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Trustees split leading into vote for new chair

By Jill Luster

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As the first meeting of the new
school year convenes. doubt still re-
mains about whether the next head of
L.'l\"s Board of Trustees w ill be a man
or a woman.

Trustee Myra Tobin. a retired insur-
ance broker. will be nominated to head
the board at today 's meeting. said facul-
ty trustee .lefl Denibo. Although he said
he believes l‘obin is the most qualified
candidate. l)embo also said board
members have strong. differing opin~
ions on who should be hoard chair.

”It ain't ovei 'til it‘s over." Dembo
said. “l think it‘s going to be close."

On Sept. 4. the board‘s nominating

Jun Han, an at 'iusfi 8
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committee recommended trustee Steve
Branscum. a Russell Springs contractor
and a graduate of Western Kentucky
L’niversity. for the chair.

Since then. e—mails and phone calls
have circulated among board members
and UK faculty. The topic of discus-
sion: whether the Board of Trustees
should have a woman serve as chair for
the first time in university history.

"If we have choices between equal-
ly qualified candidates. 1 will continue
to support a woman as chair." Dcmbo
said.

The board will also select a new
v ice chair and secretary for the 2007-08
year at today 's meeting.

If Tobin is elected along with last
week‘s nominees for vice chair and sec—

retary. Mira Ball and Pam May, it will
be the first time women have held all
three of the UK board‘s senior posi~
tions.

"1 think (Tobini brings a different
set of qualifications." said staff trustee
RUss Williams. “I think her long—stand»
ing affiliation with the university is im~
pottant."

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Tobin Branscum

sent each Board of Trustees member an
eatiail requesting the board reiect the
slate of nominees if a woman is not
nominated as the board chair.

"Why this year.’ Things come ti»
gether at a particular point and time."
('rooks said.

In his presentation to the Board of
Trustees today. l'ls' President Lee Todd
will ask the board to weigh progress in
diversity more heavily in the evaluation

family since the 1960s.
“This to me seems to be the next natur-
al step."

board.

"She‘s been a part of the university
" Williams said.

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Rain yesterday made for a wet walk to
class for many students and left small puddles
scattered throughout campus. While it might
have made some mornings miserable. less
than one-half inch of rain fell yesterday.
according to the National Weather Service.

It was hardly enough rain to make up for
the summer dry spell: the UK Agricultural

Events aim to prepare

By Erin Melwing

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Students looking for job opportuni-
ties and tips on how to build successful
careers can attend several events begin-
ning today and tending tip to l'K's 2007
Business ('areer lair.

\t the career center. we believe ca—
reer development is a process." said
A/etta Williams. protect manager and
assistant director of the career center.
“Stan early looking for a job. If you‘re a
freshman. go start networking now for
the job you want one day."

The events planned by the James W.
Stuckert (‘areer (‘enter are aimed at
helping students learn about job oppor—
tunities and network with potential em-
ployers. Williams said. About 114 com
panies are expected at the Business Ca»
reer Fan on Sept. 1‘).

“I went last spring. I found a job. but
it was more than that said Tim Nolan.
a marketing and finance senior. "You'll
probably talk to over 50 employers. so

you kind of come out of your comfort
zone. and I felt more confident walking
out of it and will walking into it this
year."

The “Student Insights for Acing the
(‘areer lair" workshop presented by the
Business and liconomics ambassadors
will run from 3:30 to 5 pm. today in
room 252 at the (iatton College of Busi-
ness and Economics.

Students can also attend the "Bdrli
Resumania" from I“ am. to 2 pin. to-
day and tomorrow in the Business and
Economics atrium. About It) cmploycrs.
such as Enterprise Rent-a-Car. l,cxmark.
Procter & Gamble and United Parcel
Service. will meet and work with stu»
dents.

“The employers will actually be cri-
tiquing resumes." Williams said. “It‘s
also an informal networking opportunity.
Students can make a good impression.
followup. and see them at the career fair
and have a connection with them already
made previously."

New this year. Dillard's will present

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Women‘s Studies Steering (.‘oiiiiiiittee.

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Weather Center announced yesterday that
Lexington and surrounding counties are now
in an extreme drought. The Bluegrass region
of Kentucky needs 8.91 inches of rain to get

out of the drought.

Today there is a chance of scattered rain
and thunderstorms in the morning with a

high of 80 degrees.

students for

i"I)ress for Success" workshop at 3'?“
p. in Thursday in room 205 of the ( ol
lege of Business and Economics. Iwo
representatives from Dillard's will host a
fashion show demonstrating "what to
wear. w hat not to wear" on the iob.

The Gat (‘ats Peer Trainers will also
host a workshop focused on the impor-
tance of first impressions at 3th pm
Sept. 17 in room 2-18 ot the College of
Business and Economics

The last event before the fair is the
“Multicultural Networking Reception“
from 5:30 to 7 pm. Sept. 18 in the
Stuckert building. More than 25 em
ploycrs will be present to talk with stu
dents.

“It‘s wonderful litmitll networking in
a relaxed atmosphere. Basically it's a
way for a students to network and sell
themselves a little bit." Williams said.
“Students can also give their resumes to
employers at the event.”

Simply attending the events will
not create the same benefits or results
as students who prepare themselves.

career fair

said Sally Foster. director oi \TBN ca
reer services.

"lf you yiust walk in there and walk
around. it can be intiinidatmgf lostei
said." “It can be easy to walk iiglit
back out and not get anything But. it
you have spent time strategi/ing. re
searching employers. memori/ing your
spiel of what to say. working on voui
resume and knowing who your top tare
gels are it becomes a whole new ex
pertencc "

Dress for all events is business pro
iessional. however students may come
as they are from class. Wiiliaiiis said
Students should act proicssional. bring
a notepad to write down employer con-
tact information tor immediate follow
up and bring at least 25 copies of then
resumes. Also. ll possible. students
shouldn‘t wear a backpack. she said

Students can visit wwwiiky t‘tlll't‘fl'
reercenter for additional infomvation and
a complete list of companies registered
to attend each event

of his perfomiance and progress toward
llK's top-20 goals.
Aug. 30 news release.
"This is the message.
goal and this is the image that the uni-
versity
wonder why this isn‘t happening at the
very highest level."

according to an
this is the

is trying to present. and we

(‘rooks said.

addresses
University
Senate

Stresses need for
more research
funding, space

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l'ls' I’rcsident Lee Todd out-
lined both academic ayd fman
cial goals for the upcoming
school year as l'ls' tries to coin
pete with other universities for
tothi status at yesterdays Linis
versity Senate meeting

“These are moving targets.
and l try to teil the legislature
tlttd the leaders llit‘se folks ‘al‘s‘
not going to mine th\\ki‘ ” Todd
said

Todd wili address thc state
legislature in lebruaiy to re
quest funding lot the next two
ycais Among Todd‘s requests
will be money to build more re—
search facilities,

"If we can‘t get
search space. that‘s it."
said "Right now. we're
against the wall. "

lo free tips p icc on ( entral
(’ampus. the top oi the l.ucille
('audill Little l-ine s\rts Library
is being converted to classroom
space. and l'K‘s data center may
move out of .\lc\'ey llall. Todd
said

”That‘s the best we can do
in the short tciiu." Todd said.

lodd l'K's
new admissions standards. Since
folio. l'ls' has increased the in-
coming freshman from
about 31H) to “Rio

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See Senate on page 3

Sept. 11 vigil
to honor
soldiers

killed in war

By Rebecca Sweeney
news-dkykerne: (‘0"'

Six years after the terrorist
attacks of Sept, ll. .‘UHI. the
Us chapter of a military organir
Iation is hosting a vigil honor
trig those killed during Opera-
tion landuring l‘reedom and 0p-
eratioii lratp Freedom.

"Sept. ll is an important
day for everybody." said (‘adet
.lessica l;ssing. organi/er of the
event and a secondary liiiglish
education sophomore

The Pershing Rifles. which
is made up of [K Reserve 0ffi~
cer Training (‘orps members. is
hosting the event that begins at
7 am today in the field in front
of the Main Building.

l'K is home to (‘ompany (‘7
I oi the Pershing Rifles. one of
17 regiments in the country. The
Pershing Rifles. a military orga—

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While Wilson recuperates
from his suicide attempt,
British comic, Steve
Coogan defends himself
against claims

he was a bad influence

By Moro floiyistein

Owen Wilson has barely
spoken publicly since being
rushed to the hospital on Au
gust 26 for what Santa Moni—
ca. California. police logged
as "attempt suicide." But oit
September I. as he sat alone
in the backseat of a silver
Cadillac driven by his older
brother. Andrew. 43. his ap-
pearance spoke volumes.
Looking virtually unrecog~
ni/able. with unkempt hair
and a week‘s worth of heard.
the actor kept his eyes closed
during the trip to his Santa
Monica hotnc. ”()bvioUsly
he's been through a lot this
week." The Darjeeling Limit—
ed director Wes Anderson. a
close friend and college
roommate. said at the Venice
Film Festival in Italy on Sep-
tember 3. "T can tell you he
has been doing vety well and
has been making us laugh."
A source adds that Woody
Harrelson has sent updates to
concerned friends. telling
them ()wen is “doing OK."
Says another insider. “His en-
tire family is looking after
him. He's just shook-up and
processing everything. Right

now. it's mostly talking a lot.
laughing a little. taking it
easy."

The status reports are a
promising sign that Owen.
38. is ready to battle his
demons. In fact. he left
Cedars»Sinai Medical Center
oti August 39, just tltrce days
after his brother Luke. 35.
found hittt at home with his
left wrist slashed and. says a
source. having taken a quan-
tity of pills. (Owen's lawyer
told Access Hollywood there
was no drug overdose. but
that ()wen had been taking
antidepressants.) Currently.
he‘s residing at home, under
the watchful care of his fami-
ly. including parents Bob and
Laura.

“It's been particularly
hard on Luke. but he‘s taking
a strong role in the recovery."
notes the insider. “They‘re
looking into getting Owen
help. either a treatment facili~
ty or someone one—on—one."

Blame Game

Meanwhile. a scandal has
erupted over statements that
sources. including Courtney
Low. made to Us last week
about the role her ex. British
actor Steve Coogan. 4T. al-
legedly played in Owen's
past drug abuse. (Multiple
sources say Wilson used
heroin and cocaine. which
()vien's rep adamantly de-
nies.) Love. while never
blaming Coogan for Owen‘s

suicide attempt. claimed her
ex was a bad influence. “I
tried to warn Owen.‘ the
singer told Us. The U.K.‘s
Daily Mail also quoted a wit-
ness who had seen the two
actors do cocaine together.
Still. a Coogan source insists
that love is carrying a
grudge. She clearly hasn't
gotten over her animosity to—
ward him after their
breakup." says the source.
adding that Coogan and
Owen “haven't even seen
each other since April" and
that “Steve is trying to clean
up his act for the sake of his
daughter [Cl-are. 11]." (An—
other source insists. "Steve
can deny everything. but he
was a tem'ble influence")

Next Steps

For now. Owen (who‘s
earned in excess of $10 mil-
lion per film) has put his ca~
reer on hold. He didn't fly to
Venice to promote Darjeel—
ing. He also dropped out of
the Ben Stiller-directed pro-
ject Tropic Thunder (costar-
ring Coogan). Instead. Owen.
who split front Kate Hudson
in May. is focused on getting
help he needs from the peo-
ple who love him most. "No
one close to him knew how
anxious and overwhelmed he
was feeling.“ says a source.
"Now he doesn't have to hide
behind the comedian mask
anymore."

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hour.

The final watch is sched-
uled for 0 pm. followed by
the retreat and flag»lowering
at 7 pm.

A Zl-gun salute and the
playing of Taps by American
Legion, an organization of
veterans of US. anned forces
who served in wartime. will
follow the flag lowering.

Essing hopes the vigil
will become an annual event.
she said.

"We're trying to do more
community service." Essing
said. “This is a starting

among incoming freshman fell
0.7 points between 2005 and
2006. from 24.6 to 23.9. The av-
erage SAT score of incoming . y ,
freshman also dropped. and the of content but in terms of curricu-
student—faculty ratio rose. la." said Phil Kraemer. assoc1ate
New and more rigorous ad- provost for undergraduate educa-
missions standards, which will ttOh- _ .
cap the number of freshmen ad— Kraeirier said that after the
mitted to UK. and additional fac- USP draft is approved. faculty
ulty will help improve the univer- members Wt“ be aPPO'htCd to de‘
sity‘s average scores. Todd said. crde how to best implement
as will community outreach. changes to the program. The goal
“We are going ,0 get our for enacting the new USP requrre-
hands dirty. as I told our senators. merits ‘5 Fall 2009-

to get those kids at K—lZ." Todd , “It’s going tf’ take a W 0f
said. time and a lot of people. Krae-

“At a time of war. it‘s im-
portant to have a day of re-
membrance and reflection.“
Essing said.

A flag raising and
Reveille ceremony — the bu-
gle call most often associated
with waking military person-
nel at sunrise — will begin
the vigil at 7 am.

“Nearly 4.000 flags will
cover Administration Field to
represent the servicemen and
women who have lost their
lives in Operation Enduring
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which starts at 3 p.m., in the Government
Center at 200 E. Main Street.

sity‘s plans to transfomt Kentucky in areas
of education. health care and economic de»
velopment across the state.

At each stop in the more than IS city
tour, Todd with also speak with high school
students about succeeding in college.

Todd will outline plans for the tour,
which starts Thursday in Lexington and
Northem Kentucky. at the State of the Uni«
versity Address on Thursday at noon at the
Patterson Office Tower Plaza.

Alcohol sales forum today

Lexington residents can voice their opin-
ions about Sunday alcohol sales at the Lex-
ington Fayette Urban County Council work
session today.

A second vote could come as early as
Thursday on the ordinance which would al—
low all retail businesses with a liquor license
to sell alcohol on Sundays including pack-
age sales. distilled spirits and liquor-by-the-
drink.

Additional seating will be available for

Todd announced ‘See Blue Tour'

UK President Lee Todd announced yes-
terday the “See Blue Tour." a statewide bus
tour aimed at demonstrating the university‘s
accountability to the state as it works toward
becoming a top—20 public research institu—
tion.

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By Kavita Kumar
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The, much-scrutinized and
much-maligned annual college
rankings put out by US. News
& World Report hit newsstands
last month.

Many schools quickly issued
the customary round of news rev
leases celebrating their inching
up the list. But leaders at other
schools caution against placing
too much stock in what they call
a beauty pageant.

About 60 college presidents,
including Missouri Baptist Uni—
versity’s R. Alton Lacey. signed
a letter a couple months ago
pledging to no longer participate
in the magazine‘s peer survey.
the most heavily weighted part
of the rankings. in which presi—
dents and administrators are
asked to rate the reputations of
other schools.

Miriam Pride. president of
Blackburn College in Car-
linville. 111., stopped filling out
the thick survey about five years
ago. She said didn't feel she
knew enough about most of the
hundreds of schools to rate
them.

She also grew disgusted by
the piles of glossy. color maga-
zines that would fill her mailbox
from universities she had never
heard of in what seemed to her
attempts to increase the schools‘
reputation score.

“It has provided an incentive
for some institutions to send ex-
traordinary amounts of material
to us." she said. “That's money
those institutions ought to be
spending on education."

Washington University
Chancellor Mark Wrighton said

he doesn’t have a problem with '

the survey. even though he fills

out only about 75 percent of it.

“I value what my peers think
and value the assessment that
my peers provide." he said.

Moreover. Wrighton values
the rankings for presenting use-
ful information about schools in
a concise. easy-to—rcad format
and in a widely read publication.

But some critics assail the
rankings as elitist for rewarding
schools that take students with
high SAT and ACT scores and
turn away a large number of stu—
dents. Others dislike them for
favoring certain kinds of
schools: residential universities
with traditional students are
much more likely to excel than
schools that reach out to first-
generation. older and working
college students.

The rankings are subjective
to be sure. said McKendree Uni—
versity President Jim Dennis.

“lt‘s just like trying to figure
out who is No. l in football." he
said. “You can‘t figure it out un-
til you play. But academically.
you can‘t play against another
school."

Lacey says there is almost
no way Missouri Baptist can
move out of the rankings' fourth
tier. despite improvements to the
school. That‘s because he does-
n‘t think the rankings value
what he finds important.

For example. his school's
mission is to serve students in
the metropolitan area. If he in-
creased the ACT scores required
for admission. he would not be
able to serve and educate as
many students. he said.

Lacey is hopeful about sev-
eral altematives to the rankings
that are in the works.

One such initiative to be
launched later this month is the
University and College Ac—

countability Network (U-CAN).
a Web—based project by the Na-
tional Association of Indepen-
dent Colleges and Universities.
It will have profiles of hundreds
of institutions with comparable
data. such as the price most stu—
dents actually pay. average stu-
dent debt upon graduation. en~
rollmcnt and admissions statis-
tics.

“What is really driving our
efforts is growing concerns
among students and families
that they need better infomiation
to make the best college
choice." said Tony Pals. the as~
sociation's spokesman. "And it
needs to be provided in a con-
sumer—friendly format."

Because so many students
and faculty refer to the US.
News rankings. schools have to
pay attention to them. said Uni-
versity of Missouri curator
David Wasinger. who has ex—
pressed concem about the (‘o-
lumbia campus' standing in the
rankings.

He said the board is devel~
oping performance~based salary
incentives for the university‘s
yet—to-be-namcd president. and
perhaps for its four Chancellors.
Wasinger expects some of the
criteria will overlap with those
of US. News.

Few universities admit to ac-
tively working to improve their
rankings. But presidents ac-
knowledge that they hear of
peers who may be massaging
the numbers they report to the
magazine to make them look
better.

Blackbum’s Pride said she's
heard college presidents talk
about hiring a firm or consultant
to help improve their ranking.

“If you‘re really improving
your institution. you should be

recognized for that." she said.
"But if you're playing games

The stewards of the US.
News rankings downplay how
much manipulation of numbers
occurs. They say they
through a multi~stcp process to
try to verify the data schools
provide. and to flag numbers
that jump drastically from year
to year.

Chancellor Thomas George
has not been shy in proclaiming
his goal to move the University
of Missouri—St. Louis to the
third tier from the fourth.

He is working to raise the
school’s graduation rate and the
percentage of alumni who give
to the university. UMSL recently
hired a director to focus on
alumni relations.

“These are mostly things we
should be paying attention to
anyway.” he said. “But it’s fair
to say that there is a nudge that
is provided by US. News &
World Report."

Ken Fox. a college coun—
selor at Ladue Horton Watkins
High School. does not keep a
copy of the US. News rankings
in his office. But many parents
bring it in.

“The parents appear to be
more ranksensitivc than the stu-
dents." he said. "There's a senti-
ment that they want their chil»
dren to go to the best college
that they can get into. This is
one way they have of determin-
ing that best college."

His job is to convince par-
ents that many schools that may
not be ranked as highly could be
a better fit for students. he said.

But Fox doesn't sec the
rankings going away anytime
soon.

“We accept them. They are
part of our world."

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Head coach Rich Brooks
has been reluctant to talk about
Louisville all season long. But
after UK disposed of Kent State
on Saturday. Brooks finally
opened up.

"They're an outstanding
football team obviously
Brooks said after Saturday‘s
win. "They‘re deserying of their
rartking. Offensively'. they‘re a
machine."

The “machine" Brooks was
referring to is currently the No.
I scoring team in the country.
After wins oyer Murray State
and Middle Tennessee State. the
Cardinals are ay‘cragrng 65.5
points per gante. largely behind
the passing attack of U of L
quarterback Brian Brohm. and
receivers Mario l'rrutia and
Harry Douglas.

Brooks acknowledged yesv
terday at his weekly news cons
f'ercncc that the (‘;its' secondary
has a tall order ahead of thertt
covering Urrtrtia. a tall and
bulky receiy er. and Douglas. art
explosiyc threat on the outside.

“They have thunder and
lightning." Brooks said. "Mario
is thunder. Douglas is light-
ning."

Cornerbacks Trevard Lind
ley and Roger Williams will
hay'e the tough task of cotering
the (‘ardinal wide outs. l'rrutia.
who will likely be covered by
No. l cornerback l.tndley. has
nine catches for W7 yards and
two touchdowns through two
games. while Douglas has a
team—high 13 receptions for 25I
yards and three scores.

Although the (‘ats will hate
their hands full defending the
fourth—best passing attack in the
nation. Brooks is confident his
secondary is up to the task.

“That‘ll be one of tltc key
things in this game." Brooks
said. "This is where statistics
might lie. Even though our de-
fense is not nationally ranked.

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Commonwealth Stadium lentfli‘v Wlll llkt?ly rtover louisville ret‘tttver Mario Urrutia this Saturday

through the first two games
arid it’s going to get a lot bigger
test this week than it‘s eycr go
(rig to.”

Defending the (‘ar‘dinals
passing attack w ill also hinge on
how much pressure the ('ats' dc»
fense can pirt on Brolnn. Brooks
said.

“If y‘ou‘te got arty ideas
how to do that I'd be willing to
listen."

Injury report

lniuries on the defensiyc
lirtc ha\c made the (kits danger
ously thin at the dctcnsoc tack~
lc position.

Defensiye linemen Ricky
l.uutpkin and Myron Pryor were
sclrcdtrlcd to undergo MRls y'cs
terday after sufferirtg rniurtcs
a