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INDEPENDENI SINCE 19/1

500 walk out to protest tuition increases

Angry students stop tra e,
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By Stephen Trlmble

Eremtive Editor

and Scott Drake
Contributing Writer

Angered by a likely increase in
tuition next ear, students turned
an organized’protest into a three-
hour demonstration yesterday as
protestors blocked trafﬁc near
campus and marched into UK’s
Administration Building.

More than 500 students walked
out ofclasses at I 1:30 am. and ral-

Patterson Ofﬁce Tower as part of
a planned protest by the Student
Government Association.

SGA leaders ﬁred up the crowd
with a chorus of chants demanding
a halt to tuition increases.

Council on Higher Education
ofﬁcials are expected to pro ose a
3.7 percent tuition increase or the
state’s public universities at their
next meeting on Monday in
Owensboro.

Senator at Large Alan Aja, who
organized the event, said he was

turnout and added that at some
point the crowd just

Building to attempt to “call
President (Charles)

“took control.” Wethington on the
Dean of Students ‘ . carpet,” said student
David Stockham leader Gerald Cole-
adVised student leaders man, and \Vething-
to move the crowd to Iftb‘y a” ton’s for his support.
the Student Center as going to arrest However,
planned because the us, they are VVethington apparent-
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from the demonstra- t L niversity sup—
tors. ports the students

Shortly afterward, right to express the”

the students moved their protest

concerns in an orderly and

“I hope we all can work togeth-
er for the support of our public
universities and to keep tuition as
low as possible to provide maxi-
mum access to higher education in
Kentucky.”

Student leaders called for the
state to adopt legislation restrict-
ing tuition increases to every other
year, said Alison Crabtree, SGA
Governmental Affairs chairwom-
an.

The crowd gained numbers
from passersby who joined the
demonstration.

College of Business and Eco-
nomics Senator Greg T. \Vatkins
said Stockham told him to tell the
demonstrators to leave the area or

The plea was met with cheers
by the demonstrators.

“You don’t even know who’s
raising tuition, and you’re out here
protesting," Stockham said.

But the announcement
prompted the protest leaders to
move the crowd down Administra-
tion Drive to South Limestone
Street.

At ﬁrst, students only waved at
passing cars and demonstrated by
the roadside.

Then students rushed into the
middle of the street and stretched
across in a wide line that blocked
trafﬁc for blocks on both sides of
the street.

Aja said he was warned by

lied in fountain square outside

LA. Jones
returns
for rally

By Jennifer Smlth
and David Turner
Sta/J'Wn'rm

He’s baaack!

T.A. Jones stood with bongo
drums in hand among the crowd
of about 500 students who gath-
ered yesterday in fountain square
for a Student Government Associ—
ation‘sponsored tuition increase
protest.

Shouts of approval and
applause greeted the former SGA
president as he received the
micro hone to speak.

““2: have a need for educa-
tion,” Jones said. “We have a
desire to succeed.”

After he handed off the micro-
phone, Jones started a chanting
and clapping session with the
crowd.

Leading a crowd of protesters is
not the only leadership role Jones
is planning on taking since his res-
ignauon.

“Now that I’m not president,”
Jones said. “I hope I can ﬁnally get
something done for the students.”

Jones said he is lanning “a
statewide rally for students.”

He also said he plans to form a
committee to focus on ways to
voice student concerns to the
Council on Higher Education. He
said the committee would be
formed to write letters daily in
protest of tuition increases.

He said he thinks yesterday’s
rally was a positive step in commu-
nicating with the council.

“I was really impressed with the
turnout,” he said. “It showed
we’ve got a strong student body.
It’s obvious that the New Spirit is
still alive."

Jones said this year’s rally was
much more effective than past

year’s

efforts.
(rally)
sucked,” he said.

“Last
He cited bad weather and a
poor location as reasons for last

See JONES on Back Page

really

“dumbfounded”

by the large to the steps of the Administration

responsible manner. “risk arrest.”

PHOTOS BY JOSEPH REY AU Kernel ruff
cnYlno M" “W” Students express their distress about

a possible statewide tuition increase yesterday. The stu-
dents gathered near Patterson Office 'I inner before
mare/sing on the Administration Building and lilorking
South Limestone Street. .Wemlrers oft/'16s Student (inv-
ernment Association organized the walkout, whit/.1 hail
the largest turnout of any tuition rally sinre 1986.

Student presidents ll0llllt llBllBiitS 0i ”P018818

By Jennller Smltti
Staff Writer

Student body presidents across the state say stu-
dent rallies are not enough to stop the proposed
statewide tuition increase.

“Rallies and petitions have been done over and
over again,” said Rob Evans, student government
president at Western Kentucky University. “We’ve
found out in doing past rallies and petitions that they
onI tend to make students apathetic and kill trees.”

Paul Wingate, student government president at
Northern Kentucky University, a reed with Evans
and said the Council on Higher E ucation does not
pay attention to student demands.

“Every student in the state of Kentucky could
show up on the front doors of the councilmen and
nothin would happen,” Wingate said.

NK held a tuition rally last month when the
council met on their campus. \Vingate said he still
has not seen an positive results.

Evans said t e board proposed a resolution rather
than organizing a tall or petition.

The resolution call; for the council to limit tuition
increases to be less than or equal to the cost of living

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Van Horn said his board understands why increas-
es in tuition are necessary but wants to see the
increases regulated.

“I understand tuition has to go up,” he said. “But I
think they need to increase it in smaller increments."

In their resolution, the board also said it wants to
see a reverse in the trend of universities in the state as
bcin state—assisted instead of state-funded.

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boro, Ky., to vote on the proposed increase, Van
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speak on behalf of students.

“\Ve may not be handing them 2,000 signatures
on Monday," Van Horn said. “But I think we are
handin them something very professional. The
Counciion Higher Education is used to dealing with
numbers and statistics, so we are giving them some."

Evans said the resolution should make the council
reco nize the student point ofview.

“Enless it is written down, the Council on Higher
Education will not even pay attention to it.” Evans
said. “They usually want something in writing. some-
thing concrete. They want ﬁgures and things they
can work with."

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See WALKOUT on Back Page

NEWSbytes

Clinton approves
help for Gulf War vets

WASHINGTON — Declaring that a lack of
diagnosis should not block efforts to help, President
Clinton signed legislation allowing compensation
payments to Persian Gulf veterans suffering from
mystery illnesses.

The new law gives the Department of Veteran
Affairs the authority to compensate any Persian
Gulfveteran suffering from a chronic disability that
became evident during service in the region or a
speciﬁed time thereafter.

Since the 1991 war, some veterans have com-
plained of fatigue, joint pain, hair loss, memory loss
and heart and respiratory problems.

Hill convicted at killing anortion doctor
PENSACOLA, Fla. —— A jury deliberated just 20

minutes yesterday before convicting a former min-
ister of murder in the shotgun slayings ofan abor-
tion doctor and his bodyguard.

Paul Hill, 40, could receive either life in prison
or death in the electric chair. The jury will return
today to decide.

Hill, actin as his own lawyer, offered no defense
during his tﬁree-day trial, refusing to make any
statement or uestion any Witnesses.

Circuitjudge Frank Bell had barred him from
arguing that the slayings were justiﬁable homicide
to save fetuses.

Christian coalition lliﬂl‘ihlltlllﬂ guides

\VASHING'I’ON —— The Christian Coalition
will distribute 33 million election guides to voters
this weekend and already is facing criticism from
Democrats who say their views are being distorted
in an effort to help Republicans.

A sampling of guides shows that in the over-
whelming majority of cases, it is the Republican
candidate whose views are most in line with those
espoused by the coalition, the offspring of religious
broadcaster Pat Robertson’s I988 presidential cam-
paign.

Recruits see insu'llctm‘ COMM" suicide

l’ARRlS ISLAND, SC. — Dozens of Marines
sought counseling yesterday, trying to understand
why one of their drill instructors shot himself to
death in front of dozens of recruits.

“The single bi gest ( ucstion is why — why did It
happen and Wl’lV( id he have to do it in front of us?"
said Marine Chaplain Charles Quarlcs. who con—
soled thc recruits, many of them teen-agcrs. at Par—
ris Island Marine Cor 5 Training Depot.

On Monday, Sgt. ichard lC. Stumprr., an M-
16 combat rifle in hand, climbed a S-foot diving
platform at a base pool.

As stunned spectators shouted for him to get
down, he put the gun to his chin and pulled the
trigger.

About 200 people were at the ml for water sur-
vival instruction when Stumpf kill)e(‘d himself.

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Marsalis It“ prealt ll‘oll ‘Toniglit'

LOS ANGELES — “Toni ht Show" bandlead-
er Branford Marsalis is taking ve.

The sax man is takin a leave from the show

early next car but said it isn't a sign of unhappiness
with the show or hostJay Leno. Rather, Marsalis
wants to tour more and spend more
time with his 8-year-old son,
spokeswoman Annie O’Hayan said
yesterday.
Bass layer Kevin Eubanks, who
has ﬁlletiin for Marsalis before, will
be bandleader during the indeﬁnite
leave.

Leno supports Marsalis‘ deci- '
sion, spokeswoman Haley Sumner "smalls
said.

“Jay said to him, ‘Yeah, go for it. The spot is
yours when you want to come back. Take the time,
do what you want,’ " Sumner said.

Marsalis has conducted the NBC Orchestra for
nearly three yea rs, since l.cno replaced Johnny Car-
\(in.

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Contributing Wrirrr

Growing up in a small town can
set the foundation for a bi future.
Just look at the case of es But—
let.

Butler, a ﬁrst-year UK law Stu-
dent from Bonnieville, Ky., is the
recipient of this year’s Edith

This ear is different.

“\\’it law school, you don't
have time to do a lot,” Butler said.

“If there's any time in my life
I‘ve had to be sort of selﬁsh, it’s
this year because (law school)
requires it. If you 5 read yourself
thin, you just can’t it.”

Butler’s career goals after ﬁn-
ishing law school include estab-

SchwabMemorial lishing a small
Scholarship. law ﬁrm in a

The scholar- CAMPllSleader sman Kentucky
ship is awarded V town

annually by the
Kentucky Leg-
islative Research
Commission in

Wesley Butler
-22

“So many of
these small towns
have no bargain-

Age. ing power.

Frankfort t0 the Edtmlion: First-year student at The attorneys
one student I" the UK Collegeol Law. Bacheloi’s they do have have
graduate SChOOlm degreeinhislo ,IromUK. interests other
Kentucky who FlecentAward: ' Schwab than what should
has the strongest Memorial Scholarship. be for the com-
record in aca- Famly. Parents,Mari0nand munities,” Butler
demics, leader- Martha Bullenlwobmfhersﬁleg, said. “I would
ship and public 26,whoalsowotks Mammouth really like to go
service. C3V9.80d17- back to smaller

Butler was communities and
chosen through give something
an application and back.”

an interview in Frankfort to
receive the $1,000 award.

“It was one of the biggest hon—
ors I’ve received at UK, he said.

As an undergraduate, Butler
was president of the Student
Activities Board and was named
outstanding male graduating
senior, his best moment at UK.

Butler said the value ofhelping
out others is something he learned
while growing up that can help
explain his success.

He remembers when a thirti-
grade classmate’s home burned
down. A jar was passed around in
school to collect money, and even
those who (lid not have much still

gave something.

“There was always the sense of
helping someone else," Butler
said. “You don’t ﬁnd that in other
places, only in the small towns.”

Butler said his parents have
been his major influences because
of the work ethic and common
sense they have given him and the
environment they provided.

\Vhen \Ves was a youn boy,
he and his father were standing in
a ﬁeld on the family's

tler iintis small town living suits Ilim best

When someone who cares
about you asks you to do some-
thing, you do it, within reason,
and ask questions later.”

That advice has remained clear
in \Vesley's thoughts ever since
the two of them left the ﬁeld that
day.

So clear in fact, he had to
become a bit guarded when he left
Bonnieville and came to UK.

Upon his arrival in Lex-
ington, Wesley

five-acre farm in Bon-
nieville, Kentucky.
Marion asked \Vesley,
“If I told you do ifI

learned quickly the

disparities between

rural and urban life.
Sometimes, he

told you to jump or There it said, you cannot be as
run, would you do it?” always a sense trusting in the ct , but
At ﬁrst, \Vesley said, ofbelpin his mother sai she
he thoughltl, “boy, wha; 5mm”: e n attempted to foster a
an ego!” e answeret ) ' sense of self-conﬁ-
his father truthfully, Y2” d?" ”End dence in her son.
however, saying: “I t at m at er “Being indepen-
guess I would ask you Place-‘3 only m dent, making his own
why.” mall towns. ” decisions, and having a

Marion shook his

close family are things

head at Wesley, and Wes Bullet I’ve tried to pass on,"
then proceded to tell Firm)", said his mother,
him sternly about the wmm, Martha Butler.

value of trusting the
people to whom you
are close.

She said he may
have been more shel-
tered coming from a

“lfthere was a snake
in the ﬁeld near you,”
the elder Butler said, “and I told
you to run, or I told you to jump,
and you stopped to ask me why,
you would probably get bitten.

small town, but it
helped instill values.
“He’s made it (parenting) easy.”

“The environment that you’re
in makes or breaks you,” Butler
said.

Jonos' hills still around in SSA Senate

By Sara Spears
Senior Sta/fWrittr

Even though T.A. Jones is no
longer the Student Government
Association president, his name
remains in last night’s SGA Senate
meetings.

The ﬁrst bill was for $3,500
that Jones had promised orally to
UK’s Student Activities Board at
the beginning of this semester.
The money was to fund the Stu-
dent Center Spectacular event that
is held every fall semester during
the weekend of freshman orienta-
tion.

The event is to familiarize

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Refreshments provide .

freshmen with the Student Center
and what various campus organi-
zations have to offer. The Spec-
tacular includes free Student Cen-
ter food, live music and campus
organization displays.

SGA funds the event every
year, and the bill usually comes to
the Senate before the event.

The Senate tabled the bill until
the next Senate meeting.

“I don’t feel I have a represen-
tative from SAB here, nor do I
have enough information on the
bill,” Senator at Large Alan Aja
said.

The Senate also tabled a bill
requesting $345 to pay for a print-

er for the SGA ofﬁce.

College of Nursing Senator
Dean Brothers made a motion to
table the bill until the Senate
found out whether it can send the
new printer back and repair the
broken one. The Senate will re—
examine the bill at the next Senate
meeting.

The Senate allocated $1,037 to
the American Advertising Federa-
tion to ay for video editing soft-
ware. T e software will be used by
advertising students to prepare
material for a national com eti-
tion. It also will be made avai able
to the entire College of Commu-
nications and Information Studies.

The Senate also passed a reso-
lution supporting the placement of
a crosswalk between Seaton Field
and the Lexington Community
College campus. Lexington Com-
munity College Association of
Students Vice President Sabrina
Blake was present to speak on
behalf of LCC students.

“This is very important to LCC
students because this is a very dan-
gerous place in the road,” she said.

The Senate passed a bill allo-
cating $1,150 to repair golf carts
donated to SGA by the Depart-
ment of State Parks. The carts will
be used to transport temporarily
disabled students to classes.

NAACP asks IIIBIIIIIBI‘S 101‘ 08811

Armoured Prm

BALTIMORE — The
NAACP appealed to its members
yesterday to contribute hundreds
of thousands of dollars as it seeks
to erase a $3.8 million deﬁcit that
forced it to lay off almost all ofits
national staff.

The organization asked each of
its 64 board members to donate at
least $5,000 to the organization.

It asked all chapters, state con-
ferences and youth councils to
raise at least $1,000 apiece.

Interim Senior Administrator
Earl Shinhoster said officials also

would visit 22 corporate donors
who have withheld their usual
contributions this year because of
the NAACP’s problems.

“The sooner we can establish
ﬁscal conﬁdence the more money
we can raise,” board member Joe
Madison said.

On Tuesday, the nation’s oldest
civil rights group announced a
two-week layoff of 88 employees
at its national headquarters in Bal-
timore and nine other ofﬁces
across the country. The layoff
began Monday.

Yesterday, the union represent-
ing about 40 of the laid-off

employees ﬁled a labor grievance,
calling the layoffs “insensitive and
uncaring.”

The National Association for
the Advancement of Colored Peo-
ple has blamed its deﬁcit on for-
mer executive director Benjamin
L. Chavis.

He was ﬁred Aug. 20 after it
was disclosed he agreed without
the board’s knowledge to pay
$332,000 in NAACP money to
settle a former employee’s sexual
discrimination allegations.

Chavis said his predecessor,
Benjamin Hooks, was responsible
for the deﬁcit. Hools denied that.

White COIIIIIB IIIOVIIIQ aI'IBI' lawsuit

Associated Press

CIIICAGO —— A white couple
agreed to sell their home to settle
a $10 million lawsuit accusing
them ofharassing their next-door
neighbors with racial slurs and
death threats.

The nei hbors who ﬁled the
federal civi rights lawsuit are a
Chicago olice ofﬁcer of black and
Puerto ican descent and his
Puerto Rican wife.

“Close this chapter in your

lives,” US. District Judge Ann
Williams told both families Tues-
day when the settlement was
reashed. “Get over it and move
on.
The white couple, John and
Marie Kraft, have lived in their
northwest side home for two
decades. Isidor and Minerva
Ramos moved next door in 1985.

The lawsuit alleged that a year
later, the Krafts, their three chil-
dren and a son-in-law began hurl-

ing racial insults and Obscenities at
the Ramos family. The harass-
ment eventually escalated to death
threats, the lawsuit alleged.

The Krafts denied the allega-
tions, but to avoid a costly legal
battle, agreed to move out, said
their attorney, Gregory Adamski.

“These are nice normal eoplc
and they had a long-range dispute
with their neighbors,” he said.
“To move away from a neighbor
they didn’t like anyway is not a big
loss.”

Jeremy Mar olis, an attorney
for the Ramos fiimily, said the sale
of the Kraft home “will forever
remove this cancer from the com-
munity.”

The agreement, reached after
two da 5 of negotiations, gives the
Kraft amily 60 days to sell their
three-bedroom house. If a buyer
can’t be found in 180 days, the
house will be auctioned.

“I’m going to miss the house,”
John Kraft said yesterday. “But ifI

stayed there, I’d still lose because
we couldn’t get along.”

Kraft disputed the Ramoses’
allegations race played a factor in
the feud.

“It wasn’t about civil ri his,” he
said. “\Ve were ready to hiht it. If
I had money, I would have fought
it.”

The Ramoses’ phone number is
unpublished and their attorney
said the won’t be commenting on
the sett ement.

After the sale of their house,
the Krafts are forbidden from
coming within 200 feet of the
Ramoses at home or work or
“intentionally approachin ” them.

Williams found the rafts in
contempt of court Friday after
allegations that two family mem-
bers entered the Ramoses’ yard
last week in violation ofa tempo-
rarg restraining order.

he had ordered them to
appear in court this week or face
arrest.

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By John Abbott

Ml! (March 21 — April 19) An Aries paid me $50 to
write a nice horoscope. Sadly, a bitter Capricorn I know
who just broke up with an Aries paid me $100 to write
something malicious. Money talks, schmucks. Your
Raisin Bran has just one scoop of raisins.

Tlll'llt (April 20 - May 20) Flush the stash! The cops
know, man! The cops know!

“in (May 21 —June 20) This might be the week that
the rest of the world ﬁnally reco nizes your genetic pre—
disposition toward greatness an submits to on uncon-
ditionally. Then again. it might take a little onger; you
must excuse your inferiors for being a little slow on the
draw.

m (Iune 21 —July 22) You will ﬁnd a small sack of
nickels and a can of Raid.

ll. (July 23 — Aug. 22) You should never betray your
friends, unless they’re stupid, of course, because then
you can get away with it. Club a deserving Virgo over
the head with a lead pipe.

"It'll (Aug. 23 - Sept. 22) Watch out for Leos with
lead pipes. And Geminis, for that matter. I never told
them to stop either.

”In (Sept. 23 - Oct. 22) You will have a great week.
No, you won’t. Yes, you will. Damn this Magic 8-ball!
Keeps switching answers on me.

Sun" (Oct. 23 — Nov. 21) You are invulnerable.
Really. If you jump in front ofa speeding bus, you won’t
get hurt. Try it. You’ll be ﬁne. Really.

“in": (Nov. 22 - Dec. 21) Skip all of your classes,
spend the time meditating, and ﬁnd God. But make sure
ho“ get a signed excuse note from God before you come

ack. Remember: It doesn’t matter ifyou understand the
secrets of the universe. No note, no makeup test.
can-learn (Dec. 22 - Jan. 19) That same guy slipped
me an extra lO-spot to write a nice Capricorn horo—
scope, so here goes: Life won’t suck quite as much as
usual. (You get what you pay for, loser. Try $100 next
time.)

M8 (Jan. 20 — Feb. 18) Ask again later.

PIS“! (Feb. 19 - Mar. 20) I swear, I‘m going to throw
this damn Magic 8-ball against the wall! It keeps saying
“Kill your parents.” I didn’t know Magic 8-balls even
had a “Kill your parents” window. Creepy.

ll yen Mildly I! (my: 1 would not plan on it. Ask again
later. Ask again later. Yes. Yes. No. Yes. I would not
plan on it. Kill your parents. Worship Satan. Vote
Republ (smashl). What a piece of junk. Time to shell
out a few bucks for some Tarot cards.

‘Stargate’ opens
up new worlds

By Charles Sebastian
Staff Critic

The sci-ﬁ of old, where the human cause meets the
otherworldly and the individual is propelled headlong
into a journey of strength and newfound knowledge
has found its revival in the ﬁlm “Star ate.”

“Stargate” opens with an archaeo ogical ﬁnding of
the Stargate, an ancient and arcane object, in the year

1928. Moving quickly to the

present day, the object has
fallen into government
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hands, with a team led by
Col. Jack O’Neil, played by
Kurt Russell.

The aged woman who was
on the 1928 expedition that
found the object is the head

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a. - “ to o ist anie ac son
daleﬂlia" (JEihpes Spgader), as a transla-
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crack.

He is sent through the
Stargate, which teleports its travellers to the other
side of the known universe with s ecial effects that
make “Star Trek” look like a “P an 9 from Outer
Space” rip-off.

The other side has an identical Stargate, which
opens in a pyramid. Outside lies a civilization much
1i e the Egypt of 3,000 years ago.

This primitive society still worships the gods of old
Egypt, and Ra, the Sun god, becomes the chief bad
guy in this whole scenario. What follows is a battle of
wits between the crew and Ra’s henchmen.

The tale, as far-out as it sounds, is brought to the
screen in a believable way, without being too corny.
The only setback being that Russell’s and S ader’s
characters are rather one-dimensional and really take
the background for the effects.

Jaye avidson plays the Sun god Ra devilishly,
with a spooky mysti ue. “Crying Game” fans will
remember Davidson or his gender-bender role that
shocked audiences two years a 0.

Neil Jordan, who directe “The Crying Game,”
directs this ﬁlm with a zeal and relish, as the spirit of
the old sci-ﬁ meets the technology of the new.

By John Dyer Fort

Senior Staff Writer

In the grand southern tradition, Mose Allison is a
failure _ a country sophisticate who left the Missis—
sippi Delta of his boyhood to become (Ladies, cover
your ears) a musician.

Born in 1927 on his grandfather’s farm, Allison
abruptly stopped the piano lessons that began at a e
5 when he discovered he could pick out the blues Ey
ear and the boogie tunes he heard on local jukeboxes.
And that was it.

Instead of Homer, Shakespeare and Milton, the
“William Faulkner of jazz” heard Fats, Duke and the
“King” Cole Trio and traded in the interior mono-
logue for the rhythm and blues.

The Mose Allison Trio wrli perform
Saturday at Memorial Hall as the next
artist in UK’s highly acclaimed Spot-
lightJazz Series.

Conjuring a host of favorite musi—
cal influences as wide ranging as Nat
“King” Cole, Thelonius Monk and
Percy Mayfreld to Bela Bartok
and a unique type of country i
and western blues, Allison’s
musical style deﬁes description.
While critics agonize over musical ..
labels, enthusiasts give up and call itjust '
Mose. _»

After almost 40 years of playing, with 20 ,
albums to his credit, the 67—year-old Allison
has composed more than a hundred origi-
nal songs, including several recorded ,
by The Who, The Clash, The /’

Yardbirds, Bonnie Raitt ./

and Van Morrison. , ,x 3*
Allison grew up, ’1

playing the delta '

blues and jazz styles \

of his home state
and nearby New
Orleans, and was
drawn to the musi

of Louis Arm
strong, Louis Jor- '
dan and Fats

Waller. In the
years before and
after arriving i
New York 1
1956, he begar

blending his; ’ . .

contemporary
jazz of Thelo—
nius Monk and

Al Haig.
Pla ing and.
recording with

jazz greats Stan
Getz, Al Cohn and
Zoot Sims, Allison
released his ﬁrst

album in 1957 to\

. from old pop tunes and the

unanimous critical acclaim.
Recording for the Prestige,
Columbia, Atlantic, Electra
and Blue Note labels, Alli-
son’s albums include the
1983 Grammy-nominated
“Lessons in Living” and
1988’s “Ever Since the
World Ended,” nominated
for Best Jazz Album b the
New York Music Award;

Over the years, the Mose
Allison Trio expanded its
musical base even further,
incorporating influences

“MINE
ahead

music of composers
Bartok, lves and Hin-
.. demith. Meanwhile,
‘ Allison reﬁned his
vocal style, a sort of
country and western
and rhythm
and blues
combination
in which he delivers a homes un philos-
. ophy and wry humor that delighted his
audiences.

On any night, Allison can be heard singing

jsuch rare gems as John Loudermilk’s “You

_,i\Call it Joggin’ (But I Call It Runnin’
. “ , Around),” the Tin Pan Alley tune “Sleepy

- Lagoon” or Percy Mayﬁeld’s
“Stranger in My Home—
, . ‘ town.”

Allison’s origi-
" nal lyrics speak to
Pt the human condi-
/ ‘ tion, the joy and
1 pain of romance
I ‘.,_and the sim le
‘zthings in ife
with the
Edown-at—
i’heels wit of
33a existen-
‘~._tialist
cowboy
Ewith the
Estone
’a blues.

ist/philo-

, sophical
blues
with

I. southern
charm

and a

/ nonky-
"”5 a ' tonk piano.

fr.

Williams provides stylish lyrics

By Nick Hhoton
Staff Critic

Perhaps the greatest tribute that can be paid to an
artist is a tribute album. Recently, eve one from Jimi
Hendrix to Tom Petty have heard t eir music re—
recorded by artists who consider th