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Bill requiring UK-UofL game not about sports Graduation rates still too low, state senator says By Rachel Aretakis raretakis@kykernel.com
Proposed legislation would require UK and the University of Lousville to play each other in men’s basketball and football each year, but it is more about graduation rates than sports.
“This bill is not about UofL and UK playing basketball and football,” said state Sen. Tim Shaughnessy about Senate Bill 45. “The fact of the matter is (graduation rates) aren’t increasing at the levels they need to,” he said. “The purpose of the legislation is to
bring this up as an issue, to set this up as a priority and to engage the universities.” While the bill has caught the attention of Kentucky sports fans, it would affect Kentucky’s public universities and their governing boards. The proposal calls for the
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universities’ Board of Trustees and Board of Regents to adopt a strategic plan “to increase the number of students who graduate with a b a c h e l o r ’s degree in a minimum amount of Shaughnessy time and
course hours accrued,” according to the bill. Each university’s governing board will create the plan with goals, strategies, incentives, programs and timelines to do this. Shaughnessy said the plan would be unique to each university and its student body. “Too few students are graduating from college,” he said. “At the University of
Kentucky, less than a third of ... attending students graduate in four years.” Shaughnessy said at the University of Louisville, 19 percent of students graduate in four years. This isn’t the first time the bill has been introduced to legislature. “The last two years, it hasn’t done very well,” he See BILL on page 2
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In reverse chronological order, news briefs related to UK and around the state.
By Jarrod Thacker jthacker@kykernel.com
5-time governor candidate dies Gatewood Galbraith, a Lexington lawyer and longtime political figure in Kentucky, died Jan. 4. He was 64. An undergraduate and law school graduate of UK, Galbraith ran for state office many times, including five times for governor. His most recent run for governor was with Shelbyville, Ky., native Dea Riley. Galbraith The morning his death was announced, Galbraith’s name was trending on Twitter. The Kernel has covered Galbraith several times in recent years, including when he spoke at a rally against government spending in September 2009, his announcement in December 2010 to run for governor a fifth time, his debates as a 2011 gubernatorial candidate and his Election Day party in 2011. See kykernel.com for links to those stories and more.
Capilouto determined to work with legislature UK President Eli Capilouto sent an email to faculty Sunday expressing his intentions to work with state legislators, donors and other supporters “regarding our university’s funding and building needs.” Capilouto said he, men’s basketball head coach John Calipari and a student leader, Stephen Bilas, spoke to more than Capilouto 75 legislators about academic changes UK has made and the infrastructure changes it needs to make. At the end of the email, Capilouto promised to keep faculty updated on these efforts.
Freedom Hall game’s future questioned Before the Jan. 3 men’s basketball game in Freedom Hall, head coach John Calipari was non-commital about UK’s annual game in Louisville remaining on the schedule in future years. The game itself didn’t help matters. An official attendance of 14,747 was about 4,000 short of capacity. The consistent lack of sellouts was Calipari one of the reasons Calipari cited for his reservations about the game. Calipari said Jan. 4 he and Athletics Director Mitch Barnhart would probably sit down to discuss the future of the game, “looking at what’s right for this program.”
UK beats Louisville in annual intrastate rivalry UK won 69-62 at Rupp Arena, with freshman forward Michael Kidd-Gilchrist scoring 24 points and 19 rebounds. A reported 24,387 people attended. UK moved to No. 2 in both the ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll and the Associated Press Top 25 poll following the win. UK is still ranked No. 2.
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Biology freshman Avani Patel, left, is escorted to her dorm by Troy Soileau of the Air Force ROTC SAFECATS service on Nov. 9. Students use the free service for its convenience and safety at night.
This story is part of the Kernel’s ongoing late-night series, which profiles organizations and groups of students that work on campus after hours. Beckoned by a muffled transmission over his walkie-talkie, Cadet Tony Urbino responds to the crackling static that he’s on his way, and prepares to leave the warm confines of W.T. Young Library. Urbino is a member of SAFECATS — Safe and Free Escort for Campus Area Travelling Students — an organization directed by the Flying Wildcats Booster Club and comprised of the UK Police Department, Student Government and the Air Force ROTC. The safety escort service accompanies UK students, on foot or via golf cart, during their travels on campus after hours. The bane of the procrastinator or the overzealous scholar studying late, UK campus is like deep space at night: dark, cold and empty. Luckily for students, See SAFECATS on page 8
A few degrees of adjustment UK game Small thermostat changes can make a difference in heat bill By Kayla Pickrell kpickrell@kykernel.com
As temperatures drop in the coming winter, heating bills may increase as students try to stay warm. Forty-six percent of energy is spent on heating and cooling in the home, according to the U.S. Department of Energy. “If you adjust your thermostat from 74 degrees to 72 degrees, you could save up to 6 cents for every $1 in heating costs,” according to the Family Financial Management magazine. With the cost of living rising, some students are staying optimistic about paying more. “I am really not expecting my bill to increase
very much,” said Samantha Michaelis, a biology sophomore. “I understand with winter comes colder weather, but that should not reflect on heating bills if you know how to keep it moderated.” According to the Department of Energy, following multiple tips could save up to $180 a year. Here are tips to stay warm and cut down the costs on heating: • Have the heating and cooling system checked seasonally, and clean or change the air filter monthly. A dusty air filter can result in increased energy use, higher energy costs and premature equipment failure. • Check your house for air leaks. Fill gaps and cracks with caulk or insulation. • Open curtains and shades during the day to allow the See HEATING on page 5
UK faculty must choose new trustee Former representative Peek’s position will be filled through June 2013 By Taylor Moak tmoak@kykernel.com
UK faculty will elect a new trustee before the next Board of Trustees meeting. The trustee will replace Joe Peek, who resigned in December to take a job at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston. Peek was on the Board as a faculty representative for a year and a half. Dr. Hollie Swanson, FaculPeek ty Senate chairwoman, said in a December interview that the fac-
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ulty must find a replacement for Peek before the Feb. 21 Board meeting. She said the biggest challenge would be finding someone to follow Peek, who is a “really tough one to replace.” According to an email describing the faculty trustee election process, the new trustee will serve the remainder of Peek’s term, which ends June 30, 2013. To find a new faculty representative, the email was sent to all faculty to announce the position is open.
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Nominations will be accepted until Jan. 20 at noon, according to the email. Faculty may selfnominate, the email said. No faculty member with an administrative title, or who is a chair or above, can vote, Swanson said, but can nominate. She said the process normally takes eight weeks, but this election will probably finish in about four weeks because Peek’s departure was unexpected. Swanson said from her perspective, the next faculty trustee needs to be inclusive, aware and informed. “In my opinion, we need to be good team players,” Swanson said.
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gets new national sponsor Sierra Club provides $17,500 for Arkansas game By Kayla Phelps kphelps@kykernel.com
A national environmental club hopes to spread its message throughout Big Blue Nation, starting right at its heart — UK basketball. The Sierra Club will sponsor the Jan. 17 men’s basketball game against Arkansas. This is the first time the club has sponsored an athletic event, said Kim Teplitzky, its spokeswoman. The organization advocates the use of clean energy sources, and its goal is to “safeguard air and water to make sure people don’t get sick from the energy sources we are using,” Teplitzky said. Friends of Coal, an organization that aims to inform Kentuckians about the coal industry, also sponsored both 2011 UKUniversity of Louisville football and men’s basketball games. The group is funded by the Kentucky Coal Association. The Sierra Club will also sponsor Thursday’s basketball game between Indiana University and the University of MinSee SIERRA on page 2
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from the front page SIERRA Continued from page 1 nesota. The club’s national Beyond Coal campaign has been an ongoing effort to switch to clean energy, she said, and it prompted UK students to suggest the $17,500 sponsorship. Teplitzky hopes the sponsorship will generate a discussion on campus and throughout the state. “The purpose is to connect with Wildcats fans,” she said, “and show it’s about making UK the best it can be.” Patrick Johnson, a natural resources and environmental sciences senior and the co-coordinator of the UK Greenthumb Environment Club, said he approached the Sierra Student Coalition about the sponsorship to “diversify what is being said across the state in terms of energy policy.” “We want to help educate the state and reach out to people who are willing to listen,” he said, “and help formulate an opinion based on factual information.” Twenty campuses throughout the U.S. have announced they are in the process of shutting
BILL Continued from page 1 said. But he said the issue needs to be talked about and people need to be held accountable for progress. Shaughnessy said he included the part about requiring UK and UofL to play each year in men’s basketball and football in order to draw attention to the legislation. “At a time when every other state in the nation is putting an emphasis on
down coal-fired power plants, Johnson said. “We are so tied to coal that we are afraid to say anything against it,” said Alice Howell, chair of the Cumberland Sierra Club chapter. “The reality is that power plants put a lot of toxins into the air.” As an avid UK fan, Johnson hopes the athletic sponsorship can bring awareness to many throughout the state. “I was raised in a household that bled blue,” he said. “I recognized how great it is at bringing people together.” The sponsorship includes giveaways, gameday advertising and a 30-second radio spot, said Lauren McGrath, a Kentucky Sierra Club representative. McGrath said the sponsorship is a way of “connecting the dot” between athletics and the use of clean energy resources in the state. “We want UK to lead on the clean energy front,” she said. Johnson said raising awareness about the coal industry is a step toward a cleaner future. “By educating people, they will understand, for the sake of our grandchildren and other generations, that we have to make changes now,” Johnson said.
increasing bachelor degree attainment, Kentucky needs to get with the program,” he said. He said universities need the same standard of success that they require of sports programs. “Athletics shouldn’t be the only aspect of higher education in Kentucky where there is accountability at the top,” he said. Shaughnessy is encouraged by President Eli Capilouto and his recent plans to renovate UK’s campus, and
is supportive of those efforts. But graduating students on time, he said, should be the core mission of an institution. UK Spokesman Jay Blanton said university officials had no comment about the issue. “It’s great to be a top-20 research institution,” Shaughnessy said, “but if the university cannot have a commitment to graduate students in four years, that isn’t going to be the institution that discovers a cure for cancer.”
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Fox hopes ‘Finder’ is a keeper PASADENA, Calif. — Putting together a TV show means finding just the right parts — idea, actors and even a title. Producer Hart Hanson, the creator/executive producer of “Bones,” found those elements in “The Finder.” Geoff Stults plays the quirky Walter Sherman, a man who has the uncanny ability to find anything. The series premieres Thursday night on Fox. Hanson set out to create “The Finder” to expand the success he’s been having with the Fox procedural “Bones” — a show where the main character, Bones (Emily Deschanel), is a scientist known for her quirky, smart behavior. Like Bones, creating the right tone for Walter in “The Finder” was important. Walter has a little OCD — a characteristic that takes “The Finder” away from feeling like a lost & found desk where the character just looks for something until he tracks it down. Walter’s quirks give the show more depth. “That’s the thing that drew me to the character and the show, was that they’ve created a character where a leading man can be quirky, and the way that I approach it is that Walter
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3 things: Auburn’s record, defense, Teague’s best play Three things to watch in UK’s first SEC road game at Auburn (8 p.m. tipoff, SEC Network): 1. Taking care of business — UK couldn’t ask for a better team to open its road schedule. Auburn may be 10-5, but a look at the schedule indicates that it just isn’t able to hang with top teams. The Tigers lost by 22 to Seton Hall, 21 to Long Beach AARON State, 29 to Florida State and SMITH 30 to Vanderbilt. Simply put, UK should Kernel be able to beat Auburn with columnist little difficulty, even though the game is on the road. 2. Clamp down on defense — UK has built its success off a suffocating defense and gets a chance to continue against Auburn. The Tigers are one of the worst offensive teams in the nation — their 95.1 adjusted offensive efficiency rating ranks 259 in the country, according to statistician Ken Pomeroy. Meanwhile, UK is on a defensive hot streak. Four straight teams have shot less than 40 percent from the field. It wouldn’t be a surprise if UK makes it five straight. 3. Marquis Teague’s play — The freshman point guard is coming off his best game of the season. He scored a career-high 17 points against South Carolina and made consistently smart decisions with the ball. After going through a swoon in December, head coach John Calipari has leaped to Teague’s defense in the past week. Teague has a chance to build confidence against Auburn. However, it will be tougher. Calipari recently said that he’s doing too much intruc-
tion from the sideline to help Teague, and Teague said Tuesday that his coach’s input is necessary at times. “Sometimes we’re confused out there,” Teague said. “We need to hear him.” In road games, the team will be able to hear Calipari less, and much of the communication burden falls on the young guard. Auburn provides a solid, but not overwhelming test for him. “I kind of know what (Calipari) wants me to do now,” Teague said. “I’m a lot more comfortable running the floor and being vocal.”
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Marquis Teague, shown here on Nov. 15, had a career-high 17 points in Saturday’s game.
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Cats travel to Auburn for first conference road game By Sam Rothbauer srothbauer@kykernel.com
The Cats face Auburn Wednesday night for the first of their five SEC road games this season. “I’m anxious to see how we’ll respond,” head coach John Calipari said. “Another sellout on the road; they’re going to go crazy and they’re going to play well. We’re going to have to play well to have our chances.” UK has faced one team on the road this season (not including the teams played at a neutral site), and lost to Indiana in Bloomington. “I think (Indiana) was a great game to prepare us for road games,” freshman point guard Marquis Teague said. “That’s how it’s going to be pretty much everywhere, so I think we should be OK.” But for UK, the questions floating around about last year’s road record (2-6) continue to concern fans. With a similar roster to that of the 2010-11 Cats, UK is forced to focus on taking one game at a time and build on what we learned last year and incorporate it to this year,” Calipari said. But Calipari said the most important aspects when preparing for a road game are good players, experienced veterans and heart. “We’ve got more experience, we’ve probably got more talent,” Calipari said. “So, we’re farther along than we were a year ago.” For a team with such young players, heart may be the most important denominator in order to have successful turnouts in a road schedule. “On the road, your team has gotta stay one because some things are going to go bad,” junior transfer Twany
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Terrence Jones dunks the ball during UK’s loss to Indiana on Dec. 10. Wednesday’s game against Auburn will be UK’s next road test. Beckham said. “Your team has got to stay as one team.” Since Calipari frequently has referenced the idea that UK is “every team’s Super Bowl,” Beckham serves as a player who can confirm the attitudes and atmospheres from both sides of the court. “When Kentucky was coming in (to Mississippi State), that was the biggest game of our season,” Beckham said. “They sold it out. They did stuff for the fans. It was crazy. Now that I’m a part of it, it’ll be a fun thing to go to.” But for some of the freshmen, knowledge of road games in the SEC has been
passed down through word of mouth. “I just heard it’s real physical,” Teague said. “On the road, it’s real tough to play in. The crowd gets into it, so I’m just ready to get out there and play.” Teague, coming off his best performance of the season against South Carolina Saturday, said he focuses on running the team and will continue to listen to Calipari in this upcoming matchup. “We wanna go out and play hard and get wins, like we would a home game,” Teague said. “We just wanna go there and compete, execute and do what we need to do to win.”
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New Year’s resolutions set campus-wide By Luke Glaser lglaser@kykernel.com
Students are returning back to campus in droves, bringing new clothes, preparing for new classes, buying new books and preparing for the challenge of New Year’s resolutions. New Year’s resolutions are traditionally a promise to change with the hope that this year will be better than the last. Resolutions can be as varying and diverse as they many people that make them. Psychology junior Natasha Barnes was Googling something on New Year’s when she
came up with her resolution. “I’m going to think two minutes before I Google something,” she said. “I feel like I’m too dependent on technology.” Resolutions range from the obvious to the eclectic. According to Usa.gov, the most popular ones include quitting smoking, drinking less and exercising more. Megan Jaspersen, the director of the Underground Fitness Center, said staff members are preparing for the New Year’s onslaught. “We have a lot more traffic with New Year’s resolutions and spring break,” Jaspersen said. “We offer group exercise classes
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and free personal training. People like to take advantage of that.” Others, like Arts and Sciences adviser Charlotte Anderson opt to take roads less traveled with their resolutions. “I’m going to eat more tuna,” Anderson said. “I’m vegetarian, so it’s difficult to eat out. I feel like tuna are prepared in a way that’s a little more humane.” Even some of UK’s most famous faces have made New Year’s resolutions. “President Capilouto’s New Year’s resolution is for new dorms and academic buildings,” said UK
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spokesman Jay Blanton in an email to the Kernel, in keeping with the ideas Capilouto has expressed on bettering UK’s campus. Men’s basketball head coach John Calipari’s resolutions reflect on cultivating friendships, appreciating what you have and, of course, a better basketball team. “My No. 1 goal for the next four months for this basketball team is to make them truly care about one another, more than they care for themselves, on and off the court,” Calipari said on his website, coachcal.com. “Become true friends.”
... to take more pictures.” KAITIE MCGREGOR Arts & Sciences student affairs coordinator
... to eat more tuna” CHARLOTTE ANDERSON Arts & Sciences adviser
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The general idea behind New Year’s resolutions is to make a change for the better. “It’s arbitrary,” math and economics sophomore Drake Jackson said. “It’s a nice tradition. What better time to focus on self?” “I have the ‘why not’ attitude,” said Kaitie McGregor, a UK employee whose resolution is to take more pictures. “It’s an attempt to try to set an interesting goal for myself for the year.” While making resolutions is a popular tradition, keeping them is something entirely else. According to professor Richard Wiseman of the Uni-
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versity of Hertfordshire, 88 percent of all resolutions end in failure. Jaspersen is used to seeing resolved students come and go. “Some people stick with it. The first month to two months is the heaviest,” she said. “Then it starts to slow down.” Success or failure, better or worse, exercising or tuna, UK’s population is back for 2012 and looking to be better through resolutions. “It helps me improve as an individual,” Anderson said. “You’re striving to do better in the new year.”
... new dorms and academic buildings.” DR. ELI CAPILOUTO UK president
My No. 1 goal for this basketball team is to make them truly care about one another.” JOHN CALIPARI UK men’s basketball coach
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The Lukewarm Truth: Animals overrun UK on break LUKE GLASER Kernel columnist
Welcome back, dear readers. Ever the investigative reporter, committed to nothing less than the finest journalism of the utmost integrity, I took it upon myself over break to delve into one of the biggest mysteries surrounding the University of Kentucky. What exactly happens on campus during winter break? Intriguing, I know. If you were like me, naïve and assuming, you would guess that nothing happens on campus; that the breezes blow wistfully through the Patterson Office Tower Plaza and the side-
HEATING Continued from page 1 sun warmth in, and close them during the night to prevent heat loss. • Use multiple layers of bedding to stay warm without adjusting the thermostat. • Use area rugs on tile, wood or laminate floors. • When leaving the house for the day or for extended periods of time, turn the thermostat down several degrees.
walks are barren, tramped upon by nothing and no one. My dear readers, nothing could be further from the truth. Several years ago, the History Channel did a series titled “Life After People,” a thought experiment during which scientists and other experts predicted how the world would evolve if humanity disappeared. There was no need to speculate. They should have just come to UK during winter break. While students are home, nestled all snug in their beds, an abandoned UK is overrun by an assortment of wild animals. This diverse fauna includes, but is not limited to, squirrels, bears, rabbits, the arctic wolf, the hammerhead shark, the bushy-tailed mongoose and the Novia Scotia
duck-tolling retriever. “Rawwwwwr,” said one grizzly bear, as it lumbered away to defecate in front of the Art Museum. Without humans to care for it, campus fell into disrepair. Walkways cracked as they were overrun by grass and roots. Campus buildings crumbled into dilapidation before they were inhabited by a host of biological entities. With no humans, and a setting that looks wilder every day, UK becomes an animal’s paradise. “It’s somewhat cumbersome,” said one UK professor who has no life and therefore comes into work in late December. “You have to stop carrying an umbrella and start carrying this baby,” he said, holding up his Nosler M48 hunting rifle. “This sucker will
• If you need to replace heating equipment, purchase an energy star replacement. Ask for energy star products when purchasing a furnace, heat pump, boiler or programmable thermostat. *Information taken from the Department of Energy’s website
ing rooms, turning off air conditioning and opening windows when the temperature is tolerable, according to Moneywise.com. Many students who live off campus use Kentucky Utilities as their electricity provider, which provided advice for lowering the bill over the year. According to KU, one can save up to $45 a year by adjusting the thermostat either up two degrees in the summer or down two degrees in the winter.
Not only will these tips help students keep a moderate temperature in their apartments or houses, but they will help them save a few dollars each month. Other tips suggest clos-
HEATING BILL MYTHS AND FACTS Kentucky Utilities debunks some common misconceptions about your electric bill.
Myth: Setting the thermostat to stay at a comfortable temperature will lower the heating bill.
Myth: Closing air vents on unused rooms will keep the heat from being used in that room.
Fact: Lowering the temperature by 10 degrees when gone during the day or over the weekend will lower your bill by 5 percent. It will take longer to raise the temperature back to a comfortable state, but the bill is lowered.
Fact: Closing air vents will cause a change in the pressure, not the bill. Just as much heat is used if they were open.
Myth: Raising the temperature a couple degrees higher than what’s wanted will make the temperature rise faster. Myth: Using electric room heaters saves money on the heating bill. Fact: Not only does this add to your heating bill, but it results in a higher risk for a fire.
Fact: This will only make the heater run longer. No matter how much the temperature is raised, it will run at the same speed. By running the heater longer, the bill will be higher.
take down a bull elephant.” The animals certainly turn the tables on humans for at least three weeks, and the hunted become the hunters. One arctic wolf was unavailable for comment, as she was busy munching on a
tasty snowshoe hare. Fortunately, humanity returns. Everything is repaired in time for students, and by midJanuary, the only animal being talked about is the Wildcat. And that, dear readers, is the Lukewarm Truth. Not
quite hot, but definitely not cold. The editors and staff of the Kentucky Kernel neither confirm nor endorse the contents of this article. Because, really, who in his right mind would?
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Intensity likely on road, as are UK wins Everybody’s Super Bowl. That’s head coach John Calipari’s common refrain on what it’s like for UK on the road in the SEC. More intensity, more physicality, more talent, more passion. That won’t be any different this year. If anything, the Super Bowl-ness will increase. UK is currently No. 2 in the national rankings and the heavy favorite to win the league. AARON “It’ll be crazy,” Calipari SMITH said of playing on the road. “Believe me.” Kernel columnist If you don’t believe him, believe Twany Beckham. He’s seen it from the other side. Beckham played at Mississippi State before transferring to UK this year. He’s seen the difference between home games against UK and home games against — well, anyone else. “When Kentucky came in, it was the biggest game of our season,” Beckham said. “They sold it out, they did things for the fans. It was crazy.” The road presents an extra challenge for UK, which hasn’t lost at Rupp Arena in Calipari’s three years but has lost eight conference
games on the road since — including six last season. UK didn’t get a breakthrough on the road until the back end of the schedule last year, but the losses proved a useful lesson. The Cats had to face realities about their shortcomings as the postseason approached. The same has already proved true this year. UK is 15-1. That one loss was in its only road game (that wasn’t at a neutral site), at Indiana. “I think that was a great game to prepare
us for road games,” freshman point guard Marquis Teague said. “That’s how it’s going to be for us everywhere.” If UK picks up more road losses in the coming months, it doesn’t signal panic time. As Calipari pointed out, UK may have lost six times on the road last year, but it still made the Final Four. So UK may take some lumps — although probably not that many. “We’ve got more experience, we’ve prob-
Just how big is the ‘Super Bowl’ effect? Attendance Avg. Attendance % Difference against UK (minus UK) South Carolina 18,000 (highest) 70.3 % 10,569 Ole Miss 8,243 (second highest) 6.9 % 7,704 Georgia 10,523 (1 of 4 sell outs) 5.7 % 9,955 Alabama 14,859 (fifth highest) 4.8 % 14,179 Florida 12,633 (highest) 8.0 % 11,693 Vanderbilt 14,316 (1 of 7 sell outs) 0.2 % 14,290 Arkansas 13,472 (third highest) 3.9 % 12,968 Tennessee 21,678 (second highest) 7.1 % 20,232 Opponent
Assessing the attendance impact of playing UK, based on last year’s SEC games.
ably got more talent,” Calipari said of this year’s team. “So we’re farther along than we were a year ago.” Both of his statements ring true. Last year, UK had minimal experience. Darius Miller and DeAndre Liggins hadn’t been significant contributors the year before. This season, Miller, Terrence Jones and Doron Lamb have been through a conference slate. “When stuff hits the fan, those guys know how to calm the waters. It speeds up young kids,” Calipari said. “Hopefully we have enough veterans out there to go with the young guys we have.”
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Galbraith believed in change for the better Gatewood Galbraith may be most remembered by UK students as the independent candidate for governor last fall, but he should be remembered for more. And not for certain habits of his, or his tendency to wear memorable hats. He was a colorful figure in Kentucky politics and the Lexington community, and his death Jan. 4 showed that he has become a household name across the state. The past week, there have been recaps of his political views and stories shared about the personal connections he made with Kentuckians. Now this semester-old staff will share ours. During an editorial board meeting with Galbraith and running mate Dea Riley in the fall, we learned about his plan to give $5,000 to each high school graduate to attend college or trade school in Kentucky. The idea may have seemed overly ambitious, but it was still well-intended. At least, it was better than what the other candidates, Gov. Steve Beshear and Senate President David Williams, told us — which was nothing. Galbraith’s campaign was the only one that agreed to set up a meeting with UK’s student newspaper in the months leading to Election Day. And many of us are too young to remember Galbraith’s other runs for office, but it’s easy to see why he’s being called a Kentucky treasure. Even though he never won any of the offices he ran for (governor, five times; attorney general, once; Congress, twice; and agriculture commissioner, once), he kept trying because he believed in changing this state for the better. Let’s at least remember him for that.
PHOTO BY TAYLOR MOAK | STAFF
Gatewood Galbraith spends time with his grandson at Woodland Park on Oct. 6, 2010.
Rupp renovation Legislation necessary to protect an obstacle to Americans’ health from coal campus progress BRIAN HANCOCK Kernel columnist
As finals week began last semester, most students were stressing over a borderline grade which would certainly save or ruin their respective lives. Elsewhere in Lexington, however, a more important conflict had just commenced. On the morning of Dec. 13, President Eli Capilouto announced he would not support state funding for the proposed renovation of Rupp Arena, as it would directly compete with state funding for campus building projects.
It is ... time to realize that a functioning campus is far more important than the latest and greatest college basketball arena in the nation.
Several hours later, Lexington Mayor Jim Gray said he would still ask the General Assembly in the upcoming legislative session for approximately $20 million to study the possibilities of reinventing Rupp Arena. Within the week, a task force had approved the renovation plans. Required approval by the city of Lexington and the Lexington Center board are both expected to occur by the end of this month. The entire project may cost more than $300 million. As a current junior, I listened to two years of nothing but the “Top 20” vision promoted by former President Lee Todd and the Board of Trustees. Capilouto has been
a breath of fresh air to students, as he has made oncampus renovations his top priority. On Sunday he sent an email to faculty, staff and students explaining his latest attempts to achieve state funding. Campus disrepair can no longer be ignored, as many classrooms buildings and dorms have become woefully outdated, and the student center is in need of a major facelift as well. It seems rather untimely that the mayor of Lexington would decide to compete for the very same funds Capilouto is lobbying for in order to restore our aging campus. Jim Gray called this competition a “healthy thing,” that would encourage both sides to present their arguments more effectively. As a UK student, I don’t find anything “healthy” in deliberately detracting funding from our university’s much needed restoration project, especially if the money will go toward an arena that already pulls in surplus revenue and is functioning completely properly. As students of UK, it is our job to applaud Capilouto for his vision to improve our campus over the next several years, and at the same time to realize that a functioning campus is far more important than the latest and greatest college basketball arena in the nation. We do not need to pour in $300 million so that our basketball arena can put the KFC Yum! Center to shame. We do need to invest in our students and our campus, where more than $1 billion in construction is needed in the years to come. If you are a student at UK and truly believe that renovating Rupp is the right course of action, then I suggest you reconsider why you are here. Brian Hancock is an English junior and the Kernel’s assistant opinions editor. Email bhancock@kykernel.com.
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Our politicians have a morbid skeleton (among others) in their closets: coal. The U.S. burns more than one billion short tons of coal per year. That’s BEN around 5.5 billion pounds of coal per NORTON day. Contributing This is, accordcolumnist ing to the Union of Concerned Scientists, “the single biggest air polluter in the U.S.” and is ridiculously toxic, leaving exorbitant amounts of arsenic, lead, thallium, barium, cadmium, chromium, mercury and nickel in our water and atmosphere. In fact, according to a 2007 peerreviewed EPA study, living next to a coal ash disposal site enormously increases your risk of cancer or other diseases, and people drinking water contaminated by coal deposits have chances as high as one in 50 of getting cancer. And, guess what: we have two (outdated) coal plants right here on campus. The weird thing is, you would think that as soon as scientists discovered that burning coal causes cancer (which happened in the 1770s), our politicians, those who are supposed to be watching out for the best interests of their citizens, would have quickly stopped such an exceedingly deleterious system. But politicians (and energy executives) don’t care about your silly “science”; nor do they care about that “public health” nonsense. All they care about is money. Simple as that. If this weren’t true, explain why, from October 2009 to April 2010, coal company executives and lobbyists held at least 33 White House meetings, three times more than any meetings that included scientists or environmentalists. If this weren’t true, explain why, according to an October New York Times article, mining-related interests (mainly Murray Energy Corp., the Na-
tional Mining Association, Alpha Natural Resources Inc. and Arch Coal Co.) have paid more than $2.8 million in lobbying just federal candidates in this election cycle alone, and why electric utilities companies (namely the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association, Exelon Corp., Dominion Resources, and American Electric Power Co. Inc.) have spent more than $5.9 million. If this weren’t true, explain why Massey Energy alone, from 2005 to 2010, was cited for 38,997 violations (that’s more than 21 per day), and punished for almost none of them. Now, some declare the answer is “clean coal” (their new favorite buzzword), but realize that this is a pure pipe dream at best — and a pure lie at worst. In July, Popular Mechanics (in absolutely no way an environmentalist magazine) published “The Myth of Clean Coal,” declaring that “mythical” clean coal makes “little economic or
SAFECATS
sists of an upperclassman working dispatch, taking calls and informing one of two on-duty cadets via walkietalkie. With a large population of Air Force cadets, escorts may have to work one shift a month. The escorts are regularly briefed on safety concerns, such as golf cart procedure, to stay up to date, Urbino said. SAFECATS members carry identification cards and wear yellow safety vests with “SAFECATS” printed on the back. Many students approach cadets in the library throughout the night for the quick transportation aspect of the service. Urbino was approached by Emily Greene, a freshman biology student, for an escort around 1 a.m. She said she uses the service a lot, mostly for the convenience. “The safety part is nice too, but I
Continued from page 1 SAFECATS is there to assist. Urbino ventures out on duty into the biting cold of a winter night, and maneuvers his cart along the vacated sidewalks across main campus, reaching Jewell Hall unaffected by the elements. Jonesha Sowell, a secondary education freshman who uses the service three to four days a week, requested an escort from the North Campus dorm to Kirwan Tower. Once the mission was completed, Urbino returned to the comforts of the library lobby where he is stationed during his downtime. Cadets are not paid for the service individually, but instead the group receives income to put toward social functions. A typical night, Urbino said, con-
From Oct. 2009 to Apr. 2010, coal company executives and lobbyists held at least 33 White House meetings, three times more than any meetings that included scientists or environmentalists. scientific sense,” and that “coal will never be clean.” There’s no way around it. “Clean coal” is an oxymoron. A “clean” coal factory is akin to a lung-friendly cigarette; they don’t exist — both go against their very nature. Yet there’s still insipid incessant dogmatic mantra. Yes, “coal keeps the lights on,” but that’s no justification. This is only the case because it’s “cheap” to blow off the top of mountains — with little regard for surrounding inhabitants — and extract it. This is only because of gargantuan government subsidies — not just overt handouts, but more clandestine tax credits and breaks. (On a federal level, this es-
timated around $17 billion between 2002 and 2008; on a state level, the Kentucky state government’s net subsidy to coal is $115 million). This is only because “cheap” is defined without considering any externalities, without considering that it is poisoning all of us. When one considers the real cost of coal, one sees that it is certainly not cheap, not by any stretch of imagination. In fact, a 2010 Harvard Medical School study found coal costs our country $500 billion per year — and $74 billion per year in public health burdens in Appalachian communities alone. Plus, just because an aspect of our society currently relies on a system of extreme oppression and plain maleficence in no way justifies it. The argument that “coal keeps the lights on” and, ergo, we need it, is the exact same argument used by slave holders 200 years ago: “Slavery keeps the food on the table.” Slaves grew their food, prepared it, served it — the list goes on. Without slaves, they would have surely starved. Consequently, slavery should have continued, right? WRONG. Because slavery, just like coal mining and burning, is atrocious. And all of this doesn’t even touch on how the search for cheap coal has ravaged and raped Appalachia; nor does any of this address climate change, the largest problem of all, for it affects the survival of life on this planet — and the fact is, coal is the largest single source of greenhouse gases in the U.S. So, what can we do? We must hold our politicians accountable. Why do they think it’s OK for filthy-rich coal executives (pun intended) to make millions of dollars per year at the expense of the people and their health and well-being? It isn’t. We must refuse to be quiet and obediently take our poison. We absolutely must move beyond coal; it’s in all of our best interests. Ben Norton is a music, Spanish and film studies sophomore. Email opinions@kykernel.com.
really like the convenience,” she said. “I’ve never really felt unsafe on campus, but it’s definitely more comfortable riding with someone.” Cadet Jessica D’Ambrosio, the lead cadet over the program, said no one is turned away from the service, though in times of heavy use, those with safety concerns would get priority. “We do have people who use the service just for quick transportation,” D’Ambrosio said in an email to the Kernel. “But we also do get people who use it for safety purposes.” Students can arrange for an escort by calling the dispatch office at 859257-SAFE 8:30 p.m. to 1:30 a.m. Sunday through Thursday, D’Ambrosio said. The SAFECATS program stays in service regardless of weather conditions, except during university holidays or breaks. Get more information about the service at www.uky.edu/Police/escort.html.
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