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State House sends budget to Fletcher for ﬁnal 0K

836 million Todd hopes to meet with staff

By Megan Boehnlie
mt «mum KERNEI.

With the Kentucky
House of Representative’s
passing of a joint budget
yesterday, UK students are
one step away from a sin-
gle-digit tuition increase
in the 2007-08 school year.

The 98-2 vote follows
the Senate’s unanimous
approval Monday and will
send the budget to Gov.
Ernie Fletcher, who has 10
days to approve it.

“Legislature made a
bold step to help UK today
and all post-secondary ed-
ucation,” said Rep. Robert
Damron, D-Lexington.

Several legislators see
this budget as the ﬁrst of
many commitments to the
plan and hopes that it sets
a precedent in budgets still
to come.

“We’re still a long way
from 2020, but UK needed
those funds now to put

these building blocks in
place," said Rep. Kathy
Stein, D-Lexington, adding
that the top-20 push is a
“snowballing-kind of
process” when it comes to
state budgetary funding.

UK President Lee Todd
said yesterday that the fact
that the state is fully fund-
ing UK’s business plan in
the second of its two-year
budget is “extremely im-
portant ﬁnancially and
strategically.

“It was really the ﬁrst
step in the plan. It is up to
us to use the money wisely
so we can build up confi-
dence with legislature.”

Todd said that he
would begin hiring addi-
tional faculty and provide
salary increases to current
faculty members. UK will
hire about 50 new faculty
over the next two years
while keeping the incom-
ing classes steady, thus de-

creasing class sizes.

“This will also relieve
a lot of stress on depart-
ments," Todd said. “Facul-
ty will have more time to
spend with those students.
It will bring relief to facul-
ty just to know that we
will be able to give them
some support.”

Todd said that over the
next two years the Top-20
Business Plan calls for the
university to continue to
increase graduation rates,
increase fundraising and
cut internal costs.

Stein said that the bud-
get sends a message across
Kentucky that it is impor-
tant for UK to become a
top-20 university and po—
tentially an “economic
engine” for the state.

“The more people we
educate in high-tech and
other sorts of jobs, the bet-
ter off we’re going to be,”

See Budget on page 4

Increase in
general funds
requested

by UK

$11 million

Increase in

general funds
Gov. Fletcher
offered to UK

$17.7 million

Increase in
general funding
approved by
Senate, House

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President Lee Todd said yesterday
that following the passing of the state
budget, he wants to meet with the Staff
Senate and Employee Beneﬁts Com-
mittee to create a compensation sys-
tem for staff members that would be
fair and equal.

UK staffers approached two local
branches of national unions following
a town hall-style forum over Spring
Break where UK President Lee Todd
spoke about a proposed twotier pay
raise. The twotier system would give
staff members a 3 percent salary-pool
raise and faculty members a 5.5 per-
cent salary pool raise

“I am certainly concerned about
(the potential union)," Todd said,
adding that the salary raises do not
take into account $5 million in the
budget set aside to improve staff com-
pensation and that that he was under
pressure to ﬁnish the Top20 Business

Plan before the legislative session be-
gan in January.

“Now that the budget has passed,
we can sit down and really try to un-
derstand what it will be,” Todd said. “I
hope we can still get a chance to do
that and a union will not be formed.”

College of Law staff member
Samantha Gange said that even if the
salary issue is worked out, there is still
resolve to push union efforts.

“There are a lot of other issues
that have been going on for quite some
time,” she said, listing retiree beneﬁts
and outsourcing of services as some of
those issues.

Staff Senate Chairman Kyle Dip
pery, who said last week that he is not
in favor of the union, believes that it is
up to staff members to become more
active in the process.

“I think it would be more helpful
for the staff to get involved with the
Staff Senate,” Dippery said. “I would
say they need to get involved and help
it do things.”

Swishing into spring

Broder

tion since 1960.

Reporjng ‘dean’
to discuss politics
in the press

By Adam Sichlio
THE Krurucxv mm

Growing up in Illinois. venerated political correspon-
dent and columnist David S. Broder wanted to play
sports when he was older.

But he had one problem. To put it
nicely, Broder was a self-described
“non-jock.”

“I was terrible at it,“ he said of his
athletic ability “Skinny. wore glasses
and poorly coordinated."

But he’s certainly found his home
in the national political arena. Broder
-»—~ this year‘s keynote speaker at the
UK School of Journalism’s Creason
Lecture — is revered as the "dean of
political reporting" and has covered
every national campaign and conven-

“All I knew was that I enjoyed writing sports and was

looking for some type of job I could do when I got out of
the Army.” said Broder. who was in the service for two
years. He began his journalism career covering two rur-
al Illinois counties for the Bloomington Pantagraph.

“I had no idea what it would turn into." he said.

What it turned into was a long career writing about
national politics. not sports w and winning many
awards for his work. This year marks his 40th at The
Washington Post. where he won a Pulitzer Prize in 1973
for distinguished commentary. He previously worked at
Congressional Quarterly. The Washington Star and The
New York Times.

“Obviously. I‘ve been doing it a helluva long time

See Broder on page 4

After a chilly weekend, campus warmed up in
time for Kappa Alpha Psi and Farmhouse to face
off on the basketball court for a charity game. The
game was organized by Kappa Alpha Psi to raise
money for the Ronald McDonald House. and the

fraternity hopes to make the game an annual event.

New nursingdean
aims to attract faculty

By Sarah flannery

Above: Students of the Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity face M "mm “Ml

off against members of the Farmhouse fraternity last
night on the courts next to Haggin Hall.

The new dean of the UK College of Nursing says she
aims to expand the program, but that she must also work
to recruit and retain nursing faculty with doctoral de-
grees.

When Jane Marie Kirschling takes over in August. she
hopes to aid President Lee Todd‘s Top20 Business Plan by

expanding nursing programs and re-
search.

“This work will be a careful analy-
sis of enrollment in the College's under-
graduate and graduate nursing pro
grams to see where there are opportuni-
ties for growth. exploring strategies for
expanding the College‘s research portfo
lio and assessing how the College‘s fac-
ulty and students are contributing to ef-
forts to address persistent health prob
lems in Lexington and Kentucky."

Kirschling said.

One of the biggest challenges Kirschling says she
faces is the recruitment and retention of doctorally pre
pared nursing faculty. For the past decade the number of
graduates from doctoral programs has remained ﬂat.
Master prepared faculty are the ones who usually support
the undergraduate education in clinical settings.
Kirschling has high hopes for her term at UK.

“[Tlhe University of Kentucky nursing program has a
strong national reputation. rich opportunities for oollabo
ration across the health care disciplines and Lexington is
a beautiful city." Kirschling said. “All of these attributes
will support the College‘s ongoing efforts to recruit and
retain nursing faculty“

Kirschling is currently the Dean of the College of

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Right: Nathan Thompson, a civil engineering junior and a
member of Farmhouse, runs into a Kappa Alpha Psi
defender while going for a layup last night.

mnnumns I STAN

Women offer tips for breaking glass ceiling

By Ellie Fairbanks
m: KENTUCKY item

“You’re fired!"

Few college students have received
this proclamation from their bosses. Less
have been told this by Donald Trump, the
co-creator of NBC’s business-based reali-
ty show “The Apprentice." Jennifer
Wallen, however, is no stranger to the
Donald’s famous line.

Wallen, a former Apprentice candi-
date, appeared at UK last night to discuss
women's roles in business-related ca-
reers in a forum entitled “Breaking the
Glass Ceiling: 21st Century Women in
Business.” Wallen, who graduated from
Murray State University, was joined by
Action News 36’s Meteorologist Christie

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Topics at the presentation included
breaking through into a male-dominated
world. balancing work and families and
destroying the stereotypes that still
plague women in business.

“If you’re in a male-dominated ﬁeld,
then you’ll definitely face more obsta-
cles.” Wallen said. “You have to gain re-
spect and show people that you know
what you’re doing.“

Wallen never had much of a problem
showing people that she was qualiﬁed.
however. After graduating college.
Wallen traveled throughout the county
as an AOPi chapter consultant, which
she credits as one of the greatest experi-
ences of her life.

Dutton and Lee Ann James, president of
E.W. James and Sons grocery stores.

The event. spon-
sored by UK‘s Alpha
Omicron Pi, was a way
to showcase these
women’s successes and
inspire other girls to
pursue careers in busi-
ness, organizer Chantel
McCormick said.

“We’d been working
on the event for a few
weeks, and originally it

. was just for (AOPi)
members,” McCormick said. “We decid-
ed later that we wanted to get the entire
University involved because we think
that this is really important."

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Vince Vaughn had been
dreading. For seven months,
in the wake of Aniston's
painful and public divorce.
the private couple had gone
to great lengths to avoid any
relationship PDA. But on
March 30. as they wound
down an arduous day of
reshoots for The Break-Up 7*
the very ﬁlm that united
them last summer A the
costars had no choice but to
kiss. Passionately. On the
streets of downtown Chicago.
in front of crew members and
extras. And much to the on-
lookers’ delight. it seems the
pair are not that good at act-
ing. “They were sweet as they
leaned in." a source says.
“They were really into it. It
was very natural."

As well it should be. Ever
since Aniston sat on
Vaughn‘s lap at the movie‘s
August wrap party. the couple
have evolved from met-on-the-
set hookup to full-ﬂedged r0-
mance. And their next step.
says a source. may be a page
straight out of the Brangeli-
na handbook.

"She is talking about hav-
ing kids with Vince before
getting married." the source
says of Aniston. 37. “She has
babies on the brain and
knows her biological Clock is
ticking. She and Vince have
been talking about it. but
they want to give it a bit more
time."

Vaughn. 36, moved into
Aniston's Malibu, California.
pad in January. and now.
sources say. he is itching to
return to his Chicago home-
town with his girlfriend in

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Jen and Vince:
Talking baby

Aniston and Vaughn search

tow. “The lack of privacy in
LA. is getting to him." says a
source. "He can’t even go out
with the boys anymore. He
wants . . . his old life.“ Anis-
ton has her own reasons for
trading in Hollywood for the
Midwest. “She is still heart-
broken about Brad," says a
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3qu WV. buy?

Home-hunting was cer-
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The building “fulﬁlled her
privacy needs." says a source.
“and she loved how it was
close to (shopping district)
Michigan Avenue." The two
also walked through the Red
Door Salon & Spa, which con-
nects at the ground ﬂoor.
“She was smiling the whole
time." says an onlooker.

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For now, any big move ~—
literal or otherwise _ won't
happen until Aniston and
Vaughn's “Break-Up” (the
movie. that is) opens on June
2. Each is heavily invested in
the romantic comedy, in
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with reshoots, often an early
sign of celluloid disaster. “If
they're shooting scenes after
the ﬁlm has already been
edited. there is an element
that does not work,” one
movie producer tells Us. (A
studio rep tells Us. “Every
ﬁlm can beneﬁt from a few
extra days of shooting. and
‘The Break-Up‘ was able to re-
turn to Chicago for some
quick additions that we be-
lieve will add to what we
know is already an enor-
mously satisfying movie“) A
source explains that the
script’s original ending had
to be retooled to make it a
happy one. But will life imi-
tate art? “They‘re both wait-
ing until after the movie's re-
lease to discuss the future of
their relationship." says an-
other source, who adds. “But
he loves her so much."
The couple's new address?
“Beautiful!" was Aniston's
verdict on 919 North Michi-
gan Avenue. a landmark 1929
skyscraper in Chicago‘s Gold
Coast neighborhood. which
she and Vaughn toured
March 29 as potential tenants.
Once home to Hugh Hefner’s
Playboy empire, it now fea-
tures a gym, 24-hour
concierge and doorman. and
the Beacon Room for intimate
entertaining. But Aniston es-
pecially liked the Red Door
Salon & Spa on the ground
ﬂoor: “She thought it was so
convenient." a source tells Us.
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First published in Us Weekly

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APR 122006 3

The Gamekillers OBITUARIES April 2006

(5am Killvh

Andre Massis
Fernando Nieves
Zack Danielson

MASSIS Andre, Sﬁo Paulo, BR
Was lured away from a pretty young
thing and into a heated game of
’Foos' by his good friend Carl— more
commonly known as "The Mayor of
No Women's Land." While Andre
made several attempts to step away
and pack into contention with the
said female, Carl’s relentless pursuit
for all things that don't involve getting
same, was ultimately too much for
the young Andre. He quickly found
himself sweating it out over the
air hockey table, from where he
would catch a glimpse of his young
beauty heading out the door with
another suitor. Andre‘s game will be
remembered by many, just not her

NIEVES Fernando, New York, NY
His game was alive and well on its
way to a ten digit exchange with
a hottie known as Britney, but was
suddenly bushwhacked by a classic
Gamekiller, The Drama Queen. She
ran into the scene, tears streaming,
and sobbed a story of having seen
her ex from four years ago. "I, l, I
just can't be alone tonight, Brit.” Still
a retrievoble situation had Fernando
kept his cool. But he didn't. "Four

Hanwey Shieh
Bharat Kumar

years seems like a long time ago," '

he said in all innocence By the
time The Drama Queen was done
flipping the script, Fernando was re
cast in the role of ”the villain” in front
of a crowd of horrified onlookers.
No one hooks up with an insensitive
pig. Rest in peace fernando, but
you sleep alone.

DANIELSON Zack, Atianta, GA

It was early in the evening yesterday
when Zack's game left us, and while
it didn’t go without a fight, Zack
did have his arse unceremoniously
handed to him. Upon returning from
the bathroom, Zack found the girl he

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was seeing had been surrounded
by a beefy mesomorph, Early Man,
tried
muscle to strongarm him out of the

who to use his abundant
picture. Zack did not keep his cool
and accused his young lady friend
of flirting with the first guy who came
along. His girl, no doubt disgusted
by Zack's over-thetop bravado,
fled the scene when his far from
attractive iealousy escalated into
Zack throwing a punch, which was
caught in midair by something
that looked like a hand, but felt
like a 20lb vice. By the time Zack
regained consciousness, he was
home alone and unable to console
himself with his dominant hand.

SHIEH Hanwey, los Angeles, CA

Hanwey was chatting up a latrn diva
at an apartment complex barbecue
and his game was hot enough to
pose a fire hazard, that is until his
friend and cocoon of horror known
as The Mess entered the picture
and snatched Hanwey up like a
flash flood of distraction. Somewhat
of a loose cannon, The Mess
immediately engaged Hanwey in
the ageold male bonding tradition
of lighting one's own farts. Sure,
there's little more enticmg than the
ignition of one's own combustible
human gasses but much like riding
don't
look that cool doing it. When the

an electric scooter, you
laughter subsided, Hanwey was left
with nothing but a good laugh and
the faint smell of old eggs, while his
lady was snared by a new SUilOl.

Man, talk about blowing ll,

KUMAR Bharat, Jacksonvilk, Fl

After kicking his game to a leggy
redhead at a dorm mixer, Bharat
was interrupted by Trevor, aka.
British Accent Guy. Women are
drawn to men with British accents,

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so all it took was a single "pardon"
to make his girl raise an eyebrow
toward this game killing Redcoat.
This prompted Bharat to get riled by
calling out the guy's busted grill of
yellowing bad teeth and comparing
the merits of baseball over cricket.
The British Accent Guy smiled and
opened his mouth only to offer
bits of
banter, allowing his accent to seep

small nonconfrontational
into the girl’s brain like a piece of
brilliant propaganda. In the end,
the Brit would invade on Bharat's
territory with ease, taking the girl,
and leaving Bharat’s game strewn
on the road as a piece of collateral
damage.

SMITH Eric, Washington, DC

His game came to its demise in
the most unlikely of circumstances,
While engaging in two of his most
pleasurable pastimes. talking about
boots, with his other passion, a
beautiful girl who seemed genuinely
interested They were even planning
to go out in his l5-foot dinghy, only
to hit unseen rocks in the form of The
One Upper the classzc Gamekiller
who lives by the motto ”Anything
you can do i can do better." Sure
enough, The One Upper claimed
to not only know boots, but he also
boasted of captaining his own 40
foot vessel. Eric tried to navigate to
the calmer waters of car talk but was
run over again by The One Upper's
supposed vintage German roadster.
The tension quickly mounted, and
soon the two were engaged in a
ruthless game of one-upmanship. On
and on they went, seeing what the
other guy iust said and raising him
When the smoke cleared, Eric had
won the gloat-fest, but the girl was
nowhere to be faund. No one likes
a braggart, Eric’s game was last
seen drifting away towards the vast
sea of loneliness in an undersized

boat,

FOX Jon, London, UK

Jon's game, beloved to many a
cheerleader and facilitator of the
ménage of 2003. was fairing
well at a Gold Coast club with a
delightful pair of sisters That is
until the playboy predator and full
time Gamekiller simply known as
Kash Munni entered the picture. A
wellendowed socialite famous for
trashing 5-star hotel rooms, Kash
had traveled in from oil rich lands

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wearing expensive Italian loafers
and indoor Sunglasses. Drinks were
bought for willing and unwilling
recipients alike with his family’s

which he
flaunted in the form of an array of

fortune, shamelessly
high status plastic. This caused Jan
to suddenly lose his cool and go on
the defensive by opening a tab of his
own. On his debit card, After three
rounds, Jon's account was maxed.
Shortly after he was dropped off
alone wouldlon learn the hard way
that a woman’s affection should
never be for sale, and that many a
man has gone broke trying to prove
otherwise.

UTSCH Chad, New Brunswick, NJ
His game was faring nicely at tt‘e
local coffee shop with a seemng y
receptive latte drinker called Rita
and he seemed well on his way to a
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Budget

Continued from paoel

said Stein. who called this
year‘s budget one of the bet-
ter ones for UK that she‘d
seen since becoming a state
legislator in 1996.

Rep. Stan Lee. R-Lexing-
ton, was one of two dissent-
ing votes on the budget yes-
terday. saying that he was un-
comfortable with the level of
spending and incurring debt.

“There‘s a lot of good
things in the budget, but
overall can we really afford
to do all those things?" he

asked yesterday, although he
supported the funding given
to UK. He said that the bud-
get had “excessive spending
and excessive debt 1—7 new
debt, debt that my children
and grandchildren will have
to pay.

“I don t think it is ﬁscally
responsible to do what we
are trying to do."

Stein said that she under-
stood the debt. but that the
pros outweighed the cons.

“I recognize there is a
problem,” she said, adding
that it was worth the risk.
"But in times like this, its
better to go ahead. The econ-
omy is showing some signs of
turning around.

“The payoff for higher ed-

ucation deserves taking on
this sort of debt."

Fletcher can use a line
item veto to remove items
from the state budget before
approving it. but cannot add
new items to the budget. He
can also veto the entire bud-
get.

“The governor has the
line item veto and I strongly
encourage him to take a look
at some of these projects and
I hope he exercises that privi-
lege.” Lee said. “I hope that
he leaves UK alone but I
think we went too far in
some places."

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the fun part of journalism is
the reporting part, when
you’re out actually watching
events unfold or you're sit-
ting down interviewing peo-
ple. talking to people who are
involved in politics." said the
76year-old journalist.

“Politicians tend to be en-
gaging people." he said.
"Their personalities are such
that they tend to be fairly
gregarious; they obviously
are involved in competition
with each other. and competi-
tion makes it interesting.
That's kind of a throwback
to my original interest in
sports as a competitive area.
and that’s the part of it that I
enjoy"

But Broder sees a storm
brewing in the relationship
between those politicians
and reporters. His speech

tonight focuses on that rela-
tionship. which has deterio-
rated and turned sour, and
what he believes the conse-
quences of that reality are.

It's also a relationship
that dates back to before the
founding of America. The
Founding Fathers recognized
the need to keep the press
free so that the citizens of
the newborn nation could get
as much information as pos-
sible about events in their
government and their coun-
try. Broder said.

“That's why they decided
to take the risk of leaving the
press unregulated, even
though they knew there were
going to be things that pissed
them off about the way the
press was doing its job." he
said.

Now, however, the rela-
tionship between the press
and politicians can be seen
as adversarial. deteriorating
and sour a scenario that
would damage America‘s po-
litical system, Broder argues.

“It’s not a contest be-

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tween us and the politicians
as to who’s got the upper
hand." Broder said. “Our
obligation is the one that jus-
tiﬁes the freedom that we ex-
ercise every day.

“And I think you need to
keep reminding yourself that
that’s what you’re about,” he
said of journalists. “The val-
ue of journalism lies entirely
in what we can provide for
the public. The only ratio-
nale for it is if. somehow. at
the end of the process, the
people who live in the coun-
try and are the citizens of
the country get hold of some
information that is useful to
them."

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