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English junior Autumn Murphy protests the privatization of dining services at a sit-in outside President Eli Capilouto’s office on Monday. Students dressed as zombies and chanted throughout the day.
‘Zombies’ protest privatization outside president’s office Students object UK’s future dining services By Anne Halliwell ahalliwell@kykernel.com
Students shouting “No outsourcing and no Sodexo!” were audible from the front entrance of the Main Building Monday afternoon as members of UK United Students Against Sweatshops protested UK dining privatization with a sit-in at President Eli Capilouto’s office. The students held “Solidarity USAS” signs in support of the United Students Against Sweatshops and sported face paint to represent the ‘working undead.’ The students referenced the dining company Sodexo in their chants, because members of USAS think Sodexo is potentially on of the com-
panies being considered during the negotiations. “We’re zombies today because we’re representing the
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There’s no Kentucky pride or Kentucky promise in Sodexo.” BROCK MEADE Sociology junior
Kentucky promise, which is effectively dead if UK outsources,” said Brock Meade, a sociology junior.
Capilouto came through the seated assembly to shake hands at about 1 p.m. Shortly after he left the office, the USAS members resumed chants of “Hey, Eli! Step off it! Put people over profit!” USAS has appeared on campus to protest privatization and increase awareness of potentially harmful contracts with certain companies, said Meade, a USAS member. “The way we see it, Kentucky’s achievements don’t line up with the way Sodexo treats its workers,” Meade said. The sit-in concluded at 5 p.m. when the office closed, and the administration was still non-committal about outsourcing, said Craig Crowder, a USAS
Members of United Students Against Sweatshops protest on Monday. The zombie look was used to say the Kentucky Promise will be “dead” if UK dining is outsourced, sociology junior Brock Meade said. member and Ph.D student in English. UK spokesman Jay Blanton said that the dialogue surrounding dining services has been beneficial to maintaining relationships with UK employees and institutions. Although UK cannot disclose the companies that have proposed contracts to UK, the university will publicize any corporate commitments, Blanton said. Meade expressed concern that use of “Kentucky Proud” products would drop off when a contract was signed, as well as the potential for workers’ benefits to be cut.
“We’d like to remind administration that … there are a lot of unforeseen and foreseen problems with privatizing,” Meade said. “There’s no Kentucky pride or Kentucky promise in Sodexo.” There were 118 UK dining employees in February who have been guaranteed job retention no matter the final decision Blanton said. Concerns raised by student groups have ensured that steps were taken to preserve student employment opportunities as well, Blanton said, and to include the “Kentucky Proud” enterprise as well as See PROTEST on page 4
Julius Randle to announce Stadium update future plans on Tuesday Freshman forward will hold 1:30 p.m. press conference UK announced a press conference for 1:30 p.m. Tuesday with freshman forward Julius Randle. ESPN’s Andy Katz reported that head coach John Calipari met with Randle on Monday to get his final decision on the NBA Draft. ESPN’s Jeff Goodman reported earlier this month that Randle was going to enter the NBA Draft. It was a report that Randle denied on Twitter and UK did not confirm.
Katz also reported Monday that C alipari will meet with freshmen guards Aaron and Andrew Harrison along with freshman center Dakari Johnson and sophomore forward Alex Poythress about their draft statuses. Freshman forward Marcus Lee and sophomore center Willie Cauley-Stein, two interior players for UK next season, have already announced their intentions to stay at UK for next sea-
son. Freshman guard J a m e s Young announced last week that he wi ll enter the N B A Julius Randle Draft. Underclassmen must decide their intentions for next year by Sunday. STAFF REPORT
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Chunks of concrete are strewn throughout Commonwealth Stadium as part of the renovations going on in the home of UK football. But it is all going according to plan, said UK athletic spokesman Tony Neely. “It’s in the initial phases right now,” Neely said. “We’re getting the site work done and utility work early on. But overall, it’s going just fine.” Renovations will include a new look to the stadium’s exterior and concourse area, adding additional premium and club seating, and moving the student section closer to the field. The renovation process is split up into three different time frames: this summer, the 2014 season, and the 2015 offseason, said Russ Pear, the senior associate athletics director.
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UK officials said renovations to Commonwealth Stadium are on schedule. The $110 million project will be completed for the 2015 season. The first portion of construction will focus on the stadium’s concourse with the relocation of utilities and the building of the steel framework for new concession stands and bathrooms. Pear said that while the first part of construction might take a while to complete, it is considered one of the most important tasks during the renovation. “If we don’t do the foundation work right, then nothing else matters,” Pear said. “There are a lot of utilities that have to be relocated because the stadium has been there for 40 years. It’s a little tedious, but it just takes time to get through all that and get it right.” Home games during the
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2014 season will still be played at Commonwealth Stadium throughout the construction process. Redoing the parking lots around the stadium will also be a primary task, Neely said. Sections in the Green and Blue parking areas are currently closed due to construction, but Neely said additional parking will be added to offset the fenced off areas. The total number of additional parking spaces being affected is undetermined at this time. The majority of renovations, including the exterior of the stadium and the addition of new seats, will begin after the Cats’ last home game of the 2014 season on Nov. 9, Neely said.
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Plant poses problems for UK and arboretum Bush honeysuckle threatens other plants around it By Marjorie Kirk news@kykernel.com
Though fragrant and beautiful in appearance, bush honeysuckle is near the top of every gardener’s blacklist, especially in Eastern Kentucky. The UK Arboretum and Physical Plant Division has suffered numerous problems with the shrub, incurring both money and labor costs. “Up to about ten years ago, bush honeysuckle was very prevalent in the Arboretum woods and there was a big effort to remove it,” said
Molly Davis, director of the Arboretum. “We also have a problem with people who live around the Arboretum that don’t realize how problematic it is. It grows literally right next to the arboretum, so it continues to provide seed for future bush honeysuckle plants.” According to Davis, an invasive plant is a non-native plant that essentially has no competition for resources, thus killing off the surrounding landscape and spreading quickly. “It is a bush, and they
have an upright growth. They can get pretty big if they are left alone for a long time,” said Tara Burke, an integrated plant and soil science doctoral student. “You’ll see it out in the woods sometimes. It’s usually one of the first plants to leaf out on the spring and it stays green pretty late into the fall or even winter. It competes really well with other plants because it blocks the sun for so long.” Burke also said bush honeysuckle is thought to produce biochemicals that inhibit
the growth and reproduction of other surrounding plants. It’s hard to imagine that honeysuckle, a bush that for many residents of Kentucky provided something fun to pick as a child, could be so damaging to its surroundings. “It’s not the honeysuckle you would remember eating when you were a kid,” Burke said. “That is Japanese honeysuckle, which is also invasive but not as focused on.” Though the plant has been known to spread onto campus, it is constantly combated by the PPD. “We have not planted any honeysuckle as far as I know in my 15 years here,” said
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George Riddle, manager of the grounds department at the PPD. “We wouldn’t want to plant it because it is invasive and because other non-invasive plants can be used as ground cover.” With all the trouble it has caused the arboretum and the PPD, both Davis and Riddle said that more awareness of it as a problem and how to combat it is needed. “The way we did it, and the more common way, is to go in with a little paint can of Roundup and cut the stalks close to the ground,” Burke said. The cost of Roundup is not the only cost Todd Roun-
saville, the native plant curator of the arboretum, and PPD incur from the bush. “I would say Todd probably spends one or two people, one day a week removing seedlings from underneath trees and shrubs,” said Jesse Dahl, the horticulturalist of the Arboretum. With Arbor Day this Saturday, the staff at the arboretum is already being pushed to prepare for the thousands of guests they will expect. They are holding a volunteer meeting at 1 p.m. Friday at the Dorotha Smith Oatts Visitor Center for any students or community members willing to help.
Tennessee Tech’s high-powered offense awaits UK baseball on Tuesday Golden Eagles enter the game 3rd in the country in runs per game
An offensive showdown awaits UK baseball as highscoring Tennessee Tech comes to Lexington at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at Cliff Hagan Stadium. No. 19 UK (26-14, 9-9 SEC), which won two of three games over Texas A&M last weekend, faces a Tennessee Tech team that has won five consecutive games and eight out of its last 10. The Golden Eagles are averaging over eight runs per game. Tennessee Tech has hit 48 home runs this season with 355 runs batted in and 471 hits.
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What: UK vs. Tennessee Tech When: 6:30 p.m., Tuesday Where: Cliff Hagan Stadium
UK freshman E.J. Floreal rides on sophomore Willie Cauley-Stein’s motor scooter on Monday. Cauley-Stein recently had ankle surgery.
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The Golden Eagles (3210) are third in the country in runs per game, one place ahead of UK, and they are second in the nation with a +4.0 scoring margin. UK’s +3.7 margin is good for fourth in the country. The Golden Eagles also are ranked eleventh in the nation with a 75.6 percent winning percentage.
Midseason National Player of the Year and junior first baseman A.J. Reed leads the nation in home runs and heads a lineup that has outscored opponents 333 to 185. The Cats will rely on a batting order that includes
senior Micheal Thomas, junior third baseman Max Kuhn, centerfielder Austin Cousino and first baseman Thomas Bernal, all whom are hitting over .300. Without the consistency of weekend starters in Reed (7-1) or sophomore Dylan Dwyer (5-1) on the mound, UK will have to rely on the bullpen, specifically freshman
relievers Logan Salow and Zack Brown, to stifle the Golden Eagles offense. The game will be the third for Tennessee Tech against an SEC opponent this season. The Golden Eagles are 0-2 in those games with losses to Tennessee and Vanderbilt. STAFF REPORT
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help from a penny-pincher. There's not as much as you thought stored away. Keep an open mind. Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — Today is a 5 — Don't push yourself too hard. Decrease your obligations, expenditures, and deal with a critic graciously. Ask questions. Decline an expensive invitation. Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Today is a 6 — The next two days are good for making money and spending it. Keep to the budget, or risk breakdowns. Complete projects and clear your desk. Sync schedules. Try not to lose your temper. Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — Today is a 5 — You're eager to move forward today and tomorrow. You have the resources. Check your course, then full speed ahead. Don't just buy what your friends want. New information changes your choice. Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) — Today is a 5 — Make the rounds. Resist the temptation to meddle in someone else's controversy. Work interferes with travel. Copy the itinerary, and reschedule. Retreat from the world today and tomorrow. Relax in hot water. MCT
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UK offers ways to celebrate Earth Day every day KYLE ARENSDORF Assistant Opinions Editor
Tuesday is Earth Day, a day in which we can all be a little more conscientious about the way we affect the earth and what we can do to improve our carbon footprint. While Earth Day may not get the sort of acclaim that other minor holidays get, it may be the most important for our future.
In a study released by the Climate Dynamics journal on April 11, Shaun Lovejoy claims with 99 percent certainty that climate change is not proceeding at a normal rate – meaning humans are affecting the rate of climate change. Lovejoy, a climatologist at McGill University in Montreal, relied less on complicated computer models and more on empirical data dating back to the 16th century to come to his conclusion, and he joins the 97 percent of scientists who have come to the same conclusion.
Considering our nearlycertain impact on the earth’s climate , it is imperative that students take the proper steps to decrease their carbon footprint and strive to put an end to destructive climate change. We all walk by recycling bins across campus and maybe we choose to throw our bottles and cans in one of them instead of the trash can, but we can always do more to facilitate the preservation of the earth. Recycling is a great way to stay involved in preservation, but Caroline Engle, the director of operations of the Student Sustainability Coun-
cil, encourages students to not only recycle, but be a more conscious consumer. “Instead of buying disposable water bottles, tote around a refillable water bottle,” Engle said. UK has been very good about placing water fountains around campus and now each freshman is provided a water bottle, Engle said. Engle also urged students to unplug outlets to use less energy, as well as to get involved on campus in any way possible. There are several initiatives around campus with which students can get in-
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Yemeni government review hasn’t influenced US yet By Adam Baron
SANAA, Yemen — A series of U.S. government drone strikes in Yemen over recent days hasbrought into sharp relief divisions among the country’s rulers over how to rein in a program that they’ve long supported. Only last week, a top Yemeni military official told McClatchy the government had placed the drone program “under review” in hopes of persuading the United States to limit strikes. The most recent strikes — one Saturday morning in the central province of al-Bayda that hit a vehicle carrying more than a dozen suspected milit ants from al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula, another roughly 24 hours later in the reputed AQAP stronghold of alMahfad in the southern province of Abyan and a third Monday that killed three in Shabwah province — show that such a review has yet to limit the attacks. Yemen’s government has long assented to the
strikes — privately, in the case of former President Ali Abdullah Saleh, but openly under the country’s current leader, Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi, who took power in February 2012. But a rising number of civilian casualties, particularly the December bombing of a wedding party that left 15 dead, has unnerved some Yemeni officials. “We’ve told the Americans that they’ve been going about things the wrong way,” the high-ranking Yemeni military official said last week, speaking only on the condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the topic. “When it comes to the current drone policy, there have been too many mistakes.” The first American drone strike in Yemen is thought to have occurred in November 2002, killing senior al-Qaida leader Qa’id Sinan al-Harithi and five other suspected militants, including American citizen Kemal Darwish. The strikes continued to occur sporadically until late 2011, when they increased. According to esti-
ternships as well as opportunities for funding for environment-related projects. With various easily accessible ways to get involved on campus, students have a responsibility to do whatever it takes to help ou r campus be more environmentally conscious. Students can always do more to preserve the well-being of the earth, as well as the well-being of generations to come. Kyle Arensdorf is the Kernel’s assistant opinions editor. Email karensdorf@kykernel.com.
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Yemen hoping to limit US drone strikes McClatchy Foreign Staff (MCT)
volved, such as the UK Greenthumb Environmental Club, which focuses on pushing for a more sustainable campus, and the Student Sustainability Council, which strives to advance the theory, practice and reality of sustainability at UK. UK Greenthumb meets every Thursday in White Hall Classroom Building, room 219, at 7:30 p.m. and is open to any student looking to get involved in campus sustainability. Students can get involved with the Student Sustainability Council through their website, where they offer in-
mates published by the New America Foundation, a Washington-based research center, there were at least 47 U.S. drone strikes in Yemen in 2012, and at least 25 the following year. The strikes have long been controversial here — many Yemenis view them as violating their nation’s sovereignty — and popular opposition has only grown in the two years since the start of Hadi’s presidenc y. While American and Yemeni officials have defended them as key tools in the battle against AQAP, their frequency has left many Yemenis aghast. Local political analysts and tribal leaders in the provinces where they occur most often argue that the telltale buzz that precedes them terrorizes the local population, spurring many to sympathize with al-Qaida. Such sentiments have only heightened in the wake of a spate of civilian casualties. After the December attack on the wedding party, Yemen’s Parliament voted unanimously for the drone strikes to halt.
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PROTEST Continued from page 1 the department of agriculture’s butcher shop. “We want to maintain those partnerships and, in fact, find ways to enhance them,” Blanton said. UK Board of Trustees member Jo Hern Curris expressed belief that UK dining should be given the opportunity to make its own case for continued employment in the same way that corporations are. “From the beginning, I have been very much in support of the fact that our oncampus dining services (should) be given the chance to compete,” Curris said. Curris questioned the feasibility of spending vast sums of money on a new dining contract, especially since, as she said, not many talks have been had about the possible detriments of privatizing. “On this particular outsourcing, especially since we’ve had this tradition of Kentucky farming … that’s
been there for decades, I think we need … to look at and be aware of the opportunity cost there,” Curris said. Although outsourcing may end up being the best choice for the university, it is important to ensure that inhouse dining has every opportunity to compete, Curris said.
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The desire of the university, and the responsibility, is to do what’s best for the students.” JAY BLANTON UK spokesman
“I think our side of this decision hasn’t really been considered seriously,” said Isabel Cochran, a USAS member and natural research and environmental sciences junior. Blanton said that the option of keeping dining inhouse is still being considered. “I think we have heard and listened to the concerns
very closely and have addressed many of them,” Blanton said. “We’re pleasantly surprised, I think, that we’re welcomed here,” said history senior Jared Flanery, a USAS member. Flanery said that he believes that prior public forums have shown attempted transparency, but said that students should be included in future discussion, especially the dining corporations in question are revealed. Although the group would have liked to see an immediate reaction, the Lexington community has expressed support of the protests, Meade said. USAS plans to continue its campaign Thursday in presenting a media package to administration and has also planned a rally at the Wildcat Alumni Plaza on May 1. Blanton said that the goal is to honor students’ requests for better dining facilities in the most efficient way possible. “At the end of the day, the desire of the university, and the responsibility, is to do what’s best for the students,” Blanton said.