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College v. real life

Visions of
the future

Burgers are consumed in
college by multiples
of two by yourself,
later you buy one for
yourself and two
happy meals for the
kids.

Students now live next
to a hundred other
people their own age,
later they live in a
subdivision with a
whole lot of old
people.

Now a weekend bender
involves a case of
Natural Light and
some good music, not
30 hours of overtime
to feed the kids.

Your mode of
transportation is
either a parent's
hand-me down or a
decent machine that
will get you where
you want to go, not a
three axle machine
that has it's own
driver and only costs

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Student passes away over weekend

Natural causes: 'Riki' Brown gave to the community as a
member of UK Black Voices, a resident advisor and a friend

By Chris Markus
ASSISTANT NEVIS EDITOR

UK student Henrika “Riki" Brown
passed away Saturday due to heart failure.

Brown was a 22-year—old senior.

Although doctors identified Brown‘s
heart problems at an early age. her death
came as a shock to her friends and family.

English junior Nikki Daugherty was
the first to see Brown after she died.

“I went over to her apanment on Sat-
urday around 8 pm. to check on her. and

at first ljust thought she was asleep.“ said
Daugherty.
Daugherty and Brown first became

friends in 1997 and is the godmother of

Brown‘s two-monthold daughter. Keziah
Jenkins.

Keziah is currently living with her

grandmother. Princess Jenkins.

“No matter how tragic or serious a sit-
uation may have been. she always helped
you to see the best parts of it." said
Brown's friend Alethea Ingram. a social
work senior.

Brown was originally from Warsaw.
Ky. where she graduated salutatorian
front Gallatin County High School in 1996

While in high school. Brown was cap-
tain of the varsity cheerleading squad and
a student council senior representative.

Brown was a recipient of the William
(‘. l’arker scholarship. anti the first in her
family to attend college.

While at UK. Brown was a member of
the UK Black Voices anti worked as a rest
dent hall advisor.

"I just really clicked with her." said
friend Shonda Devine an arts administra-
tion senior. “She looked beyond your
faults and was a really good friend."

Brown was born October 5. 1977 to
Henry and Betty Brown of Warsaw.

Brown was the youngest of four sisters

and one brother.

A Henrika "Riki" Brown memorial
fund has been set up by Joyce Beatty. di~
rector of Minority Student Fiscal Affairs.
to defray the costs of Brown‘s funeral.

Donations can be made at the UK
(‘redit l'nion or to Beatty herself in office
563 of the Patterson Office Tower.

A memorial service will be held for
Brown at the Consolidated Baptist Church.
located at 544 South Upper St.. on Tuesday.
April 18 at noon. Brown's visitation will be
in Warsaw on Thursday. April 13. from 59
pm. at Carlton Lowder funeral home. lo-
cated at 14 East Main St.

The funeral will take place the follow-
ing day at (‘onsolidated Second Baptist
(‘hurch located on High Street in Warsaw
at 1 pm.

some spare change,
other wise known as
Lextran (after dark
do-whop).

Getting up for your 9
am. class seems
early, not like waking
at 7 to help the kids
on the bus.

Even 18 hours of course
work seems like
nothing compared to
a higher exec job

where 60 hours of
work is a slow week.

Now you pass out in the
grass, whereas later
in life you have to
mow it.

Now you flirt in passing
with 20 members of
the opposite sex in
one night. Later, your
significant other
stomps on your toe if
you glance at your
friend Terry the
wrong way.

Rent now is in the low
$300 range at the
most where house
payments later could
be in the thousands.

Your back seat now is
home to last week's
Taco Bell leftovers
and the clothes you
were last night, later
it will be filled with
groceries and a car
seat.

Now your two-sealer
sports car is a blast
to zip around town
in. In real life, it is as
practical as taking
free weights to go
swimming.

Now dinner is a box of
Mac and Cheese.
Later, it is a box of
Mac and Cheese with
hot dog pieces in it.

Now, even college life
can be like high
school. Later, your
cubicle is like your
locker and the
cafeteria is like, well,
the cafeteria.

-Source: Ron Norton
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Bachelor of Fine Arts art studio senior Matt Weddington spent seven days in a cardboard box. "Being inside the box
was empowering because it protected both my social and physical identity," he said of the experience.

Being homeless: Matt
Weddinqton found out
what it's really like to
live in a cardboard box

By Tracy Kershaw
ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR

“How are you, Matt?" a guy
asks on his way into Gallerie
Solei.

“Tired. man, tired."

It is no wonder Matt Wed-
dington is tired. It is Sunday,
around 3 pm. He woke up at 4
am. to the sound of rain and the
chill of the uncharacteristic
frigid April wind, with only a
cardboard refrigerator box pro-
tecting him from the elements.

He emerged from his week-
long stay inside the cardboard
abode at 11 am. Sunday mom-
ing, just in time to shower for his
first gallery show.

The Bachelor of Fine Arts art
studio senior spent seven days
inside the 46-inch-high and 31-
inchawide bottomless cardboard
box. Weddington made this un—
usual escape from reality to chal-
lenge the role between the artist
and the art. said Scott Rollins,
who suggested the box project to
Weddington over Christmas
break.

“This box project has taken
art out to the street. It is art look-
ing back at you instead of being
passive. This art is turning the
spectator into a spectacle,"
Rollins said. “Gallery shows are
traditional. You go into a space
and look at it on a wall. That is
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artist and art needs to be chal-
leng

The three exact purposes of
the box project were to study
alienation, surveillance and the
architecture of the homeless.

Weddington began each day
by taking a Polaroid picture of
himselfto document the physical
identity that living inside the box
had given him. He took a roll of
film each day and recorded his
feelings and observations in a
journal.

Rollins said they plan to sell
the journal, the box and the pho-
tos. After reimbursing them-
selves, they plan to donate the re
maining proceeds to a charity for
the homeless.

With that in mind, the obvi-
ous question is how did he get
food and use the restroom? He
ate two meals a day on average
each day that fiiends brought by.
And as far as the call of nature.
Weddington made due with a bot-
3:. shovel and the bottomless

x.

Weddington attached strings
to the roof of the box to suspend
his bed roll, toilet paper. flash-
lights. a camera and food.

Weddington never left the
box the entire seven days. except
for a brief moment when he was
attacked. He was walking down
the street, holding the box over
his head and upper body by the
two cloth-covered handles. Sud-
denly. a man jumped out of the
passenger side of a car. Running
full-speed. the man launched
himself into the box and knocked
if off. Weddington said. He quick-
ly recovered and went back in-
side. Other than that instance,
the only view of the world Wed-
dington had was through a six-
inch-long and oneinch-high slit.

Other reactions were not as
forceful as the one from the man
who knocked off the box, Wed-
dington said. In fact. the reac-
tions were limited. he explained.
Once, two people had a conversa-
tion beside the box and one of the
gabbers rested his arm on the
box. totally oblivious to the fact
that Weddington was huddling
underneath.

Weddington said he was ex-
cited when Rollins first proposed
the idea. Rollins said he got the
idea born a book by Kobo Abe

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Wethington
meets with
some protesters

By Chris Markus
ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR

UK President (Tharles Wethington made a gesture yesterday
to open the lines of communication with students protesting
sweatshop labor. albeit only some of them.

In a series of closed one-onone meetings held yesterday.
Wethington met with the females who were arrested following
the group's sit-in last Tuesday. The meetings took place in the
Administration Building. behind a front door that was locked to
the public and patrolled by UK police officers.

Psychology freshman Diane Hellard was one of the students
who met with Wethington.

“He said that he wants to get to know us better as students."
said Hellard oftbe purpose of her meeting with Wethington.

Yesterday‘s meetings were set up by Wethington‘s secre-
taries. who called all but one of the females arrested and asked
them to meet with the president.

Hellard said that during her meeting with Wethington he
requested specific information about the Workers‘ Rights Con-
sortium (WRC). the organization that the protesting students
are pressuring the University to join.

Hellard said her group has already given Wethington a copy
ofthe WRC‘s charter, but she said. “I don't think that be fully
understands it."

Hellard said Wethington refused to meet with the students
as a group because he feared that it would turn into a “shouting
match" during which members of the group would feed off of
each other's agitation.

A press release was issued by Wethington's office yesterday.

According to the statements contained in the document.
Wethington said that he was meeting with the students because
he is "...concerned about the welfare of the students who were
arrested." and cares about them both as “individuals and as
University of Kentucky students."

The release does not directly answer any demands made by
the students. saying:

“We simply disagree about which organization. the Fair La»
bor Association or the Workers' Rights Consortium. can have
the greatest impact on sweatshops."

Hellard said she doesn‘t know if her meeting with Wething»
ton has brought the two sides any closer to a resolution.

filARQLIND-

Students question
campus accessibility

Obstacle course: Disabled students don't
want special treatment, just equal access

ELAIllson Steputis
CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Navigating to and from class usually isn't a concern for
most college students. Most just put one foot in front of the oth
er and march on. But for many students with disabilities it is
not that simple.

With approximately 15 UK students in wheelchairs and 150
to 200 students with limited mobility. it is necessary to provide
them with adequate facilities.

Those students who have physical disabilities sometimes
find it hard to get around.

“The construction around campus has caused a lot of prob»
lems for me." said wheelchair user James Bzell. an accounting
and finance senior.

The construction has taken away much of the disability
parking. he said.

Another concern is the lack of curb cuts. (‘urb cuts are the
slopes in the sides of the curb that enable wheelchair students

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The Low-down

“I left it at
home.”

-George W. Bush.
Texas governor
and presidential
candidate, reply-

ing to a Cleveland

student from
Peru who asked
him where his
cowboy hat
was.Bush toured
El Barrio, a non-
profit social ser-
vice agency in
Cleveland, Ohio,
that offers a
range of services
to the city's

Hispanic commu-
nity, including job
training, trans-

portation and
translations.

Greenspan: more job training

WASHINO’I‘ON Federal Reserve Chair-
man Alan Greenspan joined Labor Secretary
Alexis Herman yesterday in a call for better job
training and recruitment programs to satisfy a
shortage of skilled workers. With unemployment
near 1 percent. the lowest in three decades. US.
jobs are plentiful and sortie companies report
having trouble finding qualified workers to fill
positions. However. many unskilled workers are
still encountering barriers to finding a job ,_ or
one with good wages and benefits. Among indus-
tries most desperate for workers are health care.
high-tech. Construction. finance and manufacture
mg.

Elian may meet with father

MIAMI , Elian Gonzalez‘s Miami relatives
offered yesterday to meet with his father in Flori-
da and bring the 6-year-old Cuban refugee along.
and a Justice Department official said Attorney
General Janet Reno “very likely" would come to
Miami to meet with the boy‘s great—uncle. The se-
nior official. who spoke on condition of anonymi-
ty. said Reno probably would go to Miami tomor-
row and meet with federal officials. community
leaders and most significantly ~ the family of
Lazaro Gonzalez. Arrangements were still being
worked out. said the official. who added that any
meetings involving Reno wouldn't alter the
timetable being worked out for Elian‘s return.

Clinton at gun bill signing

ANNAPOLIS. Md. President Clinton yes
terday traveled to Maryland‘s state Capitol to
preside as ()ov. Parris Glendening signed a bill
making Maryland the first state to require built-
in locks on handguns while imposing other strin—
gent gun-control rules. “Congress should follow
Maryland's lead." Clinton said. Maryland. with
large rural areas that are traditionally leery of
new gun laws. has demonstrated the power of
public will to reduce gun violence. he said.

Police seek cult leaders

KAMPAIA. Uganda Police on Tuesday
put up rewards of about $1.300 for information
leading to the arrest of any of six cult leaders
whose followers were killed across southwest
Uganda. Police have been searching for the lead-
ers since a fire in a cult chapel in the village of
Kanungu on March 17 killed 530 people. Follow-

ACTION cus-
STC: Universal
Pictures is in
early negotia-
tions with Jet
Li to star In
"The Green
Hornet" as
Kato, sidekick
to the title
character. The
project is based
on the radio
series and
T960s TV show
about a green-
masked crusad-
er who battles
crime with his
karate-chopping
partner. a role
made famous by
Bruce Lee in
the TV series.

ROCK ON: Pope
John Paul II,
the Eurythmics,
Lou Reed and
Andrea Bocelli
may not sound
like your typical
concert lineup,
but that's the
roster for the
Great Jubilee
Concert for a
Debt-Free
World, May I at
Rome
University. The
Pope will wel-
come and
address the
audience at the
free outdoor
rock concert.

ing the fire, authorities unearthed a series of
mass graves in nearby villages. turning up 394
more corpses. It remains unclear how many of
the six are alive. Unconfirmed reports say the
group's two main leaders. Credonia Mwerinde
and Joseph Kibwetere. fled Kanungu just before
the fire.

Peruvians cry election fraud

LIMA. Peru . With President Alberto Fuji-
mori just shy of the majority of votes needed to
win an unprecedented third term. details sur-
faced yesterday of voting irregularities and pos-
sible fraud. Opposition parties said ballots with
the names of other candidates were waxed over.
allowing only Fujimori's name to be marked. Poll
watchers also reported finding ballots with oppo-
sition candidates' names scratched off and news-
papers said the election board’s computers may
have been tampered with. Fujimori denied any
fraud.

Senators on organ donation

WASHINGTON w A bipartisan group of sen-
ators hinted yesterday they would block any leg-
islation that allows the nation‘s limited supply of
donated organs to continue to be distributed to
the closest transplant patients rather than the
sickest. The group. led by Sens. Peter Fitzgerald.
R-lll.. and Charles Schumer. D—N.Y.. unveiled a
proposal that would base organ distribution on
medical need and require broader sharing of or-
gans among geographic areas. The bill also
would strengthen the Department of Health and
Human Services” authority over the private corn-
pany. United Network for Organ Sharing. it
hired to run the distribution system.

Stock report

NEW YORK ,, 7 Technology stocks fell
sharply yesterday. wiping out the last of the Nas-
daq composite index‘s gains for the year. The
volatile biotechnology sector was the latest cata-
lyst for the steady decline of the index that just
recently seemed unstoppable. The Nasdaq com-
posite index fell 132.32 to close at 4.05588. The
resurgent Dow Jones industrial average rose
100.52 to close at 11.287.08. its highest level since
Jan. 20. when it closed at 11,351.30. On the New
York Stock Exchange, advancing issues outnum-
bered decliners 15301.456.

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called "The Box Man.“

"We elaborated together.
It was a marginal idea at first.
but with Matt I had someone
to feed off of and flesh it out."
Rollins said.

Rollins plans to live in a
box himself in August. And if
his experience is anything like
Weddington‘s, he has nothing
to worry about.

Weddington said he would
do it all again.

“Being inside the box was
empowering because it pro-
tected both my social and

physical identity." he said.

Surprisingly. his most
fearful moment was when he
had to come out of the box.

“Once the box was lifted. I
had to immediately step back
into reality.“ he said.

In fact. it was only a cou-
ple of hours after he emerged
from the box that he had to go
to his gallery show. The envi-
ronmental contrast is striking:
he went from complete isola-
tion to being thrown into a
cramped gallery full of people.
Yet this stark contrast was
part of Weddington's plan.

"It is overwhelming. going
from not interacting to this."
he said outside of the gallery.
"I want to be back in the box.
It offers a separate reality."

 

 

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to gradually raise onto the side-
walk.

“There needs to be more of these
around campus.“ said Jamie
N ichols. a social work senior.

Ramps and elevators are crucial
to the mobility of these students.

replacing the common stairs.

Many buildings do not have adequate ramps and entrances
to accommodate physically disabled students. Ezell said.

“Funkhouser Building is the worst." Nichols said. “You
have to push yourself up a big hill in order to get to the entrance

in the back of the building.“

Without these the ramps. elevators and curb cuts it is hard
for these students to get to class on time.

Anne Winslow. an art studio sophomore. got a first hand
view of the battle of getting to class on time when she bruised
the bone in the ball of her foot and had to walk on crutches for

two days.

"It took me about 15 minutes to get to class. when usually it
is a five minute walk.“ Winslow said. “Being temporarily dis-
abled makes you have some appreciation for what those with
permanent disabilities go through everyday."

The Rehabilitation Act was passed in 1973 to ensure that all
existing buildings have a wide range of programs and available

classes for the disabled.

"The Rehabilitation Act makes it possible to bring pro-
grams and classes straight to the disabled student." said Jake
Kames. director of the Disability Resource Center. It allows the
program to accommodate the student. by coming to them in-

stead of vice-versa.

For many disabled students. this opens up more opportuni-
ties to be involved on campus and get a better education.

“It is not required that every inch should be accessible. In—
stead. we must bring the programs to them.“ said Patty Bender.
an equal opportunity technical coordinator for UK.

While there have been only a few complaints to the Univer-
sity. Bender said that they always try to address the

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LREATJIIEIMNG.

How Steve Henry became
his own landlord in college

IyJoMlm

SPECIAL SECTIONS EDITOR

Most college students try hard enough to find a good apart-
ment and a decent landlord. Yet during Lieutenant Governor
Steve Henry‘s college years. instead of looking for a landlord. he
became one.

In 1974. Henry's sophomore year at Western Kentucky. he and
three other colleagues. Louis Berman. Hamp Moore and John Rid-
ley. bought a house.

"We were testing the waters of investment." Henry said.

After refurbishing the house. the four men did not end up liv-
ing in it because four members of the Chi Omega social sorority
convinced the group to rent it out to them instead.

Chi Omega did not have a house at the time. so the house es-
sentially served as their sorority house. where most of their func-
tions were held. Henry explained.

Henry‘s ventures into real estate did not end with the house.

The following year. he and several other students, including
Gary Ransdell. Western Kentucky University's current president.
bought land and hired a builder to construct duplexes.

Henry and Ransdell owned one of the duplexes together and
when Ransdell left to take a job in Texas. Henry became the sole
owner of that duplex.

Henry still managed his properties while in medical school at
the University of Louisville. which was a true learning experi-
ence.

“It was lesson in being a landlord. being in medical school.
and dealing with furnace issues. air-conditioning issues and

property issues." he said.

Henry used money he saved from working summers in high
school and two campus jobs he had in college to pay the down-pay-
ments on both the house and the duplex. The cost for his share of
the house was $2.500 and $7.5(X) for the duplex. Though a substan-
tial sum of money. Henry felt it was well spent.

“It seemed like the best way to invest the money." he said.

For students interested in becoming landlords. Henry recom-
mended using partnerships.

Henry said that as a student. one is transient. possibly going
to graduate school or moving to get another job. To make money
on property. it is necessary to hold on to it for a while. he ex
plained. With partnerships. the chance of everyone moving away
is pretty small.

In fact. Henry anrl Berman still own and operate the first
house they bought while at Western. Herman. who still lives in
Bowling Green. manages the house.

Henry also recommended that students live in the property
they buy. While in medical school. he bought another house.
which he lived in. and rented out the rest to other individuals.

Overall. Henry described his experiences in real estate as an
experiment.

“You have to experiment in business to learn lessons." he
said.

For more information on where you should and should not live check out our
apartment guide in section B of today's Kernel.

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The truth is stranger than fiction

JOHNSTOWN. Pa.
Learning a simple song about
how to dial 911 enabled a 3-year-
old girl to call for help when
her mother suffered an epilep-
tic seizure.

“She saved me. God love
her." said Terry Panek on Mon-
day of her daughter. Abby Jo.

The two were at home
alone on Wednesday when the
seizure struck. Panek‘s hus-
band. Steve. had gone to visit
family.

“I got up and wasn‘t feeling
well. I thought I would get some
air." Panek said. But she never
made it to the door. instead
telling her daughter. “I think
Mommy‘s having trouble."

Abby Jo had learned a song
about calling 911 at preschool.
and Panek said she remem-
bered singing the first line to
her daughter before passing
out. The child got the telephone
and punched in the number.

Susan Jamieson. director
of Abby Jo‘s preschool. said
teachers painted the “l“ and
“9" buttons on the phone and
taught the song to all 16 chil-
dren in the class.

“It‘s every teacher‘s crown-
ing glory.“ Jamieson said. “Not
only to show they’ve learned in
class but to use it in a life-sav-
ing situation."

Slippery peel

KENOSHA. Wis. — Police
are looking for an irate mo-
torist who allegedly hurled a

half-peeled banana at another
car's windshield. then sped
away.

The Kenosha County Sher-
iff‘s Department said the inci-
dent happened about 8 am.
Monday as a 35—year-old
Kenosha woman was being tail-
gated. The offending driver a1-
legedly made an obscene ges-
ture after the woman tapped
her brakes.

When she stopped for traf-
fic several blocks later, the car
drove onto the gravel shoulder
along the right side. and the an-
gry driver rolled down his win-
dow and threw the banana at
her car. striking the wind-
shield.

The car then turned and
fled the scene.

Charges could range from
disorderly conduct to a ticket
for throwing a foreign object
from a moving vehicle.

God's obscene creation

PHILADELPHIA e The
Opera Company of Philadel-
phia has put a racy poster ad-
vertising the opera “Salome"
under wraps to appease out-
raged patrons and board mem-
bers. who say it's pornographic.

The poster depicts a scanti-
ly dressed Salome and a super-
imposed image of the dismem-
bered head of John the Baptist.
The Richard Strauss opera tells
the story of the biblical
temptress and John the Baptist.
her love interest.

The picture. created by Pol-
ish-born artist Rafa] Olbinski.
was distributed last year inside
700.000 season brochures. It
prompted calls. letters and e-
mails from longtime opera afi-
cionados threatening to boycott
the opera and cancel their sub-
scriptions.

“Some were threatening
not to come to what they called
a porno show." said the Opera
Company‘s general director
Robert B. Driver. who commis-
sioned the artwork.

In an attempt to calm the
clamor. the troupe's costume
designer stapled four red chif-
fon veils over Salome's private
parts last week.

But the criticism had the
posters artist laughing.

“Who would expect some-
thing like this in the 21st centu-
ry? It’s like going back to the
Middle Ages." Olbinski said
Monday. “But I'm not offended.
I thought it was pretty funny
when I first heard about it. It‘s
actually bringing me more pub.
licity."

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pencil. Sophia Epiphany Louise
Wisdom has amazed doctors at
an Oregon hospital with her
ability to survive.

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