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Bomb threat triggers evacuation

Jes Sherman,
a chemistry
junior. and
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A bomb threat at the Chem-
istry-Physics Building prompted
UK police to seal off the structure
and bring in a bombsniffing dog,
forcing the evacuation of hun-
dreds of students for about an
hour.

The Lexington Police Depart»
ment first received the bomb
threat, said UK Police Chief Mc-
Donald Vick, and they notified UK
police, who immediately evacuated
the building and began the search.

“We may find something, we

may not find something,” said
Vick, who was on the scene with
UK police, UK Emergency Manage
ment and the Lexington Fine De-
partment. “Hopefully, we find noth-
m H

UK police brought in their
bombsniffing dog and asked for as-
sistance from the Lexington police
K-9 bomb unit as well. UK police
later cleared the building, allowing
students to return after no bomb
was detected.

Vick said UK having its own
trained bombsniffing dog was an
asset in this situation.

“With the type of climate the

entire country is going through.
(having a bomb dog) is very impor-
tant,” he said.

Despite the fact that bomb
threats are usually false alarms,
Vick said every threat must be
treatedasif itistherealdeal.

“We always take it serious," he
said. “It’s always better to be safe

As part of the precautions, fire
fighters with the Lexington Fire
Department were on-site while the
building was searched.

“We’re just here in case some

See Bomb on page 5

 

Broder:
Press
must

step up

By Sean Rose
iHE KENTUCKY KERNEL

Washington Post columnist David
S. Broder may be “the dean of political
reporting" but he was happy to be at
UK yesterday

“I'm also very thankful, frankly, for
an excuse to be out of Washington,"
Broder candidly said to a collective
laugh from the crowd at the Singletary
Center for the Arts. “There’s not much
else that's happening in our nation’s
capital these days that provides a great
deal of satisfaction."

Broder spoke on the deteriorating
relationship between politics in the
press in the annual UK School of Jour-
nalism Creason Lecture. He‘s consid-
ered to be one of the nation‘s top polit-
ical reporters and has covered every
national campaign and convention
since 1960.

Broder outlined a political picture
in Washington, DC. where partisan-
ship is holding progress at a stand-
still, describing the scene last Friday
when the Senate couldn’t compromise
on an immigration bill.

“It too fell though to the partisan-
ship that has been so rampant in
(Washington) for so many years.”
Broder said.

He told the audience about politi-
cians promising reforms with lobbyist
industries such as tobacco that carry a
vast amount of political weight and
money for campaigns.

“It's a sham" that none of the
promising reforms actually material-
ized. Broder said.

But a similar negative shift has
found its way to journalism as well, he
said.

In an unsteady political environ-
ment. Broder said newspapers are
struggling to accomplish two primary
obligations: provide necessary infor-
mation to citizens and monitor the
government.

Newspapers are no longer owned
by families but by corporations.
Broder explained. and with the shift to
corporate ownership. profits are speak-
ing louder than the obligations to qual-
ity journalism

Newspapers have continually
struggled to make profits each year
and many are in danger of being sold,
including The Lexington Herald-
Leader.

These papers are increasingly
struggling to pay for the cost of quality
reporting and keep their investors hap
py. he said.

Broder said the question before
journalists now is, “Who's going to pay
for all of that?"

One solution to both the political
and journalistic obstacles is in the
leadership.

“We are looking at serious. serious
challenges to leadership,” Broder said.
“There's a palpable hunger in this
country now for political leaders who
will look beyond the next election and
will begin to deal with each other.

“There is real hunger in the news
room for leaders and educators who
will use the great privilege that the

See Broder on page 5

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Above: Travis
White, a marketing
and management
freshman, gets
rinsed by the Lex-
ington Fire Depart-
ment while it kept
the mud moist dur-
ing Sigma Spike
yesterday.

Right: Evan Perzel,
a communications
sophomore, cele-
brates after a spike
during the final
match of the tour-
nament. Perzel is
part of the Sigma
Alpha Epsilon fra-
ternity, which won
the event this year
and last year.

 

Photos by Andrew Huggins

Yesterday. Sigma N u and Sigma
Kappa held the Sigma Spike in the Good
Barn Field on Alumni Drive. 'lhe event
includes a muddy volleyball toumament
between fraternities and sororities.
The event raised about $750
for Habitat for l lumanity and the
American Alzheimer’s Association.

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Jury hears flight recording at Moussaoui trial

ByRichardASerrano
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ALEXANDRIA. Va. 1— The gov-
ernment completed its case
against Zacarias Moussaoui yes-
terday with its single most chilling
piece of evidence — a tape from
the cockpit of United Flight 93 that
recorded the terrorists over-
whelming the pilots on Sept. 11,
2001. slashing their throats and
praising Allah before crashing the
jet into a Pennsylvania field.

The 32-minute recording be
gins at 9:31 am. with terrorists

forcing the two pilots at knifepoint
to give up control of the aircraft.
Apparently dragged outside the
cockpit onto the flight deck. the pi-
lots can be heard begging for their
lives. “I don’t want to die!“ one
shouts.

Within two minutes, the pilots
dead or dying, one of the hijackers
proclaims. “Everything is fine. I
finished."

For the next 20 minutes the
plane, originally headed west to
San Francisco, turns east on a
flight path toward Washington and
the US. Capitol building.

Three minutes after 10 am.
passengers seem to be breaking
through the cockpit door. fighting
with the hijackers in a futile effort
to take back the throttle. “Go! Go!"
they encourage one another.
“Move! Move!" But the terrorists
have flipped the plane upside
down. They spin it downward.

“Shall we finish it off?" a hi-
jacker asks in Arabic.

In its final plunge. the hijack-
ers shout over and over: “Allah is
the greatest! Allah is the greatest!"

The tape ends.

The alternately frantic. plead-

ing and brutal voices from Flight
93, heard by the public for the first
time. made for an emotionally
draining morning of testimony as
prosecutors sought the death
penalty for Moussaoui. an al-Qai-
da member who has pleaded guilty
to terrorism charges.

Prosecutors first showed ju-
rors photos of the cockpit voice
recorder. The red-and-white device
was cracked but intact, embedded
with much of the rest of the plane
debris and human body parts

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of March 31 in St. Bart's
with the hotelier. "They
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witness tells Hot Stuff. Says
another source -- who tells
Us that the duo also spent
the previous weekend in
"their usual bungalow" at
the Balazs-owned Chateau
Marmont -- "they have been
trying to patch things up."
So why the reconciliation
for the couple (who split, as
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not want to marry him)?
”They had a beautiful life to-
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was time to make it work.
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and it just happened." Thur-
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real-life truthiness

By Doug Scott and Ian Conley
THE KENTUCKY KERNEL

52 The average human brain con—
sumes only 12 watts of power.
Strikingly, this is only one-tenth of
the amount of energy needed to
burn a light bulb.

It Title 14, Section 1211 of the
Code of Federal Regulations, which
took effect July 16, 1969, makes it
illegal for US. citizens to have any
contact with extraterrestrials or their
vehicles. Thus, aliens exist.

3 It’s impossible to lick your elbow.
Come on, try it.

2; Adolf Hitler was selected as Time
Magazine’s Man of the Year in 1938.
Bummer.

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Rootin,’ tootin,’ high-falutin' fashion
marks Keeneland's opening meet

By Keith Brooks and Ellie Fairbanks
THE KENTUCKY KERNEL

Forget about horses. At Keeneland, it’s
all about high fashion, cocktails and the so-
cializing with who’s who in Lexington.

At the beginning of Keeneland's Spring
Meet last weekend, beautiful people mixed
with exciting races to provide Kentucky’s
first glimpse at what is the beauty of
springtime in Lexington. Students from
every college in the state were given free ad-
mission to tour the facilities and bet on
horses. They lined up from the likes of UK,
Eastern Kentucky University and the Uni-
versity of Louisville to attend the glamor-
ized occasion.

Clusters of students gathered at the pad-
dock near the front entrance while others
wandered off to place bets on the races and
have a festive time while showing off their
stylish attire. This year, the most popular
trend for the ladies were pastel colors like
peach and blue, coupled with white or pol-
ka-dotted skirts and pearl jewelry. Big sun-
glasses, cute wedges, white stilettos and
tight leggings were also sported.

Tara Bishop, a nursing freshman, at-
tended the event with five friends. She said
the most important thing was to look classy,
no matter what you wear.

“I had so much fun last time, I had to
bring (my friends)," she said. “You really
need to look nice and classy”

Along with hanging out with friends,
Bishop said watching the horses run is
“part of the Lexington tradition,“

The guys were not to be outdone. The
men were just as ornate in their appear-
ance, showcasing pastel-colored suits and
blazers, brightly colored shirts and green-
and-blue-striped oxfords, combined with
accented ties. Also big this year were
polo shirts and aviator-styled glasses,

a la “Top Gun.”

Keeneland is one of the few times,
it seems, that guys can go all-out when k
dressing for a sporting event. No more
are they limited to a jersey and jeans;
they are now truly able to showcase

 

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fashion sense. V, »

Logan Mayer, an inte- ‘ "
grated strategic communi-
cation sophomore from
Louisville, wore a white
shirt with finely tapered
pink slacks. He compared
the afternoon to opening
day at Louisville’s
Churchill Downs, but said
Keeneland had more flair.

“At Keeneland, it’s the
who’s who of Lexington,"
he said. He even gave ad-
vice on how to bet. citing to ,
pick winners based on the ' ‘
colors of the jockeys’ silks
and their number. Mayer
also said that wearing ele-
gant attire was part of the
appeal.

“If you don’t, I think
you’re doing the place a
disservice,” he said.

While most guys at
Keeneland spent a signifi-
cant amount of time pick-
ing out their own outfits,
many also give all of the
credit to the girls at the
track.

Matt Klare, a 2003 graduate of UK‘s Gat-
ton School of Business and Economics, ap-
preciates all of the time and energy that the
girls at Keeneland spend to look their best.

“Everyone looks really nice and classy
in their dresses," Klare said.

Klare opted for atypical dress for
Keeneland. In a more
dressy-casual
look, he wore

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Finance senior Jacob Reho and accounting junior Elizabeth Miller play a
game of cornhole at Keeneland during opening day for the Spring Meet.

a vintage T-shirt. a corduroy blazer and
jeans.

“I try not to look the same as everyone
out here." Klare said. “I don't go for that tra-
ditional look."

“Everything's in bloom now." said
Suzanne Jackson, a marketing and manage-
ment senior. “It just makes it so much fun to
be out here."

Jackson, who was dressed in a black
knee-length skirt. a white-collared dress
shirt, pearls and a black and white hat.
added that one of Keeneland‘s most appeal-
ing aspects is its sense of pageantry.

“Everyone just looks so classy." Jackson
said. “It‘s so much fun to get dressed up."

Even though Jackson didn't wear her
usual sundress t0 the opening weekend. she
said as soon as the weather gets warmer.
she‘ll don “proper" Keeneland attire.

“In a few weeks, you can guarantee that
I'll be here in a sundress and a new hat."
she said.

Business management sophomores Lair
ren Shacklette and Samantha Peterson
agreed with Jackson, saying that the main
point of the attire at Keeneland was to look
glamorous.

“It‘s all about looking decent and classy,”
Shacklette said. “You definitely have to look
nice."

Shacklette and Peterson also have their
own rules with it comes to dressing for
Keeneland. These rules include. but are not

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Five ways to make your weekend wonderful

Neil Young rules. Just ask

anyone with any vestige of

musical taste. "Heart of
Gold” is a fusion of film and music
that follows Youngs “Prairie Wind"
concert at Nashvilles Ryman Audito
rium last summer. its not a regular
concert film, either; there are no
phony cuts to the audience, no break
from the rock that is Neil Young. The
film starts tomorrow at the Kentucky
Theater.

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Bogarts in Cincinnati on Satur—
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punk bands. Even if you hate this
music, MCS tends to bring the
proverbial rock. The show starts at 7
pm. and tickets cost $15.
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‘The Busy Body," by Susanna
Centlivre, is a seminal piece in
the development of ferrule play-
wrights. The play begins ‘1 7:30 pm.
at Guignol Theater tomorrow and

Saturday. Tickets cost $15 for gener-
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Fashion.»

Continued from page 3

limited to: no white shoes,or
Lily Pulitzer dresses before
Easter, and, perhaps most
importantly, hats are only al-
lowed to be worn for the

Kentucky Derby at
Churchill Downs in
Louisville.

Shopping is also an inte-
gral part of the Keeneland
tradition. Many patrons buy
new outfits specifically for
horse racing season.

“I already had the outfit
that I wore Friday.” Peterson
said. “but I bought some-
thing new for today."

Most students agreed
that Keeneland is not only a
good time because of the
betting and potential money-
making. but also because it
is one of the few times that
everyone can get dressed up
for the same event.

“It’s great to come out
here and see everyone look-
ing so nice,” Jackson said.

It is almost a certainty
that attendance in Friday
classes will get increasingly
sparse as the weather con-
tinues to improve and the

race stakes continue to rise
as Derby Day approaches.
Keeneland is a tradition
that makes one proud to be a
Kentuckian. Horse racing,
bourbon and southern fash-
ion are the state’s iconic
hallmarks. and Keeneland
serves as the culmination of
these illustrious, glamorous
and exciting elements.
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Keeneland rundown

I Tomorrow: Shakertown
Stakes, Maker's Mark Mile

I Saturday: Commonwealth
Breeder's Cup Stakes,
Blue Grass Stakes

I Friday, April 21: Royal Chase
for the Sport of Kings '

I Saturday, April 22: Coolmore
Lexington. Stakes,
Giant's Causeway Stakes

I Sunday, April 23: Appalachian
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Where did Stern’s former listeners go?

By Martin Miller
Los ANGELES nuts

Can millions of listeners
just disappear?

That's a question plagu-
ing Howard Stern and one
with vital implications for ra-
dio itself in the wake of the
shock jock’s heralded and
hyped switch from free to
satellite broadcasting.

The self-proclaimed King
of All Media once command-
ed a national audience of 12
million daily listeners before
jumping to satellite in Janu-
ary. But since then. his king-
dom has shrunk to a small
fraction of that size. Mean-
while. the shock jock's main
replacements thus far have
failed to hold very much of
the former flock.

According to industry an
alysts. the new Stern math
scans something like this: At
best. he took between 1 mil-
lion and 2 million listeners
with him, and his replace-
ments. spread across many of
the country’s major radio
markets. are drawing num-
bers in a similar range.

That leaves 8 million to 10
million nomadic listeners na-
tionwide wandering the ter-
restrial radio dial in search of
a new voice or sound to lead
them out of the morning dri-
vc-time wilderness. Call them
the Howard Stern diaspora.
those legions unwilling to
fork over satellite subscrip-
tion fees and unimpressed by
pretenders to the throne.

The timing could scarcely
be worse for terrestrial radio.
which needs an oversized.
rudderless audience now like
it needs another intriguing
and easy-touse competitor ~
say: an iPod. podcasts. person-
alized (‘Ds or. Stern notwith»
standing. the siren songs of
satellite.

“It‘s unprecedented that a
radio personality of Stern‘s
magnitude has ever just
pulled the plug on his show."
said Perry Michael Simon.

news-talk-sports editor of All-
Accesscom. an online jour-
nal of the radio industry.
“We’re really in uncharted
territory here."

With limited ratings data
so far. it’s hard to tell where
the Stern herd is roaming
and where big portions of it
might ultimately settle. say
analysts. But Arbitron rat-
ings clearly demonstrate they
aren’t stampeding toward
Stern’s big-name replace-
ments, former Van Halen
frontman David Lee Roth on
the East Coast and comedian
Adam Carolla on the West
Coast. Although any head-to-
head comparisons between
the newcomers and the veter-
an Stern are unfair, say ana-
lysts. the pair’s rat-

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and. in one case.
possibly job threat-
ening.

couple of months.
Carolla registered
less than a quarter
of Stern’s ratings
while Roth notched
well under a fifth.
Executives at CBS
Radio have said it
will take 18 months
to two years to
build an audience
around their new
talent. but even so many con-
tend that Roth might soon be
fired.

“I think CBS is already
trying to figure out an exit
strategy with Roth." said
Michael Harrison. editor and
publisher of the talk radio
magazine Talker. “The jury is
still out on Camila."

Meanwhile. Stern's num-
bers at Sirius. which has
more than 4 million sub-
scribers. remain a mystery.
The satellite company. which
charges about $13 per month
for the service. won't release
audience numbers. But ana-
lysts speculate that even if a

quarter of the company’s
subscribers are daily Stern
listeners. that would be con-
sidered a staggering success.

In a recent interview.
Stern attacked his ex—listen-
ers who are still clinging to
terrestrial radio and have re-
fused to cheer him on on the
other side.

“You haven’t come with
me yet? How dare you?"
Stern told Entertainment
Weekly “We’re up to wild.
crazy stuff; the show has nev-
er sounded better”

So far. terrestrial radio —
outside of the former Stern
affiliates _- have tried the soft
sell when courting the enor—
mous uncommitted audience.
In most major market cities
late last year.
counter-marketing
largely took the
form of billboards
touting a particular
morning show’s
free w as in. no
subscription re-
quired H services.
In Los Angeles.
“Mancow” Muller.
heard on XTRA
Sports 570. adopted
this strategy And
some rock stations.
such as WAAF-FM
in Boston. began
promoting new on-
line guides for “vir-
gin” listeners to get
them up to speed on the
show's colorful characters.

“Stern’s departure has
shaken up the pecking order
of what people are listening
to. It’s a once-in-a-lifetime op-
portunity for local radio sta-
tions." said Fred Jacobs.
whose Michigan-based rock
radio consulting firm con-
ducted the poll.

“1 think what you’re going
to find is that existing mature
shows that are in the same
basic neighborhood of Stem
will grow stronger." Jacobs
said. “And the new and fledg-
ling shows are going to per-
form like new and fledgling

shows.”

Other winners in the Stern
sweepstakes may be local talk
radio — and oddly enough Na-
tional Public Radio. More time
spent with NPR’s “Morning
Edition" may not be as incon-
gruous as it might seem ini-
tially for an audience that
once tuned into Stern’s carni-
val of scatological and porn
jokes. analysts say.

Morning talk radio tends
to be dominated by conserva—
tives. but Stern’s audience
tends to be centrist to liberal
in political orientation. for
which NPR is a better fit. ana-
lysts say. And both shows em-
phasize lifestyle. Quirky or off-
beat takes on the news and ap
peal to baby boomers, they say.

“If you love bluegrass,
you’re not supposed to love
Metallica. but you do." said
Alex DeMers. head of a me-
dia consulting firm near
Philadelphia. “There’s more
than a surface connection be-
tween Howard and NPR. As
much as Howard is put down
as being all about dirt and
sex. it‘s also intelligent talk.
and he’s funny.”

As this audience experi-
ments with other stations, an-
alysts expect ratings to vacil-
late among the morning
shows for months. even years.
before the new listening pat-
terns become habit. And even
though most believe that the
bulk of hard-core fans who
couldn’t live without their
Stern have already signed up
for Sirius. it’s possible more
may pony up Sirius subscrip
tion fees if terrestrial has
nothing to offer them.

“There is nothing else out
there right now that approxi-
mates Howard." Harrison
said. “Some may eventually
migrate to Sirius."

Then again. added Harri-
son. in perhaps the darkest
scenario for the entire radio
universe: “People have lives
and they can do other things.
including enjoy the silence."

 

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By tisade Moraes
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One of prime time's most
rewarding drinking games is
guaranteed to continue at
least long enough to get this
year's crop of college fresh-
men through their senior
year. with the signing of
Kiefer Sutherland to star in
Fox's “24" through the 2008-
09 season.

Sutherland could become
the highest-paid actor in a
drama series under terms of
the deal. according to the
trade papers. citing
“sources“ which. on these
kinds of stories. is often a eu-
phemism for “the actor’s tal-
ent agency" or "the studio
that‘s going to put out the
news release nationwide the
next day."

Anyway. these sources
said that in addition to an
acting salary. Sutherland will
be promoted from co—execu-
tive producer to exec produc-
er on the series. .

Naturally. executive pro