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UK Hospital unveils second phase By Drew Teague news@kykernel.com
UK’s Chandler Hospital is one step closer to being complete. Plans were unveiled Wednesday for the next phase of the hospital, focusing on innovative operating rooms. The new hybrid operating room will be 1,000 square feet, with a control room attached, and will be able to facilitate various types of sur-
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gery and procedures. It will mainly focus on cardiothoracic and vascular surgeries, and there will be eight other new operating rooms accompanying the hybrid. Along with the surgical abilities of the room, new state-of-the-art imaging technology will assist nurses and surgeons in their tasks and help with visibility. The location of the operating rooms was determined to make sure access from the
heliport and the trauma unit were simple so time was not wasted with a patient when seconds matter. “These operating rooms will be on the second floor and the other thing that this will accomplish is that these operating rooms will be right above the trauma unit and the emergency room, and lines up with the heliport,” UK health affairs Executive Vice President Dr. Michael Karpf said.
In the planning stages of this phase of development, those involved thought it would be good to physically see the operating room before it was built. “Doctor’s are more used to operating in a defined space,” Dr. Joseph Zwischenberger, UK HealthCare surgeon-in-chief, said. “In order to be able to design these O.R.’s we made Styrofoam See HYBRID on page 2
UK grads win with touch-screens By Kelsey Caudill news@kykernel.com
One large touch-screen and the decision to take a risk gave several UK students the opportunity to get their feet wet in the business industry. A company started by UK graduates placed first runner-up in a state-wide business idea competition held by the Business Innovation and Growth Center at Kentucky Highlands on Monday, Jan. 10. AwesomeTouch of Lexington received $5,000 and six months free rent in a semi-private work space for its software applications designed for large touch-screens that enable users to interact with life-size multitouch displays. The company focuses on delivering intuitive software for giant touch-screens in public places. “It’s a system for downtown Lexington where you can find info on shops and businesses, including phone numbers, social networking reviews and other details,” Product Manager Patrick Kelly said. “It’s much more direct and intuitive. It’s similar to an iPhone or a touchscreen; if you tap an icon it pretty much does what you expect it to do.” Kelly graduated from UK in 2010. AwesomeTouch started as a senior design project pitched to students by Awesome Inc., a business incubator in the Lexington area that promotes technology, creativity and startup companies. The idea began with a map project using giant touch-screens and expanded when Nick Such, director of Awesome Labs, discovered there was a real market for the product and advised students to keep working on it. Such is a 2009 UK graduate and is now the CEO of AwesomeTouch. "Starting something like this is really about noticing an opportunity and finding a way to provide a solution,” Such said. “Touch-screens like this are going to be everywhere in the next few years. Visitors are already using them in hotels. University students will soon use these to promote and find events on campus. Retail provides lots of branding possibilities. The only question is whether these screens will be running our software, or someone else's." A 14 member team of UK students and alumni launched AwesomeTouch in 2010. The company is now staffed by Such, Kelly and five other members of the original team: Nolan Lancaster, John Kiffmeyer, Chris Allen, Brian Raney and Ryan Copple. Kelly said that competitions like the one at Kentucky Highlands have been pivotal in improving AwesomeTouch. “Going and sharing your idea with as many people as possible allows you to be very critical and get a lot of great feedback,” Kelly said. “It has been very influential in how we’ve shaped the project and how we’ve changed our business model.” While AwesomeTouch has received recent acclaim for its innovation, Kelly said the road
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UK head coach John Calipari yells at Terrence Jones in the second half of the UK’s 66-68 loss against the Alabama Crimson Tide at Coleman Coliseum on Jan. 18, 2011.
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Unlike last year’s team, UK lacks the will to win right now By Aaron Smith asmith@kykernel.com
The comparisons between this year’s basketball team and last year’s were flying fast before the season started. Which was bigger, which shot better, which had the potential to go farther in March. A new comparison has emerged: does this team have the “it” factor, that overriding sense that they will not lose? According to the man who coached both teams, the answer – as of now – is no. “We don’t have that will
to win we did a year ago,” head coach John Calipari said. That wasn’t an assertion heard often last year about the team that went 35-3 and reached the Elite Eight. UK’s will to win wasn’t strong enough Tuesday night, when it climbed from a 20-point deficit to within a single point before falling by two. UK had two chances to take a lead within the final minute. On the first, Brandon Knight was called for a charge. On the second, a
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handoff from Knight to Doron Lamb on the perimeter was deflected and stolen. “We didn’t execute it,” Knight said. “We didn’t sprint hard enough, me or him. And it resulted in a turnover.” But those types of plays are often the difference between winning and losing. “This is why you lose close games. And we’re going to be in a lot of close games,” Calipari said. “This is what we are.” Calipari said that four times UK came down and
broke off plays, meaning they didn’t run the designed play and instead took their own shots. And when the game gets down to the last shots, this team hasn’t established a go-to guy. “I’m still learning, who do I go to?” Calipari said. “I went to the wrong guys. We’re trying to figure it out. Obviously we’re not running pistol (the playcall that resulted in a turnover) to Doron.” Last year, the end of games swung UK’s way more often that not, starting
with John Wall’s game winner in his first eligible game against Miami of Ohio. “When we got it close, we made the plays we were supposed to make,” Calipari said of last year’s team. “Made the plays we were supposed to, came up with the balls we were supposed to. We’re not seeing that.” As troubling is that UK has been thoroughly dominated physically in both road losses, to Georgia and Alabama, two teams that rely on talented forward duos. “We had some guys who
couldn’t play in this game,” Calipari said. “They just couldn’t play in this game.” Going forward, UK faces a duality. How troubling is this loss, really? And can they learn enough from it to overcome the setback of the loss as the season progresses? It’s up to the players to decide. “Guys are getting minutes and shots, and they’re content,” Calipari said. “Either you accept it and are content with it, or you say no, this is not happening.”
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BUSINESS Continued from page 1 to success has not been easy. “I thought I worked a lot when I was in school,” Kelly said. “I went through college taking a full course load and working full time, but I’ve actually had to take a second job to pay the bills.” Lead software developer Nolan Lancaster, a 2010 UK graduate, said he faced a difficult decision in whether he should help launch AwesomeTouch. “Personally, the challenge I had was deciding to stick with it,” Lancaster said. “I had a couple of job offers as I was graduating, but I thought this was an opportunity that I didn’t really want
to pass up. I just kind of decided whether I’d want my own business or my own cubicle, and the answer was kind of obvious after that.” Lancaster said that running your own business is similar to being a college student, only time management plays a larger role. “The thing is, there’s no professor or teacher to crack the whip over you anymore or to establish deadlines; there’s really nobody to hold your feet to the fire,” Lancaster said. Lancaster encourages students who are interested in startups to trust their instincts. “I’d just like to encourage students to actually take a shot like this,” Lancaster said. “It was difficult for me, but I really don’t regret it at all. It’s been nothing but a positive experience.”
The winner of the Kentucky Highlands business idea competition is INVEN LLC, a Louisvillebased dental health company whose technology allows root canals to be performed more effectively and efficiently. The second runner-up is Old Kentucky Logs of Corbin, recognized for manufacturing artificial logs that look antique and are made out of molds of 150-year-old logs. Such said he is pleased with AwesomeTouch’s performance in the competition, but that the award is only a stepping stone on the company’s journey to success. “Getting funding for an entrepreneur really isn't success, but like oxygen for a scuba diver: it enables us to keep searching for the real treasure,” Such said.
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HYBRID Continued from page 1 models. When I say models I mean a life size O.R., completely built out.” With the Styrofoam model, doctors and others had a chance to see what it will be like and fix problems. “We had everyone that is going to work in that room come in and walk around and act as if they were going to do a procedure, and go through the motions,” Zwischenberger said. “You won’t believe how many times we’ve banged into cabinets or bumped up against a table that we thought on a blueprint looked perfect.” With the hospital getting closer to being complete, Karpf says the hospital has been bringing in more people, and sees that to continue as the operating room phase begins and gets com-
pleted. “At this point in time we get increasing number of patients from West Virginia, from southern Ohio and eastern Tennessee,” Karpf said. “We are actually keeping more people in the Commonwealth and bring people into the Commonwealth. We’re an importer of patients.” Dr. Bernard Boulanger, UK HealthCare surgical medical director, says the new hybrid rooms will be better than initially thought as surgeons work and become accustomed with all the functions available to them. “I think surgeons will learn that they can provide better care for their patients by using this room for procedures that we may not even perceive now,” Boulanger said. The new operating rooms are scheduled to open in the fall of this year.
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There’s only one place where you can see President Obama, young boys with AK-47s, Martin Luther King Jr., faces of giants, Led Zeppelin and Tupac all in the same room: at a Shepard Fairey art exhibit. Fairey, the contemporary artist most recently known for his popular Barack Obama “HOPE” posters, has been creating vivid, poster-style art with bold messages for over a decade. Soon, UK’s Rasdall Gallery will be the first gallery in Kentucky to display Fairey’s works, which can already be seen in famous institutions dotting the cities of London, New York City, Los Angelos and Boston, among others. The Student Activities Board has worked long and hard to bring such a big name to campus, SAB Director of Cultural Arts Amanda Rambo said, and student organizers just finished hanging 43 Fairey pieces in the gallery Friday in preparation for the new exhibit. “Shepard Fairey is such an influential artist right now,” Rambo said. “This is partially because so much of his work is very controversial, but that’s why people like him.” Fairey experienced his first glimpse of popularity when he created his “Obey Giant” campaign while attending the Rhode Island School of Design in the late 1980s. He designed artistic stickers and posters containing an image of a giant’s face and incorporated the single word “Obey” into the design. To his friends, Fairey said on his website, the image is “amusing and nonsensical,” but to outside viewers, the image can be viewed as “comforting” or “annoying,” depending on the individual. After graduating from RISD, Fairey continued to design amusing and thoughtprovoking pieces covering topics like war, peace, communism, music, homosexuality and politics. He shared his art with the world through a wide array of outlets – stickers, t-shirts, books, skateboard decks, graffiti, posters, bicycles, album covers and canvases of many other materials. Fairey was asked to design movie posters and cover art for many musicians, while continuing to push the envelope with works created to spark discussion and provide social commentary. “He doesn’t fail to criticize anyone, but he’s also not completely negative,” Rambo said. “He’s also done portraits of influential people… people who are great centers of attention for their time for being controversial in some way.” Fairey’s use of dominant color displays make his pieces pop and might remind viewers of the work of Andy Warhol or the infamous Uncle Sam posters of World Wars I and II that bear the message “I want you,” in reference to U.S. Army recruitment. The artist often uses the strongest hues of red, black, cream and blue in his material. Fairey also finds himself in the center of controversy due to the various legal battles he has fought over his art concerning copyright infringement, fair use and graffiti-related arrests. He continues to design new works in spite of these issues, as well as to further his involvement in the art world. Rambo’s favorite piece on display is Fairey’s “Toxicity Inspector,” one of the first to catch your eye upon entering the gallery. “It’s a man in a gas mask, holding a rose with a piece sign, but he’s confused,” Rambo said. “It’s like he’s thinking, ‘Is this thing gonna blow up?’ because that’s all he knows.” “Toxicity Inspector” can be seen, alongside 42 other pieces, at the Rasdall Gallery in the Student Center through Feb. 17. The opening reception for this installment is 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 20, in the Rasdall Gallery. Food and beverages will be provided and admission is free.
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THE DECEMBERISTS "The King Is Dead" (Capitol) 2 stars On 2009's "The Hazards of Love," Colin Meloy and his merry band of hucksters created a medieval rock opera. "The King Is Dead" takes the opposite tack, exploring rustic Americana. You can take the man out of the opera but you can't take the opera out of the man. Much of "The King Is Dead" sounds like the wunderkind in theater class earnestly laboring through an Arthur Miller monologue when all he wants to do is stand up and trill at the top of his lungs. Margaret Wappler
JAMES BLUNT "Some Kind of Trouble" (Custard/Atlantic) 2 stars "Everything that I'm trying to say/ Just sounds like a worn-out cliche," James Blunt sings on "I'll Be Your Man," a track off his new album, "Some Kind of Trouble" _ and he appears to be heading critics
off at the pass. The album overreaches in its slickness and underachieves in terms of inspiration. All could be forgiven, however, if Blunt's latest material proved catchier. Despite all the work put into his workmanlike pop, it ultimately comes off as agreeable, but not memorable. Matt Diehl
SOCIAL DISTORTION "Hard Times and Nursery Rhymes" (Epitaph) 3 stars "Life gets hard and then it gets good, like I always knew it would," Mike Ness declares on Social Distortion's new album. Old-school fans of this long-running Orange County punk band might have trouble accepting the latter half of that couplet, but "Hard Times and Nursery Rhymes" does indeed exude an essential optimism. He even taps a disarmingly tender vein for the plaintive "Writing on the Wall," in which he ruminates on the complexity of his relationship with his teenage son. Mikael Wood
Broadway comes to campus By Lindsey Austin features@kykernel.com
A night of Broadwayworthy performances at a price a college student can afford is the goal behind the UK Choristers and Student Center’s “Night on Broadway 2011.” Co-directed by Samuel Miller and Brock Terry, ”Night on Broadway” will feature about 25 pieces from popular Broadway performances including solos, duets, trios and multiple ensemble performances. “It’s really an amazing thing to watch 70 voices come together in one large ensemble number,” co-Director Brock Terry said. The program includes works from musicals such as “My Fair Lady,” “Kiss Me Kate,” “Avenue Q” and many more. “We incorporate musicals from many decades, ranging from the ‘20s up until today,” Terry said. The program is split up into two acts, each of which open and close
with large ensemble pieces. “Last year the show ran about an hour and 40 minutes including the intermission,” said Samuel Miller, co-director and stage manager for the show. “But the show didn’t seem nearly that long because it really just flows nicely from piece to piece.” “Night on Broadway” also features a three-piece band of students playing instruments like piano, bass and drums. Sam Themer, a first year sophomore voice performance major, is trying out for the first time. When asked what made him want to audition, Themer said, “My friend was in the show last year and absolutely loved it. She joined [Choristers] again this semester just to be in [“Night on Broadway”].” As a vocal performance major, Sam usually focuses on classical music so he is excited about this show. “It’s not something I usually get to include in
my repertoire.” The UK Choristers is the oldest performing organization at UK and features students from all different majors. The diversity that comes from a ‘70s voice mixed choir lends itself to wide range of possibilities when it comes to the styles and periods of the music it can perform. According to the “Night on Broadway” Facebook page, this is the Choristers third year putting on this show and it is now one of the most popular concerts at UK. Aby Vela, a sophomore elementary education major, was featured in the last year’s performance and said the experience was a lot of fun. “The rehearsals were long, but it definitely paid off, and I recommend auditioning for it even if you’re nervous because it’s really good for your confidence,” Vela said. Although auditions are only open to those in-
volved with UK Choristers, everyone is invited to come see the performance and join the Choristers in the future. Robert Bosworth, freshman piano performance major, is also auditioning this year. “I hear it’s a blast,” Bosworth said. “A lot of people in choir envy us because we get to do this show. Everyone should come out and see it.” “Night on Broadway 2011” will take place on Feb. 25 and 26 at 7:30 p.m. in the Frank H. Harris Grand Ballroom of the Student Center. Tickets are available. They are $25 for adults and senior citizens, $15 for UK Staff Members and $10 for UK Students and children. VIP tickets are also available for preferred seating and reserved parking at $35 a piece. Tickets are available at the UK Student Center Ticket Office (859) 257TICS or ticketmaster.com.
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Suicides jump sharply among Army reservists guardsman By Nancy A. Youssef McClatchy Newspapers
WASHINGTON Suicides among active-duty soldiers dropped in 2010 for the first time in five years, but the number of Army reservists and National Guard members who killed themselves nearly doubled, leaving Army officials scrambling to find ways to gain control of a suicide crisis that's defying the Pentagon's investment in prevention programs. “It's not a deployment problem, because over 50 percent of the people that committed suicide in the Army National Guard in 2010 had never deployed,” Maj. Gen. Raymond Carpenter, the acting director of the Army National Guard, said Wednesday at a news conference where the new figures were announced. Carpenter also discounted the role that economic conditions played in the increase in suicides among reservists and members of the National Guard. “Only 15 percent of the people who committed suicide in fact were without a job,” he said.
The Pentagon statistics released Wednesday listed 145 members of the Army National Guard and Army Reserves as suicides in 2010, up from 80 in 2009. Active-duty suicides totaled 156 in 2010, down from 162 in 2009, the Pentagon said. Of U.S. military installations, Fort Hood, Texas, had the highest number of suicides last year, 22, compared with 11 in 2009. Fort Campbell, Ky., which had the highest number of suicides in 2009, 21, had 10 last year. The Army's rising suicide rate, which last approached its current levels in 1990 and 1991, during the Persian Gulf War, has puzzled Army officials. Suicides hit their lowest levels in the last 20 years in 2000, when 63 soldiers killed themselves, according to Army statistics. The Army has made suicide prevention a top priority. It's proposed shifting an unspecified part of proposed budget savings to suicide prevention programs next year, and soldiers now undergo training on spotting potential suicides among their comrades.
Soldiers receive resiliency training and post-deployment evaluations of their mental health, and Gen. Peter W. Chiarelli, the vice chief of staff of the Army, who's led the service's suicide prevention effort, is briefed on each suicide. Chiarelli said he took some satisfaction from the drop in suicides among active-duty soldiers, and he credited the Army's emphasis on suicide prevention for that. Now, he said, the Army must expand its efforts to the Army National Guard and Reserve. “I really believe we are leading an effort to destigmatize soldiers, family members, civilians (from seeking help) when they have these behavior health issues,” he said. “They are injuries.” That, however, may be more difficult among these troops. Unlike active-duty soldiers, members of the Army National Guard and the Army Reserve are part-time soldiers who have lives outside the military and often live hundreds of miles from the other soldiers in their units. Carpenter, the Army National
Guard's acting director, said failed relationships appeared to be the largest common factor in suicides. “We have got to make the suicide-prevention plan a family plan, because it's that family that is with the soldier the other 28 days of the month,” said Lt. Gen. Jack Stultz, the chief of the Army Reserve. In mid-July, the Army released the results of a 15-month study of suicide trends. That 350-page report absolved the repeated deployments of soldiers to Iraq and Afghanistan in recent years of responsibility for the increase in suicides, noting, as Wednesday's statistics did, that few of those who'd killed themselves had deployed more than once to a war zone. It said that levels of illegal drug use and criminal activity in the Army had reached record highs, while the number of disciplinary actions and forced discharges were at record lows, and it suggested that tougher action against drug offenders might help curb the problem.
For Facebook, US saturation might lead to global focus By Mike Swift McClatchy News
SAN JOSE, Calif. Even as Facebook closes in on its 600 millionth user, its growth in the United States and parts of Europe is slowing and may be approaching the saturation point, meaning its future increase in users will be ever more dependent on the developing world. Over the past six months of 2010, about one-quarter of Facebook's total growth in regular users came from the U.S., but during December, just 5 percent of the social network's new users were in the U.S., according to Inside Facebook Gold, a data service by the research firm Inside Network. Facebook gained more users in India, Mexico, Brazil, Taiwan, the Philippines and Indonesia than in the United States dur-
ing December. Facebook's U.S. audience growth has decelerated for the past four months, raising questions among analysts about whether the Palo Alto, Calif., social network is approaching its saturation point here, and highlighting Facebook's need to get people to spend more time on the social network in order to keep its revenue growing. A similar phenomenon is occurring in countries such as Iceland, Denmark and Sweden. Facebook now has about 146 million regular users in the United States, according to both Inside Facebook Gold and the German-Czech analytics firm Socialbakers. Data from both show that Facebook's U.S. growth has slowed significantly in recent months, and is on the verge of crossing
the point where less than onequarter of its users are in the United States. Facebook declined to comment on the numbers, which are roughly echoed by Internet tracking company comScore. "It's inevitable that in highly saturated countries growth has to decelerate," said Justin Smith, founder of Inside Facebook, who believes it's an "open question" whether Facebook is approaching its user limit in the U.S. "You can only get a certain percentage of the population to become active users, and as you get closer to that ceiling, you are going to slow down in terms of growth." Facebook now reaches a striking 73 percent of U.S. Internet users, according to comScore. Facebook user estimates from comScore, Inside Facebook and Socialbak-
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Starbucks launches mobile payment network By Brier Dudley MCT
The clever mobile payment system that Starbucks has been testing in a few stores in Seattle, New York and Silicon Valley is going national. Starbucks is announcing that it has expanded the "pay by phone" program to 6,800 of its stores, plus more than 1,000 outlets inside Target stores. It began testing the system at a few stores in September 2009. To use the system, Starbucks cardholders load an application onto their iPhone or BlackBerry smartphones. The application displays a barcode that's scanned at the register to pay for drinks. Users can
also manage Starbucks accounts and find nearby stores with the application. With the launch, Starbucks claims to be operating the largest mobile payment program in the country, giving millions of cardholders a fast way to pay for their jolt and a muffin. One in five Starbucks transactions is now made with the store cards, and mobile payments "will extend the way our customers experience and use their Starbucks Card," Brady Brewer, vice president of card and brand loyalty, said in a release. "With mobile payment, the Starbucks Card platform further elevates the customer experience by delivering con-
venience, rewarding loyalty and continuing to build an emotional connection with our customers." Customers apparently like using Starbucks Cards. They loaded more than $1.5 billion onto the cards last year, up 21 percent over 2009. They also like smartphones. Starbucks said more than a third of its U.S. customers use the devices, and nearly three fourths of the smartphone-toting Starbucks customers have either an iPhone or a BlackBerry. A version of the Starbucks application for Android-based phones is being developed. There's no word yet on plans for a Windows Phone version.
ers all translate to more than 55 percent of the total U.S. population over the age of 12, the eligible age to join the social network. "I would say this might be the U.S. reaching an inflection point," Jan Rezab, co-founder of Socialbakers, said of the recent U.S. growth slowdown in an e-mail message, "but only time will show if the U.S. can outgrow 50 percent penetration." The change does not mean Facebook _ pegged at a $50 billion value after Goldman Sachs and a Russian investor recently agreed to invest $500 million _ faces any foreseeable slowdown in revenue growth, experts say. But the demographic fact that there are fewer Americans every day who don't use Facebook means the social network will increasingly need to
focus on getting existing users to come back more often and spend more time. With the vast majority of its revenue coming from display advertising, more time on Facebook equals more revenue for the social network. The good news for Facebook is that Americans on average spent even more time in 2010 sharing photos, updating their status and playing social games like Zynga's new "CityVille." The average time spent by each U.S. Facebook visitor grew by 30 percent, to 320.6 minutes, over the past 12 months, according to comScore, with people spending about the same amount of time each visit, but making more visits per day on average. Andrew Lipsman, senior director of industry analysis for comScore, said new U.S.
users, over time, will present Facebook with an opportunity to build audience engagement. "People go from being a new user _ they tend to be a little bit lighter user at first _ and the value of the site increases over time" as people build their friend network and have a stronger incentive to share content, Lipsman said. "It's really a self-reinforcing cycle." In December alone, Americans spent 49.3 billion minutes on Facebook _ the collective equivalent of about 94,000 years, comScore said. Facebook surpassed Google as the website with the most U.S. visits last year, according to Experian Hitwise. Facebook says an average user has 130 friends and creates 90 pieces of content a month.
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Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell: where we stand On Dec. 18, 2010, when most students were cheering over their victory in the war against finals, another victory was had: the repeal of Don't Ask, Don't Tell. The bill, which barred gays and lesbians from Annie serving openly Hughes Contributing in the military, and which had columnist resulted in more than 13,500 discharges from the armed services, ended when the Senate sent the bill to President Obama's desk. For the first time in 17 years,
people’s ability to serve their country in times of war and peace is no longer contingent upon their fitting a particular sexual creed. The policy will not go into effect until a certification and 60-day grace period occurs. I can't help but wonder the feeling experienced in that moment for all gay or lesbian people, and their supporters, who had dreamed of a day when their partners were not dissected as a means of their ability to serve with their fellow patriots. My friend, Emily King, a veteran, provided me with insight into what it felt like for supporters that day. King said, “For the second
time in my adult life, a political victory has brought me to tears. To all the gay men and women I have ever served with, it was my honor to serve along side you and I'm sorry it took us as a nation so long to honor your service.” Despite my tendency to base my actions in the leftist agenda, I find it incredibly hard to believe that the good cannot be seen in this repeal in any political realm. In the service, I assume, very few moments dictate who you will be after a particular moment; a survivor who fought for his country, a hero with an undeniable amount of self sacrifice or a soldier whose only desire
upon adulthood was to defend the nation that provided him the opportunity to form his own ideas. What would not be important in that moment? Who, and how, that soldier loves. To all the citizens out there who couldn't fulfill their dreams due to their sexual orientation, it’s your time. To all soldiers who was discharged because they had the courage to stand for who they are, we can now properly say thank you on behalf of your country, and on behalf of all citizens to come. Annie Hughes is a political science junior. Email opinions@kykernel.com.
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6 | Thursday, January 20, 2011
Freshmen help to propel Cool Cats By Gary Hermann sports@kykernel.com
There are a few new faces on the UK ice hockey roster this semester, and their impact has been immediate, helping the Cool Cats reach their goals for the season. These new players will look to make an impact again as the UK ice hockey team will be in action Friday and Saturday night against Wright State at the Lexington Ice Center. Freshman defenseman Matt Kinman comes to UK
after having played in the United States Hockey League, a premier minor league whose players retain their amateur status. He first played for the USHL’s Sioux City Musketeers. The following season he played for the Waterloo Black Hawks after he was traded from the Tri-City Storm in the preseason. Kinman also played for the Springfield Jr. Blues of the North American Hockey League. Kinman, a Kentucky resident, said he chose UK be-
cause he has a lot of friends on the team and had a good time on a visit to UK’s campus. In addition, Kinman was impressed by the Cats' play against premier competition. “UK has a strong club program,” Kinman said. “I wanted to be a part of that.” He has enjoyed his time with the Cool Cats. “It’s a good group of guys,” Kinman said. “(UK head coach Rob Docherty) is a good guy and a good coach.” His impact was felt early in the University of Mary-
land in Baltimore County game. With UK trailing 1-0 in the first period, Kinman scored the tying goal and changed the momentum for UK as they went on to win 6-1. “It was sweet,” Kinman said. “I didn’t tally any against a lesser opponent the night before.” Junior forward Michael Getz has high praise for Kinman. “He’s doing great,” Getz said. “He’s a huge defenseman and a huge asset.” Freshman forward Gray
Foul language no big deal MATT MURRAY
Kernel columnist Freshman forward Terrence Jones ran to the sideline in the second half of UK’s game at Alabama, only to be greeted by a heated exchange from his coach. It’s a common scene on the UK sidelines with UK head coach John Calipari at the helm, even when his team isn’t losing by 20 to a lesser opponent. In fact, it’s a common scene on the sidelines of most Division I basketball games. Calipari apologized on Twitter Tuesday night for his foul language during the game. Wednesday afternoon, Calipari’s foul language was a topic of discussion on ESPN’s “Around the Horn” and “Pardon the Interruption.” However, if it weren’t for Calipari’s apology, the story likely wouldn’t have gained the national attention it has. As a coach at a premiere basketball program, Calipari expects the best out of his players, and they expect the same out of him.
Sure, not everyone is comfortable with the cursing that takes place on the sidelines of sporting events, but believe me its common. Not to mention, no one is forced to listen it. The professional lip readers that were abuzz after Tuesday night really shouldn’t be too surprised. A similar controversy broke out as a result of the Louisville game last season, when the first minute of the game saw a handful of fights and Calipari was seen having an exchange with a Louisville player on national TV. Both Calipari and the players have a drive to win, and both athletes and their coaches are known to get caught up in the moment. As a coach with five straight 30-win seasons, facing a 20-point deficit on the road goes against the grain of what you’re used to. “The sport that we’re in is emotional,” Calipari said on his radio show Wednesday. “For me, whatever I’m trying to do to change these guys, to get these guys to play different, to get them to really listen and do the things they do, sometimes you say things you regret.” Jones immediately followed up his coach’s apology
on Twitter with his own tweet saying he felt “blessed” to play for Calipari and immediately accepted his apology.
On the road again The Cats have already lost more games this season than they did last year. None of those losses have come at home. The problem: UK seems intimidated on the road, gets the bearings, but not until its too late. UK seems to make surges midway through the second half, but can never quite seem to close out the comeback. Following the loss at Georgia, Calipari said comebacks help you figure out how good your team is. The good news for the Cats is come March, UK fans will dominate tournament crowds. The bottom line for UK is they need to find a way to win on the road. Alabama is one of the weakest teams they’ll play on the road this season, and if they can’t find a way to get back on track, this team could find themselves on the bubble come Selection Sunday. Matt is a journalism senior. E-mail mmurray@kykernel.com.
McLaughlin has also enjoyed his experience with the Cool Cats. “The guys have been great,” McLaughlin said. “They really welcomed me in.” McLaughlin is the younger brother of junior forward Sean McLaughlin. “We were teammates in high school,” McLaughlin said. “It’s always fun to play with him.” Another freshman, forward Jake Boss, has been skating with the Cool Cats in practice and may see his first
game action this weekend. “Coach (Docherty) is looking to give him a shot,” Getz said. Despite their youth, UK’s freshmen, including Kinman and McLaughlin, are already focusing on fitting in and playing well with their upperclassmen teammates. “I expect to bring out the best in my line,” McLaughlin said. Kinman reiterated a universal theme for the Cool Cats. “I want to win out,” Kinman said.
Preparing for Florida By TJ Walker sports@kykernel.com
Although UK has only played four Southeastern Conference games, it’s been a roller coaster ride. In the confines of Memorial Coliseum the Cats are 2-1 in conference, beating the opposition by an average of 14 points per game. But No.19 UK’s (13-4, 2-2 SEC) lone road conference game didn’t go as planned. UK lost its only conference road game at Arkansas 78-67 on Jan. 6, in a game when the Cats were coming off one day of rest and looked less than impressive. But outside the conference the Cats are 2-2 on the road. Despite the losing record on the road, the Cats see Thursday’s 7 p.m. game at Gainesville as an opportunity. “This is a big game for us, an exciting opportunity for us to go on the road and play against a very good Florida team,” UK head coach Matthew Mitchell said. “I think that the team is better equipped this time
than the last time we went on the road and I think we have practiced a little better so I am excited to see how we handle this challenge.” UK hasn’t won at Florida since 2006. The Gators (12-7, 2-3 SEC) have had and up and down season of its own. Mitchell said what makes Florida such a difficult matchup is the fact they don’t have any players averaging over 10 points and they can beat you many ways. “Florida is an extremely difficult team to prepare for and I have a lot of respect for their coach and how she runs that program,” Mitchell said. “There are a lot of players involved with them and it is very difficult to key in on one player and our team will have to be excellent in our preparation, very mentally focused, to get ready to go down to a place we haven’t won in quite some time. “It will be a big challenge for us and we are excited to play.” While Florida doesn’t have any player averaging over 10 points, it has six
players averaging over six points per game. “It makes it difficult in the sense you have to be prepared for everybody to be the player that’ll make the difference that night,” Mitchell said. “It’s not a team like Kentucky that you can be like, ‘hey let’s shut down (senior forward Victoria) Dunlap, let’s shut down (sophmore guard A’dia) Mathies.’ You just can’t do that with Florida.” Despite the teams highs and lows already in conference play, Dunlap has been steadily efficient. In conference games Dunlap is averaging 21.3 points per game to go along with 10 rebounds. But Dunlap, who is four rebounds away from becoming second in UK history for all-time rebounding, isn’t worried about her play. She is focused on the team and mental preparation. “It’s great to be able to win on the road it’ll be difficult and it wont be easy but we have the ability to get it done,” Dunlap said. “We just have to put our minds to it.”