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Their own toughest competition
By Anne Halliwell ahalliwell@kykernel.com
Biosystems senior Catherine Wolf and integrated strategic communications freshman Phillip “Hank” Curtis were selected to receive about $5,000 in scholarship aid for the price of a student ticket to a basketball scrimmage. UK announced Monday morning that men’s basketball coach John Calipari would again pay in-state spring semester tuition for two randomly selected students who attended Monday night’s Blue—White Scrimmage. “Actually, I wasn’t even a basketball fan before I came to UK,” Wolf said. “Then once I got here I realized that basketball is a little bit of a big deal ... then I started going to games, watching on TV. Actually, the first UK game I watched Anthony Davis throw it down pretty hard and immediately fell in love.” The selected students had to both buy tickets for the scrimmage and be present in Rupp Arena to be awarded the scholarships, according to a campus-wide email from UK administration. “I actually quit baseball to come here,” Curtis said at the scrimmage. “The way this all worked out was pretty cool, so I just want to thank Coach Cal for the opportunity, it’s pretty cool.” In-state tuition for one semester of the 2014-2015 academic year equals $5,232, according to the registrar’s webpage. Last year, it was $4,983. The scholarships were funded by proceeds from Calipari’s Coaches’ Clinic, a day-long workshop for basketball coaches that focuses on the strategies Calipari uses in the UK basketball program. In 2013, a record 15,035 people attended the scrimmage after students heard about the scholarship. Five-dollar upper level seats and tendollar lower level seats became available on Sept. 29. There were still tickets available Monday morning. Calipari began the tradition of awarding spring semester tuition to Blue— White Scrimmage attendees last year, the email read. The tradition is a carryover from his time at University of Massachusetts. Amanda Dowell, then a biology freshman, and Josh Lawson, a mechanical engineering senior at the time, were selected for the 2013-2014 scholarships. The in-state tuition applied to out-ofstate and graduate students as well, the email read. “The more games I go to, the deeper I fall in love with (basketball),” Wolf said. “It’s such an awesome sport and the best tradition.”
PHOTO BY EMILY WUETCHER | STAFF
Karl-Anthony Towns shoots the ball during the Blue-White Scrimmage in Rupp Arena in Lexington, Ky., on Monday.
Blue-White Scrimmage showcases team’s talent, size NICK GRAY Kernel Columnist
The challenge of the 201415 UK basketball team is not its youth, size or talent but facing a tougher competitor than itself. The one thing that may hurt them is the ability to challenge and motivate themselves between now and the SEC Tournament. It was UK’s crux last season to challenge itself after being told it was the best team in the country before the season started. For the first 10 minutes Monday at Rupp Arena during the Blue-White Scrimmage, both platoons went at each other like they had to prove they needed to stay on the court. The effort level decreased once the players wore down, but the public was treated to a high-level, high-ef-
fort period of game time — a rarity of Blue-White Scrimmages of the past. “You remember Blue-White Games in the past?” UK head coach John Calipari joked. “Terrence Jones scored 50. We tried to guard people this time.” As silly as it may sound,
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We’ll see in the games. We have our challenges just like other teams have their own challenges.” there are 25 games on UK's regular season schedule in which the Cats have the clear, superior talent. Monday, the talent advantages of the two “teams” were not as clear. The scrimmage pitted freshman forward Karl Towns against sophomore center Dakari Johnson in a matchup
Discussing a worldwide birthright Vanderbilt professor leads talk about tours to Israel By Cheyene Miller news@kykernel.com
UK welcomed author and Vanderbilt University professor Shaul Kelner to the UK Athletic Association Auditorium in William T. Young Library Monday evening to discuss current connections that young American Jews have to Israel. The speech was part of the College of Arts & Sciences’ Passport to the World Program, with this year’s focus being the “Year of the Middle East.” Kelner pointed out that American Jews are by and large not descendants of migrants from Israel, “and yet American Jews look to Israel very commonly, as a symbolic homeland.” Kelner’s research, which is the basis of his book “Pilgrimage In A Tourist Age: The Case of Birthright Israel and the Shaping of Jewish Identity,” focuses on how tourism creates connections between Israel and the diaspora community. Birthright Israel began
in 1999 as a way to democratize the journey of young Jews to Israel according to Kelner. Over 400,000 Jews mostly from North America ages 18-26 have since benefited from getting a free 10day trip to their cultural homeland. The organization began when Jewish philanthropists in the U.S. and Canada became concerned that younger generations would no longer carry on certain Jewish traditions. Jewish community leaders tried to curb this by “investing a lot of money primarily in educational institutions,” according to Kelner. “The largest investment was made in educational travel programs to Israel,” said Kelner, who noted that in the decades after Israel’s formation, studies showed that those who went on the program returned with a stronger sense of Jewish identity and became more involved in the Jewish community. Kelner said that in the 1990’s, Jewish philanthropists decided that the num-
that would have almost certainly led an SEC Network game broadcast. Each player needed to prove themselves against one another because not one second of playing time has been decided three weeks before UK's season opener. When facing talented player after talented player, the
JOHN CALIPARI, UK head coach effort has to ramp up, or UK will struggle like it did against Florida in Gainesville last season. But it won't necessarily need that effort to beat the likes of UT-Arlington and Vanderbilt. Who is going to prove more difficult for sophomore guard Andrew Harrison to drive past
— Tyler Ulis or Columbia University starting guard Maodo Lo? Is Dakari Johnson going to find someone on UK's regular season schedule more difficult to bang bodies with in the post than Willie Cauley-Stein? In all but four or five games, the answer is no. That challenge is what Calipari has to give these Cats. Playing time was not enough last year — a first since he has been at UK. In October, he gave it to them in the form of something new and different with the platoon idea. However, even Calipari is in the dark about its effects. “I don't know yet,” Calipari said. “We'll see in the games. We will have our challenges just like other teams have their own challenges.” Sophomore guard Andrew Harrison, on the victorious Blue Team, believed Monday that the platoon system is not a motivational tactic, but more of an as-
Cats take another step forward JOSHUA HUFF Kernel Columnist
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Vanderbilt University sociology professor Shaul Kelner spoke as a part of the College of Arts & Sciences’ Year of the Middle East Monday.
ber of young Jews participating in the travel programs was too small. “They essentially steamrolled both the Jewish Federation System, and the Israeli government to get on board and fund this program,” Kelner said. Kelner spoke about how tourism has been used to maintain a cultural identity for young American Jews. “Tourism takes people out of their daily environments,” Kelner said. “We’re actively looking to try and make meaning.” Kelner also said that when any American goes to
the place of their ancestors, they are usually still seen as Americans. “There’s a language barrier, there’s a culture barrier — there’s a lot of things you have to overcome,” said biology and psychology sophomore Torie Osborne in regard to traveling to other countries. English sophomore Rachel Dixon enjoyed the presentation’s many examinations. “I thought it was a really good example of a new way to look at rhetoric,” Dixon said. “I thought it was really interesting.”
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The UK football program took a step forward on Saturday when it went toe-to-toe against No. 1 Mississippi State and fell a botched onside kick away from having a chance to tie the game before time ran out. Granted, the game didn't have the implications of a Joe Frazier knockout of Muhammad Ali, but for a team once mired in the SEC cellar, the Cats have propelled themselves into the national spotlight and one step closer to conference relevance despite the loss. None of this would have been possible if UK hadn't named quarterback Patrick Towles its starter back in August. Just named to the Paul Hornung Award Weekly Honor Roll, Towles has shown tenacity when the stage gets bigger. His 390 yards in the air, two touchdowns along with
76 yards on the ground and two more touchdowns, led a Cats team time and again from the brink of a blowout. Though his remarkable performance fell just short, he may have just solidified his position as UK's starter of the future. “I think you have very little chance with the teams we're competing with without a player there, without a quarterback,” UK head coach Mark Stoops said. “So I think it does give us a chance and, again, it was great to see him get back to really making those big time throws and seeing our receivers step up and compete and make some plays for him as well.” As impressive as Towles was, kudos need to be given to the group that catches his passes. Shut down and embarrassed by an LSU secondary, the UK receivers accepted Stoops challenge to step up and performed marvelously against one of the nations best defenses. “We challenged them all week,” Stoops said. “Felt like See STOOPS on page 3
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Scrimmage showcases both Andrew Harrison, Tyler Ulis By Kyle Arensdorf karensdorf@kykernel.com
It was a tale of two halves for sophomore point guard Andrew Harrison at UK’s Blue-White game Monday night as freshman point guard Tyler Ulis waits on the wings. Harrison struggled in the first half, but turned it around with nine points, two assists and only one turnover in a controlling second half. Ulis got the White team off to a fast start sinking two early 3-pointers, gaining a six-point lead on the Blue team. “He’s quick, if he gets an open shot he’s going to make it,” Harrison said. “You just have to stay up on him and
pressure him like he pressures you.” Ulis showed that defensive pressure in the first half, as he was routinely matched up with Harrison, causing him to turn the ball over six times by the halfway mark. “I was frantic, I don’t know what it was,” Harrison said. “I had six turnovers. That’s just unacceptable.” He only scored eight points in the first half but had one fewer assist than the Blue team as a whole and was the only player in the game with multiple assists at the halfway point. “When you play with Tyler you always have to make sure you are ready because he is going to get the
Cats to face Ohio State
ball to you,” sophomore center Dakari Johnson said. The 5-foot 9-inch Ulis showed some chemistry with Johnson, as the two ran the pick-and-roll with an efficiency that was lacking in other duos. “You always have to keep your head up when he comes off of the pick-and-roll,” Johnson said. “Just get into a position where you can score and he will get it to you. He’s a crafty point guard.” Johnson was able to convert half of his six attempts in the first half, fielding praise from UK head coach John Calipari. “He played with great energy. He’s going after every ball,” Calipari said. “But,
World Series competitor of same name leads to ban in San Francisco By Lisa Gutierrez
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Fresh off its 4-3 double overtime victory against the University of South Carolina Gamecocks, No. 21 UK men’s soccer (9-3-3) will conclude the nonconference portion of its schedule when it travels to face The Ohio State University (7-5-3) on Tuesday. The Cats’ latest victory pushed their winning streak to seven straight games. It is the longest such streak UK has had since the 2009 season. UK has also not lost a game since its 2-1 loss against Louisville on Sept. 23. The seven game unbeaten streak is tied for the second-best total in UK history. The Cats have not lost a game in October. Sophomore forward Napo Matsoso, a Louisville native, had a strong performance against the Gamecocks, scoring his first career hat trick in the match. It was the tenth hat trick in the UK’s soccer history. Matsoso was named Conference USA Offensive Player of the Week for his
performance, and now has the second-most goals on the team with four. A UK player has won the conference Player of the Week two weeks in a row. Senior forward Justin Laird picked up the award last Monday. UK is in first place in the Conference USA standings with 14 points and is undefeated in conference play. No. 5 Charlotte is behind the Cats with 13 conference points. The OSU Buckeyes are on a three-game winning streak after beating Rutgers University 4-1 on Saturday. The Buckeyes have outscored their opponents by a margin of 9-1 during their winning streak. Tuesday’s matchup will pit two top-25 teams in the NCAA Rating Percentage Index against each other, as OSU is No. 22 and UK is No. 25. The game begins at 7 p.m. at Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium in Columbus, Ohio. STAFF REPORT
PHOTO BY ADAM PENNAVARIA | STAFF
Guard Andrew Harrison dribbles in the paint during the second half of the Blue-White Scrimmage at Rupp Arena on Monday.
Radio stations ban ‘Royals’ song The Kansas City Star (MCT)
UK midfielder Napo Matsoso runs for the ball at the game against Xavier University in Lexington Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2014.
again, you see he hasn’t totally cracked it.” Despite the attention he was paid by Calipari and shooting 6-11 from the field in the game, Johnson struggled at the free throw line, making only one of his nine attempts. Despite a team-high 10 points in the first half, Harrison began to take control of the game early in the second half. Around the 15-minute mark, Harrison hit the team’s first 3-pointer of the contest and on the very next possession assisted in a second on its way to a 94-66 blowout win. “We are far ahead of last year,” Harrison said. “I just have to play better.”
It's a “Royal” rumble. Two San Francisco radio stations have banned Lorde's monster hit, “Royals,” during the World Series. Stations 104.5 KFOG and 96.5 KOIT have pulled “Royals” from their lineups until after the series between the San Francisco Giants and Kansas City Royals. The first game is Tuesday night in Kansas City. In response, 99.7 The Point in Kansas City announced that it will play the song “on the hour, every hour, from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Tuesday.” The station's cheeky message: “We don't play.” Giants fans requested the ban in their city. “We've had several emails and social media comments stating that we should remove 'Royals' by Lorde until the San Francisco Giants win the World Series,” said a statement on the KOIT website. As everyone in Kansas City, and apparently San Fran-
cisco, knows, Lorde was inspired to write the song after seeing a photo of George Brett in the July 1976 issue of National Geographic. In March, the New Zealand teen's mother, Sonja Yelich, told The Kansas City Star that her daughter used to collect vintage National Geographics. Brett sent the singer an autographed No. 5 jersey when she was here in March. Along with his signature he wrote: “Lorde, you are Royal to me.” She called it one of the coolest things she owns. Then in April the two finally got to meet face-to-face in Las Vegas. So yeah, you can kind of see why Giants fans don't want that song rattling around in their heads. KOIT program director Brian Figula instituted the ban on his station on Friday, announcing: “Our listeners told us to do it, so we did it! As of 4 p.m. today we've removed Lorde-Royals from ... our playlist until the end of the World Series. Go Giants, beat the Royals!” In an announcement on its
PHOTO BY JOHN SLEEZER | KANSAS CITY STAR
Kansas City Royals’ Billy Butler shows his disappointment in striking out during Saturdays game 5 of the World Series in San Francisco Sunday.
Facebook page, KFOG followed suit: “No offense, Lorde, but for the duration of the World Series, KFOG Radio will be a 'Royals'-free zone. We're sure you understand.”
Stargazing likes that 99.7 program director Tony Lorino is not “taking this lying down.” Because no matter how hard they try, San Francisco fans will never be royals.
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sist for conditioning and efficiency. Harrison also said Calipari pushes the players “where you either play well or you don't play.” That's the mindset UK played with in the first half
of its scrimmage, and needs to utilize to push itself throughout the regular season. This team is not without its flaws — a dead-on perimeter shooter and iffy free-throw shooting, for example — but most of those can be discarded because of this team's immense talent.
However, the focus and effort cannot be dismissed, or else we may never know the potential greatness of this team. For a university and its fan base that has seen numerous national championships, No. 1 picks and all else, greatness is how things are measured.
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they needed to play better at that position and they did. They competed hard, ran fast. You always have a chance when you're doing that.” Standing out from the group is two talented upand-comers in Ryan Timmons and Demarco Robinson. Timmons led the way with five receptions for 114 yards and Robinson had four for 86 yards and one touchdown. Their ability to make big plays along with Towles' ability to throw the deep ball
will provide another dimension to the resurgent Cats. However, if UK continues to stay nonexistent in the run game, the Cats will quickly become a one-dimensional team. UK's running backs were handed the ball nine times for only 27 yards. That low yardage on the ground will quickly hinder any passing game, especially in the deep SEC. “You have to be able to run the ball some, and there are some very good teams the last couple of weeks up front, and, it's not like we're completely inept,” Stoops said. “We did have some good runs and just like Mississippi State and as I've
talked about all the time with us incorporating that Q run game, it's on us as well.” Next up for UK is a Missouri defense that is known for its aggressiveness. If UK stands a chance to finally break down the sixth-win barrier, UK will have to go through a Missouri defensive front that lives and breathes on negative yardage plays. “Their defensive coordinator does a great job and that whole defensive staff has been together for a while,” Stoops said. “They're disruptive, they do a nice job of creating negative yardage plays and being disruptive up front and twisting and
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Don’t buy the hype: E-cigs are dangerous to health From the marketing hype, you might be led to believe that electronic cigarettes offer a safe, nuisancefree approach to smoking or even quitting. But electronic cigarettes, more commonly known as e-cigs, are not what you may think. Although they may sound like a safe and effective way to kick a smoking addiction, they are, in fact, a wolf in sheep's clothing and can pose health risks for those who use them and those who breathe in the ecig aerosol. E-cigs are battery powered smoking devices made to look and feel like real cigarettes. They may look like regular cigarettes, pens or markers, or have other designs. The e-cig gives off toxic gases and tiny particles in an aerosol that is breathed into the lungs and causes disease. In fact, ecig particles can reach concentrations almost as high as tobacco smoke in Lexington before the city’s smoke-free law. E-cigarette aerosol is not simply water vapor. E-cigs pollute the air. E-cigs also contain nicotine and other toxic chemicals and flavorings like cotton candy and jolly rancher. The aerosol from e-cigs con-
tains a mixture of dangerous chemicals such as propylene glycol and particles that are irritants and cause cancer and heart disease.
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... They may sound like a safe and effective way to kick a smoking addiction, they are, in fact, a wolf in sheep’s clothing and can pose health risks ...” These are a few of the most serious health risks to the e-cig user but the insidious nature of e-cigs extends far beyond the user. E-cigs are glamorized and appeal to youth, even those who don't smoke. The decision to use e-cigs at an early age can potentially establish a pattern of behavior that leads to nicotine addiction that can alter or shorten a life. Because e-cigs are not approved by the Food and Drug Administration, the amount of nicotine in the liquid may be higher than what is listed on the label.
The bottom line is that because there are no regulations on the manufacture of e-cigs, there is no real protection for the consumer. There is no evidence to suggest that smokers who use e-cigs are any more likely to quit than regular smokers. Additionally, researchers find that e-cigs can trigger cravings in people trying to quit, they may damage the lungs just as tobacco smoke does and they can cause inflammation in the airways making it difficult to breathe. That's why all major health organizations recommend prohibiting the use of e-cigs in public places until more is known. That is why use of e-cigs on UK's campus is prohibited. They know what the hype doesn't want to admit – e-cigarettes are no bargain when it comes to our health. Ellen Hahn directs the Kentucky Center for Smokefree Policy and is a professor in the UK College of Nursing. Melinda Ickes directs Tobacco-free Take Action! and is an assistant professor in the UK Department of Kinesiology and Health Promotion. Email opinions@ kykernel.com.
Despite cyber threat, credit may be safer than cash Over the past 12 months, Target, Home Depot, Neiman Marcus, Staples, Michael’s and Kmart have all had, or have been accused of having, consumer credit card information accessed by cyber crooks. It doesn’t matter if it’s called getting hacked, breached or hosed. It stinks. Just when shopping online was getting good, many consumers are considering going back in time by visiting only brick and mortar stores and paying in cash. OMG! Not cash! Just as Apple Pay is being rolled out, people are actually thinking about returning to carrying a physical wallet rather than using a virtual wallet. Should we all follow suit? Before you lay down your iToy and throw the Amazon.com baby out with the bathwater, consider that using a credit card (not a debit card) does come with some protections that cash wishes it had: namely, the ability to be disabled if stolen. If money is stolen or lost, it’s gone. If your credit card information is stolen, the most you can be legally liable for is $50 (assuming
you notify your bank ASAP). If the information loss occurs as the result of a department store’s less-thanstellar computer security, you probably won’t be liable for anything and you may actually qualify for a no-cost credit monitoring service. But just to be on the safe side, here are some steps you can take to make it semi-safe to shop online: Use credit, not debit. If debit card info is stolen and then used to access your bank account, whatever money gets taken may be gone for good. Opt to receive text alerts. Many financial institutions can text you if your credit card is used or if the card is used for purchases over a set amount. The next best thing to not having your credit card stolen is learning about it as soon as possible when it happens. Review things daily. You probably check in with Twitter, Instagram, Vine or Snapchat daily. Log in and review your bank accounts daily. If you see even a $1 transaction that is not familiar, call the bank. Monitor your credit. If you do get notified that your credit card information
has been compromised, accept the offers for a credit monitoring service. In fact, accept all of the offers and insist that the annual services offered be added onto one another. This way, three department store compromises could result in you getting three years’ worth of credit monitoring rather than just one. You may not be able to prevent another department store from getting hacked and you may have to continue requesting replacement credit cards from your bank, but given the ease and accountability of most online transactions, you may still want to opt for a virtual wallet over using cash. Just follow a few tips religiously and recognize that your privacy matters, but requires you to be an active participant in protecting it. If you have questions about privacy and computer security or if you have ideas for future topics, please feel free to contact me at Michael.Carr@uky.edu. Michael Carr is UK’s Chief Information Security Officer. Email opinions@ kykernel.com.
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