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Arrests made with help from cameras By Morgan Eads meads@kykernel.com
UK Police Chief Joe Monroe said that the identification and capture of the suspects in Monday’s robbery was aided by the new security cameras on campus. At around 11:30 p.m. Monday, three individuals were taken into custody by UK police after an attempted armed robbery was reported at 10:35 p.m. The victim sustained a surface cut to the head after being struck with a gun, Monroe said. Police had reported that three young males wearing dark hoodies were seen running toward White Hall Classroom Building. One of the suspects arrested was 18-yearold Tomiaz Layne, Monroe said. The other suspect was a minor whose name has not been released. The victim, a non-student, was walking near the Peterson Service Building when the suspects jumped out of the bushes under the pedway and struck the victim with a revolver, according to UK news release. The suspects reportedly demanded the victim’s money and cellphone, but the victim refused to give them up. Then one of the suspects pointed a gun at the victim, according to the news release.
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Protesters interrupt Board meeting Student group lobbies against outsourcing of UK’s dining services By Will Wright wwright@kykernel.com
A group of students interrupted Tuesday’s UK Board of Trustees meeting to protest the outsourcing of campus dining services. The students, members of
United Students Against Sweatshops, chanted, “No outsourcing and no Sodexo,” to the Board. Sodexo is a food service company that has contracts with other Kentucky universities. Brock Meade, the president of the organization, said the group wanted to bring attention
to how the company used the Affordable Care Act as a reason to switch some of its full-time employees to part-time status. “We don’t think (Sodexo’s) goals align with the university’s,” Meade said. “We found Sodexo to be a particuarly bad fit for the university.”
The group filed a request late last week to speak before the Board, Meade said, but the request was denied. The group’s ideas were supported by trustee Jo Hern Curris, who criticized how the adminisSee BOARD on page 2
Hanging on ‘til summer Campus enjoys high temperatures, sunshine
Lee receives praise in class Class applauds forward for role in Elite Eight By Nick Gray ngray@kykernel.com
Freshman forward Marcus Lee walked to class Tuesday morning feeling no different than he has any other Tuesday this semester. But when he entered his marketing classroom, 200 students and his professor stood up and applauded him. “It was awesome,” Lee said. “If you could see me blush, I was blushing.” In UK’s game against the University of Michigan on Sunday, Lee compiled seven offensive rebounds and converted four Lee of them to highlight-reel dunks. Lee was focused on grabbing loose balls, something he learned before his time at UK. “In high school I was always told if I didn’t get the rebound, we were losing. So I went at (the Michigan) game like I went through high school,” Lee said. “We’re not going to win if I don’t get that rebound.” In his pursuit of the Cats’ and Wolverines’ missed shots, he was called for goaltending violations on both ends of the court. The first came on defense, and Calipari sent freshman center Dakari Johnson to the scorer’s table. But then Lee exploded to the rim on four occasions in a five-minute span. His second goaltend came in the second half as he tried to attempt another reboundSee LEE on page 2
PHOTOS BY JUDAH TAYLOR | STAFF
With a high of 79 degrees on Tuesday, students escaped dorm rooms and classrooms to soak up some rays. Mechanical engineering freshman James Andrew Nolan took advantage of the nice day, lounging in his hammock between the Kirwan and Blanding towers.
English freshman Keenan Cischke and kinesiology freshman Jenna Abbott laugh outside of the library Tuesday.
Cats earn win over No. 10 Louisville Bernal’s home run propels UK in front of near-record crowd By Joshua Huff sports@kykernel.com
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Junior infielder and catcher Thomas Bernal hit a three-run home run in the fourth inning, the first home run of his career, on Tuesday. UK beat Louisville, 8-3. NEWSROOM: 257-1915 ADVERTISING: 257-2872 FIRST ISSUE FREE. SUBSEQUENT ISSUES 25 CENTS.
A perfect spring evening was the backdrop to a thrilling matchup between two top 25 teams Tuesday. UK baseball defeated the University of Louisville, 8-3, in front of the fourth-largest crowd in program history at Cliff Hagan Stadium. No. 10 Louisville (21-7) jumped on the Cats’ sophomore left-hander Dylan Dwyer (2-1) early in the second, scoring two runs off of a home run from senior Kyle Gibson. No. 19 UK (20-9) quickly CLASSIFIEDS.............3 CROSSWORD.............3 HOROSCOPE.............3
responded in the bottom of the inning. Junior Thomas Bernal hit a single to right, scoring senior Micheal Thomas. Later in the inning, freshman JaVon Shelby singled to tie the game. Bernal was thrown out at home attempting to beat an errant throw to the plate, ending the inning. Junior first baseman A.J. Reed saved a run in the third, snagging a sharply hit ball that would have scored Cardinals junior Grant Kay. Bernal redeemed his base running error, hitting a three-run home run in the fourth. It was the first home run of his career. Bernal fin-
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ished with three hits and four runs batted in. “(Hitting a home run) was great,” Bernal said. “Any home run feels great, but to get it against Louisville feels really good.” In a game where the top of UK’s lineup struggled to hit, the middle and bottom took up the slack, scoring seven of the eight runs and knocking eight of the team’s nine hits. The Cardinals threatened in the fifth but two stellar defensive plays by the Cats’ defense stopped the See BASEBALL on page 2
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Conference will bring 4,200 people to campus
Many classes in White Hall Classroom Building have been canceled starting Thursday for a conference that will bring about 4,200 people to campus. The largest-ever National Conference for Undergraduate Research will bring thousands to UK from Thursday to Saturday. UK has 800 student volunteers and has been preparing for the event for more than two years, said Diane Snow, the director of undergraduate research at UK. The core of the conference will be undergraduate presentations on students’ research. These presentations will come from different areas of higher education, from
LEE Continued from page 1 and-dunk combination. Lee called it nothing more than an occupational hazard. “That’s just going to happen,” Lee said. “Almost every game I play, I get a goaltend. It’s just how I get stuff done.” Lee’s performance helped catapult his name throughout the country. UK head coach John Calipari now uses him as an example
BASEBALL Continued from page 1 rally. Thomas threw out Louisville senior Cole Stur-
arts to hard sciences. Open houses will be held all over campus, and other speeches and excursions will take place as well, according to the NCUR website, cur.org/ncur_2014. Open houses are free to students, but excursions and other events will cost money. “It’s a big number of activities coordinated into one,” Snow said. The excursions include “Horses, Hooch & History,” a walking tour of a Thoroughbred farm and a bourbon distillery, and “A Day at the Races,” a day spent at Keeneland. The Graduate and Professional School Fair on Thursday and Friday will
of how any player can be known “worldwide.” “I’m saying to Alex (Poythress), ‘Alex, you can be Marcus Lee. Why aren’t you being Marcus Lee?’ ” Calipari said. “ ‘You jump like him, you’re long like him. You’re stronger than him. They can’t push you around, so play like him.’ ” The 6-foot-9-inch Lee had played no more than six minutes in a game since Feb. 1 and had fallen out of regular rotation as UK played through its late-Feb-
geon at second base on a perfect throw. Cats’ sophomore right fielder Kyle Barrett threw out Kay at home on a throw from shallow right field to end the inning. Junior Spencer Jack held the Louisville rally to only
host representatives from more than 100 colleges and universities for students interested in further schooling. Kris Kimel, founder of the IdeaFestival in Louisville and CEO and co-founder of the Kentucky Science and Technology Corp., will talk about creativity and innovation at 6:30 p.m. Thursday in his speech, “Big Ideas Start at Crazy.” Students can register for $240 and faculty and others for $270 in the Student Center Grand Ballroom. UK faculty, staff and non-presenting students can attend for free.
State budgets $1.5 million for Rupp Arena renovations The proposed renovations for Rupp Arena will have $1.5 million set aside in a compromised state budget, agreed upon by a special state legislature committee Sunday. In the original budget sent to the Kentucky House and Senate, $65 million was budgeted for the renovations. Mayor Jim Gray and Gov. Steve Beshear announced during the reveal of designs that the renovations would cost an estimated $300 million. The amount allotted for renovations shrank consider-
STAFF REPORT
BOARD ruary slog. The losses were not any different to him whether he played or not because “a loss is a loss,” Lee said. Playing at UK produces plenty of “clutter,” as Calipari calls it, and it is amplified for Lee, whose family lives more than 2,300 miles from Lexington in Antioch, Calif. “I still keep in contact with my family and friends a whole lot,” Lee said. “I can’t really be out of touch (with) my California life that much.”
one run in the seventh inning. The Cardinals left the bases loaded. Jack pitched the rest of the game and held the Cardinals to no hits in 2.2 innings to secure the win for the Cats.
Continued from page 1 tration has handled the privatization of dining services. Curris was disappointed with the lack of information given to the Board before the decision to outsource was made. She also said, in an email to the Kernel, that outsourcing dining may destroy a strong bond UK has with the surrounding agricultural community and that the Board has not heard the fi-
ably after deliberations by the special committee, made up of House and Senate members. UK indicated that it sought a new long-term lease with the city of Lexington, which owns Rupp Arena, as part of funding for the renovations. But public funding will be reduced since the compromised budget was agreed upon Sunday. In an email to UK students, President Eli Capilouto said the budget also cut 1.5 percent in state appropriations for operations in the
next year, which equals $4 million. The original budget was to cut 2.5 percent of appropriations for the state’s public universities. Also in the email, Capilouto said that the state allowed the university to move forward with agency bonds “using our own dollars and private fund-raising efforts” for a $160 million renovation of the Student Center and a $150 million extension of the Chandler Hospital.
nancial, social and historic costs to UK if the outsourcing route is taken. In other business, the Board acknowledged individuals and groups, including those who helped clear snow from campus this winter, for their efforts. Jake Ingram, the president-elect of Student Government, was introduced to the Board of Trustees on Tuesday by current president Roshan Palli. Ingram’s role will include a spot on the Board of Trustees throughout his term. “I’ve got a pretty bold plan in terms of what Stu-
dent Government has planned for the next year,” Ingram told the Board. The Board also approved the creation of a major in writing, rhetoric and digital studies for the College of Arts and Sciences, effective this fall. Also approved was a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing degree in Arts and Sciences’ English department. The Board also approved a $10 million grant from the Blue Grass Community Foundation to support a new training facility for the football program.
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Correction
An article published in Monday’s Kernel on the front page regarding Phi Delta Theta fraternity incorrectly quoted UK spokeswoman Gail Hairston. Hairston said more information about the fraternity could be coming within the week, but nothing about when a decision regarding its appeal would be made. The Kernel regrets the error. To report an error, call the Kentucky Kernel at 257-1915 or email Editor-in-Chief Rachel Aretakis at raretakis@kykernel.com.
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sports
Softball preps for Louisville By Justin Chartrand sports@kykernel.com
UK softball will host instate rival University of Louisville on Wednesday at John Cropp Stadium. The Cats come into the matchup after losing two games in a three-game series against Auburn University over the weekend. There has been no decision yet on whether senior captain Lauren Cumbess will play Wednesday, according to UK Athletics spokesman Evan Crane. Cumbess injured her ankle Sunday after a collision at first base while attempting to beat out a throw. “It’s tough because Lauren is a great pitcher,” UK head coach Rachel Lawson said. Even with Cumbess’ questionable status, the Cats are focused on preparing for Louisville. The Cardinals’ record sits at 20-14. The team, which is 33 when playing on the road this season, will be looking to snap a three-game losing skid. Lawson said the Cats will need to see defensive improvement if they expect to hold off the Cardinals. UK tallied up three errors
throughout the three-game series over the weekend. “If we’re to play better defense, I think offensively we’d have the ability to relax,” Lawson said. Lawson also wants to plate more runs in upcoming games. “I think we need to continue to work for our pitch count. We’re leaving too many runners on base,” she added. Senior outfielder Emily Gaines has been an exception to the lack of offensive production from the team. Gaines leads the team with a .411 batting average and is riding an eight-game hitting streak. “Louisville is an incredible team and they’re a top 25 program,” Lawson said. “If we can clean up our defense and do a good job putting runners across the plate, I think we’ll have a pretty good showing.”
if you go What: UK vs. University of Louisville When: 6 p.m., Wednesday Where: John Cropp Stadium Admission: Free with student ID
Secondary can only improve Influx of talent will breed competition among cornerbacks By Matt Overing movering@kykernel.com
The UK secondary has nowhere to go but up — literally. Cornerbacks this season have one main goal: Don’t let 2013 happen again. The Cats finished last in the SEC in interceptions, opposing quarterback completion percentage (65.8) and opposing quarterback rating (154.5). “We are emphasizing (making plays),” said junior Nate Willis. “That’s what we want to do as a group.” Head coach Mark Stoops and defensive coordinator D.J. Eliot implemented a new defensive scheme last year. Understanding that scheme is something Willis said has improved this season. “The whole group has gotten better at knowing the scheme,” Willis said. “We’re all being more intelligent on the field.” Willis, sophomores Fred Tiller and Cody Quinn, and freshmen J.D. Harmon and Jaleel Hytchye will also return. Tiller is the only cornerback who played in all 12
games last year. Stoops and Eliot have both been impressed by junior college commitment A.J. Stamps in the early days of spring practice. “He did some good things that really caught our eye,” Eliot said. Stamps said the challenge in transitioning from JUCO to the SEC is the playbook. “It’s more detailed here,” Stamps said. “I feel like I’m fast and strong enough to hang in the SEC. Being smart on the field and knowing the playbook, that’s what has been a challenge.” Stamps is one of five members of the 2014 class who will play in the secondary. He could be joined at corner by Kendall Randolph (Lincoln High School, Tallahassee, Fla.) and Darius West (Central Catholic High School, Lima, Ohio). Both are 4-star recruits according to Rivals. Rivals lists West as a safety, while ESPN lists him as a cornerback. Willis said his coaches want him to help lead the group in 2014. “As a group, we’re all stepping up to lead each
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UK cornerback Fred Tiller tackles wide receiver Sam Shisso during the UK-Miami University game last year.
other, lead by example,” Willis said. “As a senior, (my coaches) want me to step up and take a leadership role.” Stamps said that Willis, a player who came in last year as a JUCO recruit, has helped his transition from safety in JUCO to cornerback in the SEC. “Nate, he’s a great guy,” Stamps said. “He’s given me some tips. The whole secondary has helped me out, going from safety to corner.” An influx of talent will breed competition within
the position, but Stoops said that competition is good at this stage. “You have to have competition, you have to have depth,” Stoops said. “You can’t let anybody get comfortable out there. They need to feel the pressure and know if they don’t perform they’ll get replaced.” Stamps echoed Willis and said he wants to score. “Our first goal is to create turnovers, then we can focus on returning them for touchdowns,” Stamps said. “Who wouldn’t want to score a touchdown?”
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State Street celebrations are getting out of hand KYLE ARENSDORF Kernel columnist
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The moment that the Cats won the 2012 NCAA National Championship was one of the best of my life. After the final buzzer sounded and UK had outlasted the University of Kansas, 67-59, a friend of mine and I headed to State Street to celebrate. What made that night so great, as well as the night of of UK’s victory over the University of Louisville in the Final Four, was the spontaneity. We were in the clouds and no one could bring us down (except for the riot police). This year was different. I was almost embarrassed on Friday and Sunday by the slew of fans who planned and carried out imitations of those nights in 2012, just to celebrate a win
in the Sweet 16 and a subsequent win in the Elite Eight. I understand it was Louisville, but Michigan two nights later? This is UK. UK has won the most games and the second-most championships in the history of college basketball. Aren’t we above going all out for Sweet 16 and Elite Eight victories? Just think about the consequences that constant over-celebration brings, beyond the obvious ones that come from monopolizing police and firefighters. Rushing State Street the first time was special, but rushing it every time the Cats make it past the third round of the NCAA Tournament will turn what was a transcendent moment two years ago into merely a dangerous and played-out formality. Not only does this type of celebration demean this moment in UK history, but it also leaves us with nowhere to go from here.
We have burned everything possible for our Sweet 16 and Elite Eight victories. What will we do if UK beats the University of Wisconsin? And heaven forbid the Cats actually win the whole thing. The great Adolph Rupp would turn over in his grave if he could see the bedlam happening on State Street. We are students at a university with a proud basketball tradition. We should not be celebrating harder than students at the University of Dayton, who just saw their program make the Elite Eight for only the third time. With only two possible victories remaining in the tournament, responsible celebration is warranted. But enjoy the shenanigans of State Street while you can, because there is a new wave of underclassmen right behind you ready to do the same. Kyle Arensdorf is the assistant opinions editor. Email karensdorf@ kykernel.com.