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-VIP hangups lead to alternate plan

Registrar setting up sites to allow
students to register without phones

By Doug Senteky
Staff Writer

Because of increasing com-
plaints about the UK-VlP telephone
registration system, the registrar's
ofﬁce is setting up sites on campus
for students who have trouble regis-
tering by phone.

“Our ﬁrst priority is to make sure
that we get students registered."
Registrar Randall Dahl said.

“The terminal sites are less con-
venient for students, but we think
they will make a difference."

Graduate students whose phone
registration “windows" have al-
ready closed should report to the in-
formation desk of the Funkhouser
Building between 8 am. and 4:30
pm today.

Students will be served on a ﬁrst-
come. ﬁrst-served basis.

Seniors and other students in the
colleges of Ans and Sciences. A]-
lied Health, Business and Econom-
ics, Communications and Education
also should report to the Funkhous-
er information desk at allotted
times.

Speaker: Weather
can cloud emotions

By Jackie Sue Wright
Contributing Writer

There may be some truth to the
phrase “feeling a little under the
weather.”

Shelly Wheat. coordinator for
UK‘s Employment Assistant Pro-
gram. said the weather has a lot to
do with our emotions and the large
increase in depression at this time
of year. .

Wheat spoke yesterday in the
Student Center about Seasonal Af-
fective Disorders and depression.
Depression is a condition with
symptoms that may affect both the
mind and the body. More than 10
million Americans experience de-
pression annually. and last year
$27 billion was spent on depres-
sion — $17 billion of which ac-
counted for lost work time.

There can be several causes of
depression, including disappoint-
ments in everyday life, family his-
tory. low self-esteem. and death or
divorce. But seasonal changes re-
cently have been accepted in the
medical world as a true cause.
Wheat said.

The role the weather plays in the
development of depression is a
complex process. she said. The
amount of daylight presented to in-
dividuals is the primary factor.

As sunlight enters the eye, it hits
the retina which sends a signal to
the brain. As a result. the brain ac-
tivates certain neurotransmitters to
produce emotions. If not enough
sunlight is available. emotions are
altered. and that am put serious
strain on a person. Wheat said.

Winter depression (when sun-
light is most scarce) seems to be
the most drastic.

“It usually begins in October and
lasts through May. then eventually

Smokers likely
to be moodier

Associated Press

WASHINGTON —— Feel
depressed? Lonely? Restless?
Bored? Upset? You're not
alone.

Almost 40 million Ameri-
can adults frequently fall into
such negatitve moods. govern-
ment health researchers re-
ported yesterday.

Those susceptible to foul
moods were more likely to be
smokers, and the moodiest
men also tended to be heavy
drinkers, according to Char-
lotte A. Schoenbom and John
Horm of the National Center
for Health Statistics.

“These ﬁndings suggest
that emotional well-being
may play a role in cigarette
smoking and heavy drink-

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cycles again and again," she said.
Most people never even realize
their seasonal emotional pattern,
and thus never seek help.

However, a new unique kind of
treatment is available — in the
form of phototherapy.

Ultraviolet light rays are con—
tained in larnplike boxes that are
used by patients. usually before
they go to sleep and as soon as
they wake up. The light is very
similar to that of a mid-lune morn-
ing and greatly reduces the chance
of depression. Wheat said.

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All other students whose registra-
tion windows opened between Nov.
2 and 5 should report to the sites at
their college where they have regis-
tered in the past.

in addition to the opening of ter-
minal registration sites. UK-VlP‘s
hours of operation have been ex-
panded.

UK-VlP now is open from 7 am.
until 10 pm. Monday through Fri-
day.

The system also will be available
from 8 am. until midnight on Sat-
urdays and Sundays.

During their three-day registra-
tion windows. students are encour-

aged to attempt to register by phone
the ﬁrst day.

Both methods of registration are

available for students on the second
and third days of their registration
brackets.

This change increases phone reg-
istration hours from 74 to 107 hours
a week.

Many UK students have experi-
enced difﬁculty with UK-VlP.
Some have tried calling for several
hours. only the receive busy sig-
nals.

The system has hung up on oth-
ers who were able to get through.

Mareen Dennis, a UK graduate
student. was trying to use UK-VIP
Tuesday morning when the system
malfunctioned.

“It would go through two steps
and then cut off," Dennis said.
“The recording would say. ‘We are

unable to register at this time‘ and
then hang up."
Dennis was not able enter her

complete class schedule until Tues-
day aftemoon.

Students in the College of Corn-
munications and lnfonnation Stud-
ies have experienced further prob-
lems with the new system.

Class preﬁxes in the college re-
cently were changes from JOU for
journalism. COM for communica-
tions and TEL for telecormnunica-
tions to a single preﬁx for all class:
JAT.

“The glitch in the system may be
due to the new subject preﬁxes."
said Shirley Rose. an adviser for the
college.

Rose said the preﬁxes may not be

coded correctly within the UKonP
system.

Many students who tried to regis-
ter for MT classes yesterday were

told an “unexpected error" had oc-
curred.

The phone system then hung up
on them.

Dahl said he was unaware of any
problems with registration for
courses in the College of Communi-
cations and information Studies and
expressed optimism for the future
of UK-VlP.

“Hopefully, this combination of
phone and terminal registration will
get students registered.” Dahl said.

“Every person associated with
registration is working to make it
both available and efﬁcient"

Clinton holds
Q&A session
at Lexmark

By Graham Shelby
Senior Staff Writer

Amid the bevy of numbers and
projections. arguments and econo-
speak surrounding the North
American Free Trade Agreement.
President Clinton yesterday
summed up NAFTA‘s potential
impact with one simple. colloquial
phrase.

This is a big deal.

At a town meeting yesterday at
the Lexmark International type-
writer factory in north Lexington.
Clinton said the plan, which will
remove most tariff restrictions on
products and goods between the
United States, Canada and Mexi-
co, is essential for the nation’s ec-
onomic future.

“There is nobody anywhere in
the world who has come forward
with a good argument to create
more jobs and raise the incomes
of working people without ex-
panding trade" he told the crowd
of about 600 employees and invit-
ed guests.

The president visited Lexington
as pan of his effort to convince
Americans to support NAFTA be-
fore Congress votes on the pack-
age later this month.

Opponents of the plan have
argued that liﬁing trade restric-
tions would encourage many
American companies to move
their operations to Mexico for
cheaper labor. costing the United
States thousands of jobs.

President Clinton points out elements of the North American Free Trade Agreement yester-
day during an visit yesterday to a Lexington typewriter manufacturer.

Clinton conceded that any ma-
jor reorganization of trade policy
will cost some jobs. but he re-
buffed the idea that American cor-
poratiom would transfer their fac-
tories across the Rio Grande.

“Wage rates are not the only
thing that determine where smart
people put their plants." Clinton
said, referring to the Toyota Cam-
ry factory in Georgetown. Ky.
and recent decisions by BMW and
Mercedes to build manufacturing
operations in the United States.

“Everything bad that everybody

President lauds free trade pact

tells you about this agreement can
go right on happening if we don‘t
adopt it." he said.

One aspect of the plan the presi‘
dent said many people don‘t real-
ize is that NAFTA contains provi-
sions to protect the three nations‘
economics from unforeseen cir-
cumstances and that the agree-
ment comes with a kind of escape
clause.

“if any party becomes con-
vinced the other parties are oper-
ating in bad faith. you can pull out
with six months notice.“ he said.

J“. FORBUWKW Staff

Using the automobile industry
as an example. Clinton said that if
Mexican import tariffs on Ameri-
can automobiles were lifted. the
United States could move from
selling about 1.000 cars a year in
Mexico to 50.000 in just one year.

He said one of the goals of the
agreement is to make it emier for
US. companies to sell their prod-
ucts in Mexico.

Carol Straus. a senior research
associate for UK’s Center for
Business and Economic Research.

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Lambda Chi participating
in international food drive

By Ayana Blair
Contributing Writer

Thousands of needy Lexington
residents will receive food soon.
thanks to Lambda Chi Alpha social
fraternity.

Lambda Chi J's holding a food
drive this week to beneﬁt God's
Pantry. a charitable organization
that donates food to needy families.

This drive is unique. said Wil-
liam Zenor. a food drive committee
member. because it is part of an in-
ternational event More than 200
Lambda Chi chapters the United
States and Canada will be collect-
ing food on the same weekend.

“The fraternity‘s intemational
goal is to collect 100.0)0 pounds of
food this weekend. making the
event the biggest single-day philan-
thropy ever sponsored by a fratemi-
ty," Zenor said.

The fraternity chose this time of
year to hold the event to supply lo-
ad chruities with items for the up-
coming Thaiksgiving and Christ-
mas holidays.

Lambda Chl Alpha social fratemlty expects to collect 1.500
pounde of food for needy Lexington residents by this weekend.

last Saturday, the fraternity gave
3.000 Lexington residents empty
grocery bags and asked them to ﬁll
the bags with food.

"This is the easiest way for eve-

rybody to help." 7enor said.

Members of the fraternity will
collect all contributions and take

See FOOD, Back Page

RATHER:

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drawers until cert; dtermen
today. then do“ Md M
high in the mid<60t

°Cloudy and cold tonight; low
between 30 and 35.

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high in the upper 30s.

VIEWPOINT:

oThe US. Senate should M
get a chance to look at Sen.
Bob Packwood’s private
diaries. Editorial, Page 6.
~VlP phone registration hasn‘t
made things any easier.
Column, Page 6.

oAlthough he was called a
sell-out, columnist still
believes in honesty. Comm
Page 6.
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Some still questioning
adjourning of meeting

when you feel your eye.

turning green. Cou
Corner, Page 6.

lNDEX:

By Brant Welch
Senior Staff Writer

it remains a mystery why the
search committee meeting for the
director of UK‘s School of J oumal-
ism and Telecommunications was
called off last week.

Charles Haywood. the head of
the search conunittee, declined to
discuss the reason he adjoumed the
meeting that was scheduled for 9
am. last Friday at the Hilary 1.
Boone Faculty Club.

Some say Haywood was con—
cerned that when he arrived at the
meeting. several non-committee
members were present. including
acting journalism school director
Roy Moore and former director Da-
vid Dick.

“When (Haywood) came in. as I
recall. he said “Is there a meeting
here?.' " Dick said.

“Some of the people there said.
‘Yes. there is a mocting.‘

“When he objected to others who
were not members of the commit-
tee being there. l left."

After the meeting Haywood
called both Dean of the College of

Communication and Information
Studies Douglas Boyd. who select-
ed the search committee. and Rob-
ert llemenway. chancellor for the
Lexington Campus

“(Haywtxidi called me within a
few hours after the meeting and
simply more or less discussed some
of his concems." said Boyd. who is
not a member of the search com-
mittec.

Boyd declined to discuss what
those concerns were.

He also said he doesn‘t believe
there are opposing sides in the situ-
ation.

“I don’t think there are two
sides," he said

“i think everybody is trying to
accomplish the same task. i think if
you talk to the committee members.
as well as the journalism faculty.
they‘re all trying to accomplish the
same goal. which is to ﬁnd a new
director."

Boyd said he thinks the search
committee is ready to move put
inst week‘s meeting.

Hemenway said Haywood visied
his ofﬁce last Friday to discuss the

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By Eric Mosolgo
Staff Writer

1f the world of college football
were described in terms of the ani-
mal kingdom. Florida State would
be the lion. The team has proved
this year, if it's not king of the jun-
gle, it is the king of the gridiron.

Vanderbilt (2-5 overall, 0-5 in the
Southeastern Conference). who fac-
es UK (5-3. 4-2) tomorrow at 2 pm.
EDT in Nashville, Tenn, would
rank as some sort of bacteria on the
same scale. While the bodies of
warm-blooded creatures build de-
fense mechanisms against most
harmful bacteria. the Wildcats have
failed to form an immunity to an af-
fliction known as the Commodore
flu.

The plague was at its height in
Commonwealth Stadium last No-
vember, as the Cats' sickly play
against Vandy led to perhaps the
worst loss of the Curry era. More
painful than the sting of the 20-7 dc-
feat was the shocking reaction of
some disgruntled Wildcat faithful.

It was as if widespread schizo
phrcnia suddenly afflicted Com-
monwealth. Boo birds. the kind of
which had not been sighted in the
stadium during (‘urry's tenure and

records
Vanderbilt (25)
Kentucky (5-3)
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Vanderbilt Stadium,
Nashville, Tenn.

have not been seen since, pelted the
team with a ghastly and reprehensi-
ble chorus.

What would drive any fan to boo
his or her own team?

In a Medusa of a game. the Wild-
cat offense looked like a 6—year-old
leaming to ride a bicycle. When the
carnage ended, it had produced
only 123 yards and had crossed
midfield just twice.

UK coach Bill Curry said the
cloud that the game cast on the pro-

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gram likely would make this week's
practice sessions easy on his coach-
ing staff. Why?

The coaches will not have to
spend one second on motivation.

Senior linebacker Duce Williams,
who sat out last year's contest with
an injury, says the game ranks as
one of the low points of his career
at UK. “To get beat in our home
place the way they did to us last
year was real embarrassing to our
football team," he said. "I stay fo-
cused every week, but I have a little
extra incentive this week."

UK may be the only team in the
nation to get pumped up for Vandy
this season. The Commodores have

By Brett Dawson
Staff Writer

This is all UK men‘s soccer
coach Sam Wooten could ask
for.

Wooten and his 7-8-4 squad
travel to Nashville, Tenn, to-
night to take on the Vanderth
Commodores (10-7) with a
chance to reach the .500 mark.
thereby turning around what just
two weeks ago was a miserable
season.

And even though .500 would
be a disappointment, considering
the expectations Wooten placed
on his team at the beginning of
the year, at least it would allow
the coach to continue with a goal
he established when soccer be-
came a varsity sport at UK.

“One thing that we want to
have in our statistics is never to
have a losing season," Wooten
said yesterday.

“So, to me, this is just like going
for a championship."

Getting in a position to even
up their record hasn’t been easy

Men’s Soccer kicking
for .500 record, ’Dores

for the Wildcats.

It has taken a major tumaround
from the Cats, a streak of well
played games at the end of the sea-
son that has become a trademark
under Wooten.

“We‘re starting to play better in
our defensive third." Wooten said.
“And for the first time all year,
we’re getting in front of the net and
putting it in.

“We've scored some nice goals
lately.

It's too bad that it's coming this
late, but at least we're starting to
get it done."

Wooten understands that stress-
ing his goal of not ﬁnishing below
.500 could put some undue pressure
on a learn, but said he doesn‘t fear
that with this group.

“I think the guys understand the
urgency of this whole situation," he
said. “I think they'll come out ready
to play."

Wooten said the young UK squad
members have taken some time to
get adjusted to each other, but
pointed out that the team's tuma-
round is largely because of the gen-
eral maturation of an inexperienced

group.

“The guys are finally starting
to relax and play as a team a lit-
tle better,“ he said.

“The guys know where each
other are a little bit better, and
they're getting into the seams
and getting the ball to some-
body.

“That kind of stuff has just
taken us a while to get down
this year.“

In Vanderbilt, UK will face a
team which, much like the Cats
themselves, has been on a roll of
late.

The Commodores knocked
off Miami (Ohio), one of the
toughest teams in UK's region
last week, and were on a hot
streak before losing to Alabama
A&M recently.

Also included in the Vandy
streak was a win over a very
strong Memphis State team.

“Up until this Alabama A&M
game. they've been on a roll.“
Wooten said.

“They’re a really tough team.
and they're going to be ready to
play."

been mauled in their past two out-
ings, falling at South Carolina 22-0
and at home by Georgia 41-3.

The Vandy passing attack has
been an aviation nightmare. Three

quarterbacks have combined to
complete 26 of 92 passes for 255
yards. That is 255 yards for the sea—
son, not a game.

A win tomorrow afternoon will

send the Cats bowling for the first
time since 1984.

Barring an unexpected outbreak
of the Cormnodore flu, UK fans can
start packing.

Volleyball Cats try some R and R

Georgia, South

Carolina next;

team preparing for stretch run

By Stove McSorfay
Assistant Sports Editor

The phrase “R and R” means rest
and relaxation to most of us. How-
ever, to the thh-ranked UK volley-
ball team, it could stand more for
revenge and recovery as the teams
starts the ﬁnal month of the regular
season and heads into postseason
play.

First comes revenge. The Wild-
cats (23-2 overall, 7-2 in the South-
eastern Conference) will play host
to the Georgia Bulldogs (21-2, 8-1)
tonight at 7:30 in Memorial Coli-
seum with hopes of avenging one of
their two season losses.

UK is third in the SEC, while the
Bulldogs rank second.

The Bulldogs handed the Wild-
cats their second loss of the season
in Athens, Ga. on the Oct. 24.

That match saw Georgia’s two
outstanding outside hitters Prisciﬂa
Pacheco and Nikki Nicholson turn

in big offensive numbers with 32
and 30 kills respectively.

This was not surprising, consid-
ering the Bulldogs rank ﬁrst in the
nation in hitting efficiency with a
.331 percentage, first in kills per
game average with 17.84 and
fourth in assists per game with an
average of 14.71.

Pacheco, who has 491 kills, has
led the nation most of the year in
that category.

Despite the numbers, UK head
coach Fran Ralston-Hory said the
reason Pacheco and Nicholson had
such great performances was be-
cause of a lack of defensive execu-
tion on the part of the Wildcats.

“Georgia played right into our
defensive system," Ralston-Flory
said. “We just did not execute our
system.

We did not dig a ball in the first
game and a half.

I think we had only five digs in
the first game, which is ridiculous.

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and you‘re not going to beat any-
body if you don't dig."

Ralston-Flory said she would not
change her game plan against the
Bulldogs too much, feeling that
they are very limited as to what
they can do offensively and that im-
proved play on the pan of the Wild-
cats will be key.

If the Wildcats are going to
avenge the loss from two weeks
ago, they will have to serve better.
In the first meeting, UK served
poorly, resulting in easy points for
Georgia.

To combat this problem, Ralston-
Flory has changed the team serving
style, letting the players to stand
further back from the court, allow-
ing them to hit the ball harder.

“We are trying to become a much
more aggressive serving team. We
have become pretty stagnant in our
serving scheme of serving zones.
We are not very accurate anymore,
so we have gone to a more aggres-
sive style.

“I think you will see us hit the
ball a lot harder this weekend," said
Ralston-Flory.

A victory for the Cats will not
mean much in the standings. 1f the
Wildcats and Bulldogs end up in a
tie for second at the end of the regu-
lar season, the Bulldogs would still
be seeded No. 2 in the SEC touma-
ment because of a better overall
game won-loss record.

"This match is important. We
need to solidify our position in the
SEC tournament. and this could be

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the last time we play Georgia

Andaslhavesaidallyear,the
last time we play a team is when it
is important." Ralston-Flory said.

The Wildcats will wrap up the
weekend against South Carolina
04-“, 4-5) on Sunday afternoon at
2 pm. Following that match, the
Wildcats will try to recover for the
stretch drive.

“Mentally and physically, we are
tired right now," Ralston-Flory
said. “October is a tough month for
volleyball people.

We played a great September.
and then we fell flat on our faces in
October. November has to be a ral-
ly month for us.

“Teams that make it to the final
four rally in November."

Ralston-Flory is giving her
players more time off to allow the
team to recover what they lost in
October.

For the most part. the team is
physically healthy. Junior outside
hitter Krista Robinson is nursing a
bad back, and a couple of the
players have been sick. including
sophomore starter middle blocker
Mara Eglitis.

“We are still doing some good
things in practice.

We are still adding a few little
things, which will help," Eglitis
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Knicks, Sonics will reign in NBA
Charlotte, Phoenix not far behind;
league more competitive overall

. Brett Dawson
. Kernel Columnist

Doesn't it seem like the NBA Fi-
nals just ended? Can‘t you still viv-
idly remember Michael Jordan leap-
ing in the air. pumping his ﬁst and
then scrambling madly after the
game ball after his Chicago Bulls
knocked off Charles Barkley and
the Phoenix Suns in game six?

Maybe so, but with an off-season
that featured the retirement of Jor-
dan, the most dominant offensive
player in the history of the game,
along with the tragic deaths of the
Celtics‘ Reggie Lewis and the Nets’
Drazen Petrovic, the 1993-94 carn-
paign couldn't start soon enough.

So. with the ﬁrst ofﬁcial games
taking place tonight, here’s a look
at the NBA team-hy-team and my
humble predictions for where the
pieces will fall into place.

Eastern. Conference

Central Division

1. Charlotte Hornets — OK, so
it's a bold pick. Or maybe it isn't.
While the Hornets certainly will be
one of the youngest title contenders
in the league, the team is just that
— a title contender. Kendall Gill's
attitude is just where the Hornets
want it —— in Seattle. Larry Johnson.
Alonzo Mourning and Hersey Haw-
kins give Charlotte a solid, even
spectacular, nucleus.

2. Cleveland Cavaliers — With
the possible exception of the
Knicks. no team popped more
champagne corks this year when
Jordan announced his retirement
from the NBA.

Cleveland is one of three or four
teams in the East that are ready to
make the big step. If Mark Price
and the Cavs are going to win a ti-
tie. it needs to be now —before
their key players get too old.

3. Chicago Bulls — Maybe this
is still the best team in the Central
without Jordan. It says here that it
isn't.

Scottie Pippen has never had the
limelight to himself. and it may not
he a situation he ﬁnds too pleasing.
This is still a team to be reckoned
with, but without their go-to man.
the Bulls can “four-get" any hopes
of another repeat title.

4. Detroit Pistons —- If Detroit
hadn't traded its best rebounder. it
would be picked no better than
sixth. But the key is, Detroit did
deal Dennis Rodman. and they
picked up explosive Sean Elliot
from the Spurs in return.

If Bill Laimheer and Terry Mills
can pick up the slack for the depart-
ed Rodman down low, the team is a
playoff contender.

5. Atlanta Hawks —— Time is
running out for Dominique Wilkins,
now unquestionably the most ex-
plosive scorer in the league in Jor-
dan's absence.

if the Hawks put the pieces to-
gether. this could be the year they
move into contender status. Atlanta
is solid, but not strong enough in
the middle. And ﬁrst-year head
coach Lenny Wilkens had a reputa-
tion for coaching “soft" teams in
Cleveland.

6. Indiana Pacers — Did the
Pacers turn the corner last season
by playing the Knicks tough in the
playoffs. or was that another in a
long line of Pacer Playoff Flukes?
It's tough to say.

The Pacers don't look like much
of a playoff team without Detlef
Schrempf, though, and moody Der-
rick McKey. who came over from
Seattle in the Schrempf trade. was
not the player to add to this mix.

7. Milwaukee Bucks — At least
they‘ll be more fun to watch than
they were in the days when Frank

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were on the ﬂoor at the same time.
Milwaukee's young faces are strong
but unproven talents like Eric Mur-
dock, Todd Day. Lee Mayberry and
the youngest of the young. lottery
gamble Vin Baker from Hartford.

Atlantic Division

1. New York Knicks — Is this
the year the Pats — Riley and Ew-
ing — can ﬁnally bring a World
Championship to New York? It
very well could be, but the Knicks
have to ﬁnd some answer at small
forward. Riley will ﬁnd a way to
piece it together. He still has Ewing
(the East‘s best center, bar none)
and John Starks, who, if he contin-
ues to improve. could take Jordan‘s
place as the East's supreme shoot-
ing guard.

2. Orlando Magic — Beyond
Ewing. it's still a close race be-
tween Shaquille O'Neal and Alonzo
Mourning as to who is the second
best center in the East.

Don't be fooled by the commer-
cials. Shaq's offensive game is a
couple of miles and a jump shot he-
hind Mourning’s. Still. O'Neal is
dominant But the bench is not
strong, and Anfemee Hardaway of
Memphis State isn’t a power for-
ward.

3. New Jersey Nets — The Nets
clearly are the third best team in the
Atlantic. After that. things get hazy.
but New Jersey will make a run at
the division crown. Kenny Ander-
son is back for a full year, and Der-
rick Coleman is ready to ascend to
having his name mentioned with
Charles Barkley and Karl Malone as
the NBA‘s best power forwards.

4. Miami Heat — Two seasons
ago. the Heat seemed to he the mod-
el that all the other recent expansion
teams would follow. Last year.
though, the Heat relapsed into an
NBA doonnat. Harold Miner and
Glen Rice lead a big group of talent-
ed young players that could return
the Heat to the playoffs.

5. Boston Celtics —— They are the
Celtics, and despite the sudden
death of Lewis. it‘s next to impossi-
ble to pick them any lower than
this.

The Celts will miss Lewis‘ of-
fense, but they will also miss Kevin
McHale, whose inside defense was
still strong even as his offensive
skills deteriorated in the late stages
of his career.

6. Washington Bullets -— After
trying their luck with Louisville
(LaBiadford Smith) and UK (Rex
Chapman). the Bullets are hoping
for more from Indiana‘s former ex-
plosive scorer. Calhert Cheaney.
The acquisition of Kevin Duck-
worth from Portland means another
former Louisville star, Pervis Elli-
son, is freed up to play power for-
ward.

7. Philadelphia 76ers — Why is
it that the three-way deal between
the Sixers. the Homets and the Seat-
tle Supersonics made every team
better except for Philadelphia? The
Sixers lost Hersey Hawkins. and
they didn't get any offense. Even
with 7-foot-7 rookie Shawn Bradley
from BYU. Philly can‘t contend in
the East.

Western Conference

Midwest Division

l. Houston Rockets — Ewing is
the best ce