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Brandon Knight takes a shot during the UK vs. Dillard University game at Rupp Arena on November 5, 2010.
Changing of the guard: Knight takes over Calipari’s newest point guard strives for perfection By Aaron Smith asmith@kykernel.com
Nothing is ever good enough for Brandon Knight. It seems he’s consumed by an insatiable desire to improve, to elevate himself and this team, while the Cats still have the chance to play together. Play all 40 minutes during the Blue-White scrimmage and score 37 points? He needs to improve his conditioning so he can sprint the “entire time.” He might not be joking. Score 20 points and six assists against Dillard? He needs to keep his head up while driving the lane so he can find the open man. Everything about Knight seems precise. Concrete. Defined. That’s why he likes calculus, and that’s why he likes numbers. “They’re absolute, definite, straight to the point,” Knight said. “That’s the kind of person I am.” As for the kind of basketball player he is, Knight has already shown a lot in the limited amount of time on the court. He averaged 21 points and 4.5 assists per game in UK’s two exhibition games. “He’s a really explosive player,” forward Darius Miller said. “You saw how fast and quick he was, so it’s going to be hard for people to match up with him, especially in transition.” Knight has shown an ability to score, both in bunches and on a consistent basis. He scored 31, 17, 27, 37, 22 and
20 in the exhibition games. “Brandon is Brandon,” UK head coach John Calipari said. “He gives you about the same every time.” But scoring is not the singular focus for Knight. Calipari wants Knight to be a point guard in the truest sense, distributing the ball and getting the entire team involved. “He’s a scoring guard that has to run our club,” Calipari said. “He’s got to understand you can’t just drive in the first play of the game. You got to get everybody involved.” Playing the role of distributor could be vital to a team that might not have as many players who can create points by themselves, for themselves. “We’re always drilled to attack, attack, attack,” Knight said. “But we’re learning to keep our heads up and see the open man once we get in the paint.” Calipari did concede that he wouldn’t be averse to letting Knight take over when he gets in a rhythm. “When he saw we were dying, he took it and drove it, like ‘I’m going to go do it,’” Calipari said after the Pikeville game. “At times I’m going to just let him go. If no one else wants to do it, go do it all.” Knight doesn’t want the team to have to resort to him taking over. He’d just as soon let somebody else take the glory. Against Dillard, Knight caught a pass way ahead of the defense, nothing but the goal, a vicious dunk and the swelling roar of a Rupp Arena crowd ready to greet him. But Knight tossed the ball off to a
trailing Terrence Jones, letting his fellow freshman and teammate show off his dunking prowess. “(Jones) made a play on the other end, so it’s time to reward him,” Knight said. “Go ahead and finish it big guy.” While Calipari said Knight is still defining his game, his appearance has been reinvented. He cut off his cornrows. He swapped out his high school No. 11 for a No. 12 uniform, a move he made as a personal challenge to be better than his father. And although he said the decision had nothing to do with distinguishing himself from John Wall, who wore No. 11, it can certainly be perceived as symbolic, regardless of the intentions. And though it’s useless to make comparisons, the reality is Knight is the next point guard in the Calipari lineage. Knight said he has watched tape of Wall, Derrick Rose and Tyreke Evans, all point guards under Calipari in the past, to see how they ran Calipari’s dribble-drive motion offense. “He’s totally different than Derrick. He’s totally different from Tyreke, and he’s totally different from John,” Calipari said. “Wall is probably more athletic than him and lankier, yet (Brandon) shoots the ball better and is maybe skilled with the ball better.” Knight wants, and needs, to become his own man, his own player. If Eloy Vargas can be believed, that would be good enough. “You don’t have to say much about him,” forward Vargas said, before going on to say a lot about him. “He is the leader of this team. I think he is the best player on this team right now.”
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A new life: Freshmen must adjust By Aaron Smith asmith@kykernel.com
The freshmen will be freshmen. UK will likely go through all the problems inherent in having a team dependent on young players. The team will start slow, could lose some games early and needs to develop an identity. All this is transparent at this point. So let’s look at the freshmen group from two different perspectives: their adjustment to head coach John Calipari, and how chemistry is able to develop among a group of people who arrived at campus mere months ago. Freshmen have a relationship with Calipari long before they ever come to campus while they are being recruited. But the relationship is that of a coach courting a talented player. Once the player commits, the relationship changes. “It’s totally different. He’s nice to you when he recruits you, but when he gets you, it’s a whole different story,” freshman Doron Lamb said. “He pushes you 24/7, wants you to work hard.” The intensity of Calipari, especially once he’s on the sidelines during a game, is a level above his practice tendencies. It’s something that
caught the players off guard the first time they encountered it, against Pikeville in UK’s first exhibition game. “They were shellshocked because I got after them,” Calipari said. “I’ve done it here in practice, but I haven’t been like I was in the game. Within 15 seconds into that game, it’s on. They were like, ‘he coaches this hard?’ That shocked them.” It may have come as a shock, but sometimes a jolt can be exactly what a team needs. “(Calipari) is a lot more intense during game day and we saw that, but it’s a good thing,” freshman Jarrod Polson said. “It fires us up.” Calipari may push his players — think back to all the times last year he demonstratively instructed John Wall or DeMarcus Cousins or Eric Bledsoe or Patrick Patterson — but players have seen their predecessors improve under Calipari. “All of the players that have come under Coach Cal have gotten better,” Brandon Knight said. “And Coach Cal is a winner.” He’s a winner on NBA Draft Night, too. Last year a
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Freshmen Enes Kanter, Stacey Poole, Brandon Knight, Doron Lamb and Terrence Jones have had to adjust to their coach and to each other. record five UK players were taken in the first round of the NBA Draft. “He pushes guards into the NBA fast and that’s what I want to do so that’s why I really came here,” Lamb said. For their part, the players are receptive to Calipari’s coaching. “They are listening to everything we say,” Calipari said. “We had better make sure we are telling them the right thing. They are listening.” Knight noted listening to Calipari was a strength of the team. “That’s one of the things I think our team does well is
listen and implement what he tells us to do,” Knight said. “I think we’re a smart team, when he tells us to do something we try our best to get it done.” The freshmen have to do many things in a short amount of time. Learn the dribble-drive motion offense, learn each other’s games, learn what it takes to excel at the college level. But they also have to learn each other, personally, and that will enhance the product on the court. Freshman Terrence Jones said the team has been hanging out since they arrived at campus, including roller skate sessions
and playing Mario Kart. Apparently, hurrying to pick Donkey Kong so as not to get stuck with Princess Peach builds team chemistry. And it helps that the AAU and recruiting world brings players into contact earlier and more often than ever. “(Chemistry) all starts with AAU basketball, because we see everybody on the AAU circuit,” freshman Stacey Poole said. “We all get along, we already have a feel for each other’s game, what you can do and what you can’t do.” The changing landscape of high school basketball
plays a role in which players decide to go to which schools, and players become friends rather than acquaintances. “It’s always good talking to future teammates,” Jones said of knowing his current teammates before they came to UK. “They could end up being your future roommate, like Doron was for me.” Josh Harrellson has seen the new players bond with the entire team. He watched the same thing happen last year. “We’re actually a lot closer than we were last year at this point in time,” Harrellson said.
Calipari familiar with chaos, controversy By Aaron Smith asmith@kykernel.com
Chaos is always swirling around UK head coach John Calipari, engulfing everything the program does. Even in the offseason — is there even an offseason anymore? — there was controversy swirling, shots taken, rumors spreading.
Calipari seems resigned to his fate. “It’s just how it is, coaching at Kentucky,” Calipari said at UK Media Day, as reporters asked him questions about a myriad of topics for 60 full minutes. Over the summer, there were articles written about a) Eric Bledsoe potentially re-
ceiving an illegitimate grade boost in a high school Algebra class, b) Enes Kanter potentially receiving a salary from his Turkish club and c) UK recruit Anthony Davis potentially receiving money for his commitment. None have been proven. “You could say I don’t want to deal with that, so
don’t coach here,” Calipari said. And yet he is coaching here. Although he expected nonstop attention upon taking the job, he said he had no time to even reflect on everything that was said over the summer. “I’m going to be a lightning rod,” Calipari said.
“This program is a lightning rod. So now you’ve got two lightning rods. First-year Auburn head coach Tony Barbee, who played under Calipari at Massachusetts and was an assistant coach to Calipari for seven years, drew on nature for a different metaphor. “I’ve always said to
coach that he has to have it swirling around him — that’s the kind of personality he is — to be successful,” Barbee said at SEC Media Day. “That’s what drives him every day, just everything swirling around him. He needs those waters real muddy and dirty and rough.”
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Enes Kanter during the UK vs. Dillard University at Rupp Arena on November 5, 2010.
NCAA must review eligibility policy NICK CRADDOCK
Kernel columnist Not since the height of the Ottoman Empire has a Turkish import been declared to have this much value. And not since ancient times has a governing body been so unnecessarily bureaucratic. The UK men’s basketball team opens the season Friday against East Tennessee State, yet the eligibility of Turkish big man Enes Kanter still remains in doubt as the NCAA continues to investigate his amateur status. Kanter’s eligibility is of the utmost importance to the Cats, whose frontcourt was decimated when DeMarcus Cousins and Patrick Patterson both left school early for the NBA. But of course, Kanter’s value hinges on his ability to actually play. A ruling from the NCAA regarding Kanter was supposed to have come in early October (oops), but Kanter is resigned to watch his teammates practice and play from the sideline. Like Kanter, Josh Selby, one of the top-rated freshman in the class of 2010, also faces eligibility concerns and his playing status for the Kansas Jayhawks remains in limbo. Not only is it unfair of the NCAA to keep teams in the dark regarding their players’ eligibility, it is unfair to the players in question. In the case of Kanter, it seems like a decision could be easily made. Fenerbahce
Ulker general manager Nedim Karakas told the New York Times that Kanter received more than $100,000 in cash and benefits over three years. Kanter’s father disputes the team’s claims. Naturally, Karakas doesn’t want to lose his player to college for nothing, while Kanter could easily settle for playing professionally overseas (and a big paycheck), so how hard could the situation really be to resolve? Either the documentation exists or it doesn’t. Some UK fans are quick to point to a possible NCAA vendetta against their beloved basketball team and UK head coach John Calipari (who has had two Final Four appearances vacated). A vendetta would assume that the NCAA has foresight and planning ability. Recall that last year, former Cat John Wall was investigated days before the season for playing AAU hoops for a certified agent; Wall was forced to sit out the first two games and pay back his travel expenses. That investigation was over in a snap. Conversely, Mississippi State’s top recruit last year, Renardo Sidney, didn’t receive a decision on his eligibility until March. He was fined and not allowed to play the rest of the year after taking improper benefits. That investigation was epic. The Wall and Sidney cases don’t reflect Kanter’s scenario, however. Similarly, West Virginia’s Deniz Kilicli, also a Turk, missed 20 games last season, one for each of the games he appeared in as a “professional” in Europe—
what was known as the NCAA’s 1-for-1 policy. The NCAA no longer employs the 1-for-1 rule, meaning Kanter can’t simply sit out nine games to make up for having appeared in nine games for Fenerbahce. At this point, that would probably be the best and quickest option for Kanter and UK. If a slow and methodical eligibility process ensured the right choice was being made, that would be one thing. However, we should question the eligibility process when flaws exist. Former Cat Eric Bledsoe’s change in his academic performance in high school caught the eye of the NCAA this summer, which would have been acceptable, but only if the NCAA had conducted its investigation a year earlier. Bledsoe was initially cleared by the NCAA, played his freshman year, declared for the NBA draft, but then the NCAA opted for a revisionist policy; if the initial screening process for eligibility is so stringent, why do old cases regarding eligibility (especially those involving players who were no longer on a roster i.e. Bledsoe) need to be revisited? If and when Kanter plays this season, will the NCAA ultimately come back and question the juice box he received as a gift in elementary school and call it an improper benefit? It seems the NCAA has put so much value in protecting its eligibility process that it’s forgotten the value of the student-athlete, without whom the NCAA would cease to exist.
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Junior Darius Miller pulls up a jump shot during the UK vs. Dillard University game in Rupp Arena on November 5, 2010.
Liggins, Miller take charge of young team By Aaron Smith asmith@kykernel.com
Darius Miller still thinks about the locker room atmosphere following UK’s Elite Eight loss to West Virginia. The pain. The silence. The finality. He’s a summer removed from that feeling, but it’s still on his mind. Now, as one of the designated leaders of the team — a role partly assigned and partly self-given — he has to try and convey that sense of what it’s like to lose, and how to avoid it, to the freshmen. “I think we can help guide them on what it’s going to take and how it’s going to be,” Miller said. Most of the freshmen are still relatively new to losing, and March seems off in the distant future. They haven’t experienced the sting of suddenly being severed from the NCAA brackets, and Miller is trying to make sure they don’t have to. “You can’t really tell somebody what that was like,” Miller said of playing in the pressure-packed tournament. “You have to experience it.”
“If you’re going to be a catalyst, our team has to know you show every game.” JOHN CALIPARI UK head coach
Along with Miller, junior DeAndre Liggins has become the anointed leader. Together, they are perceived as the two players expected to take the biggest leap, in both production and leadership. And it makes sense. UK lost five players taken in the first round of the NBA Draft, as well as solid contributor Darnell Dodson. Out of the few returning players, Liggins and Miller saw the most playing time last year. And someone has to adopt the Patrick Patterson role. “Sometimes guys come to me for advice,” Miller said. “It’s a little bit different, but it’s just as fun still.” But here’s the ultimate crossroads moment: Miller and Liggins have to produce this year, and yet they haven’t had to be anything close to an alpha dog yet. Miller played 21 minutes and averaged six points last year. Liggins played 15 minutes and averaged less than four points per game. But the two are the closest thing UK has to experienced, veteran leaders. UK needs them to perform like they are. “We need (Liggins) to be a catalyst, a guy who makes
plays when they matter,” Calipari said. “So if you're going to be a catalyst, our team has to know you show every game.” In the first two exhibition games it looked like the two will be able to make the leap. They averaged a combined 32 points per game, although Calipari said he saw each display signs of inconsistency. Calipari noted Miller stopped playing at times, which induced freshmen to follow his (bad) example and stop. And Liggins, who prides himself on in-your-jersey defense, didn’t have his customary intensity. “If (Liggins) doesn’t have his energy, we have problems,” Calipari said. As part of bringing the new players up to speed, Miller and Liggins are teaching the new Cats all about their new coach, including what he demands from his players and the intricacies of his dribble-drive motion offense. Miller said he’s more
comfortable in his second year in the system, and he’s doing everything he can to reinforce what Calipari is telling the freshmen. “I’m trying to step up and talk more to the younger players and get them to understand what Coach Cal wants,” Liggins said. Miller and Liggins have been making a conscious effort to talk more, something both said was “new” to them. “We are all good friends and like brothers, so I don’t think any of us should have a problem speaking to one another,” Miller said. While both were praised by Calipari for leading by example, he said the transition to being more vocal on the court isn’t complete. “It’s hard to say they’re more vocal, because neither one of them is vocal, but they’re more than they’ve ever been,” Calipari said. “So every once in a while you’ll hear them say something.”
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UK Hoops returns key components Award-winning duo ready to repeat success By T.J. Walker sports@kykernel.com
Just because the UK women’s basketball team didn’t cut down the nets to conclude the 2009-2010 season, doesn’t mean it didn’t finish the season with a lot of hardware. UK Hoops’ slogan this season is, “Can you hear us now?” With all the awards the team won after last season the team is certainly being heard. In the Southeastern Conference the Cats pulled the trifecta for awards to conclude the season.
“We aren’t going to forget about (our success). We can use that for motivation.” VICTORIA DUNLAP UK senior forward
UK head coach Matthew Mitchell led the Cats to the most successful season in school history. He led UK to its first Elite Eight appearance since 1982, and had the most wins in school history with 28. UK also went undefeated at home. All those accolades garnered Mitchell the SEC Coach of the Year. UK’s improved season was led by then junior forward Victoria Dunlap. She excelled for the Cats, averaging 18.1 points, 8.4 rebounds, 3.1 steals and 1.9 blocks per game. Those numbers earned her the SEC Player of the Year award. She was also an Associated Press and United States Basketball Writers As-
sociation All-American. Dunlap isn’t going to forget the team’s memorable year but she plans on moving forward. “We aren’t going to forget about it but we have to realize that it was last year and we can use that as motivation for this year,” Dunlap said. UK basketball was known for its dazzling freshman last season. While John Wall is the first to come to mind, the women’s team boasted its own quality guard. A’dia Mathies’ first year in collegiate basketball she averaged 13.6 points, 4.8 rebounds and 2.6 steals per game. She was UK’s first freshman AllAmerican since 1980. But when Mathies looks back on last season, she’s appreciative of her success. “I didn’t know what to expect in the transition from high school to college,” Mathies said. “I was fortunate to have a good year last year and I am grateful for it.” While all three award winners will be back for the Cats this season, their accomplishments from last season haven’t been forgotten. Mitchell has the Cats No. 9 in the preseason rankings while both Dunlap and Mathies have been named to the 2010-2011 Naismith preseason watch list. The Naismith is an award given to college basketball’s player of the year. While awards and expectations won’t directly translate to wins, it shows the program is one that demands respect. If the trio can match last season’s numbers, this season’s results could be more of the same.
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The UK women’s basketball team huddles during Big Blue Madness on Oct. 15. UK is ranked No. 9 in the AP preseason poll.
Encore: Women’s basketball copes with new expectations By T.J. Walker sports@kykernel.com
The UK women’s basketball team isn’t marking its schedule for its annual big games this season. This time around, UK is the team being marked on opponent’s schedules. UK prepares for a new season in an unfamiliar position, a favorite. “We are not the underdog anymore,” sophomore forward Brittany Henderson said. “We just have to come into the season with the mindset that we need to come in everyday and get better.” UK took the country and the Southeastern Conference by storm last season, bringing the basketball program to unseen heights, but the Cats will have to put that success in the past and focus on this
year despite a high preseason ranking of No. 9. “If anybody thinks we have a chance to be good, that’s fine with me,” UK head coach Matthew Mitchell said. “We certainly want to be a respected program but as it pertains to this team none of that will help us a whole lot.”
“If anybody thinks we have a chance to good, that’s fine with me.” MATTHEW MITCHELL UK head coach
UK’s freshman class, ranked No. 13 in the ESPNU rankings, will help the team grow in depth this season. UK has five incoming freshman,
four in the ESPNU top 100. “I’m impressed, we have a great group of freshman,” Smith said. “They are hard workers and are willing to learn.” To compliment those freshman, UK returns the SEC Player of the Year (Victoria Dunlap), SEC Freshman of the Year (A’dia Mathies) and SEC Coach of the Year (Matthew Mitchell) for the 2010-2011 campaign. The Cats were picked to finish second in the conference this season, an improvement from being picked 11th last season. “I think I sat here around a year ago and said that it didn’t really matter that we were rated 11th in the preseason,” Mitchell said. “My attitude hasn’t changed a whole lot on that, I just don’t think it matters one bit where
we’re rated.” UK might be downplaying being a favorite this season but with all the preseason hype, UK doesn’t expect teams to take them lightly. The Cats will be playing one of the hardest schedules in team history, including games vs. No. 6 Duke, No.12 Notre Dame and intrastate rival Louisville in the nonconference. In conference play, UK will face another difficult challenge, facing three SEC teams that rank in the top 25. “Certainly at my time at UK, the preconference portion is the most challenging,” Matthews said. “We feel like we’ve always tried to tailor the schedule to the team we believe we can have.” UK’s season will have its own new set of challenges, but as seen at Big Blue Madness in October, UK believes
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Student Center reduces plastic waste By Ke’Undra Bishop news@kykernel.com
The UK Student Center is reducing plastic waste in an attempt to go green. Each year, 38 billion plastic bottles are wasted. In an effort to reduce this number, the management came up with an environmental plan during the past summer. The Student Center is the
first building on campus to install Elkay EzH20 refillable water bottle fountains. This system allows water bottles to be refilled up to three times before recycling them, an attempt to improve the environment every time a bottle is saved. Cat’s Den coordinator Jeremy Ridgeway said many people don’t know that 80% of manufacturing goes into
the bottle itself, and this is why saving them is a huge issue. The specialized water fountain will not only refill water bottles, but dispense purified water as well. The fountain has a platform in the middle where the bottle is placed, with a sensor that lets the fountain know when to fill the bottle. There is also a regular water fountain spout
attached. “We want to save 100,000 bottles by the end of the semester, but at this moment we have saved 40,300 bottles,” Ridgeway said. The Student Center will also be selling a 16oz stainless steel bottle for $8. Because the bottle will never have to be thrown away, the student center sees it as beneficial to the environment in
preventing plastic waste as well as saving the consumer money from continually buying plastic bottles. Although the bottle sells from time to time, the Cat’s Den staff is trying to figure out ways to better. “We want to get a word out to students,” Ridgeway said. Some UK students are already becoming accustomed
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Auditor talks leadership, values By Caroline Griffeth news@kykernel.com
The Kentucky Auditor of Public Accounts urged students and professors to maintain accountability and responsibility throughout their careers. Crit Luallen was the Martin School of Public Policy and Administration’s first guest in a series called “Leaders in Public Policy” Wednesday night. Luallen has been Kentucky’s State Budget Director, Secretary of Finance and Administration Cabinet and is in her second term as Auditor of Public Accounts. She has uncovered millions of dollars in fraud and has suggested ways to make Kentucky’s government more efficient. Luallen kicked off the evening by promising it wouldn’t be a class of “auditing 101.” She discussed her leadership roles and how big of a part integrity and responsibility played. She said that her role as a public official really made her understand the responsibilities of a leader. According to Luallen, who said she has learned as much about why leaders fail
to using the new fountains. “I like the water fountains, and use them at least twice a week,” junior Ryan Duffy said. Ridgeway said William T. Young Library is also thinking about installing a few of the water fountains and joining the student center in reducing plastic waste and continuing to go green.
as why they succeed, leaders in any organization must have the same qualities. A leader must have strong personal values, make principal leadership decisions, have a strong moral compass and must show integrity in all decisions. Leaders must have core values that cannot be taught in school. They must stay true to those values, especially in auditing. Luallen said she is not proud of the fact that the auditor’s office has uncovered so much corruption. Recent audits of the Bluegrass Airport and Passport Health Plan, an agency that is a managed care provider of Medicaid, have found excessive and unnecessary spending. Luallen says that because of these cases of corruption, there must be watchdogs to break the cycle. Luallen believes that there should be more transparency and accountability in organizations to gain public trust. The human character is fallible and there must be oversight and control to maintain individual leaders’ integrity. Through state audits that have
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Attallah Shabazz, daughter of Malcolm X, speaks to students in the Student Center on Wednesday.
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Crit Luallen, Kentucky auditor of Public Accounts, speaks about her career in Public Policy Wednesday evening.
UK Athletics and UK Parking & Transportation will provide a shuttle service to and from campus for the men’s basketball game against East Tennessee State University, Friday at 7 p.m. at Rupp Arena. UK PTS spokeswoman Chrissie Balding Tune said the shuttles will stop on the Euclid Avenue side of the Student Center, in front of the Greg Page laundry building and at “the 90,” the sidewalk beside the Kirwin-Blanding Complex, at the intersection of University Drive and Huguelet Drive. A UK news release said the shuttles will start one hour and 10 minutes before the game is scheduled to begin. The shuttles will leave for Rupp Arena when they reach capacity or no later than 45 minutes before the game. The shuttles will run after the game ends. “Shuttles will depart 30 minutes after the game. The exact time will depend on when the game ends, if the game goes into overtime," Tune said. Tune said patrons can board return shuttles at the Vine Street exit after the game. The shuttles will cost patrons $3 roundtrip, the news release said. “(Patrons) will get a voucher for the return trip,” Tune said. “If they lose it, it will cost $2 (to get) back.” According to the news release, the shuttle service will also be provided for the following home games: Boston University (Nov. 30), Indiana (Dec. 11), Auburn (Jan. 11), Louisiana State University See SHUTTLES on page 2
Sending off the seniors; Trevathan, Cobb too? By Nick Craddock sports@kykernel.com
For 16 players, Saturday’s game will be bittersweet— win or lose. Regardless of the perception of how much or how little these players have contributed to the UK football program, or whether the Cats defeat Vanderbilt and become bowl eligible for a schoolrecord fifth straight year, one thing is certain: the 16-man senior class will don Kentucky blue for the last time in Commonwealth Stadium. “It will be an emotional game for all our seniors,” UK head coach Joker Phillips.
“We'll start talking about that. We want to play on those emotions.” The Cats’ up-and-down season has mirrored what many of these seniors have experienced during their collegiate playing careers. Each senior has blazed his own path and each senior has a unique story to share. For fifth-year defensive tackle Ricky Lumpkin, one of only four players (Marcus Davis, Mike Hartline and J.J. Helton are the others) on the roster to experience a season that didn’t end with a bowl game at UK, the emotions associated with senior day started to flood his body at the ho-
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tel the night before the Charleston Southern game. “I don’t know if it has hit a lot of the other seniors, but it’s really hit me,” Lumpkin said. “I was just sitting there by myself thinking ‘Man this came and (went) so fast’ and I want this team to go out on a winning note, especially this senior class, because they’ve all been through everything, ups, downs, criticisms…they kept pushing to try and improve this program every year.” Others, like senior tailback Derrick Locke, hoped that his final year would be
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(Jan. 15), Georgia (Jan. 29), Tennessee (Feb. 8), Mississippi State (Feb. 15), South Carolina (Feb. 19), Florida (Feb. 26) and Vanderbilt (March 1). Shuttles will not be provided when students are not in school. “Since students will be using this service, we chose games for when classes are in session,” Tune said.
injury-free, but a shoulder stinger has forced the speedy back to miss the past four games and prevented him from making the kind of sustained impact he had finally hoped to make this year after three injury-riddled seasons. Locke said he will play this Saturday against the Commodores, but that the day-to-day uncertainty of not knowing when the feeling in his arm would return was brutal. “Man, it was rough knowing that
this was my last year to show what (NFL) scouts needed to see and to do what I needed to do,” said Locke, who added that he was scared for that his future at the next level might be compromised when doctors told him it could be months before he got feeling back in his nerve. “This is my life, if I can’t play what am I going to do? I’ve got my degree, but that’s not the route I want to go, let’s be honest,” he said For other players, like reserve defensive tackle Shane McCord, a soon-to-be four-year letterman who never quite solidified a starting role, their degree will likely be most im-
For more information For more information about basketball shuttling, v i s i t http://www.uky.edu/Parking/transportation-shuttlerupp.html. Tune said that the C.A.T.S. buses will serve as shuttles, but that game day shuttling “won’t detract from regular (transportation) services.” “We encourage students to take advantage of the service,” Tune said. “If they pay to park downtown, $10 is about the cheapest downtown parking. This is a great alternative.” The news release said UK employees and students can park at Greg Page Apartments Monday through Friday after 3:30 p.m. and anytime Saturday and Sunday.
AUDITOR Continued from page 1 uncovered corruption, Luallen believes the bar for accountability has been raised. Luallen said that she has learned three lessons throughout her time as a public leader that apply to all areas of life. She said to never underestimate the lengths that those lacking a moral compass will go to, to be aware of your surroundings and look for red flags and always be bold and ask questions. To overcome the challenges that Kentucky faces, there must be a long-term commitment made by all officials. Currently, Kentucky
has the fifth highest poverty rate in the nation, leads the country with deaths in child abuse and has more citizens on Medicaid than in public school systems. Luallen said that every individual in an organization has a responsibility to do their job to their best ability. “We can’t let the crisis of the moment deter us from our long-term commitment. These are the times that demand accountability from leaders.” Luallen also said that Kentucky will not overcome any challenges without an engaged citizenship that makes educated decisions. “The next generation needs to step up into leadership. We must demand that they step up.”
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Denzel returns in ‘Unstoppable’ LOS ANGELES — Director Tony Scott and Denzel Washington have developed a mutual trust through the five films they've made together, including the latest "Unstoppable." Scott knows he can count on Washington to bring a fresh approach to every role. "Both of us are always trying to reach for new stuff, never repeat ourselves," Scott says. "That's my goal every day when I go to work. My goal is how to look at these worlds and these characters in a different way. Denzel's the same way. He reaches back inside and finds a different aspect of his personality. We've done five movies together and every character has been very different." In "Unstoppable," Washington — along with Chris Pine — play railroad employees who must stop a runaway train loaded with toxic material. The film is based on a true story. Washington trusts Scott so much that he was willing to attempt stunts on moving trains — despite having a fear of heights. That included standing on top of a 25-foot-tall train as it sped along at 50 mph. Along with the trust, the pair created a working shorthand while making "Crimson
Horoscope To get the advantage, check the day's rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging. Aries (March 21-April 19) — Today is a 5 — You get more done today by focusing intensely on one question at a time. Tomorrow is soon enough for other problems. A female points out a solution. Taurus (April 20-May 20) — Today is a 7 — If you can sway the opinion of one influential female, you win everything. Others will go along and think it was their idea. Imagine total agreement. Gemini (May 21-June 21) — Today is a 6 — Other people offer suggestions that come from three different places, yet all indicate how much they care about you. There's love in each communication. Cancer (June 22-July 22) — Today is a 6 — An associate wishes you'd get to practical
Tide," "Man on Fire," "Deja Vu" and "The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3," which continued with the latest film. "He knows how I like to work. I know what he likes to do," Washington says. "He knows I like to research, so he's going to have a ton of stuff long before we start filming." The film's other stars, Rosario Dawson and Pine, see why Washington has been so willing to work with Scott. "Tony is such a genius at having a great fun ride in an action film where you care about everybody," Dawson says. "The time is taken to establish the different personalities. Even if it seems mundane, conversations connect you to caring about these characters." Pine had to make an instant connection with Scott, who shot on a real train rather than using special effects. In one scene, Pine was suspended outside the train while being pelted by what was supposed to be grain escaping from a damaged freight car. Scott used sugar puffs and potato flakes to create the effect. "Who knew sugar puffs could hurt so much," Pine jokes.
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portant considering Saturday might mean the final football game of their careers. “I’ll probably feel a rush of everything, it’ll be an emotional Cat Walk,” McCord said. How all of these players reached this point and what they overcame may be different, but when they take to the Cat Walk, all of them will walk united, for a fleeting moment, down the same path for a final time. “It will be different going out with those guys before the game,” Phillips said. “I've been through a lot with all those guys. Been to all of their homes, been able to see their parents and see
the growth of each one of them.”
Trevathan and Cobb to the NFL? Junior linebacker Danny Trevathan and junior wide receiver Randall Cobb might be playing their final game in Commonwealth Stadium this Saturday, too. Both players have revealed this week following practice that there is a chance that they will test the NFL draft waters. Losing Trevathan and Cobb would mean the Cats would lose arguably the best returning starters on offense and defense for next season. For more on this story, visit kykernel.com
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Handicapped campus: one Fantasy demands legitimacy student’s sprint to class I wasn’t going to make it, and I knew it. Glancing down at my watch to confirm, I picked up the crutches and swung faster and faster. Two minutes to make it to Spanish class and one floor to go. I slammed in the elevator button frantically. No light. I tried BRITNEY again and again, this MCINTOSH time harder, as my Kernel seconds ticked away. columnist No light. Frustrated and outraged, I ignored my doctors nagging voice in my head, threw my crutches against the railing and began to slowly drag myself up the stairs, my throbbing ankle thrown to the side. Can we really consider UK a handicap friendly campus when the classroom buildings, Greek houses and pedestrian traffic pathways present daily struggles like this to disabled people that scream anything but ‘friendly?’ So maybe I did something ungraceful. I jumped out of a car, got stuck and messed up my ankle. But that does not mean I deserve to be publically humiliated while everyone snickers and watches the now sweaty ‘gimp’ girl crutch herself up the classroom building stairs at a turtle’s pace. The elevator in Smith hall has went out about ten times this week, and the elevator on one side of the
classroom building has been out for an entire week. The elevator in the Grehan building shudders when it moves. But in order to even get to that frustrating point you have to make it across the campus first. This feat is complicated by the many sets of staircases sprinkled throughout campus. Say you’re coming from Blazer Hall and you’re headed to central campus. Major obstacle—the infamous ‘awkward stairs.’ In order to get around this challenge of the day, you would either have to go all the way to the ramped pathway by the Fine Arts Building, head down the sidewalk around the corner of Limestone and up the sidewalks there, or weave through the Student Center take the elevator upstairs and exit the building. And say you wanted to join a fraternity? A senior member of Phi Sigma Kappa told me a guy in a wheelchair came out to rush one year but quit after one week because people had to carry him into the fraternity house. As if wheelchairs and crutches didn’t make people feel out of place already, we make them feel ten times more unwelcome by forcing them to take creative routes through campus. By the time they even get to class they’ve already spent 20 minutes of creativity and a whole lot of physical effort. For some people, this is their everyday. I wouldn’t make it. This I know. Britney McIntosh is a journalism and international studies senior. Email opinions@kykernel.com
A quaffle. Beaters and Seekers. The golden snitch. If you've somehow missed the media juggernaut that is Harry Potter, that's quidditch. This once fictional sport has now reached extreme popularity and is seekAMANDA ing more legitWALLACE imacy-NPR reGuest ported this columnist week that the University of Maryland (UM) is striving for recognition from the NCAA. Like any unfamiliar sport, “muggle quidditch” would be too difficult to explain in a couple of sentences. The best way I can think of to describe the sport is a combination of dodgeball, basketball and track. To deny that the sport has some form of legitimacy would also be ridiculous. While it has only existed in it's “muggle” variety since 2007, (when it was created at Middlebury college in Vermont) it has already been adopted as a club sport at multiple institutions, including UK. There is a quidditch World Cup, about to be held in NYC, and official rules. There is a governing body for quidditch, with a Quidditch commissioner. Impressive for a sport that up until fairly recently existed only
in fiction. So why not seek NCAA status? Simply put, it's not really a sport. Since the fictional variety features flying broomsticks, the “muggle” variety also features broomsticks. Except these can't fly. (I've always been of the opinion that the real-world version should be played on unicycles.) Most of the goals still appear to be constructed out of hula hoops, and the participants wear capes. It's little more than cosplay, and hardly a sport.
Sports exist without NCAA recognition, and for the whimsy that is “muggle quidditch,” such and honor could do more harm than good. Don't get me wrong. I understand the allure of Harry Potter. I practically grew up with the fictional wizard and was around his age when he received his green inked letter and attended Hogwarts. But that doesn't mean that I think the game J.K. Rowling so eloquently detailed in her novels deserves NCAA status. The NPR interview with the UM quidditch captain stated that she wanted to make sure that quidditch survived the Harry Potter craze and that was why they were hoping to be recog-
nized by the NCAA. But membership into that sporting organization does not mean that the sport would stand the test of time. If quidditch is to become a lasting sport, then it will. It was created and spread massively over three years without the help of the NCAA. I don't see why it needs them now. Sports exist without NCAA recognition, and for the whimsy that is “muggle quidditch,” such an honor could do more harm than good. To gain admittance they would most likely have to sacrifice what it is that makes them unique-the capes and probably the brooms. The spirit of the sport would be lost for the sake of what exactly? Sports like rugby thrive without NCAA recognition, and they do so much the same way quidditch already has. They created their own leagues-the UK men’s team plays with the Ohio Rugby League, a sanctioned body that does all the NCAA would do. If quidditch plans to survive for more than ten years or so, the NCAA isn't the only means in which to do that. At three years, quidditch has already lasted through the early growing pains of just being a collegiate phase, and it should neither want or need NCAA status. Amanda Wallace is an English junior. E-mail opinions@kykernel.com.
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Whether you live on south campus or north campus, shopping for groceries can often be inconvenient at best and frustrating at worst. Sure, Blazer Express and Commons Market go a long way in providing a lot of your basic grocery needs, but sometimes a trip to the local grocery store is necessary. Thankfully, dormzy.com has come up with an idea to alleviate many of your shopping inconveniences. Started by Chris Sammons, dormzy.com provides a grocery delivery service for college students and young professionals all across the country. “I went to UK and lived in the dorms,” Sammons said. “It all started there. I was in Kirwan 3 and they had that grocery store down there, but everything was overpriced.” The idea for Dormzy had been mulling around in Sammons’ head for a while before he finally put it into action. “I worked for a Fortune 500 company and wasn’t happy with what I was doing, so I started the website,” Sammons said. “ Corporate America wasn’ t for me and I had my own idea for a business and I ran with it.” The website operates much like any online store. You are required to register, but after that, you just need to click “shop” and browse through the categories, adding whatever items you need to your cart. Then you simply click “checkout” and wait for the items to arrive at your door. “This is like an awesome revolution,” said UK graduate student in the College of Public Health, Santhi Chilukuri. “Their list is so broad and diverse. I hate going to the grocery store, and this could mean not ever having to go to the grocery store again. Some of the prices are cheaper, too.” Waiting for something to be delivered can be even more frustrating
than going through the work to shop yourself, but Dormzy isn’ t in the business of trying the patience of college students. Your groceries are delivered the very next business day after you order them. For any emergencies (or if you are simply not the patient type), FedEx Overnight Express is also an option. While shipping is $6.99 for orders under $49, it is free for orders over $49, so if you are someone who likes to stock up in bulk every time you go grocery shopping, there is an extra incentive to give the website a try. Sammons says that Kentucky is one of theirlargest customer databases. It is no surprise that a website such as Dormzy would be popular among college students. A quick look at their current top sellers shows Ramen Noodles, Gatorade, Campbell’s Soup and Easy Mac as four of their top five most-bought products – items considered typical of a college student’s diet. However, the website also has entire categories dedicated to healthy foods for those mindful of what they eat, such as Nutri-Grain bars and vegetable soup. As promising as the concept of Dormzy is, the absence of frozen food may be a disappointment to some college students. Frozen food is both cheap and easy to make, making it a common item in any college student’ s freezer. Since Dormzy relies on delivery, shipping frozen food is impractical. Still, Dormzy is an answer to a prayer, particularly for those in the dorms. Many freshmen don’ t have cars their first year of college, but even those that do are often relegated to the dreaded K-Lot, a far walk from most of the dorms. Dormzy provides a way for a lot of busy (or lazy) college students to take one more thing off their schedule, so for those inundated with school work or trying to balance school with a job, a service like this is almost impossible to pass.
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Veteran’s Day play to unite civilians and vets By Martha Groppo mgroppo@kykernel.com
Buell Armory hosts an assortment of military trappings, but for several days it will also be filled with stories of war. “Bringing It Home: Voices of Student Veterans,” a play based on the stories of some of UK’s student veterans, is returning to campus for a revival performance after a warm reception in the spring. The play will be performed for a limited audience of 150 per night on Nov. 11 and 12 at 8 p.m. in Buell Armory. Tickets are free. “We wanted to bridge the gap between the civilian and military world,” said Herman Farrell, director and head writer of “Bringing it Home.” The production is the result
of a collaboration between the Veteran Resource Center, the Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History and the Department of Theatre. After watching the production in the spring, Tony Dotson, coordinator of the UK Veteran Resource Center, thinks the play accomplished its goal. “In my opinion, this play does more to bridge that gap than anything I’ve seen,” Dotson said. The play is written in an unconventional style that places the audience members close to the cast and has audience members move to different viewing locations to watch at several points in the play. The play was the product of a class Farrell taught entitled “Staging History.” Writers used direct quotes
from interviews of student veterans conducted by fellow student veterans for the Nunn Center History. The ongoing Nunn Center veteran oral history project is called “From Combat to Kentucky,” and the interviews used for the play are posted in their entirety online. The play has also been performed at Eastern Kentucky University, and Dotson said that people involved with the play “are looking at packaging it so any college can do it.” The students portraying veterans in the fall production are the same students who had the parts in the spring. The play took on a new dimension for several of the cast members when the veterans they depicted in the play showed up to watch the fin-
ished spring production. Kevin Sullivan, theatre senior, also got to meet the student veteran he plays, Nathan Noble. “He’s pretty awesome,” Sullivan said. “He’s the greatest guy in the world. Just from meeting him I would trust him.” Brian Sprague, another theatre senior, plays Andrew Napier whom he met on opening night in the spring. He said Napier’s father was also present and approached him after the play saying, “I don’t know whether to shake your hand and call you son, or Brian.” “As a theatre major, that was the ultimate compliment,” Sprague said. Alex Koehl, theatre senior, plays Jonathan Herst. He was able to talk with Hearst after the production and said that
though it is probably emotional seeing a difficult experience from your life told in your own words to an audience, Herst “felt good about it.” The actors agree that students should come see the play to improve their understanding of their fellow students who are also veterans. “I think it opens up your eyes to who else is in class with you,” Koehl said. “They bring a lot to the student body. Veterans our age are just like us. People should come and show their support.” “Not a lot of people know about the war and what’s going on,” Sullivan said. “A lot of students just go to college and think about college. What we do is pretty minute com-
pared to what they do.” Dotson described the play as “extremely raw and powerful. Frankly, I think every school should be doing it.” He said it was therapeutic for the veterans whose interviews are used in the script to be interviewed in the first place. “Now they see a group of people willing to tell that story,” Dotson said. “They show up on opening night, and it’s standing room only.” Those involved with the play see it as a way to demonstrate respect for people who have served in combat. “Just come to support the veterans on Veterans Day,” Sullivan said. Tickets are free, but seating is limited. Students can request tickets by emailing ukbihtix@gmail.com.