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Celebrating 33 years of independence

Lexington police were ready
for riots after a UK win
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Tuition hike may be less than expected

By Adam Sichko
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This morning, the Board of Trustees is ex-
pected to approve a tuition increase smaller
than what UK’s administration initially pro-
posed. But the new figure is still the third
straight doubledigit tuition and fees increase.

In a special meeting called specifically to
approve next year‘s tuition and mandatory fee
rates. the board will vote on a proposed 12.5
percent tuition increase for in-state students
1 lower than the previous proposal an-
nounced in early February. Before the state
legislature began its 2005 session. UK was pre

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money for faculty and staff salary pool raises.
but she declined to comment by how much the
administration increased the proposed 3 per-
cent salary pool raise.

For next school year. a 12.5 percent in-state
tuition increase means lowerdivision students
will pay $647.50 more. while upperdivision stu-
dents will pay $665.50 more.

For out-of-state students. the proposed 7
percent tuition increase means lowerdivision
students will pay $853.50 more. while upperdi-
vision students will pay $875.50 more.

Under the 12.5 percent tuition increase.

See Tuition on page 2

pared to establish a 16.4 percent increase. and
for most of the session. UK proposed a lowered
14.5 percent increase.

“I hope (students) see that we tried to bal-
ance the price they have to pay with the quali-
ty that we should provide." said Angie Martin.
vice president of planning. budget and policy.
“At this time. it's a good balance.

“This institution has not been able to give
reasonable salary increases to faculty and
staff." she said. “It is critical that we have a
good salary pool for faculty and staff next
year."

Martin said UK was able to provide more

$647.50

Expected in~state, lower-division increase

$665.50

Expected in-state, upper-division increase

$853.50

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Provost
search
draws

criticism

By Adam Sichko
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President Lee Todd will
announce a Iii-member
provost search committee at
today‘s Board of Trustees
meeting w and it‘s already
caused a stir among UK fac-
ulty.

University Senate Chair-
man Ernie Yanarella met
with Todd yesterday after-
noon and reported to the Sen-
ate council that Todd chose
four of the five faculty mem-
bers on the committee. For
the fifth faculty spot. Todd
will select one of four profes-
sors nominated by the coun-
cil.

After the university‘s first
provost search ,v which oc-
curred after Todd installed
the provost model at UK in
July 2001 ~ members of the
council argued in a resolu-
tion that in future search
committees and task forces.
they should have a greater
say in what faculty members
are selected to serve.

“In terms of the Senate
council choosing its own fac-
ulty representatives. Todd
and (Todd‘s chief of staff
Doug) Boyd have reiterated.
in no uncertain terms. that
‘it ain't gonna happen'."
Yanarella said. “(Todd) was
quite adamant about that.

“He considers it his or
other administrators respon-
sibility to assure that broad
representation takes place
within committees. so he's
not willing to cede that au-
thority to another body.“ said
Yanarella. a political science
professor

Through UK spokesman
Jay Blanton. Todd declined
to comment on the search
committee until today's
board meeting.

Those councilmembers
who criticized Todd‘s deci-
sion and perceived resistance
cited the controversy from
the first provost search.
Provost Mike Nietzel took
the position on an interim
basis and said he wasn‘t in-
terested in the position on a
full-time basis. But the uni-
versity search committee
nominated Nietzel for the
job. and he has served in the
post full-time since late ()cto-
ber 2002.

“The president had. in
some people‘s eyes. stacked
the committee to do his bid-
ding." said Jeff Dembo. a
dentistry professor.

Chemistry professor Bob
Grossman said the faculty
unfairly cannot select even
one of its representatives to
the committee.

“Even the students get to
set forward one person (the
Student Government Presi-
dent). but the faculty don‘t."
he said. “That's a serious
problem.

“You Would think (Todd)
would have learned some»
thing fmm the last provost
search about getting people
on-board in terms of the
process."

The SC president will
represent the students on the
committee. which also in-

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overtime session of the Cats' 80-75 double-overtime loss last night in the semifinals of the WNIT.

Unlikely rally
ends in tears

Another UK basketball season ends in double overtime

By Lindsey Keith
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The youth of UK finally
caught up with the (Tats 45
minutes into a marathon
match with West Virginia
last night.

UK freshmen Sarah El-
liott and Samantha Ma—
honey combined to miss
five critical free throWs in
two overtimes as the
Mountaineers defeated the
(Tats in 80-75 in the semifi-
nal of the Women‘s Nation-
al invitation Tournament
at Memorial Coliseum.

"We just did not hit our
free throws when we need-
ed to." said UK head coach
Mickie DeMoss. “We just
fell short in the second
overtime.“

UK (1516) ran out of

steam after fighting back
fmm 22 points down
against West Virginia (21-
12) with just less than 17
minutes left in regulation.

The (Tats responded by
going on a 160 run that
brought them within six of
the Mountaineers with un-
der six minutes to go.

“We had to exert a lot
of energy to get back into
the game." DeMoss said.
"Maybe that had to some-
thing to do with it (missing
the free throws)"

After the (Tats ended
regulation on a 31-8 run
and holding the Moun-
taineers scoreless for 11
minutes down the stretch.
UK stood on the brink of
playing for a WNIT cham-
pionship and the chance to
end the season with a win.

“We are all pretty emo—
tional; We battled and
fought hard." DeMoss said.
“But at the end of the sea
son only two teams are go
ing to end with a W. and
that is the NCAA and
WNIT winner"

Senior forward Sara
Potts led the Cats. scoring
21 points in the second pe-
riod. and hitting a jumper
with less than 10 seconds
remaining to send the
game into overtime. Potts
ended the game with 29
points and eight rebounds.

”She has such a will to
win and to leave it all on
the floor." DeMoss said.
“She is playing like. ‘Lets
go play. and just give me
the ball.”

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BOT voters met
with Internet
voting problems

Faculty election may be a week longer;
Senate council debates cheating rules

By Adam Sichko
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Internet problems prompted the University Senate Council
to add an extra week of voting for a faculty spot on the Board of
Trustees in a meeting full of intense debate yesterday

According to data from the council. 320 faculty members
voted yesterday for either incumbent Michael Kennedy. a geog-
raphy professor. or Jeff Dembo. a dentistry professor. But about
50 complaints of Internet or login problems arose. so the coun
cil decided to make paper ballots a second voting option.

“We are really intent on moving toward all-electronic vot-
ing," said University Senate Chairman Ernie Yanarella. “Un-
fortunater the snafus we've experience demonstrate that as
long as we have a university whose computing system has such
variability in terms of Web browsers. the Senate council is go
ing to have to make adjustments to make sure all those faculty
who do wish to vote will be able to."

“Part of the problem clearly is voter education." said
Yanarella. “Certainly. some faculty just don't know the appro
priate IDs and passwords; they don't use them very much."

A printable ballot will be posted on the University Senate‘s
Web site today. Yanarella said.

“While at the same time preserving anonymity of the vote.
we will check those outside envelopes against the electronic
vote to be sure that people aren‘t doubledipping when it comes
to the vote." he said.

Dembo said he had some reservations on the timing aspect.
but both he and Kennedy agreed to the new parameters of the

See Meeting on page 2

”Students can do the
same thing in different
classes and receive
nothing more than a
slap on the wrist."

Bob Grossman
on why cheating rules should be changed

Some faculty doubt
winter session's merit

By Elizabeth Troutman
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Members of the University Senate (‘ouncil are skeptical of
results from a comprehensive report concerning UK‘S first
winter intersession last December.

Faculty members said they are concerned that the short
term classes fail to pmvide students with adequate education.
Kaveh Tagavi. a chemistry professor. said he has doubts that
certain courses can be taught within a threeweek period.

“I think it's too short." he said. “ I have a concerns. but
they say it is working.

“If it Would be shown they (students) learn the material
and like it. I have no problem with it. It just sounds too short."

The report. conducted by Phil Greasley. the dean of uni-
versity extension. reflects student evaluations distributed at
the end of the intersession. The Senate argues that the evalua-
tions reflect students' preferences and opinions and not the
overall course value.

“We have not evaluated it in terms of its educational val-
ue." said Mike Cibull. a pathology professor. "I think it's about
customer satisfaction. What I would like to know is. did they
learn anything? How do we test if they learned anything?"

()ther faculty members were concerned about the salary
instructors receive for a load of three course hours. Instruc-
tors reoeive less than $3,000 for the threeweek lntersession.

"How Ls it that summer pay has not increased in 15 years?"
asked 'I‘agavi. “That‘s really going in the wrong direction. It's
not as if it's a high salary“

Three of the 12 classes offered over the intersession were
lnternet courses. The report addressed problems offcampus
students encountered on UK Blackboard. an online program
that allows students to complete course work and class dis-
cussion through email.

More than 30 students dropped courses because of lnter-
net difficulties. The report proposed a daily service during
the winter intersession to assist students with technology
problems.

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cludes some deans and one person from
the outside business world. Yanarella
said.

As the elected representation of the
entire faculty at UK, the Senate council
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lower-division, in-state students will pay
$198 less next school year than they
would have with the previously proposed
14.5 percent increase.

President Lee Todd praised “the
strong commitment to higher education
demonstrated by Governor Fletcher and
the General Assembly.“ manifested in
part by an $18.66 million addition to His
operating funds.

The administration had about $11
million to $12 million that wasn‘t ear-
marked money that Todd said "al‘
lowed us to significantly reduce the im-
pact of that (tuition) increase. while also
providing for badly needed salary in
creases and funding for scholarships."

Martin said need~based student

election.

Additions and changes to a new acad-
emic offenses proposal for 11K. initially
proposed in late January. drew con-
tentious debate at the meeting.

The proposed policy assigns an "XE"
or “XF” to classes on a student's tran-
script where the student was caught
committing an academic offense. Senate

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Instructors in the report indicated
that classes promoted student learning
About 50 percent of students rated the
courses “excellent."

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the members of this committee. said
voting student member Braphus
Kaalund.

"This body. like it or not. is the body
of the faculty." Kaalund said. ”It’s
wrong to bypass the faculty senate. We
can’t take this lying down."

But others pointed out that the 2003
Senate resolution is a document , not
legally binding Todd to do anything.

"What we‘re really doing here is
whining." said Mike Cibull. a medicine
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problem we’re not going to solve today.

“This place would be paralyzed if
Todd selects a provost who the deans
can’t work with." Cibull said.

The resolution’s wording doesn't
help much. Yanarella said.

“It lends itself to interpretation." he
said. “It defied my ability to see. in
those words. a specific and stated indi-
cation that we would choose those facul-
ty representatives.“

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scholarships. for example. increased by
$10000 for next school year.

"This all predicated on the assump
tion that this is our picture of the 200506
budget at this time." she said. “We're
continuing to fine-tune the budget, with
the board's approval."

The board will approve the bulk of
the budget in Jime.

But the recalculated figure. while ap
preciated. still hasn‘t changed the “No"
vote of Student Government President
Rachel Watts on the “pretty significant“
increase.

“Even though it is lower. the fact of
the matter is that we are seeing a trend
that tuition‘s continuing to go up in a
somewhat unpredictable way." said
Watts. the board's student representative.
"Every student I've talked to, not one of
them is in favor of this increase."

Faculty trustee Michael Kennedy
said it‘s a difficult balance between low-
ering tuition and ensuring that quality

faculty and staff remain at UK.

“The idea is to provide a minimum
tuition increase that will also ensure a
really good education." said Kennedy, a
geography professor. “We could make it
less. but then we can’t effectively raise
faculty and staff salaries to keep them
from leaving.

“We‘re doing the best we can with the
money we’ve got." he said.

Watts advocated a long-range ap
proach to establish rates and increases.

“As far as the plan I saw. it all makes
sense," Watts said. “But then again.
we're in the same situation next year ——
what if the funds aren't there again?”

Martin said UK is beginning to look
ahead like Watts wants.

“I have to say that the institution is
looking to continue to develop a long-
term strategy for students to make it
more stable for parents. more pre-
dictable.“ Martin said.

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councilman Bob Grossman. who created
the policy. said he‘s trying to protect stu-
dents who fall victim to unlawful deal-
ings with such instances.

Grossman wants to protect students
who are innocent and catch those who
are "truly dishonest.”

Grossman amended his proposal in
several ways yesterday. working to “ame-
liorate concerns that an ‘XE‘ is too
harsh." For instance. students who re-
ceive a penalty less than an “E" can ap
peal that to a board of the department's
faculty members. strengthening the low-
er leyels of the appeals process.

(,‘nrrently: “the student can do the

same thing in different classes and re-
ceive nothing more than a slap on the
wrist.“ Grossman said. “That practice
needs to be ended.”

But mechanical engineering profes-
sor Kaveh Tagavi said the “X" mark on a
student’s transcript is too harsh.

“Has there been a groundswell from
the faculty that makes it necessary to
have an ‘X’?" Tagavi questioned.
"Putting an ‘XF‘ is a huge departure"
from current procedures. he said.

The council is scheduled to vote Mon-
day to recommend the Senate approve
the proposal.

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spring semester schedule changes to ex.
pand the length of the intersession. The
suggestions included eliminating the
one-day fall break and starting fall se-
mester on a Tuesday rather than a
Wednesday

Ernie Yanarella. chairman of the
senate. said the results suggest the in-
tersession benefited students.

"The general sentiment is that the
intersession was a success." Yanarella
said. “i was hoping that if this were to

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of courses."

The senate agreed more information
is needed to fairly assess the academic
quality of the intersession. Provost
Mike Nietzel will address the senate's
concerns at a meeting next week.

The senate will request the atten-
dance of Greasley to clarify informa-
tion in the report.

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GreenThumb referendum

    

fails to make it on ballot

Dy Tricia McKenny
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A student group hoping
to measure student opin-
ions on environmental is-
sues will not be able to use
a referendum on the Stu-
dent Government ballot this
year.

UK's Green Thumb Env
vironmental Club hoped to
garner student support on
an 80 election ballot refer-
endum to provide funding

for renewable energy
sources for the UK commu-
nity.

The group’s request for
a referendum was unani-
mously denied by the SG
Elections Board because it
did not comply with the 80
rules to place a referendum
on the ballot, said Cody
Belcher. board of elections
chairman.

“Because

there were

By Tricia McKenny
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Student workers are still
needed to work one of nine
polling places for Wednesday
and Thursday’s Student Gov-
ernment elections.

SG has received a limited
response from student orga-
nizations willing to work the
polls, and the Board of Elec-
tions is encouraging students
and organizations to stop by
the SG office to sign up to
work a polling location. said

problems with the format
and content of Green
Thumb's signature sheets,
we could not allow them a
ballot position." Belcher
said.

if approved, the attempt-
ed referendum would have
increased student fees by $6
to $8 each semester to pay
for research into renewable
energy sources for the UK
community.

Green Thumb, which
has about 20 to 30 members
at UK, modeled the referen-
dum after successful pro-
grams at schools such as
the University of Ten-
nessee, University of North
Carolina and the University
of Virginia.

Students at UT approved
an $8 fee increase by a 60
percent majority. UNC ap-
proved a $4 increase by 74
percent, and 87 percent of

Cody Belcher. Board of Elec-
tions chairman.

“The elections board does
not want to be forced to close
polling places simply be-
cause there are not enough
workers. so 1 encourage any
interested organization or
person to stop by the SG of-
fice as soon as possible and
ask to sign up for a spot,"
Belcher said.

Any student or organiza-
tion can sign up in the SG of-
fice to work an election poll.

Students working a

UVA students approved an
increase of $7 per semester.

These additional fees
have provided enough fund-
ing for several new renew-
able energy programs at
these universities. includ-
ing bringing UNC $200,000 a
year that has been used for
solar panels for a water-
heating system in one of
the dorms, according to the
UNC Renewable Energy
Special Projects Committee.

“By allowing students to
vote for this small increase
for renewable energy. we
hope it will help the entire.
community," said natural
resources senior and Green
Thumb member Ben Abell
in a previous interview
with The Kernel.

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polling location must also at-
tend a mandatory training
session at 7 tonight in the SG
office in the Student Center.

“If someone wants to
work and they've not yet cho-
sen a time and location. they
can come to the training ses-
sion and sign up there,“
Belcher said.

“Working the polls is a
great way for a student or an
organization to earn money"

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City police prepared Sunday for UK win

8y Dariush Shaia
MKENTUCKV mun

Lexington Police were
preparing Sunday night for
crowds celebrating a UK win
over Michigan State Universi-
ty. sending about 100 extra of-
ficers out to patrol the streets.

“Typically on a Sunday
second shift we'll have in the
ballpark of 35 officers," said
assistant police chief Bill
Thompson. He said there
were 137 officers on standby
Sunday night, ready to deal
with possible problems.

“It's protecting property
and people." said Lexington

Police Lt. Ken Stuart.
Stuart said officers were set-
ting up at Maxwell Elemen—
tary on Woodland Avenue and
were going to guard against a
repeat of the events of 1998.

Following UK's national
championship win in 1998.
crowds filled the street, and
300 officers in riot gear were
called out.

Ten people were arrested
and 25 were treated for in-
juries at the UK Chandler
Medical Center.

“We‘re going to allow
them to party, but we‘re not
going to allow them
to destroy property or hurt

people in the process." he
said.

While police are still
working on the paperwork, in-
cluding the cost from the offi-
cers‘ overtime pay. Thompson
said it was necessary to help
keep people and property safe.

Afier UK lost to Michigan
State, the extra officers were
sent home.

“(It's) just proactive plan-
ning and preparedness,"
Thompson said. “You can‘t
wait until something happens
and then just call it in.“

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Airline safety program behind schedule

By Sara Kehaulani Goo
‘ nitwAsnmcron POST

WASHINGTON The
government's plan to develop
a new way to screen airline
passengers is running behind
schedule and so far hasn‘t
proved it can protect the pri-
vacy of travelers. a report by
the Government Accountabil-
ity Office said Monday

The Transportation Secu-
rity Administration has ac-
complished one out of 10
items critical to developing

Secure Flight. a program that
aims to assess the risk posed
by each airline passenger and
determine the amount of
screening for each at the
checkpoint.

The TSA said it plans to
launch the program in August
with two unidentified airlines.
But the GAO report cast doubt
on that schedule, saying the
TSA has already slipped be-
hind by four months. and
many of the todo items had-
n't been completed.

“It is uncertain how well
Secure Flight will perform or
whether it will be ready for
operational deployment by
August 2005." the GAO report
said.

Secure Flight plans to col-
lect information about pas-
sengers from airlines or reser-
vation companies 72 hours be
fore each flight and compare
passenger names and dates of
birth against names on vari-
ous “watch lists" of criminals
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March 29. 2005
PAGE 4

Opinions

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Emily Nagedorn. Editor in chief

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Time to turn off condemnation faucet

When the Lexington-Fayette Urban
County Council voted Thursday night to
override a veto from Mayor Teresa Isaac.
that should have ended the debate about
whether to condemn Kentucky American
Water Co.

But. as has become standard with this
protracted battle. the issue may not be
dead for long.

Members of a group called "Let Us
Vote Lexington" are refusing to give up
their fight for local ownership of the wa-
ter company.

Here's where we are now with the is-
sue:
° In February. the council approved a
resolution to end the condemnation pur-
suit of Kentucky American. Condemna-
tion and the ensuing legal battle have cost

the city more than $1 million.

° Isaac vetoed the resolution March 11.

' The council voted
9-4 Thursday night to
override the veto. effec—
tively ending condemna-
tion efforts and prohibit-
ing further spending ex-
cept for money spent to
reach a settlement.

“1 am pleased that a
long. drawn out process
is coming to an end."
Vice Mayor Mike Scan-
lon told The Kernel on
Thursday night. "I am
happy that substantially
this is behind us now and that a corporate
citizen can go back to managing the water

tions.

 

it's time for condemnation
activists to concede
defeat.

 

company." We couldn’t agree more.

Before last November‘s council elec-
nine of the 15
members supported con-

The voters of Lexing-
ton clearly expressed
their opinions on con-
demnation at the ballot
box then.

But "Let Us Vote" is
going ahead with their
efforts to put the con-
demnation question di-
rectly to voters.

They‘ll need more than 18.000 signa-
tures. According to the Lexington Herald-

Leader. the group had collected more than
6.000 signatures in late February, and
group members said they were collecting
petitioners at a rate of nearly 1,000 per

demnation. After the week.
The VOIEI'S have Sp0ken' election. nine members The water ownership issue in Lexing-
the COUNC" has acted and opposed it. ton has played itself out. Voters have al-

ready said ~ loudly — they want the con—
demnation process to end. Council mem-
bers affirmed their opinions by overriding
Isaac’s veto last week.

Lexington has plenty of pressing is-
sues - schools, police funding, develop-
ment.

The efforts of “Let Us Vote” would be
much more effective if put to use on solv-
ing real problems. rather than waste more
time. energy and money pursuing an end
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LE'I'I'ERSTOTHESTUDENTBODY

Nash and Bishop offer students
experience, real change in 56

While I wasn't surprised with the Kernel's endorse-
ment of a presidential candidate yesterday. I do find fault
with the logic they used to arrive at such a conclusion.
Endorsing a candidate who has never attended a Student
Government meeting and has absolutely no experience
within SG would be similar to choosing a new editor who
had never read a newspaper. let alone worked for one.

Over the past three months. Michelle and I have been
tirelessly working to meet with as many students and
student organizations as time will allow. We've hosted fo»
rums to receive student input and advice on the direction
their SG should take. We‘ve met with more than 50 cam-
pus leaders. both administrators and students. to share
and receive feedback on our platform ideas. Only
through these actions have we been able to gain a clearer
understanding of the changes that students want to see
-~»— something no other candidate has done. Now we're
ready to lead?

Other candidates may try to entice you with programs
and services that seem very useful. but I assure ~\ou these
promises are empty. When crafting our campaign.
Michelle and I made two pledges to each other: We would
follow all of the election rules. and we wouldn't make
promises we couldn‘t keep. Today I‘m happy we've been
able to keep our pledge. Other candidates have not done
the same.

On Wednesday and Thursday. UK and LCC students
will have the opportunity to forever change the direction
of their governing body. If your goal is to elect someone
with no experience. then vote for someone else. If your
goal is to keep student government the same as it has
been in years past. then vote for someone else. But if
your goal is to see real change in the way students live
and learn at UK —- if your goal is to see followthrough
on all of the promises made -— you already support the
Nash/Bishop campaign. Now all we need is your vote.
Thank you for your support.

WILL NASH
56 presidential candidate

Ellingsworth and Burns will work
through 50 to put UK students first

Here at UK we have the opportunity to make great
strides in the way students live. work and pursue their
dreams. My running mate. Kyle Burns. and I are run-
ning a campaign based on putting UK students first.
That means we have to make student rights a priority.

To accomplish this goal we are following Three E‘s:
educate. empower. and elevate. The first step in improv-
ing our rights is making sure we as students and citi-
zens —-know what our rights are. Knowledge is power.
We want to empower students with the knowledge that
when they walk into an office with a problem or question
that Student Government walks in with them. These and
all of our efforts are leading to one ultimate goal of ele-
vating what it means to be a UK studen