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The throng frequently broke into cheers and chants with no apparent provocation. Fuel trucks. TV camera lights and almost any landing plane lue White“ and “C-A-T-S," or to generic crowd clamoring and caterwauling. Speech pathology sophomore Amy Anderson said she wanted the Wild- cats to know fans like her were still proud of the learn. “I just wanted to show them my support. Let them know I still love them." Unlike many UK students who gathered in residence hall rooms and res- taurants to watch Saturday night’s game, Anderson had a prior engage- ment, having already invested nearly $80 in tickets to the Alan Jackson concert, inconveniently scheduled at the same time. That didn‘t stop her from following the contest. She said she “listened to them on my Walkman during the Alan Jackson concert." Her ears must have taken a beating because all during the show “I had (the volume) all the way up." 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Down 73-71 with 20 seconds left, Michigan sopho- more center Chris Webber called a timeout — a timeout Michigan did not have. In fact, he did it twice —— once on the inbounds pass, but the officials didn’t give it to him then or the second time at the other baseline. “1 called a timeout that we did not have, and I probably cost us the game," Webber said. Webber said he did not know the Wolverines were out of time- outs, and that he couldn‘t re- member if it was discussed dur- “We thought they knew," Michigan coach Steve Fisher said. “Apparently. we did not make it clear enough. Ap~ parently, we weren't specific enough." Michigan was assessed a tech- nical foul and North Carolina's Donald Williams iced the techni- ml free throws to give Carolina a commanding 75-71 lead. Webber blamed himself. Fish- er relieved hirn of blame. “I'm the guy that should have made cenain everybody knew," Fisher said. North Carolina forward George Lynch, one of the Tar MONTROSS Heels who was trapping Wet» ber, said he heard Webber's teammates tell- ing him to call a timeout. “It sounded like the whole bench was say- ing, ‘Call time- out. Call timeout.” " Lynch said. Fisher himself alluded to the 1982 game when North Carolina locked up the game when, with the Hoyas down 62-61 and 32 seconds remaining, Georgetown forced the ball upcourt without a timeout. but Georgetown’s Fred Brown choked, throwing a pass directly into the hands of Caroli- na‘s James Wonhy. “Sometimes when you get in the heat of the battle, things hap- pen that you say can‘t happen." Fisher said. SMITH MICHIGAN 71 Carolina coach Dean Smith, attempting to detract attention from the Webber goof. said he thought the game was already in good hands. “I don't think that timeout necessarily won the game for North Carolina or lost it for Michigan," Smith said. “Neither one necessarily meant that we wouldn't win,“ Smith said. “It's all part of the game. We of- ten said that you have to be lucky and good." If the Michigan mistake was the luck part. Final Four Most Outstanding Player Donald Williams, who made five-of—seven three-pointers on the way to scoring a game-high 25 points, was the good. The threes all came at the See HEELS. Page 3 .7 Women must request equality, speaker says By Jen Bryant Contributing Writer One of the principal reasons women do not receive equal pay and promotions is they don‘t ask for them. a women‘s rights activist said this weekend. Elanor Smeal, founder of the Fund for the Feminist Majority and former president of the National League for Women, addressed nearly 1,000 sorority members from 100 college campuses during her keynote speech Saturday at the Southeastern Panhellenic Confer— ence held at UK. "We must go for power in the form of promotions. in the form of pay raises. There is no reason to take half as much.“ Smeal told the audience. Smeal, a Phi Beta Kappa from Duke University. said it was natural for her to become involved with feminist issues. “I was very active in college, in all my life really. but I don't like injustice." Smeal said before the speech. “I think my parents saw how it hurt people. and they instilled in me a desire to help people. When I saw how cheated women were. it was just natural to get involved.“ Smeal‘s speech, “Empowering Women,“ addressed progress made and ground to be covered in the arena of women’s rights. Cultural festival offers taste of Middle East By Victoria Meyer Staff Writer Students tired of the familiar Stu- dent Center fare can experience a taste of the Middle East at the Ara- bian Cultural Festival. It runs from 10 am. to 3 pm. through tomorrow in 245 Student Center. Middle Eastern pastries. music and poetry will be served up by members of the Arab Student Un- ion. This is the ASU‘s first such festival and was inspired by the an- nual European cafe, which serves upEuropeanfoodtostudents. The festival's purpose is to en- courage intaaetion ltd edication unong culturally vuied students. l ASU President Ahmad Burrinni said the organization seeks to “show American students the real Arab culture. not that presented by the media." The ASU‘s eagerness to break the stereotypes is evident in the stu- dents‘ warrn spirit and hospitality towards customers. While enjoying delectable pas- tries like baklava. mamoul and kna- fee. accompanied by strong Arabic coffee. students may stroll around. taking in cultural exhibits. which in- clude elaborately decorated Korans. handmade messes and praying nigs. 'I'hetraditionalArabseating.sur— rounded by clnpters from the K0- m.offenminsidelookatMiddle Eastern life. ASU mantras lend ‘. personal insights into Arab cultures for those whose curiosity is sparked. The ASU consists of about 40 students from different Arab coun- tries and religious backgrounds. They meet monthly to plan campus activities and parties. Membership is encouraged for those interested in learning more about the Middle East, members said. “We are a highly spirited and life-loving people. We want to share our culture with everyone." fifth-year architecture student Aseel Al-ana said. “in our coun- try, we would serve (the pastries) for free. but not in America“ .3 e N.» . \C u . .‘= _ *- ‘v‘d‘ " . r . . is. i -. 3 . k t; , r 5’2 Assam. 15‘ a", 3. t.) era a u .. “WNW” Students share Arable come and pastries yesterday at the Arabian Cultural Feetlval In the Student Center. ‘0 Smeal said the greatest accom- plishment for women in the past 20 years has been the advancement of public knowledge on women‘s rights and increased challenges to inequality. "We have cracked higher educa- tion.“ Smeal said. citing increased enrollment of women in nearly eve- ry discipline. Smeal also emphasized the neces- sity for further change. With only I I percent of tenured professorships now going to women. she said, it would take 435 years to reach equality at the present rate of growth. Smeal said women are not given the self-esteem to seek leadership when they are young. and the result is underrepresentation in power po- sitions. “If we want to change it. we must challenge it." she said. pointing out that women average about 5 percent of the voice in the most powerful decision-making processes. "We wanted someone who would be inspiring and who had a message to women." said Panhellenic Coun- cil adviser and Assistant Dean of Students Susan West. “The women around me seemed inspired. like they had a responsibil- ity to go out there and seek leader- ship positions.“ West said. “They need to be encouraged because many don't have the self-esteem to See WOMEN, Page 4 OORRECTIONS: Because of an edlor'a error, the photo captions tor 1" pictures of Michael W and Gurt Morlix were met! in Friday's Kentucky Kennel. Also. the review accompanying the photos contained an incorrect phone number for tickets to the next Coffeehouse concert. The correct number is 231 ~6997. 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