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CUUURE

Some students prefer
arranged marriages

A matter of perspective: Women and men have more choices in practice
than many Westerners may realize. students and professors say

By Tracy Kershaw

MANAth-h i Dilfll?

Some people can't understand why a
young woman liy‘ing iii the it'nited States
would choose to how her marriage
arranged

.laspreet (‘hahaL a Zityeat'old biology
\‘ophoitioi‘e. often finds herself explain-
ing what many perceive as an archaic
practice

"l'ye heen l‘lllrsi‘d to respect my
culture Arranged lilill‘i'ldgtN are
part of our tradition." (‘hahal
said

liorn in (‘anada and raised In
the l'iiited States. (‘hahal is one
ot thousands ot~ lndian-Anieri
cans who haye grown up mi
mersed iii :‘imerican culture and
traditions. hut (‘hoose to follow
tlteir heritage

To some Westerners. the
idea of an arranged marriage
reeks tifttitpi‘t’sslttli. But many
young women and itieii in
cluding some on this campus

Jaspreet Chahal shows off her
mother's Indian sari. Her
mother wore this sari to a
wedding reception in India.
it's about 20 years old.

ANY CRAWFORD I
«own Sim

layer the concept oyer tlie Western path

to marital hliss
lliaye friends who thought women in
the l'nitetl States were oppressed because
they how to make lilf'lll\f‘l\'i‘\ into sex oh
Iects tor men." \étlil l'aola liacchettsr a tie
ography and women's \tudies pi‘o
te~mr who has spent extensive

time iii indiri

"They see women iii the
l' S .l\ oppressed he
cattw they illl't‘t’ them
sely'cs to low weight.
\yeai‘ certain

clothes. They never had that pressure he
cause their marriage Would he arranged,”

The actual process of an arranged itiar
t‘iage differs among religions. families and
regions.

“There are a lot of‘dif‘ferent sides to it."
liar-chetta said "There‘s nothing that can
he said altout it that i< a rule across the
hoard ”

When t‘hahal. who is Sikh. wants to
tzet married her parents will hegin talking
to others in the lndian community to find
possible mates for their daughter

Then (‘hsihal can choose among the
men her parents hay'e suggested, and if the
relationships do not work, she can opt out

She prefers her parents play match
maker

“There are (i’l‘iillll traits ahout myself
that l deny hut that my parents can see.”
she said

(‘hoosing her native culture while liy
mg in .--\nierica sometimes makes for awk»
ward Sltllittlttns especially when it
comes to dating

Although she datex occasionally. she's

See ARRANGED on 2

I’ve seen years where students were lined out our front

door, all trying to file at the last minute.”
- MARGARET RUDDER, STUDENT GOVERNMENT OFFICE SECRETARY

G candidates must file next week

56mm

Although no one has officially
filed. two candidates have already

Sign up: Students must file by Wednesday
to run in Student Government elections

of the 2002 election rules and
regulations and a copy of the
expense rules and regulations.
They also have to renew the
SC constitution and bylaws

announced their plans to run for
Student Government president.

Ban iiayes,a history junior.
announced his candidacy last
night. His running mate is Amy
Thomas, an accounting
sophomore. Hayes is vice-
president of the Phi Kappa Psi
social fraternity. Thomas was a
member of 56's Freshman
Representative Council.

Tim Robinson. current 56
president, announced on February
"thathawouidrunforre-

By Sara Cunningham
stirr wont};

Fiy'e days are left to file to
run for a Student (ioy'ernment
office. As of yet. no one has
filed. Any student wishing to
run for 8(‘1 must file their intent
and application with the 80 of
fire by i p in, Wednesday

it‘s normal for candidates
not to have filed Iii Thh point.
said Margaret Rudder. the ~ec
retary in the St? otTice
election. His running mate is Mary “I usually get a lot of the ap
WWacmfle plications about three to four
communicationshinior. Shcisa days before the deadline,"
56 sonator-at-large. Rudder said.

To apply to run. candidates
must file the application form. a
list of SlililIliiil‘i‘S from the

 

~tudent hody and a 3'30 deposit

The application asks for m-
tormation about the student in
cluding grade point ayerage.
(‘andidates may choo~e to sub-
mit a short statement of intent
and a picture

The number of \itlliJiiili‘f‘S
needed depends on the office
sought Pi'f‘\1ilt'liil.ll and y'icge
presidential candidatex need
1.000 student signatures. sena»
torratlarge candidate~ need too
~1gnature~ and college senators
need .i percent of their collefle‘s
enrollment or 2.7. “hit lit-yer is
higher. A minimum ot‘t‘yo credit
hours is required to run for col
lege senator

(‘andidates must also yeriiy
that they haye receiy'erl a copy

All of this must be complet
ed and filed by Wednesday in
order to run for 80 office.

While Tim Robinson and
Ben Hayes have announced
their candidacy for SO presiv
dent. they too have yet to offir
cially file, their intents,

The bulk of the candidates
are expected to file on the day of
deadline or poSSibly on Monday
or Tuesday. Rudder said To
help alleviate the rush. 80 has
extended the filing deadline
from 12 p m. to .4 pm

“I have seen years where
students were lined out our
door. all trying to file at the last
minute." Rudder said “Hope-
fully this will help us avoid a
crowd of people "

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IMPROVEMENT

$1 million check
helps teachers

Bambi Watkins, an early
childhood education sopho-
more, taltes a simulated
hearing impaired spelling
test in the Taylor Educa-
tion Building on Thursday.
Federal lunds earmarked
for the Department of Spe-
cial Education and Rehabili-
tation Counseling will
assist in the enhancement
of such learning technolo-
gies.

JESSE LEBUS “We. CU

A new aid: Money will fund assistance,
techniques for teachers across Kentucky

By Rebecca Neal

:‘Att we '5:

l' 8. Senator Mitch Nict‘onneil. R Ky . presented l'K l’i‘esi
dent Lee Todd and the ( ollege of Education It one million dollar
cliet k Thursday afternoon

“I’m proud to hring thex'e filli’h- home to Kentucky." said
Mct‘onnell

The federally proy'ided money will he used to “Hill the ire
:ition of the (‘ottiinonuiealth (enter for instrurtional Technolo
gy' and Learning. whit h will he port or the [rep ii'tnlem ot spe
ctal Education and Rehabilitation (‘ounst hit: it} the t ollege of
Education

The (enter will host sill otiiine pi‘ogizin‘. the, Iv‘tltlif‘i\ in
schooh across Kentucky I an accew from their ( liissroenn ' he
program will offer tixx'lxillllt‘i‘ ind ten hut: tet lill‘ititlt‘\ for teat h
ers thl‘klii! With spci ial needs \iililf‘ilh

lt l\ the tirst step to hem Kentutky s teachers ind \t‘l
(li'ii'\.”~..1iiil Bill lieidine the director of the next. center

Todd «aid federal iHilI’h plaf ti. important role in proy'iding
for this and other programs that can ii'nproy'e l'K \ national
rankings

"This is an important building him k in making l'K a top 2o
university Todd said

The program w ill aim he .in important tool ill the u TiH'i'Sli}
ilaxxroom. lierdine s iid

Students yy'il; he an iiztegial put ot out p ‘ogiaiiif' he \{lli’i
"We think iiih will iniproye the quality of education we can of
fer to our students "

Ralph (‘i‘fy stal. .t protecmor in the liepar‘inent of Special Ed
ncation. agreed

"It will enahle ~iti(lt'l‘.t'\ to hecoine t;iii1.‘.i.ii‘ with issues they
will fare in the classroom," (r: fill and

Althon 'h the progr'un win he idnin‘mtr-red under the lie
pactment of Spec ial Education the progiziir. t .in he used to help
all teachers

"This information (an he ii~.etlt limp thy .ttident .md their
needs.” said Krlxiii‘id Krinzpe .i gr. zia'e \‘lli’li'l‘ii who .y‘ill he
working with the center

Thi> million dollar giant ii i part of more than S"; nuiiior
in federal money Kentucky \f'nflliil\ hriy'e «whimned for i'K in»
year

The money will allr‘oy i'K to pursue more protects that r onld
not otherwise he funded

Todd said the program could better address the need~ of ed
litiéiftii\ statew ide if l'K iyorks in toniuiicttrtn ninth ti’t'n't‘ «.m-
ilillyf'i‘Slllf‘x. \‘ti( h as the l'n‘.yersity of Louisy'ille

"We can do thing.» that .ntlueni e the litil'y'f‘fxli'y. date and
nation." Todd said

Kit-L. .‘Zf'

Whitewater enthu-
siasts will descend
upon UK’s campus
this weekend for the
19th annual National
Paddling Film
Festival. The festival
celebrates whitewater
sports and river con-
servation through
film. photography and
art. a gear auction
and a party Saturday
night.

Proceeds go to
American Whitewater,
an organization that
promotes river access

' and conservation. The
festival is hosted by
the Bluegrass
Wildwater
Association.

Admission is $12.
The party will begin at
7 pm. at the
Kentucky Horse Park
in the Steeple Chase
Barn. Tickets for the
party are 58. For
more information visit
www.surfhwa.orglnptt

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Women's Studies conference March 1-2

The I'K Women's Studies Program will spoti
sor the fourth animal Women‘s Studies (iraduate
Student conference on March Land 2 iii the UK
Strident (‘enter The event is free and opeti to the
public lx‘egistration to attend the event is free
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call coffin 2.37 1388. send ati e-mail to
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UK names three to HES Hall of Fame

The l'niversity of Kentucky t‘ollege of Ilii
titan I‘Inyironmental Sciences will induct three
graduates into its Hall of Fame on Feb. 26 as part
of its HES Week celebration. The inductees are'
l’c‘sltly S. Meszaros. director of the Center for Iti-
t'orination 'I‘echnology. Impacts on (‘hildren
Youth and Families at Virginia Tech; llorotha S.
tlaits. community volunteer and actiyist who
served for 2;» years as supervisor of home eco
nomics for the Kentucky Department of Educa
tion: Barbara 1, Rice. research dietitian for En
terprise Advisory Service at NASA Johnson
Space t‘enter and a consulting nutritionist in pri-
vate practice.

NATIONAL NEWS

Kidnapped reporter Pearl dead

NEW YthK Wall Street Journal reporter
lliiinel Pearl is dead. the State Department said
Thursday. a month alter the journalist was ab
ilnctetl by Islaiinc extremists in Pakistan Pak»
istam authorities said a videotape indicated
Pearl. kidnapped in the port city of Karachi on
In: 3:}. had been killed ”The recorded video coir
tamed scenes showing .\Ir Pearl iii captivity and
scenes of his murder by the kidnappers. The tape
appears to be correct. Necessary instructions to
the investigation teams have been issued to ap-
prehend the remaining culprits.” said Mukhtar
.\hmad Slieikh. interior minister of the Sindh
province. which includes Karachi Pearl was ab-

ducted after arranging to interview the leader of

a radical Muslim faction with purported ties to
the aliQaida terrorist network and terror suspect
Richard (". Reid. arrested in December on a
Paris-Miann tlight he allegedly boarded with ex»
plosives in his shoes.

CORN POPS:
Elton John likens
the new game
action of pop
stars, including
Britney Spears
and ‘N Sync. to
packets of cereal.
And he's fed up.
The Singer. who
also admitted
regrets about
releasrng a live
version of his own
greatest hits
album. accused
the musrc industry
of churning

out 'average and
mediocre’ bands.
"Nowadays,
record companies
want the gurck
buck from the
Backstreet Boys.
‘N Sync, Britney
Spears, S Club 7,
from the Steps.
They've always
been around, I‘m
not knocking the
musrc perhaps,
but it's like
packets of
cereal," he told
the British
Broadcasting
Corp.‘s Newsnight
program
Wednesday.
”There are too
many of them, too
many of them are
just average and
mediocre. And I
think it damages
real people's
chance, real
talent, of getting
airplay. It's just
fodder. If I was
king of the music
business and I
would do one
thing - l'd close
down all the video
stations and say
let's just have
music. can we?"

Army helicopter crashes in Philippines

WASHINGTON A US Army helicopter
involved itt antiterrorism training PXt‘I‘ClSt‘S
crashed at sea in the Philippines 'l‘hursday with
12 Americans aboard. No survivors were found
within the first few hours of the crash. lowering
hopes of retrieving anyone alive front the water.
Both US and Philippine military forces were
searching the area, Eight crew members and
four passengers were aboard the NIH? (‘hinook
helicopter. a statement froiti the US Pacific
(‘ommand said. There were no initial indications
that the helicopter was brought down by hostile
fire. said Navy (‘mdr. Jeff Davis. a Pentagon
spokesman. The helicopter was one of two which
had just dropped off the last of too US. special
forces troops on the titty southern Philippine is
land of Bastian. Philippine military olticials said.
The Mil i7 is the special forces' version of the
Army's (‘IHT heavy Ilii helicopter.

INTERNATIONAL NEWS

Bush: Defend U.S. interests in China

BEIJING President Bush failed to per-
suade (him on ’I‘hursday to halt sales of missile
technology. an issue of rising importance as the
United States fights its war on terrorism Bush
was ending his six-day Asia tour Friday with a
visit to the (Treat Wall attd an appeal to (‘hinese
young people to embrace human rights and reli
gious tolerance. “No nation is exempt from the
demands of human dignity." Bush said iii a joint
news conference ’I‘hursday with (‘hinese Presi-
dent .liang Zemin. Bush was tuiable to win (‘hi
na's agreement on halting the sale of missile and
nuclear technology to Iran. Pakistan. North Kov
rea and other nations. Iran and North Korea.
along with Iraq. make up the "axis ot'evil" that
Bush has targeted for the next phase of his drive
to wipe out terrorism.

Arafat issues call to halt violence
JERl’SALEM Palestinian leader Yasser
Arafat repeated a call to halt violence Thursday.
and his security forces arrested three suspects in
the assassination ot‘an Israeli (‘abinet minister.
one of Israel‘s conditions for releasing Arafat
from a two-month siege. Arafat's West Batik of~
fice was among the targets of Israeli airstrikes
’I‘hursday. the third day of punishing Israeli
reprisals for Palestinian attacks. Five Palestin-
ian civilians. three gunmen and an Israeli Arab
were killed and two Israeli soldiers were wound—
ed in the day's bloodshed Prime Minister Ariel
Sharon announced in a nationally televised
speech and news conference that his government
would set up butter zones to separate Israel and
the Palestinian ruled areas to provide security.

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not interested in a longterm
relationship with someone
whom her parents would not
approve.

"I feel bad going into the
relationship knowing that it
isn’t going to be serious."
she said.

Otherwise. the culture
conflict doesn‘t bother (‘Iiahal

"I've understood why I
have to deal with it. so it's not
been a problem." she said

What Would happen.
though. if she (ii‘i‘itii-il to marr
ry an .-\merican"

"My mother understands.
but my grandmother. who
lives iti India. would not."

In urban areas of India.
wotnen have a choice in who
they marry. even in arranged
marriage situations. said Rat
nesh Kumzir. an electrical and
computer engineering instruc»
tor and Indian Students ;\s'so»
ciatioti advrset‘. In the rural
villages. the bride and groom
may not meet until their wed
(ling day. he said.

“The marriage process has
been evolving." he said.

In cities. I‘altiilies learn of

eligible partners for their chil
dren through friends. word-of
tnoutli and matronionials.
which are newspaper
advertisements.

If the man or woman is of

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the same social, economical
and religious status as their
family. and the possible mate
matches their son or daughter
astrologically. then they'll
arrange a meeting with the
family

After the first meeting. the
man and woman can meet
again alone. Kumar said.
which would not have been al‘
lowed decades ago. and still is-
n‘t common practice in some
rural villages.

In about two meetings, a
decision will be made about
marriage.

Kumar met his wife. who
is also from India. in Texas.
When they thought they may
want to be married. they intro-
duced their families.

"We got to know each oth-
er first atid then took the bless»
mg of our parents." he said.

That's becoming more and
tnore common in Indian cities.
Ix'umar said.

"And it‘s being accepted,"
he said. “In some families.
there would be initial strug-
glc."

The practice of arranged
marriage is an ancient one.
Kumar said. but it‘s evolving
to allow the bride and groom
to get to know one another be-
fore the wedding. The initial
contact is still initiated by the
parents.

“People want their parents
to be involved in the decision
making process." Kumar said.
“That's what the arranged
marriage is about."

Engineering day targets girls

STAN REPORI

High school girls are coming from all parts of Kentucky to
day to take part in “Introduce a (iirl to Engineering Day."

The School of Engineering. Society of Women Engineers
and Women in I‘Jiigineering program are sponsoring the event.

“It‘s a wonderful. challenging. rewarding career that is
open to men and women." said Site Scheit‘. director of Women in

Engineering.

‘ UKs School of Engineering is Iii percent female. and while
this IS larger than iii the past. efforts are being made to increase

this percentage.

“As engineering becomes more acceptable to women. more
women will come in." said Lindsay Garrett. a chemical engi-
neer sophomore and volunteer for the event.

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Sometimes funny and crude
but-a fun film on the whole

Funny cops: After finding a van full of pot,
it's Super Troopers to their town's rescue

By Patrick Avery
SENIOR STA" CRITIC

Almost every little kid has
grabbed a video camera and
some friends and made a mo-
tion picture. Few rarely make it
to the big screen. Super Troop-
ers did.

Troopers is about a group
of Vermont police officers _.
Thorny, Rabbit. Mac and Foster
— who go around terrorizing the
residents and bypassers of their
territory. When they're not on
the road. they try to stay on the
good side of their presiding offi-
cer. Captain O’Hagan (Brian
Cox), and avoid their annoying
coworker. Officer Rod Farva.
Farva has been suspended
and finds himself stuck on
dispatch duty.

A mystery ensues when a
Winnebago full of dope is found
and the crew tries to solve the
case. Their one obstacle. be-
sides their stupidity. is the local
Earlville police who insist they
are the better police force.

A romance comes into play
when Foster hits on the local
police dispatcher. played by
Marisa Coughlan. There are

also. of course. multiple sub-
plots involving pot.

The film is full of potty hu-
mor and comic skits which re-
semble a variety show like "Sat-
urday Night Live."

It also looks like it was
filmed with a home video cam-
era. That said. the cinematogra-
phy is hardly the reason to see
this picture.

Some of the actors in
Troopers. Jay Chandrasekhar.
Steve Lemme. Paul Soter. Erik
Stolhanske and Kevin Heffer-
nan. form Broken Lizard. a
NYC based comedy group. Bro~
ken Lizard‘s first film. Puddle
Cruiser, played in film festivals
and college tours. In fact. it
played at UK's Worsham The-
ater in 1998. unfortunately only
about 10 people showed up.

Unlike Troopers, Puddle
Cruiser was a light-hearted ro-
mantic comedy. But both show
the talent of these comics.

Super Troopers is fun. And
for most movies. that's
good enough.

Grade: B

 

 

 

PHOTO FURNISHED

Steve Lemme stars as Mac in Super Troopers. a film about the trials and
tribulations of a less-than-intelliqent police crew on a marijuana case.

 

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Chili eatin' fun: Keeneland Hall's contest
takes place next Wednesday for charity

By Stacie Meihaus
SCENE EDITOR

Spicy, hot and tasty w chili
can warm up cool nights or just
be a yummy meal.

Next week, chili will also
be a contest.

Keeneland Hall will have
its fifth annual Chili Cook-off
next Thursday on the front
porch of the dorm.

Lisa Duff. a UK graduate.
organized the event five years
ago and ran it for the first three
years.

“My mom always cooked a
big pot of chili in the winter
and had my whole family over

to eat it,“ she said. "I thought it
would be really neat to have all
different kinds of chili out on
the porch on a cold day."

Duffs idea evolved when
someone suggested to have a
chili contest for charity.

Part of the contest involved
having different community
groups come in to judge the
chili. In the past. they have had
people such as firefighters and
the UK Police Department. The
winner of the contest gets to
pick the charity where the mon-
ey will go.

“It really gets the commu-
nity involved." said April
Proctor. a family studies

graduate student.

This year. the UKPD will
again be judging the chili.

Therese O‘Neil. an RA. at
Keeneland. said the cook-off is a
great idea.

“It‘s a great opportunity for
a person to contribute back to
the community and to meet
new people." said the French
sophomore.

O'Neil said anyone can en-
ter the cook-off or come to eat
the chili. A bowl costs $2.

Duff said she was really
pleased with the way the idea
has turned out.

“You get a good meal out of
it for relatively cheap. The
money really adds up quickly
for charity. You get a chance to
socialize with people from other
buildings." she said.

Proctor said the charity as-
pect is one of the best parts of

the event.

“You raise a lot of money
for needy charities." she said.

While Duff came in second
a few times in the contest but
never won. she offers some ad-
vise for a secret to a winning
kind of chili.

“It‘s got to be spicy and it
has to have crackers and
cheese.“ Duff said.

Chill contest

Keeneland Hall's annual Chili
Cook-off will be held at 5 pm.
Thursday, Feb. 28 on the porch in
the front of the dorm.

Contestors should preregister
at the dorm. Eaters will pay $2 a
bowl the day of the