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This is how Bolt lllggiiis‘ final
letter to [is President (Iliarles
\\'ethington ended.

Higgins died l’eb. 20, the night
he wrote this letter. .\fter a threcr
hour standroff with Lexington
police, l liggins slashed his throat.

Higgins started writing these
letters after his mother—in-law,
l.ucille_lones, was admitted to the
.\l.irkey' (lancer (Ieutcr last l‘ieb.
I-l. June's, ilie mother of Lexing~
ton author (iayl Jones. had
received radiation treatments for
esophageal cancer at the facility.

L'nsatisfied with Lucille _loues‘
treatment. Higgins later accused
the center of kidnapping, murder.
unlawful imprisonment and a
racially motivated conspiracy to

cover up her death He tiltiiiiately
blamed \Vethington.

lit a letter dated .-\pril 15. 1997,
Higgins “demanded" \\'ething—
ton‘s “resignation. effective imme-
diately and a subsequent apology
frt on his successor.

Higgins and (iayl Jones went to
local police with their allegations.

“They told us Lucille had been
kidnapped and was being kept at
\larkey (Iancer Center," Lexing—
ton Police (Ihieflxarry \Valsh said.
“So we assigned an investigator
who fottnd there were no grounds
to believe this was the case.
(Lucille) had cancer, she weighed
(its pounds when she was iii there.

“ll was a sad story," \Valsh said,
“but it w asti't murder."

Higgins' letters suggested the
police were not thoroughly inves—
tigating because they were accus-
ing “the w ell—connected" and “the
rich and powerful."

\Valsh said the situation came
to the point that Higgins was call-

ing police department staff daily.

A decline in his sanity seemed
apparent to \\'alsh.

“He became increasingly agi—
tated with the Medical (Ienter and
increasingly agitated with Dr.
\\'ethington." \\'alsh said. “\\'e
sat around here forever and didn't
take this guy seriously. lt just got
worse ant worse."

But his threats were veiled and
indirect, \Valsh said, which made
bringing any kind of harassment
or threatening charges against
Higgins difficult.

A review in Nen'm'eek of (iayl
Jones' first novel in 20 years con-
tained lliggins' name. He had
used the name Bobjones in Les—
ington.

The police had a 1983 Michi-
gan warrant for Higgins btit had
not served it because Higgins
had gone under the assumed
name.

Lexington Police acted on the
warrant after the Higgins wrote

another letter to \Vethingtou on
Feb. 20, this time about “killing"
and “di\ inc judgment."

“\Ve could not go home on
that l’riday night. in good coit-
science. when this guy could show
tip at the president's house or any
thing." \Valsb said.

But Higgins and yltines were
not going to "let up," as was \Vl'li'
ten in one letter.

"You iiitist kill me or give me
justice." Higgins w rote.

\\'alsli said police thought they
could “reason with him.

”They had the gas on to kill
themselves," \Valsh said. “_Iones
even told us on the phone they
were both going to die. He
thought we could get both of
thetii otit alive - they did manage
to get one ofthem out."

Higgins died of self—inflicted
wounds. _lones was taken into
eiiiergclit‘y protective ctistotly
and placed in l‘astern Slatc Hos-»
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Batter Up

Bunch (.322, nine borne runs, 35 RBI and 46 starts)
and Andy Bendix (.296, 11 HR, 35 RBI and 47
games started) will also tremendous game experi-
ence to the outfield position.
With the exception of second baseman David
C the Wildcat infield is the exact opposite of
th ou eld. The Cats will start a freshman at first
base, and sophomores at shortstop and third base.
Senior David Cheatle is returnin
stress fracture in his back that hindere his per-
formance all of last season. Despite the painful
injury that required a back brace, Cheatle still
‘ hit .302, had ll stolen bases and had a l7-game
hittin streak from April 2-26.
C eatle said he expects the Cats' experi—
ences last vear to pay off this season.
“We have high expectations,” Cheatle said.
“We have eight seniors who are trying to con—
tribute leadership and our young guys feel like
they belong and we believe in them.”

By Matthew May

Axrirtam Sports Editor

Redemption.

That is what the 1998 UK baseball team is

lookin for this spring.

A ter suffering through their worst season
since Keith Madison became head coach in
197‘), the (Eats are determined to put the disap—
pointlnents of 1997’s 20—34-1 campaign behind
them and return to the forin ofchallenger in the
Southeastern Conference’s Eastern Division.

The Cats got off to a 0-6—1 start last season,
setting the stage for a season that never really

got off the ground. UK
strurgled to a 10-20
conference record, win-
ning only one three-
game series from an

SEC opponent (South

   
   
  
 

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ting .288 with 16 extra-
base hits and 30 RBI.
Green also led the team
with 20 stolen bases
while playing third base
for most of the season.
Green said his
experience last year has
made him much tuore
comfortable this season.
““76
lumps last year, but
learned a lot," he said.
“But I feel much tnore
comfortable this season,
especially on defense.”
Moving into the
third base position will
be sophomore stand—
out Aaron McGlone. McGlone had a remark-
able freshman season where he finished as UK's

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"K, DIIIBI‘S
wage war
on rankings

By Janey Cowling
Stuff ll 'rlli'r

Law school deans across the country want the ines—
sage out: Rankings aren‘t everything

ln an effort to dissuade law school candid-ates from
putting too itiiich emphasis on rankings. most notably
the l '5. New 3 ll 'or/tl Report rankings, lo-l law school
deans sent .1 uniform statement to students who took the
Law School .\dinissions Test (l.Sr\T).

The letter warned candidates against taking the rank-
ings seriously.

David Shipley. dean of [RR (Iollege of Law. said
most law schools feel they are better offgiving (IS. Newt
accurate data so they don't “wing" it. Law schools pro-
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heatle’s double—play partner will be

Carolina). Of the Cats'
sophomore And Green. The Lex-

34 losses, the opponent

same information anyway. he said.
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second-best hitter and pitcher. McGlone ripped

scored double-digit runs ington C ristian Academy his way to a .335 batting average in 43 games, tit-a. “i...“ School Rankings u.“ in- iii/-i'rtious To
in 17 of the games, while graduate had a terrific fresh- with 7 home runs and 29 RBI. McGione also Your lit-nth.“ law school deans from Yale (rated No.
UK scored in double dig- man campaign, start- made his presence felt on the mound, posting a i) to Us ta second tier school) and beyond, write that
its onl 10 mes all season. ing 54 games, hit" 3’1 record With a 5-53 ERA i115} innings 0f information obtained by (is. .\'e::'\' is arbitrarily

work.

UK will have two freshman splittin duty at
first base in John Wilson and Robert ewton.
Madison is very high on both players, callin Wil-
son “someone we want up at the plate wi men
on base,” and said Newton “has a work ethic
and very good bat speed that s ould help him
adjust to SEC pitching at a young age.”

UK's offense will be centered around
junior catcher and All-America nominee

T e b ceding did not
stop there however, UK was
a paltry 6-19-1 on the road,
hit only .285 for the season,
scored the least amount of
mns (308), had a league—
high 7.03 earned run aver—
age and were second-to-last
in fielding percentage (.948).

The returning 16 players
from last year’s team and the
19 newcomers, have set out this
off-season to work harder than
they ever had before. The team W -.
rededicated itself to working hard
and decided they would prove they
could play with anyone in the SEC.

Despite a roster that includes 24
underclassman, UK has some players
that have seen valuable playing time
and have been through the ri ors of an
SEC season, where some 0 the best
baseball in the country is played.

weighted and the report leaves out other important
considerations.

( \. .Vex'y‘ rankings are based on live different mea—
surements: reputation (40 percent). selectivity (2‘ per-
cent), placement success (20 percent). faculty resources
(1 i percent) and overall rank.

The 'l op <0 schools are ranked numerically. with the
remainder divided into three tiers .ind listed alphabeti-
cally. (15 .\('Il‘,\ gets a large percentage of the informa~
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age Justin Sheppard named Sic Player at vmk

For the first in his career, L'K seniorjeff Sheppard was
natned Southeastern Conference l’lavcr of the \Vcck.

Sheppard averaged 245 points. four rebounds and 2.5
assists per game in road victories over Auburn and South
(Iarolina last week. The (i—i iard shot <0 percent from
the field and 52.4 percent mm the three-point line.
Against Auburn last \\'cdnesday, Sheppard tallied a
career-high 25 points. He followed up the effort with 24
point a ainst South Carolina on Saturday. He also hit a
careerhigh six three-pointers against the Gamecocks as
the (hits kept the their record on opponents' hotne
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UK, notional low
schools wage war on
mag/12in e rankings
1m PAGE 1

“It you talk to most law school
deans. whether III the top bet or
lower tier. state school or private.
whether the dean could use the rank?
mg as promotional or would prefer
the rankings to go Into the garbage.
most “I” sa_\ you shouldn't put that
unit It weight on It.“ Slupley said.

"It‘s Iust taken us (the deans) a
while to tlt‘tltlt‘ how to respond.
\\ c'\c II.Itl people from I i S \I'Il‘t
tome and talk to us at our annual
IIIcetmgs. and things hate gotten
pretty heated."

\ttoItlIIIg to ('3. News.
\IlIIth said the rankings should

not he appltcants' main source of

information, rankings provide an
assesstncnt that
students

Independent
gives potential law
another way to compare schools.

’l‘hough several deans say mun—
llc‘l's don‘t matter, many still want

a top ranking.

"’l'hcre‘s no doubt I'd like to be
in the lop <0," Shipley said. “I’m
going to argue that if we had the
funding to put more money into
scholarships and into student pro—
grams and faculty salaries, it would

bring us tip into the Top ‘0."

Lexmgton lawyer Charles B.
Robbins did not place any weight
on the rankings when he applied

to law school.

" \ny listing is arbitrary and very
Robbins said. “You
shouldn‘t let ranking be a determi‘
nam factor. although you might

subiectnc."

Itsc it as a basis to narrow choices."

Robbins said he did not look at
the rankings because he already
detided to attend law school where
he wanted to practice, in Lexington.

 

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are coming up!

Filing deadline for President
Vice-President,

College Senator,

and Senator-at-Large
candidates is Wednesday,
March 4 at 4 p.
Remember, signatures are
required for filing this year.

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I le said rankings do not carry as
tnuch weight for aspiring coun—
selors wanting to study and to prac—
tice law in their home cotnmunities.

National marketability is much
more important in other situa—
tions, said Loretta l)el.oggio of
the Achievetnent Acadetny in
North Carolina, a service supply—
ing information and support to
law school hopefuls.

Law firtns also sometimes refer
to rankings when hiring students.
Brown said.

l)eLoggio said rankings have
an enormous effect on where stu—
dents apply.

She said although some stu—
dents prefer to attend law school
where they will practice. the fact is
that people froin a top school can
work pretty ntuch wherever they
please.

Sometimes the difference is
that students are looking for top
econotnie markets. she said.

Despite the deans‘ stance

against numerical law school
rankings, those sattte schools use
LSA'I scores to rank students.

“It’s a fact of life," said Caroline
Boch Baesler, a Lexington attor—
ney. “It‘s not fair. but looking at
LSA’I‘ scores is a fact. .\ly under—
standing is that law schools take a
well-rounded view. but they're
going to look at the scores."

l)cl.oggio said she sees the
irony in law schools placing
emphasis on numbers and turning
around and warning candidates
not to be affected by a school's
numbered placement.

But she said schools do not
look solely at scores. Applicants
have a chance to show schools
other strengths.

l)el.oggio said (15. News"
choice to show only median
LSAI scores places pressure on
schools to keep standards high.

But the amount of weight given
rankings is still a personal choice.
Robbins said.

 

Deadline looming
ton SGA positions

No names have
been thrown into

group ’5 ring yet

By Jessica Coy

. Its/rm”! New lit/Ilor

Student Government Associa-
tion elections are coming up and
it‘s time to get in on the race.

’l‘omorrow is the deadline to file
for candidacy in the upcoming
SGA elections. Seventeen college
senators, IS senators at large, and
SGA president and vice—president
positions are open, and as yet no
one has filed for candidacy for any
ofthe positions.

“This happens every year,” said
SGA President Melanie Cruz. “I
have been here through four elec-
tions and each time everyone
waits until four o’clock on the last
day to bring in their paper work."

All candidates tnust pay a $30
registration fee to run for office.
Candidacy forms are located in the
SGA office and each candidate

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ofstudent signatures to be eligible.

Senator at large candidates must
have 400 signatures. Senators at

large sit on the SGA Senate and act
as liaisons between specific campus
organizations and the S( iA.

College senators represent
their specific college within the
university. They must have 35
signatures or 3 percent of stu—
dents in their college, whichever
is higher. College senators sit on
the SGA Senate and the Univer—
sity Senate as well as on the
administrative committee and the
Senate Council.

SGA president and vice presi—
dent run on the same ticket and
must have 1,000 signatures.

SGA president is the voice of
the student body. Among other
responsibilities. the SGA president
sits on the Board of'l‘rustees and
several administrative committees.

SGA vice president serves as
chair of SGA Senate and is
responsible for community service
projects and elections.

“Being SGA president is a dint
nite full-time iob," said Cruz.
“\Ve are responsible for practical-
ly everything." '

Although Crux said her posi—
tion the past year as SGA presiv
dent has been very rewarding, nci-
ther Cruz nor Alizha Rice, SGA
vice president. will be running for
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UK searching for its
shot at redemption
From PAGE 1

josh Loggins. The transfer from
Purdue led the Cats last season with
a .3 i8 average, 17 doubles. II
home runs and 37 RBI. Loggins
smacked a .626 slugging percentage
to lead the Cats.

Madison said Loggins will be
a key to this season’s success.

“josh is one of the better all-
around athletes on the team and
could emerge as one of the top
players in the SEC,” Madison said

)efore the season.

Loggins' experience behind
the late will also be a key for the
pitcEing staff. which was routinely
roughed up last season.

Despite its tough season, the
staff, led by junior college transfer
Jason Chaney and All—American
nominee closer Matt Borne is
much improved in most areas,
including dc th.

The lellf—handed Chaney is

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joining the L'K program after
spending two seasons at Sacra—
mento City College in California.
Chaney had 98 strikeouts and
walked only 28 in two years.
Chaney‘s stellar fall season perfor-
mance has earned him the No.1
starter‘s position this spring.

Borne will serve as L7K’s clos—
er-extraordinairc. The senior
ri ht—hander turned down a pro
offer from the Cincinnati Reds to
return for his senior season at L’K.
Borne posted a 3-4 record with a
7.46 ERA and four saves as the
Cats‘ top reliever last season.

UK will also rely on a deep,
but young pitching corps to com-
pete in the SFC. Sophomoresjosh
Paxton. Aaron McGlone and Ben
Shaffar will see significant time.
alon with senior 'l‘itn Rowland
and ficshmen Brandon “Ebb and
Josh ()wens.

\Vith a young, but hungry
and ex ericnced team, the Cats
are Iool:ing to make a serious run
in the SEC.

“\\'e have a real )sitive out—
look," (irccn said. “ e have better

itching depth and everyone now
lias a year of experience. We can
make a run this year.“

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By Haili Wu

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Movies, movies and more
movies. The glittering neon signs
and the sweet smell of popcorn
attract hundreds of stressed-out

rofessionals. After paying for the
‘4 or $6 ticket, depending on
when and where you see the
movie, often people will whip otit
at least another $2 for drink or
some popcorn.

Popcorn and drinks are the
popular concession items pur—
chased in most Lexington theaters,
with candy being prominent items.

“Popcorn is definitely the most
popular item," said Benjamin
(lonrad, assistant manager of Lex—
ington (ireen Movies 8. “Sour
Patch Kids is the most popular
candy. Mostly the kids buy it."

Lexington (Ireen Movies 8 is
just one of the three theaters
owned by (Zineinark; the others
being “'oodhill and Man-()-\\'ar.
(Zinemark theaters usually have
one side of their lobbies as the con—

cession stand. The popular items
sold are drinks, popcorn, candy, ice
cream, nachos and hot dogs.

“As far as I know, this is the
only place that sells nachos and
hot dogs," Conrad said.

The (Iinemark theaters also
possess another different feature
from other theaters: satellites.
These are the tiny concession
stands that are located along the
corridors of the theaters. \\'lieii
the theater goes through its high
seasons, the satellites help to dis-
perse the crowd, iiiakiiig the lines
for food shorter.

“The satellite is open every
couple of months, sometimes dur—
ing a string ofholidays, and a cou-
ple times during the summer,"
(Ionrad said.

\Vhile (linemark theaters have
the distinction of being the only
ones selling nachos and hot dogs,
the Kentucky Theatre specializes
in beers and other unusual drinks
for the movies such as hot tea, hot
chocolate, coffee, Ocean Spray
juices aiid Clearly Canadian. The

Kentucky is also the only one sellr
iiig cookies, but also is the only
one that charges for refills.

(Iariiiike, the discount movie
theater, has perhaps the most sim-
ple concession stand of all. with
just popcorn. drinks and candy.

Most concession stands around
town open with the first show and
close 15 to 30 minutes after the
last show.

lior the Kentucky, closing the
stand 15 minutes after the last
show presents little problem.

“( )ur patrons usually get what
they wanted when they go in," said
Fred Mills, manager of the Ken—
tucky, “or they watch the previews
first, and then come out to get it.
so they would beat the crowds."

l’opcorn and drinks are very
closely associated with movies. Yet,
their importance varies by theater.

"1 don‘t think it‘s that big of a
deal," (ionrad said. “People are not
here for the popcorn. The reason it
does well. it's because (Iinemark
goes out of its way to get cus-
tomers” attention," (Lonrad elabo—
rated oii “goes out of its way" by
pointing out the free refills on pop—
corns and drink, and selling such
items like hot dogs and nachos.

lior (Iariiiike, on the other
hand, more emphasis is put on the
concession stand than perhaps the
tickets.

“\\'e are a dollar movie the-
ater," said Shayne Fines, assistant
manager of (Iarmike. "To this
theater, (concession stands) is
where we make money."

Mills agrees with lines on this
account, saying concession stands
are “a very important part ofoper-
ation of all theaters."

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By 0. Jason Stapleton

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Kissing a ["00] digs itself a pretty
big hole even before the trailers
have finished rolling.

Any movie that bills itself as a
romantic comedy loses immediate
credibility, and when it features
anyone from the cast of “Friends,"
the hole just gets deeper.

And ifthis isn‘t enough, direc-
tor Doug F.llin saw fit to cast con-
summate nice guy David Schwim-
mer as a womanizmg
jerk.

There’s something
inherently wrong about
Schwimmer being any—
thing but a lovable,
hopeless romantic.

Despite these many
handicaps, however,
Kixring a Fool rises above
many of them and actu—
ally becomes a movie
worth watching.

Just seeing Schwim-
mer shed his nice guy
shell is worth the price of
admission alone. In the
beginning of the film, it is a little
hard to believe that he actually is a
bastard, but Schwimmer does a
really great job and actually seems
like an unsavory character.

This takes time though; it takes
him a while to get rid of any pre-
conce tions the audience might
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Another refreshing aspect of
the movie was that it didn't rely
on a lot ofthe tired old gimmicks
many romantic comedies employ.

There were no cute furry ani—
mals like the dog in xix (iondxlr It
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kids as in jenjy
.llaguire and One
Fine Day. Often-
times romantic
comedies use these
standard devises to
elicit a easy chuckle
from the audience.
Kixxing (1 F001 stayed
away from these
pitfalls and chose to
use smart humor.

The cast itself
works extremely
well together. The
plot revolves
around three main characters ~
Max (Schwimmer), a womanizing
sportscaster for \VGN; Jay (Jason
Lee), an up-and-coining writer
who is just getting over a major
break-up; and Sam (Mili Avital),
the worldly editor of Jay's first
book.

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wedding scene, but it isn't clear

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just who it is she is marrying.

The story of just how the cou—
ple got together is told by Linda
(Bonnie Hunt), who professes to
have been the person to bring the
young couple together.

She begins to her tale the fact
that jay and Max have been
friends “since birth," but they are
as different as ni ht and day.
“'hilejay dreams of the day when
he gets over his ex-girlfriend.
Natasha (Vanessa Angel), Max just
wonders which woman's bed he
will be occupying next.

Enter Sam.

Jay decides to set Max up with
Satn in hopes that she will help
Max chan 0 his shallow lifestyle.

“’hat appens next blows Jay
away, however. Max and Sam hit
it off marvelously, and are
engaged just three short weeks
after they meet.

Needless to say the relationship
between the three becomes a very
predictable love triangle.

The trio goes through some
pretty funny moments before
reaching the ultimate conclusion.

\Vhile this isn't close to a being
great movie, it is entertaining and
does have its moments.

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dents? \ctiially. students said coii—
cessions are the least of their coii~
ceriis as to which theater they
choose.

lleatlicr Maxwell. .i undeclared
fresliiiiaii. said llt‘l’ choices of the—
aters depends on everything but
the concession stand.

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home (( ireensburg. Isy.)."
Maxwell said. “It depends on the
reputation (movies) .iiid ifl want
to see it.“

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Maxwell said she hardly
touches it.

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costs so much more than it you
buy it at \Val-Mart."

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