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ESTABLISHED 1894

By DeImar Watkins
Staff” 'I'Iter

Students attacked the University
Studies Program in the Student
Satisfaction Survey, so Louis Swift
is planning a new strategy.

“Students said the L'niversity
Studies Program was too compli—
cated and the classes were difficult
to get." said Swift. dean of Under-
graduate Studies.

lti response, Swift‘s ofiice dis—
tribtited a survey to all faculty
members.

’l‘he purpose of the survey is to
get an idea of how the faculty feels

about the L'niversity Studies Pro—
gram and possilile solutions to stu—
dents‘ complaints, he said.

“The sun'ey is not trying to get
a general feel from students. \Ve
did that with the Student Satisfac—
tion Survey," Swift said. “\\'e are
trying to determine what prob—
letns the faculty sees in the L'ni~
versity Studies Program.

“To change the program, we
have to get faculty support as well
as student support."

'l‘he survey questions try to tar—
get specific student complaints.

Students have traditionally found
L'niversity Studies Program

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requirements diftieult to fulfill
because departments offer some
classes every other yeai, Swift said.
A related question asks whether
only classes taught every year
should be part of the L'ni\ersit\
Studies l’rograiii. I
Another question on the survey
deals with expanding the c'rtissw‘tib
rural requirement, which now cov—
ers only non—\Vestcrn and Third
“'orld cultures. to iiicltide minori-
ty cultures in the L'nited States.
“That would be useful in inter—
acting within otir culture," said
\‘lttlttlit ”this, a social worls fresh—
man. “lt would relate work and

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Students also complained that
the L'nnersity Studies Program is
too coiiipltcated. Sw iit said

"i think it is too restrictnc."
Davis said. "it is not helping me in
my ittaior."

One question deals with simpli»
tying the system. lake lﬂistern
Kentucky L'iiiversity, l, is could
require students to choose any si\
hours of courses in the sciences,
social sciences and humanities.

(Itirrently .in agreement
between tinnersities in the statc
allows anyone who has itiliilled .i
university studies program

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"\thn l transferred. t,'\t't'\ilti“iLY
”unit on track." said
(:lttitlt Slscciis. an l iiglisli senior

Surtcys are due in Dec. l. and
Swill hopes in i‘ctettc illil Mill
siiruys. the data will be opcn to
the titlltllt. Swiit said.

\\.ts pi't'!t\

" l he nice things about univer—
sitics is that people can tll\tlt\\
issues and get .t tonstnstis.“ Swiit
said. “ l his is not a utattt'roi keep

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2,000 seats to he added by Saturday

Demands of students being met
with Commonwealth additions

By Mat Herron

Campur Editor

just when you thought no more
blue and white could fit in (join-
inonwealth Stadium, L'K crams in
more.

UK Athletics has hired lndianapo-
lis-bascd special event contractorjack
K. lilrod (Iompany, lnc.. to add
about 2.000 seats for this week's face
off against University of Tennessee,
boosting the total number of seats to
50,450.

Estimated cost for this one—shot
deal: $40,000, senior athletics direc-
tor l.arry lvy said in a news confer-
ence Monday at the \Vildcat Den.

This is the first time the com any
has ever worked with UK. said I". rod,
whose crew has done work for the
1996 Olympics in Atlanta, the fair-

rounds for the University of
Entiisville; the Kentucky Derby and
the Brickyard 400.

To pull this off, the company had
to go through the University Safety
Department and the state Building
Department “to make sure every-
thing complies with Kentucky
codes,” said l‘llrod, the company’s

president. The company also had to
state—

ceitsed structural engineer, which
was done in about fotir days last

provide certification to a
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week. he said.

An eight-man crew will spend the
specialized
portable grandstand system the com—
pany uses all over the country for all
types ofspecial events. The seats will
stay intact through the next season,

week installing its

lVy said.

(Iiting lack ofstudent support, the
Athletics Department knocked the
student allotment oi tickets from

I l,000 to 9,000 last year.

“Adding back the 1,600 will

reward students for what they‘ve
done this year." ivy said. “Five of
the six (home) games are tight sell-

I 9 9 9 reason.

outs. \Ve want, number one, to take

care of any student demands for this

game.”

Melanie Cruz, Student Govern—
ment Association president, said the
overwhelming support is a natural

reaction if the team is winning.

“\Vith a new coach and a surge in
athletic spirit," (Iruz said, “it's the
correlation: You got a good team,
you get a good turnout; you got a bad

team, students won‘t show up.“

In related news, firms for con-
struction management and design are
bein interviewed and decided upon
to close in the stadium. said jack
Miller. senior project manager of the
(Iapital Construction Division.

The project, set to begin after the
end of next football season, will add
8,000 benchback seats. with the pos-

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sibility of all seats bcm I converted,
construction officials saitl

The design consultant will be
interviewed \Vednesday morning.
and letters ofnotiiication will be sctit
to the firms, Miller said.

The plan has been submitted to
the (ieneral Assembly, arid they will
act on it in _lanuary when they go into
session.

Fair utters

opportunity
TOI‘ STIIIMIIH
overseas

By Lisa Gentry

(auxin/tfitur; ll ///ii

\lany students arena tannliat with tiit tit? ti"i‘.ilitti‘.tit
opportunities HllLl'c‘tl to tit-cit) Hit L.lil!}i«t“

The study abroad program is one ot them.

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mam students never even Utilit'." sitith .il‘l'ltt'i .uitzst-i'
Su/anne Kiicr said.

lint on toiiit-irow. iStttdy \broadl iu wtai gttc slti
dents .l ( liance to learn more about the piogtatn lllt tan

will be iii the small ballroom oi tnc ( )lil Statlciit( cntcr
irom l0 .i in. to .‘ pan

“1 icei that it is important tor students to ll.i\k' some
international e\pci'ience w hile the}, are .tt 1 is." l\tiit‘t
said “'l licy owe it to tliciitseb cs to clici k "'tzl ~a.i\s oi
obtaining that e\perience "

lx‘cprcsentatites from H academic piogriitts \\ ill lit
at the iair, including the isctttttckt ltisttltiit' tta intei
national Studies and the (.oopct'atit c i enter Mr Study
\broad

liitwrniation .ibotit scholarships. such as the Leon
and I who 7olondcl< st liolai
ships and the \e\\ lloi'i/on
(.iaitts. as wcll .is financial aid
inioriii itioti also \\ill be .i\,ttl . .

.ible.

\ tree travel book and .in
international sttidciit ll), which
gives discounts to students w ho
tra\ cl abroad. are some oi the

This ﬁzu' ia a
chance for stu—
derm to get

items that will be i'aiilcd at the i77ﬁ)”7hlli0ﬂ
lt‘” about the pro-

i'ililits fair is a chance itit'
students to get information
about the program straight frt17ltfllt’ “
iroiti the litit‘sc"s mouth." lT’OIZt‘t'S mouth.
l\iicrs;iid. V

\mong the students who Suzanne Kiter

'. \. .g*i “L'xl
took id int t c oi the pio riii ctudyalvrnadadt'irer

this past summer is l'nelisl

sciiioi lirciidan l’ost.
spent tit e w ceks in Spain and
iecci\cd si\ ticdit hours

“it was iantastic." l’ost said. “i had itt‘\('t lH cn out oi
the CS beiorc. .ind I tell that it was the lust \\a\ I
could learn abottt the Spanish ctilturc sincc l am .t
Spanish minor."

gram straight

Hill)

Not only does the e\peiicncc st'i‘H‘ .is a learning
opportunity, but also students retcive atadtnut tredit
depending upon the program the} choose to p iitit ipate
in,

“i received si\ hours oi credit tot m_\ tiiitc spent iti
Spain." l’ost said.

\lthouglt traveling abroad titlL’ltt scent lllst‘ an e\pe
rience to shop .iiid sight see. .iii academic responsibili-
t_\ is also attached to participating in one oi these pro
grams.

“'l he students participating iii the program iiitist be
willing to lie students." Kiler said “lair inosi oi the
summer prograiit's students are rcqttiied to lit in good
standing. Some of the other programs require certain
grade point averages."

Students must complete .iii application to get
accepted into :in academic program Requirements
vary.

“Study Abroad comes in all \arieiies and this iair is
an opportunity for students to get the picture of how
varied the program is," Kifcr said,

Another sttidy abroad iair will take place Jan .‘7.

The Study Abroad office is located in Bradley Hall
on the first ﬂoor. lhe office is open \londay from 8: i0
aan. until it put. and 'l‘uesday through Friday from
$10 am. until 4'“) pm. Students seeking more infor-
mation about the programs are encouraged to stop by
the ofﬁce.

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86A weathers criticism over tuntling

By Matthew May
Stuff u 'n'm

In recent weeks, the Student
(iovernment Association has
endured an extraordinary amount
of criticism from many groups
because of its fund allocation deci-
sions, most notably front the UK
Promise Keepers and Circle of
lmani organizations.

.\Iuch ofthe criticism is related
to SCA President Melanie Cruz'
decisions to veto $1,650 for the
Promise Keepers and $740 for the
(Iircle of ltnani. Fach organiza—
tion’ had asked for tnoney to
attend conventions they said were
rele\ ant to their cause.

Cruz and the SGA voted not to
allocate the tnoney because, in its
opinion, the applicants violated a
bylaw that said “organizations
which discriminate against any

roup of students shall not be
Funded by SGA.”

Despite the publicity surround-
ing these decisions, many students
on catnpus still do not know that
money for funding such or raniza—
tions comes in part from t e stu-
dent fees, which are paid by every
full-time student on campus.
albeit only $3.50 a person.

“I really had no idea where the
S(i:\ received money for its butl-
get," undeclared junior Shane
\\'ood said. “It's only $3.50, btit

multiply that by the number of
full—time students we have, and
that’s a lot of tnoney.”

\Vhile the association also
receives money from the state,
advertisin from campus phone
books and: a vearly Iolta Grant
that pays for all legal services, the
money coming from the students
is still the ultimate source.

So wh ' do students know so lit-
tle about ow their money is spent?

“I never thought about how my
student fees were spent,” physical
therapy senior Kyle Devrieze said.
“But l wonder how many of the
organizations that receive funding
would be sotnething l want my
money going to."

Cruz understands the concerns
of the students and thinks the
SGA and the Student Organiza—
tion Assistance Committee, which
also allocates funding, demon-
strate a consistent standard
throughout all their decisions.

“We must display a consistency
in our decisions,” Cruz said. “In
the cases of Promise Keepers and
Circle of Imani, we felt like they
were exclusionary events. After
the Promise Kee ers bill was
vetoed, it was only air to veto the
Circle of Imani as well.”

Cruz said the bylaw prohibiting
funding for such organizations was
enacted after one group failed to
state the true purpose of their

event on the application, admitting
only after they received the money
what the real purpose had been.

“That situation left a lasting
impression,” Cruz said. “We want
to avoid a similar situation.”

Cruz said she wants students to
understand that SGA encourages
applications from all groups on cam-
pus, and it looks forward to funding
new and creative ideas that will ben-
eﬁt a larger section of campus;

“\Ve want to fund events that
will include a large enclave of stu-
dents on campus,” she said. “We
haven't had many applications
that have presented an idea that
will do that yet.”

Cruz used the International

Student Organization as a ood
example of what the SGA is liiok-
ing for in a proposal.

“Several years a 0, we funded
an international lympics and
hunger dinner, where students
were brought in from around the
world to interact with students on
campus,” she said. “It was a really
exciting and creative event.”

Despite the recent vetoes, Cruz
said any organization can come to
the SGA with new proposals, even
if the group isn’t necessarily a
focused, recognized campus club.

“\Ve still want to hear their
ideas,” Cruz said. “Maybe we can
help them become a recognized
campus group.”

Clements snea

By Manish Bhatia
Sniff ll 'l‘lft‘l‘

lle swayed from side to side.
He paced up and down the podi—
um. Thc crowd at the Newman
Center sat enthralled as he spoke
about addiction and its evils.

Yes. Father (ieorge Clentents
was in town.

The Newman Foundation
brought the famed Catholic priest

GREAT AMERICAN SMOKEOUT!
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COME BY OUR INFORMATION 81 RESOURCE TABLES
*Student Center. 2nd floor Arcade
Tuesday, November 18 & Wednesday, November 19 IO o.m.- 3 p.m.
*LCC, Oswald Buildinq Lobm
Wednesday, November I9, 9 am. - 4 p.m.

Sponsored by S H A C , Studenl Health Advisory Cor/no! JIM
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to Lexington last weekend as part
of its 1997-98 Distinguished
Speakers Program.

A distinguished humanitarian,
Clements founded several pro-
grams, such as One Church-()ne
Child and ()nc Church~()ne
Addict, and is now working on the
()ne Church—One Inmate pro—
gram. \\'ith roots in Lebanon,
Ky., he was the first priest to
adopt a child and was the subject

Information Meeting

BREATHIT'I‘ LECTURESHIP IN THE HUMANITIES

Wednesday, November 19
3:30 p.m. — 5:00 p.m.
Gaines Conference Center
226 East Maxwell Street
Living Room
Refreshments served

Study
Abroad

air

Wednesday

November 19, 1997

Student Center
Small Ballroom
10 a.m. - 2 p.m.