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Crosbie pushing to elect student trustee soon

By GREGORY A. HALL
Senior Staff Writer

Although no date has been set for
the election of the student member
of the UK Board of Trustees, the ad-
ministration and the student body
president-elect want the election this
spring.

Student Government Association
president-elect Scott Crosbie has al-
ready endorsed first-year law stu-
dent Scott Damron in the trustee
election. He wants the election to be
held next week.

 

CROSBIE: “I don’t understand the
premise" behind a state law that
prohibits him from serving as stu-
dent trustee.

“We’d like to have it not this
week, but the following week,"
Crosbie said.

The election of Crosbie, of Hunt-
ington, W.Va., as next year’s SGA
president creates the need for the
election of a student trustee.

President meets
with 2 finalists
for research spot

By GREGORY A. HALL
Senior Staff Writer

Two “very different” finalists for the position of vice president for Re-
search and Graduate Studies visited campus last week.

UK President Charles Wethington and faculty representatives, including
the University Senate Council and its research committee, met with each

candidate.

Linda Magid, executive assistant to the chancellor at the University of
Tennessee, was interviewed Tuesday, and Thomas Sweeney, acting vice
president for research at The Ohio State University, was interviewed

Wednesday.

Wethington said he hopes to name the vice president by the April 30

Board of Trustees meeting.

Magid’s research area is physical chemistry and Sweeney‘s is chemical

engineering.

University Senate Chair Carolyn Bratt, who called the candidates “very
different," said the Senate Council was most impressed by Magid being
“an intense listener," who asks “probing questions."

She said Sweeney has a “long track record of administrative work," and
Magid displayed the “enthusiasm and energy that would make her an excit-

ing vice president.”

Bratt said she would pick Magid because she has the capability of being
a “rising star," and “I think we ought to try to catch a rising star."
Bratt said there is some danger in hiring Magid, while there is “no risk in

hiring him (Sweeney)."

Magid, 44, said her research has afforded her with the knowledge of how

to get grants.

She said she has a “very good sense of the various pieces of the puzzle."
Magid said she enjoys to “make connections,” pushing interdisciplinary

research.

The ”faculty is better than some of the resources," Magid said.

Since it's “very easy for administrators to forget who there clientele are,”
she said she would make it a point to meet with research faculty.

But she doubted how much research and teaching could do initially.

Sweeney, 54, said it was important for him to work among the faculty, in

teaching and research.

“If you don’t participate in the rhythm of the place, you don’t know the
problems,“ Sweeney said. ”If I can’t be seen as a person who was a bona
fide faculty member, then I can’t be a success as vice president,“

Sweeney said his interest in chemical engineering resulted from having a

good high school chemistry teacher.

His interest in university life results from the possibility to “affect the fu-

ture.”

He said he enjoys “young people bringing in their ideas that aren‘t beat-

en down."

He said his greatest attribute is his willingness to listen to anyone.

For some classes, UK
offers foreign setting

By NICK COMER
Staff Writer

UK students will have an oppor-
tunity to study beside central and
Eastern European students this
summer as part of the College of
Business & Economics’ fifth annual
1991 summer study program in
Vienna. Austria. In addition, the
program is being expanded to in-
clude two separate three-week ses-
sions and a visit to Prague, Czecho-
Slovakia.

As part of the program, UK stu-
dents can take classes in marketing.
management, finance, history and
culture at the Economics University
in Vienna.

“Nothing like this exists where
American students are taught busi-
ness classes by American instruc-
tors in Europe," said Cun Harvey.
creator of the program and director
of the lntemational Business Cen-
ter.

Harvey said students are taught
some of the same classes that are
offered at UK.

But he said the classes offer stu-
dents a unique opportunity to see
practical applications for the con-
cepts they are learning.

“For example, you can take a
field trip to McDonald’s and find
out how it operates in Austria," Har-
vey said.

While the program is a valuable
learning experience for UK stu-
dents, it also presents a valuable op-
portunity for Austria to help out
some of its struggling neighbors.

“Austria wants to help its Eastern
European neighbors,” he said, “so
they asked UK to accept Eastern
European students in the program.
Austria is paying for them com—
pletely."

Harvey said 40 students from
Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Yugosla-
via, Rumania and Bulgaria also will
be participating in the program.

The reason for Austria‘s benevo-
lence, he said, is a mixture of histo-
ry and self-interest.

“Many of those nations were part
of the Austrian Empire. Austria
wants to see them become demo-
cratic, capitalist societies rather than
socialist dictatorships."

Since its inception five years ago,
the summer program has gained
prominence as a unique educational
and cultural program.

See AUSTRIA, Back page

Kentucky law calls for the student
body president to be the student trus~
tee, provided he or she is a full-time
student and a Kentucky resident.

The state statute doesn’t set a date
for the election, but UK’s legal
counsel said, under the normal legal

assumption of a “reasonable" date,
the election should be this spring.

Current SGA President Sean
Lohman said appeals of the presi-
dential election could force the
election to be held in the fall.

If the election were held in the
fall, the student trustee position
would be vacant in meetings after
July 1, UK Chief General C0unsel
John Darsie said Friday.

Unlike governor-appointed and
faculty members of the board. the
student trustee's term ends after the
fiscal year, not when a replacement

is named.

“The wording of the statute relat-
ing to student trustees is strikingly
different than the wording" for ap-
pointed and faculty members, Dar-
sie said. “The term of the student
trustee terminates at its end, and the
student trustee cannot serve a holdo-
ver term.

“ln order to not risk a situation
where the students were not repre-
sented by a trustee (student gov-
ernment should) go ahead with the
election this spring,“ Darsie said. “I
would think that we would much

 

 

 

By KYLE FOSTER
Senior Staff Writer

Nathan Sullivan chose to attend
UK at a time when racial preju-
dice was blatant and UK was
known to be inhospitable to
blacks.

Sullivan, who came to UK in
I966 and is now an associate pro-
fessor in the College of Social
Work, can remember walking by
campus dormitories where white
students would shout racial slurs
at him. And he remembers when
UK‘s first black faculty member,
Joseph W. Scott, left the school
soon after a bunting cross was
placed on the lawn in front of his
house.

Sullivan knew attending UK
would be difficult, but he said he
wanted to come here anyway be-
cause UK offered the best educa-
tion in Kentucky.

“I didn't come looking to have

 

 

 

a good time and neither did the
other black students on campus,"
Sullivan said.

Throughout the 1960s there
were only about 50 black students
enrolled at UK. “You were lucky
to see another black student in
class,“ he said.

But Sullivan persevered, com-
pleting his undergraduate and
graduate work at UK in I972
when he earned a master‘s degree
in social work. He joined the UK
College of Social Work in I977,
where he is new director of educa-
tional practicum for the college
and is working on a dissertation in
educational policy studies.

Through the years, Sullivan has
had the opportunity to witness
UK’s shifting political and social
climate: “I‘ve observed a lot of
changes in the campus since the
mid-l960s going beyond just
bricks and mortar."

For example, Sullivan said there

MCHAEL CLEVENGER/Kernel Sui"

Nathan Sullivan, above, chose to attend UK at a time when racial prejudice was blatant. In the
19605, only 50 black students were at UK. “You were lucky to see another black student," he said.

Professor has seen growth,
changes for blacks at UK

is less student activism on cam-
pus today, while college faculty
are taking a more progressive
stance.

He sarcastically porntcd to last
month’s protest by UK student
Chris Bush as the most controvcr
sial issue on campus. Hush
claimed he was the vrctim of a
double standard and censorship
because UK administrators al~
lowed a ping-pong ball drop in
front of the Patterson Office Tow-
er but told him he could not hold
impromptu war protests there.

As a result of this and earlier
protests by Bush, UK‘s acting
dean of students, David Stock~
ham, decided that the annual
ping-pong drop could no longer
be held at the office tower.

“Students don‘t seem to get too
upset about anything," Sullivan
said.

See SULLIVAN, Page 9

 

 

INSIDE: ‘GET A LIFE’ GETS HIGH MARKS

prefer that the student government
proceed with it’s election."

Three students have announced
their candidacies.

Damion, formerly a two-term
president of the Student Develop-
ment Council, supported Crosbie in
the election.

Crosbie will talk to other candi—
dates, he said, but his tnind is made
up.
Other candidates include the cur-
rent student body president and a

SeeTRUSTEE, Back page

Students
kick off

fund-raiser
for library

By NICK COMER
Staf‘ Writer

The Student library Endowment
(‘ornniittcc is kicking off its “Pack
the Stacks" campaign to raise funds
for books for the UK library system
by dedicating the campaign to the
IQX‘) student protest for democracy
(ll ’l‘iananmen Square in Beriing.
China.

Plans for the campaign include a
'\'1\'ll b} (didl I trig, Ll student leader
of the 'lianunincn Square protest,
and Bette Bao lord. prominent Chi
ticsc writer and mic of Winston
lord, former LS, ambassador to
China.

The campaign, which the com~
mittec tlzins to make an annual
event. will solicit each graduating
senior to contribute $35,1hc cost of
an average library text.

A phoneathon and :i Svkilomctcr
run are Ltlso planned for the week.

The “Kit ktltf-Stucks" campaign
l\. pm of .i l.li~‘._'r :‘tlort b} I K to
misc tnoncj. I. r a challenge eraiit
in: tltc .\.ition.t': {Illtl‘WK‘ITlc‘nl for the
ilUltILtlllllt‘\ the tram t‘roxidcs
37% tittll ll the l'niwrsitv can l’ltl\C
S: f“ million

Student (it~xt-rriinciit :\\\(K‘l,lil(ln
president \‘tlt‘t lttilllttlll, chairman
of the Student l-ndotxment (‘om-
niittee miltl John (times. it promi-
ncnt lcttnt'ton honenmn. was in
strtirnentiil in getting the campaign
started.

”\Ir. (i,llll'c‘\ and I met to mine
tip \iith some ideas for the \ltltlt‘lll
endowment fund and it progressed
into the \t‘lllt‘l’ appeal program."
l.olnn.tti said

I: »\.I\ ~ vint‘lhirig we wanna! it
kccp the students lll\\\|VCtl inf \lltl
(itiincs. v. ho 1\ also \leklllil ciosclt
w ith the d 'xt'loittncnt of plans lot .I
new tcntral libran for I l\.

t'iiivt‘rsitv vllit lclls plan to, scck
.tpptouil for the new utility from
the N”? Kenttit kv (Et‘neral Assem-

See LIBRARY, Page 9

UK launches new
tradition With
“Pack The Stacks
week to help
raise funds for
the new library.
Call 257-3911
for more information

Bat Cats
take two of
three from
Miss. State

Story,
Page 3

Campus Calendar.
Sports. .,
Dwersrons

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ARTS 8r MOVIES

MONDAY 4/ l

' Movie: ‘Women on the Verge of
a Nervous Breakdown' SAB
Foreign Film presentation; Free;
Center Theatre; 7:30Pi‘yI; call
7-8867

TUESDAY 4/2

0 Concert: Jerry Belsak, popular
guitar; Free; Arts Place;

Noon-l PM; call 255-295l

WEDNESDAY 04/3

0 MoviefHamlet' w/ Mel Gibson;
52; Worsham Theatre; 7:30 and
10PM; call 7-8867

THURSDAY 4/4

- Movie: 'Hamlet‘ w/Mel Gibson;
52; Worsharn Theatre: 7:30 &
10PM; call 7-8867

' Concert: SAB Perfomiing Arts
Show; Free; St Cntr Popcorn
Lounge; 11:30A.\I-l:30PM: call
7-8867

FRIDAY 4/5

0 Concert: X—CLAN AND POOR
RIGHTEOUS TEACHERS
sponsored by SAB; 815; St Cntr
Ballroom; 8PM; call 7-8807

0 Movie: 'Hamlet' w/Mel Gibson;
52; Worsham Theatre; 7:30 &
10PM; call 7-8867

SATURDAY 4 /6

- Movie 'Hamlet' w/Mel Gibson;
82; Worsham Theatre; 7:30 Sr
lill‘M: call "-8867

SUNDAY 4/7

0 Concert: Miles Osland,
woodwinds; Free; SCFA Recital
Hall; 3PM; call 74939

0 Movie: 'Hamlet' w/Mel Gibson;
82; Worsham Theatre; 7:30 &
10PM; call 7-8867

SPORTS

TUESDAY 4/2

0 Sports: UK Baseball vs.
Kentucky State; Free; Shiveiy
Field; 3PM

0 Intramurals: sign—up deadline
for golf doubles; 56; call 7-3428

WEDNESDAY 4 /3

' Sports: UK Baseball vs
Marshall; Free; Shively Field;4I’M
0 Intramurals: Stvim Meet:
Lancaster Aquatic Center; (all
7-3‘t2.‘<

THURSDAY 4 :' i

' Sports: CK Baseball vs
Bell'armine; I-ree;Sh1vely Field
SPM

SA I'L’ RI lA‘i' l/ (a

[Sport‘s CK Baseball at
Vanderbii:, Noon

‘ Sports: Bluegrass Invitational
Rugby Tournament; Free; Rugby
field by stadium; call 271—5913

SUNDAY 4 /7z

' Sports: UK Baseball at
Vanderbilt; lz30PM

0 Sports: Bluegrass Invitational
Rugby Tournament; Free; Rugby
field by stadium; call 271-5813
' Sports: UK Lacrosse Club at
Wright-Patterson AFB; 1PM

0 Intramurals: Home Run
Contest; 52; Seaton Cntr; 4PM;
call 7—3928

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\i( )N DAY
0 Meeting Table Tennis Practice, Slit/year, Seaton
Squash L t; 7:30-10I‘M; call 766%

' Other UK judo ('Lub, Frtr, A Lumni Gym, 5-6:30[’M;

tall 255-262:

° Meeting UK ludo ( lub, Alumni Gym, ()7 30PM; call

233-2623

TUESDAY

0 Meeting Amnesty International, Free; St Cntr 119;
7I’M;cal123-i(l\t'w:

° Meeting ( )i ling( lub, Fru‘, 9 ’lttI‘M, call 233-7438

' Religious t atholn Student Leadership Meeting free,

Newman ( ntr “i, Noon, call 233 83M

0 Or her Aerobics, Free, Newman Cntr 1&2, 5:30-7I’M,

call 23.3 51M.

 

Could See Us Now!

Open 24 hours...ttte work at these
architecture students are on

display at Pence Holt.

WEEKLY EVENTS

WEDNESDAY

0 Religious: Holy Eucharist; Free; St, Augistine's Chapel,

5:30PM; call 234-3726

‘ Religious: 'Encounter', Free; St cntr 205; 7PM; call 273-
9533

' Meeting: UK Judo Club, Alumni Gym; 6-7230I’M; call
255-262;

0 Meeting: Student Organiation Meeting; Free; Newman
Cntr 8; ,wzoo; call 255-8567

THURSDAY

' Meeting: SAB Cinema Committee; Free; St Cntr 228,
4PM; call 7-8867

0 Religious: Catholic Newman Cntr Night (CNZ); Free;
Newman Cntr 3&4, 7 30PM; call 255-8566

. Religious: Reliowslup of Christian Athletes; Free; 302
Woodland Ave; 9PM, call 8 63:6

0 Other: Aerobics, Free, Newman Cntr 1&2, 3 50-7I‘M;
call 2556566

0 Religious- 'Thursday Night Live' at CSF; Free; 502
Columbia ActiVities Rm; 7:30PM; call 233-0313

SATURDAY
0 Religious: Mass; Free; Newman Cntr; 6PM; call
255—8566

SUNDAY

- Religious: Mass; Free; Newman Cntr;
9,11:30,S&8:30; call 255—8566

0 Religious: Holy Eucharist; Free; St ngistine's
Chapel; 10:30AM; call 254-3726

O Religious: Holy Eucharist & Fellowship; Free; St
Augistine's Chapel; 5:30PM; call 254-3726

0 Religious: Spaghetti Supper Night; S2; Newman
Cntr 3&4; 6PM; call 255-8566

' Religious: University Praise Service; Free; 502 Co-
lumbia Activities Rm; 11AM; 233-0313

MEETINGS & LECTURES

 

TUESDAY 4/2

0 Forum: Donovan Scholars -
'Cassius M. Clay & the Clay
Women' Dr. Paul Fuller; Free; St
Cntr 230; 4-5PM; call 7-8314

0 Seminar: 'New drugs of
1990-91' sponsored by UK
college of Pharmacy; $15;
Whitehall CB; 7:45—10PM; call
7-5324 for registration

WEDNESDAY 4/3

0 Meeting: Student Government
Association; 7:30PM; call 7-3191
for more info

0 Meeting: Performing Arts
Committee; Free; St Cntr 204;
4-5PM; call 7—8867

' Lecture: 'University Day' Chia
Ling -- the student that led the
Chinese Tiennamen Square
stand; Free; SCFA Concert Hall;
3PM; call 7-PACK

THURSDAY 4/4

0 Forum: Donovan Scholars - '
English Nursery Rhymes'
William Gillet; Free; St Cntr 230;
4-SPM; call 7-8314

' Meeting: American Chemical
Society; Free; Chem-Phys 137;
4PM; call 7-7086

FRIDAY 4/5

0 Seminar: 'Phase Transitions in
Molecular Crystals' Free;
Chem—Phys 137; 4PM; call 7-7086
. Lecture: 'The Vietnam Analogy
& the Lessons of Histroy' George
Herring; Free; King Library
North-Peal Gallery; Noon; call
74900

SPECIAL EVENTS

MONDAY 4/1

0 Academic: FALL, 4—WEEK
AND 8-WEEK ADVANCE
REGISTRATION; Call 77173 for
more info

TUESDAY 4/2

' Academic: FALL, 4—WEEK
AND 8-WEEK ADVANCE
REGISTRATION; call 7-7173 for
more info

WEDNESDAY 4/3

0 Other: Last day to apply for
Otis A. Singletary Outstanding
Student Awards; stop by 203 St
Cntr or call 7 8867 for more info
' Academic: FALL, 4-WEEK
AND A8—WEEK ADVANCE
REGISTRATION; call 7-7173 for
more info

THURSDAY 4/4

0 Academic: FALL, 4-WEEK
AND 8-WEEK ADVANCE
REGISTRATION; call 77173 for
more info

VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNTTIES
FOR UK STUDENTS:

0 Read to sight imparied U.K.
professor, for 1 or 2 hours a week
- Desperately need tutors for
children and adults

0 Soccer coach needed for 5-8
year olds

0 Help the homeless by working
in clothing bank

“’for more information call the
UK Student Volunteer Cntr at
7-8785

 

- MoVie. 'M'omen on the Verge of a
Nervous Iireakdown' SAll Foretizh
Film presentatien

- Concert Ierry Iielsak, popular guitar
- Forum Donovan Scholars- 'Cass‘ius‘
M Clay $1 the Clay Women' Dr

Paul Fuller

‘ Seminar \lew drugs of 1090 91
sponsored by UK college of
Pharmacy

 

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. Sports UK Baseball vs Kentucky State

0 Intramurals sign up deadline for golf
tlittlblt“

Show

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° MoVIe Ilamlet' w/ MCI (.ibson

0 Meeting. Cutudent Government
Assoctation

' Meeting Performing Arts Committee
- Lecture: ‘Univers‘ity Day' Chia Ling --
the student that led the Chinese

Tiennamen Square stand

' (‘oncert SAB Performing Arts

' Forum Donovan Scholars : '
English Nursery Rhymes William

wednesdoy

Awards

- Academic: FALL, 4-WEEK AND

Aft-WEEK ADV ANCE
REGISTRATION

0 Intramurals: Swim Meet

thursdoy

8-WEEK ADVANCE
REGISTRATION

' Sports: UK Baseball vs. Bellarmine
0 Movie: 'Hamlet' w/Mel Gibson

0 Other Last day to apply for Otis A,
Singletary Outstanding Student

0 Sports: UK Baseball vs. Marshall

- Meeting American Chemical Society
- Academic: FALL, 4—WEEK AND

0 Concert: X-CLAN ANT) POOR
RIGHTEOUS TEACHERS sponsored
by SAIl

0 Movie: 'I Iamlet' w/Mel Gibson

' Seminar; 'Phase Transuions in

. Movte: '1 Iamlet' w/Mel Gibson

' Concert: Miles ()sland, woodwrnds
' Movie: 'Hamlet‘ w/Mel Gibson
0 Sports: UK Baseball at Vanderbilt

 

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- Sports: Bluegrass InVitational Rugby

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Molecular Crystals'

- Lecture, 'The Vietnam Analogy 8:
the Lessons of I listory' George
I Ierring; Free; King Library
North-Peal Gallery

Tournam em

0 Sports: Bluegrass Invitational
Rugby Tournament

0 Intramurals. Home Run Contest

 

 

 

 

     

 

 

 

 

UK rugby:
Of hits, mud
and spirit

During Saturday's UK rugby game, UK back
Jeff Mackey was, as is always the case, branding
Wabash players with his mixture of speed and
hard hitting on the field.

While Mackey was moving Wabash players,
however, a few of his Blackstone friends —-
players for the city side which is primarily made
up of former UK players — were moving his car.

Into what looks a lot like a swamp behind the
bleachers.

As he walked off the field after his team mur-
dered Wabash
51-7, Mackey

saw his car, wa-
ter up to the fen-
ders, and heard
the laughter.

Mackey

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sloshed through the swamp, got in the car and for
the next ten minutes amused onlookers as he
zoomed back in forth trying to get the necessary
inertia to get him out of the quagmire. Mud flew
everywhere.

Eventually chains did the job.

Mackey's car was as thoroughly bespattercd by
mud as he was.

“This car‘s been through a lot," Mackey said as
he leaned against it with pride. He then told stories
about himself and his car.

Not anybody could have taken such an awful
prank so well, but, one must understand, Mackey
is a rugby player. Pranks are part of the entire pic-
ture. A picture that consists of hard hits, fast runs,
broken ribs, blown-out knees, broken collarbones,
blood, mud, beer, parties, bars and spirit.

When you talk rugby, you rarely mention stars
—- few people stand out in the brutal mix of kick-
ing, mnning, scrumming and smashing happening
on the field.

In fact, the sport intrinsically discourages star-
hood. Rugby, as UK‘s players will tell you, relies
heavily on sacrifice.

Players often mass together to form a kind of
power machine of flesh and bone, grimaces flar-
ing, bodies flying. One player becomes indistin-
guishable from another. Dirt coats each player
from head to toe and often mingles with blood.

Many times, the player isn't sure whether the
blood is his or not. And in the heat of competition,
he usually doesn't care.

The scrum is perhaps the most unique form of
human combat in sports. The teams face off on the
field, interlock their bodies at elbows and knees to
utilize the strength and power of several players at
once and then, in a grueling mash, the teams battle
for the ball. It’s a mass of hitting and kicking and
it perfectly illustrates the kind of teamwork and
selflessness that rugby requires.

Mud is the preferred field condition. Forget the
glamour of most spons. Forget the bucks (some
players do wind up playing in money leagues, but
this is rare).

Because the game is so team-oriented, it‘s not
easy to find standouts. Rugby has a continuous
flow and the ball, on a successful score, is scooped
from one player to another. Run, hit, toss. Run,
hit, toss. One after another, one man going down,
coughing it, a teammate catching it and moving
downfield.

lf UK has a “star" it would have to be Dave
“Otis" Barnes. Barnes, physically, is as talented as
almost any athlete on campus — Pookie Jones and
Jamal Mashbum withstanding.

He's thick and powerful. He’s an athlete who
has an intemal force —— coming from somewhere
— that renders the opposition powerless.

He’s a punisher with a stiff-arm that might rival
that of the Galloping Ghost. He bnitalized a Wa-
bash team Saturday at the Rugby Field. Wabash
won't forget him or the many scores he had in
UK‘s 51-7 route over Wabash.

But he isn‘t alone on this UK rugby team. Cliff
Davis is a top back. A veritable lunatic on the
field, he doesn‘t back down from anyone on the
field and he dishes out some punishment of his
own.

If you checked out Saturday‘s game, Davis was
the one with only one sleeve, the other having
been torn off by a Wabash player. Davis is a for-
ward who can get physical inside and play for
field position orjump to the open and run the ball.

And then there‘s Taylor Marret. Marret plays in
the trenches and his game face is like no other. For
the entire length of the game he rarely changes the
intense expression. He is a determined and smart
player who has the finesse to get the ball out of the
pack and into the hands of UK backs.

Ricky French is another fierce competitor. After
busting his ribs during a game in New Orleans
during Mardi Gras, French took some time off, but
he is back in, and his speed is helping UK regain
some of their prior flash.

A player that goes simply by “Panama“ has the
diverse skills that make him work perfectly as an
interconnection between pack players like Martel
and backs like Barnes.

Of course, there are many other players that de-
serve mentioning. Some that might be better than
the ones mentioned, in fact. Rugby isn't the easiest
sport to dissect.

The UK team, from what I have gathered
through sometime drunken talks with the players.
is coming together -— which is much needed. The
team has been plagued this year by a lack of or-

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SPORTS MONDAY
Bobbles cost Cats an MSU sweep

By AL HILL
Senior Staff Writer

The Bat Cats had their hands on the
broom handle. but a couple of late-
inning bobbled grounders cost them a
weekend series sweep over Mississippi
State University.

“We played 24 good innings this
weekend," UK first baseman Mike
Harris said. “Mis-
sissippi State has
always been a
monkey on our
back, by taking the
series (2-1) it was a
real stepping stone
for us.”

With the wins
the UK baseball
team moved into a
third place tie with

HARRIS
Auburn, Florida, and Tennessee in the

Southeastern Conference. The Bat
Cats improved their record to 5-4
record in the SEC —- 22—6 overall.
MSU dropped into fifth place with an
SEC record of 3-5, 15-1] overall.

The Bat Cats. however, let the series
finale get by them, making four errors,
three of which led directly to MSU
runs -— including the game winner.

The Cats captured a 3-1 lead in the
bottom of the sixth inning.

Harris led off the sixth with a single
up the middle and promptly stole sec-
ond.

After MSU pitcher B.J. Wallace
forced both Jeff Abbott and Manny
Cervantes into ground outs, catcher
Jan Weisberg tripled to the gap in right
center scoring Harris.

Then senior third baseman Rick
Norton followed with a shot to left
center that bounced off center fielder
Steve Hegan’s glove.

The error scored Weisberg and gave
UK a 2-1 lead.

The Bat Cats then added another run
when catcher Billy Thompson singled
to right field and enabled Norton to
slide under MSU catcher Matt Carpen-
ter's tag at home.

Out of frustration, Carpenter shoved
Norton. Norton tumed and for a mo~
merit it looked as if he was going to re-
taliate.

But, as quickly as he was angered,

YESTERDAY'S BOX SCORE

l MISSISSIPPI sr KENTUCKY
. uh r h bl at: i ii bl
!Daniel3b 4 oo o Harris1b 4 12 o
i Hogancl 5 000 Almond 4 000
lNormanlb 4 O2 0 Cervantesrt 4 00 O
tBockrierrt 4 010 Mercern O 000
i Anderson 2b3 o o o Feeney ph 1 o o o
t Petrulis on 4 1 1 0 Norton 3!) 4 1 o o
t Carpenterc 4 1 O 0 Clark 3b 0 00 o
1 Hamilton I1 3 1 2 0 Thompsonc 4 0 2 1
t Macktn ss 2 01 0 Phillips ti 3 o 2 o
1 Williams 30 1 10 1 Corurricl 1 00 0
if Burcketl ss 1 0 0 O Reitz 2b 4 01 o
1 TOTALS 35 q 7 1 Michaeiss 3 O 0 O
. Weisberg db 3 1 1 1
TOTALS 35 3 s 2
l

E Mlulsslppl St. 000 010 300 - 4

i‘ Kentucky 000 003 000 - 3

t

E — Hogan, Norman, Michael (2). Hertz, DP ‘
Kentucky 2, Mississippi 51 — 0 LOB -
1‘ Kentucky 9, MISSlSSlppI Si 7. 28 — Norman.
1 Phillips. 38 - Weisberg. SB - Hams. CS —
| Anderson. SH - Hamilton, Michael
l
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IP H R ER BB SO

Mbelubpl St.

Waltaoe(52) 7 6 3 1 2 b
‘ Pardon 1/1 2 0 O 1 2
' Powell 0/2 0 o O O 1
( Kentucky

Thompson (2-1) 6/2 6 4 1 2 e

Frazier 2/1 1 o 0 0 1

PB — Thompson. Carpenter. U — Waite, Henry. Mari
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A little Bat Cat tan holds a baseball autographed by UK star Mike Harris (foreground).

he shook it off and celebrated with the
team in the dugout.

As the UK bats came alive so did the
routine ground balls off MSU bats.

With two outs in the top of the sev-
enth inning UK shortstop Jeff Michael
booted a ground ball, that enabled
MSU to take the lead and ultimately
the victory at 4-3.

“Defense is like hitting ‘— it‘s con—
tagious," UK coach Keith Madison
said about his team's trend of critical
errors.

But Madison said he didn't think the
contagion would turn into a Bat Cat
trend.

“I’m not worried. we played good
defense all spring.”

The error bug did pass, as the Bat
Cats retired six Bulldog batters in a
row.

The stage seemed set for what the
Bat Cats have been doing all year ~
dramatic bottom—of-the-ninih wins.

Junior second baseman Max Reiu.
led off with a base hit to center.

He advanced to second on Jeff Mi-
chael’s perfectly executed sacrifice
bunt.

It began to look like UK was going
to do it again as the “laws Theme" be-
gan to play over the stadium loud-
speaker system signaling that UK‘s top
batter, Mike “Shark" Harris, was enter-
ing the batter’s box.

MSU coach Ron Polk, however, had
a couple of big fish of his own. He
promptly brought in last season's SEC
Tournament Most Valuable Player —
relief pitcher John Harden.

And Harden began to take the bite
out of UK‘s offensive attack.

Two of the SEC's top players
Harris and Harden squared off
against each other with the game on
the line.

Harden had great stuff that enabled
him to get ahead of Harris in the count
0-2.

Harris hung in, fouling off just about
every pitch in Harden repertoire.

The two players came to a conipro.

SATURDAY'S DOUBLE HEADER BOX SCORE

l
1, FIRST GAME
1 MISSISSIPPI ST KENTUCKY
‘ at: r h bl in h bl
i Daniel so 5 O 2 2 Harris 1b 4 2 2 3
lHeganci s so a Abbottcl .1 3 2 2
Bucknerrl 4 a o 9 Cervantesn 5 4 2 4
Norrnan1b S 121) Commct S 00 O
Petrulis db 4 21 3 Weisberg db 5 1 1 o
Gammitl ll 3 2 2 1 Norton 3!) 4 2 2 2
l Anderson 254 1 2 1 Clark 3!) O O O O
! Lyonsc 3 1 2 2 Thompsonc 5 :1 4 3
l Evans pr 0 .9 a Phillips” 4 1 1 2
l Mac-km ss 2 Jr) 1 Feeneyrt 1 1 1 1
t Perkins ss 0 see R9112 an 5 1 2 3
1 Williams on 1 1 ' 2 Michael 55 5 3 2 0
‘1 TOTALS 36 9 129 TOTALS 42 211920

Mississippi St. 042 010 020 - 9

Kentucky 004 341 81x - 21
E ._ Gamrnill. Norton, Perkins DP — Kentucky
2. MlSSlSSIDDl St ~ 0. LOB — Kentucky 9,
l MlSSlSSlppl St 7 28 — Harrls. Daniel.
1 Garnrnntl HR .. Williams, Harris (11),
Crevantes (4), thompson (1), Feeney. SB —
Thompson. Michael 05 — Gammitl SF —
! Mackin Norton, Phillips

IP H R ER BB SO

Mississippi St

George (3 21 4/1 8 9 9 4 3
News 1 ’2 5 5 5 3 1
Dams 2 6 7 7 2 0
Kentucky

Henderson (4721 7 11 9 9 3 8
Fisher 2 1 O t) 1 0

WP - George, Howe. Dams. P8 - t yons, Thorrvson
HPB , pel'ulls (by Henderson). Anderson (by
Hendemon). Michael (by Home), U - Walse 3o. Henry
hp,Ryan1b Trne— 341 A- 571

mise -— with Harris drawmg a walk.

Next up was freshman outfielder
Jeff Abbott. Polk then (lCCItiCd to coun-
ter with his biggest fish of them all ._
freshmen fireballer Jay Powell.

Powell‘s 11-4. 2] l-pound frame
along With a 01) inile-per—hour fastball
makes him one of the most intimidat-
ing relief pitchers in the country.

Powell got Abbot to hit ;i sacrifice
grounder. that left the (fats with run~
ners at the corners with two outs.

Powell then closed the curtain on the
UK rally, striking iiut sophomore
Blake l‘t‘cncy to cnd thc giiimc

":\ sweep is just so hard to come by
-— but we won the series and that's
something to feel good about," Madi-
son said.

After falling behind the Bulldogs (1.
l) in the first game of Saturday‘s dou-

SECOND GAME
MISSISSIPPI ST KENTUCKY

ab r h bl at) r h bl
Daniel GD 3 O O ’2‘ Harris ‘ b 2 ‘ 2 J
Hagan cl 2 ‘ ‘ C ADDOY' Cl 3 O 1 0
Buckner" 3 O 1 ‘ Pmllips l1 2 O O 0
Norman 1:: ’3 C G 0 Norton 3:1 3 D 1 0
Anderson on 2 C O 0 Corum c1 0 O 0 0

1 Gamrriitl 11 2 O 1 0 Cervantes r1 3 O 1 G

Harriilton ll 1 O O 0 Clark 3!) O O 0 O
Permits 2!) 3 O 1 C Thompson on? C O O
Carpenter c 3 O o O Weisberg c 2 3 1 1
Burekelss I} 0 C o Hertz 20 2 C 1 0
Williams on 1 O 0 0 Michael s5 2 C C 1
Mackin s5 0 C O O Hindersrnan c1 3 O C
TOTALS 23 i 4 1 TOTALS 22 e 7 3

Mississippi St. 000100 0 -1
Kentucky 110101 )1 . 4

E — Daniel UP A Kentucky 2 Mi55i55iooi St —
‘ LOB — Kentucky 5 MISSISSIDOI St 4 28 —
Buckner HR » Weisberg (41 SB — Pelrulis
J3) Cervantes (2; CS Nonoc 8147- Rem.

SF . Michael
IP H R ER BB SO
Misstssippi St.
Ouinntini 1} ‘ .- 3 1, 3
Kentucky
Smith '5" ‘ .; 1 - 3 23
BK - Uutnn .. — Watse Ryan, Henry Tm — 205

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bleheader. the Cats came back to score
eight runs in the eighth inning cnroute
to a ll-9 Victory.

And the Cats did it with power.

in the game the Cats got home runs
from Harris 1 l l l, senior outfielder (fer-
vantes i-ll, s