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SportsWomen’s volleyball player working toward pilot’s license

The UK Board of Trusteeshas learned the potential cost ofthe search for the new president.

Board Chairman BrittBrockman said the presidentialsearch could cost UK anywherefrom $100,000 to $200,000.

Brockman said the Board

learned the numbers after aweekend retreat. He said the re-treat was totally focused on thepresidential search.

The facilitator of the retreatwas Bill Shelton, a consultant forthe Association of GoverningBoards, Brockman said.

Shelton deferred all ques-tions to Brockman.

Shelton helped talk theBoard through the process offinding a new president, Brock-man said.

Brockman said Shelton wasqualified to help the Board be-cause he was the president ofEastern Michigan University for11 years.

Shelton helped initiate the

process for the Board to recog-nize attributes they are lookingfor in the new president, Brock-man said.

The Board is in the processof finding a search firm, Brock-man said. The cost of the searchfirm will be one of largest ex-penses of the presidential search,Brockman said.

“The average cost (for asearch firm) of a land-grant insti-tution like ours is in the$150,000 range,” Brockmansaid.

The budget for the Board tofind a new president is at$200,000, but Brockman said itis “way too early in the processsto know (the) final tally.”

By Taylor Moaktmoak@kykernel.com

Board releases potential search costs

On a large campus like UK, studentscan often overlook buildings that may pro-vide them with valuable resources.

The Helen G. King Alumni House,opened in 1963 and named for the first per-manent director of the UK Alumni Associa-tion, is one such building that both UK stu-dents and alumni can use.

The house, located at the corner ofRose Street and Euclid Avenue, is openfrom 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. weekdays and fre-quently accommodates student and alumnievents during and after hours.

Jill Smith, associate director for clubsand programs for the Alumni Association,said a lot happens at the King AlumniHouse and through the Alumni Associationthat students don’t know.

“For students, it’s hard to realize theimportance of alumni,” Smith said. “[TheAlumni Association’s] not just about givingmoney—we’re trying to make students un-derstand that.”

On the first day of school, a welcomeback picnic was held at the Alumni House,where more than 500 students attended andreceived free food and prizes, Smith said.

The Alumni Association’s upcomingLegacy Brunch is held every year for chil-dren of UK alumni, in conjunction withfamily weekend. A “chillout” event isscheduled for spring dead week.

In addition, Wildcat Wednesday is hostedin the house the second Wednesday of everymonth during the school year from 8 to 11a.m. Free coffee and doughnuts are providedfor all UK students, and they can enter to windoor prizes and sign up to receive free busi-ness cards to use at career fairs, Smith said.

“The whole goal of that program is toget students into our building and get themthinking about the Alumni Association,”she said. “We want students to realize it’stheir house too.”

A reception for December graduates willbe held in the Alumni House, as will theAlumni Association’s annual Senior Salutein March. For last year’s event, 1,400-1,500graduating seniors stopped by to pay park-ing tickets, order caps and gowns, and listento guest speakers, Smith said.

Team Wildcat, an organization that re-placed the Student Athletics Council, is agroup of spirit leaders for all varsity sports.Members of Team Wildcat must be membersof Students Today, Alumni Tomorrow, theAlumni Association’s student group, Smithsaid. Team Wildcat arranged a bus trip to theUK-Ole Miss football game earlier this yearand are taking a group of students to the UK-Notre Dame basketball game in Louisville.

“Team Wildcat helps to lead the studentsection of all varsity sports—not just foot-ball and basketball,” Smith said.

STAT currently has about 1,600 studentmembers, Smith said, and a goal of the or-ganization is to give students a chance to

By Becca Clemonsnews@kykernel.com

Houseenhances

school spirit

See ALUMNI on page 2

Alumni House offersactivities for students

PHOTOS BY SCOTT HANNIGAN | STAFFUK students carve pumpkins in the Commons Market on South Campus Wednesday evening for the chance to win iTunes gift cards.

CREATIVE DESIGN

While some students at CommonsMarket used their hands to pick up friedchicken yesterday evening, others usedthem to claw out pumpkins.

Tuesday evening marked the third an-nual Commons pumpkin carving contest,as 12 pumpkins were hollowed out andcarved to celebrate Halloween.

Students were given the opportunity tocarve whatever design they liked into thepumpkins. The “best overall’ and “mostcreative” pumpkin creators receivediTunes gift card.

“We were here to eat and it looked likefun,” biology and psychology freshmanHannah White said, as she outlined her de-sign of an ‘R.I.P U of L’ tombstone.

For some, pumpkin carving was a nos-talgic experience.

“I simply missed being home carvingpumpkins,” biology and Spanish freshmanLaura Throckmorton said.

Students have created many uniquepumpkin designs over the years, Com-mons Assistant Manager and Event Coor-dinator Elizabeth Petty said.

“Last year someone carved KanyeWest into a pumpkin,” she said.

Petty said Commons holds the event inorder to give students a change in routine.

“We try to offer something different,so students can be active in what we dohere,” she said.

The event is usually a popular one, sheadded.

“As more students come to carve, thecrowd around them usually grows.”

Commons will continue in its Hal-loween-themed events with a costumecontest Thursday. Students are invited towear their costumes to Commons and gettheir picture taken. A prize will be givento the person donning the best costume.

Although participating students saidthere’s no real secret to carving the ulti-mate pumpkin, all involved said the activ-ity was quite enjoyable.

By Brian Hancocknews@kykernel.com

Common Carving

Biology and Spanish freshman Laura Throckmorton carvesher pumpkin design in the Commons Market during the

third annual pumpkin carving contest Wednesday evening.

UK Information Technologylaunched a free mobile applica-tion called UKMobile that will al-low students, faculty and staff toaccess UK’s directory, campusmaps, library catalog and courseofferings from their smartphones.UKMobile also features updatednews stories from UKNow, popu-

lar content from UK’s YouTubechannel and UK sports informa-tion.

UKMobile can be down-loaded for free in the Apple AppStore.

“We had about 350 down-loads within the first few days,and it’s picked up steadily fromthere,” UKIT Enterprise ArchitectAdam Recktenwald said.

It is currently compatible with

the iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch,but there are plans to releaseBlackberry and Android versionsin the future, according to a UKITpress release. Other future plansinclude improved campus mapsand features that will aid recruit-ment and retention at UK.

“This has primarily been aUKIT endeavor, but we will con-tinue to work with several depart-ments across campus to developspecific components,” Reckten-wald said.

UKIT has already consulted

with the registrar’s office to com-pile the course offerings compo-nent and with the library to devel-op the library catalog feature,Recktenwald said.

Recktenwald also said thatUKIT is working to incorporatemyUK into the UKMobile appli-cation.

“We have a lot of ideas thatwe’re trying to explore,” Reckten-wald said. “We want to extend(UKMobile’s) features and func-tionality. This is really just the be-ginning.”

By Nicole Schladtnews@kykernel.com

UK launches free mobile applicationStudents can access features on phone

Britt BrockmanBoard

Chairman

“The whole goal of that programis to get students into our buildingand get them thinking about the

Alumni Association.”JILL SMITH

Alumni Association for clubs and programs

Students partake in contest at Commons

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LOS ANGELES James Cameron has sethis return trip to Pandora.

Fox announced Wednesday morning that"Avatar 2" and "Avatar 3," the sequels to lastyear's science-fiction blockbuster, will beJames Cameron's next films, with the directorbeginning work on the scripts in early 2011.Production on "Avatar 2" could begin as soonas late '11, with the movie likely in theaters inDecember 2014, according to Fox.

Although it was widely believed thatCameron had many ideas for "Avatar 2" andwanted to begin work on it shortly, the factthat it would be his priority and that the stu-dio was planning on a third film as well rep-resents a major development. With his heavilydeveloped story lines and intensive use of newtechnology, Cameron can often take a decadeor longer between films.

Fox said in its announcement thatCameron has not made a decision aboutwhether to shoot the two films back to backbut that he well could, which would allow"Avatar 3" to come out as early as December2015.

There was little detail about the plot forthe new movies. "Avatar" ended with Jake(Sam Worthington) joining the Na'avi andfighting off the invasion of human armedforces led by Col. Quaritch (Stephen Lang).

Cameron did say in a statement that themovies "will be self-contained stories that alsofulfill a greater story arc" and that "we will notback off the throttle of 'Avatar's' visual andemotional horsepower and will continue to ex-plore its themes and characters."

It's also not known how many of the origi-nal cast members will return, though it is allbut assured both movies will be in 3-D.Cameron's writing partners also remain a ques-tion; Laeta Kalogridis ("Shutter Island") con-tributed heavily to the script for the first film.

The original "Avatar," which came out inDecember and played through the winter, wasa global phenomenon that grossed about $2.8billion worldwide. Cameron's work will alsobe coming back to the big screen with a 3-Drerelease of "Titanic," which is expected to hittheaters in April 2012.

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experience alumni involve-ment while they’re still atUK.

Benefits for students whoare members of the AlumniAssociation include discountsat around 60 businesses in theLexington area, internationalstudies and French seniorKelly Hinkel said.

Hinkel works at theAlumni House and said shegets to meet a lot of peoplethrough Alumni Associationevents, like the Tailgate Tent

before UK’s homecominggame Saturday.

What many students don’tknow, Smith said, is the KingAlumni House can be used byanyone. Any group can rentan area of the house for meet-ings, receptions or cere-monies. Many fraternities andsororities use the building forevents, as do groups from UKcolleges, Smith said. Smithsaid the parking lot in theback of the building is often aselling point for groups to usethe house for events.

The house also containstwo guest suites that visitors,such as parents or visitingfaculty, can use as a place to

stay on campus, Smith said.She said the Alumni As-

sociation has a program coor-dinator dedicated to studentprogramming, aimed at get-ting more students involvedwith the association.

Members from 62 activealumni clubs across the coun-try work out-of-state collegefairs and offer students fromtheir areas scholarships to UK.

A purpose of the KingAlumni House is to keepalumni connected to the uni-versity and its students, Smithsaid.

“We’re glad to have stu-dents in our building all thetime,” she said.

ALUMNIContinued from page 1

You walk down dark hall-ways surrounded by the livingdead. From doors on all sides,screams erupt from every direc-tion. Terrifying shapes, blurredby mist, move past you.

No, this is not the Chem-Physics building. This is thethrilling atmosphere of one ofLexington’s haunted houses.

Screampark, located onManchester Street, is home tothree terrifying experiences: In-sanity, an asylum gone wrong,Castle of Fear, a medievalfortress, and The Abyss, a twist-ing maze of darkness. EddyEmbry and Tyler Barnett are the

owners of Screampark, andthey are proud of the manyunique features that wonScreampark the honor of one ofAmerica’s Best Haunts.

“Every night is different,”Barnett said. “We have peoplecome from all over the country,and no experience is the same.”Embry and Barnett attributetheir success to vivid attentionto both detail and scare factor.The objects of fear can be seen,heard, and smelled. As visitorswalk through a graveyard, thesmell of dirt fills their nostrils.As they run through a hospitalroom, the smells of sterilization

areoverwhelming.Walk through a bathroom and,well…

”We let your psychologi-cal fears take over,” Embrysaid. The old factory that housesScreampark is rumored to behaunted, and ghost hunts occurevery Thursday and Sundaynight. People interested in doingscare roles for Screampark mustaudition, and the effects for thepark are done by the same com-pany that works for DisneyWorld. All three of Scream-park’s haunts are available for

$16.“Bring an extra

pair of underwear,”Barnett said.

Wicked

Worldon Tates CreekRoad is one ofLexington’s other des-tinations for Halloweenthrillseekers. Its two fright at-tractions are longer than mosthaunted houses.

The Nightmare HauntedHouse, a hospital overrun bydemons, is a 25 minute ride offrighteningly realistic propor-tions.

“We have authentic hos-pital equipment from an oldhospital that was being torndown,” haunted house ownerDear Stephens said. “We spendso much time on detail.”

Terror on Tates Creek isWicked World’s second attrac-tion. It is unique in that it is anoutdoor scare lasting a horrify-

ing half hour. At $20for both attrac-

t i o n s , ,

Stephensbelieves that “weoffer the best scare foryour dollar. Everyone thatcomes out lets us know thatwe are the best.”

Marketing sophomoreTaylor Blair agreed withStephens’’ assesment of WickedWorld.

“I was scared out of mywits” he said.

At around the sameprice, and most assuredly thesame amount of scare, Scream-park and Wicked World makeLexington’s haunts a nationaldestination for thrillseekers,

ghosthunters and UK studentsalike.

By Luke Glaserfeatures@kykernel.com

Screampark903 Manchester St.

606.748.7217

Wicked World5817 Tates Creek Rd.

859.621.3270

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LOS ANGELES — Christopher Nolan'sthird Batman film will be called "The DarkKnight Rises" and though the Gotham Cityauteur isn't ready to reveal the villain of his2012 film, he did eliminate one of the bigcontenders: "It won't be the Riddler," Nolansaid in an exclusive interview.

Nolan was most eager to talk about thefact that Warner Bros. had agreed with hisargument that the film should resist thecurrent 3-D craze and instead use high-de-finition approaches and IMAX cameras tostrike out on a different cinematic paththan the stereoscopic technology that, forbetter or worse, has become the dominantconversation in the blockbuster sector.

As for the title, it shows the writer-di-rector's intention to keep his Bruce Waynetrilogy tightly stitched together. "We'll usemany of the same characters as we have allalong, and we'll be introducing some newones," Nolan said cryptically. I had an oddthought: What if Nolan somehow bringsback Harvey Dent? The only reason I evenmention it is because, back during post-production on the second film, Nolan told

me that the title "The Dark Knight" wasjust as much about Dent and his fall fromthe status of shining-knight civic crusader.Dent was plainly dead at the end of the lastfilm, though, and Nolan has been intent onkeeping his Gotham City film firmly root-ed in a gritty gangland realism _ this isn't afranchise that has veered off into the super-natural or even much super-science.

He did agree, however, to eliminate avillain candidate, namely Edward Nigma,the green-suited Riddler, who many peo-ple assumed was the next natural choice.That character could be taken in a lot ofdirections _ think of Kevin Spacey's char-acter in "Seven" as a compass point forone of those dark paths _ but Nolan andhis team are going a different way.

As with "Dark Knight," the new filmhas a script written by Nolan and hisbrother, Jonah, and it's based on a story bythe director and David Goyer. Earlier, Igot Nolan to take Mr. Freeze off the listand, yes, this is like pulling teeth but don'tthink for a minute that I mind. Nolanmakes sublime films, and any secrets hewants to keep in place are done so to pro-tect the final product.

By Geoff BoucherMCT

Nolan reveals title of third Batman filmTaylor Swift is bitter. Her

songs don’t leave much roomto believe anything else.

With therelease of herthird effort,“Speak Now,”she has ce-mented herplace as thequeen ofm a d - a t - e x -b o y f r i e n d santhems. Un-fortunately,the increasein bitter songs

about mean boys has meant adecrease in the innocent appealshe once had to the country.

One of the angst tracks is“Dear John,” in which Swift di-rectly addresses her supposedrelationship with John Mayer.The thing Swift forgets is thatMayer lives for publicity andthat her whining only sets himup for a rebuttle, and let’s bereal — Mayer is wittier thanSwift.

One track highlights whatSwift is capable of when she

brings light-heartedness to herangst on the album’s highlight,“Mean.” The track is loyal toSwift’s country roots, unlikemuch of the album, and its in-fectious refrain is the kind ofwriting that got her on the mapin the first place.

The only positive songabout a boy who did her wrongcomes on the track “Innocent,”a response to Kanye’s actions atlast year’s VMAs. But she hadno choice. You can only milkthe Kanye thing for so long.The rest of the world is over it.

With her progressivechange in lyrical content hascome a correlative change inher musical style. Swift now fitsnicely under the umbrella ofpop rather than country. Sure,she has her down-south mo-ments, but the majority of the

tracks on this album could justas easily have been on a Ke$harecord or a Paramore album.

That’s not to say some of thenew styles don’t suit Swift’s writ-ing. The track “Better than Re-venge” has a rock edge, and despiteits laughable lyrical content, themusical writing itself is well done.

Swift isn’t a lost cause. Shestill has the same knack forsongwriting that she has alwayshad. Where she needs a changeis on her lyric sheets. By takingher lyrical realm away from herlove-life, Swift could craft anunforgettable album.

Fortunately for her, she, likeher audience, is young. You can’tteach people to write songs aswell as she does, but you canlearn about life. When she doesthat, she’ll be ready to write some-thing great.

In the mean time, God for-bid boys stop pissing her off —she’d no longer have a muse.

Matt Murray is a journal-ism senior. E-mailmmurray@kykernel.com andfollow Matt on Twitter @Ker-nelMurray.

Taylor Swift’s bitter return

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sports

Taking to the skies

Some people hate planes, andsome people love them. Some peo-ple are scared to ever leave theground, and some people dream ofbeing high in the sky.

But for Gretchen Giesler, a mid-dle blocker for the UK volleyballteam, flying is not just a dream, it’sa reality.

Gretchen is currently workingtoward earning her pilot’s license,allowing her the ability to fly certainplanes on her own. Currently, shehas her student pilot certificate andis well on her way to getting her li-cense.

For Gretchen, flying is a familyaffair, so becoming interested in fly-ing planes was no surprise.

“I have been interested (in fly-ing) for, I want to say three of four

years now,” Giesler said. “My dad isa pilot so that’s how I got into it. Myuncle is also a pilot and my grandpaand great uncle were pilots, but Idon’t think they kept their licenses.”

Giesler is learning how to flynumerous different planes in orderto earn her license. Having been inplanes with her father, other rela-tives, or family friends for yearsnow, she has plenty of experience asa passenger. Now, it is her turn to bethe pilot, and she is looking forwardto getting behind the wheel of all theplanes in which she used to only bea passenger.

“I really like aerobatic planes,the ones that do all the turns andflips and stuff,” Giesler said. “If youhave that type of certified plane youcan do them. My dad’s friend hasthat type of plane, and I have beenwith him when he has done thosetricks, but I’ve never done them my-

self.”Gretchen is in no rush to earn

her license. Only a junior at UK, sheis able to pick up and put down herhobby as her schedule with schooland volleyball allows for it, andonce she finally does earn her li-cense she will have it for life.

“It’s not a license, it’s really acertificate, so it’s good for life,”Giesler said. “You just really have tobe up to date, which means keepingyour medical (records) up to date.I’m young so I don’t have to updatemy medical as much, but once youhit that 50 mark you have to do it al-most every year.”

In addition to an up-to-datemedical, you also have to log hoursin the cockpit flying planes. Butduring the season, Giesler is toobusy to find time to work towardsearning her license, so right now herflying career is on hold until theCats (11-12, 5-7 SEC) end their sea-son this winter.

“I hope that the weather is able,so that over winter break I can work

on it, but during school and duringthe season it’s really busy. I don’tfly during the season,” Giesler said.

After earning her license,Gretchen, a two-time All-SEC Aca-demic Team member involved in theengineering program, hopes to oneday be able to work with planes as a

career.“Right now (flying) is just a

hobby,” Giesler said, “but it wouldbe really cool if I could tie it intowork. Right now I am in engineer-ing so if I could work with planesthat would be cool to be able to dosomething I like.”

STAFF FILE PHOTOUK junior Gretchen Giesler makes a play during last year’s game against MichiganState. She currently has a student pilot certificate and is working toward a license.

UK volleyball player working towardearning a pilot’s license.

By Ethan Levinesports@kykernel.com

Sophomore linebackerRidge Wilson has a mantra hetries to live by:

"If bet-ter is possi-ble, good isn o tenough."

It's tat-tooed on hisarm, andwritten on acast he'swearing on

his hand, so he'll be able tosee it when he lines up for hisfirst career start this weekendeven when his jersey covershis tattoo. Wilson was in themix to start at strongside line-backer in fall camp beforelosing out to senior JacobDufrene.

That wasn't good enoughfor him.

Losing the position battlemade him go back to thedrawing board. In highschool, the 6-foot-3, 240-pound Wilson made most ofhis plays on pure athleticism.He was also a basketball starat Central High School in

Louisville. But starting hissophomore year on the benchmade him realize that would-n't cut it anymore.

Since then, he's redoubledhis efforts. Senior linebackerRonnie Sneed said Wilsonhas focused on understandingthe game this season.

"You could tell, sincecamp, that his whole attitudeis different," Sneed said."He's more involved in theweight room and the filmroom than he was before."

That could be especiallyimportant on Saturday, whenthe Cats (4-4, 1-4 Southeast-ern Conference) face a physi-cal Mississippi State (6-2, 2-2SEC) team. When MississippiState upset then-No. 22 Flori-da on Oct. 16, quarterbackChris Relf finished with just

nine passing attempts and 33yards through the air. But theBulldogs finished with 49carries as a team for 212yards.

"Mississippi State is avery physical team, from spe-cial teams to offense and de-fense. We have to bring our'A' game," Wilson said. "It'sgoing to be a very downhill,smack-you-in-the-mouth typegame."

UK is giving up over 176yards per game on theground, second-worst in theSEC. and the Cats have had22 rushing touchdownsscored against them. Missis-sippi State is second-best inthe conference with 219 rush-ing yards per game. Wilsonsaid that during last year's 31-24 loss to Mississippi State,in which Bulldog tailbackAnthony Dixon had 252 rush-ing yards, the now-departedMicah Johnson told Wilsonthat it was one of the mostphysical games he had everplayed in.

Wilson certainly took aroundabout way to his firstcareer start. He was one ofthe most sought-after recruitsin UK's 2009 class and was a

standout on special teams ear-ly last year as a true freshmanbefore an off-field incidentderailed his season. Wilsonwas arrested on Sept. 15 andcharged with fourth-degreeassault. Former UK coachRich Brooks suspended him,and he failed to register atackle the rest of the seasonafter he returned.

After being beaten out byDufrene, Wilson said he wasfrustrated with the coachingstaff. He felt his play hadearned him the right to start,but that was just the begin-ning of his learning.

"Me and (linebackers)Coach (Chuck) Smith arguedabout it," Wilson said. "Hecussed me out, told me to bequiet, told me to stop crying.I was really worried abouthim taking me out and whathe was going to say ratherthan playing. When I hushedmy mouth and started playinglike I knew I could, I got thatconfidence back."

Now that he knows he'sgood enough, he couldn't bemore excited for his first start.

"It's what you play foot-ball for," he said.

By Ben Jonesbjones@kykernel.com

Wilson to make first start

Wilson

“If better ispossible, good is

not enough.”RIDGE WILSON

UK sophomore linebacker

With UK’s anticlimacticloss to Georgia Saturdayevening came a few

metaphori-cal tears inthe eyes ofUK’s fol-lowers. Itappears theCats willfail to tri-umph overtheir South-easternConferencefoes at theend of yet

another season.“We’re obviously disap-

pointed,” UK tailback Ray-mond Sanders said followingSaturday’s game against Geor-gia. “We were in the fight forthe (SEC) East and we knewthat we still had a chance.”

That small chance crum-

bled with the four turnoversUK gave up against the Bull-dogs. The team now sits fifthof the six squads in the SECEast, but it is likely to runthe table and finish witheight wins, which is some-thing the team believes is li-able to happen.

Only one of UK’s remain-ing opponents, MississippiState (6-2), is above .500 onthe season. In fact, its otherthree adversaries, CharlestonSouthern, Vanderbilt and Ten-nessee, are each 2-5 presently.UK must like its chances.

The fault is not all on UKfor some fans believing it isunderperforming. Beginningthe season, it was expected tohave one of the easiest sched-ules in the SEC, but it certain-ly didn’t play out that way.

Many followers thought10 wins was an attainable

goal. It hasn’t happened. Butgoing 4-4 so far, including theupset win over South Carolina,UK is OK.

Fans’ hopes were loftythis preseason, anyway. TheJoker Phillips hype was over-played and the young defenseis still not established (or ex-perienced) enough to rely on.It was the usual preseason ex-citement that a team builds upbefore each and every season.Like most outings, UK hasn’tmatched the propaganda, butit’s unfair to say the team islacking as a whole.

With a defense allowingthe most points in the confer-ence, the Cats clearly haveroom for improvement. UK’soffense is performing any-thing but poorly at this pointin the season, though. It iscurrently ranked first in theSEC East and second in the

conference, behind onlyAuburn, in total pointsscored.

So, I won’t be the one tosay I’m unhappy with theteam’s performance.

But .500 isn’t a bad placefor the Blue and White tofind itself. Though it seemsto be typical production theteam is showing now, theCats’ plan to keep fighting,as Phillips instructed fromthe first day of practice.

“We can still go 8-4, westill have a great team,”Sanders said. “We have ayoung team. We have tocome out, play every game tostart fast, stay fast and finishstrong — that needs to beour motto… It’s so muchmore mental than physical.”

Chandler is a journalismsophomore. E-mailchoward@kykernel.com.

Cats’ SEC hopes slim to none

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opinions

State of the FirstAmendment

Evolution of Halloween, magic to mayhem

KERNEL EDITORIAL

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Regarding Tyler Phipps' Oct. 27 letter to the editor:Mr Phipps may prefer to call it "mountaintop development", but

most of my friends from the coalfields of East Kentucky and West Vir-ginia prefer to call mountaintop removal (MTR) what it is: the profit-driven destruction of their land, their culture, and their health and hap-piness. So-called "reclamation" does not even begin to ameliorate theharm done by MTR and the by-products of coal extraction.

No one should have to choose between putting food on the tableand not poisoning their neighbors. We must abolish surface mining,force coal companies to mine in the safest and cleanest ways possible,and most importantly we must start building a more diverse economythat respects the land and people of Kentucky.

Martin MuddPhysics graduate student

Just because the universitycompromised with the Kernelregarding distribution rights,doesn’t mean the fight is over.

In the wake of the Kernel’scompromise with UK regardingthe distribution of the paper,multiple outlets covered thecontroversy and the resolution.

As aspiring journalists, theKernel staff takes its FirstAmendment rights very seri-ously. Despite agreeing to abideby the compromise with UK,the Kernel acknowledges thatUK making an exception forthe Kernel does not solve theproblem.

No organization has theright to contract away the rightsof others. IMG’s contract withUK is unconstitutional and lift-ing the ban from the Kerneldoesn’t make up for the poten-tial stifling of other publicationsthat have just as much right todistribute at Commonwealth asthe Kernel.

The goal of the journalist isto be the watchdog for the peo-ple, and compromising withone paper in an effort to ap-

pease it doesn’t make up for theviolation of the rights of others.

For this reason, the Kernelhopes that other publicationswill continue to exercise theirrights to distribute at Common-wealth. The University of Ken-tucky is a state-funded publicuniversity, and Commonwealthis a part of its campus, thereforeno one has the right to decidewho can and can’t have a voicethere.

Safety concerns are under-standable, but no one is at anymore risk distributing publica-tions in the parking lot than thefans wandering around tailgat-ing in that same lot. When theissue first arose, UK public rela-tions didn’t even cite safety asone of the reasons for the distri-bution prevention, but rathersimply said they were protectingtheir contract with IMG.

That being the primary rea-son for preventing anyone fromdistributing seems to show thatUK is more worried about pro-tecting its money than the rightsof its students, fans and Lexing-ton residents.

The thrill of hitting up every house in the neigh-borhood and bragging about your sack full of candy, theexcitement of dressing up and believing you actually were

a Disney character. Poking around in thepumpkin patch, hopingto see “The GreatPumpkin” from CharlieBrown.

This is the Hal-loween of my youth,and I miss the magic. It

seems that once I was became too old togo door to door that the essence of Halloween changed. In-stead of funny, silly, or scary costumes, the general standard,for girls at least, became sexy costumes. Instead of goingdoor to door for candy, it became going from party to party.

It’s not that Halloween has lost its excitement;there is still plenty of fun to be had at any age. I still put a

lot of creative effort into my costume, and I have takenmy little brother around from door to door, trying to vicar-iously recapture the fun.

Now Halloween has become a night of mischief andmayhem. Lexington is a great place to be if you want toget some Halloween thrills. Michael Jackson’s “Thriller”dance downtown offers a chance to step inside the famousmusic video and to witness a massive zombie party. Themidnight showing of “Rocky Horror Picture Show” at theKentucky Theatre gives you the license to dress as eccen-trically as possible, with the only rule being that enough isnever enough, and you can never be too over-the-top. Sogo crazy, but have some good, safe fun.

Halloween is the time to bring out the inner kid, andto get your grown up kicks too. And if you run into me,I’ll be happy to do the “Time Warp” again.

Sara Nelle Murphy is a communications sphomore. E-mail opinions@kykernel.com.

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PAGE 6 | Thursday, October 28 , 2010

WASHINGTON — JonStewart and Stephen Colberthave revealed few detailsabout Saturday's "Rally toRestore Sanity" and/or"March to Keep Fear Alive,"a gathering on the NationalMall, according to its officialdescription, "for the peoplewho think shouting is annoy-ing, counterproductive andterrible for your throat."

But they have been ex-plicit about one aspect: "Thisis not a political rally in anyway, shape or form," Stewarttold Larry King last week.

Try telling that to NanciPonne of Chicago.

"This event, while origi-nally intended for jest, couldpossibly become a 'turningpoint' ... in our nation's historyfor having immense impact onhow political discourse is en-gaged in the future," the 52-year-old writer and actresswrote on the event's Facebookpage this week. "You havecreated a political movement,intended or not."

Ponne is not the only onewith high expectations. Theannouncement last month bythe Comedy Central hoststhat they would hold duelingrallies in Washington (nowmerged into one) triggeredWeb-based, grass-roots or-ganizing reminiscent of thepresidential campaigns ofHoward Dean and BarackObama.

The rally's Facebook pageis a hive of activity, much ofit aimed at the political left,with posts about get-out-the-vote efforts and plugs forDemocratic candidates mixedin with logistics advice. As ofWednesday afternoon, morethan 223,000 people indicat-ed they plan to attend.

Fans who can't make ithave set up at least 20 satellite"Sanity" rallies in cities suchas Austin, Los Angeles, Chica-go, Denver, Honolulu andBoise. MeetUp.com lists morethan 1,100 local watch parties,including a live viewing at themiddle school in Wasilla,Alaska, at 8 a.m. local time.

Organizers said the call

for a more tempered politicaldialogue tapped into a largedemographic that feels alien-ated by this year's overheatedpartisanship.

"Jon Stewart is a catalyst,but the fuel was already readyto burn," said Jim Baum, co-ordinator of the Seattle rally,who expects 5,000 people toshow up.

Obama's appearanceWednesday on "The DailyShow" — the first by a sittingpresident _ underscored theperception that Stewart, withhis brand of indignant satire,wields considerable political

clout.At the show's taping, the

president told Stewart hecould have used the call forsanity at the beginning of histerm. "The one other thing thatmight have made a differenceis if you had held the Rally toRestore Sanity two years ago,"Obama said, adding: "Can Ijust make a plug? Just to vote.Go out there and vote Novem-ber 2nd."

But it remains to be seenwhether Saturday's three-hourrally will sate the politicalhunger that Stewart and Col-bert have sparked.

In recent weeks, Stewarthas insisted that the event isnot meant to counter conser-vative commentator GlennBeck's recent "RestoringHonor" rally or to mock thetea party movement. And hestressed that it is not aimed atbolstering the left.

"I have no obligation tothe Democrats or progressivesor liberals or unions," he toldhost NPR "Fresh Air" hostTerry Gross last month. "We'renot warriors in their cause."

In an interview, "DailyShow" executive producerJosh Lieb described the rally

as "a simple comedic call forcalm."

Lieb offered no hints ofwho would be on stage, quip-ping: "Right now we arebanking a lot on the GreatPumpkin showing up."

Taking their small-screenhumor to the wide expanse ofthe National Mall representsa sizable risk for the late-night hosts, who derive muchof their humor from their out-sider status.

"They're definitely walk-ing a tightrope," said AmberDay, who teaches politicalsatire at Bryant University.

"The danger absolutely isseeming to come too close tothe things they critique."

But fans of the duo be-lieve they are the right mes-sengers for the time.

"To many, it might seemstrange that a comedian couldlead the march to change thelevel and tone of discourse inAmerica," said David ToddAgro, a 32-year-old projectmanager in Brattleboro, Vt."However, at its best, comedyand satire reveal our foibles tous. We may chuckle, but thenthe absurdity sinks in and wemay even begin to think."

The anticipation for therally, which will be broadcastlive on Comedy Central andC-SPAN, speaks to the long-ing many Democrats and in-dependents feel for the ex-citement of the 2008 cam-paign.

"That's part of what this iscompensating for, that feelingthat all the energy and moti-vation of people who volun-teered during the Obamacampaign went nowhere,"said Shaun Treat, who teach-es politics and rhetoric atUniversity of North Texas."There's a lot of genuine frus-tration with that."

Still, it is unclear what, ifany, political impact the eventwill have. While some De-mocrats have fretted that therally could cannibalize get-out-the-vote efforts, otherparty strategists believe itcould inspire some disaffect-ed voters to go the polls, afeeling shared by many fans.

"If Jon and Stephen canget people to go across thecountry to D.C., I guaranteeyou they're going to get peo-ple to go down the street andfill out a ballot on Tuesday,"said Ponne, who is planningon attending the Chicagosatellite rally.

Others hope it will createa lasting voting bloc electedofficials will have to heed.

"For us, it is political,"said Kathy Payne, 46, who isdriving to Washington withfriends from Venice, Fla. "Wewant to show our numbers,that we really are a lot of rea-sonable people out here.

"And if nothing else," sheadded, "it's going to be agreat show."

By Matea Gold and Jordan Steffen

MCT

Comedians stir liberal expectations

PHOTO BY IAN LINDSAY | MCTPolitical satirist Stephen Colbert will be participating in the Restore Sanity Rally in Washington, D.C. with Jon Stewart.

“I have no obligation to the Democrats or progressives or liberals or unions. We’re not warriorsin their cause.”

— Jon Stewart, comedian