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Student says she was sexually abused near library

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STAFF WRITER

A 19-yearold female UK
student reported to police that
an unknown man sexually
abused her outside W. T.
Young Library Tuesday night,
UK police said.

The assailant, believed to
be in his late 205 or early 30$,
walked up to the woman and
grabbed her chest as she
walked by, said Cmdr. Travis
Manley, UK Police’s public irr-
formation officer.

“He nonchalantly
grabbed her chest area and
kept on walking." Manley
said.

It happened as the
woman exited through the
University Drive entrance of
the library and was walking
on the sidewalk next to Ovid’s
Café at around 9 pm, Manley

dThe woman suffered no
injuries. “The best way to de-
scribe her is distressed,”
Manley said.

This is the third reported
sexual abuse case on campus
since August, according to pc-
lice reports. In each of these
incidents, the women were
leaving the library

The day before classes be-
gan this semester, a student
said an unknown man ap-
proached her and sexually
abused her in a library park-
ing lot, police said. Police nev-
er found the man.

On Nov. 4, a woman was
walking from the library to
her home in sorority circle
when a man she didn’t know
sexually abused her behind
the Boone Faculty Center, ac-
cording to police. Police later

arrested EKU student Avery
C. Rowland. 25, in conjunction
with the case.

Rowland remains housed
at the Fayette County Deten-
tion Center. awaiting a grand
jury hearing. He pleaded in-
nocent to charges of first-dcL
gree sexual abuse and first-de-
gree unlawful imprisonment
at his arraignment.

Krista King, a special ed-
ucation freshman, works at W.
T. Young’s circulation desk
until about 5:30 pm.

“It’s getting darker earli-
er,” and the library recently
required her and all other
stafiers to attend a safety sem-
inar. she said.

“It hasn’t been the first
time something like this has
happened," King said.

The number of reported
crimes has spurred the li-

brary to take actions like
sponsoring the safety pro-
gram for staff and students.

“We’re doing it to raise
awareness about safety issues
after these incidents,” said li-
brary director Mary Moli-
naro, last week. “We’re trying
to be more proactive."

The library also loans out
cell phones, which are pro-
grammed to only dial 911, for
24 hour periods, and offers
Safe Cats escorts, she said.

Police consider Tuesday’s
incident to be isolated and
don’t expect the same man to
be responsible for other cam-
pus attacks, Manley said.

Other attacks on women
by unknown men near cam-
pus include a rape in June be
hind Kirwan Tower and a
rape in the Sigma Alpha Ep-
silon fraternity house in Jan-

uary, according to police re—
ports

Manley said UK police
will be on extra patrols “ei-
ther on foot or in cars, to
serve as a deterrent and to
help students feel more at
ease."

The library is open 24
hours until midnight. Dec. 12.
It will remain open for 24
hours through finals week.
from Sunday through Friday

Amanda Tencza. a biolo-
gy senior, first heard the news
about Tuesday's abuse case
while eating lunch at Ovid’s
yesterday

“That’s still scary“ said
Tencza. “It'll make me more
aware of where I'm walking
and who I’m walking with."

Within the last two
weeks, two high school
women around Fayette Coun-

ty have reported being chased
by strange men.

Manley said UK notified
Lexington Police, and there
seems to be no connection be-
tween the incidents.

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By Darlush Shata
STAFF WRITER

With only seven hours
to spare before it was slat-
ed to go into effect, Lex-
ington’s smoking ban was
yet again brought to a
screeching halt.

The Kentucky
Supreme Court put the

ban on hold until the case
can be heard in early
March.

This is the third time
the ban has been delayed
since it was passed by the
Urban County Council in
July

The Kentucky Court of
Appeals convened yester-

day at 10 am. to hear oral
arguments for and against
the smoking ban.

After about three
hours, the three-judge
panel refused to block the
ban. stating the Lexing-
ton-Fayette Food and Bev-
erage Association and its
attorneys could not show

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final night before the

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Keg tagging:
common policy

About 20 other states have keg tagging rules;
Lexington’s is set to start early next year

By Brian Ross
CONTRIBUTING WRITER

When it comes to keg tagging, Lexington isn’t

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that the ban would cause
severe economic damage
to area businesses.

The attorneys for the
Food and Beverage Associ-
ation filed an appeal with
the Supreme Court 30 min-
utes after the Court of Ap-

The policy requiring keg buyers to hand over per-
sonal information starts on Jan. 1. On that day, Lexing-
ton will join more than 20 other states that have the
same policy

~ As in Lexington, keg tagging has caused contro-
versy in other states, dividing politicians, police, par-
ents and partiers.

Under the policy. the purchaser will have to fill out
a form with his or her name, address, telephone num-
ber and valid driver’s license number before he or she
can purchase a keg.

According to keg-tagging advocate Lisa Johnson,
this new policy is designed to help police officers track
down people who supply alcohol to underage drinkers.

“The motivation for the keg-tagging ordinance is
for the adults not to be able to buy alcohol for minors,"
Johnson said. “I’m not trying to keep you from party-
ing. I’m not trying to keep you from having fun. I'm
just trying to keep you legal. I care about kids."

Since the keg ordinance was passed in Bowling
Green, Ky, in 1998, it has helped more people than just
the police. said Davis Cooper. a Bowling Green Alco-
holic Beverage Control affiliate.

“Both police officers and distributors have found
this ordinance to be effective.” Cooper said. “It helps
the police because it allows them to easily track down
the buyer of the keg. It also helps the distributors be-
cause they don‘t have to worry about being responsible
for distributing alcohol to minors."

When purchasing a keg in Bowling Green, the dis-
tributor must record the driver’s license number to

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‘Best transition time' is now for UK housing

New dorm construction prompted UK to end its lease
with the Commons; no housing shortage is expected

Sunleh Shalash
STAFF WRITER

Students living in the
University Commons won’t
have to abide by UK residence
hall rules next fall.

UK declined to renew its
two-year lease with the Com-
mons after it ends in the
spring semester.

There wasn‘t anything
wrong with the Commons
that prompted the decision.
said Brenda Stamper. director
of housing.

“When we entered into
the contract, it was a tempo-
rary measure to combat a
housing shortage,” she said.
“It was never seen as a per-
manent solution."

In its first year, UK leased
288 spaces out of 672. This
fall, UK leased the entire
Commons, which is located at
845 Red Mile Road.

“We saw the numbers
were there," Stamper said.

Sarah Nikirk, associate
auxiliary services director,
said that UK has a good rela-

tionship with the Commons
management and enjoys
working with them.

“The university just saw
this as the best transition
time," she said as to why the
lease wasn’t renewed.

UK is building four new
dorms, scheduled to be ready
in the fall of 2005. Three will
be on South campus and one
on North campus.

The need to offer any off-
carnpus housing through the
university simply won‘t be
necessary after the new
dorms are built, Stamper said.

Students presently living

in the Commons have nothing
to worry about, Nikirk said.

“Some will get friends
and lease an apartment or a
house," she said. “But I think
a lot will stay right there."

The students living in the
Commons will have to assume
their own leases when UK’s
lease is up, Stamper said.

She doesn‘t anticipate a
shortage in housing for stu-
dents who apply for fall.

Phyllis Bertram, manager
of the Commons, said a door-
to-door survey was conducted
to gauge student interest in
taking on independent leases
once UK‘s contract is up

“I already have a note-
book full of students interest-
ed in leasing in the fall." she

said. “The students enjoy liv-
ing here. and we‘ll be offering
them different leases and pay-
ment plans."

She said they‘d been
pleased with UK‘s two-year
contract and had been look-
ing forward to a renewal.

“We've enjoyed working
with the RA staff." she said.
“As a matter of fact. I‘m going
to miss them. But I'm 100 per-
cent confident we'll be fully-
occupied next year through
independent leases."

The Commons can now
rent to students at Transylva-
nia University. and 250 cur-
rent student residents have
said they definitely want to

stay she said.

“I'd love to live here next
year." said Katherine Rach. a
UK business management
freshman who presently lives
in the Commons. But she said
pricing could be a factor in
her decision.

Students who decide to
lease at the Commons next
fall will pay more than what
UK charges. A four-bedroom,
nine-month lease will cost
$315 more. and a twobedroom
lease will cost $270 more. All
utilities and services included
with the UK lease will remain
the same.

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many months.

“We remain confident
that the law is well-settled
(and) not even in dispute
and that Lexington will
have a smoking ban,"

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last night, but just before

5 pm, the Kentucky
Supreme

‘nounced its decision.

‘ The hearing is set for
March 10, 2004. clearing
the way for the ban to be
heard in the highest court
of law in the state of Ken-

tucky.

Before
from the Supreme Court.
both sides were anxious to
hear the decision.

“We're hopeful," said
John Walters, an attorney

_ for the Food and Beverage
Association.
“We have our fingers

were focused on the work
ahead of him.

“We still feel very
strongly about our argu-
ments, and we will pre-
sent them before the
Supreme Court," Walters
said.

John Tresaloni. owner
of the Fish Tank Bar and
Grill, was “pretty happy”
with the Supreme Court's
decision.

Despite the fact that
the smoking ban was de-
layed until March, the
Fish Tank still threw a
“Smoke ‘Em If You Got
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night.

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ployees going postal.

The Postal Service said
Wednesday it is calling on its
750,000 employees to contact
Sandy Grushovv, chairman of
Fox Entertainment Group, to
protest the sketch on Satur-
day’s episode of “Mad TV" It
is asking millions more em-
ployees of its private-sector
partners to protest, too.

The skit features “dis-
gruntled postal workers at
odds with one another over
who has the right to go on a
shooting spree first," accord-
ing to the program's Web site.

In a statement, Azeezaly
S. Jaffer, the Postal Service’s
vice president of public af-

“It’s ugly. It's untrue. It’s
an insult to every man and
woman in the Postal Ser-
vice," he said.

Fox spokesman Joe Ear-
ley said he hadn’t seen the
Postal Service response, but
called Mad TV “a satire and
an equal opportunity offend-
er having taken on many
movies, television shows,
personalities and institu-
tions, including Fox broad
casting and other divisions
of News Corp."

The Postal Service noted
that an August 2000 study
found its workers are not
more violent than other
workers and that “going
postal is a myth, a bad rap."

“It's my guess that they

seconds on their news show,"
Jaffer said.

He called on employees
“to turn the volume up so
high that senior executives
at Fox hear us loud and clear
— and pull this insulting
piece. Funny’s funny. And
this skit isn’t."

In the “Mad-TV" sketch.
while customers lay on the
floor. “there is much heated
debate and gratuitous gun—
play" between the two postal
workers, the Web site says.
Then “a non-postal gunman
enters and adds to the confu-
sion and gun-toting goofi-
ness."

The sketch features guest
star John C. MCGinley of the
NBC comedy “Scrubs."

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alcohol, the less likely it is
that underage kids will
drink, he said.

Indiana is another state
that recently passed a keg-
tagging ordinance.

“People sometimes com-

from the freedom of the
whole college experience,”
he said.

Georgia has also recent-
ly started enforcing a keg or-
dinance.

“It’s keeping beer out of
the hands of kids and proba-

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quired to sign a contract form and having to take re- time,” said Ron Fuller. a Jax
agreeing not to serve the 31- spons1bility for everyone at Liquors employee in Rocky
cohol to a minor. the party," said Jack Hen- Face, Ga. “It‘s a hassle, but
This legal documenta- dren, an employee at J & J it's better than bringing your
tion limits the distributor’s Liquor in Dillsboro, Ind. kid home in a box.”
liability, which decreases its Bowling Green police Regardless, the ordi-
insurance rate by as much as sergeant Penny Bowles dis- nance may stop some under-
. 20 percent, Cooper said. agreed about the increase of age drinkers from taking a
‘ However, contrary to respon51bility. _ . _ SID. Cooper said.
Cooper’s belief, not all beer “The responSibility has- “Is this the overall an-
distributors are enthusiastic n’t changed,” Bowles said. “If swer to solving underage
about a keg~tagging ordi- you host a party and you let drinking? Of course not, but
i nance. people come to your house, it’s a good tool to have at
Legislators in Richmond you’re responsible for every- your disposal," Cooper said.
Ky. are also looking into a one that’s there anyway. If “And it’s a step to solving the
keg registration policy. people are drinking under- bigger problem of underage
“1 don’t think it will age at your house or if they drinking."
work at all" said Scott Rus- drink and drive. it‘s always E-mail kernel@uky.edu
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“Just because you’re not sible than you were before”.
buying kegs doesn't mean (3011689 students In Indi-
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can get around the keg ordi- prestigious, academic col-
nance but argued it's a more 1938; . . ’ .
expensive way to party. I think its a bit over-
The higher the price of board. and it takes away

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On Jan. I. 2004. the keg-w
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in Lexington.

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be required to provide personal
dress, telephone number and dri-

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With the
presence of ti-
nals hanging
over my head
like a ton of
bricks. I fig-
ured I would
lay low this
past week. Go-
ing out on the
town in true
Barfly fashion
this close to fi-
nals would not be in my best inter-
est.

So I dropped into Lynagh‘s for
a quick pint with one of my trusty
Barfly minions. It's so weird how
you can go to a place a thousand
times but notice something new
every time you go.

Lynagh’s has so much crap
decorating its space, it's hard to
take it all in in one visit.

A bright neon sign flashes “All
actors must pay in advance." I
don’t get it —— Lynagh’s doesn’t
host plays.

Above the bar is a menagerie
of brewery promotional items cir~
ca 1985, including a blow-up Spuds
McKenzie doll, which I have been
informed is, unfortunately, not for
sale.

From the ceiling, old bicycles,

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THE BARFLY
Lynagh’s: a stressless Barfly destination

tricycles and canoes hang -—
adding to the strange decor.

The one trait everything in
this eclectic collection has in com-
mon is the one-inch thick coating
of dust. Every time I go in to Ly-
nagh‘s, I fantasize about having a
ladder and an industrial-size box
of Swiffer cloths.

But I digress; I doubt most
people who go to Lynagh's will be
as easily distracted as I am.

With so many great beer
choices and an extensive menu of
delicious treats, it could be diffi-
cult to let your mind wander to
anything else.

If you need help deciding
what to get, let me offer my opin-
ion: Get the O’round, Lynagh‘s fa-
mously delicious burger; the
chicken salad, my absolute fa-
vorite chicken salad ever; or the
Guinness beer cheese dip.

No matter what you order. it‘s
bound to be good.

The crowd at Lynagh’s is a bit
older than other college bars.
You’ll find local residents, UK
alumni and graduate students as
well as a few undergrads sprin~
kled here and there.

You definitely won‘t find
flashy DJs and scantily-clad un-
derage girls; just a casual atmos-

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Ryan lloughton, an English senior, enjoys a smoke in one of the rooms at
Lynagh's. located on the corner of Woodland and Euclid avenues.

phere for conversating with bud-
dies and enjoying a good meal.
For a study break this finals

week, I recommend meeting up
with friends at Lynagh’s for some
brain food and a pint — just re-
member the theory of state-depen-
dent learning!

Moira Bagley is a broadcast journal-

lsm senior. tier views do not neces-

sarily reflect those of the Kernel.

'l'lIeLoIv-Down

Lynagh's is located in the shopping
centeronthecornerofitoodlandandEu—
clid avenues.

It is open Monday through Saturday
from It am. to l a.m., and close its
kitchenatllp.m.0n$undays. itopensat
noon, closes at 11 pm. and its kitchen
closes at 10 pm.

BIG SCREENS

Happy Hour prices during games
$1.75 22 oz. Brutus

1/2 Price appetizers

MMYRATESIT

I have taken various facets of the bar into
consideration and by using my Barfly super-
powers, l have devised a rating system that is
not only helpful, but easy to swallow.

A little slow. I've been to i I 1:
bars that are more effi-
cient, but the bartenders
at lynagh's are friendly
and accurate.

Bathrooms

Pretty bad. They're definite-
ty cleaner than some bars.
but they're still dirty.

Drink Prices

i found the prices here
about average. but if you
order imported beer, your
bar tab might be costly.

Overall Rating

The Irish sure know how to
do it - casual atmosphere.
good beer and great food.

Not too much emphasis on
keeping it clean, though.

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sical textures with a universal
value.

My Morning Jacket. a
five-piece band from
Louisville. takes this ethic a
step further. blending the pas-
toral tone of folk rock with
the aquatic and celestial am~
bience of the psychedelic
movement. The driving guitar
riffs. angular among shards of
broken beer bottles in a west-
ern film noir. resonate with
the harmony of Moog synthe
sizers and Jim James‘ fragile
tenor. evoking the emotion of
traveling a lonesome rural
road at dusk.

All one really has to
know about the group.
though. is that it is technical-
ly a local band that is receiv-
ing international acclaim for
its major label debut. It Still
Moves.

My Morning Jacket has
built a rabid following
through consistently hypnotic
performances and remark-
able recordings. The record-
ings include vocals from
James that were recorded in-
side a large hollow grain silo.
adding an acoustic dimension
of enormity to the music.

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its indefinitely-changing mu-
Sic.

Before the release of It
Still Moves. James talked
about what he hopes the mu-
sic would do and where the
band is going.

How would you describe
the current sound of My
Morning Jacket? Is the cur-
rent sound close to the
sounds and ideas you have in
your mind?

I can only say rock and
roll. in my description. be-
cause it‘s the only thing that’s
not limiting. It can be fast.
slow. happy. sap — anything
you want it to be. Yes. I‘m
very happy with the current
state of the band. It would be
impossible with today‘s tech.
nology to get things to sound
exactly like they do in my
head. but they sound pretty
damn close.

This is probably a
loaded question. What do
you want to achieve or ex—
press with your music?

I just want our music to
mean something deeply to
people. It doesn't matter how
many or how few. I want to
have fun and have it always
mean something to me I
want to help people see past
what they see with their eyes
and just worry about their
ears.

Your band has been
compared to the likes of the
Flaming Lips and Neil
Young. But comparisons
don’t necessarily constitute
one’s true influences. What
groups or musical move
ments have inspired the de-
sign of the music?

Everything inspires me. I
go through different phases. I
hate comparisons. I have been
listening to tons of OutKast
lately I got The Genius of Ray
Charles the other week. and I
have not stopped listening
since. “Don‘t Let the Sun
Catch You Cryin‘“ is probably
one of the single most beauti-
ful works of art ever laid on
this planet.

Mowing the grass also in-
fluences our work.

On tracks Run Thru and
Just One Thing. you all uti'
lize electronic textures. such
as phasing and Moog synths.
Do you plan on taking any-
more steps in the electronic
or experimental direction?
Do you currently have a plan
for the direction of My
Morning Jacket?

The plan is always "there
is no plan." Other than trying
to make each record new and
different and in a place where
they fit in. there just has to be
change. If there‘s no change.
we go bye bye.

Assuming indie rock is
an aesthetic more than just
a description a band’s label.
do you think you fit in with
the “indie rock“ scene? If
so. how?

I don‘t think we fit in
with any scene. I feel really
out of sync with the world to-
day on almost every level.
But yet I don't really feel like
it would‘ve been better in the
past either. I don‘t like label-
ing things with scenes. Iwish
I could erase the human data-
base of laziness that has erod-
ed our minds. Ah. wishes.

Louisville is widely
known for the “math rock"

scene in the early 90s with
Slim and their splinter
groups. and has carried over
with groups like Parlour
and. to an extent. VHS or
Beta. What best describes
the Louisville scene?

I wish Louisville wasn‘t
known for that. I love VHS or
Beta. Listening to them is like
being wrapped in a warm
electronic cocoon. Louisville
has no scene, but there are
plenty of talented musicians
there. though.

How do you feel the
sound of My Morning Jack-
et has matured since earlier
releases like Tennessee Fire?

I think we‘ve become
more of a band. Like at the
end of Pinnochio. when he be-
comes a real boy.

What groups do you
have an interest in touring
with or collaborating with
in the future?

Ween. Outkast. Dr. Dog,
the Beatles...

What sets My Morning
Jacket apart from other
groups with a similar musi-
cal approach?

I don‘t think we sound
anything like those other
bands. Ilike those bands. and
they are nice people. but it’s
just ridiculous how people
group things together be-
cause of how you look

Finally. what thoughts,
ideas or emotions do you
want the listener to take
away from It Still Moves?

I want the listener to feel
moved.

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