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University Senate discusses new grade policy

By Alison Kight
Stilt] II 'I'Ifei

The pros and cons of pluses
and iitintises were discussed yes»
terday as the L'niversity Senate
tackled the idea oI changing the
grading scale.

The new scale would include
pluses and minuses in addition to
normal letter grades, thus giving
instructors more leeway in allot—
ting student grades. For example,
a student scoring an 8‘) would
receive a lirpltis, instead of .i 15.
l’roponents Ior the new plan say it
yvould make the grading scale
itiore distinct.

The original proposal in Iall

of Arts attd Sciences, but sonte iii
the Senate said the only way to
effectively implement the new sys‘
tent would be Liniversitywidc.

In a mock vote yesterday, 5
L'niversitv Senate members voted
in support oI ch inging grading
policy Ior the entire university iI
the Sen ate approved the plan next
Iall. Iiye iiteiiibers yoted against
the idea.

Meanwhile, only 20 members
voted to change the grading policy
in just the (Iollege oI \its and Sci-
ences, while nine voted against it.

The Senate (Ioiiiicil will dis
cuss the results of yesterday s MW
in its weekly meetings and decide
whether to pursue the idea Iui

vote will not take place”
until next Iall, (on said.

Student (iovernment
Association senator (lreg
\\'atkms said applying
the new systetit only to
Arts and Sciences stu»
dents would hurt stu~
dents in other colleges.
He said if students were
enrolled in other colleges
bttt still took classes in
the (lollege oI Arts aitd
Sciences or attempted to
transIer to another col~
lege. it would make the
process more difficult.

“I think it's going to
create a lot of paperwork

ﬁﬁ

I “we talked to
students about
this, and before

I could even

get [1111 \ o)
minm out of
my montlt,
(they) were
saying no. "‘

Greg T. Watkins

.S( {.1 tritium-

dents, who‘ll want to
know their (il’.\s,"
said \\'1ttkins.S(i;\'s
(iollege of Bllslltc‘SS
aitd l‘:c'()ll()llllc‘S sens
ator. “I‘ve talked to
students about tltis,
and before I could
even get plus or
ntiiius out of itty
iiiottth, (they) were
saying tio, no, no.“
Ilans (iesund, an
architecture and
engineering proIes
V sor, said he thinks
I'niversitywide
addition oI plus and
minus grading is

W‘H called for the plan to he
implemented only in the (Iollegc

ther, said L'niversity Senate chair<
man Raymond (Zox.

prohleiiis Ior both the

An ofﬁcial Registrar‘s Office and the stttv

unnecessary and that
it wouldn‘t create technical prob-

letiis iI the Registrar‘s ( )Itice made
a change in the type oIconiputcr
program] it uses.

“I'm not happy that Arts aitd
Sciences. since they think they can
evaluate people so precisely, think
everyone else should, too."
(icsiinil said. "It should he .iii
iitdiy idual college's decision."

\cademic (Imbud llorst
Sch ich howeyer, .-idyocattd makr
mg the policy I niyersitywide

lllt only sensible thing to do
is to ll.l\t the whole I niyeisity go
to the (new griding) )sy-.'stcm he
said II we ha\e a sy s'ttin like that
it giyes students a little more
intentiye to go Ior tht gusto '

Sch ich also said U(I pe icent oI

his caseload deals with

said he thinks students would be
.ippe istd .it getting a 11 plus
inste id of .i Ii when they Ielt they
de'sc r\ed .iii \.

S(i;\ \VILK' l’resident Ileather
Ilenitel, however, said of the stu—
dents she has talked to about the
idea, "less than iii percent are in
Iayor."

"I eat hers ltaye a limited
Iotus," she said. “They're not
machines There's going to be a
discrepancy in how teachers grade
.i history paper. on whether it‘s a
‘1-1 (percent) or a ”1."

Monica Harris. a psychology
professor. doesn't think she has .1
limited locus in grading.

“lit itiy class, there is a world oI
diIIerent e between an S] .iiid S“).

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appeals and grade complaints. Ilc

grade
I'd like to reward the 8‘) student."

lllt's Turay triumphs in Met competition

By Carrie Morrison
.111y IftI/tol

(Tall him the $10 (100 tenor.

\ ocal performance senior (ireg Turay currently
is in New York C ity counting his cash and his bless—
ings. The Zly ear— —old singer Ioiind out Sunday he
has been selected as one of 10 w inners in the
.\1etropolitan ()per a National Council competition.
The announcement concludes almost a year oI
intense preparation and preliminary auditions at dis—
trict and regional levels.

Turay will he awarded $10,000 and a featured
spot in the w'inners‘ concert on April II on the Met
stage. The concert will he televised nationally aitd
broadcast on sever ral radio stations
around the country including L K s
\ILKY 1M 91%.

luray i ompeted this vear against
5 ,()(I() young operatic soloists from
around the country. The council
selected 21 ﬁnalists to sing before an
elite audience ofopera proiessioiials
last weekend. After a performance oI
(lounod’s “Salut demeure chaste et
pure" that awed the judges, Turay
earned the chance to make valuable contacts in the
performing arts industry.

“It's a pretty big rush," he said in a telephone
interview from New York. “I’m trying ttot to let
tnyself get too wrapped up in it."

The tenor will stay iii New York until the cow
cert, rehearsing with top Met vocal coaches loan
Dornemann and Kevin Murphy. For the concert, he
will sing the (iounod piece plus Donizetti s “1. na
furtiva lagrima."

“(These coaches) are known throughout the
world. They demand a great deal of respect," Turay
said.

The (ireendale, \\’is., native hasn't always had
complex melodic lines in foreign tongues running
through his head. Turay came to UK his freshman
year planning to swing, not sing. Baseball was his
strength, and he made the University’s baseball team
as a walk-on.

“People who knew me in high school knew me as
a baseball player. It was my life.”

Turay sang in choirs and musicals when he could,
but “singing was for fun," he said.

Now, as his voice becomes the ultimate factor in
his future, the fun of singing has had a tendency to
diminish, he said.

“It’s very hard, " Turay said. “This is the most
nervous I ve ever been Ior anything. "

The singer looks forward to the oIIers he proba—
bly will get as a result of Met tropolitan ()per 11
National ( ouncil win. He said he plans to use the
award money to “buy an autontobile to get me to St.
Louis," where he will be featured in various events at
that city s Opera Theatre.

Turay, who will complete his courses in June and
enter graduate school here in the fall, gives his UK
instructors most ofthe credit for his success.

“1 m greatly in debt to Dr. Everett \1c( oryey' .tnd
\1r.C liIIjackson," he said. They could be teaching
at any top school in the world. (I K) is kind of 11 dia-
moi. d iii the rough."

Turay

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m PLO cracks down
on militaMs alter bombings

(iAZA (ZlTY. (iala Strip -- In .i move that could
push Palestinians closer to end w ar. Yasser Arafat
cracked down on Islamic militants yesterday after
suicide bombings killed scyeii Israelis and an Amerir
can college student. «rams security Iorces arrested
11‘ Iollowers oI llimas 11nd the smaller Islamic
Iihad aIter Sunday s deadly back- to- back bombings
near two lewisli scttlcllicttisltt the l’l.() ruled (la/a
Strip.

\Vasliington applauded AraIat‘s tough stance. lint
angry Islamic militant leaders raised the specter oi
ciyil war, apparently trying to force :\r.iIat to Iiatl.
down.

mm Dole announces presidential bid

T( )I’l‘iKA, Kan. ~ limbracing the conservative
agenda oI lower taxes, smaller gov
ernment and a balanced budget, Seii~
:ttc Al‘aiority I.c.tdct‘ Bolt )olc
launched his third \Vltite Ilouse hid
yesterday by casting himself as
uniquely qualified to “lead \i-itcric .l
back to her pl ice iii the sun

“I am not afraid to lead. and I
know the way," he said. Dole, 71,
entered the race with a scornIul cri-
tique oI President (llinton. There
was nary a mention oI his Republican rivals. BL‘ITI‘
ting his st itus as the clear early ( ()I’ Iroiit runner.
Dole c hose to ignore them

Pint Party begins today

\ ( ,1entril Keittutky Blood l)ri\e “Pint Party
the Iinal student blood drive this set iiiester will be
held today and tomorrow Iroiii noon to 0 p m at the
Kirwan Blanding( ompley ( oiiiiitoiis. The drive s
goal is to attract 3133 donors from the I K communi—

lltc c\e|tt ls sponsoletl by \\ KI UN) Ii\l ”3‘1
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iaylor will sue over boolt

NF\\' YORK .1.) Had Ileyiiiann can eypect
to hear Iroin I lilabetli l aylor s lawyers Ileyiiiinn s
book ‘.I II .\n lntiniate Biography ot
Ili/ibetli Taylor claims that the
(n— ycir old atticss was beaten by
two oI her husbands, had an aIIair
with Frank Sinatra and in 1‘18.” was
popping prescription drugs like
candy.

“Most oI the supposed incidents
never occurred " laylor's .ittoi‘nL‘,V.
Neil Papiano said ytsttiday “It‘s
just made tip oI wholc cloth. It
has no basis in fact. The-n will he litigation.

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Dole

Taylor

Students want SEA election thrown out over lloelker's campaigning

By Jenniter Smith

(aw/[11o Editor week.

director of stttdent services last

notiﬁed ofthe resignation.
However, Voelker said he fol-

Although the Student Govern-
ment Association elections have

been declared ofﬁcial, a group of

more than 15 concerned students
has filed a complaint to the SGA
Supreme (Lourt asking that the
election he invalidated.

The complaint states Brandon
Voelker violated the SGA (Ionsti-
tution by campaigning for eventu—
al winners Shea (Ihaney and
Ileather IIennel. Voelker was a

member oI the Supreme (Iourt
when the election began. but he
temporarily resigned to campaign.

Voelker gave his permanent
resignation after the election, and
(Ihaney appointed him executive

Scott Noble, a former (Iollege
of Architecture senator, is the only
one ofthe 15 students who signed
the claim against Voelker. How—
ever, he said the claim he ﬁled
Tuesday night represents the
interests of every student.

“It's all kind oI shady," Noble
said. “First, he’s on the court, and
then he temporarily resigns and
campai is for (C hanev and Ilen~
nel). Tic-n, when his candid-ates
win, he steps down and assumes sa
position as an executive director."

In the claim. Noble said there
is no precedent for a temporary
resignation Iroin the c.ourt Ile
said students, other candidates
and the press should have been

lowed correct procedure.

“I contacted (ChiefjusticeUay
lngle, and he said he would accept
my temporary res- ,
ignation, and it
seems like Jay
would not let me
do something in
violation of the
Constitution," he
said.

Noble said the
students who filed Voelker
the claim think
Voelker's campaigning and
endorsing oI the (Ihaney/I lennel
ticket changed the outcome ofthe
election because the ticket only
won by 2‘) votes.

The claim says (lhaney and
Ilennel should be held account~
able for their campaign persons
nel's “blatant violation of the
Constitution." As a remedy,
N'oble is requesting the election
he invalidated or the candidates be
removed.

Hennel said the claim is ﬁled
a ainst Voelker and should not

acct the election outcome.

““8 re not guilty by associa~
tion " the S( \ yice president said.
“T hey cannot make a claim
against Shea and 1 based on Bran—
don's actions."

Also, Ilennel said those,who
ﬁled the claim are trying to say
her ticket violated the (:ons‘tittti
tion, when the complainants vios
lated the Constitution as well. She

said because they did not Iile the
claim through the proper channels

what the court does," he said. “So
[don‘t think I'd be that inﬂuential

or during the correct time Irame,
it should be thrown out all togeth~
er.

“The Constitution was revised
to allow yotl to make claims only
in the window of claims," Ilennel
said. "\\ lto s to say when that
window should be exhausted.:
\Vhat if someone wanted to Iile
against us next October: \Ve have
to get on with our administration
sometime."

Voelker said he does not think
the claim against him is valid
because lie never campaigned as a
justice. He said he did not use his
title to sway yoters

“To be honest, I don't think
that many people know or care

that way."

Although he said he cannot
speak Ior the court, Voelker said
he expects the claim to be thrown
out because only the Elections
Board has the itirisdiction to hear
election claims. Ile said he would
like to see SGA get back to nor—
mal.

“I think this claim is a disser-
y ice to the students," Voelker said.
“Friday, 1 assigned ﬁve students
new tutors. Now, for the next few
days I'm going to have to concen»
trate on this case. It‘s not fair to
students who need S( 1A senices."

The pro-hearing will he held
tomorrow ni rht at 10 on the steps
of Pence Ilal .

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Brian Underwood has made
more than $10,000 by talking to
his friends.

L‘nderwood, an accounting
tumor, is responsible tor recruit‘
ing many ['K students into l‘ixcel,
a company that btiys long—distance
time wholesale and resells it to its
Lill\tl)lllCl-\.

More than llll) L'K students
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“I'm hoping by this time next
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tar." ['nderwood said.

During the school year.
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Then, that person goes out and
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sentative brings in, he or she earns
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that is made downline.

“\Vhen you do get otit of

school. yoti never know what is
going to happen," L'nderwood
said. “I know at ﬁrst it seems far
fetched, but it's not. it's not a get
rich quick scheme."

Brien lillis, a L'K marketing
professor, recently signed up as an
l’\cel customer and agreed that
the program is not a scheme.
\ltbough he has not been
involved for very long, he said he
thinks in a marketing sense
liuel is .i prolitable venture.

“i don‘t want to hang my hat
on it." lillis said. “But it's really
tougli to turn something of this
magnitude oil. .-\s with all ven
titres like this, it‘s really how
much time you're willitig to
devote to it "

Newell Fox, a business and
marketing junior, is taking the
semester off school to work tull-
time recruiting Excel customers.

Under the Excel multi—level
marketing theory, for each lixcel
customer he adds to his list, he
gets percentages of their intakes
added to the amount he makes.

Also, he said, Excel offers a
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hing—distance savings to every cus~
tomer regardless of whether he or
she ever recruits more customers.

"’lillls whole (lsxcel) thing has
been growing at a rate of it) mil
lion people a month," l5o\ said.
"Six months ago people were
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lumping on the bandwagon;
they're probably not laughing
anymore."

in less than a year, lixcel has
become the fourth largest long
distance phone company in the
country. The company proiects it
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By Jason Daltiio

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\\hen the curtain dropped on the 1094
football season. L'K limped into the off~
season with its worst record since ,lerry
(Ilaiborne's first squad went 0vl0-l back
in NS).

Several off—the-lield problems, coupled
with the (lats' dismal play in gariie situa-
tions, caused (Ioach Bill (lurry to re»eval~
uate the program and make several staff
changes before the opening of spring
drills two weeks ago.

Perhaps the tiiost intriguing of(liirry's
four personnel changes was the hiring of
l'illlltt L'Lelac frorii (Iolorado.

L'lelac. who will serve as offensive
L'()()rtilli‘.lt()r, is in the process of installing
at L'K the same multiple offense he used
successfully with the Buffaloes.

The new offense uses two tight ends
and two wide receivers and only otie run—
ning back.

(Zurry said the goal ofthe new forma—
tion is to have an equal amount of running
and passing yardage.

“\Ve want to be able to run or throw in
all situations," said (Itirry, who is begin~
ning his sixth season at UK. “This is a
good offense to promote that kind of balA
ance."

But to achieve this balance Curry and
staff will need players, at the skill posi—
tions and in the trenches, to make steady
improvement.

Quarterbacks ill three-man race

Because of injuries, .leff Speedy and
:\ntonio ()‘l’erral split time .it the quan
terback slot last season.

()‘l“err;il, now a senior, was .ible to run
the hall effectively, and he actually led the
\\Vildcats in total offense. But opposing
defenses were able to key on the rushing
attack when ()‘li‘erral was on the field
because of the junior's inconsistent pasv
ing abilities.

Speedy. who returned midway through
the season after an injury in the first
game, seemed to lose his timing with the
layoff. He threw a teainrhigh eight inter—
ceptions and jtist one touchdown pass.

\\‘ith the departure of .\latt llobbie .
who played in four games last season
fora professional baseball career, soplio~-
more Billy jack llaskins has moved into
the QB race with Speedy and ()‘l’erral.
Haskins played in just two games in 1004,
completing five passes for 80 yards.

Although (Zurry said the depth chart at
all positions is subject to change. Speedy
currently is running first team for the
(iats in spring drills, followed by llaskins
and ()‘Ferral.

“It's been tough on our quarterbacks
mentally trying to learn the new system."
.said Speedy, a junior. "But we're improv«
ing and understanding the offense better
everyday."

Competition, however, can sometimes
bring otit the best in people.

“It's good to have somebody pushing

you, or in my case somebody to chase
after." llaskins said “But l
always more fun to be No. 1."

Cats stacked in the backfield

This area could be LiK's strotig stiit
this season provided an inexperience line
can open the holes. (Itirry's squad returns
two potetit tailbacks in .\1oe \\illllaiiis and
Donnell (iordon, along with fullbac k Ray
.\lcl.aurin, w ho ( Zurry said has improv ed
this spring.

\\alliams, .i bruising runner with a
knack for playing injured. rushed for a
team-best H34 yards last season on 100
carries while (iordon, a sophomore. aver
aged 6.1 yards per c irry.

liven though \\illiams and (fordon
play the same position, (Iiirry said both
players will see plenty of carries.

"Most times one guy doesn‘t carry the
load at that position," (itii‘ry said.
u'l‘here's plenty of work at that position.
especially in this offense."

\Villiams and (lordon both had shoul
der surgery in the offseason, keeping
them out of contact drills for the remain
der ofthe spring. However, both players
are expected to make full recoveries.

Santoril l88ll8 receiving COI‘DS

Sophomore flanker Kio Sanford. with
his ability to break big plays. will touch
the ball more this season, ( Iurry said.

Last year was Sanford's first as a receiv-
er, .ind at times he had difficulty holding
on to the football. How ever. the former

guess it‘s

liltlli scltotil quarterback still
managed to snag l3. receptions
.iiid return a kickoff for a ll)
against Northeast l.ouisiana.

“lle's catching the ball much
better now than he did .it any
point last year." (Lurry' said.

.\lso returning will be senior
l.eon Smith, who led the (iats
last season with 3* receiving
yards on I" catches. Smith also
had shoulder surgery during the
winter .iiid must refrain from
contact.

Green in the trenches

llie (:ats lost three talented
linemen this year in .\lark .\skin,
\aron l’urvlie .ind |)an
(:aruthers, leaving l'ls' devoid of
e\perience up front. (itirry's
problems got worse when center
\dam Kane left the squad this
spring for personal reasons.

(Iurry said Inn-pound Barry
lones and ITSqiound :\ndy Britt
should )rovide .i lift at guard. 'l'he L'ls'
coach a so said l)e:\tithony llonaker has
shown promise at the center spot.

“Nobody has clearly emerged as out
standing, btit .ill of them have shown
promise," ( illl'i‘y' said.

\\'ith the moving of former \vingbatk
lsaac (Zurtis to tight end. [is should be
able to keep defenses guessing. .\iit"i all.
(:urtis is .i legitimate receiving threat,
who caught a team—high three ll) ret ep

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lions last year.

"Vl‘ight end is a key position in otii
offense." (furry said “lsaac is up to tiglii
end si/e .iiid he should be a factor for us
Ililic iiilici' tlglit t'iiils lia\e also sliowii
unproycment."

('hi'is l).iv'is, at o-foot - and 3-
pounds. will return to add bulk: at thv
other tight end spot.

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ats return home alter 9 straight road games

By Brett Dawson
Sprint [iii/rm

l’ew teams have ever been so pleased to see
the green of their home grass as the UK base—
ball team will be this evening.

.-\fter playing nine straight games on the
road, the \\'ildcats return home today at (v
pan. to take on Marshall. :\nd the (iats get
quite a homecoming gift A the ’l‘hiindering
llerd have a 3 -18 record on the road and are
8;“) overall on the season.

After losing fotir straight on its long road
swing g- including a three~game sweep at the
hands of Louisiana State over the weekend 77v
UK is ready to play on familiar turf.

“You look at LSL' and they had three
straight games at home, and that‘s a big help,"
L'K‘sjay 'l‘edesco said yesterday. “\\'lten you
play on yotir field, you know the hops and it
just makes everything easier. l’ltis, liSL' had
4,000 fans behind them every game."

The (Iats won't have that kind of fan sup
port, but the fatniliarity of playing at (Iliff
[lag-an Stadium could help L'K build momen—
tum to ptit together a winning streak,
'l‘edesco said.

"l don't want to say we've
got easy games, but we've got
two games early this week that
we should win," 'l‘edesco said
of today's game and tomor—
row's matchup with Bel—
larmine (lollege. “lf we play
the way we should play and we
win these two, it should help Tedesco
tis get some momentum."

L'K will be trying to sweep the season
series with Marshall. 'l‘he (Iats beat the
Thundering Herd l2-7 on March 1‘) in
Huntington, \V. Va.

The (Eats will go for the sweep with fresh
man _leff"liownsend on the mound. 'l‘ownsend
took over Scott Downs' spot in the rotation

last Friday after l)o\\'iis underwent an emery
gency appe idectomy.

“.leff did a great job for its this weekend,"
'l‘edesco said of'l‘ownsend's last iiiiiitite start
at LSL’. “It was his first start. .iiid nobody
knew what to expect of him. but for him to go
six innings was great."

Downs will begin rehabilitation next week,
and [K is hopeful that he will return to the
staff this season.

“The only thing I know is that Scotty told
me he‘d start throwing next week," 'l‘edesco
said. "Not pitching. but just throwing to try to
get himselfstronger."

ln the meanwhile, il ovvnsend (0-1, of“)
ERA) will fill the spot, beginning tonight
against a .\larshall team that hasn‘t exactly lit
up the scoreboard. having been outscored
1317; by its opponents.

“\\‘e're behind Aleff all the w ay," 'licdesco
said, “( )nce he gets a few more starts .ind gets
a little more comfortable. he‘ll be alright."

SPORTS/{yi‘m

Columnist calls
for boycott in Kc

ll:\l.\il{S (Illa. lila .\
newspaper coluinnist's plea for .i
fan boycott of the Kansas City
Royals' home opener is getting on
the nerves ofsoiiie oftlve players.

_Iason \\ihitlock. a columnist for
The Kansas (:ity Star. has written
several columns urging fans to
skip the April In opener against
Baltimore. \\ililtltitls estimated
he’s received 1,000 phone calls in
the past week. almost all support
ing the boycott.

:\rt Brisbane, the Star's vice
president and editor, said \\bit
lock‘s views aren‘t necessarily

those ol'tlie iicwsjia‘pci’.

"’l he org int/.vtion want»- iioth
mg more than to see .I \‘tii . csstul
baseball organi/ation here in per
pctuity. but .it the same r wu
want to see our toliiinnis's ltl 'c:
rip." lii'lsllaiit‘ \alvl

\Vhitlock opposes iseasoiilong
strike, but says he thinks fans
“need an opportunity to vent."
lle's volunteered to oi'gani/e .i
rally for disaffected fans some
w lieie outside ls'auffman Stadium
on opening day