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U.S. forces find, capture a ‘tired, resigned' Saddam in Iraq

Saddam Hussein was found in a hole and surrendered
without fire; President Bush says it's the end of an era

ASSOCIAIED PRESS

BAGHDAD. Iraq - With-
out ﬁring a shot, American
forces captured a bearded and
haggard-looking Saddam
Hussein in an underground
hide-out on a farm near his
hometown of Tikrit, ending
one of the most intensive
manhunts in history. The ar-
rest was a huge victory for
US. forces battling an insur-
gency by the ousted dictator‘s
followers.

In the capital. radio sta-
tions played celebratory mu-
sic, residents ﬁred small

arms in the air in celebration
and passengers on buses and
trucks shouted. “They got
Saddam! They got Saddam!"
After sundown. large explo-
sions were heard in central
Baghdad, and flames and
thick smoke were seen: a po-
liceman said there were no
casualties.

“The former dictator of
Iraq will face the justice he
denied to millions." President
Bush said in a midday tele-
vised address from the White
House. eight months after
American troops swept into

Baghdad
and toppled
S a d d a m ' s
regime. “In
the history
of Iraq, a
dark and
painful era
is over. A
hopeful day
has ar-
rived."
Washington hopes Sad-
dam‘s capture will help break
the organized Iraq resistance
that has killed more than 190
American soldiers since
Bush declared major combat
over on May 1 and has set
back reconstruction efforts.
But Maj. Gen. Ray Odier-

no, commander of the 4th In-
fantry Division. which cap-
tured Saddam, said the oust-
ed leader did not appear to be
directly organizing resis-
tance — noting no communi-
cation devices were found in
his hiding place. “I believe he
was there more for moral
support,“ Odierno said.

Saddam's capture was
based on information from a
member of a family “close to
him.” Odierno told reporters
in Tikrit.

The crucial information
came after prisoners from
raids and intelligence tips led
to increasingly precise infor-
mation. as CIA and military
analysts gradually narrowed

down their list of potential
sites where Saddam was stay-
ing. a US. ofﬁcial said.

The capture took place at
8:30 pm. Saturday at one of
dozens of safehouses Saddam
is thought to have: a walled
compound on a farm in Ad-
war, a town 10 miles from
Tikrit, not far from one of
Saddam‘s former palaces.
Odierno said.

“I think it‘s rather ironic
that he was in a hole in the
ground across the river from
these great palaces that he
built," Odierno said.

The event comes almost
ﬁve months after his sons,
Qusai and Odai. were killed
July 22 in a four-hour gunbat-

tle with US. troops in a hide
out in the northern city of
Mosul. There was hope at the
time that the sons' deaths
would dampen the Iraqi resis-
tance to the US. occupation.
But since then, the guerrilla
campaign has mounted dra‘
matically.

In the latest attack. a sus-
pected suicide bomber deto
nated explosives in a car out-
side a police station Sunday
morning west of Baghdad,
killing at least 17 people and
wounding 33 more. the US.
military said. Also Sunday. a
US. soldier died while trying
to disarm a roadside bomb

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STAFF WRITER

ByKerertihnderson

Former SG president
will be hard to forget

Former Student Govern-
ment President ‘I’Im Robin-
son sits In front of one of
the Law School's court-
rooms. After serving three
years with SG during his
four and a half years at UK,
liobinson wil finish his
requirements this winter.
Robinson leaves behind
memories full of street
ponies. ”tilting the Lex-
Ington Area Party Plan and
being charged for not turn-
Ing In hundreds of student
voter cards.

Jonurosm | Pnoro EDITOR

Tim Robinson's time with $6, from his controversial budget
to his courtroom battles, is over, and so are his years at UK

Last spring former Student Government President Tim Robinson dropped
out of sight. After pleading guilty in Fayette County Circuit Court to charges of
interfering with voter registration, he resigned from SC and withdrew from
classes at the UK College of Law.

“It was a tough thing for him.“ said his father Tim Robinson. Sr. “It was an
emotional thing for him to have to pack up his ofﬁce and leave.“

Robinson‘s absence didn't last long.

After working on county projects in Inez. Ky, his hometown, he returned to
UK to ﬁnish classes.

Now. only a week of ﬁnals and the bar exam in February keep Robinson, 27.
away from his life-long dream of becoming a lawyer. He ﬁnishes his require-
ments this semester and will formally graduate in May.

Robinson may be leaving. but he could be hard to forget. The two-time SG

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president, who served from 2001 to 2003, rufﬂed Urban County Council mem-
bers over the Lexington Area Party Plan. He brought back the street parties UK
made famous in the ‘70s He extended SG‘s sphere and inﬂuence at the expense
of a $10,000 budget deﬁcit.

This self-proclaimed “boy from pigeon roost" will leave a memorable legacy.

Itemendiering the good and the bad

Every time Robinson proposed ideas to UK administrators, oornmunity was
his top priority. said Pat Terrell, vice president of student affairs.

“One of the great things that Tim did was to refocus the university on
building community" she said. “He gave students a sense of belonging."

Karen Slaymaker. an international affairs ofﬁcer who worked with Robin-
son on several projects. said the former president went to great lengths to pull
in students from the international community.

“Tim for the ﬁrst time got some programming in the budget for interna-
tional students.“ she said. “He was very supportive and welcoming."

Ask Robinson and his supporters about his accomplishments. and they‘ll
tick off a long list: SG‘s new ofﬁce spaces and logo. the development of a mis-
sion statement. big student events. the DVD service and improved legal ser»
vices, to name a few

Ask students about Robinson's accomplishments. and some have trouble re
membering them. Their list usually stops at the voter card ﬁasco.

“When I think of him. I think of controversy." said Ronnie Dickerson. an
integrated strategic communications junior. “He probably tried, but things just
got too political, too ridiculous.“

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When Robinson began his ﬁght against the city's plan to curb student par-
tying, he had no idea he would end up in a court battle of his own.

But two months after the Lexington Area Party Plan passed last December.
Robinson was charged with willftu failing to turn in 747 student voter regis-
tration cards to the county clerk. 86 members had collected the cards trom stu-
dents to threaten the ousting of council members who supported the party plan.

“1 wish I would have followed that up and made sure those cards were
turned in." Robinson said. “Because that’s what it was. It wasn‘t a crime: it was

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an administrative mistake.”

He said that alter the plan
passed. 86 dropped the issue
and forgot about the cards.

Robinson‘s forgetfulness
earned himassoot‘meanda
County Clerk's processing fee
of about $60.

After his resignation on
Feb 21.. Vice President Mary
Katherine Thompson ﬁnished
out the year as president.

While most students said
Robinson's forgetfulness prob
ably wasn’t intentional. ru-
mors still circulate about his
guilt.

"Some people say that the
voter cards were mostly De
mocrats so he didn't want
them to get to vote," said
Jessie Phelps, a political sci-
ence senior. “But even if he
didn‘t do anything wrong. he
was responsible for it and did
the right thing by stepping
down."

Facing Criticism

Robinson’s bold style and
initiatives prompted criticism
i‘rorn several corners. Stu-
dents from leﬂist and progres-
sive groups were ﬁrst in line.
said David Hutchinson. a for-
mer SG senator who was
Robinson’s loudest opponent.

"He miss-spent student
fees.“ Hutchinson said. “The
one thing that stands out is
the Montgomery Gentry con-
cert. which was. in my opin-
ion. put on to enhance his con-
nections with Republicans."
The cost of the concert was
$33300.

High-budget events fol-
lowed by Robinson’s sugges-
tion that the Student Activi-
ties Board “come under the
wine“ of SC. soured the rela-
tionship between the two or-
dainzations, said Mason Wor-
thington. the current vice
uresident of SAB.

"His intentions to get stuv
vlenrs involved were good. but
iur organizations didn‘t need
to he doing the same things."
Worthington said. “It became
.1 sort of competition.“

Complaints about 86's
use of money also found their

way online. An anonymously
posted Web site that decried
the corruption of Robinson's
“regime" included a cartoon
of the former president's head
on a catapult.

“We all had a good laugh
over that one," said Justin
Resner, the chief of staff un-
der Robinson.

In spite of the controver-
sy, Robinson said he enjoyed
his two years as SG president.
His only regret. aside from not
turning in the voter cards. is
that he wasn‘t there to see his
work to the end.

“It’s just too bad that a
pure case of clerical over-

.uestions

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SIAFF WRITER

sight. drawn way out of pro
portion. destroyed what Tim
has been working on for so
long — to be in politics,” said
Phillip Wheeler. Robinson’s
close friend and current 86
supreme court judge.
Although a political ofﬁce
may not loom in his future,
Robinson plans to jump into
action back home. where he
wants to build a law practice.

“This hasn't taken me out
of being someone who’s going
to contribute and serve,” he
said. “Sometimes you just
have to ﬁnd new ways to
serve."

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As his time at UK draws to a close, former 80 President Tim
Robinson reflects on his time spent with 50 and what his future holds.
Robinson was SO president from spring 2001 to spring 2003, when he
resigned Two months after the Lwcington Area Party Plan was passed
by the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Council last December; Robin-
son was charged with willfully failing to turn in 747 student voter reg-
istration cards to the county clerk. 80 members had collected the cards
from students to threaten the ousting of council members who support-

al the party plan.

Robinson sat down with the Kernel and discussed 86, his regrets,

his accomplishments and future plans.

See a full transcript of the interview online at wwwkykernelmm.

Can you sum up your time here?

It was a dreamcometrue for me to be able to come to
UK. I am the ﬁrst person in my family to be able to even come
to college so to be able to come here and go to law school at the
University of Kentucky - that itself was for a boy from pigeon
roost a big thing. And then to have the honor to serve as presi-
dent was just something that I couldn’t even have imagined
when I lett home to come up here to move to Iexington.

Any regrets?

I wish we would have made sure the cards were in
because that’s what it was. It wasn't a crime: it was an admin.
istrative mistake. I wish we would have done that. Other than
that the only regrets I have is that I wasn‘t there to see the pro
grams that I had started in the beginning come through.

What would you like to say to students before you leave

the university?

ii Well, for those who voted for me, I appreciate the
chance to be president. It was a great honor in my life. I regret
that I didn't ﬁnish what I started on their behalf, and I’m sorry

if I've disappointed any of them.

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452nd soldier to die in Iraq.

Saddam was one of the
most-wanted fugitives in the
world, along with Osama bin
Laden, the leader of the al-~
Qaida terrorist network, who
has not been caught despite a
manhunt since November
2001, when the Taliban
regime was overthrown in
Afghanistan.

“Ladies and gentlemen,
we got him." U.S. administra-
tor L. Paul Bremer told a
news conference, referring to
Saddam. “The tyrant is a
prisoner."

Some 600 troops and spe
cial forces were involved in
the raid that netted Saddam.

Troops found the ousted
leader, armed with a pistol,
Odierno said. ~ Saddam didn't
ﬁre his weapon.

Rugs and dirt covered the
Styrofoam lid covering the
entrance to the hiding place,
a few feet from a small, mud-
brick but where Saddam had
been staying.

The hut consisted of two
rooms, a bedroom with
clothes scattered about and a
“rudimentary kitchen,"
Odierno said. The comman-
der said Saddam likely had
been there only a short time,
noting that new shirts, still
unwrapped, were found in
the bedroom.

Saddam was “very disori-
ented” as soldiers brought
him out of the hole, Odierno
said. A Pentagon diagram
showed the hiding place as a
6-foot- deep vertical tunnel.
with a shorter tunnel branch-
ing out horizontally from one
side. A pipe to the concrete
surface at ground level pro-
vided air.

Two other Iraqis — de-
scribed as low-level regime
ﬁgures — were arrested in
the raid, and soldiers found
two Kalashnikov riﬂes, a pis-
{$15 a taxi and $750,000 in $100

A US. defense ofﬁcial,
who spoke on condition of
anonymity, said Saddam ad-
mitted his identity when cap-

tured.

Lt. Gen. Ricardo
Sanchez, the top US. military
commander in Iraq, who saw
Saddam overnight. said the
deposed leader “has been co-
operative and is talkative."
He described Saddam as “a
tired man, a man resigned to
his fate. ”

“He was unrepentant and

~doﬁant," said Adel Abdel-

Mahdi, a senior ofﬁcial of a
Shiite Muslim political party
who, along with other Iraqi
leaders, visited Saddam in
captivity.

The official added: “He
didn’t seem apologetic. He
seemed deﬁant, trying to ﬁnd
excuses for the crimes in the
same way he did in the past"

The White House said
Saddam’ 3 capture assures the
Iraqi people that the deposed
leader is gone from power for

“The Iraqi people can ﬁ-
nally be assured that Saddam
Hussein will not be coming
back — they can see it for
themselves,” said White
House press secretary Scott
McClellan.

Eager to prove to Iraqis
that Saddam was in custody,
Sanchez played a video at the
news conference showing the
6&year—old Saddam in cus-
tody.

Though the raid oc-
curred Saturday afternoon
American time, U.S. ofﬁcials
kept it quiet until Saddam's
identity was conﬁrmed.

DNA tests conﬁrmed
Saddam’s identity, said the
president of Iraqi Governing
Council, Abdel-Aziz al—
Hakim.

Saddam was being held
at an undisclosed location,
and US. authorities have not
yet determined whether to
hand him over to the Iraqis
for trial or what his status
would be. Iraqi ofﬁcials want
him to stand trial before a
war crimes tribunal created
last week.

Amnesty International
said Sunday that Saddam
should be given POW status
and allowed visits by the in-
ternational Red Cross.

Ahmad Chalabi, a mem-
ber of Iraq’s Governing
Council, said Saddam will be
put on trial.

“Saddam will stand a
public trial so that the Iraqi
people will know his crimes,"
Chalabi told Al-Iraqiya, a
Pentagon-funded TV station.

Celebratory gunﬁre
erupted in the capital, and
shop owners closed their
doors, fearful that the shoot-
ing would make the streets
unsafe.

“I’m very happy for the
Iraqi people. Life is going to
be safer now," said 35-yearold
Yehya Hassan, a resident of
Baghdad. “Now we can start
a new beginning."

Still, many Baghdadis
were skeptical.

“I heard the news, but I’ll
believe it when I see it,” said
Mohaned al-Hasaii, 33.

“Things will be better for
my son," said Ayet Bassem,
24. “Everyone says every-
thing will be better when Sad-
dam is caught. My son now
has a future."

After invading Iraq on
March 20 and setting up their
headquarters in Saddam‘s
sprawling Republican Palace
compound in Baghdad, US.
troops launched a massive
manhunt for the fugitive
leader, placing a $25 million
bounty on his head and send-
ing thousands of soldiers to
search for him.

Saddam proved elusive
during the war, when at least
two dramatic military strikes
came up empty in their ef-
forts to assassinate him.
Since then, he has appeared
in both video and audio tapes.
US. ofﬁcials named him No. 1
on their list of 55 most-want-
ed Iraqis.

Saddam’s capture leaves
13 ﬁgures still at large from
the list.

Formorehfonnntion

For up-to-date information
on the capture of Saddam Hus-
sein and what vu’ll follow this
week. visit: m.cnn.com.
www.msnbc.com,
mnytimesxom and
saloncorn.

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Through this site, click on “Quick
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tered on UK's proposed retire
ment health care beneﬁts cap.
most faculty and staff recog-
nize a change is needed.

With increasing health
care prices. UK can‘t foot the
same bill many retired facul-
ty and staff are used to, said
Joey Payne. director of uni-
versity beneﬁts.

To qualm fears, the Re-
tiree Health Beneﬁts Task
Force Committee has held to
rums and meetings for UK
employees. retirees and the
public since early November.

Payne said the meetings
have been beneﬁcial.

“People are uneasy at the
beginning of meetings. but by
the end. they understand we
need a change." Payne said.

The forums and meetings
have been held to help the
Employee Beneﬁts Commit-
tee make the best recommen-

dation to President Lee Todd
about UK employees' health-
care beneﬁts.

The change would direct-
ly affect the 2.300 retirees and
1,600 faculty and staff eligible
for retirement.

UK’s current retirement
planisona“payasyougoba-
sis," which is a problem.
Payne said

“The university must set
aside enough money to pay
for all employees’ future re
tiree health beneﬁts." he said.

One idea is for employees
who retire before the pro-
posed Jan.1.2005 start date to
get a “single-credit“ monthly
cap of $625 a month. amount-
ing to $7,500 a year in health
care.

Once the cap is reached,
retirees will pay 100 percent
of the annual cost increase
over $625 to continue cover-
age. Their money will never
run out. Payne said.

But if they retire after
the proposed date. $50,000 per

You look forward to it all year, but when it comes,
it won't just magically be great - it takes some planning

By Anthea We
EDITOR IN CHIEF

Too many times in my
life I have told myself that the
next New Year's would be my
best.

And too many times I
have awoken Jan. 1. wonder-
ing why in the world I ever
thought that.

You look forward to New
Year's for months v even a
whole year wondering who
your ﬁrst kiss of the year will
be with. where the big party
of the night will go down.
what ﬂashy costume you'll be
wearing.

But you don't factor in
the drunken dramas. puke-
covered bathrooms or police
busts.

Maybe you'd just rather
forget the bad stuff. After all.
you have a year to put it all in
the past.

When I was little. my

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mother would tuck me into
bed before the ball dropped.
New Year‘s wasn‘t a big deal
then.

But when I got into high
school. I started to experience
“real" Lex Vegas New Year’s.
I'd splash on some glitter and
glitz and party until the sun
rose.

I won‘t bore you with all
my experiences. but I will tell
you what I‘ve learned over the
years. I‘ve had some really
fun times. but the fun hasn‘t
come without its own share of
downsides.

Fortunately, there are
ways to avoid the bad parts.

Andrea's rules for New Year's:

1) Plan ahead. Trust me,
it's not fun or cool to be sit-
ting around at 11:50 pm. New
Year's Eve. trying to ﬁgure
out which party you‘ll be hit-
ting up and how to get every-
one there.

person will be available for
UK to pay its monthly contri-
bution toward the cost of the
monthly premium until the
account runs out.

Once the account runs
out. the retiree will have to
pay the full amount. Payne
said.

The problem with this so
lution is that roughly 13 years
after they retire, their money
will run out, said University
Senate Council Chair Jeff
Dembo.

“The university made a
commitment. and now they
were thinking about reneging
it," Dembo said.

Dembo said he wants
what is in the best interest of
the employees.

He worries about the val-
ue of professors UK will have
if professors get fed up with
what is going on and leave.

“People came to work at
UK because the beneﬁts were
so good," Dembo said.

One retiree said UK has a

2) Avoid drama at all
costs. Good friends with two
people who just broke up in a
bitter battle? Sorry ‘bout your
luck, but you‘ve got to make a
choice as to which you want
to hang out with. Unless. of
course, you enjoy drunk peo-
ple when they're upset.

3) Don't travel to another
city unless you’re sure it'll be
great. In my experience. it al-
ways turns out that the one
”AMAZING" party happens
when you're out sipping on
martinis in Cincinnati. Then.
you've got to deal with stories
and inside jokes that you
don‘t understand for the next
several years.

4) Don't be afraid to take
risks with your party plans. If
a new cutie or a few semi-
close friends invite you to a
party, it may turn out to be a
good thing. You meet new
people and have a better
chance of getting a kiss at
New Year’s than you would
with the same 01‘ group.

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big problem to ﬁx.

“It’s a nowin proposi-
tion." said Bob Stroup. a re-
tired UK faculty member.
“The university is in a bind
because it can't pay what it‘s
been paying. The problem is
much bigger than the univer~
sity"

The Employee Beneﬁts
Committee will be holding a
public meeting Dec. 16 at 1:30
pm. in room 102 of the Min-
ing and Minerals Building.

This is the next step in
discussing suggestions and
comments from the forums,
task force. Staff Senate, Uni-
versity Senate. faculty and
staff in efforts to make the ﬁ<
nal recommendations to
Todd.

The Employee Beneﬁts
Committee has three recom-
mendations: It could accept
the proposal as it is. accept
the proposal with modiﬁca-
tions or throw the proposal
out. Payne said.

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We got tips from students
and others on how to get
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By Sara Ailpeier
CONIRIBUHNG IRITER

With final exams lin-
gering and grade point av-
erages on the line. stress is
almost inevitable during fi-
nals week.

But don’t fear — there
are a number of ways to
cope with the pressure.

We looked into every-
thing from physical activi-
ties to mood-boosting
herbal pills. and here are
some tips we came up with:

° Take a drive. Emily
Schoen. a psychology ju-
nior. suggested going on a
30-minute drive. “I like to
make a relaxing CD and
just drive for a while."
Shoen said. “By the time I
get back. I feel much bet-
ter."

' Take yoga or Pilates
class. Robert Hayslett. fit-
ness director of the John-
son Center. suggested these
classes as a quick way to re-
lax. “Physical activity is a
great outlet." Hayslett said.
“With yoga and Pilates, you
get more into the psycho-
logical benefits of exercise
but still get the physical
benefits of stretching.“

Hayslett said these
classes work to make par~
ticipants put stress into a
big picture perspective.
thereby making all of the
little items not so stressful.

' Get some sleep. Ac-
cording to the University
Health Service Web site:
“Getting just six to eight
hours less sleep in a week
can impair mental efficien-
cy and reaction time, caus-
ing depression, anxiety and
irritability.

“Skipping sleep also
can cause academic fail-
ure." Hence. pulling “all—
nighters" may not be the
best way to get that A.

' Relax at a local
restaurant. “Chamomile tea
is a good stress reliever,"
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major at Lexington Commu-
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Alfalfa Restaurant.

“Also. it seems like peo-
ple who are stressed out al-
ways come in and order
soul food. like a cup of
potato soup and grilled
cheese."

' Get a massage. “The
goal of a massage is to low-
er your energy. which al-
lows your muscles to re-
lax." said Tonya McCoy. a
massage therapist at Posh
Salon and Spa.

“You are in a relaxed
environment. We meet your
energy level. We get you to
breathe slower until you
fall into relaxation." McCoy
said.

' Try an herbal remedy.
Zack Chappell. a business
sophomore and employee of
General Nutrition Centers,
recommended St. John’s
Wort as a mood lightener
and mild anti-depressant.

“It may be something
you would want to start tak-
ing now because it takes a
few days to go into effect,“
Chappel