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Vof. XCIII, No. 145

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UK students
react to
Cincinnati
art exhibit

By KYM VOORHEES
Staff Writer

The controversy in Cincinnati
over the Robert Mapplethorpe ex-
hibit that opened Saturday has
spurred discussion among UK stu-
dents and faculty.

The controversy is over seven
photos many individuals find offen-
sivc and obscene, including two
pictures —-——————
of chil-
dren ei-
ther
naked or
partially
naked,
and oth-
ers de-
piclcd
hoinoero
tie acts.

“If you
don‘t
want to
go see
the pic-
Lures.
you
don’t have to, but that doesn’t mean
you can close down the whole ex-
hibit," said Bea Demovellan, an art
studio student. “Some pictures I
think are obscene. He is obviously
making a statement about his life-
style."

Other students said that the con-
troversy has promoted the exhibit.

“All this controversy is giving the
exhibit a lot of exposure," said Dan
Farr. also an art studio student. “I
don’t think it is obscene. I think that
closing it down is a bad idea and a
violation of freedom of expres-
sion."

Photography instructor Guy
Mendes said that Mapplethorpe was
an interesting artist with some ex—
plicit work.

“There is no work we should not
be able to see." Mendes said.

Mendes said that three art classes
plan to view the exhibit next week.

Opponents of the exhibit will
have a difficult time proving that
the pictures are obscene. said Scoo—
bie Ryan, a UK jonmalism profes-
sor whose area of concentration in-
cludes media law.

“I can understand how people
could look at some of the pictures
as offensive, but that does not make
it obscene in regard to the law,“
Ryan said.

Two courtcases 7 Miller v. Cal»
ifornia and Pope v. Illinois # sup-
port the Cincinnati Contemporary
Arts Center‘s right to sponsor the
exhibit. Ryan said.

The Miller case established
guidelines for obscenity. That holds
true regardless of whether the gov-
ernment or a majority of people like
it, Ryan said.

“If you don’t
want to go see
the pictures,

. you don’t have
to, but that
doesn’t mean
you can close
down the
whole exhibit.

u

Bea Demovellan,

“It is hard under these tests to say
something is obscene," Ryan said.
“The First Amendment protects the
minority views, as well as, the ma—
jority."

 

ond stop on the third leg of his

McCartney
brings

tour to
Lexington

By MICAHEL MU
Staff Writer

Paul McCartney brought his
North American Tour to letting
ton last night. McCartney was
greeted by about Ztlll fans
screaming “Mac Gets Back"
when he arrived in Lexmgton
around 6 pm.

Mc(.‘artney. who began the
third leg of the tour March 3‘) in
Seattle, w as scheduled to play in
Lexington in January, but he had
to cancel because of an illness.

Before last night's concert,
which began around 8 p.m.,
McCartney held a 20-minute
press conference and reminisced
about his early rock ‘n‘ roll days
with the Beatles.

 

Paul McCartney opens before a packed house at Rupp Arena last night. The show was the sec

North American Tour.

Paul McCartney. and his wute. Linda, held a press conference
before last night's show at Rupp Arena.

”It lcels creat singing the old
Beatles songs again. like Ser-
geant Pepper‘ and ‘lley Jude.‘
The Beatles had go en tip touring
before they were written so I
never got to play them live be-
fore until this tour and so they
feel really fresh to do and when
the Beatles broke, it was of a
little bit difficult," he said.

“It was a bit like a divorce V
you really didn‘t want to do any—

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getting back to them or lsllltll’lllg
them for the rest "f my life .
which I think is a shame when
singing those songs now on tour,
it was like now songs to me.”

 

 

 

Staff reports

Jennifer Caselo. the US.
church worker who was arrested
last year in El Salvador and im-
prisoned for 18 days, will speak
about her experiences at 12:15
pm. today in 230 Student Cen-
ter.

Casolo. 28, was anested Nov.
25 by Salvadoran government
police who said they found a
large cache of weapons and am—
munition in her back yard in El

 

El Salvadorian prisoner to speak

Salvador.

She was accused of hiding the
arms for leftist rebels.

Casolo has maintained that she
buried only personal items be-
cause she feared they would be
considered subversive by the
government. She spent 18 days
in prison before being released
and returning to the United
States.

Her speech is sponsored by
the UK Latin American Studies
program.

 

 

It’s official:

Lohman re-elected SGA president

By GREGORY A. HALL
Staff Writer

The Student (lovernmcnt Associ-
ation Election Board ruled yester-
day that Scan Lohman was re—
elected president and Sarah Cour»
sey was elected vice president.

Lohnian defeated Dale Baldwin
by 27 votes. but both campaigns
filed election grievances against
one another.

Coursey defeated Chris Woo-

lnrns for vice president by more
than 400 votes.

“There was no way that we could
actually prove either side," said E-
lioard chairman .lasoii \"andiver.
“There was no way possible with
any of these things that we could
say. “Yes this allected the elec-
tion.‘ “

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Criticism makes
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”Sports

Injuries haven’t
stopped Jackson.

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SPORTS

Barry Reeves
Sports Editor

 

Overcoming

UK defensive back conquering injuries

By BARRY REEVES
Sports Editor

The transition from high school
to college is possibly the most dif-.
ficult transitions a teen—ager has to
make. And the transition becomes
more treacherous when the teen-
ager is a Division I athlete.

For one student-athlete, UK rover
Larry Jackson, the shift was been
marred by injury and mental an-
guish. Jackson came to UK as a
stand-out track and football star but
was redshirted his first season as a
Wildcat, which proved to be his
biggest challenge.

“At the time, I thought being
redshirted was the worst thing in
the world," said Jackson, a sopho.
more. “I had never had to sit on the
sideline before in my life, so it was
sort of hard to handle."

Jackson won five Kentucky state
championships in track at Mayfield

High School and also led
the school to back-to-
back Class AA state foot-
ball championships as a
junior and a senior.

Recruited by more than
40 colleges, Jackson
signed to play football at
UK.

“I wanted to play for
my state and help the im-
age of Kentucky," said
Jackson, who was recruited to play
cornerback. “Plus, I wanted to play
in the best conference in the coun-
try ..-. the (Southeastern Confer-
encel."

Jackson said he had mixed feel-
ings about being redshirted.

“After the initial shock (about
redshirting), l was sort of glad they
were doing it," Jackson said. “If
you are not redshirted, you only get
foar years of education, but if you
are redshirted, you get live.

    

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“So, actually, being
redshirted was sort of a
blessing for me."

UK senior comer Chris
Tolbert said Jackson
“caught on kind of kind of
late and we had some oth-
er athletes that were a
little better when he got
here. But he accepted his
role and knew he was go-
ing to get redshirted."

Jackson‘s wife, Quena, said the
transition was a difficult one for
Jackson, but he never let it get it
him down.

“It hurt him inside for a while,
but he never considered quitting,"
Quena said. “He always kept his
head on straight and kept going in
the right direction.”

And even after redshirting his
first year, Jackson found himself
still behind top-quality comerbacks.

“My first year of playing, they
still had several really good people
ahead of me, like David Johnson,
who is now in the NFL,” Jackson
said of his 1988 season.

Last season was supposed to be
Jackson’s turn to get some playing
time. He had worked hard and in-
creased his bench press to more
than 315 pounds, with clean of 285
and squat to 575. The 5-ll comer-
back had increased his weight to
200 pounds while keeping his 4.6
speed in the 40-yard dash.

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STEVE SANDERS/Kernel Stall

UK junior rover Larry Jackson goes through a drill before Saturday's
intrasquad scrimmage at Commonwealth Stadium.

the E.J. Nutter Center weight
room, he was out. Triple—hernia
surgery soon followed.

“I had worked my butt off and
was ready to get some serious play-
ing time, and the it all went to
not,” Jackson said. “It was time to
start over.

“It was a whole lot tougher men-
tally than physically. I had a hard
time at first accepting it. I thought
that maybe somebody upstairs
didn’t like me. But my wife
really helped get me in the right
frame of mind."

Quena said she told “him to keep
going and everything was going to
workout. But I will tell you one
thing, that injury really killed him.
He was in the dumps for a couple

of weeks.”

During his rehabilitation work in
the off-season, the UK lost their
football coach when Jerry Clai-
borne retired Nov. 28.

Jackson said Claibome’s depar-
ture left him wondering where his
place would be on the team.

“I signed to play football for
Coach Claiborne, so of course, I
didn't want to see him leave," he
said. “And then when it took them
six weeks or so to hire Coach (Bill)
Curry, I really didn’t know where
the program was headed.”

And when Curry told the team
that he would be instituting a
change in defenses — including po-

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Opening Day
attendance
unaffected
bylockout

By HAL BOOK
Associated Press

Lockout? What lockout?

Fans welcomed back baseball
yesterday with no signs of bitter-
ness about the labor dispute that
cut a huge chunk out of spring
training and delayed opening day by
a week.

There were full houses at Shea
Stadium, Fenway Park and Royals
Stadium, where the first games of
the 1990 season were played. And
35,000 fans braved rain in Chicago
for the final opening day at Comis-
key Park, the oldest stadium in the
majors.

At Shea, concert violinist Itzhak
Perlman played the national anthem
and Commissioner Fay Vincent
threw out the first ball on a sun-
splashed afternoon.

“I am really excited," said Vin-
cent, officiating at his first opener
after six tumultuous months in of-
fice that began with the death of his
friend, ex-commissioner Bart Giant-
mati, followed by the earthquake—
delayed World Series and the labor
battle.

“What a day," said the commis-
sioner, who was seated in a golf
cart near home plate. “As a fan I’m
excited and being someone who is
involved, I'm doubly excited. If it
had not been for Bart, I wouldn‘t be
here and that occurs to me."

In Boston, Toni Giammati. wid-
ow of the former commissioner,
threw out the first ball. She lobbed
the ball to Red Sox catcher Tony
Pena, who returned it and embraced
her.

Fans in both parks gave warm
greetings to the players. The big-
gest ovation in Boston went to Bill
Buckner, the goat of the Red Sox‘
I986 World Series loss to the
Mets, who made the team in spring
training as a 40-year-old non«rosier
player.

At Shea, the fans cheered slugger
Darryl Strawberry, who spent a
month in alcohol rehabilitation and
expressed concern about how the
home fans would greet him.

Both the Red Sox and Mets gave
their fans reasons to cheer early. In
Boston Dwight Evans delivered a
three-run double in the first inning
against Detroit’s Jack Morris. Four
years ago, Evans hit the first pitch
of the season from Morris for a
home run, the only time in base-
ball history that has happened.

In New York, Howard Johnson
and Barry Lyons hit home runs in
the first two innings for the Mets,
touching off non-stop cheering that
demanded curtain calls from both.

Fans in New York and Boston
had perfect baseball weather, sunny
skies and 60-degree temperatures. In
Kansas City, on a cool, overcast af-
ternoon, another sellout crowd was
just as enthusiastic, happy to he
done with discussions of contracts
and arbitration eligibility.

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it," said Pat Melcher of Lee's Surn-
mit, Mo. “You turn on the TV and
it seems like all they talk about.
It’s over. Let them play. Why
shouldn‘t we just enjoy the
games?"

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Mo., said, “We’re just glad they’re
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DIVERSIONS

‘Opportunity Knocks’ relies on cliches and gimmicks

By KIP BOWMAR
Senior Staff Critic

If you’re expecting Dana Carvey
to work in all of his antics and im-
personations in the new Donald Pe-
trie film. “Opportunity Knocks."
you won‘t be completely satisfied.

Carvey plays a confidence man
named Eddie Farrell in this film
that uses cliches, such as honor
among among thieves and the con
man with the heart of gold, as its
main themes.

Carvey’s talents work best early
in the movie when he is unre-
strained, but when he is forced to
play it straight, he doesn’t carry the
movie. However, the relationships
between some of the characters de-
velop nicely.

The movie opens with Farrell
pulling his nickel-and-dime cons
with the help of his friend Lou
(Todd Graft). Things are going well
for the dynamic duo until they
cross a gangster named Sal (James
Tolkan).

The two are forced to flee. and, in
the process. get split up. Farrell
goes back-to a house the two broke
into and takes the place of the
house-sitter, David, who is sup-
posed to be in Chicago looking for
ajob. While Farrell and Lou are in
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he will not be able to come.

Farell then runs into the parents
(Robert Loggia and Doris Belack)
of Jonathan — for whom David is
housesitting —— and they accept
him as the real thing. They take an
immediate liking to him. Farell
cons his way through most situa-
tions, even though the person he is
impersonating has many talents.

Loggia offers Farrell a job, and
Eddie finds that his street savvy and
ability to think on his feet enables
him to survive in the business
world.

These scenes are the best part of
the movie because Harvey uses his
comic talent impersonating various
characters, including George Bush,
an oblivious Indian and a gas com-
pany repairman.

He also pretends to know Japa-
nese. and also gets up on stage to
sing “Born to he Wild“ \\llllC incor-

 

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Dana Carvey plays a con man in "Opportunity Knocks "

porating the physique of Church
Lady and Mick Jagger.

The scenes between Loggia and
Carvey work well because Carvey
is conning him and yet Loggia ac-
cepts him as a business genius.

Loggia begins to look at Carvey
like a son. The script centers on the
male characters and some of the re
Iationships work.

The relationships between Eddie
and Lou, and between Eddie and
Milt succeed. but the one between
Eddie and Max, a father figure and
mentor to Eddie (Milo O'Shea),

Hunter Hayes
Ans Editor

doesn‘t w ork at all.

The movie has a fairy-tale feel to
it, and Carvey eventually begins to
believe that he can survne in his
new role as he falls for the family‘s
daughter, Annie Ilulta Campbell).

Their relationship uorks well.
but it becomes tedtom toward the
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IEWPOINT

Spring festival
a small showcase
for student artists

Part of the excitement about attending a University is being
exposed to different ideas arid cultures. This week, the campus
has that opportunity with the Spring Outdoors Arts Festival.

The festival, which began in 1981, showcases aspiring UK
artists in the areas of art, music and theater. Each day frotn
noon to 1 pm. in the Student Center Free Speech Area and
Medical Center Lounge, 21 group of students will give a musical
of theatrical performance. and throughout the week students'
work will be displayed around campus.

The event is a good way to celebrate spring and the renewal
of life after surviving the gloomy days of winter. But the
Outdoor Arts Festival also is a reminder of how much more
exciting the University could be all year long.

Walking across the Lexington Campus is not always the

most uplifting experience.

Different styles of architecture thrown here and there, such
as monstrosities like the White Hall Classroom Building,
Patterson Office Tower and the Complex-Commons. show one
that little planning went in to the development of the Lexington

Campus.

Rather'than feeling like a university community, the
Lexington Campus often resembles a small city. with each
department and college doing its own thing.

Events like the Outdoors Arts Festival are a way for the
University community to come together around something
other than a football or basketball game to enjoy a cultural
event. It also is a way for students to meet a member of another
discipline outside the classroom and experience a cultural event

together.

Chancellor for the Lexington Campus Robert Hemenway has
said that one of his priorities is to create a feeling of community
on the Lexington Campus. Having more events like the
Outdoors Arts Festival would be a step in that direction.

Test taking skills
a valuable assest

Dear Counselor: I don‘t do
well on multiple-choice tests. Un-
fortunately. this semester three of
my instructors give tests with mul—
tiple-choice or true-false questions.
I study hard for the tests but really
get nervous and confused on these
kinds of questions. Do you have
any suggestions? T a m m y .
sophomore

Dear Tammy: Many students
have difficulty taking objective
tests —— multiple-choice. true‘false.
fill-in and matching questions.
However, there are several strate-
gies that will make a difference in
your performance on these tests.

First, think about the way you
are preparing for the test. Study mg
for an objective test may require
more memorization of details such
as definitions, lists, formulas. dates
and vocabulary, and this memoriza-
tion component should be part of a
framework for the placement of the
details.

The process involves the con-
struction of a framework for the
placement of the details. The i‘tc‘sl
way to do that is by identify mg tltc
major ideas arid predicting the tlllc‘v
tions that could be asked about the
ideas on a test.

Organizing information to an-
swer the questions allows you to
practice thinking about the material
in various contexts. With this ac-
tive study and review, there will be
less confusion in choosing the cor-
rect answer from among unfamiliar
alternatives on a multiple-choice
test.

Second. use strategies that will
maximize your performance in any
test situation. Begin reviews for
major tests approximately one
week before the test.

The day before the test should be
used for a final relaxed review of
the material followed by adequate
sleep. Plan to arrive at the exam in
plenty of time and select a seat in
the front of the classroom.

After you receive your test, take
a few minutes to read the directions
carefully and to skim the test. it is
important to budget your time in
terms of the point value of each
section of the test.

Write the number of minutes you
can allow for each section in the
margin of your test paper. Smart
test-takers know that any test can
be improved with additional work,
and they use all of the time allotted
for the test.

Also, be sure to leave the extra
five minutes or so for review after
you complete the exam.

Begin the lost by answering the
easier questions first. This strategy
will give you momentum and con-
fidencc and Will allow your uncon-

 

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scious mind to work on the more
difficult questions.

This strategy may also provide
just the extra bit of information
you need to answer a difficult ques—
tion.

When trying to choose the best
altemattve as an answer on a multi-
ple choice test, remember to give
preference to information given by
your instructor rather than front the
textbook.

Third, learn to be test-wise on
objective tests.

then you change answers, the
odds are only .i-out-of-IO that you
will change to a correct answer. Be
certain!

~.on a multiple-choice test. read
the question carefully. Try to pre-
dict thc answer before you look at
the alternatives. Eliminate those
choices which are false and code the
alternatiycs.

y When yoti must guess, always
choose the same alternative consis-
tently.

The general characteristics of the
most correct answer on multiple-
choice tests are that the statement
is the most general and qualified,
the ntost encompassing and inclu-
sive, and often the longest re-
sponsc.

There are some other helpful
clues for making educated guesses
on multiple—choice tests:

v‘lf an altemative does not gram-
matically follow the question, it is
probably incorrect.

y’Answers with absolute words,
such as all, always. everyone, nev-
er. no one and only are usually in-
correct.

\.-\nswcrs wnh qualifiers, such
as generally, probably, most, of—
ten. sonte, sometintcs and usually
are frequently correct

v‘Corrcct items sometimes repeat
some of the terms in the question.

y’Partly true and partly false
statements are false.

v'lf there are two alternatives
which scent to be opposites. one
of them is probably correct.

\‘Altcrnativcs with unfamiliar
terms tend to be incorrect.

Vlf two alternatives overlap or
mean essentially the same thing,
both are probably incorrect if there
is only one correct altemativc.

\If two items are correct and
there is only one possible answer,
“all of the above“ must be correct.

\Simpltfy qttcsttons with double
negatives by crossing out both
negatives.

I-Zvcn a well-prepared student may
sometimes have to make a few edu—

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Individuality

America needs to learn to accept different concepts

“I went to the woods because I
wished to live deliberately, tofront
only the essentialfacts of life and
to see if] could not learn what it
had to teach and not when I came to
die discover that I had not lived."

—Henry David Thoreau

Somewhere between the drafting
of the US. Constitution and the
present. America lost respect for
the individual. Anyone whose hair
was too long, whose politics was
too radical or whose lifestyle was
too flamboyant has been scorned
or, worse, persecuted.

We see it happening in Cincinna»
ti where they are trying to have an
exhibit by the late Robert Mapple-
thorpe declared obscene. We saw it
in Atlanta last week when fans at a
Grateful Dead concen were harassed
(some jailed without being read
their rights) and we are seeing it
every day when a record company
releases a censored version of a
popular album.

Americans have been conditioned
to believe that our way is the best
and that anyone who wants some—
thing different is either destructive
or insane.

Take for example the student tip-
rising in Beijing. The cry for de-
mocracy had to start long before the
students gathered in Tianamen
Square. But where were the media
and the overpaid governntcnt atta-
lysts‘.’

Why weren‘t we helping the stu—
dents instead ol‘ talking about better
relations with the government?

The same thing applies to the
Soviet Union. I'm sure that there
was support for democracy long be-
fore Mikhail Gorbachev ever
stepped onto the scene.

America was caught off guard by
both of those changes because we
have been seeing everything from

 

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an outdated point of view.

We looked at those countries anti
saw a two-headed communist mon-
ster instead of two groups of peo-
ple who waiit the same thing eve-
ryone else does -— life, liberty and
the pursuit of happiness.

I received a call from someone
who read my column and wanted to
know how I could criticize the
government of the United States
and why I didn't go live some—
where else.

My answer was simple: I love
Americans and evcrythirtg that
they cart stand for. When you love
someone and you see they are mak-
ing a ntistakc you have to tell
them it‘s the only way they can
grow.

Last weekend I was forced to face
my own faults a