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adjusting
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By iiaiii Wu

Senior Staff H 'riter

The fraternity rush numbers are down this year.

Or are they?

For the last couple of years, rush numbers have
decreased by about 10 to 15 people per year. Yet fra-
ternities do not worry about this statistic, said (Ilay
Sutcr, the Interfraternity Council's vice president for

Recruiting.

ll"(l president Tony Hayden said rush numbers are
hitting a low point. From the 1080s to the 1990s, the
numbers were up. and now they‘re low again.

Although this cyclical trend is common, fraternities
are adjusting their images to attract more members.

The times have changed, Hayden said.

“Fraternities are not appealing to people due to
Hayden said.
“(ireater numbers of fraterni-

the

what people perceive them to be,"

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ties are in
change."

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mg to PWPI" when it was the high time; we
due to what thought people would come if

people Perceive they just open the door,"
them to be. ” Hayden said. “I‘raternities

. V should be strive to reach out
to members."
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1mm. M already.

wbyfiatemtty rush Some fraternities have

"mm? be established the 365-day bid so

pledging time.

“The whole semester is not needed," Hayden said.
“Members can learn what they need to learn in eight

weeks."

Fraternities also are trying to perform more com-
inunitv service activities, and some have established

scholarships for incoming freshmen.

A number of fraternities are sending out new rush
pacts to parents to increase the amount of contact.

Right now the IFC is conducting a survey to find
out how many students rushed but did not pledge.
The study should be done in a couple of weeks, Sutcr

said.

Fraternities are trying to
redefine their images to fig-

people who can‘t make the
rush can still join. Others
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The bike patrol program was start—
ed in 19‘” to increase efficiency. 00

The bike patrols go everywhere on
campus and the officers are spread out
through three shifts. These shifts usu~
ally run about nine hours each.

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a new semester. bike patrol officers
educate students about safety aware—
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Assistant Dean Tony Blanton said he doesn‘t know
and did not speculate as to why the rush numbers are

down this year.

Suter, though, is not yet convinced the number is
actually down. He said he wouldn‘t know until the
survey is done, and he doesn‘t know why the numbers

are down ifthey are.

Suter pointed out that rushing numbers are up one
year and down the next. Other people have suggested
to him that an incident at Louisiana State University,
in which a fraternity member died from consumin
too much alcohol, might have something to do wit

the numbers, he said.

Suter, however, does not think this is the case.

“I don’t think so at all. I think it’s just a random
occurrence, it doesn't really affect the numbers at this
school at all," Suter said. “\Ne try to do a lot of things
this year, trying to get the numbers up. Numbers are

up for vast majority of fraternities."

 

You see them on campus. Bicycle
dudes wearing polo shirts with shorts
or pants, fully equipped with a hel—
met, duty belt, gun, baton, handcuffs,
flashlight, radio and pepper spray.
They are the UK bike cops.

Nine out of the l 1 bike patrol offi-
cers already have gone through inten—
sive bicycle certification courses.
Their duties are the same as other
UK officers: They still write reports,
hand out citations and make arrests.
The only difference is that they are
on bikes, not in cars.

Sgt. Mike “'right, who works bike
patrol, said bicycles enable the offi-
cers to get through traffic faster, go
where cars can’t and survey events
such as Midnight Madness.

“(The bike patrol \\ as started) iii
order to meet the changing needs of
commuiiity—orieiited policing," said
Sgt. Kevin (irimes. coordinator of
bike patrols at L'K.

“Normally, that's done by police
on foot. This way we incorporate bike
with foot. And they can respond to
calls faster."

The idea of a bike patrol came
from information L‘K got from other
universities around the country.

“\Ve submitted the proposal to the
chief, and said this is what we would
like to do," (lrimes said. “(Ihief
thought it was a good idea."

Right now, bike patrols are incor-
porated into other police duties. A
separate bike patrol unit, said Grimes,
would be ideal.

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As to when the bike patrols are on
duty, (irimes said it is “based on man-
power. As long as we are staffed
appropriately, we will have a mini—
mum ofonc person on bike patrol."

How does the bike patrol work?

The campus is divided into dis~
tricts. Fach district has one patrol car.
and there is one commander w ho
patrols the entire campus. Any other
officers on duty, depending on their
qualifications, may or may not be on
bike duty.

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their own bikes and the department
pays for iii-.iintenance. (irimes said he
rides a Raleigh mountain bike. a spe—
cialized police bike. The department
is striving for this ty pc of bike for .ill
bike patrol officers.

\lthough (irimcs is the coordina—
tor. all the bike officers share the
resjmnsiliilities of maintaining the
patrol.

“He help each other out," “right
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School, foundation
kick oli celebration

Event to observe

First Amendment
By Jessica Coy

Contributing "’ritrr

This week marks the kick-off of a
semester-long celebration of the First
Amendment.

Sponsored by the Scripps-Howard
Foundation and held in conjunction
with the School of Journalism and
Telecommunications, First Amend-
ment \Veek is a “series of events to
enlighten the public, the professional
journalism community, as well as col~
lege and high school students, faculty
and administrators about the First
Amendment,” said Buck Ryan, direc-
tor of UK’s School ofjournalism and

 

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Hot ticket: llll-lIF
seats going last

tickets yesterday. Stiles
said. Those 700 will be

Tclecommunications.

This year's celebration is an experi-
ment to see how well the community
receives the event, Ryan said. If suc-
cessful, First Amendment “'eek may
be held annually.

Through speeches and panel dis-
cussions, media professionals, under-
graduate faculty members and hi h
school and university students will e
able to exchange ideas and information
concerning First Amendment rights.
Discussions will center around emerg-
ing Internet—related challenges, cen~
sorship and free speech issues.

The celebration is a “great way for
students to gain some insight on what
may have always seemed to be cut and
dry issues," said Doug Boyd, dean of
the College of Communications and
Information Studies.

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Media Education give a key-note address about the First Amendment.

and Information Studies, First Amend-
ment Week will be celebrated with
classroom assignments and recogni—
tions, as well as with a hallway display
Where videotapes will be shown.
Integrated Stratc ic Communica-
tions professor Jim Flerto said he is
planning a session in whic a panel of

lawyers will discuss the “access of
minor party candidates to televised
debates."

jeffrey Chester, executive director
of the Center for Media Education in
W’ashington, D.C., jump-started the
week with a keynote address for a ses—
sion

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And to think L'K
formed a rommtttce to
boost sagging student
ticket sales.

Hal Mummc's high-
octanc offense was
apparently all the L'ni—
versity ever needed to
pack the student seats.

“\Ve've always said

that winning will
change everything,"
said Rodney Stiles.

director of administra—
tive services for UK
Athletics. “\\'c‘ve got a
hot quarterback right
now and students are
excited."

So excited, in fact,
that they claimed all but
700 of their allotted

available to students
this morning, but won‘t
be sold as guest tickets.
“(itiest tickets are
not a right, they're a
privilege if they’re
available," Stiles said.
“\\'e have to take care
of the students first.“
The firstsday student
turnout is the highest
since W76, Stiles said.
And according to a
news release from UK
Media Relations, this
week will mark the first
time in ticket manager
Barbara Osborne's 10-
year tenure that the
entire student allotment
Wlll be purchased with
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announced today.

:\lso this week. Judith Krtig,
director of the _-\iiieric.m Library
\ssociation‘s Office of Intellec—
tual Freedom. and l)eclan
\IcCullagh. Internet iournalist
and Time iii-aga/ine writer, will
have a discussion titled “Censor-
ship .iiid the Internet“ from 6

pm. —h‘ p.m. iii 328 Student
(it‘nICl‘. _
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throughout the fall semester.
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logging (Ill Illlt needed lll all llll labs

By Joe Dobner
Stuff ll 'rm'r

Students used to sit down at an
open computer and just start typ-
ing away. Not anymore.

All computers in the pttblic labs
not affiliated with the College of
Engineering require or request
that students provide a username
and a password prior to using
them.

“It's about making sure that
students have access of the
resources." said Kathy Ilampcri—
an, senior manager of desktop
support.

()nly PCs in the labs require
students to log iii before using.
Students can log into the .\lacin»
toshes, but the computers will
work without logging in.

“\Ve'rc asking that students log
into the Macs for their own sake."
Ilampcrian said. “If somebody
doesn’t log in, we're not going to
hold a gun to their heads."

\Vhen students log into coni—
putcrs in the labs, they are actually
connecting to a another computer
running Novell Netware. Net—

ware is an operating system that is
designed primarily to make net-
works rtin.

“It allows us to authenticate
who’s using university resources at
a given time and place," said Rick
(I Iopan, director of 'I‘echnical
Services.

The identity of a student is
recorded on the server, as is the
time that a student logs in and otit.

If students want to print any—
thing. the server will tie the stu—
dents‘ names with what they
printed so that they can fetch their
print job by looking for their
name, instead of by the number of
the machine that they were using.

Information stored on the
servers will be used for tracking
network traffic, tracking down
unauthori/cd users and resource
management. It is under the same
protections as phone records, atid
is not released except for legal rea—
sons.

The system is referred to as
Student \ovell Directory Ser-
vices, or SNI)S for short.

SNI)S was ptit into place pri—
marily because people not affiliat—

ed with L'K were using the
machines, both preventing stu-
dents front using the labs and
occasionally attacking L'K's or
other computer systems, or mali—
ciously using them.

“\\'c haven’t had any attacks so
far this year,” Chlopan said.
Despite the requirement that stu-
dents log in, the network can still
be compromised.

“There's no way a computer
system cannot be broken into,"
Ilamperian said.

“SNDS has cut down on unau—
thorizcd use," Chlopan said.
“\Vc'vc had whole classes of peo-
ple come and ask for accounts that
we never knew were using the
equipment."

SNI)S, like other major net-
work changcs, has had its share of
snags since it was turned on Sept.
8.

[sets have to provide the full
context of their uscrnames, so
instead of remembering a name
like “inrosc0,” they tnust remem-
ber (and type) a name like “.mas—
mitl).u07.uky.edu." Students often
forget their passwords.

And. students still don’t have to
log in to use the Macs. There are,
of course, occasional server and
printer crashes, keeping students
from logging in or printing.

“It‘s really not bad, considering
the student volume," said sopho-
more computer science major
Sean IIawkcs, who works at the
help desk in the electrical engi-
neerin r lab.

Bot Iogin problems should be
fixed in the next few weeks, flatn—
perian said. Novell has supplied
some new software for use at UK.

“Most of the problems I‘ve run
into have been student problems
or server problems," IIawkcs said.

Hanipcrian's office tried to ptit
out enough notification at the
start of the fall semester that stu-
dents would have to create SNI)S
accounts to use the lab machines,
but not everybody has signed up
yet.

Students who still don’t have
accounts can go to any lab and ask
the consultants on duty to show
them how to set up one. A few
machines are kept open in each
lab for this purpose.

 

Bike

UK ’s patrol progmm
very similar to other
regional universities
From PAGE 1

The University of North Car-
olina at Chapel Ilill has a bike
program similar to L‘K's.

The bike patrol officers at
L'NC ride on the walkways on
campus. making it easier for stu—
dents to talk to the officers. Like
L'K‘s bike patrol officers, L‘NC-
Chapel llill's bike patrol also has
regular police duties stich as
arresting and giving citations.

“It is faster for bike patrols to
enforce the law by taking short
cuts." said Lt. Angela Cannon of
the Crime Prevention Office at
North Carolina.

Iiight bike patrol officers itiakc
up the bike patrol unit at [NC—
Chapel Hill.

But as at UK, the bike patrol at
L'NC is not a separate tinit.

“It will be a specific unit we
will hire on an additional fottr
(bike patrols) in the near future,"
Cartnon said.

L'nlikc at UK, “bikes that are
especially made for policing pur-
poses” are provided by the depart—
ment, Carinon said.

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GA talent SllllW features campus groups I

By Brian Dunn

xlrrirmm News Editor

To brin the campus closer
together, t e Student
Government Associa-
tion is working on what
it hopes is the first
annual “Community
Showcase," a
show that will attempt
to join as many of UK’s
more than 200 clubs

talent m’" ”mg”

Comedy Central asking for the
services of Carrot Top, a prop
comic. But Top's $20,000 price
tag was more than the SCA bud-
et, which currently is
8,000 from SGA sen-
ate funds.
I‘Zithcrjeffrcy Ross,
(ire r I’itzsiminons or
Mar ' Pitta will more
than likely he hired as
the ni ht’s emcee,
lson saitl‘l’l.

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an emcee for the event,
which is scheduled for
Nov. 4.

Mark lson, senator
for the College of Fine
Arts, said he originally contacted

the show hopes to
draw groups from all
over campus.

Campus diversity
and community one-
ncss are the keys. he said.

shim,

“Vl'c’re trying to build more of
a student community on campus,"
Ison said. “\Ve don’t have many
caiiipus-widc events. \Ve'rc mak—
ing a real effort to reach every-
one."

Ison said College Republicans
and Delta Sigma Phi social frater-
nity already have volunteered to
do skits for the show.

And if organizations that su )-
port diversity participate, the
show will be a success, he said.

“I'd like to make this an annual
event,“ [son said, “where we
would sing, dance and ride unicy-
clcs — whatever we‘ll do."

The proposal for the cam-
puswide talent show passed SGA‘s
acceptance two weeks ago and has
since grown into a letter ofinvita-
tion addressed to every organiza-
tion known.

According to the letter, “All
registered student organizations
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performing either a short talent
act on sta e or preparing an
exhibit displiaying the artistic tal—
ent of one or more of their mem—
bers."

Also, all contacted organiza—
tions are invited to an information
session and organizational meet-
ing Sept. 29 at 7 p.m. in the SGA
office.

“The idea is to have an event to
involve the whole community,
either as a participant or a specta-
tor,” said Kasey Buckles, ptihlic
relations chair for “Community
Showcase."

“Hopefully, we‘ll get participa-
tion from as many of these organi-
zations as we can," she added.

She said SGA is also trying to
get corporate sponsorship or pri-
vate funding to help make the
night as good as possible, maybe
even putting u the money for
Carrot Top or Yon Stewart, who
will emcee for $15,000.

 

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By Jeremy Rogers
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Jazz giants \Vayne Shorter
and Herbie Hancock delivered
an unforgettable performance
Sunday night.

Saxophonist Shorter and
pianist Hancock granted two
hours of tau. pleasure to a
packed house at the ()tis A. Sin—

 

gletary Center for the Arts in
the opening concert ofthe 20th
anniversary of the L'K Spotlight
jazz, series.

Shortly after the doors
opened at 8 p.m.. nearly every
seat in the Singletary Center
Auditorium was filled. As if the
anticipation wasn’t already
enough, Shorter and Hancock
didn't appear on stage until
almost 8:30 pan.

The first half—hour of the
evening was devoted to recog—
nizing Spotlightjazz's founder,
visionary and co—prodiieer,
Chester (lrundy. In 1978

(lruntly helped create what has
become the longest continuous—
ly running jazz series at any uni—
versity in the nation.

After a barrage of gifts, prais-

es, hugs and three standing ova—
tions, (lrundy stepped off the
stage. The two musicians,
dressed in black, took their
places on stage. Brandishing a
shiny soprano sax, Shorter stood
at center stage. Hancock sat at a
piano on Shorter‘s right.

“This is a piece Herbiewrote
in Head Start," Shorter joked,
and the pair began to play. \Vitlt
only an acoustic piano and .i
soprano saxophone, the music
was stripped.

.\'o drums, no stand-up bass,
only the somber, airy chords and
rambling low notes of Han-
cock's piano and the fleeting.
breatliy notes of Shortcr‘s sax.

Like the music, the lighting
and stage setup were intimate
and tasteful, not ostentatious.

Although at times during the
performance Hancock and
Shorter leaned a bit much on the
atonal side of jazz, the inaiority
of their performance was phe—
noinenal.

Among the highlights of the
show were their interpretation
of Shortcr‘s composition “l5oot—
prints“ and their version of
“Memory of linchantincnt."

Shorter and llancock are
touring in support of their 1+]
album, released in july. Since
their days in the Miles Davis
Quintet of the niid~1‘)(t(ls, these
two musicians have had an off
and-on partnership.

Before 1+], Shorter and 1 Ian—
cock had not worked together
since 1993’s “Tribute to Miles"
concert tour.

Spotlight's next concert is
Oct. 11 and will feature bassist
Richard Davis in a tribute to the
jazz masters ofthe past.

     

 

 

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By Toby Brown

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This is not your father's
“( long Show."

Perhaps you’ve heard about
the show front your friends.
Maybe you saw the segment on
television’s Channel 18. \\'her-
ever you heard the news, The
Outside lnn Again has been
host to Lexington‘s very own
“(long Show.”

Each week, after a perfor-
mance by local blues masters,
area talents the Knott Brothers
take their turn on the stage.

Some partici rants in the
'l‘uesday night show have dis-
played most unusual talents.
There has been at least one belly
dancer, aml even a yodeler. But

among regulars, the most mem-
orable act is a gentleman who
allows a concrete block to be
broken over his chest with a
sledgehammer.

There is no entry fee or cover
charge, so anyone wishing to
display their talents is welcome
to perform. Performer Bob
llopps said, “(liiys can just get
up and play drutns or tell jokes.”

(lreg “G. Busy Harmonica"
Thomerson, who sits in with the
Knott Brothers on Tuesday
nights, said, “There is at least
one bad comedian every night.”

Any audience member can
exercise the privilege of “gong-
ing" a performer, but host and
Knott Brothers front man Ron
Harris is the ultimate judge.
Harris brought back an actual
gong from a trip to Hong Kong.

Although some previous acts
have mirrored the zany antics of
the famous ’70s variety show,
the musical talent displayed at
this “(long Show" is phenome—
nally good. There are no bad
l‘ilvis numbers or fluffy stan—
dards at the 051, just extremely
gifted musicians putting on a
great show. .

Standotits from this Tucs-
day's show included singer Spe—
cial K of the Lexington—lnised
group Scandalous. This vocal
powerhouse performed Tracy
Chapman’s “(live Me One Rea/
son" better than Chapman her-
self.

Other notable performances
were turned in by keyboard wiz—
ard Hopps and his soulful
singing companion, Darlene
Thornsbury.

’l‘ltornsbury and llopps are
regulars at 051. “hen asked
why she keeps coming back,
Thornsbury said, “Me just love
it here. \Ve have a good time.“

For those w to are not
seduced by the sheer rush of
performing before a live aiidi~
ence, prizes are donated by a
variety of area businesses. livery
participant gets something,
regardless of whether or not
they receive the dreaded gong.

The prizes are as unique and
varied as the performers them~
selves, ranging from a $40 gift
certificate to Red Lobster to a
free tire rotation.

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to one conclusion.

If you'\e heard one Immature
song. you‘ve pretty much heard
them .ill.

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most part I even liked this collee—
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new ground.

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sales of your albums?

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