By T. J. Walkersports@kykernel.com

Southeastern Conference teams are supposed tocome into Memorial Coliseum, win a set if they’relucky, then head back home with a loss. Tennesseemust have missed the memo.

For the second straight year, the Volunteers (15-5,8-2 SEC) knocked off the Cats at home. After crushingthe Cats’ dreams of an SEC title in 2008, the Volun-teers put a dent in their hopes this year.

“We just didn’t get it done today,” senior setterSarah Rumely said. “We’re not going to look outsidethe box and try to pinpoint things, it’s on us and weneed to step back inside the gym and improve on somethings.”

Tennessee defeated the Cats 3-1 (25-23, 23-25,25-23, 25-22) in front of a boisterous crowd of 2,291and a national TV audience thanks to ESPNU. It wasUK’s first conference loss and only their second lossoverall.

No. 7 UK (19-2, 9-1 SEC) never seemed comfort-able in the match, committing 29 errors and five serv-ice errors. The Cats hit under .200 for only the thirdtime this season, and were constantly trailing the visit-ing Vols.

“They’re a really good team, volleyball is a weirdsport,” junior outside hitter Sarah Mendoza said. “Ifyou don’t play at 100 percent, any team can really beatyou and they always play hard against us.”

UK was led by junior outside hitter Blaire Hilerand Mendoza. Hiler notched 12 kills while Mendozaled the game with 22. However, Mendoza feels UKhad no one in particular step up, and that it was a teamloss.

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H1N1 forces UK Hospital policy changeBy Laura Clark

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To reduce the spread of theH1N1 pandemic, UK Hospital ischanging its visitation policy.

On Wednesday, Dr. Chris Nel-son, associate professor of pediatricsspecializing in infectious diseases,said Wednesday because of themonth-long “widespread influenzasituation,” UK Hospital is altering

its current visitation policy to limitthe spread of the flu by restrictingvisitors of patients under 18 years ofage to parents only. Nelson said thechange was short-term.

“I’ll say up front that this is tem-porary, all of this we hope is tempo-rary,” Nelson said. “A pandemicdoes resolve, it does reside and thevirus will become seasonal … butduring the time we’re in a pandem-ic, we feel it’s important in an insti-

tution to protect our patients ... bychanging our visitation policy.”

Last week, the hospital received200 intranasal doses of the H1N1vaccine. Nelson said while he doesnot think those supplies are yet ex-hausted, UK’s head pharmacist waspicking up more doses Mondaymorning, including the intramuscu-lar shot form of the vaccination.

“Now we can focus more on thehealth care providers that we’ve had

to defocus on because they can’t getthe intranasal, those who care forbone marrow patients or pregnanthealth care workers,” Nelson said.

Nelson said pregnant womencannot receive the intranasal, or livevaccine, form because it has notbeen studied in that particular group.He said even though the vaccinesupply is still limited, high-risk pa-tients are still encouraged to get thevaccine.

“The concern is we’re going toget into the height of this pandemicpeak … before we have the signifi-cant number of the population im-munized,” Nelson said.

The hospital has been trackinghow many patients are being seenand staff absentees. Nelson said thevolume in outpatient clinics has in-creased in the last couple of weeks.

PHOTO BY ALLIE GARZA | STAFFBluegrass Community and Technical College students sit outside in adesignated smoking area on the BCTC campus Wednesday after-noon. BCTC went smoke free on Aug. 15 of this year, designatingonly one smoking area for their campus.

By Katie Perkowskikperkowski@kykernel.com

On Nov. 19, the onlysmoke in the air above thesidewalks on the edges ofcampus may come from theexhaust of construction equip-ment.

At Tuesday’s Lexington-Fayette Urban County Councilmeeting, UK Assistant VicePresident for Public SafetyAnthany Beatty asked thecouncil to sign a memoran-dum of understanding pro-hibiting the use of tobaccoproducts on city-owned side-walks on and surroundingcampus.

Beatty said the Tobacco-Free Campus Task Force hasbeen working on the proposalfor three or four months. Hesaid the committee wants tofind the best way to go aboutcompliance on campus andsurrounding areas.

“We just want a policy thatworks for everyone,” he said.

Diane Lawless, 3rd Dis-trict councilwoman, said shesupports a smoke-free campusbut said she needs to determinehow members of surroundingneighborhoods feel about theproposed memorandum.

“I’d like to kind of pollthe neighborhoods becausemany of them have said sincethey heard about that, they’reconcerned that people will bewalking across the street andsmoking in their yards,” Law-

less said. “Many of them arelike, ‘We don’t want to be-come UK’s ashtray.’ ”

Jeannette Williams, staff tocouncil for the Urban CountyCouncil, said the memoran-dum will go in front of thecouncil at a special meeting onOct. 27 at 3 p.m. UK has re-quested the issue be on theOct. 27 docket instead of wait-ing until the Nov. 5 meeting.

Williams said if the pro-posal is approved after its sec-ond reading, then it would beconsidered law.

As of Oct. 6, 365 collegesand universities nationwidehad policies prohibitingsmoking on their campuses,according to a Web site titledInside Higher Ed.

Bluegrass Communityand Technical College, locat-ed near UK, implemented arestrictive tobacco initiativeon Aug. 15, 2009. Accordingto the BCTC Web site, stu-dents and faculty are prohibit-ed from using tobacco prod-ucts on all owned, operated orcontrolled BCTC properties,except within a designatedoutdoor area.

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By Andrew Pillownews@kykernel.com

Student Government’s senator-at-large position could become athing of the past if an act discussedWednesday night by the Internal Af-fairs Committee is passed.

The proposal, titled the SenateMembership Constitutional Amend-ment, would divide the current 40senators among the colleges andgraduate schools. Three freshmensenators and one sophomore senatorwould be added to each college orschool. The amendment would also

add a senator for the College ofPublic Health, which is not currentlyrepresented. There would be 41 sen-ators total.

“It will change the proportionsof the senators in the Senate andeliminate the senator-at-large posi-tion,” said Falon Thacker, Collegeof Arts and Sciences senator.

A senator-at-large currentlyserves all UK students, with no spe-cific constituents, which some feltmay be too broad.

“We’re just so big, there is notypical student,” said Kara Osborne,a senator-at-large.

The new amendment was draft-ed with the hope of making the stu-dent Senate more representative ofthe university by distributing sena-tors based on population.

The intention was also to bringsenators closer to the students theyrepresent by having all the senatorsbe associated with a college, withthe exception of the freshmen andsophomore senators.

“The goal is to represent the stu-dent body based on proportion,”Thacker said. “We do hope with thisto create a more inclusive and di-verse Senate.”

Under the proposed plan, regis-tered student organizations not un-der a specific college would still beable to solicit funding.

“They can still approach anysenator of any college that theylike,” Thacker said.

Concerns were raised that cut-ting the senator-at-large positionwould eliminate qualified candi-dates.

“I think that a lot of deservingpeople may get cut from gettingelected,” said Taylor Pierce, a sena-tor-at-large.

Thacker said deserving people

get cut during every election.“With college Senate, I feel like

there are always going to be peoplewho deserve to get it who won’tnecessarily,” Thacker said. “Noteveryone who is qualified is goingto get to be a senator.”

The committee will forward theproposal to the full Senate, whichthen must have 75 percent of itsmembers approve the amendmenttwice before it is passed.

The next full Senate meeting isWednesday, Oct. 28 in room 206 ofthe Student Center. Students arewelcome to attend.

Committee proposes legislation to eliminate SG position

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SHOCK AND AWE

PHOTO BY KYLE WATTS | STAFFUK players argue a call with the official during the Cats’ 3-1 loss to Tennessee on Wednesday night at Memorial Coliseum. It was UK’sfirst conference loss of the year.

Vols stun No. 7 UK

See Volleyball on page 6

PHOTO BY BRITNEY MCINTOSH | STAFFJunior outside hitter Sarah Mendoza said more people willhave to step up to avoid any more upsets this season.

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To get the advantage, check the day’srating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 themost challenging.Aries (March 21-April 19) — Todayis a 7 — You’ll never handle all oftoday’s opportunities. Choose welland take notes, as some opportunitieswill repeat.Taurus (April 20-May 20) — Todayis a 7 — Take a moment to evaluateeach opportunity that arises. Assesseach one against your own logic.Await developments.Gemini (May 21-June 21) — Todayis a 6 — Something you read recentlyprovides ammunition for persuasion.Who are you persuading?Cancer (June 22-July 22) — Today

is a 6 — You have lots of choicestoday. Talk them over with a friend.Test them against your intuition, thengo for the gold.Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) — Today is a7 — Since you face so many opportu-nities, you need to quickly chooseamong them. Follow your heart first,then your stomach.Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Today isa 7 — Take a philosophical approachto a problem you’ve been working on.Normal strategies fall short of thedesired goal.Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — Today isa 6 — The success will taste sweeterbecause you predicted it. Your wis-dom gains respect now.Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — Todayis a 5 — Do what you must to getothers to agree. This requires imagi-

nation and skill. You have both.Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) —Today is a 6 — Whatever you do, actlike you really mean it. Don’t leaveroom for doubt. Others respect yourdecisiveness.Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) —Today is a 7 — Go with the flow. Theenergy around you is filled with prom-ise. Don’t expect everything to fallinto place quickly.Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) —Today is a 6 — You fight any sort ofrestraint. Independent action seems tobe the only thing you can manage now.Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) —Today is a 6 — Use your imagination.It’s one of the best tools in the box.Polish the rough edges later.

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Prep school was never this brutal! In the big-screenthriller “The Stepfather” (out Oct. 16), Penn Badgley, 22,plays a reformed bad boy trying to save his family from hismother's murderous boyfriend. The actor, who has datedhis Gossip Girl costar Blake Lively, 22, for almost twoyears, talks working out — and making out! — with Us.

Q. What's it like watching yourself on screen?

A. It's uncomfortable. Seeing your face up there, I findmyself grimacing and flinching the whole time. And Isweat, too. It's just, like, Oh, God!

Q. Was it tough to film the crying scene?

A. It was one of the few exercises in true acting I'vedone. I tried to think of things in my life that wouldmake me cry. But I was starring in a movie and living inNew York City — nothing was wrong in my life. So Ithought about what was going on with the character,and then it came easily.

Q. How about showing your chest?

A. I had been relaxing in Europe, drinking and eating.Then they called right before filming and said I was get-

ting a trainer. I had seven days to get in shape! It wasbrutal weight-training.

Q. Do either you or Blake get jealous watchingeach other's kissing scenes?

A. I don't overthink it. I shut that part of my brain offand go through the motions. It's the same with Blake.We have an unbelievable trust and such a healthy rela-tionship.

Faith's New Fragrance“It's a classic scent: you can wear it all day while wear-ing sweats or with a cocktail dress at night," countrysinger Faith Hill tells Us of her eponymous debut per-fume ($31 for 1.7 oz, JC Penney stores). The scent mixespear and musk notes and contains hints of the Jackson,Miss., native's favorite flowers from childhood: peoniesand southern magnolias. Family affair Hill bounced ideasoff husband and seasoned perfumer Tim McGraw (whohas put out two men's colognes already) to create thesignature blend. And what do daughters Gracie, 12,Maggie, 11, and Audrey, 8, think? "They love it," shegushes.

Penn’s bare moments

Growing up in a smalltown, I've alwaysbypassed the quaint,local businesses thatgrace almost every cor-ner. When I finally hadthe opportunity to visita local barber shop, Irealized I hadn't justpassed up stores, I hadbeen missing humanconnections that werebeing created andstrengthened within myown hometown.

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By Tommy Stuartfeatures@kykernel.com

Tim Wise, leading white com-mentator on race relations, does notthink enough progress is being madein the realm of race-related issues.

Wise spoke at Worsham Theatre inthe Student Center to a group of about200 people, including college students,on Wednesday night and covered top-ics ranging from unemployment, to af-firmative action to the economy,

Wise, who has made appearanceson CNN and is the author of fourbooks on race including “BetweenBarack and a Hard Place,” talkedabout more than just problems withrace in American society. Wise spokeabout his own family’s issues withrace, including assumptions onwhether God is white.

“We don’t have iconography thatdenotes a racial identity in our house-hold, but my daughter made the as-sumption that God was white,” Wise

said. “I don’t teach my children this,but they are poisoned by it anyway.”

One major topic Wise addressedwas post-racial America after Oba-ma’s election.

“If a person of color can only be-come accepted by acting white, thenthat is not putting racism behind us, itis white power,” Wise said.

Much of what Wise said may seemlike common knowledge to some, butothers learned something new.

“Most of this stuff I alreadyknew, but he opened my eyes to a lotof stuff because, yeah, he’s white andhe knows he has privilege and he’snot denying it, he admits to it,” saidDanny Cotton, an English senior.

Wise advocates white people de-claring support for lessening racism,and Cotton said that mentality waskey to universal racial acceptance.

“Civil rights can’t happen withoutallies,” Cotton said. “Sure,

By Hope Smith

features@kykernel.com

This year, two brothers brought UK’s only free lit-

erary and storytelling publication back from the dead.

Last year, Eric Schlich, founder of The Cat’s Fig-

ment, printed what he thought was the final issue of

the campus literary magazine in the spring. But before

it was laid to rest, Christopher and John McCurry,

writers and fans of the publication, approached

Schlich. The two UK English majors wanted to revive

the magazine.

The Cat’s Figment sits alongside the Kentucky

Kernel in most buildings on campus. Behind the fero-

ciously screaming wildcat logo, a collection of art and

literary writing compiled from student submissions

waits to awaken students’ imaginations.

“We aren’t of the opinion that a submission has to

blow our minds, we just want it to be good,” said

Christopher McCurry, co-editor-in-chief.

Aspiring authors can submit short stories, photos,

drawings, poetry and responses to the suggested writ-

ing prompts for publication. The staff votes on the en-

tries to be published in the magazine.

No topic is off limits to those looking to share

their works with fellow students. The April 2009 issue

of The Cat’s Figment included a poem about how best

to serve revenge alongside a poem exploring moun-

tain accents.The magazine is available in print and online, but

the staff is looking for ways to engage more readers.

“We need something like this to be available be-

cause there is often a lack of creativity on campus,”

Christopher McCurry said.

The magazine can also be found posting updates

on Twitter and Facebook, and in the future the Mc-

Curry brothers hope to extend the publication to in-

clude more community works.

As if potentially being read by hundreds of people

campus-wide was not enough, a staff position at the

The Cats Figment can earn students class credit.

Through EXP 396, students can gain one to three

credit hours for their staff experience.

The staff holds meetings in the Writing Center

twice a month to discuss upcoming issues; however

The Cat’s Figment is still looking for a more perma-

nent residence.

“We are very fortunate to be able to work in the

Writing Center, but we need a place we can call

home,” Christopher McCurry said. “Right now our

file cabinet is at my house and our mailing address is

my brother’s house.”

The Cat’s Figment operates solely on private do-

nations, which often come from the pockets of those

most passionate about the publication.

“We need to raise more money so we can do more

events and provide more for our fans,” John McCurry

said. “It really is up to the artists and the fans to keep

this going; that’s how we can survive, through the art-

work.”Anyone interested can attend the meeting on Sat-

urday, Dec. 5, at noon in the Writing Center or e-mail

the editors at catsfigment@gmail.com.

The next issue of The Cat’s

Figment will be available a

little early this time

around, right before

Halloween. Just

look for the

howling cat

on your way

to class.

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The Cat’s Figmentaccepts submissionsof short stories,poetry, visual artand writing promptresponses. E-mail submissions tocatsfigment@gmail.com.

ILLUSTRATION BY KELLY WILEY | STAFF

Don’t pretend it doesn’t both-er you.

From the constant pawing oneach other tothe awkwardpublic fights,we all knowthose coupleswhose relation-ships rule theirlives, and weall want toduct-tape theirmouths shutwhen we arearound themfor extended

periods of time.Whether it’s a new, exciting

relationship or a long-term,monogamous commitment, every-one experiences some behavioralterations when they have a sig-nificant other in their life. Whilemany changes are just necessaryto make a relationship work,

some cross the border of endear-ing, soar through obnoxious andset up camp in the downright in-furiating territory.

Let’s run through a few ofthose couples who are in desper-ate need of a vacation from oneanother.

The pet-name users: Theycall each other “babe” so oftenyou almost forget their real names.When you ask one individual aquestion they answer with the pro-noun “we,” as in “we went toclass, then we went to the grocerystore, then we watched ‘Law &Order’ …” Try this trick, repeated-ly call each of them “snookums,cupcake, sugar bear, etc.” Whenthey ask what you are doing, say,“I’m sorry. Does that bother you?”

The M.I.A. friend: One ofthe most common behaviorchanges is what I like to call“friend who gets a girl/boyfriendand suddenly drops off the face of

the planet” syndrome. I’m sureyou know some of the afflicted.These folks become so increas-ingly immersed in their relation-ship that friend-time gets put onthe back burner. You call to goout to the bars and hear, “Nothanks, I think we’re staying intonight.” Every night.

This is a problem that needs tobe addressed. If you are a neglect-ed friend, chances are you werearound before the new partner andyou will be around long after. Trythe line “I’m happy you guys aregetting along so well, but we reallymiss you hanging out. Let’s plan anight to go out and catch up soon.”

The Siamese twins: Oh, theautomatically assumed, all-inclu-sive invitation. This is when youinvite your friend over to playvideo games, and he shows upwith his girl in tow. Or you make

Calling them outWhen to confront friends about relationship obsession

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Author speaks on ending‘funk of race relations’

Lexington and, more specifically, down-town Lexington, is a mess.

We all know construction is a pain; itdoesn’t need to be reiterated how studentsand residents alike are inconvenienced withone of the busiest streets near campus beingshut down. We’ve all heard it before.

The growing pains Lexington is current-ly experiencing had to have been expected.Honestly, Lexingtonians knew it was com-ing; the city is growing faster than it canhandle. Poor traffic and overall lack ofplanning and infrastructure is proof that thiscity wasn’t built to be as big as it is now.

The Limestone reconstruction, one ofLexington residents’ and students biggestheadaches right now, is essential. So is theconstruction on West Main Street. But howlong is it going to last?

Last week the Urban County Council metand discussed the speeding up of the con-struction along Limestone; apparently con-struction crews can work until 10 p.m., whenthey’ve currently been working until 4 or 5p.m.

“I absolutely support the concept and the

plan,” said Diane Lawless, 3rd Districtcouncilwoman in a Oct. 16 Kernel article. “Ijust think the way it was done, while manyother projects were going, was veryflawed.”

Lawless also said the construction didnot have to be as painful and as expensiveas it has been for Lexingtonians.

Right now, construction is planned forcompletion in July 2010, but business own-ers have requested for the project to becompleted by March.

Is it realistic? The construction currentlylooks never ending. Yes, the added treeswill be nice, bike lanes will be a great addi-tion, and wider sidewalks will be fantasticfor pedestrians. But right now it’s an eyesore. March definitely sounds like a winover a July finish.

Currently, the council is unsure howmuch it will cost to plan to negotiate newcontracts with the construction company, ATSConstruction, and the utilitiescompanies.Lawless said one way to speed upconstruction was for the company to put intwo shifts a day.

If the concern for working late into thenight is the students, ATS Construction

shouldn’t be too terribly worried. Students liv-ing on North Campus haven’t had to hear theconstant drone of ambulances speeding upLimestone all semester, an all-too-commonnoise students become accustomed to veryearly on — when there isn’t construction.

Speeding up work on Limestone willonly benefit them; being able to freelymove about on the sidewalks and crossingto the business across the street will be eas-ier once everything is said and done.

Growing pains are just that — a pain. Butthe end result will be a bigger, better con-structed Lexington. Continue to voice your

opinions to the Urban County Council. LetLawless know how you feel; she is this area’svoice for the council. The Limestone construc-tion will eventually come to an end, with bothresidents and businesses benefiting from themess.

For now, we’ll have to keep workingon finding new shortcuts and routesaround campus. At least there’s one benefitto the Limestone construction: the legaljaywalking across Limestone, headingnorth on Avenue of Champions. Admit it:it’s the one effect of the construction thatdoesn’t make you wait.

I was struggling while coming upwith ideas for this article, so, to breakthe writer’s block, I decided to flip the

channels on TV.!WhenI reached the block ofcable news channels, Isaw something ex-traordinary: Every oneof them was coveringa weather balloongone astray with achild in it.

Here’s the kicker:The boy was hidingin his attic and wasnowhere close to theballoon.

I’ve told that story to ask one simplequestion: Why?!Why do we as a nationwatch a balloon fly around for hours be-cause one child might be in it, then getupset when we find it to be a hoax?

I say touche to that family for get-ting an entire country to believe thefamily’s son was on that balloon.!If wehave nothing better to do with our time,or if the news has nothing better to re-port, then we deserve to be duped a cou-ple of times. If the most important,news-worthy story happening in theworld was this, then I think we as Amer-icans need to re-think our priorities.

It seems we are more concernedwith the latest celebrity arrested fordrunken driving, or what happens to“reality” TV stars, than we are aboutthings going on that truly have an im-pact on the world that we live in.!

There are genocides going on in Su-dan and The Congo, a repressive regimein Myanmar is jailing people for evenspeaking about democracy and piracy inthe oceans is plaguing worldwidetrade.!But we don’t hear about any ofthis until something involving Americahappens. We didn’t hear about Myanmarin the news until an American swam toit, nor did we hear about piracy until anAmerican vessel was taken.!We are self-ish, and unless it’s happening to us, wedo not want to hear about it. However,what we want to hear about and what weneed to hear about are two differentthings, and that is where the 24-hour ca-ble news channels come in.!

They have a fantastic and unprece-dented opportunity to give us impor-tant information around the clock.!But,sadly, they fall very short of thisgoal.!They report on what will makethem money rather than on what the

American people need. It’s not allabout the money; it’s about doing whatis best for our society.!Scaring peoplewith threats of a deadly swine flu epi-demic or being blatantly biased towardone political party is not the way to doit.!They have a duty to the Americanpeople to provide the high quality in-formation necessary for a democracyto function. By siding with one partyover another, they fall short of this.!

They provide one side of an issueand present it as absolute fact ratherthan their own opinions.!For us to havean informed citizenry that is politicallyactive, the media needs to present bothsides to a story and present the facts.!

Why does it matter if Sarah Palin’sdaughter was pregnant, or that BarackObama’s father was Kenyan?!It does-n’t.!The only thing that matters are thepolitical issues which, quite frankly,have taken a back seat to all of this inrecent years.

As Americans we need to changeour attitudes and views of the world.We need to get rid of this selfish atti-tude we have and actually care aboutthe world we live in.!Most of the newschannels and organizations such as FoxNews, MSNBC and CNN care moreabout money than about what is bestfor the people. The attitudes can’t bechanged until we change what themass media broadcasts and engrains inus.!What is more important: when acelebrity gets arrested for DUI or whenthousands of children die in one daydue to a genocide?!

The mass media virtually sets themindset of our society.!With that beingsaid, I end with a quote by WilliamBernbach, a legend in American adver-tising who said, “All of us who profes-sionally use the mass media are theshapers of society.!We can vulgarizethat society, we can brutalize it, or wecan lift it onto a higher level.”

Matthew Fox is a political science,and psychology sophomore. E-mailopinions@kykernel.com.

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City must correct its construction issues

Basic sanitation will prevent H1N1, influenza outbreaksCover your mouth when you

cough. Such an idea is simple inprinciple — when you cough, youcover your mouth, keeping your

germs to yourself.I was under

the assumptionmost people wereraised this way,with parentsteaching childrento use their handsto blanket theirface when theysneezed or whenthey coughed, butI was gravelymistaken.

The world has been on highalert over the past several monthsas H1N1, more commonly knownas the dreaded “swine flu,” hasmade its way from host to host.

When it first appeared, therewere fatalities resulting from thevirus, striking a panic in much ofthe population. Over time, thevirus seems to have less effect,taking people out for a few days

with symptoms similar to thecommon flu.

People have been buying handsanitizer in record numbers, Lysolhas flown off the shelves and, inmany cases, people have missedwork or class just trying to avoidthis plague.

One of the main reasons isbecause you cannot count on oth-ers to keep their sickness tothemselves, considering theyseem to have forgotten basicmanners. I respect anyone whogets sick and doesn’t call in. Ican appreciate hard work —someone who perseveres throughillness — it’s the sign of some-one on a mission.

For many, though, the onlymission is to spread their nonsenseinto the air — in their case, miseryloves company. It drives me nuts,watching someone in a room fullof people hacking and wheezingwith their face exposed in the air,blowing their nose and laying theused Kleenex on the surface infront of them, passing their non-

sense to the next person.This isn’t rocket science, it’s a

fundamental courtesy. Cover yourface! I sat next to someone a cou-ple of weeks ago who tried toshare their flu with me.

When the mucus started com-ing up for air, I watched him lookat the floor and let it rip. With noapologies, I gathered my belong-ings and moved a few seats downthe aisle. What was comical wasthe expression on the guy’s face,as he looked at me as if I saidsomething about his momma.

If I did say anything, I wouldtell her to teach her son how toproperly use his disease-riddled

hands to keep his colorful phlegmto himself. If she had done such athing earlier in his life, as I sus-pect she did, I would ask her tofollow her son around with a rulerand swat his hands each time hefailed to place them to his mouthat such a proper occasion.

I wait tables and see manymanners go by the wayside inadulthood. Some people talk withtheir mouths full of food, eat withtheir elbows on the table and arejust rude to the core of their exis-tence. I have accepted these things.

I understand wearing a hat todinner does not make you a bad in-dividual, it just makes some peoplelook at you funny. The swine flu isno different.

Please pity people who aresick. Give them the sympathy youwould expect to be shown.!How-ever, if one of these people insistson being like that monkey fromthe movie “Outbreak,” you mustbe responsive. This is for the bet-ter of the whole, and we cannothave an orgy of infection parad-

ing through the air. Tell them toexercise decency and shield youfrom their infection.!Tell them tothink of when they were 3 yearsold, or whenever it was theylearned to say “please” and“thank you,” and ask them to re-member the bit about face cover-ing.

Speaking for myself and otherswho have not been infected, wewish to keep it that way. If you areone of the people who insist ontrying to sideline me with your un-fortunate condition, I warn you tobe ready for an earful. In fact, I en-courage everyone to do the same.

The only way we can avoid ill-ness in these crucial times is tolook out for one another. Thosewho have it need not share it, andthose who do not want it need to beprotected.!It is a give-and-take sys-tem, and I am one of the many whowould rather not be given anything,nor have to take time to remindsomeone of common courtesy.

Austin Hill is an English senior.E-mail opinions@kykernel.com.

Enjoyment should always be top goalWhile sitting up late last

Thursday waiting for the H1N1effects to wear off, I dove head

first into mysearch for asummer intern-ship.

One particu-lar internship,only hoursaway fromdeadline, heldthe attention ofthe front of myfrantic mind,while the otherpart of the

night’s search served as produc-tive time while shut in the house.As a result of the swine flu shut-ting me out of class, work, theKernel and everything else I nor-mally do, I had to perform a last-minute sickly search for thecolumns I would feel confidentshipping off as representation formy potential as a writer.

Lately, I haven’t been a bigfan of my writing and am gener-ally glad just to have a columndone, but the experience of re-viewing my writing and reflect-ing on the work as a whole wasinteresting one, from which Iwalked away with a great deal oflearning.

For one, it’s so much easier towrite columns when I have the op-portunity to talk to people and ex-perience what’s really happeningon campus. I would much ratherspend my day being able to just bea student — talking to peers, drop-ping in on friends and sitting incommon areas. Instead, I shufflefrom work to class to the Kernel,back to work and back to class,with meetings sprinkled in on mynon-Kernel days.

The time to observe and pas-sively participate is gone and mywriting has suffered. There isn’tthat sense of pride from telling astory or shedding light on an issue— it’s pretty much just meetingdeadline and doing my job.

Another thing I noticed,which goes hand in hand withmy first observation, was howmuch I used to enjoy writing.The biggest smile hit my facewhen I read a few of mycolumns from fall 2008. And itwasn’t because people told me

they enjoyed them. Some of thecolumns surrounding BarackObama’s bid for president, myexperience with Ramadan, a col-umn about the true holiday spiritand a few others gave me apleasurable, nostalgic feeling ofcontentment about what I wasdoing.

I felt like I told unique sto-ries, or at least told the same sto-ry from a different perspective —most likely a function of beingable to absorb all that campus hasto offer instead of just being tieddown to a job.

I did notice that I need to getconsiderably better if I plan onmaking this journalism thing a ca-reer. Sentence structure, organiza-tion, proofreading and a few otheraspects of writing aren’t always astaple of my columns.

I mean, it’s bad when youcan’t even understand what youwere trying to say several monthsafter the fact. OK, maybe it wasn’tthat bad, but as with any otherwriter, I am not above improvingin one area or another, I just hap-pen to have a lot to work on.

Lastly, I picked up on how thedesire for writing comes and goes.The entire time I have been a Ker-nel columnist, I have been slottedas a weekly contributor, but mewriting a column every week islike Kanye West using his plat-form to humbly make a measuredstatement or ESPN not takingevery possible opportunity to tellyou why Brett Favre is great, whythey love him and why youshould, too.

Save a few three-to-fourweek spots when I was so pas-sionate about a specific issue, Icouldn’t help but write, I havehad trouble finding motivationand inspiration to crank out 600-

plus words in a cohesive, coher-ent thought.

I’d like to commit right nowto writing regularly, but I’drather take the Alex Rodriguezapproach and pleasantly surpriseyou with consistent, qualitycolumns.

Over the past couple of weeks,I have been getting e-mails from anincreasing number of Journalism101 students, all of which are tryingto get published per Buck Ryan’ssyllabus. Not only am I pleased tohave the services of an army ofyoung, enthusiastic writers willingto help us fill out the page, I amhappy to see that younger peershave the desire to write, to tell astory and to provide the commen-tary that makes life worth living.

As rewarding as starting adiscussion can be and as benefi-cial to getting pieces publishedfor your grades can be, I want towarn against burn out. Not in thesense of getting into somethingand being stuck and not beingable to get out, but getting stuckin a position and forgetting whyyou are there and what makesthat position enjoyable for you.

Over the summer, I spent myday sitting at a desk. It’s the samejob I’ve had for a while, but I hadto stay at a desk. I hated it. Notbecause of the work, the peopleor the situation, but because Iwasn’t free, I couldn’t be me. Butwhen school started and I wasable to resume my normal part-time schedule, I rekindled the rel-ative love with my job.

And it’s the same thing withwriting. I wasn’t able to help putout a paper for a week, and I justdidn’t feel right. Sure, it takes upa lot of my time and ensures thatI don’t get to bum around cam-pus, but it gives me time to dosomething that I enjoy, where Ican leave a small imprint on theuniversity.

That was a very roundaboutway of saying: take ahold of yourlife, figure out what it is you en-joy, why you enjoy it and do it.No greater disservice can be doneto yourself than self constraintand doing things out of duty andnot desire.

Wesley Robinson is a Span-ish senior. E-mail wrobin-son@kykernel.com.

MATTHEWFOX

Contributingcolumnist

Why do we as a nation watcha balloon fly around for hoursbecause one child might be in it, then get upset when we find it to be a hoax?

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That was a veryroundabout way of

saying: take ahold ofyour life, figure outwhat it is you enjoy,why you enjoy it and

just do it.

Television interests indicatenations’ general ignorance

If you are one of thepeople who insist on

trying to sideline me withyour unfortunate condition,

I warn you to be ready for an earful.

AUSTINHILL

Kernelcolumnist

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He sat behind then-seniorRafael Little in his sopho-more year. His junior year, hewas blocked on the depthchart by Tony Dixon, oneyear older than him.

Now that he’s finally asenior and both those playersare gone, Alfonso Smith isstill waiting on his chance tobe the main man in the Cats’running back rotation.

“You know, you get frus-trated when you come intothe season and you havesome high expectations andsome things don’t swing yourway and you see your repsdecrease,” Smith said. “Buteverything’s good now andI’m fairly healthy, so I shouldsee my reps increase a lot.”

Smith started the first twogames of the season beforejunior tailback Derrick Lockeearned the starting spot. Lockehas since seen his snaps in-crease as Smith nurses an in-jury. In the Cats’ 28-26 loss atSouth Carolina on Oct. 10,Smith didn’t get a single carry.

Because his snaps havedecreased, Smith has hadmore time to tend to a tornligament in his right wrist, hisdominant hand, and has beenwearing a cast for most of thelast few weeks.

Wearing that cast canmake him more fumble-prone, so UK head coachRich Brooks has opted togive the majority of carries toLocke. But as Smith is get-ting healthy, Locke is becom-ing banged up. Locke is cur-rently listed as questionablefor Saturday’s game afterspraining a knee ligamentagainst Auburn.

When Locke is healthy,though, he’s the clear starter at

tailback, UK head coach ofthe offense Joker Phillips said.

“Right now (Smith’s) roleis a reliever for Locke,”Phillips said.

Locke became the firstUK player since 2007 to rushfor 100 yards in a game whenhe racked up 126 while pac-ing UK’s offense past theTigers. Locke surpassed1,000 career rushing yardsthis season and is climbinghis way up the all-time rush-ing list at UK.

Locke ranks 22nd all-time now, though he’s stillmore than 2,000 yards behindSonny Collins, UK’s careerrushing leader. Even thoughLocke still has a long way togo before he can considerpassing Collins, Smith thinksit’s still possible.

“He could end up on topactually,” Smith said. “He’sjust been put in a better situa-tion than I’ve been put in.”

Being in front of Smithon the depth chart, who stillhas a chance of also reaching

1,000 career rushing yardsthis season, is one thing thatmakes Locke’s situation bet-ter. Smith has had to fight hisshare of injuries through hiscareer and few players havebeen pushed down the depthchart as much as him, buthe’s managed to remain up-beat for most of his career.

“The thing we like about(Smith) is that he’s a teamplayer,” Phillips said.

If Locke can’t go on Sat-urday, Smith may get thechance he’s been waiting hiswhole career for — a chanceto be the main man. If not,he’ll still be there for the Catsas a contributor and a leaderin the locker room. He’s stillcomfortable with his job,even if his senior season isn’tgoing as planned.

“It just makes it moretough on you to stay motivat-ed,” Smith said. “But I knowI’m going to get my chancesso I just have to stay healthyand push through to the endof the season.”

He said the emergency room saw morethan 20 patients with influenza-like illnesseswithin a 24-hour period.

Nelson said it was important for patientswith influenza-like illnesses or those whohave children with manageable fevers to notoverwhelm health care clinics unless theyare showing signs of dehydration or other se-

rious illnesses. Nelson said UK Hospital wasnot overwhelmed at the moment.

“We are not overwhelmed right now, youdo not see tents outside in the parking lotoutside the ER,” Nelson said. “We are notexperiencing a critical staffing shortage atthe present time, but what I tell you todaymay changed tomorrow — that’s the natureof the beast here.

“But right now, we are managing and weare maintaining … It’s not necessarily busi-ness as usual, but we’re not in our emer-gency operations planning right now.”

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plans to go shopping for shoes, and she brings thebeau along. You didn’t specifically say “only youcan come,” in the invite, but isn’t it assumed thatthose activities that were friend-only pre-relation-ship would stay that way?

This may seem whiny or clingy, but there is noproblem with wanting to exclude the significantothers every once and a while. It’s great to hangout in groups, but your friend needs some timeaway from the relationship just as much as youneed time with your friend. Don’t worry aboutsounding whiny — just be honest. “As much as Ilove (insert name here), I’d like it if we could hangwithout him/her sometime.”

These are just three of the common annoyancesI find from couples. But there are many more. Ifyou notice a major behavior change in your palonce they’re in a relationship (and it’s for theworst) bring it up politely but in all seriousness.Don’t let your friend sink into that terrible pool ofrelationship isolation without at least offering a lifeline.

Katie Saltz is a journalism senior. E-mail the-heartbeat@kykernel.com.

SALTZContinued from page 3

thebeat

Smith looks to lead UKrushing game on Saturday

PHOTO BY ZACH BRAKE | STAFFSenior tailback Alfonso Smith eludes an Auburn defender in theCats’ 21-14 win over the Tigers on Oct. 17.

POLICYContinued from page 1

women, blacks and everyone elsemay fight for stuff, but they can’t doit without allies there to help them,so be an ally.”

Cotton was not the only one totake something away from the event.

“I think he showed everyone thatrace is around us, and we’re exposedto it whether we want to be or not,”said agricultural communicationsfreshman Coria Bowen.

Wise said he believes we shouldrealize race does not only affect em-ployment, it affects children’s viewson society as well.

“The thing is that you have totalk to your kids about race because,if you don’t, they’ll make their ownassumptions and those might not begood,” Wise said.

He said the core message of hisspeech is Americans need to take theinitiative.

“What we have to understand isthat even though we might havecontributed to the mess and we haveno moral obligation to clean it up,we must take the responsibility tostop living with the funk of race re-lations,” Wise said.

WISEContinued from page 3

Kyle Fields, a BCTC stu-dent who has been a smokerfor five years, said he be-lieves the policy is a violationof rights.

“Several things aren’t stat-ed specifically in the Constitu-tion, but I’d classify that as thepursuit of happiness to be ableto smoke if I wanted,” Fieldssaid. “Does that mean I’m notgoing to be able to drink a sodaat UK because it’s not healthy

for me? No, it’s my right.” The ban includes areas

such as parking lots, walk-ways and sidewalks. Studentswere notified of the ban dur-ing admission and enrollmenttime and received a handoutoutlining the policy.

There is one designatedsmoking area located outsideof the Maloney Building,across the street from the out-door Johnson Center basket-ball courts. UK does not cur-rently have a designatedsmoking area as part of itsupcoming plan.

Brittney Sullivan, a BCTCstudent who has been smok-ing for six years, said the poli-cy has inconvenienced her.

“I don’t have any classes inthis building,” Sullivan said.“We shouldn’t have to walk for10 minutes to have five min-utes to smoke and get back.”

If you goWhat: Lexington-FayetteUrban County Council meetingWhen: Oct. 27 at 3 p.m.Where: GovernmentBuilding, 200 E. Main St.

TOBACCOContinued from page 1

“ — Alfonso Smith, senior tailback

“More people needed to step up,” Men-doza said. “I couldn’t name one person whoreally stepped up.”

Tennessee continues to be a thorn in theCats’ side. In the past four seasons, three ofUK’s eight home losses have come againstTennessee.

“We have to respond from this,” Rumelysaid. “We’re a good team but we’re not agreat team yet. There are many things wecan work on and improve upon which is re-ally encouraging.”

The game was highlighted by sloppyplay and controversial calls. Several times inthe match play was stopped, giving a coachtime to make his case to an official.

UK came out flat, being down by fiveseveral times in the first set. UK then playedwell enough to clench the second set, but theteam says its play was less than satisfactory.

“They just played a lot harder then us,”Mendoza said.

UK came out of the halftime break andlooked to be refreshed, jumping out to a 10-5lead, but after a Tennessee timeout and a 9-2Tennessee run, the Cats found themselves inanother dog fight, ultimately falling.

Mendoza and Hiler tried to spark theCats in the 4th set with 11 kills between thetwo, but in the end it just wasn’t the Cats’day.

“We didn’t come in and act like this wasour home court and no one beats us on ourhome court, we didn’t play that tonight un-

fortunately,” Hiler said. “Saturday againstLouisiana State we’re going to come out andwe have a lot to prove.”

The Cats will have to bounce back ifthey want to make their dream of an SEC ti-tle a reality. They host Louisiana State onSaturday. LSU and UK sit on top of their re-spective divisions with one conference losseach, but the Cats get the tiebreaker due to a3-0 sweep in Baton Rouge earlier this sea-son.

“They’re going to have a lot of revenge,”Hiler said. “They just beat Florida and it’sgoing to be a really tough match so were go-ing to play with everything we have.”

VOLLEYBALLContinued from page 1

PHOTO BY BRITNEY MCINTOSH | STAFFUK head coach Craig Skinner reacts to a playduring the Cats’ 3-1 loss on Wednesday. UK willface SEC West leader LSU on Saturday.

“We’re a good team but we’re nota great team yet. There are many

things we can work on ...”SARAH RUMLEY

senior setter

I know I’m going to get my chances so Ijust have to stay healthy and push through tothe end of the season.”