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Search for police chief remains up in the air By Laura Clark lclark@kykernel.com
The search for a permanent UK Police Chief still has no set timeline, said a UK representative. Since a Sept. 24 Kernel article, no updates have been reported on the search, said UK spokesman Jimmy Stanton. Similarly, UK spokes-
woman Kathy Johnson said Anthany Beatty, assistant vice president for public safety, said no updates on the search were available at this time. In a Sept. 23 interview with UK President Lee Todd, Todd said no search to replace current UK Interim Police Chief Maj. Joe Monroe had begun. Todd said he assumed Monroe
would be a candibeen interim for date for the posithree years.” tion. In the article, “I think Joe’s Beatty, who was done a very good hired at UK a year job the time he has and a half ago, said been in this position Monroe’s leaderBeatty … Joe was a candiship abilities have date previously and I assume nothing to do with the stillhe will be a candidate this vacant position. time, as well,” Todd said. In February 2006, Mc“But we do need to get that Donald Vick was named the locked down because Joe’s police chief, but resigned a
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few months later after it was discovered that he paid a former female officer $25,000 to drop a sexual harassment lawsuit in North Carolina, according to a March 10, 2009 Kernel article. Shortly after Vick’s resignation, Monroe was named interim police chief. He has remained in that position ever since.
Todd said he would be talking to Beatty and Executive Vice President for Finance and Administration Frank Butler sometime after the Sept. 23 interview to establish plans for a permanent police chief. “We’re getting close to where we need to make some decisions on how to fill that position full time,” Todd said.
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While the city has been looking for different options for safer off-campus student housing, UK has now joined in the discussion. Lexington Police Officer Keith Gaines presented the Student Housing in Partnership Program to the Urban County Council Planning Committee Tuesday afternoon. “The acronym SHIPP was derived from the word partnership, which is exactly what we want to create between the Lexington community and students,” Gaines said. Currently, more than 25 landlords have volunteered their properties to be part of the program. Gaines said he thinks more landlords will volunteer as SHIPP gains popularity. Rental properties that meet the standards of SHIPP will be recognizable by law enforcement due to a sticker placed on the property. The tenants and landlords would be held responsible for keeping the home presentable. Fines would be issued if a tenant were to ignore the standards set, such as leaving cigarette butts or debris in the yard. Vice President of University Relations Tom Harris said he wanted to put the rumors to rest that UK has not been committed or concerned with the community’s issues with students living off campus. “There are already a lot of fees students have to deal with,” Harris said. “Every dollar we take away from them takes away from them putting forth the funds toward their academic excellence.” Andrea Jones, 1st District councilwoman, said this is a property rental issue, not a student issue. See Housing on page A4
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The Lexington public meets for the third time to debate the student housing plan at the Lexington-Fayette County Government Center on Tuesday.
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Kelly Natasha Foreman explains the positions on the Shamisen instrument she holds during the “The ‘Gei’ of Geisha” lecture and performance held at Briggs Theatre Monday evening.
The UK Asia Center is presenting traditions from the East all week, part of the 2009 ArtsAsia Festival. Tuesday night, Japanese-culture author and professor at Wayne State University Kelly Natasha Foreman, uncovered the musical traditions of Japanese entertainers, called geishas. Foreman described the meaning of “geisha” as two symbols: “Gei,” meaning the fine arts, and “sha” as person. The ArtsAsia Festival will continue to host events through Saturday.
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UK’s college neighbor is planning a move. Part of the Bluegrass Community and Technical College is relocating in order to accommodate the rising number of students enrolled. BCTC chief communications officer Vernal Kennedy said the relocation could take more than a decade to complete but the first building on the new campus will be open to students in the next couple of years. “We’re still in the process of planning, but with our growth, we no longer have enough space on our Cooper location,“ Kennedy said. The community college
will move to Eastern State Hospital on Newtown Pike, which is one of the oldest operating mental institutions in the country. The hospital will transfer into a new facility on UK’s Coldstream Research Park property, also on Newtown Pike. The current BCTC campus on Cooper Drive will become part of UK’s campus. However, it is not yet determined what the university will do with the buildings because it could be 10 to 15 years before the campus is vacant. “This is an academic decision, not one for facility management,” said Bob Wiseman, UK’s vice president for facilities management. “Over the coming
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Soon-to-be college graduates will be searching for jobs all over the country and joining a fraternity might just be the trick to land a job. About 20 honor, leadership or service societies have on-campus chapters at UK. Brooke Brown, the assistant director of the Stuckert Career Center, said membership in an honor fraternity is a great way to intrigue future employers. Brown said if students get involved in an honor society, they should take on leadership roles and volunteer opportunities. Employers do consider GPAs, but it is not the number one thing they look at, Brown said. According to the Associ-
ation of College Honor Societies Web site, societies of the ACHS are diverse, “From business to physics, mathematics to music, these organizations exist for one primary purpose: to encourage and honor superior scholarship and leadership achievement.” Rebecca Street, president of the UK chapter of the Phi Sigma Pi national honor fraternity, said there is more to being a part of this type of organization than just to benefit a resume. “Phi Sigma Pi meets weekly and we have events all of the time, focusing on scholarship, leadership, which we do through service, and fellowship, which we do through social events,” she said. “For Phi Sigma Pi, it's not only a
chance to distinguish one's self, but also to meet other like-minded people.
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When it comes down to it though, Street does believe being a part of her fraternity serves job seekers a great bonus. “As a national organizaSee Honor on page A4
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How Mary Murphy survived abuse She married young, hoping for a fairy tale. Instead, she got years of terror and abuse. For the first time ever, Murphy shares her story As the most high-spirited judge on Fox's reality hit So You Think You Can Dance, Mary Murphy, 51, is famous for her piercing laugh ("the Queen of Scream," she calls herself) and cheerleading catchphrase: "You're on the hot tamale train!" But behind the perky exterior is a story so dark, she's kept it secret for decades - until now. Murphy says that for nine years, from 1978 to 1987, she was trapped in an abusive marriage, enduring rapes, beatings and, ultimately, a miscarriage that left her despondent and afraid. (Us contacted Murphy's ex, whose name is being withheld, about her allegations; he called them "flat-out lies" and provided a statement. Fighting back tears, Murphy says now that dance "is what saved my life." After discovering her talent as an instructor, the Ohio native slowly regained her selfesteem, and finally found the courage to leave. She shares her inspiring story with Us. I met my husband in 1977, when we were students at Ohio University; I was 19 and he was 18. I thought he was extraordinarily handsome, with these unusual green eyes, and once I engaged him in conversation, we were both laughing and giggling. Right away, he started pursuing me. He was so charismatic, funny - and so dashing for
a college kid! He was from a wealthy, prominent family from the Middle East, so he'd show up for dates in a suit and take me to adult restaurants. And he'd slip a flower through the bank-teller window where I worked. I grew up in a little town, so he was this knight in shining armor. Within two months, we were living together. His idea. It was wonderful. We were having fun, having sex. I felt very attracted to him. But once my Catholic parents found out I'd moved in with him, the pressure was on to get married. He was pressuring me, too. It was relentless. I resisted because I thought we were too young. After about three months, he said, "Sorry, but you said no to marriage, so I'm leaving at midnight for Michigan State." I was devastated, bawling my eyes out, as we spent what I thought were our last hours together. Then midnight came, and he goes, "Will you marry me?" Of course I said yes! It'd stop him from leaving. We had a little wedding at the mayor's office a few months after. Later, I found out he never had plans to go to Michigan. It was a manipulative stunt.
The Abuse Begins The honeymoon phase didn't last long. My husband didn't like that I had male friends. COPYRIGHT 2008 US WEEKLY
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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 — Take every chance to share your feelings, enjoy the scenery and sample the food. Today is a day to relax. Taurus (April 20-May 20) — Today is a 7 — Pay attention to attire, makeup and environmental arrangements. This could be the party to top all parties. Gemini (May 21-June 21) — Today is a 7 — If you stay at home, you’ll discover that comfort begins in the kitchen. Actually, a shopping trip is in order. Cancer (June 22-July 22) —
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Today is a 7 — It’s all an act, but you are so good at it. By the end of the day, you’re no longer acting. Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) — Today is a 7 — Romance is the stuff of fairy tales. You can have your story today if you pay attention to the moral. Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Today is a 6 — Beautify your environment. This could include food preparation, or something that you’ve wanted for a long time. Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — Today is a 7 — Whatever you want you can have. Opportunities pop out of the woodwork at the most unexpected moments. Pay attention. Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — Today is a 6 — Pay attention to what you eat today. You may find yourself presented with the exotic
food you’ve been craving.
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— Today is a 6 — Life may seem like an uphill battle, but you’re almost at the summit. Once you get there, you can see forever.
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— Today is a 7 — Group activities provide opportunities for gathering information and fitting pieces into the puzzle. Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — Today is a 7 — This is a really good time to paint or decorate. Tackle a project you’ve had on hold. Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) — Today is a 6 — Schmooze with the group. Plan a nice dinner and celebrate remarkable success.
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Volleyball hits their way to top of SEC East By T.J. Walker sports@kykernel.com
It started with a good pass, followed by the perfect set and finished with a kill. Do this enough times in a match and you will probably find yourself winning. UK is the perfect example. The UK volleyball team (191, 9-0 Southeastern Conference) has climbed its way to No. 7 in the country in large part because of the excellent hitting the Cats demonstrate in each match. UK ranks 7th in the nation in hitting percentage and is 8th in the country in kills per set. “We’ve gotten a lot of hitters and gotten a lot stronger,” junior outside hitter Sarah Mendoza said. “We are a lot more balanced so it’s a lot harder for defenses.” The Cats say the evenhanded hitting is what makes them so dangerous, but leading that effort is Mendoza. She is 28th in the country in kills per set but she stresses that because of the balanced attack, she can get better shots and easier points. “We’re so full of good hitters, we’re stacked all the way around,” sophomore outside hitter Ann Armes said. “Any person can step in and make a dif-
ference any day so we’re constantly are pushing each other in practice.” UK leads the SEC in every regard to hitting. As a result the Cats are atop the conference standings and have yet to drop a conference game.
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hitters and gotten a lot stronger. We are a lot more balanced so it’s a lot harder for defenses.” SARAH MENDOZA
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The Cats came up big this weekend in the hitting department while not losing a set. UK hit the road first sweeping Mississippi State, tallying a .404 hitting percentage, and then hit .381 in a sweep versus Alabama. Mendoza led the Cats with 14 kills in each game. “We did hit very well this weekend, we did a good job of moving the ball around,” Mendoza said. “We did a great job passing.” The team stresses that it doesn’t just thrive on kills. They
say every aspect of the game is just as important as the kills, whether it is the dig, pass or set, all of it must be efficient if the Cats want to have a chance to win. Helping the attack is senior setter Sarah Rumely. Rumely is 12th in the country in assists per set, averaging just under 12 per set. She is a vital part in any offense strategy. Although she isn’t the one to make a dramatic kill, she still has been known to sneak in a kill. “(Rumely) is really versatile when it comes to the sets,” freshman middle blocker Zan Morgan said. “When we play SEC hitters they are all really good, the pass won’t always be perfect but she does a good job turning a bad pass into a good set.” If the Cats plan on continuing their dominance this season, and capturing their goals, successful hitting will be essential. The Cats have hit for over .200 in 18 matches this season, and they know any bad hitting day can result in a loss. “It would be a lot harder to win if we didn’t hit our best,” Morgan said. “The worse we hit, the better the other teams passes will be, which will equal to a better set, and they will get the opportunity for a better hit.”
Junior outside hitter Sarah Mendoza leads the Cats’ offensive attack this season. PHOTO BY BRITNEY MCINTOSH STAFF
Other UK teams can learn from football’s Auburn victory In the afterglow of Big Blue Madness and the basketball team’s first day of practice Saturday, let’s hope the Cats tuned in to watch their football counterparts Saturday night. If they did, they may have learned a lesson overshadowed by Friday’s fanfare. In the Southeastern Conference — football, basketball or any other sport — exJAMES pectations mean nothing. PENNINGTON Auburn was almost a Kernel two-touchdown favorite columnist headed into Saturday’s game. Why not? The Tigers boasted the league’s No. 1 offense, and UK’s defense was without its best player, senior cornerback Trevard Lindley. The game, in which freshman quarterback Morgan Newton took his first collegiate snaps, was on the road in one of the league’s most hostile environments.
And more than anything, Auburn just seemed to be a better team coming in. But the Cats went down to that lovely little village on the plains and didn’t just play well. They played perfectly. Even after having a field goal blocked and returned for an Auburn touchdown, UK didn’t fold. Instead, the defense motivated itself to help make up for the miscue. And oh, did the defense make up for it. The SEC’s No. 1 offense — no, not Florida’s or Alabama’s, but Auburn’s — scored just seven points. Auburn quarterback Chris Todd, whose touchdown-to-interception ratio before the game was 12-1, tossed one pick and no touchdowns. Flustered, the Auburn offense fell apart. On one drive in the fourth quarter, tied and just out of field goal range, the Tigers committed six penalties. While the Tigers fell apart, the Cats stayed calm. Eventually, they took the lead thanks to Randall Cobb breaking off a 61-yard run straight up the middle and eventually punch-
ing it in from four yards out. UK’s offense, which hasn’t produced many big plays this year — let alone without its starting quarterback — made the big play, not Auburn’s. UK head coach of the offense Joker Phillips summed it up pretty well: “No turnovers, no penalties and no turnovers,” he said. With such a disadvantage on paper, the Cats had to play a perfect game to have a chance. They did. With its season in the balance, UK needed to make a statement against Auburn and keep its bowl chances alive. It did. This coming season at Rupp Arena, don’t you think opposing teams will come to town with something to prove, like UK did against Auburn? “You're going to have to take on all comers because you're going to be the hunted everywhere you go,” UK basketball head
coach John Calipari said at media day Thursday. “Every game you play, you’re someone's Super Bowl.” That’s how Billy Gillispie suffered his tenure-defining losses to Gardner-Webb and Virginia Military Institute. On Wednesday, UK’s No. 7 volleyball team faces Tennessee, currently third in the SEC East. The Vols could define their season by being the first to knock off UK (19-1, 9-0 SEC) in league play. UK volleyball coach Craig Skinner started in Lexington five years ago aiming for targets on others’ backs. Now, the target is squarely on his. Even with such expectations surrounding those programs, they aren’t invincible. Ask Gene Chizik and Auburn’s football team. Any of UK’s varsity athletes would have learned a lesson by tuning in to the football game Saturday. If they didn’t, it’s OK; their coaches may break it out before the year’s end. James Pennington is a journalism senior. E-mail jpennington@kykernel.com.
OPINIONS Wednesday, October 21, 2009
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Time is now: UK must enter student housing plan debate ■ KERNEL EDITORIAL UK doesn't have to get in the middle of the new student housing proposal facing the LexingtonFayette Urban County Government. There's nothing that says UK has a responsibility to protect its students against outside governing bodies, or that UK should go to bat for the students any time an unfavorable ordinance comes down. The university doesn't have to do any of that. But in this case, it should. According to an Oct. 20 Kernel article, UK has joined with Lexington residents and neighborhoods to form the Student Housing in Partnership Program. This program allows properties to be inspected and held to voluntary inspections. This step makes UK more involved in the process, but there is more work
to be done. Students move off-campus because there isn't enough on-campus housing, or there isn't enough suitable on-campus housing. That's not UK's fault – the university would gladly house more students on campus if it only had enough money to build more dorms. That's the economy's fault. And so, when students move off campus, it only makes sense that they stay as close to campus as possible so they can commute to class or work more easily. Most of that off-campus housing is affordable and convenient. Students should never be penalized for living in the place that makes the most sense for them to live. The city is viewing this as an issue that only involves two parties: students and traditional residents who are being forced to live in
close proximity to each other. But those two parties wouldn't be in such close proximity if UK wasn't here. The university administration should end its silence, take a stance on the issue and work as a compromising body between the city and the students. If UK can't build its own housing to help students because of the economy, that's fine. But UK should at least be able to defend its students who are only doing the most sensible thing for them. That's not to say that UK should only enter this issue to help students. UK is tied to this city not just through its students, but through every member of the surrounding community. This ordinance will effect alumni, faculty, staff and plenty of other people who are connected to UK.
For that reason, UK needs to enter into the discussion as a moderating party, if nothing else. The city council doesn't seem interested in opening up real dialogue between the students and other residents and there's nothing the students can do about it. And really, plenty of students feel like the city council isn't even trying to hear their pleas. UK could change that. A handful of devoted students going to city hall can only do so much, but the sheer force of the university entering the discussion would probably be enough for the city to stop and consider what it is doing. For as much as UK relies on Lexington, Lexington also owes a lot to UK. This is not an issue that directly involves UK, which is probably why the university has been mum
Lament for endangered species When I was a little boy, my dad, knowing I had a curious mind, bought me a book called “Rare Animals of the World” by Francesco Salvadori. With SEAN young TAYLOR Contributing eyes, I peered columnist into the vacant expressions rendered by artists of the dead and dying species, saddened with my first feeling of loss; an understanding that things, when gone, do not return. To this day, I credit that book for making me the environmentalist that I am. One of those creatures, lost in this book's pages as it was lost to time, had a particular impact on me — the passenger pigeon. I suppose the fact that there were so very many of them before the Euro-American conquest of the continent is what caused me to remember these to this day, above all of the other vanished creatures in the book. In 1813, while on a trip to Louisville, Ky., John James Audubon observed a flock of passenger pigeons
overhead. “The air was literally filled with pigeons,” he said. “The light of noonday was obscured as by an eclipse. Before sunset I reached Louisville, the pigeons were still passing in undiminished number, and continued to do so for three days in succession." The impact of the species on the nascent years of our nation’s history is evident whenever you glance at an atlas. There are towns across North America named for the bird, from Georgia to Quebec (Pigeon Forge, Tenn., being one of the most readily recognizable). In 1605, the French explorer Samuel de Champlain, like Audubon, described “countless multitudes” of pigeons when he became one of the first white men to peer into what centuries later would become our nation’s interior. African slaves saw no other source of meat as they toiled endlessly on Southern plantations. By the 19th century, birds by the boxcar were being shipped to burgeoning metropolises rising up on the eastern shore of the U.S. to be sold as a cheap source of food. Pigeons sold for two cents on the streets of
HONOR Continued from page A1 tion Phi Sigma Pi bolsters any kind of resume,” Street said. Phillip Kraemer, chair of the Chellgren Center for Undergraduate Excellence, said the purpose of an honorary society is to help create a culture of student excellence. “Such a culture is consistent with UK’s aspiration to become one of the best public research universities in the country,” Kraemer said. Being in an honor society will also help separate students from other job seekers. “In a world in which college degrees are commonplace, where competition for employment among college graduates is intensifying, any attribute that distinguishes one student from another confers a meaningful competitive advantage upon the honoree,” Kraemer said.
HOUSING Continued from page A1 3rd District councilwoman Diane Lawless agreed. “I want the UK students to feel welcomed here, I don’t want our best and brightest to be shipping out,” Lawless said. However, 6th District councilman Kevin Stinnett said the community should remember the students living in these homes are not just UK students, but Bluegrass Community and Technical College and Transylvania University students as well. Members of the council spoke to Harris about concerns regarding a growing student population.
New York. An American population tore with abandon through the massive forests of an area we now call the Rustbelt, reducing a chorus of trees and rivers to the patchwork of farms and vacant fields that can be seen there today. When this country was liberated from the yoke of England, the entire region we now inhabit used to be the nesting ground of flocks of pigeons so large they blackened the sky when taken to flight. Within a century, the passenger pigeon was extinct. It is a story that plays out far too often today. Within decades, tigers will be gone from the wild. Polar bears are disappearing due to habitat loss from global climate change. The planet’s elephant population has been slashed in half and is still declining. There are only 1,500 giant pandas left in the wild. The majority of rhinoceros species are almost gone. Are these all not the very creatures we grew up hearing about? In the children’s books our grandchildren thumb through, what animals will there be left to admire? Sean Taylor is a linguistics junior. E-mail opinions@kykernel.com.
How to judge credibility of an honor society If an honor society has not been certified by the standards of the Association of College Honor Societies, the following criteria should be examined: ! Minimum scholastic criteria ! Governance ! Campus chapters ! Web site ! Factors that raise questions about credibility Information acquired from the Association of College Honor Societies Web site.
“President Todd’s top-20 plan includes enrolling an additional 7,000 students by 2020,” Harris said. “However, our growth has been modest each year.” Jones suggested Gaines become familiar with the failed “B” Seal program, which was designed for Lexington mobile home tenants to have a seal of approval from the state fire marshal's office. The seal was to show the home met certain standards, much like the stickers Gaines wants to use. Gaines estimates the stickers would cost $500 and the funds would come from private sources. “We need to put the responsibility back into the community as neighbors and landlords,” Jones said. “I want the program to be sustainable and not just temporary.” No date was set for the next planning committee meeting.
An excerpt from Australian poet Judith Wright's piece, “Lament for Passenger Pigeons:” And it is man we eat and man we drink and man who thickens round us like a stain. Ice at the polar cap smells of men. A word, a class, a formula, a use: that is the rhythm, the cycle we impose. The sirens sang to us to the ends of the sea, and changed to us; their voices were our own, jugjug to dirty ears in dirtied brine. Pigeons and angels sang us to the sky and turned to metal and a dirty need. The height of sky, the depths of sea we are, sick with a yellow stain, a fouling dye. Whatever Being is, that formula, it dies as we pursue it past the word. We have not asked the meaning but the use. What is the use of water when it dims? The use of air that whines in emptiness? The use of glass-eyed pigeons caged in glass?
on it to this point. But to think that whatever comes from this debate won't have long-lasting effects on the university administration, the student body or those connected to UK is foolish. It's a major issue that needs to be examined by anyone with an interest in it – and UK has an interest in it, whether it will admit it or not. Students can do more to fight for their issues. Residents in these neighborhoods can do more to try and work with the students in ways that aren't this extreme. The city council can do a better job of understanding the issues at stake and listening to everyone who will be affected. With something like that at stake in a city that relies so much on both the university and traditional residents, why would UK not become involved?
Solar energy not answer ■ LETTER TO THE EDITOR The following is a Web comment in response to “Solar energy key to U.S. energy independence” As a parent of a UK junior, I like to read the Kernel to see what’s happening. It is disappointing that Melissa Warren, as a journalism major, did not present a fair and balanced article (Solar energy key to U.S. energy independence). However, I’m responding not just as a parent but as someone who works for an association dealing with these issues every day — the American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity. Solar power only works when the sun shines. It is expensive and does not provide a baseload or around-the-clock power source. Solar now provides only a fraction of the nation’s electricity. As the National Center for Policy Analysis estimated, it could take more than 90 years to create equivalent wind and solar to replace 200 coal-fired electric generation facilities. The amount of land and money needed for large scale solar is daunting. A 10 megawatt facility in the Northeast might take 43,000 solar panels on 130 acres with an investment of $80 million to power only about 1,450 homes, which still will need baseload power. Because solar is not competitively priced with other energy sources, especially coal, it generally must be heavily subsidized with government grants and loans. In addition, solar requires expensive expansion of the electric grid to link to areas where the power is needed. Estimates for national grid expansion run into the billions of dollars. Cost is important since we simply can’t price families, businesses or university students out of the energy market. Everything we do, including getting a college education, has a power cost component. This is not to make light of the environmental concerns we have with energy sources. America’s coal-based electricity providers have invested nearly $100 billion in technologies since 1990 to reduce emissions to make coal cleaner and more efficient, while still keeping prices affordable. Scientists, energy companies and governments are working now to develop and deploy the next generation of advanced technologies that will make it possible to reduce regulated emissions even further to near-zero levels and to capture and store greenhouse gases. In that way, we can have affordable coal and have it even cleaner, too. Cathy Coffey
BCTC Continued from page A1 years the Provost will have ample time to consider all of our options.” Kennedy said most of the current students will probably not be affected by the change, even though it is still undecided what programs will be moved to the new building. Some students are worried if their program is moved, the new campus will be too far away. “It would be a long drive,” said Timme Gabbard, BCTC nursing student and Nicholasville resident. Gabbard said she would either transfer to BCTC’s Danville campus or go to UK instead. Kennedy said administrators are working to make the new location as convenient as it is now by creating an “education triangle.” The triangle would connect BCTC, UK and Transylvania University with a bike and pedestrian path called the Legacy Trail, a trail connecting downtown Lexington to the Kentucky Horsepark. The development of the trail is overseen by Legacy Center, a city community foundation. Other students are less concerned with the commute and more disturbed by the chosen location. The future 48-acre campus has been used as a mental institution since 1816 and is surrounded by railroads, the Hope Center and an on-site cemetery. State workers discovered more than 4,500 graves on the property while doing construction. BCTC officials said the grave site will remain and they will build around it. “I’m not going to a school that used to be a mental institution and has dead bodies,” said Chase Tuney, a BCTC business and management student. “Not a chance … I’d either take online classes or go find the closest satellite campus.” Some of the faculty said it would be strange to have a cemetery on the new cam-
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pus. “Sometimes the laws protecting the dead are stronger than the laws protecting the living, but it doesn’t bother me,” said James Anthony, a BCTC English professor. “I think the move will help us get a more independent identity.” Other BCTC staff members agree the move would benefit the college, but question if it will really happen because the plan requires more than $500 million over the next 20 years.
“I’m not going to a school that used to be a mental institution and has dead bodies.”
CHASE TUNEY BCTC student
“We need a space that’s designed to integrate the Lexington campuses, that has parking and that isn’t dependent on UK,” said Laura Heyrman, a BCTC art history instructor. “And I know UK would like to get these buildings back, but that money is just not there. We’ve been promised new buildings before. “There are a lot of possibilities, but I don’t think anybody has really thought in practicalities of the process of making those changes … I just don’t see it possible in this economy. It’s too bad.” Kennedy said she is unsure of what will happen in the future and just wants to focus on the one new building for now. “Right now we’re in the programming and planning phase,” Kennedy said. “But down the road, I’m not sure what will happen. That’s long-term planning. There are no short term plans to totally relocate.” Kennedy said the public is welcome to attend their next meeting regarding this issue. It will be held on Nov. 3 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the North Lexington YMCA.
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