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UK student elected National FFA Vice President

selected fellows

By Bailey Vandiver

Dr. Maria alcalde Dr. sandra bastin Dr. Jeffery Talbert Dr. Margaret Mohr-schoeder

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If someone had asked Gracie Furnish as a freshman in high school if she wanted to be an FFA national officer, she may not have said yes.

But on Oct. 29, 2017, during her sophomore year of college, Furnish was elected as the National FFA Eastern Region Vice President.

“I think every single experience has led to this point,” she said. “I think it’s kind of been brewing since my very first ag class in middle school.”

Furnish, an agricultural education major, became involved in FFA when she took an agriculture class in seventh grade. She said she became really involved her freshman year of high school, when she took another class.

“I come from a family farm and an agriculture background,” she said. “From there on, I just really loved (FFA).”

Furnish, a Cynthiana native, is the third FFA national officer from the UK College of Agriculture in the past five years.

“I’m so blessed to be from Kentucky,” she said. “I love getting to talk about the University of Kentucky and my hometown when I’m out on the road.”

Furnish was an officer for the first time in tenth grade, when she served as a committee chairman for the local Harrison County chapter. She has served in officer positions ever since: She was a chapter officer, then a regional officer. During her freshman year of college, she served as Kentucky’s FFA secretary.

“It really hit me during my state officer year that I would like to take my experiences in

PHOTO PROVIDED BY NATIONAL FFA ORGANIZATION During her sophomore year of college, Gracie Furnish was elected as the National FFA Eastern Region Vice President on Oct. 29, 2017.

this organization to the next level and be able to give back at a different level,” she said.

So she interviewed in June to represent Kentucky as a national officer candidate; each state can send only one candidate to the convention.

“I was very blessed to receive the candidacy, and from that point on, I’ve just been prepping in a lot of different ways to get ready,” she said.

She said she talked to mentors, agricultural teachers and industry leaders. She learned more about agricultural education as well as government and politics. She took a prep course in Texas, which is not required but is attended by many candidates.

She said she also worked on discovering who she is as a person.

“That’s a huge part of this process,” she said, “figuring out who you are and what you believe in and what you value and truly owning that before heading into the process.”

Once she arrived at national convention, having already completed a written application, she participated in ten

rounds of interviews with the nine-person nominating committee.

Originally, there were 41 candidates, which were later cut to 24. Then the final six officers remained and were elected to their respective roles.

“It’s a pretty extensive process, but it’s a really, really amazing learning opportunity,” she said.

Furnish said she is excited to work and grow with her fellow officers. The president, Breanna Holbert, made history by being the first black woman elected FFA president.

“She’s very humble about it, she doesn’t want a lot of attention for it,” Furnish said.

“But she also knows that she’s breaking through a ceiling for all of our members.”

Furnish said that is what FFA is about because the organization has more than 500,000 members from diverse backgrounds.

Furnish said that women were not allowed in FFA until 1969, so since then, the

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SEC: Rivals on the field, comrades in the classroom

By Rick Childress news@kykernel.com

They clash helmets on the field and trade baskets on the court, but in the classroom—SEC schools are on the same team.

Twice an academic year, up to four selected representatives from each of the Southeastern Conference schools meet for the SEC Leadership Development Program—a program that seeks to better every school in the conference.

“The purpose of the leadership program is to cultivate talent within your own institution,” said Margaret Mohr-Schroeder, one of this year’s UK representatives, called Fellows.

Mohr-Schroeder, an Associate Professor of STEM Education in Mathematics, said the program is a great opportunity for faculty to “get more skills,” and “rise in the ranks from faculty roles to more administrative roles.”

“I don’t like to use the term, ‘Grow your own.’ But

it is sort of a grow-your-own model,” Mohr-Schroeder said. “They like to use the word, cultivate.”

The program’s fall workshop took place last month on LSU’s campus. Their spring meeting will be at Auburn, and the 2018 fall meeting will be on UK’s campus.

At the workshops, Mohr-Schroeder said that Fellows from each school met each other, learned together and shared ideas.

Leaders from the universities also spoke and gave advice to the fellows.

“We get to get together, meet each other and then collaborate and problem solve through different leadership activities,” Mohr-Schroeder said.

Outside of the workshops, UK’s four Fellows work closely with one another and meet weekly with leaders on UK’s campus.

“Not only do we get to meet with Fellows from across the institutions,” Mohr-Schroeder said. “We

get to meet with different leaders within our own institution, which really helps us get a really good understanding of how things operate at [UK].”

The program gives a new perspective on leadership in higher education.

Mohr-Schroeder said that many of the previous fellows have benefitted from being in the program and having this new perspective.

“There’s a long list,” Mohr-Schroeder said. “If you looked at that list you’d be able to see that every one of those persons has risen to some sort of leadership role.”

Mohr-Schroeder said that, for UK, the program is “extremely beneficial.”

“From a faculty perspective, especially at UK, the program seems to have worked really well,” Mohr-Schroeder said. “The previous fellows who have gone through the program have risen to different leadership levels.”

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Students make art at 2,800 degrees

The SCRAP Students Sculpture Club hosts 24th annual Iron Pour

By Rick Childress news@kykernel.com

Glowing globs of gooey metal seeped from a fiery furnace into copper-colored cauldrons manned by teams of leather-clad art students.

Sparks and flames shot through the air as the teams poured their molten metals into meticulously-designed molds.

Framed by an industrial setting, the whole event looked like something out of a steampunk fantasy world or a high school chemistry project on steroids.

“This is kind of ancient technology,” said Michael Bell, a graduate student working at the UK School of Arts and Visual Studies’ 24th annual Iron Pour. “This has been happening since the 1700’s—making this process of caste iron.”

The pour took place at night on Nov. 4 at the Metal Arts building which sits behind the SA/VS building and Tolly Ho. The SCRAP Student Sculpture Club hosted the event.

The iron pour process is a long and somewhat complicated way of making cast-iron sculptures.

“It’s hot, it’s exciting,” Bell said from under his flame-resistant face shield and leather suit. “We usually try to do (the iron pour) at night time so you can see the sparks and all that stuff. The best part of it is that you get an object. You get a sculpture at the end of it.”

Professor Garry Bibbs, head of sculpture at SAVS, said the process began almost a week before the pour. For several days before, students designed molds of the sculptures that they wanted cast.

On the day of the pour, Bibbs said the tall cylindrical furnace that is used to melt the metal is heated by throwing “flames of

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fire” into the furnace for about two hours. The furnace is heated with coke—a coal product.

When the furnace was properly heated, and blue and orange flames were billowing from the top, the crew started throwing metal down the tall cylinder.

“Basically, we’re dumping in broken radiators and bathtubs and kitchen sinks and brake drums,” Bell said. “So, it’s a real good opportunity to recycle material. Everything we run up there is donated to us.”

Eventually, the furnace filled with a hot liquid, and when the crews were ready they opened a hole in the bottom of the furnace. A molten mixture, that Bell said was about 2,800 degrees, spilled out into ladle that were specially designed for the iron pour.

Bell said, that their largest ladle—called a bull ladle— carries about 600 pounds of hot iron.

After catching the iron in a ladle from the furnace, the students carried the several hundred pounds of molten iron to the pour floor where they poured the hot metal into molds that sat on the ground.

Many of the molds will be incorporated into student sculpture projects. Bell said that some were going to become iron busts and benches.

“It’s really incredible what we’re able to get done out here,” said Delaney Bal, a senior studio art major.

Bal said she had seven molds to pour. One of them was a figure that she digitally designed, laser cut and—as a result of the pour—was cast in iron.

“It’s so cool when you put in the work for something,” Bal said. “And suddenly you have this hard metal object that you’ve created.”

PHOTO BY ARDEN BARNES I STAFF The 24th annual Iron Pour was held behind the UK Education building near UK’s School of Art and Visual Studies on Nov. 4. 2017.

Having many people carry around several hundred pounds of lava-like fluid is risky business. Bibbs said that without teamwork and communication the pour can quickly become “a big mess.”

“It is a high-risk activity,” Bal said. “But we do as much as humanly possible to eliminate risks where they may exist.”

Bal became interested in the Iron Pour after she saw other student’s projects in the hallways and joined “as soon as I could because it looked so cool I wanted to be a part of it.”

“I always look at it as an outreach program,” Bibbs said. “Where we can get people interested in not only sculpture, but also so we can get people here to take sculpture one day.”

PHOTO BY ARDEN BARNES I STAFF Iron Pour was hosted by UK Sculpture SCRAP Student Sculpture Club on Saturday, Nov. 4, 2017.

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Monday, November 13 Big Blue Crush Blood Drive, The 90, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., through Tuesday Stand up Comedy Showcase, Willie’s Locally Known, 8:30 p.m.

Tuesday, November 14 1st Annual Improv Olympics, Fine Arts Building, 5 p.m.

Holiday Cookie Decorating, Seventh + Lime, 6:30 p.m.

Wednesday, November 15 Big Blue Crush Blood Drive, SCFA, 9 a.m. to 7 p.m., through Friday Arnold Farr, Lynagh’s Irish Pub, 6 p.m.

St. Paul and the Broken Bones, Lexington Opera House, 8 p.m.

Thursday, November 16

Graphic shows where parking lots are on UK’s campus.

Underground UK: How to find the perfect parking spot

By Megan Brown

Night Sale: Yard/Clearance Blowout, Whitaker Bank Ballpark, 5 p.m.

Southern Lights Stroll 5K, Kentucky Horse Park, 6:30 p.m.

Caleb Klauder, Cosmic Charlie’s

Friday, November 17 Bluegrass Rockin’ Rodeo, Kentucky Horse Park, 7 p.m. to 10 p.m., through Saturday The Sound of Music, Lexington Opera House, 8 p.m., through Sunday

Saturday, November 18 36th Annual Kentucky Book Fair, Alltech Arena at the Kentucky Horse Park, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., through Sunday Toys for Tots Concert, The Burl, 8 p.m.

Sunday, November 19 UK Symphony & Concert Bands present “Russian Christmas Music,” Singletary Center for the Arts, 7:30 p.m.

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Have you ever felt personally victimized by UK parking? UK Parking Control Officers are constantly on patrol, ticketing unsuspecting drivers and booting or towing illegally parked vehicles. The common consensus among UK’s campus is parking needs to expand or become more accessible. However, because UK shows no indication of parking reform, students should know alternatives for parking on and around campus so they can save time and money.

The most common parking permit is K lot which is the lot at Kroger Field.

However, for students on north campus, the 30 minute trek both ways and the expensive pass is more of an inconvenience than an amenity. As an alternative, students can park downtown. LEXPARK offers garage parking at a monthly rate for a variety of spots around campus with prices

ranging from 60 to 85 dollars. For students living in Jewell and Blazer, LEXPARK has a garage between N. Limestone and S. Martin Luther King. There are also individual organizations downtown that offer monthly parking. For example, there is a lot next to Rupp Arena that provides monthly parking for 40 dollars.

For students who have permits, the valid parking locations may not be practical for all their situations.

If a student is running late to class or going to a campus event, to accommodate their needs they may have to park illegally in a lot not valid with their permit. When this happens students have the option of accepting they will get a ticket or parking in their designated lot and being late. However, instead of spending 25 dollars on a ticket or risking showing up to class and events late, students can buy multiple scratch-off permits from Transportation Services. For only $3.50, students will be able to park in any lot that

does not have a gate for the day. Students can keep these passes in their car and when they are ready to use them scratch off the date. Not only does this option save students 20 dollars, but it will also save them the time of having to pay the ticket or picking their car up from the impound lot.

Other general tips to follow include reading the signs posted outside of garages and lots because most open up on the weekends and so do the parking meters around campus. Parking meters are also free from 5:30 p.m. to 8:00 a.m. on weekdays.

Parking is such a hassle that some students will not bring their cars to campus, but this is not an option for the students who need their cars to go to work or travel back home. As UK’s campus continues to grow, parking will need to expand with it.

Do not be a victim of UK parking, and find your perfect parking spot with one of these untraditional alternatives.

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Monday, November 13, 2017 would not mind talking to them about her experiences.

“I would just want to let them know not to pass judgment on other people,” she said. “I’m praying for them to keep an open mind.”

UK Police is reviewing the situation, said UK spokesperson Jay Blanton. Baskin said she spoke with an officer she knew at UKPD but did not file a formal complaint.

“The school is taking care of it,” she said.

Blanton said that UK takes this act seriously. He and Director of Transportation Services Lance Broeking said this was an act by a “rogue” individual unaffiliated with Transportation Services or UKPD. “Transportation Services regrets deeply that a student was subjected to this, as there are many reasons an individual may have an ADA accessible permit that may not be readily observable,” Broeking said.

Baskin applied for a UK Americans with Disabilities Act accessible student permit through Transportation Services.

“This is a community of belonging for everyone, regardless of identity or perspective, and part of that means ensuring everyone is treated with respect and dignity,” Broeking said.

Baskin said no one else had directly reacted to her handicapped parking before, but she thought people had likely

You don’t know me. ne member of the College of Pharmacy class of 2021 may have looked like the rest of her classmates when they all put on their white coats for the first time, but she had struggles

that no one could see.

Not even the people who posted signs on her car, condemning her for using a handicapped spot when she had no visible ailment.

What those people did not know about Lexi Baskin is that she was diagnosed with grade II ependymoma over the summer, just weeks before she started pharmacy school.

One afternoon in October, she was in the pharmacy school for an hour or so for a meeting with a professor.

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When she and her friend walked back out to her car, they found signs taped to Baskin’s car.

“Shame on you!” one sign read. “There are legit handicapped people who need this parking space. We have seen you and your friend come and go and there is nothing handicapped about either of you. Your tag must be borrowed or fake. We will make every effort to see you fined or towed for being such a selfish, terrible person.”

Baskin said her friend was very angry.

“I was just so shaken up,” she said.

Baskin said they took the signs off, and she told her

academic adviser, who was “crying because she was so upset that this was happening to me.”

She said she did not know what to do next, but her friend suggested tweeting about it. Baskin did, and her tweet soon went viral, with 47,000 retweets, 107,000 likes and almost 1,000 replies.

Along with pictures of the sign, Baskin’s tweet said, “Reminder that you have no idea what’s going on in people’s lives. I have cancer and radiation treatment. I’m legally allowed to park here.”

Baskin said that if she knew who did this to her car, she

Baskin said she did not know what to do next, but her friend suggested tweeting about it.

Baskin did, and her tweet soon went viral, with 47,000 retweets, 107,000 likes and almost 1,000 replies. wondered about her when she got out of her car.

She said it was sad to see so many people reply to her tweet who had experienced similar instances of discrimination.

“Just because you look fine doesn’t mean you are,” she said.

The day after her tweet went viral, Baskin quoted it and wrote, “The amount of love this tweet is getting is restoring my faith in humanity, thank y’all” with a heart emoji.

Baskin’s diagnosis stems back to May of 2016, when she was in a car accident. She was driving on Harrodsburg Road when someone ran a light, drove into her and flipped her car.

She then had headaches every day and several migraines a week. She was seeing a chiropractor because she thought they were caused by a neck injury.

But after a year of her pain getting worse, her chiropractor advised her to see a neurologist. The neurologist found the brain tumor.

On July 14, Baskin was diagnosed with grade II ependymoma. On July 28, had surgery to remove the tumor.

Despite this change to her schedule, she started school as planned.

“I thought it was dumb to wait a whole year for something that would only take a couple of months to get through,” she said.

She said she had friends in her class and wanted to continue with them, so she started school as planned.

“I didn’t think I would actually get to have a first day of school this year, yet here’s the picture proof,” she posted on Instagram on the first day of the fall semester.

A little over a month later, she began radiation treatment.

On Nov. 15, Baskin will finish her last round of radiation treatment, and in 2021, she will graduate from the UK College of Pharmacy.

PHOTOS PROVIDED BY LEXI BASKIN UK first year pharmacy student Lexi Baskin’s car was covered with signs condemning her for parking in a handicapped parking spot on UK’s campus on Oct. 26, 2017.

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Don’t let the cold cramp your style Get an array of scarves Another essential winter accessory is the scarf. To change up that winter coat look, buy scarves in multiple colors and patterns. Warm colors in drab cold weather will make you stand out through the holiday season.

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No matter how low the temperature drops, you still need to make your way to work on chilly mornings.

This winter, put a few tricks up your sleeves to spice up your professional wardrobe when frost covers your car’s windshield (and everything else): Invest in a nice coat A nice pea coat is always in style and makes you feel your best as the snowflakes fall. Invest in a neutral color heavy winter coat that can go with multiple outfits -- it will be an everyday staple piece for you at least until March.

Buy special tech gloves Before most of us head into the office, we check our email, texts, social media accounts and more on our phones. If you walk to work, you know the age-old winter weather predicament: you must choose between your hands freezing and not

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checking your phone. To avoid this issue, go to a local department store and look for gloves with special fingertips for touch screen phones.

These usually have some kind of texture on the ends and can come very cheap.

Now, you can feel warmth in your hands and change your music on the way to work.

Work layers into your outfit Before you step out the front door in the morning, make sure to bundle up.

Gather a palette of clothing items that you can layer over and over again to get new combinations. With a mix of cardigans, long pants, blazers and more, you won’t have to wear the same outfit again until next year. Also, wearing leggings or tights underneath loose pants can help you internalize an extra few degrees.

Shine bright like a diamond this winter SYMFHANI PITTS Kernel blog writer

‘Tis the season and Rihanna is bringing the treats.

Not only did the singer drop Fenty Beauty in September, but she also hit us with a holiday collection just about a month after. The galaxy collection is full of sparkle and glitter so you can truly shine bright like a diamond this holiday season from eye to pout.

The holiday collection includes an eyeshadow palette, eye liners, lip glosses and lip sticks, but the star of the

show is her 14-eyeshadow palette called Galaxy. This $59 palette contains all glitter shadows that can be used as a sheer topcoat or full on glitter mania for the lids.

Continuing with the eyes, Rihanna gave us a 2-in-1 glitter release eyeliner called Eclipse. You can wear this liner regularly or rub it with your finger and release glitter specs that will have your eyes gleaming. There are three eyeliner colors and they all retail for $20.

Next up are the Starlit metallic lipsticks. These lipsticks have four colors: a sparkling peach shade called Supermoon, a shimmering hot pink shade called Gravity, a glimmering garnet

called Sci-Fly and a twinkling pink orchard shade called $upernova. Each can be yours for $19.

To finish it off are the Cosmic Glosses. Not only are these glosses super shiny, but they also have pigments full of glitter. There are four shades matching their lipstick counterparts: Gal on the Moon, Spacesuit, Plutonic Relationship and Astro-Naughty. Each retail for $19.

To make this holiday collection even sweeter, Fenty Beauty is 100% cruelty free. If you want to snag this galactic collection, you can find them at Sephora or order online at fentybeauty. com.

Buy some work-ready boots Your feet will thank you.

Invest in snow boots that can double as workplace footwear, as your normal dress shoes may not be toasty enough. Leather or fleecelined boots can offer extra protection in the snow.

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DUELING COLUMNS: WHEN DOES THE HOLIDAY SEASON OFFICIALLY START?

Stuff your turkey, Christmas can wait BAILEY VANDIVER News Editor

It’s Thanksgiving season, not Christmas season. Turn down the Christmas music and listen to the turkeys gobble.

I went to sleep on Halloween night excited for the best time of the year to begin the following day. Unfortunately, I woke up not to people excited for Thanksgiving or changing leaves, but instead to hundreds of Tweets about putting up Christmas lights or pressing play on Christmas music playlists.

People had fast forwarded straight through November, the best month for several reasons.

First of all, the trees’ leaves are changing colors, making an 8 a.m. walk across campus or a miserable drive on the Bluegrass Park-

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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 2 organization has had its first female president, and now has its first black female president.

Furnish said that since she was elected, she has been trying to thank all of the people who have “poured so much into me.”

Furnish said UK agricultural education academic coordinator Kendall Wright has been a huge part of her journey. Wright said it is hard to describe how honored she is to know Furnish.

“I admire Gracie for many

way much prettier.

Next, students are enjoying their final Caturdays of the football season, and the weather is normally beautiful. Let’s be honest, UK’s season is normally over long before it’s actually time to start playing Christmas music.

Christmas may be the “holiday” season, but November has plenty of its own spirit. Veterans Day on Nov. 11 offers a chance to remember and honor American veterans.

Then comes the perfect holiday: Thanksgiving, a perfectly valid excuse to do nothing but eat. You can spend the entire month thinking about those rolls your grandma makes and whether you can beat your previous record of eating 12– or is that just me?

Either way, Thanksgiving brings delicious food, endless re-runs of Chandler Bing moments and football

watched with family and friends.

Overall, November is a perfect month, and it’s a disgrace to skip over it. I’m not trying to be a Grinch here: I’ll listen to “All I Want for Christmas Is You” by Mariah Carey plenty of times this year, but not until December.

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things, including her selflessness and her genuine and kind personality, but I most admire Gracie for her unwavering faith,” Wright said.

Wright said she is so excited for Furnish as she begins her time as a national officer.

“But I am even more excited for all of the people she will meet during her time as a national FFA officer, as they will be forever changed by their experience with the bright, generous, faithful and compassionate leader that Gracie Furnish is,” she said.

Furnish will be taking both semesters of 2018 off from school to serve. She and the other officers will be based

in Indianapolis but will only spend 60 to 65 days there in the entire year. The team will travel all over the country to state conventions, conferences and more. In January, the officers are taking a trip to Japan.

“I’m really, really excited about that,” Furnish said.

But first, they have to train.

They must finish their classes up by Thanksgiving then report to training in December.

“They say it’s a year for a reason because you go so hard at it and get to do so much,” she said. “I’m just really looking forward to it.”

Tinsel me up and deck the halls now

It’s a great holiday to show gratitude and carve up some turkey with friends and family.

And the pie– YUM! HowevKRNL Editor-in-Chief er, even though Thanksgiving is Queen B Blair Waldorf’s favorite holiday, it should be Fatten me up and call me recognized as what it truly is: Santa because as of Nov. 1, a pre-game to Christmas.

Christmas season has come How does one even comto Kentucky. Sure, the some- pare the bare minimum of what less enjoyable Thanks- food, family and football giving still awaits us, but we to food, family, gifts, snow, can all agree that the true Christmas trees, and Frosty star of the holiday season is the Snowman? Even the Christmas.

Grinch chose Christmas over That’s not to say Thanks- Thanksgiving which, for the giving shouldn’t be cele- record, has far fewer movies brated or appreciated. and songs associated with it.

My Christmas jams playlist is longer than Santa’s naughty and nice lists combined. Can you name one Thanksgiving song as recognizable as “Jingle Bells,” “Deck the Halls,” “Silent Night,” “Feliz Navidad,” “Let it Snow” or “Winter Wonderland?” If someone sang “All I Want for Thanksgiving is You,” wouldn’t you scream and run away? You don’t “Have Yourself a MerMADISON REXTROAT

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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 12 ity said after practice before their game against Ole Miss.

Johnson said Baity has been an important part of his growing process at UK, saying Baity has been like a “little big brother” to him. Baity has helped with Johnson’s comfort level in Lexington both on and off the field as he’s made the transition from where he began.

Johnson wasn’t exactly a highly touted recruit coming into his career out of high school. He transferred

to the school from Garden City Community College out of Garden City, Kansas and sat out the 2016 season to focus on his academics, per UK Athletics. He’s listed as a three-star player out of junior college and has worked his way into a starting cornerback role for the Cats.

“Nothing comes easy,” Johnson said. “I just worked for it and just got better as the season went on. I told you in the beginning I’m going to compete coming off the bench like I was the starter, so that’s what I’ve been doing all season and trying to

ry Little Thanksgiving” and “Grandma Didn’t Get Run Over by a Turkey” because Thanksgiving simply isn’t as frosty and fun as Christmas.

There’s also no such thing as 12 Days of Thanksgiving.

You might get three days at best for Thanksgiving break (as opposed to the month-long winter/Christmas break), but even then it’s overshadowed by the wildness of Black Friday, which now basically starts on Thanksgiving Thursday. Perhaps the real culprit of the lack of Thanksgiving spirit is Black Friday, not early Christmas celebrations.

Ultimately, the feeling of Thanksgiving just isn’t the same as Christmas. Even as you get older and the gifts get fewer and fewer, childhood memories of Christmas morning will keep you giddy and gleeful when Halloween ends and Nov. 1 comes around. After all, the anticipation is the best part, isn’t it?

Email opinions@kykernel. com. make plays and coach took notice of that.”

The 6 feet 3 inches junior from Gary, Indiana has been essential to the UK defense so far this season. Coming off the bench, he’s recorded 23 solo tackles, three for a loss and one sack. He’s also blocked two kicks: one against conference opponent Missouri and one against instate foe Eastern Kentucky.

Because of his consistent physical play, he started his first game against Ole Miss, where he recorded four solo tackles and a broken-up pass.

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Bailey’s books: Why I read 100 books in a year BAILEY VANDIVER News Editor

On Jan. 1, I set a New Year’s Resolution to read 100 books in 2017.

On Oct. 15, I read my 99th book, so naturally, I began telling everyone I knew.

“Wow, I wish I had the time to do that,” was the first comment of almost everyone I told.

Well, here’s the thing: I make the time. I read before I go to bed, or I read a couple of chapters instead of watching one more episode of “Gilmore Girls,” or I actually read the books assigned in my English courses.

Not only do I take time out of my day to read because I enjoy it, but also because it’s incredibly important. According to a report by

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Our World in Data, 17 percent of the world’s population is illiterate.

The problem is not just global; it is also right here in the United States. Fourteen percent of U.S. adults cannot read, reported the U.S. Department of Education and National Institute of Literacy in 2014.

As part of the lucky percentage of the population, I refuse to waste the opportunity and ability to read. As a female with the ability to read, I cannot afford to waste that opportunity.

According to the same study, 66 percent of the illiterate people in the world are female.

Pulitzer Prize winner Nicholas Kristof recently visited UK and said that the biggest threat to extremists is often a girl with a schoolbook. In his book that he wrote with his wife, “Half the Sky,” Kristof stresses how important education, including literacy, is to improving women’s standing around the world.

Literacy literally changes people’s lives.

But even if it didn’t, I would read because I

love to, which is also important. College students have to devote so much time to classes, jobs and internships that sometimes the things they are really passionate about fall through the cracks.

I kept an online list of books throughout the year and included the date on which I finished them. Sixty of the 100 books that I read were in the summer, when I did have an internship, but did not have to worry about my classwork.

This is probably true of any hobby: students start school back in August and play their favorite sport less, or their average amount of Netflix episodes watched each week decreases, and that’s not a good thing. Yes, students should be devoting their time to things that will further their future. But, they should also spend time doing what makes them happy, whether that’s reading or not.

But hey, if it is reading, I can give you about 100 great suggestions.

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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 12 a big fan of Duke basketball.

Anyone who follows Ware on Twitter knows of Ware’s passion toward Duke, as the defensive end has plenty of Duke basketball tweets all over his timeline.

Ware’s favorite player on Duke’s team is Grayson Allen, the senior leader on a relatively young but talented Blue Devil roster.

“Grayson Allen, you know that’s my dog,” Ware said. “I really don’t know him but that’s my favorite college player.”

Fortunately for Ware, the Blue Devils project to be one

of the best teams in college basketball this season. Duke was ranked No. 1 in the AP’s preseason polls, and added many top freshmen in the offseason, such as Gary Trent Jr., Wendell Carter Jr. and Marvin Bagley III. The Cats and the Blue Devils don’t have a planned game on the schedule this season, but they will walk past one another at the Champions Classic in Chicago, when UK will play Kansas and Duke will play Michigan State.

However, since both teams are ranked highly, it’s possible that the two teams could face each other in the NCAA Tournament, and if that game happens, Ware

already knows who he will cheer for, but doesn’t want to share his answer.

“I’m just going to keep my mouth shut, I think everybody knows the answer to that question,” Ware said.

However, it’s possible that Ware’s football team could play Duke on the gridiron this postseason, as the Cats are already bowl-bound and it’s possible Duke could be the same.

None of the major sports sites project Duke and Kentucky to pair up against each other in a bowl game, but if it happens, it could spark some awkward questions in the locker room leading up to the bowl game.

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Makayla Epps is finding her way

By Curtis Franklin

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For Makayla Epps, life’s been different.

She likes that word because she says it’s starting to explain everything that’s going on in her life right now.

The former UK women’s basketball star and daughter of former men’s basketball star Anthony Epps is facing the same challenges that plenty of other collegiate standouts face once they reach the professional level: competing with other amazing athletes from across the world. But Epps doesn’t necessarily treat it in that way.

After unexpectedly sliding to the third round in last year’s WNBA Draft, Epps wasn’t disappointed or dejected. Instead, she was motivated. She had a newfound chip on her shoulder. When a talent like Epps’ is mixed with her refusal to accept defeat, failure is simply not in the cards.

Her team, the Chicago Sky, also took players in the first and second rounds, but ultimately cut both players in favor of keeping Epps. This, she says, was mostly a result of her hard work in training camp. For a player who could have gone much earlier in the draft, it’s easy to see where her hustle came from.

“There are players that are better than me. That’s just life, and I had to realize that. I just had to fight and grind every single day,” Epps said. “I wasn’t very grateful for the opportunity but never took it for granted because at any given time, they could’ve gotten rid of me, and I really wasn’t ready to come back to Lexington.”

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ADDISON COFFEY I STAFF Former Kentucky guard Makayla Epps directs the offense during the second quarter of the game against the Mississippi State Bulldogs on Feb. 23, 2017, in Lexington, Kentucky.

And now, Epps is back in Lexington – but for all the right reasons. She’s finishing up her undergraduate degree, all while training for the upcoming WNBA season in April. But as she’s back in town, Epps can’t help but be proud and a little saddened as she reflects on her legacy as a Wildcat. Although she can still be around the team and has an offer from head coach Matthew Mitchell to practice with the UK team, it just isn’t the same.

“Very different. Very bittersweet. I miss it. Even when I left, at the beginning, I missed it… I really enjoyed my four years here, and I’m glad I’m back finishing school, but to not be playing basketball, it still hasn’t hit me until I go to a game next week and I’m not out there.”

Her final season with the Cats was one that began with adversity but ended up being her best one, she says.

Following a mass exodus of players and coaches at the beginning of her senior sea-

son, which left only six returning players to go along with a handful of new faces, Makayla and her teammates came together to take on the underdog role that year. It all came to a head on senior night when the Cats knocked off Top 10 ranked Mississippi State.

“At the time, we didn’t know we were going to be hosting the NCAA tournament. The underclassmen took it as this was mine and Evelyn Akhator’s last game at Memorial, so we wanted to make it special.”

That night became a special goodbye to a special player, despite her being able to play two more games in the arena. Ranking fifth on the school’s all-time list in career points and seventh in career assists, Epps has likely played her way into the UK Athletics Hall of Fame conversation. Hearing the possibility of her name being up there with the greats is an honor to her.

Lonnie, you’re not in Kansas anymore

By Chase Campbell sports@kykernel.com

For many athletes, specifically collegiate athletes, the time after practice is used to go home and unwind.

After an especially physical or taxing practice, coming home and just breathing is what a lot of athletes look forward to as they pile into their cars on their way out of the team’s facilities.

For UK football cornerback Lonnie Johnson Jr., that’s not exactly the case.

When he gets home, he and his roommate, cornerback Derrick Baity, have another film session where they watch their past game and analyze their strengths and weaknesses.

He said they are often bored, so they go over what

AKINTUNDE NELSON I STAFF Kentucky cornerback Lonnie Johnson celebrates Kentucky tight end Greg Hart’s touchdown during the game against Eastern Michigan on Sept. 30, 2017, in Lexington, Kentucky.

they did in practice.

“Go over our rights and wrongs then we just watch it together and watch game film, watch the next oppo-

nent, watch what they do well, watch what we can improve on, stuff like that,” Ba-

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Denzil Ware’s favorite basketball team isn’t Kentucky

By Chris Leach

sports@kykernel.com

At UK, there is a sense of family that’s present in UK Athletics.

If you were to go to a volleyball game, baseball game, or any type of UK Athletics event, if you look around in the crowd, you’re likely to land you eyes upon one of UK’s athletes.

“We always like to support each other, hang out with each other,” junior basketball player Jonny David said in a preseason interview.

However, if the Cats were to come across Duke on the basketball court, one of UK’s defensive ends would have a hard time picking sides.

“I have been a Duke fan

CARTER GOSSETT I STAFF Kentucky linebacker Denzil Ware walks through the Cat Walk prior to the game against Ole Miss on Nov. 4, 2017.

since eighth grade,” Denzil Ware said. “I just put the TV on and see them blowing somebody out and just like, ‘That’s my team right there,

Duke,’ so I ride with them.”

Ware, who is from Opp, Alabama, might not be from North Carolina but is

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