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Wednesday, November 9, 2005

Council
raises
higher ed
funding

Legislature must give the 0K;

Todd not sure it’s enough

BY TM Lyle
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President Lee Todd lauded the Ken-
tucky Council on Postsecondary Educa-
tion for passing a budget Monday that
slated $193.1 million for higher education
— but he also said UK’s share of that still
might not be enough.

If the state legislature approves this
budget in its next session, which begins
Jan. 3. UK would receive a funding in-
crease of $27.35 million over the next two
fiscal years.

“The (council) was right to illustrate
the significant funding needs that higher
education has in Kentucky,” Todd said in
an email. “My fear is that we are under-
stating the financial challenge we face."

He said UK has made significant
strides in becoming a topZO research in-
stitution as mandated by the state in
House Bill 1 of 1997. such as an increase
in endowment from $200 million to $550
million, a nearly $1 billion capital cam-
paign, a $450 million hospital expansion
and the highest graduation rates in the
state.

“We have made miles of progress, but
we have miles more to go before we reach
our goal," Todd said. “That means we
need to accelerate our efforts over the
next several years, and that will require a
larger infusion of resources than what is
being recommended currently by the
(council)."

Sue Patrick, the council’s director of
communications, said the budget is a
road map to achieving the six goals out-
lined in House Bill 1, including UK be-
coming a topZO research institution and
the University of Louisville becoming a
premier metropolitan research universi-

ty.
“This budget is our attempt to let the
governor and the General Assembly

See Council on page 4

High court
nominee
has UK tie

Law professor clerked for
Samuel Alito in Philadelphia

By Chris Miles
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David H. Moore is a faculty member
at the UK College of Law. Four years ago,
though. he was serving as a clerk in the
office of Samuel Alito — the most recent
nomination to the US. Supreme Court.

“There was a time I remember early

on in my clerkship."

Moore said as he stared

out his office window,

smiling at the memory.

“I was new as Alito's

clerk and was sitting

around one morning. Al-

ito's office was in this

old courthouse in Wash-

ington. D.C. Across

from it was this grand,

newly built courthouse

with this huge statue of

a head with a blindfold on ~ a blind jus-

tice -— right at the edge of the steps and
the sidewalk.

“As we sat there. Judge Alito sudden-
ly strolled in. pointed at the head and
said. ‘If you look outside long enough,
you'll see them pick her nose.’ I watched
outside for a few moments and. sure
enough, after a bit there was a kid climb
ing the statue and teaching in its nose.

 

This map shows the proposed route forth

Celebrating 34 years of independence

1: Taylor
Education
Building

2: Patterson
Office Tower

3: White Hall
Classroom
Building

4: Chem-Phys
Building

5: WT. Young
Library

Legend

Emergency
Phone

Curb
Construction

CATS
path

Parking

e CATS Path, designed to be a main thorough-

fare at night. Police officers will patrol the path and more lights will be added.

Allotted funds now being used to improve
women's safety issues on campus

ByMeganBoehnke
mmnmm

Almost two months after UK al-
lotted $1.25 million for women’s
safety on campus, the university
has started creating a well-lit, mon-
itored walkway through campus
and hiring a new UK police officer,
among other initiatives.

The President's Women’s Safe
ty Advisory Council has begun us-
ing the funding to educate students
on safety, train personnel and
make structural changes on cam-
pus. which will include a recom-
mended marked pathway to use at

night, called the CATS Path.

The pathway will run through-
out the main part of campus and
extend from the intersection of
Hilltop Avenue and Woodland Av~
enue near South Campus to South
Limestone Street near Dickey Hall.

Once completed, the path will
be well-lit, open and patrolled heav-
ily by UK police.

“We want people to be safe and
comfortable wherever they are go
ing, free from molestation or at-
tack,” said acting police chief
Kevin Franklin. “We hope in reali-
ty it is a safer place for people to

See Safety on page Z

 

 

Safety Budget
‘Atl budgeted amounts estimated
I Landscaping, additional lighting,
new dorm security systems and cre-
ation of CATS path: $520,200

I Improved services for victims, in-
cluding a victim assistance fund and
specialized training for nurses and

law enforcement officers: $400,000

IEducational initiatives: $241,000

Ilncreased campus safety re-
search, including addition of re-
search staff: $44,800

I Expanded police protection, includ-
ing funding to help hire one new UK
police officer: $44,000

 

 

 

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MA 109
scores
don’t
add up

By Sean Rose
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Uk head football
coach talks at a
press conference
yesterday at the
Nutter Training
Center.

Athletic Director
Mitch Barnhart
announced that
Brooks will return
next season as
UK's head coach.

Brooks said he was
relieved that he
would be back for
another year.

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Derek
Poore

SPORTS EDITOR

Some students had a harder time
during midterms than others. Many
of those students were in Math 109.

Students in the introductory col-
lege algebra course received an aver-
age grade of 55 percent on their sec-
ond exam on Oct. 19, and Avinash
Sathaye. director of undergraduate
studies for the math department, said
the average grade in the class dropped
an average of 12 points.

“I have been here for many years."
Sathaye said. “I’ve never seen any—
thing like it.”

Those test results are one reason
many students rushed to drop the
class by the Oct. 21 deadline — the Fri-
day of that week. Other students
worked with what they had. searching
for reasons for the poor test grades.

“I understand that it’s a college
course," said interior design fresh-
man Amanda
Vater. “I don‘t
know if Ididn’t ”It couldn't be
acquire these -
skills in high JUSt the
school, but it’s u
hard material. students.

“It couldn’t
be just the Sm Amanda Vater
dents." interior design freshman,

Math 109 student in MA 109
has had a histo
ry of large
numbers of students withdrawing and
failing. The DEW rate — the percent-
age of students who received a D, E or
withdrew from the class — is an aver-
age of 41.5 percent since the fall se~
mester of 1998. It was highest in
spring 2000 at 51.6 percent. Last fall,
that rate dropped to 34.4 percent.

Sathaye said former Provost Mike
Nietzel encouraged the math depart-
ment to bring those DEW numbers
down last year, prompting the depart-
ment to institute changes for this
year’s incoming freshman.

“I think we’re trying to rectify
what’s going on, on our end," Sathaye
said.

Sathaye said the math department
felt that incoming freshmen were not
prepared for college math, so the min-
imal ACT score to enter a calculus
class was raised. A placement exam
was also instituted to help get stu-
dents in the right level of math.

Math 109’s structure was changed
this year as well. The course was re
designed to better prepare students
for the higher-level math courses, and
all but five of the 47 classes are using
Internet homework for the first time.

Many students told Sathaye that
the format of the test didn’t match the
homework. He said he didn't dismiss

See Math on page 4

Now that it's a

D
I
moot pornt, lets
focus on the field

Well. it’s over and done with. Set
in stone —- at least for another year.

Yesterday‘s announcement of
head football coach Rich Brooks‘ re
turn by UK Athletic Director Mitch
Barnhart was a bit unusual for an ad-

ministration that
consistently waits
until the end of the
season for coach-
ing evaluation.

But with pres-
sures from critics
and worries from
recruits. the last
thing the UK foot-
ball program need-
ed was more nega-
tive talk.

Barnhart. who
admitted yesterday

Brooks back for another ear

during a news conference he hadn‘t
made up his mind as recently as a
few weeks ago. was sold on Brooks
for another season.

Props to the AD. because after
one of the Wildcats‘ better perfor-
mances of the season in a losing ef-
fort against Auburn on Saturday UK
needs as little distraction as possible
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SeePooreonpage'I

“I remember Judge Alito as that
dov‘iim-toearth. modest kind of guy," he
sai .

When President Bush announced last
Monday that his new Supreme Court
nominee wouldbeAlito,hewasmetwith
a flurry of opposition calling his new
choice a closed-minded conservative not
fit for a seat on America’s highest court.

See Alito on page 4

“I do believe that the worst of times are behind
us and that Rich Brooks has taken the right steps
for this program.“ Barnhart said. “It’s become ago
nizing for the players. If I know the decision in my
heart, then let’s go ahead (and announce it)."

Previously Barnhart had stated he would wait
until the end of the season before making an an-
nouncement.

Barnhart cited UK‘s inability to field a hill

See Brooks on page 7

By Chris Deleted
Til WY m
Rich Brooks will return as head football coach

at UK next season. Athletic Director Mitch Barn-

hart announced yesterday

Barnhart. citing the strain that criticisms and
rumors about Brooks’ job security have placed on
the team. decided to change his timeline for decid-
ing the coach's future at UK.

 

 

 

  

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be; it’s impossible to say this is going
to make you safer. but we’ll sure try."

The council is hoping to have the
path available for student use by the
end of the semester. said Carol Jordan.
director of UK‘s Center for Research
on Violence Against Women.

‘This is just a first step ~ the ma-
jor artery for the path." she said.
adding that she wants students to sug-
gest additions and changes to the path.

President Lee Todd committed the
$1.25 million in ftmding more than
four times what UK spent last year to
promote women’s safety on campus
as a response to a UK study last year
on the safety of female students on
campus. Of the 1.010 undergraduate
and graduate females surveyed, 36.5
percent said they had experienced vic-
timization. including physical or sexu-
al assault. at UK.

In addition to the path. the Physi-
cal Plant Division began landscaping
alterations two months ago at
Keeneland Hall. Holmes Hall and Jew-
ell Hall. as well as Memorial Coliseum
and the Flag Plaza on Euclid Avenue.
Lighting is also being added to the Kir-
wan/Blanding Complex on South
Campus. and near ()vid's at the WT.
Young Library The landscaping. light-
ing and CATS Path are expected to
cost more than half a million dollars.

Part of the funding will also go to
ward hiring a new UK police officer.
While the new officer will not have
special duties regarding women's safe-
ty. he or she will help patrol campus.

“What we need is bodies on the
street to enforce law. be seen and inter-
act with students." Pranklin said.

UK Women‘s Place. which opened
in January. has also received part of
the funding over the last two months
to help hire a victim services coordina-
tor. Dorothy Edwards. the center‘s di-
rector. said she will finish interviews
for the new position tomorrow and ide
ally make a decision Friday.

“We are basically doubling our
staff. and that helps us makes sure the
quality of services is high." she said.

Women‘s Place also started a vic—
tim assistance fund. which will be
used to help victims who may need to
make housing changes. get food or
take care of other needs.

“We have people coming in to ask
us. ‘How can we help? How can we
work together?” Edwards said.

"The greatest benefit wasn't mone
tary; it was the strong. loud message
across campus that this is an issue at
UK." she said.

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Patterson Drivewhentwosuspectswerespottedtrying
to take bikes from racks at 12:45 am.
Nov. 1: Theft from building reported at Kastle Hall at 10:11
am.
Nov. 2: Suspicious person seen near the Early Childhood
Development Center at 10:43 am.
Nov. 3: Theft from building reported at Kentucky Clinic at
$06 a.m.
Nov. 3: Robbery reported on Rose Street when a female
had her purse forcibly taken from her at 9:12 am.
Nov 3: Theft from building reported at the Student Center
at 12:17 pm.
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Hall at 8:43 pm.
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at Bluegrass Community and Technical College at 7:51
am.
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top level of the parking structure on Parking Structure
Two at 4:52 pm.
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reported in the parking lot near the Student Center start-
ing disorders with band members at 6:24 pm.
Nov. 4: Theft from building reported at the Johnson
Center at 6:38 pm.
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ly 60-80 miles per hour and doing donuts in the parking
lot outside Commonwealth Stadium at 10:35 pm.
Nov. 4: Drug usage reported at Baldwin Hall after sub-
ject's roommate found narcotics in dorm room at 11:17
pm.
Nov. 5: Suspicious person, believed to be intoxicated,
reported starting disturbances in a green Chevrolet in the
parking structure near the UK Chandler Medical Center at
12:58 am.
Nov. 6: Suspicious person reported wearing dark clothing
loitering near Patterson Office Tower at 2:47 am.
Nov. 6: Theft of a license plate off of a vehicle reported at
Press Avenue at 2:13 pm.
Nov. 7: Theft reported at Kennedy’s Bookstore. Subject
was arrested and his or her vehicle was towed at 10:43
am.
Nov. 7: Theft reported at Kirwan IV when a wallet was
stolen at 8:41 pm

Crime reports taken from UK police crime log

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know the financial needs of
postsecondary education in
Kentucky," she said. “These
are very ambitious goals for
education and the state.

"We need them; we’re lag-
ging behind and playing
catch-up right now."

If the council‘s budget is
approved. UK will receive
funding increases of $13.72
million in the 200607 fiscal
year and $13.62 million in the
200708 fiscal year. Those in-
creases would be added to
state funding already allotted
by the General Assembly: that
number is $314.5 million for
UK this year

UK's proposed $27.35 mil-
lion increase is about 1 per-
cent less than what the coun-
cil planned for UofL. which is
set to receive $210,100 more
through the 2008 fiscal year.

Sandra Woodley. the coun-
cil‘s vice president of fi-
nances. said the differences in
funding have nothing to do
with showing favoritism to ei-

ther university

“This isn‘t a comparison
between UK and UofL,” she
said. “it’s a comparison of
benchmarks for each institu-
tion.”

UK's proposed increase
was calculated based on the
amount of funding per stu-
dent for each of its 19 bench-
marks. The same goes for
UofL, which has 17 bench-
marks, she said.

“The reality is. there‘s a

larger gap between UofL and
its benchmarks.” Woodley
said. “They needed a little bit
more money to close that
gap."
UK's fall enrollment. based
on full-time students or the
equivalent. was 23,088 stu-
dents, compared to 16,986 for
UofL. UK needs about $2.000
per student to close its bench-
mark gap. and UotL needs
slightly more than $3,000 per
student, Woodley said.

“All of these proposed in-
creases are to ensure that UK
and UofL are both able to
achieve the mandates outlined
in (House Bill 1) of 1997 and so
Kentucky’s colleges and uni-
versities can compete and per-
form above average,“ Woodley
said.

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In an effort to allow Ken-
tucky's colleges and universi~
ties to receive even more fund
ing. the council will also be in-
stituting a performancebased
initiative in 2007. Slated at $3.5
million, this additional fund-
ing will be offered based on
each institution's perfor-
mance relative to the goals
outlined by House Bill 1. she
said.

Despite all the recent bud-
get cuts facing the state.
Patrick said she hopes Ken-
tucky‘s legislators will fully
fund the council's requests.

“Higher education is an
investment," she said. “For
every dollar the state puts into
education. it gets a high re-
turn on that investment. such
as improved health and high-
er income for Kentuckians.
lower unemployment rates
and instances of incarcera—
tion, and a more engaged pop
ulous.

“The average college grad-
uate earns a million dollars
more over their lifetime than
the average high school gradu-
ate. That means more money
for all of Kentucky"

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$39,104,200

$11,173,600

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Math

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their concerns. but he wasn’t
sure if that was the real
problem.

“If they can do the home-
work problems. they can do
the test problem." Sathaye

said. “There's some deeper .

perception problem. I don’t
know what it is."

Pre-nursing freshman
Jessica Blanton said the for-
mat of the test gave her trou-
ble.

“Our instructor tells us
that it (the test) is supposed
to be easier than the home-
work and it definitely was-
n‘t.“ Blanton said. “it upsets
me. because it seems like it
doesn’t help."

Market in g fresh man
Sarah Baughman said she
rarely attends class anymore
because spending time with
a math tutor at the center in
W. T. Young Library is more
worthwhile than class.

“It does no good. Every-
thing 1 learn. 1 learn here (at
tutoring).” Baughman said.
“I‘m here probably eight
hours a week." She said she
plans to take her future math
classes at another university
and transfer the credit be
cause of her trouble in UK's
math class.

Math 100 instructor Julie
Miker said most problems
stem from the fact that most
students in MA 109 are fresh-
men.

”I think a lot of it is. most
students are first-year stu«
dents and haven't gotten ad-
justed to college-level cours-
es Miker said. “1 don‘t
think the course is out of the
grasp of the students."

Finance sophomore
Kevin Boskin said many
problems could occur be
cause most students are new

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Since then. Democratic op
ponents have begun a debate
within the Senate in response
to this new nomination that
asks. among other things. if
Alito is qualified enough to fill
the shoes of retiring Justice
Sandra Day O'Connor.

But Moore. who clerked
for Alito in the Third Circuit
Court of Appeals in Philadel-
phia between 200001. sees
things in a much different
light and is frankly surprised
by the comments that have.
been made.

“(Alito) is one of the
smartest judges on the Circuit
Court." Moore said. “He is
very open-minded and looks
at every case fmm an outside
perspective."

Alito has presided over
hundreds of cases in his 15
year tenure and is generally
regarded as a conservative,

to the collegiate learning at-
mosphere.

“Most are freshmen and
new to college (who) don‘t
make the effort." Boskin
said. “They don't use the
Mathskeller.“

The Mathskeller is a
math resource center in the
basement of the White Hall
Classroom Building. Stu-
dents can go there to do
homework and receive tutor-
ing. A similar program runs
in the basement of the WT.
Young Library.

Mathematics senior and
Mathskeller tutor Thomas
Merrick said some MA 109
students weren‘t putting
forth enough effort.

“In a lot of cases. people
just aren‘t paying attention
in class. and then they don't
know how to do the home
work." Merrick said.

Albert Kalim. a computer
science graduate student and
math tutor in the WT. Young
Library. said he suspected
communication issues with
the math department are
part of the problem.

“There’s been an internal
issue with the math depart-
ment itself." Kalim said. “It
doesn‘t seem that they're
communicating with the per
son who creates the home-
work problems or the person
who creates the exam.

“We couldn‘t just blame
the students for not working
hard."

Sathaye said the math de-
partment is working to make
sure students understand the
test formats better in the fu-
ture and emphasized that
MA 109 is still developing
with its new format and Web
homework system.

“1 don’t think anyone in
the math department would
say we've arrived and the
course is set." Sathaye said.

Some students said they
wish the changes would ar-
rive now.

“This is so ridiculous."
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but not in the same way that
most opponents are labeling
him. Moore said.

“He is generally conserva-
tive." Moore said. “But he
doesn't force his own views
into the decisions he makes.
He had both very liberal and
very conservative clerks
throughout his years. and all
of them will tell you the same
thing: He never had an agen-
da."

Lori Ringhand. a UK assis-
tant law professor. said some
Democrats have portrayed Ali-
to in an inaccurate light.

“I don‘t think he is as nar-
row-minded as some in the
Senate have portrayed him."
said Lori Ringhand. an assis-
tant professor of law.

She said a truly conserva-
tive judge, or a conservative
judicially as opposed to a po
litically conservative judge. is
one who is reluctant to use ju~
dicial power. or judicial re
view. to get a certain outcome
out of a case.

“Alito is just that." Ring-
hand said. “He won’t push his

opinions."

But Donald Gross. a politi~
cal science professor. said
that's not the major issue.

“It‘s not relevant how
open-minded he is,“ Gross
said. “Conservatives want
conservative interpretations."

Ultimately. Gross said Ali-
to wouldn't be a good pick for
the Supreme Court.

“Conservatives. 1 think.
will be happy with the nomi-
nation." Gross said. “But
moderates and liberals won‘t
be that happy four to five
years down the line."

Moore. on the other hand.
has worked with Alito and is
confident that Alito‘s person-
ality and decision~making
abilities make him a fine pick
for the nation‘s highest court.

“Bush picked him because
he is so wellqualified." Moore
said. “1 think that qualifica-
tion includes the open way he
approaches all of his cases.“

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