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Painting the town
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UK alum Mandee (right) and friend Elizabeth watch Brazilian artist Eduardo Kobra and crew spray paint a mural behind the Kentucky Theater in Lexington Ky., on Nov., 10, 2013.
PRHBTN brings colorful murals to different parts of Lexington By Ben Wolford news@kykernel.com
Lexington’s rising art community has placed a “prohibition” on unoriginal urban art, thanks to John Winters and his wife, Jessica. The Winters’ group, PRHBTN — pronounced “prohibition” — is a formulated attempt to find the best local artists in Lexington and to contract acclaimed international artists to put their stamp on the city, as well as help push Lexington in a more artistic direction.
“We look at artists’ Instagrams, which has really become one of the easiest ways to do it. We start the year with a list of 50 artists, which we then narrow down to about six, send emails and cross our fingers,” John Winters said. PRHBTN has been adding art to Lexington since 2010 — however, a rise in reputation came in 2013 when the Winters contracted world-renowned muralist Eduardo Kobra from Brazil to construct what is now an iconic piece of street art in Lexington, “the Lin-
Student Center bids adieu By Destiny Witherspoon news@kykernel.com
On Tuesday, students filed into the Small Ballroom and were met by free food, giveaways and smiling faces eager to inform the campus. Representatives from facilities and organizations in the current Student Center informed the public about the programs’ new locations and gave out souvenirs. Marketing senior Katie Langsdale was a representative for the Cats Den, which is moving to the bottom level of Blazer Hall next semester. She explained why the Cats Den gave free goodies away. “All the items we are giving away today say ‘Student Center’ on them, so we can’t really use them anymore since we’ll be in a new location,” Langsdale said. “Therefore, we’re just trying to get rid of it all.” Prospective UK student Isaiah Pritchett came to UK on a tour. While his parents were in a meeting in the Student Center, he saw a flier and decided to attend the event. “I didn’t know anything about the Student Center being torn down, so talking with all the different tables and receiving a map will be very helpful for me next semester when I start my college career,” Pritchett said. Interior design senior Arden Cooper represented UK dining and told students all about the new renovations in the new Student Center and
Ovids Cafe in the library. “Aqua Sushi, Fresh Food Company, Ovid’s (which is moving out of the library into a smaller location in the 90), La Madeline Country French Café, Wildcat Pantry (moving from underneath Commons dining hall) and Taco Bell Express are the new food options in the 90,” Cooper said. While most members at the tables were enthused about the changes, not everyone was excited. A general informant for WRFL, freshman Tara Prasad expressed her disappointment in the radio station’s new location. “Representing WRFL, my goal is to promote and make sure people know that we’re still around,” Prasad said. “I’m not excited about the move because I feel like people already don’t know that we are located in the Student Center. When they find out, they’re super surprised, so being in the basement of Whitehall is worse and further away.” Animal science freshman DeAnna Williams felt the event was important to have, since a lot of changes are being made to campus. “I really hope that other students took advantage of this event so that next year, we will all know where our favorite organizations are,” Williams said. “I enjoyed the food, t-shirts, and now I’m confident I won’t get lost looking for the Center for Student Involvement.”
coln.” Kobra’s fame comes from similar murals of iconic cultural heroes that he has created in major cities such as Los Angeles, New York and Tokyo. This mural, at the time, was PRHBTN’s largest contracted piece and set the bar high for street art in Lexington. Kobra’s mural stands nearly 12 stories tall with colored shapes overlaying a black-and-white image of Lincoln in his quintessential pose, sitting in his presidential chair. “I never thought we’d be
able to get someone like Kobra to come to Lexington of all places,” Winters said. “What it’s grown into is an ability to form a community. It’s been fun to bring these guys from out of town to Lexington to do what they love to do: travel and paint.” Street art is approved by a city’s government to help bring attention to that city. Just this year on Feb. 12, Abe Lincoln’s birthday, Mayor Jim Gray passed a resolution to light the Lincoln mural every sundown. In a Kentucky.com arti-
cle, Councilman Bill Farmer, Jr. went on record saying, “I think we all like public art." “Clearly the Lincoln mural should be my favorite based on what it brought to Lexington,” John Winters said. “It was weird and fun just because we brought Kobra here and then realized ‘How are we going to pay this guy?’” Jessica Winters, Winter’s wife and co-founder of PRHBTN, plays just as big a role in the community as her husband, both paving the road for a more artistic fu-
ture and community in Lexington. Jessica Winters is no stranger to creating a local art scene, co-owning the locally famous Buster’s Billiards and Ballroom for nearly five years. “Our house is here. Lexington is our city,” John Winters said. “We’ve been asked to do things in other cities like Frankfort and Cincinnati. There’s no money or corporate business behind it. We do it to have fun, and we are really happy that Lexington has been so welcoming.”
UK slides to fourth straight win By Kevin Erpenbeck kerpenbeck@kykernel.com
The 2015 season hasn’t gone quite the way UK junior Kyle Cody envisioned it would. The right-hander was named a third-team preseason All-American and was rated as the 19th-best prospect available in the MLB Draft at the beginning of the year. But since then, Cody has logged a six-plus earned run average and watched as opposing hitters smacked a .280 batting average against him. The starter’s year-long struggle resulted in his demotion from the weekend-starter job. That’s why getting a strong outing on Tuesday against Xavier was so important to Cody. “Obviously, those numbers are not what I’m capable of,” Cody said. “I just had to go out there and prove it and prove to my teammates that I can go
out and have (good) outings.” And prove it he did. Cody allowed just one hit and a walk over four scoreless innings as UK topped Xavier 6-1 for its fourth consecutive win. “Really nice to see Kyle go out and pitch well for four innings,” head coach Gary Henderson said. “He just had a little bit of a hiccup there for a couple of outings. But he’ll be right back doing what he needs to do.” In his previous four appearances, Cody was tagged with 18 total runs while giving up five home runs. But a pitching performance like Tuesday goes a long way in curing all ails. “Big confidence booster for me being able to go out there and put up some zeroes,” Cody said. “Haven’t really been able to do that in the past month or so, but I’m trying to get on the right track here. Tonight was the start of what I would say is getting on the
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Sophomore Connor Heady slides safely into third in the game against the Xavier Musketeers at Cliff Hagan Stadium in Lexington, Ky., on Tuesday.
right track.” UK got a zero spot from five of its six pitchers on Tuesday, holding the Musketeers to just six hits in the game. Ka’ai Tom added his support at the plate, going 3-for-4 on the day while collecting an RBI. The Cats had 11 hits on the day.
UK will carry its winning confidence into Gainesville, Fla., when it takes on No. 6 Florida on Friday. “Been a while since we’ve won four in a row,” Henderson said. “Confidence will start with starting pitching. If we get good starting pitching, we’ll maintain our confidence.”
Cardinals embarrass Cats in loss By Kristopher Reid sports@kykernel.com
Whatever gave UK momentum to get a 28-16 record on the season was completely gone on Tuesday as the Cats were dominated 8-0 in six innings by Louisville, giving the Cardinals their first-ever win in John Cropp Stadium. UK gave up eight runs, ten hits and only got one hit for themselves.
“This is not our team,” UK head coach Lawson said. “This is not what we’ve done for the last eight years. This is not the team that’s been to Super-Regionals three out of the last four years. This is not the team that made it to the World Series, that’s been in the post-season the last six years. That is not us.” Louisville scored two runs in the second inning, two runs in the fourth, three runs
in the fifth, and another in the sixth. All but one player had a hit off of the three pitchers that UK used on Tuesday. The losing pitcher, sophomore Shannon Smith, threw three innings and allowed four hits. Lawson brought in sophomore Meagan Prince to cool down the Cardinals, who started off strong after pitcher Maryssa Becker slammed a home run to send her and an-
other runner home. Prince is 12-5 on the season. The problem was that Louisville hits well against left-handed pitchers, like Prince. Their average increases from .307 to .393 when they hit against a lefty. In the 1.2 innings pitched, Prince allowed four hits and two runs. Freshman Erin Rethlake was brought in as well to stop Louisville from doing any See SOFTBALL on page 4
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Rand Paul is leaving his libertarian values
Expulsion not called 'genocide'
Kernel Columnist
I was once a big fan of recently-declared presidential candidate Rand Paul. The first-term U.S. Senator had the youth, the energy and the right ideas to give the Republican Party the resurgence they've been seeking for years. His ideas of ending voter disenfranchisement, supporting reforms in the prison system and taking a critical approach to the “War on Drugs” appealed to people my age, as well as Libertarian-minded people at large. But sadly, just as so many seemingly unique politicians do, Paul began preaching textbook partisan talking points the moment he officially declared his intentions to run for President. During his speech and ever since, Paul has been speaking about how he would increase the defense budget, how he would fight the evil of radical Islam, how he
programs. He proposed a 20 percent decrease in spending for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, cutting the National Science Foundation 62 percent and slashing the NASA budget by 25 percent. I find it humorous that Republicans propose ideas like this and wonder why they get labeled the anti-science party. Despite Paul’s recent setbacks with his supposed Libertarian ideals, there is still hope for him. He could be the politician to give millions of ex-prisoners the right to vote and take part in the country they paid their debt to. He could be the politician to end the American empire and get rid of useless military bases in Germany and Japan. And he could be the politician to end the senseless, utter failure known as the “War on Drugs.” But as long as he keeps preaching these stale Republican ideas, I’m going to remain skeptical. Cheyene Miller is the assistant news editor of the Kentucky Kernel. Email opinions@ kykernel.com
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would protect American borders – the same old conservative garbage that I’ve heard time and time again. Honestly, when will these conservatives realize that our military budget is by far the biggest in the world? We spend more on defense than the next 10 countries combined and spent $682 billion on defense in 2012. When will they realize that you will never defeat radical Islam, as it is an idea that young men in impoverished parts of the world will always be drawn to, and that our presence in the Middle East has done nothing but cause tensions to boil over even further? Not to mention it has cost thousands of American lives and trillions of dollars. When will they realize that sealing off our borders only hurts us, as our economy depends on the work of people who come here to make a better life for themselves and their family? Apparently Paul is one of the conservatives who doesn't realize these things, as he wants to increase spending on defense and border protection, but wants to cut domestic
By Mark Seibel McClatchy Washington Bureau (TNS)
WASHINGTON — White House officials on Tuesday told representatives of Armenian advocacy groups that the Obama administration once again will avoid the word “genocide” to describe the deaths of hundreds of thousands of Armenians when they were forcibly deported from what is now Turkey during World War I. Denis McDonough, the White House chief of staff, and Ben Rhodes, the deputy national security adviser for strategic communications, met with the representatives for an hour at the White House and discussed the centennial commemoration of
the deaths and deportations that will be held Friday in Yerevan, Armenia's capital. “They discussed the significance of this occasion for honoring the 1.5 million lives extinguished during that horrific period, and welcomed the principled advocacy of the Armenian American community on behalf of justice,” a White House statement about the meeting said. “They pledged that the United States will use the occasion to urge a full, frank, and just acknowledgment of the facts that we believe is in the interest of all parties.” Aram Hamparian, the executive director of the Armenian National Committee of America, who was at the meeting, described himself as disappointed. He said that de-
spite recent White House statements indicating that the word genocide would not be mentioned in U.S. statements on the commemoration, he'd hoped recent developments might change U.S. policy. “We thought this would be a moment for the United States to become one of the nations on the right side of history,” he said. Hamparian said the White House officials cited “regional priorities” for the decision. Rep. Adam Schiff, DCalif., also criticized the White House decision. “I'm deeply disappointed that the president, once again, will fail to properly describe the extermination of 1.5 million Armenians from 1915 to 1923 for what it was — genocide,” he said in a statement.
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more damage. But that didn’t work. In 1.1 innings pitched, Rethlake allowed two hits and three runs. Lawson switched back to Smith to close out the game, but it seemed like nothing could be done on the mound to stop the Cardinals. Christian Stokes, who leads the teams in hits, struck out three times. The only hit came after a lead-off single by Nikki Sagermann in the first inning. Becker was nearly perfct after that. Lawson said that a change is needed for the Cats. UK is going to need to play better against their next opponent, Western Kentucky. And the Hilltoppers are arguably better than the Cardinals, even. “Western (Kentucky) is an awesome team. Their RPI
is in the Top 35 in the country. They have one of the best pitchers in the country. They’re senior-laden and they’re tough,” Lawson said. “They’re everything a good softball team is. So I expect that they’re going to come out and play incredibly hard. I think we’re going to have
to be really tough to beat them.” The Cats look to defeat the Hilltoppers on Wednesday night at 6 p.m. at John Cropp Stadium. The program will have a staff home run derby immediately following the game, where Lawson will pitch.
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Maisie Steed bunts during the game against Louisville at John Cropp Stadium in Lexington, Ky., on Tuesday. UK lost to Louisville 8-0.
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