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Note-taker to lawmaker UK senior campaigns for US Senate seat
Pi Kappa Alpha facing sanctions
Sanctions are being brought against the Omega chapter of Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity after potential violations of UK’s Student Code of Conduct were reported. The fraternity plans to appeal the sanctions, said Jared Wheatley, a Pi Kappa Alpha. The Interfraternity Council Judicial Board found the fraternity responsible for the violations, according to a statement from Dean of Students Victor Hazard. The fraternity has declined to comment on the allegations at present. Sanctions have been
assigned based on the gravity of the incidents and prior case history, according to the statement. The university has declined to provide more details on the violations and the sanctions. UK’s Pi Kappa Alpha chapter has seven business days to appeal the sanctions to the university appeals board. The Kentucky Kernel will file an open records request to obtain more information on the incidents and the sanctions being brought against the fraternity. STAFF REPORT
Professor featured in KET docudrama PHOTOS BY ELEANOR HASKEN | STAFF
Amy Murrell Taylor focuses on human experience in the Civil War
English senior Greg Welch does research Wednesday at his apartment to benefit his campaign for U.S. senator.
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By Will Wright
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hen English senior Gregory Welch is not studying or writing poetry, he is working on becoming one of Kentucky’s next U.S. senators. After Welch decided he didn’t want to vote for the Republican or Democratic candidates, he thought he would vote for himself. That’s when Welch began his campaign to run as a write-in for the U.S. Senate. The “Gregory Dale Welch” Facebook page has garnered more than 230 likes since the campaign began in late February. “(The support) has been phenomenal,” said Briana Bonter, Welch’s campaign manager. “We started with 15 people, and now we’re over 200 people.” Welch presents a progressive platform, with plans to close the gap between the ultra-rich and other classes, legalize marijuana and hemp, and promote a political climate that allows for more
than two parties. Chad Blair, a supporter of the Welch campaign, said he feels that Welch is trustworthy and could never be bought off by corporations. “I just don’t think he can be swayed like every other politician in the world. I don’t think he’s crooked, I don’t think he could become crooked,” Blair said. “He’s a country Kentucky guy that is for us. He’s got my vote.” Welch said he is arguing for the things he knows will be positive for the middle and lower classes, but that he does not want to harm the rich. “I’m comfortable with looking people in the eye and telling them what the American people want, what Kentuckians want,” Welch said. “I’m fighting for the average citizen. I want everyone to have a chance at the American dream, not just a wealthy few.” A major problem with the way Washington operates is how politicians are easily swayed by money from the extremely wealthy, Welch said.
By Anne Halliwell ahalliwell@kykernel.com
Welch speaks Wednesday at an Underground Perspectives meeting at White Hall Classroom Building about the legalization of marijuana and hemp. “Money becomes the deciding factor in politics,” Welch said. “I’m surprised more people aren’t calling that into question, but I think they will be soon.” Closing loopholes and making sure that the rich pay their fair share in taxes are ways to give the middle class “a financial leg to stand on,” he said. “We grow jobs from the middle, not from the top
down,” Welch said. Bonter said she was drawn to Welch’s campaign because she believes that he means what he says and that he has no hidden agenda. “He’s not out of touch, he’s sitting where we’re all sitting,” Bonter said. “He knows what the people need.” James Combs, one of See CAMPAIGN on page 3
Softball shuts out Louisville Kelsey Nunley pitches complete game, leads team to 5-0 victory in front of 1,402 By Justin Chartrand sports@kykernel.com
Recent wins by the UK basketball and baseball teams over the University of Louisville had UK softball looking to join the club. And the team did just that on Wednesday. Sophomore pitcher Kelsey Nunley shut out the Cardinals en route to the Cats’ 5-0 victory before a crowd of 1,402 at John Cropp Stadium. The win marks the first time in head coach Rachel Lawson’s seven years that the Cats have beat the Cardinals back to back. UK beat Louisville on April 24, 2013 in Lexington on the teams’ final matchup of the season. The Cats were without
their senior captain Wednesday, as infielder Lauren Cumbess sat out with an ankle injury that she suffered Sunday in a collision at first base. Nunley picked up where
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“I thought Nunley was incredible,” Lawson said. “I thought she was great on Sunday. The fact that she was able to turn around four days later and do it again just says
It feels good. It’s always a great day to beat Louisville. ”
she left off after tying her career high with 11 strikeouts against Auburn University on Sunday. She allowed three hits while tossing five strikeouts in a complete game.
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UK infielder a lot about how strong she is as a pitcher.” UK sophomore infielder Nikki Sagermann went 3for-3 at the plate and tallied three RBIs.
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“It feels good. It’s always a great day to beat Louisville,” Sagermann said. UK senior outfielder Emily Gaines extended her careerbest hit streak to nine games with a single to centerfield. The hit allowed sophomore outfielder Sylver Samuel to score, and gave the Cats a 1-0 lead in the first inning. UK extended its lead in the third inning after an RBI single by Sagermann put the Cats up 2-0. The Cats loaded the bases in the fifth inning and managed to plate three runs, giving them a comfortable 5-0 lead. Nunley retired 13 straight batters to complete UK’s victory. “I felt like we really didn’t play our best game against Auburn,” Lawson said. “The fact that we were able to work on (our weaknesses) and to turn around so quickly really says that the girls have their minds in the right spot.”
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This Sunday, Kentucky Education Television will debut “Civil War: The Untold Story,” featuring UK associate history professor Amy Murrell Taylor. The first episode will focus on the fighting at Shiloh between Ulysses S. Grant and Union forces against Confederate forces on April 6, 1862, according to KET’s TV schedule. “Although I love teaching at (UK) and I love my audience of students … with a topic like the Civil War, there’s always a larger audience that wants to hear more, and this was a great way for me to reach that wider audience,” Taylor said. Taylor discusses the impact of the war on families in terms of death and dislocation, as well as the struggle to make emancipation a reality during wartime. “The Civil War is much more than what happened on the battlefield,” said director and writer Chris Wheeler. Wheeler said the makers of the series were looking for someone who could speak about the human experience of the Civil War on and off of the battlefield, and called Taylor “one of the stars of the show.” Taylor has studied and taught about the subjects
at hand for about 20 years, she said. “(Taylor) really brings knowledge and expertise, but she also brings compassion to the story,” Wheeler said. Wheeler called the series a hybrid between a documentary and a docudrama. “The film does not shy away from showing how deadly and destructive the war was,” Taylor said. “This is not a romanticized version of the war.”
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This film does not shy away from showing how deadly and destructive the war was. ” AMY MURRELL TAYLOR
UK associate history professor
The angle of the story is also different from many projects about the Civil War, Wheeler said, as the series focuses not on Gettysburg and Shenandoah, but on battles fought between the Appalachian Mountains and the Mississippi River. “The Western Theatre See TAYLOR on page 2
Human Resources warns of email scam UK Human Resources sent out an email Wednesday warning of an email phishing scam that has recently targeted university employees. “Your UK Salary Raise” is the subject of the scam email, which appears to be sent from UK Human Resources. UK is asking that anyone who receives the email attach the message
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in a separate email and send it to spam@uky.edu. Victims of the scam can call UK Payroll at 859-257-3946. According to the Human Resources email, the university is “currently working with the small group of employees that has been affected.” STAFF REPORT
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sports
Swindle hopes to lead UK offense Battle-tested Badgers make historic run
First practice in pads characterized by physical play By Matt Overing movering@kykernel.com
UK’s young offensive line found little consistency in 2013. The Cats gave up an SEC-worst 37 sacks last season. And regardless of where blame is placed, improvement is needed. Three players started each game for the Cats on the line: Junior Darrian Miller at left tackle, senior Kevin Mitchell at right guard and sophomore Jordan Swindle at right tackle. At center, freshman Jon Toth started the second game of the year and never let go of the position. Left guard was the most volatile position last season. Junior Teven Eatmon-Nared earned the first start of the year. Junior Max Godby received two starts. In the other nine games, it was sophomore Zach West earning the most playing time. With Mitchell gone, Swindle said he hopes the unit plays together in 2014. “We want to play more as a unit,” Swindle said. “As a group, we’re trying to eliminate the really bad mistakes and just play better as a whole.” Freshman Ramsey Meyers redshirted last season and is expected to take Mitchell’s spot. “Ramsey is coming in for Mitchell. I think he’s
TAYLOR Continued from page 1 is truly where the war was won and lost,” Wheeler said. Taylor said that there are many aspects of the Civil War that are not often discussed. “We all know that there was this Emancipation Proclamation, this declaration,” Taylor said. “But we don’t know how it worked and how individuals … transferred to free-
coming in and melding better than I expected,” Swindle said. “He’s coming along quick. He’s soaking in what I’m saying and he’s really improving.” UK signed four offensive linemen in the 2014 class: Josh Krok (McKinley High School, Niles, Ohio), Jarrett LaRubbio (Lakota East High School, Middletown, Ohio), Nick Richardson (Westerville Central High School, Westerville, Ohio) and Jervontius PHOTO BY GENEVIEVE ADAMS | STAFF Stallings (Spain Park High Zach West celebrates after a touchdown at Commonwealth StaSchool, Hoover, Ala.). Swindle said he wants to dium on November 17, 2012. West wil return for the Cats in 2014. be the leader of the group. “I’m trying to be that person that they can look to when they need someone,” Kevin Mitchell Swindle said. Toth has impressed Swindle early in spring practice. “There’s glimmers of brilliance from all of them,” Left tackle: Darrian Miller Swindle said. “But I’d say Left guard: Zach West Jon, I saw him get after some people today, knock them Center: Jon Toth down.” Wednesday was the first Right guard: Ramsey Meyers day in pads for the team, and Right tackle: Jordan Swindle there were skirmishes at the beginning of practice. Swindle was right in the middle of it all. “First day in pads, it’s football,” Swindle said. Jarrett LaRubbio “That happens to me a lot, Josh Krok but that’s not because of who I’m going against. It’s foot- Nick Richardson ball. I get angry. I always try Jervontius Stallings to play physical.”
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dom during this time.” Wheeler added that many of the issues discussed in the Civil War era, such as civil liberties, are relevant to viewers. “The debate over the issues that divided us is still on the table today,” Wheeler said. Taylor said she hopes that viewers will consider their roles as U.S. citizens. “That’s what history is really all about — understanding our past and where we can go from here.”
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Nobody had mentioned State Street all night. But as head coach Bo Ryan and the 2-seeded University of Wisconsin took down the University of Arizona in overtime to advance to the Final Four, Badgers fans just knew. Thousands of students took to the iconic thoroughfare before being dispersed by police, though no one was arrested or injured. The Badgers have not been to a Final Four since 2000, marking 14 years since State Street was last mobbed. For Ryan, who is making his first Final Four appearance, this year is a little bittersweet. Butch Ryan and Bo Ryan, father and son, attended 38 straight Final Fours in the stands, dreaming of the day Bo Ryan would grace the sidelines. Butch Ryan passed away last August. He would have turned 90 the day Wisconsin beat Arizona. Few coaches can boast a resume like Ryan’s. The man has never missed an NCAA Tournament, won four conference regular season and tournament championships, and made it to four Sweet 16s in his 13-year career with the Badgers. In classic Wisconsin fashion, the 2013-14 Badgers play
exceptional team ball, finding open perimeter shooters and drawing defenders out before giving the ball to junior center Frank Kaminsky down low. The 7-foot center has led the charge in his breakout junior season and shouldered much of the Badgers’ burden throughout the tournament. Enduring much of the criticism during the Badgers’ January stumble were junior guard Traevon Jackson and sophomore forward Sam Dekker. As the under-recruited son of Ohio State University star Jim Jackson, Traevon Jackson is known for his affinity for buzzer beaters and not much else. Five-star state hero Dekker is a large part of the team’s backbone, and the lone senior, guard Ben Brust, has etched his name into the Wisconsin history books with his unmatched 3-point shooting. A January losing streak saw Wisconsin take a nose dive in the rankings, but this run is anything but a fluke. As part of arguably the most difficult schedule in college basketball this season, the Badgers took down six AP Top 25 teams in the regular season. Overmatched against UK’s size, the ability to find and make open 3-point shots is going to make or break Saturday’s game for the Badgers. Kaminsky can fight down low with the best of them, but getting the ball there over defenders is going to be a challenge. Brett Bachman is the sports editor at the University of Wisconsin’s student newspaper, the Daily Cardinal.
CAMPAIGN Continued from page 1 Welch’s supporters, said one thing that attracted him to Welch was his pro-legalization
of marijuana and hemp stance. “I feel like that’s a big thing that could help not just Kentucky, but the federal government in general,” Combs said. “I feel like he’s here for all Kentuckians.” Welch said he is not naive about his chances of
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winning a Senate seat with no funding from outside sources, but he will not give up if this election does not yield him a position in Washington. “I’m not a one-time runner,” Welch said. “I’m definitely in it for the long haul.”
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Women don’t have to feel like damsels in distress ELEANOR HASKEN
Kernel columnist
Nothing demeans young women like the stereotype that they are always in danger and only men are capable of saving them. The damsel in distress, one of my least favorite tropes, is present in every form of popular media and needs to disappear as soon as possible. This trope can be seen in
Greek and Nordic mythology, with women like Andromeda being saved by the hero Perseus and Idun being saved by Loki. It seems women have always been incapable of saving themselves. As time has progressed, this trope has moved from spoken word to written word and from paintings to film, reinforcing the belief that a woman is capable of being easily taken and held hostage. That is, until a man can come to save her. A damsel can come in any variety. Some women will struggle, some will give
up and some will fight back with everything they’ve got. While those that fight back are better than the women who simply give up on contact, the fact that these women are taken as a plot device is frustrating in-and-of itself. I can’t help but ask why this trope exists. Because it began in antiquity, it can only be assumed that it was created to remind women of their place in the world – subservient to men. But in this modern area, why do we rely on ide as from this era? Women are constantly
pushing to be equals, yet in films, TV and video games, we continue to be ambushed and held hostage. What’s even more frustrating is that in films where women are fighting along side men, it is inevitable that the woman will fall or stumble. When this happens, don’t fret, the man is there to catch and pull her up. This happens in every action film. Once you notice it, y ou won’t be able to stop. This is most likely due to the fact that she’s wearing high heels, but I guess those are the only shoes she owns that match her low-cut tank
top and tight leather jacket. If I knew I was going to be fighting crime, I’d probably wear steel-toed boots and a bulletproof vest. But that’s just me. This trope continues to reinforce the idea that women are useless. They will always need a man to save them. Nothing is more frustrating than hearing that, as a woman in modern times, I’m still helpless, still incapable of fending for myself. This trope is nothing more than society’s attempt to hold onto antiquated ideals that no longer apply to the modern age. Even when
women try and fend for themselves, they have to be propped up by a man. I can only hope that every woman out there knows that they don’t have to be damsels in distress. They are empowered individuals that don’t need rescuing. 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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