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Galbraith running for governor as independent Campaign marks his fifth time running By Patrick T. Sullivan psullivan@kykernel.com
Gatewood Galbraith announced Wednesday he is running for governor for a fifth time. Galbraith, who graduated from UK as an undergraduate in 1974 and from the UK Colleg of Law in 1977, will run as an independent with Dea Riley. “We have chosen to run as independent because we do not support one party, but the people,” Galbraith said. “We do not want a party. The Galbraith parties are the problem.” Galbraith said the governor’s race concerns college students because it may be the last time they can vote on personal freedoms. Many facets of his platform are geared toward current and potential college students, he said. Galbraith plans to freeze college tuition and give high school graduates a $5,000 voucher to invest in college or technical school. He said that students will not waste the voucher because it is only available when they enroll in a higher education program or training. “This money will be spent on books and fees, not beer and pizza,” he said. Another issue Galbraith tackled in his announcement was marijuana. He said he does not support the legalization of the drug, but he would like to see it used for medicinal purposes and even decriminalized in Kentucky. Marijuana should be regulated and taxed, Galbraith said. He also said he believes drug enforcement
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Students walk to class outside of the Funkhouser Building, Thursday, Dec. 1, 2010
As the year fades away, students pile on layers for the icy trek to classes. Campus adopts a more subtle beauty in the greys and whites of winter.
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Leaked cables spout dialogue at UK By Gary Hermann news@kykernel.com
One university professor has had a career of sending the same type of cables that WikiLeaks released Sunday. Carey Cavanaugh, Patterson School of Diplomacy and International Commerce director ambassador, sent thousands of U.S. Embassy cables in his diplomatic career. WikiLeaks has now obtained a collection of embassy cables and is releasing them to newspapers including The New York Times. Accordng to the WikiLeaks website, WikiLeaks began releasing the cables on Sunday, publishing 251,287 leaked United States Embassy cables, the largest set of confidential documents ever to be released into the public domain. The website said the documents give people around the world an unprecedented insight into U.S. government foreign activities. “Sadly, this is an act of treason by an individual who was entrusted with the secrets of the United States,” Cavanaugh said. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Press Secretary Robert Gibbs have both spoken out about the leaked cables this week, although WikiLeaks will not release any cables it feels threaten national security. “The cables, which date from 1966 up until the end of February this year, contain confidential communications between 274 embassies in countries throughout the world and the State Department in Washington DC. 15,652 of the cables are classified Secret,” according to the WikiLeaks website. “What they show,” Cavanaugh said, “is, in fact, a very forceful and diplomatic engagement by the United States to advance American interest.” Cavanaugh said there is “not much” the See WIKILEAKS on page 2 First issue free. Subsequent issues 25 cents.
With highs around 32 degrees, students adjust to one of the coldest days of the season.
X marks the cache: This ain’t your mama’s treasure hunt By Katie Perkowski kperkowski@kykernel.com
About 290 hidden treasures are within five miles of UK’s campus. To muggles, or non-geocachers that is, participants searching for these prizes may appear to be ordinary people wandering in circles carrying a GPS device, but to trained geocachers, they are treasure hunters. Geocaching, a global game of hide and seek in which geocachers place a geocache in a certain location and others can find it using the item’s coordinates and a GPS device, originated in 2000. Geocaches, or “caches,” are hidden containers that include at minimum a logbook for those who find it to sign, according to The Official Global GPS Cache Hunt website. They can be found at different locations, including off bike trails, on street signs and even near UK’s James Patterson statue in
the middle of campus. Harrison Martin, a communications junior, began geocaching his junior year of high school in his hometown of Louisville when he heard about it from a friend. He said he and his friends hunted together all over the city. “What we would do … is we would pick a weekend and we would just pick an area,” he said. “And I would just save [GPS coordinates] all on my computer … and we would just use my computer until it died.” Some geocaches have items inside for finders to take and replace with another item of equal value, according to the website, and some even contain money. Martin said he has never found one with money, but he has found a geocoin. See GEOCACHE on page 2 Martin said when participants find
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Sponsor This Dish! Bruno Mars’ unexpected rise Bruno Mars' original game plan was like many aspiring singers': Move to California, get discovered, get signed, release a record, tour the world. "That's not always how it goes," he says. The Honolulu native eventually got the record deal and tour, but they didn't come about the way he wanted. Before he was able to step out with his debut album "Doo-Wops & Mars Hooligans," he first had to prove his mettle producing and writing songs for others. He co-wrote and can be heard on B.o.B's "Nothin' on You" and Travie McCoy's "Billionaire," two especially ubiquitous songs this year, and also lent a hand to Cee-Lo's "F(ASTERISK)(ASTERISK)(ASTERISK) You." His work with these artists and with others such as Sean Kingston, Brandy, Flo Rida and Adam Levine came about while he was waiting for something to happen with his first record deal. "I was frustrated, waiting around to work with producers and writers. Then I said, 'I can do that. I don't need anybody else,' so I started writing and producing tracks," he says. Another label impressed by his songs approached him and wanted one of his productions for boy group Menudo. "I said that was my art my music. They offered me 20 grand. That's all it cost to sell out," he says of the song titled "Lost," which he says went "double plastic. It wasn't a great song. I wrote it when I was 17 and I didn't know what to write about." Still, says Mars, now 25, it was the smartest thing he could have done. "It opened my eyes. I was able to learn so much before putting out my first album. I got to work with other artists, and it laid the groundwork for me to be ready and put some real songs together," he says. Atlantic finally took a chance on him.
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"For years I had been getting rejected and rejected and rejected," he says. "I was like, 'Is this going to happen?' Then everything took off." That route ultimately made it easier for Mars to step forward as a solo artist. "It's easier when you understand more about what you're doing. It's like a football player knowing the rule book in and out and knowing the sizes of the pads you wear when you go into the field," he says. "You have to know every detail about your craft, and when I was younger I didn't know. And I'm still learning every day." Mars says his previous work with other artists served as a warning to folks on where he's coming from. "'Nothing on You' had a Motown vibe, 'Billionaire' was a reggae acoustic guitar-driven song, though one of my favorites is the Cee-Lo song. I don't think anyone else could've sung that song," he says. "And there's 'Just the Way You Are.' If you know my story, you know I love all different genres of music." Mars claims reggae, Michael Jackson and doo-wop among his influences. He calls doowop "just straightforward love songs so charming and simple and romantic." Mars says his love of doo-wop and his album title might make one think he's "a geek writing love songs in the studio all day," but he's anything but that. "There is a romantic side, but I'm also a young guy having fun," he says. (Some may say too much fun. He's awaiting trial on cocaine possession charges after he was arrested in Las Vegas in September. He would not address it in this interview.) "If you come to the show, you're going to see a couple of young guys jumping around having a blast. Get ready to have your face blown off," he says. "It's exciting and raw, and I'm dripping by the end of the show."
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should focus on harder drugs that have destroyed lives. “As a criminal defense attorney, I have seen the destruction that methamphetamine, cocaine and crack cause,” Galbraith said. “We need to focus on these drugs.” Galbraith said college students have suffered the most with current drug enforcement and vows to recognize their privacy if elected. “Students have been preyed upon by the war on drugs,” he said. “We must stop the harassment.” This campaign will be different from his past four, Galbraith said. The campaign will operate on a $500,000 budget. Galbraith said he has already raised $100,000.
GEOCACHE Continued from page 1 a geocoin, they log onto the website, mark where they found it, and then they place it in the next geocache they find. “So it’s like a travel coin,” he said. Michael Ritchie, a chemistry sophomore also from Louisville, has been geocaching with Martin since high school. He said one of the most difficult caches they found required solving a cipher. He said they found the cache, called a “micro” because of its small size and because it contained just a log sheet, stuck inside a met-
WIKILEAKS Continued from page 1 United States can do as these leaks become public. Most of the cables that have been released are more recent and from the past three years, Cavanaugh said. In that time Cavanaugh has been at UK and out of diplomatic relations. “I don’t think there is any problem from my side,” Cavanaugh said. With the staggered re-
“Your votes are not for sale, so it doesn’t matter how much money we have,” he said. With such a low budget, Galbraith said his campaign will rely on social networking to garner votes. “We are the Internet and we are the Facebook,” he said. “Right there is a tremendous amount of commercials we don’t have to buy.” Galbraith has also garnered at least one endorsement. He is the first independent candidate to be endorsed by the United Mine Workers in 120 years. To officially get on the ballot, Galbraith needs 5,000 signatures. Galbraith said he believes they will be able to get those signatures. He also said he believes he has the 425,000 votes needed to finally win the seat. “Our chances to win are better now than they’ve ever
been,” Galbraith said. UK journalism Professor Al Cross is skeptical of Galbraith’s campaign. “In past elections, he has had difficulty getting out of the single digits (in votes),” Cross said. “In this election, an incumbent is being challenged by a strong candidate. Galbraith may get votes from Tea Party sympathizers.” Cross cited the 1999 governor’s election in which Galbraith received 15 percent of the vote. The election was Galbraith’s highwater mark, Cross said. Although skeptical of Galbraith’s campaign, Cross said the candidate’s presence in the election is healthy. “Gatewood thinks outside the box and makes people think outside the box,” he said. “It’s a good thing for him to put himself on the ballot.”
al pole on a sign using magnets. “So when they stuck it on there, it looked like it was supposed to be there,” Ritchie said. According to the website, there are 1,250,679 active caches with an estimated four to five million geocachers worldwide, and 288 caches are listed within five miles of UK. Dave Lowe, a management senior, began geocaching this past summer after hearing about it on a movie. Lowe said he used a GPS device to find and create a few caches. “When there’s a place [with a geocache], you walk by everyday, and you don’t notice it,” he said. “I thought
that was really cool.” Lowe said one thing he enjoys about geocaches is that they take people to places they have never noticed before. “They’re funny … and if they’re not funny, they will lead you to somewhere that is worth being led to … especially in urban areas, they will always highlight a unique feature of the town or the location you’re in,” he said. Becoming a geocaching member is free with the completion of a few questions at (www.geocaching.com/). “It’s like an Easter egg hunt, but all year round,” Ritchie said.
lease of the cables, “It may embarrass, not individuals in our government, (but) it will embarrass people in foreign governments that are discussed in the cables,” Cavanaugh said. Cavanaugh said many of these cables would have become public sometime in the future. “What you don’t normally need is the ability to see them at the time they are happening,” Cavanaugh. “They can be hurtful and damaging.” At the Patterson School,
students are trained to write in a way similar to the cables, but the students often don’t have recent examples of what is expected in diplomatic writing, said Cavanaugh. “Students and the American people will end up getting from this a unique insight into diplomacy,” Cavanaugh said. “Often people don’t understand the depth and quality of American diplomatic practice. What you see on TV or read about in newspapers is the superficial part.”
Making the tough calls UK student trains to be professional sports referee after classes By Luke Glaser features@kykernel.com
Michael Neel’s career as an official began when he was six years old, during playground kickball matches. “I would always run the games,” Neel said. Now, Neel’s resume boasts a little more than recess officiating. The UK health promotions senior was recently chosen to officiate Big Blue Madness and a Nov. 13 college football game for Campbellsville vs. West Virginia Tech. Neel’s dream to be a professional sports official began in little league baseball, and from there he began work with the Kentucky High School Athletic Association. “I like being a part of the game” he said, “but I certainly didn’t have an athletic future.” For Neel, excellent officiating requires patience and humility. “During games, I’m invisible,” Neel said. “No one knows that I’m there.” Neel watches every game differently than the average fan, blocking out the crowd with eyes only for the players. Michael Jordan once said that when he plays, he thinks about the fan seeing him play for the first and maybe only time. Neel said he always officiates with that in mind. Nevertheless, no official escapes from a game without error, and Michael says that’s just a part of the game and the job. “I am extremely confident in the calls that I make, but I’m willing to admit mistakes,” he said. “You need patience and calmness with coaches yelling in your face.” Should conflict go too far, though, Neel is always prepared to take that last step. For Neel, the worst part of officiating is ejection, a tool he has invoked at times in his career. Neel said his proudest moment was officiating the Big Blue Madness scrimmage, although, the job is not all glory under the lights of the court. After endless hours of classes and testing, Neel travels up to 5,000 miles a year for the KHSAA, driving all over the state. “You have to be prepared to travel one, maybe two hours for a game,” he said. High school officials are assigned regions, but they often move around during the playoffs. Michael Neel’s dream is to be an NFL or NBA basketball referee. Neel said he always sees the potential to improve the calling of the game and stressed continued improvement to potential officials. “You will miss calls and you will know it,” Neel said. “But if you miss one, don’t miss it again.” Aside from officiating, he wants to work in some facet of sports. He also wants to run his own officiating camp and plans to continue volunteering for the Special Olympics.
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Fallon earning a place at the top of late-night TV Ratings rising for O’Brien replacement, Late-Night By Robert Lloyd MCT
LOS ANGELES _ Now that Conan O'Brien has come to rest, presumably for more than seven months, as the host of a TBS talk show, it seems like a good time to take another look at the person who replaced him, and I don't mean Jay Leno. One year and nine months ago Jimmy Fallon _ who, like O'Brien, was touched by the hand of Lorne, and I do mean Michaels _ followed O'Brien into the "Late Night" chair previously vacated by David Letterman. There is a moment early in the career of every majornetwork late-night talk show host when the people ask, "Why him?" (There are no "hers" in major-network latenight, and no one ever asks why a particular person might be hosting a basic-cable or a daytime talk show; those things just happen.) And yet with a little time, most new hosts begin to take on a patina of inevitability. Conan may have lasted only seven months captaining "The Tonight Show," but he commanded "Late Night" for 17 years, and even a short run in late-night produces a lot of television. More than 350 hours of "Late Night With Jimmy Fallon" have aired on NBC since March 2009, with Fallon in or near the center of the frame nearly all the time. Along with Craig Ferguson's very different "Late Late Show," Fallon's show seems to me to have moved to the head of its class, although I admit that talk shows are largely a matter of taste: Dif-
ferent hosts for different folks. It was an uneven beginning: Fallon booked one of the world's worst interview subjects, Robert DeNiro, as his first guest, and the acknowledged irony _ DeNiro was asked questions he could answer in a single word _ did not make the interview any better, or funny. But whatever tentativeness Fallon showed has long dissipated, and what he lacks in penetrating insight _ if such a thing were even required here _ he makes up in enthusiasm. He loves comedy, movies, music and video games (technology gets the attention here that other talk shows deny it) and loves them like a fan, which means that his questions are sometimes weightless _ asking Keith Richards to name his favorite Rolling Stones album cover, for example. That does not mean they don't get interesting results. Fallon will address his guests as "buddy" or "my friend" or "my man" (as in "My man Dick Cavett is joining us!"). He can sing, and dance more than a little, which not all late-night TV hosts can do, and is an impressive mimic and a good storyteller. He feels "psyched" about things that are "crazy good" or "awesome"; really crazy good awesome things might "blow your pants off." He is young enough to get away with a phrase like "That's what I'm talking about" without sounding ironic or like your Uncle Harry coming on all hep. At 36, conveniently positioned between the incoming fresh-
men of show business and its graying eminences, he's a little bit hip-hop and a little bit rock 'n' roll. His dead-on impersonations of Neil Young, in which he marries the lyrics of current pop fluff _ "Whip My Hair," "Pants on the Ground" _ to Young's early acoustic music perfectly embodies this averaging of the generations. Because of the hinterland hours, the smaller audience and the proportionally reckoned budget, it's common for late-night hosts, especially late-late nights, to adopt a position of comical self-deprecation (this show stinks) combined with a derogatory attitude to the network that feeds it. "Late Night" doesn't; it gleams with happy satisfaction. Most impressive is a number of elaborate serials parodying other television shows, all set within the fictional universe of "Late Night": "7th Floor West" echoes "The Hills"; "Late" is "Lost," with Fallon and company stranded on a deserted floor at Rockefeller Center after an elevator crash; "6bee," for 6B, the compact studio where the show tapes, was a splendid takeoff on "Glee" that featured Fallon and his staff battling the cast of "Parks and Recreation" to the tune of Twisted Sister's "We're Not Going to Take It." (It worked as a musical number even while it parodied musical numbers; I mean it was kind of exciting.) "The Real Housewives of Late Night" _ well, you can work that out. "Burned" is a vampire drama, as comedy. These are very funny, but they also have high production values and narrative elegance and are played straight; the writers seem less concerned with cramming in jokes than with
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Jimmy Fallon performs at the 62nd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards Show on Sunday, August 29, 2010 at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles, California. establishing a plausible askew world. That balance applies to the whole show, really. What above all gives the show its special character and makes it such a good place to hang out on an early morning is a spirit of inclusiveness that extends from the host to his band to his writers to the audience. It's hierarchical to the extent that Fallon is the host and gets to wear a suit _ he wears them well _ but he's also in a way
along for the ride. There are games to play with the crowd _ Wheel of Carpet Samples, Competitive SpitTakes, the Battle of the Instant Bands. Guests are drafted for skits or made to play Fallon in beer pong or miniature golf. One of the best bits on "Late Night" is a low-key piece in which Fallon catches up on writing his thankyou notes. (It plays to his natural softness.) "Thank you, shampoo," he says to
himself as he writes, "or as I like to call you when I run out of soap, 'soap.' " "Thank you, plastic cutlery, for reminding us all how strong bread can be." Along with the Shout-Outs, in which homage is paid to such things as Scotch tape, the Jheri curl and podiums, it betokens a delight in small, weird things. Wonder and celebration and gratitude are the order of the day here; the knives are not out. It smells like love.
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Harrellson ‘perfect’ for his designated role with UK By Aaron Smith asmith@kykernel.com
Sometimes it’s better to keep it simple. About an hour after recording 13 points and 12 rebounds against Boston University Tuesday – his first double double in exactly two years and a day – senior center Josh Harrellson broke down his offensive arsenal. “I ain’t got too many moves,” Harrellson said. “Just grab a rebound and stick it back in, that’s about all I got.” Getting offensive rebounds and scoring second-chance points has been emphasized by Harrellson as his primary function to the offense. But that doesn’t mean he doesn’t have some moves of his own. “Yeah, I got a jump hook and I got a jumper,” Harrellson said. “But not much else.” Whatever offensive repertoire he has, it’s helped him to 5.2 points and 8.8 rebounds per game. He’s filled in the post position by being a self-titled “garbage man.” “He’s perfect for this team,” Boston University head coach Patrick Chambers said. “Because he really doesn’t need the basketball. He doesn’t demand the basketball. He knows his role. If he gets the basketball, it’s great, he’s hap-
py about that, but if he doesn’t get a shot attempt, he’s happy about that.” While he said he only has two go-to moves, his limited offensive repertoire is by design. Assistant coaches Kenny Payne and Orlando Antigua have helped Harrellson and fellow center Eloy Vargas develop a few specific moves they can rely on, rather than have a large volume of moves that aren’t honed. “They have done a really good job of just simplifying things for these guys, having them have one or two (good) moves and nothing else,” assistant coach John Robic said. “(Harrellson) doesn’t have the same post skills as DeMarcus (Cousins) did or Pat (Patterson) did down there, so he’s going to be a little limited,” Robic said. At the same time, however, UK doesn’t expect Harrellson to produce as much as last year’s big men. Harrellson said he’s not worried about scoring because the rest of the roster has offensive potential. As such, not much of the offense is geared specifically for Harrellson. “Really, I don’t think we run any (plays) directly toward me,” Harrellson said. “But some of our options have me
as second look, or first. They’re not really directed at me, but if I’m there, (my teammates) are going to give it to me.” Harrellson said he isn’t worried about getting post-ups and would just as soon grab rebounds for second-chance points. And he’s improved his conditioning, the result of a Twitter comment about head coach John Calipari that resulted in a Twitter ban and more sprints. And beyond all those “grinder” roles, Harrellson has one more thing in mind: taking charges. He said head coach John Calipari urged him to “just try one,” and Harrellson was a little harsh in his assessment of his first attempt, saying he left early. But still, it was his first charge taken. “Today was my first attempt I’ve ever taken my entire life of playing basketball,” said Harrellson, who may (or may not) have been joking. He hadn’t taken any before because of his size. Harrellson stands 6-foot-10 and 275 pounds. “When people hit me, I don’t move,” Harrellson said. “I’m too big to fall. But now, I’ll lean on my heels so I fall PHOTO BY LATARA APPLEBY | STAFF over instead of just standing UK senior center Josh Harrellson rebounds the ball during the game against Boston University on there.” Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2010 at Rupp Arena. Harrellson recorded 13 points and 12 rebounds.
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Senior Lauren Rapp played against LSU at Memorial Coliseum on Sunday, Nov. 14, 2010. Rapp was named to the All-SEC First team, Stephanie Klefot was named SEC Libero of the Year and Whitney Billings was named to the All-SEC Freshman team.
Volleyball faces tough region in NCAA Tournament By Ethan Levine sports@kykernel.com
Selection Sunday has come and gone and the Cats made the cut. UK will take part in their sixth consecutive NCAA championship tournament beginning this Friday in West Lafayette, Ind., against the Purdue Boilermakers. As exciting as it is to have gotten into the tournament, UK now sits in what many regard as one of the toughest regions on the bracket. They begin the tournament with Purdue, the No. 16 overall seed and the regional host. With a 21-10 record in 2010 and a 12-8 record in the Big Ten conference, Purdue ended the regular season ranked 24th in the nation. The game will be on Purdue’s campus on their home court in front of their home fans, making UK’s first round match a true road game. UK, the No. 4 seed out of four teams in the West Lafayette region, will have to be on top of their game if they want to upset the Boilermakers. “It will be physical. They are going to hit the ball hard, and they have some good experience. It will be an exciting match,” UK head coach Craig Skinner said. “I would imagine that our players are pretty fired up to playing in that environment, and you want to play in good
environments in the NCAA tournament. We need to play fast, we need to play competitive, we need to play aggressive, and if we are capable of doing that, then we can come out with a win.” In the other matchup in the West Lafayette region, Middle Tennessee State will take on the Cats’ in-state rival in Louisville. Middle Tennessee State ended the season with an impressive 29 wins and a 15-1 conference record. The Blue Raiders defeated three SEC teams in their non-conference schedule, including South Carolina, Arkansas and Auburn. Louisville finished its season 22-7, 12-2 in the Big East conference. On Sept. 16, the Cats defeated the Cardinals in a five-set thriller at Memorial Coliseum, but both teams have experi-
“I think it’s fun (that UK could potentially play Louisville in the second round).” LAUREN RAPP UK senior middle blocker
enced a lot since that match. “I think it’s fun (that UK could potentially play Lousville in the sec-
ond round),” senior Lauren Rapp said. “If we can get past Purdue and Louisville gets past Middle Tennessee it would be a fun match. We had them at the beginning of the year and it was a tough one, I’m sure it’d be another good one.” In the region opposite to the Cats sit Florida, the 2010 SEC champions and No. 1 team in the country with a 29-1 record on the season and an undefeated conference run. If UK wants to repeat and improve upon its Sweet 16 run from a year ago it will have to beat some quality opponents to do so. “It has to be a balance of intensity level and fine tuning some things, and also making sure we are fresh,” Skinner said. “We haven’t played back to back matches on back to back days since September, so we have to be cognizant of that and anticipate that we need to play well on Friday night.” But for now, the Cats are focusing solely on Purdue, and will look to continue playing their best volleyball of the season when they take the court for their first postseason match. “I think it’s most important (to be playing well at the end of the year). It just gives your team confidence,” Rapp said. “We know we can do anything and beat anyone.”
UK freshman guard Doron Lamb shoots a free throw against Pikeville College at Rupp Arena on Monday, Nov. 1, 2010.
New free throw routine for Cats By Aaron Smith asmith@kykernel.com
When UK players stepped to the free throw line against Boston University, they had the same routine: three bounces, set, shoot. Apparently UK head coach John Calipari had seen enough of UK’s poor free throw shooting, as he institued a uniform routine for his players. “These guys tried it their way, and Calipari just said now you’re going to do it my way and everybody is going to have the same routine and shoot it his way,” UK assistant coach John Robic said. It seemed to work, for a night at least. UK shot 17-of-24 from the line (70 percent) and raised their season free throw average to 61.5 percent. Calipari hasn’t had a team shoot over 70 percent in the last 10 years. Whether the improvement continues will be seen, but Robic acknowledged that it will be a factor as the year progresses. “It's going to come into play at some point in time, and we all know that it's a confidence thing,” Robic said.
Unselfish play leads to open shots. One of the biggest words around after the Maui Invitational was “selfish,” and UK, which was averaging a little over 11 assists per
game, improved on that area with 21 assists. “More times than not they were off of penetration and a kick-out, both against the zone and man-toman,” UK assistant coach John Robic said. Brandon Knight had six assists, something he said was a focus for him from the start of the game. "His job is to get the other guys involved, and if he can get them involved, that will just make us an entirely different team,” Robic said. Four UK players scored in double digits during the Boston game, mainly a function of a willingness to pass. “In Maui, (Coach Calipari) said that we were selfish and we were trying to lay the ball up between three people when there were open guys in the corners,” freshman Doron Lamb said. “So, we were just trying to be unselfish and pass the ball to the open man and make shots.” In the Maui Invitational, Knight had 18 turnovers and eight assists. He, and the team as a whole, struggled with driving the lane and then not knowing what to do once there. “I’m pretty sure other teams are scouting us saying, when we get in the paint we shoot, so guys are going to be open from now on,” Knight said.
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Looking back: relationships past Missing someone is a tricky business. There is a careful art between knowing how much to hang on and how much to let go. You could hold on, not deal with reality and be miserable to prove to yourself and whoever, that indeed, that person meant a lot to you. Or, you can move on as if they were never there. But what's the in-between? In dealing with a loss of a loved one, a friend moving or someone simply fading out of your life, there are many complicated emotions. It can be simple sadness, the feeling of a thousand needles in your side every FATIMAH time you breathe or denial. SHALASH Then the coping mechanisms kick in. It's contributing going to be hard to live without them, so columnist start preparing now. Distance yourself. List ways they annoy you. Stop calling. Be angry. That works, right? Not for long. What got me thinking about all of this was the sudden realization that eventually, you do move on. I've done it, because at times I've had to. Worse, I've done it without meaning to. Maybe you'll be aware of it, or maybe one day you'll wake up and realize you've adjusted to living your life with one less person in it. You may think, ‘well what's so bad about moving on?’ And sometimes, it can be a good thing. But, it's that the connection is lost. It's the thought that people will be able to let go of you too. The friends who are supposed to be friends forever, the sister who you said you would always stay in touch with, the classmates who have altered your life in little or big ways. Again, what is the in-between? If the loss is permanent, missing them can be an everyday thing. It can be more subtle — just a thought or a memory that pops in your mind, triggered by a certain smell or sound. Then there's the guilt of living a normal life without them. But it's what you would want for them. And you do it because you have to. And even if they're not there with you physically, they're there emotionally, bound to every part of you. Then there are the others. The ones that are there but aren't there. And I'm thinking that it's okay to miss someone less. I mean, it's okay to think about them less. It doesn't take away from the time they were in your life. The truth is, if you remained friends with all of your friends from childhood and on, there wouldn't be enough room for you to breathe or to get close to them and know them the way a real friend should. They'll come and go, as you will come and go in other's lives. Some of the friendships that don't last are just as important as the ones that do. On the flipside, missing someone will let you carry around a piece of that person. Even if you don't talk to them or see them often, they influence your thoughts and actions. That pang in your stomach is a reminder of what once was and what still can be. Because ultimately, we are shaped by our relationships with others; it's what we know and how we survive. As the holidays approach, that feeling of nostalgia and looking back on the past can become stronger. Take a few minutes to send an e-mail or text, make a phone call or simply pay attention to those loved ones that you think about, but haven’t talked to. Column by Fatimah Shalash. E-mail opinions@kykernel.com.
DON WRIGHT, MCT cartoonist
Immigrants are US’ past, future We all had experiences as kids when we weren’t happy with a decision our parents made for us. It might have been the awful tooshort haircut or the move that took us away from our friends and made us the new kid in school. Without a doubt, parCHRISTIANA ents make choices for children without HOLSAPPLE their their children’s apGuest proval. columnist These are mild examples and ones with ramifications easily overcome. A very different picture is the thousands of young people currently in the U.S. who were brought here by their parents before the age of 16. These kids grow up in America and attend American schools. In fact, they are American in just about every way, except they don’t have papers that say so. As a result, they live in fear of deportation to a country they perhaps hardly remember. They are ineligible for federal aid to pursue higher education. Is it right these children are forced to bear incredibly negative consequences for a decision that was made without their
consent, often without their knowledge? When I try to explain the DREAM Act, or the Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors Act, to friends or classmates, often they merely hear the word “alien,” and already they are against anything I say. It is important to be very clear about the stipulations of this proposed legislation. Unlike what many blindly argue, the DREAM Act would not encourage further undocumented or “illegal” immigration, as the law will only apply to people who have resided in the U.S. for at least five years prior to the law’s enactment. This means only immigrants already here would be eligible — the law provides no incentive for further immigration. Moreover, the path to documentation would not be one just anyone could successfully navigate. The act requires eligible people to have graduated high school or earned a GED and either served two years in the military or attended college for two years. Plus, they must maintain good moral character, meaning they become ineligible after having committing any sort of misdemeanor. The DREAM Act is not something that would take taxpayers’ money to
provide grants to undocumented immigrants. Rather, it will simply make students eligible for federal student loans and work-study, meaning that any financing received must either be worked for or paid back. President Obama has voiced his support for the DREAM Act, the American Association of State Colleges and Universities has stated advocacy, and it is part of the Department of Defense’s 2010-2012 Strategic Plan to assist the military in its recruiting efforts. Thousands across the nation would benefit from it, yet because so much ignorance and apathy still exist, the law has not been able to pass. It’s not right that there are so many young people with the potential to contribute to our nation, but who are not able to because of a decision their parents made years ago. The DREAM Act would fix this. The U.S. began as and is a nation of immigrants. Given the chance, I believe that today’s immigrants could serve our country just as well as those throughout America’s history. Support the DREAM Act. Christiana Holsapple is an international studies senior. E-mail opinions@kykernel.com.
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House celebrates German culture By Jane Garland features@kykernel.com
Pretzels. Beer. Lederhosen. Oompa Bands. Schnitzel. Thinking of Germany yet? If this is your mental image of a German, then you may have difficulties spotting the German culture and its presence on campus. Most students involved in the German community at UK do not fit stereotypes. The Max Kade German House at 212 E. Maxewell St. celebrated its 10-year anniversary at October’s end with “An Evening of German Lieder [Songs],” presenta-
tions by various departments and readings by four nationally known translators of German literary texts. Ted Fiedler, German studies professor, said his vision for the Kade House had more or less come to fruition. “It has become a residential place for students to speak German, has seminar rooms, a guest suite for visiting writers, and serves as a venue for campus-wide event discussions important to the German-speaking world,” Fieldler said. The Kade House is not restricted to any one group, though.
Greg Rohde, the Kade House resident adviser and MA German Studies student, said “[the Kade House] is concentrated on two cultures, both American and German. Since I happen to like both cultures quite a bit, the house fits to my interests, and it is fun to live here.” Both German exchange students and American students with an interest in German culture live in the house. Students try to speak as much German as possible while residing in the Kade House. “One hundred percent German is not usually feasi-
ble, but our true goal of 90-95 percent German is definitely attained,” Rohde said. A bonus is that “non-native speakers are able to improve their German since they are in a German only environment … where no one will ridicule them,” Rohde said. However, German-speaking students who also live in the house do not get to practice English as much. “The general rule is that as soon as you leave the house, we can all speak English to each other so the Germans can get their practice as well,” Rohde said.
Professor Fiedler helped initiate the development of UK’s Kade House after serving as chair of the former department of Germanic languages and literatures from 1983-91, and serving as acting chair from 1997-98. “It’s known in the German studies community in the U.S. that the Kade Foundation supports such things [as the Kade House],” Fiedler said. “Institutes have also been supported by the Kade Foundation.” Professors in the Division of German Studies also benefit from the Kade House’s
presence on campus. “It is really nice to have this option,” Professor Hillary Herzog said. “We can offer the immersion you usually get abroad right here on campus… and Living and Learning Communities can help students get connected at a big university.” The Kade House will celebrate Winterfest on Dec. 8, 2010, at 6 p.m. with German Christmas songs and traditional German foods. Further information about Winterfest and other events can be found on the Division of German Studies website.