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Silly laws

Here are some rules that
remain in the law
books If your State
was mentioned, we
feel for you. If your
state was not
mentioned-Be
thankful!

ALABAMA

It is illegal for a driver
to be blindfolded
while operating a
vehicle. (Whew,
that’s a relief. Why
isn't this law in
effect in LA. and
NYC?)

CONNECTICUT

You can be stopped by
the police for biking
over 65 mph.

INDIANA

Bathing is prohibited
during the winter.
(80: It's your civic
duty.)

IOWA

Iowa State Law: Kisses
may last as long as.
but no more than five
minutes. (So much
for Bull Durham's
'long slow kisses
that last
three days". ‘Sigh‘l

KANSAS

Kansas state law
requrres pedestrians
crossing the
highways at night to
wear taillights.
(Anyone who doesn't
comply will be
mowed down
accordingly.)

KENTUCKY

By law. anyone who has
been drinking is
"sober" until he or
she "cannot hold
onto the ground."
(Wonder what grade
MADD gave us? I
swear l am sober
officer» look it up!
Hmmmml

LOUISIANA

Biting someone with
your natural teeth is
“simple assault,"
while biting someone
with your false teeth
is "aggravated
assault."

MASSACHUSETTS

Mourners at a wake may
not eat more than
three sandwiches.

MISSOURI

In St. Louis. it is illegal
for a fireman to
rescue a woman in a
nightgown; in order
to be rescued; a
woman must be fully
clothed.

- Source:
www.geocities.com/
SiliconVaIley/Way/
8625/5tllylaws.html

- Compiled by
Samantha Essid and
Ron Norton

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Crime bill won’t affect suspects

The two men charged with a hate crime won’t be tried

under the state's recent legislation regarding hate crimes.

Ifconvicted. 'I‘ruelove and Jacobs face
only tip to a year iii jail and 8300 iii fines

prosecution for the Fayette (‘ounty attors
ney's ottice.

each. said Brian West. assistant director of

 

ASSOClATEC T‘RESS

For days after being lteld down. beatett.
choked and spokeit to iii racial slurs. 'l‘erAn
(Ire (lraham attd .lesse Davis. a cotttputer
science major at l.(‘(‘. ached from bruises.
scars and. Ill Ilavis‘ case. broken bones.

(lraham. who is black. and Davis. who
is white. said they were jtiinped by about
Ill white men on Aylesford Place for no
reason other than the color of Graham‘s
skin and the fact that Ilavis was his frieitd.
At one point. (lraham said he was knocked
to the ground and cltoked by a man who
used a racial slttr aitd told him he was go-
ing to kill him.

Now (‘harles .l. 'l‘ruelove. :1 Il\' junior.
and Scott R. .lacobs. a l.(‘t‘ freshman. face

 

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one count each of fourth-degree assault for
the Aug. 37 attack that Lexington police re-
ported as a hate crime. But because of an
apparent drafting error in the state legislar
ture. they will not be prosecuted under the
state's hate crime statute

While disorderly condttct. unlawful as-
sembly and harassment are listed as quali
fying offenses under the lliiiti law. fourth-
degree assault is not.

The Legislature's statl‘simply forgot to
include fourthdegree assault said the
law‘s tnain sponsors iii both the House and
Senate.

I‘lrnesto Seorsone. head of the Senate
Judiciary (‘ommittee at the tiitie. called the
exclusion ot'the assault “truly Iii/arre."

Were the hate crime bill in effect for
the case. the maximum sentence would be
the same. but the presidittg judge would
have the option of delivering it without
probation. 'I‘he oversight has sortie UK stu
dents questioning the effectiveness of the
current bill.

"This (hate crime) is something in
everyday society that doesn't get caught.
It's gonna happen anywhere. and there's
always gonna be people that get off. I think
the justice system is just really olfbalance
on this point.” said Antony ’I‘hornton. a
business freshman.

A survey done by the council found that
the littlil ltate critne measure ltas so far not
been used once in a Kentucky courtroom.

“They should be able to enforce (the

hate crime laws) more. They should have
stronger rules against ihate crimesi." said
.Iessica Wehle. an animal Sl'lt‘lll't' freshman

A proposed law tip for review III the
Zlilllltit'liei‘zti i'XSsl'llllliy' would bump racial
ly motivated crimes up a notch troin for
e\ample. a fourth degree assault to a sec
ond~degree assault

As for (lrahani and llavis. they‘re try
iitg to get the county attorney's office to
change the charge frotii fourth to second
degree assault. West said he doesn‘t think
that‘s likely to happen because their in
juries were not serious enough to substatr
tiate the higher charge.

”It‘s ridiculous that you can attack a
person for being black or being his friend
and it not be charged as a hate crime."
Davis said, “But harassment counts’.’ What
kind of sense does that make?"

Kernel News Editor John Wampler
contributed to this report.

 

Safety first

Minus a few small problems and a big mess, the Barker
Hall renovation project is going smoothly and efficiently

 

 

 

PHOTOS BY MIKE costitu I KERNEL STAFF

Construction continues on the new fire
escape at Barker Hall. The fire escape is
part of a renovation project that has been in
progress since last fall. A few classes have
been interrupted by the work, but officials
say the benefits will include added safety for
students and faculty.

It Barker

done. but said it has catised a few
problettts.

"Leaks have caused a wet dance
floor and the floor is slanted iii places."

Board OKs
tuition hike

Sara Zaehringer
CONTRIBUTING WRITE}?

The probleitr the l‘mvcrsity needs money

The solution: raise tuition.

Many students are not pleased with the
Board of'l'rustees decision to raise ttiition by 5.1
percent next year

“It keeps going up and up and I‘m not very
happy because I have to pay it." said .lennifer
Frazier. a theater sophomore.

Ilowever. l'Ix’ administration says that they
have done what they can to consider students~ in
forests.

“What we will trx to do and have done in
terms ofthe nest two years is to keep the lllllli‘tft
increase at some reasonable rate in trying to deal
with the itiarket place." said Ed (‘arter \ ice pi es
ident of.\lanagetnetit and Budget.

Carter said the reason for the .‘il percent Ill
ition increase is to catch up with designated
"benchmark" universities. which offer similar
size. profile and degrees of study similar to I'K.

To calculate student tuition. I'K officials
looked at the tuition of in
similar universities. such
as the I‘niversity of Michr
gait and North ('aroltna
State. then set tuition as
close to the average tuition
of these colleges as possi
ble. (‘arter said

“When you look at that

By Leslie N. Ammerman

STAFF WRITER

Barker llall. hotne to R()T(‘ stor-
age and training facilities and one of
I‘K‘s dance studios. is undergoing rcn.
ovations this fall.

The main focus of the construction
project is the replacement of Barker
Hall‘s old fire escape.

"The old tnetal fire escape was
kind of rickety." said Jeff Wilburn. sue
perintendent of the construction crew
working on the project. “You could
only get to the fire escape through witr
dows. It was one of the old ones with
the dropping ladders." llis crew is now
installing an indoor fire escape to re-
place the old one.

’l‘he project includes tnaking an
addition to Barker Hall for the steel
stairwell. building the stairwell itself:

LQMMUNICATIQN-

and installing a door on each floor to
provide access to the new fire escape.

.leff Brown. one of the construe
tion workers on the project. said he
has been working for fottr straight
weeks. eight hours a day. hanging steel
for the stairwell.

Meanwhile. those using Barker
llall tmtst carry on through the tempo»
rary noise and mess.

l)t'. Rayma Beal. Associate I’rofes
sor of Kinesiology. teaches class ill the
dance studio and says the noise frotn
the construction is very disruptive.
Smells front the equipment can be
overwhelming. she said.

Beal was also disappointed that
the work. which begatt at the end of
the ‘99 spring semester. wasn‘t finished
before the fall semester began.

Arts administration junior. Krista
Serdoz is happy that the work is being

she said. "In class it's important to be
able to hear the instructor attd listeit to l
the instruments. When there‘s a jack- 1
hammer going in the background. you I
can‘t even hear." I

Lieutenant (‘olonel Ron Ward. a I
R()'I‘(‘ admissions officer. said that be i
‘ause ther- are numerous entrances l
into the R()T(‘ area ofthe building. the I
construction is no problem for ROTC i‘
operations 1

Wilburn said he doesn‘t know yet I
when the new fire escape will he coin
pleted. but confirms that this new safe-
ty feature is “something that‘s been
needed for awhile."

Evert though the students and fac-
tilty who use Barker llall‘s dattce stir
dio have suffered various disruptions
during the project. the end result
promises a safer fire escape for this
longtime fixture on I'K‘s campus.

endowments.
and investments all go into
a pot and are not earmarked
for anything."

of the custodians salary."
(‘arter said.
on to say that ttiition ill-
creases in relation to everything from rising elecr
tricity costs to salary increases.

”General inflation." (‘arter said. “affects I'K
like everything else."

The 5.1 percent increase was part ofa plan to

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array of institutions you 1V8
get an array of tuition lev»
els frotn Florida. which is always
about $700 dollars a some.»
ter. to Michigan. which is been 3
around sauna or saline do]. ,
lars a semester." (‘arler Strong:
W‘- . _ . bellever

As far as where tuition .
money goes. (‘arter said 11’] 10W
there is no designated re , .
cipient. tuitlon
"'l‘uition. state. federal
and county appropriations. and

sales

gifts.

trying to
keep

said (‘arter

Instead. tuition goes into a tUition
general fund. similar to a
checking account for the 10W for
l7niversity frotn which l'lx'
pays its bills. Stu-
“It is not going to a we
5 specific thing. so if you dents.
‘ look around the l‘niversity
it is going toward everv- C
» . , . - . - — harles
i thin... ft om a portion of thy Wethinqton. UK
president s salary to a patt president

(‘arter went

2 feet away? Call my

cell phone

increase tuition gradually. rather than hit stit-
dettts with a 10 percent or 11 percent increase in
one year as has happened in the past at UK.

“We hope as long as current administration
is in place you won't see It) percent or II percent

by Lyndsl king~

CONTRIBUTING WRITER

It used to be that only rich corpo-
rate executives used cellular phones.
Yet in the past couple. years. they have
become much more mainstream. now
showing tip in classrooms. on buses.
and even in the library.

“The library used to be a place
where you expected quiet. but it seems

like the past few years all yoti hear is
the highpitched ring [of cell phonesl."
said Allison Thielmeier. a graduate
student in library services.

While students not following prop
er cell phone etiquette can cause such
problems for their fellow students. cell
phones as a whole have become rather
popular among students. and for a
number of reasons.

L

The Stude at the University of Kentucky,

One aspect is money. While the
phones themselves may seem expen-
sive. students can save a fortune in
long distance bills through plans of
fered through some cellular service
carriers.

For instance. GTE wireless offers a
plan in which all calls in Lexington
and a surrounding area. including

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tttition increases." (‘arter said.

President
Carter's remarks and said efforts were designed
to keep tuition increases at a reasonable level.

“I've always been a strong believer in low tu-
ition and trying to keep tuition low for students."
Wethington said.

”One of the things I think we can do now is
try to keep tuition increases from being big and
then small and try to keep them at a more even
keel with monitored increases."

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