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Charles Bowsher dons a hat with a portrait of Bernie Sanders at the Bernie Sanders speech at Al’s bar. Photo by Marcus Dorsey | Staff
Lexington ‘feels the bern’
Bernie Sanders supporters crowd Al’s Bar for national online rally >> PAGE 3
Phillip’s Market makes mark on campus athletes, construction workers with fried catfish sandwich >> PAGE 4
HOROSCOPES Aries (March 21-April 19) -- Today is a 7 -You’re especially creative and clever for the next three weeks, with Mercury in Leo. Your powers of explanation, description and clarification thrive. Enjoy stimulating conversation. Write your story. Taurus (April 20-May 20) -- Today is a 6 -- The next three weeks favor domestic projects and family time, with Mercury in Leo. Strengthen infrastructure and foundations. Collaborate today and tomorrow with your partner. Gemini (May 21-June 20) -- Today is an 8 -- What would you like to study? It’s easier to learn over the next three weeks, with Mercury in Leo. Devour the material. Read, write and communicate. Cancer (June 21-July 22) -- Today is a 9 -- For the next three weeks, with Mercury in Leo, it’s easier to make money. Profit through communications and networking. Build personal and professional relationships. Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) -- Today is an 8 -- With Mercury in your sign, connecting like-minded people satisfies over the next three weeks. Talk about passions and enthusiasms. Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) -- Today is a 7 -- Finish old business over the next three weeks. Retrospective and nostalgic projects satisfy. Keep a journal. Forgive, even if you don’t forget, so you can move on.
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Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) -- Today is a 9 -- Focus on making money today and tomorrow. Brainstorming and group meetings are favored, with Mercury in Leo for the next three weeks. Talk it over with your team. Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) -- Today is an 8 -- A professional dream can get fulfilled over the next three weeks, with Mercury in Leo. Share your process. You’re even more powerful than usual over the next two days. Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) -- Today is an 8 -- Begin a three-week expansion phase. Long distance communications add essential input. Distant shores beckon. Expand your investigation. Remain sensitive to a loved one’s wishes. Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) -- Today is a 9 -Discuss shared financial ventures over the next three weeks. Make decisions regarding joint accounts and investments. Handle the paperwork. Listen to all views. Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) -- Today is a 7 -Partnership is the name of the game over the next three weeks, with Mercury in Leo. Learn from experts. Dress to impress. Maintain clear communications channels. Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) -- Today is an 8 -- You’re especially busy. Over the next three weeks with Mercury in Leo your work is in growing demand. Things are getting inte resting. Get creative. MCT
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Burnie Sanders rally draws hundreds BY WILL WRIGHT
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Hundreds of people, many wearing Bernie Sanders hats and T-shirts, gathered at Al’s Bar and Grille in Lexington on Wednesday to support the Democratic presidential candidate. The rally was part of a national event where Sanders broadcasted a speech via his website to supporters throughout the country. More than 600 people registered for the Lexington rally, making it likely the largest of the Sanders events in a red state, said Laura Haye, a social work senior and organizer. Haye said the rallies, which drew more than 100,000 people nationwide, show Sanders’ understanding of the internet, and his ability to create a grass roots movement. “I think it shows the fact that the internet reach is more important than it
ever has been,” Haye said. “I expected maybe 20 people to be interested. I think that shows he’s a more important candidate than people give him credit for.” One of the supports, Peyton Knox, said she was never involved with politics before her boyfriend, Tim D’egidio, showed her videos of Sanders. The main platform ideas, such as income equality and lower education costs, make young people more hopefully about politicians, Knox and D’egidio said. His use of Facebook and other social media sites, and his video conference rallies, also grow support among the youth, they said. “If you look at Bernie, from day one he’s been using social media as his main platform,” D’egidio said. “Once people hear about him, they’ll do what everyone else I know has been doing and saying, ‘I like him.’”
PHOTO BY MARCUS DORSEY I STAFF A Bernie Sanders supporter holds up a sign for a portrait before the beginning of the live broadcast speech from Bernie Sanders at Al’s Bar on July 29, 2015.
Student’s death raises questions about drug informants on college campuses MATT MCKINNEY
Star Tribune (Minneapolis) (TNS) MINNEAPOLIS — Andrew Sadek, a North Dakota college student who went missing two weeks before his graduation, was found dead in the Red River just over a year ago. He had been shot once in the head. He wore a backpack full of rocks. Initially there were murmurs that it was suicide. But after his family learned that Sadek had been working as a confidential informant for a drug task force in the months before his death, they have pushed for answers, and for changes in the practice that they believe led to their son’s killing. Sadek was busted for selling $80 worth of marijuana. He faced the possibility of more than 40 years in prison. “That would scare the bejesus out of anyone,” said his mother, Tammy Sadek. “They get kids who have no knowledge of the law.” Tammy Sadek says police should stop using college students accused of nonviolent offenses to carry out undercover drug buys. Her son’s case has been compared to others in which young kids busted for minor drug offenses are told they can reduce their sentence if they help police catch others. The practice has been criticized by the American Civil Liberties Union and led to reforms in one state after an informant was murdered by those she was trying to help catch. Authorities in North Dakota said Sadek was an adult who knew what he was doing when he chose informant work. A review of how the task force handled Sadek didn’t find wrongdoing. But a year later, the case remains unsolved — with no official determination of suicide or homicide. The gun that killed Sadek has not been found, but a pistol that shoots the same sized bullets disappeared from one of the Sadeks’ farm vehicles at their ranch near Rogers, N.D. Tammy Sadek said she doesn’t know if it’s connected because it’s not clear when the pistol was taken. Sadek’s roommate, Drew Kugel, said Sadek didn’t appear depressed in the days before his disappearance. Kugel didn’t know about the undercover work his roommate was doing. He only knew Sadek as a quiet person who liked to ride his skateboard around campus and got good grades.
“Something went bad,” he said. “He was just a college student and I think they maybe sent him out to do something way over his head.” His family said Sadek was a thoughtful kid who loved the outdoors and planned to take over the family farm. He spent two years on the Wahpeton, N.D., campus of the State College of Science (NDSCS), a two-year community college in the center of the town of 7,800 people. “Andrew was a quiet, gentle soul,” his mom said. What no one close to him knew was that he had become entangled in legal trouble and spent the last few months of his life working to clear his name. Sadek was busted after he sold 3.35 grams of marijuana worth $80 in April 2013 to an informant in two separate sales on campus. State law in North Dakota doesn’t differentiate between a small amount of marijuana or a kilo of cocaine: the sale of either one is considered a Class A felony punishable by up to 20 years in prison and a fine of up to $20,000. In November of 2013, agents with the Southeast Multi-County Agency Drug Task Force searched Sadek’s dorm room, finding a marijuana grinder in his desk. Sadek admitted that the grinder was his. A misdemeanor was added to his charges; he faced a maximum possible sentence of 41 years in prison. He signed papers to become an informant the next day. Over the next three months, Sadek bought drugs three times wearing a police wire. All three buys were on college property. He was supposed to make two more buys when he stopped contacting the task force. He was last seen May 1, 2014, at 2 a.m. walking out of his residence hall alone. A warrant for his arrest on two counts of drug dealing was issued May 5. At the time, campus police Sgt. Steve Helgeson suggested to local media that Sadek had fled. Sadek’s body was found June 27 in the Red River about a mile north of Breckenridge, Minn. His wallet was not on him. He was wearing different clothes than the ones he wore when he was last seen leaving his dorm. He had been shot with a bullet from a .22-caliber weapon. An autopsy ruled that he died from the gunshot wound. No drugs or alcohol were found in his body. 7.30.15 | Kentucky Kernel | 3
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Phillip’s is a hidden gem Phillip’s Market a favorite for student athletes
cases of cokes and a vending machine, a drug store counter with cigarettes and various assortments I don’t know what threw me off more. The deceiv- of junk food and up to the kitchen ing sign above the door that read “Phillip’s Market counter, because yes, a restaurant Deli and Grocery” or the old school, grungy vibe that resides in this inconspicuous grunge strikes the minute you see the orange hard-backed of a building, a restaurant that hapbenches lining the left side of the entrance. pens to have been around for over What is this place? 30 years. I stood outside this insignificant stone building After being handed a glass of that seemed to be hiding behind its neighbors and Kool Aid, which was delicious, I pondered the reason behind the flow of construction was introduced to Lakisha Hicks, PHOTO BY BY MARCUS DORSEY I STAFF workers making their way through the sign-laden the head cook of Phillip’s for the The front entrance of the Philips Market deli and grocery store on South Limestone doors. Something must be worthwhile in there. The past five years. She sat in a chair that across the street from Gatton College of Business. workers were running through traffic, forgoing the was pulled up to a counter, taking customer base was born. crosswalk just feet away – they couldn’t have been orders from a rotating cast of con“They come everyday,” Hicks said of the construcbreaking the law just because. struction workers. I walked up to the door next to Cuts on Lime Bar“Our best food is the catfish sandwich,” she said. tion workers. “Breakfast and lunch.” With more options for dining opening on camber Shop – cuts with a scissor for a C – and entered “Which we sell a lot of.” Phillip’s. I instantly felt like I had entered the pool The draw of Phillip’s is the focus on home cooked pus, it’s common sense to assume that turnout might dwindle, but Hicks is confident in the positive word hall from the movie Dazed and Confused. The best food. way to describe this place is to envision a smoky par“Come on in and try the food,” Hicks said. “Home of mouth and relishes the competition. She even plans lor with old pictures lining the walls and an oddly cooked meals, good prices. The catfish, just the sand- on a special for the beginning of the Fall semester. “We haven’t really decided on what it’s going to placed Skill Master claw machine that looked as if it wich, is $4.99 and the plate is $7.49, but you get be, but I was thinking along the lines of baked spahadn’t been touched in decades. two sides: macaroni and cheese, French fries, green ghetti,” she said. “I have a special one that I do and This was your classic hole-in-the-wall joint, which beans, baked beans and I do the cooking.” conveniently was right across from the Carol Martin It’s hard to fathom the notion that students would I’m going to see how that does.” Gatton building. be aware that such a place exists with all the choices, I walked up the aisle, passing a wall lined with and new choices, that are around campus. But, ironically, Phillip’s does quite well, especially with student athletes. Many UK basketball and football players have stopped in. From DeMarcus Cousins, Anthony Davis, the Harrison twins, Devin Booker, Trey Lyles, Tyler Ulis and even Bud Dupree have stood at the counter and ordered the catfish sandwich, which for Dupree was sans onions. As the dog days of summer arrive, it’s hard not to think that without the usual flow of students, the summer lull PHOTO BY MARCUS DORSEY I STAFF would hit the pocketbook The rear entrance of the Philips Market deli and grocery store on South Limestone across the street from Gatton College of PHOTO BY MARCUS DORSEY I STAFF especially hard. With the Business. surge of on-campus conThe front interior space of the Philips Market deli and grocery store on South Limestone across the struction, however, a new street from Gatton College of Business. JOSHUA HUFF
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Lexington Beerworks offers craft beer kits ALEX WRIGHT Kernel Columnist
We’ve reached the end of the Summer Edition of the Kentucky Kernel’s Beer Column, my beer-crazed compadres. This summer we took a look at Country Boy Brewing, West Sixth Brewing, Ethereal Brewing, Blue Stallion Brewing Company, Arcadium, The Beer Trappe, and Marikka’s. Today, we’ll take our last look of the summer into a quality craft beer establishment in Lexington. Lexington Beerworks is well lit, and offers a wide variety of events throughout the week. There is a spacious patio on both the
The interior space of Beerworks bar on North Limestone. July 29, 2015.
Cincinnati police officer charged with murder MICHAEL MUSKAL
Los Angeles Times (TNS)
In a year scarred by deadly confrontations between African-Americans and police, a white University of Cincinnati officer has been indicted on a murder charge in the shooting of an unarmed black motorist near the campus, officials said Wednesday. The city had been bracing from the possible fallout as the Hamilton County grand jury weighed the evidence in the case of Officer Ray Tensing, who on July 19 stopped Samuel DuBose for a missing front license plate. DuBose, 43, was shot and killed during the encounter, which was captured on video by the officer’s body camera. The video was released Wednesday by Hamilton County prosecutor Joe Deters, who was sharply critical of the officer.
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first and second floors, and high-topped tables near the bar. The events often include classes in wine making and beer brewing. Lexington Beerworks isn’t simply a craft beer bar sporting twelve rotating taps of the finest craft beer from all across the country though, it’s also a home brew shop offering all the equipment and materials necessary for you to start brewing your own beer at home. The craft beer scene thrives on new ideas and innovation. New ideas come from professionals and amateurs alike. If PHOTO BY MARCUS DORSEY I STAFF you are really serious about craft beer and The front outside patio of the Beerworks bar want to see the scene continue to grow, on North Limestone. July 29, 2015. expand and produce wonderful beverages for all to enjoy, now is the time for you to enter the arena. You can brew your own beer in your house, and you can change the craft beer landscape. This might seem like an intimidating prospect, but you can easily do it and the folks at Lexington Beerworks are there to help you. They host events on a regular basis for beginners and advanced home brewers alike. They sell quality equipment and quality ingredients. They even sell pre-made kits with all the ingredients for specific types of beer, so all you will need is the equipment. So if you’d like to brew a German Pilsner, an Irish Stout, a Belgian Wheat or a American Lager, they have all the ingredients ready in a to-go box for your home brewing ease. Located in the heart of downtown, Lexington Beerworks is here so we can all say, “I am a beer brewer, and I am proud of it.” A trip to the Beerworks could be the first step towards owning and operating your own local or national craft brewery from which you deliver delicious cold beer of all kinds to the far corners of our great beer-loving nation. Long live Lexington Beerworks, craft beer and the art of home brewing.
news “I have been doing this for 30 years, and this is the most asinine act by a police officer I have ever seen,” Deters said at a televised news conference. “This type of senseless act, this doesn’t happen in the United States, maybe in Afghanistan, but not in the United States,” Deters said. “People don’t get shot for a traffic stop.” The murder charges, which carry a maximum penalty of up to life in prison if convicted, come after a string of deadly confrontations in which blacks died at the hands of police officers, from Ferguson, Mo., to New York’s Staten Island, Cleveland and Baltimore. The indictment also comes as officials wrestle with the case of Sandra Bland, who was involved in a contentious traffic stop in Prairie View, Texas. Bland was found dead July 13 in her cell at the Waller County Jail in what officials call a suicide by hanging. Her family insists that Bland would not have killed herself. “Cincinnati is showing the rest of us how to do this right,” said Mark O’Mara, the attorney for the DuBose family. He and the family called for a peaceful response to the grand jury action.
O’Mara noted that it has been a period during which friction between cops and citizens and cops and blacks “have led to tragedy.” “We understand the concerns and we want the reaction to be completely peaceful. Sam was completely peaceful. … We want his memory to remain intact as a peaceful person.” O’Mara was the lead defense attorney for George Zimmerman, the Florida neighborhood watch volunteer who was acquitted two years ago of the 2012 killing of Trayvon Martin, an unarmed black teenager. After the indictment was announced, Audrey DuBose thanked demonstrators who had marched in Cincinnati on behalf of her slain son. “I am ready to join the battlefield,” she said of civil rights efforts. Authorities have said that Tensing spotted a car driven by DuBose that lacked the required front license plate. Tensing stopped the car and the encounter quickly escalated after DuBose did not produce a driver’s license. But prosecutor Deters rejected that contention, saying that the video from the body camera doesn’t support that argument. 7.30.15 | Kentucky Kernel | 5
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‘Southpaw’ lands a few punches, misses most Antoine Fuqua isn’t a bad director. He’s always had the ability to shoot scenes in new and exciting ways. Unfortunately, the same can’t be said for his newest film “Southpaw.” The opening scene is the film’s best. Billy Hope (Jake Gyllenhaal), beaten, bloody, KYLE dances back and forth in the ring in slow moARENSDORF tion as he screams into the camera. Columnist It’s visceral; it’s visually rich. The film engages in the beginning. Hope’s wife (Rachel McAdams) comes from the same impoverished background as he does, and the dynamic they share brings a unique depth and complexity to the film. But she’s killed about 20 minutes in. And unfortunately, the film dies with her. From there “Southpaw” knocks out its audience with a formulaic barrage of clichés and lazy plot turns. It’s an age-old narrative – boxer loses everything, boxer loses his will to live, boxer inexplicably finds it again, boxer seeks revenge, boxer finds a hard-nosed no-nonsense trainer, trainer trains boxer back to form, boxer is pitted against the man responsible for his downfall in a finale.
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player in “Creed,” a film about the son of famous “Rocky” character Apollo Creed, as it’s being released in late November – prime Oscar campaign territory. “Southpaw” is worth a watch simply for Gyllenhaal’s performance, but the humdrum narrative will mak it painful.
It’s “Raging Bull;” it’s “Million Dollar Baby;” it’s sickeningly uninspired. Gyllenhaal is the diamond in the rough for Fuqua. He delivers another performance on par with his previous three films (“End of Watch,” “Prisoners” and “Nightcrawler”). It’s a cliché to say that an actor is unrecognizable in a role, but Gyllenhaal gets lost in the tatted-up, from-the-wrong-part-of-town character. And it’s dazzling to watch. He carries every scene as he brings new layers and new substance to a character archetype we’ve all scene before. And frankly, he deserved a better film to back his performance. Instead, a shallow script that had less ingenuity than a syndicated television series accompanied him. What makes “Southpaw” an even bigger miss is that another boxing movie that’s turning some heads is being released later this PHOTO BY SCOTT GARFIELD I THE WEINSTEIN COMPANY year. Jake Gyllenhaal and Oona Laurence star in in “Southpaw.” MGM Studios believes it has a true Oscar
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