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November 6, 2003

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Safety walk shows flaws,
encourages awareness

Campus officials say
safety should be more
important than aesthetics

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STAFF WRITER

Dark shadows and tall
shrubbery make places in the
heart of campus potentially
unsafe, said participants in
Student Government’s Safety
Walk last night.

Areas like the pathway
between Maxwell Place and
the Chemistry-Physics Build-
ing and the parking lot be-
hind Chem-Phys may contain
easy hiding places for attack-
ers, they said.

A group including Physi-
cal Plant Division employees,
SG members and UK Police
officers circled and zigzagged
through miles of campus,
pointing out potentially dan-
gerous areas and suggesting
ways to make them safe.

Although the event was
originally scheduled for last
year, it never happened due to
snow, said Jessica Burke, cab
inet secretary for SO and the
walks organizer.

“It came back up because
of the attacks at the begin-
ning of the year," Burke said.

Tuesday’s reported at-
tack behind the Hilary J.
Boone Faculty Center made
the walk even more appropri-
ate, she said.

“We all noticed places on
campus where it was real
dark or where the bushes
were high enough to hide be-
hind,” Burke said.

Faculty members have
organized walks like this be-
fore, but they usually focused
on a smaller area or just a
few buildings, she said.

“This is the first time it
has been a student initiative,"
she said. “And this is on a
much larger scale."

The walk‘s focus on
bushes and lights put the
Physical Plant Division in a
precarious position.

“We need to find a bal-
ance between daytime aes-
thetics and nighttime hiding
places," said Jerry Hart, a
horticulturist for PPD.

Beside aesthetics. the
cost of installing protective
equipment is another hurdle
for campus safety _

Jim Blackwell, superin-
tendent of the electric shop
for PPD. said that ground
lights cost between $2.500 and

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$3,000 to install.

The price to purchase a
single call box is even more
expensive — between $10,000
and $15,000, said Cmdr. Travis
Manley with UK Police Com-
munications and Information
Services. This does not in-
clude the cost of installing
the boxes or the $45 per
month for the phone line at-
tached to it.

To some participants in
the walk, it is a small price to
pay for safety

“Even if one person is at-
tacked, that’s one too many,"
said Judy Duncan, member
of the President‘s Commis-

sion on Women and UK’s
Women Forum.

“Suddenly that price tag
is a lot prettier." she added.

Another obstacle for
campus safety is finding a
way to get the students more
involved, said UK Officer
Mike Bandy.

“If the students would
take a more active role as the
eyes and ears of the police,
the safety factor would be a
lot greater," Bandy said.

Despite all of the safety
concerns presented on the
walk, some students aren‘t
worried about crossing cam-
pus by themselves.

Finding
security

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JONATHAN PALMER I KER-
NEL STAFF

“It doesn‘t bother me."
said Julie Petroze. an ele-
mentary education SOphO-
more, who often walks alone
at night.

“I don't feel unsafe walk-
ing through campus," she
said. “I have my cell phone."

The goal of the walk was
to prevent incidents similar
to those earlier this semester
and Tuesday morning from
occurring again, participants
said.

“The main priority for us
is to keep the students safe,“
Burke said.

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FRANKFORT — As
Gov-elect Ernie Fletcher at-
tended an early-afternoon
meeting with legislative lead—
ers upstairs at the Capitol,
outgoing Gov. Paul Patton
was downstairs conceding
his power and promising to
“fade into the sunset."

“Let me make it plain,
Ernie Fletcher is the leader
of Kentucky today. Not Paul
Patton. I understand that,"
Patton said.

Fletcher, the 6th District
congressman. beat Democra-

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concedes his power

tic nominee Ben Chandler in
the governor‘s race Tuesday.
The win ended more than
three decades of Democratic
governors in Kentucky

Embattled because of
scandals within his adminis-
tration and his own admis.
sion of an affair with busi-
nesswoman Tina Conner,
Patton officially leaves office
next month. 'Ilerm limits pre-
vented him from seeking a
third term as governor.

“It is time for new lead-
ership in Kentucky, I see that.
I think everybody sees that.
And no. I think that having

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ton said. “I think that regard-
less of what the circum-
stances would have been.
that I would recognize that
after eight years the state
needs an infusion of new
leaders. new personalities."

Publicly, Patton offered
little advice to his successor
but wished him well. He did
not volunteer any commen-
tary on the state of the De-
mocratic Party or the elec-
tion.

Fletcher met with Patton
later in the aflernoon.

“I'm trying to stay out of

the political side of this
thing as much as I possibly
can." Patton said. “It is time
for new leadership, a new ap
proach and there‘s nothing to
be gained by me making
some comments that some-
one might take offense to.“
Before the election, Pat-
ton would not publicly en-
dorse anyone to fill his role.
However, despite their
past differences. Patton said
Wednesday he indeed voted
for Chandler. He said he vot-
ed entirely for Democratic

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INSIDE

 

Online database
full of UK history

From Patterson to Todd: upcoming Web site will feature
a wealth of information about UK's past and present

By Joetta Buckler
CONTRIBUTING WRITER

“The grand old man of the university" was a Scots-
man.
James Kennedy Patterson. UK's first president, was
born in Glasgow, Scotland in 1833.

These, among other facts. can be found in the UK His
tory Encyclopedia, an upcoming Web site dedicated to cat-
aloguing UK’s past.

“We need this source of information to have a better
understanding to the history of the institution and the
context it grew up in," said Frank Stanger, a UK reference
archivist.

Some of the people to be included in the encyclopedia
are football coaches Paul “Bear" Bryant and Jerry Clai-
borne, historian Thomas D. Clark and alum William T.
Young.

The UK History Encyclopedia was the idea of former
archivist Tom Rosko, who had seen similar Web develop-
ments at other universities and decided to start a history
encyclopedia at UK in 2002.

Marcus Brown. a history graduate student, wrote the
first article for the encyclopedia, a piece on the Morrill
Land-Grant Act of 1862, which led to the formation of UK.

This act came about by the federal legislature enabling
states to establish colleges or institutions of higher educa-
tion for training in engineering and agriculture.

Stanger created the Web page. constructed the topical
outline for the encyclopedia and determined the major de-
velopments from President Patterson through President
Lee Todd.

Other major events referenced include the 1988 basket-
ball scandal. the NCAA investigation, the Administration
Building fire and financial problems and setbacks.

“We in university archives are very enthusiastic about
developing the University of Kentucky Encyclopedia be-
cause we believe it will be a significant and useful tool for
understanding and researching the history of the univer-
sity," Stanger said.

Work on the site has started but is currently suspend-
ed until another archivist is hired.

Matt Harris, an archives and records assistant, main-
tains the UK History Encyclopedia Web site.

“We hope that people will take advantage of the infor-

See ONLINE on 2

 

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Women’s volleybali loses to 8.6.

The UK women's volleyball team lost to the University of South
Carolina 3-1 (30-19, 28-30, 30-28, 31-29) Wednesday night at
Memorial Coliseum. Senior middle blocker Sarah Spinner scored her
11th double-double of the season for the Cats with 12 kills and 19
digs. Also for UK, senior outside hitter Ll: McCaslin had nine kills
and 10 digs. Freshman outside hitter Melissa Popp had 18 kills and
nine digs. The Gamecocks had 12 team blocks to UK's nine. The
Cats next play the University of Tennessee at 7 p.m. Friday at
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management. The workshop, entitled “Fiscal Fitness,"
will be conducted by LCC business professors. Five work-
shops will be offered from 9 am. to noon on Saturday, Nov.
8. in the atrium of the Academic Technical Building on
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Easy,” “On-line Banking, Investing in Your Future“ and
“Time is Money: How Are You Spending Yours?" The
workshop is sponsored by Students for Free Enterprise, a
not-for-profit organization at LCC. “A lot of students
would greatly benefit from attending this workshop." said
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LCC students who will be taking part in the workshop are
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ing in a candy machine at a small-town newspaper,
Hunter S. Thompson fled to Puerto Rico. where his va-
grant journalist lifestyle inspired his first novel. “The
Rum Diary.” Thompson's boozy year marked by cock-
lights, bowling alleys and pursuit of the governor‘s
daughter is now being made into a movie. starring John-
ny Depp. who first portrayed the legendary cult writer in
“Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas." Puerto Rican native
Benicio Del Toro makes his directing debut. and Nick
Nolte and Josh Hartnett co-star. Shooting is scheduled to
start in December.

Officials say more hijackers were expected

WASHINGTON — Federal officials now believe al~
Qaida was trying to bring additional hijackers into the
United States a few weeks before the Sept. 11 attacks. It is
unclear whether these operatives were to join the 19 hi-
jackers who carried out the worst terrorist attack on US.
soil. or if they were meant to mount a second wave of at-
tacks and al-Qaida was seeking to rush them into place
before the expected US. border security crackdown after
Sept. 11. according to three senior law enforcement offi-
cials who spoke on condition of anonymity Wednesday.
The attempt by al-Qaida to bring in additional operatives
in August 2001 was disclosed in a footnote in documents
filed last week by the Justice Department in the 4th US.
Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond. Va.. in the case of
accused Sept. 11 conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui. Those
documents. which have been heavily blacked out to pro-
tect classified material. say that the attempt to augment
terrorist ranks in August 2001 “suggests an operation
much more in flux" than investigators previously be-
lieved. An exhaustive investigation of the Sept. 11 attacks
by the House and Senate intelligence committees conclud~
ed this summer that the pilots and other hijackers who
carried out the plot were all in the United States by late
June 2001. Those 19 hijackers flew jetliners into the World
Trade Center's twin towers and the Pentagon: a fourth
crashed in a field in Pennsylvania. One key unanswered
question about the plot is why the plane that crashed in
Pennsylvania had only four hijackers aboard. while the
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mation provided by the Web
site," Harris said.

The encyclopedia gives
students and staff a conve-
nient reference to UK's past
and present without going
to the library, said David E.
Hamilton, chair in the De-
partment of History.

E-mail
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It’s not all done yet.
but to check out the
UK History
Encyclopedia, go to:
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candidates in Tuesday's elec-
tion.

“I overwhelmingly be-
lieve that the principles that
have been pursued by the De
mocratic Party for many
years are best for the people
of Kentucky and best for the
longterm benefit of our na-
tion," Patton said. “And I be
lieve that more today than I
did eight years ago."

While Patton has refused
to make any political com-
mentary on the election, he
promised Wednesday that he
would be more vocal on the
state‘s economic conditions
toward the close of his admin-
istration.

“I have been rather quiet
over the last several months. I
probably won't be that quiet
over the next five weeks," Pat-
ton told reporters. “Five
weeks, then I hope to fade into
the sunset. I'll leave you all
alone if you all leave me
alone. Is that a fair deal?"

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Being the creatures of
habit we are. constant struc-
ture in our daily lives is nec-
essary for survival W the
same can be said for our noc-
turnal social habits.

O ii
any given
night in
Lex Ve~
gas. there
are cer-
tain hot
spots to
which my
f e l 1 o w
Barf lies
tend to
flock.

Yes. I
said other Barflies.

While some of you may
consider me to be the one-
and-only Barfly. it has come
to my attention that there
are other members of my
species out there.

While some in this social
swarm tend to drop like.
well. flies, after going out for
a few nights in a row. the nat-
urally-selected follow a set
path to a different watering
hole each evening.

These college students.
through trial and error. have
selected these prime estah~
lishments based on their
own set of rigorous stan-
dards. similar but never
equal to. the Bartly's.

For those oblivious to or
unfamiliar with the migra~
tion patterns of this party
crowd. here’s a chance to get
in on the action.

After long observation of
the social habits of this fasci-
nating species. I have broken
down their social schedule
night—by-night. Use caution.
as it might be difficult to
keep up with this wild herd.
Monday

The best bets for action
on Monday nights are Varsi-
ty Blue (fight night). The
Fish Tank (ladies night).
Mia‘s (karaoke) and the
Rosebud ($1 Bud and Bud
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The Bigg Blue Martlnl, Inside the Radisson downtown, Is a favorite
spot for bar-goers on Sunday nights.

Wednesday and Thursday
nights too).
Tuesday

Tuesday nights have
been. for a long time. Two
Keys nights because of its
Laugh Track Live comedy re-
vue. but I have found a num-
ber of my subjects entering
McCarthy's as well, which is
a great place to shoot the
blarney with your mates
over a pint of Guinness.
Wednesday

Kitty O'Shea's has been
a Wednesday night tradition
as long as I have been able to
go to bars. If it doesn’t suit.
try Lynagh's or the Rosebud
and McCarthy‘s again.
Thursday

Most people head back to
Two Keys or Varsity Blue.
but Cheapside and the Scar-
lett Lounge draw a fairly

large crowd.
Friday
This night is a free-for-
all as far as bars go. I tend to
see a big chunk of the cam-
pus crowd at Gambino’s. but
I've also heard of people hit-
ting up clubs such as K2. AIA
and Club Heaven.
Saturday
Much like Friday night.
the social scene tends to
spread out to new territory.
Check out The Moon or Var-
sity Blue.
Sunday
This is the evening for
members of the pack to re-
group and plan their next
week‘s adventures at the
Bigg Blue Martini. the only
place I know of that's open
until 1 am. on a Sunday.
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Monday

This is the night when

most people have homework
to do and refrain from tearing
up the town.

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More Barflies come out on this
night than Monday, but they're
usually the leaders of the

pack.

Wednesday 1:
Most bar-goers are saving

their strength for tomorrow,

so there is not too much pub-
hopping happening.

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for nothing.

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night, chances are you aren't
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Keg-tagging a bad solution
for underage drinking dilemma

As if parents and taxpayers don’t ..
have enough on their minds raising our '
future young leaders, we now have a bill
before City Council that holds you, the
party thrower. 100 percent accountable
for somebody else’s under-age decision.

Tagging the identification of only
the largest of three kegs available to the
public will cause absolute legal bedlam
in this community. Popular DJ's “Kruser
and Krew" said it best: “It will bring out
the ‘pump—stomach' to your social gath—
ering." How the police will be able to dif-
ferentiate an under-age drinker of a
tagged keg versus many other forms of beer and alcohol
that an underage person has access to is beyond most of
our enforceable comprehension.

The keg ordinance is hurried legislation, pushed by a
small but powerful group of well-intentioned moms called
ASAP. They are so influential that they convinced the
council to accept a $4,000 inducement to purchase the ID.
tags for the initial start-up of this bureaucratic nightmare.

Opponents of this ordinance should be alarmed at the
following pattern: The keg ordinance is the 4th ordinance
in the past five years to be considered by a Dick DeCamp
police state (The others being the failed DeBedroom ordi-
nance of ‘98, the DeParty ordinance of ’01 and the DeFine
and DeTow street cleaning ordinance of ’03). DeKeg Ordi-
nance will shamefully give us two in one year.

City Council leaders and Town and Gown Commission
members Stevens, Ellinger and DeCamp and Mayor Isaac
still refuse to make the phone call to Dr. Todd and Chair-
man Reed to set up an emergency meeting to discuss UK’S
selfish dry campus policy and its devastating effects on
our fragile neighborhoods.

Our Creator made our fingers crooked so that the
bend in our index finger follows a full circle pointing back
at us. Examples of our hypocritical finger pointing are
our stocked liquor cabinets at home, the inundation of
sexy and funny beer commercials, the allowed drinking at
UK‘s football games, etc. Let‘s not hold our “ripening ap-
ples" on the ground for an environment the parental “ap-
ple trees" have created.

If the citizens of this college-town community want
their elected leaders to pass this fast-track, slippery-slope
legislation. then do nothing, as it has the votes to pass
tonight. The “pump your child’s stomach” DeCops are
suiting up.

On the other hand, you can cut out this article and
email or call your four council representatives to demand
a pause until old and new ideas are explored. Mr. DeCamp
and other council members only need to hear from the
“silent majority" to stop the process.

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Gay bishop controversy
playing out peacefully

evitable.

But things seem, on the whole, civil. Indeed,
according to the treasurer of one church in
Rochester, NH, during the consecration, those
opposed to Robinson’s election were able to
voice their protestations, after which they left
to go “quietly down the road to [their] own
worship service.”

And isn't that what religious sects should
do? When confronted with a major issue —— di-
vorce or gay people’s roles — they
should split.

The Anglican Church, which spawned the
Episcopal one, was formed through such a
schism _,, when the Church of England divorced
itself from the Roman Catholic Church over,
well, divorce. And the tradition continues.

Religion is about faith and belief, and about
following who or what you have faith in and
what you believe.

If people oppose Robinson and cannot sup-
port a faith that does, rather than having
bloodshed and shouting matches, they should
simply and quietly exit. And they are.

ISAAC LAWRENCE
rovm AND cowu COMMISSION AND PRESIDENT or THE AYLESFORD NEIGHBORHOOD Assocunon

Debate over keg-tagging law
showed civic cooperation

A great thing happened this past
Monday night: discussion. Students
and administrators from UK met with
city officials, police. neighborhood
representatives and local organiza-
tions and talked about the proposed
keg ordinance.

With support from Mayor Isaac, Stu-
dent Government hosted the forum after
the City Council agreed to postpone the
keg ordinance vote for two weeks in or- W
der to gather students‘ opinion.

Many practical questions were raised. Some stu-
dents had problems with the idea that the person pur-
chasing the keg must tell exactly when and where he
or she plans to use it. Others expressed concerns with
the fines, which can be up to $500 dollars if the regis-
tration process is not followed properly.

However. the concerns are not merely practical.
There is also a legal question that needs to be re-
solved. The Alcohol Beverage Control Act provides a
detailed scheme of regulation for alcoholic beverages
across the state. Because of this regulation. we feel the
Urban County Council should seek an advisory opin-
ion from the Attorney General of Kentucky.

Monday night. students got a chance to meet city offi-
cials who listened to their opinions. Members of the com-
munity got a chance to hear thoughtful students voicing
sound viewpoints. Forums like that should happen more
often. We hope that the City Council will continue to take
students' opinions into consideration when voting on the
keg ordinance tonight.

The Rev. Canon V. Gene Robinson was con-
secrated as bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of
New Hampshire on Nov. 2, an event that threat-
ens to split the Episcopal Church.

Robinson is openly gay __ in fact. he’s the
first openly gay bishop the Church has elected.
And his election faced opposition from the
more conservative factions of the Church,
championed by the Pittsburgh Diocese‘s Bish-
op Robert Duncan. vvho may leave the Church
altogether.

Despite the controversial nature of this is-
sue. both sides seem to be remaining peaceful.
Gone are the hellfire and brimstone that can
accompany disagreements about gay people’s
roles in religion.

Absent are the sulfurous accusations, and,
if any Bibles are being thumped. the people
thumping them are doing so quietly and with
consideration of those nearby

Even Duncan. who wrote in an e—mail to
Robinson. “1 can't rejoice in your election I
can promise I will pray for you every day," ac-
cording to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. seems
free of malice.

All in all, everyone seems to be accepting
that a change is going to occur and a split is in-

 

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This editorial appeared in The Pitt News (University of Pittsburgh).
It does not necessarily represent the views of the Kernel.

 

 

 

Article about abortion speech lacked pro-choice perspectives

As a pro-choice advo-
cate. I read the article enti-
tled “Rep. Stan Lee speaks
about abortion" in last
Wednesday's edition of the
Kentucky Kernel with an
open mind.

I thought. maybe this ar-
ticle. obviously pro—life.
would have some good points
and maybe make me think
more about their point of
view. But in this case. I was
appalled at what I read.

As a young girl who has
undergone the procedure of
abortion. I feel that the arti-
cle stated nothing that was
good about abortion.

Yes, it is a dangerous

procedure. but thousands
upon thousands of women
go through it every day and
turn out just fine. I had
mine right before my 18th
birthday. and l have had no
problems whatsoever. emo-
tionally or physically.

It is stressful and very
scary. but I would do it again
given the circumstances in
which I chose to have it
done. There were a group of
about 20 other women with
me as well, who all came
through the procedure fine.

The quote “If you disturb
an egg of a bald eagle you go
to federal prison. but if you
have an abortion you get no

punishment,“ by Rep. Lee
really set me off.

Women should not have
to be punished for choosing
what they want to do with
their lives. We don‘t punish
people for believing in dif-
ferent religions, so why
would we punish a woman
for using her free will?

If I would have had my
child. I may have never
graduated high school. as
my due date was right
around that time. I might
never have come to college. I
couldn't support a child, and
the father was a complete
loser.

I did it for reasons that I

knew were legitimate. as are
many other women's rea-
sons. Most have no regrets
about it. and they shouldn’t.
as they did nothing wrong.
The article said they were
trying to get information
out, but they failed to put
out information on the oth-
er side of the coin. They
also said that women under
18 can have an abortion
without parental consent.
This is only partly true.
I was 17 when I had mine.
and I did not have parental
consent. But what I did have
was a judicial bypass, a
court order stating that l
was mentally mature

enough to make my own
decisions.

Kentucky law states that
if you are under 18 you can-
not have an abortion with-
out parental consent or the
judicial bypass. Rep. Lee
should research his facts a
little more before misrepre-
senting them to everyone.

Women everywhere
should be able to know both
sides of the argument in-
stead of being force-fed lines
like "abortion is murder"
and not having a look at the
other side of it.

The article truly disap-
pointed me because of the
fact that abortions were to-

tally looked at from one
point of view, which is
not fair.

People who haven’t had
exposure to the facts about
abortion will be easily
swayed into believing the
things that this man said.

Please next time, try to
do a little better in repre-
senting both sides of the
coin, for my sake. and for
the many other women who
have go