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McConnell wins 6th term
2014 Election Results Mayor
Jim Gray
Gray Beatty
65% 35%
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Council
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U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell and wife Elaine Chao wave to the crowd at his victory celebration on Tuesday in Louisville, Ky., after defeating challenger Alison Lundergan Grimes.
Margin over Grimes is McConnell’s 2nd-largest By Cheyene Miller news@kykernel.com
Incumbent Republican candidate Mitch McConnell was elected to his sixth term in the U.S. Senate Tuesday night, defeating Democratic challenger Alison Lundergan Grimes. With this victory, McConnell is now in place to become the new Senate Majority Leader, replacing Harry Reid (D-Nev.). In his victory speech in Louisville, McConnell thanked voters for their support, telling them their calls for help will be heard in Washington. “They’ve put their trust and confidence in me for a long time,” McConnell said in the speech. “And I want to thank them tonight.” McConnell had urged voters in recent weeks to make him the “offensive coordinator of the U.S. Senate.” “Tonight Kentuckians said we
can do better as a nation,” McConnell said. “Tonight they said we can have real chance in Washington, and that’s just what I intend to deliver.” Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) spoke at the event, calling the victory a “repudiation of President (Barack) Obama’s policies.” Paul called McConnell a defender of Kentucky coal, Kentucky jobs and the “next Majority Leader of the United States Senate.” “Tonight we’ve witnessed a great victory for Kentucky, and for the country,” Paul said. McConnell became the Republican Senate candidate in May after defeating Tea Party-backed businessman Matt Bevin. Since then, he focused his campaign on linking Kentucky Secretary of State Grimes to President Obama. This tactic gained steam, particularly after Grimes continuously See SENATE on page 2
Jake Gibbs
McConnell
56%
Gibbs Ellinger 33%
67%
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Grimes
41% 6th District Congress
Andy Barr
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Alison Lundergan Grimes speaks to the audience at her election night event at the Carrick House in Lexington, Ky., on Tuesday.
Barr Jensen
60% 40%
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Skeptical voters still turn out By Nick Gray ngray@kykernel.com
At Maxwell Elementary School in Lexington where polls were stationed Tuesday, the voting line sprawled down the school's main hallway during the last rush of voters. The degree of cynicism for many voters was just as long. UK economics senior Justin Henderson said he believes many high-profile races are between "the lesser of two evils." But he was not allowing his cynicism to drive himself away from voting for each of the races on the ballot. "I don't like the views of (Democratic candidate) Alison Lundergan Grimes or (Republican Incumbent) Mitch McConnell, to be honest," Henderson said. "It was more of what I wanted to see on a federal scale, just like I think everyone is paying attention to here." See VOTER on page 2
All but ten counties in Kentucky leaned conservative in the 2014 Senate election Tuesday night. Fayette County was among the counties that favored Grimes with 51.9 percent voting democrat, according to Politico. Farther east, Nicholas, Bath, Menifee, Wolf, Rowan and Elliott Counties’ voters all displayed a democratic majority. Franklin, Jefferson and Marion Counties also supported Grimes over McConnell. The remaining 110 counties voted Republican.
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refused to answer who she voted for in the 2012 presidential election. During the campaigns, the candidates focused on issues like the Kentucky coal industry, health care and the minimum wage. McConnell put much of his focus on the White House in regard to the coal issue, criticizing the Environmental Protection Agency’s efforts to cut carbon emissions under President Obama. Grimes focused more on coal miner safety and received backing from the United Mine Workers of America. McConnell said during
his campaign that he wants to lead a “root and branch” repeal of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, but maintained that Kentucky could keep its online health marketplace insurance Kynect. Grimes supported “streamlining and fixing” the ACA while making changes such as extending the Grandfathering clause. During the campaign, McConnell said he was against a raise in the federal minimum wage, currently $7.25 an hour and $2.13 an hour for tipped workers, saying a minimum wage increase could cut half a mil-
lion jobs. Grimes supported a raise in the minimum wage, saying that it would lift more than a million Americans out of poverty. Former Labor Secretary Elaine Chao spoke about Kentucky’s need for her husband’s leadership skills. She also congratulated Grimes and her campaign. “She should be commended for putting herself forward and giving the people of Kentucky a real choice,” Chao said. McConnell also praised the efforts of Grimes, saying “she earned a lot of votes, and she earned my respect.”
accomplish, and that's how I vote." Historically, younger voters do not turn out to the polls during non-presidential general elections. According to the Center for Information & Research on Civic Learning & Engagement, only about 23 percent of eligible young Americans voted (based on exit polls, number of ballots counted and population data). Van Ness said it is disappointing because voting for senators, congressmen and city officials is vital to younger people. "I think young people should know that there is one type of group that they can vote for and that it can be private," Van Ness said. "They should be involved in what affects them and they should know how it affects them. Like, student loans, for example, are important to people my age, and they need to know how that can
be affected." Lexington and UK alumnus Megan Douthitt, 24, did not vote in the 2012 presidential election even though she had a candidate in mind who she backed. She said that voting is still a matter of selecting someone she did not completely agree with politically. "I feel like I voted for the lesser of two evils," Douthitt said. "I watched some of (Alison Lundergan Grimes') speeches, and I did not understand why she did not reveal if she voted for (President Barack) Obama. It did not make sense. I wish this kind of stuff would change, but we have what we have." Numbers on voting by age groups will not be organized and publicly available for "some time", according Lynn Zellen, the director of communication of the state's secretary of state, Grimes.
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Henderson said the lines at Maxwell Elementary were longer than the lines he saw during the 2012 presidential general election. Several others who saw the lines around 5 p.m. decided that they were too long to wait and instead hopped back into their cars. Rehabilitation studies graduate student Jamie Lee Van Ness, 26, had not seen a line of people waiting to vote that long in the eight years she has been voting. Van Ness voted in the state of Kentucky for the first time after living in Wisconsin for the first 22 years of her life. She described politics in Wisconsin as a "north and south battle,” a much different landscape than in Kentucky. "It's very new to me because you'll hear people who are completely toward one party or another," Van Ness said. "I look at history and what they're looking to
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Despite loss, Grimes does not regret run
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While tonight didn’t bring us the result we hoped for, this journey, for you, was worth it.” ALISON LUNDERGAN GRIMES, senate challenger
By Anne Halliwell
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The music continued at the Carrick House after major news organizations called the Kentucky Senate race in Republican incumbent Mitch McConnell’s favor soon after the polls closed. Early results reported McConnell's percentage of votes to be in the high 50's. Democratic senate candidate Alison Lundergan Grimes had about 40 percent of early poll results when the Associated Press called the race. At the end of the night, McConnell earned 56 percent of the votes and Grimes earned 41 with 99 percent of the precincts reporting. “It’s a little disappointing,” said Grimes supporter Brian Thacker. “I was hoping for a change.” Thacker had hoped for a minimum wage increase and thought that Grimes would serve as a voice “not just (for) the rich.”
“I believe too many people tried to connect her to Obama,” Thacker said. “They didn’t see what she could do on her own.” Kentucky auditor Adam Edelen and Gov. Steve Beshear both appeared at the end of the election night party to express support for Grimes. “Though we have a result we’re not happy with, one thing we can celebrate is how … Alison Lundergan Grimes ran this race,” Edelen told the crowd. Beshear said that Grimes “stood for the right things” and though she took some harsh blows along the campaign trail, ended the night “standing straight (and) ... looking forward.” Grimes promised the crowd that despite the loss, she would “fight each and every day” to create jobs in Kentucky and close the pay gap. “While tonight didn’t bring us the result we hoped for, this journey, for you, was
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Alison Lundergan Grimes speaks to the audience at her election night event at the Carrick House in Lexington, Ky., Tuesday.
worth it,” Grimes said. Jody Childers and her daughter, Molly Childers, helped with Grimes’ campaign for a year and a half and came down from Illinois to support her. “Alison’s that important,” Jody Childers said. “Not hav-
ing Mitch McConnell win another (term) is that important.” Grimes ran on a liberal platform that endorsed Sen. Elizabeth Warren's (D.-Mass.) student debt reform plan. Grimes supported keeping the Patient Protection and Af-
fordable Care Act in place and took a liberal stance on reproductive rights and marriage equality. As Kentucky’s Secretary of State, Grimes campaigned from a background in law and in public office. Maria Paglialungo, who
supported Grimes from the beginning of her campaign, said she felt “a little sad.” Paglialungo canvassed, made calls for Grimes and attended all of her rallies. “I believe very much in her still,” Paglialungo said. “Completely, unequivocally.”
Gray cruises to victory in mayoral race Becomes 1st re-elected incumbent in more than a decade By Joshua Huff jhuff@kykernel.com
Mayor Jim Gray cruised to victory on Tuesday night, defeating challenger Anthany Beatty by nearly 28,000 votes. Gray will have four more years as mayor of Lexington after receiving 65 percent of the votes, while Beatty conceded defeat after earning 35 percent with all precincts reporting. The victory for Gray means that he will now turn his attention to what he calls his three goals: creating jobs, running government effeciently and building a great American city. “And it’s working,” Gray said during his victory speech at Belle’s Cocktail House in Lexington. “Nine thousand new jobs in four years. 150 thousand people employed in Lexington, the most ever in our history.” Gray opened his victory speech thanking Beatty for running a clean campaign that focused not on thrashing the opposition but on building a new Lexington.
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“They waged a vigorous campaign,” Gray said. “In fact, Anthany and I have five more debates than Lincoln and Douglas ... campaigns in America are all about ideas that keep us on our toes. In this election we didn’t tear each other apart. We tried to lift up our city.” Gray focused on the future and what can be done for the city in his speech. “Our city is growing,” he
which $120,000 was either loaned money or a direct contribution by himself. With the lack of funding, Beatty struggled to reach audiences. He did not release a single television advertisement while Gray reached out to voters starting in September. He released a new round of ads before the election. The main arguments between the two were the failed attempt at renovating Rupp Arena and the increase of violent crime after police officers were pulled off the street. Gray said he will focus on improving the safety JIM GRAY, Lexington mayor of the city. Gray also said. “That means jobs are es- said he will now “seize the sential. We will keep on look- moment for our city.” ing for deficiciencies in sav“No Washington style polings and continuous improve- itics infecting our progress in ment. Getting up every morn- Lexington. And that’s because ing, thinking how can we im- we know where we are going prove today what we did yes- and we know how we’re goterday.” ing to get there,” he said. “In According to the Herald Lexington we work together. Leader, Gray outraised Beatty Across political boundaries, nearly three-to-one. across generations. Following Gray raised $847,238 in the footprints of giants who $75,000 of which he con- dreamed big dreams for our tributed to his campaign. city and made them come Beatty raised $289,203.78, of true.”
In this election, we didn’t tear each other apart. We tried to lift up our city.
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Mayor Jim Gray pumps his fist while he gives his victory speech in front of supporters at his post-election party at Belle’s Cocktail House on Tuesday.
Beatty upbeat about city’s future after loss By Nick Gray ngray@kykernel.com
Former Lexington police chief Anthany Beatty remained upbeat after Tuesday's loss to incumbent Mayor Jim Gray, calling it a "win-win for the entire city." Beatty lost the Lexington mayoral election by 30 percent with all precints in Fayette County reporting. Tuesday concluded Beatty’s campaign, but carried more importance to him than a victory. "In a race like this, you always want to anticipate a win," Beatty told the Kernel on Tuesday night. "Our goal was to
push Lexington, our city, to become a better place. That was my goal in running in this race. So my reaction in that sense is positive." Beatty would have been Lexington’s first AfricanAmerican mayor if he had won. Instead, Beatty said he took pride in becoming the first African-American mayoral candidate in Lexington since Harry Sykes was elected mayor pro-tem in 1967. "We are standing here today as a result of the work of the guys like Harry Sykes," Beatty said. "There is another Harry Sykes out there somewhere in this room, if not
somewhere in Lexington, that will start thinking about the future and what is next (because of this race)." In his speech to his supporters at the Beaumont Center Clubhouse, Beatty said it is important to remember that each citizen in Lexington has a constitutional right to hold the city's leaders accountable, no matter who they are. "Everyone has to continue to work hard for what we believe (in)," Beatty said to the crowd. "Each of us needs to hold Mayor Jim Gray or whoever is mayor accountable for what happens to and for Lexington."
Beatty and Gray spoke around 7 p.m., congratulating each other on their respective campaigns and focusing on the future. "We had a good discussion," Beatty said. "Together, we will both continue to make Lexington better. We will both be a part of that." As the current assistant vice president for public safety at UK, Beatty said he will continue his duties at the university — after he takes his grand kids to Walt Disney World. Beatty said any future campaign in politics is a "future bridge that we will cross when we get there."
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Mayoral candidate Anthany Beatty gives his concession speech during his post-election celebration Tuesday.
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Barr retains 6th District House seat Incumbent defeats Jensen by more than 40,000 votes By Kevin Erpenbeck and Marjorie Kirk kerpenbeck@kykernel.com
Andy Barr will serve another term as a member of the House of Representatives, as the Republican incumbent won the 2014 Kentucky 6th congressional district election. Barr beat out Democratic candidate Elisabeth Jensen by more than 40,000 votes. “Tonight is a victory for those who want to send a message to the government,” Barr said during his victory speech. “It’s a victory for those who want to fight for the people instead of big governments, and I am honored to continue as your congressman and make sure Washington hears the proud voice of the people of central and eastern Kentucky.” Cheers were heard in the
Republican’s victory room when Barr was announced the winner of the 6th district by the media. Kentucky’s 45th district House member Stan Lee expressed his joy for Barr’s victory and other Republican victories throughout the day, saying it was a great day for the state of Kentucky and another step toward change for the country. “We’ve been going the wrong way for the last five or six years now, and you don’t have to be a Republican or Democrat to see that,” Lee said. “Andy is always advancing needed legislation for our state, and sometimes you have to run things up the flagpole several times to get people used to what you’re doing. We’re a conservative state and we’re trending to a more conservative viewpoint.” The win gives Barr a sec-
Gibbs wins 3rd District Council By Kyle Arensdorf and Jonathan Coffman news@kykernel.com
With 67 percent of the vote, political newcomer Jake Gibbs, a Bluegrass Community and Technical College ombudsman and one-time UK professor, swept to victory Tuesday night in Lexington’s 3rd District, which includes UK. A group of more than 100 Gibbs supporters cheered and applauded at Natasha’s Bistro and Bar as he was announced as the winner less than two hours after the polls closed. He defeated urban city council veteran Chuck Ellinger II, who served three four-year terms as an At-Large Councilmember of the LexingtonFayette County Urban Government. Ellinger earned 33 percent of the vote. That same crowd also cheered new Vice Mayor Steve Kay, Gibbs’ political ally and the top vote-earner among atlarge candidates in Lexington. “(Gibbs) is going to do what he thinks is in the best interest of the community,” Kay said. “He knows this district because it’s been his district for the last 30 years. He knows what’s going on.” Gibbs said he plans to improve the off-campus living around campus and make the community a safer area for walkers and bikers. “There are a lot of substandard living properties (around campus),” Gibbs said.
“My predecessor Diane Lawless has done a very good job getting after landlords, but I think we need to get after them more.” Gibbs went on to say he hopes to implement an online database for complaints about housing and respond more quickly to complaints. He was adamant about making surrounding communities more livable for everyone, however, not just for students. “I think the university has finally caught on that they’ve had a negative impact,” he said. “Of course, if you’re one of the couch-burning types, I’m not your friend. But I think the couch burners are a small amount of the student population.” Gibbs, who has served on the UK Faculty Senate, asked for a change in UK’s alcohol policy as he lamented the effect students have had on surrounding communities. Near the end of the proceedings, Gibbs called his supporters together for a victory speech. He said he looks forward to advocating for more affordable housing in the city core, to upping code enforcement and cleaning the university area, and to developing Lexington environmentally and in local food efforts. “Now that the campaign is over, I can stop talking and (start doing) things,” Gibbs said. “I’m a progressive and I want to use the government for good.”
ond term in the House, as he won the Kentucky 6th district House seat in 2012 when he beat out then-incumbent Ben Chandler. Some of Barr’s biggest points of emphasis during his campaign have been job creation in several Kentucky counties, ending the state’s “war on coal” by getting the Keystone XL Pipeline proposal approved in Washington as a “new energy renaissance,” and being an opponent of Obamacare. Barr has also focused his attention specifically on college students and recent graduates, creating new jobs in what he calls a “damaged labor market” and lowering student loan interest rates. “Access to credit is very important for young entrepreneurs when they get out of colleges like UK,” Barr said. “We’re going to continue to
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U.S. Representative Andy Barr casts his vote at Morton Middle School in Lexington, Ky., on Tuesday.
advocate for students. They need to be able to get jobs in a healthy labor market so they can pay off their student loans in a healthy economy. Jensen, a first-time runner in the state’s 6th district con-
gressional race, alluded to Barr’s financial backing of his campaign as a major factor in his win. “We got outspent four to one and that’s the only reason we didn’t win this race,”
Jensen said. “I am not giving up the fight. I planned on this being a four-year run because this was my first race. There were a lot of people who didn’t know who I was, who didn’t know what I stand for.”
Voters under 21 turned away from party By Nick Gray ngray@kykernel.com
Voters aged 18 to 20 could vote for Mayor Jim Gray in the mayoral election Tuesday, but they could not greet him in his campaign party. Belle’s Cocktail House is considered a bar establishment without a kitchen that serves food, so it can-
not allow anyone under the age of 21 inside the bar for private or public functions. That included Gray’s nephew, who was turned away at the door, along with a Kernel photographer and a reporter. Gray’s campaign manager, Walker Mattox, said that the circumstances were not something the campaign considered.
“We looked at several places, and the place we chose was a vital part of downtown,” Mattox said. “I wouldn’t even call it an oversight.” Voters 18 to 20 in Lexington were voting in the city mayoral election for the first time. Several other people who had children in tow were told they could not bring those children in-
side for the party. Mattox said the inability for the youngest voters to attend the party is not a signal that Gray or his campaign is ignoring young people or young voters. “Mayor Gray has done two on-campus debates, so I think that statement (is) false,” Mattox said. “We’re focused on the election and none of those other things.”
BY THE NUMBERS Democrats
Republicans
108,688
77,391 Registerd voters in Fayette County
208,882 112,482
96,400
6,664
15,492
Independent
Other
With new voter laws widespread, fears persist of fraud 34 states introducing new voting laws, inciting many calls from voters in highly-populated states By William Douglas McClatchy Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON — With several key elections potentially hinging on razor-thin margins, Americans went to the polls Tuesday in 34 states with new voting laws that critics fear will adversely impact minority turnout and proponents say are needed to protect against voter fraud. The new laws — ranging from photo identification requirements to restrictions on same-day registration — brought increased scrutiny Tuesday from the two major political parties, civic groups, voting rights advocates and
the Justice Department, almost all deploying monitors and lawyers to polling stations to look out for voting problems. "It's the new normal since 2000," said Richard Hasen, a law and politics professor at the University of California, Irvine, and author of "The Voting Wars: From 2000 to the Next Election Meltdown." "Some of this is legitimate fear. Some of it is a way of getting the base wound up and (to) raise funds." From the moment polls opened — and in some cases before — reports of voting irregularities began. The Lawyers' Committee for Civil
Rights Under Law's election protection program reported more than 18,000 calls to its hotline — the bulk of them from Florida, Georgia, Texas, and North Carolina. Georgia and Texas have strict photo ID laws, meaning those who don't have proper identification can vote via provisional ballots but must provide sufficient identification within days of casting those ballots, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures. In Florida, voters without ID can cast provisional ballots and their signatures can be verified by election officials with signatures on
record. "Yes, there are people saying they're not being allowed to vote," Barbara Arn-
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number of states. We say it's for two reasons: Some of them are states like Texas where, sadly, the voter ID law
It’s the new normal since 2000. Some of this is legitimate fear.” RICHARD HASEN, POLITICAL AUTHOR
wine, the lawyers' committee's president and executive director, said without providing specific details. "Unfortunately it's coming from a
has been allowed to proceed. The other thing that we're seeing is that states just didn't do their jobs of getting to voters the correct information
about voter registration status and polling places." In Georgia, where Republican David Perdue and Democrat Michelle Nunn are locked in a tight Senate race, the secretary of state reported problems with a website that provides poll locations for voters. The technical glitch further angered civil rights leaders and voting rights advocates who have alleged that 40,000 voter registration applications gathered by the New Georgia Project are missing or unprocessed. Georgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp said there are no missing applications.
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ELECTION
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Elsie Case, Senate candidate Alison Lundergan Grimes’ grandmother, and Alissa Tibe, Grimes’ sister, watch Grimes speak at her event at the Carrick House.
Political sights and constitutional sounds Election night tested the emotions of several candidates hoping to win their races around the state. Tuesday evening was a success for Sen. Mitch McConnell, Rep. Andy Barr and Mayor Jim Gray, incumbents who retained their respective positions by comfortable margins. PHOTO BY MICHAEL REAVES | STAFF
Sen. Mitch McConnell shakes supporter Kim Getz’s hand in Louisville Tuesday.
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Rep. Andy Barr and his daughter Eleanor walk to cast Barr’s vote at Morton Middle School.
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Mayor Jim Gray answers questions during Gray’s post-election party at Belle’s Cocktail House.
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SPORTS
Cats, seniors look for coveted SEC Tournament win KEVIN ERPENBECK Kernel Columnist
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UK senior defender Arin Gilliland defends the ball against Auburn sophomore forward Samantha Solaru at the game in Lexington, Ky., Sept. 28
According to the players and coaches across all fields of sports, the key to a successful season is to “take it one game at a time.” It’s an ageold adage used to keep the team’s emotions in check and its collective minds focused on the season-long goal. But where that strategy holds the most merit is in the postseason, where teams play one game at a time. Staying focused will be what the UK women’s soccer’s mindset will be this week as it prepares for the SEC Tournament in Orange Beach, Ala. The Cats have excelled
with that tactic in the regular season and during conference play, winning many SEC games throughout the years. But they have yet to win that coveted conference postseason match during the era of head coach Jon Lipsitz. UK holds an 0-4 record in Lipsitz’ five years in Lexington, a startling statistic considering that the team is comprised of successful seniors who are 57-263 overall and include one of the best women’s college soccer players in the country in SEC Player of the Year Arin Gilliland. “They’ve done everything but that (winning a conference tournament game),” Lipsitz said of his seniors. “I guarantee you they’ll be talking a lot about that heading into it.” Talk about it they did. Outside of winning the national championship in the NCAA
Tournament (wishful thinking), Gilliland wants nothing more than to get that one win in the conference tournament and break UK’s SEC Tournament losing streak. “That’s not going to happen this year,” Gilliland said of the continuous first-round knockouts. “I never like to give ‘for-sures’, but I’m going to give everything I have, and I know my team is going to do the same. We have a comSee SOCCER on page 7
NEXT GAME Who: UK vs. Auburn When: Wednesday at 3:30 p.m. Where: Orange Beach, Ala. Televised: SEC Network
Napper looks for elusive UK needs a winning culture national championship to breed program success By Madison Tinder sports@kykernel.com
The opportunity to wear a U.S. jersey and be a three-time SEC Defensive Player Of The Week winner doesn’t come easy. Senior libero Jackie Napper has proved to the Big Blue Nation that she has what it takes to lead her team to be the best in the nation. Napper, a 5-foot-7 Louisville, Ky., native sits second in all-time digs in the 25-point rally scoring era, and fourth overall in the history of the program. “I just like to see my team succeed.” Napper said. “Being a libero, I have to be a leader on and off the court and I need to
lead by example, not just by talk.” This past summer Napper was one of 36 players selected to compete in Minneapolis for USA volleyball. “It was a really cool experience and it was against some of the top athletes in the country.” Napper said. “I also compared them to my teammates and I know my teammates are just as good. My coach told me I needed to take control, and I think I brought that to the team this year especially in serve receive.” In high school, she was a three-year letter winner for Assumption High School and an Under Armor All-American selec-
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UK defensive player Jackie Napper (15) bumps the ball against Xavier in Lexington, Ky., on Sept. 20, 2014.
tion in her senior campaign. She was two-time first team All-State, captured a state title with her high school team and claimed seven national championships with the Kentucky-Indiana Volleyball Association (KIVA) club squads. Napper’s family are Louisville fans, but the libero would rather represent Big Blue Nation. “I am from Louisville but I have always been a Kentucky fan.” Napper said. “I just love the coaches and the players here, the program, and what (head coach) Craig (Skinner) has done are great.” The Louisville native has posted records in her senior season thus far including a career best 26 digs against rival Louisville. Napper has totaled 10 or more digs in every match this season and has strung together 15 or more digs in fivestraight matches. With a national championship eluding the senior, this year is her last chance to win wearing the blue and white. But that hasn’t dissuaded the libero who remains driven to adding to her legacy. “I am very driven to win a national championship, that’s the ultimate goal.” Napper said. “We just have take it game by game.” The libero’s four years at UK have flown by, but when you break records and get to represent our nation on your chest, you might potentially break records for a future USA team. “I would love to play professionally after college.” Napper said. “It’s really up in the air and I haven’t thought that far, but that would be awesome.”
JOSHUA HUFF Kernel Columnist
Winning games in sports is a by-product of a winning culture. Be it excelling in execution of the fundamentals or developing a mindset geared solely towards winning, the culture of winning is not only taught but embraced. Unfortunately, that culture has yet to catch on here deep in the Bluegrass. After UK's listless performance against Missouri on Saturday, the Cats have buried themselves within a three-game losing streak. And with a remaining schedule that looks tougher each week, the likelihood the Cats win their sixth game appears bleaker by the week. Lack Of Fight The theme of the Cats this season has been their Jekyll and Hyde tendencies at home and on the road.
Commonwealth Stadium has been a sanctuary for the Cats while the road has been a black hole that sucks all the progress and confidence out of UK. Take Missouri for example, UK entered the game riding a swell of confidence after the Cats' "victorious defeat" against Mississippi State at home. Enter Missouri, a program that in two years had won more SEC games than any other team in the conference. UK was primed for the upset; it had a quarterback coming off an excellent overall game, a group of receivers who stepped up and delivered and a defense that locked down when needed. However, all that was discarded when UK stepped into Faurot Field and faced a hungry Missouri team that embarrassed UK in all areas of the game. UK head coach Mark Stoops summarized it best on Monday when he described his team as mentally weak. "We need to be a more
disciplined football team," he said. "We need to be tougher mentally and physically to win on the road and win in environments like that. It gets down to us and what we're doing and how we're coaching." UK entered the game intent on running the ball against the Tigers' defense despite the talent of their defensive line and the lack of consistency within the UK running game. That decision sent UK to two straight three-andouts during its first two possessions as Missouri passed its way to a 14-3 halftime lead. The passing game, typically UK's saving grace, was limited to just six pass attempts in the first half. With most attempts just check downs to running backs or short passes. The coaching staff has the idea that UK can be a balanced football team. With three games left in the season, we know that the Cats can't run the ball. See FOOTBALL on page 7
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UK quarterback Patrick Towles gets sacked during the second half of the UK game against Missouri on Saturday, which was a 20-10 Cats loss.
OPINIONS
We should not be afraid to learn about other cultures Students should take advantage of UK College of Arts and Sciences’ “Year of the Middle East” lectures MARJORIE KIRK Kernel Columnist
This year, UK’s College of Arts and Sciences has chosenthe Year of the Middle East for its Passport to the World program, featuring a series of events and lectures focusing on the cultural and the historical aspects of Mid-
dle Eastern countries. With the turmoil, political and economic change, and social uprisings still heavily saturated in this part of the world, these lectures have a great ability to shed light on situations we cannot see the full scope of from the U.S. Then again, what does it matter if no one shows up to a lecture? As the young students whose cultural identity and knowledge of other nations’ history will shape international relations of the future, do
we even care about the Arab uprisings? How many of us have followed the Arab Spring, the invasion of ISIS or the IsraeliPalestinian Conflict? In some cases, our lack of enthusiasm for news about Arab countries is a product of a much deeper-rooted issue of cultural alienation and prejudice. Islamophobia is a wariness or hatred of anything remotely related to Islam or the Middle East. We have been socialized
by this type of prejudice because our generation was so young at the time of 9/11. We fear association with Arab people, ideologically or sociologically. The young citizens of this free, democratic nation are similar to the young people fighting for independence and freedom halfway across the world, despite the bad blood between the West and Arab states. Before the Arab Spring began in Tunisia and spread to
Egypt, the percentage of their populations between the ages of 18 and 29 was 18.2 percent in Tunisia, according to a report by the International Fund For Agricultural Development. Egypt’s population was 24.2 percent, according to an article in Daily News Egypt. That’s nearly one in every five Tunisians and Egyptians. In the same demographic, 30 percent were unemployed in Tunisia and 20.4 percent were unemployed in Egypt. Tunisia and Egypt have been
run by autocratic rulers who have put limits on speech, religion and countless other freedoms since they first became independent in the 1950s. For the past few weeks leading up to election day, political candidates have been making promises to increase job opportunities for our demographic and decrease the strain of student debt. These are two of the biggest issues See KIRK on page 7
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A weak offensive line and running backs who can't follow blocks are what UK is stuck with this year. If UK has any notion of
SOCCER Continued from page 1 pletely different attitude this year.” That one game, that one win, is the Cats’ ultimate goal this year. Lipsitz wants to send the most talented group of seniors he’s ever had at UK off with the one win that
what it wants to become it needs to take a long hard look at Patrick Towles. If he can remain consistent and display the fight he showed against Mississippi State, then the Cats have a potentially deadly air attack awaiting in the wings.
The young Cats just need to buy in to the culture Stoops is slowly building. Winning doesn't come without hard work and that doesn't stop on the practice field. It's a mindset that need to be developed and nurtured.
will complete and rectify their legacy within the program. The Cats have a shot at doing it this year. After a firstround bye, their first opponent is against Auburn in the quarterfinals, a team they’ve previously defeated this season. But Lipsitz said he won’t show or say much about that earlier victory over the Tigers, adding that the team knows
what’s in store for them and what’s at stake this year. “We’re just going to take it one game at a time, like we always do during the season,” said sophomore Kaitlin Miller in preparation for the tournament. The one game is all the Cats need to focus on now, because it’s the only chance they’ll get to obtain that one postseason win.
OPINIONS
KIRK Continued from page 6 we currently face, the same issues faced by young Egyptians and Tunisians in the
Arab Spring. The Arab Spring is one of many interesting topics to be discussed in the Year of the Middle East events and lectures. Renowned Scholar of Islamic Law and Reformist thought Mohammad Fadel will be one lecturer in the se-
ries, speaking this Thursday in the Young Library auditorium at 7 p.m. We can no longer be afraid to explore the culture of these people and see how they are doing in their fight for real Independence and democracy.
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