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Ky. House endorses UK’s Top-20 Business Plan

House budget next week
key indicator for UK

By Sean Rose
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State legislators gave UK’ s Topzo
Business Plan a shot In the arm yes-
terday by unanimously approving a
resolution that calls for support of
the plan.

The Kentucky House of Repre
sentatives passed House Bill 123 by a
96-0 vote. UK’ s Topzo Business Plan,
introduced in October 2005, lays out
how much funding UK will need

from the state government—

how much it will generate itselfan —
each year from now until 2020, as
well as estimated tuition increases
for each year. House Bill 1 in 1997
called for UK to achieve top20 public
research status by that time

Although resolutions are only
statements of opinion, and not actu-
al law, Rep. Kathy Stein, DLexington,
said it’s an important vote for UK.

“It heightens our awareness of
our need to properly fund the Univer-
sity of Kentucky in its push to be-
come topzo," Stein said

Rep Bob Damron, D-
Nicholasville, said UK held itself ac-

countable by promising to cover 40
percent of the cost.

“It think that’ 5 very positive and
it’s something I wish every universi—
ty would do, ” Damron said

Both representatives thought
UK’ s stake in the state budget had
improved since Gov. Ernie Fletcher’s
budget address earlier in the year
proposed funding well short of what
had been requested.

“The governor’s budget for UK
was woefully short,” Damron said.

“I can guarantee you that the
House’s budget will have more fund-
ing in it, ” Stein said, adding that she
isn ’t sure if the House will be able to

give all that UK President Lee Todd
asked for.

Damron said he hoped the House
would fully fund several UK con-
struction projects, as well as give
money to renovate dorms without
air conditioning and add money to
UK’s General Fund — a move that
could ease next year’s tuition in-
crease.

Stein and Damron said the
House’s budget will likely pass next
week. The Senate will then examine
it and form their own budget before
both groups decide on a final budget

Sen Ernesto Scorsone, D- Lexing-
ton, said he was “hopeful that we can

get the (top20) resolution passed in
the Senate as well.”

“I think there 3 a lot of support
for the concept ” Scorsone said “But
talk 13 cheap We want to see that the
legislature really does support UK s
plan ”

Scorsone said this is a critical
week for UK’s stake in the budget, as
the House will release its budget pro
posal In the upcoming week.

“That will be the first signal for
what UK’ s fate will be, ” he said. “It
won ’t be the final word, but it will be
a key development.”

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President's
commISSIons
get new faces

Diversity, women's focus groups
recommend initiatives to Todd

By Wes Blevins
THE KENTUCKY mm

UK President Lee Todd this week an-
nounced new members of the President’s Com-
mission on Diversity and the President’s Com-
mission on Women for a new term that will be-
gin at the start of July.

The commissions are charged with advis-
ing Todd on issues regarding diversity and
women on campus, respectively. They also sub-
mit recommendations to Todd’s office to ad-
dress forms of gender- and diversity-related in-
equities at UK.

In a press release, Todd said the commis-
sions have “provided this campus with an im-
portant voice for the past few years.”

‘If we are to become a top- -20 public re-
search university, we will need our campus to
be diverse vibrant and fully representative of
the world our students will enter," he said.

Todd created both commissions early into
his presidency, which began In July 2001.

Laverne Carter, a new diversity commis-
sion member and student affairs coordinator
for the UK College of Public Health, has been
with UK for 11 years. Carter has worked as a
student recruiter and is proud of the diversity
of students within the college She said she
hopes to “bring new ideas” from her experi-
ences to the commission.

“Diversity should be important to any uni-
versity,” Carter said. adding that students need
to realize “not everybody looks like me."

Both Carter and Mwabi Murdock, another
diversity commission addition, said UK has
come a long way in terms of diversity in the
past several years Since last attending the uni-
versity in 1997, Murdock said she has seen pos-
itive changes both at UK and' m Lexington as a
whole.

Kentucky has students, faculty and staff
representing a lot of nationalities said Mur-
dock, who 5 affiliated with the Kentucky
Women Writers Conference. In the past, she
said individuals have felt like they weren ’t be-
ing involved in the UK community.

"People need to feel included," Murdock
said. People of various nationalities should re-
alize “they can find something for them at UK."

Todd said he’s excited to welcome new
members of both commissions.

“As we look to build the most diverse cam-
pus in the Commonwealth,” he said, “this
group will provide UK with some new voices
and will help lead us on our path to become one
of the nation's premier research universities."

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Michael Goodwin, father of UK student Jason Goodwin, speaks at a memorial held for his son last night In Memorial Hall. Goodwin died In a car accident Sunday.

A goodbye to Goodwin

Students, faculty attend memorial service for engineering senior killed in weekend car accident

By Dariush Shafa
THE mtucxy KENNEL

Jason Goodwin had a side that some peo
ple — including his closest family members
— didn’ t know about

But students at UK saw that side of him
every day, and now his family is learning
about it.

Last night, about 100 people gathered in
Memorial Hall to remember and celebrate
the life of Goodwin, a mechanical engineer-
ing senior from Ashland, Ky, who was killed
in a car accident Sunday in Clark County.

“I’ve always loved Jason; I knew he had a
big heart, but to hear it from you people has
meant the world to me,” Goodwin‘s mother.
Mary. told the crowd at Memorial Hall.

“I know Jason (now) more than I
thought I ever would," she said.

Goodwin is survived by his father
Michael. mother Mary and stepmother
Dana. He also has a brother, Jonathan, two

sisters, Lauren and Sophie, a stepsister. Mol-
ly, as well as grandparents. other family and
friends.

His friends remember with pride that
they called Jason their friend.

“He was an awesome guy. He was defi-
nitely very open and you knew that Chris-
tianity was a big part of his life." said me-
chanical engineering senior Peter Reichen-
bach. one of Goodwin’s friends who was
also injured in the accident.

Reichenbach and Goodwin were friends
in faith and in life.

“We would pray together. We would go to
church together." Reichenbach said. “He‘s
one of those people, I felt, you could call
him, day or night. anytime."

Goodwin‘s father. Michael. remembers
his son as someone who loved to have fun.

“He was always getting into pranks and
getting into trouble. He was always into
shenanigans, I guess you could say," Michael
said. “But he had a great sense of humor

and a great smile.”

But Michael Goodwin also remembers a
darker time in his son’s life. As a teenager.
Jason was addicted to drugs and used them
heavily.

"He was bad into drugs until he was 19,“
Michael Goodwin said. “I thought he was go
ing to die."

But then that all changed.

“When he was 19, he accepted ( Thrist and
almost instantly went off drugs." Michael
said. “It was awesome, but it wasn't easy"

Goodwin never went back to drugs. but
used his experiences to help him get along
with people.

“He was able to relate to people who
were down-and-out. and he held a special
place in his heart for them." Michael said.

His friends recalled that same warmth.

“He didn‘t wear masks. You’d meet him
and he was your new best friend. He always
came as Jason." said Matt Dampier. a UK

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Vandy post play sh_ows careless Cats the ’DOre

UK sophomore
center Sarah
Elliott (middle)
battles for the
basketball with
vanderbilt
senior forward
Nicole Jones
and junior for-
ward Carla
Thomas during
the first half of
UK's loss last
night.

By Chris Delotell
THE KENTUCKY KERNEL

NASHVILLE .1 UK entered
last night’s game at No. 23 Van-
derbilt with an opportunity to
clinch a first-round bye in the
Southeastern Conference tours
nament with a victory.

The Cats were. literally. un-
able to handle it.

UK committed 27 turnovers
and the Commodores dominated
the Cats in the post en route to a
72-55 victory.

While the Cats shot over 48
percent from the field, the exces-
sive number of turnovers made
scoring difficult.

”It's too many to try to win a
ballgame,” UK head coach Mick-
ie DeMoss said. “We talked about

it at halftime but their pressure
effected us.‘

DeMoss also wasn‘t pleased
with the performance of her
post players.

“Vandy‘s inside girls really
took it at our posts,“ she said.
“We tried to be physical and it
wasn‘t in our favor. I thought
they were very aggressive."

UK guard Carly Ormerod
said Vanderbilt‘s post players
won the game.

“I thought their posts domi-
nated inside," she said. “We real-
ly could have used a post pres-
ence tonight. but it wasn't
there."

With the win. Vandy (18-9, 7-6
Southeastern Conference) pulled
within one game of UK (197, 8-5
SEC). and can claim the tourna-

ment bye with a win Sunday
over South (‘arolina and a 1K
loss to Alabama.

The Cats could not find an
answer ,_ or a defender for
Vandy forward Carla Thomas in
the second half. Thomas scored
11 points in the frame and
seemed to have an answer on the
offensive end each time UK tried
to cut into the Commodore lead.

“She was so much more re
laxed on offense (in the second
halo." Vandy head coach
Melanie Balcomb said. "She read
the defense and made some big
plays. She hit the big shots in the
second half."

DeMoss agreed.

“She came up with some real-

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Award boosts undergrad résumés, wallets

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As students work through
their undergraduate time at
UK, they might realize that
they’re in need of a little
something extra as they
glance over their resumes or
fill out graduate school appli-
cations.

The Oswald Research and
Creativity Program, a pro
gram that awards students for
outstanding work in one of
seven fields, helps place previ-
ous winners 3 step above the
competition, said Evie Rus-
sell, who helps head the pro
gram. The deadline to apply is
March 3.

“This program allows stu»
dents to showcase their work
in a more professional envi-
ronment,” Russell said. “It re
ally helps on resumes and
grad school applications.”

The program. started in
1964, focuses on stimulating

 

dividuals who do outstanding
work. The program awards
students in seven categories:
biological sciences. design, the
fine arts, social sciences, phys-
ical and engineering sciences,
creative humanities and criti-
cal research humanities.

Each category has first-
and second-place winners who
receive 4350 and $200, respec-
tively The UK newsletter “The
Kaleidoscope” also publishes
their work.

“It's very competitive,”
Russell said. “We get close to
100 entries for all categories.”

Accepted entries are then
judged in each category by a
panel of selected faculty and
staff members representing
the fields that each of the cato
gories.

“For me, it was a huge deal
to win," said Lara Buchanan.
a former UK student and win-
ner of the Oswald award in
physical engineering. She’s
now a first-year medical stu-

Buchanan said the re
search she conducted for the
project and the publicity she
received afierwards helped
her when she applied to med-
ical school.

“It really helped me stand—
out from other applicants for
med school," Buchanan said.

“I was really thrilled to
win," said senior English ma-
jor Tasha Pedigo. a former
winner in creative humani-
ties. “It was a great opportuni-
ty, and it’s really nice to see
your work it’s really neat to
see your work in print."

“For some students, this
could be their first publica-
tion," Russell said. “We pro
vide them the opportunity”

To apply for the award.
students can either register
online at wwwukyedu/eure-
ka/oswald or pick up an appli-
cation at the eUreKa! office in
room 115 of Bowman Hall be-
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