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Celebrating 33 years of independence

Columnist writes of his blog

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In our opinion: Rep. Ben Chandler
best bet for Kentucky

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ain Building unveiled

By Elizabeth Troutman
THE KENTUCKY KERNEL

The Main Building was dedi-
cated yesterday. more than three
years after it was destroyed by
fire.

During a speech delivered
from the second floor balcony.
Todd addressed the statue of for-
mer UK President James Patten
son. which was repositioned to
face the finished building.

“There is a reason why you
are positioned in this direction."
Todd said to the statue. “We have
located our Welcome Center in
the Main Building so that every
prospective student and their
parents will begin their UK joun
ney in our very first building.
And. when they walk out the
door to begin their tour. you will
be there to welcome them and re-
mind them of the history of the
university.“

The building.
known as the

formerly
Administration

Building. was gutted during a
fire that accidentally started
while the building was being ren-
ovated in May 2001.

Todd and his wife. Patsy.
helped bury a time capsule con-
taining mementos such as letters
from university officials. a Ken-
tuckian yearbook and a poster
autographed by the 2004-2005 bas-
ketball team. A date has not been
formally set to open the capsule,
said UK spokeswoman Mary
Margaret Colliver. but she said
some are contemplating opening
it on UK‘s 200th anniversary. in
2065.

Professor emeritus and Ken-
tucky historian laureate Thomas
1). Clarke recalled the moment he
first saw the old building in 1928.

"Never could I imagine this
building would mean so much in
my life." he said. “This is a rich
moment in which so many things
can take place.“

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Above - (Left to right)
Alice Rogers, of the
Kentucky Historical
Society; Jennifer Yue,
of the UK Student
Development Council;
UK President Lee
Todd; and First Lady
Patsy Todd unveil a
historical marker for
the Main Building,
which opened yester-
day.

Left - Students gath-
er around the Main
Building yesterday,
which cost $17.35 mil-
lion. It contains
43,243 square feet,
which features a new
fourth floor, a fifth-
floor mechanical room
penthouse and two
balconies. The Main
Building houses the
Visitors Center. two
"smart" classrooms.
meeting rooms, a pub-
lic room and many
administrative offices.

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UK is founded

1865

The upper portion of
the bell tower -
including an illuminat~
ed clock - is removed
because it caught fire
as the result of a
lightening strike.

1897 1919

The tower is complete-
ly removed and
replaced by sheet
metal. A cafeteria is
added to the basement

The Board of
Trustees votes to
move forward with
plans to restore
the buiiding.

A major, two-phase
refurbishment of
the Administration
Building is
undertaken.

1965‘1968

June 19,
2001

Some depart-
ments start
movmg into
the Main
Building
Oct. 11,
2004

 

June 9,
1880

The Board of Trustees
authorize Lourswlle archi-
tect. Harry P. McDonald.
to design the "College
Budding" for 828000

Feb. 15,
1882

 

The Main Butlding, as it was
originally known, 15 dedicated
It includes, among other
things, a chapel, armory.
museum, UK PreSIdent James
Patterson‘s office. classrooms
and many college offices.

1918

A post office
and bookstore
are put in the
basement.

1948

The building is
renamed
"Administration
Building." The
building now
houses only
administrative
offices.

May 15,
2001
A sparti from a weld-
ing am We: the
parapet and sets the
roof on fire. The
building is gutted.

March
2003

Construction
and restoration
begin.

Yesterday

The budding offioally
reopens as the ”Main
Budding," its original name.

 

 

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Nobel winner
rebukes war
at LCC event

Speaker: Iraqi casualties
at root of reason for war

By Troy Lyle
THE KENTUCKY KENNEL

A Vietnam War veteran de-
nounced the war in Iraq yesterday
at Lexington Community College.
saying that few pay attention to the
civilian consequences of the war.

Craig Williams. secretary and
treasurer for the Vietnam Veterans
of America Foundation. compared
the Vietnam War with the war in
Iraq at the Academic Technology
Building.

"There are numerous aspects
of war that politicians and people
just don't talk about.“ he said,
“What we never hear about are the
economical. environmental and po»
litical impacts of war. not to men-
tion the aftermath and conse
quences facing a nation left in
Chaos."

Williams. who won a Nobel
Peace Prize in 1997 for his Work on
an international campaign to ban
landmines. spoke as part of the
Election Issues 2004 forum spoii

sored by the
l.(‘(‘ Peace “What we
and Justice
coalition. never hear

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ber of civilian about are the
casualties in .
war has in- econom'call
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diers.

Today with the war in lraq.
civilian casualties are many times
greater than the number of Ameri
can soldiers killed. he said. Infor-
mation like that should make
everyone question the reasoning
behind waging war and the role
politics play into that reasoning. he
said.

Several students disagreed with
Williams but refused to identify
themselves for publication

The war in Iraq is a very impor
tant issue in the upcoming elec
tion. said James (ireen. an unde
clared sophomore at l.(‘(' who
plans to transfer to l'K to study
natural resource conseryation and
management.

"I hope Democrats. chiibli
cans. non-partisans. the undecided
and those who are simply uni-
formed came out today.” he said.
“Hopefully everyone who came to
day leaves more informed even
if they disagree with the views of
these speakers.”

Ryan Kelly. an assistant profes
sor of geography and geographic
information systems at l.(‘(‘.
echoed that sentiment.

“I would like everyone to leave
better informed. he said. “Voters
should make informed decisions

based on fact. not rhetoric."
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By Doug Scott
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(‘ritically acclaimed per
cussionisi Evelyn (ilennie
will join the Luxembourg
Philharmonic Orchestra
tonight in the Singletary
(‘enter

.»\t :47. (ilt‘lllllt‘ is the
first person to successfully
establish and sustain a full-
time career as a solo pert
cussionist. playing in more
than 100 performances each
year.

She has had 121 Will‘k\.
including 17 concertos.
composed for her She hits

recorded 18 albums. for
which she has received two
Grammy awards and two
additional nominations.
(llennie has also worked
with artists such as Bela
Fleck and Biork

(ilf‘lllllt‘ is profoundly
deaf she cannot comfort-
ably hear sounds below 95
decibels.

"This particular concert
will be very cool because
the hall is so acoustically
alive." said Rebecca Vice.
marketing coordinator for
the Singletary (‘enter
“She's going to plav with
her shoes off"

Rather than
relying solely on
her ears. Glen
nie has adapted
to supplement
her limited
hearing with
what she sees.
such as the con
ductor and other
musicians. and
the vibrations
she senses
throughout her
body by play-
ing barefoot. for
example.

“it doesn't

hold her
back." said Professor James

GLENN!

play.

Campbell. direc
tor of percus
sion studies in
the UK School
of Music. “She
doesn‘t appear
to be impaired
or handi-
capped."
(‘omposi-
tions that Glen~
nie has commis-
sioned have pre-
sented percus-
sionists with
new pieces to

“Any new repertoire is
valuable at this point." said

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Andy Bliss. a graduate
student in the percussion
studio. “Percussion is a
relatively young field
compared to other in-
struments."

(‘ampbell credits
Glennie with bringing
percussion into the spot-
light in an orchestral
context and giving it
more credibility in that
setting.

“She's brought per~
cussion to the front of
the stage. instead of the
back." Campbell said.

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What: Evelyn Glennie and the Luxem-
bourg Philharmonic Orchestra

When: 7:30 tonight

Where: Singletary Center for the Arts
Concert Hall

How Much: Tickets cost $35 for the
general public; $32 for UK faculty.
staff, and senior citizens; and $18 for
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Lee Wilson, a student
ambassador coordinator
and a public service and
leadership senior. led tours
and said the building is en-
ergizing everyone.

“Mostly it has been a

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positive reaction," he said.
"It is revitalizing the spirit
of catnplls."

Faculty present at the
dedication also praised the
renovation.

"Beautiful." said Becky
Hisel. a support staff asso-
ciate in the t‘ollege of Arts
and Sciences. "Very spa-
cious it looks Wonder-
t‘ul."

Diedra Jenkins. an agri-
culture economics senior.

said she remembered when
the building burned her
freshman year Now as her
college career is winding
down, she watched the
building finally reopen

"l have been here the
whole time." she said “l
came to see the structure.
how it turned out inside.
It‘s wonderful. "

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Today, I blogged. And blogged.

When America ()nliiie first re
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gram. it changed my life.

That's right instead of actually

talking to my friends via phone or

engaging in any form of social inter-
action, I could rush home after
school. sign on to

AOL and continue

those discussions

that were left unfin-

ished during school

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patty day.

Yeah.
were the days.

Well. actually.
those still are the
days.

Nearly 12 years
later AOL Instant
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mains on my desktop. while my ele~
gantly composed away messages
leave me the simplest form of satis-
faction.

lnstant messenger isn‘t the only
choice. however. to totally cast your

those

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self away from the norms of society .

Blogging is all the rage these
days

You want to be cool. don t you? in-
tet net cool?

Simply put. a weblog or "blog" is
an online journal kind of sounds
like an oxymoron when you think
that journals are usually used pri-
vately for the most part.

The most popular seem to be
LiveJournal. Xanga and MySpace.

The first two are pure journals.

while the latter appears to be more of

a place to meet other shut-ins. These
particular sites are free, so anyone
with an advanced knowledge of sitti-
ley face emoticons (or a desire to
show the world their danger zones)
can sign tip for a journal of their
own.

This no restriction entry fee has
its perks for those who are suckers
for pages that l()ol\' liK:t 'l‘lils if
you're one of these people. enjoy the
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llsei's cati custoiiiixe their blogs
pretty tiiticli any way they‘d like. The
page technically belongs to them. so
they have free range with the appear-
ance and content options include
different backgrounds as well as
style and color. and inserting person-
al pictures. like the one from that
night in South Padre that will keep
you from ever running for office.

There are also spaces allotted for
biographies. interests. desires and
much more. The majority of the
page is meant for written entries.
which can range from the simplistic
to the existential. depending on the
author.

Basically. a blog is your introdue
tion to the world. It's up to the indi
vidual on 111in they choose to be
viewed. You can be the indie hipster
with references to The Postal Service
and the downfall of Modest Mouse.
or perhaps you‘re the party chick
with multiple jokes about shacking.

Then again. there‘s always room
for the hopeless romantic complain-
ing about how all the good ones are
taken.

The actual written content begs
the question of whether blogs are a
good thing.

The Internet is criticized as an
enemy to interpersonal communica-
tion. stemming mostly from instant
messengers and chat rooms. bttt this
latest addition has added fuel to the
fire.

Are blogs ruining relationships.
or are they improving on them'.’

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about."

Articulation and
aren't the only benefits.

“(Bloggingi is good for tiie it al
lows those that live far away from
their friends to let people know
what‘s going on in their lives without
having to call every single person
they know." said Matthew Leathers.
a theology senior at Western Ken-
tucky University. "Pitts. it lets me
vent and make my self-indulgent

confidence

jokes."

The typical argument against
blogs is that it's all too easy to say
things you wouldn‘t say face—to-face;
they discourage confrontation and
usually littrt relationships in the
process.

Hiding behind the anonymity of
a computer is one of the easiest
things to do one can effortlessly
bash another person’s ego when a
backhand is not guaranteed.

- Another downfall: The stalkers.
Never date through your computer
the Internet is full of creepsters.
and I've had my share of fiber-freaks.

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think) would be enough to log off for
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By Jeff Patterson

THE KENTUCKV KERNEL

One of these days. Mike
Williams will intercept a
pass.

Really.

His teammates and coach-
es believe it‘ll happen.

In the past two games. the
senior safety dropped two
would~be interceptions.

In practice he hasn‘t fared
much better.

During last Wednesday‘s
practice. Williams dove for a
deflected pass. It went right
through his hands.

Williams lowered his
head and said. “Oh man?“

Juniors Earven Flowers
and Muhammad Abdullah
jogged off the field chuckling
at “Clank." Willianis' nick-
name.

“The saga continues." Ab-
dullah and Flowers joked.

At Auburn on Saturday:
Williams made a great read
on quarterback Brandon Cox.
Williams. who has three in-
terceptions in his career.
dashed to the ball and it hit
him right on the chest and
bounced out.

“My only thought was
‘Poor kid.” said UK defensive
coordinator Mike Archer. "I
just wish he would catch one
for his own confidence."

But Junior cornerback
Antoine Huffman bailed
Williams out on the next play.
intercepting a lobbed pass.

"If he had another oppor-
tunity I truly believe he
would have made the play."
Huffman said.

As soon as Williams re-
turned to the sideline. he
showed his gratitude.

“I appreciate it. man."
Williams told Huffman
“You‘ve got my back "

Starting OB up in the air

UK head coach Rich
Brooks will not name his
starting quarterback until
later in the week. the coach

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Jeff Patterson

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Brooks: ‘I’m‘here for the long haul’

announced yesterday

Redshirt freshman quar-
terback Andre Woodson
made his first start Saturday
in place of senior Shane
Boyd. who sat with a sore left
shoulder

Woodson passed for 73
yards on H-of-‘Jti passing. He
led UK on an till-yard touch-
down drive iii the second
quarter of l'K's 42-10 loss at
Auburn.

As soon as Woollsoti ran
to the sideline after the score.
Boyd was the first person
waiting for him Boyd gave
Woodson a twohanded high
five. and patted him on the
helmet

"He said. "Good job. Way
to lead the team down the
field'" Woodson said

Boyd said because his left
shoulder injury has affected
his throwing motion. Brooks
said. ltistead of guiding the
ball with his. left forearm.
Boyd has been throwing one
handed. with his left arm
pinned at the side

“If Shane is healthy. he
gives us our best opportunity
to win." Brooks said. "If he's
not healthy. Andre gives us
our best chance to win."

Brooks in ‘for the long haul'

During his weekly news
conference Monday. Brooks
addressed rumors that he
may resign at the end of the
season.

“The only thing I can con
trol is that I‘m not quitting."
he said. ”l‘m not walking
away from this. I‘m here for
the long haul. I‘m going to
turn this thing around."

l'K athletics director
Mitch Barnhart has said the
program does not need a
coaching change

After l'K's game at
Auburn. several players had
questions regarding Brooks
iob security He addressed
them after Monday‘s practice

”I'm not giving up on any-
thing." Brooks said. "And I
hope they don't. "

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UK head coach Rich
Brooks talks with redshirt
freshman quarterback
Andre Woodson durinq
Ul('s 45-17 loss to Alabama
on Oct. 9.

Brooks said he will name
his starting quarterback
later in the week.

Senior Shane Boyd sat the
bench last Saturday with
an injured left shoulder.

UK (1-6, 0-4 Southeastern
Conference) plays at Mis-
sissippi State (2-5, 1-3
SEC) Saturday at 2:30 pm.
in Starkville, Miss.

cm: W I STAFF

Injury updates

Senior defensive end Vin-
cent “Sweet Pea" Burns and
freshman running back Tony
Dixon hobbled around on
crutches Saturday after se-
verely spraining their ankles.

Both are doubtful for Sat-
urday‘s game at Mississippi
State. Brooks said. Burtis
could be out for two to three
weeks.

When the l'K defensive
captain hurt the ankle. many
of his teammates took a knee
or took off their helmets.

"l actually thought it was
more serious than it really
is." said junior linebacker Jon
Sumrall. "Nobody wanted to
leave the field because Sweet
Pea is one of our leaders."

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Emily Hagedorn, Editor in chief

Andrew Martin. Opinions editor

Ben Roberts, Asst. Opinions editor

Rebecca Neal, Asst. managing editor for news

Steve lvey, Managing editor
Josh Sullivan. Staff columnist
Sara Cunningham, Projects editor
iim Wiseman, Sports editor

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INQUR OPINION

Send Ben Chandler back to Washington

best hope to cure such illnesses
Alzheimer's. diabetes and Parkinson‘s.

As someone who has already served the
6th District of Kentucky for eight months in
Congress. Chandler brings experience on
the national level that his opponent. state
Sen. Tom Buford does not.

Buford should be commended for his 14
years of honest and straightforward service
in the Kentucky Senate.

And while both he and Chandler should
be applauded for running a clean campaign.
we feel that Chandler is the stronger of the
two major-party candidates on the issues
important to Kentuckians.

Chandler‘s progressive approach to the
issues makes him the logical choice to serve
the people of the 6th Congressional District.

Tuesday
Oct. 26, 2004
PAGE 5

 

oping alternative energy sources is crucial
in our quest to eliminate dependence on for-
eign resources and improve
relations with the Middle
East.

He realizes that we face
the end of oil as a viable re
source in the near future and
argues that the search for al-
ternative energy is more prac-
tical than drilling in such
places as the Arctic National
Wildlife Reserve. We agree
with that view.

And while some politi-
cians have taken a wavering
stance on the issue of embry-
onic stem-cell research. Chandler supports

money today translates to job opportunities
for [K graduates in the future should reas-
sure students of his
commitment to this
institution.

()n the
situation in Iraq.
Chandler under-
stands that. whether
the decision to in-
vade was right or
wrong. we have to
move past that de»
bate and work on se~
curing the country
and getting our
troops out.

Chandler has repeatedly said putting a

For the past eight months. US. Rep. Ben as
Chandler has fought for the rights and liber-
ties of Kentuckians from his seat in the US.
House of Representatives with the same vig»
or he applied in his eight years as Ken-
tucky‘s attorney general.

Because of Chandler's continued public
service to the people of Kentucky, we en-
dorse him and his re-election to Congress.

In regards to higher education. Chan—
dler. a UK graduate. has fotight against cuts
to university budgets and is working from
Washington to bring millions of dollars in
research money to UK.

When running for governor in 2003. he
voiced his opposition to the tuition hikes
that students across the (.‘ommonwealth are
now faced with.

Chandler's policies will
greatly benefit Kentucky
and his approach makes
him the best choice for

the 6th District seat.

current

Chandler‘s awareness that

research

a

strong emphasis on discovering and devel-

Q&A with Ben Chandler

W Candidate for 6th Districtfcongressional Seat

The Kernel Editorial Board sat
down with 6th District Con tres-
sional Candidate Ben (‘hand er to
discuss the war in Iraq. higher edu-
cation and why UK students should
care about this election. among oth
er issues.

You've received an “A rating"
and the endorsement from the National
Rifle Association. What is the basis for
that endorsement?

l have been
a staunch supporter of
the Second Amend-
ment. As far as gun
rights are concerned. I

 

have been a supporter
of gun rights. and I be-
lieve that the best thing
to do to decrease gun
violence in this coun-
try is to make sure that
the laws we have on the
books are enforced.

We have laws on the
books that call for
crimes committed with
firearms to be enforced.
and there are stiffer
penalties for those
crimes.

Those laws should
be vigorously enforced.
I don't have any prob
lem with that. But I
don‘t think taking peo
ple's gtins away from
them solves the issue of
crime.

 

Do you have
a plan to alleviate the
tuition hikes UK has
seen recently?

i Obviously
Pcll (lrants. We need to
make sure that those
programs are as strong
as they can be and help
as many students as
possible. I‘m a big sup-
porter of higher educa-
tion.

I've got two degrees myself. both
from UK. I think that one of the worst
things that has happened in a while and
something I consider to be a hidden tax
is these inl‘l‘f‘IISOS in tuition.

We've had several major increases
in tuition in recent years and that clos-
es the door for higher education for a
lot of young people. I can tell you that.
had I been elected governor last year. I
would not have allowed those higher ed
ucation cuts.

y

g: e What is your

position on Presi-
dent Bush's tax cuts.

a - I voted in favor of the tax
cuts. That being said. I think that we
have to be very concerned about the
deficit.

We have the largest deficit in the
history of the I'nited States of Amcri
ca. And it's happened within the last
four years.

I understand there are reasons for
that. We had a recession and wt had
9 l1 and both of those have been taxes
on our economy

And as a result we haven't had as
much revenue. But it's possible that we
could have scaled back some of the
higherend tax cuts.

The middle class tax cuts I'm very
much in favor of The tax cuts for the
very wealthy I am not in favor of

I don‘t believe that they need a tax
ctit and ldon't think it does anything to
stimulate the economy

b

 

 

. . Could you explain your posi-
tion on gay marriage?

I voted in favor of the
amendment but I think that civil
unions ought to be left to the state. I just
think that marriage has traditionally
been between a man and a woman and I
don't think we need to change that.

trauma 1 sunr

SJ Whatisyouropiniononmed-
icalmalpmcticereform?

. is Well. I think that there are
problems with malpractice insurance
rates for doctors. There's certainly been
an outcry among doctors on insurance
rates and we need to find a way to fix
that.

That being said. I don‘t think that a
blanket cap on awards reduces the rates
of insurance. And the people who are
really iiiiurcd are the ones who suffer
when you have an arbitrary cap.

What they ought to be doing is get-
ting rid of the frivolous lawsuits.
There's absolutely no excuse for frivo-
lous lawsuits. We need to have a board
that will weed out frivolous lawsuits.
and the sooner wc do it the better.

» i What is your stance on em-

bryonic stem cell research?

I‘m for it Anything we can
do to make sure we cure these dreaded
illnesses is the moral thing to do

liverylmly thinks it's a moral issue
whether we should do it or not Frankly.
I think its immoral not to do it It‘s the
best hope we have for curing theses ill
nesscs

4' .
!\

. How do you feel about the
current situation in Iraq?

. ast .~ I think that we had colossal
intelligence errors I think that. given
what information was provided at the

time. had I been in Congress at the
time. I would have voted for the war.

But I’m not so sure about that from
the information we‘ve had since then.

But the bottom line is we‘re there.
Whether it was right or wrong is really
not as relevant as what we do now And
how do we deal with what I think is a
first-class mess.

I think we need to get as many al-
lies. and this is where I disagree with
the president. He has not built world
consensus for this. And I think that for

us to be successful in an
operation like this we
need help.

Job No. 1 is to build
meaningful alliances
with other countries
and convince them that
prevailing in Iraq is in
the best interest of the
free world.

I don‘t think we
have enough manpower
in the armed services
right now to get the job
done. and I'm afraid
that the Bush adminis
tration is going to insti-
tute a draft if we don't
do something about
building the alliances.

And you can write
this down in blood I
am absolutely against
the draft.

The other thing we
need to do to fight ter‘
ror is to upgrade our in
telligence services.

Spend whatever it
takes to make sure we
have first-class intelli-
gence.

If we do that. we'll
be able to find those ter-
rorists. and we can take
them out before they do
anything. Invading
countries. in the long
rim. is not the best way
to d with terrorism.

.. Whatcanvou
do to help UK from

Congress?

s:\ s I think that I
can contribute by mak-
ing an effort