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Winning for Thompson
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KENTUCKY GUARDS MAKAYLA EPPS AND LINNAE HARPER DEFEND DURING GAME AGAINST FLORIDA AT MEMORIAL COLISEUM ON THURSDAY. PHOTO BY ADAM PENNAVARIA | STAFF
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Epps looks to fill void for Hoops SPORTS
Down its starting point guard, UK needed the experience of its veterans to down a pesky Florida team fighting to stay afloat in the SEC. Those veterans came through as the three-headed JOSHUA HUFF monster guised as guards Makayla Epps, Jennifer Sports Editor O’Neill and Linnae Harper provided the spark that propelled UK past Florida 62-56 in its first game without injured point guard Janee Thompson. Though Thompson’s absence was missed, as displayed by the increase in playing time by little-used freshman guard Jaycee Coe and senior guard Jelleah Sidney, the play of the savvy veterans made life easier for UK head coach Matthew Mitchell. “(Epps) can be one of the best point guards in this league,” Mitchell said. “I think she can be one of the best point guards in the country.”
Epps’ 20 points and timely free throw shooting cemented her status as a legitimate replacement for Thompson. But unforced errors and unfamiliarity at the point position hampered what would have been an excellent game. “She wants to do a good job,” Mitchell added. “And sometimes when you’re trying to hard, it slows things down. She just needs to get to a spot where she’s comfortable and she’ll be tough.” It won’t be hard for Epps to find that comfort zone when Harper and O’Neill step up and deliver on both ends of the court. Defensive effort in the form of six steals from Harper and late-game relief from beyond the arc from O’Neill took the pressure off Epps, who acknowledged the impossible task of replacing her locker neighbor Thompson. “Janee might be the smallest player on the team, but she’s got probably the biggest shoes on the team to fill,” Epps said.
PHOTO BY TAYLOR PENCE | STAFF Kentucky guard Makayla Epps shakes Janee Thompson's hand during the game against Florida at Memorial Coliseum Thursday.
Hoops overcome injury Cats defeat Gators 62-56
KEVIN ERPENBECK kerpenbeck@kykernel.com
Life without starting point guard Janee Thompson began for UK Hoops against Florida Thursday night, and it proved to be quite the difficult one. The Gators battled with the Cats all night as both teams exchanged the lead 17 times in the game. UK was even down by seven points during the first half. But the Cats made enough plays in the final minutes to pull away from Florida 62-56 for their fourth SEC win of the year. “I felt like tonight was going to be real difficult without Janee there,” said head coach Matthew Mitchell. “We did not play well at all times and Florida had a lot to do with that. They played us tough defensively and made us make a lot of decisions that didn’t turn out too great at times. But we finally settled in and played some good defense (in the second half); really battled and found a way to win.” Thompson, who suffered a season-ending leg injury in Columbia, S.C. against
the Gamecocks on Sunday, came out onto the court in crutches and sat behind UK’s bench before Thursday’s game began. The players wore blue shirts with the words “Our B3st” on the front during the pregame shoot-around, honoring the injured teammate who dons the #3 jersey. Mitchell said that the team will continue to wear the shirts for the remainder of the season. The Cats struggled with Florida’s defense in the first half as they were held to 37 percent from the floor and scoreless beyond the arc. UK’s season leading scorer, senior guard Jennifer O’Neill, didn’t register a point before halftime in her four shot attempts. But sophomore guard Linnae Harper kept the Cats in the game early on, said Mitchell, as she recorded three steals and 10 points in the first half. “Harper’s defense really kept us in there when we were trying to wrestle the lead away from Florida,” Mitchell said. SEE HOOPS PAGE 7
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Cats prepare to face challenging Crimson Tide SPORTS
This weekend in sports Women’s Basketball Jan. 18
2 p.m.
vs. LSU
Baton Rouge, LA
Men’s Basketball Jan. 17 4 p.m.
vs. Alabama
Tuscaloosa, AL
Indoor Track Jan. 16
Kentucky Invitational
4 p.m.
Lexington, KY
9 a.m.
Lexington, KY
Jan. 17
Kentucky Invitational
Men’s Tennis Jan. 17 1 p.m.
vs. Notre Dame
Lexington, KY
Women’s Tennis Jan. 18
10 a.m.
Jan. 18 4 p.m.
vs. College of Charleston Lexington, KY
vs. Belmont
Lexington, KY
Rifle Jan. 17
vs. Ole Miss
Jan. 18
vs. Memphis
TBA
TBA
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Oxford, MS
Memphis, TN
KYLE ARENSDORF karensdorf@kykernel.com
UK basketball goes on the road for the third time this season to take on a veteran Alabama team that’s not far behind the Cats in the SEC standings. Despite the Cats’ perfect record through 16 games, their short three-game conference schedule has seen its share of lumps. Both Ole Miss and Texas A&M took UK to overtime, and the Cats’ only decisive win came against a Missouri team whose record is tied for second-worst in the SEC. In fact, all three of the Cats’ conference matchups have come against three of the
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This game is going to be different now because these guys are really physical.” JOHN CALIPARI UK head coach
four worst teams in the SEC, according to the standings. But Alabama is fifth in the SEC and holds a 10-0 record at home this season. “This game is going to be different now because these guys are really physical,” UK head coach John Calipari said. “They disrupt your offense. You have to be strong with the ball. They will trap our post. (We’ve) got to play off of that.” One positive for UK is the resurgence of the two-platoon system that was an integral part of the successive blowouts early in the season. Sophomore guard Aaron Harrison said Calipari told the team that in order get their energy back they would return to two fiveman rotations. “It was working for our energy and us playing as a team so I think that’s what (Calipari) is looking for,” Harrison said. The 6-foot-6 sophomore also commented on what the difference between the last game and the first two close games for the team. “I think it’s an attitude,” he said. “You
PHOTO BY EMILY WUETCHER | STAFF FILE PHOTO
UK center Dakari Johnson fights for the ball during UK vs. Columbia at Rupp Arena in Lexington, Ky., on Friday, Dec. 5, 2014.
all just have to come together and be able to know you’re going to win the game and have the confidence in each other to have each other make plays.” One player making significant advances in his play during this turbulent time for the Cats is sophomore center Dakari Johnson. His individual stats don’t necessarily jump off of the page, but his presence in the lane forces defenses to sag back to defend him, allowing outside shooters to flourish. “During the game of basketball you’re going to have slumps every once in a
while,” Johnson said. “So I just tried to do my best to come out with energy and just pick it up.” UK is riding high off of its dominant win, but Calipari has strived to make his team very aware of what kind of a threat Alabama is to them. “They’ve lost four games,” Calipari said Friday. “And the games they have lost – Wichita State, Iowa State, Xavier and South Carolina – all on the road. They could have won all of them. So we know how good they are.”
Panthers paint illegally discharged SPORTS
BY DAVID PERLMUTT The Charlotte Observer
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Water quality inspectors discovered earlier this month that varying colors of field paint had been unknowingly discharged from Charlotte's Bank of America Stadium into CharlotteMecklenburg's storm water system – likely since the stadium's first game in 1996. The inspectors found the discharge on Dec. 3 during a routine "stream assessment" at a remote stormwater outfall, water quality supervisor John McCulloch said Monday. At first the paint wash flowing into the creek was white, but on subsequent twicedaily visits, inspectors found that it changed to different colors — but mostly the colors of Florida State and Georgia Tech universities, McCulloch said. The two teams played in the ACC Championship
football game at the stadium on Dec. 6. That's when they began to suspect the stadium. The paint wash, he said, should have gone into the sanitary sewer line from a drain in the stadium's "wash down basin," where grounds crew workers clean paint sprayers they use to create the field's end zones, lines, numbers, hash-marks and sidelines. Instead, that basin was illegally plumbed into the storm water system, he said. "We began to follow the coloration upstream and were able to isolate where it was coming from to a small area," McCulloch said. Ultimately, by looking in manholes, their search led inspectors to the stadium. "They were genuinely surprised," he said. Using dyes, the inspectors found the plumbing problem. He described the paint
used as "benign. It is a harmless product." Still, in a Dec. 12 letter to Panthers facility manager Matthew Getz, McCullough said the Panthers could be fined $5,000 a day beginning "with the first day of violation" until the problem was fixed. He said stadium officials were cooperative and moved instantly to stop discharging paint through the drain. City inspectors approved the new drain last week, and storm water inspectors gave their approval Monday. McCulloch said Monday the Panthers won't be fined because they didn't know they were doing anything illegal and immediately made all the requested repairs. Scott Paul, the stadium's operations director, said Monday the Panthers didn't know the drain had been improperly plumbed when the stadium was built. "We made an assumption during inspections when the stadium was built that
this floor drain was approved for this exact use," Paul said. "When we were notified of this situation last week, we immediately capped the drain where the guys were washing paint equipment and had it filled with concrete." Until a new 4-inch pipe was installed and connected to the sewer system, workers washed their equipment on the Panthers practice field at a drain "that we know is routed to the sanitary sewer," Paul said. Catawba Riverkeeper Sam Perkins said the stadium shouldn't be putting paint into the storm water or sewer systems. "Even if it is not going into the environment, it is creating a significant problem that we all have to pay for at a wastewater treatment plant," Perkins said. "If they have that much paint causing that much of a problem, then there are other ways that they could keep their equipment clean without mixing it in the water."
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Remembering King’s legacy NEWS
BY JONATHAN COFFMAN news@kykernel.com
Student actors and marchers honored Martin Luther King Jr. on his birthday Thursday by recreating scenes from his famous speech. The MLK Center’s “I Have a Dream” Silent March and Vigil began by providing participants with a candle to light as they moved through campus. The march began at the MLK Center in the Student Center. The students were led silently through a visual tour of the major themes of the iconic speech. Some of the student actors performed spoken excerpts from King’s “I Have A Dream” speech, while others held signs up with messages encouraging change and equality. Some student posters reflected modern sentiments related to the recent events in Ferguson, or cultural reflections on race such as the famous “We Can Do It!” poster reimagined to feature an African-American woman. T. J. Merritt, a pre-med nutrition senior, performed an excerpt from the speech during the march. “Dr. King was a part of my fraternity, Alpha Phi Alpha,” Merritt said. “To us, it’s a great sign of respect for him to be a part of this.” Merritt said he saw the event as an opportunity to give back to others and bring people together. Orvis Kean, who works in administra-
PHOTO BY HUNTER MITCHELL | STAFF
A student holds a sign during The MLK Center’s “I Have a Dream” Silent March and Vigil as students pass by on Thursday in Lexington, Ky.
tive support for the MLK Center, believes there is much left to be done for civil rights movements all around the world. “Dr. King’s work affected my own life in knowing that you can accomplish much without using force,” Kean said. “He gave me a sense of pride to know that I, as just
one person, have a voice and can make a change.” Kean said that students would come away from the event knowing what Dr. King started in the civil rights movement, where his work has progressed and that there is still much work to be done.
Thursday by Connecticut-based Quinnipiac University. No party, gender, racial, borough or age group said Lynch’s comments were appropriate, according to the survey. Sixty-nine percent of voters, regardless of race, disapproved of the back-turning protest. “Cops turning their backs on their boss, Mayor Bill de Blasio, is unacceptable, New Yorkers say by large margins,” Maurice Carroll, the university's assistant poll director, said in a statement. The relationship between de Blasio, 53, and the union has been tense since the may-
or, following a grand jury’s decision not to indict an officer for the death of an unarmed black man during an arrest, said he’s counseled his own son to be wary of police. De Blasio is white and married to a black woman. At the funerals of Officer Wenjian Liu, 32, and Officer Rafael Ramos, 40, hundreds of officers watching on large-screen monitors turned their back on de Blasio as he spoke. The survey of 1,182 New York City voters was conducted from Jan. 7 through Jan. 14, with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.9 percentage points.
Police funeral protested
BY FREEMAN KLOPOTT Bloomberg News
ALBANY, N.Y. — Almost 70 percent of New York voters disapproved of police turning their backs on Mayor Bill de Blasio at funerals for two officers killed in an ambush last month, a poll found. Comments by Patrick Lynch, president of the 25,000-member Patrolmen's Benevolent Association, that de Blasio had blood on his hands were “too extreme,” according to 77 percent of respondents in the poll released 6 | Timeout | 1.16.15
Prizes offered to employees who quit smoking
UK employees who can stop smoking for the next month will have a shot at five cash prizes from the UK Tobacco-free Campus Initiative and UK HealthCare. According to a press release from assistant professor Amanda Fallin from the College of Nursing, the campus-wide “Quit It and Win” contest will end registration at 5 p.m. on Friday and will run through Feb. 16. One $1000 first-place prize and two $500 second-place and $250 third-place prizes will be awarded after the contest by raffle, according to the press release. UK employees and members of affiliated organizations can sign up for the contest online. Participants must be at least 18 years old and have used tobacco products in the past 30 days. During enrollment, participating staff members are asked to select a “buddy” to support them through the quitting process, as well as enter past attempts to quit tobacco use, according to the press release. A carbon monoxide measurement will also be taken before the contest to verify use of tobacco. In order to win, the press release states that participants must complete another CO measurement and sign a document attesting that they did not use any tobacco products during the month. Successful employees will be entered into a raffle where the five cash winners will be chosen by Feb. 20. According to a March 2014 Gallup poll, Kentucky has the highest smoking rate in the U.S. at 30.2 percent. In July 2013, Gallup published poll results that indicated that 74 percent of smokers would like to quit. It added that 85 percent have attempted to do so at least once. The average number of attempts to quit was 3.6. Of those who attempted to quit smoking in the July 2013 article, 48 percent indicated that quitting cold turkey was the most helpful strategy for them. The next most-popular option, use of unspecified products or means, received 12 percent of the vote, and 8 percent of respondents credited a “mind over matter” mentality in their attempts. STAFF REPORT
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“She’ll be important to us down the road. Last year, she couldn’t defend when she was on the floor. Now she’s out there the whole game and is on a torrid pace with steals. We needed it.” Harper, who finished with 14 points, nine rebounds and six steals on the night, said she knew she had to step up in Thompson’s absence, as did the rest of the team. She added that Thompson has been an inspiration to her personally, since they grew in Chicago together and attended the same high school. “She’s my motivation to work harder in practice, do the little things and getting in the gym extra,” Harper said. “I think about her every day, and it’s all about playing for her now. That’s going to be contagious to the rest of the team.” But it was the other sophomore guard, Makayla Epps, who played the starring role in the game. Before Thursday, Mitchell mentioned how Epps would need
to move over to the point guard position if the Cats were to have any hope of duplicating Thompson’s production. Epps responded mightily, scoring a team-leading 20 points, including six crucial free throws in the last two minutes of the game to keep Florida at bay. “We wouldn’t have won the game without her” Mitchell said of Epps. “But she needs to continue to get reps. She’ll be tough and really improve at that position down the road. But I was really proud of her performance today.” Epps added that she too thought of Thompson while she was on the court, and will continue to think of what Thompson would tell her about being the new starting point guard of the team. “It’s weird not having her out there and in the condition she’s in, But I’m just trying to follow in her footsteps and make her proud,” Epps said. “I’m just trying to play like Janee.” UK will return to action on Sunday when they play LSU at Baton Rouge, La.
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Duke cancels Muslim call to prayer NEWS
BY DAVID ZUCCHINO AND SAMANTHA MASUNAGA Los Angeles Times
DURHAM, N.C. — Duke University canceled plans Thursday to broadcast the Muslim call to prayer once a week fromthe iconic Duke Chapel, a move that was intended to reflect the school’s commitment to religious pluralism but instead sparked controversy. “Duke remains committed to fostering an inclusive, tolerant and welcoming campus for all of its students,” said Michael Schoenfeld, vice president for public affairs and government relations. “However, it was clear that what was conceived as an effort to unify was not having the intended effect.” Instead, Muslim students will gather outside the chapel, where interfaith programs are typically held, and move to their regular location in the chapel basement for
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prayers. Previous plans called for the chant, known as the adhan, to be recited by members of the school’s Muslim Students Association. The call was to begin Friday from a “moderately amplified” chapel loudspeaker. The original announcement drew the ire of North Carolina evangelist Franklin Graham, the son of evangelist Billy Graham, who took to Facebook to denounce the school for embracing Islam at a time when Muslim extremists are attacking the West. “As Christianity is being excluded from the public square and followers of Islam are raping, butchering and beheading Christians, Jews and anyone who doesn't submit to their Sharia Islamic law, Duke is promoting this in the name of religious pluralism,” Graham wrote on his Facebook page. News of the call to prayer prompted dozens of comments on Duke’s Facebook page. Many of the comments were barbed and few were in favor of the move. Some
examples: “Ooooh what's next? Burka Fridays? Sharia Saturdays? Stone an infidel Mondays?” “Is this really what you want your university, in a Christian-founded country, to be known for?” “Goodbye Duke. My company’s yearly endowment will no longer be sent.” One woman wrote: “This should be recited from your intercom EVERYDAY,” and posted a copy of the Lord’s Prayer. Christy Lohr Sapp, associate dean for religious life at Duke University Chapel, wrote in an op-ed in the News & Observer of Raleigh on Wednesday: “At Duke University, the Muslim community represents a strikingly different face of Islam than is seen on the nightly news: one that is peaceful and prayerful.” Sapp wrote that the Duke Chapel is “a symbol of faith of the school’s founders, but the use of it as a minaret allows for the
interreligious reimagining of a university icon.” While this might seem “an odd juxtaposition,” Sapp wrote, “it is actually in keeping with the university’s commitment to fostering the spiritual development of all students.” She added: “The chanting of adhan might barely make a ripple in the lives of many at Duke.” On the school’s website, an FAQ section about the call to prayer announcement said the neo-gothic Duke Chapel has been the site of prayer services for Hindus, Buddhists, Lutherans and others. It says the campus has dedicated worship spaces for Christians, Muslims, Jews, Buddhists and Hindus. About 700 of Duke's 14,850 students identify themselves as Muslims, according to the university. The school hired its first full-time Muslim chaplain in 2009, when it created a Center for Muslim Life.