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Police officer charged with abusing student

Police report: Officer arrested victim on alcohol charge
the same night, time that sexual abuse occurred

By Ben Fain
STAFF WRITER

Lexington Police have ar-
rested a fellow officer and
charged him with sexually
abusing a 20-yearlold UK female
athlete in July.

Officer Kevin Johnson Can-

non. 33. was charged with first-
degree sexual abuse Sept. 10.

The report stated that Can-
non forcibly “touched an adult
female’s breast and genitals
with his hands, without her
consent."

The incident occurred the
same night Cannon arrested

the woman for alcohol intoxica-
tion.

At 3:07 am. on July 3. Can-
non arrested the woman at a
house off Richmond Road in
Lexington. according to the ci-
tation.

“Officer observed subject
reeking of a strong odor of al-
coholic beverage, bloodshot
eyes, slurred speech, unstable
on feet and causing a disorder.
Due to intoxication subject was

a danger to self and others."
stated the citation signed by
Cannon.

The report said the abuse
incident occurred between 3:02
and 3:33 am. on July 3 on Man-
chester Street. Manchester be-
comes Old Frankfort Pike.
where the Fayette County De-
tention Center is located.

At 3:47 am. the woman
was brought to the jail. A mug
shot taken that morning

showed her teary and wide-
eyed.

The woman pleaded guilty
to alcohol intoxication in court
on July 16 and paid a $145.50
fine. court employees said.

The woman, who does not
want her name released, de-
clined to comment about the
case last night. saying she did
not want to interfere with the

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Judy Shepard talks Tuesday at Memorial Hall about the death of her son Matthew and her fight tor gay rights .

Shepard said education eliminates discrimination;

she hopes sharing her son's

By Rebecca Neal
ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR

“Faggot, gay. homo."
said Judy Shepard on a
video shown before her
speech Tuesday at Memori-
al Hall.

“Next time you use
words like that. think about
what they mean." said
Shepard. the mother of
Matthew Shepard. a Uni-
versity of Wyoming student
who was killed in 1998. in
part. because he was gay.

Shepard. who spoke on
campus Tuesday night to a
near-capacity crowd at
Memorial Hall, said
Matthew's death made her
an activist for gay rights.

“He knew what society
was expecting - what soci-
ety in some places was de-
manding 7» that he was
wrong. and I don't believe

experiences will help

that.“ she said.

Matthew Shepard. 21.
was found beaten nearly to
death and tied to a fence
post on Oct. 8. 1998. in
Laramie, Wyo. He had been
lured from a bar. pistol-
whipped and left for dead.
He died on Oct. 12, never
having regained conscious-
ness.

Two men were convict-
ed for his murder and are
now serving life sentences.

Police said the primary
motive for the murder was
robbery but that Shepard
was singled out because of
his sexual orientation after
he had approached one of
the men in the bar.

Now, Judy Shepard
travels to about 50 college
campuses a year. telling her
son‘s story and lobbying for
gay rights as the executive
director of the Matthew

Shepard Foundation.

In her speech. she
called for legalization of
civil unions in the United
States and for equal rights
legislation to prevent dis-
crimination.

“Tell me how you can
be denied housing. how you
can be denied a loan be-

cause you are gay. lesbian;-

bisexual or transgendered.”
she said.

She said discrimination
and intolerance can be
cured through education.
In an interview before the
speech. she said education
could have could have pre-
vented what happened to
Matthew.

“If We educated youth
defacing synagogues and
other things about sensitiv—
ity early on, then maybe
they wouldn‘t kill anyone.“
she said.

More education could
help make young people
feel more comfortable
about “coming out." she

said.

Shepard said she and
her husband. Dennis, never
questioned Matt when he
told them he was gay his
freshman year of college.
“We just understood that
was who he was." she said.

Now Shepard tells stu-
dents about her son. she

said. in part to work to
erase stereotypes about gay
lifestyles. She said she was
afraid that popular shows
like “Queer Eye for the
Straight Guy“ and “Boy
Meets Boy" would reinforce
stereotypes. but she said
that hasn‘t been the case.

“Anything that gets it
talked about is a good
thing: people will see
there's no difference be
tween gay men and straight
men.“ she said.

She said she expected
her speech to be controver-
sial, and students had dif-
fering opinions about it.

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Domestic partner benefits and alternative living
were two of the topics President Lee 'Ibdd discussed in
the first conversation any president has ever had with
Lambda, the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender stu-
dent group.

“UK has overlooked GLBT students in the past,"
Todd told crowd of about 50 people in the Student Center
Small Ballroom last night.

Todd said two task forces have advised him to imple-
ment domestic partner benefits for UK staff, which
would extend health benefits to partners that are alreacb'
given to spouses. ,

Financially, though, the health plan budget is ex-
tremely tight right now, he said.

Some students felt this was not a fiscal issue but an
equality issue. “It’s not an issue of morality, it’s an issue
of equal pay for equal work,” said David Hicks, UK
Lambda president.

Todd said he was hesitant to support special living
arrangements for gay and lesbian students, which some
students had called a “hate-free” dorm.

Todd said that might cause problems. “A hate-free
dorm might cause people to attack it,” Todd said “If you
have a hate-free dorm what does that say about the other
dorms?”

Some administrators said they would be interested
in implementing a variety of themed residence halls that
would include a dorm for gay, lesbian, bisexual and trans-
gendered students and others interested in living there.

“I’d be delighted to work with you all to bring more
of these communities to dorms," said Pat Terrell, vice-
president of student affairs.

Todd said he would like to have a policy for handling
on-campus harassment. He said he is open to the idea of
a new multicultural center and more counselors to help
GLBT students, provided that the money is there.

He said that appealing to state and national legisla-
tures could possibly bring in money for those projects

Todd was also asked about GLBT retention rates.

Retention rates are something UK needs to look into
on a broader basis. he said. “Retention rates are harder to
determine directly from the gay and lesbian student pop
ulation,“ said Todd, noting that there is no way for UK to
know directly the sexual orientation of its students.

UK is currently tracking students who left UK this
year to find out why they lefi, and Todd wants to tailor
funding to programs to keep students.

He also mentioned a campus diversity survey that
will be conducted this spring. Among other things, it will
ask about sexual orientation and student perceptions to-
ward minority groups.

Many of the audience members were enthusiastic
about Todd's visit. “I think that it was really empower-
ing,“ said Ross Ewing, vice-president of Lambda.

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The family of a Western Kentucky Universtty
freshman who was beaten. stabbed. raped and
burned in her dormitory room filed a wrongful-
death lawsuit against the school Thursday, alleg-
ing it failed to enforce its security policies. Katie
Autry. 18. died three days after the May attack.
Two men from Scottsville, Ky. near the school in
Bowling Green. have been charged with murder
and other charges. Autry‘s aunt. Virginia White.
said the suit is intended to “ensure that another
young lady never has to suffer like Katie did."
Western Kentucky said in a statement that it was
confident “neither its staff nor its policies played
a role in this tragic event.“ The lawsuit also names
as defendants the WKU Student Life Foundation.
which owns the residence halls. the Pi Kappa Al-
pha fraternity. and five individuals who helped
run the hall. The men accused of attacking Autry.
Lucas B. Goodrum and Stephen B. Soules. were
not named in the suit. Autry and the two suspects
are believed to have attended a party at the frater-
nity hours before the attack. Ben Crocker, an attor-
ney for Autry's family. said there were lax controls
about who attended and that alcohol was served.
Crocker said he had information indicating the
dorm‘s outside doors were not locked the night
was attacked. Crocker said he believed that
her assailants did not leave identification cards at
the front desk and were allowed to go to her room
without an escort. The university said that an in-
dependent campus safety task force reported that
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“I feel sorry that he was
killed. but I don‘t agree with
.. things she was advocat-
ing." said English freshman
Madeline Mittel.

Another student said
legislators need to guaran-
tee gay rights.

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Some students came to
the speech as an assign-
ment for class. “It was just
a speech for support for
the gay community. I
came because I thought it
would be interesting and
that I'd have strong opin-
ions for my paper." said
Ann Katherine Riddle. a
social work freshman.

One student said he
identified with Shepard‘s
call for gay rights. having
experienced discrimination
firsthand. "I actually went
to Canada with my partner
to get married. so we need

 

change here." said Chris
Fike. who graduated in
May with a master's in
counseling psychology

Shepard‘s words
echoed Fike‘s sentiments.
Love. life and personal lib-
erties should be the same
for everyone. regardless of
sexuality. she said.

"You are who you are.
you love who you love. and
that's just the way it is.“
she said.

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lntemational Night celebrates diversity

Event includes traditional Indian singing, martial arts,
African music and percussion and international foods

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CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Spring rolls, henna tat-
toos and Turkish instru-
mental music.

The International Stu-
dent Committee will be host-
ing the International Night
tonight at 7 to celebrate cul-
tural diversity at UK.

Many international stu-
dent groups will be partici-
pating in the fourth interna-
tional night including the
Indian Students Associa-
tion. Chinese Students.
Scholars Association and
Malaysian Student Associa-
tion among many others
representing several coun-
tries.

Each year. around 400
people gather at Bradley
Hall Courtyard to share cul-
ture, food, music, dance and
stories from their home
countries.

Karen Slaymaker. assis-
tant director for Interna-
tional Student Services, has
been helping in the prepa-
ration of International
Night.

"We're trying to create a
festival atmosphere to cele-
brate cultural diversity." she
said.

“We want to give stu-

dents a chance to welcome
new students and find out
what activities the student
organizations are plan-
ning

g’I‘he bill for the free
event includes traditional
Indian singing. African mu-
sic and percussion. Chinese
students demonstrating cal-
ligraphy and martial arts
demonstrations.

Chicken satay. samosas.
Venezuelan arepas with
fruit batidas and Middle
Eastern couscous will be
served.

International clubs will
be on the lookout for new
members.

“Even students that
have never come to an inter-
national event before are
more than welcome to
come." said Senthil Sun-
daram, president of the In-
ternational Student Coun-
cil. “Everyone is welcome."

Raffle tickets will be
sold for $1 chances to win
certificates to Natasha‘s
Cafe. Malone‘s. Ramseys.
Wild Oats and a pair of tick-
ets to the UK vs. Ohio foot-
ball game.

The event
about 11 pm.

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investigation.

Cannon. a two-year vet-
eran of the force. is on ad-
ministrative leave.

Reached by telephone
last night, Cannon declined
to comment on the case or
provide the name of his at—
torney.

“I can’t talk about it,"
Cannon said following every
question.

Lexington Police Chief
Anthany Beatty also de-
clined to comment because
he said the case is a pending
criminal and administrative
investigation.

Before his move to the
Lexington Police force. Can-
non was a teacher in
Nicholasville.

Cannon worked as a so—
cial studies teacher for sever-
al years at West Jessamine
High School. He taught fresh-
men classes, said former Vice
Principal Frank Conyers.

As vice principal. Cony-
ers did not deal with person-

nel issues. But he said he
couldn't remember any disci-
plinary actions being taken
against Cannon.

“He was an excellent
teacher to my knowledge. We
never had any trouble out of
him," he said. “He seemed
like a guy who would come
and do his job. He was active
in school — that was it.“

Cannon pleaded inno-
cent to the charge at his ar-
raignment. His preliminary
court hearing is scheduled
for Sept. 26.

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Cheap, fast and easy

Ramen noodles are a long-standing staple for college students everywhere. They're budget-friendly, they're quick and even the worst cool
on campus should have no trouble preparing this simple dish. A variety of flavors, from Oriental to shrimp, add to their universal appeal.

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College dining is all
about cutting corners, and
. Ramen noodles — which on
the average cost between 10
and 35 cents per package —
can be a cheap option. This
7 Oriental noodle concoction
. has come to be accepted as a
: staple in collegiate diets.
; Ramen noodles were in-
‘ vented in 1958 by Nissin
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. billion today. Considering the
‘ average package of Ramen
‘ sells for 22 cents, that's a lot
of noodles.
. Would you rather buy a
_ new car for $20,000. or buy
' 167.667 packages of Ramen?

Tough question. An average
160-pound person can eat
their weight in Ramen in
2.34 years and 853.3 packages
of Ramen are equal to their
weight. according to “Every-
body Loves Ramen" by Eric
Hites.

Ramen could even be
used as money. The average
package is equivalent to one-
seventh of a dollar.

A man in Kansas City
actually paid his $600 library
loan with Ramen noodles.
When the library held a food
drive where each item con-
tributed would clear $1 from
patron times. the Kansas City
Star reported that he
brought exactly 600 packages
of Ramen to the library.

The basic ingredients of
Ramen are flour. water, salt.
dough conditioner and sea-
soning.

However, some students
like to add their own ingredi-
ents to make exciting signa
ture recipes.

“I have made some good
meals from Ramen. like mar-
inated chicken over Ramen.“
said communications junior
Justin Suiter. “However, I did
eat a plain brick of Ramen
once. I was in the dorms and
had no way to cook it. It was
survival of the fittest."

Jeremy Mooney, a Span-
ish and psychology junior.
said, “I put cheese on it and
mix in hot sauce sometimes.
I have even eaten it with eggs
once, but I can’t consider it
breakfast because it was in
the afternoon.”

Not all students enjoy
the cheap, convenient cuisine
Ramen offers.

“No. nothing that costs
25 cents a bag can be good."
said senior mechanical engi-
neer Brian Jewell when de-
scribing why he had never
tasted Ramen noodles. “Any-
thing coming in a freeze
dried brick of noodles — and
you just add water ~ can‘t be
appetizing."

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Could this quick alterna-
tive to fast food be healthy?

An average package of
Ramen noodles contains 190
calories, eight grams of fat
and 760 milligrams of sodi-
um -that's one serving.

Mooney confessed to ex-
ceeding the general single
serving in the past.

"I have eaten four (pack-
ages) before, but I did have
help from someone else, and
we divided them before we
ate them. Don‘t worry,"
Mooney said.

Students may try to live
off the cheap food to save
some money, but Suiter said
he even ate the noodles at
home.

“I eat Ramen at least four
times a week. if not more,”
Suiter said. “And when I lived
at home. I even had a cabinet
just for my Ramen.“

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