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tion.

The UK Chandler Medical Center has had 14
surgeons resign during the past year, according to
medical center officials.

Two additional surgeons have pending resigna—
tions. In response, UK is forming a committee to
review the department of surgery and its leadership.

Dr. Robert Salley, associate professor of cardio-
thoracic surgery, became the latest doctor to put in
his resignation two days ago.

Dr. James Holsinger, medical center chancellor,
said officials are still talking with Salley.

“I’ve not heard at this time positively whether Dr.
Salley is going to leave,” Holsinger said.

Salley has declined comment.

Salley’s resignation follows that of Dr. Michael
Sekela, director of UK’s heart—lung transplant unit,
13 days ago.

Spkela said transplant patients in his department

specialists.

 

 

Bill would
. 5 limit oil's
system

By Jeff Vinson
Campus Falitor

At least one Kentucky legisla—
tor thinks the state's community
college system should cut its ties
to UK.

Rep. Freed Curd (D—Murray),
chairman of the House Education
Committee, has been working on
a bill that would separate the
Community Colleges System
from UK and merge them with
the Kentucky Tech vocational
system.

He sent his proposal to the
Legislative Research Commission
early this week to draft the bill’s
formal lan age. Curd said yester-
day that the bill should be in com-
mittee sometime next week.

He said the main advantage of
this proposal would be the local
control of the colleges and tech
schools.

But UK officials think the bill
is a bad idea and are questioning
its purpose.

“I’m strongly opposed to it,”
said Ben Carr, chancellor for the
Community College System. “I
don’t think that’s the way to get
vocational technical schools and
community colleges to merge.

“We’ve always said that we
would be glad to sit down with
people from the Kentucky Tech
system and talk about how we
could work together in a better
relationship, even work toward
merging the two systems in some
way.
Carr said that this bill is not the
way to do it because neither he
nor Kentucky Tech System lead—
ers have been involved in the pro—
cess.

The proposal would create two

pes of boards, local boards at
each of the schools in the system
and a “superboard,” which would
serve as the chief coordinatin and
decision—making body for afi
schools.
l At the local level, the board
‘ would include two community
college members, two vocational
school members, two labor lead—
ers, two business leaders and two
industry leaders. This group
would help determine the needs of
the local community.

The “superboard” would
include overnor appointees and
would inalize budgets, handle
certification and make other deci-
sions that would affect the system
as a whole.

 

Study llreall

By Jeff Vlnson
Campus Editor

.. 4.4.-..“ K.

studying in Lancaster, England.

the University of Lancaster."

country.

major or minor in business.

 

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This summer the Gatton College of Business and Eco-
notnics will include England on its European tour. UK stu—
” dents will have the opportunity to earn four credits while

For nearly 10 years students have traveled to Austria to
study during the summer, but this is the first time that the
College of Business will put on the program in England.

“We have had the Austria program for sometime,” said
professor Keith Johnson, organizer of the Lancaster pro-
gram. “VVe’re trying to get the England one established with

The Lancaster program lasts from July 8 toJuly 27, and
because the program in Vienna, Austria is from Aug. 1 to
the Aug. 2, some students can take part in both programs. The
programs are similar because students register for one of the
three—credit hour electives and a required one-credit course
that looks at the history and cultural of the host city and

The Austria program attracts mostly seniors and gradu-
ates, while the Lancaster program is geared toward sopho-
mores and juniors and seniors who are working toward a

“England has an advantage also in that you don‘t have a
language problem,"Johnson said, “and so you don‘t have to
be capable of speaking German (spoken in Austria) to sur-

 

 

Curd said UK pockets much of
the community college funding
right from the start, while under
his plan, the money would go to
the schools and the state.

He added that UK does not
treat the community colleges and
their surrounding communities
fairl .

“UK tells them they are just an
advisory board,” Curd said.

But what do the community
colle es think?

“ he community colleges
don’t think (UK officials) are
doing a fine job,” Curd said. “The
presidents (of the community col-

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are not given sufficient care following their opera-

He said that the hospital needs to hire additional
qualified people to care for post-transplant patients
and that he has been trying to bring these changes
about for three years.

“(The hospital) offers people transplant surgery
but do not provide adequate care afterward," Sekela
said. “It’s not the proper thing to do."

Sekela said patients need to have an assigned post-
transplant physician. He said he has asked UK to
hire at least two additional cardiologists and lung

The success of UK's transplant program has
increased the number of transplants performed by
the hospital and, therefore, the number of patients
that need to be followed up on, Holsinger said.

“(Sekela) was working an inordinate amount of
time,” Holsinger said.

Holsinger said UK officials have tried to meet

More doctors leave Med Center

Sekela's requests for more personnel and are work-
ing to reassure transplant patients.

Vernon Scott of Ashland received a new heart at
UKin 1993.

Scott said patients have met once with Holsinger
since Sekela’s resignation and would like to meet
with hiln again.

“As a patient, I feel betrayed, scared and let down
that they haven’t hired adequate doctors to carry on
this program," Scott said.

Liz \Voosley of “’inchester, whose husband
Leonard received a heart transplant at UK in 1993,
said patients saw problems developing more than a
year ago.

She said when her husband developed an infec—
tion inJanuary 1995 and went to UK, he was told he
couldn't be seen because Sekela was in surgery and
no one else was available.

She cited the incident as evidence that the pro»
gram lacks enough backup.

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Students can prepare tor England tour

vive in the cities.”

The

$1,250 cost covers housing in the student dormitory

,and trips to Scotland and excursions throughout England,

including two visits to London.
Johnson said lnost trips will take place on the weekend.
But students will get a chance to visit London‘s financial dis—

trict one day during the week as a kind of class fieldtrip.

on the

Lancaster has a population of about 50,000. It is located

coast, in what is called “The Lake County" and is

roughly equidistant between Scotland and England.

England's influence on the United States is what led hiln
to choose England as the country for the study abroad pro—
gram,Johnson said.

“England has a tremendous impact on the history of this

exist",

world and in particular on the history of (the United
States)," Johnson said. “It’s difficult to get an appreciation
for history in this country because we're pretty young. \Ve
don’t have any buildings that are 500 years old — they don’t

He said students will benefit greatly frolu the Lancaster

program.

raderie

“They can probably expect to develop a lot of cama-

(with other students),” Johnson said. “You‘ll be with

those people in class in the mornings, you'll be touring with

them in the afternoons, and having a good time socializing.”

Johnson added that students will develop a tremendous
sense of history and time perspective, as well as a general
respect for “older things."

 

 

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NEWShytes

Huhllell admits
moving Clinton's tiles

\VASHING'I‘UN — Former Associate Attor—
ney General \Vebster Hubbell revealed yesterday
that he removed a large number of llillarv Rod—
haln Clinton's files from their Little Rock law firm
after the 19‘): presidential election.

ln his third appearance before the Senate
“'hitewaler Committee, llubbell said he also
removed frolll the firm another fllc which he
had kept in his office drawer -—— regarding a bank
owned by the Clintons' \Vhitcwatcr investment
partner.

Hubbell said he moved all of thc material to a
Little Rock warehouse early in 10‘); insisting to
skeptical Republicans on the \\'lutcw.ltel‘ (Iommit-
tee that he “maintained the integrity" of all docu-
ments in his possession. The files eventually were
turned over to “'hitewater prosecutors.

Did llubbell “vacuum“ the fllcs? inquired
Michael Chertoff, the committee's Republican
staff lawyer who is a forlncr prosecutor.

“I don't ap )rCL'lLIIC‘ that, Alike," replied
llubbell. At anot er point, Hllbbell said, “\'.lclllllll
to the means disappear, and they're all still here.“

 

_llubbell has pleaded guilty to two felonies in

\Wiitewzlter atld is serving a prison term.

llubbell testified that the file in his office draw—
er related to the Bank of Kingston, a financial
institution owned by .l‘dlllL‘N .\chougal. the (Illn-
ton’s \\'hitewater parlncr. .\Icl)ougal also owned
Madison Guaranty, the Arkansas sa\ings and loan
at the center ofthe \Vhitewater investigation.

Senate votes to overhaul larm system

\VASHINGTUN - The Senate voted yestcri
day to break the dec;ldcs-—old link between farm
prices and government subsidies, going farmers
instead a series of fixed but declinlng payments.
The action could lead to the eventual end of farm
payments.

The 6443 vote came despite a lastiditch light
mostly by .Vlidwestetn Democrats who wanted to
save at least some connection between prices and
payments. Twenty Democrats joined the majority.
()pponents charged that Republicans were offcrlng
welfare to farmers while cutting money fol cilllLdr
tion, school lunches and health care for the poor.

In exchange for less government support, con—
trols over lnost planting decisions would end,
along with requirements that acres be idled. Freed
from those controls, backers say, farmers will pros»
per, planting every free acre and shipping grain the
world over to feed.

Investigators looking at campaign lunds

\VASHINGT( 1N —— Despite a legal prohibi—
tion, an Oklahoma gas company spent $150,000 to
assist its former president in his unsuccessful con~
gressional race in 1994, according to the compa-
ny‘s lawyer.

Minutes from a board meeting of Dynamic
Energy Resources Inc. show board members dis—
cussed ways to disguise the assistance to “avoid
federal election regulations." The documents were
obtained by The Associated Press.

A special prosecutor is investigating the compa~
ny as part of a probe into Commerce Secretary
Ron Brown's activities.

W Sommerieial llelnu lilmed at UK

A commercial is being filmed at Memorial Coli-
seum this morning. Famous Footwear needs stu—
dents to act as extras in a basketball game crowd
from 6 a.m. to 10 a.m. today.

lvllMEdgoppmg

Band suing over original songs

C()I.U.\IBIA, SC. — Hootie 81 the Blowfish
have asked a federal judge in California to bar a
man froln selling what he claims are copies ofthe
band's first songs.

The Columbia—based band
asked for the restraining order
after allegedly getting a call froln
Haim Mizrahi of Beverly Hills,
Calif.

The band said Mizrahi threat-
ened to sell 15 songs if he didn’t
receive more than $200,000.

The band sued Mizrahi on Jan.
30. The case is to be heard on Friday.

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Sat lane and Razorback boosters battle lor Illood

By Chris Padgett
Sufi Wn’m

Matt Puffer has a pretty sim—
le philosophy on donating
load.

“I don’t need all my blood,”
said Puffer, a mechanical engi-
neering sophomore, “so why not
give it to someone else who needs
it.”

Puffer is eating u for his
donation to t e Game or Life, a
blood com tition being 5 on—
sored atU b the Central en-
tucky Blood Center Friday and

5

Saturday.

The competition is being held
between blood centers at the
University of Arkansas and at UK
in an effort to stabilize the blood
shorta that dimuu' ' ‘shed the sup—
ply 0 blood as a result of t e
wmter snowstorm.

As a result of the bad weather
that cri pled donation efforts in
Decemger and January the
CKBC is re tting a blood unit
shortfall of abgut 300 units.

To keep donors warm over the
remaining winter months, each

person who donates a unit of

5

 

blood will receive a free Game
for Life lon -sleeved T-shirt.
This is t e second year for the

Game for Life, which is bein
chaired by former UK basketbafi
pla er Kyle Macy. Macy will
ma e a pre-game Eresentation to
the school whic gathers the
most blood. The presentation
will include a traveling trophy
and la ue.

ats a Berry, CKBC com-
munity relations consultant,
urges UK students to take the
op rtunity to give blood.

Iood donation centers will be

3

set up Friday at CKBC headquar—
ters on Waller Avenue from 9
a.m. to 9 p.m. and at the UK Stu-
dent Center Grand Ballroom
from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. On Satur-
day donors may give at the
CKBC from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
UK's goal for the drive is 400
units.

“Arkansas won the competi-
tion last year,” Berry said, “so
now the burden falls upon UK to
win this year’s competition.”

Berry recommends donors
weigh 100 pounds or more, be in
good general health and eat a
nutritious meal within three
hours of their donation.

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86A gives money to Horticulture Club

Senate awards

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By Alison Klghl

Executive Editor

The Student Government
Association approved a bill last
night granting $875 to the UK
Horticulture Club to cover regis-
tration fees for two upcoming
trips.

The trips will be taken by two
of the Horticulture Club’s compe-
tition teams to compete at the
Associated Landscape Contrac-
tor's of America Student Career
Field Day at California Polytech-
nic State University at San Luis
()bispo from March 21—24.

The teams also will compete at
the National Intercollegiate Floral
C rop Quality Evaluation and
Design (ontest at Utah State
University in Logan from April
1 1-14.

The bill was sponsored by
Kirby Hancock, the College of
Agriculture senator.

The registration fees will cover
some meals at the competitions
for students, as well tours of some
industrial sites. Two fees will be
provided for one faculty adviser to
attend each conference with the
students.

Students in the Horticulture
Club held apple sales during the
fall to raise funds for the trips, and
had a flower sale in December.

Senate Coordinator Whitney
Hale commended the club’s fund-
raising efforts.

“To have raised somewhere
around $5,700 is amazing,” Hale
said. “To come in here and ask for

only $875 should be commended, ’

especially when compared with
some of the other requests we
get.”

Daniel Tandy, a representative
from the Horticulture Club,
spoke on the importance of the
competitions.

“The outcome of these compe—
titions is nationally-known,"
Tandy said. “About 50 to 60 uni-
versities attend them every year. If
we do well, it's a really great
honor to be there.”

 

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”[6181” Mills Senate Pro I empore lrf 'endy Hyland presides over the
Student Government Association Senate meeting lat! m'gbt.

Lexington ( (immunity C ()llCL
SenatorJared Ison said he thong t
the bill was worthy of being
passed.

“\Vith what this club does
every year —— I'm really in favor of
it,” Ison said. “I think they deserve

the $875.”

The Horticulture Club sup—
ports the UK Arboretum, and
provides cleanup for it after the
first frost. The club also provides
labor for the Kentucky Landscape
Industries annual meeting.

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By Kim Vogel

contributing IVriter

After more than 65 years, the
first woman to raduate from
UK 5 business school is finally
receiving the recognition she
deserves.

Emma Jane Stevens Walker, a
Lexington native, paved the way
for women in the College of Busi-
ness at UK She along with two
other UK graduates will be
inducted into the Gatton College
of Business and Economics Hall
of Fame.

In 1929, Walker scored the
highest marks among all graduates
in UK’s College of Commerce.
But because she was female,
\Valker was given second place 1n
her graduating class.

University records show that
Walker was actually the first in
her class. However, colle e rules
at that time dictated that e high-
est- grades honor would go to the
top— scoring male student.

She was also blocked from the
college’s honorary society. Walk—
er instead received a sterling silver
basket from the college.

Richard Furst, dean of the Gat-
ton College, said that the induc-
tion honor was an opportunity for
the college to say thank you for

not only being the first woman to
graduate but also to a great life.

“We want to
honor people who
have had out-
standing careers
and lives but not
just in business,”
Furst said. “Here’s
a lady in a differ-
ent environment
from today who
pioneered the way
for other women
to come to this
college."

Although there
were job offers,
Walker never ven—
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business world.
During her years ' " ‘4' ' "
at UK, she worked walkel’

as Margaret 1.
King 5 secretary in
what is now the
M.I. King Library.
After receiving her
business degree,
Walker remained
at UK working 1n
library sciences
She was later '
emplo ed in MCWIIDI’IBI'
Fran on at the
Kentucky Historical

 

Society

Library.

Walker, 89, will be unable to
attend the ceremony She lives 1n
a nursing facility in Alexandria,
Ky. and has been diagnosed with
Alzheimer’s disease.

Betty Humphrey, Walker’s
daughter, will attend the ceremo-
ny with W alker s granddaughters,
Donna Moore, a 1979 business
college graduate who had a 4.0
grade— point average and Cynthia
(wail Hogue, who graduated in
1983 with a 3. 98 average

Humphrey remembers her
mother telling of her University
experience.

“She didn‘t feel hard about it,"
Humphrey said, “but she didn’t
forget about it. Times have
changed. W omen are now
rew arded for what they are able to
achieve."

Also being inducted are
Louisvillian Ronald G Geary, 47,
president and chief executive offi-
cer of ResCare Inc. ., a former
Kentucky secretary of revenue and
a 1969 UK graduate; and Donald
McVVhorter, 58, of Columbus,
Ohio, retired president and chief
operating officer of Bank One
Corp” a 1958 UK graduate and a
native of Grant County. Other
past inductees include former
Kentucky Gov. Edward T.
Breathitt and Cecil C. Carpenter,
a former college dean.

The induction ceremony will
be on Feb. 21 at a noon luncheon
in the Student Center Ballroom.

BOV'S death raises legal IIIIBSIIOII

By David A Lieb

Arroriarcd Preys

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — The air was cool and
the ground wet, so 14-year—old Ryan Sayles wore a
jacket May 17 as he stepped off a school bus in front

of his Kansas City home.

Halfway across Missouri, the Statehouse was

quiet, the legislative session over.

But a little—noticed law passed just a few days ear—
lier would soon come into play in the tragic sequence

of events that followed.

_As Ryan got off the bus, the drawstring of his jack—
et got caught in the door. The bus driver, Saladin

Anderson, pulled away

The ninth— —grader s best buddy, Conrad Wright,
said Ryan“ ran alongside 1t knocking on the door try-
ing to get the bus to stop. Then I saw him fly up in
the air and hit the ground.” Conrad, 12, said Ryan

fell to his death under the big wheels after keeping
up with the bus for halfa block.
What the Legislature did before it adjourned

would ensure that the bus driver would escape seri—
ous penalties for careless and imprudent driving.
“We screwed up,” said Rep. Gary Witt. “Occa-

sionally, we make a mistake.”

Witt has since helped the state House pass an

amendment to restore the higher penalties. The Sen—

Wednesday.

suming jury trials.

to an infraction.

ate has not acted,
the change a high priority, his spokesman said

but Gov. Mel Carnahan considers

The intent of last year’s law was to lower the
criminal status of speeding to avoid costly, time—con-

But the legislation failed to specify the targeted
subsection of the law, and as a result also reduced
careless and imprudent driving from a misdemeanor

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leges) aren ’t going to say any-
thing, of course, but I’ ve had a few
calls (supporting the bill). ”

He said that the Kentucky
technical schools don’t want to see
UK control it all.

“The tech schools would have a

heart attack,” Curd said.

“If that happened, I would kill
the bill. This way it is equal, no
one would be swallowing the
other."

And what about the state col—
lege presidents?

“I’d say all but one is for it,” he
said.

However, there has been no
rush by other legislators to sup—
port the proposal.

“I don’t think there’ll be very
much support anywhere for this
bill, that's the interesting factor
that I see," Carr said.

“I really can’t see that he’s
going to get any support from any
part of the state.”

Carr said that he doesn’t think
Curd is proposing this bill to help
community colleges.

“Really it’s hard to understand
why he’s submitting it,” Carr said.
“It will not help us at all it will
hurt us if we are taken from the
University of Kentucky

“It won’t help the vocational
technical system at all —— it has
nothing to do with something that
either one of the systems wants to
happen."

House 119111.118 penalties 101‘ “011188110 VlfllBIIGG

By Bruce Schnlnor
Armoured Pm:

FRANKFORT, Ky. — The
Kentucky House stepped up the
fight against domestic violence by
passing tou hening nalties.

Rep. ichael owling, the
bill’s sponsor, said it would put
Kentucky at the forefront in pun-
ishing peo le who abuse their
spouses an compamons.

“It helps protect the women
and children of this state,” Bowl—
ing, D-Middlesboro, said yester—
day. “Essentially, this bill makes
Kentucky the No. 1 state in
America on domestic violence."

The bill, one of several pro—
posed by a task force, sailed
through the House 90-0 with little
discussion. It now heads to the
Senate. Bowling said the vote sig-
naled the House’s resolve to crack

down on domestic violence.

A key feature would make it a
felony punishable by a prison sen-
tence of 1 to 5 years for a third
conviction of a domestic violence-
related assault. The first two
offenses would remain misde-
meanors, Bowlin said.

Bowling saidg that provision
responds to one of the biggest
problems in trying to curb domes-
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year with Oak Hill

By Rob Herbsl
Staff lVr‘itrr

The UK junior varsity basket—
ball team will take on a high
school team at 8 p.m. tonight in
Memorial Coliseum. But this is
not your average high school has-
ketball program. It is the national--
ly known Oak Hill Academy, a
prep school in rural Mouth of
Wilson, Va.

The school has

“He's very athletic and versa—
tile," Smith said. “He’s similar to
Ron (Mercer) in the sense that he
can make plays for teammates. He
averages about 15 points but he
could average more."

This season, Oak Hill is 21-3
and ranked 14th in the latest USA
Today poll. Even with that rank-
ing, it’s fair to say Oak Hill is
down this year —14th is Oak

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produced some of the “That's still not too
nation’s finest basket~ . . bad considering who
ball players including we’ve played," Smith
NBA rookie Jerry .. said.
Stackhouse and UK’s Eve" 1] tile The school doesn't
Ron Mercer. In 3]], don’t u‘m, play just teams in Vir-
Oak Hill has turned competin “will ginia. Thli year 'Jllmt‘.
out 13 McDonald’s kelp us. é/Zr‘re Oak Hill has traveled
High School All— looking from Cincinnati toLos
Americans. ‘0' ‘- . ,, Angeles for various
So how does a firwm to It” games and tourna—
school produce so 7 ments.
much talent? Steve Smith Even with all of this
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lege because it recruits
top talent throughout the nation.
Oak Hill head coach Steve Smith
denies the charge.
. “We don’t have to do it that
way," Smith said. “The players
call us and all we do is answer the
phone.”

Smith claims players go to Oak
Hill for reasons that go beyond

' basketball.

“Mainly, they come for the iso-
lated environment,” Smith said.
“They also come for the aca—
demics. The classes are small and
we‘ve had 25 out of our 28 college
players be full qualifiers. I don't
know any school that does that.”

Oak Hill has one Ali-American
this year in Steve Jackson, a (>-
foot-7 guard. Jackson has been
committed to Arizona.

missed three days of
classes, Smith said.

Oak Hill's latest journey takes
it to the Bluegrass state. Smith
thinks the competition against a
college team will help his squad
when running up against physical
opponents in the future.

“Even if we don’t win, compet~
ing will help us," he said. “\Ve're
looking forward to it.“

It seems the game would have
some advantages for UK, like
recruiting, but JV head coach
Delray Brooks doesn't think so.

“Basically, the relationship that
we've developed with Oak Hill
and Steve, we wouldn't need a
game to help us in recruiting,"
Brooks said. “And they don't have
anybody this year that we’re
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Bats keen cruising,
down llamly 120-81

By Ty Halpin

Senior Smfl' ll 'mrr

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Van—
derbilt was ready to play L'K ~~-
in spirit, that is.

Of course, the “'ildcats.
deemed “The Professionals" by
UK coach Rick Pitino, would not
allow even a flicker of an upset.
Dropping their trademark full-
court pressure in favor of an
asphyxiatin half court style, the
Cats nullified Vandy's three—

oint marksman, then turned
liing rebounds into fast break
opportunities.

Using this defensive philoso-
phy to control the game's tempo,
No. 2 UK easily crushed Vandy
NBA~style, 120—81, the (Zom—
modore's worst Memorial (lym-
nasium loss ever.

After the
game, Pitino

“I'm glad it's over," VU's‘
guard Drew .\l.iddu.v said after
the game, “lt was a big circus."

Tony Delk, solidifying his
)lace in TVK history, scored 33 to
end six (Iats in double figures.

“You can't play Kentucky antl
say ‘you stop Tony l)elk. you
stop Kentucky,m Delk said.
"\Ve've got so many other
options."

Those other options include
\Valter McCarty, who finished
with In points .ind ll boards;
Antoin‘e \Valker, who poured in
17. and .\I;lrk pope, who scored
15 seemingly reimenated after a
inidseason funk.

\Vitb \Vandy playing poorly.
the home crowd that remarried
took to their prodigal son, L‘K‘s
Ron Mercer. Mercer had his best
game as a \\'ildcat, finishing with
a career—high IS points.

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sounded like a
spokesman for

UK 120, Vanderbilt 81
v

be home." .\Ier~
cet‘ said, “It

Old Milwaukee
beer, not Taco
Bell.

“\Ve can‘t
play any better
than this," Piti-
no said. “This
is not a typical
team."

Pitino‘s
defensive
adjustment
worked to per—
fection. The
Commodores

hit lust Jr of 14

Ill (1211): Anderson 35. 0-0 6. Walker 8-11.
0-0 17. McCarty 6-11,3-516;Delk 9-18.14
22. Turner 0-2. 0-0 0. Epps 3-4. 0-0 8 Mercer
7-11. 1-2 15, Pope 5-6. 2-2 15, Sheppard 3-3.
3-410.Simmons1-1.2-2 4. Edwards 23. 1-1
5.M0hammed1-1.0-O 2. Totals 48-76. 13-20
120.

Ill (81): DlSpaItro 3-4, 1-3 7 Whitehead 8-14
4-5 20; Bates7-12.0-1 14, Seeker 4-5. 1-2
11. Maddux 7-15.2-218 Pride 1»8 56.7
Ford 0-3. 4-4 4. Sherrin u 1 1|le Slade 0-1:
0-0 0 Totals 30432 17-23 8‘

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Mercer .13 F‘ or, < 3 Slciyir" ‘ ‘ F‘M' ::~ ‘
VUd-ld‘S‘XMlld Made-drier?
Assrs's UK 30 Q'morrart 5 VU ‘6 Pride 7
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in Memorial
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summers with
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the Music ( iity.

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