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Protesters march against police brutality By Cheyene Miller news@kykernel.com
80 protesters Over marched from William Wells Brown Elementary School to the Fayette County Circuit Court Wednesday evening in coordination with nationwide protests against mass incarceration and police brutality. The protest included chants to stop police brutali-
ty, personal testimony speeches from protesters, poetry and pictures featuring famous cases of victims of police shootings. “These people gathered to call attention to a system that needs to be addressed,” said Sarah Williams, one of the organizers of the rally and a Lexington-native. The protest was part of national efforts by the Stop Mass Incarceration Network
during October, which is the official month of resistance to mass incarceration and police terror. Oct. 22 has been dubbed “National Day of Protest to Stop Police Brutality.” “They shut down Times Square,” Williams said. “That’s how big it is.” Students from Eastern Kentucky University and Berea College contacted fellow event organizer April
Taylor and other Lexington affiliates of the Stop Mass Incarceration Network in hopes of coordinating for the protest. Taylor said that she and her associates hope to influence the implementation of a democratically elected police civilian review board. “We do have some long term goals,” said Taylor, who also said someone needs to change the fact that
America has the world’s highest incarceration rate, and that a black man is killed by a police officer every 28 hours in America. Taylor said that in regards to implementing such a board, the “easiest mode of access would be through our city council members.” Taylor then pointed out that Anthany Beatty, former Lexington Chief of Police, is running for mayor, and that
if elected, he in particular would be expected to hold police accountable. Williams said that the Lexington protests were peaceful. “A lot of the protests that have gone that way have been because of the way that the police have responded, and not necessarily because of what the protesters have See PROTEST on page 3
A day of thanksgiving
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Nick Jones, a journalism major, signs the Thank You poster to alumni and donors. The banner will be displayed on campus during homecoming week so visiting alumni will be able to see it.
Students gather to sign banner thanking university donors By Anne Halliwell ahalliwell@kykernel.com
Students gathered in front of the White Hall Classroom Building Wednesday to thank those who have donated to the university. The UK Office of Development and Student Government Association organized the event, which allowed students to sign a banner and give video
messages to donors, thanking them for their contributions. The banner was covered in names and short messages written in black marker. It will be hung outside of the Sturgill Development Building during Homecoming Week so that alumni who are on campus for events can see the display, said Anne Lichtenberg, the director of Annual Giving. “In general, we’re trying
to educate the campus as a whole, as well as alumni, about how important philanthropy is to the campus,” Lichtenberg said. Student Government and Office of Development staff and students manned tables with markers and signs for personal messages and gave out stickers that read, “I Thanked a Donor Today.” “The students just come
This event is targeted toward students who want more information about a specific major or minor, want to change their major, or want to add a minor or second major. Students can also learn more about UK Education Abroad, the National Student Exchange, the Stuckert Career Center and the Academy for Undergraduate Excellence. Faculty from each undergraduate college will be present to answer all questions. STAFF REPORT
every year and mentioned large projects like the current Gatton Building construction, which is being funded entirely by donors. “I just think it’s great what they’re doing for the campus,” said business management freshman Pokhon Kao, who signed the Thank-a-Donor banner. “When it comes to this time of year, it’s all about giving — that’s the main message during the holidays.” Turiczek said she doesn’t know of many students who don’t benefit from scholarship or student aid. Last year, about 53,000 donors contributed to UK
funding, according to information from the Office of Development. Lichtenberg said the dollar amount of those contributions would be released later in the year. “I think it’s very important to show the students’ appreciation so the donors continue to give back,” Turiczek said. Lichtenberg said the office hopes to expand to three locations next year, but for this event they chose a location with a lot of students walking through. “Everyone’s been really enthusiastic about it,” Larimore said. “We’re going to need a bigger banner.”
Fair celebrates sustainability
Event to discuss academic majors Students interested in learning about possible majors and minors will be able to have their questions answered at an upcoming fair on campus. The UK Office for Retention and Student Success and TallyCats will be hosting the Academic Majors Fair on Friday, according to Bethany Miller, director of Academic Retention in the Office for Retention and Student Success. The fair will take place in the Student Center Grand Ballroom from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
and write their own message,” said international studies senior Brittany Turiczek, who works for UK Student Philanthropy. The video recordings, about 20 of which had been collected at 1 p.m. Tuesday, will be cut together and sent out to alumni and donors around Thanksgiving, said Kyle Larimore, associate director of Annual Giving. “It’s been a great event, we’ve had great turnout,” Larimore said. Lichtenberg said the percentage that state funding to the university contributes to the overall budget decreases
By Molly Meiners news@ kykernel.com
UK celebrated Campus Sustainability Day with a fair held between the walkway of the William T. Young Library and Rose Street Wednesday. UK sustainability coordinator Shane Tedder organized the fair to showcase some of the sustainability projects featured around campus. “The fair is a very lowcost way to reach out to students and introduce them to those types of programs,” Tedder said. The programs ranged from new projects such as “Pick it Up” to ones that are
more sustained like “Blue Jeans Go Green.” “We have held the showcase in the past so it was easy to get sustainability groups to participate in the fair,” Tedder said. Pick it Up is the main change they are promoting around campus this year, Tedder said. It focuses on keeping campus litter free, by “not littering, and if you see litter, pick it up,” Tedder said. Biosystems engineering sophomore Crawford Brooks was drawn to the fair because a huge solar panel car model was on display. “I stopped by because as an RA, I’m always looking for things to share,” Brooks
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said. “I am very impressed with the different organizations that are associated and support UK sustainability.” Blue Jeans Go Green collects old jeans in any condition to be recycled into home insulation. Merchandising, apparel and textile sophomore Kaitlyn Burgess shared her passion for working on this specific project. “I think we focus so much on materialism, so it’s nice to focus fashion on something that isn’t so superficial,” Burgess said. The sustainability projects are unlimited and always changing. Things such as the bottle filling stations and recycling bins are relatively
new around campus and are planned to continue growing. The water bottle filling stations are one of the most used promotions for campus sustainability, with $14,050 put toward this project. The outdoor recycling pilot project has also been prevalent around campus, using almost $12,990 in funds. The sustainability fair is a preview of what UK can do to use resources more efficiently. Since 2009, the sustainability council has provided about $500,000 to campus sustainability projects. Those looking for more information on campus sustainability can subscribe to Sustainability e-News.
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OPINIONS
More online class opportunities should be available Classes over the internet allow more flexibility for those who have jobs outside of school
NICK GRAY Kernel Columnist
Students’ burden has continued to rise as the cost of living and existing in college has grown in the last decade. Tuition costs have risen, as well as costs for books, living spaces and the like. With the bill increasing in size on both accounts (tuition increases totaling 15 percent in the last eight years), students have two options — student loans or paying their way through college.
Regardless of the choice, students will almost certainly require some source of income via a job outside of classes. The university should provide flexibility to students who are holding this extra burden by way of an increase of online classes and the introduction of online majors and minors. In the 2013-14 school year, 6.5 percent of total enrollments into classes at UK were into online classes, according to Vince Kellen, a senior associate provost at UK and the university’s chief information officer. The rate has grown four percent since 2009, Kellen said, and is a stark contrast from ten years ago, when no online classes were offered at the university. Kellen also said that one-third of UK undergraduate students take at least one online class per school year, which is in line with a 2011 study from the Babson Survey Research Group and the College Board that
reported 32 percent of undergraduate students across the country take one online course. So if we have the ability to take online classes with the same content as presented in regular classes, and learn the same content while succeeding with better flexibility in our lives,
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ty of online classes. “The intensity of learning is a positive takeaway,” he said. “You get interaction via online classes, but the intensity of the interaction is stronger. In some subjects, it may be viable … but it may not be in others.” The viability can be problematic for some majors and minors — say, chemistry or art majors — but with the ability of email and programs such as
The university should provide flexibility to students who are holding this extra burden.”
then why isn’t the university using the more flexible way more often than 6.5 percent of all undergraduate courses? Keller believes that the intensity of interactive learning in an on-campus classroom, plus the ability to develop a community on campus, is why universities such as UK should not get too reliant on a course registrar that features a majori-
Blackboard, which allows for students to interact on message boards, it can be a plus for history, English or a journalism major whose focus is purely on content and lectures that can be explained interactively in total. There is little reasoning for an English major to have to go to a classroom. Much of the explanations toward a Shakespeare — or
Sci-Fi author comes to Lexington ANNE HALLIWELL Kernel Columnist
Patrick Rothfuss is coming to Joseph Beth Booksellers on Saturday, Nov. 1. I was going to come up with an exciting lead-in, but I think that statement just about maxes out the excitement meter. So I’m just going to let that sink in: Patrick Rothfuss is coming to Joseph Beth Booksellers on Nov. 1. at 7 p.m. to talk about his new novella. Get excited, scrivs and namers. For the unenlightened on UK’s campus, Rothfuss is the New York Times best-
selling author of the Kingkiller Chronicles, two novels of which have been published. March 2007’s The Name of the Wind introduced readers to Rothfuss’ immersive worldbuilding and intricate characterization, and The Wise Man’s Fear, published in 2011, followed protagonist Kvothe through dual past-present storylines as he simultaneously comes-of-age in the storywithin-the-story and looks back at his early life in the series’ framing conceit. There is not enough space for me to wax rhapsodic about Rothfuss’ use of language, his application of physics to create a system of magic that, but for the impossibility of it all, actually seems plausible, or his attention to detail. Suffice it to say, I am very, very excited for this visit.
Rothfuss has visited twice in 2010 and 2011, according to a press release by Joseph Beth Booksellers, and tends to hold question-and-answer sessions before signing books. This particular visit, he will discuss his new novella, written about a particularly fascinating character from the Kingkiller Chronicles, Auri, whose story so far has been vague. Rothfuss publishing this novella, which comes out Oct. 28, is almost as exciting as the visit itself. As longtime readers are aware, Rothfuss’ books are complex (read: huge) and satisfying (read: huge), but take upwards of four years to complete. So getting another hit of his writing is absolutely something to look forward to. In the meantime, tickets for the event can be pur-
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Subject identified in shooting at Canada’s Parliament By Alexandria Zavis and Christine Mai-Duc Los Angeles Times (MCT)
Large parts of downtown Ottawa were on lockdown Wednesday after a gunman shot and killed a soldier standing guard at a war memorial, and gunfire erupted in Canada's Parliament. A suspect was also killed, authorities said. It was the second fatal attack on a member of the Canadian armed forces this week, raising fears that the country was facing a terrorist assault. On Wednesday, a man suspected of Islamist radicalization killed a soldier and injured another in a hit-and-run at a strip mall in Saint-Jeansur-Richelieu, Quebec. The driver was later killed in a confrontation with police. Authorities did not immediately release details about the suspect in Wednesday's shooting or his possible motives. But the Globe and Mail newspaper, citing federal sources, said he was Michael Zehef-Bibeau, a man in his early 30s who had recently been designated by the Canadian government as a "high-risk traveler" and had his passport seized. Canada announced this month that it was joining the
United States in the battle against Islamic State militants who have taken over large parts of Iraq and Syria. President Barack Obama spoke by phone with Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper to "express the American people's solidarity with Canada" and offer any assistance that the country might need. "Obviously the situation there is tragic," Obama later told reporters, adding, "We're all shaken by it." "We don't yet have all of the information about what motivated the shooting," he said. "We don't yet have all of the information about whether this is part of a broader network or plan, or whether this was an individual or series of individuals who decided to take these actions." It was not immediately clear whether other shooters remained at large. Police initially reported that two or three suspects were involved. But when pressed on the issue at a news conference, Ottawa Police Chief Charles Bordeleau would only say that officers had cordoned off the area and were clearing Parliament Hill. Authorities urged residents to remain vigilant and stay away from the area.
"This is a dynamic and unfolding situation," said Assistant Commissioner Gilles Michaud, commanding officer of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police national division. Police said they received multiple 911 calls at 9:52 a.m. about the shooting at the National War Memorial. Witnesses said at least one gunman fired at the soldier, then ran up the street toward Parliament Hill. "He was wearing blue pants and a black jacket and he had a double barreled shotgun and he ran up the side of this building here and hijacked a car at gunpoint," construction worker Scott Walsh told Reuters news agency. He said the driver got out safely and the man then drove to the Center Block on Parliament Hill, a sprawling complex that houses the House of Commons and Senate as well as numerous offices. The soldier was given emergency aid at the scene and put in an ambulance but succumbed to the injuries, police and military officials said. (Times staff writer Julie Westfall in Los Angeles and Christi Parsons in Washington contributed to this report.)
chased with a preorder of the novella. In another awesome benefit for Joe-Beth’s Gives Back members, those people who have purchased a $25 membership get 30 percent off the novella and a VIP ticket, according to the press release. The event will still be open to people who do not preorder the book, the press release also states, but since Joe-Beths reported numbers of 300 and 800 attendees of the last visits, it might not be a bad plan. If anyone else is as enthused about brilliant writing, even in small doses, I’ll see you there! Anne Halliwell is the news editor of the Kentucky Kernel, her column appears every Thursday. Email ahalliwell@ kykernel.com.
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any other — class can be explained via PowerPoints or videos along with Blackboard-held communication between students and the professor. Papers can be sent online, and quizzes can be done via Blackboard. I’ve attended three English classes in my five semesters at UK. Every paper has been sent via Blackboard, and any time we’ve had a “Pajama Day,” it has been accompanied with a video lecture and a quiz. The university has introduced an online minor for the current school year and has allowed graduate students to obtain a master’s degree online. But for undergraduates, the oncampus experience is the only way to go. Online classes can open up the undergraduate student body to students who do not have to move from states across the country to Lexington, saving expense and adding flexibility. But Keller explained that, for the sake of the on-campus community and the state, UK has a promise to educate those who live in the state of Kentucky. “We have to have a loyalty to that first promise,”
Keller said. “We are looking for other ways to progress, but we have to remain focused on keeping our first promise.” Keller forsees that UK will continue to add on to its reliability to online instruction, but not necessarily whole classes or majors. “I think that, in two or three decades, the overall teacher instruction can become 50 percent,” Kellen said. “But that doesn’t mean exclusively online classes. That can just mean that a lot of the content instructed can be through online places like LectureTools and the things mentioned.” But in an increased interactive technological world, students who do not get the full plate of technology may be left behind once a major university takes a sizeable plunge into the new waters of online degrees from a notable university. Because if the university has the ability to be flexible, it should be. Nick Gray is the managing editor of the Kentucky Kernel. His column appears every Thursday. Email ngray@ kykernel.com.
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been doing,” said Williams on how some recent national protests have turned violent. Lexington has its own history with infamous police shootings. This weekend marks the 20-year anniversary of the shooting
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Williams, who lived in St. Louis near the area where the Michael Brown shooting occurred earlier this year. Williams said that Lexington police had contacted the protesters asking if they needed assistance, but that the organizers respectfully declined since the rally was partially against police brutality.
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Jakubcova brings talent, potential to Hoops JOSHUA HUFF Kernel Columnist
The UK Hoops team enters the 2014-15 season coming off an offseason in which the loss of two important fixtures in the paint
has raised more questions than answered. The departures of forward DeNesha Stallworth and center Samarie Walker to graduation leave a large void that head coach Matthew Mitchell has set out to fill with the acquisitions of two talented newcomers. One possible solution will be freshman Alyssa
Slovakian-born center brings a plethora of talent and potential, most noticeably in her 6-foot-6 frame. The top20 junior college player out of Murray State College played in 27 games last season, averaging eight points and six assists a game. As the Cats’ first international player since Melissa Langelier, expectations will be high for the junior.
Rice. The 6-foot-3 center enters as the 20th best player in the nation, according to ESPN.com, and is a 2014 McDonald’s All American. Rice will bring an offensive mindset under the basket to a UK team that’s known for a strong defense on the interior. Another solution will be the addition of JUCO transfer Ivana Jakubcova. The
UNC report: Faculty member suggested grades for athletes By Jane Stancill The News & Observer (MCT)
In 2012, when former North Carolina Gov. Jim Martin unveiled the last report into academic fraud and no-show classes in African and Afro-American Studies, the leader of the faculty, Jan Boxill, called the report “disturbing,” and “astonishing.” Wednesday's report from Kenneth Wainstein showed that Boxill, a faculty member who served as a counselor for the UNC women's basketball program, had little reason to be astonished. Boxill was directly involved in sending students' work for the classes, Wainstein's report said, and went so far as to suggest the grades her players should receive. In one email exchange Wainstein uncovered, Debby Crowder, the department secretary and mastermind of the scheme to set up the no-show classes, responded when Boxill forwarded a paper for
a women's basketball player in 2008. “Did you say a D will do for [the basketball player]?” Crowder wrote to Boxill. “I'm only asking because 1. no sources, 2. it has absolutely nothing to do with the assignments for that class and 3. it seems to be a recycled paper. She took [another class] in spring of 2007 and that was likely for that class.” According to the report, Boxill replied: “Yes, a D will be fine; that's all she needs. I didn't look at the paper but figured it was a recycled one as well, but I couldn't figure out from where.” The report said that Crowder and Boxill admitted their collusion about the grade but said it was to help a student cross the finish line to graduation, not maintain her eligibility. Boxill is a senior lecturer in the department of philosophy and was chair of the faculty from 2011 to earlier this year. She directs the university's Parr Center for Ethics.
She has written books on race and gender and sports ethics, and was a radio and announcer for UNC women's basketball games. Boxill was one of 126 people interviewed by the Wainstein investigators and her email was examined as part of the investigation. Wainstein's report paints Boxill as sympathetic to women's players. In 2010, she forwarded a paper for another player to Crowder's successor in the AFAM department. Boxill wrote that the paper “is very good and informative. I would give it an Aor at least a B+.” The department manager replied that the paper looked an Ato her. Boxill responded: “GREAT!!!” Boxill also admitted to investigators that she crossed a line when tutoring players, by drafting sentences and paragraphs for their papers, according to the report. The admission came after Wain-
stein's team examined email traffic between Boxill and the players. In one case Boxill emailed a player a revised paper and said she had “add[ed] some stuff for the intro and conclusion.” Boxill apparently thought such assistance was of no significance, according to the report. She told the investigators that wholesale drafting of a student's paper would be wrong, but a sentence or two or a conclusion were “minor” and “not substantive.” “Jan Boxill was fully aware of the lax work requirements and grading standards in the paper classes and that Crowder played a substantive and substantial role in the classes and the grading,” Wainstein's report said. “In our interview, [Boxill] asserted a belief that Nyang'oro was somehow involved in grading the papers, yet acknowledged an understanding that Crowder may have been grading papers with Nyang'oro's authorization.”
Duke coach Kryzewski going simpler with defense By Laura Keeley The News & Observer (MCT)
DURHAM, N.C. – Last March, in the aftermath of the Blue Devils' season-ending loss to Mercer, Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski declared he would evaluate the way he teaches defense. The result: keep it simpler. "There is a lot more teaching, and it's a lot simpler than what we were doing last year," junior captain Amile Jefferson said. "We have absolutes. We're going to rebound as a team. We're going to put pressure on the ball. These are things we are going to do each and every play. No matter what defense we're in, no matter what we're doing, we're going to do those things." And Duke was in multiple defenses at Tuesday's practice, the 11th of the preseason. The work day ended with an 8minute scrimmage – that featured both units playing zone. Krzyzewski told a group of observers from Duke Children's Hospital facing a zone
could help players learn better shot selection – maybe a player sets his feet better and becomes more accurate against a zone. Play him back film of that, and maybe the habits translate to when he faces a man-to-man defense, too. But maybe the Blue Devils will play more zone this year – or maybe not. Krzyzewski and several players emphasized the young group was a work in progress. There has been a lot of teaching throughout the summer and early fall, stopping drills and showing players the proper technique and positioning. The Blue Devils won't be perfect, and Krzyzewski knows that. He doesn't have a team full of seasoned veterans, guys like Shane Battier (who was in attendance Tuesday), guys who learned for four years from the upperclassmen who proceeded them. "I'm more open," he said. "The level of play will probably never like it has been in the past. How could it? But as long as it's better than the level
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Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski yells during the game against the Bears on March 21, 2014 at PNC Arena in Raleigh, N.C.
of play than the person you're playing against, that's our goal." To that end brings the focus on rebounding. Mistakes earlier in a defensive position can be nullified if the Blue Devils can get the rebound at the end. And if Duke's perimeter players can join in on the board-crashing effort, more fast break opportunities can result. Of course, the perimeter players won't have to rebound all on their own. The nation's No. 1 incoming recruit, 6-foot11, 270-pound Jahlil Okafor, will provide a huge boost in that endeavor. "He takes up a lot of space, and he moves his feet really well, so that's the best thing," Jefferson said. "We can do things like ice the ball screens. It really helps our guards a lot because he moves so well. When a big comes out for a screen, he can jump out and then recover. And he's so good at the ball, he blocks shots. He's a rim protector. It helps our guards get up into the ball more. And it helps our defense feel more confident." Okafor rejected a few shots in practice Tuesday, an element that was completely absent from last year's squad. Often after his swats, his team would move quickly up the other end of the floor. And at the end of practice, when he was paired with Tyus Jones, Matt Jones, Grayson Allen and Justise Winslow – four freshman and one sophomore – the young ones trounced the team Quinn Cook, Amile Jefferson, Semi Ojeleye, Marshall Plumlee and Jefferson 36-22. If the young guys can figure out how to do that – win – on a consistent basis, everything else should fall into place just fine.
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Jakubcova will look to bring her skills to a UK team starving for a physical threat under the net. Her combination of size and speed will be an asset to the up-tempo style of play that UK thrives on. Her shooting ability and great hands may answer some of the pressing offseason questions the Cats have had as they gear up for another long season.
She replaces a rebounding machine in Walker, who pulled in nearly nine rebounds a game last season. However, her start to the season off the court hasn’t progressed as smoothly as her play on the court. A bad car accident involving Jakubcova and freshman guard Jaycee Coe caused the two to sit out Big Blue Madness due to concussions.
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vs. Mississippi State
vs. Navy
vs. North Carolina State
Volleyball
Oct. 24
Oct. 26
vs. Arkansas
vs. Texas A.M.
Men’s Soccer
Oct. 25
vs. South Carolina
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Oct. 26
vs. LSU
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TBA
TBA
Fayetteville, Ark.
8 p.m.
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Women’s Soccer
Oct. 24
3:30 p.m.
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7 p.m.
8 p.m.
6 p.m.