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Friday, February 10. 2006

SG mulls
election
reforms

Proposes vote penalties
for campaign violations

By Sean Rose
in: KENTUCKY mm

Student Government election viola-
tions could be handled differently if the
Constitutional Revisions Committee has
its way. '

The first committee meeting of the
semester did not have enough members
present to take action yesterday in the
Student Center. but the group did make
preliminary plans to eliminate the Elec-
tions Board of Claims and shift its du-
ties the SG Supreme Court.

The Elections Board is in charge of
evaluating violation claims and giving
punishments. But some committee
members said the board wasn't qualiﬁed
to make the judgments.

“It’s not clear to me that they actual-
ly do something good and in some cases
may harm the process,” said SG
Supreme Court Chief Justice Christo-
pher Thacker.

Thacker added that in many cases,
the board members haven’t read the SG
constitution and aren’t instructed in
their duties.

“There’s a lot better chance of hav-
ing people in the Supreme Court who do
know," he said.

The committee could only make in-
formal decisions without a majority of
the committee present last night. Thack-
er and committee Chairman Will Nash
are currently writing out new regula-
tions that will be viewed by the commit-
tee and could go to next week’s Senate
meeting for approval.

The new regulations could have the
existing position of campaign investiga-
tor collect complaints and violations
and then pass them to the Supreme
Court. The Court will then have a pre-
liminary hearing to decide if the viola-
tions are serious enough to hand down a
punishment. which would come at a sec-
ond hearing.

Nash said he didn‘t know if the Sen-
ate would approve any changes for this
spring’s election.

“I guess it depends on some senators’
moods the night of." Nash said.

The board of claims was the ﬁrst
stage of last year‘s ﬁve-month election
saga, after it disqualiﬁed Nash. a presi-
dential candidate. for overspending the
campaign limit. Nash appealed. and the
election wasn‘t decided until Fayette
Circuit Court Judge Gary Payne sided
with current SG President Becky
Ellingsworth in her lawsuit against UK.

The committee discussed new pun-
ishments as well. focusing on spending
violations. Though nothing was decided.
one option for violations could include
disqualifying votes for a candidate de-
pending on the amount of the over-
spending.

Rhonda Strouse. the director of Stu-
dent Activities. Leadership and Involve-
ment said taking away the votes would
be the best deterrent for overspending.

“If you talk about candidates. what's
the one thing they’re trying to get?

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Celebrating 35 years of independence

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New UK Police Chief McDonald Vick, center, speaks with interim police chief Kevin Franklin, right, and Carol Jordan. chair
of the police search committee. at the press conference to announce Vick's hiring on Feb. 1 in the Main Building.

Vick decides
to stay with UK

By Megan Boehnke
m: KENTUCKY KERNEL

UK’s newly hired police
chief afﬁrmed his decision yes-
terday to join the department
next month despite a counter of-
fer from his current employer
and publicity surrounding a sex
discrimination lawsuit.

McDonald Vick. who had
been police chief at North Car-
olina Central University for 10
years. received a counter offer
from NCCU after he accepted
the UK position last week. The
offer was “very close" to UK’s.
Vick said.

He had previously made
$68,466 a year at NCCU and is
set to make about $93,000 a year
at UK.

Vick said he considered
NCCU’s new offer in part after
local media. including The Ker—
nel. reported on the discrimina-
tion lawsuit in which he is
named a defendant along with
other university officials and
department members.

“It made me think about it."
Vick said of the publicity. “I

don’t want to bring problems on
anybody or discredit anyone
even though these allegations
are nothing.

“If they were true. then I
wouldn‘t be coming.“

Over the past several days
Todd has said he and UK’s po-
lice chief search committee
were not told of a current sexu-
al discrimination lawsuit in
which Vick. as well as several
other NCCU police ofﬁcers. are
named as defendants. Waters-
Oldani. the national search ﬁrm
UK used to gather and review
applicants. knew of the lawsuit
but after reviewing the case. ad-
vised the university that it
shouldn‘t be an issue in hiring
Vick.

Todd said he would change
the university's search process
to ensure that when similar
matters arise in future searches.
he and the search committee
are fully briefed.

“The bottom line is that
questions about such behavior
with respect to a job candidate.
even if untrue. should be fully
vetted. evaluated and under-

The Vick File

I Bachelor's and master's degrees in
criminal justice from North Carolina
Central University

I Served as officer in Durham police
dept. for 18 years

I Police Chief at NCCU for past 10
years

I Earned $68,466 annually at NCCU,
set to make $93,000 per year at UK

stood by an interview team or
search committee." Todd said in
a campus-wide e-mail yesterday.
“in particular. search commits
tees should have full access to a
search ﬁrm and the information
that it gathers."

Still. despite the lapses of
communication and concerns
about the process by which Vick
was selected, Todd said that he
still believes that the university
made the right choice.

“This information was not

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TIMELINE I UK‘s search for a new police chief

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UK reopens police chief
search after hiring
executive search firm
Waters-Oldani

President Lee Todd
announces McDonald
Vick as UK's next
police chief

Todd and search commit-
tee say they were
unaware of pending
discrimination lawsuit
against Vick

Vick rejects counter
offer to stay at North
Carolina Central
University and confirms
move to UK

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Dancing
to ﬁght
cancer

DanceBlue raises funds
for oncology research

By Wes Blevins
me KENTUCKY mm

UK students will be cutting
a rug this weekend — and per-
haps tripping over it — in a 24-
hour no sleeping, no sitting
dance marathon at Memorial
Coliseum.

In the first annual Dance-
Blue, more than 180 students
will spend tonight and all day
tomorrow on
their feet in an FYI
effort to raise
money for the
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year, and will ﬁeld teams for the
marathon.

The 24-hour marathon.
which begins at 9 tonight. is
symbolic of the daily struggle
pediatric cancer patients face.
Students involved in the Dance-
Blue effort have had first-hand
experience with the patients
and their families.

Last fall. the UK Student
Volunteer Center sponsored a
fall festival for the patients. Stu-
dents have also hosted movie
nights and a Christmas party
for the children.

“Patients really love meet—
ing the students." said Dr. Jef-
frey A. Moscow. chief of pedi-
atric oncology at UK. “It's great
for UK students to see the chil-
dren as part of the UK commu-
nity." he said.

There will be no advance
ticketing for the event. but spec-
tators are being asked to donate
$2 at the door. Upon entering
Memorial Coliseum. viewers
will be given a wristband that
will allow them to re-enter
throughout the night.

Finance senior and Dance-
Blue chair Emily Pfeifer said
there are several highlights
throughout the marathon. be-
ginning at 8:30 pm. when stu-
dents will meet in the Student
Center parking lot to form a
tunnel for entering dancers.

Pfeifer said students could
still show up later on in the
night to encourage dancers
through their exhaustion.

The featured attraction. be»
tween 6 and 9 pm. tomorrow.
will be cancer patients from the
Pediatric Oncology Clinic who

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I Where: Memorial
Coliseum

Red eye for the Red Planet:
Goal attainable, says expert

By Keith Brooks
m: KENTUCKY mm

Not only is it highly possible to

”MIST”?

Dr. Robert Zebrin signs a copy of his book, "The Case for Mars" for mechanical engineering
professor Jamey Jacob. Zebrin, an astronomical engineer, is one of three lecturers that will
be brought to UK by the Student Activities Board in its Theoretical Thursdays series.

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send men to the Red Planet ——we
are closer than ever. according to
Robert Zubrin.

Zubrin. president and owner of
Pioneer Astronautics. a research
and spacecraft technology compa-
ny spoke about his proposals for
sending people to Mars last night
in Memorial Hall. This marks the
ﬁrst convocation of a three-part se
ries called “Theoretical Thurs-
days,” all hosted by the Student
Activities Board.

Zubrin spoke about several
plans and spacecrafts optimized to
perform various exploratory tasks.
One of those included his descrip
tion of a spaceship called. “ARES.’
a vehicle capable of lifting 120 tons
into the lower orbit of Mars.

Zubrin said that sending massive
spacecrafts is the least important
aspect of implementation.

“Just lift and throw and shoot
it out there." Zubrin said. “That's
how we can do space missions in
the real world."

Zubrin described a five-year
plan called the “Mars Direct Mis-
sion Sequence." which included
practical and informative details
about sending a series of space-
ships to the Martian landscape.
Along with specified diagrams.
Zubrin explained that the space-
craft would include “Earth Return
Vehicles" that would acquire 95
percent of their fuel from Mars' at-
mosphere and arrive to the planet
before astronauts would reach the
surface.

“The fact is basically it's not
hard." Zubrin said. “It’s 19th cen-

tury chemistry."

Zubrin said that the first part
of the spacecraft would be sent to
Mars surface. followed by a series
of smaller aircrafts every two
years. If the craft were to be sent.
Zubrin said. the expedition would
take one year.Zubrin also spoke
about the evidence of life on Mars.
a notion that has prompted recent
theories about past and possible
life on Mars.

“There were rivers on Mars."
he said. “Recent probes have
found dried-up rivers. dried-up
lakes. Mars had a large quantity
of water for about 5 billion years."

Zubrin also noted that it is pos-
sible that microbes exist within
one kilometer in Mars' crust.

“Finding the biochemical di-

m: 2 | Friday, Feb. 10, 2006

Green Thumb seeks student fees
to pay for cleaner energy on campus

By John Crowell
not mrucn mm

Green Thumb, a student
environmental organiza-
tion, is pushing to get stu-
dents behind a bill that
would slightly raise tuition
in order to buy energy that
is clean and renewable.

Student fees would have
to be raised about $6. Cur-
rently, students pay more
than $100 for such services
as WRFL, the university’s
student-run radio station,
and chemistry labs.

Tiffany Thompson, the
organization’s president,
said the money would not go
directly to buy wind energy
just for UK’s campus. Green
Thumb plans to invest in
cleaner energy for the na-
tional grid.

“Saving energy saves
money," she said.

One of the criticisms of
Green Thumb’s proposal is
the concern that purchasing
wind energy is an affront to
the coal mining energy,
which contributes to Ken-
tucky’s economy.

Cody Belcher. a journal-
ism junior from Pikeville,

Ky,. and advocate for the
coal mining industry, de-
fended UK’s use of it.

“Without coal and the
work it provides, many Ap
palachians would be forced
to leave the towns they’ve
called home for generations
and the region’s rich, proud
heritage would become a
memory,” Belcher said.
“This, in my opinion, would
be far more heartbreaking
than any valley ﬁll or moun-
taintop removal site.”

Green Thumb, however,
insists their election refer-
endum is in no way an at-
tack on the people whose
livelihoods depend on coal
mining.

“This referendum isn’t
anti-coal,” Thompson said.
“We’re just recognizing the
need for cleaner energy.

“People seem pretty opti-
mistic about the idea.”

In order for students to
be able to vote on the pro
posal, Green Thumb must
first get a referendum
passed that would allow the
issue to be on the ballot. Of
the 1,000 signatures the ref-
erendum needs in order to
pass, Green Thumb has col-

lected about 700 in what
Thompson described as a
fairly sporadic signing
process.

Green Thumb members
have been actively seeking
signatures twice this semes-
ter. Last semester, the group
went out about once a
month.

Student Government has
set a tentative deadline on
the signatures for Feb. 20.

“We’re coming to the
stages where we need to
buckle down," Thompson
said.

This isn’t the first year
that Green Thumb has at-
tempted to get the referen-
dum passed. The organiza-
tion got 1,000 signatures
last year, but was denied the
right to let the students vote
on it because of what
Thompson called a miscom-
munication with Student
Government.

Originally, all signatures
on referendums were re-
quired to include social se-
curity numbers. Green
Thumb realized that most
students being asked to sign
a petition on the street
would not be comfortable

sharing such information
with strangers. So they re-
quested to collect the signa-
tures without it.

The 80 Election Board
denied the request because
it did not comply with 86’s
rules, Belcher, then the
board's chairman, told The
Kernel.

“Because there were
problems with the format
and content of Green
Thumb’s signature sheets
we could not allow them a
ballot position," Belcher
said on March 29, 2005.

This year, the rule has
been changed and Social Se
curity numbers are no
longer necessary.

Thompson said she was
confident the organization
would collect the remaining
300 signatures.

“Students need to re-
member that a signing the
petition doesn’t meant that
you’re supporting it,” said
Thompson. “It just means
that the students will be
able to vote on it and decide
for themselves.”

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Students need to remember that a signing the petition
p::..-.doesn’t meant that you’re supporting it.”
— Tiffany Thompson, president of Green Thumb on the group's petition to increase student fees

Mice reveal clues to social intimidation

By Jamie Taian
NEWSDAY

Mice bullied for 10 days
by aggressive, bigger lab
mates display lasting fear~
fulness, but scientists re-
port that by blocking a gene
in their brains, they could
undo the animals' social in—
timidation.

What this means for hu
man social behavior is only
speculative, but psychia-
trists who did the experi-
ment say they have discov-
ered a change in a region in
the center of the brain
called the ventral tegmen-
tal area that explains the
socially defeated response
to aggression.

They used genetic tricks
to turn off a gene called
brain-derived growth fac-
tor, which they found was
pumping out too much pro-
tein in response to constant
intimidation. The timid
mice regained their pre-
bullied outgoing nature af-

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Students & Staff!

ter a day or two, once this
response was blocked. A
month of antidepressants
did the same thing.

“Once again, this study
demonstrates the destruc-
tive effect of early trauma,”
said Dr. Robert Hirschfeld,
chairman of psychiatry at
the University of Texas
Medical Branch in Galve-
ston. “The good news is we
may be able to reverse this
in mice and hopefully in
humans.”

Brain-derived growth
factor increased twofold in
the bullied mice. While the
hormone is known to have
a role in memory, this study
suggests it may be involved
in social learning.

“Whether you are talk-
ing about mice or men, so-
cial status is one of the ma-
jor aspects of psychological
equilibrium," said Dr.
Thomas lnsel, director of
the National Institute of
Mental Health. “If we want

to understand how these
mechanisms develop, we
need to look at the brain,
system by system.”

The study, led by Dr.
Eric Nestler, chairman of
psychiatry at the Universi-
ty of Texas Southwestern
Medical Center, appears
Friday in the journal Sci-
ence. Nestler said the find-
ings could have implica-
tions for depression, social
phobias and post-traumatic
stress disorder. “Interfering
with this pathway, either
through gene manipulation
or antidepressants, blocked
the trauma of the bullying
experience,” Nestler said.
“We can begin to look for
ways to interfere with
brain-derived growth factor
signaling as a way to treat
these conditions."

The mice were exposed
to a short daily dose of bu].
lying for 10 days and then
watched for a month. The
socially defeated animals

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never recovered.

When brain-derived
growth factor was knocked
out in this region, the ani-
mals never developed so-
cially avoidant behavior —
even after 10 days of bully-
ing. “The animals can’t
learn that a social stimulus
is threatening and respond
appropriately,” Nestler
said.

This, experts say, might
not be a good thing.

“If people repeatedly go
up against dominant peers,
and never learn to protect
themSelves, what are they
learning?” asked Jonathan
Jackson, a psychologist and
director of clinical training
at the Derner Institute at
Adelphi University. “Hu-
man behavior is more com-
plex,” Jackson said. “Con~
tinued self-assertion or
withdrawal are not the only
two options.”

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Continued from page I

versity is why it’s impor-
tant,” said Zubrin. “If we
can go to Mars and ﬁgure out
how to use these resources,
we can make Mars habit-
able.”

The “Mars Direct Mis-
sion Sequence” plan pro
posed by Zubrin last night
would cost $40 billion over 20
years, which is 15 percent of
NASA’s current budget.

“This is something we
can afford to do,” he said.

Mitch Schwartz, a

' telecommunications sopho-

more, is also encouraged

about the project. He be-
lieved it could develop within
thefuture.

“I’m sure, even if there
are complications, it could be
done within 25 years,"
Schwartz said.

Zubrin remains opti-
mistic about the goal of
reaching Mars within our
lifetime, despite the chal-
lenges ahead.

“Nothing great has ever
been accomplished without
courage," he said.

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Votes,” she said.

But, some members
thought this punishment
would disenfranchise voters
by eliminating some student
voice.

Still, the members pre-
sent agreed there needed to
be less generality and more
speciﬁcs in the punishments
that would be handed down
to violations.

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Chief

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shared with the interview
team. It should have been,”
Todd said in a statement.
“The bottom line is that
questions about such behav-
ior with respect to a job can—
didate, even if untrue,
should be fully vetted, evalu-
ated and understood by an
interview team or search
committee.

“Parts of our process

were wrong. Our choice was
not.”

Vick said it was the op
portunities at UK that drew
him to Lexington.

“It’s a larger university
and the president has made a
commitment to improving
the police department and
public safety there,” he said.
He added that he was inter-
ested in working on issues
surrounding the campus in-
cluding alcohol.

“It’s a challenge,” he said.
“I feel like it’s a good mix.”

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Dance

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will perform in a talent show.
There will be a memorial ser-
vice for children who have
died from cancer. The event
will culminate with the an-
nouncement of the total
amount raised for the clinic.
Since this is the ﬁrst year
of the event, organizers say

they have no idea what to ex- '

pect in terms of the amount
of money raised. Volunteer
Center Community Relations
Chair Jenny Priddy said the
Center intentionally did not
set a goal for this year, but
added, “We have raised more
money than we ever antici-
pated.”

Pfeifer added that in this

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type of event, fundraising is
a secondary concern. What
really matters is “making a
personal impact on a child’s
life,” she said.

Organizers also encour-
aged students interested in
leadership roles on next
year’s committee to attend
DanceBlue. The Volunteer
Center will be accepting ap-
plications for the 2007 leader-
ship team. Pfeifer said
DanceBlue offers something
for everyone, from public re-
lations to fundraising to the
entertainment committee.

“Students can do some-
thing that will have a huge
impact” on the UK communi-
ty, she said.

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Kidnapped reporter appears
on new video

BAGHDAD. Iraq Jill
Carroll. the American re-
porter kidnapped in Iraq last
month, appeared on a new
videotape aired on an Arab-
language television channel
last night. urging her sup-
porters to do whatever neces-
sary to obtain her release.

Looking more healthy
and composed than in her
previous appearance. aired
Jan. 30. the 28-year-old Chris.
tian Science Monitor free-
lancer captured by an un»
known armed group in Bagh-
dad on Jan. 7. asked an un-
named third party to comply
quickly with the kidnappers
demands.

"I am here." said Carroll
a Michigan native who first
arrived in Iraq shortly after
the 2003 U.S.-led invasion and
stayed through the insur~
gency.

“I am fine." she said.
“Please just do whatever they
want. give them whatever
they want as quickly as pos-

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sible." She punctuated her
Zia-second message. which
she said was recorded Feb. 2.
with a note of urgency:
“There is a very short time.
Please do it fast. That‘s all."

US Maj. Gen. Rick Lynch
told reporters Thursday that
American and Iraqi officials
plan to release about 450 pris-
oners from detention centers
sometime next week. He said
he did not know whether any
were women.

Teens forced to rob banks

WASHINGTON Twice
in recent weeks. armed men
have abducted teens from
public places and forced
them to rob banks. Prince
George‘s (‘ounty Md. police
said.

The teens walked into lo-
cal banks with notes an-
nouncing robberies. then
walked
cash. police said, They then
handed the money over to
the gunmen. who fled. ac
cording to police.

The teens are considered
victims and were not arrest-

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Chuck Clenney, an
English sophomore.
quotes his poem
“Tomorrow is a new
day" at the Cat's Den
last night. In his sec-
and time performing
in the Poetry Slam,
Clenney won a free
pizza for first place in
the readings. The next
Slam will be at 7 pm,
March 21 in the Stu-
dent Center.

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ed. said Cpl. Debbi Carlson. a
police spokeswoman.

Prince George's police
are working with the FBI and
l\'lontgomery County. Md. po-
lice. who are investigating a
similar bank robbery that
happened Wednesday In that
incident. a 14-year-old was
arrested for robbing a bank
on Wisconsin Avenue but not
charged with a crime.

Oprah joins XM radio

Oprah Winfrey a n-
nounced yesterday that she
has signed a 3-year. 855 mil-
lion contract to oversee a
new channel for XM Satellite
Radio Holdings Inc. and its 6
million subscribers.

(‘alled “()prah &
Friends." the channel will be
more friends than Oprah.
who is committed to appear
on air for only a half-hour a
week for 39 weeks a yearWin—
frey said she and longtime,
friend Gayle King would en-
gage in “girl talk'" during
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pounds? A surprising trend
shows that instead of head-
ing to the gym, young people
are making their way to the
nearest gas station to slim
up. No, it‘s not some new
wonder-pill meant to in
stantly burn away the
pounds; it‘s good. old-fash-
ioned nicotine.

A report from Harvard
Medical School in an Octo—
ber 1999 issue of Pediatrics
said that girls and boys as
young as 9 years old take up
smoking in an attempt to
lose weight. More than 15
percent of 9- to 14-year-old
kids have smoked at least
once. and getting slim is a
prime motivator.

But does it work?

Dr. David Mannino. a
pulmonary physician at UK.
helped shed light on the
smoky subject.

“It is a common misper-

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ception,“ he said. “It isn’t a
sure thing; the effects vary
from person to person. A lot
of my tobaccos using pa-
tients are actually over-
weight.”

For some, the nicotine in
cigarettes contains an ap-
petite suppressant that af-
fects their metabolic rate, or
the rate that you burn off
calories. This may or may
not lead the smoker to a
trimmer ﬁgure. The problem
is, the weight that is lost is
overshadowed by weight
gained later on.

“One thing we do know
for sure is that patients who
are successful in quitting
face gaining more weight
back than what they had be-
fore they started." Mannino
said.

While this catch-22 may
seem worthwhile to some
for the short term benefits,
consider this: in turn for
shedding an inch or two
you'll gain much more in re-
turn including yellow teeth.

Wrong way to that ‘smokinq' body

you can beat the pounds if

smelly clothes, a steadily de-

pleting bank account and, in you are serious about quit~

worst cases. cancer. ting.
Mannino partially “Definitely,” Mohammed
blames the advertising tac- said. “The nicotine with-

drawal really lasts a few
days itself, and after that it’s
more of a fight against the

tics used by smoking compa-
nies aiming for insecure tar-
gets.

“In the past. companies
like Lucky Strike used cam-
paigns claiming to help
women stay trim," he said.

Mandy Bastin. a smok-
ing UK freshman. has also
heard of the cigarette diet
trend but didn’t notice a
change herself. “I’ve heard
that from a few places. but I
doubt it really works." she
said. “I do have friends
though who smoke and are
afraid of quitting because
they don‘t want to gain
weight.”

If you fall into that cate-
gory, don"t stress; there is
hope for those who seek it.
Fadyia Mohammed. a sec-
ond-year grad student at UK
and personal trainer at the
Johnson Center, says that

people try to satisfy that
with food, and that’s when
their trouble starts.”

Taming the scale and ac-
quiring good health isn‘t
easy requiring a level of
dedication and willpower
unbeknownst to most stu-
dents. While hitting up the
smokes may seem like a
dream come true, the cons
outlandishly outweigh the
pros. Losing weight the
right way is as simple as un-
derstanding good old fash-
ioned hard work. So rather
than lighting up your butt,
maybe you should try get-
ting off it instead.

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