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Celebrating 35 years of independence

UK students scant at rally

Only five of about 200 students pretesting state

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FRANKFORT — Chants
from about 200 students’ echoed
through the rotunda of the
Capitol Building in Frankfort
during the Rally for Higher Ed-
ucation yesterday.

Students applauded and
shouted when their school
name was' called to show the
legislators who were yelling
near their offices.

But when UK was called out,
and the cheers lowered. Five UK

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By Shannon Mason
m: KENTUCKY KERNEL

If the thought of
midterm exams makes you
sick, you are not alone.

More than 50 students
have been diagnosed with the
influenza virus, or the flu,
within the past week at the
University Health Service’s
student clinic, said UHS Di-
rector Dr. Greg Moore.

“And that doesn’t even
count the people with colds,”
Dr. Moore said.

Moore said UHS received
more than 500 calls Monday
from students wanting to
schedule appointments be-
cause they had the flu, a cold
or a sore throat.

The flu is the most seri-
ous out of these ailments be-
cause the virus is responsible
for about 36,000 deaths a year
in the United States. Moore
said.

However, college-age stu-
dents are in a safer zone and
are at less of a risk of suffer-
ing major complications

More Inside

Tips for avoiding
the flu and a list of ways
to cope.

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from the flu, he said.

“It’s mostly just the really
young or the really old" who
suffer most severely, Moore
said. adding that students
with asthma or diabetes
should take extra precau-
tions.

Moore said the most im-
portant thing a student can
do is to be educated about the

 

students were present as well as
the mascot.

“This is a ridiculous
turnout,” said Student Govern-
ment Chief of Staff Robbie
Hopkins. “It makes me upset.

“Maybe it’s that everybody’s
too busy or maybe it’s that no-
body cares.”

The rally was organized by
the Board of Student Body Pres-
idents, which is an organization
made up of the student govern-
ments from the eight public

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UK men's basketball head coach Tubby Smith watches his team from the sidelines during a game against Alabama on
Jan. 14. Smith is in his ninth season coaching at the university.

In the Big Blue spotlight, Smith garners

CRITICAL
SUCCESS

Tubby Smith is a celebrity in
the basketball-obsessed Bluegrass.
For nine seasons, criticism and an
even keel have been two constants.

At college basketball'speak.

some coaches could lose their

By Derek Poore | The Kentucky Kernel

The Orlando
"Tubby" Smith Profile

I Born: Orlando Smith, June 30, 1951

I Hometown: Scotland, Md.

I Family: Wife Donna Smith and sons 6.6.,

Saul and Brian

I High School: Great Mills, Md, 1969

I College: High Point, N.C., l973
I Hired at UK: May 12, 1997

I Career record: 362-131

I Olympics: Won a gold medal as an assistant

flu.

“Most people don’t realize
what it is.” Moore said. “The
flu is a respiratory disease
that is a virus, and with it
you’ll have a high tempera-
ture, muscle and body aches.
a dry cough and maybe a
headache. It’s not having a
runny. nose and a sore
throat.”

Moore advises students
who have flu symptoms to
drink plenty of fluids, take
Tylenol, rest and stay away
from healthy people to keep
the virus from spreading.

“People who are healthy
should stay away from people
who are sick, and people who
are sick should stay away
from people who are
healthy,” Moore said.

He also said for students
to pay attention to how long
their symptoms last.

See Flu on page 3

footing. But Smith has planted
himself firmly at the summit
— and he’s not about to waver.

coach of the US. Olympic Team in the 2000
Summer Olympics in Sydney

I NCAA Tournament record: 27-" (.711 win-
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challenge
election
Violations

56 Supreme Court to decide
appeals by end of week

By Sean Rose
m: KENTUCKY mm

The Student Government Supreme
Court heard arguments on four disquali-
fied Senatorial candidates last night over
violations on their signatures sheets.

The Election Board of Claims dis-
qualified the candidates and the court
will decide if they will stand with a writ-
ten opinion later this week.

Senatorial-at-large candidates must
obtain 400 student signatures to run for
office. The board monitors the election
process for violations.

Candidates Meredith Storm and Jes-
sica Hobbs were both disqualified for
having another candidate’s name crossed
out and replaced with their own on the
signature sheet.

"We decided to disqualify Ms. Hobbs
because we worry that she has used an-
other candidate‘s signature sheets." said
the Election Board’s report. “If this oc-
curred it would be unfair to the students
who thought they were supporting the
candidacy of one person but were then
counted toward another.”

Both Hobbs and Storm argued that
they ran out of signature sheets and bor-
rowed some from another candidate. For-
mer presidential candidate and constitu—
tional committee chairman Will Nash ar-
gued on both Storm and Hobbs’ behalf
that they didn‘t take the other candi-
date‘s signatures only the actual sheets.

A similar issue pertained to the dis»
qualification of candidate 8.] Lee. who
had several of signature sheets without
his name on them.

“If no candidate name appeared
above, when the students signed the
sheet it was invalid because the sheets
directions state that they are signing for
the candidate‘s name above,“ the report
said. “There can be no consent to the
above candidate if the students are po-
tentially unaware of who the candidate
18.

SG Senator and presidential candi-
date Andy Bates argued on Lee‘s behalf.
telling the court that the fact that his oth-
er signature sheets bore his name was
enough to ensure that students knew
who they were endorsing.

The court justices argued. however.
that they had to look at the signature
sheets on an individual basis.

The court also discussed whether or
not the Election Board has the authority
to disqualify candidates without showing
proof of violations. which is the current
system. leaving the candidates to prove
there was no violation.

Both Nash and Bates argued that the
Board should show proof but Matt Kirby.
the council for the board. argued that
precedent was on the board's side.

“I think that under what Mr. Nash is
suggesting it will cut short the authority
that the board has traditionally held."
Kirby said.

A final case was not heard because no
representative was present. Candidate
Sean Cooper was disqualified because he
did not turn in enough signatures to run.
Cooper contends that he turned in the re-
quired 400 signatures but that the SG of-
fice misplaced several sheets.

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There’s good news and there’s
bad news for UK students hoping to
follow the men’s basketball team in
the NCAA Tournament.

First, the good news: In each of
the past four years, UK has not sold
out of its student ticket allotment for
first- and second-round tournament
games. This means that the chances
of a dedicated fan getting tickets this
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tery for student tickets will be held
early next week, when most UK stu-
dents will be far away from Lexing-
ton. celebrating Spring Break at an
exotic locale. This means that unless
a student is staying in town next
week, the chances of getting tickets
are slim at best.

Each year, the NCAA sells UK 550
tickets for the first- and second
round games, according to Executive
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After coaches. players and staff
members receive their tickets, the
remaining tickets are given to
donors. alumni and students. Each
group receives one third of the re-
maining amount. Mullens said that
there are usually about 100 student
tickets available.

The timing of the tournament
makes it difficult for UK to devise an
efficient system for ticket allotment
and distribution, Mullens said.

“We find out on TV just like
everyone else" he said. referring to

1d during Spring Break

the NCAA Selection Show on Sun-
day night. “Our options are pretty
small. We have a small amount of
time for turnaround with having to
wait until Sunday night to find out
where we go.“

Any tickets left over from the stu-
dent allotment will be distributed
back into UK’s priority system and
are ”allocated mostly to donors,“ ac-
cording to Mullens.

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SG candidates

unveil platform

By Erin Lautner
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Student Government candi-
dates Preston Worley and Scott
McIntosh told students last night
that they want to increase SG
awareness among the student
body, expand various services for
students and improving campus
life.

About 20 students attended the
session in Smith Hall.

“It’s great to see the different
candidates’ platforms and what
they hope to accomplish and also
to hear about ideas about things I
can do and ways to get involved
personally." said Philip Bruce. a
political science major who at-
tended the forum. “It's kind of
contagious and makes you want
to get out there and do things.
too.”

The candidates said that they
wanted to help keep students in-
formed about SG and other cam-
pus happenings with a student-ori-
ented Web site and expanded pro-
gram on Channel 50.

The duo said they want to offer
services on this Web site like dis-
counted tickets to Lexington
events. a free pick-a-professor ser-
vice and information about schol-
arships. campus events and orga-
nizations.

They also propose a plan that
would change the structure of
dead week.

Worley said the plan would
make the Monday and Tuesday of
dead week in-class review time,
personal study time on Wednesday
and finals would start on Thurs-
day and Friday and continue on
Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday
of the next week.

“Instead of it being five days
straight, students would get a
break in between finals.“ said Wor-
ley. “Right now. students are hav-
ing to pick and choose between
which finals to study for. It seems
like breaking it up offers students
a better opportunity to prepare for
each of their finals and ultimately
get better grades."

Lastly. they called for SC to
raise issues about women’s safety
and improve relations between stu—
dents and campus and metro police.

McIntosh said he wants

women’s safety to be addressed by
education and what what he called
“safety teams" - groups of people
educated about women’s safety
working with police.

“36.5 percent of women are vic-
timized during their time at UK,
and 95 percent of (those incidents)
are acquaintance victimizations,”
said McIntosh.

McIntosh and Worley also plan
to work with campus and metro
police to change the way police
handle student drinking.

Instead of arresting the stu-
dent. McIntosh says they would
encourage police to use student
contact forms that would refer the
student to the dean's office for
punishment.

While Worley feels all their
goals are tangible and that SG has
a reputation that needs to be fixed.

“We have a hard job of rebuild-
ing the credibility of student gov-
ernment." said Worley. “But in our
conversations with Dr. Todd and
other administrators. they are re-
ally excited to see students who
are still passionate about the uni-
versity and passionate about mak-
ing the student experience as good
as possible."

McIntosh said their platform,
though extensive. is not just empty
promises.

“We wanted to offer things that
could actually be implemented."
said McIntosh. “We are offering
things that will foster real change
and policy changes; actual things
that students will feel the effects
of. They're a lot of things we can
work on at once because it is going
to take long-term change."

“We want to make students
aware of what SG does offer them
and so that it would rebuild that
trust." said McIntosh. “Instead of
working for itself. it really works
for students. We want students to
benefit from student government
again."

“The new vision is a student
government that is involved with
the students and focused on issues
that are relevant to students." said
Worley. “We want an administra-
tion that really has contact with
the students. who are there be-
cause that’s what they care about
and not because it’s a good resume
filler."

 

Rally

 

Continued from page I

Kentucky universities. and
meant to push student issues,
particularly lower tuition. on
the legislature.

The rally lasted from noon to
around 2 pm. with members of
different universities' student
governments speaking. The
crowd chanted “fund the future”
and waved signs reading “show
me the money” next to statues of
Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson
Davis.

Despite the low turn out. the
UK students there said they
were hopeful.

“Overall it’s gone very well.”
said SG President Becky
Ellingsworth. “I think we stayed
positive and I think that's the
key”

The rally came one day after
the Board of Trustees approved
a 12 percent tuition increase for
next year, the fourth consecutive
year with a double-digit in-
crease.

SG Senator Brent Burchett
said he was disappointed with
the turnout as well especially in
lieu of the tuition jump.

“I thought the timing would
get everybody going.” Burchett
said. “I think everyone was busy
with midterms, I think that
played a big part in it.

“Still, there’s no excuse
when we’ve got a 12 percent tu-
ition increase."

SG reserved busses to trans-
port students to the capital but
didn’t use them since no one
showed interest. The UK mascot
arrived about an hour into the
event, to which one student said.
“Nice of them to show up."

Burchett. Hopkins and
Ellingsworth all said they were
surprised and upset that no can-
didates running for SC presi-
dent or vice-president for next
year came to the rally.

The other student there was
UK‘s student representative to
the Council on Post-Secondary

Education, Ryan Quarles.
Hopkins said he thought stu-
dents might be getting frustrat—
ed with fighting tuition increas-
es because rallies and other ef-
forts in the past haven’t stopped
tuition from climbing. He said
rallies might not be effective.
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legislators care." Hopkins said.
“For us to come and yell in their
office building and distract
them. I don’t think that makes
them care that much."

Brett Hall. director of com-
munications and planning for
Gov. Ernie Fletcher. said this
rally was typical of most and
that what follows rallies is more
important than the event itself.

“If you do it by itself. it’s not
very effective." Hall said. who
could hear the students in the
hallway by his office. “It’s who
you bring to the rally and what
you do in addition to it.

“A lot of people come up here
and have rallies and go home
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“If you have the flu, you’ll
be sick for about four to five
days," Moore said. “But
you’ll be really sick for about
two to three. If the symp-
toms last any longer, students
should come into the clinic
because it can turn into
pneumonia after a while.”

Moore also advises stu-
dents who have the flu and
begin “coughing stuff up" to
come in to the clinic because
that would mean they have
fluid in their lungs.

For those students who
are trying to keep from get-
ting the flu, Moore recom-
mends frequent hand wash-
ing.

“Influenza doesn‘t travel
very far,” he said. “Most of
the time it spreads when peo
ple shake hands and then
touch their eyes or nose."

Moore also advises stu-
dents not to smoke because

smoking weakens the im-
mune system, making smok-
ers more susceptible to dis-
eases.

“And next year, get a flu
shot," he said.

Moore said UHS has free
waterless handwash and tis-
sues available for students as
well.

Even though many stu-
dents have midterm exams
and essays to write this week,
Moore advises students to get
a lot of sleep and eat right.

“I know a lot of students
are staying up all night
studying and typing papers.”
Moore said. “But if you‘re
sick, that‘s not going to work.
either"

Moore said flu season hits
in the winter because people
live closer together.

He said this year’s out-
break coming closer to
Spring Break might be a
good thing.

“Luckin it’s almost
Spring Break and people will
be traveling to warmer
places,” Moore said. “That
way they can get away from
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Panel talks racial barriers at UK

By John D. Morgan
THE KENTUCKY KERNEL

UK College of Law’s first
black graduate shared his
experiences as a student at
the university in the mid-
19505 yesterday at the King
Alumni House.

The lecture was followed
by a panel discussion with
current international social
work students and both were
part of a week—long sympo-
sium put on by the College of
Social Work.

Hinnant, who began at
UK just one year after the
university began admitting
black students to its under-
graduate programs in 1955,
said he faced a lot of hostili-
ty while at UK.

“It did not take me long
to realize that some people,
some professors, some stu-
dents wanted me to fail, and
were very hostile and nega-
tive." Hinnant said. “When
you go somewhere and you
don‘t see yourself. you don’t
feel welcome."

In his 90-member class.
Hinnant was one of only 23
to graduate. But he still did

not get the respect he felt
he’d earned. he said.

After his graduation, he
recalled one professor telling
him that every UK College of
Law graduate’s picture hung
on the wall at the college W
but Hinnant’s would not.

It was 40 years later that
Hinnant’s picture was final-
ly framed and hung with the
rest of his classmates”.

Hinnant went to work
with State Farm Insurance.
He was the first African-
American lawyer ever to be
employed by the company.

Hinnant said he was able,
to ignore the “distractions"
and worked hard to ensure
he would reach his dream of
being a lawyer that he‘d had
since he was seven years old.

“In a democracy, freedom
is not won or lost all at once.
it is won or lost day by day."
he said.

After Hinnant’s speech.
members of the panel dis-
cussed what it is like to be
culturally different on UK’s
campus today.

International social work
students from three different
countries discussed chal-

lenges of being an interna-
tional student at UK, but
also added how helpful the
professors were to them
while they were adjusting to
the foreign culture.

“Every person has a
problem. but international
students have more prob-
lems than anyone else can
have because they are totally
onto a different world." said
Vinod Sriuastaua, a social
work student from India.

As a part of that differ-
ent world. international stu-
dents have to cope with the
language barriers that exist.

“You are a different per-
son when you speak another
language. You can’t be iron-
ic. 0r sarcastic. You can't
have any humor at all," Ste-
fana Moldovan, a social
work student from Romania.
said.

Still, many of them said
they feel welcome at UK.

“I feel at home in Ken-
tucky." said Jitender
Thakur, a social work stu-
dent from India.

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William T. Young Library
exists this well-known
hotspot for most underclziss
men. Thirteen residence
halls sit on this spacious
plot of land. housing rough
ly 3.117 students. mostly iin-
dergradiiate freshmen and
sophomores.

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co-ed living spat e. to a brand
new Baldwin Hall. peaceful
1y sit as students move In
and out all while calling this
little patch of land their
home away from home.

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waanlanding complex. de-
riving l!\ name from the five
Kirwan and five Blanding

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Jameson Morgan, a business freshman, qave The Kernel a tour of this
community restroom on his floor of Blandinq Tower. The Kirwin- Blandinq
Complex has been housinq students since the 1960s.

has recently transformed It.
sell Into .i modern marvel
Il\ three h:‘.'indtieII' dormito-
ries were erected in August
goes. I want to take you in-
\ltle these new walls to show
Iou whzit i"> like being one
of the first students to call
“top bunk" In these (when
I'oitipared to the old dorms)
Ritz-(‘arllen lookIa-likes.
Although living in a new
dorin costs about stuu extra.
the money spent may be well
worth 1!. When i first set
foot into the threestory
Baldwin llziil i tell like I had
just entered the first-class
level of the Titanic. The.
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palettes of traditional color
used in the interior were en-
hanced with a slight bronze
accent.

When thinking about my
own dorm experience in one
of the older and more '605-
retro South Campus dorms.
I couldn‘t help but notice
Baldwin contained no tears
in the furniture. scuffs on
the floors or disturbing fin~
ger paintings on the walls. I
guess while spending rough»
1y $46 million to build these
new dorms (or approximate-
ly $67252 per resident). the
university also wanted to
make sure the student ten-
ants would be properly
house-broken and well-man-
nered.

Evan Byers. a finance
and marketing freshman. al-
lowed me to take a quick
peak inside his dorm room
located in Baldwin Hall.

The very first thing I no-
ticed were the socks Byers

was wearing as he greeted
me at the hall check-in desk.
I wasn‘t actually distracted
by the rustic colored socks.
but by the fact that I could-
n't have imagined ever walk-
ing barefoot around my
dorm hallways with out fear
of stepping on nails or even
dried-up regurgitation.

The two‘person bed-
rooms come fully furnished
with everything. from ade-
quate desk space to move-
able closets. all in a warm
wood tone. creating a sooth-
ing cottage charm. A porce-
lain sink is kindly placed in
each bedroom as well: how-
ever. the shower and toilet
are both shared with the res-
idents of a joining room.

After my experience of
having to wear shower san-
dals and use toilet seat cov-
ers every time I had to do
my business in the dorm I
lived in. this vision of four
people to a Clean bathroom
sounds more like heaven
than a campus hall.

To top off the romantic
feel. the sun's rays are able
to gently beam through the
windows. creating natural
light just perfect for a mid
afternoon nap.

Moving on. each floor
contains its own laundry
room. study area. lounge
area and a kitchen equipped
with a full range oven and
large refrigerator. These
amenities are nice. but I
haven‘t even mentioned the
fact that the floors are also
co-ed. Too good to be true?
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UK first baseman Ryan
Strieby did exactly what he
needed to do to seal the win
for the Cats yesterday.

“He had to elevate some-
thing to the outfield. and he
did a great job of that." head
coach John Cohen said. “He
doesn’t have to find barrel
there and hit it out of the
ballpark."

Strieby did just that as he
laced a walk-off single down
the right field line with the
bases loaded in the bottom of
the ninth inning, giving UK a
7-6 victory over Marshall. He
said the difference for him
was the velocity of the oppos-
ing pitching.

“Last night we really
struggled at the plate." Strie-
by said. “A lot of their (West-
ern Kentucky’s) guys weren’t
necessarily flamethrowers.
so we were kind of out on
our front foot. We want to hit
line drives, and make the de-
fense work for their outs.”

Shaun Lehmann started
the game-winning rally for
the Cats (10-3) with a single
up the middle off Marshall
reliever Nick Wolle (0-2). An-
tone DeJesus followed with a
bunt for a base hit. Then. in a
scene drenched with irony.
Wolle balked to move the
runners up to second and
third. On Tuesday night. UK
lost when Zach Dials balked
in the go-ahead run in the
top of the ninth inning.

“I didn‘t see it. but this
one must've been pretty obvi-
ous because two umpires
called it at the same time,“
Cohen said of the play. “I
think that is ironic: it was
kind of our turn."

With first base open after
the balk. Wolle intentionally
walked Collin Cowgill, and

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Sophomore pitcher Greg Dombrowski throws to first during UK’s game
against Evansville last month. The