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Auction Employee pleads not guilty to porn charge to benefit writing instructor By Katie Perkowski
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UK has suspended Robert N. McAllister, a systems integration analyst for Information Technology, after UK Police arrested him on child pornography charges. According to Fayette County Circuit Court documents, McAllister pleaded not guilty to the
charges at his arraignment on Tuesday. McAllister posted the $5,000 bail. No previous charges are listed under his name, according to the court documents. “We were given an anonymous tip that there may be inappropriate material on computers belonging to an individual, so we conducted a search warrant on the
(UK) computer as well as the one in his house, and we found several hundred images of child pornographic material,” UK Police Chief Joe Monroe said. Monroe said police are still searching for additional information and more charges could be forthcoming. Monroe could not comment further because it is a pending in-
vestigation. McAllister’s girlfriend, who was listed as his emergency contact on the court document, said she and McAllister are not making any statements to the media. McAllister’s court date is set for Jan. 15 at 8:30 a.m. STAFF REPORTER LAURA CLARK CONTRIBUTED TO THIS STORY.
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Students are speaking up with a silent auction to help a member of the UK family with her medical bills. Thursday night from 6 to 9 p.m. in the Student Center Small Ballroom, a silent auction will take place to raise money for Kelly Feinberg. Feinberg, a UK writing instructor, was diagnosed with breast cancer in February and with metastasized cancer in her liver in September. Feinberg is currently undergoing chemotherapy treatment at UK Hospital. The money raised at the auction will help pay for her medical bills and the living expenses for her family. Feinberg’s husband is a doctoral candidate in the If You Go Hispanic Studies What: Silent auction Department and the two have a 1-yearWhen: Thursday from 6 p.m to 9 p.m. old son, Ari. When Rebecca Where: Student Beach, an English Center Small graduate student, reBallroom ceived an e-mail about a possible What: Benefit fundraiser for Feinberg, she said she concert When: Friday 9 p.m. immediately knew Where: Al’s Bar, 601 she wanted to help, even though she had N. Limestone only met Feinberg a Admission: $5 handful of times. “I think other graduate students felt the same way — we all have the same Aetna insurance policy and are near Kelly's age,” she said. “We wanted to do what we could.” Beach, along with English doctoral candidate and teaching assistant Leah Bayens, organized the event. Local businesses donated items ranging from $5 to $500. Beach said students will be interested in many of the items up for auction Thursday night. “We have a variety of items that we believe (students) will want to bid on — autographed basketballs, UK basketball tickets and gift certificates to a variety of restaurants and shops around Lexington,” she said. “This is a chance for students to give their support to a really worthy cause.” The event will continue Friday night at Al’s Bar for a benefit concert featuring Tiny Fights, The Rain Junkies and Freak the Mighty. The show starts at 9 p.m. and
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UK fans wave their hands during the Student Athletic Council’s cheer practice at Rupp Arena on Wednesday evening in preparation for the UNC game on Saturday.
Fans unite to prepare for Tar Heels By Metz Camfield mcamfield@kykernel.com
UK never made a basket. There were no John Wall high-flying reverse dunks, no Patrick Patterson put-back slams or even a 3-pointer from Darius Miller. But fans of the No. 5 Cats (70) were still cheering on the Cats at Rupp Arena on Wednesday night. The Student Athletic Council held a cheer practice at Rupp with the goal of having all fans on the same page for Saturday’s game against No. 10 North Carolina. “We expect our athletes to put their best out there, so I think they deserve our best. We should come
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prepared just as they come prepared,” said Student Athletic Council President Amber McGehee. The crowd worked on first half free throw routines among the various chants, heckles and cheers and incorporated a few new acts to the repertoire. The classic arm swing where fans will hold their arms in one direction and just before the player shoots, swing back in the other direction, will still be there. But a variation of that will be where the fans say “tick-tock” and swing their arms back and forth each time they say “tick-tock.” See Cheer on page 6
UK fans topple over after Ross Turner, who plays the Wildcat mascot, dunks during the cheer practice at Rupp Arena on Wednesday evening.
Speaking regulations for trustees differ by university By Laura Clark lclark@kykernel.com
Since protesting students and faculty filled an October Board of Trustees meeting regarding the future Wildcat Coal Lodge, UK students’ freedom of speech has been the talk of campus. Members of the UK community began to question the
Board of Trustees policy surrounding the ability of the general public to address the Board of Trustees during the meeting. The poli-
cy, Administration Regulation 1:2, requires a request to be submitted to UK President Lee Todd, who then determines if the subject matter is relevant and refers the matter to a committee appointed by the chairperson of the board. After the committee fixes a time for the petitioner to appear before them, the committee reports its conclusions
to the full board. Then the board determines if it will hear the petitioner. When the board met Oct. 27 to vote on the $7 million gift from Joseph W. Craft III and his group of donors, the Difference Makers, Todd said students and other protestors were not allowed to speak formally because they did not follow the formal process to
Cats headed to Music City Bowl Football team bound for familiar territory By Ben Jones bjones@kykernel.com
The UK football team appears to be headed to Nashville, for the postseason for the third time in four years. Multiple media outlets reported on Wednesday the Cats have been selected to play in the Gaylord Hotels Music City Bowl on Dec. 27. Neither the Music City Bowl nor UK (7-5, 3-5 Southeastern Conference) will likely be able to confirm the reports until Sunday, after the SEC Championship Game between Florida and Alabama. The (Nashville) Tennessean first reported UK would be headed to the Music City Bowl late Tuesday night. UK will
face an opponent from the Atlantic Coast Conference that has yet to be determined. The Cats won the Music City Bowl in 2006 and 2007. UK defeated Clemson 28-20 in 2006 despite being 10point underdogs and beat Florida State 35-28 in 2007 after several Seminoles were suspended from the game for academic infractions. Media outlets reported Auburn (7-5, 3-5 SEC) will play in the Jan. 1 Outback Bowl in Tampa, Fla. The Tennessee Volunteers (7-5, 4-4 SEC) will likely play in the Chick-fil-A Bowl in Atlanta on New Year’s Eve and Georgia (7-5, 4-4 SEC) is expected to play in the AdvoCare Independence Bowl in Shreveport, La., on Dec. 28. South Carolina and Arkansas are also SEC teams with 7-5 records. The six SEC teams being in such close proximity to each other in the standings made this season’s bowl picture murkier than most
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years for schools in the conference. On Tuesday, Music City Bowl President Scott Ramsey told the Kernel having so many teams with similar resumes forced bowl games to pick games based on which matchups would be most likely to attract fans. “Each game is going to have to pick the best matchup for their city,” Ramsey said. Ramsey also said that as the Music City Bowl considered UK, the Cats’ history with the bowl game would play a role in their decision. If UK is selected for the Music City Bowl, it would be their fourth time in the game, the most of any school. UK also played in Nashville in 1999. “We’ve had great success with Kentucky in our game,” Ramsey said early Tuesday afternoon. “We wouldn’t hesitate a minute to make it three in four years.”
be placed on the meeting agenda. The board’s agenda is posted at 9 a.m. the day before the main board meeting. Universities across the country have a board of trustees and have similar, and contrasting, regulations. The University of Florida’s Board of Trustees makes the agenda public at least one
week before the meeting, said Florida spokeswoman Janine Sikes. The university will hold a board meeting Dec. 10 and 11, and the meetings’ agenda was posted on the Florida Web site last Wednesday, Sikes said. Students or the general public must submit a request See BOT on page 2
307 H1N1 vaccines distributed at clinic University Health Services distributed 307 of its 600 available intranasal H1N1 vaccines at Wednesday’s free clinic, according to officials with UK HealthCare. Details are not yet known about what will be done with the remaining 293 doses. — CHRIS ROBBINS
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Chris Brown’s answer: Pity party Two weeks ago, Rihanna delivered a brilliant album, "Rated R," that doubled as a thinly veiled, emotionally turbulent reflection on her ill-fated romance with Chris Brown. Now it's Brown's turn. The 20-year-old singer's third album, "Graffiti," arrives Dec. 8, only months after he pleaded guilty to assaulting Rihanna and was sentenced to five years probation, one year of counseling and six months of community service. Like Rihanna, Brown aims to expand his music beyond hip-hop-flavored R&B by embracing Euro-disco, Goth-rock and new wave. And like Rihanna, he addresses their relationship. But whereas his ex-girlfriend used her album to express her hurt and anger, an outpouring of emotional truth rather than a he-said, she-said publicrelations manifesto, Brown turns "Graffiti" into a curious mix of self-pity and accusation when he isn't simply partying as if he's already moved on. The inconsistent and sometimes contradictory tone of Brown's album suggests he jumped back too soon after committing a serious crime and bearing the brunt of a public-relations nightmare. He and his handlers should have known that every move he makes will be judged against his real-life actions, and anything he says short of a contrite apology _ will be viewed with ex-
treme skepticism. He would've been better off staying silent, or avoiding the topic altogether on an album that includes several top-notch pieces of innocuous dance music. Once a coltish boy-next-door who made mildly suggestive R&B for teens and young adults, Brown is trying to refashion his image as a cutting-edge artist _ or as cutting edge as a guy who already has sold millions of albums can get. He had a hand in writing 12 of the 13 tracks on "Graffiti," and hunted for beats that value atmosphere as much as propulsion. Brown has referenced Michael Jackson and Prince as influences on his new work, but his sound also borrows from the cross-genre experiments of Kanye West, Saul Williams and Lil Wayne. He poses on the cover like a futuristic rocker with a can of spray paint in one robotic hand and a guitar in the other, though the music isn't nearly as radical as that image implies. Yet several tracks strike a more aggressive stance, a teen artist growing into manhood, and no doubt will sound fantastic on a dance floor with a booming speaker system. "I Can Transform Ya" stirs up an android racket with synthesizers and guitars. Brown adopts a clipped hip-hop cadence to match a cameo by Lil Wayne.
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in writing that relates to the agenda items three days before the meeting, Sikes said. However, Sikes said Florida laws make this process easier. “The state of Florida is very much a public-records state, and we have very strong sunshine laws that require government transparency,” Sikes said. “I don’t know if ours mirrors other (universities) in the state, but they all pretty much do.” Unlike Florida, Penn State University’s board agenda is posted the morning of the meeting. Jill Shockey, a Penn State spokeswoman, said if students want a specific topic discussed at the board meeting, they must go through one of the three non-voting students on the board. Those students, along with three non-voting faculty, can participate in dis-
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their appreciation for UK teachers by supporting Feinberg at the events. “We have all had wonderful teachers and Kelly is certainly that,” she said. “Participating in this auction is a way to honor the work and dedication of instructors like Kelly who wholeheartedly give their time and energy to students here at UK.”
cussion, but cannot vote on any issues, Shockey said. In the university’s Standing Orders, visitors to the board meetings are not allowed to speak, present a pe-
tition or display any form of signs. The president of the board or the university president can invite one student and one faculty member to participate in the meeting’s discussion. Purdue University’s Board of Trustees request policy is somewhere in the middle. Brian Zink, associate director to Purdue’s news service, said board meetings are
generally held on Fridays, and the agenda is made available on the trustee Web site the Monday before. However, Zink said speaking in front of the board is not a common practice. “The public is generally not invited to speak,” Zink said. “ … The board can make exceptions, but generally not.” Zink said registering for public requests is only offered for meetings regarding tuition and fees. This policy was implemented in 2005. No records were available for a list of anyone making requests to the board at UK in the past 10 years. “ … We know of no such requests,” said Frank Butler, official records custodian in an open records response submitted by the Kernel. UK’s policy has been in place since 1970, said spokesman Jimmy Stanton in a Nov. 17 article. “It’s been in place for 39 years, so obviously it’s working,” Stanton said.
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—Today is a 6 — Listen and learn. You wish you were giving out the orders. Today you're better off doing what the finance manager tells you.
Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Today is a 6 — Associates pose big questions. Expect each person to support his ore her argument with facts. Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — Today is a 6 — You could go into emotional overdrive now. Instead, listen to what the group says, and follow an older person's example. Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) — Today is a 6 — Your imagination is fully engaged now. Anything others say fits right into your comprehensive plan. Don't stop now. (C) 2009 TRIBUNE MEDIA SERVICES
Freestyle artist goes all in to pursue his passion By Matt Murray mmurray@kykernel.com
Go to college and get job. It’s the moniker of the American dream. But for Isaiah Young, it’s just the opposite. Young is a 28-year-old local freestyle rapper, stage name Zae, who spends his days perfecting his craft. The venue doesn’t matter, whether it’s the bus, campus or city. He says it’s just about engaging with the people around him. For Zae, freestyle rap is done by using his surroundings as his muse. “I’m a storyteller. I’ll look at the people around me, get their opinions on things and use it to make something up on the spot,” Zae said. Influenced by hip-hop in the early ‘90s, Zae cited Jay-Z as his biggest influence, although he admits he doesn’t really follow the music scene anymore. “I’m in my own world of music right now,” he said. “People come up telling me I sound like Jay-Z and it’s a compliment and a diss at the same time just because I’m trying to do my own thing.” Zae hopes his talent for rapping in the moment will translate onto his forthcoming mixtape, ShadesofZae, slated for a release later this month. While his talent comes naturally, pursuing a career in music has proven to be a much more difficult task. With the economic condition and the state of the music industry, Zae is well aware it is a risky time to try and pursue his dreams, but feels his best chance is to jump in with both feet. “I made a bold move and quit my job, quit school and put all of my energy into music,” he said. When Zae says that freestyle rapping is his job, he isn’t joking. In order to get to the point where lyrical content comes to him instinctively, Zae said he practices freestyles for at least 15 hours a day. “Basketball players don’t just score 50 points every game,” he said. “I’m working to get 50 a game, every game. It just takes passion and work.” However, having no job, dropping out of Bluegrass Community and Technical College and relying solely on his craft has certainly come with a toll. At a point, Zae was homeless, and his freestyle rap was the only thing keeping food in his stomach. “I went through a moment where I lost everything,” Zae said. “But that’s the thing about life — no matter how hard you’re hit, you can always find a sanctuary somewhere to start putting the pieces back together.” Zae’s positive energy permeates his rap. In a culture where grudges and battling reigns supreme, Zae instead chooses simply to be a storyteller. “For me it’s about love. When people ask me to battle, I mean I can battle, but that’s not why I freestyle,” Zae said. “I’m a storyteller. I make people laugh in a freestyle. I make people think through freestyle. My thing is to entertain people, not chop other people down and try to be the best.”
To learn more about Zae or to purchase his new mixtape, e-mail shadesofzae28@yahoo.com.
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Soundtrack to a break up Fraternity uses pageant
I believe it to be an absolute fact that music is one of the best remedies one can have for a broken heart. It allows for a cathartic experience that helps you purge those feelings of an ex and reminds you that heartache is a universal phenomenon. This week I decided to run through my break-up playlist on my iPod. I selected a few tunes I think everyone KATIE could stand to hear in the SALTZ midst of heartache and Kernel disappointment. columnist “Don’t Speak” by No Doubt: For the I -don’twant-to-talk-about-it-but-I’m-really-thinkingabout-it-all-the-time phase. Sticks and stones can break bones, but Gwen Stefani made it clear that words can hurt deeply. This song is about suppressing those painful memories, which isn’t the healthiest thing in the world, but it’s just too good of a track to skip. “Walk Away” by Ben Harper: This mellow tune is better suited for when you are still moping in your sweatpants and eating Ben and Jerry’s Chunky Monkey straight from the carton. But it’s still a sweet reminder that walking away was the better choice for you in the long run, no matter how hard it was to do. “Song for the Dumped” by Ben Folds Five: This is definitely for the angry phase of the break up. Screaming profanities usually helps me feel better in any given situation. So pop in this goodie, air drum along and re-
mind that selfish ex to give you back your black T-shirt. “You Oughtta Know” by Alanis Morissette: Ben Folds didn’t release enough anger for you? Then Alanis is your girl. This ‘90s jam is the pinnacle of all rage-filled break-up songs —Because we all secretly want our ex to be thinking about us one day and totally regret their actions, and you’ll be there to remind them. “Since U Been Gone” by Kelly Clarkson: Don’t tell me this is a girl song. I know plenty of guys who admit that this is one of their favorite work-out jams. It gets anyone pumped up and wanting to scream-sing about a newfound independence. This is definitely toward the ending phase of a break-up, but it’s a great song to listen to as you get ready for a night out when you’re so moving on. “I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry” by Hank Williams: This may seem a little out of the blue, but this is truly one of the most heart-wrenching ballads ever recorded. It’s an absolute downer and I wouldn’t recommend listening to it immediately after a break up unless you are emotionally stable. But it is a beautiful reminder that everybody feels lonely sometimes. You just have to keep on keeping on, and change will find you. Katie Saltz is a journalism senior. E-mail ksaltz@kykernel.com.
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This Thursday evening eight young women will compete for the chance to do something men can’t do — represent the female. UK’s Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity will hold its annual Miss Black and Gold Pageant to select the contestant who will help the group reach out to women in the community through service events, chapter meetings and female-focused activities. “We will be giving one single woman the opportunity to represent our fraternity in ways we can’t,” said James Davidson, coordinator of the 2009 Miss Black and Gold Pageant. “She will be our voice.” At the end of September, Alpha Phi Alpha held a meeting for all female students interested and accepted applications for the pageant’s selection process. The chapter gathered to decide which applicants they would most like to see represent Alpha Phi Alpha, and the 25 submissions were whittled down to eight qualified contestants. The Miss Black and Gold Pageant, which has been held annually nationwide since the 1970s, will showcase the typical pageant categories, but the winner will receive more than just a crown and a sash — With those things comes responsibility and involvement.
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What: Miss Black and Gold 2009 When: Thursday at 7 p.m. Doors open at 6 p.m. Where: Memorial Hall Admission: $5 for students with canned good donation, $7 without. Tickets available at the door. “We don’t just give out the title and then never see them again,” Davidson said. Miss Black and Gold 2009 will assist in publicity and marketing for Alpha Phi Alpha, help with events organized by the fraternity and hold her own service events that may cater more to young women in the community, Davidson said. Pageant categories include a dance performance that was taught to contestants by professional choreographers, a business attire showing in which contestants will wear what they plan to wear in their future careers, and talent, swimsuit and formal segments. “We want someone who can exhibit beauty and elegance in different forms,” Davidson said. “She has to be dedicated to our cause, service and philanthropy, so one of the most important questions we will ask is, ‘Why do you want to be Miss Black and Gold?’ ” The Pageant, which is an Alpha Week event, will be held at 7 p.m. on Thursday in Memorial Hall. Tickets are $5 if you bring a canned good to donate and $7 without a canned good.
OPINIONS Thursday, December 3, 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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Hazing charges pose serious problem for UK Mistakes happen. A couple of slip ups every once in a while is no big deal — but if something occurs five times in one year, then it’s not something to be overlooked. When Phi Delta Theta was charged with hazing violations on Nov. 19, according to a Nov. 24 Kernel article, it joined four other fraternities charged with hazing in the past year. Hazing is defined in the Code of Student Conduct as “any action taken or situation created‚ intentionally or recklessly‚ whether on or off university premises‚ to produce mental or physical discomfort‚ embarrassment‚ harassment or ridicule.” One could easily look at these fraternities and think, “It’s not a big deal. Every fraternity does it and the violations weren’t that serious.” On the other hand, one can look at the violations and see that there may be some serious issues concerning these student organizations. Fraternities may claim these incidents occur out of a bonding experience to build brotherhood, which may or may not be true, but where is the line drawn? How much will one student do in order to gain “brothers for life”? While that may be a valid way of justifying the actions, there are different types of hazing, said Tony Blanton, “The university really UK dean of students. tries to be proactive “There are certainly different degrees (of hazwhen dealing with ing),” Blanton said. “We’re lucky here that the vast hazing ... If we can majority of things we deal address the small hazing, with are not physically (harmful) or things that are it will never evolve into going to physically injure the larger stuff where somebody.” With that being said, it people get hurt.” is commendable that this hazing situation is not out of TONY BLANTON control. The fact that no stuDean of students dent has reported being injured can be looked at as a positive, but if these fraternities want to be looked at as the role models they claim to be, then there needs to be no more of these hazing violations. All the service hours and philanthropic work a fraternity does can easily be overshadowed by a simple hazing charge. National headquarters have handed down the recent hazing violations, and then UK deals with the violations with their own investigation. Blanton said UK investigates every claim that comes through his office and attempts to be proactive in its work so that the problem doesn’t escalate. “The university really tries to be proactive when we are dealing with hazing in organizations because typically it’s not the small things that end up making headlines in newspapers,” Blanton said. “If we can address the small hazing, it will never evolve into the larger stuff where people get hurt.” And a person getting hurt is the last thing a top-20 university needs from some of the most prominent organizations on its campus. Especially from a group of students that makes up a large percentage of the Student Government, and a group that claims to have some of the best and brightest students on campus. UK should not have to investigate these allegations, nor should the national headquarters of chapters be worrying about these things. Every fraternity knows the rules, they know what they can and cannot do and regardless of the level of severity, they must act like responsible adults.
Weekly poll results: Is hazing a problem at UK? An online Kernel poll found that of 154 participants, 51 percent do not think hazing is a problem, 42 percent believe it is a problem and 7 percent are not sure.
Sports should be about more than hatred I was born and raised in Jackson, Tenn., about an hour and a half west of Nashville. When I was 12, my mother and I moved to Maryville, Tenn., for five years, where I attended Maryville High School. The Maryville Red Rebels are the rival of the Alcoa Tornadoes — the high school Randall Cobb AUSTIN attended. HILL Both the Rebels Contributing and Tornadoes are columnist football juggernauts defending state championships this weekend. Off-field, the rivalry is less than civil, as Maryville fans often fly Confederate flags at their games, perpetuating hatred on the gridiron and in the stands. Knowing the blatant hatred Cobb dealt with throughout high school, I was one of many Tennessee fans who was skeptical of the Kentucky game last Saturday. I have lived in Lexington for 15 years, yet am still a Vol at heart. I pull for the Cats every week and am a Kentucky student but a Tennessee boy. Anyone who believes that is an outrage should move away for a couple of years and then come back and tell me if you could just turn your back on your heritage. When you’re born a fan of a team, it gets in your blood and stays with you. I believed Kentucky would beat Tennessee and the streak would end at 24 years. I believed Cobb would be the man to beat them. I had a birthday this week and decided to have some family
up to attend the game. My father still lives in Jackson and pulls for the Vols, but he also pulls for the Cats, and he definitely pulls for Cobb. Two tickets cost us $250 to sit 30 rows up on the 40-yard line, which was well worth it for the all-important rivalry game. I was able to score a season ticket sitting with my girlfriend in her seats on the other 40, and we were ready to go. I wanted to see what it would be like from the other side’s perspective, being dressed as an away fan — a simple pullover and a hat. Before kickoff, I was already being harassed by the son of an owner of a local retail chain and his gang of 40-year-old frat boys. They were eyeballing me and making snide comments. Meanwhile, a man in his mid-50s sitting behind me is littering my stadium blanket with peanut shells, kicking them over onto the stairs any chance he could get. I was not obnoxious, not screaming “Rocky Top,” just clapping for Tennessee when they made a play, the same way I suspect traveling Kentucky fans had done a week earlier in Georgia. As I turned around, I noticed the man behind me and the group to the left were acting like they were going to throw me over the railing after a Tennessee touchdown. I simply made a comment about dropped coverage in the end zone being the reason for the score and went back to clapping. Through the third quarter, I was bullied. A snotty 40-year-old father came over to my seats, taunting my girlfriend, baiting me to hit him, reminding me I was in Blue Nation.
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With about six minutes left in the game, the old man behind me grabbed my blanket from my seat and threw it over to the posse of drunk bullies. I exclaimed at his childish act, only to be told if I wanted it back to come and get it. Knowing I would be beaten for it, I said forget it, and turned to the man behind me telling him to act his age. He stumbled a bit on the beer cans below his feet and began to threaten me if I didn’t sit down. I said no, we exchanged words and then he sucker punched me in the teeth. Season ticket holders bullying the away fans may seem like hardcore fans, but it is a black eye to the program. I have heard all the stories about Neyland, Death Valley and Legion Field. I would tell any fan at those stadiums as well that if someone pays to see a sporting event, they deserve the right to wear what they want, cheer for their team win or lose and not be subjected to childish bullying or harassment. Even though UK fans hate Tennessee fans, remember there were four seniors from Tennessee that had families in the crowd. A neutral guy like my father wanted to see a good game, and if Cobb and the Cats would have buried the Vols, he would have cheered for them. It’s about sportsmanship, and though there are differences in teams and rivalries, without it we are left with hatred and violence. Sports are supposed to be fun, and there is nothing fun about that. Austin Hill is an English senior. Email opinions@kykernel.com.
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WESLEY ROBINSON | STAFF
Credit can be your friend, if managed properly There are many phrases that can strike fear in any college student’s mind — “final exams,” “new-edition required textbook,” “we’re out of beer,” “Mr. Gillispie will be driving you home” and so on. One word that is truly scary for a ADAM lot of college stuFRENCH Contributing dents is “credit.” However, credit is columnist not something we should be scared or unsure of and is something that should be managed — even by college students — in order to become an asset as opposed to a burden it requires careful management to remain such. The pure fact of the matter is that many people simply do not know how to manage credit, and the problem in too many cases starts during the college years. The U.S. currently carries about $800
billion in credit card debt, according to ABC News. I propose the following three steps to proper credit management for college students that will put us on the right track for financial success. First, be selective in choosing a credit card. Over five billion credit card solicitations are sent out in the U.S. annually, and only 0.4 percent of these solicitations are answered. Since we have this vast number of cards to choose from, we need to use it and carefully weed out the credit cards that sometimes doom their customers from the start. Second, we should look for just one credit card — multiple cards is a huge no-no for long-term credit success. The cards should have no annual fees, a minimum payment rate that is higher than the interest rate of credit purchases, and importantly, a credit card issued by a large, reputable financial institution or stable credit union. Just as with Roth IRAs in one of my earlier columns, credit card
issuers are not all the same, and the success of the issuer should at least be a factor in choosing the right credit card. Don’t let credit card gimmicks (personalized cards, for example) or rewards systems that give their customers paltry reward points blind you in choosing a credit card either. Finally, treat credit for what it is: credit. Where a lot of people run into a problem with credit cards is confusing credit for cash. Credit is not a substitute for cash, and a fiscally conservative approach should be in place on using credit for purchases. The basic rule of thumb — so basic it seems trivial — is to not buy things on credit you can’t afford to buy in cash. While simple, this rule has been constantly abused, to the point that the average household credit card debt is $9,300 for the roughly 80 percent of U.S. households with at least one credit card. One of the major problems with using credit for many consumers is
that they only make the minimum payment required each month, and in many cases their debt grows even as they make this payment. The rule of thumb in this case, and the most important rule in building and managing credit, is to pay off all credit card debt immediately in the first billing cycle after the purchase was made. This allows the credit limit to grow and the credit score to improve. Additionally, payments of credit should be made with cash-on-hand, not more credit. If this is not possible, simply do not make the purchase in the first place. Managing credit requires careful protection of this credit, as well. This means protecting yourself from identity fraud at any and all levels. Stolen credit cards should be immediately reported, personal information should be shredded, Internet accounts should be closely monitored and business transactions on credit should be limited to reputable, safe places, both online and in the store.
This list is not exhaustive of all the credit protecting techniques; a full list of identity theft and identity fraud prevention techniques is available at the U.S. Department of Justice’s Web site. Another credit protection technique is to not monitor and check your score repeatedly, as excessive credit checks actually can lower the overall credit score. An annual check under regular circumstances is sufficient and should not hurt the score. Starting off your life as a professional with high credit is much more enjoyable and lucrative than with bad credit, and bad credit is like an addiction in that it is hard to shed in the future. Taking the right steps in college to avoid bad credit and turning your credit score into an asset has huge future dividends, but these college years are truly where the foundation is laid toward this success. Adam French is an MBA graduate student. E-mail opinions@kykernel.com.
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Wall, Cats turn over new problem with Heels In terms of the relationship between Johns Calipari and Wall, this season has been pretty pristine. Monday in Louisville, though, player and coach had a hard JAMES PENNINGTON time finding a hapKernel py medicolumnist um in one column on the box score. It wasn’t that Wall attempted no free throws or that he didn’t attack the boards, an area in which Calipari has said several times that the guards struggle. No, the minor rift Monday was because of turnovers. And Calipari’s bone to pick was because Wall and the Cats didn’t have enough. Wall finished against UNC Asheville with 14 assists and just one turnover, career bests in both categories. UK as a team had just eight mishandles, nine below the season average. Even against an opponent as athletically mismatched as UNC Asheville was, that has to be one of the main points of pride after the game, right? “We need to have at least 11 or 12 (turnovers),” Calipari said. “You have eight turnovers, that means you’re not being aggressive enough. They laughed when I said that in (the locker room). They said, ‘Did you say we had too many? Now you say we don’t have enough.’ But I just don’t think, when you have eight turnovers, you play with enough aggressiveness.” Talk about splitting hairs. On one hand, you can tell the Cats, especially Wall,
PHOTO BY BRITNEY MCINTOSH | STAFF
Freshman guard John Wall dribbles the ball down court in the first half of UK's 94-57 victory at Freedom Hall on Monday night. weren’t using their athletic advantage to drive the ball in the lane. If they had, neither Wall nor Patrick Patterson would have gone the entire game without a trip to the free-throw line. Instead, UK used its length to shoot jumpers and throw alley-oops over the Bulldog defense. But even if the Cats weren’t being aggressive enough for Cal’s finicky taste, they still did enough to beat another Division I squad by 37 points. There’s a lot to be said for a team that can find ways to win by such large margins while minimizing errors on the ball. UNC Asheville coach Eddie Biedenbach looked at it from another angle. He said the Cats used Monday’s game to gain confidence with the ball. “They played smarter than they had been playing,” he said. But it’s a coach’s job to find a bone to pick, right? No matter how trivial the issue, no game is perfect for a coach unless nets come down afterward. Especially on a team with such youth, the
CHEER Continued from page 1 A couple new routines are the wave and “Silent Chaos.” For the wave, the fans of the eRUPPtion Zone will do the wave starting from the left end of the bleachers (the right side as the free throw shooter is looking at the fans) and go to the right. Once it gets all the way to the right, the fans will then start the wave up again from the left and repeat it over and over until a player shoots the ball. “Silent Chaos” is when the fans jump around, wave their arms and do everything to
players are relying on coaching to get them through this first stretch of season. What if Cal says, “Eight turnovers, that was perfect!”? Saturday against North Carolina, would the Cats try to take it to the basket? Or would they rather throw lobs and shoot jumpers, and rely on a freshman big man like DeMarcus Cousins scoring a ton of points once the game is already out of hand? After all, that’s the ticket to limiting the team to eight turnovers. Such a strategy may work against a UNC Asheville, but not against the UNC. The Tarheels are too strong, too fast, too long and too well-coached (even with Roy Williams in a sling) to beat in that manner. Wall said he’s never heard of a coach telling a team it didn’t commit enough turnovers. If the Cats win and have just eight on Saturday, though, Wall said he thinks it’ll be OK. He’s probably right. James Pennington is a journalism senior. E-mail jpennington@kykernel.com.
distract the shooter — but they do it in absolute silence. Right before the shooter takes his foul shot, the fans are supposed to then explode in a scream as loud as they can. The practice was a way for fans to both practice new routines and become more in sync for the top-10 showdown with the Tar Heels. Thomas Bailey, a finance senior from Paducah, has seen three different coaches during his time at UK and believes UK head coach John Calipari has helped bring some excitement back to UK. “If we could all have the same cheers at the same time it would just make it crazier and even more of the experience that you want at (Rupp),” Bailey said.