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The ‘Karnival’ comes to town
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Members of UK’s Theta Chi Jordan Stafford, left, and Joe Tancula guide a child as he attempts to pin the bowtie on the Wildcat on the main lawn Tuesday.
Kitty Karnival brings families to campus By Olivia Cornett news@kykernel.com
Children and their families from all around Lexington gathered at the Main Building Administration Lawn from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday for the UK Student Activities Board’s Homecoming Kitty Karnival. UK faculty and staff were encouraged to bring their children to participate in activities like a dunk tank, photo booth, pie-in-the-face station, face painting, ring toss and lots of candy and food, said anthropology sophomore Ava Corwin, who was the event chair.
SAB also sent out a message to local elementary schools, inviting them to join the fun, Corwin said. “Last year, we had about 200-300 people come to Kitty Karnival, but this year we are definitely predicting more since we advertised to the local schools,” Corwin said. Kelly Hobson and her husband, both UK graduates, bring their son every year. Hobson said her mother–inlaw, a UK employee, was the person who told them about the Kitty Karnival. “This is actually our fifth year coming out,” Hobson said. “We’ve done it every
year since my son was born just because he loves it so much. His favorite part is definitely the donuts and candy.” Kitty Karnival involved campus groups from Greek organizations to DanceBlue. One of the events that drew lots of attention was the Pie-A-Pi-Phi table, run by the Pi Beta Phi sorority. Sallie Mackin, a marketing junior, spent the evening getting pies in the face. “I don’t really mind doing it because I can be involved with homecoming and put a smile on the kids’ faces,” Mackin said. “The whipped
cream is actually really cold, though.” Another event was the petting zoo, where kids circled around waiting for a turn to pet the animals. A small cage was set up with animals such as goats, llamas, donkeys, sheep and even a micr`o pig. Most of the tables that were set up had activities for the children to do and candy for them to put in their trickor-treat bags afterwards. Callie Zaino, a communication disorders and Spanish senior who helped with the ring toss, said she has been involved with the Al-
A child explores the petting zoo during the Student Activities Board’s Kitty Karnival Tuesday, Oct. 21.
pha Delta Pi table at Kitty Karnival since her freshman year. “I love being able to help
the community of Lexington while being able to bond with other organizations on campus,” Zaino said.
Robbery reported Political satire comes to campus near campus By Nick Gray
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UK Alerts reported an armed robbery Tuesday morning that occurred around 315 Scott Street at about 2:15 a.m. and asked students to avoid the area. The female victim called the Lexington Police Department after her backpack was taken, just before 2:30 a.m., spokeswoman Sherelle Roberts said. Roberts could not confirm that the caller was a student. Because the incident occurred near where some UK students live, the Lexington Police Department alerted UKPD so that they could warn students, Roberts said.
Roberts said the suspects were described as two cleanshaven males between ages 18 and 20 wearing black hoodies in a “dark-colored, box-shaped” car. One of the suspects was said to be carrying a gun, Roberts said. The alert went out at about 3:00 that morning and UK announced that the emergency conditions had passed at about 3:30 a.m. “As far as we’re concerned, there was only one person in danger at the moment and that was the (victim),” Roberts said. STAFF REPORT
When he is not playing the part of “Grimey McConster” on college campuses across the state, Tyler Offerman is advocating political and environmental change on behalf of local organizations. Offerman is a political event organizer for the Kentucky Student Environmental Coalition whose “Ass Kissing Booth” was stationed alongside a walkway Tuesday near the White Hall Classroom Building. Offerman said the group’s setup was designed to give passing students a satirical take on current-day politics and inform them about the Coalition’s focus on renewable energy. Offerman, a 25-year-old
graduate of Florida Gulf Coast University, dressed in a suit and, in his “Grimey McConster” persona, told students in an “alarmingly honest” manner that if they donated money to his campaign, he would “support your cause and kiss your ass,” he said. “A lot of what we are saying is that it’s not that young people don't care (about) or understand (politics), it’s that they feel like they don’t have someone who is representing their views,” Offerman said. “They don’t have a dog in the fight.” KSEC, a statewide student organization that works for an ecologically sustainable future, did not accept any money donations from students as the parody indicated, Offerman said. Instead, interested students signed a KSEC petition
to pass a piece of state legislation that would increase investments in renewable energy. More than 4,000 students from 17 colleges and universities around the state have signed the petition in more than a year, according to Offerman and KSEC member and international studies senior Ryan Hidalgo. “It’s a lot of snickering and laughing, but I feel like we’ve had a lot of good conversations, for sure,” Offerman said. “Some people push back on the issue because of the environmental part of it, but there has not been any vocal opposition to the not-so-secret fact that politicians sell out for money.” Human nutrition freshman Kaamela Samadi saw KSEC’s tent and said she signed the
petition because she agreed with the group’s sarcastic approach. “I think it was a great message about how democracy is being sold,” Samadi said. “I feel like both high school and college students should make themselves look more into what politicians stand for and what they believe in.” Hidalgo has been a part of KSEC since the beginning of the semester and came up with the name of Offerman’s satirical persona. His focus during his short time at KSEC has been on events happening during this week’s “A Week of Action” across the state. “Nobody has been offended and I am very happy about that,” Hidalgo said. “I was worried that maybe some people would take it the wrong way, but they really have not.”
UK to host event on online access Libraries to spur discussion about research environment changes
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The Mr. UK pageant kicked off with a group dance at the Singletary Center on Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2014.
Delta Zeta’s 15th annual Mr. UK pageant pitted 18 contestants against one another in a swimwear competition and talent show. The winner received a $300 scholarship and the Mr. UK 2014 title.
UK Libraries will host a discussion on the importance and benefits of free online access to research Thursday morning. The Generation Open: Researchers' Roles in the Age of Openness panel will be held in the UK Athletics Auditorium in the W.T. Young Library from 9:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m., wrote librarian Adrian K. Ho, Open Access week organizer, in an email to the Kentucky Kernel. Open Access Week is celebrating its eighth year, and allows the academic re-
search community to continue to learn about the potential benefits of open access, Ho wrote. The goal of the panel, Ho wrote in the email, is to explore the arguments surrounding open access as well as the benefits of allowing free online access to research. Librarian Mary Molinaro will moderate the discussion, Ho wrote, and speak on UK Libraries’ behalf about the libraries’ roles in the current research environment. Douglas Scutchfield, a
public health professor, will discuss the benefits of open access from the perspective of a researcher, Ho wrote in the email. Geography professor Matthew Zook will speak about how sharing research contributes to scholarship and innovation. Ho wrote that open access to research is an emerging norm, which means that ensuring that researchers are all on the same page regarding funding is a necessary next step. In February 2013, he added, the Office of Science and Technology Policy cre-
ated plans that would require public online availability for research from organizations that receive more than $100 million in federal funding. Ho wrote that students should be interested in the panel because knowing how the research environment is changing will be vital for future researchers and scholars. Additionally, open access can help students locate information when researching. STAFF REPORT
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Height not enough to earn spot under basket for Bishop Center needs to improve on offense to receive significant playing time KEVIN ERPENBECK Kernel Columnist
With the graduation of center Samarie Walker and forward DeNesha Stallworth after the 2013-14 season, a hole opened up under the basket for a tall, forceful player to take their place. Senior 6-foot-3 center Azia Bishop looked to be the candidate to step up and fill that hole. But prior to this season, UK Hoops head coach Matthew Mitchell brought in 6-foot-6 transfer center Ivana Jakubcova from Murray State as Walker’s supposed replacement, along with 6-foot-3 freshman center Alyssa Rice to add depth to the position. With Bishop contributing very little to the offense last season as a backup to Walker and Stallworth (5.3 points a game), it’s hard to find where the consistent playing time is going to come from for the veteran center this year. Bishop was inconsistent when she stepped in for the two bigs last season. While her playing time was short (averaged just under 16 minutes a game), the Toledo,
Ohio native was still hardpressed to find an offensive flow to her game, often shooting at or below the .300 range. There were plenty of opportunities where Bishop had the chance to improve her offense and cement her status as a possible starter after Walker and Stallworth left. Walker was often in foul trouble during each game in which she started, leaving Bishop to fill the center position and play in all 35 games last season. But Bishop could only contribute to blocks (a teamhigh 41) and rebounds (averaging 5.3 a game) during her 2013 playing time. Naturally, a majority of her numbers came because of her height alone. But that height didn’t add to her shooting accuracy around the basket. With the introduction of Jakubcova, Bishop will no longer have a height advantage, and her numbers in blocks and rebounds might not nearly be as high as they were last season, if she even finds a way to replicate her 2013-14 average playing time. Bishop showed signs of promise toward the end of the season, going 15-for-29 in her final seven games while still contributing with blocks and rebounds. The
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UK forward Azia Bishop (50) shoots a layup during the game against Duke at Rupp Arena on Sunday Dec. 22, 2013.
improvement of her game gave a glimmer of hope of Bishop contributing to the team during her final year at UK, perhaps even at the forward position alongside Jakubcova. But that’s only possible if the improved and consis-
tent Bishop carries over into the 2014-15 season. If that version of the senior center doesn’t make an appearance, then her preexisting height advantage on the team will be a nonfactor as she slides further down on the bench.
Five takeaways from the Cats’ game against LSU JOSHUA HUFF Kernel Columnist
The hopeful optimism that surrounded the UK football team heading into Saturday abruptly diminished as LSU dismantled a UK team caught in the high beams of primetime. With its confidence shaken, UK now has to face No. 1 Mississippi State in what continues to be a tough conference slate for the Cats. As they now turn their attention to the Bulldogs, five things stand out from last weekend’s dismantling. Starting with the obvious: The Special Teams: The Tigers blazed through an out-coached and inept UK special teams for a staggering 163 yards and one touchdown. What was baffling was LSU’s Tre’Davious White’s 67-yard punt return for a touchdown that was capped off by six UK players who had a clear shot at White, yet whiffed as he cut to an open right side of the field manned by an army of Tiger defenders. Even more embarrassing was LSU’s brilliant squib
kick that danced between confused UK defenders and right into the arms of the hustling Tiger gunner Lewis Neal. With a return game that has given up five returns of thirty yards or more this season and has had an abysmal SEC-worst 16.7 yards per punt return, the special teams will need a complete turnaround if UK wants to stay with Miss St. and help UK special teams coordinator Craig Naivar keep his job. The Run Defense: Suddenly UK’s best asset has become its worst enemy. In three of four SEC games (excluding Vanderbilt) the Cats have given up 270 rushing yards per game. Now UK will be facing the SEC’s second-best rushing attack led by the Bulldogs’ Josh Robinson and Heisman –contending quarterback Dak Prescott. Robinson has burned through defenses this season, amassing 689 yards on 98 carries for eight touchdowns. Miss St. is ranked 13th nationally with 264.3 rushing yards per game. Prescott, who has rushed for over 70 yards in five consecutive games, inflates that average. Against LSU, the
Cats allowed quarterback Anthony Jennings to rush for 40 yards, which is his highest total this season against a team from the power five conferences. UK’s Running Game: Twenty-seven rushing attempts for 81 yards against one of the best teams in the SEC will not win you many games. Just ask UK, whose leading rusher (Mikel Horton) ran for just 30 yards on only five attempts against LSU. With the special teams placing UK in an early hole, the Cats had to rely on the arm of quarterback Patrick Towles, who was a meager 19-for-36 for only 146 yards. Towles is a game manager; he will not win games for UK, so the Cats are going to need their running game to get their head out of the sand, especially against a Bulldog defense that allows 120.5 yards a game. UK Receiving Core: UK head coach Mark Stoops said it best during his Monday press conference when he challenged his receivers to step up and make plays. With the No. 1 team in the country coming into town the young group of ball catchers are going to need to play at a high level
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UK wide receiver Demarco Robinson (9) dodges Ohio University cornerback Kylan Nelson (23) during the first half of the game on Sept. 6, 2014 at Commonwealth Stadium.
and make plays in one-onone matchups. Against LSU, the Cats’ receivers learned what it is was finally like to play SEC–caliber defenses, which are tough, physical and in your face. Miss St. ups that ante with a pass defense that allows only 116 yards a game. UK will have to win those man-to-man matchups. If this Saturday plays much like last Saturday, Towles will be under constant pressure (especially if the run game fails to materialize), so his receivers will need to find separation. Playing North to South: It seemed like every play UK ran during the LSU game was either East to West or a run up the middle. In the SEC, with those dominant defenses, teams cannot be successful without either establishing a dominant run game or a successful vertical game. UK did neither against the Tigers. It appeared as though the coaching staff was content with setting up quick passes outside the lines and running straight into the teeth of the defense. The Cats’ longest pass was to Demarco Robinson for just 33 yards, and the stats reflect that the majority of passes were quick hits for just a few yards. The Cats’ most consistent play, the Wildcat, did nothing to establish a run game. Each time UK directly snapped it to Jojo Kemp, the Tigers would stack the line and send edge rushers, which worked to perfection. UK is going to need new tricks up its sleeve if it wants to survive the remainder of the year. With Miss St. upcoming, the Cats’ remaining schedule reads like a list of Saturday chores: Missouri, Georgia, Tennessee and Louisville. UK can foreseeably win two or three of those games and become bowl eligible for the first time since 2010. But a repeat performance of the LSU game will spell disaster for the young Cats.
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IS issues another video of captive photographer This video one in a series released by the group By Mitchell Prothero McClatchy Foreign Staff (MCT)
PARIS — The Islamic State on Thursday released the fourth installment of a series of propaganda videos featuring a British photographer, John Cantlie, a prisoner of the group for nearly two years. Like the previous videos, the new one suggests it was recorded several weeks ago. Cantlie cites no recent news events. The few quotes from academics he offered to bolster the idea that Western governments were embarking on an endless war they could not win came from articles published in late August and early September. The previous video, which was posted Sunday, also seemed to suggest that it had
been filmed some weeks ago. Cantlie made references to the beheading of British hostage David Haines — that execution video was posted Sept. 13 — but not to the murder of hostage Alan Henning, the video of which was posted Oct. 3. In Thursday's video, which was released on a known jihadist Internet forum, Cantlie spoke of events in general terms. He mentioned the U.S. bombing of Islamic State targets in Iraq, which began in early August, but not the expansion of that campaign to Syria, which took place Sept. 23. A comparison of the four published videos in the series shows Cantlie in about the same physical condition, with his beard and hair at about the
same length. A fifth video, in which Cantlie announced that he would appear in a sevenvideo series, appears to have been shot at a different time. It was posted to the Internet Sept. 18. The subsequent videos appeared on Sept. 23, Sept. 29, Sunday and Thursday. Cantlie was abducted by militants affiliated with the Islamic State on Nov. 22, 2012, along with American journalist James Foley, who was beheaded in a video posted on Aug. 19. The group has since murdered American journalist Steven Sotloff and British aid workers Haines and Henning. Henning's execution video included a threat to murder American aid worker Peter Kassig.
U.S. supports Kurdish forces By Anita Kumar McClatchy Washington Bureau (MCT)
WASHINGTON — In a move that marked a break with a key NATO ally, the U.S. dropped weapons, ammunition and medical supplies Sunday to Kurdish forces fighting to defend the Syrian city of Kobani from the Islamic State. The word came only hours after Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned President Barack Obama not to assist a group he believes is linked to a terrorist organization. The airdrops were the first of their kind since President Barack Obama declared the anti-Islamic State campaign in early August and came after U.S. planes last week conducted more than 100 airstrikes on Islamic State positions in and around Kobani. Those strikes, which were coordinated with Kurdish militias on the ground, allowed the Kurdish forces to reclaim miles of territory that had fallen to the Islamic State, which is also known as ISIL or ISIS. "The president was determined to take this action now," said a senior administration official with knowledge of the operation who briefed reporters late Sunday night un-
der the condition of anonymity. "Kobani is important because ISIL has made it one of its main focal points. . . . This was the quickest way to get the job done." The official said that the administration was pushing to persuade Turkey to allow weapons to reach the Kurdish forces by land through Turkey, but had moved without Turkey's agreement because the fighters were running low on supplies. Other airdrops are possible, the official said. The administation official said the U.S. had urged Turkish officials several times to allow the resupply, but declined to characterize the Turkish response. A second senior administration official said "the Turks remain one of our closest allies." But the resupply of the PYD defenders — the initials stand for Democratic Union Party in Kurdish — marked a clear break with Turkey, which has been reluctant to embrace the anti-Islamic State coalition. Erdogan has said the U.S. strategy should be focused on toppling Syrian President Bashar Assad and not only on defeating the Islamic State. There was no immediate reaction in Turkey to the U.S. airdrops.
Obama told Erdogan of the U.S. resupply plans in a phone call that the White House said had been placed to discuss Syria the situation in Kobani, officials said. The aircraft delivered weapons, ammunition and medical supplies provided by Kurdish authorities in Iraq. The mission began at 4:30 p.m. EDT and ended at 8 p.m. EDT. The administration did not immediately provide details on the type of weapons. The airdrops were conducted by U.S. Air Force C130 aircraft, according to U.S. Central Command. All aircraft exited the airdrop zone safely. U.S. forces have conducted more than 135 airstrikes against the Islamic State in Kobani, according to U.S. Central Command. U.S. strikes have slowed Islamic States' advances into the city, killed hundreds of their fighters and destroyed or damaged scores of pieces of combat equipment and fighting positions, U.S. officials say. But the situation in Kobani remains fragile. The first senior administration official said the Islamic States wants to control the battlefield. "They're not going to be able to do that any more," the official said.
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Stewart’s passion spurs ‘Daily Show’ popularity CHEYENE MILLER Kernel Columnist
When attempting to get their daily dose of news, UK students and other young Americans take a different approach than previous generations. Most don't turn the TV to Fox News or CNN, they tune into Comedy Central at 11 p.m. ET to watch “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart.” For about a decade now, Jon Stewart has been the primary news source for many young Americans. He has even gained the moniker of the “most trusted newscaster in America.” Stewart has done this by blending comedy with a certain amount of truth and realism in his show, which has won 19 Emmys. The whole reason I'm talking about Stewart in this column is because Thursday was the 10-year anniversary of his infamous appearance on CNN's “Crossfire,” where he told the show's panelists that the type of political headbutting that occurred on their show on a daily basis was hurting America. When they tried to turn the tables on him by accusing him of doing the same thing, he pointed out that his program is a variety show on Comedy Central, while they were a serious political com-
mentary show on a renowned news channel and therefore had an obligation to stop widening the American political discourse. Stewart's appearance on the show gained a considerable amount of media attention. “Crossfire” was canceled less than three months after his appearance, and then CNN President Jonathan Klein said that his sympathy towards Stewart's statements played a part in the decision to end the show. Oddly enough, the revamped version of “Crossfire” was canceled on Thursday – the anniversary of Stewart's appearance on the previous version of the show. If one had to pinpoint the moment in which Stewart was no longer seen as just a comedian but also as a serious sociopolitical commentator, it would have to be that infamous “Crossfire” appearance. Not only has he become the voice of reason for so many Americans, he has inspired similar TV programs in “The Colbert Report” and “Last Week Tonight,” both of which feature former “Daily Show” correspondents Stephen Colbert and John Oliver, respectively. So why exactly do so many of us look to Stewart as the voice of reason for America? For one, he gives off the image of an everyman. The political commentators on one of your traditional news shows typically consist of
professors, columnists, politicians and journalists. These people are usually eloquent and Ivy League-educated. But this is not Stewart. He graduated from William & Mary College in Virginia, where he used to copy other people's notes and do regular bong hits. He doesn't try to deny his New York roots, which often show through his ridiculously over-exaggerated impression of a stereotypical Italian American. And he often doesn't present the most eloquent arguments during debates, as can be seen in his most recent quarrel with Bill O'Reilly. The two men spent the entire 14-minute interview arguing over the reality of white privilege. At the end of the show, Stewart himself admitted that he probably wasn't the ideal person to be making the argument. But we listen anyway, because he argues his heart out every single time. That's what's truly at the base of Stewart's popularity. He is passionate about the issues he talks about, he has little restraint in terms of being politically correct and he always seems to hit the nail on the head no matter what social construct he's destroying. He's the guy who shouldn't be taken seriously, but is anyway. Cheyene Miller is the assistant opinions editor at the Kentucky Kernel. Email opinions@ kykernel.com.
Off-campus living comes with responsibility, struggles MARJORIE KIRK Kernel Columnist
As a past resident of the dank and odorous Blanding Tower, I remember a time when moving into my own apartment with my best friends sounded so much better than the all-inclusive nature of campus housing. However, now that I am off campus in a dank and odorous apartment with my name on the lease, all of my preconceived fantasies about living off campus have vanished. Getting an apartment is not as easy as it is made to sound by the perky “I love cooking all my meals, and it’s so much cheaper” and “I can have anyone over at any time of the night and do anything I want” types who worship the idea of living by their own rules. Here’s what they are not telling you: Living on your own means bills. Electric, gas, water, sewage and cable to name a few. Then you have rent, which unless you want to split bedrooms or have more than three other roommates is generally between $300 and $700 a month per tenant, and between $350 and $3000 a month for the entire apartment/house, according to
estimates from Zillow.com. Since you probably won’t have a meal plan, you’ll have to buy groceries, on which I personally spend anywhere between $100 and $200 a month (and I eat out a couple of times a week). In addition to that, unless you plan on eating instant noodles every night, a degree of culinary effort and basic utensils are required (pots and pans and cutlery rack up another couple hundred dollars). In addition to the costs, where is the time all of these people have to spend cooking up these nice meals I see on Instagram? Many of UK’s full-time students have jobs in addition to schoolwork, so spending a couple of hours a day making meals is not feasible, no matter how good it will look with that “Earlybird” filter. Then there are the neighbors. How much fun is it to write a term paper on Waller Avenue during March Madness? Tons. From the ear-piercing screeches of college-aged men to the constant drumming beats of their excitement on every wall, floor and door in sight – it is pure joy. You can expect to hear the noise of parties – and smell their sometimes-lessthan-legal paraphernalia – just about anywhere off campus that is within walk-
ing distance of campus. Unless you want to spend more money to live away from the noise and commute to school, embrace the stench and invest in earplugs. Last but not least, your landlord. Any work that needs to be done (i.e. paint the walls, replacing the carpet, fixing that gaping hole in your floor) are done on his or her schedule, not yours. As long as it is “in a fit and habitable condition,” the landlord is not obligated to do any reparation not mentioned in the lease, according to the Kentucky Landlord Tenant Guide. I spent the first two months of my lease with an inch-high gap between the door and the threshold that caused a nice little ant and stink bug problem – still considered fit and habitable. Off-campus living can be better than the expensive, but all-inclusive, costs of living on campus if you know what to avoid, what to budget ahead of time and what to put in the lease when you meet with potential landlords. Save yourself the tears and make a plan before you sign over your next 12 months and thousands of your dollars. Marjorie Kirk is a journalism and international studies sophomore. opinions@ Email kykernel.com.
We should stop telling others how to live their lives PATRICK BRENNAN Kernel Columnist
The recent debate on campus about porn showcased the spread of messages about how to live. My opposing stance is that we should stop telling others how to live their lives. I have noticed three different types of people who believe their way of life is the best way and try to convince us to take their mighty ad-
vice. However, they are fundamentally flawed in telling others how to live and should stop doing so. The first are uptight dogooders who are always quick to correct the behavior of their peers, like a pompous writer with demanding and chastising columns. Secondly, I’ve met eccentric free spirits who say that people should try everything and be open, but these same freedom fighters narrow the breadth of acceptable opinions to their own. How can such a contradictory position be held? Lastly, even seemingly innocent thinkers who pub-
lish what we “ought to do” can’t escape their presumptions to do so. It’s as if they gave themselves the duty to
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boring and hard to bear. The solution is simple – we should all stop pushing our beliefs on how to live on
The solution must be simple — we should all stop pushing our beliefs on how to live on others.”
tell other people their own duties. Full of imperatives and bland reasoning, their unending seriousness must be
others. Nevertheless, you don’t have to go far, or even look up, to find an instance of belief-spreading.
One example is the claim that everyone should pursue higher education. If it is just an opinion, then shouldn’t it be presented as an opinion rather than true or false? Or take the aforementioned topic of porn. Viewership is a personal thing, and what someone simply sees to be the right way does not justify sharing it with everyone. The reasons given for certain ways of living life often come down to increasing happiness. However, I think it should make everyone much happier to know that we won’t have to decipher essays or worry about divisive de-
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bate anymore when we stop telling others how to live. If someone just can’t avoid arguing for their way of life, maybe it’s because we make life choices based on what we think is best. That person would probably debate subjects like getting a higher education, the ethics of porn or the right way to live. But they must recognize the problems above, or else be content with my message to stop telling others how to live. Patrick Brennan is a philosophy sophomore. Email opinions@ kykernel.com.
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On road to recovery Todd Marinovich discovers painting By Kurt Streeter Los Angeles Times
Todd Marinovich craned his sinewy neck and looked up, way up, at the expansive wall. "On top there, that's the more perfect, traditional part of this mural," he said, tugging at his brown baseball cap as he focused on the scraggly, spray-painted tree, its roots diving into deep soil. He motioned toward the two-story wall's base, where the imagery was more abstract: a serpent, a fish, a flower – unkempt and playful, green and blue and black. "I like this part the best," he said. "You don't want art that's just all neat and tidy. It's animalistic and unpredictable and messy. You can't put it into a safe box." Marinovich, 45, could have been describing himself. His story has been wellchronicled: The Cliff Notes version is a dream shattered by pressure and despair. He grew up famous, an Orange County favorite son dubbed the "Robo quarterback" in high school by national media – which focused as much on his football skills as on the intense training regime his father, Marv, had pushed him through since infancy. He won a Rose Bowl for USC. He started for the Raiders when they made their home in Los Angeles. But he also unraveled in full public view. Marinovich became a hard-core drug addict. He lost his career, and nearly his life, in a haze of pot, cocaine and heroin. The last image many have is of him standing before a judge after yet another arrest. But life for Todd Marinovich has changed once
again. "I'm evolving," he said, a smile on his narrow face. About five years ago, Marinovich began making a living off his artwork _ his paintings and sculptures have been featured in galleries. His latest job is the biggest payday yet: a $20,000 mural project commissioned by the city of Garden Grove. His canvas is a wide exterior wall outside the historic Gem Theater, smack in the heart of a suburb lost in the shadow of nearby Disneyland. "There's a parallel," said Steve Jones, the city councilman who reached out to Marinovich four months ago, asking if the former quarterback could do the job. "He's trying to overcome stigma, he's reinvented himself as an artist. We're trying to overcome a stigma too, that image of a flat city in Orange County that's sort of forgotten. Some people call us 'Garbage Grove.'" "Me and the city have certain reputations, it's true, but I want to go beyond that, I want this to be about the art," said Marinovich, recognizable even though his trademark red locks have been shorn and his skin leathered by the sun and hard living. "This piece, this piece just feels so right. First time I heard about it, I knew I was the right one for the job – it's one of the biggest things I've ever done." For nearly a month, he was cordoned behind a tarpcovered chain-link fence, standing in the square carriage of an electric lift that can raise him 30 feet high. Sometimes people stopped by, word having leaked that Marinovich was in town, making art of all things. Sometimes he worked for hours without a bother – mornings, afternoons and late at night, under the glare of
floodlights. The mural, striped, dappled and meant to evoke the city's rural past, was unveiled for Sunday's Re: Imagine Garden Grove festival. Marinovich has a humble charm. There are no airs about him, not with his past. In the languid but weary cadence of a surfer who has seen the worst parts of life, he spoke on a recent afternoon of how he had to beat back fear and doubt before starting the mural. How he leaned on the fact he's done a fair amount of graffiti work before – "most of it without what you'd call a 'proper credential,'" he said. He mused, too, about the toll drugs and football-related concussions have taken on his memory. There are large chunks of the past that he just can't recall. Names, even of close friends, can evade him at inopportune moments. He's lost his wallet three times in the last two weeks. It's typical, and frightening. "If I make it to my 70s," he said, "I will be surprised." What keeps him going is family. "I need them because I am very impulsive and sometimes I don't make the best decision. Without them, who knows, all bets are off ...," His voice trailed. He was thinking about his dad, worried because his father's health hasn't been the best of late. All those old stories about Marv, which is what Marinovich calls his father, the ones characterizing him as the football-crazed mad scientist who drove his son to the brink? Too easy, too pat, too simple, Marinovich said, holding a can of spray paint. "The reality was way more complicated ... but the media didn't get that. Sure, I was pushed, but I loved a lot of it. And I
loved my father and always will." Marinovich has a wife now, Alix, whom he met in drug court. They have two young children: a 3 – year-old girl, Coski, and a 5 – year-old boy, Baron, who Marinovich said will never be allowed to play football because of the concussion risk. Two years ago they moved from Newport Beach to a small town in central Oregon. While there Marinovich was paid to create his first official mural: an electric pink sunset illuminating a horse corral. Other than a stint playing professionally in Canada – a desperate period when his heroin addiction was in full bloom – it was the first time he'd ever put down roots outside Southern California. But the allure of home proved too much. In May, the family moved back, settling in a little cottage in Oceanside. Paying the bills is always a struggle, but Marinovich hopes the Garden Grove mural will give his art career a boost. Early on in the project, he invited local schoolkids to help. They took spray paint to the wall, scrawling free – form figures wherever they could. When the kids had finished, someone wondered whether their work shouldn't be painted over. "Not a chance," Marinovich said, vowing to turn it into the mural's foundation. Then there are the scraggly tree and its roots. "I'm going to turn those into people," he said, zooming toward the mural's top on his lift. "How? I don't know. It's a messy process. There's an element of giving up control and that's really important.... You see one thing on the surface, but you don't know what you're going to get."
Durham released Former UK right guard Brad Durham was released from UK Chandler Hospital after he was seriously injured more than two weeks ago in Commonwealth Stadium during the UK and South Carolina football game. Durham, who fell about 35 feet from the upper deck to the lower deck of the stadium, had been listed in serious condition.
Durham started his career at UK in 2007 and played in every game during the 2008 and 2009 seasons. He started in four games during his junior year for a UK offense that was ranked in the nation’s top 25 in rushing offense (191.2 yards a game). STAFF REPORT
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