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Water .
conservation

Ways to
help

You can help conserve.
keep water cleaner,
and use less water in
other ways besides
not peeing in the
ocean.

In the batlroonr

Take a five-minute
shower instead of a
bath. Amount saved:
15 gallons per
shower.

Don't use toilets as a
wastebasket. Flush
only when you need
to. Amount saved: 12
or more gallons per
day.

When brushing teeth.
use a glassful of
water instead of
running the tap.
Amount saved: 3 or
more gallons per
brushing.

When taking a bath,
don't run the water
without closing the
drain first. The warm
water that comes
after running the tap
for a while will take
care of that first cold
burst.

In the kitchen:

When washing dishes by
hand. fill up the sink
with soap and water
instead of running
the water the whole
time. Amount saved:
25 gallons per load.

Keep a pitcher of water
in the refrigerator
when you want a
drink instead of
running the tap until
the water cools.
Amount saved: 2
gallons per drink.

Thaw frozen foods in the
refrigerator, not
under running tap
water. Amount saved:
5 or more gallons per
meal.

Start a compost pile as
an alternative to
using a kitchen sink
garbage disposal.

Outside around your
home:

Water your lawn during
the early morning
hours when there are
low temperatures
and low winds. This
reduces the amount
of water you lose
from evaporation.

Position your sprinklers
to water only the
lawn, not the
sidewalk or street.

Don’t waste water
hosing down your
driveway or sidewalk.
Amount saved: 25
gallons every five
minutes.

Drive your car over your
lawn when washing
to save on watering
it, or use a
commercial car wash
that recycles water.

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EARTH DAY 2000

So you want to go swimming. Too bad, the beach is closed. How about fishing? So long as
you don't eat them - high levels of mercury have contaminated the aquatic population.
What's a regular person like you lope?
Educate yourself. Today, the Kentucky Kernel looks at new threats to one of the most
precious things on Earth — water.
Check it out. You'll be happy you did in twenty years.

A dro in the

bucket

Water, water, everywhere: Strides
made in ﬁghting water pollution may
be one step forward, two taken back

Emissions from factories
enter soil and water
via acid rain.

Industrial runoff and waste ' " '
enter water directly. ' \

Rainwater carries debris, oil and gas from
vehicles and chemicals from lawns to streams
or the polluted water drains from the surface

and enters the groundwater.

Contaminants enter the
freshwater agulfler, another
common source of drinking
water.

Iy m Vandsrlioll
[0110! IN CHIEF

Richard Nixon signed the
Clean Water Act in 1972. The
legislation was passed to bring
Chemical, physical and biologi-
cal integrity back to the na-
tion’s surface waters, so citi-
zens could enjoy more “ﬁsh-
ableand swimmabie” waters

Three decades later, a Re
publican and Democrat want to
see the act updated. Sen. Kit
Bond (R-Missom'i) and Rep.
John Tanner (D-Tennessee) in-
troduced last week the Fish-
able Waters Act of 2000. an
amendment to the Clean Water
Act that would encourage oom-
munity»based partnerships to
address fish habitat issues.

' The act has brought fish-
ers. water recreation enthusi-
asts. environmentalists and
congressional representatives

“What was poesiblein 1972

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everything; we first must un-
dertake to target those water
bodies in which speciﬁc protec-
tion and restoration activities
will make healthy ﬁsheries a
realistic possibility. Topdown
regulation does not represent a
complete solution. particularly
when addressing non-point
source pollution problems."

To put it simply: pollution
has changed with the times, so
it's time to come up with a new
strategy.

When the Clean Water Act
was passed, the government
was concerned about point
source pollution. or pollution
that came from a specific
source. A factory dumping
waste directly into a stream
would be an example of point
source pollution.

“A lot of point sources
have been addressed and regu-
lated for 20 to 25 years." said
Jim Kipp. assistant director for
the Kentucky Water Resources
Remh institute. '

“What remains is non-
potnt solstiionthatie spread
across the land and is very
challendm to deal with.”

Non-point source pollution
is pollutiat for which a speciﬁc

' See “I on 2

Agricultural waste seeps
directly into water supplies.

Water enlisting.
disasters

1967 - The Torrey Canyon oil tanker
became stranded off Land's End,
releasing some 118,000 tons of crude

oil, about 14,000 tons of which
reached the British coastline.

March 24, 1989 - The Exxon Valdez
oil tanker (above) ran aground in the
Prince William Sound off Alaska,
spilling 232,000 barrels of oil. Only
25 percent of the migratory salmon
population returned to the area the
following season and thousands of
otters and birds were poisoned.

January 5, 1993 - The oil tanker
Braer ran aground off Sumburgh Head
in Shetland. Twenty minutes later the
Braer with it's 619,300 barrels of oil
(about 130,000 tons) ran aground
again and began leaking oil.

February 15, 1996 - The Sea Empress
tanker hit rocks off the coast of
Wales. spilling about 1000 tons of oil.
By February 21 an estimated 50,000
tons of oil had been spilled.

Source-Southhampton University
environmental database.

indebtederate
flag put to rest

South Carolina Senate voted to bring the
flag down; UK students speak on the issue

By Nikole Wolfe

STAFF WRITER

Moro than to yoztrs of history was undono lust wook :iftor
ono voto by tho South (‘ztrolinzi Stuto Sonuto.

'l‘ho Sonnto votod 36—7 to romovo tho confodorzito flag from
its pltlt‘t‘ in front of tho stzitohouso oxuctly 139 yours ziftor tho
start oftho (‘ivil Wzir,

'l‘ho ilzig has boon tin issuo of controvorsy oyor sinco it wont
up in tho isms.

Somo chi/oils fool tho llug should bo tnkon down bocuuso it
roprosonts tiio opprossion of sizivory. ()thors fool it should stay
up bocuuso it roprosonts southorn horitzigo.

'l‘ho controvorsy of tho (‘onfodornto flag is not litnitod to
South (‘zirolinu In fzict. it touchos Kontucky :is woll.

'l‘his horitztgo can bo soon in mztny things. from The Loxing-
ton (‘omotorv 111 which many (‘onfodornto soldiors ziro btiriod.
to 'i‘runsylvzmizi l‘nivorsity. which was usod (1S :1 hospital dur-
ing tho war.

Tho novoronding dcbuto ovor a symbol of southern heritage
has ovon lod to u homicido. right horo ill homo in Kentucky. in
1995. Michuol Wostormun. zi rosidont of Elkton. was shot and
killod for having it (‘onft‘tlct‘zttt‘ flag on his truck.

Display ing tho confodoruto flag is a complox issuo l)t‘C£iUSt‘ it
roprosonts mziny dilforont things to various pooplo.

"A (‘onfodorzito flag is a symbol for two difforont momonts
in history. tho (‘ivil War and tho Civil Rights Movement." said
’l‘riicy (‘znnpbolL :in Amorictin history profossor :11 UK.

(‘timpboll :igi'ood IlltlI tho ilzig should bo romovod front the
Stutohouso in South (‘zirolinti lit‘ClltlSl‘ it was pltiCt‘tl thoro dur-
ing tho (‘ivil Rights movomont. and. thoroforo. ropresents racial
roprossion.

Still. sonic studonts think tho flag is (ill important roinindor
of southorn horitzigo.

“'l‘ho (‘onl'odorutos woro lighting for somothing thoy bov
lioyod in. And whothor thoit‘ cziuso was right or wrong. they still
doscrvo to bo honorod for tboir contributions to our nation's
history." Stilll .liilio Rhodcs. zi iinunco sophomoro.

()thor studonts think tho ting should ho romomborod as rop-
rosonting moro than just sluvory.

“l'in protty iinpzirtinl to tho wholo situation." said Zach
Storor. a undoclurod junior. “but i think people should romom-
bot: that tho (‘oniodcrzicy aroso from tho argument of stato vor-
sus national powor. ’l‘hc issuo of sluvory did not ariso until tho
lzitor yours of tho (‘ivil War."

thitovor tho porsonzil stnnd pooplo tuko on tho display of
tho confodorzito flag. tho issuo is raising conflicts zind oniotions
to till iiivolyod.

“All symbols hziyo ronl moatnings and (”‘0 cupziblo of hurting
pooplo." (‘umpboll suid.

HEALTH

Students encouraged
to learn cancer risks

By Ashley lleuser
CONTRIBUHNG WRITU?

iironst cuncor zillocts thousands of young womon. oithor di»
roctly or indiroctly. ovory your. Studonts at UK ziro no oxcoptioii.

“My bost friond's mom diod of bi‘ozist czmcor." sziid .lc-nnifor
Bowling. :in :idvortising junior. “My groutgrandmothor llll(l it.
but sho surviyod it.”

.»\ccording to M:1yo(‘iinic iioztlth Information. ono of ovory
nino womon will dovolop broust czincor :tt somo point in hot‘ lifc.
and broust czincor still kills tnoro womon than any othor cancor
oxcopt lung cancor.

No ono knows for suro whut ('(lllSt‘S broust cuncor. Yot. zigo.
country of birth and :i fznnily history of tho disonso uro signifi
cant indicators of risk.

In tho mid-19805. tho Atnoriczin (‘iincor Socioty said that :i
mzmimogrztm is tho most vziliiziblo scrooning lost for bt‘ozist can
cor :md rocomniondod that yvomon got a rogulzir scrooning mum-
mogrzim.

But tho Notional (‘zmcor lnstituto oxplnins that mzimmo—
grunts oxposo womon to radiation that may buckfiro zind ovon
(:iuso bronst cuncor if thoy ziro l‘t'lX‘IliHl oﬁon boforo tho .‘igo offiil,

'l‘ho koy to provontion is good honlth. :iccording to llr. l.ou
Koiloy oftho Mnrkoy (‘nncor ("ontor in [.oxington.

lio roports that tho two biggost factors iiro diot zind oxorciso.
Kolloy snid limiting fat in diets. outing plonty of fruits. vogotu-
bios and wholo grains. boiiig physically :ictivo. illtlllllllllllllt: :i
hozilthy woight zmd limiting :iicohol no good stops to tziko whon
boing cautious about tho illnoss.

Solf—bronst oxi'nnmntions :iro also rocommondod

Still. sonic studonts soom to ignoro tho issuo and forgot tho risks

“l‘vo thought about it. but i always think it can‘t happon to
mo." snid Knthorino Thomas. :1 journalism junior.

Iiwn though bronst cuticoi‘ runs in hor fninily. iioliv
Richardson. :i cotnnuiniczitions sophomoro. doosn‘t pay inucb :it
tontion to tho wnys 1o coinbzit tho illnoss.

"l'vo boon oncourngod to do thoni (soif bronst l‘XHllllllHIltillSi.
but i don‘t." sbo Sliltl.

lint 'l'homits suid tho statistics ("1‘ cutising hor to bo mon- ziwzin‘

“For curly dotoction. it woman noods to know how to do solf
t‘XillllS :md noods to soo :i doctor rogulztrly.” Kolloy said.

“i am hoziring moro and nioro :ibout womon :18 young HS 3.?
boing dingnosod. So. it is :1 good idozi to start doing solfoxnms
onrly." Thomas said.

Exporimontul drugs can holp combnt tho (‘Jiilt't‘i‘.

“'l'ho oxporimontnl drug is :in :mtiidiotypo \'.’i<‘i‘llli‘ up.
prouch. and it has boon :iblo to show for tho first timo that tho
body's immuno tolorunco to n cnnccr coll can actually bo trig
gorod." Kolloy sziid.

Although tochnoiogy has modo :i bronkthrough for tho dis-
oziso, studonts still nood to pay :ittontion :ind tnko stops to pro
vont it from hnpjwning.

2 I TUESDAY. APRIL 10.2” I wanna.

I’m not a
lesbian. I
just play
one on
TV.”

-Shwon Stone.
presenting an
award to her “If
These Wall Could
Talk 2" director
Anne Heche at
Saturday‘s Gay
and Lesbian
Alliance Against
Defamation
banquet in LA.

Dow ends up 276; Nasdag gains 217

NEW YORK Big-name stocks pushed high-
er again yesterday aftemoon, but most shares re
mained lower in nervous trading following last
week's freefall. At the close of the regular ses
sion. the Dow industrials were up 276.74 to
10,582.51. ()n the NYSE. decliners led advancers
1732-1285. The Nasdaq had its biggest one-day
point gain ever. rising 217.41 to 3,538.70.

Clinton has ‘digital divide' plan

EAST PALO ALTO. Calif. Pushing to
bring high-tech beneﬁts to places missing out on
America's prosperity. President Clinton won
more than $100 million in pledges from the com»
puter industry yesterday. He also promised Sl-a-
month telephone service to 300.000 American In-
dian households. The president came to East
Palo Alto. a pocket of poverty in technology-rich
Silicon Valley. to dramatize the “digital divide"
of inequality between computer haves and have-
nots. More than 24 percent of youngsters here
live in poverty and the schools have just one
computer for every 28 students.

Railroads shielded from lawsuits

WASHINGTON . The Supreme Court gave
railroads greater protection yesterday against
being sued over allegedly inadequate warning de-
vices at rail crossings. the scenes of hundreds of
fatal accidents each year. The justices, voting 7-2
in a Tennessee case. said railroads are not ﬁnan-
cially liable ifthe equipment installed at a grade-
level crossing was federally funded. The two dis-
senters said the decision ”defies common sense
and sound policy."

Elian’s fate in the hands of court

MIAMI a, A crowd gathered yesterday at the
house of Elian Gonzalez‘s Miami relatives. pray-
ing to keep the boy in this country. as attention
focused on a federal court deciding a key point in
the international child custody case. The demon-
strators displayed signs and prayed to keep the
boy from being sent back to Cuba. The 11th U.S.
Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta has been
asked by the US. government to suspend a ruling
by one of its judges that prevents the removal of
Elian from the country.

U.S., Russia launch START Ill talks

GENEVA Top U.S. and Russian arms ne-
gotiators launched a round of talks yesterday for
additional strategic arms cuts. made possible by

NEADLESS:
Roch star
turned actor
Jon Ion Jovl
loved working
on Second
World War sub-
marine thriller
Jen‘sn'u '0.
Just wishes
they had kept
the scene where
his head was
blown off so his
tans would
know what hap-
pened to him.
The ratings
board for PC-l3
said that it had
to go.

ANOTHER
FLOP?

Director Kevin
Reynolds and
actor Kevin
Costner. who
had a major
falling out
during
"Naterworld,"
may reunite on
another mar-
itime drama.
The $80 million
project is called
“0hracohe,”
and it was writ-
ten by More
Norman, who
shared the best
screenplay
Oscar with Tom
Stoppard tor
"Shakespeare
in love."

the Russian parliament's ratification of START
II. Officials of the two sides refused to go into de
tail about their four hours of discussions beyond
conﬁrming that they took place in Russian diplo
matic quarters yesterday. But arms-control ex-
perts said the outcome could have farreaching
impact if the two sides are able to break out of
the complex web of interrelated issues.

D.C. protesters scuttle with police

WASHINGTON — A small group of demon-
strators, protesting the world finance meetings.
faced a steady rain and riot police yesterday in
their attempt to disrupt the talks. Protesters
couldn't thwart the IMF and World Bank meet-
ings. in part because authorities shuttled most
conference delegates to the meeting site before
daybreak. By early afternoon. a standoﬁ" between
police and protesters along barricades near the
lntemational Monetary Fund and World Bank
buildings began to ebb as rains intensiﬁed.
About 200 demonstrators were arrested.

Chicago renames streets as reward

CHICAGO — Muddy Waters has one. as do
Clarence Darrow and David Ben-Gurion. Even
hot dog magnate Abe “Fluky” Drexler has a
Chicago intersection bearing his name. “I‘m the
first to admit that maybe people get carried
away,“ says City Alderman Burton Natarus. who
takes credit for much of Chicago’s honorary
street-naming. “Some say the signs are tacky and
all that, but you can make people feel good. so
why not?” At last count. the number of honorary
signs approached 860.

Kenyans win Boston Marathon

BOSTON — Elijah Lagat won the Boston
Marathon yesterday in the closest ﬁnish in the
race’s 104-year history, outsprinting two others
to give Kenya its 10th consecutive victory.
Catherine Ndereba made it a Kenyan sweep, win-
ning the women‘s race in another close finish.
Lagat won in 2 hours, 9 minutes. 47 seconds to
break the tape a stride ahead of Ethiopian Geza-
henge Abera, who was second in the same time.
Kenya‘s Moses Tanui ﬁnished third, three sec-
onds back.

Tewell wins Senior PGA Major

PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. — Doug
Tewell captured the rain-delayed PGA Seniors’
Championship yesterday, registering his ﬁrst Se
nior PGA Tour victory. Tewell shot a Sunder-par
67 yesterday and ﬁnished seven strokes ahead of
four others. He became the 12th golfer to win his
ﬁrst senior event at a major championship. Dana
Quigley, Hale Irwin, Tom Kite and Larry Nelson
all ﬁnished tied for second.

Compiled from wire reports.

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discharger can’t be found. One
of the biggest examples of this
type of pollution, indeed the
biggest water pollutant in Ken-
tucky, is fecal coliform.

Humans and animal waste
carries coliform bacteria and
disease-causing bacteria, Kipp
said. While coliform typically
results in nothing more than
intestinal problems, its pres-
ence means that more harmful
bacteria could be in the water.

Nitrates are the other ma-
jor non-source water pollutant.
They occur as nitrogen in fer-
tilizers. and water carries
them from farms and lawns to
streams.

There are more examples:
dirt, rocks and metals from
mining and development. her-

bicides and pesticides, leak-
ages from old landﬁlls and oil
and gas that drip from cars.
All eventually make their way
to bodies of water. but there is
no one speciﬁc source tunnel-
ing them directly into streams.

That’s a nightmare for
people like Kipp and the direc-
tor of the Kentucky Water Re-
sources Research Institute.
Bob Volk. But both believe the
problems are coming to light
and the progress is sending a
clear message: clean up the
water.

“People need to educate
themselves about the causes
and effects and understand the
sources of pollution.” Volk
said. “By them understanding,
they can make changes to
their own actions. and take
steps to lead by example.“

The Environmental News Network
contributed to this report. .»

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the tap (or bottle)

In demand: The water company's quest to bring you safe water

By Deanna Iasden
STAFF WRITER

Millions of gallons of water
are consumed every day in the
United States. Without ques-
tion, consumers turn on their
taps and twist off bottled water
caps. Many never ponder what
is in that clear liquid. It looks
clean. but is it?

“The water is pretty safe
(in Kentucky)." said Ralph
Schieﬁerle. environmental
technologist three at the Envi.
ronmental Protection Agency’s
(EPA) Division of Water office.

In Lexington. Kentucky-
American Water Company is
the primary public drinking
water provider. The Kentucky
River. Pool No. 9. along with
two reservoir sources on Rich-
mond. Road enables the compa-
ny to service nearly 30.000 peo-
ple, according to the company’s
1998 water quality report.

Regulated by the EPA. the
water company monitors and
tests for a variety of contami-
nants found within water.
Viruses. bacteria. fecal matter
and E. coli. radioactive contam-
inants and inorganic/organic
contaminants may all be pre-
sent in source water. according
to the Natural Resources De-
fense Council (NRDC).

The job of Kentucky-Ameri
can is to make sure that the wa-
ter is properly ﬁltered and dis

infected before reaching the
consumer‘s faucet.

Recently. arsenic and
methyl-t-butyl ether (MTBE)
standards have been under the
watchful eye of the EPA.

Arsenic. a known toxin and
carcinogen. is found in plants.
animals. humans and ground-
water. the NRDC said. Health
risks associated with arsenic
are damage to the central and
peripheral nervous systems.
bladder, skin and lung cancer
along with possible birth de-
fects and reproductive prob-
lems.

While Kentucky-American
routinely tests for arsenic. it
has not detected it in their wa-
ter. The water company will
“test more rigorously than even
the standards required; our
standards are even tougher."
said Susan Lancho. communi-
cations specialist for Kentucky-
American.

MTBE. a suspected carcino-
gen, is an additive to gasoline
that increases oxygen content.
While adding MTBE to gasoline
has improved air quality. it is
slowly decreasing water quali—
ty. The health risks associated
with MTBE are currently under
study.

Kentucky-American tests
for MTBE and has not found it
in the water. Lancho said.

With these issues. con-
sumers may think bottled wa-

ter is better than tap water.
However. tap water is currently
more heavily regulated than
bottled water.

The bottled water industry
is regulated by the Food and
Drug Administration. The FDA
does not require as much disin-
fection or testing of water as
the EPA. In fact. bottled water
may contain some fecal col
iforms and E. coli.

Cryptosporidium and giar-
dia (twa abdominal parasites)
are not regulated for disinfec
tion. either. Carbonated and
seltzer waters are not required
to be disinfected or tested for
bacteria.

In Kentucky. however, botv
tled water companies must ad-
here to the same regulations as
public drinking water
providers. “We would probably
be somewhat unusual.“ Schief—
ferle said. regarding Ken-
tucky‘s regulations in compari-
son to other states‘ regulations.
Most states depend on the FDA
or its state counterpart for reg-
ulation, he said.

“Kentucky (and the) EPA
does extend its arm to cover
bottled water; FDA regulations
don‘t cover quite everything,"
said Tab Farthing. Highbridge
Spring Water Company‘s quali-
ty control manager.

Bottled water companies

See DRINK on 5

LOCAL

Elkhorn Creek suffers from pollution

By Marti Vanderhott‘
EDITOR IN CHIEF

When 200,000 gallons of raw
sewage leaked from a broken
sewer main last Thursday in
Lexington. the North Elkhorn
Creek was hit hard.

Public ofﬁcials warned resi-
dents along the Elkhorn Corri-
dor, which starts in Fayette
County. not to recreate in the
creek and to keep pets and live-
stock away from it. The amount
of bacteria and other contami-
nants constitutes a public safe-
ty hazard. ofﬁcials said.

“Human contact should be
avoided,” said Tom Gabbard,
supervisor of the state Division
of Water's regional office in
Frankfort.

The division will monitor
the creek for any oxygen deple-
tion that could effect wildlife.
although ﬁsh and other crea-
tures usually ﬂee a contaminat-
ed area. he added. Barring any
other leaks. Gabbard said.
North Elkhorn Creek should be
back at normal water quality
early next week. and maybe
sooner if it rains this weekend.

Meanwhile. Ed Council,
president of the Elkhorn Land
and Historic Trust. watches
events uneasily.

“It scares the hell out of
parents. and it scares the hell
out of customers.“ he said.

Council also owns Canoe
Kentucky. a canoeing and
kayaking outfitter in Franklin
County. He not only makes his
living off the Elkhorn. but peo-
ple turn to him with questions

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about the body of water. Recent-
ly. a teacher phoned him. con-
cerned that the sewage spill
could thwart a class ﬁeld trip to
the Elkhorn.

He isn't happy about the
disaster. and he wishes the Di-
vision of Water would do a bet
ter job telling the public about
the movement of the “slug" of
water, or the section of fouled
water ﬂowing to its eventual
destination: the Kentucky Riv-
er.

“They just aren‘t sensitive
to people who love and use this
creek." Council said. wonder-
ing why the division doesn't
publish information about
where the slug is, how fast it’s
traveling, and when it will ar-
rive in his backyard.

Bob Volk. director of the
Kentucky Water Resources Re-
search Institute. said things are
actually a lot better than they

_ Northern and Southern
Branches of Elkhorn Creek

' Lexington

used to be.

“These days they (govern-
ment officials) jump right on
it." he said. “Quite often.
there‘s nothing they can do."

Federal. state and local en-
vironmental response teams
have improved over the years.
Volk said. Many experts. in-
cluding Volk. would say Ameri-
ca’s bodies of water are in bet-
ter shape than they have ever
been.

But for Council and other
lovers of the Elkhorn Creek.
this latest incident is just an»
other in a long line of problems
for a stream feeling the explo-
sion of popularity in outdoor
recreation.

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vice has ranked the Elkhorn
the 10th best smallmouth bass
stream in the United States.

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Cheerleading squad screens fresh

Keeping the reputation:
This weekend's tryout were
tense - for everyone

By Ashleerorli
Sliff wRITEh

This time of year tends to stress out
students at [K especially those trying
out for the cheerleading squad.

This past weekend UK held tryouts for
next season's squad. It seems that tryouts
would be a fairly simple process. but it be-
comes tense when the squad has a reputa-
tion to uphold.

The squad has won at least seven na-
tional championship titles within the past
10 years.

Saleem Habash. head coach for the
squad, has coached UK through four na—
tional championships. He warned the
ladies and gentlemen trying out for the
squad how particular the judges were in se-
lecting the members.

“We are highly selective in choosing

the squad." he said. “We don‘t choose an
absolute number, just the best athletes. if
you don‘t make it. it is not the worst thing
that will ever happen. We encourage all of
you to get involved in other activities.“

Naturally all 60 people can’t make the
squad because there are only so many
slots.

SO, who makes the squad? The individ-
uals satisfying the basic tumbling, stunt—
ing. poise and communication skills. More
importantly.