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JOINT

Spike Lee discusses
education, Iraq and

ceubrating 3t years of Independence

Election's status remains in limbo

Repeat? Election chairman says entire election
should be redone because of financial considerations

STAFF WRITER

Students who cam»
paigned for the Student Gov-
ernment senate may not
know until next week
whether they will have to
redo last week‘s election. Both
candidates and SG ofﬁcials
are in disagreement over how

to conduct a new election and
whether it should include all
races and candidates.

Kellen Baker. SG Elec-
tions Board of Supervision
chairman. said he will ﬁle a
claim to the SG Election
Board of Claims and the SG
Supreme Court recommend-
ing that a new election be
held in all races. Last week's

election results were thrown
into question after election of-
ﬁcials discovered a discrepan-
cy between the number of
votes cast and the number of
registered voters.

Baker announced on
Thursday after the election
that 171 more votes had been
cast than there were students
who had registered to vote.
Election Investigator Eric
Mills said then that either the
volunteers working at various
polling places made an error

in recording who voted, or
someone broke into the
polling machines to make
false votes.

Baker said he was recom-
mending a new election
across the board because it
would be too complicated and
too expensive to have the
polling machines repro-
gramnied to ﬁt the candidates
for only certain races. Howev—
er. he said there was a possi-

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Bold, sultry, eccentric:
the BeauX Arts

Work it

SCOTT LASNINSKY [ KERNEL STAFF

Orag queen J.O. Vaughn performs during Lexington’s Drag Show of the Year at the Beaux Arts Ball Saturday night. The ball also featured

dance performances, live music and a fashion show.

ByRoIIIIIeCIarh

ASSISTANT SCENE EDITOR

A naked rock climber, a Pez dispenser. Waldo. the Jolly
Green Giant. a handful of pimps and even Wolverine -» all
were in attendance at Saturday night's annual Beaux Arts Ball.

Not to mention a full onslaught of drag queens and
provocatively dressed rompers.

The event has earned a reputation of being one of the
most eccentric gatherings in the Lexington underground
scene. And it really is underground.

Taking place beneath the Radisson's parking garage down-
town. over 1,100 costumed revelers assembled for this year's
event. coordinated by students of the UK School of Architec-
ture. said Adam Phillips. an architecture student and co-direc-
tor of Beaux Arts Ball.

“I thought it was wonderful." he said. “The crowd was
great and the caliber of the costumes was something we've
never seen before.“

3‘3 The costumes were a spectacle. said Amie Yomana. She

said the gear let people express their “inner demon."

“The freaks come out at night." she said. “I've never seen
any of these people before -— maybe that's because they don‘t
look like themselves.“

Special events were sprinkled throughout the night. in-
cluding a fashion exhibition showcasing the clothes of General
Eccentric. Models donned the trendy garb and paraded down
the catwalk to the cheers of an eager audience.

“It was wild and crazy. and everybody totally participated.“
said Tyra Harbut. a model in the show and a communications
senior. “Anybody ﬁts in."

Following the fashion show. the emcee announced to the
crowd. “we have some real ladies for you now.“ and one of the
night‘s most anticipated engagements began as Natalie Gale. a
rotund drag queen with a ﬂowing rainbow frock. came frolick-
ing onto the catwalk.

Each partaker in the Lexington Drag Show of the Year
pranced to the tunes of a techno beat in lavish decor. some lip

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Students vote to support online ticket lottery

ﬁchets: Twice as many students vote for online system
over current system; athletic department hopes to comply

ELM
Staff Miter

Now that students have
given their approval for an
online ticket lottery system.
they’re looking to adminis-
trators to embrace their ad»
vice.

And an athletics official
said the department would
try to do just that.

“We wanted to get the
student opinion (anyway)."
said Joe Sharpe. UK Assisr

tant Athletic Director who
directs ticket sales. "Defi-
nitely. we want to help out
the students as much as we
can."

Sharpe said he was
pleased that students have
voiced their opinions.

A referendum on the
Student (lovermneiit elec
tioii ballot last week sur
veyed whether students sup»
ported an online ticket lot
tery. 1.714 students voted
yes; 875 students voted no.

Currently. the ticket lot-
tery is done at Memorial
Coliseum. where students
are given numbers and can
get their tickets when their
number is randomly called.

The process. which usu-
ally starts after 9 pin. often
lasts until after midnight,
Often times students who
wait for tickets go home
empty-handed

Most of the students
who approved the method
say that an online system
would take less time.

Meanwhile. the students
who opposed it say that the
method isn't fair because it

is based on a loyalty system.
not first come. first serve.

The loyalty system
rewards students who have
gained the most loyalty
points. which they earn
more of with every game
they attend.

Sharpe said the loyalty
system would be used if
there weren't enough tickets
to go around.

“For example. if we‘d
made it to the final four this
year. we would want to re-
ward the (tickets to the) stu
dents With the highest loyal-

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Urban warfare: Death toll on both sides of war
increase as US. forces begin ﬁght for Iraqi capital

ASSOCIATED PRESS

BAGHDAD, Iraq — Saddam Hussein urged Iraqi
troops separated from their combat squads to join other
ﬁghters to fend off the Americans, according to a state
ment read on TV that indicates disarray among the
country’s elite ﬁghters.

The appeal came as Baghdad shook from continued
allied bombing. At nightfall Sunday. long bursts of
heavy machine-gun ﬁre and strong explosions rocked
the capital in what appeared to be a battle not far from
the city center.

The shriek of surface-to-surface missiles, the
pounding of artillery and bursts of what sounded like
heavy machinegun grew in frequency and intensity
Sunday evening in the city’s southern approaches.

Just before 9 pm, explosions and gunﬁre were
heard downtown, not far from the Information Min-
istry and a hotel where many journalists are staying.

Prayers broadcast from Baghdad’s mosques ﬁl-
tered through the din of battle. “God is great and to
him we owe thanks, ” clerics intoned every time the city
came under attack.

Two hours later, Baghdad was quiet, with occasion-
al light weapons and missile ﬁre. Explosions could be
heard in the distance.

The statement attributed to Saddam, read on Iraqi
television and radio, also said that anyone who de-
stroys an allied tank, armored personnel carrier or ar-
tillery would be awarded 15 million dinars, or about
$8,000.

Iraqi satellite television showed brief footage of a
smiling Saddam in military uniform chairing a meet-

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NPR anchor will discuss
media consolidation, Iraq

By Joe Anderson
STAFF WRITER

A voice that millions of Americans wake up to each
morning will speak to an audience at UK tomorrow.

Bob Edwards. the host of National Public Radio‘s
“Morning Edition." will deliver the 26th annual Joe Creason
Lecture at 6 pm. Tuesday at Memorial Hall.

Edwards. a Louisville native. will be inducted into the
Kentucky Journalism Hall of Fame at a ceremony the same
day Five other journalists will also be inducted.

“I‘m speechless." Edwards said. then laughed. “Well. I'd
better not be l have to give a speech.“

Edwards said in a telephone interview
that he would discuss negative changes in
the media —~ consolidation and the increas-
ing demand for high proﬁts.

"Consolidation has been devastating
in radio." Edwards said. “It means the re-
duction of voices. One company. Clear
Channel. owns 1.250 radio stations. In the
past. it was a wonderful thing that all these
radio stations had independent voices."

Edwards said that he does what he can
to ﬁght media corporatization as vice president of the Amer-
ican Federation of Radio and Television Artists. a labor
union. “Music is bland now. Radio's not doing the job in en-
tertainment. much less news." he said.

Edwards also plans to discuss coverage of the Iraqi war.
He praised the live coverage provided by journalists embed-
ded in military units but said journalists at home have
failed to ask penetrating questions.

Edward said journalists must ask and keep asking a—
about the war's long-term effects. "Particularly the idea that
the country go it alone." he said. “There's almost a contempt
for the rest of the world. That bothers me 1 think it both—
ers a lot of people."

Edwards said I’iesident Bush has only given eight news
conferences as president. while his father held 58 in the

Bob Edwards

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the Nation."
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about plans
for a U.S.-led
effort to set
up an
interim
government
in Iraq after
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War changes schools’ travel plans

l.( H 'IS\'II.I.E Some schools in
Louisville and around Kentucky are cancel-
111‘; or postpi mung student trips abroad due
to escalating fears of terrorism surround-
ing the war Ill Iraq. (‘olleges also are warn-
ing their overseas students to avoid identi-
fying themselves as Americans to reduce
their chance of becoming targets. The Uni-
versity of Kentucky recently sent e-mails to
about 1:30 starlents studying abroad in Eu-
rope and elsew here. urging them to “try not
to stand out. travel with friends. try to
blend in." said Douglas Boyd. UK's associ-
ate provost ot international affairs.

Fletcher finds new running mate

I.( )I'IS\'II.I.I£ Steve Pence. US. attor—
ney for the western district of Kentucky.
has submitted his resignation. a spokesman
said Sunday. The confirmation came after a
newspaper report that Pence is the choice
as running mate for US. Rep. Ernie Fletch-
er. who is seeking the GOP nomination for
governor. Fletcher. of Lexington. is in need
of a new candidate for lieutenant governor
on his slate after Hunter Bates was ruled in-
eligible. A judge who ruled in a lawsuit
challenging Bates' eligibility said Bates had
not lived in Kentucky long enough to meet a
six—year residency requirement.

DEVOTION:

NBC News corre-
spondent David
Bloom. one of the
most recogniz-
able reporters
covering the war
from the Iraqi
desert, collapsed
Sunday and died
from a blood clot,
the network said.
the 39-year-old
co-anchor of the
weekend "Today"
show was travel-
ing with troops
about 25 miles
south of Baghdad
when he sudden-
ly collapsed, said
Allison Goliust, a
spokeswoman for
NBC News. lie
was airlifted to a
nearby field med-
ical unit, where
he was pro-
nounced dead
from a pulmonary
embolism,
Goilust said. She
said his death
was not combat
related. Bloom, a
native of Edina,
Minn., lived in
the New York
area with his
wife, Melanie,
and three daugh-
ters. He had been
on assignment in
frag for several
weeks, reporting
from the middle
of desert sand
storms and while
columns of mili-
tary vehicles
rumbled toward
Baghdad. "You
couldn't keep him
away from a
story," Tim
Russert, the net-l
work's Washing-
ton bureau chief.
said Sunday.
"Whenever
something was
breaking, he
wanted to be
there."

Officials discuss postwar irag

WASHINGTON ~ It probably will take
at least six months to set up a new Iraqi gov-
ernment once coalition forces take full con-
trol of the country. a Bush administration
official said Sunday. It took that long for a
government to form in northern Iraq after
the first Gulf War. Deputy Defense Secre
tary Paul Wolfowitz said in making the
rounds of the Sunday talk shows. "This is a
more complicated situation.“ he told “Fox
News Sunday" “It probably will take more
time than that." Gen. Peter Pace. vice chair-
man of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. said no de-
cision has been made on the size of the
force that will be in Iraq during the transi-
tion.

Bush and Blair meet to talk peace

WASHINGTON . President Bush and
British Prime Minister Tony Blair are meet-
ing for the third time in a month to discuss
the war in Iraq. but this time their agenda
also includes peace initiatives in the Middle
East and Northern Ireland. Bush was ﬂying
to Belfast early Monday for a summit meant
principally to review war progress and to
iron out differences about how Iraq will be
rebuilt and governed when hostilities end.
The reconstruction question has divided
Bush's advisers and the United States and
Britain. Blair is said to want deeper UN. in-
volvement in postwar Iraq than Bush. who
seeks a transitional governing authority
consisting of Iraqi exiles and people living
in the country now. A U.S.-led coalition will
likely run the country for at least six
months until a new Iraqi government is in
place. Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wol-
fowitz said Sunday.

War cuts hospitals off from aid

AMMAN. Jordan — In town after town
in the Iraq war zone, hospitals trying to
cope with hundreds of wounded are cut off
from medical resupply, aid ofﬁcials reported
Sunday. An aid convoy destined for one
overwhelmed hospital south of Baghdad
was canceled because of US. military opera-
tions. In Baghdad. “all hospitals are under
tremendous pressure and the medical staffs
are working without respite,“ said Muin
Kassis of the International Committee of
the Red Cross office in Amman, which is in
sporadic telephone contact with ICRC staff
in the Iraqi capital. At one point Saturday,
during a bloody US. Army foray into south-
ern Baghdad, the al-Yarmouk hospital, near
the ﬁghting, was receiving Iraqi wounded at
a rate of about 100 an hour, the ICRC said.
Such Red Cross estimates don't break down
civilian versus military casualties. “No one
is able to keep an accurate count of casual-
ties,“ Kassis said Sunday. But Iraqi ofﬁcials
were reported to have put their latest count
at 1.252 civilians killed and 5.103 wounded in
more than two weeks of war.

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syncing as they worked the
crowd to the verge of deliri
um.

“I look forward to this
(Beaux Arts Ball) 361 days a
year." said Vivianne Vaughn
ran. a participant in the drag
show clad in a Native Ameri
can style garment with zebra
stripes.

At midnight. alcohol

CREASON

Continued from page I

same time period.

It is perhaps not surpris
ing that this would bother a
man who has done over
23.000 interviews in his life-
time, including Presidents
Clinton and George Bush Sr.

A graduate of the Uni»
versity of Louisville. Ed-
wards came to NPR in 1971
as cohost of its evening pro-
gram “All Things (‘onsid-
ered.“ Edwards has hosted
“Morning Edition" ~ which
reaches an estimated 13 mil-
lion listeners each week
since its premiere in 1979.
The show airs a two-hour
mix of news. analysis. com-
mentary and music.

Edwards begins his
work day about 2 am. and
wraps it up around noon.

Edwards said he spends
the early morning hours
writing. conducting inter-
views with people on the oth-
er side of the world and
preparing for the live inter-
views of the morning's show.

After the show. be con-
ducts feature interviews
with people such as artists
and musicians that will run
later in the week.

Edwards said these in
terviews have proven the
most memorable.

“I like to talk to writers

was cut off. and the (lance
lloor filled up as national en
tertainer Ilean t‘oleman
bombarded the room with
techno beats

But the Beaux Arts Hall
is not all about debauchery
and decadence. according to
(‘asey Mathers. a co-director
and fourth year architecture
major

Proceeds from the event
go to help Movable Feast.

“It‘s one of the driving
forces behind the party." he
said. "Being able to givi-
back to the community"

and musicians about how
and why they create what
they do.” he said. ”Artistic
people are more forthcom
ing. titore expressive.”

In 1981. Edwards won
the Edward R. Murrow
award. "Every station that
carries ‘Morning Edition
can attest to Edwards extra
ordinary rapport with listen-
ers Bob has created a stan-
dard for the industry." reads
the citation that accompa
nied the award.

Roger (‘hesser. general
manager for WUKY. UK's
public radio station. agreed.

"He doesn't wear on
you." (,‘hesser said. "He's on
the radio two or three hours
every morning. five days a
week. year after year. He‘s a
comforting presence. stable
and careful."

Dick Wilson. acting di-
rector of the School of Jour
italism. said Edwards proves
radio news still has life.

“In reality. to me. NPR is
the thinking man‘s news." he
said. “ I have it on for three
or four hours every morning.
I read a lot fewer papers be-
cause I‘m listening to NPR."

if you go
Bob Edwards will deliver
the Creason Lecture at 6 pm.
Tuesday at Memorial Hall.
Morning Edition can be
heard on WUKY 91.3 between 6
am and 9 am. on weekdays.

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Recognition: UK's rural medicine program up 15 spots
to ninth place; four other colleges do well in report

By Rebecca Neal
warm '7

I~‘i\e [7K programs are
ranked among the top in the
nation. according to the
newest rankings by the US
News and World Report.

US. News ranked UK‘s
Rural Medicine program as
ninth in the country. up from
Blth in 2001. The (‘ollege of
Nursing was ranked 29th. up
from 30th in 2000. and the
(‘ollege of Law was ranked
51st. The (‘ollege of Law was
tied for 49111 last year.

(‘arolyn Williams. dean
of the (‘ollege of Nursing.
said the college's success can
be attributed to the quality of

ELECTION

Continued from page l

bility that the election could
be held on the Internet.

One candidate who
worked closely with presiden-
tial election winner Rachel
Watts‘ campaign said that
Watts was opposed to the idea
of a new presidential election.

“We're stunned." said
Braphus Kaalund. who won

teaching.

“It's because our faculty
are in leadership roles in re-
search and education that
others perceive us this way."
she said.

Williams said it's nice to
know that the college's work
is respected among peers.

"We're not invisible
we're. getting the word out
about our students and facul-
ty here." she said.

The rankings are part of
the magazine‘s “America‘s
Best Colleges“ issue on news-
stands now. US News and
World Report is the country‘s
tnost widely read listing of
college rankings.

The magazine's rankings

election as College of Law sen-
ator. “There‘s no legal or prac-
tical basis for this. It would
only complicate a new elec-
tion“ to open all the races up
again. he said.

Some senate candidates
agreed that a new election is
necessary. although at least
one candidate is unsure about
campaigning all over again.

“On the one hand. yes. we
need a reelection because it’s
fair to all the candidates." said
Latasha Jones. who won in
her bid for at-large senator.

are based on ratings by com-
parative schools' deans and
senior faculty members.
something Williams said
made the honor even tnore
meaningful,

“It‘s exciting that people
in our field view us this way
nationally." she said.

Allan Vestal. the dean of
the College of Law. said he
and other law school deans
are skeptical of the
rankings.

"Rankings are a part of
life. and we‘re not driven by
them." he said. "We know
where we need to be going."

Vestal said the rankings
don't always show the col-
lege's strengths. such as a
large number of competitive
applications. small class
sizes and talented faculty.

"It just doesn't tell much

But she said she and other
candidates probably wouldn't
run again because they lack
sufﬁcient time and money She
said she was also concerned
that students would be less in-
terested.

Noah Friend. who lost in
his bid for at-large senator,
said “with a discrepancy that
big. they can‘t not have a new
election."

He said he would partici-
pate in a new election. “I‘ll
campaign much harder than I
did the ﬁrst time." he said.

UK colleges garner high rankings

about what we should be do
ing and where." he said.
Other l'K colleges held
steady in the magazmes
rankings. The (‘ollege of
Pharmacy again ranked third
in the nation. while the pub—
lic ﬁnance and budget pro-
gram m the Martin School of
Public Policy and Adminis-
tration again ranked ﬁfth.

Near the top

. The rural medicine program
was ranlted ninth in the country.

. The Martin School was
ranked ﬁfth in the country.

c The College of Pharmacy was
ranked third.

.The College of Law was
ranked 49th.

c The College of Nursing
ﬁnished in 36th place.

Megan Gentry. who won
reelection as an at—large sena-
tor. said “I can understand
how 171 votes could really
sway an election." but the
election should be held only
in those races that fell within
the margin of 171 votes. She
said she also didn't think stu-
dents would be interested in
seeing a whole new campaign
season.

“In my opinion students
as a whole at UK should not
have to suffer through a new
election." she said.

WAR

Continued from page 1

ing it said was held Sunday
with his top aides.

In a separate announce.
ment. a broadcaster for Iraqi
state radio read a decree by
Saddam that two female sui-
cide bombers be awarded
posthumously the medal of
the Al—Rafdin ~ or “The Two

- Rivers" ,_ the nation’s highest
‘. decoration. and that their fam-

. 1

' illes be given 50 million dinars

;or about $28,000 each.
The attack last week in

2 western Iraq killed three US.

soldiers at a checkpoint 80

- miles from the Syrian border.

Burnt-out Iraqi tanks lit-
tered one of the main roads

' leading to Baghdad on Sunday.

one day after American troops

_muscled through the city.

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Regime leaders remained deﬁ-
ant and appealed for calm.

A haze hung over the capi-
tal. Some of the ﬁres ignited

by authorities more than two
weeks ago to conceal targets
appeared to have ﬁzzled. re-
ducing the gray smoke spiral-
ing into the skies.

The streets crawled with
black-clad Fedayeen militia.
the armed loyalists of the rul-
ing Baath Party. and teenagers
with guns.

Iraqi troops clambered up
what they claimed was an al-
lied tank destroyed in a Sun
day morning battle. They
made V—for-victory signs and
chanted slogans in support of
Saddam.

The US. Central Com-
mand said coalition soldiers
killed up to 3,000 Iraqi troops
in Saturday’s incursion. Iraqi
leaders denied heavy casual-
ties and took pains to show
they were still in control.

Iraq claimed Sunday its
forces had killed 50 enemy
troops and wounded scores of
others in the previous 24
hours. It also said they had de-
stroyed 27 tanks and damaged
10 others; destroyed 13 ar-
mored personnel carriers and

shot down two Apache heli-
copters.

Information Minister Mo-
hammed Saeed al-Sahhaf
warned Baghdad residents
against “rumors" and “lies."

“Open your eyes and keep
your minds alert to be able to
differentiate between informa-
tion and the inadequate ones.“
he said in a press brieﬁng Sun-
day. He urged residents to re-
main calm and not to ﬁre guns
without being told.

The escalation of violence
in the capital appeared be tak»
ing its toll on residents.

At the al-Kindi hospital in
a working-class Baghdad
neighborhood. scores of peo-
ple with shrapnel wounds h e
been coming in since Sa y
night. Among them were eight
members of one family

In one ward. several chil-
dren wore bloodstained casts
on their legs and arms. and
some had difﬁculty breathing.
One girl had bandages over
half her face. Most children
gazed aimlessly while their
parents tried to comfort them.

A Saudi man had both
legs amputated below the
knee. He said he was hit in the
southern district of al-Doura
on Saturday night during an
allied air raid. “God willed it
and what he wanted was
done." Roweijah Al-Oteibi said
from his hospital bed.

Iraq's state-run newspa-
pers continued to publish.
dominated by ofﬁcial state-
ments. pictures of wounded
civilians and news of anti-war
protests around the world.

Al-Sahhaf blamed the
Americans for the suffering of
Baghdad residents. He
claimed allied air strikes de-
liberately targeted power sta~
tions and accused US. troops
of targeting civilians. “They
are killing civilians. Whenev-
er they see an Iraqi person.
they kill him. take him prison-
er or kidnap him." he said.

Power was out for two
days before being restored to
some parts Saturday. Most of
Baghdad was still dark Sun-
day. and the streets were de-
serted by nightfall.

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But some students dis-
agree with that system.

“Everyone who goes
should have a shot.“ said ar-
chitecture sophomore Sami-
ha Nasser. who voted

against the system.

“I don't agree with that.
Anyone who wants to go
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However. many stu-
dents are in favor of a
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But both Harvey. who
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alty system would be a
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The online method.
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Sharpe said he‘d like to
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However. student foot-
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ving force behind this pos»
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