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De Klerk: US key in global world

A former President for South Africa, de Klerk freed
Nelson Mandela and won the Nobel Peace Prize

By Danielle K0!!!

STAFF WRITER

Frederik W. de Klerk. for-
mer president of South
Africa. said the long-term
way to combat terrorism
must include “tackling the
roots of poverty and repres-
sion.“

De Klerk gave a lecture
last night at the Singletary
Center for the Arts on the
role of the United States in

an increasingly globalized
world.

De Klerk is perhaps best
known for ending apartheid.
South Africa‘s racial segrega-
tion policy. and transforming
South Africa into a democra-
cy by allowing black citizens
to have voting rights.

He lifted the ban on the
African National Congress,
South Africa‘s governing par-

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Ryan Johnson, a first year
architecture student, hangs a
sign Monday letting students

know that pumpkins. which
were carved for an assign-
ment to "dismiss cliche
thoughts of Halloween
Imagery" as created In space,
are for sale.

The act of pumpkin caning
dates back for centuries.
According to the History
Channel. it started with an
Irish myth about a man
named Stingy Jack who
refused to buy the Devil a
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Housing program
gaining attention

25 other universities have had similar programs;
UK official says five applications come in each day

By ltyan Garrett

STAFF WRITER

UK students will not be forced out of their homes due to
the Live Where You Work initiative. UK administrators said.

The employer-assisted housing program announced last
week by UK, the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Govern-
ment and Samaritan Hospital was not designed to remove
students from the neighborhoods surrounding campus. said
the designers of the plan.

Rather. UK hopes the program will entice employees to
move into the area as well. revitalizing the neighborhoods.
said Brenda Weaver. director of the Kentucky Partnership
Office of Fannie Mae. a company that helps coordinate em-
ployer-assisted housing programs.

Under the program. which was created by the Lexington
Downtown Development Authority and Fannie Mae. UK em-
ployees can receive up to $15,000 in a forgivable loan towards
the purchase of a home in one of the neighborhoods sur-
rounding campus.

“This program provides an incentive for employees to
look for a home in the area where they work." Weaver said.

First-time home buyers and fullotime employees. who
have not owned a home in the past three years. receive prior-
ity for the loans, which are forgiven at a rate of 20 percent
per year over a five-year period.

The $50,000 UK set aside to fund the first batch of re-
quests made under the Live Where You Work initiative came
from a private contribution, said Bart Miller. the Disability
Benefits Manager at UK. in an e-mail.

The funds were not directed into scholarships or other
programs because the donor requested the money be used to
“further the community development initiatives of the uni-
versity. such as the College Town project," he said.

Fannie Mae has coordinated employer-assisted housing
programs for over 500 companies across the country. Weaver
said.

More than 25 universities. including Howard University
in Washington DC. and Ohio State University in Columbus.
Ohio. have similar programs. UK is the first university to
work with Fannie Mae to construct a program like this.
Weaver said.

Medical facilities are the company's most common
clients for employer-assisted housing programs. Weaver said.
“Hospitals have used it as a recruitment and retention tool."
she said.

Miller said the program has been very popular with UK
employees since it was announced. The Employee Benefits
Office has received an average of five applications per day for
the loans. he said.

Although employees have expressed a strong interest in
the program. several applications have been denied for not
meeting certain requirements.

“The main reason they did not qualify is because the in-
dividual wanted to use the property strictly as rental proper-

. ty and not use the home as a primary residence." Miller said.

UK President Lee Todd said in a release that the program
will help with recruitment and serve as a “catalyst for revi-
talizing neighborhoods contiguous to the UK campus."

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Fearing the flu? UK offering flu shots on campus

UK is charging for the shots for the first time ever;
vaccine has possible side effects, including fever

By Jason Mcll
conrniaurmc mum

Students worried about
the upcoming flu season can
take extra precaution to
guard against the virus.
health administrators said.

University Health Ser-
vices is offering discount flu
shots to students at various
locations on campus this
week.

“This is one of the rea-
sons we go out to the differ-
ent sites on campus — to
make it more readily avail-
able for the students." said
Alice Wilson. director of

nursing at University Health
Services. “If you pass the
service on your way from
one class to the other. it‘s
much more likely you‘re go-
ing to get the shot."

Influenza. a virus that
spreads through the nose
and throat. carries symp-
toms like sore throat. fever,
chills. muscle aches and
coughing. said Judy Stivers.
assistant director of nursing
at University Health Ser-
vices.

A flu shot seeks to up-
grade the body‘s immune
system in order to combat
this attack. Stivers said.

“The vaccine itself func-
tions by challenging your im-
mune system to build up
some immunity." she said.
“So if you get exposed later.
there’s a memory (defense)
in your body‘s immune sys-
tem. and it'll crank out the
protection to gobble the
virus up."

People who produce the
vaccine look at modern flu
outbreaks worldwide to de-
termine which flu strands
are active. and ultimately
which vaccine to create.
Stivers said.

The vaccine itself is
grown in egg yolks. she said.
Those who receive the shot
are not only protected from
the specific strand. but the
strands that are similar to it

as well.

According the Center for
Disease Control. side effects
to the shot include soreness.
redness or swelling where
the shot was given. low fever
and aches.

Severe side effects may
include an allergic reaction
to eggs —- breathing prob-
lems. hoarseness or wheez~
ing. hives, paleness. weak-
ness. a fast heartbeat or
dizziness. A person could
also get Guillain-Barré syn-
drome. an illness character-
ized by fever. nerve damage
and muscle weakness.

The. amount of shots
available from University
Health Services is limited to
3.000. but any medical center
can provide the shot to those

interested. Stivers said.

“Last year we didn't use
all of the shots. but this year
we've added the Johnson
Center to our list of sites.“
Wilson said. ”Additional
sites. along with increased
advertising. will hopefully al-
low us to use all that we have
this year."

Erica Carol. an LCC ele-
mentary education sopho-
more. said she‘s concerned
about getting the flu but
doesn't intend on getting a
shot.

“I just don't think it‘s
worth the time." she said. “If
the flu begins posing a big-
ger threat to students. then I
will probably do it. Right
now it‘s just not one of my
concerns."

Getting a flu shot is a
personal decision. Stivers
said.

“If you don‘t walk or
drink around anybody who
has the flu. and you tend to
be a healthy person. then you
may be fine." she said.

For at least five years.
University Health Services
has been offering free flu
shots to UK students and fac-
ulty This is the first year stu-
dents will be charged for
them.

The cost of the shots for
students and faculty is $5
upon presentation of a stu-
dent ID and $15 for those not
affiliated with UK.

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Lexington Police are investigating an armed rob-
bery Saturday near the UK campus. police said. Two
unknown men entered through an unlocked back door
of a home in the 400-block of Euclid Avenue with a
small handgun, while Matt Stevens. 21. and his room-
mate. David Harris. 21. were sitting on a couch in the
living room. Stevens said. “They kept asking ‘Where is
the dope'." and we were just like ‘We're poor college
guys.'" said Stevens, a mechanical engineering senior.
“They were extremely (messed) up. They had bloodshot
eyes and everything. One of the robbers stayed with us
and held the gun the whole time. Another one went
through the house turning over mattresses looking for
pot." Stevens said the man did not find any marijuana
but stole a hunting knife and boom box. Sgt. Doug
Lamb of Lexington Police‘s Bureau of Investigations
declined to give any information as to what the robbers
stole. Stevens said he and his roommates moved into
the house in August. where the previous tenants grew

marijuana in the basement and sold it.

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ty founded to defend the
rights of the black majority.
and freed former South
African President Nelson
Mandela from jail in 1990.

Together with Mandela.
de Klerk received the Nobel
Peace Prize in 1993.

In his talk. de Klerk
called the United States the
“chief of police of the global—
ized village" because of its
“unohallenged military. eco-
nomic and technological emi-
nence."

De Klerk acknowledged
the jealousy and hatred this
role can prompt from other
countries.

“Unfortunately. this is
the price that must be paid as
the only superpower." he
said.

De Klerk also said it was
important to remember
Theodore Roosevelt's advice
to “speak softly and carry a
big stick."

The terrorist attacks on

-CONPII.ED FROM STAFF REPORTS

Sept. 11. justified the necessiv
ty for the US. to use its “big
stick." de Klerk said.

He also said he supported
the United States in its cam«
paigns to track down terror-
ists and oust Saddam Hus-
sein.

“Iraq and the Middle
East and the world are better
places after the destruction of
this brutal regime." he said.

The United States should
also intervene in the Israel-
Palestine conflict. de Klerk
said. as well as in other war
torn and poverty~ridden parts
of the world.

”In a shaking world.
problems of one region will
soon become problems of an-
other region and soon prob-
lems of the whole world." he
said.

In order to help other
countries. and in turn. help
the Unites States. de Klerk
said developed countries need
to help promote economic.
growth in lesser-developed
countries.

If a country develops
good democratic policies. he
suggested rewarding it by
erasing their debt.

Continued from page I
while you are preparing for
that future is important."
Stivers said.

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De Klerk also suggested
increasing the Third World
share in global trade in order
to boost economies.

In his closing. de Klerk
reminded listeners that glob-
al problems do not disappear
easily.

"It requires perseverance
to address underlying prob-
lems of global development.“
he said.

Many of the members of
the roughly 250-person audi-
ence largely sided with de
Klerk's views.

“I agree that the US. is so
powerful that it does make us
responsible for the rest of the
world.“ said communications
and business management
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hardt.

Taylor Wood. an unde-
clared freshman. also shared
some of the same viewpoints
as de Klerk.

“I agreed with his views
on globalization and Ameri-
ca's intervention in other
countries‘ problems." he said.

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Trick or treat with fresh ideas

"'l‘rick
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)t‘l‘ a time
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happiness
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ll'i‘nsiil! up as Freddy
it'rui-a'i l‘ or the Little Mer-
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:rick.

Shoulish accessories

Girls. hit up Claire‘s and
then show up at a party wear
rug daiigly jack-o-lantern ear-

rings. a flashing witch pin
that cackles when someone
touches it and one of those
obnoxious necklaces that has
a big bell on the end of it that
looks like a pumpkin. And if
you're a guy. what the heck.
do it too. Just bear in mind
that you may get some heck-
lers. but don‘t let these mis-
led. anti-Halloween folks get
you down. It‘s not your fault
that they‘re not ready for Hal-
loween festivities. It might
also help to let them know
that you are not making a di~
rect attack on their mother’s
Halloween fashion taste.

Keep your friends close

Convince your friends to
go on the Halloween tour of
the old Waverly Hills tubercu-
losis hospital in Louisville.
Secretly arrive before they do
and hide in one of the rooms
and rasp at appropriate inter-
vals. “I can't breathe."
Pause. Then let out some ap-
propriatelytimed wheezing
noises. They‘ll probably act
like they‘re freaking out and
may even go so far as to run
out screaming. but inside.
they're loving it.

Masquerade

Instead of dressing up for
Halloween as something
generic. like a hippie or a case
of beer. recruit a friend and
dress up as President Lee
Todd and his wife Patsy. Go
ahead and test out the authen—
ticity of the costumes by
walking around campus de-
claring. “I am the president of
this establishment. and I say

JONATHAN PALMER I KCRNEL STAFF

A witch in Spencer's Gifts is a typical Halloween costume. This year,
keep Halloween fresh with clever ideas.

all classes are cancelled for
Halloween!"

If you do this with
enough confidence. people. es-
pecially freshmen. just might
believe you. and they’ll all
thank you later. At least look
convincing enough to get
hooked tip at Intermezzo with
a free doughnut or something.

Pumpkin flirting

invite the guy or girl
you‘ve been eyeing in your
English class on a date to a

pumpkin field and insist on
staying there until you see
“The Great Pumpkin" (it is
important for you to speak
the name with great rever-
ence). Every now and then,
perk up and insist that you
see something. Whether or
not he or she thinks you‘re
crazy is irrelevant. Just stick
with the story. Deep down.
your companion is intrigued.

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Wraith will fight corruption

To say that corruption in Ken-
tucky is a problem is an under-
statement, not to mention a state-
ment of the especially obvious.
The state is clearly fed up with the
partisan politics, the nepotism and
the shady road construction
contracts — among other topics.

But such knowledge and exasper-
ation doesn’t get us anywhere without action.
And the action in question here should involve
electing and designating a public official who
will initiate and follow through on difficult in-
vestigations of corruption in Frankfort and
everywhere else in the state.

The state official who takes up this cause is
known as the attorney general, and the office is
up for election this year as Ben Chandler steps
down to run for governor.

The man for the job is Gatewood Galbraith, a
Lexington attorney and well-known figure in
Kentucky politics, who is running as an inde-
pendent.

Galbraith is first and foremost the right can-
didate for the office because of his known com-
mitment to political independence and disdain
for partisan politics. In a state where the two po-
litical parties constantly vie for control not just
of office, but of contracts and pork-barrel fund-
ing for special interests, an independent-minded
attorney general will be part of the solution.

In the Kernel editorial board’s discussion of
the attorney general race, Republican Jack
Wood also came up as a worthy candidate in the
race, and some of our votes will go his way. Af-
ter he and his own party have snubbed each oth-
er in the race, there can be little suspicion that

 

he will feel beholden to party leaders.

Greg Stumbo, the Democrat in the race, also
seems a viable candidate. He has extensive expe-
rience as an attorney and long tenure in the
state legislature.

But it is also his status in Frankfort politics
— currently House majority leader —— that gives
cause for concern. It may well be that he will
have to investigate the same people he has
worked alongside for years, should he be elected.
This, of course, creates too many conflicts of in-
terest.

Also a priority on Galbraith’s platform is the
prescription drug epidemic currently over-
whehning Kentucky. His plan to reorganize the
war on drugs in this state has a fresh appeal
that Stumbo, at least, can’t match with his em-
phasis on the status quo and stepping up the ex-
isting strategy.

“Increasing certain facets of the war on
drugs is absolutely futile,” Galbraith said in a
meeting with the Kernel editorial board. While
his plan to ask pharmaceutical companies such
as PurduePharma for $2 billion to underwrite
efforts at fighting the epidemic sounds a little
excessive, it is clear that the people who produce
these drugs should help prevent their abuse.

His positions on marijuana use are well
known; he uses it openly, and has long cam-
paigned for decriminalizing the drug. Although
he’s in favor of enforcing laws on hard drugs, he
wants to turn out large numbers of non-violent
drug offenders from prisons, many of them to
rehabilitation. This is a far better attempt free-
ing up space and funds than Gov. Paul Patton’s
recent fiasco with releasing hardened criminals
for lack of funds to keep them.

 

Here ’5 a look back at events and issues from last week. If
you want to sound off on any of these, e-mail the Dialogue
desk at dialoguerykemeLcom

 

MONDAY

Attention should be given by the university toward
making classrooms more accessible to disabled students, be
fore they start equipping the rooms with high-tech gadgets.

Basic classroom accessibility should be UK’s first prior-
ity as classroom renovations continue. The goal of giving
every student an optimal learning experience can’t possibly
be met if some of these students can’t even get into the
classroom.

UK completed 16 renovation projects last year, including
multiple-classroom efions and a recent makeover in the Col
lege of Law’s US. Sen. Mitch McConnell Center for Distance
learning.

 
 

TUESDAY

A UK staff committee was right in unanimously reject-
ing a proposal calling on President Todd and the Board of
Trustees to oppose extending benefits to domestic partners
of UK employees. The prejudiced thinking behind the pro
posal had no business in a benefits policy debate.

Though a way to verify domestic partnerships should
be implemented, those who qualify should not be excluded
on grounds of sexual preference or for lack of a marriage
contract.

Nine of UK’s benchmark institutions currently offer
benefits to domestic partners of employees. Another nine do
not, and one is set to begin extending the benefits.

WEDNESDAY

Raising the tax on smokes isn’t a bad idea. It’s where the
money for the tax should go that poses a problem.

While Medicaid services want the money from the 25
cent—per-pack increase, they aren’t the only ailing institution
in the state. Education programs across the state are also in
dire need of extra funding.

We propose to raise the tax to fifty cents and split the
difference between the two.

Lawmakers should have an open discussion about
where to direct revenue from the tax so that it will be most
beneficial —— without bringing in the typical pork barrel
bickering.

While smokers won’t like being taxed, it’s basic that the
state needs money and has to get it somewhere.

THURSDAY

Students need to speak up about their disconteniment
with the keg tagging policy. If you went in on a keg with
your roommates for a party and that party got busted,
would you want to be the one taking sole blame for the un-
derage drinkers in attendance?

There are several opportunities to have your voice
heard — SG can only do so much. they need student support
in their efforts, or Lexington County Council won’t bend
their ear too far.

But SC is still to be commended. President Rachel
Watts and other members attended Tuesday’s meeting and
encouraged the council to delay voting on the proposed or-
dinance. which they did.

FRIDAY

The Live Where You Work program, announced last
week, offers employees of the