xt7r4x54jd0v https://exploreuk.uky.edu/dips/xt7r4x54jd0v/data/mets.xml The Kentucky Kernel Kentucky -- Lexington The Kentucky Kernel 2000-08-24 Earlier Titles: Idea of University of Kentucky, The State College Cadet newspapers  English   Contact the Special Collections Research Center for information regarding rights and use of this collection. The Kentucky Kernel  The Kentucky Kernel, August 24, 2000 text The Kentucky Kernel, August 24, 2000 2000 2000-08-24 2020 true xt7r4x54jd0v section xt7r4x54jd0v LEFT OF CENTER

Campus scenario

OOPS, you
did it again!

THURSDAYKENTUCKY

The beauty
of nature
Check out
Lexington’s
parks and
recreationl

 

Sometimes it is easy to
put your foot in your

 

mouth and chase
people off. Trust me
on this one. Here are
some things that you
should probably not
say if you can help it
at all.

When meeting new
people—

"This don't look nut’n
like my daddy's
sewer treatment
plant back home.”

“So how does that.
whatchamacallit,
toothbrush, work
again ?"

“Aren't you employed by
Pure Gold?"

"I hope this doesn't
sound desperate, but
can you be my
girlfriend/boyfriend?"

"My mom really would
not approve of what
we are doing right

HOW.

“I would shake your
hand, but I don't
think you would
appreciate it if you
knew what l was just
doing with it, college
hormones and all."

 

”Yeah. they're fake, but
no one really knows
because l got them
when l was l4."

"i can drink my weight
in beer and I do it
every weekend."

"So do you give it up on
the first date?”

“Yeah, I am a 23-year-
old freshman. but
prison wasn't really
that bad. I can
almost sit without
whincing again."

When in class. if your
teacher makes you
stand up and
ll‘lldeUCE yourself-

"This is the third time l
have taken English
lOl. l hope that this

DMK awards scholarships to students

Higher learning: Hard work and good grades earns 60
incoming freshmen full-paid tuition scholarships

By Amanda York

EDITOR-lN-CHIU

The University awarded 6t) full-paid
tuition scholarships to incoming freshmen
this year in the form of National Merit and
Singletary Scholarships.

Forty~eight of the recipients received
the National Merit Scholarship. (Yrystal
Shepherd. staff support associate of the
Merit Scholarship office. said the scholar
ship covers the cost of iii-state tuition.
room arid board. arid allots $4.30 to the

imitay

The NMSC then determines who will re
ceive the scholarships based on the scores.

The number of [F students awarded
the National Merit Scholarship varies
each year. Shepherd said the NMSt‘ (lt‘lt‘l‘v
itiiiies the number of scholarships they
award to I’K by the number of students
who list UK as their first choice with the

students for books.

Shepherd said the scholarship recipi
ents were chosen based on scores they re- _
ceived on the l’SAT NMSUT. corporation.

The National Merit Scholarship (‘orv The corporation also awards National
poration. a nonprofit organization that up Mt‘l‘li SFhUlHl‘Shilts l0 Upttcl't‘lassltlctl.
erates without government assistance. Shepherd 531M ”11> M‘llttliil‘5llll) (“\‘t‘l‘S 1hr
conducts two annual competitions. During (‘08! 0f instate lllllltm lilUS an added $3.3m
these competitions. the students take exe ii Will'-
ams that score them on their reading. writ Freshmen who won the National Mer
ing and mathematical skills. it Scholarship had an average Al"l‘ score

Students usually enter the competi offillthis year. Shepherd said.
tioii when they are juniors in high school. The l'niyersity also awarded Ilblllllli'

tary Scholarships to incoming lieshtnez.
Two of these scholarships went to out. .n
state students

Shepherd said the Singletary Si lioiat
ship is a tourryear award that [tl'ii\ lilt‘s ill
itioii. room and board. Slflo lor books and .l
yearly stipend of $3011 The recipients t lll
use the Sill], award for other e\peiises

Students who received the Singleton
Scholarship must ll.‘l\e a score oi H .n.
their Al‘T. a Lion on their S.-\'I' and an up
weighted high school grade point Il\"l'il-ft‘
of‘JlTS on a lo si'Jllt‘

Shepherd said students whodid not re
cei\e the National Merit Scholarship but
receiyed the Singlelary Scholarship were
named as National Mei it Finalists in the
corporation.

0 0 New beginnings: Yesterday,
I n e I e many freshmen started a new
C C 0 chapter in their lives

First day of college, eventful but draining

By Patrick Avery them were in this class."

AsagiANlSCtNEEDiIOR (me first day surprise

I was born and raised a Kentucky

for fan."

The typical freshman wakes
up on the first day of classes a lit-
tle freaked about how their day
will go. But math freshman Jen-
nifer Friedrich woke up Wednes
day freaked out by something else.

Her roommate‘s Winnie the
Pooh alarm clock,

"That really freaked me out."
Friedrich said.

Unlike

am.

“I was a little nervous going

most freshmen who
take the dreaded 8 am. classes.
Friedrich didn‘t have class until it)

Friedrich was her computer sci-
ence class.

“i was kind of shocked that
there was an older lady in my
class." she said. "But I guess a
technical field like that appeals to
older people coming back to
school."

Friedrich also mentioned
there were only 10 females in the
large computer science class. He-
ing the minority. she said. is some
thing she will have to get used to.

After a day of classes
Friedrich said she was surprised
of the amount of homework as-
signed iii one day.

.-\nd as every freshman de-
bates over what they want to do
with their lives. Friedrich said she
thought a lot about a major before
choosing math.

"l deliberated over tinglish.
journalism. and everything under
the moon." she said. “I like the
technical aspect of things so math
was a good choice,"

Some of the traditional every
day problems freshmen face in
clude deciding how to spend their
free time. This doesn‘t, pl‘UVi- to be
such a problem for Friedrich.

"i like to hang around in
someone's room. watch a movie.

into my first class." she said. "But

time I pass."

“lam in college to get a
degree and sow my
oats. if you know
what I mean."

To your teacher
directly-

"l only took your class
because I heard you
were easy last
semester."

"So do l need to buy
both of the books for
this class, or will you
really care if I don't
participate in the
class discussion?"

“l have all your old
tests. so will my
grade be affected if l
only come for the
tests?"

-Ron Norton
rall-editor@hotmail.
com

E-inalls to date- 0

I
I
I

g
8.5 6.4

Cloudy...the sky is
gray and white and
cloudy...sometimes I
think it's falling down

VOL. NIO6 ISSUE 133

ESTABLISHED IN l892
INDEPENDENT SINCE 1971

firtsts tips)

Call: 257-1915 or write:
kernel®pop.uky.edu

 

a friend of mine that I went to Gov
ernor Scholars Program with was
in my first class."

Friedrich continued her day
after her 10 am. calculus class
with two more classes. an 11 am.
computer science class and a noon
honors class. She said she enjoyed

soon."

her honors Class the best despite es.

not knowing many people.
"I like the honors class be-

cause it

Friedrich said. "I‘ve met a lot of
honor's students but not a lot of

is a discussion class.”

"I did get assignments." she
said. "I have a paper due next Fri- Being from
day. I didn‘t think it would be so

()ne of Friedrich's accomplish
moms ofthe day turned otit to be a
walking shortcut.

“I figured out an easier route
to take between my 11 and 12 class-

Friedrich. a Louisville native.
visited most ofthe schools in Ken-
tucky before deciding on UK.

“I didn't like any of the other
schools." Friedrich said. “Besides

or go to the mall." Friedrich said

lioUisville.
Friedrich is close enough to visit
home ocassionally. Nonetheless
she said her mom still misses her.

"My tnom still misses me but
she's not worried too much be
cause she knows I'm not into par
tying."

The stresses of being a fresh
man left Friedrich a little worn at»
ter the first day. She grabbed a bite
to eat after her last class and head-
ed back to Patterson Hall for a
midday nap.

“I have a paper due next Friday. I didn’t

 

rucrt router | enciorpnon

Armed with her backpack and school supplies, Jennifer Friedrich
begins her college career at UK. She is a freshman from Louisville.

think it would be so soon.”

- JENNIFER FRIEDRICH, FRESHMAN

 

By Julie Nelson
MANAGING EDITOR

Total and complete redemption.

As Lance Rollins. finance ma-
jor and Florence native. walked
through the breezeways of UK's
campus Wednesday. redemption
was what he felt.

Although the campus side-
walks were drenched with rain. a
ray of sunshine followed Rollins
through what could be the most
glorious day of his life.

He finally made it. Rollins is a
senior.

"I feel redeemed that my se-
nior year is finally here and I can
think about moving on with my
measly bachelor‘s degree."
Rollins said.

In order to graduate in May.
Rollins said he had to fill his plate
with a lot of classes. But Rollins
was welcomed to campus his first
day with a fairly easy class His-
tory 109.

“It feels good knowing I only

have one loo-level class left."
Rollins said.

As the. history professor
taught a freshmen-filled class-
room how to take notes. Rollins
had time to kick back and relax.

“The professor was teaching
students how to take notes. and
the freshmen were taking notes
on how to take notes. It was really
funny." he said.

After 50 minutes of his last
lotilevel class at UK. Rollins head-
ed to Finance 300. a class related
to his major. Rollins said he will
focus mainly on 300 and 400-level
classes in the next two semesters.

When classes are over for the
day, Rollins finds time to be in-
volved with the Baptist Student
Union. where he serves as a fami-
ly group father and participates
in intermurals. Rollins said he
tries to encourage freshmen at
BSU to get involved in any organi-
zation as much as they can be:
cause it will really pay off in the
end.

"i keep telling the freshmen

Senior looks forward to his last year at UK

to get involved. Being involved in
any organization gives an outlet
to meet people and gives them an
excuse to stay in Lexington."
Rollins said.

Being at UK four years has of-
fered many opportunities for
Rollins. one of those being the op-
portunity to study abroad. As part
of UK‘s exchange program with
the University of Vienna Business
and Economics. Rollins traveled
to Vienna where he spent last se—
mester studying mostly 400-level
finance classes.

When his college career is fi-
nally over. Rollins says he wants
to work in finance at a major cor-
poration. If time allows. he also
wants to go to law school.

Rollins says the most valu-
able piece of advice he can give
freshmen is to remember that col-
lege isn't just about academics.

“College isn't all about class-
es." Rollins said. “Students can
learn more in the real world and
can go above and beyond just
academics.“

 

Senior Lance
Rollins kicked back
in between classes.
Ne graduates In
May with a degree
in finance.

ruck rouccu !

PHOTO EDITOR

 

 

 

 z | iiiiiiisoiijgniiucusr 25290021 ‘ittiitucitv trainer

.ALLIHEMEWSIHAIIJISL

The Low-down

“We’d
probably
tell.
That’s
what we
do."

--Mark Thomas.
of Los Angeles'
KFl news radio.
admitting to USA
Today that his
station will
reveal the
winner on
”Survivor" once
tonight's finale
airs in the
Eastern time
zone (three
hours before it

hits LA.)

Russian defense heads offer to quit

MOSCOW As Russians motirned in
churches. on Web sites and at home. a humble
Presideitt Vladimir Putin said \i’ednesday he felt
responsible and guilty for a submarine disaster
that killed 118 sailors anti outraged tiie nation.
Russia's Defense Minister lgor Sergeyev and
navy chief .\ilin. Vladimir Kuroyedoy submitted
their resignations over the loss of the Kursk. one
of Russia‘s most advanced submarines before an
evploston crumpled it Aug. 12. biit Putin said he
would not accept them

Jet rashes in Mideast with 143 aboard

.\l.»\.\'.»\.\l;\. Bahrain A (itilf Air Airbus
.t‘lii on a flight front l‘airo with 113 people on
board crashed Wednesday in the Persian (iulfat
ter circling and trying to land lll Bahrain. l'.S.
Navy helicopters. destroyers and an oceangoiiig
tug with a litton crane joined the nighttime

search and rescue effort. three or four miles off

the northern coast of Bahrain. which is head
tillai‘lei‘s til the ['51. .31h Heel. Seventy bodies
were recovered \\lll1111 the first hours after the
crash and no siiry ivors were found. oilicials say.

Panel: U.N. needs major overhaul

l‘Nl'l‘iCD NA'i‘ltiNS 'l‘he l'nited Nations
w ill face more peacekeeping failures in the 21st
century without a major overhaul. according to
an international panel that called yesterday for
the eittiiyaient of .t l‘ N ministry of defense to
bolster the world body. The panel of experts was
appointed by Sl‘t‘l‘t’llll'ylit‘lll'l‘lil Kofi .\nnati to
look at PX. peacekeeping operations after highly
critical reports on the l’..\'. perftn'mance in the
13191 Rwanda genocide and the W93 fall of the
i'..\'. protected enclave of Sre‘oreiiica. which led
to the massacre of thousands of Bosnian .\liis-
inns The panel encouraged the 188 l'..\'. member
states to form seyeral brigade-size forces of .‘ilitlli
troops each.

Clinton touts human embryo research

'y\'.»\Slll.\I(}'l‘().\' President t'linton yester
day touted new federal guidelines tlllli\\‘lllf..‘. s< ten
lists to conduct federally funded research on hit
ll‘tzli‘t embryos. say in: they otter “potentially stag
uering benefits " The guidelines for the research
are vehemently opposed by anti abortion groups
l‘hey set otit the criteria the National institutes
of Health will use to considei applications for

‘V .. _-

MAD RAPPEIM
Eminem filed for
divorce last
week from Kim
Mothers, seek-
Ing joint custody
of their daugh-
ter. On Monday,
she sued him for
$10 million over
his onstage
antics and for
the lyrics of his
song "Kim,"
which she said
"depicts horrific
domestic vio-
lence against a
wife, resulting in
her grisly
murder."

KID LOVER:

It's another girl
for Woody Allen
and Soon-Yi
Previn. The 64-
year-old film-
maker and his
29-year-old wife
have adopted a
second daugh-
ter, a spokes-
woman for Allen
confirmed
Wednesday. The
Daily News,
quoting uniden-
tified friends of
Allen's, said the
baby was born
in Texas about
six months ago
and arrived at
Allen's Upper
East Side town
house shortly
afterward.

 

 

 

federal grants to study embryonic stem cells. ac-
cording to an advocate who was briefed on the
standards and the schedule for issuing them.

Reno: No probe of Gore's fund-raising

WASHINGTON For the third time. Attor-
ney General Janet Reno refused yesterday to
have an outside counsel investigate Vice Presi-
dent Ai (lore over 1996 campaign fund-raising.
After reviewing the transcript of an April inter-
view with Gore by the Justice Department's cam-
paign finance task force, Reno concluded that
further investigation is not likely to result in a
prosecutabie case. "The transcript reflects nei-
ther false statements nor perjury.“ Reno told her
weekly news conference.

Downgraded Debby heads for Fla.

Pl'l‘lR'l‘t) PLA’l‘A. Dominican Republic In
Florida. emergency officials were urging south-
ern residents yesterday to pay close attention to
weather reports about 'i‘ropical Storm Debby in
the (‘aribbeair Debby was downgraded from a
hurricane when it lost some force this morning
and was further disrupted by the mountains of
Hispanioia. Sottth Floridians stuffed shopping
carts with bottled water. canned food. milk. bat-
teries anti other emergency supplies. “It‘s good to
be prepared because even if the hurricane does-
n't hit. we may still get blackouts.“ said (‘lara Mi-
lanes. i‘yl.

Dow ends up 6; Nasdaq gains 53

NEW YORK Stocks closed modestly high-
er yesterday as investors surveyed a new eco-
nomic outlook that apparently includes stable in-
terest rates. The Dow Jones industrial average
closed tip 3.31) to 11.1-11.6?» The Dow had fallen
more than Jill points early in the session. Declin—
ing issues led advancers 1501-1295 on Wall
Street. The Nasdaq composite index rose 52.80 to
1.01 1.01.

Wife of NFL RB Lane charged

(‘li;\1