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Fees, room and board to increase next year

Administrator: Chance for tuition hike
‘100 percent;' faculty may get raise

By Adam Sichko
nit much kfnitt

UK‘s budget office confirmed
yesterday that tuition. room and
board. and student fees will in-
crease next school year.

An increase in faculty and staff
salaries is also likely. said Angie
Martin. vice president for plan-
ning. budget and policy.

When asked about the probabil-
ity of a tuition increase for the
2005-2006 school year. Martin said.
“100 percent."

“I‘d be very surprised if you
have any year without a tuition in-
crease." Martin said. Tuition will
increase for the fourth straight
year

“Higher education is very ex-
pensive." she said.

And UK cannot effectively cut

Minus Hayes, Cats still roll;

By Ben Roberts

THE Krmucxv'iirnitt

KNOXVILLE. Tenn.
Ever since Tubby Smith de-
clined to offer Chris Lofton a
scholarship. the UK head
coach has had to answer the
questions.

Why didn't he want the
MVP of the 2003 Kentucky
high school Sweet Sixteen
Tournament? Why wouldn’t
he let the 2004 Kentucky Mr.
Basketball play for his team'.’

Every time, Smith‘s re-
sponse was the same. He not-
ed he already had four pretty
good recruits coming to Lex'»
ington.

So when Lofton hit four 3-
pointers in the first half last
night for the Tennessee Vol-
unteers. Smith‘s newcomers
were there to back their coach
up.

After each of the UT fresh-
man’s threes. a Wildcat fresh»
man answered in less than a
minute with a basket of his
own.

Lofton would add five
points in the second half for a
team-high 17 points.

However. UK (15-2. 6-0
Southeastern Conference) left
Thompson-Boling Alena with
an 84-62 victory and its best
start since the 1998 National
Championship season.

UK junior guard Patrick
Sparks made four :ipointers
to lead the Cats with 19
points. five assists and three
steals.

With UK leading Bil-18
midway through the first half.
Lofton connected on his third
3-pointer to give the Volun-

corners with education. she said.

“Unfortunately you can't be effi-
cient in this business. because d0-
ing that means that class sizes get
bigger while the number of faculty
would get smaller." she said. “All
postsecondary schools face these is-
sues.“

Martin declined yesterday to
speculate on how much tuition or
room and board would increase.

“We don‘t even have firm num-
bers for right now where we are."
Martin said.

“It‘s premature to give any pro-
jection. We don't hone in on the
rate or the range of rates we’re
looking at."

Student Government President
Rachel Watts estimated Monday
that tuition could increase between
5 percent and 10 percent. Watts did

not return phone calls yesterday.

“Rachel’s estimate was prema-
ture." Martin said.

Martin will present any early
figures UK will have at a Budget
Advisory Committee meeting Tues-
day Among those in attendance
will be Provost Mike N ietzel. all the
executive vice presidents. the
chairs of the Faculty and Staff Sen-
ates and Watts.

“I'll present preliminary num-
bers. saying. ‘This is the picture as
it stands.m Martin said. “But even
that will be tentative. because we’ll
be meeting the same day that Gov.
(Ernie) Fletcher gives his address."

Martin hopes that speech to the
General Assembly will clarify the
status of state appropriations.
which will have a direct impact on
UK's budget.

“It appears that the state does
have more money to allocate." Mar-
tin said.

But she cautioned that the state
has complex issues with its correc-
tions and health care systems that

will need more funding.

“There’s probably never been
more uncertainty going forward.“
Martin said. “State revenues are
very volatile. which means our
state appropriations are volatile.
too "

Board of Trustees member A1-
ice Sparks said Monday UK can‘t
advance without a clearer picture
from the state legislature.

“It‘s something we have to look
at every year." Sparks said of rais-
ing tuition.

“It all hinges on Frankfort. and
if our funds are cut again. we real-
ly don't have anywhere else to go.

“Everyone hates it. but 1 don‘t
know what else to do."

Oneexpenditure the tuition in-
crease may help fund is a raise for
UK's faculty and staff. which Mar-
tin said would be addressed in the
budget.

“We’re having a hard time re-
cruiting." Martin said. “We’re not

 

is the lowest of its 19 benchmark
universities.

Martin said UK is currently in-
volved in a three-year plan to raise
that figure to 90 percent of the me
dian benchmark salary

Based on the 2002-03 data from
the ()ffice of Planning. Budget and
Policy Analysis. UK’s average facul-
ty member makes $66,953 a year,
which is $9.594 less than the medi-
an salary. belonging to the Univer-
sity of Texas.

The target salary. then, for UK
is 368.892 $1.939 higher than the

competitive." she added. partly be-
cause UK‘s average faculty salary

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UK 84, UT 62

1 UK: Police responded

By Elizabeth Troutan

THE KKNTUCKY KERNEL

University officials said
the gas incident on Rose
Street Monday was handled in
an effective and safe manner.

Christy Giles. director of
emergency services. said de-
termining the effectiveness of
emergency response plans is
part of her job.

“We are looking at a lot of
the various emergency re-
sponse plans and making sure
we address all of the con
cerns.“ she said. “We are still
in the process of developing a
campus-wide emergency
plan."

Giles said the situation
was treated with the same
procedures as a "bomb threat
explosion."

“The scene was handled
under a unified command
structure." she said.

Columbia Gas officials
said that the situation did not
give reason for alarm.

“It was very typical." said
Lisa Smith. public relations
director for (‘olumbia Gas.
"The incident was a third-par»
ty damage by a lowpressure
line. There was not any seri-
ous nature to that."

Smith said it is important
to distinguish third-party
damage to a line from a gas
leak. She said that the situa»
tion was typical and of little
concern to pedestrians.

"I wouldn't say it was a
scare." Smith said. “Police un-
derstand we have hundreds of
lines hit every year."

Capt. Paul Grant of UK
Police said he arrived at the
scene after the fire depart-
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game. The play kicked off a
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Carrot Top, aka Scott Thompson, graduated with a marketing
degree from Florida Atlantic University. He takes his jokes to the

Singletary Center tomorrow.

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UK senior forward Chuck Hayes went to the bench after suffering a broken nose late in the first half of the
Cats’ 84-62 win at Tennessee last night. Hayes' status for Saturday's game at Arkansas is yet to be deter-
mined. UK head coach Tubby Smith said after the game.
See "Bench full of Chuck wannabes" column on Page 8

safe. He said the gas company
was still working on the prob-
lem yesterday

“Officers are trained." he
said. “(nice they smell gas.

properly to gas leak

they make sure the building is
evacuated. and we wait for the
fire department to make sure
there isn't an imminent
threat."

Jim Wells. battalion chief
of Lexington Fire Depart-
ment. said all gas leaks are po
tential hazards.

“The initial assessment is
usually made pretty quickly.
but they try to be over-cau-
tious with the assessment."
Wells said. “Generally. they
will evacuate the structure
and nearby areas." he said.

"The potential is very
much a hazard; it is looked
upon that way"

Grant said the police's re-
sponse depends on the nature
of the emergency. Based on
the severity of the situation.
police will rope off the dan-
gerous area.

“When we get on the
scene. we set up a perimeter."
he said. "If they (pedestrians)
are outside the perimeter and
they want to look in and see.
they can.

()n Monday. police set up a
small perimeter. Grant said.

“Once you get on the scene
and assess the situation. it can
expand a whole block or just
restrict the sidewalk inself.“

Giles said the biggest prob
lems Monday were the loss of
heat and making sure busi-
ness was able to continue.

“As far as recovery: it was
a matter of repairing the
line." she said. “Anytime you
are dealing with gas. you are
looking at potential risks.

“it‘s going to be the same
with most any other type of
incident." she said. "The p0
lice are going to secure the
area and keep people from
coming in and out through
standard pmcedures."

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Carrot Top returns to college roots at Singletary Center

 

By Dariush Shafa
THE KENTUCKY ktnutt

Up in the sky! It's a bird! it's a plane!
lt‘s Carrot Top in an F16“?

The comedian describes it as one of
the coolest moments in his life his
brother “Garrettop” arranged for him
to take a ride in a Virginia Air National
Guard F-16 fighter.

“1 just went in an F-16! That‘s like.
‘Holy crap!‘ "

Descending from the sky. Carrot
Top. aka Scott Thompson. is better
known as the red-haired. trunk-drag
ging comedian who pitches cheap col
lect calls for AT&T. and he will perform
tomorrow in the Singletary (‘enter at 8
pm.

(‘arrot Top. who has been doing
shows in Las Vegas. returns to his
comedic roots performing on college
campuses. just as he started in the mid-

“lt's been a while since I've played in
a college." Thompson said. “So it'll be
fun. Hi just rip it up."

Originally from (‘ocoa Beach. Fla.
Thompson began stand-up after friends
urged him to take part in an open-mic
night as a student at Florida Atlantic
University.

After graduating with a degree in
marketing. Carrot Top continued doing
stand-up. but after a year. the frustra-
tion of trying to break into the big-time
took its toll.

He quit comedy. but the siren call of
the stage was too much. and after land-
ing a New Year's Eve gig in 1987. he re-
turned to stand-up.

”it's like a rock-and-roll comedy
show. There's no modern-day prop
comics. I'm the only guy." Thompson
said. “I think the whole show appeals to
(the audience). There's also music.
there‘s pyrotechnics. there‘s pictures. I
don't want to be just traditional stand-
up.

And now. 18 years later. Carrot Top
is one of the best-known comedians of
all time. He‘s known specifically for be-
ing the first comedian to use original
props. all of which he makes himself.

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“There‘s some (props) that are real
clever and thought-provoking. some are
just silly." Thompson said. “It can be an
observational thing or a current~events
thing."

Though the majority of Thompson‘s
career has been spent in stand-up. he
said he‘s gained a degree of notoriety
simply from his 1-800CALL-A'I‘T com-
mercials.

“That’s kind of a blessing and a
curse." Thompson said. “People will
stop me and say. ‘You‘re the phone guy!‘

One of the keys to his success is his
ability to draw varied crowds.

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Tuition

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current salary.

“We've been trying to play catch-up.
trying to maintain with the bench-
marks. but we‘ve really slipped for the
past three years." Martin said.

“It’s very diffith to make up 1 per-
cent.

“Our faculty salaries have to become
a top priority"

A salary raise of 1 percent for all
faculty and staff costs UK about $3 mil-
lion. Martin said. But UK will not raise
tuition strictly to pay for that price. she
said.

“We don’t divide the budget that
way.” she said. "We don’t say ‘OK. tu~
ition will pay for this and state appro-
priations will pay for this.’ It will all be
one pool of money. combining state ap-
propriations. tuition and investment in-
come."

Ernest Yanarella. chairman Of the
University Senate. asked students to un-
derstand that a tuition increase 77 part-
ly to help faculty and staff W would
benefit them in the future.

“If you think about it as an invest-
ment. then it puts a different twist for
what‘s going on.“ said Yanarella. also a
political science professor.

“You've got to think about it in both
short-term and long-term ways." he
said Monday.

“If you look at it in the long run.
what you've invested. as all the studies
show. will lead to much higher divi~
dends."

UK students will also have to invest
more in room and board. The four new
dormitories. set to open by the begin—
ning of fall semester. will increase ex-
penses for UK Campus Housing. Martin
said.

“We may go to a differential housing
plan. meaning a student who lives in
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money to live there." Martin said. “But
it's likely for it all to increase. regard-
less of what dorm you live in.

“Expenses are increasing all over.
she said.

”Housing's occupation is pretty
much full. so it’s not like we can simply
service more students and make more
money that way“

Student fees are also going to in-
crease. Martin said.

Pat Terrell. vice president for stu-
dent affairs. has been visiting with vari
ous student organizations to discuss the
current situation. but was unavailable
for comment.

But as it has done in the past. UK
will try to help students shoulder the
extra tuition load. Martin said.

"We try to increase their (scholar
ship) amount and availability based on
the tuition rates." she said.

"A few years ago. we also established
need-based scholarships. SO the student
will have options in that regard."

All of this information. once it’s
closer to being finalized. will be present-
ed in one package in campus tuition fo
rums. said Tom Harris. associate vice
president for external affairs. Dates for
those forums haven't been set yet.

Above all. Martin said she wants
students to know that the university un-
derstands the burden of tuition increas-
es.

“We realize how the volatile nature
of tuition impacts students." Martin
said. “We share the burden with stu-
dents as much as possible.

“I can honestly say that we try to
keep tuition increases as low as possi-
ble."

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Drive. at 8:57 am.

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reported at 12:54 pm.

Jan.l8: Theftoftwopmjectorsfrorntheirceilingrnomtsin
Chemistryl’hysics Building reported at 2:18 pm.

Jan. 18: Theft of plug-in air freshener from Kentucky Clinic
reported at 3:48 pm.

Jan. 18: Theft of laptop at UK Chandler Medical Center
reported at 4:50 pm.
Jan.20:TheftofavehicleatKlotreportedat5p.m.

Jan. 21: Criminal mischief at Gill Heart Institute reported at
12:07 am.

Jan. 21: Forgery at White Hall Classroom Building reported
at 11:33 am. .

Jan. 21: Theft of mail at 756 Woodland Ave. reported at
12:59 pm. _

Jan. 21: Theft at Miller Hall reported at 2:11 pm.

Jan. 23: Criminal mischief in Parking Structure #5 reported
at 7:37 am.

Jan. 23: Car edged while parked on Rose Lane; reported at
12:26 pm.

Jan. 23: Patient possibly using crack pipe while at UK
Chandler Medical Center reported at 2:51 pm.

Jan. 23: Fire reported at UK Dairy Farm at 4:32 pm.

Jan. 24: Criminal mischief at Markey Cancer Center report-
ed at 5:05 am.

Jan. 24: Criminal mischief at UK Chandler Medical Center
reported at 8:52 am.

Jan. 24: Possession of drug paraphernalia at UK Chandler
Medical Center reported at 1:56 pm.

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Economy brightens]

By Ryan Toombs
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The James W. Stuckert
Career Center is seeing a 46
percent jump in the num-
ber of companies inter-
viewing UK seniors this se—
mester, said Sue Strup, the
center’s director.

These employers. which
use the center to search for
students. are the result of a
rebounding job market.

John Garen. interim co-
director of the Center for
Business and Economic Re-
search, reasoned that the
job growth is the result of
the slow recuperation from
the 2001 recession.

Employment growth
was strong in 2004. and the
trend is expected to contin-
ue into 2005. said Garen,
who is also a Gatton en-
dowed professor of econom-

Ics.

“The recovery has been
slow in coming but seems
to finally taken hold." he
said.

Students looking for
ways to get in touch with
employers should sign up
for a CyberCAT account.
Strup said.

CyberCAT ~~ a Web-
based tool that allows stu-
dents to post resumes on
the Internet for prospective
employers , is set up for
both jobs and internships.

Jared Braswell. a De-
cember 2004 accounting
graduate, said signing up
for CyberCAT helped in his
job search.

“I thought that the Cy-
berCAT account makes
things easier. especially for
me since I was always
across campus at the busi-

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ob outlook

ness school and didn't have
time to stop by the career
center." he said.

Strup said more compa-
nies are expressing an in-
terest in interviewing with
UK students.

For example. she said
Xerox will be returning to
interview following an
eight-year absence. and
Rolls Royce will visit for the
first time.

Diane Kohler. senior as-
sociate director at the ca-
reer center, said the growth
in the job market should
not be taken for granted.

“Even though the job
market is good, don't be-
come complacent and
wait,” she said. “The job
market is still very compet-
itive."

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Democrats opposed to Rice
despite expected approval

By Sonni Elron
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WASHINGTON 77 Sen-
ate Democrats yesterday at-
tacked the nomination of
Condoleezza Rice as US.
Secretary of State. arguing
in a nine-hour debate that
she had misled Congress
and the public on the need
for war against Iraq, threat-
ening to tarnish her expect-
ed approval.

Rice is expected to win
confirmation easily in a
Senate vote scheduled for
today. With Republicans
solidly behind Rice. Democ-
rats are powerless to block
confirmation when it comes
to a vote today.

But Senate staffers said
at least 10. and as many as
20. senators were expected
to vote against her nomina-
tion. If so, Rice would be-
come the first secretary of
State not to win unanimous
confirmation since 1981.
when six senators voted
against the nomination of
Alexander M. Haig.

But Senate Democratic
leaders did not attempt to
rally their ranks to vote
against Rice.

Instead. the Democratic
leadership was reserving its
political capital for a stand
against President Bush‘s
nominee for US. attorney
general. Alberto R. Gonza-
les.

“Frankly. there is much
more angst over Gonzales.
and there comes a practical
choice: Having been (brand-
ed) an obstructionist party
for so long. do you lead with
Rice or do you take on a
candidate who is more
problematic?“ one staffer
said.

The Senate Judiciary
Committee is expected to

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“You never know who‘s out there,“
Thompson said. “I do draw a completely di-
verse crowd because the show is kind of
clean and not very obscene. It‘s like PG-IB."

Despite the hard times. the traveling and
the occasional heckler. comedy is his life.
Thompson said. A decade ago he was asked
what he’d be doing 10 years in the future.

“You never know. They asked me that 10
years ago and I said, ‘Hopefully. doing this.m

Thompson said.

He also said he hopes to move on to film

or television sitcoms.
“That's the challenge

tough.“ he said. “But you‘ve got to take the

risk."

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vote on the Gonzales nomi-
nation today. and a close
vote could lead to more
widespread Democratic op-
position when the full Sen-
ate votes. which will proba-
bly be next week.

Rice was described even
by her fiercest critics yes-
terday as well qualified for
the job, both as a candidate
with an inspiring personal
history. and as a diplomat
who will be able to speak
with the president‘s voice
when talking to foreign
leaders.

But the debate over the
nomination of Rice. Bush‘s
high-profile national securi-
ty adviser and close confi-
dante. mirrored the politi-
cal divisions of the presi-
dential election campaign.

The debate included two
hour-long arguments from
Democrats. one from Sen.
Robert Byrd of West Vir-
ginia, and another from
Sen. Barbara Boxer of Cali-
fornia.

The Democrats respond-
ed to Republican accusa-
tions from White House.
Chief of Staff Andrew Card
Jr. that the Democrats' in-
sistence on a full day of de—
bate was partisan and “pet-
ty politics."

“I am particularly dis-
mayed by accusations I
have read that Senate De-
mocrats, by insisting on
having an opportunity to
debate the nomination of
Dr. Rice. have somehow
been engaged in nothing
more substantial than petty
politics or partisan delay-
ing tactics," Byrd said.

“The Senate‘s role of ad-
vice and consent to presi~
dential nominations is not a
ceremonial exercise."

Democrats also argued
that Rice. as a senior mem-

ber of the Bush administra-
tion. had exaggerated. mis-
led or lied during the pre-
war period by presenting
intelligence as true or un-
contested when later it was
proved false.

Rice had asserted that
Saddam Hussein had
weapons of mass destruc-
tion, had ties to al-Qaida.
had purchased specialized
aluminum tubes that were
only suitable for uranium
enrichment and had at-
tempted to purchase urani-
um from Africa for a possi-
ble nuclear weapon. Democ-
rats said W all of which
were later found to be un-
true.

Several senators noted
that Rice was the first Cabi-
net-level official to suggest
that Saddam soon might
have nuclear weapons. say-
ing in September 2002. “We
don‘t want the smoking gun
to be a mushroom cloud."

Boxer. whose grilling of
Rice became material for a
“Saturday Night Live“
spoof. brought an ease] and
a set of her now-famous ex-
hibits to the Senate floor for
her speech yesterday.

Displaying the advice-
and-consent clause from the
Constitution. she said: “It
doesn’t say anywhere in
here that the president
shall nominate and the Sen-
ate shall confirm I will
never be deterred from do-
ing the job the Constitution
requires of me."

If her colleagues were
moved by Boxer‘s emotional
appeal. it was not evident.
In the end, even Boxer had
to acknowledge that Rice
“will be confirmed.“

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TO THIS REPORT

“It‘s just that ultimate joy of getting up
there. making people laugh and being an id-
iot.“ Thompson said. “If it was to make
money, I would have done something else."

Thompson also does work with many
charities, such as the Ronald McDonald

House.

son to do so

“You don‘t realize how much impact is
has until you do it." Thompson said. “It‘s
something you‘ve got to do. and once you do
it. you want that feeling again."

Despite his success. including being
named both Entertainer of the Year and Co-
median of the Year in 1993

the only per-
he said there are still a few

people out there who have a beef with him.

“You‘re not going to please everybody."

Thompson said. “Some people just despise

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WEDNESDAY

Virgina Coalition w/The Chris
Campbel Band

8 p.m. The Dame. Tickets cost.
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Chuck Ptopliet

8 p.m. The Dame. Tickets cost

$5.

Carrot Top
8 p.m. Singletary Center for
the Arts. Tickets cost $25.50.

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10 p.m. High on Rose. Tickets
cost $3.

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9 p.m. The Fishtank. Tickets
cost $3.

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$7.

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Bandy

9 p.m. The Dame. Tickets cost

$5.

Dark Star Orchestra
8:30 p.m. Bogarts, Cincinnati.
Tickets cost $18.

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$6.

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9 p.m. The Dame. Pay what
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THEATRICAL RELEASES
Alone in the Dark

Christian Slater plays an occult
investigator in this adaptation of
the supernatural Video game of the
same moniker As Slater int/6511’
gates a supernatural force, he finds
that the mystery is lost in the
depths of time - that's rust where
any good Video game movie is lost
(Does anybody remember Double
Dragon? Terrible) Slater calls upon
his former girlfriend. an archaeolo-
gist played by Tara Reid. to assrst in
finding the truth

Given the title, there‘s a good
chance that together, they might
come to know the true meaning of
terror ~ like forgetting to save be-
fore fighting a boss. Stephen Dortf
costars as a rival government
agent At Lexington Green. Regal
and Woodhiil.

Hide and Seek

when his wife unexpectedly
dies. David Callaway (Robert De
Niro) leaves his Manhattan lifestyle
to live upstate With his daughter.
Emily (Dakota Fanning, channeling
a young Christina RiCCi in appear
ance),

At first, the distance in the gui-
et town is therapeutic in lieu of
other children, Emily invents an
imaginary friend. Charlie. to help
her cope. Affairs take a detour to-
ward the smister when a series of
strange acts — like writings in
blood appearing on the wall -
happen in the Callaway home.

Emily claims Charlie is master-
minding them all. but Davrd is sus-
picious until the bizarre becomes
too much to ignore. The phantas-
mai Charlie may actually be all too
real At Regal and Woodhill.

Hotel Rwanda

Don Cheadie. nominated for an
Academy Award for this role, plays
the owner of a hotel in Rwanda in
i99i..
For those unfamiliar with recent
history. the conflict between the
Hutu and Tutsis in Rwanda threw
the nation into utter chaos and
caused the genocidal eradication of

Emily. has an imaginary friend named Charlie, whose "imaginary" persona violently becomes all too real.

nearly i million people Hotel
Rwanda occurs in the middle of all
this carnage. wrth Cheadle's char
acter trying to save as many people
as posstble while the rest of the
world. including U N peacekeep-
ers. do nothing

Think of a modern-day
Schindler 5 first set in Africa, and
you‘ve got the bum premise At the
Kentucky Theatre.

Vera Drake

The kentucky‘s go‘ Oscar fever
this week — Academy Award nomi—
nee imelda Staunton stars as titular
character Vera Drake

By day, Drake cleans homes for
extra money. and looks in on shut-
ins out of kindness While times are
difficult in postswwll England, she
does take solace in her family. even
managing to help With the happi‘
ness of that by trying to set up her
daughter with a Lonely local

But Drake has another Side to
her — and a side busmess to go
with it. one that challenges the
mores of her family and somety
when she’s found out Drake's con-
tent little world goes spiraling out
of control At the Kentucky Theatre.

DVD RELEASES
Alien vs. Predator

The abbrewation "vs ” is some-
thing that you pay to see on Pay-
Per-View. or watch on MTV's de-
funct "Celebrity Deathmatch" —
Lennox vs Holyfield, Tyson vs Ross
Perot in an ear~off. etc it's not a
term you find in any self-respect-
ing mov1e. with Kramer vs Kramer
being the only exception Remem‘
ber Freddy vs lason7

Well, Alien vs
worse.

As you can imagine. the aliens
of the Alien quartet and the preda-
tor of the Predator films square off
on a space station.

Can the ultimate hunter defeat
the ultimate prey? How many hu'
man beings will die in the cross-
fire?

This would have been a