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Blizzard slams northeast
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A man strolls at Liberty State Park Monday in Jersey City, N.J. The Philidelpha-to-Boston corridor of more than 35 million people began shutting down as a monster storm that could unload a paralyzing 1 to 3 feet of snow moved through the northeast. By Will Wright wwright@kykernel.com
One would probably think the apocalypse was on its way after looking at UK journalism senior Annie Dunbar’s shopping cart on Monday. A flashlight, bottled water and, maybe most importantly, cookie dough, were the essential items Dunbar knew she may need while preparing for a blizzard that is expected to drop about two feet of snow on the northeastern U.S., according to a Blizzard Warning issued by the
National Weather Service. Dunbar, a former Kentucky Kernel sports editor and current intern at ESPN in Bristol, Conn, is one of the tens of millions of people preparing for the historic blizzard that had canceled nearly 7,000 flights by Monday night, according to NBC News. “We don’t get blizzards,” Dunbar said of Lexington. “I’ve never seen three feet of snow, that’s like half my height.” There are already about six inches of snow on the ground in Bristol, so any new snow will rest on top of that.
Softball reloads for 2015 season JOSHUA HUFF Kernel Columnist
Fresh off a torrid run through the 2014 NCAA Tournament, UK softball once again dons its gloves, shakes off the dust and takes to the field this February in hopes of repeating last
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Haley Andrus Infielder Andrus leads the cast of freshmen. Her talents in the infield will be vital to a position hit hard by graduation. Andrus enters UK via Chattanooga, Tenn., where she won three state championships. She hit .478 in high school with 30 home runs, 196 runs batted in and 215 hits. She earned all-state honors
Key additions to an already loaded roster will pay off for a UK team with high expectations.”
season’s historic campaign. With its first 24 games on the road, UK will find replicating 2014’s 50-19 record tough, but key additions to an already loaded roster will pay off for a UK team with high expectations. Key losses in the form of then-seniors Ginny Caroll (outfield), Lauren Cumbess (pitcher/infield), Sarah Frazer (infield), Emily Gaines (outfield), Emily Jolly (utility) and Krystal Smith (infield) shook up a roster that went to the Women’s College World Series for the first time in school history. However, a talented freshmen class looks to fill in the gaps left by last year’s seniors.
during each of her last three seasons at Baylor High School. Brooklin Hinz The addition of the hard-hitting outfielder Hinz will be a weight off the shoulders of UK’s pitching staff. Her eight high school offensive school records attest to her ability to put runs on the scoreboard. She batted .561 for St. Thomas Aquinas High School with 174 hits, 21 home runs and 108 RBI, which will easily transition over to the college level. Rachael Metzger A product of Bakersfield, Calif., catcher/infielder Metzger arrives at UK as one of its most prized offensive recruits. She enters as a four-year, first-team all-league honSee SOFTBALL on page 2
Though the roads are generally well-maintained, Dunbar said, Connecticut Governor Dannel P. Malloy issued a travel ban on Connecticut highways starting at 9 p.m. Monday. “So far they’ve cleaned the roads,” Dunbar said. “They’ve done a really good job.” But after ESPN told her and her fellow interns to stay home Tuesday, they wanted to prepare for the worst. “It’s like an apocalypse is coming,” she said. “We’ve been walking outside just seeing if anything has changed.”
Dunbar and her peers do not have Wi-Fi where they stay, and only a few of them have TVs, so they thought making cookies would be a nice way to spend the next day if leaving the home is not an option. “We just went out and got cookie dough,” she said. “Well, what else were we going to do?” Many people in New England and the northeast are wondering the same thing, as major airlines warned that almost no flights would take off or land in New York, Boston and Philadelphia. New York City Mayor Bill de Bla-
sio said wind gusts in the city could surpass 60 mph. Blasio ordered cabs and delivery bicycles to be off the streets by 11 p.m. Monday. The National Weather Service’s Blizzard Warning to the New York area also called the event a “crippling and potentially historic” snowstorm that will continue through the night and into Tuesday. Dunbar stayed Monday night with other ESPN interns during her first time waiting through a blizzard of this magnitude. “It’s definitely a new experience,” she said.
Little library system of give and take By Anne Halliwell ahalliwell@kykernel.com
The Little Free Library at the corner of Scott and Upper streets has vibrant painted books and leaves on the outside and bright spines of paperbacks visible through the latching door at the front. It stands on a short pole about torso-height between the bus shelter and the stop sign along Upper Street. Kristen Perry, an associate professor of literacy in the College of Education, said she saw an article from 2012 in the Lexington Herald-Leader about other Little Free Libraries in the city. She contacted former YMCA executive director Wendi Keene for advice about getting started. “I thought it was a great idea ... in particular for literaSee LIBRARY on page 2
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The Little Free Library stands at the corner of Scott and Upper streets on Monday in Lexington, Ky.
Highlighting UK swimmer Christina Bechtel JOSHUA HUFF Kernel Columnist
Lost amid the spotlight of UK basketball and the aftermath of the football season is a diamond in the rough. Outside the world of UK swimming, not much is known about senior Christina Bechtel. The Franklin High School product is as cliché as it sounds, making waves in the swimming world. The 2014-15 USA Swimming National Team Member has gone virtually unnoticed during her four years at UK de-
spite qualifying for the 2012 U.S. Olympic Trials. She is currently a member of the 2014-15 U.S. National Team with the likes of Olympic gold medalist Missy Franklin. As a junior at UK, Bechtel earned All-American honors in 2014 after her fifthplace finish in the 200 meter butterfly and competed in three events at the 2014 NCAA Championships. She has earned numerous accolades during her time with the Cats. She was a 2013 and 2014 NCAA Championship qualifier where she competed in three events and set a school record in the 200m butterfly with a time of 1:53.65 and helped UK place
twenty-third in the championship. She holds the No.1 spot in the UK record books for her 51.36 time in the 100m butterfly in 2013 and her 1:53.65 time in the 200m butterfly in 2014. Bechtel arrived at UK as an All-American from Excel Aquatics, a swimming club out of Franklin. She was an All-American in the 100m butterfly, 100m backstroke, 400m freestyle relay and 200m medley relay. Bechtel also was awarded the 2010 Middle Tennessee Swimmer of the Year. Since then she has become a two-time SEC Female Swimmer of the Week and has numerous accolades for
her performance out of the pool and in the classroom. So far this season, Bechtel has become a dominant force for UK. She has posted individual top times in the women’s 50m free, 100m free, 200m free, 100m fly and the 200m fly (all during the Ohio State Invitational). As her last season at UK winds down, the opportunity to see her swim in person at the Lancaster Aquatic Center has sadly passed. But with matches against Cincinnati along with the SEC and NCAA Championships beginning in February and running into March, the chance to cheer for one of UK’s most accomplished swimmers remains.
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We shouldn’t shy from taking time off before college BOYD HAYES Kernel Columnist
Climb in my DeLorean for a minute and let’s go back in time to your senior year of high school. What do you want to do with your life? How are you going to make it happen? What’s your major going to be? That last one was a real kicker for me, as I’m sure it was for most. On the morning of my summer advising conference before my first semester, I just forced myself to choose something — not a great idea. But I’m certain I’m not the only person to have made that snap deci-
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cy professors,” Perry said. “(It’s) a way to connect to the community.” Keene, who donated an unused library house, also developed a collaboration between the firehouse across the street and the College of Education when the addition went up in the fall. Lieutenant Mike Keene, the husband of Wendi Keene who works the engine for that firehouse, said that the fire department “can’t take credit for a lot, since Dr. Perry and the people over there do a lot of the work.” Mike Keene said both he
sion regarding a major. I ended up choosing forestry. I spent most of my time outdoors and I loved the idea of taking an active role in conservation, so forestry didn’t seem like the worst idea, right? As it turned out, forestry was not a practical decision for me, and a year later I switched to journalism, a major that much better suits my skill set and interests. My story is nothing special. In fact, it would be more unusual had I not switched majors at all. According to the National Center for Education Statistics, about 80 percent of college students nationwide change their majors at least once before they graduate. And it’s not just a statistic: almost all of my friends have changed their majors. and his wife believe strongly in literacy, as Wendi Keene originally planned to put the Little Free Library on YMCA property, then lost the space. “I’ve got two boys ... one graduated from UK and another from Georgetown,” Mike Keene said. “We read to them all the time ... that’s just been our passion.” Perry and the College of Education believe that reading should be accessible, she said. To that end, the library was originally stocked with everything from children’s books, informational texts, comics and nonfiction books. “The idea is that you ‘take a book, leave a book,’” Perry said. “We wanted it to be something to reach a wider community.”
Of course we can’t really go back in time to tell our 17- or 18-year-old selves to choose the right majors in the first place, however convenient that would be. But can’t we do something to make major selection a
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world after high school: they took gap years. They saved up money in high school and spent a year traveling. They got to have adventures at a crucial moment of growth and exploration in young adult life.
It seems obvious to me that taking some time to get to know yourself and how you fit in the world can only benefit you in the long-run.”
more connected and thoughtful process? Most of my childhood friends in Zimbabwe and South Africa did something very common in Europe and other parts of the
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oree and league offensive player of the year at Garces Memorial High School. Metzger hit .545 with 170 RBI and 38 home runs during her career at Garces Memorial. She helped lead her high school to four straight California Central Section Division II SEYL League Championships. Erin Rethlake Coming off a 13-2 senior campaign on the mound for Huntington North High School in Huntington, Ind., pitcher/infielder Rethlake adds punch to a stacked
They took opportunities to test their skills and interests in the world, giving them insight into appropriate majors for them in college. Of course this doesn’t
pitching rotation. The 2013 Gatorade Indiana Softball Player of the Year went 23-1 during her junior year with an 0.18 earned run average. With the talent to play the field as well as the mound, Rethlake brings a combination of pitching brilliance and offensive prowess to UK. Boasting a reloaded roster primed to make a statement in women’s softball, the expectations sit at an all-time high for a squad led by head coach Rachel Lawson; however, the transition should be easy for a team that has a mixture of savvy veterans and talented newcomers.
seem like an obvious option for everyone, for financial reasons, amongst others. There seems to be some stigma in America about taking a year to “travel,” as though it’s a waste of time or as though you’ll never go to college. But it seems obvious to me that taking some time to get to know yourself and how you fit in the world can only benefit you in the long run. Of course, there are surveys most of us took in high school to discover which careers we were best suited for, but for everyone who got odd answers (I got astronaut every single time), the survey didn’t do much good. Nothing’s wrong with taking some classes that fall off the beaten path. Breadth of knowledge can
be as valuable as depth of knowledge, but on a more practical level, many of us are here to get a degree to start a career. We don’t want to be stuck in chemistry classes only for those credits to become useless. If not for my change of majors, I’d be graduating in May. As it is, my graduation date is a bit murky. On occasion I still find myself daydreaming about that DeLorean, and going back to give my younger self a bit of advice, and I know I’m not the only one. The fact that four out of five students are changing their majors (and losing out on time and money) must be acknowledged as a problem. Boyd C. M. Hayes is a journalism senior. Email opinions@ kykernel.com
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