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College has prescription for excellence By Chris Robbins news@kykernel.com
A new resident has taken over 789 S. Limestone. A crowd of around 200, including students, faculty and staff, gathered outside the new College of Pharmacy building for the ribbon cutting ceremony Monday. The new building, which was completed in December, is the first part of what will be the new academic medical center on Limestone, according to the College of Pharmacy Web site. It has two 219-seat auditoriums, a 110-seat classroom, a 54-seat classroom and cost $132 million to build. “This facility challenges students and faculty
to do more,” said Patrick McNamara, interim dean of the College of Pharmacy. Gov. Steve Beshear said the building is a milestone for UK. “Watching the growth on the south end of campus has been such a thrill for me,” Beshear said. “There’s no question that the Commonwealth’s medical campus of the future will be a major catalyst for boosting health and economic development.” McNamara said the basement and first three floors of the new facility are complete and operational, but the remaining two floors, which will house laboratory space for research, have not been completed. See Pharmacy on page 2
Pharmacy school facts n 286,000-square feet — the largest academic building in Kentucky n Two 219-seat auditoriums, a 110-seat classroom, a 54-seat classroom n $132 million to build n Teleconferencing equipment n Learning space for students to interact with patient actors who present symptoms or a list of medications n New research laboratories and faculty offices
CARVING A PIECE OF HISTORY
Cats proud of No. 1 Players don’t think pressure will change By Metz Camfield mcamfield@kykernel.com
Everything has changed for the UK men’s basketball team, yet everything is the same. For the first time since the end of the 2002-03 regular season, the Cats (19-0, 4-0 Southeastern Conference) are the No. 1 team in the land. But the players don’t think being No. 1 will be any different than it has been all season. “I feel like it’s the same pressure as it was when we were number two or number three,” UK freshman guard John Wall said. “All it is, is you’re number one in the country, you’re a couple spots up.”
“ ... It’s great to go down to a road game and ruin their weekend. That’s what you try and do — ruin peoples’ weekends.” JOHN WALL
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Bobby Halsey, 77, pets his cat, C.G., in the woodshop of his house near Harrodsburg, Ky. Halsey has been working with wood for 50 years and now currently turns historic flooring removed from Memorial Coliseum in May 2007, seen in the foreground, into walking canes.
MEMORIES OF MEMORIAL Kentucky craftsman presents custom cane to former UK basketball coach By Roy York
Joe B. Hall quick facts
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Bobby Halsey reclines in a chair in the Solid ROC Cafe in Immanuel Baptist Church, waiting for Joe B. Hall. A chalkboard shows the day’s specials. Conversation is scattered among small tables. One chef runs meals to the guests. And leaning against Halsey's leg is a cane crafted from pieces of the floor from Memorial Coliseum — a gift to Hall from Halsey's hands. As Hall, the former UK men's basketball coach who led the Cats to a national championship in 1978, walks into the cafe, he does not receive the roaring reception he once heard when he led the Cats onto the hardwood. But he still finds a warm welcome from a few seasoned, die-hard UK fans who always wear Hall's favorite color. Halsey, a lifetime Wildcat fan and skilled wood craftsman, approaches the 81-year-old Hall and the two shake hands. They talk about basketball and tell stories of times passed. Finally, Hall spots the cane in Halsey's hands and a smile crosses his face. Halsey passes the cane to Hall and begins to tell its history, but Hall interrupts, laughing. “You know, I need (a cane) these days,” Hall said.
One man's trash is another man's treasure In May 2007, Halsey was driving through the UK campus on the way to his grandsons' baseball game and saw something strange. Students were
After finding where former UK basketball coach Joe B. Hall dines for lunch, Bobby Halsey waited at Immanuel Baptist Church to surprise Hall with the custom-made walking cane. Halsey and Hall's relationship goes back to when their children attended school together, and the cane, Hall said, has much significance to him. clamored around Memorial Coliseum jockeying for wooden planks. On closer inspection, Halsey learned the gym floor where hundreds of UK athletes had competed was being replaced, and the floorboards were up for grabs. As a former wood shop teacher, Halsey had one thing on his mind: Getting a piece of history. Sorority girls were dumpster diving. He went with them. “The average person outside of Kentucky doesn't experience the kind of passion people in Kentucky have for the state university,” Halsey said. “It's just memorabilia, but if you don't have any of that you need to start collecting it. It'll get away from you.”
n Hometown: Cynthiana, Ky. n Birthday: Nov. 30, 1928 n UK men’s basketball coach: 1972-1985 n UK basketball player: 1948-1949 n UK coaching record: 297-100 n Winning percentage at UK: .748 n Career coaching record: 373-156 n Career winning percentage: .705 n NCAA men’s basketball champion: 1978 n Three Final Four
Over time, Halsey settled on making decorative canes from the discarded floorboards. “When I decided to make a cane, the first thought that came to mind was that canes are for old people,” Halsey said. “But I didn’t design this for people to appearances walk with and beat dogs and wild cats off with. It’s more of n Eight SEC something to hang on a mantle.” Championships Hall is not the only UK celebrity to receive a Halsey- n NCAA National Coach of crafted cane. the Year: 1978 Bill Keightley, who spent 48 seasons as UK’s basketball equipment manager, received a cane and was so overjoyed with the gift that Halsey asked for Keightley's signature on a certificate of authenticity included with every cane. See Canes on page 2
The Cats have stressed the entire season that they are every team’s Super Bowl because of who they are and the name on their jersey. The fact that the Cats are the No. 1 team in the nation will be a new challenge to a team that UK head coach John Calipari said is maturing. “I think our kids are excited about it and I think they wanted to be number one, which is a good sign,” Calipari said. “Now we’re trying to teach them what it means to be number one.” Calipari has become just the second coach in NCAA history to lead See Rankings on page 4
UK’s first lady inspires award, excellence Faculty honored for dedication By Kayla Phelps news@kykernel.com
Extension, research and teaching are the components of a new award named after UK’s first lady. Patsy Todd, UK’ s current first lady, graduated from UK’s School of Human Environmental Sciences in 1968. Now, the College of Agriculture has named an award Easter after her in honor of her dedication to the school. The idea for the award developed a year and a half ago when Patsy and UK President Lee Todd wanted to help adStephenson vance the school, said Ann Vail, director of the School of Human Environmental Sciences. “Her work signifies the kind of excellence that we want to reward in the school,” Vail said. The three recipients of the Patricia Brantley Todd Awards of Excellence in Human Environmental Sciences are Melissa Goodman, a family and consumer sciences agent in Hickman County, Elizabeth Easter, a faculty member in the Department of Merchandising, Apparel and Textiles, and Tammy Stephenson, a faculty member in the Department of Nutrition See Award on page 2
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Wesley’s a proud non-conformist Actor Paul Wesley was often in trouble when he was a teenager. In fact, he was booted out of two high schools in New Jersey, where he grew up. "I was a little bit of a troublemaker, not in a malicious way," he says, easing his lean body into an overstuffed chair in a hotel room here. "But I'm glad. I'm glad I didn't conform to the system of the school. I'm a law-abiding citizen now. I haven't brought it to the soundstage," he grins. The first altercation happened Wesley at a private Catholic boys' school. "It was with a bunch of jock-y, racist kids. I thought, 'This is an expensive school. My parents paid a lot of money.' And I got into a fight EVERY day. It was just like this weird atmosphere. "And they finally kicked me out, and I was really depressed about it. And then later it dawned upon me that, thank God, I didn't fit in with those kids because I don't want to be anything like those kids. So that's when I realized it was OK to sort of do my own thing. That's kind of like when I found a safe haven in acting. I think it may have been a catalyst." Wesley did earn his degree, but schooling was always secondary to his acting career which materialized when he was 16. "I got forced to do a school play when I was in the third grade because we all had to, it was by default. And I was miserable and embarrassed that I had to do it. They put me in a "Phantom" mask, and I was miserable at first. But then I kind of fell in love with it and ended up being, I guess, according to the teacher, pretty good at it," he says. That teacher cast him in every play at elementary school. "No matter how academic I was, no matter how
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 an 8 — You find yourself out in front of the group. Make this social opportunity work for you. Base your actions on core beliefs. Taurus (April 20-May 20) — Today is a 7 — Enhance your power by adopting enthusiasm for the written word. Plan what you say. Edit for tone later. Gemini (May 21-June 21) — Today is a 5 — You hear things that are tough to accept. A distant friend provides a practical view. Listen to the words and trust their value. Cancer (June 22-July 22) — Today is a 7 — Words pop out of your mouth before you've really considered them. Results vary. Express enthusiasm in everything
much my father stressed studies, I always gravitated toward the arts because to me _ you can read as many textbooks as you like _ but to me life is about observing people and understanding things and nature. And art to me captures all that. It's just invaluable and I can't imagine doing anything else." Though he's been an employable actor since his voice changed, intense attention focused on him when Wesley was cast as Stefan, the good vampire brother on the CW's "The Vampire Diaries." Like everything else in his career it was tough landing the job, but Wesley wasn't about to give up. "I had to really fight for it because ... they were being pretty meticulous about the actor. They didn't know if they wanted to go with someone 17 or someone in his 20s. 'What do we need to do because we have to get that worldly thing where the person's been alive for 160 years but yet maintain innocence.' Understandably it was difficult." He kept reading for the role of Damon, the bad vampire brother. "And they decided no on that. When I initially read the script, it was Stefan, but they didn't see me as Stefan. Then after casting Ian (Somerhalder) as Damon, I think they thought this could work." The casting people had seen hundreds of possible Stefans by the time Wesley forged his last try. "I finally went in after reading a bunch of times and it was literally me and nine other guys _ a couple from Australia, a couple from London and some from New York. And a week later I was on the set filming. But it was way worth it, I'll tell you that much. It's the greatest part I've ever played. It's a little more fun to play the villain, but this is the most challenging thing I've ever done and the thing I've fallen in love with the most." COPYRIGHT 2010 MCT
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When Friday night turns into the wee hours of Saturday morning and hunger strikes, college students become scavengers devouring the first prey in sight. Unfortunately for the waistline, this prey usually comes in the form of a fastfood burger, burrito or bag of chips stashed in a dorm room. Now there’s a new alternative for the scavenger that saves money and spares the waistline. Three Louisville natives have teamed up to create an online video series designed to demonstrate how to cook late-night dishes in a flavorful, yet economical way. The “Drunken Cooking, Vegetarian Style” cast and crew includes the chef, Lauren Murrell; the assistant, Jon Palmer and the cameraman, Brian Cunningham. The cast and crew have taken the name “Drunken Cooking” to heart in more ways than one. They prepare cuisine intended to taste delicious while inebriated, but they are actually under the influence while cooking. Cunningham says drinking while producing the show is the one thing he insists on 100 percent. “There are too many
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“... I want to know what I can make with a package of Ramen noodles, cream of mushroom soup and some cheese.” BRIAN CUNNINGHAM “Drunken Cooking” cameraman
Cunningham, who works for a video production company in Louisville, said the idea for the show was born one evening when the three friends were cooking while intoxicated. “I wondered if anyone would be as entertained by it as we were,” Cunningham said. “It turned out to be surprisingly educational.” Murrell worked in fine dining in Lexington, where she acquired her information on cooking, as well as tricks of the trade. On the show’s Web site, www.drunkencookingshow.c
om, one can find episodes of the show as well as Lauren’s Helpful Hints. Cunningham said the show will officially launch on Feb. 1, with a new episode posted every Sunday. He said to keep everyone’s appetite satisfied, Lauren’s Helpful Hints will be posted every few days. “Some (hints) are funny and some are very straightforward,” Cunningham said. The Web show has received a positive response, except for a few vegetarians and vegans concerned about the use of eggs in some of the show’s recipes. “Jon and I are meat eaters, but Lauren happens to be a vegetarian,” Cunningham said. “So if she’s leading the show, we’re not going to be eating meat.” Cunningham didn’t have much money as a college student and wished he knew how to cook instead of dining at expensive restaurants. “Anyone can turn on Food Network, but I want to know what I can make with a package of Ramen noodles, cream of mushroom soup and some cheese,” he said. The next episode will be posted on Feb. 1. New information and updates about the show can be found on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and www.drunkencookingshow.com.
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AWARD Continued from page 1 and Food Science, according to a news release. Goodman received the extension award for aiding the citizens of Hickman County during last January’s ice storm. “I was just doing my job to help others, so I wasn’t expecting it,” Goodman said. “It was very nice, and I was very humbled.” Easter, who has taught at UK for more than 20 years and established the Textile Testing Laboratory, is the winner of the research award for work in her department. “I enjoy research and engaging graduate and undergraduate students in the research ex-
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scripted reality shows out there,” he said. “When you see us taking shots, we’re really taking shots. If you feel like the camera work is a little sloppier at the end than at the beginning, you’re probably right.”
“We hope to begin construction on the top two floors in July 2010 and finish toward the end of 2011,” McNamara said. “Initially we had hoped to finish all construction by 2010, but we couldn’t secure funding, so we finished the academic areas first.” The college is waiting on a grant from the National Institute of Health to finish the fourth floor, and matching funds from the university will complete the fifth, Mc-
perience,” Easter said. “I think it gives them real world experience that they can take with them to the job market.” Stephenson won the teaching award for lecturing on nutrition and food science. “I am very appreciative of Mrs. Todd and all she has done for the university and for the Human Environmental Sciences Department,” Stephenson said. Any faculty member at UK is eligible for nomination, and winners are selected for accomplishing a high level of excellence that has benefited the people of Kentucky, Vail said. The department gave winners a plaque and $1,000. “(Patsy Todd) participates in our activities and is very supportive of students and alums,” Vail said. “We are focused on improving the quality of life for individuals and families, and her career has also been focused on that.”
“ ... the Commonwealth’s medical campus of the future will be a major catalyst for boosting health and economic development.” STEVE BESHEAR Governor
Namara said. Classrooms on the first and second floor feature wireless Internet access and teleconferencing equipment to connect with community-
based volunteer faculty throughout Kentucky, McNamara said. The second floor will also have a learning space set up like a clinic where students interact with patient actors, he said. The third floor will contain faculty offices and research laboratories, and the fourth and fifth floors will house laboratories and offices for research, McNamara said. Beshear believes these new facilities are important to the future of medicine. “New research and updated facilities are absolutely essential to help our pharmacists stay abreast of technological innovations,” Beshear said.
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kernel. we do it daily. CANES Continued from page 1 “People go berserk over (the certificates),” Halsey said. “People call and say, ‘I don’t want a cane but can you sell me one of those tags?’ … It’s an attachment or a passion they have for the Big Blue.” One woman called from Eastern Kentucky and ordered five canes. When he called her back to tell her the canes were finished, she cried with excitement. The woman said when she was younger, she and family members listened to the Cats on the radio, following the stats on pieces of paper. But as Halsey holds the polished, pale column of wood he will present to Joe B. Hall as a gift, his voice trails off and his eyes become unfocused. He might be remembering his years following Kentucky basketball when Hall coached the Cats to a national championship. He might be thinking about his years in the wood shop. He might be reliving his years as Hall's friend.
Bobby Halsey shapes Memorial Coliseum floorboards in the basement wood shop of his Harrodsburg home. Halsey said it takes about three hours to shape a cane. Wherever his mind took him, Halsey knows his gift will be special. “It’s just a passion for the way you grew up, for memories,” Halsey said.
Hardwood memories Hall turns the cane over in his hands and passes the gift to his
friends around the table. “When I look at that it brings back so many memories,” he says. Hall begins to relive famous UK basketball moments and memories. He rattles off names, stats and specific games as if they were on ESPN the night before, and he smiles the entire time.
Bobby Halsey hands over the hand-crafted cane he made for former UK basketball head coach Joe B. Hall on Monday at Immanuel Baptist Church's ROC Cafe. Halsey met Hall during lunch to surprise him with the cane, which is made from wood that was removed from Memorial Coliseum in May 2007 “Anyone associated with Kentucky basketball — as a player, a coach, a fan or a custodian — would love to have a cane made from that floor,” Hall says. Hall says the cane reminds him of the art that a coach needs to craft a basketball team into a machine. “It’s not only a piece of art, it’s got significance to anyone, but especially to me,” Hall says.
Hall does not have many pieces of memorabilia from Memorial Coliseum. “I didn't try to collect stuff because it would have overshadowed our kids,” Hall said. “We featured (the kids) and what they were doing.” Hall says this gift, however, is truly a treasure. “You’ll see me walking with a cane from now on,” he says.
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OPINIONS Tuesday, January 26, 2010
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KERNEL EDITORIAL BOARD Kenny Colston, editor in chief Wesley Robinson, opinions editor Melissa Vessels, managing editor Ben Jones, sports editor Allie Garza, managing editor Matt Murray, features editor
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Calipari fills role as UK ambassador As hard as it may be to comprehend in a state where basketball rests on a pedestal, John Calipari’s “Hoops for Haiti” fundraiser helped remind the Kentucky fanbase that there is more going on in the world than the Cats’ undefeated season. When Billy Gillispie was fired, UK Athletic Director Mitch Barnhart stressed the ultimate reason for his dismissal was his inability to embrace his role as an ambassador for the university. Ever since Calipari’s State-of-the-Unionlike speech at Big Blue Madness, not many people questioned whether or not Calipari was willing to accept that responsibility. Despite the dark cloud of criticism following Calipari’s tactics in the realm of basketball, he has made it clear that he is well aware of ways to use his position to benefit the community and, in this case, the world. “Hoops for Haiti” was organized in less than three days, yet it raised more than $1.1 million and was the third most searched item on Google the day it aired.
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The event brought together some of the biggest names in the state, such as Joe Craft, who donated a staggering $100,000. However, Calipari showed his power extends outside the Commonwealth, as some of the biggest names in sports participated in the fundraiser, including Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin, Syracuse basketball coach Jim Boehiem and ESPN announcer Dick Vitale. The creativity of the event is part of what made it so successful. Items put up for bid on eBay showed the range of Calipari’s networking skills, while T-shirt sales that benefit the cause were equally successful. Calipari went so far as to offer up his home to host a dinner for six with fan favorite Ashley Judd and her personal chef, which sold for more than $98,000. Strides like these are not only what sets Calipari apart from the two-year disaster that was Billy Gillispie, but are also necessary to put the university in the limelight for more than just basketball.
WILLIAM KILUBA, Kernel cartoonist
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The Cool Cats are 5-6 on the road this season, and have lost seven of their last eight games. PHOTO BY SCOTT HANNIGAN STAFF
Away-game slump continues for Cool Cats By Aaron Smith sports@kykernel.com
Billy Glass still doesn’t know what’s going on with the UK hockey team. UK (18-9) dropped a pair of away games to Bowling Green (10-7) over the weekend in what was supposed to be a momentum-building series. Instead, the Cool Cats lost the games 9-5 on Friday and 6-3 on Saturday. “I’m still trying to figure it out, honestly,” Glass said. “I’m not really sure what happened.” UK is not only trying to figure out what happened over the weekend, but also what has happened over the last month. Once perched at No. 2 in the Southeast rankings, UK has now lost seven of its last eight games. “Everyone’s thinking about how we are going to turn it around,” forward Taylor Vit said. “We had a good opportunity to turn it around and we didn’t take advantage of it.” UK now has to ride a fine line between feeling a sense of urgency, but not panicking, feeling concerned, but not distraught. “We know we aren’t cutting it right now,” Glass said. “We aren’t playing our best hockey. If we keep playing this bad, we could be out of the play-in tournament altogether.” Now would not seem the time to run into a wall of adversity and struggles. The play-in tournament lurks just eight games away. UK has to regroup quickly from a losing skid that
RANKINGS Continued from page 1 other being Frank McGuire. The Cats will play their first game as the No. 1 team on the road in Columbia, S.C., against the Gamecocks. South Carolina (11-8, 2-3 SEC) hasn’t had as strong a year as many had expected, due in part to two key losses. forward Senior Dominique Archie was lost for the season with a knee injury after just five games. Archie was averaging 14.4 points and six rebounds per game before the injury. The Gamecocks then dismissed Mike Holmes from the team after playing in six games. Holmes was averaging 11 points and 4.8 rebounds. Their absences have forced senior guard Devan Downey to take more of a leadership role on the court. Downey leads the SEC in
is threatening to snowball into something worse. “We have one month to get everything together,” Glass said. “We’ve talked about it, and we’re dedicating everything we have to fixing this thing before the tournament rolls around.” UK’s road struggles also could be a point of concern. Away from the Lexington Ice Center confines and the midnight puck drops, the Cool Cats are 5-6. “You can’t really put a finger on one thing about our road struggles,” Vit said. “But we need to get better at it because the regional tournament is on the road and we will need to be playing our best hockey.” The recent disappointments have not caused a rift in team chemistry. The team’s attitude is still good and everyone wants to go the right way together, Vit said. “We’re not going to win every game,” Glass said. “We hit a rough spot. But we’re still the same team and we know we can win games.” Ultimately, the Cool Cats know one thing matters: hitting their peak at the start of postseason play. Despite recent struggles, Vit said the team knows it has the same chance to have a great end of the season now as it did at any other point of the season. “Realistically, this is the most important time of the season,” Glass said. “Our season will ultimately come down to the two tournament games and how we handle those.”
scoring with 21.9 points per game overall and 31.6 points per game in the Gamecocks’ five conference games. “He’s their main scorer, he’s the person they’re looking for to make big plays and make shots down the stretch,” Wall said. The Cats should be used to guarding such a player. On Saturday the Cats went up against the second leading scorer in the SEC, Arkansas’ Rotnei Clarke. Clarke didn’t hit his first 3point shot until nearly 25 minutes into the game and finished with only 13 points in front of the rabid UK fans that packed Rupp Arena. On Tuesday evening the Cats will face the South Carolina faithful in Colonial Life Arena. While many teams struggle playing on the road, Wall said road games are fun and wished the Cats played more away games. “Like Coach said, it’s great to go down to a road game and ruin their weekend,” Wall said.
“That’s what you try and do — ruin peoples’ weekends. Their fans are crazy. They’re just like our fans here so we like the excitement.”
GameDay tickets nearly sold out Calipari wanted to sell out Rupp Arena when ESPN College GameDay comes Feb. 13 for UK’s game against Tennessee. He might get what he asked for. UK athletics spokesman DeWayne Peevy said seats in the lower bowl of Rupp Arena sold out within 45 minutes of going on sale. Four lower level GameDay tickets were on sale on eBay for $199.99 as of 7 p.m. Monday. If tickets sell out, the crowd will be the largest to ever attend College Basketball GameDay. Fans will receive a commemorative UK2K poster, be able to interact with former UK players and hear Calipari and UK President Lee Todd speak.