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Todd to present long-range Vision for UK

By Megan Boehnke
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UK President Lee Todd
will unveil his business plan
to become a top~20 research
university w one that in-
cludes estimates of neces-
sary increases in faculty
hirings and salaries, as well
as future tuition rates w to-
day in a campus-wide fo~
rum.

The forum, held from
11:30 am. to 1 pm. in the
Student Center’s Worsham
Theater, will be the first op-
portunity for the public to
see a detailed version of the
plan, which has been in the
works for more than six
months.

The plan will both dis-
cuss how UK has progressed
in its pursuit of top-20 sta—
tus over the last eight years

and outline new strategies
for the next 15 years. The
plan will dis-

When the state legisla-
ture passed House Bill 1 in
1997. which

 

cuss UK's
growth in
four cate-
gories: un-
dergraduate
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graduate ed-

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Top-20 Business Plan

When: 11:30 am. to 1 pm. today
Where: Worsham Theater in the

Event is free and open to the public

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UK to be-
come a top-
20 research
university
by the year
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ucation. fac-
ulty recognition and re-
search.

not include
specific strategies or outline
funding allotments, Todd

said in a memorandum to
the Board of Trustees on the
plan.

The business plan details
the amount of revenue it
will take for UK to reach its
goal, which includes in-
creasing faculty and faculty
salary that will then lead to
increased enrollment. Up-
ping the levels of faculty on
campus is the plan’s first ob-
jective.

“It is essential that we
front-load faculty growth be.
fore we increase our student
enrollment." Todd said in
his memorandum to the
trustees. “UK will maintain
its current level of first-year
student enrollment until fall
2008."

UK's current approach, a
more short-term, incremen-

See Plan on page 2

 

First of two
provost finalists
Visits tomorrow

Kansas State dean
to state his case for
top UK academic job

By Sean Rose
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An administrative im-
port from Kansas State Uni-
versity will be at UK tomor-
row arguing his case on
why he should be UK’s new
provost.

Terry King, dean of the

College of
E n g in e e r -
ing as
K a n s a s
State Uni-
versity, is
one of two
finalists in
the months
long search
for a new
p r o v o s t .
The second candidate, Kum-
ble Subbaswamy, dean of
the College of Arts and Sci-
ences at Indiana University,
will visit UK for a forum
one week from today.

Tomorrow’s forum will
feature King’s presentation
on his background and his
vision for UK. Afterward,
he will take questions from
the audience. Former
Provost Mike Nietzel left

If You Go: Provost forum

UK in July to serve as presi-
dent of Southwest Missouri
State University. Since that
time, Scott Smith, dean of
the College of Agriculture,
has served as interim
provost.

Jeannine Blackwell, the
co-chair for the provost
search committee said she
wants a full house at the fo-
rum.
“1 think it’s important
that the whole University of
Kentucky community and
Lexington community, as
well, see this provost as
their own," Blackwell said.
“This is a real test of how
they think on their feet."

UK is looking for feed-
back on the candidates
from as many students, fac-
ulty and staff as possible.
Blackwell said UK Presi-
dent Lee Todd cares deeply
about the public and UK‘s
constituents, and that al-
though the final decision
lies with him, the president
will take public comments
very seriously

“He needs everyone’s
eyes and ears," Blackwell
said.

UK spokesman Jay
Blanton said that feedback
is critical to the search,
which will conclude when
Todd decides who he wants

See Provost on page 2

 

What: Public presentation and question-and-answer session with UK provost
candidate Terry King, dean of Kansas State University's engineering college

When: 3:30 pm. to 4:30 pm. tomorrow

Where: Center Theater in the Student Center

Evaluation forms located online at www.uky.edu/provost/search.html

 

OF MICE AND SOUTH CAMPUS

Rodents plaguing
residents' dorms

By Lindsey Mayse
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Mice are seeking shelter
in the Kirwan dormitory
complex on South Campus,
and many residents are upset
about the recent invasion.

Residents of Kirwan I and
Kirwan III have had unexpect-
ed company most of the se-
mester. The rodents have in-
vaded the ground complexes,
and numerous sightings have
been reported to UK Housing.

Sarah Marshall, an agri-
cultural education and com-
munications leadership
sophomore, has had her share
of conflict with the mice.

“Three of my friends have
caught mice in their dorm
rooms," she said, “and I have
had to throw them all away"

Amanda Ferguson, an un-
dergraduate studies sopho
more and Kirwan III resident,
caught a mouse in a trap in
her dorm room.

“It is really nasty that
mice are in here.” she said.

Brenda Stamper. UK’s di-
rector of housing, said mice
are causing problems predom-
inately in the Kirwan low-ris-
es, and not the tow-
er dorm.

“I’ve been here
for four years and
occasionally, we get
reports, we set traps
and that‘s it," Stam- "
per said. “This year. saga.
it has been an ongo-
ing saga."

Since students
moved in in August,
about 50 complaints
concerning mice have been
reported to Fix-It, a UK main-
tenance hotline that students
can call to report problems in
residence halls.

“The only way we’re going
to know if mice are sighted is

“ this year,
it has been
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Mike Powell, UK's pest control technician, inspects a mice bait station outside of the Kirwan-Blanding complex
on Friday. An unusually high mice population has given UK problems this semester.

if students call and report it,"
Stamper said.

Stamper said the neces-
sary steps to investigate the
runaway mice have been tak-
en in an attempt to finalize an
extermination plan.

“We want to
know (if) they (are)
breeding or nest-
ing," Stamper said.

UK’s pest-con-
trol technician,
Mike Powell, is cer-
tified to deal with

Brenda Stamper an pests — includ—
director, UK Housing ing mice.

“He responds to
requests and has specialized
means and methods of treat-
ment," Stamper said. “We
choose the method (of treat-
ment) that is most safe and
convenient for all students."

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PowellUK’s pest control technician, holds someof the bait that he uses
to kill mice at the Kirwan-Blanding complex. Powell also uses glue boards
inside the buildings to catch mice that make it inside.

 

Sophomore guard Ramel Bradley runs into traffic during UK's
83-79 loss to North Carolina on Saturday. Bradley finished with
12 points off the bench in the game, which moved UK to 4-2 on
the year. "We had them right where we wanted them but
you've got to give them credit," Bradley said.

NORTH CAROLINA 83, UK 79
Cats ‘regress’ playing back on the1r Heels

Tubby questions UK's
progress after loss

By Josh Sullivan
THE xruiucuv KERNEL

UK again struggled down
low, losing the rebound battle
37-30. Most damaging was the
Cats' inability to crash the
boards on the defensive end —
the Heels pulled down 15 of-
fensive rebounds, ruining sev-

It wasn‘t supposed to hap-
pen like this.

After losing its top seven
scorers from last year's na-
tional championship team, the
young North Carolina Tar
Heels were supposed to be em-
barking on a dreaded rebuild-
ing campaign. Conventional
wisdom said No. 10 UK was
poised to beat Carolina‘s three
freshman starters and avenge
last season’s 91-78 slaughter in
Chapel Hill, NC.

But two Tar Heel upper-
classmen crashed the boards.
and the party.

Led by senior David Noel
and junior Reyshawn Terry.
who scored a career-high 25
points, unranked UNC dealt
the Wildcats a defeat that was
much more demeaning than
the 83-79 final score would in-
dicate.

“They came in here and
smacked us," said UK senior
guard Ravi Moss. “We're the
University of Kentucky. We
can't have that: we've got to
smack them back."

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eral strong UK defensive
stands.

“We really got pounded
there," said UK head coach
Tubby Smith. “We did a really
poor job of boxing out, and we
take that pretty seriously

“We really regressed in a
lot of ways ~ boxing out and
dribble penetration," Smith
added, calling the game “a
step back for us in a lot of
ways."

One sequence clearly illus-
trated UK's rebounding woes
as the first half wound to a
close. North Carolina began
its final possession of the half
with just more than a minute
to play, and proceeded to turn
four straight offensive re-
bounds into a last second put-
back dunk by freshman for-
ward Tyler Hansbrough to
give the Heels a 44-32 lead at
the break.

“If you give a team like
North Carolina second and
third shots. nothing good is

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‘The Ineligible One’
could fix plenty of

Wildcats’

Rebounding.

Post offense.

Post defense.

Freethrow shooting.

Q: What do these have in
common?

A: They are the areas of
Saturday's
93-89 loss to
North Car-
olina, and
the 200506
season to
this point.
that Tubby
Smith has
highlighted
as problem-
atic.

A l t e r -
nate answer:
With the ex-
ception of
the last category, these are
also areas that could be great-
ly aided with the addition of
Randolph Morris.

It doesn't come along very
oflen that one player could
turn the fortunes of a team so
completer

Now. Morris gaining his
eligibility wouldn‘t solve all of

Chris
Johnson

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problems

the problems facing this bet-
ter-than-average team. There
is still the apparent lack of at-
tention the team seems to be
paying to its coach, and one
body won‘t heal all of the re
bounding pains this team is
going to face against the bet-
ter teams on its schedule, like
Louisville, Indiana, Florida.
Alabama and LSU.

But it would sure plug sev-
eral of the holes that have
glaring opened for the 4-2
Wildcats.

The rebounding woes are
perhaps the most obvious,
with the capacity Rupp Arena
crowd edging ever closer to
riot status at one point in the
second half when the Heels
picked up a second offensive
board and ended up with an
almost SOsecond offensive
possession.

“Once again. we got
pounded there.“ Smith said.
“We did a really poor job of
boxing out, and we take that
pretty seriously"

The Cats' stable of seven-

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tal system, “has put at risk
our academic ambitions for
our students. the strength of
our research agendas and
the force of our impact on
Kentucky." Todd said in a
press release.

Tight operating budgets
“have hampered us for
much of the last eight
years." Todd's letter said.
“We have lived year-to-year
with whatever state appro-
priation we get and whatevv
er we are able to gather from
other sources."

Todd will present the

Provost

Continued from page 1

 

for the job. Blanton said Todd
will review everything pre-
sented during those forums
and audience feedback on the
candidates. and make a deci-
sion as soon as possible. al-
though there's no set dead-
line to make that choice.

“The provost is clearly
one of the most important
academic positions on cam-
pus." Blanton said.

Todd installed the provost
model. in which the provost

plan to the
Trustees for approval on
Dec. 13. Once officially
adopted. UK will
use the plan

when discussing “I don't blame
funding With the those across my,

state legislature

and private campus and

donors.

Board of chances.

“But if we do not put a
specific statement of cost in
front of the gov-
ernor and the
members of the
General Assem-
we cannot
blame them for
not giving us the

Now is the aCI'OSS KentUCky resources we

time for action.
Todd said.

“I don’t blame Cal in
those across cam- '
pus and across
Kentucky who
are skeptical."
Todd said in his
letter to the trustees. “And
the recent period of lean
budgets makes it hard to
have confidence in our

is the chief academic officer
of the university. after he be-
came UK's president in 2001.
Blanton said the position is
integral to Todd's vision of
UK for articulating and im-
plementing academic initia-
tives.

“It‘s just a critically im-
portant position," he said.

The search for a new
provost began this spring af-
ter Nietzel took the job in
Missouri. Todd appointed the
search committee in April
and began reviewing applica-
tions in October.

Blackwell said finding a
new provost has been an in-
tense process. UK used the

who are skepti-

need.”

The plan will
also detail UK's
tuition strategy

for the next sev-
Lee Todd eral years.

In his memo-
randum to the
trustees. Todd stressed the
importance of becoming a
top-20 university to serve
the state of Kentucky. All

UK president

Korn/Ferry International
firm to narrow the field of
candidates from about 80 to a
finalist pool of about 10. The
search firm reviewed appli-
cations, references and per-
formed background checks
on all the candidates.

Once UK had its finalist

' pool. the provost search com-

mittee conducted in-person
interviews between mid-Oc—
tober and mid-November be-
fore deciding on two finalists
last week.

“We had an excellent pool
of candidates and it is a very,
very competitive market for
provost," Blackwell said.
“The candidates we want,

other top20 universities are
in states where the median
household income is higher
than the national average —»
Kentucky’s is $8,000 below
the national average.

“We must commit our-
selves to competing in the
knowledge economy or re-
sign ourselves to the same
low incomes and fragile
economies of the past."
Todd said.

“We take direct aim at
top-20 status because it
forces us to do what is hard
so that we might achieve
something better for Ken-
tucky."

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everybody wants. too."

Blanton said Todd likes
these two candidates because
of their experience running
large academic programs. In
addition. both candidates
have the desire to be leaders
on campus as well as in the
community, Blanton said.

“Both these gentlemen
clearly have the kind of expe-
rience with the scholars and
the administration to man-
age that kind of academic en~
terprise." he said.

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Mice

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Powell is a local expert
and has been working with
UK Housing to analyze the sit-
uation since October.

“You've got to be very
careful when dealing with the
capture of rodents." he said.

Four weeks ago. Terminix
pest control was consulted to
further analyze the invasion.

“We get rid of the prob-
lem. but the mice keep com-
ing back.“ Stamper said. “We
felt we had exhausted all of
our resources.“

Powell has searched for
potential problem areas that

could attract mice.

“If the hole is the size of a
dime. they can come through
it." he said.

Since reports pinpoint
Kirwan I and III low-rises. UK
administrators have outlined
multiple theories to explain
the influx of the unwanted
visitors.

“We expect the possibility
that the mice may be migrat-
ing from the open field area
where new construction has
taken place." Stamper said,
referring to the recent con-
struction of three new dorms
on South Campus. “It is possi-
ble that we disrupted a nest of
mice."

Powell said the recent
landscaping alterations out-
side residence halls have also
contributed to the problem.

of the game.

“(The UK Physical Plant
Division workers) took (the
mice’s) homes away, and
they‘ve migrated their way
into the building," he said.

Straw is also a possible
culprit. Stamper said.

“It is also possible that
mice traveled in the straw
bales that were brought in for
landscaping purposes." she
said.

Brian Smith. the Ken-
tucky Department of Fish
and Wildlife’s diversity pro-
gram coordinator. said mice
have the rare potential to be
harmful to humans.

“There is potential for
hantavirus (pulmonary syn-
drome)." Smith said. “Many
mice do carry the disease. and
if the conditions are right. it
can be transferr

Six minutes later, the Tar Heels

Cats

Continued from page I

 

going to come of it.“ said Moss. who
turned in career-highs with 17
points and 35 minutes.

“There‘s nothing more demoral-
izing than giving up offensive re—
bounds." he said. “You're not going
to win against a team like North
Carolina when you give up 15 offen-
sive rebounds and only get eight.“

UK stormed out of the gate in
the second half. scoring seven
straight points. while North Caroli-
na committed two turnovers ,, one
shy of its first half total. The run
was capped off by a 3»pointer from
Moss that cut the Carolina lead to
five and ignited deafening cheers
from the 23.860 fans in Rupp Arena.

“We had them right where we
wanted them at that time. but
you've got to give them credit." said
UK sophomore guard Ramel
Bradley who chipped in 12 points
off the bench.

Carolina head coach Roy
Williams called a timeout to stem
the tide. and the Tar Heels got an
easy layup from Terry after two
empty UK possessions. Less than
two minutes later. UK drew to with-
in two points on a 3-pointer from ju-
nior forward Rekalin Sims. but the
(Eats wouldn‘t get any closer the rest

took their biggest lead of the second
half as Noel charged in from the
baseline and threw down a mon-
strous one-handed dunk. silencing
the crowd. Noel pulled down seven
of the team‘s offensive rebounds
and added 15 points.

The Cats pulled to within five
points with just over four minutes
to play. but two straight turnovers
ended their comeback bid. On the
next trip down court. Moss was
called for a hooking foul as he drove
to the basket. After Carolina fresh-
man Marcus Ginyard nailed a
jumper. UK sophomore guard Rajon
Rondo tried to hit Moss on the wing.
but the ball sailed out of bounds as
Moss broke toward the basket just
before Rondo threw the pass.

Rondo scored eight of his career-
high 20 points in just over 20 sec-
onds down the stretch. but at that
point. Carolina was content to trade
driving layups for foul shots and a
dwindling game clock.

Moss said UK has lots of work to
after such a demoralizing loss.

“We’ve gotta rebound the ball.
We've gotta show more toughness."
he said. “A nationally televised
game against North Carolina. in our
house to lose is unacceptable. It's
time for us to step up and start play-
ing like men.“

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Ben Crutcher. UK's associ-
ate vice president of auxiliary
services, advised students to
take the necessary precau-
tions to reduce the chance
that mice would continue to
be a nuisance. Crutcher sug-
gested residents make an ex-
tra effort to clean up food and
leftovers inside their dorm
rooms.

“The faster these prob-
lems are reported. the faster
they can be controlled and
corrected." he said.

Meanwhile. Marshall and
other South Campus resi-
dents continue to monitor the
halls.

“We are paying too much
money to live here and have
to deal with mice," she said.

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UK-sponsored book drive

BY Ryan “SM
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Books for Children, the annual
drive sponsored by UK's College of
Education. is accepting donations
to promote literacy through book
ownership amongst less-fortunate
children.

While UK has sponsored the
event before, this is the first year
the College of Education's Ken-
tucky Education Association Stu-
dent Program has taken charge of
the drive, which aims to collect
books for children up to 12 years
old.

Annie Starnes. an elementary
education senior and president of
the student program, said UK put
the student program in charge be-
cause it felt this effort could reach
out to the student body.

“It is really our first big thing
with UK," Starnes said. “We're
just helping to get the word out."

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In addition to collecting books
for the drive. the student program
is donating several books.

“It is important to us as teach-
ers for all children to have books."
Starnes said.

Books for Children began in
2000. organized by Lexington resi-
dent Karen Sandberg and former
UK College of Education professor
Virginia Atwood. The drive was
originally began in 1989. organized
by the Lexington Herald-Leader
and called the “Storybook Christ-
mas" drive.

Sandberg was a regular con-
tributor and supporter to the book
drive. so she took over after the
Herald-Leader stopped organizing
it.

“I wanted to help because liter-
acy is something I care about," she
said.

Atwood heard about Sand-
berg’s idea and decided to get in-

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volved.

“I wanted every child to be able
to own at least one age-appropriate
book." Atwood said.

The two then approached UK
with the idea.

“It just seemed like a natural
avenue to ask (UK) if they would
be part of it.” Sandberg said.

Atwood agreed. and said her
previous history with UK made for
an easy decision when deciding
where to go with their idea.

“Since I taught at UK. it
seemed like a natural fit." she said.

The student program is one of
the six partners that take on the
responsibility of promoting and
collecting books for the drive. in-
cluding the Lexington Public l.i~
brary Once the partners finishing
collecting the books. they'll donate
them to social service agencies,
which will in turn distribute them
to children in Fayette and Jes~

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samine counties.

UK's participation in the drive
has been identified by the variety
of books it has contributed. Josh
Shepherd. an information special-
ist with UK's College of Educa-
tion. said the school provides
books for Spanish-speaking and
children with special needs. as
well as children from diverse reli-
gious backgrounds.

“We provide books in which
the main character is not always
Caucasian." he said.

Shepherd said all donations
have been appreciated. but partici-
pation has been moderate at best
and UK is capable of giving more.

“It hasn‘t been all that stellar.
As a university as a whole, we are
more than capable of contribut-
ing." he said.

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Books for Children

Campus collection areas: I33 Dickey
Hall; l04 Taylor Education Building; 100
Seaton Center

The drive runs through Thursday, Dec.
8. Used books are accepted, but new
ones are preferred.

For more information, call 277-6176.

To make a cash donation, send checks
or money orders to: Books for Children
c/o SHUMC, 2356 Harrodsburg Rd., Lex-
ington, Ky. 40503.

Also, there Will be a book collection at
the Dec. 18 women's basketball game in
Memorial Coliseum. For each new book
donated, participants will receive a ticket
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Students encouraged to use career center to better compete for jobs

By Aaron Snydfl
TIIE ItENTUCIlV KERNEL

The job outlook is favorable for UK stu-
dents who are graduating this semester.
thanks to more companies coming to the
university, said Sue Strup, director of ex-
perimental education and career services
for UK’s career center.

UK hosted 115 companies this fall. com
pared to 88 last year. A November survey
from the National Association of Colleges
and Employers found that employers plan
to hire 14.5 percent more new college grad-
uates than last year - the third straight
year that figure has risen.

The job-finding process can be fairly
easy if students take it seriously, Strup
said.

“If the students seek our assistance
from one of our very skilled and highly
trained career counselors in the Career

Center and avail themselves of our ser-
vices, then it will be fairly easy." she said.

Some of the 115 companies that came to
UK this fall included United Technologies.
Bowen Engineering. Dell Computers and
Rolls Royce. Still. many students didn't
take advantage of these opportunities.
Strup said.

“United Technologies flew in from Hart-
ford, Conn.. and only four of the 13 inter-
view slots were filled." Strup said. “It’s dis-
appointing to tell a company that only four
or five students are interested in their job
openings.“

This is “disappointing." Strup said. be-
cause one of UK President Lee Todd’s main
objectives is to bring more companies to
campus. And though more companies have
visited UK, students are not utilizing the
opportunities.

According to data collected by the
James W. Stuckert Career Center. Philip

Morris had the most on-campus interviews
this year 102 ~— followed by General
Electric. The average starting salary for
May graduates was $37648.

The hottest fields this year are engi-
neering, accounting. sales. business admin»
istration and marketing. And although De-
cember graduates will not be surveyed for
a few more months. Strup said she believes
many business and engineering students
have jobs lined up.

Adam Cable, a mechanical engineering
senior. will graduate this semester and has
already had several job offers. Cable used
the career center and frequented career
fairs, and with the help of Phil Parker. an
engineering career counselor. he said the
process hasn’t been too difficult.

“Once you do one or two interviews, the
process gets much easier.“ Cable said.

Strup said she believes this is how it
could be for everyone if students realize

the importance of career services. job in-
terviews and programs offered at the UK
Career Center. which are all free and avail-
able to all UK students.

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The James W. Stuckert Career Center is located at 408
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Mob attacks former prime minister

By Borzou Daragahi and Saad Fakhrildeen
Los ANGELES mics

NAJAF, Iraq -— One of Iraq's
most prominent politicians and his
entourage were pelted with rocks
and shoes yesterday as they left a
shrine, escalating tensions between
religious and secular Shiite Mus-
lim factions 11 days before parlia-
mentary elections that will set the
country’s course for the next four
years.

Ayad Allawi. the former inter-
im prime minister now leading a
major political coalition. said that
he and his bodyguards were at-
tacked with gunfire in an assassi-
nation attempt outside the Imam
Ali Shrine in this Euphrates River
city, a claim disputed by local au-
thorities.

Allawi and his deputies suggest-
ed that supporters of radical cleric
Muqtada al-Sadr. who is aligned
with rival Shiite coalition the Unit-
ed Iraqi Alliance. had planned the
attack. Al-Sadr’s aides brushed
aside Allawi’s accusations.

The incident highlighted long-
simmering antagonism between
the secular; tough-talking Allawi
and religious Shiites ahead of the
Dec. 15 elections. Allawi‘s ideologi~
cally far-flung coalition of democ-
ratic liberals and former members
of Saddam Hussein’s Baath Party
is vying with the United Iraqi Al-
liance’s clergy-led list of Islamic
political parties for votes among
the nation’s Shiite majority.

In the capital yesterday. two US.
soldiers were killed when a road-
side bomb struck their vehicle con-
voy in a southeastern section of
city. A roadside bomb also killed

 

two civilians in a downtown
square. And in separate incidents
throughout Baghdad. gunmen as-
sassinated a police lieutenant
colonel, an army major, two police
officers. a university professor and
a Shiite cleric loyal to al-Sadr.

Sunday’s melee in Najaf erupt-
ed after Allawi prayed at the
shrine. which houses the tomb of
the prophet Muhammad’s cousin
and son-in-law and is widely con-
sidered the most sacred Islamic site
in Iraq.

As a crowd of between 50 and 70
men hit Allawi with rocks as well
as footwear. the latter an act con-
sidered a dreadful insult by Iraqis
and Muslims. his bodyguards sur-
rounded him. fired weapons into
the air to disperse a gathering mob
and hustled him to safety. He was
escorted to a US. military base
north of Najaf before taking him to
the capital. said an Allawi repre-
sentative in Najaf.

Speaking before television cam-
eras in Baghdad after the incident.
an angry Allawi suggested those re-
sponsible for the melee were linked
to the same elements that killed
moderate Shiite cleric Abdul Maj id
Khoei in Najaf following the 2003
U.S.-led invasion. Iraqi authorities
have alleged in the past that al-Sadr
had a hand in the assassination.
though he has never been arrested.

Allawi said the attackers. cap-
tured on videotape. also wore
black, as do members of the Al
Mahdi army. a militia loyal to al-
Sadr.

“They were chanting similar
chants they were saying during the
Khoei assassination." said Allawi.
who as prime minister approved a

US. assault on rebellious Shiites in
the city last year. “They were try-
ing to assassinate all the delegation
or at least to kill me."

Saheb Ameri. head of a Najaf
cultural institute controlled by al-
Sadr. said the clerics' followers had
nothing to do with yesterday‘s inci-
dent.

“It was not organized,“ he said.
“It was just people’s ordinary reac-
tion. The people expressed them-
selves toward secular. unpatriotic
leaders."

Allawi. who at one time had ties
to US. and British intelligence.
called on local and national author-
ities to investigate the attack. in
which he said he avoided assassina-
tion only because one of the as-
sailants fumbled his weapon.

“Luckily the pistol of one of
them fell down from his hand while
he was trying to (shoot) me." said
Allawi. who as prime minister
claimed he was targeted frequently
for assassination.

The governor of Najaf, Asad
abu Kalal. rejected the assassina-
tion claim last night. He told re-
porters there were no weapons in-
volved. “The people involved used
stones and shoes." he insisted at a
news conference.

He also laid part of the blame
for the scuffle on Allawi because he
visited the shrine accompanied by
Western security contractors and
without informing Najaf security
forces.

“Dr. Ayad Allawi has come to
Najaf in a secret way in coordina-
tion with the American forces. and
without the knowledge of the offi-
cial authorities in the gover-
norate." he told reporters.

 

 

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Stephen Rhodes, a seventh grade student from the Christian Educational Consortium,
fixes his team's robot during Saturday's first Lego League competition in UK's
Student Center. The competition was open to elementary and middle school students.

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