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Scorsone wants repeal of studt health law

By DALE GREER
Associate Editor

State Rep. Ernesto Scorsone an-
nounced yester-
day that he will
seek the repeal
of a controver—
sial law requir-
ing college stu-
dents to carry
health insurance.
Scorsone, D-
Lexington, told
a group of facul-
ty at Lexington SCORSONE
Community College that he plans to

present a bill calling for the law's
repeal during the 1992 General As-
sembly regular session.

He said, however, that the bill
could be presented during a special
session this year if Gov. Wallace
Wilkinson elects to call one. The
governor would have to place the is-
sue on the agenda before Scorsone‘s
bill could be introduced.

Scorsone said he is calling for the
law's repeal because it “creates a
detrimental barrier to students." He
said the law, which takes effect
Sept. 1, places students in the posi-
tion of having to choose between an
ineffective insurance policy and ef-

It’s official: SGA

gets new

By KYLE FOSTER
Senior Staff Writer

Claiming it was strictly following
the Student Government Associa-
tion Constitution, the SGA Judicial
Board on Sunday denied a request
to hear an appeal against the 1991
SGA Elections Board.

The move allows Scott Crosbie
and Keith Sparks — after nearly a
month of controversy — to claim
the SGA presidency and vice presi-
dency. The judicial board had final
say on the matter.

"It's just got to end somewhere,"
said Christy Bradford, a judicial
board member.

In a closed meeting Sunday night,
the judicial board voted 4-0 to deny
hearing vice-presidential candidate
Amy Cooper’s appeal because she
requested action that was not within

leaders

the constitutional jurisdiction of the
judicial board.

Cooper's appeal was the latest in
a series of controversial questions
surrounding the election last month
of Crosbie and Sparks as the new
SGA leaders.

In her appeal, Cooper asked that
the judicial board do one of two
things:

~Hold a new hearing in compli-
ance with SGA Election Rules and
due process, and render a timely de-
cision.

-Review the information gathered
by the elections board and make a
decision as to the validity of the
presidential and vice-presidential
race, allowing Cooper to submit ev-
idence to prove the campaign viola-
tions that have been filed against

See SGA, page 5

Storage site strikes
nerve with council

By GREGORY A. HALL
Senior Staff Writer

The debate on where and how to
destroy the nerve gas stored at cen-
tral Kentucky‘s Lexington-Blue
Grass Army Depot hit the UK
campus yesterday, as the Universi-
ty Senate Council passed a resolu-
tion yesterday calling for the
chemical weapons to be “trans-
ported elsewhere to a less populat-
ed area for destruction."

And Sean Lohman, Student
Government Association presi-
dent, said he will place a bill dis-
cussing the issue before SGA's
senate review committee. which
has the authority to pass dated leg-
islation when the full senate can-
not meet.

“Colleges all over the state are
going along with this, and it’s
something we should at least con—

sider," Lohman said.

A.J. Kruse, a member of Com-
mon Ground of Fayette County, a
grass roots organization opposing
incineration of the weapons. said
Lohman told him that he was confi-
dent SGA would pass a resolution
similar to that of the Senate Coun‘
cil this week.

The council was split on passing
the resolution, with five members
in favor — one opposing and two
abstaining.

The two abstentions came be-
cause no one was at the meeting to
present the Anny‘s case on the mat-
lt‘r.

In its resolution, the council cited
the dangers to health. safety and the
possible consequences of human er-
ror as reasons for calling for the
chemical weapons to be moved.

A public hearing will be held in

See COUNCIL, Page 5

fective coverage that could be pro-
hibitively expensive.

“It’s like a dilemma," said Scor-
sone, who was at LCC to discuss
primary and secondary education
reform. “I think what we have in the
statute right now is an insurance re-
quirement that doesn’t meet the
needs of students. But a policy
that is appropriate for college stu-
dents is detrimental in the way that
it‘s going to cost several hundred
dollars and then it might keep some
people from being able to go to
school."

The statute, which is part of an
omnibus health care bill passed by

the General Assembly in 1990, re-
quires all full-time college students
in Kentucky to carry health insu-
rance that pays for at least 14 days
in the hospital and 50 percent of re-
lated doetors’ fees.

The law also covers part-time stu-
dents who are taking at least 75 per-
cent of a full course load. Students
who do not have coverage by the
September deadline will not be able
to enroll in classes this fall.

The coverage required by the 1c g.
islation is minimal so costs cart be
kept low enough for college student
to afford, said the law’s sponsor,
Sen. Benny Ray Bailey, D-

Hindman.

This fall, UK will be required to
offer students a policy that meets
the minimum requirements of the
law. The policy will cost a little
more than $100 a year for students
of all ages, said Jean Cox, Student
Health Service administrator. UK
also will offer a second plan that
covers a broad range of outpatient
services like X—rays and lab work. It
will cost about $380 a year for stu-
dents under age 35. Older students
must pay about $1,050 a year.

Although some students may be
tempted to buy less expensive
plans, which meet only the mini-

mum requirements, Scorsone and
university health officials from
across Kentucky say those plans are
a waste of money because they
don't meet the needs of college stuv
dents.

“Rather than a long hospital stay,
I think students are more in need of
out-patient services for the occa-
sional injury of broken bone,“ Scor-
sone said. “It might be possible to
come up With a very cheap policy to
cover the state’s requirements but
that‘s not really what we need to do
for students If it doesn‘t meet their

See HEALTH . page 5

 

 

By TOM SPALDING
Editor in Chief

A self—described traveling cam-
pus preacher became embroiled in
a shouting match with several UK
students yesterday after they ac-
cused him of making a racist com-
ment during a speech outside the
Student Center.

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educational

By NICK OOMER
Staff Writer

Due to a US. District Court de-
cision made last month. UK in-
structors Could find it harder to
have packets of copyrighted mate.
rial made for classroom.

But that doesn’t mean students
will be likely to avoid those thick
mains packers.

The decision came as a result of
a lawmit filed in 1989 by eight
textbook publishers against Kin-

the Copyright Act of 1976, facul~
ty members are allowed to make
multiple copies of copyrighted
medal for correctional use. This
“fair use” clause was severely

 

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Less copies, more hassles

“The only changes we will have
is that professors will have to get
their material in sooner," said
Maxine Hatmaker, campus sales
representative for Kinko‘s Copies
at 401 S. Limestone St.

‘Fair use’ clause limits

duplicating

limited in the decision handed
down by Judge Constance Baker
on March 28.

Now permission from the pub-
lisher is required before most cop-
yrighted material may be copied.

Kurt Kocnig, vice president of
Kinko‘s Graphics Corporation.
said the company will comply
with the decision, but called it “a
sad day for the educational com-
munity.”

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ing to purchase the (headed peck
ets, local copying companies say
the «cision's only impact will be
a longer waiting period for in.
structnrs.

ready has made a number of
standing agreements with many
publishers, which makes the pro-
cessmuch faster.

er of Lasergraphics at 377 S.
Limestone St., said he was not
aware ofthe court decision. but he
said it might affect the way they
operate.

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Phi Gamma Delta .

will return to UK

By VICTORIA MART1N
News Editor

UK’s Interfnitemity Council vot-
cd yesterday to bring .i fratcmity
back to campus next fall after an
eight-year absence.

Phi Gamma Delta social lrtitemi-
ty. which had a chapter at UK from
1958 to 1983, Will colonize in the
fall semester and begin pledging
new members at UK. lntcmational
headquaners for the fraternity.
which has about 130 chapters
throughout the United States and
Canada, are located in Lexington.

“We have been interested in the
University of Kentucky since '83
when we left." said Thomas Desjar-
din, director of programs at Phi
Gamma Delta International Head-
quarters. The University defi-
nitely is a campus that can use ex.
pansion and has room within the
student population to add chapters."

The fraternity surrendered its UK
charter eight years ago because of a
decline in membership.

“l think our chapter was mostly .i
victim or the environment of the
.oils and '70s," Dcsjardin \tlltl.
“That and not havmg long-term
graduate support that people need in
order to have good chapters was
the reason)."

Il"(‘ President Shannon Morgan.
is ho said the decision was the t'tllllk
cil‘s most important one of the sc-
mestcr. said he thinks Phi Gamma
Delta Will bring something positive
to the greek system.

“I think it‘s excning." Morgan
said. “It depicts the direction in
which the greek system is turning.
With some instances that have hap-
pened within the past year, we‘ve
still tumed around and offered ex-
tensions to another fratemity to
come on campus."

IF(,‘ voted l4-l to invite the fra-
temity to recolonizc at UK. Phi
Kappa Psi President Tcd Suptilski.
who voted against the measure, dc-
clincd to comment.

See FRATERNITY, Page 5

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UK's Bob
Whelan sets
‘ Sights
tor Olym-
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 2 - Kentucky Kernel, Tuesday, April 23, 1991

Bob Whelan: Nothing but run __ LIL

By TIM WIESENHAHN
Senior Statl Writer

Bob Whelan looks like nothing
but run. An incarnation of continu-
ous rapid movement that is faster
than a walk. A 6-foot-l, 155 pound
incantation churning in a steady
flow of springing steps.

Steps leaving the ground and re-
turning in a whirl of mechanical pre-
cision. Steps moving freely about.
and moving at will. Steps ladened
with speed and fueled by the prom-
ise of running in nothing but the
Olympic Games.

But Whelan is more than run. He
is a miler, and a good one. Winning
the 1990 NCAA indoor mile in 3
minutes and 58.77 seconds sanc-
tioned the use of that adjective. And
like all good milers, he basks in the
race‘s fury and its fame.

“Everything l do now points to the
Olympic Trials. It is not out of the
question," the two-time UK Male
Athlete of the Year said. “It‘s hard
to get where you're going when you
don‘t know where you want to go. I
look to win. I look to win the mile
every time out now.

“I run for the attention —- serious-

 

“I run for the attention —— seriously.

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am.

ly." Whelan said. “I‘ve distin-
guished myself in running. Running
makes up much of who I am."

At the three-room apartment on
South Ashland Avenue, about a
mile from campus, that Whelan
shares with former UK runner Ben-
ny Mclntosh lurk many of the com-
ponents detailing Whelan's stake in
his goal.

Sprawled over the floor are doz-
ens of pairs of training shoes and
racing flats. Cotton T-shirts and ny-
lon shorts hang from the window
sills, the door-frames and the light
fixtures. The furniture, which is
sparse, is swallowed by a library of
running publications. There is no
cable-TV and Whelan and Mcln-

l've distinguished myself in running.
Running makes up much of who |

Bob Whelan,
UK miler

tosh call the living room floor their
bed.

Whelan discovered his pedigree
the first time he was exposed to the
mile. As a sixth grader in Dickson,
Tenn., Whelan would leave school
each day, walk to his father‘s office.
and wait to go home. But one after—
noon the office was locked and
Whelan was left With nothing to do.
Bored and alone he wandered up to
the nearby high school track where
his older brother was running a
mile. But the sixth grader could not
simply watch.

“I'll do that. I’ll jump in and prac-
tice with them," Whelan told him-
self. But he couldn't finish the run.
“I made it three laps," he said. Nev-

Heavyweights get competitive

By KIP BOWMAR
Senior Staff Writer

In the late 19805 and early 19903,
a heavyweight championship fight
went something like this: a sweaty,
remorseless killer in black trunks
and black shoes who stood less than
5 foot 10 inches would get into the
ring and knock out his opponent in
90 seconds or less.

That changed when Mike Tyson’s
dominance led to overconfidence
and eventual defeat at the fists of
Buster Douglas. It looked like there
might be an emergence of heavy-
weight fighters. Douglas' reign as
heavyweight champ, however, last-
ed through a six-month eating binge
and ended with one flush punch
from Evander Holyfield.

Boxing fans feared the cycle of
disappointing heavyweight fights

COMMENTARY

would continue. The fear was laid
to rest when Tyson met up with Ra-
zor Ruddock in Las Vegas last
month. It was a hard-hitting bout
until the referee stopped the fight in
the seventh round to a large chorus
of boos and ensuing cltaos. A re-
match has been scheduled for June.

Then Friday night George Fore-
man proved he was no publicity
stunt in his battle with Evander Hol-
yfield. He had been given a punch-
er’s chance, and Muhammad Ali
said, “If George hits him right, he‘ll
go." An early knockout, however,
was the only way Foreman would
be standing at the end, fight prog-
nosticators said.

But Foreman held his own and at

times punished Holyfield. In the
second round he came within inch-
es of a knockout. But luck favored
Foreman in the third when he was
saved by the bell.

Douglas only had been able to
stand up to one flush shot from Hol-
yfield. Foreman endured six or sev-
en at a time and often just pushed
Holyfield away. Foreman’s reflexes
aren’t the same, but his punch is
still there. He’s an intelligent fight-
er who could match up with any
other heavyweight with the possible
exception of Tyson.

Foreman’s post-fight interview
added humor to a sport often devoid
of humor.

“It’s the eighth wonder of the
world," Foreman said, smiling and
walking toward the camera with a
satin robe over his bald head and
sunglasses over his swollen eyes.

 

 

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crtheless, a miler was born.

“Three days later my older broth-
er came home and said he ran 12
laps. I told him I thought he had
lied," Whelan said. “So we went
back the next day and I said I want-
ed to watch. Sure enough, they
stroked out 12 laps. It wasn’t but
three miles, but I said all right, if he
can run 12 laps and I couldn't do
but three, I’m going to have to get
staned.” So Whelan. the sixth grad-
er, began practicing with the high

school runners, running in junior- .

varsity meets after school and with
his brothers in the summer. The mil-
er began to blossom and summer
running nurtured the growth.

The summer before his senior
year in Dickson, Whelan ran with
the Music City Track Club in Nash-
ville. Whelan said the workouts
were hard, often twice a day. But he
also said he improved.

“After that summer I knew I was
a different runner than before I
started out.” Whelan said. And he
was right The evidence: one state
cross country championship, two
state track championships and a

See WHELAN, page 4

Foreman helped to wake up the
heavyweight division.

“When a man closer to 50 and 60
than he is to 20 can go toe to toe
with the champion of the world and
have the young man hanging on at
the end, this is for all the senior citi-
zens of the world. Hip, hip, hoo-
ray."

With that he turned around and
walked off.

Although Foreman proved some-
thing, Holyfield won respect, too.
Going into the fight, people said he
had nothing to gain (except $20 mil-
lion.)

If he lost, it proved he wasn‘t a
champion and if he won, he beat a
washed-up old man. So Foreman's
astounding performance helped.

With Holyfield. Tyson, Foreman,
Ruddock. and Riddock Bowe
among others. the heavyweight divi~
sion will be exciting again and pro-
duce some memorable fights.

It's still a long away from the glo—
ry days of the 1970s when Muham-
mad Ali. Joe Frarier, George Forc-
man. Ken Norton, Ernie Shavers
and Larry Holmes were all fighting.
One thing that made all of those
fighters better was the intense com-
petition, but it looks like the compe—
tition is coming back.

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PHOTO COURTESY OF UK SPORTS INFOHHATION

UK miler Bob Whelan makes ground in a meet in Florida. Whelan
has been named All-America in both ninning and academics.

The waiting game:
Lacrosse season ends

Team must wait for eligibility

By AL HILL
Senior Staff Writer

Now that the UK Lacrosse team‘s
regular season is over, there is noth-
ing left for them to do but play the
waiting game.

The Cats ended their season over
the weekend with a couple of tough
losses to the University of Miami
and Wright State University.

The season ended with the Cats
holding a winning slate - six wins
against three losses.

Even with the two losses the Cats
will remain in a three-way tie for
first place in the Midwest Southern
Lacrosse League.

The Cats will now have to wait
until next fall to find out whether
they‘re eligible to play in the Wing
Invitational Lacrosse Tournament
held at Wright Patterson Airforce
base.

The first loss of the weekend
came to the cupped sticks of the
University of Miami down in Flori-
da on astroturf.

Although the Cats showed great
poise coming back. the surface and
the slow start played a big part in
the 15-12 defeat.

“We had so many players that
had never played on astroturf,“ UK
lacrosse player/coach Terry Justice
said.

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After finding themselves down 9-
3 at halftime, the Cats milled back
in the third quarter with goals by
Tommy Kennedy and Ford Stanley.
They put a scare into the Hurri-
canes, outscoring them 6-2 in the
third quarter.

However, the rally took too much
out of the Cats, as they became
winded late in the fourth.

“We came back to within two
points,“ Justice said.

“But we used so much energy to
catch up."

The Cats then made the trip back
to Lexington to take on Wright
State University Saturday at Seaton
Field.

But the home turf did not help
enough, as the Cats lost their second
game of the weekend, 15-8. Stan—
ley, Kennedy and Bob Pfannenstiel
all had goals in this game. with
Stanley leading the way with three.

Justice had a major rebuilding to
do this spring after losing seven
starters from last year‘s team.

Among the newcomers that have
had impact on this year‘s team are
Billy Cox. Dave Catccn. and Doug
Barber. a transfer from Penn State
University.

“We had nine new guys come in
here," Justice said. “I didn‘t even
know they were going here until
spring they all impressed me a
lot.”

Bengals bet on
defense in draft

By TERRY KINNEY
Associated Press

CINCINNATI _. The Cincinnati
Bengals, standing pat on offense
with Boomer Esiason, their flashy
receivers and veteran line, are try-
ing once again to improve them-
selves on defense.

Alfred Williams, their top pick
Sunday in the NFL draft, is being
looked on as the same type of im—
pact linebacker as James Francis,
the Bengals” No. l draft pick a year
ago.

“I think he‘s like James in terms
of mobility,“ linebackers coach
Dick Selcer said of Williams, a 6-
foot-o. 24l-pound outside lineback-
er from Colorado.

“He‘s like James, in terms of
play, in chase and run defense.“

Selccr said because of the defen-
sive scheme at Colorado, Williams
is a better pass rusher now than
Francis was when he finished his
career at Baylor.

“He has complete skills, in terms
of what you define a linebacker in
every sense to be,“ Selcer said. “He
can rush, he can cover. he can play
the run defense, he can stand on the
tight end, he can run rush over an
offensive tackle."

There was no dallying by General
Manager Paul Brown.

“This is a big, tall, active man.“
Brown said. “We rated this fella
way up there, wrthtn the first six to
eight people to go.“

Coach Sam Wyche said Williams
was a popular choice.

“In our room, everyone thought
he was a first-round pick," Wyche
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Jazz Ensemble tooting its horn
after being invited to Montreux

By KYLE FOSTER
Senior Staff Writer

The award-winning UK Jazz En-
semble will perform tonight at Me-
morial Hall as pan of the Jazz Arts
Foundation Second Annual Lexing-
ton Jazz Showcase.

The UK Jazz Ensemble, under the
direction of Miles Osland, is one of
“the finest jazz groups in the educa-
tional field" according to the letter
inviting his group to the 1992 Mon-
treux Jazz Festival in Montreux,
Switzerland.

“It is one of the most intemation-
ally prestigious jazz ensembles in
the world,“ said Osland, UK profes-
sor of saxophone and director of
jazz studies.

The 26th annual Montreux Jazz
Festival will be July, 1992, which
will “gather the top jazz musicians
from throughout the world” for a
17-day event, wrote Richard Dun-
scomb, North American Coordina-
tor for the festival.

“It’s going to be an explosive
event!“ Osland said.

But a lot of hard work was done
by the 20-piece group before Osland
could submit its work to the Mon-
treux Jazz Festival competition. He
said the group had to make a name
for itself.

Osland took over the direction of
the jazz ensemble in fall 1989.
“They have come a long way," he
said of the group, which has been
comprised of most of the same mu-
sicians for the last two years.

The UK Jazz Ensemble has re-
ceived other awards, including the
“Outstanding Jazz Ensemble
Award” last year from the 32nd No-
tre Dame Collegiate Jazz Festival.

The jazz ensemble also received a
four-star review in Downbeat, a na-

Twilight Hour?

Associated Press

NEW YORK — What is it that
keeps the Rolling Stones going?
Keith Richards doesn't know, but
he thinks the late Rod Serling
might.

”It’s kind of mysterious, and
probably has to stay that way. Kind
of ‘Twilight Zone.‘ It's one of the
hardest things to keep," said Rich-
ards, the guitar-playing half of the
Glimmer Twins.

“You can get together the best
musicians for their instruments, but
it‘s not necessarily a good band.
Somehow, I think it‘s a mysterious
thing, a good band."

Richards, based on the massive
18-month “Steel Wheels" tour, is
convinced that the Stones — 28
years and “millions of changes" lat-
er —~ are a great band. Not that he
ever doubted it.

“The boys are still rockin’. For
me, it was great. because I knew
they had it in 'em. And I know
there's more, and I'm gonna wring
it out of ‘em," said Richards in an
interview promoting the Stones'
fifth live album. Flash/Joint.

While Keith was surprised at how
good the new record sounded, he's
not a big fan of live albums. “A lot
of the material is the same as on
most of the others. What do you call
it? ‘The Best Versions Yet"? Live
albums have always been kind of
weird to me," Richards said.

Not surprisingly, Mick Jagger ~v
Richards’ verbal sparring partner
through the late '803 ~ disagrees,

“It shows where the band was at
live. Records are very much an arti-
ficial medium in a lot of ways.
They‘re just so tied up with technol-
ogy. and they always have been.
They don't sound like a band play-
ing in a club," said Jagger, in a tele~
phone interview from Atlanta.

What‘s Jagger doing in Georgia?

“Acting, dah-ling," he vamped.
Specifically, Mick is playing a vil-
lain in the film “Free Jack,“ a futur«
istic adventure starring Emilio Este—
vez and Anthony Hopkins.

Back to music.

Jagger and Richards agreed

OSLAND:
I‘ve had a very small turnover.
lt' s a very young group but very
mature."

“I've been lucky -—

tional jazz magazine, for its record-
ing Live—Into the 90’s.

Osland, who also plays saxo-
phone with the group, said their
three recordings played a large role
in being awarded the Montreux
Jazz Festival invitation. He said rec-
ognition and reputation are the keys
to success.

“I‘ve got some really talented stu-
dents, really talented," he said.

Since Osland arrived at UK. he
and the jazz ensemble have made
three recordings, including one on
compact disc.

Live — Into the 90's and 'l‘rihute
to the Big Band —— Vol.1 are re-
cordings made during Osland’s two
years with the group.

UKJE —— Cruisin' is the jazz en-
scmble’s finest work, Osland said.
It is one of the few college jazz
band recordings to be released on

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“The boys are still
rockin'. For me, it was
great, because I knew
they had it in ‘em. And
I know there's more.
and I’m gonna wring it
out of ’em.“

Keith Richards,

Rolling Stones

Flarhpoint is no farewell from live
performances by the Stones. “No,
not really," Jagger said. “A live al-
bum is always a bit in the cards eve-
ry time we do a big tour."

Everyone in the band is getting
along well these days. All five —~
Jagger, Richards, drummer Charlie
Watts bassist Bill Wyman and gui-
tarist Ron Wood — showed up at
various times during the mixing of
Flashpoint. And don t read any-
thing into Wyman‘s absence from
the video for their single, “High
Wire."

Wyman wouldn‘t come to the
video shoot in Brooklyn because of
a fear of flying.

“Really, that's what he told me,"
Jagger said. laughing. “He was in a
terrible state on the tour, drivrng
around Europe. It‘s strange, be-
cause he never had anything like it
before."

Jagger also said Wyman‘s 594‘
page book on the band, Stone
Alone, didn't make it to his required
reading list.

“I read little bits in the papers,
Rolling Stone magazine. I must say
I couldn't read the whole book. It's
too big. Let‘s hope that a decent in-
terval is allowed to pass before the
next one, give people a bit of time
to digest the first," Jagger said.

The Stones, for the first time, in—
cluded a pair of studio cuts on a live
album. In addition to High hire, a
rocking indictment of arms dealers
recorded as the Gulf War broke out.
there‘s the funky “Sex Drive."

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compact disc.

The recording consists of pub-
lished works that UK students en-
hance with a little bit of their own
style, he said.

“Afrasia,” a work by Les Hooper.
was orchestrated by Osland. He add-
ed strings and extra woodwinds.

“I think its one of the strongest
pieces on the recording,” he said. It
was strong enough to win the “Jazz
Instrumental Studio Orchestra” cate-
gory to be published in the June is-
sue of Downbeat magazine.

Osland said UKJE — Into the
90's gets national airplay on Na-
tional Public Radio’s “Jazz After-
hours." (The program is on WUKY-
FM Saturday and Sunday from I
am. to 7 am.)

“We’re heard almost every week-
end," on NPR, WRFL-FM, UK’S
student-run radio station, and at Cut
Comer Records and Video, 377 S.
Lime St.

Cable channel KLON, a national
jazz station based in Los Angeles
plays the jazz ensemble’s CD on on
a regular basis, Osland said.

He attributes the quality of the
group's work to having so many of
the same students remain in the
group for the past few years.

“I’ve been lucky -— I’ve had a
very small turnover. It’s a very
young group, but very mature," he
said.

Jazz artists Chris Vadala and
Vince DiMartino also have per-
formed with the UK Jazz Ensemble.

Vadala is a member of the Chuck
Mangione Band. He has appeared
with his saxophone, piccolo flute
and clarinet in concerts around the
world.

Trumpeter DiMartino is a UK
professor of trumpet. the former di~
rector of the ensemble and has ap-

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The UK Jazz Ensemble will per~
form tonight in Memorial Hall.
The group has been invited to
the '92 Montreux Jazz Festival.
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peared many times with them.

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