(if? k January 23. 2003 STILL ON TOP Cats remain unbeaten In confer- ence play with 67-51 victory over formerly unbeaten Auburn l Abortion rights advocates host forum Roe vs. Wade: Community members host discussion on anniversary of Supreme Court decision on abortion By Joshua Thomas SIAFF WRITER ” Abortion rights advocates discussed abortion education and rights at a panel Wednes- day. the 30th anniversary of the famous Roe vs. Wade Supreme Court case. David Nash. from Planned Parenthood of the Bluegrass and a faculty advis- er to Vox, a student organiza- tion formed last semester to raise awareness on women's health. don‘t understand the history of abortions. said many women “Roe vs. Wade was decid- ed in 1973. There is now a whole young women who do not un- derstand the issues that exist- ed before that decision." Nash new generation of said. Roe vs. Wade was the landmark case that legalized abortion. However. many lo- cal and national legislators continue to oppose the deci- sion. The panel was com- prised of Jody Bosomworth. a Lexington woman who had an abortion. Cynthia Cain. a reverend from the Unitarian Universalist Church of Lex- ington. Deborah Mills. an activist and member of the American Civil Liberties Union Reproductive Free dom Project. Rep. Kathy Stein. I).-[.ex. and Tom Stick- ler. also with Planned l’ar- enthood of the Bluegrass. “We are working to en- sure that individuals have a right to make their own Choice in matters such as these." said Penelope Pajel. Vox president. Bosomworth. who had an abortion because she already had four children and wasn‘t sure she could support anoth- er and had dealt with health Director has lofty hobby, lofty ideas for center By My Kershaw EDITOR IN CHIEF John Herbst is serving biscuits. His hair pokes out of a tall chef ’s hat, and a white apron hangs loosely from his neck. He drops a biscuit onto a student’s plate and mugs for a cam- era, dangling another bis- cuit in the air with tongs. This is a John Herbst kind of night: students crowding the University of Kentucky’s Memorial Coli- seum for s c h o o l - sponsored f i n a l 3 week par- ty, music playing, adminis. trators find pro- . e s s o r s Horhst doling out breakfast food. And, if that’s not enough. it’s al- most midnight. It’s the type of atmos- phere Herbst says he wants to see every night across the street at the Student Center. He’s been the cen- ter’s director for five years, and he has big plans for the place: concerts and comedy in the game room, a Kinkos and travel agency, student art brightening the walls. He wants later hours; the center closes at 11 pm. A student center should be a lively. vibrant place. he says. “We are here for the students," he says. And if Herbst’s life is any reflection, the Student Center could be a much better place with a little well-spent money. His co- workers say the center has already improved under his leadership; outside of work, Herbst is a dedicated father, hot air balloon pilot and “country boy.“ am As a child. Herbst worked on his family's fruit and vegetable farm in New York. He thought he would inherit the farm and spend his life there. harvesting food and selling it. “I'm just a little old farm boy,” he says. But when he was 18. he enrolled in State College of New York at Geneseo. pay- ing his tuition through a work-study program. It was at college. not on the farm. that he found what he would spend his life harvesting: student centers. His work-study as- signment was at the stu- dent union. a small build- Seemonli to be aware of the abortion debate "and be active in sup pomng the right to choose." .Ieremiah Davis. a mem- ber of the audience and a his- tory senior. said that he con- siders abortion to be a moral issue. not a legislative one. "They showed an inabili- ty to deal with the root. moral issues." he said. The panel used rhetoric to back up their claims and they skidded around the issue of when a fe tus became a person, Davis said. problems with her other chil- dren. said that people ought to put in a great deal of thought into that choice. "The decision should be mine. Not some attorney's in Frankfort." she said. Mills said that she went to Washington DC to protest the appointment of John Ashcroft. who is against alior- tion. She was one of few peo- ple there. but she said. “it's just little things. but it s all you can do." Nash said students need Appeals court judge plans to teach again New duties: UK College of Law professor's new job takes him away from teaching, but not students by [ate Fitzgerald CONTRIBUTING WRITER A UK College of Law professor was sworn into the 6th (‘ircuit Court of Ap- peals in December. and though he‘s no longer a full- time faculty member. he said his new position won‘t keep him from teaching UK students. “After I get comfort- able with my duties as judge. I will get back to teaching because I really enjoy it," Judge John Rogers said. Rogers. who has been a law professor at UK since 1978. taught international and constitutional law Classes. With his absence. the College of Law will hire EoonomlcssenlorRolandasByidwaltsdong JOIIN VAMPLER l PHOTO EDITOR thewflwaythatleadstrorntheseoondfloorolthesmdent CenurtoMmIristntloane. IIesaIdhelIiedtheaddltlonsotuieStl‘buclisandmshenstothe SW Center. New visions for building stirring around campus Ideas: Student Center's director says restaurant, bowling and upgrades could liven heart of campus By ‘I'ncy Kershow EDITOR IN CHIEF As administrators laud the new Johnson Cen- ter as a way to attract and retain students. some on campus point to another building that. with an infu- sion of funding. they say could do the same. Today. the Student Center is a two-building complex used mostly for meetings. speeches, lunch and the occasional concert. In the future. the facili- ty could be much more. with walls of student art- work. a travel agency. more concerts and comedy shows 7 maybe even hotel rooms. And some have rec- ommended building a new student center near the li» brary. “We can compare our- selves to a student recre- ation center." said John Herbst, who has been the center‘s director for the past five years. “Having social things to do has an impact on re- tention. too." he said. But ambitious visions remain just that when there‘s only enough money to maintain basic services. “There are certain things that need to be paid no matter what ~ like util ities. staffing costs." he said. "Last year we saw part of the roof disinte- grate virtually before our eyes." After 22 years of wait» ing for an increase in fees for Student Center. Herbst See CENTER on 3 Last year we saw part of the roof disintegrate Virtually before our eyes,” - John Herbst, Student Center director two new entry-level teach- ers for the international law classes. Allan Vestal. the dean of the law 5 c h o o 1 said the new assis- tant profes- s o r 3 should be hired by July 1. in time for next se. mester. President Bush nomi- nated Rogers for the posi- tion in December 2001. The Senate unanimously con- firmed Bush's nomination Rogers See ROGERS on 3 Students’ invention wins second place at engineering contest Relief pitcher Joan IAIPLER I paoro EDII’OR Batter up: Contraption, which took four weeks to build, gets graduate students a cash prize 8v sealant" Fa"! CONIREBUIING WP YER A team of four l,'K engineering students demonstrated their baseball-testing machine Wednesday. The machine, which they designed. built and tested. won second place at a national competition held in New Orleans in November 2002. “The design problem was to help baseball manufactur- ers test their balls before packaging (them). " said Chris De laney. .1 graduate student who was a part of the team. The machine was designed for the “Baseball Frenzy" comiwtition sponsored by the American Society of Mechan- ical Engineers I'K‘s team won 31.000. and the chapter won 3*“). The goal is to get 10 balls into each of three holes in a box placed seyeral teet away from the contraption. "We got iii halls in the holes it nationals." infer Smith. said graduate student Jen- (iraduate students Karen Rallman and Dock Carter were also part of the team