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Finally

Last but not
least

Jared Whalen has a
humorous take on
Kentucky weather,
where you can get a
tan in February right
before a snowstorm
and freeze to death
in May right before
the run for the roses.
Jared seems right on
track, but is he on
his way to being the
next rail editor? Let
me know what you
think at
rail_editor@hotmail.
com.

‘kl‘

Mind games
with Mother
Nature

The alarm goes
off....errr...errr..,errr

(Or whatever hellish
demonic sound your
alarm makes.)

After coming to your
senses, you roll over
and look out the
window.

And | ask you what do
you see? A crisp mild
winter day, with
leaves rolling across
the Bluegrass. NO!
You see a gloomy,
gray, cold. rainy day.
As if finding the will
power to go to class
isn't hard enough in
the morning. Knowing
that you have to
trudge across
campus makes it
about a bazillion
times worse. (0K
bazillion isn't a word.
but at least 10 times
worse.)

Here are some things to
keep in mind when
braving the rough
campus weather.

If you forget your
umbrella, it will rain.

If you take an umbrella.
it won't rain and
you'll lose the
umbrella.

If it's not raining now, it
will be after you
leave the house in
your new shoes.

When walking along
streets remember
cars will dowse you
with water from
puddles.

These same puddles
when combined with
excessive
construction cause a
phenomenon known
as “MUD" (enough
said).

Waterproof means water
won't go through the
fabric, but when
completely drenched
it also won’t run out.

Approach the Classroom
Building and POT with
caution. The 60 mph
gusts have been
known to blow away
paper, squirrels,
small woodland
creatures and
concrete garden
gnomes.

-Jared Whalen

4.9 2.;

Cool with showers.
on, Spring Break how we
wish you were here.
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Visitation policy revisited

The clock is ticking: SGA and Resident
Student Council propose new policy for halls

By Kelley Sears

CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Sign them in and watch
the clock. Be sure not to be
late.

As the clock ticks closer
to midnight. guests of the op
posite sex need to Iiurry otit
of UK residence halls and into
the night.

The Student Government
Association and Resident Slur

residence halls,
After four
preparation. last Friday they

sent a proposal to the office of

Residence Life.

l'nder this policy. the co-
education residence halls
Would have Zlaliour visitation
and the single-sex residence
halls Would be l2 pm. to 12
am. during the week and 1t)
am, to 3 pin. on the week-
ends.

months of

consider the days that fall be»
fore l'iiiversity holidays as
days under the proposed
Weekend policy,

lfnder the current visita-
tion policy. the coeducational
residence halls have visita
tion from 2 pm to 12 am
during the week and 12 [).lll.
to ‘2 am. on the weekends
The singlesex residence halls
have visitation from 3 pm. to
It! a.m. during the week and
12pm. to 2 Elm. on the week
end.

James Monroe. a fresh
man senator, decided to dedi
cate the last four months to
this issue because he thinks

inconvenient

"The visitation policv is
so strict that it was a uni
sance.” he said.

Dana Nash. the president
of the Resident Student (‘oiin
cil. wrote a letter to Resi
dence Life in support of this
proposal, She helped to work
on the proposed policy

Residence Life lilllt'lills
Were unavailable for coin
inent

According to infoi'iiiation
that SGA has collected from
[TK's Office of Residence late
and RSl‘. the visitation policy
has remained unchanged
since the transition to t'llt‘llll

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policy: The
coeducation
residence
halls would
have 24-hour
visitation
and the sin-
gle-sex resi’
dence halls
would be 12
pm. to 12
am. during
the week and
10 am. to 2
am. on the
weekends.

NATALIE ROSS l

(lent (‘oiincil have proposed a
new visitation policy for the

This policy Would also {hp

current policy is

BLACKHlSTORY MONIl-l

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* Memorabilia of Malcolm

By Jonathan Feldmann
CONTRIBUTING leTEP

()mar l’arooq plans to bring Malcolm X to life

On Thursday. I’arooq. who Iias an extensive
collection of Malcolm X memorabilia. will present
a lecture called "Malcolm X: Truth and the .\lVlll of

his Legacy.“

The lecture will include video and rare taped
interviews. Items on display will include historic
documents. photos and other rare items associated
with the life and work of Malcolm X Farooii said
he will Iiaiid out a few free cassette tapes of speech
es and other interviews done by Malcolm X

I‘arooo was introduced to Malcolm X in 197‘:
He was enrolled in a black history class at Indiana
St'itt l'niversity "J- ben be lead the autobiogi :ipliy'

of Malcolm X.

Farooq said he was immediately inspired by
Malcolm X‘s strong messages concerning race.

"Malcolm X‘s life reflects a large part of what
black males experience in the [Tnited States to

day." I’arooq said.

"They are constantly faced with dropping out

of school. street life and prison.”

l’arooq said Malcolm X reformed hiinselfonce
he was released from prison. becoming a role mod

cl for young blacks.

"()n a personal level Malcolm X displayed
courage and intelligence. lie was fearless. and
morally clean and upright." he said,

Farooq believes history hasn't given Malcolm

X the justice be vii-wry es lle sfllll more people p'iiii
attention to lll Martin Luther King. .Ii because ml
his noiiyiolcnt civil disobmlienre persona \t'liilo
Farooq belieyes King's preat liltlL"s were i‘eio-y llil
to the bin k t’lillllli'lllll‘» tie wes .\la‘n -illll .\' s per
spective as more iinpoitant to black v-iliiiri-

‘Siiit e .\Ialcoltii X has been dezid tor oyei to
years. 7?} peii'ei.t oi his lllt'xstﬂ' is sllll trite Today
l’ai'ooti said

I'ai'ooti noted that Malcolm X spoke pi'iiiurt‘ilk
of police brutality and police profiling. two issues
I’arooq said are willl pervasiye in tod'iy's sot ie-tf.

I'Iiillis Ratiihsy. pi‘ogrzini Whilllllnliirl .it the
Kin: (iiituiai ll-iitei. eiiioin'
41‘“ ‘ill facult. ‘t'il't ind stu
dents to .iin-nd lli" lecture nest
week
She expects it will provide an iii-
t'oriiiatiy'e understanding of Mal
(Illnl X's life and how it relates to
contemporary :\lllt'l‘ll‘(ill culture.
"The lecture will bring in to to
His .’I liil .‘llitill! Malcolm X‘s lIl‘t"
lll.ll we norni‘illy don't under
stand ‘she said

l’arooo sfllt'l .it the end of the lecture he w ill
present '1 short tribute to Mail olin X's wife. Betty
Sliabaz/

Riii‘ii‘:i~'. hopes the xi Ill show students
how important ti..iir«~ like .\ltiit mini X are to our
culturi-

The program is
at 4:30 pm. on
Thursday in the
King Cultural
Center. Farooq
will be available
for questions
after the
program.

'.-vui-.
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I’m not for anybody who tells me to
sit around and wait for mine.”

Leftist Student Union
members raising eyebrows

Working: LSU works for
social justice, equality

By Scott Slgi

STAFF VRITER

Mitch McConnell's continued
opposition to the Mc(.‘ain-Feingold
campaign ﬁnance reform bill has
raised some eyebrows on lTK‘s
campus.

These eyebrows mainly belong
to students involved in the (‘ampus
Progressive Coalition. in particular.
the leftist Student Union.

The Leftist Student Union is an
organization of students that has
made itself known on campus for
opposing sweatshop labor. but
many students are unaware of the
purposes and beliefs of the group.

“LSI' is not the best name to
characterize the work we do. It's so-
cial justice work." said Emily Rig-
don. an agricultural engineering ju-
nior and member of LSL'.

(‘ampaign ﬁnance is just one of
these issues. LSL' students believe
everyone should be able to equally

impact their government regardless
of their social status.

LSl' also supports equality
among social classes regardless of
gender. disability. race or sexual
orientation.

The organization also ﬁghts for
grass-roots democracy. human
rights. economic justice. personal
empowerment and environmental
protection.

LSI’ members are primarily
students dissatisﬁed with the De»
mocratic party. Many feel the liber-

LSU members
protested
sweatshops
last April.
They meet at
8 pm.
Tuesdays in
228 Student
Center. For
more informa-
tion contact
Stephanie
Blessing at
255-6974.

M H070

al-rooted party has moved too far to
the center to cause meaningful
social change.

Members do enjoy lively dis»
cussions during meetings but be-
lieve it takes direct action to cause
change. Past LSL' activities have in
cluded protesting sweatshop labor,
gathering signatures for petitions
and distributing pamphlets.

These activities require a large
group of passionate students. LSU

See LSU on 2

- MALCOLM X, SLAIN ACTIVIST

SPQILIGHT

Greek groups work
together for unity

litre-issue:

CONTRIBUT'NG NRITER

A segregated campus" Rm ia‘ii‘. flit illi'll iiir‘irlxi'ooins“ Some
l’K fraternities and slil‘tit‘llles her» to bring oim i: ind w. hite sill
dents together by making the l .reek sy \7”lll less segregated

Leslie Proﬁ‘itt. a biology freshman and member of the Alpha
Gamma Delta sorority. is one of thtm- stilll' nts Iler sorority.
which is historically white. and the historically black .\lpha
Kappa Alpha sorority. are planning a "Kids (‘arniyni'ﬂ' for .\l‘d‘ll
')

“This is a unity event for sery ice because we are .ill com
mitted to service.“ l’rotﬁtt said.

This is not an isolated eyampie, .\J l' B l A .\‘ council l’l‘t‘slr
dent Shaun Knox. a broadcast journalism \i‘t‘i‘iill‘. said the mini
ber of interGreek events has been gradually increasing e iyer the
last couple years.

Among others. the "Hip Hop for charity" event planned for
March will join Alpha Phi Alpha. a historically black fraternity.
and Phi Gamma Delta. which is traditionally white

The N [Kill AN Naturally l'nitetl by Intelligence and
Necessity (‘ouncil w as created at I'K in 199‘.) to serye as a gov-
erning body to the existing black fraternities and sororities

The lnterfraternity' and Panhellenic councils oversee the
traditionally white sororities and fraternities

Phi Beta Sigma. a historically black fraternity. took an ini
tlatly'e toward crossing those lines of tradition last .\ugust. by
becoming a member of the Interfraternity (‘oiincil

“We did it to try soitiething new. to expand. to bridge the
gap between the black and white Greek organizations." said
Jesse Day. sociology senior and treasurer of Phi Beta Sigma

Black fraternities and sororities were originally estab-

See mm on 2

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Student dies at Seaton Center

A young man died Sunday afternoon at UK
Hospital after collapsing during a basketball
gatne at the Seaton Center.

The Fayette (‘ounty Coroner would not re-
lease the student‘s name or cattse of death be-
cattse the family had not been notiﬁed.

A little after 4 pin. the 18~year~old freshman
collapsed onto the gytn floor. according to UK
spokesman (‘arl Nathe UK Police and an ambu
lance arrived and performed CI’R at the Seaton
t‘enter before taking the student to the UK Hospi
tal where he was pronounced dead at 4:49 pm.

Nominations sought

This year marks t 1e 10th year that UK recog
nizes the outstanding volunteer service achieve-
ments of l)arrell A. \‘anMett-r through the me
sentation of an undergraduate award named in
his honor. \‘anMeter was a sophomore at UK
when he died in 199i. Nominations are being
takett until Friday. March 9. If you have any
questions or need additional information call the
Stttdent Activities Office at 257—8867.

2001 commencement

The l'K t‘ommencement Committee is seek~
mg a graduating senior to deliver an eight
minute address at this year's commencement
ceremony. Selection of the student speaker will
be made on the basis of: l) contributions to UK.
3) public speaking ability and iii a precis ofthe
talk. The applicant must be receiving an under
graduate degree. The applicant must have signif
icantly contributed to UK through campus and
community activities, Applications are due by
March 21. For an application go to 120 Student
t‘enter. SIR POT or you can \‘isit
http: wwwdobson.ca.uky.edu forms
ctunmencepdf.

Iraq vows to retaliate for airstrikes

BAGHDAD. Iraq Iraq threatened to retali-
ate fora major l'.S.»British airstrike on its air de-
fense system. while people in the street insisted
on Saturday that the raids only stiffened their
support for Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein. Two
people 1.\ ere killed and 20 were wounded in Fri
day night‘s missile attack on air defense anti
radar sites south of Baghdad. the official Iraqi
News Agency reported. The first fatality. a
woman. t‘thayda Atshaan Abdullah. died hours
after the 9 pm. attack. The second. a man. Khalil
Hameed Alwash. died early Saturday. Antieair»
craft guns began firing minutes after sirens
wailed across Baghdad. alerting the city of more
than 5 million people to the attack by 24 l'.S. and
British warplanes. Their missiles targeted sites
to the south of the capital.

UP IN HERE:
Grammy nomi-
nee and wanted
man DIX has
put the word
out he will
abide by a
judge's order
and surrender
to begin serving
a 15-day Jail
sentence in
upstate New
York sometime
next week. It
DMX heads to
the slammer as
promised, it
means he won't
be attending
next
Wednesday's
Grammy
Awards in Los
Angeles.

JUMP:

David Lee Roth
filed a lawsuit
against
VanHaIenStore.
com in Los
Angeles
Superior Court
on Thursday
(Feb. 15) for
violation of the
Consumers
Legal Remedies
Act. Roth is
looking for pre-
liminary and
permanent
injunction relief
against
VanHalenStore.
com.

Israel voices support for attack

JERUSALEM ~ Israel said it had no securi-
ty worries from U.S.-British air raids against
Iraq. Palestinians. meanwhile. burned Ameri-
can ﬂags Saturday in solidarity with Baghdad,
and the militant group llamas called for an Arab
stand against the West. Israeli Deputy Defense
Minister Ephraim Sneh said there was no worry
of a flare-up in violence in the Persian Gulf after
the allied warplanes struck Iraqi air defense
sites around Baghdad on Friday. Hussein is ex-
ploiting the absence of international inspections
to build chemical. biological and probably one
clear weapons. Sneh said.

Another quake rattles El Salvador

SAN SALVADOR. El Salvador Another
earthquake rattled El Salvador on Saturday.
sending thousands of people fleeing into the
streets and causing a cloud of dust to rise from
the slopes of the San Salvador volcano. There
were scattered reports of landslides. but no im-
mediate reports of' damage or injury from the
quake. which hit shortly after 2:30 pm. The gov-
ernment’s National Emergency Committee said
the quake had a magnitude of 5.3 and was cen-
tered just south of the capital. The new quake
was “short but strong," said ()scar Ortiz. mayor
of Santa Tecla. where hundreds of people died in
a landslide caused by a magnitude 7.6 quake on
Jan. 13.

Airstrike order ends busy week

CRAWFORD. Texas , In his fourth week in
ofﬁce, President Bush marched across a military
parade ground to the tune of “Hail to the Chief“
on Monday. played video war games Tuesday,
saluted citizens soldiers on Wednesday. and
pledged on Thursday to build a “hemisphere of
peace“ with US. diplomats. And then things got
real. putting to a test his command of his new
job: commander in chief. In the middle of an
eight-hour Mexican summit. the first foreign
trip of his presidency. Bush received word Fri
day that US. warplanes had carried out his or-
ders to strike Iraqi military sites. The busy day
punctuated long-laid plans for “national securi-
ty week“ at the White House. and gave the na~
tion its ﬁrst glimpse of Bush at the switches that
make America a superpower.

Wreckage scanned by submersibles

HONOLULU The wreckage of the Japan-
ese ship Ehime Maru sits “almost upright“ on
the ocean floor 2.033 feet below the surface
where it was struck by a US. submarine more
than a week ago, the Navy said Saturday. The
l90-foot ﬁshing vessel was located by a deep-sea
robot late Friday night. None of the nine people
still missing was seen in the wreckage. Whether
the Ehime Maru is in a condition that would al-
low it to be raised intact could not be deter-
mined. said Jon Yoshishige. a spokesman for the
US. Pacific Fleet.

Compiled from wire reports.

DORMS

Continued from page i

cational residence halls in
1960.

“Essentially the issue is
one of social standards. one of
common sense. Now that we
have coeducational residence
halls it is difficult to enforce
the policy that they have in ef-
fect because undoubtedly peo-
ple go between floors in the
halls," said Edwin ()range,
chairperson of the student
senate.

Students have mixed opin-
ions on the proposed policy.

“I don‘t think it will make
any difference. it can happen

anyway and it does. I'd rather
not have a guy spend the night
with my roommate when I‘m
there." said Ashley Chilton. a
resident of Kirwan Tower.

Robin Bryant. a SGA
freshman senator. said an up
dated visitation policy Would
help UK be “America's Next
(lreat University.“

“I think it would be great.
we are all coming to school as
adults. so we can decide who
visits us." she said.

Joe lmpellizzeri. a mem-
ber of the committee who has
proposed the new policy.
agrees with ()range that pre-
vailing social standards have
changed and changes need to
be made.

"It's definitely time fora
change." lmpellizzeri said.

Continued from page 3

members believe their strength
lies in numbers. so new mem-
bers are always welcome. Stu-
dents do not have to feel pas»
sionately about any one issue.
Those that are qttiet leftists are
as welcome as any others.

l.SU seeks anyone from
feminists to multi-culturists or
gay~rights activists to environ-

NUBIAN

Continued from paqel

lished in the early part of the
20th century in the United
States as a means of circum-
venting the racism that pre»
vented blacks from joining tra-
ditionally white organizations.
according to the National Pari-
llellenic (‘ouncil web site.
Keisha (Tarter. a senior po-
litical science and history ma
jor anti Alpha Kappa Alpha’s
parliamentarian. shied away
from the term “voluntary seg

mentalists. according to the
group‘s web site.

LSU members come from a
wide. variety of backgrounds
and feel that their organization
has been stigmatizml because of
past events or sterotypes.

“I'd like to debunk the
myth...about liSU being a
bunch of crazy radicals." Rig
don said.

"If you sit down and have
a long talk with (us) about is-
sues you'll see that (we) have a
lot of reasonable. well thought
ottt pt’isitions."

regation“ to describe racial dif-
ferences between Greek organi-
zations.

Rather than being “volun~
tary." the segregation has more
to do with historical differences
that led blacks to have different
exwriences on the UK campus.
she said. People want to join or-
ganizations where they have
experiences and other things in
common with members.

“It's not enough just for
organizations to plan events
together. but we have to start
with small relationships and
people being together." (‘arter
said, “Then we will be able to
develop those friendships."

Sorority
Membership
Opportunties

a club wifh
life ﬁme membership

To register and for more information contact
575 Patterson Ofﬁce Tower
or on line at:
http:/Aivww. uky. edu/StudentAtTairs/Greek/openfonn htm

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Students can end up
broke looking for a break

‘Too good to be true': Fraudulent operations can put
students planning a Spring Break getaway in a bind

Carl Hookelman
CONTRIBUllNG WRITER

You haven't seen the sun in a
week and a half. you shuffle from
class to class and the thought of mak
ing it all the way to May fills you
with...ahysmal dread. It’s no wonder
Spring Break is there. an oasis of
hope that helps you walk tall in those
cold months that end with "-ary."

Unfortunately. student‘s desires
to escape college campuses to steami
er climes can lure some unsavory eler
iiieiits into the travel industry who
have no intention of sending you any-
where hut home. hroke. Everyone
has heard of those nightmare vaca-
tions that put you in some third
world roach motel. airplanes that
don't show up. and other hassles that
will make yoti wish you had stayed
home.

Those most knowledgeable about
travel scams give college students
simple advice to avoid heing taken
for a ride: If it sounds too good to he
true. it probably is.

Ilan Dickson. puhlic relations
manager for AAA Blue (lrass Ken
tiicky. gives these additional hints for

travel agencies."
These fraudulent operations are

tough to catch because so much of

their business is out-of-state. lfan unr
scrupulous agency gets caught. it will
usually be for federal offenses such as
mail fraud. For this reason. he wary
of companies that won‘t use the [KS
Postal Service. demanding you use a
courier service or a messenger for
trip transactions. Dickson said.

“When they get caught. they get
trailed pretty hard. but catching them
is difficult. they keep moving from
state to state." Dickson said.

Students hooking travel reserva-
tions should also he aware that good
travel agents will rarely. if ever.
charge a fee to individual customers.
Resorts and transportation compa
nies usually pay the travel agents a
commission for hooking vacancies
and seats

The Better Business Bureau also
notes that postcard mailings that say
you have won a prize. hilt must take a
trip to a resort and attend a sales pre-
sentation or pay a fee to claim a
prize. usually signals fraud.

Once you find a company that
you feel comfortable doing husiness

blocks of plane seats and hotel heds
in large quantities months in ad
'ance. they will penalize you if you
can't take the trip because of estenu
ating circumstances.

"If you have insurance. you can
protect yourself if there is an illness
or death iii the family. or if you can‘t
get to the airport on the scheduled
day."

(‘harter air travel can he \‘oi'y
cost-effective. especially tor compa
nies offering cruises and the like
Passengers on these flights need to he
aware that transit on one of these
planes is not like flying a regularly
scheduled commercial flight. Where
as Northwest or l'niterl run flights
between destination cities all day.
charter tlights may he a oirce or twice
a week event. so if you llllss your
flight. for whatever reason. you won't
he getting on another plane in two or
three hours

Any "savings" oti'ered hy a pack
age deal will quickly disappear if you
etid up at a commercial airline
counter to purchase a one way ticket
to your destination if you miss your
charter flight, The Institute ot‘t‘em
fled Travel Agents also EtIISIst's \nr
dents to he aware that it is legal for
charter flights to be canceled up to to
days before departure l’lights can
also he delayed up to to hours with
no mandatory compensation for the

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Legislators buckle
down on seat belts

Click: New law would make seat belts a primary offense

By lamln Swarm
ASSISIANY NEVIS IDITOB

“Buckle up or pay the fine."

That could he a slogan for law en
forcement departments across Ken
tiicky it a hill in the state legislature that
allows police officers to stop drivers and
passengers who are not wearing a seat
helt becomes law,

I'assed hy the Ilouse ’l‘ranspoitation
(‘ommittee on Thursday in Frankfort.
the current state seat helt law. which
says that not wearing a seat helt is a sec
ondary otfense would hecome a primary
oflense. This would permit officers to
stop the motorist for" not wearing a seat
helt.

Some state legislators feel if the hill
hecomes law. the law would give law en
lorcemeiit officers reason to stop mo
torists for reasons other than seat Ill‘ll\
saving lives.

In Friday‘s Lexington Herald
Leader. the hills sponsor. Rep .lorlie
Haydon. said it's designed to save lives.
not to give police an excuse to search a
car without prohahle cause.

"The intent of this is not inst to cite
people." said Haydon. a democrat from
Bardstown.

Kentucky enacted its seat helt law
in 19941. and is one of 1&2 states that en
forces a secondary seat helt law Seven
teen states. along with the llistrrct oft ‘o
lumhia, have a primary st'ill heat law

loi‘lsts

"They should not he ahle to pull dr'
was over hecause you're not wearing i
seat helt." she said 'It should he your
choice to Wear one or not "

Hart/ favors the current law and
said it would he ( )K to he ticketed tor lll it
wearing a seat helt on a secondary ol
tense

.»\ccording to the Kentucky State l'o
llt't‘. hetween Mail and MN there was at»
increase or .‘rliioo \l’Ill helt z lizilltills L'l\
en to motorists troin noon to 7B out

Other students layoi the hill her on.
iiig law

I.ouai Salaiii an .rgi i» lllllll'Jl
biotechnology sophomore. said llt llll
stopped for not wearing .t seat helt
would not lllt oriyeiiienr e llllll ind
would cut down on yehrr ulai llt'Jllls

"I think it should he .i law. so people
won‘t die." Salaita said

()I‘Iicials said a seat helt law with r
primary offense \lttl.l!l!tli in the state
would tip the list' ot seat llt‘ils on the
road

"A\ tougher law would entourage
more people to use safety hells." said
siiill' polite sergeant. Tony Young in the
Herald Leader on Friday

Young said numhers from other
sl.’lll'\ with pt irnai'y seat helt laws sue:
gest Kentucky could see a lit to 1.". per
rent ltlt l‘Hlst‘ in seat helt ll\t‘

The National llighwa'. ’I'tansporta
tion Satet'.‘ Administration estimates

detecting a scam artist.

"Low price. unsolicited otters. es
pecially those with highpressure tac
tics. claiming that you have to hook
now. those are rare among reputahle

with. Heather Clary. director of cotii
munications for the Better Business
Bureau. recommends getting cancel
Iation insurance. Because even the
most reputahle companies hook

traveler. In addition. charter airlines
won't have reciprocal agreements
with other airlines. so you could face
spending two days ot a seven day
hreak in an airport terminal

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