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A new parking structure will
open on campus before the begin-
ning of the spring semester and offi-
cials are hoping this will help allevi-
ate parking dif‘ficulties on campus.

Parking Structure 7 will open
Jan. 9 on the corner of Sports Cen-
ter Drive and Complex Drive. near
the Johnson Center The new com-
plex will add 540 parking spots to the

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“Parking Structure 7 will pro-
vide an excellent opportunity to in-
crease the number of parking spaces
for residents. commuters. employees
and guests.“ said Don Thornton, di-
rector of UK Parking and Trans-
portation Services.

Parking Structure 7 will be avail-
able to employees with E permits.
visitors to the campus and com-
muter students. and will also have
hourly parking available for stu-

dents and visitors. The structure
will also be open to any one with a
valid UK parking permit after 3:30
pm.

“Building a new parking struc-
ture on the corner of Complex Drive
and Sports Center Drive gives Park-
ing & Transportation Services an
opportunity to locate the facility ad-
jacent to areas with an enormous
need for more parking.“ Thornton
said.

The university hopes the new

parking area will ease the crowded
areas of the Johnson and Seaton
Centers. South Campus residence
halls and the Nutter Training Facili-
ty, Thornton said.

“It will also give the university
the opportunity to eliminate a lot of
the confusion that there is with
parking because parking will be
more centralized,” Thornton said.

The university began building
the structure in October 2004 in re-
sponse to the demand for more park-

ing. The $22 million structure is not
the only addition in the next year.
Parking Structure 6 on Virginia
Avenue is scheduled to open this
July and will add 770 parking spaces.
Thornton also said 120 spaces
will be added to the area between the
Nutter Field House and Cooper Dri-
ve in the near future to accommo
date the overflow of cars cluttering
the streets near South Campus.
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After preliminary hearing with NCAA, UK
prepares to make final case for center
Randolph Morris' reinstatement

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Randolph Morris
should know soon whether
or not he will ever be al-
lowed to suit up as a Wild.
cat again.

A decision on the
sophomore center‘s status
appears to be drawing
near after the NCAA Leg-
islative Review and Inter-
pretations Committee
ruled Wednesday on an ap-
peal by UK.

“When the NCAA staff
makes a rules interpreta.
tion, that decision can be
appealed." said NCAA
spokesman Kent Barrett.
“UK was appealing a deci-
sion by our staff to this
committee.”

Though officials for
both institutions declined
to reveal the verdict. an
NCAA press release said
UK could appeal the
LRIC’s ruling to the man-
agement council.

ESPN.com reported
that on Wednesday the
committee upheld an earli-
er decision. ruling Morris‘
relationship with sports
agency SFX this summer
was a violation of NCAA
rules and declaring him
ineligible.

Now UK appears ready
to skip a further appeal at-
tempt and make its final
pitch for Morris’ reinstate-
ment.

“From here. we could

appeal to the management
council or go ahead and
move to reinstate.“ said
UK spokesman Scott
Stricklin. “I don’t antici—
pate us getting the man
agement council involved.
We want to get it resolved
as quickly as possible."

If UK chooses that
route. the NCAA‘s student
athlete reinstatement staff
will make a final decision
on whether Morris did for-
feit his remaining eligibili-
ty by crossing the line be-
tween amateur and profes—
sional status in his deal
ings with SFX.

A prospect guide for
NBA teams listed the
sports agency as the con-
tact for Morris in the
weeks leading up to the
NBA Draft. The company
arranged a workout for
Morris in Chicago during
the pre-draft camp in early
June. It also released the
statement declaring his in-
tent to remain in the draft
instead of returning to
school.

That appeared to mark
the end of Morris’ college
career until he went unse-
lected in the June 28 draft.
NCAA rules allow an un-
drafted athlete to return to
collegiate competition.
provided he or she didn‘t
have a written or verbal
agreement with an agent.

Both Morris and SFX
have contended that de-

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TIMELIME I The Randolph Morris eligibility case at a glance

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Randolph Morris watches from the bench last season during his freshman year at UK. After the sea-
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After UK's loss in the NCAA
Tournament, Morris says he
plans to return for sophomore
season.

Morris states his intention to
remain in the draft via a
press release from sports
agency SFX.

Morris goes unselected in the
draft, reopening the door for
a possible return to UK.

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leading up to the draft.

Morris asks to return to the
team. UK and the NCAA begin
investigating Morris' actions

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meditation

By Chris Weis
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A UK associate biology professor re—
ceived national attention last weekend
for his work in sleep research.

Bruce O'Hara and his colleagues ——
Prashant Kaul. a graduate student from
India. and Jason Passafuime, a Beckman
Scholar —— presented a study of the con-
nections between meditation, sleep and
performance at the Society for Neuro-
science annual meeting Sunday in Wash-
ington, DC.

The study showed that meditation
improves a person’s performance on psy-
chomotor vigilance tasks, which are de-
signed to give an accurate measurement
of a person’s attention level, O’Hara said.

Ten people performed better on a vig-
ilance task after meditating for 40 min-
utes than they did after reading for 40
minutes. according to a USA Today re-
port on O’Hara’s experiment. When the
10 subjects lost a night’s sleep before the
test, the results remained the same.

This is an indication meditation may
help in alleviating sleep deprivation and
general sleepiness, O’Hara said.

“As far as we know, nothing can pay
off sleepiness but sleep,” O’Hara said.
“However, meditation might be an exoep
tion. It could be restorative in some way”

Sleep and meditation studies drew
more interest at the annual meeting after
the Dalai Lama opened this year’s con-
vention with a talk on meditation

“Meditation used to be a much small-
er part of the research program but now
it’s actually a fairly major part,” O’Hara
said.

O’Hara’s findings were featured in
New Science and USA Today articles on
the meeting.

O’Hara came to UK two years ago to
continue research he began at Stanford
University. He helped manage Stanford’s
sleep lab for 12 years.

Some of O’Hara's work in Lexington
concerns unraveling the question he
called “one of the biggest unanswered
questions in neuroscience.” the question
of why we sleep.

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Researcher earns grant
to work with plague vaccine

By Lauren Castle
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When Brian Murphy attended med-
ical school. he never imagined he’d be
handling the plague.

Yet. for the last five months. he has
been doing just that.

“I didn’t go into medical school to
research plague but I think that the sat-
isfaction of working on something that
can affect multiple patients or a whole
population is exciting." Murphy said.

Murphy recently received almost
$100,000 in a grant from the Southeast-
ern Regional Center of Excellence in
Bioterrorism to study a plague vaccine
for a year

“My interests with vaccine develop-
ment. public health and infectious dis—
ease are why I chose to do this.” Mur-
phy said.

While most may associate the
plague with medieval times. Murphy
said there is still a need to continue re
search on it.

“The plague is not that bad right
now." Murphy said. “Potentially.
though. there could be another black
death. without a vaccination.“

According to the Center for Disease
Control and Prevention. plague is
caused by the bacteria Yersinia pestis
which occurs in many areas of the

s

world including the United States.

“There are around 3,000 cases of
plague a year world wide." Murphy
said. “Around 10 cases a year in the
United States. the majority of which
are in the southwest."

The main concern with the plague.
however. is bioterrorism. Murphy said.
“The way it (Yersinia pestis) tricks
your immune system to let it live in»
side your body is harmful."

Murphy. along with colleagues Su.
san Straley and Bob Perry. is trying to
find vaccines for all people. but primar-
ily first-response military troops.

“The worry is that a terrorist group
could acquire Yersinia pestis and use it
on an entire city." Murphy said. “in-
hale 10 to 1.000 particles of this bacteri—
um and you will have acquired the
plague."

Murphy will study the specific pro
teins of Yersinia pestis. The purpose
will be to decide which of these pro-
teins can be used as a future vaccina-
tion for the plague.

There are three types of plague that
could infect animals and humans.
Pneumonic. bubonic and septicemic
are all dangerous. in different ways.
According to the CDC. pneumonic
plague occurs when Yersinia pestis in-

See Plague on page Z

 

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Senior forward Jennifer Humphrey shoots past
Florida International junior center Lasma Jek-
absone during the first half of last night's
game at Memorial Coliseum. UK won 71-56 and
improved to 5-0 on the season.

UK 71, F M 56
‘lntimidating' defense
lifts Cats over Panthers

By Chris Delotell
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Mickie DeMoss still
doesn't know who her
team's goto scorers are. but
for the UK women's head
coach, that’s just fine.

Right now. everybody's
scoring.

The Cats used a balanced
attack to take down visiting
Florida International last
night. 71-56. Eight players
scored 7 four reaching dou-
ble figures 7 7 as UK complet-
ed its best start since 1998.
moving to 50 in front of
2,247 fans at Memorial Coli-
seum.

“It‘s great as long as we
have somebody who steps
up.“ DeMoss said of her
team‘s balance. “Right now
it‘s working for us. We‘ll at
least be tough to scout."

The Cats‘ depth played a
role in the first half. with
center Sarah Elliott limited

to nine minutes with an in-
jured ankle and guard
Chante Bowman forced to
sit out the final 11:30 of the
half with two fouls.

Junior guard Jenny
Pfeiffer gave the Cats a lift
off the bench. hitting all
three of her first-half shots.
including a bank-in 3point-
er. She also sank both of her
free throws. Pfeitfer finished
the game with a team-high
14 points.

“She can score." DeMoss
said. “I thought we were a
little out of sync on offense
and Pfeiffer was able to
come in and give us a lift on
the offensive end.“

Afier trailing for the first
25 minutes of the game. li‘lU
fought back to take a 39-38
lead on two free throws by
Gordana Bedalov with 15:25
remaining. but reserve
guard Nastassia Alcius hit a
three on the ensuing UK poo

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Sleep

Continued from page I

 

“We spend eight hours a day do
ing it yet we don't know what func-
tion it serves." O’Hara said. "Why
do we spend a third of our lives in
sleep?"

O'Hara said he hopes to learn
more about sleep using relatively
new molecular and genetic ap.
proaches on mice.

“Everyone is quite optimistic
that this genetic approach will ulti-
mately lead to some of the an
swers," he said.

O’Hara is working with two en-
gineering professors at UK to im-
prove on piezoelectric technology
that allows for sleep wake monitor-
ing in rodents.

The new technology would allow
for more sleep medicines to be test-
ed, a process that has been awkward
and expensive in the past, O'Hara
said. More genetic approaches could
be used with the technology to find
genes underlying sleep as well, he
said.

O'Hara said sleep research may

Plague

Continued from page 1

 

fects the lungs and it can spread
through the air.

In terms of bioterrorist attacks,
this type is the most dangerous
form.

“Pneumonic plague is loo per-
cent fatal and is transmissible
through people,“ said Murphy “It
acts like pneumonia.“

According to the (‘I)(‘ bubonic
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lead to better treatments for people
with sleep disorders, like insomnia
and sleep apnea. Sleep apnea is cur-
rently recognized as one of the most
common disorders in medicine. he
said.

Sleep disorders affect 75 million
Americans, ()‘Hara said.

“You do basic research. We get
those basic answers and it is a step
toward more practical benefits."
()‘Hara said.

The research is being funded by
grants from the National Institutes
of Health anrl from the US. Depart-
ment of Defense. which wants to
find ways to curb sleep deprivation
problems in the military.

For example. ()‘llara said, al-
most all of the friendly fire casual-
ties in the (iulf War were related to
sleep deprivation.

“They‘ve had a long-term inter-
est in betterfunctioning soldiers.“
he said. adding that the same prob-
lem leads to mistakes causing in-
dustrial, automobile and trucking
accidents.

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transmitted through flea bites. lt af
fects lymph nodes and cannot be
spread from person to person.

The septicemic plague occurs
when plague bacteria multiplies in
the blood stream and also cannot be
transmitted from person to person.

Murphy said the study of this
vaccine will take longer than a year
and he is applying for more grants
right now to further his studies.

“We are covered through a year
but when the funding stops, 1 will
still continue," Murphy said.

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Morris

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spite their connection lead-
ing up to the draft, Morris
was not a client of the firm.

In early July, Morris met
with head coach Tubby
Smith and asked to rejoin the
team. Since then, UK and the
NCAA have been working to
gether to determine the na-
ture of Morris‘ relationship
with SFX.

If the student-athlete re-
instatement staff agrees that
there was some sort of agree-
ment between Morris and
the agency. his playing days
at UK would be over.

But that wouldn‘t neces-
sarily end his school days,
said UK Associate Athletic
Director for Compliance
Sandy Bell.

“The NCAA rules allow
us to give a scholarship to a
professional athlete that’s
not currently under contract
(with a team),” she said. But
Bell wouldn't speculate as to
whether or not UK would re-
new Morris‘ scholarship next
year should he be barred
from returning to the court.

“I'm not going to deal
with ifs: l have to deal with
facts," she said. “This is a
young man’s life. It‘s not
rules: it's not fan stuff.

"This is a young man's

 

Center Randolph Morris has the ball stripped away by Tennessee players during a game last

life. for God’s sake. Give us

mm sun.“ I snrr FILE more _ ‘ _ .
time to fix it." Bell said.

year at Rupp Arena. As a freshman last season, he averaged 8.8 points and 4.2 rebounds per

game while starting every contest but one. This season, he has yet to play as UK and the NCAA

investigate his eligibility.

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By am Yaclrey
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Looking for the latest and
greatest gift this holiday sea-
son? This year, it’s in with the
old and out with the new.

Vintage T-shirts, jackets
and shoes have made a come-
back in fashion over the last
. few years. Companies like Ur-
ban Outfitters. Abercrombie
8: Fitch and Nike have caught
on and are producing repli-
cas of these vintage clothes
and charging high prices for
them. However; a savvy shop-
per can get the real thing for
a fraction of the cost.

Lexington offers several
outlets to satisfy your holiday
vintage shopping. A good
first stop for vintage shirts.
leather jackets and boots is
Jonk, located at 132 W. Third
St. near the Transylvania
campus.

Owners Brian Moore and
Shawn Chambers opened less
than a year ago and say their
trademark is having equal se-
lection of clothes for men
and women.

“Most vintage stores are
more like 80 percent women’s
clothes and 20 percent
men’s,” said Moore.

Moore, who gets most of
his items from estate sales,

said their costume jewelry,
necklaces and belt buckles
make great gifts for college
students who have to buy lots
of gifts. Most of their jewelry
is priced than less $10.

Pops Resale and Consign-
ment at 1423 Leestown Rd.
specializes in vintage cloth-
ing as well as old records and
video game systems.

The cluttered shop looks
small from the street. but
once inside, the back of the
store opens into a vintage
clothing and vinyl record
haven. Vintage T-shirts.
jeans, jackets and even suits
are organized on racks by
type of clothing and color. T-
shirts sell for as little as $3,
and a discount rack features
articles for cheaper than that.

“T-shirts are one of our
best sellers," said owner Dan
“Pops" Shorr. “Sometimes
people will walk out of here
with bundles of 25 for gifts.“

Shorr opened Pops in Lex-
ington almost 10 years ago be-
cause he hadn't seen any-
thing like it before.

“We have stuff you can‘t
get at any mall,“ said Shorr.

Shorr said he visits auc-
tions and trade shows to find
his merchandise, but most of
it is brought in the door by
customers looking to sell

their old clothes.

A few doors down from
Pops is the Goodwill Store.
which resells donated clothes
and furniture to help dis-
abled and disadvantaged peo-
ple to find employment. It is
also a hot spot for vintage
shirts, dresses and jackets.

The Goodwill staff puts
out 1,000 new items on their
racks each day. “Every time
you come in. the store is com-
pletely different," said Janie
Jones, the ,Leestown Road
store manager.

Most donations are made
by adults. so it‘s easy to find
authentic vintage clothes
from past decades. Most
shirts are $1, and retro suits
run for $10.

Lindsay Columna. a psy-
chology junior, has been
wearing vintage clothes since
middle school. She suggested
antique jewelry and T~shirts
as good gifts. especially for
girls.

“I think it makes you
more unique because you can
throw together this cool out-
fit for 10 bucks,“ Columna
said. “We like to have this
funky random stuff. it makes
you stand out."

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Last week: 5-2

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LSU 28 Georgia 17

USC 42 UCLA 28

Virginia Tech 31 Florida St. 12
West Virginia 10 South Florida 9
Navy 27 Army 13

Louisville 99 UConn 2

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Last week: 4-3

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West Virginia 28 South Florida 10
Navy 24 Army 7

Louisville 21 UConn 14

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Last week: 5-2

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Georgia 64 LSU 27

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Virginia Tech 63 Florida St. 28
West Virginia 62 South Florida 29

Navy 61 Army 30
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Last week: 3-4

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LSU 31 Georgia 27

USC 41 UCLA 38

Virginia Tech 26 Florida St. 10
West Virginia 34 South Florida 9
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Editorial Board

Adam Sichlio. Editor in chief

Iim Wiseman, Managing editor
Andrew Martin, Opinions editor
Brenton ltenkel. Asst. Opinions editor

 
    
  

Chris Johnson. Asst. Sports editor
Crystal Little, Projects editor
Derek Poore, Sports editor

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Next week is supposedly "dead week."
But students‘ brains not their work—
loads W are all that seems to die the week
before finals.

During dead week. instructors are sup-
posed to refrain from giving exams or
tests in order to give students a break be-
fore finals. It‘s certainly a noble concept.

Whatever benefit comes from this mi-
nor respite. however. is erased by the slew
of presentations. projects and papers that
are typically due that week.

It‘s pretty hard to study for finals that
are in a week when you have two 15-page
papers due the next day.

In fact. the effect of the current dead-
week regulations is merely to keep the
burden on students from growing any
larger.

We may have every major assignment
due that week. but at least we don't have

  
   
 
  
    
  
    
  
   
   
 
  

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to study for any tests!

That‘s not enough. Dead week needs to
be strengthened. so that students can tru-
ly have a week dedicated
to studying for finals.

A simple addition to
the current regulations
would suffice to fix dead
week. Section 5.2.4.6 of
the University Senate
Rules(www.uky.edu/
USC/New/SenateRules-
Main.htm) prohibits in.
structors from
examination
quiz. text or final exam

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ceding finals.

That statute should be revised to in-
clude papers. projects and any other as-
signments that make up a significant per-

Kill dead week before it kills students

 

Everyone, faculty included,
knows “dead week" rules
are a farce. So let's do
something to make finals
week better for students.

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centage of a student's grade in a class.

Of course. we are not under the illu-
sion that the week before dead week
would become any dif-
ferent than dead week
itself is now — a slew of
major assignments all

But timing is impor-
tant: It's better to have

week to study for finals
than to have it all due at

while classes are still in session so that
students can know their grades when go-
ing into the final exam.

The current system sets students up
for failure by giving them just a weekend
to study before finals.

In this instance, it would be appropri-
ate for Student Government to petition
the University Senate for the change. Per-
haps an ad hoc committee — with both
faculty and students as members — could
be formed to look into the problem.

- Faculty may benefit as well from
spreading out their grading workload.
And they could point out that students

days of each

due in one
then have a

once with no break at and faculty both crafted the policy when
all. students anxiously plead for extensions
Moreover. if major on end-of‘the-semester projects.

assignments are due the week before dead
week. there‘s at least the chance that in-
structors will be able to return them

But especially for the students’ sake.
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‘lt's still a Grand Old Party'

One could argue this year has been a challenge for mem-
bers of the Republican Party. on both the state and national
level.

In 2003. Republicans were elated to see Ernie Fletcher take
the governorship from the Democratic Party. Since then. an in—
herited billion-dollar deficit is now a surplus. the size of state
government has been reduced. thousands of jobs have been
created and Violence against pregnant women and their un~
born children has been recognized as the two-part crime it is.

Gov. Fletcher has tried to move Kentucky forward. Even
though he‘s admitted making some mistakes. Attorney Gener-
al Greg Stumbo continues his crusade to berate the governor
and smear the GOP. I certainly don't need Stumbo to lecture
me on ethics. nor does anyone else.

On a national level. President Bush has come under pres-
sure for myriad reasons. Democrats in Congress have forgot»
ten to support the war for which many of them voted. But our
armed forces are willing to risk their lives for the greater good
of America and the world; it‘s their selfless. unfettered brav-
ery that warrants the high praise and respect they ought to re-
ceive.

Reasonable people may disagree about Iraq. but it takes an
unreasonable person to assert that immediate withdrawal
which could equate to failure is the way to win this war anti
honor the sacrifices of our troops.

So for those Republicans who‘ve questioned their alle-
giance to the GOP over the past year for whatever reason
rest assured. We are still the party of personal responsibility
and accountability a party that values freedom of faith and fi-
nance. the sanctity of marriage and the worth of a human life.
even in its tnost vulnerable state. We are still a party of hard
workers people who know how