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as new senate
starts to work

By JOE BRAUN
Assistant Editorial Editor

Jeremy Bates won the first showdown in next year's
Student Government Association presidential race at
last night‘s meeting of next year‘s senate.

Bates beat out fellow Senator at Large Misty Weaver
for the president pro tem of the senate. Both have said
they are considering running for president next spring.

Bates‘ margin of victory was not released. The vote

was by secret ballot.

BATES

After losing the election to Bates, Weaver won the
No. 2 position in the senate, senate coordinator. Bates nominated her.

The new senate showed signs of change from this year‘s tempestuous
senate after both Bates and Weaver emerged from the vote with no appar-

ent hard feelings toward the other.

Bates said he believes they “will both be very profes—
sional and do what’s best for students next year and
work together to accomplish our goals."

He said he would not allow the senate to be used for
furthering presidential campaigns next year.

Bates said he ran for the position to “build unity
within student government. and we need to put some

faith back in SGA."

Discussion of SGA President-elect Pete November‘s
executive appointmean sparked controversy at last

night's meeting.

WEAVER

The absence of former senator Jill Cranston from an
executive committee appointment brought protest from about 10 senators
who expressed disappointment that Cranston was not receiving an appoint-

ment.

Weaver said C ranston‘s omission was inexcusable.
“I just can’t believe that she’s not on here. l have a big problem with

that." she said.

Weaver said Cranston's qualifications in SGA made her “more than
qualified" for any of the committee positions.
November said Cranston was considered. but the selection committee

See SGA, Page 6

UK career hotline offers
much-needed answers

By CHRISTOPHER McDAVID
Staff Writer

April is a time when the flowers
begin to blootn, the sun begins to
shine and college students every-
where begin to panic because they
haven‘t found a job.

For those students. UK’s Career
Center is offering some relief with
its new Career Hot Line.

On a two-week trial basis, stu-
dents can call the HOt Line to have
their questions about employment,
resume writing, interviewmg skills
or other careersrelaled questions an-
swered by the Career Center coun-
selors.

The hot line has two purposes.
First is to answer immediate ques-

tions on subjects such as summer
job searches. interview jitters, what
to do with a resume’ and other ques-
tions that can be easily answered
Over the phone. Then. if the ques-
tion requires more time. students
can set up an appointment at the
Career Center for further counsel-
ing.

“(When we set up the hot line)
we thought immediately of sen-
iors," said Diane Kohler, associate
director of the Career Center.

H0wever. Kohler said. students
from all grade levels have been
seeking asSistance.

Kohler also said some of the
more common questions have been
about the average salary for certain

See HOT LINE, Page 5

Inside: Still Life

TORCHED

The Nicholaswlle fire department got a little practice as it put out
tires one block away from the fire station in Nichola5ville. Ky, The

dumpster blaze was extinguished yesterday

Main photo by Sam Carleton.
Other photos by Greg Eans.

Derby, finals will conflict until 1995

By REBECCA BURKHARD
Contributing Writer

It‘s one of the biggest days of
the year for Kentuckians. rival-
ing even the opening day of bas-
ketball season.

it's the Kentucky Derby, the
Run for the Roses. the first Sat-
urday in May. Everyone who is
anyone will be there —— except
most UK students.

Because of a change in the
University‘s yearly schedule of

dates, final exams fall two days af-
ter Derby Day. Needless to say.
most students are less than happy
about this change of events.

“It’s ridiculous that people from
all over the country. from colleges
everywhere. are coming to Derby.
and 1 may not be able to go." said
psychology junior Missy Schellen-
berger.

Many students share these senti-
ments. especially those whose plans
have been thwarted by the change.
Some started planning for this

year‘s Derby as long ago as last
year.

“l‘ve been planning to go." said
Jon Ratliff, a political science sen~
ior. “l‘vc been trying to get grand-
stand seats for a year. l thought I
had somebody who was going to
sell them to me, but now [can‘t buy
them because there's no way I can
go."

Although some people are wor-
ried about the effect the schedule
change will have on their social
lives and whether the infield will be

noticeably empticr. others can
see long-term problems.

"People will go anyway."
math junior Missey Robbins
said. “They're just going to do
worse on their finals. Grades are
going to fall, and it might even
cause a decrease in enrollment.
And we can‘t even go and sup-
port our own state‘s industry."

Arvind Ramanathan. a biolo-
gy‘ sophomore. agreed, saying

See DERBY, Page 6

Churchill Downs prepared for foreign winners

Assoclatod Press

LOUISVILLE. Ky. ,_
Churchill Downs officials have
hired translators who speak
French. English and Japanese.
just in case the horse that brings
home the roses has owners,

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Bat Cats stomp

trainers or riders who speak little or
no English.

For instance, Derby-favorite Ara-
zi is trained by a man from France:
he‘s owned in part by a sheik from
Dubai; and will stand at stud in
England. The horse many say is
Arazi‘s chief competition, A.P.

min .

er was kicked out of the game.

Story, Page 4.

Cardinals 0-2 yester-
day at Shively Field. U of L coach Gene Bak-

lndy, is owned by Tomonori Tsuru-
maki of Japan.

But communication will not be a
problem. The track has prepared
well, hiring two different local
firms to provide translators to those
who need them.

Artui‘s French trainer. Fran-
cois Boutm. will have the www-
es of Elisabeth Fris'ler. a young
French woman who works for
Languages Unlimited lnc.. a
Louisville firm founded by Sabi-
See TRANSLATORS. Page 6

. v.“ N,

UK’s participation in a national research
trial to prevent breast cancer will be an-
nounced at a news conference at 11 am.
For information, call 233-6363.

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If elections mack—1a).:
Perot, Bush could tie

Associated Press

LOS ANGEUS Texas bil-
lionairc Ross Perot and President
Bush would run a dead heat in Cali-
fornia if the general election were
held today. with Arkansas Gov. Bill
(‘linton close behind. according to a
new Los Angeles Times poll.

Perot. who is considering an in—
dependent presidential candidacy.
was favored by 33 percent of re-
spondents to the Los Angeles
Times poll published in yesterday's
editions. Bush received .13 percent
and Clinton Bo percent. the survey
found.

More than four in It) likely Perot
voters gave an unfavorable opinion
of both Clinton and Bush. the Poll
found. However, only about hall of
those polled knew enough about
Perot to express an opinion. with ~11
percent viewing him favorably and
10 percent negatively.

Perot was favored by about one
third of Democrats and Republi-

The Cure’s newest,

Wish, breaks no
new ground.
Review, Page 2.

Calls.

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Bosh lcails (‘lititiiii «"4 l‘ifl‘tt'lii he 1\
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A lililltil'll} l‘i those polled ilisap

See POLL Page 6

CORRECTION

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ror. the amount of lllilt‘ it
takes for lht‘ AIDS-(tithing
virus to be detected in the
bloodstream was incorrect iii
an article iti yesterday 's Ken
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Kennedy’s new novel continues his sense of place

By JOHN AFFLECK
Associated Press

ALBANY, NY. - Before Wil-
liam Kennedy's fifth Albany novel
is even published. the Pulitzer
Prize-winning author already has a
reputation for aeating a sense of
place that rivals William Faulkner' s
Yoknapatawpha County.

But while the Albany setting of
Kennedy's work is important. it‘s
not the key to his fiction.

“It doesn‘t make any difference
where I write about," Kennedy said
during an interview at his home, a
comfortable place tucked away in
the hills east of the city. “It‘s the
people that are the most important
thing, and they can be from Albany
or not.

“Still there‘s nothing telling me
‘don‘t write about Albany.‘ Be-
cause when I write about Albany. I
feel this strength of understanding
the characters. understanding the
place. There's no need for tne to
work elsewhere."

Kennedy has returned to his
hometown as the primary setting of
his latest novel. Very Old Bones.
which will be available in book-
stores nationwide tomorrow.

The characters also are familiar.
Like three of his previous works.
Billy Phelun's Greatest Game. the
Pulitzer-winning Ironweetl (1983).
and Quinn "5 Book. the new novel
focuses on the lives of the Phelan-

Quinn family. a working-class
lrish~Catholic brood plagued by a
history of madness and deep per-
sonal divisions.

The book is the most structurally
complex of Kennedy‘s six novels.

Narrating the tale is Orson Pur-
cell. the unacknowledged bastard
son of family patriarch Peter Phe-
lan, and nephew of Francis Phelan.
the main character of Ironwecd.

Although the basic framework
for the story is a family meeting
called by Peter Phelan at the Alba-
ny homestead in 1958. the novel
follows several narrative threads,
bouncing between times and set-
tings such as Germany during the
Korean War. Greenwich Village in
the 19105 and ‘50s. and upstate
New York in the 19th century.

Again and again. the Phelans are
faced with situations that alienate
them from other fzunily members
— situations that at times drive
them into madness.

As Purcell observes on the
book‘s last page: “When you cross
the border out of the real world
the way back. if you can find it. is
perilous. at best: zuid not only for
yourself "

The beauty of Very Old Bones
lies in Kennedy's ability to take
readers on the Phelans‘ iouniey.

At times laugh-out-lond funny. at
others moving. even tragic. the the-
matic heart of the book is the char-

KENNEDW

acters‘ need to come to terms with
their family — to understand how it
has affected them. and their role in
it.

Like lronweed. which chronicles
Francis l’helan‘s wanderings and
eventual retuni home. the new nov-
el strikes a hopeful chord when the
Phelans can accept their collective
past and each other.

“In both books there's this sense
of redemption. although redemption
for Francis is quite different froin
what happens to Orson and Peter."
said Kennedy. who dedicated the
new book to his own ancestors and
sotne close friends.

Because of his illegitimate heri-
tage, Orson is something of a “lost
citizen." Kennedy cemented.

“When he finally discovers this
(Phelan) family and realizes that it
is his family. then it‘s a slow-
growth process." Kennedy said.
“He becomes..an inseparable ele-
ment of the family. He is. in a cer-
tain sense. a savior of the family ——
one of the people who helps it stay
together and understand itself."

There seems to be a connection
between Kennedy. 64. and the
book's other protagonist, 71-year
old Peter Phelan — an artist who
leaves home but must retum to
create his best work.

Both author and character are af-
flicted with an arthritic hip. which
Kennedy says he deliberately gave
the Phelan patriarch. Their lives
also have followed similar paths.

“Peter goes away in order to dis-
tance himself from the family. but
he can‘t leave. which is closer to
my experience." Kennedy said.

Kennedy was born and raised in
Albany. but left the city in 1956 to
work as a joumalist in Puerto Rico
and Florida. He retumed seven
years later because of a fzunily ill-
ness and wound up staying.

“When I left I wasn‘t trying to
get away from my parents. I was
trying to get away froin this city. I
wanted to do something that was

different and more challenging for
me —- and that‘s exactly what Peter
did."

Kennedy said the new book “ges-
tated" over a 4 l/2-year period. He
started work on it before Quinn’s
Book was published in 1988.

“It had a lot of false starts." he
said. “What's now Chapter 2 was
originally Chapter I and it was
written in the fortn of a play and it
didn‘t work. It was evolutionary.
That‘s the nature of creating a novel
—— that‘s why it’s such fun. Because
you don't know where you’re go-
mg.“

A strength of Very Old Bones is
Kennedy's ear for dialogue. His
characters‘ exchanges provide some
needed comic relief to the novel.
which would be very dark without
it.

”I recall loving the dialogue of
people like O‘Hara and Heming-
way. and in joumalism I always
wanted to develop that end 'of it."
Kennedy said.

"You just have to pay attention to
what people say zutd find out what‘s
funny. I also take a lot of notes.
Somebody said about me. ‘Ile
writes down everything I say.‘ And
I wrote that down."

Very Old Boner has retunied
Kennedy to the critics” good graces
after he received a mixed reaction
to Quinn ‘5 Book. the much-awaited

follow-up to lronweed. The new
novel has received favorable re-
views from the Library Journal.
Publishers Weekly and GQ maga-
znie.

“You put the book out and they
either throw stones at you or they
throw palm fronds," Kennedy said
of the reviews. “Whatever. It's up
for grabs — there's no way to fore-
fend against that. You just have to
develop a thick skin.“

“(i just write for) me and that par-
ticular audience that I think would
like what I write. Good readers and
people who care about the things I
do — even when I don‘t know what
I care about. I figure they‘ll figure
that out. too."

Although the novel wasn‘t to be
in bookstores until the end of this
month. and Kennedy was facing a
l0-city publicity tour including
stops iii New York. Washington.
l.os Angeles zuid Seattle. in his
creative mind he‘s already well past
Very Old Boner.

A screenplay of Billy Plie/un'r
Greatest Game is showing promise
nttd a new novel about Albany‘s
t'tcli political scene ol the l‘)3()s and
~40s also is ill the works. he said

“Albany seems like where I
should be." Kennedy said. “I sus-
pect the cycle (of Albzuiy novels)
will go on as long as I live."

The Cure’s mediocre ‘Wish’ should appeal to loyal fans

Wish
The Cure
Fiction/Elektra Records

By CHRISTOPHER MCDAVID
Stall Critic

In the good old days. the release
of a new Cure album would mark
the disappearance of every black
clad. manic-depressive teen-ager
around as they locked themselves in
their bedroom to savor the angst of

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major stars with the group‘s last
two studio albums going multi—
platinum.

Since The (‘ure‘s first release in
l979. the only constzun in the group
has been Robert Smith with his lip-
stick, his ltaystack of black hair and
his never-ending depression. No re—
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Wish is a marriage of the fast-
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The Cure gets —— of l987‘s Kiss
Me. Kiss Me. Kiss Me. and the latt-
guid. mind-numbing journey of
1989‘s Disintegration.

“High." the first single from the
album, already is in heavy rotation
on MTV and seems poised to repeat
the success of the group's lone top—
10 single. “Lovesong.”

Only Smith could take such non-
sense lyrics and give them such
feeling. Not that he‘s a good singer
of course. but his distinctive “luall
lends itself to sotne pretty heavy
emotion in some pretty silly lyrics:
“When I see you sticky as lips/as
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“From the Edge of the Deep
(‘ireen Sea" contains lyn'es that are
Morrissey-sized desperate — “It‘s
all for her/‘l know this can't be
wrong.‘ 1 say/And 1‘” lie to keep
her happy.“

However. instead of pitiful rejec-
tion like Morrissey always receives,
Smith‘s vocals save the day. mak-
ing it sound more like a mad obses-
sion.

Smith finally cuts loose on the
next track. “Wendy Time." which is
sure to be a single. For once. he ac-
tually is being pursued instead of
pursuing. The music has a funky.
infectious groove reminiscent of
"Hot! Hot! Hot!“ and “Why Can‘t l
Be You?" as well as the images
conjured up by Smith being hit on
by a lady and him screeching spite-
fully at her —— “It doesn‘t touch me
at all!" — are hilarious. easily mak—
ing this the best track on the album.

It almost makes you wonder what
they were thinking when they wrote
“Friday l‘m in Love" and the first
half of “Doing the Unstuck." Has
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[lnstuck" when he is rejected. I
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a happy Smith.

The music on both of those stings
is a bit of a dilemma also. Both
have a jangly acoustic guitar sound
that makes them sound any one of a
million R.li.M. wanna-he‘s.

“Friday" is a catchy song and
also probably will be a single. but it
is comparatively boring.

In fact. in “Friday." “From the
Edge of the Deep Green Sea" and
“To Wish Impossible 'lhings" it
seems that Smith feels he found
something that works well and is
running with it. All three are rather
tender love songs like the band‘s
two biggest singles. “Just Like
Heaven“ tuid “l .ovesong."

Yet. don‘t start sticking him on
adult contemporary radio with Mi-
chael Bolton turd Mariah (Tarey.

Near the end of the album on
“(‘ut" Stnith gets ticked off. howl-
ing “You Don't (‘are Anymore?" at
his target An angry Smith is not
pretty. but it definitely is interest-
tllL‘.

Loyal (‘ure fans will enjoy Wis/i.
but people looking to purchase their
first (‘urc album may be better ad~
vised to buy something that repre-
sents them better like Kiss My. Kiss
My. Kiss Me or Slum/ing on (I
Beach. a collection of prc-Kisr Me
singles.

As an entire album. Wit/i fares
pretty well. but it breaks no new
ground for the (‘ure.

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Frazier, Zonger handcuff high-scoring Cardinals

By JOHN KELLY
Sports Editor

The Louisville Cardinals came
into last night’s matchup with UK
as the fifth-best hitting team in the
nation. They also had scored the
fifth most runs in college baseball.

But they only scored the second
most runs 1m night at Shively Field
as UK pitchers Lorhn Frazier and
Steve Zonger combined for a six—
hitter, and the Bat Cats defeated
Louisville 202.

“We wanted this game bad,” UK
coach Keith Madison said. “We de-
cided before the game that we want-
ed to make this game as important
as L0uisville does. In the past, our
conference games have always been
the important thing. We realize that.
if we were going to beat Louisville,
we were going to have to make this
game as important to us as it is to
them."

U of L coach Gene Baker said
UK was respOnding naturally to its
two previous losses in Louisville.
The Cats lost to the Cards 154 in
the Big Four Classic at Cardinal

 

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week, dropped a
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12-11 at Park-
way Field on
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“Every [cam FRAZIER
has a little pride," Baker said.
“They were probably just embar-
rassed."

The Cardinals, who led the
NCAA in home runs last year, got
only one last night, a ninth-inning.
two-run shot by right fielder Rob
Newman that foiled Frazier and
Zonger's shutout bid. But for eight
innings, the Cards found nothing to
hit at the plate, while the Bat Cats
went straight for the buffet bar.

The Cats struck early against U of
L starter Chris Martinez with a five-
run first inning, which included a
three-run home run by catcher Billy
Thompson, and a six-run third in-
ning, which was capped by Greg
Mercer‘s grand slam home run.

UK fans should take

Admit it. When Rodney Dent fi-
nally signed to play for UK last
week, visions of championships
danced in your head.

By bringing in Dent, Rodrick
Rhodes. Walter McCarty, Tony
Delk and Jared Prickett, you
thought UK coach Rick Pitino has
found the most talented five since
the Jacksons broke up. This class
signifies now more than ever that
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“I woke up this morning and I thought . .
'Louisville.’ They scored a lot of runs against us.
They can hit the ball. i thought ‘Get the ball down.
Don’t worry about striking out everybody.’ ”

pitcher Lorhn Frazier

The game got even better in the
top of the fourth. With his team
down 1 1-0, Baker had an altercation
with the home plate umpire. Baker,
who was coaching third base.
walked toward home plate to argue
a called third strike on Newman, but
before he got half way there, the
umpire ejected him.

But Baker got his money's worth.
He said a few words and headed for
the dugout. Suddenly to the delight
of the UK fans, the umpire said
something that caused Baker to re-
turn to the plate to argue some
more. The two bumped several
times during the argument and Bak—
er had to be restrained by Louisville
assistant coach Kevin Kocks.

Baker refused to comment on
what the umpire had said that
spurred his outburst, but a Louis-
ville sports information representa-
tive said Baker later said that the
umpire had called Baker a "f—--er."

On his postgarne radio show he
called the umpire “very, very unpro-
fessional."

Louisville didn’t respond to the
motivational speech that Baker gave
them in the dugout before leaving
the park. Instead, they just played
out the game, while UK continued
to increase the lead. Nine more Bat
Cat runs, including a three-run long
ball by shortstop Jeff Michael
would cross the plate before Louis-
ville finally would end its drought.

But more titan
the 20 UK runs,
Baker credited
Frazier, who got
his first UK
start. with being
the difference in
the game.

“Frazier 'was

doing a good

ZONGER job of throwing
the ball away from our right-handed
hitters,“ Baker said. “He was throw-
ing pitchers' pitches, not hitters’
pitches. He pitched a smart game."

Madison echoed that sentiment.

“He had outstanding command
tonight," Madison said. “The fact
that he did it against such an out—
standing hitting team makes it even
more impressive. He was on top of
his game tonight."

Frazier said he woke up this
morning, and his first droughts were
about his game plan for silencing
the Cardinals’ offensive machine.

“1 woke up this morning and i
thought ‘Louisville,’ ’ Frazier

second look at recruiting class

Rex Chapman, Shawn Kemp. LcR~
on Elllis. Eric Manuel and Chris
Mills might refresh your memory.
OK, so the Sutton years may be
too painful to recall. Who else
could we compare this class to?
How about the early 19803 when
Sutton’s predecessor Joe B. Hall
brought in more horses than the
Kentucky Derby. Players like Sam
Bowie, Melvin Turpin, Charles
Hurt, Derrick Hord, Dirk Minni-
field, Jim Master and James Black-
mon had all the recruiting gurus
singing Hall‘s praises year after
year. This is something you might
want to remember before you re-
serve space for championship ban-
ners to hang in the Rupp Arena raft-
ers. After winning the National
Championship in 1978, Hall’s
teams made it to just one Final Four
— when they were pounded by
Georgetown in 1984 —— despite
having more talent than anyone in
the country almost every season.
And Sutton‘s bunch couldn’t mus-
ter one trip to the Final Four, even
during Rex the Boy King’s reign.
Of course, there were tnuch ugli~
er by—products of this talent surplus
as well. Egos clashed, babied super-
stars threw temper tantrums and
players revolted against their coach.

 

Before Rick Pitino came to town,
UK players and fans were more
afraid of losing than they cared
about winning. Not winning by 20
points was as bad as losing in those
days. Playing for UK was not about
fun then; it was business.

That was just the start of it. in-
tense recruiting wars emerged as
the Cats tried to keep up their tradi~
tion of getting the best. Boosters
did their best of maintaining that
tradition, by generously offering
jobs, cash and other perks to willing
l8-year-olds. Rumored for years to
run one of the dirtiest programs in
the nation, UK finally got caught
for its cheating during Sutton’s
reign when $1,000 bound for Mills’
dad popped out of an Emery enve-
lope. Three years probation fol-
lowed, a penalty which could have
been much worse. For further proof
of Kentucky‘s dirty dealings, check
out Raw Recruits, a book which
chronicles some of UK‘s worst of-
fenses. Or stop by M1 King Li-
brary and see the latest 4,000-p1us
page addition to the reserve list.

The simple fact is that impressive
high school resume’s do not champi-
onships make. In fact, the steady
stream of talent funnellcd to UK the
lastlS years has caused much more
problems than good to the program.

Indeed, one would be hard-
pressed to find four UK players
with more heart, chemistry and ded-
ication to the program than this

year’s senior class of Richie Farin-
er, Dcron Feldhaus, John Pclphrey,
and Sean Woods. Why‘.’ Because
they weren‘t McDonald’s All-
Americans or projected NBA stars.

ln‘stead, they all, including India-
na native Woods, were home-
grown. To them, wearing the blue
jersey with “Kentucky" written
across the chest meant more than
impressing pro scouts. Playing for
UK had been their dream since they
could dribble a ball.

I‘m not saying UK should only
sign Kentucky boys and shun out-
of-state All-Americans. Talent now
more than ever wins in college bas-
kctball and the only way to remain
competitive is to get a few blue-
chippers every year. Just ask Michi-
gan how far they would have gotten
without the “Fab Five" this year.

Although Pitino knows he has to
have the talent to go to the next lev-
el, 1 hope he does not forget the les-
sons learned from the past and the
examples set by Farmer, Feldhaus,
Pélphrey and Woods. He should see
the need to sign a few home-grown
kids while still getting the All-
Americans he needs to compete.

The bottom line is that as long as
UK basketball remains the state re-
ligion, a coach has to supply the
gods. Let‘s hope the gods don’t de-
stroy the temple again.

Staff Writer Brian Bennett is a

journalism freshman and a K erncl

sports columnist.

 

 

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said. ‘They scored a lot of runs
against us. They can hit the ball. I
thought ‘Get the ball down. Don't
worry about striking out every-
body.‘ ! wanted to get the ground
bailouts."

Frazier caught the Cards' power
hitters with big eyes a couple times
during the game.

“I started them off outside, but
the out pitch was an inside fast
ball," Frazier said. “1 wanted to get
them looking outside and then just
bust them with a fast ball in and
work the off—speed a little because
these guys can hit. I just wanted to
challenge them a little."

Steve Zonger gave a solid relief
appearance for the Cats as well,
pitching the final four innings and
allowing only two hits, one of
which was Newman‘s ninth-inning
dinger.

“His velocity was as good as l’vc
seen it this year,“ Madison said. “i
thought he had good control to-
night, too.

 

UK names
Brown as

Rock Oliver
replacement

Staff reports

Shaun Brown, formerly the
head strength and condition-
ing coach at Providence Col-
lege, has been named
strength and conditioning
coach at UK, Athletics Direc-
tor C.M. Newton announced
yesterday.

Brown, 27, replaces’Ray
“Rock" Oliver, who recently
resigned to take a position
with the Tampa Bay Bucca-
neers of the NFL. Brown will
oversee the strength and con-
ditioning program and facili-
ties at the Memorial Coli-
seum weight room, which
primarily serves student-
athlctes in men’s and wom-
en’s basketball, women’s vol—
leyball and gymnastics.

Brown is a 1987 graduate
of Canisius College in Buffa—
lo, N.Y. He earned his mas-
tcr‘s degree in exercise physi-
ology in 1988 from Ohio
State University, where he
served as a graduate assistant
in OSU's strength training
department.

Upon earning his master’s
degree, Brown was named as-
sistant strength coach at Rut-
gers University. In 1989, he
accepted the Providence job.
Brown is a frequent speaker
at strength and conditioning
clinics and has had several ar—
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