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By Kathy Rodlng

News Editor

Kathy Sienko and Jennifer Ditz flew over the
Gulf of Mexico last Thursday in a parabola-shaped
path 41 times in more than two hours, and they did
so in a special zero—gravity aircraft. conducting
experiments for NASA.

Both of them became sick, but so do three-fourths
of those who conduct tests in the “vomit comet,” an
aircraft that takes passengers to and from zero-gravi-
ty conditions

“It’s so hard to describe because its like nothing
I’ve ever experienced,” said Sienko, a materials sci~
ence and engineering junior. “You‘re just hanging
there and there’s no resistance to anything."

“I’ve never dreamt that I could float before. I
want to get a plane and take all my friends up so they
can experience this.”

Ditz and Sienko are part of a six-member UK stu-
dent team in a national program of 24 schools doing
tests for NASA. They and Shawn Smith, a mechani-
cal engineering senior and Jim Jackson, a mechanical
engineer sophomore spent the past two weeks at
Houston’s Kennedy Space Center training for the
weightless flight and testing their project along with
student counterparts from the University of Hous-
ton.

The team’s adviser, Suzanne Smith, an associate
professor of engineering mechanics, got the students
involved through her work in vibration analysis with
researchers at the University of Houston and
McDonnell Douglas Aerospace.

She said the students had an incredible two weels
and had the opportunity to meet astronauts, undergo
a space shuttle simulation and have a briefing with
Story Musgrave, an astronaut and UK graduate.

“They were so excited, they couldn’t stop grin-
ning,” Smith said of the students’ experience.

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100“ MW "0 “H" Materials science and fiineering junior Kathy Sienko, above, perform test for NASA in a

zero—gravity aircraft over the Gulf of Mexico.
encing Ii e without gravity last Thursday (bottom lefi).

During their first week in Houston, Sienko, Ditz
and their substitute flyer Shawn Smith underwent
physiolo ical testing to prepare for the weightless
flight anjcompleted experiment plans.

“We worked just about every day doing stuff,”
Shawn Smith said. “We had to fin-

 

 

ish last minute procedures to
mount (the test structure) to the
plane.”

Their actual flight occurred last
Thursday, a day after their coun—
terparts from the University of
Houston flew the control flight.

During the 41 parabola-shaped
flight paths, Sienko said she and
Ditz experienced a gradual shift to
weightlessness as the plane ascend-
ed to it peak altitude, at which they
were at zero-gravity for 25 sec-
onds.

This was followed by and expe-
rience of two G’s, gravity levels at
which they felt twice their normal
weight, coming down.

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law students give
time tor charities

echanical engineering junior ]ennifer Ditz takes a seat while experi—

onds, they had to take their measurements.

“All of the sudden you're really heavy and then it
starts to lighten up," Sienko described the transition
to zero gravity.

“You're natural tendency is to want to jump up to
accelerate it. You barely have to touch anything and
you're on the ceiling already.

Its like that feeling in your stomach when you go
fast over a hill driving. Your stomach is elsewhere
and everything else is all messed up."

Ditz and Sienko took a small structure made out
of the material a future space station would be con-
structed of on the flight with them to test whether
vibration analysis can be used a damage detection
method at zero gravity conditions that would exist
around an actual space station.

“It’s like a big house; you can‘t see ifsomething is
broken,” said Aaron Smith, a mechanical engineer«
ing senior and MBA student who will help analyze
the data gathered in Houston.

Sensors, monitored by computers, can be placed
on the space station to monitor vibrations when
shuttles dock.

“When the shuttle docks, it’s going to bump like
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By Brlan Dunn
Staff Writer

The Student Bar Association
gave 15,700 hours ofits time this
academic year to 36 community
servtce events.

Comparatively, a person who
works 40 hours a week for 50
weeks works 2000 hours.

Those 15,700 hours aren’t
even SBA’s main focus, which is
to act as liaison between the fac-
ulty and students in the College
of Law.

Salvation Army to get presents,
including 2 5 bicycles and 25 tele-
visions, for underprivileged chil-
dren. Also, SBA raised noouu
this semester to refurbish the
College of Law’s student lounge,
which was affectionately know as
the “Dirty Lounge” to law stu—
dents because it was in need of a
face lift, Johnson said. Students
now call it the “New Dirty
Lounge.”

Susan Dwyer, a first—year law
student, said, “I think (SBA does)

a fair amount for the school. It is

 

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JOhflSOD, - - “I can’t
who defined Student Bar Assocuation think of

the associa-

tion’s purpose as “making the
college a better place to come to
school” and making “a huge con—
tribution to the community
throughout the year.”

SBA is made it of the 430
students in the Co lege of Law,
Johnson said. It is the governing
body of the school, as the Stu-
dent Government Association is
for UK. Also, SBA rovides an
annual service to UK students,
he said. Each February through
April 15, the association sets u a
booth in the Student Center at
provides free tax form assistance
to students.

But it’s the work for chari
that Johnson is most Sproud o .
Last Thanksgiving, BA gave
300 pounds of food to God’s
Pantry. During Christmas, the
organization worked with the

 

anything
negative to say,” she sai .

“They et people outside the
law schoo participatin . They
serve urposes nobo y else
would 0.”

Dwyer also noted the impor-
tance the organization has in
bringing the 430 law students
closer together by giving stu-
dents options for not only chari-
table events but also social
events, such as holiday parties.

This summer, SBA will help
with Race Unity Week by con-
tributing time and merchandise,
Johnson said.

“We’re so intertwined witlh
how race la 5 an eve day ro e
in our livcg,”yhe said; :{Ve'll try
to get involved with any dialogue
that they need.”

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mm Political science professor Ernest Yanarella talks a er the Chancellor for the Lexington
Campus Elisabeth Zinser awards him the Distinguished Sc olar Award for Tenured Faculty.

Teachers awarded tor work
inside, outside the classroom

By Kathy delng
News Editor

They walk into classrooms filled with
students on a regular basis, lecture, collect
assignments and grade them.

Professors work hard teaching students,
but often are not noticed for that work.

Yesterday afternoon six University pro-
fessors received Chancellor’s Awards for
Outstanding Teaching, recognizing them
for their accomplishments.

Tcnured faculty members Clayton Paul,
electrical engineering, and Ernest Yanarel-
la, political science, received the distin-
guished scholar awards.

Paul, since joining the UK faculty in
1971, has been honored several times for
his teachin and research work.

One 0 his nominators recommended

Paul for the award “because he believes in
eople and encourages them to believe in
liimself.”

Yanarella views teaching as “a kind of
window to the world."

He said he wants to teach his political
theory and public policy students that
political theories from the past are more
than just academic knowledge but relate to
policy issues that nations face today.

Yanarella met his wife Elizabeth when
she took his class.

She said it was one of the hardest classes
she’s taken.

“He just really loves teaching,” she said.
“He likes getting them to discuss, think
and put things to thcr.”

Pamela Roun tree, a third~year sociolo-
gy professor, and Karen Tice, an educa-

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StAiE Residents tear
Shaker llillage in danger

HARRUDSBURG —~ Some people near Shak-
er Village at Pleasant Hill are worried that plans
to widen and straighten a half—mile section of
highway will harm the character of one of Ken-
tucky's most historic corridors.

The state Department of 'I‘ransportation is
planning the project just south of Shaker Village
on US 68 in hopes of preventing additional traf—
lie accidents.

“Nobody is a ainst safety here." said Susannah
Thomas, a mem r ofthe Shakertown Coalition,
3 group of residents interested in preserving Shak—
er Village and its surroundings.

“We’re just trying to say that we think they can
do it better."

Residents want the 'I‘ransportation Depart-
ment to treat US. ()8 as carefully as it is treating
l’aris Pike, a construction project connecting Paris
and Lexington that was 20 years in the making.

Pleasant Hill is where a colony of believers in
the now—defunct Shaker faith lived from 1806
until the early 19005. The grounds have been pre—
served and now showcase Shaker crafts.

(Iliff Linkes, the state’s District 7 engineer who
also worked on Paris Pike, acknowledged it will be
hard to make everybody happy.

But the fact that the de iartment has not set a
construction date should show residents that the
state wants to alleviate as many concerns as possi-
ble. he said.

uAiIoN Mcllougal says Clinton is guilty
ARKADICLPI IIA, Ark. -— Declaring he is now

tellin! \Vhitewater prosecutors the truth about
the (I intons,James McDougal, their former busi—
ness partner, says he lied in the past “to save my
own skin."

In an interview, McDougal said he “wouldn't
speculate" on whether the new information he has
given \Vhitewater prosecutor Kenneth Starr
would lead to indictments against the president or
first lady.

McDougal now says that then-(iov. (llinton
attended a meeting where an illegal loan was dis-
cussed. The $300,000 loan ~— never repaid ---- was
used partly to shore up the (Ilintons' failing
Whitewater real estate investment. At his trial a
tear ago, McDougal denied that Clinton had ever
been to such a meeting.

Speaking to an Associated Press reporter at his
trailer ()5 miles southwest of Little Rock on Fri-
day, McDougal insisted that “I have told the truth
about certain things involving the president and
the parties to those things."

McDougal’s began cooperating with \Vhitewa—
ter prosecutors last August after his conviction on
18 felony charges of defrauding his savings and
loan. McDougal said that before that, “for various
reasons I have lied, number one being to save my
own skin."

He said he was perplexed as to why his former
wife, Susan, continues to sit in jail rather than talk
to a grand jury about the president.

Judge completes questioning ol jurors
DICNVICR —— The judge and attorneys fin-

ished questioning prospective jurors yesterday in

the Oklahoma bombing trial after a laborious it)—

day process.
IIIC IlIIHl panel ()I la’. JUIUTS 'dIlU SIX '«HICI lIHlCS

was tentatively scheduled to be picked Tuesday
after US. District judge Richard Matsch hears
some pending motions. The jud e was consider-
ing selecting an anonymous pane to hear the case
against Timothy McVeigh.

A total of 99 people — from unemployed con—
tractors to a wealthy businessman ~ have been
brought in for questioning since March 31.

Six were dismissed in open court and an
unknown number were excused after private ses—
sions between the judge and attorneys.

A minimum of 64 candidates had to be
approved to allow for the 23 perem itory chal—
lengesfgranted to each side -— 20 for t e jury and
three or the alternates. If convicted, McVeigh
faces the death penalty on murder and conspiracy
charges in the April 19, 1995, bombing that killed
168 people.

NAMEdfopping

‘Marrlal wlth Childrsu' lilila larawsll

NEW YORK — First the Conners and now
the Bundys. It’s a bad month for blue-collar TV
families.

Fox is retiring “Married With Children”
after a one-hour series finale Ma 5. The Bundy
famil is held hostage by son Bud s Erison pen pal
and (laughter Kelly falls in love wit and lans to
marry one of her captors. Katey Saga] and .dward
O’Neill starred as Al and Peg Bundy in the last
remaining show from Fox’s original ineup when
the network began 10 years a o.

“I remember when Ed angl did bowling alleys
to promote the show,” Sagal said.

Ratings improved, even as the show’s crude
characters and lewd subject matter drew rotests.
Fox announced the show’s retirement Fri ay

Television's other leading blue-collar amily,
the Conners, are also ing off the air next month
after a final showing 0 “Roseanne.”

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becoming grief-filled enlighten—
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switching ballad about a murdered
lover entitled “Been Set Free” fall
into that category.

The latter song touches on Far-
rar’s Uncle Tu elo days; it takes a
look at the tra itional ballad “Lilli
Schull," which was recorded on
the album [March 16-20, 1992.

Yet “Cemetery Savior” and
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and Trace. This is music that can
create imagery of driving on a
highway in the Midwest, on a road
to nowhere at the beginning of
dusk.

To use the corny phrase “poet-
ry ut to music” is weak, but Son
Vo t does accomplish that feat,
especially on “Cemetery Savior.”

These “moving on” themes
mi ht be a reflection less of inter-
nalg struggle than of the fact that
the album was recorded between
tours.

In a press release, Farrar
explained that the main goal of his
songwriting was “to get on tape
what the band’s been going
through over the past two years.”

With a few minute bumps in
the process, this goal is tri-
umphantly met and vividly
described on Straightawayr.

Pond
Rock Collection
Work Group/Sony
* t t *
By Jeremy Rogers
Staff Critic

The album that Pond fans have
always hoped for but feared would
never come about is finally here in
the form of their latest release,
Rock Collection.

\Nith the demise of the Seattle
grunge scene impending and after
meeting with moderate success ~—
they had a die—hard cult following
for years —— in 1995 Pond signed a
three—record deal with Sony.
Pond’s first two albums, Pond and
The Practice of joy Before Death,
were released on the Seattle inde-
pendent label Sub-Pop.

Discontented fans wrote off the
band‘s decision as a sell-out, which
no doubt took its toll on Pond’s
confidenceHaving endured two
fruitless years, the Portland, Ore.,
trio has finally released its major
label debut Rock Collection.

The long—awaited CD was ro-
duced by Pond with help lgom
Adam Kasper, whose en ineering
credits read like the a ternative
hall of fame: recorded with Nir—
vana, Weezer, Pearl Jam and
Soundgarden.

Despite Rock Collection’s con-
spicuous major label feel, Pond’s
fans will not be disappointed with
“sell-out" music.

Chris Bradv (vocals/guitars)
and Charlie Campbell
(vocals/bass) keep the music as

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fresh as ever by refusing to settle
on any single song form or instru-
mentation paradigm.

Brady makes his itar speak
fluently in several diaFe‘Zts of rock.
Throughout the 16-track CD,
Brady’s guitars ran from twangy
and fragile on “ ou’re Not an
Astronaut” to overdriven and thick
on “Scoliosis," and everywhere in
between, including slide riffs on
“Filterless” and spacey, cello-
sounding effects on “15.”

Cam bell’s bass seldom lays
an audibly consequential to e in
Rock Collection, but his songwriting
and singing impress me beyond

most 0 toda ’5 pop musicians.
“My Dog is an Astronaut,
Though” is rhaps the most
interesting emonstration of

tunesmanship in pop music this
year.

Brady and Campbell share the
duties of lead singer as well as
songwriter, each singing his own
songs with some harmonic help
from the other. Both musicians
possess a controlled amount of
emotion in their singing that is all
too rare among the largely dead—
pan singers of post-grunge music.

Pond drummer Dave Trieb—
wasser provides the rhythmic and
percussive amenities for Rock Col—
lection. Triebwasser’s competent
drum work is apparent in his
steady beats, ornamental accentu—
ation and drum fills that are virtu-
ous enough to make you play the
air drums but not ostentatious
enou h to detract from the tunes.

A er anxiously anticipating the
album that eve one knew Pond
was capable o , Rock Collection

 

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entitled, ‘Rack Collection.’

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Boy Sets Fire
This Crying, This Streaming,
My Voice 1: Being Born
Magic Bullet/Rosepetal
* it 1/2

By Mai iierron
Future: Editor

R.E.M.'s Michael Stipe once
said, “Music and politics are like
water and oil; they don’t mix.”

He never accounted for Boy
Sets Fire.

The Newark, Del., quintet per-
fected the mixture of politics and
hardcore on their new 10”
record/compact disc, This Crying,
This Screaming, My Voice 1: Being
Born.

Released by the Rosepetal and
Magic Bullet record companies
from State College, Penn, BSF
combines dissonant, scratchy gui—
tar work, earnest, screaming
vocals, and enough political and
historical sensibility to shatter.
bubble m pop bands.

Whi e its song structure relies
on treble-based riffs and layered
screams, BSF makes some impres—
sive transitions from clean to
mean that other groups could only
dream of pulling off.

In “Vehicle” and “Endorse—
ment,” Nathan (last names were
not included) and Chad trade in
the balls-out vocal catharsis for
mellow harmony.lncluded in the
compact disc package, which
strays from the traditional jewel
box format, is literature guaran-
teed to give even the staunchly

conservative political science
major some brain candy.
A booklet titled “American

Civics 101” contains essays criti—
cizing capitalism and mocking
democracy, along with the lyrics:
“... the possibility that democracy
coupled with ca italism authors an
environment t at is intrinsicall
anti-ethical,” writes the bancli
“Such movin imagery contrasts
sharply with yrics such as these:
“You told me that you were
truth/Use me as your new dis—
ease.”

Sadly, the political activism of
BSF and, more notably, Rage
A ainst the Machine, will likely
fa l on the defiant ears of a young
generation whose members pro-
claim their discontent with gov—
ernment without knowing what
they’re talking about.

Oh, let them treat their minds
like trash; BSF proves political
ethics rock as hard outside of
Congress as inside.

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