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What lies beneath campus By Danielle Kaye news@kykernel.com
Students walking the paths of UK may not know what lies beneath their feet. Since the campus’ establishment in 1865, university-hired developers and engineers have cultivated an underground tunnel system running the expanse of campus grounds. Many of these tunnels cater to practicality for utilities that maintain the university’s inner workings. Fred Wells, the supervisor over maintenance on campus, said the tunnels serve to regulate domestic cold water, chill water and the heating and cooling facilities. The tunnels were usually built when the buildings were built, Wells said. However, not all tunnels on campus are connected. The primary tunnel systems pass between Patterson Office Tower and White Hall and underneath the engineering complex. The tunnel system between Patterson and White Hall provides students and staff the option to walk underground between buildings— an advantage for the fast approaching winter months, said Kevin Kreide, the director of physical plant at UK. “I love them,” said Andy Lewis, a natural resource conservation senior. “I like them because nobody knows about them and I can go between places without anyone knowing. It’s nice during
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Astor Place Riot, a local band, plays life for WRFL-FM’s audience and disc jockey Travis Walker (left) Wednesday evening. WRFL-FM runs continuously with no automation and no commercials.
Always on the airwaves By Morgan Rhodes news@kykernel.com
Technological advancements have put many products on the bottom shelf. VHS tapes were replaced by DVDs, which are now being replaced by Blu-Ray discs. Television shows can be recorded and fast-forwarded through. People can rent movies On-Demand without stepping foot outside the house. “In this digital age, radio has suffered less than its mass media counterparts like broadcast television and newspapers,” said John Clark, associate professor in the School of Journalism and Telecommunications. However, UK’s campus radio
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station, WRFL 88.1 FM, does not shy away from the challenge of adapting to advanced music listening technologies. Founded in 1988, WRFL-FM runs continuously with no automation and no commercials. “We are for folks who are burnt out on mainstream stations and do not want to listen to commercials and automated playlists,” said Ben Allen, WRFL/WSTV student media adviser. Listeners can tune in 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Facebook is increasingly used by disc jockies to interact with listeners, Allen said. “Facebook is essential for promotions,” he said. Matt Gibson, WRFL general manager, said Facebook and Twit-
ter are used to promote special events like concerts, on-air interviews and performances.
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and use them to promote the station,” Gibson said. WRFL-FM is making its own technological advancements. A new website is currently under construction and is expected to become active at the beginning of next year. The new website will allow for more than the current 100 simultaneous online listeners. WRFL-FM is also in the process of redesigning its logo, Allen said. Even with advancing technologies integrated into WRFLFM, directors, deejays and advisers agree that WRFL-FM is focused on one thing: its listeners. “You can be rest assured that there is someone who will be
“Many of our deejays have Facebook pages for their shows
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Nick Cappy began scuba diving when he was 15 years old, living for a brief time in Grenada. “I fell in love with the sport,” he said, and life since then has been an international experience ... underwater. Cappy’s scuba journeys have taken him from Belize, to the Bahamas, to California and everywhere in between, finally landing him at land-locked UK. Not that that stopped him. Cappy, a junior double majoring in economics and marketing, is the president of the recently formed Scuba Cats. “We tried to start it freshman year,” Cappy said. “It officially became a club last spring, and we started holding meetings this fall.” Scuba Cats is seeking to recruit members, partly through their Discover Scuba Diving class. On Monday, 40 people came out to Lancaster Aquatic Center to learn the ropes of breathing underwater. “It was a great time,” Cappy said. “We had a lot of people come out.” Interested students hopped in the water and learned crucial scuba skills, such as mark removal and taking out their regulator. After a 30-minute class, the fledgling divers had a chance to go underwater and scuba dive in the pool. See SCUBA on page 2
Kinesiology classes fill up quickly for students Some majors have difficulty scheduling courses By Morgan Rhodes news@kykernel.com
Kinesiology and Health Promotion courses fill up fast, but many upperclassmen are questioning why they are not getting into their required KHP courses. Ellie Goodman, a kinesiology major, plans to graduate in December. Since beginning her college career at UK, Goodman has had to request at least one override each semester to enroll in required KHP courses, she said. “Even as a senior, I am going to have to try and get three overrides for this upcoming spring semester,” she said. Without these overrides, Goodman’s expected graduation date will be pushed back a semester. Melody Noland, chairwoman for the department of kinesiology and health promotion, said the problems senior kinesiol-
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ogy majors are facing is the result of a 52 percent increase in KHP majors in the last two years. Noland said the KHP department is aware of the difficulty seniors are having scheduling required classes. “We are really working hard to accommodate the students,” Noland said. Craig Cooley, a transfer kinesiology major, also had to request an override for KHP 157, or track and field. Cooley said he suggests KHP classes offer more class times or more seats per class. To help add classes and seats, a KHP core content course email was created for students to requests overrides. Originally, students requesting overrides had to go directly to the teacher of the specific course. This email account streamlines the process, Noland said.
As Nikky Finney began her acceptance speech for “Head Off and Split” — the 2011 winner of the National Book Award for Poetry — on Wednesday evening, one might have mistaken it for a poem. But it was just Finney, the Provost’s Distinguished Service Chair Professor of English at UK, being who she was and living, “the only life I’ve ever wanted, Finney the life of a poet,” she said. Finney thanked her publisher, her partner A.J. Verdelle, her father and mother and the other finalists, saying “simply to be in your finalist company is to burn.” Finney was teary-eyed as she continued her speech, which would explain her emotion as an
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from the front page KHP Continued from page 1 Once override requests are made, the KHP department will add sections using current or new instructors and/or make some sections
SCUBA Continued from page 1 “It went really well,” Erin Engler, a biology freshman and club member, said. “We had a really good turnout.” The event, which was sponsored by New Horizons Diving Center and the Professional Association of Diving Instructors, will be a reoccurring event each semester. The Scuba Cats meet the last Wednesday of each month, and Cappy said he has bright plans for the future. “We want the club to grow in numbers,” he said. “We want to do trips — start
larger, Noland said. “It may take the department until the beginning of the spring semester 2012 to add the new sections,” she said. “We will work as quickly as possible to make these changes.” The College of Education has recently added two
full-time advisers and agreed to hire temporary staff to assist with advising, Noland said. The classes are filling up because of an increase in students and a lack of resources to accommodate those students, Noland said. Provost Kumble Sub-
locally and go as far as North Carolina or Florida.” Cappy sees scuba diving as a unique way to explore the world. “I hope that (people) are introduced to the sport and hopefully travel and learn about other places in the world,” Cappy said. “(Diving) is something we all share.” Engler said he hopes students use Scuba Cats as a way to expand their horizons. “Water makes up 70 percent of the world, and it’s a world that most people don’t see,” she said. “It’s good for people to get out and see that.”
If interested in joining Scuba Cats, meetings are on the last Wednesday of each month, from 5:30 to 6:00 p.m. in Student Center room 205. Students can also look into enrolling in KHP 117, named “Scuba,” if they wish to learn about scuba diving and scuba safety. Whichever method, Cappy said he hopes more people come out and explore the world in a whole new light at a whole new depth. “We want to get people out there, get people wet,” he said. “Most have a good time and want to do it again.”
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‘Happy Feet Two’ not a success “Happy Feet” wasn't a great movie, but it was tolerable because the 2006 release had strong musical performances and a sweet story about being an individual. The sequel, “Happy Feet Two,” doesn’t measure up. It’s a jumble of unrelated characters, forgettable soundtrack and story that will leave you as cold as a penguin’s bottom. The only thing it has going for it is spectacular animation that makes the creatures look lifelike. This time around, Mumble (voiced by Elijah Wood) is dealing with fatherhood. His son, Erik (Ava Acres), feels different because he can't dance like all of the other penguins, so he runs away from home. While Mumble is trying to get Erik back, a massive iceberg blocks the entrance to the valley where the penguins live. Mumble must find a way to save the day and his best hope is a “flying penguin” named Sven (Hank Azaria). Because this story is so simplistic, the group of writers headed by director George Miller have added a secondary story about two
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 an 8 — Your cuddly side is showing, and others seem more than happy to come pay attention. Romance and friendship can be yours, should you dare. Love and be loved. Taurus (April 20-May 20) — Today is a 7 — Protect your environment. Improve your home; plant a tree; fix a leaky faucet; add curtains; seal the cracks. Save money and energy at the same time. Gemini (May 21-June 21) — Today is an 8 — Confer with family to work out a game plan. Keep communications open, and make sure everyone knows their part. Many hands make light work. Cancer (June 22-July 22) — Today is a 9 — Your work ethic is attracting attention, so keep getting after it. Money's readily
krill (Brad Pitt, Matt Damon) who go on a mission to move up the food chain. This storyline eventually connects, but it’s an interruption most of the time. Granted, there’s not much to interrupt. The story is so thin that fun voice talents like Robin Williams, Sofia Vergara and Johnny Sanchez have little to do. The addition of Azaria is a plus. But Pink, as Gloria, and Common, as Seymour, just don’t sound like a proper fit. That’s particularly noticeable in a soulful musical number, “Bridge of Light,” by Pink that brings the movie to a dead stop. The original film at least had some energy as thousands of penguins would stomp and clap to big pop numbers, such as Queen’s “Somebody to Love.” This time the music is an odd mixture of rap, TV themes and opera that is neither aimed at adults nor children. There are so many problems with this film that it should have been called “Crappy Feet.”
available, but it can be spent quickly. Step out of your own way. Allow for expansion. Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) — Today is a 9 — Love is what it's all about. Your passion moves you, and provides strength to surmount any obstacles. Let it give you wings. It might even put coins in your pocket. Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Today is a 7 — Barriers may not be as universal as they seem. Your well-developed conscience keeps you on the right path. Doors that appeared closed are ajar. Go on through. Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — Today is a 7 — The right words come easily now. Get into a recording or writing project, or deliver communications and promotions. Send out that holiday letter. Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — Today is an 8 — You excel on a test, with concentration and effort. You've got the gift to gab today, so let it flow. Ask for what you want, and get results.
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Send that application! Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — Today is an 8 — Even if you'd rather not, there's still plenty of work. The trick is to play and get it done simultaneously. For that, focus on some aspect of the task that's fun. Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Today is a 7 — You may find yourself attracted to someone completely opposite. Give yourself permission to explore carefully, one little step at a time. There's no hurry. Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — Today is an 8 — An investment in your home is okay now. How can you use the space more efficiently? Your wit is quite attractive. Use it to reveal a hidden dream. Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) — Today is an 8 — When in doubt, get advice from a trusted friend or partner. They're clear where you're fuzzy. Make time for helping others and you'll help yourself.
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baswamy has shown support for KHP and the College of Education, Noland said. Two faculty members were added in 2010 and again in 2011. Two more faculty members have been approved for hiring in fall 2012, Noland said. To accommodate the
AWARD Continued from page 1 African American accepting the National Book Award for Poetry. “A fine of $100 and six months of prison will be imposed for teaching a slave to read and write,” Finney began her speech, reading from the 1739 slave codes of South Carolina. She said blacks were forbidden to be literate in her home state and across America for a part of history. “I am now officially speechless,” Finney said, ending her speech with a pun
growth of the department, more summer courses and online summer courses are being offered. In situations where seniors cannot be enrolled in his/ her required KHP courses, advisers will work with students to find replacement courses, she said.
Noland suggests students be patient and watch for additional KHP classes starting around Christmas through the beginning of the spring semester. Though she said she cannot guarantee 100 percent success, “We will get most student’s needs met,” she said.
to her literacy. John Lithgow took the podium after Finney in front of an audience responding to her acceptance with a standing ovation. “That was the best acceptance speech for anything I’ve ever heard in my life,” Lithgow said. “That’s also the loudest I’ve ever heard people cheer for a poetry award.” On behalf of the English department and the creative writing program, Marion Rust, the department’s interim chair, was “overjoyed” at the results. “Oh my gosh,” Rust said as she answered the phone at
her home on Wednesday night, “we are just so proud of Nikky Finney. It’s a great day for all of us and we couldn’t be more thrilled for our brilliant and generous colleague.” Rust called Finney “one of the gems of our extraordinary creative writing program,” and said her award speaks to the “treasure” that is the writing community in Kentucky. “The fact that Kentucky gives these writers to the nation is an inestimable benefit to the nation,” Rust said. “We’re such a resource that means so much to the whole world.”
BLACK FRIDAY Stores open earlier, more customers shopping online By Taylor Riley features@kykernel.com
photo illustration by Kelsey Joseph
Here they come ... Stampede! No, it’s not a herd of elephants. It’s a herd of shoppers. It is that time of year again: Black Friday. It’s time to get that North Face Denali jacket everyone’s been eyeing for months, or the newest “Call of Duty” game before anyone else does, at next-tonothing prices. From BestBuy to Rite-Aid, it seems like every store is jumping on the annual after-Thanksgiving sale bandwagon. This Black Friday, you may want to give it the “old college try” and brew a cup of coffee to pull an all-nighter because stores are opening even earlier this year. Black Friday madness is expected to begin at 3 a.m. at most stores, and stores like Target are piloting a new concept this holiday. They will open stores at midnight and let 30 people in every 30 seconds to reduce the number of broken bones and bruised eyes, according to Indystar.com. Stores such as Gap, Old Navy, Banana Republic, Macy’s and Kohl’s are reportedly opening their doors at midnight, as well. Some UK students, like Trent Shimizu, a UK telecommunications major who worked last Black Friday at Dick’s Sporting Goods, said he knows exactly how edgy customers get with huge sales at major retailers. “I was at the register the whole time with miles of people in line all day,” Shimizu said. “There were people with thousands of dollars in transactions, and if anything goes wrong, it’s all your fault.” With the country slowly climbing out of the recession, holiday spending is expected to rise 2.8 percent to $468 billion this season, with Black Friday and Thanksgiving shopping projected to gain 10 percent of the total holiday sales, according to Indystar.com. “I’m expecting crazy shoppers and lots of catfights,” said UK sophomore Meredith Brown, who will be working this year in her first Black Friday ever at Fayette Mall. Unruly shoppers have caused a great deal of consumers to opt to
stay in, and this holiday shopping season online sales are expected to grow by 15 percent, according to Indystar.com. “It’s a little too early for my taste,” Tyler Pittenger, an Integrated Strategic Communications senior, said about the early store openings. In years past, electronic gifts
have been on every household wish list, and this Black Friday is no different with nearly 25 percent of shoppers saying they will buy from this category, pcmag.com said. Smart phones, e-book tablets and laptops will be among the hottest ticket items the day after Thanksgiving this year with stores
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The one thing that makes a TV series, beyond the unconventional characters and pivotal plot, is the music that seals off the overall mood that’s being cast out to the viewers. FX’s latest series, “American Horror Story,” features music that is creepily perfect, proving just how much music can create a lasting impression on any story. All the songs featured, even as early as the opening credits, have a feeling of emptiness that is vintage and jaded but with a twist of badass. The songs run parallel with the characters, scenes and the haunted home in the show. “Flicker” by Son Lux is beautifully paired. The song has a classical twist of an orchestral sound and steady piano melody. A deep bass and distorted vocal track contrasts intriguingly with the violent frenzy of strings and faded opera
ballad in the distance. This song is so uniquely composed, fitting in amazingly with the mood of the show. The songs are used as a storytelling device, making the show not only scary, but extremely smart. Artist Carina Round’s songs, “Do You” and “For Everything a Reason” couldn’t appear in better places throughout the season. The mood and lyrics of the songs contribute to specific monumental moments in the show visually and contextually. The show’s credit’s song, “Baby, You Ain’t Looking Right” by Powersolo caps everything off. It’s a song whose beat gets you clapping and stomping much like a Jet song, only this song has more of a dirty, edgier vibe than “Are You Gonna Be My Girl,” making it even more evident how awesome this show is. Overall the show is entrancing. The song selection for the show is absolutely phenomenal. If creepy shows aren’t necessarily your thing, at least check it out for the music. You’ll be an instant fan, guaranteed.
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A trickle of events for the next week.
• The Great American Smokeout – “Don’t go cold Turkey.” Free turkey sandwiches, s’mores and hot chocolate at Patterson Office Tower / White Hall plaza, and on the Rose st. Walkway. 2 p.m.
Rodeo starts at 7:30 p.m. $12 admission.
• Morning Fuzz concert at the Cat’s Den. Come see this New York upbeat band at 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. Free to attend. • Women’s Basketball takes on Northeastern, 7 p.m. in Memorial Coliseum. Free for students to attend with valid I.D.
11.18.11 • UK Volleyball matches up against LSU. 7 p.m. in Memorial Coliseum. Free for students to attend with valid I.D. • The Other Brothers at Cosmic Charlie’s. 21+.
11.19.11 • Come see the first Oleika Shrine Rodeo at the Kentucky Horse Park Alltech Arena.
Even the app world is wanting to help shoppers get their Black Friday game plan together. According to pcmag.com, the iPhone app “SaleLocator” can now be downloaded to find the biggest deals in more than 20 categories, and the GPS locations on where to find the sales in stores.
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Pardon the Interlude: Setting the tone Chilling music makes FX’s ‘American Horror Story’
like Amazon knocking down the price of their Kindle to $79, according to pcmag.com. Walmart, one of today’s biggest competitors for deals, announced that their electronic deals will start at midnight on Black Friday, which includes $100 off an Xbox360.
• Keyla Snowden and UK Hoops go up against Southern Miss. 3 p.m. in the Memorial Coliseum. Free for students to attend with valid I.D. • Real Estate at Cosmic Charlie’s. 18+.
11.21.11 • The Kentucky Horse Park presents “Southern Lights: Spectacular Sights on Holiday Nights!” running through Nov. 18 until Dec. 31. $15 per personal vehicle.
free. • Not from around here? Get a ride home from PTS to 21 different major cities in a six-mile radius. Costs range from $49 - $149 round trip. Registration is recommended as soon as possible. See the PTS website for more.
11.23.11 Thanksgiving Break • Get a free ride to Lexington’s Bluegrass
11.22.11 • Lexington Farmers Market – grab your fruit and veggies at South Broadway and Maxwell. The market runs from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. Parking is
Airport with a UK Bus Shuttle. Shuttles leave every two hours, starting at 6 a.m. to 4 p.m. Email ukparking@lsv.uky.edu two days before to reserve your spot. • Darius Miller and the men’s basketball team return home to take on Radford. 7 p.m. at Rupp Arena.
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Cats look to make Georgia win No. 5 UK is 1 loss away from being ineligible for a bowl By Ethan Levine news@kykernel.com
With a 38-8 loss to Vanderbilt in its most recent game, the UK football team dropped its record to 4-6 for the season, one loss from being eliminated from bowl contention. In their final two games of the regular season, the Cats (4-6, 1-5 SEC) must win both at Georgia Saturday and at home against Tennessee on Senior Night the following week to become bowl eligible for the sixth consecutive year. Coming off its first SEC win of the season over Ole Miss, UK was dominated on both sides of the ball by
Vanderbilt. The Commodores outgained the Cats by 199 total yards, 171 on the ground alone, en route to their 30-point victory that pushed UK to the brink. “The more losses come, the tougher it is,” senior offensive tackle Billy Joe Murphy said. “It was a tough day for us. It was a bad loss that we needed to win really bad, but now the wins get even more desperate.” When asked if a mustwin scenario for the remainder of the season made things more difficult, Murphy remarked just the opposite. “(It’s) a lot easier,”
Murphy said. “You have to put it all on the line for a win, you can’t afford a loss now. We know we got six losses and we’re working towards six wins and we have to have this one.” Georgia won’t make things easy for UK Saturday in the Bulldog’s final home game of the season. Since opening the season with two consecutive losses, Georgia has reeled off eight straight victories, including six straight in the SEC. The Bulldogs will find themselves with their backs against the wall this week as well, having to beat UK in their last conference game of the season
to clinch the SEC East division crown. Georgia (82, 6-1 SEC) has not lost to an SEC opponent since falling to South Carolina 45-42 in week two. But that same South Carolina team has already completed its SEC schedule with a 6-2 record and the head-tohead tiebreaker over the Bulldogs, forcing Georgia’s hand to beat UK and improve its SEC record to 7-1 to clinch the East and earn a spot in the SEC Championship Game in December. “We’re not just going to roll over because it’s Georgia,” senior tight end Nick Melillo said. “Everything else is behind us, it’s the biggest game of the year.” UK head coach Joker
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UK senior tight end Nick Melillo makes a touchdown reception during the Cat’s loss to Vanderbilt in Nashville, Tenn., on Saturday. The Cats need to beat Georgia this week to be in contention for a bowl game.
from the front end TUNNELS Continued from page 1 winter because you don’t have to go outside.” In the architecture complex, classrooms are connected to allow students and professors a larger workspace, much like a large basement, Kriede said.
WRFL Continued from page 1 happy to tell you what you are listening to, to help you learn more about the station and about non-commercial music, to take a request and even just to chat,” Jon Finnie, WRFL-FM public relations director, said. The station also organizes
Although these tunnels add another dimension to the university’s infrastructure, not all the tunnels are available for public use. Many of the tunnels, used for utilities, are only available to maintenance staff and are off limits to the public. The tunnels on South Campus, between the Kirwan and Blanding complexes, do not only serve the
purpose of utilities. In the event of an emergency, the tunnels can be used as a shelter facility for residents, Kriede said. “There are all these cool resources down here like the Mathskeller and the Post Office,” Lewis said. “It adds a secret second level to UK’s campus – you thought it was big and then you find out it has a secret level.”
free and low-cost live music events on and around campus, Gibson said. “We are not interested in making money,” he said. “We just want students and community members to be able to experience really good music and art while staying close to home.” Gibson used Boomslang as an example. The Boomslang Festival consists of 30 to 60 bands in one weekend
at different venues all over town, Gibson said. While adapting to social media and the constant onslaught of technology is important, WRFL-FM stands out for other reasons, GIbson said. “WRFL-FM has the most eclectic programming of any radio station in Kentucky,” Gibson said. “We keep moving in the future, but we stay connected to the past.”
Phillips joked in his weekly press conference Monday that he had received a text message from a South Carolina number (likely a USC coach) offering him dinner anywhere in the world if UK defeated Georgia, allowing South Carolina to advance to the
SEC title game for the second year in a row. A win will certainly be Phillips’ goal Saturday. “Dinner anywhere in the world if we beat Georgia,” Phillips said with a smile. “So yeah, got to start picking out some places for me.”
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KY Kernel annouces UK’s ‘Cardboard Village’ mocks homeless realities new Friday paper If Friday’s edition of the Kernel looks different this week, that’s because it is. The edition, called Weekend Timeout, will be a new product for the Kernel, TAYLOR and will heavily preMOAK view sports and features events that hapKernel pen over the weekcolumnist end. Weekend Timeout will offer more sports insight and will give us the opportunity to cover features in different ways. And, as always, we will continue to
provide you with the most up-to-date campus news and opinions pieces. I’m excited to be the Kernel’s editor-in-chief as we launch our new product. It will allow this year’s Kernel staff to do something new, while continuing the tradition the Kernel has kept for 119 years in reporting on UK’s campus. Check out Weekend Timeout starting this Friday. For comments or ideas on how we can improve Weekend Timeout, please email me at tmoak@kykernel.com or tweet me @kernelmoak. Taylor Moak is a journalism junior and Kentucky Kernel editor-in-chief. Email tmoak@kykernel.com.
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As you may know, this week UK and 500 other universities across the country are participating in the National Coalition for the Homeless’ “National Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week.” According to the National Coalition for the Homeless’ website, “Participating in National Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week not only brings greater awareness to your community, but also helps to promote the national endeavor to end hunger and homelessness.” While I agree that it is incredibly, incredibly important that Americans understand the enormity of the hunger and homelessness problems in this country, I feel specific events organized at UK this week may hurt the cause much more than help it. More specifically, and most saliently, I find many problems with the Friday night’s “Cardboard Village Simulation” event. According to UKNow’s website, “At Cardboard Village, UK students will build their homes for the night out of cardboard and duct tape only, and then sleep overnight on Haggin Field to experience homelessness.” Excuse me, what?! “Experience homelessness?!” These people are kidding, right? Students will “build” temporary “homes” (Is it really a “home” if you leave your real, temperature-controlled home, stay in it for several hours and then return chez-toi?) out of cardboard — ostensibly provided for them, of course (lest we have any students picking through dumpsters for their own cardboard) — with indubitably myriad other privileged college students, all on the luxurious, well-groomed field of their state’s flagship university. And that’s not all. As if to add insult to injury, “Dinner and water [(undoubtedly bottled)] will be provided …” Wait, there’s more! “Participating students and groups will have the chance to win gift cards, so register now!” (Whoah … For a second
there, I thought I wouldn’t be getting anything in return for roughing the elements Friday night.) Is the goal of this honestly to “learn what it’s like to be homeless for one night?” Because, I’m sorry, this is not what it feels like to be homeless for a night. If you want to know what it's really like to be homeless for night, you need not look far at all. You may have heard in the news recently that, according to the Oct. 31 Shelter Census, the homeless rates in New York have reached the highest ever (yes, including the Great Depression) at 42,204 people (and these estimates are conservative). More than 40 percent of these individuals are children.
Cardboard Village is not a homelessness simulation; it is an outside slumber party. Yet understand that these monstrous rates are in no way distributed uniformly. A 2008 study by the U.S. Conference of Mayors revealed the extremely skewed demographics of the U.S. homeless population, at 42 percent African-American, 39 percent white, 13 percent Hispanic and 4 percent Native American. Moreover, the study found 26 percent of homeless people are considered mentally ill, while 13 percent of homeless individuals were physically disabled. Nineteen percent of single homeless people are victims of domestic violence, while 13 percent are veterans. Nineteen percent of homeless people are employed. Yes, you read that correctly. Almost one-fifth of the homeless in the U.S. are employed. And, unlike the “homeless” in UK’s Cardboard Village, the real homeless don't receive much help. A 2007 study (and homelessness has gotten much worse since then) conducted by the same organization found that 12 of the 23 cities surveyed had to turn people in need of shelter away because of space.
Overall, a 2007 National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty study found that approximately 3.5 million people, 1.35 million of them children, are likely to experience homelessness in a given year. These rates are many times larger than any other industrialized country — and significantly larger than those of all of the countries in the European Union combined. And things are not getting better. The Oct. 31 Shelter Census further found that the number of homeless families has nearly doubled over the past decade, and women and children are the largest growing groups. So how exactly is the Cardboard Village helping “end hunger and homelessness?” How exactly is it attempting to ameliorate any of these preposterously high homeless rates? Homelessness is an incredibly serious problem — and this isn’t even touching upon hunger, which is equally exorbitant, if not more so — and having a “let’s pretend we’re homeless party” gives students the wrong impression of what it’s really like, of how extraordinarily difficult, painful and terrifying it is, to be homeless. The truth is, Cardboard Village is not a homelessness simulation; it is an outside slumber party. It is the commoditization of hunger and homelessness. Upon first hearing of it, I immediately thought of a scene from the film “Roger and Me” when a so-called “Jailhouse Rock” open house party is held in which essentially solely upper-class white individuals dress-up and stay overnight in the freshly-cleaned, atypically over-furnished cells of a newly-constructed jailhouse. Just as we all know jail (let alone prison) is not this easy, not this fun, not this comfortable, we all know homelessness is nothing like what will occur at the Cardboard Village this Friday night. Let’s hope it rains. Or snows. Or hails. (Or the police raid the encampment). Then maybe, just maybe, the students will have a taste of what it’s really like to be homeless. For just one night, of course. Ben Norton is a music, Spanish and film studies sophomore. Email opinions@kykernel.com.
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6 | Thursday, November 17, 2011 sports
UK’s frontline provides long night for Kansas AARON SMITH Kernel columnist
NEW YORK — I spent the weekend in New York City looking up at the buildings stretching into the sky. At times, it looked like Kansas was looking up at UK’s defenders, arms stretching into the Madison Square Garden ceiling, wondering how it could go around them, or over them, or through them, or something. “I don’t know if there has been a team around longer than those cats,” Kansas head coach Bill Self said, without even noticing his own clever pun. “I think their length bothered us.” Well, UK did block 13 shots. Anthony Davis spiked, swatted, pitched or maimed a Kansas shot seven times. “It’s nice when you can
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Michael Kidd-Gilchrist takes a shot in UK’s game against Kansas in the Champions Classic. Kidd-Gilchrist finished with 12 points.
Anthony Davis throws up the "three goggles" during UK’s game against Kansas on Tuesday. Davis finished with 14 points and 7 blocks.
Women’s soccer season comes to bittersweet end Coach and players reflect, look to the future By David Schuh dschuh@kykernel.com
Any college athlete will tell you that losing in the NCAA Tournament is a terrible feeling. To work so hard for so long, then have it end so abruptly, is a hard pill to swallow. For the UK women’s soccer team, that feeling is a relatively new one. In a season where they were picked in the preseason to finish second-worst in the SEC, they worked tirelessly to show everyone that they were legitimate contenders. “It’s hard for me to explain the amount of work that has been done to prepare for this moment,” head coach Jon Lipsitz said. “It’s unbelievable. The excitement I saw made me realize how much it means to everybody.” After losing Saturday in the NCAA first round to Washington State, UK fin-
ished the season with a record of 13-7-1. Good for a sixth place finish in the SEC, the Cats received an at-large bid in the NCAA tournament for the first time since 2006. Senior Kelsey Hunyadi finished the season with 38 points, the most by a UK player since 1999. Including Hunyadi, the Cats lose three seniors, only two of which saw consistent playing time this season (Hunyadi and Kiondra McGee). With all the returning talent combined with an incoming freshman recruiting class, there is a lot of reason to be encouraged going forward. “I’m very excited about the future of this program,” Lipsitz said. “Obviously I can’t talk about specifics, but we’re very excited about our classes coming in. But one of the reasons we’re so excited about the future is because of how far we’ve come this year.”
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UK head coach Jon Lipsitz argues with the referee over a foul during UK women’s soccer game against Louisville on Sept. 9.
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block shots,” UK head coach John Calipari said. “We’re pretty long.” Indeed they are. Calipari said the frontline of Davis, Terrence Jones, Michael Kidd-Gilchrist, Eloy Vargas and even Darius Miller can all provide blocks. Which provides backup. “They can cover up for a mistake,” Self said, “and then get points out of it going the other way.” And that’s really where this length phenomenon helps UK. Right now, a lot of its offense is predicated on good defense. UK attacks the ball on defense to create turnovers, and then takes off for its own basket as fast as possible. Self, however, said teams could slow the ball down to neutralize UK’s length. “A team that could make them defend a whole 35 seconds could take away some of the athletic plays they can make that no other team can match,” Self said.