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That's all Lexington resident
David Richardson needed to sur-
vive the 36-hour wait for NCAA
Final Four tickets, which went on
sale to the public yesterday mom-
ing.

He was a lucky one.

Hundreds of Wildcat fans were
turned away yesterday morning af-
ter the Memorial Coliseum ticket
office distributed the last of 200

Other loyal blue bloods, howev-
er, were denied an opportunity to
buy tickets, even though they had
reserved a place in line. To make
the hoard of Wildcat fans more

 

manager at Memorial Coliseum.
said 200 ticxet sets were sold to the
public at the distribution. Each set
contains a ticket to Saturday‘s sem-
ifinal games and a ticket to Mon-
day’s championship.

Adding to the confusion, some
control card holders who had num-
bers below 200 also were denied a
chance to buy tickets.

Connie Dale and her nephew,

“It's just not right." she said min-
utes after confronting Donnelly
about the mix-up. “If they cannot
get it controlled and do it right.
then they ought not sell them at all.

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Few manage to get Final Four tickets after wait

 

By Holly Powell
Staff Writer

 

They came. and they waited. But
half of the UK students who at-
tended Monday's Final Four ticket
lottery left emptyrhanded.

Yesterday, upon hearing that a
total of 700 tickets had been dis-

ryone happy."

Two UK basketball players said
yesterday that it is unfonunate that
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House plans to end the ban on fed-
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women. which critics say would put
taxpayers into the “grisly business"
of abortion.

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Before watching the game Satur-
day night, UK students can donate
their time at local hospitals and hell
centers by participating in Care
Cats Day.

dents to sample volunteer work and
not have to go through the process
of finding an agency. interviewing
with them and going through train-
ing." said Ginni Button. Volunteer
Center director.

Many students who are interest-

man iiouse. a facility for teenagers
and children dealing with family
problems. is participating in Care
Cats Day for the first time.

“We rely heavily on our volun-
teers.“ said Mary Lou Campbell.
program coordinator for the Cole-

care about them." Campbell said.
“And when the kids find out they
(the volunteers) aren‘t getting paid.
it astounds them."

Other places where students can
volunteer include the Shriners Hos-
pital. which treats children with

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guarantee each person a spot in line
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office doors during the weekend to wait in line for yesterday‘s distribu- tickets weren‘t reserved for them. i;
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line. by the time he got to the ticket win- have gotten more tickets,“ said As- 3;;

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“1 was the first person in that line.
lid I didn’t get a ticket." she said.

Interracial relationships topic of panel discussion

 

 

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i are pm. when the lottery began had 8 Kimberly Brow interracial relationships and to ap- past. “My parents knew. My family the panel and the audience. The
“1 think (the students) should get W W cm 0‘ Semi!!! "CW5 Gimmi wm " predate how much often goes into knew. “they didn‘t care. I never Spike Lee film is about an interra-

‘ thousmd." said sophomore mm, as a person who had waited there "9 9' them. really had any problems with it." cut] love affair and the ideas and at-

Andre Riddick. for 10 horns." Damion Gibson wants a partner Brian Evans. an elementary edu- Panelist and family studies junior trtudes that surround such a rela-

» Freshman guard Tony Delk Although about 1,000 students at- who understands what he is about cation senior. said there is an un- Betsre Aldridge, who is Korean, uonshrp.

W- tended Monday's lottery. other stu- without his having to explain it. derstandrng that exists between a had a different perspective on the AKA sorority is holding special

. “Students should be there." he
said. “Students are very important."

Bernadette Locke-Matrox. assist-
ant basketball coach. said that she
was unsure of how tickets were dis
tributed but wished everyone could
be in New Orleans to root for the
Cats.

"I wish the NCAA would say.
‘How big is your school? Okay.
here's 23,000 tickets.‘ ”

Heather Parker. an elementary ed-
ucation sophomore. said she had
particular reason to be upset about

dents stayed away to prevent disap-
pointment.

“I didn‘t even attempt to get tick-
ets because l didn't think I had a
chance.“ said biology junior Jason
Howard.

Information for this story also
was gathered by Staff Writer Claris-
sa Blair, Contributing Writer Kim-
berly Brown. Staff Writer Monica
Bryan, Contributing Writer Stacye
Buzzanca and Contributing Writer
Jennnifer Short.

 

Fans

Continued from Page 1

the students," she said. "The stu-
dents had to buy a voucher or do
whatever and give an ID when they
go into New Orleans to prove who
they are. and you have all these
ticket scalpers standing in line who
could sell tickets for a thousand dol-
lars. That‘s not fair either."

The NCAA allotted 3,000 Final
Four ticket sets to each of the partic-
ipating schools — UK. Michigan.
Kansas and North Carolina. Five
hundred of UK's tickets sets were
sold Monday night in a lottery for
students only.

Who got the 2.300 remaining sets
was a mystery to Donnelly yester-
day. “I haven‘t been told what’s go-
ing to happen to them."

Associate Athletics Director Lar-
ry Ivy. however, said that those
tickets were reserved for various
UK administrators, blue-white fund
season ticket holders, athletics asso-
ciation board members, trustees,
basketball staff. alumni and faculty,

along with state government offi-
cials.

He said that offering the public
tickets at all was being generous.
“In the past for these types of
games, we normally wouldn‘t have
a public sale, but we thought we‘d
make a few tickets available."

Ivy said that North Carolina and
Michigan did not hold ticket sales
for the general public.

UK President Charles Wethington
said yesterday that he has yet to re-
ceive his ticket for Saturday's
matchup between the UK Wildcats
and the Wolverines of Michigan at
the New Orleans Superdome. “But I
certainly hope that I'll get a ticket."
he joked.

Anyone left out at University dis-
tributions may not be completely
out of luck. Rodney Stiles, director
of Administrative Services. said if
the UK tournament games in Nash-
ville, Tenn, and Charlotte. NC.
are any indication. leftover tickets
at the 63,000-seat Superdome will
go for as little as $10 a few minutes
before tipoff.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

              
     
   

More fans, by far, choose

The best selection of officially
licensed Final Four apparel,
including the Champion Brand.

Such an understanding can come
only from a female within his own
race. the phamtacy sophomore said
at a panel discussion on interracial
relations Monday night.

Alpha Kappa Alpha social sorori-
ty sponsored the discussion.

The idea of the panel discussion
was to allow participants to acquire
a better understanding of the dy-
namics of intenacial relationships,
said Kim Mayo, a Spanish senior
and mediator of the discussion.

Mayo said that it is important to
know why people get involved in

black woman and a black man that
would not exist between an interra-
cial couple. “I would never date a
white woman because I respect my
mother too much." Evans said.

Some of the panelists disagreed
with this viewpoint, saying interra-
cial relationships could be a valu-
able learning experience.

“What’s wrong with learning a
different culture?" panelist and ele-
mentary education freshman Kathy
Petty asked the group of about 100
people.

Petty said she has been involved
in interracial relationships in the

matter. “I haven't had a problem
with it because l'm not seen as
white, and l‘m not seen as black ei-
ther," she said.

Some audience members be-
lieved that love is the most impor-
tant aspect of any relationship and
that cultural differences should not
be a dividing factor.

“If you love each other and cher-
ish each other, then it shouldn't
matter," medical student Tracy
Nailor said.

Scenes from the movie. “Jungle
Fever," were used to evoke both
positive and negative feelings in

events all week. Last night. the
Rev. 1‘. Walker. of Louisville. Ky.,
spoke about the black family.

Today, AKA will hold an open
service project at the Ronald
McDonald House, where they will
do housekeeping chores. They will
leave from the Student Center park-
ing lot at 4:15 p.m., and students
are invited to participate.

Basketball Jam 11 will be tomor-
row at the blue courts by Blazer
Hall, and all-night bowling at
Southland Bowling Lanes on
Southland Drive will be Friday
night from midnight to 4 am.

 

Volunteer

Continued from Page 1

the Kentucky River, also is partici-
pating in Care Cats Day. Volun-
teers will help with maintaining the

nature trials.

Volunteers can also work at the
Chfi’salis House. a halfway house
for women with substance abuse
problems. Students working there
will assemble crafts for an upcom-
ing fund-raiser, Button said.

Painting is an option for volun-

teers who choose to go to Eastern
State Hospital to work.

Button said 85 students participat-
ed in Care Cats Day last semester.
She urged students to come out and
learn firsthand about volunteer
work.

“Volunteering gives students a

sense of fulfillment," she said. “It
is a valuable experience that al-
lows you to meet other people who
need your help. It gives you the
chance to see the humanity in eve-
ryone."

For more information about
Care Cats Day. contact Button at
257-8785.

 

Cranston

Continued from Page 1

gation, though, to resign my posi-
tion."

Elections Board of Claims Chair-
woman Tracy Rogers said that the
board will consider the complaint

after the election to see if Cranston
had an impact on the outcome. They
then will decide what to do about
the situation.

“‘(Cranston) downplayed other
candidates and supported one. and
she shouldn’t have done that,"
Shrensker said. “She should know
what her boundaries are as a jus-

tice."

One of Shrensker's biggest com-
plaints was that Cranston openly
supported one candidate knowing
that GPAC has a lot of influence
over whom the greek community
will vote for.

Senator at Large Misty Weaver
said she, too, believes Cranston’s
taking part in GPAC was in conflict

with the Constitution. “1 think that
any Supreme Court member who
openly suppons a candidate is in
conflict with the Constitution."

However. Weaver said that she
does not believe Cranston should
resign. Rather, Cranston should not
be allowed to vote on any case
brought before the court about this
year’s election.

 

Abortion
Continued from Page 1

when he sends his fiscal 1994 bud-
get to Congress next week.

For 16 years, the ban, which orig-
inated in Congress, has been written
into the budget. It bars federally

opoulos said of the so-called Hyde
amendment, named for its sponsor,
Rep. Henry Hyde, R-lll. The
President believes that this is the
right thing to do, and that’s why

he's not having it in his budget."

The policy shift was welcomed
by the National Abortion Rights
Action League (NARAL). which
said current law shortchanges poor
women.

“The issue here is fairness and
equity," said NARAL President
Kate Michelman. “It‘s one of en-
suring that we do not have a two-
tiered health care system —- one

of women of reproductive age get
their medical care though Medic-
aid.

Douglas Johnson, legislative di-
rector for the National Right to
Life Committee. predicted that
dropping the ban would require
taxpayers to pay for hundreds of
thousands of elective abortions
each year.

The government paid for
300,000 elective Medicaid abor-
tions a year before the ban was
adopted, Johnson said, and 13
states now voluntarily pick up the
tab for poor women.

Posters

Continued from Page 1

ty. Senatorial tickets may display up
to 200.

All posters must have been ap-
proved and stamped with the offi-
cial seal of the Elections Board of

spent last weekend counting and
stamping campaign posters. He said
that all candidates were in compli-
ance, but he also said he doesn‘t
know if limiting posters has im-
proved the election process.

“I know students were particular-
ly adamant last year about limiting
posters, and I have noticed there are
significantly less (posters)," he said.
“Whether that’s good or bad, I don’t
know," he said.

“I haven‘t had any complaints
about there not being enough pos-
ters up, so I guess that's good."

It also is the job of Deaton‘s E-
board to make sure candidates do
not violate the regulations by hang-
ing more posters than were stamped
or by hanging them in restricted are-
as, like in classrooms or on side-
walks.

“We‘re certainly doing our best to
see that regulations are followed,"
Deaton said. “Obviously. there is no

Elections Board of Claims, which is
charged with evaluating complaints
brought by the supervision board or
other parties. After an investigation
by the supervision board. the claims
board looks at the evidence and
makes a ruling.

The amount of money each candi-
date may spend this year also
changed. For many it increased.

Presidential tickets are allowed to
spend up to $600, an increase of
5100. Senator candidates who run
on a ticket spend the same amount
— $50 each. But expenditures for
senator candidates who run alone
increased significantly. from $75 to
$150.

Deaton said that he thought this
was an incentive for candidates to
run individually.

 

 

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SPORTS

Pitino pleased
with his centers

 

By John Kelly
Sports Editor

 

Fifteen fouls.

That's the best thing UK basket-
ball coach Rick Pitino could man-
age to say about the trio of young
men who would share time at center
for his Wildcats this season.

But after 33 games. 30 of which
UK has won, Pitino has changed his
mind about Rodney Dent, Gimel
Martinez and Andre Riddick.

“They‘re all right now at the top
of their game,“ Pitino said yester-
day at a press conference. The learn
leaves this afternoon for the Final
Four in New Orleans.

On a team known for two things
— its pressure-cooker defense and
its amazing depth — these three
guys epitomize the UK situation as
it prepares to face the Michigan
Wolverines in the second of a pair
of national semifinal games at the
Louisiana Superdome Saturday.

Which is exactly why. although
UK‘s coach admits the threesome
has improved their respective play.
the 15 whistles he‘ll have will per-
mit him the luxury to allow his
players to play as rough and rowdy
as the Wolverines' Chris Webber
would like.

“You realize that any team that
goes into the low-post as much as
they do. that you will have foul
trouble." Pitino said. “It won't both-
er you as much if you have three
centers."

The three have helped UK domi-
nate teams in the paint during post-
season play because each has come
on in some way of his own.

Dent. the 6-foot-lt) transfer from
Edison. (la, is the starter. He‘s
fought all season to silence naysay—
ers on two fronts —— on the basket~
ball court and in the classroom.

After playing two seasons at
Odessa College in Odessa, Texas.
Dent sat out from organized basket-
ball for a year to complete work on
the junior college degree he needed
to transfer to a four-year institution
like UK. Doubters said the year off

basketball would hurt his court
skills and that his struggling to earn
a junior college degree (it took him
four tries to pass a history course he
lacked for graduation) was evidence
that he couldn't do the work at UK.

Dent ended up progressing more
quickly in the classroom than on the
court. said Pitino. adding that the
240-pound junior was honored by
the CATS center. UK’s tutoring
center for student athletes, as a Stu-
dent-Athlete of the Week and that
he works harder than some of his
teammates when it comes to books.

That may be just Pitino talking,
but ask Dent what he was doing
Sunday aftemoon instead of watch-
ing Michigan defeat Temple.

“I didn‘t see much of the game
because I was in study hall," Dent
said. It did take longer for the rust
to wear off the on-court skills.

“This whole year has been a
learning process." Dent said. “it's
taken this whole season to get back
what I lost sitting out last year."

Pitino concurs.

“Rodney has made the slowest
gradual improvement on the team."
Pitino said. “Just sitting out a year
and a half and not playing any bas-
ketball made it take a lot longer for
him than the guys who are back
from last year‘s squad. But he's
peaking at just the right time."

Pitino said the improvement is
evident in Dent‘s offensive execu-
tion.

“At the beginning of the year.
he‘d come off the pick-and—roll. and
he‘d drop the ball and he didn’t
really see the ball coming." Pitino
said. “Now you see him much more
alert and much more active on of-
tense."

Dent‘s biggest fault, the coach
said. was that he was a test-tube re-
bounder. meaning that if you were
to imagine a test tube surrounding
Dent‘s body as he jumped. he could
only snag balls inside that imagi-
nary tube.

“His better days lie ahead." Piti-
no said. “The ball still has to be in
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UK coach Rick Pitino talks to the press yesterday at Wildcat
Lodge. His Cats face Michigan Saturday in New Orleans.

but I do think that he's getting bet-
ter at that."

Martinez was an on-again-off-
again type of player last season
when he took over the starting role
at center for the departed Reggie
Hanson.

UK fans doubted that Martinez
should have started for the Wild-
cats. but he eventually won them
over by season’s end.

His penchant for fouling early
and often cost him his starting job
during the season. but won it back.

As a reserve this season, Mani-
nez has flourished, improving his
shooting skills as well as lengthen-
ing the short fuse that was getting
him into foul trouble. And even
when he gets in trouble. he doesn‘t
have to worry as much.

“It’s a luxury to have three good
guys,“ Martinez said. “If any of us
get in foul trouble. we got two other
guys who can come in and we
know we aren‘t going to lose any
athleticism.“

His improved shooting included
range and the junior has recently
blazed from the three-point lead
giving UK yet another wrinkle in its
multi-dimensional offensive
scheme.

“A lot of learns don‘t play (Dent)
and Andre (on the perimeter).“
Martinez said. “And that frees me

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UK’s Tony Delk puts up a run-
ner against Wake Forest last
week in Charlotte, NC

up to make some three-pointers.“

And people who used to think
Riddick didn‘t like to play basket-
ball should see him now. flipping
and spinning from the rirn after a
shattering slam-dunk.

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By Jeff Drummond
Senior Staff Writer

RICHMOND. Ky. — If sunshine
spawns good hitting and strong
pitching. UK coach Keith Madison
may want to keep his television
locked on the Weather Channel
these days.

 

Given a custom-made day for
baseball. the Wildcats soaked in the
sunshine and warm temperature
yesterday on their way to an 8-0

Hansen’s

By Ty Halpin
Assistant Sports Editor

 

 

Jenny Hansen came to UK to do
the same thing she wants to do
when she leaves ~ fix an ailing
horse. She arrived in a gymnastics
program that was not high on the
college totem pole.

So. the question lingers:
UK?

“I wanted to be a part of an up—
and-coming university," Hansen
said. “It feels good to be the first
one to do something. It's nice to
know you can bring your kids back
here someday and show them what
you‘ve done. It‘s kind of neat to see
your name up on the wall."

Be the first? Try only.

Hansen now holds