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Friday

February 18, 2005

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THE KENTUCKY

ernel

Celebrating 33 years of independence

Blind Boys of Alabama to play
at UK Sunday
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In Our Opinion: Police don't apply
law to one of their own
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Court to revisit Ragland conviction

By Shannon Mason

IHE KENTUCKY KENNEL

The. Kentucky Supreme
Court agreed yesterday to
reconsider a previous deci-
sion to overturn a convic-
tion in the murder case of
Trent DiGiuro. a former UK
football player.

DiGiuro was shot and
killed on July 17. 1994. three
days before his let birthday.

1n the 2002 trial. Shane
Ragland. a UK alumnus. was
convicted of [)iGuiro‘s mur-
der.

Mike I)iGiuro. Trent
DiGiuro's father. said he was
at work when Common-
wealth Attorney Ray Larson
informed him of the news.

“It's a good day." DiGiuro
said.

“This guy is a murderer.
and he belongs in jail. Any-
thing we can do to keep him
in jail is a positive."

Ragland was serving a
30—year sentence at the Ken-
tucky State Reformatory in
La Grange. Ky. when. on
Nov. 18. 2004. the Kentucky
Supreme Court ruled in a 4-3

decision to
revisit the
case on the
g r o u n d s
that one of
the attor-
neys for the
I) i G i u r 0
family mis-
spoke in his
closing ar<
guments of
the trial.

In his closing argument.
First Assistant Common»
wealth Attorney Mike Mal-
one wrote. “The only person

DIGIuro

who knows where that shot
was tired from exactly is the
person sitting in that chair
over there. and he hasn't
seen fit to tell us."

Under the Fifth Amend-
ment. a defendant can
choose not to testify against
himself.

In a 4-3 decision. the
court ruled that Malone in-
tentionally commented on
Ragland's choice not to testi-
fy in hopes of shifting the
decision of the jury.

In December. Attorney
General Greg Stumbo filed a

petition with the Supreme
Court asking that it recon-
sider the decision.

Lawyers with the attor-
ney general's office argued
that Malone had clarified
his statement during the tri-
a1.

At 2 pm. yesterday. the
court announced it would
look into the matter again.

The makeup of the
Supreme Court changed af-
ter the November elections.
Janet Stumbo was replaced
by Will Scott. Stumbo was
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defendants‘ rights.

The Supreme Court will
hear arguments in the re-
hearing May 11.

Jerry Ragland. Shane
Ragland’s father. could not
be reached for comment.

DiGiuro also said he is
hoping for an end to all of
this soon.

“We hope that the last
time we go to the Supreme
Court is in May," he said. “I
hope we don't have to do this
anymore."

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UK duo bonded
in competition

As long as they can remember. senior gym-
nasts Krista and Kara Prestigiacomo wanted to

In order to stay together. they knew they
had to sell themselves as a pair. They both had
scholarship offers from different schools. but.

 

them. the UK
gymnastics
team wanted
them both. .

“(We wanted
them) because
they were ener-
getic. enthusias»
tic. hard work-
ing. and they
wanted to be
Wildcats." said
head coach Mo
Muhammad.

At a young
age. Krista and
Kara‘s mother. a
gymnastics
coach. tried
putting them in
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too hyper. Gym-
nastics was in their blood.

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“When we were younger we were always
first and second.“ Kara said. “One meet I would

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UK senior gymnasts Kara Prestigiacomo (bottom) and her twin sister, Krista Prestigiacomo, compete
at 7:30 pm. against the Louisiana State Tigers at Memorial Coliseum.

 

 

Talent show offers multiculturalism

By Erin Thomas
THE KENTUCKY KERNEL

UK students need not travel
across the world to experience
different cultures all they
have to do is show up tonight at
Memorial Hall.

The International Student
Council is hosting the Interna-
tional Talent Night at 7 pm.
tonight in Memorial Hall. The
show will feature 14 talent acts
and five fashion shows from UK
students representing more
than 20 countries.

The talent night is a tradi-

Sorority to

By Erin Thomas
THE KENTUCKY norm

The members of Delta Sig-
ma Theta are doing their part to
promote international aware-
ness by inviting UK students to
help with tsunami relief.

The sorority will be hosting
a benefit party tonight from 8 to
midnight at The Stadium. a
sports and arcade facility in
Lexington. located at 412 Sport-
ing (‘t.

The Stadium is giving 25
percent of the night's total pro-
ceeds to the International Red
Cross for tsunami victim relief

tion that has lasted for more
than It) years, Expected attenv
dance is around 354) to too peo-
ple. said Maiya I)elgoda. the
council‘s president

The night is an "opportunity
for students to portray their dif-
ferent backgrounds." said I)el»
goda. a computer science senior.
“Performances show the diversi-
ty in cultures and of the stir
dents at UK."

This year's acts include cul
tural dances and fashion shows
featuring African. Chinese. Thai
and Indian clothing designs.

()ther acts will include interna-
tional song performances and
readings of literature.

I’uja Shah. the council’s sec-
retary. will perform an Indian
pop song. She will be accoiiipa~
med by a tabla. a form of Indian
drums,

The prepharmacy sopho-
more is trained in Indian music
atid is looking forward to the
chance to introduce Indian mu-
sic anrl culture to the public

"Talent night is a good
chalice to see what other ctll
tures offer and what traditions

 

International Talent
Night
I When: 7 p in. tonight
I Where: Memorial Hall.

I How much: TICKeiS cost $5 at the
door. SI will go to the Red Cross'
tsunami aid relief.

 

 

 

they have It‘s all about sharing
and bringing them together."

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hold tsunami fund-raiser tonight

funds. Delta Sigma Theta presi-
dent and integrated strategic
communication senior Krista
Williams is hoping to raise at
least 3500.

Ashley Mitchell. a finance
junior and member of Delta Sig
ma Theta. said IYK students
should attend the event because
"a lot of people don't know how
to give. or feel that a dollar isn‘t
enough."

“(This event) gives them a
chance to give back and have
fun." Mitchell said, “Every little
bit makes a difference."

Bowling. interactive arcade
games. billiards. :t-on-Zl basket-

ball. lziser tag. batting cages. a
:lovl‘oot-tall rock-cliiiibing wall
and big screen ’I‘\'s are avail
able at The Stadium.

Regular prices per activity
apply For example. bowling and
laser tag are 8.3 per person and
rock climbing prices range from
$3 to fill).

"Even money spent in the
food courts will go toward the
effort." Mitchell said.

l).I Paradox. aka. Bryan
Rue. and (‘lear (‘hannel radio
will provirle the music.

“(‘ome support the sorority
and tsunami relief while groov»
iiig to today‘s hottest music."

 

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I m: 8 pm to midnight
I M: The Stadium.

I Twenty-five percent of the night's
total proceeds will to to the Interna-
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said DJ Paradox.

There will be free second
games given to the first 15 peo‘
ple to bowl. There will be other

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Safety group
urges caution

By Elizabeth Troutman

The Kentucky Kernel

President Lee Todd commended the ef-
forts of the Women's Safety Advisory Com-
mittee yesterday for its planning to pre-
vent violence on campus. educating stu-
dents on violence and constructing poli-
cies to reach out to victims of sexual as-
sault.

"I think if we don‘t have a safe campus.
it is not conducive to the environment we
want to have." he said. “When you talk
about a trip-20 university. you don't talk
about safety and you have got a problem
you can‘t move from. You have to solve it.
and that's what we need to do here."

The committee met to review research
conducted by the Center for Violence
Against Women and discuss ways the uni-
versity can take steps to improve the over-
all safety of women on campus. Center Di-
rector Carol Jordan appointed subcommit-
tees to focus on prevention. campus envi-
ronment. intervention. policy and compli-
ance. and research.

"We will try to maintain some knowl-
edge about the size of the problem. find
out what we are doing right and wrong.

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Doctors upset
drug trial ends

By Chris Miles
The Kentucky Kernel

l'K researchers and patients said they
were disappointed Amgen. the manufac
turer of an experimental Parkinson's
treatment. has ended clinical trials of the
drug.

“My feelings about (Amgen's decision)
are of profound disappointment," said Dr.
Don Gash. chair of the department of
anatomy and neurobiology. at a press con-
ference yesterday.

Atngen had worked with the re-
searchers in the first phase of the trials
to see if the drug would be safe for hu-
mans.

“This w as a promising new drug that
subjects had responded well to." said Dr.
Greg Gerhardt. an anatomy and neurobi-
ology professor and director of the Mot“
ris K. Udall Parkinson‘s Center.

The researchers said they saw the
treatment. glial-cell-line-derived neu'
rotrophic factor. as a new weapon in the
battle against Parkinson's.

"People afflicted with the disease nev-
er get better. It is a spiral downward until
eventual death." said Dr. John Slevin, a
neurology and pharmacology professor
and director of the Movement Disorders
(‘linic at UK.

Slevin said there was a general and
constant improvement in all the patients.
something not typically seen in Parkin-
son's.

"Patients with this drug got better.“ he
said. “There is no other medication like
it. There had been up to a 30 percent im-
provement on motor activity with our pa-
tients."

Amgen declined to comment. but
Slevin said Amgen dropped trials because
of fear of potential side effects witnessed
in monkeys.

These side effects included subjects
developing antibodies and high toxicity
levels to the treatment.

Slevin said these effects were not seen
in UK's patients.

“This has been a question of side ef-
fects versus benefits." he said. “This is
the best thing for some patients."

Many patients said they had showed
remarkable results from the medication.

“This medication gave me a newfound
independence in life." said patient Robert
Green.

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Rupp Arena will be the fo
cus of the college basketball
world tomorrow as the ESPN
Gameday crew will invade
Lexington for UK‘s game
against Mississippi State.
Following the wild populari-
ty of ESPN ’s College Football
Gameday. the network decid—
ed to launch a spin—off for its
college basketball counter-
part.

The success of College
Football Gameday is due in
large part to the chemistry of
its on-air personalities:
ESPN's Chris Fowler. former
Indiana University and Uni-
versity of Louisville football
coach Lee Corso. and former
Ohio State quarterback Kirk
Herbstreit.

The College Basketball
Gameday crew includes
ESPN‘s Rece Davis. former
Duke player Jay Bilas and
former Notre Dame head
man Digger Phelps. Having
already broadcasted from
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Kan; Syracuse. N.Y.. and Col-
lege Park. Md.. Gameday will
make two more stops this
season.

Gameday will set up shop
in the Rupp Arena lobby off
High Street. where ESPN
will air three live shows
the first starting at 11 am. a
pregame show leading to the
game airing at 8 pm. and a
post-game show wrapping up
the day in college hoops at 11
pm.

The general public. in
cluding those without tickets
to the game. will be able to
view all three shows on a
first-come. first serve basis.

Cathy Durr. senior man-
ager arena events at Rupp
Arena. said the number of
people able to attend the
shows are unknown and
overflow would be handled
on site.

Students in line for the
eRUPPtion Zone will be able
to leave line without penalty
to attend the show. said UK
Assistant Athletics Director
Scott Stricklin. Fans who
leave for the show will have

 

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and make recommendations
based on that." she said.

Jordan said each sub-
committee will recruit two
student representatives and
faculty members with ex-
pertise or interest in the is-
sue of violence against
women.

“I think it is important
to involve students because
we get more information
that way.“ she said.

“Students don‘t want to
be told what they need.
They need the opportunity
to come forward and tell us
what they need."

Todd’s Chief of Staff.
Doug Boyd. said the com-
mission should spread

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Patients improved and
had better motor skills. an
aspect of daily life that the
disease effects.

This experience

Talent

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Shah said.

Tickets cost 8.") at the
door. One dollar from each
ticket will go to the Red
Cross fund to aid tsunami
victims in Southeast Asia.

The council felt a need to
respond to the tsunami be

Stadium

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awareness of the risks of
sexual violence on campus.

“Young women from rur-
al areas may be more trust-
ing." he said.

“I don‘t know how to put
people through boot camp. I
think when you are 18 you
are 10 feet tall and bullet
proof.“

At the meeting. Ken
Clevidence. interim UK Po-
lice chief. recalled spotting
two women walking home
on Washington Avenue
while patrolling with an of.
ficer at 4 am. last year.

(‘levidence said that he
reminded the women of the
dangers of the area and of-
fered to take them home.
but they declined.

Clevidence said students
are not concerned about the
threat of rape.

“It's going to be a contin-
uous education process." he
said of students. "In frater~

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Ger

true for all patients
wired in the study.
hardt said,

“I experienced a won
derful improvement." said
patient Daniel Webster "I
felt I was experiencing the
cure."

Researchers at UK said
they will continue with
clinical testing with ani-

cause of its strong connec-
tion to many international
l'K students, Delgoda said.

"There are more than
1.300 international students
at l'K. and they are mostly
from Southeast Asia." Delgo-
da said. "Most of these stu»
dents have a personal tragic
story to share.

“It is our duty and re-
sponsibility to respond." she
said.

Delgoda encourages stu-

Nicole Mcllam. a Starli-
um employee. said she hopes
for a large turnout.

“IStudents1 can have a
great time playing games
and helping." said Mcllam.

She also hopes the night
will better expose The Stadiv

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ESPN Gameday

I M: Saturday at II am, 8
pm, and after the game

I M: Rupp Arena lobby oft
High Street

I Ito. M: it is free to attend.
Students in line for eRUPPtion Zone
seating will have their spot in line
held if they attend the show.

 

 

 

their spot in line held, Strick.
liii said.

ESPN2's “Cold Pizza" will
broadcast live from Memori-
al Coliseum this morning
from 8 to 10. Fans hoping to
attend the show can enter
Memorial Coliseum from the
Avenue of Champions en-
trance beginning at7 :30 a. m.

The show will feature in
terviews with UK senior for-
ward (‘huck Hayes. head
coach Tubby Smith and for-
mer players Kenny Walker
and Jeff Sheppard.

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nities and sororities. we
have to re-educate them
every year. It is not going to
be a one time thing it‘s
going to take year after
year."

Pat Terrell. vice presi-
dent of student affairs. said
the response system to vio-
lence against women at
Southern Methodist Univer-
sity in Dallas stood out.

"It would be a model."
she said. “It was a very
tight—knit communication
system: that's what it boils
down to. communication."

The committee plans to
submit recommendations to
Todd this summer.

The subcommittees will
meet monthly to discuss the
physical and administrative
improvements necessary to
make campus safer.

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inals and tissue samples to
further understand the is-
sues of the treatment,

"We ask Aingen not to
block progress." (lash said.
“This is the best thing to
happen for us in a long
time. Science will only ben-
efit."

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mphy focuses on improving the
lives of women and children.
She has used her pictures to in-
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for such issues as women‘s pris-
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Springer has also written
a book. A Tribe of Warrior
Women: Breast Cancer Sur-
vivors. which explores the af—
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women and their families
through their stories and
Springer‘s photographs.

Tonight's Gallery Hop will
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casing of a new photographic
technique she has developed
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