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April 6, 2005

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Alberto Garcia, a political science junior, battles negative stereotypes and tries to promote understanding of his Latino culture
at UK. He works as a founder and the president of the Latino-American Student Association to accomplish his goals.

Special Report: Defining Diversity

DIFFERENCES

This Latino student taught himself English 10 years ago and
is now teaching other students how to look for new perspective

By Danielle Komts
THE KENTUCKY mm

This is the second installment in a
fourtprtrt series ova/tuning (lircrsiry
at ('K and the leaders of some stu-
dent groups (rho aim to (tr/runce di-
t‘crsitr on campus.

Alberto (iarcia dreaded having
his eiglttlt grade teachers call on
him.

Btit it wasn‘t because lie didn‘t
kttow tlte answer It was tltat (iarcia
wasn't sttre they would be able to
ttnderstattd httn after moving
from .>\guasc.'t|ientes. Mexico. he
was just beginning to teach ltitnself
English.

The political science junior itow

J aywalkers

By Dariush Shale
THE krNtuotv krtmu

UK police have begun a program
to dwrease accidents on Sotttlt Lime
stone Street by slowing drivers dowtt
and cracking down on jaywalking.

“It‘s an educational program."
said Maj .loe Monroe of lYK police.

Ken (‘levidenco director of
public safety. said the program is
aimed at a specific tmuble spot on
camptts

“You drive dowrt Limestone. and
it‘s almost a mass. of humanity cmss

only ltas a slight accent. but his
struggle to get people to understand
who he is isn't over.

A tnetttber of a relatively small
UK Latino population. (iarcia is
proud to he a part of tnakittg catn-
ptts tnore diverse. bttt he says that's
not enough. Every day. (iarcia faces
frustrating stereotypes. which are
often the result of other groups hav-
ing little contact with his culture

(larcia. L’Jl. helped found the Lati
no-American Student .‘\ssociation to
spread understanding of his cttltttre
attd foster respect for other Latino
students. He is now president of the
organization

“We are students trytttg to get an

See Garcia on page 3

beware: Think twice before avoidin

ittg the street." (‘Ievidence said.

“(hi Limestone in the morning.
it‘s like lemmings coming ottt of tire
Kentucky (‘linic. and the same thing
at B&l‘l (the (iatton (‘ollege of Bttsi
ness anti Economics)"

The first part of the three phase
l‘miestrian Awareness aitd Safety
program or PAWS is a “media
blitz" to spread the Word to people
who travel South Limestone Street.
The following week. officers will be-
gin handing ottt pamphlets and issu-
ing warnings to iaywalkers.

The third week of the program.

This week:

Yesterday: Diversity means
more than numbers to many.
Tomorrow: The former
president of Lambda fights
discrimination and works for
acceptance.

Friday: The president of the
Black Student Union pushes for
more equality and better
understanding.

citations and lines will be written for
jaywalking

The program cotnes after five ac-
cidents on South Limestone Street
within the past three months. UK
(‘handler Medical (‘enter employee
lemy Saunders was killed in one ac-
cident. attd l‘K spokeswoman Mary
Margaret (‘olliver was seriously in-
jured in a March 1:: accident. A total
of nine accidents occurred in 2004.
and police said the increase in traffic
deaths is the reason behind the
change.

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Claims filed
against new
SG president

By Tricia McKenny
mt KENTUCKY kmri

Will Nash. the newly elected
president of Student Govern-
ment. is now facing several
claims of election violations.

Yesterday was the deadline
for students to file claims re
garding last week's Student
Government election with the
election investigator. Two stu-
dents said they have filed claims
with the election investigator
about the Nash campaign.

Tommy Cunningham. a can
didate in the 80 presidential
election. and Justin Rasner. who
was general chairman and com-
munications director for presi-
dential candidate Becky
Ellingsworth's campaign. both
said they filed claims against
Nash for violating election
rules.

Election Investigator Matt
Kirby said he could not confirnt
whether any claims had been
filed or not. due to SG regula-
tions. After he investigates the
claims. Kirby will present his
findings to the Election Board of
Claims. scheduled for next Mon—
day.

“My job is not one of pun-
ishment; it is one of fact find»
ing. and that is what 1 ant trying
to do now." Kirby said.

The claims vary in nature.
but all contend that a violation
of election rules took place.

(‘unningham filed several
claims against the Nash Bishop
campaign outlining several
spending violations.

According to the SG Consti-
tution. “A ticket composed of a
candidate for president and for
vice president is limited to a to
tal expenditure of $600.‘ The of-
ficial Nash/Bishop expenditure
form reports a total of $595.

In the claim. Cunningham
says the actual total of all of the
campaign's expenses is $597.42,
which is $2.58 under the spend-
ing limit. Cunningham said
Nash did not pay taxes on most
of his campaign materials and
did not claim expenses on sever-
al items. Once these are ac-
counted for. the Nash/Bishop
campaign ticket will be well
over the spending limit. he said.

“It boils down to the integri-
ty of the election." Cunning-
ham said. “I just want to get to
the bottom of everything.“

Cunningham's claim said
Nash abused his authority as a
member of Si) by using SG re-
sources to support his cam—
paign. which 80 election rules
forbid Cunningham said Nash
used an 80 tax relief certificate
to purchase campaign material.
and this certificate was not
matte available to all of the can-
didates.

“Without this tax relief.
every senator on the
Nash Bishop ticket. as well as
Will Nash himself. will have ex-
ceeded their respective expendi-
ture limit." which could lead to
tax evasion or fraud. Cunning-
ham‘s claim said.

(‘unntngham also said Nash

See Nash on page 2

SG prez candidates doubt
one another's campaigns

By Tricia McKenny
YH[ KfN‘ltChV KERNH

Representatives from all
three Student (iovernment
presidential campaigns tiled
clatttts yesterday regarding the
results of last week‘s St} elecr
titin.

Three students have filed
such claims. Will Nash. who
won the St} presidential elec-
tion; 'l'ommy l‘unnmgham.
who ran in ”it election; and
.lttsttn Rasner. general chair
man and communications di-
rector for presidential candi-
date Becky Ellingsworth

Yesterday was the filing
deadline to file claims with
Election investigator Matt Kir-
by:

Nash said he filed two
claims against (‘unningham for
violating a campaign rttle and
tottr more claims against
fillingsworth for violating cam
paign spending limits

Nash‘s claim against t‘un
ningham said the presidential
candidate \iolated campaign
rules by campaigning within It
feet of election polls

t‘ttnningham stood on
chairs aitd veiled campaign
messages near the polls at Les-
ington t‘ommuntty t‘ollege attd
the Student (‘entetz Nash said.

He said these campaign mes-
sages could be clearly heard by
voters standing in line arid vot-
iitg at the polls.

(‘unningham said he had
talked to Kirby about this claim
and explaintvi that although he
could be heard at the polls. he
was about 130 feet away from
them in the Student (‘enter and
about so feet away at L(.‘(‘

"We need to go bust ottt a
tape measure." t‘unningham
said. “i don‘t know why they
are making these claims. but I
guess they are entitled to.“

In his claint against
Ellingsworth. Nash said her
ticket went over the spending
litnit of Stilt) set forth in the SG
(‘onstitution The
Ellingsworth Burns official ex-
penditttre form said their total
spending was $989.86.

Nash said this expenditure
form left several costs unac-
counted for. including address
labels. tnass campus e-mails
and a prerecorded phone mes-
sage for students in (tn-campus
housing.

Nash said if these items
were included in the expenses
of the Ellingsworth Burns
campaign. the campaign would
be over the spending limit.

Nash‘s claim also says that

See Election on page 2

g crosswalk

radar either. UK police will increase
traffic enforcement in the area. aim-
ing to stop drivers frotn speeding or
running red lights. Monroe said.

This isn't the first time l'K police
have instituted a program to curb
iaywalking. A similar program was
begun last year but never got off the
ground.

“It kind of got sidetracked (last
year)." Monroe said. “Now we‘ve got
the endorsement of the president‘s
office."

UK officers. who will work extra
time after their regular shifts. will

staff the program. Clevidence said
paying for all the overtime in the
next three weeks would cost “a cou-
ple thousand dollars."

"We think it‘s worth it." Clevi-
dence said.

Monroe said it's about increasing
awareness on both sides.

”We want to reduce the number
of vehicle-pedestrian collisionS."
Monroe said. “(Pedestrians) can‘t
step out in front of a vehicle and ex-
pect it to stop. They've both got to co
habitate the area."

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Phone 2571915

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Fever Pitch

i think this title IS pretty
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dy's "tWIst" is that Barrymore is a
workaholic busmess consultant
and Fallon is a laid-back high
school teacher who doesn't want
to give up his love of the Boston
Red Sox Can they overcome their
great personal loves to love one
another? Of course, but it won't
make you love this film. At Reel
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Kung Fu Hustle

The newest film from Stephen
Chow. the best director you'll
never hear about. mainly because
he's from Hong Kong. Chow's
films (including the Wildly popu-
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martial arts and slapstick comedy
to form a fusron of genres. in
Kung Fu Hustle. Chow and his
bumbling best friend try to make
it With the local mob. only to find
out the slum they have to shake
down is populated by incognito
kung fu masters The fights are
unique and Visceral. While also
improbable. they suffer from be-
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But. can Chow. as the gangster
wannabe. find it In him to be a
hero? Theaters TBA.

Sahara

This is the first film in a pro-
jected series based off the best-
selling series of novels by Clive
Cussler Featuring Dirk Pitt
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unusual hero and his best friend
and Marine engineer Al Giordino
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Elektra

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what his ties to the Saudis and Bin
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Boston Red Sox
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Alexander Payne's open and
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this week. Two middle-aged losers
tour the California wme country
right before one them gets mar-
ried. They find out more about
themselves. each other and love.
than anything they might have
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a world-famous chef whose domi-
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at home by his neurotic wife
Christina (Tea Leoni) and her de-
ranged mood swings. when the
couple hires a non-English speak-
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brings her daughter with her. the
entire household is thrown into
disorder. Christina pays more at-
tention to their housekeeper's
daughter than her own children
while swmging from mood to
mood; meanwhile. Sandler tries to
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