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taking advantage of
the warmer summer
months and
exercising too much;
here are some game
you can play to
quickly hydrate your
body. Every time it
refers to shot, that is
a couple of ounces of
say Gatorade. Beer is
game lingo for All
Sport. I swear.

Princessarlde

Watch the movie
"Princess Bride" and
take a drink every
time the following
things happen:

The name “Wesley" is
said

The name "Buttercup" is
said

The word “Princess" is
said

The words "True Love"
are said

When Fred Savage
interrupts the story,
everyone finishes
their beers.

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With WWF being more
popular than ever
with the Gen X
crowd, more parties
are being thrown up
around Pay Per View
Time. Here's a great
drinking game for
use at a WWF PPV or
Monday Night Raw.

Hitting the referee -
Every one takes 3
shots

Steel Chair - Everyone
takes 2 shots

Feet on the ropes -
Everyone takes 2
shots

Grabbing the tights -
Everyone takes 2
shots

Closed Fist - Everyone
must take 2 shots

Choking - I shot

Outside interference-
everyone must finish
his or her beer

lla‘r pulling - swig

For Monday Night Raw:
The game is over
when the show ends

For a PPV: The game is
over when the
F rench/Spanish
announce table gets
broken.

Dazed andConfused

This game is pretty
simple. Watch the
best movie ever
made (Dazed and
Confused), and every
time someone in the
movie says the word
"beer" or takes a
drink of beer,
everyone playing
must take a drink of
beer. If someone
leaves, like to the
bathroom, they must
take all drinks they
missed immediately
upon return.

r assign each person a
character. Every time
their character says
"beer" or takes a
drink of beer they
must finish their
drink.

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The real man behind the Wildcat

He sweats blue: Barely losing to the Bucky the Badger of Wisconsin for a
mascot tournament, Josh Walton reflects on his time as the Cat

By Travis Hubbard
ASSISTANT SPORTSDAILY EDITOR

You have seen him in local car
dealership commercials, at every
UK basketball and football home
game, and now you can even find
him on the Internet. You would
not be likely to recognize him.
however. if you saw him in person.

Senior Josh Walton has been
the UK Wildcat mascot for the past
year, and although his character
has tremendous local support. his
fame has now gone national.

The Wildcat was one of 16 na—
tional college mascots to be used in
an ESPN.com Mascot Tournament
the past month. The web site gives
the biography and history of each
mascot. and pits mascots against
one another in a fan poll to decide
Mikhmasmtisthebastinthenatitn

Unfortunately, the Wildcat fell
to eventual champion Bucky the
Badger of Wisconsin in the final four.

“I wish I could have won,”
said Walton. who logged on fre-
quently to see how his character
was managing. “It was cool be-

cause people would call up and tell
me how I was doing."

Walton said he thought UK‘s
early tournament exit and a formi-
dable opponent culminated in his
eventual loss.

“With Wisconsin staying in
the tournament a lot longer. it
made (winning) difficult," said
Walton. “I think the Badger was
the champion from last year. so
Wisconsin must have really good
promotion of their mascot."

Walton does not intend to al-
low the loss to dampen his school
spirit, however. He intends to try
out as the mascot for next season.

“I think I'm going to do the
Wildcat next year,“ he said. “I can
definitely tell I learned a lot and
got a lot better."

Walton has made a career out
of entertaining UK crowds. Last
year he created a different identity
when he became the “Blue Guy.“
Walton got the idea after attending
a UK football game at Florida and
got tired of hearing how much
spirit Gator fans possessed.

“I went to Wal-Mart and got a

bunch of blue paint." he said. "I
only planned on painting my arms
and my face, but then ljust paint-
ed my whole body."

Walton encourages anyone in-
terested to try out.

“People interested in trying
out need to have some degree of
athleticism. and be an energetic
person." he said.

While he encourages people to
get involved. he wams that the job
is much more demanding than
watching basketball and football
games and running around. Wal-
ton said there is a lot of responsi-
bility with the job.

“I am always going out and
acting as an ambassador for the
university." he said. “You have to
know what is acceptable and
what‘s not, too.“

Walton said one of the hardest
things about being the Wildcat is
having to stay in the hot and
sweaty costume all during the
game. but he thrives on the energy
of the crowd.

“It's awesome to see just how
pumped up (you can get the
crowd." he sai .

Go Big Blue!

Illl's mascot also known as Josh Walton, the former “Blue Guy," prepares
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lsmtmudent wins music contest

By Mark Boxley
STAFF WRITER

UK is known nationally for
many things. Along with sports
and academics. it is now also
known for its trombone studio.

Over spring break, the UK
Trombone Ensemble traveled to
Washington DC. to participate in
the Eastern Trombone Workshop.
The group worked its way to DC.
by playing concerts at schools and
churches.

The workshop is a gathering
of trombone ensembles and solo
performers from around the coun-
try, and is nationally renowned.

The ensemble was able to
showcase the group's talent and
the talent of the individuals within
the group.

Along with the performance at
the workshop, there was a solo
competition in which several of
the individual members participat-
ed. The players had to record
themselves playing a piece and
send it in to judges to be critiqued.

Only four bass trombones that

submitted tapes made it to the sec-
ond round of judging. Among
those who made it was Lee Watts,
a music performance senior at UK.

Watts then had to play an ex-
cerpt of his competition piece in
front of four judges. Only two of
the four trombone players made it
to the final round. and Watts was
one of them.

In the final round of competi-
tion. Watts was up against a doc-
toral performance major from
North Texas University, a nation-
ally recognized performance
school.

The two finalists had to play
their music in front of audiences
and judges. Watts was again found
the favorite of the round and won
the competition.

Watts was very humble about
his accomplishment.

“I just wanted to play well. I
was happy just to be there," Watts
said.

Watts said he was very happy
with his win at the competition,
though.

“This is a major personal ac—
complishment. It shows how much
I‘ve grown as a player since being
at college," he said.

Nick Nafpliotis, a music edu-
cation sophomore. member of the
ensemble and fellow bass trombon-
ist, had nothing but good things to
say about Watts and his playing.

“He's got a bite to his sound.
You know when he‘s playing." Naf-
pliotis said. “He's one of the most
intensely musical people you‘ll
ever meet. I think that he could do
something big time if he wants.“

Watts is very involved in the
music program at UK. Along with
participating in several ensembles.
he is also the current president of
the musical service fraternity Phi
Mu Alpha.

Watts“ immediate plans are in
the works. He is auditioning for
several Air Force bands and is
very optimistic about it. His plans
for the future are simple.

“I want to continue my educa-
tion, possibly teach college and
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Stand up and
be counted

Why you should: If you want better city
conditions, you'd better fill out your census

By Jill Gorln
NEWS EDITOR

The United States Census 2000 will begin taking count of
every student at UK and Transylvania. but the forms won‘t just

arrive in a heap ofjunk mail.

“About 270 student employees
have been hired to knock on doors and
give students their census form." said
Ralph Derickson of UK public relations.

David Stockham. dean of students.
said this method would ensure stu-
dents receive census forms.

“The whole intent is to be sure a
very thorough effort was made to get
those (census forms) into the hands of
students.“ he said.

This process will begin soon and
continue until the end of the school
year. in May.

Derickson said he thinks using
students to hand out the forms is a
good decision.

“I'm convinced it will help.“ he said.

Students need to realize the impor-
tance of filling out these forms. he said.

“We get federal money for public
services based on the census forms."
he said. “And if the return rate is low.
then we won't get the money needed
for public transportation. sewers.
lights and other things students have
to have here. If we are undercounted.
we‘ll get less money."

The return rate was 37 percent in
1990. Ilerickson said

The University is using students
to pass out the forms. he said. so that
we can hopefully get a better return rate.

The census bureau was on hand.
along with Lexington Mayor Pam
Miller. to kick offthe counting of stu-
dents Monday. “We're (‘ounting on ‘U‘
Day."

Monica Frye. student activities
board president and Jimmy Glenn,
SGA president were both on hand to
accept a symbolic census form.

"They handed me the form to rep-
resent being the first student from UK
to be counted." Frye said.

Students living at
their parents homes
while attending col-
lege are counted at

their parents'
homes.

Students living
away from home
while attending col-
lege are counted
where they
are living at col-

lege.

Student employees
will deliver forms to
those living on cam-

pus in residence
balls or apart-
ments. Those living
off campus will
receive forms in the
mail.

Students who are
citizens of foreign
countries, but who

are part of a
household in the
US. are counted at
that household.

l-‘rye wanted to stress to students the importance of filling
out the form so that the university will get the right amount of
money. according to the number and type of students here.

“The more we get. the more things students will get." she
said. ”Scholarship money. lower rent and I'm from out of

state so id like to see it go down."

Frye realizes there will still be some students who will not
fill out the form. but she still encourages that everyone do so.

“There's always going to be people who don‘t want to do
anything," she said. “but you have a duty as an US. citizen. It
takes 10 minutes. it‘s not going to hurt anybody. It‘s going to

help things."

Frye likes the idea of students running the process.
“You‘re more likely to do something if your peers are doing

it," she said.

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ALLIHENEHSIHAIIHS Rebels attack Russian convoy

The Low-down

0.5. gives assurances to Elian's dad

WASHING’I‘ON ,. The father of 6-year-old
illian Gonzalez received assurances yesterday
that the US. government is eager to reunite him
with his son. "It is simply the right thing to do."
said Deputy Attorney General Eric Holder. "The
father and his son need to be together." Elian's
father. .Juan Miguel Gonzalez. arrived on US.
soil yesterday. and is staying in a Washington
suburb awaiting his son. Juan Gonzalez declared
his love for his son and chastised those who are
trying "to obtain political advantage" from the
custody battle over the shipwreck survivor.

Israel rejects Lebanese conditions

JERUSALEM Israel‘s deputy defense min-
ister rejected new conditions set by Lebanon for
an Israeli withdrawal from southern Lebanon
and warned yesterday that without an under-
standing further fighting could erupt. Deputy De-
fense Minister Efraim Sneh said Syria < the main
power broker in Lebanon - was behind the condi-
tions in an effort to sabotage Israel’s plan to end
its 18~year military presence in Lebanon. In a let-
ter to IKN. Secretary-General Kofi Annan.
Lebanese President Emile Lahoud made it clear
that Lebanon will not coordinate with the UN
over a withdrawal before its concerns are ad-
dressed.

Summer gas forecast cut to $1.46

WASHINGTON , Gasoline prices should
peak this month and decline to an average of
$1.46 a gallon for the summer. the government
said yesterday. revising dramatically its previ-
ous expectations of soaring fuel prices going into
the heavy driving season. While the forecast
dampened the prospect of $2 per gallon of regular
grade gasoline even in high-price areas. as once
feared. motorists still will be paying about 25 percent
more for gasoline this summer than last year.

Survey: more sickness in cities

ATLANTA A new survey has found that
city dwellers get sick more often than their rural
counterparts. that people who live in areas of
high unemployment are more likely to feel un-
healthy. and that people living in poverty are
sick most often. A five-year study released yester-
day by the Centers for Disease Control and Pro
vention found those trends. The government
asked adults how many days in the prior month
they were unhealthy and compiled results from
1993 through 1997.

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During the last
song of a March
23 show at
London's
Ie-hley Arena.
Beck “Impaled"
himself on the
top of a hand
member's bass
guitar. in the
chaos during
llmmls
Haircut," Beck
managed to fall
into the neck of
Justin Medal-
Johnson's
instrument. lie
was rushed to
the hospital
after the show
and was
released the
same night.

CYBERBABE:
Oscar winner
Angelina Jolie
has been picked
to play buxoai
cyberbabe Lara
Croft in the film
version of the
hit video game.
' ‘Tomb
Raider". Liz
Hurley and
Catherine Zeta
Jones had both
been tipped for
the role but
Jolie was cho-
sen to play the
virtual heroine.

URUS-MARTAN. Russia w- Acting boldly in
the face of numerically superior Russian forces.
Chechen rebels mounted an attack on a Russian
convoy. the military said yesterday. Meanwhile.
Russian soldiers in the mountains searched for
comrades missing from another ambush. Al-
though the rebels have suffered heavy losses and
have been driven out of much of Chechnya in the
seven-month war. they recently have launched a
series of attacks on federal forces.

DNA pieces of human decoded

WASHINGTON _ A major step in the race to
completely map the human genetic blueprint was
reached yesterday by a private company, which
says it has decoded all of the DNA pieces that
make up the genetic pattern of a single human
being. The milestone puts the company. Celera
Genomics of Rockville. Md.. far ahead of an inter
national government effort to map the human
genome using a different method. “We've now
completed the gene sequence plan of one human
being." said Craig Venter. chief scientist.

Microsoft unveils web privacy tools

TORONTO -— Microsoft promised free Inter-
net tools yesterday based on emerging privacy
standards for controlling how much information
Web users reveal. Coming from the world‘s
largest software company. the tools could give
impetus for Web sites and other companies to
embrace the Platform for Privacy Practices. or
P3P. The World Wide Web Consortium. an Inter-
net standards group. may finalize P3P this sum-
mer. A Microsoft officer said the tools will help
consumers better understand how sites track vis-
its and pass along information to other parties.

Nasdaq rises 98.53; Dow up 80.35

NEW YORK — Technology stocks led the
Nasdaq composite index to a solid. broad ad-
vance yesterday as investors sought bargains
and rewarded companies with strong prospects
for future growth. The Nasdaq composite index
rose 98.34 to close at 4,267.56. The Dow Jones in—
dustrial average rose 80.35 to 11,114.27. NYSE ad-
vancers led decliners 1.872-1,150.

Master's rookie leading tournament

AUGUSTA. Ga. Av On a day when even Tiger
Woods found that disaster lurked everywhere on
a toughened Augusta National. a Masters rookie
who has struggled to make a living playing golf
shot a 4-under 68 for the first round lead. Dennis
Paulson watched from the press room as Tom
Lehman made double bogey on the 18th hole to
Paulson sole possession of the lead.

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speech gets
student fees

Money matters: Supreme Court favors .
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The Supreme Court unanimously ruled Wednesday that
public colleges and universities could use money from mandato-
ry student fees to fund campus groups that engage in speech
others might find objectionable. ;

The decision in the Board of Regents of the University of
Wisconsin v. Scott Harold Southworth ct a]. means that
women‘s groups expressing their stance on abortion. student
papers writing controversial editorials. anti groups serving gay
and lesbian students can continue operation while funded by
student fees.

The case originated when Scott Southworth. along with the
original plaintiffs. former L'W law students Amy Schoepke. Kel-
th Bannach. Rebecca Bretz and Rebecka Vander Werf. sued the
UW Board of Regents in April 1996. They claimed mandatory
student fees funding private organizations violated their First
Amendment rights. The funding. which was assessed at $165.75
per student in the academic year the case was filed. was manda-
tory in the sense that students cannot graduate or receive their
grades if they do not pay. '

In October 1998. the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals upheld an
earlier Wisconsin court ruling that the mandatory fees violated
the plaintiffs‘ First Amendment rights by forcing them to sup-
port political and ideological positions with which they did not
agree. The case was then appealed to the Supreme Court anti
heard by the Court Nov. 9. 1999. ;

Authored by Justice Anthony .1. Kennedy. the Supreme
Court ruling stated that the First Amendment supports a publi'c
university charging student fees if the program is “viewpoirtt
neutral." The Court raised a question in their decision about
one piece of the allocation process called a referendum mechanism. -

The ruling did not sustain IfW's student referendum.
“which appears to permit the exaction of fees in violation of me
viewpoint neutrality principle." according to the ruling. A decl
sion on the referendum mechanism was remanded back to the
7th Circuit Court. -

Wednesday's decision marked the end of discussion at UW
that had been especially robust over the past 18 months.

Associate Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Roger
Howard said the University of Wisconsin is pleased the Court
ruled unanimously and that the text of the ruling includes posi-
tive language about the kind of beneficial impact universities
can expect from programs that encourage diverse speech. ’

“It‘s a great day at Wisconsin after four years of a harti
fought argument on all sides of the issue." he said. :

 

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Man charged In police death

Danville jurors recommend death sentence Wednesday
for man who killed a Harrodsburg female police officer

Full of remorse

John Paul Works listens during closing arguments of
his trial In Boyle Circuit Court in Danville, ily., i’ues-
ilay, March 28. Works was found guilty of wanton IIIur-
der In the Oct. 14, 1998, shooting death of Harrods-
hurg, ily.. police woman Regina Nickles, the first

{woman officer to die in the line of duty in Kentucky.
Works laces between 20 and 50 years in prison, but
the conviction means he won't lace a possible death
sentence.

ASSOCiAlED PRESS

DANVILLE, Ky. , Jurors have rec-
ommended a life sentence for a police-
woman's killer.

Convicted of killing Harrodsburg
Police Officer Regina N ickles. John Paul
Works took the stand in the sentencing
phase of his trial Wednesday and told
members of N ickles' family his regret.

“I wish I could bring her back."
Works said between sobs. "And if I
could give up my life to know that she
would be brought back. I would."

But a daughter of Nickles was un-
touched.

“If he was remorseful. we wouldn't
have had to sit through this." Brandellin
Nickles said in an interview. “It's not
fair he gets to see his mother and we‘ll
never see our mother again."

Formal sentencing was set for July 3.

The Boyle Circuit Court jury on
Tuesday convicted Works of wanton
murder with a possible death sentence.

“Obviously. we wanted an inten-
tional murder conviction, but it‘s a mur-
der conviction." Commonwealth‘s Attor»
ney James W. “Bill" Barnett said Tues»
day. “And it means that he will spend a
substantial time. we hope. in the peni-
tentiary."

The jury deliberated seven hours

Tuesday before finding Works guilty of

the lesser charge It took just 40 minutes
Wednesday to return the life sentence
recommendation.

Officials said Works would be eligi-
ble for parole in 20 years.

By convicting him of wanton mur-
der. the jury said that it did not believe
that Works intended to kill a police offi-
cer. Defense attorneys had argued that
he was too drunk the night of the shoot-
ing outside a llarrodsburg factory to
know what he was doing,

Defense attorney Mark Stanziano.
who represented Works. said the wan
ton murder verdict did not diminish the
life or work of Nickles or other officers.

“The boy was convicted of murder.”
Stanziano said. "That's the most serious
offense under the criminal code in this
state. They found he was wanton rather
than intentional. This doesn't say any
thing about a cop‘s life in that sense.“

The shooting occurred in October
1998 after Nickles. 45, and Officer Erie
Barkman were called to the 'l‘riIn Mas-
ters factory about midnight Workers at
the plant had seen a prowler run to a
field across the road.

The trial was moved from Harrods-
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Bat Cats look to
shutout Florida

UK has been led by their young pitching so far, which will
be vital in this weekend's series with Florida

By Travis Hubbard
ASSI. SPORISDAIU EDITOR

If L'K baseball coach Keith
Madison knew that his young
pitching staff would be carrying
his No. 23 ranked Wildcats
through the mid-stretch of the
season he would be a genius.

Then again. Madison did
say that if they got pitching
help from freshmen Joseph
Blanton. Rob Corrado. Mark
Michael and Scott Wade the
Cats would be a contender. Ei-
ther he is a genius or a psychic.

Going into a weekend
showdown against the Florida
Gators (22-14. 7.5 in SEC) Blan-
ton, (‘orrado. Michael and
Wade have combined for a 15-3
record. Michael leads the team
with a 1.42 ERA and he and
Wade have joined junior Bran-
don Webb to form an impres-
sive weekend staff.

“I credit Coach Greg Goff
with the work he‘s done with
them." Madison said. "He has
them ready to compete each
time out. They've been a huge
part of our success."

The freshmen quartet has
also combined for 16.1 of the 20
consecutive scoreless innings
the UK staff has pitched. includ—
ing two consecutive shutouts.
Madison will look to the fresh»
men to continue their success
this weekend when Michael
and Wade pitch Saturday and

Cats moved their overall record
to 25-6 and are 5-6 in the SEC. A
series win would at least pull
UK within one half game of the
Gators and a sweep would move
the Cats ahead of Florida in the
SEC.

The Gators are on a streak
of their own, however. Florida
has won 10 of their last 11. in-
cluding two SEC series wins
and a sweep of Arkansas. The
Gators also handed South Car-
olina their first loss of the sea-
son on March 19 to begin their
streak. Junior centerfielder
Tim Olson also has a 19-game
hitting streak.

“Florida is one of the most
underrated teams in the con-
ference," said Madison. He not-
ed that the Gators have
played one of the toughest
non-conference schedules
in the nation by playing
No. 1 ranked Florida State
and No. 13 ranked Mia-

mi (Fla.) four times
each earlier this sea-
son.

“We are going
to have to play some
of our best ball to
beat these guys to
get to the point
where we want
to be.“ said
'rladison.

The Cats
have been aim-
ing for a .500

 

Sunday. respectively.

The Gators come into the 3-
game series unranked. but are
just ahead of the (fats in the their open-
SEC standings. Florida will ing SEC
pitch junior Mike Smalley in series.
the opener and juniors Jeff Car-
dozo and Craig Mosher on Sat-
urday and Sunday.

"This is just another big
test for us." said Madison.

Webb has anchored the
young staff with a 5-0 record
and a 3.81 ERA all season and
will go to the mound on Friday
against the Gators. He has held
opponents to .239 batting av-
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team with 58 strikeouts.

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David Duval, Phil Mickleson and several other golfers are looking for
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AUGUSTA. Ga. The Masters is not always
kinfd to favorites, Call it the Kentucky Derby of
go .

Not since Fred Couples in 1992 has the No. 1
player gone to Augusta National for the first ma-
jor championship of the year and exchanged
great play for a green jacket.

Tiger Woods is in position to change that.

The 64th Masters began yesterday with a
field of six amateurs. 10 former champions old
enough for the Senior Tour. 78 regular tour play-
ers and one Tiger.

No. this is not Woods' tournament to lose.
but it‘s understandable why he is perhaps the
most prohibitive favorite at Augusta National
since .Iack Nicklaus in the 1970s.

Woods comes into the Masters having won 10
times on the PGA Tour since last year. which
equals the number of tour victories by the next
l5 players ranked below him internationally. In
his last it tournaments. he has either won or fin-
ished second 10 times.

Maybe Augusta. with its short but expanding
rough and putting surfaces that are the most
feared in golf. is willing to make an exception for
a spectacular player.

“He. doesn‘t play fantastic every day." said
Darren Clarke of Northern Ireland. who beat
Woods in the Match Play Championship finals.
"He just plays fantastic more often than the rest
of us. That‘s why he‘s No. 1."

Woods returns to the course that even Nick<
laus predicted he would manhandle for years to
come. He brings with him a new swing that has
produced the most dominant stretch of golf in
nearly 50 years.

“I‘ve been working hard to get to this point.“
Woods said. “It's nice to see the fruits of good
hard labor."

Now comes the hard part.

For one thing. this isn‘t the same course that
allows long hitters ~ and few are longer than
Woods to swing from the heels and still wind
up in the short grass. The rough has pinched the
size of the fairways and could make the course
even more penalizing.

And Woods is not the only one with his eyes
on a green jacket.

David Duval has been a Sunday contender
the past two years in the Masters and. while he
hasn't won in 53 weeks. could be peaking at just
the right time.

“I'm a little nervous." Duval said while tak‘
ing a break Wednesday morning between nines.
"l‘ve been waiting a long time for this."

Davis Love III. while seemingly spooked by
Woods. has been the runner-up twice in the past
five years and always seems to be a threat at Au-
gusta.

“He hasn‘t won it yet." Love said. “It's not
his for us to take away. If I go in and shoot lfrun-
der par. I've got a good shot."

Woods has won 10 of his last 17 tour events.
and hasn‘t finished worse than 18th in a stroke-
play event in more than a year. He has returned
to a level so high that people are asking whether
he can win the Grand Slam. and Woods doesn‘t
flinch.

"You just have to win the right tourna-
ments." he said. “I won eight last year. lfl won
the right four of those. id be doing all right. You
never know,"

Rarely does anyone know who‘s going to win
the Kentucky Derby. ()r the Masters.

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coeds at U.
of Louisville

LOUISVILLE. Ky., (AP) -
Playboy Magazine is
in town. Do you know
where your coed is?

A representative from
the men's magazine
interviewed female
University of
Louisville students on
Wednesday for a fall
pictorial on girls
attending Conference
USA schools.

University of Louisville
officials were aware
of Playboy’s plans -
the magazine
published ads in the
campus newspaper -
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