Wednesday March 30. 2005 www.kykernel.com newsroom: 257-1915 first issue free Subsequent issues 25 cents. THE KENTUCKY Kernel Celebrating 33 years of independence UK Baseball slides into_ win Prez candidates reach to students Cunningham counts on non-SG experience By Tricia McKenny nit mniicxv—kzn—m One presidential candidate is hoping his lack of Student Government experience can be seen as a plus. leading students to envision him as their next SG president. “I never joined a club that I wasn‘t going to be in full-hearted.” said presidential candidate ’llommy Cunningham. Cunningham. a mechanical engineering se nior who will be attending graduate school at See Cunningham on page 6 Three E's spell out Ellingsworth campaign By Tricia McKenny m: kmucxv KERNEL Student Government presidential can- didate Becky Ellingsworth hopes to “put students first" by centering her campaign on three E‘s: educate. empower and ele- vate. Ellingsworth a a corporate communi- cation junior from Columbus. Ohio has See Ellingsworth on page 6 Nash promises to focus on students By Tricia McKenny ififinrucrfifitiu Student Government presidential can- didate Will Nash hopes focusing on stu- dents will set him apart from other candi- dates. Nash. a political science and econom- ics junior, and his running mate Michelle Bishop have used “Focus on You" as their campaign theme. Nash said he hopes he is able to con- See Nash on page 7 lnsrde More Info on Candidates and Election Page 6 and 7 K students can vote in the SG omorrow at various campus poll locations. ‘ . . ileum | sun (From left) Student Government presudential candidates Becky Ellin sworth, Tommy Cunnin ham and Will Nash pose in front of mad sculpture by the UK Singletary Center for the. Arts yester ay. Full- and part-time electrons with a current Wildcard student ID. The elections begin today and end As expected. the Board of Trustees approved a 12.5 per- cent tuition and fees increase yesterday UK's administration also announced an increase to its proposed faculty and staff salary pool raise. The 12.5 percent increase _ the third straight doubledigit tuition increase was lower than the 14.5 percent increase set forth in early February Ex- tra money that the state govern- ment added to UK‘s operating funds made the smaller in- crease possible. At first. UK had proposed a 16.4 percent tuition increase. guessing that it wouldn’t get any money. said UK President Lee 'Ilodd. “'I'hat‘s a major assump tion. considering that the last three years we've been cut“ about a total of $73 million. Todd said. “We were hoping it would at least be at zero.“ Instead. UK received about $13 million in state funds and it used part of that money to help shrink the tuition increase and add $500000 to need-based scholarships for students. “Nobody likes to pay more for anything. but I hope (stu- dents) view their tuition as an investment in their future." Todd said in an email. “It‘s not a disposable commodity 7 its return will last a lifetime“ For next school year. a 12.5 percent in-state tuition increase means lowerdivision students will pay $647.50 more. while up perdivision students will pay $663.50 more. For outof-state students. a 7.1 percent tuition increase has remained steady since early February That means lowerdi- vision students will pay 89.1%.50 more. while upperdivision stu- See Tuition on page 2 Nash/Bishop garner bid After a lively debate and much discussion of ideas. the Greek Political Action Com- Provost search committee unveiled mittee endorsed its candidates By Adam Sichko THE KENTUCKY KERNEL President Lee Todd announced a 16-member search committee to find a new provost yesterday and re- sponded to some faculty criticism about the committee's selection process. Current Provost Mike Nietzel. appointed to the position full-time in October 2002. will leave UK at the end of June to assume his new du- ties as president of Southwest Mis- souri State University. Last week. Todd appointed Scott Smith. dean of the College of Agriculture. to work with Nietzel as interim provost. Five faculty members. four ad- ministrators. three deans. one Lex- ington businessman and a student representative make tip most of the committee. The national search should produce three to four candi- dates. and Todd will select the win- ner. “There is no question that the provost plays a central and signifi- cant role in my administration." Todd said in an e-mail. "That's how the provost model was designed to be." Todd said he should have the power to choose the provost be- cause the provost lTK's highest- ranking academic official works closely with him. “The provost is a central part of the structure of my administration and must be a key adviser to me." Todd said, “And. ultimately. the only person responsible for hiring the right person is me.“ See Provost on page 3 Provost Search Committee Members NAME Ernie Bailey Jeannine Blackwell‘ Fred deBeer‘ Karen Combs Louise Graham Victor Hazard David Mohney Johne Parker Robert Quick Karl Raitz Mike Reid Ellen Rosenman Chuck Staben Sharon Turner Bob Wiseman TBA ‘ committee co-chair TITLE University Senate Representative Dean, Graduate School Department of International Medicine Provost Budget Office Law professor Dean of Students Dean, College of Design Mechanical Engineering professor President and CEO, Commerce Lexington Geography professor Physiology professor English professor Associate vice president for research Dean, College of Dentistry Vice president of facilities management 2005-06 Student Government President for Student Government presi- dent and vice president last night. The ticket of Will Nash and Michelle Bishop received GPAC's endorsement alter the debate. The debate. moderated by UK political science professor Stephen Voss. was held last night in Worsham Theater and gave the presidential and vice presidential candidates the op- portunity to face off and dis- cuss campaign issues. (‘andidates addressed is- sues such as previous campus leadership positions. SG com- munications with students and one of the SG president's biggest roles , serving on the Board of Trustees. All of the candidates agreed that the SG president's mle on the board would be a big one. “The main mle of the pres ident is to be the students’ ad- vocate and take student opin- UK panel explores death, living wills and Terri Schiavo's battle ~ By Dariush Shala rififixrucxv ktnuti ions to the board." said Nash. Presidential candidate Tommy Cunningham agreed that the SG president is the students‘ voice on the board but pointed out that that voice is not a strong one. The board is going to do certain things whether the SG president votes against it or not. (hmningham said. "It’s like when your dad asks. ‘What do you want for dinner’." and you and your two siblings say McDonald's. but SeePnelonpageBl SeeGPAConpageZ cision. Dr. Charles Smith. a UK neurology profes- sor. said although technology has advanced medicine. the issues of end‘of-life treatment have arisen because of these advances. “The downside is. we‘ve created this popula- tion of people in a medical situation that was never seen before. people who are alive but are neurologically devastated in ways they never could have (been) before because they wouldn‘t survive." Smith said. “It's a completely new state. and we're still struggling to deal with it.“ Because of the relative newness of this problem. Rosenthal said the panel had a specif- six other members who have experience with similar cases and issues. Schiavo. a woman in Florida with severe brain damage. is at the center of a legal battle after her husband had her feeding tube re- tnoved. Schiavo's parents have fought to have the tube reinserted to keep her alive. but because Schiavo left no directions as to her preference. her husband has the legal right to make the de- The Terri Schiavo case‘s far-reaching effects came to Lexington and moved local physicians. nurses and lawyers to discuss and debate the is- sues at UK yesterday morning. Sara Rosenthal. director of the UK Program for Bioethics and Patients‘ Rights. served as moderator on the End-of-l.ife Issues Panel with Care is given to ensure they have a peaceful dea - Patricia Ryan, a nurse and end-of-life specialist at UK. on the dying process in patients with similar circumstances as Terri Schiavo.