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Students see 2 snow days for first time in 11 years By David Schuh and Anne Halliwell news@kykernel.com
For the first time since 2003, UK has had two snow days in a school year. “Unfortunately, the snow isn’t really good for snowballs and snowmen,” said freshman Carli Ackerstein. “Too powdery.” Ackerstein was out with a group of friends Monday who braved the biting winds with a sled in front of W.T. Young Library. Ackerstein said many of her friends decided that the weather was too chilly for playing in the snow, but she was undeterred. The university made the decision to cancel classes at around 4
a.m. Monday. The snowfall started later and lasted longer than initially expected, said UK spokesman Jay Blanton. “It became challenging to get ahead of that,” he said. WKYT chief meteorologist Chris Bailey said main roads probably would not be clear until Tuesday and side roads until Wednesday. The roads are particularly bad because of the type of precipitation the winter storm brought, Bailey said. “Any time you start out with ice, then sleet on top of it, then snow on top of that, you get kind of a cake layer. You know the roads are going to be absolutely horrible,” he said.
It was not clear Monday night whether there would be cancellations or delays on Tuesday. Blanton said crews have been working around the clock since 2 a.m. Monday. Many students took full advantage of the day free of class. Later in the afternoon, about 30 students gathered on Stoll Field to pelt each other with snowballs. Mechanical engineering and finance freshmen Evan Atwell and Alexander Simpson dove onto blue
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About 5 inches of snow covered campus Monday as classes were canceled.
A FAMILY BOND
Haden Pike, a computer science junior, lives in Lexington, and his father commutes 45 minutes every day from Garrard County to take him to class.
‘It’s me and him’
At school and at home, father and son are together
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Story by Rachel Aretakis | Photos by Tessa Lighty
ith his hat brim down and earphones in, Brad Pike guides his son through the cluster of students rushing out of class. He is unfazed by the chaos, looking ahead as he swiftly pushes the wheelchair through the door. Pike is in his routine. He picks up his son, Haden, in the morning for class and later takes him home. While he’s waiting, he listens to the radio in his truck or goes to Haden’s apartment and makes lunch or cleans. That’s his job most days. “It is just normal for us,” Pike, 51, said. Three years ago, Pike retired early because he knew he wouldn’t trust anyone else to take care of his son. “I mean when it’s your kid,” he said, “you can do it better than anybody else can.” Haden Pike, 20, has been blind since birth and has a degenerative disease that affects his nervous system. His father’s sacrifices have included sleeping on a dorm floor for a night class or carrying his son up a flight of steps when an elevator in White Hall is out of service. He’s on the road to Lexington by 7 a.m. for the 45-minute drive from Garrard County. “Yeah, we probably go to the doctor a little more than most people do, just because we get him checked out every so often,” Brad Pike said. “But I mean other than that, you know, it’s about as normal as it comes.” Continued on page 3 NEWSROOM: 257-1915 ADVERTISING: 257-2872 FIRST ISSUE FREE. SUBSEQUENT ISSUES 25 CENTS.
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Players come to Calipari’s defense UK baseball off to a hot start following UK’s eighth loss Hood, Polson say Cats’ success rests solely on players’ shoulders By Nick Gray ngray@kykernel.com
UK’s roster changes more frequently from year to year than any program around the country. Coaches and players have admitted this, but what they do not know is how each team will develop throughout the season and whether it will have a prolonged stay in the postseason. Seniors Jarrod Polson and Jon Hood understand that better than most, which makes them good judges of what exactly the 2014 version is headed toward. A day before their Senior Night, Polson was optimistic about how the season would end with the recent losses — and doubt from people outside
Jon Hood
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of the program — in mind. “They think we’re done for,” Polson said. “That’s kind of what we’re rallying around — us against the world. We’re going to prove everyone wrong.” Head coach John Calipari said on Monday that the struggles should be blamed on himself, not “18-or 19-yearolds.” “I’m responsible to get them to play right, to get them in the right frame of mind. If they’re not in that frame of mind, that’s back to me,” Calipari said. “This team is young because we recruited a young team. So all of it comes back to me.” Polson disagreed with Calipari and tried to wrestle away blame from his coach. “A lot of people are hounding (Calipari) right now, but it’s on us,” Polson said. “We have to go out and perform.” Each player has been part of a National Championshipwinning team (2012) and a team that did not win a postseason game (2013). The
Cats have also been on a team that was a No. 1 seed (2010) but lost in the second weekend of the NCAA Tournament, and a team that was a No. 4 seed but was a point away from playing in the National Championship game. The 2014 Cats have played competitive games against ranked teams like the University of North Carolina and Michigan State University in November and December. They also played themselves into double-digit deficits in the past week against the University of Arkansas, a team in the middle of the SEC standings, and the University of South Carolina, which was tied for last in the SEC prior to Saturday. Hood, who Calipari said this season has “played as well as he’s ever played in his career,” has not seen the floor as often as last season (10 games compared with 23 games last season). His playing time was limited further as a freshman and sophomore, and a torn ACL three years ago set him back physically. However, he has no regrets about how his college career has progressed. “I wouldn’t trade this for
anything in the world,” Hood said. Both players will start on Tuesday against the University of Alabama on Senior Night. Calipari saw criticism for not talking to media following the South Carolina loss on Saturday where he was ejected for arguing with officials after his second technical foul. Hood came out in defense for his coach and putting the onus of UK’s lack of success on the players in the same breath. “It’s not anything that he can do. It’s the way we take it, the way we take the messages and the way that we play,” Hood said. “He’s not out there playing for us. He’s not in between the lines. He can only do so much.”
Next Game Who: UK vs. Alabama When: 9 p.m., Tuesday Where: Rupp Arena Televised: ESPN
Dual-threat UK softball player has been a stabilizing force Senior Lauren Cumbess leads Cats in all facets By Justin Chartrand news@kykernel.com
Offense wins games, but pitching wins championships. Lauren Cumbess does both for UK softball. Cumbess, a senior pitcher and first baseman, leads the Cats by attitude and effort as UK pushes toward their goal of playing in the College World Series. UK kicked off its pursuit of the College World Series on the right foot as the Cats started the season going 120, including a win over the University of Oklahoma, the defending national champion. UK’s start (now 16-2) marked the best in school history, and a critical component to the Cats’ success has been Cumbess, both at the plate and on the mound, hitting .273 with 10 runs batted in as well as a 4-0 record with a 2.00 earned run average. But her teammates called her leadership her most important trait. “She really tries to show everybody the way with her work ethic and the way she competes,” said Griffin Join-
er, UK’s preseason SecondTeam All-SEC catcher. “She has been one of the best teammates I’ve ever had,” Joiner said. Cumbess began her softball career when she was 9 years old. Her love for the game was sparked by her family, especially her father. “My whole family has always been there for me … but my dad’s been my coach so he’s really been there through everything,” she said. “He’s been my coach my whole life, and he still comes to all my games now.” Cumbess moved to Norman Township, Ill., with her father after her sophomore year in high school in hopes of reaching her goal of playing softball at the collegiate level. UK head coach Rachel Lawson saw Cumbess play that same year and followed her throughout her prep career. “We saw Lauren play in high school and she did an exceptional job,” Lawson said. “At first, we recruited her as a pitcher and then through her junior and senior
year we realized what an awesome hitter she was. Lauren has been an incredible recruit for us.” Cumbess was drawn to UK for a plethora of reasons, but one of the biggest was the coaches. “I remember seeing the
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Lauren is one of the hardest workers I’ve ever met. She is a happy story for college athletics.” RACHEL LAWSON UK softball head coach
coaches at some of my games and meeting up with them and I felt like we automatically connected in some way,” she said. Cumbess visited UK and fell in love with team and the campus. “Everyone on the team just seemed really cool and it seemed like an atmosphere I wanted to be a part of,” Cumbess said. She batted over .550 in high school, tallying up 14 homers and tossing 290
strikeouts while holding a 0.45 earned run average. Despite Cumbess’ incredible softball skills, Lawson saw something more. “Lauren is one of the hardest workers I’ve ever met. She is a happy story for college athletics,” Lawson said. “Her body composition is completely different because of all the work she has done in the weight room. Academically, she has been a complete success story, a 100 percent turn around.” Her attitude regarding the game is something all the players take notice of too. “I think she is a role model to a lot of people here,” freshman pitcher Shannon Smith said. “She has such a great work ethic and can always keep that positive attitude all the time no matter what is going on.”
Riding a 7-game winning streak, Cats have tougher games ahead
Cats stepped up to the challenge, defeating the KEVIN ERPENBECK Eagles, 10-4. Reed had a big day, this time from the Kernel plate, with four runs batted columnist in and a home run. After losing to VMI and USC Upstate, UK It may still be early, but went on to win its three rethe 2014 season is off to a maining road games before great start for UK baseball. finally returning to LexingIn fact, the only thing ton on Feb. 25 with a 5-2 keeping the Cats from a record. perfect season thus far is the UK’s most impressive number two. stat in the early goings of Two errors in the ninth the year is its hitting. The inning against Virginia Mili- Cats have a batting average tary Institute on Feb. 16 led of .326 as a team, with the to a walk-off loss, and two top four hitters in the lineup consecutive walks in the combining to hit an assixth inning against the Uni- tounding .392. With 106 toversity of South Carolina tal runs on the year, it’s Upstate a day later doomed clear the production of the UK for its second loss. offense is the number one Avoiding the unforced thing carrying this team in errors in those games would the first month of the seahave UK at an unscathed son. 11-0. However, a 9-2 record Players like Reed and in early March is nothing to junior centerfielder Austin scoff at, especially consider- Cousino are contributing ing what the Cats had to go mightily to UK’s offensive through up until now. success. Reed leads the SEC Currently on a sevenin home runs with a whopgame winning streak, the ping seven (the next player Cats are clicking on all below him has three), while cylinders. They have a 2.77 Cousino leads the league in earned run average as a hits with 21. team and at one point had Head coach Gary Hennot committed an error in derson has been impressed four straight games. with what he has seen from The season began with a his players, but realizes that challenging matchup against the new season smell is still the No. 1 University of Virlingering in the air, and the ginia. The Cavaliers sported challenges will only contina 50-12 record in 2013 ue to get more difficult as while batting .312 as a time goes on. team. None of that mattered “When league-play rolls to the Cats, as they clobaround, you’re going to see bered Virginia 8-3. Junior a different level of arm and pitcher A.J. Reed started his competence with more exseason off strong by allowperienced opposing pitchers. ing only one run in five inIt’ll be tough later on,” nings of work. Henderson said. Next, UK faced the UniUntil those challenges versity of North Carolina at come to light, though, the Wilmington, which won 38 team can be pleased with games last year. Again, the where it stands in March.
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PHOTO BY BECCA CLEMONS | STAFF
UK senior Lauren Cumbess, shown here last year, is hitting .273 this season with 10 RBIs. She also is 40 on the mound with a 2.00 earned run average. The Cats are off to the best start in school history.
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“So I said, OK, I can’t walk. Who cares? Keep going. And that’s what I did.” HADEN PIKE
Haden Pike finds a song on his iPhone, which rapidly reads the commands aloud. Pike often holds his phone up to his ear to navigate the applications.
Brad and Haden Pike like to pall around. Brad, 51, says his son got his smarts from his mother and his sarcasm from his father. "Luckily, he got my sparkling personality,” he said.
A second diagnosis Haden Pike was born blind. He can only see light and shadows. When he was 4 months old, doctors diagnosed him with a retinal degenerative disease called Leber’s congenital amaurosis, said his mother, Teri. Throughout his childhood, she said, his blindness was a mere inconvenience for him. He was active and played the trumpet in middle school. He enjoyed playing percussion instruments on the sideline in his high school marching band. But as Pike grew up, his family noticed his balance was becoming worse. It took about six years to diagnose a second degenerative disease, one that would affect Pike drastically. When he was 16, they found out he had Friedreich’s ataxia, a rare disorder that impairs muscle coordination. Over time, his movement will decline, his mother said. Her son went from having independence to needing to rely on someone else to take him everywhere. That has been the biggest adjustment for her family, she said. “If you’d known him 10 years ago, you’d be amazed at how different a child he is.” When Pike realized he wouldn’t be able to walk, he considered two options. “I can deal with it and keep doing what I’ve always done, even though I’m a little less mobile than before,” he said. Or, he could give up. “So I said, OK, I can’t walk. Who cares? Keep going. And that’s what I did.” Getting to class If they’re lucky, Brad and Haden Pike will find an accessible parking spot near Haden’s classroom in the morning. If not, they’ll drive around for 15 minutes or so until a spot opens. His dad parks the truck, unloads his wheelchair from the back and helps him get out. Pike can walk short distances and often does when he goes home every weekend. This semester, Pike is generally in class at 9 a.m. and done by 2 p.m. Around 10 a.m., if he’s not in class, they tune into Kentucky Sports Radio. Haden doesn’t like to take notes. He usually sits and listens, then reviews them later on at home. At least once a week, he visits professors to expand on class topics, take a test or just catch up. He is a computer science junior, whose classes are often visual. “He has such potential and he is such a brilliant programmer,” said Jeff Ashley, a computer engineering professor who taught Pike last year. “And the family is just amazing.” Haden and Brad Pike both described Ashley as one of the best instructors Haden has had at UK. Ashley sat down with Pike once a week for 30 minutes to further discuss class concepts. He once printed a map on a 3-D printer so Pike could better understand it. “He never had a connection because he didn’t have a tool,” Ashley said. “With
the printouts, Pike could run his hands over them, feel the patterns and solve the problems just as a student gifted with the ability of sight would do,” Ashley said. “It was kind of a real breakthrough moment.” Haden Pike is interested in computer programming and is considering grad
search things in.” ‘He’s extremely independent’ Pike’s mother said she doesn’t know what her family would have done if her husband didn’t help. “You do whatever your kids need,” Teri Pike said.
“I mean when it’s your kid, you can do it better than anyone else.” BRAD PIKE school. He also could see himself as a teacher or one day working for a company like Apple to improve accessible technology. “I got lucky in that my chosen field of interest is computer science because (being blind) doesn’t really affect that,” he said. “And truth be told, it actually gives me an interesting avenue to re-
“Fortunately, Brad is able to come over every day and do whatever Haden needs so he can get his college degree.” Brad Pike worries that he takes some of Haden’s independence away by completing tasks that Haden can do but that Brad can do faster. “It scares me sometimes leaving him here by himself all the time,” Brad Pike
Haden Pike has to find ways to learn visual topics, such as calculus and trigonometry. While Brad Pike waits for his son to get out of class, he usually sits in his truck and listens to the radio.
said. “But he’s extremely independent.” Haden Pike lives in a studio apartment at Newtown Crossing. His sister, Macy, who is a senior at UK, visits once a week with her boyfriend to cook dinner and hang out. His tutor stops by once a week to help with homework. “He’ll tell you he’s antisocial,” his dad said, laughing. Haden talks to his friends from high school online or by text occasionally, but doesn’t hang out with them much. “In some ways for him that’s the way he likes it,” Brad Pike said. Haden Pike spends his time writing about topics he can expand on for nonvisual learners or working on computer programming. Pike used to read braille, but has gradually lost feeling in his fingertips. Now, he relies on technology to read his calculus textbooks or epic fantasy novels, or to post a status on Facebook. He said he doesn’t get lonely; he enjoys his privacy. Brad Pike said he could see his son getting married eventually, and someone else taking over most of the responsibility of helping him get around. But Brad and Teri Pike know that they’ll always be involved in their son’s life more than most parents, even beyond college. Currently, Haden Pike receives Supplementary Security Income benefits from the government. But his dad said he won’t live off of that. “That’s our goal — that he can be employed somewhere and make a good living and have a good life,” Teri Pike said. “Everybody has their own normal, you know.” ‘It’s me and him’ Teri Pike said her husband and son have gotten closer since they went to college together. Brad Pike said they have a typical father-son relationship. They discuss anything and everything, often making fun of each other or palling around. If there is an attractive girl around, he’ll let his son know. “We’re together more than anybody,” Brad Pike said. They have their good days and bad days, and sometimes they get on each other’s nerves. “Some days you don’t want to go, but you just go,” Brad Pike said. But he is there every day, ready to take his son to class. After dropping him off, the waiting game begins again for Brad Pike. “You know, hey, it keeps me busy. Otherwise, I’d be playing golf or something like that,” he said. But Haden’s dad is his companion. “I’m not a social person. … It’s me and him,” he said. He says he can’t complain that his dad is always around. “He really is doing me a favor by just being there every day.” raretakis@kykernel.com
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In the face of overdoses, Ky. needs drug law reform CHEYENE MILLER
Contributing columnist
Kentucky’s flagship university may historically rank No. 1 in basketball wins, but the state ranks highly in something else, too — drug overdose. The National Center for Health ranks Kentucky third in the nation for drug overdose deaths, with 23.6 deaths per 100,000 people in 2013. Drug overdose is the No. 1 cause of accidental death in the U.S., surpassing traffic accidents. Recent years have seen a phenomenal increase in the
number of overdoses related to prescription medications, which are the leading cause of drug-related deaths along with heroin, the use of which jumped 650 percent in the past year, according to the Kentucky Office of Drug Control. “The biggest problem is prescription drugs,” said UK Police Chief Joe Monroe, who acknowledged that heroin also leads to many cases of overdose. The case of Stephen Cardiges back in 2012 is a prime example. Cardiges died in the back of a car while his two companions drove around Atlanta for hours rather than seek emergency medical aid, out of fear of being punished for their own drug use. This case and others like
it have led to 17 states and Washington, D.C., passing what’s known as “Good Samaritan” laws that grant varying levels of immunity to those who dial 911 when a friend overdoses rather than waiting to sober up. Depending on the state, the laws also reduce restrictions on the use of the drug naloxone, which counters opiates like heroin in the case of an overdose. According to research by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, at least 188 community-based overdose prevention programs now distribute naloxone, which has resulted in more than 10,000 overdose reversals since 1996. Further research concludes that communities that had implemented the law had
lower rates of opioid overdose than those that had not. Because many Good Samaritan Laws are still in their infancy, not much data on their effects exist, but what little does exist is promising. Anonymous surveys by Seattle police and paramedics found that 88 percent of 355 opiate users polled — 96 percent of whom admitted to recent heroin use — said they would dial 911 in the case of an overdose after being explained Washington state’s Good Samaritan law. Also worth noting is that Cornell University implemented a campus policy that resembles a Good Samaritan law back in 2002. This policy, known as Medical Amnesty Protocol, encouraged students to dial
911 in the case of alcohol-related emergenci es. The number of students seen in follow-up “psychoeducational intervention” sessions after overdose also jumped from 22 percent to 52 percent in the first two years of the policy’s enactment, showing students were far more likely to seek help when fear of punishment wasn’t an problem. The policy also led to an increase in the number of reported emergency calls from Cornell students in the event of an alc ohol-related medical emergency, from 4.5 percent of students to 6.8 percent after the policy was enacted. The Clinton Foundation has called prescription drug abuse the nation’s fastestgrowing drug problem. It is especially common
on college campuses, with many students using ADHD medications like Adderall. “We know the research was done that shows that,” said Monroe, whose department is most watchful of this activity on finals week because students purchase ADHD medications for study purposes. While Monroe and UK police continue to work hard combating drug abuse on campus, Kentucky needs to help them out by taking the initiative and enacting Good Samaritan policies. Our leaders shouldn’t take this issue lightly. We need a change in policy. Cheyene Miller is a journalism junior. Email opinions@ kykernel.com.
COLETON CUDDY, Kernel cartoonist
letter to the editor
Ingram-Jackson: The clear choice in SG elections Regarding the upcoming SG election, the IngramJackson ticket stands apart as the best representation of the students to this university. Mariel Jackson serves as a senator at-large and vice chair of the academic and student affairs committee. She is the assistant director of the freshman Leadership Development Program for
Student Government. Jake Ingram mentored me during the beginning stages of Wrap Up America, an organization founded to serve the homeless population in Lexington and to cultivate service-based leadership for students. Ingram took time to show me the resources that were available through SG that would stimulate the
growth of Wrap Up America, showing his loyalty to the values of SG and UK and his compassion for this community. He has also been vital to the development of Sigma Chi by revamping the chapter bylaws and attending executive committee meetings. He displays his commitment to UK on a daily basis, exceeding his responsibilities
as the student body vice president and developing new leaders in the Leadership Development Program. He established a program where members of LDP shadow campus leaders in various student organizations. I can personally attest to the effectiveness of this program through DanceBlue because DanceBlue
chairs were able to inspire the next group of leaders to use their talents to lead through service. Ingram recognized the value of service and instilled it in the development of these young leaders and facilitated a positive relationship between them and current leaders on campus. Ingram-Jackson has developed an incredible platform to
accomplish its goals. I will be voting for their ticket because their goals best represent the student population, they have a commitment to service-based leadership and they have the experience to implement their innovative platform. Alexander Wade is a biosystems engineering senior. Email opinions@ kykernel.com.
news SNOW Continued from page 1 swimming-pool inner tubes and rode them down the Willy T. hill. The pair bought the inner tubes for $5 at Walmart about three weeks ago, after the last snow day, Simpson said.
“They’re much better than the last time, when we used cardboard boxes,” Atwell said. One sentiment was shared by several students playing in the piles of snow. “We’re in college and having a snowball fight on a snow day,” freshman Andrew Simpson said. “It’s going to be a pretty good day.”
Former UK track athlete raising $5,000 for abuse victims Josh Nazdam running 25 miles from Lexington to Frankfort By Matt Overing movering@kykernel.com
Josh Nadzam has never run more than 14 miles at once in his life. But on Thursday, he’ll run from Lexington to Frankfort, a 25-mile trek he’s making to raise awareness for victims of domestic partner abuse. “Kentucky is the only state in the country that doesn’t have any protection for dating partners against domestic violence,” Nadzam said. Nadzam, a UK graduate and former track athlete, is running in support of House Bill 8, a bill proposing changes to Kentucky’s laws on dating violence that has stalled in the Legislature. He works at Greenhouse17, a domestic violence shelter in Lexington that advocates “ending intimate partner abuse in families and the community,” according to its website. He is
running in hopes of raising $5,000 to benefit the shelter. “(The bill) keeps hitting road blocks,” he said. “I wanted to do something
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These people have experienced some of the worst things possible. We have to change it.” JOSH NAZDAM
about it ... I’m bringing that message from our shelter to the politicians at Frankfort.” Greenhouse17 serves 17 counties in Central Kentucky by offering a home for those affected by inti-
mate partner abuse. Counseling and legal advocacy are also available through the organization. Nazdam wanted to put his skills as a runner to use in bringing about change. “Right now, if you’re not married to someone and you don’t have a child together, you can’t get a restraining order against them if they start abusing you,” he said. “You can’t get that protection. That’s something that really bothers me.” Families and children harmed by intimate partner abuse have inspired Nazdam to run. “I’m nervous, but anything that I experience does not compare to what they go through in domestic violence,” Nazdam said. “I’ve met so many families and children. I just want to be that voice, someone to say ‘Hey, these people have experienced some of the worst
things possible.’ We have to change it.” Greenhouse17 has helped more than 2,500 victims and their children, according to its website. It was established in July 2004 and also advocates for 5,000 victims who do not stay at their shelter. Anyone who wants to join Nazdam on his run is more than welcome, he said. “Anything helps,” Nadzam said. “We just want to show support in numbers for people that need a voice.”
if you go What: Josh’s run from Lexington to Frankfort When: 10:30 a.m., Thursday Where: Fifth Third Bank Pavilion, downtown Lexington
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5 BR Houses near UK Campus. Huge rooms. Awesome yards/decks. All appliances, washer/dryer. Great Maintenance. $360-$400/person a month. Email Jessie@kampusproperties.com. Call/Text (859)333-1388. 5BR/3BA duplex unit, 1551-B Heron Lane. Near campus, W/D, off-street parking, pets allowed. $1650. (859) 519-9466, @UKCampusRentals or steve@lexingtonrentalhomes.net.
6 Bedroom
110 State St. 2 BA, 2 kitchens. Lots of living space. W/D hook-up, off-street parking. Only $425/BR. Available 7/1. Call (859) 2337474. www.kaufmannproperties.com.
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Leasing Consultant: PT, 15-20 hours per week, including weekends. Previous sales experience preferred. Reliable transportation required. Great income potential - $8/hour, PLUS commissions. Full-time availability over summer. Please send class schedule and letter of interest to Sharon@AndersonCommunities.com. Lifeguards and pool managers needed. Professional Pool Management is hiring for clubs and waterparks in Lexington, Louisville, Richmond and Frankfort. $8– $15/hour. Email brad40965@aol.com for application. Now hiring PT/FT delivery drivers (car, bike or moped) for Jimmy John’s, 547 Euclid Ave. and 385 S. Limestone. Apply in person. Researchers at the University of Kentucky are looking for individuals 21–45 years of age who have received a DUI in the last 2 years to participate in a study looking at behavioral and mental performance. Participants are compensated for their time and participation is completely confidential. For more information, call (859) 257-5794. Researchers at the University of Kentucky are conducting studies concerning the effects of alcohol and are looking for male & female social drinkers 21-35 years of age. Volunteers paid to participate. Call (859) 257- 5794. Turn Crew Labor, M/W/F: Local real-estate company seeks help turning vacant apartments and rental homes. Duties include basic home repairs, plumbing, changing electrical plates, switches, etc. Hourly wage $9- 10/hour, depending on skills. Reliable transportation required. Flexible around classes, 15-20 hours per week on M/W/F. Potential for full-time over summer. Please email skills and class schedule to Sharon@AndersonCommunities.com.
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BE DISCOVERED! Free auditions at Images Model & Talent Agency, March 8, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. NYC scout looking for aspiring actors, models, singers, dancers & songwriters. No experience needed. Call for appointment time (859) 273-2301.
Professional Services
Moving service, 1-10 pieces. Great price on clean-up and debris removal. Sales, delivery of gravel, sand, mulch. Fully-insured, A+ BBB member. Call Brad (859) 229-4988.
Real Estate For Sale Help Wanted
BAHAMAS SPRING BREAK: $189 - 5 days. All prices include: Round-trip luxury party cruise. Accommodations on the island at your choice of 13 resorts. Appalachia Travel, 1-800-867-5018. www.BahamaSun.com.
Child care center seeking PT teaching aides, Monday-Friday 2:30-5:30 p.m. Will work around class schedules. Call 253-2273. Earn A Samsung Galaxy S4! National telecommunications company expanding in this area. No experience needed. Will train, great income potential. Call for information (859) 494-6414. Hospital Jobs available PT, Weekends
Currently seeking hospital service representatives for: 2nd shift, 3-11:30 p.m.; and 3rd shift, 11 p.m-7:30 a.m. Seeking high-energy, customer-service oriented candidates to clean, track and deliver medical equipment within the facility. Previous hospital or healthcare experience preferred but not necessary, basic computer skills, excellent communication, and the ability to walk up to 8 hours per shift. Learn more and apply at www.uhs.com.
Duplex – Great investment opportunity! Charming 2BR/1BA home, completely renovated with 3BR/2BA addition. One block from UK Library. $298,900. (859)509-2906 or (859)608-6472.
Roommates Wanted
Seeking two female students to share 3BR condo. Walk to class. Only need bedroom furniture. $365/month, includes water, electric, cable & internet. Available 8/15/148/15/15. (859)814-7049 or ronbrowning@fuse.net.
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Putin says mediators may evaluate Ukraine crisis ‘Contact group’ consists of foreign diplomats By Carol J. Williams Los Angeles Times (MCT)
MOSCOW — Russian President Vladimir Putin has agreed to a German proposal for international observers to review the tense standoff in Ukraine’s Crimea area, a Kremlin news service dispatch indicated Monday. The proposal for a “contact group” of mediating foreign diplomats and an observer delegation to assess Moscow’s claims that ethnic Russians are threatened with violence under Ukraine’s new leadership was made by German Chancellor Angela Merkel during a late Sunday phone call to Putin, her spokesman told journalists in Berlin on Monday. The Kremlin news service account of the conversation reiterated Putin’s defiant position that he has the right and obligation to take steps to protect Russian citizens and Russian speakers in Ukraine, where politicians from what were opposition parties just two weeks ago have taken power in the vacuum opened up when deposed ex-President Viktor Yanukovich fled Kiev on Feb. 21 and took refuge in Russia. “V. Putin and A. Merkel agreed to continue consulta-
tions both bilaterally and in multilateral forms with the aim of joint action in normalizing the social-political circumstances in Ukraine,” the Kremlin news service account of the two leaders’ conversation said. German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier had suggested on Sunday that the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe dispatch a fact-finding delegation
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(The world) cannot just allow this to happen.” WILLIAM HAGUE British Foreign Secretary
to Ukraine’s Crimea area, the strategic peninsula at the southern tip of Ukraine that hosts Russia’s Black Sea fleet and Ukraine’s largest concentration of Russian citizens and Russian speakers. The 57member OSCE includes Russia, Ukraine, the European Union and the United States. Steinmeier also suggested the
contingent could include other representatives under the United Nations’ auspices. The Kremlin account of the Putin-Merkel phone call also quoted Putin as drawing the German leader’s attention to “the unrelenting threat of violent action from the side of ultra-nationalist forces,” as Russia’s state-controlled media have cast the new authorities in Kiev and their supporters. Putin also told Merkel that the steps Moscow has taken in response to its perceived threat to fellow Russians in Ukraine are “fully adequate.” U.S. Secretary of State John F. Kerry was to visit Kiev on Tuesday for meetings with the interim leaders, who have been powerless to compel Russia to roll back its military intervention into Ukraine, an independent country since the 1991 breakup of the Soviet Union. British Foreign Secretary William Hague was in Kiev on Monday. He warned as he departed for the Ukrainian capital that the tense and armed standoff between Russian and Ukrainian forces over Crimea constitutes “the biggest crisis in Europe in the 21st century” and that the outside world “cannot just allow this to happen.”
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Horoscope To get the advantage, check the day's rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging. Aries (March 21-April 19) — Today is a 6 — Test a new theory. Fill the orders and rake in the money. Don't believe everything you've learned, and watch where you're going. Start your shopping list. Taurus (April 20-May 20) — Today is a 7 — You're hot today and tomorrow. Take care not to provoke jealousies. Reject a far-fetched scheme in favor of a practical solution. Tempers could flare. The answer, for now, is negative. Postpone expansion. Gemini (May 21-June 20) — Today is a 5 — Review your data. You'll be glad you did. Be sensitive to a loved one's wishes. Family comes first. Curtail spending on entertainment. Enter a two-day contemplative phase. Assess your efforts, and monitor spending closely. Cancer (June 21-July 22) — Today is a 5 — Ask a female for her opinion. It's getting fun, today and tomorrow. Guard
against impulsive behavior. Rushed preparations could backfire. Rest for the busy action ahead. Increase organization. Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) - Today is a 5 - Expect new directives over the next few days, leading to a rise in status. Promises alone won't cut it. Check for financial leaks. Move slowly. Encourage the girls to participate. Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Today is a 5 — Check for a change in plans. There's no need for haste. Travel compels but could be complex today and tomorrow. New problems develop. Develop a backup plan, and confirm reservations. Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — Today is a 5 — Play fair or the victory is worthless. Get ready for more publicity. The next few days are good for financial planning with shared resources. Avoid reckless spending. Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — Today is a 6 — Develop strong partners today and tomorrow. Compromise is required, or sparks may fly. Consider the consequences of words and
actions. Avoid waste and expensive errors. Check out insider information. Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — Today is a 5 — Don't rush the job. Stick rigorously to instructions. Work interferes with socializing; yet resist temptation to cut corners. Fulfill promises you've made today and tomorrow. Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Today is a 5 — Unfulfilled expectations could provoke an unpleasant situation. Physical changes are required, and delays could interfere with travel. Delegate what you can. Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — Today is a 5 — Delight in the comforts of home today and tomorrow. Clean and reorganize for practical functionality and beauty. Avoid travel and expense, or stepping on someone's toes. Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) — Today is a 6 — Guard against technical glitches, as work action heats up today and tomorrow. Study the angles, map out the path and take notes. Schedule some private time. MCT
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STUDENT VOTERS’ GUIDE
Ingram-Jackson Sydney Barnett Mary Boulanger Kory Brinker Michael Cornett Jake Evans Amanda Foster Jessica Gambrel Lucas Garrett Nathan Goetz Zeke Green Hayes Hagan Cabot Haggin Corbin Hawks Nolan Jackson Ben Koch Chris Kubajak Peter LaPrade Christina Lehman Faiyad Mannan Austin Mullen Trevor Nichols Christian Oberst Tolu Odukoya Joel Parker Elizabeth Penava Hunter Porter Seth Profitt Rowan Reid Kathleen Smith Adam Steele Angelo Stekardis Brad St Martin Rebecca Stratton Callie Whorf Natalie Wolken Ashley Zepeda
Dean-Pulliam Kristina Alexander Hannah Botts Daniel Cannon Benjamin Conner Ella Dunbar Samantha Dunn Cameron Earylwine Caroline Engle Christian Fielden Brian Garcia Christina Griffin Arden Gross Claire Hafner Dwight Haggard Isaac Hallam Morgan Hayes Lauren Henrickson Paige Howe Nicholas Jackson Kyle Kirk Lindy Massey Charlie McManus Todd Montgomery William Napier Maureen Neal Rosana Osorio Anne Prather Suraj Rama Alli Robic Jared Scott Matthew Sisken Arayo Sokan Madelyn Stampley Chelsea St. Clair Patrick Towles Jared Wheatley
The Student Government elections determine who will be the head of UK’s Student Government. The winning candidate will be the only student representative on UK’s Board of Trustees, which makes decisions on important campus changes. The candidate elected will act as the student voice for topics including the alcohol policy, tuition hikes and student safety. Candidates will face off in a debate at 7 p.m. on Tuesday in Memorial Hall. Anyone with questions for the candidates can tweet them to @KyKernel.
Dean
Jackson
Ingram
Pulliam
How to vote How: Fill out the ballot at uksga.org at one of the polling locations or at home. When: Wednesday and Thursday Where: W.T. Young Library (7 - 10 p.m. Wednesday) and White Hall (9 a.m.- 4 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday)
Moderator Britt Brockman
Brockman has been the chairman of the Board of Trustees for the past four years. He is a managing partner at the John-Kenyon American Eye Institute in Louisville. He graduated from UK with a degree in pharmacy in 1982 and was the student body president from 1981 to 1982.
What to expect: 1.
The Student Government presidential and vice presidential candidate debate begins with an introduction from Kentucky Kernel Editor-in-Chief Rachel Aretakis.
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Opening statements will come after Brockman’s introduction. A coin flip will determine who goes first.
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After opening statements comes the debate. Candidates will be asked the same question and given two minutes to answer. After both tickets have answered, each will have a oneminute rebuttal.
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The candidates will give their closing statements after the debate. Whoever had opening statements first will have closing statements second.