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Todd, SG president give updates on university goals By Philip Timmerman
Hundreds of faculty and staff gathered around the Main Building Thursday afternoon to hear UK President Lee Todd's State of the University Address.
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UK President Lee Todd joined Student Government President Ryan Smith in the third annual State of the University Address Thursday. The two acknowledged the progress UK has made toward achieving its goal of becoming a top-20 research university. Todd said despite the financial hardships the students and faculty of UK have endured for the past two years, the university has never lost sight of its goal.
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“This university did what great organizations do in trying times,” Todd said. “We worked harder. We worked smarter. We worked better.” Hundreds of people were seated in front of the Main Building and around Patterson Office Tower to listen to the presidents’ speeches. “I wanted to hear what the goals were for this year,” said Nellie He, an undeclared sophomore. Todd cited statistics to support his affirmation that the university was not only surviving, but thriv-
ing. Todd said the university received more than 12,000 applications for this fall’s freshman class, a record for UK. The average ACT score of the incoming freshmen rose as well, from 24.4 last year to 24.7. Todd also cited last year’s record enrollment in doctoral and first-professional student programs, as well as the record number of doctoral agrees awarded. Todd praised the accomplishments of numerous organizations See Address on page 4
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Author leads discussion on violence, masculinity By Andrew Pillow news@kykernel.com
A UK department invited male and female students to explore the roles masculinity plays in violence against women. Thursday, two events kicked off the start of the new Gender and Women’s Studies department. The event included a movie and dialogue from students, professors and author Michael Kimmel at the Violence, Intervention and Prevention Center. The documentary “Macho,” which was shown in Worsham Theatre, chronicled the struggle of a Nicaraguan men’s group that advocated getting rid of the social ideas of masculinity that cause men to abuse women.
“No matter what your gender is, or race, everyone deserves to be treated fairly.” JOSH DEITEL
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Samantha Erpenbeck, an early education junior, works the rock wall desk in the Johnson Center on Thursday. She works an average of 16 hours a week to earn extra money.
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After showing the four panelists — Kimmel, future Gender and Women’s Studies professor Roger Pearson, and students Jermey Taylor and Marty Dunning — discussed the movie and issues of violence. Kimmel, author of the book “Guyland,” believes social ideas of masculinity are at the root of the cause for violence against women. “We can not look at men’s violence against women as perpetrated by a group of non-conformists,” Kimmel said. “They are over conformists to these norms as masculinity.” Patricia Cooper, of the Gender and Women’s Studies Department, agreed. “The way men have learned to be men is harmful to men, as well as women,” Cooper said. Ryan Wagoner, campus outreach coordinator for the VIP Center, said when men talk about preventing violence against women, it becomes positive peer pressure. “It’s hard for us to talk about it (masculinity),” Wagoner said. Sally Evans, education program coordinator, said it is important to have men speak on the roles of masculinity. “Men have an absolute critical role to
Pull between jobs and classes leaves little room for anything else By Garrett Wymer news@kykernel.com
Add 33 work hours and 14 hours of classes together, and the result is one hectic week that many students at UK face. Before the fall semester, employees at the Johnson Center were allowed to do homework during slow hours of business, but not anymore, said social work senior Brad Long. Long works 33 hours per week as a desk attendant at the Johnson Center while taking 14 class credit hours. “I work a lot of morning shifts,” he said. “So that’s when I got a lot of my homework done.” Long now has to complete homework during his off hours, but said he knows employees should focus on their jobs.
Psychology and anthropology senior Anisha Iyengar cleans the coffee machine at Intermezzo in the Patterson Office Tower on Thursday. PHOTO BY ZACH BRAKE
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Fraternity to raise awareness of muscular dystrophy at game By Laura Clark lclark@kykernel.com
One fraternity will be doing more than tailgating before the UK versus Florida football game on Saturday. Pi Kappa Alpha is hosting the national Coach to Cure MD program, which raises money to benefit research and awareness of Duchenne muscular dystrophy in boys. More than 300 colleges that will be hosting football games this weekend are also raising awareness of the charity. Lee O’Connor, the UK chapter’s president and an integrated strategic communication senior, said this is their first year participating in the philanthropy. “It’s a national thing, a lot of
coaches are involved,” O’Connor said. “(Pi Kappa Alpha’s) national headquarters is teaming up with the Coach to Cure MD foundation and has asked all the chapters to volunteer their time and effort this weekend.” The program is working with the
“(The program) really appealed to me. These kids watch sports on the sidelines. Some people take that for granted.”
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“I understand where they’re coming from,” Long said. “We have to put the customers first.” Ron Lee, director of campus recreation, said the homework policy was decided on over the summer. Lee said he understood how sitting at a desk for hours can get boring, but employees should pay attention to the students. “It’s kind of tough for (them), because not a lot of them have much to do for those four-hour shifts,” Lee said. “But you’re being paid to do a job. It’s important that you pay attention to your duties and to the students.” Lee said response to the rule change has posed few problems. “Most of all, our student employees understand (the policy),” See Workers on page 4
Race for the Cure has grown ‘leaps and bounds’ over 13 years By Jenny Boylan news@kykernel.com
Cancer touches almost every life in some way or another. Some of those affected are running for awareness. For its 13th year, Lexington will host the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure Saturday at the Courthouse Plaza located downtown. Thousands of people are expected to show their support for the fight against breast cancer. According to the Susan G. Komen Cancer Foundation Web site, more than $170,000 has been raised so far. “We made a big marketing push this year and were active with our Facebook page,” said race chair Amanda Tatchell. “I anticipate we’ll be really close to our $300,000 fundraising goal.”
Tatchell said more than 6,000 people participated last year, but she is expecting more than 8,000 this year. “Countless hours of work were done by staff and volunteers to plan race day and everything that leads up to it,” said missions director Carl Gilford. “We have grown by leaps and bounds.” Money raised from the event will go toward breast cancer research, education and treatment for those who are uninsured and underinsured, Gilford said. Nathan Noble, a social work sophomore and president of the UK Military Veterans of America Association, will be participating in the race along with other members of the group. Noble said his mother is a cancer survivor and the reason he will walk on Saturday. See Race on page 4 Newsroom: 257-1915; Advertising: 257-2872
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Avril and Deryck split So complicated! Avril Lavigne readies divorce papers as she kicks Deryck Whibley out of their house. It was the first time they had been spotted together in almost four months, and while grocery shopping at L.A.'s Bristol Farms on August 29, Avril Lavigne and Deryck Whibley couldn't have looked less happy about it. "Once they got into the store, they each went their own way and didn't speak," one fellow customer says. "She seemed sad. They weren't interacting, giggling or holding hands." A little more than a week later, it was clear why: Us has confirmed that the couple have separated after three years of marriage. "She dumped him and told him she was leaving him. She wants to move on," a source close to Lavigne, 25, tells Us, adding that she forced Whibley, 29, out of their $9.5 million, 12,000-square-foot estate in L.A.'s Bel Air. "Divorce papers will be filed any day now." A second source says, "She wanted a change." (A rep for Lavigne could not be reached; Whibley's rep had no comment.) Indeed, the singer, who began dating the Sum 41 frontman and fellow Canadian in 2004 after he broke up with Paris Hilton, has been spending more time out at clubs than on her marriage. (One recent night ended with Lavigne bulldozing into another patron. "She was drunk and tripped," says a witness.)
Accompanying her more often then her husband: oil heir Brandon Davis and Hollywood power broker Mike Heller, 32, with whom she vacationed this summer while Whibley was touring. "She and Mike have been spending a lot of time together and are extremely close now," says an insider. As for Davis, the two "just party together," the Lavigne source adds. For his part, Whibley also hits the town without his spouse. "They're both party animals," says a source. "And they're just not close like they once were."
Their Demise "I might look like a tough chick, and I am, but I'm also a hopeless romantic inside," Lavigne has said. Exhibit A: her lavish July 2006 wedding, for which Lavigne who told Us of her nuptials at the time, "We had it all!" donned two Vera Wang gowns. The couple also adopted little tokens of their love. She had the initial D tattooed on her wrist in 2004, and he legally added Lavigne as his middle name in 2007. So how did they go from head over heels to hell-bent on a split? "They got married too young," one insider says of Lavigne, who said "I do" at 21. (She herself exclaimed, "I'm still a kid!" when asked by Us about baby plans shortly after her wedding.) Echoes another, "She just grew out of the relationship. He's crushed." COPYRIGHT 2008 US WEEKLY
After a long afternoon of skateboarding in the small town of Hindman, Ky., a local teenager takes a break with his dog. In a town where coal trucks frequent the streets and faces are familiar, this boy and his friends entertain themselves by attempting ollies and drops of the curbs on main street. For as many "action" shots I attempted on this evening, this picture said the most about the afternoon. The wear of the board and his shoes let me know that I was witnessing only one of many shared nights on the streets of Hindman. As his dog peeked at me from behind his owner, his loyalty reminded me of the close relationships that always seem to be made in small towns. — CHELSEY PERRON
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Horoscope To get the advantage, check the day’s rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging. Aries (March 21-April 19) — Today is a 7 — Things are starting to quiet down, through a group effort. You can provide what’s needed in a timely manner. Taurus (April 20-May 20) — Today is a 7 — Can you get out of town this weekend? Make preliminary plans. Conditions are changing in your favor. Gemini (May 21-June 21) — Today is an 8 — Everything’s fun and games, and then the piper must be paid. Make sure you have enough saved up for that. Cancer (June 22-July 22) —
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Today is a 6 — You’re spurred to take action because of an item on your list that you forgot. Better go over your list again. Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) — Today is a 7 — It’s a good day to follow through on a project you’ve discussed with a supervisor. Find out what you’ll be paid. Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Today is a 7 — A business relationship is growing warmer. Don’t let it cross the line between friendship and adulation. Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — Today is a 5 — You struggle to get ideas across to others. Use concrete examples. Remember show-and-tell from kindergarten? It works. Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — Today is a 6 — You have to pay attention if you want to understand.
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Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — Today is a 5 — There’s a lot going on today, but you may not understand all of it ‘til later. Take action after chores are done. Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Today is a 5 — Change is all around you. At first you wonder what’s happening. Later you’ll understand. Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — Today is a 5 — If you can’t get the words on the paper, formulate an idea mentally. List the key points, then finish tomorrow. Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) — Today is a 5 — Work hard to get your ideas across to an obstinate person. Stick to practical details. Get an agreement. (C) 2009 TRIBUNE MEDIA SERVICES
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Vladimir Geosev, right, a business administration exchange student, takes the ball from Justin Caroline, a business junior, at club soccer practice on Tuesday. PHOTO BY BRITNEY MCINTOSH STAFF
Heading in the right direction Serbian transfer student uses soccer abilities to bridge social gaps By Sam Ranard sports@kykernel.com
The UK club soccer team may not be the most popular spectator sport on campus, but one of the players on the team is worth getting to know. “This is my first time in the U.S.,” Vladimir Geosev said. “It is just like I thought it would be.” Geosev speaks five languages: Serbian, German, Spanish, Roman-
ian and English. Although Geosev speaks so many languages, he still has cultural — and — language barrier issues in Kentucky. A native of Bor, Serbia, Geosev played soccer for the highly competitive Bor FK soccer club in high school. After moving to Veinna, Austria, for college, Geosev gave up soccer for school. And it’s school, not soccer, which brought Geosev stateside to UK. Surprisingly, Geosev’s biggest
challenge adapting to the U.S. hasn’t been speaking English. His biggest obstacle has been meeting people, he said. After noticing a club soccer flyer posted at the Johnson Center, Geosev decided to bust out his cleats and try out for the team in an effort to connect with American students. Geosev made the team and will play for the club until he returns to Austria after the Fall 2009 semester. “It’s kind of hard to make
friends here except when they are from other countries,” Geosev said. “It is more easy to make friends with international students than with American students. Everyone who comes to study abroad in the U.S. should try to play a sport. It’s much easier to make friends and to get to know people when you play sports.” When Geosev leaves after this semester, he will return to Austria, but does not know when he will be back to the U.S.
UK VS. FLORIDA: POSITION BY POSITION By Ben Jones bjones@kykernel.com
Quarterbacks Mike Hartline appeared to take a step back in Saturday’s third-quarter meltdown against Louisville. Tim Tebow was underwhelming against Tennessee, but is still one of the all-time greats in college football. Even if Hartline improves drastically, it’s hard to see him outplaying Tebow, who can help as a runner more than Hartline can. Advantage: Florida
Running backs Even with Derrick Locke back at full speed and with Florida tailback Jeffery Demps battling the flu, the Gators have more depth here. Either Emmanuel Moody or Chris Rainey could probably start for the Cats, so Florida gets the nod. Advantage: Florida
Receivers Chris Matthews has hardly been the big-play threat most envisioned thus far. His longest catch is for 22 yards. Randall Cobb is fun to watch, but Florida’s platoon of wideouts and talented tight ends is just better than what UK puts on the field. Don’t expect a dominating per-
formance from either receiving corps, but Florida should spread the ball around more efficiently. Advantage: Florida
Offensive line UK hasn’t given up a sack all season, and is solid at every position on the line. Florida has great interior players, led by the Pouncey twins, but doesn’t have the bookend tackles or the chemistry that the Cats have with seniors Justin Jeffries, Zipp Duncan and Jorge Gonzalez leading the way. Advantage: UK
Defensive line The Cats had question marks all over the defensive line before the season, and they’ve answered few of them. DeQuin Evans had two sacks against Louisville, but the pass rush just isn’t consistent enough. Florida returns all four men up front from last year, and there’s plenty of depth behind those guys. Advantage: Florida
Linebackers Florida has a ton of talent at every linebacker position. UK is solid, but not spectacular at any one spot — possibly excluding Micah Johnson in the middle. But Florida even tops UK there, as long as Brandon Spikes is healthy.
Advantage: Florida
Defensive backs Trevard Lindley is one of the top corners in the nation, but Florida may have the top corner tandems in the nation. Joe Haden and Janoris Jenkins can shut anyone down at any point. Florida’s safeties, Major Wright and Ahmad Black, are also elite playmakers in the Southeastern Conference. Advantage: Florida
Special teams The special teams game usually comes down to depth, and while the Cats have improved their depth in recent years, they don’t stockpile like the Gators. Year after year of stellar recruiting means Florida should outplay the Cats here again this year after a dominating performance last year. Advantage: Florida
Overall Rich Brooks has done a lot in his time at UK, but there’s still a long road ahead before the Cats have a real chance of knocking off the Gators. That’s no knock on this year’s team, because Florida is too good for just about any team in the country to stick with for four quarters. Advantage: Florida
“I’m going to go back to Austria and study one more year,” Geosev said. “Then I'm done, I'm going to start to work. I will come visit America. But to live here, I don’t know; maybe if I can find a job in a big city.” In the mean time, Geosev hopes to be successful on and off the field, both in his studies and socially. “It’s difficult because I don’t know many people,” Geosev said. “But everyday it becomes better.”
Gators focusing on flu, not Cats I know what everyone is thinking: The only way UK will beat No. 1 Florida on Saturday in Commonwealth Stadium is if pigs fly. But what if “pigs” give Florida the flu instead? All week it has seemed like it’s wasn’t the Gators vs. the Cats, but Florida vs. the Flu. UK who? Florida’s more worried about the swine flu. Three Florida players had flu-like symptoms last week against Tennessee. At least KENNY six more have been held out of practice this COLSTON week for flu-like illness. Hand sanitizer is Kernel the new Gatorade in Gainesville, Fla. columnist And I’m pretty sure Tim Tebow was locked in a protective bubble, turning in coursework online as student trainers ran routes in the halls of his dorm room and brought him food. You could see a panicked Urban Meyer worried about which Florida student was going to cough next on one of his five-star athletes. But this is the perfect time for UK to play on Meyer’s fears. You see, just like Florida’s campus, UK has this nice undercurrent of H1N1 going around. Students are bouncing around dorm to dorm or being isolated at home every week. In fact, I’m sure everyone on this campus knows of at least one case of confirmed H1N1. So how does this relate to Saturday’s game and a possible win? It’s simple. See Colston on page 4
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Lee said. “They realize it does make sense.” Natasha Hill, a nursing freshman at Bluegrass Community and Technical College, said she works about 16 hours a week at Commons Market on South Campus, but balancing work and school is not too difficult for her. Hill said her job is to serve food to the students, work the register and make sure everything is clean and everyone is satisfied. She said her job description does not include time for homework. “I study in between all my classes,” Hill said. “And at night, my days off,
ADDRESS Continued from page 1 and individuals who are helping the university to reach its goal. He and Smith said a major part of becoming a top-20 university is nurturing and maintaining excellence in individuals within the university. One of the people Todd recognized was Dr. Mark Evers, the new director of UK’s Markey Cancer Center.
the weekends — basically any free time that I have.” History senior Jourdan Coyle is a full-time student, resident adviser at Blanding IV and a Starbucks employee. Coyle said performing her school and work act has become as routine as glancing in one of her three planners.
“I study in between all my classes. And at night, my days off, the weekends — basically any free time that I have.” NATASHA HILL Commons Market worker
Coyle works 15 hours a week at Starbucks, which she had to get per-
Evers and his team brought about $14 million in grant funding to Kentucky. “I am constantly amazed by the faculty and staff who continue to tell me about how they are helping move us forward in our top-20 march,” Todd said. Todd recognized numerous student and faculty organizations, as well as the contributions of many other individuals. Smith also pointed out signs of progress, such as a “dramatic increase” in involvement from the freshman
FRATERNITY Continued from page 1 American Football Coaches Association and the Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy. In 2008, the AFCA made the program one of their charity efforts. According to the Mayo Clinic Web site, muscular dystrophy weakens voluntary and breathing muscles. Duchenne muscular dystrophy largely affects boys from 2 to 6 years old. Spencer Maxwell, an integrated strategic communications senior and Pi Kappa Alpha’s treasurer, said more than 30 members of the fraternity would be handing out flyers and giving people information about the charity on Saturday. Maxwell said promoting the event before the football game would get the word out quickly.
mission to do since resident advisers are not typically allowed to work more than 10 hours a week outside of their dorm duties, she said. Coyle said she also still has time for her sorority, Delta Phi Mu, and to volunteer with the Violence, Intervention and Prevention Center. Coyle said that it is possible to work on homework while on duty in the dorms, but it involves risk. “There are constant interruptions,” she said. “It always seems like when you have a test the next day, something comes up, something happens—Murphy’s Law.” Coyle said in a major with a lot of reading, she must do her homework on the weekends when she is not working. That way, she will not have to worry about it when she is on desk duty. “You can’t do this job and depend on cramming,” she said.
class. Smith said that application numbers for the UK Emerging Leader Institute were up 75 percent from last year. Smith spoke about the work SG is doing to improve retention rates at UK, including TallyCats, which he said will “enhance the sense of community amongst students” by bringing more students out to every type of UK-sponsored event. Smith said he hoped increased student involvement would increase student retention.
“There’s many people to talk to while they’re tailgating,” Maxwell said. “We thought we could reach a large audience.” The fraternity is also raising money after the game by inviting people to The Penguin Dueling Piano Bar on West Main Street, where a percentage of the cover will go to the Coach to Cure MD program. “It’s basically $1 of every person’s cover charge is going to the philanthropy. It will be $5 all night on Saturday,” said Penguin coowner Craig Hays. Hays said on a busy Saturday night the bar attracts 400 to 500 people, but expects the fraternity to attract an additional 150. O’Connor said the fraternity will set up stations around Commonwealth to promote the charity on Saturday. “(The program) really appealed to me. These kids watch sports on the sidelines,” O’Connor said. “Some people take that for granted.”
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Author Michael Kimmel speaks about men and masculinity at the Violence, Intervention and Prevention Center on Thursday evening.
VIP CENTER Continued from page 1 play against power-based personal violence,” Evans said. More than 30 students attended the dialogue. “It was really great to see all the support,” Evans said. Josh Deitel, an integrated strategic communications junior, came to the event to listen
COLSTON Continued from page 3 Leave your sick roommates and friends at home, but bring that surgical mask you’ve been wearing all week to keep from catching H1N1 yourself. If you can’t find any, buy one at your nearest drug store. Instead of waving signs, flags and banners, everyone put on their masks and ask for Tebow’s autograph before the game. Wait for the Florida buses to arrive and give a good cough when Meyer or Tebow walks by. Any coach or player would tell you football is as
in on the importance of equality. “No matter what your gender is, or race, everyone deserves to be treated fairly,” Deitel said. “Discrimination is not a genetic predisposition, it’s a social construct.” The dialogue in the VIP Center was geared toward violence against women on campus. Natalie Smith, an integrated strategic communications senior thought it was applicable to daily life. “It definitely makes you think about every day issues,” Smith said.
much like chess as it is physical. It’s all about mental toughness and outsmarting the opponent. So maybe Trevard Lindley should give one good cough before he shakes Tebow’s hand for the coin toss. Make it extra deep and loud, Trevard. Get the entire student section to don their surgical masks and, instead of cheering as loud as you can when Florida is near the goalline, let out some loud, collective coughs. A loud sneeze or two won’t hurt, either. Maybe if the Gators are more worried about the flu, they won’t be able to focus on winning the game. If the Cats can make the
Florida trainers run out with hand sanitizer instead of water at every time out, UK may have a chance. The Cats may have a chance anyway, with Florida looking beyond Saturday to next week’s game against Louisiana State in Baton Rouge, La. This week has had that feeling of a distracted Gator squad coming to Lexington overlooking the task ahead of them. But no one will know that until after the first snap on Saturday, so until then, follow one simple premise for the next 24 hours. Cough if you love the Cats! Kenny Colston is a journalism senior. E-mail kcolston@kykernel.com.
RACE Continued from page 1 “We wanted to show that we support research for breast cancer and cancer in general.” Noble said. “It’s something that has, in some form, affected everyone.” Other organizations will also be participating in the race. One in particular, Kappa Delta sorority, has 40 volunteers and 25 runners and walkers. “I’ve always run (the race) and thought, since it falls in September, and September is Kappa Delta’s National Women’s Friendship Month, why not support a leading cause of death in women?” said Lura Cash, a biology junior and Kappa Delta’s vice president of public relations. The event will begin at 7:45 a.m. with an aerobic warm-up, followed by a survivor photo and a celebration parade at 8 a.m. The 1 Mile Fun Run/Walk will begin at 8:30 a.m. and the 5K Run/Walk will start at 9 a.m. An awards ceremony will begin at 10:15 a.m. For more information, visit www.komenlexington.org.
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KERNEL EDITORIAL BOARD Kenny Colston, editor in chief Austin Schmitt, asst. opinions editor Melissa Vessels, managing editor Ben Jones, sports editor Allie Garza, managing editor Megan Hurt, features editor Wesley Robinson, opinions editor The opinions page provides a forum for the exchange of ideas. Unlike news stories, the Kernel’s unsigned editorials represent the views of a majority of the editorial board. Letters to the editor, columns, cartoons and other features on the opinions page reflect the views of their authors and not necessarily those of the Kernel.
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State should ban texting while driving ■ KERNEL EDITORIAL It may not be as bad as drunken driving, but texting and driving is quickly climbing the ladder on the list of driving precautions. “Driving while texting has almost become equivalent to driving drunk,” UK Police Captain of Support Services Kevin Franklin said in a Sept. 22 Kernel article. So far 19 states have banned texting and driving, according to the Kernel article, and Kentucky looks to be one of the next in line of states ready to take on the much needed legislation to stop the horrible practice that is causing so many accidents. How many people get incomplete texts, messages with incomplete thoughts or spelling errors? Some people have enough trouble just texting. Adding driving to a task that already troubles some is never a good equation. Almost a year ago, the worst U.S. train crash in 15 years, killing 25 people, was caused due to the operator text messaging his girlfriend. Operating a train is different from operating a car, but it’s the same concept. A study conducted by the Virginia Tech Transportation Institution concluded that a driver who is texting is 23 times more likely to be involved in an accident. So if states are banning texting and driving, studies suggest that it’s a problem and texting is difficult enough already, why is this still prevalent? The major hang up, beyond it being horribly difficult to enforce, is the ignorance that some people employ to operate a vehicle. Whether or not you realize it, driving is an extremely dangerous task. When an individual gets behind the wheel, they are operating a powerful machine that requires a lot of responsibility and a driver taking his or her eyes off the road to type in a message that could simply wait until they stopped is blatantly irresponsible. Honestly, there are very few circumstances where a text message absolutely has to be responded to while driving, and if the situation is that serious, the person will probably call you. Any distraction is going to be a problem, and individuals should do their best to eliminate all possible hazards within their control. Talking on the phone, eating or any other distracting task, should wait until the vehicle is stopped. Drivers have to be attentive when driving, and texting is charging to the forefront of bad driving habits.
Students must mature, accept new housing plan Lexington’s Student Housing Task Force is ruffling a few feathers on campus by proposing a new campus living plan that would limit the number of students under one roof. Students have been raising their voice in outrage, as they formed lines to billow into the courtAUSTIN house earlier this HILL week to protest the Kernel plan. columnist What the “big, bad government,” is telling you is that you can’t live five deep in a two bedroom house, sleeping on pizza boxes, to save $50 per month on rent. They are doing you a favor. No successful human being lives that way. The college experience is to educate you and prepare you for the real world. Living in a cracker box of a house with six other people is not OK, even for $300 a month plus utilities. Whether or not the current living conditions are right should not be taken to students but to slum lords and the college real estate pimps. Third district representative Diane Lawless, who also joined the Task Force in January when she took office, recognizes that and plans to do so. When asked what the objective is in the housing issue, Lawless replied, “We don’t want a two bedroom house turned into a de facto apartment building anymore.” My wonder was if the Task Force has already begun to crack down on this problem, and Lawless wasted no time in showing their assertiveness. “There have been numerous permits on Elizabeth Street issued for additions, and I am trying to obtain a temporary moratorium to halt the building until we figure out what to do.” I have lived in one of these buildings myself, and the conditions were bad. These landlords gut a two or three bedroom house and replace it with miniature jail cells and slap a “discounted” price tag on it to attract young college newbies that have to save money. It may not be a way people should live but it was made that way for students like you and was marketed as acceptable to live in such poor conditions, because after all it’s cheap and that’s all that matters, right? The landlords are to blame for the rooms, but student behavior is up to the individual. I understand why the powers that be want to break up the current state of college living. It is uninhabitable for upstart families and anyone wanting to live downtown and have a career, or lead a life on the outskirts of the city without having to deal with student parties and mayhem. The areas off Nicholasville Road and Euclid Avenue that students have overtaken are a dump, and students feel that because they attend classes, that
these neighborhoods should be theirs to treat as they see fit. I realize it is an unpopular notion to believe that school is not just about getting trashed, and “having a good time,” but there is more to it. If you disagree, then you should stop lying to yourself. There is nothing cool about hanging a plastic beer sign across your porch that you stole from the campus bar the night before. Beer bottle collections of your nightly escapades are not admirable. They don’t prove anything about your tolerance except for the ability to acquire garbage. They are saying this in so many words while trying to protect the personal interest of property; property they benefit from having in habitable condition for everyone, not just students. Local government does recognize students and their needs as Lawless repeated several times: “The students are a very important part of the community, and I want to be their voice.” Along Columbia Avenue, several times I have seen a burning couch on game day after a big victory. Who does that? What does that symbolize? It says, “Hey, Mr. Government, please form a committee to tell me I can’t live next door to another student because I can’t handle my liquor!” It gives the impression that the area is inhabited by a bunch of rioting prisoners, rather than adults who are responsible enough to form rebellious marches downtown to go tell the council person their two cents as taxpayers, unleashing their rebellious spirits as grown ups. The point of the committee is to try and preserve our neighborhoods from destruction and poor carpentry skills by landlords with greedy intentions. This is a committee that supports the historic districts. The same districts that supported that beloved block that people still whine about losing to commercial development in a business plan that produced a plot of grass instead of a high-rise hotel. They are not picking on anyone because they are young. They are just trying to clean up the community and preserve what we have while making it a better environment for everyone. Again, I think it is out of place to tell anyone where he or she can’t lay his or her head at night, but if the problem is detrimental to the whole, then so be it. That’s what students need to see — the punishment fits the crime. It would have never reached someone’s attention had it not been made a problem. The easy solution is adults should stop putting such a childish spotlight on themselves, get serious about their education and start growing up. Please contact Diane Lawless at dlawless@lfcug.gov or at 859-2583222 with any concerns or questions regarding this matter. Austin Hill is an English senior. E-mail opinions@kykernel.com.
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UK President Lee Todd takes questions at a campus forum. Todd sat down with Kernel staff members on Wednesday.
Q&A with Lee Todd Part two: UK president discusses university issues with the Kernel Q. What are your thoughts on A. Our goal is to have more the proposed student housing plan by the city of Lexington?
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our students handled themselves (Tuesday). They were articulate, they presented their case well and I was very pleased with how they handled it. We’re going to look at it like we do any other thing that comes from the city. We have encouraged alternative housing if you look at the amount of housing that is available to our students now to what it was when I came in. We’ve given a lot of alternatives to our neighborhood houses because one of our goals is to have as many live on campus as we can accommodate and then provide other housing to free up the neighborhoods. So I think we have done as good a job as we could, but we haven’t been able to build as much housing as we’d like or renovate the older housing. But we’ll watch what their proposal is and listen to the arguments and take a position some later time when it gets closer to a vote. Right now, I think I am pleased with the progress we’ve made. Our campus housing is full and I still can’t believe how much housing there is over on Red Mile and (South) Broadway and Newtown Crossings. I’d love to see 90 percent of those homes (in neighborhoods) owned by full-time residents rather than part-time groups of students. We did something a few years ago and we still have it on the books that we will offer some subsidies for mortgages if our employees buy homes down here. We haven’t had as many as we’d like, but it’s something we have incurred.
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students and staff of the top-20 plan?
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write the plan because there was no plan when I came in. If you look at our graduation rates, our war on attrition, I don’t see how anyone can argue that our war on attrition couldn’t be good for our university. Whether or not we do a top-20 push or not, we should have been pushing on graduation rates and retention rates. We are up to 81 percent (retention rate) for sophomores, which I believe is the highest it’s ever been. Student to faculty ratio, we couldn’t be doing that if it weren’t for the top-20 plan. One of the points that we try to say over and over again is that states that have top-20 universities are healthier, more educated, have less poverty. The number of children that grow up in poverty in this state is pathetic. I find it hard to believe that people believe it is not a good thing to be shooting for. The naysayers are always out there, so we just keep on working, keep on pushing.
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students living on campus. So that whole housing plan was drawn up to affect Greg Page and North Campus but it all hit the skids with the financial markets. We will get back on that as soon as we can and we will work with outside partners.
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How is UK’s progress on diversity?
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American faculty. When I came we had 52 or 57. It was in the fifties anyway. We have two African-American deans — dean of law and dean of social work — very strong deans. We have nine percent of the freshmen class this year are African-Americans, a 23 percent increase over last year. And our graduation and retention rates are the strongest in the state among African-Americans. I can see the campus changeover every hour between classes from my window and I can’t look out my window without seeing a group of African-Americans sprinkled in. The effigy situation was an ugly event that I think we handled extremely well. We put it behind us pretty quickly. It seemed to be isolated. There’s a concerted effort to broaden diversity on campus. I feel that it takes a while to get attitude changed and culture changed. J.J. (Jackson) is taking a very broad view of diversity. She’s an asset. She gets out there and says some things that we can’t say or I can’t say about the community. Kind of like, ‘let’s get over some of this past history and let’s go for the future.’
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forcement for the tobacco ban?
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the culture of the campus. If you look at restaurants, you don’t see police sitting there waiting for people to smoke. It’s sort of selfpolicing. Our own employees and students will help us enforce it. I’m driven much more from a health reason than an enforcement reason. My mother died of lung cancer, for one thing. We know the statistics on it. I’ve been impressed with data that Ellen Hahn published after Lexington went smoke free. The number of influenza and asthma patients have dropped significantly. As importantly, it causes discomfort for those who have asthma or breathing conditions. People have a right to be in a smoke-free environment. We will have enforcement issues, most likely, but I think as you watch over time it will be self-enforcing and it will make an impact on reduction. I think it’s the right move and it’s more of a culture change issue over time.
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ban with the state of Kentucky being a tobacco state?
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with it. The tobacco settlement agreement provided funds for people who were dependent on growing tobacco as income. We do work on alternative crops to try and find ways for them to grow other productive crops. To keep teenagers from smoking, the biggest inhibitor is price. If we are going to sell them cigarettes, I just assume take a percentage of that into studying lung cancer and studying that as early as possible. It’s a miserable way to go. There are things that happen in commerce that your crop or your product falls out of favor, you’ve got to figure out something else to do. I think we’ve done our part to try and allow additional income for those who were dependent on tobacco sales.
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tween the flagship university and the state saying were going to ban tobacco, or is it a flagship university saying let’s find other ways to make money?
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tucky uglies” when I got in this position — leaders in lung cancer, leaders in cardiovascular disease. Those are the things that hold this state back in our image and our ability to have a healthy citizenry. That’s where we need to show the leadership — let’s get healthy, let’s get this right. And after you figure out that you’re dependent on that (cigarettes), if you’re a smoker, we will offer you a way to get off that. If you’re growing tobacco, we’ll teach you other ways to get a vineyard or some other ways.
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timetable for Joe Monroe to be promoted? Or what is the timetable for a new chief?
A. I think Joe’s done a very
good job the time he has been in this position ... We hired Anthany Beatty a year and a half ago and I haven’t spoken with Anthany (Beatty) about closing this process. Joe was a candidate previously and I assume he will be a candidate this time as well. But we do need to get that locked down because Joe’s been interim for three years. I know we have had a couple of missteps and we’ve been overly cautious but it’s time to make a move on that. I’ll be talking to Anthany (Beatty) and Frank Butler about what their plans are. But we don’t have a search going on right now and haven’t started one, but its about time we do that. I don’t think it’s hurt our performance. I think Joe’s been effective in that position. The numbers (on crime) are fine but we’ve always had instances. I think K Week has helped. It’s just horrible when we lose a student the first week of classes. And we’ve lost in some really rough ways and it usually involves drinking. I think the city has really worked with us in that first week of classes to really keep things down. We’re getting close to where we need to make some decisions on how to fill that position full time.
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Damon is quirky, comedic as FBI snitch in ‘Informant!’ Have you ever met anybody that seemed completely off, even to the point of becoming irritating? Well that is the type of character Matt Damon portrays in the movie “The Informant!” The film is about Mark Whitaker, played by Damon, an upper-management worker at an agricultural business who suddenly decides to become an undercover informant for the FBI. The reason BRYCE for the FBI’s investigation is BRADFORD because Whitaker’s company Kernel is involved in price fixing of columnist agricultural products. Unfortunately for the FBI, frustration builds, as their undercover witness’ constantly-changing accounts of the events and the truth become increasingly difficult to decipher. The film is based on true events, but doesn’t take on the type of serious-natured tone you’d think would come from a movie like this. The film isn’t a comedy, but it does have a dry humor feel, much like the “Ocean’s” films. This is a positive thing because the film would have become incredibly boring had it not added the underlying humor to the plot. The film adds goofy, cartoon-like music as if each character and situation has its own theme music. Whitaker’s inner dialogue is spoken throughout the film, becoming so random, you wonder where his thoughts come from or what he will think about next. By the end of the film, you finally realize the reason for his
mental ramblings. The most interesting aspect about the film comes once Whitaker is undercover. Being wired and carrying tape recorders in his brief case, he starts to imagine himself as an actual secret agent. Narrating his day for the benefit of the case is very humorous as Whitaker has no real knowledge of the behavior of secret agents.
Matt Damon gives a genuinely good performance as the eagerly enthusiastic snitch. Damon gained a reported 20 to 30 pounds for the role, which better allows him to not be seen as the Matt Damon everyone is used to. Matt Damon gives a genuinely good performance as the eagerly enthusiastic snitch. Damon gained a reported 20 to 30 pounds for the role, which better allows him to not be seen as the Matt Damon everyone is used to. Actors who want to be taken seriously during awards season can’t expect to star in films simply looking like Matt Damon does. So in transforming himself into the bumbling, lying Mark Whitaker, Damon has given himself more credentials to try and walk away with the gold. Bryce Bradford is an agricultural communications senior. E-mail bbradford@kykernel.com.
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EXTRACT [R] 12:35 2:45 5:05 7:15 9:30 THE GOODS: LIVE HARD, SELL HARD [R] 12:40 3:00 5:10 7:20 9:55 THE UGLY TRUTH [R] 12:35 2:55 5:15 7:30 9:50 THE PROPOSAL [PG13] 12:45 3:50 7:10 9:40 MY SISTER’S KEEPER [PG13] 1:00 3:55 7:05 9:35 POST GRAD [PG13] 12:55 7:00 TRANSFORMERS: REVENGE OF THE FALLEN [PG13] 12:30 3:40 6:55 10:05 UP - 2D [PG] 12:30 2:50 5:15 7:35 10:00
FAME [PG] 1:30 4:05 6:40 9:15 PANDORUM [R] 2:10 4:55 7:30 10:10 SURROGATES [PG13] 12:00 2:25 5:10 7:35 10:20 CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS 2D [PG] 12:40 2:55 5:15 7:30 9:45 JENNIFER’S BODY [R] 12:25 2:55 5:25 7:55 10:20 THE INFORMANT! [R] 2:15 4:50 7:25 10:00 DISTRICT 9 [R] 2:00 4:35 7:15 9:55 HALLOWEEN 2 [R] 12:00 2:30 5:05 7:40 10:05 INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS CINEARTS [R] 12:05 3:20 6:35 9:50 TYLER PERRY’S I CAN DO BAD ALL BY MYSELF [PG13] 1:00 3:50 6:50 9:30
Q&A with Alfonso Smith The speedy senior answers some quick questions for UK fans
PHOTO BY BRITNEY MCINTOSH | STAFF
Senior tailback Alfonso Smith said if he could choose one team to beat among Louisville, Florida and Tennessee, he would choose Florida. He’ll get his chance on Saturday. By Ben Jones bjones@kykernel.com
Q. Who’s the fastest guy on the team right now? A. His name is Alfonso Locke. I’m going to say it’s a tie
(with junior tailback Derrick Locke). That’s my guy, we’re both fast. All that matters is when we both get our opportunity on the field, we both break away with it.
Q. Who’s the best running back on the planet right now? A. On the planet? I’d have to go with Adrian Peterson. That guy is nasty.
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If you weren’t playing football for UK, what would you be doing?
A. I’d probably be in the Air Force. I like fast things. I like
jets, I like planes, and I think they’re interesting, with all their speed.
Q. You’ve got a lot of tattoos. Which is your favorite? A. My favorite one is on my chest, and it says ‘Jesus is my strength.’
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If you could beat any team on the schedule, who would it be? Archrival Louisville, No. 1 Florida, or do you want to end the streak against Tennessee?
A. Only one? Florida. Q. What’s your best moment at UK? A. I guess I’m going to have to go with the (2007) LSU
game (when the Cats knocked off the eventual national champions).
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What’s it like when UK head coach Rich Brooks is angry in practice?
A. It’s hilarious. It’s funny. He says the most off-the-wall stuff, stuff that people said back in the day. So we’re like ‘What?’ It’s funny.
Q. What’s the difference between Brooks and head coach of the offense, Joker Phillips?
A. Coach Brooks is all the way old school, man. He’s going to shoot his gun straight at you, he doesn’t care if he hurts your feelings or not. Coach Phillips is kind of the same way, but he kind of thinks before he says something sometimes. Coach Brooks will just say it.
Q. Why did you choose No. 29? A. Actually, what happened was, my jersey in high school
got stolen. I wore number seven, and in my sophomore year my jersey got stolen so my coach said I should wear No. 29 for the great Eric Dickerson and because he wore the number in high school, so he wanted me to have that number.