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Wednesday, December 08, 1999 OnCampus/News    GET UP, STAND UP     March celebrates rights milestone   Back by popular demand, students plan second annual event   Brandon Bratcher CONTRIBUTING WRITER   Several UK student organizations will sponsor the second annual march celebrating the anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights tonight.   "It's important to celebrate human rights," said Amy Shelton, group coordinator of UK Amnesty International.   Amnesty, along with several other UK student organizations, will march from the Student Center to the main branch of the Lexington Public Library downtown.   Once at the library, the marchers will listen to at least 10 speeches on many issues. A poetry reading will also follow, said Shelton.   Among the speakers will be Joel Pett, a Lexington Herald-Leader cartoonist, Diane Spurlock from the Kentucky Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty and Roberta Harding, a UK law professor.   Shelton, an English, Spanish and linguistics junior, expressed the need to carry the holiday over to an everyday observance. "We try to reaffirm our commitment to working human rights year-round," she said.   Although human rights activists have made progress, Shelton said, the road to absolute freedom and rights is a long journey. "We also need to remind ourselves of other strides we have to make," Shelton said.   The Declaration of Human Rights was ratified by the United Nations on Dec. 10, 1948, in response to the horrors of World War II. The document tries to set a standard for human rights for U.N. member nations, such as right to life, liberty and education.   Because of the huge response from last year's celebration of the declaration's fiftieth anniversary, organizers decided to bring the event back annually on Dec. 10.   Along with Amnesty International, other sponsors of the event include the American Civil Liberties Union, the Bluegrass United Nations Association, and the Martin Luther King Cultural Center.   Current Headlines OnCampus/News

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