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By GREGORY A. HALL
Associate Editor

FRANKFORT. Ky. —— Reform-
ing the trustee selection process and
revamping the current university
boards cleared what likely will be
its ﬁnal hurdle yesterday when the
Senate passed the bill 31-7.

The bill survived repeated at-
tempts by Republican senators to
amend it and one attempt to table it.

Many Republicans said the re-
forms would only politicize the
boards further.

Sen. DaVid

Williams (R-

Burkesville). who motioned to table
the bill, said its genesis was good
government but had been trans-
formed iiito a “vehicle of ven-
geanee."

But that wasn‘t the opinion of the
majority.

“Rather than an act of vengetuice.
i believe that this bill is an act of
mercy," said Sen. Nick Kafoglis
(D-Bowling Green).

Rep. tiniesto Scorsoiie's (l)-
l.exiiigton) bill now heads back to
the House. where an earlier version
of the bill passed in January.

Scorsone said the result of that

Tyson conviction
shocks, surprises
UK community

By AL HILL
Senior Staff Writer

’lhe third-most publicized sexual
misconduct trial was not a charm
for ex-heavyweight boxing champi-
on Mike Tyson.

'l‘yson was found guilty Monday
night of raping a Black Miss Amer-
ica contestant. He now faces a seri-
tence that could land him in prison
for up to 60
years — not to
mention take
away his boxing
prime. as well
as millions of
dollars.

Most UK stu~
dents said at
first they either
were “surprised
‘ or “shocked."
by the verdict.
Many were quick to bring up the
hearings of (‘larei "e 'lhomas, who
was accused of > tual harassment.
and the William Kennedy Smith
trial. in which Kennedy was found
innocent of rape charges.

TYSON

“l was surprised that he was
found guilty." finzmce grad student
l'im 'l‘wardeck said. "After the Ken-
nedy Smith and the (‘larence 'l‘hom-
as trials. l tltouglit the Tyson trial
would go the same way."

One student in particular felt as if
those two situations had a big influ-
ence on the decision.

“I think he's being made an ex-
zunple of because of the Smith and
(‘larence Thomas hearings." (lreg
Kujawski said.

Architecture freshman Marty
Summers also was surprised with
the verdict and said he thought 'l‘y-
son was framed.

“From the comments she (the de-
fendant) made. I felt like he was set
up.“

Some students said the defendant
may have contributed to the event
in question. They referred to evi-
dence presented that she agreed to
see Tyson late at night and that she
was aware of his sexual habits.

See REACTION. Page 3

Lawyers:
‘Creep
defense’
backﬁred

Associated Press

lNDlANAl’OllS -— [ii the
end. the Mike 'l‘ysoii jurors
believed the victim‘s story
that she was raped and the dc»
fense's story that the boxer
was a foul-mouthed woman-
i/.er who couldn't keep his
hands to himself.

Perhaps the defense strate-
gy backfired. or perhaps his
attonicys simply made too
convincing a case. lawyers
who followed the trial said
yesterday.

Or perhaps. as the any said
after the verdict. the state iiist
had a better case.

“The ‘creep deleiise‘ usual—
ly only makes sense if you‘re
pleading insanity." said Dan
(‘aplis. a trial attorney and le-
g; tutalyst for Kt‘N(‘ and
KOA radio in Denver.

The portrait of the former
heavyweight boxing champi-
on — as so consistently crude
that his victim must have
known he wrutted sex -
made it that much easier for
the jury to coiiyict him. (‘a-
plis said.

“the jury heard over and
over through the defense that
he was such a vulgar. obscene
individual that tuty woman
with him should have been
placed on notice to what he
wanted and who he was."
said Linda Pence. a local de-
fense attomey who attended
the twoweek trial.

See TYSON, Page 3

vote. which could come Friday.
should not be any different from the
first.

“l don‘t :uiticipate any problem
With miy of the chzuiges that we've
seen in the Senate." he said.

The bill was revised by Scorsone.
legislative leaders and representa-
tives of the (iovernor‘s ()ffice.

(iov. Brereton Jones, who has en-
dorsed the bill. said he has no reser~
vations about the revisions tmd will
sign the bill. if the House passes it
again.

“l‘m very pleased“ with the Sen-
ate's vote. Jones said. “I think it‘s a

very good piece of legislation. it
gives us an opportunity to give each
of the universities the opportunity
that l think they deserve for the
kind of trustees that will allow them
to deal with many problems."

The bill will abolish the current
boards on June 30. and reconstitute
them under the new process.

(Turreiitly. trustees and regents
are appointed directly by the gov-
ernor. llnder the new system. the
governor would choose botu‘d mem<
bers from a list of three nominees
for every seat submitted to him by a
seveii-iiiember panel.

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Senate boosts trustee reform bill over to ﬁnal obstacle

'l'hat seven-member pzmcl must
be confirmed by the House tutti
Senate. Jones said.

After .loncs signs the bill. he said
he will nominate people for the sc-
lcctioii committee "within the next
two or three weeks.”

Jones said he hasn‘t been able to
begin compiling a list of people to
nominate because of preparing the
state budget that he released last
week.

“Wc'ye had internal discussions
about people who might be good
choices." said .lones‘ (‘abiiict Secre-
tary Kevin llable.

“This is to ensure continuity."
said Sen. lid l-‘ord (D-(‘ynthiaiiai
chairman of the Senate liductitioii
(‘oinmittee

The bill also prevents governors
from appointing themselves or their
relatives to university boards. l~'or-
mer (lot. Wallace Wilkinson ap—
pointed himself to the UK board be-
fore he left office in December.

'l‘hrough the passage of an
amendment by Seit. Benny Ray
Bailey ll)-Hiiidmani. a requirement
that members of the nominating

See TRUSTEES, Page 3

CLEAN SWEEP

Edgar Burge (front) and Alan Rohrer of Lexmgton cleaned up leaves and debris in front of Kastle Hall yesterday afternoon Both work
for the grounds department. part of UK's Phy5ica| Plant DiViSion

GREG SANS“ >3" ~ ﬁt"

Speaker suggests changes in academics

By DAVE LAVENDER
Staff Writer

Aii Atlanta professor brought a
message ot concrete ideas 7 trans<
forming the cutrent academic sys-
tem into a real-life setting for multi»
cultural learning iii the Old Student
(‘eiiter yesterday.

Spelmaii (‘ollege professor Bev—
erly (iuy-Sheftall brought her ideas
in the wake of author Alex Haley's
death and in dedication to a teacher
—~ Anna Mae Moore

Drawing from her 23 years at the
blackboard at the traditionally black

school and her own "mis-
education" in the pic-integrated
schools of Memphis. 'l‘enii.. tiny»
Shettall identified what be
lievcd were the two major problems
she has struggled with in American
academics.

silc‘

“the first is that much of what
goes on reinforces the problematic
and Cn‘OllL‘tiUS notion that the norm
of this human experience is the
three '\\'\; Western. white and
womanless." (itiy-Slict'tall said "I
can also add to that: Christian. mid.
dlc-class and heterosexual "

(iiivaheftall said through tciich—

iiig texts that relate thcsc lziiioccii-
the ideals as the norm is alienating
students and causing them to Iosc
[licir idciililics

"Secondly. because siiidciits have
not been encouraged to tccl con-
nected to what it is they are re
quired to learn. they are led to be
lieve that education is a truly
objective. purely rtitioiiai endeavor
it is no suiprise that students feel
unattached iii the wot Id of ical liti-
maii beings and. tlicietoic. tilslll-
clined to want to change it "

(iuy-Slicftall. who went ti Spel-
man when she was only la. said

she was soiiicwliai ignorant of tlic
pioblciiis t.iciii;_' women and people
of color when she first graduated
ilttwc‘VCl. tliiiing .i caicci as an edit-
calor. author. lecturer and founding
diiector ol the \Voiiicii‘s Researcl.
and Resoiiict ('entci lll Atlanta.
(iiiy-Shcttall has embraced the
plights ol many iiiiiioriiies. includ-
ing the American ltidiaii

During the speech. sponsored by
the Women's liistitiitc of the South-
east. (iiiy-Slicliall .iskcd lietsclt. .is
scwral

a pi'ogi‘cssiic cdiicatoi’.

See LECTURE. Page 5

Haynes, Beauman fourth ticket to seek SGA executive spots

By JOE BRAUN
Assistant Editorial Editor

With plans to accentuate the posi-
tive aspects of the campus in his
campaign, Kirk Haynes announced
yesterday that he will run for Stu-
dent (iovenimeiit Association Presi-
dent iii the April elections.

Haynes. a health and safety soph-
omore from Henderson, Ky.. said
the theme of his election campaign
will be “B.l.().N.l.(‘. leadership."
standing for “believe it or not. I
care.“

“i would like to play tip on the

thing we're doing right - l‘m tired
of people telling me we‘re doing
things wrong. Let's hear and show
people how to do things the right
way."

Haynes said he wants to show
students. faculty and the Lexington
community that SGA is a good or-
gzuiizatioii that exists to work for
them.

His maior goals for the election
are to fight ctunpiis apathy and iii-
crease voter turnout.

“I seek to bring all 24,000 people
out to vote." he said.

Haynes. who was student goveni-

Wildcats face the Alabama Crimson Tide at
Rupp Arena tonight to fight for a much-

needed victory.
Story, Page 2.

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meltt president
at Henderson

(‘ommuiiity
HAYNES (‘ollege last year.
said his previous experience Will
give him an edge over other candi-

dates.

“My main motivation is l see the
rxucntial the University has and my

"1/ E .

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“M

work in the
(‘ommunity
(‘ollege System.

and my resoiircc- BEAUMAN
liiliiess on campus last semester and
my own educational endeavors
would allow me to Use my experi-
eiicc and promote l’nivcrsity coni-
muiiity."

Haynes is a member of American
School Health l‘fducatioii Associa-
tion. the National lidiication Asso-
ciation arid the 1K Baptist Student
Union.

The recent 5 percent budget cut
in the University‘s funding is a ma
jor conceni of Haynes. He said stii»
dents need to be interested iii issues
such as this because they directly
affect them.

Bryan Bcaumaii. a coiiiniiiiiica—
nous sophomore tiom l’aiis. Ky.
will out for vice president on the
same tickct as llayiics

“In planning out the campaign.

the tumor goal that Kirk said I set
otit to do was to reach 34.000 peo-
ple." he said "You don't target onc
group (in order to do that) "

Bcaiiman is a member of the Stu.
dent lr’iitlow'mcnt liimd (‘ommittce
l 'K‘s communications honor socie-
ty and a member of the Baptist Stu-
dent l'iiion

Both Haynes and Bcaumaii have
begun to speak with members ol
\.irioiis organi/ations to recenc
lccdback about campus issues

Their pltitlorm will be based on

See SGA Page 3

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Film Profile of 3

African-American Women continues at the
King Cultural Center. For more information

call 257-41 30.

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INSIDE .

Former UK teacher

directs Arthur
Miller tale.
Review, Page 4.

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Sports ......................... 2.7
Diversions ..................... 4
Classifieds ..................... 6

2- Kentucky W. Wednesday. February 12. 1902

By JOHN KELLY
Assistant Sports Editor

UK senior Deron Feldhaus rated
Saturday‘s 85-68 victory at Aubum
in best-ever terms yesterday at art
open practice in Memorial (‘oli-
seum.

“I think it was probably our best
game. not only physically. but then-
tally too.“ lieldhaus said. “Defen-
sively. it was the best effort we put
together this year or the three years
that I‘ve been here."

lieldhaus‘ teammate .lohn Pel-
phrey echoed that satisfaction.

“'lhat‘s the way we felt all of last
year and right in the middle of our
eight-game winning streak (this
year)." he said.

The much-needed road win
pulled UK out of a two-week slutnp
in which the Wildcats lost three of
four games. [it that stretch, the
Cats‘ rimking dropped from eighth
to 10th in The Associated Press Top
20 Poll. atid the Wildcats almost
slipped otit of first place iii the
Southeastem (‘onference Eastern
Division.

“I think that when you lose a
couple II] a row. you stop attd you
ask yourself. ‘what the heck is go-
ing on‘." " Pelphrcy said. “Maybe it
shook us tip a little bit. It also got us
to work a little bit harder because it
was kind of a reality check when

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More than the win. the effort was
what impressed UK coach Rick Pit-
ino.

"I‘ve noticed a big chimge lll this
team. I've been pleased with the
way that they've been practicing
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“They have picked up their focus
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(the Auburn win) was the culmina-
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pelted iti practice that week. We
were very. very attentive to the
game plan."

But with Alabiuna (Ill-«i overall.
6.3 Sli(‘) visiting Rupp Arena to-
night to face UK (to-5. 6—3). l’itino
has more to be concerned with. The
(‘ritttson 'l‘ide is on a roll, winning
five III a row. including an 85—68
homescourt victory over Tennessee.
Batna also beat I lth-ranked Arkan-
stls.

Pitino attributes Alabiuna‘s
strength to fundzunental man—to-
mim defense and tetun balance.

“One of the things that sticks ottt
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fense imd they create so much of-
fense with their defense." l‘itino
said. “They finish the play iii the
open court as well as my team iii
our league."

Pitino said Alabama is a better re-

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