JUKEBOXES BRING MUSIC TO ALL I PAGE 8 October I, 2003 i! .. "Mr" “A y‘ ‘I ‘ l‘ 1’. >. . @“fMfl-Cze--umh a... At the post: Keeneland season begins I no Celebrating 32 years of independence KWEDNESDAYKENTUGKY REM http: www.kykernel.com Conference centers on violence against women UK students, faculty join women's rights advocates to discuss research about violence prevention By Amber Morgan CONTRIBUTING WRITER Professors and women's rights advocates are in Lexington to discuss ways to prevent violence against women. The University of Ken- tucky’s Center for Re- search on Violence Against Women is sponsoring a na- tional conference, "Toward a National Research Agen- da on Violence Against Women,“ Oct. 1 and 2 at the Marriot Griffin Gate Re- sort. “It's a great opportuni- ty to get state of the art in- formation on research on violence and to introduce it in a high profile way.” said Acting Director and Conference Coordinator Carol Jordan. “Across the nation there are weaknesses in methodologies of current research. We’re not yet do- ing a good job of ensuring that research translates into practice," she said. Participants include UK faculty and students. local advocates, re- searchers from forty uni- versities and a delegate from Nepal. “These people (re- searchers) have been doing this for twenty years,” said psychology graduate stu- dent Michelle Cardi. “The level and quality of their experience is amazing." Some of the major top- ics to be addressed include physical and mental health implications of violence, methodologies. offender tyo pologies. the responsibility of the justice system con- cerning women’s safety and risk factors of vio- lence. Many UK faculty and students will contribute to fields of expertise by sub- mitting posters and litera- ture on specific areas of violence. Cardi said. She See VIOLENCE on 4 Starbucks expands on campus Servin’ up a cup ofjoe Psychology junior Julie Dovak prepares a mochacclno tor a customer at Star with students, staff and faculty. Starbucks keeps busy at their two campus locations and looks to add more stores elsewhere on campus By Molly owner coumsurmc. wante— As the weather gets colder. students are finding their way to Starbucks loca- tions on campus for a steam— ing cup of coffee, while Cam- pus Cuisine prepares to open three new locations. Currently. Starbucks shops are located in the Stu- dent Center and Commons. Erica Goins, an elemen~ tary education sophomore. said she frequents the Stu- dent Center Starbucks to get her favorite drink, a French vanilla cappuccino. “This one, you can sit down. and they have comfy chairs." she said. Although Starbucks uses almost 200 pounds of coffee in a six-day week, the workers said they never seem to get sick of it. They get all the free coffee they can drink. But constant busi- ness allows little time to en- joy it. “We get really busy sometimes." said psychology junior Julie Dovak. a student supervisor who has worked at Starbucks for two years. Civil engineering junior Cassie Shondel said Star- bucks has a cult following among many students. “Star bucks is it‘s own little fad." she said. “The customers talk to us about anything. mainly school." Some employees feel working in front of cus- tomers makes them nervous. said student supervisor See COFFEE on 4 JONNFOSTEII 1 mm smr bucks in the Student Center. The coffee shop Is often crowded Tipsforgoodooflee 1. Freshness: Coffee must be properly stored in an opaque container at room temperature. 2. Grind: The short- er the brewing process. the finer the grind. 3. Proportion: The correct coffee to water ratio is necessary to keep the ooffee's flavor. 4. Water: Water should begin cold and free of impurities. Campus Cuisine adds more green options UK looks for new vegetarian food distributor, plans special vegetarian meals for World Vegetarian Month By Jordan Schaefer CONTRIBUTING WRITER Campus Cuisine man- agers are working to add more vegetarian options to campus menus. “We are very in tune to what the vegetarians and ve- gans want.“ said Robin Gibbs. director of Campus Cuisine. Adding newer items co- incides with World Vegetari- an Month, which has been celebrated every October since 1977. Today is World Vegetarian Day. and some campus dining spots are of- fering special vegetarian meals. “We will be having cheese lasagna for lunch and cheese stuffed shells for din- ner," said Parker Edwards. manager of Blazer Dining Services. “We also have the salad bar and the stir-fry bar in which students can make their own meals," Edwards said. Some items have disap- peared from Blazer Xpress and the Commons Market, Gibbs said. because they lost their vegetarian food distrib utor at the beginning of the See VEGGIE on 4 Program works for school safety, collects pledges against violence College of Education students cooperate with training services to make schools safe By Julie lautamaao CONTRIBUTING WRITER Students in the College of Education are working on a program to keep Kentucky’s schools safe. The college is the clearinghouse headquar- ters for the Kentucky Cen- ter for School Safety. The Kentucky Center for School Safety works to provide students with safe schools, said Doris Settles, the clearinghouse’s coor- dinator. “School culture im- proves when a school- wide prevention plan con- sistently addresses the needs of all students to encourage a safe and healthy learning environ- ment,” she said. All 176 school districts in Kentucky receive funds to improve and implement school safety programs from the center. Thousands of teach- ers, administrators and community members have attended training work- shops and conferences sponsored by the Ken- tucky Center for School Safety. “Making Kentucky schools safe places to learn and work takes a concerted effort, and the Kentucky Center for School Safety coordinates those efforts in a variety of ways." Settles said. individ- ual. We can’t have safe schools without safe commu- nities. ” _ M m coordinator of the Kentucky Center for School Safety The Kentucky Center for School Safety was created by the General Assembly and is not funded by UK. The Kentucky Center for School Safety part- ners with the Kentucky Department of Educa- tion and the College of Education to implement the program, Settles said. The center is currently working on a new initiative to prevent gun violence in schools. Each year during the third week of October. schools throughout Kentucky come together to support Kentucky School Safety Week. During the week, students and teachers sign pledge cards to refuse to use guns to resolve their problems. This year they want to receive 500.000 pledge card signatures. SeeCENTEIonI Woman INSIDE Catslooktoavoldnetlossesims Campuscllguesdraindlversltyim. Newsroom Phone: 2574915 I E-rnall: mm Contact Us Classifieds M: 151-237! 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