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Bill Cosby performance postponed indefinitely By Anne Halliwell ahalliwell@kykernel.com
UK announced Tuesday evening that the March 15 Bill Cosby show in the Singletary Center has been postponed. Public relations spokeswoman Whitney Hale said there was no set date for a
rescheduled performance of “Bill Cosby 77.” “Honestly, it’s probably an indefinite postponement, like many others,” Hale said. The university’s announcement stated that the decision was by “mutual agreement with Bill Cosby and the show’s promoter, National Artists Corporation.”
Hale said she couldn't comment on the decision, as the promoters made the choice to postpone the performance. Hale later added that 655 tickets to the show were sold, according to a count in early February. According to the UK release, the Singletary Center box office will begin
refunding those tickets on March 2. Cosby’s show was announced in January. At the time, Singletary Center director Michael Grice told the Kernel in a statement that “neither UK or the (Singletary) Center ‘invited’ Mr. Cosby here.” Compassionate Kentucky
campaigned against the performance with the “Cancel Cosby Coalition.” The group’s Change.org petition had received 170 signatures by 6 p.m. Tuesday. On February 9, the group’s Facebook page asked supporters to call the National Artists Corporation and demand they cancel the Lexington show.
Nearly 30 women have accused Cosby of rape or sexual assaults dating back to the 1960s. In 2014, many of these accusations piled up and caused cancellations of similar shows. The 77-year-old comedian has not been formally charged and continues to do standup performances.
Horses, bourbon, education
PHOTO COURTESY OF UK ATHLETICS
A rendering of the second level of the new UK Center for Academic and Tutorial Services (CATS) building, which will help student-athletes succeed in class.
Keeneland, Maker’s Mark to help finance new tutoring center By Kevin Erpenbeck kerpenbeck@kykernel.com
UK Athletics announced a new partnership with Keeneland and Maker’s Mark on Tuesday in plans to fund an expansion to the Center for Academic and Tu-
torial Services. As part of the expansion, a new tutorial facility will be included in the planned football training center being built on the south side of campus, adjacent to Commonwealth Stadium. The current CATS center is
housed in Memorial Coliseum. UK Athletics Director Mitch Barnhart said the program pairing up with the two Kentucky companies is another step forward in helping student-athletes finish their education with a degree.
“Serving our student-athletes, as well as positioning them for success after they leave UK, remains our primary goal,” Barnhart said. “This unique relationship between three great Kentucky traditions will allow us to take those steps and help put
an emphasis on our CATS center.” The partnership was formed in hopes of raising $2 million over the next five years through the proceeds of sales of commemorative Maker’s Mark bourbon bottles. Keeneland and Maker’s
Mark have teamed up in the past to release special bottles that feature iconic UK figures on them. The first line of new bourbon bottles will be released in April, featuring legendary UK basketball See KEENELAND on page 4
Scholars talk Cuba, U.S. ties Boy soldier’s mom By Cheyene Miller news@kykernel.com
In the midst of recent efforts to improve relations between Cuba and the U.S., including the elimination of the long-standing trade embargo, a panel of four scholars met in the W. T. Young Library on Tuesday to discuss the nations’ historically tense relationship. The panel talked about the effects of eliminating the embargo and renewing relations with the self-proclaimed com-
munist government, citing personal ties with and history of the island nation. Assistant dean for student affairs in the College of Health Sciences and political science instructor Peter Berres, who has been to Cuba four times, praised recent efforts to strike down the U.S. embargo. “I am very heartened by the Obama initiative to start chipping away at this,” Berres said, adding that he questioned the embargo’s effectiveness since it was first implemented.
“I think this will be better certainly for the Cuban people.” Professor of Hispanic studies Enrico Mario Santi was born in Cuba and said he lived there until he was 12, when his family left the country at the height of the Cuban Missile Crisis. “I have been a critic of the Cuban regime, particularly for its human rights record — or non-record,” Santi said. Santi noted that prior to the embargo, the U.S. was one of Cuba’s biggest trading partners
and was still a major trader even during the embargo. Associate professor in the Patterson School of Diplomacy and International Commerce Kathleen Montgomery said now is a “particularly good time to step in and reestablish economic ties.” The panelists said that despite attempts to resume commerce with the U.S., the Cuban government remains a major human rights violator. Marketing and art studio See CUBA on page 4
tells of struggles
PHOTO BY ADAM PENNAVARIA | STAFF
Laura Simms, adoptive mother of UK’s 2014-15 Common Reading Experience author Ishmael Beah, speaks at Memorial Hall on Tuesday.
Astronaut lands on campus for lecture By Warren Taylor news@kykernel.com
Multiple space walks and orbiting earth more than 150 times are just a few bullet points on the resume of an astronaut set to speak on campus Thursday at noon. “He is a fascinating guy and has done a little bit of everything,” said Emily Dotson, the associate director of the College of Engineering’s Elbert C. Ray eStudio. The man in question is Dr. Story Musgrave, who will speak in the Frank H. Harris Grand Ballroom in the Student
Center as part of Engineers Week. University president Eli Capilouto will introduce Musgrave at the free event. “Dr. Musgrave is going to speak about the importance of communication and how it helped his career,” Dotson said. The annual lecture for UK E-Week is designed to bring in a great public speaker to highlight the balance needed to be successful in the engineering field. A native of Boston, Mass., who “considers Lexington, Kentucky to be his hometown,” Musgrave joined the
United States Marine Corp in 1953 and served as a technician and an aircraft crew chief in Korea, Japan and Hawaii, according to the NASA website. Musgrave holds seven degrees, including a doctorate in medicine from Columbia University and a master of arts in literature from the University of Houston. Before embarking on a career with NASA in 1967, Musgrave completed his surgical internship at the UK Medical Center in 1964-65 while also earning a masters degree of science in physiology and bio-
physics in 1966. During his time at NASA, Musgrave served aboard all six space shuttles and performed numerous walks in space, most notably one in 1993 to repair the Hubble Space Telescope. During the Hubble mission, Musgrave spent more than 10 days in space and orbited the earth 163 times, according to Musgrave’s website. After leaving NASA in 1997, Musgrave has worked, according to Dotson, as a landscape architect and concept See ASTRONAUT on page 4
By Tabassum Ali news@kykernel.com
The adoptive mother of ex-child soldier and Common Reading Experience author Ishmael Beah came to campus Tuesday to talk to students about the value of human life and storytelling. Laura Simms met Beah in November of 1996, when he was 15. Simms spoke about the obstacles she faced to bring him to New York and how she did not think that she would be the one adopting him. “I had no idea that this very thin, almost bald young man in the lobby of UNICEF, wearing cotton
pants and a shirt in the first snow storm of the season, would become my son,” Simms said. Through her work with the United Nations, she met Beah and another boy from Sierra Leone during the Children’s Voices conference. “They were incredible, gentle, respectful and shy boys,” Simms said. After Beah’s eightminute speech to the UN General Assembly, Simms decided that somebody should save him, saying that he deserved an education and somebody should put his mind to work for the world. See BEAH on page 4
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OPINIONS
Aggressive play earns Andrew Harrison praise
Oklahoma legislature distorts U.S. history
By Kevin Erpenbeck kerpenbeck@kykernel.com
Early in the year, sophomore guard Andrew Harrison was criticized and questioned by his head coach about why he wasn’t playing aggressively every game. Criticisms aside, John Calipari has maintained throughout the season that he believes Harrison is one of the best, if not the best, guard in the country. While the 6-foot-6 guard doesn’t have a concrete reason as to why he wasn’t aggressive before, his brother
Aaron Harrison has an explanation for Andrew’s recent surge of success. “He’s just loosening up and starting to play and starting to have fun,” Aaron Harrison said. “Just doing his thing, really.” Andrew Harrison is having one of his best stretches of games this year. In his last four, the sophomore averaged 12 points and dished out 21 assists, including a career-high nine in Saturday’s win over Auburn. That’s a far cry from his early season production, where the guard would play
PHOTO BY MICHAEL REAVES | STAFF
Sophomore guard Andrew Harrison slams home a dunk during the game against the Auburn Tigers at Rupp Arena on Saturday.
four- to five-game stretches without scoring double figures and took very few shots; the periods of time Calipari got on him the most. Now the coach is singing Andrew Harrison’s praise more than criticizing him. “When Andrew plays where he’s attacking the lane, he is a totally different player,” Calipari said. “When he does (that), and that’s who he is, he’s as good as any guard in the country.” The relationship between Andrew Harrison and Calipari has grown in the last two years as well, as Aaron Harrison has noticed. “If Coach wants to know something about the team, he goes to Andrew. If Andrew has a question, it’s easy to approach Coach. So it’s a good relationship,” Aaron Harrison said. Better and more aggressive play from Andrew Harrison, paired with the strong bond between him and the head coach, has leap-frogged the sophomore guard into the most pivotal position on the team. “It’s just good to see him leading this team right now and accepting a lot of the challenges that are placed on him,” assistant coach Barry Rohrssen said. “(Calipari) just wants him to play fast, pick up the pace and get everybody involved.” Next Game Undefeated UK (27-0) will travel to Starkville, Miss., to take on Mississippi State (12-15) on Wednesday in hopes of continuing perfection. Rohrssen said the ride of the season has been incredibly fun for the team. “Unbelievable. Exceptionally unbelievable,” Rohrssen said. “I hope it keeps going.”
MARJORIE KIRK Assistant Opinions Editor
The word “American” has different connotations and meanings depending on who you ask. Some people hear “American” and it brings words like “freedom” and “liberty” to mind. For others, “imperialism” and “oppression” come to mind. Regardless, an accurate representation of history is instrumental in ensuring that our society and government do not repeat the same mistakes that led to the marginalization and discrimination of other people. When it comes to “American History,” legislators have to put aside their own desires and biases to ensure that the whole truth is taught to students — not a modified and skewed portrayal of the events that shaped the U.S. Oklahoma legislators recently passed a bill that rejects the College Board course of AP U.S. History, which is accredited by many U.S. colleges and universities. In addition, the standards they proposed for the curriculum lack diversity in the topics that should be covered as well as the points of view that should be included in a U.S. History course. The bill, HB 1380, reads, “By the 2015-2016 school year, the State Board of Education (of Oklahoma) shall identify and adopt a United States History program and corresponding test which school districts shall offer in lieu of the Advanced Placement United States History
course and test offered by the College Board.” My initial question with this kind of bill is that if you try to make a state-specific standard that varies from the commonly accepted standard for not only U.S. colleges and universities, but also international schools, will the class be of any use when it comes to applying for college? If not, then was this bill created with students’ inter-
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disease and advanced weaponry 101,” as I like to call it, were chosen. Also neglected, unspecified or lacking an adequate presence on the list: the deaths and forced removal of millions of Native Americans in the early American territories, the use of slaves to support the agricultural industry and altogether the disenfranchisement of AfricanAmericans, religious persecution and inequality in Ameri-
If this is the extent of what they are encouraging ... I fear for the students that must make do on this education.”
ests in mind or the personal interests and beliefs of the authors? In the bill they outline “foundational and historical documents” that “shall form the base level of academic content” taught in all their U.S. History courses, including the first Inaugural Address made by Ronald Reagan, the 40th Anniversary of D-Day speech made by Reagan and the Brandenburg Gate speech made by Reagan. While I don’t doubt that these particular documents can be used to teach students valuable points about U.S. history, I find it odd that three speeches were chosen from this particular president and no documents about the initial European landings in the Americas, or “How to kill millions of people with
can society (Puritan roots, and the discussion of separation of church and state), gender inequality, economic inequality, and the mention of important international affairs (i.e. the Iran-Contra Affair, the Vietnam War, the Korean War and all the conflict in the Middle East). If the list they provide in the bill is an abridged version of what will actually be the foundation of the course they create, then that might assuage my nerves. But if this is the extent of what they are encouraging their already underpaid teachers to teach, then I fear for the students that must make do on this education. Marjorie Kirk is the assistant opinions editor of the Kentucky Kernel. Email opinions@ kykernel.com
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KEENELAND Continued from page 1 coach Adolph Rupp. A corporate challenge by Keeneland aims to raise an additional $2 million for the new CATS center. The company’s president and CEO, Bill Thomason,
BEAH Continued from page 1
“It was a storytelling that you did not want to leave,” Simms said. Beah left for Sierra Leone, but he and Simms stayed in touch and discussed the possibility of bringing Beah to New York. “I asked him to write an auto-biography because I didn’t really know him that well,” Simms said. To begin, she asked about his family and how it felt when he was pressured into killing someone for the Revolutionary United Front, a rebel army in Sierra Leone. Child soldiers were given two weeks’ training in the RUF on how to use an AK47 before being drugged and put on the front line, Simms said. Beah’s work, “A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier,” was published in 2007. Beah eventually arrived in New York, and with that he and Simms started their life as a family. Beah is now 34 and a proud father. “(Simms) showed how much she cherishes people’s stories and how people are worth investing in,” social work freshman Ashley Magoffin said. Annie Kelly, the assistant director for New Student and Parent Programs, planned the event with the support of other organizations. Kelly said she hoped people left with an appreciation of stories and felt empowered to share and listen to them. Hispanic studies graduate student Adriana Rivera said she was fascinated by Simms’ story. “It sounded like it was an impossible thing for him to come to the U.S.,” Rivera said. “Together, they managed to turn it into something beautiful.”
CUBA Continued from page 1
freshman Rachel Tenney, whose mother and grandmother are from Cuba, attended the event to hear a diverse set of views on the current situation surrounding Cuba. “I thought it was very insightful,” Tenney said. “I didn’t really know a lot about what was going on with the embargo, and I thought this would be a good opportunity, and it certainly was.” l
ASTRONAUT Continued from page 1
artist with Walt Disney. Dotson believes the event is a fantastic opportunity for students, engineering and nonalike, to hear from a “living legend.” “Students will hear from an incredible man who has so many stories about being in space,” Dotson said. Georgetown, Ky., native and doctoral candidate in computer science Clinton Woodson said he cannot wait to learn from someone who has done so much in the field of science. “It should help me decide what I want to do with my future,” Woodson said.
IF YOU GO What: Astronaut lecture When: 12 p.m., Thursday Where: Frank H. Harris Grand Ballroom — Student Center Admission: Free
announced that Keeneland will be the first of 20 companies to contribute to the new facility in the span of five years. Keeneland is pledging $100,000 as part of its donation. “One of the parts of this campus that is so important to us is the connection to the student body,” Thomason, a UK double-graduate, said.
“We wanted to find a way to be impactful for our student body, as we’ve done numerous times in the past. This was a great opportunity for us to do that, and we’re proud to be a part of it.” Herky Rupp, son of Adolph Rupp, was in attendance of the announcement press conference and said that academics for student-
athletes was always a primary focus of his father’s coaching career. UK will honor the Rupp family as the first part of the program’s new partnership. “He monitored the athletes, checking on their grades all the time,” Herky Rupp said of his father. “This is a fine program Mitch and them have set up, and we’re
happy to be a part of it.” Barnhart said the new facility will take the pressure off the current CATS center by providing a closer spot for after-school academics for the student-athletes who spend most of their day on South Campus. The tutorial center will host football, baseball, softball, soccer, track, swimming and tennis
athletes. Basketball, volleyball, rifle, and possibly gymnastics athletes will remain in the Memorial Coliseum facility, Barnhart said. Exact details, dimensions and completion date of the new CATS center have not yet been finalized. The new football training facility is set to be finished in the summer of 2016.