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Kentucky
fails on
premature
birth rates

By Rochelle Haliburton

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Kentuck\ has receiyed an l in a lid
tiorial ranking on premature births. a nation
al charity dedicated to iiiipro\tng prenatal
and nitani health announced this week.

In a report released Wednesday. the
March of Dimes rated Kentucky Myth out of
ill states.

.he grading method of the starch of
l)imes‘ Ztitih' Premature Birth Report (‘ard is
-\ to "l vs itii the preterm
birth rate for infants in each state determin-
trig the grade. A\n “ \" \\oultl riieaii a state
has a preterm birth rate less than or equal to
7.» percent. \\llllL' ”-l' would mean a state
has a pretct'iii birth rate greater than or equal
to IRS percent Kentucky 's rate is I53 per
cent.

l.isa lzchsnet. state director of the March
of Dimes for Kentucky. says three factors
mentioned in the report caid \\ ere whether
or not a noman smokes, \sheilier a ‘.\t"itttlt
goes to the doctor and whether the woman
will have an early (liesaiean section to de
li\er her baby.

"Kentucky got an 'l’ because the state
had some high risk iactois. such as a high
number oi “omen that smoke and \yomen
not haying instiiance. which results in them
not getting to a doctor tn the early stages ot
pregnancy. if at all." l1chsrier said.

The March ot Dimes it Ill release a new
report etet‘y year but “ill not ha\ e good data
for a ten years. lzclisiiei said,

l'clrsiiet' said the biggest factor that
needs to be \\orketl oti ill Kentucky l‘« sriiok~

smoke

based on giades ‘

trig. est‘aectally tl pregnant 'u‘tH'ilt‘lt .llL

New Premature a“ hath“ 8

 

Speaker:
Google system
good for more
than s *arches

By Alex Bloch

:wws tL‘kyko. tiN . tltT

Millions of people use the search engine
(ioogle e\et‘y day. On l‘l'ltltly. the l ls com
niuiiity “Ill be able learn about what riiakes
the Web site tick.

lit the lecture ”Data lriteiisit e Super
(‘oiiiputing Taking (ioogle Style (‘omput
ing Beyond Web Search." Randal l: Bryant
“I” talk about lio\\ (ioogle \soi'ks arid hois
the technology the search engine itses \\lll
be applicable in the future. The lecture is at
5:30 pm in the auditorium at the WT
Young Library.

(ioogle has an e\treriiely eltectiye \yay
of organizing and presenting information.
said {\lii'oslavy 'l‘i’us/c/ytiski. host of the lcca
titre. Search engines such as (ioogle are ac»
tually publicly accessible stiper computers.
Googlc and their competitors are now using
a new class of large-scale computer systems
Datavlntensiye Super computers. or l)lS(‘s.

Because of their ability to acquire and
maintain continually changing data sets.
there is the potential that these l)lS(‘s would
lead to breakthroughs in science. health care
and business. Tnis/c/ynskt said.

Any field that uses large amounts ofdata
could be a potential application as well. he

See Google on page 8

KYKE

CELEBRATING 37 YEARS OF INDEPENDENCE

1 WWW.KYKERNEL.COM

cast impacts travel plans

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Students choosing betiyeen
flying and driiing liotiie for
Thanksgiving \Hll prices
much different than last year.
The aierages for domestic
airfares Viei'e tip til percentage

s c' C

points iii the second quarter of
20th from the second quarter

of 3007. according to an ()et.
3‘) news release from the Bu-
reau of Transportation Sltlllsr
lle.

The axerages for regular gas
prices in l.L‘\lltgltilt. Kentucky
and across the country are down
from a year ago. The national
ayer'age is dovsii 90 cents from
this tiriie last year. With the Ken»
tucky and Le\ington ayerages
even lovver. said (‘liristophei'
Laktord. a [.estngton .r\.-\.-\

Price comparisons for travel by plane
car and bus to locations around the U S

spokesman.

It used to be too e\pen.si\e to
driy e and fly iiig home was a bet-
ter option. but this year was dif—
ferent. said Julie Knudsen. a UK
student from Illinois.

“It's been under a hundred
dollars every time l tllevvi home
.and this year it‘s close to Sltiti.“
Knudsen said.

Airfares at Thanksgiving are
generally higher and availability
is more limited than other times
during the year because of the
specific timeti‘aiiie people want

to fly in. said Darlene Silvestri.

corounci' ot :\\ ant lTLHCl,

"The hardest thing with
’l‘hanksgiyiiig [‘1 that e\ery‘one
wants to travel from Wednesday
to Sunday.” Silvestri said.
adding students especially tace
this because of classes,

Hesibility with dates generr
ally means better availabthty.
Silvestri said,

After weighing the options
yyith his family :\l\in Lane.
from Illinois. said the shorter
[line and greater com Cttlc‘nc‘e til
flying vyei'e deciding tactors

“lt \tould be the easiest for
all of us." lane saiti. ";\iitl it's
such a short amount of time you
don‘t want to lose some of it by
driving."

Buses are another option for
students trawling horiie tor
'l‘hariksgniiig.

(irey’hotind raised ticket
prices 3 percentage points across

the board in April and has been
seeing numbers consistent With
last year. With a slight drop iii
some cases. said (irey‘lioiiiid
spokeswoman Abby Warnbaugh.

(ias rriakes up less than ll)
percent of operatitig costs.
Wambatigh said. The increase
iii ticket prices is for other op
crating costs that go up each
year. such as maintaining terrni
rials.

\Vttli airfares on the rise. and
despite gas prices being tloysii
nearly Sl from this time last
yeai. long distance 'l‘liauksgn-
iiig tra\el is espected to be
do\\n. according to figures liom
AAA

.»\.~\»\ is forecasting a slight
tlet rease tiom last year in the to
tal number of people traveling

See Travel tin page 8

 

 

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Jetty Hart, a hurtictiitutalist for UK 5 Physical Plant Dlv‘l's‘lltll. prepares to shoot a Streaming ‘5
at thousand tztjitt‘titrris Hart who has, heart shooting the sirens: on South Campus, std no new

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to (101 the ll‘ttls' to leave

8y Hope Smith

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l'K‘s Physical Plant l)i\i-
sioii has found a solution to the
tetiiporary bird problem on
South Campus scare them
away “till a loud. whistling
noise.

The thousands of small
black birds that can be seen
circling the skies near dUsk in
search of ovemight shelter are
cowbirds.

lf cowbirds are permitted
to gather in trees and parking
structures on campus it could
be a problem. said Jerry Hart. a
honictilturist for l‘K‘s Physical
Plaiit Division. The division
has gathered a learn of sis to
go out at dusk four to five
nights per week to scare the

birds oft cariipiis.

“They try to land around

dusk arid congregate in the
trees ,.
feel safe there." Hart said.

. They like foliage. they

The safest and most elfee

tive way to mow the birds is
to use a special handgun. simi<
lar to those used at track and
field meets. to fire a “Screamer
Siren” into the air near where
the birds are flying. said L'K
spokesman (‘arl Nathe.

The l5mm Screamer Sirens

shoot up about of) feet in the air
“screaming." If the birds are
kept out of the trees and contig-
ually flying instead of landing
in the trees. they eventually get
tired and tra\el off campus.
Nathe said.

See Firecracker on page 8

Hart holds Scmamtitq Saints in his hand
theirh The Sirens raus‘z‘v a . ‘tlt‘. st rewritten

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Calligrapher pencils in weekend workshop to teach

Books of W. A. [)wtggins"
about a book designer. type
designer. calligrapher and au-
thor who founded the Society
of C alligraphers in Boston in
l9l9 and became the first to
describe himself as a “graph-

E! Rachel Sega

news®kykerrtel corn

His type is everywhere
~ on toys. watches and even
soup products.

This weekend. calligraph—
er and typographer Paul Shaw
will be at UK to teach stu-
dents the same techniques he
has used to design for compa-

flab-Immune!“

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nies like Mattel. Rolex. Avon
and Campbell Soup. Shaw
will hold a lecture and callig-
raphy workshop this Friday
and Saturday at the Margaret
l. King Library.

Shaw teaches calligraphy
at Parsons School of Design
in New York.

At 7 pm. Friday. Shaw
will give a lecture on “The

ic designer."
This

lecture will
place in the Great Hall at the
M. l. King Library and will

ant. in the King L
Press. located in the

take Hand calligraphy.

be open and free to the pub—
lie. The calligraphy workshop
wrll he held Saturday

King Library. The graphic de-
.sign seminar Saturday will
feature practice in Rotunda

“The Rotunda Hand is a
type of writing that is sort of

medieval-ltmking." M. 1, King
libranzui Jim Birchfield said.
He said that Shaw will
give lessons on the art of cal-
ligraphy using examples of
text and exercises to practice.
Birchfield also said for those
who register for the work
shop. a continental breakfast
of doughnuts. orange juice
and coffee Will be provided

at 1)
ibrary
M. 1.

art form

beginning at 8:30 am. Saturr
day.

He recommends people
bring their own lunch. but all

materials needed for the
workshop Will be provided

To register for the work
shop. call (859) 257-8408 or
(859) 257-1742 or contact
klridbfiukyzedu. The cost for
the workshop is $25.

m 257-1915;“10“ 257-2872

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