xt7h445hdz25 https://exploreuk.uky.edu/dips/xt7h445hdz25/data/mets.xml The Kentucky Kernel Kentucky -- Lexington The Kentucky Kernel 1992-02-24 Earlier Titles: Idea of University of Kentucky, The State College Cadet newspapers English Contact the Special Collections Research Center for information regarding rights and use of this collection. The Kentucky Kernel The Kentucky Kernel, February 24, 1992 text The Kentucky Kernel, February 24, 1992 1992 1992-02-24 2020 true xt7h445hdz25 section xt7h445hdz25

Kentucky Kernel

‘ Unmwmwtytom

SGA senator proposes referendum

By JOE BRAUN
Assistant Editorial Editor

For two years, Graduate School
Senator Adrian Jones has unsuc-
cessfuuy tried to pass a bill that
would add eight seats to the Student
Government Association Senate.

Now Jones wants to call a refe-
rendum so students can decide the
merits of his plan — an unusual tac-
tic that would bypass the senate.

Jones said he is “disturbed” with
the senate because he does not be-
lieve the senators have given his
amendment fair consideration and
discussion on the senate ﬂoor.

He attributes the tabling of his
bill to “dirty politics."

Jones wants represenation
of more groups in senate

Jones’ measure would offer sen-
ateseatstotheResideneeHallAs—
sociation. the Commuter Student
Board, the UK Association for
Nontraditional Students, the Inter-
national Students Council, UK
Black Roundtable, Disabled Stu-
dents Union, lnterfratemity Council
and the Panhellenic Council.

Jones said senators at large have
not given the concerns of these
groups equal consideration.

Jones said some of the groups in
his bill do not have the same oppor-
tunity to gain representation as the
greek system does.

He said it is difﬁcult to win an
SGA election unless candidates be-
long to a highly organized group or
organization. The groups listed in
his bill “are not as organized as the
greek system." Jones said.

“I don’t have a problem with the
greek system, but I don‘t think

some of these students would go to
some of the extremes (to be elect-
ed) as some of the senators at large
do.”

Jones also said any student could
ﬁt into the special groups he wants
to include in the senate. He said
senators at large could then concen-
trate on “other issues and concerns"
rather than the issues involving the
groups with special senators.

He said he believes his bill would
help to straighten out some prob-
lems by giving these groups a vote
in the senate.

Interfratemity Council President
Jeremy Bates. who is an SGA sena-

See SGA, Page 6

By ANGELA JONES
Senior Staff Writer

With an earthquake simulator
and high-tech laser displays, the
College of Engineering closed Na-
tional Engineers Week Saturday at
its open house.

As part of the week's events, the
college held contests and offered
displays that illustrated how engi-
neering is used in everyday life.

The highlight of this year's stu-

THE ELECTRIC COMPANY

-\,...\

dent contests was the Rube Gold-
berg competition, named after the
cartoonist who devised elaborate
schemes for simple tasks.

Stephan Weaver, 3 civil engi-
neering junior of Owensboro,
Ky., won a $3,000 IBM printer
for his l6-step, rat-trap that
solved the contest's problem —
opening a soft drink can. Weaver
also won ﬁrst place over all.

Other student contests included
a model bridge construction com-

Christopher Cheesh, a second-grader at Lexington Christian Academy. visits with Joe Oakley of Kentucky Utilities during the UK College of Engi-
neering's open house Saturday. The open house was a pan of National Engineers Week.

Engineering week closes with open house, contest

petition, an egg drop contest, and a
mechanical model car contest.

The annual open house was
sponsored by the College of Engi-
neering’s student council.

For Edward Thompson, a lab
supervisor of mining engineering
at UK, open house provides a
chance to change people‘s minds
about engineering.

“A lot of people look at mining
as something that destroys the
land," Thompson said, “but we

~ .» -s -«..
SAM CARLEYON iKernei Staff

need energy and often we can re-
store the land better titan what it
was when we started."

Thomas Lester, dean of the Col-
lege of Engineering, said open
house is one way the college can
make sense of engineering for the
community.

“Nobody quite understands
what engineers do," Lester said.

See DAY Page 6

independent since 1971

Monday, February 24. 1992

MEASLES

One case confirmed;
immunization urged

Staff reports

UK’s Student Health Service conﬁrmed a single case of ru-
beola —— commonly refened to as measles, red measles or sev-
en-day measles — Friday afternoon in a male UK student.

Conﬁrmation was obtained through a blood test and consul-
tation with the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta.

The student, who lives in a UK residence hall, already has
gone home to recuperate. He is a Kentucky resident.

The case was reported to the State Health Department in

Frankfort, Ky., who in turn reported it to the Fayette County
Health Department.

Since only one case of measles has been conﬁrmed at UK,
the State Health Department advised the Health Service to no-
tify those who have been in close contact with the student. The
girlfriend and roommate of the infected student were notified
to determine their immuniration status. Both already had re-
ceived a measles vaccination prior to the confirmation of this
case. Turner said.

In recent years, outbreaks of this highly contagious disease
among college students have occurred at Berea College, East-
ern Kentucky University, Indiana University, Ohio University
Miami of Ohio and Auburn University. This indicates many
college students are not immune to rubeola.

Student Health has an established plan to inoculate a large
numbers of students should there be an outbreak of measles on
UK’s campus. Students would be immune to the disease with-
in three days of receiving the inoculation.

The plan includes working with the State Health Depart-
ment and the Fayette County Health Department. Sites already
have been staffed by a physician. nurses and others to assist
with the program.

If there are other conﬁrmed cases of rubeola that go beyond
the one conﬁrmed student‘s immediate contacts, the plan Wlll
be implemented under the guidance of the State Health De-
partment

UK students should check their medical records to deter-
mine their immunization status. Students bom in or after 1957
may be susceptible to measles if exposed to the disease, even
though they already may have received the vaccine. If they re-
ceived the vaccine during childhood a booster is recommend-
ed.

Student Health is prepared to provide the measles vaccine
for students. For those students who are unsure about their im-
munization status. a second vaccine is recommended.

Hemenway
to discuss
budget cuts
at forums

By GREGORY A. HALL
Associate Editor

Facing a second ﬁve percent bud-
get reduction in next year's budget,
Chancellor for the Lexington Cam-
pus Robert Hemenway will hold
several forums this week to discuss
the cut.

GOV. Brereton Jones has pro-
posed a ﬁve percent cut in the state
appropriation in the 1992-93 bud-
get. He also proposed a three per-
cent increase in the 1993-94 budget.

The proposed cut comes on the
heels of a ﬁve percent cut last fall,
ordered by former GOV. Wallace
Wilkinson.

“The two recurring cuts of 5 per-
cent mean. obviously, a total budget

See BUDGET. Page 6

l"
0%Session

on the
Lexington
Campus
Budget
with
Chancellor

Robert
Hemenway

Tlme

Wednesday. Feb. 26
10:30 a.m.-noon

Wednesday. Feb. 26
24:30 p.m.

Thursday. Feb. 27
2-3:!) p.m.

Friday. Feb. 20
1-2:” p.m.

Monday. Ilaroh 2
24km p.m.

\‘

\\\\\“'A

.““““\

Place

Courtroom
102mm

110 Clauroom Bulldlng
Auditorlum
150 Taylor Education

Sony Auditorium
Ag. North

102 ﬂirting I
liner-lo Building

WWKMSUI

Russian joumalist’s speech
highlights University Day

Staff reports

Today is the second annual Uni-
versity Day, an event held to com-
memorate the founding of LTK on
February 22. I865.

The highlight of today‘s activities
is a keynote address to be delivered
by Boris NoLkin at "i p.m. in the
Singletary Center for the Arts.

Notkin is professor of rhetoric at
the University of Moscow and has
published 3 books and many arti-
cles on political rhetoric and my
t'hology

He also is an anchorman and
commentator for a wtdely popular
Sovret television show.

Notkin is fluent in English anti
has served as an interpreter for for-
mer President Ronald Reagan and
current US. Senator Edward Ken-
nedy

This is the second straight year
linivcrsity Day has had an interna-
tional theme. Last year, Chai Ling.
a student leader in the (,‘hiricsc Dc-
niocracy Movement. delivered the
key llt‘lk‘ address

Accounting students offer
tax preparation seminars

By JOLENA CHILDERS
Contributing Writer

Broke.

Many UK students are all to fa-
miliar with the term. living pay-
check to paycheck or riﬂing
through the mailbox for a lifeline
from home.

Because it’s that time of the year,
however, the promise of a juicy tax
refund cheek may provide tempo-
rary relief.

And while problems can arise
when it comes to ﬁguring out those
complicated tax forms, a UK stu-
dent group is heie to help with free
advice on preparing taxes.

80 before you eat your I040EZ
form out of desperation or hunger,
grab your tax records and attend
one of the seminars on tax prepara-
tion sponsored by Beta Alpha Psi.
an honorary organi7ation for ac-
counting students.

The group is comprised of honor
students in UK‘s accounting depart-
ment.

“The purpose of this program is
to better educate students about f ill-
ing out tax returns," said Ralph Via-
tor. assistant professor in the School
of Accounting and faculty adviser
for Beta Alpha Psi.

“Qualified people are here to pro-
vide for a community who could
use help with their taxes." he said.

Beta Alpha Psi is made up of stu-
dents who have excelled in their
field. Currently, the UK chapter has
40 members, all of whom are re-
quired to obtain a 3.3 GPA in their
overall studies and in accounting
studies.

Natalie Thompson is treasurer of
Beta Alpha Psi and has been in-
volved with the Volunteer Income
Tax Assistance program for two
years.

"(VlTAi hasn’t been as successful

as we’ve wanted it to be." Thomp-
son said. “We haven‘t received
enough publicity in the past, but
hopefully this year will be differ-
ent"

Thompson said the VITA pro—
gram is especially valuable for for?
eign students.

“Often these students just aren‘t
familiar With the proper tax proce-
dures, and we‘re here to lend a

See TAX. Page 6

CORRECTION

Because of a reporter's er-
ror, a story in Thursday's
Kentucky Kernel did not
identify that Kentucky has
two land grant universities.
UK and Kentucky State Uni-
versity.

l-——— SPORTS

UK TODAY

INSIDE

The Cats reign over the Dawgs 84-73 at

Georgia.
Story, Page 4.

The American Cancer Society is holding its
annual Jail and Ball today through Friday

from 9 am. to 5 p.m.

at Turfland Mall and

Festival Market. Call 299-4226.

More information
on measles and
vaccination.
Page 6.

Sports ............................. 2
Diversions..... . . . . ............3
Viewpoint ....................... 8
Classifieds ................... .9

2 — Kentucky Kernel. Monty. February 24. 1002

Cam

hmnononmwendtolmntslscoloctedtrornmeSmdentAcdvides
ontheCalendaraCamwsCalenderForm must befilledoutat

- us Calendar

Boudnomzomsmntcemer.muryotkenmcky. Tmhmmummuwwmmmw. ForSudenth «may Wabmm
theStudentActivitmotﬁoe. Subrnluionotpnotogrephsorgraphiuiunoouaoodl Winﬁemrmdimmmmmwnaund mandala!!!

“TW " ’

ﬂ

ART & MOVIES
Monday 2/24

FlasdallcgI

David Spritzer‘s
az Z

photographs

0 Exhibit: Jazz Photos by David D. Spit-
zer; Rasdall Gallery, St. Center; thru 2/
28; call 7-8867

° 8A3 Movie: ‘Fellini-Satyricon‘ (Italy); free;
, St. Center. Center Theater; 7:30pm; call 7-

’ 6867

j - Exhibit: Louis Zoeller Bickett..Joseph

' Haske. Thelma Mathias. Mauren McQuil-

1 Ian. and Marianne Stikas; The Galbreath

,. Gallery; thru 2/29
- Exhibit: 'Coming to America: Selections
from the Permanent Collection by Immi—

. grant Artists'; UK Art Museum; thru 15/22

j ' Exhibit: African-American Faculty Visual
Arts Exhibit- Teresa Unseld. Gary Bibbs;
and Bobby Scroggins; Martin Luther King
Jr. Cultural Center: thru 2/28; call 7~4130
- Exhibit: 'A Private Realm.‘ by Joyce Gar-
ner- Opening Ceremony; The Headley—
Whitney Museum: 3-5pm; exhibit runs thru
4/5; call 255-6653
0 Exhibit: 'lnspirations,’ Contemporary art
and religion; Transylvania U.. Morgan Gal-

ilery; thru 4/10
- Exhibit: ‘The African American Worker:
Skilled Craftsmen. Artisans. Waiters and

Porters from 1880-1940‘: free: M.|. King Li-

brary. Peal Gallery; call 7-8611: to March

:Wednesday 2/26

0 SAB Movie: 'Curly Sue‘: $2 for students;
.St. Center Worsham Theater; 7:15 and
10pm; call 7-8867

Thursday 2/27

‘ SAB Movie: 'Curly Sue': $2 for students:
St. Center Worsham Theater; 7:15 and
10pm: call 7-8867

- Performance: UK Brass Ensemble; free:
SCFA Recital Hall: 8pm; call 7-4929

- Performance: Micky Kachingw, UK Thea-

ter Dept. 'Five Peints of lnfluence': King
Cultural Center. St. Center; call 7-4130

Friday 2/28

. Performance: Marcus Roberts Jazz Con-
cert; $8 for students. $10 for general; UK
Memorial Hall; 8pm: call 7-8867 for info.
and 7-TICS for tickets

0 SAB Movie: 'Curly Sue‘; $2 for students;
St, Center Worsham Theater; 7:15 and
10pm; call 7-8867

- Exhibit: Gallery Series-Musrc of Shostak-
ovitch and Dvorak; free; M.l. King Library-
North. Peal Gallery; noon

- Reading: Area Poets: Kelly Ellis. Dr. Ne-
cra Harkless. F.X. Walker, and others read
original works from classical African-
American literature: King Cultural Center.
St. Center: 6pm; call 7-4130

- Lecture: Matt Phillips, artist, 118 White-
hall Classroom Bldg; noon

0 Exhibit: Works by Matt Phillips; UK Art
Museum; thru 4/12

Saturday 2/29

- SAB Movie. 'Curly Sue': $2 for students;
St. Center Worsham Theater; 7:15 and
10pm; call 7-8867

. SAB Movie: ‘It Happened One Night‘
(USA); free; St. Center. Center Theater;
3pm; call 7-8867

- Performance: Phoenix Institute: African
Tribal Rythm; $8 and $6: SCFA Recital
Hall; 8pm; call 7-4929

Sunday 3/1

- SAB MOVie: 'Curly Sue: $2 for students:
St. Center Worsham Theater; 4pm; call 7-
8867

- Center Sunday Series: 'The Opera Char-
acters Come to Life'; free; SCFA Recital
Hall; 3pm; call 7-4929

- Reception: Matt Phillips, artist; UK Art
Museum: 2pm

. Reading: Graham Shelby. Poetry/Short
Fiction Reading; free: ArtsPlace; 7pm; call
255-2951

. Festival: ‘The Sacred Music Festival':
free; SCFA Concert Hall; 3pm; call 7-4929

Wednesday ms
0 UK Basketball: Wildcats vs South Caroli-
na: Rupp Arena; 8pm

Sunday 3/1
0 UK Basketball: Wildcats vs Vanderbilt;
Rupp Arena; 4pm

I evelopemen i

ITY DAY 1992

note address

Goob EVENING
MOSCOW

Boris Notkin

00;

"new

an
Km

.3“.‘ ‘ «53“
“be

\‘ u I it‘ll ‘ ~—‘- ‘1“th m k‘ﬂﬁkw “gmmm
. mmmwmuxmw

‘3‘“ .1.
t 1%?

4‘“; 7.:

‘
e a.
mean».

“"333

‘1‘

--_--—-n—m _. cum
““

v‘.“-‘n<“- ‘1'

N 9“.

Boris Notkin, Professor of Rhetoric,

University of Moscow

and anchor of the Soviet program
“Good Evening Moscow”
Monday, February 24th,1992

"/I’ ‘
Hall, Sun

3:00 pm

gletary Center fort

Reception to follow in the lobby

Monday 2/24
- UNIVERSITY DAY: Keynote address by
Boris Notkin. Professor of Rhetoric. Univ
of Moscow and anchor of the Soviet prn~
gram. ‘Good Evening Moscow‘; free; SCFA
Concert Hall; 3pm
- Volunteer: UK Student Center. many op-
portunities availablel; call 257-8785 to find
out how you can help!
- Cafe: European Pastry Cafe- European
pastries and gourmet coffee and tea for
sale in sidewalk cafe atmosphere. Ourche
served during lunch hour; St. Center. room
245; 10am to 4pm; call 7-8908
0 Deadline: Self-Defense Clinic for Women
Sign up; $1; Seaton Center. room 145; 4pm

Monda 2124

WOMEN IN THE FIE D

Silvia
Kolbowski
'Iiiv ":.‘i'1i‘"ltV.:(“ of <1.»

Mun/l i, :‘i‘ip'i: 0 Punt: r» M;

Tuesday 2’25

0 Lecture: Distrngurshed Professor Lecture.

Louis Swrft. Speaker. free; SCFA Recital
Hall: 8pm; call 7-4929

- Seminar: Ms. Mary Carver. Dept. of Bio-
chemistry; 'Cell-Free Biosynthesis of Lipo-
phosphoglycan from Leismania donovani';
free; UK Med Center. room MN263; 9pm
0 Seminar Dr. Brain Halsall. Dept. of
Chemistry at UC. 'The Structure of Alpha
1-Acid Glycoproteins'; free; UK Med Cen-
ter. room MN363; 4pm

SPECIAL EVENTS

Tuesday 2/25

- Workshop. 'Making Meetings Effective‘;
810. Lexington Public Library. 4th floor;
9am-noon: call 278-6258

- Clinic: Self-Defense Clinic for Women:
$1: Seaton Center Racquetball Court #3:
B-Bpm

Thursday 2/27

- Pageant: Miss Lexington Scholarship Pa—
geant; $10; SCFA Concert Hall: 7:30pm:
call 7-4929

BROWN BAG THEATRE”
ART VIDEOS \ \

TUESDAYS AT 12:15. 8: FRIDAYS 1:00
107 FINE ARTS BUILDING

MEETINGS 8i LECTURES

Wednesday 2/26

0 Seminar: Ms. Donna lsbell. Dept. of Bio-
chemistry. ‘Tat Protein as a Target for Inhi-
bition of HIV Replication in Acute and
Chronic Infections‘; free; UK Med Center.
room MN563: 4pm

- Meeting: Commuter Student Board Meet-
ing. free; New St. Center. room 203; 12-
1pm; call 7-6598

Friday 2/28

- Lecture, YaYa Diallo. 'Growing Up in Two
Worlds'. King Cultural Center. St. Center:
12.30pm; call 7-4130

0 Lecture. ‘ls Education a Risk Factor for
Accelerated Aging and Dementia?’; Sand-
ers-Brown Bldg. room 112; noon; call 3-
5471

Saturday 2/29

KENTUCIépY DAY
0 _
PERCUSS ION

. featuring
Casey Scenarist.“ & Gary Cook
8:00 am Registration, $5

Singlet-w Center tor the Arts
. ,t’tionc 2157-53890 ..

Sunday 3/1
0 Workshop: Drum and Dance Workshop
with YaYa Diallo; $35 in advance. $45 at
door; UK Dance Studio. Barker Hall;
9:30am-5pm: call 7-4130

WEEKLY MEETINGS

Monday 2/24

- Weekly Meetings: Aikido-Beginner Class-
es; Alumni Gym. loft; 8:30pm: call 269-
4305

Tuesday 2125

- Weekly meetings: Chess Club; tree; St.
Center; 5:30-10pm; call 887~2574

- Weekly meetings: Catholic Newman Cen-
ter Open Student Meeting; free; Newman
Center. Apt. 8; 11am; call 255-8566

0 Weekly meetings: UK Ballroom Dance
Society; $5 per semester; Barker Hall.
dance studio; 7-9pm; call 277-0664

- Weekly meetings: ‘Totally Tuesday!‘ Free
dinner. worship. and fellowship. United
Methodist Student Center: free; 508 Co-
lumbia Ave; dinner-6:45pm. worship-
7230pm; call 254-0250

0 Weekly meetings: UK Ultimate Frisbee;
free; Seaton Center Gym; 10pm-midnight;
call 8-2686

0 Weekly meetings: Society for Creative
Anachronism; free; Old St. Center. room
117; 7-9pm; call 255-2100. ext. 562

0 Weekly meetings: Tuesday Evening Fel-
lowship; free; Koinoinia House. 412 Rose
St.; 8pm; call 255-7096

Wednesday 2/26

0 Weekly meetings: Canterbury Fellowship.
Holy Communion; St. Augustine‘s Chapel;
5:30pm; call 254-3726

0 Weekly meetings: Encounter; free; New
St. Center, room 205; 7pm; call 276-2362
- Weekly meetings: S.A.V.E. meeting; free;
Old St. Center. room 309; 7pm

0 Weekly Meetings: Writer's Bloc Meeting;
free; Old St. Center. room 117; 5-7pm; call
7-6976

0 Weekly Meetings: Aikido-Beginner Class-
es; Alumni Gym. loft; 8:30pm; call 269-
4305

Thursday 2/27

- Soap Opera: 'Common Wealth: Passion
in the Bluegrass'. performed by UK stu-
dents; Old St. Center. Center Theater;
12:30pm

- Weekly meetings: Canterbury Club-
Episcopal Student Fellowship; St. Augus-
tine‘s Chapel: 6:30-7:30pm; call 254-3726
- Weekly meetings: Catholic Newman Cen-
ter Night; Newman Center; 7:30-8:30pm;
call 255-8566

- Weekly meetings: Bible Study. United
Methodist Student Center; free; 508 Co~
lumbia Ave.; 8pm: call 254-0250

- Weekly meetings: UK Ultimate Frisbee;
free; Seaton Center Gym; 10pm-midnight;
call 8-2686

0 Weekly meetings: 'Thursday Nite Live';
free; 502 Columbia Av.-UK; 7:30pm; call
233-0313

- Weekly meetings: SAB Spotlight Jazz
Committee; free; Old St. Center. room 203;
call 7-8867

Friday 2/28

- Radio: ‘Pop Odyssey- the best in British.
Australian. New Zealander. and American
alternative pop music: free; on WRFL.
88.1; 8pm; call 7-WRFL

Saturday 2/29

0 Weekly meetings: Catholic Sunday Mass;
free; Newman Center; 6pm; call 255-8566

Sunday 3/1

0 Weekly meetings: Canterbury Fellowship.
Holy Communion; free; St. Augustine's
Chapel; 10:30am and 5:30pm; call 254-
3726

- Weekly meetings: Catholic Sunday Mass:
free; Newman Center; 9 and 11:30am. 5
and 8:30pm; call 255-8566

. Weekly meetings: Spaghetti Dinner. All-
U-Can-Eat; $2; Newman Center; 6pm; call
255-8566

0 Weekly meetings: University Praise Ser-
vice; free; 502 Columbia Av.-UK; 11am;
call 233-0313

0 Weekly Meetings: Aikido-Beginner Class-
es; Alumni Gym. loft; 1pm; call 269-4305

AZZ

MUSIC

MARCUS
ROBERTS

SATURDAY I I it PllTII
I.IiI.1(iiI|/\I HAII ti ()(iI’M

the
al
nate

who
natc
ca
. :1 a
bet
icizo
G .
m0 -.
but i
im H
poor
just -
lt‘
mak
pick
from
casts
lnzmc
crugc

So
get l
the 21
lives
crs. 5
dose
medi
but

Th
exam
New
own
states
sults
could
Bush
3 "IV
You
be rig

W
pic (1
the 6
Six 0
10.00

l3 éllh..-l

ier Class-
I 269-

ree; St.

nan Cen-
ewman
56

)ance
-lail,

ay!’ Free
tited

l8 Co-
lip-

'isbee;
iidnight;

iative

room
3

ng Fei-
2 Rose

lowship,
Shapek

i; New
3-2362
19; free;

eating;
pm; call

r Class-
369-

assion
stu-
er;

ugus-
.-3726
in Cen-
0pm;

ted
zbee:
lnight;

ive ;
call

lZZ
m 203;

ritish.
irican

Mass;
-8566

wship.
as
54-

Mass;
n, 5

. All-
'I; call
am;

:lass-
305

Kentucky Kernel. Monday, February 24, 1002 - 3 ,

Presidential ections bring out
the best and the worst in our nation-
al media. So far this year, unfortu-
nately, “waist" is ninning well
ahead of “best." Here are a few sug-
gestions.

Journalists need to be willing to
criticize other journalists by name
when a mistake is made. Unfortu-
nately, this seldom happens. Be-
cause of a vague “gentleman’s
agreement" of professional courtesy
between reponers, they seldom crit-
icize each other in a speciﬁc way.
Granted, some commentators will
moan about “the media" in general,
but that‘s too vague to have much
impact. That's a shame, because
poor journalism deserves its lumps
just as bad politics does.

if Gov. Smith or Sen. Jones
makes an inane remark, reporters
pick it up and plaster it all over the
front pages and the evening news-
casts —— as they should. of course.
[name journalism gets no such cov-
erage.

Some might say that politicians
get more criticism because they are
the actual newsmakers. Representa-
tives of the press are not newsmak~
ers, some would say, and they don't
deserve scrutiny. it's true that the
media are not the newsmakers —
but they are the news-shapers.

This point is best illustrated by an
example. In October of 1988, ABC
News broadcast the results of their
own poll of 10,000 voters in all 50
states. According to ABC, the re
sults showed that George Bush
could not lose to Michael Dukakis.
Bush lead in enough states to have
a “lock" on the Electoral College.
You may say that poll turned our to
be right, right?

Wrong. The poll of 10,000 peo-
ple did give an accurate picture of
the entire nation — it showed Bush
six points ahead of Dukakis. But
10,000 voters in the whole nation

The
Kentucky Kernel
Like it or not, it’s

YOUR student
newspaper!

means just 200 people per state,
which is statistically not a large
enough sampling to judge how a
specific state will vote. ABC didn‘t
tell you that there was a margin-of-
enor of 10 points in some states.
ABC didn’t tell you that some of
their polling information was two
weeks old and therefore out-of-
date. More importantly. the poll
was released days before the second
Bush-Dukakis debate

in that debate, it Dukakis had
said “Bite me, Bernie" after Ber-
nard Shaw asked about the hypo-
thetical rape and murder of Kitty
Dukakis, the race could have been
anything but a “lock” for Bush.

The point is that an inaccurate.
out-of-date poll told the public that
an election was effectively over.
And that‘s the kind of thing that
happens all the time. How did l find
out about ABC's screw-up? Not
from the rest of the media. 1 found
out by reading books about the
1988 campaign that were published
in 1989 and 1990.

The media should have been will-
ing to set the record straight at the

time. CBS, Newsweek, The New
York Times, et al should have said
“ABC blew it." They'd tell you that
Bush or Dukakis blew it in a heart-
beat But if ABC commits as big a
boo-boo as a politician? It's not
news, they’d probably tell us.

Journalists need to stop com-
plaining about things while they
practice those very same things.
During the Bill Clinton feeding
frenzy last month, many otherwise
respectable newspapers and net-
work news shows went on and on
about how horrible the media’s
ueatment of Clinton was while dis-
cussing it in detail. Journalists won-
dered how they could get off the
subject. I have a suggestion: Just
stop talking about it. Don’t sched-
ule discussions around it. Go on to
something else —— the issues, per-
haps?

The press says it hates vague re-
marks, likes specifics, and hates
photo ops. Then why do they seem
to have no trouble showing the pho-
to ops? Candidates love to bowl
while they campaign. You always
see candidates hurling a ball down
an alley, ﬂipping pancakes, driving
tractors, shaking hands with cows,
and so on. The media hate ll. They
hate it so much they almost don't
show it on every station hundreds
of times.

The media hate emotional plati-
tudes and tugs at the heartstrings.

City

1_ W0 .Tanning Beds 0 New Bulbs
' '12 Visits $20
269-5155

Located In Lexington Mall
2397 Richmond Road
Must present coupon

Expires 2/28/92

MCAT WORKSHOP

MCAT REVIEW
Diagnostic Test
Admissions Procedures
Feb. 29, 8:30 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
Rm MN 263, UK Med Center
$10 Registration Fee - For info, call 233-6681

Prices on Sol‘ t “'a re

for ~tutlr-nts. faculty and staff

.l\l.l )l '8.

tron and publishing

Ween/(madam

om ~,
cooA Software -@- _.

Coda Music Prose for Macintosh U

Professional software for musk transcription, 5(Oflng, playback, part extrat-

Coda Finale for Windows (dual media)

A step above mime Prose 2 l allowmg up to 128 stavesl

Digital Research

DR DOS 6.0 for 3.5" and 5.25

the most advanced, lully compatible operating system available Merlinizes the

(apatity and speed of your hard disk Requires IBM PC or PS/2<(ompatible PC using
Intel 8086/8088, 80286, 386 or i486 microprocessor, 512K RAM (le recommend-
ed), two floppy disk drives or one floppy and one hard drive

10 pack with 11‘” disk FREE

- Powertiil, graphiral, easy-rouse
0 True 3-D worksheet tapahilirieg
- Edit text, data or formulas in mi

1 2 aversions
0 Heads, writes Microsott' Errol files
' Supports System 7

MB RAM (system 7)

Aldus SuperPaint 3.0 for Macintosh

An inexpensive, easy-to-use graDth program that rombines lull
(olor paint and drawmq ieatures wrth image (ontrol for both the
n0vr(e and experienred Marintosh iisers

irlll \ll‘i
iITIAllO

m 3.5' Diskettes DSHD for Macintosh and DOS

(wen

'.x 'JI M"

Kennedy Bookstore

rm '7 ' 01'th ( mm What, may..." 4 it. [‘n.¢m Mi“ mm Al um. maxed i-mim l 7 impurity-i1 mm“. a 9.. int i :wmrvw-
«mm w, w» i r, at,“ mt it Add. iwn~i Am. i ii rag-tum "W a «Mr in-

Louisa-23' for Macintosh"

The most powerful spreadsheet program

. » r ‘99.
. Intludes Adobe Type Manager‘ and I3 lontV

' Full tile formatting, macro and keystroke tonipatrhility With all

. Requrres any Macintosh computer, 2MB RAM (system bl or 3

‘ ID. required

They want specific economic pro-
posals. Paul Tsongas comes along
with speciﬁc economic proposals.
The media complains he's not
emotional enough. He just doesn't
tug at the heartstrings.

Exit polls from New Hampshire
show a whopping eight percent of
the voters there considered Clin-
ton's personal life when deciding
their political alliances (Just 92
percent don‘t care). But the media
keep talking about it, as if they are
trying to convince a disinterested
public that the public is interested.

l'm seeing more and more of
that Reponers sometimes act like
they know more about me than I
do. Recently, after a similar poll
showed a similar lack of concern
about candidates’ personal lives.
commentator Cokie Roberts said
that it's on people's minds whether
they admit it or not. Huh??? If] say
I don't care, Cokie peers into my
soul and tells me i do care after all?
Gee, and I thought i knew me!

The expectations game is equally
ludicrous. in I972, Senator Ed-
mund Muskie of Maine won the
New Hampshire primary. But he
didn’t win by “enough." The media
decided he needed to urn With 50
percent of the vote. He got 46. So
the “winner” was George McGov-

Press needs to hold itself to own standards

~em, who had about 35 percent

Muskie’s campaign was fatally
crippled because he didn‘t do well
enough. He only won.

Journalists also interview too
many journalists.

Journalists who have covered the
political scene for decades are an
invaluable source of information
and insight. But they’re no substi-
tute for the actual newsmakers. I'd
rather hear a candidate than hear
about a candidate. C-SPAN is be—
coming more valuable by the day.
If you’re tired of thirty-second
sound bites and five-minute analy-
sis, switch to C—SPAN.

Another example: CNN’s most
recent Democratic debate. As soon
as it ended, i saw I0 reporters im-
mediately tell me what the candi-
dates just said. Wcll, i had just

watched the debate. l know what
they just said —— I heard it Of
course, I’m just a voter. I need the
seasoned experience of veteran
journalists to tell me what I like and

what I don't like. It’s as if the press ‘

treated the post-game analysis like
it was as important as the game.
The press is, to me, not as bad as
you might infer from this column.
Not everyone does these things. But
as with any other profession, a few
errors make everyone look bad. But
the press could be a lot better. The

primary solution is obvious. All the _

press needs to do is hold itself to
the standards to which it holds the
newsmakers.

Senior Staff Writer 'l'oby Gibbs is
a UK employee and a Kernel col«
umnisi.

Read the Kernel...

\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\

\ \ \ \

I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I
\ \ \. \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \. \ N \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \

I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I
\ \ \ \ X K \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ X \ \ \ \ \ \. \ \ \ \ \

I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I
\ K \ \ \ \ \

I II
xxx
II
xxx
II
xxx
I II
x xxx
I II
x xx xxx
I III II II
xx xxxx xxxx xxx
I III/III]! ,/ II
xxxxxxxxxxxx x \x xxx
fﬁ’d‘ﬁ/u‘ ﬁ’d‘ u‘ﬁ’u‘ ’-{-‘ ﬁ’d‘i ﬁ’1\
\
I IR

; UK DISCOUNT COU ,.

5: Present this coupon to receive 200/0 OFF :
4 any regular-priced dry cleaning order. ,:
j. — ALSO — g.
I. SHIRTS 99¢ — Laundered on hangers r:

PRESENT COUPON WITH INCOMING ORDER ’:
, Not valid with any other c0upon or discount. I:
, Coupon volid Mondoy-Soturdoy 2/24—2/29 l

II
\x

I!
xx

M LEXINGTON LOCATIONS TO SERVE YOU
Neorest UK location: 88] E. High 269-9213 ,

Same Day Service . Drive Thru Convenience

\\ X \ \
I I I
\\ \\ \ \
I I I I

a I
\\\\\\\\\\K\

I I I J
\ \. \ K \. \
I I I .’ I I I I

o Anchorman and Commentator for "Good Evening Moscow".

0 Former Russian interpreter for President Reagan and US.
Senator Edward Kennedy.

0 Professor of Rhetoric, University of Moscow.

x . ‘x \ \ x . -. s.
I I J‘ l I I I I I I I ./ I I I l /' / ’ t
x_ - x a.

Across from Rite Aid l:

3:00 p.m., Monday, February 24
Singletary Center for the Arts