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By John King
AP Politiral Writer

President Clinton won reelec-
tion in a East-to—West landslide
yesterday night as o timistic vot-
ers brushed aside 80 Dole’s chal-
lenge to his economic leadership
ant his character. Con essional
Republicans battled to Ezep their
tenuous hold on the House and
Senate.

Clinton rebounded from-the
1994 Republican midterm rout
and became the first Democratic
president re-elected since
Franklin Roosevelt.

Thousands jammed the streets
of Little Rock, Ark., to hear his
victory speech at the Old State
House.

“I wish him well and I pledge
my support,” Dole said in conced-
ing the race.

As for the Republicans, he told
supporters, “We’re going to keep
the Senate, we’re going to keep
the House.”

It was his last speech as a candi-
date, ending a remarkable political
career that included 35 years in
Congress and a record 12 years as
the Senate Republican leader.
“Tomorrow will be the first time
in my life I don’t have anything to
do,” Dole said.

Reform Party candidate Ross
Perot was a distant third every-
where and well below the 19 per-
cent he won in 1992.

He conceded defeat but was
not ready to fade into the shad-
ows.
“We goin to have to stand at
the gate and ieep the pressure on
and we will,” Perot said in Texas,
looking ahead perhaps to 2000.

Victories in 28 states and the
District of Columbia gave Clinton
363 electoral votes —— well above
the necessary 270.

An electoral landslide assured,
Clinton had one last hope for the
night: that Perot’s candidacy
would not cost him a majority of
the popular vote.

With 56 percent of the national
vote counted, Clinton was at 50
percent, Dole 42 and Perot 8 per-
cent.

Clinton was already weighing
Cabinet changes as he plotted a
second-term agenda and looked

Clinton wins big in elections

Clinton sweeps the New England states and wins Kentucky. Key states include Florida,
New York, Pennsylvania, Illinois, and California. Dole picks up Texas. North Carolina.

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FIIIIII "ONE YEAR: President Clinton and first lady Hillary Rod/Jam Clinton visited UK Monday for one of the last rallies before yesterday’s election. Clinton won Kentucky by a narrow margin.

McConnell: Ily. not
single-party state

for his his place in history.

Indeed, the jubilation in Little
Rock afforded Democrats just a
brief respite from controversies
and scandals raised by Dole and
Perot.

The breadth of Clinton’s victo-
ry was sobering news to Republi-
cans who once held an Electoral

College advantage based on
strength in the South, Plains and
Mountain West.

Clinton began the big night by
becoming the first Democrat to
win Florida in 20 years and hours
later got the Pacific West swee
that guaranteed an electoral land?

slide.

South Carlina, Kansas, and Georgia. These projections were reported by the
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from his Water ate apartment
before calling Cinton to offer
congratulations. He then headed
to a Republican gatherin . Ohio
delivered a telling early low to
Dole’s upset hopes: no Republican
has ever won the White House

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Assistant News Editors

LOUISVILLE —— After all
the campaign buttons and stick-

ers were passed
out, the crowd
waited for the
winners to come
forward with
acceptance

speeches. Excite-
ment and antici-
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strong at

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Louisville’s Galt House East
ballroom as about 1000 Ken—
tucky Republicans gathered to
await state election returns.

In his acceptance speech
McConnell said his victory
shows Republicans are a force in
Kentucky.

“1 think it’s pretty safe to say
this is not a one—party state any-
more,” he said.

McConnell also gave his con—
dolences to his opponent Steve
Beshear. “It’s a great night for
one candidate and not a good
one for the other,” McConnell
said.

McConnell received 55 per-
cent of the Kentucky vote, and
Beshear received 43 percent.

With his third Senate victory,
McConnell joins his idol, former
Senator John Sherman Cooper
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By Jason Dattilo

Senior Staff H 'rm’r

Some came to heekle. Some came to get. a.
glimpse of President Clinton. while others (U‘il’.ll ‘t
see at all

Clinton. along uith a \llllltl \\‘ho‘~. \\ in,
Kentucky polities. spoke to a I rrmd ot imm- tliah
14,000 Monday on L'K's \diuuustiation l..mn

lt marked the tirst \isit to ll; by a \lllltisi pies;
dent since Lynd-m johnson taint to tampus m
196%.

Just alter taking.' the stage. (llmton was intt:
rupted by a lit‘tlx‘l'fr 1H!l(‘l'/IH§' the [)It“\ltl"!i' l
allegedly accepting t ontrilmtion‘ from \s: m i m:
ests. includingr the l .1l\\:1n(‘\t‘ \l.iti:i

“l lust uant the truth. No more stontualliiqu
Mr. President," shouted Mike lx‘usstll, a 'l mmster
from Bracken (,ounty in Northern Kentm kg.

The heckler’s actions angered some and pre—
\t"i‘,t‘(l inany bystanders from hearing the presi—
dent‘s speech.

\lany of the splittators had waited for more
ihan three hours to hear ( lhnton.

I' St N (‘lintun played off the taunting.

“l \\t‘lt'()lll(' people from the opposition." (llin—
inn said, “because unlike them. my “\meriea
im lmli» people of all different beliefs.“

\lany UK students didn't get a glimpse of(Ilin-
ton or any ofthe Milk 1' speakers.

\Vith the stage for ,\londay's rally on top of a
la! s'e hill. many spectators in the back ofthe crowd

-»':liln‘t even see the podium.

“ it kind of makes it a waste oftime to come out
heir and lust see the backs of heads," saitl lirizin
l : uellem a musn~ education senior.

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By Aaron Sandertord
Stuff ll 'rim'

Molly Smith and Ashley Fields wouldn’t have
missed President Clinton’s visit to UK for the
world.

The two H—year—olds from Bourbon (Iounty
Middle School arrived more than two hours early
to claim their spot atop the media guardrail so they
could see President (Ilinton.

These two teenagers weren’t talking about boys
or the class nerd — they were talkin r polities.

“lt's him," they screamed, holt mg hands and
bouncing up and down in unison as the sirens
walled. \Nhen “Hail to the Chief" began playing,
the girls' hysteria was two-fold.

“Look, it’s Rick Pitino and President Clinton,"
Fields said. “Cool.”

The UK basketball coach recalled his team‘s

 

visit to the White House following the national
championship in April with fond words of admira-
tion for the president.

With a grin, he turned to the first couple and
said, “We welcome on to our house.”

Keeping with t e theme of other 5 eakers,
Hillary Clinton used a basketball anal)ogy to
counter negative attacks by non-voters.

“Tell them that they can’t suit up and be on the
floor of American Democracy,” she said.

Clinton played to the collegiate crowd by stand-
ing on issues like higher education grants and tax
deductions for tuition. In closing, he said universal
Internet access is key to educational e uali . Clin-
ton made reference to the structure be ‘nd 'm.

“Are we goin to say you’re on your own, or are
we going to build a bridge to the 2 lst century we
can all walk across?" he said.

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News Editor
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Former Speaker of the House MCCOW‘CUIS
Tip O’Neil once said , “All poli- enprmous cam-
tics are local.” pal war chest.

O’Neil’s theory held true yes- . <{2Connell
terday as Democrats captured the IT'S“ angsspeilit
crown jewel and kept their man in IC. osed [fl . m};-
the White House, while voters Son] 0 ars m . I;
showed out in record numbers to Datt e t wrt
keep Republicans in the U.S. 8557112332 mem—
IIouse and Senate. ber of Delta Tau

Two former UK graduates bat- Delta social fra-
tled a bitter war for a seat in the

‘ ‘ ternity.
US. Senate. ‘ , Beshear raised
U.S. Senator Mitch onl about $2.5

McConnell, a Re ublican incum- mil ion dollars.

bent, soundly defeated former Democrats

lieutenant governor and attorney attributed the

general Steve Beshear yesterday. loss to a variety
McConnell, a member of Phi offactors.

Kappa Tau social fraternity, billed Gov. Paul

Gate Resort in Lexington.
Cam aign staffers attributed

monwealth.”

Many at the Marriot/ Griffin
Gate Resort
were surprised
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over Beshear.

Patton felt “Mitch McConnell represents

himselfas a candidate with, “clout Democrats did well in the Blue- all that is wrong with America,”

and seniority."

grass state.
The mood was somber at the

“We were able to put up a good
Clinton/Gore and Beshear Victo— fight,” Patton said.

Howard said.
Howard was not the only UK
We ut up a student who decided to show up

ry Party at the Marriot/Griffin good fight throughout t e com- for the planned party.

McConnell

l/Vbizfield, Lewis, Banning,
Rogers, Northrup win seats

From PAGE 1

a race to an individual, McConnell said he dedicated
his third race to his wife, Elaine.

His first two Senate wins were dedicated to
Cooper and to his father- who died in 1990, six weeks
before his re-election.

McConnell joins a Republican-dominated Ken-
tucky House contingency as five of the state’s six dis-
tricts elected Republicans to the U.S. Representa—
twes.

The first district elected Ed Whitfield. Ron Lewis
was voted in for a second term in the second district
while Anne Northrup narrowly won the third.

Jim Bunning won by a large majority over Cov—
ington mayor Denny Bowman. Hal Rogers main—
tained his seat, running unopposed in the fifth dis—
trict.

Ted Jackson, Northrup’s campaign chairman, said
this is the first time Republicans have won a 80 per-
cent of the state’s seats.

He said this is especially surprising because regis-
tered Democrats outnumber registered Republicans
in the Commonwealth by a 2 to 1 margin.

Jackson also said the abundance of negative cam-
paigning was not unusual in the state races.

“I think for the most part if the campaign is to
negative the voters will tell them,"Jackson said.

 

Erik IIostetter, who worked
with the Beshear campai n, felt
bad that his candidate had ost.

“It reall hurts because we
worked rea y hard, we layed by
the rules,” Hostetter said.)

Republicans picked up one
House seat in Kentuck , Winning
the Third District an defeating
Democrat freshman Rep. Mike
Ward.

In local races, Ernesto Scor—
sone, a UK raduate defeated
Republican itch Mead and
Democrat Kathy Stein slammed
Pete Palumbo in her bid for Scor-
sone’s old seat.

 

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In congressional races Republi—
cans faired well.

Scotty Baesler turned out to be
the only Democrat representing
the commonwealth.

Ernie Fletcher, a Lexington
physician, blamed his loss on neg-
ative campai mg.

Baesler ficounted Fletcher’s
claim to sour grapes.

“He’s just upset he lost,"
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5'11ij Writer

Perhaps due to recent visits to
UK by both President Clinton
and Republican challenger Bob
Dole, politically aware students
turned out at the polls in large
numbers. .

Volunteers at the polling cen-
ter on Cooper Drive said they had
a steady stream of voters in the
mornin hours but turnout dwin-
dled offglater in the day. Pollsters
said that overall, more voters
turned out this year than in past
years.

Pollsters at the Newman
Catholic Center said that voter
turnout was about the same as it
was in 1992, which was a record
year for voter turnout in Fayette
(Lounty. Pollsters said that since
there were more registered voters
in their precinct this year than in
the last election, more people
voted overall.

Jeff Martin, a political science
sophomore, saw the president

speak on Monday and said he
voted for Clinton because of the
president’s efforts to make college
more affordable and his overall
record in foreign and domestic
affairs.

Volunteers at the Newman
Center said that about half of the
voters who showed were college
students.

“I voted for Dole and
McConnell because I believe the
Republicans have a lot better ideas
than the Democrats, especially in
regards to their flat tax plan,” said
Amy Kessling, a chemistry junior.

Pollsters said that except for a
mistake on the ballot forms,
everything went smoothly and
there were no problems with any
of the machines.

The presidential ballot form
showed Carl Owenby as Ross
Perot’s running mate instead of
Pat Chote, Perot’s real choice.
Accordin to pollsters, this mis—
take was gue to the fact that when
Perot filed his papers in Kentucky,
he had to declare a running mate
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“I voted for Steve Beshear in
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WHAT'Syour Sign?

By Suzanne Rafleld

Aries (March 21— April l‘)): \ our clumsiness
increases tenfold this week. You slip, you fall and
you mana e to knock your head against any hard
object wit in a 0- ft radius. But by others watch—
ing you become a bloody and bruised mess, you
bring joy and laughter into the lives ofothers.

Gemini (MayZ l June 20): ()ne day next week,
you and the person you are currently seeing sud-
denly amalgamate. l his might normally bea
problem, but since y‘all spend every single
moment together anyway, it just ends up saving
space.

Cancer (June 21-July 22): There was a game I
had when l was younger called “I lungry Hippos."
It involved four colorful plastic hippos at four cor—
ners on a board, and the object was to have your
hi 0 eat all the marbles it could. Think of your-

l) as the losing hippo this week.

Leo Uuly 23- Au 22): Everything that goes up

.well, you know t e saying. ( oncentrate on the
second half of that phrase this week, to avoid
sharp, pointy objects that will be plummeting
toward your head. Your karma is irritated, and it
wants revenge.

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): A water sprite that
delights in bringing about the drowning oftravel—
ers will attempt to befriend you this week. I know
you like to hang around an eclectic bunch ofpeo-
ple, but be careful —— those water sprites can be
feisty at times.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): My mother liked to
tell me that it was just as easy to marry a rich man
as it was to marry a poor one. Well, mom grew up
in the 505 and tends to be delusional at times. So,
what l’m trying to say is just don’t expect miracles
this week.

Scorpio (Oct. 23—Nov. 2 1): You become slight—
ly deranged over the amount of homework you
have this week. You decide it is an all—or— nothing
deal, so you pick the latter..ln your twisted state of
mind, this makes you feel that you have accom—
plished something, which boosts your self-esteem.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22—Dec. 21): Ihis week, you
manage to sleep in the awkward positions that
cause little pieces ofyour brain to fall out. Actual-
ly, this makes you a more pleasant person to be
ar.ound You know, the lobotomi7cd are alwa avs a
wacky bunch to hang with.

Aquarius (Ian. 20- Feb l8): l‘eeling you have
neglected your inner child, you decide to go from
door to door and demand candy from the kids who
went trick- or trcatin . But while you arec canvass—
ing the neighborhood: a large woman decides that
you really are her child and decides to keep you.
This would be okay, except sometimes she also
thinks you are her German shepherd and makes
you sleep outside.

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Sheppard to wear red

By Chris Easterling
Sport; Editor

Jeff Sheppard will sit out the
1996-97 season as a redshirt, as
announced by UK Coach Rick
l’itino prior to the Cats’ exhibition
opener against Athletes in Action
Monday night.

As late as last Friday after the
final Blue-VVhite scrimmage, the
coach had said that he was “99
percent” sure that he wasn’t going
to redshirt the 6-foot-3 guard

from Peachtree City, Ga. But on
Sunday, Sheppard decided that it
was best for him. '

“I didn't want to," Pitino said
following the 79—62 win, “but he
told me I had no choice, that I had
to do it. So I obliged. I think it is
in the best interest for Jeff. He
wants to do it.”

Pitino said certain factors led to
the decision.

“He is a special young man,” he
said. “and has sacrificed since he’s
been here, and deserves special

 

 

Sluggish play highlights
Cats' exhibition opener

By Ben Abe:
Orr-line Editor

It might be time to rethink those presea-
son predictions for the UK men’s basketball
team.

The Wildcats struggled with a tough Ath-
letes in Action team Monday night, winning
the game 79-62 and leaving doubts as to
whether the team will be anywhere as good
as last year’s national championship squad.

Coach Rick Pitino, whose pro—game fes-
tivities included welcoming President Clin-
ton to UK in the afternoon, was not sur-
prised by the team’s performance, hoping
that their struggles against AIA will bring
the team back to reality.

“What it did was pour cold water all over
our faces, and tell us that we weren’t very
good,” Pitino said. “This is just a mirror
image of what the BIue-VVhite scrimmages
have been all about and practice as well.

“IfI could have asked for a game that I
wanted, it is this game.”

However, Pitino said that the team is
making progress.

“I told the guys that I’m not disappointed
because I’ve watched them every day since
Oct. 15,” he said. “Our major concern is
throwing the lob and dunking, and not
becoming a good basketball team.”

Pitino was less than impressed by his
team’s play, implying that they were just out

treatment from us. He deserves a

concentrate on getting better.”

on the court, not putting 100 percent into
the ame.

“ 6 need to take our tuxedos off, get
good and dir , get the fans behind us every
possession — )ecause that‘s what its going to
take to win every ball game out there.

“You can’t turn the ball over 29 times and
beat anyone on the schedule.”

Pitino didn't want to scrap the hopes and
dreams of Big Blue fans, either. He said this
team is just going to take a little longer to
develop.

“That doesn’t mean that we won’t be a
great basketball team come March, because I
think we can become that. It’s going to be a
Ion process this year.”

orward Jared Prickett, who captured the
team’s first double-double with 13 points, 12
rebounds and four blocks, said the team has
little chance of repeating the championship.

“We don’t have the chemistry to win a
championship,” he said. “We’re not the
same team from last year. We didn’t play as

ood as we could have, but personally I think
Iplayed all right.”

Forward Derek Anderson, who scored 17
points against AIA, said the team has some
work to do before facing Clemson on Nov.
15. He said the team has been watchin
tapes on the Tigers, who are returning afi
five of their starters from last season.

“We've got to work on the defense,” he
said. “We’ve just got to play good funda-
mental basketball.”

 

Kentud'y Kernel, Wedrmday, November 6, I 996 .

SPORTSbytes

Illt women's soccer team
places 10 on Honor Roll

A total of 85 student-athletes were named to the
I996 Southeastern Conference Women’s Soccer
Academic Honor Roll by SEC Commissioner Roy
Kramer yesterday.

Florida paced the schools as 12 members earned
spots on the roster. Alabama and UK each had IO
student