Fine Arts gets a face lift at UK

By SUZANNE HORSLEY
Contributing Writer

Like most students and faculty
members. Richard Domek would
prefer to hear the sound of music
coming from UK‘s Fine Ans Build-
ing — not the racket of jackham-
mers breaking through rock.

But Domek, the College of Fine
Arts dean. said the construction —
which has been going on in the
building since November — is al-
most complete. He hopes the com-
motion and confusion that accompa-
nied it will be finished as well.

“There is some amount of incon-
venience,” Domek said. but “the re-
sult is going to be well wonh it."

Renovations were scheduled to be
completed Aug. 28, in time for the
fall semester. But unforeseen prob-
lems and delays prompted officials
to ask. and receive. a 40-day exten-
sion, Domek said.

Domek said that 80 to 85 percent
of the construction is complete.

The Fine Ans Building was as-

sessed as needing $5 million in ren-
ovations in fall 1989. prompting the
power tools, ladders and presence
of construction workers.

The project was allotted $2.3 mil-
lion in the University budget.

From that, the building now has
air conditioning and heating in most
of the classrooms and is totally
handicapped-accessible. It is newly
painted Also there is a new dance
floor, new ceiling tiles and lighting
and more smoke detectors.

In addition to the exterior im-
provements, an electrical service
was installed. which will eliminate
blown fuses.

The Theatre Department received
a new dust absorber and safety fea-
tures for the scene shop and an
emergency exit door were installed
in the costume shop.

Also, a computer infrastructure
was installed, which will be used
later for video. audio. telephone and
computer networking.

“The biggest thing that we did get
that will impact the students is that

Yeltsin calls for end

Assoelated Press

MOSCOW Boris Yeltsin
called yesterday for the ultimate de-
struction of nuclear arms and an end
to underground tests.

He also said the central Soviet
government and the republics
should jointly control the weapons.

“We are in favor of total elimina-
tion of nuclear weapons in Russia.”
Yeltsin said in an interview with
Cable News Network.

The Russian Federation president
reaffirmed his commitment to arms
control agreements and called for
more sweeping arms—reduction
talks.

“I think, personally, that it is not a
major victory when 50 percent of
nuclear weapons are ear-marked for
elimination in a situation when 5
percent is enough to destroy the
whole world," he said. He was al-
luding to the most recent U.S.-
Soviet arms deal. signed in July by

Campus

By KELLEY POPHAM
Contributing Writer

In an effort boost business and
ease the shortage of prime campus
parking. Hardee’s restaurant on Eu-
clid Avenue is giving ten UK stu-
dents a free parking space each
month.

Ten different names are drawn

Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev
and President George Bush.

Gorbachev has long called for the
ultimate elimination of nuclear arms
and has urged Bush. unsuccessfully,
to ban arms tests.

“It is necessary to stop under-
ground nuclear tests," said Yeltsin,
noting that such tests had been
banned at the Semipalatinsk range
in the steppe republic of Kazakh
start. to the south of Russia.

But. he said. the test range at No-
vaya Zemlya in northern Russian re-
mained open.

“This is a very sensitive envi-
ronmental area." he said. “If we
damage the environment, it will not
be restored in a thousand years. We
need to prevent further testing of nu-
clear weapons and we will call on
President Bush and all the other nu—
clear powers to stop the tests of nu-
clear weapons.”

As Soviet republics move toward
independence. some Western lead-

we got a dance floor,” said Geral-
dine Maschio. department chairper-
son. “lt's just safer. We'll be able to
begin teaching more dance classes.
That's the thing that I'm most excit-
ed about”

Maschio. whose offices have
been moved twice, said the con-
struction — while necessary — also
is very trying. Theatre classes. for
example, were relocated in class-
rooms used primarily for wrestling.

“It’s been difficult," Maschio
said. “It will be well worth it. but
not having a classroom to teach in
makes it difficult. We have special
needs — it’s not just lectures."

Faculty members aren’t the only
ones confused

“It's a real inconvenience.” said
tuba performance major Chris Lan-
ham. “We're short on practice
room. We oould’ve had a new
building for the amount of this
thing.”

Brad Daniel. a music education
major, said. “They got the class-
rooms fixed, which should have

to nuclear

ers have worried about control over

the Soviet nuclear arsenal. Yeltsin _

offered assurances yesterday that
Russia was moving to secure them.

He said nuclear weapons are be-
ing moved from the Ukraine to his
republic and that Kazakstan is plan-
ning to do the same.

“We have set up a committee to
control nuclear weapons so that they
are not used either by hawks or it].
traright or ultraleft-wing forces or
terrorists because this is very dan-
gerous at the present time,” Yeltsin
said.

“Apart from the central govern-
ment. we want Russia to control nu-
clear weapons and to be responsible
for nuclear weapons on the territory
of Russia, and we want to be an—
swerable to the whole international
community so that we keep a finger
on the button as well,” he told CNN.

Yeltsin also told CNN that in light
of the Russian republic‘s size and
power — and its role in crushing

been done last semester."

He also said the acoustics are bad
in the practicing rooms and that he
could hear music from other rooms
and that it wasn't as bad two years
ago.

However. he said he believes that
the renovations were beneficial.

The new lockers and the ability to
keep materials in the building with-
out the threat of theft make it so.
“Psychologically it's a lot better
now," he said.

Kaye Hart. a music education ma-
jor, said he’ll enjoy the new addi-
tions to the building.

“I’m all for it. I know it'll incon-
venience us but it‘s worth it. It‘s
really about time that this one got
some attention."

School of Music secretary Robin
Rankin added: “We just work
around it.”

More than 100 construction work-
ers are on the project.

weapons

last month‘s coup — Russians
should hold key posts of prime min-
ister. defense minister, KGB chair-
man and interior minister.

In the interview, Yeltsin said that
Gorbachev had no choice but to go
along.

”Now this is his last chance.” he
said. “If he continues together with
the democratic movement and Rus-
sia and he recognizes the indepen-
dence of all the other republics. yes.
his political life will be extended.”
he said.

Yeltsin also said the KGB should
lose some of its authority. He told
CNN the telephones of millions of
Soviets were tapped. and called for
elimination of the KGB department
behind the bugging.

“For the past few days my tele-
phones have been working much
better,” Yeltsin said. “They are not
clicking any Ionger. So even the
president of the RusStan federation

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Hardee’s serves up free parking for students

monthly tn a lottery to determine
who will fill the slots. said restau-
rant manager Dorie Clark.

Clark and store owner Jim Kams
came up with the idea last semester
after the restaurant had to tow sever-
al cars that were parked illegally in
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do something for the students. We
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lottery winner, and the restaurant
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to insure that the program isn‘t
abused.

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state capital of Maine. Bush said
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Washington to press his crusade to
bring new vigor to America‘s class;
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dents. parents and educators at Le-
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