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Budget squeeze leads A&S to consider cuts

Arts and Sciences suggests bigger classes,
fewer offerings to offset shrinking resources

By Samieh Shalash
iii: flittillcltv trim

Fewer classes at all lev—
els. a larger number of stu-
dents in each class and flex
ible major requirements
were among the recommen-
dations in a self-study draft
done by the College of Arts
and Sciences.

Tomorrow is the last
day the committee will ac—
cept comments on the re-
port. lt will then be final-
ized and sent to the admin»
istration.

The seven-member ad

hoc committee that pre-
pared the self-study agreed
that teaching more under-
graduates with fewer re-
sources will require all de-
partments to rethink their
major requirements.

Enrollment plays a large
part in the need for this
change, committee mem—
bers said. The UK freshman
class grew in six years from
2.650 to 4,020 more than a
50 percent jump.

Arts and Sciences is
UK's largest college and ac-
counts for about 55 percent
of the total undergraduate

credit hours generated at
UK.

“Clearly. the challenge
is how do we deal with in-
creasing enrollment and de-
creasing budget," said
Mark Meier. the committee
chair and a chemistry pro-
fessor. “We believe we need
to concentrate on doing a
better job of what we are
doing now."

In the report. the com-
mittee acknowledges an in-
evitable decrease in educa-
tional quality as student
numbers continue to rise
while full-time employees
shrink or. at best. level off.

It then suggests that
general education courses
and most upper-level class-

THE KENTUCKY

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Celebrating 33 years of independence

es be adapted to accommo
date larger classes.
Linguistics professor
Lynn Guindon finds this
recommenda-
tion ironic.
"It seems
to be saying
that to in—
crease class
sizes would be
shooting our-
selves in the
foot. but that
that is what
we should

In the report,
the committee
acknowledges
an inevitable decrease
in educational quality.

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Political science professor

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only if we pursue this line
of action.“

She also pointed out
that only tenured faculty
“a .,,v, and admin

istration
were on the
self-study
committee.
leaving out
undergradu-
ate or grad-
uate stu-
dents, staff
and un-
tenured facs

 

do.” she said.
"1 object
strenuously to this type of
defeatist thinking. The
quality of our students‘ ed-
ucation will be diminished

ulty.

M e i e r
said they met with student
ambassadors of the college
for an hour and a half to
discuss studentsrelated is-

 

sues. and people through-
out the college were solicit-
ed for their opinions
throughout the study.

The college is simply do-
ing its best in the face of
current numbers. Meier
said.

“The enrollments are
the reality. To argue that we
should hold the line is
pointless." he said. “Those
enrollments are already
here. and we don't control
them. So this is the hand
we're dealt . our job is to
play our cards well.“

The college wants to
help the faculty teach larg-
er classes by setting up
larger lecture halls. review-

See A&S on page 2

 

Students seek help
to fight renovation
of faculty center

By Troy Lyle

WE KENTUCKY KERNEL

Some students plan to voice their disap-
proval of the Boone Faculty Center's proposed
$4.38 million renovation project at today‘s
Board of Trustees meeting.

Two students. who passed out “Stop the
Madness" fliers in front of the Classroom
Building yesterday. hope at least 50 students
will attend the meeting to express their con-
cerns.

Several more are expected to gather around
the ramp to the Student (‘enter by the Buell Ar-
mory to further show their dissent. said Stuart
Reedy. an information systems tech support
specialist. He said he heard the trustees will
cross the ramp to look at a project near the Stu-
dent (‘enter before the 1 pm. meeting at Patter:
son Office Tower.

In light of the recent budget crunch. record
tuition increases and the loss of key faculty.
tltis project is not a good idea for ['K at this
time. said Jereme Scribner. an English junior

“There's roughly 32 million of unrestricted
funds allocated for this project that would be
better spent on updating university facilities.”
he said. “If in fact this money is available for
student use. we definitely need it "

Reedy couldn't agree more.

This administration shouldn‘t be consider-
ing a project of this magnitude and cost when
so many groups around campus are struggling
financially; he said. Students are already pay-
ing higher tuition rates and the faculty is car-
rying a much larger load. both financially and
academically. he said,

“i think this is but one example of a much
larger trend within this administration.” Reedy
said "This administration doesn‘t have the stu»
dents. faculty or staff's best interest itt mind.

"The interesting thing is the Boone (‘enter
is located directly across froin Maxwell Place
where President Todd aitd his wife live," he
said.

Not everyone sees this project as inappro-
priate,

State Sen Tom Buford. R~Nicholasvillo said
that if t'K is going to be a topZIt research titti-
versity. the administration must have some lee—
way iii making decisions and the ability to
reach out aitd raise money

"We can't handcuff them (l'Ki too much."
said Biiford. \\ ho voted for the proposal when it
came before the state's (‘apital Protects and
Bond ()versight t‘ommittee iii July

The centers renovations were ranked low in
the last legislative session by the (‘oiincil on
l’ostsecottdary Education. but Hilary .l Boone.

See Boone on page 2

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English junior Jereme Scribner hands a flier to Sonya Bashtkhes, a communications disorder freshman. The flier expressed dissent for the proposed
renovation to the Hilary J. Boone Center, the faculty club and conference center on Rose Street and Columbia Avenue.

 

 

 

UK Police reports rash of car break-ins during football game

prompting them to ask Lexington Former Kentucky Attorney who cheat on college exams and

Police look to increase security at games;
drivers urged not to leave valuables in cars

By Dariush Shata
mt IENIUCIY KIRNIL

UK Police are taking action af~
ter a recent string of break-ins at
Commonwealth Stadium. most of
which happened during Saturday's
football game.

Eight cars Were broken into
during the past Week. with six of

the break-ins taking place during
the game.

UK Police Maj. .loe Monroe said
police are arranging for more secu-
rity in the lots during home games.

“We‘re going to change some
things and have more people out in
the lot." he said.

[TK Police work security at the
football games bttt patrol only in-
side the stadiutii. Monroe said.

Police to help patrol the parking
lots.

UK also has released a campus
crime alert warning people not to
leave valuable items in their vehi.
cles. especially items that can be
carried away or removed from a ve
hicle easily.

Monroe said once the planned
changes go into effect. crime should
become less of a worry to fans at
the games.

“i think once we step up and put
extra people out there. that should
take care of the problem." he said.

General (‘hris (lorman was one of
the fans at the game whose car was
broken into.

Gorman said two coolers were
stolen. as well as some UK col-
lectible figurines. worth a total of
about $200.

“I guess they just ran out of
stuff they could take.“ he said.

Gorman. a UK law graduate and
attorney general from 1992 to 1996.
said he doesn't think very highly of
the. people who tried to spoil his
day.

“i suspect they're the people

plan to go through life cheating." he
said. “They'll get caught."

Despite the negative experience.
Gorman said it wasn't enough to
ruin the entire day. which he said
was his first tailgating experience.

“We had a great time. l‘m not
about to let whoever it was. three or
four people. ruin our great time.“
he said.

"It‘s just one of those things
that happened. We'll be back."

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Continued from page I

 

ing the allocation of teach-
ing assistants and creating
course Web sites.

it also recommends that
the 95 percent of funds set
aside for personnel salaries
and benefits be lowered in
order to accommodate such
measures. which could
mean even fewer professors
in the future.

“Too much money is
tied up in salary." said
Amy Stromberg. a commit
tee member and statistics
professor. “When there‘s a
cut. the money comes out of
operating expenses. so
salary percentages go up.“

He said the faculty will
continue to shrink as teach-
ers retire or leave and are

 

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a Springfield. Ky. native. came for-
ward and donated $1 million to.
wards the renovations. Buford said.
That money combined with pri-
or donations gave the project life.
“It would be nice if patrons
would donate to dormitories or for
facilities‘ upgrades." he said. “But
these individuals are inclined to
give towards projects like the

Boone Center.

“The proposed

time is right. he said.

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renovations
would give the university the abili-
ty to reach out and raise even more
money. and considering UK is bet»
ter off then the rest of Kentucky or
any other state university." the

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not replaced. which will
create a heayier burden on
extsting staff.

When Stronilierg began
teaching Statistics 291 lo
years ago. his course size
was it?» Now. it's capped at
13:").

"You have

to adapt." no "The enrollments are

  

 

The self-study suggests
a larger incorporation of
"smart classrooms"
classrooms equipped with
computer technology in
the college. which
Stromberg strongly advo~
cates.

" T h e
concept of

said. "Most , writing on
prot’essers the reality. To argue the board
agree that the doe s n ' t
larger class. that we ShOUId now work very
the more stu- the line iS pOintIESS." well when
dents are in- ' you have
hilllited from Mark Meier 1500 stru-
as ing ones 7 ents." e
IltHTS.” committeechairman and chemrstry professor said. "With

(me por smart class-
tion of the self-stud) men rooms. students can see bet-
tions Arts and Sciences ter. and i can show them

Dean Steven iioch's mea»
sure to increase the money
spent on information tech
tiology from 8100.000 to
$550,000 by fiscal year 3006,

Hoch declined to corri-
ment for this story.

what to do on-screen."

Full access to the self—
study draft can be found at
wwwasiikyedu.

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History of the Hilary J. Boone Center

Opened in March 9, 1967, the Hilary J. Boone Center, on
Rose Street and Columbia Avenue. hosts meetings, lun-
cheons, seminars and other activities sponsored by one of
its roughly l,800 members.

Hilary J. Boone Jr, - a l941 UK graduate - funded the
center, which currently contains a lZS-seat dining room, a
pub, a billiards room and a library. Renovations of the facili-
ty are set to begin sometime in October and are scheduled
to be finished in summer 2005.

Boone was a captain of the UK tennis team in his
undergraduate days, and UK's tennis facility bears his name
also. Boone served in the US. Air Force during World War ii
and returned to start an insurance business. He has served
on the boards of at least six organizations and also on the
board at Centre College in Danvilie, Ky. UK awarded him with
an honorary Doctorate of Law in 1989.

UK faculty and staff pay dues of $15 per month to be a
member of the center. A member of the Boone Center is
also, by default, a member of about 115 other ”University
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There‘s a new
trend atnong college
students. and it's not
popped collars. prev
distressed jeans or
ruffled skirts.

Rather. this fad is
from the toy box of
our collective child-
hood: Video games
(something near and
dear to this resident
Tech Guy's heart).

But before you
start your letter to
the editor professing your
love for Halo. let me be more
specific.

I'm not talking about new
games.

I‘m talking about old-
school games. Popular con-
sole games froin Atari. NES.
Super Nintendo and Sega are
making a comeback.

These are the beloved 8.
bit and 16-bit cartridges from
the past that relied on story
and or game play instead of
cinematic effects atid cutting-
edge graphics to sell. '

Classics like The Legend
of Zelda. Mrs. Prion/Ian and
Super Mario Bros. appear
ever tnore frequently on T-
shirts. hats and wristbands
on college campuses across
the nation.

Even now. there's a huge
market for retro games. But
why. when the latest titles of-
fer far superior graphics and
spectacular displays of vio~
lence'?

“Nothing can quite com-
pare to the feeling of gaming
when we were younger." I.(‘(‘
English junior Samantha
‘l‘ully said.

"Retro gaming is like vis-
iting an old friend." L(‘(‘ edu-

‘

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Paul Ross

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rm cut-zen
Nostalgic students dig up old games

cation sophomore Al-
fred Ben Parks said.
“I wear my Nintendo
wristband with
pride."

Whatever the ap-
peal might be. the de»
mand for these
games has sharply
risen. causing a sub-
stantial jump in
their price and
availability.

In fact. store
shelves now
only feature titles
currently in produc-
tion. This means
that retro gamers
will have to
look toward
alternative means
to acquire their covet-
ed cartridges.

One resource for thou-
sands of gamers is the popu-
lar online auction site eBay.

“I‘ve been looking for the
old Nintendo games." said
horticulture senior Brandon
Blevins. "I‘ve been tempted
to go on eBay and buy an old
NES.“

A quick eBay search for
"Mario" yielded more than
6.000 items. Of these. more
than half were related to the
popular Nintendo plumber.

Thousands of games. con-
soles and related items sell
every day. with prices rang-
ing from a few pennies to
hundreds of dollars. Because
there is a limited availability
of some of the more popular
titles. a single retro game can
often sell for many times
what it was worth years ago.
when it was new and just off
the shelf.

To supplement your col

lection by buying up retro
games. be prepared to dig
deep into your pockets
several titles bundled as an
auction lot can easily cost
more than 750.

Gamers aren't the only
ones who have noticed the
resurgence in popularity of
old-school games. Gaming
companies have taken notice
as well. cashing iii with hats.
T~shirts. wristbands. stick-
ers. even boxes branded with
popular retro video game
characters and logos.

In addition. many of the
tnost popular titles are being
re-released. Atari has made
available several discs for the

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have a library of old game ti-
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from.

Nintendo also has seen a
profitable re-release of many
older titles through its
newest handheld. the Game
Boy SP.

Whether it's the excellent
storylines. the replay value
or the echoes from our child
hood gaming days. trust this
techie's assessment: Retro
games are here to stay af-
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NASA expert addresses extraterrestrial life

By Stephen Burnett
tilt ifiium’iéoit

Trying to connect with
forms of extraterrestrial life
is Greg Schmidt's job de-
scription.

The NASA astrobiolo
gist will speak tomorrow at
the ideaFestival in down-
town Lexington. discussing
possible life in outer space.

“The talk is entitled
‘i‘onsciousncss and the (‘os-
mos.” Schmidt said. "But
I'm actually planning to go a
little deeper and talk mostly
about what we‘re doing and
what we know about life's
potential place beyond
Earth."

The talk is free. Schmidt
said. And anyone science
geek or otherwise who'd
like to hear about the search
for extraterrestrial life is
welcome.

"The world is changing
very quickly." said history
senior .lordan Wood. “and
it‘s going to be something
that affects all of us. not just
science maiors.”

Even before entering
'iigh school. Schmidt said he
wanted to work for NASA.

"About five years ago my
mother found a drawing that
I had done when I was about
six." he said "it said. ‘When
I grow up. i want to work for
NASA:

“Connecting with this
earlier me was incredible.”
he said. "This is something
that I've always wanted to
do. I can‘t possibly imagine
a better job."

His job involves search

ing for life
or signs of
life on Mars.
and plan-
ning future
efforts to
learn more
about possi.
ble locations
in the uni-
verse friend-
ly to life.

Schmidt

“NASA has a pretty vige
orous research program.
and a lot of the Mars pro—
gram has been redirected to
ward this goal." Schmidt
said.

More recent news stories
such as the “Mars rock" me»
teorite discovery in 1996
have “galvanized the world‘s
interest,
in astro- .‘
biology." "
Schmidt i
added. .Schniidt

" I t.
really 1]
lustrates
how dif
ficult it
is to do
cide how
yoti find .
life. be-
l.‘ (i U S t‘ 1
you have .
the best
scientific experts in the
world looking at that piece
of rock with the best tech
nologies in the world." yet
they still can't figure it out.
he said.

"I don‘t think there's life
anywhere iii the solar sys-
tem right now." said Nathan

. tomorrow

if you go

Who: NASA astrobiologtst (ireg

What: Schmidt will speak on
.(‘onsciousness arid the (‘osmos as
.l part of the 200-1 ideaFestival

When: 10.30am. to noon

Where: Radisson Plaza Hotel.
downtown Lexington

Admission: Free

Landrum. a geology sopho-
more and sci-fi aficionado.
“I'd like to find out if the ev-
idence they have points to
life in the past on Mars."

Like many scientists.
Schmidt answered that ques-
tion with a definite
"maybe."

“Most people think now
that conditions are too hos-
tile on the Martian surface.”
he said.

But now that the Mars
rovers Spirit and ()pportunl
ty have found possible signs
of water in the planet's past.
Schmidt said he's optimistic
that signs of past life could
be found as well.

“However. we won‘t
know that for some time to
come." he said.

Schmidt

‘ also said he

‘ doesn‘t think
humans are
ready to go to

. Mars just
yet.

“ T it c l‘ e
are many
questions
that remain
to be an
swet'ed about
humans in
deep space."
he said.

Scientists

have estimated a manned
mission going directly frotii
Earth to Mars would take
six to eight months to trar
verse the 200 million kilonio
ters between Earth and the
Red Planet.

Since then. President
Bush announced iii January

that NASA would first begin
planning “practice" robotic
and human colonization on
the tnoon.

"Going to the moon
makes sense." Schmidt said.
“We could learn how to set
up factories on the moon
that would be able to pro-
duce our needs for living
there. and then we could
stay there for increased peri-
ods."

Schmidt also acknowl-
edged criticism frotn those
who see expensive space
missions as frivolous. espe
cially in light of the prob-
lems on our own planet.

"We do need money for
education and medical re-
search and everything. But
look at the benefits that
NASA has brought." he said.
including such small tech-
nologies as car accelerome
ters. which trigger air bags.

"The country can afford
to do this." he added. "Atty
advanced civilization should
spend money on basic re
search on learning things
that extend itself. And I
think that what we‘re doing
here does that."

Schmidt said we certain
ly know tnore now titan we
did when he was a teenager
and worked on :1 report
about the Search for Ex-
traterrestrial Intelligence
project .

"I'm optimistic that
we're going to find signs of
life in my lifetime beyond
ottr home planet."

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Emily Haoedorn, Editor in chief

Andrew Martin, Opinions editor

Ben Roberts, Asst. Opinions editor

Rebecca Neal. Asst. Managing editor for news

Protect speech we loathe, too

Earlier this month. the University
of Louisville granted the Ku Klux
Klan‘s request to pass out literature on
campus. This comes after numerous at»
tempts by the KKK to come on campus
during this year and the dismantling of
kiosks where the group posted
material.

The KKK said it hopes to come to
campus on a more regular basis.

While this editorial board does not
in any way endorse or promote the doc-
trine of the KKK. we agree with UofL's
decision to allow them on campus earli-
er this month and hope they allow
them to come back with the stipulation
that they do not encourage violence.

The freedom of speech is essential.
especially on a college campus where
the transfer of ideas is key.

Opinions Editor Andrew Mar—
tin sat down with Associate Profes-
sor Steve Voss to talk about voting
habits of students and the American
public.
ti Whyisstudentturnoutatthe
polls so low?

E Student turnout is low for
three main reasons;

1. Students are often not happy with
the choices they have because candidates
are not appealing to people in their age
range; they‘re not trying to appeal to peo-
ple in their age range.

2. Students' lives are so unsettled
they don‘t know where they fit into our
society yet. So they don't feel the long
term attachments to political parties that
older people do.

Once their lives take shape. then they
sort of know where their bread's but
tered. Then their partisan affiliations
wrll become more solid.

3. Students physically
have unstable lives. they
move amund a lot and this
mobility makes political
engagement harder for
them.

gg Several issues
seem concern most stu-
dents. Why donft. politi-
cians try to mobilize stu-
dents?

The interests of

young voters are regularly
neglected precisely be-
cause they’re not a ptillll'
cal force. Part of the prob
lem is that they foriii a rel
atively small part of the
population.

A bigger part of the
problem is that they don‘t
turn out. There's not much
use appealing to a voting
bloc that's not going to go
to the polls.

There are some issues
that may seem as though they ought to
be good for appealing to young people
But in practice they're not.

Politicians starve schools and sittfl'e
education because that‘s. for many rea
sorts. the politically easiest thing to do.

to Doyoubelieveit'stheroleof
colleqeprofessorstoencouraoestudents
tovote?

X . I know that many if not most
of my colleagues will disagree with me.
but no. I don't see my job as encouraging
my students to be or do anything in par
ticular. except expand their minds.

I tell PS 101 students on the first day.
“My job is not to make you a good ("Ill
zen. It's to teach you enough about the
system so that you can choose whether
you want to be a good citizen. a bad citi-
zen or any other kind of citizen "

You're the people who paid me to pro-
vide you with a service.

I'm not a preacher. I‘m not a political
activist. My job is to teach

Q Whltahwtoruanizationslite
StudentGovenunent?

[X 0 Student Government is select.
ed by the voters to do what they want
them to do.

It strikes me that Student Govern-
ment is a good resource for people to
work together to gain more influence
over the political system. especially as it
regards funding for the university itself.

Sure. Successful student politicians
should be looking for ways to promote
the interests of their voters and keep
those voters happy

And I imagine getting more funding
for the university is one shared interest

But with that said. we hope that
peaceful groups that promote diversity
use this as an opportunity to have their
voice heard. The KKK‘s effort at UotL
should be countered with the same libv
erty the group is using.

While many people's first response
would be to shut the KKK's propaganda
out of campus. unfortunately their
tnessage » and the message of other
hate groups is still out there.

People should understand that real-
ity and take the dissemination of ideas
into their own hands.

It is because of this sentiment that
we applaud Uot‘l. President James Ram-
sey for encouraging peaceful discourse
as opposed to censorship.

In a letter to the student body. be en-
couraged “teach-ins and a day of dia—

logue to encourage education and dis-
cussion about hate groups. free speech.
the importance of diversity and other
important subjects."

He also pointed out that while the
KKK would be recruiting. students do
not have to listen. While the First
Amendment guarantees the freedom of
speech. it does not mandate that every-
one must pay heed.

As Ramsey said. “We can and
should choose to deny these two indi-
viduals what they most want: our at-
tention."

LiofL was bold in making its deci-
sion and should allow the group to con-
tinue to come on campus. Still. peaceful
discussion should be the loudest voice
heard. not the sentiments of a hate
group.

that a student leader could identify with
to promote a political career

it} What about high schools? Do
you mm high schools should do more
to prepare students for civic engage-
ment?

.3“ . As a political scientist I'm
supposed to say the loss of civics educa-
tion is a tragedy

But. onc