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The Student Center Grand Ballroom filled with people on Wednesday wanting to get a taste of other cultures. About 1,400 students, faculty and staff got access to tables full of unlimited food from Europe, Asia, Africa, the Americas and the Middle East, paying just $5 for it all. The proceeds from the event, about $5,000, went toward paying for the food,
which was subsidized by Student Affairs, said Karen Slaymaker, the assistant director for International Student and Scholar Services. “I always try to come to international events, especially if it’s UK,” said former UK student Sapana Upadhyay. “It’s always good to see the diversity.” Upadhyay is from Nepal, which sits between India and China. Although she was not certain that Nepal itself was represented, Upadhyay said that Indian food is very similar to See WORLD FOOD on page 2
UK dishes out an international feast PHOTO BY JUDAH TAYLOR | STAFF
Katie Bailey feeds her son Carter, 4, at Taste of Our World on Wednesday. International dishes were offered unlimited for $5.
UK looks to avenge Ancient artifacts hidden at UK Anthropology department stores bones, tools and more near campus last-second loss By Nick Gray ngray@kykernel.com
When freshman forward Julius Randle and the Cats walked into the Joe Craft Center for team activity this week, they saw a new photo plastered on the wall inside. The picture, put on the wall by UK coaches, showed several Cats celebrating after
UK’s last-second overtime win over Louisiana State University, including Randle and freshman guard Andrew Harrison embracing on the Rupp Arena floor. The moment, and the image captured with Randle, Harrison and company, is the most indelible of the season so far. “It’s just right there, a big See ARKANSAS on page 2
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Julius Randle lays the ball in against Georgia on Jan. 25 at Rupp Arena. Randle scored late in overtime on Saturday to beat LSU.
By Judah Taylor jtaylor@kykernel.com
There are millions of ancient human remains, tools and weapons on UK’s campus. They aren’t on display for curious students, rather they’re hidden in an old tobacco warehouse leased by the university at 120A Export Street. The artifacts make up more than 9,000 collections and are part of the largest of three federally recognized repositories in the state. Yet despite their current lives in storage, these artifacts were once featured much more prominently. From the mid 1970s to 2005, the William S. Webb Museum of Anthropology had a large gallery space located in Lafferty Hall that it inherited from what was once the College of Law’s library. Classes from UK and surrounding colleges and schools, as well as the public, regularly toured the gallery to learn about Kentucky’s natural history, but the space was converted into classrooms and offices after 2005. The display cases near the entrance of Lafferty are all that remain of the gallery. Because of budget cuts and UK’s expansion, George Crothers, associate professor of anthropology and director of the Webb Museum, said the museum and department are currently focused on researching instead of display-
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Pig bones found at the Potter House, a recent excavation site, are studied and organized near campus. ing artifacts. “There’s a lot of research potential there,” said anthropology and archaeology doc-
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chaeology still, and a lot of opportunities to do research (there).” But the only ways to un-
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toral student Justin Carlson, who works with many of the artifacts. “There’s a lot we can learn about Kentucky ar-
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cently excavated artifacts on Wednesday nights or to visit other museums that have taken artifacts on loan for their own exhibits. “Those (artifacts) detail our past,” said anthropology senior Chelcee Carter. “I didn’t know until I took an anthropology class that (archaeology) was so huge in Kentucky. I mean, it’s probably right in your backyard and you would never know.” “(The artifacts are) a big link to Kentucky’s past that we’re missing out on,” she said. Kentucky is one of only two states that does not feature a museum of natural hisSee ARCHAEOLOGY on page 2
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5-star 2015 guard commits to UK Charles Matthews chooses UK over Kansas, Michigan St., others By Matt Overing movering@kykernel.com
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Junior Charles Matthews committed to UK on Wednesday, choosing the Cats over Kansas, Marquette, Illinois and Michigan St.
UK’s 2015 recruiting class opened with a flourish Wednesday morning when five-star guard Charles Matthews announced his intention to play at UK. Matthews (St. Rita High School, Chicago), a 6-foot-6inch shooting guard, selected UK over the University of Illinois, University of Kansas, Marquette University and Michigan State University. “I’ve been told by a lot of people that they have never seen a kid handle a press conference like he did today,” said Mike Zunica, athletic director at St. Rita High School. “He’s soft-spoken and very humble. He said all the right things and it was all from the heart.” Matthews is the No. 11 overall prospect and the thirdbest guard in the 2015 class, according to Rivals. Zunica said that Matthews is quiet in
nature but brings a different attitude on the court. “He brings that fire,” Zunica said. “He’s a kid from the south side of Chicago. Nothing about his game is soft spoken.” Zunica said that Matthews can lead a team. “When he has something to say, he is going to say it,” Zunica said. “He’ll do that and will lead by example.” UK head coach John Calipari continues to hit the Chicago area hard in recruiting. Point guard Tyler Ulis, a member of the 2014 recruiting class, is from the Chicago area as is former UK star Anthony Davis. Matthews, Ulis and Davis all played for the Meanstreets AAU basketball team based in the Chicago area. Assistant coach Orlando Antigua has ties to Matthews as well. Matthews’ high school coach, Gary DeCesare, coached Antigua at St Raymond’s High School (Bronx, N.Y.) from 1987-90.
UK Hoops striving for consistency Cats need 2 wins this week to bolster postseason seeding By Tyler Spanyer tspanyer@kykernel.com
UK Hoops head coach Matthew Mitchell had one thing on his mind as he stepped to the podium Wednesday afternoon — consistency. UK is 6-6 in the last 12 games and 8-6 in conference play overall. With two wins this week, the Cats have a chance to grab a bye into the quarterfinals in next week’s SEC Tournament. “I am well aware of where we stand and what a couple of victories this week would do for not only our SEC seeding, but our NCAA seeding as well,” Mitchell said. Freshman guard Makayla Epps reiterated Mitchell’s thoughts.
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ARKANSAS Continued from page 1 picture when I walked in,” Randle said. “I’ve taken visits here and you see all the guys that came through. You see them on the wall and you’ve got a picture of all of us on the wall. It’s a pretty cool thing.” Thursday night brings a reminder of the other opponent who UK tangled with in a buzzer-beater, a night that brought a different kind of emotion than last Saturday. UK fell in overtime to the University of Arkansas on Jan. 14 in Fayetteville, Ark., on a last-second putback dunk by Arkansas sophomore guard
ARCHAEOLOGY Continued from page 1 tory, Crothers said. Although there is the Thomas D. Clark Center for Kentucky History in Frankfort, it deals more with Kentucky settlement and history than American Indian and natural history. Crothers said that the de-
“I think moving forward the most important thing for us is consistency,” Epps said. “We have to be consistent to win.” UK has won three of their last four games including the win at the University of Tennessee two weeks ago. Still, the Cats have only won consecutive games on two occasions since mid-January. “We are still just trying to focus on this team rounding into its best,” Mitchell said. “We are just trying to build some consistency heading into the postseason.” As for the game on Thursday, UK will be facing one of the top frontcourt players in the conference. Mississippi State University junior center Martha Alwal was named SEC Player of the Week on Monday by the league office for her performances last week. Alwal leads the Bulldogs in scoring at 15.9 points per game, which is seventh best in the SEC. She also adds 8.9 rebounds per game, which ranks fourth among all SEC players. “(Alwal) is a great athlete,” Mitchell said. “She is a great shot blocker and a great rebounder. She is just so active, and she plays with so much heart.”
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Freshman guard Makayla Epps shoots a layup in the Cats’ loss to South Carolina on Feb. 20. Epps had a career-high 16 points in the game. The Bulldogs are bolstered off the bench by junior guard Kendra Grant, who averages 11.1 points and 3.1 assists per game. The Cats have beaten the Bulldogs the last six times
they played, including four straight in Starkville, Miss. “We’ve got to step up to the challenge tomorrow night,” Mitchell said. “We have to prove we can play consistently.”
Michael Qualls. The game was an up and down affair for the Cats, featuring game-tying 3pointers by two different UK players in the final seconds of regulation and overtime before Qualls’ dunk. “We competed, played hard. Arkansas comes out and plays really hard,” UK assistant coach Orlando Antigua said on Wednesday. “Coach Anderson does a great job of getting those guys to play the way they want to play, speeding up the game. I think we handled it pretty good. Just a couple of mistakes in closing out a game, and then obviously having to rebound and making a couple of free throws.” Saturday’s ending, when
freshman forward Julius Randle scored the game-winner in a similar fashion as Arkansas’ Qualls did, is a reminder to UK players, including freshman forward Marcus Lee, that the Cats have advanced miles past the Arkansas loss. “It was severely needed. We really needed that moment where we all just came together,” Lee said. “We needed that moment of passion, and that’s the only thing I talk about when I’m here with you guys: passion and energy.” Antigua said the emotion has come from the players themselves in the last few games. Players slapped the floor on defense during the last few games, recently against LSU, and Antigua said the
self-made emotion has become contagious. “I think they know that they can ignite each other in that way. You see one does it, and ... it leads to someone else doing it and clapping and getting engaged,” Antigua said. “For a staff, that’s fun. For the fans, it’s fun, because you know they’re out there competing.” And Randle said exceeding against good competition is the only way the Cats can improve. “We needed to win one of those games,” Randle said. “We needed a dogfight game like that to keep fighting and fighting and fighting and eventually work our way through to win it.”
partment has been asking for the funds and facilities that would enable them to “have exhibits again, and to have the lab and curation, museum space” necessary to display a full gallery for students. “We’re pretty far down on the totem pole,” he said, adding that the administration’s current priorities, such as new residence halls, are understandable.
There have been a “million ideas” of what they could do, he said. There was hope of moving into the Reynolds Building after the College of Fine Arts moved out or into the old Fayette County Courthouse located downtown, he said, but for one reason or another, their ideas never worked out. “We’re not holding our breath,” Crothers said. Museums are often not
self-sufficient, and a new space would need the support of the administration, legislators or a major donor to stay open, Crothers said. Until they have those resources, Crothers likened the archaeology lab and warehouse to monks in a monastery. “We’re just trying to protect what we got and discover new things.”
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Continued from page 1 Nepal’s. “I think it is very important to see what the other countries are, what the other foods are,” Upadhyay said. Although Upadhyay said UK does a good job representing diversity on campus, she would like to see greater attendance and awareness for the events that already take place. “I think that knowing new cultures and making a diverse friend … is a new worldview,” Upadhyay said. Cassandra Hardin, a graduate student in the Patterson School of Diplomacy and International Commerce and a member of the Confucius Institute, helped perform a traditional tea ceremony at her group’s table. The Confucius Institute, a Chinese educational and cultural center, provides classes and camps for those with an interest in Chinese language and culture. “The world is globalizing,” Hardin said. “It makes me happy to see people from my home state coming
to understand new cultures.” After receiving portions of food from serving areas with flags and posters to identify the country of origin, the tasters retreated to tables decked with items including tea sets, nutcrackers and woven baskets. Sara Long, a lab technician in the College of Agriculture, recommended the baklava and stroganoff from the Middle East/Mediterranean and Europe tables, respectively. Computer engineering senior Xuetao Hong manned a booth to promote the Lexington Everything House, which helps Chinese students studying in Lexington. “I think food is universal,” Hong said. “Everyone eats, it’s the best way to connect people.” Slaymaker said that it is important for students to have a chance to try foods from other cultures and to consider visiting some of those places themselves, gesturing to the Education Abroad booth nearby. “We have a greatly diverse culture in Lexington,” Slaymaker said.
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Lexington offers solid billiards spots From an avid player, Cats Den and Marikka’s are the best KYLE ARENSDORF Kernel columnist
I can still remember the first time I beat my dad in a game of pool. It may seem like a small feat on the surface, but in my mind, it was much more. My dad bought a pool table for my childhood home long before I can remember. When I was tall enough to peek over the top of the table, but still considerably shorter than the average pool cue, I would sling the balls across the table until my dad sat me in one of the bar stools
so he could practice. For the past 15 years or so, my dad has played on pool teams in leagues around Lexington and, when he played well enough, went to Las Vegas to compete in national tournaments. I studied the way my dad practiced and promised myself that when the time came, I would be good enough to play with him on his team. I met that goal, and last year played my first season as a member of Squires Fryars, a team out of Squires Tavern. To remain at my best and on the team, it’s important that I practice whenever I get an opening in my schedule. I’ve played all around
town and have gotten pretty familiar with the best, and worst, places in town and around campus to rack em’ up. The best tables that you’ll find on or around campus are in the Cats Den in the Student Center. It’s probably the cheapest you’ll find as well, at 50 cents per game. While some bars that surround campus run at the same price, you won’t be paying lofty alcohol prices at the Student Center. Unfortunately, most students prefer the bar scene on their weekend nights. When you find a table that’s devoid of a beer stain or one without chewing tobacco shavings sprinkled across the felt, it’s a luxury. However, if you do
manage to find one, the lopsided table-roll will drive anyone who’s still sober enough to care up the wall. For my money, the place to play pool while still remaining relatively close to campus is Marikka’s Restaurant and Bier Stube on Southland Drive. A walkway from the entrance to the back patio divides three pool tables on the left and a full bar on the right. It’s $1 per game and remains relatively open except for an hour or two per night. But these tables roll as purely as any you’ll find in Lexington. For my money, you can’t go wrong with a night of competitive billiards at PHOTO BY JONATHAN KRUEGER | STAFF Marikka’s. Freshman Ian Bennett plays pool in the Cats Den on Wednesday.
Denial from graduate school, not denial from happiness ELEANOR HASKEN
Kernel columnist
---My breath caught as I opened the email. Like so many others, I had been waiting for months to receive a response to my graduate school application. I had a lot riding on this letter. Unfortunately, the answer I received was not what I wanted to hear – denied. But what I failed to realize before is that it really doesn’t matter.
For whatever reason, the place I wanted the most didn’t want me back. Unfortunately, I’m not alone in this fate. This time of the year is tense. Even those not applying to graduate school are waiting to hear back from internships and jobs. The harsh reality is that not everyone can get into every program. According to Petersons.com, which is a college search engine, most schools have about a 25 percent acceptance rate. When talking to other people who had plans of going to graduate sch ool, I found a pretty typical dispari-
ty. Those who were accepted treat it as if it was no problem, while those who were denied typically shrug and look off to the side. After receiving my denial I realized I wasn’t experiencing the typical reaction, but a typical case of moving past grief. At first, I told no one. I thought it was a horrible dream, one from which I would wake up in a few minutes. Then, I got mad. How could they turn me down? Don’t they realize? I am the best student ever! I began to bargain, “what if I sent the decision committee cookies?” Then I got depressed. I
locked myself in my apartment with a new episode of “True Detective” and ate the plate of cookies. In the few days since, I’ve found that I’m beginning to accept my fate. I realized that I’m not the only student who has been denied. I began to be proactive about my fate. Rather than wallowing, I resolved to email the department. This is something that anyone can do if they’ve been denied, be it graduate school or a job. The email included a short description of my future plans as well as how I can improve my skill set.
Besides, what do I have to lose? They can’t deny me twice, can they? But the most important thing I’ve done is realize th at when one door closes, another one opens. Even though one school said no, another said yes. I have a back up plan, one I’m learning to love. I’m not the only kid who has been rejected and I won’t be the last. It’s too bad that we aren’t more open about these losses. In not talking about our rejections we lose the opportunity to commiserate together. Being able to talk about
the denial has helped me move past it. If I had kept it private I would still be brooding and sulking, but instead I’m making bigger and better plans. Now that I’ve been through the worst, I can begin to plan for the best. Eleanor Hasken is the Kernel’s assistant photo editor and the editor of The Kentuckian. Her column appears weekly in the Kernel. Email ehasken@kykernel.com.
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