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Shiny Happy
People

SUMMERKENTUCKY

Before I begin, I want to
take a moment and

brag about my
vacation to Miami.
Fla., next week. Ahh,
that was good.
Anyway, if any of you
have been to
www.uky.edu lately,
you've noticed the
redesigned site and if
you're like me, you
said, "Okay. it's new"
and then moved on
with your life.
However, some of
UK's professors and
students have been
complaining that the
picture of the two
white males and the
smaller picture of the
black female make
UK look racist and
sexist. I can
definitely see their
point on this issue
but they are lucky
they didn't choose
any of the other
pictures in the
running for the
homepage. Here are
descriptions of the
other pictures that

were not chosen.

"The Squirrels of
Kentucky"

A bunch of rabid
squirrels attacking
students on their way
to class. The lighting
was good in the
picture at least.

"Deceased Birds and
Bird Parts"

This collection of dead
bird carcasses did
signify the level of
competition one
might see in college
but failed to be
appropriate.

"A Nice Trip"

This is just some guy
falling, which is what
the girl currently on
the homepage is
laughing at.

"The UK Car"

This one was a collage of
images of Mitsubishi
Eclipses, which make
up about 47% of the
cars that UK students
drive.

“LOC Crew"

Why this one got canned
is beyond me. The
nude picture of
myself riding a
Harley was artistic
genius. I suppose
that I could have
taken the picture
“naturally" but the
body oil really made
me shine.

“Restrictions"

Personally, I felt that
this collection of
fences put up by the
construction workers
was a nice
representation of the
campus but the
powers that be had
their way I guess.

"Men in Blue"

For some reason, this
dramatic image of
one of our beloved
parking employees
writing a ticket to
every car in an E lot
was not taken
seriously.

-Jonathan Ray
Rail_editor@hotmail.com

Tomorrow's
weather

a
6.6 6.6

Rain, rain on my face. It
finally stopped raining
for a number of days.

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faculty say site has demeaning overtones

By Kelley Sears

NEWS EDITOR

Scott Sloan
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The UK web site's home
page has undergtme a change.
but some are not pleased with
the new look.

A group of students and
faculty members believe the
new display of pictures on the
site is demeaning.

"The problem is you have
a white male sort of looming
over two subordinate figures.”
said Joan Callahan. a philoso-
phy and women‘s studies pro-
fessor at UK. "One of them is a
black female student and she
is the smallest of the three,
She certainly doesn‘t look like
someone who might be a pro»
tegee of this professor. while
the young man might be."

.DEATHEENALTY

By Scott Sloan

EDITOR iv CHIEF?

Despite public opinion that
supported Timothy McVeigh's
execution. people across the
country gathered Monday to
show their opposition to the
United States“ use of the death
penalty. including a group in
Lexmgton.

Nearly 75 people assem‘
bled outside the Fayette Coun-
ty (‘ircuit Courthouse on Main
Street at 8 am. Monday to
silently protest the execution
of McVeigh.

People of all ages came to-
gether for a silent vigil orga~
nized by the Kentucky Coali-
tion to Abolish the Death
Penalty.

"1 just wanted to stand up
for what I think is right." said
Kelli Burton. a former UK stu-
dent who will be returning in
the fall. "I‘m a strong advocate
of silent protests being a way
to show the justice system that
not everyone agrees with
them."

The event was led by
Richard Mitchell. a member of
the KCADP board and a 17K
College of Dentistry faculty
member. Mitchell said the fed-
eral government's use of the
death penalty was revenge
against McVeigh. a man that
seemed to be about revenge

"I think part of it is just to
say that even for McVeigh.
someone who is clearly hard to
have sympathy for. the death

(‘allahan said the image of
the black female student is
self-defacing. because she is
shown laughing while the two
males have serious expres-
sions.

Sara Todd. :1 biology se-
nior. is also uncomfortable
with the new home page.

"I'K‘s web site is very im
portant.“ she said. “PI'OSIJPU
tive students will go there and
see this. I feel it very much
gives the first impression of
UK.”

Todd says she believes
there are ways to make
changes and keep everyone
satisfied.

She suggested having an
image that represents different
departments or majors that
changes daily.

"()verall. something that
doesn't play up to stereotypes
in our society." Todd said.

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UK's new Internet home page, at left, has
inspired controversy because of the placement
of the African-American female in comparison to
the white male researcher and student. The site
differs from the old version, shown above. which
prominently displayed the now-retired slogan,
"America's Next Great University."

(‘huck Ham. UK's content
webmaster. said (‘ornett Ad-
vertising. a national market
ing firm. handled the site de
sign.

"The design people put it
together. and I was told to put
it up with some minor
changes." Ham said.

The changes made regard
ed spelling and the sites acces-
sible from the home page.

"The controversy is some
what disturbing because we
did some testing of this and no
one that we tested this on said
anything about the pho»
tographs.“ he said.

The testing was informal
and involved people in UK
Public Relations and other
around campus.

"I think it is an innocent
mistake." Todd said. "This is
what is so dangerous; this can
easily be done "

Todd said she feels the im-
age portrays I'K as a place that
holds men. science and engi-
neering in a higher regard
than those in the arts and hu

manities

"It has a large white man
in a lab coat. another white
male and a black female that's
laughing." Todd said.

Todd said this relays the
image that the elder man is sr
rious. while the young black
woman is having fun and care-
free,

Ann Ferrell. the Kentucky
(Tommission on Women‘s prin-
cipal assistant for project man
agement. said the site design
relays stereotypes 'IhHIlI
women and minorities.

”Stereotypes about who‘s
scholarly. intellectual and se»
rious about their studies. and
who is not. are reinforced by
the juxtaposition of the photo
graph." she said, "It really
hampers the images I think
UK can project."

Callahan said the protest
over the web site design has
nothing to do with the people
pictured.

"Our problem is with the

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SCOTT Sloall I EDITOR m CMIU

Almost 70 people gathered at 8 am. Monday In front of the Fayette County Circuit Courthouse on Main Street
to participate in a silent vigil against the federal government's execution of convicted criminal Timothy McVeigh.

penalty is still wrong."
Mitchell said.

Mitchell said he hoped the
event would convince support-
ers of the death penalty to re-
consider their views,

"I think anytime you say
something different than the
majority says you put seeds of
doubt in other people's minds.
and it makes it easier for other
people to stand up." he said.
”It‘s easier to stand up when
you're not alone."

Beth McArdle. a 2000 [K
graduate. who also attended
the rally agreed

"If by silent protests. you
get more people to join you. it's
an okay thing." she said. "It's
not right to take someone else's
life no matter what they‘ve
done."

Protests also took place in
Louisville and Owensboro.

McVeigh. 33. was pro-
nounced dead following lethal
injection at 8:14 am. EDT at
the Federal Penitentiary in
Terre Haute. ind. He did not
make a verbal statement prior
to his death but did release a ﬁe
nal handwritten statement that
included quotations from the

poem "lnvictus." including "1
am the master of my fate. I am
the captain of my soul."

McVeigh was convicted of
crimes related to the April 19.
1995. Oklahoma City bombing
of the Alfred P. Murrah feder-
al building that killed 168 peo-
ple.

McV'eigh‘s execution was
the first federal execution in
38 years. A second is sched-
uled on June 19, The prisoner.
Raul Garza. 44. was convicted
in 1993 of killing one man and
ordering the deaths of two
others.

Thenext
greatslogan

NEWS EDITOR

UK‘s no longer "America's next
great university."

Last week, after much criticism,
UK decided to shelve its advertising
slogan.

President—elect Lee Todd re-
quested the change, Michelle Ripley,
UK's national marketing director,
said.

"He has his own image for UK,"
Ripley said.

Public relations representatives
will meet with Todd in the next
month to determine his outlook for
UK. so an appropriate slogan and
marketing strategy can be devel-
oped. Ripley said.

"We need to learn what Dr.
Todd's vision is first, before we can
develop the next logical step in the
campaign," Ripley said.

Some students are pleased with
the change.

"This will draw the attention
away from us becoming a top 20
school and bring the focus on educa-
tion," said James Heishman, a jour-
nalism senior. "This will ultimately
take us to the top."

Beth Wiggington. a psychology
senior. said she felt the old slogan
was very insulting to current UK
students.

"I do not like the old slogan be-
cause we are already a great Univer-
sity." she said.

Some employees in student re-
cruitment at UK found the old slogan
to be a disadvantage.

"I think. with my experience in
recruiting prospective students
especially those that are academical-
ly talented. they want to attend a
great university." said Kelly Hol-
land. associate director of admis-
sions. "They don’t want to attend the
next great university — they want to
attend a great university."

Holland said many alumni have
also complained about the old slo-
gan.
"They ask. if it is going to be the
next great university, what was it
when I went there?"

UK’s Merit Scholarship office
had applicants develop new slogans
when writing essays last spring.

Sandy Copher. director of merit
scholarships, said most themes fo-
cused on research and UK’s friendly
people.

"[The old slogan has] been
around for a while, so it’s ﬁne to
bring in something new." Copher
said.

Faculty trustee

ByScoﬂSIOII

EDITOR IN CHIEF

UK’s faculty has elected a new
representative to the Board of
Trustees.

Claire Pomeroy, a professor of
medicine and chief of infectious dis-
eases for the College of Medicine.
won the election, which took place
over the ﬁnal two months of the
spring semester.

"It was a very nice feeling hav-
ing the support of my colleagues like
that," Pomeroy said.

Pomeroy replaces Daniel Reedy,
a Spanish and Italian professor who
has served as a trustee for four

"I think Dr. Pomeroy is an ab-
solutely splendid choioe by the facul-
ty. and I feel that she has the quail-
ties and the capablities to surpass
any interaction that I may have had
as a Board member.” Reedy said.

Staff Trustee Russell Williams
said he looks forward to working
With Pomeroy on issues such as em-
ployee health insurance.

"Her being a physician gives her
different insights than I have,"
Williams said. ”The faculty is im-
pacted as much as the stat! is with
that. That's probably the biggest [to-
sue]. because it's one that’s not pin:
to go away.”

Pomeroy said she is excited
about the opportunity to carve a a
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LAMEILSJIEHS

Administrator retires after devoting
career to campus and communi

Joe Burch: His dedicaton will not end after spending
over 40 years working for students and faculty at UK

By Steve Jones
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About 50 friends. family and col
leagues gathered at the Student Center
Friday to hotior Joseph Burch. who is
retiring as lTK's Vice President for Uni-
versity Relations.

"The strange thing is you wonder
how long Il will take you to get to re-
tirement. and then when it happens you
realize how quickly it came." Burch
said during his remarks.

Burch. 6:2. is a UK graduate who
has worked. in some form or another.
for UK since 1959. Among the many
jobs he has held are dean of students.
deputy general counsel. assistant to the
yice president for business affairs and
acting director of athletics.

Burch's accomplishments and
awards at l'K have been many includ-
itig a 1997 Alumni Association Alumni
Seryice Award.

Burch also helped author l'K‘s ﬁrst
student code. helping to ensure that stu~
dent rights were protected on campus.

The retirement celebration was at-
tended by a number of [K administra-
tors. including L'K President Charles T.
Wethington Jr. who spoke at the event.

"Joe‘s love and commitment to this
place is unexcelled." Wethington said.

Burch's retirement on June 30 coin-
cides with the end of Wethington's pres»
idency

Wethington that

was thankful

Biirch‘s departure did not come before
his own. so he would not have been
faced with replacing him.

"I‘m delighted he stayed as long as I
did." Wethington said. "He will be
missed by me and a lot of other people.
He is absolutely a first-rate administra-
tor."

Incoming President Lee Todd will
decide how to replace Burch.

Former Kernel editor in chief An-
drew Oppman was asked to speak on
behalf of Burch's former students.

Oppman. the executive editor of the
Post-Crescent in Appleton. Wis.. be-
came acquainted with Burch while cov-
ering stories for the Kernel from 1981-
84. Burch. then the Dean of Students,
was a repeated source for Oppman.

"Joe Burch was a fair. tough. de-
cent administrator." Oppman said. "He
was good to the students and great for
the University."

Oppman said few administrators in
the future would equal Burch's long
time commitment and loyalty to UK.

"He may be the last of his breed."
Oppman said.

Though Burch is leaving his ad-
ministrative position. he will continue
to impact campus in a post-retirement
appointment with the UK Alumni Asso-
ciation. He is also looking forward to
traveling in his free time.

"i would like to do some of the
things 1 did as a student." he said.
laughing.

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he was honored for over 40 years to service to the
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configuration of the three im-
ages." she said. "At l'K. whenev-
er we try to represent diversity.
it‘s always in terms of black
and white. We have many inter-
national students. We have
many gay students. Diversity is
much more than white Ameri-
cans and African-Americans "

Ham said that 17K Public
Relations will change the site
design,

"We‘re taking their com-

ments to heart and are working
to make a change." Ham said.
"It may not come about fast
enough to suit them but we‘re
working on it."

Ham said changes had al-
ready been planned for the site.

"On July 1. you‘re going to
see the new president’s (Lee
Todd's) face on the homepage."
he said.

Though the web site has in-
spired complaints from some.
some students on campus feel
the issue is moot.

"It does not offend me in
any way. shape or form." said
Courtney Sullivan. a communi-
cations senior. "Buildings are
nice. let‘s just stick to those."

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I’ll tell you straight up.

Swordﬁsh was a bomb.

Yes, a bomb. The plot is
confusing. dialogue choppy,
ending sappy and confusing.
and the realism of computers
is nil.

But, even as I sit here and
tell you this. there is some re-
deeming quality.

Swordfish is the tale of
Stanley (Hugh Jackman), an
ex-hacker who has just gotten
out of jail for destroying an
FBI program that reads every—
one’s e-mail on the Internet.
After a two-year stint in the
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daughterto live with her new
porn star husband. More over,
if he even touches another
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and can’t get his daughter
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grades Stanley, walks on him

and basically cuts him for be-
ing who he is. Eventually she
makes him an offer he can‘t
refuse — 310.000 just to meet
her employer.

Enter Gabriel. Gabriel
(John Travolta). is shrouded
in mystery the entire movie.
Is he a good guy? 15 he a bad
guy? Who's team is he playing
for? Is he involved with Gin-
ger? None of these questions
can be answered. and they
don‘t add anything to the plot.

Gabriel wants to hire
Stanley for one reason: to
steal government money over
the Internet. Why? Well.
again, nobody knows. Nor
will we ever know. unless.
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quel.

Gabriel tests Stanley by
placing a computer in his
hands. putting a gun to his
head and telling him that he
has 60 seconds to crack a gov-
ernment web site. Oh. wait.
there's more. He‘s getting oral
sex in the process.

So now that the complexi-
ty level is too high to count.
what is the point of the

movie?

I still can‘t tell you. Not
because I like to be secretive.
but because I honestly don't
know.

The actors. while drown-
ing in a sea of loose ends and
bad dialogue. are somewhat
convincing. They at least try
to fit their parts. even though
the parts are fighting them
each step of the way.

So from the mire of plot to
the complete and totally im-
plausible premise. what is the
redeeming value of the movie
I write about. you ask?

All I can say is go for the
first 15 minutes. The money
you fork over to see this work
is only good for the first
scene. Travolta shines in his
opening monologue and then
proceeds to carry out a plan
so diabolical it's breathtaking.

Go see the movie for this
scene and this scene only. Not
even the much-ballyhooed
topless scene of Berry com-
pares to this scene.

As for the rest of the
movie, I say walk out. Not
having to keep up with the
wandering plot and horrible
characters will be worth the
money you spent. too.
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Cheapside Bar and
Kamakazies ....................... 255-8863
Two Keys ............... 254-5000
Lynaqh's ....................... 255-6614
Rupp Arena ........................ 233-4567
Lexinqton 0p ....233-4567
Actors' Guild ...................... 233-0663
Busters ......................... 231-5076
Club 141 .................. 233-4262

Cincinnati venues

(513 area code):

Boqart's .......................... 872-8801
Riverbend. ...232-6220
Taft Theat . ... . .721-0411
The Crown .......................... 421-4111
Sudsy Malones .................... 771-3550
Ripley's. .................... 861-6800
Playhouse In the Park 345-2242

Louisville venues
(502 area code):

Kentuckv Center for the
Arts. ,, . 800-775-7777

loy Tiger. . . 458-2020
Kentucky Opera 584-7777
L0lllSVlH9 Gardens 574-0060
Actor's Theatre 584-1205

Headliners Music Ha‘l 58A~8088

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Regal. 2641469
South Park 21‘2-6611
Woodhill “80 I0”
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Man 0' War 266 46.45
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uch t0 the delight of its critics, UK transitions Snail mail

to a new slogan for a new campaign phase

Steve Shaw should be happy.

Shaw campaigned for Student Government Association presi-
dent on the platform of abolishing UK’s “America’s Next Great

University” slogan.

It looks as though Shaw’s wish has come true. Observant web

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surfers will notice that the slogan is no longer on UK’s home

page. Lee Todd, UK’s incoming president, has expressed concern
over the phrase, so it has been scrapped in favor of another, ac-
cording to UK Public Relations. Michelle Ripley, UK’s national

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marketing director, said UK Public Relations employees will

meet with Todd over the next month to determine his outlook for
UK, so they can create a suitable slogan and marketing cam-

paign.

It’s about time someone recognized the stupidity of this slo-
gan. Students, professors and Lexingtonians have ridiculed it

since its inception.

Some say it demeans the students already here, as if they
make up a “mediocre” university that will only be great in the fu-
ture. Others object to the phrase’s goal of becoming a top 20 re-

search institution by 2020.

We know that UK is already a great university. There’s no
“next” about it. UK has 24 programs and grants ranked in the na-
tion’s top 25 in their respective fields, including the Patterson
School of Diplomacy, the Martin School of Public Policy and Ad-
ministration, and the College of Pharmacy. UK‘s basketball team
has won the NCAA championship seven times, second only to

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UCLA. UK‘s home page boasts that students from every state in

the nation. as well as 114 other countries, attend the University.
UK’s old slogan suggested these accomplishments weren’t
“great” enough. While the idea of improving UK is a noble one,

include your name and
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the old slogan was discouraging for students already attending

UK. It was almost as if current students were just stepping stones

to achieving a top 20 status.

80 we say to the old slogan - Don’t let the door hit you on the

way out.

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Editorial Board

Jenny Robertson. dialogue editor
Scott Sloan. editor in chief
Kelley Sears. news editor

Alan Slone, scene editor

Jenny Robertson

WEI DIALOGUE EDlIOR

Whoever came up with the
vending machines that rent
movies must have been a
prophet. Who would have looked
at a machine traditionally re-
served for the sale of gum, con-
doms and soda and thought,
Th“is is the future of the video
rental industry."

And yet, after several scar-
ring experiences at local Block-
busters, I think these machines
might be my new best friends.

The past few times I’ve en-
tered a Blockbuster store, I’ve
left seething and muttering, and
I sure wasn’t thinking “Wow,
what a difference!"

After returning a new re
lease within the 24-hour win-
dow, I’d return to the store only
to ﬁnd my account had not been
credited. Finally after haggling
with the salesman like we were
in a black market, I was able to
convince him that I had dropped
the movie oil” in time. He was so
nervous by the end of our argu-
ment that he ended up giving me
a free rental, with an expression
that could only be described as
“Here, take the damn thing."

During ﬁnals last semester,
a friend did me a favor by drop
ping off a movie at the Euclid
Blockbuster, which turned out
to be a bad thing because I had
rented the movie at the Tates
Creek store.

Apparently, the people at
Blockbuster do not appreciate
this sort of thing, judging by a
call I received a week later
telling me I was being charged
daily for not returning the
movie. I, however, had not
been aware of the mistake un-
til they left the threat on my
answering machine.

Now, one would think this
sort of thing happens all the
time. Seeing as how Blockbuster
stores reproduce more rapidly
than two rabbits of the opposite
sex locked in the same cage, it
seems natural that people often
make this mistake.

Upon investigation, I
learned that when this happens,
the district manager picks up
the video and returns it to the
proper store. Unfortunately for
me, the manager hadn’t yet done
so, and I was still being charged
daily for a movie I had returned
on time that had been in Block-
buster’s possession for more
than a week.

Once again I had to haggle
my way into getting the