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VP candidate invited back to campus for negotiations By Katie Saltz ksaltz@kykernel.com
After four rounds of open forums, another step has been taken in filling the role of vice president for Student Affairs. Provost Kumble Subbaswamy said in an e-mail to the Kernel that he has invited Robert Mock Jr. back to campus to discuss negotiations Mock for the job. Although nothing is finalized, Sub-
baswamy said in a separate e-mail that Mock has the “background, energy, enthusiasm, and innovative thinking necessary to lead Student Affairs at this challenging time.” Mock serves as the associate vice provost of Student Affairs at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, and was the final candidate to appear in the open forums. The only candidate to hail from a fellow Southeastern Conference school, Mock said at the forum he felt he would be a “good fit” at UK. Some key factors Mock highlighted in his campus appearance were his experience
“Although an offer has not been extended at this time, I have invited Dr. Mock for a second visit ... to conduct further discussions ...” KUMBLE SUBBASWAMY UK Provost
of dealing with a tobacco ban, his involvement with the Greek community and his
stance on alcohol use in correlation to a successful athletic season. Subbaswamy said an offer has not been officially extended but this is a meeting to discuss the job further. “I am glad Dr. Mock remains interested in the position of vice president of Student Affairs at the University of Kentucky,” Subbaswamy said. “Although an offer has not been extended at this time, I have invited Dr. Mock for a second visit to campus to conduct further discussions about the position. An announcement will be forthcoming when negotiations are finalized.”
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Monroe: Pedestrian safety responsibility of students, staff
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Students and faculty members can be seen jaywalking daily throughout campus. One of the most popular areas is on Rose Street. By Kellie Doligale kdoligale@kykernel.com
Students walking on UK’s campus often find themselves at the mercy of cars racing by, and many just do not care. Jaywalking has been a problem on UK’s campus for years, but solutions to the problem are few and far between. “Part of the problem is not just students, but employees also,” said UK Police Chief Joe Monroe. “They need to be aware of their surroundings. It seems basic, but they need to make sure the cars are actual-
ly stopped before they step out in the traffic.” Monroe said Rose Street at least provides a median for people crossing the street to pause in. In contrast, Limestone Avenue is a much wider road. “If you look at Limestone, you’re trying to cross five lanes of traffic.” Monroe said. “They’re trying to do studies to find out what would be the best way to slow (traffic) down and make it more pedestrianfriendly.” Of 25 students informalSee Pedestrians on page 4
Groups break down self-image issues Week brings eating disorders to forefront By Ashley Beckham news@kykernel.com
As weight-loss reality shows and exercise equipment infomercials take over America’s television sets, some young people take the message to the extreme. The UK University Health Services, Counseling and Testing Center and Student Health Advisory Council came together to raise awareness this past week for National Eating Disorder Awareness Week. Raising awareness about body-image issues among college-age women is important, said Panhellenic Presi-
dent Catherine Chin, because eating disorders are usually pushed to the background of concerns in our country. “The subject is often discarded because it is hard to pitch the idea in an effective way to a large audience,” Chin said. “We really need to get the word out and try to make the topic more effective to all.” Emelie Taylor, director of correspondence for Delta Gamma sorority, said this week’s focus hit home with her family. Taylor’s younger sister, currently a senior in high school, suffered from severe anorexia nervosa and has been in and out of hospitals for three years. Taylor, a sociology junior, said watching her sister battle an eating disorder made her See Disorders on page 4
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Junoir forward Patrick Patterson goes in for a layup on Thursday night against South Carolina at Rupp Arena. Patterson had 23 points and eight rebounds to lead the Cats to an 82-61 victory over the Gamecocks.
Revenge served Cats defeat Gamecocks for first time since 2007
Patterson comes alive when it matters most
By Metz Camfield
With the first shot of the game, junior forward Patrick Patterson made his message clear — this is his team now and he will do everything he can to make sure the Cats aren’t going to lose again anytime soon. At least, that’s what he showed Rupp Arena on Thursday night. Facing a stillpesky South Carolina team that refused to roll over and give UK its revenge without a fight, Patterson rebounded, scored, blocked shots and stole the ball left and right. Consider this: if a UK player missed a shot, it was usually Patterson who was there KENNY for the rebound and the put-back shot. On COLSTON one occasion, a South Carolina player Kernel falling out of bounds dished it straight to the columnist big man, who got an easy dunk out of it. Even luck was in Patterson’s corner. That wasn’t the only moment for Patterson, who led the Cats in scoring. When’s the last time that happened? Thursday night was just another instance of Patterson stepping up his presence. On a team that’s been carried by freshmen for the first two-thirds of the season, it will take the eldest starter doing everything it takes to carry the Cats the final one-third. “We need him to be this,” UK head coach John Calipari said. “I want him to get 25 and 12 every night out. Shoot the ball, man … I’m proud of what he’s doing.” Not that the idea is new to Patterson. He’s carried UK the last two seasons. But it’s new to this season. When Devan Downey drove to the basket or dished to a teammate at the last second, it was Patterson going up to challenge (and usually block) the shot. He hustled down the floor See Colston on page 4
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If revenge is a dish best served cold, the UK men’s basketball team (27-1, 12-1 Southeastern Conference) handed out a frigid serving on Thursday night. After dropping their first and only game of the season to South Carolina on Jan. 26, the Cats came out storming from the gate and defeated the Gamecocks 82-61. From the opening 3-pointer of the game to the final buzzer, junior forward Patrick Patterson was everywhere for the Cats. En route to shooting 10-12 from the field, Patterson poured in 23 points and grabbed eight rebounds in leading the young Cats to victory. UK jumped out to a quick 11-2 lead on the visiting Gamecocks, and pandemonium filled Rupp Arena with every bounce of the ball. The Gamecocks wouldn’t go down easy though, and cut the lead to one before star senior guard Devan Downey picked up his second foul of the half. "I'm so proud of (Patterson) and what he's doing, but we need him to be this," UK head coach John Calipari said. "This is what he needs to be. I'd like him to get 25 (points) and 12 (rebounds) every night out. Shoot the ball, man." With Downey out, the Cats rolled off a 5-0 run forcing South Carolina head coach Darrin Horn into a timeout. Downey returned out of the timeout, and helped get the lead back down to two before UK rattled off a 14-2 run. The half was closed by a long range 3-pointer from Downey to make the score 37-26. A 7-0 run in a 3:27 span cut the UK lead to six points at 46-40, and forced Calipari to regroup in a timeout. The Gamecocks had seven second-chance points in the opening See Basketball on page 4
Dog studies show self-control ‘Great’ teachers recognized Alumni Association awards Honored may negatively affect test scores professors for classroom excellence professors By Fink Densford
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Dogs may have something to tell UK students about how to do better on tests. Holly Miller, a psychology graduate student, is studying how exerting self-control in dogs may have a negative impact on other activities, such as test taking. Kristina Pattison, another graduate student working on the study, said dogs and humans most likely use glucose storage in their brains while exhibiting self-control, which lowers their ability to persist and perform on activities and tests. “If you go on a diet and you are self-regulat-
ing what you eat, you may find that you don’t have the mental resources necessary to do your best on tests in school,” Miller said. Miller said this research may prove that behaviors adopted during stressful times like exams cause a person to perform poorly. “I’m not suggesting that people avoid dieting, but I am suggesting that people do not start extreme diets in the middle of finals week,” she said. Miller is part of psychology professor Thomas Zentall’s comparative cognition lab in the Department of Psychology. The lab has been running for over a decade, studying how animals think to better understand how people think. See Animal lab on page 4
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Despite a lengthy application process on top of class time and homework, some students stepped up and took the time to nominate who they believed to be the best teachers on campus. This year, six UK professors were chosen as winners of the Great Teacher of the Year Award, the oldest continuously given award for professors at UK who exemplify great teaching. Campbell Given by the UK Alumni Association, professors are nominated by students, then are chosen by
Tracy Campbell The College of Arts and Sciences Andrea L. Dennis The College of Law Dr. David R. Gore The College of Dentistry Giuseppe “Joe” Labianca The Gatton College of Business and Economics Graham D. Rowles The College of Public Health J. Darlene Welsh The College of Nursing
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Professor’s dedication key in achieving UK’s goals KERNEL EDITORIAL
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There are plenty of ways to measure the impact a university is having on the outside world. Geography professor Stan Brunn’s trip to Tajikistan this week won’t show up when UK measures how far it has come according to the top-20 plan, but his trip will deliver results beyond the traditional sort. By helping to monitor the parliamentary elections in the former Soviet republic, Brunn is ensuring his students will be able to learn about an experience like no other, while at the same time performing a service to the people of Tajikistan. It’s a nice story; the kind that can enrich a college campus in a way few things can. Having professors with experiences like this is what can engage students in the classroom and show them the real-world applications to what they’re learning. “When he comes back, (Brunn) will have some great stories to tell about how you get democracy going,” said UK geog-
raphy chairwoman Susan Roberts in a Feb. 21 Kernel article. Brunn may be playing a small part in bringing democracy to Tajikistan, and his impact on UK’s community may be minimal. After all, he’s just one professor. But there are more important things than making sure UK measures up as a top-20 university. If students aren’t learning and professors aren’t applying themselves outside of the university community, a ranking doesn’t mean anything. Beyond just having great stories to tell his students, Brunn is also fulfilling a higher obligation by helping to bring democracy to a place that lacked it for so long. Professors that can use their knowledge to help the world around them are doing a good job of sharing what they’ve spent a lifetime learning, and that’s the most important thing they can do. Even if it doesn’t show up in the top20 plan, having professors like Brunn take on projects like this should be just as important to the university as any number or ranking.
News Bruce Willis and Tracy Morgan star in Kevin Smith’s latest film, “Cop Out.” PHOTO BY MCT
Heartbroken by the disappointing box-office grosses of his last film, "Zack and Miri Make a Porno," filmmaker Kevin Smith a smart, shrewd storyteller who has compensated for his lack of cinematic flair with a sharp and hilariously vulgar wit decided to do something new: Put himself on the market as a director for hire. The result, "Cop Out," is the first film Smith has directed that he didn't write. It also is, without question, the worst picture he has made — a soulless, witless, landfill contraption that Smith once would have mocked mercilessly. "Cop Out" is a straight-faced parody of 1980s copbuddy pictures, complete with a cheesy synth score by "Beverly Hills Cop's" Harold Faltermeyer. But making fun of such a tired genre is as redundant as a stand-up comic's doing an Andrew Dice Clay impersonation. The funny simply is not there. The plot centers on a pair of veteran NYPD cops played by Bruce Willis, more engaging on TV talk shows than he is here, and Tracy Morgan, so devoid of screen presence you wonder if "30 Rock" was just an accident. On their ninth anniversary as partners, the pair run afoul of a gang of Latino baddies who are portrayed in such a stereotypically racist manner you feel magically teleported back into one of those Steven Seagal movies in which villains were defined primarily by ethnicity.
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Maybe that impression was the point, but it isn't funny. For much of "Cop Out," Smith's usually astute sense of humor is thrown off course. An early scene in which Morgan interrogates a suspect by quoting famous lines from other movies is amusing in concept, but Smith uses so many zoom shots and close-ups that the sequence just comes off as noisy and shrill. Having a Mexican immigrant (Ana de la Reguera) be unable to tell the difference between "Hi" and "Bye" just makes her seem mentally impaired, and the gag is repeated so often you start wishing the bad guys would bump her off. The only truly funny bits in "Cop Out" which feel either improvised or bear Smith's distinct writing stamp come courtesy of Seann William Scott as an acrobatic thief who has an uncontrollable compulsion for mocking other people, even when he's sitting in the back of a police car on his way to jail. Scott, an underrated actor, brings a jolt of energy, but his role is a minor one. The rest of the film, which affords Smith his largest budget to date and proves he has no business shooting elaborate action sequences, is just dead air. "Cop Out" was originally titled "A Couple of Dicks," until TV networks refused to air ads for a film with that title before 9 p.m. "Sell Out" would have been a more honest title.
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AWARD Continued from page 1 the Great Teacher Award Committee and Omicron Delta Kappa, an honor society for students. One of this year’s winners, history professor Tracy Campbell, was nominated by secondary social studies senior Kimberly Hogue. Hogue said initially she didn’t think about nominating any teacher for the award, but Campbell changed her mind. “The nomination does take some time and requires effort,” Hogue said. “I had received the e-mail to nominate a professor and simply ignored it. But the longer I thought about it, the more I knew (Campbell) deserved it.” Campbell credits his teaching ability to the lessons he received when he was a UK student. He said
as a freshman he was unsure of what to pursue as a career, but his professors inspired him with a passion for history.
“(Campbell) reminded me why I wanted to be a teacher, and why I love history.” KIMBERLY HOGUE secondary social studies senior
“I was deeply appreciative that students took the time to fill out a lengthy nomination form,” Campbell said. “I am a UK alum and came here without a clue as to what I was going to study. Because of some remarkable and dynamic instructors, I knew after a month of entering my freshman U.S. history class what I wanted to do with my life.” Just like Campbell’s teachers made an impact on
him during his undergraduate career, his students say the same about him. Hogue said she is confident in her career choice because of professors like Campbell who love what they do. “I think what defines a great teacher is making a student interested in a topic that they were uninterested in prior ... (Campbell) reminded me why I wanted to be a teacher, and why I love history,” Hogue said. Since the award was established in 1961, 241 faculty members have been honored by the Alumni Association. In order to qualify, a professor must have the title of assistant professor or higher and have held that for at least three years at UK, have superior knowledge of their subject, present classroom material in original ways, show concern for students both in and out of the classroom and have not received the award in the past 10 years.
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STANDING IN THE WAKE
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UK CLUB TEAM ANXIOUS TO CONTINUE ITS SEASON By Chandler Howard choward@kykernel.com
Megan VanMeter suffered a brutal concussion and a separated shoulder within days of each other. But neither injury could keep her from returning to the sport that caused them. Cameron Steiner endured multiple concussions and an emergency room visit throughout his young career in the sport he loves. VanMeter and Steiner have fallen victim to an identical, yet sometimes painful passion: wakeboarding. VanMeter, wakeboarding club president, and Steiner discovered their fervor for the sport early in life. VanMeter, a journalism sophomore, took up the sport at age 15 after watching her father ride recreationally while on family trips to Taylorsville Lake in Spencer County, Ky. “Even though wakeboarding was originally such a family-oriented sport for me, I now have motivation to push the envelope as an individual,” VanMeter said. “Being one of the few women competing in this sport, I always feel like I have something to prove to the guys.” Steiner was primarily interested in skiing as a child. He decided to attempt his first wakeboarding session at age 11 and began competing at 14. He has been involved with the sport ever since. Last summer he won first place in the men’s advanced division at the Grassroots Nationals, which he said is the proudest moment of his career to this point. “Wakeboarding gives me a tremendous chance to express myself,” Steiner said. “I have met a ton of great people and we always have such a great time.” Wakeboarding combines water skiing, surfing and snowboarding. Competitors grasp a cable attached to the rear of a motorboat and are towed at speeds from approximately 18 to 26 miles per hour. The athlete is bound to a buoyant board, resembling a surfboard, as he or she attempts to complete jumps, tricks and stunts using the wakes created by the motorboat. Practice regimens for the club typically include group trips to Taylorsville Lake. Other means of practice include performing tricks on a trampoline with a flexible board to ensure
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safety but to correctly simulate the actual water environment. A successful wakeboarding run depends heavily on the environment, but there are numerous factors of the physical world that go into a single run, Steiner said. “There have been plenty of times that I have climbed into the boat, thrown my board down and thought I would never ride again,”
VanMeter said. “But you get through it, like anything challenging. You have great days, and you have days that feel like it is your first time on the water. It is just important to never give up.” Like few other sports, the collegiate wakeboarding season is broken up into two segments — the first portion being from March to late fall and the second being from
early spring to October. After winning the Eastern Regional Qualifier competition at Taylorsville Lake last October, the team is now seeded second for the national competition on May 16 in San Diego. UK is looking forward to a time to showcase its skills and perform well in front of a vast audience of professional riders. As the team prepares to gear up for the
continuing season, VanMeter and Steiner must persist on following their passion for the sport and leading their team members by remembering their initial zeal for wakeboarding. “There is no better feeling than when the water is completely calm and you can see your reflection like you’re looking at a sheet of glass,” VanMeter said. “It is like you are all alone. It is very personal.”
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7:07 of the second half after not getting a single second-chance point in the entire first half. The Gamecocks would finish the game with 15 second-chance points to UK’s 23. "What I wanted to see is, have we gotten better?" Calipari said. "... They played hard. I think they played the way they had to play. They didn't make the shots they made down in South Carolina, but we also played better offensively.” South Carolina wouldn’t get closer than six points the rest of the way, as UK, the tallest team in the country, used a heavy dosage of Patterson and freshman forward DeMarcus Cousins to physically overpower South Carolina down low. After being outrebounded by four in their first meeting on Jan. 26, the Cats dominated the Gamecocks down low
Freshman guard John Wall dribbles against South Carolina senior guard Devan Downey Thursday night at Rupp Arena. PHOTO BY SCOTT HANNIGAN STAFF
from beginning to end. Three UK players registered eight or more rebounds, and UK won the rebounding battle 4731. Cousins finished with 19 points and 11 rebounds while picking up only two fouls.
"This is kind of like the dog days of the season," Calipari said. "... Let's get on with that other tournament. And I'm not talking about the one in Nashville. Let's get on with that other tournament."
and when the Cats weren’t on the fast break, usually started up the offense. John Wall is still going to be the legend he is. DeMarcus Cousins will still be dominant in the paint. That won’t change, but this team will live and die off Patterson. “When you have Patrick playing the way he’s playing, it takes the heat off everyone else,” Calipari said. Pressed for clarification, Calipari said the Patterson is the difference between a blowout and a buzzer beater. “There’s going to be a gap in the scoring (without Patterson), it’s going to be a 2-point game where a kid has to make a shot on national
television,” Calipari said. “Now it’s a 15 point game (with Patterson).” Need further proof? To start the second half, Patterson grabbed a defensive rebound, hustled down the floor and tried to rebound a Cousins miss. When the Cats retained possession, it was Patterson who got the ball down low and laid the ball in for the first points of the second half. When a guy scores a team’s first points of each half, he matters. The more games Patterson has like the one he had Thursday night, the more UK looks like a definite Final Four team. A trip to Indianapolis — sounds like something to really crow about. Kenny Colston is a journalism senior. E-mail kcolston@kykernel.com.
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University in Chicago until the fall of 2009. But she left DePaul, transferring to UK, because of the severity of her sister’s illness. Taylor’s sister began her disorder early in her sophomore year of high school. Her sibling was a strong soccer player, with the chance of a bright future in the sport ahead of her. “She weighed 128 pounds, and within three months she dropped to 87 pounds,” Taylor said. Things went downhill from there, Taylor said. Her sister
was in and out of therapy and hospitalization. She suffered starting with anorexia and then bulimia. “It caused her liver to fail,” Taylor said. “She then was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis and hepatitis.” Although the desire to be physically fit may have sparked the disorder, Taylor believes the media plays a role in giving young women unrealistic standards of body image. “The media and societal ideas definitely played a part in my sister’s image,” she said. “It
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The lab primarily researches with pigeons, Miller said, though it has researched chimpanzees, horses, rats and humans in the past. The lab has been focusing on dogs for research for three years. “Dogs are often good models for human behavior and development,” Miller said. Zentall, director of the lab, said by studying how animals act and behave and finding similarities to humans, researchers are able to understand the basics behind what causes these behaviors. “If you’re looking at something that appears complex, if you can simplify it, you can get a better understanding of the process,” Zentall said. “Humans come to tests expecting certain things. Animals have no experience, so it simplifies the tests.” Miller and Pattison are next planning an experiment to study how glucose and self-control affect dogs’ and humans’ memories.
ly surveyed, 18 said they jaywalk “all the time” on UK’s campus. Some said jaywalking is essential to getting around campus in a timely manner. A few had friends who had been hit by cars before, but they continue to jaywalk. Only five of the students surveyed said they jaywalk occasionally, but not often. Two students said they never jaywalk. UK students often said a frequent problem occurs when pedestrians cross the street at intersections when the lights say they should not walk, but they also said more crosswalks would slow down traffic and cause more harm than good. “I think if (pedestrians) followed the lights that say when they can walk, (the situation) would be a lot better,” said
was like a strive for perfection.” Jill Kindly, a UHS dietitian and sponsor for Awareness Week, said weight loss in America is tied to the stereotype of beauty as portrayed in the media. “Culture does have an extreme makeover mentality to an idea of an image, which does constantly change,” Kindly said. “I want people to learn to accept their body and understand we all have dissimilar genetic make-up, making us unique. If we all were the same, we would be boring.”
Symptoms of eating disorders Anorexia
Bulimia
n Significant weight loss n Intense fear of weight gain n Feelings of self–worth determined by what is or is not eaten n Restrictive diets n Feeling fat‚ regardless of weight n Compulsive exercise
n Binge eating n Vomiting‚ laxative or diuretic abuse n Eating in secret‚ hiding food n Lying about how much food has been eaten n Bathroom visits after meals n Swollen glands‚ puffiness in the cheeks‚ heartburn‚ unexplained tooth decay
Previous safety discussion The following is an excerpt from a record of a special meeting of the Board of Trustees on March 29, 2005: “President Todd said that the issue of safety on Limestone and other university streets has been referred to the campus safety committee. He pointed out that at one time, the university discussed trying to plant hedges along Limestone to force people to cross only at crosswalks. He shares the fear of accidentally hitting a pedestrian when he drives on campus and is very concerned. He has asked for recommendations from the safety committee.”
gender and women’s studies junior Alyssa McKenzie. “A lot of times, they don’t see cars coming and they just walk.
They’re in a rush, but so are the people who are driving.” Monroe said people on or around campus are trying to get to their destinations in the shortest amount of time possible, so they cross wherever necessary. “You have an open sidewalk, so people, as a matter of habit, always take the shortest route to somewhere,” he said. “Some of the things they’re looking at for the project downtown is to install bushes or some kind of curb appeal to direct pedestrians toward the crosswalk.” Monroe said while pedestrian-vehicle accidents occur periodically, they are not an everyday occurrence. People on campus can be cited for jaywalking, Monroe said, but it is not a high priority unless it becomes an issue in a certain area. “If it is a problem, then we’ll send an extra person out there,” he said.