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‘ADDICTED TO LEARNING’
Donovan Fellows at UK make education a lifestyle
ARDEN BARNES | STAFF
MOSES DOUGLASS FOLLOWS IN FATHER’S FOOTSTEPS AT UK
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Proposed bill would allow Kentucky minors to vote in local elections By Emily Laytham news@kykernel.com
This year, Kentucky lawmakers will consider amending the state’s constitution to allow 16 and 17-year-olds the right to vote in local elections. The bill in question was pre-filed in 2018 by Democratic Senator Reggie Thomas of Lexington. The bill would allow minors to vote in school board and local elections, such as Lexington’s recent mayoral race. If passed, Kentucky would become the first state to grant suffrage to minors. However, it would not be unprecedented for the state to pave the way in voting age reform; in 1955, Kentucky became the second state to lower the voting age from 21 to 18, preceded only by Georgia. According to Thomas, it would be fitting for Kentucky to lead the way on this issue once more, in light of minors’ growing responsibilities. “I think Kentucky should take the lead again and say, ‘We should move it to 16,’” Thomas said. “After all, at 16, we give young people the right to drive, and that’s a lot of responsibility. At 16, you can also apply to become an emancipated minor; you can take control of your own life.” Although Kentucky would be the first state to adopt the change, a few cities in the U.S., such as Berkeley, California, already allow minors to vote in local elections.
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Recently, lawmakers in Maryland have considered similar changes to the state constitution, and legislators in the District of Columbia have even considered granting 16 and 17-year-olds the right to vote in general elections. Attention to minors’ suffrage has increased in the wake of rising youth-led political advocacy. Notably, several students at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, have spoken publicly about gun reform after 17 students were killed at the school in a mass shooting nearly a year ago. This has influenced teenagers across the U.S. and in Kentucky to address national and local issues. Dunbar student Parker Smith, for example, compared the advocacy of Parkland students to protests undertaken by several Kentucky students in response to pension reform. “For children, there is no… compelling reason [for denying the right to vote], besides a generally accepted assumption that children are not yet mature enough to cast an informed vote,” Smith said in an op-ed for the Herald-Leader. “But aren’t they? Didn’t they just accompany teachers in Frankfort, protesting a bill that would hurt the public education system in our state?” Joshua Douglas, a UK law professor specializing in election law, has also written of the benefits of lowering the voting age. He argued that voting – and not voting
MICHAEL CLUBB I STAFF A “Vote Here” sign outside of the Maxwell Elementary Voting location on Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2018, in Lexington, Kentucky.
– is “habit-forming.” “Eighteen is a tough time to begin the habit of voting. Many people are moving away from home to a new community and entering the workforce or starting school,” Douglas said. “Sixteen, however, makes a lot more sense, as these individuals are still in the supportive environment of home and school.” According to Douglas, lowering the voting age is only one important solution for increasing voter turnout. Other reforms include changes to the voter registration and absentee ballet process, as well as a focus on education. “If we lower the voting age to 16 and
couple that with improved civics education, we can create a new generation of lifelong voters,” Douglas said. Thomas also stressed the importance of a civics education but suggested that recent legislation in Kentucky has already improved students’ understanding of the political process. He referenced legislation passed in 2017 that requires all Kentucky high school students to pass a citizenship test before graduating. “We’ve gotten to the point where students take that test and pass it in Kentucky,” Thomas said. “That’s a step in the right direction for emphasizing students’ education. But nothing is more important in students’ education than giving people the right to vote. That’s the ultimate act of accountability.” Although the bill to lower the voting age in Kentucky will be considered during the 2019 regular session, Thomas said the process of constitutional amendment would likely delay its passing until 2021 or 2022. In the event of mixed support in the General Assembly, Kentucky voters may even see the matter of minor’s suffrage brought before them during the 2020 general election. Thomas said that he’d like to bring the question to the voters, ultimately. But, as a legislator, his mind is made. “If a 16-year-old can drive,” Thomas said, “a 16-year-old can vote.”
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LOOKING BACK, MOVING FORWARD Unfortunately for journalists, not everything newsworthy happens according to our deadlines. Because of that, and because we print our newspaper once a week, sometimes newsworthy things don’t end up in our printed pages. This “Looking back, moving forward” section– which will become a staple of every edition of the Kernel– aims to correct that, by recapping important events of the previous week and helping us look forward to the next. And in the meantime, when you’re not reading the printed Kernel, you should be checking kykernel.com for daily updates on everything you need to know about UK and Lexington.
MAYOR SWORN IN
ON CAMPUS
Hundreds gathered on Sunday, Jan. 6, to witness Lexington’s new mayor, Linda Gorton, and the city council take the oath of office in the Grand Ballroom of UK’s student center. “By taking our first steps as a new mayor, and as new council members, right here on this UK stage, we’re sending a message,” Gorton, a UK graduate, said. “UK and the city of Lexington are walking handin-hand into the future. What’s good for UK, our city’s largest employer, is good for Lexington. What’s good for Lexington is good for the University of Kentucky.”
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KENTUCKY GOVERNOR RACE SHAPING UP
The deadline to enter the state gubernatorial race is coming up this month, and challengers from both sides of the aisle are naming their running mates and jumping into the race. As of Jan. 8, the following four Democrats had declared their candidacy: Attorney General Andy Beshear and running mate Jacqueline Coleman; state House minority leader Rocky Adkins and running mate Stephanie Horn; Adam Edelen, a former state auditor, and running mate Gill Holland; and Geoff Young and running mate Joshua French. On the Republican side, only state representative Robert Goforth and running mate Mike Hogan have officially filed. Incumbent Gov. Matt Bevin is yet to officially announce his candidacy but has recently told multiple news outlets that he intends to run. The candidate filing deadline for primary elections is Tuesday, Jan. 29, at 4 p.m. Primary election day is Tuesday, May 21, and the general election will be on Tuesday, Nov. 5.
PARK YOUR BIKE INSIDE
ARDEN BARNES I STAFF Mayor Linda Gorton addresses the crowd after taking her oath of office during her inauguration ceremony in the Gatton Student Center Grand Ballroom in Lexington, Kentucky.
UK unveiled its indoor bike room on Friday, Jan. 11. The first-of-its-kind room has parking spaces for 60 bikes, four showers, a repair station, lockers, changing rooms and water fountains. The bike room is in Research Building 2, at the corner of Virginia Avenue and S. Limestone, according to UKNow. Students, staff and faculty can use the room for free and apply for key card access. “The opening of UK’s first indoor bike room exemplifies the university’s dedication to continual improvement of our bicycling programs,” said Sarah Broadus, UK Transportation Services’ Alternative Transportation manager, in a press release. UK’s bike room is one of several university bike-riding initiatives, such as its bike voucher program, Winter Bike to Campus Day, Bike Week and more. In November, Bicycling magazine named UK the “most bicycle friendly university in America.”
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CORRECTION
UK football fans perusing the Kernel’s football special edition last week may have indulged in a quick moment of fantasy of what could have been when they read the printed score of Kentucky 34, Georgia 17. That was our mistake, as the Cats actually fell to the Bulldogs with a score of 3417. But we hope you enjoyed that brief moment of imaging Kentucky as SEC East champions.
ON THE COVER
Neal and Sue Mize sit and eat lunch together at the Gatton Student Center on UK’s campus on Dec. 4, 2018. The married Donovan Fellows often eat lunch together on campus after their classes.
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Near-campus apartments with ground floor grocery store to open next fall By Jacob Eads news@kykernel.com
If you’ve driven past north campus in the past semester, you might’ve been alarmed by the cranes and other heavy equipment methodically erecting the city’s newest off-campus student housing option. The Hub on CampusLexington apartment complex is on track to welcome its inaugural class of student renters come August 2019 as South Upper Street’s newest tenants. Real estate company Core Spaces is hopeful that its shiny, new reincarnation of its popular Hub on Campus complex is a hit in the Lexington market. You can find similar Hub on Campus complexes in other cities from Ann Arbor to Tuscaloosa to Gainesville. “Core Spaces carefully selects our markets, and the designs of each property we build are as unique as the cities we choose. We knew that Lexington was going to be a great fit for our Hub On Campus properties because we’ve con-
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ducted extensive research with students to see what they want in this market,” said Core Spaces Vice President of Marketing Dominick Luciano. Core Spaces officials say Lexington’s students are looking for more than just the basics when it comes to their home away from home, and that’s what they intend to provide. Each Hub on Campus unit will come fully furnished, complete with private bedrooms, custom designed furniture, stainless steel kitchen appliances, quartz countertops, an inunit washer and dryer and even a 55-inch TV fit for the living room. But Luciano said that the perks inside of the Hub on Campus’ units is just the tip of the iceberg. “Where we continue to raise the bar is evident when you explore our property amenities,” said Luciano. Hub on Campus will feature a rooftop pool and multiple courtyards that “might just be the best in Lexington,” according to
MICHAEL CLUBB I STAFF The Hub main office on Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2019. The apartment complex will open in the fall of 2019 near UK’s north side of campus.
Luciano. The apartment complex will also house a plethora of study rooms, common areas, a business center and its own fitness center. If renters choose to frequent the Hub’s fitness center, Luciano said they’ll be excited to find “stateof-the-art” equipment, in-person and virtual fitness classes, a yoga room, a sauna and even a tanning facility. With all of these expected amenities, what does
that mean for your wallet? Students can expect lease rates at Hub on Campus to start at just over $700 a month. Core Spaces officials wanted to keep its prices comparable to other market rates in Lexington. “We have worked hard to ensure that while we’re offering residents the most in the market, the price point needs to remain accessible to potential residents,” Luciano said. Aside from unit amenities, Hub on Campus is also
looking to swoon potential residents with the addition of retail space on the complex’s ground floor. Hub on Campus is partnering with Target to bring a small-format store to the complex in hopes of providing added convenience to its residents. “We’re thrilled to be welcoming Target to the ground floor of our Hub on Campus Lexington on S. Upper St. They are a perfect partner in that residents and locals alike will
appreciate the convenience that Target will inevitably add to the area. In addition, Target is slated to offer order pick-up, allowing customers to order online and pick up their items when they’re ready,” Luciano said. In the coming months, Core Spaces will also be going to market with its remaining retail space at Hub on Campus. Luciano said that the company is excited to bring in businesses that will add to the campus community. So with just months left until Hub on Campus opens its doors to its first renters, Core Spaces officials are glad to be calling the Bluegrass home. “Though we’re still under construction, we have already felt the love from the community and the residents that will call Hub On Campus- Lexington ‘home,’” Luciano said. “We’re so proud to be a new chapter in the incredible legacy of this city and are pleased to be serving the needs of the UK community.”
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Neal and Sue work in their respective offices after breakfast on Nov. 29, 2018, in their home in Lexington, Kentucky. The two UK Donovan Fellows often go home and ask “What was your class about? What did you learn?” Sue said “[We] discuss all sorts of what we’re doing, what papers we’re writing,” Sue said. “I read hers, she reads mine,” Neal said.
‘ADDICTED TO LEARNING’
Donovan Fellows at UK make education a lifestyle Story by Sarah Ladd | Photos by Arden Barnes
For UK Donovan Fellows Neal and Sue Mize, their lifestyle of education all started with an “old man in a white beard.” That’s the way Sue remembers the first Donovan Fellow she ever saw during her
undergraduate years at UK during the 1960s: “He had a long beard and he carried a briefcase. And we thought he was full of crazy. I later found out he was a little crazy. He would get kicked out of
classes and then he would come back, and they’d let him back in. That’s when it first started. And he was the only one I knew.” See FELLOWS on page 6 spring 2019 | 5
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That memory stuck with her throughout her life, and after two rewarding careers and traveling around the world, it was that memory that coaxed Neal and Sue back to Lexington, where they originally wed in 1977, to join the Donovan program. They were interested in the program for a while, especially after reading an AARP article that encouraged people to retire in college towns and then finding out Lexington made the “Top 10 places to retire” list. The Olympic-sized pool on campus was further incentive for Neal, who loves to swim. They made the move in 2011. The couple loves movies and lectures, and they enjoy attending Grand Night For Singing on campus each year, which Neal said is “better than Broadway,” as well as attending regular lectures in the Singletary Center. “I thought, ‘It’s gonna be a bunch of dusty old professors with notes that are yellow from reading the same ones for 30 years,’” Sue said of her expectations when returning to join the program. “And it’s not at all like that.” Rather, she has used the opportunity to explore her interests and expand upon her background in psychotherapy. She went on to present an independent research project in Paris, France, on Ernest Hemingway’s “The Sun Also Rises,” entitled “A psychotherapist’s take on Jake Barnes,” which she described as a nerve wracking but rewarding experience. “I know there’s five thousand articles on ‘The Sun Also Rises’ and I’ve got something different,” she said. As a result of her successful presentation in Paris, she will be on a panel in Lansing, Michigan, in May to further discuss Hemingway through the lens of psychotherapy. Both fellows have 4.0 grade point averages and near-
ly 100 credit hours. They agree that their addiction for learning, which they both credit to their NT personalities combined with the ongoing competition they share over their prestigious grades, is what helps keep them going and helps them balance their other responsibilities with their classes. Sue, a first-generation high school graduate, had to overcome sexist cultural expectations to be where she is today. During the 1950s, while in high school, she said “it wasn’t cool... to be smart or to care about learning.” Women were expected to marry when they graduated high school, get pregnant and be housewives.
“We actually have an intellectual life too, amongst ourselves. We’re kind of kindred spirits in that regard.” -Neal Mize “That wasn’t for me,” she said. If they did decide to get educated, she said women had limited options during her younger years: They could be a nurse, a teacher or a secretary. She chose teaching because she felt it was the “least of the evils,” but she said her educational journey distinguished her as a rebel early on, partly thanks to an anthropology class she took in which the teacher opened her eyes to the concept that culture was man-made. After being taught that culture was man-made in a time when the word “culture” typically meant “you went to the opera and you read books,” Sue began to rebel against culture’s expectations of her. “If culture’s man-made, that means I can make up my own,” she said while reflecting back to her thought process
at the time. “And that’s what I started doing. I don’t have to believe this stuff about ‘women’s place’ and what they can do and not do. So I was a real rebellious kind of person and I loved to do things to shock people when I was younger because I didn’t have to follow that script of how a woman’s supposed to think or behave. So, I didn’t. That was helpful to me in a lot of ways to get me things that I could never have gotten if I wasn’t willing to go after something that wasn’t ‘for women.’” It was this independence that brought the two together, when Neal was 33 and Sue was 32. “It’s like the joke: That I met a Kentucky woman who read a book that didn’t have pictures in it,” Neal said. “And that’s one of the things that attracted me to Sue when I met her was that she was independent and intelligent.” Being atypical himself, he said he was attracted to the fact that Sue wasn’t dependent and just interested in making him dinner. “We actually have an intellectual life too, amongst ourselves,” he, a self-proclaimed introvert, said of his extroverted wife. “We’re kind of kindred spirits in that regard.” Neal’s journey to an educational lifestyle looks different from Sue’s. After high school, he spent several years in the east for the navy during the Vietnam War. When he returned at age 22, he went to school on the Vietnam-era GI Bill, a military program that provided servicemen and women with financial assistance for school. He said being older helped him be a more dedicated and focused student, and he made the Dean’s List several times. His background being raised in the south inspired his love of history, and ultimately helped him major in history for his undergraduate degree from Georgia Southern University. “The south is all about the history and the past,” he said. His grandmother, who was born in 1880 and whose fa-
Neal (left) waits for his ‘Age of Jackson’ American history class to begin on Monday, Nov. 26, 2018. Sue (right) looks through her notes before her presentation in her ‘Steinbeck in context’ English class on Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2018. The two are self-proclaimed addicts to learning. “It’s a creative process and it actually makes me feel good to do it...” said Sue. “... I think it does something for me, certainly mentally, but physically as well…. but you get addicted, and it’s just fun.”
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THE PROGRAM DEFINED
Neal holds Sue’s old University of Kentucky student ID. Sue was first an undergraduate at UK in the 1960s before becoming a current Donovan Fellow.
ther fought in the Battle of Chattanooga during the Civil War, taught him about the Civil War during his childhood and helped foster his love of history. As he grew older, he studied history and then got his master’s degree in anthropology. He adopted the philosophy that “history is the master science,” pointing out that medicine, psychology and geology all rely on a history component to work: Geology is the history of the earth, psychology of the mind and medicine of the body. He now majors in philosophy in the Donovan program, but has also taken various geology classes. Despite the diversity of his studies throughout the years, Neal believes he has truly been a history major his whole life. While typical college students are at the beginning of their lives, Neal said that for him, with a life of experience behind him, each class he takes in the program is helping him create a bigger picture of himself and where he fits into “history and time.” “It’s just fascinating to get this old and be this well informed,” he said. “It’s like being in a room. There’s a bunch of cubicles. It’s all of history and all of time. And you hear something and you just fit it into that cubicle.” Sue, who picked English as her major for the Donovan program, and Neal both agreed that their experience as Donovan Fellows is much more comprehensive than their undergraduate experience. Sue described the undergraduate version of herself as “pathetic.”
“My first year was horrible,” she said. “Oh my god, I was so unprepared.” She said she didn’t know who she was yet or what she wanted to study, “so I majored in PE so I could meet football players. Isn’t that horrendous?” She said now, as a Donovan Fellow, her learning experience is much better. “After you’re old and you’ve had a lot of experience, the books you read, the literature, the classes you take, you can relate so much more than I could when I was 18, 19,” she said. “By the time I got to graduate school I knew I loved learning and so I was making good grades.” Neal, who was older during his undergraduate years, didn’t struggle as much because he had already established that he loved history and he knew his strengths included reading and comprehension. “I was dedicated to getting a degree,” he said. His dedication to learning has lived on, and he described his average day as being “information driven.” From 5 a.m. to 10 p.m., he focuses his time on managing their retirement through watching the stock market, studying and allotting time to the gym. As for Sue, who is the president of the Transylvania Park Association where she and Neal live and balances many other social engagements, said it’s important to her to make sure school and classes come first. In the fall
The Donovan program allows any person over the age of 65 to study free of charge. Its implementation at UK began in the 1950s with former UK president Dr. Herman L. Donovan, who became inspired to advocate for higher education for people during their retirement. According to Diana Lockridge, who works with the Donovan Program in the Office of Lifelong Learning, the Board of Trustees approved the Herman L. Donovan Fellowship for Senior Citizens in 1964, on the recommendation of then UK President John Oswald. In the fall of 1964, 26 Donovan Fellows, ranging in age from 65 to 84, joined traditional UK students on campus for the first time. In 1967, Amanda Hicks became the first Donovan Fellow to receive a degree. In 1975, Alfred D.G. Arthurs became the first to earn a Ph.D. The program gained national attention in 1966 in a TIME magazine article. The national publicity resulted in inquiries from across the nation and many foreign countries. In 1976, the Kentucky General Assembly expanded UK’s program by mandating that residents of the Commonwealth, aged 65 or older, receive a tuition waiver for academic classes at all state-supported institutions of higher learning. Donovan, who believed that “education is a life process” saluted Donovan fellows: “You built so much of our great America: our traditions, our culture, our factories, and our businesses. Our professions are the product of the labors of your life. These years of leisure can and should be years of intellectual growth and development— years when men and women can be upon the errands of the mind. Retirement can be the happiest years of one’s life.” Now, approximately 100 Donovan Fellows take classes on UK’s campus every fall and spring semester. Lockridge said she enjoys working with the program and fostering a love of learning. “It’s an honor to follow in their footsteps,” she said of the people who started the program.
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Neal and Sue Mize walk hand-in-hand through the Gatton Student Center on UK’s campus on Dec. 4, 2018. The two married Donovan Fellows often eat lunch together on campus after their classes.
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semester, she completed an entire essay on John Steinbeck’s “The Grapes of Wrath” with only one hand after breaking her arm. Despite the pain, she pushed through. “I think it does something for me, certainly mentally, but physically as well,” she said.
Neal and Sue both agreed that young undergraduates today can maximize their education by being adventurous, by being true to who they are but also by exploring who they might be.
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Neal’s biggest advice to younger students was to fight the urge to think of college just as a place to get a vocational degree. “Branch out a little bit and realize you might have interests somewhere else,” he said. Sue wants younger students to be true to themselves. “You don’t [know who you are] when you’re this young because there’s so much more to you than you know right now,” she said. “You have more talent. You’ll have more interests. So at the same time you’re following what you love, try stuff that you think that you might not like.” Both agreed: “You get addicted, and it’s just fun.”
Neal kisses Sue on their front porch in Lexington, Kentucky, as she leaves for class on Thursday, Nov. 29, 2018. Neal and Sue have been married for 41 years.
Monday, January 18, 2019
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2019 should be the year of the migrant 2018 was hailed by many as the Year of the Woman, empowered by the first major party female presidential campaign and the #MeToo movement. In record numbers, women across the world used their voices to demand justice for ages of mistreatment. This empowerment rolled into the hearing of Dr. Christine Blasey-Ford, who accused Justice Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault during college. It also inspired a record number of women to run and be elected to congressional seats in the November election. Now, as we look forward to 2019, we on the Kernel’s editorial board believe that this next year should be the Year of the Migrant. 2018 saw many horrific challenges thrown at misplaced peoples trying to call this country home. We hope that next year, they are able to overcome these challenges and reclaim the voice that has been stolen from them. To stand by their side, we hope all Americans begin to use their voices to defend migrants everywhere. Immigration is not a new thing, and each political party deals with it differently. Few have recognized the true injustices being repeatedly dealt migrant populations, however, nor the scope of the problem. Immigration is likely the most accessible example of how history repeats itself. Throughout the history of this country, we have claimed to be a nation of migrants but many have wanted to pick and choose who our borders welcome. In the 1930s, during the dust bowl that displaced thousands of Americans, the “migration problem” became an even more intimately American problem. An August 13, 1937, article about the issue in The Times-News read, “Between 300,000 and 400,000 migrants from the dust bowl and flood areas in the east, middle west and south, constitute the most serious problem facing California, in the opinion of Harold W. Robertson, field secretary of the Gospel Army, a religious and welfare organization,
that has made a study of the migrant and transient problem in the San Joaquin and Imperial valleys.” The article goes on to directly quote Robertson: “Unless immediate measures are adopted to provide medical treatment and rehabilitation, also some plan to stop this homeless horde from coming into California, by autumn this state will be facing the most serious health, moral, economic and sociological problem in its history.” The language used in this article is not new to us. The identification of immigration as a “problem,” the use of the phrase “homeless horde” and the language that incites fear over financial stability is familiar to us. In this article, the experts were referring to farmers from Oklahoma and surrounding states. Similar language this year served to “other” Latin American migrants making their way to the U.S.A.’s southern border. This language should remind us that such hateful rhetoric is not reserved for immigrants from other counties. American-born farmers were on the receiving end of such negative attitudes when they were trying to migrate to a state (California) where they could make a living in the ‘30s. The person familiar with literature may think of John Steinbeck’s “The Grapes of Wrath,” which documented a fictional family’s journey to California and the hardships, hate and discrimination they faced in their basic efforts to survive during this early 20th century onslaught from Mother Nature. This book used fiction as a safe facade behind which to detail the effects of fear and hate on our fellow humans. It showed how fear can lead to unfair job market competition and thus financial instability and finally, death. We have seen modern examples of the “monster,” as Steinbeck calls banks and monopolies that prey on the weak. One is Amazon, whose new HQ2 office that will move to Long Island City, New York (despite bringing 25,000 new jobs) will boost rent in an area
where low-income families rely on cheaper rent. The new office will also displace prior plans to build more affordable housing for the many people living in poverty, according to Business Insider. Before this became an issue, however, there was a massive frenzy among cities around the country who placed bids to lure Amazon to their cities. The bidding system that promoted competition at the average citizen’s expense combined with the invincibility of a company of this size made the whole process much like the wars for jobs and the struggle of the “little man” in Steinbeck’s novel. In the novel’s pages, Steinbeck paints a world in which Californian farmers who own millions of acres refuse to part with even one to keep a migrant child from starving to death. We’re seeing similar fear today as Americans across this country desperately fight to keep newer immigrants than they from taking what they feel is rightfully theirs. Both these fictional and real-life examples prove to us that it’s fear that leads to competition, which is the real enemy both to our economy and social well-beings. Immigrants built this country and without them, we are nothing. We have already seen immigrants rising up and feeling empowered. For example, the 2019 class of Rhodes Scholars, named in the fall of 2018, includes many women, immigrants and first-generation Americans, including UK’s own Hadeel Abdallah. Abdallah is the first woman from UK to earn this honor and the 10th UK student to be named a Rhodes Scholar. She is the first from UK since 1955 to make the list. We look forward to seeing overwhelming victories for this world’s immigrants in the coming year and we encourage everyone to work toward this goal and refuse to let the powers that be turn us on each other. We instead should stand up together as mutual citizens and human beings for what is good and right.
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lifestyle
MLK Day of Service is a good way to give back on 3-day weekend
By Natalie Harrington lifestyle@kykernel.com
Martin Luther King Jr. Day is most popularly celebrated by students for and with its anticipated, customary three-day weekend, but on Saturday, Jan. 19, 2019, UK students will be able to celebrate with a Day of Service hosted by the Center for Community Outreach and Martin Luther King Jr. Wildcats For Service. MLK Wildcats For Service is a subsidiary campus organization, part of CCO, “dedicated to the advocacy of Martin Luther King, Jr.’s legacy through Service, Education & Volunteerism,” according to their social media biography, and has created an especially wide-reaching opportunity to immerse oneself in these principles with this event. The Day of Service is meant to honor one of MLK’s most cherished values, service, as well as actively engage UK students in the Lexington community by putting them in the position to create a direct, visual impact and encourage reflection by increasing the understanding of the many social inequities present in the community surrounding campus. “The purpose of MLK Day of Service is to continue Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy on UK’s campus through service and advocacy. Students will participate in community service concerning many different issues within the Lexington community,” said Isaiah Brown, Director of the Center for Community Outreach and senior neuroscience major. Volunteers will meet at the Worsham Theatre at the Gatton Student Center from 7:30 to 8 a.m.
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and complete registration, which includes the assignment of the service location. There are over 130 service spots available, including NAMI, Catholic Action Center, Ronald McDonald House and the International Book Project, among others, so there is no shortage of space for any students interested in participating. When asked for specifics of the types of service students might be performing, Brown said, “Many of the service sites are understaffed so students help out by doing everything from cleaning, painting, reorganizing, spending time with kids, cooking, etcetera. Most of the actual service is up to the faculty at the sites.” Transportation to and from service spots will be provided, as well as lunch and T-shirts after the service is completed. Service begins at 9 a.m. and concludes at noon, followed by a brief period of group reflection over lunch. The event concludes with free T-shirts at 1 p.m. “Afterwards during reflection, students learn how to discuss these issues and how they can make an impact,” said Brown. “Awareness is a huge part of what we do to make sure MLK’s legacy lives on in the students at UK.” “I’m looking forward to education and collaborating with different groups across UK’s campus,” Brown said. “I’m also looking forward to revealing the location of the civil rights trip.” The Civil Rights Trip is the biggest out of the numerous service events hosted year-round by CCO, “where [CCO] take[s] a maximum of 40 [students] to visit historical sites and museums in various parts of the United States,” according to
PHOTO PROVIDED BY CENTER FOR COMMUNITY OUTREACH The purpose of the MLK Day of Service is to honor the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. on UK’s campus through service and advocacy.
Brown. There really is something for every kind of volunteer available at the MLK Wildcats For Service Day of Service, and it can be a great way to give back to the Lexington community and use that three-day weekend to its fullest,
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Stoops brought aboard four outside linebackers to fill what he called the “biggest area of need” on defense aside from the defensive backfield. Louisville native and allstate honoree J.J. Weaver was named the fourth-best prospect in Kentucky. Rivals.com has him named as the 14th best player at his position. The Cats brought another four-star outside linebacker from Louisville: Jared Casey. He was named the 15th best player at his position, right behind Weaver. Whoever steps up in place of Allen will have some mighty shoes to fill as he led the SEC in sacks and holds the record for most sacks by a UK player. Jamar “Boogie” Watson should see more playing time after finishing the season with five sacks. Stoops supplemented the depth at the tight end position with three-star tight end Nik Ognenovic from Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Wide receivers Tae Tae Crumes and DeMarcus Harris will join the extensive depth of 19 other receivers. Stoops and co. have not recruited any running backs – that means the young trio of Kavosiey Smoke, A.J. Rose and Chris Rodriguez will step up in place of Snell. Although big name players have left the Commonwealth, new and returning players have a chance to maintain the success and consistency that the Kentucky football program has become.
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sports Moses Douglass follows in father’s footsteps at UK By Madison Dennis sports@kykernel.com
Moses Douglass will be following in his father’s footsteps as he carries on his legacy at UK playing safety this fall. Maurice Douglass, head football coach at Springfield High School, former UK football player and former NFL player, has sent many of his players to college because “God gave him a chance,” and he said he believes his purpose is to help students achieve their dreams. He has recently sent off his own child, Moses, for his first semester at UK. “It’s going to be an adjustment for me because I am so used to having him back there in the secondary and he make all the calls and stuff like that,” Mau-
rice said. Part of their close relationship has formed because of their hours of watching film together since Moses was young.
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“The more you know, the more you can play,” Maurice said. He spent 10 seasons in the NFL and credits one of his previous coaches, Jim LaRue, for teaching him that life lesson and continues to live by it. Moses also lives by this lesson, and both use it to
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strengthen their passion for the game. “We both are really passionate about the game and the things that go in it,” Maurice said. When Moses became one of Maurice’s players instead of just his son, their bond started to change into something different. “It was hard my freshman year because he was always in my ear, but football made our bond stronger,” Moses said. As time went on, Maurice decided he was going to be a father at home and a coach on the field. Following in his father’s footsteps was not the only deciding factor in joining the Wildcats– Moses joins his former high school teammate and defensive tackle Kordell Looney, and head coach Mark Stoops’
history with defensive backs also helped influence his decision. Maurice said he thought the location of UK was also a big part of why his son found the school a good fit. Maurice described Moses as a “family man,” and is looking forward to his family being able to watch him play. He will be majoring in broadcast journalism. “I am just excited to get to know everybody, to start building my connections for the business world,” Moses said. Academics hold high importance in his life because his parents always made sure it was a priority. His mother, Camela Douglass, is a professor at Central State. Maurice reiterated the importance of a degree,
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We both are really passionate about the game and the things that go in it. -Maurice Douglass
Through the years together, the Douglass duo shares many memories on the field. “When I got my first touchdown. I don’t remember what my dad was doing but after I gave him a
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Having the first 10-win season in 41 years, possessing three All-Americans and winning a bowl game for the first time in 10 years are some of the hallmarks of the UK football team’s historic 2018-19 season. But where does the team go from here? Changes, both positive and negative, will shape next season for the Cats. UK’s three All-Americans in the Cats’ alltime leading rusher Benny Snell, National Defensive Player of the Year Josh Allen and standout offensive lineman Bunchy Stallings won’t be around for another ride. In fact, 16 seniors, including Allen and Stallings, will be gone. Nine of those seniors played on defense– the defensive backfield
saying “that paper carries power.”
ARDEN BARNES I STAFF Kentucky Wildcats linebacker Josh Allen and running back Benny Snell Jr. celebrate after winning the VRBO Citrus Bowl against Penn State.
will be hit hard as Lonnie Johnson Jr., Chris Westry, Mike Edwards, Darius West and Derrick Baity Jr. will no longer be Kentucky Wildcats. Wide receivers Dorian Baker and David Bouvier and tight end C.J. Conrad departing leaves holes on the receiving end. Despite the Cats’ hard losses, December’s early signing day brings fresh promise to the roster. Five defensive backs signed with the Cats as UK football head coach Mark Stoops and recruiting coordinator Vince Marrow looked to fill the voids of the players saying goodbye. Taj Dodson, Moses Douglass, Brandin Echols, Jalen Geiger and Quandre Mosely have chances to make an impact. Douglass is a top-30 safety prospect, according to Rivals.
hug and said ‘we did it,’” Moses said of his favorite memory. His first touchdown also marked the first time the Springfield Wildcats beat their rival, Wayne, in eight years. The 6-foot-2, 186-pounder is very eager to have his chance to compete and do what he loves. Despite his high football IQ and strong passion for the game, he admits he needs to work on his composure on the field. Maurice said he believes his son will get more out of his time at UK to develop than what he did because he will attend for four years instead of Maurice’s two years. Stoops and the UK gave Maurice a chance for him to live out his dreams and he hopes they will do the same for his son.
com and 247sports.com. The four-star recruit from Springfield, Ohio, was named the seventh-best prospect in Ohio. Echols, an NJCAA second-team All-American from Southaven/ Northwest Mississippi Community College, was ranked as the fifth-best cornerback among junior college recruits according to Rivals.com. The Cats ranked 33rd in the nation in pass efficiency defense during the regular season and had one of the deepest secondaries in the SEC. Coaches Dean Hood and Steve Clinksdale have a chance to revamp a secondary that still has breakout stars Jordan Griffin and local product Davonte Robinson.
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