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Established 1894

Ofiicials believe most of cult
died in unanticipated blaze

 

By Laura Tolley
Associated Press

WACO, Texas — Doomsday
cult leader David Koresh‘s apoca-
lyptic vision came true yesterday
when fire believed set by his fol-
lowers destroyed their prairie com-
pound as federal agents tried to
drive them out with tear gas after a
51-day standoff.

As many as 86 members of the
Branch Davidian religious sect, in-
cluding Koresh and 24 children,
were thought to have died as the
flames raced through the wooden
buildings in 30 minutes. Only nine
were known to have survived.

The blaze. fanned by stiff winds,
erupted about 12:05 pm. just six
hours after FBI agents began using
armored vehicles to pound holes in
the complex of buildings and spray
them with tear gas.

“I can't tell you the shock and
the horror that all of us felt when
we saw those fiarnes coming out,“
FBI spokesman Bob Ricks said in a
solemn afternoon news conference.
“We thought, ‘Oh my God, they are
killing themselves.”

Attorney General Janet Reno said
she personally approved the assault
in hopes of forcing a peaceful end-
ing to the standoff. She said she
never considered the “chances were

 

great for mass suicide,“ despite Ko-
resh‘s warning in a letter just last
week that any agents trying to harm
him would be “devoured by fire."

Federal authorities said they
wouldn’t know the precise death
toll until they could search an un-
derground maze of passageways.

“We can only assume that there
was a massive loss of life." Ricks
said. “It was truly an inferno of
flames."

The FBI previously had said two
of the women in the compound
were pregnant, one of whom was
due to deliver in May. They appar-
ently were not among the survivors.

Four of the survivors were hospi-
talized with burns and broken
bones: the five others were in cus-
tody in the McLennan County Jail.

One survivor told authorities that
people inside the compound had set
the blaze, said Justice Department
spokesman Carl Stern. The man
said that as he left one of the build-
ings, “he could hear above him
people saying, ‘The fire‘s been lit,
the fire‘s been Iit."‘ Stern said.

Ricks said multiple witnesses, in-
cluding FBI snipers positioned out-
side the compound, spotted cult
members setting fires.

One person, Ricks said. “was
knelt down with his hands cupped,
from which a flame erupted."

 

 

WHAT’S YOUR PRICE?

Some students refuse
to pass up ‘Proposal’

 

By Julie Owens
Staff Writer

 

million bucks." Woodey said.

“Why not?

“I would not allow it,"

 

Ior many people, prostitution is immoral and degrading —
that Is unless you are broke and can get a million dollars for it.

In the current hit movie ‘lndecent Proposal," the price on
sex escalates to an all-time high of one million dollars for a
single night with Demi Moore.

Moore and Woody Harrelson are a middle-class. married
couple faced with financial troubles in a time of economic
hardship. In the midst of their problems, they meet Robert Red-
ford. a suave billionaire who offers Moore 31 million to spend
the night with him. In a desperate attempt to become financial-
ly secure, Moore and her husband accept Redford‘ 5 offer ~
which later causes the downfall of their relationship

UK students have mixed views on whether they would allow
their partner to sleep with someone for money.

Advertising senior Pauline Woodey said she would agree to
a situation like the one depicted In “Indecent Proposal."

“You could have a good time making up afterwards with a

James Frtzgerald, a computer science senior. said he did not
have a problem with the “Indecent Proposal" situation either.
It‘s just one night," Fitzgerald said.

Advertising junior Jennye Stiegelmeyer said she would al-
low it because of her experiences in past relationships.

“The number of men that have been faithful to me is non-
existent, so I might as well get money for letting them do what
they are going to do anyway,” Stiegehneyer said.

Like many students communications sophomore Louie Ste-
phens said he would not agree to sell his partner for any price.

“The implications on our relationship would outweigh the
money,’ 'Stephens said. “The negative effects it would have on
me, personally, and our relationship would not be worth it "

Interior design senior Edie Sturgill said sex is something to
be valued between two people who love each other.

Sturgill said. “And I don‘ t think (a

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University to Oh

 

By Kyle Foster
Senior Staff Writer

UK geography professor Gary
Shannon believes education is the
key to defeating one of the deadliest
threats to modern society —- AIDS.

“Education is our only defense
right now," he said.

With five years of writing about
AIDS under his belt and a history
of incorporating his research into
his geography courses. Shanon has
decided it is time UK offa'ed a “de-
fense" course to all students.

This fall Shannon will teach
“AIDS: The Global Challenge." In
all-encompassing comuehcnsive

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course designed to raise awareness
and dispel myths.

“Once a student takes the course.
they should have a comprehensive
working knowledge of the whole
situation," he said.

Shannon, who was the principal
author of The Geography of AIDS.
published in 1991, has won awards
for his writing and been a guest lec-
turer at colleges. high schools.
churches and organizations all over
the United States. He recently re-
tuned form Bilbao, Spain, where
he gave a lecture on his research.

Although his primary background
has been in geogrqahy, Shannon
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A fire, believed to have been set by cult members, destroys the compound of David Koresh and
his followers. As many as 86 members of the cult are believed dead.

The agents reported seeing a man
wearing a gas mask and black uni-
form throw something inside, fol-
lowed by a fireball. Additionally,
Ricks said, a man found yesterday
afternoon in a bunker on the
grounds said lantern fuel had been
spread throughout the wooden com-
plex and that the fire was started si-
multaneously in several places.

“We did not introduce fire into
this compound," Ricks said. “David
Koresh, we believe, gave the order
to commit suicide. and they all fol-
lowed willingly his order.

“He wanted to have as many peo-
ple killed in that compound as pos-
sible," Ricks said. “That is why it
was named the Ranch Apocalypse."
a term cult members sometimes

used.

Dick DeGuerin. Koresh's attor-
ney. said the FBI‘s actions changed
the rules.

“The situation changed when the
FBI went back and injected tear gas
and ripped apart the walls," he said.
“I think that could have only been

See WACO, Back Page

Spokesman:
Impatience
not a factor

By Mitchell Landsberg
Associated Press

 

 

The FBI said its patience hadn’t
run thin. But the bureau‘s decision
to assault a Texas religious cult
with tear gas and a battering ram —
an assault that ended in fiery catas-
trophe — reflected at least an ad-
mission that 51 days of negotiations
had failed.

It had been a long and frustrating
road for the federal government
from a botched firearms raid on
Feb. 28 to yesterday's horrifying
blaze at the Branch Davidian com-
pound near Waco.

In the intervening weeks, the FBI
tried every negotiating tactic in its
quiver. It struck deals that were
broken; it pleaded and argued and
threatened; it shined bright lights
and played loud music.

All for nought.

Among the many questions fac-
ing the government now is why the
tactics were suddenly changed from
negotiation and psychological war-
fare to aggressive. physical con-
fmntation.

"Today‘s action is not an indica-

See STRATEGY, Back Page

Bratt drops out of South Dakota search

 

By Brian Bennett
Senior Staff Writer

 

Law professor Carolyn Bratt has
withdrawn her candidacy for an ad-
ministrative position at University
of South Dakota, but she said yes-
terday that she may be interested in
a similar position in the future.

Bratt was named one of 12 final-
ists in South Dakota‘s search for a
new law school dean.

But she decided to decline the
nomination last week because of a
severe illness in her family, she said
yesterday.

Bratt said the
position was ap—
pealing but the
illness made it
impossible for
her to leave
Lexington now.

“I was more
than interested
in talking with
them," she said.
"South Dakota
has an excellent
law school."

A faculty trustee since 1990.
Bratt decided last year that she

BRA'IT

 

would not seek re-election to the
board. She cited a desire to return to
full-time teaching and research in
her position as a law professor. Her
term as trustee ends June 30.

As a trustee. member of the 1990
UK presidential search committee
and former chairwoman of the Uni-
versity Senate. Bratt has taken sev-
eral controversial stands. She was
one of three trustees to vote against
the nomination of Charles Wething-
ton for UK president.

Many people, including Wething-
ton. have described Bratt as an out-
spoken individual concerned with

faculty issues.

Bratt also has been serving this
year as an American Council of Ed-
ucation Fellow. which is awarded to
a faculty member designated as
having administrative potential.

That experience has made Bratt
consider an administrative position
— if it's right for her, she said.

“Certainly having served this past
year as an ACE Fellow has peaked
my interest in administration," she
said. “Whether I ever take ajob as a
dean or administrator would ab-
solutely depend upon what kind of
job was offered.“

Measure may eliminate classroom bias

Committee ’3 plan would force faculty
to reveal relationships with students

 

By Tammy Gay
Senior Staff Writer

 

UK‘s committee on sexual ha-
rassment will propose this week
that UK faculty and administrators
reveal any non-professional rela-
tionships they have with employees
or students before evaluating the
employees‘ or students' work.

Gretchen LaGodna, UK academ-

Attorneys attempt to delay

 

Associated Press

 

FRANKFORT, Ky. — Attorneys
for former House Speaker Don
Blandford tried yesterday to delay
his extortion and racketeering trial.

They objected to the composition
of the jury pool. U. 8. District Judge

AIDS. he wanted to learn about
every aspect, including how it is
contracted and how it attacks peo-
ple in different ways.

He said he now wants to educate
others on an understandable level.

“It's extremely. exu'emely com-
plex. I figure iflcm understand
it, anyone can. I teach it at that lev-
el." he said.

Shannon. who has been teaching
geography at UK for IS years, said
he began studying AIDS for his
own knowledge because he wanted
to incorporate the geographical as-
pects into his corms, but he be-
cunesoengmsscdhithedccidcd
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ic ombudsman and a committee
member, said the purpose of the
proposal is to ensure that there is no
bias in administrators' or faculty
members‘ evaluations.

If faculty members or administra-
tors have had non-professional rela-
tions with a student or employee
they must evaluate. the policy
would require them to turn the re-
sponsibility of their evaluation over
to someone else.

Joseph Hood was not persuaded.
and jury selection remained sched-
uled for 9 am. today.

“I don‘t see there's any point in
further delaying the matter." Hood
said during a hearing on motions.

Blandford. who remains a state
representative from Daviess

 

er AIDS course in fal semester

as he could to his geography stu-
dents.

The Geography of AIDS won best
publication award from the Geo-
graphical Society of Chicago. Shan-
non recently finished a medical at-
las of the United States and is
writing a pqier on the iminology of
AIDS -— or how the virus operates
in the body.

Teaching the facts about AIDS at
a level everyone can comprehend is
very important. Shannon said. “It
gives mm of a meaning to the situ-
ation itself, and it bredts through a
lot of myths."

See ADS. Back Page

Nancy Ray. committee chair-
woman and associate vice president
for administration, said the pro-
posed policy is a “statement“ that
says there is no way to prohibit re-
lationships, but there is a way to
prohibit the relationships from af-
fecting academic status.

Other schools. such as the Uni-
versity of Virginia. have completely
banned sexual relations between fa-
culty and students. but UK's corn-
mittee is not suggesting banning re-
lationships.

”The University really urges peo-
ple not to engage in such relation-

ships when one is in that type of po-
sition," LaGodna said. She added
that “urge" and “prohibit" are two
different words.

LaGodna said the committee is
not suggesting a ban of relation-
ships because it would be a viola-
tion of the right to privacy. as well
as impossible to enforce.

LaGodna said she. personally. he-
lieves professors should adopt the
same principle that many doctors
have with their patients — keep re-
lationships professional.

“I think by the nature of the rela-

See PLAN, Back Page

trial of ex-House speaker

County. was indicted in November.
He allegedly took 51.500 in three
installments from a Henderson har-
ness track, funneled through Wil-
liam McBee, a racing lobbyist and
former state representative.

The indictment also charged
racketeering involving mail fraud

and misuse of political campaign
funds, plus allegations that Bland-
ford lied to FBI agents.

The harness track. Riverside
Downs. secretly was working with
the FBI. Blandford allegedly re-
ceived $500 payments at two dinner

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By Ty Helpln
Sports Editor

 

Herb Sendek became the new
head coach at Miami (Ohio) Uni-
versity yesterday, leaving UK
coach Rick Pitino with a Spot to fill
on his coaching staff.

“Herb Sendek is as talented as
any assistant I‘ve had.“ Pitino said
yesterday.

“He and I started together at
Providence. and he helped our
teams go to two Final Fours. I
know he will do an outstanding job
at Mtartu .

One man. Miami Athletics Direc-
tor R.C. Johnson, is ecstatic about
Sendek's leaving the Wildcats.

“The way I see it, success breeds
success," Johnson said in a phone
interview. “We wanted someone
from a highly successful program.
Obviously. Kentucky has been suc-
cessful."

Pitino said he will choose a re-
placement “in the near future, pos-
sibly sometime this week."

Pitino is scheduled to hold a
press conference this morning.

Johnson lost his head coach April
6 when Joby Wright took the top

job at Wyoming.

Sendek accepted the job after
Kansas assistant
coach Kevin
Stallings turned
it down.

Sendek has
been an assist-
ant to Pitino
since Pitino
took over the
Wildcats‘ pro-
gram in 1989.

Sendek was

UK‘s coordinator
of recruiting. Johnson said this was
a key in the decision to bring Sen-
dek to Miami.

“I wanted to bring someone in
that has had success at the Division
I level in terms of recruiting," he
said. “I liked the fact that Kentucky
had landed so many top recruits.“

Johnson said he spoke with UK
Athletics Director C.M. Newton,
Pitino and other sources that did not
have ties to UK concerning Sendek.

Sendek began working for Pitino
as a graduate assistant at Provi-
dence in 1985.

He reached the Final Four with
Providence in 1987 and with UK

 

SENDEK

this year.

“Miami looks like an excellent
opportunity for me," Sendek said
prior to yesterday afternoon's offi-
cial announcement at Miami. “Mia-
mi has an outstanding academic
reputation, a beautiful campus, a
tremendous arena to play in and a
great winning tradition."

Sendek said UK’s style is similar
to the one already in place at Mia-
mi. Both play a lot of man-to—man
defense and run variations of an of-
fense that relies on three-point
shooting.

He said Wright established a
work ethic and a winning attitude
during his three years at Miami.
Wright‘s teams were 61-29 in his
three seasons at Miami, including
one Mid-American Conference ti-
tle. a tie for the title and appearanc-
es in the NCAA and NIT touma-
ments.

“Those intangibles are in place,"
Sendek said. “The framework for a
successful program has been laid."

Sendek is a Pittsburgh native and
a 1985 graduate of Carnegie Mel-
lon.

He lettered three years at Came-
gie Mellon but gave up his final

  
  

year of eligibility to become an as-
sistant at Pittsburgh Central High
School.

Pitino said he would appoint a re-
placement for Sendek soon, possi-
bly later this week.

Sendek is the 10th former Pitino
assistant to advance to a head
coaching job.

Others are:

oRalph Willard (Western Ken-
tucky, l990-prcsent);

oOrlando “Tubby" Smith (Tulsa
1991-present);

oStu Jackson (Wisconsin 1992.
present);

~Jirn O'Brien (Dayton 1990-
present):

oBob Brown (Boston University
l990-present);

-John Kuester (Boston University
1983-85, George Washington 1985-
90);

oBill Burke (Loyola, Md., 1981-
82);

oMartin Schoepfer (Connecticut
College, 1982-present);

-and Gordon Chiesa (Providence.
1987-88).

Information for this article also
was gathered by the Associated
Press.

Kenneson leaves sun behind to build Wildcat field

His plan for SEC competition includes being ‘pain in their butt’

 

By Kyle Foster
Senior Staff Writer

 

What’s in a name?

A lot when it comes to rebuilding
a track and field program that has
been missing the field for 10 years.

Field events coach John Kenne-
son, in his first season at UK, is at-
tracting some high-caliber athletes
from across the nation and stirring
things up in the Wildcats‘ track and
field program.

Kenneson says he‘s mixing the
ingredients for a national class track
and field team.

The coaching staff is the key, he
said. and UK has the three people
who can work together and unlock
all the doors toward success.

“You’ve got three guys who real-
ly know their areas. Darryl Ander-
son is the finest sprint coach I‘ve
ever been around. (Head coach)
Don Weber’s expertise is well-
documented, and I have full confi-
dence in my abilities as a field
coach."

Weber said he has no doubt that
Kenneson‘s reputation is why UK
signed so many top-notch recruits
Thursday.

UK signed six nationally recog-
nized athletes to national letters-of-
intent: two javelin throwers, two
shot and discus athletes, a pole
vaulter and a sprinter.

“Your name carries all over the
place. Your name sticks with those
across the nation and that helps a
lot, no doubt about it,“ said Kenne-
son, who left Florida last summer to
coach at UK.

A discus thrower who claims he
was “just hard working, not a great
athlete” in college, Kenneson said
he always knew he wanted to
coach.

After three years with the Mis-
souri Track Club, he got his first
collegiate break at the University of
Mississippi, working with national-
ly recognized track coach Joe
Walker. Kenneson helped lead Ole
Miss to a second—place finish in the
SEC outdoor championships in
1983.

After assuming the assistant
coaching duties at Nonh Carolina
State in 1985, Kenneson coached
two women‘s Atlantic Coast Con-
ference high jump champions. two
ACC men‘s high jump champions,
and conference champions in the
pole vault, decathlon and men's dis-
cus.

When he took over the field pro-
gram and strength conditioning pro-
gram at Florida in 1987, Kenneson
joined up with Walker again. where
they developed numerous All-
Americans, including Mike Holo-
way, who was the first athlete in the
state of Florida to pole-vault 18-
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Kenneson also has coached re-
nowned field competitors Dwight
Johnson and Matt Simson, who.
along with Aaron Gowell, were the
top shot put competitors in the na-
tion in 1991 and 1992. Between the
three. they claimed seven All-
America awards.

Javelin great Tom Pukstys, of
Florida, is a Kenneson protege.
Pukstys holds the American colle-
giate record in the javelin and
broke the Olympic trials record in
June with his victory. He made the
finals of the 1992 Olympics in Bar-
celona. Spain. and currently is con-
sidered the top-ranked American
javelin thrower.

During his six seasons at Florida,
Kenneson‘s field athletes helped
the men‘s track program to seven
top five NCAA championship team
finishes.

Now Kenneson wants to work
his magic at UK.

Weber said Walker, who had re-
turned to Ole Miss, told him
Kenneson was the man to resurrect
UK‘s field event program.

“I was kind of surprised that he’d
be interested in leaving Florida,"
Weber said.

Kenneson said that after Walker
left, the chemistry at Florida that
had worked so well went sour.

“After a couple of years, I decid-
ed I needed to make a long-term
change," he said. “It didn‘t bother
me the fact that there was no pro-

gram (at UK). What I wanted to
know was there was a commitment
to track and field, which there is.
I know that we’re genuinely con-
cerned with general well-being and
trying to ensure they get their edu-
cation and their degree, better than
any place I’ve seen."

Kenneson said the program is
progressing much faster than he ex-
pected.

“I thought we would have to
bring in some good kids and build.
but these kids we signed — it
really is unbelievable.

“I think they sense something
special is going to happen. and
they're taking a chance.“

It‘s the people behind the pro-
gram and the chemistry between
them that is pulling the team togeth-
er. Kenneson said.

“There's something to be said
about the people you work with and
having the confidence in their abili-
ties and expertise.

“A lot of people are already no-
ticing (us). Our sprint program is
off to the races. It‘s nice to hear a
lot of talk around the country.
‘What‘s going on at UK? You guys
are on the blocks,‘ " he said.

“That's what we want them to
say about our field events program.
‘Oh, God, here comes coach
Kennesonl‘ And we‘re going to be
a pain in their butt, and we'll con-
tinue to be a pain in their butt.”

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By Will Burchard
Contributing Critic

 

fIREHOSE‘s long-awaited fifth
record. Mr. Machinery Operator, is
out now. lt is a strong, l4-track re‘
lease produced by j. mascis, the
driving force behind Dinosaur Jr.

Not to be confused with Fire-
house, flREHOSE is a three-man
band from California that tours
year-round, stopping periodically
(like once every two years) to
record an album in as little time as
possible. Mr. Machinery Operator
was laid down in l80 hours, the
longest time taken to record a fiRE—
HOSE album so far.

Though you may not have heard
of fiREHOSE before, the group has
obtained a strong following in the
United States. as well as overseas.
in its seven-year career, it has re-
leased five full-length albums and
one live EP containing mostly cov-
ers of songs by artists like Public
Enemy, Blue Oyster Cult and Su-
perchunk.

Although fIREHOSE’s music is
not easy to categorize (and prob-
ably shouldn‘t be), it is easily rec-
ognizable because of guitarist Ed
“fROMOHlO” Crawford, drummer
George Hurley and bassist Mike
Watt. They are the tour de force be-
hind fiREHOSE's intense sound
and underground popularity.

Watt‘s bass work is unquestiona-
bly some of the best around and has
influenced many bassists across the
country. He was featured in a Bass
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“alternative" bassists, along with
Les Claypool of Primus and Flea of
the Red Hot Chili Peppers, both
having attained major success with
their bands due not only to MTV
support but also to their exhaustive
live shows.

So is fiREHOSE going to be the
next big “altemative” band? Well, it
does have some of the best live
shows around, but it has no MTV
support. Do the members care? No.

Mr. Machinery Operator is dif-
ferent than the group’s previous re-
leases. This is partly because of the
involvement by j. mascis.

Not only does mascis produce the
album. but he also plays guitar and
sings on a few tracks (“Fonnal in-
troduction." “Quicksand," “Wit-
tress" and the single “Blaze"i.

Mike Watt takes lead vocals on
five tracks. This is more than his
usual one or two but he says. “lid
won‘t mind ‘cause I only take one
bass solo, and it's a small one.“ Al-
though Watt takes only one solo.
the bass work still is incredible.

fiRlillOSE also brought in more

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friends to play on the new album
than on the band’s previous ones.
Besides j. mascis. the group re;
ceived help from David Kahne. Fre-
da Rentie, Nels Courtney Cline and
Steve Moss. among others.

But the guest highlight is Mac
from Superchunk‘s guitar solo on
the instrumental “4.29.92."

Mr. Machinery Operator, like all
previous llREllOSE albums, is
dedicated to D. Boon, who died in a
freak accident while touring with
the Minutemen.

Lambda Boon played guitar and
sang for the Minutemen. while Watt
played bass and Hurley played
drums. After Boon's death, Watt
vowed to never play in a band
again.

But lid Crawford, upon heating
of Boon‘s demise, moved from
Ohio. where he had never played in
a hand, to California. There he
harped Watt about starting a band
with him until Watt gave in “just to
get him off my back." The result
was fiREHOSE and its first release
Ragin' Full On.

“Somehow people think big la-

Grand Ole Game

 

  
   

 
    
   
      
     
  
  
    
 
 

I‘ll bet you've known some
baseball greats In your day.
Commodore.

You're dang tootin'.
One day i told Abner
Double—day a guy swingtn'
a log around might
pep this game up a bit.

       
  
   
 
  

 

 

 

    
   
   

You mean baseball didn't
have batters at first?

Took years to change
things. With no battens

 

  

The game evolved.

  
    
   
   
     
  

Horsefeathers!

games ended 00
, every time.

playing 'Name
That Plague.’

 

 

 

   
 
 
 
 
 

That must have
been pretty boring.

People loved it. Before
baseball. folk enjoyed

Jeerlng the Village idiot,
telling plow jokes, and

  
   
  
    
     

Amazmg story. Commodore.
Anything else you
added to the game?

Ball park food.
I was the first hardtack
and dried beans vendor.
And later. i sold squirrel.

   
  
  
 
   
 
   
  
 
  

  
 
  
 
  
   
  
 
   
 
 

 

 

 

 

 

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bels are going to save the world,"
Watt said before his band signed
with Columbia three albums ago.
flREHOSE’s first three albums
were released on the independent
SST label, as were all of the Min-
utemen‘s albums.

But fIREHOSE got an offer it
couldn't refuse from Columbia and
have since recorded 1991's Flyin‘
the Flannel, 1992‘s Live Totem
Pole ER and 1993‘s Mr. Machin-
ery Operator. Has the band sold
out‘lNo way.

Don‘t sell fIREHOSE short. Just
because it isn’t on MTV doesn't
mean it isn't good. Watt is cooler
than any guy in any band on MTV.
After all, he‘s worn flannels every
day since those Seattle “grunge“
boys were wearing diapers.

Isn’t that reason enough to check
them out?

flREHOSE is playing at Tewli-
gun's Tavern in Louisville, Ky, on
May 1. Opening for the California
band will be Polvo and Louisville 's
own Crain.

 

 

By Nina Davidson
Staff Writer

 

Looking for a free opportuni-
ty to sample UK's theater offer
tags? The first Spring 'l'heatcr
Festival begins today at S: 30
pm.

The theater festival, put on by
A.C.T.S. (Association of (‘on-
cemed Theater Students). is run
solely by students for students.

In past years, a Fine Arts Fes-
tival has been put on by the Fine
Arts department, but because of
recent budget cuts the depart—
ment does not have the funds to
sponsor a festival.

Matt Brown, an ACTS. rep-
resentative, said theater students
liked the idea of a festival show-
casing student talent. A.C.'l‘.S.
decided to put on a Spring Thea-
ter Festival independently with-
out using department funds.

Brown said students were mo-
tivated solely by their love of
theater and sponsored the festi-
val for “no credit, no nothing,
just for the sake of art.‘

The festival consists of sever~
at short skits, one-act plays, per-
formance pieces and scenes ex-
cerpted from plays. Theatre
seniors Ann Anderson, (ireg
Collier and Tommy Flanagan

 

Students of UK Theatre
put festival in motion

will perform their senior pro-
)ects.

Scenes from “Best of Friends,“
a play written by UK student
(ireg lahcr, also will be per-
fonned.

Brown promised the Spring

Theater Festival will provide
“'entcrttunment for just about
everyone."

The festival will begin at 5:30
in the Briggs Theatre in the Fine
Arts Building. Programs will be
passed out, and a short introduc~
tion to the festival Will be held.
The movable feast of theater will
then transfer back and forth be-
tween the Briggs Theatre, the
Black Box Theatre and the
Movement Studio.

The Spring Theater Festival
will last until about midnight. but
Brown said students are wel-
come to come and go as they
please. Brown said the format of
the festival imitates the casual at—
mosphere of vaudeville theater.
rather than the rigid structure of
formal theater. The Spring 'Ihea-
ter Festival continues on
Wednesday evening, also from
5:30 pm. to midnight.

For more information on the
Spring Theater Festival. contact

Brown at (606) 223—2084 or
Shannon Noel at (606/ 255-
4623.

 

 

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