xt7nk9315r0s https://exploreuk.uky.edu/dips/xt7nk9315r0s/data/mets.xml The Kentucky Kernel Kentucky -- Lexington The Kentucky Kernel 1997-03-13 Earlier Titles: Idea of University of Kentucky, The State College Cadet newspapers English Contact the Special Collections Research Center for information regarding rights and use of this collection. The Kentucky Kernel The Kentucky Kernel, March 13, 1997 text The Kentucky Kernel, March 13, 1997 1997 1997-03-13 2020 true xt7nk9315r0s section xt7nk9315r0s ESTABLISHED 1894 By Haili Wu Stafl l/Vriter College students tend to worry about three things: classes, jobs and parties. But some among us have more to worry about than just those things. These students do everything regular students do, minus the partying. Instead, they have another job at home, a very important one: taking care of their chil— dren. The most difficult aspect of being a student mother is “having time for myself," said Kara Rinderer, an early childhood education junior. Rinderer has an eight-month—old bah boy. She also has six classes each week. Rinderer an her live—in boyfriend take turns caring for their baby. Rinderer also works at a daycare center. “I would take (the baby) to work with me,” Rinder— er said. “I‘ll do homework while he’s asleep.” Most days Rinderer does not go to bed until mid— night; she usually gets up at 5 a.m. or 6 a.m. B .- ~--~o WINNIE Cloudy with rain likely today; high 60s. 'Ilstorms tonight, low 50. Showers tomorrow; high 60. "NIP“! Get ready for hoops hysteria with brackets, NCAA tournament statistics, analysis and more. See KeG inside. I a PHOTOS BY STEPHANIE COHDlE howl mitt iIIIAUIY I"! Kara Rinderer, an early childhood education junior, spends a fete moments playing with her Sun/anth- old son, jarob Blake, before heading out the door to work (below). and o hiking. Music concerts are also a big interest for the family. The Byrd family also takes advantage of the fact that they are all students by finding ways to study with Rinderer wants to get her master’s degree and hopes to be involved in some— thing in administration or work at a chil- dren's museum after college. W'hile Rinderer has a baby, Janet Byrd has two older children to take care of. Byrd When we her husband. and her husband do their homework with t b She said she wants to et her master’s . . . . go 0 t 8 g the children —— the Byrd family is a family lihra degree. of students. , 7)” The other goal both Byrd and her hus— “V\ e are really lucky our kids support us we go ”5”“ band have is to “get out of (UK) before . if they were a little younger they group. (the children) come.” wouldn‘t be so supportive," said Byrd, a junior majoring in interdisciplinary early Jan“ Byrd mothers have in balancmg their time childhood education. a - ior onhhr between school and fatnilv, most of them Byrd admits she does not spend as much trig: the library really do not regret attending college. time with her children as she would like. with herbushand “Pm me, it is much better to come back andmio children. at a later day," said Judy Ilcnsley, a jour— Monday throu rh Thursday, Byrd works and goes to school all day. Her makeup time with her family is on Sundays. 66 each other. “\Vhen we go to the library, we go as a group,” Byrd said. On Fridays, when Byrd is free for the afternoon, she tries to spend the time with V Despite all the difficulties student nalism senior and a mother. She said she was not mature enough and “No homework,” Byrd said. “We devote Sundays just (to) family." Sometimes they get away for the whole weekend would probably have flunked out had she gone to college iii er teens. A mother of two, Hensley shares Rinderer and See MOTHERS on 5 Retiring director honored at women's cunterence By LaShanna Carter Staff W'ritcr The third annual UK Women’s Conference dis- played the cultural, spiritual and intellectual aspects of the African American heritage. Last night’s conference was hi hlighted by the award ceremony honorin Doris “Wilkinson, founder of the conference and t e director of the African American Studies and Research Program. Wilkinson was honored for her dedication, sup- port and commitment to UK for over 30 years. This is also Wilkinson’s last year with the rogram. Since she began the conference in 1995, it has been moti- vational and well-attended. Opal Baker, co~coordi- nator of the conference, said Wilkinson is very instrumental in getting the program involved. “It is an era marked,” Baker said of Wilkinson’s initiative in instituting the conference. Triplett reaches lfll' stars France last summer, and she’s “still broke because of it,” she said. Editor‘s note: This is the second story in a series One of her friends, Ben Borrusch, a Even though several heroines from history are remembered each year, Baker said several are still on campus. Nikky Finney, poet and assistant professor of creative writing, gave the introduction to Wilkin- son. The Affrilachian Poets, a cup to which Finney belongs, each read severa of their poems dedicated to Wilkinson. The conference featured a video produced by Joan Brannon and titled “Raised By Women,” based on the poem with the same name written by Kelly Norman ElliS, co-coordinator of the conference. The workshops dealt with writing, health psy- chology and education. One of the organizations that played a major part in conference was the Frankfort-Lexington Chapter of LINKS, a national service organization with more than 10,000 female members. Carol Spotts, president of LINKS, said the conference is important to women. “It is very exciting and appropriate for African American women in the area," Sports said. “There are a wide range ofinterests, :ICthltlt‘s. problems and social issues that African American women need to examine." l‘illis said a conference like this is impor- tant because “sometimes in Black History Month and VVomcnIs Ilistory month, black women and other women of color get lost.YY “I thought that it was important that she had this celebration ofwoinen ofAfrican descent," lillis said. Ellis and Baker have decided to continue the con- ference even though \Vilkinson is stepping down as coordinator. The two said they want to further expand the conference's scope to include the Lexing— ton community. This year they brought in some people who work and live in the Lexington area in addition to others outside of the UK campus. The public who had the op ortunity to ex flow the rich African American culiure enjoyed them- selves, Ellis said. Ill-lain milieu V FAMILYzMarilyn Bandy about the people behind the platform. The presidential candidates will be featured afier Spring Break. By Brian Dunn Staff Writer Kristin Triplett stands in front of the goal, covered from head to toe in protection. She’s wearing bamboo leg pads, a chest protector, a huge helmet, a triple-extra-large jersey and black paint under her eyes for a little bit of extra intimidation. She's the field hockey goalie for Kentucky Country Day High School, and she’s ready to block Eastern’s penalty shot, the shot that could win the me. “ on don’t mess with the goalie,” said Triplett, vice presidentia candi- date for the Student Government Association, as she sat sipping on her oran e Kool-Aid. “You have to own that field. It’s your house.” For the past two and a half years, UK has been Triplett’s house. In that time, she has served as Chi Omega secretary and Inter eek Program- ming Assembly mem r and now she is cam ai ing with Kyle Thompson to hca S A next year. mechanical engineering junior, said, “To me, she’s somewhat amazing because of all the things she does. And she has so many friends. She’ll run into somebod anywhere.” .. Jennifye'r Triplett, ' her sister and a UK But Jennifer remembers a better sto . When Triplett was in second gra e, she had a friend with cerebral palsy, a disability of muscular inco— ordination and speech disturbances caused by brain damage during birth. - While many kids were senior, remembers that everybody mean to the girl because she knew Triplett was mildly retarded, Jennifer, as “Jennifer’s said, “Kristin never saw little sister” her that way.” before she went When the girl had to France for a corrective surgery to ear, but when straighten her legs, Jennifer Kristin stayed with her, returned, eve - singing songs to help her 3 get through the pain, Jennifer said. As she took another drink from her Kool-Aid, body said, “0 , you’re Kristin’s sister.” “She’s so funny and Triplett wandered back to 3006’,” Jen- the field hockey field, back nifer said. to hiding behind her mask “Honestly, she’s and padding, readying to the most honest block arch-rival Eastern’a rson I know.” penalty shot. “I could be whoever I wanted, and nobody could tell who I was behind that thing," she said. “I was it.” And she’s devoted to friends and famil . ’ Triplett saved lbr a year to visit her sister in and Rod Triplett; sisters Beth, 28, Jennifer, 22 BlRTHPLACE: Norfolk, Va. HOMETOWN: Louisville YEAR: Junior MAJOR: Marketing PERSONAL MUNICH: VSha visited Rows, France and Splimnd white there ate squid, pig ear and cow tongue just to be courteous to he hosts. '91. attended Haipolh Han, an all-girls school it NastMlia,Tenn.. tor five years balm moving to Kentucky Country Day In Loubvllc VHortavotlia KooloAid flavors are orange and crave. The referee stepped up to the Eastern shooter and looked toward Triplett standing in front of the goal. He asked, "Goalie ready?” “Yeah,” she said in the biggest, bad~ dest voice she could muster. In an instant, the shooter slapped the ball toward the corner of the goal, and Triplett leaped to smother the ball. “She never does anything half-ass,” Jennifer said. “She's always reaching for the stats.” u... , , s. .. c. . m...” u v‘ . .t..» c March 13, 1997 IN Crossword 5 Sports 3 2 Viewpoint 4 Cartoon INDEPENDENT SINCE 19/1 Leave policy _ chaflenged By Mal Herron Features Editor At about the same time geography professor Susan Thomas is rocking two-week~old twins, Shannon Price is drafting plans. Price, the assistant project director for the Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research, and the other members from the ad—hoc committee on the status of women plan to make a series of recommendations on maternity leave for staff and faculty in the coming weeks. According to the current regulations as stated in the faculty handbook. faculty and staff must scek approval for maternity leave from the dean of their department and ultimate— ly from the chancellor or vice president “under the provisions for sick leave." Administration regula- tions say only faculty and Instead if staff who have worked at treats bit for a minimum ofone materni a: a year aml worked at least . . . 1,150 hours" during that duel” 11y. year can take up to II ThatSJWt 710’ weeks of unpaid leave. fair: ” “It does not come up y with its own policy,” said Thomas. Susan Hogans “Instead it treats 6:32:53 maternity as a disability. That's just not fair." Price first questioned the policy last year when she was having her child. She said UK allowed her only six weeks off, and she was told by one UK superior, “If you want to bond with your baby, do it on your own time." She said the policy discriminates against preg- nant women, because no specific time frame is allotted for injuries such as a broken leg or arm, and UK allows only six weeks of unpaid leave. This amount oftime, she said, violates the Fam- ily Medical Leave Act, signed into law by Presi— dent Clinton in I993, as well as Title V” of the 1964 Civil Rights Act. According to the ad-hoc committee’s rccom» mendation, approved Monday, the current policy on maternity leave “treats women affected by pregnancy, childbirth or related medical condi- See LEAVE on 5 NEWShytes Politicians vying lor Sen. Ford's seat FRANKFORT —— Democrat Wendell Ford's announcement that he'll retire from the US. Sen- ate triggered immediate decisions by some politi- cians to run for the post, while others have their eye on the House ifa seat is vacated, U.S. Rep. Scotty Baesler of Lexington has already laced himselfin the Democratic primary for For ’5 seat and former state Human Resources Secreta Masten Childers II said he may run. Childers has suggested voluntary limits on campaign contributions to “set an example for the nation. Baesler said he‘s open to voluntary limits on spending, but not on contributions. Republican 4th District Rep. Jim Bunning of Southgate has virtually entered the Senate race and candidates are lining up to suceed him. Bunnin ’5 House district stretches from Old- ham and helby counties to the West Virginia border. The most likely Republican faceoff is between Fort Mitchell lawyer Rick Robinson, a close Bun- ning ally, and state Sen. Gex Williams of Verona, a rominent conservative. Rep. Jim Zimmerman 0 La Gran e said he too may run. The likefiiest Democratic candidates appeared to be state Senate President Pro Tem Walter Blevins of West Liberty and Covington Ma or Denny Bowman, who ran against Bunning ast year. 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III: and about 25 other people will be taking place in the alterna- tive Spring Break program, spon- sored by Alpha Phi Omega service fraternity. Young, a philosophy senior, is the coordinator for this year's alternative spring break program, Being in such a position seemed to be a natural for Young who grew up in Rocky River, Ohio He believes much of his will— ingness to help others came frorn the environment he grew up in. I \cryonc was always looking out for you in tny neighborhood " Young said. He maintained this spirit of helping out those in need during high school, when he spent many Students bemoan loss of Attali By Chip Bright (.‘Ini/rI/Irmno II rife) I he recent addition of an edu— 1‘ 111mm] I’uropcan television net— uork has lowered the standard of diversity at UK. some students say. .\Iansoor Amini, a doctoral can- didate in decision science and inform Ition systems said the Uni- versity s ipplication of the new network prevents him from watch— mg the l’ersian-- and Islamic-relat- ed Aftab network. “I am confused because the University preaches diversity, and the (Aftab) network provided me with tny only option for seeing my own culture." Amini said. German professor Ted Friedler said the German—funded network, Deutsche VVelIe, began airing in December in coordination with the German language department at UK. A government provided grant for the purchase of a satellite john Young HBIIIIIIQ others help themselves hours volunteering at a local nurs- ing home, visiting residents and helping with recreational activi— ties. Young believes people should always be willing to give back to their com- munity. “I think people owe it to their community to get involved." he said Young became involved in Alpha Phi Omega in the fall of 1995, and he has been an active member ever since. Being involved in Alpha Phi ()me ra takes up much of his time. and ellow members of the fraternity recognize him for his tireless efforts. l)1\id (iillis a biology senior who Is also Imcmbcr of \lpha Phi Omega, appreciates the work Young puts into the Spring Break program. I Iaving served as trip coordina— tor beforc. (iillis knows the receiver and permission from the communication system allowed the University to receive the down«fccd. he said. “Deutsche \Yelle provides stu- dents with an entire spectrum of educational uses," Fricdler said. He said programming topics include everything froin news to contemporary arts in German, English and Spanish. 'ICI Cable and UK have an agreement allowing the school to cut in on any non—pay station. said Brian Stocks, master control at TCI public access. Paul Leeveque, director of UKTV, said UK television cur- rently controls six channels on campus. Channel 16, the University telecourse, also airs on cable in the community Dinesh Mirchendani, president of the Student Indian Association, said he is glad additional educa- tional channels are being acquired, but he doesn’t understand why the Impressponss amount of work that goes into organizing such a trip. “I think he s doing a great job and he s been doing it or a long time "said (yillis, who also will be goinor on this year strip. \Ilison \\ alston a biotechnology junior, went on last year's tri 1 and said it was well worth the effort. Like most others, \Valston praised Young for his involvement. “He's done a great job this year.“ she said. As trip coordinator, Young has a lot of responsibilities to ban- dle. Since the trip does not cost anything for those who go. Young hid to solicit donations from the comtmmitv of IIydcu. Ky. .where the group will be working. lhc Ihompson (.1l11ritable Foundation provided an $8,000 grant to assist with travel expenses and building materials. Young also contacted local Aftab channel must go. “This issue should be reviewed because so tnany Indian students appreciated the programming," said Mirchendani, a business administration graduate student. “Unfortunately. it is not quite that easy,” said Andy Spears, director of UK library media ser- vices. Spears said the probletn has come to his attention, but the large capital expense of the equip- ment enabling the University to patch over I ( 1 channels makes it difficult to switch the German sta— tion to another channel. “The University bought equip— ment specifically for channel l4; otherwise we could switch the programming to another UK- operated channel,” Spears said. “That’s rather not feasible at the time." However, they will look into the possibility of switching the German station to another chan- nel and buying additional space, businesses, including Dairy Queen and Subway, about donating meals to the group I hey will sleep in the Leslie ( ounty High School gym I his ye 1r the group Will be working on the home of an 85- year—old woman. The group plans to make sev— eral repairs to the house as well as improve the appearance of the surrounding property, which was damaged by the recent flooding. H'orking with older people is something Young still enjoys doing. “I especially love working with the elderly,” he said. “They’re always so happy to see you when you get there.” The service projects are not all work Young can find plenty of time to meet other people Ind enjoy the company of the whole group. “I like them. I had a real good timc,"l1e said. “You meet 25 other people and have a lot offun with them.” IIBtWOI‘k Spears said. “Upon installation of the pro- gram. 'I(ZI was in the middle of realigning the stations," he said. Spears said UK knew Channel H would remain public access, and did not reali7c so many view- ers were interested In the channel. “It was a game of hit-and- miss," Spears said. In the meantime, Spears said UK'IV airs the Aftah network on Channel 14 for two hours each Saturday and Sunday. Friedler said the German department will evaluate the edu— cational benefits of Deutsche \Velle at the end of the semester. “The German department does not want to convey the message that we bump other people,” said Phil McKnight, chairman of the German department. “If the station is interfering with someone else’s enjoyment, then something should done to allot more space for the entire University.” Adv—rtlsa In the Kern-..— Call 257—2871 3 WORK 3 SATURDAYS IN APRIL AT KEENELAND . FLEXIBLE SCHEDULES . On-Tno-Job Training . 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File photo SEW” AIIIII MST Ron lWercer will be participating in bi: second andfinal NCAA Tournament beginning tonight against Montana. Kmmtky Kernel. Ibunrby..\1arrb 13. 199‘ 8 title [IBIBIISB starts today No. 16 seed Montana first opponent for UK By ChrIs Easterllng Spam Editor Montana knows what it's up against. After all, the Grizzlies have faced a defending national cham ion before. ' e last time came in 1991, when Montana faced the unbeaten UNLV Runnin' Rebels. falling just short 99—65. This time, the teatn is UK. After sailing through the regu- lar season and Southeastern (Ion— ference Tournament. winning 30 of 34 games, the \Vildcats begin their defense of last year‘s NCAA Championship. The Cats and Grizzlies get it on tonight at 7:55 at the Jon M. Huntsman Center on the campus of the University of Utah in salt Lake City. UK enters the game as the No. 1 seed in the \\'e.st Region, while the Big Sky champion Grizzlies are, at least in everyone else's eyes, the whipping boys as the No. 16 seed. Montana last appeared in the tournament in 1992, as a 1-1 seed. Its stay was short-lived, though. as Florida State knocked out the Grizzlies 78-68 in the first round. “\Ve have great appreciation for being in the NCAA Tourna~ III] rains on Madison's 1,000th game By Rob Herhst Weekend Sportr Editor Yesterday marked a milestone for UK baseball coach Keith Madison, but it might be a day he wants to forget. Madison coached his 1,000 game at UK yesterday but his team was drubbed 15-4 by Ohio. Des ite the outcome of the game, Madison felt fortunate “God has really blessed me to be able to coach 1,000 consecutive games without missing a game," Madison said. “It’s a real privilege to work with youn men for as long as I’ve been a le too and I can‘t think of anything I’d rather do than coach another 1,000 games. It’s a great blessing." \IVhile he wouldn’t like the streak to end, yesterday’s game wouldn’t have been a bad one to miss. His pitchers gave up 14 earned runs including eight in the top of the seventh innin . \Vhile Cat hurlers struggled, tic Bobcat duo of Robert Sismondo and Tom Miller stifled UK bats. The pair combined to strike out 16 \IVildcats and gave up only six hits. “Pitching is a big part of the game and also your attitude,“ Madison said. “You gotta come out and compete every day. You can't just come out every once in a while." UK starting pitcher Tim Row— land (1—3) lasted only 1 2/3 innings and gave up five runs in the loss. The UK promotions team has a contest where if a \Vildcat hits a home nm over the centerfield wall, fans in attendance receive a coupon for a free Big Mac. Too bad for the spectators it doesn't apply when opposing play— ers hit round-trip ers. Ifthat was so, fans would have a feast, because Ohio clobbered five home runs, including two from Jake Eye and a grand slain by Bart Leahy. The (lats' only opportunity to make the game halfway close came in the fourth inning. Down bv six runs, UK‘s David (Zheatle led off the inning with a home run and Justin Bunch followed with a dou« ble. The rally would stop there. After Bunch, senior Tedesco was caught l()()l\'111L’()11 a questionable strike three ant drew a line in the dirt With his bat. The home plate umpire immediately ejected Tedesco who did not argue his dismissal. nor did Madi- son. “A big inning can start with a single hit," Tedesco said. “I'm sure the ejection brought a lot of people down." “The umpire was definitely right," Madison added. "You never show the umpire up. jay is a senior and he knows better than that." Track teams Iinish 22nd in IIIBIIA Indoor Championships By Price Atkinson Staff Writer Nine members of the UK track and field team ~— three women and six men — ended the indoor season last weekend at the 1997 NCAA indoor track and field championships in Indianapolis. In the team standings, both the UK men’s and women’s teams fin— ished 22nd overall. Leading the way for the men was the second place finish by the 4x400 relay team, composed of le Mark Mi r, Chris Martin, Dwight Phillips and Darryl Gaines. The relay team ran a time of 3:08.47 to finish second behind Oklahoma, which set a new THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY COMING SOON: NCAA record with a time of 3:04.25. Phillips, a freshman running in his first NCAA championship, said he felt great about the second- place finish. “I was excited,” he said. “It’s a big change for me coming from the hi h school level.” Mi ler bounced back strong in the relay after he fell while run- nin in the 400-meter dash. Miller saitf UK track and field earned some respect with its high finish in the relay. “In the relay we ran our fastest time of the year and it put us up there and got us a lot of respect as far as in the nation,” Miller said. Sprinter Michelle Brown car- ried the load for the UK women’s MW room SAN D WEMSIE OPEN FOR LUNCH! "AM - 4PM mower-“Wm: team, scoring every single point. Brown, who passed up running in the world championships in Paris to compete with UK at the NCAAS, ran a tough double. She had to run four races on Friday with the finals on Saturday. “As good as Tim Harden was, we never felt comfortable with him attempting that double at the national meet, so we had reserva— tions about Michelle doing it," UK head coach Don \Veber said. “(But) we felt she had the mindset to do it, and she did remarkably well.” Brown finished third in the 55- meter dash with a time of 6.75 and placed sixth in the 200 meter. Weber said he was happy with his team’s meet overall. .I a .v merit, and facing a team the stature of Kentucky," Montana Coach Blaine Taylor said. “Right now, we literally feel blessed." The Grizzlies may feel blessed, but the record in ~18 tries, no 16 seed has ever knocked off a No. 1. But don't tell that to the folks in Missoula, Mom. “I think our r point guard Kirk \Valker said it best when he was quot— ed saying ‘99 per cent of the time the Kentucky's in this type of niatchup win, but the other one per- cent is why you play the game,” Taylor said. The “other one percent" has come close to happening a cotiple of times in the past seven years, most recently last year to Purdue. The Boilermakers were the top seed in the \Vcs‘t, playing against a spunky \Vestern (Iarolma squad. The (:LIKJIIIUIIHIS missed on a couple of jutupers late in the con- test. allowing l’urdue to escape with a 73<7l victory. Georgi-a would go on to elimi- nate the Boilers in the second Pitlno Mercer IIflIIIflI‘flISD IOIIS III‘SI home game .S‘rajfrepori The UK softball team's inaugural hotne game did not go quite as the team hoped, as Val— paraiso topped the \Vildcats (VI in the first Tame ofa doubleheader. The Vildcats now take to the road for almost a month starting this Saturday in the Indiana Tournament in Bloomington. The Cats will face such teams as Alabama. Auburn. South (Iarolina, .‘Iiilnli (( )lilo) .IIIll .‘Iitltllt‘ Tennessee State during this stretch. ['K will not play another game at the new softball \LItllllIII until April 5, when Si‘ititlicastern (Ion; fcrencc rival Georgia visits. round. The other time came in 1990, when Michigan State had to go into overtime to beat Murray State 75-71. That Spartan squad would make it to the Sweet Sixteen before falling to Georgia Tech and its “Lethal \N'eapon 3" back; court of Dennis Scott, Kenny Anderson and Brian ()liver. Despite the confidence \Ioii— tatia brings into tonight's game. don't think that the (iriulies haven’t heard of UK's basketball success. “\Ve've been fortunate at \Ion- tana to brag about Ilium sea— sons," 'l‘aylor said. “I think it real- ly puts it in perspective when their yard-marker for a good season is 30 wins. “I think that tells you how elite their program is, both steeped in tradition and in present success- es. The Montana players are look ing at this game as .111 opportu