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Employees get extra days off Holiday break will begin three days early By Patrick T. Sullican psullivan@kykernel.com
Most UK employees will see their holiday break extended by three days, President Lee Todd announced Thursday. The holiday will begin at the end of the day Monday, Dec. 20, three days earlier than originally scheduled. Work will resume Monday, Jan. 3.
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A light, which is powered by the coal piled outside, hangs inside the Central Heating Plant #2 building. UK announced a new energy plan to save $25 million in energy costs by replacing lights such as the light shown with higher efficiency bulbs, replacing plumbing and using solar-heated water.
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UK begins $25 million plan to make campus buildings greener By Latara Appleby news@kykernel.com
UK announced a $24.6 million to energy retrofit 61 buildings on campus. The project is funded by bonds and will begin next week. It is expected to save $2.4 million a year on UK’s utility bills. “The project will install a wide variety of technologies that focus not only on lighting but also on mechanical systems and water usage,” President Lee Todd said. The invitiate will reduce UK’s CO2 emissions by nearly 24,000 tons. That is the equivalent of powering 5,251 homes each year, planting 62,000 acres of trees and removing 46,000 cars from the road each year, Todd said. UK is partnering with Ameresco, an energy solutions company, to carry out the project.
Todd also announced that parts of the campus will close three days early for winter break. UK will close for the holiday break following work on Monday the 20th, when grades are due, Todd said. The university will reopen as previously scheduled. Secretary of Kentucky Finance and Administration Cabinet Jonathan Miller spoke on behalf of Gov. Steve Beshear. “Reducing energy consumption in publicly owned buildings is an integral part of Gov. Steve Beshear’s energy policy. Kentucky has already made great strides to make state government facilities more energy efficient and environmentally conscientious,” Miller said. Facilities management Vice President Bob Wiseman said the plan will save money in the fu-
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UK’s plans to replace lights around campus with higher-efficiency bulbs, like the ones in the William T. Young Library. ture as well. “The real value of this project is going forward is that this cash flow is at year one and as utility rates rise over the next 12 to 13 years this will save or avoid real, hard costs going forward so the dollars will accumulate,” Wiseman said.
UK has also launched a new website to go along with the project. “It shows you every building and you can click on it and see what we’re doing in each one and I think that’s exciting,” Todd said.
This cash flow is at year one and as utility rates rise over the next 12 to 13 years, this will save or avoid real, hard costs going forward so the dollars will accumulate.” — Bob Wiseman, Facilities management vice president
Economists optimistic about hiring increase By Kevin G. Hall MCT
WASHINGTON _ On Friday morning, when the Labor Department reports November employment numbers, they're likely to show strong hiring for the second consecutive month. Economists hope this is a return to something approaching normalcy after a brutal three-year stretch for the U.S. economy. One big reason for optimism is Wednesday's ADP National Employment Report, which showed that the private sector added 93,000 jobs in
November. More than half of those jobs _ 54,000 _ were in small firms with 49 employees or fewer, a good sign that the recovery is strengthening. "It certainly is something that jumped out at not only me when I was working the report, but other people that read the report," said Joel Prakken, chairman of forecaster Macroeconomic Advisers, which prepares the monthly report with data collected by Automatic Data Processing Inc. "The growth of employment on small payrolls has been disappointing. ... I was really heartened by
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those (new) numbers. It's only one month, and it doesn't make a trend, but it's heartening for sure." Last month the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported stronger than expected 151,000 jobs gained in October, and analysts expect a similar report on Friday. Consensus forecasts expect 150,000 to 170,000 additional jobs for November. "It wouldn't surprise me if the BLS is above consensus for that number. I'm hopeful that we're going to see anothSee JOBLESS on page 2
give raises in the last three years and we try to find a way to add extra benefits to the people who works so hard.” PRESIDENT LEE TODD
Todd said many employees use these days as vacation days, but now they can save the days for another time. “We haven't been able to give raises in the last three years and we try to find a way to add extra benefits to the people who work so hard," Todd said at the news conference that introduced UK’s $25 million energy initiative. Not all employees will get those days off. Some research laboratories, athletics programs and the hospital will not get the extra days, Todd said. Departments that are required to be staffed Dec. 27 to 30 should also be staffed Dec. 21 to 23. Deans and department heads will communicate specifics to employees. While the time off is being used to reward hard-working employees, Todd also said it is an energy saving measure. "Cranking up boilers for a campus that's half-full is a drain on our resources," he said.
US second in World Cup voting Qatar awarded 2022 hosting privileges By Aaron Smith asmith@kykernel.com
Bill Clinton and Morgan Freeman, try as they might, couldn’t deliver a World Cup for America. The pair pitched the United States’ bid to host a World Cup in America in 2022. America finished runner-up to Qatar in a vote by 22 members of the FIFA Executive Committee. Qatar won by a final vote of 14-8 in the final round of voting (it took three rounds to whittle the field to the two candidates). Qatar will be the smallest host in World Cup history, at a size smaller than Connecticut. Concerns have been raised about the potential for desert heat in the Middle East country, as World Cup games are played during the summer. Qatar has said it plans to have air-conditioned stadiums and facilities to cool both players and fans. The other candidates were Australia (finished in fifth place), Japan (fourth place) and Korea Republic (third place). Russia was awarded the 2018 World Cup. “For 2018 and 2022 we go to new lands, because the FIFA World Cup has never been in Eastern Europe or the Middle East,” said FIFA President Joseph Blatter. America last hosted a World Cup in 1994, and hoped the country’s top-16 finish in the 2010 World Cup -- and the nation’s support of the team -- would bolster its bid. Newsroom: 257-1915; Advertising: 257-2872
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McCain attacks Obama’s repeal of ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ policy By William Douglas MCT
WASHINGTON—Sen. John McCain attacked President Barack Obama's drive to repeal the U.S. military's "don't ask, don't tell" law as premature Thursday and labeled as flawed a Pentagon study that shows a majority of troops think changing the law wouldn't hurt their combat abilities. The Arizona Republican's salvo at a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing signaled trouble for Democratic hopes of a swift repeal of the 17-yearold Clinton-era law that bars gays and lesbians from serving openly in the armed services. "I remain concerned, as I have in the past and as demonstrated in this study, that the closer we get to service members in combat, the more we encounter concerns on whether 'don't ask, don't tell' should be repealed and what impact that would have on the ability of these units to perform their missions," McCain said. "These views should not be considered lightly, especially considering how much combat our forces face." McCain's comments challenged testimony by Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Adm. Michael Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, who told the committee that the law could be repealed without hurting U.S. military capabilities. "This can be done, and it should be done, without posing a serious risk to
military readiness," Gates testified. Mullen added: "I believe our troops and their families are ready for this. Most of them already believe they serve or have served alongside gays and lesbians." Most Democrats on the committee agreed, saying repealing the law is simply a matter of doing what's right. "'Don't ask, don't tell' is an injustice to thousands of patriotic Americans who seek only the chance to serve the country they love without having to conceal their sexual orientation," said Carl Levin, D-Mich., the committee's chairman. "Anyone who believes that maintaining this policy is necessary to preserve our military's fighting effectiveness should read this report." More than 115,000 soldiers, sailors, Marines and Air Force personnel responded to the eight-month-long study. Seventy percent said they thought there would be no effect or a positive effect from lifting the ban of gays and lesbians serving openly. But reservations were high among combat units, with 58 percent of Marines and 48 percent of Army respondents saying lifting the ban would have negative consequences. A substantial minority also said repeal could affect morale, training and whether they would stay in the military. Marines voiced the loudest opposition, the survey found. McCain, a former Navy pilot who was a POW during the Vietnam War,
said that the survey's response rate of 28 percent _ 115,000 of 400,000 service members whose opinions were sought _ was too small and included almost no troops in combat areas. McCain also strongly suggested that the move to change the law was more about politics than policy. "I'm troubled by the fact that this report represents the input of 28 percent of the force who received the questionnaire," McCain said. "That is only 6 percent of the force at large, I find it hard to view that as a fully representative sample set, but I am nonetheless weighing the contests of this reports on their merits." The Armed Services Committee's Democratic staff disputed McCain's claims. They said that combat troops did participate in the survey _ just not while they were engaged in combat. Information exchange forums _ town hall meeting-type events _ weren't conducted in Iraq and Afghanistan, according to committee staff. But they were held at places such as Fort Hood, Texas; Fort Bragg, N.C.; Fort Benning, Ga.; Camp Lejeune, N.C.; and other military installations where large numbers of troops who had deployed to Iraq or Afghanistan one or more times, or were preparing to be deployed, were stationed. The hearing became testy at one point when McCain assailed Mullen for having not asked military members specifically whether the "don't ask, don't tell" policy should be overturned.
WikiLeaks stirs commotion in Latin America By Tim Johnson news@kykernel.com
MEXICO CITY _ Does Haitian President Rene Preval drink too much? Did a former Argentine chief of staff come to blows with a former president? Is Venezuela's government anti-Semitic? The U.S. diplomatic cables on Latin America raise a number of such questions, causing a stir across the region as politicians awkwardly agonize about their image, respond to embarrassing allegations or suddenly go quiet. The cables, released by the whistle-blowing WikiLeaks website, contain little that's startling but many flyon-the-wall observations, even down to a spouse trying to get her powerful husband to shut up during a meal with a U.S. ambassador to Argentina present. Several dozen cables have now come to light, and they show that U.S. diplomats, unconstrained by a requirement for proof, reported to Washington on the quirks, unconfirmed misdeeds and views toward the United States of those in governing circles in the Americas and the
Caribbean. One confidential cable from the U.S. Embassy in Port-au-Prince in June 2009 offered a penetrating profile of Preval, calling him "Haiti's indispensable man," but describing him as a complex figure who is a "chameleon-like character" with a "personally engaging, even seductive" style, but also prone to being "stubborn and cautious." The cable, signed by thenAmbassador Janet A. Sanderson, explored the reasons for Preval's "occasionally erratic behavior over the past year." "Preval has increased his alcoholic consumption and often attends a Petionville night club with friends, but during our social interaction, I have never seen him drink to excess. Nonetheless, reports of heavy drinking are circulating widely," the cable said. Nowhere in the hemisphere has the impact of the leaked U.S. cables been greater than Argentina, a nation that according to one September 2009 cable has a "rumor-plagued, conspiratorial society." Such blunt characterizations have given rise to uneasy reflection in Buenos Aires.
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UK remains uncertain about Kanter’s appeal By Aaron Smith asmith@kykernel.com
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Horoscope To get the advantage, check the day's rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging. Aries (March 21-April 19) — Today is a 7 — Creative ideas abound today. You get new concepts from everyone you meet. Challenge yourself to move some of these ideas into action now. Taurus (April 20-May 20) — Today is a 9 — Stick to your schedule today. Draw the threads together and approach completion on a project. Wrap this one up, and save creative ideas for later. Gemini (May 21-June 21) — Today is a 6 — New possibilities for creative thoughts and action abound. Luck is with you as you make decisions, even though you can't explain how you did it. Cancer (June 22-July 22) — Today is a 6 — You attract change like a magnet. To handle the ramifications, keep an open,
With Sony Pictures pulling Gus Van Sant's "Restless" out of the festival at the last minute (following the film's release-date change from January to later next year), that means a dozen of the premiere titles will arrive in Utah with no distributor, assuming no deals are struck in the next month and a half. "A lot of companies aren't making that much," said festival director John Cooper in explaining why so few premiere titles already have distribution. Cooper also said he was launching a new documentary premiere section, which will feature eight new works from more established nonfiction directors. "It almost felt necessary for the last couple of years," he said. "There's almost a documentary industry now, which continues to grow and grow." In addition to announcing the premiere titles, the festival also made public its selections for the genreheavy Park City at Midnight films, its low-budget Next section, the Native American showcase, its experimental New Frontier films and the movies for Spotlight, generally reserved for works that already have played at other festivals.
creative mind, and allow others to control their own destiny. Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) — Today is a 6 — Your talents suggest different ways to solve problems. Think it through logically, and develop options before you begin. Then share the plan with the team. Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Today is a 7 — Think up fun ways to grow relationships. A few chores may sneak onto the list, but not too many. Devote time to simply enjoy time together. Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — Today is an 8 — You're learning with great enthusiasm. Intelligent activity revolves around your ability to recreate what you've learned in words others can use. Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — Today is an 8 — Someone in the house could use some tender loving care. As you provide it, create optimism and pass out single-player games. Time for rest is essential.
Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — Today is a 9 — Someone outside the family arrives on the doorstep, needing assistance. Although unexpected, you can dance with the circumstance. Give them what they need. Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Today is a 7 — Pay extra attention to physical activities today. To avoid injury, pay attention to the terrain. That said, today can be wildly fun and even creative. Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — Today is a 6 — Your mind goes in several directions to implement fanciful ideas for group activities. Enthusiasm draws everyone into the design process. Have fun with it! Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) — Today is a 7 — Mary Poppins said, "a spoonful of sugar makes the medicine go down." You see her wisdom, as you try to handle difficult news. Express compassion in private. MCT
UK is in the same state as the rest of the fan base when it comes to the Enes Kanter situation; it doesn’t know anything. “I don’t know anything about the case or the hearing,” UK assistant coach John Robic said. “It’s really been out of our hands, so I really can’t answer that question. I’m really like everyone else around here.” Reports surfaced on various national outlets that Kanter’s appeal of the NCAA’s initial ruling, which deemed him permanently ineligible,
occurred Wednesday and a decision might be reached before the weekend. “I don’t have a clue when we’re supposed to find out,” junior Darius Miller said. “I hope we do find out today. We’re all just hoping with our fingers crossed.” The addition of Kanter would bolster UK’s frontcourt, which is currently helmed by senior Josh Harrellson and junior Eloy Vargas. “We’ve all been pretty anxious,” Miller said. “He’s a great player and can be a huge help, a huge asset to the team, so we’re all just waiting just like everybody else.”
It seems like everybody is anxious — except for maybe Kanter himself. “He seems in high spirits all the time, always making jokes, always laughing,” freshman Brandon Knight said. “Always being Enes. Not letting anything get him down.” Kanter has been able to practice with the team since the intitial ruling of his ineligibility. He’s helped prepare the team for North Carolina’s frontcourt, which is stocked with length. “He looks great,” Miller said. “He’s playing extremely well. He’s strong and has great footwork.”
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The team runs setting drills at men's volleyball practice at the Alumni Gym on Wednesday.
Men’s volleyball raises season expectations Team experiences spike in growth from out-of-state athletes By Gary Hermann sports@kykernel.com
Self-motivation has set the UK men’s club volleyball team to score unprecedented success this season. “Pride,” “preparation” and “perseverance” are the principles that guide the rising program, which senior setter and team president Scott Laffin believes dates back to 1989. Despite the potential for a watershed season, the Cats aren’t taking themselves too seriously.
Freshman outside hitter Brett “Sunshine” Fountain is just one of the team members who enjoys to keep things light around the sport. “It’s been interesting,” Fountain said. “These are definitely the weirdest people I’ve played volleyball with.” UK men’s volleyball practices three nights a week for about two hours, but each player does conditioning on his own. The players practice with an intensity in execution but a relaxed demeanor.
“We try to have a lot of fun,” UK head coach Isaac Wong said. “It’s very playerdriven. There’s not a lot of rules.” Most of the UK players come from outside the state. At the high school level, “There (aren’t) a lot of boys volleyball in Kentucky,” Wong said. On the team, there are four players from Chicago, two from Cincinnati and two from Columbus. Wong believes his team to be “one of the most organized club programs” and it does a “very good job of raising money to go to tournaments.” UK men’s volleyball has
admittedly struggled in the past, but Wong said the team did particularly well last season finishing second in the silver bracket at nationals.
“It’s been interesting. These are definitely the weirdest people I’ve played volleyball with.” BRETT FOUNTAIN Team member
The expectations for this season are even greater. According to Laffin, the team has two quarterfinal finishes already at tournaments in In-
Cats, Heels always a big, nonconference matchup substance on their schedule (Minnesota, NICK Vanderbilt and Illinois). CRADDOCK However, taking a Kernel what-have-you-donecolumnist for-me-lately perspective when it comes to Down year, shmown North Carolina basketball year. Any time UK and the minimizes its accomplishNorth Carolina Tar Heels ments, which includes five national championships, 18 meet it’s still a big game. The two college bas- Final Fours and 41 NCAA ketball juggernauts square Tournament appearances. off on Saturday on national Those players in powder television in a game that blue know a thing or two will be called by the easily- about winning as well. A down year by Tobacexcitable Gus Johnson and co Road standards isn’t the consummate professional, Clark Kellogg, in necessarily a down year at what will be the first true all at most schools. Sure, the Heels may hostile environment for UK’s six freshmen inside not have met expectations over the past 12 months, the Dean Smith Center. It should, and probably but these youthful Cats are will, be an electric atmos- not so young that they fail phere, yet the game doesn’t to recall what vintage exactly have the label of a North Carolina is all about. “(UNC’s) always a potential Final Four school I saw a lot on TV matchup; many fans and pundits are willing to write growing up: North Carolithis off as a marquee con- na, Georgetown, Duke, those great schools,” said test gone sour. But don’t be fooled by freshman forward Terrence the Tar Heels, who have in- Jones, who has been alive deed stumbled out of the for three of the Tar Heels’ gate this season with a championship-winning seamediocre 4-3 record, hav- sons. “It means a lot playing lost all three games of ing them.” Freshman guard Doron
Lamb elaborated on what exactly “a lot” means. “Probably the biggest game of my life is North Carolina,” said Lamb, who added that the Louisville game is the other one that stood out on the schedule. “I just can’t wait for Saturday at noon to play that game.” The problem is that the Tar Heels probably can’t wait for gameday to arrive, either. Recall that last year’s game in Rupp Arena between Carolina and UK, which the Cats won 68-66, was realistically touted as a potential Final Four matchup. UK was undefeated and ranked fourth while the one-loss Tar Heels were No. 11 in the nation. From that game onward, UK matured into an Elite Eight team while Carolina spiraled toward an NIT runners-up banner. Oh, and UK reached the 2,000th win plateau before the Tar Heels. Defeating UK would surely help the Heels rekindle their swagger of old. Even if the winning traditions of these two storied programs isn’t enough to entice, consider all of
the personal rivalries and bragging rights at stake in this game. The Heels and Cats’ rosters are loaded with former McDonald’s AllAmericans, 10 in total (seven for Carolina, three for UK). For many of these former high school standouts, it will be the first time playing against one another, as opposed to running and gunning with one another. Jones said he has known Carolina freshmen Harrison Barnes and Kendall Marshall for about two years and previously played on Team USA with Carolina freshmen Reggie Bullock and junior John Henson. Lamb said he was also friends with Bullock, Barnes, Marshall, but that they “ain’t friends anymore on the court.” Hey, when there’s this much raw talent colliding on the floor, it means one thing. It must be a big game. Nick is a journalism senior. E-mail ncraddock@kykernel.com or follow him on Twitter @KernelCraddock.
diana and Dayton. Like many John Caliparicoached basketball teams, Wong said his roster is “a little young,” but has “a lot of talent.” The team has competed in nationals for the last eight years since Wong became coach and it plans to participate once again. But this year, in Houston, the Cats plan to make the Gold Division. According to Laffin, “We’ve never done that before.” The team will rely on its experience from being in good tournament positions in the past. “This bunch returns many players from last year,” Wong
said. “They are very motivated and fun to coach.” The players also have very high hopes for this season. “This is the most talented group since I’ve been here,” Laffin said. “We should finish in the top four in our conference.” Fountain believes one of the keys to the team’s success will be, “If we can get our 6-foot-7 guy to start jumping.” The team will start back up with Greater Midwest Conference and seeding tournament play in January. “We’ve just got to get it all together,” Fountain said. “We’ll do a lot of damage.”
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Student artists open studios to public By Erin Shea features@kykernel.com
Need to pick up some holiday gifts? Why not purchase one-of-a kind artwork made by students to give as gifts and have fun while shopping? The Art Graduate Student Association is holding its annual Open Studio Friday night where visitors can see, purchase and be a part of the art sale in the Reynolds Building.
“[This event] is probably the largest visual arts event on campus” said Dr. Benjamin Withers, professor and Chair of the UK Art Department. “Most of the artwork is for sale. This helps out our developing artists and allows people to purchase holiday gifts.” Besides viewing and purchasing art, other activities will be going on around the studios of the Reynolds Building. The metals department will have an aluminum pour for people to
make their own relief sculptures, the drawing department will offer 5-10 minute portraiture and the ceramics department will be selling chili in handmade bowls along with others, said Waylon Bigsby, president of AGSA . All studios in the Reynolds Building will be open for public viewing. This open studio includes artwork from students in a variety of programs at the University, and is not limited to art majors, Bigsby said.
Withers said opening the studios allows the public to experience the eclectic and exciting atmosphere in the Reynolds Building. “[The show] is one true way to get an overall view of what happens in our art studio department and it gives students an exposure to the open public,” said Garry Bibbs, professor and originator of the open studio event. Bibbs started the annual open studio 18 years ago as a showcase of student artwork.
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He said this year the event offers more awards to be given out, and the addition of a raffle of graduate student artwork. A judged art exhibition of student work will also take place. The chosen best of the best will be displayed at the Barnhart Gallery said Withers. This year the juror is Dean of the College and Graduate School of Art at Washington University in St. Louis, Franklin “Buzz” Spector. Bigsby said there will be
‘Black Swan’ movie a ‘beautiful crazy’ thriller By Steven Rea The Philadelphia Inquirer (MCT)
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Kernel columnist Have you ever wondered why game releases tend to slow down around November and become nonexistent in December? There’s a very simple reason for this, one I like to call the “Call of Duty Effect.” Every November, there used to be a slew of new game releases. Every game was vying for the consumer dollar and there was great joy because the consumer could afford all the games they wanted. Then 2007 came and with it, “Call of Duty: Modern Warfare.” This one game changed everything. Big releases were not selling as well as they used to, and other games were just lost in the rush. The only other game to achieve any kind of success in 2007, besides “Modern Warfare” was the excellent “Assassin’s Creed.” In 2008 came the release of “World at War,” the next entry in the “Call of Duty” franchise. This is where things got interesting.
Many games were slated for release in October and November around the time that “World of War” would be released. Many publishers saw this and pushed their releases back in January or February to miss the behemoth that “Call of Duty” had become. It only got worse in subsequent years as it seemed that “Call of Duty” is the only high profile game to release in November. What ever happened to every game on the market releasing in November? Many gamers, especially after the recession, could only afford one game around the holiday shopping season. They had to make their purchase count so they bought the game with the best multiplayer. “Call of Duty” was, and still is the arguable king of multi-player. “Call of Duty” has effectively pushed all of the other games into the next year. While this isn’t necessarily a bad thing, it does create a few problems for those of us who buy every new release. It basically turns January and February into the new November. All the biggest games come out all at once while everybody is still hurting from spending so much
over the holidays. A game delay can kill a product, but releasing it right after Christmas can be even worse. There are a few success stories such as “Mass Effect 2” and “Killzone 2” that still post impressive sales, but these are few and far between. Looking at the release list for January and February of 2010 is daunting. In the space of January: “Dead Space 2,” “Mass Effect 2” for PS3 and “Little Big Planet 2” are all releasing. February isn’t looking any easier on the old wallet with “Hunted,” “Test Drive Unlimited 2,” “Marvel vs. Capcom 3,” “Bulletstorm,” “Killzone 3” and “Deus Ex: Human Revolution” all launching within the month. I, as many other gamers, will have spent all the money we had stockpiled for the holidays on other things with no games to buy. It’s great that these games will get extra time to be made even better but at the expense at having no money left to afford them is disheartening. So please, “Call of Duty,” let some of the other games into November or move Christmas to February. My wallet depends on it.
music from WRFL’s DJs and a vendor booth from local artists. “The general public should attend,” Bigsby said. “It is an opportunity to let Lexington know we’re here and let our art be seen by the city.” The Open Studio takes place this Friday from 6-11 p.m. at Reynolds Building No. 1, 349 Scott Street. It is free to attend. Donations are appreciated and all proceeds will go to AGSA.
"I had the craziest dream last night, about a girl who was turned into a swan," Natalie Portman says, tremulously, in the early going of "Black Swan." But it can't possibly be as crazy as the Darren Aronofsky dream that follows for the next 100 minutes. The director of "The Wrestler" has, with Portman as his fragile, fantastic collaborator, crafted a ballet movie that is also a psychological horror story and a scary reverie about obsession and paranoia. Wild and woolly, the movie is a breathtaking head trip that hails from a long tradition of backstage melodramas: "42nd Street," "A Star Is Born," "All About Eve," and, yes, that kitschy '90s relic "Showgirls." That Aronofsky's "Black Swan" takes place in the rarefied spheres of the dance world _ with its thoroughbred ballerinas, sinewy and highstrung _ makes the nutty psychodrama somehow all the more intriguing. Here is Nina (Portman), wrapped in a fluffy scarf, stepping from the subway and trooping off to rehearsals at Lincoln Center. Her whole life revolves around dance. There's a music-box ballerina in her bedroom _ a bedroom still filled with the plush toys of her childhood, a bedroom in a cramped apartment she shares with her mother (Barbara Hershey), her-
self a dancer so many years before. A new production of "Swan Lake" _ stripped-down, primal, "real" _ is on the season's slate, and the company's artistic director, Thomas Leroy (French actor Vincent Cassel), is looking for a new Odette/Odile to fill the pointe shoes left by his retiring prima ballerina, Beth MacIntyre (a just-this-side-of-camp Winona Ryder). Fiercely disciplined, Nina seems perfect for the part of the innocent, elegant White Swan, but Leroy expresses concerns that she doesn't have the sensuality, the slyness, to play her darker doppelganger. Enter a new member to the troupe, Lilly (a cagey, sexy Mila Kunis), just in from San Francisco. She's as uninhibited and earthy as Nina is tampeddown and tightly wound. It's clear that Leroy sees star potential there. Portman, in the role of her career, oozes anxiety and aching loneliness. Here is a young woman overwhelmed by her dreams and ambitions, sexually repressed, smothered by her mother, and in physical pain from the intense regimen of dance. But also in self-inflicted pain: She picks and claws her body apart like a dog gnashing at itself. And then there are moments when you just can't help but laugh. And that seems fine. Thrilling, indeed. And brazenly, beautifully crazy.
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HIV, AIDS: Know the facts World AIDS Day takes place Dec. 1 of each year to raise awareness about HIV/AIDS. HIV may not be the mainstream news that it once was, but it is still affecting thousands of people in this country. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimate that there are 56,000 new cases of HIV each year in the U.S. So why should college students care? Half of all new HIV infections are diagnosed in people under 25. The CDC estimates that 1 in 500 college students are HIV positive. HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus) is the virus that can lead to AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome). HIV is primarily transmitted through blood, semen, vaginal secretions and breast milk. Unprotected oral, vaginal and anal sex can put a person at risk for HIV, as well as sharing needles for drug use. Using condoms during sex and not sharBRANDY ing needles are easy ways to reduce the risk for HIV. REEVES To know your status, it is important to be tested. The CDC recomGuest mends that everyone have at least one HIV test. If you engage in activicolumnist ties that increase your risk (like unprotected sex), you should be tested more often. Speak to your clinician about your risks and how often you should get tested. To find a testing site near you, text your zip code to KNOWIT (566948). Visit www.ukhealthcare.uky.edu/uhs/ for more information about HIV/AIDS. Brandy Reeves is a health education coordinator for University Health Services. Email opinions@kykernel.com.
BEN DRAKE, Kernel cartoonist LETTER TO THE EDITOR I am a graduate student at the University of Kentucky. Anyone who knows me also knows that I am an avid UK fan and supporter. With that said, I hate this new lottery format. I sat through what was arguably three of the worst seasons in UK basketball history from freshman to junior year, and I was always able to get tickets because not many people wanted to go and watch those teams. I did because I am a loyal fan. Now that the team is good again suddenly everyone wants to watch them play, and understandably so.
Measures need to be put in place to allow the higher level students – those of us who have seniority at this university – at the top of the list for eligibility to get tickets to these games. However, measures need to be put in place to allow the higher level students — those of us who have seniority at this university — at the top of the list for eligibility to gain tickets to these games. I completely understood not being able to get tickets everytime last season because there were so many people that wanted tickets. Yet, I was still allowed to show up at the lottery with the chance of getting tickets. This season I have been shut out of both lotteries. I have been a loyal UK fan (of all sports) during my time here and will continue to be. This university needs to put into place some form of system to reward those students who have faithfully moved up in the academic ranks as well as those who faithfully attend the games.
Michael Frick Secondary Education graduate student
Google’s eminent Groupon purchase another step toward ‘online dominance’ Cyber Monday 2010 has already passed, but a familiar search engine’s eminent acquisition deal soon may give shoppers more reason to visit its website for holiday deals. Some might remember my Sept. 12 column about the growing preference for Internet coupons. Per the sources cited in that article, more people now prefer to get their discounts online. Google has taken note of this trend and has plans to expand in SHANNON the way of online discounts. FRAZER According to a Dec. 1 article in Kernel the Los Angeles Times, Google is columnist in talks with Groupon, “the fastgrowing company that is blitzing the Internet with daily coupon deals,” about purchasing it for $5 billion. If all goes as planned, Google’s acquisition of the Groupon site would make it a legitimate candidate for the online dominance title. By comparison, currently Facebook has the option to click on sidebar ads, which then directs users to the respective retailers’ and businesses’ websites to get online coupons and discounts. Numerous other aggregate sites provide users with online discounts, as well, but the potential $5 billion deal is huge. A Nov. 30 New York Times article reported that
Yahoo was also interested in buying Groupon, but Groupon’s founders said Yahoo’s $2 billion offer was “too low.” The article said, “Groupon’s management was also concerned that Yahoo’s business prospects might ultimately hurt the company, and that a stronger buyer like Google would give it a competitive edge against potential rivals like Facebook.” Groupon is an “already profitable company,” according to the Los Angeles Times, and “has more than 33 million subscribers, making it one of the fastest-growing companies in history.” Google’s other recent purchases include DoubleClick in 2007 for $3.1 billion and $1.65 billion for YouTube in 2006. This move is smart on Google’s part. Considering the competitive trend across web giants to incorporate more interactive features and have a stake in social media, this business purchase would up Google’s ante. The Los Angeles Times article said, “Despite Google’s success in selling text ads that accompany search results, it has missed out on online coupons that are influencing how people spend money offline.” Well, Google, here’s your chance. By next December, online shoppers could be Googling their holiday wish lists, discounts and all. Shannon Frazer is a journalism senior. E-mail opinions@kykernel.com.
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LEFT PHOTO BY LATARA ABBLEBY, RIGHT PHOTO BY MCT | STAFF
Terrence Jones of UK and Harrison Barnes of UNC were both highly recruited freshman. The pair will face off this weekend in Chapel Hill.
Jones, Barnes matchup a good one for fans By Aaron Smith asmith@kykernel.com
UK is used to playing in front of a sold-out and loud blue crowd after two home games. Now it faces the same situation – just in front of fans wearing a slightly different shade of blue. “This is probably the biggest game of my life here,” freshman Doron Lamb said in reference to UK’s Saturday game against North Carolina. “On the road, North Carolina, it’s going to be sold out.” UK wants to be able to
respond to that environment quickly to shut down the home court advantage. UK assistant coach John Robic said he wasn’t worried about the freshmen having to adjust. “Don’t forget, Darius (Miller) is really the only one that’s been a starter on the road in a game like this, in front of a crowd like this,” Robic said. “But these kids understand.” While the crowd may be a substantial factor in the game, UK also has to worry about the five players in a North Carolina uniform. Most prominent among
them is freshman forward Harrison Barnes, who was named to the Preseason AllAmerican First team. He was the first freshman ever to achieve that award. “He’s a very talented player,” Robic said. “I’ve never seen him play in person, just on tape. At 6-foot-8, he’s a jump shooter who can create his own shots. He’s a talent. He’s a pro. We have our hands full with him because of his size.” Barnes and UK freshman Terrence Jones were compared frequently while they were being recruited, although their statistics so far
show Jones has a clear edge. Jones is averaging 20.7 points and 10.2 rebounds and has recorded four double doubles this year. Barnes hasn’t performed up to the gaudy expectations so far this season. He is averaging 11.3 points and 6.1 rebounds and is shooting 33.8 percent from the floor. Jones, for his part, said he didn’t pay any attention to preseason awards or hype or comparisons. “That’s just him having a great high school career, that’s what it came with,” Jones said in reference to Barnes’ All-American selec-
tion. “Brandon (Knight) had a great high school career. I feel I did, too. There’s lots of great players in our class, and he just got the, whatever that was, I don’t even know what that was called.” Robic said the excessive media pressure has probably been a factor for his start. And he says it’s only a matter of time before Barnes starts heating up – and UK only hopes it isn’t against them. “Knock on wood as much as you can before this game,” Robic said. Like Barnes, North Carolina hasn’t quite lived up to high preseason expectations, either.
After starting the season ranked in the top 10, the Tar Heels are 4-3 on the year and have fallen outside the top 25. But UK doesn’t expect for a second that North Carolina won’t be fired up to earn a statement win with a victory. “They probably feel they can bounce back with a win against us,” Knight said. “I expect them to play to the best of their abilities, not only because they’re down but because they feel like they have to make a statement.” Follow Aaron on Twitter @KernelASmith.