks like “Arabic

Tremolo Radio” and “Fever."
The somewhat upbeat tracks
are about as positive as this group
can get. But don’t

Domo Records is be fooled into
a brooding col- thinking that the
lection chock—full worst is over yet.
of depressing, Just three
moving songs tracks after a
about love and somewhat upbeat
loss. “Fever” the
Teetering on "usmrwiew album hits the
the verge of goth V low point of
ic, The Via E! de ression with
Bitmingisabeau- ****1/2 the? aptly titled
tifully painful “The leetBuming” “Low,” opening
masterpiece. The The Violet Burning with the highly
selection of tracks (Demo Recordr) positive lyrics “I
on the album are could die here
somewhat remi- tonight/Your
niscent of sullen beautiful words

Nine Inch Nails.

Envision “Something I Could
Never Have" stretched into l2
separate tracks.

The songs are dark, dreary and

in my soul/l could die here
tonight/And you wouldn’t even
notice/You wouldn’t even
protest."

Other beautifully depressing

,mewv~-‘r ' u .

tracks such as “Crush" and “Sil-
ver” epitomize the feelings of loss
and abandonment that come with
a broken heart.

Heavy on instrumentals and
creative, ﬂowing distortion, the
album creates several different
sounds and moods throu 1h the use
of long intros, careful y placed

itar solos and, of course. the
Eviics.

Although not recommended
for those on Prozac, The I'iole!
Burnin is attractive because of its
pain. Ifringing out the beauty in
melancholy is what lead singer

Pbim furnished

Illlllﬂ, BABY, Bill!” The Violet Burning 'r rel/liitled album prot'idesﬁlrther
exploration of goihir themes.

Michael _I. I’ritzl seems to be best
at.

Take, for example, “Feel," the
last track on the album.

In it Pritzl seems to beg for
sympathy, understanding, and
compassion when he croons, “One
last breath before we go/One last
kiss upon my soul/Oh, I guess it’s
time to rise/Feel what’s inside of
me/I cannot take these lies/Heal
what's inside ofme.”

Ah, tantalizing sorrow, beauty
in pain, the comfort in abandon-
ment, and brooding depression
I love it.

”HINGE“ DOWN "IE HOUSE jaleoh Dylan, and his hand the Wallﬂow-

er: provide the opening actfor alternative diva Sheryl Crow.

crow ﬂying high on tour

5 tajf report

At the start of her solo career,
Sheryl Crow opened a series of
shows for Bob Dylan. Now as
music’s top diva she has just
kicked off a national tour with
Dylan’s son, Jakob, and his band
the Wallflowers is opening for
her.

All of this is definitely a sign
of the regression from her days
of bacliing up Eric Clapton to
now being one of the most
prominent solo acts around.

Followin her Grammy-win-
ning debut uesday Ni ht Murir
Cluh, Crow changed her look,
but the ma netic sound
remained on her self-titled
so homore effort. With singles
“I It Makes You Happy,”
“Everyday Is a Winding Road”
and “Maybe Angels,” the album

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Dylan and his bandmates are
touring to promote their suc-
cessful second album Bringing
Down the Home.

Hit singles “6th Avenue
Heartache" and “One Head-
light” have given the band and
their roots—rock sound plenty of
national attention.

To ether Crow and the
“la” owers make up one of the
best double—bill concerts to hit
the area recently.

The shows will take place
today at 8 pm. at the Palace
Theatre in Louisville and tomor-
row night at the Taft Theatre in
Cincinnati.

Tickets are still availablein
scattered singles for $20, $22.50
and $25 at Ticketmaster, 281-

6644.

TIIBI‘B'S I10 IIIISIIIESS

By Josh Herr
Staff Writer

In future generations, the birth
of the Internet may be considered
this decade’s greatest contribution
to mass media.

In the matter of a few short
years (at least as far as the average
user is concerned) the Internet has
gone from a buzzword used by
technicians and com auter nerds to
an everyday part of life for a large
number of e0—
ple, particularly
college students.

With the flip
of a switch and
the click of a but-
ton, the Internet
can provide any
user with instant
information.

It seems only
natural that the
entertainment
industry, which
has always prided
itself on its abili
to keep up wit
tomorrow’s
trends, would
latch onto this
growing entity
and embrace it
with open arms.
That’s where Mr. Showbiz comes
in.
Mr. Showbiz may be the most
intricate and all-encompassing of
the myriad of entertainment \V’eb
sites.

Within its pages you will find
daily news covering film, music,
television and any other bit of
celebrity minutia you could possi-
bly want to know.

With Oscar season approach-
ing, the staff of Mr. Showbiz is
busier than ever preparin for the
ultimate Hollywood se f—indul-
gence festival. For the secon