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Lexington chief comes to UK
Beatty opts forjob change over retirement
after 34 years in the city police depaitment
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With more than 30 years de—
voted to the Lexington Police
Department including six years
as its chief. Anthany Beatty
knew he was ready for a
change.
The 57-year~old wanted to
slow down and spend itiorc
time with his family. btit he was
not ready to retire. UK offered
him an ideal opportunity when
it asked him to head public
safety on campUs.
"I'm a big proponent of be—
ing prepared so when the doors
open I can step in."
Beatty said. “(‘ertainly
wheii we talked about
it. it was something
very exciting. \ou pre»
pare for this all your
career. When opportu—
nities present them»
selves you have to pick
w hat's best for the next
chapter of your life."
UK announced ear-
lier this month that
Beatty would join UK adminis-
tratioit as assistant vice presi»
dent for public safety in Janu-
ary. lit the position. which over—
sees the UK Police Department.
Beatty H
Parking and Transvanation. lin—
vironmental Health. and Safety
and Emergency Management.
Beatty will act as the replace—
metit for Ken (‘levi-
dence. the assistant
vice president of auxil-
iary services who re-
tired in June.
The new position is
essentially the same
btit without the respon—
sibtlity of dealiitg with
university property so
that a stronger empha—
sis can be iitade on
safety. said UK
spokesman Jay Blanton. Beatty
is set to receive a “25.000
salary.
A Lexington native. Beatty
grew up in the inner city and
graduated from Henry (‘lay
High School. He isn't new to
UK’s campus either. After re—
ceiving a degree in police ad
ministration and a minor in pt»
litical science from Eastern
Kentucky l'nivcrsity. he came
back to Lexington to work for
UK Police iii N73.
At that time he was working
on his master‘s degree from
Kentucky State l'niversity
while his wife. Eunice. was at~
tetidiiig UK.
After a few months with
UK Police. Beatty begati his
tenure at the Lexington Police
Department and served in sev-
eral higlrranking positions
there. He was the first officer in
See Beatty on page A4
Police chief search
resumes with Beatty hire
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After nearly three years and
one failed hire. LiK administra-
tors are resuming the search for
a new police chief.
Lexington Police (‘hief Ari-
thany Heatty‘. who will official-
ly join [K in January as assis-
tant vice president for public
safety. said finding someone for
the job is his first order of busi-
ness.
While tying up loose ends
at the Lexington police depart»
ment. Beatty said he wants to
name a new permanent chief
before he comes to UK.
"My extra time will be de-
voted to the police-chief
search" he said. “The universi-
ty deserves that."
Since July 2006. Maj. Joe
Monroe has served as interim
police chief for UK Police. The
temporary position was created
after Mc Donald Vick who was
selected in the previous chief
search. resigned in July 2006
when sexual harassment and
bribery lawsuits against him
came to light.
The last permanent UK p0-
lice chief. Fred H. ()tto lll. re-
signed in November 2004 after
he used a university employee
See Chief on page A4
First-ever
SG adviser
seeks more
non-Greeks
Ethane Saltz
ksaltz@kykerne|.com
Student Government will start the
school year with many challenges. one of
them coming from Todd Cox. the newly ap—
pointed SG adviser.
“I want to challenge 50 to move out of
their circles when recruiting staff." Cox
said. "It‘s not a problem that $0 is so
(ireek based. but other groups need to get
more involved. I want SC: to think bigger
than that."
This is just one of the hopes (‘ox has
for SC: in the coming year. (‘ox was hired
as L'K's first S(} adviser earlier this month.
"The higher elected officials in 80 are
unbelievably busy." S0 President Nick
Phelps said. "This position will serve as a
liaison and help us communicate with facr
ulty at UK."
(‘ox graduated from UK in 2003 with a
dual degree in communications and bust»
ness management. After receiving his mas-
ter‘s degree from Asbury (‘ollege iii 2000.
(‘ox said he wanted to give back to [K by
practicing his leadership skills.
"My tiitte at UK helped shape itie into
who I am." (‘ox said. "There‘s no better
way to give back than to work w itli l'K stu-
dents."
('ox also served as a consultant for the
Pi Kappa Phi fraternity traveling to New
York. New Jersey. Pennsylvania and South-
ern (‘ahfornia Phelps said that experience
was a major taut i in the decision to hire
(1H
(>11: ; his time as a student at t'K. (‘ox
\\.is y unwind in his fraternity. but he
1t~1~ltl sit-1w- diet as a negative.
tf‘ til. i1 is positive that ! can under-
.t 1in Stu members because they are
Greek h. said "But people that come out
to work. .0 S(i. l wil'. .11 ik with them
w hether they are (neck of not."
(‘ox will also help with transitions from
year to year between SG administrations.
Phelps said.
"SC has great ideas. but each year new
people come in Phelps said. “His position
can continue those ideas so that each ad—
ministration can be more effective than the
last."
Implementing legislation that is passed
will be an important pan of the job. Phelps
said.
“In the Senate we pass legislation and
everyone wonders where it‘s going." Phelps
said. “Cox is going to help us take action."
Senate President Tyler Montell said oth-
er universities‘ student govemments had adv
visers. but UK‘s didn't reali/e the impor
tanee of the position until now
“We didn't understand how much we
needed an adviser until we actually got
one." Montell said. "Having an adviser is a
huge advantage."
Communication is an important part of
the job. but Montell said there is more to
the position than jtist that.
“We need to have someone intemally to
work through ideas. not just to mediate be-
tween faculty and students." he said.
The $0 advrser will also serve as an as»
sistant in the office of student involvement
Phelps said that this would be beneficial to
other student organizations.
“He will be making a huge effort to
help with the smaller organizations and to
guide them as well as SG.‘ Phelps said.
Serving the dual roles of adviser and as
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Lexington despite local opposition
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Six years after requesting permis»
sum from the federal Communica-
tions Commission. UK's only stu-
LlL‘lilrt'llll radio station. 8K] WRFL is
increasing its broadcast area.
“It‘s a slow process. but I think
it'll benefit the station in the long
run." said WRl-‘l. General Manager
(‘huck (‘lenneyx
WRFL's signal has covered the
Lexington area since 1988. Once the
new 7.1)00-watt antennae and trans-
mitter are constructed. WRPL‘s hs-
tening area will extend northwest to
Frankfort and Georgetown.
“It's just so we can educate Kcn~
tuckians about new. independent mu~
sic." said (‘lenney. an linghsh senior.
“We play upwards of 10000 songs a
week. whereas other stations have the
Construction forces
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When second year medical stu-
dent Ali liarooqui started to class
Aug. (3 he missed his old walkiitg
routes
"It would be nice to not have to
take the long way to get around too
much." Farooqui said. "I‘d like to
have Rose Street back."
(‘onstmction projects across cam-
pus could cause delays for Farooqui
same 35 songs."
The American lamitv \ssocia»
tion. a (‘hristiaii oieani/atioii with a
national radio network. fiicd petitions
in April. May and lime .ontcsting
WRl:l.‘s expansion. The .1\l1‘1\ fias a
radio station based in Mt. Sterling.
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“We're not picking a fight with
the University of Kentucky but with
the attribution of control definition
the [7(‘(‘ rule is based on." said
Patrick Vaughn. general counsel for
Ills‘ AFA.
The l:(‘(‘ decides which stations
get to increase their ht‘ttiltlsdsl area
based on a points sy stem The system
includes whether the station is local
and brings diversity to the area.
which Vattghn said is a disadvantage
to AliA‘s national network.
"Our contention is that the rule is
irrational." Vaughn said.
and other students as pedestrian traf»
fic flow is rerouted to accomnitxiatc
temporary sidewalks and walkway
changes.
Dall Clark. UK director of capital
projects. said he expects the construc
tion will also cause delays in vehicle
traffic on campUs.
Projects include a new burlding
for the College of Pharmacy. re»
placement of the steam and con»
densate piping of central campus. a
new student health facility and a
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Although the l"('(' dismissed the
.1\l~-\'s last petition in .ltmc. the orga
iii/atton can file a new petition at any
time However. Vaughn said the kink
has no plans right now to contest
new care
said
The new $450 million patient
care facility located between the
Agricultural Science (‘enter North
and the hospital parking garage is
in its first phase and is expected to
be complete iit January 20“ l'ntil
then. sidewalks in the area will be
closed.
For now. pedestrians can follow
pathways leading around the hospi-
tal‘s constniction site. Clark said.
patient facility.
\\ RH 's expansion.
If the .-\l1.\ docs decide to file a
petition. construction of the new
See WRFl on page A5
students off the beaten path
(‘lark
(‘onstruction has also started on
the new (‘ollege of Pharmacy
building. SHZ million project
that has caused traffic changes. The
walkway connecting Parking Struc-
ture No. 6 to the Kentucky Clinic
will remain closed until the com<
pletion of the project in 20m. A
covered walkway has been added to
South Limestone Street next to the
site to accommodate pedestrian
traffic in that area.
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Fuel pipes linked to jet fire
The Vomiun Shimbun
NAHA. Japan -_ The ex»
plosion that caused a China
Airlines airplane at Naha Air-
port to burst into flames Mon-
day likely was caused by a
problem with the fuel pipes
around the pylon that connects
the engine to the right wing.
the Japanese Construction and
Transport Ministry's Aircraft
and Railway Investigation
Commission said Tuesday.
The plane. a Boeing 737»
800. has high-pressure pumps
inside the wing that send fuel to
the engine. It likely only took a
few minutes for a huge amount
of fuel to leak after the airplane
had stopped on the apron.
According to the commis-
sion and other sources. the air—
plane had about 7.900 kilograms
of fuel when it left Taipei. About
4,700 kilograms remained in the
tank when the airplane an‘ived at
Naha Airport.
Airplanes usually fly with
extra fuel in case of unforeseen
circumstances that require them
to return to the depzuture airyxurt
or land at an altemative airport.
It takes about an hour and
20 minutes to fly from Taipei to
Naha. but Flight 120 was carry-
ing enough fuel for a three-hour
flight.
Pumps inside a tank located
in the wing or fuselage send
fuel to injectors on the engine
through metal pipes. These
high-pressure pumps are capa-
ble of supplying an engine with
a maximum of about 9.000
kilograms of fuel per hour.
Damage to the pipes inside a
tank would not cause fuel to
VOMIURI SHIMBUN I MCT
All 165 passengers aboard a China Airlines Jet evacuated minutes before
the Jet burst into flames, Monday, August 20. 2007, after arriving in Oki-
nawa, Japan from Taiwan
leak outside the tank. As such.
the Aircraft and Railway hives»
ligation Commission suspects
pipes supplying fuel to the en—
gine were disconnected around
the pylon for reasons still un-
known. and this likely caused
fuel to leak into the engine. An
aircraft mechanic on the ground
spotted a large fuel spill behind
the airplane‘s right engine.
Engines on this type of
plane have safety devices to dis-
charge spilled fuel. However.
the amount of leaked fuel was
believed to be greater than the
capacity of the safety devices.
In addition. the fuel leaked
over the hot turbine and exhaust
vent. which likely caused it to
vaporize and ignite. leading to
the explosion.
The commission began ex—
amining the aircraft with the
Okinawa police Tuesday mom—
ing.
The US. National Trans—
portation Safety Board and Boe—
ing Co. will send staff to inspect
the accident scene. They are ex-
pected to arrive Wednesday.
A China Airlines spokesman
said a fire alarm and other gauges
installed in the cockpit of the
plane did not show any abnormal
readings at the time of the fire. an
airline spokesman said.
"The pilot and other crew
had not noticed the fire until
they were informed by ground
crew." Sttri Hung-wen said at a
news conference at the airline's
head office in Taipei.
He also said no abnormali-
ty had been discovered on the
Boeing 737-800 during recent
inspections. adding China Air-
lines found it impossible to
identify the cause of the acci—
dent under the circumstances.
Australian ads hit Speeders where it
hurts: Below the belt
Blymgies
Chicago Tribune
SYDNEY. Australia Af-
ter failing to scare young men
into driving more slowly. Aus<
tralian authorities have hit on a
new tactic: questioning their
virility.
A witty advertising campaign
features passengers and passers~
by waving their pinkie lingers .
a gesture suggesting a certain
lack of physical endowment — at
show -off male drivers.
“The message is: if you‘re
trying to impress people. this
doesn‘t impress anyone. People
see you as a clown." said John
Whelan. business director for
road safety and policy at the
New South Wales Roads and
Traffic Authority.
“For a long time. nothing
has challenged the fast car big
man image that car sellers sell."
added Russell Watsford. a road
safety marketing manager at the
authority. “This does "
The Sl .o million state cani-
paigri. launched in late June.
aims to cut a stubbornly high
road death toll in the Sydney re»
gion by trying to slow down
sortie of the main speed oftcnd-
ers. young men age IT to 25.
From 2002 to 2(l0o. thosc dri-
vers were involved in 34 percent
of the province‘s fatal crashes.
though they represent only 7
percent of the st;itt“s license
holders. figures show
“The question is: How do
you make this behavior socially
unacceptable?” Whelan asked.
Previous efforts to scare
youths into slowing down M
with ads showing bloody car
crashes ~ failed. he said. largely
because widespread violence on
television. in horror movies and
in video games has made younger
people "more desensitized to
shock—horror kind of images,"
The new ads. however. ap»
pear to have made quite an ini-
pression in a nation noted for its
in‘everent sense of humor. With—
in days of their appearance on
TV. in cinemas. at bus stops and
on buses. the road authority's
’eb site which also carried
the ad registered more than
100.000 downloads and crashed
three times. Now on YouTube.
the ad has drawn more than a
halllmillion view s.
"lt‘s been overwhelming."
Watsford said. "What's in the
riicdia resonates strongly with
this group. for better than
straight advertising."
The \ltiwamttlltm ad opens
with a young man in a fast car.
stopped at a red light as two
young women wait at a cross—
walk nearby, Grinning. the dri~
\er accelerates hard. siiioke
pouring troni his tires, The two
women la/ily wave their pinkie
fingers in the air and give each
other a knowing glance. in sub-
sequent