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Celebratig30yars of independence

In the shadow
of conformity

Norms: UK's gay
community talks
about matrimony

By Ashley York

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.laiiies ()benshaiii used to
imagine getting married. But
now he sees marriage as a reli
gious. heterosexual institution

and he's not interested in the
church bells and rice.

“Lots of people want to get
married because they subcon-
sciously feel they need to he
legitimized by society .. i don't
need that." the media specialist
at LCC said.

There‘s no definitive opiii
ion on same-sex unions in UK's
gay community. Students. fac-
ulty and staff embrace different
opinions on the institution of
marriage. the legal benefits of
getting married and who de-
serves the right to marry.

Obenshain. a history and
Japanese studies senior. said
gay couples shouldn‘t imitate
straight couples.

' (lay couples have this idea
of traditional marriages and we
model our relationships after
that." ()benshain said. “i don‘t
think that's how it should be.”

A space between

When Jeff .lones' straight
friends discuss marriage. they
talk about weddings. showers
and gowns.

“They don‘t think about the
legal benefits going into it."
said the research administrator
in the School of Public Health.

But when his gay friends
talk about marriage. Jones said
they are more concerned with

 

 

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Speaker stirs

reparations
controversy

Arguing: Speaker says

David Horowitz,
conservationist
and author.
speaks on
slavery repara-
tions Wednesday
night in the
Whitehall Class-
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.IEGISLAIIIRE,

Bill would limit soliciting
credit cards MW

Debt woes: Students
could get financial
counseling in UK 101

By Andrea Uhde

ASSiSiANY Nth-stoma}:

Under a bill that will be
considered by the state Senate
Education Committee Wednes-
day. students might not have to
deal with the hassle of credit
card solicitors on campus.

The provisions in the bill.
KRS 287.386. would require any
credit card solicitor to register
with UK administration in
order to market the cards on
campus. The bill would also
prohibit solicitors from offering
any gifts. such as T-shirts and
water bottles.

The bill also requires [K
101 to include coursework on
how to handle credit debt and
other personal finances.

Rep. Susan Westrom. the
bill's sponsor. said she realized

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Credit card
debt can pile
up quickly

By Andrea Uhde
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Before she graduated
high school. Allison Morris
had already collected a
handful of credit cards.

Morris. 3 political sci-
ence sophomore. says she
regrets getting three credit
cards.

She‘s just one of many
students who have
ventured into the deep.
dark world of credit debt.

"1 got the credit cards
right when I turned 18." she
said.

“i was really responsi-
ble with them at first." Mor-
ris said.

“But then i went to col-
lege and one thing led to an-
other. 1 had charged them
all up."

The debt began with a
few pots and pans to cook
with when she moved onto
campus.

And then came the oc«
casional trips to Tolly-Ho
for dinner. Later. a 81.000
plane ticket to South Amer-
ica bolstered the debt

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black students “have really got
something going on here " He
pointed to the numerous black
organizations on campus and
srial blink students. although
small h}. number. are making
.in impact on raiiipiis

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Boosters provide vital
dollars for Athletics

Game time: Members provide manpower and
other services at UK sporting events

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CAMPUSNEMIS

Med Center honors blacks with display

The Chandler Medical Center Minority Af-
fairs Office is hosting a display of African-Ameri-
can history in honor of African-American Histov
ry Month this week. All employees. students and
patients. as well as community members, are in.
\‘lit‘ti to the display. The display is located in
Kentucky Clinic‘s Hall of Fame across from the
Wildcat Cafe (formerly Big Blue Deli). located on
the third floor. just before the pedestrian bridge
to UK Hospital.

Leadership society seeks applicants

The UK Chapter of Omicron Delta Kappa is
accepting applications for membership. ODK is a
national leadership honor society. The chapter of
ODK is one of the oldest in the nation and would
like all interested students to apply. A few mem~
bers include President Lee Todd. Coach Tubby
Smith. Mayor Pam Miller. Former Governor Ed
Breathitt and William '1‘. Young. Acadetnically.
students must rank in the upper 35 percent of
their college and must show leadership in at least
one of the five phases of campus life. Applica~
tions are due at 4 pm March 1 the Student Cen-
ter Room 209. Applications are also online at
www.geocitiescom 'wmrallenjr / indexhtml.

Conference to focus on humor, no joke

The McConnell Literature Conference. “Hu-
mor. Seriously." is set for Feb. 22-23 at the Radis-
son Plaza Hotel in Lexington. In the final session
of the conference that begins at 1:45 pm. Satur-
day. students in grades two through six at Mary
Queen of the Holy Rosary School will talk about
their favorite books. The conference is sponsored
by the School of Library and Information Science
and Book Wholesalers. Inc. For more informa—
tion. call Sandra Ireland at 2576926.

jIAIEAIEfli

Committee approves bill on DUI law

FRANKFORT. Ky. v The House Judiciary
Committee on Wednesday approved a bill to
change a portion of the state‘s drunken-driving
law that has drawn challenges in courts. The
measure would simplify the warning given to
drunken-driving suspects before they are given
sobriety tests. said Rep. Rob Wilkey. The bill
would restore the warning that was routinely
given before the DUI laws were rewritten in 2000.
Wilkey said. That warning advises suspects that
they can lose their drivers‘ licenses and might be
subject to jail and fines. The bill also would re~
store a minimum six-month license suspension

 

 

 

 

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NALRUS:

Staff at a central
England marine
center have turned
to the "Walrus of
Love" to try to get
their shy sharks in
the mood for
mating. The love
ballads of soul
legend Barry White
- known as the
Walrus of Love by
his fans - are
being pumped in
to tanks containing
dogfish, starry
smooth hounds and
tope at the
National Sea Life
Centre in
Birmingham.
Marine center
officials said they
view the music -
which also includes
other collections
of love songs - as
a last resort. It is
commonly thought
that sharks detect
sound through
their internal radar
system, which they
inter-pret as
vibrations. But new
research by U.S.
scientists at the
Rowland Institute
for Science in
Cambridge,
Massachusetts, has
found that fish can
appre-ciate and
identify different
types of music.
The verdict is still
out on whether
White's flow has
given the sharks
good vibrations.
But they still plan
to eat their young.

for first-time DUI offenders who refuse to take
the breath test or blood-alcohol test. Wilkey said.
The 2000 law lowered the blood-alcohol level at
which drivers are presumed intoxicated to 0.08.

.down from 0.1.

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Case shows disparity in cremation law
The ghastly discovery of scores of bodies dis-
carded in the woods near a Georgia crematory
has illustrated what consumer advocates say is a
lack of state regulation and oversight of the in-
dustry. Eight states have no laws at all. and most
of those that do , - including Georgia ~~ lack ade-r
quate enforcement. consumer advocates say.
Georgia lawmakers moved quickly this week to
tighten rules for crematories and treatment of
the dead after rotting corpses were found near
the Tri-State Crematory in Noble. The bodies had
been taken there for cremation but were left in
garages, vaults or the woods. Twenty-five percent
of the 2.3 million people who died in the United
States in 2000 were cremated. according to the
Cremation Association of North America.

Hormone-free imports increase to E.U.

BRUSSELS. Belgium . ~ European Union ex-
perts recommended lifting stringent testing for
U.S. imports of hormone-free beef products
Wednesday. saying recent tests had found no
traces of hormones or other banned substances.
A senior U.S. trade official welcomed the move.
saying it should help set the stage for resolving
the much-bigger trans-Atlantic dispute over hor~
mone-treated beef. In a statement. the EU said
that U.S. authorities had taken enough precau-
tions and guarantees to ensure that hormones
were not present in beef labeled as hormone-free.
Currently. around 20 percent of all U.S. hormone-
free beef entering the 15~nation EU is tested. but
that will be scrapped and replaced by the same
random testing that applies to any other country.
officials said.

Passenger train catches fire, kills 373

REQA AL-GHARBIYA. Egypt w A train
crowded with Egyptians leaving the capital for a
religious holiday caught fire and sped on in
flames for miles Wednesday. killing 373 people.
including some who died as they jumped from
the burning cars. police said. The fire was report-
edly started by a cooking gas cylinder that burst
and it swept through the last seven of the train‘s
11 cars. Workers in gloves and masks pulled
charred and twisted bodies from the wreckage.
Firefighters said some of the corpses were found
curled up under seats and dozens more lay along-
side the train tracks. Officials called it the worst
train accident here in decades.

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Continued from page I

Horowitz said that slavery
is a moral issue. not an eco-
nomical one and that blacks
should not seek compensation.

“Slaves were provided
with food and shelter."
Horowitz said. “It is estimated
that if you had a slave. you

- didn't start to make money un-

til they were 27.“ He said that
by today‘s standards. the pay-
ment to slaves would add up to
12 percent in unpaid wages.

Horowitz not only spoke of
reparations but also his sup-
port of racial profiling. He dis-
cussed concerns with contem-
porary black America.

"The number of black
Americans is directly propor
tional to the number of blacks
that commit crimes."
Horowitz said.

Disagreeing with vocabu-
lary Horowitz used. Joanne
Pope Melish. associate profes-
sor of history. said the number
of blacks convicted of crimes
compared to blacks actually
committing crimes differs.

She said there could be
many variables that lead to
unfair convictions.

"Horowitz is the master of
half truths.“ Melish said. “He
cites his authorities as if they
are the ultimate truth."

But many who attended
agreed with Horowitz‘s
message.

“I already knew where I
stood with reparations." said
Chris Hunt. a political science
sophomore. “I think they are a
bad idea.“

Horowitz blamed left wing
media and universities as the
reasons ill-informed black
Americans vote Democrat.

But many black Ameri-
cans find his message
insulting.

Lee Conrad. a political sci-
ence sophomore. said he did
not agree or disagree with
Horowitz's speech.

He mainly thought that
bringing speakers like this to
campus is what college is all
about.

“It marks how far we've
come and how far we still need
to go as a nation. It is shocking
he still holds these kinds of
vieWs in 2002.“ said Gilbert
Singletary. a graduate student.

 

 

 

MILLOY

Continued from page I

be educated. He said public re-
forms should be based around
education. “We've got ignorant
people. black and white."

Milloy said drugs. diseases
and violence are more preva-
lent than ever. but people
shouldn‘t give up. “Life
shouldn‘t be so hard that we
cannot deal with the problem
(whatever it may be).“

Phillis Rambsy. the
Progam Coordinator for the
King Cultural Center. said she
thought the speech was “very
relevant to the times we‘re liv—
ing in." Rambsy said she was
most impressed by “the sin-
cere hope he has in you."

Antoine Jennings. a mar-
keting senior. enjoyed Milloy‘s
speech but wasn‘t happy with

the turnout. “I think more peo-
ple should be here." he said.

Despite the low atten<
dance. Jennings said Milloy's
presence will be felt. “(Milloy's
visit) will have a positive im-
pact on campus."

Along with education. Mil-
loy said putting together
families. husbands and wives.
is key to economic progression
in black America. “If you‘re 15
generations behind. you've got
to learn quickly."

Milloy said his mother
tried to shield him from some
of the ills of segregation. “My
mother didn’t want me to see
colored this. colored that." he
said. “She didn't want me to
grow up a hateful person.“

One half of black America
is under 30-years-old. Milloy
said. Their future depends
largely on the power of the
mind. he said.

“What this group is going
to need is the wisdom."

 

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the importance of teaching
responsible use of credit cards
when she met a student with a
$10000 debt.

“I think a lot of students are
ill-prepared for
the responsibili-
ty of credit." We
strom said.

She said that
on average stu
dents graduate
with $7.500 in
credit debt on
top of student

There has to

“There has to be control or
we'd have a flea market mental-
ity on campus, where anyone
could come and make money
and leave." he said.

Hazard said the regulations
from the bill would help him
stop the solicitors before they
even appear on campus.

He said the only solicitors
allowed on campus are at foot-
ball and basket-
ball games.

Hazard has
no authority
over these solici-
tors.

He said he
isn't sure
whether the Ath-
letics Depart-

loans. be control or mem .makes

A similar
bill was pro-
posed in 2000.
she said. but
only made it
through the

House. ‘ Campus...”

W e s t r o in
said she thinks
it will pass this

If the bill
passes through
the Education
Committee, it will proceed to
the Senate floor for a vote.

The House has already ap.
proved it.

Victor Hazard. the dean of
students. said he hopes the bill
will pass. Hazard said he does
not approve of solicitors on
campus and that he promptly
makes them leave whenever
they come.

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tlme. dean of students

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Ray Forgue.
an associate pro—
fessor in Family
Studies. said col-
lege students are
primary targets
for credit card
solicitors for
three reasons:

College students don't shop
for the lowest interest rates: stu-
dents are better at paying bills
than the public. and students
tend to run up a balance and not
pay off the debt.

“They get in debt. stay in
debt. and that interest rate is
very lucrative for credit card
companies." he said.

Continued from page I

“When you're in debt.
you think. ‘well. what‘s an-
other $100?"' she said.

Morris said that she is
often the target for credit
card solicitors on campus.

Under the provisions of
a bill that will be considered
by the state Senate Educa-
tion Committee next week.
solicitors would need
approval of UK administra-
tion to be on campus and
they would not be able to
entice students with gifts.

The bill would also re-
quire that students be
taught how to handle credit
card debt in UK 101. the
freshman introductory
course.

“I think the education
would be useful." said Emily
Rigdon. a senior majoring in
Latin American studies and
economics.

Rigdon said she rarely
has credit debt. and when
she does go in debt. she pays
it off as soon as she can.

But for some students, it
takes longer to get rid of the
debt.

Cheri Bowman. a sopho
more philosophy major. said
it’s likely to take her up to
three years to pay off the
$2.100 of debt she‘s accumu-
lated.

“I never have time to
work and get the money to
pay the debt off until sum-
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Continued from page 1

romanticize the union because
Kentucky. along with 35 other
states. has laws prohibiting leg-
islation that would recognize
same-sex marriage.

“And when they tell people
‘Hey we are going to get mar-
ried.‘ instead of saying congrat-
ulations. people say. ‘Is that
legal?”

While a religious ceremony
is legal for any couple. Jones
said same-sex partners don‘t
gain any of more than 1.000 fed-
eral benefits that are granted to
heterosexual couples.

“That's everything from tax
breaks to inheritance laws. to
hospital visitation and property
rights.“ Jones said.

As a commissioner on the
Human Rights Commission in
Lexington. Jones has worked
with the issue of same-sex mar-
riage for years. And while he
and his partner. Chris. intend
on being together for the rest of
their lives. and say they would
marry given the choice. Jones
said the ceremony wouldn't
involve the two of them walking
down an aisle.

“We would not do it to make
a social statement. but for the
benefits.“ Jones said. “We
would do it (to) know that if one
of us got sick. we could be at the
hospital. We would do it to
know that if one of us died. we
would have rights."

‘Unjust' discrimination

Joan Callahan. though sus-
picious of the institution of mar-
riage. sympathizes with Jones.

Callahan. the director of
women‘s studies. has been with
her partner. Jennifer. for 14
years. Neither Jennifer nor Jen-
nifer's son. whom the two raise
together. can be insured
through UK‘s insurance policy.

“I submit that as an employ-
ee of this institution. 1 am treat-
ed unjustly." she said. “My com-
pensation is less than my mar-
ried colleagues because I have
to pay more to purchase inferior
insurance."

The fact that same-sex cou.
ples can't insure each other
seems profoundly unjust to
Callahan.

“Why should people get
things like health care benefits
because of who they sleep
with?" Callahan asked. “Espe-
cially when it's mandated by the
law that they have to sleep with
someone of a certain sex."

Since UK won't insure
Callahan's partner or their son
she said they have no other
choice than to purchase insur-
ance in the open market -
insurance Callahan said is more
expensive and inferior.

While the benefits concern
her most. she criticizes the
institution of marriage because
of its patriarchal traditions 55
making women the ultimate
property of their fathers and

usbands. she said. Even
though she is skeptical. as she
suspects a lot people in the gay
community are. she said the
benefits that go along with it
make it worthwhile.

“A lot of people who may be

1

reserved about the institution of
marriage would still like to par-
ticipate because that s the way
you get the benefits.‘ she said.

Irrespective of the beiflfits.
gays should be able to marry.
Callahan said.

“The point is. whether most
people would do it or not is that
it‘s wrong to deprive gay citi-
zens of these benefits.

“Go figure." she said. “It
just shows the government is
partial to heterosexual couples."

But she is optimistic.

“The law used to say that
people couldn‘t marry (interra-
cially). but those laws have been
broken down." Callahan said.

And she certainly hopes
that will be the case for gays.

“I hope there will come a
time when the kind of rules and
practices we have now are un-
thinkable to us.“ she said.

Cheryl Chastine. a Latin
American studies senior. agrees
with Callahan and said denying
same-sex couples the right to
marry is sex discrimination.

“What business is it of the
government's to say that I can
marry a man but not a woman?"
she asked.

The laws concern Chastine
because without legal marriage.
same-sex partners can be denied
insurance coverage through
their partner‘s employer.
parental rights over their part
ner's child and access to their
partner's in emergency rooms.

While she supports the le-
galization of marriage to same-
sex couples. she questions it:

“Some say the purpose is
‘procreation.‘ Then why do we
permit infertile people to mar~
ry'.’ Should post-menopausal
women be forbidden to marry?
Surely these people are even
less capable of procreation than
same-sex couples."

Looking for answers

Chastine asks these ques.
tions among her peers at a meet-
ing of the Lavender Society. a
campus group that strives to
promote positive change for les-
bians. bisexual women and
transgendered people.

The topic frustrates Sara
Morris. an art history junior.

“It‘s not as much about get-
ting married in a church as it is
getting recognized in society for
having a partner.“ said Morris.
president of Lambda. a lesbian
and gay club on campus.

She has been dating her
partner. Heather. for more than
one year and wants to be legally
united with her. but doesn't
want marriage. She said a civil
union would do. A civil union is
an agreement that would allow
gay couples to receive all the
benefits that married couples
do. Vermont is the only state
that recognizes civil unions.

"If we as a community fight
for civil unions instead of mar»
riage. we have a better chance
of getting ahead." she said.

The union would allow gays
hospital and adoptive rights
rights that don't have anything
to do with marriage. she said.
Despite the expense of attaining
some rights. she and her part-
ner are considering beginning
the process.

She expects it will be dim.
cult. especially in Kentucky.

“I’ve talked with my part»
ner about moving to San Fran

cisco. but she says if we don't
stay here and fight we will nev-
er have change." Morris said.

Hawaii. Massachusetts. Cal-
ifornia and New York are the
four states that allow domestic
partners to register.

Morris said she just wants
fairness.

"We just want the same
rights as straight people. I don‘t
think that‘s too much to ask.”
she said.

Katie Jones. a foreign Ian--
guage international economics
senior. while not quite ready to
get married. said she supports
civil unions for anyone
straight or gay.

“Anything that heterosexu-
als can have and homosexuals
can't is unfair." Jones said.

Lindsey Clouse. a linguis-
tics junior. agrees. She expects
the United States will model the
samesex marriage policy of the
Netherlands. which in 2001 be-
came the first country to allow
same-sex couples to marry.

“Hopefully things are going
to change really fast." she said.
“Hopefully people will see
things working well in compa-
rable countries."

Not too hopeful

But John Youngblood. a
communication graduate stu-
dent. sees the controversy sur-
rounding same-sex marriage as
inevitable.

"In a place where interra-
cial relationships were just ac-
cepted I don‘t expect (the legal
izingof gay marriage. he said

He smokes a cigarette while
pontificating on the issue and
the discussions he and Jason.
his partner of nine months.
have had about marriage. The
two have discussed a ceremony
and exchanging rings.

“We are more concerned
about adopting children than
actually marrying.“ he said.

Youngblood said he chooses
not to waste his energy on wor-
rying about something that isn‘t
likely to happen. He blames so-
ciety for failing to accept gay
and lesbian relationships.

“Society focuses on one as
pect of gay lives the wrong
ness of a man and a man." he
said. “It hasn't considered the
sacrifices made to be in a gay re
lationship. It hasn‘t considered
the naturalness that gay indi-
viduals feel when entering a
relationship. which is the same
naturalness straight individuals
feel."

And though he hopes for a
social movement that would al-
low he and Jason to marry. it‘s
not an issue he looks for the
government to solve.

“I would rather see a soci-
etal movement because the laws
will follow it." he said.

For now. Youngblood said.
he and Jason will continue to
unconditionally love each other
and their cat. Zoey.

Victor Maze. a journalism
senior. agrees that society is ul-
timately responsible for Chang»
ing its perceptions about the
gay community.

“I could live with a man for
20 years and be committed. but
if he died his family would have
the rights to overrule any of his
wishes." he said. “All we want
is to be guaranteed the same
things as everybody else."

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