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Celebrating 33 years of independence

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or a payoff?
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Columnist takes on secularism
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By Scott Loutner

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Pizzuro
enriched
“studio"

Frederico
brings an
meaning to
apartment.

He has been painting
in his living room on
North Limestone Street
since he came to Lexing-
ton 25 years ago.

“It's like squeezing
blood out of a rock." Piz-
zuro said of his work.

The room mostly
showcases his nude
paintings. though he also
dabbles in other styles.

And while the paint»
ings cover the room's
walls. that's not the only
place the paintings can
be seen. Matty are on
gallery walls all over Lex-
ington.

“Fred is an under—ap—
preciated genius." said
Rosemary Rosenthal.
who owns three of Piz-
zuro's paintings.

 

Top: Frederico Pizzuro
paints at his home on
North Limestone. He has
won more consecutive
awards at the Lexington
Nude Show than any other
artist.

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Rosenthal has been
close friends with Piz-
zuro for almost nine
years anti has posed for
him on several occasions.

“He makes you want
to pose for him. and it
feels excellent." she said.

Pizzuro came to the
United States from Sicily.
Italy. in the early 1950s.

He had classical art
training as a child.

“I've wanted to be a
painter all my life." he
said.

Pizzuro went to work
in Michigan for (‘hrysler
Motors' interior styling
department at age 9.

In 1979, he moved to
Lexington into a small
studio apartment on
Limestone Street to get
back into .

Jim Brancaccio.
gallery director of The
Living Arts & Science
Center on Martin Luther
King Boulevard. resides
just down the street from

Pizzuro. Brancaccio has
known Pizzuro since he
came to the center to host
an automobile styling ex-
hibit several years ago.

“He is a really won-
derful artist." said Brati-
caccio. who owns a Piz-
zuro painting. “I love the
luminous look of the
flesh on his people."

Unlike other artists.
Pizzuro "paints beauty
and mood through land
scape and figure." said
Arturo Sandoval. a pro-
fessor in the UK art de-
partment.

“He uses a low-key
color palette and lots of
contrast." he said. “He
knows where to put
light."

Instead of having a
model sit for his paint-
ings. Pizzuro takes pho~
tographs of them.

“I take a few rolls and
then just go from there."
he said.

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By Elizabeth Troutman
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Kentucky-American Water
Company raised water prices
by nearly 17 percent last
week. its first increase since
2000.

And while many students
have the price of water in-
cluded in their rent. at least
one landlord says this hike in
rate might lead to tenants pay-
ing their own water in the fu-
ture.

“At most other apartment
communities. residents have
to pay water and sewer bills."
said Karrie Dulin. general
manager for Pinebrook Apart-
ments on Tates Creek Road.

The price increase. imple-
mented Dec. 1. means “the av-
erage customer cost increase
is about 10 cents per day." said
Nick Rowe, president of Ken-
tucky-American Water.

Hike may affect tenants' rent, utility packages

The Kentucky Public Ser-
vice Commission still must
approve the change. and it
will do so in February. If the
commission votes down the
rate change, Kentucky-Ameri-
can customers will receive re-
funds for the months of De-
cember and January. Rowe
said.

The rates affect the Cen-
tral Division. which includes
Fayette. Clark. Bourbon, Har~
rison. Jessamine. Scott and
Woodford counties.

Rowe said that since 2000.
Kentucky-American has spent
nearly $58 million in capital.

“The water business is
very capital intensive." he
said. “You have to recoup the
cost you have invested. All we
are doing is recovering the
capital that has been put into
the community. It has nothing
to do with the condemnation."

Over the past decade. the

Water rates rise 17 percent

expenses for customers have
risen 1.75 percent. Research
conducted with Fayette Coun-
ty customers last spring indi-
cated that 80 percent of cus-
tomers approved of the rate
increase.

Stephanie Boven. a politi-
cal science and linguistics se-
nior. said she and her room-
mate pay for all the utilities
for their house on State
Street.

“Any kind of increase is
upsetting." she said. “We (stu-
dents) can hardly pay for any-
thing. and not more of the
same thing anyway"

Graduate student Cleve-
land Hall lives in Patchen
Place Apartments off Rich-
mond Road and does not wor-
ry about paying a water bill
because it is included in the
rent. He said students gener-
ally aren't concerned about
the increase unless they are
responsible for the bill.

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ter UK legal counsel denied the

notes and emails.

university properly relied on the

The Kentucky Attorney General‘s office has
decided that UK did not violate the Kentucky
Open Records Law when it denied a Student
Government members‘ request for e-mail com-
munication between administrators.

SG Senate President Braphus Kaalund origi-
nally requested any documents. memos. person-
al notes or emails among administrators about
Referendum One. an issue on last spring‘s bal-

Kaalund appealed his request to Attorney
General Greg Stumbo's office in November. af-

quest asking for information from personal

In its decision. the attorney general's office
said that “with the exception of one email. the

exemptions in denying the request."

The one email that the attorney general ‘s of-
fice said must be turned over is between Vice
President for Student Affairs Pat Terrell and a
reporter for the Kentucky Kernel.

AG denies SG senator’s appeal

The attorney generals office said this email
was not considered “correspondence with pri-
vate individuals" and must be released.

part of his re- thing done."

cited statutory

All other emails are exempt from being re
leased because they are considered preliminary
documents and do not qualify as open records.

Barbara Jones. UK's legal counsel who pre
sented UK's response to the attorney general,
said she is satisfied with the decision e it is im-
portant that the attorney general‘s office recog-
nized the need for administrators to keep pri-
vate their preliminary emails.

“It is all a part of the preliminary decision
making." she said. “(If we can‘t use email). we
can‘t talk to each other and couldn’t get any-

Kaalund said that while the decision has
some things to appease both sides. he hopes to
review the decision and take a closer look at
some of the issues.

“I want to look at some of the reasonings for
the exemptions." he said. “I really want to see
how seriously (UK legal and administrators)
have taken this."

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At the UK men‘s basketball
lottery last night at Memorial
Coliseum. almost as many tick-
ets were sold as for the game
against Louisville in 2001. said
announcer Tony Blanton.

Hy 10:30 pm. 4.450 student
tickets were allotted. and no
one had been turned away

"It‘s amazing." said Carly
Farrell. a pre—veterinary fresh-
man. "We’re very lucky."

Tickets were sold for the
Jan. 5 South Carolina game.
Jan. 12 Vanderbilt game and
Jan. 9 game against Kansas.
which is ranked No. 2.

Even those who had to wait
a little longer had reason to
celebrate.

“It feels good. oh yeah."
said Erin Montgomery. a pre
communication disorders
sophomore who was in the
ninth lot called.

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The turnout mirrored the 2001 lottery for UK v. University of Louisville tickets

“I don‘t even know what to
say." said Jeff Hignite. a civil
engineering. business market-
ing and business management
junior. “I just bleed blue."

Illanton said he expected
that the lottery wouldn‘t be
done until about 1 am.

"I was tonce) here for three
hours (for a lottery)" said com-
munication senior Kiel Upton
as he stood in line after being
called.

“It was definitely worth it."

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connected to each others friend lists.
For example. Aaron Weaver. a music

Each day thousands of UK students
log on to thefacebookcom. an online so
cial network that hit UK's campus in Oc-
tober

This new Web site is an online direc-
tory that connects students to others at
their school and allows them to look up
friends at other universities. Facebook
currently has more titan 2.500 students
registered.

Signing tip requires a school email
account.

Once a student becomes a member.
they can begin searching for friends.

When a friend's profile is found. the
user offers an invitation for friendship. If
the friend accepts. then the tWo people
are connected. and each of them is also

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junior. has 134 friends. but is connected
to 1.351 other members through those
friends.

“It's addicting and the best way I‘ve
found to procrastinate." he said. “I've
gotten in touch with people from other
schools I haven't seen since high
school."

Sara McGarvey. an elementary edu
cation senior. joined over Thanksgiving
break.

“I enjoy reading everyone's profiles;
it's funny to see what kind of pictures
people put up." she said.

Chris Hughes. Facebook's cofounder
and a student at Harvard University.
said he believes the site is successful be
cause it is versatile. serving as a means
of communication and a reference tool.

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“I think that combination and the
fact that it‘s fun to use keeps people
coming back." he said.

Students do keep coming back. as the
site averages about 40 million hits a day.
It has about 900.000 users nationwide.
and about twothirds of the users log in
daily

Hughes and fellow student Mark
Zuckerberg created the Web site in Feb
ruary 2004. Hughes said it was the prod-
uct of ”a few weeks work and many late
night dorm room conversations."

A general concern among school ad-
ministrators has been the privacy of stu-
dents since their addresses. phone num-
bers and birthdays can be posted on the
site.

Tony Blanton. the associate dean of

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dents who said Mark Zuckerberg. Facebook’s creator.
used their idea of an online social directory to create

Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss and Divya Naren~
dra worked with Zuckerberg on a nowdet‘unct Web
site called Harvardconnectioncom. an online social
network that allowed students to connect according to
their interests. classes and friends.

Narendra and the Winklevosses used the idea to
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Rosenthal said. “His paintings
are about what his vision was
when he took the pictiue“

Pizzuro's favorite painting
is of his hometown Sicily
Italy.

"That's my grandmother
in the foreground.“ he said.
pointing to his painting.

Pizzuro also paints about
current events. such as the
Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. and
common social issues. such as

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responsible for the bill,

“Part of the good deal of
living there is not paying for
water." he said. "If you don't
see the bill. you don't care "

Dulin said that about :to
percent of her renters are
college students. l’inebrook
currently does not charge
renters for water. l)ulin said
she would like to see the city
to fight the increase.

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about social issues." he said
“I don't have the answers to
them; nobody does."

()ne of his paintings de-
picts a dead baby leaving the
Womb.

“It's like he's telling a sto-
ry." lii'aticaccio said. “it's not
just a pretty picture."

After 25 years of work.
l’izzuro doesn't seem to want
to put down the brush any-
time soon.

He has won more consecu-
tive awards at the Lexington
Nude Show than any other
attist. and these awards cover
one whole wall iii his kitchen.

The hallway that leads to
his kitchen is cluttered with
several frames waiting to
hold another l’izzuro portrait.

“He's very passionate. l

cani because we have a mo»
iiopoly." she said. “It‘s not
like somebody else is going
to give them competition.
The government should have
control over utilities."

liuhn said the increase in
water could lead to charging
future residents for water
and sewage. l’iiiebrook has
paid S:il.tiiiii in sewer and
Saiiitio in water bills this
year. excluding the tiioiitli of
lieceiiiber. (‘urrent residents
will not be affected by the my
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pay water and sewage when
they are renting." she said
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one that lias a current lease "

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Facebook spokesman. said.
"Mark's i'/.uckerbergi relation-
ship with the creators of (1m.
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sense that he was never paid.
nor did he have a contract with
them. '

Hughes said Facebook is
preparing to counter sue to
compensate for the estimated
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be complete when the Public
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“All public hearings have
been held." Rowe said. “It‘s a
tnatter of the commission go-
ing back. reviewing the case
and making a final order. It's
pretty clear-cut. It's a good
process because it protects
the consumer.

"Everyone has a chance
to give their input."

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Dec. 7, 2004

By Ben Roberts
in: unwary mutt

Overshadowed by UK's
first loss of the season Satur-
day — a 13-point drubbing at
the hands of .No. 9 North Car-
olina —- was the 24-point per-
formance by junior forward
Kelenna Azubuike.

After starting the season
slowly with six points in each
of his first two games.
Azubuike has averaged 20.3
points over UK's last three
games.

The UK forward shot 10-
of-19 from the

game after the UNC bench
called an emergency 30sec.-
ond timeout

Felton eventually re-
turned to the game but UNC’s
fans booed Rondo whenever
he touched the ball.

When the UK freshman
picked up his fifth foul with
5:26 remaining in the game.
the Tar Heel fans cheered
loudly until he reached the
Wildcat bench.

Felton said after the game
he didn‘t think the slap was
intentional.

“I‘m going to look at it as

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field Saturday
and 4-of-6 from
3-point range.
He also added
team-highs in
rebounds (six)
and steals
(five). and his
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to do it. That
he didn‘t mean
to hurt me."
Felton said. “I
don’t know
him that well
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a career high.

Azubuike also logged 35
minutes on the floor for the
Cats Saturday, which is more
than any UK player has
played in a single game this
season.

UK junior guard Patrick
Sparks said the Cats would
need Azubuike to step up for
‘he rest of the season.

“He came up big and
knocked down some shots for
us today," Sparks said. “We
need that from him."

After Azubuike followed
up his 16point performance
against Georgia State with a
then-season-high 21 points to
lead the Cats past Tennessee
Tech Nov. 30, UK head coach
Tubby Smith said he was
pleased to see his top return
ing scorer from last year fi-
nally gain some consistency.

“He really looked re»
laxed." Smith said. “His focus
and concentration were good
and we were happy to have
him play well. He‘s one of the
guys we‘re going to have to
have play well.“

Nohannmoioul

With the Cats trailing
UNC 5546 early in the second
half. UK point guard Rajon
Rondo slapped Tar Heel point
guard Raymond Felton's
heavily-wrapped sprained left
wrist.

In obvious pain. the in-
,iury forced Felton to leave the

type of player.
Field goal streak

North Carolina made 29 of
their 59 field goal attempts
Saturday to shoot 49.2 percent
from the field on the after-
noon. Had the Tar Heels con-
nected on one more field goal
they would have broken UK‘s
streak of 365traight games of
holding an opponent to under
50 percent from the field.

“You look down (at the
stat sheet), and I'd like to
have made one more so we
would have shot 50 percent."
UNC head coach Roy
Williams said.

"I think we could have
broken (their streak). Tubby‘s
got a streak of about 800
games that everybody shot
below 50 percent against
them."

The streak is now at 37
games. not 800. as Williams
said.

Donna stays positive

Standing outside the visi-
tors‘ locker room at the Dean
Smith Center Saturday. Don-
na Smith made sure none of
UK's players left the arena
feeling down.

The wife of the Cats head
coach gave each of the play-
ers a hug as they passed her
on their way to the team bus.

"Get the next one. baby."
she said after embracing each
team member.

Jeff Patterson

Assistant Sports Editor
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Freshman point guard Rajon Rando is averaging 8.4 points per game this
season. He leads the Cats with 15 steals heading into Wednesday's game
against Kyle Macy's Morehead State Golden Eagles.

Top NBA Cat

Detroit Pistons forward
and former Wildcat 'I‘ayshaun
Prince averaged 11.7 points
and 8.3 rebounds in three
games last week.

The Pistons earned road
victories over the Rockets
and Hornets. but fell to the
Spurs. who own the NBA‘s
best record.

Prince is :weraging 11.9
points and (3.1 rebounds per
game this season for the do
fending league champions.

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sons for the (‘ats and was a
member of l'K's 1951 nation-
al championship team.

He is the program‘s 16th
all-time leading scorer. with
1.475 points. and is also third
on the all-time rebounds list.

Hagan played 13 seasons
in the NBA and ABA and was
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during his professional ca-
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MATT CAREY. THE KENTUCKY KERNEL

 

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Records won’t effect change

The federal government appears to
be taking steps toward improving high-

. _ er education in this country.

~ According to The Chronicle of
Higher Education. officials at the De-
. partment of Education are considering
a plan to gather specific information
about every student at a public college
Z or university.
' Currently. colleges report their own
information regarding total enroll-
ment. student aid. graduation rates and
other data.

The new system would make col-
leges more accountable for the perfor-
mance of their students. the Depart-
ment of Education said.

The database would include infor-
mation on retention and graduation
rates. as well as the net price overall
tuition minus financial aid,

It is true that the new database
would keep more accurate information
than the self-reporting system in place
now.

But the program is not without its
faults to be worked out.

Most importantly. the department
has not decided whether the database
would be subject to federal open
records laws.

The database does not appear to
meet any of the prescribed exemptions
set forth by federal law.

One compromise suggested by the
department would be to make the infor-
mation available to the Department of
Education and no other agency

But government must operate
transparently, If the records can't be
made public to everyone. officials
should halt the databases creation.

Also. the department wants to keep
the records permanently. giving the
program a Big Brother feel.

And the department has not figured
out whether students at private univer-
sities and colleges would have their in-
formation tracked.

Other questions are raised because
The Chronicle of Higher Education ar-
ticle did not include a price tag for the
changeover to the new record-keeping
system.

Since higher education was an is-
sue largely ignored by major—party can-
didates during the 2004 campaign, it’s
refreshing to see the Bush administra-
tion working to make sure college stu-
dents are progressing and flourishing.
But creating the database seems to be
another way of growing the bureaucra-
cy without effecting any real change.

 

Columnist's ‘Twas a fortnight before Christmas’

Then as dry leaves before the wild hurricane fly 7——
When you‘re met with an obstacle. pray toward the sky

By Stephen Burnett
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‘Twas a fortnight before Christmas. and all through the land.
Several creatures were stirring ~—— they were all in a band

Of lawyers and writers. and bitter old men.
All talking and yelling. (They made quite a din.)

They don‘t like the season. they don't like its name.
And with no other reason. their courses they came.

More rapid than eagles. to my house they came creeping
And settled outside. with their cell phones a-beepmg.

Inside. we’d hung stockings by the chimney with care.
In hopes we could forget all the troubles out there.

The kitchen was filled with the smells of desserts
With no spiders crawling up the Christmas tree skirts.

And I in my thick coat. the others also wrapped
Were opening the front door. about to fall in their trap.

When what to our wondering eyes should appear.
But a squadron of secularists. with cell phones and sneers.

With an ugly old leader. so weaselly and quick.
I knew in a moment he was up to old tricks.

The beard of his chin was all pointy and gray.
He patted his briefcase. and then he did say

“Now hearken. ye celebrants. and pay me your heed ~~
“Where d'ya think you are going?“ he went on with screed.

"Evening church service." I said. “and to sing later on.
“Now please let us pass. You are crowding the lawn."

- With a narrowing of eyes. and a shaking of head.
He then let me know I had something to dread.

“Your church is for losers. you intolerant bigot.
“Make way for our lawsuits. We‘ve opened the spigot.

”We‘re suing courthouses and we're suing your church."
He went into his litany: I went into a lurch.

”Your Nativity and symbols we will demonstrate
“Are crossing the ‘wall between church and the state.‘

“All of public property is government-made.
“Don’t use it for ‘Christmas.' Don‘t march in our parade.

“You must be more tolerant; all religions have wealth.
“Except of course. yours —- you'll keep that to yourself.

“Now go back inside for your long winter's nap.
“Do your ‘Christmas‘ thing privater while we do our crap.

“You have tried to laugh at us. you've tried to ignore.
“Said we're just on TV — now we‘re at your boot door!

“We don't like your ‘Christmas' and we don't like your faith.
“Howdoyouliltethat?”'l‘henhesmirkedlikeawraith.

Asmart-moutbedretortlblt back withaflash.
‘Camehismeerlngheadlsowantedtosmash.

Ispokenotawotdbutmylninwurthowork.
Andlu'iedholgnonu'melilte"youmoton”md“jat"

And then. like the moon on the new-fallen snow.
My heart shone with old truths that I used to know.

"In the beginning. our God did create.
“He's Creator and Savior ~ yes. something you hate.

“We all have sin natures. and that's why He came.
“To save us from darkness. from sin and its shame.

“He was born in a manger. in Bethlehem town."
( At this point the lawyer man‘s smirk turned to frown.)

“We celebrate Christmas because of that birth."
Then he snickered once more; I was causing him mirth.

l continued to tell him. “This seasons for all.
“If you say we don‘t count. you've considerable gall.

“You may call me intolerant. but all you are fools ~
“That is what the Bible says. And you've got no rules!

"Your ‘principles' are simply moral relativism.
“And you're ripping this nation apart with that schism.

“You not like you treasure our country so dear;
“It was founded by Christians. Put that in your sneer.

“And this ‘separation' thing with which you have fun ,
"It's from a letter by Jefferson in 1801?

"And he never meant for you to use it like this.
“Tlom Jefferson endorsed God; that‘s something you miss.

“And you‘ve kept on establishing your own state religion
"Of Godless humanism you‘re driving its engine!

“If you can show your faith. then I'll show mine too.
“(I'd be glad now to tell you about which one is true.)

“With your logic in shambles. how will you argue?
“And who's really ‘bigoted.‘ when you‘ll only sue?"

He glared at me fiercely; his blood pressure rose.
His quivering fist almost shot up to my nose.

I laughed as I watched him. in spite of my dread.
Then I told him some more truths that needed be said.

“This story's original. but the battle is old.
"I won't say cliches like ‘your heart's really gold.‘

“And I don‘t think I'll tell you I know your good soul
“Because inside I fear it is dark as the coal.

“And I won't say you‘re this way ‘cause when you were eight.
“You never got presents. That's really cliched!

"Now get ofl' my lawn. you winter poltergeist.
“This season‘s not about you it's love. peace. and Christ."

Then I heard them scream out as they skulked out of sight.
"We'll be back here next year. and continue this fight!"

Then I shook my head. smiling. and sighed out a fog.
“I hope you'll soon see that I‘m right and you're wrong.

While you’re plotting and assembling all your legal might ~-

“MerryChrlstmnbyouall andIhope you find Light."
mmtamsmsenimhnailmzimmt

 

 

 

Ukrainians muts
have another vote

When I first read the news about millions of Ukrainian
people who gathered in downtown Kiev to protest the results
of the second run-off of the presidential election. I was very
proud of my fellow Ukrainians.

I lived in Ukraine for more than 15
years before I left to study in the United
States. People in Ukraine. including my
family. live their lives in constant fear of
showing any signs of dissatisfaction. Since
the collapse of Soviet Union. not much has
changed. even though the government
wants to prove the opposite. But I believe
that better times are ahead.

After Viktor Yanikovich was pro-
nounced the winner of the second round of
presidential elections. Viktor Yushchenko
complained that fraud robbed him of victo
ry Millions of Western Ukrai