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JUNE 5, 2008

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technicians
expand help
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By Elise Reed

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Starting this fall, students will no longer need to
trek to McVey hall for minor computer problem; like a
forgotten password. Consultants in any computer lab
on campus will be able to reset student passwords.

The change is part of a number of projects that Stu-
dent Computer Services is working on over the sum—
mer break.

By August. all campus computer lab employees
will be able to reset student passwords, said Doyle
Friskney. associate vice president for information tech-
nology-at UK. Also. lab consultants will help handle
calls to the McVey Hall help desk when phone traffic
is heavy. More complex questions and problems will
be routed back to the main help center.

“Right now. McVey is the only place students can
go for help." Friskney said. “i thought, wouldn’t it be
neat if instead of making everybody come to us. we
came to them?“

The majority of calls to McVey are from students
with password problems, Friskney said. He said he
hopes having the call center software and password-
changing capabilities in all labs will help students re-
solve password troubles more quickly. '

The software has already been tested in W.T.
Young Library and will soon-be tried in other labs.
Leonard Howell. who manages the lab in the Business
and Economics building. said he is not worried about
consultants having trouble handling their new responsi—
bilities.

“There is a learning curve to the software.“ he said.
“But once they've adjusted. they will be able to handle
the system without difficulty."

 

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Former UK official
stayed active in
the classroom

 

The halls of the Student Center were bustling
with the voices of more than 200 students yester-
day as they participated in the Govemor's Minori-
ty Student College Preparation Program. The
program. according to the Kentucky Council on
Post—Secondary Education, offers a grant to pub-
lic colleges and universities to focus on improving
the academic and study skills of minority studean
before college. From assembling circuits to flash-
ing LEDs. students were immersed in applied
science and computer technology. They worked
with local school educators and faculty volunteers
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PHOTOS BY ALLIE GAIZA l STAFF

Drevonte Morman, left and Matt Habren, both in the seventh grade, assemble circuits, while Wesley Clark, a volunteer teacher from Morton Middle School helps
Sixth grader Haneeta Muhammad with her circuit Once assembled completely, the circuits would turn on a light or make a fan spin.

Deondra Johnson constructs a flashing LED during the Governor‘s Minori-
ty Student College Preparation Program yesterday in the Student Center

 

By Allie Garza

agarza@kykarnel.com

A longtime advocate of equal rights and former vice
chancellor of minority affairs. Mr. William C. Parker,
died this week. He was 83.

Mr. Parker, a prominent member of the Lexington
and UK community. who served the university from
1984 through 1990. suffered a heart attack on Sunday.

“All of us who are pan of the University of Ken-
tucky family were deeply saddened to hear of the pass—
ing of Dr. William C. Parker." President Lee Todd said
in a statement released by UK. “Our thoughts and
prayers are with his family. As vice chancellor for mi-
nority'affairs at UK. Dr. Parker was a strong voice for
progress and action for the entire university community.
but particularly for African-American students. faculty
and staff."

Mr. Parker's grandson. Lamin Swan. said Mr. Park-
er suffered a massive heart attack on Sunday while giv-
ing a presentation at the Kentucky Humanities Council
Retreat in Cumberland Falls.

Swann. a social work junior. said Mr. Parker died
doing what he loved: teaching.

Born in Cairo, 111.. Mr. Parker studied and received
his bachelor's and master's degrees at Illinois State

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What’s next: Fall campaign m

The national campaign between likely Democratic nominee Bereck
Obama and likely Republican contender John McCain has begun.
now that Obama has won the presidential primary.

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All outdoor areas on UK‘s Medical Center
campus will be tobacco-free beginning Nov. 20.

The UK Board of Trustees formally ap-
proved the plan in late April to eliminate smoke
from the Medical Center campus. surrounding
grounds and other related offices.

That plan targets outdoor areas of the Med-
ical Center. as all indoor areas of the Medical
Center became smoke-free in November 2006.
when the Board of Trustees adopted an indoor
smoke-free policy. Since November 2006.
smokers on UK’s campus have been required to
stand 20 feet from any building entrance. exit.
window or air intake.

UK's new policy will be implemented in
conjunction with the American Cancer Soci—
ety's “Great American Smoke Out Day." an an—

nual event on the third Thursday of November.
which challenges people to quit smoking for 24
hours.

The new policy is UK‘s version ol’ a grow—
ing trend. said Elizabeth Cobb. health care poli—
cy director at Kentucky Hospital Association.

“Many hospitals are finding that it is impor-
tant to take a leadership role in decreasing l()<
bacco and improving the health care of their
community." Cobb said.

During the summer months leading up to
the policy's implementation. a committee com»
prised of people from within the Medical Ccn<
ter and UK’s medical colleges will be dcwising
a way to enforce the ban.

Although smoking has stopped inside L‘K‘s
facilities. it has proven to be much more diffi—
cult to enforce the “ZO-feet rule" for the cam»
pus‘s outdoor areas.

“To some extent. you‘re relying on pcoplcs‘

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willingness.” UK spokesman Jay Blanton said.

L'K‘s Chandler Hospital currently has two

designated smoking areas. and L'K’s Good

Samaritan Hospital has one. All of those desig»
natcd areas will be eliminated when the plan
comes in effect,

UK Hospital employee Lisa Durrum. a

longtime smoker. does not think the plan could
keep so many people from smoking.

“I just don‘t see it happening." Durrum

said. ”There are too many smokers around
here."

Despite the skepticism. the Medical Center

remains optimistic about finding a way to make
sure the plan works. Murray Clark. associate
vice president of Medical Center operations,
said L'K vull learn from other hospitals around
the country that have implemented such plans.

“We‘re taking lessons from them." Clark

said. "We think it's doable."

Obama vs. McCain — a study in contrasts

fiyavid lightman
McClatchy Newspapers

WASHINGTON ~ At first glance. the
John McCain-Barack Obama election looks
like a study in contrasts.

McCain is 71. a Vietnam War veteran
who‘s trying to become the oldest person
ever elected to a first term.

Obama‘s 46. a native of Hawaii and a
one-time Chicago community organizer
who's trying to become the first black per-
son to win the White House.

McCain is a usually loyal Republican
with an independent streak; he‘s voted with
his party 88.3 percent of the time in the cur-
rent Congress. well above his Republican
colleagues‘ average. He likes the idea of
making President Bush‘s tax cuts permanent
and thinks that the Iraq war remains a vital
US. interest and a noble cause.

Obama is a fiercely loyal Democrat with
his own independent thoughts. He‘s voted
with his party 96.4 percent of the time since
January 2007. He regards the lraq war as a
tragic mistake and wants to cut taxes for the
middle and poorer classes while raising

them on the wealthy

McCain is a 25~year veteran of Con»
gress. Obama‘s been in the Senate only
three and a half years. and a lot of that time
was spent campaigning for the White House
—- and missing votes.

Both candidates face problems. some
obvious. some historic.

Both still need to unify their parties.
Obama lost most of the year‘s big battle-
ground states in Democratic contests and
did poorly among older white voters. many
of whom have said they'll give McCain a
look.

McCain. though. still isn't the darling of
his party‘s conservative wing: long after his
major rivals left the race. he rarely got more
than 75 percent of the Republican primary
votes in late spring primaries.

Both also are fighting history. which
shows that November voters don't simply
go down checklists and contrast candidates‘
stands on policy questions. Decisions often
are driven by passion about an issue or an
image that‘s been burned in their minds.

Three passions seem to be dominant so

far this year. and all offer advantages to
Obama: ending the Iraq war. restoring a
sense of economic security and ousting the
Republican Party from the White House.

The war‘s approval rating was 30 per»
cent in the latest CNN/Opinion Research
Corporation poll. Bush's job approval “as
28 percent. Economic anxiety is higher than
at any time since UN]. and $4 a gallon
gasoline isn't helping.

Obama will pound home the idea that “a
vote for McCain will be seen as a public ac-
ceptance of the idea we can stay there tin
Iraq) awhile." said John Forticr. a political
analyst at Washington's American Enter-
prise Institute. a center-right research center.

“The war was his launching pad during
the primaries." said Carl Pinkele. a profes-
sor of politics and govemment at Ohio Wes—
leyan University. “It should continue to be a
strong asset."

Yet Obama and McCain are close in
most national polls. Gallup‘s daily tracking
polls have had them in a virtual tie for the
past week.

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