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UK, Kernel agree to terms Designated distribution set By Patrick T. Sullivan psullivan@kykernel.com
UK officials and the Kentucky Kernel have reached a tentative agreement to distribute the student newspaper outside Commonwealth Stadium before home football games.
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UK agreed to allow the Kernel to put racks and vendors in three spots on stadium property if the vendors don’t walk around the parking lot to distribute the newspaper, UK Executive Director of Public Relations and Marketing Jay Blanton said. Vendors can distribute the newspaper until two hours before games begin, Blanton said. “The university gets to maintain its distribution policy but has created a balance with the Kernel,” Blanton said. “The Kernel is in buildings on campus already, and now we’re working with Athletics to have it at Commonwealth.” Last week, UK said distributing the newspaper in the stadium’s parking lot violates an $80 million contract the university has with IMG College, a sports marketing firm that holds exclusive advertising and media rights to all UK sports. Blanton said UK is happy with the resolution, as it honors the rights granted in the First Amendment and ensures that parking lot patrons aren’t bothered by solicitation. “We’re making sure the paper doesn’t disrupt fans,” he said. “We’ve achieved a balance where the Kernel gets its right to expression without interrupting.”
“There will always be a First Amendment battle tomorrow, next week, next year.” JON FLEISCHAKER Media law attorney
Other newspapers at schools with IMG contracts have not had trouble having a presence at games but do not actively hand out papers like the Kernel does. Rather than having representatives distribute newspapers at home games, the UniSee KERNEL on page 3
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Junior wide receiver Randall Cobb points into the air after scoring UK’s game-winning touchdown against South Carolina on Saturday. UK beat USC 31-28.
Cats’ Hart still beating Clutch come-from-behind win upsets South Carolina 31-28 By Nick Craddock ncraddock@kykernel.com
For 58 minutes and 45 seconds of football, it looked like a slow start was going to result in heartbreak for the UK football team for the third consecutive week. But with the Cats trailing 28-23 and facing 4thand-7, UK senior quarterback Mike Hartline connected with junior wide receiver Randall Cobb for a go-ahead 24-yard touchdown pass with 1:15 left in the game to erase an 18-point halftime deficit and lift UK (4-3, 1-3 Southeastern Conference) over the 10th-ranked South
Carolina Gamecocks (4-2, 2-2 SEC). It was the Cats first win over a ranked opponent since 2007 when the Cats defeated No. 1 LSU 43-37 in triple overtime in Commonwealth Stadium. The win also snapped a 10-game losing streak to South Carolina and marked the first time UK beat a team coached by Steve Spurrier. “I had an emotional moment in the locker room. Finally. Finally, we came through,” said Cobb, whose winning touchdown also marked the 33rd touchdown
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See FOOTBALL on page 3 Junior cornerback Anthony Mosley makes the game-securing interception against South Carolina.
Annual service award nominations due Dec. 1 By Abby Shields news@kykernel.com
While some UK seniors are just ready to grab their diploma and leave for the real world, two graduating students will receive the prestigious Sullivan Medallion award along with a college degree. The Sullivan Medallion is awarded to two graduating students, one male and one female, and one non-student, for their dedication and helpfulness in serving their community. “The Sullivan Award recognizes people whose love for their fellow man and woman and whose service orientation are such that they give unstintingly of themselves to improve life for those around
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DanceBlue 5K raises more than $3,000 By Charlie Cecil
them,” Associate Vice President of University Engagement Phil Greasley said. A university-based committee chooses the recipients of the award, but a colleague, peer, employer or other party must originally nominate the recipients. “The committee seeks nominations of people with such characteristics of heart, mind and conduct as evidence of a spirit of love for and helpfulness to other men and women,” Greasley said. UK started giving out the Sullivan Medallion in 1927 as a way to recognize students and people in the community who were making a significant effort to improve and better their community. The selection
Racers for the cure hit the ground running Sunday at Commonwealth Stadium for the 5th annual DanceBlue 5K Run/Walk for the Kids. More than 300 runners participated in the race, which started at Commonwealth Stadium, went around to the front of the stadium, through Greg Page Apartment Complex, through the back parking lots and then back to the start, DanceBlue Public Relations Chair and integrated strategic communications senior Brittany Peskind said. The fundraiser lasted from 3 to 6 p.m. The money for the event goes to the fight against children’s cancer. The UK Medical Center’s Pediatric Oncology Clinic will put the money toward research to find a cure. The Center for Community Outreach sponsored the race.
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Eastwood, cast portray “Hereafter” with perfection By Kenneth Turan MCT
LOS ANGELES — Death is the barrier we can't get around, an eternal void burdening those among the living who yearn for those who are gone. What would it mean if we could communicate with the other side, or even just be sure it existed? That is the theme of the haunting “Hereafter,” the latest work from Clint Eastwood, which presents a trio of stories having to do with what might be on that far side and how it relates to the world we know. Over the years, Eastwood has very much become a director we expect to deliver the unexpected, and he's done that here. Hollywood once upon a time made films exploring these kinds of issues, but in today’s climate only a filmmaker such as Eastwood, determined to never do the same thing twice, would have the nerve and the clout to take it on. Though its subject matter is unusual, the compelling thing about “Hereafter” is the way it places spiritual themes squarely in the kind of Hollywood context that attracts stars such as Matt Damon and top Belgian actress Cecile de France. What’s surprising and satisfying about this film are its determination to deal with unconventional material in a classical way.
“Hereafter” was also a departure for screenwriter Peter Morgan, best known for fact-based stories such as “Frost/Nixon” and “The Queen.” He apparently wrote the script after the death of a friend and, because it was so out of the ordinary for him, put it away for years. Morgan’s script turns out to be a fine match for Eastwood’s fluid, unassuming directing style. His direct, unadorned approach pares everything down to its essence, the better to express the core of the narrative in the most direct and effective way possible. This is quiet but potent filmmaking that believes nothing is more important than the story it has to tell. Actually, it is three stories that are told, and “Hereafter” begins by providing a wonderful sense of uncertainty, giving us the gift of not knowing where these tales are going and whether or not they will have things in common besides dealing with death and the beyond. Like the similarly affecting “Never Let Me Go,” “Hereafter” is best approached with as little specific information as possible. The first story introduces us to a French couple, unmarried lovers and professional colleagues, vacationing in Indonesia. Marie (de France, who appeared in “Mesrine”) is a journalist who
leaves her napping companion to get some last-minute shopping done. This small excursion takes a nightmarish turn when, in a formidable piece of special effects work — orchestrated by visual effects supervisor Michael Owens, effects house Scanline and editors Joel Cox and Gary Roach — Marie gets caught in a monstrous tsunami. Eastwood’s team makes this wall of water and Marie’s neardeath experience in it so convincing that it can’t help but be deeply disturbing to watch, giving us more of a sense of what being trapped in a tsunami would actually be like than we may want. Next up is Matt Damon’s George, a blue-collar guy who operates a forklift in San Francisco and yearns for a normal life. For it turns out that George, rather like the Bible’s Jonah, is a man fleeing from his calling. In a world of fakes and frauds, he is the genuine article, a psychic who is very much for real and gets authentic messages from the other side. But having the kind of gift that leads frantic people to invade your life day and night can be a terrible burden, especially when George meets a cute young woman (Bryce Dallas Howard) he thinks of getting serious about. As he himself says,
Blige puts past behind her Mary J. Blige has been in a good, happy place the past few years with telling songs such as “Just Fine,” “Take Me As I Am” and “I Feel Good.” But some of the soulful singer’s longtime fans yearn for the Blige of yesteryear, back in her “My Life” days of the ‘90s, when she wasn’t so happy, dealing with demons and struggles that included drug abuse and bad relationships. Those fans say the music was more relatable then, but Blige is not having it. “I understand where they’re coming from,” she says. “I get it. But at the expense of my happiness? People want to pull you through the mud with them. But are we going to be sad just to be sad or are we going to get through it?” Everyone is prone to the drama just around the corner, and that’s part of what inspired Blige to hit the road this fall with her “Music Saved My Life” tour, a celebration of “the different songs that helped people through a bad situation,” she says. Blige says she recalls times in her youth when she’d wake up and not want to live. But music pulled her through. “God used certain songs to get me up in the morning, like, ‘I’m Looking for a Miracle’ by the Clark Sisters when I was 12 and so depressed and not wanting to live that
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way,” the Grammy winner says. “I was going through so much. When you live in the projects, there's a lot of negativity, and you don't feel good about your life. And as a teenager, things were getting worse. But there was always music.” On tour, Blige offers a jam-packed set list with classics such as “I’m Going Down,” “Be Without You,” “Not Gon’ Cry,” “No More Drama,” “Your Child” and “Be Happy.” She starts the show with a stream of upbeat songs before taking it down with her signature ballads. And then she brings it back up again. “The challenge is balancing the songs I know people want to hear over and over again with the songs I feel the need to take out,” she says. Blige adds that “there’s also inserting the new stuff and hoping they like it.” She works several new songs into her current show, including “I Am” and “The One.” “My confidence in God gives me confidence in myself,” she says. “I’m confident in what I am and what I do. I am what I am, I’m happy with me, and it shows. And I’m comfortable with my imperfections. I’ve accepted all the things I used to beat myself up about.”
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“A life that’s all about death is no life at all.” The film’s third story is set in London and involves a set of identical twin schoolboys (George and Frankie McLaren) who run interference for their substance-abusing mother. Something happens in this family that demonstrates how the desperate need to communicate with the departed can take over the lives of those still living. “Hereafter” cuts back and forth
among these three stories in an increasingly gripping way. Especially involving as always is Damon, convincing as an everyman torn by the kinds of conflicts few people have to deal with. Can peace be made between the here and the hereafter? It’s a question that can’t be answered, but few directors have the ability to explore the possibilities as gracefully as Eastwood, a singular filmmaker in his 80th year.
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Bryce Dallas Howard, left, and Matt Damon, right, star in “Hereafter,” directed by Clint Eastwood.
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Kernel Editor-in-Chief Matt Murray and News Editor Patrick Sullivan distribute papers before Saturday’s football game at Commonwealth Stadium. “I’m happy we’re able to distribute, but this isn’t just about us,” Murray said. “The First Amendment is for everyone.” Media attorney Jon Fleischaker called the compromise a win for the Kernel. “The world is full of compromises,” he said. “It’s a pretty good deal for the Kernel. They should be pleased that they stood up for their rights.” Blanton said the compromise is also a win for UK. “The institution is happy with the successful resolution,” he said. “Our distribu-
tion policy is important, but so is the Kernel.” Fleischaker said through his experience in media law, which includes representing the Chicago Tribune, the Kentucky Press Association and The Courier-Journal in Louisville, he knows no one ever wins or loses when it comes to free speech rights. “When you do First Amendment cases, you find that there is no total victory or defeat,” Fleischaker said. “There will always be a First Amendment battle to fight tomorrow, next week, next year.”
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good qualities and serve as role models for others.” One member of the 2011 Sullivan Award Committee is Vice President for Development Mike Richey, a former non-student Sullivan Medallion recipient. “It’s [the award] based
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ward,” said Hartline, who finished 32-of-42 for a careerhigh 349 yards and careerhigh four touchdowns. “Sometimes it’s just better to be lucky than good.” But luck seemed to be going against the Cats early this week, too. The Cats started the game without star defensive end DeQuin Evans and star tailback Derrick Locke due to injuries. Then, the Gamecocks, who came to Lexington on the heels of an upset over then-No.1 Alabama, jumped out to a 14-0 lead after the first quarter. A 10-yard touchdown pass to sophomore wide receiver La’Rod King to open the second quarter brought the Cats back within a touchdown, but the Gamecocks responded with two touchdowns by freshman tailback Marcus Lattimore, which sandwiched a 26-yard Craig McIntosh field goal, for a 28-10 lead at halftime. Overall, the UK defense had surrendered 369 yards at halftime, but UK head coach Joker Phillips said he was pleased with how his defense responded. “All they did is come out in the second half and give up 103 yards and throw a shutout to one of the best offenses in the country,” Phillips said. The Cats’ defense forced two three-and-outs in the second half and preserved the significance of Cobb’s touchdown catch with a big interception in the closing sec-
onds. After Cobb’s touchdown, USC started its final drive at its own 31-yard line. Three completed passes later, in addition to a scramble by USC quarterback Stephen Garcia, and the Gamecocks were at UK ‘s 20-yard line and within range for a tying field goal. With 11 seconds left Garcia lobbed a pass into the endzone, which was deflected by sophomore cornerback Cartier Rice and then intercepted by junior cornerback Anthony Mosley marking the first time UK stopped an opponent from scoring in the red zone this year (24-of-25). “It felt amazing,” Mosley said. “When you hear the crowd and everyone is into it and we crack the record books, it felt really good not only for our team but for this state as well.” The 67,995 fans, or at least those that had not left at halftime, erupted into raucous cheers in Commonwealth Stadium, literally shaking the stadium to its foundation. Many fans pushed past the security ropes and stormed the field when the final whistle blew, waving a giant UK flag at midfield, as they joined a jubilant group of UK players and coaches. “I’m still shaking,” Phillips said. “It was a big win. We’ve got to get wins. At 5-3, we’ll have a chance to win the (SEC) East…the only way we (could) get to 5-3 is by winning tonight.”
KERNEL Continued from page 1 versity of Tennessee, the University of Michigan, the University of Florida and the Ohio State University all have newspaper boxes located near their venues. Kernel Editor-in-Chief Matt Murray said the publication will abide by the compromise for now, but said the First Amendment grants the right to distribute material on public property to everyone, not just the Kernel.
The Sullivan Medallion is a special award not only to UK, but also to the communiContinued from page 1 ty at large, Richey said. He committee has always sought said receiving the medallion students the university reis an honor largely because spects who exemplify quali“it’s about something that ties based around humanitariother people see in you.” anism. While The Sullithe award is van Medal“The Sullivan Award recognizes people whose love for lion will be geared toward UK students, their fellow man and woman ... are such that they give awarded to a member of both students the communiunstintingly of themselves ... ” and a memPHIL GREASLEY ber of the ty is also acAssociate vice president of University Engagement knowledged. community at “UK enthe Founder’s gages broadly upon characteristics of heart, Day Celebration on Feb. 22, with people and communities mind and conduct that shows 2011. The deadline for subacross Kentucky,” Greasley a spirit of love and servitude,” mitting nominations is 4:30 said. “The citizen award rec- Richey said. “I think I was p.m. on Wednesday, Decemognizes those, with some UK recognized because I worked ber 1, 2010. connection, who work selfless- so much in the area of student For more information, ly to make life better for those services and I did a lot of vol- visit, (www.uky.edu/Sulliaround them. They exemplify unteering within the universi- vanAward/).
Continued from page 1 of his career, a UK record. “We never lost faith. We never for one second thought we were going to lose that game. We’ve had struggles at time, but we found a way to win.” The Cats entered the game after losing by a combined 10 points in their past two SEC games (versus Ole Miss and Auburn). For a split second, the winning touchdown was in the balance as Hartline took a major hit as he threw the eventual touchdown pass to Cobb, who was wide open to stroll into the end zone and also ran in the two-point conversion after the touchdown. He finished with eight catches for 63 yards. “Most of the game I was being double covered, I had two men shadowing me, and (fellow UK receiver) Chris (Matthews) was having an amazing game,” Cobb said. “On that last play, Chris ran a little sit route and I ran a corner (route), and the safety and corner jumped Chris because he was making plays all night and they just left me wide open.” So wide open was Cobb that his quarterback couldn’t believe what had happened. “I was blown away because I really didn’t know with the ball coming out my hand what to expect…because I got hit right after-
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We never lost faith. We never for one second thought we were going to lose that game... we found a way to win.” — Randall Cobb, UK junior wide receiver
This year’s estimated earnings were around $3,840. The Student Activities Board organized the event this year, with help from the DanceBlue and the Homecoming committees. Priska Ndege, head of the DanceBlue Committee, said she has been impressed with the dance marathon’s progress this year. “From working on Blitz Week to volunteering at the clinic and meeting the kids and their families and also the 5K, everything so far has been phenomenal,” she said. Although the race was a Wildcat Cup event, which means sorority and fraternity members could receive points for participation, most runners came out to support DanceBlue’s cause. “I did it for DanceBlue and wanted to support the cause for children’s cancer research,” UK junior Alison Harpring said.
While the majority of the runners had two legs, one racer had four. Max, a black labrador owned by management senior Ryan Kidd, became the first dog to ever complete the race. “We awarded him a medal,” Peskind said. Max’s four legs didn’t give him the best time, however. The winner of the race was Aundreas Lopez, who finished in 16:22. After winning the race, Lopez ran from the finish line out to the parking lot and kept on jogging. When he came around the final turn and finished, there was still no other runner in sight. “I just wanted to get a workout in,” he said. DanceBlue’s next fundraiser will take place on Tuesday at Tin Roof from 7 to 10 p.m.. The dance marathon will receive 20 percent of all profits that night. Everyone is invited to attend. Anyone interested in DanceBlue’s upcoming events can visit (www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/danceblue).
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Senior guard Darius Miller high fives fans after Big Blue Madness at Rupp Arena Saturday night. This season Miller will take on a leadership role for the team as one of the most experienced and oldest players.
Madness bridges Cats old and new By Aaron Smith asmith@kykernel.com
Big Blue Madness was an introduction to the new players and a reminder that last year’s team is, in fact, gone. Memories of the 35-3 team were seemingly everywhere. The introduction video mixed highlights from the 2009-10 edition of the Cats with video of this year’s players. The five first-round draft picks from last year all gave video messages. But Madness served as a bridge between the two teams. “We’re here to celebrate the start of another season and introduce this new team to the madness and passion that is the Big Blue Nation,” UK head coach John Calipari said. Halfway through the practice, Daniel Orton, Eric Bledsoe, Patrick Patterson, DeMarcus Cousins and John Wall — the five first-round draft picks — gave video messages to the team. Wall celebrated the one-year an-
niversary of his own dance in the video. “I got one last dance for you all,” he said, before fittingly performing the familiar “John Wall Dance.” In his address to the crowd, Calipari urged the fans to begin anew with the current roster. “We must turn the page,” Calipari said. “Let’s focus on this team.” A few fans in particular seemed ready to move on. In the student section were three fans, one dressed in a soapy costume (for Stacey Poole), one dressed as a lamb (for Doron Lamb) and another dressed as a medieval knight (for Brandon Knight). The only man not represented in the fans’ costumes was freshman Enes Kanter. He provided his own. In his first appearance in Rupp Arena, Kanter donned an Undertaker hat in homage to the professional wrestler and methodically strolled across the stage, as if making up for lost time with the fans.
At the bottom of the ramp, Kanter paused and stretched his arms toward Rupp’s rafters, ringing with cheers of support for the player who has galvanized a fan base before even stepping on a court. However, Kanter sat on the bench during the blue-white scrimmage, apparently unable to participate in basketball activities while his eligibility is still under review by the NCAA. The other players made up for his absence by flashing an array of skills Friday. The white team prevailed 55-51 before the players from both teams — or, rather, from this one team — embraced at midcourt. After the practice concluded, Kanter quickly returned to prominence. Chants of “Free Enes” reverberated through the packed Rupp Arena. The sentiment will have to linger on. When the women’s squad played its video and referenced its own Elite Eight run, the crowd cheered. UK
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Freshman guard Brandon Knight makes a dunk for the white team while senior forward Josh Harrellson guards in the Blue vs. White scrimmage at Big Blue Madness. fans respect success. When the video referenced UK fans as being “the best in the nation,” the crowd cheered even louder. UK fans respect themselves, too.
As does Calipari. “UK has the greatest fans in all of sport,” Calipari said. Follow Aaron on Twitter @KernelASmith.
Cats won’t be able to erase memories of ‘09-10 team
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Freshman guard Brandon Knight pushes past senior guard Darius Miller during the Blue vs. White scrimmage at Big Blue Madness on Friday night aft Rupp Arena.
People speculated that former UK freshman phenom and the No. 1 pick in this summer’s NBA draft, John Wall, might be a special guest at Big Blue Madness. Wall made an appearance. Sort of. As did his ex-teammates and fellow NBA first-round draft picks, DeMarcus Cousins, Eric Bledsoe, Daniel Orton and Patrick Patterson. NICK All five players CRADDOCK made videos that Kernel played on the big columnist screens at Rupp Arena during Friday’s Madness and each player expressed love for UK basketball and its fans; the very same fans that erupted into raucous cheers when the videos rolled. However, receiving the same adoration afforded to last year’s players won’t come easy for the 2010-2011 edition of the UK men’s basketball team — a team that returns two key holdovers from last year’s roster, junior guards DeAndre Liggins and Darius Miller, and, like last season, oodles of freshman talent, including guards Brandon Knight, Stacey Poole, Doron Lamb and forwards Terrence Jones and (maybe) Enes Kanter. During an address to the crowd at Madness, UK men’s basketball head coach John Calipari said fans needed to “turn a page and focus on this team.” It’s difficult to erase memories of last year’s team that helped UK get to the 2,000-win plateau before any other team in college hoops, won a Southeastern Conference championship, came within a game of the school’s first Final Four since 1998, revitalized a program that needed a jump start thanks to a 35-3 record and set a NBA-record with five first-round picks. More importantly, last year’s team, starting at Madness, created entertainment and showcased its vivacious personalities for the fans.
Needless to say, the bar was set high for this year’s team. At this year’s Madness, Kanter sported a hat like The Undertaker (of WWE fame and a personal favorite of the Turkish big man) when he was introduced. But the reception for Kanter wasn’t as loud as when Cousins’ video was shown and “Big Cuz” was wearing his trademark Peter Parker sunglasses. Lamb promised at Thursday’s basketball media day that he was going to break out the “D-Lamb” dance. He made good on his promise and danced a Dougie-esque dance on the stage. But, fans sure got a lot more rowdy when Wall ended his video message with the “John Wall Dance,” which debuted at Madness 2009. So this year’s squad might have its own dance moves and props, but they don’t hold the same significance for the time being. That will not — and cannot — be decided until the season begins and the opportunity for wins and maturation as a team begins. With the unveiling at Madness in the books, this year’s team has so many questions to answer. Calipari posed a few of these questions to the crowd before the team scrimmaged: “Will they be brothers? Will they sacrifice for each other? Will they be the best defensive team in the country? Will they run that dribble drive motion and attack, attack, attack? Will they understand that we will be the biggest game on an opponent’s schedule?” Yet the biggest question of all is whether this team can distinguish itself from last year’s group. You can speculate, but it certainly won’t make the task of blazing a new, and potentially better, trail any easier on the current group of Cats. Nick is a journalism senior. E-mail ncraddock@kykernel.com or follow him on Twitter @KernelCraddock.
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Madness not just for men’s basketball By Chandler Howard choward@kykernel.com
The UK women’s basketball team and the UK cheerleading team also participated in Big Blue Madness Friday night. Both teams are preparing for their respective seasons after successful 2009-10 seasons. The women’s basket-
ball team is coming off a season in which it defeated nine ranked opponents and advanced to the NCAA Elite Eight. Senior forward Victoria Dunlap looks to lead the team after being named Southeastern Conference Player of the Year and a State Farm All-American last season. UK also returns sophomore guard A’dia
Mathies, last year’s SEC Freshman of the Year. In its years of existence, the UK cheerleading team has become one of the most prestigious collegiate cheerleading programs in the US. It has finished in the national top 10 every year since the league began. The team has won 18 national championships, and the last three consecutively.
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ABOVE LEFT: A’dia Mathies and Amber Smith, left, dance to “Teach Me How to Dougie” after walking onto the court for Big Blue Madness at Rupp Arena. BELOW LEFT: UK women’s basketball head coach Matthew Mitchell does the “Dougie” as he walks onto the court. RIGHT: The UK cheerleading team performs a routine to entertain the crowd at the start of Big Blue Madness on Friday night.
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Kernel, UK compromise KERNEL EDITORIAL In September, UK halted the distribution of the Kentucky Kernel in the parking lots surrounding Commonwealth Stadium. UK Executive Director of Publications and Marketing Jay Blanton, said the university took action to protect its $80 million contract with IMG, according to an Oct. 15 Kernel article. On Saturday, UK reached out to the Kernel staff to work on a compromise — one that would allow the Kernel to operate out of three designated areas of the Commonwealth parking lot, as long as staff didn’t wander through the lots. The Kernel plans to abide by the guidelines of the compromise for now, but a bigger concern is still at hand. After reviewing the guidelines of the contract and speaking with UK, the question remains whether or not UK’s contract with IMG is constitutional. While the Kernel appreciates the university’s effort to cooperate, the university’s intent regarding the clause of the contract is still in question. The Kentucky Kernel is a student-run newspaper, and the university’s primary service is to its students. Stifling constitution-
al amendments to help the athletics program capitalize off of its $80 million contract is the kind of action that keeps UK from making strides toward being a benchmark university. If the athletics contracts are here to represent UK Athletics, what needs to be considered is the fact that these athletes are students too, and students involved in any group deserve the same rights and recognitions from the university. The contract with IMG essentially claims that for the right price, UK is willing to restructure its priorities if profit is involved. UK is a sports school, and while there is reason to continue ensuring that these athletics programs excel, the university is taking giant strides in the wrong direction by drafting contracts that push other students’ rights to the background for the sake of money. The compromise is a step in the right direction, especially if it means the university will be more aware of the consequences of its big-profit contracts and its effect on students and the city of Lexington. But the Kernel will continue to stand its ground for the sake of the First Amendment and the sake of its most valuable asset — the readers.
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Mine rescue unearths universal narrative What have you done since Aug. 5? This was the date 33 miners in Chile became literal hostages to their labor. Their 69-day’s wait for liberation is a story that mesmerized viewers from around the world, and the reason is worth excavating. For nearly 10 weeks, newspapers and television networks were peppered with briefs and reports in relation to the mine status. Occasionally, the news incorporated stories about the miners’ personal lives, but it wasn’t until last Wednesday the world CASSIDY got the story it craved — the moving, huHERRINGTON man-interest narrative. Kernel When the miners emerged from the micolumnist neshaft last week, they simultaneously unearthed universal themes that connected the world to this singular event. The slow spinning pulley wheel, the ominous mineshaft and the hazy-eyed expressions of anticipating family members were the paralyzing images that cemented viewers to their couches in a temporary state of rigor mortis.
When the capsule finally emerged with the first miner, Florencio Avalos, the Chilean mine saga took a positive and chilling tone. This story became a universal, collective tale about life and the strength of humanity. All 33 of the miners survived an environment with conditions known only comparatively to astronauts. The heroes are a testament to the strength of humankind, and how we are truly unaware of the capacity we have to survive. Although life continued in the world above ground, those who followed the story (myself included) reserved a piece of their attention underground. We empathized with the wives, the families and the friends. We put ourselves in the mine. We imagined our loved ones in the mine. For the followers of the story, this catastrophe put millions underground. But it should not take a disaster for us to awaken from our numbness. We shouldn’t be buried half of a mile underground to express our feelings for someone or beg for a second chance at life. We should live and love with reckless abandon, as if our mine could collapse at any moment. Cassidy Herrington is a journalism and international studies junior. E-mail cherrington@kykernel.com.
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FEATURES Monday, October 18, 2010
New Yorker writer speaks on art ownership, Elgin Marbles By Martha Groppo
A butterscotch pudding in the oven made Adam Gopnik late for his Kentucky Kernel interview. It was fitting; the book author and staff writer for the New Yorker has several things cooking at any given time. In his articles for the New Yorker, Gopnik has written about diverse topics from Winston Churchill to Shakespeare to life in Paris. Gopnik has also been an art critique and an art historian and has done work with the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. Gopnik will bring his art experience to UK to discuss the Elgin Marbles on Monday night in the Worsham Theatre as the first speaker of this year’s Bale Boone Symposium. “He has a level of energy that surpasses that of most people,” said Robert Rabel, director of the Gaines Center for the Humanities, the group sponsoring Gopnik’s visit. Gopnik will debate with Joan Breton Connelly, professor of classics and art history at New York University and member of the Princeton Institute for Advanced Study, in the opening event of the symposium. This year’s symposium is about art ownership and cultural property. Gopnik said he will argue that the Elgin Marbles, which were taken from the Parthenon by the British and are housed in the British Museum, should remain in England and not be returned to Greece. The heated modern debate over whether or not the Elgin Marbles should be returned is a part of a much bigger question of whether or not individual nations own art. “The people who made the Elgin Marbles did not feel that they were Greeks making them for Greece,” Gopnik said. “They were Athenians making them for Athens.” He said the argument for returning the marbles is based on the “new idea” of nations that began with the unification of Germany and the Manifest Destiny. He said he also disagrees with returning the marbles because of the precedent the decision would create. “It implies that if these things need to go back, then what else needs to go back?” Gopnik said. “All of the museums of the world would be emptied out. “By the same argument,
we could say that all the Picassos should go to Paris.” He said Picasso’s works of art were created in Paris, but that Picasso himself was a Spaniard, making the question of which nation “owns” Picasso’s works even more convoluted. Gopnik has a special interest in the Elgin Marbles because they remind him of the romantic date he was on when he first saw them. “I persuaded my girlfriend to run away to London to see the Elgin Marbles,” Gopnik said. “We were still teenagers and as I was trying to woo her, I tried to persuade her to come with me.” Gopnik said his girlfriend loved art, so she agreed, and the couple saw the marbles on a rainy day in 1977. The museum visit evidently made a good impression on Gopnik’s date. “I made an honest woman of her,” Gopnik said. His Elgin Marbles girlfriend became his wife. Gopnik’s personal amateur interest in the Elgin Marbles resembles his interest in some of the other topics he writes about. “You don’t have to be an expert to be excited,” Gopnik said. He said he prepares for his diverse article topics by doing research almost identical to the research college students do. “The only difference is I most of the time get to choose my own subjects,” Gopnik said. “There is a part of me that is forever and perpetually a graduate student.” Currently, Gopnik is researching a book about food. He said he prepares primarily by reading. “You just sit and read,”
Gopnik said. “I love to read. Reading is a skill that improves with time.” Despite the amount of academic study he puts into his books and articles, Gopnik maintains that he writes for average readers, not academics. His own experience with academics was, characteristically, diverse.
“I persuaded my girlfriend to run away to London to see the Elgin Marbles.” ADAM GOPNIK New Yorker writer and author
“I had one of those weird trajectories,” Gopnik said. During his undergraduate years at McGill University in Montreal, he began studying physics, switched to statistics and then changed to art history. “I really just wanted to be a writer,” Gopnik said. Gopnik’s UK visit will be his second. Last year, he spoke at the Bale Boone Symposium about his book on Charles Darwin and his contemporary Abraham Lincoln entitled Angels and Ages. Rabel said the success of Gopnik’s visit last year inspired the Gaines Center to invite him back for this year’s symposium. For more information on Gopnik, visit, (www.newyorker.com/magazine/bios/adam_gopnik/searc h?contributorName=adam%2 0gopnik).
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‘Discover SCUBA’ Tuesday By Kendall Smith features@kykernel.com
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Martha Groppo Features editor
Students interested in learning the basics of scuba diving will get their chance to try it this week at Discover SCUBA, a free non-certification event held in the Lancaster Aquatic Center. The event aims to bolster interest in scuba diving among UK students. “The purpose is to promote awareness about scuba diving in general and to get a younger generation more interested in diving,” said UK marketing and management senior Tori Philipp, who got certified through UK as a freshman. “I want students to actually try it out,” Philipp said. “Maybe they will be more interested in the KHP 117 class that UK offers.” Besides promoting inter-
est in scuba diving, the event also aims to raise awareness about the aquatic center. “I don’t have much experience with scuba diving,” said Jaymi Mackenzie, a graduate assistant at the aquatic center. “My main goal is to get people familiar with the aquatic center and make students aware that we have a pool for access.” Discover SCUBA includes more than just actual scuba diving. Participants will also have to go through a class to learn about precautions and the basics of scuba diving before suiting up. “It’s just a short class to learn how to be safe,” said Lavon Land, who has also been working on the event. “After that, we fit them with masks and snorkels and set them up with a scuba tank.” While the event is open
to anyone interested, there are limited spots. This isn’t a first-time event for Discover SCUBA, and spots can fill up quickly. “We had one back in the spring,” Mackenzie said. “It had pretty big numbers and it offered a lot more spots. This one has 30 spots.” For anyone interested in participating in Discover SCUBA who can’t make it because of filled spots or a busy schedule, there is no need to worry. Mackenzie said another event will be offered in November. Discover SCUBA is on Tuesday at 8:30 p.m. in the Lancaster Aquatic Center. Participants must bring a UK ID. To sign up or for more information, e-mail UKaquatics@gmail.com.
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