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Guys test

To entertain

A test for guys. but more
than entertaining for
the fairer sex. too.
Point values by

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February 29 00

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category. Handicap:
You may begin with
50 points (you'll
probably need them!)

Simple duties

You go out to buy her
spring-fresh extra-
light parity liners with
wings: +5

But return with beer: -5

You check out a
suspicious noise at
night: 0

You check out a
suspicious noise and
it's nothing: 0

You check out a
suspicious noise and
it's something: +5

You pummel it with a six
iron: +10

It's her father: ~10

Social
engagements

You stay by her side the
entire party: 0

You stay by her side for
a while, then leave to
chat with a college

drinking buddy: -2

College drinking buddy
named Tiffany: -4

Tiffany is a dancer: -6

Tiffany has implants: -8

Saturday
afternoons

You visit her parents: +1

You visit her parents and
actually make
conversation: +3

You visit her parents and
stare vacantly at the
television: -3

And the television is off:
-6

You spend the afternoon
watching college
football in your
underwear: -6

And you didn't even go
to college: -10

And it's not really your
underwear: -15

Her birthday

You take her out to
dinner: 0

You take her out to
dinner, and it's not a
sports bar: +1

Okay, it is a sports bar: -
2

And it's all-you-can-eat
night: -3

It's a sports bar, it’s all-
you-can-eat night and
your face is painted
the colors of your
favorite team: -10

You give her a gift: 0

You give her a gift, and
it’s a small appliance:
-10

You give her a gift, and
it's not a small
appliance: +1

You give her a gift, and
it isn't chocolate: +2

You give her a gift that
you'll be paying off
for months: +30

You wait until the last
minute and buy her a
gift that day: -10

With her credit card: -30

And whatever you
bought is two sizes
too big: -40

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Dr. Peggy Dilworth-Anderson, a geriatologist . gave a lecture on the role of the elderly in the African American family.

Searching out the

modern family

adolescent dress today is deviant

Important ties: Conference discusses major
issues of the African-American experience

By Lamin Swann
STAFF WRITER

In conjunction with the ongo-
ing 50 years of the African-Ameri-
can Legacy celebration on campus

and this being Black History
Month the College of Human
Environmental Sciences presented
“African-American Families: Re-
search Issues for the let Century"
yesterday in the Young Library
auditorium.

The daylong conference fo-
cused on the African-American
family and where they stand to-
day.

The sessions were scheduled
iii the format of how UK schedules
its classes. so that students and
faculty could attend.

“We scheduled the conference
sessions around class schedules so

that we could attract students or a
professor could bring his or her
class to one of the sessions." said
Retia Walker. dean of the College
of Human Environmental Sci-
ences. “And I believe that the con-
ference had a turnout because of
this."

One of the popular sessions
with the students was "Cool
Clothes: Adolescent Dress and Vio-
lence." presented by Gwendolyn
O'Neal. professor and head of the
department of Apparel. Textiles
and Interior Design at Kansas
State University.

"In terms clothes and violence.
there are miscalculations. por-
trayed as a problem with the
African-American male," O'Neal
said. “In fact, that it is a problem
in many more cultures."

O'Neal also elaborated on how

from the dominant culture and

where clothing with African
Americans is culturally based antl
affects self-esteem.

Andrew Billingsley. a profes-
sor of sociology at the l'niversity
of South Carolina. spoke on the fu-
ture of African-Americans. espe-
cially the growing population of
the African-American middle
class.

“The black middle class is
growing, but they are not forget»
ting where they came from." said
Billingsley.

Many Were satisfied with the
different issues addressed at the
conference from speakers to cori-
ference attendees.

“I like where the conference in»
volved issues dealing with African-
Americans from early childhood to
old age." said Peggye l)ilworth~An»
derson. professor at the University
of North Carolina at Greensboro.
Dilworth~Anderson presented a ses-
sion on family care giving to
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Law student to
run for council

Fields of dreams: Larry Ashlock has the
signatures for the ballot, now for the votes

By Jill Gorin
Ntws EDITOR ‘—

l.arry Ashlock. a UK College of Law student. went from the
tnounds of a baseball field in his undergraduate days to a differ-
ent playing arena . . . politics.

Ashlock is running for seventh district l'rban County
Council.

“Growing up. I was a jock.” he said. “But when I started re-
searching iny state senators and representatives. I just got really
interested in the way the process worked."

Ashlock spent his undergraduate career at (‘ampbellsville
University with an athletic and academic scholarship but said
UK is exactly where he wants to be now.

"UK is the only place I wanted to go lto law scliooli." he said.
"I was enrolled at UK for undergrad but wouldn‘t have traded
playing baseball (at (‘ainpbellsvillei for the world.“

Now, while most of his classmates are busy hitting the
books. Ashlock must focus on studying plus going doorto-door
trying to get supporters.

"I walk door~to~door five or six nights a week." he said. "I've
had people ages 20 to 65 say ‘come in to my house and let‘s talk.”

Ashlock thinks it is important for young people like himself
to get into politics and show people what a difference we can
make.

"Young people have a real understanding of what it takes to
succeed.” he said.

And Ashlock is no exception, He has been on his vigorous
tIooHo-door campaign since January.

“Politics is looking a person in the eye and telling them what
I believe in." he said. “Some will say you said everything right.
Some will say you said some things right. And some will say you
said nothing right."

So far. Ashlock has been successful in his campaigning. but
not without some road barriers.

One of his opponents. Willy Foglc. is suing him because be
accused Ashlock of not getting enough signatures on the ballot
needed to run in the election.

Ashlock said he originally got HZ signatures on the ballot. All!
more than the required 100 registered voter signatures.

"Everybody who campaigns knows that you always try to
get more. because you never know who will say they're a regis-
tered voter and really not tiirn out to be." he said.

When signees were checked to see of they were registered
voters. it was found that 21 were not. still leaving Ashlock with
121) signatures.

“Fogle argues that people who had printed their name, I

See LAYI on 7

Students organize to
promote responsibility

Call-in planned: Free Speech Lawn to be
site of cell-phone calls to Coca Cola, others

Nikole Wolfe
CONTRIBUTING WRITTR

Environmentalvaconscious UK students are protesting
against the world's biggest soft drink company. (‘ocai‘ola

In spite of Coca-(Tola's popularity. some l'K students are up:
set with the company‘s envirtmmental practices.

Green Thumb. UK‘s student environmental organmition.
maintains (‘oca-(‘ola broke a promise to use LS percent recycled
content in their plastic bottles.

“We are demanding corporate accountability and want
Coke. as the soft drink industry leader. to keep its promise to re
cycle." said Ben Gramig. student organizer of the protest and
member of Greeti Thumb.

Students also claim Coke is against the Bottle Iiill The so
called Bottle Bill. Kentucky Ilouse Bill 1. would place a five or
ten cent refundable deposit on plastic. aluminum and glass con
tainers. Students hope that putting a deposit on the bottles will
increase recycling and decrease littering in Kentucky.

“I don't have anything against Coke. I just want to help
clean up all the litter." said Brandon Campbell. a Green Thumb
member and supporter ofthe Bottle Bill. Campbell has spoken
in the Kentucky General Assembly in support ofthe bill.

Members of Green Thumb and (‘okc met last week to dis
cuss grievances. Green Thumb members expressed concern
that Coke is not doing enough to protect the environment.

Green Thumb asserts they will protest until they set‘ (‘okc
living up to its promise to use 2:3 percent recycled content plas
tic in its bottling operations.

A cell-phone callin asking the company to change their en-
vironntental policies is planned for today in the Free Speech
area from 1 pm. to :1 pm. Students from I'K. 'l‘ransylvania.
Berea and Centre will also protest at the (‘oca (‘ola Facility on
Leestown Road from -l pm. to ti pm.

The protest is part of a national Dirty Jobs Boycott cant
paign through which students from around the country are de—
manding more environmental responsibility from their future
employers.

Students protesting at the Free Speech area. it itlt cell
phones in hand. will be calling Coke. GM and lil’ Amoco voicing
their concerns and letting them know that students will not go
to work for them until they change their environmental poli
cies.

“We want to hold major companies accountable for their ac
tions to the environment." Gramig said.

Amy Crawford contributed to this article.

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when asked by
the New York
Post how he felt
about his pal
Jerry Seinfeld's
publicly courting
of the otherwise
married Jessica
Sklar (who's
since married
Jerry).

Yanks' Strawberry suspended 1 year

TAMPA. Fla. New York Yankees outfield-
er and designated hitter Darryl Strawberry today
was suspended by baseball commissioner Bud
Selig for one year after testing positive for co-
caine. “We will abide by the decision," Yankees
owner George Steinbrenner said. It was Straw-
berry‘s third drug-related suspension from base-
ball. Strawberry. 37. tested positive for cocaine
Jan. 19 while on probation after a nocontest plea
to charges of cocaine possession and soliciting a
prostitute last spring.

Austria's Haider reportedly resigns

VIENNA. Austria Joerg Haider. known
for his anti-foreigner statements and past praise
of Nazi employment policies, resigned today as
head of the far—right Freedom Party. the Austria
Press Agency reported. The agency quoted
unidentified party sources at a closeddoor meet-
ing of the group‘s national leadership. Patty offi-
cials would not confirm the report. APA said
Haider. who holds no post in the national govern-
ment. would stay on as governor of Carinthia
province. The move was seen as an attempt to re
duce international criticism of the new coalition
government between Haider's rightists and the
centereright Austrian People‘s Party.

McCain decries religious pandering

VIRGINIA BEACH. Va. GOP presidential
campaigner John McCain yesterday accused
some in his party of pandering to Christian right
leaders "on the outer reaches of American poli-
tics.” His remarks were designed to appeal to
moderates voting in primaries in Virginia and
Washington tomorrow. "I am a Reagan Republi-
can who will defeat Al Gore." McCain said. ”Un-
fortunately George Bush is a Pat Robertson Re-
publican who will lose to Al Gore." Saying Mc-
Cain was trying to divide the party along reli-
gious lines. Bush repeated his criticism of tele-
phone calls by the McCain campaign that try to
link Bush to anti-Catholic sentiments.

GOP Reps. consider own tax plan

WASHINGTON Bracing for a November
defense of their House and Senate majorities.
congressional Republicans will push tax cuts this
year that will likely stray noticeably from the
proposals of the (lOP's top presidential con-
tenders. Though they have made no final deci-

RUSSIAN
TURBY:

The British
Broadcasting
Corp. said
Monday it has
secured a major
deal to license
the popular
Teletubbies
pre-school chil-
dren's program
to Russia.
Russian state
broadcaster
RTR has been
licensed to
show all 365
episodes of the
show.

MOMMY KATE:
Get ready for a
storlt delivery
at Titanic pro-
portions: Kate
Vlinslet is
expecting her
first baby.
according to
British news
reports.
Vlinslet, 24,
and hubby Jim
Threapleton
reportedly
expect the
bambino in
September.

sions, Republican lawmakers say their tax cuts
will almost certainly fall well below the $1.3 tril-
lion in reductions Texas Gov. George W. Bush
has proposed over 10 years. They also are unlike
ly to propose trimming income tax rates, as Bush
would do. Congressional Republicans are likely
to exceed the loyear tax cuts of about $500 billion
that Sen. John McCain. R-Ariz., wants.

Drug tests on pregnant women studied

WASHINGTON The Supreme Court. tack-
ling a dispute over women's privacy. said Mon-
day it will decide whether public hospitals can
test pregnant patients for drug use and tell police
who tested positive. The court must determine
whether a South Carolina hospital‘s policy aimed
at detecting pregnant women who use crack co-
caine violates the Constitution's protections
against unreasonable searches. “On one level.
the question before the court is whether preg-
nant women have lesser constitutional rights
than other Americans.“ said Simon Heller of the
Center for Reproductive Law and Policy. one of
the lawyers representing 10 women who tested
positive.

Chechnya rights probe baclted

GROZNY. Russia — Surrounded by war-ru-
ined buildings and shattered lives. Europe‘s top
human rights advocate called yesterday for re-
building Chechnya‘s capital and said he would
press for an investigation of claims of atrocities.
Alvaro Gil-Robles. human rights commissioner
for the Council of Europe, made the statements
on a one~day trip to Grozny. The trip did not take
Gil-Robles to sites where refugees and human
rights groups have alleged that Russian troops
committed atrocities such as executions and tor-
ture. GilARobles brushed off questions about
atrocities and said. “I am fully satisfied with our
cooperation and with the assistance Russia has
rendered to make this visit possible."

Dow ends up 176.53; Nasdag slips

NEW YORK ~—-— The Dow Jones industrials
soared yesterday as bargain hunters grabbed
shares at reduced prices following last week's big
blue-chip selloff. The Dow Jones industrial aver-
age rose 176.53 to end at 10,038.65. On the NYSE.
gainers led losers 1.4961478. The Nasdaq. which
fell 124 points earlier yesterday. finished just 8.62
lower at 4.581.88.

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guess as opposed to writing it
in cursive. were not valid sig-
natures," he said.

Now. Ashlock is busy get-
ting sworn affidavits from
about 30 people who printed
their names instead of signing
them.

“Fogle is the only incum-
bent that has to run in a prima
ry." Ashlock said. “And he had
to do so because of me. If he can
get me kicked out of the race.
then he wouldn‘t have to run in
the primary. And I‘m sure

that's what he's trying to do."

Ashlock wants young peo-
ple to get more involved in pol-
itics. and says he‘s running be
cause he really believes in a de-
mocratic system.

“The job of politics is to
represent people.“ he said.
“The election process is set up
for that purpose. and when you
run alone it defeats the sys-
tem."

Ashlock looks at this expe
rience as an ongoing project
and thinks his education will
be a big bonus.

“Politics is a common
sense job really.“ he said. “It is
a continuation of learning.
Learning about what the peo-
ple want you to do.“ he said.

Religious war in Nigeria

People pass the wreckage Sunday at a destroyed neighborhood in
the city of Raduna. in northern Nigeria. The city is ctn'rently func-
tioning under a dust to dawn cur-low alter clashes between Chris‘
tians and Muslims earlier in the week left at least several hundred
people dead. The latest clashes were sparked when Christians
were apparently attached while marching In protest again“ the
hotly-debated idea oi implementing Islamic Law, called Sharla. in
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HEU has Tubby ‘

Revival: Tennessee's loss to Alabama has
Tubby looking at year from new perspective

By Matt Ellison

SKNIOR STAFF WRITER

Giddy.

It's not the word that imme
diately comes to mind when
thinking abotit UK head coach
Tubby Sitiith. who's usually
good for about five scalp-burn-
ing stares per game directed at
his own team. And the team
suffered through its worst
shooting performance of the
year iii Saturday's 60-35 win
over Arkansas.

But

“I'm about as giddy as you
can get right now." Smith said
during yesterday‘s press confer-
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ma on Saturday dropped t'T
into a second—place tie with UK
in the SEC Eastern Division
standings and leveled the track
in the race for the all~important
first-round bye in the confer-
ence tournament.

His giddiness'.’ Well. some
players are seeing the spring in
his step.

“I see that (‘oach is very es»
cited and optimistic." center Ja~
maal Magloire said. “He's our
leader. With that, we‘re begin-
ning to play well. and we have
played well."

Despite UK's continuing
shooting woes. they‘ve man-
aged to continue winning
games ~ although it‘s not doing
much to quiet the team‘s crit-
ics.

”I think it‘s hard for Ken-
tucky fans to be patient." said
guard JP. Blevins. "It‘s not in
their nature. They've come to
expect a lot. and we should de-
liver a lot."

“They

were concerned

when we won the national
championship." Smith said of
the fans. ”'l‘hey're always going
to be concerned."

And the immediate concern
is Mississippi State (llHl. l 10
SEC). a team which has strug»
gled through most of the season
but played very well at No.13
liSlV. losing 7166 inside the fi-
nal few minutes.

"We didn't take any nega-
tive things from l.Sl'." Smith
said. "The only real bad thing
was that we didn‘t win the
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giddy’

one has been able to do there all
year. So our kids are in as good
a state of mind as they can be in
coming offa loss."

“They gave LSU all they
could handle," Smith said of the
Bulldogs. “We couldn't even do
that."

And MSl' will have a large
and rowdy crowd on hand at
Humphrey Coliseum to wet
come UK into hostile territory.
a situation UK hasn‘t handled
particularly well this season
(all four conference losses com-
ing on the road).

“We‘ve had some lapses
both offensively and defensive-
ly." Blevins said. "We haven't
been able to sustain good inten-
sity for the entire 40 minutes."

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have all provisionally qualified
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STAFF REPORI

Matt Kavanagh. Chris
Daniel and Chad Johnson con-
tributed three top-four finishes
to help the UK men's track
team to a ninth place finish at
the SEC Indoor Championships
this weekend.

Daniel placed second in the
pole vault on Saturday for UK's
best finish.

On Sunday. Kavanagh‘s
toss of 62-feet and 2.5-inches in
the 35-pound weight throw was
good enough for third place.
while Johnson recorded a new
season and personal best time
of 1:50.74 in the BOO-meter run.
earning a fourth place finish.

The women's track team
finished last. but was led by
freshman Janet Crawford's
fourth place finish in the high
jump on Saturday.

Kavanagh. high jumper An-
drew Vander Wagen and She-

onships which will be held

March 3-4.

Tennis

The No. 23 UK men‘s tennis
team hosted the USTA» l'l‘A Na-
tional Indoor Championships at
the Louisville Tennis Club this
weekend and finished eleventh
in matches versus three ranked
opponents.

The Cats lost to No. 3 Duke
in the first round and defeated
No. 52 New Mexico in consola-
tion play. Then they fell to No.
11 Southern Methodist to de-
cide ninth place.

UK‘s top player Carlos Dra-
da. who is ranked No. 11 nation-
ally. finished 1-2 with losses in
match tiebreakers to the No. 42
and No. 20 players in the coun-
try. John Hesoun. Gustav
Pousette and Edo Bawono all

finished 2-1.

Stanford defeated UCLA 4-33
for their fifth indoor champi-
onship of the nineties. A team
from California has won the
event 17 consecutive years in-
cluding the past 10 by Stanford
and UCLA combined.

Swimming and diving

The UK men and women's
swimming and diving squad
swam well in seven provisional
cuts at the Auburn Last Chance
Invitational.

The team made seven cuts
for the NCAA Provisional led
by Eddie Clement. who broke
his own school record in the
200~yard butterfly.

The men's 200«yard
freestyle relay team qualified
along with Clement. Roger
Watkins. Debra Hinsley and
(Tarolyna Rader. Annabel
Kosten also made cuts in the
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Reindeer Games stars Ben Affleclt and the lovely Charlize Theron can run but they can't hide from the movie's all-too-obvious shortcomings.

New Affleck vehicle falls
short in the character and
plot department

By Matt Mulcahey
ASSISTANT SCENE EDITOR

There‘s a scene early in Reindeer
Games where Rudy and Nick. eellmates set
to be released from prison in two days. talk
about what they'll do when they get out.

Right then you know one of them is go
ing to get shived (that means stabbed by a
makeshift knife for those who haven't done
time or seen Escape From Alcatraz). Here's
a clue as to which one ends up six feet un-
der: Rudy is played by Ben Affleek. who
probably made a couple of million for this
movie. and Nick is played by James Frain.
who's making his American film debut.

()nce Rudy gets out of prison. all he

wants to do is spend Christmas with his
family. That and have some hot chocolate
and pecan pie. His former cellmate was
supposed to meet his female pen pal (Char-
lize Theron). but. since he‘s dead. Rudy de-
cides to pretend to be Nick.

Unfortunately for Rudy. he gets more
than he bargained for.

Affleck‘s character does get to “take
the log to the beaver.“ but he‘s also taken
hostage by his new lover‘s criminal broth.
er (Gary Sinise). Sinise wants inside info
about a casino Rudy‘s cellmate used to
work at. so Rudy must con them into be»
lieving he really is who he says.

The story of Reindeer Games is kind of
like a magic trick. At first glance it ap-
pears to be to be believable. but the deeper
you look. the more mistakes you find.

Writer Ehren Kruger apparently is
the only scribe employed by Dimension
films (he wrote their just released Scream
Ill and the soon to be released Texas
Rangers). He doesn't give any of the char-

acters any depth or motivation. Their ac-
tions seem to be driven by the need for a
prerequisite number of plot twists. the dia-
logue existing to merely provide a few
laughs.

The film‘s humor acts as sort of a d011-
ble-edged sword. The film has some truly
funny moments. but it makes the charac-
ters seem unrealistic. Rudy could be killed
at any moment and fully believes that he
will definitely be offed after the heist.
Would he really be zinging one-liners all
over the place?

In the end. Reindeer Games ultimately
does what it intends to. Most of the plot
twists are surprising and the action se-
quences (the actual robbery. in particu-
lar) are well done. But this type of movie
has been done before and done much bet-
ter.

So unless you think that Armageddon
and Con Air are cinematic landmarks.
Reindeer Games isn't worth playing.
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Add some music
to your meal

Local guitarist brings his unique blend of
guitar skills to lunch downtown today

By Alan Slone
ASSISTANI SCENE EDITOR

While most college students enjoy artistic events and exhibits.
it s difficult with a job school and friends to squeeze in things that
are intellectually stimulating.

The Lexington Arts and Culture (‘ ouncil works to change that.
so students can feed their faces and minds at the same time.

The Art a la Carte series encourages participants to bring
their lunches to the free midday performances and listen and
watch arts in action.

The series brings local music and other arts events at noon
every Tuesday to the ArtsPlace and has been running for more
than 10 years.

‘The [Art a la Carte series] was created to provide a free
downtown art event for people on their lunch breaks." said Terri
DeAtley a spokesperson for the Art a la Carte series. It also ex-
ists to promote local artists."

While music tends to be the main focus there are other types
of art that frequent the series. DeAtley said that next week' 5 per-
formance will feature flamenco music and dancing and there are
occasionally ballet performances as well.

Today at noon the series will feature Phillip High a local gui
tarist. High who will be performing all original works on his nV'-
lon- stringed electric said.‘ I‘ m mostly self- taught although 1 have
taken a few lessons from different people throughout my career.

High claimed varied backgrounds influence his music. He
said that his music really can t be classified into one category and
described it as a mix of new age jazz and ambient.

High achieves these sounds by using quite a few effects
processors on his guitar. altering the perceived sounds.

“I use (the effects) to try and get as broad of a range as a I
can "said High

The Arts and Culture Council also services individual artists
and the community at large with its ArtsPlace Gallery Series. Po-
etry & Short Fiction readings, ARTseene calendar and Gallery
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