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Monday, February 20, 2006

By Dariush Shafa
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Administrators at UK are trying to
learn from the experience of the University
of Michigan when it comes to diversity.

Abigail Stewart, a principal
investigator with the Universiv
ty of Michigan ADVANCE pro
ject, a fiveyear, grant-funded
initiative to improve recruit-
ment and retention of women
in the science and engineering
fields, visited UK on Friday
and delivered two presenta-
tions. Working on the institu-
tional climate and recruiting
practices has led to some suc-
cess in improving gender di-
versity at the University of
Michigan.

The first presentation was
given at 9 am. to interested members of the
campus population. The second was given
during a noon luncheon. which was attend-
ed by deans of the various colleges through-
out UK, I ,iembers of President Lee Todd’s

“We do not have
the reasonable
number of
women faculty
in some areas."
Dorothy Brockopp

President's Commission on Women

Celebrating 35 years of independence

UK gets diversity advice from Michigan

staff and members of various committees
or commissions on diversity

“We do not have the reasonable number
of women faculty in some areas,” said
Dorothy Brockopp, chair of the President’s
Commission on Women, who helped orga‘
nize this presentation, as well as
one last month, which brought in

ty of Colorado. “It’s not just here.
It’s at all major universities.”

Michigan’s approach to this
started with evaluating faculty
members and faculty hiring and
comparing between the sexes. In
one of their experiments, they
found that with two identical re
sumé packages, one labeled
Karen and the other labeled Bri-
an, Brian was chosen to be hired
twice as often.

It doesn’t stop at recruitment
issues, but continues on to retention and
achieving a “critical mass," a minimum
number of women on the faculty required
to influence change, Stewart said.

Stewart said creating a climate that is

chair oi the

administrators from the Universi<

positive to drawing in diverse faculty mem-
bers is crucial. In terms of gender diversity,
family-friendly policies (such as providing
free or reduced-cost childcare), workshops
and focus groups to increase awareness of
discrimination and administrative efforts to
gigten to and address concerns were suggest-

UK’s main issue with these seems to
stem from the pocketbook.

“We have issues particularly in Ken-
tucky because of our budget limitations,”
said Jeannine Blackwell, dean of the Grad-
uate School, who added that she’d like to see
moves toward some of these changes get
priority. “If the administration decides it’s
going to happen then it can happen. It’s
certainly very doable."

At Michigan in 2002, prior to some of
the initiatives, the percentage of females
hired to science and engineering positions
was about 15 percent. Over the next three
years, it was almost double that or better.

“I think it’s not so much difficult as it is
long," Stewart said, noting that while the

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One stage, many nations

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One of about 20 acts, Linda Matusek and Dwight Kelley perform a tango during international Talent Night on Friday in Memorial Hall. MORE PHOTOS 0N PAGE 3

About 350 people attended this year's International Talent Night Friday, which
was hosted by the International Student Council. About 20 acts, ranging from
many varieties of cultural dance to an African fashion show, took the stage with the
goal of raising money for tsunami aid for the second year in a row.

It’s a night of performances to Show the cultures we have at
UK rather than to compete.”

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By Erin Lautner
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Geeks are all the rage — at least this week they

Today kicks off the third annual College of Arts
and Sciences Geek Week, an entire week of events
meant to celebrate the programs that fill the univer-
sity’s largest college.

“This week is an effort to showcase the arts and
sciences at UK and their centrality to life in gener-
al," said Steven Hoch, dean of the College of Arts
and Sciences. “We cover everything from philoso-
phy to physics. We are the very core of the universi-

are

Geek Week begins with a luau kickoff today
from noon to 1 pm. at the Main Building Plaza. A
poetry slam is set for tomorrow night, a blood drive
on Wednesday and the ever-popular chemical reac-
tion attraction on Friday. Many of the Geek Week
events will feature free pizza and prize giveaways.

“These events are open to the public and very
popular in the community," Hoch said. “I‘ve always
enjoyed the biology presentation on bones and the
chemistry presentation. They are great fun.”

Students also do not have to be Arts and Sci-
ences majors to participate in this week’s events.

“Arts and Sciences touch every student at the
university because at some point everyone will have
to take a class in Arts and Sciences," said Assistant
Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences Adrienne
McMahan.

Among this week’s events is a Career Center Cy-
berCAT event with local radio station 104.5 WLKT—

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UK to sell
Duplication
Services

By John Morgan
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By July of this year. UK will cease to operate
any duplicating facilities on campus. and an out-
side vendor will be in place running the facilities
instead.

UK Duplication Services will be closed by July
1. 2006 and a new vendor will be selected through a
bid process to carry out all future university copy-
ing operations.

The chosen vendor will commence copying ser-
vices at the three locations of operation in Room 8
of Kinkead Hall, the basement of the White Hall
Classroom Building, and M-57 of the UK Chandler
Medical Center.

“We were simply not generating enough rev-
enue to justify keeping the service operating with
UK employees," said Ben Crutcher. associate vice
president of Auxiliary Services. which is in charge
of Duplicating Services.

Over the past three years UK Duplication Ser-
vices paper output has declined from 2.8 million
pieces per month to 1.6 million pieces per month.

The decline in paper per month production can
be attributed to two main factors. (‘riitcher said.
the low cost of copies and the convenience of oper-
ating copiers already at the disposal of certain do-

= partments.

“Copiers have gotten cheaper to operate. and

' some departments have started to use their own
‘ copiers," said Crutcher.

With the arrival of a new vendor. Crutcher

said. Duplication Services hopes to offer services

at a more competitive price. as well as to offer stu~
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UK 79, SOUTH CAROLINA 66

Sparks, Morris
shine as Cats

COLUMBIA, S.C. — For a Tubby
Smith administration that has built it-
self on team play and hard-nosed de-
fense, individual efforts are sure going
a long way this season.

Rajon Rondo’s two buzzer-beaters
to lifi the Cats against Central Florida
and South Carolina Gamecocks at ,
Rupp Arena.

Joe Crawford’s pair of 23-point
games against Ohio and Auburn, sav-
ing UK from another embarrassing de
feat at the hands of the Bobcats or
Tigers.

Shagari Alleyne's 16 points, six rebounds and
three assists against Georgia State to rally the Cats
from a doubledigit deficit.

Patrick Sparks’ 25point efforts. against West Vir-
ginia in the Guardians Classic and Mississippi State
three weeks ago.

But, for the first time this season, two Cats took
over the game.

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COLUMBIA, S.C. —— As part of
the Southeastern Conference's
“Throwback Week" festivities, UK
left its regular uniforms back
home in Lexington on Saturday.
Instead of their 2005-06 threads,
the players donned uniforms mod-
eled after those worn by the 1978
national championship team.

“I walked into the equipment
room (earlier in the week) to see
what the jerseys looked like." said
junior forward Bobby Perry.
“(Equipment manager Bill Keight-
ley) said, ‘Now you need to go out
and play like them.”

The Cats may want to consider
adopting the new look for the rest
of the season, because in the sec-
ond half against South Carolina,
they took Keightley's advice and

went retro with their game. not
just their jerseys.

Led by senior guard Patrick
Sparks‘ season high 26-points and
perfect performance from behind
the are after the break. the Cats
exploded for 54 points in the sec-
ond half and turned a 28-25 half-
time hole into a 79-66 victory over
the Gamecocks.

After jumping ahead 14-6. UK
went cold from the field despite
working free for several good looks
at the basket. The Gamecocks
raced ahead 23-16 after a 17-2 run
fueled by senior guard Tarence
Kinsey. who accounted for 11
points during the spurt. The Cats
misfired on all eight of their 3-
point attempts before the break,
but things changed when the sec-
ond half buzzer sounded.

Senior guard Ravi Moss opened

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ROME ~— An Italian offi-
cial who wore a T-shirt em-
blazoned with caricatures of
Islam’s prophet Muhammad
during a television interview
resigned Saturday a day after
Libyan police killed 11 people
during a protest at the Italian
consulate in the city of Beng-
hazi.

Italian Reforms Minister
Roberto Calderoli, who had
displayed the T—shirt on tele-
vision Wednesday, said he re-
signed because the issue was
being “shamefully manipu~
lated" against him and his
anti-immigrant party, the
Northern League, which is
part of Prime Minister Silvio
Berlusconi‘s ruling coalition.

Calderoli said he had not
intended “to offend the Mus-
lim religion" but would con-
tinue what he called “a battle
to affirm values in which I
believe, teachings of the
Christian religion and of be-
ing a free man."

“I may even be sorry for
the victims, but what hap-
pened in Libya has nothing
to do with my T-shirt. That’s
not what’s at stake. What’s at
stake is Western civiliza-
tion, " he said.

Bounty offered for killing
Danish cartoonists

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan
— Protests sparked by news-
paper cartoons of the
prophet Muhammad contin-
ued around the country this
weekend, as a cleric an-
nounced a $1 million bounty
for the killing of the Danish
cartoonists responsible for
the caricatures and Denmark
temporarily closed its em-
bassy
Hundreds of protesters
gathered in the capital, Is-
lamabad, after midday
prayers Friday Rallying at a
downtown intersection. some
chanted. “Bush is a dog!” and
others carried banners read-
ing. “Death sentence for the
cartoonists.” Police in riot
gear watched from the side-
lines. Similar demonstra-
tions were reported in other
cities around the country
In Peshawar. Mohammed
Yousaf Qureshi announced
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historic Mohabat Khan
mosque that the mosque and
an affiliated religious school
would give $25,000 and a car
to anyone who killed one of
the cartoonists responsible
for the cartoons, news agen-
cies reported from the city

The cleric also said a lo-
cal jewelers’ association had
offered a $1 million bounty

The escalating protests
and threats of violence have
alarmed the Danish govern-
ment. which on Friday an-
nounced it was temporarily
closing its embassy here “be-
cause of the general security
situation" and urged Danes
in Pakistan to leave immedi-
ately.

Rescuers stiu e to find
mudslide su ors
GUINSAUGON, Philip-

pines — Rescue workers and
soldiers searched for sur-
vivors without success Satur-
day in the sea of mud that
covers what was a thriving
village of more than 1,800
people.

Authorities said more
than 1,000 of the inhabitants
of this remote village on
Leyte Island are missing and
may have died in the land-
slide that struck Friday
morning after two weeks of
heavy rain. Rescuers, who
had reported pulling 57 sur.
vivors from the muck Friday,
said they did not find any
survivors Saturday

With the mud 30 feet deep
it was nearly impossible to
reach buildings. With land-
marks obliterated and even
the tops of palm trees cov-
ered. simply finding where
structures once stood was
difficult.

Rescue crews were un-
able to dig to an elementary
school where as many as 250

students were believed
trapped.
Authorities estimated

that 350 villagers escaped the
mudslide because they had
not yet returned home.

Hamas takes control in
Palestinian Parliament

RAMALLAH. West Bank
The radical Islamic group
Hamas took control of the
Palestinian parliament Sat-
urday during a

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swearingin ceremony and
legislators from the new ma-
jority quickly made clear
that they would not abide by
signed agreements that rec-
ognize Israel’s right to exist.

In a speech to the new
132-seat Palestinian Legisla-
tive Council, the Palestinian
leader, Mahmoud Abbas,
staunchly defended past
agreements with Israel, in-
cluding the 1993 Oslo accords
that created the Palestinian
Authority and legislature
that Hamas entered Saturday
Abbas, the Palestinian Au-
thority's president, called for
the immediate renewal of ne-
gotiations with the goal of
establishing an independent
Palestinian state alongside
Israel, declaring “there is a
Palestinian partner" for such
talks.

“We respect the presi-
dent, but that does not mean
we agree with everything he
said," said Naif Rajoub, a
Hamas legislator from the
West Bank City of Hebron.
“Oslo has died "

(lawlle argues to block
mng over search data

WASHINGTON Google
Inc. said Friday in federal
court in California that the
Justice Department’s de-
mand for data about Web
searches could undermine
public trust in the privacy of
Google’s service and expose
its trade secrets.

In court documents,
Google laid out three legal
arguments for refusing to
comply with a government
subpoena seeking a week’s
worth of search queries
without any personally iden-
tifiable information. as well
as a random sample of 1 mil-
lion Web addresses from its
vast databases.

Google said turning over
the data could reveal its
trade secrets and would im-
pose an undue burden on the
company In addition, the
company said the request
raised “a substantial ques-
tion" about whether releas-
ing the data would violate
privacy rights under a feder-
al law related to electronic
communications.

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grant is for only five years, they will try
to extend it to gather even more data to
support their findings so far. “You have
to stay at it if you want to see change.”
Many of UK’s administrators who
saw the presentation were both im-
pressed and confident that this could
help UK not just in terms of gender di-
versity, but also similarly in racial diver-
sity.
“I’d love to see us have some of the

initiatives our speaker talked about,"
Blackwell said, referring to Stewart’s
presentation.

“I'm looking forward to studying
these materials,” said Kenneth Roberts,
dean of the College of Pharmacy. “I’m
confident we can benefit from this.”

Brockopp also said that even though
it’s likely to take some time before

' changes become very evident, it's worth

the effort and the wait.

“It's going to take three to five years
to see any changes in numbers,” Brock-
opp said. “There are a lot of things that
have to come together, but you have to
start somewhere."

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FM on Thursday that McMahan says
will be helpful to all majors.

“Many students are not aware that
this program is available,” said McMa-
han. “Students can register and it is a
way of working on their career and see-
ing what jobs are available in areas relat-
ed to their particular major. CyberCAT
is there for everybody.”

The college previously held what was
called Arts and Sciences Week but the
event was canceled for several years.
Three years ago, the Arts and Sciences
student ambassadors were asked if it

was possible to bring the celebration
back.

“We were approached by Dean Hoch
to bring back Arts and Sciences week,”
said Caitlyn Cousins, a psychology se-
nior and co-coordinator of Geek Week
for the ambassadors. “And we wanted to
get the students to bring it back.”

Cousins has been with Geek Week
from the start and says it is a great way
to promote the college and celebrate the
disciplines within the college.

“We want to bring the outside com-
munity in," said McMahan. “The stu-
dents are very proud of what goes on in
the college and in their majors.”

For a full listing of Geek Week’s
events and lectures including times,
dates and locations, visit their website at
wwwasukyedu/geekweek.

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dents oncampus copy centers and elimi-
nate the need for students to seek the
same services at inconvenient off-cam-
pus locations.

Currently there are 11 employees
working for UK at these three facilities
who, after the transition, will have the
option of interviewing with the new
vendor to retain their current positions,
or to obtain another position in a differ-
ent field at the university.

“Human Resources is working close-
ly with the 11 loyal employees affected
by this change to assist them in explor-
ing other career opportunities," Crutch-
er said.

Crutcher said that for now. Duplica-
tion Services will operate the same as
UK attempts to make this shift.

“Purchasing will notify any vendor

they think can provide the specified ser-
vices. In most cases, there is a commit-
tee that reviews the responses and ulti-
mately a vendor is selected,” he said.
“As long as we keep on schedule,"

Crutcher said, “we will make this tran-

sition without any interruption of ser-
vice."
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the right time."

the half with a three to draw the Cats even at 28-28.

Sparks’ first deep ball gave the Cats the lead for

good, 33-30.

“The first one I hit felt good," said Sparks. “Af-
ter I hit two in a row, I was feeling really good.”

By the time Sparks knocked down his third
straight trey and Perry converted an old-fashioned
three-point play the Cats had reeled off a 24-6 run

to jump ahead 49-34.

“We made a couple of adjustments at halftime
to put the ball in (Sparks') hands more.” said head
coach Tubby Smith. “When he’s on like that he’s

very capable of having big games."

Three more baskets from Kinsey helped the

Moss. “If we continue to play like this down the
stretch we can be dangerous. We're getting hot at

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E-mazl And led their team to a win over a
dangerous opponent.

After scoring two and nine points.
respectively. in the first half. Sparks
and Randolph Morris went into the
locker room losing. Again.

So the Cats changed their strategy
to one of the simplest, most poetic
plays in basketball: the pick-and-roll.

Sparks would dribble around a Mor-
ris pick. then as the Carolina defenders
were switching coverage. either the
(Zoal Miner‘s Baller would find himself
open for a triple or hit a streaking Mor-

Gamecocks cut the lead to eight, but Sparks made
sure they got no closer the rest of the game. He
dropped back-to-back NBA~range bombs to push
the lead back to 14 at 59-45. His sixth and final 3-
pointer of the afternoon was the most unlikely Af-
ter curling off of a screen, he caught an in-bounds
pass and drilled a fall-away shot.

“I love watching guys get off like that because
you are just so excited to see a teammate get go-
ing,” said Moss. “He was such a big part of the vic-
tOI'y,”

Perry said he stopped worrying about trying to
get rebounds when he saw Sparks liftoff for a shot.

“I didn’t have to look at the ball," he said. “I
just turned around and started cheering."

Sparks’ 24-point second half shelling overshad-
owed a dominant performance from UK center
Randolph Morris, who came off the bench for the
second game in a row and posted his first double-
double of the season (the second of his career)
with 13 points and 11 rebounds.

“Randolph was a man-child," said Perry. “He
got every rebound. When he grabs rebounds like
that, it’s unbelievable."

Perhaps most importantly, Morris stayed out of
the foul trouble that’s plagued him in several
games since his return to the team in January, by
drawing just one whistle in 29 minutes of action.

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points and grabbed ll rebounds to record his first double-dou-
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ris for a layup or dunk.

"Coach told us to be ready to shoot."
Sparks said.

Shoot he did.

Sparks finished 6-of-6 from 3- point
range in the second half. and was two
missed layups away from UK's first 30-
point game of the season.

“If they go under the screen. l’at
knocks it down. If they go over it. the
roll man is open." head coach Tubby
Smith said.

That roll man. whether it was Rob-
by Perry. Lukasz Obrzut or Morris. got
more chances than Nate Robinson dur
ing the NBA dunk Contest,

And converted most of them.

Pretty good strategy from a team
that seems to be acquiring momentum.
once again, from wins over teams it
should be beating.

The aggressive yet controlled Mor-
ris. who didn't get his first personal
foul until 3:44 left in the game. gar-
nered his first double-double of the sea-
son.

"They kept telling me. ‘No one can
hold you.” Morris said. “They‘d pass it
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“Randolph was very aggressive.
which is something we’ve talked
about.“ Smith said. “He‘s really recog-
nizing that. in the grading system. this
is one area where I can get a lot of
plusses.“

The grading system —-- the latest so-
lution for the intensity problems facing
the team this season — paid dividends
for the second straight showdown.

A less heralded starting lineup. led
by veterans Brandon Stockton. Perry.
()brzut and Ravi Moss. set the (‘ats up
defensively

UK didn‘t allow the Gamecocks to
shoot 40 percent. the second consecu-
tive time they've held an opponent un-
der the normal ’I‘ubbyball threshold.

Rebounding. a major facet of the
big man game. was controlled by the
Cats for the second consecutive game.

Morris" II rebounds all defensive

anchored the (‘ats' 35-29 advantage.

Limiting second-chance opportuni-
ties, and thus. points. for the “Cocks
was key in L'K‘s second-half blitzkrieg.

Because with every opportunity the
Cats took away. they got one back.

And they converted. shooting 66
percent in the second period and coin-
mining two turnovers on the way to .34
points.

In a Redick-ulous showing. 24 of
those were scored by Sparks.

“He got us going in the second half.
He‘s capable of giving us a big game."
Smith said.

“(‘oach is pushing thr- right but
tons. doing all he can to really motivate
the team and get us on the right page.”
Sparks said.

If Smith can lead this I'k' team
through the fire of tournament time
and the ire of unrealistic fans. it might
be his best coachiiigjob yet,

And as bizarre as it sounds. with in-
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 m: 4 | Monday. Feb. zq. 2006

Gulf Coast sees increase
in deaths post-Katrina

By Linton Weeks
"if msumcrou POST

NEW ORLEANS — The
official death toll of Hurri-
cane Katrina is more than
1,300. The unofficial toll tak-
en by the storm may be a lot
higher.

Though not quantifiable
in the orthodox
fashion. because so
many area health
agencies are still
in disarray, a belief
exists among
many here that the
natural mortality
rate of New Orlea~
nians ,_ whether
still in the city or
relocated to anoth»
er place — has in-
creased dramati-
cally since, and
perhaps because of, Katrina.

The daily newspaper has
seen a rise in reported
deaths. Local funeral homes
are burying just as many
people as they did last year,
though the general popula-
tion has decreased. Families
say that their kin who have
been in good health are dying
and attribute that to the
stress brought on by the hur-
ricane. flooding and reloca-
tions.

It is too early for state of-
ficials to have statistics for
last year. said Bob Johan-
nessen of the Louisiana De-
partment of Health and Hos-
pitals. And epidemiologists
are reluctant to draw conclu-
sions based on anecdotal in-
formation.

Still. stress here is palpa-
ble and it is overwhelming
people of all ages. said psy—
chiatrist James Barbee, di-
rector of an anxiety clinic at
Louisiana State University.
“People are struggling terri-
bly.”

Barbee said he has seen
many more patients with se-
rious problems ~ hyperten-
sion, diabetes out of control,
suicidal tendencies — than
before the storm. “Katrina
took all order away from
lives.“ he said. and the effect
can be extremely deleterious.

“Katrina took
all the order
away from
their lives."
James Barbee

on the anxiety and stress
caused by the hurricane

The increase in deaths is
seen the pages of the local
newspaper, the Times-
Picayune, where the number
of deaths reported in Janu-
ary was up 25 percent from
the same month in 2005, ac-
cording to publisher Ashton
Phelps Jr.

New Orleans
coroner, Frank Min-
yard, said he does-
n't keep records on
natural deaths, but
that he believes
“stress causes an in-
crease in the rise of
natural-death
rates.“

Louis Charbon-
net, 67. president of
Charbonnet-Labat
Funeral Home on
St. Philip Street in
the Treme neigh-
borhood, said, “It’s an ab-
solute fact." New Orleanians
are “dying away,” he said.
“They are distressed by be-
ing displaced."

Stress, he added, is the
“hidden killer”

Ronald Chisom said his
84-year-old mother. Evelyn
Comeaux, was doing just fine
before Katrina. She took her
medications but she could
get out and about a lot of the
time. “She liked to go to the
casino with her girlfriends,”
Chisom, 64. said. When the
floodwaters came, Comeaux
was rescued by helicopter,
taken to the airport, flown to
Austin and then eventually
to Houston where she was re-
united with her son, who had
lost his home in the flood.

Chisom, the director of
the People’s Institute for Sur-
vival and Beyond. a group
that fights racism. noticed
that over the next few
months his mother’s health
deteriorated rapidly“ She
would say ‘l’m really tired.’
and ‘I’m uncomfortable,m
Chisom said. He thinks now
that she was not only talking
about her physical state. but
also