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UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY, LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY

Dead week hardly dead

Broken policies
can be reported

By Mandy Cawood

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The UK campus is ftill of life
this week; the computer labs are
crammed, classrooms are packed,
and the library has become home
to many students.

Students are preparing for filial
exams finishing papers and
icsearchinLr class projects.

I he picture hardly fits the
name given to the week before
final exams “dead week."

According to Selected Rtiles of

the University Senate (ioverning
Academic Relationships, no e.\ ain
shall be given duringr the last week
of regular session classes, and no
take home finals shall be due
before the regularly scheduled
exam time."

Faculty are also told not to
assign unreasonable class exercises
or fail to give students ample time
to prepare for an assignment, said

Lee A. FIdgerton, UK's academic
ombud.

“Announcing a requirement on
Friday befoce dead week for a
major oral presentation to be
given during dead week is not in
the spirit I duerton said.

So what exactly is reasonable
during dead week?

A reasonable class exercise
might be an impromptu oral pre—
sentation in a speech class. Any
exercise that may occur on It nor—
inal class day is acceptable.

There are exceptions to the
rtile, ofcourse.

\ completion date during dead
week for a project assigned early In
the semester is acceptable. Laho-
ratory practicuins and make—up
examinations may also be given
during dead week.

Many sttidents, however, are
frustrated during this time of the
semester with faculty members
who pile the work on them and do
not give students a break to study.

“I haven’t even been able to
begin studying for finals yet
because I haie both a project and a
paper due this week, ' said I.mily

Bittinan, Ii nursing senior.

nge rton suggests faculty
ineinlieis pl an less intensive activi—
ties and communicate their sched—
ulcs and expectations in advance.

“I suspect most of (faculty and
students) agree that the intent is to
provide .1 week with reduced
load not an increased load,"

ngerton said

lhe office of the UK ()mbud
receives and considers the coin-
plaints and grievances of students.

“F.very semester we get around
15 to It) complaints from students
during dead week," said Michelle
Sohner, assistant to the ombud.

This week is Edgerton's first
exposure to dead week, having

only been in office since July of

this year, and so far it hasn't been
too overwhelming.

“A few students have raised
questions concerning the legitiina~

cy of an .issignnient,’ Edgerton
said.‘ but the phone s not ringing
off the wall."

(:lilllplillnt\. or questions con—
cerning dead week should be
directed to the office ofthc oinbiitl
at 357. I787 or 573530.

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Semester break a serious holiday lor thieves

By Chris Padgett

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.r\n unlocked window was all
that burglars needed to gain entry
into I exington Community (Iol
lege sophomore F llei1.\latthews
.\ylesforcl Place apartment cltiring
( hristmas break last year.

Unfortunately for Matthews
the burglars were able to steal
more than $l,5()() worth of mer—
chandisc.

“Fortunately, they didn't take
any of my personal belongings,”
Matthews said. [do not undei—
sti incl why anyone would want to
break into a college student s
apartment over the (Ihristmas
break."

Matthews resolved to never
leave any window or door open in
her apartment again while she is
away.

“The people who broke into
my apartment are the scum of the
earth!" she added.

Stephanie Bastin, UK crime
prevention coordinator, said it is
important for students to take
crime prevention techniques to
make sure their belongings are not
stolen over the break

‘Students need to act responsi—
hly and secure their rooms over
the break," Bastin said.

“Unfortunately, burglars do
not discriminate on which apart-
ment rooms they choose to hur—
glarize.”

Bastin recommends students
secure their rooms by locking w iii-
dows and loors. \partinent
dwellers should leave both alight
timer and a radio tinned on.

“Students should contact the
post office and have a stop placed
on your mail and or newspaper
and better y'et, if a friend or neigh—
bor will be staying in the neigh-
borhood, have them monitor the
area and pick up the mail and
newspaper," Bastin said.

liasiiti also said that is lniptir~

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one know where you are going
and w hen you will be back " Bastin

said. “It would also he a good idea

to leave a number that you can be
reached at with a friend or neigh—
bor that will be staying in Lexing-
ton."

Residence hall students should
lock their doors, close the blinds
and turn off all appliances.

If possible, residents should
take valuable possessions with
them and place all valuable posses-
sions left behind in art inconspicu—
ous place.

Also bicycles shotild not be left
on campus bike racks and should
be locked away in storage. SIIIA
dents can check with individual
hall directors to find out if it is all
right to leave bicycles in residence
hall rooms.

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CHE task force to analyze relationship
between UK, Community College System

By Lindsay Hendrix
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colleges

ernance of community

schools yesterday, and said that it will substitute

another study on the issue.

I he report also endorsed the proposal from the
council to inc rease higher education funding oy er a

two year period.

lhe 'I ask force on Higher qucations' first draft

Higher qucation task force
iepealecl its original suggestion of merging the gov-

President (Iharles \\'ethington.
“Such a study shotild get opinions from students,

factilty, staff, businesses and industry to deter-
mine how Kentucky can be best served in the
vocational and technical schools and community

.ind yocational colle res."

T e study should help determine the fate of
the community colleges.

Although thev currently oper rate throughout
the state by UK the other seven state universities
consider them competition and would like to play
a role in their governance.

Wothington

of the proposal suggested a merger of the govern ance
of community colleges and vocational schools
But yesterday the coininittec decided to conduct a
study of the relationship between Kentucky's coin—
munitv college s, \ocational schools and tiniyersitics.
“lhe study needs to collect information and talk
with people who are actiyely involved," said [ K

Representative Freed (Itird, the chairman of
the House Faltication (Iommittee. said he expected
le rislation in the WW1 (General Assembly that would
ac dress the issue of governing higher education.

He said that he thought the committee ducked the
issue of control of the community colleges because it
was too controversial.

In ad lition to announcing the study, the task force
also emphasized the need for increased funding for
the state s higher education establishments.

The report endorsed the council's recommenda
tion of an 8.4 percent increase in higher education
ftindin 7 next year and 0.8 percent the following year.

“(T e proposal) has singled otit the funding prob~
lemon higher education in Kentucky," “'ethington
said.

“It has focused on the need for deferred
maintenance moneys."

House Speaker jody Richards, the
chairman ofthe task force, said the impor—
tance of the report is that it recommends
more money for all ofhigher education.

“'ethington said he hopes the task
force s proposal will help to clarify many
issues that the public may not understand
about institutions of higher education s
financial situation.

“()ne of the purposes (of the report) is that of
informing our niblics of what is occurring in our
schools today," IVethington said.

“I think we ve got a good story to tell."

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Clinton to unveil
new federal budget plan

\VASI IIN( i'l'( ).\' 'lil1e\\ihitc llotisc began
unveiling its new seven year budget balancing pro
posal to congressional Deinocrits on FLISICHTIIH
even as President (.linton delivered his long-
promis‘ed coup—de-grace to a Republican plati he
said bore “wrongheaded ctits and misplaced priori-
ties.

(Ilinton dispatched Leon l’aiietta. his chief of

staff, to the (Iapitol to brief House and Senate
Democrats about the package. which the adminis»
tration plans to present to Republicans when biid—
get talks resume UNI; 1y
( .ompared with a proposal ( liiiton madc

~lune, the new plan will ban: deepei cuts in w elfarc
and many domestic programs and additional limits
on business tax breaks. It w ill call for the same sav—
ingsof5124 billion from .\ledicare and $54 billion
from Medicaid that he had sought earlier, and
about the same SW4 billion t.i\' ctit for families he
litltl proposed.

Simpson agrees to television interview

l.( )S :\.\'(iFl.FS~ (LI. Simpson has agreed to
an unrestricted interview with (I\'\' at an uncle—
terinined date s» ind is reportedly negotiating to
proclaim his innocence in a iiiiilti million dollar
yideo and infomcrit al.

(iret ta \ an Siisteien, a lawyer who helped ana-
lyze Simpsons murder cisc foi (..\.\. said he
promised the network an interview with no ground
rtiles during a four-hour com ersation with her last
weekend.

Simpson backed otit of .1 scheduled NBC—IV
interview in October after his lawyers warned that
anything he said could be used against him in
pending civil suits.

Ethics committee to investigate Gingrich

\\’.\SIIII\'(}’I'().\' lhe llouse ethics coin»
inittec yesterday approvcd an outside counsel to
in\cstigatc Rep. .\cwt (illlLIllLll s conduct ensure
iiig a piotricted probe cytciidiiig wcll into the I‘M/i
clcctioll year. lhc yotc w as If) H

(Gingrich s spokesin in lony I'laiiklcy and coir
gressitinal sources said the counscl woul l inyesti—
Lt itc I'-1co|chrc course t night by thc llousc speakcr
1nd financed with my dcductiblt don itions

lhe committee also found (vingrich violated a
rule that prohibits mingling official and unofficial
resources, according to sources who spoke (in CUH‘
dition of anonymity.

NAMEdI‘Opping

Michael Jackson taken to hospital

NFAV Y( )RK _- Michael Jackson collapsed on
stage yesterday while rehearsing fora national tele-
yision special and was taken to a hospital suffering
from apparent dehydration.

Jackson was in stable condition and was under-
going tests, according to a statement from Beth
Israel Medical (Ienter \'orth. He was being held
overnight. A police source. speaking condition of
anonymity, said singerjanet jackson went into the
hospital to visit her ailing brother.

Emer encv workers found a semiconscious

Fying on the side of the stage when they
arrived at the Beacon T heater shortly after 5 p. m.,
Emergencv Medical Service technician Kevin Bar-
wick said

“He was lethargic. He was speaking slowly,
mumbling, said Barwick, who treated the po star.

lhe I7— -year- old singer ap cared dehytfrated
and was treated with oxygen ant intravenous ﬂuids.
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