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Phone lines out in residence hall

Lines cut Friday

By Brandy Carter
Sraijn'ter

All but two of the 157 Keeneland Residence Hall
phone lines went out of service down on Friday
evening, but how they went down is still being con-
tested.

“According to repairmen who looked at the com—
munications boxes and residence advisors in
Keeneland the phone lines were deliberately cut at 6
p.m. Friday night," said Ralph Derickson public
affairs coordinator.

No complaints have been ﬁled with the UK
Police Department, but they will investigate, Der-
ickson said.

“I think the phone lines were cut, but we don’t
know who did it since the lines are in the basement.
It could have been anyone,” said Keeneland Hall res-
ident advisor Robert Wess. “Right now we aren’t

actively looking for the person who did it.”

He expected the phone lines to be back up on
Thursday.

However, Billie Pennington a telephone operator
supervisor for UK gave the Kernel a different report
than Derickson.

”VVe don't know what happened. We are current-
ly investigating. There have been problems with
Keeneland’s phone lines in the past and we feel it is a
problem with the system and we are working to
repair it.

“Right now we have no conformation of foul play
and we have no reason to believe the lines were tam-
pered with,” Pennington said.

The downed phone lines have caused several
inconveniences for not only residents, but also for
residence hall employees.

“With the phone lines out it has caused a lot of
problems with trying to set up interviews with
potential residence hall assistants for next school
year,” Wess said.

With Saturday night being a prime night for

guests in the residence halls, this caused problems
when residents tried to check in their guests.

“Originally we were letting resident’s guests
check in with an ID, but now residents must meet
their guests down in the lobby,” Wess said.

Residents trying to make plans stood in line to use
the desk phone Saturday night with a three-minute
limit.Frustrated residents have had to make other
arrangements to use a phone. “I don’t appreciate this
at all —— it will take a long time to ﬁx,” said Eric
Madison a history senior.

The projected Thursday repair date further
angered residents.

“I think its horrible that its taking so long to get
them back up. It has to be someone who lives in
Keeneland who cut the lines," said Michael Schnuer-
le a computer science senior.

Other students enjoyed the tranquillity of not
having working phones.

“It’s peaceful for a change, but then again its kind
of a pain to lurk around in the lobby to meet peo-
ple,” said Toby Brown an English junior.

Keeneland
opens with
new flavor

By Jason Feldmann
Contributing Writer

Things are changing in the Commonwealth of
Kentucky.

Basketball season has come to a close, and the
Cats are no longer national champs.

Horse racing is under way, and Keeneland is no
longer the same racetrack.

April marks the beginning of the gradual shift in
public attention from one sporting event to another.
As basketball slowly relinquishes its hold on Lexing-
ton natives, live horse racing now takes center stage
in the Bluegrass.

The spring session at Keeneland lasts until April

The 61-year-old race track offers thoroughbred
fans the same excitement that it has in the past but
with a few changes.

This year marks the ﬁrst year that Keeneland has
a track announcer calling the races; Kurt Becker, 28,
left the NASCAR circuit in hopes of bringing a new
tradition to the once-silent race track.

Racing purists argue that the new announcer
ruins the tradition and beauty often associated with
Keeneland.

The question in many people’s minds is whether
or not Keeneland will be the same.

“I think the new announcer takes away from what
once made Keeneland s ecial,” said economics
junior Scott Colvin. “All t e other tracks had race-
callers, but Keeneland didn’t. Now it’s just like all
the others.”

Some fans disagree, however, and think the race-
track is changing with the times.

In their minds, Becker is a welcome addition who
will hopefully rejuvenate the atmosphere. Like
Wrigley Field’s adding new lights, Keeneland has
added new sound.

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“1 really don’t mind the change," said Jennifer
Clouser, a family studies senior. “I love the beauty of
this racetrack; that’s why I o. No amount of noise
from a PA speaker will be ab e to take that away.”

Regardless of one’s opinion of the new announc-
er, fans receive the same pleasure they always ﬁnd at
Keeneland. Spectators still see a showcase of spring
fashion as people ﬁll the crowds wearing the outﬁts
that make Keeneland famous.

“For me it’s not about the money; it’s about the
atmosphere,” said Lynn Weaver, communications
senior, who goes to Keeneland twice a year with her
family. “Keeneland is deﬁnitely a place to people-
watch.”

The surroundings of Keeneland make it a pular
racetrack. You don’t have to be a devote racing
expert to enjoy an afternoon at the track.

Spectators range from small children to grandpar-
ents. And because the track is located right here in
Lexington, it’s an ideal place for book-weary stu-

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By Glnny Tatum
Suﬁ” Writer

While having a baby represents a major life
change for women, the whole experience doesn’t

face talking to their parents, we 'ust encourage them
to be 0 en with them,” she sai . “We want to offer
as muc support and encoura ement as we can.”
The center understands t at a main concern for
women in crisis pregnancies is conﬁdentiality.

have to be difﬁcult for those who
can support their new child.
But what about the women who

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By keeping everything conﬁ-
dential, it serves to put the preg-
nant women at ease.

did not plan on havin a child? The center offers pregnant “Everything is very conﬁdential,

How do they deal with e upcom- women care before and after and we treat everyone with

ing role of motherhood? Where do birth. . res ct,” Mertz said.

women in crisis pregnancies turn? he AA Pregnan Help Center
AA Pregnancy Help Center VFW: "as pregnancy will accept anyone w 0 needs their

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Pre ancy Help Center. W- According to its brochure, the
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thing is we want to offer love and
support to young women in crisis
and to let them know that we care,”
said center counselor Dawn Mertz.

“We’re not going to judge
them.”

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vices to mothers in need.

For present needs, they give free
pregnancy tests, counselin with
the family and/or boyfrien , help
in locating medical care, alterna-
tive living arrangements, if needed,

Harris said the center can refer
women to other services the may
need, such as adoption or m 'cal assistance.

The center helps women deal with their unex-
pgcted or crisis pregnancies through counseling.

ertz said counseling is one of the most important
services the center rovides.

“As they face ta king to their boyfriends, as they

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help ﬁnancial and/or legal assis-
tance, information on social ser-
vices, education on pregnancy, abortion and altema-
uves.

The center also provides ongoing personal coun-
seling, information on ado tion, prenatal infonna-
tion and guidance, childbi classes for information
on breast feeding, clothing and fumishings for

mother and baby, if needed, and support groups for
future needs.

Although the center is close to campus, it receives
no funding from UK.

“We are funded strictly by contributors," Mertz
said. “We get contributions, and people donate to
us; that’s how we’re funded. We receive no state
funding or government funding.”

Harris said the center’s contributors are just “lov-
ing and caring people who care about girls in crisis.”

All the services the center provides are free of
charge, including pregnancy tests.

Mertz said the center caters to women of all types.

“I would say that all ages come here,” Mertz said.
“If I had to pick a target age range, I would say
between 18 and 22. But we get from one end of the
spectrum to the other.”

The center was incorporated in 1984 and opened
its doors in March 1985, said ofﬁce manager Janet
Harris.

Four women, Patty Gilpin, Susan Wiley, Garnet
Langley and Shirley Daniels, are responsible for
opening the AA Pregnancy Help Center, Harris
said.

Mertz said the four women thought there was a
need to open a help center for women in crisis preg-
nancies.

“Every situation is different," she said. “As a girl
comes in with a crisis pregnancy, with whatever
needs she has, our goal is to attempt to meet those
needs and to help her kind of sort through the situa-
non.”

NEWS'bytes

Police to check
handicap parking tags

Kentucky is using a new system to stop the mis-
use of handicapped arking stickers in a state
where about 400,000 ave been issued in the last
six years.

“I just can't believe there are 400,000 physically
impaired people in this state," roughly 10 percent
of the population, said Ed Logsdon, commissioner
of vehicle regulation for the state Transportation
Cabinet.

The system installed in February will allow

olice in all counties to run electronic checks on
handicapped parking tag numbers through a
statewide database.

But real enforcement begins in the doctor's
ofﬁce, said Assistant Lexington Police Chief Billy
Burton. He said doctors are too liberal and too
quick to sign handicapped parking stickers
brought to them by their patients. Kentucky law
limits issuance of tags to “persons with disabilities
which limit or impair the ability to walk" and
s eciﬁes conditions — including respiratory, car-

iac, arthritic, neurological and orthopedic -—
under which a licensed physician can determine
eligibility.

“I have never seen any ofﬁcial guidelines issued
by any state agency. It has never been publicized
with speciﬁc criteria,” said John J. Vaughan, an
orthopedic surgeon at the Kentucky Spine Insti-
tute.

-8Iiuttle to return to Earth early

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Space shuttle
Columbia and its seven astronauts will return to
Earth tomorrow, 12 days earlier than lanned,
because of a deteriorating and potential y explo-
srve power generator.

It is only the third time in s ace shuttle history
that a mission has been cut short by equipment
failure.

While NASA considered commander James
Halsell Jr. and his crew to be in no immediate
danger, shuttle managers did not want to take any
chances with the generator and, on Sunday, cut
short the 16-day science mission.

“The conservative thing to do is land on Tues—
day,” shuttle program manager Tommy Holloway
announced at a hastily arranged news conference.

Holloway said a landing today was ruled out in
order to allow for an orderly return, and because
Columbia’s two other electricity-producing fuel
cells were workin ﬁne.

The fear was that hydrogen fuel and oxygen in
the degraded generator could mix, overheat and
blow up ifvoltage in the unit dropped far enough.
Flight controllers had the astronauts turn off the
unit Sunday to reduce, if not eliminate, that risk.
The crew also shut down all non—critical equip-
ment to conserve power.

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GOMA, Zaire —- Rebel leader Laurent Kabila
objected yesterda to the presence of American
troops on Zaire's border, calling them a threat to
his country’s integrity.

“They could move in at any time. They don’t
recognize the sovereignty of our people,” Kabila
said at rebel headquarters in eastern Zaire.

“For us it is a threat to our territorial integrity.”
said Kabila, whose forces have taken control of the
eastern third of Zaire during their seven-month
cam aign to oust dictator Mobutu Sese Seko.

bila also said there should be no intemation-
al intervention in Zaire.

About 1,200 U.S., Belgian, French and British
soldiers forces have set up cam in Brazzaville,
Congo, across the Zaire River rom the Zairian
capital of Kinshasa, in case Westerners have to be
evacuated. The US. warship Nassau is also sta-
tioned off the coast of the central African nation,
with about 1,000 Marines aboard.

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WASHINGTON, Va. — Federal Reserve
Chairman Alan Greenspan and NBC reporter
Andrea Mitchell were married yesterday inside a
cozy inn as a light rain fell outside on blooming
dogwoods in the rural Vir 'nia countryside.

Among the scores 0 the rich and famous
attendin the wedding were ABC's Barbara Wal-
ters and Republican Sen. John Warner of Virginia
and former Secreta of State Henry Kissinger
and his wife, Nan . ost of the guess boarded a
chartered bus for e 1 1/2—hour trip through Vir-
ginia hunt coun to the Inn at Little Washin -
ton — where the st rooms go for $590 a nig t
— in the tiny village of Washington, Va.

Kissin er had hosted a dinner for the couple in
New Yor City on Wednesday night and ABC’s
Sam Donaldson threw a “sta ” party last weék for
the bride and her 'ournalism buddies.

Greenspan an Mitchell met in 1983 when she
interviewed him about the future of Social Securi-

while he was servin on a commission to save

e system. He asked er out two years later and
they dated for 12 years before he popped the ques-
tion last Christmas Day.

It is the second marria for both. Mitchell cel-
ebrated her 50th birthda last October,
Greenspan turned 71 last mon .

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Ru p Arena, country superstars
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and duo burst onto the stage
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lined, McEntire took center stage
after the song as Brooks and Dunn
exited stage left.

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came from a duet with backup
singer Linda Davis and their hit
“Does He Love You?”.

From her latest album titled,
“What IfIt's You," McEntire sang
two it tempo songs, “Iiow \Vas I
To 151w?" and “The Fear of
Being Alone.” Both pieces earned
McEntire an ovation from the
audience but by no means were
the cheers overwhelming.

Still, after nearly 20 years on
the road McEntire proved she still
had the energy to perform a solid
show

“I may not be fast anymore, but
Im still feisty," she admitted to
the crowd

Ending with her si nature song
“Fancy" she workef the crowd
into a frenzy as they awaited
Brooks and Dunn to take the
stage.

They didn’t have to wait long,
because as McEntire descended
underneath the stage, Brooks and
Dunn ascended. Country Music
Association's Entertainer of the
Year for l996 showed exactly why
they deserved the award opening
up with “Little Miss Honky
Tonk." The duo didn’t stop there.
They continued their set with

their smash hit “Boot Scootin’
Boogie” where fans stood and
boot—scooted in the aisles.

Whereas McEntire’s set
remained somber and serious,
Brooks and Dunn’ s was playful,
fun and wild.

Ronnie Dunn said their music
had very few sensitive songs and
focused on honky tonks and auto
racing.

For the sensitive listeners the
duo sang “My Maria” and “A Man

I‘his Lonely." However, they for-
got their sophistication for “Rock
My \Vorld (Little Country Girl)”
as stage hands shook inflatable
country iris three times the size
ofa regu ar person.

Brooks and Dunn finished their
set with “Hard Workin’ Man”
before descending underneath the
circular stage.

However, Dunn would return
for an encore with McEntire join-
ing him for a slow countrv ballad.

Kix Brooks returned donning a
Ron Mercer basketball jersey as
the stage lit up with fireworks to
close the show.

Although the rest of the show
was decent, their encore could
have used a little work, like actual-
ly singing a song everyone knew.

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‘Aliliotts' attempt to reinvent small-town USA

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Inventing the Abbott: is a charming little
sleeper about coming of age and lost inno—
cence. It tells the story of two families —- one
rich, one poor — and their relationship in a
small Pennsylvania town in the 19505.

The story centers on the three daughters of
wealthv socialite Lloyd Abbott and the two
sons of working-class mother Helen Holt. The
two families have a checkered past, and trouble
erupts when the oldest son sleeps with the

“black sheep" of the Abbott family.

The meticulous attention to detail of direc-
tor Pat 0’ Conner (Circle ofFriendr) creates a
vivid, nostalgic look at small—town life in the
19505 with vibrant, interesting characters. To
bring to life these characters 0' Conner assem—

bled a fantastic cast ofyoung talent.

Joanna Going is solid as the oldest Abbott

Phoenix shares Tyler's sense of innocence, and

dau hter Alice; jennifer Connelly is tantalizing the two have great chemistry together.

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good as the quiet, younger brother Doug.

Eleanor. But the best
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T he supporting cast is rounded out by the
always watchable \l ill Patton Patton, who has
an uncanny resemblance both physically and
stylistically to the great
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controlling patriarch
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leads.

The Character of
Britain lawmaker
Farnsworth states early
in the ﬁlm, “these men
are not soldiers or
guerrillas, they are
criminals.” This is
where the conflict aris—
es. The prisoners’

refuse to wear criminal **** character development I
uniforms as they ﬁght (out ofﬂve) gives the ﬁlm some
for POW status over ‘ , truly intense moments.
that of a criminal. In SW A host of dazzling name
an attempt to dissuade Mother’s 50”, visuals add to the furi-
them, the cold-hearted Castle Rock ous directional style. Class
British lawmakers take Entertainment Whether it be a group I ——
away bathroom privi- , of tap-dancing school
leges from the inmates. Directedby girls, a candle—light
When that doesn’t Terry George protest vigil or a stun- I
work for either side, ning black flag funeral

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nice alance between
the mothers' relation-
ship, the prisoners'
strife and the lawmak-
ers difficulty in han-
dling the situation.

bine all of the elements
of music, camera
movement and rich

procession, this ﬁlm is

“Jesus Christ”—looking
prisoners go on a hunger strike to
gain public attention. rom there,
religious and political ﬁgures enter
into the icture, campaigning each
side whi e prisoner after prisoner
lapses into coma from starvation.
The ultimate moral dilemma,
however, lies not in the issue of
whether to grant POW status, but
the mother’s decision to let doc—
tor’s feed their so