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I J Vol. XCV No. 43 Established 1894 University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky Independent since 1971

Some University experts favor Perot’s economic plan

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By Brian Bennett
Senior Statl Writer

Richard Furst said he doesn‘t
have to look far to see the effects of
a struggling l'.S. economy.

Ftirst. dean of the 1K College of
Business and Economics, said col-
lege students and his own children
are being hurt by a national econtv
my stuck in the quagmire of a re‘
cession.

“If you‘re a senior now and
you're out looking for a job, it's a
little bit scary," Furst said. “I‘ve
had two of my children enter the
job ntarket in the last four years.
And 1 have to say that their oppor-
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improving themselves are not near-
ly as great as mine when I entered
labor market sonic 30 years ago."
Furst shares the sentiments of
many American voters, whose con-
cerns over the economy and the fu-
ture of their children have made the
economy the biggest issue in this

Hemenway to speak
about budget cuts

By Brian Bennett
Senior Staff Writer

Creativity and innovation will be
needed as UK finds ways to handle
budget cuts. said Chancellor for the
Lexington Campus Robert Hemen-
way.

“We have to deliberately chal-
lenge the campus to rethink the
University arid rethink the Lexing-
ton Campus." Hemenway said.

The people with the best ideas
are faculty, stall and students, he
said.

Hemenway is using his annual
town meetings this week to tap into
their thoughts about budget reduc-
tions and the coming year of rea-
lignment and restructuring.

The first Will be held at noon to-
morrow in Worsham Theatre. An-
other will be held Wednesday in
Worsham at 8 am, and a third is
scheduled for Thursday at 4 pm. in
the Seay Auditorium.

Hemenway will give a 15-minute
introduction and then will take
questions and comments frorn the
crowd. He said the ideas and sug-
gestions given will be considered
during then restructuring process.

“My desire is to really tnake this
a true town meeting ~ not a report
to the campus but a true town meet-
ing," he said.

UK is trying to manage more
than $26 million in budget cuts lev-

prices at UK
have climbed
dramatically

By Tia Sllverthorne
Staff Writer

The price of oral contraceptives
at UK Phannacy increased dramati-
sally this semester, climbing an av—
erage of 200 percent.

A single packet of birth control
pills was Sb last semester. but. be-
cause UK lost its contract with the
four major pharmaceutical compa~
nies that supply the pharmacy, the
price for each package increased an
average of Si 2.

Mick Hunt, director of UK Phar-
macy, said the school lost its low-
cost contract because, in part. it
didn‘t meet the deﬁnition of a
“closed system.“

“The US. Supreme Court has dc»
fined what is a closed system: (The
medicine) has to be prescribed by a
UK physician for UK‘s regular pa-
tients (to be filled) at the UK Phar-
macy,“ he said.

Regulations for closed systems
are intended to prevent for-profit
organi7ations from using low-cost
medicine to undercut prices at com-
munity drugstores.

But because many of UK‘s 14
community colleges were using
mail order and other means to ob-
tain low-cost oral contraceptives
through UK Pharmacy. the Univer-
sity no longer qualified as a closed
system.

UK Hospital plans to make fur-
ther attempts to persuade the com-
panies that Student Health Service
is a closed system and that students

1992 Town Meeting

1 Question-andAnswer .
Sessions .
about the Lexington Campus ?
budget .
and 199293 as a year
of realignment
and restructuring

Tuesday
Noon - 1 pm.
Worsham Theatre
Student Center

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‘ 8 - 9 am. i
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1 Student Center

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3 4 - 5 pm.
Seay Auditorium
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with Robert Hemenway, ‘
chum i'llirr for the letirtgtrm (‘unrpus

rvnons JOHNSTON. «ninth (must

ied against it since 1991 ~ includ-
irtg a $13 million cut to the Letting»
ton Campos. To help the campus
cope, Hemenway has set up a cam-
pusw‘ide realignment and rcstructur~
ing task force. assigned with find
ing ways to save money.

To do that. UK must question
standard practices, Hemenway said.

See TOWN, Back Page

greatly benefit frorn lower-priced
oral contraceptives Hunt said.

“In the majority of cases, we
have been able to turn these (deci-
sions) around." he said.

“(Students) have an advocate in
us. Wherever we have discretion.
we‘ll do the thing that will be bene-
ﬁcial for the students."

The University should know in
about two weeks whether the deci-
sion will be overtumed or not. Hunt
said.

In the meantime, students have
other altematives.

The Fayette County Health De-
partment, which is located on the
comer of Newtown Pike and Lou-
don Avenue, provides low-cost
birth control.

Patients must pay an annual exam
fee, which ranges from 580-5100,
depending on the patient‘s income,
and $2 per packet for the contracep-
tives.

See related election sto-
ries. Page 8.

year‘s presidential election.

Arkansas (iov. Bill Clinton has
surged ahead in opinion polls by
hammering away at President Bush
for his handling of the economy.
Bush. meanwhile, has blamed eco—
nomic woes on Congress, while
painting Clinton as a urx-and—spend
Democrat who will push the econo<
my into deeper depths.

Then there's Ross Perot. The
Texas billionaire has centerel his
grass-roots campaign around a sin-

gle idea — eliminating the $4 tril-
lion national deficit. A successful
businessman, Perot promises he
will parlay his his business skills to
erase the deficit in five years.

Each has proposed dilfercnt plans
to improve the economy. Clinton‘s
plans include raising taxes on peo»
ple who make more than Sllltllllltl
a year. ending tax breaks for com.
panics that move overseas. making
foreign companies pay their “fair
share" in taxes, cutting delense
spending, investing in inner cities.
cutting rttore than l()(l,()()() “unnec-
essary" govemrnertt yobs and con
trolling health care costs.

Bush proposes tax breaks for

small businesses. moderate detense
spending cuts. limits on govem~
rttent spending and relorrri ol the le-
gal system to prevent costly law-
suits. Bush also supports the North
American liree 'lradc .»\greerncnt
(NAFTA). which he \‘.l_\\ will open
up US. markets and help business.

Perot calls tor heavy dclcnse
cuts. health-care retorm. a tax on to-
bacco products and .i lll cent my
crease in the gasoline tax each ot
the next live years. With these
plans, Perot promises a Sltl billion
budget surplus lll me years.

17K ollictals say whoever l\ elect-
ed will have serious problems to
conquer.

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UK's Alex DeFelipe scores the first goal against Memphis State Friday. Briefs about the soccer game and other UK sports

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The exam fee at l.'K is waived if
a student has paid her student health
be. which is mandatory for all full-
timc students.

Lexington Planned Parenthood
Center Inc. also offers birth control
pills at a cheaper cost than UK.

Both the health department and
Planned Parenthood require patients
to have exams performed in their
centers, but Planned Parcnthotxl‘s
exam fee of S30 is less than the
health department‘s.

Packets of contraceptives, how-
ever, are $6 each at Planned Parent-
hood. said executive director Jan
Harman.

The center is located at the comer
of Second and Jefferson streets. Ape
pointments are necessary.

To schedule an appointment or to
receive more information, contact
Student Health Service at 233-
5823. Planned Parenthood at 252-
8495 or the Lenngton Health De-
partment at 288-2307.

Homecoming royalty voting begins

By Jim Ramsey
Conlrbuting Writer

l;lcttions for Homecoming roytil»
ty' begin today arid run through
Thursday at live polling sites on
campus.

Students may cast their ballots
for queen and king at the Student
Center, White Hall Classroom
Building, Margaret 1. King library.
Donovan Hall (‘alclcrizi and [.m-
ington Community College, said
Holly Cox. royalty iii-chairwoman
lor the Student Activities Hoard.
which is sponsoring Homecoming
ttcllvtllcs.

Voting will be held trorn ll ant.
to 2 pm. and 5 lo 7 pm. (‘ox said.
Students must bring validated stii~
dent IDs and activity cards to vote.

ROTC team
qualiﬁes for
regional meet

By Nicole Heumphreus
Stall Writer

For the first time in tour years,
the UK Army ROTC Ranger Chal-
lenge team qualified to compete in
the regionals competition at Fort
Knox, Ky., in November.

Only the top three schools of the
22 universities from Kentucky.
Tennessee, West Virginia and Ma
ryland that competed qualified to
attend regional competition. Frost-
burg State College in Maryland
placed first, UK placed second and
Eastern Tennessee State placed
third.

See ROTC, Back Page

lat h registered student organi/a
lli‘ll was permitted to nominate can
didates lor king and queen. ('ox
\tlltl. This year. il candidates were
nominated tor King and i7 lor
queen,

[be Held then was narrowed to
20 by a panel ol professors. admin-
istrators and student leaders, who
evaluated candidatcs' essays on the
strengths and weaknesses of lfls'.

l-inally. lo serriitinalists were sc-
lcctcd based on interviews with the
panel List week.

The scrniliiialists lor king

-Phillip Allen ol Louisville. Ky ;
langlish Junior; sponsored by Alpha
Delta Pi social sorority.

-lidward Atchlcy of Louisville;
political science and business with
onion“. sponsored by Black Student

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