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We asked students for their
thoughts on the Genocide
Awareness Project, an
anti-abortion display on cam-
pus Monday and today.

I’m not sure
what to think
now"

- Eric Lindauer,
Biology and chemistry
sophomore

I think it’s
taking it to an
extreme...that’s
not needed.”

- Chris Munn,
Sociology junior

I’m not one to
take a side for or
against, but it
raises some good
questions.”

- Andy Light.
Marketing and management
junior

I don’t know
why it is on
our campus.”

- Leslie Kirkpatch
Broadcast journalism
freshman

DEMONSTRAIIQIL

Peaceful ﬁrst day
at abortion display

Above: Psychology sophomore Krista
Elliott and English senior Joy Carr
carry signs displaying their senti-
ments towards the abortion issue and
the GAP display.

Right: Center for Bio-Ethical Reform
volunteers Aja Hawkins and Cheri
Spears pass out pamphlets and
answer questions for students Monday
at the GAP display. Spears holds a doll
of a lO-week-old fetus.

JESSE LEBUSI KERNEL STAFF

By Steve lvey

STAFF WRIIIR

The pro-life Genocide
Awareness Project was met with
peaceful opposition yesterday.
In fact. the most violent oppo-
nent to the GAP was the wind.

Heavy winds caused an exv
hibit of 27 signs. six feet high by
13 feet wide. to be reduced to
three next to Whitehall Class-
roorn Building Monday.

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tioned everything from the relevance of the changes to putt-ii
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Elections to come: Nominations for
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Acclaimed pianist gives jazz lecture

Lexington (‘oinmunity College will host the
"Spirit of Ja/J." lecture and peiformance by the
celebrated tau. pianist. Harry Pickens Wednes
day at noon. The event will take place in the Aura
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\\'ednesday. April 1!.) from 11 am. 2 pm. in the
Patterson ()tl'ice Tower Courtyard. Speakvout
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time when you Would like to speak.

NAIIQNALNEWS

Israeli troops respond to Bush's call

N.\BI.I'S. West Bank Israeli troops were
prepn'ing to pull back from two West Bank cities
two days after President Bush urged them to be
gin withdrawing without delay. the Israeli de-
fense ministry announced late Monday. The de-
fense ministry said that troops were preparing
for a staggered withdrawal from Qalqiliya and
Tulkarem early Tuesday. but no specific time
was given for the pullout. Troops would continue
to maintain a cordon around the cities. the min-
istry said in a statement. Still. forces pushed
deeper into Palestinian strongholds on Monday
and Prime Minister Ariel Sharon pledged to con-
tinue the 11-day-old West Bank offensive. At
Bethlehems Church of the Nativity. fire broke
out in the compound during a gunbattle between
Israeli soldiers and Palestinians holed Lip inside.
and the yiolence threatened the delicate ties be»
tween the Vatican and the Jewish state.

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THE CHAMP:
The trial of three
men accused of
attempting to
extort money from
mowe star Russell
Crowe over his
alleged role in a
brawl has been
postponed follow-
ing claims of preju-
dicial media cover-
age. Philip Antony
Cropper, 36. and
Malcolm Brian
Mercer, 37. are
accused of
attempting to
blackmail Crowe.
They also are
charged, along with
Mark James Potts,
42, With perverting
the course of jus~
tice. They face a
maximum sentence
of 14 years it con-
Victed. The trio IS
accused of trying
to extort a large
sum of money from
Crowe in exchange
for destroying a
security video that
allegedly shows
him involved in a
tight outside a
night club in 1999
in Coffs Harbor, the
east coast
Australian town
where the actor
owns a ranch. In a
pretrial hearing at
the Coffs Harbor
District Court on
Monday, Judge
David Freeman
agreed to postpone
the trial because of
concerns about
weekend media
reports. Freeman
said it was not his
intention to muzzle
the press. "lam
simply asking that
you exercise good
judgment," he told
reporters. Crowe
was not in court
for the hearing.

Powell comes under Arab pressure

CASABLANCA, Morocco Secretary of
State Colin Powell came under Arab pressure
Monday to do more to halt Israeli incursions
that have deepened in the West Bank despite
President Bush’s fresh call for a swift pullback.
“I meant what I said." the president declared in
the United States. The king of Morocco bluntly
told Powell on the ﬁrst stop of his peacemaking
mission that US. officials should focus on a
withdrawal. saying, "Don't you think it was
more important to go to Jerusalem ﬁrst?" In re-
sponse. Powell demanded “‘a clear statement
from Israel that they are beginning to with-
draw” from Palestinian-held territories and “to
do it now." Later. the Israeli defense ministry
announced troops were preparing to pull back
from two West Bank cities. Qalqiliya and Tulka-
rem early Tuesday. "It‘s a start." White House
press secretary Ari Fleischer said in Washing-
ton. “As the president said all parties in the
Middle East have responsibilities and the presi-
dent expects all parties to step up to them."

Israel-Vatican relations threatened

BETHLEHEM. West Bank Christian lead-
ers called on Israel to leave this biblical city af-
ter a gunbattle and ﬁre erupted Monday around
the Church of the Nativity. site of a weeklong
standoff between Israeli soldiers and armed
Palestinians that appeared to be straining deli-
cate relations between Israel and the Vatican.
The Vatican said it was following the situation
with "extreme apprehension.“ and trying to ver-
ify what happened. But it also reminded Israel of
a 1993 pledge not to interfere at holy places and
warned that it was hearing information that. if
true. “would lead to the aggravation of an al-
ready dramatic situation." Some church offi~
cials. including a Franciscan friar who briefed
senior Vatican officials on the situation, were
less diplomatic. angrily accusing Israel of pro—
voking the unprecedented violence around one
of Christianity‘s holiest shrines.

Compiled from wire and staff reports

Corrections

A photo cutline in Friday's Kernel was
incorrect. Man O' War did not win at Keeneland.

A pull quote in Monday's story on the Student
Government election investigator saying. “We
don't expect people who bring claims to really
know what they‘re talking about.“ could be. this
interpreted by some readers. The quote was said
regarding how the election investigator's being a
law student was one of the qualifications for
appointment.

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GAP

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and onto Main Street. By
bringing attention to an injus-
tice, it's difficult to trivialize
it." he said. "We want to both-
er people about abortion.“

UK‘s Counseling and Test-
ing Center set up a safe area
for students who might be
traumatized by the display.
Staff psychologist Colby Co-
hen-Archer said no one had
stopped at the counseling table
through early afternoon Mon-
day.

Amanda Reed. an integrat-

ed strategic communications
freshman. said she felt the dis:
play was inappropriate.

“It‘s not a good represen»
tation to equate abortion to
genocide." she said.

“I'm pro-choice. and if I
were to get pregnant. I would
probably have the child and
give it up for adoption. But the
government shouldn‘t control
that."

Emily Osterhage. an unde-
clared freshman. said she
thought the group should set
up in an area less central to
campus.

“I respect their right to
free speech. but not everybody
wants to see dead fetuses on
their way to lunch." she said.

STAFF

Continued from page 1

as a liaison with university ad
ministration. making sugges
tions and recommendations
about staff-related matters.

“It will be a representa-
tive group that‘s comparable
to student government and
faculty senate." Williams said.

The primary function of
the Staff Senate will be to pro-
vide a central place where
staff issues can be brought up
in a public forum. he said.

“Being a staff senator will
require a commitment from a
staff member. but senators
will have the ability to make a
difference for all staff." said
Jeanie Caldwell. chairperson
of the UK Staff Senate Devel-
opment Task Force.

“The satisfaction of see-
ing all staff beneﬁt from your
work should be worth the
effort.“

Campus-wide elections
for the Staff Senate will be
held April 29 through May 17.
From the nominations. 90 sen-
ators will be selected from the
university‘s 10.000~plus staff
contingent. The elections will
be certified May 20 to May 24
and announced May 24. A sec-
ond round of elections next
year will bring the Senate to

full force with 175 members.

“We have been one of the
most untapped resources that
the university has had.“ Liv-
ingston said.

“People talk about faculty
and students but we're here
24/7. We're the only long-term
people here apart from faculty
with tenure."

That commitment makes
the staffs role at the universi-
ty unique. said Williams.
“This is our workplace. Our
relationship with the univer-
sity is a little different than
the relationship that the stu-
dents and faculty have."

“I think it brings the staff
up to the same standards as the
students and faculty on campus
as far as us having a place to
have a voice in what goes on."

Livingston said she and
other staff have gotten in-
volved with the Staff Senate
because they wanted to have a
voice in issues such as salary
scale and medical beneﬁts.

“We care about the uni-
versity and we like working
(here).“ she said. “We could
do a lot more if we were lis»
tened to."

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major turning point in life

Many graduating seniors
face g‘uarterlife’ crisis

The future looms: Students struggle with instability, helplessness and too many choices;
new book explores these anxieties and presents options available to recent college grads

By Kristen Barres
omitting WRITER

Less thati a tiioittli before
graduation. seniors are feeling
the stress.

The pressures of starting a
life after college are itiimense
and many find themselves tin-
prepared for the prospect of
starting a career and a family
as well as being on their own
for the first time.

That's how Rebecca Sams
feels as graduation approaches
for the a sociology anti philoso-
phy senior

“It freaks me out to think
that I‘ve been within the saint-
system for as long as I can re-
member." she said.

Sains said she planned to
go to law school but panicked

when she realized she didn't
have any backup plans.

“I know people have nor
inal fears. but i felt trapped."
shesaid

Alexandra Robbins. a con
tribut mg editor at [Mademoiselle
magazine. says such feelings
are common among college
graduates searching for a
career and a path in life.

Robbins and Abby Wilner.
a Web site administrator in
\l‘ashington. I).C.. have dubbed
the feeling "quarterlife crisis"
and have written a book about
it called Quartet/ire (risis The
(mom ”(ha/[inges‘ of life in
low ’Iutnnes.

”The quarterlife crisis is a
response to reaching a major
turnitig point iii life and grap-
pling with twentysomething

identity issues." she said

While the mid life crisis fo
cuses‘ on a sense of stagnancy.
Robbins and Wilner say the
quarterlife crisis is a response
to instability. a feeling of help
lessness and an overwhelming
number of choices.

Facing many choices and
beiitg able to pick only one can
overwhelm many graduating
students.

"When you start college.
you still feel like you cart do
anything." said Holly Goddard
Jones. an English senior.

“By the time you reach this
stage (getting ready to gradu-
ate). you realize that you're
choosing a path that's going to
take up the rest of your life.”
she said.

(‘i‘itics of the quarterlife

Students join relay to figh

My first time: Annual event honoring cancer victims comes to UK;
will feature ceremonies, team relay race and a Wild West Hoedown

By Sara Cunningham
STAFT WRITER

UR Student Government
will make history this weekend
as it hosts a campuswide Relay
for Life to benefit the American
(Tancer Society.

Relay for Life is an annual
event. but including college
campuses is a relatively new
trend. said Amy Friskeny. an
American (‘ancer Society rep~
resentative. l'K will be the first
Kentucky university to hold
this type of campus-wide event.

"We saw in these events
some of the strongest support
came from the youth." Friskeny

said. “But once they went to col
lege they would he left out."

During the 13-hour event
that begins .3 pm. Friday. teams
of eight to 1.3 people will work
together to move around a
“track" set up near the WT.
Young Library.

"Teams can walk. run.
skip. jump or whatever they
want to do as long as someone
on the team is on the track at
all times." said Winona Palmer.
80 press secretary. “It‘s to sym-
bolize the fight with cancer.
People fighting can't just take a
break front cancer. and for one
night the teams won't either.“

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ture sortie of the traditional
events held at past relays For
example. individuals who have
survived cancer or that are cur
rently battling cancer will be
invited to participate in a "Sur-
vivor‘s Lap" around the track.

A luminary ceremony w ill
also take place at dusk to re
member those who have battled
or who are currently battling
cancer.

The event has a Western
theme. and will kick off With
the Wildcat West Hoedown
Thursday night.

80 President Tim Robinson
said the Hoedown will be simi
lar to the fall Gator Roast. and

- ALEXANDRA ROBBINS. AUTHOR

crisis contend that today's
twenty somethings can look for-
ward to a life of greater comfort
and security than any previous
generation

Robbins acknowledged that
the problems faced by young
adults may not seem as chal-
lenging as those faced by people
in other age groups.

Robbins added that most of
the people who criticize the
idea are middle aged and think
nothing could be the same as
what they are going through,

Robbins reminds young
people that they are not alone
in feeling overwhelmed and
that being prepared for this
change can help make it easier.

"You don't have to have
everything settled by the time
you‘re .‘ltl or 33." she said.

cancer

at least 3.ooo people are expect»
ed to attend

Palmer said about 20 teams
have already registered. but
registration will continue until
the main event begins Friday.

"It doesn't matter if you‘re
troni i specific organization or
just get a group of friends to-
gether. Palmer said. “This is
truly a service project that
caters to all students in the
campus community."

It's a hoedown

The Wildcat West Hoedown will be
9 pm -l2 pm. Thursday in the
six-pack parking lot.

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Action: Movies from around the world
make their mark on UK and Lexington

By Emily Haqedorn and
Stacie Meihaus

S'Ail WRI'ER\

When the lights dim in
His theaters on Saturday.
l'ilins from around the world
will begin. marking the main
events of tlie SplitSr'reen
Film Festival

.\'ot only do the films mark
the beginning of the festival.
but also the culmination of
three years of work done by
l'li's (‘i'eative Film Society and
the Student .\eiivities lioard

\ll along it's been an up
hill sir uggle " said Allison Mor
ms. the t ii ie nia (lli‘t‘t'titl‘ for Sin
dent Activities Board. "We got
the proposal passed in Septem
her. and we have been fighting
a time battle all along."

But when big name speak
ers started to take interest. the
idea started to bloom,

“()nte ve got Kevin Smith.
it rezi illy took oil said Mike
Tabben. SAB s dii er tor of pub
lie relations

Film director and festival
speaker Kevin Smith appeals to
the eollegeage students Willi
his (‘Olllt‘llll‘ and sometimes
controversial movies.

"We decided we needed
someone edgy." said Tony
Smith. president of (‘FS and di
rector of erunitiunieations
for SAR.

But the films provide the
actual meat of the festival. and
the organizers said the films
are a trite reason to come out
and watch.

Morris said she was sur-
prised by the quality of the
films submitted to the festival.

“What we received far ex
ceeded my expectations. That
for me was the most pleasantly
surprising thing." she said.

(TS and SAB received so
many films that they even had
to turn some away.

“We got more films than we

ever expected." Tabben said.

The level and amount
of films submitted also sur
prised Smith.

“In my opinion every single
movie rat the film festival) is
better than what Hollywood has
put out in the past iii years."
Smith said

Another surprise was the
lack of support received in
planning the festival.

“There have been two types
of people those that are kind
and enthusiastic and those that
are not supportive." Smith said.
"I think some people don't un-
derstand and are afraid of what
we do."

There has been some com-
munity involvement. All Media
Studios has helped the cause by
offering their design services to
the SplitScreen's Web site.
posters and logos.

“it was a great idea that
brings exposure to the universi-
ty." said Chris Dawahare.
marketing coordinator for
the studio. “It's a very impor-
tant event."

Regardless of the obstacles.
(IS and SAB have come
through barriers to provide
Lesington and the world an out-
let for artistic expression. Not
only American movies. but
films from Switzerland. Ireland.
Poland and (‘anada are going to
be shown as well.

"We are trying to create
art and atmosphere give a
stage to those that want it."
Smith said.

Filmmakers affiliated and
not affiliated with the festival
will take advantage of the
"stage." Smith is predicting
that TVs and \'(‘Rs will he set
up around the Student (‘enter
by the filmmakers to show
those films not included in
the festival.

“1 am most looking forward
to the synergy of the event.
There are so many possibilities

We’re not like every
er high-tech company.
We’re hiring.

NICK routctk l PHOTO toirori

UK and SAB will sponsor the SplitScreen Film Festival which starts April
12 and will run through April 15. Tickets are on sale through Ticketmaster.

in terms of networking. You
can't tell how many produe
tions are going