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Whistling winds gust over campus Weather causes fallen power lines By Cheyene Miller and Anne Halliwell news@kykernel.com
Winds that reached speeds greater than 60 miles per hour caused fallen trees and power lines to disrupt traffic in Lexington on Monday. Chris Bailey, meteorologist and head of WKYT’s First Alert Weather team, said that weather-wise, “things are finally beginning to calm down” despite heavy winds Sunday night and Monday morning. He added that the strong winds led in a cold front. Those winds, Bailey said, have calmed down and the front is now on its way out. “Things moving forward look a lot better,” Bailey said. Bailey said that Versailles Road, on the west side of Fayette County leading into Woodford County, had
been the hardest-hit area. “We had a lot of trees that were knocked down, a few trees that were uprooted,” Bailey said. “At one point in the day, several thousand people in Lexington were without power.” Lexington police announced over Twitter that fallen trees caused closures on Loudon Road, Greenwich and Russell Avenues, Ironworks Parkway and Russell Avenue, Versailles Road and Village Drive, and Versailles and New Circle Road. At about 11 a.m., Versailles Road was blocked for several hours after electrical lines fell. The lines’ collapse also caused traffic lights on Versailles Road to go out for several hours, according to Lexington police. Versailles Road between New Circle Road and Man O’ War Boulevard was shut See WEATHER on page 3
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Three students avoide a loose tarp covering a fence in front of the Business and Economics building on a windy Monday on campus.
Students receive a dollar to watch video about American meat industry By Cheyene Miller news@kykernel.com
Students received one dollar from the Farm Animal Rights Movement to sit through a four-minute video that showcased graphic footage of the American
meat industry Monday. FARM’s 10 Billion Lives tour set up their computer screen-lined truck in the Kirwan and Blanding Complex between 9:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. for its first of two days on UK’s campus. The video, a compilation
of footage collected from investigative journalists, illuminates legal practices in the meat industry, according to FARM activist and tour operator Angie Fitzgerald. “We think that this is very important education, but we recognize that time is
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Freshman equine science and management major Samantha Adams (right) and freshman agricultural biology technology major Emma Brennan (left) watch the video together on Monday.
money in this country and that you all are pretty busy on college campuses, so it’s an incentive,” said Fitzgerald, who noted that the video can be difficult to watch because of its graphic nature. “It’s an incentive to get through the whole video so you can get to the point at the end where we talk about solutions to some of these problems.” Fitzgerald said that the main purpose of the video was to educate. At the end of the video, the computer screen asks if the students are willing to commit to lowering their meat consumption. “I would love to see a vegan world, but I recognize that I didn’t go vegan overnight,” Fitzgerald said. “So getting people started on their path to healthier and compassionate eating is a positive thing.” Fitzgerald said that FARM was founded by Alex Hershaft, a holocaust survivor who saw similarities in the treatment animals receive in the meat industry and the treatment of concentration camp inhabitants.
Images from the video included chickens having their beaks cut off without pain killers and throats slit while still conscious, as well as pigs castrated without anesthesia. The 10 Billion Lives tour started in Minnesota and made its way through the Midwest. Fitzgerald said that the tour had already been to Northern Kentucky University and the University of Louisville. Autumn Murphy, founder of the Lexington Initiative for Vegan Education, invited them to UK. “Most student don’t really see this kind of footage in their everyday lives,” said Murphy, an English and history senior. She said the main purpose of the tour was “to show people what the industry standards are.” Undecided freshman Caroline Hecht said the video was “really disturbing” and “kind of makes you feel nauseous.” Hecht has been a vegetarian for three years and said she is considering becoming vegan.
Offense lags behind defense as UT Arlington comes to town By Kyle Arensdorf karensdorf@kykernel.com
UK basketball is rounding into shape on the defensive side of the ball while lagging a bit on the offensive side after a few early struggles. On Nov. 18, the Cats went to Indianapolis and punished then-No. 5 Kansas the way they were supposed to punish their early opponents, suffocating the Jayhawks on defense and converting (most of the time) on offense to a 72-40 victory. UK played a similar game Sunday against Montana State on its way to an 86-28 victory. Head coach John Calipari called the win their second best game of the season to the Kansas game. “We sustained, defensively, for the entire time,” Calipari said. “Just like we
did against Kansas. The issue is we played the same way offensively (as UK did against Kansas), too.” In both matchups, the Cats held their opponents to less than 20 percent shooting from the field and at or below 20 percent shooting from beyond the 3-point arc. With UK’s stifling defensive play, there hasn’t been a pressing need for great offense – which is one thing the team hasn’t done well this season. After the Cats’ matchup against Montana State, Calipari admitted they “didn’t exactly knock it out of the park offensively,” and they haven’t all year. In five games this season, the Cats have only shot 50 percent or higher from the field once (58 percent Friday against Boston University). One player that is finding his way offensively is fresh-
man guard Devin Booker. Following a poor offensive performance against Kansas where he shot 2-8 from the field and 1-6 from 3-point range, Booker has made 7-of-11 3-point attempts and has scored 33 points in his last two games. His 18 points against Montana State Sunday were a game-high and the second most points scored by a Cat this season. Booker also dished out seven assists on Friday, a season-high for any UK player. “It’s an adjustment you have to make from high school to college,” Booker said Friday. “I feel like it’s coming along right now.” The Cats will take to the court again Tuesday in Rupp Arena to take on a 3-1 UT Arlington team. See OFFENSE on page 3
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Freshman guard Devin Booker shoots a 3-pointer during the second half of UK’s exhibition win over Georgetown.
Incoming associate dean has cloudy past By Anne Halliwell ahalliwell@kykernel.com
A University of Kansas official involved in a controversial sexual assault case has been hired as UK’s new associate dean of students. Nick Kehrwald will begin work at UK on Dec. 1. According to a Sept. 9 article in the University Daily Kansan, the University of Kansas’ student newspaper, a now-sophomore student filed a report to her school’s Office of Institutional Opportunity and Access on May 5 of this year that a male student sexually assaulted her in November of 2013. According to the Kansan, on June 30, during KU’s investigation, the Office of Institutional Access decided “‘more likely than not that [the respondent] assaulted [the female student] by kissing and touching [her] when [she was] incapacitated and unable to provide knowing and voluntary consent to engage in any sexual activity with him.’” The Office of Institutional Opportunity and Access recommended that the student be put on “probation” for six months, meet with officials to discuss consent and pay any therapy charges the female student had incurred, the Kansan reported. The Office of Institutional Opportunity and Access decision did not address the female student’s full allegations, the Kansan reported, nor did it address the fact that she claimed she told her assailant “no,” instead of merely being unable to give consent. According to a Sept. 2 article in the Huffington Post, the male student admitted to university police that the female student had asked him to stop. Kehrwald, the Director of Student Conduct and Community Standards at the University of Kansas, contacted the student to discuss the recommendations in accordance with standard policy. According to the Kansan, he told the female student that the facts as documented did not add up to a violation of the University of Kansas’ sexual assault policy. The female student told the Kansan that although the Office of Institutional Opportunity and Access had determined that the other student had “more likely than not engaged in non-consenSee DEAN on page 4
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SPORTS
UK motivated for bowl eligibility Cats excited to play the spoiler in rivalry game Saturday JOSHUA HUFF Kernel Columnist
As refreshing as a bye week is for a team floundering in the midst of a fivegame losing streak, UK turns its attention to a decisive Saturday matchup against Louisville. UK will have to throw all of the cards on the table on Saturday when it faces a Cardinals team coming off a 31-28 win over Notre Dame. On the line is UK’s seasonlong crutch — bowl eligibility. Compounding factors will make the task of winning a sixth game that much more difficult. Wide receiver Dorian Baker is out for the season with a knee injury and quarterback Patrick Towels is still nursing a sprained ankle. These injuries potentially limit an offense that has struggled and will be going up against one of the best defenses in the country. “They play extremely hard,” UK head coach Mark
Stoops said about Louisville’s defense on Monday. “I think if you look at (defensive coordinator Todd) Grantham and what they’ve done defensively … their guys are playing very hard.” UK’s defense will need to hark back to October when the team was riding high at 5-1, because it will be squaring off against another quarterback capable of spreading the field and a running back duo that has rushed for over 500 yards this season. Stoops has been impressed with Cardinals freshman quarterback Reggie Bonnafon, predominately with his decision making. His ability to keep teams off balance will cause fits for a UK team that has struggled against mobile quarterbacks this season. “They do a nice job of mixing it up, keeping you off balance,” Stoops said. “You’ve heard me talk about that all year. That’s why you need balance. They have very good balance. They’re physical, can hurt you in the run game and they have the play-actions off of it.”
By Kevin Erpenbeck kerpenbeck@kykernel.com
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Sophomore quarterback Patrick Towles tries to avoid the Tennessee defense during a run in the first half during UK’s loss on Nov. 15.
The Cats will look to add a bit of consistency on defense as Stoops put his players in situations throughout the bye week that built up their confidence. “I think you look at those games and we weren’t making our fair share of competitive plays,” Stoops said. “It gets down to making plays and being a good football player at times. Fundamentally, getting guys in the right spots. So we worked on everything.” The Cats will have to compete at a higher level against the Cardinals if they want to pull out their first victory on the road this season. “I think we’ve got to
OPINIONS
Movies are a great tradition of the holiday season MARJORIE KIRK Kernel Columnist
I have finally begun the remorseful and inevitable stage of my life when I look back on my childhood and wish that I had learned from movies like “13 Going on 30” and “Big” instead of wishing that I could be an adult. I miss the moments when my dad and I would sit on the couch and he would hand me the comic page of the newspaper, and I’d read “Peanuts” while he read the boring sports pages. I miss my mom dragging both of us out of the living room to come eat Thanksgiving dinner with the rest of the family as Frank Sinatra played in the background. But I never got the chance to watch the famous “A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving” like most kids on my block, which is why, before this Thanksgiving break, I decided to finally watch the family classic. The simplicity of Charles
Schultz’s characters and humor makes the franchise memorable for every generation, including ours. Throughout the holiday special there are reminders of that wonderful period of innocence — playing out in the leaves or walking down the street to a friend’s house or dressing up like pilgrims — that take you back to those warm feelings of home. You can’t watch movies like “Gravity” or “21 Jump Street” and make memories with the family doing your holiday traditions because they require silence and attention to catch every little piece of stimulation these movies make you believe you need. I went in watching “A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving” knowing I would not be enthralled in the same way a Wes Anderson film would entertain me with bright scenes, extremely detailed sets and powerful music — though the Peanuts theme has always been a favorite of mine. I went into it with the hope that it would take me back to those memories of be-
ing with family and watching a movie together – not just people in the same room watching a movie with no interaction. Watching the same movies every holiday is a testament to the timeless power of tradition and how something as simple as the endearing, kindhearted nature of Charlie Brown, the pettiness of Peppermint Patty or that dog Snoopy can bring me back to my living room in California beside the fire. It does not matter how many times you watch a movie, when you are with family, having a good time and making memories that you will remember even when you have left home and can't be with your family, it is an enjoyable time. While outfit-repeating may be an American fashion taboo, movie-repeating, especially when it is classic holiday movies, will forever be an American holiday tradition. Marjorie Kirk is the assistant opinions editor. Email opinions@ kykernel.com.
EDITORIAL
Parking should not limit registration
The priority registration window has been open for all current UK students since 8 a.m. Wednesday, but that doesn’t necessarily mean everyone can register for classes. The university has 89 holds, from various departments, that they can place on students’ accounts making them unable to register for courses. UK’s Department of Parking and Transportation has the ability to place a hold if a student has more than $30 of unpaid parking citations — a policy that has been successful in encouraging students to take care of their fines, according to Chrissy Tune of UK Parking and Transportation. The process itself is a burden all students have to worry about every registration window, but the Kernel believes this process, while
it has been effective in producing payments for citations, is not formatted with students’ needs in mind. “This is not a new process,” Tune said. “We send (an e-mail newsletter) out about a week before the priority registration window begins, just to remind students — to say ‘Hey, check your student account. Make sure you don’t have any unpaid parking citations or any other unpaid fees that might affect your ability to register for classes.’ We really try to let people know well in advance.” There is no other option for students who want to register for classes than to pay the citations – whether online or by mail, in person or mailed in. Of course this leads to problems: students who are trying to graduate in May can’t get into classes, stu-
UK Hoops travels to Virgin Islands
dents who received tickets by mistake — such as when a friend borrows the car and gets a citation — are responsible for the hold and it becomes a financial strain for most students, some of whom are selfsupporting. Instead of being responsible for the tickets every semester at registration, the Kernel editorial board believes the tickets should be accumulated until a student’s graduation and that the penalty of refusing to pay them should be an inability to graduate. This option gives students plenty of time to pay the tickets. There is no excess burden put on their academics and, as responsible adults, students understand that withholding diplomas is a severe penalty that will convince students to take care of our tickets.
compete certainly better than we’ve been in the past couple weeks,” Stoops said. The stage doesn’t get any bigger for UK — the Cats’ chance of winning a sixth game for the first time since 2010, in front of a hostile crowd, becoming bowl-eligible and halting the Cardinals’ chances of winning ten games this season is more than enough motivation for UK. “I think the whole staff and everybody’s excited about it,” Stoops said. “We’ve talked about that right after last game. It’s a beautiful thing, as we have this opportunity in front of us to get the sixth victory against a big rival.”
UK Hoops will trade in the traditional Thanksgiving turkey feast to play basketball on the sunny shores of the Virgin Islands. The Cats open up the Reef Division bracket of the 2014 Paradise Jam Island Tournament when they face Illinois on Thanksgiving Day. UK will play three games in a span of three days, facing Oklahoma and South Florida on Nov. 28 and Nov. 29. Illinois is 4-0 on the season after coming off of a 6242 win over Southern University on Sunday. The Paradise Jam Island Tournament will be the first game away from home for the Fighting Illini in 2014. Oklahoma started its season with a 3-0 record and have recorded 90 or more points in each win. The Sooners have also not played an away game this season and will face South Florida in the other Thanksgiving Day matchup. South Florida is 3-1 and has only played one game at home in Tampa, Fla. The Bulls played in the Chattanooga Invitational against Villanova and UT Chattanooga, winning
both games by a combined margin of three points. No. 9 UK is a perfect 4-0 to open the season after staving off Central Michigan 71-68 Friday. The Cats had a 20-point lead over the Chippewas early in the second half in their first road game of the season, but watched as Central Michigan pulled within three points with under three minutes to play before UK held on. Senior point guard Jennifer O’Neill leads all UK players in points, averaging 18.8 points per game. O’Neill has recorded double digit points in every game this season, including scoring 19 points in the win against Central Michigan. However, the 5foot-6 guard has struggled to consistently shoot this season, making under 38 percent of her shots. Freshman center Chatrice White has been the key player for Illinois this season, leading the team in rebounds and points. White recorded double digit points in every game. The winner of the tournament will be determined by the team with the most wins in the three-day span, with headto-head tiebreakers to be assessed if necessary.
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down at about noon. At about 5 p.m., Lexington police tweeted that the road was open except for the ramp from inbound Versailles. UK police chief Joe Monroe told the Kernel that UKPD had not responded to any damage around campus. According to Bailey, 15,000 people in the Lexing-
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The Mavericks’ only loss of the season came at the hands of Buffalo (who UK
ton area were reported to have been without power during the day on Monday, but many had their power restored by Monday evening. Bailey said he and his team predicted the impending weather last week. “We started seeing it about Thursday of last week and we tried to ramp it up even more to get people’s attention over the next few days,” said Bailey, who noted that the Northeast is ex-
pected to get hit with a snow storm over Thanksgiving weekend that could cause flight delays. He also said the snow storm could mean light flurries. The National Weather Service forecasts temperatures in the low 50s Sunday with a 40 percent chance of rain. Saturday’s Lexington forecast predicts temperatures in the mid-40s with a 30 percent chance of rain.
beat 71-52) on Nov. 18. "When you're going to play the No. 1 team in the country that just beat Kansas by (30 points), you definitely want to have a little momentum going into
that game," UT Arlington coach Scott Cross said to utmavs.com. "Buffalo had Kentucky down five at halftime. I felt like we played awful against Buffalo and we lost by six.”
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NEWS
No charges against officer in Ferguson shooting
CLAYTON, Mo. — Officer Darren Wilson will not face state criminal charges in the killing of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo. St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney Robert P. McCulloch announced Monday night that a grand jury delivered a "no true bill" after considering possible charges in the case, meaning an indictment will not be handed down. A separate federal investigation into whether Wilson violated Brown's civil rights is continuing, officials said. McCulloch said the two investigations had worked in harmony and evidence was shared with investigators from both levels of government. "Our only goal was that our investigation would be
thorough and complete," he said. Wilson's shooting of the unarmed youth in a confrontation Aug. 9 triggered months of protests, and focused national concerns about policing and race on a community that had considered itself a strong example of racial harmony. Officials, Brown's family and some protest leaders pleaded for a peaceful reaction to news that seemed certain to anger those who called for Wilson's arrest and immediate prosecution for murder. Protesters began gathering in Ferguson shortly after it was announced that the grand jury had made a decision. A smaller crowd gathered in Clayton, where the announcement of the decision was made to
members of the media inside a courtroom where preliminary hearings are typically held. McCulloch, who could have decided on his own whether to charge Wilson, chose instead to take the case to a grand jury. Its 12 members meet in secret and usually hear a synopsis of evidence before voting on whether to issue an indictment. But in this case, the prosecutor had two assistants present all the evidence available — meaning the jurors heard testimony from every witness and saw every report, photograph and video before deciding. Nine of 12 votes are required for in an indictment, but the count remains secret. St. Louis Post-Dispatch staff reports
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sual contact with her,” Kehrwald said he would not be punished. The female student chose not to appeal the decision, according to the Kansan, though a Formal Hearing Panel was scheduled for Sept. 19. Erinn Barcomb-Peterson, the University of Kansas’ Director of News and Media Relations, told the Kansan in September that no records would be released until the case was completed. Kehrwald wrote in an email to the Kentucky Kernel that all comments would come from UK Public Relations. UK spokesman Jay Blanton wrote in an email to the Kentucky Kernel that a search
committee for the position interviewed Kehrwald and, during that process, Kehrwald raised the issue of the alleged sexual assault case and discussed it with the committee. “As part of the due diligence process, university officials reached out to KU officials and discussed this issue as well,” Blanton wrote in the email. “Mr. Kehrwald’s account was entirely consistent with what officials at KU told us about the issue. He has years of experience in this important area; he comes highly recommended and the committee supported moving forward with the hire.” Blanton would not discuss other candidates considered for the associate dean position with the Kernel. Blanton said Kehrwald’s background in the legal field
was an “important, critical set of skills to possess in working with these areas.” According to his Linkedin profile, Kehrwald received a degree from the University of Iowa College of Law. He spent three years as a Student Conduct officer at the University of Nevada-Las Vegas and worked in student conduct for about four years at the University of Kansas. Both UK and the University of Kansas base their sexual assault policies on Title IX requirements. Both include clear definitions of sexual assault and sexual violence, and both prohibit sex acts that are performed without the full and informed consent of all participants. The University of Kansas and the Office of Institutional Access had not replied to the Kernel by the end of Monday.