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LOOKING BACK, MOVING FORWARD CUP SNAKE! A NEW UK FOOTBALL STAR?

During the second half of the blowout UK football victory over the Vanderbilt Commodores on Saturday, Big Blue Nation fawned over another star coming to life in the stands of Vanderbilt Stadium in Nashville.

A cup snake—a several-yard-long behemoth made of stacked together plastic cups—began to slither its way down from the nosebleeds to behind the UK bench.

UK fans, who reportedly outnumbered the Commodore faithful, sought to construct the longest cup snakes in the conference at one of the few SEC football stadiums that sells alcoholic beverages.

Wildcat Twitter erupted with praise as the SEC Network cameras quickly began to pan toward the snake being carried around by dedicated fans. Fans who weren’t at the stadium quickly began posting pictures of the cup snake on their home television screens.

Dick Gabriel the sideline reporter for

the UK Sports Network—UK Athletics’ official multimedia partner—reported that fans in the stands began chanting “C-U-P-S, Cups! Cups! Cups!”

CITING ILLNESS, ARIANA GRANDE CANCELS LEXINGTON CONCERT

Ariana Grande canceled her concert in Lexington on Sunday, citing health concerns. The singer announced the cancellation in an Instagram story, where she also said there would be refunds.

The Lexington concert was part of Grande’s “Sweetener World Tour.”

In an Instagram story after her last concert in Charlottesville, Va. on Friday, the singer said she had been feeling sick and was headed to the doctor.

“I just don’t want anyone not aware of what’s going on ahead of time,” she said in the online update.

Grande then canceled the Lexington show on Sunday morning, saying she’d

JORDAN PRATHER I STAFF Kentucky fans walk down the stands carrying a long line of cups during the game against Vanderbilt on Saturday, Nov. 16, 2019, at Vanderbilt Stadium in Nashville, Tennessee.

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CONTACT woken up “kind of 10 times worse.”

“Ariana revealed to fans on social media that she was struggling to get better quickly, but she is simply not well enough to perform tonight. Ticket holders will receive a refund at point of purchase,” a press release from Live Nation stated.

Online, Grande apologized and thanked her fans for understanding, saying that there would “obviously” be refunds.

According to a post on Rupp Arena’s social media, fans get refunds in various ways: “Ticket holders will receive a refund at point of purchase. For tickets purchased through http://Ticketmaster.com, your refund will be processed automatically.”

For tickets purchased at the Rupp Arena box office, the refund process can begin by calling (859) 233-3535.

HERE’S WHERE YOU CAN DONATE BLOOD ON CAMPUS THIS WEEK

The Kentucky Blood Center’s annual Big Blue Crush blood drive competition against Tennessee will take place across the state and on-campus this week.

Here’s where participants can donate blood on campus this week: Tuesday Student Center (10 a.m.– 6 p.m.)

Gatton College of Business (10 a.m.

– 4 p.m.)

Lewis Honors College (10 am–6 pm) Wednesday Student Center (10 a.m. – 5 p.m.)

Lewis Honors College (10 a.m. – 6 p.m.)

Thursday Student Center (10 a.m. – 6 p.m.)

Johnson Center (1 p.m. – 6 p.m.)

Friday Medical Center (7 a.m. – 3 p.m.)

Student Center (10 a.m. – 6 p.m.)

Lewis Honors College (10:30 a.m. – 4 p.m.)

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On-campus photo exhibit showed the local effects of anti-Semitism

By Natalie Parks news@kykernel.com

Although art is rarely ever just art, rarely is an exhibit as intentionally instructional as the latest to be shown at UK. Titled Contemporary Anti-Semitism, the photo exhibit showed at the Singletary Center from November 11-14. Chabad at UK Jewish Student Center paid for the exhibit, which is a collaboration between colleges, to come to UK. Anti-Semitism is defined as hatred towards Jews, and some studies have reported that anti-Semitism is on the rise in recent years. The exhibit brochure states that “we hope to show the community that anti-Semitism is not linked to one specific people, political party or class. It is a hatred that can and is perpetrated by people across all walks of life in many different forms.”

Abigail Rebenstock, vice president of the UK Jewish Student Center, curated the exhibit as part of her role as program chair. She said the UKJSC had been planning the event for several months.

“The purpose is to provide education about what anti-Semitism is today because it’s changed a lot from the past and it’s important for people to know what images they’re looking at, if they are anti-Semitic,” said Rebenstock.

The exhibit features photo collections organized in eight themes that document the real-life progression of

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Rabbi Shlomo Litvin explains one of the exhibit pieces to a group who attended the showing of the Contemporary Anti-Semitism exhibit on Tuesday, November 12, 2019 in Lexington, Kentucky. NATALIE PARKS | STAFF

anti-Semitism.

Arranged in a semi-circle to better illustrate this progression, the eight themes include topics like anti-Semitism on college campuses, hatred in Kentucky and rallies of hate.

“Anti-Semitism starts with words and flyers and continues to rallies and movements, but it always ends in violence,” said Rabbi Shlomo Litvin, the director of the UKJSC, during a short speech at the beginning of the exhibit showing on Tuesday, November 13.

Photographs from several incidents in Kentucky are shown in the exhibit, including anti-Semitic flyers at Western Kentucky University, a campaign sign from Robert Ransdell’s write-in Senate bid and a white supremacist rally in Pikesville.

The ‘hatred in Kentucky’ portion of the exhibit includes a Kernel photograph from the most recent time the UK Jewish Student Center’s sign was torn down. In total, there have been four instances of anti-Semitism against the UKJSC. “I think people don’t really think anti-Semitism is a thing anymore, and that’s

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People don’t really think that anti-Semitism is a thing anymore, and that’s just really not true.

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just really not true,” said Maria Shamai, president of the UKJSC. A senior, Shamai said that “there have been more than a handful of anti-Semitic happenings just on campus and to people I know” and that she hopes the exhibit will improve the campus environment.

As he showed a group around the exhibit, Litvin explained that anti-Semitic flyers made by student groups try to be casual in hopes of flying under the radar, and that anti-Semitic events that happen on campus are usually a collaboration between a student group and an outside group.

Rebenstock hopes that education about anti-Semitism will help keep people from overlooking it when it happens.

In a short statement

during the exhibit’s second night, Rebenstock also said “we hope to bring the community together by showing images that have torn apart and rebuilt communities in the not-so-distant past.”

One of those events in the not-so-distant past is the Tree of Life Synagogue shooting in Pittsburgh; the Contemporary Anti-Semitism exhibit showing is just after the one-year anniversary of that massacre.

Rebenstock said that the exhibit is in part a remembrance of that shooting, but “also a way to have something in hopes of preventing something like that from happening again by spreading knowledge and awareness.”

Rabbi Litvin said he does have concerns about anti-Semitism on UK’s campus, saying that there are constant signs of it.

“Extremism concerns us,” said Litvin. “We’re constantly updating security protocols in the Jewish Student Center. UK police just came by just to check what’s going on in the event - most art exhibits don’t get police coming by. it’s a constant thing that we’re aware of, but we also take precautions for it.”

Litvin said that the answer to extremism is “coming together for events. It’s unifying.”

In his opening remarks, Litvin quoted the Lubavitcher Rebbe, who said that there is only one community. Litvin hopes that when we can realize we are all one community, we

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can end the threat.

“We are very proud to have so many allies across campus who are coming together as one community to oppose hate against us and against anyone and to make sure it never progresses to violence,” said Litvin during his speech. The UKJSC will host more on-campus events in January as part of a Holocaust remembrance week.

The week will also coincide with the three-year anniversary of the last time the UKJSC sign was torn down.

Lexington resident Anthony Nunez heard about the exhibit from a friend and came in hopes of learning something.

“I was curious what are all the very anti-Semitic things going on in our culture,” said Nunez, adding that he had read different articles about anti-Semitism without getting the full depth of the issue.

Nunez described the information, and the violence, as shocking. In particular, he said the information about anti-Semitism in the government was “disturbing.”

“I didn’t realize that was going on and that people were so open about their anti-Semitic comments,” said Nunez.

Nunez said he benefited from the exhibit because he is now more informed.

“At least I can be more aware of it, especially if it comes up in some way I can know about it and talk about it,” said Nunez.

“I can at least pay attention, and hopefully be on the side of good.”

Tuesday, November 19, 2019

UK outlines plans for Winslow New intake system at Chandler Hospital Project, announces naming contest ED sees patients ‘within minutes’

By Addison Lander

By Hailey Peters

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University of Kentucky leaders and members of the Lexington community outlined further plans for the university’s development at the corner of South Limestone and Winslow Street.

Now dubbed “the Winslow Project,” the property is projected to have over 23,000 square feet of space for the ground floor and over 900 new parking spaces on the site where Kennedy’s Bookstore used to stand.

The building plan features spaces for students, faculty and members from the Lexington community at large, including a hub for esports, a “UK innovation space,” retail space for businesses and a food hall that will seek to bring in local eateries and craft beer, according to a press release from the university.

At a press conference last week in Holmes Hall overlooking the construction site, UK President Eli Capilouto emphasized this idea of students, faculty and community coming together and “collaborating.”

He went on to discuss the prospect of using the Winslow Project space as a catalyst for such purposes.

“The Winslow property is another way we have furthered our commitment not only to our campus but to the city of Lexington,” Capilouto said.

Amanda Bledsoe, a

Emergency department wait and treatment times across the country have a median of around 135 total minutes, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The Albert B. Chandler Hospital at the University of Kentucky has implemented a new intake system to try and reduce that time significantly.

In a UKNow press release about the new intake system, Dr. J. Daniel Moore, an associate professor for UK’s Department of Emergency Medicine described the change to be a necessary step for UK HealthCare’s efficiency and genuine patient care. “‘Emergency’ and ‘wait’ are two words that cannot go together,” Moore said in the press release.

The new intake system guarantees that every patient who visits the emergency room at the Chandler Hospital will be seen by a nurse during registration and an attending physician within

An overlook of the “Winslow Project” as construction proceeds on November 13, 2019 in Lexington, Ky. ADDISON LANDER I STAFF

member of the Lexington-Fayette County Urban County Council said the “fates and futures (of UK and Lexington) are inextricably tied…” and how “both grow and prosper when each is strong.”

The building will serve as a home for the UK esports teams, featuring both an esports theater and gamers’ lounge.

Brianna Ritchison, a senior and member of the UK esports club, spoke of the new opportunities to be had with the new building.

“As a student, I’m excited about the promises this development holds as a place where students can work and play and imagine, together with the community, what is possible,” she said.

In addition to this de-

scription of the building’s purpose and uses, a naming contest was announced. The contest is open to the public and will close after Friday, December 6.

There are six proposed names: The Cornerstone, The Wheelhouse, UK Idea Market, The Upper Level, The Gateway and The Converge.

The project was first approved by UK’s Board of Trustees back in February and is expected to be fully open by Fall of 2020 through the university’s partnership with Signet Real Estate.

The contest, along with more information about the project, can be found at https://www. uky.edu/winslow/.

minutes, according to the press release.

Moore is part of the team who developed the idea for the new system. The system is called a “Physician Intake Pod with Vertical Split Flow” system. The system involves a myriad of different healthcare specialists within the emergency department, starting with a pivot nurse and going through paramedics and nursing care technicians.

Pivot nurse Eryn Van Meter said in the release that she and other people who share her role see patients as they walk in as opposed to waiting in another room and receiving a list of names and illnesses.

“If you see somebody sick, you immediately know it,” Van Meter said.

Patients taken in by emergency ambulances will be seen right away if their condition is seen as extremely time sensitive. If a patient is a walk-in and does not appear to be in a severely critical condition, that is when they will be entered into the PIPVSF system.

The UK Chandler Emer-

gency Room has implemented this system to be able to eliminate the problem of overcrowded waiting rooms. According to UKPR, the end goal is focused around demolishing a waiting room all together and providing vertical treatment spaces.

The UK Department of Emergency Medicine believes that although there is consistently more patients than hospital beds in most hospitals across the country, the patient experience does not have to suffer outside of individual rooms.

Dr. Roger Humphries, the deparment chair, said through UKPR that he thinks that UK HealthCare is a leading healthcare organization in the solution of ultimately eliminating the inconvenience associated with waiting rooms.

“Overall, the difference this process has made in our ED over two years is unprecedented,” said Humphries through UKPR. “We are excited to share our research, to share proven results with other hospitals.”

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party foul?

By Sydney Momeyer news@kykernel.com

Your favorite tailgate house could be considered a “disruptive premise,” resulting in fines against landlords—and possible rent raises—some local landlords warn, if a newly proposed city ordinance should pass through the Lexington city council.

Last week, the council’s Planning and Public Safety Committee voted to move the ordinance—called the “Disruptive Premises Ordinance”—up to the full council for a vote.

The ordinance is supported by the university. UK Provost David Blackwell is-

sued a letter of support for the ordinance. In the letter, he stated that the UK administration has “worked diligently to enforce [the] Student Code of Conduct on and off-campus and to support the efforts of the Lexington Police Department in monitoring neighborhoods that are heavily saturated with student residents.”

“We feel strongly that this measure can assist both the city and the university in efforts to reduce underage drinking and neighborhood disturbance issues, especially in areas around our campus,” Blackwell wrote.

UK Spokesperson Jay Blanton said that part of

the university’s goal is to prepare students be members of the community and society, which is “why we care so deeply about community service and service learning. It is also why our Student Code of Conduct doesn’t end at the borders of our campus. The proposed ordinance, we believe, is another tool that supports the educational mission of the University and our commitment in being good neighbors within the city of Lexington.”

Why is the ordinance being proposed?

According to documents prepared by Lexington Urban County Councilman

The University of Kentucky basketball team has a long history of winning, and celebrating on State Street is becoming a campus tradition for students and fans. MICHAEL REAVES I KERNEL FILE

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Rowdy student housing could face rent raise under proposed ordinance, landlords say.

Jake Gibbs for the committee, the ordinance was created to reduce the amount of house parties that occur in the areas immediately off of UK’s campus.

Gibbs represents Lexington’s Council District 3, where UK and many off-campus student housing areas are located. He said that if the ordinance were to be enacted in the city, it would not go into effect until late January, giving any supporters or opposers the opportunity to “put their two cents in.”

“It’s my hope that we can curb the out of control house party culture in our near campus neighborhoods,” Gibbs wrote in his presentation.

Prior to this ordinance, there was the “Lexington Party Plan.” Passed in 2001, this plan, according to the council documents, “was designed to hold landlords accountable for properties defined as a disturbance problem.” After two citations, the premises was to be designated a “No Party Property.” If any further infractions occurred at the property, the property owner could receive a criminal citation and potential fines.

However, Gibbs said, this was not utilized due to the criminal charges that could occur. Local government officials did not want criminal charges left on permanent records due to partying at a young age.

Since 2001, properties were deemed a “No Party Premise” only 41 times.

To increase enforcement, the newly proposed Disrup-

tive Premises Ordinance was introduced. Council documents show two differences from No Party.

Disruptive Premises would no longer require there to be previous infractions to trigger action against the landlord—a landlord could immediately be given a citation. However, the fines and citations are now considered civil and not criminal, giving the landlord a chance to appeal the citation.

After two citations issued to people living at the given property, a landlord would be fined $250. Further infractions would result in a $500 fine, then $1,000 and continue going up as infractions occurred.

Once a property owner can assure that their residency is no longer disrup-

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It’s my hope that we can curb the out of control house party culture in our near campus neighorhoods.

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JAKE GIBBS tive, the property will be removed from the list. Gibbs said that a residency could be taken off if the landlord could prove, through an appeal of a citation or fine, that they are making a conscious effort to make their property less disruptive. In severe cases, this could result in an eviction of a tenant.

Could student rents go up?

Landlord and member of the legislative committee for the Greater Lexington Apartment Association Craig Martin believes fines should not fall upon the landlord. Martin used to be president of the University Area Housing Association and has dealt with many college tenants. He currently represents 18,000 units, with a “very active legislative committee” for GLAA. According to Martin, this level of fines for the landlord could result in raising rent prices in the neighborhoods surrounding campus, calling the ordinance a “direct target on student housing.”

“If people are having parties obviously their security deposit will be used for any damage to the property,” he said. “So that would force us to raise rent prices to make up for these potential fines.”

Gibbs told the Kernel that he wanted to make clear that he is not “anti-party,” but instead just wants to make the neighborhoods and tenants in the areas surrounding campus feel safer.

He said that this does not just apply to students, but to parties all around the city.

Gibbs and Martin were in agreement that many of the issues in the neighborhoods around campus regarding student partying is a result of UK having a dry campus.

“Part of the problem is what UK did years ago by banning alcohol on campus,” Gibbs said. “They

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A Kentucky fan opens a bottle of champagne in celebration on State Street after Kentucky’s Sweet Sixteen win against Houston on Friday, March 29, 2019, in Lexington, Kentucky.

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thought they were doing a marvelous thing, but what they did was throw it out into the neighborhoods.”

Both Gibbs and Martin said the Lexington Police Department has done a great job of trying to regulate the parties to keep the neighborhoods safe.

Is near-campus partying getting out of hand?

Constituents from several near-campus neighborhoods complained to Gibbs, telling stories of underage drinkers, fighting, vandalism and in one case, cars pulling up and down the street “as if it were South Beach.” This particular constituent, who was not

named in the documents, lives on Transylvania Park, a street just off the UK campus’ northeastern edge.

“I really care about this street and don’t understand why we let this happen,” the constituent said. “If I was thinking of purchasing a house on this street and drove up to find plastic cups everywhere I would drive on by.”

Sue Mize, the president of the Transylvania Park Neighborhood Association said that she agrees that the ordinance would likely make the neighborhood safer by reducing the amount of crazy parties, but also said she loves the well-behaved students who live on

the street right now.

“We love our students, we love the festive atmosphere during ball games and that’s why we live here,” she said. “Many of the people on the street are professors here and they love the students.”

Mize said that she has not had an issue with an unruly party in quite some time, and that the landlords in the area have been very diligent in keeping tenants that are respectful of the area.

“I know several of our landlords and they are very responsible,” Mize said. “We have a lot of students here. And for the most part they are very

well-behaved. If anything goes wrong and I have contacted the landlord, it has been taken care of immediately.”

She talked of a “party house” that was on the street a few years ago and said that she would be “totally in favor of that homeowner being cited.”

“The homeowner needs to be responsible for the students and do preventative work by saying ‘Look, here are the rules if you want to live in my house and here is how you need to behave,’” she said.

Martin said that he has tried to be a responsible landlord, making sure his tenants are acting properly

and in severe cases, issuing 14-day notices of legal action being taken against the tenant, such as evictions.

“I personally have strict rules regarding the amount of people that can be on the property at a time without permission,” he said. “A tenant can have double the number of guests that live in the home. So, if there is a four-bedroom apartment, there can be eight people on the premise without them having to inform me.

After that, they need to inform me of the number of guests they will have.”

Another complaining constituent listed in Gibbs’ council documents

was a landlord in the areas around State and Elizabeth Streets—an area notoriously rowdy, street-filling reveling which often occurs after major UK football and basketball sports wins.

“The local newspaper has reported partying on University, State Street, and Waller Avenue,” the constituent wrote. “In the reporting that I read, there have been some small fires, noise problems, and very low vandalism. However, I have a dozen houses on those three streets.

Quite frankly, my tenants are scared to death. These tenants are stating that it is like a riot; they are afraid.”

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A student’s perspective on Trump’s recent visit to Lexington

By Thomas Hart opinions@kykernel.com

Just a day before Kentucky’s general gubernatorial election on November 5, President Donald Trump visited Rupp Arena to encourage Kentuckians to vote straight republican and support Governor Bevin for reelection.

My friend and I had never seen Trump in person, so we figured it would be a good experience.

We were told to get there early. Trump wasn’t expected to arrive until 7 p.m., but people had camped overnight to get in right when the doors opened. We made our way to the arena three hours early, walked by numerous tables of “KEEP AMERICA GREAT!” paraphernalia, and managed to get our seats in time to dance the YMCA with the crowd. A woman from Korea sat next to me and explained why she liked Trump. Disappointed in seeing generations of immi-

View from the upper deck of rupp arena. PHOTO PROVIDED BY THOMAS HART

grant families relying on Medicaid in the hospital where she worked, she felt Trump was our best hope for change.

At 7 p.m. the crowd was standing, ready for Trump’s ar-

rival ...

But then the soundtrack switched to Italian music and I figured Trump would not make his grand entrance to “Con Te Partirò.” So, we waited. Twen-

ty minutes later, country singer Lee Greenwood took the stage, singing his signature song, “God Bless the U.S.A.” and Trump emerged to the roar of the crowd.

What followed was a back and forth between Trump saying a lot of nice things about America, Kentucky, and the Republicans, and a lot of bad things about the Left and the “do nothing Democrats.” Trump told us the economy and the unemployment rates were better than ever and then said if the democrats were elected, there would be a “depression the likes of which you’ve never seen.” He said Matt Bevin loves his state, but his opponent Andy Beshear “rejects everything Kentucky stands for.”

I spent most of the rally wondering if anything Trump was saying was true, but I also think I understand the appeal of Trump rallies now. It was honestly kind of fun. I did the wave with the crowd, sang along with Lee Greenwood and cheered just like

everyone else when Trump said fluffy things about how great the U.S. was.

But there was also this feeling that something was wrong. The recurrent chanting of “USA!” and “Four more years!” was kind of funny, but it also reeked of mob mentality. I felt the most uncomfortable during the rally when Trump addressed the “disgusting Washington Post,” pointed toward the media booth, and waited about 20 seconds while the crowd pointed and booed at the poor people standing there.

This seemed to typify the us versus them sentiment professed throughout the rally.

I’m not the biggest Trump fan, but Trump rallies encourage people to vote, which I think is good whether you like the motives of the voters or not. And, like the woman I sat next to, people have sincere concerns that rallies like this can help them address. For me, though, one rally was enough.

UK is taking the wrong approach at handling wild, off-campus parties

By Ryan Brokamp opinions@kykernel.com

It will be interesting to see the effects of the newly proposed Lexington city ordinance—that would fine landlords renting to consistently rowdy party houses— has on University of Kentucky student’s nightlife and gameday festivities.

While the new ordinance certainly seems like a strict enough deterrent, college students are notoriously adaptable when it comes to their desire to burn a bright flame.

The proposed fines are just the most recent step taken in attempt to remove

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any chance of a UK student achieving a fulfilling social life. We have lost the bowl, we have lost the cliff, and we might lose the off-campus housing. The situation is dire. Now there aren’t many respectable reasons to argue against underage drinking laws and policy but UK needs to change their approach.

The ordinance, which is backed by the university, is a response to the years of consistent partying that goes down in the areas around State and Elizabeth Streets by generations of the Wildcat faithful. Riots and excessive celebrations have cast

an infamous shadow over the collegiate community.

While in all actuality, the biggest disturbances most nights come from the ambulance sirens and helicopters heading toward the hospitals.

The University of Kentucky is a dry campus and is able to tell the taxpayers of the conservative commonwealth that their dollars are not going into the reckless college scene. But believing that there can be a stop to underage drinking on campus is naïve. Currently Kentucky is applying an abstinence only policy to their students.

There are simple steps

that the University could take to make the lives of their students safer that don’t require more litigation and fines.

Any student who has partaken in off-campus extracurriculars is familiar with the unholy house party scene.

Garbage bags are taped over windows, an unknown combination of liquids accumulates on the floor, and people are packed so close moving is nothing but constant apologies. There are reasons people take their pictures at the pre-games.

Many colleges allow fraternities to host their large parties in their chapter houses and other universi-

ty owned properties. If the University of Kentucky implements a change this easily could take students out of dark, unfamiliar and cramped basements and into big adequate houses that are in the middle of our safe and secure campus. The premises could be roped or blocked off and contained, sign-in lists could be used, and chapters could use their budgets to hire professional security.

Now some may ask “Why should we allow students to have massive parties?” and it’s hard to answer that question. As I sit down to write this column,

my roommates worked on an assignment that them to come up with a tradition that goes along with UK sports.

Now they aren’t the smartest bunch but they weren’t able to come up with any. In fact, the closest they got were memories of State Street riots and tailgates.

Maybe the life of crazy ragers and riots are over.

Maybe students are losing their desire for the reckless. But next time there is a national championship in Lexington, I hope the Herald-Leader heads to the dorms or apartments and shows students celebrating by themselves.

Tuesday, November 19, 2019

How to thank the Earth this Thanksgiving

By Brianna Stanley

opinions@kykernel.com

When we feel truly grateful for someone, the way we show appreciation for them is rarely by taking out a club and walloping them, cartoon-caveman style. Exceptions may be made for particular siblings, but more often than not we show gratitude by verbally expressing it, listening, caring and spending quality time together.

Why should Mother Earth be the exception?

Personally, I feel extremely grateful for the Earth and all of it’s beauty, resilience and patience towards us humans and our shenanigans (e.g. the industrial revolution). It continues to sustain us despite the stress we put it under. Why not show some gratitude by holstering the club and doing our best to be sustainable this Thanksgiving?

Over Thanksgiving, ~204 million pounds of Turkey meat will be sent to the landfill, according to the National Resources Defense Council.

That’s a lot, but it doesn’t include Aunt Glenda’s mystery casserole and the other inevitable leftover dishes each year.

On average, food waste increases by 33 percent during holidays.

With this in mind, consider buying less food for Thanksgiving or at least informing the attendees that they can bring their own containers to take some home with them.

While turkey and other meats shouldn’t be composted, you can create a compost bin for your non-meat leftovers. When

food decomposes in landfills it is primarily methane that is released, a greenhouse gas 84 times as potent as carbon dioxide, according to the Environmental Defense Fund.

Well-turned compost piles are a low-maintenance way to divert food from landfills, create healthy soil and reduce the amount of methane produced.

And, for the Turkey, there’s always the freezer.

Another way we can thank Earth this holiday is by purchasing carbon offsets. More than 55 million travelers will fly or drive more than 50 miles these Thanksgiving holidays, according to AAA. The Nature Conservancy has an online carbon offset calculator, and most 6-hour flights are under $15 to offset.

We can also minimize the environmental impact of Thanksgiving by sourcing local ingredients. Shopping at your farmers market — which in downtown Lexington is at Cheapside Pavilion every Saturday, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. — is a wonderful way to thank local farmers through your monetary support, and thank the earth by purchasing food that is often more sustainably grown (and required fewer emissions to get from the farm to your table).

In addition, I encourage everyone to buy heritage turkeys from small local farms such as Elmwood Stock Farm, whose turkeys are also certified organic and free range. Heritage breeds retain characteristics of turkeys that are now largely bred out of those used for industrial-level poultry produc-

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tion. This includes the ability to reproduce without artificial insemination (thereby reducing the near-monopolies of certain poultry companies) and to generally live happier, healthier, longer lives than the Turkeys bred purely to increase speed of production and breast size.

I see few better ways to thank an animal for giving its life for you than to support the types of farms that provide animals with more humane lives.

Of course, many environmentalists would be content that if we were truly wanting to thank mother earth, our

thanksgiving dinners would be vegan, fully local, wholly sustainable. I don’t think that this is a realistic option for all and can create unnecessary guilt.

Thanksgiving is a time when family and friends come together, bringing many differing expectations. Food can get political. Many also don’t have the option financially to opt for more expensive local or organic foods.

To me, all that matters is that we do what we can to reduce the negative impacts of our Thanksgiving on the Earth, which I think comes more na-

turally when we acknowledge the blessings it gives us.

So, if you can, ditch the paper plates, brave the ToFurkey, or buy Heritage breeds. Buy less.

Maybe get creative and have an alternative, sustainable-themed Friendsgiving or buy a couple of carbon offsets. The main point of the holiday is togetherness and thanksgiving and, while I don’t want to detract from that, I encourage everyone to take at least one step to reduce their environmental impact this Thanksgiving. A few small actions are better than none.

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Tuesday, November 19, 2019

Bowden puts on another show in victory over Commodores

By Erika Bonner sports@kykernel.com

Kentucky football (55, 3-5 SEC) became one step closer to receiving bowl game eligibility Saturday in Nashville, in what was Lynn Bowden’s best passing performance of the season.

The Cats lit up the Vanderbilt Commodores defense in their 38-14 win, totaling a season-high 528 yards of offense. Bowden accounted for 214 of those yards.

“It was a big win for us,” Bowden said. “We’re just one step closer to our goal. We’ve got two more left. We want to get both of them, but we’ve just got to worry about next week.”

On the game, the wide receiver-turned-quarterback went 8-of-10 passing for a career-high 104 yards, and added 110 yards on the ground and a touchdown in his fifth game as the Cats’ starting quarterback. In his last four, he hasn’t passed for more than 78 yards in a

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Kentucky quarterback Lynn Bowden Jr. runs in a touchdown during the game against Vanderbilt on Saturday, Nov. 16, 2019, at Vanderbilt Stadium in Nashville, Tennessee. Kentucky won 38-14. JORDAN PRATHER I STAFF

game.

“Just want to make people respect us,” Bowden said. “Our ground game is A-1, we want to get our passing game A-1, too.”

Kentucky was the first team on the board after a not-so-effective trip to the red zone resulted in a Chance Poore field goal.

However, after an easy

touchdown drive and a fumble recovery for Vandy, UK suddenly trailed 14-3 in the first quarter.

The Cats would then go on to score 35 unanswered points: two touchdowns from freshman running back Chris Rodriguez, and a touchdown each from Bowden, running back Kavosiey

Smoke and wide receiver Josh Ali. UK head coach Mark Stoops says the key to not falling into a deeper hole after going down 14-3 was having confidence in their game plan and not panicking.

“Because let’s face it, we are methodical right now and there’s not a ton of explosive plays,” Stoops said. “Now we created some, and we created some big yardage again and controlled the clock.

However, when you go down 14-3, if you’re not a team that has confidence in what we’re doing, you could flinch right there, because you know points have been hard.”

Bowden did just about everything for the Cats— on the ground, through the air, blocking and helping

push his teammates into the end zone. Stoops says Bowden is doing “amazing things” given the situation he’s been thrown into this season. He also credits offensive coordinator Eddie Gran and quarterbacks coach Darin Hinshaw for preparing Bowden and helping him understand the playbook better.

“You put him back there and he makes people miss, but he also lowers his shoulders and runs over people when he has to,” Stoops said. “So just, you put it all together and it’s pretty remarkable some of the things he’s doing right now.”

The Cats went 8-for11 on third down conversions, which is something they’ve previously strug-

gled with, especially last week when they played Tennessee. Two of those third downs against the Commodores came as big chunk plays for the Cats, both in the same drive.

One a 28-yard screen catch and run from Smoke as the Cats faced 3rdand-26, the other a 27yard run from Rodriguez for a touchdown.

“We needed to make some critical plays in critical moments and this week we did,” Stoops said.

The Cats head back home to face University of Tennessee at Martin on Saturday, Nov. 23, at 3:30 p.m. as they seek a sixth win to become bowl eligible. The game will be broadcast on SEC Network.

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Tuesday, November 19, 2019

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NCAA Tournament run

By Erika Bonner

sports@kykernel.com

With seven players on its roster receiving post-season league awards, including a Conference USA Player of the Year, the 2019 Kentucky men’s soccer team will look to follow up last year’s Elite Eight appearance with an even deeper NCAA Tournament run.

The No. 15 Cats went 11-3-3 (4-2-1 C-USA) in the regular reason and qualified for their 14th postseason conference tournament since joining the C-USA in 2005. Heading into the tournament as the No. 4 seed, the Wildcats first rematched and defeated Florida Atlantic 2-0 in the quarterfinals.

Kentucky saw FAU in its C-USA

home opener back on Sept.

21 and knew what to expect from the Owls heading into the conference tournament.

Two late goals from a pair of freshmen in the 89th minute is what sealed the win--Eythor Bjorgolfsson and Jansen Wilson recorded last-minute scores to send the Cats to the semifinals.

After losing to the Marshall Thundering Herd on the road in its second-tolast regular season game, UK faced them 12 days later to secure a spot in the C-USA championship game. However, the outcome wasn’t what the Cats had hoped for. They were defeated 1-0 despite leading the shot count in the match and goalkeeper Enrique Facusse’s efforts, who totaled three saves on the night. The Herd would

go on to defeat Charlotte in the championship game 1-0 in two overtimes to claim the C-USA title.

Kentucky will head into the NCAA tournament sporting a No. 21 RPI ranking and a 2-4-3 (4-2-1 C-USA) record, while having the conference’s player of the year in Aimé Mabika on their side. The 6-foot-6 defender leads the Wildcats among all field players in minutes with 1,755 and adds three goals for the team. He also was named Co-Defensive MVP and first-team All-Conference.

The Cats’ next challenge will be the NCAA Tournament. They didn’t receive an automatic bid, however, they will look to notch an at-large bid during the selection show on Monday, Nov. 18 before tournament play starts on Nov. 21.

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