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INDEPENDENT SINCE 1971

Search opens tor Arts and Sciences dean

By Jennller Smith
Staff ”'n'ter
and Kathy Railing
News Fditor

With Dean Richard Edward’s resignation from
the College of Arts and Sciences and appointment to
the University of Nebraska comes the search for a
replacement.

Edwards, who has been employed at UK since
l99l, was named senior vice chancellor for academic
affairs at the University of Nebraska—Lincoln. He
will leave UK April IS.

The new job offers Edwards a higher leadership
position in which he will be second in in the organi-
zational chart only to the chancellor of the Universi-
ty of Nebraska.

Stephen Hart, assistant dean of Arts and Sciences,
said the department is still “reeling from the shock.”

Waving away cavities t

The College of Arts and Sciences is the Iargest
college on campus, with 6,200 undergraduate stu-
dents and 1,700 graduate students.

Hart said he will not be seeking the newly—opened

sition. Chancellor of the Lexington Campus Elisa-
beth Zinser will begin the pursuit for a new dean.

She said while the process to find replacement
deans is always a challenge, the search and choice of a
new one for Arts and Sciences is especially important
because it is the largest college in the University.

“Arts and Sciences is a central and special col-
lege,” Zinser said. “We will pay very close attention
to this choice."

Zinser said she set up meetings yesterday with
Arts and Sciences faculty and administration so they
could determine an interim dean and begin a search
process for a permanent dean.

She said the search process will be both internal
and national.

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By Becky Woods

Contributing W’riter

\Vearing a white gown, wings and a tiara, Lois
Brown visits kindergarten through third grade class—
rooms. During her nightly visits to check for teeth
under pillows, she carries a silver wand that she uses
to see ifa child is asleep.

Children in classrooms across the commonwealth
know her as the Tooth Fairy.

\Vith February being National Children’s Dental
Month, the College of Dentistry is busy teaching
children about the importance of good oral health.
But not without the help of the Tooth Fairy.

Brown, a College of Dentistry oral health educa-
tor, travels throughout the commonwealth during
the year to talk with children about oral hygiene
dressed as the Tooth Fairy.

She thought the idea of creating the tooth fairy
training program would be an effective way to teach
oral health to the youngest Kentuckians. Brown said
the Tooth Fairy is an innovative teaching experience
to gain the children’s attention for proper oral health
habits. In her 20—minute presentation, she discusses
brushing, flossing, fluoride and dental nutrition in a
story that captures the children‘s attention.

“We try to reach as many children as we possibly
can to let them know that good oral health practices

 

are part of good health,” she said.

And because of the Tooth
Fairy, children are taking the mes-
sage to heart. Brown has been
dressing up as the Tooth Fairy for
10 years for Carol Boyd’s 4-year—
old students at Walnut Hill Day
School.

“The children are awestruck
when they see her,” Boyd said,
“and they listen to every word she
says.”

The presentation has affected
some children’s daily lives. One
child said after listening to the
Tooth Fairy that he was going to
stop drinking soda at lunch and

“\\'e have many strong people internally, but
being a competitive, national land—grant university,
we must also look outside,” Zinser said.

Because it is late in the academic year, some time
may be needed to conduct a national search.

“The search will continue until we have a strong
pool." Zinser said.

According to llart. the college did not know in
advance about I'ldward's resignation.

“I le's a very successful dean, and we all know what
happens to very successful deans — they get offered
jobs.n ll'art said.

Fdwards was the driving force behind the new
plus/minus system that brought mixed feelings on
campus.

“I have a great deal of respect for him," Zinser
said. “He's really a wonderful person and a really
effective dean."

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FAIRY ”"81 Lois Broom. a College of Dentistry oral health edurator, enter-

drink water or fruit juice instead to rains children at Southern Elementary in Lexington.

help prevent cavities.

Brown said she teaches children something that
they can change in their lives.

“Unfortunately, most children and adults visit the
dentist for the first time due to pain,” Brown said.
“That is not the opportune time for the dental pro-
fessional to teach roper brushing habits. The goal is
to teach these chi dren proper oral health care at an
early age, so all the visits to the dentist are pleasant
ones.”

The Tooth Fairy program has grown throughout

the state in the seven years since Brown has been
involved. 'l‘wenty—seven tooth fairies have been
trained in Central and Eastern Kentucky. Each year
Brown visits 7,000-10,000 children as the Tooth
Fairy..

In conjunction with Children’s Dental Ilealth
month, a tooth care fair will be held at Fayette Mall
Saturday, Feb. 22, from 10 a.m.—4 p.m. The Tooth
Fairy will be on hand. and children will have the
opportunity to see demonstrations and win prizes.

Amendments and hockey team llll SEA agenda

Bill dies in committee for

the first time in fouryears
By Gary Wull

Associate News Editor

After an uneventful Senate meeting last month,
the Student Government Association meeting
tonight poses to be one of the more memorable
meetings of the 1996—97 school year.

The agenda includes two constitutional
bylaw amendments, swearing in of new ,
senators and fund allocation for the finan-
cially-troubled UK hockey team, the Cool
Cats.

The third most popular spectator sport
behind men’s basketball and football is
facin hard times.

T e club sport is asking $1,518 to rent ., _,._,__-._

practice facilities for the rest of the semester. The
team is charged $135 a piece for the nine remaining
practices.

A bylaw constitutional amendment from Gradu-
ate Senator Michael Tomblyn will also make its
appearance on the Senate floor.

One part of the amendment deals with the way a
bill asking for SGA funding is brought to the floor.
The other section would make senators that sponsor
a bill responsible for the disbursement of Student
Governments Funds.

In Tomblyn’s amendment, the primary sponsor
of any funding bill is responsible for follow-up with
the cup receiving the funds.

'Iglrie bill states, “This senator must, within 60 days
of the date of the funded event, ensure materials
have been submitted by the group.”

Senators failing to com ly with the

dential seats, the current senate must appoint the
new senators.

Bill ileleateil in committee

()ne bill that will not see the light of the day is
from the Horticulture Club requesting $2,690 for
three different conferences.

 

amendment will by penalize by one-half
of an absence for the senator. Each sena-
tor is allowed only two full unexcused
senate meeting absences per semester
before being purged from their positions.

Each candidate will be asked to state
their name and what they plan to do as an

 

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The Appropriations and Revenue
Committee shot down the bill in a meet-
ing last week.

Usuall a committee asses a bill with
a favorab e or unfavorab e recommenda-

.——-—————— The vacant senatorial Our comm tion.
SPOIS in the College Of was ”Mt we Committee members thought the bill
Human and Environ- felt that senate was so rotten that after they passed it
mental SCICDCCS. COI' allocation unfavorably, they then voted to throw
lege of Fine Arts and find: (an 0 to the bill out, so it would not reach the
College Of Business and b b-g ” senate floor. This is the first time in four
Economics Will also be at” t mgr. ears a committee has voted to kill a bill
SG A filled tonight. fore it is voted on.

However, senators ‘ WIIITOI‘VIOI’I “Our concern was that we felt that
—"-" will have to choose Appropriatimnnd senate allocation funds can go to better
among five candidates for the College of Revenue committee things,” said committee member and

Business and Economics. "W Senator at Large Will Terwort.

The committee also complained
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SGA senator.
Senators will then vote by secret ballot for who
they believe to be the best candidate to fill the spot.
If the senate spots became vacant earlier in the
year, students would be asked to vote in a general
election. However, because the spots became empty
a few weeks before campaigning or senate and presi-

0

Horticulture Club requested. The bill
was the second request for conference funding that
has failed this year.

Funding for a dietetic conference was denied in
October.

“We are really trying to make student money
accountable,” Terwort said.

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Affairs at the L'niversity of Nebraska. said Fdwards
has assumed leadership of a much larger number of
people compared to the number of people in the
(Iollege of Arts and Sciences at I'K.

“All academic programs, officers and deans will
report to (li‘dwards), and he assumes control of the
University in the absence ofthe Chancellor," Kilgore
said.

“I was attracted to the opportunity to be the top
academic ollicer for a major land grant university and
the chance to play a leadership role," l-‘dwards said
Monday. :\t Nebraska, l’.dwards Wlll head IS col-
leges, including each college's departments.

“I am really regretful of leaving my colleagues and
friends at the University of Kentucky," he said.

Edward’s wife, Carolyn l’ope Fdwards, a UK pro—
fessor in family studies, was hired by Nebraska as a
tenured professor in its departments of psychology
and family aml consumer sciences.

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NEWShytes

Simpson jury
tells ll..l. to pay millions

SANTA MONICA. Calif. —— A civil jury found
0.]. Simpson liable yesterday for the slashing
deaths of his exwvife and her friend, a moral
victory for grieving relatives who felt the foot—
ball grcat got away with imirder.

The jury ordered him to pay $8.5 million in
compensatory damages and will return Thurs—
day to decide whether to award millions more
in punitive datiiagcs.

The mostly white panel, forced to start delib‘
erations anew last Friday after a juror was
removed for misconduct. snatched away some
of the vindication Simpson claimed when he
was acquitted of murder by a mostly black iury
in l995.

The $8.5 million represented the value of
Goldman's funeral and the loss of (ioldiiian's
companionship, to his parents. Nicole Simp—
son's family did not seek compensatory dam»
ages.

The jury's findings of malice and oppression
triggered the second phase to determine puni—
tive damages A money assessed to punish
Simpson. Already, plaintiffs' attorneys have
asked for, and received Simpson's latest finan—
cial records in preparation for a punitive phase.

Clinton promises balanced budget

VVASI TINGTON «— President (Ilinton,
declaring that Americans “want us to be partners,
not partisans," challenged (Iongress in his State of
the Union address yesterday to give the nation’s
schools a big spending increase while balancing
the budget by 2002.

Recycling popular ideas from his campaign,
Clinton identified education as the top priority of
his second term and said Americans should have
“the best education in the world." He challenged
communities to measure their students against
national standards to lift achievement in math and
science.

The president's proposals would boost educa-
tion spending by 20 percent, to $51 billion for fis-
cal 1998. The increase —— including the cost of tax
breaks for college —— would total 40 percent by
2002.

Two weeks after his second inau ration, the
president lectured the Republican—le Congress to
“complete the unfinished business ofour country"
— balancing the budget, enacting long-stalled
cam aign finance reform and reopening last year’s
wel are law to restore benefits to egal immigrants.

m are gives away lieyclialn:

The Student Development Council is inviting
seniors to pick up their Class of ’97 keychains
today and tomorrow.

The first 250 seniors can pick up their key-
chains at the Carol E. Gatton College of Business
and Economics today from ll a.m. to 2 p.m.
Tomorrow, SDC will be at the Nursing Building
from ll am. to 2 p.m.

Seniors need to present their Big Blue Pass in
order to receive the gift, as well as put their name
in a raffle for a prize. If a senior does not have a
Big Blue Pass, he or she can get one at the booths
today or tomorrow.

icc sponsorlnp tree oral prosontatlon

jack Weatherford, a professor of anthropolo
at Macalester College in Saint Paul, Minn., will
present a program tomorrow in the Otis Single-
tary Center for the Arts at 3:30 p.m.

Weatherford’s free presentation, sponsored by
Lexington Communi College, is titled “How
the American Indians Enrichedcthe World.”

Weatherford is the author of several books and
articles, one of which won the media award from
the American Anthropological Association.

llml olllce provlilo stlly trlu

UK Study Abroad Services has ideas for stu-
dent summer travel plans.

The office will hold a Study Abroad Fair
tomorrow from IO a.m.—2 p.m. in 206 Student
Center. Faculty. sponsors and returned students
will represent t eir respective programs to inter-
ested students.

Compiledfronl mfl: wire reports.

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Antwan! An: Editor

Critics’ darlings Scrawl and
\l'ilco will be playing tomorrow at
Lynagh’s. Since critical success
doesn’t usually equal commercial,
these bands will be playin for an
affordable price in a Fow-key
vciiUe. And just because they’re
not playing at Rupp Arena, don’t
assume that they’re just another
set of crappy alternative bands
coming to a tavern near you.

Scrawl, opening up or Wilco,
has been around for over a decade,
and was recently signed to Elektra.
The band’s first tnajor label
release was Trace] 0n, Rider, the
excessively sappy press release for
which describes the band’s journey
as “lt's always been pay as you go,
and the terrible inconsequence of
such a ride.”

lluh? Anyway. that kind of
angst should be interesting to see,
and the added bonus of seeing a
band that has played every dive
from here to Madison should real-
ly add a world weary angle to the
whole shebang.

\Vilco. whose double album
Bring There fused an interesting
mix of country, rock and punk, has
been lauded from left to right by
the critical establishment. Jay Ben—
nett, who plays the guitar and key-
boards, and shares duty on back-
ing vocals, joined VVilco “two
years and three months ago
because they asked me.” Bennett
replaced Max johnston, a former
Uncle Tupelo member, after the
Being There sessions.

[incle Tupelo, which provided
\Yilco with three of its five merri—
bers, had a nasty breakup after_leff
'l‘weedy (founder of \Vilco) and

lay liarrar (founder of Sun Volt)

By Suzanne Raiteld

Aries (March 21-April l9):
.~\fter you produce a l()—page paper
that you put your heart and soul
into. it riiagically disappears. This
cient does not bode well for the
rest of your academic career, so
consider yourself warned.

Taurus (April 20—May 20):
The (luban Sex Industry wants to
enlist you as a member and is try-
ing to actively recruit you.
Although flattered, you are not
that hip on the idea, and politely
decline. lt‘s been a long time since
anyone took an interest in you, so
when the naked Cubans continue
to show upon your doorstep peri-
odically. it’s a pleasant surprise.

Gemini (.\lay 21—June 20): You
will win .1 beauty pageant in the
near future. So regardless ofyour
gender. your looks will win acco-
lades. e\cn if you are one of the
most rtprehensible—looking peo-
plc on the face of the earth. The
reason: The world has taken pity
on you. and this is its way of offer—
ing too .i boost of cheer.

(Iancer (lune 21—July 22): You
inuirc yourself while working the

 

 

 

 

 

Photo funmhed

If.“ "Elli Prominent national act: PVilco and Smrwl will play tomarmw night at Lymtgh ’5. The show is sold out.

nearly to break on through

had severe son ritin conflicts.
Lead singerjef Tweedy seems to
have made sure that that type of
conflict will not occur again.

\Vhen I asked Bennett if he
would like to see any collaborative
songwriting, or if Tweedy would
remain as the sole songwriter for
\\'ilco. he sounded confused. “I
guess it all depends on what you
call collaboration," he said.

I clarified my question for him
by asking how much he was
involved in the songwriting pro-

cess. Bennett answered, “He
(Tweed ) writes the words and the
melodies. So, in general, histori—
cally the way thin s have worked,
that’s what you ca l songwriting."
Translation: Tweedy writes all the
songs.

Bennett went on to say that
“certainly, there’s room for contri-
bution beyond songwriting” but
conceded that “it’s (Tweedy’s)
band.” Bennett also said that “I
don’t think it would be appro ri-
ate to try to force something w en

WHAT'Sygur Sign?

cash register in your low-wage job.
Although it is a minor injury, you
ptit your acting skills in gear and
give a performance with a lot of
blood curdling screams, which
nets you a good amount of work—
er's comp. You take your loot,
spend several weeks in the topics,
marry a native and never return.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22): You
attempt to turn on your television
through your perceived psychic
powers. When this fails, you sit
and pout. You continue to stare
numbly at the TV until one of
your roommates throws you off
the couch because they were start-
ing to confuse you with a pillow
that they wanted to sit on.

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): You
have no money, your car was bro-
ken into and your dog left you for
another owner. You attempt to
woo your dog back to you, and
when that doesn’t work, you try
the same thing with your car.
When you try to woo people for
money, they assume you’re a pros—

titute, which was not the image
you were going for.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Your
sleeping patterns will change dras-
tically. You’ll often wake up feel-
ing as if someone has snap ed you
apart in the middle and tfien put
you back together using Super
Glue. Not being a morning person
anyway, this makes you very
cranky and you warn people that
they should not talk to you until
the afternoon or you will hurt
them.

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21):
The person you work with talks
constantly, which inhibits your
progress at work. You try to be
nice, but soon you will run out of
patience and to cut off the per-
son's air supp y by wrin ing the
individual’s neck. After t at, you
feel much better and get a lot
accomplished.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21):
You will be the designated driver
this weekend. You soon realize
that this means you can’t drink

there’s plenty of other outlets."

Conflict aside, the show tomor-
row night represents one ofthe
few opportunities at Lexin ton
clubs to catch national acts. I you
haven’t heard anything by Wilco,
the band Sun Volt sounds some-
what similar. “Drown,” by San
Volt, got plenty of airplay this
summer, so if you’ve heard that,
you know what to expect.

So here’s your op ortunity to
catch these bands be ore they get
corrupted by success. .

and get very sad, which leads you
to drink all the more. You blame
your behavior on your friends,
who in turn start calling you “that
stupid weirdo,” but still hang
around you because you’re the
only one who has a car.

Capricorn (Dec. 22—Jan. 19):
Your head feels like someone is
trying to climb forcefully out. You
shake your head a bit, and lo and
behold, a small person resembling
a water sprite falls out of your left
ear. You just lost your imagina-
tion, and now you will never get it
back. Prepare to be as about excit-
ing as a paper bag.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18):
Sigh. Ho hum. Arghhhhh. Sigh.
Aquarius, your life for the next
week is a blank. But be that as it
may oh hell, I don’t know. Go
forth and be merry, or something
like that.

Pisces (Feb. l9-March 20):
Okay, like, maybe something good
will happen to you in the year
2058, but don’t count on any rays
of sunshine beaming into your life
until then. And if you die before
then, I guess you‘re out of luck.

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Bill" The Southern California funk/punk hand Henry
Toad debut: a little hang on fim and law on intelligence.

girl/I wanna see you Shiver Lord/Giri I
wanna see you shake" over the funky-punk

beats produced by the rest of the band.

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Horny Toad
Thirteen
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Horny Toad, the new band of Louichi
Mayorga, ex-bassist of Suicidal Tenden-
cies, has struck success with its virgin
effort, Thirteen.

From the opening blast of “Shiver,”
Horny Toad explodes in an energetic, ear-
pleasing melody. A curious mixture of ska-
rasta-funk, the Thirteen CD is entertaining
and diverse.

Songs like “Youth” and “Quicksand”
kee your ears perked and alert as you try
to igure out just how these guys came up
with this crazy, creative melange of
sounds. With an electric beat, Horny Toad

ets a funky groove stuck in your head and
Before you know it, you find yourself danc-
in . By the time the CD is over, you want
to ear more.

Unlike anything I had ever heard
before, Thirteen is a fun album. Although
the album is fairly positive and u beat, it is
not exact] what you’d call weig ed down
with deep y intellectual lyrics.

For exam le, in “Shiver” you can hear
lead singer aviar belting out “We’ll sit by
the fire/And drink some Jaegermiester

humorous lyrics supported by clever, feet-
tapping beats.

Other tracks on the album include
“Fragile Planet” and “Vampire Ska,” and I
wou d love to tell you what those tracks
sound like, but unfortunately my copy of
the CD, sent directly from the record
company, is all scratched and those tracks
are unintelligible. Nonetheless, the rest of
the album is still really good. It’s pretty
impressive if a band can still get four stars
with a scratched-up CD.

Out of the Santa Monica/Venice Beach
area of southern California, the band is
heavily-laden with a California influence.
For the most part, the songs are all about
skating and snowboarding, women and
liquor. A arty band, Horny Toad depicts
a fun and, carefree idealism, completely
immature and always having a ood time.

So if your CD collection as enough
meaningful music, dee lyrics and bands
who actually think, go I d and try some-
thing different. Check out Horny Toad
and get a new experience with a band who
seems to thoroughly enjoy bein dumb
without being annoying. Horny oad has
a little something for everyone with its
crazy combinations.

 

 

 

 

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