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Higher education budget trimmed Beshear’s plan spares universities with gambling By Roy York ryork@kykernel.com
Higher education may not be under the governor’s budget knife as heavily as some predicted. In his budget address to the Kentucky General Assembly on Tuesday, Gov. Steve Beshear proposed a series of budget cuts to save money, but he was optimistic about the state’s future and
said higher education “must be our highest priority.” Beshear’s plan shields Kentucky universities from cuts in the first year of the two-year budget and limits them to a 2 percent cut in 2011-12. This would keep state allocations to UK at $310 million for the 2010-11 fiscal year. The reductions in 2011 will come in response to the loss of federal stimulus money. If additional revenue from the federal government becomes available, Beshear said restoring cuts to postsecondary schools is one of
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Whether or not some students will remain in their current homes could all come down to how loosely a judge defines the word “family.” Students who currently live in a “Boarding House” or “Lodging House” in the zones of R-2 and R-1 would be doing so illegally under current city ordinances. The R-1 and R-2 zones, which include areas around campus such as University Avenue, are meant for either single or two-family dwellings, but not lodging or boarding houses. Under current zoning ordinances, these students could be forced to move in the event that the city finds that their home fits that definition. Under the current definition, if you live in a home with locks on bedrooms, don’t share the cost of food, don’t have unrestricted access throughout the house or split the cost of rent and utilities, you may live in a lodging house. The criteria set by Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government is one that some feel is too broad. Bruce Simpson, a Lexington attorney, is representing landlord Mike Haley in a pending case against the city concerning student-occupied homes. Arguments are scheduled to begin in April and the judge’s decision could decide how the ordinance is See Housing on page 6
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Freshman guard Eric Bledsoe dribbles past a Louisville defender in UK’s 71-62 win over the Cards on Jan. 2. Bledsoe, a Birmingham, Ala. native, said there’s no reason for him to go him because there’s nothing but trouble for him there.
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Bledsoe thrives with hard work, ‘never thought’ of being one and done By Metz Camfield mcamfield@kykernel.com
Nobody knew who Eric Bledsoe was when he first stepped foot on campus. But today, the speedy guard with the deep southern voice is one of the kings of the Bluegrass. Now, 400 miles away from his home in Birmingham, Ala., Bledsoe said he’s homesick. But with the NBA weighing heavily on his thoughts as well, he knows there isn’t anything for him when he gets home except trouble. “Ain’t nothing but trouble because everybody sees I’m succeeding (when) people told me I wasn’t,” Bledsoe said. “So if I end up going back something bad (will) probably happen. So I just go back every now and then and see my mom when Coach Cal lets me leave.” Bledsoe said he doesn’t know what would happen, but UK head coach John Calipari has told the team stories about some of his previous players who had bad things happen to them when they went home. Things like people trying to be your friends when they’re really not. “They talking about you behind your back so you just go home and you look like you’re doing good,” Bledsoe said. “There are people there that are trying to rob you and stuff like that.” In Lexington, Bledsoe and the Cats are celebrities. When Bledsoe and his teammates go to women’s basketball games, the fans treat them like they’re already NBA stars. That only seems fitting because Bledsoe is now being talked about as a potential NBA lottery pick and is thriving with the undefeated Cats
(18-0, 3-0 Southeastern Conference). On Tuesday, ESPN NBA Draft Insider Chad Ford wrote about Bledsoe being a potential lottery pick in the 2010 draft. Ford cited one NBA GM who said if Wall didn’t play for UK, then the teams would be calling Bledsoe a lottery pick. “I never thought about anything like that,” Bledsoe said. “I was reading it and I was shocked like, ‘Is he really talking about me?’ Because I went through everything growing up. I guess I had bumps in the road and it’s paying off.” It’s paying off in quite some way. Bledsoe earned SEC Freshman of the Week honors for the second time last week and is averaging 11.4 points and three assists per game. Despite the accolades placed on him and the talk of being another NBA lottery pick on a roster bursting at the seams with them, Bledsoe said it looks as though he will come back next year. But if he’s projected as a top-10 pick, he would likely leave. “It makes me feel great that I have a chance to be one and done but I don’t really look into or buy into it,” Bledsoe said. “That just means I have to come in and practice everyday and work hard and try to be the best. “It’ll be something that I talk about with my ma. I love her a lot and whatever she has an input on I’ll try and listen to her but we’ll see how it goes.” As Wall was being recruited, whether or not Bledsoe would even come to UK was a major question. Critics told Bledsoe he and Wall couldn’t coexist on the same team,
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Bledsoe is averaging 11.4 points per game for the Cats, good for fourth on the team. He has started 17 games this season.
Darlene Mickey, a UK student loan counselor, died after a short battle with cancer on Jan. 9. Mickey was 51 years old and had worked at UK for 24 years. Mickey’s colleagues endearingly referred to her as the UK politician, the Wal-Mart greeter and a personal weatherman because of her friendliness and warmth toward those she met. “(Darlene) would say, Mickey ‘Have you got your umbrella? It’s going to rain. You better take your coat, it’s pretty cool out there,’ ” said Linda Smitha, director of student billing services. “She was always concerned about our welfare when we went out on campus.” George Brown Jr., contractor and supply chain coordinator for facilities management, said Mickey possessed the ability to “make a rock talk” with her infectious friendliness. He said he will most miss Mickey’s personality, her laugh and her impeccable style. “She always made everyone feel so comfortable with her presence and the ease of conversing with her,” Brown said. “She was always willing to lend a helping hand. I and the university community will miss See Mickey on page 6 Newsroom: 257-1915; Advertising: 257-2872
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BLEDSOE Continued from page 1 nor would they even want to play together. The two proved them wrong by both signing with UK. With their undefeated start, Bledsoe said he doesn’t hear about a potential rift between him and Wall as much. “Me and him just became best of brothers,” Bledsoe said. “And nothing’s going to break it up. No matter how the articles says
‘I’m better than him, he’s better than me.’ We just don’t look into that.” Bledsoe found his way to Lexington after Calipari amped up his recruitment of the 6foot-1 guard upon arriving at UK from Memphis. Calipari was honest with Bledsoe and told him it would be tough and he would have to work for everything. For Bledsoe, that was the norm anyway. “He was like, ‘You’re going to have to earn whatever you get,’ ” Bledsoe said. “And I’ve been doing that all my life so I didn’t see why not.”
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The revenge of Conan O’ Brien In many ways, it's been a pretty good week for Conan O'Brien. On Monday night, Martin Scorsese offered to put him in his new HBO series, and Tuesday night Quentin Tarantino said he'd help O'Brien follow the director's template and make a revenge movie. "They pushed him too far," Tarantino growled, imagining the trailer. "They made promises they had no intention of keeping. They took his show, they killed his dog. ...They had their way and now Conan will have his." O'Brien's even become the "star" of a Chinese animated video attempt to explain the whole late-night mess. The clip, in which he morphs into the Incredible Hulk, made the rounds on the Internet and pleased O'Brien so much that he decided to air it Tuesday night, claiming that now, at last, he understood what had happened. "And we wonder why they're beating us," quipped Andy Richter, proving that maybe he could have become a great sidekick, given enough time. All this on top of pro-Conan rallies, the Team Coco T-shirts and the ever increasing applause the moment he appears on stage. Indeed, O'Brien has become so universally beloved, you have to wonder where all these fans were hiding during the last seven months as "The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien" opened to mediocre ratings and steadily slid. While it's touching to hear his fans frantically applaud, as if O'Brien were Tinker Bell and could be saved if only enough of us believed, simply watching the show on a regular basis might have been more effective. O'Brien, of course, is past all that, joking as he took
the stage Wednesday night that he was "just three days away from the biggest drinking binge in history." As he nears the end _ "Thursday," he said, "or Friday depending on what the lawyers say" _ he has developed something of a shtick, buoyed by the intoxication of crisis and more than a little bitterness. When Tarantino claimed the strangulation was the most violent thing one could do to another person, O'Brien begged to differ. "I've got another one for ya," he said, and he was clearly only half-kidding. Once again, O'Brien referenced news reports that he could not legally say anything bad about NBC. While Monday he circumvented this by singing his criticism, on Wednesday, he went bilingual, calling NBC executives "brainless sons of goats who eat money and crap trouble" in Spanish. There was another clip of great moments in "Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien" history. (Strangely, this pattern also seems to involve an "Avatar" joke followed by a reference to the death of the founder of Taco Bell, but hey, Conan, whatever gets you through the next few days.) A host to the end, O'Brien dutifully interviewed his guests and plugged their films _ along with Tarantino, Paul Bettany made an appearance _ but there is no denying that these final shows are playing more like an Irish wake than anything else, with everyone eager to laugh and tell scandalous stories. Bettany got bleeped twice and even Colin Firth spent his time on Tuesday night making penis and anus jokes. COPYRIGHT 2010 MCT
Students who want to take an axe to their finals to relieve stress may have to settle for a less violent compromise: Student Government is proposing to split finals week and put a weekend in the middle. In a vote on Wednesday, the full SG Senate passed a proposal to add a two-day Fall Break, split dead week and finals week over weekends and end the semester two days early. The proposal passed with two dissenting votes. The new fall schedule will start classes a week early, leaving five class-free days to sprinkle across the semester.
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 — You've reached the balance point with work and responsibilities. Now it's time to pursue social activities with flair. Join the party! Taurus (April 20-May 20) — Today is a 6 -- It may be hard to get through to an older person now. Don't worry. You'll get another chance. Follow through on social plans. Gemini (May 21-June 21) — Today is a 6 — Give a female permission to carry your message today. You don't need to be the bearer of news. You just need it to be delivered. Cancer (June 22-July 22) — Today is an 8 — Cultivate a relationship with your favorite person
Two days will be given as a Fall Break, somewhere between Labor Day and Thanksgiving, one day will be given on the Wednesday between Dead Week and Finals Week, leaving two days for the semester to end early. Ryan Smith, SG president, said the idea came after he heard about the schedule at other benchmark and Southeastern Conference schools. “We want to make sure what we want as students and what (professors) need as faculty will be in line,” Smith said. The only flaw with the new schedule is the concern of lab courses and other supplemental classes being affected, Smith said.
The new schedule ends the semester two days early, leaving faculty extra time to calculate grades, Smith said. Kyle Kirk, an SG Senate Council Representative who helped design the proposal, feels a huge sense of support from students. “We feel that having a full Spring Break in the spring semester is reward enough and incentive enough to do well on our finals,” Kirk said. The proposal will now be sent as a working draft to the Senate Council for consideration and changes, then make its way to the Faculty Senate, which has the ability to implement the proposal.
today. Spend extra time together and let yourself be carried away. Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) — Today is a 6 — You have your marching orders. Don't be afraid to start out early and work hard all day. A female begs you to take a break for supper. Follow her instructions to the letter. Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Today is a 6 — Exert yourself to push aside an obstacle at work. Challenge yourself to move up a rung on the career ladder. A female provides support. Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — Today is a 6 — Connect with a female who has a special connection to private information. Don't expect her to reveal her sources. Just accept the data gracefully. Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — Today is a 6 — If you collaborate with a much older person, you'll love the results. Both of you feel vindicated when the news gets out. Feel free to pat each other on the back.
Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — Today is a 5 — Get down to business early and stick to it. Most of the day is spent clearing up mistakes and trying to grasp what seems like an ancient concept.
Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Today is a 6 — A woman presents a compelling argument. It's unique and yet practical. It's hard to imagine anything working better than that. Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — Today is a 5 — Relationships have been tough lately. Today you get a handle on how to communicate your ideas reasonably, without seeming boring. Get exercise later. Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) — Today is a 5 — Share the stage with a female who knows her lines perfectly. Even if you ad-lib, she can handle the banter. Who knows where the play will take you? (C) 2010 TRIBUNE MEDIA SERVICES
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Local talents find success at Buster’s By Matt Murray mmurray@kykernel.com
A rowdy crowd, three hours of live music and $1,000 at stake. This is what happens when Buster’s Billiards and Backroom puts its spin on open-mic night. Each month Buster’s looks to hold an open-mic night as a part of a championship series that will run through the rest of the year. The series is designed so that roughly 15 acts have an opportunity to perform on open-mic night each month. Each night, three winners will be chosen based on crowd reaction, which is rated by three judges. Those winners will be invited back to perform in October and November. Each month will see the 27 winners from previous months whittled to three finalists, which will set up a six-act finale in December. Those six finalists will be competing for a grand prize of $1,000. In addition to the grand prize, the first-place finishers from each of the preliminary months will win $100 dollars. Performers of any type have an opportunity to win as long as the act can be contained on Buster’s stage and falls within a 10-minute time limit. Full bands, rappers, dance routines and anything else contestants wish to bring to the event is fair game. “We’re really open to anything,” said Jessica Case, co-owner and manager of Buster’s. The first contest of the series took place on Jan. 15, and Case said she was surprised by the diversity of talent and genres showcased on stage, ranging from bluegrass to rock. Case said the event is an opportunity to find diamonds in the rough.
“We saw this as a chance to find people who may not have put their talent on display otherwise, and get them to practice and see what people think of what they can do,” she said. Unlike many similar competitions, if an act doesn’t place into the top three for a given month, they are welcome to come back and try in the following months. When it comes to ranking the acts based on crowd reaction, Case admitted it wasn’t scientific, but felt that it was the best option. “Music is so subjective,” Case said. “The reason shows like American Idol use voting rather than judges in the final rounds is because its important to find out what the people think. You can’t decide who is good and who isn’t just based off of three people’s opinions.” Due to alcohol laws, most open-mic nights will Kernel be 21-and-up. However, POP Case said Buster’s is working to make a couple of the events 18-and-up to suit a larger demographic. Applicants can sign-up for Open-Mic Night on the day of the given event, beginning at 8 p.m. Signups will remain open until 10 p.m. or until 15 acts have registered. To learn more about Buster’s Open Mic Championship Series go to www.bustersbb.com. Dates for each competition will be posted on a month-by-month basis.
How to play the field If you are a member of the male species, or have been around them for at least five minutes, you know the thing most guys relate to is sports. Asking someone out or approaching them at a party is much like going for the two point conversion — risky but rewarding. All it takes is a good game plan. ALISON If you are hiding CARSON behind your red Kernel solo cup while columnist standing against the wall at a party, you’ve pretty much benched yourself and stand no chance of scoring. It’s in social situations where you stand the best chance at meeting someone you connect with. If you see an attractive member of the opposite sex, but have difficulty introducing yourself to them, it’s time to put on your poker face. Remember, most people would rather be approached than do the approaching. If you appear nervous you’ll end up throwing an interception to the frat guy in khakis or the chick that looks like Snookie off Jersey Shore. Not cool. Instead, when you’re at the pivotal moment where you could ask someone for their number, take it as free throw, with your own set steps before taking the shot. Slip in a joke or ask their major before rushing into where they are going when the party breaks up. In the dating game, it’s confidence, not defense, that wins championships. If you’re going to be in the dating league, you’re also going to need a good uniform. How your present yourself plays a big factor and a classic look like the Yankee pinstripes is always the move. For guys, you want to look masculine and clean. For girls, in order to be a knockout, you want to be sexy, yet classy. This means your look should be visually stimulating (because we all know guys like to look) but should not say trashy. This look should not resemble the Sports Illustrated swimsuit cover in any way. While you’re rushing out onto the field, being a smart player is always important. Remember dating is contact sport — you will get knocked down at times and your shots will occasionally be rejected. So grab a helmet and get out there. You can never win if you don’t play the game. Alison Carson is a journalism sophomore. E-mail features@kykernel.com.
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Valerino ruled academically ineligible By Aaron Smith asmith@kykernel.com
One name was conspicuously absent from the UK hockey team’s starting lineup. Tony Valerino — the star of the team, the one with signs proclaiming his goal-scoring feats, the one with a name tailor-made for pregame introductions — was not announced as a starter before last weekend’s games against Lindenwood. Valerino has been ruled academically ineligible for failing to meet minimum ACHA requirements of maintaining a 2.0 GPA and at least 9 credit hours. He will not return to the team this year, general manager Ian Ward said. As a senior, the ruling effectively ends his career. The announcement blindsided nearly everyone. UK head coach Rob Docherty was informed of Valerino’s situation about a week before the Lindenwood games. Docherty said he had yet to talk to Valerino about the issue as of Sunday. Just like that, Valerino went from being on top of the national scoring list to a name only in record books and on what is now a dated roster. “It was a big shock,” sophomore forward Michael Getz said. “He’s been the star for four years and all of a sudden he’s off the team.” Valerino scored 130 goals in 101 career games and it appeared he had more chapters to write in his book. Instead, there will be no storybook ending for a storied career. Valerino declined to be interviewed. “He’s been such a big part
UK Hoops ranked for first time since 2006 By Nick Craddock ncraddock@kykernel.com
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Senior foward Tony Valerino, UK’s leading scorer, was deemed academically ineligible and will not play in his final semester for the Cool Cats. of this team and this program,” Docherty said. “It’s unfortunate that it ended this way, but it is what it is and we have to move on.” Valerino has had academic troubles before. He was ruled ineligible for a semester during his sophomore year. This time there will be no coming back. Valerino’s departure has thrown the team into transition. UK lost its leading goal-scorer, assistant captain and four years of starting experience. “It will be tough down the road without Tony,” sophomore forward Billy Glass said. “He could always be counted on every game. But we can win without Tony, and we needed to prove it to ourselves that we could do it.” Getz moved into Valerino’s spot on the first line and real-
izes the difficulty of stepping into Valerino’s skates. “Filling Tony’s spot, you can’t do it,” Getz said. “You can’t replace him. But we can do our own thing with what we have.” UK has essentially cut the cord with Valerino, realizing the rest of the season won’t slow down to wait for UK to adjust to the loss. “We can’t dwell on losing him,” Getz said. “We need to stay focused and keep our eyes on the prize.” UK not only has to fill Valerino’s productivity with the puck but also his locker room presence as an assistant captain. Junior forward Taylor Vit was named the new assistant captain and sported an ‘A’ on his sweater against Lindenwood. See Hockey on page 6
After a three-year absence, the UK women’s basketball team is among the nation’s top 25 teams once again. On Tuesday, UK entered the USA Today/ESPN coaches’ poll at No. 25 after splitting games against South Carolina and Alabama last week to push their record to 14-3 (2-2 Southeastern Conference). The Cats did not manage to crack the Associated Press top 25, but did receive 13 votes, which puts them in a tie for 31st in that poll. The last ranking the Cats enjoyed was the No. 24 spot the week of Nov. 23, 2006. Perhaps UK fans will find more gratification in the ranking than UK head coach Matthew Mitchell and his players. “(A spot in the top 25) would not mean anything to me,” Mitchell said last week, after much hubbub ensued when the Cats were overlooked in the polls despite beating a ranked Vanderbilt squad and taking top-10 Georgia to overtime. “I really appreciate the fact that it means something to our fans.” Likewise, junior forward Victoria Dunlap isn’t racing to check the new batch of polls every week. “If we get in the top 25 great, if we don’t it’s not a big deal,” Dunlap said. “We just try to win games and play hard so we can make the NCAA tournament.” Before bursting through this week, UK had been knocking on the door to get in the coaches’ poll since the week of Dec. 7 when they first started to receive votes. The Cats also started receiving votes in the AP poll that week, when their record stood at 8-0. The SEC continues to be well-represented in the polls. In the coaches’ poll Tennessee checks in at No.3, Georgia is
No. 8, Louisiana State is No. 19, Vanderbilt is No. 20 and the addition of UK gives the SEC its fifth team in the poll, second behind the Big 12, which has seven teams in the top 25.
“If we’re the 23rd or 25th ranked team that doesn’t guarantee you a berth in the NCAA tournament.” MATTHEW MITCHELL UK head coach
Mitchell has reminded his players that to play for a chance at the national championship, entry into the NCAA tournament is a prerequisite. “The challenge for us is we have to know how to get in the NCAA tournament … the only way to do that is win games,” Mitchell said. “If we’re the 23rd or 25th ranked team that doesn’t guarantee you a berth in the NCAA tournament.” In the Jan. 19 edition of Charlie Creme’s women’s bracketology on ESPN.com, Creme projected the Cats as a No. 10 seed and the last team to make the 64-team field with an at-large bid. A ranking will mean nothing on Thursday when UK hosts Arkansas, a team winless in conference play, as Mitchell’s squad will look to make this stay in the rankings longer than the fourweek stretch it lasted in 2006. “We don’t need to think about where we are until we play our final game this year then we can look back and say ‘Hey, look what we’ve done,’ whether it’s good or bad,” Mitchell said. “But right now, we really need to keep the pedal to metal.”
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Todd’s pledge to Obama will be difficult task UK is looking to be among the best, and this time the aspirations aren’t outlined in the Top-20 Business Plan. In response to President Barack Obama's call for an increased focus in developing secondary math and science teachers, UK President Lee Todd traveled to D.C. to personally deliver a letter pledging that Kentucky will be a role model for the rest of the nation to further the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Education Coalition. It is admirable that Todd wants to make UK a leader in areas that will take us forward and it’s hard to argue against such a commitment. Studies seem to continually find that American youth lack the necessary education in math and science that other nations boast. And as a result, all places of learning must do their part to achieve this goal. However, participating in the plan and being a role model are two different things. Anything done to improve the university is a good thing, but at what point does UK focus on one thing and excel? UK is increasing funding for education programs to help make this goal a reality — but employees are going another year without pay increases and tuition will probably increase some arbitrary percentage that will ultimately frustrate students. UK must continue to make strides as an academic institution and comply with the goals set by our presidents, if things don’t turn around, it just may not be that economically feasible. Taking the initiative in this case isn’t a bad idea, it just may be an issue where getting ahead falls victim to catching up.
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Second semester offers opportunities to serve, have fun It’s that time of the year again. For those of you like me, it’s the last semester of our college career and we’re trying to end it on the right note. And for the rest of you, it’s RYAN another SMITH step on SG the way to President graduation. Either way you’re here, on campus getting back into the swing of things for the spring semester. While you’re working hard in the classroom, Student Government is working hard to make campus and our world better for you. SG is currently helping with disaster relief in Haiti through promoting the effort of the Center for Community Outreach. The CCO is currently gathering supplies to send to Haiti and if you’re willing to help, we’re asking you to please donate white rice, dried beans, peanut butter or white flat sheets for burial. All of these things can be brought to room 106 on the first floor of the Student Center. The CCO will be accepting donations through Jan. 28. Student Government is continuing to help students in need of financial assistance with childcare. Childcare grant applications are available online at www,uksga.org. Applications can be submitted through Jan. 29. Those who are awarded will be notified on Feb. 5. The amount of the grant is based on need and will be decided by the Academic and Student Affairs Senate Committee. Although things are getting colder outside, things have been heating up in Rupp Arena. The
UK basketball team is now 18-0 and headed toward a No. 1 ranking in the polls if they finish out this week without a loss. ESPN’s College Gameday hopes to bring more excitement to Rupp Arena. College Gameday will be coming to Rupp Arena on Saturday Feb. 13 as the Wildcats prepare to take on the Tennessee Volunteers. UK head coach John Calipari is calling on all UK fans to show the nation just how special UK basketball is to the Commonwealth. Fans are asked to come to Rupp Arena and help set an attendance record for the show. General public tickets for Gameday are free (attendees must pay a Ticketmaster convenience fee) and will be made available at 10 a.m. Monday. Due to high demand, fans are allowed eight tickets per transaction. Also heating up this semester is TallyCats, an initiative started by SG. Last semester TallyCats awarded students with such prizes as laptops, iPods, VIP seating at UK sporting events and even flat screen TVs. Students received these prizes for simply attending UK athletics, campus and organization events. TallyCats has just welcomed in 22 new team members. These members will be at Tally Cats events to swipe your Wildcat ID Card. By swiping your ID card you put yourself in the running for the prizes that will be awarded this semester. For a calendar of Tally Cats events, refer to www.tallycats.com. As the semester takes off to a strong start, I encourage you to take advantage of the many opportunities surrounding you. Ryan Smith is a political science senior and SG President. E-mail opinions@kykernel.com.
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Film depicts dual nature of humanity I recently took a trip to Atlanta to visit a friend. Amid the blur of clubbing, tourist attractions and fine dining, I found the time to see the movie Avatar. I liked SEAN the movie TAYLOR Contributing and its the message: columnist We’ve got to start thinking about our future and the way we do business on this planet. But the thing that affected me the most was how much a movie set in Earth’s future could reflect its past. In 1831, the Cherokee fought being forcibly removed from their mountainous Georgia homeland in our nation’s courts, taking their case all the way to the Supreme Court. They won that case, Cherokee Nation v. Georgia, only to have the president ignore the court’s ruling, set his guns and fire against a defenseless people. After the court had been swept aside, the Southern states, which had at this time
already exploited blacks for centuries in the abominable institution of slavery, mobilized to remove all American Indian tribes within their borders. Alexis de Tocqueville, the famous French historian who catalogued much of early American history, wrote of the expulsion: “In the whole scene there was an air of ruin and destruction, something which betrayed a final and irrevocable adieu; one couldn't watch without feeling one's heart wrung … We watch the expulsion of one of the most celebrated and ancient American peoples.” The roadway these tribes walked on the way to the barren wasteland of the Oklahoma Territory is today known as the Trail of Tears. Thousands died of starvation, exposure and disease, including more than one-quarter of the Cherokee tribe. Children were shot and killed by soldiers whose consciences later haunted them. A Georgia soldier who took part in the war said, “I fought through the War Between the States and have seen many men shot, but the Cherokee Removal was the
cruelest work I ever knew.” We can’t change this past. We Americans have so much blood on our hands. We built our nation on the backs of myriads slain. We killed our brothers and denied that we ever were their keepers. The Cherokee’s is a story repeated over and over in our nation’s past. This is our history.
We have a choice in what kind of Americans we want to be, in how our generation is to be remembered. But it is only part of our history. We gathered our consciences collectively and ended slavery after a war that nearly ripped our nation apart. We defeated the Nazis and showed compassion in rebuilding our Axis Power enemies. We awoke to the need to protect our environment in the 1960s, and we awaken more to it with each generation born onto this pale blue dot in the sky we call home. We let go of our
parents’ prejudices and elected governments which passed hate crime bills that protect people from violence no matter their race, nationality, gender or sexual orientation. We give billions in foreign aid every year that help feed hundreds of millions. We are not the sum of only the evil we’ve done, but also of the good. We are not only children of a legacy of darkness, but also of light. We have a choice in what kind of Americans we want to be, in how our generation is to be remembered. The earthquake in Haiti and the immense suffering of its people have given us a unique opportunity to show the other side of American history. I hope we in the UK community choose to reflect the light of all that we can be, that we give generously and volunteer our time. I hope we ensure the story portrayed in the movie Avatar – of cruelty toward those who are different than us, of lessons from the past not learned – remains an allegorical statement about our past, not of our future. Sean Taylor is a linguistics junior. E-mail opinions@kykernel.com.
Business classes behind the times It wouldn’t have been worthwhile to learn how to be a blacksmith in the early 1900s. Despite the fact that blacksmiths performed a valuable trade for centuries, a career as a blacksmith in the twentieth century had become obsolete; the rise in automobile use and the evolution of other inventions left ADAM little demand for FRENCH blacksmiths to the Contributing point that the 1960s columnist saw virtually no one entering the industry or performing the trade as anything more than a hobby. Just as learning to be a blacksmith in the early 1900s would have served little to no financial benefit to a person, learning about manufacturing, which is what far too much of our modern business educations are centered around, is proving to be a disservice to students who are entering the workforce as it is in 2010. Manufacturing still has great significance to the American economy and is still a big reason why we became a superpower in the first place. However, focusing primarily on manufacturing in our business educations — from management to economics to accounting — is an outdated way to teach business fundamentals. It quite simply is preparing a generation of workers for what the economy used to be like, not what it has become in this ever-evolving technological boom we have experienced since the 1980s.
The reason I am concerned stems from the many, many business-related classes I have taken at UK that use manufacturing as an explanation for business concepts and use manufacturing-related examples to clarify points. The fact is, these examples and explanations come from an area of our economy that most of our students won’t be entering upon graduation. According to the Heritage Foundation, today’s U.S. economy primarily consists of the service industry, to the tune of almost 80 percent. Rarely, however, have I seen classes that focus on the service industry or books that use services as a focal point. Entrepreneurship and small businesses are too seldomly used, even though these small firms (defined as having fewer than 500 employees) represent 99.7 percent of all employer firms, employ more than half (and rising) of American private-sector workers, hire 40 percent of high-tech workers, and create over half of the nonfarm private GDP, according to the U.S. Small Business Administration. Also, these small firms have not required a federal bailout to keep their fiscal heads above water. Finally, agriculture is one of the most lucrative and stable areas of the American economy – even in the recession – yet often goes untouched in terms of a business education. The fact is that the percent of time in a business education focused on these areas does not match the amount of the economy these areas make up. The reason this matters to us students lies on the fact that new jobs are primarily coming from small business,
entrepreneurship, agriculture and the service industry. For example, according to the U.S. Department of Labor, 64 percent of the net new jobs over the past 15 years have come from small businesses. Meanwhile, 32 percent of new jobs reflect positions from companies that were started through entrepreneurship in the same time period. At the same time, jobs in manufacturing are moving out of the U.S. to Mexico and Asia — at least 3.4 million jobs lost in the past decade. Simply put, business students – and all students, really – need to be gaining a deep understanding and be trained for careers in where the economy is going, not where it has been and is trending away from. Students deserve to learn about business practices with long-term sustainability that in turn sets them up for future financial success, not the heartbreak that comes with watching another manufacturing job leave America for the cheap labor in India or Mexico. The only way for this to happen is to implement a more diverse, well-rounded business education that incorporates much more than manufacturing into the curriculum and prepares students to be workers with viable futures in successful areas of the economy. We need workers that have experience in the areas of the economy that are growing and stable, and changing the way we teach business classes by emphasizing how to start a business, how to thrive in a service firm, and how to optimize small business potential – along with other, more modern business fundamentals – would allow us to do just that. Adam French is an MBA graduate student. E-mail opinions@kykernel.com.
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BUDGET Continued from page 1 his top priorities of his plan after funding a 1 percent pay increase for teachers and state employees. “We really appreciate that the governor has made higher education one of his top priorities,” said UK spokesman Jimmy Stanton. “But it’s far too early to draw any conclusions. Postsecondary education
HOUSING Continued from page 1 interpreted. In a court memorandum, Simpson said the definitions in the zoning rules are vague to the point that almost any living arrangement can come under question. “Under the lodging house definition, any group of people living together, including a biological family of parents and children, would be deemed a lodging house if they jointly contributed funds to pay their
in Kentucky has sustained annual budget reductions since 2001, and UK has responded with hiring and wage freezes, tuition increases and internal budget changes. Even with a shrinking state budget, if all goes according to Beshear’s plan, the Kentucky Educational Excellence Scholarship program would be fully funded, and money would continue to be given to UK to build a science research facility to further UK’s top-20 goals. The governor’s balanced budget relies on the passing of
expanded gaming legislation that could raise approximately $780 million through revenue from video lottery terminals. “Gaming revenue is the only practical option to begin funding long-term priorities with recurring revenue,” Beshear said. According to a news release, without expanded gaming legislation, agencies, including secondary education, could see cuts of up to 12 percent in 2010-11 and 34 percent in 2011-12. “Cuts of this magnitude would undoubtedly lead to
mass layoffs and would inflict devastating damage on literally hundreds of critical services to communities and individuals around the Commonwealth, such as prenatal care, water permits, air quality inspections, social workers and fire inspections of public facilities like day-care centers and schools,” Beshear said. UK is not making any plans yet. “It’s important to keep in mind that there are hundreds of steps in the budget process, and this is step one,” Stanton said.
rent,” Simpson said. Student Government President Ryan Smith was present at the court hearings last semester and said he would like to see more concise wording. “The definitions are extremely vague,” Smith said. “This certainly needs to be more clearly spelled out.” The fact that a property need to satisfy only one aspect of the criteria to be considered a boarding house means the definition could potentially be applied to many homes, including traditional families — a fact that leads Simpson to believe the
city is just targeting students. Simpson said the city could likely find a violation in any home . “Many persons living as a family have bona fide reasons to be able to lock a bedroom door securely without having to fear repercussions from the zoning police,” Simpson said. “Of course, the LFUCG does not do that, instead choosing to target houses near campus where students live, in an effort to drive them out.” The theory that the city is targeting students is a widelyrecognized one. Smith said these rules could apply to any-
one, but only student-occupied homes were sought out. “According to this definition, if you have a husband and wife (who pool funds), they are technically in violation of this ordinance,” Smith said. “We have seen this go on throughout the year. They are specifically targeting students.” Smith said he will attend the upcoming court dates about the Haley case because what comes out of this court decision could potentially change where and how students live off campus. “The implications could be widespread,” he said.
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her very much.” Nancy Taylor, associate director of the student loan office, said she chose Mickey to design a new student loan program in 1995. Taylor said she chose Mickey because she needed someone willing to take on a big challenge who
was outgoing as well, and Mickey filled that role. “Since 1995, Darlene helped literally thousands of students understand their student loans,” Taylor said. “She will truly be missed by the students and her co-workers.” Allison Peach, a library science graduate student, worked with Mickey. She said just seeing Mickey in the Student Billing Office was enough to brighten her day. “Every time I went to Student
Billing she was always glad to see me and a smile lit up her face,” Peach said. “She always asked how I was and took genuine interest in my life. Her loss is a deep one and she will be severely missed.” Survivors include: two sons, Kendrick Mickey of Shelbyville, Ky. and James Mickey of Lexington; six grandchildren; brothers, Linzer Mickey and Mike Mickey both of Shelbyville, Ky.; mother, Laura Patterson of Shelbyville, Ky,
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HOCKEY Continued from page 3 “Vitty is a great leader and filled that void,” Glass said. “He’s stepped up in the locker room. He’s a mindful guy who knows his hockey, and we listen when he has something to say.”
While Valerino was undoubtedly the most productive player on the team, UK isn’t a one-man show. Vit and Glass are both in the top 13 in the nation in points and the rest of the team feels they can pick up additional responsibilities. “Tony didn’t win 17 games by himself,” Docherty said. “Everyone else was involved in those 17 wins.” Docherty said the team will become
more defense-oriented and expects younger players to step up and fill the void. UK beat Lindenwood 6-3 on Saturday to improve to 18-7. “When you lose the number one scorer in the country those are big shoes to fill,” Docherty said. “But we have players who are ready to step up. We will lose goals, things will be different, but we won’t get frustrated and just need to work through it.”
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