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Trustees approve contract to reduce energy use SG president proposes fall break, split dead week By Melody Bailiff news@kykernel.com

Student Government President Ryan Smith announced plans to implement changes at year’s end at Tuesday’s Board of Trustees Student Affairs Committee meeting. Smith said the SG Senate was in the process of trying to split finals week. The finals schedule would take place on a Thursday and Friday, and resume the Monday and Tuesday after. Smith said it would improve student retention rates. “It gives students a spread-out schedule for finals, and academic performance has improved when schools have switched,” Smith said. Under this system, Dead Week would

begin the Thursday before finals and go until Tuesday. Students would take the Wednesday after Dead Week off. The SG Senate will be voting next week and the decision will then be reviewed by the Staff Senate. If it passes, the split will begin Fall 2010. “There is a strong possibility this will happen,” Smith said. “The faculty is supportive and last year we were able to change the dead week policy. We are hoping to succeed again on this issue.” Smith said the idea to split finals week came up when SG researched fall breaks at other schools, finding that half of the benchmarks they researched had a fall break and split finals. Smith said if UK does get a fall break, it will fall on a Thursday through a Monday, either before or after mid-terms. The time has not been decided yet. If students do get a fall break, they will come back from winter break one week early.

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The Holiday season is finally here, and many say December is the season to be jolly. Gabe Kea, winner of the “Funniest Person in Cincinnati,” will be appearing on c a m p u s We d n e s d a y for the Comedy Caravan series in hopes of spreading some holiday cheer. Kea Although he is a St. Louis native, Kea often boasts of Canadian citizenship. Following his college days, he embarked on a solo expedition to Europe where he found it was best to identify himself as “Canadian” rather than “American.” See Comedy on page 6

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The UK Board of Trustees met Tuesday to finalize plans to reduce energy use on campus — one of which was the approval and institution of an energy savings performance contract with Ameresco, an energy service company out of Louisville, Ky. An ESCO, such as Ameresco, provides a cumulative energy and water management report and evaluation along with an overall energy and water improvement service. By moving in the direction of energy conservation, the energy savings contract is a cost-effective way to improve and create energy upgrades, according to a recent UK news release. One of the main benefactors of employ-

ing an ESCO at an institution like UK is that it guarantees a return of the initial investment over a set time, usually between 11 to 12 years. If the funded project does not meet and provide the returns in the allotted time period, the ESCO is responsible for the difference. UK will be fronting a first phase budget of $25 million to Ameresco, including a trial audit of 10 buildings on campus. Bob Wiseman, vice president for facilities management, said in the news release the university’s overall goal was to decrease enSee Board on page 6

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Above: Jeanne Jessop, left, and Emily Underwood hold candles at the AIDS vigil in Phoenix Park on Tuesday evening. Jessop lost a family member to AIDS, and both Jessop and Underwood have friends who are currently living with AIDS. Below: Tyler Lear, a German freshman at Transylvania University, and Kathleen Johnston, a biology freshman at Transylvania University walk from Third Street Stuff to Phoenix Park for the AIDS vigil on Tuesday evening.

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SG sells parking for end of semester To help students during finals week, the UK Student Government is offering parking to minimize stress levels. Student Government president Ryan Smith announced during Tuesday’s Board of Trustees’ Student Affairs Committee that SG has 1,200 temporary parking passes for students near the library beginning the Monday of Dead Week and ending the Friday of finals. The passes will be valid for all surface lots, excluding resident lots and the parking garage located next to KLair. They are $7 a piece and will be sold on a first come, first serve basis. Passes are on sale now at the UK Student Center Ticket Office. Students can pay with cash, check, credit card and UK Plus Account. A booth will also be set up at the next UK men’s basketball lottery, Dec. 7, in Memorial Coliseum. Cash and personal checks only will be accepted at this time.

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Accompanied by a full moon, nearly 200 people illuminated by candles marched downtown, gathering in honor of the 21st World AIDS Day on Tuesday evening. At 5:30 p.m., participants of the vigil gathered at various coffee shops, such as Third Street Stuff, Starbucks on Main Street, Common Grounds and Dunkin’ Donuts, finally congregating in Phoenix Park where they were greeted by the Lexington Black Voices choir and hundreds of lights. AIDS Volunteers Inc., AVOL,

sponsored the service and Executive Director Mark Royse said AIDS education is vital. “To the young people tonight, I challenge you to educate yourself, for silence equals death,” Royse said. AVOL is a Lexington-based non-profit organization that provides service to 72 counties in Kentucky and offers free, anonymous HIV/AIDS testing. Royse said the disease is 100 percent preventable, urging students to get tested. “When you’re beginning your sexual life, that’s the time to know what puts you at risk,” Royse said. See AIDS on page 3

Cats combine offense, defense to clobber RedHawks By Nick Craddock sports@kykernel.com

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A’dia Mathies gives a no-look pass to teammate Amber Smith during the Cats’ 10753 win over Miami of Ohio on Tuesday night.

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Defense has been the calling card for the UK women’s basketball team thus far this season, but the Cats pulled an ace out of the hole on Tuesday night. The Cats coupled their usual defensive intensity with a scorching offensive performance on their way to lambasting Miami of Ohio 107-53 in front of 4,123 fans who left Memorial Coliseum grinning from ear to ear. “We just played some terrific basketball,” said UK head coach Matthew Mitchell. “The defensive intensity in the first half was where we want it, and we finally got on track tonight shooting the 3-point

shot, which I thought was coming on.” The Cats forced the RedHawks into 28 turnovers and shot a staggering 70.6 percent from 3-point range. More importantly for UK, it was two usually solid 3-point shooters, junior guard Carly Morrow and senior guard Amani Franklin, who shook their offensive dry spell that has plagued them to start the season. Morrow was 4 of 6 from beyond the arc for the game, while Franklin was a perfect 2 for 2 on her way to finishing with 16 points and nine boards. “For the most part we were connecting on all cylinders,” Franklin said. See Basketball on page 3

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Investment committee to lower future endowment payout Board of Trustees By Chris Robbins news@kykernel.com

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Mortensen breaches postapocalyptic frontier in ‘The Road’ TORONTO — Director David Cronenberg, who cast Viggo Mortensen as a Russian mob lieutenant in "Eastern Promises," tells how his star would disappear from the London shoot on weekends, not revealing where he was going, and return Monday with photographs and objects, tattoo books, and snatches of Russian street slang he had gleaned during his stealth getaways to Moscow and St. Petersburg. For "The Road," it wasn't possible for Mortensen to pursue that same sort of diligent research. After all, how do you delve into the apocalypse? "One of the things that attracted me to this story is that there is nowhere to hide," says Mortensen of the film based on Cormac McCarthy's Pulitzer Prize winner — a novel about a father and his young son wandering a devastated, ash-dusted America. "Not that doing research is hiding, necessarily, but 'The Road' is very bare-bones. You know, people say, what happened? Was it a war? Was it an environmental catastrophe? Climate change? "And in a sense it doesn't matter, because it's a device, it's a means to exaggerate a concern that everyone can understand. ... And that's inherently dramatic, but it's also, as an actor, a big challenge. There are no tricks. You either have to believe that these people are father and son, that they love each other, that they really are going through some difficult things, or you don't. And you have to believe their harrowing emotional journey." Harrowing, indeed. A bleak, beautiful film, directed

by John Hillcoat (and shot mostly in western Pennsylvania), "The Road" — with its depiction of solitary, frightened survivors and roving bands of cannibal marauders — is not exactly your typical Thanksgiving feel-good fare. But it is, in its own dark way, a celebration of the bonds of family, of father and son, husband and wife (Charlize Theron, seen in flashbacks). "My entry point was obviously being a parent, and having a boy, and remembering how he was at that age," says Mortensen, the soft-spoken "Lord of the Rings" icon. In "The Road," Mortensen's nameless character is left with his son (also nameless), who looks to be 8 or 9 — and is played by the spookily talented Australian Kodi Smitt-McPhee. Mortensen, in a hotel room following the gala premiere of "The Road" at the Toronto International Film Festival in September, cannot wax more effusive about his diminutive costar, who was 10 at the time of filming. "If you don't have a child that has the gift, the emotional availability, and more than anything the intelligence to have that through-line ... if you don't believe him, and believe the boy and the man's relationship, there's no faking it in the story," he says. Mortensen went out of his way to befriend the young actor — spending off-time together, going to museums and baseball games, hitting a Mexican bodega in Pittsburgh to buy boxes of glazed crickets — insects that the two of them are seen eating in the film. COPYRIGHT 2009 MCT

The Board of Trustees Investment Committee looked to reduce spending from the university endowment, and discussed longterm strategies to increase returns from its investments at its monthly meeting. On Tuesday morning, the committee took unanimous action to reduce the percentage payout from the university’s endowment to 4.5 percent in July, down from the current payout of 5 percent. The reduction is an effort to restore growth to the fund. “We’re being realistic about what’s happening out there,” said UK President Lee Todd. “I haven’t heard a lot of whining its just been, ‘Go ahead and get it done.’ “ The vote also reduced the payment of the endowment management fee into the general fund from a projected $3.4 million to $1.9 million over the next two years. “The feeling we’ve gotten is get the pain

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 — Use your abundant energy to move group projects forward. Others agree to your terms, but not without some discussion. Taurus (April 20-May 20) — Today is a 6— You find yourself moving into new mental territory. Your imagination goes wild, and you forge ahead with new projects. Gemini (May 21-June 21) — Today is an 8 — Someone communicates long-distance to give you an original idea. Work out a solution privately and then present it to your closest neighbor. Cancer (June 22-July 22) — Today is an 8 — Your vision is only limited by your imagination. You see

over with in a two-year period and not extend it out,” Todd said. The reduction in distributions was anticipated after the endowment dropped by 32 percent in 2008. Due to the recession, the value of endowment investments decreased. The vote extended the period used to calculate additional distribution from the endowment from 36 to 60 months. Since this calculation occurs on Dec. 31 every year, this evens out the impact of the recent economic downturn on available funds by averaging it out over a longer period of time. Robert Palmeri from R.V. Kuhns and Associates, an investment firm that consults the trustees, advocated cautious and low-risk long-term investments to the committee. “The more you spend the less there is in the endowment so the principle erodes over time,” Palmeri said. The endowment is invested into funds and the earnings are used to support scholarships, chairs, professorships and basic research, as well as academic and public service programs. The endowment management fee goes into the university’s general fund along with state appropriations and money collected from tuition payments. The committee did not discuss where the difference in the general fund would be made up.

the path to your dreams clearly. Go for it! Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) — Today is a 7 — Deal with what's right in front of you. You have plenty going on, but handle the problems of the moment first. Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Today is a 7 — Your best results come from activities behind the scenes. Plenty of time to go public later. Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — Today is an 8 — You have tons of energy and no clear sense of where to use it. Check out the environment first, and take an independent direction. Scorpio (Oct. 23--Nov. 21) — Today is an 8 — Another person presents an idea that matches up beautifully with your thinking. It involves action. Don't be shy. Publicity works wonders.

— Today is an 8 — The world beats a path to your door today. Will you be at home to answer? Take advantage of the opportunity.

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Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Today is an 8 — You don't have to move at the speed of light. In fact, you're better off taking things step by step, noticing opportunities as you go. Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — Today is a 6 — You're still on the right track, and you see your goal ahead. Bring an associate on board who has the energy and know-how you need. Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) — Today is a 7 — Whatever you set in motion in the morning carries you through the day. Work with the materials on hand. Clean up after yourself.

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After back-to-back losses, Cool Cats hope for rebound against No. 1 OSU By Aaron Smith

Sophomore Billy Glass and the Cats said they know how important this weekend’s games are to their final ranking.

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The hockey team got a wake-up call and hopes it didn’t merely hit the snooze button. UK (17-4) dropped to No. 4 in the Southeast rankings after a pair of losses at Illinois on Nov. 21-22. UK head coach Rob Docherty said the team simply got outplayed and outhustled. UK will look to rebound quickly with No. 1 Ohio State on tap this weekend in games with postseason implications. “These two are the biggest games of the season,” Docherty said. “Two good wins will put us back in the top two (of the rankings). A split isn’t good enough.” UK doesn’t play any of the other top five teams in the Southeast region, compounding the importance of the Ohio State games. “We’ve been gearing up for this weekend for a while,” junior goalie Derek Steinbrecher said. “We know what caliber hockey we can play, and we have this one chance to show that we are the class of the Southeast division.” With the second half of the schedule appearing to be weaker than the first half, UK will have fewer opportunities to make a run for a spot in the top two. UK will still have the opportunity to play its way into nationals, but the chance to earn an automatic bid that’s given to the top two teams in each region is sitting right in front of the Cool Cats. “We couldn’t ask for a better scenario,” sophomore Billy Glass said. “This is our last realistic chance to move up in the rankings, and this is our only shot at taking down one of the top divisional teams.” Despite losing its No. 2 ranking, UK was helped by other top teams struggling, leaving the door open for the all-important automatic bid. Beating

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Ohio State would be breaking the door down. “We have to find (Ohio State’s) loophole, stay calm, and don’t get frustrated,” Docherty said. “If they stop 10 shots, shoot 20 more. We have to keep slapping away and keep crashing the nets, find a way to get garbage goals.” UK will be missing senior Daniel Ampleford, who broke his collarbone three games ago against Eastern Illinois. Ampleford anchored the second line, ranked fourth on the team with 32 points and was a key cog on the power plays for UK. “You can’t replace Daniel as a player, but we can try to replace his position,” Docherty said. “We have to pick up the slack and get more input from the third and fourth lines.” Docherty and the rest of the team has

been preaching depth as the primary reason for their success. That claim will now be tested. Taking over the center position on the second line will be freshman Anthony Simandl, who is making the jump from practice team to second line. “It’s been a little nerve-wracking trying to fill Daniel’s shoes,” Simandl said. “It’s been tough adjusting to the speed, but I’m pumped to get a chance to play.” UK knows the outcome of its season could be determined this weekend and the players are looking to embrace the gravity of the situation, and the pressure that comes with it. “We like getting excited before the big games,” junior Taylor Vit said. “It’s why we play the game. Whether we were the No. 1 team or the No. 4 team, this weekend has been pegged as the biggest series of the year for a long time.”

Cheer practice scheduled for Carolina game The Big Blue Nation is trying to get in sync. The Student Athletic Council will hold a cheer practice Wednesday at 5 p.m. for UK fans, said Student Athletic Council President Amber McGehee in a statement. The goal of the practice is to have all fans on the same page on Saturday for the Cats’ next home game against No. 10 North Carolina.

McGehee said the Student Athletic Council will also videotape the eRUPPtion Zone doing specific new cheers, actions and chants. This video will be made available to all students and will help teach the students who sit in the eRUPPtion Zone for the UNC game and future games. Entry for the practice will be through the security entrance located near the loading

docks. Free parking will be available in the Cox Street parking lot. Those with eRUPPtion Zone tickets will sit in the eRUPPtion Zone to start but others will be filled in as necessary for the practice. UK and UNC are scheduled to tip off at 12:30 p.m. The game is being televised nationally by CBS. It will be the Cats’ first game against a

nationally ranked opponent. — METZ CAMFIELD

If you go What: Cheer practice When: Wednesday at 5 p.m. Where: Rupp Arena Admission: Free to students with free parking in the Cox Street parking lot

BASKETBALL Continued from page 1 Franklin said aside from a period of play midway through the second half, where UK let up on the gas a little bit, nothing went wrong. Nothing went right for Miami of Ohio, who finished with a poor 26.8 percent shooting percentage from the floor. Even the RedHawks’ star freshman guard Courtney Osborn, who came into the contest averaging almost 20 points per game, was virtually inefFor the most part we rendered fective. Osborn finished were conneting on all with 22 points, but made only 5 of 19 field goals. cylinders. In fact, the Cats really only needed the first AMANI FRANKLIN half to decide the outSenior guard come, as they used a 150 and 12-0 scoring run to take a commanding 5721 lead at the break. The Cats opened the second half with a 9-2 run, and the crowd could sense nothing was going to go wrong for the home team when Franklin launched a 3-point shot three minutes into the half and it bounced around several times before falling through the hoop. The effective 3-point shooting also helped alleviate some of the pressure on UK’s top scorer Victoria Dunlap, who collected her 17th career double-double. “We really wanted to come out in the second half and keep our intensity level,” Mitchell said. “I was glad, after not doing that at first, that we managed to finish strong.”

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AIDS Continued from page 1 About 50 people journeyed from Third Street Stuff, and among the group, AVOL participant Thomas Tolliver could be heard singing “This Little Light of Mine.” “Like most people, I have lost friends to HIV and AIDS,” Tolliver said. “We need events like this to heighten awareness that this disease is still alive and well in our society.” Sam Graper, a participant in the vigil for a second year, said education is part of the prevention. “It takes knowledge promoting safe sex, not just strictly abstinence,” Graper said. “I don’t think it’s talked about in the school system and other places it could be.” Currently, there are more than 30 million people worldwide with the disease. In Kentucky, AIDS is the 10th leading cause of death, and two out of 10 people diagnosed will die, Royse said. Barbara Hall, a social work junior, is a volunteer at AVOL and helped coordinate the event. “African-American women are being diagnosed the fastest, which is different from what it used to be,” Hall said. According to statehealthfacts.org, there are nearly 5,000 diagnosed cases of AIDS in Kentucky. African Americans make up 38 percent of people diagnosed with AIDS, Royse said. “I hope events like this erase the stigma of HIV and AIDS because we’ve lived with this disease now for 30 years and we need to bring it out of the closet,” Tolliver said. “HIV deaths don’t capture headlines the way they used to.”

OPINIONS Wednesday, December 2, 2009

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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Smith-Hayes legacy will be student input Each year Student Government executives battle the perception that their office does nothing – SG President Ryan Smith and Vice President Kelsey Hayes face the same scrutiny, but are looking to create a program that will last long after they leave UK. In a sit-down interview with the Kernel Editorial Board, the duo expressed their pleasure with the yearto-date results of the pilot run of the TallyCats program and their desire to improve the program moving forward by making it a part of campus culture. Incorporating TallyCats to the UK culture is one goal to make their plan sustainable for years to come, but they are attempting to add a sustainability element through promotions with Coca-Cola, which hopes to integrate re-use and recycling, which will generate revenue and provide another way to add TallyCat points. Other initiatives like the Dead Week parking pass, a fall break, split-finals week, a permanent student fees committee, Senate and voting reform are applaudable goals. Most of the ideas and initiatives they expressed are welcome and long overdue. However, with all of the recent controversy surrounding Wildcat Coal Lodge and the flawed Board of Trustees policy,

the most important thing SG can do right now is enhance the student voice. Smith said UK administration has been receptive to the ideas and proposals of his administration, which is nice for SG, but for the student body it means little. When students are not able to speak to a board that represents them, something is wrong, regardless of what state laws and procedures say. It may not be something Smith himself can tackle as a member of the Board of Trustees or through studentled legislation, but lobbying to the very top should be an option that SG advocates. It’s clear the current administration is aiming high and attempting to produce results beyond those of prior SG administrations. So far they have avoided sending embarrassing e-mails and attempts to repeal taxes that don’t exist, but in order to truly succeed, SmithHayes must fight a system that at times can silence the voice of those it serves. Leaving a legacy may not be an explicit goal, but providing undergraduate and graduate students with a university that hears them out would give students an experience far more valuable than any program could offer. And make this adminstration one for the ages.

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Scholarship money needed elsewhere I am appalled at reading that the UK Athletic Association is giving $500,000 to the Robinson Scholars program. Doesn't everyone know that eastern Kentucky has coal? Coal is the lifeblood of the region and is doing great things both economically and socially for the region. The increased use of mountaintop removal coal mining is only going to make more money and pour jobs into the region. Why do these kids need a college degree when a mining job making big bucks is waiting on them? And with all of the flat land MTR is leaving, great blue and white collar jobs are opening up everywhere. Let's use this money to educate poor central Kentucky kids who don't have the great future that the kids in eastern Kentucky have with all of the coal that is being produced. Per Joe Craft and Friends of Coal, the region is thriving and has unlimited possibilities once those pesky mountains have been removed and gotten out of the way. Jerod Smith history junior

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Q&A with Student Government Smith

Part two: SG leaders discuss student issues with the Kernel

Q. Sitting in on the Board of

Trustees meeting when the Coal Lodge vote came up, what was that like for you? Talk about your decision. Smith: This is a controversial issue and I talked to a lot of people about the issue and as hard as it is to say no to $7 million and a free building, I felt (it was wrong). UK is a little unique. We don't have Papa John's Cardinal Stadium; we have Rupp Arena; We have Commonwealth Stadium. We don't have any building on campus named after an industry, much less an industry with the significant amount of people on both sides of the issue. I felt it set a bad precedent, a really bad precedent. It's great they are going to have a nice facility, but I just think it will make drawing a line down the road much more difficult if an industry such as the liquor industry or the tobacco industry (want in). I know Dr. Yanarella said similar things ... People fell on both sides of the issue, everybody had an opinion... There was a letter that was given to me about 10 minutes before the board meeting and I got copy distributed to every board member and let them know these are the sentiments of students here today. I had a pre-written statement that I read and my opinion of it.

Q. What are you doing to help the

student voice resound more so that a situation like this does not happen again? Should there be more student input on the Board of Trustees? Smith: That is a state statute; the state mandates the number of board members, the number of faculty, staff

and student representatives. It's a state legislature issue to change. There's the opportunity to lobby for students, but it's a difficult position because we are essentially a state institution and the governor appoints the majority of the board members ... Hayes: There are some student organizations that are working to get their opinions heard for the December meeting ...

Q. Do you feel like the most effec-

tive way would be to educate students of how to get on the agenda or to change the process to make it more accessible? Smith: We can educate folks on how to go about it and they can work through Student Government and work through me to get on the docket.

Q. What is SG doing to help stu-

dents out with dealing with the tobacco ban? Where do you stand on the issue? Smith: We have continued to work with Ellen Hahn and Anthany Beatty on ways they can improve communication to students. We have worked with them and Jimmy Stanton to get a list of frequently asked questions to promote some of the most common misconceptions of students about this new policy ... This was a decision by Dr. Todd. Not a board decision, it's not something a voting body or a referendum on a ballot will change, so our goal in SG is to educate students on what it is, how it will be enforced, the idea behind it, so that we can help to build that culture... Hayes: We are also trying to educate students and find better ways to

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educate students about the alternatives... Letting students know about those things and letting them know about their options instead of just saying “smoking ban, sorry … ” That's something we emphasized in the beginning, because when they discussed this at the compliance meetings they were just talking about a ban … If you're going to do this by a specific date there needs to be alternatives and they need to be available at a cheaper rate for students. We provided that input from the very beginning ...

Q. Are you continuing with any

plans from the past administration, like the Campus 365 Plan? Hayes: Yes, we actually have the same thing. We have spoken with the deputy chief of staff's and all of the advisory board members. Instead of us crafting a policy and having others carry it out, the advisory board members will develop and carry out plans. They came up with plans for their board and they worked with us and the deputy chief of staff and they worked with us and we put it into one document.

Q. What will be your legacy after

you leave UK? Smith: I don't know that we really have been concerned too much with our legacy. We are more concerned with having ... programs that are a staple of SG that encourage student participation and improve students’ experience within the university both undergraduate and graduate experiences. Hayes: We are working to make sure that our programs ... are sustainable for years to come.

Government must spend money, embrace high-speed trains There is a certain liberty that comes from having your economy shattered into a thousand pieces by the bombs of war — you have room to innovate as you rebuild. And as the bloodiest war in history came to a close, the Europeans and the SEAN Japanese were TAYLOR forced to gather Contributing themselves colcolumnist lectively to build constitutions, health care systems and national infrastructures in order to survive. It was during this period of turmoil and growth in the decade following World War II, that the Japanese were challenged with finding a solution to the overloaded commute between Osaka and Tokyo. Their solution? The world’s first high-speed railway line, famously nicknamed the “bullet train.” Around the same time, the French started working on the same idea for the heavily-traveled route between Paris and Lyons, leading to the creation of the TGV.

The United States, meanwhile, was a little too busy at the time with Vietnam, Selma and Stonewall to be tinkering with trains, and what funding the government did allocate toward transportation was spent on the subsidization of interstates and airports. A generation passed and little changed in American transportation. What little federal funding did go to trains became a favorite perennial punching bag of our friends on the right end of the political spectrum and the will to change how this nation moved never managed to materialize. Trains, it seemed, were yesterday’s news in the land of the free. But then, as a bridge fell in Minneapolis and the cost of gas reached as high as the greenhouse gases polluting our atmosphere, Democrats swept into Congress on a tidal wave and began to change the national dialogue on energy and transportation. With the economy tanking last year under the weight of decades of deregulation, corporate greed and the subsequent election of Barack Obama to the presidency, the national political environment was fi-

nally right to introduce a plan to build an all-American high-speed railway network to compete with what the Japanese and the French had already been enjoying for almost half a century. Within the much-maligned stimulus bill passed by the Democratic Congress and president this year is an appropriation of $8 billion to serve as a down payment on this network, and construction should begin in the next couple years. Obama’s plan currently calls for a national network of railways stretching from sea to shining sea. Personally, I dream about turning the dull five-hour drive from my native St. Louis to Chicago into a mere hour and a half trip, leaving in the morning for an afternoon baseball game, then off to Boystown for dinner and a few of those dirty martinis I’m so fond of, then hopping on a train back to my place by midnight, all without ever kicking off my shoes for airport security. Imagine the possibilities! Interestingly, Louisville is planned to be one of the stops on the American bullet train’s path, allowing Kentuckians access to the system.

Speaking of Kentuckians, in a recent piece in the Lexington Herald-Leader (“Lexington, Louisville must be partners, not rivals,” 11/15/09), the ways in which the old rivalry between Kentucky’s two biggest cities are hurting its growth and prosperity were laid bare. Highspeed rail has the potential to change that dynamic. It has already proven itself where implemented as a key driver for regional development. For those looking to rejuvenate Kentucky’s coal- and manufacturing-dependent economy, high-speed rail is the way to go. The commonwealth would benefit from unprecedented levels of investment energy, with significant increases in land and real estate values, if its leaders could manage to summon the political will to expand the national plan to Lexington, connecting the state’s two biggest cities with this highspeed conduit of capital and ideas. High-speed rail is the future, and Frankfort needs to get on board with Washington. I’m talking to you, Steve Beshear. The Chinese government, citing a desire to connect its nation and people together, has wasted little

time implementing funds toward its own version of Obama’s plan. They, quite frankly, have outdone us. Construction from Beijing to Guangzhou has already begun, with many of the lines scheduled to be completed by 2013. While some are busy labeling the president as a socialist, the real communists are handing us our hat on the world stage, sweeping us — with a smile — into the dustbin of history. As in so many areas, from the economy to infrastructure and transportation, America — and Kentucky — has a choice before it at this crucial moment: progress or be passed over. Wanton government spending might not be the solution to everything, but neither is standing still with a paralyzed pocketbook. If we want to continue to be the greatest nation on earth, we can’t elect visionary leaders and then tie their hands with teabags and childish taunts, as has been the custom far too often in our politics over the last year. We need to move – now. Of course, there’s always learning Mandarin. Sean Taylor is a linguistics junior. E-mail opinions@kykernel.com.

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It was on this trip that he found a knack for comedy by sharing stories with his foreign acquaintances. Kea has previously performed in Lexington, but Wednesday will be his first performance on UK’s campus. “I like college campuses because I’m younger than most comics, so my humor seems to go over well,” Kea said. Author of his own material, Kea says his comedy comes from everyday life. “It’s true up to a point, and then maybe a little lie—a believable lie,” he said. Kea said his humor has a rating of PG-16-and-a-half and that his comedic idol is Ryan Singer, his opening act at UK. The two often play off each other by poking fun at one another. When Singer was asked who his comedic idol was, he jokingly assured that it isn’t Kea. Singer said that he is looking forward to this show and he advises students to, “take a break from studying, err, drinking, and live in our really weird world for an hour and a half.” The duo will hit the stage on Wednesday at 8 p.m. for the last Comedy Caravan show of the semester. Admission is free and open to the public. This week for Comedy Caravan the Cat’s Den is offering $1 sub sandwiches to the first 150 attendants.

ergy demands by 10 to 15 percent. “Beginning next fall, the campus community will see the effect of this project in everything from changes to lighting to more extensive building retrofits,” Wiseman said.

Arts & Sciences dean presents to Board of Trustees Mark Kornbluh, former Michigan State University history department chair and current dean of the UK College of Arts and Sciences, addressed the Board of Trustees concerning the continuing Kornbluh success of the college. Among some of the ideas and facts presented to the board was the importance of the undergraduates currently

pursuing majors at the College of Arts and Sciences. Kornbluh, hired as the college’s dean in June, said the undergraduates in the College of Arts and Sciences made up the largest population among UK undergraduates, as well as the largest population in the state. Kornbluh called the college a “world-class research institution,” and said its future should emphasize on discovery, invention and progression of graduate education and research. “Issues like global warming research and linking that type of research to teaching is extremely important,” Kornbluh said. “Linking our research to the education of undergraduates is essential to our future.” After wrapping up with a quick review of the presentation, Kornbluh discussed the entrepreneurial and enterprising future he envisioned at the College of Arts and Sciences. He plans to incorporate what he called an “internal research generation” during his tenure.

CORRECTION: In the Dec. 1 article “‘Affrilachia’ poet returns to alma mater,” Lisa Brown, director of student and multicultural affairs for the School of Journalism and Telecommunications, was misquoted as saying Frank Walker was “complacent,” when the actual term used was “compassionate.”

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