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City officials prepare for likely traffic fiasco
Traffic prompts playing hooky for gameday By Joshua Qualls jqualls@kykernel.com
As expected, students and faculty members are divided over classes being canceled for Thursday night’s football game against Auburn. Instructors who teach on Thursdays are concerned about the commute to campus and many students who have class want to enjoy UK’s first Thursday night football game since 1939. The university decided not to cancel all classes despite expected traffic problems. Eric Monday, the executive vice president of Finance and Administration, sent a campuswide email Tuesday and said it would ultimately be up to the instructors to decide whether to have class. Instructors typically do not park in game day restricted areas, but many anticipate students will have trouble finding parking or will decide to skip class. Some instructors gave their students the option to attend class, while others have decided to cancel. Mark Stuhlfaut, an associate professor in the Department of Integrated Strategic Communications, teaches a 2 p.m. class on Thursdays, has a midterm exam scheduled on game day and said he will not
cancel class. “It’s a matter of principle,” Stuhfaut said. “The function of the university is to educate students and have regular classes.” Stuhlfaut’s class ends at 3:15 p.m., leaving several hours before kick-off. Stuhlfaut said students will have enough time to leave class and do whatever they want. “I think it’s kind of trivial
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I think the university could have done a better job with scheduling.”
MICHELLE SHAMROE human health sciences freshman to have classes canceled because of a sporting event,” said Michelle Shamroe, a human health sciences freshman who has two classes canceled because of the game. “In all honesty, I think that the university could have done … a better job with scheduling.” Like many students, Shamroe parks in K Lot and will have to move her car to the
Lexington Legends’ Whitaker Bank Ballpark by Thursday at 7 a.m. Shamroe had a midterm scheduled for Thursday, but it was pushed back a week. Despite her criticism, she welcomes the relief during midterms and admitted having classes canceled is fun. “I think that a lot of students are planning on not coming to class,” Shamroe said. “Some will just see it as a hassle.” Gray Manis, an assistant professor in the Department of Psychiatry, teaches a class at 6:30 p.m. on Thursdays, which is only an hour before the scheduled start of the game. He expected his students would want to go to the game or avoid the traffic and parking troubles, so he decided to reschedule class. Manis expected problems at the beginning of the semester and requested to have his Thursday night class moved to Tuesday night because of the game. The administration approved his request. “I think it’s a great opportunity for the university to get some national exposure,” Manis said. “I’m all for it.” The Kernel reached out to several professors who canceled classes because of the game, but all declined to comment.
Lexington police and Lextran coordinate to ease flow of traffic for UK’s showdown with Auburn By Joshua Qualls jqualls@kykernel.com
The university has been preparing for the Thursday night football game against Auburn for over a year, but many commuters are concerned about the flow of traffic through Lexington on Thursday. UK has developed a comprehensive parking plan for students, faculty and staff, but UK’s power is limited in alleviating traffic conditions off-campus. As a result, the Lexington Police Department and Lextran have both developed plans to help the university community and other commuters get from point A to point B on game day. LPD spokeswoman Anne Welch said they expect a convergence of daily commuter traffic with the elevated amount of traffic the city normally experiences from football games held on Saturday nights. “Even if it’s just average attendance for the UK game, it is definitely going to bring more traffic into the area —
especially during those rush hours,” Welch said. “What we are really hoping to do is get our normal commuters ... to plan around the game day traffic that we are expecting to be coming in.” LPD is asking commuters to plan alternate routes and avoid the campus area if they can. It will also release realtime traffic updates on Twitter to inform those who must travel through the area about what to expect. “Hopefully we will be able to assist our motorists and especially our commuters getting in and out with some alternate routes and some things to do should that become necessary on game day,” Welch said. Whereas Nicholasville Road typically has three outbound lanes open during rush hour, the road will have two lanes open on both sides to help increase flow through the city. Jill Barnett, Lextran’s director of community affairs, said the police are usually very good at communicating with Lextran about signal and access control throughout
the city, as well as the areas where high traffic volume is expected. She said Lextran is accustomed to the traffic conditions during Saturday football games, but it will be a challenge, especially for bus routes, because it will mix with commuters from the campus community, the hospitals and other places around town. “We’ve been working to get information in an effort to serve our passengers as best we can,” Barnett said. Lextran will begin detouring some of its routes at 3 p.m. in an effort to avoid delays or traffic jams near Commonwealth Stadium, and it will use social media to communicate information about delays on any affected bus route, or if any stop needs to be relocated. “Any time there is a football game or a special event that creates increased traffic of this level, we encourage passengers to expect delays,” Barnett said. “Unfortunately we’re just like a car in that we get stuck in traffic just like (drivers) do.”
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UK needs low-income housing The ever-present sound of construction means new classrooms and dorms, but it could be bad news for UK’s low-income students. According to the UK Campus Housing website, students pay $2,393 per semester to live in the Kirwan-Blanding complex for the 2015-16 school year — the cheapest on-campus housing option. These dorms make up just 5 percent of campus housing. Soon, lower-priced dorms will stand empty or be torn down and new, more expensive dorms will likely fill the void. As a community we must ask, where will students from low-income families go? “There’s tons of kids that want to go to UK that can’t afford it, so they don’t,” architecture freshman Jesse Cornelius said. “They stay in their hometown. If they did lower the prices, a lot more kids would show up.” A month of “rent” in Kirwan-Blanding dorms will be just under $500 for the 2016-17 school year. Offcampus housing is often about the same price. For two person suites, which will be 65 percent of UK’s housing in 2016, students will spend $4,142 a semester — over $900 a month. “I hope people look at the value that can come from living on (campus) and how
enriching it is,” said President Eli Capilouto in an interview with the Kentucky Kernel. “Our financial aid arrangements allow (students) to cover housing too.” While financial aid helps pay for housing, more than $900 a month for rent is still expensive, especially for in-state students. Kentucky is one of the poorest states in the
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While financial aid helps pay for housing, more than $800 a month is still expensive”
country, according to Poverty USA. “The likelihood of students’ success increases when you live on campus,” Capilouto said. “Your likelihood of getting out of here in four years, which is a cost saving means I think, increases.” While older dorms are replaced, students who cannot afford to live on campus have nowhere to go but off-campus apartments and houses. Like Capilouto said, those students
The Kirwan-Blanding Complex currently provides the lowest-income housing for students.
are less likely to succeed than those on-campus. On-campus students can take advantage of the Living Learning Program, known as residential academic experience. According to the LLP website, “Students involved in
the Living Learning Programs are retained at higher rates, are more engaged in University life, adjust more quickly to the academic demands of college.” Do students from lower-income families not deserve the success that comes with living
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in a dorm? According to Capilouto, “The price, when you compare it to our peers, and choices that students can make about what college they want to attend, you will see that we are (UK) where everybody else is,” Loans and financial aid help
low-income students come to UK, but living on campus can be a financial struggle. As Kentucky’s flagship university, UK needs to create affordable housing. Email opinions@ kykernel.com
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Superior confidence and political experience allowed Democrat Sannie Overly to win the Lieutenant Governor’s debate on campus Tuesday night. Overly, the only state representative candidate and running mate of Jack Conway, used her knowledge of legislation and government work groups to answer questions. Jenean Hampton, Republican running mate of Matt Bevin, referred more to busi-
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questions. Like the governor’s debate in September, the republican and democratic candidates spent time criticizing each other rather than answering questions about policies. Curtis, in her closing statement, was the only candidate to speak solely about her platform. Hampton, along with the expected mudslinging, relied on the idea of bringing business to Kentucky for too many issues.
Overly ended up on top, especially after explaining a plan to increase the minimum wage.”
ness experience than knowledge of government. Heather Curtis, wife and running mate of Independent Drew Curtis, gave fresh answers to questions about poverty and the pay gap, but was soft spoken amid tough
Overly, on the other hand, let her governmental experience shine through with the rape kit question. Overly said the audit that uncovered the backlog of rape kits gives recommendations to solve the problem, like requiring that
kits be tested within a certain time period. Curtis also suggested a time limit, but Overly was the only candidate to reference the audit. On issues of poverty and opportunity, Hampton took a lead by using her youth in the Detroit’s West Side to bring personal experience. While Overly and Curtis brought more interesting answers to questions of poverty. Overly ended up on top, especially after explaining a plan to increase the minimum wage. Hampton opposed raising the wage completely, and Curtis suggested raising the wage but exempting small businesses. Through her knowledge of how other states raise the minimum wage, Overly suggested a three year plan that would raise the minimum wage to $10.10 an hour gradually, enough to let businesses adjust. Overly’s experience and knowledge of government is irreplaceable when debating how to run a state that is struggling to provide for its citizens. Email opinions@ kykernel.com
ADAM PENNAVARIA Beer Columnist
I may or may not have the reputation amongst my friends for only drinking snobby, unheard of beers. Some seem to be under the impression that I refuse to let anything but the finest craft brews flow freely over my tasters. However, I come to you today to tell you that this is only partially true. There is a single massproduced beer that I will enthusiastically drink until the day my liver quits. This beer is the legendary, flavorful and magnificently reliable Pabst Blue Ribbon. PBR isn’t just a beer, it’s a mentality — it’s a way of life. Much in the same way that one adopts a religion as one’s basis for many of life’s decisions, one may adopt PBR as a higher calling. There’s something about the familiar red, blue and silver can (or bottle) that’s just reassuring. It reminds me that there’s still cheap happiness in the universe. Few things bring me greater joy than one
of my friends tapping me on the shoulder and saying, “Hey, wanna pick up a 30rack of PBR and watch half a season of Parks & Rec?” I developed a soft spot for PBR some time over the last two years. It offered something that Budweiser, Miller and Coors just couldn’t: a non-craft niche. I like to observe the different drinks
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knows it’s great. I can walk down the street carrying a large quantity of PBR without feeling the shame that I would feel if I were carrying the same quantity of Steel Reserve, or worse, Bud Light. Whenever I’m trying to ball on a budget or play one of my go-to drinking games, PBR is what my eye instantly
PBR isn’t just a beer, it’s a mentality — it’s a way of life.”
that different social groups typically consume. It seems to me that PBR transcends more social groups than any other beer on the market; Greeks love it, athletes love it, nerds love it and hipsters (REALLY) love it. I think it’s safe to say that handing someone a can of the alleged best beer in the 1893 Columbian Exhibition in Chicago is a surefire sign of a friendship built to last. PBR is consistent. PBR is steadfast. PBR is safe. It knows its worth, and it
lands on. Am I going overboard with my adoration of this initially unimpressive beverage? Possibly. Do I sound like the follower of a PBR-obsessed cult? Probably. But does PBR hold a spot in my heart formed from many a night spent tossing back can-after-can that no other mass-produced beer could ever hold? Absolutely. Adam Pennavaria is the beer columnist for the Kentucky Kernel Email opinions@ kykernel.com
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After a devastating ACL injury ended his junior year early, Alex Poythress is back and ready to take on his senior season. As a player who potentially could have entered the NBA draft after his freshman year, few expected him to stick around for all four years. But he is here and is reveling in his newly found leadership role. “I definitely feel like our team kind of looks at Alex (Poythress) and I for questions and answers,” junior Marcus Lee said. “Whenever something happens, they just look towards us. It’s kind of a great thing. It puts us on our toes and makes sure we are always doing the right thing.” Despite the motto, “Roar for 22,” Poythress has a quiet demeanor off the court, but is still determined to step up as a leader. “It’s good. Being one of the leaders of this team, I have to step up,” Poythress said. “Myself, Tyler (Ulis), and Marcus (Lee), we have to lead the team by example and by voice, so we just need to lead the team and come in prepared for games.” The forward had surgery to repair his ACL last season but according to head coach John Calipari, he is still not at full speed. “He’s about 75 percent. We need him to be something, like he’s got to be a beast,” Calipari said. “Again, I think with Tyler what we did those two days, every scout said the same thing: ‘Wow, he’s got a chance.’ Now he’s got to get healthy, he’s got to get more confident in his body.
It’s not just confidence in, ‘I can make a shot,’ it’s that he’s confident that I can come down hard and I’m going to be fine.” Poythress has a big weight on his shoulders, being one of the lone veterans on a team of mostly freshman after seven of his teammates left for the NBA. After watching three years skate by, many teammates leaving and championships slipping through his fingers, Poythress is ready to make the most of his unexpected senior year. Finishing his business marketing degree in only three years and now work-
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ing toward his masters in sports leadership, Poythress is a proven worker on and off the court. He plans to take his game to the next level by downplaying his weaknesses. “Playing to my strengths is really what is going to get me to the next level,” Poythress said. “Playing to my strengths and staying away from the weaknesses, and just highlighting what I can do.” The McDonald’s AllAmerican has been named to the Naismith preseason watchlist along with teammate Tyler Ulis. Almost recovered, Alex is ready to be great again.
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Cats face tough opponents in SEC South Carolina: The strongest returning group in the SEC belongs to the South Carolina Gamecocks. Head coach Frank Martin welcomes back five players who averaged more than 20 minutes a game last season. Last year the Gamecocks beat five teams that went on to the NCAA tournament, so the talent was there but the consistency was not. Finding consistency will be the key to USC competing with UK for the SEC title.
Georgia: Georgia has seen steady improvment over the last few years, resulting in a trip to the NCAA tournament last year. The Bulldogs return several players, bringing a sense of confidence and purpose. Head coach Mark Fox will rely on his backcourt trio of Kenny Gaines, J.J. Frazier and Charles Mann to fill it up from the outside while he develops an answer for his inside game.
Louisiana State University: The biggest road block to the SEC title for the Cats could likely come from the LSU Tigers. Several strong returning players will mesh with 2015 top recruit Ben Simmons and five star guard Antonio Blakeney, providing the Tigers the talent it needs to compete nationally. Expectations are high for head coach Johnny Jones. Look for a strong battle when the Cats travel to meet LSU on Jan. 5.
Mississippi State: Mississippi State will look to new head coach Ben Howland to help turn things around. Howland went to the Final Four three straight years with UCLA. He will be looking to top recruit Malik Newman as a building block. Even though MSU was given an easy non-conference schedule, the Bulldogs are probably still a few years away from being a top-team.
Vanderbilt: Following a disappointing NIT appearance last year, Vanderbilt begins the 2015-16 campaign as a top 25 team. Center Damian Jones chose to return to Nashville rather than move onto the NBA. The Commodores will pair him with 3-point sharp shooter Riley LaChance to take on the Cats for the SEC title. The combination of Jones and LaChance could be lethal. A mid-January clash at Rupp Arena will have a strong impact on who takes the crown.
Texas A&M: It seems that Texas A&M was on the NCAA Tournament bubble most of last season, ultimately falling short of securing a bid. This year, the Aggies pick up right where they left off — on the bubble. With a nice combination of returning players and new recruits, they are a team to watch in SEC play. Look for the Aggies to lean on the scoring of Jalen Jones and steady point guard Alex Caruso as they look to break through this season.
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