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By CHRISTOPHER McDAVlD
Staff Writer

The South has risen again. So
has the North. and they were
roaming campus yesterday.

Members of the newly formed
student group the Society of the
Civil War Era attended their
classes yesterday in period cos-
tumes to familiarize students with
the group.

Student reaction to the cos-
tumed members ranged from
small curiosity to mistaken identi-

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UK student William Andrews, clad in Civil War clothing, stood in front of Patterson Office Tower
yesterday to solicit interest in a new campus group. Society of Civil War Era.

Society of Civil War Era group
brings taste of history to campus

passing out campaign literature,“
said group president William An-
drews. “(When they discovered
who we are), we had a lot of in-
terest in the group."

The group was registered with
the Student Organizations As-
sembly last week and has about
20 charter members.

The Society already has under-
taken one project recently when it
assisted a battle re-enactment in
constructing a split rail fence
around a historic battle site at the
Perryville Battlefield State Park.

Activities for Monday‘s up-
coming meeting will include the

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viewing of a documentary on the
54th Massachusetts Volunteer ln-
fantry. the precedent setting
American army unit consisting of
predominantly black members
who fought for the Union during
the Civil War. The 54th infantry
recently was portrayed in the criti-
cally acclaimed film “Glory."

The group also has been invited
to come tour a re-enactment camp
in Woodford County April 11
where some members will be par-
ticipating in the re-enactment.

Students are invited to attend
the next meeting Monday at 8
pm. in 228 Student Center.

 

 

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First-day turnout promising,
elections board chairman says

By JOE BRAUN
Editorial Editor

Today marks the second and last
day of Student Government Associ-
ation elections and will end with
students learning the name of their
next student body president around
9 pm.

The first day of voting was “so
far so good,"
said Jim Kruspe, ‘
spring elections
board charrman' .

“Everything
ran pretty
smoothly except
I’d like to see
things a little
faster with the
poll workers,
but the workers
have done KRUSPE
good job with what they‘ve got to
work with.“ he said.

“l'd rather have (poll workers)
take their time and do things right
than rush and risk messing up."

Kruspe said it has taken students
nearly five minutes to vote on aver-
age. He said he thinks this reflects
that students are spending a lot of
time making their decisions in the
booth.

“This is good because students
are taking time to think about who
they want in student government."

Kruspe said he wasn’t sure exact-
ly how many students voted yester-
day but he still hopes to bring be-
tween 3,500 and 4,000 students to
the polls.

“1 do know that between 10 am.
and 2 pm. about 139 people voted
at the law school,” he said.

Kruspe and several law students
debated the removal of a voting ma-
chine at the law school last month.

 

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The debate ended with a machine
remaining there.

“You hear a lot of people say
they‘re not going to vote because
they don‘t care about SGA when
somebody comes and complains
about SGA . This is their oppor—
tunity to vote and hold their sena-
tors and officers accountable for it,"

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he said.

Kruspe said students need to
bring a validated student ID to vote,
but there‘s no registration process.
Students have to present their iden-
tification to poll workers before
they can vote.

Perot supporters are beginning
drive to get him on state ballot

Associated Press

FRANKFORT. Ky. — Support-
ers of the fledgling presidential
campaign of H. Ross Perot said
they will begin a drive next week to
get the Texas billionaire on the No-
vember ballot in Kentucky.

The secretary of state’s office
said yesterday that hundreds of peo-
ple have called the Capitol to say
they want to sign the Perot‘s nomi-
nating petitions.

But. so far, no one has launched a
petition drive for him in the state.

“I guess he needs somebody to
coordinate for him," said Patsy Ca-
sey. an employee of Secretary of
State Bob Babbage.

Charles Hellebusch, a Louisville
consultant. said yesterday that he is
the state coordinator for the Perot
Petition Committee for Kentucky.

Hellebusch said the group hopes
to get its petitions out by the end of
next week.

Current, past legislators targets of investigation

By MARK R. CHELLGREN
Associated Press

FRANKFORT. Ky. — A federal
investigation of political corruption
in Kentucky state government is ini-
tially aimed at 13 current and for-
mer state legislators. according to
records obtained by The Associated
Press.

Subpoenas have been issued to at
least four state agencies for the pay.
travel and campaign finance records
of those individuals dating to 1987.

More than half a dozen federal
agents went through the Capitol
complex Tuesday interviewing leg-
islators and aides and serving sub-
poenm.Therecordsweretobede-
livered to a grand jury in Louisville.

in addition, witnesses connected
to the investigation appeared before

a grand jury yesterday afternoon
and others were expected to appear
later in the week.

The focus of the Kentucky inves-
tigation was not immediately clear,
but federal authorities promised a
statement later.

However. highly placed sources
told The Associated Press that
agents were tying up loose ends af-
ter a lengthy sting investigation of
political corruption. Action by the
grand jury could be expected in less
than a month, said the sources.
speaking on condition of anonymi-
ty.

The records of former Gov. Wal-
lace Wilkinson also were subpoe-
naed. but the FBI “indicated he was
not a target of the investigation.“
said an aide, Doug Alexander. Wil-
kinson's term expired in December.

Two federal prosecutors paid a
courtesy call Tuesday on Gov.
Brereton Jones to tell him of the in-
vestigation. Jones said he was told
evidence included wiretaps and in-
volved banking and racing legisla-
tion. Jones said he was told the cur-
rent administration was not a target.

The investigation has involved
the work of some 30 agents at one
time or another during the past sev-
eral months. it has produced audio
and video recordings and other in-
formation obtained through various
electronic surveillance techniques.
sources told the AP.

Among those whose records have
been subpoenaed are the Senate‘s
Democratic and Republican leader
ship. three of the top Democratic
leaders in the House. and the chair-
men of the Senate and House Busi-

ness Organizations and Professions
Committees. which deal with issues
such as horse racing legislation.

Two lawmakers said they were
questioned about a 1988 trip to
Florida taken with several lobby-
ists. And records of all seven legis-
lators who took the trip have been
subpoenaed.

House Speaker Don Blandford
(D-Philpot) said FBI agents asked
him “just general questions about
horse racing legislation over the
past few years“ but didn‘t mention
any particular legislation.

Blandford and Senate President
Pro Tem John Rose said their cam-
paign records dating to 1988 also
were subpoenaed to a federal grand
jury in Louisville yesterday. Rose

See SUBPOENAS, Page 8

Perot is trying to get on the No-
vember ballot as an independent
candidate. He has said he will run if
he can get on the ballot in all 50
states. In Kentucky. he needs signa—
tures of 5,000 registered voters on
petitions by Aug. 27. The campaign
also has to find eight independent
electoral college electors to support
Perot.

Hellebusch said there are about
200,000 independent voters in Ken-
tucky.

“We‘re not just rushing out to get
this done. We want to do this
right." Hellebusch said of the drive
to get Perot on the November ballot
in Kentucky. “Time isn‘t against us
and that's why we‘re waiting.
We're going to do that right the
first time.“

Hellebusch said Perot's Kentucky
supporters were waiting for him to
name a running mate before taking
action. He said the petition commit-
tee has been organized for about a

month.

“We‘ve got people in all the ma-
jor cities, including (‘ovington. Pa-
ducah. Bowling Green. Lagrange.
Owensboro," Hellebusch said.

Hellebusch said a concent about
the economy is what prompted him
to back Perot.

The Los Angeles Times on Tues-
day printed a poll that said more
than one-fifth of registered vorcrs
would vote for Perot in a three-way
race for president with President
Bush and Democrat Bill Clinton.

Perot has named retired Vice Ad-
miral James Bond Stockdale. a for-
mer Vietnam War hero and prisoner
of war. as his running mate, Twen-
ty-eight states require a running
mate for a candidate who is the sub-
ject of a petition drive for em inde-
pendent presidential bid.

Kentucky is not one of the 28.

Perot made his fortune in the
computer services business, found-
ing Electronic Data Systems lnc. in
1961.

 

Associated Press

Former Gov. Wallace Wil-
kinson says he won‘t fight in
court to keep his seat on the
UK Board of Trustees.

Wilkinson appointed himself
to the board as one of his last
official acts as governor.

The current session of the
General Assembly. at the be-
hest of Gov. Brereton Jones,
passed a bill to dismiss all 92
higher education board mem-
bers who were appointed with-
out restrictions by governors.

Half of them would be reap-

 

Wilkinson: Won’t fight
to keep seat on UK board

pointed after the law takes ef—
fect July 1.

“1 think anyone who decided
to challenge that clearly could
be successful doing so but 1
do not intend to challenge it."
Wilkinson said Tuesday after
speaking to the Kiwanis Club
in lexington.

Wilkinson said the measure
is unconstitutional because it
would undo a governor‘s deci-
sion without just cause.

Despite the fact his days as a
trustee appear to be numbered.

See WILKINSON. Page 8

 

SPORTS

UK TODAY

 

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Lady Toppers climbed insurmountable
hill to reach NCAA Final Four.
Story, Page 4.

campus locations.

 

Voting for Student Government Association
continues from 9 am. to 7 pm. at various

‘White Men’
film worth seeing.
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Clinton criticizes Bush’s aid to former Soviet republics

' . By JOHN xmo
Associated Press

NEW YORK —- Democrat Bill
Clinton accused President Bush
yesterday of moving too slowly on
economic and humanitarian aid to
the former Soviet republics and
called his foreign policy “reactive,
rudderless, and erratic."

“For all his experience. skill and
cautious professionalism. the presi~
dent has failed to articulate clear
goals for American foreign policy,"
the Democratic front-runner said in
challenging Bush in his strongest
area.

The Arkansas governor noted_
that Bush was unveiling an aid pro—
posal for the former Soviet repub-
lics simultaneously with Clinton's
own major foreign policy speech in
New York.

“I'd really like it if I could have
as much influence on his domestic
policy," Clinton told the Foreign

Policy Association.

Clinton said the United States
and its allies must immediawa set
up a fund to help Russia stabilize
the ruble and dismantle the former
Soviet nuclear arsenal.

“No national security issue is
more urgent, nowhere is our coun-
try‘s imperative more clear,“ Clin-
ton said.

Moving to shore of up his foreign
policy credentials, Clinton applaud-
ed Bush’s leadership in the Persian
Gulf War. Clinton said that if he is
elected, he “will not shrink from us-
ing military force responsibly."

But Clinton criticized Bush for
waiting months to present a Russian
aid package. He said the president
has sided with Israel's Arab adver-
saries in the Middle East peace
talks and failed to get tough with
China despite its “undisguised con-
tempt for democracy. human rights
and the need to control the spread
of dangerous technology."

Clinton's remarks came a rival

Jerry Brown rode back-to-back vic-
tories into the last week of their
New York presidential primary
race.
Brown‘s victory in Vermont
Tuesday night —- on the heels of his
Connecticut win the week before —
make next week's contests even
more important for Clinton. While
trailing more than 6-to-1 in dele-
gates. Brown could damage. if not
derail. Clinton with victories in late
primaries.

New York, Kansas and Wiscon-
sin all vote next Tuesday; Puerto
Rice on Sunday.

At the White House, former Pres-
ident Jimmy Caner said today he is
backing Clinton and criticized
Brown for running a campaign that
is “almost 100 percent negative."

Carter was at the White House to
discuss with Bush a plan to stream-
line the way the government deliv-
ers benefits to the needy.

Millions trying to lose weight
who don’t need to, panel says

By W. DALE NELSON
Associated Press

BETHESDA, Md — Millions of
Americans are trying to lose weight
who don‘t need to, a National Insti-
tute of Health panel said yesterday.

Moreover, most will find it again
and, along the way, may do them-
selves more harm than good.

“ ‘You need to be very suspicious
of weight-loss programs that prom-
ise you instant success," Helen A.
Guthrie, a professor emeritus of nu-
trition at Pennsylvania State Univer-
sity and a panel member, told re-
porters.

Winding up a three-day confer-
ence on weight loss, panelists said
the percentage of Americans whose
health is jeopardized by too much
weight is growing.

But they also said that many peo-

ple, especially young women, un-
dertake weight-reduction programs
for no good health reason.

The panel said evidence indicat-
ed that people who repeatedly lose
weight and then gain it back may
increase their risk of serious illness.

”The most important finding is
how difficult it is to maintain
weight loss," said Dr. Suzanne
Fletcher. editor of the Annals of In-
ternal Medicine and the chairwom-
an of the panel.

Dr. James G. Nuckolls, an inter-
nal medicine specialist in Galax,
Va., said 95 percent of people re-
gained the weight they had lost
within five years after even the best
of the commercial weight-loss pro-
grams the panel examined.

“The panel cautions that before
individuals adopt any programs for
the purpose of losing weight, they

should examine the scientific data
available documenting their safety
and efficacy,” the group said in a
prepared statement.

“If no such data exist, the panel
recommends that the program not
be utilized," it said. “The lack of
data on the many commercial pro-
grams being sold and advertised to
effect or enhance weight loss is of
special concern."

“There are only very limited data
indicating the proportions of indi-
viduals initiating programs who ac:
tually complete them and on how
much weight they lose by program
completion and later."

Charles Burger, chairman of
Weight Watchers International, said
in a telephone interview from the
company's headquarters in Jericho,
N.Y., “We probably don‘t have that
information available.“

In a poll of 369 likely Democrat-
ic primary voters taken Stnday and
Monday in New York state. Clinton
ledBrown 37 percenttozepercent.
with another 26 percent undecided.
Twelve percent opted for other can-
didates in the Marist College Insti-
tute for Public Opinion poll.

The poll had a margin of sam-
pling error of plus or minus 5 per-
centage points for the likely pri-
mary voters.

Brown defended his flat-tax plan
in a debate double-header with
Clinton on Tuesday, but ultimately
conceded his 13 percent flat tax
might not generate enough revenues
to fluid the government and a na-
tional health care plan.

If so, Brown said he would “then
add to the tax.”

“People have to make that
choice." Brown said during the tele-
vised debate in New York. “We‘re
going to have to pay for it."

Clinton jumped in to say Brown’s

plat would add $180 billion a year
to the deficit. abolish the Soctal' Se-
curity trust fund and cost New
Yorkers $4 billion because it elimi-
nates the federal tax deduction for
state and local taxes.

To keep the deficit fran balloon-
ing. Clinton said Brown would need
a16pereentt1attaxandanaccmr-
panying 16 percent national sales
tax.
“If people want it they can have it
but, it is a ripoff," Clinton said.

With heady all of Vermont's 246
cities and towns reporting, Brown
won 46 percent of the vote to Clin-
ton’s 17 percent. Uncommitted del-
egates outpolled the Arkansas gov-
ernor with 25 percent. Former
Massachusetts Sen. Paul Tsongas,
whodroppedoutoftherace. won9
percent.

In terms of delegates, Brown got
six to Clinton's three, bringing the
totals to 1,018.25 for Clinton and
159.25 for Brown, according to The

Associated Press count. A candi-
dateneeds2,l45towintheDemo—
craticnomination.

In their two confrontation Tues-
day, Clinton mid Brown steered
clear of personal attacks and gener-
ally agreed that cities need billions
of dollars to help the homeless.
fight crime. improve schools and
tackle other urban problems.

“If we would stop trying to police
theworldandtriedtotakecareof
ourselves then we can put these
people to work," Brown said in
promising enterprise zones and oth-
er job-creating efforts in imier cit-
res.

Clinton, too, rattled off a list of
areas in which the federal govern-
ment could do more for cities but
said one cost-free step needed to be
an aggressive effort by the presi-
dent to fight racism.

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By DEBORAH MESCE
Associated Press

WASHINGTON With
tongues firmly in cheeks -— or
perhaps snick to the roofs of their
mouths —— an April Fool's panel
of peanut boner lovers traced the
history of the noble legume yes-
terday, from its roots in the Incan
empire to the gums of televi-
sion‘s talking horse Mr. Ed.

In a witty wandering that
mixed fact and fiction, the ex-
perts examined the peanut and
peanut butter from every perspec-
tive at the Second Annual Smith-
sonian Conference on Stuff.

Last year‘s conference was on
the history of Jell-O, and they're
talking about lawn art for next
year.

 

National conference on
goes nutty over peanut butter

Why peanut butter this year?

Perhaps because it is embedded
in the culture of middle America.

“Who can imagine middle
America without peanut butter?"
said Rayna Green. director of the
Smithsonian Institution‘s Ameri-
can Indian Program at the Nation-
al Museum of American History.
“It is peanut butter on which the
empire of Ward and June and
Beaver Cleaver was built."

Americans consume 800 mil-
lion pounds of it every year. said
Steven Lubar, curator of the mu-
seum's division of engineering
and industry. And 1 in 10 cats it
directly out of the jar.

“It’s more than just a commodi-
ty. Peanut butter is a fetish. That's
one of the things that attracts us to
it," he said.

‘stuff’

Peanut butter has along history
with the military. The Air Force
prefers smooth. while the Army
likes chunky, Jonathan Cooper—
smith, a visiting fellow at the mu-
seum, said in his chronicle of
“Peanut Butter and the Military-
lndustrial Complex."

With the collapse of the Soviet
Union, “the end of the Cold War
offers an opportunity unprece-
dented in our generation to con-
vert our high-tech peanut butter
facilities to pcacetime civilian
production. The freed billions of
dollars could go to a worthy veg-
etable like broccoli," he said.

Though peanuts originated in
South America, they crossed the
Atlantic to Europe and Afrim be-
fore they made it to North Ameri-
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By BRIAN BENNETT
Staff Critic

Go to any asphalt-floored, time-
worn, inner-city basketball court
andyou'llbesuretospotoneofthe
pickup games that seemingly last
from dawn to dusk.

Listen to the macho bravado.
watch the soaring dunks and the
countless uncalled fouls, and you
get a feel for the essence of play-
ground hoops.

It is this spirit that writer/director
Ron Shelton tries to convey in his
new film, “White Men Can't
Jump." Shelton, creator of “Bull
Durham," attempts to express the
same kind of love for street ball that
he did for minor league baseball.

But “White Men Can‘t Jump"
comes across more like "The Hus-
tler” than “Bull Durham."

The movie opens as Billy Hoyle,
played by Woody Harrelson, arrives
in Venice Beach, Calif, Billy's per-
sonal Mecca of playground basket-
ball. Billy has heard stories of the
local playground legends and longs
to try his game against the best.

Billy soon nms into Sidney
Deane (Wesley Snipes), another
street ball hem. Deane thinks Billy
is a chump because of his appear-
ance and because he's white. He
soon learns otherwise, however, af-
ter Billy takes his money in a shoot-
ing contest.

That‘s when Sidney gets the bril-

Sci-Fi station
to beam into
homes in fall

Associated Press

 

NEW YORK — Science fiction
fans, beware! Powerful signals
beamed into your homes this fall
may threaten to transform you into
couch potatoes!

The Sci-Fi Channel, a 24-hour
cable TV service devoted exclusive-
ly to science fiction, horror and fan-
tasy, will be launched this fall with
a mix of movies, classic TV series
and animation, the USA Network
said Tuesday.

The channel will debut with a
prime-time presentation of “Star
Wars." It will feature the “Star
Trek" movies, all 1,225 episodes of
“Dark Shadows" and the British se-
ries “Dr. Who."

USA Network on Tuesday an-
nounced the acquisition of the Sci-
Fi Channel. The company began in
1989 in Boca Raton, Fla, signed up
60 percent of the top 100 cable sys-
tem companies and announced an
expected launch date in late 1990,
but the independent venture never
took off.

USA Network, a basic cable ser-
vice in 58 million households na-
tionwide, expects the new channel
to have 10 million households for
its fall debuL

Terms of the deal were not dis-
closed.

Larry Kerbrandt, a programming
analyst for Kagan Associates in
Carmel. Calif, said the USA Net-
work's success with such programs
as “The Twilight Zone" and
“Swamp Thing" show that science
fiction hm growth potential.

“It doesn‘t appeal only to kids.
It’s a broad, very desirable. upscale

segment of the population," Ker-

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liant of idea of teaming up with Bil-
ly to make some money. The two
travel around the playgrounds of
LA, hustling other teams and each
other.

The most memorable scenes are
when the trash talk that can be
found on any court is tossed
around.

For example, while taunting an-
other team’s shooting, Harrelson
screams “Let’s gather up all these
bricks you’ve been throwing up so
we can build a shelter for the home-
less — so your mother will have
some place to live.”

The movie also excels when ex-
ploring the racial relations between
Billy and Sidney and between
whites and blacks in basketball in
general. For example, Sidney tries
to rebut Billy’s idea that blacks
would rather look good first and
win second. while Billy continually
tries to disprove Sidney's claim
that white men can‘t jump.

But the movie wanes when delv-
ing into the relationship between
Billy and his girlfriend Gloria (Ro-
sie Perez).

Whereas Shelton‘s “Bull Dur—
ham" expertly intertwined baseball

   

  
 
 
 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

  
   
   
 
   
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 
 

 
 

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and love, the love story here merely
gets in the way.

Too many subplots also hamper
“White Men Can’t Jump." For ex-
ample, there’s Billy owing money
to organized crime members.
there‘s Gloria trying to fulfill her
dream of being on “Jeopardy."
there's Sidney and his wife trying
to get out of the projects and so on.

But the movie is saved by the

court action and by the performanc-
es of Harrelson and Snipes.

Harrelson, better known as
Woody on “Cheers,” proves he can
play more than a dumb bartender
and shows some real hoops skills to
boot.

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Woody Harrelson (left) and Wesley Snipes play two roundball hustlers in “White Men Can't Jump." The

film was directed by Ron Shelton, who also directed “Bull Durham."

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for Western Kentucky Lady Toppers

By MKE EMBRY
Associated Press

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. —
Western Kentucky turned predic-
tions into reality by reaching the
NCAA women's Final Four, but it
was rough going at times for the
lady Toppers.

Western Kentucky was ranked
No. 5 in the preseason poll because
it had four starters returning from a
team that finished 29-3 and reached
the round of 16 in the NCAA tour—
nament.

But the Lady TOppers got off to a
shaky 4-4 start, including a one-
point loss at home to intrastate rival

“We were terrible," said Western
Kentucky coach Paul Sanderford.
who rated the loss to Kentucky as
the low point of the season. “We
were not a good basketball team. I
don't think it was overconfidence
at all. We were trying to live up to
all the expectations."

It took a five—game road swing to
Southwestern Louisiana. Louis-
ville. Louisiana Tech, Texas Pan
American and Lamar from Jan. 30
to Feb. 12 that turned the season
around.

“All of that, the kind of competi-
tion and environment made us a
good toumament team," said San-
derford. “We’ve had a good year
and a great three weeks."

Western Kentucky (26-7) has
won 12 of its last 13 games, includ-
ing victories over Alabama (98-68),
Tennessee (75-70) and Maryland
(75-70) in the NCAA Mideast Re-
gional.

The lady.Toppers face South-
west Missouri State (31-2) and Vir-
ginia (32-1) meets Stanford (28-3)
in the national semifinals Saturday
in Los Angeles. The championship
will be Sunday.

“I realize that we‘ve lost more
games this season than the other
three teams combined, but we’re
playing our best basketball right
now," said Sanderford. “We're go-
ing to LA with the idea of winning
a national championship. We're not

going to be satisfied with just being
in it.”

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“We were 16 down with under
six minutes to go and we won by
three," said Sanderford, who lms
taken two other Western Kentucky
teams to the Final Four. “Ever since
them this team has believed in each
other and believed in the system.

“I've had better teams, We had
more talented teams, but I’ve never
coached a team with more poise."

Lady Bears playing to extend longest
winning streak in women’s basketball

Associated Press

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — South-
west Missouri State will try to ex-
tend the longest women‘s basket-
ball winning streak in the nation
while playing in its first-ever Final
Four.

The Lady Bears, who have be-
come somewhat of a cult favorite in
southwest Missouri, take their 21-
game streak against Western Ken-

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9.000.

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lowest seed ever to reach the Final
Four, blew into the tournament as
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the eighth seed in the Midwest Re-
gional and earned a ticket to Los
Angeles by beating Kansas, Iowa,
UCLA and Mississippi.

The Lady Bears (30-2) beat Mis-
sissippi 94-71 Saturday in the title
game of the regional. ‘

“We haven‘t given up 90-
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