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Despite vote, meal plan unchanged

By Sean Rose

srose©kykernel com

This year's meal plan looks similar to last
year‘s. even after a referendum passed with an
overwhelming majority of students voting in favor
of returning to the declining—balance system of
two years ago.

The referendum was on the ballot in last
spring‘s Student Govemment election and was ap-
proved with an 84.9 percent majority.

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rivers
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arking
changes

By Miranda Wells

news@kvkernel corn

For students driving to campus. between bal—
aneing a cup of coffee and avoiding a collision in
the morning traffic. the major concern is finding
somewhere to park.

More spaces are disappearing. but others are
being created.

The construction around Memorial Coliseum
has removed 3l3 parking spaces from the R—l . ( »
l and E lots. About 195 of those spaces will be re-
turned to the R—l and E lots. but C—l has been
completely eliminated.

Parking Structure No. 6. which was recently
added. supplies 70f) employee spaces and is local-
ed on the corner of Press Street and Virginia A\»
enue across from the Royal Lexington Apart-
ments. Several lots in that area have been modified
from E lots for commuter parking.

Huguelet Drive. currently undergoing con—
struction. is going to lose its disabled parking. and
the R-lO parking formerly located there will be
limited. Disabled parking is a\ailable at Common»
wealth Stadium. and students may ride the shuttle
service provided.

Beginning Sept. 30. a section of Rose Street

will be closed to through traffic. The portion of

Rose Street from Huguelet Dri\e to South Lime-
stone Street will be controlled by UK and only
used for internal Medical Center traffic.

After studying bus routes and considering stu~
dent suggestions last spring. l'K Parking and
Transportation Services has changed the routes to
better accommodate students.

See Parking on page 2

Fan maker
recruits with
scholarships

By Elizabeth Collier

news@kykernei corn V

The Big Ass Fans Company. based in chmg-
ton. has set up four scholarships two for engi
neering students and two for intemational«re|ations
students at UK.

“We hire a lot of engineering and lntemational-
trade folks." Heather Henley of Big Ass Fans said.
“We were having trouble finding these people and
thought a scholarship would help the recruning
process."

Each scholarship recipient will receive $2.000
over one school year.

In order to receive international—relations schol‘
arship. students must either be undecided or an ln~
temational Trade/Commerce major in the Patterson
School of Diplomacy and lntemational Commerce
and have a GPA of 3.0 or greater.

Students applying for the engineering scholar—
ships must be juniors in the College of Engineer—
ing. with a major in mechanical or electrical engi—
neering and a minimum GPA of 3.0.

Students can pick up applications at the Col-
lege of Engineering and the Patterson School. Ap-
plications will then be sent to the Big Ass Fans
Company.

First Issue tron. Sutmquont Issues 25 cents.

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tem where students pay for meals when entering
the dining hall. Before. there was a declining-bal—
ance system. wherein students had a set amount of
dollars for the semester and spent them throughout
the term. Meals were priced on an a la carte sys-
tem instead of the current buffet style.

Jeff DeMoss. director of Dining Services. said
he would leave the impact of the referendum up to
Student (ioy eminent and questioned if the referen-
duin was accurate because off-campus students
could vote as well.

"i think the referendum was great. but I have a

question of how that was created." DeMoss said.
“Did everyone know what was really going on?"

Despite the continuance of last year‘s dining
plan, there have been changes.

The cheapest meal plan now has l()() flex dol—
lars whereas last year it had none. dining hours
have been extended in Blazer and Commons. and
the Student Center food court has been renovated.
adding more brands.

DeMoss said even though the referendum
wasn‘t directly acted on. Dining Services had been
responsive to the student voice.

“The input came from the dining services
committee as well as a survey taken at the end of
school." DeMoss said. “I always say the job is
never done; we‘ve been quite busy.

“You can‘t get there fast enough."

Another change to the meal plan was the in~
creased cost. Last year‘s cheapest plan was $883.
compared to this year's $947.

DeMoss said the cost goes up each year to ac-
count for increases in the price of transportation.
labor and food.

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Haggin Field was filled with
more than the usual diehard
Ultimate Frisbee players and
tag football pros last night.
Instead, Jag*Star headlined
the first concert in the Beatnik
Ball series sponsored by
Student Activities Board.

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Lexington Convention Center.

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ence was “very necessary and timely."

Hundreds of students from llK's six health
care colleges had a lesson in diversity at yester»
day‘s Fourth Annual Cultural Competence Con~

The conference. which took place at the
aimed to inform
students about various cultures prevalent in

a second-year medical
student. said infonnation provided in the confer-

With the way Kentucky is growing. people
should be more aware." Reynolds said. "There is
so much growth that the area is getting more di
verse.

“You can't fix a problem unless you‘re
aware of it."

Reynolds said the students were presented
with a lot of facts and statistics.

“There was information that a lot of people
needed to hear." she said.

Some students in the health care field tend to
look over the importance of Ieaming about dif—
ferent cultures. Reynolds said.

“A lot of people don't think cultural compe-

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tencc matters." she said. “But it does."

‘I he keynote speakers at the eycnt were Dr.
Joseph Betaiicoiiit. director ol The Disparities
Solution Center at .\l.iss.ichusetis (icneral Hos
pital. al‘liliatcd with Haryard Medical School;
and Dr. Alexander (ireen. senior scientist at The
Disparities Solutions Center and lecturer at Har-
\ard Medical School.

Students also attended breakout sessions on
topics ranging lrom stereotypes and biases to
crossecultural healthcare,

Joe Slusher. a second-year medical student.

See Culture on page 2

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 PAGEZ | Thursday, August 24 2006

A year later. Bush says Katrina
recovery Will take time

By Johanna ___Nouman
Los ANGELES TIMES

WASHINGTON Presi-
dent Bush on W*dnesday' reas-

sured still-struggling victims of

' Hurricane Katrina that he has
not forgotten them. but warned
recovery will not be achieved by
the first anniversary of the dev—
astating stonn.

"It‘s a time to remember that
people suffered. and it‘s a time
to recommit ourselves to help-
ing them." Bush said after meet
ing in the Oval Office with
Rockey Vaccarella. who lost his
home to Katrina. “But I also
want people to remember that a
one-year anniversary is just that.
' because it‘s going to require a
long time to help these people
rebuild."

The president discussed Kat-
rina with Vaccarella. 4i. of
Mereaux. La.. who has been
traveling the U.S.. making a
documentary about his road to
recovery as he and his family
live in a trailer provided by the
Federal Emergency Manage—
ment Agency.

The administration‘s Gulf
Coast recovery coordinator.
Donald E. Powell. said during a
White House briefing Tuesday
that since Katrina slammed into
Louisiana and Mississippi on
Aug. 29. 2005. only $44 billion
of the SIM) billion in federal
money earmarked for rebuilding

CULrunE

Continued from page 1

attended a breakout session by
Dr. John Stone. professor
emeritus of medicine at Emory
University School of Medicine
Slusher said Stone focused on
the importance of ”listening to
patients and learning from pa
tients.“

“He talked a lot about the
power structure between a doc»
tor and a patient." Slusher said.
“He said we need to know it's
not always about as teaching
the patient. but allowing the
patient to teach us."

DINING

Continued from page 1

SG president Jonah Brown.
who made improving the meal
plan a major pan of his plat-
form. said he was pleased with
the changes thus far particu—
larly the increase in brands on
campus and variety of meal
plan options.

He added that reverting
back to the older declining-bide
ancc system should remain an
option btit that “the type of
meal plan we have now will be
a great benefit to the students
once we have quality l‘ilk‘lllr
ties.“

Brown said a student coin-
iiiittcc would form in the next

the region has been spent.

"I have a sense of frustra-
tion. I have a sense of urgency
all the time.“ Powell said. Fed-
eral funds have begun to reach
Mississippi homeowners. he
said. but Louisiana has delayed
its plans for distribution.

Bush addressed the delay in
his remarks Wednesday.

"To the extent that there are
still bureaucratic hurdles and the
need for the federal government
to help eradicate those hurdles.
we want to do that." he said.

With midterm congressional
elections less than three months
away. Democrats are seeking to
use the lapses in the govern»
ment‘s response to Katrina

including the vivid images of

residents stranded on rooftops or
directed to shelters with no food
or water to sway voters
against the Republicans.

In a new report. Senate Mi»
nority' Leader Harry Reid. [)—
ch.. and House Minority
Leader Nancy Pclosi. D»(‘alif..
who both plan to visit the (iiilf
region in the coming week. de—
tailed what they described as the
Bush administration‘s failures.

"One year ago. Katrina and
Rita taught the American people
the terrible lesson that their gov—
ernment was not prepared to
protect them Reid said
Wednesday. announcing the re—
port‘s release. "Unfortunately.
one year after the hurricanes and
five years after 0/] 1. Bush Re-

Slusher echoed Rcy'nolds‘
thoughts on the importance of
learning about other cultures.

"With the changing demo-
graphic of America today. it is
more important than ever to be
able to relate to patients of a
different background he said.

l,‘K President Lee Todd ad—
dressed the students near the
end of the conference. welcom—
itig them back for another year.

“There‘s nothing more ex-
citing than watching students
come back in the fall.“ Todd
said.

Todd told the students that
[K was the flagship university
of Kentucky and said they rcp-
rcsented it well.

“I applaud you
choices you‘ve made.“

for the
he said.

upcoming weeks to address the
8* percent of dissatisfied stu-v
dents who voted to return to
the old meal plan,

History senior Andy Bates.
who ran for S(} president in the
spring and spearheaded the ref-
erendum efforts. said the main
purpose of the referendum was
to voice opinion to [K admin
istration more than to enact inii
mediate change.

"It‘s giust the responsibility
of the current Student Govern
ment to meet the needs of the
student body.” Bates said. "It‘s
still early in the year. We‘ll giust
have to see what happens."

Brown said the rcf‘creiiduiii
was valuable even without im-
mediate change.

"I think it was useful not so
much for us. btit I think it was
useful to the university admin
istration to see rust how impor
tant this was to the students.“
Brown said.

publicans in Washington still
have not taken that lesson to
heart.“

The report. titled "Broken
Promises.“ says that thousands
of families still are waiting for
trailers from the Federal limer—
gency Management Agency;
that an estimated ll percent of
the $l‘) billion spent by FIZMA

or about $2 billion has
been wasted by fraud and abusc.
and that till percent of (Tall
(‘oast businesses with approved
Small Business Administration
disaster loans are still waiting
for the money.

In a separate report on
wasteful procurement spending.
two (‘alifornia Democrats. Reps.
Henry Waxman and Dennis (‘arv
do/.a. plan to announce on
Thursday the formation of a
”truth squad“ to expose fraud
and abuse in Katrina contract
awards.

Meanwhile, Vaccarella of
Louisiana seemed to cii_ioy his
“Forrest (iump“ moment.

“You know. it‘s really aura/-
ing when a small man like me
from St. Bernard Parish can
meet the president of the l'nited
States.“ he said. “The president
is a people person. I knew that
from the beginning.“

Bush had equally
words for his visitor.

"Rock is a plaiirspokeii guy.
he‘s the kind of fellow I feel
comfortable talking to.“ said the
president. “I told hint that I an,

PARKING

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“As a result of the study. we
hope the changes made to the
(‘ATS bus routes will make the
system more efficient and better
scrv e the community.“ said
(‘hrissie Balding. a marketing
and promotions specialist for
UK Parking.

The Blue Route has c‘lllllle
natcd Bluegrass (‘oinmunity
and Technical ('ollegc stops.
shortening the time to DU min
utes and making a morc direct
route between (‘ooperstow'n
Apartments. Kirwan—Blandmg
(.‘ompley and the main Cillllplls.
according to [K Parking The
White Route will provide seiv
vice between B('T(‘ and [‘K. as
a 3(l7tllllilltc‘ route. It will not be
traveling through ('ooperstowii;
however. it will be stopping
near Woodland Avenue and
Hilltop Street. The Red Route
will be adding stops at the Kcnr
tucky Clinic. the Taylor Iiducai
tion Building and Dickey Hall.
as well as Parking Structure
No. (v. the new location of the
IR Parking of‘lice.

There is also an (lll~tlc'lllLttltl
bus system available at night.
Monday through Thursday. bus
es will run from ll pin. to 5. it!
il.lll.. I'riday from 7 pm. to i 1t)
am. Saturday from 7 pm. to 1
a.m.. and Sunday from 7 pin,
to midnight. Students can call
33I~Rll)l: W431} to speak di
rectly with the (lllrtlclllillltl sci"
v'icc to be picked tip and Hay cl

derstand that there‘s people
down there that still need help,
And I told liiiii the federal gov-
ci‘iiiiicnt will work with the state
and local authorities to get the
help to them as quickly as possi~
ble.“

Later. White House deputy
press secretary Dana Perino said
tlial. when the invitation to meet
vv itli Bush was evtended to Vac,
cai’ella. White House staffers did
not know that he was a Republi-
can who had once run f‘or local
office. The e\cliange between
the president and \'accarella
ended as ll the two were enjoy:
mg a convivial evening in a
neighborhood bar.

"You‘re a good man. Rock,
ey‘.“ said Bush. slapping Vac—
carella on the back.

"You are too.“ Vaccarella re-
sponded. slapping the president
on the back in return. “Thanks a
bunch.“

.\s he w alkcd along the
White House driveway. Vac—
carclla talked with reporters.
urging other Katrina survivors to
”get l'tilllllg“ and see the glass as
halffull instead of lialf—eiiipty.

“\kc get knocked down. w
get back tip. we‘re :‘xmericansf‘
he said. "We got hit. we _iust
need to get back on our feet and
get rolling.“

Then Vaccarclla left. carry»
mg a goody bag that he said
contained a tic pin. a bookmark
and other "tokens“ from the
president

anywhere on campus.

"We‘re trying to get the
mud out that we do offer lots
of services to students. and
we‘re here to help them.“ Hald
llij.‘

.\laps of the bits routes are
available in all structures. as
w cll as onlinc at
http:/1w ww_uk_v.edu Parking.

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Keep a campus parking map
in the glove compartment of
your car.

Program the Parking and
Transportation phone number
into your cell phone.

Look for UK Parking employ—
ees directing traffic it you
have any questions about
where to park.

Most importantly, allow your—
self plenty of time to arrive
on campus, especially during
peak class times (Monday
through Thursday, from 9 am.
to i230 pm).

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bike racks will he impounded.

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Reel Review

'Snakes' crashes despite web of hype

By Mike Richardson

features®kykernelcom

The Internet buued this summer
with rumors and hype of the season‘s
most anticipated film. No. it wasn‘t an
other "Star Wars" prequel. It was
"Snakes on a Plane." How did such a
ridiculous movie concept become the
one 7~ and I do mean the one -, film
that everyone had to see‘.’

Blame the Internet. of course. Fan
hype has done "Star Wars" one better
this time. and the result is what you se-
cretly knew it would be all along: just
okay.

It all started when Samuel L. Jack-
son. star and hero of this irreverent air-
plane disaster film. agreed to do a
movie with what we can only assume
was the working title “Snakes on a
Plane." The studio execs. acting with
business sense as they sometimes do.
saw that the title could not be taken se-
riously and changed it to "Pacific Air
l2l .
This is where the real drama be—

gins. Apparently Jackson was only go—
ing to do a movie called "Snakes on a
Plane" ._. no other title would fly.
Some blogger wrote about it. some guy
made a joke about it. and faster than
you could say "Holy viral marketing.
Batman!" the blogosphere was buzzing
with mystery and intrigue.

But what is so fascinating about
this‘.’ Why did the lntemet spawn such
interest in a film that everyone (even
the "fans") knew would be so bad‘.’

At first glance. it should be obvious
that any movie with Jackson is going to
be full of great one—liners and bad~ass
action —— not that this caused any of us
to go see “The Man" or “Freedom-
land." The title (and film) reeks of
good-natured. crowd-pleasing. snakes—
vs.-American—spirit fun.

The real excitement for the online
community came when the fans found
out about the now-famous quote by
Jackson: "I'm tired of all these
mutha ,. Wing snakes on this muthai
~7 ing planeY“

Of course, it is the best line in the

movie. and it‘s a shame it‘s ruined be-
fore you see the film. Too bad it‘s