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CELEBRATING 37 YEARS OF INDEPENDENCE

UK addresses students' tuition concerns

By Kelli M9

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Trustees
to vote on
tuition
increase

By Jill Lester

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revenue. UK expects to have an $8.4 pected to stay the same. the total pro- neighboring public institutions. accord

million deficit. That shortage. along posed increase for an in-state lower-di- ing to the forum presentation.

yvith a $9.4 million increase in ex- vision student living on campus would Ashley Collette. a mass media
About 20 students and faculty penses. has left university officials be $790. communications senior. said she wor-

members gathered Friday in the Wor- searching for ways to balance the “It concerns me that students will ries about how perpetual tuition in-

sham Theater as a UK ofﬁcial outlined budget. decide not to come to college because creases will affect her family as her

the university's challenging ﬁnancial The tuition hike. 9 percent for in- of the perceived cost.“ Martin said. younger brother looks to attend col-

outlook. which will likely include a 9 state students and 6.6 percent for out- "The council is letting middle and high Iege.

percent tuition increase for students of—state students. is expected to gener- school students know about higher ed- The increases will likely deter stu-

next year. ate about $5.6 million. Lower-division ucation and the many scholarships and dents from coming to UK. "especially
UK is fighting to close the $17.8 undergraduate students from Kentucky loans available." those from in state." she said.

million funding gap it faces heading would pay an extra $640 a year. and Kentucky ranks 46 out of the 50 In an e-mail earlier this month.

into the 200809 school year, said Ang- out-of—state lower-division students states in per capita income. making the President Lee Todd said UK would

ie Martin. vice president for planning. would pay $988 more. tuition increases especially painful for have to raise tuition 18 percent to ful-

budget and policy. Mandatory student fees are expect- in-state students. Martin said. Iy offset state budget cuts. which he
In its budget this month. the state ed to increase-about $72 per year. and UK currently has the highest tuition said would have been “simply too

legislature approved a $20 million cut dining rates would increase about $78 rate of any public university in Ken- high."

in funding for UK. Even after the tu- depending on the dining plan a student tucky. but it is at or below the median

ition increase and other sources of chooses. Since housing rates are ex- of its benchmark institutions and

Students will most likely be pay-
ing more for their education next
year pending tomorrow‘s approval
of a proposal that would raise tuition
9 percent for in-state students and
offer no new scholarships.

Tomorrow, the UK Board of

Trustees will consider President Lee
Todd‘s recommendation to raise tu-
ition and mandatory fees 9 percent
for in—state students and 6.6 percent
for out—of-state students for the
2008-09 school year. On-campus
housing prices would not be raised.
and dining costs would go up 4 per-
cent.

Staff and faculty would receive
no pay increases.

If Todd‘s proposal is approved
by the board tomorrow. it will move
to the Kentucky Council on Postsec-
ondary Education for consideration
April 30. For at least the past three
years. each proposal sent to the CPE
by the Board of Trustees has been
approved with no changes.

Todd‘s recommendations were
passed by the Board of Trustees
unanimously last year and over—
whelmingly the year before that.

UK would increase scholarship
funding $1.2 million for the 2008—09
school year as pan of Todd‘s recom-
mendation. However. those funds
will go to maintaining existing tu-
ition—based scholarships. such as the

See Trustees on page 3

Police
Inquiry into
Hardin case

ongoing

By Alice Heymo_n_d

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Brian Hardin. a graduate student
who died Wednesday. had been
walking from the area on the comer
of Woodland and Euclid avenues.

said Detective

Rob Wilson of

Lexington police.

Farther down

Woodland Avenue

at East Maxwell

Street. Hardin fell

and hit his head.

Wilson said. Wil-

Hardin son said he could

not comment on

whether Hardin

was walking with anyone else that

morning. and police are still investi-

gating to see if foul play was in-
volved.

Hardin‘s death was the second
student fatality last week. both oc-
curring in the early morning hours.
Freshman Connie Blount died early
April 13 in a hit-and-run at the inter—
section of South Broadway and East

See Hardin on page 3

See Tuition on page 3

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Daniel Meadows an agriculture engineering senior transplants flowers and bushes at the Old Episcopal Burying Ground near Third and Elm streets Saturday as part of the Ag 180

service proi ect

Growing leaders
from the ground up

By Kristin Sherrerd

news@kykernel.com

About 40 students from the College of
Agriculture participated Saturday in the first
annual Ag I80: Turning Students into Lead-
ers through Service.

Samuel Evans. a Student Government
senator for the College of Agriculture. said he
created the service event to compliment the
Ag Bash. which draws many agriculture stuv
dents out each fall.

“This is definitely one of the coolest
things I've ever done — organize this event
from the ground up." said Evans. an agricul-
ture education junior.

Volunteers signed up to work at one of
seven locations around Lexington. including
the Arboretum. the Lexington Senior Citizens
Center. the Old Episcopal Burying Ground

and the American Cancer Society Hope
Lodge. Tasks varied from landscaping to in—
door cleaning projects.

“It‘s basically the whole reason I joined
Student Govemment." he said.

Evans planned and coordinated the event
with the College of Agriculture Student
Council. Participants received free T-shirts
and lunch.

“By doing service events. you look at
things totally differently then you usually
do." Evans said. “It's a lot different. leading
and serving.“

Anna Hormann. a pre-veterinary sopho-
more and site leader. said she hopes the event
keeps growing each year.

“We hope we can serve as a role model
for the other colleges on campus to start their
own service projects." Hormann said. “Col-
lege students do care."

Ag 180 Daniel»
pants Savannah
Speed, left, an
animal smente
sophomore, and
Tabitha Graham
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Report: Blount stopped in road before hit-and-run

EL Julian—n _V__eclron
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A UK freshman killed in a hit—and-

run accident last week stopped in
the roadway for an unknown rea-
son when she was struck at the
intersection of West Maxwell
Street and South Broadway. ac—
cording to a Lexington police ac-
cident report issued Friday.

The report said Connie
Blount. 18. of Park City. Utah.
and a friend were crossing at a
crosswalk against the signal at
about 2:15 am. on April 13

Rare Midwest earthquake

way. according to the report. She was
then taken to UK Medical Center. where
she died hours later from her injuries.

It was raining that morning and the
roadways were wet. according
to the accident report.

No people witnessed the
accident. including Blount‘s
friend who was walking with
her at the time.

She and her friend had
been out socializing that night
at two or three different loca—
tions. Blount‘s father said last

Blount week. The pair had been

drinking. according to the re-

when a pickup truck hit Blount and then port. but police said last week they did

ﬂed the scene.

not think Blount and her friend had

Blount was thrown across the road- enough to impair their ability to walk

MEMORIAL DONATIONS

Anyone wishing to donate to the Con-
nie Blount Memoriel Fund should make
the check out to the University of Ken-
tucky. Write "Connie Blount Memorial
Fund" in the memo line.

Send checks to:

Merci Hicks

Director of Development
Ofﬁce for Advancement
E. S. Good Born

1451 University Drive
Lexington. KY W

home safely.
Blount's body underwent an autop-

rattles parts of Kentucky

By Jill tester
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For sleeping students. it was a
piece of strange nevis to wake up to
Friday. But for Losington geolo—
gists. the early-moming earthquake
was like a holiday that comes once
every few decades.

“Central Kentucky isn't ‘carth-
quake city.‘ but it just shows you it
could happen anywhere." said
James C. Cobb. director of the Ken-
tucky Geological Survey.

On Friday at about 5:37 am. an
earthquake shook southern Illinois

along the Ne“ Madrid fault line. At
5.2 on the Richter scale. the ['5
Geological Survey considered the
earthquake “mixlerate”.

People as far west as Kansas. as
far north as the ripper peninsula of
Michigan and as far south as Geor»
gia felt the earthquake. the I'SGS
reported, No one was injured. and
only minor structural damage was
reported in West Salem. Ill.. and
LouisViIIc.

The last time Irxington felt the
niinblings of an earthquake was al-

See Earthquake on page 3

See Blount on page 3

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exchanged vows in front of just
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mates Kelly Rowland and
Michelle Williams. as well as
(iwyneth l’altrow and Chris
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special." one guest tells Us.
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ment 2 went out of their way to
ensure the big day would be a
big secret. 'l’wenty-eight miles.
to be exact. On April I. they ob—
tained their marriage license in
Scarsdale Village. a posh NYC
suburb. ".lay was pissed the
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their publlicists' But they would-
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at Duane Reade pharmacy and
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father of the bride Mathew
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was designed by Pollen Nation
event planners. “They covered
the chandeliers, the curtains and
the floor."

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guests dined on seafood. chicken
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TRUSTEES

Continued from page 1

Singletary and the Governor‘s
Scholars Program scholarships.
said UK spokesman Jay Blan-
ton.

Staff trustee Russ Williams
said that while there will be
discussion on whether to raise
tuition. he does not anticipate
the proposal having any prob—
lems passing through to the
CPE.

Williams said he does take
issue with a 1999 decision to
give the Board of Trustees the
authority to approve tuition in—
creases. While universities come
up with an increase. the CPE se-
lects a cap on tuition hikes be-
fore the board‘s decisions and
gives the final approval for in-
creases.

The CPE made the change
because it is “afraid of taking
the heat" for tuition decisions,
he said.

"If they're going to set a
cap. they need to set tuition and
fees like they used to." he said.

The student representative to
the CPE. Ryan Quarles. said the
reason the higher education au—
thority gives the Board of
Trustees approval is because in-
dividual universities know best

their unique needs. However.
the CPE provides an effective
check on universities’ tuition de-
cisions. he said.

“I don't think big govem-
ment should be holding their
hands all the time, but at the
same time there is a responsibil-
ity to citizens," Quarles said.

Where a student group will
have a say at tomorrow‘s board
meeting is on next year's fees.
For the first year, a student fee
committee formed this year to
propose changes to the amount
included in full-time students'
tuition cost for student organiza-
tions to present to the Board of
TrUstees.

The committee, made up of
seven voting members. ap-
proved increasing student fees
by about $36. which includes a
new fee of 75 cents for UK
Greenthumb and increases in
every fee but Student Services.
Pat Terrell. UK‘s vice president
for student affairs. also sent a
recommendation that includes
about the same level of in-
crease.

All Board of Trustees meet-
ings are open to the public. al-
though attendees are not permit-
ted to address the board unless
the floor is opened to them. To-
morrow's board meeting will be
at I pm. on the 18th floor of the
Patterson Office Tower.

tween
states.

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Kentucky and other

walk at 4:33 am. on Wednes-
day and died of traumatic brain

Continued from page I

To fight the deficit that will
remain. UK will reduce its bud~
get by $14 million with cuts to
colleges and departments across
campus. Todd said in the c—mail.

UK‘s financial challenges
come in the midst of its quest to
become a top—20 research instia
union by' 2030. The state man-
tlatcd l l years ago that UK
ichicvc this goal to improve ed-
ucation and help make KCII~
tucky a better place to work and
live.

Kentucky lags behind other
states in av'cragc household iri-
come. poverty level and the
amount spent on health care. All
of these factors are linked to ed-

But many officials and pro-
fessors have said it would be
difficult to close that gap while
keeping college affordable.

Adding to that challenge is
UK‘s enrollment trend. Fall tiri—
dcrgraduatc ciirollriient saw its
first drop in seven years in
2007. due mostly to a lower
number of freshmen and trans-
fer students coming to UK.
Martin said.

The next step in the budget
process is on April 22. when the
proposed tuition and mandatory
fec increases will be presented
to the Board of Trustees. The
rates will then go to the Ken—
tucky Council on Post Sec-
ondary Education for tuition
hearings. On May 9. a final dc»
cision will be made on tuition

; HARDIN.

Continued from page i

Maxwell Street. police said.

A light—colored truck struck
her at about Zzl.i am and then
flcd tlic sccnc. police said. Slic
died hours later from her in

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EARTHQUAKE

Hardin tripped on the side-

iiiiurics nearly I0 hours later at
l'K Medical Center. according
to the coroner's office.

Hardin was a first-year
doctoral student in physiology.
said Michael Reid. chair of the
Department of Physiology.
Hardin worked in Reid's lab
researching musclc weakness
in people with chronic dis-

CZISCS.

yond my lab or our depart—
ment. and there are many.
many people who will miss
that boy." Reid said on Thurs-
day.

Wilson said the investiga—
tion will probably not be com—
plete until autopsy results come
back in six to eight weeks. Un—
til then. Wilson said policc can-

“He knew people far be-

not reveal much of what they
find.

Hardin‘s funeral is today at
l2:3() pm. at Kerr Brothers
Funeral Home on Harrodsburg
Road. A visitation will be at It)
a.m. before the service.

Memorial contributions can
be made to Kentucky Organ
Donor Affiliates. 220i Re—
gency Rd.. Suite ()(ll. Lexing»
ton. Ky. 40503.

quake for factors such as the movement of
the earth along the New Madrid fault line.

The likelihood that another earthquake
will wake ITK students up in the near fu«
turc is small. Cobb said. However. if one
docs occur. no warning will be available.
There is no way to predict when an earth—
quake comes. he said.

Because no warning accompanies

agement. Officials would have used the
system if the earthquake had caused dam—
age. she said.

Cobb said hc knew as soon as he felt
the first rumble that Kentucky geologists
were in for an exciting time.

"All of a sudden. bang! We see this big
one." he said. "it was a big shock . par—
don the pun."

:icational attainment. Martin
said. and reaching top-20 status
would help close the gap bc- lcgcs.

increases for the state‘s public
universities and community col—

scisriiologtsts,
cart liquakcs

Cobb and other geologists

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Push on to make buildingsgrow green

By Miﬂiggtﬂiiitinez

Chicago Tribune

LOS ANGELES —~- As the super who
keeps new state offices purring. Peter Cho
is shepherding the green movement‘s latest
offensive: cleaning skylincs an entire build—
ing at a time.

The planet‘s biggest energy hogs arc
the buildings where many people work and
live. More rapacious than transportation
and even industry. structures that are at
least four stories high gobble 65 percent of
the nation‘s electricity. And they’re emis~
sion fighters‘ newest target.

Instead of relying on piecemeal ap—
proaches such as installing a rooftop gar-
den or solar panels here or there. California
and many other states now require that all
new govemment buildings be certified as
green. Officials also are stepping up efforts
to set an example for the private sector. In
California‘s case. the state is considering
granting “preferences" to private owners of
more eco-fricndly buildings when renew-
ing leases for rented govemmcnt offices.

With the roof-to—basemcnt strategy.
government officials have landed upon a
comprehensive effort to reduce carbon foot-
prints in chunks sometimes as big as a city
block. A new building certified as green
also serves as a big symbol for the move-
ment's quest for maturity. advocates say.

"All the people in the LA. region vv ant
to come to my place to work." said ('lio.
chief engineer of the futuristic California
Department of Transportation regional
headquarters in downtown Los Arigelcs, a
structure that opened nearly four years ago
and is an example of the cco-fricndly mca~
sures the state is promoting. What‘s draw-
ing job applicants is the sleek horizontal
architecture with healthier indoor air and
lots of natural lighting. he said.

Occupying one block. the lﬂ-story Cal»
trans building was constructed with a
monolithic photovoltaic wall . solar pan~
cls to be 35 percent morc CIICI‘gy-c‘l'fl’
cicnt than state building codes rcquirc. II
features elevators in one area that skip two
fioors at a tiriic to cticouragc workers to
use the stairs. usually on the way down.

States such as California and tlic fcdcr—
al General Services Administration. the
country‘s largest commercial tenant. are
using green—only construction to nudge the
private sector to ovcrconic coiiccriis ovct'
"green premiums" for new buildings: they
cost an additional 5 percent or more. LIL"
cording to govemmcnt officials and IIItllIse
try representatives.

"By exerting the leadership. wc Iiopc
we can get a groundswell response from
the commercial sector." said Roy McBray»
er. manager of California‘s green building
initiative.

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So far it‘s hardly conic closc. cspcciaL
ly as Ilic spcctcr of a recession and the
homeowner foreclosure crisis cliillcd con—
struction. particularly in residential pro»
_icct.s.

While industry officials say grccri
liorncs are still a strong niche. Ilic nuriibcr
of certified green buildings rcniains dra»
iiiatically low across :\IIIL‘I'lt.‘ItI only 1.33.5
in the past seven years. according to this
month's figures from the I'S, (irccn
Budding ('onncil. 'l'lic non-profit council
implements a universally accepted method
for authenticating a green building. under .1
rating sy stcrii called I fill) il,c.idcrsliip in
lzncrgy and l;ii\iroriniciilal l)csigiil.

States rely on the council to certify a
structure as “green." or ccovfricndly. 'l‘lic
council's Llilil) critcria cnablc developers
and architects to select from several cffi‘
cicncics and conservation riicasurcs. such
as CIICI‘g‘)'Clllclc‘lll llCiIllIIg'L‘ttitllIiy sy stcins
or rccycling initi: tivcs. \vlicri iii-signing a
grccn building flic proicct is awarded
“points" for thc sustainability features until
it acliicvcs certification. w liicli has four
levels: basic. silvcr. gold and platinum.

The (‘altrans building. for c\aniplc.
has been granted the tliird—higlicst level.

The numbcr of certified giccii build~
ings is expected to rise once the council rc~
views applications for H.000 buildings
sccking certification,

carthquakcs. officials couldn‘t use UK
Alert beforehand. said Christy Ciilcs. direc—
tor of the UK Office of Emergency Man~

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sy. and police will not know if
she was intoxicated until the rc~
sults come back in one to three
months.

.lack Blount. Connie‘s father.
said last week that police had
iriipoundcd a truck that they be-
lieved might have hit his daugh-
ter. Police were conducting
forensic testing to see if it was
the one involved in the incident.
he said. Blount said he Iiad not
heard anything new about the
case as of yesterday.

Police have been unavailable
for comment on the case since
last week.

Blount‘s parents and UK
have set up a scholarship fourt-
dation in Blount's name that will
provide funding to a student
studying equmc sciences.

Blount came to UK to study
equine science. .lack Blount said
She started riding horses when
she was l0 and CITIO) cd compete
ing in hunter—juniper equestrian
sports.

When she came to [K in the
fall. she brought her two horses.
Luke and Sam. and joined the
UK equestrian team.

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.lack Blount said Connie felt
very close to horses and animals
and understood the iriiportancc
of the effect they had on peo-
ple's lives.

The family wanted to honor
their daughter‘s life by giving
other students the chance to pllr'
sue the degree she did not get
the chance to complete.

Jack Blount said his family
and UK started receiving checks
before they had even set up the
scholarship foundation.

“It‘s been great that pcoplc
have been so giving and so trust
ing." hc said.

['K also called Jack Blount
and said it would be putting up a
picture and plaque in the lobby
of the equine science building
rccogrii/ing his daughter. he
said.

.lack and Cindy Blount were
in Kentucky last week and fl"
turned to their home in l'iali on
Wednesday. About 700 pcoplc
attended (‘oiinic‘s f'uiicral l‘riday
in Park (ity. Blouiit's father
said. liarlicr last week. about
400 people attended a iiicriioiial
scrvicc in Blount‘s honor .it the
Baptist Student (‘cntcr at [K

“The support‘s been liclpful.
but there's _|II.\I a big void in our
lives right now that we‘re trying
to cope with." Jack Blount said

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