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MUCH ADO ABOUT EVERYTHING
By Anne Halliwell ahalliwell@kykernel.com
Abby Schroering leaned over a binder of cues during Sunday night’s rehearsal of “Much Ado About Nothing.” As the stage manager of the Fine Arts production, the theatre sophomore’s job is to “make sure that everything happens,” a role that was highlighted during the cue rehearsal, where Schroering
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UK Hoops to face rival By Kevin Erpenbeck kerpenbeck@kykernel.com
UK Hoops has become all too familiar with Baylor in recent years, having played the Bears three times since 2012. But no matter how often UK sees them, the task of facing the Bears never gets any easier. “It’s a tough game to play for the second game of the season,” said head coach Matthew Mitchell. The No. 11 Cats will face No. 8 Baylor at Rupp Arena on Monday for their “Pack the House” game. The top-15 matchup is the second of three games UK plays in a six-day stretch to open the 2014-15 season. UK is 1-2 in its matchups against Baylor. The first matchup came in the second game of the 2012-13 season, when the then-No. 1 Bears dismantled UK 85-51 in Waco, Texas. Baylor was coming off a perfect season and a national championship run the year before, and still had iconic women’s college basketball player Brittney Griner dominating the frontcourt.
The two teams faced each other twice last season, once during the regular season and then in the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament. The Cats won the first meeting in Dallas, Texas, 133-130 in quadruple overtime, setting an NCAA record for point total in a game. However, the Bears would get their revenge in the Sweet 16, overpowering UK for a 90-72 win. Throughout recent years,
Baylor has had some of the top recruiting talent come through its program, including Griner and point guard Odyssey Sims of last season. This season looks to be no different, as sophomore forward Nina Davis is primed to take the spotlight as the new Baylor star. The 5-foot-11 player was named the Big 12 Freshman of the Year last season, and had the fifth See HOOPS on page 3
Campus event urges women into science careers By Sophie Tapia news@kykernel.com
A group of about 12 young girls huddled around an assortment of recycled materials Saturday, wondering how they should design their model of a futuristic city. The girls were all part of the Girl Scouts organization, and were attending the 10th annual Girls in Engineering, Math and Science event at UK. “Discuss not just where, but when your city is going to exist,” said Bruce Walcott, UK’s associate dean for New Economy Initiatives and Innovations Management Engineering Alum-
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ni Association professor. Walcott led the Future Cities workshop, where the girls had the opportunity to design and build a scale model of a future city using recycled materials. The workshop was just one of the many hands-on workshops held during the GEMS event, which was open to all girl scouts in Kentucky and surrounding states from 4th to 12th grade with a $10 fee for children and $5 fee for adults. Vicki Cooper, staff assistant in the UK College of Engineering and former Girl Scout leader, helped create the annual GEMS event at UK. The idea came about in 2004, when the Girl Scouts
wanted a program that was focused on science, technology, engineering and math curriculum. Cooper joined up with Susan Miller, director of program services for the Girl Scouts of Kentucky’s Wilderness Road Council, to create GEMS at UK. The program has gained momentum since 2004, and Cooper said that around 350 girls attended this year. Cooper said the GEMS program holds a special place in her heart. As a child she never had the encouragement or support to pursue a career in the STEM fields. Now her hope is to inspire girls that are See STEM on page 2
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Theatre sophomore and stage manager Abby Schroering at tech rehearsal for UK’s production of “Much Ado About Nothing” in the Fine Arts Building on UK’s campus Sunday.
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UK’s Makayla Epps (25) moves by Baylor’s Odyssey Sims (0) during the NCAA women’s Sweet Sixteen game on March 29, 2014 in South Bend, Ind.
bent over the list of entrances, exits, and sound and light cues, murmuring instructions to the sound and light operators as the entire cast and crew ran through parts of the performance. She barely watched the stage. Earlier in the evening, Schroering labeled the sound cues and ran through some for director Matthew Johnson. Meanwhile, a team of students including international studies senior Courtney Stone peeled up tape to reveal the newly finished
After sending reassuring motions to freshmen Devin Booker and Tyler Ulis before the second half started, forward Trey Lyles was the spark that the Cats needed after trailing at halftime to Buffalo on Sunday. UK had struggled in the first half, no matter the platoon, getting out hustled by a smaller Buffalo team and falling behind by five points before the halftime break. However, Lyles looked determined to shake off that deficit as he waited for the second half to begin, even if he had to do it himself. Lyles did so with some style and thunder, hitting a 3-pointer, grabbing a steal in the Cats' full-court defense and slamming home a dunk before a minute ticked off the game clock. Suddenly UK and Buffalo were tied, and the Bulls did not play with the same intensity and comfort after that 50-second outburst by Lyles, who is rapidly becoming the most important player in UK's second platoon even though his potential is hardly being tapped. “He's getting well-adjusted and he's getting faster,” freshman guard Tyler Ulis said. “He's been great for me because I'm a passer and he can score the ball.” Ulis, the passer, had an urgent message for Lyles, the scorer. “I'm trying to get him to shoot the ball a little bit more,” Ulis said. “I catch him in a lot of spots where he should shoot. But he doesn't want to shoot the ball all the time; he wants to get other people involved. But I feel like he's a scorer so he should score the ball.” Lyles was 4-5 from the field, finishing the game with 12 points, four rebounds,
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three assists and one steal. The rookie is not only the best scorer on that platoon, he came out with the activeness that coach John Calipari wished UK would have started the game with, and on the platoon that is supposed to bring the energy. “I wanted to go out there and play with energy in the second half,” Lyles said. “That's what our platoon is supposed to do.” Lyles said after UK's exhibition schedule that he would be well-conditioned to where he would like to be by the end of the next week. Fully conditioned or not, Lyles put his 37 minutes in his two games to good use, scoring in double digits in each game and setting the
tone for UK's second half bludgeoning of Buffalo. He also made the case that he deserves more than just over 18 minutes per game as he learns his collegiate role. “There's a quick pass shot for him, but he's not prepared because he's never played this fast,” Calipari said. “But Trey Lyles gives us unbelievable scoring ability on the second platoon.” The 6-foot-10 freshman from Indianapolis will return home to face No. 5 Kansas on Tuesday, a game he marked on his calendar. “I feel like he's going to be a little nervous and a little excited, being in his hometown and against a top five team,” Ulis said. “He's going to have a great game.”
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UK freshman forward Trey Lyles (41) dunks during the second half of the game against University of New York at Buffalo in Lexington, Ky., Sunday.
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burgundy and indigo geometric patterning as part of the finalization of the set and stage design. working toward In practicum credit for her theatre minor, Stone said she follows Schroering’s directions for on-stage work and also works on lighting for the play. “They sort of teach you (the tech) while you’re doing it,” Stone said. “That’s why we do the practicum — to get hands-on experience.” “Much Ado About Nothing,” which opens Thursday night in the Guignol Theatre, is a Shakespearean comedy that follows two couples through trickery and troubles. Tech week, the final week of rehearsals, brings in the “atmospheric” elements of the play, said Beau Mcghee, who plays Claudio in the production. “It’s adding all of the things that are out of your hands, like the lights and the costumes,” said the theatre and physics junior. “Everyone sort of brings the world to life.” The lighting and special effects were all added to the show Sunday, Mcghee said, and the rest of the elements, like costuming, will be added on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. “As far as being in the theatre … the magic happens during tech week,” said theatre junior Joshua Randal Price, who plays Antonio during the show. “The last week really isn’t about the actors, it’s about the show. (It’s) doing what you’re supposed to be doing to make the show better.” Tech director Zachary Stribling watched from the audience to ensure that any problems with the set, which he “realized into full scale” with a team of student constructors, would be fixed before opening night. “The lighting can make my set look great, or it can make it look horrible,” Stribling said. Stribling moved around the audience Sunday night, looking and listening for gaps in the set from where the background light could be seen, or noises from the stage that weren’t part of the prescribed list of sound effects. “This is Abby’s night to make sure everything’s where it is,” Stribling said. Schroering is interested in theatre tech, and will give similar commands to the sound and light crews on the nights of the performances. Her job as stage manager is close to where she would like work in the future. “I am where I want to be,” Schroering said.
UK should enforce smoking ban on campus Policy and resources need to be further advertised
We here at The Kentucky Kernel believe that if you’re going to implement a campus-wide policy, you should make sure that your staff and students have the tools and motivation to stand by the policy. This is in reference to the tobacco-free policy UK staff and students are supposed to abide by. It’s no secret that the policy is openly disobeyed. Walk anywhere on campus—outside White Hall Classroom Building, William T. Young Library or even the Medical Center, and you will see people lighting up in blatant disregard. When UK first implemented this policy, it was an admirable attempt to curb health problems associated with tobacco. It was supposed to function based on three guidelines: tell, treat and train.
The university has had success with the treatment aspect, as a 2012 study showed that the tobacco-free policy had caused a fourfold increase in the number of people seeking treatment for tobacco addiction since it was implemented in 2009. However, we have failed to see the success of the training guideline, which calls for cooperation between staff and student leaders to remind violators of the policy and report them if necessary. To play devil’s advocate for a moment, we here at the Kernel understand why the policy is violated by so many. Tobacco is an addictive substance, one to which Kentucky has a cultural dependence. Kentucky and North Carolina combined produce two-thirds of the nation’s tobacco harvest, with Kentucky farmers producing 150 mil-
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unaware of the possibilities that are out there for them. GEMS is sponsored by the Girl Scouts of America, but the time given by Cooper and her fellow UK faculty members is on a purely volunteer basis. She says people volunteer to help with the workshops, which are meant to be fun and STEM related. Volunteers at the event also included members of the Tau Beta Pi, the engineering honors society at UK. Rachel Adams, a civil engineering graduate student and member of Tau Beta Pi, says this was her fifth year participating in GEMS. Adams feels it’s important for them to hold events like this for young girls because it gives STEM experience to girls who “may not have the opportunity to explore.” This sentiment was shared by Laura Lusk, who was attending the event with her 4th and 6th grade daughters. She says there aren’t many opportunities for this kind of hands-on learning at schools because of lack of funding. “I want to expose them to math and science as early on as possible,” Lusk said.
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lion pounds of tobacco in 2012 alone. While tobacco is good for Kentucky’s business, it has not been good for Kentucky’s health. We have the highest rate of deaths related to smoking, the highest rate of smoking among high school students and the second highest rate of adult smoking. With all this in mind, the Kernel would like to provide a couple of suggestions. The first would be to do a better job enforcing the policy, which could be accomplished through a more vigorous stressing of the tobaccofree policy online report form. This tool encourages students and staff to report violations of the policy around campus and asks the reporter to provide their contact information, the specific location of the violation, physical de-
scription of the smoker and whether or not they informed the smoker of the ban on campus. Violators of the tobaccofree policy are reported to the Dean of Students and can face fines or disciplinary action. UK employees must also obey the policy, and are reported to and disciplined by the Human Resources office upon any violations. The second suggestion is to better advertise the resources that staff and students have at their disposal in ending their tobacco addiction. The UK Counseling Center offers free tobacco cessation counseling and nicotine replacement therapy, which recent studies have shown are two of the most effective tools at curbing tobacco addiction. Another possible route, albeit a risky one, would be to allow the use of electronic cigarettes.
The Food and Drug Administration classifies electronic cigarettes as tobacco products, therefore they fall under the tobacco ban on campus. The university has vehemently affirmed that they would never encourage the use of “e-cigs” on campus, because students would be substituting one unhealthy habit for another. Despite the fact that studies on “e-cigs” are slim, and that there are health risks associated with “e-cigs,” traditional cigarettes lead to nearly 500,000 deaths per year in America alone. So defaulting to the use of “e-cigs” could at least be kept as a last resort. Regardless of what decision the university chooses to make, there is a clear issue with this policy, and it needs to be addressed as soon as possible to ensure the health and safety of our staff and students.
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highest field goal shooting percentage in the nation. The superior talent and consistent success has given the Bears the respect they deserve, and makes them that much more difficult to prepare for no matter when or
how many times you play against them, Mitchell said. “They’re a really great team,” Mitchell said. “They are very aggressive at all times and play really fast. We have to make it an uptempo type of game and play fast to have any chance to win.” But because the game is so early in season, Mitchell
thinks it serves as a doubleedged sword for both teams. “(The game) won’t be as clean as it will be if we played a month later,” Mitchell said. “But Baylor is in the same boat. They’ve had the same amount of time to practice as we have. It may not be clean, but still very important. It would be very meaningful to win.”
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Overtime penalty kicks lead UK to NCAA win KEVIN ERPENBECK Kernel Columnist
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UK celebrates their win against Southern Illinois University Edwardsville in Lexington, Ky., Saturday. The Cats won in overtime penalty kicks.
After 110 minutes of scoreless soccer, UK won its first round game of the NCAA Tournament over Southern Illinois University Edwardsville 4-2 in penalty kicks. The Cats had an 18-0 corner kick advantage over the Cougars, but couldn’t find a way to get through what UK head coach Jon Lipsitz called
a “red wall of defense,” in reference to the jersey color of SIUE. “They had a very clear game plan, executed it very well and made life very difficult for us,” Lipsitz said. “It’s exactly the test we needed. We played very poorly in the first half, but responded well in the second half.” Freshman goalkeeper Taylor Braun was hardly pressured in the match as the Cougars only had four shots in 110 minutes, with just one of them coming after halftime. But the young goalie stepped up during the most nerve-racking situation
Bye week much needed for deflated Cats ANNIE DUNBAR Kernel Columnist
After five straight disappointing losses, most recently to SEC foe Tennessee, most people expected UK head coach Mark Stoops to be frustrated with his team once again. However, during his postgame press conference, that was not the case. “I have no problem with our team’s attitude and their effort,” Stoops said after losing 50-16. “Some people may have a hard time understanding that … I think our guys really want to play well. I thought they really prepared well, really tried to come in with a good mindset, and really I thought gave good effort.” Whether or not people agree with Stoops’ take on the game, the positivity is something the players need, especially during this rough stretch.
“It’s really important,” quarterback Patrick Towles said. “We all look to him for how to react. But we have to stay positive or else we have no shot. We can’t start pointing fingers now, everybody’s just got to make more plays and got to go back to work.” ‘Back to work’ consists of preparing for UK’s final game of the regular season against in-state rival Louisville. Fortunately for the Cats, they have a bye week, which according to Stoops is much needed for players to heal before facing off against the Cardinals. “We got to get back and refocus,” Stoops said. “I think a little bit of healing up will help us. They need a little bit of time to decompress. It’s always such a quick turnaround, certainly for coaches and players, from week to week. In the middle of a tough stretch, you got no time to dwell on any loss or anything. I think they need a little time mentally and physically to heal up a little bit, then we’ll get right back to work.”
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Kentucky quarterback Patrick Towles dodges Tennessee defensive lineman Curt Maggitt during the game at Neyland Stadium in Knoxville, Tn., Saturday.
The bye week is also needed to get the Cats’ mentality back on track. Stoops has been harping on attitude and effort throughout the majority of UK’s season and after five straight losses, the mentality isn’t where it needs to be according to Towles. “Not very good right now,” Towles said. “We just got beat bad, it’s never good but we got a really good opportunity and we’re playing a good Louisville football team
for a sixth victory and that’s what it’s all about.” The Cats, who sit at 5-6, have had their fair share of chances to clinch that sixth win and become bowl eligible for the first time since 2010. Now, with only one game left, Stoops believes his team is excited for their last attempt. “We’re excited,” Stoops said. “The team will be excited. We have an opportunity to win the last game, to be 6-6 and to go to a bowl game.”
in soccer, saving the final penalty kick to send her team on to the next round. “I was thinking to myself, ‘I just need to save one of these balls. I need to end this right here,’” Braun said. Lipsitz chose to go with with best foot forward when the penalty shootout began, sending senior leader Arin Gilliland out to take the first shot. Gilliland’s dominant shooting foot hasn’t exactly been at its best, however, as she suffered a minor sprain in her right foot against Texas A&M during the SEC Championship game. Pain or not, Gilliland
knew what her plan was going to be at the end of overtime, and let Lipsitz know immediately. “She looked right at me and said ‘I’m taking a PK.’ So I said ‘Okay, she’s taking a PK,’” Lipsitz said. “Gilly would never put the team in a disadvantage, so I trusted she could do it like she said.” UK will move on to the second round of the NCAA Tournament to face Arizona State in Charlottesville, Va. The Cats will have the seed advantage over their opponent in the second round for the first time in program history.