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Professor investigated for research misconduct By Marjorie Kirk news@kykernel.com
to campus that UK would appeal the attorney general’s decision by bringing a lawsuit against the Kernel. On Wednesday, the victims’ spokesperson met with the Kernel again to convey their displeasure with the President’s email. “I don’t fully understand and the victims don’t understand why confidentiality of the victims is cited as a reason these things can’t be released, since it seems like there are obvious ways to go around it,” the victims’ spokesperson said. “The victims were surprised they were
After signing his resignation in February to forgo a sexual misconduct hearing, associate professor James Harwood became the subject of a second inquiry, this time into research misconduct. Partners in his research suspected that he had fabricated data to meet a checkpoint required to receive about $50,000 of funding for the Dubas Bug Project, an international partnership between UK and the research council of Oman. The evidence uncovered in his lab and through emails led the James Harwood inquiry committee to conclude that, “the lack of supporting evidence for the data…is sufficient to warrant further investigation,” the investigation report said. Harwood’s case is similar to that of former UK researcher Eric Smart, who was investigated for sexual harassment of female employees and scientific misconduct a few years earlier, the Lexington Herald-Leader reported. Smart was put on probation for a year after the sexual harassment investigation and remained on payroll until 2012, after university and federal investigations concluded that he had fabricated data for years, the Herald-Leader article said. He resigned from UK and then took a job as a chemistry teacher at Bourbon County High School. The superintendent at the time, Lana Fryman told the Herald-Leader that the sexual harassment investigation did not turn up in the background checks, including the file they received from UK. While Smart was disciplined following the sexual harassment investigation, he was able to resign following his investigations into scientific misconduct. Harwood on the other hand resigned after his sexual assault and harassment investigation concluded that the evidence warranted a hearing. The only way he could forgo disciplinary action against him, a tenured professor, was to use the Informal Resolution Option of university sexual misconduct procedures, and resign. A Legal Impasse: UK General Counsel Bill Thro said that in both Harwood’s sexual misconduct and research misconduct investigations, the university thought his resignation achieved the most speedy and effective solution to the problem—Harwood being employed at UK. Thro said that the proceedings of a Sexual Misconduct Hearing, and the process of revoking tenure can take up to a year and a half to two years. He said the university decided holistically that in the best interests of whatever victims of sexual misconduct it takes in, the university will resolve the case instead of letting it drag on for years, unless they are required to see it to its end, such as in matters of state and federal investigations. “If the university investigated somebody for misconduct, and the person was a tenured faculty member and we concluded that the individual was guilty, that we could prove that in disciplinary proceedings and that we should initiate those proceedings, we might choose to settle where the individual resigns form the university,” Thro said. “Our process for revoking someone’s tenure says throughout the process the individual professor will continue to be paid. It could easily take a year and a half or two years.” After the inquiry into Harwood’s research misconduct warranted further investigation, Thro said the university decided not to move forward with it since Harwood had resigned and his employment with the university would be over at the end of August. To continue would have cost the university more time and money, and the end result would be almost the same, according to Thro. The difference is that instead of resignation, Harwood could have been stripped
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Flex excess adds up to over $120,000 for last school year
By McKenna Horsley news@kykernel.com
At the end of each semester, some UK students have large amounts of flex dollars left on their meal plans. And at the end of each schoolyear, all of those unspent flex dollars disappear from their accounts. Flex dollars roll over from the fall semester to the spring semester, but at the end of the spring semester, unspent flex dollars expire. UK Dining uses that money for branding, events and to develop new dining concepts. More than $122,000 flex dollars were left over at the end of the spring 2016 semester, the lowest amount left over in the past five years. The highest amount unused was $206,796.45 flex dollars from the 2014-15 schoolyear. UK Dining
partnered with Aramark in July 2014 just before that schoolyear, but the surplus had only increased $3,684.23. The biggest increase in flex dollars not used, $68,369.64, was in spring 2013. Over the past five years, an average of about $162,482.29 flex dollars are not spent, according to data from UK Dining. During the 2015-16 school year UK students spent $5,484,797.28 in flex dollars, the highest amount in the past five years. The amount of flex dollars spent on campus increased after Aramark partnered with UK Dining. Marcum wrote in an email to the Kernel there could be several reason why students have unused flex dollars. “Each student is different in how they prefer to eat,” UK Dining Mar-
keting spokeswoman Nicole Marcum wrote in an email. “Some are three-meals a day and others prefer multiple smaller meals. UK Dining offers students choices.” Marcum noted one example of a choice is Wildcat Deals at retail locations, such as Starbucks, Intermezzo and Ovid’s, during certain hours. Flex dollars are typically spent at retail food locations, while meal swipes are used at dining halls like The 90 and Blazer Cafe. Marcum wrote that Aramark opened the Dining Center to help students get the most out of their meal plans. Housed in The 90, the Dining Center monitors students’ usage of their meal plans. If students have an excessive amount of meal swipes or flex dollars, the center notifies student by email, Marcum wrote. She said the center also provides
guidance to best use meal plans, meal plan counseling and nutritional advice. Marcum also wrote that with Alpha Phi Omega, UK Dining organizes “Flex for a Cause.” At the end of each semester, donation bins are placed in Wildcat Pantries and students can buy nonperishable items to donate. UK Dining also sets up stations during freshmen orientations to discuss meal plans with incoming students, Marcum wrote. The marketing team helps students determine if they are on the right plan. Currently, UK Dining offers eight meal plans for students and three faculty options. Marcum wrote UK Dining reviews meal plan options each year. “We want students to have the option to choose meal plans based on their individual needs,” she said.
Records kept from Kernel detail both sexual assault and harrassment Victims say UK is trying to protect associate professor at their expense By Marjorie Kirk news@kykernel.com
Two of the victims at the heart of a sexual assault and harassment case against an associate professor are angry and say UK is protecting the professor at the expense of his victims, other students and the public. The Kentucky Kernel has obtained the documents UK refused to release after the Kentucky Attorney General ruled they should be public. A confidential source connected to the case released records to the Kernel with names and identifiers redacted. It is the Kernel’s policy not to identify victims of sexual assault without their permission. Those records — 122 pages in all — contained details about an investigation of Associate Professor of Entomology James Harwood that spanned seven months and covered about three years of allegations made against the professor. The report was signed by Martha L. Alexander, UK’s deputy Title IX coordinator, and also sent to UK’s dean of the College of Agriculture, associate general counsel, and UK’s Title IX coordinator. UK spokesman Jay Blanton and UK’s General Counsel Bill Thro said they could not confirm the authenticity of the documents. The Kernel called, emailed and
left messages for Harwood, but he could not be reached for comment. The investigation, conducted by UK’s Office of Institutional Equity and Equal Opportunity, resulted in a number of findings in the report, including: • Harwood was accused of sexual assault, in addition to sexual harassment as was previously reported by the Kernel, which had relied on limited information from UK. • There were two complainants, and five total victims, who reported instances of sexual assault or sexual harassment to the university • The victims included men and women who worked in Harwood’s department • The two complainants reported they were sexually assaulted during conferences related to their work or studies at UK • The complainants came forward only when they found out there were more victims • The incidents spanned about 3 years, between 2012 and 2015, when one of the victims came forward and the investigation began • A spokesman for the victims, who is not being named because it could identify them, first approached the Kernel in March to discuss the case. The victims were unhappy that Harwood could be allowed to con-
FILE PHOTO I STAFF The Kentucky Kernel has obtained the documents UK refused to release after the Kentucky Attorney General ruled they should be public.
tinue working at another university without the full results of the investigation following him. The university denied the Kernel’s open records request for all of the documents pertaining to the investigation, which led to former Editor-in-Chief Will Wright’s appeal to Attorney General Andy Beshear. On Monday the attorney general released his decision that the records were in fact public and should be released by the university with names and identifiers redacted. UK had also denied the attorney general’s office access to the records. That same day, President Eli Capilouto announced in an email
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Sorority women race down Rose Street Sunday after hearing which awaiting house on Greek Row would become their new home.
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UK continues lawsuit By News Staff news@kykernel.com
UK will continue to pursue a lawsuit against the Kentucky Kernel student newspaper over documents regarding an associate professor’s sexual assault investigation, a spokesman for the university said Saturday evening. The Kernel received the documents of the investigation from a confidential source connected to the case
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of tenure and terminated. “Given that he is leaving, and the only thing we could do to someone who violated university policy was to say, ‘You violated university policy,’ some sort of reprimand, some sort of penalty, the inquiry is basically finished,” Thro said. “There will not be proceedings against him for purported violations of university policy.” Before the university would be able to talk about an investigation and disciplinary proceedings, Thro said that another institution wanting to hire or inquire about an employee would need to get a form from them signing over their privacy rights under FERPA. Thro said that form would allow the university to disregard whatever confidentiality is contained in a settlement agreement, like the one UK made with Harwood. The Dubas Bug Project: Dr. Michael Sitvarin worked in Harwood’s lab on the Dubas Bug Project, before the investigation began. He said that when he was brought on to the research team some of the work described in Harwood’s re-
and featured reports from the investigation in an article published Saturday afternoon. “We plan to continue the litigation based on what we believe is an erroneous interpretation of the law by the office of the Attorney Gensearch proposal had already been completed by Dr. Jamin Dreyer, another post-doctoral scholar in the lab. Despite this, he and Dreyer believed the proposal was too ambitious with the amount of time and resources they had available. Dreyer even went to visit the research lab at Sultan
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Qaboos University in Oman. Sitvarin said that upon Dreyer’s return, he told the lab group of his concerns that the research would not be finished in time and of the suspicions the researchers in Oman had of Harwood’s data reports. A formal complaint was brought to the attention of UK’s Office of Research Integrity who began an inquiry into Harwood’s research June 1. Sitvarin said investigators
eral,” UK spokesman Jay Blanton said in a message to the Kernel. A spokesperson for the two victims who filed the complaints against associate professor James Harwood told the Kernel that they wanted the documents to be public record with names and personal identifiers redacted. Despite the wishes of the victims to make the documents public, UK still plans to fight against their release in court.
“stormed the lab” copying hard drives and files. Everyone in the lab was asked to sign an agreement, which asked they not delete or destroy any information related to the investigation. One sentence of it reads, “This is a confidential matter, and you should not discuss this with anyone besides those appointed by the University to conduct an inquiry into this matter.” Sitvarin said he believed he had signed a non-disclosure agreement, and felt he could not talk about the investigation, until he received an email from Dr. Joseph Chappell, one of the members of the inquiry panel saying the report had been submitted, but was “preempted by a legal agreement executed by Dr. Harwood and the University that limits further inquiry.” Thro said this “legal agreement” was the settlement the university made with the professor to accept his resignation earlier this year. Thro said the research will be continued, headed now by Dr. John Obrycki, and that the department of entomology is working to correct the harm that may have been done by the suspected fabricated data on the Dubas Bug Project.
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Newly selected sorority women race down Rose Street Sunday after hearing which awaiting house on Greek Row would become their new home-away-from-home.
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PHOTO BY ADDISON COFFEY I STAFF Girls stand in line outside of Delta Zeta on Friday, August 19, 2016 in Lexington, Ky.
PHOTO BY ADDISON COFFEY I STAFF Gamma Chi’s talk with freshman Kelsey Cooke on the Delta Gamma Lawn on Friday, August 19, 2016 in Lexington, Ky.
PHOTO BY ADDISON COFFEY I STAFF Freshmen Lexii Post and Briana Cronin walk to the next house during sorority recruitment on Friday, August 19, 2016 in Lexington, Ky.
Sorority recruitment ended Sunday with bid day, when hopeful pledges finally found out what house on Greek Row would be their new home. The ceremony took place at Memorial Coliseum, and Rose Street turned in to a flood of white dresses as eager pledges raced to their new sorority houses.
PHOTO BY JOSH MOTT I STAFF Newly selected sorority women race down Rose Street Sunday after hearing which awaiting house on Greek Row would become their new home-away-from-home.
PHOTO BY JOSH MOTT I STAFF Newly selected sorority women race down Rose Street Sunday after hearing which awaiting house on Greek Row would become their new homeaway-from-home.
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Rain fails to dampen K Week spirit By Emily Cole features@kykernel.com
UK campus was bustling with new students, free events, and freshman activities this weekend, despite unexpected rainfall and continuing campus construction. UK’s K Week events are centered around acclimating freshmen to life on campus and welcoming back returning students with themed events, vendors, and seminars. K week offers students a chance to get acquainted with some of the 511 student organizations that exist on campus and to get a taste of local businesses, organizations, and partnering institutions. Friday morning thousands of students moved in to their new residence halls, and freshmen were welcomed at the university’s annual K Week kick off, where freshmen meet their K week leaders and K groups, who will help them navigate through their first week on campus. Makayla Beecham, a sophomore and K Crew leader, says that having a group of people to rely on when first
coming to college had a positive impact on her freshman year experience. “I wanted to be a K Crew leader because when I first got here it was really hard to get plugged in and have people around me that I knew. So as a K Crew leader I can be that for about 15 freshman on campus,” said Beecham. As a group leader, Beecham is responsible for checking in with her freshman every day until classes start. “Kick off is my favorite event of K week because it’s really awkward at first, but people get comfortable with each other and then they stop worrying about how they come off and what they look like. We just have fun.” Another highlight of the first night of K Week was the Christian Student Fellowship’s annual back to school luau, complete with free food, a DJ, and dancing on the lawn. CSF also serves midnight pancakes every night of this week and offers students a chance to learn about how to get more involved with the organization. While the luau is CSF’s biggest
chance to bring freshmen in, they also hold a water balloon fight each year. “My favorite thing we do is the water balloon fight because we’re blowing up one million balloons,” said Katie Bernardo, who is doubling this week as a K Crew leader and volunteer for CSF. Whether it be with CSF or her K Crew, Bernardo’s favorite thing about K Week is the chance to connect with people. Campus Ruckus, the weekend’s biggest event, was cut short due to thunderstorm warnings and rain. Campus Ruckus, held at commonwealth stadium, gives students a chance to talk with campus organizations and get free food and other samples from local establishments. The event lasted less than an hour before being shut down. In the chaos of this weekend’s events, sorority recruitment ended Sunday with bid day, when hopeful pledges finally found out what house on greek row would be their
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Independent student paper unmasks UK
In 1971, Gov. Louie Nunn was not too happy with the University of Kentucky’s student newspaper, the Kentucky Kernel. Nunn, who served as chairman of the board of trustees and had appointed many of the members, was in a position to do something about it. The trustees voted to cut off funding to the newspaper. The Kernel didn’t cave to pressure or shut up shop. It became a student-operated publication supported by advertising revenue, not the university — one of the first college papers in the country to gain
independence. That independence has paid off recently as the Kernel pushed through official UK’s obstruction to bring to light the case of a tenured professor who resigned after a university investigation into charges he had sexually harassed students. That effort is being rewarded by UK with a lawsuit. The Kernel filed an open-records request with UK for the results of the investigation after the professor resigned, but the university refused to hand it over. The Kernel won its appeal with the attorney general, who
under Kentucky law makes rulings in open records cases that have the force of law. UK again refused to comply, even though the AG had stipulated that the names and any identifying information of the victims and witnesses should be redacted. On Aug. 8, UK President Eli Capilouto announced his inten-
tion to sue the Kernel to challenge the AG’s ruling, insisting that UK will never release the names of victims. On Aug. 13, the Kernel, which obtained a copy of the investigation report despite UK’s refusal, published a story with details of the allegations against James Harwood, but without identifying the victims or witnesses. Harwood resigned in February under an agreement with UK but is receiving his salary and benefits through the end of this month. Although the allegations have now become public without identifying the victims
Wooks make waves with debut ‘Little Circles’ MATT WICKSTROM Opinions Editor
After a year filled with rocky mountain highs and bumps in the road, Lexington five-piece “newgrass” group The Wooks have their sights set on the release of their debut album “Little Circles,” out Sept. 23. The record features 11 tracks including covers of Bruce Springsteen’s “Atlantic City,” Bill Monroe’s “Jake Satterfield,” and the Jerry Garcia Band’s “Sisters and Brothers.” Production of “Little Circles” began in July of 2015 at Compass Records in Nashville under the guidance of Alison Brown, but was haulted in the fall when banjo player Arthur Hancock was forced to the sidelines with back problems. Hancock returned to performing with the group earlier this year and until more recently would stay glued to a chair while performing to ease the pain on his recovering back. With Hancock on the mend, The Wooks departed on their first West Coast tour last month, performing a handful of shows in Colorado and Montana and culminating with a victory at the 44th Rockygrass Festival in Lyons, Colorado. The win put The Wooks in the same category as Town Mountain, Steep Canyon Rangers, Louisville’s 23 String Band, and others who have conquered Rockygrass before them.
According to Hancock The Wooks missed the initial deadline to apply for the band competition due to his back problems, but were given a second life when one of the competing bands dropped out unexpectedly only days before the festival, opening up a spot for The Wooks that they wouldn’t squander away. While at Rockygrass Galen Green and Jesse Wells, The Wooks mandolin and fiddle players each took home second place honors in their respective instrument competitions as well. Each track on “Little Circles” is like a snowflake – unique in it’s own way while sticking to The Wooks hand-crafted recipe of bluegrass.
Two of “Little Circles” most energetic and upbeat tracks are “Turtle in the Creek” and “Wookie Foot Shuffle,” two instrumental-heavy tunes known to induce feet-stomping that again show off The Wooks musical versatility and adaptiveness to jam out and improvise. Even with the group’s exceptional knack for improvisation Hancock said in the future The Wooks are looking to focus even more on musical arrangements when they return to the studio. “Allowing ourselves more time to work out musical arrangements will allow for a better expression of our creativity,” said Hancock. “Up to this point we’ve just been jamming.” The Wooks have several Kentucky shows coming up, including performances at Poppy Mountain Bluegrass Festival Sept. 15 in Morehead, Kickin’ it on the Creek Sept. 17 in Irvine, and a show back in Lexington at Willie’s with the Caleb Klauder band Nov. 17. “Little Circles” is a must listen for fans of bluegrass, whether you enjoy the old-timey classics like Bill Monroe and John Hartford or new-age, progressive bluegrass from Yonder Mountain String Band, Town Mountain and others. Kentucky oftentimes doesn’t get the recognition it deserves for pumping out great musicians, but with the recent breakthroughs of Sturgill Simpson, Chris Stapleton, Joan Shelley, and now The Wooks, it might be time for a musical microscope to fall over the bluegrass state once again.
“Each track on ‘Little Circles’ is like a snowflake – unique in it’s own way while sticking to The Wooks hand-crafted recipe of bluegrass.”
The group’s versatility and individual musical prowess shines brightest on “White Lines and Neon Signs,” a banjo-driven tune that also showcases Green and C.J. Cain’s fiery flatpicking on mandolin and guitar respectively along with Wells’ timely caressing of the fiddle and Roddy Puckett holding a steady rhythm on bass. Cain’s exquisite songwriting takes center stage on “County Girl,” a story about chasing love that features imagery-rich, easy flowing lyrics and tranquil instrumentals headed by a coupling of fiddle and mandolin.
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Lexington five-piece “newgrass” group The Wooks have their sights set on the release of their debut album “Little Circles,” out Sept. 23.
who, the Kernel reports, wanted UK to release the investigation report, UK says it will continue with its lawsuit. Allegations of sexual harassment can often be murky because of the power relationships involved. In this case, a victim contemplated turning in a tenured professor who had some control over her academic future. According to the Kernel, she waited until she’d defended her dissertation before complaining, fearful that Harwood would retaliate. Harwood said she was lying because he was “one of
the people critiquing her dissertation and he suspected it did not go well,” the Kernel reported. There’s plenty there to make university administrators nervous, uncomfortable, eager to pay a few months’ extra salary to make the problem professor go away. They have skin in the status-quo game. The Kernel doesn’t. It’s independent. For that we should all give thanks. The Lexington Herald-Leader published this article on Aug. 16 on their website, kentucky.com. Email opinions@ kykernel.com.
Sorority recruitment more than meets eye PAIDIN DERMONDY Assistant opinions editor
When it comes to sorority recruitment there are a lot of unknowns. Each house has their own personalized way of how they are going to recruit new members into their sisterhood. And although much of this process is held secret, one thing is for certain: at the end of the week hundreds of girls will stand alongside their new sisters in a place that they can now call home. While the actual process of recruitment, what goes on behind the sorority house doors once the potential new members (PNMs) step inside, is unable to be discussed due to Panhellenic and chapter regulations, there is a set schedule for the week so that the girls know what to expect for each day of recruitment. The first two days of recruitment are the “Open House” round. During “Open House” every PNM will visit each house on campus to be given a general introduction to all of the sororities. This is a great opportunity for the PNMs to ask the members about their particular sorority, why they chose it, their favorite memory since being an initiated member, etc. Through the discussions with the PNMs, the members will also get to learn more about each girl and see if they would be a good fit for their sorority. The “Open House” round is like the “get to know you” session of recruitment. The next two days are dedicated to teaching the PNMs about each sorority’s philanthropy, which is a central aspect to each chapter. The girls will get to see and
learn more about how specific causes have truly impacted and changed the lives of the members of each sorority. Members will often share personal stories of their experiences with their specific philanthropy, and the PNMs should contemplate whether or not they could see themselves standing alongside these members, sharing in those experiences, and working for that particular cause. The “Sisterhood” round takes up the next two days,
“Girls don’t necessarily join a sorority for the stuff, they join for the people.” and is the perfect opportunity for the members to open up to the PNMs about why they joined Greek life, what kinds of things they do with their sisters, and what made them stay in their sorority. Despite what some might think, girls don’t necessarily join a sorority for the stuff, they join for the people and the long-lasting relationships they will build with their sisters. This round serves to highlight those genuine relationships that can only be formed through the unbreakable sisterhood that each sorority shares with its members. During these two days, the PNMs will be deciding on which sisterhood they really felt a connection with and which one they could see themselves being a part of. The last day of recruitment before the girls receive their bids and decide on which sorority to join is called “Preference.” The
girls are invited back to certain houses and they will only go back to visit again their top choices. This round is particularly for the PNMs to be able to ask any last minute questions and to get rid of any hesitations they may have before making the decision on which sorority they want to join. During “Preference,” it is usually a more intimate environment to show the PNMs the sincerity with which the sorority takes when welcoming new members into their sisterhood. And just like that the stressful days of recruitment are over and Bid Day is here, the day every PNM has been waiting for. The PNMs have been extended bids to join a particular chapter and become new members. They will have the option to either accept or decline the bid. Once they’ve made their decision to accept a bid, the girls are welcomed to some sort of Bid Day celebration, which marks the first day with their sisters in their new home. Most of these girls who decide to go through sorority recruitment are looking for their home away from home that they feel comfortable in while they are away at college. This is the place that gives them that feeling of being surrounded by people that genuinely care about them and love them unconditionally. And this feeling is why these girls get up early every day for a week, do their hair and makeup, put on that perfectly planned outfit, and walk around from house to house in 90 degree heat or the pouring rain. It is all in an effort to be welcomed into that place that they can truly call their home away from home when Bid Day finally comes and sorority recruitment week is over.
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Festival to launch Lexington talent to stardom By Matt Wickstrom features@kykernel.com
Lexington’s music aficionados will reach for the moon, but come away grasping for stars at the upcoming Moontower Music Festival, a one day music celebration featuring the best in local, regional, and national acts on Saturday, Aug. 27 at Masterson Station Park. The festival, now in its third year, is led by headliners Manchester Orchestra, DriveBy Truckers, and Trombone Shorty, while also shining a spotlight on a few of Lexington’s premiere musical outfits. Two of Moontower’s three local acts, Small Batch and the Blind Corn Liquor Pickers, transcend traditional genre barriers, opting to lurk in the stratosphere encompassing
folk, bluegrass, and old-time music. Both groups feature a wealth of experience performing in Lexington’s thriving music scene. The Blind Corn Liquor Picker’s Joel Serdenis and Jory Bowling currently perform in Trucker Hat Coalition, and Small Batch’s Warren Byrom and Scott Wilmoth perform with The Swells and Byrom’s solo act with backing band Fabled Canelands. Johnny Conqueroo, the final of the festival’s three hometown acts may be the most jaw-dropping of the bunch. Front man Grant Curless is a prodigy on the guitar, laying down mind-bending, Blues-infused riffs with a commanding energy that takes over the room. Wils Quinn and Shawn
Reynolds complete the trio on drums and bass respectively. Adding to the phenomenon of Johnny Conqueroo’s success is the fact that the group’s three musical cogs are all still in high school, perhaps the only obstacle keeping the young rockers and their budding talent in Lexington. Other festival performers include Judah & The Lion, JR JR, The Floozies, The Weeks, Mandolin Orange, Aubrie Sellers, BASSH, Chrome Pony, and DJ Tank, who will perform between acts. Sellers is the daughter of country music superstar Lee Ann Womack, and accomplished songwriter and musician Jason Sellers, who performed alongside Kentuckian Ricky Skaggs for a time. According to Kaelyn Query,
begin to whittle down the list of potential acts based on their budget and each band’s tour plans around the time of Moontower, with a final lineup solidified by the following March. On-site parking at the festival is an additional $3, with downtown shuttle passes available for $5. The event is rain or shine and dog friendly, with all proceeds benefitting Lexington’s Central Music Academy. Gates open for Moontower 2016 at 11 a.m. on August 27 PHOTO BY MATT WICKSTROM I STAFF at Masterson Station Park, with Richmond band No Fences. Grant Curless of Johnny Conqueroo performing earlier this sumYoung guns Johnny Conmer at the Moonshiner’s Ball in Berea. queroo will follow at noon, just founder and president of event tions of Moontower, LexEffect as the sun reaches its zenith, management company LexEf- sent out surveys asking attend- culminating with the moon fect, the lineup for Moontower ees what they enjoyed about lighting up the night sky during is largely influenced and curat- the festival and who they’d like the evening’s closing performance by Manchester Orchesed by the fans. to see perform in the future. Soon after the first two iteraQuery and her team then tra.
New Holmes, Boyd residence halls mesh comfortable living with improved learning
New dorms built with creative emphasis
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On Tuesday evening, UK Residence Life opened its doors to the public with an open house of Holmes and Boyd Halls, its newest renovations to north campus. Both new buildings feature common areas, private rooms, and other amenities that cater to the residents who will be moving in this month. The Creative Arts Living Learning Program and the LEXengaged Community will both be based out of the new Holmes Hall. Special accommodations, including practice rooms and
PHOTO BY LYDIA EMERIC I STAFF Holmes Hall has five kitchens in the dorm, including one on the seventh floor with a high rise ceiling and a view of downtown Lexington.
a dance studio, have been included in the new building in preparation for the fall semester. “The LLPs, especially Creative Arts, have really utilized the space we have,” John Rowell, resident director of Holmes Hall, said. “There are also lots of areas for students to hang out and study outside of that as well.” Rowell served in Resident Life at the Kirwan complex last academic year. When asked if he prefers this posh upgrade, he said that he has enjoyed working all around campus. “A dorm is more than a building. It can be a community,” said graduate
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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 not contacted (before the president’s email was sent). They only heard about it when they saw an article about it.” The spokesperson also said the victims were upset that UK and Capilouto called the investigation preliminary and therefore not public record. “It feels like UK is trying to protect what went on here and to protect James. Why not have complete transparency in this?” the spokesperson said. “UK should be interested in protecting not just the students at UK. (UK) should also be in the interest of protecting students at other universities where James may end up and repeat this behavior.” Because the investigation had ended, the documents should not have been kept from the public, the spokesperson said. The victims want the documents regarding the investigation to be public record with names and identifiers redacted. The Kernel now has the investigative report, its appendix and the investigation’s conclusion. UK had made public only the conclusion of the case, separate from the conclusions in its investigation report. The investigation concluded, “There is enough evidence for a reasonable person to believe the alleged behavior occurred and this matter should be presented to the Sexual Misconduct Hearing Board,” a university board appointed by the president that decides on punishment in such cases. Before the case could reach such a hearing, Harwood resigned in February using a provision in the university’s administrative regulations. The provision is called the Informal Resolution Option, part of the university’s Procedures for Addressing and Resolving Allegations of Sexual Violence, Stalking, Domestic Violence, and Dating Violence. The resignation allowed
him to forego a hearing, and the agreement he made with the university gave him pay and benefits until Aug. 31. UK spokesman Jay Blanton said the policy allowing resignation instead of a hearing mirrors federal Title IX guidelines. “The institution has made the decision to follow those guidelines as have most institutions of higher learning in the country,” Blanton said. In accordance with those UK procedures, Harwood’s resignation closed the case and prevents the victims who filed complaints against him from having the option to appeal the decision. The investigation provided details from each of the victims. Following are some of the allegations: Complainant 1 — 2013: “It’s not whatever. You were way out of line the other night.” The victim identified in the report as Complainant 1 was Harwood’s student, who had attended a conference in 2013 with him and another student, identified as Student A in the report. Over the course of their trip, the report said Harwood had made the victim feel uncomfortable with advances she said were unwelcome. On one night of their trip, Harwood had drinks and dinner with the two students, during which he grabbed the victim’s buttocks, breast and crotch repeatedly. Student A was present for the alleged assault, and said the victim’s facial expressions and demeanor made it clear that Harwood’s advances were not welcome. When Harwood left them that night — around midnight, the report said — the victim sat on a roadside curb and cried before she and the other student went back to their rooms. The victim communicated with Harwood via email the next day to say she did not want him to attend her presentation at the conference. He replied, “Ok, whatever.”
She responded, “It’s not whatever. You were way out of line the other night. If you can’t understand why I don’t want you in the audience at my talk then we are going to have a serious problem.” The report said Harwood denied the victim’s claims during the investigation. He accused the victim of lying because Harwood was one of the people critiquing her dissertation and he suspected it did not go well. The report said the victim disproved this with testimony, photographic evidence and time-stamped email correspondence showing Harwood with the students that night at the time of the incidents, and that she began to pursue the investigation after she defended her dissertation. She said she reported the assault and harassment after she had concluded her work because she believed Harwood would not be able to retaliate against her at that point. She decided to report the incidents when she heard Harwood had inappropriately touched another female student the report said. Harwood also said the student who defended the victim’s claims about the night at the conference was only supporting her claim because Harwood had been questioning his research. Both the student witness and another person in the lab involved in the research effectively refuted Harwood’s claim, the report said. Through time-stamped emails, investigators concluded that the student whose testimony supported the victim’s accusations was not made aware of the fact that his research was being questioned until well after the investigation began, and that in any case issues in his research were minor accounting mistakes. Regarding the first victim, the Office of Institutional Equity and Equal Opportunity charged Harwood with two violations of university policies: sexual assault and sexual
harassment. Complainant 2 — 2012: “You don’t want to know how bad I can be at these meetings.” The victim identified as Complainant 2 said she barely knew Harwood when he approached her at a University of Kentucky mixer during a separate conference in 2012. Another student who she was having drinks with at the time, identified as Student I, witnessed the encounter. They said Harwood put his arm around her back with his hand near her breast before leaning in to whisper in her ear. “You don’t want to know how bad I can be at these meetings,” the victim reported that he said. She said that the encounter was not welcome. When asked during the investigation why she did not come forward sooner, the victim said she had created waves in the department by changing advisers and “did not want to become known as someone who causes trouble.” Harwood responded to the second victim’s allegations by saying she had made them only because the two complainants were close friends. When asked about her relationship to the other victim during the investigation, the second victim said they were not friends and did not like each other at all prior to July 2015, when they reported the allegations. In this case, too, the Office of Institutional Equity and Equal Opportunity found that there was enough evidence to believe the accusations. Harwood was charged with two more violations of university policy: sexual assault and sexual harassment. Between the cases of Complainant 1 and Complainant 2, Harwood was charged by the Office of Institutional Equity and Equal Opportunity with two counts of sexual assault and two counts of sexual harassment. More Victims — 2015: “The environment in the lab (was) ‘inappropriately sexu-
ally charged.’” The investigation recorded witness testimony of two other students who said they and one other student were inappropriately touched by Harwood on the night in which the first victim went out with a group from the department to celebrate defending her dissertation. This was the night the first victim said was part of what prompted her to come forward with her complaint. Though they did not at the time want to file a complaint, two of the students testified about their own unwelcome and nonconsensual incidents with Harwood that night, as well as what they saw him do to another student who did not testify. Their testimonies of that night indicated that Harwood touched three male students, identified as Student H, Student B and one unnamed student in the report. Student H had been responsible for driving Harwood and the unnamed student from dinner to the bar that night. On the way Student H said that Harwood, “made ‘weird sexual innuendos,’” and “insinuated that he was, ‘getting some on the side.’” Student H said that when they arrived at the bar Harwood “was staring at Complainant 1’s chest, making sexual innuendos about her, and almost drooling while staring at her.” Student H said that Harwood tried to get him and another student to dance, and touched him “suggestively.” The student said it was unwelcome and made him uncomfortable. Student H also reported that Harwood was stroking the chest of the unnamed male student he had driven to the bar that night and called him handsome. Another student who gave testimony of the night and shared his own unwanted incident with the professor was identified as Student B. In his report he described the environment in Harwood’s
lab as “inappropriately sexually charged.” That same night, he said that Harwood “ordered” the group to drink copious amounts of alcohol, and “pressured those who didn’t want to drink to do so.” He said he noticed the first female victim’s discomfort when Harwood sat next to her and tried to talk to her, and that when a female student got up to leave the bar Harwood followed her out. Believing Harwood would try to be inappropriate with the female student, Student B followed and ended up restraining Harwood. While he had Harwood restrained, Student B said that Harwood grabbed and squeezed his buttocks. The report said that when members of the group suggested that Harwood go home for the evening, he refused and urinated on the building. Because the instances in which they were touched were not reported as an official complaint, the investigation into the two complainants does not say that the university ever pursued an investigation into or leveled charges against Harwood for behavior that night. The IEEO concluded that the evidence brought forward in testimony supports the allegation that Harwood, “has created an environment in which his students are expected to drink heavily at social events.” This, however, is not a violation of university policy, and therefore he received no charge. In all the investigation uncovered five students, four of whom testified they were touched in what they felt was an unwelcomed and inappropriate manner by Harwood. Only two of the students’ testimonies were used to bring charges against Harwood. None of Harwood’s charges ever went to a hearing, and because of the policy that let him resign instead, the charges are likely never to be considered formally by the university.
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PHOTO TAKEN FROM UK TRACK AND FIELD TWITTER The Cats sent six athletes to Rio to compete, including current UK sophomore Jasmine Camacho-Quinn, who suffered a heartbreaking defeat in the semifinals of the 100 meter hurdles.
Olympic athletes pride of country, campus Track and field star Jasmine Camacho-Quinn shows optimism after disqualification By Chris Angolia sports@kykernel.com
UK’s accomplished Track and Field program made its presence felt on the biggest stage in international sports, the Olympics. The Cats sent six athletes to Rio to compete, including current UK sophomore Jasmine Camacho-Quinn, who suffered a heartbreaking defeat in the semifinals of the 100 meter hurdles. Camacho-Quinn, who ran for Puerto Rico in the games, fin-
ished second in her heat to qualify for the finals, but after it was determined that she did not correctly jump over the final hurdle, she was disqualified. “As much as it hurts that I am not in finals, I can say I’m proud of myself,” Camacho-Quinn said. The Olympic experience will help the young runner moving forward into the 2017 outdoor season where she can continue her momentum on the track in the blue and white. Along with Camacho-Quinn,
UK Track and Field was represented by five alumni competing for four different countries with Andrew Evans being the only athlete wearing the red, white and blue for team USA in the discus. Evans, a member of the class of 2014, failed to qualify for the discus final, finishing 16th with only 12 throwers getting a spot in the final. Alums Rondel Sorillo and Mikel Thomas both represented Trinidad and Tobago with Sorillo taking part in the 100m, 200m
Volleyball hyped for season By Allie Hennard sports@kykernel.com
After coming one game short of a SEC Championship last year, the UK women’s volleyball team is fired up for its upcoming season opener. Head coach Craig Skinner and returning Cats talked about the team’s promise this week as they looked forward to Friday’s opener against Washington State at Purdue. Early practices have been intense and telling as incoming freshmen mix with a team that has a respectable amount of returning players. The early practices have been a platform for the team to grow closer and improve as whole, but spots in the rotations have also been up for grabs. “It has been really competitive,” Skinner said. “We have a lot of depth in positions that we haven’t necessarily had before so it’s created a lot of opportunity.” Last season the team was one match shy of clinching the SEC Championship. With many of the squads improving across the SEC, its path to a conference title will not be any easier this season. “I think we have a shot at winning the championship. We’re as athletic as we’ve ever been. We have the nine people
that played for us last year, seven are returning,” Skinner said. “We were a match away from winning the SEC last year so there’s no reason why we can’t compete with all the teams that are returning a lot of people too: A&M, Florida and Missouri.” Preseason All-SEC team selections Ashley Dusek and Kaz Brown both provide leadership as they head into their junior seasons, and hope they will be able to help the Cats get over the hump this season in the SEC race. Brown finished last season third in the nation in blocks per set and spent the summer with the USA Collegiate team. “We’re coming in aggressive for it this year and I think we’ve got a good shot,” Brown said. “I mean it’s going to be a tough run but there’s a lot of good returners so we’re going to go after it for sure.” Dusek was able to carve out an important role defensively on the team last year and will look to continue it in the new season. She had a standout performance last October against Auburn breaking the 22-year-old school record for most digs in a single match with a career-high 40. Dusek also focused on improving her game this summer by training with USA volleyball. The team still thinks about
the tough loss last season after being so close to a championship, but has not lost motivation to get the title this season. “Of course we still have that bitter taste in our mouths, so we’re going to get after it this year,” Dusek said. Several of the players credit the team’s success to their close relationships with one another and their ability to hold each other accountable. “What’s special about this team is the chemistry, really good chemistry on and off the court,” Brown said. “We all live together outside so, I mean we don’t have to do that, that’s something we choose to do.” This season the team will focus on one game at a time and work toward a championship. “The team is pretty aggressive, pretty fearless,” Brown said. “I think we’re all pretty confident in what we do and I think that is gonna be a definite intimidation factor for our opponents.” Skinner is pleased with the progress during summer practices and the experience gained in the tournament last year. “We still aren’t quite settled on a lineup yet, but a lot of fun, a lot of energy, a lot of competitive fire and I think a lot of that is because we have so many returners coming back,” Skinner said.
PHOTO PROVIDED BY UK ATHLETICS Head coach Craig Skinner and returning Cats talked about the team’s promise this week as they looked forward to Friday’s noon game against Washington State at Purdue.
and 4x100m sprinting events, and Thomas competing in the 110m hurdles. Sorillo, the 2010 NCAA champion in the 200m, failed to qualify for the final in his semifinal heat, but was able to make it to the relay final and compete with the world’s fastest man, Usain Bolt. Unfortunately for Sorillo and his countrymen, Trinidad and Tobago were disqualified along with the United States. Class of 2015 graduate Leah Nugent competed for track powerhouse Jamaica in the 400m
hurdles, but finished just three spots off the podium. The sixth and final runner who represented UK is 2013 graduate Luis Orta who ran in the marathon for Venezuela and finished 106. A name many people were looking forward to seeing in Rio was 2015 grad Kendra Harrison, who currently holds the world record in the 100m hurdles. Harrison failed to qualify for the Olympics at the U.S. trials, but broke the 22-year-old record in July.
Defense struggles with lack of depth By Anthony Crawford sports@kykernel.com
The headache over the defense that head coach Mark Stoops and defensive coordinator D.J. Eliot have suffered this offseason may have gotten worse over the past week despite a better showing in the second scrimmage of the team’s fall camp. Initial remarks from the coaches after the scrimmage Saturday pointed toward an overall improvement from the disappointing display in the previous scrimmage. The defense put the offense in a more difficult position in the second go-around and established a presence early by forcing some three-and-outs before the offense could get going. Tackling still seemed to be an issue, but the offense felt more pressure from the defensive line, which is something the defense worked on this past week. But the aggressive schemes and overall improvement seemed to only go so far, or more specifically, deep. “When you’re in a scrimmage like this and you’re looking at every player, it has a tendency to get a little sloppy with the 2s and the 3s,” Stoops said. “And that kind of puts a sour taste in your mouth because we need everybody, we need them to play at a high level. We are not overly deep at certain positions and that looks ugly at times.” Stoops said the defensive line and linebacker were the two most concerning groups when it comes to depth. With the losses of Jason Hatcher and Regie Meant this offseason, the need for some of the new guys to step up has never been higher. Another guy at linebacker, Eli Brown, also missed the scrimmage Saturday due to a small injury he sustained during practice Friday, which didn’t help matters. The dropoff in fundamentals was
PHOTO BY HUNTER MITCHELL I STAFF A helmet rests on the field during the University of Kentucky Football media day on Friday, August 5, 2016 in Lexington, Ky.
alarming when the first team defense was replaced, which is something that fall camp is supposed to work on the most. A lot of the problem with development simply stems from the nature of camp. Coaches would love for players to get as many live tackling drills as they could but that, of course, runs the risk of injury. Eliot said they try to make drills as realistic as possible but that the difference live reps make can be seen in the improvement the defense made from the first scrimmage to this last one. It also bodes well that many of the younger players who will hopefully in time make up this depth already look the part of it. Guys like Kash Daniel and Kobie Walker have the ability to make plays on defense already just because of their physical gifts. Making “loose plays” was the nicer way of how Stoops described Walker making plays after being caught out of position. The team will have to settle for and build on those plays for the time being.
“When you’re trying to make them a player in short amount of time and they’re not having any success, so all they hear is negative. You have to manage that,” Eliot said. “You definitely have to push them, but you also have to find something that they are doing good and encourage them.” UK fans should know better than just about anyone how difficult it is to play as a freshman in any sport. That is what this team will have to overcome to add some depth. In time, that learning curve should become less of a problem. The secondary is the position group that has the most confidence from the coaches heading into the season. But it was mentioned many times since the start of fall camp that some of those players like Derrick Baity and Mike Edwards did not even earn the starting spot until mid-season. Depth is a glaring hole right now for the defense, but at least having young guys trying to fill those voids may lead to some welcome surprises that will relieve some of those headaches.
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De’Niro Laster, Denzil Ware, Josh Allen, and Jabari Greenwood goof around during the University of Kentucky Football media day on Friday, August 5, 2016 in Lexington, Ky.
Quarterback Drew Barker throws the ball up in the air for a portrait during the University of Kentucky Football media day on Friday, August 5, 2016 in Lexington, Ky.
Wide receivers Garrett Johnson, Dorian Baker, and Ryan Timmons pose together during the University of Kentucky Football media day on Friday, August 5, 2016 in Lexington, Ky.
The Associated Press released its first poll for the 2016 season and the Cats’ schedule is already loaded with five AP top-25 teams. Four of the five teams are conference opponents. Alabama fresh off its national title comes in at no. 1, Tennessee at no. 9, Georgia at no. 18 and Florida at no. 25. In-state rival Louisville is ranked no. 19 heading into the season that kicks off September 3. Stay tuned for a full preview of the Cats’ upcoming season in the Kernel’s September 1 issue. Linebacker Courtney Love poses for a portrait during the University of Kentucky Football media day on Friday, August 5, 2016 in Lexington, Ky.
Photos by Hunter Mitchell | Staff
Cornerback Chris Westry flexes with a ball during the University of Kentucky Football media day on Friday, August 5, 2016 in Lexington, Ky.
Marcus McWilson and Isaiah Brown goof around during the University of Kentucky Football media day on Friday, August 5, 2016 in Lexington, Ky.
Kicker Austin McGinnis poses during the University of Kentucky Football media day on Friday, August 5, 2016 in Lexington, Ky.
Tight end CJ Conrad poses with the football during the University of Kentucky Football media day on Friday, August 5, 2016 in Lexington, Ky.
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To survivors of sexual, gender-based violence The following article contains sensitive material regarding sexual assault that may be triggering to some individuals. Please read at your own discretion. We see you. We realize that some information released on August 13th in The Kentucky Kernel (“Kernel obtains withheld records; victims say UK trying to protect professor in sexual assault case”) may have been harmful to you and we recognize the fear that you may have. We want you to know that your feelings are valid. We want to hold space for all of you. We want to magnify and support your voices. We are SPARC, a student activist organization operating within the Violence Intervention and Prevention (VIP) Center at the University of Kentucky, and our mission
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lead to an investigation or report of any kind. They simply help find the best ways for you to heal, and provide a space for your voice to be heard. The VIP Center assists survivors in finding accommodations (such as room changes, schedule changes and notes to professors), which you are entitled to receive even without a formal report. Your continued safety and success, whatever that may look like for you, are the most important things to consider. If you decide that filing a formal report is best for you, you will be put in contact with the Office of Equity and Equal Opportunity (home of “The Title IX Office”). Title IX is a federal mandate that requires universities receiving federal funding to accommodate survi-
Survivors, we see you. Your healing, your privacy, and your voice, matters.”
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is to end sexual violence on campus. We acknowledge that there have recently been a lot of misrepresentations regarding the way in which the University of Kentucky handles cases of sexual assault. We want you to know that there are safe spaces for you on campus to receive confidential help, and that there are people who care. Within the university, the VIP Center, Counseling Center, and University Health Service are available to offer confidential support. In these spaces, you are in control of your own healing. This means that talking to them won’t
vors, which means that your access to education and a safe campus cannot be restricted due to experiencing interpersonal violence. This includes survivors who may have been under the influence when the assault occurred, which is why violations of the Alcohol or Drug Policy reported by the survivor are pardoned. Your well-being is the focus in these spaces, which means your safety is the University’s biggest concern. Once a report is made, the Deputy Title IX Coordinators will work with you to determine the course of action that will best help your
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healing and recovery. These reports are confidential - the Title IX office will never release or publish anything you submit to them. Also, an investigation cannot move forward unless it is your desire to do so, except in cases where lack of investigation may impact community safety (i.e, if the perpetrator utilized drugs or violence, or if their name has come up before). Finally, the Title IX investigation is not a criminal investigation (nor will it cause one) - the University is looking to see if someone has violated the Sexual Misconduct policy, which is different than law enforcement investigating to see if a crime has been committed. The advocates at VIP will stand with you at every step in this process, and will gladly answer any other questions you have about reporting, Title IX, or how you can get help. We understand your fear. Asking for help can be challenging, and we want you to have the resources you need in order to feel safe. While we all have the right to know about assaults that occur on campus, no person other than the survivor and the people they disclose the information to have the right to know any specific details about the assault. You are entitled to privacy and the space to guide your healing. You deserve to have confidence that the university values your privacy and won’t release
specific details about your case to the public. SPARC asks all members of our campus community to respect survivors and their privacy. We implore you to hold space for survivors and allow them to speak for themselves. We ask that you help them in doing that, and that you allow their voices to be heard loudly and clearly. Survivors, we see you. Your healing, your privacy, and your voice, matters. UK SPARC is a student activist group operating within the Violence Intervention and Prevention Center on campus.
FOR MORE INFORMATION The Violence Intervention and Prevention Center and University Counseling Center are located in Frazee Hall. Vistit their websites at: www.uky.edu/StudentAffairs/VIPCenter/ www.uky.edu/StudentAffairs/Counseling/
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The kick-off to the 2016 fall semester became a bit flustered after heavy rains poured down during sorority recruitment and move-in. It caused interruptions in Campus Ruckus and forced many potential new sorority members to break into sprints going from house to house. Despite the rain, more students moved into dorms this year than any previous year, the university unveiled new campus restaurants Steak ‘n Shake and Brioche Dorée, and welcomed students into the new Holmes and Boyd Halls.
PHOTO BY ADDISON COFFEY I STAFF Members of the Latino Student Union engage in a game of foosball at Campus Ruckus on Saturday, August 20, 2016 in Lexington, Ky.
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PHOTO BY JOSH MOTT I STAFF Hundreds of new and returning students gathered to kick-off K-Week at the Christian Student Fellowship Luau Party on August 19, 2016 in Lexington, Ky.
Kick off is my favorite event of K week. It’s really awkward at first but people get comfortable with each other and then they stop worrying about how they come off and what they look like.” MAKAYLA BEECHAM, Sophomore K Crew leader
PHOTO BY ADDISON COFFEY I STAFF Sophomore Biology Major Avery Guerrero, Sophomore Kinesiology Major Jonathan Carmen, and Sophomore Business Administration Major Nathan Winter take in the sights of Commonwealth Stadium as Campus Ruckus came to a close on Saturday, August 20, 2016 in Lexington, Ky.
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