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Thursday, January 26, 2006

56 picks supervisory election

By Sean Rose

THE KENTUCKY KERNEL

Members of the Operations
and Evaluations Committee of the
Student Government chatted and
laughed before Chairman Ben
Carter taped the wooden podium
to quiet the voices.

“I hope you all had a good
break,” Carter said. “I think we’re
going to have a good time this se-
mester.”

80 is back in session.

A resolution passed the Opera-
tions and Evaluations Committee
that if passed by the full senate
next week would collect student
opinions on the meal plan during
the March election.

A question would ask students
which meal plan they prefer ver-
sus the current one and the declin-
ing balance system UK had last
year.

“I feel like it puts the decision

Celebrating 35 years of independence

on the hands of the students,” said
senator Will Fuller, who co-spon-
sored the bill. “It proves to them
that we’re actually trying to get
the students) participating on
something like this.”

Preparations for the upcoming
March election began last night as
well. Polling times and places were
passed and must now be approved
by the full senate in next week's
meeting. It’s similar to last year
except LCC won’t be involved be-

cause it’s not affiliated with UK
anymore. Some members dis-
cussed moving more polling ma~
chines to the classroom building
where more students are during
the day.

Carter advocated sticking with
last year’s set and with what “we
know works" he added that mov-
ing machines might not mean
more voting.

“It's a fact that not all students
do vote." Carter said.

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President Becky
Ellingsworth appointed the Elec-
tion Board of Supervisions last
night and must be appointed next
week as well. The five members of
the Board monitor and r the
spring elections, which d ’t al-
ways go according to plan.

“Hopefully we’ll get through
this election with out any hitches,”
Ellingsworth said referring to last
year’s controversial election that

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Study:
Many
students
harassed

New national survey confirms
data collected by UK center

By Ryan Evans
in: KENTUCKY KERNEL

College students who are victims of
sexual harassment have no reason to
feel alone.

A report issued by the American As-
sociation of University Women Tues-
day indicates that nearly two-thirds of
college students are affected by some
sort of sexual harassment, ranging
from offensive jokes and gestures to
touching and grabbing.

The study indicates that while men
are more likely to harass. men and
women are equally likely to be ha-
rassed on US. campuses. According to
the report, 62 percent of college stu-
dents experienced some form of sexual
harassment. In addition, 32 percent of
college students said they were victims
of physical harassment.

“These prevalent figures are remi.
niscent of our own data from the UK
Women’s Safety Study. which showed
that over one-third of female students
will suffer some form of victimization

See Study on page 2

College
loan rate
may jump

By Elizabeth Troutman
THE KENTUCKY «mun

 

Paying for higher education could
become even more difficult.

With the US. Senate's approval of a
series of bills to cut funding for federal
student loans. students and parents are
facing possible increase in interest
rates. The measure may raise federal in-
terest rates from 7.9 percent to 8.5 per-
cent and cut $14 billion in funding for
student financial aid programs.

Congress voted on the budget plan
on Dec. 21. Vice president Dick Cheney
cast the final vote in favor of the mea-
sure

Rep. Ben Chandler, D-Ky., was the
state's only representative to oppose the
measure. In a statement, he vowed to
continue the fight for higher education
funds.

“ Cuts to programs that help stu-
dents attend college are truly uncon-
scionable," he said. “Ensuring that the
people of Kentucky receive a quality ed-
ucation must be a priority of our state."

David Prater, associate director of fi-
nancial aid at UK, calls the state of the
bills an “up-in-the-air situation.” He
said the only effect UK's financial pro
gram anticipates is of the possible hike
in interest rates.

"Anytime you start raising interest
rates that students have to pay. obvious-
ly it will impact them when they get out
of school," he said.

Prater believes Congress will decide
on a compromise to appease both sides
of the issue. He recommends UK stu-

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Mickie DeMoss vividly re-
members the last time Kentucky
beat Tennessee in women‘s bas-
ketball. It was 1986. and she was
in her first year as an assistant at
UT.

“We came up here. got beat
and Pat did not feed us on the way
home." DeMoss said. “I learned
from that trip. at pre-game meal.
to stick an apple or banana in my
briefcase because. if we lose. I
can't afford to miss many meals.

We got on the bus and went right
back to Knoxville and didn't eat."

Twenty years later. DeMoss
wouldn‘t mind sending the No. 1-
ranked Volunteers home hungry
again. Her team (14—4. 3-2 South-
eastern Conference) is off to its
best start in 13 years and. for the
first time in DeMoss’ tenure. can
be regarded as a serious threat to
UT (18-1. 4-0 SEC)

“1 think this game does have a
different flavor (than previous
ones)." she said. “We‘ve made
some noise in the league. so I

think they‘ll come in here and be
ready to play. 1 will look for my
team to compete hard tomorrow
night."

When DeMoss arrived at UK.
the program was having trouble
competing with anyone in the
SEC. The Cats had lost 36 of 43
conference games under previous
coach Bernadette Mattox and the
program was floundering. Just
three years later, UK enters
tonight‘s game confident that it
can end a 24-game losing streak to

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with top-ranked Tennessee

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not surprised.”

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Tennessee women's
basketball coach

 

After all the hoopla, there will be
hoops.

Pat Summitt brings women's bas-
ketball phenomenon Candace Parker
and the No. 1 Lady Vols (18-1, 4-0
Southeastern Conference) into Rupp
Arena tonight to face UK (14-4, 3-2
SEC) in a game that. in recent years.
was a yawner for the Big Orange.

This year. Summitt said. Ten-

nessee knows they’ll get a game from

an up-and-coming program.

“it‘s going to be a challenge."
Summitt said. “We tend to bring out
the best in other teams."

UT is coming off their only loss of
the season, a 7552 defeat to No.2 Duke

7 pm.
Rupp Arena

at Cameron Indoor Stadium Monday
night.

Despite the loss. UT is still ranked
first in the Associated Press poll.
which voted before the Duke game.
But the top ranking is still a motiva-
tor for UK.

“Who doesn't want to beat num-
ber one?" sophomore center Sarah El-
liott said. “It‘s something you dream
about."

The Tennessee mystique, as well

See Preview on page 5

UK head coach Mickie DeMoss signals to her team from the sidelines
during last week's game against Auburn. She will try to lead UK to its
first upset of a No. l-ranked opponent tonight against Tennessee.

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UK legal office hires two more attorneys

By Megan Carrel
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Two new lawyers recently joined
the UK Office of Legal Counsel.

News of the openings, which were
posted in September, elicited a huge
response from all over the country.

“All of the candidates were excel-
lent, which made it a difficult deci-
sion,” Chief Legal Counsel Barbara
Jones said.

Thalethia Routt and Ruth Booher
were offered positions in November
and were hired as Counsel General
Associates at UK last month. Jones
said.

The Office of Legal Counsel pro-
vides legal services to the university
administration, staff and students.
Two attorneys, including Booher, are
located in UK Chandler Medical Cen-
ter, and six more attorneys are locat-
ed in the legal office in the Main
Building.

“It is an amazingly complicated
organization.’ ’Jones said. “We review
regulations. We work with property
issues and litigation We do research
We answer questions all day long.’

In order to meet the wide variety
of needs, UK attorneys have special-
ized fields of expertise and although

the two attorneys will cost UK more
than $200,000 per year, Jones said in-
house attorneys actually save money
for the university because of their
specialties.

Routt has useful experience with
real estate transactions, Jones said
while Booher specializes in health
care law.

Hiring out~of—house attorneys to
work on health care issues would cost
about $200 to $300 an hour, Jones said,
although some other health care work
may still need to be contracted. Jones
still was pleased with the benefits of
having an in- -house attorney with
Booher‘s experience.

Although Routt focuses on proper-
ty issues, she said her responsibilities
are different every day.

“I enjoy the chance to work with

different types of law," said Routt.

For Routt the job at UK was espe-
cially fortuitous. As a native of
Berea, Ky, and a graduate of UK law
school, she was pleased to find a posi
tion so close to home.

“When I saw the job posting, I felt
like it was the opportunity of a life-
time,” Routt said.

Before coming to UK, Booher
worked as the general counsel at the
Medical College of Wisconsin.

“Relocation from Milwaukee was a
big process,” said Booher. “But I am
very pleased to be here.”

Some of the attorneys have been a
part of UK for more than 30 years,
Jones said.

“Everyone in the office works very
well together,” Jones said. “We’re like
a team."

She added that Routt and Booher
fit in well with the teamwork.

“We hired the new attorneys be-
cause we felt they could help us serve
the university better,” Jones said.
“We chose the ones with the right
amount of experience in the field.
They had all the pieces that made the
right fit.”

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while a student at UK,” said Carol Jor-
dan, director of the Center for Re-
search on Violence Against Women at
UK.

“As a result, these newly released
figures don’t surprise us,“ Jordan said.
“Rather they remind us of the impor-
tance of the work that all of us are do
ing to improve the safety of women at
this university."

The online survey, conducted by
Harris Interactive, included students
ages 18 to 24 and had a sampling error
of plus or minus 2 percentage points. A
representative survey of 2,036 under-
graduate students from US. campuses
revealed that 41 percent had sexually
harassed someone.

The survey also included flashes of
frontal or rear nudity, calling someone
gay, lesbian or a homophobic name, or
spreading sexual rumors about some-
one as sexual harassment.

The study found some of the most
common types of physical harassment

“These forms of abuse and
victimization touch the lives
of way too many students and
these behaviors cannot be
tolerated..."

Carol Jordan

director, Center for Research on Violence Against Women

include being touched, grabbed or
pinched in a sexual way, or intentional-
ly brushing up against someone in a
sexual way.

The findings of this report correlate
with UK’s own study of sexual assaults
and stalking. Much of the university‘s
campus safety initiatives have been dri-
ven by the increasing incidence of sex-
ual assault on campus in recent years.

“The study is an important re-
minder of what we have been saying
now for two years at UK: that these
forms of abuse and victimization touch
the lives of way too many students and
that these behaviors cannot be tolerat-
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The national study also found that
less than 10 percent of all students re-
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ployee. Most student victims say the m-
cident was “not a big deal” even though
it made victims feel “helpless” or “hor-
rible.”

“There are common lessons for us
to learn from our own UK study and
from the study just released by the
AAUW,” Jordan said. “First, these
forms of victimization happen to far
too many students: female and male,
from all walks of life, and from all
races and ethnicities. The second dis-
comforting similarity is that most stu-
dents who have these experiences do
not tell.”

According to Jordan, communica-
tion is key to preventing sexual harass-
ment on campus.

“Of all the things we are presently
doing to make UK safer for all those
who live and learn here, I hope most of
all that we communicate this: if this
ever happens to you, or if you ever feel
afraid, you can tell.”

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Intelligent desi;

By Chris Collins
M Win KERNEI.

Gov. Fletcher’s call at the
end of his 2006 State of the
Commonwealth address for
the teaching of “intelligent
design" could have a nega-
tive effect for science, some
members of the UK commu-
nity say.

Intelligent design is a
concept that certain features
of the universe and living
things are best explained as
coming from a designer or
creator.

“The problem with the
teaching of intelligent design
is that the US. used to be the
world’s scientific power, but
we’re sliding into the back-
waters,” said biology profes-
sor Jim Krupa. “South Ko-
rea, Germany, even France,
England — they’re surpass-
ing us, and it’s in part be-
cause there is such a fear of
science.

Last month Judge John
Jones 111 issued a 139-page
decision against the school
board of Dover, Penn, for
equating the teaching of in-
telligent design with cre-
ationism. The decision
marked the first time a feder-
al district court ruled against
the teaching of intelligent
design.

Krupa said this attitude
is particularly prohibitive.

“Science is seen as such a
threat that teachers aren’t
teaching it well. We don‘t un-
derstand it and this is all es-
calating,” Krupa said. “And
were seeing it with this intel-
ligent design (debate). That‘s
the tip of the iceberg of this
whole problem.”

 

The most famous evolu-
tion versus creation court
case was in 1925 in Dayton,
Tenn, when former presi-
dential candidate William
Jennings Bryan prosecuted
John T. Scopes for violating
the Butler Act, a Tennessee
law that forbade the teaching
of evolution. Scopes was
found guilty and fined $100.
There have been numerous
cases at the state and federal
levels since.

“I would love to see them
try to teach it because if it’s
a theory then it generates fal—
sifiable testable predictions,”
Krupa said. “In debates I’ve
asked them to give me some
falsifiable testable predic-
tions and they’ll say, ‘Well.
it‘s such a new theory that
we haven’t really thought
that through yet.’"

Proponents of the design
theory argue that it should
be taught in classrooms
alongside evolution. Others
disagree.

Todd Martin. a student at
the Southern Baptist Theo-
logical Seminary, said he be-
lieves intelligent design theo
ry is a plausible and useful
scientific concept.

“I think evolution should
be presented as a concept. a
theory about how life has
changed over years," Martin
said. “Intelligent design has
some definite legitimacy. It
has a role in the classroom.”

Guy Hamilton Smith, a
psychology senior, has no
problem with schools teach-
ing the theory as long as it is-
n‘t taught in science classes.

“I don’t have a problem
with it as long as it’s a theo-

gn up for debate

logical elective course, be-
cause it's just not a scientific
theory,” said Smith. “It does
offer an alternative explana-
tion to the origin of the
world but it can‘t be refuted
because it's just not science."

Tyler Porter, a second-
year mechanical engineering
student holds the same view.

“I don’t think it’s proper
for a science class; I think it’s
a philosophical movement. I
know it’s trying to be based
in science,” said Porter. “It’s
a viable philosophical alter-
native, I just don’t think it‘s
science-worthy. It’s more of a
philosophy class subject.”

Although the movement
seems to have suffered a set-
back with the Dover school
board ruling, some say it’s
too early to count intelligent
design out.

Steve Voss, a political sci-
ence professor at UK, said it’s
possible that intelligent de-
sign could be implemented.

“The reason why I think
there is a chance the
Supreme Court would allow
the teaching of intelligent
design is that it’s not clear
they would have to overturn
a previous precedent to allow
it," Voss said. “They are
more likely to stick with the
way things are instead of
overturning a previous case.
You could issue a Supreme
Court opinion allowing the
teaching of intelligent design
without having to overturn
the creationism cases.
Lawyers are very good at
making distinctions in the
law”

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dents avoid private loaners
and get financial aid through
the university.

“We certainly would not
want to see a higher interest
rate passed on to our stu-
dents,” he said.

The threat of rising inter-
est rates on his student loans
didn’t alarm Matt Gray dur-

ing his shift at the Student
Center Starbucks.

The communications
sophomore, who calls his
KEES scholarship “peanuts"
compared to the cost of col-
lege, depends on his parents
to financially support his ed-
ucation. He admits that the
job at Starbucks doesn’t
bring in enough money to
pay for school on his own.
and regrets that his parents
take the responsibility of
paying the debt of his loans.

“It‘s really something on

my mind because I have to
depend on my parents," he
said. “It’s something that re-
ally bothers me."

Neil Lucas, a psychology
student graduating in May. is
preparing to enter graduate
school with lingering under-
graduate loans. But a hike in
interest rates doesn’t worry
him much.

“I guess I‘ll just be paying
loans longer than I‘d like to."
he said.

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spanned over five months.

“Cross our fingers,” she
said knocking on the table to
laughter around her.

The committee also
passed a resolution on to
next week’s senate meeting
that would encourage UK to
make dead week to be what
the name implies.

“I think it’s an issue we
all believe needs to be ad-
dressed,” Carter said adding
that it was important to
show that all of 80 was be-
hind the initiative.

“1 think we need to go
lock, steady forward with
it," he said.

Two more Ellingsworth
appointees were passed on
to next week’s senate meet-
ing for approval.

Ryan Hamilton. a finance
junior, was recommended as
the new executive director.
The former one, accounting

junior Nick Perez, trans-
ferred to a Texas school.

Ashley Rumsey, a psy-
chology junior. was recom-
mended by Ellingsworth to
work alongside and ease the
workload on communica-
tions director Jason Robin-
son.

A half hour after Opera-
tions and Evaluations Com-
mittee started the Appropri-
ation and Revenue Commit-
tee began for the semester,
funding three UK organiza-
tions.

The committee voted
unanimously to give $2.500
from SC budget surplus to
the UK Women's Place. It
will go to next week’s senate
meeting for approval.

The Women’s Place an
educational center commit-
ted to issues such as vio-
lence against women in the
UK community. They had
originally asked for $5,000.

The money will go to-
ward paying staff for coun-
seling and public relations.
said Ellingsworth.

The committee also ap-
proved organization funding

that doesn’t need full senate
approval.

The UK Equestrian
Team was given $1,000.
which will go toward paying
their coaches. The represen-
tatives said the team has a
good chance to go to nation-
als and that coaching bills
increase with the competi-
tion.

Animal science senior
Jessica Schellenberger, one
of the equestrian members.
said the team was still a
club sport and was disad-
vantaged because of that
and depended on funds from
organizations like 80.

“The only way that we
can stay competitive is to
keep our coaches and pay
them what they deserve,“
Schellenberger said.

The committee also gave
$1,000 to the College of Arts
and Sciences Ambassadors.
The ambassadors will use
the money to pay for tee
shirts that will be given out
during arts and sciences
week Feb. 20 to Feb. 24.

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Features

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WHAT'STHEDEAL? I Demystifying campus trends
Procrastinators choose last

Every morning, 27-year-
old Patrick Bateman, a fic-
tional character from the 2000
hit-movie “American Psycho,"
performs a ritual. His daily
habit of ensuring a healthy
diet and rigorous exercise
routine not
only allow
him agile mo-
bility, but es-
sentially a
stress-free
mentality on
the way to his
executive Wall
Street job.

So. if Bate-

Moyer man can wake

KERNELCOLUMNISI up . every
morning and

do everything
from 1000 stomach crunches
to applying an herb-mint fa-
cial masque all before head-
ing to work. then why is it
near impossible for some of
us students to do our own
miniscule rituals of working
out for Spring Break, or even
studying in advance for ex-
ams?

OK. maybe I’m a victim of
my own criticism. consider
ing I turned this article in on
pieces of toilet paper 10 min-
utes before deadline. But, for
the most part, students seem
to enjoy the childhood game
of stressing out when some-
thing has to be accomplished
at the last minute.

Dictionarycom defines
procrastination as “the act of
putting something off until a
later time." You might be like
my drunken roommate and
have never heard the word
procrastinate used before, so
let me clarify by mentioning
other commonly used slang
phrases. such as “waiting un~
til the last minute“ and “be-
ing a lazy-ass.“ Maybe you're

Kenny

more familiar with this termi-
nology.

Procrastination is one
characteristic of a college stu-
dent, or rather, any unorga-
nized individual for that mat-
ter, that has the ability to
break a person. Last week I
talked about why undergradu-
ates shouldn‘t wait until their
senior year to figure out what
they want to do for the rest of
their lives. Today. I‘ll use a
similar concept, but in a more
general perspective.

It happens every semester,
every year. The first week of
school is repetitiously known
as “syllabi week." You go to
class. take roll, make sure
you‘re not the only senior in a
100-level class, get a course
syllabus and then peace out.
(Side note: once class time is
up you ‘ll wonder why you
procrastinated on course
scheduling months ago and
wish you ‘d have the opportu-
nity to sign up for a different
class. I’ve seen it a million
times.)

When asked about his feel-
ings on “syllabi week," politi~
cal science and history senior
Will English said he likes to
take all the important dates
from the course handout and
plug them into his semester
planner.

“If I know I have a big pa
per due in February. I can or-
der more ink for my printer
now. instead of realizing I'm
out of luck at the last
minute.“ said English.
“Knowing when something is
due helps me get ahead."

Take advantage of these
first few weeks of school and
get ahead. By keeping an ac-
curate calendar of class ex-
ams and assignment due
dates, you can start reading.
writing or even visiting your

professor, to ensure you will
receive a deserving grade.
You may have to take, what
Dr. Marvin from “What About
Bob?" would call “baby steps"
when it comes to developing
these good habits. But. once
you get on track and see re-
sults (i.e. ‘A‘ grades), you can
create your own incentive
program to enhance the expe-
rience.

For instance, finance se-
nior Neil Plamp considers
studying an opportunity cost
of not being able to go out
every night during his last se-
mester of college.

“If I know I want to go out
on Wednesday night, and I
have an assignment due
Thursday, I'll take advantage
of the early week and com-
plete the assignment then."
said Plamp. “I consider going
out an award for my hard
work. And, the only worry I‘ll
have is making sure to get up
for class."

On a similar note, every»
one knows Spring Break be-
gins in 46 days, right? With
that in mind. along with the
beach and impressionable col-
lege drunks you will meet.
let's get going on some sort of
exercise or health kick now. I
know you would much rather
be watching the new season of
MTV's “Next“ than going to
the crowded gym. but as you
have just learned. motivate
yourself by rewarding goal
achievement. and reap all the
benefits of a fulfilled life.
Once you get the hang of it.
you‘ll notice a lot of free time
on your hands you'll have to
do the things you might have
always wanted to do like
ask that cute boy/girl out on a
date. Seriously, do it.

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PBS names station exec as new leader

Matea Gold
lOS ANGELES TIMES

NEW YORK m After a
year of fractious struggles in
public broadcasting over poli-
tics and finances, the Public
Broadcasting Service turned
inward this week to choose its
next leader. selecting a veter-
an public-television station
executive known for her diplo—
matic skills.

The PBS board of direc-
tors announced Monday that
it had selected Paula Kerger. a
top executive at New York’s
Thirteen. WNET. to be the sys-
tems next president and CEO.
Kerger will replace outgoing
president Pat Mitchell. a for-
mer conunercial-television ex-
ecutive. who is taking over the
helm of the Museum of Tele-
vision & Radio. a nonprofit or—
ganization that preserves
broadcasting programs.

Kerger‘s appointment was
greeted with optimism by
many of the system‘s advo—
cates. who called her the right
person to tackle current chal—
lenges.

John Lawson, president of
the Association of Public
Television Stations. expressed
hope that Kerger would be
able to resolve some historic
tensions between PBS and the

348 member stations that fi-
nance it.