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Student publication of Northern Kentucky University Volume 23 Number 28 1-lighlond Heights, Ky. 41099 Wednesday,May 4,1994 ~- ~~~":residents Ex~=~,:,~~~ Insights Delta Possibly Nathan Smith Talks Wingate Wants To Faces job Cuts About His Tenure Leave His Mark
HEBRON The Cincinnati/ Q! What Is your ruction What was your reaction Northern Kentucky upon luving SGA? Q: International Airport'sdircctor when you found out you won the of aviation hopes the Boone A! I hope I've left the position? County facility w ill be spared office better than when I came. Relief. I was just so glad the brunt of Delta's plans to A! climinatcupto20pcrccntofits Q! What was your biggest it was over . I nccdcd the rest. 73,000jobs within3 -and-a-half accomplishment this year? Jeff (Ca rter) kept me up a lot of years. nights during the campaign. "At this lime, there arc no A: We saw that students And I campaigned hard - I've known schedule adjustments were becoming aware of SGA wanted this for two years. that would impact your and what SGA docs. Evidence What will be the first airport," a Delta vice president of that is the number of Q: wrote Robert Holscher, the candidates seeking office in the process or program you will aviation director. recen t election and the election change when you take office Airportoffidalsand economic turno ut. Also, the participation julyt? experts arc putting their faith of the senators in working on in concrete and steel. Amy Stephens/The Northerner A! T he first thing I'll do is '------:--:-:--::--:-:-.l programs was good. SGA President Nathan Smith smiles as he Amy Stephens/The Northerner They sec l'::klta's $375 million recalls the successes and the shortcomings con tact African-American SGA President-elect Paul Wingate listens as cxp.msion at the Northern What was your biggest Q! ol this year's SGA. Student A ff airs and outgoing president Nathan Smith gives him Kentucky airport as proof that defeat? International Student Affairs pointe rs on how to run the organization. the airline is committed to the and ha ve those organizations region. elect a representative to sit on A: The inability to attain commencement so all gradua tes can invite Delta employs4,000 workers Having seen firsthand how NKU works student government as ex officio a Fall Break. I d idn't think it Q! at the airport. members. They' ll give reports however many people to watch as they want. wou ld be a big deal - I didn't administratively, what would you change Delta executives announced think it would be as about it? about their organizations every Q! What program not completed this year the cuts Thursday April28 and week and takl' back controversial as it turned out to said they hope most of the I think this year the administration information from the meetings will you pick up on n('lfl ye;u-? be. It wasn't exactly a defeat, A: to their organizations. reducti on can be made through though. One of the doors we has sta rted to realize that there is a good A! Faculty evaluations. Students a1 c attrition and early retirement. opened and one of the doors was outcome to getting students' input. When Butasm.1nyas4,01XJemployccs Q ·. Do you have a pet customf'rs . As custollll!rs, students have a right closed. We got halfway in. We administration is beating their heads on desks, to know what they're going to get. Students could be laid off. Delta expects trying to come up with answers, sometimes project? opened the door to the issue and he re fly blind. It would help prepare :·wdcnts to cut operating costs by $2 made contacts. The closed door students have had the answers all along. At billion by June 1997. A! Win ter commencement. better for students better for the class. Th·~~c ~ rc was that the support was not the same time, the relationship between the so many lcgdlitics and points of concern, Delta employs85 in Louis\'!::e stu dents and the administration could g row Northern is growing at a always there from the though, it m;.y be too big of a prOJ-.'Ct. It might and 46 in Lexington. (academic) departments. even more- there should be a team e ffort. SCA tremendous rate - it's the only Airline officials wouldn't say (state un iversity) whose have to go tu Frankfort to get it d··ne. We need could be the conduit bctwe<>n the two. Those student support. how their plan will affect Q! Finish this sentenc~: schools the the strongest student bodies, like enrollment went up in the sta te. Cine inn a ti I Northern Looking back, maybe I should Berkeley (the University of Ca lifornia at Northern is not accommodating Q: What will you change? Kentucky. or other Kentucky have ... Berkeley), arc some of the strongest in the those people at graduation airports. 1.: :::-lscher predicts nation. time. Winter graduates deserve A! This past year we had a Cabinet Delta prob.;.bly will delay its A! ... been less aggressive. as much recognition as spring planstoincrcascitsflightsfrom What does SGA do least eff ectively? (consisting of the executive council and the four Sometimes people sec me as Q ·. g raduates. It will help case the its expanded facilities. committee chairs). I'd like to sec senators more pushy, but reall y I'm just amount of guests who passionate about what I'm participate in spring Off-duty Officer doing. See Smith, Page 9 See Wingate, Page 9 Risks His Life
FLORENCE An off-duty Neely's Performance African-American Grad Rates Kentucky State Police trooper was dragged several fcct as he Match Total University Rates tried to stop a motorist he An Outstanding One By Richard Wiley Student Affairs and Ethnic rate is about the same, suspcttcd of stealing video Staff Writer Services. cassette tapes from a Kmart according to the 1985-89 store, authorities said. Todd A. Breitenstein The retention rates of retention analysis summary. "I really enjoy being in the The accomplishment o f African-American students in The g raduation rate at NKU Trooper Stephen Wolfzom Staff Writer classroom," Neely said. graduating from NKU ha s comparison to while students is for blacks during 1985-89, was was shopping with his wife She tries to live by the same blossomed for Veta Williams. greater by one percent. 54.4 percent, and the Thursday Apri128 when he saw Professor Sharlottc Neely has advice she gi vcs her students, she Wi ll iams, a po litical science In 1985·1989, the retention completion figure for whites a man walking briskly from been named Outstanding said. Professor for the 1993-94 school major and African-American rate for white students was 94.4 was 54.4 percent, according to the store. Video cassette tapes " I tell the students to do studies minor from Owenton, percent, while the African- of the movie "Mrs. Doubtfire" year. the retention summary. Neely, who something they Ky., will graduate in the May American retention figures was "The graduation rates arc were falling from the man's can enjoy doing commcnccmcntt'Cn.'frony. 95.5 percent, according to the pockets. will be the only releva nt during a four year eighteent h for decades," Williams started classes at student persistence retention or more span because there is Wolfzom, a 15-year veteran, Neely said. NKU in the Fall of 1990. summary. identified himself as a outstanding not enough academic history, professor She has received "The Presid entia! The retention rate is defined between o ne-to-two years of policeman and questioned the noticcthatshchas scholarship paid the bills the as being a full-time, first-time man about the tapes. The man choscn,saidthc college, plus the leaving and award came as been promoted to fi r st two yea rs of school," freshman returning the coming of students makes it claimed to have left his sales full professor. Williams said. following spring semester quite a sur difficult to figure an accurate receipt in the store and moved Neely will spend Students mu st maintain a 3.25 seeking a bachelor degree, quickly to his car. prise. graduation rate," Graff said. HWhcn I was her summer in CPA to get the scholarship. according to the retention Accurate graduation "When the guy started the Arizona doing .. A $75 book allowance was summary. to ld I was percentages in the 1990s can car and put it in gear, Wolfic research on the supplied every semeste r at 'There Is more consistency in reached through the driver's speech l ess, come to life during the 1994-95, literally," she Navajo Indians, NKU by the Second Baptist the rctum of African American academic school year, Craft window and g rabbed the she said. church in Owcnton,H Williams students in the spring semester, steering whl'CI inanattemptto said. "I had said. laryngitis. Neely is the first said. following their first term and Possibly through retention, ste<>r the car into a parked faculty member The praise o f spiritual the following year," said Cary "It is a gfeat recruitment efforts can increase vehicle," said Trooper Jan from the applied guidance, along with Graff, director of institutional honor. There even more · because the best Wuchner, spokesman for the anthropologyand encouragement from various research. are so many great proCessors." way to advertise NKU's sta te police post at Dry Ridge. sociologydcpartmcntofNKU to NKU professors, African- "The retention rate is james Hopgood, chair of the product is gelling student "The suspect continued to win this award. American Student Affairs and calculated by the number of sociology, anthropology and sati sfaction, Hill said. accelerate and you can imagine This is the first tin\Csince 1990, Bill Lamb, dean of students, starting first and full time philosophy department, nomin "Personalized recruitment by Wolfie probably has a death when David Bishop of the helped maintain her drive freshmen, then the difference grip on the steering whl'CI. ated Neely. getting to know the student on a education department won the toward a bachelor degree, said of returning students the next personal level helps In They're grappling for the "She is a truly outstanding award,thataprofcssoroutsidcof Williams. semester Is figured into a controls. teacher," Hopgood said. "She increasing the student the natural sciences was chosen "'One goal of the African· percentage getting a retention population," said Tasha 'Thccarwasgoingfasterthan wants all of her students to OutstandingProfes.sorolthcYl'Qr. American studies office is (to) rate,H Graff said. Wolfie could naturally go and succccd.H Morris, admissions counselor. Vernon Hicks Jr., a chemistry maintain retention and The number of fi rst and full - "The availabili ty of the car ultimately dragged him Neely Is not only a good teacher, professor was chosen last year graduation avenues for African- lime freshmen African· Hopgood said, but she is financial aid, and the several feet through the and Thomas Rambo and Debra American students," said American students Is less at 44, parking lot. He' a got a severe constantly being renewed by her Pcarceofbiologlcalscicnccswon Pamela Hill, assistant dean of compared to 2,961 for white research. case of road rash on hlski'ICCs." In 1991 and 1992 rcspcctively. students for African-American students, but the graduation See Retention, Page 9 The man drove off toward lnterstate75. 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------L • • MAY 41994 1e v tnt Stacey Durbin, Editor YOU'VE 0RADUATfD •.. ~ Established in 1970 Stacey Durbin 'V Editor-in-Chief Lee McGinley Todd Nolan Ext>cutive Editor General Manager Pat Moynahan Adviser
Ed•lor•al Policy: All unsigned editorials arc the expressed op• nion ofthcmcmbcrsofthc Edilorial Bo.ud. The Northerner's l'ditonal p.•gM arcwrittcn fo r and by the s tudents of Northern Ken tucky Univl.'rsl ty to providca forum for discussion. Students may subm1t Lcllers to th e Editor or guest columns during rcgula rofficc hours or by mail. The Northerner reserves the right to e In the effort to make all things equal for all people, it seems that society i:; losing sight of its goal sa nd giving certain members special rights. The national "Take Your Daughter to Work Day" proves just that. Possibly, a generation ago such a day would have been necessary to show young girls they can hold lucrative positions- but not anymore. Just as you ng men have role models, there are more and more women in the professional work force and young girl s are aware of the Not An Ordinary Goodbye fact. So why should a young boy miss out on a day of valuable, hands-on learning that his sister is now entitled It's hard to say goodbye. humbles one to kn ow tha t to enjoying? That's why I sometimes try to so meone w hom I've always With the female entitlement sometimes comes obligations avoid the word. I've never been From The Basement admired thinks a lot about me, without enthusiasm. At one company where a staff writer very good at saying it; probably too. why I'm having trouble saying works, two male workers brought in their daughters. The By Stacey Durbin •Good luck, Lee Ann, you'll be it now. a g reat editor and KIPA men took their pre·teen daughters to meetings in the I'm graduating. I'm sure you president! Don't let this place morning and by the afternoon, it was the secretary's tum cou ldn't tell fro m the past discourage you - all the to show them around. Not that shadowing the secretary couple columns I've written. and games - I would have gone • How can I not keep in touch, headache is truly worth it in was a bad idea, but these girls came to work to learn what I've only printed a countdown insane this yea r if it weren't for Traci House? I've never had a the end . Trust me. of the coveted day at the end of you. fri end who constantly made me • Amy Arbino - Yo u're the their fathers do on a daily basis. Instead, the fathers left my column since it was 44 days Boo Boo, I couldn't ha ve feel worthy to be me. With a reason that I am thi s year's them with a stranger they had not planned on spendi ng until graduation. made it through last semester friend like you, there's nothing Univer sity Service Award the day with- nor did the secretary plan on entertaining. Although I am happy that I' witbout'you:-"r'ou-a lwa~w -1 CA n I do! recipient. You werC a grCst will never ha ve to take As with other ideas and events, not all of the day turned what to say, when t ~ ~,Y it and ·•Ho ll y j o . ~oons leader who led by example. I another undergraduate class or out bad. These girls did do a good job of helping out the how to say it. You afways (Hightchew) - Did you ever a lways wanted to follow in exam after this week, I am sad believe in me and you a lways imagine the little freshman your footsteps! If Ih am alf the secretary. 1l1eir enthusiasm was a live and they jumped to have to say goodbye. tell me why. Thanks. you hired as editorial assistant leader you a rc, then I've at the ch ance to answer phones and run errands. As editor of Th e Northerner, You guys taught me how to would son.eday be editor? I accomplished much d uring my The next time there' san opportunity to enlighten children I ha ve the unique opportunity stand up for myself and to not learned a great deal from you college career. on the positive aspects of the adult world, take your sons to say goodbye with a little take crap from a nyone, you and I thank you for that. A \tho ugh there arc many style. I'm going to say goodbye as well as your daughters. have always taken care of me • The Northerner staff (Lee, more people that I should and thank you to some of those and let me scream and cry, you Eric, Tom, Beth, Amy, Jeffrey, thank, I'm quickly running out who have entered my life the don' t mind when I mention you Todd, Dennis, Vid }- you guys of space (Real fast: thanks to past fou r years. NKU wouldn't in my colu mns and you don't have been a g reat team to work God, Mom, Dad, Stan, Ron, Opinion: Stop Hazing have been the same without holle r at me if I haven't ca lled with this year. We've been Jean, Pamm and Dr. Proctor). these guys. in a couple days. through severa l la te nig hts After thinking about it, I Being a member of a fraternity or sorority should mean This week's column is going We still have 60 or 70 mo re where we thought we'd kill d on't know why I've written being involved with a groupo( people who share common to look like an extended version yea rs o f being best fr iends - each other but we made il! The this column; there's really no of the classified ad page, but meet me at the p layground at goals. It shouldn't mean having to be subject to scathing paper looks awesome and I u sc in my saying goodbye. I' m who cares, it's my last column midnight! know next yea r's staff ca n make not reall y leaving - I'm joining ridicUle, humiliating games or physical harm. and I' ll do what I wanna do. • Katie Heywood (K· tayl it look 100 percent better! the Doug and Todd Alumni Alt hough hazin g is officially banned in almost every • Michelle Klink, Doug Rabc Wow! What a w hirlwind • Thanks, Pat Moynahan, for Club! Greek organization, the newspaper and television carries and Todd Keirns. Enough said . coup le of years we've had! all your advice, assistance and See you later! horrifying accounts of hazing practices. We make a n incredible (Remember Chicago?) Thanks guidance this year. We cou ldn't fou rsome, d on' t we? I ca n't for letting me vent and for Recent hazin g stories: have done it wit hout you. Stacey Durbin is a senior believe we haven't ended up in trus ting me with you r Thanks, too, fo r not always journal is m major from •The Sigma Chi fraternity at Miami University recently jail for some the crazy things friendship. Cood luck next year pointing out my weaknesses. It Sturgis,Ky. was suspended for allegedly forcing pledges to drink we've done! and repeat after me: "I can't do alcohol among other things. Wrebles, you've never let me that right I'm • Ea rl ier this year, a Ka ppa Alpha Psi pledgeatSoutheast get down on myself and you've overextended." always been there to cheer for • Scott Cook (Moses)- thanks Missouri State died from injuries to the head during a me. I'm gra teful that I have to a guy who always made me Dear Students, ri tual ceremony. Guilty fraternity members could be someone to take ca re o f me laug h! 'Nith you around, I hope each of you arcgettingready jailed and/ or fined. when I don't seem to take care working at the paper was never for finals. This will be my last SCA Greeks should ta ke the initiative in halting the practi ce of myself. You're an awesome dull. I' ll never forget my cars Spotlight. I would like to thank The of hazing. National offici als, alumni and university friend! Thanks for the smiles getting frostbite in Denver or Northerner, especiall y Editor Stacey and the hugs - they've meant the long talks over tacos! Durbin, for giving me the opportuni ty officials should be OOld enough to make sure all the world to me. • Mike Bunzel, we made a to write this column. Nathan Smith organizations stick to the rules. It's scary to think that the Douglas, what else can I say? g reat editori a l team, didn't I would like to thank each of you next person in jured or killed as the res ult of hazing You're the one who tell s me we? You were a great editor for allowing me to serve you as your practices could be the gi rl sitting next to you in English that life is supposed to be fun and I learned a lo t from your president. It's not very often that a n or the guy you occassionall y shoot hoops with at the I think I'm beginning to sec why leadership. Thanks for the fun individual gets the opportunity to be honored in such a way. So I you say that ... Thanks for times - especially in Louisvi ll e dorms. would like to say thanks again. making me take time out for fun and Eastern. I would like to express my appreciation to all the University staff and faculty who have helped Student Government Association and the student body. Without their hard work and caring nature, our education would not be possible. I would ifldid not express my appreciation to President Loon The Northerner Staff staff. Without their direction, SCA would not have able to accomplish many of its goals. Last, but not least, I would like to Amy Stephens - News Editor Eric Caldwell - Northern View Editor Tom Embrey - SportsEditor express my thanks to my fellow Board of Regents members, who Beth Hehman - Production Assi stant Ryan Greis - Editoria l Cartoonist David Vidovich - Photo Editor have been so very supportive ofSCA this year. Todd Gruenwald- Busi ness Manager Dennis H.udebeck - Ad Designer M . M. Hennessy- Col umnist As! look back on my ycarshereatNo rthem, I leave here with Jeffrey A. Ca.rter - Marketing Director Kelly Chastain - Distribution a sense of pride knowing that I have received an ex~ Il ent education. I would hope that each graduating senior and those to follow will remember Northern when they graduate. Your years here are not Staff Writers: Ernie Brooks, Amy Kriss, john Bach, Michael Bast, Willa Bush, Melanic Dawn Brooks, Francis just a four or five year experienre, but a lifetime of commitment to Gonza lez, Donna Herald, Dave Hite, Mark Loren z, Chris Mayhew, Cindy Sugannan, Richard Wiley. Jamie the institution. So as you leave this Institution, I would hope that M c Kmney each of you will remember this. Believe me, I will not forget Ole' RTIIERN Production Staff: Rhonda Hall Northern. Nor will ! forgetSCA'sSiogan, Which was "SGA Makes ~ Photographen: jennifer Kohl Good Things Happen." This can also apply to Northern, because ~ Advertising Staff: David Withrow NKU makes good thing happen. Tlu Norllternn Is a member of the Associated Collegiate Pn."SS and the Kentucky Intercollegiate Press Assocation and Is publish<'d on Wcdr'l£'sdayo; thmur,houtthe school year, with the exception of school holidays. The offices arc In NorU'ICm Pride, 1, 1t I n Umwr 1!)' 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So why the several agencies of civil Important! Nursing misery? authority in a desperate but My friend's o rdeal is on This businessman made a feeble attempt to restrain the going. I urge him to stop this. I ''I'm not a very mistake a long time ago. He owner from sending out his rarely tl'COmmcnd su ing anyone, politcal man limousines. She said he was not borrowed money !Tom a woma n but since the mi sery-woman is ~ ;::".ii:::~··'" myself. I don't who insisted on lending it to allowing qualified drivers to suing the li mousine company know enough him, not really a mistake. perform the assignments, that owner for $25,000, I say thi s: Except that he slept with her insurance on the cars was Enough is enough! about Nixon." o ut of a feeling of duty. Now, insufficient, tha t the Happily, both my fri end and - the woman, who has nothing limousines were bei ng hidden I have fo und three positi ve . better to offer to society, is or, in her words "concealed," lessons from this, and they bear trying to make the that this, that that and blah, repeating. businessman's life hell. blah. 1. Life is too short to be a G loria Gooch Everyday that the li mousine Daren Crigler Watching my best buddy as miserable person. Senior owner goes into work is a day he strives to endure this day· 2. While problems arc a Junior fraught with not knowing to-day harassment has often part of existence, at Speech Communications Graphic Design which ma licious card this given me a great deal of-pause. least misery is most scorned woman will play. For I keep thinking how short life definitely optional. ''I'm not Ameri "A great for example, and this woman deals rea ll y is and docs thi s woman 3. In business, "Sleeping can. I won't even eign ~Hairs in tarot ca rd s, possibly voodoo, give a damn about anything but With" can make the remember him recently made a ca ll to man. revenge? enemy. because I didn't Cinci nnati Gas & Electric Co. Revenge. Ah, now there's a and, acting as the owner of the word that could be eliminated For the misery-woman and know him." ' limousine company, demanded from the English language. those like her, I can only p ray . that service be turned off. I just want to screa m out to for that kind of insa nity. After . A few days earlier this same such incredibly negative tha t, hey, what goes around ' misery-addicted woma n sent a people: "Will you just get a usually docs rome back, in squad of goons to try to strong fife! Do you have a clue what spades. I sure wouldn't wa nt to Mpho Komanhyane arn, the owner and thus take the big picture of human be in her shoes when it docs. 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Mitchell, KY E.E.O 0285.tif 4 Mm 1 1994 News Amy Stephens, Editor NEWS BITS Minorities Not Evenly Distributed Within Colleges Time Is By David VIdovich "I'm not surprised at the lack program In the College of "The dean Is extremely part of a program even when Photo £dilor of numbers for certain majors," Professional Studies. sensitive and mindful of the they arc not in it," said Runn ng said Delores Anderson, director People think a technology Michae l Washington, associa te Mino rities arc no t evenly numbt:!r of minorities," said o f affirmative action and degree will lead to a mental professor of history and Out distributed at NKU. The Darre ll Payne, assistant dean multicultural affairs. "What job, he said. of professional studies. "I have director of Afro-American Those who do not have Salmon P. Chase College of we have to do as an Institution " If you get a college degree, been given a lot of leeway to studies. "They receive very ticket ~ for the graduation Law school lea d s the is make a special effort to you do no t ha ve to sling that bring in and retain minorities." lillie advising and counseling ceremonies for the College university with 10 percent of its recruit students for these hammer," Cooper said. "'There "We arc moving away from in those areas which could be of Professional Studic! arc students classified as a majors." are excellent jobs out there for a the era of happy talk - advantageous to their c.uccr." out of luck. There arc no minority, while the College of Drawing in minoritit'S Is not person wilh a technology announcements o f huge "The history dcp..utment has leftover tickets. Professional Studies is at the so easy for certain degree degree." recognized these problems and However, at press time, bottom with eight of the commitments to reach out and programs. Two years ago faculty from rccruil minorities - and making is being proactive by tickets were available for largest 10 majors with no "A law degree sells itself," the College of Professional diversifying its community tn the closed circuit viewing minorities, according to the sincere efforts to make things said Paul Cooper, coordinator of Studies recognized they had a happen," Payne said. "It will of the ceremony in the Office of Institutional research. expoS<" all of its majors to the the constructi on technology problem with minority take effort from all rea lities of oppressed/non Universi ty Center Theater. enrollment. Willie Elliott, departments and faculty to sec wh ite people," he said. At press time, there were chair o f allied health, human that it docs happen." leftover tickets available Chase law school has the Minority Distribution Minori"' • service and social work was "They recognize they ha ve hi g hest percentage of for th e co11cgcs of Business Number consulted to find out what they minorities of colleges at NKU, and Arts and Sciences. few African Americans and arc In NKU's Colleges were doing wrong and what taking a lead in tryi ng to make but has no special program to All tickets arc limited to ~udents D they needed to do to correct a difference," sa id Pamela bring in mino rities, said Vic ki six per graduating student. it,Coopcr said . Hill, assistant dean of students Ga rry, assistant dean a t Chase. Distribution of tickets "Dean (J . Thomas) Isherwood for African-American Student There arc no differences began May 2. (of Professional Studies) Affairs and Ethnic Services. between minorities and no n -Amy Sttphtns developed a seri es of college "We still need to do much minorities as to wha t reasons Ramag e wide goals," Elliott said. "One more in recruiting minority they give on the appl ica tion as goal was to develop an African· st udents to NKU," Isherwood to why they want to attend Selec ted For American recruitment. retention said. "I'm afraid that some Cha se law school, Gerry sa id . Professorship and graduation committee." minorities and women feel Typica l responses such as History professor James "Our main focus is what kind distanced from certain wanting to enjoy a chall enging Ramage has been of enviro nment we need to d isciplines." profession and wa ntilig to Arts& Chase recommended unanimously create to get them to stay here A faculty member took that provide a decent li ving for Studies and get them to graduate," explanation a step further. their families, arc found in by the Regents Selection Lee McGinley! The Northerner committee to become the - Ellio t said . " People feel they arc not a See Minority, Page 9 fourth NKU Regents - Professor. Pinelo Continues Suit His selection was Residence Halls May Get Broadcasts endorsed by Provost Paul By John Bach Gaston and President Leon Over Affirmative Action transmitters in the house might make the place a little S t~ff Writer Boothe. Ramage is By Todd A. Breitenstein responded to the allegation wiring of the dorms, Thomson less boring." Staff Writer said. expected to receive the that the Kentucky Plan defines Employees of WRFN and only African-Americans as If WRFN and WNTV receive "Yo u would then be able to WN1V would like to sec their appointment from the enough funding, dormitory Boa rd of Regents at its The College of Arts and minorities. pick up the station on any broadcast audiences grow. residents could tune in to meeting Wednesday. Sciences ha s officially denied The response sa id "It conventional radio," he said. student-run broadcasts in their " It's kind of bad that the 'This is the university's any wrong doing in its search confounds logic to say that " It's about time," sai d Geoff rooms by the fall semester. only place you ca n get it is in most important recognition for a permanent dean. 'solely African-American Woertz, genera l manager for The broadcast stations are the Un ive rsity Center," said of a faculty member," Papers filed in U.S. Di strict candidates' will be considered WNTV. "Students have been trying to locate funds that jessie Combs, whose name is Gaston said. court on April 18 deny for thl' position of dean of the asking why we aren't over would allow WRFN and Mongo Tuck on WRFN . As a regent professor, a ll egati ons that preferential College of Arts and Sciences there." WNTV to be broadcast to a ll WNTV employees would also Ramage will receive an treatment was given to African when none of the four finalist s the dorms, said Dave Thomson, WNTV would have to be welcome a larger audience. additional stipend for the America ns who apply fo r for the position is an African transmitted through cable, admi ni strative positions at inte rim c hairpe rson of the "I would love to sec it over next six years and will be American." Thomson said. If fund s permit, NKU. communications department. here," said Kristine Struble, a en titled to the title A motion for a temporary both stations will be tapped in Adalberto Pinelo, chair of dorm resident who also works throughout his career, restraining order to stop the " We arc looking into the this summer while the the political science in production at WNTV. Gaston said. search process was denied by technical aspec ts of the residence halls arc no t depa rtment and a Cuban If the trans mi ssions take Ramage was selected for Judge Jennifer Coffman last proct'Ss," Thomson said. occupied. two reasons, Gaston said. Ame ri can, filed a laws uit in month. WRFN now broadcasts in the place, WNTV plans to "He is an internationally March claiming he was not Although a motion to University Center and the old Five out of 10 residents halls restructure some of its programming to cater to prominent scholar and he is properly consid ered for the reconsider the restraining order residence halls. had never heard of WRFN or residential students. a widely recognized position of dean of the Coll ege was filed by Pinelo's lawyers "We arc concentrating o n WNTV, according to an of Arts and Sciences. pro fessor by students," he late last month, the position of getting into Norse Hall and informal Northern er poll. One "We will put out a survey to The s uit was fil ed on the said. dean has been fill ed by Rogers Woodcrest apartments," sa id said he wouldn't tunc in if they stud ents at the dorms to find out grounds that part of one of the Ramage received the Redding from the University of Allen Singer, assistant general were made available. Fou r w hat kind of programming affirmative action plans NKU Outstanding Professor North Texas. manager for WRFN . "There is responded positively to the they would like to sec," Wocrtz uses as a guideline for hiring, award in 1988. He is also Pinelo will continue to pursue such a huge audience back dorms receiving the broadcasts. said . "We will also a llow the the Kentu cky Plan o f Higher the advisor to the Phi lega l act ion concerning the there." " I think it would be a good students a chance to rome over Education, is unconstitutional. Lambda Beta Historical constitutionality of the NKU's Transmitting WRFN would id ea," sa id Mark Fannon, a and do some of their o wn The N KU legal de partment Honor Society. hi ri ng practices, he sa id. require installing low power first year law student. " It programs." Biology professor Miriam Cannon won the professorship last year. State Capital Unaware Of NKU Performance Art On The Plaza -Amy Strphtfll Administrators Lobby for Additional Funding for Projects Change of By Chris Mayhew Many of the legislators Many of the legislators in Plan S t~ff Writer understand the issues from the Frankfort graduated from the rest of the state, including University of Kentucky. Affirmative In the past there has been a Central, Eastern and Western In previous years the higher The office of Affirmative grl'a t deal o f misu nderstanding Kentucky. percentage of UK graduates in Act ion and Multicultural and a limited awa reness of "That is ve ry real to the the senate and house have AHairs is using cu rrent NKU in Frankfort. As a result, people in Frankfort because understood UK's Issues bt:!ttcr, census data to update the in the 1992 and 1994 General many of them arc from those Chance said. goals and objectives of Assembly sessions, NKU has areas," Chance said. " I think However, NKU has been NKU's affirmative action a tte mpted to increase its we need to work to build bridges successful at getting funding in plan. lobbying efforts in Frankfort, between NKU and Frankfort." previous years, Chance said. The census data will be said an NKU administrator. One of her personal goal is to " Wl' would like to do better," used to detennine whether The lack of awareness of try to be in Frankfort at least Chance said. "( But) I don't qualified mino rities or NKU in Frankfort has once a month, Chance said. think anyone could have done a women arc being affected the now of dollars to "I want the people in better job," Chance said. undcrutilizcd in any job NKU, said Carla Chance, Frankfort to be used to seeing Thlking to legisla tors and ca tego ry o r department. acting vice president fo r NKU people come and go in the imparting information about The d etermination is based administration who represents building, be in the halls and be the value of NKU is the key to on thl'i r availabi lity in the NKU in Frankfort. around," Chance said. lobbying. community. However, the lack of money The university has to have There arc clearly some The o ff ice has been to spend on capital projcets in strong ties In Frankfort, said legislato rs who arc easier talk gathering information from the Assembly's projected lean Michael Avcy, associate to than others, said President current census reports and state budget was the main professor of poli ti ca l science Loon Boothe. NKU's data base for reason NKU lobbying efforts who teaches a class o n The open-minded legislato rs several months to update were unsuccessful this Sl'SSlon. lobbying. recognize how important NKU the s ta ti stics in the Legislators will go into a The tics also have to be with is to the rest of the state, affirmative action plan, special committees during the the right people in Frankfort, Boothe said. Director Dolores Anderson summer to hammer out the Avey said. said. bl'dget that they could not pass In an ideal situation, NKU Sometimes efforts In The plan has not been during the regular session. would no t have to d o any Frankfort go well and the revised since 1991. Items such as NKU's new lobbying, he said, because legislators listen, Boothe said. NKU could lose approval science building and land NKU would ha ve somebody At other times circumstances of any new degree programs acquisition mor.cy for expansion inside the governme nt working change and the doors start if it fail s to meet the goals are not expected to be included for it. closing.. he said. and objectives o f Kentucky's in the budget. Grabbing people by the elbow Council on Higher Besides the lack of money the in the ha llways is not an 1b help NKU compete with Education plan, which is an state has to spend, another effective way to lobby and get the other universities' lobbying VldVIdovlch/TheNortherMr aftlrmative action plan. major setback in getting state things done, Avcy sa id . efforts, Joe Wind was hired Senior printing/drawing major Kelly Asbury (top) and senior "'I don' t expect that to funding is how hard It is to "Yo u need a gladiator in temporarily to help represent graphic design major Wendy Windholtt ready for a display of happen,"' Anderson said. establish a primary Identity, there who will fight your fight NKU In Frankfort as a full their art project on Thursday. Two other projects were dis· as o ther areas of the state for you from the inside,"' he time assistant to the prC5ident, played on the plaza. -K•'!..LS•It, have, Chance said. said. Boothe said. ; 0286.tif 5 Sports MAY 11994 Tom Embrey, E The Softball Team Wins Two In Tournament End? Timely hitting and strong pitching help Final Points Norse end season on a positive note DyTom Embrey By Tom Embrey nament except for the six-run ~====~::::::::::!J'' I Sports Editor inning we gaveup(againstSouth ern Indiana), Bell said. The NKU softball team finished f'o r the Screaming Eagles Amber their 1994 campaign with a 6-3 Let's try in. I've tried Husc eextendcd her 26- game hit a~ loss against Ashland on Sunday to write my final column ting streak against NKU. in the Great Lakes Valley Confer· three times now. cnccToumam:nt. In their third gameofthe tourna Fi rst I tried the sappy, ment, the Norse eliminated the The Norse fini shed the CLVC I'd like to thank all those Lady Knights of Bcllarminc Col tourney 2-2and ended the season who helped me get where I 17-30. lcgebchind a two-hit shutout from Mary K. Danuscr, wh1c h was her tod a y·ed ito ria Is. NKU won the first game of the Didn't work. first of the season. tournament with an 8-6 victory The 3-Q victory meant that the So, I tried to rip any one over Kentucky Wesleyan. The and everyone I knew so I Norse would tangle with Ashland Norse scored five runs in the top in the next round. would be the most hated of the seventh inning and rallied JX'T'SOilOncampus. Bad weathcrcontributed to a long from a 5-3 deficit to pick up the 0-for-2. weekend for a ll teams involved. win. My third s trike came Entering play on Sunday, the day Junior Johnna Ellis contributed a when I took th e bland, of the supposed championship key single to drive in two runs middle-of-the-road, fence game, eight teams were sti ll alive, and propcll the Norse past the with only Kentucky State and St. sitter approach where I just Panthers. goodbye. Joseph's Coll ege eliminated. say NKU coach Herb Bell said Ell is' When the Norse were eliminated, Strike three your out. hil was a key blow. three teams remained: Ashland, As I head to the showers, Freshman Nickolc Williams I've decided to leave Southern Indiana and Lewis. pitched a complete game to pick everyone with some old f'or the weekend, the Norse tal · up the win for the Norse. advice I got a long time ago, licd 25 hits, 12runsin four games. lngamctwo,NKUranintoSoUth Sophomore Molly Kennedy, a saying !try to li ve by and ernlndiana. a short and sweet fa rewell. senior Sa ndy Bezold, and fresh The Eagles received a first round First, the race is not won man jennifer Frcppon each had bye and ambushed the Norse in by those who run the four hits for NKU. the eighth game of the tourna junior Johnna Ellis had three RBis fastest, but, by those who ment. keep running. during the tou rnament to lead the The Norse managed just one run Second, If you aren't the Norse. on five hits and a six-run second lead dog, the scenery never Kennedy, junior Shelly Capasso inningscnttheNorscto the loser's changes. and freshman DawnMintoscored bracket of the double elimination a team-high three runs on the And finally, the shortest tournament. of my sayings is, Goodbye. weekend. "We p layed well the whole tour- orse tar ~ Junior catcher Shelly Capasso tells freshman outfielder Holly Price to:;:,~~~~~~ r~h~P~~~I'n8' - of the Week~ when batting. The Norse softball team ended their season this past weekend at the Great Lakes ~:~~!ca c;::~~~~~ce Tournament In Evansville, Ind., with a loss to Ashland University and a final - Mary K. Danuser -~ Softball rq Volleyball, Basketball And Soccer Strengthen Team With Additions Danuser, a sophomore from Hood, Va, pitched the Norse to victory in their 3-0 Tom Embrey mann. voids left by departing seniors. victory over Bellarmine. Sports Editor TheNKU men's basketball team Nathan Hobbs, a 6-foot-1 inch Dan user allowed two hits in her first shut added Covington Catholic's 6- goaltender from Mount Vernon With the 1993-94 athletic season foot-1 inch guard Andylistcrman. Township High School in Mt. out of the season and went 1-for-1 with a coming to a dose, the NKU ath Listennan signed a letter of in Vernon, Ill., has signed to play for single in a three run seventh inning for the letic teams have added some new tent to play basketball at NKU the Norse. Norse. faces to their rosters for next sea- next season. The Norse also signed Michael The win was one of two the Norse recorded He averaged 17 points per game McDonald of Cincinnati McNicho at the Great Lakes Valley Conference tour Mary Biermann added Stacey as a senior while leading the Colo las High School. McDonald, a Sullivan, a 5-foot-8 inch native of nels to the 9th Region finals. three- time letter-winner, was nament before bowing out. Louisville, Ky, to her volleyball NKU head basketball coach Ken twice named the Rockets' best team. Shields called listennan a "true defensive player and was named Sullivan, a two-year lctterwin· scholar-athlete" who Shields said theteam's mostvaluableplayerin nerat Louisville Assumption High should fit in nicely into the NKU 1994 . The Northerner sports department School, played on back-to-hack basketb..1ll program. Steve Bornhoffer from Turpin state volleyball championships, Listennan is the fi rstNKU signee High School and John Sander of would like to congratulate all the teams including a 37-1 squad in 1993. for the 1994-95 season. Lenapc High School in New jer Sullivan joi ns four other fresh· NKU's soccer team has been the seywillalsojoin theNorsc in 1994. on their accomplishments and wish man- Becki Fisher, Danielle Fro most active this off-season. Bomhoffer scored 30 goals and elicher, Tina Lee and jennifer The two-time defending Grea t added 25 assists in his four year them well for next season. 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For more information or to set up an interview, please call 344-0077. Student ID Required Offer Expires 5/30/94 ALLIANCE RESEARCH, INC...... Call 344..()()n to schedule an interview. An Equal Opportunity Employer 0287.tif 6 MAY 1 1994 Northern View Eric Caldwell, Editor Gay Bars Offer Same Games As Straight Bars By Amy Kriss All hough n.r1.1 tious behavior might be She sat down, leaned forward, bracing about being gay, chalnund go1dgets. Staf! Writtr all thcsamegamc, Bishop and the man at her hands on her lap and tookf a ew deep Cha!!Cr'J Is a country western lcsbl•n the swltchbo.ud agreed the people and breaths. bar. There were about 20 women and Other Cities Two people, who look to be in their 205, their sex ual bch.wior vary grea tly. "'That happens In straight bars too," four men. one with dark black, wavy hair, the other T here Is great variety In the sex play gays Bishop said. Free pamphlets and newsletters about with dark brown hair, sat at d iHerent engage in, just as tht'rc is among he t e r~ It's probably actuall y safer to go to a g.'\y AIDS, male and female condoms, and a Treat Gays tables at a bar in Ci nci nnati . scxuals. Some ba r than It Is to ncwspapcr,QzyMit, writtcnfo rgaysand They made eye rontad for a 5«0nd or m en a nd go to a straight lesbians sat on a ta ble In a room to the Differently two, then looked away. Their Oirtatious women. w hether ba r, he said. side. behavior was repeated a few tlmcs until gay,straight orln AtPipcllneand ln thcwcll·llt,spadousbar,somc womcn ByAD!yl The fi lm's producers, Paul Schiff and Barry Sabath, wa nt thc film "PCU'' to make lightofancpidcmicca lled RatedPG-13 politica l correctness. The cha racters were s to len Playing at Loews straightout ol the " Animal House" Northerner Rating: script. jercmy Pivenplays Oroz in "PCU."Piven'scharactcrisexactl y 1 like O tter (Tim Matheson) in "Animal House." Cutter Uohn Favreau ) is a clone of John Bclushi's Bluto and Ra nd By Eric Cal d w~ ll McNally (David Sp.-.de) is no Northern View Edito r more than a '90s Nietermcycr. "PCU," no tonlystole the cha rac just when you thought you've ters from " Animal House," it also seen every concci vable movie rip stole many of the gags from the off, another unoriginal Holly· classic movie. wood producer digs deep into the There is a naive freshman,f a ood archives to rob a predecessor. fight and a scheme to d estroy the As David Spade would say on evil administra tors event during his "Hollywood Minute," I' ve the film's climax. already seen "PCU ..." It was What "PCU" doesn' t have that called "Animal House," "Animal House" d id is laughter. "PCU," the so-called comedy Instead of being remembered as starring Jeremy Piven and David the next college-party movie, it Spade, is about off-beat students will be rcmcmbcrcd as the ncxt who fight against ove rly sensi ti ve "Howard the Duck," " Ish tar," or students. "Rock 'n ' Roll High School." Alec Baldwin A Political Pawn? Inspiration Point By Anne Thompson kicked o(f Frid ay night by a stop or their feelings," said Jcgheli an, Associlded Prtss Wri ter a tZanzibar,a Bostond isrothcquc. who pus hed her point Friday Michael Kcnncdy, the senator's morning o n an all-news AM radio BOSTON (AP) - The battle for nephew, sa 1d he would be taking sta tion. Sen. Edward M. Kennedy's scat the acto r on Saturday to Boston Kcnned y himself has acknowl hasgotten offtoaslowstart, buta College, Boston Universi ty ond edged his image could usc some fema le opponent tried to add fire Har va rd Universi ty before mov polishing and in a nationall y tele to the fra y byaccusingthcsenator ing west to the University of vised speech two years ago he of s tooping to sex appeal. Massachusetts and Smith and vowed to correct "fau lts in the Republican janct jcghelian, who Mount Holyoke, both women's conduct of my priva te life." 1 Although a supporter of lcgisla- ~~n~:~~· ! ------~~ ~~go in g ti veissucscritical tosome womcn, choice, cla ims tofocuson voi- such as abortion rlgh ", pa rental Ke nnedy is "Alec sure is a Jumky u ntecrl ng o n and med ica l lea ve and breast tryi ng to com- movie star, but I don't the campaign, cancer research, Kennedy has long pe nsa te for voter rcgistra· fought his reputa tion as a wom wa ning popu- know wlrat he knows lion, getting in· anizer. Damaging e vents have luity w ith about health care or volVl"d in poli- fo llowed Kenned y, from Chap p.-.quiddickin 1 969 to ra pc cha~es :r~;'g~ ~ g ~ ~ welfare refonu." ~~~ ~;~,:;: againstnephcw Will ia mKr ly townan il'l'CSist· who said B.lld- Smith in 199 1. ib le secre t - Janet}eghelian, win volu n- Jcghclian offers no po. ncr weapon:Movie leered to sup- evidence of her popula•"Y with star Alec Bald· republican candi- port his uncle. wome n. She also gives no {'X pia· win. date for Edward Calls to nation fo r w hy fem ale voters "This d raws Baldwm's as- would be swayed toward Kcn women in, gets Kennedy's seat sistantwcntun· nedy just because his camr lign them to listen. answcrcd. has an att racti ve acto r In tow. 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I'd like to sec A! remember. The president has to understand and break down the Americans contributes to their students working o n their senators come up with projects be a leader, a coordina tor, an people there." barrier Is If you Ul!C names (In the graduation accompHshmcnt,H graduation goal. of their own and carry through Idealist, a realist - you have to She heard It might have been the newspaper)," Moysl said, said Delores AndcrM>n, director Try hard and d o not get with them. be everything. largest march on Washington thus Otherwise there Is a distance ere· of affirmation action and discouraged over grades and far. a ted between the reader and the multicultural services. s tress. Also striving Wh011t docs SGA do ltut Q: Q: You w~re quot~d last She said she came home feeling gayp!rson. On the other hand , some consistently helps in making dftdlvtly? week In The Northcrrrcr u inspired, empowered. But lfsomconcsays, "Oh, I know African-American students g raduation a reality, William, saying "Each pr~sldent leaves '11\crc was so much love. Every Karen. She is In my marketing struggle financially to said . The thing we're lacking A: his mark on SCA.'" What mark body loved one another,'" she said. class," Karen becomes more per in most Is representation of will Nathan lun7 Coming home, the real world sonal. People might say "I didn't minorities, International smacked her in the face again. In know she was a lesbian," and just students and women. A dose A: Nathan involved the real world discrlmlnationand acccptlt,shesaid. second to that Is familiarity student government with the judgments of people that tempt Moysi was voted into the Norse wilh student organizations - administration. Once a week somegays,biscxualsand lesbians Leadership Society and knows a 5eeing if student government he'd go Into the to simply hide out of fear arc lot of people from her classes, she rampant. said. could help them in any way. Administrative Center. He'd start o n the eighth floor and They fear physical abuse or har Moysl saysshcdocsn't openly say Q! Wh~t does SGA do most work his way down. He'd pop assment, not finding a job because she's gay ex.ccpt when asked. The gay myths arc that gays and dftctivtly1 into an office and discuss things of their sexuality, lack of accep tance from family and friends, lesbians might find straight people that Involved student being fired , among other serious auractivc. A! This past year, student government and the problems. That's ridiculous in most cases, administ ration. I' ll keep that government was most effective Ronnie explained many people, and confusi ng as well, she said. KJN_GS ISL\NO by making students' voices tradition a live. You have to especially in conservative areas, " I don't know why it's such a big hea rd in Frankfort. Nathan because student government has ~ ® feel that homosexuality is an deal (that I'm gay), she said. "My and I worked really hard in so many channels it goes Kings Island Good-Any-Day Immoral behavior that can be sexualit y is only I or 2 percent of Frankfort and Nathan worked through, it has to maintain changed. who I am," she said. closely with the No rthern close conto~ct with the Tickets on sale "It would be just as unnatural for AGLBF tries to educate thcpublic Kentucky Legislative Caucus. administration In order to get me to be heterosexual, than It to dispose those myths. in Northern was the most visible anything done. would for you to be homosexual," The organization succeeded in Student Activities, University Center 224 university in Frankfort this he said. meeting withfacultyand staff and year. Anytime you're visible, it Q: What mark do you hop~ " I am what I am. I am my own adding one day of education and impacts a legislator's memory toluve? special creation," he quoted a poet awareness of what it is like to be at voting time. They won't be in assaying. gay to the curriculum of Univcr· Take advantage of the session next year but, often, I want people to say he A: "I really like that," Ronnie said. sity 101 class last semester. committees will have Interim free ticket offer. came into office, he gave his People need to have pride in thcm "Over the summer we plan to monthly meetings. Just bring your all to students - he tried his selvcs and it's not OK to hide, he develop a more organized for best to do whatever he could for said. mat," she said. Good-Any-Day Ticket How df~ctiv~ or Q ·. students' needs. ACLBF sucC'C'Cded in getting its to Kings Island "People need to understand eve Offer Good From import;ant is th~ SGA l"ttrrdtw co"d-.cttd by "''"Y rything doesn't come In the same organization recognized in the the night before your May 27 to July 4, 1994 l''~sident? Sttpht"'• NtWI tditor. package," he said. student handbook. Full-Day visit and you'll "Through litt le accomplishments General Admission 520.50 "Gayslookatlife throughadiffer be admitted free after cnt view, he said, and can make like being recognized in the stu ChildrcnS15.50 Minority "(That) we have the most grcatrontributionstoour world," dent handbook, our work efforts 4:00p.m. Children 2 and under Free. Ronnie said. From Page4 minorities comes to no surprise," arc paying off," Moysi s.1id. L-======~======-_j he said. "We have the largest group of students anywhere." The center gives undeclared students a home. applications from all students. "We believe it is healthy to Residential Pcoplc going to Chase law take a year or two to help folks school already have a d egree make a decision on a major and and are prepared for to help students in remedial professional schooling, said areas,"' Emery said. "We arc Village janis Fancher assistant dean of not certainly not wanting to the College of Arts and keep students here. Students Sciences. without a major arc in more "They are getting the danger o f leaving the Spotlight excellent student," she said. university." "Students arc not declaring an NKU tries and recruits the ,_ Arts & Sciences major because best students possible because they arc either under prepared accounting is such a challenging for college or unsure what major major, said Linda Marquis, to pursue." chair of accounting. "Some students are not " I am much more concerned eligible to declare a major about aptitude, we do not want because they have not met to see students fai l," she said. cert ain requirements," said The data was taken from David Emery, director of the from NKU's Institutional academic advising resource research fall 1993 data. center. Minorities defined as students The cen ter advises reporting themselves as undeclared students, Emery African American/black, said. Of the 383 minorities at Asian/Pacific Islander, Native NKU, 120areundcclarcd. American or Hispanic. Stones sang, (laughing) yfou Smith can' t always get what you want, but you'll get whn: you From Page 1 """'· Q: What advic~ do you A: Programming. Like the have for PauU What pitfalls awarenl'SS weeks. Even though ca.n you htlp him avoid? Jennifer Boyd (Special Kathy is a sophomore middle school education major from Wilmore , Activities committee c hair) A: You must keep your Ky. did an excellent job this year, head above the water because there has got to be a way to get you can easily get bogged down. She said that she loves living in Northern Kentucky University's Resi· students to be more aware o f SomctifllC!i you get caught up in dance Halls. programs - they're poorly what's good instead of what's attended. reali stic. Remember, you're not "I've made a lot of great friends and I love being right on campus. It's there for yourself, but for the very convenient, I don't put a lot of miles on my car. It gives you the experi Q: What don SCA do most students. ence of college living.• effrctlv~ly? Q: Latt wuk, Pau I Kathy also serves on the Residence Hall Council. A: This year, I would say, Wln&ate waJ quoted u saying ·we get to really make a difference In the residence halls. You get a communicating students' '"Each president lnvu his viewpoints to the mark on SCA.'" What mark chance to work on improving them.- administration, the alumni, will you l~avc7 the legislators and the Kathy Is just one of many students who find living in NKU's residence Northern Kentucky community A: I want people to say I halls a more convenient choice than living off-campus. as a whole. may not have always agreed with him, but he cared about Q: Look In& b~ck , In what students. You don't have to like area Is the SCA pruldtnt's me, but I hope you'll retpocl my lnflurnce most tffective? intentions. A: You have to gain Q: Whatlsnextforyou? Influence - It's not automatic. You have to earn respect from A: I'd like to be a good the regents and the alumnus of NKU. NKU Isn't just administriltion In order to gain a lour year experience, It's a crcdibllity In order to carry lift'linw e~pcrlcncc . 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