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Reviewing UK gun violence Near-campus neighborhoods share some of Lexington’s surge in gun-related crime
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ILLUSTRATION BY LIZ GLASS I STAFF The Lexington Police Department logged 95 assaults and 10 murders with firearms in 2015.
By Joshua Qualls news@kykernel.com
Blue emergency towers stalk would-be offenders throughout UK’s campus, and some students use an app on their smartphones as a last line of defense. But some people may wonder: Is all this technology enough? UK Police Chief Joe Monroe said those are just a couple things in the university’s toolbox to keep crime at bay, but it takes more than that to keep campus safe. The UK Police Department logged two citations for weapons possession, a misdemeanor charge. By contrast, the Lexing-
ton Police Department logged 95 assaults and 10 murders with firearms in the same year. Of crimes with firearms, nine assaults and one fatal shooting happened within 1.5 miles of UK’s campus in 2015. Two fatal shootings have occurred within 1.5 miles of campus since Jan. 1. Firearms at UK: the stories The first citation UKPD issued for weapons possession last year was Aug. 1, when officer Michael Montoya pulled over Nicholas Sininger of Lexington on East Maxwell Street for driving with an outdated license plate. Montoya noticed the strong
odor of marijuana coming from the vehicle as he approached it, according to the police report. Sininger told the officer that the vehicle belonged to his mother. Sininger popped the trunk per Montoya’s request, and the officer found 36 grams of marijuana. When asked if he had any weapons, Sininger admitted that he had a handgun under the front passenger seat. He apologized for not mentioning it sooner, saying that he did not think Montoya would search the vehicle. Montoya cited Sininger for the three misdemeanor charges, confiscated both the firearm and
the marijuana, and let him go. T h e second citation UKPD issued for weapons possession was Oct. 6, when officer Joshua McConnell arrested a convicted felon in UK Chandler Hospital’s emergency room for multiple offenses. UKPD redacted this offender’s personally identifiable information and the officer’s statement in records provided to the Kentucky Kernel. UKPD charged the offender with two felonies, including possession of a handgun by a convicted felon and first-degree possession of a controlled substance, as well as the misde-
meanor charge of carrying a concealed weapon. McConnell confiscated a handgun, ammunition and one gram of cocaine, according to the police report. UKPD’s jurisdiction often changes, but it includes all of the property that the university owns in each of Kentucky’s 120 counties. The department gets additional jurisdiction for leased property and sporting events, and the city of Lexington or the Fayette County sheriff may also give UKPD jurisdiction in various situations. As the fatal shooting of formal Kernel photo editor Jonathan Krueger happened outside
of UKPD’s jurisdiction, his case was investigated by the Lexington Police Department. Firearms in Lexington: the numbers LPD, which has jurisdiction over all of Fayette County, held a press conference Jan. 13 to address an alarming uptick in violent crimes since the beginning of this year, including the two fatal shootings near campus. “We know two things about criminals and custody: When they’re on the streets they commit crimes, and when they’re in custody they don’t,” said Ray Larson, Fayette County’s commonwealth attorney. “We
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Bond denied for suspects in Krueger shooting By Cheyene Miller news@kykernel.com
A Fayette County judge denied bail to two of the three individuals charged in the shooting death of former Kentucky Kernel photo editor Jonathan Krueger. Circuit Judge Ernesto Scorsone denied bail to Justin Delone Smith, 19, and Efrain Diaz Jr., 21, because they could face the death penalty for murder charges, and bail is typically denied in such instances. Scorsone set bail for Roman Gonzalez Jr., 18, at $1 million because he was a minor at the time of the crime and is facing life in prison, not the death penalty. All three suspects were charged with murder and firstdegree robbery. Smith was also charged with tampering with physical evidence, and fleeing and evading police. Defense attorneys for the three suspects argued that the prosecution had failed to provide adequate evidence linking them to the murder weapon, and Diaz’s attorney said Diaz likely did not even exit the van. Prosecutors said Smith,
Diaz and Gonzalez were “three dangerous individuals” who admitted to being involved in the robbery and could pose a flight risk. They said if the judge set bail it should be “substantial.” Detective Reid Bowles of the Lexington Police Department testified that all three individuals claimed to be involved with the Ambrose street gang, and that they were driving around Lexington intoxicated on the night of Krueger’s death. Krueger was killed at about 2 a.m. on April 17 on East Maxwell Street while walking home with a friend, Aaron Gillette. Bowles said Krueger and Gillette flagged down a red or maroon van with a sliding door when they noticed it was driving erratically in the wrong direction down East Maxwell. The van then turned around, pulled up to Krueger and Gillette, and two individuals exited the vehicle with handguns. The two assailants held Krueger and Gillette at gunpoint and demanded their money and valuables. Bowles said Krueger and Gillette complied.
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After handing over their money and watches, police said the armed individuals demanded more, at which point a physical struggle ensued. Gillette told police that he grabbed the closest assailant’s gun and raised it above their heads, causing several shots to be fired. Gillette then slammed the individual against the van before fleeing the scene. He said he did not see what happened to Krueger. Police found Krueger’s body lying in the street upon arrival. He was killed by a gunshot to the chest, according to the Fayette County coroner. Witnesses said the red or maroon van fled the scene and police later saw a van matching the description. The van sped off, but police ran the license plate, which came back to Smith’s mother. Bowles testified that police later found a black Fossil watch in Smith’s home that was later confirmed by a DNA test to be Gillette’s. Diaz’s attorney said Diaz was driving the vehicle, and Smith and Gonzalez were the ones who exited the car with handguns. His attorney said
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Diaz was heavily intoxicated and didn’t clearly remember all the events of the evening. Bowles said the three individuals were accompanied in the van by two juvenile females. One of the females, identified by the initials J.G., said all three male suspects had handguns and spent the
evening talking about committing robberies, attempting two before robbing Krueger and Gillette. She said they first tried to rob a female UK student at her apartment complex, but she made it into her apartment before they reached her. They also tried to hijack a Mustang
at a red light near the university but the light changed before they could do so. The female witness said Smith told Gonzalez he “wasn’t hard enough” when they were in the van. Police found 9 mm casings at the scene, and Bowles said he believed a 9 mm handgun
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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 owe more to the good guys in this town than we do the bad guys.” Four people had been fatally shot since Jan. 1. Four people also were fatally shot in June last year, a month that saw 14 assaults with firearms — the second highest number of any month in the year. LPD has yet to release its Annual Report for 2015, but in 2014 it recorded nearly 3,400 total assaults, ranging from aggravated assault to forcible rape and everything in between. The Kernel obtained records from LPD to identify high-risk areas in the city of Lexington. Most of the assaults with firearms happened in the Northeast part of town. The fatal shootings happened in various parts, but mostly north of the city. Some of LPD’s data comes up with multiple counts, but overall last year saw 84 unique assaults with firearms. Each fatal shooting counted in the report is a unique event. 61 assaults with firearms occurred between the hours of 9 p.m. and 4 a.m. in 2015, according to LPD data. The peak time of day was from 9 p.m. to 10 p.m., with 12 assaults — about 12.6 percent of the total — happening within that timeframe
throughout the year. On the prowl: keeping Cats safe Monroe said UKPD puts a strong emphasis on patrolling the area to fend off violent crime. UKPD keeps an online daily crime log that can be viewed by anyone. This log sometimes includes reports from LPD, depending on the crime’s proximity to campus. The blue emergency towers throughout campus con-
“UKPD keeps an online daily crime log that can be viewed by anyone.” nect those in distress to UKPD’s dispatchers at the press of a button. They can be found along the Cat’s Path — welllit routes through high-traffic areas that are recognizable by a series of big blue paw prints painted along the walkway. Monroe said UKPD sends out UK Alert notifications by phone, text and email whenever the department receives any report involving weapons, and these alerts sometimes extend beyond the department’s jurisdiction depending on how close it is
to campus. “Safety on campus is the number one priority,” Monroe said. UKPD sent out a campuswide email Monday encouraging students, faculty and staff to take its free Citizen Police Academy classes. The classes are Tuesdays from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. in room 214 of White Hall Classroom Building, beginning Feb. 16 and ending April 5. According to the email, the classes will provide an overview on university policing and will be presented through lectures, audio-visual aids and interactive scenarios. Topics include criminal procedure, K-9 operations, firearms and use of force, DUIs, the “Dignitary Protection Team,” and crisis management and preparedness. Safety: behind the scenes Monroe suggested downloading the LiveSafe app, a joint effort by UKPD and the Student Government Association that launched in March last year. The app offers several safety features, including tip submissions and emergency options. The app has been downloaded about 4,100 times as of December, and users have since used it to conduct more than 1,000 “SafeWalks,” a feature that allows people to track their friends using GPS. UKPD also has received 70 tips and 32 emergency contacts with LiveSafe in that
time, Monroe said. SGA teamed up with Bluegrass Cab to provide Cats Cab, a free-for-students taxi service that runs Thursdays through Saturdays from 10 p.m. to 3 a.m. throughout the academic year. The service, designed to keep students safe, now operates seven cabs; while it has its own app, LiveSafe has a link to call for one, too. Last year UK’s C.A.T.S. Survey primarily focused on sexual violence and partner violence, but it did touch on some general perceptions about safety. Of the students who took the survey, 98.2 percent reported that they felt safe on campus during the day, and 77.2 percent reported that they felt safe at night. The survey also showed that 93.9 percent of students felt like the university cares about safety, and 86.2 percent reported to receive crime bulletins, such as UK Alerts. Bryan Adams, a mathematical economics major, lived near the area where Krueger was fatally shot. Adams said there will never be a guarantee of safety, but he feels safe on campus — partially because of the alerts. “If anything, I would only want better warnings when that kind of thing happens,” Adams said. “But it’s hard to get better than what (UK does), I guess, with phone calls and phone alerts in the middle of the night.”
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fore the shooting Smith and Diaz were talking on Facebook about meeting with an individual later identified as Gonzalez. According to Bowles, Smith was “snickering and laughing” the first time police interviewed him about the crime. He told police that he had no job and spent his days protecting his gang’s territory from other gangs. Krueger’s family was present at the bond hearing. All three suspects are scheduled to be back in court March 25.
PHOTO BY MICHAEL REAVES I STAFF Circuit Court Judge Ernesto Scorsone denied bond to two of the three charged in Jonathan Krueger’s death because they could face the death penalty.
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Fighting to recognize Non-alcoholic activities first black UK employee Pinterest Party Student Activities Board
One great non-alcoholic event option is SAB’s Pinterest Party. “Pinterest Parties are crafting events. SAB provides the supplies to make crafts based off of Pinterest,” SAB Director of Campus Life Jill Marks said. The event is a threehour open window for crafting and takes place about twice every semester. “Crafting is great for stress relief and is shown to be very therapeutic,” Marks said.
The Student Activities Board is a go-to oncampus resource for non-alcoholic ventures. The group often holds events or helps other clubs draw in crowds. “SAB is one of the largest programming organizations on campus,” said Jill Marks, director of campus life for SAB. “We program and plan over 60 events a semester. We don’t just bring campus the Fall Concert — SAB works hard all year to bring great events to students.”
PHOTO BY MICHAEL REAVES I STAFF Kalvin Graves, a UK grad, has spent two years pouring through historical records to find details of the life of Pierre Whiting, UK’s first black employee. Graves hopes UK will hang a portrait in the Main Building, where Whiting worked as a child.
By Will Wright features@kykernel.com
Pierre Whiting began his career at UK as a barefooted child, carrying water to construction workers who were making bricks for the Main Building. He went on to become an institution, part of the fabric of race relations on a campus that would not accept black students for another 70 years. Whiting, or “Dean Whiting,” as students called him, was a storyteller, a role model and, most importantly, a symbol of equality and mutual respect between whites and blacks. UK grad Kalvin Graves has researched Whiting, born in 1861, for about two years, pouring through old newspaper records and minutes from board meetings, putting together the puzzle pieces of a life largely forgotten by the campus he loved. UK’s first black employee died in 1949, the same year the first black student, Lyman T. Johnson, won his right to attend UK after a legal battle in federal district court. Now, with race relations making headlines on campus and throughout the country, Graves feels it is time to hang a portrait of Whiting in the Main Building. “His spirit is still in that building,” Graves said. “I know it is because he helped build
that building as a little boy.” It took 2 million bricks to build the building, bricks that were formed by the hands of mostly black workers. But Whiting’s hands did more than help create the infrastructure of campus. As a janitor, Whiting became a pseudo-celebrity among students in White Hall — originally a dorm where Whiting worked. Newspaper clippings speak of Whiting as a role model for students despite the obvious racial divides in Lexington at the time. “Students loved him,” Graves said. “I think he did lay the groundwork for what the expectations were for AfricanAmericans ... on campus.” Whiting lived in Adamstown, a black neighborhood that stretched from the current location of Memorial Coliseum almost all the way to Broadway. Many residents worked at UK, but also throughout Lexington, laying bricks and building homes — many of which still stand. The community built a relationship with the university based on both employment and proximity. Residents stood on their roofs to watch some of UK’s first football games games they were not allowed to attend. This is Graves’ second mission: get the university to recognize Adamstown with a his-
torical marker near Memorial Coliseum. Graves will, within the next few weeks, take a proposal and historical information to Frankfort and apply for a historical marker. He will then contact UK to see if the university will allow the marker to go in front of Memorial Coliseum. Graves said to not honor Whiting — a man who dedicated his life to building the university both structurally and socially — would be a tragedy. “With the climate that is going on at UK ... he brought people together,” Graves said. “I think it is a shame that we do not have something to honor him.”
PHOTO PROVIDED BY KALVIN GRAVES Pierre Whiting set expectations for black employees on campus.
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UK gets Steak ‘n Shake News Staff news@kykernel.com
UK students will soon have yet another late-night dinner destination to choose from near campus. Steak ‘n Shake is currently being built across the street from Noodles and Company and Pazzo’s at the new Limestone Park I Residence Hall, and it is expected to be ready for students
when they return from summer break for the fall semester. This new location will give North Campus the option of classic dinner-style burgers, fries and milkshakes. Western Kentucky University recently built a Steak ‘n Shake on campus, which accepts meal plan payment options similar to flex, plus and meal swipes. UK students said they are excited for the new meal option,
and hope they are able to use meal swipes and flex dollars, as opposed to cash. “As a student with unlimited meal swipes, I’m really hoping we’re able to use meal swipes at Steak ‘n Shake,” communication sciences and disorders freshman Hunter Harvey said. “Steak ‘n Shake was one of my go-to places at home, so I can’t wait to get another awesome option for lunch and dinner.”
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Michael Johnathon’s WoodSongs Old-Time Radio Hour
Friday night pancake dinner at CSF offers students a free meal and the chance to meet new friends. “If we have a cheesy motto, it’s that we want to be the most hospitable place in the galaxy,” said Keith McMunn, an associate staff member at CSF. “Most people hang at CSF because they have fun when they do and because it’s a place to connect with other people, no matter where you are in life.”
WoodSongs is all about music and conversation. Artists come on the show to talk about their lives and their careers. The event takes place Monday nights at the Lyric Theater. “The great triad of the music world is a good artist, a good song, and a good audience,” said Michael Johnathon, the creator of WoodSongs. “When you take one of those elements away, then you have the musical equivalent of beige (boring).”
Coffee and Canvases
UK’s Cultural Arts portion of the Student Activities Board is holding the Coffee and Canvases event Feb. 11 between 5 and 8 p.m. at the King Alumni House. Taylor Hamilton, Director of Cultural Arts said students should attend this event to get a taste of what art can be, make their own art, and take home a souvenir. “Art comes in many forms and you don’t have to consider yourself an artist to enjoy art,” Hamilton said.
Common Grounds Open Mic Night Head to the location on East High Street at 7:30 p.m. on a Monday night. People who want to participate should arrive at 7 p.m. to sign up. “Common Grounds started open mic night to provide a venue for the community to grow around and to showcase people’s art and their vocal talent,” said Matt Durham, a Common Grounds employee. About 75 to 100 people attend each open mic night, with about 16 performers. STORY BY BECKY FEIGIN
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Criticizing taco class promotes racism
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MARJORIE KIRK News Editor
White people don’t understand racism. This might seem like a generalization, based on stereotypes of ignorant meatheads sporting American and Confederate flags on their pickups, or two women gossiping about Sir-Mix-a-Lot’s “Baby Got Back” video. But, it’s sadly not. Even if we aren’t the insensitive stereotypes, we will never have the first-hand experience to fully comprehend minorities’ disenfranchisement by our government, society and ancestors. That doesn’t mean we shouldn’t try to listen to their perspectives and try to see history through their eyes. To do this, white people will need to hear the narrative from someone who actually lives it. Writing, rhetoric and digital studies professor Stephen Alvarez’s class “Taco Literacy: Public Advocacy and Mexican Food in the U.S. South” is one of those narratives. And yet it is already being misconstrued by students on this campus as a joke. One might think, “A class on tacos, will I finally learn the proper way to put ground beef into a hard shell tortilla?” Comments like these circulate around campus and stifle the poignant message of a group that has lacked representation in American literature, film and the arts. What’s more frustrating is the hasty reply from “advocates” for equality who make assumptions about confusing messages because they don’t understand the motivation and message behind them (for example, the assumption that the class reduces Mexican culture to tacos). Comments like this don’t come from Latino students. They are from students who haven’t talked to Latino students about what they think of the class or what they think about how their culture is taught and captured in American literature, film and art. When people assume that paintings of immigrants working on plantations are a racist representation of Mexicans, they probably don’t think of the reverent representations of immigrant workers whom Diego Rivera captured. His pieces are celebrated because he captured his subjects in context. When students make assumptions about lifestyles and experiences to which they have never been exposed, they promote ignorance. It’s true that Americans have bastardized Mexican culture with poor imitations like Chipotle and Taco Bell, and we continue to limit accurate representations of other cultures in film and other media. But if our students hastily judge and insult courses that are finally capturing culture from the perspective of its people, then they don’t understand that they are not inclusive, and they are actually promoting racism. Marjorie Kirk is the news editor of the Kentucky Kernel. Email opinions@ kykernel.com
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Cost of UK rising too quickly
Tuition revenue has more than made up for falling state support
The future of UK tuition rates is not promising for prospective students. Gov. Matt Bevin’s proposed cuts of 9 percent for next year will likely be offset by tuition hikes. State appropriations have gone down steadily since the 2007-08 school year, and tuition has gone up in turn, but not in proportion. Money from the state for the UK general fund has dropped by about $57 million since 2007, but tuition revenue has increased by about $178 million during the same time period. This begs the question: Why does UK need to keep raising tuition? In-state students pay about $1,800 more than they did in 2007, and outof-state students pay about $4,600 more.
“There is no question that as state support has been reduced, those tuition dollars — to be sure — have become even more important,” UK spokesman Jay Blanton wrote in an email to the Kernel. “But there is also no question that we are investing more than at any time in UK’s history in students.” Students have benefitted from investments that have been possible from tuition revenue, which includes more scholarships and faculty. UK has nearly doubled its investments in institutional scholarships and financial aid since 2011, and the number of faculty has increased by about 12 percent since 2007. These investments have increased students’ ability to succeed once they arrive at UK. Retention rates are at an
all-time high (83 percent), and graduation rates are at the second highest in UK’s history (more than 61 percent). But even with the investments in students, it is hard to see tuition increases as a good thing. About 53 percent of UK students graduate with no debt, and of students who graduated with debt, the average debt load was about $27,000. The state is partially responsible for the tuition hikes and subsequent increase in student debt load. If legislators want to invest in the future of Kentucky, they should invest in higher education. But UK is also responsible. Despite falling state support, students are bearing too much of the burden. The university has more than made up for de-
creases in state appropriations since 2007 and should refrain from continuous increases. More students are choosing UK than ever before, about 13 percent more than in 2007, so clearly UK is doing something right. Also, more faculty and more resources for students living on campus are drawing applicants from across the country. Much of that growth can be attributed to tuition revenue. Higher tuition can be a good thing, and students can benefit from it, but the state has not forced the university’s hand to raise tuition by such dramatic rates. UK has implemented steep tuition increases because it wants to grow, not out of financial necessity. Email opinions@ kykernel.com
Expand area of snow removal When heavy snow falls, many students living off campus assume they will not be able to leave their houses safely for days at a time. Student neighborhoods and side streets — like those near State Street and off Euclid Avenue — are often plowed only once or never, forcing residents to drive or walk on slippery, snow-covered streets. During the most recent snow storm, Lexington did a good job plowing and clearing the main arteries like Nicholasville Road, Main Street, Red Mile Road and Euclid Avenue. These streets are listed as high priorities in the city’s Snow and Ice Control Plan for 2015-16. Some neighborhood streets, however, are not ranked at all. According to the plan, the city clears any unranked streets “as time permits and weather conditions warrant.” This policy could explain
why some neighborhoods remain largely unplowed and unnavigable days after the snow stops falling. Lexington should rank all neighborhood streets and continue sending plows until the streets are clear — or at least mostly clear. Marketing junior Sumner Franklin lives on State Street. When the last big snow storm hit on Friday, Jan. 22, Franklin said State Street remained untouched until the following Monday night or Tuesday morning. While some students celebrated the heavy snowfall by tying sleds to pickup trucks or Jeeps, others could not move their cars from parking spaces on the side of the road. Writing, rhetoric and digital studies senior Sean Murphy, who lives on University Avenue, said he was not sure if plows cleared his street at all. Murphy said his roommate managed to get to work following the storm, but he
assumed his street would only be clear when the snow melted. “(My roommates) were snowed in a couple of days,” Murphy said. “I had to walk to the gas station to get some stuff for them, because they weren’t driving anywhere.” UK did a good job clearing its streets and sidewalks, and Lexington should follow suit. While the main roads are more important, the city should not stop until the job is done. Lexington spokeswoman Susan Straub said the city rents extra equipment when needed, but it does not plan on buying more snow plows. The amount of money Lexington spent clearing snow during the recent storm is not yet available. It may not be worth it to buy plows considering how rarely the city sees heavy snow storms, but the system of clearing streets leaves many residents — especially
in student neighborhoods — stranded in the cold. When the next big snowfall hits, the city should find out which streets are neglected. Many side streets and residential areas need to be accounted for so people living there get the treatment they need. Email opinions@ kykernel.com
Snow Plow Priorities Rank 1: Nicholasville Road, Red Mile Road and Tates Creek Road. Rank 2: Woodland Avenue, E. Second Street and Lane Allen Road. Rank 3: Elizabeth Street, Angliana Avenue and Press Street. Rank 4: Columbia Avenue and Rose Street.
Parades would brighten festival seasons LEXINGTON SOUERS Features Editor
With the season of Carnival coming to an end on Wednesday, Lexington is left with a gaping hole in its social scene. Where are all the parades? Southern communities celebrate events like Mardi Gras with parades, debauchery and all around good fun. Mardi Gras is more than public in-
toxication and free beads; it’s a time for families to come together and celebrate their communities. Families plan special meals, and children can celebrate in their own way. Communities work to create successful events. The influx of people, either locals there to celebrate or those visiting from other locations, means more money in the Lexington economy. Local restaurants, or more poignantly Lexington’s vibrant food truck scene, can gain recognition and get new clients. Local art-
ists also could create floats or perform throughout the parade, drawing people to the wonderful, creative thinkers for which Lexington is gaining notoriety. In New Orleans, high school bands and dance teams practice all year for their chance to march down Canal Street. This allows schools to become more involved in the community and to garner attention for special programs and talents. Being part of the parade itself is a unique and unifying factor. Families participate together; fathers and sons, moth-
ers and daughters ride on floats Keeneland sales don’t really as a way to bond and share kindle a lot of huzzah to the average Lexingtonian. There is a St. Patrick’s Day parade, but why not a May Day parade or a parade on Memorial Day? Mardi Gras isn’t really about public intoxication or wild parties. That’s the way some people celebrate, but for the most part, New Orleans is filled with parades that are family staples. Families have been standing ground side for memories. generations, catching the same There is a question of what cheap throws with their kids Lexington would celebrate. the same way their parents and
“It’s a time for families to come together and celebrate their communities.”
grandparents did with them. Lexington would benefit from having more parades both from a social and economic perspective. Dancing in the street is something that brings the community together in ways that a council meeting can’t. So grab some throws, party up that pick-up truck and “laissez les bon temp rouler,” or “let the good times roll.” Lexington Souers is the features editor of the Kentucky Kernel. Email opinions@ kykernel.com
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Wild Fig satisfies all coffee needs New café appeals to students with wide selection of books
Easy Caprese By Aspen Gage features@kykernel.com
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Nestled among the houses along North Limestone lies a hidden gem, appealing to bookworms and coffee connoisseurs alike. Wild Fig Books and Coffee offers customers a coffee fix and an interesting collection of books. Ronald Davis and Crystal Wilkinson, the married couple who own Wild Fig, said they were eager to move from their original location on Leestown Road, which closed its doors after three years of business. The couple was initially hesitant, but ultimately decided to reopen with a new and improved Wild Fig. “We really wanted a location that had a little bit more traffic and had a lot of other things going on,” Wilkinson said. The new Wild Fig has been operating for about five months and features a café where customers can purchase coffee, tea, smoothies and even pizza. But the focal point of Wild Fig is its selection of new and used books, including a wide selection of genres ranging from comics to children’s books to autobiographies. “We’re both writers. I write fiction and Ron writes poetry, so we’ve always been interested in books,” Wilkinson said. “The other store was primarily a used bookstore and this one is primarily a new bookstore with some used books and the new
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PHOTO BY TAYLOR PENCE I STAFF Students have many coffee shop options near campus, but a trip just past downtown yields one of Lexington’s hidden gems: Wild Fig Books and Coffee. The shop has a wide selection of new and used books, as well as a café.
coffee house. It’s the model we always have wanted so we’re really excited.” One thing that stands out about the proprietors of Wild Fig is their focus on community. They host weekly events, and sometimes they have published writers visit. “One of the things that has been exciting for us is to offer things that are more community things, particularly the salons that we have on Sundays. Sometimes we have writers here who have been published, bue even when they come, the idea is that they’re engaging in the community somehow, and
it’s much more of a discussion than someone just presenting something to an audience,” Wilkinson said. “That sort of interactive community model has been what’s really important to us and it seems to be working and catching on. That’s something we’re proud of.” Wild Fig is also a great place for students. The store’s relaxed atmosphere and cozy seating area make it an optimal spot for students to study or just hang out and drink coffee with friends. “We just want to be known as a community gathering place,” Wilkinson said. “A
place where people can come grab something to eat and have great conversation about books and the community.”
College is about experimenting, trying new foods and developing refined palates. Usually, we can do this by going out to fancy restaurants. However, no one can deny the ease and comfort of a homemade grilled cheese sandwich when hunger strikes and time is short. Of course, there has to be an air of sophistication — this is college. Take grilled cheese sandwiches to the next level with this Caprese sandwich recipe. You can use any type for bread for this recipewheat, pita, Italian, sourdough or a French bread would serve well.
Add a pear on the side, or a slice in the sandwich, and voilá. Ingredients 1 tablespoon olive oil 2 slices wheat bread 2 ounces mozzarella, sliced 6 grape tomatoes halved 1/8 cup basil leaves Instructions Spread the olive oil onto one side of each slice of bread and add them to a frying pan to brown both sides, for about 30 seconds or to one’s liking. If access to a stove top isn’t an option, this can be done carefully in a toaster oven. Add the mozzarella and tomatoes onto one slice of bread while it is still simmering in the pan. Top with the second slice. Flip the sandwich and cook it for an equal amount of time. Continue until both sides are browned and the mozzarella has melted.
IF YOU GO On February 7 at 6:00 pm-7:45 pm Wild Fig will host a read-in and discussion of the book Citizen by Claudia Rankine. All are welcome.
PHOTO BY TAYLOR PENCE I STAFF Grilled cheese is delicious, but take it up a notch with this Caprese sandwich recipe.
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Hiccups don’t stop show Bevin’s education plan may aid big employers By Marjorie Kirk
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On Broadway, the show goes on, even when there is no time to put on shoes or if a crew member drops a cow. The UK Choristers pulled through despite hiccups in performances of Broadway classics Saturday for “A Night on Broadway” at the Singletary Center. From the audience’s perspective, the evening’s performances went off with few hitches, apart from a hidden crew member who was exposed after she dropped the cardboard cow prop in “Into the Woods,” but backstage the cast and crew were privy to details the crowd may have missed. The production’s director, Elizabeth Wilson, and co-director, Karina Johnson, began planning the production last semester, but they only had about three weeks, minus seven hours lost to snow cancellations, to put it together after students returned from winter break. “One of the boys backstage couldn’t find his black shirt and so we stripped another boy of his black shirt since he wasn’t in that particular number and Mason (Rice) ran out, but he didn’t have time to put his shoes on,” Wilson said. “We always planned for Mason, who
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PHOTO BY JOEL REPOLEY I STAFF UK Choristers had a successful performance of “A Night on Broadway” Saturday despite minor hiccups. The students performed songs from “Les Miserables” and “Into the Woods,” among others.
was in the following number, to be jacketed onstage, but they also ended up bringing out his shoes. So we dressed him fully onstage — thank God he had pants and a shirt on.” While the songs and singers had been selected before the spring semester, the production was set back when Kelsey Sandel took over as the choreographer for her studio’s owner, Diana Evans Pulliam, who lost her mother the first week of the semester. Despite the speedy production and complications, the students enjoyed the experience. “It’s just really fun to be able to get into a big group like this and be able to put something like this on as quickly as
we did and as awesome as we did,” arts administration senior Devyn Edwards said. Edwards said she was happy to perform with her close friend Andrew Durham as the Thenardiers in the finale, “One Day More” from “Les Miserables.” Vocal performance sophomore Blake Denson fulfilled his desire to perform as Jean Valjean from “Les Miserables,” despite his late start singing in his senior year of high school. “Music to me is like being able to express yourself in ways that you can’t verbally,” he said. “It takes your whole body to make sound, (you’re) more connected with your body when you sing.”
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Faculty and professionals criticized Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin’s recent push for science, technology, engineering and math in universities, but some Lexington employers may benefit from a focus on STEM education. Bevin proposed “outcomesbased funding,” which would have universities compete for shares of a pool of money allocated to universities that focus on training students to work in math, engineering and other STEM fields. Bevin said students would still be able to study liberal arts — he used French literature as an example — but those majors would not receive subsidies from the state like STEM departments would. While Bevin received criticism from some in the liberal arts community, technology companies could benefit from a larger and stronger workforce aided by the proposed funding incentives. According to Commerce Lexington, many of Lexington’s largest employers focus on technology and science,
with Toyota Motor Manufacturing being the second largest employer and Lexmark International being the tenth largest. Jerry Grasso, vice president of corporate communications at Lexmark, said Lexmark mostly hires people with STEM backgrounds. Lexmark hosts science and engineering fairs for middle and high school students. Paul
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Rooke, the chairman and CEO of Lexmark International, began his career as a manufacturing engineer at IBM. Lexington’s other top employers include UK, Fayette County Public Schools, and hospitals like Central Baptist and St. Joseph. Smaller employers, though, could suffer if universities shift
resources from liberal arts departments to science and math. Dabney Parker, resource developer at Kentucky Refugee Ministries, said her organization needs people with management and language skills. Parker said STEM degrees are important but technology has connected the world more than ever, making language and cultural knowledge more valuable and more necessary. “Having a strong math or engineering background is not going to be necessarily helpful in working with folks from Africa or Iraq,” Parker said. “It’s not to say the people that have the STEM (degrees) aren’t kind, creative folks, but those are not the skills we’re looking for.” Bevin said his plan would focus on creating college graduates equipped with the skills employers want. The majority of Lexington’s top companies — mostly hospitals and technology companies — focus on hiring STEM students rather than liberal arts. UK French literature professor Jeffrey N. Peters criticized Bevin in an op-ed by saying, “Who decides what ‘things people want,’ by the way?”
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Men’s tennis sweep MSU, Dayton By John Rowland sports@kykernel.com
The 49th ranked UK men’s tennis team (6-1) bounced back with 6-0 sweeps against the Murray State Racers and the Dayton Flyers on Saturday at the Hilary J. Boone Tennis Complex. In the first match, Ryotaro Matsumura (UK) downed Will True (MSU) in two sets: 6-1, 6-4. Then against Dayton, Matsumura downed Jordan Benjamin 6-2, 6-3. Matsumura is 6-1 on the season. Enzo Wallart (UK) picked up his third win of the season as he defeated Marcel Ueltzhoeffer (MSU) in the second match: 6-4, 6-1. Wallart did not participate against Dayton. On the third court, Austin Hussey (UK) handed the loss to Srdjan Trosic (MSU) 6-1, 6-0. Then against Dayton, Hussey improved his record to 4-2, downing Carsten Fisher (DAY) 6-4, 6-2. Hussey’s teammate, Gus Benson (UK) also climbed back to over .500 as he downed David Schrott (MSU) 6-3, 6-1. In his second match, Benson defeated Zach Berry (DAY) 7-6 (2), 6-2. Benson now holds a 3-1 record on the year. Jake Stefanik (UK) picked up a win in his second match of the season as he defeated David Hess (MSU) 6-1, 6-1 in the fifth match. Then against Dayton, the sixth match pitted Stefanik against Lorenzo Rollhauser (DAY), where Stefanik defeated Rollhauser 6-0, 6-4 on his way to a 3-0 record on the year. Competing in the sixth match against Murray State, Kevin Lai (UK) defeated Javier Villar (MSU) 6-2, 6-1. This was his first singles match of the season and his 40th career victory in singles play. Lai did not compete in the Dayton match. In the UK-Dayton match, No. 79 William Bushamuka (UK) defeated Bernardo Sanson (DAY) 6-3, 6-0. In the fifth match against Dayton, Charles Minc (UK) earned the victory in tiebreaker and made quick work in the second set as he collected a 7-6 (1), 6-2 victory over Simon Jayarman (DAY). UK returns to action Feb. 13 against a tough No. 25 Northwestern Wildcats team in Chicago.
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UK-Georgia By Josh Ellis
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Georgia heating up In Georgia’s last two games, it upset No. 20 South Carolina and followed with a 10-point win against Auburn, pushing the lead to 25 at one point. The two consecutive wins bumped up Georgia to a tie for third in the SEC.
The Bulldogs will need solids outing from J.J. Frazier (16.3 ppg and 4.4 apg) and Yante Maten (15.6 ppg and 7.9 rpg) if they wish to accomplish what to team has done against UK this season – beat the Cats in Rupp Arena.
More Humphries With senior forward Alex Poythress sitting out of Saturday’s win over Florida because of injury, freshman Isaac Humphries saw an increase of minutes. The Australian native scored four points — the first time he’s scored since
Dec. 12 — and corralled six rebounds in his 15 minutes of play. UK head coach John Calipari was pleased with Humphries’ performance, saying he earned himself potential playing time in the near future.
Flurry of Murray Jamal Murray has been unstoppable as of late. The freshman guard scored 35 points against Florida, which tied the record for most points in a single game by a UK player in the Calipari era.
He has only scored in single-digits once this year, and that was in the second game of the year. Don’t expect Murray to cool down, as his points per game average should continue to climb after the Georgia game.
Position breakdown By Anthony Crawford sports@kykernel.com
A position-by-position breakdown of the UK-Georgia matchup on Tuesday. Tyler Ulis vs. J.J. Frazier Sophomore Tyler Ulis is coming off a career-day against Florida. The 5’9” point guard had 18 points to go along with his career-high 11 assists, and at this point, great play is just his norm. He will have the honor of defending Georgia’s leading scorer, J.J. Frazier, who comes into the matchup averaging 16.3 points per game. Frazier is also shooting 41.6 percent from three. Isaiah Briscoe vs. Kenny Gaines This will be senior Kenny Gaines’ third trip to Rupp Arena, so expect that he will not be rattled by playing on the big stage. Isaiah Briscoe will have to work hard in this matchup chasing Gaines off the three-point line as he comes in with the most made threes for the Bulldogs and a respectable 39.8 percent clip from deep. After struggling with free throws for much of the season, UK head coach John Calipari asked Briscoe to start looking to pass more when he drove instead of trying to draw fouls. The freshman responded with a six assist outing against Florida and only had one turnover. If he can keep that kind of play up, it will be much easier for UK to get some easy points around the basket. Jamal Murray vs. Charles Mann Jamal Murray has been able to score all season, but he is finally starting to take the shots
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that the coaching staff wants. The Canadian freshman scored 35 points while going 8-for-10 from deep against Florida, and it’s hard to imagine his confidence being any higher heading into the matchup with Georgia. For all the leaps and bounds Murray has made on his offensive game, his defense has yet to follow. He struggled to stay in front of Kansas’ Wayne Selden and allowed him to score 33 points. Charles Mann is the type of player that tries to get to the basket, and he usually succeeds and gets fouled. The senior leads the team in free throws attempted and it will be important for Murray to stay in front of Mann to keep the UK bigs from getting in foul trouble. Derek Willis vs. Kenny Paul Geno Junior Kenny Paul Geno is giving up a lot of height in this matchup, coming in at 6’6”, especially with 6’9” Derek Willis’ rebounding efforts being so great since finding himself in
the starting lineup. Willis also comes in as the better shooter from deep, shooting 39.7 percent compared to Geno’s 22.9 percent. Geno, like Willis, was just recently inserted into the starting lineup, but his scoring average is still just a modest three points per game. Willis had a small impact against Florida, but he was still able to get 12 points. Alex Poythress or Marcus Lee vs. Yante Maten Just before the Florida game, it was announced that senior Alex Poythress was dayto-day and would not play. He received X-rays on Sunday but, if he is unable to play again, junior Marcus Lee will be his replacement for the second game in a row. Yante Maten is the lone underclassman to start for the Bulldogs, but he makes the biggest impact in the paint for them. He is Georgia’s second leading scorer with 15.6 per game, and the team’s best rebounder hauling in 7.9 per game.
PHOTO BY MICHAEL REAVES I STAFF Isaiah Briscoe will have to work hard in this matchup chasing Kenny Gaines off the three-point line.
UK Hoops continues dominance over LSU By Caitlin Schwartz sports@kykernel.com
The UK women’s basketball team (16-6, 5-6 SEC) ended its three-game losing streak as senior Janee Thompson led the No. 18 ranked Cats in a victory over the LSU Tigers (8-16, 2-9 SEC), 70-58 Sunday afternoon. Thompson recorded her third-career double-double. “I think (with) the amount of assists I had, I have to give a lot of credit to my teammates. They did a good job of knocking down shots and making lay-ups,” Thompson said. “They gave me all the confidence in the world today to go out and play hard and play my game, because I only have a few games left. They were really just behind me the entire time.” This is the 16th time the UK Hoops captain has crossed into double-figure scoring. She ended the game with 16 points, 10 assists, two rebounds and a steal. “She had a great game today, and she really showed some great leadership today and some great fire. Our leadership today from her standpoint was really good,” UK head coach Matthew Mitchell said after the game. “I know that was a tough time for her Thursday night to go in that building after that injury and to come back today and she shot the ball great. Her shots are looking really good and
PHOTO BY CAMERON SADLER I STAFF With the win on Sunday, UK has kept LSU winless in Lexington since 2009.
we just have to make sure we take good ones and we will be in good shape.” With the victory, UK has kept LSU winless in Lexington since 2009. The Cats shot an outstanding 56 percent from the field to begin the game and scored the most 1st-quarter points scored all season in league action, with a lead of 26-10 over the Tigers. Five straight points from Thompson helped the Cats to go on a 7-0 run in the second quarter, making the halftime score 37-22. The third quarter looked much like the first as the Cats had another 20-point quarter, outscoring the Tigers 21-14. LSU ended the period down 22, at 58-36. The fourth quarter started slipping away from the Cats as LSU scored 12 of the first 14 points of the quarter, pressuring UK to call a timeout. They outscored UK 22-12 in
the fourth quarter but only got within 10 points with a little over a minute left to play. “We also cannot seem to stand success when we get a big lead. It just seems that we don’t value defense possessions the way we need to,” Mitchell said. “But, they just started doing whatever they wanted to, they were in the fourth quarter, and luckily we scored enough to win. It was not our finest moment and we will try to get better from it.” LSU outrebounded UK, 37-28. The next closest player to 15 rebounds was LSU’s Akilah Bethel with six rebounds adding 10 points for the Tigers. “I loved some of the things that we did to build a big lead, but we just showed a lot of immaturity there by letting the fourth quarter get away from us, but happy to win,” Mitchell said.