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Bar humor

So there's this guy at
the bar, and he looks
over at this other
guy sitting there who
has a small one-foot
man on the counter
playing the piano. He
scratches his head in
wonder, then orders
a beer.

Then the guy leans over
and says, "If you rub
that bottle over
there, a genie will
come out. and you
can ask him for
anything, and he will
grant it to you."

So the guy goes over to
the bottle and rubs it
and says, "I want to
be rich." And all of
the sudden the guy
grows this horrible
nose with a wart on
the end of it and
some long ratty hair.

The guy turns to the
other guy at the bar
and says, ”I said I
wanted to be rich.
not be a witch!"

And the other guy looks
at him and says “Do
you think I asked for
a i2 inch pianist"

I can do
anything

0n the top of a tall
building in a large
city, there was a bar.
In this bar, a man
was drinking heavily.
He would ask the
bartender for a
tequila shot, then
walk out to the
balcony and jump off.
Minutes later, he
would appear in the
elevator and repeat
the whole process.

One guy watched this
happen a number of
times until curiosity
got the better of him.
Finally, he went up to
the man and asked,
“Hey, you keep
drinking, then
jumping off the
balcony. And yet,
minutes later, you're
back again. How do
you do it?" Well,"
the other man said,
“the shot of tequila
provides buoyancy
such that when I get
near the ground, I
slow down and land
gently. it’s lots of
fun. You should try
it."

The guy, who was also
drunk out of his
gourd, thought to
himself, hey, why
not? So he goes to
the bar, drinks a shot
of tequila, then walks
out to the balcony
and jumps off.

Whooooooooooooo,
splat!

The bartender looks over
at the first guy and
says, “Superman,
you're an asshole
when you're drunk."

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Primetime player

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.YQUR TAX DOLLARS, AT WORK

Eye of
the tiger

Woods on
a roll with

sixth PGA
win. I 5

Budget plan
to reduce
publics debt

Mixed reviews: Republicans unhappy with
proposal, while Democrats show support

ASSOCIATtD PRESS

I’resident (‘linton was so proud of
what his final budget would do about
eliminating the publicly held part of
the national debt that he used a paint
brush to draw a plunging blue line on a
wall chart.

Angry Republicans. however. prob
ably would have chosen the color red
for i‘linton's last hiidget for the
shame they charge he should feel about
all his new spending programs. his tax
increases and his modest tax reduc-
tions.

“The president proposed a laundry
list of expensive. biggovernment pro-
grams the country doesn't need and tax
increases the Republicans in (‘ongress
will never support.” said Rep. .l.(‘.
Watts. R-(lkla.

Both sides In the debate wasted no
time in staking out their positions fora
debate that is certain to last all the way
into November. when voters go to the
polls.

Republicans contend that what vot
ers want is less government and bigger
tax increases. (‘linton argues that what
the country needs to keep the current
prosperity going is a more balanced ap—
proach that addresses pressing needs
such as a lack of health care. pays
down the federal debt and offers target
ed tax relief.

The (‘linton administration will
feel the Republican criticism firsthand
today as members of the president's

, ‘r .,, See BUDGET on 2

1.84

Total spending in trillions
of dollars of Clinton's
proposed budget for mm.

2.17

Trillion dollars Clinton
plans to set aside from
Social Security Surplus to
reduce the National Debt.

3.7

Trillion dollars of the
publically held portion of
the National Debt that
Clinton plans to erase by
the year 2013.

181

Billion dollars raised in
other taxes including:
25¢/pack increase in

cigarette taxes.

91

Billion dollars proposed to
be spent over the next IO
years to expand health
coverage for poor working
families.

35

Billion dollars set aside
beginning in 2006 for
prescriptions for Medicare
patients.

Keith Bogans continued to boost his stats, scoring 24 in last nights loss to Florida. The Cats next opponent is LSD
on Sunday at 1 pm. at LSU. The game will be broadcast on Jefferson Pilot TN. and VIVLK 590 AM.

 

Bill Clinton's new budget proposal has
many Republican critics seeing red.

ASSOCIATED PRESS

Cats run ends in Swamp

ASSOCIATED PRESS

GAINESVILLE, Fla. —— No.
12 Florida validated its spot
among the nation‘s elite Tues-
day night with a 90-73 victory
over No. 11 Kentucky.

The Wildcats came in as ar-
guably the hottest team in the
nation, having gone 13-1 since
splitting their first eight games
and bringing up questions as to
whether the dynasty was in de-
Cline.

Certainly it isn't, although
the Gators made it look that
way at times before a frenzied
crowd of 11,818, many of whom

waited outside overnight to get
seats at the O‘Connell Center.

Full-court trapping the
Wildcats into a state of frustra
tion. the Gators took a 34—17 lead
with seven minutes left in the
first half and spent the rest of
the game holding off Kentucky
rallies.

Kentucky got the deficit
down to 76-66 with three min-
utes remaining but committed a
turnover when it had the ball
with a chance to trim it to eight.

When it was over. the Wild-
cats could target foul trouble
and their own trouble at the foul
line as culprits for the loss.

 

fimended

By Tracy Kershaw
Sign." news EDITOR

A space heater left unattend-
ed was determined as the cause of
Sunday night's fire at the Sigma
Pi fraternity house. said the Lex-
ington Fire Department.

“it was a poor misuse of a
heat source." said Lt. Gary Ward
oflexington Fire investigation.

The space heater was left site
ting on a couch to dry caulking in
a bedroom of the house. Ward
said.

Space heaters are not danger-

They finished 18-0f~29 from the
line. but endured a 3-for-9
stretch late in the first half that
kept them from capitalizing on a
4~minute scoring drought by
Florida.

Meanwhile. Kentucky cen-
ter Jamaal Magloire drew his
second foul four minutes into
the game and his third three
minutes into the second half. He
played a total of 17 minutes and
finished with four points and
eight rebounds.

It spoiled a 24-point effort by
freshman Keith Bogans and a
17-point game from Desmond
Allison.

heater blamed for fire

ous when used properly.

“When people use space
heaters for something they are
not manufactured for. such as a
dryer. they become dangerous."
he said.

Space heaters are illegal in
UK residence halls except where
provided by the University. but
because the Sigma Pi fraternity
house is located off-campus. it is
under the jurisdiction of the city
of Lexington instead of UK.

The source of the fire was
discovered through interviews
with the tenants. Ward said.

The bedroom where the fire
originated did not have a sprin-
kler. the fire report stated. A
sprinkler would have probably
contained the fire to that room.
Ward said.

However. the building may
have been of the age where sprin-
klers would have not been re-
quired. Ward said.

The Sigma Pi house was rela-
tively safe. said Tony Blanton. as-
sistant dean of students.

"I would not say that the Sig-

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The Low-down

The
Rock
goes
through
the
Under-
taker
like
Ex-Lax
through
his big,
fat
mama,”

-Tha Rock.
professional
wrestler, as
reported in
Entertainment
Weekly.

Alaska Air part may have broken off

LOS ANGELl-IS A piece of Alaska Airlines
Flight 261 may have broken off seconds before
the plane plunged into the Pacific. according to
investigators who cited radar data. National
’I‘ransportation Safety Board (‘hairman James
Hall didn‘t fix a cause for the Jan. 31 crash near
[.os Angeles that killed all 88 people aboard the
flight from Mexico to San Francisco. The new
data showed the pilots struggling with the
plane's horizontal stabilizer. a part suspected in
the crash. There was no indication whether it
may have fallen off the plane.

Small planes collide near Chicago

ZION. Ill. ’I‘wo small planes collided yes-
terday over a hospital parking lot. and one plane
crashed onto the roof of the medical center.
There were no survivors on either plane. said
Zion Fire (‘hief David l.aBelle. but he did not
know how many people were on the planes. Some
employees of Midwestern Regional Medical Cen—
ter suffered minor burns. but no patients or
workers were killed. said Roger Cary. the hospi-
tal president. Zion is about ~15 miles north of
Chicago. near the Illinois-Wisconsin line. Prelim-
inary reports indicated both planes were ap-
proaching the Waukegan Airport. near the site of
the collision.

Clinton fights genetic bias

WASHING'I‘ON President (‘linton _\'OSI(‘,I‘<
day barred federal agencies from discriminating
against employees on the basis of genetic tests.
He urged Congress to prohibit the private sector
from refusing to hire people at risk for health
problems and insurers from refusing to cover
them. Clinton told an American Association for
the Advancement of Science audience: “We must
protect our citizens' privacy ~ the bulwark of
personal liberty. the safeguard of individual cre-
ativitv."

Delaware votes in GOP primary

DOVER. Del. George W. Bush and Steve
Forbes battled yesterday in a Republican presi-
dential primary skipped by the GDP field‘s
hottest candidate. John McCain. His absence did-
n‘t diminish the stakes for Bush and Forbes. each
badly needing a victory after McCain trounced
thetn in last week‘s New Hampshire primary.
“Give me a chance to lead." the Texas governor
asked Delaware senior citizens before flying to
South (‘arolina to prepare for his Feb. 19 show
down with McCain.

MIDDLE MEDAL:
Variety maga-
zine reported
Fox has ordered
16 additional
episodes of the
midseason com-
edy hit
“Malcolm in the
Middle," the
network
announced
Monday. Three
episodes will
run as addition-
al installments
in the May
sweeps; the
remaining 13
are for the
show's fall run.
which may
begin as soon
as August, the
network said.
“Malcolm" has
been the boss
of its time peri-
od since debut-
ing last month.

 

 

HEAR TO
BELIEVE:
Madonna
remade Don
McLean's
"American Pie"
for the movie
"The Next Best
Thing." The
flick stars
Rupert Everett
and Madonna
and comes out
March 3.

Core: Bradley would risk Medicare

PEMBROKE PINES. Fla. Vice President
Al Gore claimed an unlikely ally yesterday in
GOP campaigner John McCain. telling Florida
senior citizens that Democratic presidential rival

Bill Bradley would endanger Medicare. "McCain -

and I have in common putting money from the
surplus into Medicare and keeping it from being
drawn down when the baby boomers retire.”
(lore had told reporters as he flew to Florida;
which holds its primary on March 14. "Bradley
would not put a penny into this." (lore said.

Kennedy kin arraignment postponed

STAMFORD. Conn. , , A juvenile court judge
yesterday postponed the arraignment of a
Kennedy nephew charged in a 1975 murder while
she considers whether to open the proceedings to
the public. Michael Skakel. whose father is the
brother of Sen. Robert Kennedy’s widow. was 15
at the time of the killing. The arraignment.
which had been set for today. was put off until
March H. The victim. lS-yearold Martha Mox-
Iey. was killed near her Greenwich. Conn.. home.
The murder Weapon was a golf club that matched
a set in the Skakel home.

Albright: Chechnya will drag on

WASHINGTON ~ Russia claims to have re-
gained control of Chechnya‘s capital Grozny. but
the battle for the rebellious region is far from
over. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright said
yesterday. Rebel forces. evading federal troops.
have fled the capital. she said in testimony before
the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. “They
are guerrilla fighters. and I think that this will go
on." Albright testified.

Dow ends up 51.81; Nasdaq soars

NEW YORK — The Nasdaq composite index
soared to another new high yesterday after the
federal government reported American workers’
productivity is rising sharply. a potential buffer
against inflation. The Nasdaq rose 104.80 to
4.42857. cruising past the record it set yesterday.
The Dow Jones industrial average rose 51.81 to
close at 10.95160. ()n the NYSE. gainers led losers
1.6001452.

Magician Doug Henning dead at 52

NEW YORK Doug Henning. the magician
who starred in the 19703 in TV specials and a
Broadway show. has died at 52. Henning. who
had suffered from liver cancer for five months.
died yesterday in Los Angeles.

Compiled from wire reports

 

BUDGET

Continued from page]

 

Cabinet appear before various
congressional committees to
defend the administration's
spending and tax proposals.

In releasing the budget on
Monday. Clinton said it was
important that the nation
seize the current good times
and bulging government sur-
pluses to “make the most of
this moment of promise to ex-
tend prosperity to all corners
of our nation.“

Clinton's $1.84 trillion
spending plan for the 2001
budget year. beginning in Oc~
tober. would spend more for
the environment. schools and
gun-law enforcement while
still pledging to take steps to
erase the $3.7 trillion publicly
held portion of the national
debt by 2013.

Clinton also proposed a
major expansion in the
Earned Income Tax Credit
that helps the working poor.
called for the government to
provide health insurance for 5
million of the 44 million
Americans who do not have it
and help the elderly pay for
drug prescriptions.

Republicans charged all
the new spending programs
were an effort to appeal to vot-
ers in hopes they will reward
Democratic candidates in the
fall.

“It has all the things for

everyone they feel they’ll need
to get Al Gore elected presi-
dent.“ House Budget Commit-
tee Chairman John Kasich, R-
Ohio. said.

Kasich and Senate Budget
Committee Chairman Pete
Domenici. R-N.M.. told re-

porters that their committees .

would move quickly to draw
up a GOP spending and tax
blueprint that Would differ
drastically from Clinton's
version.

Even before that work is
accomplished. House Republi-
cans were moving to consider
this week a 10-year. $182 bil-
lion plan to cut taxes for mar-
ried couples. including those
who pay more than if they
were single. This is just one
piece of their much larger
$792 billion tax cut that Clin-
ton vetoed last year.

In contrast. Clinton‘s bud-
get would provide $351 million
in more targeted tax relief to
help pay the costs of college
education. ease the burden of
long-term nursing care and
support retirement savings.

But Clinton also would
raise $181 billion in other tax—
es. including a 25-cent-a—pack
increase in cigarette taxes and
$91 billion in higher taxes on
corporations by eliminating
current tax benefits.

House Ways and Means
Chairman Bill Archer. R-
Texas. signaled the GOP
would “strongly oppose“ all of
Clinton‘s tax increase propos-
als again this year.

 

 

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news conference Monday
in front of the Dade
County Courthouse in
Miami, as he and a group
of Cuban-American psy-
chologists speak out
about the behavior of 6-
yoar-old Ellan Gonzalez's
gradmothors during their
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 Sigma Chi's contest
eviction from frat house

Ev J91!!! "aunts!

SPfCtAt SffltONS tDtTOR

While members of the Sigma Pi social frater»
nity were forced to move due to a fire in their fra
ternity house. those oftlie Sigma (‘hi social fra-
ternity recently found that a fire doesn't neces
sarily have to occur for a house to be closed.

(‘iting numerous tire code violations. l'K otti-
cials informed members last \S'ednesday the
house would be closed for the remainder of the
semester and they had 18 hours to tnove out.

Among the violations: inoperable lighting
fixtures. a motorcycle with a gasoline engine
lodged inside the building arid numerous doors
left propped open.

tleorge Iteltin. vicerpresident of fiscal affairs.
said that otie small infraction would not have
beeii a cause for concern. Tint it was the combina-
tion of multiple violations that was the problem.

"It's a ditticult decision (to close a house) but
a decision that had to made for the safety of the
residents." l)ebin said.

Sigma (‘hi members said the decision was a
rather hasty one.

Mike ltowlin, president of Sigma (‘hi. said
most violations were fixed within 1.3 minutes.
and all were repaired before they had to leave,

Yet when the members requested a second
inspection. they were denied

Deltin said the decision to not have a second
inspection was based on a pattern of repeated vi
olations. l'K cannot afford to investigate the fra
ternity on a daily basis to ensure that conditions
are up to par. he evplained

The Sigma (‘hi house also failed inspection

FIRE

Continued from page 1

A big loss

in the summer of 1998. it re-opened last semester
after major renovations.

Richie 'l‘hotiipson. a soil sciences and land-
scape architecture senior and Sigma t‘hi member
who lived in the house two years ago. said the
eviction made all the money spent tixing the
house seem like a waste

He also felt the tinting ot' the eviction was
bad. saving it was the middle of w inter and many
members were also preparing for their first ev»
artis.

"It makes l'K look real bad." he said

While l'K did otter rooms in the residence
halls to the members. few accepted liven thongli
the semester is several weeks old. l'K was going
to charge full price for the rooms. explained Sig
ma t‘hi treasurer Blaine Adams.

Most members living in the house stayed
with friends and looked for apartments and other
places to live. Howlin said.

With everyone being separated and broken
up. it has made keeping in touch and keeping
things running smoothly rather ditficult. he
added.

liven without their house. Sigma (‘hi is still
permitted to conduct regular business. said Tom
ltlanton. assistant dean ofstudents

Bowlm said the fraternrty's meetings would
probably be held in the Student (‘enter for now

Although losing their house has caused st 11111‘
setbacks. ltowlin feels that the traiernrtv has
learned how to overcome such trials

“We were shut down for a vear before. but
we kept everything intact." he said.

Lavin Troutman contributed to this article.

FILE PHOTO

Sunday night's fire at the Sigma Pi fraternity house has the fraternities members looking for new homes.

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ma Pi house was not up to fire
Code. but that does not mean a
fire can't happen." he said.

The residents now face the
task offinding new housing.

The Sigma Pi Housing (‘or-
poration owns the house and
the property. Most tenants pay
$462 monthly rent to the corpo-
ration. which has insurance.

Three or four brothers
paid $1.450 in full for the semes-
tei‘.

The corporation will refund
approximately $900 to $1.100 of
that money. said Dave Stoll.
Sigma Pi president.

UK has offered room and

board to the tenants for $1.150.
Five hundred six dollars of the
$1.450 will be put on the stir
dents“ diner account.

The Sigma Pi fire adds UK
students to the list of university
students that have recently wit-
nessed the effects of fire in their
college community.

In January. fire ravaged a
Seton Hall University dormito-
ry. killing three people and in
juring 58. A dorm fire in Sep-
tember 1998 at Murray State
University took the life of stu»
dent Michael Minger. And only
last week fire destroyed a build-
ing on the campus ofltryan (‘ot

lege. including the library hous
ing historical docuriierits from
the famed Scopes "Monkey 'l'rir
al" of TOBY).

in response to the Murray
State tire. l'K decided to install
smoke detectors in all residen
tial buildings The project will
be completed by 2002 and is
funded entirely by the l’nrversi-
ty. said T'K Fire Marshall (iarry
Beach.

Safety of the students. staff

anti faculty is a primary con
cern of UK. said liloyd Axelrod.
director of public relations.

“It is as important as the
education of students." he said.

 

 

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Cats' Martinez weathers

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Role reversal: After starting for two seasons,
senior quard now provides spark off the bench

By Matt Ellison

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Look iiiio the eyes of L'K senior guard Natalie Martinez. and
you'll see a coiripetitive fire burning brightly.

You'll see the frtistration of her freshman and sophomore sea-
sons. in which she saw more minutes but won fewer games.

You'll see the experience she's gained by playing three-artd-a
half seasons ofthe toughest worrien's basketball in the country.

You'll see the eyes of a player who. although she lost her start-
ing job along the way. wouldn't trade the recent success ofthe UK
women's basketball team for anything.

Looking back on her career. Martinez does admit things have
changed considerably sitice her freshman year. when she was
thrust into the starting point guard role immediately.

 

FILE PHOTO

llll's Natalie Martinez drives to the basket in the Cats’ recent loss to
4th-ranlted Tennessee.

maturity

She played adriiirably. finishing her first season with it] as
sists and six points per game. Her sophomore season however.
saw her numbers tail off. averaging only 3.9 points per game. and
continuing to struggle from the field (around 30 percent shooting).

"For two years. Natalie had to deal with that." said My coach
Bernadette Mattox of the constant physical play from other Stit‘
teams. "She got humped She got trapped. She turned the hall over.
It was tough for her."

In came highly-touted Erica Jackson. a junior college transfer
who was born. it seems. to play point guard in an up-tempo style.
Martinez would have to compete for the right to see the court after
barely stepping off it each of her first two seasons.

"Everybody had a fair chance in practice." Mattox said. “\'a
talie even started the first game of the (1998-1999) season. livery»
body has to prove themselves. (Erica starting ahead of Natalie)
wasn't something that was foreseen. it was evident on the practice
floor,"

“It's always got to be tough when you start for two years and
then you don't" ;\lzitto\ said \‘atalie was mature enough to un-
derstand that Erica was the better pl iy er.

“It was difficult at first." \lartine/ /. admitted. All throughout
high school. even my freshman year. i started on varsity. (‘oming
out here. I was starting right away But this is a business. and we
needed to win. i needed to win.”

Not wanted to win. Needed to win.

“I was so sick of losing." she said. "i hate losing. That's the
worst thing for me."

The fact that Natalie hated losing was evident at an early age.
as she battled her three siblings. especially her older sister Elaine.
for attention and accornplishineiits.

"When my sister started getting into sports. my father Joe re-

ally paid a lot of attention to her.
He helped her play catch. or
shoot the ball. l was just this lit
tle runt sitting there trying to
be just like her. So if she was
learning how to spin the bail
on her finger. i would go into
my room and try to spin the
ball on my finger and beat
her the next day. i wanted
to learn how to do it before
she did.”

Martinez will gradu»
ate this May with a de‘
gree in political science.
and she'll return to UK for
a master's degree in social
studies. which she hopes
to use someday to teach at
her old high school in Albu-
querque. NM.

But there's some unfinished
business left this season.

"Now. it's my last year." she said.
“We do have the team that can do it (get
to the NCAA tournament). if we don't. it's
a letdown. not only for trie. but for every-
body on this team. the University and the
city of Lexington."

Mattox said she couldn't ask for a better
player to grace her team.

“She's a great individual. She's a gem.
Those are the kind of people you love on
your team."

  
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
   
 
  
 
 

 

 

 

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