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CentrePointe opens for first major public event By Katie Saltz ksaltz@kykernel.com
That large hole in the middle of downtown Lexington will be filled with music and celebration for one day in March. CentrePointe, the development project for a hotel building announced in 2007, has yet to begin construction, leaving many Lexington residents wondering what would become of the space. On March 13, the Alltech Lexington St. Patrick’s Parade & Festival will fill the void with food, drinks and activities to celebrate Irish culture. Bill Enright, a member of the event committee for the festival, said the Bluegrass Irish Society approached the Webb Company, the CentrePointe developers, about the possibility of using the empty space. “We looked into the idea and Dudley Webb and his staff met with us,” Enright said. “We discussed all the technicalities, the regulations and laws … they agreed we met all the requirements and wished us well and wanted to support this free family activity.” Webb declined to comment.
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Students line up outside Memorial Coliseum in an attempt to get men's basketball tickets for the eRUPPtion zone on Tuesday night.
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CentrePointe timeline Early 2007 — Project announced, Webb said there was a good chance of being completed by the 2010 FEI Alltech World Equestrian Games. March 2008 — Project plans unveiled. April 2008 — UK President Lee Todd sends a letter declaring his support for the CentrePointe project. August 2008 — Mia’s and The Dame are demolished to make room for CentrePointe. January 2009 — Webb said construction would begin in spring of 2009 and project could be complete by late 2011. February 2010 — Webb allows CentrePointe to be used for the Alltech Lexington St. Patrick’s Festival and Parade.
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Students hoping to sell UK men’s basketball tickets to pad their bank accounts may soon find themselves facing criminal charges. The problem of scalping student tickets has been a hot topic for many UK students this season. However, UK authorities were unaware of this issue until recently and are now vowing to take action against it. At Monday’s ticket lottery for the remaining Southeastern Conference games to be played at Rupp Arena this season, UK Police Chief Joe Monroe warned potential scalpers that police are cracking down on the illegal act. Monroe said the scalpers could potentially face criminal charges and lose ticket-buying privileges for future UK sporting events. “(By scalping) all you’re doing is hurting yourself and your chances for more lottery tickets in the future,” Monroe said in an announcement at the lottery. “If you go out there and scalp your ticket tonight, we’re coming after you and we are going to put criminal charges on you and take away your chance at tickets in the future.” Monroe said the UK Police Department has always dealt with scalpers, but the scalping of student tickets had not really been brought to their attention until recently. “The details of how we are going to go about this are not finalized yet, but we are planning to monitor the highlyused venues to help control this prob-
lem,” Monroe said in an interview with the Kernel. Monroe said police will begin looking for potential scalpers on Web sites such as eBay, Craigslist and Facebook Marketplace. Monroe said UK Police have not targeted scalpers in the past, but now that he is aware of the issue, he is looking to protect the victims of scalping and ticket fraud. “This is being taken very serious by our team,” Monroe said. “Too many innocent people are being defrauded and it should never be like that over Kentucky basketball tickets.” Many students have found scalping frustrating because of the sky-high prices. Ethan Farley, an exercise science sophomore, said as a result of the ticket scalping he could not get his usual front row eRUPPtion Zone spot he waits hours in line to obtain. “When students jack up the prices of their student tickets it forces the true blue fans, who deserve to be at the game, to spend anywhere from $50-$150 for a ticket that should be $5,” Farley said. “The so-called ‘fans’ selling their tickets should either go to the games or not go to the lotteries at all.” Some students do not solely blame the scalpers, but also blame the lottery process. Education senior Thomas Cofer said he has been a devoted Kentucky fan his entire life and many of his scalping peers have become well aware of his See Scalping on page 6
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According to the UK Athletics Web site, “A person is guilty of ticket scalping when he/she intentionally sells or offers to sell a ticket to an event at a price greater than that charged at the place of admission or printed on the ticket, unless authorized by the issuer or by law … any person who sells a ticket to any sporting event at a price in excess of the price appearing on the ticket shall be fined not less than fifty dollars nor more than one hundred dollars.”
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The final candidate for UK’s vice president of student affairs comes from a fellow Southeastern Conference school and might need to change the color of his wardrobe. Robert Mock, Jr., the associate vice provost of student affairs at University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, will be on campus Thursday as part of UK’s search for the next vice president of student afMock fairs position. Daniel Pugh, the vice provost and dean of students at Arkansas, has worked with Mock for more than two years. Pugh promoted Mock in July 2009 from his former position as assistant chancellor of student affairs. Pugh said he promoted Mock so he could “serve a higher purpose” in the division of student affairs. In his position as vice provost of student affairs, Mock is the “chief steward for finances” as he manages, directs, and advises all financial matters within the division of student affairs, Pugh said. Marilyn Smith, assistant to the dean at See Mock on page 6 First issue free. Subsequent issues 25 cents.
Haitian paintings go from scrapbook to artwork By Alicia Brab news@kykernel.com
When Lauren Buswell decided to teach art to children in Haiti, she never thought their paintings would end up on the walls of a UK building. But with a new exhibit at the Lucille Little Fine Arts Library, that is exactly what happened. The library is now home to a temporary exhibit featuring artwork by children from the Good Shepard Orphanage in Carrefour, Haiti, which was devastated by a magnitude 7.0 earthquake on Jan. 12. The artwork was part of a teaching project by Buswell, art education jun-
ior, during her last visit to the orphanage. Buswell visited Haiti last spring break and summer vacation, teaching children how to make homemade paper using a blender and screens and to create a color wheel using paint. The paintings were part of a scrapbook Buswell was keeping to remember each child. She originally intended to keep the paintings for her portfolio, but she returned and showed the artwork to her professor. “And the next thing I knew, (the PHOTO BY CHLOE HOLLON | STAFF paintings) were being put on display,” Political science freshman Dakota Smith looks at the Art of the Children of Haiti exhibit in the Lucille Little Fine Arts See Artwork on page 6 Library on Tuesday. Newsroom: 257-1915; Advertising: 257-2872
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Lets talk about sex ‘Sexperts’ educate on what’s right and what’s wrong By Britney McIntosh bmcintosh@kykernel.com
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Roberts and Marshall have history If history repeats itself, Julia Roberts and director Garry Marshall know what they'll be doing 10 years from now: making a movie together. Marshall launched Roberts into stardom when he cast her as the hooker with a heart of gold in the 1990 romantic comedy "Pretty Woman." He again gave her career a boost with the 1999 romantic comedy "Runaway Bride." Roberts' latest project with Marshall is the romantic comedy "Valentine's Day," which opens Friday. Roberts says Marshall loves to work with familiar actors and crew. "Valentine's Day" also stars "Pretty Woman's" Hector Elizondo, and many of the behind-the-scenes people also worked on the 1990 movie. Much of the star-studded "Valentine's Day" cast has worked with Marshall before. He's known most of the actors _ Anne Hathaway, Ashton Kutcher, Jennifer Garner, Jessica Alba, Jessica Biel, Topher Grace, Jamie Foxx, George Lopez _ for years. Those relationships made it easier for Marshall to use a "shorthand" when talking to the actors, something that's designed to speed
“Can you get HIV from kissing?” “Are there any side effects to Plan B?” “What is douching, and is it safe?” Students heard the answers to the these questions Wednesday afternoon at an open forum held as part of “Safer Sex Secrets Week” on campus. The event was co-hosted by the University Health Services PAWS Center, the Student Activities Board and the Student Health Advisory Council. On a quest to right the sexual misconceptions of college students, Fadyia Lowe marched through the Student Center passing out “Sex in the Sack” goodie bags bringing people into the Center Theater to talk about everyone’s favorite subject — sex. “We even have Woody,” Lowe said, grinning and holding up a wooden penis. Lowe, a health education coordinator, and three other “Sexperts” sat on the stage and had a casual informative session for the handful of students that drudged through the snow to get answers. Awkward giggles floated around the room as Joann Brown, a nurse practitioner, tried to dispel as much discomfort as possible. The goal is to make people less shy by being as blunt as possible, Brown said. Jennifer Weiler, an art history freshman,
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up the filming. "If Garry were to say to you as an actor 'Do the thing with the thing and then go over there and be funny. Action.' That would mean 'Sit up straight, smile, look at your co-star, say the lines and be funny. Action,'" Roberts says. Marshall says that's a "pretty good translation." Working together over so many years has given Marshall insight into how much he can depend on Roberts. He knows she can have a
calming affect on everyone, so he had Roberts and Bradley Cooper film the first scene of the "Valentine's Day" together. Roberts, who has three children and has been married to Daniel Moder since 2002, says the movie's central theme of love is universal. She calls love "a drug" and jokes that she and Moder are going to celebrate Valentine's Day by "making out the entire 24 hours." COPYRIGHT 2010 MCT
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 — Everyone shifts gears. Social contacts occur in private. Emotional moments happen in public. Overall, love triumphs. Taurus (April 20-May 20) — Today is a 7 — Who's on first? Not you? That's because you've rounded third and you're on the way home, with just the score you wanted. Gemini (May 21-June 21) — Today is a 6 — Relationships undergo a shift from contentment to excitement. You better understand your own needs. Share your feelings as openly as you can. Cancer (June 22-July 22) — Today is a 7 — Social contacts soothe your feelings and allow you to balance work with the rest of your
said she came because she is a virgin and wanted to learn about sex. “I’ve never had sex, and I’m not planning to anytime soon, but I thought this might be stuff I need to learn eventually,” Weiler said. “I don’t talk to other people about this stuff.” The “Sexperts” addressed false information they felt students may have been given about sex. Brown said the thing she finds surprising when speaking is not the questions people ask, but the amount of misinformation students have. “You would think nowadays people would be more educated,” Brown said. “But there is so much false information floating around on the Internet, in songs and even from friends.” Some of the sexual lessons learned at the forum included: Plan B is $30 cheaper at the student health pharmacy, annual exams at the clinic are free, you cannot contract HIV from kissing and douching is not a safe practice. And most importantly, don’t open condoms with your teeth. “As sexy as it may be to open a condom with your teeth, I do not recommend doing it,” Brandy Reeves, a health education coordinator, said. Ejaculation can exit the penis at speeds up to 28 mph and with any small tear in the condom it can result in a break, she said. “I can admit I was using a condom the wrong way,” said Reggie Smith, a business freshman. Although Lowe may not have fixed all sexual issues on campus, for one hour she got a message across to a small group of UK students. “Spread the love, wear a glove and don’t give anyone the clap,” Lowe said.
schedule. Opt for time alone at the end of the day. Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) — Today is a 5 — A female's plan remains out of focus until you adjust your sights. She wants what you want, only in a different shade of green. In this case, money talks. Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Today is a 7 — Work on a close relationship today as Venus enters Pisces. You understand on an empathetic level. Take independent action to get things done. Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — Today is a 7 — Balance! You want love to dominate the scene, but you have work to do. Save love for dinner and dancing with someone special. Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — Today is a 6 — Focus on feelings (it will be hard to do anything else). Own what's yours, and listen to family members. Don't leave until the conversation is complete.
Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — Today is a 7 — A female decides to go in a new direction. This challenges your thinking about your role. Remember, the two of you are not connected at the hip. Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Today is a 7 — If you've been seeking independence, today can set you on that path in surprising ways. Be careful what you ask for. Today, you just might get it. Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — Today is an 8 — Your weekend plans get ahead of your end-of-the-week work schedule. Keep your mind on today's tasks and maintain confidentiality as needed. Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) — Today is a 7 — On a personal level, you're staying comfortable. An associate jumps into a shocking new relationship. Only time will tell how it will work out. (C) 2010 MCT
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BE MY FREAKY VALENTINE Local band offers unique date idea at Buster’s By Hope Smith features@kykernel.com
For some people, Valentine’s Day means romantic candlelit dinners and oversized teddy bears clutching gifts of chocolate. For others, it means inhaling tubs of ice cream alone in front of the TV. For Ford Theater Reunion and the Burning House Sideshow it means a musical, fire-eating, hula-hooping, ball-juggling freak show. This Friday, Buster’s Billiards and Backroom will open its doors to couples and singles for “A Valentine’s Cabaret,” which will include unusual and entertaining sideshow acts and the musical stylings of Lexington’s Ford Theatre Reunion.
The group, which performed at Buster’s last year for both its Halloween and Christmas parties, has become somewhat of a holiday staple. Ford Theatre Reunion plays music that could be described as an eclectic mix of genres spanning a hundred years. “Our music is sort of a fusion of several different kinds of music,” Charlie Lockhart, Ford Theatre Reunion violin player, said. “If you listen to the songs we play, you can classify one song into one genre and one song into another.” Ford Theatre Reunion boasts talented, young musicians who can collaboratively play at least a dozen instruments. But its diverse set list is only the half of it.
“All the people in the band bring something to it,” Lockhart said. “We used to try to play fake Bluegrass for fun – but no one really knows how to play Bluegrass.” The group is not afraid to try new things or bring in some oddity such as their original artwork, fake play bills stuffed with games, horoscopes and somewhat fictitious biographies and circus-like antics. Don’t be surprised if you catch some hoola-hoop action, unexpected juggling, or any other crazy little acts, Lockhart said. Even Ford Theatre Reunion doesn’t quite know what’s in store for their show Friday because every show is so different. “I have no clue what to expect … def-
initely strange and unusual feats,” Lockhart said. Ford Theater Reunion accordion player and guitarist Eric Meyers was less conservative when it came to some of the things the audience could look forward to seeing. “(We) do magic and illusions, and I do things like fire-eating and hammer nails into my nose,” Meyers said. Burning House Sideshow, a sister-project of Ford Thea ter Reunion, will be performing the sideshow acts that will be embedded within the band’s set and can reel an audience in with people who are skilled at contact-juggling, lying on beds See Ford Theater on page 6
Ditch the cliches this Valentine’s Day Remember the 90s Valentine’s Day — the Hallmark holiday when high-calorie truffles and cheap teddy bears are objects of affection. For most of us it’s just another pointless and overemphasized day where you have to shell out twenty bucks for your sweetheart. ALISON But if the closCARSON est thing you’ve Kernel had to a romantic columnist Valentine’s Day is when you received a perforated cut out of a Transformer saying “You’re my Optimus Prime Valentine” in the fourth grade — you’re not alone. It’s the only day where your love life is on presentation. If you’re with the love of your life you bask in it. If you aren’t, you cringe. It’s a high pressure situation for guys who have to provide some sort of
unique and romantic display to impress all of her friends while satisfying her expectations: expectations set too high by Kay Jewelers commercials. For the ladies, it’s a waiting game to see whether or not the guy they are vying for is going to pull some secret admirer surprise, which never happens. Instead it’s faking a smile when your roommate is in tears of joy from some sappy card. Although the tendency when single on Valentine’s Day is to be bitter, there are exceptions. Just because you’re not getting wooed doesn’t mean you have to wallow in your own self-pity. Plenty of people influence your life every day. Valentine’s Day is an opportunity to tell those people what they mean to you, even if it’s dropping them a line in an e-mail. For those in a relationship or about to start one — it’s an opportunity to kickstart a relationship. If things have been on the rocks, it’s a chance to
rekindle the flame. Instead of playing into the typical, think outside the box. Song lyrics or a handwritten note is more genuine than a greeting card that plays some cheesy Elvis song when you open it. And no amount of material objects measure up to the power of words. Ditching the cliches set as precedent by this stupid cupid guy is always the best move. The holiday is unique to each relationship. Aiming your Valentine gesture specific to your relationship is key. Somewhere between the tacky, cheap and gaudy cliches is the simple idea behind Valentine’s Day — showing that you appreciate someone. In the end, that’s all that really matters. Alison Carson is a journalism sophomore. E-mail features@kykernel.com.
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Artists still around after years of performing “MmmBop,” “Iris” and “Mr. Jones.” Ever find yourself listening to the synthesizer-infested hits on top-40 radio stations, wondering what happened to the bands reMATT sponsible for MURRAY the hits of Kernel your youth? columnist M a n y may be surprised to find that quite a few of these artists are still around and have only improved in the past decade. Perhaps the most surprising of all is Hanson, who’s lone hit consumed pop radio for all of
1997. What many don’t know is that they released two more major-label albums before separating from the big labels — going independent due to creative differences. As their voices matured– and they cut their hair– Hanson’s sound matured as well, as they began to blend their trademark pop harmonies with intricate blues stylings. The blend led their first album as indie artists, “Underneath,” to be the highest selling independent album of all time. The group then released “The Walk,” in which blues and rock became even more prominent. Songs like “Blue Sky” and “Great Divide” would be barely recognizable to listeners who haven’t heard the group since Bill Clinton was president. Counting Crows wrote “Mr. See Murray on page 6
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UK Hoops set for rematch with Georgia By Nick Craddock ncraddock@kykernel.com
The tables have turned since the last time the UK women’s basketball team met the Georgia Lady Bulldogs. “We’ve won several straight and (Georgia) has struggled a little bit (recently),” UK head coach Matthew Mitchell said. “But those trends don’t seem to really work if that’s what you’re playing off of. If we’re not totally invested and totally committed to the things that will help us beat Georgia (Thursday) night, we will lose.” In the first meeting between the two schools, the No. 17 Cats (20-3, 8-2 Southeastern Conference) almost escaped from Athens, Ga., with a win over the then-undefeated Lady Bulldogs, but came up short in overtime. UK surrendered the final five points to lose 61-60. That game was the Cats’ first in SEC play, and many people questioned if their soft non-conference schedule had prepared them enough to face quality SEC opponents. Since the first meeting, UK has become the hottest team in the SEC and rides a seven-game win streak into Thursday’s rematch. On the other hand, Georgia’s early-season momentum has all but disappeared. The Lady Bulldogs (19-5, 6-5 SEC) are 5-5 in their last 10 games, including losses in four of their last five games.
But the Lady Bulldogs shouldn’t be a pushover. Georgia holds the distinction of being the only SEC team to knock off SEC leader and fifth-ranked Tennessee, who UK trails by one game in the SEC standings. “We don’t want to remember last game, but we also don’t want to forget it because we can’t go in with the same mentality we had first time,” said junior forward Victoria Dunlap when asked if the close loss would be an additional source of motivation. Dunlap, who fouled out in overtime before UK surrendered its lead in the first meeting of the two teams, said playing aggressively in an “attack mode” will go a long way in proving that the Cats are capable of defeating the Lady Bulldogs. UK will need Dunlap, the team’s leading rebounder, to stay out of foul trouble because the Lady Bulldogs “beat (them) up on the boards” in the first game, Mitchell said. Senior guard Amani Franklin managed just four rebounds in the first game, but she thinks familiarity will take away the element of surprise. “We kind of know what their personnel is and what we need to do,” Franklin said. “I think (Wednesday) in practice that’s going to be our focus because they have some great rebounders and post players.”
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Senior guard Amani Franklin goes for a layup against Ole Miss on Feb. 4. Franklin struggled in UK’s first meeting with the Lady Bulldogs, but said she’ll be better prepared for Thursday’s game. Georgia also has do-it-all senior guard Ashley Houts, who scored a career-high 27 points against UK in January. “I think Ashley Houts is one of the toughest competitors that I have seen in my 10 or so years being real close to the (SEC),” Mitchell said. “I think she’ll have a lot of confidence coming into the game because she played so well against us the first time.” UK shot a season low 31.7
percent from the field in the first game -against Georgia. Despite a poor shooting — and rebounding — performance, they still had a chance to pull out a win on the road against a ranked team. This time, the pro-UK crowd at Memorial Coliseum may be the deciding factor. “We’ll look for an edge anyway we can get it,” Mitchell said. “Being back home certainly helps.”
Cats could debut new Nike uniforms against Volunteers on Saturday By Metz Camfield mcamfield@kykernel.com
The UK men’s basketball team (231, 8-1 Southeastern Conference) might be wearing some new threads in their game on Saturday against Tennessee, but not all the fans are happy about it. “I am not a big fan of them,” former UK student Derek Combs said. “Honestly, I think it’s a little too cartoony for my taste – the design on them. The pants resemble swimming trunks to me. They’re just a little odd, there’s something off about them.” UK athletics spokesman DeWayne Peevy said he couldn’t confirm or deny UK will don the new uniforms when they take on the Vols. The fronts of the jerseys are very similar to UK’s current jerseys, but the new ones have a trim around the sleeves to give them a retro feel. The back, however, has a unique print of UK’s seven championship banners, Memorial Hall and a Wildcat face at the bottom that blends into a design that flows through the rest of the print. The shorts are blue with a large white rectangle on each side, with the home white jersey having a large blue rectangle on each side. Daniel Owsley, a political science junior and
Lexington native, said he wasn’t a big fan of the new jerseys and thinks the designs on the back are kind of ridiculous. “I liked the old ones,” Owsley said. “I don’t really know why they got rid of them. We just had them for like a season-and-a-half.” The new uniforms are Nike’s “Hyper Elite” uniforms and were developed for the Beijing Olympics. The U.S. men’s basketball team wore similar jerseys, which have engineered mesh that provides zoned cooling. Eight universities will debut in 2010 the Nike Hyper Elite basketball uniform. The uniform designs on the back are unique to each school with Duke and Texas already sporting theirs, and Connecticut breaking theirs out Wednesday night against Syracuse. Combs, like Owsley, thought it was weird to switch uniforms midway through the season, especially given how the other uniforms appeared. “I think it’s bizarre to switch jerseys part way through the season, especially when the old jerseys were so well received from what I hear,” Owsley said. “I really liked them.”
Former Mr. Basketball not producing as before UK sophomore guard Darius Miller is not producing the way he once was. Miller, a sophomore guard and former Mr. Basketball for the commonwealth of Kentucky, has seen his minutes and point production decrease significantly in recent games. UK head coach John Calipari has worked with freshman forward Daniel Orton and junior forward Patrick Patterson before practices earlier this season to
work on specific needs. Calipari said Miller might be another person that he needs to do that with. “Some of it you have to be a tough hombre and you got to work your way through it,” Calipari said after UK’s 6655 win over Alabama. “You have to get in the weight room, you have to spend extra time, you got to get on the court, you have to get with your coach and keep saying, ‘Coach I’m telling you I’m going to be fine.’ You have to convince yourself and get in there and do it.” Miller has averaged 11.2 minutes in his last five games and only one point. In UK’s previous 19 games, Miller played less than 11 minutes one time. Miller has come into the last three games off the bench after starting the Cats’ first 21 games, scoring five points in nine minutes against Ole Miss on Feb. 2, and has been held scoreless in UK’s last two games. On Feb. 5, before UK’s game against Louisiana State, Miller said he wasn’t all that disappointed about not starting, as long as the Cats continue their winning ways. “I really just try and come out and play the same way,” Miller said. “I really don’t look too much into it. We’re still winning games so I’m happy.” Calipari said he told Miller and senior guard Ramon Harris that he wants them to improve and will do whatever he has to for them to play better. “They listen. Those two listen too much to me,” Calipari said. “At halftime I told Darius, ‘Act like I’m not on the sidelines, just go play. Don’t even listen to me.’ And then DeMarcus (Cousins) said, ‘Can I do that too?’ ”
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of nails, walking on glass and playing with fire. Meyers said the sideshow will be incorporated into the band’s setlist. Helen Keller’s Ukulele, which will feature – you guessed it, a ukulele – will entertain guests with smooth vocals and a handful of instruments. Trixie Deville of Deadly Sins Burlesque will be performing as well. For students looking for a more atypical way to celebrate (or forget about) Valentine’s Day this year, consider strapping in for an unusual ride at Buster’s this weekend. Buster’s will open for “A Valentine’s Cabaret” at 8:30 p.m. Friday, and the magic and mystery will begin at 10 p.m. The show will be 18+ and tickets will be $5 at the door or online.
Jones” for their first studio album, “August and Everything After,” and never looked back. Singer and primary writer Adam Duritz has been pumping out songs for this adult alternative group for nearly two decades. The group has released five albums since their debut in 1993, the most recent being “Saturday Nights and Sunday Mornings,” released in 2008. While Hootie and the Blowfish called it quits after a 14-year run in 2008, lead vocalist Darius Rucker’s solo career seems as though it’s only just begun as he took home “Best New Artist” from the
Country Music Awards for his 2008 album, “Learn to Live.” As for the Goo Goo Dolls, writer of radio mega-hits such as “Iris” and “Slide,” the group has never showed any signs of slowing down, releasing 10 albums since its inception in 1987. Their last studio album, “Let Love In” was released in 2006 and reached No. 9 on the Billboard 200. The group has begun recording a new album, titled “Something for the Rest of Us” with a tentative release date for this spring. So next time you turn on your radio to robotic voices and blaring synths, keep in mind that those artists you miss from the ‘90s are still there to be your saving grace. Matt Murray is a journalism junior. E-mail mmurray@kykernel.com.
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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 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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Entrepreneur represents what UK aspires to Balancing 15 credit hours and 20 hours of work would be difficult enough for most students. Dallas Rose, co-owner of Bunks Gourmet Burgers, does all that while spending 80 hours a week running his business. Professors always tell their students that the time they spend in the classroom is only half of the battle of creating a foundation for a successful career. The rest comes from developing a knowledge of the field outside the classroom and out in the real world. As a finance senior, Rose is doing more than getting a feel for what it’s like to be a part of the business world. Instead he jumped in head first, starting his own restaurant inside a local bar. While sitting in class learning the fundamentals of running a business certainly proves to be useful, nothing competes with doing the real thing, where mistakes are as real as the successes. UK stresses that its ultimate goal is teach stuRose epitomizes the dents so they can one day brand of student that enter the work force and give back to the state, a UK hopes to create concept that is seen in the through this plan, as top-20 plan. Rose epitomizes the he has harnessed brand of student UK hopes to create through this plan, the lessons learned as he has harnessed the from the classroom lessons learned from the classroom and applied and applied them to them to his own business. his own business. What’s more is his ambition doesn’t stop there. Sure, he has started a successful business while doubling as a college student. But he has aspirations that reach even higher. “I went into it thinking that I want to have 200 plus locations,” Rose said in a Feb. 9 Kernel article. In less than a year, Bunk’s is almost out of the red from its original $20,000 dollar investment, and Rose said income is only increasing. Rose knew it was a real possibility the owners could have “fallen on their faces,” but had enough confidence to open up the restaurant anyway. Taking in no salary until the restaurant has paid back its investment, finishing up classes and still working at P.F. Chang’s, Rose is the type of student that feeds in to UK’s top-20 plan, regardless of whether or not the university ever actually achieves the ranking. Ultimately the ranking is just a number. But people like Rose aren’t just numbers and their successes should be a model for anyone that walks this campus.
LETTER TO EDITOR
Lottery and BCTC students don’t mix As I read over the email sent recently regarding the upcoming student lottery for basketball tickets and the intense scramble for them, an idea hit me. Why not make the UK student lottery only available to UK students? Bluegrass Community and Technical College is not, can not, and will not ever be UK. That is not to say BCTC is not a great academic institution, but the fact remains that BCTC students are not students at UK. So why should they get the privilege of
being able to get tickets at the lottery with those of us that are UK students? Only 8,000 students were allowed into Memorial Coliseum for the last lottery and UK has several times that number of students. So not all of UK’s students can get in and much less when you add in all the BCTC students who could be eligible. If they want tickets fine, but have them buy them the day after, like guest tickets. Michael Frick secondary education senior
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System broken, needs major overhaul Dear UK Athletics, UK Ticket Office and anyone else who designed the student basketball lottery, it’s time to find a better system. I’ve attended almost every student lottery for basketball tickets in the four years of my college career and I’ve never seen so many students NATALIE desperate to attend VOSS games. Our team has Guest never been this succolumnist cessful or this widely promoted. UK alums have asked me what it’s like to be a student as our men’s team has hit 2,000 wins and is closing in on our last three non-tournament games with only one loss and a top-five ranking, and I’ve gotta say, it isn’t all it’s cracked up to be — because my chances of getting tickets aren’t a lot better than theirs. Nevermind that you would have fewer angry students if you increased the number of student tickets you were willing to sell, that’s a whole other debate, you have to change the way you sell them. After you put the 8,000-person cap on the number of students allowed in the lottery, I assumed there would be madness, arguing and shoving as peo-
ple came late and cut each other in line. When I learned that stickers were being given out so massive crowds wouldn’t gather too far ahead of 8 p.m., I was relieved. No standing around in the subfreezing temperatures. But then my group was informed by a UK employee and a security guard that despite having our stickers guaranteeing admission, we were strongly discouraged from leaving. So we stood outside, for two hours. It was 28 degrees. When we finally got in, it turned out standing in that line hadn’t served any real purpose, except to deter from the point of the lottery system (to prevent people standing around outside for hours when they should be, oh I don’t know, studying). After another 3 1/2 hours, I walked out with upper-level seats in the rafters and was glad to get them, because at the previous lottery I walked out with nothing. This was all fine when Billy Gillispie was still coaching and about half the number of students attended the lotteries as do now. Almost everyone who made it in the building was guaranteed some form of ticket, and the lottery system existed primarily to make the division of seats fair, not to arbitrarily determine which half of attendees would get them.
This is my last semester at UK and my last chance to get into games. Counting the tickets I got last night, I will be attending seven of 16 games I should have been able to purchase student tickets for. There goes any incentive I had to donate to UK Athletics after graduation. Why not re-invent the system? Give preference to students based on seniority (based on number of semesters to registered anticipated graduation, or fourth/fifth years over third years, etc.). That way, those of us who are soon to be in the business world have a lasting good impression of the athletics department. Or, divide the student body into two groups based on student number or last name and let each be eligible for a pre-determined half of season games. Each lottery would be shorter, all 3,200 seats would be filled with students for every game, and a higher percentage of students would end up going to games. The writing was on the wall at the second lottery when there were barely enough seats in Memorial Coliseum for all the students who showed up. The creation of a new system is now beyond overdue. Natalie Voss equine science senior. E-mail opinions@kykernel.com.
Misusing word leads to mass ignorance I like the word like, like really, I don’t totally hate it. I actually use it when I am referring to the likeness something contains with another item that is indeed like it, sharing characAUSTIN teristics or HILL as another Kernel way of saycolumnist ing such as. The problem with the word like is it has become a word is substituted for awkward pauses when someone is looking for their point when speaking. It is the new synonym for the word um. It is like, ripping the fingernails off my hands while dragging me across a chalkboard, and I like, can’t take hearing it anymore. I have no idea where this trend started. For all I know it could have been some bleach-blonde-bubblybimbo smacking her gum,
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talking about prom dates or pudding squares. Maybe the misuse of the word came from a group of stoners lying in a basement following that white rabbit down the hole, watching a deck of cards move across the ceiling while transforming their twisted psyche into a pile of marshmallows. Or maybe it was just some poor uneducated writer who forgot to use the spell-check and typed a double negative, now the like phenomenon has spread like a wildfire. Every time I’m sitting in a class where someone is called upon to answer a question and the word like comes rifling out of their mouth like a machine gun, I want to tear my own face off. Or when I am out shopping for something and the person who is supposed to be helping me gets caught in their like, train of thought, it’s the worst thing ever... While doing research for this article I noticed other articles have been published
on this topic and how it is a problem in America. But, there has been no success in stopping this like-ness. We live in a world that sounds like a bunch of idiots, and they are taking over. Because when you are beat to death with their like’s and bad grammar, it seeps into your mind and all of a sudden, when you are speaking correctly to someone, out of nowhere it drops itself out, and before you know it your talking like a jackass. I’m not saying people who use like all the time are jackasses, just that horses are like donkeys, but they are different or unlike each other, and if you use the word like all the time you might, like, get it. I cannot do anything in public but grind my teeth and clinch my fist when I hear it. I will soon make good on tearing my face off, but I can only do it once, so I have to pick my battle. In a classroom setting though I would hope an in-
structor would correct a student who uses the word like 13 times while trying to give a sentence long explanation for why frogs are sometimes green. We are in a learning environment where people’s intelligence is supposed to be held accountable, has this become so common that even educators are allowing this idiocracy to perpetuate? An instructor would after all deduct points off a paper turned with like rippled through it like a bag of chips. In fact, I dare to say that if 70 percent of students wrote the way they talked, they would all receive failing grades, so why allow it in the classroom? Maybe it’s like easier to allow the misfortunes of others to keep reproducing like rabbits, so we can like have something to make fun of, and I can like have a reason to tear my face off. Austin Hill is an English senior. E-mail opinions@kykernel.com.
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MOCK Continued from page 1 Arkansas, said Mock oversees several areas including housing, facilities and budget. She said Mock is definitely an administrator who is student friendly. “(Mock) always remembers ‘We’re here for the students’,” Smith said. Mattie Bookhout, Arkansas student government president, said Mock has been an instrumental figure on Arkansas’ campus. Mock is not a direct adviser to the student government, but he is still accessible to students, Bookhout said. Bookhout said Mock’s position may not be seen as being connected to the students, but Mock knows more students on campus than most administrators. Mock knows “the customer of the institu-
ARTWORK Continued from page 1 she said. Gail Kennedy, director of Little Fine Arts Library, was excited when she heard about the artwork because of the compassion of the story behind it. “I found her story so touching and thought it was a really great way to personalize what has happened to children there,” she said. “You could tell the children loved and appreciated everything Lauren had done for them.” Buswell said the showcase was a way to make some wishes come true for children who are living in an underprivileged situation. “So many children want to be artists and this may be
tion is students,” Bookhout said. Before coming to Arkansas in 2007, Mock worked at University of Arkansas at Little Rock as a faculty instructor in the department of speech communication, associate dean for the College of Professional Studies, and student services division chief and director of recruitment and retention, according to his resume. Mock also worked as a continuing education programmer at University of Arkansas at Fayetteville and Little Rock campuses and Arkansas State University. Mock has worked in the military as medical service corps hospital administrative officer with the Arkansas Army National Guard, according to his resume. Pugh said Mock has a wide breadth of experience and is great at what he does. “My benefit is that he would be a colleague (in the Southeastern Conference),” Pugh said. “(It’s) a win-win for me in that framework.”
their only chance to have their artwork shown,” she said. “I hung their pictures on a column and they would point and smile at their work. It meant so much to them that someone cared enough to hang their pictures up.” Following the earthquake, the children from the orphanage contacted Buswell to let her know they were okay, Kennedy said. The orphanage was located near the epicenter of the earthquake and the building is now unlivable. Buswell plans to make a return trip to the orphanage this spring break to help rebuild it with the Wesley Foundation. Currently, the children are living in the open grounds of the orphanage. Kennedy said she understands Buswell’s desire to return to these young artists in the wake of a disaster.
“So many children want to be artists and this may be their only chance ...” LAUREN BUSWELL arts education junior
“Knowing that children are living on the grounds of the orphanage waiting for help, makes you want to go help,” Kennedy said. To help with the cost of the trip, the foundation will have a fundraising dinner Feb. 20 at the Centenary Methodist Church on Tates Creek Road at 6 p.m. The menu will include authentic Haitian cuisine served by Buswell and other foundation members. For tickets call Lauren Buswell at 270635-1127 or contact the UK Wesley Foundation.
CENTREPOINTE
space for public events does not change the fact that this project was started with no chance for success, and (Mayor Jim Newberry) encouraged the Webb’s irresponsible planContinued from page 1 ning at every turn,” Gray said. When the project was announced in early Because CentrePointe is privately-owned, 2007, Webb said there was a good chance it Gray and Enright said it is ultimately Webb’s would be completed in time decisions what to do with the for the 2010 FEI Alltech land. But Gray hopes the end World Equestrian Games. In result is something the resiFor more info Jan. 2009, Webb said condents of Lexington can enjoy struction was expected to be- visit bluegrassirishsociety.org or and benefit from. gin in the spring and he exlexingtonstpatsparade.org. “The CentrePointe properpected the project to be comty is in the heart of downtown, pleted by 2011. and its The plans for the building success or failure will impact Lexington involved the demolition of several buildings including The Dame and Mia’s. The construc- for years to come,” Gray said. “It is vital that tion was met with much controversy from the whatever happens there helps grow Lexington public, including current vice-mayor and can- and makes our city proud.” didate for mayor Jim Gray. Enright hopes the first major public event Although Enright said the Webb company to take place on the property will do just that. was very gracious to allow the use of the The festival will take place from 11 a.m. to 7 space, Gray still believes the project was a p.m. with a break at 1 p.m. for the parade. Enmistake to begin with. right said though the focus of the celebration In an e-mail to the Kernel, Gray said open- is Irish culture, all are welcome to attend and ing CentrePointe for the festival does not enjoy the use of the space. negate the actions taken over the past two “We invite all ethnicities in the community years. to come and celebrate their roots as we cele“Temporarily allowing folks to use the brate ours,” he said.
SCALPING Continued from page 1 love for the Cats. “Going to the games is so important to me that I will pay about any price for a ticket,” Cofer said. “Those who have no interest in going realize I am a die-hard fan and will take advantage of that.” UK students across the Internet have come up with creative ideas on how to avoid technically scalping their tickets while making a profit. One seller on Craiglist found a way to try and circumvent the law by advertising his student tickets for the face value of $5 while taking
bids on plastic knives. In order to get the ticket, the buyer must purchase the plastic knife for more than $70. Others looking to capitalize on the Cats’ success were more straightforward. One Craigslist ad offered two student tickets to the Florida game in section 33 row B for $250 each. Another ad asked $920 for four lower level student tickets to the Tennessee game. Yet another asked $250 for two tickets to the Tennessee game in section 212, row M. William Hoyt, director of the Martin School of Public Policy and Administration and economics professor, said the current ticket lottery procedure makes scalping inevitable. “If we sold tickets on an individual game basis, we
would expect to see prices much like we already are,” Hoyt said. “The price (would) reflect how much people value going to certain games.” But if the price of tickets was set by value alone, Hoyt said the price would be so high that few students could afford tickets. Hoyt said UK teams value having student fans at games, which is why a certain number of tickets are reserved. If scalping is to be eliminated, however, Hoyt said the lottery system must adhere to an allocation system based on price. “Scalping occurs because we don’t have the prices set at market-clearing prices,” Hoyt said. “They’re not set by supply and demand.”
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