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Robbing banks seemed like her only option. The gun, the getaway car and the bags of cash are hazy memories for this former UK employee who tried to balance work with her double life as a serial bank robber.
THE WOMAN behind the mask
Observing UK’s gender pay gap Analysis shows men have higher salaries, higher-ranking positions By Patrick Brennan news@kykernel.com
On average, men have higher salaries than women at UK, and this pay gap is not due just to placement in the university. A data analysis conducted by the Kentucky Kernel on the 2015 UK Payroll, obtained through an open records request, found statistically significant trends related to gender. Not only do women make less on average, but adjusting for department, position, time, and UK HealthCare connection still left full-time female faculty making 92.5 cents for every $1 that men make. Without controlling for anything, there are disparities among faculty, which includes full professors, associate professors, assistant professors, lecturers and instructors. On average, for every $1 that male faculty earn at UK, female faculty make 74 cents. The real driver of the higher overall average for male faculty is the disproportionate number of men in high-ranking positions. About 77 percent of faculty professors at UK are men. Associate Provost for Finance and Operations Lisa Wilson said UK is aware of a gender representation issue and is working to fix it. “The Strategic Plan talks about how we’re going to increase women in the field at the university,” Wilson said. For full professors, associate professors and assistant professors at UK, women make 92, 82, and 81 cents on the dollar, respectively. That compares to national numbers of 90, 93, and 91 cents on the dollar for these same positions, according to a 2014 study by The Chronicle of Higher Education.
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HOW MUCH MORE DO MEN MAKE ON AVERAGE AT UK? OVERALL, MALE FACULTY AT UK ARE PAID $35,462 MORE. MALE PROFESSORS ARE PAID $13,265 MORE MALE ASSOCIATE PROF. ARE PAID $23,658 MORE MALE ASSISTANT PROF. ARE PAID $26,067 MORE FEMALE LECTURERS ARE PAID $1,009 MORE MALE INSTRUCTORS ARE PAID $5,967 MORE -2000 2000
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Roofie cases underreported By Sarah Brookbank news@kykernel.com
Crystal Little sits in the Casey County Jail, where she will serve out the rest of her sentence.
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t just before 10 a.m., a teller at the PNC Bank on Tates Creek Road looked up as a heavyset woman wearing a white surgical mask and mirrored sunglasses walked toward her. The woman didn’t look dangerous, but she was carrying two canvas Walmart shopping bags and set them on the counter with a sense of purpose. “I’m not going to hurt anyone, I just want $100,000,” she told the teller. “Don’t sound no alarms, I just want $100,000.” Virginia Johnson, the teller, looked at the Walmart bags and worried the woman was hiding a gun. Johnson was right, though she would never see the unloaded Davis Model D-38 pistol. Across the lobby was Joe Wilder, the bank manager, who immediately recognized the disguised woman from reports of previous bank robberies in Lexington. When he saw her walk in, he knew the
bank was about to be robbed. Wilder could just make out the teller saying, “I can’t understand you,” before she handed over some money. As the robber spun around and started toward the door, Wilder followed two or three feet behind her. She opened the bank door and got into a gold Camry parked directly in front of the bank. While standing inside, Wilder looked for the license plate, but it was covered with a pillowcase. As the woman sat in the driver’s seat, she paused, turned, and she and Wilder stared at each other for a moment. Then the woman backed out of her parking space, squealed the tires, bounced over a curb and drove out of sight. She had to go to her own bank and make a deposit. She was behind on bills, and the money she made at UK’s Office of Research Integrity wasn’t cutting it. See CRYSTAL on page 4
“I’m not going to hurt anyone, I just want $100,000.”
In light of the Campus Attitudes Toward Safety survey’s results, which found that many students on campus are sexually assaulted after being slipped impairing substances, the Kentucky Kernel filed an open records request for all confirmed cases of intentional druggings using roofies reported to the UK Police Department. UKPD returned two incidents, one in 2010 and the other in 2014. Any disciplinary action reported to the Dean of Student’s office was not released to the Kernel because of the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act. Incidents reported solely to the Dean of Student’s office may outnumber the incidents reported to UKPD. According to the survey, 16.8 percent of students believed they saw someone impaired by alcohol or drugs being led away for sex. In the same survey 1,053 students said they were sexually assaulted. Rhonda Henry, director of the Violence Intervention and Protection Center, said two cases are low in comparison to what they see reported to them. “Two cases in 10 years is a very, very low number, even if we are looking at their jurisdiction,” Henry said. UKPD only has jurisdiction over campus and on-campus housing. Looking outside of UKPD’s jurisdiction, the Lexington Police Department’s Annual Report in 2013 and 2014 said they responded to more than 500 sexual assaults in that time. Even though many UK students live outside of UKPD’s jurisdiction, based on data from their crime map from January 2014 to April 6, 2016, LPD responded to no sexual assaults within two miles of the administration building. This includes Newtown Crossing, Red Mile Village and Waller Avenue. At the Office of Wellness Initiatives for Student Empowerment, director Drew Smith also said the number of suspected drugging incidents was low. “The number of reports definitely does not reflect the actual number of incidents,” Smith said. “I believe that it’s more than two. But there (is) usually a difference between actual incidents and reporting. Sometimes people will suspect that they have been drugged, or a) they don’t want to report it or b) they think they drank too much.” Of the 1,053 students who said they were sexually assaulted, only 16 reported it to UKPD. Most students who did not report said they did not do so because they wanted to forget the event
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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 happened. “There can be a lot of embarrassment, shame and confusion,” Henry said. “A lot of people think they drank too much and it’s difficult for them to recall what happened. Drugs are a double-edged sword — they make it easier for a perpetrator in the moment, and it makes it difficult to report because they can’t put it in perspective.” According to Smith, Rohypnol is not popular when looking at incidents where students have been drugged. “Ketamine is more common around here and much more dangerous,” he said. “It has no taste and no color. It’s a horse tranquilizer... (But) the primary drug used for sexual assault is alcohol. That’s utilized more often than predatory drugs.”
GHB and Rohypnol can cause hallucinations, paralysis and memory loss. Those drugs also change the color and smell of a drink. Smith said alcohol is used more often in sexual assault cases because it is easy to access, and it is easy to convince someone to keep drinking. Henry said there is a stigma behind reporting sexual assault on campus, but UK has a medical amnesty policy, meaning victims and students will not be charged for recreational drug use or underage drinking in instances that require medical attention. Henry said knowing one’s alcohol tolerance can help identify when something is wrong. “A lot of new students may or may not have experience with alcohol or drugs. This is
often their first time getting into that type of socialization. They don’t know their tolerance,” Henry said. “The red solo cup of beer is different than the red solo cup of punch.” Both Smith and Henry advise students to take precautions. Precautions include knowing your limits, having a plan and friends you can trust. “I really do believe that we are in a good and caring environment. Our students care about each other and see this as a community. We can forget that, especially in a party scene. It’s very difficult to be responsible when you’re drinking.” Smith said. “We are a community and if you see something and your gut doesn’t feel right, you need to intervene. It’s way better to have someone angry at you than to be a statistic.”
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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 Wilson said UK focuses on pay equity rather than the pay gap between male and female faculty because of position. “We take being equitable among our faculty very seriously,” she said. The Kernel’s regressionanalysis model was created with supervision from Kristen McQuerry, project manager of UK’s Applied Statistics Laboratory. “I’m confident that if I were to look at (the same data), I would see a gender effect too,” said Arnold Stromberg, chair of the statistics department. “It’s pretty clear that in the data that you have, there is a gender effect.” On the other hand, Wilson said UK has hired the Berkeley Research Group in recent years to study the payroll, and
the company reported that UK salaries do not reflect a gender pay gap. “The gap was statistically insignificant,” Wilson said. “We were incredibly pleased when that data came back that we are doing what we say we’re doing.” The Berkeley Research Group had more information about faculty to adjust for. This may account for the different result. According to Wilson and UK spokesman Jay Blanton, the Berkeley Research Group also used at least two other determinants for salary: productivity and individual market value. Productivity is measured by publications and grants, while market value is determined by subspecialty and gender availability. This means that given male and female UK faculty in the same position for the same amount of time, a pay gap is likely explained by productivity and market value. By the
university’s standard, there is no faculty gender pay gap. Regardless, other notable results appeared in the data analysis. Female faculty had a statistically significant increase for their gender in wage compared to time, meaning female salaries increase at a faster rate than male salaries. Additionally, a campuswide analysis of the entire UK payroll, grouping departments and positions, showed that the variation between salaries for men and women is less prominent in UK HealthCare. Men make about 3.5 percent more than women in UKHC, compared to 7 percent more on the non-UKHC side. Although UK says its own studies indicate equal pay between male and female employees, this study did not find enough controls to make the gender pay gap disappear. Gender still makes a difference despite the same position and time at the university.
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Defending older dorms By Mena Sapp features@kykernel.com
As the end of the semester quickly approaches with an onslaught of exams and late-night study sessions, students located on UK’s south campus will soon be facing the end of an experience that will no longer be offered at the university. In recent years UK has built and opened several residence halls that offer numerous amenities and new equipment. However, with the rise of these innovative areas, traditional-style dorms, characterized by shared bathrooms and two or more students living with one another in a single space, are becoming less frequent on campus, and will soon be discontinued altogether. Natalie Jehn, psychology freshman and current resident of Blanding IV, said living in a traditional-style dorm is important, especially for first-year students, because the living arrangements allow for greater communication between residents that may not necessarily
occur in the newer dorms. “Almost being forced to talk to each other in the dorm allows you to open up more, and ultimately college is a time to make you more outgoing,” Jehn said. “I have friends in Woodland Glen who don’t ever talk to their roommate because they have separate bedrooms.” For nursing sophomore Kori McKee, the biggest difference between living in newer dorms and the traditional dorms, like Kirwan and Blanding, is the sense of community that residents build with one another. “When I was living in Haggin my first semester, I felt very anonymous,” McKee said. “Then when I lived in Kirwan II, ... it is a completely different world.” According to communication professor Alan DeSantis, this feeling of community in the traditional dorms and having the ability to communicate on a greater level with fellow residents may be because of the different structures that each room has. “When the doors forcefully shut behind you, there is a hard-
er chance to build comradery and friendship,” DeSantis said. “On looking at the older dorms, they do not face this problem as students are able to keep their doors open.” In an effort to keep these dorms on campus, students have offered numerous ideas to implement in the residence halls that have been a big part of their college experience. Brittany Sulzener, a graduate student, said by adding newer equipment and decor to the residence halls, students would have a greater opportunity to enjoy them. “I think refurbishing the dorm would be a good idea for the university,” Sulzener said. “Even small things like new carpeting and updating paint and fixtures would help a lot.” In addition, Sulzener said taking away these housing options would reduce the number of affordable places to live on campus. “That disadvantages students who may not have as much money to pay for housing,” she said.
PHOTO BY JILLIAN JONES I STAFF Students have proposed ideas to keep the traditional dorms like the Kirwan and Blanding Complex available.
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PHOTO BY LEXINGTON SOUERS I STAFF Quentin Tyler, left, and Natasha Saunders orchestrated the mural project. The four murals were framed and 12 of the tiles were selected as winners of a contest for the best tile.
Art celebrates diversity By Lexington Souers features@kykernel.com
Murals in the UK College of Agriculture buildings are showcasing the departmetns commitment to diversity. Last October, more than 150 College of Agriculture members participated in Intercultural Awareness Day. The event had a variety of speakers, an essay contest, an international food banquet and a community art project that is now displayed in the Agricultural Science Center North, Charles E. Barnhart, Erikson and W.P. Garrigus buildings. The project was orchestrated by Quentin Tyler, assistant dean and director for Diversity in the College of Agriculture, and Natasha Saunders, extension associate and chair of the Intercultural Awareness Day. According to Tyler, the mural shows that diversity is central to the college’s mission statement and vision.
“The mural was a visible representation of diversity throughout four areas of our college as a constant reminder of the importance of diversity and to show that we are diverse and inclusive and that everyone contributes to what makes our college great,” Tyler wrote in an email. Participants were asked to depict how they contributed to diversity. The mural tiles cover a variety of themes, like the artists home state or country. “One of the ones that I really love is like a puzzle. It’s like puzzle pieces that are all different shapes and all different colors, and that’s how this person saw diversity,” said Betsy Kephart, administrative research assistant principal for the Office of the Assistant Dean for Academic Administration. DeAnna Williams, a natural resources and environmental science sophomore, drew a cardinal bird on her tile because she is from Louisville. She said the mural showed how different everyone’s idea of diversity is.
“I enjoyed it a lot. When I first got the tile, I was confused on what to draw ... Then I was like, ‘what speaks the most about me,” Williams said. The four murals were framed, and 12 of the tiles were selected as winners of a contest for the best tile and will be reproduced as coasters and an 18-month calendar. Kephart said several committee members visited Megan Sauter, the artist hired to orchestrate the murals, while she worked on a similar project at elementary schools. Sauter provided the group with art supplies and fired the tiles in her Frankfort studio. As for the future, Saunders said the next Intercultural Awareness Day will focus on women in agriculture. “As a result of this program, we aim to inspire current women and men in our college as well as those students who will be the next generation of leaders,” Saunders wrote in an email.
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FINDING ‘THE FIX’
It was June 12, 2010, and Crystal Little was about to rob her first bank. Little’s mother had two days before the nursing home would evict her for insufficient funds, and neither Little nor her siblings had the money to keep her there. Little still had two weeks before starting her job at UK, where she would work until her arrest in July 2012. Little, now 32, said she thinks of herself as a “fixer.” That started when she was a child, caring for her parents while her brothers were off getting into trouble. When Little was three or four years old, her mother was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. The illness only got worse as she aged, and Little acted as her mother’s primary caretaker. She fed her mother, helped change her clothes and helped her go to the bathroom. She carried the caretaker mentality into adulthood. So when the nursing home said she had two days to get the money or her mother would be kicked out, she had to find a solution. The “fix” this time was waiting at the Forcht Bank on Southland Drive. Little said she felt sick to her stomach on the way to the bank. She carried the same Davis pistol and surgical mask she would use more than two years later. She was overwhelmed by the idea of robbing a bank, but not about getting caught. She did not worry that a cop would see the license plate covered with a pillowcase and pull her over. She did not worry that someone at the bank would try to shoot her mid-robbery. Her mind was so cluttered, scattered and swirled that she was barely herself. Any hope of rationality seemed as far away as the African villages where she spent her last summer as a UK student and Kentucky Kernel editor, working on a story that would go on to win national awards before she graduated. A Forcht Bank teller, identified in police records as Jason Marshall, said Little entered the bank with a blue grocery bag. She kept her hand in the bag and put it on the counter, moving it back and forth, indicating that she had a pistol. Hilary Baker, who worked at the bank, said Little told Marshall to not set off any silent alarms, and the robbery would be quick. Little asked Marshall, who had been a teller at the Fifth Third branch at Bryan Station when it was robbed in 2004, for $10,000. Jason told Little that he did not have $10,000 at the counter, so he led Little to the vault. He entered the vault with his hands up, then grabbed a $10,000 stack of $100 bills and gave it to her. Marshall said Little saw that the vault contained much more money, but she only asked for $10,000. Little grabbed the stack of cash, asked if it was $10,000, and after Marshall said it was, she turned around and walked out. Baker told police Little was calm and well-spoken. When Little got to the Camry, she said she felt like projectile vomiting, but was surprised at how easily she pulled off the robbery. All she needed to do to get $10,000 was ask. She had enough money to keep her mother in the nursing home, at least for a while.
FALLING APART But in a little more than four months, she would rob another bank: the Fifth Third on Euclid Avenue. This time, she would not bring the gun. She wore the same outfit and again just asked for the money. She walked out with $50,000, more than all the other three robberies combined. It would be almost a year before her next robbery, on Aug. 31, 2011, less than two weeks before her mother’s death. She robbed the American Founders Bank on Walden Drive of about $1,700, again
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PHOTO BY MICHAEL REAVES I STAFF Alison Whipple, left, Melinda Belleville, center, and Crystal Little, right, are shown here in a photo taken before Little’s arrest. Whipple was Little’s roommate at the time of the arrest, and Belleville is a close friend who plans to adopt Little when she is released from jail. This photo is framed and belongs to Belleville.
without bringing the pistol. One of her brothers was in the Fayette County Detention Center serving a drug sentence when their mother died. The prison did not allow him to leave for the funeral. This acted as a wake-up call for her brother, Little said. It encouraged him to quit using drugs, and he has, to Little’s knowledge, not used drugs since his release. The death of her mother brought emotional burdens, and it created more bills to pay. The funeral cost $10,000, putting her even deeper into debt. While Little said she used the money to help pay those bills, she also put $10,000 down on a new Jetta — much of that $10,000 came from the robberies. She hoped to give the car to her niece, but it was eventually repossessed. The time surrounding her mother’s death and all the robberies is a blur in her mind. There are whole months she cannot remember, whole conversations she does not recall having. Her role as a “fixer” was wearing thin. Between her turbulent family and holding down her job at UK, there was too much to keep together. During all of this, Little was trying to act as a motherly figure for her niece. Little and her mother helped raise her niece when the parents weren’t around. Little said she tried to be someone her niece could lean on in a unstable family. But she never reached out for help. She never told anyone about the robberies, and her friends were finding it more difficult to contact her. Little seemed to be drifting further and further into her own mysterious troubles. By the time of her final robbery, the PNC Bank, Little knew the life of a bank robber was not sustainable.
her niece on that July morn- hometown of Albany in Clinton ing would be the only thing to County said until Little’s arrest, make her cry. she was considered one of the community’s success stories. Fayette Commonwealth Attorney Ray Larson, who prosecuted Little, is not as sympathetic. Before police put Little into He said he is sorry that she the back seat, she said she was put herself in that position, but sorry for causing problems. Po- that Little should suffer conselice read her Miranda rights to quences just like everyone else her, then drove to the station. who breaks the law. While en route, according Larson sees Little for what to police records, Little con- she is, at least in his mind: a sefessed to all the robberies. She rial bank robber who terrified a asked the officer if police were series of innocent bank tellers looking for another heavyset for her own gain. woman who had committed a Plenty of people go through robbery. financial struggles without robThe police officer said he bing banks or threatening viodid not think so. Little told him lence upon innocent people, he she had robbed only four banks, said. and if police were looking for Larson said undeserved someone who had robbed a fifth sympathy for Little could have bank, they had the wrong per- grown from a number of things. son. He said “long-form newspaper She told the officer about articles” like this one also crewhich banks she robbed, and ate unjust sympathy. that she robbed them to help “She’s not the victim, she’s pay for her mother’s stay at the the bad guy,” Larson said. nursing home. Commonwealth Attorney She told the officer that she Megan Kinsolving, who helped could not understand how they prosecute the case, said Little’s were able to find her so quickly victims were terrified. She said — what she said felt like 20 or the tellers were relieved that 30 minutes after she left the they did not have to testify in bank — but did not find her af- court. To testify would be to reter the other robberies. live one of the scariest days of When she got to the station, their lives. she waived her right to an atFriend and former Kernel torney and confessed to every- co-worker Hillary Canada said thing. Little feels terrible about the According to police records, people she robbed, and Little she told interviewing officers hopes to make amends when about the four robberies, her she is released. mother, the bills she needed to Little is now in the Casey pay, and her niece. County Jail, finishing out a senShe told police that neither tence that she thinks will end in of her brothers helped with the September 2017. bills from her mother’s funeral Jail time is complicated, and and medical expenses, and she things like good behavior can was trying to give her niece a make the exact end date of any better home life. sentence difficult to pin down. She said she was behind Little was given four separate on rent, and she was the only sentences: two five-year senone who knew about her crime tences for the robberies where spree. she did not use a gun, and two 10-year sentences for the robberies where she did. Those sentences are to be served concurrently, meaning she could serve a maximum of During the trial, Fayette 10 years. County Circuit Court Judge Larson said if she finishes Thomas Clark said the case was her sentence and does not get one of the most unusual he had released on parole, Little will seen. not have to pay any of the Little was a seemingly un- $66,000 restitution — money likely candidate for a bank rob- that would pay the banks back ber. for what she stole. Her friends — some from He said the idea of Little not her time at the Kernel and some paying restitution is “disgustfrom other parts of her life — ing” and it sends the message wrote letters to Clark follow- that crime pays. ing Little’s conviction. They If Little is granted parole asked the judge to release her at her next hearing in August on probation. They told Clark 2016, Larson said Little will she had a 0 percent chance of be expected to pay the restiture-offending. tion. He said if she falls behind One of Little’s supporters is on those payments, he will send Melinda Belleville. Belleville, her right back to jail. a middle-aged woman with a passion for the Grateful Dead, met Little while taking classes at UK. The two bonded almost immediately, and Belleville hopes to adopt Little when she For now, Little is spending gets out of jail. her time working in the kitchen Little referred to Belleville in the Casey County Jail in Libas her “second mother” in let- erty, a small town surrounded ters to Clark, and Belleville by equally small homes along seems happy to take this re- Route 127, about 25 miles sponsibility. south of Danville. “That wasn’t Crystal,” BelThe jail is gray, both in color leville said about the bank rob- and personality. Little said it is beries. not a happy place and that wakShe knows it technically ing up every morning in a jail was, but in Belleville’s mind, cell is “surreal.” the woman behind the surgical She spends 10 hours a day mask is not the woman who working in the kitchen and called Belleville her “second makes 63 cents a day. She said mother.” the women she lives with try Belleville is one of many to stay away from drama. It is people who see Little not as hard for two people who don’t a bank robber, but as a moral get along to avoid each other in woman who took an unlikely jail. and unfortunate turn for the She has met with psycholoworse during a stressful time. gists and social workers in An attorney from Little’s Casey County and other jails.
COMING CLEAN
Southland Drive June 12, 2010 Walked out with $10,000 Brought the unloaded pistol, but kept it hidden
FIFTH THIRD BANK
Euclid Avenue Oct. 30, 2010 Walked out with $50,000 Did not bring the pistol
AMERICAN FOUNDERS BANK
Walden Drive Aug. 31, 2011 Walked out with about $1,700 Did not bring the pistol *This is now a City National Bank
PNC BANK
A SENSE OF DEBATING SYMPATHY FINALITY Little’s robbery career was about to end. It was early in the morning on July 28, 2012. She dropped off her roommate at work at PetsMart and drove home. Her niece, who was living with her at the time, was still asleep. She put on black pants, black flats, her pink Harry Potter hat, sunglasses and the surgical mask. She grabbed two reusable grocery bags and the unloaded pistol. The robbery was quick, but when the teller gave Little the money, she put a tracking device in the bag that would lead police to Little’s door. When she got home, Little put the pistol, her outfit and the money in her bedroom, then started getting ready to go to her own bank to make a deposit. When she heard two Lexington Police officers at the door, she said a wave of calmness and finality washed over her. Little asked the police what she could do for them. “I think you know,” she recalled them saying. “Yeah, I do,” she replied. Her niece saw Little being escorted to the police cruiser and driven away. After years of presenting herself as someone her niece could count on, Little was getting into the back of a police cruiser, the main suspect of four separate bank robberies. When Little told this story years later in a cell in the Casey County Jail, the memory of
Tates Creek Centre Drive July 28, 2012 Walked out with $4,079 Brought the unloaded pistol, but kept it hidden
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Little said jail has given her time to think, breathe and “regain her sanity.” Throughout her time in the correctional system, she has met a number of inspirational women who, like her, made mistakes they wish they could take back. Many of those women have told Little what she already thought: she is not the typical personality to meet behind bars. When Little tells fellow in-
mates that she is in jail for bank robbery, some of them barely believe her. She is well educated, articulate, has a respectable resume, and has never had any problems with drugs or alcohol. “I’ve never so much as puffed a cigarette,” Little said. But her criminal record offers a stark contrast, and as she waits for her eventual release, she will contemplate what it really means to be Crystal Little.
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UK should close gender pay gap
Kentucky Kernel found women make less than their male coworkers for same jobs Gender-based pay gaps are thorns that splinter the search for equality, and according to recent findings, these thorns are even found on UK’s campus. On average, women across the country are paid 79 cents to every $1 that men earn. Just when society thought patriarchy was dying, it can be found alive and well at UK. According to a data analysis conducted by the Kentucky Kernel, women earn about 69 cents on the dollar compared to men at UK, on average. Adjusting for department, position, time and UK HealthCare connection, full-time female faculty still make only 92.5 cents on the dollar compared to full-time male faculty. “I wasn’t familiar with UK’s, but I know that nationwide we certainly have a gender pay gap,” said Robyn Lewis Brown, assistant sociology professor at UK. “That is an important issue that needs to be addressed more.” The gender pay gap is also present across the state of Kentucky. Accord-
ing to a 2014 report by the American Association of University Women, Kentucky men earned a median of $42,425 while Kentucky women earned a median of $32,951 — a ratio of just 78 percent.
While Lexington is typically more progressive than other cities in Kentucky, UK, one of the main employers in Fayette County, is still paying women less than their male counterparts.
“The National Women’s Law Center put out statistics ... to show that to make what men make in 40 years, women have to work for 51 years.” Robyn Lewis Brown Asst. Sociology Professor
“The National Women’s Law Center put out some statistics just fairly recently to show that to make what men make in 40 years, women have to work for 51 years,” Brown said. “That’s an 11 years difference, and I think that statistics like that are much more powerful than statistics that show what it means in terms of a dollar.”
However, the pay gap may be closing. The 2013 AAUW report showed that women in Kentucky made just 76 percent of men’s earnings — 2 percent less than 2014. At UK, female faculty are getting higher pay at a faster rate than men, according to the data analysis. To be fair, UK says it pays equita-
bly, and taking into account productivity and individual market value makes the gap disappear. Kentuckians need to push for equal pay among men and women in the same positions, regardless of these other determinants for pay equity. “I think that one thing the university does, which is very positive, is making publicly available all professors’ salaries. I think in part that is helpful for women because one of the challenges also is that we often don’t know what to ask for,” Brown said. “I think that that is helpful and it also creates a discussion on: ‘If I am not going to be equally compensated, then why not?’” UK should lead the push for equal pay. Especially as a place of higher education, UK should not succumb to old habits and prejudices. As one of the state’s largest employers, UK should step up and pay their female employees the same as men for the same job. Email opinions@kykernel.com
Councilman playing politics with safety
Politicians have to make deals to create legislation all the time, but sometimes these deals can go too far. Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government councilman Bill Farmer Jr. went too far when he played politics against student safety in a recent Planning and Public Works meeting. Here’s the deal: UK wants to close a portion of Rose Street between Columbia Avenue and Huguelet Drive to promote safety on campus. At the same time, the city wants UK to start negotiating a new lease with Rupp Arena. UK needs the city’s approval to close that section of Rose Street because it is a city-controlled street. Lexington’s streets are either controlled by the city, the state or UK. Farmer wanted the city to hold off on closing Rose Street until negotiations for a new Rupp lease had begun.
UK and the city seem to have a give-and-take relationship, but to use city streets and public safety as bargaining tools for Rupp Arena leases goes against the Urban County Government’s mission to serve its people. Farmer said his comments at the Planning and Public Works meeting were more about creating a conversation than using Rose Street as a bargaining chip. The city and UK generally have great relations, he said, and the city should take its time before allowing UK to go ahead with the street closure. Farmer also said he and UK had productive talks following his comments. The city should be careful and thorough before closing Rose Street, but Rupp Arena should not be part of the discussion. The question should be this: “Would opening up Rose Street to traf-
fic create dangers for students?” If the answer is yes, then the city should find a way to fix it. Unless that involves building a giant bridge between the Chemistry-Physics Building and the Lexington Convention Center, let’s keep Rupp Arena out of the discussion. Councilman Jake Gibbs, who represents UK in the city’s 3rd District, agrees the two discussions are unrelated and said an open Rose Street is dangerous to students. He said the city may try to negotiate with UK because the university, in part of its Strategic Plan, wants to close Hilltop Avenue between Woodland Avenue and University Drive (the section of Hilltop that borders both The 90 and the W.T. Young Library). Closing that section of Hilltop makes accessing the parking garage near the library difficult, and it would
force traffic to Sports Center Drive and University Drive. The city may not want Hilltop to shut down, but no one is sure who actually controls the street. If UK controls it, then they can shut it down without the city’s approval. If the city controls it, then they can force it to remain open. Gibbs said he would advise the city to not allow UK to close Rose Street until someone figures out who controls Hilltop. While this is still using city streets as bargaining chips, the closing of Rose Street and the closing of Hilltop are related, and it makes sense to hold off on closing either street before the city can figure out how closing both will affect traffic flow. This serves as an example of using the correct bargaining chips. Rupp Arena shouldn’t even be on the table. Email opinions@kykernel.com
Small waistline does not mean fashion forward ASPEN GAGE Assistant Features Editor
Earlier this week, Lauren Sauer, an opinion columnist for A Plus, wrote an article to make a point about today’s fashion. Sauer did an experiment where she dressed like well-known ‘It girls’ Kendall Jenner, Alexa Chung and Gigi Hadid, and she tested whether the reason society reacts so
positively to the relaxed looks of style icons was because they are skinny. Sauer pointed out that, in comparing the way the same clothes looked on herself versus Gigi Hadid, Kendall Jenner, and Alexa Chung, the biggest difference was that she is not 5’10” and 120 pounds. Sauer’s argument makes sense. Normcore, or fashion that is meant to seem unpretentious and uncoordinated, is the newest trend seen on everyone, from big name celebrities to Insta-models. One factor most of the celebrities have in common is their size. So what is it that society is loving: their clothes, or their waistlines? Obviously, there are people in the world of fashion that
truly enjoy the laid-back, nofuss nature of this new trend. However, there is nothing new happening here. A lot of what these girls are doing is not foreign to college students.
realized that maybe silk slips and leather skirts aren’t their forte. It’s fashion for the everyday girl, with less time to worry about whether her jeans are Diesel or Seven (when
with her midsection exposed. But if someone wants to chow down on a cheeseburger while wearing a crop top and some trainers, they should be allowed to do it without fear of persecution. Unlike Sauer’s description, we shouldn’t put these looks in a negative light. Sauer imitated the double-denim look Kendall rocked to an airport and said she, “knew (as) soon as I pulled on the denim-ondenim travesty it wouldn’t end well.” However, the look is a classic normcore move, and double denim has made a huge they really came from the local comeback and looks great if Goodwill). done right. The everyday girl isn’t Style icons are meant to be a model, and she isn’t alexamples of clothes that are ways going to have a perfect fashionable, and their body blowout or feel comfortable shape shouldn’t be a factor in
“Leave size labels aside and wear whatever makes you feel fierce and beautiful ... Fashion was made to allow self-expression.” ‘Normcore,’ in all actuality, is college kid chic. It’s baggy t-shirts and track pants, monochrome outfits and lots of hats. Normcore is easy. It’s fashion for those who have
how tasteful the clothes look. I think the lesson we can take from Sauer’s experiment is this: whether you are 5’10” and 120 pounds, 5’4” and 150 pounds or anything in between, if you love yourself it will show through your style. A black tank and leggings is not Gigi Hadid’s signature look; she doesn’t own it, and if someone wants to wear it and feel awesome, they can do just that. Leave size labels aside and wear whatever makes you feel fierce and beautiful. Clothes were made to cover bodies, but fashion was made to allow self-expression. Aspen Gage is the assistant features editor of the Kentucky Kernel. Email opinions@ kykernel.com
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Fraternities and sororities unite UK community
CASA works to provide children in the foster care system LEXINGTON with a volunteer representative SOUERS in court. Children with a CASA are half as likely to re-enter the Features foster care system, and their Editor personal needs and concerns On Tuesday, UK’s Singletary are more likely to be met. In Center for the Arts will be step- many instances, children may not have a solid role model or ping to a different beat as fraadvocate in court that can help ternities and sororities perform them tell their story. in Stomp-A-Palooza, a charity Through events like Stompevent hosted by Kappa Alpha A-Palooza and CASA of LexTheta and Alpha Phi Alpha. ington’s Superhero Run, CASA The event raises money for is able to support staffers who Theta’s Court Appointed Spetrain and advise volunteers. cial Advocates and Alpha Phi Volunteers attend a 30-hour Alpha’s March of Dimes. pre-service training course and Both organizations are well stay with their child until their worth supporting on Tuesday.
child’s case is closed. March of Dimes uses raised money to support the health of babies around the world through local partnerships, research and global programs. The organization has chapters that partner with local hospitals and agencies to “determine the most pressing maternal and child health needs and to develop a multiyear strategic plan that will positively impact the health status of communities,” according to its website. March of Dimes’ aide covers a variety of health risks, like premature birth, caring for an infant or handling the loss of a child. Research opportunities
help prevent and solve problems associated with premature birth. One of the unique aspects of Stomp-A-Palooza is that it unites all of Greek life as members of the Panehellenic Council, the Interfraternity Council and the National PanHellenic Council work together to create a successful event. Greek chapters form teams and perform traditional step dancing routines. Step dancing uses the dancer’s whole body to create a cohesive rhythm and beat. Chapters’ performances have predetermined themes, music
“One of the unique aspects of Stomp-APalooza is that it unites all of Greek life.” and costumes. Not only is Stomp-A-Palooza great for the community, it is a wonderful way to showcase
the creativity and skill found in the Greek community. This year’s participants have been practicing for weeks on end to bring forth another successful fundraising event. Stomp-A-Palooza starts at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Singletary Center. Tickets are $15 and are available through http://etix. com/ticket/p/5787352/stompapalooza-in-the-scfa-concerthall-lexington-singletary-center. Lexington Souers is the features editor of the Kentucky Kernel. Email opinions@ kykernel.com
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Paul Laurence Dunbar High School senior and UK signee Madison Winstead takes off in the 100-meter breast stroke in front of a packed crowd at the Lancaster Aquatic Center.
Sun shines for Winsteads
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Winstead dedicates her first race to her mother before competing for the first time as a Wildcat.
Winstead hugs her mother, Shane Winstead, before the ‘Sun Shall Shine’ Blue-White meet on Friday.
Shane Winstead fights back tears as she watches her daughter, Madison Winstead, swim for the first time ever in college.
The NCAA and UK granted a one-time waiver to Paul Laurence Dunbar High School senior and UK signee Madison Winstead to compete in the Blue-White swim meet so her mother, who was diagnosed with stage four colon cancer, could see her swim in college. See full story at kykernel.com
Baseball avoids sweep, but continues its slump By Chris Angolia sports@kykernel.com
No. 19 UK Baseball continued its offensive slump after dropping two of three games in its weekend series against the Arkansas Razorbacks. The Cats’ struggles continued this weekend after blowing a late lead Tuesday to rival Louisville and dropping two of three at Vanderbilt last weekend. With the two losses, UK has now lost seven of its last nine games at an inopportune time. Game one was the definition of a pitcher’s duel, with both starters going 9-plus innings and allowing one combined run that led the Razorbacks to a 1-0 victory. Zack Brown turned out a tremendous performance, going 9.2 innings and allowing just one run on six hits with six strikeouts. The 9.2 innings for Brown were a career high, but unfortunately for Brown, the one run was too much as he picked up the loss. Chad Spanberger scored the lone run against Brown, leading off the 10th inning with a solo home run. For the Razorbacks, Dominic Taccolini tossed a 10-inning complete game shutout, allowing just five hits and adding 10 strikeouts. The shutout by Taccolini marks the second straight Friday that the Cats’ counterpart has thrown a complete game shutout. The lone bright spot of game one outside of Brown
was Tyler Marshall, who stepped in for the injured Luke Becker and went 3-4. Games two and three of the series on Saturday were limited to seven-inning contests because of the SEC’s rule regarding double headers. In game two of the series, UK’s offense continued to struggle. It was unable to plate a run for the second straight game against Razorback start-
trailed by one but were able to put baserunners on. With two outs and runners on the corners, Hairston hit a chopper up the middle that Riley Mahan beat out the tag at second, allowing Storm Wilson to score. Mahan then came in to score on a game-winning, Troy Squires single and gave the Cats a 5-4 victory. This was Squires’ second straight weekend with a gamewinning hit after a 3-RBI double last Sunday in the Cats’ win at Vanderbilt. “A big thing going on with us is we’re Troy Squires Sophomore Catcher just trying to gut it out, trying to grind it er Zach Jackson, who tossed out. We’re struggling a little a complete game shutout, al- bit, but we just have to dig lowed just two hits and added deeper,” Squires said. “(The eight strikeouts. walk-off) feels a little bit betThe Razorbacks put to- ter, but I’m just happy we got gether a two-run fourth inning the win.” which proved to be all that was Avoiding the sweep was necessary to hand Cats starter big for UK — which has Dustin Beggs his first loss of struggled recently on offense the year. Beggs went all seven — and heading into the final innings, allowing two runs on quarter of its schedule, needs five hits with only one strike- to pick things up before the out. SEC Tournament begins on Jackson’s eight-strikeout May 24. performance in game two “Big picture, you feel brought the Cats’ total number pretty good. Obviously you of strikeouts through 17 in- would like to get back into a nings to 18, a surprising num- bit of a groove offensively on ber for a team that does not Tuesday and Wednesday,” UK strikeout often. head coach Gary Henderson Kyle Cody got the start for said. “You’re 10-8 (in SEC the Cats in game three and play) with four weekends left struggled in the first, allowing and two of them are home a double and a triple to start the and you’ve got good starting game. Following a groundout pitching.” by Bonfield, the Cats found No. 19 UK (24-15) looks themselves down 2-0 but got to get back on track when it one back in the second. hosts Dayton (14-26) 6:30 Heading into the seventh p.m. Tuesday at Cliff Hagan and final inning, the Cats Stadium.
“We’re struggling a little bit, but we just have to dig deeper.”
Top prospect Bolden still has eyes on UK By Jack Pilgrim sports@kykernel.com
The top-remaining basketball prospect in the nation, Marques Bolden, is keeping the Big Blue Nation on the edge of its seat as it awaits his college decision. The 6’10” five-star prospect out of DeSoto, Texas, narrowed his list to UK, Duke and Texas Christian University, but it seems all but surely a two-way race of blue bloods between the Wildcats and the Blue Devils. Several weeks ago, it seemed as if Bolden was ready to announce his decision as he set an informal decision deadline. Both UK and Duke signees relentlessly recruited the big man during the all-star circuit, which consisted of the McDonald’s All-American Game, Nike Hoops Summit and Jordan Brand Classic. Following the games Krysten Peek of Rivals gave fans a tidbit of news that shed
light on the situation, tweeting that Bolden would decide on his birthday. His birthday passed, and no decision was made. On Sunday, Bolden’s father said his son would go home and discuss his decision at home and ultimately announce during the following week at school in front of family and friends. As Friday came and went, again no announcement was made. Since then, the recruiting world has heard nothing from Bolden or his party. Several weeks ago Duke fans all but assumed the fivestar big man was a lock to attend school in Durham, North Carolina, and become a Blue Devil. Duke point guard Derryck Thornton announced his intentions to transfer from the school, opening a roster spot and scholarship for Bolden if he decided to attend there. Recently, Duke forward Amile Jefferson was granted a waiver to return for another year in college following an
injury that cut last season short. Jefferson started each of the nine games he was healthy in last year, and his return could be an indication of a lock jam in the frontcourt at Duke. This past week the tide seemed to have shifted in favor of the Cats with news of Jefferson’s official return at Duke, and Marcus Lee’s interview with ESPN’s Jeff Goodman where Lee hinted at his intentions of going to the NBA. Recruiting analysts have had difficulty pinpointing where the big man will attend, believing he is truly torn between the two schools and it’s likely 50-50 between them both. Throughout his recruitment, many believed Bolden favored the Cats while his family favored Duke. His father previously said Bolden would announce at his school in front of his peers, so it’s possible a decision could be made this week.
PHOTO BY NUCCIO DINUZZO I CHICAGO TRIBUNE/TNS Five-start center Marques Bolden has narrowed his choices to Duke and UK. He will make the announcement at his high school.