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Kanter ruled permanently ineligible By Nick Craddock and Chandler Howard sports@kykernel.com
The long-awaited ruling on UK freshman Enes Kanter is in. The Turkish forward was ruled permanently ineligible by the NCAA on Thursday. According to the NCAA release, Kanter received “benefits above his actual and necessary expenses while playing for a club basketball team in Turkey.”
Kanter played three seasons for Fenerbahce in his homeland from the 2006-07 to the 2008-09 season; he competed on the club’s senior team in 2008-09, during which the NCAA Eligibility Center found that Kanter received $33,033 more than his expenses for the 2008-09 season. “Enes took advantage of an opportunity to play at the highest level available to him, but the consequences of receiving payments above his
actual expenses is not compatible with the collegiate model of sports that our members have developed,” NCAA vice president of academic and membership affairs Kevin Lennon said in the NCAA release. UK will appeal the NCAA’s decision. During the appeal process, Kanter will be allowed to practice, but not compete or travel, with the team. UK made the following statement: “We appreciate that the
NCAA has an appeals process to allow this young man to defend the uniqueness of his circumstances,” UK athletic director Mitch Barnhart said in the NCAA’s release. “Enes is a great kid who is working hard in the classroom and enjoying being a college student. It is our hope that he will be allowed to continue his academic and athletic career at Kentucky.” UK spokesman DeWayne PHOTO BY BRITNEY MCINTOSH | STAFF Peevy declined further com- Freshman Enes Kanter makes his dramatic entrance at Big Blue ment on the situation. Madness at Rupp Arena on Friday, Oct. 15, 2010.
Employee fired after drug charge By Patrick T. Sullivan psullivan@kykernel.com
The UK employee arrested earlier this month on charges of growing marijuana in her home was fired by UK Thursday. Tracey Ellerbe was terminated from her job as the Center on Drugs and Alcohol Research manager for community-based services Tuesday, UK spokeswoman Kristi Lopez said Thursday. Ellerbe had been suspended without pay because Ellerbe of the investigation, Lopez said. On Nov. 1, Lexington Police found 75 marijuana plants in Ellerbe’s home after the Lexington Fire Department responded to a fire at Ellerbe’s home at 611 Longview Drive, the police report said. According to the report, Ellerbe said she was growing the plants for personal use and agreed to let officials search her house. Ellerbe is scheduled to appear in court again Tuesday.
Driving program hits bumps By Becca Clemons news@kykernel.com
The UK Student Government’s “Cats Cruiser” program has not met an easy road on its path to realization. The anticipated start date has been pushed back multiple times, and now members of the community who live near some of the proposed routes are speaking out about the program. LexTran associates, SG representatives and community members were given a driving tour Wednesday where questions were answered and feedback was accepted. The tour took place on a 17-passenger LexTran vehicle, identical to the ones that will be used for the program. Community members living in neighborhoods near UK’s campus expressed concerns about students being dropped off and picked up in residential areas late at night where families may be trying to sleep. Kathy Franklin, a resident in the Seven Parks neighborhood, said the service would have an impact on families, and the creators need to look beyond UK and student issues. “The issue is the impact on neighborhoods at a time of day that we’d like to be quiet,” Franklin said. The goal is to get as close to students’ residences as possible without stopping in front of or next to a residential home, SG President Ryan Smith said. SG Deputy Chief of Staff Max Stefka said changes have been made to the routes already for the convenience of students and drivers. Homeowners like Franklin and Columbia Heights resident Janet Cowen worry about the service becoming a “drunk bus” that transports inebriated students to and from campus, disturbSee DRIVING on page 2 First issue free. Subsequent issues 25 cents.
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Above: Four Loko flavors uva, lemonade, watermelon and fruit punch. The other flavors are orange, cranberry lemonade, blue raspberry and lemon lime.
Four Loko: too loco? Alcoholic-energy drink makes controversy, hits stores near campus By Katie Perkowski kperkowski@kykernel.com
Are you for Loko? Four Loko, the alcoholic energy drink that combines caffeine, taurine, guarana and alcohol, has been the subject of controversy because of recent incidents involving the drink at Central Washington University and bans of it. The drink has recently made its way to some stores near UK’s campus. Phusion Projects, based in Chicago, makes Four Maxed and Four Loko. Four Loko contains either 6 percent or 12 percent alcohol by volume, depending on state regulations, and Four Maxed contains 10 percent, according to Phusion Projects’ website. According to the website, 82 total stores near UK’s zip code carry Four products. Big Daddy Liquors, located at 372 Woodland Ave., started selling Four Loko about a month and a half ago, manager James
Swanberg said. Swanberg said when the store first started selling the drinks, sales were good, and about five weeks ago the products started selling “really good.” He said the store was an early adopter of the product, and no one had raised concerns about drink’s safety. “They seem super happy about it,” he said. Shenanigans Wine and Spirits, located at 561 S. Broadway, opened in the second week of September, and owner Cassandra Spears said Four Loko was available when the store opened. She said the Bowling Green, Ky., location started selling it two weeks later. “The first week the sales were kind of slow, but they quickly picked up, and now we sell out of it every weekend,” she said. Spears said the store has had to order extra because the drinks keep selling out. She said they
have been outselling competing alcohol energy malt beverages. Spears also said no one has raised concerns about safety, and the store has not discussed discontinuing sales of the products. “If anything, it’s increased the sales of the product,” she said. Andrew Smith, director of the Alcohol and Health Education Office at UK, said the department does not have specific presentations geared completely toward the alcoholic-energy drinks, but they are a significant part of existing presentations. Smith said a potential to abuse products that mix caffeine and alcohol exist. Because of their caffeine and sweet taste, those drinks have the ability to keep people awake and delay the actual signs of feeling intoxicated, he said. Smith said drinking Red Bull and vodka has been a common mix for students who drink, so products like Four may be the next step up. “They might find that more appealing,” he said. After nine Central Washington University students who
drank Four Loko were hospitalized last month, several colleges have banned the drinks. On the Phusion Products website, a news release addressed this incident. “No one is more upset than we are when our products are abused or consumed illegally by underage drinkers — and it appears that both happened in this instance. This is unacceptable,” said the news release. Smith said if the Alcohol and Health Education Office finds there’s a need to more specifically address caffeinated alcoholic drinks, it would revise existing presentations or add new ones. Dr. Ryan Stanton, director of emergency medicine at UK HealthCare Good Samaritan Hospital, said the hospital has not seen any complications because of caffeinated alcoholic beverages. Stanton said no particular dangers exist with these products, but a more psychological danger exists because the caffeine causes a delay in intoxication feelings, causing people to drink more than they normally would.
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DRIVING Continued from page 1 ing neighboring areas in the process. “A lot of people think it’s a drunk shuttle, but there’s no way a university’s going to
sign off on a drunk shuttle,” Elizabeth neighborhood resident Harck Pickett said. Smith said one of the goals of the program is safety, and by providing safe and reliable student transportation, assaults and drunken driving would be prevented. Buses will run at what are
seen as the highest risk times, Stefka said, when the most students are out. Stefka spent the past summer researching similar programs at benchmark institutions and found that a campus of UK’s size needed more than just a taxi service. Pennsylvania State University, Auburn
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University and the University of Florida are schools that have similar transportation services. Stefka said Auburn sees about 1,500 students per weekend using its driving program, which uses the same sized vehicles during the same hours as Cats Cruiser. “We’ve gotten a substantial amount of input from students relating to the desire to have some kind of transportation,” Smith said. Homeowners also expressed concern for the noise emitted by the vans late at night, every half hour. LexTran General Manager Rocky Burke said the buses are smaller than regular buses and are much quieter as well. Other community mem-
bers could use the buses as well for the cost of the regular $1 LexTran fare, while students ride free with a UK student ID. Stefka and Smith, along with others, have been working on evolving and changing the program for a matter of months, and Stefka said the constant modification may have been the cause of some miscommunication with community members. Cowen said she’s not opposed to helping students but doesn’t think a route down the 600 block of Columbia Avenue is necessary. Franklin said restricting the program to main roads, avoiding residential streets, is the best idea. Diane Lawless, 3rd Dis-
trict Lexington city councilwoman, said amendments have been and can continue to be made on the route and that “we’re moving in the right direction.” She said she will continue to be a link between UK and surrounding neighborhood residents. “I think [the ride] was really constructive, and I really appreciate and value their feedback,” Stefka said. “We just want to serve the students in the best way possible,” Smith said. SG plans to try the program starting Dec. 2 until the end of the semester, Smith said. After that, final preparations can be made for Cats Cruiser to begin in the spring 2011 semester.
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Election season has come and gone, and with it has returned the ability to actually tolerate watching television as ad campaigns have fallen to the wayside. In all seriousness, though, I hope many, if not all of you, were able to take the time to vote last week as our government continued its constant change. Elections on campus have wrapped up, including elections for freshman senators. After a ruling by the Student Supreme Court disqualified one candidate for illegal campaigning, four new members have RYAN SMITH been added to the Student Government Guest Senate. Columnist Congratulations to Tyler Fields, Kelly Rice, Tommy Crush and Emily Willett on all of their hard work and dedication. A record 27 freshmen decided to throw their hats in the election ring this year, and it was great to see the amount of passion in our freshman class. A record number of freshman voters came out, too: 1,295 freshmen made it to the polls to elect their student representatives. Thank you once again to all of those who participated in the elections this fall and those who ran for election. You are the future leaders of this university and it is great to see how strong your passion is for this university. We have begun to finalize all of the last minute details as the Cats Cruiser made its second mock run last evening with representatives of the Neighborhood Association, UK administration and eight student representatives aboard. The buses, provided and driven by LexTran, drove the four set routes that will see the most student travel at night on the weekends. Each route will have eight to 11 stops along the way and will provide students with a free, safe means of getting home. The mock runs were planned not only to iron out last minute details, but to demonstrate the dire need for this program as it pertains to student safety on campus. The map of routes and stops will be available soon for all students to see, as all the final administrative details are completed. The holidays are quickly approaching, so in the spirit of Thanksgiving, help us represent the Southeastern Conference and defeat the ACC in a canned food challenge. All donations of non-perishable canned food items will be giv-
en to a Lexington food bank, and in friendly competition, we will keep track of our cans to submit to the SEC total. You may drop off canned food items at the SG office between now and Nov. 19. If you know of an organization collecting canned food items, let us know this week by emailing UKStudentGovernment@gmail.com, so we can add it to our total. Stay tuned to http://canu101.weebly.com/ to track the challenge. Speaking of the holidays, Parking & Transportation has decided to provide its Student Ride Home Express program again this year. Students may purchase a ticket for transportation home during the holidays for an affordable fee. Buses will be running to eight area locations for the duration of the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays. If any students are interested, visit the PTS website for more information. Last Friday the Presidential Search Committee started to undergo the process of finding President Todd’s successor. The committee met last Friday and will meet again this week to discuss the procedure of going about the search for our next president. It is an exciting process and I look forward to updating you as we begin the search for the next UK president. Finally, I would like to remind everyone of some of the ongoing year-round services SG is currently providing on campus. For any student organizations on campus that may require additional funding to help put on an event or trip, please visit our website, www.uksga.org, and fill out a funding request form. Completed forms are sent to the SG Senate for approval and appropriation. Warm-up Wednesdays are back again this year as winter and the POT wind tunnel slowly start to set in. SG representatives will be set up outside of Whitehall Classroom Building every other Wednesday giving out free hot chocolate and other great giveaways, so be sure to stop by. Also, the first 300 students who stop by the office will receive a free t-shirt, so come down to room 120 of the Student Center and see us. As Thanksgiving break approaches, I wish safe travels to those of you who are going home and that you have a great time relaxing with your friends and family. You deserve it! Ryan Smith is Student Government president. E-mail opinions@kykernel.com.
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Calipari sizes up his lineup options
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Freshman guard Stacy Poole goes in for a dunk at Big Blue Madness at Rupp Arena on Friday, Oct. 15, 2010. At 6-foot-4, Poole is one of the guards who will fit into the “small ball” lineup if UK head coach John Calipari decides to use such a strategy this season.
The Edge: UK vs. Vanderbilt By Nick Craddock ncraddock@kykernel.com
UK defense vs. Not having to face Warren Norman
Key matchups:
Derrick Locke vs. His shoulder After missing four games with a shoulder stinger, Locke said that he plans to makes his comeback senior day against the Commodores. Despite missing time because of injury, Locke still leads the Cats in rushing yards (574) and rushing touchdowns (seven); although young tailbacks Raymond Sanders, Donald Russell and CoShik Williams got plenty of playing time in Locke’s absence, UK head coach Joker Phillips said that no combination of players could replace one of Locke’s biggest assets: his speed. “(Locke has the) ability to make plays in space and that is one of things we need to this week: make plays out on the perimeter,” Phillips said. “He’s a guy who can throw the ball out to in space, also…he gives us a lot of multiple formations on offense because of the things he can do” Given that Locke set such high personal expectations for this season (he wanted to eclipse 1,400 rushing yards and 20 touchdowns), one has to believe he will be trying extra hard to impress the fans in his final home game. “I want to give them something to miss when I’m gone,” Locke said. Edge: Locke
The injury woes of the Cats’ leading rusher may have improved, but the Commodores lost their top rusher and kick returner two weeks ago to a dislocated right wrist. Norman was the Southeastern Conference Freshman of the Year in 2009 and set a conference record for
all-purpose yards with 1,951. Norman was also the sole catalyst for the Vanderbilt offense this season, leading the team with 77 carries for 459 yards and four touchdowns, in addition to a 25.4-yard average on kick returns. Given UK’s suspect run defense, Norman would have had a chance for a big day. And to make matters worse, the Commodores’ No. 2 tailback, Zac Stacy, and No. 3 tailback, Wesley Tate, are unlikely to play against UK due to injury. That leaves fourth-string senior tailback Kennard Reeves to boost an offense ranked 118th out of 120 Division I teams. Yikes.
Edge: UK defense
UK, as it stands now, has two options for a lineup: one that includes a big man, and one that doesn’t. When UK tipped off each of its exhibition games, it was the small lineup on the floor to start the game. The Cats had the 6-foot-8 Terrence Jones jumping at center, and every player was between 6-foot-3 and 6-foot8. “We have just got to watch and try to play this out and just see what's the most effective way for us to play,” UK head coach John Calipari said. The small-ball lineup is still an experiment, and one that Calipari remains committed to trying, but not committed to using. “I don’t know if I’m going to play the small lineup or the big lineup,” Calipari said regarding what starting five UK would use for its season opener against East Tennessee State Friday. “Probably won’t know until game time what I want to do.” The small version will certainly be used at least to some degree throughout the season, either by choice or necessity, and it could be used extensively. Calipari said the key to playing without a big man on the floor — which currently would be Josh Harrellson or Eloy Vargas — is the toughness and rebounding of the smaller guys. If those two things don’t happen, the small lineup can’t be used. “Unless they really want to go in there and fight and go crazy, you can’t play that kind of lineup,” Calipari said. Offensively, the small lineup places five players on the floor who all seemingly excel in the dribble-drive system. Brandon Knight, Doron Lamb, Darius Miller, DeAn-
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UK vs. Pressure to clinch bowl eligibility Saturday’s game isn’t necessarily a must-win for the Cats to advance to a bowl game, however, a loss heading into their bye week would surely cause some anxiety. Not only would the Cats have to stew in the defeat of losing to the SEC bottom-feeding Commodores for an extra seven days, but then UK would have to defeat the Tennessee Volunteers—something that hasn’t been done since 1984—in the final week of the season to become bowl eligible. The general consensus among players this week at practice was that no slip-ups can happen this weekend. The players also want to get to the best bowl game available; meaning two wins in the final two games would go a long way to achieving that goal. Moreover, the 16-man senior class doesn’t want the distinction of being the group that ended the UK bowl streak. These players have help begin the turnaround of this football program and now the pressure to continue this success is mounting. Edge: UK
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dre Liggins and Jones can all penetrate lanes and kick the ball outside to shooters. “With me and Darius (at the 4 and 5), there shouldn’t be another post player who can stay in front of us,” Jones said. The team can also run, and run, and run when those five players are on the floor. “It opens the game up a lot more, guys are a lot freer,” Knight said. “That’s just the way we play. We play fast and we run the court.” Jones has often ended up on the receiving end of fast break opportunities during the two exhibition games. “Everybody should run the floor, (Calipari) says,” Jones said. “I just want to run the floor to start the break.” Defensively, UK has to crash the boards hard to compensate for the lack of height. But the Cats can also do more switching on screens, more trapping and more scrambling. “We can do some things that will scramble up the game, which is in our favor,” Calipari said. “A grind-it-out game with this team, we’re too young. If they grind it out with us, we’re going to have problems.” With the frenzy of bodies inherent in scrambling, communication is the key. “A lot of talking, on the weakside a lot of bouncing, and making sure you’re ready for help side,” Knight said as the keys for defending without a big man. Calipari has pointed out past examples of small teams that had success, including one from a not-so-distant past in a not-so-distant location. “Denny Crum used to do it,” Calipari said of playing a small lineup. “The guy won national titles playing that way. National titles at Louisville.” Follow Aaron on Twitter @KernelASmith.
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