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UK freshman Zachary Kertis died Wednesday night of unknown causes. UK Police responded to the 911 call from Haggin Hall around 10:16 p.m.
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before paramedics arrived on revive her son at the hospital, the scene. but she was told his death was Sumner said he heard Kertis’ quick. roommate yelling for help from An autopsy is scheduled to his dorm room. Sumner determine the cause of entered the room and death, but Ruth said the found Kertis lying on the paramedics believe it ground near his desk. could have been an Trained as a lifeguard, aneurysm or a preexistSumner checked Kertis’ ing heart condition. vital signs. Jordan Boggs, KerKertis’ roommate tis’ girlfriend and a Kertis put the paramedics on freshman at Western speakerphone and SumKentucky University, ner said he performed CPR for said she met Kertis through about 10 minutes before help friends in September and had arrived. never met anyone with such a Kertis’ mother, Ruth Kertis, positive attitude. said paramedics were unable to “Nothing brought Zach
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Panel explores Haitian crises By Chris Robbins new@kykernel.com
With news stations constantly flashing images of the aftermath of the earthquake in Haiti, one UK event aimed to shed some light on the other kinds of catastrophes the country has been living with for years. On Thursday more than 100 students crowded the Student Center to participate in a panel discussion titled “Backdrop to the Haitian Crisis.” Moderated by Chester Grundy, director of the UK Martin Luther King Jr. Cultural Center, the panel offered a bleak assessment of Haiti’s current state and expressed concern over Haiti’s ability to recover. “The Haiti that I left is gone,” said Kerling Israel, a public health graduate student and native of Haiti. “We have had social earthquakes, political earthquakes, but now it is the natural earthquake Haitians must overcome.” Others at the forum were simply in awe of the level of destruction in the island nation. “I was stunned at the devastation that was wrought in Haiti,” said Bryan Coutain, a visiting political science professor. The panelists worried that aid to Haiti would be shortlived and ineffective due to the collapse of civil infrastructure and political institutions. Haitian President Rene Preval was left homeless after the quake destroyed the presidential palace as well as his personal home. See Haiti on page 6
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David Parrott speaks to a room of faculty and students about his mission for the position of vice president of Student Affairs on Thursday afternoon in the Student Center.
Parrott aims for inclusive campus By Katie Perkowski kperkowski@kykernel.com
Protecting students’ rights regardless of their background or lifestyle is one of the objectives David Parrott presented to students on Thursday. Parrott, a Kentucky native, was the first candidate for the position of vice president of Student Affairs to visit the UK campus. Parrott spoke with students and faculty at an open forum about his mission for the university if selected for the job. Parrott spoke on the importance of different viewpoints coming together to create new policies regarding issues such as diversity. One example Parrott gave of how he
helped improve diversity at Texas A&M, where he currently serves as the executive associate vice president and dean of Student Affairs, was the creation of the Racial and Ethnic Harassment Rule in 2008. According to the Texas A&M Web site, the rule punishes students who convey a serious racial or ethnic message that violates a breach of peace, express an intention to commit violence, accompany illegal conduct or advocate the use of force. Parrott said he aims to protect the rights of all types of students, even those who are not following what may be the norm. “Because someone is acting in an unusual way … is not grounds for removal,” See Forum on page 6
Chinese celebration draws near Emily Cedargren news@kykernel.com
Many UK students returned to campus looking back on fond memories of Auld Lang Syne, but one part of the UK community is anxiously looking forward. For the Chinese, the most celebrated holiday is the Chinese New Year, and it is just around the corner. Every year, the Chinese combine historical traditions with modern culture in a two-week-long celebration that includes bright colors, festive food and a lot of symbolism. When this year, the Year of the Tiger, begins on Feb. 14, the celebrations will be similar to the West’s Jan.1 New Year. “Many families here will have a big holiday dinner with family and friends, stay up to midnight for the change over from the Year of the Ox to the Year of the Tiger,” said Changzheng Wang, president of the Kentucky Chinese American Associa-
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tion. Highlights of the holiday include t decorations, dances and food. Watch for traditional dragon dances and lion dances as well as other traditional costumes. Decorations usually feature the color red and the animal of the year. “People can decorate their houses with red lanterns, red couplets on their doorframes and New Year posters on their doors,” Wang said. Mingzhen Bao, assistant professor of Chinese linguistics and second language acquisition, said the holi-
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day originated in rural villages in ancient China. The farmers feared a monster they called the Nian because it would eat their crops, livestock and even children. Bao said the Nian feared the color red and loud noises. So, every Chinese New Year includes fireworks and red decorations. Honglu Liu, a chemistry freshman, is excited for the festival because he can spend time with his family, who immigrated from China to the U.S. He said the foods See New Year on page 6
Vice President of Student Affairs candidate David Parrott speaks with faculty after his forum on Thursday afternoon in the Student Center.
LGBT advocacy group awarded national honor By Emily-Kate Cardwell news@kykernel.com
Within its first two years on campus, one UK organization has received national attention for working to improve the lives of UK community members. UK Health Occupation Professionals for Equality was awarded the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Health Achievement Award, given annually by the American Medical Student Association and the Gay and Lesbian Medical Association. The award acknowledges advocacy of LGBT health issues and concerns within a medical campus. UK HOPE received the award along with UK’s chapter of AMSA. UK HOPE co-founders and second-year medical students Chris Garnett and Zach Threlkeld said the mission statement of UK HOPE is to pro-
mote a more inclusive environment for LGBT students, faculty and staff. “UK HOPE is the first of its kind,” Garnett said. “It is an intercollegiate organization representing LGBT interests of students, faculty, and staff from all six health professional colleges on the UK campus. UK HOPE is neither an exclusively student organization nor exclusively College of Medicine.” Garnett said past recipients, including Stanford University and the University of Massachusetts, set the bar high in urban medical schools in which these issues concerning equality have been recognized for a while. Garnett said for a school in Kentucky to stand out, he knew his group would have to go above and beyond. “We knew that being from See UK HOPE on page 6
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Author J.D. Salinger dies at 91 most publicity, he was often called the Howard Hughes of American letters. LOS ANGELES — J.D. His silence inspired a Salinger, one of contempo- range of reactions from literrary literature’s most famous ary critics, some characterizrecluses, who created a last- ing it as a form of cowardice ing symbol of adolesand others as a cuncent discontent in his ning strategy that, de1951 novel “The spite its outward inCatcher in the Rye,” tentions, helped prehas died. He was 91. serve his mythic status Salinger died of in American culture. natural causes WednesStill others interday at his home in Corpreted his withdrawal Salinger nish, N.H., his son as the deliberate spiriMatthew said in a tual stance of a man statement released by the au- who, shying from the glare of thor’s literary representative. celebrity, immersed himself in Perhaps no other writer of Eastern religions, particularly so few works generated as Zen Buddhism and Hindu much popular and critical inter- Vedantic philosophy. est as Salinger, who published His stories — heavily autoone novel, three authorized biographical, humorous and collections of short stories and cynical — focused on highly an additional 21 stories that idiosyncratic urban characters only appeared in magazines in seeking meaning in a world the 1940s. He abandoned pub- transformed by the horrors of lishing in 1965, when his last World War II, in which Salinger story — “Hapworth 26, 1924” was a direct participant. — was published by The New His stellar fictional creYorker. Rarely seen in public ation was Holden Caulfield, and aggressively averse to the teenage anti-hero of “The By Elaine Woo
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‘When in Rome’ There is a difference between what's sweet and funny and what's creepy and moronic, although the makers of the dismal romantic comedy "When in Rome" don't seem to understand the difference. In the interest of never having to watch a movie so inept again — and to save you all from the same fate — I offer a quick primer. Rule No. 1: If, in your movie, a bunch of weirdos in Italy fall suddenly in love with a pretty Guggenheim curator (Kristen Bell) just because she removes their coins from a magical love fountain, and they follow her home to New York and begin terrorizing her, such actions are called stalking. It's not cute. It's actionable. Rule No. 2: If Danny DeVito paws the leading lady, it's creepy, especially if he talks about sausage while doing so. Rule No. 3: If Jon Heder from "Napoleon Dynamite" breaks into the leading lady's apartment, it's also creepy, even if Pedro is with him. Rule No. 4: If you make the hilarious Will Arnett ("Arrested Development," "30 Rock") completely superfluous, you should be consigned forever to production on "Jersey Shore," which
quite frankly is a lot more coherent than this mess. I could go on, but you get the idea. "When in Rome," which has been sitting on the shelf approximately since the first stone was laid down for the Coliseum, is a tiresome timewaster, a film that expects us to believe that beauties like Bell (so bright and sassy back in her "Veronica Mars" days) can't get boys, that getting married to some dude you sat next to on a transAtlantic flight after two weeks is the best of all possible worlds, that you shouldn't love your job as much as you love guys. And then it doesn't even offer you any good jokes to laugh at, only Josh Duhamel walking into poles. (He plays a guy who may or may not be under the fountain's spell, although let's be real: If he wants to date you, why make a fuss?) "When in Rome" tries hard to be a modernday fairy tale, but it fails. If such magic really exists, then please, Gods of Love, make this movie disappear COPYRIGHT 2010 MCT
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 may not have enough energy to get it all done today. Prioritize tasks and tackle them one at a time. Help comes from an unexpected source. Taurus (April 20-May 20) — Today is a 7 — Expect an unusual shakeup early in the day. You must assume a leadership position to move forward. Family members appreciate you taking the lead so they don't have to. Gemini (May 21-June 21) — Today is a 7 — Energy reserves will run low if you allow others to pile on the work. Satisfy your own needs first. Cancer (June 22-July 22) — Today is a 6 — Financial information reaches you now. This opens up possibilities for person-
al activities that you've had on hold. Include a friend or associate. Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) — Today is a 7 — Unusual sources of information set the tone today. Satisfy your own goals by first taking care of someone else in order to free up time. Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Today is a 6 — A partner or associate supplies the information you need to make significant career choices. Accept greater responsibility for group management. Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — Today is a 7 — A favorite person makes work much easier. You appreciate their support and ideas. Some adjustments must be made, but they're practical, and they open new doors. Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — Today is a 7 — Today offers new meaning to the phrase "chicken with its head cut off." You're on the run all day. Sit down for dinner. You'll need the rest.
Catcher in the Rye,” who was, like Salinger, unsuccessful in school and inclined to retreat from a world he perceived as disingenuous and hostile to his needs. A prototypical misfit, Caulfield apparently became a fixation for the criminally disturbed, including Mark David Chapman, who killed John Lennon, and John Hinckley Jr., who shot President Ronald Reagan. But Caulfield also cared about children and other innocents, exhibiting moral outrage and a compassion for underdogs that resonated with the generation that came of age in the 1960s. Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) —Today is a 7 — You see how to change direction without derailing. Big or little, this change carries you toward greater financial security. Study your game. Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Today is a 7 — Practice your speech before you deliver it in public. What looks good on paper may not sound so great when it comes out of your mouth. Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — Today is a 6 — In group situations, you find that ideas come together more readily. Each person alone was missing an essential ingredient. Together, everything blends perfectly. Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) — Today is a 7 — You have your doubts about a recent career move. Not much is happening, so you have to trust that the situation will play out in your favor. It will. (C) 2010 MCT
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Tannis Marley, an agricultural economics and public service and leadership senior, practices hitting the ball during the UK women’s club polo team's practice on Wednesday at the Kentucky Horse Park. Marley has ridden horses her entire life, and as a fourth-year polo player, was one of the students who founded the team at UK.
Horsing around By Chandler Howard sports@kykernel.com
For many readers, “polo” is a word often associated with a classy shirt or a popular Ralph Lauren fragrance. For Tannis Marley and other members of the UK women’s club team, however, polo is a way of life. Marley, a UK senior from the suburbs of Philadelphia, has been competing in the sport since her freshman year and plans to return as a graduate to support the club. She is one of many on the polo team who shares a common passion for the aggressive, yet elegant activity. “Everyone is welcome here,” Marley said. “It doesn’t matter if you have years of experience or have never even ridden a horse.” Jorge Vasquez, originally from Chile, serves as the team’s head coach and inspiration. He also works as the Lexington Polo Club manager and is a nationally acclaimed professional player. Collegiate (arena) polo is played with three members of opposing teams, each on horseback. The competitors use mallets to strike a small, inflatable leather
ball. A point is scored when one team advances the ball down the arena and punches the ball into the goal, much like hockey. Each competition is divided into quarters, called chukkers, that last 7 1/2 minutes. At the end of every chukker, each player switches to a rested horse from the stable. “With polo, there is a partnership between horse, rider and teammates that makes it unequal to any other sport,” Vasquez said. The polo club has been recognized as one of the fastest growing clubs on campus. Vasquez began the program four years ago with the anticipation to provide an opportunity to those students who otherwise would not have had the means to compete. Vasquez and Marley said their team motto is simple. “For the love of polo” is
UK club polo team coach Jorge Vasquez gives kudos to Tannis Marley during the team's practice on Wednesday evening. Vasquez has coached the program since its founding four years ago. the foundation of the organization. Polo has consistently become a lifestyle rather than a hobby for each of the individuals involved. The women’s organization has since grown to more than 20 members and is presently a highly competitive team. The polo club is proud to be attracting students to UK who decide on attending the institution with the sole wish of playing for the elite team. “We compete against schools that are endowed and have been in existence since the 1800s,” Marley said. “For us to compete on their level is simply unimaginable.” The team is currently ranked third in the country with an opportunity to seize the number one national position by winning an upcoming match with Cornell, the only
Patterson isn’t to blame for Cats’ loss It’s not Patrick Patterson’s fault. It may be hard to believe, considering freshman forward DeMarcus Cousins is playing well and John Wall will never catch blame for anything. But for those of you looking at UK’s elder statesman and pointing your finger, KENNY take a step COLSTON back. Kernel When a columnist team loses, there are plenty of reasons for it — lack of heart, sloppy turnovers, an overall lapse in solid play and bad rebounding. Those are the main reasons why UK is 19-1 and not 20-0. Maybe you can attribute the rebounding to Patterson, since he shares the post at the power forward position. But Patterson didn’t miss a dunk that should have been a lay-up. He didn’t drive the lane with no one to pass to except the other team. And even then, it’s not like Patterson kept the Cats from winning.
“We had our chances to win the game, even with him playing that way,” UK head coach John Calipari said after the loss to South Carolina. “And so there are games he’s going to do that and we’re not going to be good enough to win.” Every analyst, reasonable fan and drunk in a bar knew a loss would come eventually. The Cats are young and fairly inexperienced. Most of them don’t know what it is like to step in an opponent’s jam-packed arena and get punched in the mouth. On Tuesday, they found out. And on Saturday, we’ll see how they respond. But when Darius Miller, Ramon Harris and DeAndre Liggins — one starter and two top rotation guys — go scoreless, a loss can’t be pinned on one player. And if Patterson doesn’t come out against Vanderbilt on Saturday and lead the Cats in scoring, rebounds and inspiring performances, it’s not the end of the world either. It became evident early in this season that Wall and Cousins were running the show on the court. Patterson’s role is simple — shoot for a double-double, defer to the kids when needed and ride the wave as the third scoring option to a possi-
ble championship. What more should anyone want? Seriously, the junior carried two years of Billy Gillispie on his back. Maybe a year in which he doesn’t need to hit the game-winning bucket or go for 20 points and 12 rebounds every game is good for Patterson. As long as he doesn’t injure himself or completely flop the rest of the season, he’ll still be a lottery pick in the next NBA draft. But the moral of the story is this: blaming the first loss of an overall great season on one person is beyond fanatical. It’s silly, to be kind. Maybe Patterson is in a slump, but the season isn’t over. And a string of solid performances from Patterson is likely somewhere down the line. Maybe I should phrase it like this: what would you rather have, Patterson slumping now or noshowing in the NCAA tournament? If the goal is to make the Final Four and put up the eighth championship banner in Rupp Arena, it really shouldn’t be that hard of an answer. Kenny Colston is a journalism senior. E-mail kcolston@kykernel.com.
intercollegiate polo team sanctioned by the NCAA. The inspiration of the game, Vasquez said, is about seeing people enjoy the sport for what it is. “To me, seeing one of the girls enjoy the game or hearing ‘I love this game’ for the first time, which I often have, is just as special as winning a national championship,” Vasquez said. “That’s why we do all of this.” The buzz in the crisp afternoon air surrounding a match makes it evident the players feel similarly. “We play purely for the love of the sport and the horses,” Marley said. “We are in the horse capital of the world so there is not a better place to come out and learn.”
Humor in, Clydesdales out in Super Bowl commercials By Todd C. Frankel St. Louis Post-Dispatch (MCT)
ST. LOUIS — The iconic Budweiser Clydesdales have been sidelined from Anheuser-Busch’s slate of nine commercials appearing during the upcoming Super Bowl. Anheuser-Busch is using humor, not horses, to push leading brands Bud Light and Budweiser, complemented by shorter nods to Michelob Ultra and the new, low-calorie, Select 55. The Super Bowl commercials range from scientists turning to Bud Light as they worry about an Earthbound asteroid, to a small town working to rescue a beer truck, to a spoof of popular TV series “Lost.” The brewer remains a big spender on Super Bowl commercials, buying up five precious, pricey ad minutes for the Feb. 7 football game, at the high end of its usual buy. “We did produce a Clydesdale spot,” said Anheuser-Busch’s top marketing executive Keith Levy. “And we do continue to utilize Clydesdales in our marketing for Budweiser. But at the end of the day, I don’t choose the spots. Brand managers don’t choose the spots. The
consumers do.” Television advertising is never more scrutinized than during the Super Bowl. The commercials are part of the game’s attraction, helping explain why a 30-second spot goes for an estimated $2.5 million. Last year, 100 million people watched the game, according to Nielsen. Millions more watched the commercials online. And people love to talk about — and vote on — the best Super Bowl commercials. The Clydesdales have been a part of Anheuser-Busch’s image since 1933, when the horses were introduced to celebrate the repeal of Prohibition. Anheuser-Busch owns more than 200 Clydesdales. The brewer’s traveling hitches make more than 500 public appearances a year. The horses debuted in TV commercials in 1956 and have appeared in 15 Super Bowl ads. The Clydesdale spots tend to pull on the heart strings, said Bob Horowitz, creator and producer of the annual show “Super Bowl’s Greatest Commercials.” But humorous spots tend to generate more buzz. “Funny equals water cooler,” Horowitz said.
OPINIONS Friday, January 29, 2010
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 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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Plagiarism: short-term fix, long-term failure We’ve all had the urge. It’s 2 a.m. and that 15-page research paper due tomorrow is guaranteeing you an allnighter. It’s so tempting to knock out those last five pages by going to Google and copying the first relevant thing the search engine spits out. But step back and put things into perspective: What’s more important in the long run — a few hours of sleep, or your academic integrity? The answer should be easy, but according to a Jan. 25 Kernel article, reports of plagiarism are on the rise at UK. Students are especially being caught in the disciplines of English and chemistry. Although this increase could be attributed to advancements in technology that make it easier to spot plagiarism, some cases may occur because students are ignorant of proper source citation. If improper citation is truly the cause of abundant plagiarism, students and professors should see this as a learning opportunity, Academic Ombud Lee Edgerton said in the Kernel article. “This is a time when (a professor) should be helping the student learn rather than be charging them with an academic offense,” he said. This is an institution of higher learning, after all. So a student shouldn’t be punished for an honest mistake. However, students who blatantly use others’ work without citation should be punished harshly. The university’s policy — giving an E in the course with no option to retake the course for a replacement grade — is tough, but not academic suicide, even though it stays on a student’s record. Doing assignments for class now is easier than ever. Students have full-text journals and books right at their fingertips at any time of day (or night) thanks to the UK Libraries Web site. There’s no need to decipher the Dewey Decimal System or bother with the confusing mechanized bookshelves at W.T. Young Library. You simply type in the search bar what you are looking for and you are inundated with countless scholarly articles on any subject. It is not that hard, but students have become increasingly lazy as gathering information becomes more convenient. In the end, cheating is wrong and we all know that. We got into this university for a reason: we are intelligent and can think for ourselves. Why not prove that to our professors? There’s no better time than now to learn from past mistakes and develop good habits. There are no E’s in the real world.
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Athletes’ opinions void of real meaning Michael Jordan created it, Tiger Woods (until recently) perfected it, and we all bought it. With the extreme influx of money into sports within the last 20 years, sociTIM ety has creRILEY ated a Kernel monster, columnist the corporate athlete. They’re easy to spot. They can be spotted using and advertising a variety of random products, and they will never have an opinion on anything. Ask them how the weather is and you’ll likely hear that they believe there are a variety of opinions on the weather and each person has to decide for themselves if the icy roads are annoying. It would not be such a big deal if it had not become so standard across the sports world. If put in the position of Jordan or Woods, almost anyone would immediately aban-
don public discourse in return for the extreme wealth. However, because almost every athlete, regardless of earning potential, has adopted this public image, we now recoil in horror when one does not. Abortion is a complicated issue that has been discussed at length. The odds of convincing anyone to change sides of the debate are the same as I have of stealing Gisele Bundchen from Tom Brady. Recently though, Tim Tebow made the choice to attempt to argue his side of the divide on a national stage: the Super Bowl. Tebow and his mother have filmed an anti-abortion commercial financed by Focus on the Family. CBS has approved airing the commercial during the game next week. From the reaction his decision has garnered, one would think Tebow planned on throwing puppies off a bridge. Celebrities of all kinds create ads exposing their views everyday and no one bats an eye. Somewhere along the line though, ath-
letes became the exception. We expect our athletes to be blank slates onto whom we can project our hopes and dreams. Learning anything about them, other than their batting average or yards from scrimmage, steals that slate away from society and creates a significant backlash. Charles Barkley loves to remark that athletes are not role models, but unfortunately, nobody is listening. It’s not even about whether the athlete’s opinion is right or wrong. The fact he or she even has an opinion repulses people. Paul Shirley, the epitome of a journeyman basketball player, has become well-known during the last decade for his writing on sports and other topics. During the last week, he has permanently altered his future by just having an opinion. Donating money to help places recover from disasters is one of the last bastions of society athletes can participate in without controversy, but Shirley expressed his opinion that the outpouring of funds was not addressing the underly-
ing problems and the logic behind it all was inherently faulty. Within a day, he was labeled a dumb jock and dismissed from working for ESPN, and his work was taken out of context to paint him as the second coming of Hitler. ESPN, which has filled its halls with numerous former sports stars who have less than stellar criminal records, dismissed someone who expressed an opinion that was not derived from the standard politically correct athlete lines. Michael Irvin can be caught by the police with crack and hookers, but it’s all good because at least he doesn’t have an opinion. The result of globalization is homogeneity. In order to appeal to as many people as possible, everyone must adopt stances that are certain to offend no one. For the modern athlete, this means saying nothing of value, which is all well and good if that is their choice. But it is not something we should ever admire. Tim Riley is an MBA graduate student. E-mail opinions@kykernel.com.
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Over-hyped ‘Legion’ not worth price of admission “Legion,” the latest 21st century homage to the angry and vengeful God of the Old Testament, is forgettable. Spearheaded by special effects master Scott Stewart, the man behind the visuals of blockCOLIN buster hits from WALSH “Blade Runner” Kernel to “Iron Man,” columnist “Legion” is a story of revelation and a hearty attempt at global genocide. Viewers beware: if you’re on God’s side in this one, you’re taking all your eggs out of humanity’s basket. Coming to us merely a week after “The Book of Eli,” the world of cinema has once again been treated to some kind of apocalyptic tie-in
with religion. Regardless of its message, which in the case of “Legion” is literally nonexistent, your opinion of this film will come down to your own personal level of morbid fascination with the end of the world, or at least the annihilation of the human race. The setting for the mayhem is a decrepit highway diner in the middle of the Mojave Desert, tritely named “Paradise Falls.” A group of strangers, each with his or her own touching reason to stay alive, is trapped in the middle of an unearthly battle for human blood. The forces of God have occupied a profuse number of human bodies and there is no chance for mercy. Unfortunately for “Legion,” the movie’s setup doesn’t live up to its own hype. There isn’t nearly enough action or bang to validate such ridiculousness. The violence and conflict come off as unwarranted
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Paul Bettany stars in Screen Gems' supernatural action thriller “Legion.” and unwelcome in a movie that is trying to be dramatic when it knows that it isn’t anything of the sort.
“Legion” makes an utter mockery, not to mention a waste, of its talented cast and suffers terribly
from a plot that is just flat-out appalling. The most engaging aspect of “Legion” ends up being Dennis Quaid’s surprising ability to deliver a believable performance amidst such nonsense. But this doesn’t really exist as an insult to the movie because several scenes involving Quaid are slightly above the overall quality of the film itself. Unfortunately, most of these scenes reside within the first 30 minutes while the characters are still being developed and the war between heaven and earth is on the backburner. Please do not waste your time or your money on “Legion.” I personally witnessed several people walk out of the theater. I still envy them.
Colin Walsh is a journalism and English senior.
Jazz legend Joe Lovano to perform at Singletary Center By Martha Groppo features@kykernel.com
World-class jazz is coming to UK. Grammy winner and Carnegie Hall performer Joe Lovano will perform at the Singletary Center for the Arts on Saturday. Lovano, a saxophonist, will entertain with his fivemember performance group “Us Five.” UK students can expect an upbeat performance with some improvisation. said Summer Gossett, marketing and ticketing director for Singletary.
Lovano’s Web site showcases some of his many accolades, including a New York Times quote touting him as “one of the greatest musicians in jazz history.” Lovano’s father was a saxophone player known as “Big T,” and Lovano began playing the alto saxophone at age 5, according to his Web site. By age 16, Lovano had switched to the tenor saxophone and was playing professionally. He went on to receive international acclaim and was nominated four times before winning a
Grammy in 2000. Lovano now performs on stage with the four other musicians who make up “Us Five”: James Weidman, piano, Esperanza Spaulding, bass, Otis Brown III, drums and Francisco Mela, drums. Gossett expects Lovano’s performance to include music from his most recent record “Folk Art,” though she says the exact program will be “announced from the stage.” Gossett said, Lovano’s performance is the product of an effort by the Martin
Luther King Jr. Cultural center, the Provost Office, and Singletary to “revive the ‘Spotlight Jazz Series’ that used to bring in prominent jazz acts several years ago.” Jazz violinist Jean-Luc Ponty’s November performance was also a part of this effort to garner interest in a jazz series, Gossett said. The ticket sale total for the Lovano concert was up to 300 over the weekend, despite competition for audience with the men’s basketball game against Vanderbilt. Gossett views the Lo-
vano concert as a chance for students to be exposed to a different art form: “I don't think there is a lot of diversity on campus for students to branch out and see things they may not be familiar with,” Gossett said. Thanks to Lovano’s musical resume, students have the opportunity to hear from one of the best jazz players available. Gossett said Singletary’s ability to bring such a famous artist to UK demonstrates the performance venue’s value to the
university. “We have UK Theatre, the symphony, art galleries, etc,, and now the Singletary Center is bringing in topname acts in all genres of music to illustrate what an educational value the Singletary Center is to campus.” Joe Lovano will perform Saturday, Jan. 30, at 7:30 p.m. Student tickets are available for $15, $20, and $25, and are available for purchase online at www.singletarytickets.com, by phone at (859) 257-4929 or in person at the SCFA ticket office.
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Continued from page 1 “The situation in Haiti is beyond our normal expectations. There is literally nothing there,” said Horace Bartilow, associate professor of political science. The panel expressed concerns for the mental health of the Haitian people as the recovery continues. In many Caribbean countries, there is a stigma against mental illness. With the initial trauma from the earthquake subsiding, the hunger and homelessness in Port-au-Prince could lead to long-term stress-related mental problems. “In Haiti with it machismo culture, there is a stigma associated with mental problems,” Coutain said. “There is a correlation between the state of a society’s mental health and the level of violence.” Another concern is the appearance of paternalism between well-to-do western donor nations and the Haitian people. “Haiti has had a long, torturous history and a troubled relationship with the western world,” Grundy said, in reference to Haiti’s 1804 slave rebellion and western-sponsored coups. Members of the audience expressed concern that any development imposed on Haiti by other countries and aid organizations would seek to influence Haitian culture.
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Haitian President Rene Preval and his wife, Elisabeth Preval, attend the funeral mass for Haiti's Archbishop Joseph Serge Miot on Saturday at the National Cathedral in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. “We need to understand that Haiti is a country with resources of its own,” said history professor Jeremy Popkin. “We need to enlist the knowledge that Haitians themselves have.” Bartilow agreed with Popkin and said in order for relief to be successful, aiding nations need to respect Haiti’s way of life. “You can’t impose development on a society, you need to work with domestic groups and institutions,” Bartilow said. Bartilow stressed that under the burden of recovery, Haiti would not be able to pay back its international
KERTIS Continued from page 1 mostly for the strength of his character. “He was everyone’s backbone,” she said. As Leatherbee and friends gathered to mourn their friend, Leatherbee said Boggs spoke up through tears and told them to ‘suck it up,’ because she knew Kertis wouldn’t want his friends to cry over him. In her mind, Leatherbee said she will
UK HOPE Continued from page 1 Kentucky, to have any chance at winning the award, we would really have to do something special,” Garnett said. Threlkeld said being recognized on a national stage has been a reward for the efforts of UK HOPE, but it is also a positive reflection of the entire university. “This award represents
debts. He suggested that U.S. led intergovernmental institutions like the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund forgive the country’s debts. “What will happen two months from now? Will there be attention on Haiti?” Bartilow said. “Will Haiti still get the help from international organizations that it needs? I would guess not.” Israel underscored the ability of the Haitian people to rebuild and bounce back. “Haitians have faith, they support each other, they help each other and they continue to believe in a brighter future,” Israel said.
always remember Kertis as a light-hearted, whimsical guy forever wearing his favorite Philadelphia Eagles baseball cap. When people think of Kertis, Boggs said she hopes they remember the goofy guy who loved ‘90s music and would do anything on a dare. Zach Cremer, a business and accounting freshman, lived across the hall from Kertis and described him as a loyal friend and a helping hand. “Even though he had a rough exterior, he was a good person on the inside,” Cremer said. “He was always there when
the forward progress of the College of Medicine and UK as a whole toward an environment that more enthusiastically embraces inclusivity and diversity, especially for LGBT people,” Threlkeld said. “I think it's especially important given that LGBT individuals have often been the subjects of discrimination in Kentucky.” Threlkeld said throughout the year the group has focused on outreach to LGBT undergraduates, the inclusion
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typically prepared and eaten during the Chinese New Year are tough to find in Lexington. “I love eating the dumplings and spring rolls,” Liu said. Food is a huge part of the festivities. Dumplings shaped like gold ingots for good fortune in the New Year, cake and long noodles represent long life. Wang said because the Chinese are superstitious, they eat foods representative of things they hope for in the New Year. Bao said to prepare for the New Year, many Chinese people clean their homes, buy new clothes and get a haircut to get rid of last year’s misfortunes and to have a new look for the New Year.
he said. “There’s a lot of fear and concern when that occurs, and so we have an obligation to protect the rights of all people in that scenario.” Parrott advocated the interaction of different types of people through student groups, which he said have helped increase retention rates at Texas A&M. Students who work in teams of people with different backgrounds and life experiences will likely be successful after college, he said. “If you as a student don’t leave the university with a skill set of being able to lead and follow people that are different than you … if you cannot lead and follow in that setting, you will not be as successful as someone who can,” Parrott
1990: Jean-Bertrand Aristide captures 67 percent of the vote in a presidential election. Aristide is overthrown in September 1991 in a violent military coup. 1994: A 21,000-member international force touches down in Haiti to oversee the end of military rule and the restoration of the constitutional government. Aristide and other elected officials in exile return to power. 1996: Rene Preval takes 88 percent of the vote in the first transition between two democratically elected presidents. 2000: Aristide is elected again, but the opposition charges electoral fraud. 2004: A rebel group advances toward the capital. Aristide submits his resignation as president. Boniface Alexandre, is named interim president. 2006: Preval is elected president. 2008: Riots erupt over high cost of food and fuel. A series of hurricanes and storms ravages the country. 2010: A catastrophic earthquake strikes Jan. 12, leaving at least 100,000 dead and an estimated three million people injured and homeless. Info courtesy of Catholic News Service
you just needed a friend or if you needed help with something.” Kertis was a graduate of Ryle High School. Ruth Kertis said she hopes people will remember her son as the fun, intelligent guy he was. “He was so social,” she said. “He loved playing baseball, he loved UK. He was just a great guy.” Kertis is survived by his parents, Michael and Ruth Kertis of Florence, and two brothers; Stephen Kertis of Louisville and Matthew Kertis of Florence. Services are not yet planned.
of LGBT issues in campus diversity efforts, fundraising for LGBT advocacy organizations and the institution of faculty-specific training to enhance LGBT student mentorship. One UK HOPE event in particular included the support of UK’s AMSA chapter. UK AMSA hosted the LGBT Pride in Healthcare Forum in March 2009. The forum focused on the rights of LBGT patients and provided attendees with real-life sce-
said. Parrott also addressed the topic of Greek life on campuses and said he is a supporter of Greek life and has spoken to several Greek organizations on his current campus. “I’m very supportive of Greek(s),” he said. “I think they’re a healthy part of a college experience.” Alex Oliva, a secondary education sophomore and member of Alpha Tau Omega fraternity, said he attended the forum because he wants to see someone who looks at the positives of Greek life to fill the position. When addressed with campus alcohol policies, Parrott said it is important for the university to interfere, but only to a certain point. “We have an obligation to help students with those issues up to a point, but we would be short-term help
narios depicting the plight of LGBT patients. As for the future of UK HOPE, Threlkeld said he hopes for lobbying efforts to encourage LGBT-affirming policies in the medical school admissions process, as well as the creation of a grant or award to spur student initiatives to enhance diversity in the College of Medicine. The award will be presented at the 2010 AMSA national conference in Anaheim, California.
DID YOU KNOW? The vice president for Student Affairs oversees the director of residence life. This includes 22 residence halls, seven Greek or specialty houses, 13 livinglearning communities, the Study tutoring program and the sustainability program. and referral, and that’s not our main job. … I think doing nothing is wrong morally, ethically and probably legally,” he said. Parrott has also held a student affairs position at Western Kentucky University and Western Michigan University, but said he has had a strong desire to be at UK for a long time because of the university’s desire to become a nationally recognized institution. “The fact that it’s in my home state is icing on the cake,” he said.
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