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As the power gradually

returns to homes in Lexington,
, many may wonder what food

to toss and what to save.

Here are some tips:

-Raw chopped meats, like
hamburger, spoil quickly. Pork,
fish and poultry spoil quickly,
too. Dispose of these foods if
they have been in a well-insu-
lated refrigerator without
power for 12 hours or more.
Do not trust your sense of
smell. Food may be unsafe,
even if it doesn’t smell bad.

'Hard cheese usually keeps
well at room temperatures.
Other cheeses - such as
cream cheese, opened con-
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cottage cheese - spoil quick-
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Assistant professor of German studies Jeff Rogers grades papers while his sons, Miles (front). 4, and Ezra, 6, play games and

read. Rogers, whose house was still without power and heat Wednesday, came in to the office "because lt's warm."

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be used in baking.

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Brandon Mason walks from the NJ.
Young Library to his fraternity
house on Wednesday.

Rupp, Coliseum become hotspots
for fans trying to catch the game

Watch. warm up: Tickets, TV draw
students to Memorial Coliseum

STAFF REPORT

Power outages don't stop UK fans
from watching the Cats.

Last night. students arrived early at
the ticket lottery in Memorial Coliseum
to watch the UK-Arkansas men's basket-
ball game on a big screen TV

Downtown at Rupp Arena. other UK
fans. most without television at home.
watched the game on projection screens.

“We had to cheer on the Cats." said
(‘lint Simmons. a mechanical engineer-
ing sophomore who came early to the
ticket lottery to watch the game.

At his Linden Walk apartment. Sim-
mons has heat and hot water but no
electricity.

"We have a bunch of candles lit.“ he
said.

Laurel Gaddi. a political science
and sociology senior. came to Memorial
(‘oliseum early with her friends. fearing
they wouldn‘t find a seat. Gaddi. who
hasn't had power since Sunday. is stay
ing with a friend from work.

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Derek and
Alex Tingle
watch the
UK -
Arkansas
basketball
game on
the big
screen in
Memorial
Coliseum
Wednes-
day. flun-
dreds of
UK fans
watched
the game
in the
collseum.

Academia calls: Students, professors and staff return to school
while worrying about falling ice, child care, heat and electricity

By Emily Hagedorn
ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR

Despite resumed classes, life is
not back to normal at UK.

Low class attendance, broken
tree limbs and falling ice were com—
monplace Wednesday as students,
staff and faculty returned to cam-
pus after a two-day break.

Children tagged alongside some
students. faculty and staff because
of the power outage and closed
schools and daycares.

Many students and faculty mem-
bers are still without electricity.

Some people questioned whether
it was smart to have classes Wednes-
day because of hazards caused by
Sunday's ice storm.

“There was that chance of being
in danger." said Maggie Blair, a mu-
sic education sophomore. “What if a
limb fell on me?“

The risk of injury was low. said

Jack Blanton. the vice president of
administration. Blanton is responsi-
ble for school cancellations and de-
lays at UK.

“Of course we’ve heard about
students getting hit on the head (by
falling ice and tree limbs)," Blanton
said. “We just told them. ‘You need
to look up and not walk under
trees.”

Blanton said classes resumed be-
cause access to campus had im-
proved. He also noted that sidewalks
were cleared and bus service on and
around campus had resumed.

“And with the two-hour delay. we
got back on track,” Blanton said.
“From what I heard today, every-
thing went splendidly"

Keith Hautala, a journalism
sophomore, agreed.

“I’m glad to see everything thaw-
ing out." he said. Hautala had been

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UK had postponed the ticket lottery.
scheduled for Monday night. because of
the ice storm.

And neither the game nor the
prosjwct of tickets could draw attention
away from the icy grip of the storm.
Weather talk peppered conversations:
Do you think we‘ll have that test l-‘ri-

day? Can you believe we had school to-
day?

Simmons was particularly upset UK
did not cancel classes for a third day.
But he has a plan for Thursday:

“I'm getting a hard hat to wear to
class tomorrow because of all the
falling ice."

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Party plan's
first case gets
lighter fine

Deterrent? Some fear precedent
will reduce law’s effectiveness

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ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR

Of the first three properties to
violate the Lexington Area Party
Plan, two did not receive citations
and a judge fined residents of the
third less than the ordinance calls
for. Lexington police said.

Two residences designated “no
party properties" under the ordi-
nance had been cited for third noise
violations —— which would require
residents to pay additional fines if
convicted of the Violation.

But because police officers did
not specifically cite the offenders for
both the noise violation and the par-
ty plan violation. the residents did
not face the additional charges, Maj.
Andy Carter of the Lexington Police
Department told members of the
'lbwn & Gown Commission.

In another case. residents of
a property cited under the ordi-
nance were convicted and fined
last month, but the fine was less
than what the ordinance calls for,
police said.

Second Division District Court
Judge Kevin Horne fined the proper-
ty’s residents $10, along with court
costs, of a minimum $50 fine, said
Officer Dale Brown of the Lexington
Division of Police.

Home could not be reached
last night. The address of the
property was not available
last night.

Some Town & Gown members
said they wonder if the lighter
punishment will set a precedent
for future violators and make the
ordinance less of a deterrent.

“We really don’t know at this
point,” Brown said. “Typically,
from my past experience in po-
lice work and just life in general,
if little to none of the promised
consequences are carried out, the
actions you’re trying to stop tend
to be repeated."

If convicted a second time un-
der the ordinance, residents would
face a $100 minimum time. plus
court costs. Some Town & Gown
members questioned whether the
court would lessen the second fine.
as well.

The party plan, a city ordinance
enacted in December 2001 despite
raucous student opposition. adds an
additional fine for residents of prop
erties with two noise violation con-
victions. After two violations, the

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Fraternities and sororities
provide shelter for members

House party: Members, pledges, alumni pack houses
while city recovers from aftermath of weekend storm

Fraternity and sorority houses at UK are providing
sanctuary for many of their members dealing with electric
power outages this week.

Brad Jones. a Kappa Sigma member and communica-
tions senior. was one of seven or eight members who stayed
in his fraternity house Sunday and Monday. Jones said he
still doesn't have heat or power in his home. and he planned
to stay at the house again Wednesday night before starting
to look for a hotel room.

“At least I had this house to shelter me.“ he said. “Think
of all the people who had to go home."

Jones is one of many who lost power because of Sun-
day‘s ice storm and turned to Greek organizations for help

Alpha Tau Omega member Daniel Wells, a mechanical
engineering freshman who lives in the ATO frat house. said
that roughly 18 to 20 A'I‘Os who live off campus have stayed
at the house at least part of the time since the ice storm hit

“There were a whole bunch of us bunking up," Wells
said. Wells said A'I‘O‘s chef also stayed at the house.

Ashley Campbell. a Pi Beta Phi sorority member and
biology sophomore whose residence is still without power,
said there were too many camping out at the sorority house

“It‘s starting to get really crowded here," she said. Be.
. cause classes have started back. “it‘s going to get crazy here

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a cog that
kept the
machinery
going. He
belonged to
this group
since its
inception. He
knew and
approved the
key elements
of the
planned
attacks."

Judge Abrecht
Mentz. com-
menting on the
conviction of
Mounir el Motas-
sadeq, sen-
tenced to 15
years in prison
for being con-
victed on more
than 3.000
counts of acces-
sory to murder
for assisting al-
Oaida in the
Sept. ll
attacks.

Deadline nears in literary contest

The department of English is now ac-
cepting submissions for the Dantzler-Far
quhar literary competition: the deadline is
March 3. Two $200 prizes one for poetry
and one for prose ~ will be awarded. The
competition is open to undergraduates only.
Manuscripts should be sent to Gurney Nor-
man. department of English. POT 1215.
More information can be found online at
wwwukyedu AS English.

U.S. penalizes Indian company

WASHINGTON , The United States im~
posed penalties on an Indian company and
an individual accused of contributing to
Iraq‘s chemical and biological weapons pro—
grams. the State Department said Wednes-
day. Spokesman Richard Boucher named the
company as NEC Engineers Private Ltd.
originally based in India but also operating
in the Middle East and central Asia. and
Hansra Shiv. a person previously residing in
India but last believed to be in the Middle
East. Boucher said he could not give details
on what materials NEC Engineers Private
Ltd. and Shiv sent to Iraq. but he noted Indi-
an press reports that NEC Engineers Private
had sent 10 shipments containing titanium
vessels. filters. titanium centrifugal pumps.
atomized and spherical aluminum powder
and titanium anodes to Iraq.

Britain, U.S. plan U.N. resolution

UNITED NATIONS ~ The United States
and Britain will introduce a new UN. resolu-
tion in the coming days and set a deadline for
Iraq to cooperate fully with weapons inspec-
tors, Britain‘s UN. ambassador said Wednesr
day. British envoy Jeremy Greenstock said
the draft resolution will force the Security
Council. which strongly supports continued
inspections. to decide how much more time
Saddam Hussein should have to disarm be-
fore he faces serious consequences. He pre
dicted that debate over this crunch decision
would go beyond March 1. when chief UN.
weapons inspector Hans Blix is due to pre-
sent his next written report to the council.
That would put back the U.S. timetable for a
possible war. ruling out February and its op
timum weather conditions. In the meantime,
several Security Council countries. including
Mexico and Chile. were reiterating privately
that they would abstain in a vote on the reso

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been attached for
years to Warner
Bros. projected
"Catwonian." but
Variety reports
she's now passed
up the "Batman"
spinoll in order to
make her
Broadway debut
this tall. On stage,
she'll play another
teline role. Maggie
the Cat. in a
revival of
Temessee
Williams' classic
"Cat on a Hot

Tin Root."
According to
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the event of a
scheduling con-
flict, she'd pick
Broadway over
Hollywood. As it
turns out. the stu-

 

lutIon unless the United States and Britain
found a way to ease tensions with France.
RussIa and (‘hina the three other perma
nent members of the council who want con-
tinued weapons inspections as a means to
prevent war now US. and British officials
said the final language in the resolution has
not yet been decided on by President Bush
and Prime Minister Tony Blair but that both
sides were getting close to agreement. A
council diplomat familiar with the talks.
speaking on condition of anonymity. said he
expects the deadline to be implicit — but
clear. The United States, Britain and other
countries willing to go to war against Iraq
could issue their own deadline for enforce-
ment of the new resolution.

Man sentenced for aiding aI-Oaida

HAMBURG. Germany A Moroccan re-
ceived the maximum 15-year sentence
Wednesday for helping the al-Qaida hijackers
who carried out the Sept. 11 attacks ~ the
first conviction anywhere of a suspect in the
terror plot against the United States. Mounir
e1 Motassadeq. 28. showed no emotion but oc-
casionally shook his head or checked his
watch as he listened to the verdict finding
him guilty of more than 3.000 counts of ac-
cessory to murder. El Motassadeq helped pay
tuition and rent for members of the Ham-
burg-based al~Qaida cell allowing them to
live as students as they plotted the attacks.
prosecutors said. Judge Albrecht Mentz said
e1 Motassadeq lied when he testified he was
unaware of the plot despite being close
friends with suicide hijackers Mohamed
Atta. Marwan al-Shehhi and other cell mem-
bers. The defendant was “a cog that kept the
machinery going," Mentz said. He “belonged
to this group since its inception. He knew
and approved the key elements of the
planned attacks."

Iranian military plane crashes

TEHRAN. Iran —- A military plane carry-
ing 302 people, all members of the elite Reva
lutionary Guards. crashed in the mountains
of southeastern Iran on Wednesday and all
on board were killed, staterun media report-
ed. The plane was en route from Zahedan. on
the Pakistan border, to Kerman. about 500
miles southeast of Tehran, state-run Tehran
television reported. It crashed in a mountain-
ous area about 20 miles from its destination.
State television and radio did not offer rea-
sons for the crash and did not address the
possibility of terrorism. There was heavy
snowfall in many parts of Iran on Wednesday.
Tehran television quoted an anonymous offi-
cial as saying the forces had visited the im-
poverished Sistan-Baluchestan province, of
which Zahedan is the capital, for an “impor-
tant mission."

Compiled from staff, wire reports

 

Continued from page I

sleeping on his mother—in-
law‘s floor in front of her
fireplace for the past few
days.

“It‘s good to be back on
campus and see things up
and running again." he
said.

But there were signs
that things weren't back to
normal yet.

Many classes were can-
celed and for those that
weren‘t. few students
showed up.

Noah Friend. a history
junior. had two of his three

classes canceled.

"Probably. things won't
be back to normal until the
beginning of next week,"
Friend said.

In Patterson Office
Tower. older children
played in the computer lab
and younger kids stayed
with their parents in the
offices. said Jeff Rogers.
assistant professor of Ger-
man studies.

Rogers usually works
at home. but since there
was no heat and Lexington
public schools were can-
celed. Rogers came to the
office to work Wednesday.

“It would have been
nice to have another day
off," he said. “But it was
fine (coming back)."

Andrea "Me and Jennifer
Mueller contributed to
this story.

 

GREEK

Continued from page I

It‘s not like a big party
anymore."

She said she wanted to
stay in a hotel, but she could-
n’t find a room.

Jessica Tretter. a Pi Beta
Phi member, is also staying
at her sorority’s house. “I’m
just living out of a suitcase."
she said. “It's kind of fun.
but I really want to go home

and have my own bed.‘

Taylor Coots. a Farm-
house member, stayed at the
frat Sunday. “Easily, there
were probably 20 people here
Sunday night." he said.

He said fraternity alum-
ni also stayed at the house.
“We just sat around watch.
ing everything fall down
around us," he said.

Justin Schaefer, - a
Lambda Chi Alpha frat
member. said about 10 mem-
bers stayed in the house.

“It’s been a lot of play-
ing games and not doing
anything," he said. “It‘s pret-
ty much been a party.”

 

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PARTY

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residence becomes a “no
party property." Residents of
the property receiving three
or more violations within a
year can also be cited for vi-

olating the party plan ordi-
nance.

So far, 28 residences in
Lexington have been labeled
“no party properties," but it
wasn’t until Jan. 27 that a
property went to court for a
party plan violation, Carter
said. Properties are sup-
posed to be given a mini-
mum $50 fine plus court
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DIALOGUE

 

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20,2003

 

Patrick Chinnery

11” murmurs!

Broadband service
no ‘domestic device'

By installing a new requirement for low-income
housing. Kentucky has taken socialism to a new level.
The requirement has nothing to do with location or price
of a house it mandates broadband Internet connec—
tions in new subsidized homes.

Kentucky Housing Corporation‘s (‘hief Executive Offi-
cer Lynn Luallen believes high-speed Internet access is as
important as running water and cheap electricity. By re-
quiring the fast access. she literally deemed it an “inalien-
able right" of those who live 111 rent-controlled housing.

"Over tune. we think that [everyone] is going to have
:1 computer and printer. just like you have a refrigerator
and range." Luallen said to at Wired News reporter.

Someone needs to point out that just because most
Americans have appliances does not make the rights to
those domestic deviCes inalienable. Ask the average
Ethiopian. Indian or Croat what he'd prefer ,, a new
Maytag washer or three square meals a day. My money's
on the edibles.

The concept of luxury as necessity is a dangerous
idea native to America Too often. people in this country
cling to the belief that just because their neighbors have
a product. everyone is entitled to one of the same. Never
is it considered that the neighbor bought the thing after
earning the money to do so.

This drive for broadband Internet access is a perfect
example. The most recent poll on the subject. as reported
in a February 2002 Department of Commerce study.
shows that 10.8 percent of the population subscribe to
broadband services.

Roughly one person in 10 has the product. and now
ey eiyone is clamoring for it and they want it cheap.

Subscription tates for broadband service typically
range from $30 to 850 per month. depending on where one
lives. The same Commerce department study notes that
“individuals in high-income households. for example.
[have] higher subscribership rates than individuals in
lower income households." The market has already dri-
ven the pr ices lower for those with lower incomes.

Y t Luallen also wants to provide those living in the
newly w iied homes with Iow- cost computer hardware and
subsidized Internet service. Government interference.
such as what Luallen prescribes. would only impede an
already favorable market. Indeed. the Commerce report
also affirms that the penetration rate of broadband ser-
vice is fastei than the rates of color televisions cell

phones and videocassette recorders. Interesting that low
income families never received those products subsi-
dized. yet they are commonplace today.

Even more telling is the fact that Internet use has
shown a large percentage increase among those in the
lowest income bracket. jumping almost 16 percentage
points between October 1997 and September 2001. People
are getting it on their own. and they don‘t need the gov-
ernment to do it for them.

Luallen also said in the Wired News article that the
Internet is an essential opportunity for low-income fami-
lies to “raise their educational level and therefore their
income level."

Why can‘t people who don't have broadband access
use the computers at the local library? Even Nashville‘s
library system has locations throughout the metro area.
It‘s the same or better in every other part of the country.
Those looking to raise their station in life could also take
day or evening classes at a local community college or
trade school. There's a worthy subsidized program.

Subsidized housing is not meant to provide a life of
luxury for its tenants It‘s intended to provide a cheap.
stable living environment tot those who are struggling to
get off the government s welfare list and support them
selves. The buiden of supporting these families should
not be lat get than it has to be

Patrick Chinnery writes for Sidelines (Middle Tennessee State
U.) His views do not necessarily represent those of the Kernel.

Laura Sahrainaa

GUEST COLUMNISI

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Leniency from profs,
honesty from students

While much of UK resumed its normal rou-
tine Wednesday, many students are far from re-
turning to their normal lives. Despite efforts to
restore power and clear streets and walkways,
Lexington — and many of UK’s students ~— is
still reeling from the ice storm that blitzed the
area over the weekend.

Many students living off-campus still lack
power and a warm place to sleep. Many are
crashing with neighbors, friends or at local shel—
ters —— environments that aren’t conducive to
many academic endeavors. Students who are
part of this scenario may understandably be un-
prepared for classes.

On their behalf, we plead professors to be un-
derstanding and students to not take unfair ad-
vantage of the situation. If that ha