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UK looks
at race in
chief hire

Administrator denies race played a
factor in UK’s decision to hire ch

By Dariush Shafa
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The controversy over the hiring of
UK‘s new police chief is now a matter be
ing considered by the Task Force on
Racial Diversity and Equality.

“I think it crosses both race and gen-
der lines,” said professor of education J.
John Harris 111, who is a member of the
task force, referring to recent issues over
the hiring process which brought aboard
UK’s new chief, McDonald Vick.

The search committee and President
Lee Todd were not informed of a discrim-
ination lawsuit in federal court against
Vick raised by a former employee.

The suit, raised when Vick was chief
at North Carolina Central University, al-
leges discrimination surrounding the fir-
ing of police officer Deonna Renna Hoop
er, who was fired in 2002.

“She caused a car accident and left
the scene.” said Carol Jordan, who served
on the search committee which submit-
ted Vick’s name to Todd and also serves
on the task force.

Hooper also was disciplined for hav-
ing a student arrested when Vick had or-
dered the student face discipline at the
hands of NCCU’s dean of students.

“She got in trouble for insubordina-
tion as a result of that act,” Jordan said.

Another lawsuit from 1998 named
Vick a defendant in a discrimination law-
suit where a member of the NCCU police
was passed over for the chief’s position.
Vick. who was named chief, was removed
as a defendant because he was erroneous-
ly named in the lawsuit and had nothing
to do with that hiring decision.

Information about the pending law-
suit reached the committee through the
local media.

“I think the primary flaw was there
was a disconnect between the search firm
and the search committee,” Jordan said.

Despite the allegations, Jordan said
Vick was still an excellent choice for the
job.

“He was an extraordinarily strong

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Diversity
task force
seeks input

By Dariush Shafa
THE xznrucxv KERNII.

Communication is the next step in
the Task Force on Diversity and Equali-
ty‘s move to help cure UK‘s diversity ills.

Task force members discussed yes-
terday the use of personnel surveys,
one-on-one interviews with faculty
members. group meetings with the fac-
ulty and asking faculty members to par-
ticipate in focus groups to hear the is-
sues and get ideas on how to fix them.

“This is the research part of the task
force," said Russ Williams, staff repre-
sentative to the Board of Trustees and a
member of the task force. “This is going
to help guide the decisions we make."

The task force’s efforts are quite sim-
ple, said Garry Bibbs, a professor of art
and a member of the task force.

“What we‘re really doing is reaching
out,” Bibbs said.

Once the task force decides on a plan
of action, they will move onto the next
step.

"The next step is get that informa-
tion, bring it back to the task force and
see what kind of changes can take
place.”

Though getting people to feel com-
fortable talking about these kind of is-
sues isn't easy, Bibbs said it’s important
for them to offer their opinions, which
in turn will help the task force formu-
late opinions and changes.

“We want to find out what they're
thinking so we’re sure we've ad-
dressed their coneerns." said David Watt

Also encouraging thme in adminis-
trative positions to step up and take the
lead is important.

“At some point, things have to

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Brent Shafer, a second-year physician assistant student. worked one of the sample surgery stations at the College of
Nursing yesterday. This exercise was timed and required moving to pegs from a board to a dish in six minutes.

Surgery goes small
at training center

By Shannon Mason
THE KENTUCKY KERNEL

The opening of UK
HealthCare’s new educa-
tion and research facility
transformed into a week-
long celebration. which
started on Tuesday and
concludes today

The Center for Mini—
mally Invasive Surgery.
located in room 109 of the
College of Nursing Build-
ing, is the only one of its
kind in Kentucky and one
of few in the country, said
Dr. Raymond Gagliardi.
director of the Center for
Minimally Invasive
Surgery

Gagliardi said the fa-
cility is unique because it
combines all surgical dis-
ciplines that use minimal-
ly invasive surgery.

“This facility is for
gastrointestinal surgeons.
but also for urologic sur-

 

 

Brent Shafer, physician assistant student, tried one
of the medical stations for the first time yesterday at

the College “Nursing.

geons. cardiothoracic sur-
geons. pediatric surgeons.
gynecologic surgeons“
and all other disciplines
that utilize minimally in-

vasive surgery, Gagliardi
said.

Minimally invasive
surgery uses an endo-
scope, a lighted tube with
a magnifying camera. in-
serted through small
“keyhole" incisions in the
patient's abdomen. It now
accounts for a significant
percentage of surgeries.
ranging from gall bladder
surgery, which is the most
common. to heart bypass-
es.

About 200 members of
the public and members
of the medical field have
toured the facility
throughout the week to
see virtual reality surg-
eries.

Gagliardi compared
performing virtual surg-
eries to playing video
games.

“You use some of the
basic skills you learn
playing an Xbox."

iagliardi said.

During the virtual
surgeries a haptic envi-

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Talent show
will fund
tsunami aid

By Wes Blevins
Till: mnucxv mm

UK students will have a
chance to showcase their tal-
ents tonight in this year’s Inter.
national Talent Night.

The event is part of UK’s
Cultural Diversity Festival.
which runs Feb. 13—28. Pauline
Chhooi. president of the Inter-
national Student Council, said
the event allows students the
opportunity to showcase their
talents in traditional dance.
martial arts, skits and ethnic
music.

“I want students to know in-
ternational students bring in a
different kind of diversity,“ she
said. Different cultures “are
shown through the dances and
performances."

Council Treasurer Rohan
Kalathia said the performances
will include acts from various
regions of the world. including
Turkey. Africa. India and China.
The event is important because
it shows people of different
backgrounds “coming together
to show what their cultures
have to offer," he said.

Kalathia has also helped ob-
tain sponsorships for Talent
Night from local ethnic busi-
nesses and responses have been
“very positive," he said. “They
like to see something like this
happen on campus."

Talent Night will be held
tonight at 7 pm. in Memorial
Hall. Tickets for the event are $5
and are available at the Student
Center ticket office. or at the
door. For each ticket sold. SI
goes to a tsunami relief fund.
Volunteers will also sell T»
shirts. with all of the profits
also going to the fund. There
will also be prizes raffled off
throughout the event.

More than a year after the
tsunami disaster. international
students “don‘t want to forget"
the victims. Chhooi said.

Last year about 500 students
attended Talent Night. Chhooi
said. The council has also tried
to spread the word among stu-
dents about this year's event.

International Talent Night
“is not just for international
students.“ said Chhooi.

Chhooi said the event is edu-
cational as well.

"We can‘t represent all the
countries of the world, but we
try to bring all the cultures to-
gether to one place on campus."
she said.

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UK 65, OLE MISS 61

Still streaking:
Cats rally past Rebs

By Chris Delotell
no: xturucrn xmti

Jenny Pfeiffer
drought had to end.

After her UK team had gone
five and a half minutes without
scoring in the midst of a 14-point
Ole Miss run, the junior guard
knew she had to find a way to get
the Cats on the board. She was
fouled shooting 3-pointers on con-
secutive possessions and made
four of six free throws to tie the
game at 53.

Those shots started a 12-2 UK
run that put the Cats (18-6, 7-4
Southeastern Conference) ahead
for good in last night’s 65-61 win
over the Rebels (1441. 4-8 SEC).

“It was huge." UK coach Mick-
ie DeMoss said of Pfeiffer’s foul
shots. "We had hit a dry spell and

knew the

couldn‘t get anything going. That
helped us get things started."

Guard Samantha Mahoney
agreed.

“When you go a long time
without a basket, it’s crucial to try
to get to the free throw line to get
things going again.“ she said. “We
did that.”

Mahoney, who led the team
with 16 points, said the victory
was huge for a Cats team that was
predicted in the preseason to fin-
ish ninth.

“It means a lot." she said.
“When that prediction came out
we were upset about it. We didn't
want to finish ninth or anywhere
near it. We’re doing that."

The win. which assures UK of
its first non-losing season in con-
ference play since 1999. adds an-

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UK freshman
guard Carly

. Ormerod
attempts a
layup between
Ole Miss
sophomore
forward Carla
Bartee and
freshman cen-
ter Shawn Goff
during the
first half of
the Cats' 65-61
win last night

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Chief

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candidate," she said, adding
he committee and Todd did-
n’t know about the lawsuit
even though Vick told the
search firm and several cam—
pus officials. “He did not hide
it.”

A Feb. 7 editorial from
the Lexington Herald-Leader
that said UK may be “overly
eager" to hire blacks was

also a cause for concern to
the committee, and UK offi-
cials denied that allegation.

“It infuriates me that the
Herald-Leader said that in an
editorial,” Jordan told the
task force. “That absolutely
is not a fair representation at
all."

Other task force members
were skeptical about the law-
suit itself.

“Just because someone
makes an allegation doesn't
mean it’s true. It’s pretty
easy to sue,” said UK Law
Professor Roberta Harding,
adding that the appearance

of the situation is especially
troubling. “It (makes it seem)
like he was trying to hide
something and the search
firm was trying to hide some
thing.”

Members of the commit-
tee said they want to review
the details.

“We want everybody to
understand all the facts, be-
cause right now there's ru-
mor and innuendo," Harding
said. “It doesn‘t mean he did
it.”

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Diversity

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change in terms of account-
ability," said Phil Kraemer,
associate provost for under-
graduate education and a
member of the task force.

J. John Harris III, a mem-
ber of the task force and a

professor of education,
agreed.

“If the deans do not take
the lead and do what is nec-
essary to cultivate a feeling
of belonging at the universi-
ty, we are going to keep expe-
riencing the in-and-out mi-
gration.” he said. “We have
to make them accountable."

But before all that can
take place, discussion has to
start, which task force chair-
man William Turner said he

feels can be more effective.

“Sometimes just sitting
on the porch talking, you get
a lot more done,” he said.

The most important thing
is to seize the opportunity,
Turner said.

“This is a critical turning
point at the university and
we‘ just can t let it be done
the same old way."

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ronment — which is based on
the sense of touch — is creat-
ed to allow the surgeon to feel
the internal organs, as though
they were operating inside
the patient.

Gagliardi said this type of
environment lets students
and residents practice react-
ing to the two types of cues
involved in minimally-inva-
sive surgery, visual and hap
tic/tactile, allowing students
and residents to learn surgi-
cal skills before they go into
the operating room.

Dr. Ji-Hui Li, a visiting
professor from China, said a
facility like this is very valu-
able to students, since no fa-
cilities like this exist in Chi-
na, and students must learn
by observing.

“The residents have a lot
of knowledge of the mind,
but not of the hands," Li said.
“This facility gives students
and residents the chance to

get hands-on experience with-'

out stepping foot in an actual
operating room.”

The facility also allows
live surgery broadcasts to five
to 10 people in a conference
room or as many as 200 peo
ple in a lecture hall next door,
Gagliardi said. Those who vis-
ited the center Wednesday
morning saw a live surgery
performed by Dr. Joseph [0
cono, a pediatric surgeon.
Doctors must still get patient
permission before broadcast-
ing the procedure.

Gagliardi said first-year
medical students get to watch
a live surgery broadcast as
part of a anatomy lecture.

The function of the facili-
ty will be to conduct research
and to educate medical and
nursing students as well as
residents.

Jim Hoskins, the facility’s
lab manager, said there are
seven workbenches that simu—
late the same environment as
that of a minimally-invasive
surgical operating room.
Each workbench has real,
functional equipment. The
only difference is that stu-
dents and residents are not
operating through incisions

in a human abdomen, but
through incisions in pieces of
vinyl.

“This gets students used ‘

to working in a 3-D environ-
ment with 2-D feedback,”
Hoskins said.

The curriculum for stu-
dents involves successfully
completing about 16 tasks in
certain amounts of time,
Hoskins said. The first task is
inserting a pipe cleaner into a
small tube using the correct
surgical tools while watching
the view a screen above the
operating area.

Hoskins said the task may
sound simple and use cheap
materials. but it teaches stu-
dents skills they will need to
perform these surgeries.

No registration is re—
quired to tour the facility to-
day If members of the public
or members of the medical
field would like to see the fa—
cility after today, they are en-
couraged to call 859-323-5450
to make arrangements.

“Give us a call,” Gagliardi
said. “And we‘ll set you up
with a tour."

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Hoops

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other block to DeMoss‘ re-
building effort. Ole Miss
coach Carol Ross, a former
UK head coach. praised
DeMoss for her work with
the program.

“I think it‘s not just what
she’s done this year. but the
progression (over three
years).” Ross said. “She’s
getting to enjoy the hard
work. She‘s done a heck of a
job and there’s not another
coach in the league who has
done it any better or any

 

faster than she has."

But Ross said she is not
surprised by the speed with
which DeMoss has rebuilt
the program.

“It’s not about Ken-
tucky,” she said. “It’s about
DeMoss. She‘s really good at
what she does."

The Cats overcame poor
shooting in the first half to
post its third consecutive
victory. It is the first time
UK has won three consecu‘
tive conference games since
the 1994-95 season. The Cats
shot 35 percent in the first
frame. firing 14-40 from the
field. Ole Miss led much of
the way in that half. thanks
in large part to the hot
shooting of guard Ashley

  

UK sophomore
Samantha
Mahoney
attempts a
jumper during
the first half of
the Cats' 65-61
win over Ole
Miss last night
in Memorial Col-
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with 16 points.

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Johnson. She was 6-for-7 in
the half and made all three
of her 3-point attempts. She
finished the game with 22
points.

“We knew she had been
playing well." DeMoss said.
“but we didn't expect her to
come out on fire like she
did."

DeMoss said UK was able
to stay in the game by cut.
ting down on its turnovers.
The Cats had four in the
first half and 10 for the
game.

“We weren't shooting the
ball well. but we were able to
take care of the ball and
play good defense and re—
bound.“ DeMoss said.

With the victory. UK

   

 

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greatly improved its chances
of finishing in the top four
in the league and earning a
first round bye in the confer-
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The Cats' next two games
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Cats sweep doubleheader

By Ryan Kuhn
THE xturucxv KERNEL

- UK used a combination of
dominant pitching and
streaky hitting to sweep a
doubleheader with Kent
State yesterday afternoon at
the UK Softball Complex.

UK rode the pitching of
Amy Kendall and Lydia
Pierce to a 9-0 five-inning vic-
tory in the team's home
opener. The duo combined to
allow two hits and strike out

Brittney Robinson. True-
blood was the SEC Freshman
of the Week following her
performance at last week-
end’s UNLV Alexis Resort
Kickoff Tournament in Las
Vegas.

After two and a half in-
nings of shutout ball, Glenn
led off the home half of the
third with a single and even-
tually scored on a balk.
Catcher Alli Eckman fol-
lowed that with a towering
solo home run in the bottom

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UK scored
seven runs in

the bottom of the first inning
to build an insurmountable
lead. Meghan Cooper was
two for three with a double
and Megan Glenn had three
R815 to lead the Cats on of-
fense.

Despite the early spark.
the bats cooled off after the
first. Coach Schmidt was a
little disappointed with UK‘s
up and down day at the plate.

“We need to be more con-
sistent.” she said. “We were
lucky to get those seven
quick runs because our bats
cooled off a lot after that."

Pierce entered the game
in the final inning to secure
the win. ending the game on
a double play.

The second game of the
twin bill became a pitcher’s
duel between UK‘s Jessica
Trueblood and Kent State's

Softball Complex

nitz and gave
Trueblood all
of the runs she would need
in the 2-1 win.

“J.T. struggled a little bit
early on but she eventually
found her rhythm." said
Schmidt. “She likes a fast
pace when she is pitching
and Kent State did a good job
early on slowing the tempo of
the game."

Trueblood struck out
nine batters on her way to a
complete game two-hitter.
Kent State's only run of the
afternoon came on a two out
double by catcher Ashley
Fairhurst in the top of the
sixth inning. Golden Flashes’
second baseman Jessica
Kramb scored from first on
the play. beating the relay
throw from Marnitz.

While she was hoping for
a better performance.
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UK junior infielder Brooke Marnitz tosses across the diamond during the
first game of yesterday’s doubleheader against Kent State.

“It‘s hard to win when
you only get two or three
hits. but you take any victory
you get," she said. “A win is a
win."

The Cats improved to 5-2
on the season and are begin-
ning to receive national at-
tention. Following a 6-1 victo-
ry over No. 13 Washington
and a late-inning loss to No.
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this week’s USA Today soft-
ball poll.

“We had a good weekend.
but not a great one." said
Coach Smith. “We need to
keep improving.“

UK will attempt to sweep
its series with Kent State at 1
pm. today at the UK Softball
Complex.

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Feb. 17, 2006
PAGE 4

Editorial Board

Adam Sichito, Editor in chief

Iim Wiseman, Managing editor
Andrew Martin. Asst. managing editor
Brenton Kenltel, Opinions editor

Wes Blevins. Asst. Opinions editor
Chris Johnson. Sports editor
Crystal Little, Projects editor
Doug Scott, Features editor
Josh Sullivan. Staff columnist

 

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Homeowners don’t
deserve alarm fines

Lexington homeowners with
alarm systems may not be aware of
a city ordinance enacted last July
that could lighten their wallets if
they aren’t careful.

In an effort to cut down on false
alarms the Urban County Council
adopted a fine system that penalizes
alarm owners when police are dis-
patched to a home and it turns out a
break-in was not actually attempted.

Homeowners can be fined $25 to
$50 for their fourth false alarm vio-
lation and up to $500 for subsequent
violations. But that's if they have
bought a $15 renewable permit from
the city. Without the permit, first
time offenders are hit with a $100
fine, and an additional $100 on top of
the set fine that permit holders pay
for each false alarm after their third.

There's a chance that anyone
who had a system installed before
last July is unaware of the city per-
mit because the burden of inform-
ing alarm owners of the ordinance
lies with the individual alarm com-
panies.

For the most part, this ordinance
is a reasonable attempt to help save
city police from wasting their time
responding to a false alarm when a
real emergency might be occurring
somewhere else in Lexington.

Sgt. April Brown. the city's
Alarm Administrator, said Lexing-
ton police officers spend 30-40 min-
utes on the average alarm call.

If the alarm company notifies
the police that an alarm was false
before they reach the scene then
owners aren‘t subject to a fine.

If officers reach the home and
don't find physical evidence of an at-
tempted break-in the alarm is con-
sidered false. Brown said broken

windows or a kicked-in door are two
main signs officers look for when de
termining the validity of an alarm.
She also said that in 2004 police re-
sponded to 14,269 alarm calls in the
city. 93-98 percent of which turned
out to be false.

But one of the purposes of an
alarm system is to scare intruders
away before a break-in occurs. A
door doesn't necessarily have to be
kicked in and a window doesn’t have
to be broken for an alarm to be
tripped. Therefore, according to the
law, there’s the potential that a real
crime could be considered a false
alarm if the intruder is scared away
before physically damaging a home
in a robbery attempt.

There’s no real way to recognize
this situation unless a neighbor wit-
nessed it, so it would be hard to ac-
count for it in the law.

Police shouldn’t have to waste
their time responding to erroneous
alarm calls when there are plenty of
real crimes being committed all over
Lexington. But residents shouldn‘t
be discouraged from protecting
their homes because they might
have to pay a fine if a robbery is
thwarted.

In order to avoid potentially pe-
nalizing a homeowner when there
truly was an emergency the city
could offer a grace period for home-
owners or the people on their con-
tact list to respond when police are
dispatched and there’s not a robbery
in progress or evidence of a break‘
in. Also. it would seem reasonable to
wave the $100 fine for first time of-
fenders who haven‘t bought the $15
permit since there’s a good chance
they may not be aware of the ordi-
nance until their alarm is tripped.

 

Higher speed limits entail
responsibilities for drivers

The state Senate passed a bill
Wednesday 110 that would raise
the state speed limit to 70 mph.
This measure. if it passes through
the General Assembly, would put
Kentucky among 30 other states
with maximum speed limits of at
least 70 mph.

Although the argument against
the hike cites the risk of an in-
creased crashes and fatalities relat-
ed to automobile accidents. a
greater speed limit would actually
benefit Kentucky highways.

For anyone who has driven on
Interstates 75 or 64. it's no secret
that not many drivers adhere to the
current maximum speed limit of 65
mph. The increased speed limit will
help decrease the discrepancy be-
tween drivers who are already dri-
ving 70 mph and those who are dri-
ving the current speed limit.

Additionally. research has
shown that 70 mph is a reasonable
speed for rural interstates and
parkways, which are the roadways
the bill will apply to.

Jerry Pigman. manager of the
traffic section of UK‘s transporta
tion center told the Huntington

Herald-Dispatch the crash rates on
interstates are one-fourth or one-
fifth of those on rural roads. In ef-
fect. increasing speed limits on in-
terstates would be “increasing
speeds on the safest roads we
have.“ he said.

Unfortunater an increased
speed limit means that some dri-
vers with dare to drive even faster.
meaning that law enforcement will
need to be extra vigilant in punish-
ing abusers of the new speed limit
and keeping highways safe for dri-
vers.

Proponents of raising speed
limits argue today‘s cars are built
better with safety features such as
airbags and seatbelts. Drivers will
need to remember seatbelts can
only work if they're used.

Part of Ernie Fletcher's State of
the Commonwealth address con-
cerned enacting a primary seat belt
law. This would allow police to pull
over motorists for no other reason
than not wearing seat belts.

Kentucky drivers should keep
this in mind if they‘re increasing
speeds later this year: you can drive
faster. but drive safer.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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lE'ITERSTOTHEEDI'I'OR

Administration all bark, no bite on diverSIty

There has been a good deal of press coverage and
beating of chests lately about the importance of di-
versity at the University of Kentucky. Commissions.
task forces, and work groups abound. not to mention
the hundreds of thousands of dollars suddenly
found to address the issues.

So. where were members of the President’s staff,
the commissions. the task forces. the work groups,
and others who claim interest in diversity this past
week? I can tell you where most, if not all of them
were