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Columnist: Hurricane points out problems
with pointing fingers PAGE 4

 

Monday, Septel'nber ‘2. 2005

Celebrating 34 years of independence

Ellingsworth offically heads 30

Court denies UK's appeal

By Sean Rose
his mm mm

It's been more than five months
since students voted in Student
Government elections, and it’s tak-
en a lawsuit to get Becky
Ellingsworth to where she is today
—— officially in the office of SG pries-
ident.

But she says the trouble was
worth it after a hearing on Friday
made final Judge Gary Payne's de

cision in Fayette County Circuit
Court to award Ellingsworth the
SG presidency

“I wasn’t fighting for myself; I
was fighting for student rights."
Ellingsworth said.

Ellingsworth is now recognized
by UK as SG president. and SC is
once again a recognized student or-
ganization.

Presidential candidate Will
Nash, who won the popular vote in
March, said he wasn't surprised by
the most recent court decision. but
said he doubts if the student body
will respond to Ellingsworth as a

president.

“I don‘t know how effective she
will be, simply because she wasn‘t
elected by the students,” Nash said.

“She maintains a level of self-

ishness that I’ll never understand,"
he said.

UK filed its notice of appeal
against Ellingsworth’s lawsuit Fri-
day shortly afier Payne denied UK
any amendments to his decision to
award Ellingsworth the SG presi-
dency.

“I really don’t see where the
court has missed it,” Payne said
during the hearing.

UK was also denied a motion to
stay, which would have allowed UK
to not recognize the court’s order

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UK 41, IDAHO STATE 29

 

Sophomore quarterback Andre' Woodson (right) reacts to senior wide receiver Tommy Cook's injury during the fourth quarter of the Idaho State game on Saturday.
Cook is expected to be out for at least 3-4 weeks. "When Cook went down, it was like a knife in our stomach," said head coach Rich Brooks.

Winning so bad, it hurts

Five starters injured
in 41-29 victory

By Chris Johnson
THE KENTUCKY KERNEL

It wasn't pretty, and it
might have cost them their
season, but UK got its first
win of the season Saturday
when it upended Idaho
State 41-29.

Rafael Little rushed for
104 yards, Arliss Beach
scored two touchdowns,
and Andre’ Woodson threw

for two more scores and
had no turnovers in the
Cats’ victory. But injuries
to playmaking wide re-
ceivers Keenan Burton,
Deion Holt, and Tommy
Cook, safety Marcus Mc-
Clinton, defensive end B.
Jay Parsons and corner-
back Bo Smith made the
12-point triumph over the
Bengals almost hollow.

“All injuries make me
sick,” UK head coach Rich lief.
Brooks said. “I’m beside
myself. We’re decimated."

McClinton’s dislocated
kneecap and torn patellar

tendon ranks as the most
severe. Brooks said the
sophomore is out for the
season. Cook also dislocat-
ed his kneecap, but there
was no tendon damage and
Brooks said the sixth-year
wide out was expected
back in three weeks to a
month.

“It’s like. this can't be
happening," Brooks said,
shaking his head in disbe-
“When Cook went
down, it was like a knife
was stuck in our stomach.

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Defense picks
' its way to a ‘W'

By Laura Nelligan
THE krnrucxv krnnri

Last week, UK forced zero turnovers
against Louisville.

This week. UK's defense made up for
missed tackles and giving up more than
400 yards Saturday by intercepting four
Idaho State passes.

“The turnovers were big.“ said defen—

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Armed
robber
arrested

Friday

UK police charge 19-year-old
with crime at football stadium

8y Megan Boehnke
nu: unrucxv man

A student wanted for an
armed robbery at Common
wealth Stadium last week whs
arrested by UK police Friday
morning.

William Stewart Grice, 19. a
student at Bluegrass Communi—
ty and Technical College. was
charged with first-degree rob~
bery and other misdemeanor
traffic violations.

Officers spotted a Volvo sta-
tion wagon described by the
victim of the crime near the in-
tersection of Alumni Drive and
Tates Creek Road at 3:45 am.
and performed a routine traffic
stop.

When officers approached
the vehicle, they noticed the
driver matched the description
of the suspect. said Maj. Joe
Monroe.

The driver gave consent to
search the vehicle, and officers
discovered a sawed-off shotgun
resembling
the one used
in the rob-
bery early
T h u r s d a y
morning.

G r i c e
was taken
into custody
and a war-
rant for his
arrest was
issued later
that morn-
ing at Blue-
grass Com-
munity and
Technical
College, formerly known as
Lexington Community College.
He is being held at the Fayette
County Detention Center on a
$10,000 cash bond.

Monroe credited informa-
tion from a witness and the offi-
cers’ alertness for the arrest.

“The officers had a real good
description of the vehicle,
which came from the witness,“
he said.

“And the officers were look-
ing for the vehicle on their gen-
eral patrol.”

Monroe suggested students
still use caution while on cam-
pus at night. He encouraged
students to be aware of their
surroundings and travel in
well-lit areas. He also advised
that students not openly display
valuables.

Monroe also said students
should use the campus bus ser-
vice or the student escort ser-
vice. If those are not available,
he said UK students should call
UK police for an escort.

“The officers
had a real
good
description
ofthe
vehicle."

Joe Monroe
major, UK police

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Beads ‘a symbol of hope’

Campus group uses fundraiser to send students to New Orleans

By Meghan Cain
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Mardi Gras beads are tra-
ditionally associated with the
wild revelry of Fat Tuesday.

But for members of Cam-
pus Crusade for Christ, these
beads have new meaning.

“The beads are a symbol
of hope for the people of the
Gulf Coast," said Lindsey
Koch, campus minister for
the group

“Beads for Needs,” the or-
ganization's fundraiser, aims
to send about 60 student vol-

unteers to Louisiana to par-
ticipate in the hurricane re-
lief effort. This week, mem-
bers of Campus Crusade for
Christ are selling strands of
beads to students for $2 at
various locations on campus.

According to Koch, each
strand of head has a paper de
scription saying the beads
represent prayers and hope
for the survivors. The de-
scription says by wearing the
beads, students are honoring
the people whose lives have
been affected and are sup-

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porting relief efforts.

To kick-off “Beads for
Needs." the group sponsored
a campus-wide prayer vigil
on Haggin Field last Thurs-
day.

“The prayer vigil com-
pletely exceeded my expecta-
tions," said Gabe Hodges. a
biology senior. “It was a huge
statement for the UK campus
that God will answer prayers
for the people of the Gulf
Coast.“

Koch. who is from Baton

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Sarah Howell, a
hospitality man-
agement junior
(left). and tind‘
sey Koch, who
works with Cam-
pus Crusade for
Christ at UK.
pray for the vic-
tims of Hurri-
cane Katrina last
Thursday night
during a candle-
light vigil that
was held at Hag-
gin Field.

 

  

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Shomari Moore, redshirt freshman cornerback, hits the ground after intercepting a pass during the fourth
quarter of Saturday's game at Commonwealth Stadium. The pick was Moore's first career interception.

Cats

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All the good things he‘s
done...how many times do
you get two dislocated
kneecaps in the satne game'.’
l've had three in thy entire
coaching career."

Burton broke a bone in
his right foot after making a
touchdown reception in the
third quarter. Brooks said
the eat‘liest Burton would be
ready to play would be four
to five weeks.

"The team's keeping me
positive right now." Burton
said. “My main goal right
now is to see my team win
like they‘re gonna win."

Burton's absence on
kickoff duties led to the
play of the game Little‘s
99-yard kickoff return for a
touchdown after the Ben-
gals. a division lAA team.
blocked a ’l‘im Masthay ptint
and returned it to pay dirt
to take a late 29-28 lead,

“'l‘here‘s no bigger re-
bound you can have after
they block that punt than to
return the kickoff for a
touchdown." Brooks said.

“i didn't expect the hole
to open tip that wide." Little
said. “i was surprised.”

Little's lilo-yard rushing
effort was the first by a (‘at
since quarterback Shane

Defense

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sive coordinator Mike
Archer. “In a game that‘s
close like that. as our game
like last week. we didn‘t force
any turnovers and we forced
four tonight. and that was
crucial ”

Senior cornerback An-
toine Huffman attributed the
turnovers to doors opened by
the defense.

"Really. ldaho (State) was
at throwing the ball that
much." Huffman said.
"When they did throw the
bail. we had opportunities to
make good plays. We had
guys in great position. 'l‘hat’s
all we had to do."

Sophomore linebacker
Wesley Woodyard. freshman
cornerback Shomari Moore.
sophomore strong safety
Roger Williams. anti junior
cornerback Bo Smith forced
interceptions. Smith gained
.‘ti yards on art interception
that Archer termed "cru
cial."

“We talked all week about

Boyd ran for 130 yards
against lndiana last season.

"You try to give it to a
guy who can make plays for
you. anti (Little‘s) that guy."
offensive coordinator Joker
Phillips said.

“Little proyed he's a big-
tiine hack in any league."
Brooks said.

UK‘s sluggish play on
both sides of the ball led to
a Iii-H halftime deficit. The
Bengals totaled 315i first-half
yards 170 yards more than
the (‘ats

"()ur effort wasn't any
thing like last week." defen-
sive coordinator Mike
Archer said.

Archer said he or the
rest of the staff didn‘t ex-
pect the lack of effort.

“i told them to get them-
selves ready to play." Archer
said. “it‘s not going to be
Louisville every week: there
aren't going to be as many
people in the stands."

“We came out thinking
we were going to beat this
team." said Smith. who fin»
ished with five solo tackles
and one of [ms four inter-
ceptions. “We can't do that."

UK enjoyed its first lead
of the game as fans were
still filing into the stadium.
Burton returned the open-
ing kickoff Hit yards before
falling down at the ldaho
State ti-yard line.

Beach scored oti the next
play to give the (‘ats an ear-
ly 7b lead.

Smith team

said the

"...we can't continui-
ally talk about how
young they are.
They've played two
games now. They've
got to get better."
Mike Archer

defenswe coordinator

turnoyers.” Archer said.
"The first one Bo got was big
because it was after the on
side kick. Hopefully. you kind
of stem the momentum right
there."

With the depth chart peel»
ing away due to a multitude
of injuries. many young play~
ers Were forced to step in for
injured starters.

in his first game for the
t‘ats. Moore gained six yards
on his interception return at
the end of the fourth quarter.
When the defense left the
field after the play. his team-
mates didn‘t waste any time
congratulating Moore for his
first career pick.

“He‘s one of our young
guys. and be made a big play

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should have one goal headed
into next week‘s lndiana
game.

"We got to work on not
getting nobody injured any-
more.“ he said. “Honestly
we can‘t get any more (in-
juries).“

Beach expected the
healthy players on the team
to prove themselves with
the opportunities they‘ll be
getting.

“l‘m ready to take the
challenge." Beach said. “Me,
Rafael. (running back)
Draak (Davis). the tight
ends. we've got to make
plays. DeMoreo Ford and
.iohn Logan gotta step it
up."

Phillips mentioned those
last two as young players
who must carry the load.

“Ford and Logan...those
guys are on scholarship.
too." Phillips said with a
grin. “They’ve got to step
up."

Phillips indicated there
would be no change in the
offense despite his the rash
of injuries.

“We‘ve still
weapons." he said.

“Little. Woodson. Holt.
'l‘amme...we‘ll keep the
same philosophy. mix things
up. run and pass."

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for us today." Huffman said.
“Guys like that step tip. and
that's what he did and we
hope that our young guys
continue to do that."

Despite the four
turnovers. the Cats defense
missed allowed 448 yards of
offense to ldaho State. which
includes 313 from the first
half. Going into the locker
room at halftime. Archer re»
mained calm with his de~
fense.

“i was loud a few times
on the sidelines." Archer
said. “At halftime. we just
talked about what we had to
do and what We weren‘t do-
ing then we went out and
did it better."

Archer said although the
(Tats have a long way to go,
they are coachable and want
to win.

“We make mistakes that
young players make. htit we
can't continually talk about
how young they are." Archer
said.

“They‘ve played two
games now. They‘ve got to get
better.“

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By Erin Thomas
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Cartoon Network fans were met
with an empty table Friday after-
noon when a group promoting the
“Adult Swim” block of the cable
channel’s programming was
banned from holding an event on
campus.

The event, which was scheduled
to be held in front of the Classroom
Building, was designed to promote

the shows and lifestyle of Cartoon
Netw0rk’s late night programming,
“Adult Swim." The group planned
to distribute “Adult Swim” posters
to students, but the event was shut
down for "a number of reasons.”
according to John Herbst, UK’s di-
rector of student services.

Dean of Students Victor Hazard
made the call to halt the event after
receiving reports that “proper pro
cedures were not followed,” Herbst
said.

Hazard declined to comment on
the situation.

The complaints consisted of no
reservation of space in the court-
yard between Patterson Office Tow~
er and the White Hall Classroom
Building. and the lack of an official
student organization sponsor. Herb-
st said.

“These procedures are in place
for everyone’s best interest," Herbst
said.

The main concern. however,

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arose from the fact that Cartoon
Network and its “Adult Swim" is an
outside vendor. Herbst said.

“The university doesn't allow
commercial enterprises to solicit
on campus, only student organiza-
tions." Herbst said.

“Students shouldn’t be subject-
ed to people pushing commercial
products for personal benefit."

Sumeeta Kapur. a marketing ju-
nior and one of two representatives
of “Adult Swim" for UK. does not

Monday. Sept. I2. 2005 I PAGE 3

campus

want the occurrence to become a
heated issue.

“I don't want it to be a students-
versus-the-administration-type
thing." Kapur said. "It's really not
that big of a deal.

“There will be more events in
October and November. but they
will just be off campus."

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until the appeals process was concluded —
thus keeping Ellingsworth out of the office.

Ellingsworth and 80 can now start work,
and she will be sworn in as the student repreL
sentative on the Board of Trustees on Sept. 20.
The seat has not been filled since Rachel
Watts’ term ended June 30.

“I’m really excited that I'm able to finally
get into the office and get some work done,”
Ellingsworth said.

She will still be working with a backdrop of
legal activity.

UK filed for emergency relief in the Ken-

tucky Court of Appeals Friday after the hear-
ing. The emergency action could have had the
appeal heard as soon as that afternoon. That
motion was denied by Court of Appeals Judge
Laurance Van Meter around 5 pm. Friday.

The appeal will likely take several months
or more to be heard because of the court’s
schedule.

Barbara Jones. UK general counsel. want-
ed two amendments on Payne's ruling in Fri-
day's hearing H one saying SG is “subject to
university oversight," and a second stating the
standard by which Payne determined UK’s
conduct was “arbitrary.”

Ellingsworth’s lawyer, Fred Peters. argued
that 80 was not completely dependent on UK.

“It’s clearly a hybrid." Peters said. “It’s cer-
tainly dependent on (UK) for financing...but
the student government association is allowed
to be that; they‘re the students who govern

themselves."

Peters also said UK’s requested amend-
ments were a strategy for going into the ap-
peal.

“They're trying to set some kind of trap for
appeal, judge. but I don’t think you have to go
for it," Peters said.

UK spokesman Jay Blanton said the appeal
is not a fight over the candidates, but instead is
about the principles in the election process.

"To the university, this isn't about who is
the SG president.” Blanton said. “This is about
the principle of how the university governs it-
self and how the students seek appeals when
they feel like their rights are violated."

Blanton was referring to Nash. who
brought his case to the University Appeals
Board because he felt the 86 Supreme Court
violated his rights.

Nash won the presidential election in late

March by 171 votes. but was disqualified by the
SG Elections Board after he was found guilty
of overspending his allotted budget and using
tax forms that weren't available to all students.
The SC Supreme Court upheld that decision.

Nash then took his case to the University
Appeals Board, where he won back the office.
The board called the SG election process "fa-
tally flawed."

In response. Ellingsworth sued UK in
Fayette Circuit Court on the grounds that the
80 Supreme Court should have the final deci-
sion. Payne sided with Ellingsworth on August
30. His decision became final after Friday's
hearing. and now UK is entering the legal of-
fensive with an appeal that has no definite
timetable as of now.

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Beads

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Rouge. La.. said she was touched by the
prayer vigil.

“It really touched my heart and meant a
lot to me,” Koch said. “I do believe God lis-
tens when we pray, and I think this prayer
vigil helped unite UK students around a com-

mon cause: to reach out to those affected."

Koch believes by asking for donations for
heads, prayer and sending a group to the Gulf
Coast, all UK students can help.

“It is our heart that UK students all
across the campus. whether they are repre-
senting the honors program, a fraternity or a
religious organization, will be able to help if
they are interested.” Koch said.

“By wearing these beads, we are able to
keep the people of the Gulf Coast on our
hearts and minds." said Emily Brashear. a

psychology junior.

The trip will be Oct. 13-17. Koch said the
group will play with children. re-roof houses.
handout water and Bibles and clean-up trash.

“The beginning of the (mission) state-
ment is to ‘experience and express Christ.‘ I
believe by getting our hands and feet dirty
and putting others above ourselves. we are
putting this into action." Koch said.

Koch hopes the fundraisers will reach out
to UK‘s campus and unite all students on an
issue that she believes is upsetting to all stu-

dents.

“Through this trip. I hope that we can not
only help others but learn to not take life for
granted." Koch said.

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K-Lair. Larger donations can be made online through the

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Nation mourns two tragedies

By Ceci Connolly
m: usumcrou Posr

NEW ORLEANS —— Gerry
McCarty lost 70 friends in the
World Trade Center attacks
on Sept. 11. 2001 and to this
day, the former New York
City cop cannot travel past
Ground Zero.

“1 don’t go down there,”
he said Sunday, visibly steel-
ing himself for questions he’d
rather not contemplate. “I
don’t drive by I don’t walk
by.”

For each of the three pre-
vious anniversaries, when
thousands have gathered at
the site in Lower Manhattan
to memorialize nearly 3,000
victims, McCarty has stayed
away.

“In those 29 minutes I lost
more friends and family than
in all my 52 years,” he said.
“I’ve seen death. Close friends
of mine in the Police Depart-
ment have been killed. But it
was one at a time and they
were doing what they chose
to do."

His eyes moisten. A quin~
tessential Irishman — tough
on the outside. marshmallow
soft inside ~ he is embar-
rassed

Sunday. McCarty marked
the four-year anniversary of
the worst terrorist attack in
US. history by helping with
the rescue and recovery effort
in a disaster of similar mag-
nitude. Though Hurricane
Katrina ultimately may not
‘claim as many lives as the
2001 attacks, the storm and its
aftermath have wrought far
greater damage on New Or-

leans and the Gulf Coast.

“I have to remember them
the way I lived and worked
with them and that’s what I
am doing here today,” he said.

At precisely 9:28 am. cen-
tral time Sunday — the pre-
cise moment that the World
Trade

Center’s North tower col-
lapsed four years ago ~—— Mc-
Carty stood in a cramped
meeting room in City Hall lis-
tening to his boss, John
“Patch” Paczkowski. The pair
arrived here Sunday with a
small contingent from the
emergency management of-
fice of the Port Authority of
New York and New Jersey to
help New Orleans leaders re-
group and rebuild.

“We feel a very special
kinship with the people of
New Orleans.” Paczkowski
told a few dozen New Orleans
emergency response officials.
“We can’t imagine the level of
devastation that has hit your
city”

Across the nation and
around this devastated city,
thousands paid tribute Sun-
day to the Sept. 11 victims
and the as yet untold number
of people lost to Katrina. At a
memorial service in New Or-
leans’ Algiers neighborhood,
firefighters from New York
and their colleagues here
shared the pain and frustra-
tion wrought by Katrina.

Here, in the makeshift
emergency operations center.
the tribute was brief, almost
antiseptic. Paczkowski said a
few words, presented a Port
Authority flag to a handful of

New Orleans officials and
half jokingly declared: “Back
to work.”

Reflecting for too long
hurts too much.

“That was harder than I
thought it was going to be,“
said Paczkowski, 51, as he
slipped into an adjacent of-
fice. “Every day at the Port
Authority, we're thinking we
could be a target again," he
said. “We’re reliving 9/11 in
our minds every day."

Paczkowski too has
skipped the “mega memori-
als” each Sept. 11 in favor of
a simple church service with
family

“It’s too much for me." he
said. Fifteen of his friends.
including the best friend he
was scheduled to have coffee
with that morning, perished
in the disaster. He and five
others trapped in an elevator
dangling near the 50th floor
were lucky to escape. prying
open the elevator door with
the handle of a window wash-
er’s squeegee and carving
their way out through a
sheetrock wall with its blade.

Like the Marine he once
was, Paczkowski wears his
hair short and kept his emo-
tions in check Sunday vuntil
he was asked how his wife re-
acted to the prospect of him
coming to New Orleans.

“Nine-eleven really
changed our lives." he said.
eyes welling with tears. In the
four years since the Port Au-
thority’s trade center offices
were wiped out. “she doesn’t
like to see me go to work."

 

 

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Above: Dogs race through the play
pool at Woodland Park Pool on Satur-
day during the fourth-annual Dog
Paddle. Over 670 dogs and about
twice as many people attended the
event throughout the day.

"It's a great time, isn't it?" said John
Buckner, who brought his yellow lab
Buddy. "Makes you want to be a
dog."

The Dog Paddle benefits Friends of
the Dog Park, a non-profit organiza-
tion that helps build and maintain
dog parks throughout Lexington. This
year, the swim also raised money to
benefit Hurricane Katrina victims.

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Tates Creek Ballroom, 1400
Gainesway Dr.

‘lbam Meeting, 7:30
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Karaoke, 7:00 pm, Cat's Den
ISA General
Meeting. 5:30 pm, Student
Center Small Ballroom

 

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PISSA Meeting, 7:30 pm,
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Fencing Club Practice, 8:00 pm,
Buell Armory

Cheap Seat Tuesdays presents
'Mr. and Mrs. Smith.‘ 8:00 pm,
Worsham Theatre

College Demats Meeting,
7:30 pm, Rm. 211 Student Center
Men's Volleyball Open Gym,
8:00 pm, Alumni Gym
Resumanla, 10:00 am. Gatton
College of Business and
Economics Atrium

MwonDo practice, 6:30 pm,
Alumni gym loft

Game Night In the Cats Den,
7:00 pm, STUDENT CENTER

CATS DEN

Alpha Phi Omega Activities
Meeting, 7:30 pm

 

French Film Series: Le
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Library Auditorium

Comedy Caravan, 8:00 pm,
Student Center Cats Den
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Career Fair, 3:30 pm, Gatton
College of Business and-
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Resumania, 10:00 am, Gatton
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Free Movie-~Super Size Me,
10:00 pm, Student Center, Center
Theater

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CRU, 7:30 pm, Worsham Theatre
in the Student Center

Men's Volleyball Open Gym,
8:00 pm, Alumni Gym

WEEKLY DISCUSSION GROUP,
7:00 pm, Blevins House
Amnesty International
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CRU, 7:30 pm, Worsham Theatre
in the Student Center

Spades Tournament 7:00 pm,
Cat's Den

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Room 357 of the Student Center
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Buell Armory

 

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Woodland Ave. (across from
Cooperstown Apt.)

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Sept. 12. 2005
PAGE 4

Editorial Board

Adam Sichlto, Editor in chiel

tint Wisernan, Managing editor
Andree: Martin. Opinions editor
Brenton lienkel, Asst. Opinions editor

Chris Johnson. Asst. Sports editor
Crystal Little, Projects editor
Derek Poore. Sports editor

Doug Scott. Features editor
Elizabeth iroutman, News editor

 

 

 

 

 

 

BRAD STURGEON, THE KENTUCKY KERNEL

 

SG’s back, and it needs fixes

The latest court ruling in the ongoing

Student Government saga has forced UK tract.

to recognize obvious facts: SC is a stu-
dent organization. and it has a president

w Becky Ellingsworth.

We‘ve said before that we think Will
Nash should have emerged victorious
from this playground skirmish. But it's
better for students to have the wrong
president than no president at all.

If Fayette Circuit Judge Gary Payne
had approved UK's request to keep
Ellingsworth out of office until UK‘s ap-
peal had concluded. that could have
spelled six months A the amount of time
an appeal normally takes. according to
Saturday's Lexington Herald-Leader ---—
without an official student representa-

tive.

That would mean there would be no
student on the Board of Trustees until as
late as March. when potential tuition in-
creases are decided. Ellingsworth has al-
ready missed the meetings to discuss the

being of students.

renewal of President Lee Todd’s con-

Perhaps the most amazing part of
this continual fiasco is its transforma-
tion from Ellingsworth v Nash to
Ellingsworth v. UK.

The university‘s unending pursuit of
victory is hardly reflective of an institu-
tion concerned primarily with the well-

In fact. the university seems almost
eager to keep 86 shut down for as long as
possible. After Payne denied UK’s re-
quests Friday, the university tried to get
Court of Appeals Judge Laurance Van
Meter to keep Ellingsworth out of office.
(He soon denied the request).

It’s unclear what good UK‘s request
would have done. aside from handing the
university a minor moral victory 7A un-
less. of course, UK thinks a void of stu-
dent representation is desirable.

We understand that UK wants to re-
tain ultimate oversight over SG and

thinks Nash should have been elected,

but pursuing this case with all its might

is the wrong way for the university to do
so — especially when it comes at the risk
of appearing overeager to shut down SG.

Instead, UK and SG officials need to

sit down and hash out a specific process
for how SG Supreme Court cases can be
appealed to the university, and what body

has the final decision on those appeals.

rection.

Students should never again have to
witness the spectacle of an SG case going
to circuit court, nor of the university
wasting time, energy and money on re-
solving such a dispute.

We've said all along that everyone in-
volved in this debacle needs to grow up.
Figuring out * and writing down — ex-
actly when or if UK can interfere in SC
affairs would be a major step in that di—

In fact, 80 President Ellingsworth
might want to write that at the top of her
to-do list as she moves into her office.

 

Katrina offers us. many lessons

In the weeks since Hurri-
cane Katrina devastated the
Gulf Coast. we’ve learned a
few things.
First. indi-
v i d u a 1
Americans
will always
rise to the
occasion to
help their
fellow citi-
zens in a
time of cri-
sis. Finan-

 

 

 

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KERNEL COLUMNIST and Cloth-

ing dona—
tions have been pouring in
from all over the country. and
countless groups of volun-
teers have rushed to the af-
fected areas to help.

Second. we've learned that
race pimps like Jesse Jackson
will stop at nothing to pro-
mote division and tension be-
tween whites and blacks: and
why not’.’ Parasites like Jack-
son and Al Sharpton make
their living through racial
profiteering. Before we could
even blink. Jackson jerked
that ever-sopopular race card
right out of the deck. claim-
ing the feds would have re-
sponded quicker had the ma-
jority of victims been white.
Rapper Kanye West was quick
to echo those sentiments on
an NBC telethon to raise mon-
ey for disaster relief. That
leads right into our third les—
son: the left in this country
will stop at nothing to lay the
blame for every problem we
face at the feet of President

fGeorge W Bush. even if it
means ignoring all logic and
facts.

You could describe my po
litical ideology as a weird
orgy of conservative and lib-
ertarian ideas, so I could go
on all day about my problems
with the Bush administration
— but the response to Katrina
wouldn‘t be on the list.

Jackson and his allies on
the left have slammed the ad-
ministration. as well as
FEMA. for what they consider
an unforgivably slow re-
sponse to the hurricane. But
they fail to acknowledge. and
the media refuses to explain.
that by IaW. state and local

governments bear the respon-

sibility of preparing for and
providing the initial response
to large disasters. In fac