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Tuesday, November 29. 2005

Celebrating 34 years of independence

Kentucky Kernel

Students' choice Chick-fil-A opens on campus

Student Center hopes it will be
anchor for revamped food court

By Kyle Fields
mt KENTUCKY mm

Soon students will finally get the chance
to “Eat More Chicken,” as the company's
slogan says, when Chick-fil-A opens today
in the Student Center.

This is the first of a string of planned
restaurants to hit campus in the future.

Today’s opening ceremony is set to have
a ribbon-cutting ceremony with President

Lee Todd and Student Government Presi-
dent Becky Ellingsworth. Beginning at 11
am, the first 50 customers will receive a
free entree.

Jeff DeMoss, director of UK dining ser-
vices, said he’s excited about the addition.

“Chick-fil-A was brought in because it
was the No. 1 national brand students said
they wanted to have when surveyed,"
DeMoss said. “It's in every (Southeastern
Conference) university"

Chick-filA’s opening is the first step in
an overhaul of sorts for the Student Cen-
ter’s Food Court, DeMoss said.

“We’re looking into revitalizing the Food

Court by making Chick-fil-A a corner-
stone," he said. “Other restaurants were
planned for this semester, but the university
ran out of booster money.

“In addition to the Food Court, we want-
ed to revitalize Blazer. Commons and K-Lair
for a total of $6.1 million. However, we
couldn’t do it because of larger priorities on
campus, such as, justifiany the hospital."

In the future, DeMoss said he wants to
create a “Panera-style” deli/bakery on the
first floor of the Student Center. The restau-
rant would include a European-style bakery,
deli sandwiches. paninis, coffee and tea.

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Plus
Account
succeeding
off campus

By Walter Smith
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More students are using their Plus Ac-
counts at a growing number of off-campus lo-
cations. Currently 13 stores take the Plus Ac-
count and that number is rising, as more
businesses look to get on board.

“We talked to four people today," said Stu-
dent Affairs Director E.R. “Chip" Carter.
“When they call. we send out an information
packet.“

Businesses around Lexington have been
joining with UK in using the Plus Account,
which is a declining balance system that can
be added to students Wildcard. So far, more
than $199000 has been spent off campus us-
ing the Plus Account.

“It’s going very well; everyone seems to be
pleased with it," Carter said.

The Plus Account has been in use at off-
campus locations since the beginning of the
semester, and students seem eager to spend
money off campus.

“We use a lot of Plus Account.” said Tally-
Ho manager Jimmy Woods. Woods said that
around 50 percent of Tolly’Ho’s sales during
the day come from the Plus Account.

The Plus Account can be used at restau-
rants that serve alcohol, but students cannot
use their Plus Account to purchase alcohol or
tobacco products. Carter said Students’ par-
ents are pleased to hear that the money can
only be spent on food when used off campus.

Some businesses have expanded to use the
Plus Account for deliveries as well.

“Students are surprised to hear we use the
Plus Account for delivery, too," said Papa
John’s shift leader Leanna Lilly. “Some days
we’ll have a couple hundred dollars on the
Plus Account.”

Papa John’s has been using the Plus Ac-
count for two months and Lilly said that al-
though the card reader can be slow, there
have been no problems.

Students are excited about being able to

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Amira Shalash (left), a communications freshman and Boushra Aghil (right), a secondary education junior, are trying to start the first chapter of Gamma Gamma
Chi at UK. Founded last spring, Gamma Gamma Chi is the nation's only Muslim sorority.

UK students aim to found first chapter
of the nation's only Muslim sorority

By Sean Rose
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The first chapter of the
Muslim sorority Gamma Gam-
ma Chi could be on UK’s cam-
pus by late February said the
sorority’s founder and presi-
dent Althia Collins.

Created last spring by
Collins and her daughter Imani
Abdul-Haqq, the only Muslim
sorority in the country has
been looking for schools with
interest in having the first cam-
pus chapter. The national
founding chapter is based in
Alexandria. Va.

“What will determine who
is first will be the level of inter-
est we've seen," Collins said.

Along with UK. Collins said

the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology and the University
of Maryland at College Park
have shown strong interest.

Secondary education junior
Boushra Aghil said she thought
the sorority would be an exten-
sion of the Muslim community
in a college setting.

“We‘re trying to find a way
to unite our Muslim sisters and
work for a better community,"
Aghil said. “We’re basically
bringing together the best of
the east and the best of the
west."

Collins said her daughter
came up with idea for the soror-
ity when she was interested in
joining a sorority but didn't
want to join a Christian-based

sorority with a typical Greek
social life.

Gamma Gamma Chi is open
to both Muslim and non-Mus-
lim women who exhibit the six
pillars of the sorority, which in-
clude Islamic awareness and in-
volvement as well as social
awareness and involvement.

“A lot of people don’t really
know what our religion is
about," said pre-pharmacy ju-
nior Sundus Elgumati. “This
gives them an idea of what
we’re about."

Elgumati contacted Collins
with interest in starting a UK
chapter and Collins visited UK
on Nov. 6 for a “Gold Presenta-
tion," the sorority's version of
rush week. Going to the Gold
Presentation was required to
apply for membership in the
sorority and Collins said it was
a heartening experience.

“The enthusiasm was obvi-

ous and the chemistry was
great," Collins said. “They
came together and it was just a
great opportunity to get to
know each other.”

There are no promises that
any of the students will have a
sorority however. There is a
Jan. 10 deadline for member-
ship applications and the
women interested are currently
trying to rally as much interest
in the sorority as possible.

Originally, Collins said there
needed to be 15 to 20 members
for the chapter to open. Collins
said the number had been low-
ered to roughly 10. Elgumati
and Aghil estimated there are
at least five girls who know they
want to join.

“The interest is there,"
Aghil said. “But right now it’s
such an untouched subject
many don't know what will

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Campus police gets new sets of wheels

By Megan Boehnlie
THE KENTUCKY xterm

UK police will soon be
cruising campus in two new
golf carts to patrol its new
route.

The department received
a donation to fund two golf
carts equipped with flashing
lights and police logos to
help patrol the new CATS
Path.

The carts primarily will
be used at night to both help
transport students who may
want to be escorted and to be
visible on the path to help de
her crime, said acting UK Po-
lice Chief Kevin Franklin.

“This is a lot more visible
than just individual officers
walking around." he said.

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UK President
Lee Todd sits
with Richard
Barbella in
the UK police
department's
new golf cart.
Barbella
donated the
money need-
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Engineers
bridge global
problems

Students work to build a better
bridge in the Dominican Republic

By Sean Rose
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Roughly 1.600 miles away lies a bridge in
the Dominican Republic that is flooded alter
every rainy season.

Here at UK, a group of engineering stu-
dents hopes to fix this problem.

Engineers Without Borders-USA is a na-
tional non-profit organization that works in
Third World communities to improve their
quality of life. There are student chapters at
universities across the country. The EWB-USA
lists potential projects for the chapters, which
must be applied for.

The UK chapter opened last spring semes-
ter and was approved for their first project in
October.

“The students are real excited,“ said Nick
Stamatiadis, UK chapter‘s adviser and civil en-
gineering professor, “The students are very
gung-ho about helping the community so I
think all in all it's a very positive experience.”

The bridge is in a batey outside of Santo
Domingo in the Dominican Republic. Bateys
are areas of extreme poverty because of de-
clines in sugar plantations. When the bridge
floods annually. it cuts off the community
from outside transportation and leaves only a
small footbridge to bring in food and supplies
from the city

The UK chapter‘s task is to alleviate this
problem and possibly construct a new bridge
for the community.

“We were all very excited." said civil engi-
neering senior and president of the UK chap
ter John Walker. “But at the same time we‘re
like. ‘OK, what do we do now?”

What the students are doing now is raising
money and gathering data for the project.

Walker estimates that the entire project in-
cluding transportation and materials would
cost from $20,000 to $30,000. Walker said the
chapter was planning fundraising events and
asking for donations from engineering compa-
mes.

The chapter will travel to Santo Domingo
in January or February for a site assessment

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Engineer

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in which they will survey
and plan their construction
and listen to what the com-
munity wants accomplished.

The students are respon-
sible for the planning and
construction of the new
bridge and must make it in a
way so the locals can keep
up maintenance. The chap-
ter must submit another ap
plication with its plan to the

 

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eat off campus as an alter-
native to UK dining services.

“I like it," said Libbie
McElhaney. a pre-pharmacy
sophomore. “I think they
need to have more places
you can use it. though."

Students like the simplic-
ity of being able to use their
Wildcard to buy food off
campus.

“That's the best part I
my parents just put money
on there. and I can spend it
whenever I want." McEl-
haney said.

 

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come from this."

Susan West. UK dean of
sororities. said it was impor-
tant for sororities and frater-
nities to have more support
than other campus organ iza-
tions because they are more

Sorority

EWB-USA. and once ap-
proved the students can be-
gin their construction.

 

UK's chapter originally
applied for a water distribu-
tion project in Belize but

Meehanical engineering was turned down for It. Wal-

senior and chapter vice pres-
ident Jamilyn Walter said
the construction would most
likely be in the summer to
allow more students to go.

“I think it will be a really
good experience for every-

one to see the fruits of our

labor." Walter said.
Stamatiadis said that
most likely six to 12 students
would be part of the con-
struction as well one faculty
member beside himself.

Most business owners
were optimistic about in-
creased use of the Plus Ac-
count.

"We got going two weeks
ago it's a small percent
right now W but we hope
that will grow," said Mellow
Mushroom owner Damon
Coates.

“It‘s a pure convenience
thing for students. they don‘t
feel like their spending mon-

Some business owners
have seen the use of the Plus
Account off campus as a
way to attract new cus—
tomers.

“I‘m thinking about of-
fering special discounts or
prizes." said Sam Saeed.
owner of Campus Cafe.

involved in the community
and take on more projects.
She added that because it's
such a new organization it
might be slow come togeth-
er.

“We want to be sure that
any group will be successful
and have the support it
needs." West said.

She added she supported
the new sorority‘s efforts.

“I would support any

ter said they decided to ap-
ply for the project in the Do
minican Republic because
travel expenses would be low
and because of the chapter's
interest in structural engi-
neering.

"I‘m absolutely thrilled."
Walter said. “To work in
conjunction with professors
and engineers is a really
good experience for stu-
dents."

All agreed that the pro-

Campus Cafe has been
using the Plus Account for
three months and Saeed
said it currently makes up
about 15 percent of his
sales. but he hopes that will
grow.

The Plus Account can
currently be used off cam-
pus at TollyHo. Johnny
Print. Qdoba. Good Fortune.
Wing Zone. Papa John's,
Gattitown. Bedminster Cof-
fee and Tea. Blimpie, Cam-
pus Cafe. Domino's, Mad
Mushroom and Mellow
Mushroom.

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ject was worth more than
engineering experience.

“Degrees aren't just
about making money," Wal-
ter said. “We‘re providing
the world a service with our
jobs."

“Typically in this day
and age the bottom line is
for people to think about
profit,“ Stamatiadis said.
"It's very positive to hear
about a group of students
willing to donate their time
and money to help a commu-
nity."

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group that supports
women.” West said. “I think
women that have a common
value system. it‘s good for
them to be together and sup-
port them in a college envi-
ronment.“

If enough students com-
plete the application re—
quirements and are accepted
by the national founding
chapter then Collins will
work with UK to establish

the sorority.

Even if UK isn’t the first
campus chapter. Collins said
she was pleased by the stu-
dents‘ interest here and they
would have a chapter even-
tually.

“I would love to have
every one of them." Collins
said.

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Should the restaurant come
into fruition, it would re-
place Block & Barrel Deli.

DeMoss said his plans ex-
tend beyond the Student Cen-
ter.

“We want to come back to
Blazer." he said. “The first
phase was (changing) the ta-
bles. chairs and lighting.
Phase two is going to be Indi-
an. Greek. Italian and Pacific
cooking. where you see it
cooked in front of you."

In the meantime, Student
Center patrons will have its

newest restaurants to enjoy
including Off the Hook, the
Hershey Creamery and
Chick-fil-A. though some stu-
dents said they don't think
the choices offer enough va-
riety.

“We’re taking steps clos-
er. but we’re still not where
we should be yet, as far as va-
riety of food goes, as com
pared to other universities."
said biology freshman Chris
Searcy

Others are more positive
about the changes they've
seen in UK‘s dining services.

“I like the additions."
said undeclared freshman
Greg Haney. “I love me some
chicken.”

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Cart

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“People will see that (the golf
cart) and know that we‘re
here."

President Lee Todd
agreed that the carts would
be beneficial to students
around campus and in help-
ing to deter
crime.

“(It could
be) very com-
forting to stu-
dents to see
these vehicles
going along
the same
route they
are." Todd
said. “Hope-
fully it will be
a deterrent for
any negative
events that
might happen
on campus."

The police department
has received one cart already
and is waiting for the ameni-
ties to be added to the second
one. including the lights.
Franklin said.

The carts. which cost
about $7,300 each. were pur-
chased with a donation from
UK alumnus and former em—
ployee, Richard Barbella.

“I've known Ken Clevi-
dence (UK's director of pub-
lic safety) for a long time and

“It gives
police much
quicker access
to points on
campus."

Kevin Franklin
acting UK Police Chief
on the department's new golf carts

he asked me if I was interest-
ed in providing for a need."
Barbella said. “I worked here
for a long time, I graduated
from here, so I like to help
out in any way I can."

The carts can go 21 mph
and can travel 40 miles before
their batteries need to be
charged, Franklin said.

“It's a big campus and to
be able to cover it, you need
some modern means." he
said. “It gives
police much
quicker access
to points on
campus.”

Aside from
patrolling the
CATS Path, the
police depart-
ment will use
the carts at foot-
ball games and
other events.
Franklin said.

“We’ll use
them anytime a
vehicle is not
safe to go
through a crowd,” he said.
“Like street parties, when we
can't take a vehicle through
all those people."

The department has been
trying to get the carts for five
years, Franklin said. but nev-
er had the funding.

“While no student dollars
have been put into this. hope-
fully a lot of students will be
helped by it." he said.

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BAGHDAD, Iraq — A combative
Saddam Hussein lectured the judge and
lashed out at his treatment by Ameri-
can “occupiers” as his murder trial re-
sumed yesterday and then adjourned
for a week to allow a co-defendant to re—
place a murdered lawyer.

The televised hearing lasted less
than three hours but was long on dra-
ma. One of the deposed dictator's seven
codefendants complained of death
threats. Another claimed that doctors
were injecting him with poison. A third
demanded treatment for cancer.
Throughout the second day of proceed-
ings, Saddam took notes on a legal pad
and at times interrupted lead judge Riz-
gar Mohammed Amin. When Amin
came back from a recess. Saddam re-
fused to stand until the judge admon-
ished him to do so.

Saddam came ready to test the judge
and provided much of the theatrics. as
he did on the trial’s first day.

When the judge asked him to sign
papers giving former US. Attorney
General Ramsey Clark and former
Qatari Justice Minister Najib Nauimi
power of attorney, the former president
seized the moment to deliver a Quranic
verse and a litany of protest.

“They brought me here and I was
handcuffed," he complained to the
judge. “They cannot bring the defen-
dant in handcuffs."

The 68-year-old defendant said he
had been obliged by “foreign guards" to
walk up four flights of stairs because of
a broken elevator.

“I will tell the police about this,” the
judge said in the firm but polite tone
had he maintained during several
tirades by Saddam on the first day of
the trial.

“I don't want you to tell them.” Sad-
dam bellowed. “Order them! You are
Iraqi. You have sovereignty They are in
your country. They are invaders. They
are occupiers.”

SpaceX's first launch rescheduled

The maiden flight of a new rocket
designed to dramatically slash the cost
of sending satellites into orbit has been
rescheduled for mid-December after the
maiden launch was scrubbed Saturday
because of technical glitches.

Space Exploration Technologies
Corp, also known as SpaceX, a fledgling
El Segundo, Calif, rocket maker found-
ed by Silicon Valley entrepreneur Elon
Musk, hopes to shake up the aerospace
industry with its Falcon 1 rocket. The
craft is designed to cost a fraction of the
current generation of satellite launch-
ers.

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10 minutes before launch because of
glitches with a liquid oxygen tank and
an onboard computer. The rocket is car-
rying a small satellite built by Air Force
Academy cadets and funded by the Pen-
tagon.

The exact date of the next launch at-
tempt will depend on how quickly
SpaceX can get a new supply of liquid
oxygen from Hawaii to the launch pad
on Omelek Island in the western Pacif-
Ic.

Saturday’s delay was the second in
as many days. The rocket was initially
scheduled to be launched Friday but
was postponed at the request of the
Army, which has been conducting mis-
sile defense tests in the region.

A successful maiden launch is cru-
cial for Musk, who has risked much of
his fortune on developing a new genera-
tion of cheap and reliable rockets. Musk
co-founded Internet payment company
PayPal Inc. and made $150 million from
its sale to eBay Inc. in 2002 before start-
ing SpaceX.

Greenhouse gas level soaring

The level of carbon dioxide in the at-
mosphere today is higher than at any
time in the past 650,000 years. according
to study published Friday in the journal
Science.

By drilling into a deep ice core in
East Antarctica and analyzing the con
tent of air bubbles trapped when the ice
was formed, a group of European re-
searchers has been able to chart the lev-
el of CO2 in the atmosphere more than
200,000 years further back in time than
previous studies. Their research shows
that the level of carbon dioxide. a
“greenhouse gas" linked to global
warming. is rising 200 times as fast as
at any time during the past 650,000
years.

“It‘s the rate of increase that's
alarming," one of the paper‘s lead au-
thors. Thomas Stocker, said in an inter-
view Wednesday. “These are tremen-
dous changes in the climate system."

Stocker, professor of climate and en-
vironmental physics at the University
of Bern in Switzerland, said the find-
ings will provide a new baseline for
computer climate models. allowing sci-
entists to make more accurate predic-
tions about Earth’s changing atmos—
phere and climate.

He added that through activities
such as deforestation and the burning
of fossil fuels. humans are releasing
carbon dioxide “never seen in the at-
mosphere in millions and millions of
years," which helps account for the sude
den climate shift.

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BAGHDAD, Iraq —— Two prominent
Sunni Arab politicians were shot dead
in Baghdad yesterday. and diplomatic
officials confirmed that four Western
aid workers had been abducted by gun-
men one day earlier. An American was
believed to be among those kidnapped.

Ayad al-Alizi and Ali Hussein. mem-
bers of the Iraqi Islamic Party. one of
Iraq's leading Sunni organizations,
were attacked and killed. along with a
bodyguard, while traveling by car in a
predominantly Sunni region west of
Baghdad. said Naseer Ani. the party‘s
political head. Al-Alizi was to be a can-
didate in legislative elections slated for
Dec. 15.

The Iraqi Islamic Party is one of
several Sunni Arab groups that boy-
cotted the country's last elections in
January but will compete for seats on a
unified Sunni ticket this time.

Fakhri al-Qaisi. a spokesman for one
of the other parties on the Sunni slate.
was seriously wounded in a similar at-
tack in Baghdad this month.

Meanwhile. the name and organiza-
tional affiliation of the US. citizen be
lieved kidnapped Sunday was not re-
leased by embassy officials. who would
say only that an American was missing.
British peace activist Norman Kember
was among those taken captive. accord-
ing to British Embassy spokeswoman
Lisa Glover.

Two Canadians were also seized,
government officials said.

Bush pushes guest-worker program

TUCSON. Ariz. —— President Bush
promoted his administration’s efforts to
get a grip on illegal immigration. spot-
lighting a plan to tighten security along
the southern border and calling for a
guest-worker program that would allow
about 11 million illegal immigrants to
work legally in the country temporarily
before forcing them to return home.

Speaking yesterday at an Air Force
base here about one hour north of the
Mexican border. Bush put his rhetorical
emphasis on measures sought by many
Republicans fearful of swelling illegal
immigration: stronger border enforce-
ment with high-tech detection systems.
larger centers to detain those captured,
swifter proceedings to deport them and
increased policing of illegal immi-
grants in the interior.

“Those who enter the country ille-
gally violate the law." Bush said. “The
American people should not have to
choose between being a welcoming soci-
ety and a lawful society. We can have
both at the same time."

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By Keith Brooks

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There is another phenomenon
that is taking students away from
their studies and making them
waste hours on the Internet. And
it rhymes with “hookah."

XuQa (wwwxuqacom. pro-
nounced “zoo-kah") is a new col‘
lege networking site that includes
colleges all over the country and
has recently expanded on a global
level. It is becoming very popular
among students who are already
on the Web site Facebookcom. one
of the most widely used college
networking sites.

To create an account. students
must have an active e-mail address
from their college. XuQa works
very much like an online directo-
ry; students place a picture along
with biographical and contact in-
formation on their personal page.

Like Facebook. they can also
add more descriptive information
such as their taste in music and re-
lationship status. There are links
to other friends' pages and XuQa
allows users to write “Anonymous
Blogs" 011 the XuQa home page. a
commonly used feature where
users can write about anything
anonymously and others can com~
ment. XuQa also gives
students the option of
sending friends virtu-
al kisses or gifts. such
as a computer or an
energy drink.

Features like these
make XuQa more hu~
man oriented said
Murtaza Hussain. one

XuQa.
We offer a Web
site that is more hu

man interactive." said
Hussain.
Hussain. an an-

thropology sophomore at Williams
College in Williamstown. Mass,
worked on a similar site called “l-
Venture" before starting XuQa.
That Web site didn't last. so he
eventually met up with several
friends and went back to the draw-
ing board. By raising investment
in San Francisco and brainstorm

“There are so many
things you can do
on Xan to find out
about personality,
and not just contact
info. It’s more of a
of the creators of social atmosphere "

musrc performance freshman

ing again. he and his friends came
up with the Web site, and the term
"XuQa" stuck.

"It‘s actually a spin from the
smoking pipe. hookah." said Hus-
sain. "Someone came up with
XuQa at the time and it just sound-
ed cool."

XuQa has reached enormous
popularity in a very short time.
After starting two months ago. the
web site is now available to stu-
dents at 7.500 colleges and univer-
sities in the United States. Com-
munity colleges are also included.
which makes it more inclusive
than the Facebook.

Since XuQa has become more
accessible t