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The Beer Trappe, on Euclid near the Kroger, offers a huge variety of beer, as well as a craft beer class. Photo by Marcus Dorsey
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Michigan prisons end contract with Aramark, UK’s private dining partner, after series of violations >> PAGE 4
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secrets. Enjoy peaceful, private productivity. Libra ( Sept. 23-Oct. 22) -- Today is a 7 -- Begin a new group project under this New Moon. Complete one phase as the next one dawns. Acknowledge your team, and welcome new players. Align upon a shared goal that inspires. Scorpio ( Oct. 23-Nov. 21) -- Today is an 8 -Explore your subject deeply. Begin a new phase in your education, travels and exploration, with this New Moon. Sagittarius ( Nov. 22-Dec. 21) -- Today is a 7 -- Handle family financial matters over the next two days. Open a new chapter with this New Moon. Revise the budget for new priorities. Complete old promises and invent new possibilities together. Capricorn ( Dec. 22-Jan. 19) -- Today is an 8 -With this New Moon, one door closes as a new one opens in a partnership. Begin a new phase in your relationship. Realign your collaboration to new priorities. Support each other. Aquarius ( Jan. 20-Feb. 18) -- Today is a 9 -- One lunar phase ends as the next begins in a project. Make a change under the New Moon. Let go of an old habit. Seek a new level of excellence. Refocus on work today and tomorrow. Pisces ( Feb. 19-March 20) -- Today is a 7 -Make a fun, creative mess. One game folds and another begins under this New Moon. Enter a new stage in love and romance. MCT
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Voucher to give students, faculty $400 for biking
Crank and Boom brings new flavors with craft ice cream
BY JOSHUA HUFF
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Beginning July 15, qualified UK students and faculty will be able to register for a $400 bicycle voucher through UK’s Parking and Transportation Services in exchange for signing a car-free commitment. Participants must agree to forego the purchase of a motor vehicle parking permit for two years. The bicycle voucher program, available for up to 100 faculty and students, is an effort to reduce the amount of single-occupancy vehicles on campus to an alternative form of transportation. The program is available only to students who live on campus with a graduation date no further than two years out and faculty that work on campus. The voucher is redeemable at the three participating local bicycle shops: Pedal Power, Pedal the Planet and Scheller’s Fitness & Cycling. Participants can use the voucher to buy a bicycle or any related gear. Participants will also receive 10 scratch-off parking passes — one-day permits that can be used when participants must bring a car
Burger, taco restaurants replace Hugh Jass Burgers BY KYLE ARENSDORF KARENSDORF@KYKERNEL.COM North campus students once again have a burger restaurant across the street. Freakin’ Unbelievable Burgers (affectionately nicknamed “FU Burgers”) and Street Craves are combining hearty and healthy in a duel restaurant venture at the corner of Limestone and Avenue of Champions, the former home of Hugh Jass Burgers. “It’s a mesh of two different concepts in one,” president and founder Brent Skaggs said. “It’s going to bring a new variety and choice (to the UK campus).” FU Burgers features a build-your-own burger format
PHOTO BY TESSA LIGHTY I STAFF Bikes on campus in Lexington, Ky., on Tuesday, September 24, 2013. A voucher that began Wednesday will give up to 100 students and staff $400 for agreeing to not bring a car to campus.
to campus, according to UKNow. “The goal of the program is to encourage folks to think about alternative transportation and ways of getting to campus and around campus other than in the car by themselves,” said Chrissie Tune, a UK parking representative. Priority for the program is given to participants who have a current parking permit with the goal of SEE BIKES ON PAGE 4
where patrons can choose from 40 different toppings for their burgers. Skaggs said the burger joint prides itself on certified Angus beef burgers, but customers can switch it up with a ground turkey burger, grilled salmon burger, ground chicken burger or fresh black bean veggie burger. “We try to make it a little bit of everything here,” Skaggs said. The restaurant was ranked 12th on Fast Casual’s 2013 list of the “Top 100 Movers & Shakers” nationwide and was listed as one of the “14 Burger Concepts to Watch in 2014” by BurgerBusiness.com. If customers aren’t feeling a burger, they can go to Street Craves, where fresh chopped salad is made right in front of customers and tacos are made with freshly pressed, in-house tortillas. SEE BURGERS ON PAGE 4
In the Distillery District of Lexington, on Manchester Street, stands a new and thriving business that is cranking out ice cream using local Kentucky ingredients. Crank and Boom has been open since June 26 and has created quite a buzz in less than JAMILYN HALL a month. Assistant Opinions Not only is Crank and Boom creating Editor delicious treats with local ingredients, but they are also using local products to create their menu. Like that of the Cold Brew Float, a custom blend containing locally roasted Nate’s Coffee and their ice cream. Also one of the newest creations to come out of the ice cream lounge, “Just call it delicious,” is the North Lime chocolate glazed donut with coffee stout ice cream, salted caramel sauce and finished with a cinnamon & waffle cone crumb. Within the month I have only had the chance to try the coffee stout, ice cream made with West Sixth’s Sister Sue stout beer. However, there are also many more creative flavors I have yet to try, like the maple bacon made with local bacon from Stone Cross Farm, or the fresh strawberry ice cream made with organic and local strawberries. Also one flavor I will try on my next visit is the Bourbon & Honey made with Buffalo Trace bourbon & local SEE ICE CREAM ON PAGE 6
PHOTO BY MARCUS DORSEY | STAFF Crank and Boom in the Distillery District is putting a new spin on ice cream.
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news Michigan prisons cut ties with Aramark, UK’s dining partner, after series of crimes BY SARAH BROOKBANK
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The state of Michigan will be ending its three-year contract with Aramark, UK’s private dining parter, 18 months early, according to the Detroit Free Press. Aramark has provided food for Michigan correctional facilities since December 2013 and has had a host of problems including meal shortages, maggots in food, its employees engaging in sexual acts with prisoners, and its emplyees smuggling drugs and contraband. The Michigan Department of Corrections ordered Aramark in June to throw out potatoes and scrub down a kitchen after maggots were found in one prison’s food. This was not the first time it had happened. According to the Detroit Free Press, “The state fined Aramark $98,000 in March 2014 for food shortages, unauthorized menu substitutions and overfamiliarity between kitchen workers and inmates; and another $200,000 in August 2014 after problems persisted. The state later confirmed it quietly waived the March fine soon after it was imposed, and Ara-
mark never paid it.” UK spokesperson Jay Blanton said he is confident in the university’s contract with Aramark. Blanton had no comment on the Michigan situation. Blanton said the university will survey students for feedback on dining, and if they are not satisfied, there will be penalties. Student satisfaction and buying Kentucky Proud products are key to Aramark’s success at UK, Blanton said. According to a UK website, “Key Performance Indicators … will be tracked and will include financial penalties if measures are not met in areas such as local food sourcing, customer satisfaction, nutrition and wellness, and employee numbers.” Aramark began their partnership with UK last year. The 15 year, $250 million contract with Aramark has transformed campus dining and led to the opening of a new dining hall on the south side of campus. The new $32 million building, The 90, will likely open this coming semester with restaurants like Aqua Sushi, la Madeleine, Taco Bell Express and a Wildcat Pantry.
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Street Craves also offers unique meat such as slow-roasted pork and brisket, which cooks for 16 hours over low heat. “We’re really bringing a higher level of quality and a great experience to not
PHOTO BY MARCUS DORSEY I STAFF Two restaurants, Street Craves and Freakin’ Unbelieveable Burgers, took up shop Tuesday in the former home of Hugh Jass Burgers on the corner of Avenue of Champions and South Limestone.
sports Georgia to take SEC East, UK to beat Florida, Vandy
There is no consensus this season on who should play for the Southeastern Conference Championship. The concern for the SEC is that there’s not a surplus of teams who could possibly win 12 games, and there are too few teams prepared to take a swing at NICK GRAY reigning national champion Ohio State. Kernel The SEC East is neutered this season, Columnist with Georgia molding a new quarterback, Florida breaking in a new coach and Tennessee lacking experience. The SEC West projects better, but outside of Alabama, LSU and Auburn, no team has the mix of offensive firepower and defensive playmaking necessary this season. Here’s how this season should play out: SEC East 1. Georgia (10-2, 6-2) 2. Missouri (10-2, 6-2) 4 I Summer Edition I 7.16.15
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3. Tennessee (7-5, 4-4) 4. UK (7-5, 3-5) 5. South Carolina (5-7, 2-6) 6. Florida (5-7, 2-6) 7. Vanderbilt (2-10, 0-8) Picking Georgia has become less of a sure thing when losses like the 38-20 week eight drubbing by Florida has become commonplace. But Georgia is still talented, and the schedule favors them over Missouri, who returns quarterback Maty Mauk. The Tigers, however, don’t quite have the pass rushing specimen anymore after Shane Ray departed for the NFL to offset the sputtering offense. Tennessee has a four-game stretch against Florida, Arkansas, Georgia and Alabama in October that will determine whether or not it can contend for the division title. UK beat South Carolina and Vanderbilt last season and has improved on paper. The Cats should be able to topple a Florida team playing in its first SEC game under first-year head coach Jim McElwein. The Gators SEE FOOTBALL PAGE 5
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removing cars from campus. “It’s going along with the transportation master plan,” Tune said. “One of the things that came out of that study is the desire to shift away from dependence on single-occupancy vehicles.” The transportation master plan revolves around improving access and mobility to, from and around campus. With that shift should come a number of benefits, including environmental benefits and more parking spots. The initial application window will close on Sunday, Aug. 30. People who want to participate but have already purchased a 2015-16 parking permit can return it for a pro-rated refund, according to UKNow.
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The Beer Trappe is heaven for beer lovers
Nazi veteran convicted
The Beer Trappe is a craft beer lover’s paradise. When you walk into the dark room you are immediately greeted by a wall of beer bottles. The wall contains more ALEX WRIGHT than 500 beers from all Kernel over the globe, and even Columnist the most seasoned beer enthusiast will find a beer they have yet to try. They sport a modest eight taps, but the selection of bottled beer more than makes up for it. This low number of taps allows the bartenders to be well versed in all of the draft beers they have available, and the friendly staff is more than happy to offer a recommendation tailored to your personal taste in beer. Perhaps the most interesting thing about The Beer Trappe is their weekly Beer School. The multitude of different craft beers can seem endless, with sometimes very subtle distinctions between each brew. Beer School is there to help ease the transition into the craft beer world. Class is held every Sunday at 4 p.m. and 6 p.m. National BJCP Beer Judge Kevin Patterson walks attendees through the ins and outs of that week’s beers, which are all tailored around a theme.
For example, this week’s theme is Belgo-American Ale, and attendees will sample American beers that have been heavily influenced by the Belgian style of brewing. This week’s beers include Rhinegeist Fiction, Brooklyn Sorachi Ace, Victory Golden Monkey, Avery Reverend, Brother Thelonious and Goose Island Matilda. Kevin is a Certified Cicerone, which is a mark of someone who is truly dedicated to craft beer. His reputation for great customer service is second to none. Seats are limited to sixteen for each session. Reservations can be made in advance, and the cost is $10. Craft beer is a big world full of wonderful flavors and culture. The scope of this scene makes it a wonderful place for those already familiar with it. It can provide hours of camaraderie with friends, breed new friendships and introduce you to flavors from all around the world. However, the same scope that makes it great for those already in the scene makes it incredibly difficult for newcomers to feel like they know what they are doing. If you are looking to dive right into the craft beer scene, The Beer Trappe is the place to be. The friendly staff will help you along your journey, and if you are truly interested in getting a craft beer education, Beer School will speed you along the path to a refined beer pallet.
PHOTO BY MARCUS DORSEY I STAFF The Beer Trappe, on Euclid Avenue by the Kroger, has more beer than even the most experienced beer drinkers know what to do with. The bar also offers a beer class for $10.
BY MATTHEW SCHOFIELD
McClatchy Washington Bureau (TNS) BERLIN _ In what was certainly among the last verdicts for Nazi crimes against humanity, the 94-year-old “Accountant of Auschwitz” on Wednesday was sentenced to four years in German prison for his role in the deaths of 300,000 Hungarian Jews. The sentence — about seven minutes for each of the victims — handed to Oskar Groening raised the difficult question of whether justice can ever be done for the mass murders of the Holocaust, whose victims numbered 6 million Jews and millions of other “undesirables,” including Gypsies, gays and political dissidents. German historian Michael Wolffsohn, a professor at the Bundeswehr University in Munich, suggested that nothing short of the biblical “mark of Cain” was a sufficient punishment. “Four years for 300,000 persons killed,” he wrote in an email. “Ridiculous. There is no legal way to cope with these crimes.” But Efraim Zuroff, director and head Nazi hunter for the Israeli office of the Simon Wiesenthal Center, disputed such reasoning, arguing that Groening’s case makes clear that anyone involved in the Holocaust can be
held to account. “This is an incredibly important case,” he said. “Groening was the first example of someone not physically involved in murder to be convicted. Now this means that anybody who worked at the camps, whatever their role, can be brought to court at least to face charges of accessory.” It is a searing message in a nation where many people whose work helped the Nazi death machine function simply went back to their lives at the end of the war. Groening’s three month trial, said Deidre Berger, head of the American Jewish Committee office in Berlin, “allows a more comprehensive look at Holocaust murders.” It also offers a lesson to younger generations that “every individual is in the end responsible for upholding the basic ethics and values that are the foundation of our civilization.” Groening was the rarest of accused Nazis. From the first day, he accepted at least “moral guilt” for his role at Auschwitz. He did not kill, but he kept track of the wealth the condemned brought with them to the camp. He even boxed up the stolen cash and brought it to Berlin to swell Nazi coffers. Prosecutors noted that while he didn’t pull a trigger, he did make mass murder profitable for Adolf Hitler’s Germany.
sports FOOTBALL FROM PAGE 4 may beat Vanderbilt and that’s it. The Commodores, on the other hand, could come away with a perfect non-conference record, with games against Western Kentucky and Houston. SEC West 1. Alabama (11-1, 7-1) 2. LSU (11-1, 7-1) 3. Auburn (10-2, 6-2) 4. Ole Miss (8-4, 4-4) 5. Arkansas (8-4, 4-4) 6.Texas A&M (6-6, 3-5) 7. Mississippi State (6-6, 2-6) The story of the SEC West in 2014 was the ability of Mississippi State to take advantage of down years from LSU, Auburn and Texas A&M. This season, Auburn and LSU have reloaded with a wealth of talented freshmen, but Alabama will once again reign supreme be-
cause of a defense that returns a punishing front-seven. LSU may be the second SEC team next to Alabama that’s able to launch itself into the College Football Playoff conversation. Running back Leonard Fournette and a trio of underclassmen receivers will terrify opposing defensive coordinators. Auburn will be better than last season, but quarterback Jeremy Johnson will have to produce, immediately. As will Ole Miss’s quarterback Chad Kelly, who will be at least be as efficient as former Rebel quarterback Bo Wallace, if not smarter. Arkansas will be a bother, but lacks the high-end talent to compete with the top three teams. Texas A&M and Mississippi State could surprise some, but the Bulldogs lost a lot of defense after last season, while the Aggies remain stagnant defensively. 7.16.15 | Kentucky Kernel | 5
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honey. Crank and Boom, one of Lexington’s few ice cream lounges, has a lot to offer. They are serving premium handcrafted ice cream along with homemade toppings and sauces, as well as the ice cream sandwiches and pastries that are made in house, or brought in from local bakers. The pints and half pints of Crank and Boom can be found at 13 locations outside of their home base. There are also seven Lexington locations that are scooping the Crank and Boom product from their businesses. However, if you have never yourself been to the Lexington Distillery District I highly advise that you do so, because it is a treat within itself. The mission statement of the local lounge is “Doing right by ice cream, our community and the planet,” and I wouldn’t expect anything else. One can only hope for the success of a business like Crank and Boom that has a clear passion for its community, its creativity and, of course, its ice cream.
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Harper Lee deserves trust, not criticism KYLE ARENSDORF Columnist
Legendary recluse Harper Lee released a follow-up Tuesday to the only book she ever wrote. Whether she didn’t want the publicity or the criticism that comes with releasing another book, Lee only published the classic To Kill a Mocking-
bird. But 55 years after its release, she got both publicity and criticism. The new book, called Go Set a Watchman, became the most anticipated book of the century when it was announced last year, but that anticipation quickly turned to criticism. Among other apparently maddening storylines in the book, Watchman portrays the racial-barrier-breaking Atticus Finch as an old and hardened racist.
It comes as a shock to those who grew up with the Atticus Finch who represented the accused black man, Tom Robinson, in the book and the movie adaptation. Watchman is set 20 years in the future when Scout, Mockingbird’s nearly six-yearold protagonist, is living in New York. Her brother Jem has died, and she hates what her bigoted father has become. It’s obviously a hard switch from her fun-loving children’s book, a switch that shocked and hurt many fans. It’s like finding out after all these years that Don Vito Corleone was an informant for the FBI. One angry fan describes the character switch as “Spielberg doing a sequel in which ET punches Eliot in the face and
steals his lunch money.” Others are upset because they assume it’s a publicity stunt or a money grab, but Watchman was actually written before Mockingbird. And it’s reportedly an early version of her American Classic. It doesn’t make sense, however, for detractors to be upset, because they’re fans of her and Mockingbird. If you’re a fan of someone who creates great art, trust that what he or she makes will be rewarding. Even if an artist’s creation doesn’t impact you in the same way, respect it for what it is; it came from the same mind as what resonated with you in the first place. It’s a sentiment that’s true in all forms of media: Trust the artist.
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