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Holidays

Fat Tuesday

The last day of Mardi
Gras is today. As you
read this. the biggest
and largest parties of
the year are now
taking place in New
Orleans. Scores of
parades and other
celebrations will
occur all around the
world. This day
before Lent is your
last chance to
indulge in any
delights that you
may be giving up.

Crafts on campus

A couple
days after

Air drying is generally
the best method to
use for small flowers
such as baby’s
breath, yarrow and
hydrangea. Tie these
flowers in bunches
and hang upside
down for several
weeks in a warm, dry
place with good air
circulation such as
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closet.

To dry flowers with thick
heads like zinnias
and roses. use a
drying agent such as
borax, white
cornmeal, silica gel
(available at crafts
shops). The flowers
are less likely to
mildew and will hold
their colors better.
Just follow the
directions on the
container! in about a
week's time. the
flower petals will be
dry and crisp. Gently
pour off the agent
and remove the dried
flowers.

Flowers also can be
preserved by
pressing them
between heavy books
or bricks. But keep in
mind that while
orange and yellow
blossoms will retain
their vivid color,
most blues, purples
and pinks will fade,

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two layers of paper
towels or waxed
paper (best for fine
or delicate flowers).
and put under a
heavy. flat object
such as a book. Place
in a warm, dry place.
It will take about
four weeks to press
the flowers but the
enjoyment will last
for months.

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your lunch break. the

countdown to the millen-

nium on the homepage of

UK‘s Year 2000 Project
might read 318 days. 12 hours. 0
minutes and 51 seconds.

The numbers dwindle by the
second as the project office over-
sees the compliance of campus
computers to what many refer to
as the millennium bug _- a dis—
ruption in computers based on
the premise that they will be un-
able to cope with the rollover of
years to a new century.

Opinions vary as to the ef-
fect Y2K will have on a world
that has become dependent on
computers. said Doug Hurley. as-

sociate vice president for Infor-
mation Systems.

Hurley describes three
schools of thought in regard to
the matter: those who don't
think anything will happen.
those who think the end of the
world will happen. and moder-
ates who anticipate problems.
but nothing catastrophic.

“(Y2K) is a serious issue and
all departments at UK need to
take it seriously." Hurley said.
“There's a lot of information and
test tools to fix the problem,
though, and the departments are
taking the time to look at their
equipment."

Rick Willmott. the project
manager. said the office has set

March 1 as a deadline for most
campus system upgrades.

The project has gathered test
plans from departments and are
in the midst of tabulating them.
he said. The project office plans
to complete testing of the sys-
tems by April 1.

Tomorrow the project offi-
cers will meet to update depart—
mental coordinators on Y2K
compliance and address solu-
tions to the bug for personal
computers. Willmott said.

The project meets with de-
partmental coordinators every
four months. he said. Officials
prioritized all the campus cont-
puter equipment and systems.

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ical. includes life and safety sys-
tems such as security and fire
alarms and core systems that
contain important information
such as personnel. accounting.
purchasing and student records.
Hurley said.

If these systems failed. he
said. the entire University would
be shut down.

The second priority. called
major. would affect colleges and
departments. and the third pri-
ority. called minor. would most-
1y affect personal computers.
Hurley said.

”We should be able to get
through this with minimum dis-
ruptions.“

Making Big

Process of time: Student finds wildcat injured,
stranded on highway road; feline finds refuge

By Michael Downs
STAFF WRITER

Wildcat pride and Big Blue
spirit have risen to a new level
by one campus employee.

After hearing of Big Blue.
the real and injured wildcat be-
ing rehabilitated at Wolf Run
Wildlife Refuge. a donation of
$200 was issued by David Mul-
berger. manager at UK Book-
store.

The donation was given on
behalf of the bookstore as a chal-
lenge for other businesses and
individuals in the community.

“Hopefully they‘ll (the
refuge) get community support.
Not just from campus. but from
the rest of Lexington as well."
Mulberger said.

The wildcat was found in-
jured on Highway 461 by Josh
Lowery near his home in Rock-
castle County on Jan. 24. Lowery
said the animal was unconscious
when he picked it up and took it
home.

Lowery named the animal
and kept it for four days before
turning it over to refuge. He
wanted to keep the animal. but
friends and family had other
ideas.

“A lot of people were skepti-
cai." Lowery said.

His girlfriend. Christina
Stamper, had been keeping it in
their spare bathroom. but
Stamper decided Big Blue‘s
time was up when he left his
mark on it one night. She was
looking for places to care for
the animal when she discov-
ered Wolf Run.

The refuge is owned and 0p—
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and Mary Kindred in Jessamine
County.

A non—profit operation. the
refuge takes in abused and in—
jured animals. Big Blue ﬁts right
in with the refuges lions.
wolves. monkeys. cougar and
other animals in need of homes.

Big Blue was in poor condi-
tion when he arrived at the
refuge. Kindred said Big Blue
was not only injured by the acci-
dent. but also was undernour-
ished and plagued with para-
sites.

The cat suffered a mild con—
cussion and an injured leg. but
the injuries are not critical. said
Dr. Mike Griffit. who has been
treating Wolf Run's animals
since the refuge started five
years ago.

Kindred expects to keep
Big Blue for at least three
months so he can recover fully
before returning to his natural
habitat. She is busy searching
for a safe location to release
him.

Because of both hunting and
development. safe habitats are
hard to find. The cat had been
observed by residents of Rock-
castle County prowling near
their homes. she said.

“It‘s so sad that wild animals
are being pushed out into the
towns and cities." Kindred said.

The term wildcat is a region-
a1 name for the common bobcat.
Although little is known regard-
ing the precise numbers of their
population in the state. develop-
ment is likely affecting bobcat
habitat. said David Maher. As-
sistant Professor of Conserva-
tion Biology.

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you have urban sprawl and in-
tensive agriculture. you‘re going
to have a reduction in habitat."
Maher said.

Maher. who has spent al-
most 20 years studying large
mammals. said a single bobcat
requires between 10 to 20 square
miles of habitat.

Big Blue has significantly
less space than the required 10
to 20 square miles. Be is con-
tained in an enclosure that‘s 10
square feet.

Kindred said she hopes to
build a larger shelter. not just
for Big Blue. but for future ani
mals.

She expects to need $1.200 to

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build a larger shelter.

Beverly McChesney. a vols
unteer at the refuge. said she un-
derstands the need for such a fa-
cility.

it was McChesney who in-
formed Mulberger about the sit~
nation and who prompted him to
make the donation.

Lowery. a self-described ani-
mal lover. said he is glad Big
Blue has helped draw attention
to the efforts of Wolf Run.

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animals." Lowery said. “Maybe
it will get people to support them
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LCC has
sights
on food

New food court gives
students eating option

By Brandi Belcher
CONTRIBUTlNG WRITER

Lexington Community Col-
lege students can finally get a hot
meal without leaving campus.

Before the construction of a
new food court. the college had
limited menu options to offer its
1.200 students. most of whom eat
on campus.

Soups. salads and sandwiches
were basically all that were of-
fered at the old Atrium Cafe. Car
01 Raitz. director of UK Food Ser-
vices. said food service employees
had been working out of “some—
thing (like) a closet." where fire
codes prevented them from cook-
mg.

Now the college can offer its
students many food options. Rep»
resented in the food court will be
Block & Barrel Deli. Little Italy.
Fourth Quar»
ter and Sal-
ads & More.

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the college
because the
campus is so
far from (.‘en
tral Campus

" We ‘ v e
really been
able to improve the usage there.
This shows what can happen if
different departments work to-
gether." Raitz said.

A new coffee shop. lirounds
for Thought. also opened last
March. Funding for the construc
tion for both additions came from
the sale of food and services Food
Services receives no money from
the state or the l'niversity. Raitz
said.

Students say they are notic»
ing the college‘s latest additions
and taking advantage of them.

“Every time 1 walk by the cof—
fee shop. there are usually people
sitting in there. It stays steadily
busy." said undeclared sopho»
more Laura Landrum.

Although the cafe has been in
business since October. the grand
opening celebration will be from
10 am. to 2 pm. tomorrow at the
cafe in the ()swald Building. Free
samples and prize drawings will
be going on throughout the day.

The food court's hours are
from 7 am. to 8 pm. Monday
through Thursday. and from 7
am. to 2 pm. Fridays. Grounds
for Thought is open from 7 am. to
t; pm. Monday through Thursday.
and from 7 am. to 2 pm. Fridays.

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0.5. warns Iraq on threat

MERIDA, Mexico —- Top US. ofﬁcials said
yesterday America would react swiftly if Iraq at-
tacked the Turkish base American planes are us-
ing to patrol Iraqi skies. “We would respond
strongly and ﬁrmly," National Security Adviser
Sandy Berger said during President Clinton‘s trip
to Mexico. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright
said the US. “response would be swiﬁ and sure.”
Iraqi Vice President Taha Yassin Ramadan said
Iraq will attack the lncirlik base if American jets
keep patrolling over Iraq. U.S. warplanes at-
tacked Iraqi defense sites in northern Iraq yester-
day, the Defense Department said. It said the
planes returned safely to lncirlik.

Clinton at summit in Mexico

MERIDA, Mexico — President Clinton said
America’s leaders must “keep our eye on the
ball,” as he plunged yesterday into his post-im—
peachment term with initiatives to encourage
Mexico’s frustrated drug war and expand its
market for US. exports. “Our courses are con-
verging," Clinton told Mexicans in an address.
Clinton and President Ernesto Zedillo agreed to
tighten the evaluation of drug-ﬁghting perfor.
mance on both sides of their 2,000-mi1e shared
border. In two weeks, Clinton must. in the face of
unfulfilled extradition promises and dropping
drug seizures, render a formal evaluation of Mex-
ico’s cooperation in ﬁghting narcotics.

Clinton optimistic on presidency

MERIDA, Mexico — President Clinton went
to work on rebuilding his tarnished presidency
yesterday saying “everything will be ﬁne" if Re-
publicans and Democrats put aside bitter differ-
ences. Clinton also fueled speculation that his
wife Hillary might run for a US. Senate seat
from New York. “She would be terriﬁc," Clinton
said. He quickly added that she has not made a
decision and that he would enthusiastically sup-
port whatever she does. Clinton spoke in a brief
exchange with reporters at talks with Mexican
President Ernesto Zedillo.

Ex-Nixon aide Ehrlichman dies

ATLANTA - John D. Ehrlichman, Presi-
dent Nixon‘s domestic affairs adviser who was
imprisoned for 18 months for the Watergate con-
spiracy, has died. He was 73. Ehrlichman died
yesterday of natural causes at his home in At-
lanta. He had suffered from diabetes, his son,
Tom, said. Ehrlichman resigned from his White
House post in April 1973. He was convicted two
years later for obstruction of justice, conspiracy
and perjury in the attempted cover-up of the bur-
glary of the Democratic National Committee of-

After shooting
two episodes of
the globally
syndicated show
last year at
Avalon Beach.
the California
producer Greg
Bonnan wants
to move to
Avalon perma-
nently.

WEESS:
Turner Sports
will have the
famous voice of
Marv Albert for
NBA telecasts.
Albert, fired by
NBC in 1997
when he plead-
ed guilty to a
charge of mis-
demeanor
assault and
battery,
Monday signed
a multi-year
deal with
Turner Sports,
which will have
him call NBA
games on cable
stations TNT
and TBS.

fioes at the Watergate complex in Washington.

Americanclosetoresmningservloe

DALLAS — American Airlines officials say
they think they can resume regular service as
early as today. About 800 of American’s 9,400 pi-
lots were still listed as sick yesterday, American
officials said. The airline has canceled only 17
flights scheduled for today. Pilots have been tak-
ing themselves off the sick list at a rapid rate
since a federal judge held the Allied Pilots Asso-
ciation and two top board members in contempt
and promised sizable ﬁnes against them. All but
12 or 13 pilots, who face possible disciplinary ac-
tion, would be immediately cleared to fly after re
moving themselves from the list.

Justice considers Microsoft brealnip

WASHINGTON —— The US. Justice Depart-
ment and representatives of 19 states are ponder-
ing possible remedies if they win their antitrust
case against Microsoft Corp. ~ from breaking up
the company to ordering it to cease violating the
law, people close to the case said yesterday.

The Washington Post said in yesterday’s edi-
tions that several possible sanctions were under
consideration but no decisions had been made.
People close to the case said that was true and out-
lined what those possible solutions were. A Justice
Department oﬁicial reacted strongly to the report.
saying: “The trial is ongoing. Speculation about
what the department might do if the court rules in
our favor is premature and inappropriate."

Serbs may compromise on Kosovo

PARIS — Serbia is willing to make major
compromises and grant rival ethnic Albanians
broad self-rule, but it adamantly opposes having
NATO troops police a Kosovo agreement, the
republic's president said yesterday. For the ﬁrst
time since a Kosovo peace conference started Feb.
6, Milan Milutinovic indicated Serbs were willing
to give up most of the demands that have stalled
the talks — with the exception of NATO peace
keeping troops. Milutinovic said any NATO
deployment would “badly damage our sovereign-
ty” and that NATO bombing raids in the absence
of an agreement would amount to “an aggression
and a war crime." Meanwhile, British military
vehicles and heavy guns were moved from
Germany to Greece for use in a possible NATO
intervention in Kosovo, the British army said.

0.5. musicians to appear in Cuba

MIAMI — U.S. musicians will spend March
21-28 in Havana writing songs with Cuban per-
formers and will put on a concert for an expected
crowd of more than 40,000 Cubans, the project‘s
organizer said yesterday. “This will be a week of
co—writing with famous US. and Cuban artists,
culminating in participation in an open-air con-
cert for the Cuban people," the group, the Los
Angeles-based Music Bridge, said in a statement
posted on its Internet site.

Compiled from wire reports.

in dorms

W
STAFF WRITER

“No pets allowed.”

That's a familiar phrase
for students who live in resi-
dence halls.

“Pets require space, and
the residence hall rooms are
obviously not big enough to
house two people (and two
pets),” said Jim Wims, direc-
tor of Residence Life.

He said he believes keep-
ing pets in the dorm threatens
the health and sanitation of
the residents and is inhu-
mane for the animals them—
selves.

The ofﬁcial policy allows
the exception of fish in up to a
10-gallon tank and service ani-
mals for residents with dis-
abilities.

“Pets need a place to
roam, be free and run
around, and clearly the resi-
dence hall room is not a space
conducive for keeping a pet,"
Wims said.

Some students disagree,
though.

“It‘s very good in terms of
safety for the pet,” said psy-
chology and anthropology se—
nior Chandra Wiese, who
lives in Blanding Tower.

German and photography
freshman David Kuzel, who
lives in Jewell Hall, agrees.

“I don’t think the dorms
are big enough too handle
stuff like that.” Kuzel said.

“I don’t think anyone can
treat a dog good in a dorm,"
said Tommy Walvaag, a fi-
nance and economics senior
who lives in Holmes Hall.

But Walvaag, who owns
several varieties of fresh wa-
ter fish, said the pets policy
has room for improvement.

“There shouldn't be a lim-
itation on tank size,” he said.

He said animals that
could be kept in cages would
be OK, except for birds, which
are noisy and messy.

“I can see how it makes
sense,” said Patricia Shevlin,
an undeclared sophomore
who lives in Patterson Hall.
“But something like hamsters
or mice. they don't get out
that often and if they do,
they’re probably not going to
be running around.”

But Residence Life wants
to keep things as simple as
possible.

“Really what we want to
do is be as consistent as much
as possible and basically say,
‘No pets,’ but with the excep-
tion of these ﬁsh,” Wims said.
“We just don’t want to get into
a case by case scenario. If you
think about it, it becomes
birds, hamsters, snakes, that
kind of thing.

“You can put a lot of
things in a cage.”

The pets policy is on page
13 in the Student Handbook
distributed by Residence
Life.

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Out of this world

No sign of intelligent life anywhere ? New
film My Favorite Martian just can't take off

By Melissa Harris
ASSISTANT m EDITOR—

Do you believe? Are there
aliens out there? is there any
intelligent life out there in out-
er space? According to the
movie My Favorite Martian,
there are and humans are not
considered a part of it.

In this movie, we are
shown that we waste our time
when we collect samples of
rocks on Mars when there are
greatly developed cities on the
planet we keep passing by.

We are given a chance to
see what beings from other
planets might look like if we
ever discover any. According to
this movie, Martians are beings
who are relatively short, with
three eyes, long, thin arms and
bony fingers. They aren‘t
pretty.

In My Favorite Martian.
Tim O’Hara, a reporter played

by Jeff Daniels and Brace Chan-
ning, the station’s owner's
daughter. played by Elizabeth
Hurley come across a mysteri-
ous crash.

Because the driver of the
spaceship knows the humans
will recognize the spaceship. he
shrinks it down to a size of a
toy and then eats what appears
to be gum to morph into human
form.

As Tim leaves the scene.
Uncle Martin, the alien played
by Christopher Lloyd, makes
himself invisible and hitches a
ride with Tim. After almost
beating each other up, Tim and
Uncle Martin start to get along.
Tim offers to help Martin ﬁx his
ship and takes him to the hard-
ware store.

When they finally go to
start fixing the ship. they real
ize that after a certain number
of hours, the ship is going to

blow. So, now they have a limit-
ed amount of time to fix the
ship and trouble is about to
brew because there is an alien
research company on the look
out for Martin.

The best thing about this
movie would have to be the spe-
cial effects.

I liked the talking suit,
which was the funniest thing
about this whole comedy. I also
liked the alien morphing and
the morphing tools which
looked like bubble gum.

Maybe this movie would
have been better, if there was-
n‘t so much going on. There
were like four or five different
plots to this ﬁlm.

The love triangle between
Tim. Brace and Lizzie (played
by Daryl Hannah) was just too
much. If it wasn’t for Uncle
Martin, Tim and Brace would
have hooked up, but this movie
had a happy ending, and Tim
and Lizzie ended up together.

Another part of the plot in-
volved Martin falling in love
with earth and becoming

friends with Tim.

Even though the main plot
seemed to be to get Martin back
to Mars the ending contains a
unique twist.

Maybe i didn‘t like this
movie because I don't believe in
aliens.

If the movie had been real-
istic, maybe I would have been
able to see this movie as some-
thing that would be possible.

Or maybe I didn't like this
movie because it seems to play
towards a younger crowd.

When I was at the theater,
the average person there, was
about 7 years old and because
the movie is rated PG, their
parents were with them.

This movie was so boring
to me.

I am one who never falls
asleep in a movie, but this is
the ﬁrst movie that I was actu-
ally lying down in my seat and
just about to fall asleep, a cou-
ple of times even closing my
eyes.

Rating: 0

Nathan Stevens

CONTRIBUTING TECHNOLOGY COLUMNIST _

New system is

Who do you trust? Seqa's new Dreamcast
system surrounded by hype and a shady past

On Sept. 9, 1999 Sega of
America will release
Dreamcast. This monster is go-
ing to be packed with tons of
nice technology, such as a nice
graphics chip. which will boast

made with a lot of time. a won-
derful system and a little bit of
love.

All of that jargon aside, the
system sounds great. right? We
should depend on Sega and its
Dreamcast right? They’ve al-
ways come through before right?

Wrong.

It has been my experience
with Sega of America that their
products don't last too long on
the market. Sure. they’re always
ﬁrst and always treading new
ground for the rest of the indus-
try. but is ﬁrst always better?

Not in my opinion. Don’t
get me wrong, the [)reamcast is
a wonderful system. We played
it. and Sega knows their system
stuff.

Being fortunate enough to

have a nutty friend who import-
ed the machine for a measly
$599.99. I got the chance to try
the piece of art out and I was
impressed. I played Sonic Ad-
venture and loved it. I also

Sega has had the worst his-
tory of creating systems and
abandoning them like an un-
wanted child, as well as screw-
ing consumers out of money.
Not only this. but we the con-
sumers must like S&M because
we keep coming back for more

of Sega’s routine. For those of

you who don't know what I‘m
talking about. let me review
Sega’s history for you.

In 1985, Sega came out with
an 8-bit system that was called
the “Master System." It was a
better system than its rival the
“NES” (the 8-bit made by Nin-
tendo). This system lost the ﬁrst
of many video game battles to
the “NES." With less software
and better hardware. Sega
proved it could fail and it did so.

like a dream

In 1989. Sega released the
“Sega Genesis." which became
an instant hit. This time
around, Sega made good soft-
ware for the system and was
the first in the 16-bit age of
video games. Again not watch-
ing its back for its rivals, Nin-
tendo made the “Super Ninten-
do“ (an ingenious name that
I’m sure took Nintendo ages to
come up with) 16—bit system.

Thus, Sega lost another war
and tried to move on, but failed
to do that with dignity.
Somewhere in the early
‘903 spawned the “Sega CD,"
which was a CD-based add-on to
the “Genesis.” This was a lame
attempt at going into what Sega
called “The Next Level" of
video gaming (It stunk so bad
that people heckled other peo-
ple who owned it, and still do).
The three-toed sloth who
helped develop the Sega CD did-
n’t think that the company
burned consumers enough. so
he/she developed the “32X." I
could go into the “32X" story.
but I fear the people who owned
the device might read this story
and get sick, so we’ll spare them.
In August of 1995, Sega pro-

duced a glimmer of hope in the
video game wars, it was called
the “Sega Saturn.“

The system carried a lofty
price tag at the beginning of its
short life span ($400) and killed
itself before it could really live.

With a small software li-
brary and a difﬁcult system to
program on, Sega quickly took
itself out of the race again in the
video game wars. Thanks to

So here we are in 1999, eight
months away from the launch
of the Dreamcast. The industry
and the consumers are wary of
Sega and its service to them.

Most software developers
who have played the Dreamcast
say it's the most impressive Sega
system they’ve seen to date.

With Sega counting on this
system to do well (for its sur-
vival). you as a consumer have
to wonder, “Is Sega going to
abandon its child again? Or is it
going to raise this one?“

Don’t be enchanted and
pulled in by the mass media
hype from Sega. Most of all,
don't let yourself get screwed
out of money that you should
wisely invest in a durable sys-
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