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Culture on campus

You wanna
dance?

The UK Dance Ensemble
will be holding
auditions for new
members Thursday.
Jan. 21 from 4 pm
until 6 pm. in the
Barker Hall Dance
Studio. Those wishing
to audition must sign
up at the studio. For
more information call
Jennifer, the
ensemble's PR
director, at 367-7450.

Perspectives

A few
questions

(Editor's note: This is
not to poke fun at
the gay lifestyle, but
moreover to question
the way society
treats gays, and to
question the beliefs
many have about
gays.)

I. What do you think
caused your
heterosexuality?

2. When and how did you
decide you were a
heterosexual?

3. Is it possible that
your heterosexuality
is just a phase you
may grow out of?

4. ls it possible that your
heterosexuality stems
from a neurotic fear
of others of the same
sex?

5. Do your parents know
that you are
straight? Do your
friends and/or
roommate(s) know?
How did they react?

6. Why do you insist on
flaunting your
heterosexuality?
Can't you you just be
who you are and
keep it quiet?

7. Why do heterosexuals
feel compelled to
seduce others into
their lifestyle?

8. Why do heterosexuals
place so much
emphasis on sex?

9. A disproportionate
majority of child
molesters are
heterosexual. Do you
consider it safe to
expose children to
heterosexual
teachers?

I0. Just what do you
men and women do in
bed together? How
can thy truly know
how to please each
other, being so
anatomically
different?

ll. With all the societal
support marriage
receives, the divorce
rate is spiraling. Why
are there so few
stable relationships
among
heterosexuals?

12. How can you become
a whole person if you
limit yourself to
compulsive, exclusive
heterosexuality?

13. Would you want your
child to be
hetersexual, knowing
the problems that
she/he would face?

- Source: Changing Men

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For many. it was a chance to enjoy a
rare sunny February morning and remem-
ber a slain civil rights leader.

For Chester Grundy. it symbolized
something much bigger.

"it's a moment when we hope people
will come together around the ideals that
exemplified King's life: peace. justice.
equality and freedom from oppression.“
said Grundy. director of African American
Student Affairs at UK.

Nearly 4.0m people turned out for the

annual march. which Lexington has held
for almost 20 years. Grundy said.

This observation predates the national

observation of Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
which began in 1986. (lriiiidy is a member
of the King Holiday Committee. which or
ganized the march and the program activi

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A few thousand marched downtown on Vine Street yesterday for the city's 20th annual march to celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

King-sized march

tiaiis of all denominations were represent
ed. as were Jews. Muslims and members of
the Baha‘i Faith. The Baha‘i community
has organized a feast celebrating the one
ness of mankind on Jan. 24 at the Losing
ton Public Library. The feast is open to the
public.

Not all people downtown were as in»
yolyed in the celebration: many just hap
pened to be on the streets as the procession
began. Lilly Robertson. a student at Lexing
ton (‘ommunity College. said she had never
paid much attention to the march before
yesterday.

“I guess it kind of brings us together."
she said.

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were struggling with the problem of
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bringing down their overall (ii’As.
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Fans, family mark Ali's 57th

LAS VEGAS Fans and family of boxer
Muhammad Ali gathered for an emotional 57th
birthday party for the former heavyweight champ
Sunday night. recounting the ups and downs of
the man who considered himself “the greatest.“

Among those on hand for the event at the
MGM Grand hotel-casino was former heavy-
weight champion Mike Tyson. who began a come-
back at the hotel 24 hours earlier by defeating
Francois Botha. Tyson had been banned from box»
mg for 19 months after he bit Evander ilolylield's
ears in a 1997 heavyweight championship bout.

Neither Tyson nor Ali spoke to the crowd. al-
though both posed for pictures with fans and
family who were invited to the private dinner
party. Ali suffers from Parkinson‘s disease.

He had shown his support for Tyson by zip
pearing at Tyson‘s reinstatement hearing before
the Nevada State Athletic Commission in Octo-
ber. and hemg on hand for his comeback fight.

Longtime associate Gene Kilroy recounted a
time during the height of Ali‘s career when Ali
learned a senior citizens home was having trou-
hle paying its bills. Kilroy said All gave the home
two checks for a total of $300,000. When he
praised All for the good deed. Kilroy said the box
er told him: “Kindness to others is the rent we
pay for our time on earth.”

Clinton celebrates King holiday

\ti'ASHlNG’I‘ON In tribute to the Rev. Mar-
tin l.uther King .lr.. President Clinton yesterday
announced the government reached a $6.5 billion
discrimination settlement with a mortgage com»
pany simply by enforcing a fair housing law
passed just six days after King's death. “Many
who voted for the measure said they (lid it in trib-
ute to him." Clinton said. Clinton said the Depart-
ment of Housing and Urban Development and Co-
lumbia National Mortgage (‘0. had settled a hous»
ing discrimination case worth $65 billion in loans
and hornet)wnership programs. In Atlanta. crowds
gathered at two churches where the Rev. Martin
Luther King Jr. preached. He was hailed as a man
who "paid the ultimate price“ so that others could
be free. The national holiday honors King and his
teachings of nonviolence and social justice.

Witnesses may be inevitable

WASHINGTON Senate Minority Leader
Tom Daschle conceded yesterday that there most
likely will be witnesses at President Clinton‘s
Senate trial despite his party‘s opposition.
Daschle (I)-S.I).) insisted that witnesses aren‘t
necessary. but signaled that if Senate Republi»
cans choose to have live testimony. then Democ-
rats might object to placing limits on who can be

Flynt, whose
paying for
lnlormation
about the
private lives of
politicians
sparltod national
controversy. has
been
hospitalized for
pneumonia. his
lawyer said on
Thursday.
Attorney Alan
lsaacman said
Flynt was
admitted to
Cedars-Sinai
Medical Center
in Los Angeles
on Wednesday
alter X-rays
showed the
pneumonia.

    

BACK ON HIS
FEET: Joe
DiMaggio was
released from the
hospital
yesterday after
spending 99 days
in the intensive
care unit for
treatment of lung
cancer and
pneumonia.

 

summoned. A decision on whether witness-
es will be allowed would come after the
White House wraps up its opening presenta-
tions later this week. The trial resumes to-
morrow with the start of Clinton's defense.

Covs say states in good shape

WASHINGTON — The nation's gover-
nors yesterday said the state of their states
is great. especially in comparison with the
ugly state of affairs in Washington. Just as
President Clinton will do tomorrow. gover-
nors are taking credit for more jobs. fewer
crimes and less unemployment than this
time last year. And the governors, like Cline
ton. are unveiling plans to create better
schools, improve health care and fight
crime. But operatives in both parties say
the governors are simply telling voters
what they want to hear.

Argentina may use dollar

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina —~ Brazil‘s
struggle to steady its shaky currency has
prompted Argentina to consider abandon»
ing its own money and adopting a dollar-
based economy. And President Carlos Men»
em has suggested that the entire Latin
American region might consider doing like-
wise. Menem has called on his own econom-
ic team to study ways to replace Argentina's
peso with the dollar to protect the economy
from future financial turmoil.

Belgium wants Euro cash early

BRUSSELS. Belgium European fi-
nance ministers have agreed to consider a
Belgian proposal to move up the launch
date for banknotes and coins in Europe‘s
new currency. the euro. Belgium‘s Jean.
Jacques Viseur proposed introducing the
euro cash “a few months earlier" than the
current planned date of Jan. 1, 2002.

Yugoslavia boots ".5. verifier

PRISTINA. Yugoslavia ~ Yugoslavia
yesterday ordered an American peace veri-
fier out of the country and refused to let a
UN. war crimes prosecutor in while Serb
forces pounded the hills outside a village
where ethnic Albanians were massacred.
The Yugoslav federal government said
William Walker had “flagrantly“ violated
his mandate to oversee compliance with the
Oct. 12 Kosovo peace accord. Walker has
been vocal in his criticism of Yugoslav offi-
cials since last week‘s massacre of 45 ethnic
Albanian civilians. Meanwhile, Serb securi-
ty forces backed by tanks and artillery un.
leashed a barrage on the hills surrounding
Racak. ignoring NATO demands for an end
to the onslaught.

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Participants in the Martin Luther King Jr. march strolled down Vine Street
yesterday in honor of the slain civil rights loader.
Lawson. a social justice activist

and friend of Martin Luther King

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Justice Award. The key speaker
of the program was James M.

Lawson spoke out against
“a culture of violence. greed.
racism. sexism; a people who
abide in abject fear of one an-
other." and challenged the audi-
ence to become involved in com-
munities and to accept one an-
other.

“The way out is the radical
way of love and compassion." he
said.

Street. turning briefly onto Rose
Street before heading back to
Heritage Hall. There was an air
of peace and acceptance among
the marchers as they waved to
onlookers and reporters.

At 10:25 am. the last of the
marchers arrived back at Her-
itage Hall. Many were on hand to
watch African drumming. choral
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fiom, intelligent design or evolution? You are invited to
examine the empirical evidences, in search of the truth, for an
answer to this and many other questions.

Creation - Evolution Semin
January 18—21
(There is no charge for this. It is free to the public.)

Dr. Payne received his Bachelor’s Degree in Science
Education from Florida State University (1967).
postgraduate work at Harvard University where he received his Master’s I
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Oklahoma State prof takes look back at civil
rights movement, historic King Jr. speech

By Lisa minim
DMlY O'COLIEGIAI

STILLWA'I‘ER, Okla. -
Linked arm in arm in a sea of
faces, both black and white.
Theodore Vestal watched one of
the defining moments in the
civil rights struggle unfold be-
fore him.

The Oklahoma State Uni-
versity political science profes-
sor was one of 500,000 who
showed up Aug. 28. 1963, to par-
ticipate in The March on Wash-
ington for Jobs and Freedom.

Vestal, 29 years old at the
time, marched to the Lincoln
Memorial with the huge mass
of people to hear big name stars
protest the civil rights condi-
tions in the United States. The
audience heard speeches from
actors like Charleton Heston,
the singing group Peter, Paul
and Mary and, most important-

ly, Martin Luther King Jr.

“It was the biggest assem-
bly of people that had gotten to-
gether up to that time," said
Vestal, now 64.

He said the atmosphere
was festive and “sort of like a
picnic“ despite rumors of im-
pending violence that had cir~
culated in Washington DC, in
the days leading up to the his-
toric march.

He said there was talk of a
countermarch by white su-
premacist groups and fear that
rioting would break out in the
street.

“People were afraid that
the marchers would go on a
rampage," he said But nothing
significant occurred that inter-
fered with the peaceful intent of
the march.

Vestal was in Washington
at the time working for the

Peace Corps. He said he became
interested in the Peace Corps
after hearing Sen. Robert
Kennedy's speeches about the
organization.

He sent in a resume and
was later called by John D.
Rockefeller IV to come to Wash-
ington for a series of inter-
views, culminating in a meet‘
ing with the head of the Peace
Corps.

“It was an exciting time to
be in Washington. The Peace
Corps was the epitome of youth
and vigor," he said.

The day of the march, the
Peace Corps office gave its em-
ployees the day off to partici-
pate, Vestal said.

“The March on Washington
was going to be the first big na-
tional rally," he said. “The civil
rights movement was heading
for its apex.”

Vestal said he had been
somewhat active in the civil
rights movement before the
march and was a member of the
American Civil Liberties
Union. He participated in the

group Dallas Citizens for Peace-
ful Integration, and saw the in-
tegration of Southern
Methodist University while he
was there studying theology.

He found himself marching
with a group from California
who were holding a California
state flag and singing songs like
“We Shall Overcome" and
“Freedom" as they walked for-
ward. Other demonstrators sur-
rounding him held signs and
banners that called for equal
rights for blacks.

_ “It was a very joyful occa-
SIOn." Vestal said.

At the time. he said he did-
n’t realize the historical signifi-
cance of the speech given by
King on the steps of the Lincoln
Memorial, which would come
to be known as the “I Have a
Dream" speech.

“Martin Luther King was
just one of many important
speakers," he said. “The whole
march was tremendous, and
King‘s speech was picked up by
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By Rich Tucker
DAILY PRINCETONIAN

PRINCETON, N.J. — In the minds of
Dean of Student Life Janina Montero and
other University administrators, an end to
the tradition of the Nude Olympics is a
foregone conclusion.

President Shapiro submitted a letter to
The Daily Princetonian yesterday, asking
Montero to form a committee to discuss the
future of the event in light of the high num-
ber of students who were taken to Prince-
ton Medical Center and McCosh Health
Center for alcohol poisoning.

Montero said the Nude Olympics can-
not be made completely safe.

Therefore her soon-to-be-formed com-
mittee will work to end the event “with as
much student support as possible.“

“It doesn’t seem reasonable to start dis-
cussion in the sense of just trying to make

it safer,“ Montero said. “We’ve tried to
make it safer, but there is so much about
this event that's uncontainable, to start
conversation with that goal in mind would
not be honest."

Montero said she plans to speak with
other university administrators, public
safety officials and student leaders to gar-
ner campus support for the tradition‘s
end.

“I’m hoping to have a small yet very
active committee to understand what are
the best steps we can follow to contain
Nude Olympics and move away from the
event."

In the last several days, stories about
the Nude Olympics have appeared in a va-
riety of national newspapers, including
The New York Times. Some of the stories
discussed several instances of sexual mis-
conduct that allegedly took place during

ing she saw “someone getting peed on, a
couple having sex, a guy masturbating and
girls just falling on their faces."

Montero said she has heard about
several instances of acts that could be
classified as sexual harassment. “The
deans certainly described some pretty
bad moments of lewd behavior," she said.
“That brings on another unfortunate
slant."

Director of Communications Justin
Harmon said he thinks the Nude Olympics
tradition will be ended.

“The president wanted an open dia-
logue in case new ideas were brought for
ward,“ he said. "I think the convictions (of
other administrators) are otherwise."

Harmon said the media coverage of
this year’s Nude Olympics was a result of
the number of cases of alcohol poisoning.
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set of Duke-based research, medical sci-
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ing attention deficit hyperactivity disor-
der.

The research, published in today's
issue of Science, one of the most promi-
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of the neurotransmitter serotonin
rather than dopamine, which is the
more commonly suspected culprit.

Little is known about ADHD, which
affects thousands of children in this
country.

Between 3 percent and 6 percent of
children between ages 4 and 14 are
thought to have the condition. Children
with ADHD have difficulty paying atten-
tion to directions and often have trouble
learning. In some cases, affected chil-
dren experience problems controlling
what they say or do, sometimes hitting
other children.

When doctors diagnose ADHD,
treatment often includes psychiatric
treatment as well as drug therapy. But
doctors and parents are increasingly
turning to the popular psychostimulant
Ritalin to calm their children. No one is
quite sure how Ritalin works, although
before the recent study it was believed

to have acted on the dopamine system.
Patients with ADHD “behave as if they
have a dopamine imbalance” said
Caron, although he stressed that the ex-
act chemical cause of ADHD is not
known.

But study authors Marc Caron, pro-
fessor of cell biology and Howard Hugh-
es Medical Institute investigator, and
Raul Gainetdinov, a research associate,
concluded that Ritalin acts on the recep-
tor of the neurotransmitter serotonin
rather than on a receptor of the neuro-
transmitter dopamine.

In the experiment, Caron and his
team used “knockout” mic to isolate the
dopamine system. “Knockout” mice are
mice that have been genetically engi-
neered to lack a certain trait, which is
thus “knocked out." These "knockout"
mice were created with no dopamine re-
ceptors, which are molecules that “clean
up" leftover dopamine. This made the
dopamine in their brains reach five
times a normal level.

Both normal and “knockout” mice
were given Ritalin The amount of
dopamine in their brains was then mea-
sured after 20 minutes. Results showed
that normal mice had increased levels of
dopamine while the “knockout” mice
had no such change.

“This finding indicated that Ritalin
couldn’t be working on dopamine,"
Gainetdinov said in a news release.

 

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By Gina Montetusco
THE BREEZE

HARRISONBURG, Va. —- Kweisi Mfume
grew up in inner—city Baltimore. watched his
mother die when he was 16, and dropped out of
school. Almost three decades later, he is a for-
mer congressman and current president of the
National Association for the Advancement of
Colored People.

Mfume refused to let his life go down the
wrong path, and he challenged the students of
JMU to do the same on the anniversary of
Martin Luther King, Jr.‘s birthday.

“So perhaps, James Madison, it is for us to
consider that the road less traveled is the road
less serving, but it is worth it anyway,"
Mfume said.

Mfume spoke to about 1300 people Sunday
night in Wilson Hall Auditorium as part of the
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration. Along
with JMU President Linwood Rose. the Con-
temporary Gospel Singers and other musical
guests, and representatives from many col»
leges and organizations across campus.
Mfume spoke about racial and ethnic injus-
tices and what everyone must do about it.

“You have the power to be worthy stew~
ards," Mfume said. “You have not buried or
are burying your talents, but are investing
them in your peers and in your community.
You must understand the real need to get be-
yond the blame and the excuses and again
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ter," Blanton said.

Fraternities were also hav-
ing problems with students ly-
ing about their GPAs, Blanton
said. But once the students
were in the ftaternity, options
were limited for removal.

“If we know beforehand, it
will be easier to reject them,"
he said.

The new policy is not facing
any problems as of yet.

“Right now, we've had no
complaints,“ Roth said.

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trician, she said she is proud
that a number of the pediatri-
cians trained at UK have
brought their skills to Eastern
Kentucky and set up practice
there.

Noonan made a large con-
tribution to the international
scene of pediatric cardiology
when in 1962, when she discov-
ered and described a heart con-
dition which would later be
named after her, called Noo-
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years, said, “Thank you al-
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giving you your daughter's
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Parents to be notified

By March, JMU says, parents will be told
about alcohol violations by those underage

By Brad Jenkins
IME BREEZE

HARRISONBURG, Va. — In
a major student policy move,
JMU officials announced Friday
that beginning March 15, par-
ents of students under age 21 will
be notified of students’ on- and
off-campus alcohol violations.

“Parents have a lot more
power over students than we
do,” said Mark Warner, vice
president of Student Affairs.
“For a lot of people with a sub-
stance abuse problem, the inter-
vention plan we have hasn’t
wor