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Union official: Staff must organize for better pay

By Dariush Shafa
no: KENTUCKY mm

The salaries of many UK
staffers fall short, whether it
be in comparison to UK’s
benchmarks. national aver-
ages, federal poverty stan-
dards or local living wage lev-
els. and many are saying this
situation must be dealt with.

“It’s a question of being
able to afford to live," said
Staff Senate Representative
Ann Livingstone, who is also

a co-chair of the Lexington
Living Wage Campaign.

Bryce McGowan, execu-
tive vice president of the local
372 of the Communications
Workers of America union,
said the staff has to work to
gether to influence the admin-
istration to make the needed
changes.

“It takes a community to
get behind an issue," Mc-
Gowan said.

The uproar came up when
UK President Lee Todd pro-

posed a salary pool increase
of 3 percent for the staff and a
5.5 percent salary pool in-
crease for the faculty, though
that was just the catalyst. Liv-
ingstone said. and the staff
are now speaking out about
the inadequate pay situation.

“It’s not whether the facul-
ty get a bigger raise than us.
That’s just the trigger point."
Livingstone said.

According to the 2004 UK
Salary Review, 9 percent of
UK staffers earned salaries

below the Federal Poverty
Guideline. The US. Depart-
ment of Health and Human
Services. sets the 2006 poverty
level at a yearly salary of
$20,000 supporting a family of
four. Another 17 percent
earned salaries below the
Lexington living wage. $21,677
per year.

"It means they (staff
members) are constantly wor-
ried about money and having
to work second jobs." Living-
stone said.

Livingstone also said this
isn’t a problem whose effects
are limited to the staff in
question, but it extends to tax-
payers who pay to support the
federal aid programs that
help staff in need.

“It matters to everyone,"
Livingstone said. adding that
the cost of living continues to
rise each year, and pay in-
creases aren’t keeping pace.
“They're constantly losing
ground." Livingstone said.

McGowan also said the

current pay situation doesn't
give UK's staff what they are
worth.

“Over the years, I think
the staff at UK have not been
appreciated,” McGowan said.
“They are not being recog-
nized as a viable part of the
campus top20 image."

That’s one of the reasons
why McGowan thinks union-
izing would be a possible solu-
tion for UK’s staff.

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Ky. Senate
budget
a mixed
blessing

Version adds to top-20 plan,
cuts from some projects

By Dariush Shafa
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The Kentucky Senate unanimously
passed a $17.8 billion budget yesterday
that gives UK a financial increase in
some areas, particularly in the Top 20
Business Plan. but other areas are com-
ing up short.

Lexington Sen. Ernesto Scorsone said
the budget will add to the business plan
but some construction and improvement
projects are not in the Senate‘s version of
the budget. He said he hopes the Senate-
House conference will restore the funds
and help UK achieve its goals.

“I think we hit a double," Scorsone
said. “We haven‘t hit a home run. but I
hope we'll get there."

The Senate’s budget allocates an addi-
tional $4 million to enhance the House‘s
proposed for the Top 20 Business Plan in
2008, the second year of the biennium.
bringing that total to $13 million. It does-
n’t add any additional funds to the first

See Senate on page 2

Bush: US.
may stay
in Iraq
past 2008

By Jim VandeHei
m: WASHINGTON POST

WASHINGTON ~41 President Bush ac-
knowledged yesterday that the Iraq war is
dominating nearly every aspect of his
presidency and served notice for the first
time that he expects the decision of when
all US. troops come home from Iraq to fall
on his successors.

In an hour-long news conference.
Bush said the “trauma” of war has left
the public and even some lawmakers in
his own party understandably shaken
and skeptical of his vow that the United
States will prevail.

“Nobody likes war." Bush said. “It ere
ates a sense of uncertainty in the coun-

n

 

Bush said he would call home the
130,000 US. troops in Iraq if he was not
confident about his victory plan. U.S.
commanders in Iraq will determine when
troop levels can be lowered. he said. sug-
gesting that some will remain beyond
January 2009. Asked if a day will come
when there are no US. troops there, Bush
said “that will be decided by future presi-
dents and future governments of Iraq."

The news conference. Bush's second
this year. comes as a string of polls have
shown that less than 40 percent of Ameri-
cans approve of the Bush presidency and
that a growing number no longer trust
him.

“I understand people being disheart-
ened when they turn on their TV screen."
Bush said. “Nobody likes beheadings"
and other grim images.

Bush rejected the notion that his Iraq
policy is based on wishful thinking. “I say
ahat 1_ (am talking realistically to people."

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Preston Worley
and Andy Bates
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night for the
Greek Political
Action Commit-
tee in the Small
Ballroom of the
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“The main thing we
want to do for the
Greek community is
advocacy."

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56 presrdential candidate on lobbying for students

Candidate endorsed has won 16 of last 17 elections

By Sean Rose
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Student Government presidential candi-
date Jonah Brown won the endorsement from
the Greek Political Action Committee in their
annual debate last night to cheers from many
of the close to 200 people in attendance.

GPAC endorsed candidates have gone on to
win the election the last 16 out of 17 times.

Brown said that at next Wednesday and
Thursday’s election “it‘s going to be 17 out of
18."

“I‘ve been confident all along we were going
to win this." Brown said. “I'm very pleased to
have this. The Greek community is just one
piece of a larger puzzle."

The endorsement was chosen with a major~
ity vote from two representatives from every
fraternity and sorority on campus.

Fellow presidential candidate Preston Wor-
ley said he was “very surprised and obviously
disappointed."

“I thought the debate had gone well for us."
Worley said.

He added that though not receiving the en
dorsement will make the rest of his campaign
difficult. he thought “the majority of the Greek
community will be standing behind me." be-
cause of his experience and leadership in
Greek organizations.

The third candidate. Andy Hates. had origi-
nally said he would not show up to the debate
but ended up speaking.

 

There was a miscommunication where rep
resentatives from (l-PAC thought the Bates
campaign had been notified of the debate but
were only told late Monday night.

Bates and his running mate Will Fuller said
they were able to rearrange previously St‘lll‘llr
uled meetings to speak at G-I’A(‘.

Fuller said he was happy their ticket ended
up being able to be part of the event.

“I think more than anything it gave every
one the opportunity to hear everyone‘s side."
Fuller said.

Bates was the only presidential candidate
who was not a member of a (lreek organiza-
tion. Brown belongs to Alpha Phi Alpha fraters
nity and Worley is pan of Lambda (‘hi Alpha.

See G-PAC on page 2

Students spring to hurricane relief overbreak

 

By: Chris Miles
or: KENTUCKY mun

As hordes of college students
headed south to white beaches for
spring break festivities last week.
a group of UK students headed
south for a different reason.

About 150 students from vari-
ous organizations around campus
traveled to the Gulf Coast region
devastated by hurricanes in 2005
in an effort to help residents of
the area rebuild their lives.

"Normally we just take time
on the beach. something more
traditional." said, Rob Wheeler.
the director of th UK chapter of
Campus Crusade or Christ, one
of the groups that went to help in
the region, describing what his
group typically does. “But the
students were really petitioning
for a Gulf Coast trip, to help."

A handful of campus groups
were a part of the contingent that
headed south to help with recon-
struction efforts. including the
UK chapter of Campus Crusade.
the Wesley Foundation. Alpha
Phi Alpha and the UK Black Stu-
dent Union.

“Mainly we helped people gut
out their houses." Wheeler said.
“We had a desire to help and
serve the people."

The Wesley Foundation.
which sent a 24 people. was one of
the first groups to make it to the
Gulf Coast.

“We spent half a week in New
Orleans." Jeremiah Mullins. an
economics junior with the Wesley
Foundation said. “Then we went
to the next county over.“

Mullins explained the living
conditions that the group had to

put up with weren't exactly ideal.
The group stayed in a New Or-
leans. packed itself into the ware-
house with 2.000 other people.
slept in camping cots that filled
every available space and shared
a handful of portable toilets and
makeshift showers outside.

“It was kind of like a refugee
camp." said Laura Grabau. a
Spanish and linguistics freshman
who was also a part of the Wesley
Foundation group. “I waited in
line once for two and a half hours
just for a shower. And the food
was terrible."

After leaving New Orleans
and moving to the next parish
Louisiana‘s term for counties
the group met similar conditions
as they set up shop in a church.
putting out cots to sleep in at
night and removing them again

during the day so people could
use the church.

“That parish had just opened
up and gotten electricity." (lrabau
said. “It had been flooded with 30
feet of water. None of us could
even comprehend what 30 feet of
water was."

Despite the atypical spring
break. the group made do with
what they had been given.

The Campus (‘rusade group
also faced similar conditions. hav-
ing to fit around 200 people in a
circus-style tent and leaving no
more then a square foot of space
for personal items.

But despite the surroundings.
there was an optimistic attitude.

“Everyone had a great time
despite the conditions.“ Wheeler
said. “No one complained. When

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we Went to Daytona (last
year) people complained
about having five to a room."

Wheeler also explained
that it was worth it.

“When you think about it
from a spring break perspec-
tive it’s like ‘Man. you're sac-
rificing your spring break.‘
It‘s not really a sacrifice
when you see what these peo
ple have been through and
what we did.”

Campus Crusade gutted
seven or eight houses. donat-
ing in labor what is equiva-
lent to between $20.00030.000.

“I didn‘t feel like I missed
out on anything." Grabau
said on her version of spring

   
 
  
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

break 2006. “It was dirty
work. I was so sore. But
these people needed our

help."

Despite the tough condi-
tions. the students who went
to the Gulf Coast to help said
overwhelmingly that they
would do it again.

“We wondered if we real-
ly made a difference."
Grabau said. recalling their
experience with a tearfully
appreciative net-weaver
named Ike. whom they
helped by sorting through his
home and salvaging the good
nets. “We know we did for at
least one person."

 

   
  
 
     
   
 
   
  

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“Whether it‘s one union or
20 unions. those people need
to go out and stand up." he
said. “You are organizing into
a body that has enough clout
to sit across the table and bar-
gain."

Livingstone said she is not
sure what effect unionizing
will have at UK. but several of
UK's benchmarks have we

cessfully implemented cam-
paigns that ensure staffers
are paid a living wage. and a
number of them were accom‘

plished with the help of
unions.
But McGowan said a

union isn't a catch-all solution
and will only do what its
members want it to do.
“Unions are only as good
as the individuals who com-
prise them." he said. “When
people come to me and say
‘What's a union going to do
for me?‘ in all integrity I have
to say. ‘It's not going to do any-

thing for you.‘

"A union is a tool. I say,
‘What do you want to do for
yourself?”

In the meantime. whether
or not UK‘s staff unionizes.
McGowan sees a long road
ahead for the staff to bring
about the pay increases they
need.

“They’ve got a heck of a
long way to go where they
need to be." he said. “They
need to get at it." _

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In response to a question
Brown said that the biggest
problem facing UK under-
graduate students was that
there was no clear representa—
tion of their interests in SC
on issues such as dining ser»
vices and campus safety

Bates responded with
campus safety in general say-
ing “8G has the opportunity
to take the issue to the next
level." in forming solutions
for the one third of women
who are assaulted on UK‘s
campus.

Worley cited a lack of

  

      

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year though. and Scorsone
said that needs to change.

"it's inadequate." Scor~
sone said. "We need a lot more
for that first year. We have our
work cut out for us."

The plan also cuts pro-
posed funding for improve-
ments to two of UK‘s dorms
and an animal diagnostic lab.
$10 million and $18 million re-
spectively: but Scorsone said
he hopes to bring those pro;

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campus community and
blamed the meal plan as one
of the factors.

Worley also said he would
represent the Greek commu-
nity as president.

"The main thing we want
to do for the Greek communi-
ty is advocacy.“ he said.

“If they‘re (UK) not going
to let us throw certain parties
then we need to have trans-
portation to get to the bars.“

All the candidates said a
stronger voice from SC was
needed in the administration
to limit the costs of the top20
push have on students.

“I Would love to have the
faculty and the staff paid as
much as possible.“ Worley
said in response to a question
on the difference in faculty
and staff raises. “But what I

jects back into the budget in
the conference session.

“Now that we‘re going to
conference. we have to restore
funding for the cafeteria and
heating and cooling for the
two residence halls and for
the animal diagnostic lab."

Scorsone said the tuition
hike should help the funding
gap. but he hopes to bring
more funding in.

“The 12 percent tuition in-
crease will help for the first
year but we're still short four
or five million and we’re going
to try and get that for the first
year."

Still. Scorsone said this is

don't want is for the students
to bear that burden."

Bates emphasized lobby-
ing state legislators on behalf
of students.

“We need to foster and de-
velop relationships with our
elected lawmakers in Frank-
fort to secure top20 funding,"
Bates said.

Brown and Bates also said
they would use next year‘s SG
budget to strengthen organi-
zations already in existence at
UK

“That's what SG can bring
to the table." Brown said. “We
can offer the manpower. we
can offer the money"

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a positive indicator that legis~
lators are trying to help.

“I think it's a good sign. It
shows the Senate was willing
to do a little more for the uni-
versity“ he said. “I think that
by putting in the additional
monies, the Senate has ac-
knowledged the business
plan."

He also doesn’t foresee
anything being pulled from
the Senate's budget in the
House-Senate conference.

“I don‘t think the budget
will be anything less than
what the Senate voted and we
hope it will be more." he said.

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rather works to demonstrate
that true patriotic dissent is
often labeled as such. In true
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sophical at times, but Hugo
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and Natalie Portman is still
going to marry me one day.
Now showing at Regal, Reel
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Along with tickets they
should be passing out com-
plimentary hemlock and
cyanide for this one. Larry
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material about io years ago,
indeed before his career even
began. Larry needs to "get r’
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Immediately. If you actually
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Pizzas while watching the lat-
est NASCAR race, this might
entertain you. Maybe. Opens
Friday at Regal and Woodhill.

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Wow. lust wow. I thought I
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Renowned for its hallu-
cinogenic effects, absinthe,
known posthumously as
the Green Fairy, was the
king of the booze scene in
19‘h century Europe and
had a rapaciously insa-
tiable following in the
United States. Following
prohibition, however, the
ban on the active ingredi- .
ent in absinthe, wormwood,
was never lifted. For some
time, a European excursion
or a dastardly and shady
overseas shipping scheme
was the United States‘ only
real access to wormwood.
That is, until now, with the
explosive release of Four.

Unlike a lot of review-
ers of the drink, however, I
have first hand absinthe
experience to compare. I
first touched the substance
during a savage night on
the streets of Reykjavik.
Iceland. Four is no substi-
tute, but it gets along in its
own right.

The drink contains the
usual trio found in the
ever-growing sea of energy
drinks on the market: caf-

feine, taurine and guarana.
Blended with a 6 percent
alcohol per volume malt
drink, the result is a cata-
strophically embarrassing
night waiting to happen.
The aforementioned worm-
wood is its real testament
to being a unique product.
Some people say it made
Van Gogh insane and
inspired Edgar Allan Poe’s
best writing. Me? It just got
me kinda drunk.

I’m a consummate pro-
fessional when it comes to
drinking heavily, though.
and Four was certainly a
new experience.

The press release for
the beverage claims that it
will generate a sense of
“clarity" and an “aphro-
disiac effect."

I don’t remember a
sense of clarity. In fact, I
don’t remember much of
anything after imbibing
this devilish drink, and
that’s no overstatement. On
the note of its claimed
aphrodisiac effect, however,
I will say only this: Four
turns one into a walking
erogenous zone.

I tried the drink in
steps. the first being just a

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between acrid and disgust-
ing. Then again, so is that
of most other hip, highly
caffeinated energy drinks.
In sum, don’t expect the
sweet taste of ambrosia
with this one, kids.

I tend to stay away
from anything labeled “caf-
feinated malt beverage,"
but Four was a semi-sur-
prise. It still tastes not so
great and the gimmick of
having wormwood wears
off really quick, but beyond
that it's an all right bever-
age. The fact that I wrote
this review while inebriat-
ed on Four would suggest
to some that it's not only a
catalyst for debauchery, but
also an inspiration for
genius. Or maybe not.

Four is currently avail-
able widely in Ohio but will
soon make a splash with
much larger distribution,
including in our very own
Lexington.

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Editorial Board

Adam Sichlto, Editor in chief
Iim Wiseman, Managing editor
Andrew Martin, Asst. managing editor

Brenton Kenkel, Opinions editor

Wes Blevins, Asst. Opinions editor
Chris Johnson, Sports editor
Crystal Little. Projects editor
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IN OUR OPINION

Police renovations
must be a top priority

This is an important time for the
UK police department.

McDonald Vick has taken over as
the force’s new permanent police
chief, and the department should en-
joy a little more elbowroom once
Parking and Transportation Ser-
vices moves out of the station this
summer. It‘s a new start for the de-
partment, but many of the same ob-
stacles it has faced for years still re-
main.

As with most of UK issues. the
refrain remains the same as well ——
not