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Star freshman Wall may be ineligible to playBy Ben Jones and Metz Camfield
Freshman point guard John Wallmay be ineligibleto play, accordingto an ESPN.comreport releasedThursday.
According tothe ESPN.comstory, UK hadbeen investigatingWall’s eligibility
for months to determine benefits Wall
may or may not have received fromhis former AAU coach, Brian Clifton.Clifton was a certified agent withFIBA, basketball’s international gov-erning body for a year. Wall and Mis-sissippi State recruit Renardo Sidneyare both involved in the allegations.
UK spokesman John Haydensaid he had no knowledge of theESPN report.
“As far as we’re concerned, it’s anon-issue,” Hayden said.
UK athletics spokesman De-Wayne Peevy said in a statement re-leased by UK athletics that all UK
student-athletes are considered eligi-ble unless it is noted otherwise.
“The University of Kentuckywill not comment on the academicor eligibility status of any UK stu-dent-athlete,” Peevy said in the re-lease. “We will continue to respectthe privacy of all our student-athletesin regards to personal information.”
ESPN cited an unnamed sourcewithin UK who said the school isworking to determine the status ofWall’s eligibility. SEC commissionerMike Slive told reporters on Thurs-day at SEC basketball media day it
is an amateurism issue.“Those are strictly amateurism
issues,” Slive said. “As we told ourpeople, somebody needs to deter-mine if they are eligible. It’s not rel-ative to you, it’s relative to them.”
Because Clifton was an agent,any benefits Wall accepted fromClifton would be equated to beingaccepted from an agent and wouldhave to be repaid before he could be-come eligible. NCAA rules also statethat student-athletes can also be heldout of 10 percent of a team’s gamesas part of the punishment.
ARTS IN ASIA
PHOTOS BY BRITNEY MCINTOSH | STAFFKeiko Thayer demonstrates Ikebana, the Japanese art of flowers, on Thursday morning in the UK Art Museum during the ArtsAsia Festival.
Festival proves to be a successBy Laura Karr
It is not everyday you seelarge, elaborate costumes featur-ing bright colors and enormousheaddresses being worn by peo-ple walking around campus.
The first annual ArtsAsiaFestival, which began on Oct. 17,has been surprisingly successful.During the past week, UK hashosted the festival’s lectures,demonstrations and performancesto exhibit Asian culture to UKstudents.
The Kathakali performanceMonday evening featured a tradi-tional Indian dance whose elabo-rate costumes stunned an audi-ence of students, faculty andmembers of the general public.
Cecilia Wang, music educa-tion professor and an Asia Centerfaculty affiliate, said the festivalhas been a great opportunity forUK students to learn about theculture of Asia.
“These eight days of Asian
fine arts events provide themwith the best of Asian arts andthe most respected artists inAsian music, visual arts and the-ater,” Wang said.
The Asian Fine Arts Initia-tive, a group of UK faculty mem-bers commissioned to promoteAsian art at the university and inCentral Kentucky, established theArtsAsia Festival.
“These events are very im-portant for students since CentralKentucky is far away from citieswith a large Asian population,”Wang said. “The only way tohave them interact with fine artsand artists of Asia is to bring theartists here.”
This past week’s events in-cluded “The ‘Gei’ of Geisha,”which featured a lecture, videosof geisha schools and a live mu-sical performance, giving stu-dents a closer look into the livesof Japanese geisha.
“The videos help to bring itall together,” said Mary Davis, atheater freshman. “It’s one thing
to hear people talk about it butanother to actually see it.”
Davis decided to attend theevent after being impressed bythe Kathakali performance shesaw earlier in the week.
Plans for the second annualfestival in October 2010 are al-ready in process thanks to thepositive response from students,
The ArtsAsia Festival was considered a success, consisting of week-longevents that featured Asian culture. More people than expected attended.
See ArtsAsia on page 4
Running,painting andcomedy for
HomecomingBy Taylor Moak
Blue windows all over Lexington. Arun “For the Kids.” Dice and casinochips. Homecoming Week 2009, “VivaLex Vegas,” is here.
Homecoming Week begins Saturdayand is full of events, new and similar tolast year’s Homecoming, on campus forstudents to celebrate university tradi-tions.
The Student Activities Board hasbeen working on Homecoming 2009 foralmost a year. SAB’s director of tradi-tions Bryce Moffett said he has beenworking on Homecoming 2009 sinceDecember.
“(Students will) feel more involvedwith campus and with the community ofLexington,” Moffett said.
Thirty-nine student organizations willPaint the Town Blue on Saturday bypainting a window on campus or at a lo-cal business with a “Viva Lex Vegas”theme. Moffett said the number of stu-dent organizations has increased fromlast year.
For the Banner Competition, studentorganizations will design publicity ban-ners to hang in the Johnson Center or inthe W.T. Young Library. On Sunday af-ternoon, DanceBlue will host a 5Kwalk/run.
Homecoming Week will include acanned food drive, a children’s carnivaland a comedy competition. The BlackStudent Union will host a haunted houseevent on Thursday, Oct. 29.
The Homecoming Parade will beSaturday, Oct. 31 before the UK footballgame against Mississippi State. Thirty-five student organizations, the WildcatMarching Band, the University Dance
Homecoming 2009
Homecoming eventsPaint the Town BlueSaturday, Oct. 24 - Friday, Oct. 30Student organizations will paint awindow either on campus or at alocal business with a “Viva LexVegas” theme.Paintings will remain up allthrough Homecoming Week.Banner CompetitionSaturday, Oct. 25Student organizations will makebanners out of twin bedsheets tohang in the W.T. Young Library orthe Johnson Center.DanceBlue 5K Run/WalkSunday, Oct. 25Race begins at 3 p.m.Registration will begin near Gate3 of Commonwealth Stadium at1:30 p.m. T-shirt, race number and informa-tion will be available at the sign-in tables.Awards will be given for TopMale and Top Female participantin each age division.
See Homecoming on page 4
Lack of fall breakaccounted for elsewhere
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By Margaret [email protected]
While some universities givetheir students a fall break, UKeliminated its fall break two yearsago.
David Randall, professor ofphysiology and chair of the Uni-versity Senate Council, whichmakes the decisions for the aca-demic calendar, said the break didnot completely disappear. Instead,additional days will be added toboth Thanksgiving and Christmasbreaks.
“The fall break is not gone, ithas just reappeared in a longerThanksgiving break,” Randall said.
Many areas of the universityare considered when deciding theacademic calendar, Randall said,including residence halls and din-ing services.
Sheila Brothers, administrativecoordinator in the University Sen-ate, said the decision to cut fallbreak was based on numerous con-cerns, including students travelinglate Wednesday to get home andstudents skipping Wednesdayclasses before Thanksgiving.
The committee was split inmaking the fall break decision.Some argued students would beginskipping Tuesday, but Brothers
See Breaks on page 4
Panel encourages campus to use less coal
By Anna [email protected]
When students leave cam-pus, some lights stay on.
“It blows my mind,” MartinMudd, a UK graduate student,said. “Actually it infuriates mebecause I know of a simple so-lution.”
Mudd, a Kentuckians forthe Commonwealth member,joined three others in a paneldiscussion called “PoweringUK’s Future — The Coal Plantand Beyond.”
The panel included Mudd,Bob Wiseman, UK vice presi-dent of facilities, David Manni-
no, UK College of PublicHealth, and Nancy Reinhart,KFTC coal plant researcher.The panel was sponsored byKFTC, UK Greenthumb andMountain Justice.
“If every room on campushad motion sensor lights …when you’re gone and nobody isin the room, the lights shut off,”Mudd said. “It makes sense.”
Jonathan Beam, telecom-munications sophomore saidthe panel made him see thesimplicity of saving energy, be-ing more aware and stoppingenergy waste.
Wall
! If student-athlete accepts asignificant amount of money —eligibility shouldn’t be received.! If student-athlete acceptsbenefits from agent greater than$101 — student-athlete willhave to repay money and servea minimum suspension of 10percent of all regular seasongames.! That’s three to four games inUK’s case.
NCAA rules
See Coal on page 4
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RED, WHITE AND BLUE
Ka-ching! They're happy now, but what if the mar-riage goes south?
Celebrating her 29th birthday at Tao in Las VegasOctober 16, Kim Kardashian was surrounded by friendsand family. As DJ Reach led chants of "Kim! Kim! Kim!"only one thing was missing from the fete. Nope, not theKeeping Up With the Kardashians cameras: It was new-lywed little sister Khloe who was MIA. After missingher flight, she opted to stay in California, where herhubby of less than a month, L.A. Laker Lamar Odom, 29,had suffered a leg injury during a preseason game."They were both supposed to come," Kim told Us at thebash. "She feels really bad, but we'll have a celebrationback in L.A. too."
As the devoted bride, 25, stayed with her man,questions remained about her quickie - albeit lavish -September 27 wedding to Odom after a 32-daycourtship. Had the couple drawn up that Hollywood es-sential, a prenup? While a source close to the pair as-sured Us the document protecting Odom's $83 million inearnings was in place before the wedding, details ofthe big-bucks agreement are just now coming to light.
Sealing The DealIf the marriage (the wedding airs on E!'s Kardashi-
ans November 8) goes bad, Khloe won't be broke. In theevent of a split, Odom's $33Êmillion, four-year contractwith the -Lakers will not be considered community prop-
erty. Instead, he'll pay $500,000 for each year of mar-riage. He'll also provide her with a luxury car each timeits lease expires. According to Radaronline.com, Khloe,who earns $5,000 per episode for Kourtney and Khloetake Miami and $15,000 an episode for Kardashians,was also negotiating for $15,000-a-month alimony, pos-session of their new mansion, $6,000 a month for shop-ping and beauty, and courtside Lakers seats for her fam-ily. "She just wants to protect her interests," says afriend.
Hands-on MomThe mission was accomplished thanks to hardball
negotiations by her mom and business manager, KrisJenner, 53. "Both sides were pushing for a prenup, butKris has been handling it all," says a second source. Of-fers another, "Kris was the holdup. She rejected offersfrom Lamar's lawyers." Odom's camp, says a source, "istrying to protect his family." He supports his two chil-dren with ex-girlfriend Liza Morales and, says an Odomsource, "takes care of a lot of people." (Odom's lawyercould not be reached.)
Oblivious to the legal wrangling? The happy cou-ple, who are about to make an offer on a house. "Khloeand Lamar haven't spoken of the prenup once, literally,"says the pal. "Khloe doesn't believe it will ever be used.She's head over heels."
Khloe and Lamar prenup
This summer I spent Fourth of July working, because as an intern, that's what you do on holidays; workso no one else has to. As the sun set over the Niagara River and the light touched all the red, white andblue, I didn't mind so much that I was working though. I enjoyed every second of taking picture thatmoment, and ended up with a photo I'm really happy with.
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By Brandon [email protected]
The UK swimming and diving teamsare going to let you know who they are.
Some of the fastest swimmers in thecountry can be found at UK.
A gold medalist, another Olympianand the owner of one of the 50 fastest but-terfly times in the world are included onUK’s 2009-10 men’s and women’s swim-ming and diving teams.
Gary Connelly has been the swimminghead coach at UK since 1991 and said thisis one of the better women’s teams he hashad. He gave even higher praise to whatthe men’s team could accomplish this sea-son.
“This could potentially be our bestmen’s team ever,” Connelly said.
Those are high accolades for a teamthat finished in the top 20 in the NCAAChampionships last season.
Elvis Burrows is a fifth-year seniorwho represented the Bahamas in the 2008Olympic Games as well as this past year’sWorld Games.
Burrows has the 44th fastest men’s 50-butterfly time in the world. He currentlyholds the team record in the butterfly, sur-passing fellow fifth-year senior and All-American, Warren Grobbelaar. Connellyregards both swimmers as among the best
sprint butterfliers in the nation.Senior leader Kyle Greene led the
team with All-American honors in fourevents as a junior and is looking to contin-ue a leadership role with fellow seniorsBurrows, Grobbelaar and Eric McGinnis.
McGinnis comes into the season on anemotional high after winning a gold medalin this past summer’s World UniversityGames.
He was on a team that took gold in themen’s 4x100 freestyle relay.
“That was definitely the biggest thingthat I’ve ever been a part of,” McGinnissaid. “Bringing a gold medal to the UnitedStates was something real special.”
Junior Tyler Reed is one of the pre-mier men’s 200-freestylers in the countryand credits much of his success to Connel-ly.
“Training under Gary has been a hugebenefit as he was also a 200-freestyler andan Olympian and can give insights manyothers can't,” Reed said.
The women’s team does not have asmuch depth as the men’s team but they dohave a solid balance of experience andyoung talent.
Senior Megan Pulskamp and juniorChatham Penrod are looking to make theirthird appearances at the NCAA Champi-onships. Junior Jenna Newsome and soph-omore Kelsi Hall have gotten off to hotstarts this season and should be in the run-ning for NCAA berths this year as well.
Many swimmers on the women’s sidehave had to expand their roles because ofa lack of depth. Junior Kayla Sergesketteris a prime example.
When Sergesketter arrived at UK, she
was strictly a sprinter. Now, as a junior,she has been asked to take on events of alldistances.
Connelly commended her ability totake on any task.
“She is probably the hardest worker inpractice on the team,” Connelly said.“She’s willing to swim pretty much anyevent we throw her into and she’ll do areal good job with it.”
With all the success of the swimming
team, diving is a work in progress for UKafter former diving coach Mike Lydendied in 2008. Ted Hautau is in his secondseason as the diving coach at UK and hasthe task of rebuilding a diving team thatconsists of only two men and one woman.
“Our goal is to be a top 20 team in thecountry in both (men’s and women’s div-ing),” Connelly said. “The men I think re-ally have the capability to really start topush toward the top 10 level.”
UK swimming and divinghas speed, experience
in their favor this season
PHOTOS BY BRITNEY MCINTOSH| STAFFAbove: Sophomore Chelsea Peterson swims a lap during the UK swimming and diving team prac-tice at the Lancaster Aquatic Center on Thursday, October 22, 2009. Below: Swim coach John Brucato talks with a swimmer before the start of practice on Thursdayafternoon at the Lancaster Aquatic Center.
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Leaving the competition in their wake
By Nick [email protected]
Mississippi spoiled the send-off of four UKplayers by hammering the Cats 4-1 Thursday onsenior night at the UK Soccer Complex.
The emotional charge provided by seniors KatieFahey, Julie Hull, Ashley Stack and Stefani Kildarewas not enough for UK (5-8-4, 2-6-1 SoutheasternConference) to halt Ole Miss’ (11-3-2, 5-1-2 SEC)proficient attack and dominance in possession.
“I warned the team before the game that seniornight wastes a lot of emotion before you get on thefield and we lost focus of what really matters,” saidUK head coach Jon Lipsitz. “We have to be honestthat we didn’t play well, and we have to be honestthat we lost to a better team.”
The game was bittersweet for Fahey, who lookedvisibly somber after the game, which has put UK’shopes of reaching the SEC Tournament in jeopardy.
The Cats have two away games remaining —against Mississippi State on Sunday, before travelingto Nashville, Tenn., to take on Vanderbilt on Oct. 30.
UK needs to finish in the top eight in the SEC toqualify for the postseason.
“We’re going to have to win our (final) twogames,” Fahey said. “We have to throw this gameout the window and go out like we’ve never playedbefore.”
The Cats’ poor performance began early, as theyturned in a lackluster first half getting outshot 11-1,with their only shot coming from a weak header viafreshman defender Brooke Keyes.
UK managed to show a little more life in thesecond half, but a goal from Ole Miss’ Dylan Jordanand a pair of goals from Hannah Weatherly demon-strated Ole Miss’ class.
The consolation prize for UK came in the formof junior forward Laura Novikoff’s convertedpenalty kick in the 66th minute.
Ole Miss concluded their five-game road tripunbeaten with their victory Thursday night.
“Today we came out and did not have thatedge,” Lipsitz said. “We got punished by a verywell-coached and very talented team.”
Women’s soccer flounders on senior night
PHOTO BY ADAM WOLFFBRANDT | STAFFSenior Katie Fahey and the Cats fell to Ole Miss on sen-ior night 4-1.
said the decision is meantto keep students from miss-ing class and missing theholidays with their fami-lies.
Freida Eggleton, chairof the calendar committeeat Western Kentucky Uni-versity, said every institu-tion makes calendar deci-sions based on their indi-vidual campus culture andneeds.
Eggleton said WKU hasa two-day fall break, aswell as a Thanksgiving andwinter break, which isequivalent to the length ofUK's. However, WKU’sclasses run five minuteslonger than UK's typical50-minute and 75-minuteclasses.
Bruce Manley in theCommunications, Publica-tions and Transfer Equiva-lency department of the Of-fice of the Registrar saidUK classes should meet800 minutes based on a 16-
week semester,“As long as the courses
are meeting for the requiredtime, then breaks can bescheduled around that,”Manley said.
Scott Burks, director ofStudent Records and Reg-istration at the Universityof Louisville, said theirfall break has been in ef-fect for the past 10 years.Their fall break was initi-ated by student demands tohave a full week off everysemester. Students arguedthey already had one fullweek off for spring breakand they needed moredown time in the fall se-mester, he said.
Randall said the Univer-sity Senate started an initia-tive two years ago tolengthen fall break to onefu ll week. However, if stu-dents were to have a fullweek fall break, they wouldbe paying the same amountof tuition but for fewer daysin the classroom, Randallsaid.
“This would have coststudents more in tuition bycutting instructional daysby two or three days,” hesaid.
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said Andrew Maske, UK Asianart professor and member ofthe Asian Fine Arts Initiative.
Maske said due to a highlevel of attention gained bythe festival throughout cam-pus and Lexington, more stu-dents than expected partici-pated.
“We have been thrilledwith the response and the sizeof the crowds,” Maske said.
The Festival concludesSaturday with an interactiveworkshop on Ikebana, theJapanese art of flower arrange-ment, at 1:00 p.m., and “EastMeets West,” a concert byHong Kong composer C.C.Leung with the UK SymphonyOrchestra and UK Chorale atthe Singletary Center for theArts at 7:30 p.m.
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Team and President Lee Todd andFirst Lady Patsy Todd will makeappearances.
The Homecoming King andQueen will be announced at half-time of the game.
Voting for the HomecomingKing and Queen will begin at noonon Monday and continue until noonon Friday.
The five king candidates areShaun Denney, Justin Linne, CalvinRiney, Dwight “D.J.” Lacy and BenDuncan. The five queen candidatesare Ashley Jackson, Barb Jackson,Katie Wilkerson, Autumn Abrahamand Dana Deptola.
Moffett said Homecoming Weekis a unique experience every time.
“(Students can) see the spirit ofWildcat country,” Moffett said. “It’sfun to see what students can accom-plish working together.”
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Organizations team up for 5K runBy Roy York
Most people may not be able to walka mile in a cancer patient's shoes, but theStudent Activities Board and DanceBluewant the Lexington community to runfive kilometers to help keep childrenwith cancer in the race.
On Sunday, SAB and DanceBluewill host their 14th Annual 5K Run/Walkas part of Homecoming week to benefitchildren battling cancer. Early registra-tion is $12, registration the day of therace is $16 and all proceeds go to Dance-Blue, where the funds are given to thepediatric oncology unit at UK Hospital.
“Our whole cause and our whole rea-son for doing this is for the kids,” saidJaclyn Hawkins, campus marketing co-ordinator for DanceBlue.
DanceBlue will donate half of themoney raised from the event to cancerresearch at UK, while the other half willbe split between nurses at an after-effectsclinic that cares for children afterchemotherapy treatments and socialworkers for the children.
Bryce Moffett, director of traditionsfor SAB, said Dance Blue and SABhosted separate 5K events in the past,but four years ago the two merged.
Hawkins said DanceBlue was fortu-nate to have the support of SAB, whichfoots the bill for planning and hostingthe run. She said SAB's assistance helpsDanceBlue focus on its mission in help-ing children with cancer.
“(DanceBlue) is focused on the 24-hour event, but we want to do thingsyear round to keep the focus on thekids,” Hawkins said.
She said having an event andfundraiser early in the year would helpspread the word about DanceBlueamong new students and people through-out Lexington. Hawkins added that hav-ing the support of other student organi-zations such as SAB would help Dance-Blue achieve that goal.
Hawkins ran in the race last year andsaw a great turnout from individual stu-dents, student organizations and peoplein the community.
“There were some die-hard runnersfrom Lexington,” Hawkins said. “It wasso funny because we were like, ‘Oh mygosh, that old man is lapping us!’ ”
DanceBlue has received supportfrom John's Run Walk Shop, which willbe officiating the race, and from SecondSunday.
Moffett said medals will be given tothe top three male runners and the top
three female runners, and the top threerunners from each age group will be rec-ognized.
Participants can fill out early regis-tration forms on the SAB Web site, or atJohn’s Run Walk Shop between 4 p.mand 7 p.m. on Friday. Registration andcheck-in begins at 1:30 p.m. on Sundayat Gate 3 of Commonwealth Stadium,and the race begins at 3 p.m.
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Student Government istrying to look like a real gov-ernment.
No, this is not a slight atSG, but rather pointing outSG’s proposed move to elim-inate the senator-at-largeposition. Taking a page fromthe U.S. government, SG istaking a proactive step toensure the students are repre-sented proportionally andsorted by territory, or in thiscase, field of study.
Instead of having thewilling, popular kids desig-nated to represent the studentbody, the current 40 senatorseats would be distributedamongst the colleges with aseat being added for theCollege of Public Health.
“The goal is to representthe student body based onproportion,” said Falon
Thacker, College of Arts andSciences senator.
According to a Thursday,Oct 22 Kernel article, theproposal would go before afull Senate, which then musthave 75 percent of its mem-bers approve the amendmenttwice before it is passed.
This proposal probablyshould have been in place awhile ago, but now that it ishere, it must be seriouslyconsidered and passed.Currently, senators-at-largefocus too broadly and insteadof having a specific set ofissues and an area of focus,they are supposed to repre-sent a vast section of stu-dents. SG needs any initiativethat proposes to level theplaying field.
Still, more reform isneeded beyond just assigningSenate seats to colleges.
Such a change will not
eliminate apathy students feeltoward SG. Last election, thetwo Arts and Sciences sena-tors won with 507 and 455votes, respectively. Thelargest college in the univer-sity only needs 500 people tovote and the entire studentbody has its opinion repre-sented by less than one-fifthof campus.
Voter apathy isn't a prob-lem just for the senate seatseither.
SG President Ryan Smithwas elected by earning about49 percent of the total vote,or 2286 of 4677 votes.
Ideally, every UK studentwould care about SG, but thecurrent system boasts a bor-derline dynasty at the top andit traditionally has been runby a small portion of thecampus. Additionally, percep-tion is turning into reality andthe Greek system and a hand-
ful of involved students dom-inate the system.
SG can put more powerback in the hands of the stu-dents, but it is incumbentupon students to take advan-tage of the proposal. Some ofthe apathy can be attributedto the system but studentsmust be willing to step in andbring about change.
Go to SG Senate meet-ings. Be sure to find out whothe candidates are withinyour college and express yourideas, frustrations and con-cerns to your representative.
This may be about SGreform but it is just as muchabout student reform as well.SG is giving students theopportunity to have moreinfluence. Now, if this pro-posal passes, the studentsmust take the next step andshow them it was worth it.
Nothing is wrong withmotivated individuals usingSG as an outlet for their spirit,but UK needs to broaden itsstudent leadership base. TheSenate must examine the pro-posal with more focus on theuniversity as a whole than withtheir own interests in mind.
Changing the electoralsystem on the Senate levelwould be a fitting start.Arming each college with itsown munition of influencewill go a long way to balanc-ing the scales, but the systemstill needs a major overhaulthat starts from within.
OPINIONSFriday, October 23, 2009 Page 4
! KERNEL EDITORIAL
SG’s proposed senate reform beneficial for UK’s campus
Students reaping negative attention from irresponsibilityMy grandmother was, among many things,
a cornucopia of wisdom, the likes of which Ihave yet to encounter anywhere else. In addi-
tion to the many virtues andsayings she taught me duringthe 13 years I had with her,she taught me that you reapwhat you sow.!In otherwords, what you do now isgoing to have a profound ef-fect on what happens andwhat you experience at a lat-er date—whether that date isa minute or ten years fromnow.!
This is a lesson I wishthe general student body
here at UK would learn, for we have and arecontinuing to sow bad seeds, and it is abouttime for the harvest.
We all know that the hot button issuethis semester, besides the tobacco ban, is thestudent housing proposal, which is currentlybefore the Urban County Council.!Everyonein town seems to have an opinion on this is-sue, and no group is more outspoken thanthe students here from our university.!But inall our protest, letters to the editor and
marches to city hall, have we really thoughtabout why such a proposal would even besuggested … multiple times?!
What would cause the community at-large, who welcome students into their subdi-visions and neighborhoods year after year, tosuddenly yank up the welcome mat and de-mand our eviction? The answer is simple, yetdevastating. We as a student body have doneeverything we can to wear out our welcomeand alienate the city that has taken care of usand our university for over 100 years.
This is not something that happened overnight, or even over the course of a semester.!Ithas been a gradual process, something thathas festered over the years, a malignancy thathas finally reached the point of disruption.!
One need only drive down State Streetor Aylesford Place on a Sunday morning tosee a piece of what I am talkingabout.!Neighborhoods that are clean andquiet during the week turn into a demilita-rized zone on the weekends, looking like theback streets in a former Soviet republic atthe end of said weekend.!
It’s not just the incessant and excessivepartying that has helped us wear out ourwelcome in the community. If that was the
case what we are experiencing now wouldhave happened a long time ago. !One needonly look at the Lexington Herald-Leader orin the pages of the Kernel, to see the massamounts of violent crimes, vandalism andarrests that some of our fellow students areaccessories or even the main participants in.!
Would you want to live in a neighbor-hood or even within 10 houses of peoplewhose weekend parties keep you up atnight, or whose fights with their girlfriendsor boyfriends always end in yelling or po-lice intervention?
I know I wouldn’t. And anyone else whois honest with themselves wouldn’t want to ei-ther.!If this scenario is true, then how can weblame the Lexington residents for wanting usout of their neighborhoods or at least to thin
our numbers in residential neighborhoods? ! The gripe I hear among my fellow stu-
dents is that we are not treated as adults,that we are not given any respect by thoseolder than us. But the question is, do we actlike adults? Do we deserve respect?
Yes, I realize that these behaviors aren’tindicative of the entire student body, but itis a large enough percentage to where it hasbecome a noticeable problem.!We as a stu-dent community need to begin to repair ourimage and our ties with the community. It isimperative that we do whatever it takes toshow the Lexington community that wewant to be productive and positive membersof the community.!
It may be too late for us to stop thehousing proposal but it is never too late tobegin to make amends for past transgres-sions. Maybe in two to three years, we canmake enough of an impact to be welcomedback into the community with open arms .Yet if we continue down the path we are on,too prideful to admit our mistakes, then weas a university student community will sure-ly reap what we have sown so much of.
Zac Kiser is a biology junior. [email protected].
We as a student body have doneeverything we can to wear out
our welcome and alienate the citythat has taken care of us and this
university for over 100 years.
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If you goWhat: Student GovernmentSenate meetingWhen: Wednesday Oct. 28at 8 p.m.Where: 206 Student Center
StudentGovernment?
! Students are permitted onevote per presidential candidateand per college senator.! Students are also permittedto select up to 15 candidatesfor the senate-at-large election
Total students26,913
Total votes for president4,677
Total votes for college senators5,366
Total votes for senator-at-large47,565
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“I thought Martin (Mudd) had a lotof really good comments that we coulddo that are very easy,” Beam said.
More than 100 people gatheredin the Student Center on Thursdayevening. The attendance showed UKis moving toward change, said Jessi-ca Barnett, integrated strategic com-munications sophomore.
The panelists said the campusneeds to start using more natural gasand less coal.
“We have to move away fromcoal,“ Mudd said. “The way to dothat is going to be through commonsense techniques combined with ge-nius engineering methods.”
The panelists said while wait-ing, there are some small things thepublic can do that will make a bigdifference in conservation, liketurning lights off when leaving aroom. However, they said it could
be a while before this is accom-plished.
“I think in two to three years wehave the potential to see some major
changes in our whole energy poli-cy,” Wiseman said. “I think we’llhave a tighter permit and tighter re-strictions.”
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PHOTO BY ZACH BRAKE | STAFFKFTC researcher Nancy Reinhart, KFTC member Martin Mudd, director of physicalfacilities Bob Wiseman and public health professor Dave Mannino answer ques-tions during “Powering UK’s Future — The Coal Plant and Beyond” in room 206 ofthe Student Center Thursday evening.
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In his senior year, the linebacker hasbecome a force for the Cats
PHOTO BY BRITNEY MCINTOSH | STAFFSenior linebacker Sam Maxwell has become a trash-talking play-maker at linebacker for the Cats in 2009.
By Ben [email protected]
Q. You’ve had quite the breakout season so far. You’ve made36 tackles and you’re leading the team with seven passes de-fended. What do you attribute your success to?
A. The coaches really believing in me for the first thing, theplayers also are seeing what I can do. I’m a very composedguy, knowing what I’m capable of doing. And I’m a very vocalguy, so keeping everybody on the same page and having every-body talking and communicating has helped.
Q. You know, I’ve noticed that you’re one of the bigger talk-ers out there on the team. Are you trying to keep everybodyaware of what’s going on the field or are you trash-talking outthere on the field?
A. I do trash-talking, I do it all. I’m talking because that’sthe kind of person I am. If I’m not talking, I just don’t feelright. I cannot just sit there. I’ve tried to be like “I’m not goingto say anything today,” but when it gets to the bottom of it I’mback talking. I have to be talking trash or letting everybodyelse know what they’re doing or asking questions. I have totalk during the plays.
Q. Who are the other big trash-talkers out on the field?
A. Alabama has a lot of trash-talkers, Louisville has somehere and there. But everybody talks trash out there to eachother, it just depends on how you and the guy playing againstyou are doing. Whoever is winning at the time has the brag-ging rights, so it’s going to go back and forth the whole game.
Q. Who’s the toughest guy you’ve ever had to tackle?
A: I would say (UK senior fullback) John Conner. He’s so sol-id. Most guys will make a move and give you an angle to hit,but he’s just straight here and straight at you. No angle and nolegs, you have to get into him. It’s John Conner.
Q. As a linebacker, what’s your favorite thing to do? Do youlike to rush the passer, drop into coverage or make the big hiton the running back?
A. I like stopping the power roll. I love it — the physicalcontact. It’s just a powerful play people run to get one or twoyards, just to run the clock out or to be moving the ball. It’snot supposed to be a big yardage play, it’s just supposed to bethere to grind it out.
Q. You’ve been in the right place at the right time a lot thisyear, and you’ve had some big plays. Why are you always theguy there?
A. Focusing on the little things and knowing my assign-ment. It’s just good coaching and me with all my experienceputting it together at the right time.
Q. What was the locker room like after the Auburn win?We could hear you through the walls.
A: Pandemonium. We were going crazy. It was a big momentfor Coach (Rich) Brooks to go on the road in the SEC andwin against a big team like that. Those games are very hard,and for us to pull it off in a stadium like that was a big thing.We know that because of the way our season is and because wealready had our bye week, every game is going to be big. Thisgame is going to be a big game. So we knew we had to get ourcelebrating out in the locker room because after that it wasback to work.
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