October 15, 2018

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KENNETH HORSEY’S JOURNEY FROM OPEN-HEART SURGERY TO THE UK FOOTBALL TEAM

Monday, October 15, 2018

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Monday, October 15, 2018

Homecoming Activities Monday, October 15

CCO Scavenger Hunt | Location TBD 2:00-7:00 p.m.

SAB Street Fair | Gatton Student Center Parking Lot 5:00-8:00 p.m.

Tuesday, October 16

SAB Kitty Karnival | Administration Main Lawn 5:00-7:00 p.m.

SGA Trivia Night | Gatton Student Center Starbucks 7:20-8:45 p.m.

Wednesday, October 17

JOSH MOTT Wes Taylor and Jada Linton were crowned homecoming king and queen during the game against Missouri at Kroger Field in Lexington, Kentucky, on Oct. 7, 2017.

UK Homecoming 2018

From painting windows to visiting with old classmates to cheering on

present and future to come together.

Homecoming is hosted by the UK

Saturday, October 20

Alumni Association, led this year by the

UK vs. Vanderbilt University Football Game | Kroger Field 7:30 p.m.

organization’s president Fritz Skeen.

Skeen earned both a bachelor’s and master’s degree from UK, according to UKNow.

Sunday, October 21

The festivities, which range from a DanceBlue 5K to the homecoming royalty showcase, will culminate in the

the lights of Kroger Field.

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Mr. & Ms. Black UK Pageant | Memorial Hall 6:30 p.m.

Racing and Lunch at Keeneland Noon-5:00 p.m.

coming is a time for Wildcats of past,

Cats face Vanderbilt University under

Thursday, October 18 Friday, October 19

the Cats at the football game, home-

homecoming football game, when the

Royalty Showcase | Gatton Student Center Ballroom 7:00-9:00 p.m.

28th Annual Mo-Betta Basketball Game | Seaton Center Gym 8:30 p.m.

LYDIA EMERIC Kids get their picture taken during the Kitty Karnival at Buell Armory on Sept. 29, 2015, in Lexington, Kentucky.

Golden Wildcat Farewell Breakfast The Campbell House Hotel 8:00-10:00 a.m.

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Court ruling might change how UK addresses sexual misconduct cases

By Jacob Eads news@kykernel.com

A contested new revision has the potential to affect UK’s policies and procedures for conducting disciplinary hearings in cases of campus sexual misconduct thanks to a recent ruling from a federal appeals court.

The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, which covers four states including Kentucky, said in a September ruling that students at public universities accused of sexual assault must be allowed to face their accusers during campus disciplinary hearings– a right not previously available to the accused at UK. In the case that spurred this decision, the court ruled that the University of Michigan recently violated the rights of a male student by refusing to allow him or a representative to question witnesses after being accused of sexual assault at a fraternity party.

The court’s ruling is now binding in Michigan, Ohio, Tennessee and Kentucky, which has already caused some stir among those who advocate for the rights of victims of sexual assault, including the Kentucky Attorney General’s Office.

Gretchen Hunt heads the Attorney General’s Office for Victim Advocacy, and said that while her office cannot comment directly on the Sixth Circuit’s decision, it does maintain its support of due diligence among Kentucky’s public universities, and wants college campuses to be involved in the discussion on sexual violence.

“We want universities to work in a multidisciplinary way. We want a shared goal to end sexual violence on campus,” Hunt said.

“As much as these are campus issues, these are also community issues.”

This comes after UK recently completed its own overhaul

of administrative regulations in June 2018, and came out with updated procedures for conducting disciplinary hearings in these sensitive cases.

As they currently stand, UK’s disciplinary policies involving cases of sexual misconduct allow those accused of sexual misconduct to cross-examine all witnesses who testify in their hearing, excluding their accuser.

A committee charged with addressing and reformulating UK’s administrative regulation pertaining to sexual misconduct worked for approximately a year before it was able to submit a new draft regulation to the administration. Chair to the University Senate Council and UK law professor Jennifer Bird-Pollan headed that committee.

Bird-Pollan said that at the time, the committee did not entertain the idea of including a clause that guaranteed the right to cross-examine accusers, because the university already allows respondents to submit their questions to a third-party “hearing officer” who would administer them on their behalf.

Chartering seemingly unexplored waters, UK will soon be forced to assess the potentially adverse effects the Sixth Circuit’s ruling will have on students who are victims of sexual assault.

UK spokesperson Sarah Geegan said that the university is reviewing the ruling for any impact it might have on the campus, and as a result, would not be able to comment further on the issue.

Those who work closely with the administration say they have faith UK will continue to work in the best interests of accusers and the accused regardless of any regulatory changes imposed by the federal government.

“Policies and procedures always rely on the good work of people with integrity to implement them well,” said Bird-Pollan.

Monday, October 15, 2018

Local author hopes mystery novel heavy on Kentucky culture can reach college-age readers

By Rick Childress news@kykernel.com

Very few members of Lexington’s book-reading college crowd know of the fictional murder-solving private investigators who have set up shop above locally loved Magee’s Bakery. Local author F.J. Messina wants to change that.

Messina, who began writing fiction after he retired from his job in the Fayette public school system, wants his self-published Bluegrass Files mystery series to reach the ever-elusive college-age demographic— a group that he said most mystery novels fail to break into.

The Bluegrass Files, which first began to be sold locally earlier this year, follows two female private investigators who seek to solve the mysteries, misdeeds and mayhem that occur around the city of Lexington. At the same time, they’re competing against a male private investigator who poses as professional competition and later as a romantic interest.

Messina

“There’s this sort of professional competition, and of course, the star of the book, Sonia Vitaly, is a very attractive Italian-American woman, he’s a hunky marine, you can guess where that all goes,” Messina said.

The book series, which will eventually become a trilogy, takes readers to locations that would be familiar to locals of all ages. In the first book, titled Down the Rabbit Hole, Sonia Vitaly frequently passes by local

favorite locations as she seeks to solve mysterious occurrences that begin on a local horse farm.

“The book is littered with local landmarks, throughout the book the private I’s pass by the castle on Versailles Road,” Messina said of the first book in the series. “At another point, Sonia goes on a date at Joe Bologna’s; at another point she slips into Charlie Brown’s for a drink.”

Messina said that he hopes the book’s local flavor might help put the book in the hands of younger readers. He said that people who tend to read murder mystery stories with a little romance are mostly women older than 55.

Younger, university-aged readers don’t tend to think about mystery novels when they consider leisure reading, he said.

But other authors who have gotten college students to pick up their mystery novels have found that the college students usually become very avid fans.

Younger readers “like this kind of book,” Messina said.“They just don’t think to pick up that kind of book.”

Messina said that writing about local locations has helped boost the sales of his book in general. Most self-published books, he said, sell about 103 books over the course of their shelf life. Messina released his first book in March, and by mid-September, he’d sold 450 copies. The second book was released in September and in less than a month, it had sold 70 copies.

For years, Messina worked in the Fayette County Public Schools’ main office on Main Street, which sits across the road from Magee’s. He helped local teachers improve their fine arts instruction, and he liked to meet the teachers he was working with in his office, but unfortunately his office was cramped.

So instead he told them to meet him at “his office.”

PHOTO PROVIDED BY F.J. MESSINA Local author F.J. Messina’s book series The Bluegrass Files features two female private investigators who are based above Magee’s Bakery, a local Lexington restaurant.

“They knew that ‘my office’ meant Magee’s,” Messina said.

Messina said the books are set in Lexington, in “very real places.”

“People have responded to that very strongly,” Messina said.

He said he wanted to self-publish because by simply sending his book off to a publisher, it would have extremely low chances of even being read.

“So chances are my book’s going to die on my computer, right?” Messina said.

Messina, who had no previous fiction writing experience, said the local angle also really helped him better visualize the scenes that he was writing. He said he wrote the novel by sim-

ply “watching the movie” and writing down what he saw. Then he would bring his copy to his friend Edie Maddux Torok, who would help him edit.

“Most writers learn to write, then they write their first novel,” Messina said. “I wrote my first novel then I started to learn how to write.”

The third installment of the Bluegrass Files should be released around the beginning of next year, Messina said. The books can be bought on Amazon, at Joseph Beth or at the Gift Box, a local gift shop that have jumped at selling Messina’s books.

“Four and a half stars on Amazon, I’ll take it,” he said.

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History in quilt form hangs on Willy T ’s walls

By Sophie Meadors

By Anne Bennett

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While students are busy studying for their classes, unassuming pieces of history are looking down at them from the walls of Willy T. Most UK students are in the midst of heavy studying for midterms, much of this studying being done in the William T. Young Library, which recently turned 20 years old. Students are so busy sticking their noses in laptops that they rarely look up to notice the quilts hanging above their heads.

Sarah Vaughn, a librarian at the Education Library in Dickey Hall, provided insight about the 64 quilts hanging along the wall and how they got there.

Twenty years ago, the UK Libraries Board was discussing what to do for artwork on the fifth floor of the soon-to-be-dedicated William T. Young Library. A member of the board, the late Wade Hall, offered a portion of his personal collection of more than 100 quilts to be hung along the walls.

Hall, a professor of English and the humanities at Bellarmine College in Louisville, never liked to fly when he traveled, so he would always drive. Always interested in local artwork, he would stop and purchase quilts from all around the Ohio Valley Region, most of the quilts being bought within 100 miles of Lexington.

Most quilt collections are kept in pristine condition and never actually used. However, Hall’s collection was the exact opposite. Many of these quilts show signs of use and love as they have survived decades of history.

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MICHAEL CLUBB I STAFF Quilts hang on the wall inside of William T. Young Library, located on UK’s campus in Lexington, Kentucky.

Most of the quilts date back to the last century, including several that are from the Civil War and Reconstruction Era. Since these quilts were so old, they had to get a little help in order to be ready to hang in the library. The late Helen Thompson was a quilt specialist who was brought in to appraise and prepare each quilt for display.

Thompson and a group of helping quilters had to measure and document each quilt and stitch a lining on the back so they wouldn’t touch the wall. This took place in the former UK Special Collections Library, where some of the other 30-plus quilts from Hall’s collection are kept. Thompson was able to accomplish this in only six weeks.

While at first glance it looks like there is no rhyme nor reason as to how the quilts are placed, a lot of thought went into the location of the quilts. Each wall hosts a particular type of traditional quilt pattern.

For example, the south wall showcases flower-type patterns while the east wall has box patterns on the quilts.

Another interesting placement is that quilts patterned with stars hang along the north wall, across from the University Drive entrance, in order to provide guidance.

In Vaughn’s words, “you always need to find the North

Star.” Who doesn’t need a little guidance during finals?

For more information on the quilts, look to the informational pamphlets in the library or online under Quick Facts about William T. Young Library. During the next studying trip to Willy T., take a break and look up to appreciate the history hanging on its walls.

Fall semester brings another annual fitness challenge to UK campus recreation.

Every semester, a fitness challenge is announced in which participants must complete 40 workouts to be awarded with a free t-shirt. Eligible participants include students, faculty, and all RecWell members recording their workouts in their gym of choice, either the Alumni Gym Fitness Center or the Johnson Student Recreation Center.

The challenge has already begun and lasts until Dec. 14.

Students were able to sign up at kiosks at Alumni Gym. At the Johnson Center, those registering found a kiosk near the front desk. In both locations, there are boards with pens nearby to track workout progress. Participants must record workouts in the gym where they signed up.

Challenge participant and physical therapy graduate student Kenneth Lockard said he has participated since he was an undergrad.

“First for a t-shirt, but I really like the fact that they’re advocating for a healthy lifestyle. Sedentary lifestyles lead to most of the problems we see when I’m on my clinicals for physical therapy school,” he said. “Promotion of active lifestyles can be beneficial to their overall well-being and quality of life.”

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The fitness challenge began during the early years of the Johnson Center. Either in the fall or spring semester in 2003, the fitness challenge was created by Robert Hayslett, current assistant director of UK Campus Recreation.

Promoting health and overall wellness, this challenge engages with students to draw more motivation to living a healthy lifestyle.

Over the years of the fitness challenge, campus recreation has monitored the growth of the program.

“Up to 900 register with an average of 600 participants.

Of the participants, about 45 to 65 percent finish,” said Casey Gilvin, UK Fitness Director for campus recreation.

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It can be difficult to fully monitor everyone’s progress.

In the past, campus recreation has tried to implement online systems to record each workout, but found people were not as active this way.

Sticking to what works with pen and paper, the displays of participants’ workouts are kept and shown in each gym location.

“Working out is a stress reliever and a good way to stay in shape. I would normally workout anyway, but I wanted to keep record of what I’ve been doing outside of ROTC workouts,” said Kurt Sutkamp, a communications major. “A free shirt doesn’t hurt,” he added.

Jen Gribble, a UK nursing major, said health and fitness has always been “a huge part” of her life.

“With the study track I’m on, it’s just becoming more and more interesting to me because I learn more about

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the benefits. To me, exercising is the most effective way to feel better in any circumstance,” she said. “It helps me calm down when I’m stressed or upset but also helps me feel good about myself. Not only working everyday towards a goal, but actually seeing and feeling results for yourself is just such a good feeling.”

She said joining a fitness challenge is the “perfect extra push” because she gets closer to her goal, with the added benefit of a free t-shirt.

Gilvin said the $5 or $6 cost of making the shirts is minuscule in comparison to the drawn-in motivation that betters the UK community.

“It is something we’re always going to continue to do,” Gilvin said.

Attracting fitness newcomers and veterans, the program is making positive impacts in students’ lives. Working out through the challenge hopefully sets a tone for future healthy decisions.

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PLAYING WITH HEART KENNETH HORSEY’S

JOURNEY FROM OPEN-HEART

SURGERY TO THE

UK FOOTBALL TEAM

BY CHRIS LEACH

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JORDAN PRATHER | STAFF

I

“I’M ALWAYS TO GIVE GOD

n football, there will be moments when you are faced with a difficult challenge, and the great football players conquer that challenge with no complaints.

That profile is what you get from Kenneth Horsey, a freshman offensive lineman who is in the middle of his redshirt season. In the eyes of his parents, Horsey is someone who hardly complains and always gets his work done without much thought.

That’s how Kenneth’s parents knew something was wrong when he was complaining about side pain during the family’s Easter meal.

“You just had that feeling like ‘Okay, this is not right,’” said Shari Horsey, Kenneth’s mother.

When Kenneth first started feeling pain in his side, he thought nothing of it. This was not the first time he had gotten a slight stomachache while eating a big meal, and he just thought that’s what he gets for eating fast.

It turns out Kenneth did not have a slight stomachache. Something was blocking his kidney, not allowing it to function properly.

The pain never went away; instead, it only got worse, and that’s when they knew this was more than just a simple stomachache.

Shari ended up calling 911, and an ambulance took him to the hospital for tests. That’s when doctors discovered something was blocking the blood flow to Kenneth’s kidneys.

“They did a body scan and they realized that there was something growing on my heart valve,” Kenneth said. “What they predicted was that a piece of it broke and traveled down to my kidney, so it was blocking kidneys functions.”

Monday, October 15, 2018 When doctors discovered the growth on Kenneth’s heart valve, one of the first things they wanted to find out was what the growth was, and whether it was infectious or not.

Kenneth spent a lot of time with the infectious disease department, but all the tests he took came back negative.

Kenneth and his family met with multiple cardiologists, doctors and surgeons to try and figure out what the growth was, but no one had any answers.

No one in the Horsey family has a history of medical problems relating to Kenneth’s issue, which made Kenneth’s condition even more confusing.

If the growth was not causing any immediate issues, then getting it removed was not necessary. However, fear of another health issue arising because of the mysteriousness

give it time to heal.”

The more time that passed, the easier the exercises got for Kenneth. He was able to keep increasing the intensity and lift up to 25 pounds by the time he got to Kentucky in early June. The athletic training staff had him on the treadmill and elliptical, and to keep his upper body strength, Kenneth could do a med ball circuit.

Kenneth was happy to be progressing the way that he was in his workouts, but something was still missing. Even with all the progress he had made, Kenneth was still unable to do the workouts with the rest of the team. Kenneth did his personalized workouts while the rest of the team went through regular activities for the first month Kenneth was on campus.

his best interests in heart,” Shari said.

Kenneth continued to improve his fitness while being monitored by the athletic training staff all through the summer, and by the time fall camp rolled around, Kenneth was still working out at full strength, no restrictions. Kenneth got through all of training camp with no setbacks, and continues to practice with the team.

Even though he is redshirting this season, Kenneth’s parents came back to Lexington during the weekend of Kentucky’s season-opening game against Central Michigan to see their son in a Kentucky jersey and get a taste of southern hospitality.

“We made a whole bunch of friends already, and it’s only been like the one actual visit for the game,” Ken said.

S GOING TO BE APPRECIATIVE AND I’M ALWAYS GOING D THE GLORY FOR WHAT HE BROUGHT ME THROUGH.” of the growth led the Horsey family to decide to get the growth removed via open-heart surgery.

“The fear was that if we do not act, it’s something that may occur again in a short period of time,” said Ken Horsey, Kenneth’s father.

Kenneth had open-heart surgery on April 6, five days after the Easter Sunday meal. The growth was successfully removed and Kenneth suffered no permanent damage to his kidneys.

What followed for Kenneth was a lengthy recovery process that featured a balance of highs and lows.

The lows began right after the procedure when Kenneth was forced to miss the final two months of his senior year of high school while recovering from the procedure.

While away from school, Kenneth missed out on his senior prom and his final track season, meaning he could not accomplish his goal of winning the shot put at the state championships.

“My teachers mailed me my work, so I finished my work that way,” Kenneth said.

Exercise-wise, Kenneth was very restricted on what he could do. At first, he was limited to four 10-minute walks a day, which Kenneth described as difficult. He also had to do exercises with a breathing machine to keep his lungs expanding.

As for weight lifting, Kenneth was not allowed to lift anything heavier than five pounds for the first four weeks following the surgery.

“As parents, we talked him, so to speak, off the ledge, like ‘Well, you could’ve broken your leg and been out in a cast for three months,’” Shari Horsey said. “I think it’s a big difference between open heart surgery and breaking a leg, I realize that, but you never know what can happen, anything can happen but the bottom line is you have to

All that changed on July 2, when Kenneth was fully cleared to do workouts with his team with no restrictions.

It was the first time Kenneth had the opportunity to work out with teammates since before his open-heart surgery.

One workout Kenneth remembers doing with the team was hill repeats, where he would do one-off and one-on until the team completed 10 total repeats. He was obviously tired, since he was a month behind the rest of his teammates, but the experience of working with his teammates made the workout enjoyable.

“Going through these workouts and stuff just really brings the team closer together,” Kenneth said. “I was able to get closer with them because when you go through stuff like that, you got to lean on your brothers sometimes, so it was definitely good to be able to build that bond with them.”

The athletic training staff at Kentucky has received a lot of the credit for getting Kenneth back to full strength.

They had to take in a young man who was two months removed from open-heart surgery, something the staff had little experience in.

When Ken and Shari moved Kenneth into his dorm in June, they met with the medical staff and athletic trainers so they could get to know the people who would be taking care of their son for the next five years.

Dropping off a child at college is an emotional moment for parents, and the fact that their child had open-heart surgery two months prior would make that moment more emotional or stressful, many would think. However, the Horseys were comfortable leaving Kenneth behind in Lexington because of the great meetings they had with the staff.

“I feel good about him being there, and then speaking with the medical staff and the director, I think that they got

Kenneth and his parents hardly talk about his medical experience now that he’s back to 100 percent. Kenneth has to visit the doctor and get an EKG done every six months for the next couple of years, but besides that he’s living life as a normal college athlete.

To this day, doctors and Kenneth’s parents don’t know what the growth was on Kenneth’s heart valve that caused the issue. Shari said she wishes she knew what it was so they can try to prevent it from coming back, but there’s no way of knowing since the growth still is a mystery.

“He’ll let us know if there’s something that pains him or something of that nature, but we got to kind of put it in the past and move on,” Shari said.

As Kenneth continues to practice with no setbacks, he can’t help but think about what life was for him six months ago, as he struggled to breathe while hanging over a walker going for one of his daily 10 minute walks.

With Kenneth doing heavier workouts now, he enjoys them a little more because of the experience he went through.

“As I was walking, I was just sitting there and I was thinking back and I was just thinking about how good God is and I told myself no matter how hard the workout was, no matter what they’re making you do, I’m always going to be appreciative and I’m always going to give God the glory for what he brought me through because you never know when your time is up,” Kenneth said.

The experience continues to impact him and will be with him for the rest of his life, but for the immediate future, he is ready to help the surging Wildcats.

“I’m ready to put it behind me, I’m 100 percent and I’m ready to get out there and help get some wins for UK,” Kenneth said.

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Fighting a Stigma: Why people go to community college first

saw me. But from where I SARAH LADD grew up, Lexington was a faraway dream that seemed Opinions impossible to reach.

Editor As a first-generation female student who grew up in a farming community, I grew up in a farming economic strain was against town of around 700 people, me. I had great grades out of and not many of them ever high school and could have left. This was a town on the gotten into great schools, if outskirts of Kentucky, far I could have afforded to get from what some may con- there or to pay tuition.

I did what most everyone sider “prominent” educational opportunities or good from my town did: I went to the community college jobs.

For as long as I could re- an hour away from home. I member, there was a UK could afford it while workCooperative Extension Ser- ing full time and I could get vice right on the outskirts to and from school while of town, and that’s why I building a name for myself dreamed of coming to UK. I in the academic world, makfelt that in so many ways my ing connections and saving little rural town was invisi- money for university.

I loved my two years at ble to the world, but I also felt that UK was invested in community college. I met even the most remote plac- brilliant professors who es in our state. I felt like it were so dedicated to my

success and who worked hard to see me succeed. At the time, I was shocked over why they chose to teach at a community college and forego the prestige of teaching at a university. After all, they had the same degrees and same experiences.

Now I see why they did it and continue to do it. They are the unsung heroes who are bringing quality education to the corners of every state. They’re making a tangible difference in people’s lives. They’re teaching people who are outcasts in the world of academia. I’ll never forget their dedication and contributions to my success.

During my time in community college, I was honored to serve as the vice president for my school’s chapter of Phi Theta Kappa, a prestigious interna-

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tional honors society. This opportunity opened doors for great networking, leadership skills and wonderful scholarships that would allow me to finally transfer and get a bachelor’s degree.

When I graduated, I was one of few who had maintained a 4.0 grade point average.

My story is not unlike many people’s stories who grew up in rural Kentucky and rural America, so much so that I didn’t prepare myself for the hostility some people have toward community college. When I finally got to UK, some students were curious, and some were envious of the financial advantages I had at community college. Many other faculty and students appeared to have a negative perspective of community college, such as the idea that the coursework was easier,

or a person’s IQ must have been under par.

I have come to see there is a stigma against community colleges that is truly unfounded. There is a stereotype that if you attend community college, perhaps you did not have good grades in high school and needed a fresh start. This may be the case for some, and if so, it is wonderful that they have that opportunity.

But for many people, the decision to attend community college before university is for financial reasons, to have better one-on-one attention from teachers or to establish a basis for an academic career thanks to being the first in the family to pursue higher education.

For UK transfer students to truly feel like they’re part of the Wildcat community, professors, advisers, men-

tors, students and ambassadors need to be better and more thoroughly educated on what it means to be a transfer student. We are blessed in Kentucky with the Kentucky Community and Technical College System (KCTCS), a system that truly provides high quality education and a base for students to build their academic journeys upon.

We must come together as a campus community and support each person who chooses to call UK home.

Each of us have different stories and different ways we got here. But if we want a healthy campus, we need to break the stigma surrounding transfer students and recognize that community college is a perfectly adequate and excellent launching pad for a bachelor’s degree.

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editorial

National Breast Cancer Awareness month is relevant for college students College students hear the “c” word— cancer— and though we’re terrified of it, we generally don’t think that we as young people are in any danger of it.

There’s a certain facade of invincibility that plagues our young minds. This is a dangerous mindset and can put us in a position to be blindsided by this disease and others.

October is National Breast Cancer Awareness month, and we at the Kernel would like to encourage the women and men on this campus to takes steps toward maintaining a healthy lifestyle to reduce the risk of breast cancer.

We would also like to remind the students on this campus of the risk that even young people have for cancer.

According to a Nov. 2013 USA Today article, about 70,000 people between the ages of 15 and 39 are diagnosed with cancer each year. This range includes the typical college student demographic of 18 to 22 yearolds. And it’s not just women. According to the Mayo Clinic, men are also at risk for breast cancer, despite it being less common among men than women. Men are at a higher risk for breast cancer when they have a family history of breast cancer, are obese or have interacted with estrogen through various drugs.

The Mayo Clinic shared tips in 2017 for reducing risk of breast cancer, and we want to pass a few of them along to you.

1. Limit your alcohol intake. This is especially relevant for college students. The more alcohol you consume, the higher your risk of breast cancer becomes.

The safest approach is to drink less than one drink per day.

2. Don’t smoke. Smoking increases risk of breast cancer and is bad for overall health.

3. Control your weight and be physically active. Obesity and being overweight increases risk of breast cancer. We encourage you to maintain a healthy weight through exercise and healthy eating. As little as 21 minutes a day of exercise can lower risk of breast cancer.

It’s never too early or late to talk with a doctor about breast cancer. Like most diseases, it is more treatable if caught early.

Finally, we encourage you to perform self-examinations regularly to stay in tune with your body and any abnormalities you may experience.

For a long time, there has been a stigma surrounding all types of cancer. Survivors are branded with a victim halo that they can barely escape. Those taking precautions against cancer are perhaps considered paranoid. On college campuses, the topic is almost non-existent. But this is a problem that many of us could face in our lives, and we have to work together to de-stigmatize it. Wear pink.

Wear breast cancer pins. Most of us have known someone or had a loved one who has suffered from this disease. Share the story with a friend.

We can make a lasting impact on the fight for a cure if we work together to shamelessly discuss breast cancer and share risk statistics with others so we can all take steps to live healthier lives.

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Predictions for second half of football season

Despite ending the first half of the season with a loss, Kentucky football is off to one of its best starts in recent memory and has a chance to keep the momentum going in the second half.

Before the second half of the season begins with a home game against Vanderbilt, the Kernel sports staff sat down to talk about some headlines heading into the finishing stretch of football season.

Here’s what they had to say.

Will Benny Snell end up being a Heisman finalist?

I don’t think “finalist” is in the cards for Benny, as incredible as he is. I think by the end of the season he will have made a fantastic campaign for himself, Erika Bonner as he has already, but we Sports Editor probably won’t see him as a finalist.

Chase Campbell Assistant Sports Editor

Chris Leach Sports Features Editor

After his halt against Texas A&M, I doubt he’ll make it to New York. A chink in the armor makes it hard to catch up to someone like Kyler Murray for OU, who shined even in a loss.

Benny Snell will continue to be mentioned in the Heisman race throughout the season, but he won’t be a finalist. There are plenty of other good players in the country, and Snell still has to go against Georgia’s defense.

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What will Kentucky’s record be in its final six games?

EB: 5-1. That loss will be to Georgia at home. Other than the Bulldogs, none of the remaining teams on the schedule should give UK too many problems.

CC: 5-1. This is actually the much easier part of their schedule, after taking on quickly improving Florida and Mississippi State, as well as taking Texas A&M to overtime. No real speed bumps in non-conference, but they’ll lose to Georgia.

CL: I’ll also say 5-1, but I don’t think Kentucky’s game at Missouri is a gimme. Quarterback Drew Lock is the real deal, and Kentucky’s offense didn’t look too good at Texas A&M. They’ll need to make improvements before then to keep up offensively, but Kentucky’s defense should do a good job slowing down the Tigers’ offense.

Over the summer and through the beginning of the season, it was nearly unanimously agreed upon that Mike Edwards was the best defensive back on the team. Has Darius West taken that title?

EB: This is tough, because both guys have been playing outstanding football. It’s hard to call one of them better than the other, but as Chris showed, the numbers don’t lie when you compare the two. I’ll say West overall.

CC: Yes, I think so. Darius West is phenomenal, and were it not for his injury history, I wouldn’t be surprised if his draft stock was astronomically high right now. Here’s how I see it: Darius West and Mike Edwards are equally good tacklers, but West has been creating more turnovers. Advantage West.

CL: Darius West has 14 more tackles, two more interceptions and four more pass breakups than Mike Edwards, so I’d say yeah. Mike Edwards is better at rushing the quarterback, and a better overall leader, but you can’t argue against West’s production.

What’s the highest score someone will hang on Kentucky’s uncharacteristically stout defense, and which game will it happen in?

EB: Definitely Missouri. Other than Georgia, it’s Kentucky’s toughest game left on the schedule, but I won’t predict it being any higher than 27 points.

CC: I’m going against the grain here, and I’ll say Georgia. I know Missouri’s offense is strong, but they’re fast. They don’t play like an SEC offense, and I won’t be surprised if they stagger with turnovers and incomplete passes. Georgia’s offense will keep UK’s defense on the field a lot longer. 24 points.

CL: I bet Missouri puts around 24 to 30 points on Kentucky. Missouri’s offense is good, and they’ll be fired up to beat a ranked team at home. The Tigers’ offense should be comfortable at their own stadium, so I wouldn’t be surprised to see them produce as normal.

The game a lot of people have circled on the calendar is the game against Georgia. Realistically, what are Kentucky’s chances of winning?

EB: I’ll go 40 percent. I’m looking forward to this game and seeing how Kentucky responds to a team like Georgia, but as we saw against A&M, they have some things on offense that need to be fixed before they can be sure about beating a No. 2 type team.

CC: 30 percent. The offense has to show up, and Eddie Gran has to make better decisions than he did in College Station. If the Cats play defense like they did against A&M, they can hang with anybody.

CL: 40 percent. Georgia is good, but so is Kentucky, and the Bulldogs don’t really have an enormous advantage at any position. This is Kentucky’s best chance to beat Georgia in a while, and they’ll know that heading into the game.

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UK looks to start second half of season with win against Vanderbilt

By Pranavdeep Singh sports@kykernel.com

Looking to bounce back from a tough overtime loss against Texas A&M, the No. 18 ranked Kentucky Wildcats (51, 3-1 SEC) will return home to face the Vanderbilt Commodores (3-3, 0-2 SEC) at Kroger Field. This will be the teams’ 91st meeting.

The Cats, who opened the season undefeated with a 5-0 record, lost 2014 in a close overtime game against the Texas A&M Aggies. Two of the Commodores’ losses have come from top ranked teams like Notre Dame and Georgia.

The Cats have won the last two times they met the Commodores. This is one of the oldest rivalries in college football, with the first matchup being held in 1896 in Nashville. The two teams were involved in the founding of the SEC. The Commodores are led by senior quarterback Kyle Shurmur, son of the Giants head coach Pat Shurmur. Shurmur, who set a school record for passing touchdowns the year before with 26, has thrown for nine touchdowns this season. Junior receiver Kalija Lipscomb has 45 receptions, six of

The Cats have won the last two times they met the Commodores. This is one of the oldest rivalries in college football, with the first matchup being held in 1896 in Nashville. The two teams were involved in the founding of the SEC. 12 | kentucky kernel

Michael Reaves Kentucky Wildcat Stanley “Boom” Williams runs during the first half against the Vanderbilt University Commodores at Kroger Field on Sept. 27, 2014, in Lexington, Kentucky.

the touchdowns and 496 yards on the season.

On the ground, the Commodores are led by junior running back Ke’Shawn Vaughn. Vaughn is averaging almost seven yards a carry and five touchdowns on the season. The Commodores also have 400 yards and two touchdowns between backup running backs Khari Blasingame and Jamauri Wakefield.

The Commodore defense has standout players like linebackers Josh Smith and Kenny Hebert, who have five combined sacks. Sophomore Herbert had three sacks in the first four games. The defense, however, has allowed almost 400 total yards this season, and more than 150 rush yards. Georgia had more than 200 rushing yards against the

Commodore defense.

In 2017, the Wildcats won 44-21.

Shurmur was coming into that game with only three interceptions on the season, but threw four picks against the Cats. Benny Snell had 116 yards and three touchdowns with Sihiem King adding two more.

The history between the two teams is rich, and Kentucky players, fans and coaches alike will look forward to bouncing back and seeking another win on homecoming weekend after the first loss of the season against the Aggies.

Scott Hannigan Vanderbilt quarterback Jordan Rodgers looks for an open receiver while being pursued by Kentucky linebacker Alvin Dupree on Nov. 3, 2012.