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ampus police

seek suspect in
violent assault

By NICK COMER
Senior Staff Writer

UK police are searching for a mzm who reportedly assaulted a female
UK employee last week iii a University parking structure as site walked

from lter ear to work.

Laura .l. livtuis. 34. reported that she was attacked about 3:30 pm.
Thursday iii UK's parking structure No. 4. located beside UK Hospital.
Evans was treated and released at UK Hospital Emergency Room for two
abrasions to her right forearm tutd hand. according to a report by the UK

Police Department.

UK police are searching for a black man. who is about 6-foot-l or 6-2
zutd about 240 pounds with art athletic build, according to the description
given by Evans. The man had black. collar-length hair and was wearing a
light-colored T-shirt. blue jezuis. light-colored socks and black shoes. she

told police.

UK police have a suspect iii the incident. but no arrests have been made.

UK Police Chief W.li. McComas said.

The man approached Evans after she got out of her car. said UK spokes-

man Ralph Derickson.

“The assailant grabbed the victim by the arm and attempted to pull her
toward him." he said. “The victim struggled and was able to get away."

After escaping the man’s grasp. Evans went into UK Hospital. The man
got into the passenger side of a cherry-red automobile. possibly a four-door
Nissan Sentra. with Kentucky license plates. Another person was driving

the vehicle, Derickson said.

The same man is believed to have attacked Evans once before, Derick-

son said.

"The victim said the same assailant attacked her once before in the UK
Lucille Markey Cancer Center." he said. She escaped from him that time
by spraying Lysol aerosol iii his face. he said.

Dole speaks on improving education, Red Cross efforts

By JOE BRAUN
Assistant Editorial Editor

Elizabeth Dole. a former US.
Secretary of Labor and Transporta-
tion and current president of the
Ameriezm Red Cross. spoke to stu-
dents yesterday at Lexington‘s La-
fayette (‘lub.

Dole. the wife of US. Sctt. Rob-
ert Dole (R-Ktutsas). spoke to about
70 high school and college students
froin (‘cntral Kentucky. including
UK students.

[it her speech. Dole stressed her
concerns about education zuid pre-
paring students for the business
world. She said she would like to
see schools teaching more practical
job skills iii high school.

“We need to look behind the job
screen and ﬁnd out what kind of
skills are necessary. and then let‘s
make sure we establish guidelines
to have those in our schools." she
said.

“So when you come out of high
school. if you‘re not going to col-

RICK CARR'Kemet Start

Thoroughbred Park, the newest addition to downtown Lexington, opened Saturday. The park. located on Midland Avenue across from the
Lexington Herald-Leader, contains several bronze horse statues and a fountain and is lined with cobblestone.

lege you have the skills that are
needed for the jobs that are availa-
ble."

She said for education in America
to improve everyone must work to-
gether.

“i think it‘s titne for everybody to
wake tip. and I really mean this siti-
cerely. ()ur schools have got to
wake tip. our teachers. our princi.
pals iii terms of what is needed [0-
day."

She spoke on various issues rang-
ing from tltc education of American

youth to questions about the Ameri—
czut Red Cross and its disaster-
reliet‘ efforts.

Dole suggested a change iii
teaching styles by emphasizing
good values at home that will carry
into the classroom.

“We need to teach values at
home. So when tlte young people
cotne into schools they respect the
value of an education arid hard
work aiid personal moral values."
she said.

The education of our youth is the

most imponant issue facitig Amen!
ca today. she said.

Dole said she resigned as were
taiy of labor because it allowed her
to better serve the “dire human
needs ot people."

She also spoke about the work
she has done since her recent ap-
pointment as president of the Amer-
ican Red (‘ross She talked about
tlic role that the organiration played
til the Persian (iulf (‘ontlict

l)olc \isitcd the Red (‘ross \vot'k-
crs stationed tn Saudi Arabian and

Kuwaiti camps with US. troops.

"It was very impressive to me. all
of the cotnmittncnt there When I
flew itito Kuwait. 1 saw 5t) oil wells
that had been set on fire. and you
had this awful sense of evil that
(Saddam llusseini had unleashed
on his own human beings."
said.

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Medical attention was dcntcd to
the people of Kuwait during ltaqt
occupation. She touted

slic said

See DOLE Page 6

Health care’s success causing cost to rise, consultant says

Associated Press

FRANKFURT. Ky, — Health
care in Kentucky and elsewhere
gets costlier because of its sheer
success. a consultant told a guber-
natorial task force yesterday.

“Health care is doing what you
wzuit atid it costs a lot of mon-
ey." said Dr. ’aul Torrens. a spe-
cialist in health care management
mid policy at the UCLA School of
Public Health.

Most of the nation has health iii-

surance. atid there are more doc-
tors. hospitals and medical technol-
ogy than ever. Torrens said.

“We are not dealing with a fail-
ing business. lti fact. our problems
in health care are the result of suc-
cess. not failure," Torrens said.

Torrens addressed a task force
(iov. Brereton Jones appointed last
tnonth to ﬁnd what Kentuckians
want in health care.

The group is to work in tandem
with a commission, made up most-
ly of legislators. that will draft

health-care legislation for a special
session of the General Assembly
this year.

The goal is to control costs. yet
ensure health care is accessible.

Total health-care spending in
Kentucky was $6.9 billion iii 1000.
according to the (‘abinet for llu‘
man Resources,

The cabinet's secretary. Leonard
Heller. raised several questions
about that spending. albeit rhetori-
cally: Does Kentucky need ﬁve or-
gan transplant programs. 20 hospi-

tals performing open heart surgery
zutd 34 magnetic resonance imagcrs
— more than in all of (‘anadaf

The task force is to begin gather-
itig public opinion on those arid
other questions iii l5 town meetv
ings across the state May il-28.

'l‘orreiis said he was called in to
give the task force a starting point.
He said Kentucky‘s approach —
decide what the public wants. then
design a health—care plan to ﬁt —-
has attracted national interest.

He compared it to the task force

As another Earth Day approach-
es. the newly t‘onned UK Siena
Club is working to increase stu-
dent conceni about the environ-
ment.

About 20 students already have
joined the campus branch of the
Sierra (Tlub. a national organiza-
tion dedicated to educating the
public about the preservation of
the environment tutd to itilluenc-
ing goveniinent environmental
policies.

The national Sierra (‘lub has
more than 600,000 members.

Members of the campus branch

Sierra Club prepares
for Earth Day 1992

By TYRONE BEASON
Staff Writer

have set up aluminum can tecy~
cling containers in White Hall
Classroom Building.

Getting students and organiza-
tions involved in recycling was a
major priority for the group. said
Linda Hom, UK Sierra (‘lub pres-
ident.

“Right at this moment. we‘re
just collecting these cans." Hom
said. “We're hoping next year we
can get some other groups that
will adopt other buildings.“

Containers placed iii the class-
room building are retrieved week-
ly by a recycling company.

Honi said the Sierra (‘Iub is iii-

See SIERRA. Page 6

UK‘s Sierra Club. a new University organization. is working to
raise environmental awareness. Earth Day is tomorrow

JEFF BURLEW/Kernel Staff

UK finally sign
ney Dent.
Story, Page 2.

work that led to the I‘M) Kentucky
liducation Reform Act. which ovcr<
hauled the state‘s school system.

Kentucky. like most other states.
is caught iii a vicious cycle on
health care. 'l‘orrens said.

People and companies that pay
for health care have to set limits to
sun ivc. causing health-care provid-
ers to cut back oti patient services
to stay Ill business. he said.

“Everybody is going to have to
give somewhat" if health-care costs
are to be controlled. he said.

Health-care facts:
0486.000 were uninsured
in 1990 from a population
of 3 7 million.
0$6 9 billion was spent on
state health care in 1990
0495.000 were eligible for
Medicaid last month. 43
per ent were under age 15
and 14 percent were over
65.

Quilts vital part of
women’s movement

By TIA SILVERTHORNE
Staff Writer

Most of us know the warmth of a
grandmother‘s quilt on a Cold win-
ter's day.

The significance and political im-
portance of quilts has often gone
unnoticed. though.

Many students discovered yester-
day iti the Old Student (‘enter how
important quilts were for the wom-
en‘s movement run] other female-
headed reformations.

lilainc Hedges. a feminist scholar
and linglish professor at 'l‘owson
State. concluded a series of lectures
sponsored by the Women‘s lnstttutc
ot the Southeast zuid the UK Wom-
en's Studies Program.

Bonnie .lean t‘os. director of
Women's Studies. said she “as iti-
terested iii bringing Hedges to the
University because many of the
women‘s studics courses teach
Hedges~ \vork atid its signiﬁcancc

“tllcr work) further legitimates
the Vitality of women‘s research
and activities." (‘ox said when lit-
troductng the speaker “and the rein~
tcgration of women into many of
the pictures from which they have
becn omitted "

lledgcs' lecture. titled ”I‘liilll
lied to Banner: Quilts and Wont-
CII\ Reform Work tn lltc l‘lth ceri-
tury." sticsscd the unpoitancc of
women and then ci'alts Ill thc larg—

See QUILT. Page 6

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Dent ends dramatic week by signing with UK

By JOl-N KELLY
Sports Editor

UK basketball coach Rick Pitino
ended another battle in what has be-
come a recniiting war between UK
and cross-state rival University of
Louisville yesterday. announcing
that UK finally had received a na-
tional letter of intent from junior
college player Rodney Dent.

But Dent, a (Hoot-l l, 240 pound
center from Edison. Ga.. didn’t sign
before putting a scare into Pitino by
making a last-minute, somewhat
mysterious recruiting visit to the
Louisville campus.

“It was the most bizarre 48 hours
of my recruiting life," Pitino said.
“On Tuesday night. Rodney was
very excited. He told us that we'd
have the letter Wednesday."

Wanen Heagy, an Odessa. Texas
attorney who is also Dent‘s legal
guardian. was telling reporters the
same story Wednesday night —
which Dent had told him by phone
from Dallas. where he currently is
residing with his girlfriend's family
—— that he had signed with UK and
that the ofﬁcial documents were in
the mail to Heagy. Upon receiving
Dent's scholarship papers. Heagy
was to send them by facsimile to

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' Pitino.

But. as of Sunday morning. Piti-
no had not received the letter. and
Heagy told the media that he had no
idea where Dent was. He had not
been able to contact him for several
days. The only information that
Heagy had was that Dent had
boarded a ﬂight to Atlanta to visit
his mother‘s grave site. But Lexing-
ton television stations WLEX-TV
and WKYT-TV reported Sunday
night that Dent. in fact. was visiting
Louisville.

“You grow worrisome any time
that you don't get the letter of in-
tent, and then you ﬁnd out a young
man has visited another institution."
Pitino said. “and we were very wor-
n'ed until we found out it was the
University of Louisville. Then we
weren’t worried at all. No competi-
tion in that area.

“Obviously. I am kidding around.
We were very surprised. We had a
very strong verbal commitment. We
were very surprised that he was on
any visit, and we were taken back
by that. We didn’t know what to
think at that point. When we got the
letter of intent we were. needless to
say. very relieved."

Heagy later told The Courier-
Joumal that Dent apparently made

the visit as a favor to Louisville as-
sistant coach Larry Gay. who had
known Dent since he was a sopho-
more in high school.

The U of L visit apparently did
not sway Dent's feelings, and the
letter arrived yesterday afternoon,
allowing Pitino to breathe a sigh of
relief and ﬁnally comment on the
former Odessa Junior College star.

“The team changes in one drastic
swoop from the last three years to
this year in the way we will play the
game," Pitino said. “We become a
very physical, very quick basketball
team. I saw Rodney play about two
weeks ago and he brings to Ken-
tucky something we haven‘t had for
three years. He is a very strong, im-
posing force in the middle."

Dent adds to an already heralded
UK recruiting class which some ex-
perts are rating as the top incoming
group in the nation. The class is
rounded out by four high school
seniors. three of whom —— Rodrick
Rhodes, Jared Prickett and Tony
Delk — will participate in the Der-
by All-Star Classic. 3 national
showcase for high school All-Stars.
next weekend in Louisville. The
fourth. Walter McCany, will not be
eligible until his sophomore year
because he did not meet NCAA ini-

tial academic requirements. Pitino
was excited about the class.

“It's conjecture at this point how
good they are. but I do like it," Piti-
no said. “I like the character. I like
the roles that they fill. There's great
quickness. We have size. In the sec-
ond year. when Walter McCarty be-
comes eligible. then you have your-
self some class."

Dent's U of L visit made this the
third year in a row that Pitino and
Louisville coach Denny Crum
openly have tangled for a prospect.
In 1990. after orally committing to
Cnim and then to Pitino. Dwayne
Morton opted for the Cardinals.
Last year. UK had all but reeled in
North Carolina transfer Clifford
Rozier when senior guard Sean
Woods took Rozier to a Kentucky
Derby party in Louisville during an
ofﬁcial recruiting visit, a violation
of NCAA regulations. UK an-
nounced the incident to the NCAA
and discontinued recruiting Rozier.
who later signed with U of L.

The Dent visit did not improve
the Crum-Pitino relationship.

“Denny Gum and l are both
members at Valhalla (Golf Club in
Louisville, Ky.)." Pitino said. “And
I can tell you that we will not be
playing together in the next mem-

ber-member tournament."

While Pitino made very clear that
he was not accusing Louisville of
any illegal recniiting activity, he
also made clear that he did not ap-
prove of the Cardinals' recruiting
tactics.

“Some people back off when they
have an oral commitment. some
people do not." Pitino said. “The
only thing I will say is that we’ll
take the high road in this one and
just say that we're glad to have
Rodney Dent in this program."

A sixth UK recruit remains a pos-
sibility with top high school pros-
pect Othella Harrington announcing
Sunday that he was considering
making a visit to UK before making
his final decision about where he
will play ball next year.

Harrington. a 6-foot-9 l/2 center
from Jackson. Miss.. told The Asso-
ciated Press that he was attracted to
UK because Pitino “knows what it
takes to play on an upper level."

Harrington‘s current wish list in-
cludes Louisiana State. Arkansas.
Georgetown and Mississippi State.
Pitino. tiptoeing around NCAA
rules that prohibit a coach from
speaking directly about a prospec-
tive recruit before he officially
signs with a school, said he is

shocked by news “like that."

“Obviously. our efforts have been
to try and get arty young person to
visit our campus and. if it does hap-
pen. we would be delighted.” Pitino
said, after consulting with UK
Sports Communications director
Chris Cameron. “1 would say the
chances of it happening are not
great because I think there's a lot of
pressure to get young people at this
point in the season to decide now.”

Harrington has been labeled as
the No. l center in the nation by
some recruiting experts. Pitino sub-
tly alluded to Harrington in saying
that UK still may be shopping
around as well.

“There is room for a power for-
ward in there and. if anybody out
there would like to be a power for-
ward in the Southern Hemisphere.
please join us." Pitino said with a
self-satisfactory smirk. “There are
young people out there who prob-
ably are very versatile. and i see
them probably playingpowcr for-
ward. There are a lot of people that
are projected at center in high
school. and in college they can play
two positions. but if they ever hope
to go to the next level. they gotta be
a power forward. I’m not speaking
about anybody in particular."

Simpson finds five he can live with at Firestone

By MARK SONKA
Staff Writer

The UK men’s golf team. led by
sophomore Andrew Price. ﬁnished
sixth out of 35 teams this weekend
at the rain-soaked Firestone lnter-
tollegiate Invitational in Akron,

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The tournament, which was
scheduled to begin last Thursday.
was shortened to 27 holes. all of
which were played Sunday because
of the weather.

Price. a native of Morristown,
Tenn.. fired a 3-over-par ill to ﬁn-
ish tied for l3th among individuals.
Medalist Ron Wuensche of Wis-
consin shot a l05 to lead his Badger
squad to the team title.

Two other Wildcat golfers placed
among the top 40 ﬁnishers — sen-
ior Rob Davis and sophomore John
Cain. Each carded a S-over—par 113
to tie for 34th. UK golf coach Tom
Simpson pointed to a few mistakes.
including wrong club selection and
improper golf course management.
which may have cost the Cats a
chance at first place.

“I think we should have won the
tournament,“ he said. “And 1 think
we could have won it had it gone on
27 more holes. We were ready for it
mentally.”

No amount of mental concentra-
tion. however. can take the place of
quality practice time —— something
the Cats haven‘t had all year. The
team‘s normal practice site. Kear-
ney Hill Golf Links. is closed for
repairs until September.

“What really hurts us is that we
don’t have a place to hit balls."
Simpson said. “And that's just a
shame.

“it‘s just been a miserable, miser<
able spring as far as outside practice
is concerned. and I’m sure the Lady
Kats feel the same way."

Simpson was so impressed with
his squad’s performance in Akron

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that he is keeping the same lineup
for UK‘s ﬁnal regular season tour-
narnent, which is over two weeks
away. Juniors Chris Liner and Mar-
shall Butler, who fired scores of
116 and 115. respectively, round
out the top ﬁve. Four Wildcat golf-
ers came within l0 strokes of the
toumey's individual champion.

“l was really impressed with all
of them." the UK coach said. “I told
them l would give them the oppor-
tunity to play a complete 54-holc
tournament.

“It was the first time that five has
been together this year. and they
certainly played well together."

The men‘s team competes in the
University of Michigan Invitational
on March 8. The SEC Tournament,
located in Gainesvillc. Fla. follows
the week after.

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painful as Billy Crystal's delivery music.
When most people think about of a calf on the silver screen, the But they have found their niche at
l ne City Slickers. they think of the mo- band gave birth in December to the Wrocklage Tuesday nights when FOR A LIFETIME
vie with crusty. old Jack Palancc their acoustic hybrid hand—The the cover is free, the tables are close OF LOVE
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2 son tour- greenhoms across a tumbleweeded “It evolved because we wanted Just himsell, havrng a good time and We er the gift shell cherish-forever.
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and Mar- In Lexington, the name takes on a Patterson, a publications pdeU9- “We have fun,‘ P311630" sa'd- ments have a lifetime mechanical
scores of different meaning. tion manager tn UK s Registrar s . “It gets harder and harder all the guarantee. Available in five beauti-
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. at golf— based, country band that was found- There 5 never been any friction. band has, added Patterson, who d t i. ll
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ion. Patterson and Matt Renfro. Tabbed by Patterson as an Hank Williams Sr., Ray Davies.
' with all With this group's talent, the band “acoustic-country-folk, R & B Gram Parsons, thc Byrds and Ernest R0 °
id. “I told has gained a following and reputa- bluesrsh mostly Southern Ameri- Tubb.
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Porot’s campaign
refreshing, blunt
but won’t suceed

Sometimes political circumstances cause unusual political occur-
rences. The candidacy of H. Ross Perot is such an event. Disgusted
with the muck in Washington. the Texas billionaire decided to run
against both parties. The problem with the Democrats and the Re—
publicans is they often seem separate branches of the same party:
the Washington Party. Perot claims he wants to change all that.

Perot says he wants a national town meeting computer system and
to take the power of taxation away from Congress. Neither idea
probably is going to go anywhere. but behind those ideas he shows
an understanding for what is wrong with American politics. Govem-
ment doesn‘t listen and Congress taxes too much. His solutions
aren‘t practical. but at least he‘s willing to address issues with sub-
stance. something from which his opponents shy away.

Perot‘s campaign style is refreshing. He blends bluntness with
homespun charm. a style that speaks to middle America when most
politicians seem to aim for the coasts.

The main problem with Perot is that he‘s always had things his
way. Running a company is done much differently than running a
country. What would he say to Congress. to the Japanese. to Boris
Yeltsin when they did not agree with him? And even while he often
is forthright, his overall plan is a bit sketchy in parts.

Perot won‘t win. but he’ll certainly shake up the general election
the same way that Jerry Brown and Pat Buchanan have shaken up
the primaries.

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and the obsessed. mom of the left, bashers of the right. Helmsists-=
on the right, or Browns on the left. pro-environmentalism. ant»
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—-Joe Bram, editorial editor 1992—93

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Buckley’s National
still one of the best

some complaint about the maga-
zine. many of them justified but of-
ten they are overblown.

It does seem that National Re-
view favors the nee-conservative
VICWpOlnl. It has lost the edge it had
in the 1950s and 605 The Review
IS a magazine that refused to en-
dorse Dwight Eisenhower for re—
election and now it ts afraid to fully

Magazine
REVIEW

By N. ALAN CORNETT
Editorial Editor

In I955. a young upstart

Are columnists actually heartless?

Why is it that sometimes columns
are really interesting and other
times they’re very boring?

What kind of person enjoys sit-
ting behind a Macintosh computer
for hours writing such a column?

Why does the Kentucky Kernel
bother to print columns at all'.’

These are all questions that seem
to perplex most UK students. While
I know it doesn't take much to con-
fuse the average student. these
questions certainly do.

Throughout my first year as a
columnist. l have enjoyed listening
to criticisms and questions from
other people.

Well, what kind of people are we
“columnists"?

First of all. we‘re evil.

And we also don’t have any emo-
tions.

We hate everyone but ourselves.
and we enjoy embanassing and
poking fun at other unsuspecting
people.

I know it's hard to believe. but
it‘s true.

Why. just the other day a check-
out clerk at a local bookstore asked

Review
around

ley reasserted himself, in what
seems an effort to pull the warring
factions of the conservative move-
ment back together. So far his ef-
forts have been unsuccessful. ln De-
cember. he published a lengthy
essay on anti-semitism which
pleased neither side. but upsetting
the palm-conservatives more than
the neo-conservatives.

With all these problems. it

by the name of William F.

Buckley Jr. founded a mag- A-l- sw...a......4 a." i am... .. ~ .
azine that would deﬁne a
mom... N T l O N A L

National Review was his
risky venture and ll was a
one that panned out. it
quickly became the forum
in which conservative is-
sues were debated and
where liberal myths were
debunked.

For years National Re-
vzew was almost the only
conservative periodical with
anything close to a wide
readership. Now. however.
that dominance is being
challenged as the Review is
caught in a crossfire be-
tween neo-conservatives
and what are now known as
palm-conservatives.

The primary voice of the
nee—conservatives is the
American Spectator edited
by R. Emmett Tyrell. The

REWEW

American Spectator almost
never attacks the Review. but ap-
peared to be upset when they made
a tactical endorsement of Pat Bu-
chanan.

Thomas Fleming. editor of
Chronicles. voice of the paleo-
conservatives. is not as forgiving of
National Review. Chronicles repre-
sents at older style conservativism
that is more isolationist md anti-big
gavernrnent. Chronicles was op-
posed to the Persian Gulf War. for
instance. Every issue will contain

back Pat Buchanan. It seems the
magazine sometimes is more con-
cerned ab0ut winning an election
than stirring things up. at one time
its specialty.

In I990. William F. Buckley. the
magazine‘s owner. founder and edi-
tor in chief. stepped down to an
emeritus status of editor at large.
He brought in Wick Allison as put»
lisher. and the magazine seemed to
go into drift. Since that time. Alli-
son has left the magazine and Buck-

would seem National Re-
? view was in a state of

confusion and chaos. In
fact. it remains one of the
best, wittiest and intelli-
gent magazines on the
market.

“The Week." a collec-
tion of short editorials is
the best section of the
magazine. They open
with usually a one-line
current-events joke and
then m0ve on to meatier
stuff. Also of intere