By Katie Perkowski [email protected]Residents of the Kappa Delta house are no strangers to groups of people congregating at their home, but on Friday a different group of people — or rather, dogs — entered instead. UK’s newly-formed branch of 4 Paws For Ability, an organization based out of Xenia, Ohio that allows students or families to take in and train a puppy for disabled children, met at the house in sorority circle and members were introduced to their new, temporary roommates. Elementary education sophomore Logan Bright, founder of the UK branch, started planning for the organization this year and over break found four student volunteers to host dogs in their off-campus homes. Biology junior Victoria Elliott is one of those volunteers. Elliott said she and her roommate, psy- chology sophomore Christine Baughman, had wanted to adopt a foster puppy, but could not find a program in Lexington with costs they could afford. The program pays for all expenses like food, toys and shots and gives volunteers new supplies about every three months. “(4 Paws For Ability) was a really good program,” Elliott said. “It fit everything we wanted.” Elliott said she and her roommate found out about the program a few weeks ago, right around the time they began researching foster puppy options. Baughman said the program worked out perfectly in her mind because she and Elliott are out of state, so buying a dog would be diffi- cult to care for when having to leave for breaks. Over school breaks Bright will take the dogs back to the organization’s headquarters in Ohio and bring them back once the foster parents are back in Lexington. Both Baughman and Elliott said the only concern she has about participating will come when she has to give up the puppy to some- one in need. “I know that it’ll be really hard to give the dog up at the end, but I’m excited to have it for six months,” Elliott said. Bright said at Friday’s orientation each vol- unteer was assigned to a dog and 4 Paws For Ability representatives went over basic rules of what to do with the dogs and how to train them. “They were really excited,” Bright said. “I was under the impression they were bringing labs … and they actually brought all different kinds of dogs.” Bright said she will check up on the vol- unteers weekly and the program will have monthly meetings to learn new commands to practice with the dogs. Volunteers will keep the dogs until at least April, when they can give them to Bright to take back to Xenia or they can keep them through the end of the semester and return the dogs themselves. “I feel really good about it,” she said. “I think we have a really great group of volun- teers training the dogs, and I feel really confi- dent that they’ll do a good job.” KENTUCKY KERNEL CELEBRATING 39 YEARS OF INDEPENDENCE JANUARY 20, 2010 WWW.KYKERNEL.COM First issue free. Subsequent issues 25 cents. Newsroom: 257-1915; Advertising: 257-2872 WEDNESDAY Cats ready to be NO.1 H1N1 illnesses declining over winter season By Roy York [email protected]As the semester came to a close in December, University Health Services saw a steady decline in the number of pa- tients and the number of in- fluenza-like illnesses in stu- dents and faculty. Whether this is a perma- nent decline or there will be another peak in H1N1 cases remains to be seen. During the week of Dec. 14 through Dec. 19, 2.1 per- cent of patients at UHS were treated for influenza-like ill- nesses, representing a drop of more than seven percentage points from the week of Nov. 16 through Nov. 21. According to the UK website, there will be no fur- ther walk-in clinics for stu- dents to receive H1N1 vacci- nations. UHS hosted four walk-in clinics during the fall semester for students to be vaccinated. UK originally received 2,000 doses of the vaccination in early November. More than 1,200 vaccinations were given out at the first H1N1 walk-in clinic. In an e-mail to the Kernel, UK spokesman Jimmy Stanton said UHS has “an adequate supply of vaccine remaining,” and students can call 859-323- 2778 to schedule and appoint- ment to receive the vaccina- tion. Local numbers are slightly higher than national statistics. The Center for Disease Con- trol reported that 1.9 percent of national outpatient visits were due to influenza-like ill- nesses. As of Dec. 12, the CDC estimated H1N1 had infected about 55 million people and had caused 11,100 deaths in the US. A NEW BEST FRIEND PHOTOS BY ADAM WOLFFBRANDT | STAFF Hannah Smith gets acquainted with her PAWS puppy, Isis. Smith will train Isis until finals week, then give her back to go to advanced training. After the dogs training, they will be given to disabled children for companionship. Above: Victoria Elliott pets her PAWS puppy, Jitterbug, while the participants get to know each other. Left: Majestic, left, and Jit- terbug get to know each other while their owners fill out paperwork for the PAWS program. Nov. 2 through Nov. 7 Nov. 9 through Nov. 14 Nov. 16 through Nov. 21 Nov. 23 through Nov. 28 Nov. 30 through Dec. 5 Dec. 7 through Dec. 12 Dec. 14 through Dec. 19 1,491 968 865 450 1,385 700 583 114 81 82 14 61 27 12 H1N1 Winter Cases The number of patients with influenza-like symptoms have declined from November to December. INFORMATION COURTESY OF UNIVERSITY HEALTH SERVICES The former UK employee who plead- ed not guilty to child pornography charges in December waived his case to the grand jury Friday morning at his pre- liminary hearing. Robert N. McAllister, who worked as a systems integration analyst for Informa- tion Technology, faces numerous child pornography charges after UK Police found hundreds of images on a UK com- puter. The date of his next court appearance is unknown until paperwork is completed, which will probably not be until Thurs- day, according to a court official. — KATIE PERKOWSKI McAllister case waived to grand jury, date unknown By Genevieve Adams [email protected]UK is stepping up to a national chal- lenge to multiply the number of math and science teachers. Earlier this month, UK President Lee Todd traveled to Washington D.C. to de- liver a letter to President Barack Obama addressing the shortage of secondary edu- cation math and science teachers. Todd pledged for Kentucky to be a role model for the rest of the nation to further the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Education Coalition. Secondary mathematics education chairwoman Margaret Schroeder said UK is taking the initiative to increase funding for education programs. She hopes this pledge will improve the quality and quan- tity of math and science teachers. “This year, we had an increase of 10 percent enrollment in mathematics and 400 percent enrollment in science,” Schroeder said. “The numbers for next year look even more promising, with pos- sible increases in mathematics of 60 per- cent or more and science improving by as much as 50 percent.” Schroeder isn’t the only one who has high hopes for change in UK’s program. Education major David Little said he be- lieved UK’s education program is in need of change. “What has always been the case is that education changes every year be- cause the needs and strengths of our youth change every year,” Little said. “This state of change in the real-world arena of teaching will undoubtedly al- ways be reflected in the modification of current educational theory.” However, curriculum changes and in- creased funding won’t solve this issue if the number of students wanting to teach math and science is scarce, Little said. Economically, teaching isn’t the most ap- pealing future for most college students. UK pledges to not be left behind in school Will increase number of math, science teachers See Funding on page 2 A whole bunch of puppy love New organization allows students to adopt dogs, train them for disabled Dates Total patient count Influenza-like symptoms Kernel releases two iPhone applications Page 3 PAGE 4
Residents of the Kappa Delta house are nostrangers to groups of people congregating attheir home, but on Friday a different group ofpeople — or rather, dogs — entered instead.
UK’s newly-formed branch of 4 Paws ForAbility, an organization based out of Xenia,Ohio that allows students or families to take inand train a puppy for disabled children, met atthe house in sorority circle and members wereintroduced to their new, temporary roommates.
Elementary education sophomore LoganBright, founder of the UK branch, startedplanning for the organization this year andover break found four student volunteers tohost dogs in their off-campus homes.
Biology junior Victoria Elliott is one ofthose volunteers.
Elliott said she and her roommate, psy-chology sophomore Christine Baughman, hadwanted to adopt a foster puppy, but could notfind a program in Lexington with costs theycould afford.
The program pays for all expenses likefood, toys and shots and gives volunteers newsupplies about every three months.
“(4 Paws For Ability) was a really goodprogram,” Elliott said. “It fit everything wewanted.”
Elliott said she and her roommate foundout about the program a few weeks ago, rightaround the time they began researching fosterpuppy options.
Baughman said the program worked outperfectly in her mind because she and Elliottare out of state, so buying a dog would be diffi-cult to care for when having to leave for breaks.
Over school breaks Bright will take thedogs back to the organization’s headquartersin Ohio and bring them back once the fosterparents are back in Lexington.
Both Baughman and Elliott said the onlyconcern she has about participating will comewhen she has to give up the puppy to some-one in need.
“I know that it’ll be really hard to give thedog up at the end, but I’m excited to have itfor six months,” Elliott said.
Bright said at Friday’s orientation each vol-unteer was assigned to a dog and 4 Paws ForAbility representatives went over basic rules ofwhat to do with the dogs and how to train them.
“They were really excited,” Bright said. “Iwas under the impression they were bringinglabs … and they actually brought all differentkinds of dogs.”
Bright said she will check up on the vol-
unteers weekly and the program will havemonthly meetings to learn new commands topractice with the dogs.
Volunteers will keep the dogs until at leastApril, when they can give them to Bright totake back to Xenia or they can keep themthrough the end of the semester and return thedogs themselves.
“I feel really good about it,” she said. “Ithink we have a really great group of volun-teers training the dogs, and I feel really confi-dent that they’ll do a good job.”
KENTUCKY KERNELCELEBRATING 39 YEARS OF INDEPENDENCE
As the semester came to aclose in December, UniversityHealth Services saw a steadydecline in the number of pa-tients and the number of in-fluenza-like illnesses in stu-dents and faculty.
Whether this is a perma-nent decline or there will beanother peak in H1N1 casesremains to be seen.
During the week of Dec.14 through Dec. 19, 2.1 per-cent of patients at UHS were
treated for influenza-like ill-nesses, representing a drop ofmore than seven percentagepoints from the week of Nov.16 through Nov. 21.
According to the UKwebsite, there will be no fur-ther walk-in clinics for stu-dents to receive H1N1 vacci-nations.
UHS hosted four walk-inclinics during the fall semesterfor students to be vaccinated.UK originally received 2,000doses of the vaccination inearly November. More than1,200 vaccinations were givenout at the first H1N1 walk-inclinic.
In an e-mail to the Kernel,UK spokesman Jimmy Stantonsaid UHS has “an adequate
supply of vaccine remaining,”and students can call 859-323-2778 to schedule and appoint-ment to receive the vaccina-tion.
Local numbers are slightlyhigher than national statistics.The Center for Disease Con-trol reported that 1.9 percentof national outpatient visitswere due to influenza-like ill-nesses.
As of Dec. 12, the CDCestimated H1N1 had infectedabout 55 million people andhad caused 11,100 deaths inthe US.
A NEW BEST FRIEND
PHOTOS BY ADAM WOLFFBRANDT | STAFFHannah Smith gets acquainted with her PAWS puppy, Isis. Smith will train Isis until finals week, then give her back to go to advanced training. After the dogstraining, they will be given to disabled children for companionship.
Above: Victoria Elliott petsher PAWS puppy, Jitterbug,while the participants get toknow each other.
Left: Majestic, left, and Jit-terbug get to know eachother while their owners fillout paperwork for the PAWSprogram.
Nov. 2 through Nov. 7Nov. 9 through Nov. 14Nov. 16 through Nov. 21Nov. 23 through Nov. 28Nov. 30 through Dec. 5Dec. 7 through Dec. 12Dec. 14 through Dec. 19
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H1N1 Winter CasesThe number of patients with influenza-like symptomshave declined from November to December.
INFORMATION COURTESY OF UNIVERSITY HEALTH SERVICES
The former UK employee who plead-ed not guilty to child pornographycharges in December waived his case tothe grand jury Friday morning at his pre-liminary hearing.
Robert N. McAllister, who worked asa systems integration analyst for Informa-tion Technology, faces numerous childpornography charges after UK Policefound hundreds of images on a UK com-puter.
The date of his next court appearanceis unknown until paperwork is completed,which will probably not be until Thurs-day, according to a court official.
UK is stepping up to a national chal-lenge to multiply the number of math andscience teachers.
Earlier this month, UK President LeeTodd traveled to Washington D.C. to de-liver a letter to President Barack Obamaaddressing the shortage of secondary edu-cation math and science teachers. Toddpledged for Kentucky to be a role modelfor the rest of the nation to further theScience, Technology, Engineering, andMathematics Education Coalition.
Secondary mathematics educationchairwoman Margaret Schroeder said UKis taking the initiative to increase fundingfor education programs. She hopes thispledge will improve the quality and quan-tity of math and science teachers.
“This year, we had an increase of 10percent enrollment in mathematics and400 percent enrollment in science,”Schroeder said. “The numbers for nextyear look even more promising, with pos-sible increases in mathematics of 60 per-cent or more and science improving by asmuch as 50 percent.”
Schroeder isn’t the only one who hashigh hopes for change in UK’s program.Education major David Little said he be-lieved UK’s education program is in needof change.
“What has always been the case isthat education changes every year be-cause the needs and strengths of ouryouth change every year,” Little said.“This state of change in the real-worldarena of teaching will undoubtedly al-ways be reflected in the modification ofcurrent educational theory.”
However, curriculum changes and in-creased funding won’t solve this issue ifthe number of students wanting to teachmath and science is scarce, Little said.Economically, teaching isn’t the most ap-pealing future for most college students.
UK pledgesto not be
left behindin school
Will increase number ofmath, science teachers
See Funding on page 2
A whole bunch of puppy loveNew organization allowsstudents to adopt dogs,train them for disabled
Dates Total patientcount
Influenza-likesymptoms
Kernel releases two iPhone applications Page 3 PAGE 4
“The best and the bright-est individuals from STEMfields tend to look for em-ployment outside of educa-tion for economic reasons, aswell as fewer demands andresponsibilities tied to otherjobs,” Little said. “While it isnationally recognized thatteaching and education areextremely important in thiscountry … very little is beingdone to entice highly quali-fied individuals into the
field.”Kentucky’s plan of action
began with an undergraduateprogram that was recently in-troduced to allow students toget their teaching certificatein one year. This would in-crease the number of studentsgoing straight into teachingand also allow those whocan’t afford further schoolingto become qualified teachers,Schroeder said.
“It is an excellent pro-gram, particularly for careerchangers and those graduat-ing with non-education con-tent BA's, because the pro-gram is designed to take only
one calendar year,” Schroed-er said. “For the past fiveyears, we have had 99.9 per-cent job placement rate in theMaster's programs for ourgraduates and that's a testa-ment to our quality all by it-self.”
Little said the goal of thepledge is easy to recognize,but not so easy to attain.
“The solution to this issimple in theory but hard inpractice; we must work to-wards making education asattractive an employment op-tion as everything else that'swithin the reach of STEMmajors,” Little said.
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To get the advantage, check theday's rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0the most challenging.Aries (March 21-April 19) —Today is a 7 — More is better inthe persuasion department, as longas you speak gently. Talk to severalpeople before making a decision.Taurus (April 20-May 20) —Today is a 6 — As long as youkeep your own responsibilities inmind, you can help others andenjoy the process. Add your person-al stamp.Gemini (May 21-June 21) —Today is a 7 — Make significantchanges as early as possible. You'llfeel better for it, and others willadjust more easily when they'reawake and alert.Cancer (June 22-July 22) —Today is a 7 — Take off in a direc-tion of your choice. Do this earlyand stick to your decision. If you actlike a leader, opportunities will
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Who should replace Simon Cowell on "AmericanIdol"? With the brutally honest Brit set to leave the
show next season and start "The XFactor," we propose these possiblecandidates for the judging hot seat.
Kathy Griffin: The Bravo reali-ty queen shares Cowell's ability tosay what everyone else is scared toutter. But could she clean up her actfor a family show?
Justin Timberlake: The su-perstar singer knows the biz inside
out and demonstrated a flair for comedy on "Saturday
Night Live." He'd bring sexy back much better thanCowell's tight T-shirts.
Kanye West: Always opinionated and ready tomake news with spontaneous remarks, he'd be worthwatching. Just don't ask Taylor Swift to be a guestmentor.
Lady Gaga: The wildly inventive pop diva wouldencourage the contestants to be original. But would Foxbe able to afford her wardrobe budget?
Stewie Griffin from "Family Guy": He's got theright accent and seems like Cowell's long-lost twin inthe cranky arrogance department.
Who is going to replace the infamous Simon Cowell?
Students don’t have to be a music major tobe UK’s next vocal sensation. On Thursday,students from all majors will audition for aspot in this year’s UK Star competition.
“It certainly takes courage to audition, butwe know there are a lot of talented studentsout there that aren't majoring in music that cansing,” said Chris Thuringer, media advisor toWildcat Student TV and executive producer ofthe UK Star show. “Those are the students wehope to attract.”
The auditions are the first step in a showthat gives students the chance to compete, per-form and win the title of “UK Star.”
Thuringer said the mood of the UK Starauditions as friendly, but serious. He said stu-dents interested in auditioning should simplyshow up and be prepared to sing a song acapella.
Last year, the first year for the competi-tion, 35 students auditioned, convincing or-ganizers UK has talent.
“The first year turned out really well and,based on that, we decided there is a lot more
talent out in the student population that wecould reach this year and tap for the show,”Thuringer said.
Even though the UK Star competition ismodeled after national shows like AmericanIdol, organizers say it is a unique UK happen-ing.
“Other groups may be able to have singingcompetitions, but they are typically one-nightevents that are only seen by those in atten-dance,” Thuringer said. “We have the ability tocreate an actual series of shows and streamthose live online with audience voting.”
The eight singers chosen after auditionswill compete in a live show each Thursdaynight in February in the Cat’s Den. Each showwill last 30 minutes. Students can watch thecompetition live or online, and two singerswill be eliminated each week based on judgescoring and online voting results. The finaltwo contestants will finish the battle at DanceBlue, where the next UK Star will be chosen.The winner will receive 150 flex dollars fromUK Dining Services and the second place fin-isher will win 75 flex dollars.
Erica Ficke, an undecided sophomore andlast year’s UK Star winner, originally hesitatedto audition. Thuringer said Ficke was not usedto singing in front of large groups. Since win-ning the competition, Ficke has performed thenational anthem at several UK sporting events.
The competition is designed to give non-music majors, like last year’s winner, a chanceto compete. Thuringer encourages students au-ditioning to be confident and be themselves.Judges will rate contestants based on a rubricwith qualities like timing, tone, execution,stage presence, and audience appeal. Thuringersaid that auditions take some nerve, but en-couraged students to try.
“Auditions are tough because you areputting yourself out there with the knowledgethat you may be disappointed in the feedbackyou receive, but you'll never know what theresults will be if you don't try,” he said. “Thejudges last year really had a hard time inchoosing the eight to advance to the show, I'msure it will be the same this year.”
Auditions will take place January 21 and28 from 3 to 6 p.m. in the Worsham Theatre.Live public shows will occur every Thursdayin February at 8 p.m. in the Cat’s Den, andwill air live on Wildcat Student TV (Channel49). The results show will be March 10, dur-ing the 10 p.m. hour of Dance Blue. Rules andinformation are available at www.ukstar.org.
Cat’s Den, Student TVteam up to find next ‘star’
UK StarWhat: UK Star AuditionsWhen: January 21 & 28, 3 to 6 p.m.Where: Worsham TheaterFor more information: www.ukstar.org
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“Auditions are tough because youare putting yourself out there ...
you’ll never know what the resultswill be if you don’t try. ”
CHRIS THURINGERWildcat Student TV media advisor,
Executive Producer of UK star
Many months ago, I wrote in this very spaceto tell you how the Kentucky Kernel was the bestplace for you to get news about UK.
That hasn’t changed, norwill it. But there have been a lotof changes at the Kernel —restassured, all for the better. Letme bring everyone up to speed.
Starting Tuesday afternoon,the Kernel launched two iPhoneapplications: Kernel Mobile andBlue Nation. The first is dedicat-ed to bringing you full news sto-ries, photos, videos and breakingnews whenever you are.
Blue Nation is a spin-off ofthe Kernel’s new sports blog,
Blue Nation Blog (www.bluenationblog.com).This application will bring you strictly news, sto-ries, photos and videos concerning UK athletics:John Wall, John Calipari and more.
These apps do not simply pull news head-lines. One easy click on a headline will access thesame full stories and photos you’ve come to ex-pect in Kernel print editions as well as on ourWeb site. Consider these iPhone applications assqueezing everything the Kernel does into youriPhone. Nothing’s changed.
Interested? Both are ready in the app store asyou read this. Or check our Twitter accounts for adirect link to iTunes. And don’t worry if youhave a smart phone not made by Apple. We’ll bereleasing Android apps very soon.
As the leading source for news concerningthis campus, it’s important that the Kernel be-comes a pioneer in journalism. This year alone,we have grown our presence through Facebookaccounts for the Kernel and Blue Nation Blog;three Twitter accounts: KyKernelNews, KyKer-nelSports and KernelOpinions; and a YouTubeaccount (bluenationblog) for videos of interviewsfrom your favorite players and coaches.
Our goal at the Kernel is to use any meansavailable to bring you the most news as quicklyand accurately as possible. We’re nowhere nearfinished, but the Kernel will continue to keep its
readers the first priority as we progress towardour goals.
Just because you don’t have a computer readyto access the Web site or can’t run to White HallClassroom Building for a print edition doesn’tmean you shouldn’t get the news deliveredstraight to you.
Everyone talks about how the world of journal-ism is circling the drain. As journalism students,we’ve been challenged with figuring out how tounsink the Titanic. Are two iPhone applicationsgoing to accomplish this? Probably not. But it’s astep in the right direction because we’re makingprogress without sacrificing journalistic integrity.
The Kernel is happy to be the first daily paperin Kentucky to have an iPhone app. That includescollege papers and our professional peers. We’reone of about a dozen college papers that havetaken this next step as well.
We’re doing our best to fulfill our promise tobe the best source for UK news and sports. Partof that has been about expanding our outreach toyou while keeping the same journalistic valuesthe Kernel has always had.
So go ahead and download our iPhone appli-cations, follow us on Twitter and become a fan ofthe Kernel on Facebook — we don’t mind at all.
In fact, tell your friends too. Even the ones inCalifornia. The iPhone works there too, you know.
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BRAND NEW 4BR: VERY ENERGY EFFICIENT. New& nearly new homes close to campus. 2 car garage,very, very nice. Showing daily. Call James McKee859-221-7082. View at www.lexingtonhomeconsul-tants.com
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! BARTENDING! UP TO $250 a day. No exp.
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BABYSITTING OPPORTUNITY (6 & 3 year old).Close to campus. Must be loving, compassionate,and fun. Flexible schedule. Looking for someevenings and possible day hours onTuesdays/Thursdays. $11.00/hour. Must have refer-ences. Email resume and references to [email protected].
Ky Classnotes now hiring note takers. Apply atkyclassnotes.com.
LEE WEBER GROUP, INC. Executive HealthcareRecruiting Firm. www.leewebergroup.com. Now hir-ing PT position: Sales Administrative Assistant:Preferred Master’s Prepared, must be proficient onMS Word/Excel, 15-20 hrs/wk. If interested pleasecontact Lee Weber at: Email:[email protected], Phone: 859- 296-1112.
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NEW LEXINGTON CLUB, Bar Lexington seeking bar-tenders, cocktail waitresses, marketing reps toorganize special events & promotions. Must bemotivated, self starters & outgoing, also seekingsinger/song writers, bands and event promoters forcollege events. Call 523-7694 or go tobarlexington.com to submit application. Must be atleast 21.
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New Year’s Resolution 2010-Quit Tobacco! NICO-TINE REPLACEMENT PATCHES AND GUM!!! Letthe University Health Service help you NOW! Call323-5823x83258 or email [email protected]. formore information.
Are you suffering from Adult ADHD? Do you smoketobacco cigarettes? Do you have difficulty payingattention, focusing or organizing? Are you easilydistracted? Do you sometimes feel fidgety and rest-less or act on impulse without thinking? Do thesesymptoms interfere with completion of your dailyactivities? Are you NOT currently taking medica-tions to treat these symptoms? If you answered yesto some of these questions, you may be eligible toparticipate in a research study. Researchers withthe University of Kentucky departments ofBehavioral Science and Psychiatry are conductingan outpatient study examining the behavioraleffects of FDA-approved medications. If you arebetween the ages of 18 and 50, smoke and havesome of these symptoms, call 859-257-5388 or tollfree at 1-866-232-0038 for a confidential interviewand for more information about this study. Qualifiedvolunteers will be compensated for their time. Youmay be reimbursed for travel.
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OPINIONSWednesday, January 20, 2010 Page 3
WILLIAM KILUBA, Kernel cartoonist
Technology moves Kernel forward
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They’re the 15th youngest team inthe country. They’re also the only unde-feated team in the country.
With Texas’s defeat to Kansas Statelate Monday night, the No. 2-rankedCats found themselves as the only teamin the country without a loss on theirrecord. Now, UK head coach John Cali-pari has the task of taming outside pres-sures as much as possible and keepinghis team focused with the task at hand.
“There are a lot of things going onthat they’re still trying to learn from,”said Calipari during the weekly South-eastern Conference coaches teleconfer-ence on Monday. “I’m trying to doeverything I can to get these guys to stayhumble in the success we’re having andunderstand we’re not as good as every-body thinks we are. Stay humble, butalso stay hungry.”
Staying hungry involves making surehis players are always pushing them-selves to go further, he said. Calipari isasking his players whether they are tryingto learn everyday they’re on the floor.Calipari said that’s difficult for a certain19-year-old and a bunch of guys on histeam who have been told “they poop icecream” and are the “best thing since but-tered bread.”
Leaving the ice cream and butteredbread on the table, Louisiana State headcoach Trent Johnson said the way theCats have handled themselves this sea-son and have gelled speaks volumes towhat Calipari has done in his first year inthe Bluegrass.
“I’ve always thought,” Johnson said.“It’s one thing to have great talent, but toget them all to be on the same page in ashort period of time and compete at a highlevel, that speaks volumes to coaching.”
One aspect of the youth that may berearing its ugly head is the Cats’ inabilityto hold on to big leads.
UK led by 15 points in the secondhalf against Florida before the Gatorscame back to tie the game with just overfive minutes to play. Against Auburn, theCats opened up a 19-point first half leaduntil the Tigers roared back to tie thegame with 8:24 remaining.
Calipari said in the Cats’ gameagainst Auburn on Saturday his guardstook bad shots, guys were open up thefloor and didn’t get the ball and UK
turned it over too much.“We’re getting people down 16 to 19
to 20 points and the next time you lookup it’s a tie ball game,” Calipari said.
The Cats’ ability to put an opponentaway will be tested again this weekend.On Saturday, they’ll play former UK starJohn Pelphrey and his Arkansas squad(8-9, 1-2 SEC) with a chance to take theNo. 1 ranking on the line.
Players help with “Hoops”On Sunday, the young Cats may
have experienced a maturing and hum-bling experience as they helped Calipariin his “Hoops for Haiti” telethon.
Calipari partnered with WKYT and
local Lexington businesses to run atelethon to help raise money for disas-ter relief in Haiti. Calipari got his play-ers to talk on TV and help answerphone lines when people called in. Thetelethon raised over $1 million. Cali-pari said afterwards it felt like they hadwon a championship and thanked histeam for giving their time during an offday.
“It was just a great experience for ourplayers to start understanding at a youngage you can use your fame and fortunefor others, or you can hold on to it tight-ly,” Calipari said. “And I think theylooked at this saying, ‘Wow, we didn’tknow we had this kind of impact.’ ”
PHOTO BY BRITNEY MCINTOSH | STAFFUK head coach John Calipari said on Monday he has to keep his team focused in practiceeveryday. The Cats will have a chance to take the No. 1 ranking when they play Saturday.
Young Cats trying to stay focusedwith No. 1 ranking up for grabs
