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By Ali Cicerchi

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Department heads across
UK are taking a hard look at
their budgets as the university
potentially faces a 4 percent
cut in state funding. although
some services may not be af-
fected.

As soon as early next
week. UK will know whether
tuition hikes. hiring freezes.
delayed graduation and em~

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The UK men's lacrosse club has high hopes.

despite a tight budget SEE SCORE PG 3

 

CELEBRATING 37 YEARS OF INDEPENDENCE

Matting BIIIIS meet

Budget Woes ,

Departments look at impact of 4 percent cuts

ployee cuts will become a re-
ality. and in a campusawide

email sent late Wednesday.

President Todd announced a
plan has been formed with
cuts to the budget due to the
possible SI2.7 million cut
from the state.

“The university has been
working to conserve cash and
reduce expenses." Todd said
in the c-mail. "However. we
did ttot get direction on the

Some college presidents across the country
are declining pay raises this year in the face of
budget shortfalls. but UK President Lee Todd
said it is too soon to tell if he will join the

HTOVCIHEHI .

On Friday. the president
of Kentucky Community and
Technical Schools will turn
down a salary increase and
bonus as part of his 2000
compensation package during
a regularly scheduled meet
ing.

President Michael B. Me-
Call. citing the “difficult fi-
nancial times for both otir
state and postsecondary edu~
cation" as his reason for de-
clining the bonus in a state~
merit. joins the presidents of
Stanford University. Wash-
ington State University and
Washington University iti St.
Louis among others. the
Chronicle of Higher Educa—
tion reported.

200708 fiscal year and 3 per
cent cuts on top of that for
3003-09.

“We have esplored every
avenue to increase salaries for
faculty and staff. but the
funds are simply not there."
he said.

Todd said in an e-mail to
the Kernel this week he
would not decide to turn
down his bonus anytime soon
given the length of time be-
tween now and the Board of
Trustees meeting in June.
when his salary figures are
officially decided.

Todd said iii an e-mail to
the Kernel he did not receive
a raise for the 2007—08 school

year: he re—

 

While Todd
returned about a
third of a
$150,000 bonus
from the Board
of Trustees for
the 2007-08 fis—
cal year. Todd's
total compensa~

 

Additional
compensation

$45,602 retirement pay
$100,000 retention bonus
395.0(1) performance bonus
350.0(1) foundation pay

ceived a per-
f o r m a n e e
award and a
one-time re»
tention incen~
the for com—
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tion still rose
”.7 percent from the year
before. according to figures
from the Chronicle of Higher
Education ’s salary database.
The total increase in his com—
pensation over the past four
years has been 42.7 percent.
In April. Todd recom-
mended to the UK Board of
Trustees that faculty and staff
not receive a salary increase
for the 2008-09 fiscal year
beginning in July. Todd an-
nounced the decision in a
campus-wide c—mail. citing
the state's budget cuts -— 3
percent in midyear cuts in the

contract.

“1 did not receive a raise."
Todd said. “My contract
states that any raise would be
the same as staff — thus. I
did not receive a salary in-
crease last year.“

Why Todd did not decline
more of his bonus has already
been discussed several times
before and UK Public Rela—
tions will offer no further
comment. said UK
spokesman Jimmy Stanton.

“This is a decision the
president and the board made.
so we‘re not going to revisit
it.“ Stanton said.

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level of cut to plan for until
last week."

Devanathan Sudharslian.
dean of (iatton College of
Business and Economics.
said it would not be easy to
cut from his college.

“We have had a series of

cuts and an increase iti our
undergraduate enrollment.”
Sudharshan said. "We are un-
derstaffed compared to our
aspirant colleges."

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For Student Affairs.
which includes services such
as Campus Dining and Rest—
dence Life. it is premature to
discuss possible ctits. said
I’K spokeswoman (jail Hatrv
ston.

"We aren‘t going to know
anything until next week."
Hairston said.

Some auxiliary services
may not be affected by possi~

See Budget on page 6

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While many universrty presrdents are declining than annual bonus UK Presaient lee Todd said it rs too sonr 'n tell
whether he Will be taking a pay tint Todd‘s salary has risen 1i 7 percent Still,“ last school year

Todd: No decision on bonus

By Jill Laster

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' Todd's total
' compensation

. 5600.000
consrsts of two

1 things: his base
' salary and

additional 3500.000

compensation,

$400000
and retention
bonuses.

$300,000
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Chronicle of
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Presrdents' total compensation at the Unrversrty of Kentucky (Fall 2007
total enrolment: 26.648). the University of Louisvrlle (21.689) the
University of Utah (28619) and the UNC-Chapel Hill (Fall 2008 total

enrollment: 28,567)

Source: Chronicle of Higher Education

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Local computer
store owners
strained after

UK decision

By Travis Walker

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Local business owner
Clarence Brewer is worried
about the future of his comv
putcr store because of a re—
cent policy decision by l’K.

Brewer. a [K alurnntis
and owner of Computer
Pieces and Pans. has relied
on surplus computers from
L'K to butld and sell corti—
puters at prices below mar
ket value,

Btit the university
stopped selling in l‘ebruary
1003. vv hen L‘ls' enacted a
contract with computei
company Dell to have them
take all surplus computers.
clean the hard drives ot iii-
lormatron and dispose or
them.

He and other computer
business owners such as
()rvill Baker. owner of Bak
er Surplus in Versailles. Ky,
are concerned about the iti
creasing difficulty of build—
trig used computers at a
In“ er cost

l)ell charged the univcr~
sity \Iti pct computer and
to date they have taken
437‘.) computers. said Ben
(‘rntthcrx I'K‘s
\ it c presidcnt loi’ .uiviliaiy
lhis amounts to
Willir’i spcnt on this pro
gram \lllss‘ l-cbruary

Brewer now has to btiv

associate

st'ch‘L‘s

the parts necessary to run
his business frorn other
venues. He said last year he
spent $3.300 on computers
and parts from the UK sur-
plns auctions and this year.
since the auctions stopped
carrying computers. he has
spent 310.900 acquiring
parts. Now he is worried
that he will have to mark up
his prices.

"I know the people I
sell to aren‘t going to be
able to afford my comput-
ers anymore." Brewer said.

(‘rtitcher said UK
stopped selling the comput-
ers at auction and began
working vv ith Dell to get rid
ot surplus computers be-
cause Dell‘s program eit-
snres that all potentially
sensitive data. such as stu—
dent records and medical
records. is removed frotn
the hard drive

('r'utcher also said that
by the time liK invests the
resources and manpower
into cleaning all of the sur-
plus hard drives it ends up
costing more than what
l)ell charges to do it.

"\\c lound it was more
costcllectrvc In [My Dell ll)
do it." ('rntcher said

(‘rutcher found otit
Tuesday l'ls’ will no longer
be pay ing Dell to take away

1w, Computer on pane 6

 

I WORLD AIDS WEEK

AIDS services

restart vvaitlist
in Kentucky

By Lauren Prather

" eras tiltykerr‘rei I out

‘tate budget cuts on stibsidi/cd medications may al~
lect lll\’»positive patients" responsocncss to treatment.

Kentucky clinics \\lII have to resort to vvaitlists next
year tor patrcnts receiving lll\ and .\ll)fs' medications.
said Bluegrass (are Clinic Program Coordinator liltsa

Klein

l'hc \vaitlist raises .i serious health threat for HIV-

positive papents with low incomes. she said.

"With HIV medications. it's really impoitant that you
stay on them. that \on don't start then stop because your
body can become tcsistant to the rncdnatron." Klein said.

The lscntuclsy .r’\ll)\‘

Drug

Assistance Program

(KAI) \l’i w ill be cvpcrrcncing a 8350.000 budget cut oit
all subsidized medication beginning next year. said Dan
(iratitl. assistant dncctor tor the Kentucky Clinic Pharma—

cy.

Klein recalls .i previous vvaitlist in 3001 and said the
people that need the medications will not be able to easily
access them since many patients have to pay toi medica-
tions and treatment out of pocket

ls'.-\I);\l’ is a granttunded program providing HIV
medications to individuals with low incomes. Medica-

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Harris released from
hospital after collrsron

Stall report

l'ls' men's basketball
_|llnl0l‘ Ramon Harris was
released from the hospital
Thursday afternoon. one
day after colliding with
teammate Michael Potter
during I’K's 1031‘] victory
over Lamar. Harris was
carted off the court and tak-
cn to the UK Hospital.

Harris was kept at UK
Hospital Wednesday night
and underwent tests. all of
which came back negative
UK spokesman John Hay-
den said.

The Alaskan native lay
motionless on the Rupp
Arena floor before being

carted oft, Porter received
in stitches above his left
eye and did not retum to
the game

“Those are my kids out
there.“ (iillispie said after
Wednesday's game. “You
feel helpless that you can't
help them. but we have
great people that can and
we ‘iust hope and pray that
everything works out for
both of them."

Harris and Porter are
listed as day-to—day accord-
ing to a UK athletics news
release. making their avail-
ability for UK '5 games this
weekend against No. 22
Miami and Mississippi Val-
ley State uncertain.

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lundrtuscs tor Padres Contra
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For liytt‘s Heroes. the
rnotnution was personal.
"My older sister Elizabeth is
mcntttlly disabled. She is
my hero." Longoritt Parker.
33. tells (Ts. Hubby Tony
Parker. 26. gets in on the
act. too. "He brings the [San
Antonio] Spurs players to
all of our fundraisers. We‘ve
auctioned him off!"

The actress has bccn it
spokeswoman for Padres us
well. \isiting cancer pttticnts
for six years. “There are so
many ways people can
make a difference.“ she tells
Us. "I will donate gifts or
my time at the hospital. If
every one of your readers
donated one dollar. imagine
the impact."

Joyful Heart Foundation
Markisku Hargitay ‘s
foundation supports sur-
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abuse tjoyfulheartfounda-
tion.orgi. "Our mission is to
heal. educate and empow—
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Since 3004. more than 1.200
surviyors have participated
in rctrcat and wellness pro—
‘grams. which complement
traditional talk therapy.

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Celebrities
CZILISCS

These stars step up to help

"Victims wcrc disclos-
ing their stories to me. many
for the first timc." ergttuy
tells l's ol hcr law 8; ()r
dcr: SVL‘ ton mull. "\thn I
started on the show pcoplc
.tskcd how I dcztlt with all ol
the horrible subject matter. I
deal with it by doing some
thing about it."

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Foundation (or Parkin-
son's Research

Michztcljioxorg has
rttiscd $140 million for -rc»
search into new therapies
for Parkinson‘s. u dcgcncru»
ti\c ncnous system disor-
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team of people smarter than
me m that was distt‘csstngly
cos) joked the star. who
was diagnosed with the dis~
case in 1991. “We have onc
goal: finding the cure for
Parkinson‘s.”

Fox. 47. tclls Us. “l’co
plc use bakc salcs. birthday
parties. pub crawls and any-
thing else they can think of
to raise funds."

United Service
Organizations

Tennis act: Ann-u
Kournikos'u. 27. hats iorncd
forces with thc nonprofit
(uso.orgi to prmidc rttortrlc
boosts to 1'8. troops and
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Stephen Colbert’s album

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I KERNEL EDITORIAL

New Greek
recruitment
setup would
be welcome

Before some women have e\er stepped foot into a
classroom at l'ls'. they have made up their minds what
sorority they want to bc a part of for the rest of their col-
lege careers.

[K has traditionally held its sorority rush the week
before the Fall semester of the academic year. It does not
offer it in the spring. But according to a Kernel article
Tuesday. the l'K l’aiihelleriic (‘ouncil recently consid—
ered mov ing sorority recruitment two or three weeks into
the Fall serriestcr and possibly adding one in the spring.
They ultimately decided to keep the traditional recruiting
period.

Reviewing the timetable of sorority rush was a wise
choice. but sticking w itli the original plan is not the best
decision for this urii\ei'sity or its students.

After visiting l’urdtie l'niversity to see how its (ireek
system recruited. l‘K concluded that a change would be
"detrimental to the current recruitment sy stem." Panhel-
lenic Council President Julie Meador said in Tuesday‘s
Kernel.

[)etrimeiital seems to be to the (heck system‘s suc~
cess at recruiting. and not a new member‘s ability to
iriake an educated. less pressured decision. Part of the
reason for keeping the system as it is now is for al‘
ready acti\e fraternity members. and not potential
members.

"There would be coiiflici with academics and other
l'ls' community ments such as football garues. women's
sports and leadership summits." said Siisau West. director
of fraternity and Sorority Affairs.

"Purdue had many scheduling conflicts for both their
recruiters and potential members." she said. “Recruiters
missed class to prepare for the recruitment ments and got
behind in their studies."

West‘s assessment is acceptable. But there are better al~
tematives than doing sorority recruitment before students
have even begun their studies.

Moving recrurtnient two or three weeks into the Fall
semester would only reopardi/e stridents‘ studies during
the budding weeks of their college careers.

The most beneficial proposal would be to move
botli sorority and traternity rush to only the Spring se-
mester ilraternities at [K do recruitment for the fall
and Spring semesters). or to rcqurrc students to be in at
least their second semester to be eligible for recrurt-
merit.

This seems radical. but it‘s not. It would benefit the
university. the students and actually. the (heck system.

By pushing the recruitment period back. students
would haye a better opportunity to concentrate on
their grades and get acclimated to the unnersity. They
could explore other organi/atious this carnpiis has to
offer and meet people outside ol the (ireek communi-
ty.

"Moving into the dorms. starting classes and making
new friends is a lot to handle without adding the pressure
of joining a sorority.” said (‘hristiria (milk). a merchandis—
ing and textiles senior

And if a student decided he or she wanted to join the
Greek system. they would be better prepared to make that
decision because they would have more time to develop re—
lationships. said itinily Perrin. v ice president of recruitment
for Centre‘s Panhellenic ('ouncil. At (cutie. students are
requrred to be in at least their second semester to be eligi-
ble for recruitment.

"Choosing a sorority isn‘t a gut decision based on the
few nights you spend in that house; it's based on the
women you know." l’crrin said.

Plus. the sororities and fraternities could look at stu~
dents' grade point averages and determine if they re
ready for the commitment based on how they did the
first semester. It‘s a win win situation for everybody in,
volved.

Joining a fraternity or sorority has numerous advan
tages and everybody should consider becoming a part of
the (ireek system. But there is more to UK than (ireek life.

The university should either push recruitment back to
the week before school starts in the Spring semester or
require all students be in at least their second semester
before joining a fraternity or sorority

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Kentucky hospitals working to remove “tobacco state” image

On Nov. 20. UK Hospital went tobacco-free. a