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Finals Destination Students hit the library as Dead Week begins
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As final projects piled up in preparation for finals week, UK students moved to the campus libraries to write end-ofsemester papers. Groups gathered at tables and in cubbies in the William T. Young Library to work through presentations. Deadlines for essays, speeches and final exams are rapidly approaching as the 2014 Fall semester comes to an end.
From left, freshman electrical engineers Irsyad Hanif, John Whitesell and Isaiah Leonard study together in the basement of the William T. Young Library on Monday in Lexington, KY.
Experts tell how to avoid stress during finals By Anne Halliwell annehalliwell@kykernel.com
With finals week approaching and the libraries filling up, students may find themselves with a pile of projects to complete and only weeks to do it. The Kentucky Kernel spoke to staff members from the UK Counseling Center and Health Service to pick up tips on how to survive the stress of approaching deadlines and study sessions.
Senior staff psychologist Tina Bryant from the UK Counseling Center and assistant professor of psychiatry Neltner with Matthew Health Service talked to the Kentucky Kernel about ways students can take care of their mental and physical health during finals week. Prioritize “Be really honest with yourself about what you want to accomplish,” Bryant said. She suggested that students decrease stress from
the get-go by making a list of their top tasks in order not to be weighed down by other concerns. Neltner referenced a January 2011 study from the University of California that indicated that students who write down their thoughts before a test earn a higher grade. Scheduling time to write worries down in a journal and then setting it aside can help clear students’ minds, Neltner said, or using the
space to keep a list of tasks can relieve them of having to keep a mental list of responsibilities. Bryant also suggested that students set reasonable goals for themselves at the end of the semester, when earning an ideal grade may not be possible in every class. “You can take it as a learning experience, to say, ‘Here are some of the things that weren’t so helpful,’” Bryant said. Students can
Bone fragment is from 1 of 43 missing Mexican students By Tim Johnson McClatchy Foreign Staff (MCT)
MEXICO CITY — One of Mexico's most horrific mass murders in recent decades has come to rest, in part, on a fragment of a charred human eye socket. Attorney General Jesus Murillo Karam said Sunday that Austrian forensic experts have confirmed that the bone fragment is from one of 43 student teachers who went missing 10 weeks ago in a heinous crime that has shaken the country. “The remains found at one of the scenes coincide with the genetic profile of Alexander Mora Venancio,” Murillo Karam said, naming one of the students. Murillo Karam provided the first solid identification to back the government's assertion that local police in Iguala, a city in Guerrero state, had rounded up the students overnight on Sept. 2627, and then turned them over to a criminal gang, which tossed their bodies in a rural garbage dump and burned them for more than half a day, reducing the bodies to ashes and bone fragments. A genetics laboratory in Innsbruck, Austria, compared the bone fragment with DNA taken from Mora Venancio's father and brothers, Murillo Karam said. “Using data from the University in Innsbruck, it was determined that the remains belong to a male with a probability a billion times higher, that's 'b' for billion, of being the biological son of
work to improve the next semester, she added, instead of spending the last few weeks of this one trying to correct every lowe grade they earned. Sleep “I’d put that near the top of your list of priorities,” Neltner said. He referenced a 2013 study by Science Direct which linked sleep deprivation and attention lapses, cognitive slowing and memory lapses. Lack of sleep can also
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Ezequiel Mora Chavez and the sibling of Omar Mora Venancio and Hugo Mora Venancio than for any other unrelated person,” Murillo Karam said, referring to the missing student's father and brothers. Murillo Karam said the bone fragment from Mora Venancio was one of 17 that had been recovered either from the dump or a nearby river and sent to Austria for testing. The other 16 fragments have yet to yield positive identifications, he said. Murillo Karam's office released a document signed by Dr. Richard Scheithauer, head of the Institute for Legal Medicine at Innsbruck
Medical University, confirming the identification of the missing student. Word that one of the bone fragments belonged to one of the missing students emerged after a meeting between Argentine forensic anthropologists and parents of those enrolled at the Ayotzinapa teachers college, a state institution with a heritage of forming radical leaders. On Saturday, fellow students at the college posted a message on their Facebook page in the voice of Mora Venancio, a first-year student. “Today, Dec. 6, Argentine experts confirmed to my father that one of the fragments of my bones was
found. I am proud of you who have elevated my voice, my courage and my libertarian spirit,” it said. Murillo Karam said authorities now have 80 people in custody related to the mass disappearance, including 44 local police officers from Iguala or the nearby community of Cocula. Those officers were allegedly in league with a criminal gang, United Warriors, involved in marijuana and heroin trafficking. Sixteen other officers have not been found, Murillo Karam said. He said investigators have identified 16 individuals who took part in the exeSee MEXICO on page 3
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Student Government raises funds for DanceBlue ahalliwell@kykernel.com
On the night President Obama makes his speech announcing executive action on immigration, people march through the streets of Los Angeles and hold a vigil in front of the Mexican Consulate near Macrthur Park for the 43 students killed in Mexico.
compromise the ability to handle anxiety and stress, Neltner said. Practice Self-Care “Eat well, sleep, make time for exercise, make time for self-care,” Bryant said. “Those are a lot of the things we throw out the door when we’re stressed.” Neltner added that students can add small things to their routines to stay healthy. “People are running into
The Student Government Association donated one dollar to DanceBlue for every follower they gained between 12 a.m. and 11:59 p.m. on Tuesday up until they reached 6,000 followers. The SGA Twitter page began with 3,877 followers Tuesday morning, wrote Blair Hoover, SGA’s director of public relations, in an email to the Kentucky Kernel. The maximum donation, then, was $2,123 to the annual dance marathon. SGA had 5,341 Twitter followers at about 11 p.m. Tuesday. DanceBlue raised $1,436,606.24 in 2014, according to the event’s web page. The 2015 DanceBlue marathon will take place on Feb. 14. All of the donations this year will go to the Golden Matrix Fund, which benefits the Kentucky Children's Hospital Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Clinic, wrote DanceBlue PR chair Michael Danahy, an integrated strategic communications senior. “One of the most special moments for everyone at DanceBlue is the big reveal at the end of the marathon, so in order to protect the surprise, we do
not share our fundraising total until the event itself,” Danahy wrote in the email. “However, we have been tirelessly working since last year’s marathon to do as much as we can for the cause and things are going really well.” SGA’s donation was funded by the organization’s promotions fund, Hoover wrote in the email. The SGA Twitter account and student body president Jake Ingram tweeted reminders to their followers throughout the day. “Supporting @UKDanceBlue was never easier,” Ingram tweeted at about 11 a.m. “For every new follower to @uksga we'll donate $1! #FTK #DB15.” DanceBlue uses the phrase “For The Kids” to restate the purpose behind its fundraising efforts. The DanceBlue event itself is funded through dancer fees and corporate sponsorship, Danahy wrote in the email to the Kentucky Kernel. “DanceBlue is a completely student-run organization and that is something that makes us very proud, but we do appreciate the support of the campus and community,” Danahy wrote in the email. “That's the best part DanceBlue; we are one campus united for the kids.”
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Towles collapsed midway through season
D-line proved to be UK’s most consistent aspect
JOSHUA HUFF
ANNIE DUNBAR
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The questions surrounding the UK quarterback position entering the 2014 season centered around who was capable and skilled enough to helm a young but talented offense. Those questions were not answered until the waning moments of fall practice when Patrick Towles competed against a group of inexperienced underclassmen with the likes of true freshman Drew Barker and redshirt freshman Reese Phillips vying for the starting job. Towles had spent the offseason working with quarterback coaches to tailor his footwork and improve his fundamentals. The hard work paid off as he led a Cats team to a somewhat surprising 5-1 record to start the season in route to a 5-7 ending record. Behind Towles, UK started the season off in torrid fashion outscoring its opponents in its first six games 235-106. Towles was masterful in his first start against UT-Martin, going 20-29 for 377 yards and one touchdown. He fell back down to earth against Ohio but bounced back against Florida where he put up 369 yards and three touchdowns despite a heartbreaking loss in overtime. He was thrust into the national spotlight against South Carolina when UK downed the Gamecocks behind his efficient 20-29 for 208 yards game. Unfortunately for Towles, his fall from grace began after the LouisianaMonroe game when the Cats bore the brunt of a tough SEC slate. UK never recovered from the 41-3 thumping from LSU, losing five straight games and
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UK quarterback Patrick Towles runs during the game against Louisville at Papa John’s Cardinals Stadium on Saturday, Nov. 29, 2014 in Louisville, Ky.
played themselves out of contention for a bowl game. During the final six games, Towles had just four touchdowns compared to 10 during the first six games of the season. Granted, some of the blame should be placed on an offensive line that gave up 34 sacks and a receiving core that struggled to find separation against the top tier SEC defenses. However, Towles finished the season surrounded by more questions than answers. UK struggled throughout the year trying to find a place for Towles. Is he a pocket quarterback who plays not to lose or is he a dual-threat quarterback? The Cats tried to figure that question out during the season but kept waffling on their decision. Some games he would run nearly as much as he passed the ball and some games he would air it out. In that sense, Towles is a product of the coaching staff’s play calling, but in their defense Towles never
cemented himself as any of those types. His struggles to consistently make plays defined an offense that never found an identity with offensive coordinator Neal Brown. With the season over, UK enters an offseason much like last season, with the exception that the Cats now have a legitimate starter and potentially a new pass-friendly offensive coordinator. Yet despite Towles’ experience, UK has high school sensation Barker gnashing his teeth coming off of a redshirt season in which he spent improving and waiting in the wings. Towles will need to show improvement from his inconsistent first season as starter. If a grade was given to Towles based on the two halves of the season, he would get a B for the first six games and a D for the last six. Overall, his inconsistency and inability to define himself earns him a C for the season.
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UK’s defensive line was the brightest and most consistent spot for the Cats throughout the 2014 season. The line was led by senior defensive ends Bud Dupree and Za’Darius Smith, and senior defensive tackle Michael Evans-Douglas. Dupree, who was voted onto the Associated Press All-SEC first team, led the defensive line with 45 solo tackles and 29 assisted for a total of 74 tackles on the season. He had the most tackles out of all the defensive lineman in the Southeastern Conference. Dupree was UK’s most effective weapon off the edge, tallying 12.5 sacks on the season for 62 yards. The Georgia native is projected to be an NFL first round draft pick. Za’Darius Smith was close behind Dupree with 26 solo tackles and 35 assisted, tallying 61 tackles on the season. Smith also added 7.5 sacks for 44 yards to his resume. He is predicted to be a mid-round pick in the upcoming draft. The defensive line as a whole had 27 sacks on the season for 173 yards. Michael Evans-Douglas, a Florida native, had 20 solo tackles and 13 assisted for a total of 33 on the season. The Cats’ defensive line also made their presence
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UK senior Bud Dupree celebrates during the game against the University of Louisiana at Monroe at Commonwealth Stadium on Saturday, Oct. 11, 2014.
known on the offensive side, scoring twice. Dupree had an interception for a pick-six against South Carolina and Evans-Douglas snagged a fumble and returned it for a touchdown against in-state rival Louisville. Dupree, Smith and Evans-Douglas sparked the defensive line throughout the season and their presence will be missed heading into the 2015 season. UK will return three starters from the line: sophomores Jason Hatcher, Jabari Johnson and Melvin Lewis. Lewis, who started every game, had 37 tackles on the season. Hatcher played in 11 games this season and started six. He totaled 28 tackles on the
season. Johnson made an appearance in all 12 games, starting in two and totaling 20 tackles this season. The Cats will also return juniors Cory Johnson and Farrington Huguenin, and freshman Matt Elam. Even though Johnson didn’t start a game, he played in all 12. Johnson totaled 20 tackles on the season. Huguenin also didn’t start a game but played in all 12. He tallied 18 tackles on the season. Elam also saw action in all 12 games and notched seven tackles. Overall, the defensive line was one of the most improved and notable aspects of the game for the Cats. The line receives a B+ for the 2014 season.
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cution of the students, and five of them are detained. Media reports showed mourners pouring into the family home of the slain youth in El Pericon, a mountainous rural hamlet along Guerrero's Pacific coastline. Like most parents of the missing students, those of the
Mora family are farmers. “His only sin was being poor, humble and wanting to be a teacher,” his father told the sinembargo.mx website before a makeshift altar in the family home. The apparent execution of the missing students, the largest mass killing in Mexico since drug gangsters from Los Zetas gunned down 72 undocumented migrants in 2010, has laid bare how local
Mexican police sometimes work openly with criminal gangs. Why the gang wanted to kill the student teachers has never been explained. One theory suggests that a bus that the students had commandeered contained a hidden shipment of opium or heroin. Another suggests some of the teachers belonged to a rival group, Los Rojos.
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Corrupt police should be held accountable ANTHONY GAITHER Guest Columnist
Merriam-Webster’s dictionary defines “police” as “the people or the department of people who enforce laws, investigate crimes and make arrests.” Nowhere does it say that their job includes using deadly force on people who aren’t a threat. Within the last week, the U.S. justice system
has taken some pretty embarrassing blows. The deaths of Michael Brown and Eric Garner were tragic and devastating, to say the very least. The fact that the people who killed them walked away scot-free was even more devastating. Both police departments stated that what their officers did was just another part of the job. I have no police training, but I do know that putting a man into a chokehold isn’t one of the tactics that are essential to protect and serve. In fact, the New York Po-
lice Department banned the chokehold in 1993. So the NYPD is telling us that even though it’s illegal for a police officer to choke a citizen, Daniel Pantaleo was just doing his job. Let’s not forget that he choked Eric Garner to death and it was captured on video. I’m having a hard time understanding how the other officers around him were able to just sit there and be bystanders to this ruthless act. As for the Michael Brown case, despite different stories about what actually
happened, there is one thing that isn’t debatable: he was shot six times, twice in the head. That seems too extreme for a man who was unarmed. How does someone who is unarmed get shot six times, was the policeman’s Taser not working that day? Now before everyone goes out and organizes these big racial protests and rallies, there is one thing we must remember. Whether these men were black, white or Hispanic, they were two men with families. No matter the race of the
individual, the devastation the families feel will always be extreme. This isn’t an issue between race and the justice system, it’s an issue of police in the justice system abusing the power of the badge. People of all races just want one thing, and that’s justice from the authorities. If the police are supposed to protect and serve us, who will police them to make sure they protect and serve the correct way? I’m not saying that all cops are bad, but the ones
who abuse their power and murder unarmed civilians should be convicted. These two police officers never had charges brought against them. It’s our duty as Americans who live in a democracy (need I remind you) to hold our justice system accountable for its actions. Just because they are the authorities, that doesn’t mean they are exempt from the rules. Anthony Gaither is journalism sophomore. Email opinions@kykernel.com.
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Inside the lab: the race to create an Ebola vaccine By Brian Dowling The Hartford Courant
The questions surrounding the UK quarterback position entering the 2014 season centered around who was capable and skilled enough to helm a young but talented offense. Those questions weren’t answered until the waning moments of fall practice when Patrick Towles competed against a group of inexperienced underclassmen with the likes of true freshman Drew Barker and redshirt freshman Reese Phillips vying for the starting job. Towles had spent the offseason working with quarterback coaches to tailor his footwork and improve his fundamentals. The hard work paid off as he led a Cats team to a somewhat surprising 5-1 record to start the season in route to a 5-7 ending record. UK, behind Towles, started the season off in torrid fashion outscoring its opponents in its first six games 235-106. Towles was masterful in his first start against UT-Martin, going 20-29 for 377 yards and one touchdown. He fell back down to earth against Ohio but bounced back against Florida where he put up 369 yards and three touchdowns despite a heartbreaking loss in overtime. He was thrust into the national spotlight against South Carolina when UK downed the Gamecocks behind his efficient 20-29 for 208 yards game. Unfortunately for Towles, his fall from grace began after the LouisianaMonroe game when the Cats bore the brunt of a tough SEC slate. UK never recov-
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Protein Sciences staff scientist Guang Liu runs liquid through a purifying machine at the company's labratory inMeriden, Conn. The company is working to create a vaccine for the Ebola virus.
ered from the 41-3 thumping from LSU, losing fivestraight games and played themselves out of contention for a bowl game. During the final six games, Towles had just four touchdowns compared to 10 during the first six games of the season. Granted, some of the blame should be placed on an offensive line that gave up 34 sacks and a receiving core that struggled to find separation against the top tier SEC defenses. However, Towles finished the season surrounded by more question than answers. UK struggled throughout the year trying to find a place for Towles. Is he a pocket quarterback who plays not to lose or is he a dual-threat quarterback? The Cats tried to figure that question out during the season but kept waffling on their decision. Some games he would run nearly as much as he passed the ball and some games he would air it out. In that sense, Towles is a product of the coaching staff’s play calling, but in
their defense Towles never cemented himself as any of those types. His struggles to consistently make plays defined an offense that never found an identity with offensive coordinator Neal Brown. With the season over, UK enters an offseason much like last season, with the exception that the Cats now have a legitimate starter and potentially a new passfriendly offensive coordinator. Yet despite Towles’ experience, UK has high school sensation Barker gashing his teeth coming off a redshirt season in which he spent improving and waiting in the wings. Towles will need to show markedly better improvement than his inconsistent first season as starter. If a grade could be given to Towles based on the two halves of the season, he would get a B for the first six games and a D for the last six. Overall, his inconsistency and inability to define himself earns him a C for the season.
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colds nowadays,” Neltner said. “Vitamin C can be helpful, or supplements to boost your immune system.” Five to 10 minutes of running or 20 to 30 minutes of walking each day benefits cardiovascular health, Neltner added, according to a 2014 American College of Cardiology graphic. Neltner said that he sees more seasonal affective disorder in the winter months and added in an email to the Kentucky Kernel that students may also be tempted to misuse prescription medications, which is “illegal and risky.” Schedule Short Breaks “You think you have so much to do ... but you’re not going to be able to study for
eight hours straight or stay awake for 24 hours,” Bryant said. She added that students should take time to relax and rest before their tests. “It’s actually a better investment to go in with a clear head,” Bryant said. With that in mind, Bryant also cautioned against breaks that stretch on as students look for ways to avoid finishing long projects. “If you say, ‘I’m going to check Facebook,’ also maybe set a timer,” Bryant suggested, so that breaks don’t take over more time than they should. Simplify Budget Concerns With Christmas shopping to complete and spring semester payments just around the corner, Bryant suggested that students mitigate another source of stress by finding creative ways around buying
presents for everyone they know. Students can organize gift exchanges or Secret Santa plans with their friends, or give gifts that don’t cost much, like homemade presents, handwritten letters or spending time together, she said. Make an Appointment The last weeks of the semester are busy ones for Health Service and the Counseling Center, Neltner said. “If there are symptoms ... schedule an appointment,” Neltner said. Students who experience symptoms of mood disorders or physical issues can make an appointment with UK resources like the Health Service and the Counseling Center. “Being gentle and forgiving with yourself as well, I think, is important,” Bryant said.
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