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Jones signs Scorsone’s trustee reform into law

By GREGORY A. HALL
Associate Editor

FRANKFORT, Ky. —— Gov.
Brereton Jones signed the uustee re-
form bill yesterday that he champi-
oned in his campaign and tltat Rep.
Ernesto Scorsone (D-Lexiitgton) fa-
tltered tltrough three sessions of the
General Assembly.

Jones called the law “along coop-
erative effort" of the legislature and
the executive branch.

“I‘m just real pleased after six

years we‘ve finally got something
in place that I think is real meaning-
ful for higher education.” said Scor-
sone. who attended the signing.

The law purges everyone from
the current governing boards at the
eight state universities and the state
Council on Higher Education.

Current board members automati-
cally are nominated under the new
process required by the law. That
new process sets up a seven-
member nominating committee.
which will submit three names to

the goventor for every board posi-
tion available.

The governor then appoints a
board member from that pool.

The nominating committee must
be confirmed by the legislature.
Jones said he would submit a list of
candidates for the committee to the
General Assembly during the week
of March 2.

The law also prohibits goventors
from appointing themselves or any
member of their families. Former
(iov. Wallace Wilkinson appointed

hintself to the UK Board of Trus-
tees bel‘ore he left office in Decem—
her.

Tlte law does not purge the
boards until Jurte 30. Jones could
appoint trustees and regents under
the old method until then —— includ-
irtg tltree seats on the UK board.

However. Jones said once the
nominating committee is conﬁrmed
by the (ieneral Assembly, lte will
begin using the process.

“As soon as'we cart get the new
process in place. I would begin to

By APRIL 0. GAITHER
Contributing Writer

For some students. all it takes to
master algebra is a little extra
help.

Several Lexington junior high
students are getting just that front
the UK Engineering Dcprutmertt

arid local engineering firms.

More than IOU engineers, t‘ach-
ers and students attended an
awards ceremony last night at lli-
Iary .l. Boone Faculty (lab to
show appreciation for a tutoring
prograrrt fourtded by the UK engi-
neerirtg department.

The Engineering Alumni Alge-

Kot Unrug, a UK professor of mining and engineering, demonstrated a small probe-like camera used in mining research. Among the crowd were Job
Turner. 14. and Joshua McKinney. 13. from Christ the King Junior High School.

UK, local engineers tutor algebra at junior highs

bra Tutoring l’rograitt is a volun-
tary progrzun designed to help
Fayette (‘ounty junior high stri-
dents with algebra.

The program began as a way for
the Engineering Alumni Associa-
tioit to interest more high school
students in engineering or science«
related careers. When alumni incl

cl. thcit we won't see them itt gc

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ms
GREG EANS lKemel Stall

witlt Fayette (‘ounty math tcach-
crs. tltcy were convinced that jun-
ior high algebra classes were the
right place to start.

“If we don't get them through
the first algebra classes at this let»

See TUTOR. Page 8

‘X’ speaker

says myths
still exist

By BRIAN BENNETT
Staff Writer

Some 27 years after his assassina-
tion. myths about black activist
Malcolm X still persist. according
to a speaker at the Martin Luther
King (Tultural Center.

()mar l‘arouq. a noted Malcolm X
collector arid archivist from Terre
llaute. lnd.. last night said a major
misconception about Malcolm X is
that he promoted violence. Farouq
insisted that Malcolm X taught vir»
lence only in self-defense.

“Did Malcolm X preach vio
lence?" Farouq asked. “The answer
is unequivocally no.

“"th truth of the matter is. the
only violence Malcolm X was ever
involved in was the violence of his
owrt assassination."

Another myth propagated about
Malcolm X. Farouq said. is he hated
white people. l’arouq argued that
Malcolm did not hate white people.
but rather was suspicious of them

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JEFFREY BURLEW .t‘Kerrtel Stall

Omar Farouq, a noted Malcolm X archivrst. addressed a crowd last night at
the Martin Luther King Jr. Cultural Center as a part of Black History Month.

Another reason. ltc said. is tltc
rise of rap artists such as Public lin-
etny. KRS-(lrtc. rutd Sister Souljalt
who have preacltcd Malcolm‘s
word to young blacks through song.

because of what they had done to
blacks iii the past.

The resurgence in popularity of
Malcolm X. which has spawned '1‘-
shirts. ltats. and even a movie di-
rected by Spike Lee. is due to at

. . . Farouq said he first became inter-
least two factors. l'arouq said.

ested in Malcolm X iit I076. when
he took a black history course at Iii-
dituta St. tutd a friend gave hint an
S-tmck tape of one of his speeches.

See SPEAKER. Page 8

“The condition and the position
of black people in this country is
deteriorating and young blacks
are ﬁnding relevancy irt Malcolm‘s
message." he said.

use the new process." Jones said.

On Monday, Jones made three
appointments to the Kentucky State
University Board of Regents. re-
placing chairman and former Gov.
Louie B. Nurtrt.

Jones said using the current pro-
cess, where the governor is the sole
appointive authority. for those ap~
poinunents was justified. He said it
would have been worse to allow
those members to continue serving
until the new process is ready.

“I think to allow them to continue

with boards that have created prob-
lems. or been part of the problem.
would be irresponsible." Jones said.
The law also requires a training
process for incoming trustees. a
process advocated by the Pricth
Committee for Academic Excel-
lence when Jones was a member.
Prichard (Toinmittee lixecutive
Director Robert Sexton was lit at—
tertdance at the signing. Also at-
tending were llouse Speaker Don-

See JONES. Page 8

Library committee
challenges students

By NIKKI BERRONG
Contributing Writer

The Student Library lindowmenl
(‘ontmittee is challenging the [K
student body for IOU pcrccrtt particr
patioit in the “Pack the Stacks”
czunpaign to buy books for the new
library,

To accomplish this goal. the corn-
mittee has devised a system of cap-
tains and co-captains iit all fratenti-
tics. sororities. residence halls artd
other student orgzutirations. said lir~
ica McDonald. student chairwomzut
of the campaign.

liach individual involved with the
project is responsible for approach-
irtg five others. McDonald said the
system will have a “trickle down"
effect w in which tltc five people
contacted then will contact five oth-
ers. Eventually, the committee plans
to contact every UK student.

"We want everyone oit campus
involved iti tltc campaign." McDo~
itald said. "liveryorte should be
asked at some point or another by
someone they know."

After being contacted, eaclt sIU‘
dent is given a pledge card. 'l‘ltcsc
cards cart be sent in with a pledge to
donate or with money enclosed. Do-
nations cart also be charged on cred-
it cards.

The lllll percent participation
goal is based on the number of stu-
dents who have git cn. not the
(mount of money they donated.
McDonald said.

Signs have been placed irt front of
the Studcrtt (‘entcr on lznclid Ate-
rtuc to measure participation latch
week as plcdge cards come rrt. tltc
signs tu‘c marked according to par-
ttctpatlon

Because the campaign began re-
cently. no participation figures are
ayttilablc yct

"livcryoiic should want to gi\c
something. whether it be by biiyritg

tut entire book or just a few pages
of one 7« what about 52 to 54
would buy." McDonald said,

Sophomore Dccanah Kcllnm. a
member of Delta Delta Delta social
sorority. is one of tltc campaign
captains Slte already has contacted
five people.

“The people I've approached so
far have all been very willing to
give.“ Kcllurn said "I think it's be-
cause of all the press and tltc lell‘
tudcs around school concerning the
project.

“(The campaignl should be very
successful because when you‘re ap-
proached by someone you know
personally. people tend to be so
much ntore willing to participate.”
Kcllurrt said,

"This way we‘re getting .i pcir
sottal touch." McDonald said.
“liveryonc is asked by people they
know. not by complete strangers
It‘s just friends talking to frtcnds
tltc stuttc way they might talk about
iniything. lzvcry'onc stays within
their own groups. No ortc Will have
to talk to strangers about donating."

In addition to this approach. scyu
cral organi/alions .n'c ltoldiiig spe-
cial events to raise cvcrt ntorc mon-
cy. l‘or exrunplc. Phi Sigma Kappa
social harmony and Kappa Dclta
social sorority arc selling coupon
books to benefit tltc student library
lrirtd.

Pi Kappa Alpha social lralcrnity
will sponsor tltc "Noon to Moon
festival” at The Red Milc to raise
money. said Brcnl Bell. l’ikc social
charrrnart lltc ctcnt will lcalurc
national and regional bands. includ-
iitg the councils arid Hammer and
the Fluid Rabbits, lltc headlining
act has yet to bc announced

Tickets cart be bought at all lrck~
ctntastcr locations for S” in ad

See LIBRARY. Page 8

Students take part in DUI test

By DAVE LAVENDER
Staff Writer

Wlten college students drutk. it
scents tltal the police are never too
far away.

This was certainly tltc case
Wednesday night irt Memorial
Hall. Only this time. the Clips wer-
en't busting the party. Instead they
were saying. “Have a drirtk on its,"

Lexington Fayette-Urbzut (‘ouitty
Police officers Jeruiettc Walsh and
.Ioltit Stnoot stood only a few feet
frorit two sorority and tltrcc frater-
nity members setting up :utd firing
bottles of Bird Light Kirit Ritrtncll.
a Fayette (‘ouitty prosecuting littor<
ttey. also stood watching.

No. it wasn‘t a strange splicing
of the "Police Acadciity" aitd "Ani-
mal llousc" movies. biit rather a
joiitl effort by UK‘s Kappa Alpha
(lrdcr. rrtctro police artd tltc city
prosecutor‘s office trt inform \Ill-
dents about Kentucky's tlcw lile
concerning alcohol. to let them see
firsthand how rrtuclt alcohol it takcs
to be iittoxicatcd turd to clear up
myths about field sobriety It‘sls

“There is a couple of people we
krtow that had Hills." said Jason

Associated Press

ASlll..-\.\'l). Ky 777» Wit-
ncsscs to a drunken-driving ac»
cidcrtt that carried Ron lewis a
lifc sentence coittcitd hc mis-
represented the aftennath of
tltc wreck irt art llllCl'\lC\\ that
was widely published this
week.

l.ewis. who was interviewed
for WI.l'..\'-l'\"s “Your (iot-
crnmcnt" prograrit Sunday.

Roney. who coordinated tltc event
with John lcck. "'lhcrc was obvi-
ously sotnc iitiscortccptrons. l‘coplc
didn‘t rcali/c ltow few drinks ll
takes to gct intoxrcatcd."

()pcning up tltc legal files. Britt-
rtcll brought tltc predominantly-
grcck crowd at Mctttorial llall up to
datc on the new touglt laws against

Witnesses claim convict
lied about facts of case

rinsrcpr'cscntcd lll\ blood-
alcohol level. according to a
prosecutor artd a law officer.

Witnesses also contradicted
l.c\yis' claims that he tried to
administer first aid to a boy
who died in tltc Dcccmbcr
1083 accident on I‘ S no ncar
Morchcad.

”It made ltiiit look
dainrt ‘(iood Stunarrtan'

like a
. and

See DUI, Page 3

drirtkittg arid driving.

Bunncll said all first offenders
ntust pay a lillL‘ bctwccn $200 and
S500. spend 48 hours to 30 days in
rail arid cornplelc a ”thirty alcohol/
substance abuse program. The pen-
allies jump to $500 to SLOOO from.

See ALCOHOL, Page 8

sgom‘s

UK TODAY

INSIDE

day on the road.
Story, Page 6.

No. 13 Wildcats face Georgia Bulldogs Sun-

Italian and Spanish instructor Lucia Guzzi
and study abroad advisor Suzi Kiter will
present an art professions lecture in 118
Whitehall Classroom Building.

‘Tomatoes’ serves
up culinary delight.
Review, Page 4.

Sports ............................. 3
Diversions ..................... 4
Viewpoint ....................... 6
Classifieds ..................... 7

2 - Kentucky Kernel. Friday. February 21.1992

ERaising money for charity
requires order on the court

By HEIDI FUGEMAN
Contributing Writer

UK law students have been shoot-
ing hoops in the hopes of getting
more than just a little exercise.

Wednesday night. the Student Bar
Association took on The Under-
ground in an intramural basketball
game to help raise money for the
American Heart Association. The
Student Bar Association team. made
up of seven law students. is “shoot-
ing" for the $300 mark to donate to
the AHA by getting pledges from
their professors for every basket
made.

“A nickel here. a quarter there."
said Clint Willis. the team‘s
founder. “it‘s not much. but it
helps.“

Willis said. the pledges total
about 51.80-51.90 per basket and al-
though they lost to The Under-
ground. they tnade over 575. Sun-
day night‘s game brought in almost

Kernel Sports

$100 for SBA.

Law student Bob Heuke said he
got involved because it. “sounded
like a good thing to do for charity."
With 2:58 left in the game. and The
Underground winning against SBA
51-38. Heuke said. “right now the
record‘s not so good. but i think
everybody‘s having a good time."

Aside from raising money for a
worthy cause. team member Lloyd
Chattieid said this is a good way to
“restore the gtxxi reputation of the
legal profession by giving our time
and sweat for a worthy cause."

Students involved said itr rut age
of lawyer bashing. an effort like
this is worth noticing.

Seaton Center intramural basket-
ball ofﬁciais grade teams for con-
duct during the season. With a 3.0
or higher for good behavior. the
SBA will have the opportunity to
play in the playoffs turd raise more
money for AHA.

Just Feel It.

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If you qualify. we’ll reduce your debt by
1/3 for each year you serve as a soldier.
so after just 3 years you'll have a

clean slate.

You'll also have training in a choice
of skills and enough self-assurance

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8y NICK COMER 0
Senior Staff Writer

Your computer may be sick
and you may not even know it —
until next month.

March 6 is the date a fast-
spreading computer virus is set
to attack the machines of unsus-
pecting personal computer own-
ers worldwide. erasing the ma-
chines‘ memories. This date also
is the birthday of Renaissance
artist Michelangelo. after whom
the virus is named.

UK Computing Center offi-
cials are moving to ensure that
this piece of artwork that never
gets ﬁnished. at least at UK.

The center is offering software
to scan eutd eliminate the virus
from infected computers.

The electronic bug has already
found its way into many of UK‘s
iBM-compatible computers. said
Jack Coffman. security and con-
tingency planning ofﬁcer at the
UK Computing Center. He has
had about 30 reports from corn-
puter operators who have found
the virus.

The bug has been found in
[BM-compatible software and
hardware but apparendy does not
affect Macintosh computer sys-
tems. (‘oifman said. The virus
cannot infect UK‘s mainframe
computer or the Prime system.

Virus could infect
computer systems

he said.

if the virus is allowed to exist
in a computer‘s memory until
March 6. it can have devastating
effects. The computer's memo-
ry on its hard—drive software
would be erased and. unless
backed up. the int‘onnation will
be lost forever. C offmtur said.

Ofﬁcials at the UK Comput-
ing Center are warning not only
UK staff and faculty but also
students who own personal
computers. that their machines
may be infected with the swift-
rnoving virus.

The bug is spread in a num-
ber of ways including using oth-
er peoples‘ software. using your
own software in someone else‘s
computer and then using it in
yours or through a computer
bulletin board.

The Michelangelo virus also
has been found in some comput—
er hardware and software prod-
ucts shipped from manufactur-
ers to computer retailers.

The anti-viral software is
available at the UK Micro irr-
structional Lab in 107 McVey
Hall. Personal computer owners
and operators may bring a corn-
puter disc to the center and copy
the program. The software. a
shareware program. is free of
charge for five days. C offman
said.

Cable Learning Channel
gives UK satellite uplink

By CARRIE MULLINS
Contributing Writer

UK recently has been on the re-
ceiving end of a donation worth
more than 8700.000.

The donation. a satellite uplink
facility. was a gift frotn the Learn-
ing Chattnel. a nationwide adult ed-
ucation and enrichment cable chan-
nel (Telecable channel 0).

The Leaniing Channel has used
the uplink facility located on UK's
Coldstream Farm since 1980 as a

o Anchorman and Commentator for "Good Evening Moscow".

0 Former Russian interpreter for President Reagan and us.
Senator Edward Kennedy.

0 Professor of Rhetoric, University of Moscow.

3:00 p.m., Monday, February 24
Singletary Center for the Arts

Parking available behind Memorial Coliseum .