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one year later. UK issued the tobacco ban on Nov. 19, 2009. At first, TOBACCO-FREE students met it with protest, but officials say the ban has CAMPUS been effective over the past year. While people still smoke on campus, UK is content with the ban’s results and cites growing enrollment in its cessation programs as a sign of success.
Board speaking plan may change Proposal would make agenda available earlier By Katie Perkowski kperkowski@kykernel.com
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A cigarette was placed in the mouth of the Patterson statue during the protest against the smoking ban at UK on Nov. 19, 2009.
Cessation programs make ban ‘success’ By Patrick T. Sullivan psullivan@kykernel.com
UK’s tobacco ban has been in effect for a year now, and officials have deemed it a success. Tobacco Policy Research Program Director Ellen Hahn said UK finds the ban successful because of the number of students, faculty and staff members who have enrolled in tobacco cessation programs. Since the cessation programs began in October 2009, about 83 students and 45 faculty and staff members have enrolled in the programs, Health Education coordinator Fadyia Lowe said. “Most students hate the fact that they smoke,” Lowe said. “Less people want to smoke because of the ban.” To help students, faculty and staff quit, UK pays for nicotine replacement therapy in the form of patches, gum and
lozenges, Lowe said. To combat the physical aspect of the addiction, people trying to quit are given a kit with putty and cinnamon flavored toothpicks. Although Hahn is content with the cessation program’s success, she knows problems exist in the ban’s enforcement. “While it’s going well, we know people still smoke on campus,” Hahn said. To combat tobacco use on campus, Hahn said the ban relies on students, faculty and staff to approach users and politely ask them to quit. “There are no smoke police,” she said. “We’d like people to approach users kindly, but people do not always feel comfortable.” To promote comfort in everyday enforcement, Hahn said the Tobacco Policy Research Program is making Youtube videos that give viewers script-
ed messages to say to ban violators. “The key here is to remind people of the ban and ask nicely,” Hahn said. Hahn said for smokers who persist, a higher form of punishment is available. “If you know someone who is consistently violating, report them to the Dean of Students,” Hahn said. Hahn said she knows of at least one student the Dean of Students Office is reprimanding. The reporting process will become easier next semester, Hahn said. UK will introduce an online form people can submit to report violators. While enforcement needs improvement, Lowe said the ban has been great for UK. “It has really put us ahead,” she said. “A tobacco ban at a school in a tobacco state. Who would have thought?”
Proposed FDA labels for smoking products
‘Diseased lungs, dead bodies’ to be on cigarettes By Taylor Moak tmoak@kykernel.com
A mother blowing smoke in a baby’s face, diseased lungs, dead bodies and cemeteries. These may now be some of the images people see when they pick up a pack of cigarettes. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a proposal for new graphic labels last week and will select nine from 96 potential labels to rotate on cigarette packing,
said Audrey Darville, nurse practitioner and certified tobacco treatment specialist with UK HealthCare. Graphic labels have been in place on cigarette packages in Canada, Egypt, Australia, New Zealand and countries in the European Union for years, Darville said. Darville said some countries such as Australia and New Zealand have tobacco cessation hotline numbers listed on the cigarette packs in addition to the graphic im-
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ages. She said a study in New Zealand showed putting graphic labels with hotline information dramatically increased the number of calls the hotline received. Darville said the North American Quitline Consortium is working to get its phone number put onto the new labels. The new FDA labels will have three main themes, Darville said. The themes are pregnant women smoking, secondhand smoking
around children and tobacco-exposure related illnesses. Different images will be chosen to use and then rotated because people start to ignore the same messages, Darville said. People can vote for their favorite label online until Jan. 11, 2011. Darville said the labels came out of the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act and See LABELS on page 6
On Oct. 27, 2009, protestors — many of them students — left a Board of Trustees meeting angry and frustrated because they couldn’t share their opinions about naming the new men’s basketball dorm Wildcat Coal Lodge. Now, more than a year later, a plan has been proposed that would give people more time to apply to appear before the board. Administrative Regulations 1:2, the current speaking policy, has been in effect since September 1970. According to a Nov. 17, 2009 Kernel article, to speak before the Board of Trustees, UK President Lee Todd, a committee and the full board must approve the request in a 30 hour time frame. The agenda becomes available to the public at 9 a.m. the day before the board meetings take place, and the request must be approved by the time of the next day’s meeting. Under the new proposal, the agenda would be released to the public at least three full business days before the board meeting. The new proposal also states that anyone wanting to address the board needs to submit a written petition to the chair of the board through the Office of the President at least two full business days before a scheduled board meeting. Under the current plan, anyone wanting to address the board must submit a written request to Todd after the agenda is posted at 9 a.m. the day before the meeting. The request must then be approved before it. Joe Peek, finance professor and faculty representative to the board, sent an e-mail request to the president last year to change the speaking rules, but it was denied. He was involved in creating the new proposal. Peek said under the current policy, because people have to apply at least 24 hours before the meeting, they only have three or four hours to apply. “What we currently have, you probably aren’t going to speak in front of the Board of Trustees unless they really want you to,” he said. Peek said the new proposal would be a tremendous improvement. “So now you actually have an opportunity to think about what’s going to be on the agenda,” Peek said. Under the proposed plan, after a speaking request is submitted, the board chair, who may consult with the president, determines if the subject matter of the petition is relevant to a pending or future agenda item. If the subject is relevant, she will either tell the petitioner to address the full board or refer the petitioner to the appropriate committee of the board. If the chair does not find the subject relevant, the petition would not move on. If moved to a committee, the committee would decide whether it can bring the topic up in front of the board for the petitioner or if the petitioner can speak to the full board. Peek said under the new proposal, if a petition is granted, the speaker would have the opportunity to appear before the board’s vote was made on the issue. During the Wildcat Coal Lodge protest, some students complained because they didn’t have enough time to read the agenda and submit a request in time to speak at the meeting. “Now, if it goes to committee, then if you’re allowed to speak, you would speak before a decision was made,” Peek said. “So if you’re allowed to speak at the committee meeting, you’ll be speaking to the committee members, but there will probably be a number of other trustees there.” See BOARD on page 6
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Part 1 of last Harry Potter movie hits theatres Short of author J.K. Rowling, no one has spent more time presenting the tales of “Harry Potter” than David Yates, director of the last four movies in the epic film series. “I’ve been working on the movies for five or six years now. I can’t really remember,” says Yates in a telephone interview from London. It’s a rather hectic time Yates, who is in the middle of furor for the world premiere of “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1” and editing the second part to be released in July. What Yates has done through the years is create contrasts, whether it be in the growth of characters or the way the films have been shot. One great contrast apparent with “Part 1” was Yates getting out into the real world to film. He and his crew spent months inside soundstages bringing “Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix” and “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” to the screen. The latest “Potter” puts the three’s central heroes — Harry (Daniel Radcliffe), Hermione (Emma Watson) and Ron (Rupert Grint) — on the run from the evil forces who’ve taken over the magical world. “It was incredibly liberating for me and crew to be able to shoot in London and across the countryside,” says Yates. “There’s the scene where the three of them are on the beach and the tide is coming in. Daniel is freezing but we just keep rolling because we were able to capture an energy and a moment that would have been impossible to get on a soundstage.” Yates loved the contrasts that came from taking the three iconic characters — who had
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spent almost all their time in magical worlds — and dropping them in the gritty reality of downtown London. He thinks the jeux de position gives the film a huge creative punch. And then Yates fills the new movie with quiet moments, such as a dance sequence he calls “a very delicate and tender moment.” Whether on a soundstage or location, Yates has created a very distinct look for the “Potter” films using light and dark as a metaphor for the changes going on in the life of the young magician. He wanted the lighting to reflect the anger, fear, joy and confusion Harry has had to deal with through this long film journey. More contrasts are coming. Yates says there’s a dramatic difference between the two halves of the finale. He’s designed the first half of the “Deathly Hallows” to be an edgy road film accented with a love story. Audiences will have to fasten their seatbelts for “Part 2.” “The second film is going to be this huge operatic tale full of big battles and dragons,” Yates says. “It will be this epic fantasy finale.” The final scene at the end of “Part 1” is, Yates says, a small sampling of what to expect with the second movie. Once the last “Harry Potter” film has been released, Yates will begin his search for a new project. While he would like the creative contrast of making a smaller film, he knows he would be crazy not to seek out more big-film projects like “Harry Potter” to use what he has learned over the last five or six years.
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The UK fencing club practices on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 8 to 10 p.m. in the Buell Armory Building. The club has about 12 to 15 individuals in attendance at each practice, but it is currently seeking more student participation. Though the club is not accepting new members to compete this semester, students are encouraged to attend practices and begin to get involved for next semester’s club competitions.
En guard: UK fencing a ‘close-knit group’ By Hayes Gardner sports@kykernel.com
Every Tuesday and Thursday evening in the Buell Armory Building, about 12 Cats work on footwork, blocking and other skills for their sport. Instead of seeing a basketball or Coach Cal, however, observers would find UK’s fencing club. Although the club has been around for at least 20 years, the team’s intentions then and now are one in the same. The current UK fencers are make up intimate club focused on improving the fencing skills of themselves and
of each other. With 12 to 15 members and no official coaches, the team members rely on each other for assistance. Club Presidents Alex Kreiser and John Kille act as the leaders of the team and guide the other fencers in enhancing their skills. Kreiser described fencing as “physical chess between two people.” Three weapons are used in fencing: the foil, the epee and the sabre. Kille teaches the foil specifically, Kreiser is the epee instructor and both help out with the sabre. Each weapon has a specific target
area, and each hit to the specific zone earns a fencer one point. The first to 15 wins. Much of the sport’s “common knowledge” isn’t so common to non-fencers. In fact, many of the UK fencers didn’t understand the rules of fencing when they started the sport in college. With few opportunities for fencing in high school, the UK fencing club is aware most students have little idea of what fencing is about, so all students are invited to join the club. The UK team competes in tournaments, and some students compete individually in
others. UK’s first tournament of the season will be a dual tournament against Louisville in February. A typical tournament consists of pool play and a bracket-style tournament, ending with a champion. Points are scored based on first-, second- and thirdplace finishes in all three weapon events, and the team with the most points is the tournament champion. Last year, UK swept in foil and epee and won the tournament, and it hopes to repeat this year. In practice, fencers work on skills like attacking,
The Edge: UK vs. Bye Week By Nick Craddock ncraddock@kykernel.com
Although the Cats get a week of rest and relaxation, The Edge does not take time off, and so in the continued spirit of football, here are some matchups that could afflict or aid UK during its bye week. Randall Cobb vs. NFL dreams Cobb wants to eventually play football on Sundays, but after he announced that he may evaluate his options after this year, his junior year, the fans of Big Blue Nation may be feeling a little bit conflicted right now. After all, the most recent performance lodged in Cobb’s memory is his 279-all-purpose-yard game against Vanderbilt, what could have been Cobb’s last in Commonwealth Stadium. However, Cobb has repeatedly expressed his love for UK, and he could benefit from another year of development as a receiver and could catch former Florida Gator Tim Tebow’s Southeastern Conference career for touchdowns (57; Cobb currently sits at 37). All points for Cobb to mull. Edge: Cobb stays Derrick Locke vs. injury concerns Locke enjoyed a warm welcome back to the starting lineup versus Vanderbilt after missing four games because of a shoulder stinger. The senior tailback finished with 22 carries for 145 yards and two touchdowns. Of those 145 yards, 83 came courtesy of one play, so Locke’s sta-
tistics are a little misleading. Inflated statistics aside, UK head coach Joker Phillips noted postgame that he wasn’t seeing the typical Locke. Said Phillips: “When he came on our side, I just made mention to our offensive guys that he doesn’t look the same. He didn’t look like the same Derrick. Even on the long run, Derrick Locke, I mean, he steps away from those guys, and he didn’t step away from them like he had been earlier in the season.” Considering Locke’s status was in question mere days before the Vanderbilt game, the extra rest should do him wonders. Edge: Locke
breaking a streak against a hated rival would be one of the highlights from this year. Edge: UK Ricky Lumpkin vs. teammates The fifth-year senior defensive tackle went on an expletive-laden rant against his teammates in the locker room during halftime of the Cats’ 38-20 win over Vanderbilt. The Cats trailed 13-10 after two quarters. To say the speech was a little out of the ordinary would be an understatement given the affable Lumpkin’s typical demeanor. It may be a bye week, but Lumpkin’s teammates may not want to chance slacking off too much, otherwise they might see his angry side again. Edge: teammates do their job Danny Trevathan vs. phantom runner
UK vs. rising pressure Although there’s no game this Saturday, the final regular season game for the Cats is a biggie given the Tennessee Volunteers’ dominance over UK in the past quarter of a century. Despite the Vols’ 4-6 record, any team that holds a 25-game winning streak over another can’t be underestimated. The Cats are likely headed to a middle-of-the-line bowl again, so
Trevathan, who has recorded 10plus tackles in seven consecutive games, will not be able to get to the double-digit tackle mark this weekend because he will not have the opportunity to chase any opponent down. So far, only the phantom running back can elude Trevathan. Edge: phantom runner (but only by a hair) Final Edge: maximum edge in favor of UK Follow Nick on Twitter @KernelCraddock.
blocking and footwork for the first half of practice and then exhibit what they’ve learned in the second half with oneon-one matches. Fencing is a skill-oriented sport, Kreiser said, and good fencers need agility and skill to hit their opponent and earn a point. The goal of practice is to improve on skills while having a good time. “We’re a laid back club. We’re all friends,” he said. Kille said he enjoys the sport for reasons other than team unity. “Fencing gives you an opportunity to blow off some steam,” he said. “It’s a great
stress reliever.” The club’s membership is set for this semester, but students will have the chance to join at the beginning of the second semester. Anyone interested can attend a practice at 8 p.m. in the Buell Armory Building Tuesday or Thursday, or can contact Kreiser or Kille. The club knows the advantage of being a smaller sport, primarily because it believes the size forms the close-knit group it sees today. “We may be a club,” Kille said. “But we think of ourselves as a team.”
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Eclectic dances give ‘something different’ By Hope Smith features@kykernel.com
A crew of students-turned choreographers will mesh salsa, swing, ballet, jazz and belly dancing together Saturday night. UK Dance Ensemble will hold its annual Fall Concert this weekend at the Singletary Center. Dance Ensemble publicist and officer Audra Flanagan said there’s something for everyone in the 14 dances that will be performed. “We always try to throw in something different,”
Flanagan said. “People seem to be most surprised by the cultural dances ... they’re not always expected.” Dance Ensemble is a student-run organization striving to challenge and further individuals in the areas of dance and performance, Flanagan said, and a guest choreographer is brought in every year to help students try something new. The guest choreographs one piece, but the other dances are almost entirely the work of student choreographers, and they take weeks to perfect. “This year we have a vis-
iting choreographer from Louisville who has been giving the dancers more experience on a professional level,” Flanagan said. “It’s always good for your own work to collaborate with people from a higher level.” The organization holds auditions to determine who would best represent the ensemble throughout the year, and Flanagan said more members were accepted than usual this year because there was “a lot of really great talent.” “It’s all in how you move and how you pick up move-
ment,” Flanagan said. As soon as auditions are over and the new members have been selected, the group wastes no time beginning to work on pieces for upcoming performances. Throughout the year, Dance Ensemble travels to perform at conferences, festivals, schools and museums. The group also hosts workshops and presents lectures at local Kentucky schools. In the past, the annual spring and fall concerts have included a wide range of dance pieces, from serious and reflective to jazzy and
cheerful. The student choreographers try to offer variety
If you go What: UK Dance Ensemble fall concert When: Saturday at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m. Where: Singletary Center Admission: $10 for students and seniors, $12 for adults in every piece, and they have almost “full artistic freedom,” Flanagan said. Choreographers blend styles from all
time periods and cultures with music they hand-select to entertain and impress the crowd. Flanagan, who is currently involved in Dance Ensemble for her sixth semester and will perform her fourth personally choreographed piece this weekend, joined the group because she wanted to grow as a dancer. “It really helped me, because I’m not from an area of great dance opportunity,” Flanagan said. “Now I love Dance Ensemble. It’s my life here at UK.”
Event teaches how to avoid quitting ‘cold turkey’ before enjoying the holidays By David Jarvis features@kykernel.com
Although the holiday associated with turkey is only a week away, going cold turkey isn’t always the best option. In a combined effort from UK HealthCare, UK Health and Wellness, the Counseling Center and University Health Services hosted The Great American Smoke Out at three locations across campus Thursday afternoon. Information about how to quit, and the best options for quitting were available at the various locations along with hot chocolate, cold turkey sandwiches and s’mores. From 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.,
representatives from student organizations as well as University Health Services and the Counseling Center faculty handed out free information, food and also spoke with those interested in quitting. “We have made a lot of progress on the program and services offered for those trying to quit,” said Fadyia Lowe, Health Education coordinator and tobacco treatment specialist. “We don’t expect you to quit cold turkey and without help.” Quitting “cold turkey” references quitting tobacco without treatment or nicotine replacement therapy. “Sometimes students
think they will just pick up smoking during college then quit when they graduate,” said Joanne Brown, a tobacco treatment specialist with University Health Services. “We realize that tobacco is an addiction, and we are trying to change the culture.” The program advises those trying to quit not to attempt without help. “Only about 5 percent of those who quit cold turkey remain tobacco free,” Brown said. The program has seen a great response from students and faculty, Lowe said. “I think the majority of students, faculty and staff are happy about the policy,” said
Dr. Federico Aldarondo, a psychologist and associate director of the Counseling Center. “I hear more about people who are angry when they see violators and they don’t see any immediate consequences,” Aldarondo said. While many people respect and follow the smoking ban on UK’s campus, some still ignore it. “I personally see fewer people smoking on campus, although we still know there are violators,” Aldarondo said. A new student organization was also involved in the effort. The Student Wellness Ambassadors helped distrib-
ute information and food during Thursday’s program. The Student Wellness Ambassadors are part a new program, which stemmed from The College Alcohol Use Student Educators, which focused solely on alcohol abuse. “We help educate students about using more than just alcohol and tobacco, but over-the-counter medications as well as prescription drugs such as Adderall,” said Nicole Hayes, president of Student Wellness Ambassadors. Many resources are available for students and faculty interested in quitting. Individual and group tobac-
co treatment programs are available to students and faculty for free. “We have a tobacco treatment specialist here on campus who can coach individually through the quitting process in conjunction with NRTs as well as a phonebased coaching program where the individual is assigned a health coach and they assist them in the quitting process,” said Jody Ensman, manager of the Health and Wellness Program for faculty and staff at UK. For more information, visit, (http://uky.edu/tobaccofree), University Health Services or the UK Counseling Center.
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The ban, ‘the symbol’ celebrate one year Think about what you learned in your freshman English class. Yes, your freshman English class. You probably read all of the books and essays, not really thinking about the concepts. Just going through the motions, you may have come along a concept called symbolism. Authors sometimes use symbolism in their writing AUSTIN to mask an underlying theme. They use one object SCHMITT contributing or tell one story to prove a columnist point. Today is the one-year anniversary of the tobacco ban. English professors across campus are smiling from ear-to-ear as the university celebrates the greatest use of symbolism the members of this campus have ever seen. One year ago today, a change was brought to this campus; a change that everyone thought would be epic; a change that was supposed to be the end of the world; a change that had everyone up in smoke. It didn’t quite turn out that way, though. Sorry “Tea Party” smoke activists, your exhibition in front of Patterson Office Tower didn’t amount to anything and hell didn’t freeze over. Yet, from the very beginning, this ban was about two different groups of people: smokers and non-smokers. But more than that, it is an “initiative,” as is the politically correct term, which is more symbolic than any actions rendered. “Nothing is more destructive of respect for the government and the law of the land than passing laws which cannot be enforced,” Albert Einstein said. The images of students putting a cigarette
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Marlene Men took a smoke break outside of White Hall Classroom Building on Nov. 15, 2010. in the mouth of the James K. Patterson statue will forever be ingrained in the minds of the people present on campus that day. Then consider the columns, the letters to the editor, the editorials and the news stories, and you have symbols of what would come. The anti-ban activists said this was about taking away their rights. But what rights did they have in the first place? Sure, smoking is an individual choice, but what about the people around you? This group of smokers who were against the ban did have one selling point, though, as Albert Einstein pointed to in the above quote, a law must be enforced to be effective. How would this ban be enforced? As it turns out, the ban would be self-enforced and didn’t take long to become com-
mon law around campus. As one of my friends, a smoker, said the week after the ban took effect, “I’ve never gotten more dirty looks when smoking a cigarette as I did when I smoked outside of the library tonight.” Game. Set. Match. “No man is above the law and no man is below it; nor do we ask any man’s permission when we ask him to obey it,” Theodore Roosevelt said. This was the stance UK was taking, and there was no negotiation. The ban was coming Nov. 19, and it wasn’t a debate, rather it was a standard. This ban wasn’t about rights, as the other group alluded to. It was about symbolically creating “a better Commonwealth,” as Tobacco Initiative champion Ellen Hahn said with such poise and confidence.
UK wasn’t messing around. There would be no designated smoking areas. There would be no smoking on the sidewalks surrounding campus. Either obey or get off campus. Nobody was above the law, as Theodore Roosevelt so wisely stated in the above quotation. Students could protest and complain all they wanted. They could put cigarettes in Patterson’s mouth, but this wasn’t about the students. This was about the landmark university in the landmark state of tobacco production banning the use of tobacco products. Industry and economy be damned, we are banning tobacco. “Applause waits on success,” Benjamin Franklin said. So the question must be asked: Was the tobacco ban a success? I surmise that if you ask the two groups profiled above, you will get two completely different answers. Next time you walk around campus, count the amount of smokers you see. I walk behind smokers everyday on my way to class. Next, look at the smokers who crowd around the “90” in their attempt to be off campus, and you will see the success of the ban. But, I don’t believe the success of the ban can be measured in the amount of smokers who are still smoking on campus. Remember, this ban is symbolic. It was never about revolting against smokers, it was about “creating a better Commonwealth.” So I leave you with one question, UK. Have you created a better Commonwealth?As Benjamin Franklin said in the previous quote, applause waits on success, so before you pat yourself on the back and praise the ban, answer that question for me. Austin Schmitt is an accounting and finance junior. E-mail opinions@kykernel.com.
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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
Unfurnished Woodland Apartment, 2BR/1BA,
Lexington Country Club Now hiring seasonal holiday cooks. Experience necessary. Flexible schedule. Competitive wages. Call Chef Michael 340-2065.
2bd 2ba Aintree condo 10 min to UK all elec with deck/pool $625 call 299-6728
4BR/2BA, Near Hospitals & Commonwealth Stadium, W/D Hook-up, Off-street Parking, $1,150/mo. 859-269-7878 or 859-619-0913
2 Bedroom
REDUCED! 323 Old Virginia Avenue, No Pets, Street
chance for prizes, Singletary 10-6 today. Help Needed: Specialty Food & Kitchenware Shop. Position A: Person with sales and merchandising skills for Kitchen & Giftware Department. Position B: Person for Deli and Specialty Food Counter. Pick up applications at counter. The Mouse Trapp, 3323 Tates Creek Road, Lansdowne Shoppes, 269-2958
UK Equine Initiative is seeking a paid equine communications student intern to help with editorial, public relations and marketing communications tasks for UK’s equine programs. Must have strong writing and verbal communication skills. AP style writing and familiarity with Adobe graphics software a plus. Please submit resume, cover letter and writing samples to holly.wiemers@uky.edu by December 1. For more info, go to www.ca.uky.edu/equine.
1BR Center Court, all appliances, $985/mo. plus electric & cable, Great view, great location, covered parking! 859-221-0056
$534 Room for Rent in 3 bedroom apt. Near Campus, Private Living. Call 859-226-5600
257 E. Lowry. 2-4BR/1BA. $725/mo. No pets. 533-1261
2BR Apartment, Rose Street, $595/mo + utilities, 859948-5000
4 Bedroom
588 West Short: Spacious 1BD Apartment, Formal Entry. Living Room & Dining Room, plus Courtyard & W/D. $685/month. 494-5058 or 967-6516
Large House adjacent to campus. $990/mo. Lease until July 31, 2011. Call Matt @ 576-5720.
2BR/1.5BA, W/D Hookup, Clubhouse with pool. All new windows, Sutherland Drive, 2-story. $600/mo. 576-8844
Large Efficiency Apartment, $440 /month + Electric, Perfect location for those attending UK, 1/2 block from Main Campus 1 block from Main Library, Grocery, Laundry within walking distance, Unfurnished Call 859-270-6860 Anytime
Waller Ave. Hardwood and tile floors. Free internet and cable TV. Available January 1st. $465/mo. 859-494-8075, bluegrassrentals@gmail.com
Angliana. $499/mo. Sub-lease before 1st of month and get ½ off that month’s rent. 270-604-1405
House For Rent: 3bd 2ba deluxe house 10 min to UK $850 call 299-6728
5 Bedroom 5BR House off Alumni, Large fenced yard, W/D. Call 502-494-459 1-9 Bedroom Listings 4 or 3BR/2BA Renovated Home by campus, 1105 Crescent, All electric, all appliances. Springleaf, $300 per person. 859-229-4991 Need person to Sub-Lease Apartment at 524
Parking, References. Duplex, 1.5BR $325/mo., 2.5BR $375/mo., $400 Deposit, Year Lease. 2776900 RENT REDUCED - 2, 3, or 6 Bedroom Apts Available. Central Heating and Air. Off Street Parking. Walk to UK. 859.338.7005. 7BR/3BA Duplex, $325/ea. Aylesford Pl. Walk to campus, 2 kitchens, 2 W/D, off-street parking. Can split to 3BR & 4BR. Patriotrentalsllc.com. 433-0996 2,3&4BR Townhomes, close to shopping, school & library. Would provide all lawn care. Floor plans are available on website, www.bgfinehomes.com. Call Marion at 621-7894 9BR House, 3BA, off Rose St. 5800 sq ft, $1600/mo + utilities, 859-948-5000 Parking Parking Spaces Available, $295/Semester, 423 Aylesford PL. Check out google maps to see amazing Location, Call 859-270-6860 Anytime
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Bartenders Needed, FT/PT available. No experience required. Will train. Earn up to $250 per shift. Call 877-405-1078 - ext.-1701
tion, you could work for Lifeline escorting our elderly clients to dr. visits, shopping, etc. CALL: Lifeline Homecare, Inc. 859-273-2708 or email: lhbadd@qx.net. Opening for Wait-Staff, Yesterday’s Billiards Room, Convention Center. Apply in person.
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Roommate Needed ASAP. $450/month, Utilities included. Upstairs apartment, near Ashland. Large deck, off-street parking. Pets okay. 901273-3072
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Wanted: Lawyers for a class action law firm. 5593064
Georgetown Nurse Aide Training Center offering the following: C N A Classes now available with online option. Enroll at anytime! Georgetown and Lexington. Cost $700.00
Part-time PM Kennel. Apply in person Richmond Road Veterinary Clinic, 3270 Richmond Road, 859263-5037 Part-time Front Office Assistant Needed. Email resume’ and availability to dhepp@waldmanpsc.com Work/Study & Earn at the same time. If you have a class schedule that permits & reliable transporta-
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"Monkey Joe's”, Lexington's premier children's indoor entertainment center, is seeking FUN HIGH-ENERGY employees. Apply in person at 1850 Bryant Rd. Suite 120. Email kelly.vanmetre@monkeyjoes.com or call 264-0405 for more info.
Busy pediatric office looking for CNA or Nursing Student for part-time employment. Some weekends required. First year nursing students welcome to apply. Please fax your resume to Commonwealth Pediatrics at 859-277-1455 or email it to atankersley@cwpeds.com.
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
LOOKING FOR M & F Social drinkers 21-35 years of age with or without ADHD. Researchers at the University of Kentucky are conducting studies concerning the effects of alcohol. Volunteers paid to participate. Please call 257-5794
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Female Roommate Wanted: Female Student a Must. 1BR for sub-lease, near UK. $375/month + utilities. Available immediately. 859-588-5757 Female Roommate Wanted, 5BR House on campus. January-July. $375/month + utilities. Contact 859250-7071 Female Roomate(s) Needed, 3BR home near campus (Aurora Ave.) $400/mo. (Incl. Utilities) Contact Kirsten Jackson (859) 576-7110 Female Roommate Needed. $439/mo. 10 minutes from campus (Royal Lexington Apartments). Lease ends August 1, 2011. Own Bedroom & Bathroom. Pool, Tanning Bed, Nice Workout Facility, Washer/Dryer in each unit, Big Closet. Available January 1st. Contact scbr224@uky.edu. Female roommate wanted to sublease room in house January-July. Furniture available. $400+utilities - negotiable. 740-708-0587 Lost & Found FOUND- TI-84 plus calculator in room CB 207. Contact the Math department, 257-6802, to claim.
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LABELS Continued from page 1 are mandated to go into effect by September 2012. Kinesiology freshman Taylor Darst does not smoke and said she found the labels with pictures of babies to be the most effective. Accounting freshman Elizabeth Rousos also does not smoke and said the pictures of the tombstones were also effective. “Seeing the pictures rather than words would evoke more emotion,”
Rousos said. Fadyia Lowe, health education coordinator and tobacco treatment specialist with the University Health Service, said research shows onethird of students start smoking in college. Fifty percent of people who start smoking in college will smoke after college, and 45 percent of college students have used tobacco in the last year, Lowe said. Research shows scare tactics like labels don’t work to keep people from smoking, Lowe said, but they may prevent people from starting to smoke.
“The goal is to get (people) to not start smoking,” Lowe said. Darst said she thought the labels would do more to bring awareness to the consequences of smoking, but she said most smokers already know the effects. “I don’t know how much those are going to help,” Darst said. “But it’s worth a try.” Erik Marise is a UK dining service worker at Blazer Cafe who smokes one to two cigarettes a day. Marise had not seen the labels, but said he thought the listed information may be more effective. “Facts would be most important
Congressman interrogated Guantanamo detainees By Carol Rosenberg MCT
MIAMI — It’s one of the Pentagon’s most sensitive and carefully guarded secrets: Who interrogated the prisoners at Guantanamo? So it came as a surprise last month when a Pennsylvania congressman seeking re-election campaigned as the only member of the U.S. Congress to have interrogated a Guantanamo detainee. It didn’t work. Rep. Chris Carney, a Blue Dog Democrat, lost his mainly Republican district to a former federal prosecutor. But the revelation raised eyebrows in Washington, where Carney served on the Homeland Security Committee, as well as questions about the Pentagon’s effort to keep secret the identities of the people who have conducted Guantanamo interrogations. Military commissions judges shield the interrogators’ names and call them only by aliases such as Interrogator No. 1. During recent hearings in advance of Canadian Omar Khadr’s guilty plea to war crimes charges, Interrogator No. 3 testified in his dress uniform in court but the military insisted a courtroom sketch artist blur his features. At the Pentagon, a spokeswoman said Carney, who remains a reservist subject to call up, did not need permission from military intelligence circles or others in his chain of command to disclose his interrogator role on his resume. “That was his call,” said Army Maj. Tanya Bradsher. The Department of Defense does not make public the identities of its interrogators, she said, to protect its troops. Whether the revelation will hurt Carney’s chances to be used again as a military interrogator “will simply have to be taken into account when this reservist is being considered for
future assignments,” she said. The revelation, however, caught fellow lawmakers by surprise. Carney, 51, apparently never revealed to his Democratic colleagues the top-secret portion of his intelligence resume, even as he opposed President Barack Obama’s plan to empty the Guantanamo prison camps and move some war-on-terror suspects’ trials to civilian courts. ‘It’s news to me,” said Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., chairman of the Homeland Security Committee. Committee members made multiple fact-finding trips to Guantanamo, Thompson added, but the subject never came up. As for how much time Carney spent in Guantanamo, who he interrogated and for how long, he and his staff aren’t saying. “The congressman is not at liberty to discuss details of his experience at Guantanamo his said Bay,” spokesman, Josh Drobnyk. “Sorry I can’t be of further help.” Drobnyk also would not say why Carney chose to disclose this particular portion of his biography in the 11th hour of a fierce competition. During the campaign, a political science professor in Carney’s district theorized he might be “trying to burnish conservative credentials” in a predominantly GOP district that overwhelmingly voted for John McCain over Obama in 2008. message, The though subtle, said Lycoming College profes-
Matthew Mitchell signs five-year extension By T.J. Walker sports@kykernel.com
The UK women’s basketball team has seen growing success in recent years under head coach Matthew Mitchell. On Thursd a y , Mitchell was rewarded for his efforts. According to a UK Mitchell Athletics news release, the 39-year-old head coach signed a five-year contract extension worth $600,000 annually, plus the opportunity for performancebased incentives. Mitchell was named the Southeastern Conference Coach of the Year last season while taking his team to the Elite Eight despite being picked to finish 11th in the preseason poll. UK Athletic Director Mitch Barnhart was happy to keep the Mitchell family in Lexington. “We are excited to ensure that Matthew and Jenna will be a part of the Wildcat family for many years to come,”
Barnhart said in the release. “He has done a remarkable job in creating a culture of passion and competitiveness with a type of class that makes us proud to have him at the University of Kentucky.” Mitchell is proud of the opportunity given to him and he plans to work hard in upcoming seasons. “Jenna (Mitchell’s wife) and I are very grateful to Dr. (Lee) Todd and Mr. Barnhart for giving me an opportunity to coach at the University of Kentucky,” Mitchell said in the release. “I can’t think of a better place in the country to coach women’s basketball. I feel this is a sign that they are confident in the direction of this program.” In his first three seasons as head coach, Mitchell has led UK to 63-40 overall, including a school-record 28win season last year. Mitchell is now in his fourth season at UK and has the UK women’s basketball team off to a 2-0 start. “Kentucky is our home and we are excited for the future,” Mitchell said in the release. “(We) are looking forward to many more years in Lexington.”
sor Jonathan Williamson, was: “I’m not soft on terrorism. I’m not shutting down Guantanamo Bay. In fact, I was there, doing good anti-terror activities.” “It’s pretty nuanced,” said Williamson, “and then it could backfire among some that would vote for him for liberal reasons.” It may have. The district near Scranton voted 55 percent to elect Republican Tom Marino to the seat, installing a former George W. Bushera U.S. attorney and denying Carney his third term.
to tell you what you want,” Marise said. Architecture sophomore Jeff Nelson smokes and had not seen the labels, but he said they may not help as much as providing information for how to access a website with people’s personal stories about smoking. Tobacco Policy Research Program Director Ellen Hahn said the labels are to show people the effects of smoking. “Anything that raises awareness is a good thing,” Hahn said. She said smoking takes its toll quickly, and many people tell her
BOARD Continued from page 1 Student Government President Ryan Smith was one of three board members who dissented the vote to approve the naming of the Wildcat Coal Lodge last year, to give a voice to the student body, according to an Oct. 27, 2009 Kernel article. Smith said he, along with former faculty representative Ernie Yanarella and former staff representative Robynn Pease, the other two who dissented last year’s vote, met and decided to fix the process. Smith said after last year’s board meeting, it became clear to him that the university needed an easier process for students to address the board. He said the three of
they wish they had never started. Still, Darville said the labels are not designed to dictate people’s actions. “It’s not meant to be a ‘big brother’ coming down and telling you what to do,” Darville said. Hahn said it takes more than just warning labels to keep people from smoking. Other barriers must be moved, and policies must be put in place. “(You have to) throw a lot of stuff at this problem,” Hahn said. “(There’s) not one Band-Aid that’s going to fix it.”
them came up with a working draft and when it went to the board, current staff representative Sheila Brothers and faculty representative Peek picked it up. “I think now we have a proposal that I think really accomplished kind of what we were looking to do and not only allows students the opportunity to address the board … but it also allows for the board agenda to be released a few days before it normally was,” Smith said. Peek said he presented the proposal to the University Senate where it was approved, and he attended the meeting when Brothers presented it to the Staff Senate where it was approved too. He said it would be decided whether or not the new proposal would replace the current one at next month’s board meeting.