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In just one day, bamboo
can grow 3 feet!

A pangram is a sentence
that uses all the
letters in the
alphabet at least
once. This is an
example of a
pangram: The quick
brown fox jumps over
a lazy dog. Look at
the sentence and find
all the letters of the
alphabet.

When you speak just one
word, you may use
up to 72 muscles.

When Mattie Knight was
12 years old, she
started inventing
things. Her most
famous invention is
the machine that
makes a paper bag
with a flat bottom.
Mattie died in I9I4
when she was 76
years old.

Up until around 1770,
most people cleaned
their teeth by
rubbing them with a
rag. William Addis,
while in jail, saved a
small bone from a
piece of meat he had
eaten for dinner. He
made holes in the
bone, glued bunches
of bristles into the
holes and the first
toothbrush was born!
When Mr. Addis got
out of jail, he made
and sold his new
invention and was
very successful.

The largest bird egg is
the ostrich egg. An
ostrich egg can be up
to 8 inches long and
can weigh as much as
31/2 pounds. If you
were to hard-boil an
ostrich egg, it would
take about 40
minutes.

Every day you breathe
about 70,000 cubic
inches of air.

The youngest person to
ever write a book
was 4 years old.
Dorothy Straight's
book "How the World
Began" was
published two years
later, when she was
6 years old.

In I885, only one in six
American families
had a bathtub. They
thought indoor
plumbing was
unhealthy and would
only use one if a
doctor said it was all
right.

In many European
countries, stores and
businesses close for
2 hours after lunch.
Everybody goes
home for a rest and
comes back to work
later in the
afternoon. This is so
their food has time
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By John Wamplor
SPECIAL SECTIONS EDITOR

Students returning Monday
evening from their extended weekend
were greeted with Lexington‘s first
snowfall of the new century.

Unfortunately for students. not
enough snow fell to cancel classes,
though for some, playing in the snow
was still more important than the next
day's homework.

Chad Burns, a communications
freshman, skipped studying to partici-
pate in a snowball fight that lasted for
over two hours.

“I was supposed to read four arti-
cles and write a paper over what I
read, but I thought ‘To hell with that,
we’ve got snow!” he said.

Enough snow fell for some stu-
dents to find alternative uses for equip-
ment borrowed from UK Food Ser-
vices.

“Cafeteria trays make good sleds."
said Matt Gibson. an economics fresh-
man. who spent time Monday evening
sliding down the hill between White-
hall Classroom Building and the Stu-
dent Center.

Many areas of Eastern Kentucky
received snowfall, with Letcher Coun-
ty getting as much as five inches.

The amount of snow that fell in
Lexington cannot be determined defi-
nitely, since there has not been a Na-
tional Weather Service office in
Fayette County since about 1996. ex-
plained Tom Priddy, a meteorologist
with UK's cooperative extension pro-
gram.

Priddy's department does make
liquid precipitation measurements.
which were less than a quarter of an
inch. (It takes 10 inches of snow at
freezing temperature to equal an inch
of precipitation).

that mutter j KERNELSTAFT

Students enjoy the frosty weather Monday night as they participate In a snowball fight in

front of Holmes Hall.

Yesterday, though. the snow was
no longer fun and games for everyone.
as it caused delays for many attempt-
ing to get to their classes.

Chris Lankster. a history fresh-
man. said conditions caused him to
leave roughly two hours earlier in or-
der to get to campus on time.

“It slowed me down quite a bit." he
said.

Once students got to the main part
of campus. though. they found their
paths to be relatively clear.

“I walked to class. but it wasn't
that had." said Christina ltoyles. an un-
declared freshman.

 

lEXIBQQKS

Kennedy's sees a scary break

Chair thrown through
window, chase down Euclid
make for unusual day

By Chris Markus
ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR

Carol Behr, general manager of
Kennedy Bookstore. watched as an un-
known person launched a stool through
a street-side window of the South Lime-
stone store.

“It was very scary." Behr said.

Behr believes the man was trying to

sell stolen books to the store.
“We got a call
last night

(Monday) from a student who said some-
one had broken into his car and stolen
some books. so we were watching for
him." she said.

When the suspect entered Kennedy‘s
around 9 am. yesterday. employees were
suspicious of the books he possessed.

“()ne of the books that was reported
as stolen was a textbook from a mechan-
ical engineering class. There is only one
section of that class this semester. so
that book was kind ofa stand-out." Behr
said.

When she became suspicious of the
man. Behr locked the front door and told
him she was calling the police.

“I called all of our big guys up to the
front of the store." she said. “Then he
(the suspect) just starting pacing back
and forth."

Behr said after the man paced
around the front of the store he picked
up a stool and threw it. breaking one of

the large windows and clearing

an escape path for himself.
“He jumped out the window
and one of our guys
jumped out

after him and chased him up Euclid."
she said, “As he was starting to gain on
him. the man said that he had a gun."

At that point the employee ended his
pursuit.

Shortly after the suspect made his
getaway. Lexington police arrived on the
scene. Behr gave the police a description
of the perpetrator:

"He was in his older Iltl's. He was a
black male. about six feet tall. with a
medium build." she said.

Besides providing the police with a
description of the suspect. Behr also
gave the officers surveillance tapes that
contained video footage of the alleged
perpetrator.

She also offered some advice to stir
dents whose textbooks are stolen.

“If you get your books stolen. call
the three bookstores. (Kennedy Book
store. Wildcat Textbooks and the I'K
Bookstore). and file a missing book re
port with them before you even call the
police." she said.

Although the suspect involved in
yesterday‘s altercation managed to es-
cape. the textbooks in question are being

kept at Kennedy‘s until their rightful
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IUIUREBQLIILCIANS

Students
get politics
experience

By Luke Saladin

STAFF WRITER

Several students from ['K are gaining
real world experience in the Kentucky Gener-
al Assembly. courtesy of the UK Department
of Political Science and Office of Experiential
Education.

The departments offer a semester of
handson work through the Kentucky Legislar
live lnternship Program. which allows stu-
dents to work side-by-side with legislators in
the 2000 session at the state capitol in Frank-
fort.

The purpose of the program is to give IIK
students the opportunity to experience the dy-
namics and reality of the Kentucky legisla-
ture while continuing to study legislatures in
the classroom. said Penny Miller. a political
science professor and director of the program.

“The students experience many benefits
from this program." Miller said. “They are
able to see a firsthand account of the legisla-
ture. They also make lasting connections and
develop wonderful friendships."

()f the 19 students selected for the pro-
gram. 11 are working with state representa-
tives while eight have been paired with state
senators.

Whenever possible. students are paired in
accordance with their party affiliation. Miller
said. “We realize that students may have fam-
ily or business ties with the legislators. so we
do our best to pair them with someone they
want to work for."

One student is looking forward to the lat—
ter part of the program.

“Right now. I'm just functioning as a sec-
retary. working with Senator .lulie Rose from
Jefferson County.“ said Bryan Sunderland. a
political science senior, “but as the session
progresses. I'll be reading legislation. decid-
ing if it's controversial and sorting mail to see
who supports or doesn‘t support her legisla-
tion."

"I'm basically in a supporting type role."
he said.

The internship program lasts about 14
weeks and has been sending students to
Frankfort for two decades. Kentucky State
Sen. Ernesto Scorsone and Reps. Tom Buford
and Kathy Stein are some of the legislators
who have participated in the program in the
past.

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Campus prime
place for flu

By Tracy Kershaw

AssisiTN—i'irws tmron

(‘ollege campuses furnish a perfect atmos-
phere for learning new ideas. creating friend-
ships and spreading influenza.

With health officials in Kentucky as well
as the rest of the nation reporting influenza
outbreaks. it is likely UK will not be spared
from the bug.

"(‘oming back from break into this close
environment. we will probably start to see
more influenza cases on campus this week,“
said Dr. H. Spencer Turner. director and head
team physician ofl'niversity Health Services.

(‘lassical symptoms of influenza include
sudden onset of shaking. chills. fever. dry
hacking cough and severe malaise. which Dr.
Turner explained as “feeling you would have
to get better just to die." .

Turner advised that any students experi-
encing these symptoms stay at home. ‘

“If you are acutely ill. do not go out in
public." Turner said. "And I do not mean just
classrooms. I also mean stay out of the bars
on Thursday nights."

Students should remember to cover their
mouth when they sneeze or cough and fre-
quently wash their hands.

“Hand washing is important in stopping
the spread of influenza." Turner said.

If diagnosed with influenza. Turner also
recommends keeping well—hydrated and treat-
ing a fever with Ibuprofen.

“It will take about seven days to get bet-
ter. But if symptoms start to return in two
days or so." he said. “it is a secondary bacte-
ria infection and you should go see a doctor
immediately."

The secondary bacteria infection could be

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Microsoft profits increase

REDMONI). Wash. Secoiidtquarter profits
at Microsoft Corp. soared 22 percent. helped by
strong demand in Asia and sales of the latest ver-
sion of its Office business software. Microsoft
said it netted $2.44 billion or 44 cents a diluted
share in profits, tip from $1.98 billion or ~10 cents
a share a year ago. The company said it had $6.11
billion in revenue for the quarter ending Dec. 31.
an 18 percent increase over the $5.2 billion for the
same quarter last year. “We are very pleased
with this quarter‘s results. which came in as ex
pected reflecting solid customer demand from
around the world, particularly in Asia." said
John Conners. the new chief financial officer at
Microsoft.

Consumers pay debt rapidly

WASHINGTON , Personal bankruptcy rates
are coming down from historic highs as many
consumers have sped up repayment of credit
card debts. The Consumer Federation of America
said 112.000 fewer people filed for and received
bankruptcy court protection last year than in
1.008. an 8 percent drop to under 1.3 million. the
largest one-year decline on record. While 2.8 per-
cent of consumers accepted unsolicited offers of
new credit cards in 1992. that dropped to 1 per-
cent in .lanuary~September 1999.

Clinton urges gun reforms

BOSTON President Clinton called yester-
day for $380 million worth of new steps to pre-
vent gun violence. Clinton said his proposals
would send a message to criminals: ”If you com-
mit crimes with guns or violate gun laws. you
will pay a heavy price." Key proposals: Adding
.300 new Bureau of Alcohol. Tobacco and
Firearms agents and creating a program to track
guns through ballistics testing. The new plan
marks an effort to invest more in enforcement of
existing firearms laws. 3 priority for Republicans
and groups such as the NRA. Clinton previously
pushed for tougher gunvcontrol measures. but
those proposals stalled in Congress.

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Flu-M
9". Actor
Micheal J. Fox
ls leaving
ABC’s Spin City
because of his
fight with
Parltisan's
Disease. The
38-year-old
actor first
noticed signs of
the disease in
1991 while
filming “Doc
Hollywood." He
announced his
disease to the
world in 1998.

DIVA'S Mil
MEGS: Pop
singer Whitney
Houston was
allegedly found
with half of an
ounce of
maiuala at a
Hawaii airport
security
checkpoint
before boarding
her flight to San
Fransisco. The
36-year-old got
on her flight
before the police
arrived.

Schools close on Good Friday

WASHINGTON wThe Supreme Court is let-
ting Maryland require public schools to close on
Good Friday. but the legitimacy of Good Friday
laws remains clouded. The justices yesterday re
jected an appeal in which a retired Maryland
teacher said the school-closings law violates con-
stitutionally required separation of church and
state. The 4th US. Circuit Court of Appeals had
said the holiday's legitimate purpose is to avoid
anticipated high absenteeism among teachers
and students on the days surrounding Easter.
The Supreme Court still is considering a chal-
lenge to an Indiana law designating Good Friday
a state holiday.

Reports on women smokers

CHICAGO —Smoking declined significantly
among American women of childbearing age be
tween 1987 and 1996. The Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention found that the number of
such women who had ever smoked declined from
44.1 percent to 38.2 percent. Also. the number of
women of childbearing age who smoked at the
time they were surveyed dropped from 16.3 per-
cent to 11.8 percent.

McCain's no Internet tax plan

CONCORD. N.H. —John McCain signed a
pledge yesterday not to tax Internet sales and
challenged GOP presidential campaign rival
George W. Bush to do the same. McCain said the
current three-year moratorium on new Internet
taxes on such things as access should be a ”per-
manent ban.“ Bush has said he supports the
moratorium while the impact of e-commerce is
studied. The moratorium does not affect state
sales taxes on ecommerce.

Computer upgrades forecasts

WASHINGTON iThe National Weather Ser-
vice dedicated its new supercomputer yesterday
with a warning that major East Coast cities face
the threat of snow and severe cold late this week.
A low pressure area developing off the Carolinas
is expected to bring snow from Washington to
New England on Thursday night. followed by
brutally cold conditions. said Louis W. Uccellini.
director of the National Centers for Environmen-
tal Prediction. The Northeast has already been
hit this week with a cold snap that pushed tem-
peratures below zero.

 

 

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“I work with Senator Alice
Forgy Kerr." said Jenny Mar-
tin. an accounting junior.
go to all the committee meet-
ings and basically mirror what

she does."

The opportunity gives stu~

dents a chance to get involved.

on a higher level.

“What is especially good
about this General Assembly
is that we have students work
ing for the leaders of the Sen-
ate and House majorities."

Miller said.

"About 90 percent of the
students who participate in
the program say it was the
highlight of their college expe-

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pneumonia or sinusitis. Turn-

er said.

Yet Turner hopes the in-
fluenza shots given on campus
during the fall will curb the
number of cases this winter.

"The idea of prevention is
immunization. And
means good news for UK." he

said.

Over 2.000 free flu shots
were administered. which is
an increase from previous

years. Turner said.

The increase could have
been caused by the absence of

a charge and easier access.
“Two years ago. we decid-
ed to take it on the road to four
sites on campus and to also
drop the five dollar fee," Tum-

er said.

The benefits of the shot

are twofold.

“The shot benefits both the
person who received it anti
those they come into contact
with,“ he said. “It helps create
a barrier of immunity. which
makes them less apt to get or

give (the flu).“

However. no shot is 100

percent. Turner said.

“There is concern with the
flu all over. In the past years.
UK has not had a bad out—
break. So we are probably

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New training for students

Surgery techniques: Students get trained in
‘Iteyhole' surgery and virtual reality methods

By My Winnie

(ONIRIBIIIING WRIIER

’I‘he I'K medical field is once
again helping students get the tip-
per hand iii medical training.

The t'K (‘enter for Minimally
Invasive Surgery began training
both students and practicing sur-
geons in advanced techniques of
minimally invasive surgery on
January 1:).

“This type of surgery. some-
times referred to as ‘keyholef ac
counts for a significant percetit of
all operations from gall bladder to
heart bypasses." said .iiiii
Hoskins. information technology
manager and de facto manager
for the center.

The surgery consists of ttsiiig
a lighted tube with a magnifying
camera. known as a laparoscope.
inserted itito small incisions.
Hoskins said.

This was the first of such
traitiing sessions that will occur
once a month for the next six
months in areas such areas as obs
gyn. surgery and urology.

The center has a stateof-the-
art-training lab that features la-
paroscopic skills. virtual reality
and virtual touch training sta-
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helps to reproduce actual operat-
ing room conditions such as posi-
tions of the body and placement of
the instruments. which allows
students to practice the difficul-
ties found iii interpreting a two
dimensional display into a three-
dimensional one.

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Immersal)esk. along with high-
powered video projection systems
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Israel frets Iran nukes

ASSOCIAIED Pitt SS

JILRI'SAIILM A 5...
ntor Israeli defense official
says ITS. efforts to contain
Iran's nuclear capability
are a failure and it‘s time to
de\ eIop new strategies.

I)eputy Defense Minis
ter Iiphraim Sneh said
'I‘ttesday that a news report
this week claiming that the
(‘I.\ believes Iran may be
able to make nuclear
weapons has sparked alarm
in Israel.

"The l'nited States. to
tell the truth. failed in its ef
forts to prevent this pro
ject.” Sneh. who oi‘n-n
speaks for Prime Minister
I‘Zhud liarak. told Israel ra
dio. “We need to continue to

build against tlieiti a wall of

deterrence. perhaps differ
cut and greater than the one
we have today.”

He would not elaborate.
Iiut Israel is acti\el\ ptirsu
ing peace talks with Syria
in an ell‘ort to isolate the Is

Ianiic state. which Israel
Iias long designated as the
most potent threat in the re
gion.

Sneh said Israel w ill
continue to de\elop its iiiili
tary deterrence capabilities
to counter Iranian inissilis
with a r. iiigel irge enou :Ii
lo sti ike lst.ii I. built added

"It's clear that such
missiles with such a large
radius and warhead capa
litltly are not intended to
so|\e their problems with
Iraq, then enemy neigh
bor." Sneh said

Israel is w ItIt'I\ belie\ed
to have nuclear weapons ot
its own. bill has never pub
ltcly :u‘lxlio\\lcd;ted possess
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make a lllll it‘dl Iionib.

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concern over the Iranian
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face of unsuccessful White
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coalition against Iranian
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4 I WEDNESDAY JANUARY 19 2009

DEAEENINQSILENCE

Prince stepping it up for Cats

I KENTUCKY KERNEI.

Unassuming sophomore drawing attention
with spectacular plays, quiet consistency

_By Matt Ellison

SENlOR 8' AW flRllER

It‘s a process known as
“stepping up"

it‘s defined. roughly. as In-
creasing the quality of one's
game when difficult circum
stances require

Jamaal .\l:IgloIre" Yeah.
he's stepped up his game. but
he‘s the senior leader. the one
from whom more Is expected.
.l.P. lilm Ins" Sure. he's stepped
up. but he has yet to take over a
game It Ith his scoring ability.

Taysliaun Prince" Stepping
up. Big time

Prince. whom Tubby Smith
has labeled his “best allaround
player." has provided l'K \\lll1
offensive play that has been
spectacular at times. His 31
points against Georgia Tech
carried I'K through some dry
offensive stretches. llis three
point shooting kept l'K afloat
until their defense choked the
life out of Vanderbilt.

Prior to this season. some
questioned whether Prince
would be able to handle the role
of being L'K's designated go-to
guy. the person most likely to
have the ball in his hands w hen
the game was on the line. A
last seIonIl open shot against
Dayton (he missed) did little to
end the questions.

According to Smith. the
quiet sophomore's personality
has much to do with that per-
ception.

"He‘s a shy kid. very unim-
posing.” he said. "He's one of
those kids who doesn't like all
the attention."

The attention has started to
come however. due in part to
this simple fact: Prince's talent
is too great to allow a low pro-
tile.

“He quietly gets his points.
but he can really do some spec-
tacular things." Smith beamed

Spectacular like the game
ending “alleyoop” dunk
against (leorgia Tech. Spectacu-
lar like the blocked shot and
subsequent dunk against Van-
derbilt.

liid you notice the 10 re-
bounds (seven offensive)

against (leorgia Tech? The 20
points and five blocks against
Louisville'.’ The fact that Prince
has only six fewer blocked
shots on the year than UK's des-
ignated swatter (Magloire)?

if you didn’t. that‘s just fine
with the laidback swingman.

“The thing to do is to go out
there and play your game. and
do everything within the of-
fense." Prince said. if it comes
within the offense then any-
body has the ability to do any-
thing

Sure. they might. but when
you're the tagged "go-to guy."
you might have to be a little
more selfish and assertive
when looking for your shot.
Prince doesn‘t think so.

“i try and let the offense
come to me." he said. “There
are certain games I have the ad-
vantage in."

(‘ase in point: Louisville de~
fended Prince with the combi~
nation of6‘15" Marques Maybin.
0'6" Nate Johnson and 6’7"
Tony Williams. Prince‘s re-
sponse? Post up the stnaller
(‘ards for easy. close-range bas-
kets with his height advantage.

(‘ase in point 11: Georgia
Tech moved the 7'0" Jason Col-
lier out to guard Prince on the
perimeter. and \'andy tried
putting the 6'11" Dan Langhi on
him. Prince's response? Eight
three-pointers in these two
games. mostly through his ad-
vantage in quickness.

"He's really a hard match»
up for most people. because he
can put it on the floor and shoot
with range." Smith said. ”Now.
he‘s accepting that he can do
these things. He‘s playing with
that confidence that when we
need the shot and the balls in
his hands. he has the confi»
dence that he can make that big
play and score."

According to Prince. confi»
dence was never an issue for
his earlyseason inconsistency.

"l‘ve always had confidence
in my shot." he said. “At the be-
ginning. it would be off and on.
But in the past few games. It‘s
been on. When you‘re having a
spurt like this. the thing to do is
to keep shooting."

Especially when you‘re sur-

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UK coach Tubby
Smith has
labeled sopho-
more Tayshaun
Prince as the
Cats' “best all-
around player."

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rounded by teammates who
keep giving you the ball.

“Tayshaun's been picking
up the load for everybody that‘s
really not getting it done." said
Desmond Allison. "He‘s having
a great season."

According to Smith. there‘s

 

no reason why the rest of the
Cats can't follow Prince‘s lead.

“Whatever you tolerate is
what they become." he said.
“We expect them all to be ‘go-to
guys.’ We expect every one of
them to be able to step up and
make shots.“

 

GymKats, swimming and diving In action

Gymnastics team loses opener at LSU while
swimming and diving sweeps South Carolina

The l‘l\' gvntnastirs team
put on one of its most Impres
sive season openers on l‘iltl'fl.
when it tallied ,I 30:33.30 final
score. The (innilx'ats III! I) l)
were defeated by .\'o 2.; l..\l' I1
0. 10). who recorded a final
llllll‘k (III I‘ll l§_’.7)_ III~IIII‘)I ‘l l'l‘ll\\'ll
of 1.918 in lllt‘ l'ete .\l.’ll'.’l\lt'll
.-\.\seml)l\ (enter in liaton
Rouge. l..’i

Freshman .lulia (lore won
the Ill :iioI Ind I on pit tition with
.I :7 17....1 1) tie shmm Mindy
Smith tints); d sIIond with a
$7.000 Senior Krissy lioeferlin
led the Kins on vault with a
mark offI (-4.30 liaton Rouge na
ll\t‘ l~;:It ie 'l‘oups led the Kats on

the uneven bars with a score of
“02.? Smith came up big for
Kentucky during the final two
rotations. when she led the
team with a 9.800 on balance
beam and a 9.750 on the floor
I‘.‘\'t‘l'(‘lSi'.

(‘oach Leah Little saw
many good things for the team
to build on but emphasized the
importance of the team‘s first
competition.

“This first competition
gave us a good chance to watch
where we are." (‘oach Little
said. “You really have no idea
what you have until you com-
pete."

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