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Committee selects search firm Company that found Todd will find next president By Becca Clemons news@kykernel.com
The Presidential Search Committee selected a search firm to help find the next president of the University of Kentucky. The committee voted during its second meeting Friday to hire Greenwood/Asher & Associates, Inc., a Florida executive search firm, to conduct the search for UK’s 12th president. President Lee T. Todd Jr. is retiring at the end of the academic year. Greenwood/Asher is the same firm used to assist in the search for Todd. Todd has served as UK president since 2001. The cost of hiring the firm has not been decided, as a contract has not yet been written. Also at the meeting, the committee discussed a position announcement that will be used to attract candidates via job postings and will outline qualifications an ideal candidate would possess. The committee planned to revise and discuss the announcement again Nov. 14. The committee cited issues such as scholarly experience, awareness of athletics and strong leadership skills as being potential qualifications to be included in the announcement. Also discussed at the meeting was the need to get statewide input into the selection process, but the details for obtaining that goal will be decided at a later date.
Virtual classes help raise real money Online courses see spike in students, earnings By Katie Perkowski kperkowski@kykernel.com
In an effort to help students complete their degrees quicker, the new Summer 2010 online courses earned more than $1.5 million in tuition. According to numbers supplied by the College of Arts and Sciences Dean’s Office, 29 new courses were added during the Summer 2010 session, including general education and upper division courses. On course census day, about 1,640 students were enrolled in these courses. Courses taught included Sociology 101, Philosophy 120, Biology 102, Political Science 391 and Anthropology 431. Arts and Sciences Dean Mark Kornbluh, who led the effort for these added online classes, brought the idea from a similar one he was involved with while at Michigan State University. Kornbluh said the goal was to help students complete their degrees quicker, while still allowing out-of-state students or students wanting to return home for the summer to complete required hours or to retake a course. He said almost 5,000 credit hours were completed. According to the data provided, 24 percent of the students enrolled in these online courses were undergraduate nonresidents. “So this way they can go home, take a job and take a course or two to make progress towards a degree,” Kornbluh said. According to the numbers provided, the total UK tuition income from the courses was $1,566,493, and the College of Arts and Sciences’ revenue sharing-cut of this was $939,896. “The real goal is to increase student success and graduation rate and move graduation to four or five years rather than six years and beyond,” Kornbluh said. He said the project involved hiring two full-time people to help with the online aspects, and numerous undergraduate and graduate students were hired to help with additional duties like putting materials online. In an e-mail to the Kernel, UK spokesman Jay Blanton said the university does not have the final figures on expenses and revenues associated with starting up the new courses. He said, however, that student success, not revSee ONLINE on page 4 First issue free. Subsequent issues 25 cents.
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UK tailback Derrick Locke dives into the end zone against Vanderbilt at Commonwealth Stadium on Saturday, Nov. 13, 2010.
Going bowling Cobb shines in second half of UK’s 38-20 comeback win over Vanderbilt By Aaron Smith asmith@kykernel.com
It was junior who carried UK to victory on Senior Day. Randall Cobb rushed for a career-high 170 yards and two touchdowns on just 10 attempts as UK overcome a first-half deficit for a 38-20 win on Senior Day. The win clinched a schoolrecord fifth consecutive bowl game for UK (6-5, 2-5 SEC). Cobb’s performance helped send UK’s 16 seniors off on a winning note — although it might have been Cobb’s last game as well. “He made play after play after play,” head coach Joker Phillips said. “He got us a huge win, giving us another guaranteed game.” All that time spent running around and through Vanderbilt’s
defense left him spent. “There was a point at the beginning of the fourth quarter I was ready to lay down on the sidelines and take a nap,” Cobb said, who also had three catches for 56 yards. “I was just so tired and gassed.” Phillips said Cobb’s brilliance can’t be defined with words. “I’m not sure what ‘it’ is,” Phillips said. “When you see ‘it,’ you know it. … Let’s not call him Randall anymore. Let’s call him ‘it.’” UK racked up a season-high 580 total yards. And on Senior Day, the seniors showed up. Derrick Locke finished with 145 yards and two touchdowns, Chris Matthews caught five passes for 97 yards and a touchdown, and Mike Hartline threw for 232 yards and a touchdown.
Provost answers student questions
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UK wide receiver Randall Cobb celebrates after UK's win over Vanderbilt at Commonwealth Stadium on Nov. 13, 2010. UK won the game 38-20. But it took a comeback for UK to get the victory. UK trailed 13-10 at halftime as Vanderbilt totaled 242 yards of offense in the first half. They had averaged 263 yards per game before playing UK. Phillips put the onus on the
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Love inspires recovery To Write Love On Her Arms speaks out
By Rachel Aretakis news@kykernel.com
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Provost Kumble Subbaswamy addressed questions from students, faculty and staff in an informal chat Friday. The chat was the first in a new series of informal chats with administrators and is “a joint effort of the Staff and University Senates,” Staff Senate Chair Jann Burks said. More than 35 people attended the meeting. Most of the people in attendance were faculty and staff. Chairs were set up in circular rows, and Subbaswamy sat in the crowd and faced a web cam that aired footage online. “There can never be enough communication,” Subbaswamy said about the new informal chats. “The more we can communicate, the more we can clear the air.” Anyone in the audience was free to ask Subbaswamy questions about any topic they wanted. Topics such as the new president, alternative funding for research, bullying and academic culture were discussed. Journalism Professor Buck Ryan began the questioning session by asking Subbaswamy about the anxiety raised by President Lee Todd’s retirement. “There will always be uncertainty,” Subbaswamy said. “The challenge is to maintain everyone’s focus on the work at hand.” One question regarding bullying came from a senate staff member via the internet. Subbaswamy said he did not know enough about the topic to comment. Sally Evans, Education-
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team to get the intensity back up. He and the coaches left the locker room, leaving it up to the players to do what they wanted before they came back out for the last half of football.
To Write Love On Her Arms is a non-profit organization founded by Jamie Tworkowski in 2006. The organization is dedicated to presenting hope and finding help for people struggling with depression, addiction, self-injury and suicide. TWLOHA has a vision to console, enlighten, motivate and also to invest directly into treatment and recovery.
TWLOHA was inspired by a friend named Renee. Renee lived a very dark and depressed life. One that led to drugs, alcohol and cutting her skin. Tworkowski witnessed Renee’s struggle and constantly prayed for her, hoping that she would get better. Renee needed more; rehabilitation was her only resort to become a more stable person. Tworkowski and friends helped get Renee into a rehabilitation center. The costs of rehabilitation centers were expensive, and the friends could barely raise the See LOVE on page 6 ISC sophomore Shelby Davis writes on a paper mache arm to promote SAB’s upcoming event. PHOTO BY BRANDON GOODWIN STAFF
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Petty releases reissue and DVD LOS ANGELES The adage about what doesn't kill you makes you stronger hardly has a more powerful musical manifestation than the story behind Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers' 1979 album "Damn the Torpedoes." That tale has become a central part of the mythology of rock 'n' roll, one that aspiring artists of any stripe might look to as a source of inspiration and reassurance in the face of the hurdles that inevitably spring up in front of those who are pursuing a grand vision. It's a story worth revisiting, what with this week's deluxe reissue of the original album, which catapulted the group to a new level of commercial success and critical respect with its bold ambition and fearless musical execution. The album reissue follows the recent release on DVD and Blu-ray disc of a new "Classic Albums" documentary about what went on behind the scenes between the release of the group's 1977 sophomore album "You're Gonna Get It" and the arrival more than two years later of "Torpedoes," which yielded the hits "Refugee," "Here Comes My Girl" and the band's first top-10 single, "Don't Do Me Like That." They make excellent companion pieces, the home video edition of the documentary containing an additional 42 minutes of material not included in the August airing of a 56minute cut on VH1. Along with new and vintage interview and performance footage of Petty, guitarist Mike Campbell, keyboardist Benmont Tench, bassist Ron Blair and drummer Stan Lynch, director Matthew Longfellow gets album producer turned often-elusive industry titan Jimmy Iovine on camera for his typically colorful insights. At one point, Iovine recalls telling Petty they had enough songs for the record. "It was the last time I ever said that to a band," Iovine says with a laugh. They also get engi-
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Post play a question mark without Kanter NICK CRADDOCK
Kernel columnist
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Freshman forward Terrence Jones drives toward the basket in the second half of UK's 88-65 win over East Tennessee State University at Rupp Arena on Friday, Nov. 12 , 2010.
No one said life after Enes Kanter was going to be easy. A day after UK’s 6-foot11 freshman forward from Turkey was ruled permanently ineligible by the NCAA, the Cats were forced to open the season with senior Josh Harrellson and junior Eloy Vargas as the only true ‘big men’ on their 10-man roster. UK’s under-sized lineup showed Friday night. At halftime, Harrellson and Vargas’ combined stats were: 11 minutes, four fouls, two points and four rebounds. At the final whistle, Harrellson and Vargas’ combined stats were: 29 minutes, six fouls, two points and 11 rebounds. Yikes. “We need (Kanter). Everybody knows we need him. We need that inside presence,” junior guard DeAndre Liggins said. “You all seen that today that No. 41 (East Tennessee State’s Isiah Brown) had a
great game against us because we didn’t have that authentic low post presence. We need Enes, but if things don’t work out we just got to find a way.” With respect to the Buccaneers, who didn’t use a player taller than 6-foot-8 in their rotation, a lack of a definitive post presence wasn’t detrimental to the Cats. 6-foot-8 Terrence Jones, a non-traditional big man who finished with double-digit rebounds, is more of a wing player with the skills necessary to play inside and outside (a la Lamar Odom). Jones’ teammates believe he can excel in the role Kanter would’ve filled. “Terrence can be that guy,” Liggins said. “He has long arms, he’s big but he just needs to find a way to defend the post.” UK head coach John Calipari told Jones following the game that he may be resigned to put him in the post. “What I told him after the game: ‘Kid, you may be our post defender. It may be you,’” Calipari said. But the post play of Jones will be a moot point if the Cats replicate their hot
shooting. UK made 13 threes in the game, including 10 in the first half, and five different Cats made 3-pointers. “I think we are the best 3-point shooting team in the country,” freshman guard Doron Lamb said. Ironically, UK couldn’t buy a three at times last season. “I told them in there, ‘You’re not going to do this every game. You’re not going to shoot that well, but if you defend, attack that glass and make free throws like we didn’t today, you’ll be fine,” Calipari said. “You don’t have to make 50 percent of your threes, make 35. We were making 10, 19 (percent) at times last year.” However, it would be reassuring to know reliable post play does exist for that inevitable cold-shooting night. Prior to the opener, Calipari somewhat underplayed the importance of having Kanter available to his team. One game into the season and he might be rethinking his statements. Nick is a journalism senior. E-mail ncraddock@kykernel.com or follow him on Twitter @KernelCraddock.
Calipari respects, disagrees with ruling By Aaron Smith asmith@kykernel.com
On the first play of the season, UK ran a designed play for Josh Harrellson. Brandon Knight cut through the lane while off the ball, received a pass at the three-point line and immediately dumped the ball inside to Harrellson at the elbow. Harrellson spun around and made the shot. “It was one of our options, and we executed the play pretty well,” Knight said. “He did a good job of sitting down and turning
around and scoring.” While it may or may not have been intended to be a statement play, it could certainly be perceived as one. After all, it was the first play of the entire season and came a day after freshman Enes Kanter was ruled permanently ineligible by the NCAA. UK head coach John Calipari addressed the decision after a 88-65 win over East Tennessee State on Friday. “I respect the NCAA’s decision. I don’t agree with it, but I respect the decision because it’s a hard decision,”
Calipari said. Calipari said he felt “bad” for Kanter and his father. “No one can argue the point that this kid wanted to be an amateur, and so did his father,” Calipari said. “His dad did all the things he thought were going to make sure his son [Kanter] stayed an amateur. Now, if they did some things they didn’t know were wrong by our rules, maybe. But they didn’t do anything wrong.” UK will appeal the decision, though. “It was sad,” Terrence
Jones said. “I told him not to worry about it, there’s still hope. That was pretty much it, I didn’t want to keep bringing it up and keep talking about it.” The players have entertained the notion of a reality that included Kanter able to play. “Of course (we wonder),” Jones said. “I built a great relationship with Enes, him coming in me and Doron’s room almost every night. It would be a lot of fun if he was playing.” Knight recognized the sit-
uation was beyond his control. “We really can’t look at that, there’s nothing we can do about it,” Knight said. “Why even think about it, why even talk about it? It’s out of our hands … While adversity swirls, we’re just trying to focus on what we have at hand, which is trying to get better and win games.” The decision leaves Harrellson and Eloy Vargas as the only players over 6-foot-8. “It’s very important to have the big guys that we do have to step up for us and be the physical presence on the
inside,” Knight said. DeAndre Liggins said the team recognized the difficulty of moving forward. “It’s going to be hard, but I’m sure Coach Cal will find a way,” Liggins said. Without Kanter’s presence in the paint, UK might trap post players more often. “It’s not that alarming,” Knight said. “We’ll adjust. We’ll get better at playing in the post. We all knew our post defense was something we need to work on, and it’s early in the season. We’ll have time to get better at it.”
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ONLINE Continued from page 1 enue, was the primary focus of the project. Blanton said the new courses were part of UK’s “war on attrition.” “It’s been a very aggressive effort, directly aimed at improving retention and, ultimately, graduation rates. We’ve added more academic support services and intervention efforts with students, among other things, to help
FOOTBALL Continued from page 1 “The coaches just left,” senior Derrick Locke said. “(They said) if you all don’t want to win, stay in here. Don’t come out if you all don’t want to finish this game and win.” Senior Ricky Lumpkin, realizing it was the seniors’ last game in Commonwealth Stadium, took charge in the locker room, something he said he doesn’t normally do. He saw players laughing and
ROTC cadets from UK and UofL ran 29 miles on Saturday to honor veterans, soldiers missing in action and prisoners of war. PHOTO BY LATARA APPLEBY STAFF
ensure student success,” Blanton said in the e-mail. “The results ... have been promising. Retention is at an all-time high at 82 percent. Our expectation is that graduation rates, over time, will continue to improve as well.” In an interview with the Kernel Wednesday, Nov. 3, UK Provost Kumble Subbaswamy, said distance-learning initiatives like the online summer courses show an expression of high ambitions and lead to better graduation rates. Subbaswamy said UK
joking and decided to stand up. “This was one of those times, I was like, honestly, bleep it, it’s time, I’m going to say what’s on my mind,” Lumpkin said. “I stood up, everyone’s paying attention to me and listening, and they took it to heart. We went out and played second-half Kentucky football like we usually do.” Lumpkin’s speech seemed to work. On UK’s first possession, Cobb sprinted a career-long 73 yards for a touchdown out of the Wildcat formation to give UK a
needs to be more innovative. “Students have a certain expectation with technology,” he said. Kornbluh said another hope of adding courses like these was that professors would gain new knowledge too. “One of the goals here is for faculty in the college to gain experience with using new technology,” he said. “So we’re hoping that what they learned in online classes, they’ll actually use some of those tools during their regular classes during the
17-13 lead. “I wish we could play the second half in the first half every game,” Phillips said. Cobb was at it again minutes later. With UK backed up inside its own 10yard line, Cobb lined up as quarterback and ended up making a play that looked straight from a playground. He danced around and avoided three pursuing defenders, then took off down the left sideline. He cut across the middle of the field, juking two more defenders on the way to a 52-
year.” Associate professor in anthropology Lisa Cliggett taught an online summer course on sub-Saharan Africa. In an email to the Kernel, Cliggett said it was her first time teaching an online course, and she said one main difference was “the very clear sense” she had of all her students. “In a face-to-face class, students can hide (by not speaking during discussion, sitting at the back of class, and simply not attending),” she said in the e-mail. “In an online class, assignments re-
yard run that led to a touchdown that stretched UK’s lead to 24-13. Cobb broke the all-time single-season record for allpurpose yards with that play, something Cobb said he had “no clue” happened. It was one worthy of a recordbreaker. Fittingly, seniors Derrick Locke and Chris Matthews had career-long plays on Senior Day. “I wanted to give the fans something to remember me by,” Locke said. “I feel like I did that. I feel like we did that.”
quire that students comment, engage and write about the material. So even for the quietest (or most likely to be “unengaged”) they must write something (or risk failing).” Cliggett said the framework of writing online comments and ideas allows more time for thought and synthesis. The number of these new online courses offered is expected to double by next summer, and Kornbluh said the College of Arts and Sciences is working with other colleges to add additional online summer courses.
PROVOST Continued from page 1 al Programs Coordinator of the VIP Center, later brought up the issue again. She asked about the collaborative efforts to engage the whole university on issues such as bullying. Several attendees asked multiple questions about UK’s funding priorities and the possibility of UK favoring some colleges and programs over others. Subbaswamy said that because some colleges and programs generate much more
By the numbers -29: the number of new Summer 2010 A&S online classes -$1,566,493: amount of UK tuition income estimated so far from the new classes -$939,896: the A&S revenue sharing-cut of the UK tuition estimated so far -5,000: the estimated number of completed credit hours within the 29 courses
revenue than others, there is a need for more funding to maintain that. He said there must be a balance between colleges. Law student Robert Proudfoot was one of the only students at the chat. He said he appreciated the chance to talk with Subbaswamy in an informal setting. “The informal chat was an excellent forum to learn more about our university and its leaders,” he said. Subbaswamy said he thought the chat went well. “It’s important to have honest, difficult conversations. It’s good for everyone,” he said.
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Cricket team represents culture KERNEL EDITORIAL As a university with a top-20 plan and making strides toward improving diversity UK's Cricket team displays the exploration of culture that would help foster such goals. Americans traditionally have a fear of trying new things, whether it be food, art, music or in this case, sports. The UK cricket team has an immense passion for their sport, but the one downfall they face, according to an Oct. 28 Kernel article is that they don't get much support or interest from their peers. One team member believes a big part of the reason that the team gets little support is because there is a misconception that cricket games last for days, when in reality the average game
lasts only four hours. The cricket team has been on UK's campus for more than a decade, yet last month's story was the first time the team had received coverage. The team feels coming out to a game isn't merely about supporting the team, but rather about students’ willingness to try new things, outside of the norm. Too often, sports are confined by cultural and national divides. Being open to trying new things from other cultures opens doors and opportunities to learn about people, places and things different from what students may be used to. Checking out a sport with a rich cultural history like the cricket team is a good stepping stone.
CASSIDY HERRINGTON, Kernel cartoonist
Facebook tightens grip on communication
LETTER TO THE EDITOR Response to a Nov. 8 column. First off, thank you for an excellent article. However while quidditch may have initially been played by Harry Potter fans only, it is not that way anymore. While the core people playing may be fans, there are plenty of athletes at college who know little or nothing about the game who came to it because they saw it, and thought it looked challenging and fun. After a match or two they were hooked. Penn State where I live is going to the Quidditch World Cup this weekend. I watched they play a couple of scrimmages two weeks ago and thought it was awesome to see. While I agree that it's not necessary that Quidditch get backed by the NCAA, I disagree that one of the reasons is that Quidditch is not really a sport. The term sport is defined as: An athletic activity requiring skill or physical prowess and-
often of a competitive nature, as racing, baseball, tennis,golf, bowling, wrestling, boxing, hunting, fishing, etc. The "muggle" variety may not involve flying on brooms high up in the air but it's certainly a combination of a few well known sports like rugby, lacrosse, dogeball, and basketball. It may look a bit weird, but it certainly fits the description and already has as much or more popularity behind it than some NCAA backed sports like Bowling. At the end of the day however, I guess what is really important is that people are outside, running and having fun rather than sitting in front of a computer, or tv. I think we can all agree that the sport of Quidditch should be applauded for that if nothing else. Mike Lanich Graphic artist
Great, another e-mail service. That’s right. Rumor has it Facebook is to announce Monday plans for a new communication service that would allow users to send e-mail messages to other users with the @facebook.com suffix. As if it isn’t SHANNON enough for college FRAZER students to be on Kernel Facebook every columnist minute of free time they have, the new e-mail service is sure to increase use even more. The chat service, wall postings and current messaging system aren’t enough, apparently. According to a Nov. 12 New York Times article, the new e-mail service wouldn’t be stand-alone, similar to Gmail, Yahoo or MSN. In the article, analyst Jeremiah Owyang said that these companies should still be worried, though, because they have been (unsuccessfully) trying to add social networking features to their sites to rival Facebook. On the other hand, Facebook has already successfully rivaled sites like Foursquare with its Facebook Places feature and online coupon sites with its feature that
lets merchants provide online discounts and coupons to users via mobile phones.
Techrunch said in a Nov. 11 update, “Facebook knows who your friends are and how closely you’re connected to them” Fox News reported Nov. 12 that only reporters were invited to the exclusive Monday press conference. Details have been kept under wraps, but many suspect that the news shared at this conference would then be echoed at Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg’s Tuesday presentation at the Web 2.0 Summit. Techcruch, who first broke the news Feb. 5, 2010, proclaimed this anticipated Facebook update, called “Project Titan” a “Gmail killer,” but spoke highly of the potential of Facebook e-mail. Techcrunch said in a Nov. 11 update, “Facebook knows who your friends are and how closely you’re connected to them; it can probably do a pretty good job figuring out which personal emails you want to read most and prioritizing them accordingly.” While I can’t say that I’m completely against Facebook e-
mail — the messaging system in place right now definitely needs some updates — I don’t agree with the principle of it. Facebook has more than 500 million users worldwide, and Zuckerberg and fellow cofounder Dustin Moskovitz are among the world’s youngest billionaires (Moskovitz was actually named the youngest billionaire by Forbes this year). The social networking site is more popular than ever. Do they really need to expand their market? Is a Facebook e-mail service what those 500 million users need? Evidently, and I’m sure news outlets everywhere will report on exactly why after Monday’s press conference. I’ll grin and bear it for now. And hey, I’m sure the Facebook email service will be greatly beneficial to a lot of people. But just like the Roman Empire could only expand so far and endure for so long before it fell, I predict Facebook will one day experience the same fate. When that happens, I’ll be curious to see how many will default to those “other” e-mail providers. Shannon Frazer is a journalism senior. E-mail opinions@kykernel.com.
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Wanted: Lawyers for a class action law firm. 5593064 Pepsi-Cola Job Fair November 17 and 18; Crowne Plaza, Harrodsburg Road 4pm-7pm. Part-time and full-time positions, 1st and 2nd shifts. See our website for job openings www.gjpepsi.com\lexington Part-time PM Kennel. Apply in person Richmond Road Veterinary Clinic, 3270 Richmond Road, 859263-5037
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2bd 2ba Aintree condo 10 min to UK all elec with deck/pool $625 call 299-6728 3 Bedroom 3BR Updated House. Living Room/Dining Room. Family- or 4th Bedroom. Large fenced yard. 102 Venice Park off Rosemont. $1,100/mo. 494-5058 or 967-6516 Beautiful Tates Creek Duplex, 3BR/2BA, Garage, All electric, $895/mo. 263-3740 NEXT TO CAMPUS 125 State Street. 3 or 4 BR Apartments. $800 Plus Utils. Parking. andrew@lciti.com 606-922-3499 3BR Apartment off University, $700/mo + gas & electric, 859-948-5000 House For Rent: 3bd 2ba deluxe house 10 min to UK $850 call 299-6728 4 Bedroom 4BR/2BA, Near Hospitals & Commonwealth Stadium, W/D, Off-street Parking, $1,150/mo. 859269-7878 or 859-619-0913 NEW and Nearly NEW 4BR HOMES – Only 2 left, very nice. Close to campus. View at lexingtonhomeconsultants.com. Showing daily. Call James McKee, Builder/Broker 859-221-7082 5 Bedroom
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5BR House off Alumni, Large fenced yard, W/D. Call 502-494-4598
$534 Room for Rent in 3 bedroom apt. Near Campus, Private Living. Call 859-226-5600
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Student play honors Veterans By Martha Groppo mgroppo@kykernel.com
Actors and actresses are accustomed to playing dead or fictional people, but UK theater students had the challenge of portraying fellow students on Friday night. The final performance of “Bringing It Home: Voices of Student Veterans” required five theater students to perform the exact words of five UK veterans who were interviewed for the Louie B.Nunn Center for Oral History’s “From Combat to Kentucky” oral history project. One of the play’s many emotional moments occurred when Jonathan Herst, played by theatre senior Alex Koehl, described learning he had lost his leg. “Well, at that time a female E5 medic walked up,” Herst said. “She looked at me in the eyes and I saw her look down at my leg. And then she turned around and threw up. And I knew right then and there, I said, ‘Okay doc, obviously my leg is gone, so just put me out and I don't want to remember anything.’” “These actors did a phenomenal job representing these real words,” Doug Boyd, director of the Nunn Center said. “This has been one of the most effective ways I have seen our interviews used.” The production revived a play performed in the spring and produced by collaboration between the Veterans Resource Center, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History and the UK Department of Theatre. Representatives from all three groups were in the audience. The audience was limited to 150 guests, a manageable size for the intimate setting in Buell Armory. Megan Henke, theatre junior, was one student in at-
LOVE Continued from page 1 funds needed to send Renee to treatment. Tworkowski decided to publish Renee’s story on MySpace, titled “To Write Love On Her Arms.” He then received financial support to design shirts to raise money for Renee’s treatment. When popular brands such as Switchfoot and Anberlin wore the shirts on their shows, Renee’s story spread quickly. TWLOHA became an internet sensation and music remains a large part of the organization. The organization has donated $800,000 to treatment and support. “The goal of bringing TWLOHA is to spread love, hope and support,” said Students Activities Board, Director of Engaging Issues,
tendance. She came to watch her theater classmates and was impressed by their mastery of the difficult script which demanded not only the memorization of lengthy interview excerpts, but also the memorization of pauses, “ums,” and hesitations the veterans used during their interviews. She attributed the actors’ success partially to their experience speaking to the veterans in person. “They got to interview these people, so they know them much better than we do,” Henke said. She also PHOTO BY WILL BALDON | STAFF praised her classmates’ talents, however, saying they ef- Actors performthe play "Bringing it Home", performed by Army and fectively became their charac- Air Force ROTC cadets on Veteran's Day in the Buell Armory. ters while playing their roles. She noted that Joe Fields, squares, and the actors moved the veterans involved by letthe senior psychology and around and amongst them, ting them know people cared communications major play- creating an interactive acting about their stories. “You’ve heard five stories ing Stephanie Murphy, mas- environment. “You get more involved,” tonight,” Dotson said. “There tered Murphy’s distinctive diction and verbal halts. She LoMonaco said of the envi- are over 500 here on camsaid Fields really sounded ronment. “It becomes more pus.” personal.” like Murphy. “I think it’s cool they are “That’s not how she doing something different [Fields] talks at all,” Henke said. She was equally compli- with the setting,” Henke said. mentary of the four actors “You feel like you are a part of it.” playing male veterans. “This is what we live “None of these guys are for,” Herman Farrell, the serious,” she said, “They are plays director and main writer goofballs.” The usually funny said, “nights like tonight, theater students became where everything came tosomber and respectful for gether perfectly.” When he their roles. “You don’t joke asked the cast from the spring about this kind of stuff,” performance to return for a Henke said. revival performance, they all Dana LoMonaco, animal came back. “This is a testascience pre-vet junior, agreed. ment to their rigor, their talent “It’s touching and shock- and their character,” Farrell ing to hear all this,” LoMona- said. co said. Coordinator for the VeterShe also commented on ans Resource Center, Anthothe play’s unconventional ny Dotson was full of praise structure. During the play, au- for the play’s actors. dience members changed lo“I think I’m as proud of cations three times, moving to those young people as I am different areas of the armory any of my soldiers,” Dotson, designed to represent boot the former commander of the camp, combat and campus. In ROTC at UK and a Lieuthe combat area, audience tenant Colonel, said. members sat on foam He said the play helped
Jill Baranowski. “Reading of poems, personalized scripts and quotes will be a part of this event, allowing UK students to fully open up about life.” There will be an anonymous Ransdell Gallery set up in the back of the ballroom to allow students to write letters to express their feelings. The letters will be available for attendees to read. Universities such as Easter Kentucky University, University of Transylvania and University of Louisville have been inquiring about the TWLOHA event, and are expected to attend. Tworkowski will bring musicians from Illinois; Ryan O’Neal of Sleeping at Last will perform. The event has been publicized via Facebook, posters, flyers and a huge display of giant arms outside of Whitehall Classroom Building. Director of Public Relations for the SAB, Sabrina
Hounshell created the display of giant arms. “Making an art figure of giant arms is a different way to attract student’s attention. Students can feel a part of the event by walking under the arms and placing their signature on it,” said Hounshell. The arms were made out of chicken wire and took about six days to make. Hounshell has known about the TWLOHA organization since high school, and is very excited to attend. She plans to participate in the writing of the anonymous letters and believes that students will feel more comfortable in partaking in this idea with a crowd of support around them. Baranowski said they are expecting more than 500 people to attend the event on Monday, Nov. 15 at 7:30 p.m. in the Student Center Grand Ballroom. Admission is free.
Potter finale to be a holiday hit By Russ Britt MCT
LOS ANGELES Warner Bros. Pictures is about to lose a major rainmaker, so it's going to let him linger a little longer before letting him go. That rainmaker, of course, is Warner's hugely profitable "Harry Potter" franchise. And by the time the box-office runs dry on "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I" after its release this holiday season, the wizard of Hogwarts will have raked in more than $6 billion for Warner and its parent, Time Warner Inc. through seven films. But when "Deathly Hallows: Part I" debuts Nov. 19, almost nine years to the day that the first installment, "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" was released it will be the last time the "Potter" series plops down in the middle of the holiday season and force the rest of Hollywood to plan their holiday films around it. The question is, who will fill the void? "It opens an opportunity. I don't know who jumps in there," said Paul Dergarabedian, president of box-office for the website Hollywood.com. "We have to see. Sometimes these things just happen organically." Consider that the first six installments made a cumulative $5.4 billion, or $900 million apiece in worldwide receipts. That makes the $6 billion threshold easily within range. It's also possible that when Part II of that final "Potter" installment hits theaters in July, the franchise could pile on to that haul enough to make it $7 billion in eight films, plus count-
less more sales in home video and untold ancillary revenue from product tie-ins. But that will be it for what will end up being a film series that spanned nearly 10 years and lifted the fortunes of Warner Bros. to a level that may be impossible to reach again. It's no wonder that Warner is stretching out the series of seven books to eight films. Company officials make no pretensions about trying to give at least a little more life to the series before bidding it farewell; that's another $900 million in potential receipts left on the table, they say privately. With many film series, each successive movie often ends up making less than the first. "Potter" went through the inevitable decline after "Sorcerer's Stone" still the highest-grossing installment in the series but got over it after the third movie, "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban," which still made $796 million Sales started climbing again and the last two films, "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" and "Harry Potter and the HalfBlood Prince" grossed $938 million and $934 million, respectively. Brandon Gray, president of box-office tracker BoxOfficeMojo.com says that splitting one book into two parts in a blatant effort to rake in more money could backfire. "It doesn't work too often but it may be that 'Harry Potter' is a unique phenomenon," Gray said. "It's incredible how strong this franchise is, six movies in."