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Students march against travel ban
PHOTO BY ARDEN BARNES I STAFF UK students, faculty and staff participated in the “No Ban, No Wall. Peace and Love for All” march on Thursday. The march was held in conjunction with the nationwide “Academics Unite” movement taking place on many college campuses throughout the country.
By Richard Childress news@kykernel.com
A large group of UK students participated in a student-led immigration ban march on Thursday, Feb. 9. The march protested the recent immigration ban, decried by President Trump’s executive order on Jan. 27. The students marched in conjunction with a series of other student-led protests in universities across the nation. Students
met in the Don & Cathy Jacobs Science Building and then proceeded around campus, yelling their slogan, “No ban, no wall, peace and love for all.” “The main idea behind the march is of course to protest the executive order but to also show that we, as the UK community value the principles of inclusion and compassion. That we are all one group and one community,” said Ranym Nenneh, a junior psychology major, who is an international student from Syria
and the event coordinator. Students originating from all over the world, like Shane Peter D’Souza, an international student and junior biology major, came out to voice their feelings and opinions. “The executive order affects people from many Muslim countries, but also many of us who were born and raised there but are not necessarily Muslim are also apprehensive about heading back home and seeing our families anymore,” said D’Souza,
Workshops help students cope with mental stressors By Lauren Mason news@kykernel.com
UK’s Disability Resource Center and Counseling Center have partnered to host biweekly workshops in February to help students cope with common internal struggles. The workshops are offered every Tuesday and Thursday in February from 6-7 p.m. in classroom 219 of The 90. DRC Disability Accomodations Consultant Duke Pettit and graduate student Justin Benton, who also works for the DRC, lead the workshops on Thursday evenings. Pettit and Benton work with students who have anxiety, depression and attention-deficit/ hyperactivity disorder. Within the workshops, they provide ideas and strategies to help students manage the anxieties and social structures that accompany their disorders. This setting allows students to gather in an intimate environment to confidentially communicate with one another and share coping strategies. “The DRC exists to understand the student’s unique needs and then to provide the appropriate accommodations that support students’ academic goals,” Pettit said. The DRC offers a multi-
tude of services for students on campus, including consultation services, alternative testing accommodations, service animal registration and door-to-door transportation services for those who have mobile impairments. According to uky.edu, the center also
“The DRC exists to understand the student’s unique needs.” Duke Petit
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partners with many external resources who work to further habilitate these students with disabilities. DRC Director David Beach noted the importance of these partnerships in order for students to be able to fully obtain the college experience. “We work with campus partners to ensure students have access to necessary services to allow them to fully participate in the university community,” Beach said. According to Pettit, the DRC currently provides ac-
comodatingservices for over 1,740 undergraduate students. The most used of these services include alternate classroom and testing accommodations. “The DRC has provided me with the tools to complete a successful and lucrative college career. Without their amenities, I wouldn’t have been able to have such a promising future,” DRC client and junior journalism major Katherine Manouchehri said. “The accommodations we can provide are intended to take into account the processing, attention, physical, learning or psychological impairments that can seriously hinder a student’s ability to compete with their peers and to achieve academically. We must all keep in mind that not every student learns in the same way and that we are all differently abled,” Pettit said. Students can contact the DRC by phone at (859) 2572754 to set up an appointment and become registered for their services. Students can also be diagnosed with such disorders through UK’s Student Health Clinic. The Counseling Center leads the workshops each Tuesday and the DRC each Thursday.
who was born in India and raised in Dubai. Some students, like Cameron Tyrrell, a doctoral student focusing on gender and women’s studies, found the march to be another key protest in the movement against many of President Trump’s new policies. “Something that people need to realize is that politics is not transactionable. Just because a democrat is not in the oval office does not mean you get to lie down and take 8 years or 4 years
off. You have to be constantly showing up. Especially in a state that is as red as Kentucky,” Tyrrell said. “Students and faculty members are really affected by this, we have 118 students from just the seven countries listed in the ban and we have 3,000 who are international students. So, I just feel like as an academic institution we have a voice and we need to use that to our advantage,” said Nenneh, on the purpose and importance of the march.
Panel probes fake news
By Kelsey Mattingly news@kykernel.com
Under a Trump administration repeatedly accusatory of “fake news” backed up by “alternative facts,” UK journalism professors Dr. Mike Farrell and Al Cross broke things down at a campus panel on Thursday afternoon as part of an ongoing series sponsored by the College of Communication and UK’s Society of Professional Journalists chapter. President Donald Trump has claimed that a majority of reports about him are falsehoods. Thus, the terms “fake news” and “alternative facts” have become topics of conversation in the media world. Cross, the Director of the Institute for World Journalism and Unity Issues, believes government figures use the term “fake news” to address news they aren’t fond of. He noted that now more than ever the American public is taking their cues from politicians instead of experts reporting the facts. “The First Amendment is a limited protection. We have to fight. We are dependent on the goodwill of the public,” Cross said. Since 2005 there has been a gradual decline in the public’s trust in the media, primarily caused by the internet. It is easy for government officials to bypass the media to release information via social media platforms. “The media was never meant to serve as a friend to
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PHOTO BY HUNTER MITCHELL I STAFF Doctor Mike Farrell and Professor Al Cross gave a seminar on the dangers of fake news and alternative facts on Thursday.
any government official,” Dr. Farrell said. Both speakers agreed it is the responsibility of the media to serve as a watchdog, not a partisan outlet for biased opinions. As the media, “We need to do a better job of reporting faithfully, truthfully and accurately,” Dr. Farrell said. At the start of the panel, Cross mentioned that Trump claims the media has become the opposition party. Moments later, Dr. Farrell reiterated that Trump came close to the truth in that sentiment. He also agreed that some complaints about the media from Trump are justified. This stems from instances in which the media has incorrectly reported big stories. One such attack from Trump was targeted at Time magazine journalist Zeke Miller, who falsely reported Trump had the Martin Luther
King Jr. bust removed from the Oval Office. “There’s no understanding or explaining why they get those big stories wrong,” Dr. Farrell said. It is the job of the media to be mindful of errors and continue to factcheck. Cross agreed, asking, “Should we keep fact checking? Of course. It’s a matter of attitude, we don’t need extraordinary measures.” In a new America where the media is steadily losing the trust of the public, it is imperative for journalists to remain calm, according to Cross. Journalists are to hold political figures and institutions accountable in a dispassionate way that separates what is reality versus fiction. But in his closing statements, Cross warned the audience. “When the government starts believing its own lies, then we’re in trouble.”
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Milo Yiannopoulos protected, not censored
lars of property damage was administered, it was found in the best interest of both Yiannopoulos and the college to Assistant cancel the event. Opinions “If U.C. Berkeley does not Editor allow free speech and practicWhat occurred between es violence on innocent people Milo Yiannopoulos and the campus of the University of California, Berkeley was a very complicated situation, but it was not censorship. After being invited by UC Berkeley’s College Republicans, Milo Yiannopoulos, an alt-right figurehead often accused of delivering purposefully inflammatory addresses, was later told to scratch the with a different point of view plan. This was not an act of NO FEDERAL FUNDS?” was censorship, but a defense of President Trump’s response to the incident. Yiannopoulos’s safety. This statement is loaded After the announcement of Yiannopoulos’s scheduling to with many misconceptions speak, UC Berkeley erupted and assumptions that must be into protests that quickly be- dissected. First, UC Berkeley never came violent. Once Molotov cocktails and fireworks were acted in a way that limited, thrown and thousands of dol- discouraged or barred free BLAKE BLEVINS
speech. The college honored Yiannopoulos’s invitation to speak until the very moment it was determined dangerous to himself and others for the conservative spokesman to appear on campus. Next, to say that the Uni-
“UC Berkeley condemns...the actions of individuals who invaded the campus, infiltrated a crowd of peaceful students and used violent tactics.”
PHOTO BY LYDIA EMERIC I STAFF Owner of Chocolate Holler Salvador Sanchez is excited to host the grand opening on Friday.
By Taylor Hubbard features@kykernel.com
Chocolate Holler opened for business on Friday, Feb. 3 as a project of Cup of Commonwealth. The bar is constantly expanding its selection of chocolates and other tasty delights. Chocolate Holler has been in the works for the last couple years, said Director of Marketing Allen Warford. “There was ideas for a coffee shop, a chocolate bar, an espresso bar, and also for a breakfast spot,” Warford said. The chocolate bar is the offspring of Cup of Commonwealth. The design is even similar to that of a Cup of Commonwealth, but with the focus on chocolate rather than coffee. Chocolate Holler is a chocolate bar and retail shop that serves hot chocolate, coffee, baked goods, retail chocolates and sipping chocolates that are made of concentrated dark chocolate. Warford added that they plan to eventually sell truffles along with serving coffee. The hot chocolates are different than other chocolates because they have blended hot chocolate bases which more ingredients are added to. There are different flavors of hot chocolate such as the Elvis, which
is chocolate, peanut butter and banana, and the Maple Bacon, which is chocolate, maple syrup, and bacon bits. The sipping chocolates are ground up retail chocolate bars mixed with milk that Warford said are like the espresso of chocolate. Chocolate Holler is similar to other chocolate bars, but they consider themselves more of a chocolate bar and coffee bar rather than a chocolate shop. Like a coffee shop, they serve different flavors and strengths of chocolate. Most of the chocolate is sourced from Africa, South America, and Central America and can be found in other retail shops such as French Broad chocolate and Vosges chocolate. “It is a really tied interest with coffee,” Warford said. The people at Chocolate Holler hope the chocolate industry will continue to grow like the coffee industry has. The chocolate bar is open, like a Cup of Commonwealth, to inquiries for parties and celebrations. Chocolate Holler is located at 400 Old Vine St., suite #104. They are open Monday through Thursday from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. and Friday through Saturday from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. The bar is closed on Sundays.
Nicholas Dirks UC Berkely Chancellor
versity of California, Berkeley “practices violence on innocent people with a different point of view” would mean the violence and destruction that occurred preceding the scheduled event was sanctioned and carried out by the university. In contrast, within his statement on the recent happenings, UC Berkeley Chan-
cellor Nicholas Dirks said, “UC Berkeley condemns in the strongest possible terms the actions of individuals who invaded the campus, infiltrated a crowd of peaceful students and used violent tactics to close down the event.” If anyone is to be condemned, it is the violent protestors who discredited a valid expression of disdain towards allegedly polarizing and divisive speech. Yiannopoulos’s right to deliver his message is protected under the same stature as others’ to publicly denounce him. However, what is not protected is the endangerment of others and destruction of property. “Even if all the things they’ve said about me were true, this would still not be an appropriate response to ideas,” said Milo Yiannopoulos in his statement issued via YouTube. Email opinions@ kykernel.com
Bowling Green mourns massacre victims BAILEY VANDIVER Contributing Columnist
The Bowling Green Massacre was a tragic event that affected many families in the Bowling Green, Kentucky area. The community truly joined together to work through such a difficult time. Okay, not really. When Kellyanne Conway referenced the “Bowling Green Massacre” in an interview on MSNBC, Many residents thought of the years spent in their hometown. Obviously, none of those memories included a massacre. Whenever something trag-
ic occurs somewhere in the world, like the Paris or Orlando attacks, social media is consumed by news of that event. This incident taught us that the same is true of fake tragedies, though in this case people were sharing jokes instead of prayers. But why all of the jokes? Why did a mistake that Conway later apologized for draw so much attention in the first state that went red on election night? Kentuckians don’t see themselves in the news all that often. The little thrill of excitement was felt when people’s hometown, well-known only within its own state, was trending on Twitter and later used as material on Saturday Night Live.
Many made sure to use #BowlingGreenMassacre on Twitter to make sure that everyone knew that while people across the country or even the world could make all the jokes they wanted about a town they had never heard of, it was a special place to others. Conway apologized for her misspeaking, and the true story has been widely circulated by now. However, that doesn’t erase the phrase “Bowling Green Massacre” from the internet or, more importantly, from people’s minds. Now Bowling Green is most well-known for something that never actually happened. More people know Bowling Green as home to the massacre that never was than as home to an underground boat ride. More
people know Bowling Green as a meme than as the place where every Corvette is made. More people know what Bowling Green is not than what it is. That’s the true harm of fake news. Not that it can’t be corrected, but that it can’t be erased. It offers an untrue or incomplete picture of a person or place. More harmful than people who only know Bowling Green as the location of a fake massacre are the people who think there was a real one. So what did this teach us? Three things: further research is important, politicians still aren’t perfect and people from my Bowling Green can be really funny with the right material. Email opinions@ kykernel.com
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UK softball gets off to shaky start in opening weekend
UK withstands late-surge from Alabama on the road By Phillip Hawkins
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PHOTO BY HUNTER MITCHELL I STAFF Junior pitcher Meagan Prince (5) pitches the ball during the game against the Auburn Tigers on Friday.
By Chase Campbell news@kykernel.com
UK fans knew the softball team was young and different from years past, but they didn’t expect the No. 20 Cats to drop two in a row to an unranked team, and start the season 3-2. Unfortunately, that’s exactly what happened during Kentucky’s five-game series in Orlando, Fla. that began Friday. The weekend began with a convincing 4-2 win against Florida A&M, with three of the Cats’ four runs coming in the final inning of play. The lone scoring freshman, second baseman Alex Martens, went 2-4 batting and had two RBI. After the close win against Florida A&M, however, the Cats started to slip. They finished Friday with a tough 3-1
loss to Pittsburgh, getting only five hits in the game, half of what they got against Florida A&M. Pitcher Meagan Prince gave a valiant effort, however, with 10 strikeouts, holding the Panthers to six hits. To start Saturday, the Cats struggled even further, losing to Pittsburgh again, this time by a 6-3 final. UK only gave up six hits in the game, but the Cats gave up several big plays in the fourth inning, allowing four runs. The young UK team, at this point, was 1-2 and in need of a little redemption in Central Florida to still start the season strong. UK found that redemption in a strong 6-3 win against UCF on its home field. Freshman infielder Kierston Moore found her spark, with 3 RBI, a homerun and going 2-2 at bat. The Cats got a season high 11 hits, with the team hitting at
a combined .407 rate, while holding the Knights to a .181 average at bat. Meagan Prince continued her strong play, with seven strikeouts, but this time, she was granted the win. To end the weekend, the Cats played their second game against Florida A&M, shutting them out 3-0. While they did shut out the Rattlers, it wasn’t as pretty as it likely should’ve been. It was an extremely defensive game, with both teams combining for only eight hits and six strikeouts. Florida A&M is now 0-5, and UK finished the weekend with a winning record at 3-2. It’ll be known if the Cats worked out the kinks on Wednesday, as they’ll take on No. 8 UCLA in Los Angeles, starting a full weekend in California. During this stretch, they’ll have to play the Bruins twice and also No. 9 Oregon.
After a tough win at home against LSU, No. 15 UK men’s basketball traveled to Tuscaloosa to face the Alabama Crimson Tide Saturday afternoon. The Cats played a good all-around game defeating the Crimson Tide 67-58 giving UK their 10th SEC win, tying them with No. 17 Florida for first place in conference. The story of the first half for the Cats was their defense. In the first half, the Cats only allowed 20 points but they also forced eight turnovers and blocked five shots as well. Alabama’s 20 point first half was the fewest points scored in a half against UK this season. Bam Adebayo was one of the high point men for the Cats, scoring 14 points to go along with seven rebounds and two of the teams six blocks. Eight of his 14 points came off of dunks that got the team going. He was neutralized in the second half picking up his fourth foul with 9:54 left in the in the game and later fouled out of the game with six minutes left. Foul trouble was huge down the stretch in the game for the Cats. Besides Adebayo, there were four Cats who finished the game with four fouls and one more who finished with three. If it wasn’t for the Crimson Tide’s horrific 9-26 free throw shooting, UK could have found itself in trouble. The Crimson Tide were led by forward Braxton Key as he scored a team-high 21 points. His play in the second half
PHOTO BY JOSH MOTT I STAFF Kentucky guard Isaiah Briscoe celebrates after sinking a 3-point shot during the game against LSU at Rupp Arena on Tuesday.
was crucial for Alabama as he would score 17 of his 21 in the second half. After being down by as much as 18, his play helped get the Crimson Tide get within six points of UK’s lead with under three minutes left in the game. It was Isaiah Briscoe who played big in helping hold off Alabama in the crucial moments of the game when it got close. Briscoe would finish the game with 11 points and a team-high 11 rebounds. It was Briscoe’s fourth double-double of the season and his
sixth in his time at UK. He scored seven of his 11 points in the final 4:24 of the game to help the Cats close out the game. This win over Alabama brings the Cats record up to 20-5 on the year and 10-2 in SEC play this season. The Cats will look to keep the ball rolling as they will start to prepare for their next home game on Valentine’s Day as they battle against Tennessee for the second time this season. The last time these two teams met Tennessee beat the Cats by two in Knoxville.
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