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KENTUCKY KERNEL

Gov. plans
to add
more Dems
to boards

31 Jill laatar

jlaster@kykernel.com

The next members appointed to UK's
Board of Trustees will likely be Democrats
to more accurately reﬂect the political
makeup of the state. said an ofﬁcial from
the govembr’s ofﬁce yesterday.

The state attorney general and Gov.
Steve Beshear’s ofﬁces came to an agree-
ment this week that former Gov. Ernie
Fletcher illegally appointed too many Re-
publicans to the boards of trustees at UK
and the University of Louisville.

State law requires the proportion of Re-
publicans and Democrats on each public
university 5 governing board to equal the
proportion of Kentucky voters registered to
each party. said Ellen Hesen. Beshear‘ s gen—
eral counsel.

No trustees will be removed from UK’s
board. Hesen said. Instead. Democrats will
be appointed when any board member quits
or retires from the board. '

The terms of the agreement are pending
until both parties appear before Franklin
County Circuit Judge Phillip Shepherd on
March 7.

UK’s Board of Trustees has 16 appoint-
ed members. seven Democrats and nine Re—
publicans. For the number of board mem-
bers to match the proportion of the state‘s
voters. 10 appointees would need to be De—
mocrats. according to the initial lawsuit ﬁled
against Fletcher by former Attomey General
Greg Stumbo.

Replacing Republican members with
Democrats is a long-term solution, Hesen
said. Terms expire at the end of this year for
three UK board members Frank Shoop Bil-
ly Wilcoxson and Myra Tobin all Democ-
rats.

The next Republican board member‘s
term will expire in June 2009. when James
Hardymon will have completed a six-year
term.

Removing a board member was never a
viable option because it would lead to a
sticky situation when deciding who to take
off the board. Stumbo said in an interview
yesterday.“

Staff trustee Russ Williams said when
Stumbo ﬁled the lawsuit in September. he
worried some trustees would be removed

See Trustees on page 6

Unique date
keeps
leap day
babies young

By Lindsay Simon

news@kykernel.com

Want the secret to staying young? Have
a birthday on Feb. 29.

This year is leap year. which means
many college-aged leap day babies will be
able to put that ﬁfth candle on their cake to-
dav.

“Honestly. it‘s kind of strange to ﬁnally
get a real birthday." said Emily Bridge. a
pre-veterinary medicine sophomore. “I‘m so
used to skipping it completely that when I
actually have a real day. I don‘t know how
to feel."

Bridge's friends in elementary schools
would tease her.
but now she likes
being a leap day
baby because “it is
something unique
and different from
pretty much every-
one else, and it‘s
also a good talking
point when conver-
sation is scarce.“

Micah Forman.
a sophomore busi—
ness management
and marketing ma-
jor. also admitted
that his friends
would make fun of

"l'm so used to
skipping it
completely that
when I actually
have a real day, I
don't know how
to feel."

EMILY Barnes

Pre‘voterinary medicme
sophomore

his birthday.

“When I was 16 (fourth birthday). my
friends brought me Mickey Mouse buttons
to wear and gave me children's cards." For-

See leap Day on page 8

CELEBRATING 37 YEARS OF INDEPENDENCE

Sewage seeps into Dickey Hall classrooms

By Scarlett Springata
nawsOkykarnelcom

One inch of sewage ﬂooding sev-
eral rooms in Dickey Hall forced
College of Education administrators
to move several classes from the
building yesterday.

The backup happened while the
city was repairing a sewage line near
Bolivar Street. said John Zachem,
UK manager of mechanical services.
Workers were using pumps to reroute

sewage ﬂow around the damaged
portion of the sewer line when a mal~
function caused ﬂooding in several
rooms of Dickey Hall‘s basement at
about 9:15 a ..m

No classes were meeting in the
basement at the time of leak and ad-
ministrators were able to move later
classes to other available rooms.

Students were largely unaffected
by the sewage said Tricia Adolph,
who works In the dean‘ s office of the
College of Education.

“The crews have been doing a
pretty good job of containing it and
cleaning everything up." she said.

Classes in the basement of Dick-
ey Hall are expected to resume as
normal this morning. Zachem said.

“It was a bad situation. but we're
taking care of it." he said.

Dickey Hall was the only UK
building affected. and a crew from
the city was sent to help UK‘s physi-
cal plant division clean and disinfect
the basement.

UK has contracts with several lo-
cal companies to help if the physical
plant division could not handle a
sewage leak on its own. said Christy
Giles. director of the Office of Emer-
gency Management.

If the leak had affected students.
UK would take actions to ensure they
were in a safe environment. Giles
said. That would include evacuation
and relocation if a leak happened in a
dorm and even medical attention if
necessary.

Agricultural economics freshman Laura Leavell climbs the white route which was worth 88 points last night at the Johnson Center climbing competition

RISE TO THE TOP

Climbers of all skill levels competed
for hundreds of dollars in climbing
equipment at the Johnson Center’s
rock climbing competition last
night. About 70 competitors were
divided into four classes: beginners.
advanced. ladies only. and a faculty
and staff group. The athletes were
judged based on a points system
while attempting to climb pre-
planned routes that were marked
with colored tape. The Johnson
Center’s rock wall is open Monday
through Friday. 12 -10 pm. and 2-7

pm. on weekends.

ELIJO‘IT HESS i STAFF

Mike Newell, a
Bluegrass Com-
munity and Tech-
nical College
environmental
science student,
puts on his climb-
Ing shoes at the
competition last
night in the John-
son Center,

WESLEY
voms
STAFF

Month-long cultural festival kicks off tomorrow

81 Sarah Wainrigm
newsOlrykamalcom

Students can take a trip around
the world this month — try new
foods. listen to unfamiliar music.
watch foreign ﬁlms ~ without leav-
ing campus.

The 19th annual UK Cultural Di-
versity Festival begins tomorrow
evening and continues through
March 30.

Nearly 50 events are part of the
month-long festival. which kicks off
Saturday with a talent show. The
events range from food tasting and
art shows to lectures and career plan-
ning.

“The goal is to have a month-
long event where we can not only
celebrate diversity. but learn and
grow from each other.“ said Mah-

jabeen Raﬁuddin. the director of Stu-
dent Diversity Engagement.

The event committee. which is
made up of about 20 students and
faculty. has met every week since last
semester. Raﬁuddin said.

“UK has a lot of international stu-
dents. and this is one way for us to
celebrate them being here." said
Patrick Nally. a marketing and inte-
grated strategic communications ju-
nior who is a member of the event
planning committee.

The festival will expose students
to different cultures and give them an
opportunity to learn more about the
world. said Naitore Kiogora. an inte-
grated strategic communications se-
nior.

“A lot of people don't really get
the chance to step outside their own
personal culture.“ Kiogora said.

“You get to leam about yourself. but
you also get to learn about your
world."

For many international students.
“the events give a feeling ot home
away from home." said Arthi Vasude~
van. an electrical engineering gradu—
ate student.

That is especially true for Va-
sudevan. whose home country is In-
dia. because former lndian President
A.PJ. Abdul Kalam Is coming to give
a speech on March 24.

“I am highly excited." said Va»
sudevan. “He really respects stu
dents."

Raﬁuddin is looking forward to
the Diversity Connection Panel and
Reception. a new event where local
companies will talk about the impor-
tance of a diverse work environment.
CEOs from corporations like Lex—

mark and Thomas & King will dis-
cuss the measures they are taking on
diversity. The reception will connect
students of all majors with employ-
crs.

Nally said it is imponant to take
time to focus on diversity.

"It can get lost if you don‘t." he
said.

Cultural diversity goes beyond
students just attending these events

“it seeps into everything we do."
Raﬁuddin said.

ON THE WEB

www.kykarnal.com
A complete calender of
festival events

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Rihanna & Chris: Out of
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Rihanna and Chris Brown

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mained coy about the nature of
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friends. We hang out."
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into a private room at LA. hot
spot Les Dcux. The occasion? A
surprise 20th binhdayparty for
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Lacrosse
team
making
strides

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What happens when you mix foot-
ball. hockey and soccer?

Lacrosse — a sport with roots on
the East Coast that is slowly spreading
its way westward. UK has had a club
lacrosse team for a while now, but the
team is starting to round the comer and
is beginning to be taken seriously.

“Lacrosse is very fast-paced and
intense." said head coach Jacob Knight.
who is also the Kemel’s advertising ad-
viser. “There’s just as much contact as
hockey; a lot of plays are similar to
hockey and football; the offensive and
defensive matchups are similar to bas—
ketball. It’s something new that you
don't see a lot in Kentucky."

Club lacrosse started at UK in the
‘805. but didn’t really pick up until re-
cently, Knight said.

“It varied in the commitment of the
team. but the last three or four years it
has become more serious.“ he said.
“More come to play and try out.“

The team practices three times a
week and has its games at the Club
Sports Field by the soccer and softball
complex on Saturdays.

“Our goal is always to win a na-
tional championship,“ said junior long-
stick middle Andrew McCarthy. “We
want to continue making a name for
Kentucky lacrosse."

McCarthy hails from Boston.
Mass. where lacrosse is more of an
everyday sport. 'and is trying to incor-
porate his knowledge into the team.
Now in his third year playing for UK.
McCarthy knows teamwork, as in most
sports, is essential in lacrosse.

“We want to play more as a team.“

VISITOR

In spite of the fact that they want to pro-
nounce that they have it under control, I still
think that it’s not fully under control,”

—U.S. Rep. Bobby Rush, D-lll., on the notion that various profes-

sional sport leagues like the NFL and MLB have taken control of
performance enhancing drug issues.

Andrew McCarthy, left, and team captains Kyle Kuylan, center left, Ben Chessler, center right, Michael Swindall, far right, along with the rest of the lacrosse team.

versity tomorrow at 4:30 pm.

he said. “Focus less on the individual
talents and more on the teamwork.“

The Cats play against seven other
teams in the Midwest South region.
one of l2 in the National College
Lacrosse League. The team goal is
straightforward: win.

“We want to win the champi—
onship.“ senior defenseman Tommy
Brummet said. "Last season, we made
it to the ﬁnal eight for Division II club
teams. We brought a lot back. so our

goal is to win the tournament. Consid—
ering all the players we have. l think
we can."

Brummet came to the UK as a
kicker for the football team. but after
he was injured he decided to come
back to the sport he had played for l()
years.

“I had played lacrosse in high
school and it was my lavorite sport.“
he said. “Football didn‘t work out. so I
came out for the club lacrosse team.

SEC East title hope

By Travis Weldron

twaldron@kykernel.com

As a senior. guard Ramel Bradley
would love the chance to play for the
SEC East title on senior night at Rupp
Arena. That possibility is closer than
most would have thought at the start of
conference play.

UK’s win over Ole Miss Wednesday
night and Tennessee’s loss at Vanderbilt
on Tuesday have put the Cats just one
game behind the Volunteers in the SEC
East division standings.

With UK traveling to Knoxville.
Tenn.. to play the Volunteers on Sunday.
the stakes are obvious: win. and the Cats
take first place in the East.

For a team that limped to a 6—7 start
on the season and began its SEC sched-
ule 1-2. a shot at a conference champi—
onship is an opportunity it does not want
to waste.

“It would be an unbelievable feel~
ing.” Bradley said. “If we put ourselves
in the position to win a game and win
the SEC. to do it at Rupp Arena on se-
nior night. it would be unbelievable."

The Cats are now 103 in Southeast~
em Conference play. assuring them-
selves of a better conference record than
in each of the past two seasons.

UK defeated Tennessee 72-66 earlier
this season, beginning a stretch of nine
wins in its next 10 games.

But the Vols. 11-2 in the SEC. will
be looking for revenge when the Cats
visit Knoxville. a challenge senior guard
Joe ‘C‘rawford said he is ready for.

“They're going to be gunning for us,
just like Vanderbilt.“ Crawford said. “It‘s
going to be a hostile environment. We‘re
going to have to come out and play like
it‘s a championship game.“

Last time UK went on the road. it

Ole Miss Wednesday.

was in a similar situation. Facing a
ranked opponent it had already defeated
at home. the Cats came out flat and were
blown out by Vanderbilt. The ‘Dorcs
held the Cats to just ll first half points
in route to a All—point win. the largest
margin of defeat to an SEC team ever
for UK.

But the Cats bounced back and have
won two straight over quality opponents
—- Arkansas and Ole Miss —— setting up
the meeting with No. l Tennessee.

The Cats will face one of the most
raucous environments in the SEC on
Sunday. Crawford said.

“It’s going to be very emotional.“ he
said. “I think Tennessee is the loudest
environment we play in every year.

“They‘re focusing in (after the loss).

3 on the line

in Knoxville

We‘re going to have to go out there and

tight.“

During the SEC coaches teleconfer-
Billy
(iillispie acknowledged that though he
was not sure his team would end up this
close to first place. he knew it would im-
prove after battling through injury trou~

ence yesterday. head coach

bles that have plagued UK all season.

“if we knew that we were going to
have relatively good health. l would‘ve
thought that our team was going to im~
prove greatly. You never know how
that‘s going to equate to wins and loss-

es." (iillispie said.

“I never really think about where
we‘re going to be. a certain record at this
point in the season. but l knew we were

going to improve greatly." he said.

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and I‘m happy with my decision.“

While the Cats‘ record is currently
2—3. they believe the losses will help in
the long run.

“We‘ve played some tough teams.
which is what we need to do." Brum—
met said. "We fully expect to get to the
playoffs. Our record doesn‘t reﬂect our
potential. and we can tum it around.“

UK faces the Ohio University Bob»
eats. a team the Cats have never beat—
en. tomorrow at 4:30 pm.

aaames Realm
l Jpennington@kykernel.com

The women‘s basketball team
will be looking for their ninth win in
Southeastem Conference play when
the team takes the Rupp Arena lloor
Sunday aftemoon against South Car~
olina.

The Cats (l4-l3. 8—5 SEC) hope

to play the final 40 minutes of their
regular season with emotion that will
be running high before their Senior
Day even tips off.
i "It'll be an emotional day. but
i emotions have really run well for as
l this season." said senior center Sarah
Elliott. "I definitely think the emo-
tion of Senior Day will pump us up
for game time.“

The pregame ceremony will rec-
ogni/e UK‘s four seniors: Elliott. and
guards (‘hantc Bowman. Chelsea
Chowning and Samantha Mahoney.
The ceremony. which celebrates the
final home game for the four seniors.
; is brief. However. the celebration of
l the players~ careers extends far be»

yond basketball.

“It‘s hard to sum it up." Elliott
said. “Life experiences happen here
at 13K. People say your college years
are your best. and it‘s because that‘s
where you learn the most and you

i grow up the tnost. I‘ve grown up so
much here . traveling. being on my
l own and meeting new people be—
‘ cause nobody I knew came here. I
i was dropped into this really quickly.
l and 1 think I grew up a lot here."
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Remaining Games

Mar. 1 Ohio University 4:30 p.m.‘
Mar. 22 Western Kentucky 1:00 pm.‘ '
Mar. 28 Louisville 8:00 pm.
Mar. 29 Xavier University 3:00 pm.“
Apr. 4 Midwest Tournament TBA

Apr. 5 Midwest Tournament TBA

“All home games are played at the Club
Sports Field

their final contest before the SEC
Tournament.

“l think that everyone will be fo-
cused." Chowning said. “This is a
very big game we need to win. We‘ll
all be emotional and thankful for the
Senior Day. but I think that we‘ll
have our minds locuscd on the task
at hand. which is beating South Carv
olina."

In the previous meeting between
the two teams. the (‘ats were guided
by sophomore guard Amani
Franklin‘s careerzliigli 2] points to a
one: \ictory ov er the (iamecocks Ill
Columbia. SC. The four l‘K seniors
combined for 17 points in that game.
well below their combined season
average of 3] .l plums per game.

Despite a quiet outing from the
seniors in that contest. the Cats are
not going to focus on anything but
the game ahead.

“i know how important this game
is.‘~ Bowman said. “We all know how
important this game is. I'm sure we‘ll
all play our best. regardless of
whether or not it's Senior Day or
anything else.“

The Cats went on the road to play
Arkansas on Sunday. l'K entered the
burlding and. before the game. wait-
ed through the Ra/orbacks‘ Senior
Day activities. The (‘ats played hard
and left Fayettcville. Ark. with a 5‘).
56 victory.

The Cats plan on playing hard to
stop the tables from being tumed on
their Senior Day.

“I bet it‘s kind of hard. losing
your Senior Day." Elliott said.
“We‘re going to work hard. because
we‘d like to avoid that."

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I KERNEL EDITORIAL

Hotel in plan doesn't

iustify damage to
local entertainment

Many of Lexington‘s future plans
as a city revolve around the 2010
World Equestrian Games. It‘s obvious
why. The city will be placed on an in-
ternational stage. and since this is the
self-proclaimed horse capital of the
world. it‘ll be a stage that suits the area
well.

Lexington has

tourist city to beneﬁt from such a pro-
ject in the long—term? Only if more
large events come to the city. said Tom
Martin. chairman of the Downtown
Entertainment Development Task
Force. in the Kernel article. lt‘s cer-
tainly a signiﬁcant gamble _ is it
worth alienating locals and hurting the
city‘s downtown

much to gain from
the experience. but
it also has much to
lose. With all the
preparation for the
games. many Lex-
ingtonians are
validly wondering
if the locals — the
ones who will re-
main after the inter-
national visitors de-

Locally owned places

like the ones on the
Rosenberg Block not only i. might beeasy to
provide entertainment after 93“.“ ”“5 ”gum”
dark; they also go far in
giving a city character.

culture?

Students and
similar age groups
will particularly be
affected. And while

as little more than
selﬁsh people who
have to ﬁnd a new
place to have a good
time. it is unfortu-

pan — and local
culture are a priority.

One example of this is the poten-
tial plan to build a hotel on the Rosen-
berg Block downtown. which would
most likely begin with the demolition
of such nightclubs as The Dame. Mia‘s
and Buster‘s. as reported in the Feb. 22
Kernel.

The destruction of The Dame, the
city‘s premiere music venue and one of
the very few places focused on book-
ing bands. would be a huge blow to
the local music scene and dramatically
reduce Lexington‘s draw to touring
bands. Destruction of the rest of the
block would knock out what is one of
downtown‘s very few entertainment
districts.

No formal plans for the block have
been ﬁled yet. but a city council-
woman and members of the Down—
town Entertainment Task Force have
said they either expect the block to be
demolished or have heard about a hotel
being developed on the site. Vice May-
or Jim Gray said in the Kemcl article
that an ambitious project was in the
works for the block and that he hoped
the city would make “every effort to
retain energy that‘s been created
there."

Gray is right to be won'ied.

The benefits of a downtown luxury
hotel during the equestrian games are
clear. But. back to the original ques-
tion: What about afterward?

Docs Lexington have the draw as a

nately not so simple.

Nightlife is an essential component
of a social community. And locally
owned places like the ones on the
Rosenberg Block not only provide en-
tertainment after dark; they also go far
in giving a city character. Music
venues especially serve as social and
artistic communities. which in turn add
to the quality of life in any city.

A hotel might bring in some tem-
porary money. but the block as it is at-
tracts hundreds of people weekly. It‘s a
signiﬁcant pulse of the city‘s entertain-
ment heart. Martin suggested that a ho—
tel could add to Lexington‘s entertain-
ment options. but this optimism seems
murky.

As he pointed out. all of downtown
is zoned to allow bars and venues. but
presently there are few in existence.
and the ones that stand are scattered. It
seems illogical. or at least backwards.
to destroy a block of entertainment to
further that growth with a hotel. Visi—
tors will most likely want somewhere
to go at night. Unfortunately. there
might be few options in the future.

But they have the luxury of leaving
the city. The real losers would be the
locals. closely followed by the city it—
self.

Lexington is looking to impress the
world in two years. Hopefully ofﬁcials
won‘t forget that Lexingtonians are the
ones who need to be accommodated
before anyone. After all. they would be
here with or without the horses.

Nader's candidacy in race
irrelevant at any speed

Thr’frIIIoicrng r'rlrmrrul appeared in
the Chicago Tribune rm M'dncsdav:

Ralph Nader was just 3| years old
when he burst into public conscious—
ness by practically inventing a new
role: consumer advocate. His I965
book “Unsafe at Any Speed which
portrayed the Chevrolet (‘orvair as a
scandalously dangerous vehicle. not
only helped push the model off the
market but induced the federal govem—
ment to mandate a vzuiety of safety
features in cars. from seat belts to safe-
ty glass.

Never mind that the (‘orvair was
eventually exonerated by the National
Highway Traffic Safety Administration
7* Nader‘s reputation was established.
He went on to push con