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The college
consumer

College campuses are
the center for many
product tests. Free
samples are provided
in an effort to see
how we. the average
food-craving guinea
pigs, respond.

Only a couple of days
ago I received a free
sample of cheese dip
in a cup. The cup-o-
cheese was similar in
size to ore-packaged
lruit cups or single-
serving pudding cups.
This is a late-night,
dark-room craving
disaster waiting to
happen. I have, for
that reason. decided
to make a list of
other products that
never made it to
market.

Mochanaise - The
creamy coffee-
flavored sandwich
dressing with a
spunky caffeine kick.

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Staff members look for answers

Making ends meet: Family health insurance increase
of $122 has physical plant division workers dissatisfied

By Tracy Kershaw
Wis EDITOR

Some UK staff members still have ques
tions about the $122 increase in their family
health insurance. even after attending a
meeting Thursday morning to explain the
new benefits package.

“Workers are dissatisfied." said David
Lautzenheiser. a Physical Plant Division
plumber who attended the meeting. which
was called by the UK benefits department.
"No one has given us an understandable
answer."

UK staff and faculty who buy insurance
for themselves and their children will pay
$246 in 2001-2002. a 42 percent increase frotn
the $172.30 rate in 20002001.

The employee-plus-family plan went
froin 3.3639611 month to $186 a month. an in-
crease of 33.5 percent.

The beneﬁts department could not he
reached Thursday for comment.

Many Physical Plant Division workers
who already tnust work second and third jobs
do not know how they will make ends meet.

If custodians. grounds workers and oth
er physical plant employees are forced to

find Work elsewhere. students could feel the
impact. [autzenheiser said.

" We know where things are on campus
the water lines. the breaker boxes. A con
tractor isn‘t going to know where the water
lines are or which breakers work for cer
tain areas." he said. "What do you think the
dorms would look like itcustodians have to
quit?"

The lowest hourly wage for physical
plant workers is $6.31) 1.:tut/enheiser esti
mates that those workers will bring home
$90 frotn each paycheck after taxes and pay
ing insurance.

.-\ strike has
l.autxenheiser said

“We basically want a real answer on
why our insurance raised." he said. “We
want straight answers."

not been disciissed.

Deborah I’loreL a buildings operator for
1;; years. w ill have to drop insurance for her
2‘3 monthold daughter and her husband

"1 have no choice." she said “If I want
money in the bank. I'll have to not insure
my baby or my husband "

Flore! said some staff members have
begun looking at other insurance issues. in
cluding fraud. Some have requested item
ized billitig and found that they were billed
for seryices that were never performed

"One woman found that she was billed
for four days on a respirator. but she never
even saw a respirator while she was in the
hospital.” she said,

The staff would appreciate student sup
port. she said.

"We want them to sw- they'ye got issues
to light in their own backyard." she said

Wher fights to stop racial profiling

‘Bang': Kadiatou Diallo gives
descriptive account of shooting

By Lamin Swann

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shakes hands with
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spoke about racial

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By
speaking
out, I may
prevent
another
parent from
going
through
this.”

— Kadiatou Diallo.
mother of police
shooting victim Amadou
Diallo

lets from guns of four police officers whizzing to-
ward you. Nineteen bullets pierce your flesh
while in an apartment vestibule with nowhere to
go. nowhere to hide.

Many can imagine this nightmarish scene
but minutes after the strike of midnight on Feb.
4. 1999. in Bronx. NY. Zityearold Guinean immi-
grant Amadou Diallo experienced it.

Two years after the scene in the Ilronx apart-
ment vestibule. Diallo's mother. Kadiatou.
speaks to a UK audience about her eldest son‘s
legacy.

“Speaking gives the peace and healing." Dial-
10 said at a news conference before speaking to a
capacity-filled Memorial Hall Thursday night.

Titled “The Legacy of Amadou Diallo." Dial-
his mother spoke of her son‘s life. one that she
says ended because of racial profiling.

Diallo dreamed for a bright future.

"Yes. Amadou had high hope for the future

he was supposed to enroll in college the next
week." she said.

Diallo had a passion for school and attended
some top universities internationally. including
Cambridge University in England.

"He worked 12 hours. six days a week in New
York. saving $9.000 to continue his education [in
computersl." Kadiatou Diallo said.

She also gave a detailed and descriptive ac-
count of what she was told of her son‘s death and
ofthe events in months following the incident

“Amadou had only his wallet. keys anti a

beeper with him." Diallo said. describing when
her son encountered the plainly dressed. all-
white New York Police Department officers.

“By Witnesses accounts. the police officers
never identified themselves." she said.

The police officers on the scene said Diallo
resembled a sketch of a rapist. described a 15-foot.
zoo-pound man. nowhere matching the descrip-
tion of Amadou

“Amadou was fivefeet six-inches and 13.3
pounds." Diallo‘s mother said. "Amadou has nev
er been in a fight before he had nowhere to go.
nowhere to hide.“

profiling at Memorial
Hall Thursday night.
Diallo's son,
Amadou, was gunned
down by New York
City police in 1999.

COLIN ANDERSON 1
KERNL STAFF

When the four police officers were acquitted
of two counts each of second-degree murder and
one count of first-degree reckless endangerment.
Diallo said the justice for her family was not
served.

But they did not stop there,

“A civil suit has been filed against the NYPD
and the (‘ity of New York." Diallo said.

Speaking for about an hour last night. Diallo
spoke about racial profiling and that it needs to
slut).

“By speaking out. I may help prevent anoth
er parent from going through this.” she said.

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UK president-elect discusses the
‘sociology of family' with students

Softer side: Todd answers questions about his marriage

By Sonya lichtensteﬂi

STAFF WRITER

Some students now have a new per-
spective on UK's next president. Lee Todd.

Visiting campus so far only for press
conferences. Todd made his ﬁrst CiaSSNXllll
appearance Thursday.

With his entpreneurial background.
most would suspect his lecture would con»
sist of advice on how to succeed in one's ca-
reer. But in Professor Joanna Badagliac»
co's SOC 409 class. sociology of families.
this business man showed students his
softer side.

Todd. who has been married for at;
years. gave back in a somewhat surprising
way by answering questions from students
about what he and his wife have done to
preserve their marriage.

Todd‘s successes have extended be-
yond his career. He and his wife Patsy.
who he met in elementary school. have
spent their life together. They married
right after college.

“Total support.” he said. when asked
of the quality he values most in his wife.
“In every case where things got tough. she
would always be one thousand percent be-

hind me and the kids."

His wife then responded with endear-
ment. “He is a listener. 1 have never met a
better listener. That's why I think he'll be
great on this campus." she said. ”He never
hesitates to say I'm sorry,"

Being open with the classroom full of
mostly seniors. some even married and en»
gaged. he admitted his greatest regret.

“If I could change one thing in my
marriage. 1 would have involved my wife
tnore in tny business." Wanting to correct
this mistake now. he said. “That's why she
will be involved here."

Todd said he plans to include his wife
in decision-making and truly making her a
part of this campus as well.

Though the Todds have spent sortie of
their marriage living in different cities.
they now have more time for each other
since their youngest child left for college.
They are going through the same “empty
nest" feeling like most parents. they said.

Always putting their children first. the
Todds take pride in the accomplishments
of their children.

Lee Todd. who will assume the 1K
presidency on July I. said. “But now we
have 511,000 more children!"

mammal | rtenttsurr

Ill President-elect Lee Todd and his wife.
Patsy. tell their story to students.

.AwARENESS-

College works
to help child
abuse victims

Participation: Education staff
encourages students to walk

3V Alonso Soto and Stephanie Boven
CONTRIBUTING “RITERS .._, _.

(‘hild abuse is not frotn the past.

And it's not from the future.

It happens in the present. and it hap-
pens to children every day. said Cindi .Iefferr
son. administrative assistant in the 1K (‘ol~
lege of Education.

Jefferson hopes this year's Spring Walk
Against (‘hild Abuse will raise awareness
and money to help victims of child abuse.

Six years ago when the walk started.
there were about 200 tuirticipants. according
to staff at the college. last year. only '25 people
took part in the event. The decline has raised
concerns about the level of student involve
ment in community events. Jefferson said

The cmrdinators of the annual walk
credit several factors to the decline in
turnout The first being that an "event like
this needs time to develop." said .losh Shep
herd. infonnation specialist at the College of
Education The walk has only been around a
short time and the community is not fully
aware. Shepherd added

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The Low-down

This is
one day
I wish
the
show
would
last
four
hours.”

- Katie
Curio, as
quoted by co-
host Matt
Lauer on
Thursday's
“Today" show.
on which she
was being cel-
ebrated for her
10th anniver.
sary at the an-
chor desk.

Senate GOP hoping to revive tax cut

WASHINGTON — Top Senate Republicans
say they are intent on restoring President
Bush's proposed $1.6 trillion, 10-year tax cut to
near its original size. now that the heart of his
economic blueprint has suffered its first
bruises. In the first real blow to Bush’s fiscal
plans. the Senate tentatively voted Wednesday
to reduce the tax cut by $450 billion and dis-
tribute that money evenly between education
and debt reduction. The 53-47 vote came as
senators continued debating a $1.94 trillion
GOP budget for 2002 that would pave the way
for Bush's tax proposal. Minutes earlier, mod-
erate Republican Sen. James Jeffords of Ver-
mont said he expected to vote against the GOP
budget ”unless a miracle occurs." The twin
setbacks ignited an intensive effort by the
White House and GOP leaders to woo Jeffords
back into the fold while pumping the tax cut's
size back up. Top Republicans predicted they
would do so , and push the budget through
the Senate by week's end.

Muslim rebels call off threat

MANILA. Philippines Muslim rebels
backed off on a threat to behead a US.
hostage Thursday as thousands of soldiers.
bolstered by helicopters and cannons. de-
scended on a southern Philippine island in
search of the insurgents hide-outs. Minutes
before a self-imposed evening execution dead-
line. Abu Sabaya. the leader of the Abu
Sayyaf guerrilla group. told Jeffrey
Schilling's mother during a conversation on
the local Radio Mindanao Network that he
would not behead the 2&yearold Oakland.
Calif. native. Carol Schilling. a 51-year-old
YMCA accountant in Oakland. had come to
Manila to appeal for her son‘s life. Abu
Sayyaf. which says it is fighting for a separate
Muslim homeland, had promised to behead
Schilling on Thursday to mark the 54m birth—
day of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo.

Ex-con found guilty of Girl X attack

CHICAGO An ex—convict who lured a 9-
year~old girl into an apartment. poured roach
killer down her throat and beat her in an at-
tack that left her blind. mute and crippled now
faces up to life in prison. The girl. known as
Girl X in the media. had been found uncon»
scious with gang symbols scrawled on her
body in a filthy stairwell of the city's notori-
ous CabriniGreen housing project. Now 13
and in a wheelchair. she testified against her
attacker in court. moving her head and mak-
ing eye movements to communicate. “The
heart of this case was the heart of the victim
who was willing after a devastating attack to
come forward and face the person who did it

SHCOTSHWAN:
Vataran actor
Sean Connery
received an
award for his
services to
Scotland in a
colorful cere-
mony outside
the ”.5. Capitol
on Thursday.
The American
Scottish Foun-
dation awarded
Connery the
William Wallace
award on Tartan
Day in recogni-
tion of his pub-
lic affirmation
of Scotland, his
financial sup-
port of its edu-
cation system
and film indus-
try and his pas-
sion for the
country.

PICKIN’ AND A
GRINNIN':
Actor-director
Billy Bob Thorn-
ton says he's
cutting a coun-
try album. "I'm
not doing this
as a hobby,"
Thornton said.
"I really love
music. And
really care
about it. I hope
everybody lis-
tens to it in the
right spirit. I
mean I wrote
the songs right
out of my gut."

to her," Cook County State’s Attorney Richard
Devine said Wednesday after a jury found
Patrick Sykes, 29. guilty of predatory criminal
sexual assault, kidnapping and attempted
murder. Devine said Sykes faces a maximum
sentence of 120 years for the 1997 attack. A
sentencing date was not immediately set.

Court delivers Milosevic arrest warrant

BELGRADE. Yugoslavia -— The UN. war
crimes tribunal on Thursday formally pre-
sented Yugoslav authorities with a warrant
for Slobodan Milosevic‘s arrest. intent on try-
ing the former president for crimes against
humanity. Hans Holthuis, registrar of the tri-
bunal based in The Hague, Netherlands. sub-
mitted the warrant and the original indict-
ment. Holthuis‘ visit marks a hardening of
the tribunal‘s stand in demanding that Milo-
sevic stand trial in The Hague for atrocities
allegedly committed by his forces against eth-
nic Albanians in Kosovo in 1998 and 1999. The
UN. court indicted Milosevic and four senior
associates in May 1999 on three counts of
crimes against humanity and one count of vi-
olations of the laws and customs of war. Thee
charges carry a maximum penalty of life
imprisonment.

Palestinian convoy fired on after talks

GAZA CITY. Gaza Strip ,_ Israeli troops
fired from close range early Thursday on a
four-car convoy carrying top Palestinian se-
curity officials who had just returned from
talks with Israel on how to reduce friction af-
ter six months of fighting. The army said its
soldiers were fired on first. Mohammed
Dahlan. one of the three security chiefs. said
Israel tried to assassinate him and his col-
leagues with heavy machine gun fire. Seven
bullets struck his silver Mercedes. and a bag
with personal belongings that had rested near
his feet in the car was also hit. Three of his
bodyguards were hurt, including one who was
shot in the leg and two who suffered broken
limbs when one of the four cars overturned.
An Israeli army spokesman. Lt. Olivier
Rafowicz. said a preliminary investigation in-
dicated that shots had first been fired from a
Palestinian jeep at the Israeli position. The Is-
raelis said they fired only because they came
under fire first.

Compiled from wire reports.

—
WALK

Continued from page t

The Child Abuse Walk staff
also mentioned their budget as
a contributing culprit. Jeffer-
son mentioned the possibilities
of busy schedules or lack of in-
terest as additional causes to
the drop in the number of stu-
dent participants.

Jefferson contacted social
organizations, on and off cam-
pus. such as Habitat for Hu-
manity and various fraternities
and sororities to spread the
word.

“[Child abuse] is a problem
that affects every department of
the University of Kentucky. be
cause abuse affects the leaming
ability of the young,“ Shepherd
said.

Jefferson anti Shepherd ex-
pressed their desire for the Uni
versity to put more time and
money behind events like these.

“Our future educators need
to be part ofthe community, get
involved." Shepherd said.

Despite the lack of time for
preparation, a low budget and
few corporation sponsorships.
Jefferson and Shepherd are ex
pecting a higher turnout than
last year. This is the ﬁrst year
that food. music and prizes will
complement the walk.

Next year. a partnership
will be formed with the College
of Social Work. Both colleges at-
tack similar problems, Shep
herd said. He said he believes
that with this union. the walk
is bound to expand.

Walking for charity

The event. organized by the
College of Education Student
Advisory Council, will be held from
9 am. to noon Saturday in front of
the Taylor Education Building.

A $5 donation is expected
from individuals. $20 from small
groups and $50 from large groups.
All proceeds go to the Center for
Women, Children and Families. a
non-proﬁt organization that offers
shelter for children and women in
at-risk families.

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campus as nasty even the street he lives on.

street." the civil engineering senior said.

lar to Woodland Avenue.

lemonade tor the volunteers.

roommates join in on the cleanup effort.

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Volunteering: Members of organization
will clean to show support for bottle bill

Andy Barber described the streets surrounding l’K's

“’l‘here's usually trash. paper. glass bottles and one
time I even saw a rear view mirror on the side ot. the

Barber lives on (‘olumbia Avenue. a street [K‘l‘pt‘mllt'll

When Barber was told that the student organization.
Students Actively Volunteering for the Environment. would
be cleaning up UK streets on Saturday. he was irripressed.

“l woulrl appreciate it. I walk the sidewalks." he said.

In tact. he said he and his roommates might make some

Although lemonade may be refreshing. Andri Kukas.
president of SAVE. said she would also like Barber and his

The more people helping. the more progress SAVE will
make. 'l‘hey‘re not cleaning up UK's mess for community ser-
vice. they're doing it to collect data in which they will pro

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(‘ongress people." Kukas said.

Students plan to SAVE
UK's polluted streets

sent to Kentucky‘s legislature in support of the bottle bill.
"We‘re going to take the photo essays we do before and
after the event and if it‘s good enough. We will write our

"We‘re very dependent on how many people show up."
Kukas said. “If there's not that many people we won't be

able to collect a lot of data."

And after all materials are collected on Saturday.

Kukas sairl the recyclable goods will be separated and

Weighed, Depending on how much data is collected. she

l’K's celebration of Earth Day.

said SAVE will present the findings at Frankfort. SAVE
also plans to present the ﬁndings at Haggin Field during

Karen Stevenson. an environmental science senior. will

volunteer on Saturday. Other than having an active interest

in environmental issues. she has personal reasons as well.
"I ride my bike everywhere and have gotten lots ot'tlats
by glass bottles in the streets." Stevenson sairl.
Likewise. she said when walking down Woodland Av-
enue every day she sees broken glass everywhere.

“Petiple have no respect for that area." she said. "l‘hey

feel like it's their trash can."

Neither Stevenson or Kukas are sure of the impact

SAVE will have on Saturday. but both are optimistic. 'l'hey

day." Stevenson sairl.

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Officials in Beijing
demand U.S. apology

ASSOCIATED PRESS

BEIJING (‘hitia welcomed
American expressions of regret over
the loss of a (‘hinese pilot in a mill
sion with a IXS. spy plane and
quashed a small protest outside the
[VS Embassy on Thursday. a sign it
wants to rein iii public anger amid et'
forts to resolve tensions.

Still. Beijing stuck by its demand
for a lull I'S. apology and took a
tougher line on the detained crew ol.
the spy plane. calling them lawbreak
ers and saying they Wrillltl remain in
(‘hina for questioning.

The White House appeared more
optimistic Thursday. and spokesman
Ari Fleischer said diplomats were
"heavily engaged” in efforts to re
solve the crisis. Secretary ot'StatM oI
in Powell. in a letter to Beijing. reiier
aterl l'.S. concern and regret for the
death ot‘a (‘hinese pilot whose tighter
colliderl with the [S crat‘t over the
South (‘hina Sea. a senior ITS. otticial
said.

(‘hina reacted with a ”Mixture of
encouragement and toughness. a
strategy designed to push the Ameri-
cans towards a full apology and accep-
tance of wrongdoing.

()nly that. (‘hina maintains. will
end the impasse. Washington rules
out an apology. saying its crew did
nothing wrong.

Chinese President Jiong
brain is escorted by a
military aida as he
arrives in Santiloo.
Chile, tor a three-day
state visit opening a 12-
nation latin American
. tour Thursday. Jiang

’ made no public corn-
ment on tensions
between China and the
United States over the
collision between a as
spy plane and a
Chinese tighter result-
ing in the death of the
Chinese pilot.

ASSOCIATED PISS

"'I'lie regret expressed by the l' S
side is a step til the right direction to
solving this question." said Foreign
Ministry spilkt‘slllilll Sun Yuxr. in re»
spouse to I’owell‘s first public expi‘es
sion of regret on V‘Vednesday

“As tor the nest step in handling
this lssllt'. the key is for the l'.S side
to adopt a cooperative attitude. admit
its mistakes and make a t'ormal apolo
gy Sun said

Sun gave no sign that the (TS.
Navy El’ .‘éE's 2t crew members would
be released soon. despite warnings
ll’titll President Bush that (‘hina risks
undermining relations by continuing
to hold them Sun said the collision
was still being investigated.

"The ITS crew violated interna
tional law." Sun said.

Asked whether the 21 men anrl
three women were being questioned.
Sun said: "They have caused this air
collision incident and they also en-
tered illegally into (‘hina‘s airspace. It
is fully natural for competent authori-
ties iii (‘hina to question them about
this incident."

(‘hinese President Jiang Zemin.
meanwhile. arrived in Chile on
Thursday. the first stop on a 12-day
visit to Latin America that he began
despite the crisis with the lfnited
States. He will also stop in Argentina.
I'ruguay. Brazil. Venezuela and (,‘uba.

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