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News Of
The Weird

Too attached
to your work

About 25 employees
of the meticulously
maintained Boston Public
Library grew so close to
their work that they had
to use the city's grief-
counseling services in
August after a burst wa-
ter main flooded a build-
ing and soaked 50,000
cartons of books.

Said a library execu-
tive to a Boston Globe
reporter, “It‘s a process
just like when someone
dies."

One employee com-
plained of nightly panic
attacks in which she had
recurring dreams of the
flooding but couldn't
save the books.

Poor excuses

Tony Faulks. 39, was
convicted in July in
Sioux Falls. 5.0., after
police found $1,300 in
marked bills from a rob~
bery in his underwear.
He said he doesn't trust
banks and thus always
keeps his money down
there.

Siut Cheng, attempt-
ing to get out of a
speeding ticket in July
while hauling a van lull
of lobsters. allegedly
tried to offer the New
Jersey trooper a bribe
of five lobsters.

Former Nazi camp
guard Jack Reimer, tes-
tifying at his citizenship
revocation trial in New
York in August, an-
swered charges that he
had fired his gun into a
group of Jews in Trawni-
ki. Poland, in 1941 by
saying he shot them. but
he thought they were air
ready dead.

Getting
impeached,
sort of

In July, three men
linked to the Republic of
Texas separatist group
were arrested in
Brownsville. Texas, and
charged with conspiracy
to use weapons of mass
destruction.

According to the FBI.
they had threatened
several state and federal
officials, and their most
ambitious plan was to
shoot President Clinton
with a modified Bic
lighter.

The lighter, filled
with air instead of
propane, would have
fired a hypodermic nee-
dle, out of which would
be shot a cactus thorn
that had been dipped in
anthrax or botulism.

The attorney for one
of the men called the al-
leged plan so “cocka-
mamie" that the govern-
ment should not take it
seriously.

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By Matthew T. Patton
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College students are
faced with a world of de-
cisions, and a few poorly
made can change one's
life forever.

This is the message
two fraternity men have
been sending to more
than 500.000 students
across the nation.
Tonight they will bring
the message to UK.

Their program. ti-
tled “Friendship in the
Age of AIDS," explains
how Joel Goldman's life
dramatically changed in
1992 when he took a rou-
tine HIV-antibody test

and discovered that he
was HIV-positive.

“The saddest part
for me. personally,"
Goldman said. “is that
this isn’t something I
had to get. It‘s not like
cancer or heart disease.
or something predeter-
mined in my genetics. I
got this because of the
choices I made regard-
ing sex and alcohol.“

His experience con-
vinced a friend. T.J. Sula
livan. to join him in a
national speaking pro-
ject to educate students
about AIDS and HIV.

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more. we all need to do
more." Sullivan said.
“Our friendships might
depend on it."

Tony Blanton, dean
of fraternities, said he
has seen the program.

“It‘s a very power~
ful, funny program that
addresses the subject of
AIDS and safe sex in a
way that really gets the
message across."

Josh Knipp. Inter-
fraternity Council presi-
dent. agreed.

“The program is bet-
ter than most boring
seminars that you feel
like you have to go to
but never pay attention
at," he said. "Anything
to raise campus aware-
ness about AIDS should
be a popular program."

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Terry Grossman, owner of The Mad Hatter. showed off his many thousands of hats on display at his store. located on West Main Street.

Gone Hatty

Terry Grossman finds success in serving the students
and people of Lexington with various headware styles

By Brenna Ohlson
CONTRIBUTING WRITER

 

He‘s the. man they call. “The Mad

Hatter."

He has sold hats to anyone from Z-
1035 Freak Daddy to George Clinton
and the Pi‘unk All Stars. He operates
about 6.000 square feet of hat-selling
turf in the heart of downtown Lexing-

ton.

Terry Grossman. better known by
closer friends as “Tag." has been sell-
ing hats for almost 20 years. and knows

everything about hats.

His shop. The Mad Hatter. located
on West Main Street between Lime-
stone and Upper. has approximately
20.000 pieces of headwear. ranging from
baseball caps to Stetsons. Prices range.
“from five dollars to whatever you can

spend." Grossman said.

With customers coming from as far

customer.

“The customer always comes first
here at The Mad Hatter." he said. “Hi
have customers from Florida visiting
for the holidays. I need to have the
straw hats and the summer hats (in
stock). and I do."

Grossman is not a stranger to cus-
tomers from far away. Having one of
the top 20 most definitive hat selections
in the United States. he sees a variety
of customers every day at his shop.

“A while ago George Clinton and
the P-Funk All Stars Were playing next
door. While the fans were lined up past
the front door to get in. I shut my doors
and the band shopped.

“The concert started late that
night. It was from the group being here
looking at the hats.“ Grossman said.

“Many times bands as different as
Run DMC and dc Talk will come in
here." he added. “They may be on their
way to Cincinnati or Louisville to play

away as Chicago, Seattle and Florida.

Grossman always aims to please every

     

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ence meeting and said it
was one of the most pop.
ular programs there and
the conference brings it
back every year.

“It seems that al-
most everyone wants to
hear these two.“ Knipp
said. “They don't preach

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Rush not

affected
by policy

Fraternities find good things
from alcohol policy in the
way of high pledge turnout

By Jill Gorin
Wham wine:

Although the campus going dry has
some students in an uproar. fraternity rush
has actually benefited front the decision.

“Most fraternities thought at first that
the dry campus would have a negative im-
pact on potential pledges because the image
of fraternities includes parties and drink
ing.” said Marc Klegg. finance marketing
junior anti vice-president of external affairs
for Phi Kappa Psi social fraternity.

But Klegg said the oppoSIte has oc-
curred.

”I think that the fraternities worked
even harder to get guys to rush because
they assumed the dry campus would be a
turnoff.“ Klegg said.

The number of pledges this year for fra-
ternities. as a whole. is more than 400. com»
pared to 342 pledges last year. said Dean of
Fraternities Tony Blanton. The largest so-
cial fraternity on campus. Pi Kappa Alpha

109 members had 139, pledges this year.

About 13 percent of L'K students belong
to fraternities and sororities and will prob
ably continue to do so in the future. Blan-
ton said

“The alcohol-free policy hasn't hurt."
Blanton said. "I think it also eliminated
some fears of parents too because more anti
more students talk with their parents be-
fore rushing "

During rush week. Aug 2328. each frar
ternity tried to attract new members by of
ft-ring food and entertainment.

“When I rushed. I was looking fora fra-
ternity with good guys it ho had the same
goals as me .. I was not toncwrnwi about
the drinking issue." said Brian Baker. a
new member of Kappa Sigma \‘(it‘l‘il frater
nity and a psyr hology ,iunmr

(Inc fraternity leader \‘llll the new dry
campus policy didn't affect rush activities.

"We really didn't do anything different
Iy because rushing was dry already. but the
bid party on Friday had to be held off—cam-
pus." said Brian Grote. a marketing junior
and member of Kappa Sigma

And Greeks are optimistic about the fu-
ture.

"I feel that the numbers will increase
The alcoholvfrec policy is good because it
gives us a better chance to work with I'K."
said Nathan Blaske. a Tllllillt‘l‘ management
lllilltil‘ and member of Phi I’si " t was a
smart decision. It had to happen."

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Blanding I
looking a
bit French

Residence hall gives students
chance to immerse in culture

By Jerry Duncan
C-‘Uiiiriiiiu'iiidw‘num’

If you happen to be \ isiting a friend in
Itlanding I this semester. you might be (It
vetted by the soft tongue of the French lan
guage resonating lll your car like molasses.

Your first lllli:I‘-‘~’~Itill might be that
these are exchancv- s‘udv tits because they
sound . well, From Ii 'Ihey are actually
French majors participating in La Resi
dence Francaisc an innovative residence
hall program aimed at engrossing students
into French culture. said .lell‘rcy Peters. di
rector of undergraduate studies in the
French Department.

The only stipulation of residing there
is that students must try to speak in
French at all times. Obviously. there will
be mistakes. mishaps and moments of be
fuddlement. but so goes the learning
process. said (linger (‘arby. an English and
French senior who has been hired by the
department to oversee the program.

"The convenience alone of having pm
plc around me. constantly pushing them

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