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Tuesday, January 22, 2019

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Proposed bill to require colleges to provide free feminine products

By Jelyn Washington-Mays

A proposed bill in the Kentucky legislature would force state-funded colleges and universities to provide at least one type of feminine hygiene product to students for free.

Representative Attica Scott, a Democrat of Louisville, prefiled the bill— HB 85— in the Kentucky House. If the bill is passed in the legislature, those enrolled in Kentucky colleges will have students at the University of Louisville to thank.

Scott said the bill was brought to her and Senator Julie Raque Adams by UofL students and their faculty adviser from the campus women’s center. She said she chose the bill because it is in line with her goal of advocating

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for the women and the impoverished of the state.

Scott said she hopes the fe-

male majority in the Kentucky Democratic Caucus and their support for HB 85 will demon-

strate the importance of this issue to the male members of the caucus, which will then hopefully push them to garner support from the Republican state caucus.

The biggest obstacle standing between Scott and the passing of HB 85 is her race, she said.

According to Scott, in 2018 not a single bill drafted by any African-American Kentucky representatives were heard.

“The beauty of it all is seeing Attica, a Democrat, and Julie, a Republican, come together for an issue that really is bipartisan when you think about it,” said Teena Halbig, the policy chair of the American Association of University Women, Louisville chapter.

Halbig played a big role in creating the bill. She approached Scott and Adams about their pos-

sibly sponsoring the bill after she was asked herself to help get the bill passed.

“If men are uncomfortable with it, they just have to be uncomfortable with it,” Halbig said.

She also said that the issue is an education issue and a matter of gender inequity.

As far as UK’s campus is concerned, students in need of feminine hygiene products are able to find them for free in the women’s bathrooms of the classroom and administrative buildings on campus, according to Jay Blanton, a university spokesperson.

Scott is also proposing a bill that would eliminate the “pink tax”— the tax on feminine hygiene products. That bill would also remove tax from infant products such as diapers and wipes.

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LOOKING BACK, MOVING FORWARD

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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 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.

In the meantime, you should be checking kykernel.com for daily updates.

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UK JAM SCHOOL TO SCREEN MOVIES

Journalism is coming to the big screen in the Worsham Student Cinema throughout the spring semester.

The UK Journalism and Media School is sponsoring the screenings of three movies at the cinema, which is inside the Gatton Student Center.

Journalism professor David Stephenson was one of the faculty members involved in the planning of the film series, which he said is a form of media literacy.

Stephenson said he was watching All the President’s Men when he thought, “God, if we could just get more students to watch

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OVERCOMING A BITTERSWEET HOMECOMING

“When I heard the crowd booing me, it was just like, `Let me just go out here and put on a show,” said UK freshman guard, Ashton Hagans, after playing a game in his native state of Georgia.

Hagans, who verbally committed to the University of Georgia before switching his commitment to UK, led the Cats to a 69-49 victory with his 23 points, four steals and four assists against the Bulldogs in a game on Jan. 15 in Athens, Ga. “I’m at home. I played good in front of the home crowd, even though I was getting booed. But other than that, I had my family here. I’m just happy they saw me play.”

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this.”

He said these movies are a way “to expose the campus to journalism and what journalists do.”

He said movies, as forms of entertainment, are a great way to teach non-journalists about the journalism industry. This is an especially important time for this sort of education and awareness, he said, because journalists are often under attack.

Plus, he said, this series is meant to inspire students of the School of Journalism and Media.

“And entertainment, of course,” he said.

The films are: • “Spotlight,” Thursday, Jan. 31 at 6 p.m.

• “All the President’s Men,” Thursday, March 7, 6 p.m.

• “Good Night & Good Luck,” Friday, April 5, 6 p.m.

• “Hillbilly,” Wednesday, April 17, 6 p.m.

WHITE HOUSE REPORTER TO GIVE MLK LECTURE

April Ryan, a long-time White House

correspondent and author, will speak at UK as part of the Martin Luther King Lecture Series. Ryan has covered the White House since 1997 and is the current Washington, D.C., bureau chief for American Urban Radio Networks, according to a Jan. 9 tweet from the university. She also is a CNN political analyst.

Ryan’s lecture will begin at 6:30 p.m. in Memorial Hall on Friday, Jan. 25. The event is free.

In 2017, the National Association of Black Journalists named Ryan “Journalist of the Year.” She has notably made waves recently by asking President Donald Trump and his press secretaries tough questions.

Former Press Secretary Sean Spicer told Ryan to “stop shaking your head” in 2017 after she asked how Trump’s administration would work to repair its image, according to NBC News. She was also among a group of journalists that Trump criticized in a November and specifically said that Ryan is a “loser” who “doesn’t know what the hell she is doing,” the Hill reported.

The MLK Lecture is sponsored by UK’s Martin Luther King Center, an organization that promotes inclusivity on campus.

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ON THE COVER JORDAN PRATHER I STAFF Kentucky sophomore forward Nick Richards signs a fan’s hardhat following the game against Vanderbilt on Saturday, Jan. 12, 2018, at Rupp Arena in Lexington, Kentucky. Kentucky won with a final score of 56-47.

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UK grad shares nitty gritty of her NYC life to help guide other grads

By Emily Baehner lifestyle@kykernel.com

Intestinal bleeding, subway rides and career developments are all a part of Lauren Allen’s new book, “How to Be 23: What Nobody Tells You About Adulting.”

The UK School of Journalism and Media graduate released “How to Be 23” in mid-December, and the debut memoir is the story of Allen’s move to New York City and the journey she takes to learn to navigate adulthood.

“How to Be 23 is my entire heart and soul that I have published in hopes of helping others who are struggling to settle into life after college, start a new career or move to a new city,” said Allen.

Allen graduated in 2016 with a degree in print journalism and a minor in digital art, before making a move to Harlem, New York City, a destination she had long dreamt of moving to. She currently works as

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a bridal consultant for a family-owned company in midtown Manhattan.

Career exploration is just one topic that Allen evaluates in the book— the rest are a conglomeration of life experiences that can reach out to readers.

“My stories are all the lessons that I learned along

the way. I hope that readers can learn from the lessons that I learned the hard way,” Allen said.

The choice to actually pursue the project came to fruition after Allen realized that she didn’t need to be a best-selling author to start writing— she just needed to be able to tell her story.

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“For years I have been saying that I wanted to write a book, but I thought that you had to hit some sort of level of fame or fortune to write a book that people would care about,” said Allen. This changed on her 23rd birthday.

“I started writing down the stories of the experiences that I was going through at the time, at first only as a way to think through my circumstance, but then eventually as something that I thought was worth sharing,” she said.

The book details the most changing year of Allen’s life, quick career changes and even a neardeath experience. Her hope is that the book teaches readers that life isn’t easy, but that there is positivity in the negativity that life may throw at you, which can happen quite frequently during the first years after college.

Allen’s writing process involved journaling her life experiences over the course of her 23rd year of life and then six months of editing,

formatting and learning the self-publishing process— all while she worked her full-time job.

“The whole writing, editing and publishing experience was an overwhelming barrage of emotions including pride, fear and joy,” said Allen.

by her cousin Mary Kate McCrystal, the cover of “How to be 23” features the New York City skyline at sunset, a view which Allen considers to be her favorite in the world.

“This is where I feel the most calm, inspired and strong, which is exactly what I want the reader to feel after reading my book,” Allen said.

Now that the book is published, Allen is excited by its potential to guide readers after they leave college and begin to construct their post-graduate lives.

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Cover for “How to Be 23: What Nobody Tells You About Adulting.”

Part of the writing and publishing process involved picking out the cover art, which has special meaning for Allen. Created

“No matter how beautifully you plan your life, there will be things that happen out of your control that will come in and seemingly ruin those plans. Just know that as long as you get back up and keep moving forward something even better than you could have ever planned for is just around the corner,” Allen said.

Eager readers can purchase a paperback copy or the Kindle edition on Amazon.

Tuesday, January 22, 2019

Bugs and beauty are on display at SA/VS art gallery

By Emily Baehner lifestyle@kykernel.com

For many, the thought of being in a room full of bugs fills them with terror or discomfort.

For Jennifer Angus, she feels inspiration. In over a thousand bugs, she sees art.

Angus is an artist featured as part of the School of Art and Visual Studies Visiting Artist Series. Her exhibit, Otherworldly, opened at the Bolivar Art Gallery on Jan. 6. Viewers might be surprised to find that the artist’s medium have legs and can fly.

The SA/VS Visiting Artist Series is sponsored by the Abercrombie Visiting Artist Fund, which invites visiting artists to come to campus and engage the university community. Director of the Bolivar Art Gallery Rebecca Alley said Angus’ work is beautiful, rich, layered and powerful.

“It is impactful from an overall design aspect, yet also has delightful details throughout,” Alley said.

It was the artist’s background in textile design and love for patterns that led to her work with the insect world. Spending some years in the Golden Triangle, the point where Thailand, Laos, and Myanmar meet, she was inspired by the tribal dress of the region.

JORDAN PRATHER I STAFF Jennifer Angus’s Otherworldly exhibit is displayed at the School of Arts and Visual Studies building on UK’s campus in Lexington, Kentucky.

“I came upon a particular garment known as ‘singing shawl,’ worn by young women of the Karen tribe, that is embellished with metallic beetle wings in place of beads or sequins,” Angus said.

Noting the development of pattern repetition in textile design, she combined that passion with a love of insects. Angus began pinning insects to the wall in patterns that mimic textiles and wallpaper, and not just a few— between 1,500 and 4,000 in most of her

instillations, though sometimes a project can include twice that number.

Angus orders her insects from specimen dealers, after which she needs to “relax” the specimens.

This means rehydrating them so that they become soft enough to work with, and their legs or wings can be spread enough to pin them into position.

Due to the wear and tear of the specimens, Angus said that cicadas are used more.

Collected over a period of nearly 20 years, the specimens are used over the course of many exhibitions. Angus prides herself in finding a way to reuse every insect, even if it is damaged beyond individual repair.

“Anything beyond repair I keep and make what I call ‘hybrid’ creatures. You can see some in the show [Otherworldly]—the ‘cicada ladies.’ They have a cicada head, beeswax body and grasshopper arms,” she said.

The Otherworldly instillations feature seven cases which Angus said depict the Seven Deadly Sins, referencing religious authority. Insects are also placed in small bell jars mounted on the wall, seemingly examining other insects under antique microscope slides.

“The insects within the bell jars, small compared to humans, gaze at even smaller creatures… and in the tradition of Dr. Seuss’s story ‘Horton Hears a Who’ we can imagine that perhaps there are even more minute creatures that exist that are invisible to us,” Angus said.

Cicadas tend to be most used in the artist’s work due to their ability to hold up despite the general wear and tear that comes with being used in multiple exhibitions.

In Otherworldly, cicadas are used

to surround the cases, in larger circular patterns, which Angus credits as being her favorite insect in this show.

“Their wings are black and clear in color and they have such a graceful line, almost like a calligraphy stroke,” she said.

The creation of patterns in the exhibit creates a unique sense of comfort that many don’t usually feel around the insects, inviting viewers to feel more pleasure as they examine the art. This is one of the reasons Otherworldly was chosen to be featured, according to Alley.

“Many people find insects unpleasant, yet she displays an enormous quantity of them in a way that makes them beautiful and fantastical,” Alley said.

Angus finds that pattern and the narrative storytelling of her work are the most unifying qualities across her projects and is perhaps what makes it so unique.

In these patterns, she said viewers can observe the beauty and ingenuity of the insects without fear.

“The tight patterns are a reflection of what man has sought to do over the centuries– control mother nature,” Angus said.

The Otherworldly exhibit will be at the Bolivar Art Gallery until Feb. 6. Admission is free for all.

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Tuesday, January 22, 2019

JORDAN PRATHER I STAFF Fans wear hard hats at halftime in attempt to set a world record during the game against Vanderbilt on Saturday, Jan. 12, 2018, at Rupp Arena in Lexington, Kentucky.

UK basketball, Kentucky company break into World Records with hard hats

Bullard after he returned from fighting in World War I, the company’s website stated. Bullard took inspiration from his “doughboy” army helmet that soldiers used to protect their heads during battle.

The original hard hat was called the “Hard Boiled Hat” a nod to the hat’s manufacturing which involved steaming the hats, and it was designed to protect miners.

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A sea of blue “UK” hard hats flooded the lower bowl of Rupp Arena during halftime of the Jan. 13 men’s basketball game against Vanderbilt in a concerted effort to break a world record.

The world record in question—the most hard hats worn in one location—now belongs to UK fans. The Lexington Herald-Leader reported that 10,000 hats were worn. To make the record possible, UK Sports and Campus Marketing partnered with Bullard, a Cynthiana, Ky. construction company. Bullard invented the hard hat 100 years ago.

Guinness Book of World Records staff were present at the game to verify the record and counted the hard hat-wearing fans during halftime. Attendees had to keep the hats on their heads for a few minutes while records staff counted.

After the game between Kentucky and Vanderbilt, UK forward Nick Richards signed hard hats for fans.

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JORDAN PRATHER I STAFF Fans wear hard hats at halftime in attempt to set a world record during the game against Vanderbilt on Jan. 12, 2018, at Rupp Arena.

UK’s Associate Athletics Director for Marketing & Licensing Nathan Schwake told the Herald-Leader that no hard hats were in the upper arena because a condensed area of people is easier to count.

The hard hat was invented in 1919 by E.W.

According to Bullard’s website, the hard hat was not invented in Kentucky, but the company’s manufacturing moved to the state from California in 1972. The company headquarters and manufacturing is just north of Lexington in Cynthiana.

The company also manufactures hats and thermal imaging technology for firefighters.

Kentuckians hope to be in the world record book again soon. The Courier-Journal reported that Shop Local KY owner Rick Paynter posted a picture of an outline of the state of Kentucky on Instagram in hopes of having the most like image of all time.

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With last semester’s bomb threat in mind, UK officials look to move forward

By Jacob Eads news@kykernel.com

Two months after a bomb threat was directed toward UK’s White Hall Classroom Building, university officials say they have room to improve campus safety and crisis communication.

UK Police Chief Joe Monroe was accompanied by UK Spokesperson Jay Blanton as the pair recently addressed the November 2018 string of social media threats with the University Senate.

After compiling and reviewing what is called an “after action report” Blanton said candidly that the university’s crisis communication team has walked away with some valuable lessons. He said the main issue the team faced when UKPD learned of the threats was choosing what information to relay to the campus community.

“The police department never considered for a number of reasons the threat to be a credible threat, but we were in a discussion about what to communicate and when,” Blanton said.

UK’s crisis communication team includes university officials like President Eli Capilouto, Vice President Eric Monday, Provost David Blackwell, Monroe and Blanton.

Blanton said that after the administration published a bulletin initially informing the campus community about the “unsubstantiated” threats, but there was still some confusion about why a UK Alert was not issued.

UK Alerts are only published when the administration is asking the campus community to take action or when there is an imminent crisis affecting the campus, Blanton said. He determined that the threats, which were directed at White Hall via social media, did not meet this criteria.

“When and how that alert is used is a misunderstood thing, and it’s not an easy topic,” Blanton said. “We know we need to do a better job, and I think frankly communicating about what’s the context for an alert.”

When adverse events like a threat to campus occur, a UKPD threat assessment

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UK College of Dentistry dean placed on leave by university

By Rick Childress news@kykernel.com

The Dean of the College of Dentistry has been put on administrative leave, UK spokesperson Jay Blanton told the Kernel in a statement on Jan. 16.

RICK CHILDRESS I STAFF UK spokesman Jay Blanton speaks to the University Senate in the White Hall Classroom Building on Monday, Jan. 14, 2019, about the UK public relations response to a bomb threat directed at campus in November 2018.

team is charged with evaluating the credibility and urgency of the threat, Monroe said. He assured the University Senate that UKPD’s trained threat assessment teams know what they’re looking at, and often consult with the FBI. All in all, Blanton said that the administration and UKPD handled the threats well, but ultimately have some more to improve on.

UK has reportedly spent more than $10 million on safety upgrades in the past seven years, according to Blanton. This money has funded a number of accomplishments Monroe said he is especially proud of.

“There’s been a real targeted and intentional investment into safety. We’ve always got work to do. It’s an ongoing, never-ending process,” Blanton said.

Monroe told the senate that the campus was now equipped with 2,540 security cameras, and the university is implementing a new video management system that will allow the police to adequately handle all of the footage coming from all of those cameras.

There is not someone always staring at feeds from the several thousand cameras,

Monroe said. Much of the footage from the cameras will be used as evidence after a crime has potentially occurred.

Monroe said that as the eleventh largest police department in the state, UKPD has been trying to keep its operations in line with the growth of the university. UKPD currently employs nearly 70 sworn officers, and as UK grows, the police force will grow with it.

The long chain of UK’s 42 blue emergency phone towers can be found as far south as the parking lots around Kroger Field to as far north as the Good Samaritan Hospital, Monroe said.

During his presentation on campus safety upgrades, Monroe also touted the UKPD’s implementation of the Livesafe mobile safety app. The app is designed to be a way for members of the campus community to interact with the UKPD should an emergency occur on campus.

Monroe said that when the app was first introduced to campus, President Capilouto even chose to test it out.

“Dr. Capilouto used it one night while he was out walking his dog and we found him,” Monroe said. “Thank God.”

Kyrkanides

Dr. Stephanos Kyrkanides is no longer the dean of the UK College of Dentistry, Blanton said. He will go on a one-year sabbatical and will return to the college as a faculty member.

Larry Holloway, the current vice provost and previous interim dean of the engineering college, will assume the dentistry college’s deanship on an interim basis, Blanton said.

UK officials have not stated a reason for the change of deans.

A federal lawsuit, reported by the Lexington Herald-Leader in August 2017, alleged that Kyrkanides previously forced Dr. Raynor Mullins, a longtime professor, out of a fellowship after Mullins publicly criticized Gov. Matt Bevin.

Last month, the Herald-Leader reported that UK reached a settlement with Mullins which included $620,000 and a new job position with UK. Kyrkanides became dean of the dentistry college in 2015. According to a UKNow article announcing his hiring, Kyrkanides came from Stony Brook University.

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PHOTOS PROVIDED BY UKPD Citizens and UK Police officers participate in past sessions of the UKPD Citizens Police Academy. The 2019 UKPD Citizens Police Academy begins classes on Thursday, Jan. 24.

Upcoming program lets participants go behind the scenes with UKPD

By Rick Childress

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Anyone who can pass a background check will soon get the chance to meet bomb dogs, practice traffic stops and talk to FBI agents, all courtesy of the UK Police Department.

The UKPD Citizens Police Academy will begin classes on Thursday, said Officer Amy Boatman, the UKPD community affairs officer. The course will last for 10 weeks and every class will be on a Thursday at The 90 and will last from 6 to 8 p.m. It is free.

“I would encourage people to take the class even if they’re not really into the police,” Boatman said.

“It’s just a fun class and you’ll get free food every night. You’ll get to expand your mind and really be educated.”

Every class will be catered and will feature a different learning experi-

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ence that highlights some aspect of the UK police force or police work in general, Boatman said.

Anyone over the age of 18 that can pass a background check can join the class. You don’t have to be a part of the UK community.

The police strive to make the course, which was started in 2007, as hands-on as possible. On one night, participants will get to learn how to make traffic stops and practice making them; on another, the class will learn how to protect visiting foreign dignitaries. And, of course, everyone in the class will get to meet some of UKPD’s four-legged officers.

“Everyone loves the dog night,” Boatman said. “I think that’s everyone’s favorite night. The shoot, don’t shoot simulator has been a lot of fun, and they’ve really taken the traffic stop to heart.”

The class also helps the police learn what local community members need

from them.

“The community gets to learn more about us but then we get to learn about them in the same process,” Boatman said.

Over the years, some graduates of the class have really taken to the police department and even formed their own Citizens Police Academy Alumni Association. Boatman said the group tries to support the police in any way they can. During movein and move-out, Alumni Association members deliver food to tired officers who are directing the high volume of traffic that visits campus during that part of the year.

“It’s really fun to see what people learn, and it’s a great bonding experience between us and the community,” Boatman said.

Those interested can register on UKPD’s website at https://www.uky. edu/police/citizens-police-academy-1.

Here’s a list of the specific training in the course, according to the UKPD website: • University Policing Overview • Criminal Procedure • K-9 Operations • Firearms / Use of Force • DUI Investigation • Dignitary Protection Team (DPT) • Crisis Management and Pre-paredness (CMP) • Joint Terrorism Task Force • Traffic Stops • Support Services

Tuesday, January 22, 2019

Tampon Task Force bill a necessary step forward for women SARAH LADD Opinions Editor

The Lexington Herald-Leader reported on Jan. 9 that a new bill, spurred on by the activism of University of Louisville’s Tampon Taskforce, would require all Kentucky universities and colleges to provide free sanitary products to their students.

The bill, which says, “All public postsecondary education institutions shall make at least one (1) type of feminine hygiene product available for use by women students at no cost,” is a necessary step forward for women everywhere.

Thankfully, UK already offers pads in its women’s restrooms, but many students at other institutions are not so fortunate.

Instead of merely being comfortable that we as UK

students have these products available, we must stand with students from other Kentucky colleges who do not. Just because this does not affect us personally doesn’t mean we should not be worried about it.

The Herald-Leader’s story reported that the bill was inspired partly by the observation that women who get their period unexpectedly on campus must leave to find sanitary products and often are forced to pay outrageous prices for them at stores near campus. For many students who already suffer financially, this is merely an added financial burden.

They are, in essence, being punished for something out of their control and possibly being deterred from going to class during certain times of the month.

The story also reported that bills like this one don’t have a good chance of passing with a male-majority legislature often “embarrassed” by the conversation.

That our legislators would be embarrassed by this conversation merely because they are men is further proof that this bill is necessary to ensure a truly equal experience on campus. The story reported that the bill is supported by two women: Attica Scott, who is sponsoring it, and Julie Raque Adams, who plans to introduce a bill to accompany Scott’s bill in the Senate. However, more male legislators must get on board and prove to their female constituents that they are mature enough to pass bills that are right for every American.

For too long, most of the college campuses in this country have still reflected an all-male student body and not enough has been done to ensure that women, like men, can stay on campus despite uncontrollable biological events and enjoy their higher learning. This bill is a good and necessary step toward ensuring true equality for both men and women students around the state.

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Should you sacrifice grades for a social life, or vice versa?

SARAH HALSEY Kernel Columnist

The balance between academic success and a social life is an age-old problem for students, especially college students.

There is also church, work, internships, family commitments, volunteer opportunities and campus leadership roles that require the attention of many students. College, and much of life, is a balancing act. This balancing act is challenging, but it is doable.

There is always going to be something begging for your attention, so it is important to know what is important to you. Prioritizing is the key to time management. You will never be able to balance everything in your life or manage your time effectively if you are overwhelmed by trying to do too many things. It has

been said that if everything’s important, nothing is important. A balanced life is possible if you prioritize. But which should you prioritize: grades or friends?

A healthy balance between school and a social life is possible, but it won’t happen on accident. Your life is not going to balance itself. You can choose to focus on school and your friendships, but that may mean you work less. You can choose to focus on family and your health, but your friendships may suffer. The choice is up to you. I have heard, “You can do anything, but not everything.” You have to choose what is important to you and prioritize those things. It may help you to think about your long term goals. Which will help you more in 10 years?

Everyone gets the same 24 hours in a day, and we each get to choose how we spend that time. Do not let anyone else tell you how you have to spend your day or life. Choose the things that are important to

you, not what is important to the people around you.

Maybe you feel pressured to have a better social life but you want to put focus on grades. It’s OK to focus on different things than those around you.

Time management is also very important.

Choosing the things you will prioritize now is going to help you greatly when the semester gets crazy and you start feeling the pressure of all your commitments. You will have a hard time managing your time if you haven’t decided what is important to you in advance.

You already know what is important to you. You know what you enjoy. You also know what you waste time doing, only because others want you to. Cutting things out of your life that waste your time now is going to help, and the first few weeks of the semester, which are typically pretty slow, are prime time to set these priorities.

You will thank yourself later.

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Tuesday, January 22, 2019

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STAFF PREDICTIONS FOR 2ND HALF OF BASKETBALL SEASON

By Erika Bonner and Chase Campbell sports@kykernel.com

don is the most consistent scorer. Even when he’s not shooting well, he’s scoring.

BONNER: With how he’s performed so far, it’s hard to imagine Johnson trailing off towards end of the season and not being this team’s leader. He’s shown in the first half of the season how consistent he is, and unless P.J. Washington or Reid Travis have a completely stellar second half of the season, I definitely see Johnson being the leader.

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Chase Campbell

Sports editor Erika Bonner and assistant sports editor Chase Campbell sat down to discuss what’s next for the Kentucky men’s basketball team. Here’s what they think:

Ashton Hagans is averaging four steals for every game he starts.

Does he break Rajon Rondo’s school record of 87 steals in a season?

CAMPBELL: I find it hard to believe he won’t. Rondo averaged 2.6 steals per game in that fated season, and Hagans is almost caught up to him with a head start for Rondo. He’s the most terrifying on-ball defender I’ve ever seen.

BONNER: Ashton Hagans is unreal, and yes, I think he will break that record. He is an absolute terror defensively and after watching him have EIGHT steals against UNC (more steals than he had points, which was seven, in a game that he started), I don’t think there’s anything he can’t do, including producing upwards of 87 steals this season.

What will UK’s record be, going into the SEC Tournament?

JORDAN PRATHER I STAFF Kentucky freshman guard Keldon Johnson screams after dunking the ball during the game against Monmouth on Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2018, at Rupp Arena in Lexington, Kentucky.

Keldon Johnson currently leads UK with 15.5 points per game. Will he be the leader at the end of the season?

CAMPBELL: I think so, especially with the slump Reid Travis is having. Unless Tyler Herro catches fire or P.J. Washington owns all the games moving forward, Kel-

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CAMPBELL: That’s not a bad record for the gauntlet they’re going through (Auburn, Tennessee and Mississippi State all twice). Even if it hurts their seed a little, they’ll be a very, very good team come postseason.

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JORDAN PRATHER I STAFF Kentucky freshman guard Ashton Hagans reaches for a loose ball during the game against Duke in the State Farm Champions Classic on Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2018, at Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Indiana.

What will UK’s record be against the three strongest teams in the SEC: Tennessee, Auburn, Mississippi State?

CAMPBELL: I can see them losing every single one, and winning every single one, so I’ll say they split it 3-3. I doubt they’ll win all the home games, or lose all the road games, but it’ll even out. They’ll get rocked by Tennessee at least once.

BONNER: These three teams are tough, but I see UK going 4-2 against them. One or both of those losses comes from Tennessee.

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BONNER: I’m going to say 24-7.

They lost some that they probably should have won, but in the second half of the season I see them coming together more than they have so far. Like Chase said, they’ll be scary come tournament time.

JORDAN PRATHER I STAFF The Kentucky Wildcats huddle up before their game against Texas A&M on Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2018, at Rupp Arena in Lexington, Kentucky.

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Tuesday, January 22, 2019

Beloved, historic arena to undergo renovations Mitchell prides his teams in running on hard work and discipline— a culture that was not an easy one to build, but it is now a team environment in Memorial Coliseum.

As a current assistant coach and former player for the Wildcats when the modern winning culture was being created, Amber Smith is a prime person to talk about the changes with Memorial and the team it houses.

By Jake Maynard sports@kykernel.com

Memorial Coliseum has been a part of UK’s campus for the better part of a century, yet it is somtimes overlooked by fans.

As Kentucky continues to expand and update its campus, one could be forgiven for thinking that Memorial Coliseum is just another old building waiting to be torn down.

Memorial Coliseum opened in 1950 and housed the men’s basketball team until Rupp Arena was constructed in 1976. For the first three years Memorial Coliseum was open, Kentucky’s basketball program went undefeated in the arena.

Memorial Coliseum saw two of Kentucky’s eight men’s basketball national championships.

It also hosted NCAA championship games 10 times.

Memorial was also a home to six Naismith Hall of Famers: Adrian Smith, Frank Ramsey, Louie Dampier, Cliff Hagan, Dan Issel and Pat Riley.

Hagan, Issel and Riley may be the most memorable of the six, and for good reasons. Hagan became both an NCAA and NBA champion, a five-time allstar and scored more than 14,000 professional points. Issel is the men’s basketball all-time leading scorer with 2,138 points and would go on to score more than 27,000 professional points. Last, but certainly not least, Riley is a six-time NBA champion and is best known as the man behind the Lakers’ Magic Johnson and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar days.

When the men’s basketball team moved out of Memorial, the building become a home to the volleyball, gymnastics and women’s basketball teams— which immediately became a huge success at Memorial. With a 23-12 record, the women’s basketball team made it to the third round of the NWIT in its first

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Smith, who played a role in building a team that is successful enough to earn renovations like the team’s new 1,800 square foot video board, is proud of getting to be a part of the change.

“It’s pretty awesome to see that a lot of time and money is going into our program because we have been successful,” Smith said. “It’s good to just like be a part of that and see that.”

ABOVE: JORDAN PRATHER I STAFF Kentucky women’s basketball takes on Vanderbilt on Thursday, Jan. 3, 2019, at Memorial Colliseum in Lexington, Kentucky.

Kentucky won with a final score of 77-55.

Some may argue that it is best to leave the arena untouched due to its history, but Smith said she believes that change can be a good thing. She wants the program to stay modern, and the building with it.

Smith’s belief in moving forward doesn’t come from a lack of knowledge of the building’s history; in fact, she’s even given tours of the building before.

Smith appreciates the history of Memorial and even believes that it is what makes the wins mean more.

RIGHT: FILE PHOTO Kentucky basketball defeats LSU 77-45 at Memorial Coliseum on Saturday, Jan. 9, 1960.

year as a team.

In 1979, Valerie Still joined the team. Still played for four years with the Wildcats and went on to become the all-time leading scorer (2,763) and rebounder (1,525) in Kentucky basketball history for both men and women.

In the 1981-82 season, Still led the Wildcats to their first women’s basketball championship.

Kentucky’s women basketball program held a winning record for their first 10 years in Memorial Coliseum. In the 1987-88 season, Kentucky ended with a record of 14-15, their

first losing season in program history.

It took the Wildcats some time to get back into a winning record, but in the modern Mat-

thew Mitchell era, the Cats are perhaps the best they have ever been. Mitchell holds a 69 percent winning record, the greatest of any women’s basketball coach in Kentucky history.

“When I decided to come here and play for Kentucky, I wanted to be a part of change and help build the program into a national program,” Smith said. “So, to have the opportunity to come back and help players develop... at my alma mater is just special.”

Whether or not Memorial Coliseum gets a full renovation, two things will always be true: Memorial Coliseum will be a basketball history landmark and Kentucky will find a way to keep its program special.