First issue free. Subsequent issues 25 cents. Newsroom: 257-1915; Advertising: 257-2872 PHOTO BY LATARA APPLEBY | STAFF Local artist Blake Eanes outlined the stream Sunday. The original stream flows below the parking lot. The project was a part of Geography Awareness Week. Students who attended the men’s bas- ketball lottery Monday night secured their tickets in advance with the click of a mouse. This year, the UK Athletics Ticket Of- fice incorporated an online registration window in its distribution process, telling students if they will receive tickets before going to stand in line at Memorial Colise- um. While the new lottery procedure was created with student interests in mind, opinions vary about this year’s system. Telecommunications junior Brian Thudium didn’t get to go to the lottery to claim his tickets Monday night. Although he won basketball tickets at every lottery last year, his streak ended with the begin- ning of the online registration window. For those that bleed blue, going to bas- ketball games is an integral part of being a UK student. “I think that UK should set aside four regular season tickets for students,” Thudi- um said. “To be a UK student and not be able to get into any basketball games is kind of messed up.” Thudium said that basketball tickets will be harder to come by with the new system in effect. “I didn’t like the system before, but I hate it even more now because it’s online,” Thudium said. “I think more people will apply for the lotteries now, because it’s more convenient.” In previous years, students had to at- tend the lottery in order to get tickets. Se- lection was based on raffle numbers distrib- uted to students in groups of 50 and drawn at random. This year, students must apply for tickets using their online student ticket account one week in advance. Students are notified by e-mail By Kelsey Caudill [email protected]First online basketball lottery in the books See LOTTERY on page 2 In celebration of Geography Awareness Week, UK’s Depart- ment of Geography wants Lex- ington residents to see even more blue than usual. Over the weekend, 20 UK ge- ography students, faculty, Town Branch supporters and local artist Blake Earmes busted out their paint brushes and buckets of blue in the parking lot of Kentucky Utilities to paint a facsimile of Town Branch, the narrow stream upon which the city of Lexington was built. When seen from above, the project presents the illusion of “Mapping Earth,” given that Town Branch lies directly be- neath the 300 ft. life-size map be- tween Water and Vine Streets. Though the map is a great visual of the historical stream, there is more to the project than what meets the eye. Members of the geography department say they don’t want to inform Lexington residents of the stream only; they want the stream to represent a bigger picture. “A central idea of geography is to show how geography writes its own story and how it reflects on society,” UK geography grad- uate Hugh Deaner said. “We shape nature but many forget that nature also shapes us.” Deaner said geography also affected the locations of certain structures. “Look at the buildings sur- rounding the parking lot. There is a reason why they were built where they now stand and why this was turned into a lot,” Dean- er said, hands covered in blue paint. Because Town Branch ran through the city beneath the heart of downtown Lexington, structures like KU were built around Town Branch, which now serves as a storm sewer. This year, Geography Aware- ness Week created the life-size map of Town Branch to not only bring the hidden stream to the surface with blue paint, but also to bring awareness to the fact that geography plays a huge role in citizen’s lives. The map of Town Branch will remain until KU repaves its park- ing lot this spring. Seeing some extra blue PHOTO BY LATARA APPLEBY | STAFF The Department of Geography at UK painted a replica of Town Branch, the stream that Lexington was originally built on. Reports surfaced Monday morning on the national sports blog “SPORTSby- BROOKS” that UK Athletic Director Mitch Barnhart was a finalist for the Uni- versity of Kansas athletic director spot and would interview in December for the posi- tion. Barnhart, a Kansas native, issued a statement saying Kansas had not formally reached out to him about the position. “We have received calls from friends and supporters of the university about the athletic director position at Kansas,” Barn- hart said in the release. “I have not been formally contacted by the University of Kansas.” Barnhart, who was born in Kansas City and graduated from Ottawa University in Kansas, acknowledged his ties to the state but stated his commitment to UK. “I am 100 percent focused on UK Ath- letics,” Barnhart said. Barnhart did not deny interest in the Kansas athletic director position. The Kansas City Star had an article Monday after the original report quoting an unnamed source saying Barnhart was “not likely to land” the Kansas job. By Aaron Smith [email protected]Barnhart not ‘formally’ contacted by Kansas See BARNHART on page 2 The college of engineering is helping combat violence against women through a documentary. Starting Sunday on Kentucky Educational Television, three sur- vivors of intimate partner vio- lence, sexual assault and stalking began sharing their stories for a documentary on their experiences with domestic violence. “The Science of Violence Against Women; The Stories of Women” will focus on the Center for Research on Violence Against Women at UK. The documentary will show the personal accounts of these women and how they survived and now are advocating against violence against women. Brent Seales is the director of the visual center in the engineer- ing building, and he helped make sure that this documentary incor- porated not only the stories of how violence affects women, but also the science of violence and research that was involved in these studies. “It’s not just science for the sake of science. Its science that will enable us to make a change in lives of women who experi- ence violence,” said Carol Jordan, the director of the Center for Re- search on Violence, and the pro- ducer of the film. The documentary took a year to complete, and the center worked with the college of engi- neering to help make these stories come alive. The film will continue to air throughout the month of Novem- ber on KET. By Liz Canavan [email protected]Film combats violence against women Students paint life-size map By Michael D. Bullard [email protected]Student opinions vary on new system SAN FRANCISCO — In a bid to become the junction box for people’s digital communica- tions, Facebook announced Mon- day it plans to launch a new com- munication platform intended to unify e-mail, instant messaging, text messaging and the social net- work’s existing message system through a single “social in-box.” While each of the social net- work’s more than 500 million users will have the chance to get an @facebook.com e-mail ad- dress as the new service gradually rolls out to members in coming months, CEO Mark Zuckerberg said the goal was not to create the world’s largest e-mail network, but to merge external e-mail, text messaging, instant messages and Facebook’s existing internal mes- saging service into a new kind of seamless communication system. News of the new message system, the product of 15 months of intensive work within Face- book dubbed “Project Titan,” has received intensive attention in the tech media in recent days based on the speculation that it would in one fell swoop eclipse the world’s largest e-mail networks — Mi- crosoft Hotmail’s 361 million users, Yahoo Mail’s 273 million users or Google Gmail’s 193 mil- lion users. But Zuckerberg said Face- book’s goal was not to steal e- mail traffic from its rivals, but to dissolve the fragmentation be- tween the various computer and smart-phone communication channels, including e-mail, IMs and phone text messages. “This is not an e-mail killer,” Zuckerberg told journalists at a heavily attended announcement in San Francisco, where the tech media is massed this week for the Web 2.0 Summit. “This is a mes- saging system that includes e- mail as one part of it. We don’t expect anyone to wake up tomor- row and say, ‘I’m going to shut down my Yahoo Mail or Gmail account, and switch to Face- book.’” The new system will allow Facebook members to send e- mail from within their Facebook page to any external e-mail. Facebook to integrate e-mail, messaging By Mike Swift MCT KENTUCKY KERNEL NOVEMBER 16, 2010 WWW.KYKERNEL.COM TUESDAY CELEBRATING 39 YEARS OF INDEPENDENCE POP! Preview of Corey Smith Score Thursday. Check out Friday
PHOTO BY LATARA APPLEBY | STAFFLocal artist Blake Eanes outlined the stream Sunday. The original stream flows below the parking lot. The project was a part of Geography Awareness Week.
Students who attended the men’s bas-ketball lottery Monday night secured theirtickets in advance with the click of amouse.
This year, the UK Athletics Ticket Of-fice incorporated an online registrationwindow in its distribution process, tellingstudents if they will receive tickets beforegoing to stand in line at Memorial Colise-um.
While the new lottery procedure wascreated with student interests in mind,opinions vary about this year’s system.
Telecommunications junior BrianThudium didn’t get to go to the lottery toclaim his tickets Monday night. Althoughhe won basketball tickets at every lotterylast year, his streak ended with the begin-ning of the online registration window.
For those that bleed blue, going to bas-ketball games is an integral part of being aUK student.
“I think that UK should set aside fourregular season tickets for students,” Thudi-um said. “To be a UK student and not beable to get into any basketball games iskind of messed up.”
Thudium said that basketball ticketswill be harder to come by with the newsystem in effect.
“I didn’t like the system before, but Ihate it even more now because it’s online,”Thudium said. “I think more people willapply for the lotteries now, because it’smore convenient.”
In previous years, students had to at-tend the lottery in order to get tickets. Se-lection was based on raffle numbers distrib-uted to students in groups of 50 and drawnat random. This year, students must applyfor tickets using their online student ticketaccount one week in advance.
In celebration of GeographyAwareness Week, UK’s Depart-ment of Geography wants Lex-ington residents to see even moreblue than usual.
Over the weekend, 20 UK ge-ography students, faculty, TownBranch supporters and local artistBlake Earmes busted out theirpaint brushes and buckets of bluein the parking lot of KentuckyUtilities to paint a facsimile ofTown Branch, the narrow streamupon which the city of Lexingtonwas built.
When seen from above, theproject presents the illusion of“Mapping Earth,” given thatTown Branch lies directly be-neath the 300 ft. life-size map be-tween Water and Vine Streets.Though the map is a great visualof the historical stream, there is
more to the project than whatmeets the eye.
Members of the geographydepartment say they don’t want toinform Lexington residents of thestream only; they want the streamto represent a bigger picture.
“A central idea of geographyis to show how geography writesits own story and how it reflectson society,” UK geography grad-uate Hugh Deaner said. “Weshape nature but many forget thatnature also shapes us.”
Deaner said geography alsoaffected the locations of certainstructures.
“Look at the buildings sur-rounding the parking lot. There isa reason why they were builtwhere they now stand and whythis was turned into a lot,” Dean-er said, hands covered in bluepaint.
Because Town Branch ran
through the city beneath theheart of downtown Lexington,structures like KU were builtaround Town Branch, whichnow serves as a storm sewer.
This year, Geography Aware-ness Week created the life-sizemap of Town Branch to not onlybring the hidden stream to the
surface with blue paint, but alsoto bring awareness to the fact thatgeography plays a huge role incitizen’s lives.
The map of Town Branch willremain until KU repaves its park-ing lot this spring.
Seeing some extra blue
PHOTO BY LATARA APPLEBY | STAFFThe Department of Geography at UK painted a replica of Town Branch, thestream that Lexington was originally built on.
Reports surfaced Monday morning onthe national sports blog “SPORTSby-BROOKS” that UK Athletic DirectorMitch Barnhart was a finalist for the Uni-versity of Kansas athletic director spot andwould interview in December for the posi-tion.
Barnhart, a Kansas native, issued astatement saying Kansas had not formallyreached out to him about the position.
“We have received calls from friendsand supporters of the university about theathletic director position at Kansas,” Barn-hart said in the release. “I have not beenformally contacted by the University ofKansas.”
Barnhart, who was born in Kansas Cityand graduated from Ottawa University inKansas, acknowledged his ties to the statebut stated his commitment to UK.
“I am 100 percent focused on UK Ath-letics,” Barnhart said.
Barnhart did not deny interest in theKansas athletic director position.
The Kansas City Star had an articleMonday after the original report quoting anunnamed source saying Barnhart was “notlikely to land” the Kansas job.
The college of engineering ishelping combat violence againstwomen through a documentary.
Starting Sunday on KentuckyEducational Television, three sur-vivors of intimate partner vio-lence, sexual assault and stalkingbegan sharing their stories for adocumentary on their experienceswith domestic violence.
“The Science of ViolenceAgainst Women; The Stories ofWomen” will focus on the Centerfor Research on Violence AgainstWomen at UK.
The documentary will showthe personal accounts of thesewomen and how they survivedand now are advocating againstviolence against women.
Brent Seales is the director ofthe visual center in the engineer-ing building, and he helped make
sure that this documentary incor-porated not only the stories ofhow violence affects women, butalso the science of violence andresearch that was involved inthese studies.
“It’s not just science for thesake of science. Its science thatwill enable us to make a changein lives of women who experi-ence violence,” said Carol Jordan,the director of the Center for Re-search on Violence, and the pro-
ducer of the film.The documentary took a year
to complete, and the centerworked with the college of engi-neering to help make these storiescome alive.
The film will continue to airthroughout the month of Novem-ber on KET.
SAN FRANCISCO — In abid to become the junction boxfor people’s digital communica-tions, Facebook announced Mon-day it plans to launch a new com-munication platform intended tounify e-mail, instant messaging,text messaging and the social net-work’s existing message systemthrough a single “social in-box.”
While each of the social net-work’s more than 500 millionusers will have the chance to getan @facebook.com e-mail ad-
dress as the new service graduallyrolls out to members in comingmonths, CEO Mark Zuckerbergsaid the goal was not to create theworld’s largest e-mail network,but to merge external e-mail, textmessaging, instant messages andFacebook’s existing internal mes-saging service into a new kind ofseamless communication system.
News of the new messagesystem, the product of 15 monthsof intensive work within Face-book dubbed “Project Titan,” hasreceived intensive attention in thetech media in recent days based
on the speculation that it would inone fell swoop eclipse the world’slargest e-mail networks — Mi-crosoft Hotmail’s 361 millionusers, Yahoo Mail’s 273 millionusers or Google Gmail’s 193 mil-lion users.
But Zuckerberg said Face-book’s goal was not to steal e-mail traffic from its rivals, but todissolve the fragmentation be-tween the various computer andsmart-phone communicationchannels, including e-mail, IMsand phone text messages.
“This is not an e-mail killer,”
Zuckerberg told journalists at aheavily attended announcement inSan Francisco, where the techmedia is massed this week for theWeb 2.0 Summit. “This is a mes-saging system that includes e-mail as one part of it. We don’texpect anyone to wake up tomor-row and say, ‘I’m going to shutdown my Yahoo Mail or Gmailaccount, and switch to Face-book.’”
The new system will allowFacebook members to send e-mail from within their Facebookpage to any external e-mail.
Facebook to integrate e-mail, messagingBy Mike Swift
Today's birthday (11/16/10).Research your roots. Traditionalvalues reflect in all your creativeefforts, so you gain from under-standing their origins. Interviewfamily members, trace yourgenealogy and read about theplaces your ancestors lived.Unique themes match what you dotoday. To get the advantage, checkthe day's rating: 10 is the easiestday, 0 the most challenging.Aries (March 21-April 19) —Today is a 7 — It's hard to keepyour eye on the necessarychanges, as your feelings are sointense. Help arrives in the form ofan associate who can be moreobjective. Taurus (April 20-May 20) —Today is a 6 — Your closest asso-ciates disagree over the publicimage you'd like to portray. Test avariety of presentations. That wayyou discover what works. Gemini (May 21-June 21) —Today is a 5 — You'll probablyspend time away from your ordi-nary work environment today. Pay
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In “Skyline,” which offers a few straysights of enticing PG-13 grossness but notmuch of a movie, space aliens drop in on LosAngeles, luring the residents with mesmeriz-ing shafts of unholy blue light. It’s like a tripto a Kmart staffed by the ugliest beings imag-inable.
Seeing “Skyline” with a late-night audi-ence was instructive, derision-wise. I didn’tsense the right kind of laughter happening; Isensed more of a “ahhhh, kill ‘em all! Thesepeople are idiots!” kind of laughter. Theposeurs littering the story, several of whomwork in the special effects industry but act likemillionaire gangstas, deliver each new straightline on cue. “Morning already?” wonders thevisiting pregnant Brooklynite played by Scot-tie Thompson (best thing in the film), uponfirst sighting of the blue light. Once too oftensomebody screams “Ruuuuunnnn!” or“Noooooooo!” simply because they’ve seenother characters in other movies do the same.
The blue light, according to directors andproducers Greg and Colin Strause and screen-writers Joshua Cordes and Liam O’Donnell, ismeant to be the visual equivalent of the sirensongs of old, the trickery by which humansmeet their doom. Each time one of the vacu-ous youngfolk stuck in a Marina Del Rayhigh-rise starts zombie-walking toward thelight, you think: Isn’t that James Cameron’spreferred icy blue hue? Are the aliens actuallyworking for Cameron?
The Brothers Strause, as they’re billed,
certainly did; they contributed to the effectswork on “Avatar,” among many other high-profile projects. “Skyline” exists to show off aportfolio of creatures derived from “War ofthe Worlds” and “Minority Report” and manyothers. There are the motherships, into whichmasses of hypnotized Angelenos are sucked.(They’re brain food, literally, for the demand-ing tourists. Insert L.A. joke here.) There areso-called hydras and drones, smaller, tentacledbeasts that give Donald “Scrubs” Faison —who plays a callow special-effects wizard liv-ing large, until he dies larger (whoopsie,“spoiler”) — a time of it in the high-rise. Mostof the film takes place in and around and atopthe high-rise. Too much of it. Instead of effec-tive claustrophobia, “Skyline” feels static,even with the digital megillahs giving Earth adehumanizing makeover.
The movie takes an absurd leap into cross-species heroism at the end, once we see whatactually goes on inside the brain-slurpingmotherships. “I never saw myself out here,”mutters our East Coast hero, played, dully, byEric Balfour, earlier on. There’s a sly jokeburied in “Skyline” relating to the gullibilityof Angelenos when it comes to the latest shinydistraction, whether it’s an Angelyne billboardor a blue-light-not-so-special. The Strausescould’ve, should’ve exploited that joke moreruthlessly. Their effects are pretty good, on afairly limited budget. And that’s about all youcan say for “Skyline.”
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whether or not they are eligi-ble to attend the lottery.Those in attendance are guar-anteed tickets for the selectedgames. Raffle numbers aredistributed in groups of 100to determine the order inwhich students choose theirseating.
Elementary educationsophomore Ali Wilcox alsosaid that the online registra-tion window attracts morepeople to the lottery. Al-though she was eligible for
the first lottery, she said thenew system lowers students’chances of getting tickets.
“Registering online takesa lot less time than going tothe lottery and standing in linelike you had to do last year,”Wilcox said. “I definitelythink more people will usethis system because all youhave to do is get on the Inter-net and click the ‘yes’ button.”
According to the UK Ath-letics Ticket Office, 5,500people signed up for the lot-tery during the online reg-istry. 3,750 winners were se-lected at random.
Cathy Hurst, associateticket manager, said that the
number of students who ap-plied for tickets online wasabout the same as the averagenumber of students that at-tended last year’s lotteries.
Wilcox said she liked theidea of online registrationcompared to last year’s ticketlotteries. She said it eliminatesthe hassle of waiting in ticketlines for hours and leaving thecoliseum empty-handed.
“When you get selected,you go to the lottery knowingthat you’re coming out with aticket so that you’re not wast-ing your time,” Wilcox said.
Each student is requiredto register for the lottery indi-vidually. Lottery eligibility
must be verified by a studentID and may not be deferredto other students.
Wilcox and Thudium bothagreed that the elimination ofgroup seating made possibleby the old lottery system is adownfall of online registration.
“For some people, going togames is social,” Thudium said.“For me, I go just to watch thegames rather than for social rea-sons, but for other people, that’sthe only reason they go.”
Student GovernmentPresident Ryan Smith saidthat the addition of the onlineregistration window was astep in improving the entirelottery system.
“We understand thatwe’re never going to imple-ment a system that 100 per-cent of the students are goingto be happy with, but it’s awork in progress,” Smithsaid. “We’re looking forwardto getting feedback from thestudents so that we can im-prove the system as needed.”
Smith said the student gov-ernment would conduct anoth-er survey toward the end of theyear to “evaluate the benefitsand disadvantages of this sys-tem to evolve it and best servethe student body.”
The UK Athletics TicketOffice also said that the lot-tery system may change
again in the future.“It’s definitely not some-
thing set in stone. We’re al-ways looking for ways to im-prove it,” Hurst said. “We’llsee how it goes tonight and atthe lotteries throughout therest of the year and reevaluatethe system after that.”
Unclaimed tickets fromMonday night’s lottery are onsale today at the Joe CraftCenter ticket office. Theywill go on sale as guest tick-ets beginning 9 a.m. Wednes-day. Students can e-mailtheir lottery feedback andsuggestions to [email protected] or [email protected].
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Jack Martin, deputy direc-tor for University Communi-cations at Kansas, said specif-ic finalists have not been de-termined. The spot is current-ly held by interim AthleticDirector Sean Lester, who
took over after Lew Perkinsunexpectedly retired in Sep-tember a year earlier thanplanned.
Barnhart has held his po-sition as athletic director fornine years. His statement cit-ed UK’s progression in cer-tain athletic areas while iden-tifying targets for future im-provements.
“We have initiated the
process of building a newtrack and are focused onhow we can upgrade Com-monwealth Stadium and ourfootball facilities,” Barnhartsaid. “Our 22 sports receiveunbelievable support fromthe Big Blue Nation and ourfans deserve championship-level success across theboard.”
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Procrastination had neverfelt so sweet for RickyLumpkin.
The fifth-year defensivetackle had just played his fi-nal home game for UK, a 38-20 win against Vanderbilt onSenior Day that clinchedbowl eligibility for the fifthstraight year.
But it wasn’t the bowlgame on his mind. It was hislast trip around the Common-wealth Stadium field as aplayer.
“They had to drag meoff,” Lumpkin said. “I wastalking to fans, talking to myparents, giving my girlfrienda hug. I was trying to prolongmy stay out there.”
Lumpkin was one of 16seniors who participated inSenior Day festivities andwere greeted by giant cutoutsof their own heads. The send-off brought multiple playersto tears.
“I didn’t cry until afterthe game,” running back Der-rick Locke said. “Until I real-ized that this is it. This is thelast time I get to play in thisstadium.”
For Lumpkin, the finalityhit him before the game, as
he stood with his family onthe field.
“I thought I wasn’t goingto cry, but I did,” Lumpkinsaid. “Just standing there withmy mom and my dad, and re-alizing I will never put on ahelmet, a uniform, my cleats,to play in front of 70,000 UKfans again. It hurt.”
The moment was sharedbetween players and coaches.
“I was just really proud tobe a part of this team, and toshare it with the guys aroundme who have been here aslong as I have,” senior quar-terback Mike Hartline said.
Hartline was applaudedwhen he was substituted outwith the game well in hand.
“It was nice to get around of applause fromeverybody but also to hug(the coaches),” Hartline said.
Lumpkin knew the teamhad been through many emo-tions over the years. He alsoknew the fans shared thosewith the players.
“I don’t want to stopplaying here in front of ourfans because they’re great,”Lumpkin said. “We’ve beenthrough a lot together. Closewins, big wins, upset victo-ries, and really down losses.I’m going to miss it.”
Neloms to miss first halfagainst Tennessee
Sophomore cornerbackMartavius Neloms will missthe first half of UK’s nextgame against Tennessee Nov.27.
Neloms and Vanderbiltreceiver Udom Umoh wereboth ejected immediately af-ter exchanging blows duringthe fourth quarter of Satur-day’s game.
“We will not be thatteam,” Phillips said. “We willnot be that team that has per-sonal fouls. We will not bethat team that’s throwingpunches, and I’m disappoint-ed in that. We will get thatcorrected.”
Regardless of who startedthe altercation, Phillips saidthe personal foul was inex-cusable.
“It’s really ridiculous fora guy to retaliate after some-body has thrown a punch onhim,” Phillips said. “We willnot tolerate that from ourplayers here at Kentucky. It’snot what we’re about.”
Phillips said it is the play-er’s responsibility to avoidlosing control of his emotionsand committing a negativeact.
“(Neloms) mentioned,‘Am I supposed to let the guypunch me?’” Phillips said, re-counting a sideline conversa-tion with Neloms after the in-cident. “Yes, you are. You aresupposed to let the guy punchyou all day. Then from whis-
tle to whistle, you punch himwith your pads, not your fists.So, yes, it was building up allday. He cannot get frustratedwith that. He’s got to contin-ue to play.”
Neloms has played ninegames, recording 48 tackles
and two sacks.“He’s one of our better
players, one of our bettertacklers,” Phillips said. “Wecannot afford to have Nelomson the sidelines with us.”
PHOTO BY BRITNEY MCINTOSH | STAFFTeammates celebrate with senior defensive tackle Ricky Lumpkin after he sacked CSU's quarterback inthe first half of UK vs. Charleston Southern on Saturday, Nov. 6, 2010.
It has been the story of theseason for the team — it fallsbehind in the first half, dig-ging itself into a hole, andthen mounts a roaring come-back, sometimes defeatingand sometimes falling to itsopponent (more often the lat-ter when coming from be-hind).
The pattern is old news atthis point, and having attendedevery UK football game thisseason, I am frankly tired of it.
But nobody has the an-swers to the weekly footballriddle surrounding the Blueand White. The questionmarks enveloping the Cats’first two quarters of play areaplenty, and neither the fansnor the professional analystsnor the coaching staff can pin-point what the problem is.
“I wish we could play oursecond half in the first half,every game,” UK head coachJoker Phillips said followingSaturday’s second-half come-back win over Vanderbilt, thesecond time the Cats cameback after trailing at halftimethis season.
It could be a number ofthings, though. Perhaps UKsuffers from poor game plan-ning pregame, or maybe it’s alack of focus or preparation onthe part of the players. Maybethe Gatorade isn’t cold enoughin the first half — I just don’t
know.Or maybe they simply lack
the “juice” (a.k.a. intensity)early in games.
“We talked about juice,”Phillips said Saturday. “I camein with juice, coach (Greg)Nord, coach ‘Rock’ (Oliver),we can have as much juice aswe want. But if (the players)don’t have juice, it doesn’tmatter — it really, really does-n’t matter.”
UK and its adversaries’scoring by quarters is a clearsign of this tendency.Through the 11 games thisseason, the UK defense hasallowed 90 and 106 points inthe first and second quarters,respectively. The second half,though, is astonishing. TheCats’ defense has only givenup 54 and 68 points in thethird and fourth quarters, re-spectively, a combined 74points less than it’s first halfcollective numbers.
Offensively, the Cats havebeen consistent. In fact, the71- and 120-point first andsecond quarters match the 96-and 95-point third and fourthquarters. For those keepingtrack at home, that’s exactly191 points in each half. Evenstill, the team’s chemistry andmentality does not appear aspolished in the early portionsof these games.
So, it seems the offensestrikes early and often, but thedefense, which has a millionquestion marks of its own, se-verely struggles early. Whileexcelling in the second half, itcan’t do enough to bail itselfout.
Not surprisingly, UK has
trailed at the half in all sevenof its conference outings (ob-viously, meaning its only fourhalftime leads came againstnonconference opponents),coming back to win only twoof those (undoubtedly becauseof the aforementioned hole itdigs itself into).
There has been talk of al-lowing the team to play acouple of quarters on its prac-tice field in Nutter FieldHouse before marching overto “continue” the gameagainst its actual opponent,thus getting the first twogarbage quarters out of theway. But that sounds like atough thing to pull off.
The repetition has beenindicative of UK’s lacklusterseason. If the Cats had notfallen behind early against itstwo opponents from Missis-sippi earlier this season (bothended in losses by one pos-session), they would findthemselves playing for a spotatop the Southeastern Confer-ence East standings next Sat-urday against Tennessee.
Whatever it is, it has beenthe underlying trend that hasbogged down what could havebeen a fairly dominant seasonfor UK.
Shoot, just imagine whatstandout receiver RandallCobb could accomplish if hewere to play against UK’sfirst-half defense.
It wouldn’t be pretty forthe defense.
Chandler is a journalismsophomore. [email protected] orfollow him on Twitter @Ker-nelHoward.
Cats’ first-half woes anunsolved mystery
The crowd wanted Jar-rod Polson to shoot the ball.The swelling noise was urg-ing him — imploring him— to hoist up a shot.
Polson was one step in-side the halfcourt line.
“I could hear it,” Polsonsaid of the Rupp Arenacrowd after the Dillardgame. “It kind of makes youa little more nervous. But itwas pretty cool.”
It’s happened in all threegames now, for the two ex-hibition games and the reg-ular-season opener againstEast Tennessee State.
Polson eventuallyobliged the fans in both ex-hibition games. AgainstPikeville, he drove the laneand went for a layup thatglanced off the rim. AgainstDillard, he got fouled on atwisting drive and made oneof two free throws, althoughboth attempts elicited loudreactions from the crowd.
His official regular sea-son stats right now read:one minute, zero points andone already beloved player.
Polson, a freshman guardhas already assumed themantle of the hometown herowho UK fans desperatelywant to see score anytime,and everytime, he touches theball. Originally a walk-onfrom Nicholasville, Ky., Pol-son earned a scholarship be-fore the school year began.It’s almost as if he is MarkKrebs’ protégé.
“Pretty much from thetime I was born, I’ve want-
ed to play here,” Polsonsaid. “I’m kind of living thedream, I guess you couldsay.”
However, one crucial el-ement might exist for Pol-son this year. Typically,playing this particular roleon the team means it’s vic-tory time whenever he is in-serted into the game. Butgiven the state of the team’sdepth chart, Polson couldsee minutes that matter (tothe outcome, at least) as abackup point guard.
“Coach (John) Caliparitold me the way I’m going toget minutes is by trying torun the offense and not tryingto do anything spectacular,”Polson said. “It doesn’t hurt
that Coach Cal isn’t afraid toput me in the game.”
One of Polson’s defin-ing traits as a player is play-ing within his limits.
“He knows what hedoesn’t know,” Caliparisaid. “Jarrod only tries to dowhat he knows.”
And he is aware whenhe does attempt somethingoutside of his basketball ar-senal.
“(One practice) hedrove down the middle, andgot his floater up and madeit,” Calipari said. “At onepoint he tried to do some-thing, and I said, ‘Hey,whoah.’ He said, ‘my fault,what was I thinking?’”
PHOTO BY LATARA APPLEBY | STAFFJarrod Polson directs the offense during the UK vs. Dillard Uni-versity game at Rupp Arena on Nov. 5, 2010.
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Do you often wonderwhat your options are aftergraduation?
According to the StuckertCareer Center, there are morechoices than just finding a joband starting to work.
On Wednesday at 3:30p.m., the Stuckert CareerCenter will host “Taking aGap Year,” a workshop forstudents curious about theiroptions after college.
Nicole Keenan, assistantdirector at the Career Center,defines a gap year as “a pro-longed period between a life
stage.”Students attending
Wednesday’s event can ex-pect to learn about gainingstate residency for graduateschool, traveling, building ca-reer skills, exploring alternatecareers and internship oppor-tunities.
“Students will learn more
about the gap experience andreceive resources to get themstarted for their gap experi-ence,” Keenan said. “A per-son might consider to take agap year to seek residency ina state prior to applying tograduate school, travel, tobuild relevant skills for theircareer, to explore alternative
careers, intern, prepare forgraduate exams, pay offschool debt, give back to so-ciety or simplyto just take abreak from school.”
The disadvantages of tak-ing a gap year will also bediscussed. Students who takegap years may lose health in-surance and have limited in-
come, depending on their gapyear decision, Keenan said.
The event will be held atthe Career Center, located at408 Rose St., between RoseLane and Euclid Avenuefrom 3:30 to 4:30 p.m.
Often in life, especiallyconcerning relationships, wedole out “sage,” often unso-licited advice. I know I’vebeen guilty of it countlesstimes — practically shoutingmy infinite wisdom from therooftops, feeling quite self sat-isfied and superior (What doyou think I’m doing now?).
And think about it, how
many times do you start off aconversation with the words,“If I were him/her … ” Welaunch into our prescribedsequence of events detailingour every move if we werethrust into said position.
I have often concluded ifI were in a situation, I wouldact a certain way.
“If a guy ever put hishands on me, I would saygoodbye before he could batan eyelash.” Or maybe, “Ifsome girl ever cheated on me,the relationship would defi-nitely be over.” We all imag-ine our preferred reaction to
these stereotypical situationsand voice our opinions to ourfriends who the oh-so-luckyrecipients of our wise coun-sel. If I may add my twocents to this situation, I thinkconstantly offering unsolicit-ed advice is wrong.
We like to think we’d acta certain way, and want ourfriends to do the same. Butwe don’t honestly know howwe’d react to these situationsuntil we are in the middle ofit. You can hope and pray youwill say certain things, butuntil you’re in the thick of it,experiencing it and immersed
in all the messy feelings go-ing along with it, you don’treally know.
For the tough subjects inlove there is no rulebook onhow to proceed, generally be-cause those bad things are“supposed” to happen. Whenscary, sad things happen, youcan attempt to do all the dis-aster planning you want, butuntil you are working throughthe things, we should resistthat tempting urge to judge.
We all make poor choicesand mistakes. It’s what makesus human and the tie thatbinds. It can be argued our
best and most valuable les-sons are learned in those try-ing times.
That said, its frustratingto watch our friends agonizeover decisions, make the“wrong” ones, date the wrongpeople, etc. Yet, we shouldresist passing extreme judg-ment with every conviction(yet no experience).
I’m not suggesting don’tgive advice — especiallywhen it is asked for — buttread carefully. Be gentle. Ac-knowledge you don’t knowwhat it may be like, but basedon what it is that you do
know, perhaps choice “C” isbetter than “A” or “B.” I amworking on this myself.
We know relationships,romantic or otherwise, aremessy. Cliche, yes, but thereason it’s a cliche is becauseit rings true. Don’t makethings more complicated byadding your imagined, seem-ingly well intentioned, yetoverpowering “prescription.”Cautiously advise, closely lis-ten, and above all, give love.
Think twice before playing the love guruLAUREN
FORMISANOKernel
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Think you’re a black jackor Texas Hold’em champ?Kappa Sigma Fraternity andAlpha Phi Sorority will spon-sor a casino-themed eveningThursday at The CampbellHouse. All proceeds benefitCourt Appointed Special Ad-vocates of Lexington.
The event will offer gam-bling, live music, food anddrinks. Games will includeblackjack, non-tournamentTexas hold’em, poker, dice,roulette and craps, said TaylorPierce, Kappa Sigma memberand the main coordinator ofthe event. All games will beplayed with chips purchasedat the event and later used forfull cash payout.
Organizers hope CasinoNight will not only offer a funnight of music and games, butalso benefit CASA of Lexing-ton, a non-profit organization.According to CASA of Lex-ington website, CASA’s mis-
sion is to provide child vic-tims of abuse or neglect witha trained, supervised volun-teer who will advocate for thechild’s best interests. Theseadvocates focus solely onwhat is best for the childrenby becoming a stable, respon-sible figure in their lives, un-like lawyers and social work-ers who are required to takethe family into considerationas well, the website says.
“As members of the Lex-ington Community, it is ourresponsibility to see that chil-dren are raised in safe homeswith a positive environmentand given every opportunityto succeed,” Pierce said.
Alyce Caraccio, co-coor-dinator of the event andmember of Alpha Phi Sorori-ty, encouraged students to at-tend and said the event “is achance for people to come to-gether with friends and helpCASA help these kids. Allyou have to do is show upand take a chance at theblackjack table.”
Piece said this year 500-700 people are expected toattend. Although organizerssay last year’s event wassuccessful, the goal this yearis to raise more money. Theevent is open to the publicand is not limited to greekstudents or UK students.
“The event will be an en-tertaining experience, whereguests can gamble or relaxand enjoy themselves, allwhile contributing to a greatprogram that protects ourcommunity’s children,”Pierce said.
The event costs $5 withany student ID and $10 with-out an ID. It starts at 7 p.m.and lasts until midnight. Therewill be food, drinks and a cashbar. A shuttle service to andfrom UK’s campus will be pro-vided. The event is supportedby the UK Student Govern-ment.
LOS ANGELES — Forthose interested in reducingtheir risk of death from cardio-vascular disease, heart expertshave some good news: regularexercise, a healthy diet andfive other simple measures cancut one’s near-term risk ofdeath by more than half.
And here’s the bad news:In a nationwide study of morethan 17,820 adults, only twopeople met all of the criteriafor top-notch cardiovascularhealth.
The message of the study,presented Monday at theAmerican Heart Association’sScientific Sessions confer-ence in Chicago, is clear, saidDr. Mark Urman, medical di-rector of Cedars-Sinai HeartInstitute’s Preventive andConsultative Heart Center.
“Boy, most Americansaren’t very healthy,” said Ur-man, who wasn’t involved inthe research. However, headded, “on a more positive note,the study confirms that individ-uals can take control of theirhealth. Incremental changes canmake a huge difference.”
The changes, dubbedLife’s Simple 7, were laid outin January as part of an AHAcampaign to guide Americans
toward “ideal cardiovascularhealth.” They are:
At least 150 minutes ofmoderate exercise, or 75minutes of intense exercise,per week.
Having a body mass in-dex of less than 25.
Being a non-smoker forat least one year.
Meeting four out of fiveof the AHA’s key compo-nents for a healthy diet.
Keeping total choles-terol below 200 milligramsper deciliter of blood.
Maintaining blood pres-sure below 120/80 millime-ters of mercury.
Having a fasting bloodsugar level below 100mg/dL of blood.
“These are the sorts ofthings your grandmother toldyou,” said Dr. Mary Cush-man, the cardiovascular dis-ease researcher at the Univer-sity of Vermont who conduct-ed the study. The analysisshowed how much eachhealth factor mattered — forevery additional one met, aperson reduced his or herchance of dying in the nextfour years by 15 percent.
“That tells how powerfulthese things relate to heart-disease risk,” Cushman said.“Being as good as you can be
on all of these factors is whatyour goal should be.”
On the whole, Americansare most compliant when itcomes to maintaining ahealthy blood pressure and ab-staining from smoking. Morethan 80 percent of those in thesurvey were nonsmokers, andalmost 67 percent were in theideal range for blood pressure,Cushman said.
On the flip side, eating ahealthy diet was the criterionwith the fewest adherents _only 0.43 percent managed todo so, the study found.
The ideal diet requiresmeeting four of five of thesekey components based on a2,000-calories-per-day mealplan: four-and-a-half cups offruits and vegetables per day,two or more 3.5 ounce serv-ings of fish (preferably oilyfish) per day, fewer than 450calories a week of sugar-sweetened beverages, three ormore one-ounce servings perday of whole grains and lessthan 1,500 mg of sodium perday.
Cushman could not iden-tify the two people whoscored perfect on the assess-ment. “It would be interestingto go back and talk to them,”to see just how they live sohealthfully, she said.
By Shari RoanLos Angeles Times (MCT)
7 steps can cut a person’sdeath risk by more than half
What can $10 get you these days? Maybe a meal at arestaurant, a movie ticket or a new t-shirt. But did youknow that $10 can also provide someone 45 meals?
I learned recently that God’s PantryFood Bank can take a $10 donation andturn it into 45 meals for their clients.God’s Pantry works to combat hunger is-sues and provides Kentuckians a place toturn when faced with economic hardship.The food bank serves 50 counties in cen-tral and eastern Kentucky, and a 2009study found that one in seven people inthis service area were impacted by God’sPantry last year alone.
I had no idea that such a small amountof money could go so far. I spent morethan $10 on one dinner out last weekend,
so I felt a little guilty thinking about how I carelesslyspend money sometimes. Like most college students, Iworry about money at times, but I have never been forcedto think about how I will pay for my next meal.
I understand that I am fortunate enough to say that Ihave never personally experienced hunger or poverty.For this reason, I also understand that I am obligated togive something back to those who aren’t as fortunate as Iam.
When it comes to societal issues like poverty andhunger, it is so easy to wonder whether my small donationwill really do any good. However, these “small” dona-tions are huge in that they can be stretched far when givenas a charitable gift. The fact that $10 can provide 45meals is enough proof for me to feel confident that anygift I can afford to give will make a difference.
For most college students, it probably seems almostimpossible to make time to volunteer at organizations likeGod’s Pantry, but most of us can sacrifice a meal out or afew coffee shop purchases to give $10 or so to a charita-ble organization.
It is also very easy to give a gift to God’s Pantry andsimilar non-profit organizations. After learning aboutGod’s Pantry and how many Kentuckians are impacted bytheir services, I simply went to their website and gave mysmall gift that way. Other Kentucky food banks, likeDare to Care and Kentucky Harvest, also offer online do-nation options. Giving to the charity of your choice isnow as simple as online shopping.
While I would like to be able to offer my time as wellas my money to a charitable organization, for now, I amhappy to know that my $10 donation is money well spent.
This Thanksgiving, nestled some-where between a generous slice ofturkey and a scoop of green bean casse-
role is one morsel I finddifficulty swallowing:guilt.
The guilt seepedinto my food as earlyin my childhood as Ican remember. Whenby belly was filled tomaximum capacity andthere were still vegeta-bles on my plate, mymother would say,“there are so manypeople in this world
who would love to eat those peas.”Ashamed, I would scoop the green
bites into my snaggle-toothed mouth. This year, the morsel of guilt has
overtaken the platter reserved for theturkey.
While Thanksgiving is a sensoryfantasy that entices me to perseverethrough this week of classes, it is also asomber day on which I am reminded ofthe faces of the hungry, oppressed andabused of the previous year.
Gulp. Sorry to be the downer. Given the events since last Novem-
ber, the earthquake in Haiti, thetsunamis in Indonesia, the national 9percent unemployment rate — to namea meager few, I can’t help but look at aplate of heaping food without evadingthe guilt corresponding to the thoughtthat at the exact same moment, some-one somewhere is starving.
According to the Food and Agri-culture Organization of the UN, 925million people in the world do not have
enough to eat — this figure is morethan the collective population of theUS, Canada and the European Union.
Increasingly, the faces of globalhunger are women and children. TheWorld Food Programme notes “althoughwomen make up a little over half of theworld’s population, they account for 60percent of the world’s hungry.”
In 2009, UNICEF estimated nearly146 million children in developingcountries are underweight as a result ofsevere hunger.
NPR reported this summer that 17million children in the U.S., nearly 20percent, struggle with hunger.
The worst reality, however, is thereis enough food to feed the world’s 6.7billion people — poorly mismanaged,expiring on shelves or thrown into thetrash (This is where my mom’s provo-cation to “eat your peas” plays in).
Hunger is not a choice (unless it’s astrike); it is a symptom of war, naturaldisasters, rising food costs, shortage ofagricultural infrastructure or the perpet-ual trap of poverty.
Swallow. I’m not force-feeding theguilt placed on my plate year after year,but this information needs to be inter-nalized. Digest it, and read on.
Obviously, food is the most basicnecessity. But do you know why? Be-cause it works. People who are fed areable to produce and sustain the energyto work — you know very well sittingthrough a lecture on an empty stomachmakes focusing challenging. This is thedaily reality for millions, but if prevent-ed, it could help populations developand sustain themselves.
New initiatives to fight the hunger
epidemic are underway, such as Oba-ma’s vow to to end childhood hunger by2015 or Kentucky National Guardtroops’ knowledge exchange withAfghan farmers to expand agriculturalproductivity. The reality is even thesmall-scale efforts can make a differ-ence.
Rather than helplessly gaze uponmarshmallow-studded sweet potatoesand gravy-smothered stuffing with guilt,appreciate the most basic need that mil-lions are without. It is the source of en-ergy to change someone’s life.
Cassidy Herrington is a journalismand international studies junior. [email protected].
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Thanksgiving around the world: hat willl you have?
CASSIDYHERRINGTON
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JILLSEELMEYERKernel
columnistCASSIDY HERRINGTON, Kernel cartoonist
I spent more than $10 on one dinnerout last weekend, so I felt a little
guilty thinking about how I careless-ly spend money sometimes.
Global Hunger:by the
numbers- 925 million people do not haveenough to eat — more than the pop-ulations of USA, Canada and the Eu-ropean Union.
- 65 percent of the world’s hungrylive in only seven countries: India,China, the Democratic Republic ofCongo, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Pak-istan and Ethiopia.
- Malnutrition contributes to 53 per-cent of the 9.7 million deaths of chil-dren under five each year in develop-ing countries.
Source: World Food Programme
A littlechange goesa long way
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He traversed distantgalaxies with Chewbacca,shot sword-wielding assassinswith Marion Ravenwood andoutfoxed federal marshalSamuel Gerard all by himself.
But these days all thosethings may as well have hap-pened to a different actor thanHarrison Ford, who in the lastdecade has robbed banks,sought rare cures, captainedRussian subs and investigatedmurders of hip-hop stars, allin the land of obscurity.(“Firewall,” “ExtraordinaryMeasures,” “K-19: The Wid-owmaker” and “HollywoodHomicide,” if you were try-ing to guess what moviesthose were.)
Last week’s release of“Morning Glory” painfullyunderscored Ford’s marginal-ity. The actor plays a grizzled,serious journalist who’sforced, through the uniquepower of Hollywood cause-and-effect, to take a job as abantering morning host. Thecomedy-drama about the stateof the news business wasmarketed heavily usingFord’s name and visage, andthe actor gamely went on the
likes of “The Late Show WithDavid Letterman” and “Jim-my Kimmel Live” to promoteit.
For all the critical jibes,Ford is actually not bad in therole, stalking around with adour face while doling outdigs to his co-anchor like,“Do they have rehab pro-grams for bitter beautyqueens with self-esteem is-sues?” But few, apparently,wanted to see him do that.The movie failed to reacheven $10 million in domesticbox office over the weekend.If you show some chops butno one is there to see it, didyou really show them?
What’s most disappoint-ing about “Morning Glory”is that, after 15 years withouta comedy, Ford’s turn insomething more spry wassupposed to mark a newchapter by getting him backto his crowd-pleasing ways.But the movie’s disappoint-ing performance adds onemore nail in a coffin that’sbeen enveloping Ford’s ca-reer, “Buried”-style, foryears. The actor has beenstriking out repeatedly as theheroic action figure and did-n’t fare better when he wentsomber as a medical miracle
worker in “ExtraordinaryMeasures” earlier this year.Now it turns out we don’twant to see him in a comedyeither, not even when he’splayfully riffing on his owntaciturn persona.
In his heyday, Ford wasmuch more than an actionhero, of course; he was win-ning over audiences with dra-mas such as “Regarding Hen-ry” and even gaining decentnotices in romantic comedieslike the “Sabrina” remake —exactly the kinds of roles heshould be excelling at as henears 70 and can’t leap intowaterfalls anymore.
What happened? Did weoutgrow Ford? Or was hisrange never as great as wethought it was?
Some would say that thisis all a function of bad choic-es and that, to salvage his ca-reer, the actor should go backto action roles, maybe self-deprecating ones. (The JackRyan reboot is a natural can-didate). The one time he didthat in the last few years, af-ter all, was with “IndianaJones and the Kingdom of theCrystal Skull,” and the fansturned out. But with the badtaste that movie left in somemouths, it’s hardly clear that
would work either.In a sense, Ford has had
the opposite career of his“Star Wars” costar MarkHamill. Unlike Ford and hisprolific output, Hamill hasn’tbeen in a major motion pic-ture in more than twodecades. That’s not exactlyHamill’s own choice, but it’s
had an oddly positive effecton his reputation. WhileFord’s series of poorly re-ceived movies has practicallyrelegated the actor to self-par-ody, Hamill has remained in agood pop-culture place, hisimage unravaged by time orbad roles.
Ford next stars in the sci-
ence-fiction-western hybrid“Cowboys & Aliens,” amovie that stays close to histrademark action heroism butbranches out in enough newdirections that we might bewilling to embrace him again.He should hope we do _ he’srunning out of genres tocome back with.
By Steven ZeitchikMCT
What happened to Harrison Ford?
PHOTO BY MCTRachel McAdams and Harrison Ford in their new movie Morning Glory, currently in theaters.
LOS ANGELES — Direc-tor Tony Scott and DenzelWashington have developed amutual trust through the fivefilms they’ve made together, in-cluding the latest “Unstoppable.”
Scott knows he can counton Washington to bring a freshapproach to every role.
“Both of us are always try-ing to reach for new stuff, neverrepeat ourselves,” Scott says.“That’s my goal every daywhen I go to work. My goal ishow to look at these worlds and
these characters in a differentway. Denzel’s the same way.He reaches back inside andfinds a different aspect of hispersonality. We’ve done fivemovies together and every char-acter has been very different.”
Washington trusts Scott somuch that he was willing to at-
tempt stunts on moving trains— despite having a fear ofheights. That included standingon top of a 25-foot-tall train asit sped along at 50 mph.
Along with the trust, thepair created a working short-hand while making “CrimsonTide,” “Man on Fire,” “Deja
Vu” and “The Taking of Pel-ham 1 2 3,” which continuedwith the latest film.
“Tony is such a genius athaving a great fun ride in anaction film where you careabout everybody,” Dawsonsays. “The time is taken to es-tablish the different personali-
ties. Even if it seems mundane,conversations connect you tocaring about these characters.”
Pine had to make an in-stant connection with Scott,who shot on a real train ratherthan using special effects.
“Who knew sugar puffscould hurt so much,” Pine jokes.
