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Kentucky Kernel wins college newspaper award By News staff
newspaper last won the award in 2008. The Pacemaker award is sponsored by the Associated Collegiate Press. This is the third Pacemaker award the Kernel has received since 2000. The award is like the Pulitzer of college
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The Kentucky Kernel won a prestigious college newspaper award this weekend, the Pacemaker award. The Kernel was presented in Washington, D.C. The
journalism, and it puts last years’ staff in the top one percent of student journalists. “This award shows that good journalism is alive and is doing well,” said last year’s Editor-In-Chief Will Wright. The newspapers that were
submitted for the Pacemaker included stories such as “The women behind the mask,” “Driving under the radar,” “Observing UK’S gender pay gap” and “Local Congolese community welcomes refugee.”
Wright wrote “The woman behind the mask,” a story about a UK employee that turned into a bank robber and Marjorie Kirk, the paper’s current editor in chief, wrote “Driving under the radar,” a story about an in depth
account of an anonymous taxi system for fraternity parties. “It is very encouraging for the staff at the Kernel and students at the university to be recognized in the top one percent,” Kirk said.
Cats win thriller against MSU
PHOTO BY ADDISON COFFEY I STAFF Kentucky kicker Austin MacGinnis connects on a game-winning 51-yard field goal to give the Wildcats the 40-38 win over Mississippi State on Saturday in Lexington.
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In typical UK Football fashion, the Cats took another one down to the wire in SEC play, this time against Mississippi State. Fortunately for the Big Blue Nation, things went their way. In a game that looked as if it had been squandered away by UK, the team fought back against adversity to pull out a dramatic and important 40-38 victory over the Bulldogs, snapping Dan Mullen’s seven game win streak against the Cats. “Once again, we showed that re-
siliency, and we showed that toughness, and all that stuff I talked about is starting to pay off in the off-season with being physically tougher, mentally tougher, and being able to bounce back from adversity,” head coach Mark Stoops said. “That’s what I’m most proud of.” That resiliency and toughness were no more evident than in the final ten minutes of the game. Those ten minutes on Saturday night could end up being the minutes that dictate if UK will get to a bowl or not in 2016. With just over 9:33 left on the clock and UK up 34-24, the Cats
looked as if they were going to basically put the game away inside the MSU ten yard-line. Instead, quarterback Stephen Johnson fumbled and the Bulldogs returned it for a touchdown cutting the UK lead to 3. As the momentum shifted, the Cats were able to respond with an Austin MacGinnis field goal which brought their lead up to six with 6:52 left in the game. Unfortunately, the Bulldogs responded with a 14-play, 77-yard drive capped off by MSU QB Nick Fitzgerald touchdown pass to grab a 38-37 lead with 1:09 left on the
UK Board of Trustees approves major changes By McKenna Horsley news@kykernel.com
The UK Board of Trustees approved several changes Friday that will affect the future of the university. The university will focus on improving the graduation rates of students. The Board of Trustees approved plans to build a new baseball stadium on South Campus and affirmed their support for the Schnatter Institute for Free Enterprise. UK announced the UK LEADS initiative, or Leveraging Economic Affordability for Developing Success. Under the initiative, the university will move from awarding 90 percent of its aid on academic merit to awarding most of its funding based on financial need. The scholarship changes will not affect current stu-
dents but future students beginning in fall 2017. “We have made tremendous strides in the last five years in improving academic quality and diversity while growing the number of students we educate to meet the needs of our state and region, but that’s not enough,” UK President Eli Capilouto said via press release. “We must move more quickly and dramatically to impact student success. Unmet financial need is one of the – if not the – biggest obstacle to graduation and to being debt free.” On Friday, the board heard a $49 million proposal to build a new baseball stadium off Alumni Drive. In addition to the project, the board heard a $2 million proposal to move and upgrade the soccer practice field. During the upgrades, UK will make other upgrades to green spaces,
recreational areas and parking on South Campus for all students. A panel of Title IX experts also addressed the UK Board of Trustees Friday about how the university’s sexual misconduct investigations work. Board Chairman Britt Brockman said the experts were invited to continue “an important dialogue” that started at the Sept. 9 meeting of the Board of Trustees. The university has recently come under fire for refusing to release documents to the Kentucky Kernel in a sexual misconduct investigation of former associate professor of entomology James Harwood. The panel included UK’s General Counsel William Thro, UK’s Deputy Title IX Coordinator and Compliance
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clock. At that moment, it felt like yet again, the Cats would lose a winnable conference game at home, but instead a quick 7-play, 46-yard drive had UK in range for MacGinnis to win the game. And that’s what he did, drilling a 51-yard field goal as time expired to give the Cats arguably their biggest win of the Stoops-era. “As soon as we went up six, I started telling myself ‘this might come down to me.’ they started driving, so I had to put in my mind ‘I’m about to kick a game-winner,’” MacGinnis said.
Had it not been for the crazy second half that followed a sluggish first half, MacGinnis may have never been in that position at all. “It feels good to win; I don’t think I have ever celebrated harder in my life than I did in that press box. There may have been some damaged windows up there because we were celebrating like we won the lottery up there,” defensive coordinator D.J. Eliot said. “It was a tremendous feeling; we are so excited. It’s the players that did it and we just have to build off of this and keep going.”
Assistant architecture professor recognized
was not the only rewarding commentary the building received. The Real Deal also A UK assistant professor of described the building as “one architecture Martin Summers of the most cutting-edge buildwas a part of a team that de- ings in America.” signed a building that has been described as an architectural “There were parts “masterpiece” by Business Insider. of it that I could On Sept. 11, The Real Deal, find myself totally a popular New York real estate excited about that website, published an article titled “10 overlooked architecI got to focus on tural masterpieces in the U.S.” and really work The building Summers helped design was included on the list through.” and is now being recognized Martin Summers nationally. Associate professor of The building is called the architecture Perot Museum of Nature and Science and is located in DalWhen Summers and the las, Texas. team designed thebuilding, “It’s awesome. It means Summers worked for a comyou’re doing something that pany called Morphosis Archimatters to someone,” Summers tects. said. Summers graduated from The “masterpiece” label- UK in 1996 with an underBy Morgan Haas
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graduate degree from the College of Architecture. He then went on to graduate school at University of California, Los Angeles. Summers said that it was an honor to have the opportunity to work for such a prestigious company right out of school. For the Perot Museum, Summers spent a lot of his time working on the exterior envelope and the atrium, which require a more intricate design process. He said his skill set includes being able to think through complex relationships with architecture software. Summers said that he really enjoyed working on designing the museum. “There were parts of it that I could find myself totally excited about that I got to focus on and really work through,” Summers said. See PROFESSOR on page 4
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UK makes plays towards winning culture ANTHONY CRAWFORD Sports Editor
It’s fair to say that if you win a game by a play, you could have just as easily lost by a play. And there’s no shortage of plays that come to mind that could be pointed at as reasons why UK could have been on the opposite side of its 40-38 victory against Mississippi State. From all the errant passes by QB Stephen Johnson in the first half, to all the drops on the decent passes he was able to get off, to the failed twopoint conversion after UK’s first touchdown. And all the way to the missed field goal at the very beginning of the game from Mr. Big Shot him-
self Austin MacGinnis. There were plenty of more plays or reasons why this team shouldn’t have come out on top, but none of them mattered when MacGinnis made right by drilling the 51-yard field goal attempt as time expired to give the Cats the game. None of those plays were going through the team’s head when they refused to stay down because of the adversity that had struck them. UK has started to develop a habit, but it is one that the coaching staff has been working tirelessly to instill since head coach Mark Stoops arrived at UK. The winning culture that has been preached and sold to the Big Blue Nation for years without prevail, is starting to take shape. Things have started to break right for UK and it was apparent in many plays be-
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sides just the ball being kicked through the uprights on that last play. The turn-around from Johnson in the game is one that may define UK’s season going forward. For much of the first half, he looked exactly like he did prior to the bye week. Johnson’s 101 yards — inflated by 53 yards by two quick plays to Ryan Timmons close to the end of the half — on 9-for-22 passing was not going to be enough to get it done for UK to come out with a win, and even warranted some calls for backup Gunnar Hoak to replace him. Then he completely flipped a switch to start the second half going 5-for-5 for 151 yards and two touchdowns in the third quarter alone and turning the game into a shootout that UK carried the momentum in. “I think he made some
big-time plays,” offensive coordinator Eddie Gran said of Johnson. But adversity, for UK especially, often strikes when things are going right and it did again as a fumble from Johnson inside the Mississippi State 10 yard-line turned into a scoop-and-score for the Bulldogs keeping them in the game at 34-31 instead of the drive churning out a two-possession lead. UK responded with two field goals, but Mississippi State broke through for a touchdown to set up an allor-nothing drive for UK with 1:09 left. The Cats of old has had opportunities and their bowl eligibility has been sacrificed as a result of falling short. But this wasn’t those UK teams. And MacGinnis’ kick showed it.
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Mafia III misses A Washington, D.C. outsider the target Editorial
DALTON STOKES Kernel Columnist
Mafia III is a game that should have been great. It had an engaging story with fairly good characters, emotional and dark cinematics, and fantastic narrative framing, but this was all lessened by its generic and repetitive gameplay. Starting the game, I was instantly captivated by the story and the narrative framing of the game. It is centered around a black Vietnam veteran named Lincoln Clay, whose family runs the black mob in New Bordeaux, based on New Orleans. The story is told through interviews of a black minister, who is close to Clay at the time, by an FBI agent investigating the events surrounding Clay’s return from the war. This added an extra layer of mystery to the story, as the player doesn’t know why this agent is interested in Clay or what he is being investigated for. The first six hours of gameplay, I was completely hooked. I continued to play because I simply wanted to see what happened next. Then, as I got past the fast-paced introduction to the game, I began losing interest. Important cinematics became fewer and farther between and I felt less excitement driving me to get to the next major plot point. The gameplay became the downfall of the game. Players continue playing a game for two main reasons: because they enjoy the plot and want to see what comes next or because the gameplay
is fun, interesting and challenging. These two things usually work together to keep the player engaged, and good games incorporate both in an interactive and enjoyable way. The problem with Mafia III is that the gameplay is so repetitive and menial that it doesn’t feel worth it to trudge through to the next major plot point, and the plot points are so far apart it’s like a running marathon to see what happens next. The biggest redeeming factors of this game are the layers of depth to the story, and the general authenticity of the environment. The game does a great job of captivating the aesthetic of the time period and the pre- and post-Vietnam mindset of Americans at that time. The developers’ use and choice of music is also effective in helping immerse the player in the spirit of the time period. In addition, the game does a good job at presenting commentary about racism in the deep south at the time. From police making catcalls at black women to people actually being taken from Africa to be sold into slavery in backroom auctions, the game paints a disturbing picture of what went on in the deep south. Much of the presentation of racism through the game is easy for the player to miss because it is presented in subtleties such as conversations on the street and radio casts. Altogether, I think Mafia III was worth playing, but the stark contrast between such artistic storytelling and stale repetitive gameplay is what kept a good game from being a great game. Email opinions@kykernel.com.
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With no political experience and a background in the church, Nancy Jo Kemper is an unprecedented candidate for the Commonwealth. Kemper is a minister turned democrat looking to represent the sixth congressional district and her policy suggestions come from a homegrown concern and passion for Kentuckians. She is a Lexington native and has spent much of her career in public service. She advocates for the minimum wage to be increased, lowered interest rates for student loans, separation of church and state, and an increased amount of green dot programs. Kemper is fierce in her viewpoints and sees her drastic differences from opponent Republican Rep. Andy Barr as a strength rather than a weakness. Through her involvement with the interfaith alliance and the Lexington human rights council, Kemper has exemplified a strong sense of compassion and understanding for human need
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 Officer Martha Alexander, Violence Intervention and Prevention Center Coordinator Ashley Royster and law professor Peter Lake, who joined the meeting via video conference. “As a public university, we too must respect the twin values of equality and freedom, which requires a careful coordination of activities and respect for the rights of everyone,” Brockman said. Lake began the conversation with discussing the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights, which ensures education opportunities “through vigorous enforcement of civil rights in our nation’s schools,” according to its website. Lake advised the board on OCR’s four areas of oper-
ation: proper management of investigations, due process of all parties in the investigation, providing support while assisting those impacted in the investigation and changing the culture around sex discrimination. “I’d like to take this opportunity in this, perhaps, dark moment before the dawn, that the light of the end of the tunnel that is Title IX, is to not allow ourselves to be too overly focused on just one area of Title IX operations,” Lake said. Alexander spoke on how the Title IX process works. She said the process has very specific time frames for different steps. Alexander’s office investigates the incident and tells the victim and the accused of their rights during the investigation. She said the process is “difficult” for all parties
over corporate greed. Kemper has no background in politics and views herself as a Washington outsider. She has become involved in government simply from a place of passion and concern for the place she calls home. While Kemper sees this as a positive, it is concerning that she might not know how to work Congress, if elected. Having people support her ideas and bills is important and with hardly any connections upon arrival to D.C.,
Kemper will have to reach across the aisle in order to serve effectively. Kentucky has too much on the line for our state representatives to be ineffective, especially in the current political climate. Also concerning is Kemper’s contempt for Gov. Matt Bevin. She has actively been an advocate for his impeachment. While Bevin has been widely criticized by members of both parties, it is important for our leaders to be able to communicate effectively with each other
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Bullets do not discriminate Trinity Gay’s death poses a question about gun ownership in the Commonwealth of Kentucky Trinity Gay envisioned herself winning state track meets. She saw herself bringing home gold for her country and family. She saw herself getting her license and graduating high school. She did not see the stray bullet. Gay, 15, was with friends at the Cookout on South Broadway when a shootout involving at least four suspects occurred. According to friends, Gay was listening to music in the parking lot of the restaurant when the incident began. A stray bullet struck Gay. She did survive that night. This tragedy puts in perspective the logical fallacy that increased gun ownership is an appropriate alternative to common sense gun regulation. To those who stand by the statement “The solution to bad guys with guns is more good guys with guns,” a question is posed: What about Trinity Gay? Simply fighting fire with fire—matching the number of those who misuse guns with those who
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PHOTO BY LAUREN LAWLESS I PRESIDENT UK COLLEGE OF DEMOCRATS Kemper is a minister turned democrat looking to represent the sixth congressional district.
for the sake of productivity. On the other hand, if elected, Kemper has no strings to pull for other congress members and won’t be influenced by corporate sponsorship or private donors, making her a trustworthy spokeswoman for the people of her district. As a strong woman and with a history of activism and protest, Kemper could easily use her initiative to connect with other representatives and get things done. While current seat-holder Barr has been criticized for the amount of money he has made from corporate sponsors, Kemper has very few private influencers which makes her trustworthy in comparison. It is clear Kemper cares about Kentucky and cares even more about its people. Her lack of experience in politics is both heartening and concerning, but her experience with human need and public service is nothing short of exemplary.
involved and her office “tries to make it as easy as possible.” Royster said that she helps victims through the investigation process and makes sure students can function academically and socially at UK after the process. She said that since the Harwood investigation was reported on, less students have been coming to the VIP center. “Because of a lot of media attention that our process has gotten and the way that the media has chosen to report on that, unfortunately we have seen a chilling effect … We have seen a decrease in the amount of walk-ins at the VIP Center and that is a concern of us,” Royster said. Following the panel, the Board of Trustees moved to closed session to discuss pending litigations.
use them responsibly— would only turn our streets into a warzone; a warzone where names like hers are buried in an ever-growing list of innocent bystanders
that requires a background check for these transactions. The only restriction on private firearm sales in Kentucky is the barring of knowingly transferring
“This tragedy puts in perspective the logical fallacy that increased gun ownership is an appropriate alternative to common sense gun regulation.” lost to gun violence. There may not be an overt and easy solution to ending unnecessary gun violence in our country right now, but we can at least take steps forward. Perhaps the best solution will become apparent only once this occurs. Do we not owe it to the families of victims like Trinity Gay to try? Do we not owe it to ourselves, our friends and our family? Bullets do not discriminate. An easy first step would be to resolve the issues regarding the private sales of firearms in the state of Kentucky. Currently, there is no law
a weapon to a convicted felon. This creates an obvious loophole which allows anyone to bypass a background check by simply buying a gun from any other source aside from a licensed dealer. If private sales aren’t regulated, the purpose of having dealers become licensed is lost. Even more alarming is the fact that other than a background check, there is no other oversight on gun purchases. Currently, there is no law requiring gun registration in Kentucky, no permit is required to purchase, and no permit is required to openly carry. The only
stipulation on gun ownership aside from age is the requirement of a permit to lawfully carry a concealed weapon. Such a concept is ludicrous when applied to other constitutional rights: imagine a world where we had no regulation on interstate travel—no driver’s licenses or traffic laws. Why is the right to bear arms treated so recklessly? With such a wide margin for progress, we have an obligation to stand on principle. We must stand on the principle that we will do everything we can to protect our own against harm. We must stand on the principle that even if the path ahead is uncertain, we will move forward. We do not need any more sacrifices no one chose to make. We do not need any more senseless deaths used as statistics to show evidence of an issue. We need to fix the issue. Email opinions@ kykernel.com.
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the Commonwealth By Emily Cole features@kykernel.com
From the pews to hopes of representing the sixth district, Nancy Jo Kemper is no stranger to reaching across the aisle for what she believes in. Kemper is a Lexington native, a self proclaimed lifelong UK fan and an advocate for pushing against the hateful rhetoric of modern politics. “I went to Transylvania University on a full tuition scholarship where I was editor of the weekly newspaper and considered religious journalism for a while because of my interest for advocacy,” said Kemper. While she could have imagined herself going many different routes, she took the opportunity when she was offered a full tuition scholarship to Yale Divinity School. “There were 300 men and 30 women so obviously it was really fun,” she joked. Kemper attended college during the hey day of social activism and she was called to pursue social justice upon graduation. She got her first job out of seminary working for the Urban League of Greater Little Rock, which offered a unique experience as she was the only white person on staff. “It was good for me because I got to learn more about the experiences African Americans had and the prejudices they had to deal with. I learned a lot about my own privilege,” Kemper said. After serving, Kemper relocated to Connecticut, and split time between participating in feminist activism and doing ministry at several local churches. She quickly broke barriers as one of the first women in the United Church of Christ to serve a church of over 600 members. Kemper did civil rights work in Illinois for a brief stint before coming back to Kentucky in 1991 to do work with Christian organizations. While it may be surprising that someone so rooted in the
church would feel destined for the inner workings of Washington, Kemper says she felt a call to action when last year’s election for governor had an unexpected result. “I’ve always kept my eye on politics. When the election last fall was over and Conway had lost so badly it looked really grim for the Kentucky democratic party. When I asked the lieutenant governor who was going to run for the sixth congressional district she said nobody,” said Kemper. “In a flippant way I said I would do it but I didn’t mean it. But as I watched the ugly rhetoric of this election turn in to a toxic stew of sexism, racism, and hate I couldn’t take it anymore,” she said. While some may view her as an outsider, Kemper sees her lack of a political career as a strength. “Im a Washington outsider. I don’t need to do this. My kids are grown. My house is paid for. Its a privilege that I can do this for the people of the commonwealth of Kentucky in the sixth district,” Kemper said. She also noted that it was the corruption prevalent in American politics that finally urged her to take a stand and get involved. “Our very democracy is being corrupted by the power of money. Corporations are basically getting 80 percent of the legislation passed and human need should always take priority over corporate greed.” When it comes to her opponent and current seatholder Andy Barr, Kemper has some strong words. “Andy has been in this for four years and he had collected more money from corporate donors then the speaker of the house had in his first two years in office. We need somebody who isn’t tied to corporate interest in this district.” With an unprecendented background and the fervor of a much younger candidate, Kemper is making her mark on this election whether the com-
UK crowns unlikely Royalty
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Two unlikely UK students made school history as soon as they were crowned the 2016 homecoming king and queen. Seniors Willow Kreutzer, founding president of UK’s Alpha Chi Omega chapter, and Patrick Smith Jr., a representative of UK’s National Pan-Hellenic Council, won their titles on Saturday, Oct. 8 during the UK-Vanderbilt football game. The NPHC nominated Smith. He is a member of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. and is majoring in marketing and business management. He said he applied because he wanted to end his senior year “with a bang.” Smith is the first black homecoming king since 2005, according to a previous Kentucky Kernel article. Former UK Football cornerback Antoine Huffman was then crowned the first black homecoming king. Smith found this information out during the application process. He said that news made him want the title more. “It doesn’t matter what organization you are in or where you come from,” Smith said.
PHOTO BY JOSHUA QUALLS I STAFF Patrick Smith and Willow Kreutzer were crowned homecoming king and queen at halftime during UK’s game against Vanderbilt on Saturday, October 8 in Lexington.
“It pretty much does not matter who you are, but anybody can pretty much win.” Panhellenic sorority Alpha Chi Omega nominated Kreutzer to represent the sorority on
UK’s homecoming court. She is a political science major. She said the process was very nerve-racking, but she became invested in it. Kreutzer said it was an honor to be considered
with the other candidates. Kreutzer is the first representative from her sorority to win the title of UK homecoming queen. The chapter joined campus in the fall of 2015. “Anybody can come from any organization or group or be in-state or out-of-state. Just let your personality show.” Both were surprised they won and said they were in shock for hours after the game, but their lives have pretty much stayed the same. They both see their win as a sign to all UK students that anyone can have the title. Smith said his win has already inspired other members of NPHC organizations to consider applying for homecoming court next year. He encourages any student who may be remotely interested to at least apply because “you never know what could happen.” To be on the homecoming royalty court, contestants must be nominated by a student organization, write a series of essays and participate in the Royalty Showcase, where contestants show their talent and answer interview questions. “We both let who we are shine through … and I think that ultimately got us to where we are,” Kreutzer said.
Town Mountain brings Bluegrass style to Cosmic Charlie’s By Matt Wickstrom features@kykernel.com
New beginnings clash with old-time honky tonk this Saturday at Cosmic Charlie’s for a “hootin’ and hollerin’” Halloween get-down featuring Asheville, NC’s Town Mountain. The quintet is set to honor legendary banjo picker and Lexington native J.D. Crowe at the show with a performance of his 1979 album “My Home Ain’t in the Hall of Fame” with The New South. The show will be the first at the newly located Cosmic Charlie’s, which is moving from its hub on the corner of Euclid Avenue and Woodland Avenue over to National Ave.. According to Town Mountain guitarist Robert Greer, the band met Crowe a couple years ago when the legendary bluegrass picker attended one of the group’s concerts at Stone Farm in Paris, Ken-
tucky. According to Greer, this album has had a significant impact on shaping Greer’s musical influences and who he is as a performer. “(That record) was cool because Keith Whitley is singing lead on it and they have some electric instruments like the bass guitar, pedal steel, and a full drum kit,” Greer said. “It’s different than a lot of bluegrass albums in that respect.” To replicate the iconic band and recordGreer and company plan to dress up in their best 70s garb, which includes bell-bottoms and fake mustaches for those in the band not apt to growing facial hair. Bassist Adam Chaffins, a Morehead State graduate, will be electrified for the show and fiddler Jack Devereaux, who recently replaced Bobby Britt, will be hopping back-andforth from his fiddle post to the steel pedal throughout the night.
Town Mountain will also welcome JP Nowak on drums for the performance. Nowak has performed in several Lexington-area bands including Born Cross Eyed and Captain Wingnut and The Burnt Ends along with drumming for Chicago-based jamgrass group Cornmeal in the past. Rounding out Town Mountain’s depth chart is Phil Barker on mandolin and Jesse Langlais on banjo. The group has been on a tear in 2016, traversing every corner of the country which has included their debut on The Grand Ole Opry and at the Ryman Auditorium, along with a trip to Florida for the inaugural Suwannee Roots Revival. Town Mountain has also made a bevy of stops in the bluegrass, the last being on June 24 in Owensboro at ROMP Fest, one day before their Opry debut.
According to Greer, the group’s Opry performance was a surreal experience. It was Greer’s first trip to the revered venue and he soaked it all in, touring the dressing rooms cluttered with pictures highlighting the countless musicians who’ve stepped inside to perform in the music hall in its prestigious history. “We encourage everyone to dress up,” Greer said. “We love Halloween and would love to feel that vibe, so bring it! Let’s get weird!”
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Construction updates By Amanda Bryant news@kykernel.com
The UK campus has been undergoing changes in the last few months under several construction projects. Many of the projects have been focused around Memorial Hall, the Student Center and Lewis Hall. The Student Center is the anticipated and star of the projects taking place on campus. The new building is well underway and progress is being made daily. The Student Center is expected to have newly renovated Harris Grand Ballroom, Worsham Theatre and Cats Den, according to the Student Center’s webiste. The facilities are expected to shine in comparison to the latter center accommodations. The Student Center is a vital commodity to students as well as the faculty of UK. The original student center was completed in 1938 with additions being added through the following years until the last was completed in 1982, according to the Student Center’s website. This Student Center will be the first completely reconstructed center on campus in the last seventy-eight years. History in the making is expected to be completed around January 2018.
Professor simulates TED Talk for students By Rosie Ecker
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The Student Center is the anticipated and star of the projects taking place on campus.
“Construction on the UK Student Center is progressing quite well – a majority of the structural steel work has been done.” said John Herbst, student services executive director. Memorial Hall is a treasure to campus and a hallmark for visiting UK. “We are restoring of the tower/cupola and also refinishing of some of the doors,” said Mary Vosevich, vice president for facilities management. The buildingwas constructed in 1929 as a memorial for the veterans who died in World War I, according to the campus guide’s website. Lewis Hall, located at the corner of University and Hilltop Drives, has been under
construction as well for some time now. The newly renovated project will be the Lewis Honors College. Last fall, UK alumnus Thomas W. Lewis and his family donated the single-largest gift in UK’s history, $23,500,000, the honors college, according to a Feburary UKNOW article. Participation in the Honor’s Program grew from 750 to 1400 students within the last five years, UKNOW said. The honors college will be a five-story, 346 bed and LEEDsilver certified student housing facility, the article said. Penny Cox, director of housing implementation and new strategies, said the hall will open in fall 2017.
Naeemah Clark, currently an associate professor of Communications at Elon University, came to talk to UK for a simulated TED Talk. UK lecurter Allyson DeVito, who teaches and coordinates CIS 112: Accelerated Composition and Communication II at UK, introduced Clark. CIS 112 is an offered course that enhances persuasive communication techniques through primary and secondary research. Clark’s presentation “Does The Media Tell Us Who We Are?” explained how television expresses diversity in the past and in today’s world, and was mandatory for students currently enrolled in CIS 112. Clark has given TED Talks
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Since this building is a museum, it stood out from the many other buildings Summers has designed because of the architectural freedom it offered. He said the Perot Museum was kind of “introverted” and did not have a lot of windows.
in the past and the College of Communication and Information funded Clark to come to UK. While she has already given the same lecture as an official TED Talk , the one held at UK was not official but was free and open to the public. Clark has been studying and researching the media effects of television in her education years and continues to do so as a professor at Elon. While the presentation was under 30 minutes, it detailed how the media has changed in regards to diversity within the past few decades. She specified her own life in the terms of what she wanted to look like as a small child. She was confused as to why no one in the media, more specifically TV shows, didn’t portray someone of color in a trendy way.
She discussed how far television has come from when she was younger, but still sees progress to be made. She believes people should be hired based on who best fits that part, not just based on race or ethnicity. However, she did note a lot of times actors are based on who will bring in the most revenue, which she fully understood. When a question was asked from the audience about if newer children’s shows were diverse in today’s world, Clark said “I think that there is more diversity in children’s television than anywhere else.” Going further, she added, “Then if you look too, children’s television is different from when you guys were kids so there aren’t a lot of cartoon shows on anymore so its actually more real people.”
The project also presented Summers with the unique chance to design a building with a deeper representation. “The building itself is meant to be an extension of the idea of the exhibits that are inside. So the outside of the building is as much an exhibit as the things on the inside,” Summers said. Summers said by working
with his design team for the museum, he was immersed in a variety of valuable insights. He said some of the things he worked on in that project affect the way he thinks now, maybe a little stronger than his previous projects. Summers is working toward his tenure and continues to develop his own practice, PLUS-SUM Studio.
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Backcourt shines in Blue-White scrimmage By Chris Angolia sports@kykernel.com
As many people wondered how this year’s version of UK basketball would look, the Cats were able to give fans a glimpse in the annual BlueWhite scrimmage. But in the Blue team’s 110-94 victory Friday night, one thing became evident, and that was that De’Aaron Fox has the ability to become a special player. The Houston native drew comparisons to John Wall in the preseason, but many people felt as if those comparisons were a little crazy. Setting aside the fact that it was just a scrimmage on Friday night, Fox proved the comparison may not be that crazy after all. He dropped 31 points for
PHOTO BY LYDIA EMERIC I STAFF Sophomore guard Isaiah Briscoe drives the ball during the BlueWhite Scrimmage at Rupp Arena on Friday.
the blue team to go along with 12 rebounds and six assists. His lightning quick speed seemed
to amplify things. “When I am pushing the pace, the other team defensively, they just run to the paint. And I’m giving guys open looks,” Fox said. “If I’m using my No. 1 weapon I feel like it helps the team a lot.” With that speed, it became clear early in the scrimmage that Fox was going to be all over the place. Whether it was picking up Isaiah Briscoe full court on defense, grabbing a rebound and pushing the ball, or slamming home a putback dunk as Wall has done so many times before. To go along with Fox’s 31 points, fellow guards Briscoe and Malik Monk each put up big numbers of their own. Briscoe had 39 points and Monk dropped 26 points com-
bining for a backcourt total of 96 points. “We are just all going to compliment each other,” Fox said. “I don’t feel like other teams have three guards that can guard all three of us, so it is going to be tough.” Although the trio took the headlines Friday night, senior guards Mychal Mulder and Dominique Hawkins also had good showings. Both Mulder and Hawkins are looking to play themselves into the rotation this year. Minutes will be tough to come by, but throughout the scrimmage each was able to show consistency. Mulder came out stroking it from deep with a pair of threes and got up to 8 points early and finished with 18 points going
4-5 from outside. As for Hawkins, he got off to a slower start, but came on late in the first half and continued on through the second half to finish with 22 points on 7-9 shooting including a pair of triples. While the emergence of Mulder and Hawkins could be huge for this team’s depth, it will be hard for John Calipari to keep Fox, Monk and Briscoe from flying around, slashing to the hoop and scoring the ball at will. Other notes: Freshman forward Sacha Killeya-Jones showed a lot of ability on the offensive end Friday night dropping 15 points on 7-12 shooting. Not only was Killeya-Jones efficient from the field, but it was how he did it that was impressive. Early
in the scrimmage it became evident that Killeya-Jones will be a force around the rim sending home numerous putback dunks off of his teammates missed shots. The freshman also showed off his sweet midrange stroke knocking down a few jumpers. Along with Killeya-Jones, senior Derek Willis was his usual self Friday night knocking down shots from the outside en route to his 13 points. Not only did Willis show improvement from the outside with his quick release, he also showed that he has become a much better defender and rebounder holding freshman Wenyen Gabriel to just nine points. Willis also grabbed 13 rebounds, something Coach Cal will defintely be proud of.
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