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KENTUCKY KERNELCELEBRATING 38 YEARS OF INDEPENDENCE WWW.KYKERNEL.COMTUESDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2009
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Journalism graduates carve paths through modern world changesBy Nick Rhodes
With the rapid expansionof the Internet and technolo-gy, all career fields are ex-pecting changes. Journalismis no exception.
The eighth annualRichard G. Wilson Journal-ism Alumni Symposiumplans to discuss just that, withthis year’s topic being, “The
Future of News.”The symposium will be
held Tuesday at 6 p.m. in theW.T. Young Library auditori-um. Mike Farrell, UK jour-nalism professor, organizedthe symposium.
“The purpose is to helpjournalism students realizethat while there are fewerjobs, there are still jobs,” Far-rell said. “While big papersare closing, jobs are still
available in smaller markets,such as weeklies and businesspapers.”
The panel is composed offive UK graduates: MarkBoxley, the assistant city edi-tor and night breaking re-porter at the Daily Times inMaryville, Tenn.; LanceWilliams, editor of theNashville Business Journal;Virginia B. Edwards, presi-dent of Editorial Projects in
Education and editor-in-chiefof Education Week and ed-week.org; Jenay Tate, pub-lisher of three Virginia news-papers, The CoalfieldProgress, The Post in BigStone Gap and The Dicken-son Star in Clintwood; andTara Pachmayer, the sympo-sium’s moderator and sportsanchor and reporter atWKRC-TV in Cincinnati,Ohio.
“These are people whonot so long ago were sittingwhere students are now, theyprovide experience and op-portunities to students,” Far-rell said.
The symposium honorsRichard G. Wilson, interimdirector of the School ofJournalism and Telecommu-nications from 2002 to 2003,the years in which the sym-posium was established.
Beth Barnes, director ofthe School of Journalism andTelecommunications, said thespeakers are seeing real-world evidence of thosetransformations.
“The thing of most inter-est to journalism studentsspecifically, but also to stu-dents outside the school, isthat these are people out inthe field experiencing thechanges,” Barnes said.
Renaming tradition
PHOTO BY ADAM WOLFFBRANDT | STAFFMAP BY KELLY WILEY | STAFF
Left: Josh Harrellson walks intothe Wildcat Lodge Mondaynight. There are plans for theWildcat Lodge to be relocatedand renamed.
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By Laura [email protected]
While the construction on SouthLimestone continues, the rest of theroad will also get a makeover.
Through a public meeting Tues-day in the Student Center at 4:30p.m., three designs will be present-ed to the public to improve pedes-trian, bicycle and vehicular traffic.Bicycle and pedestrian coordinatorin the Lexington-Fayette UrbanCounty Government’s Division ofPlanning Kenzie Gleason saideveryone is involved, including stu-dents.
“I remember when I went to UK,dashing across South Limestone … ”Gleason said. “Students are thebiggest users of corridor, our biggeststakeholders … students have a lot tosay about where those improvementsneed to be and how we should ap-proach it.”
See Limestone on page 3
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Coal makes its way into name of possible new lodgeBy Laura Clark
The proposal for a newWildcat Lodge is more thanjust a move and a name change.
On Thursday night, at A Fo-rum on Coal in Kentucky, JoeCraft and his group, the Differ-ence Makers, pledged $7 mil-lion to finance the new resi-dence entitled the “WildcatCoal Lodge.”
According to the Board ofTrustees meeting agenda forTuesday, they will discuss un-dertaking the new name and the$7 million gift from the Differ-ence Makers. The group, whichis made up of 21 donors, withCraft as largest donor to theUK Athletic Association, alsoincludes Nick Carter, presidentand chief operating officer ofGP Natural Resource Partners,LLC and Lynn Parrish, Mar-wood Land Co., and Communi-ty Trust Bank chairman.
“(The board) still needs tovote on the name and also onthe acceptance,” said Mira Ball,Chair of the Board of Trustees.
Ball said the proposal had
to go through the Committeeon Naming University Build-ings before it could be present-ed to the board. Those on thecommittee include Tom Har-ris, vice president of externalaffairs; Terry Allen, associatevice president in the depart-ment of institutional equityand equal opportunity; Kim-berly Anderson, engineeringprofessor; Susanne Arnold, as-sistant professor in the Chan-dler Medical Center; TerryBirdwhistell, associate deanfor special collections and dig-ital programs for UK Li-braries; Karen Combs, the viceprovost for budget and admin-istrative services; and BobLawson, law professor.
According to the presi-dent’s report and action itemsof the meeting’s agenda, theCommittee on Naming Univer-sity Buildings reviewed the re-quest and found it to be in com-pliance with university policyand recommended its approval.
In the finance committee’sreport for Tuesday’s meeting,they are requesting the boardaccept the pledge to fund the
“Replace Wildcat Lodge Stu-dent Housing” project.
The current Joe B. HallWildcat Lodge was built onNorth Campus in 1978. BobWiseman, UK vice president offacilities, said the gross squarefeet of the lodge is 20,778, witha total bed count of 37. Wise-man said the new lodge, whichwill be constructed northeast ofMemorial Coliseum in the cur-rent R1 parking lot, will havearound the same bed count.
In January 2009, UK pro-posed to the Council on Post-secondary Education to reno-vate the lodge with $1,500,000in private funds. However, Ballsaid the renovations were puton hold because the Board ofTrustees “anticipated the build-ing of a new one.”
Wiseman said if the propos-al is approved by the board, theproject will be submitted to theCouncil on Postsecondary Edu-cation at its Nov. 5 meeting,and then to the Capital Projectsand Bond Oversight Committeeat its Nov. 17 meeting.
Tobacco banon public
sidewalks tobe voted onMembers of City Council will
meet Tuesday afternoon to discussUK’s proposal to implement the to-bacco ban on public sidewalks.
At last Tuesday’s meeting, Assis-tant Vice President for Public SafetyAnthany Beatty asked the council tosign a “memorandum of understand-ing” which would allow enforcementon city-owned sidewalks on and sur-rounding the campus.
Diane Lawless, 3rd District coun-cilwoman, said if approved, thememorandum would not affect allpublic sidewalks because some areowned by the state and not the city ofLexington, citing Euclid Avenue asan example.
This will be the second reading ofthe proposal and if approved, it willbe considered law, said JeannetteWilliams, council staff.
-Katie Perkowski
From veterans to Sex Week: Board hits big issues
By Emilie [email protected]
Veterans will have an easier time re-turning to school thanks to a new VeteransResource program.
The UK Board of Trustees student af-fairs committee met Monday and hostedAnthony Dotson, UK’s veteran resource co-ordinator, to speak with the group on thenewly created program.
Last June, Dotson met with ProvostKumble Subbaswamy and wanted him tostart a program for returning Veterans to theU.S. to start or continue their college educa-tion.
The mission of this program is to pro-vide a smooth transition back into the U.S.and into college life for veterans. Dotson
See Veterans on page 3
By Katie [email protected]
The top floor of Patterson Office Towerwill be filled with students and board mem-bers once again, as some of the most contro-versial issues in Kentucky will be discussedon Tuesday.
The Board of Trustees will meet to voteon the $7 million donation to fund the “Re-place Wildcat Lodge Student Housing”project, which include the initiation of theproject and the renaming of the house to“Wildcat Coal Lodge,” according to themeeting’s agenda.
The pledged donation will come fromJoe Craft and 21 “Difference Makers.” Thepledge will be paid over a 10-year period.
The Committee on Naming UniversitySee Trustees on page 3
See Lodge on page 3
Program gives militarystudents another chance
Trustees debrief hot topics on and off campus
If you goWhat: Lexington-Fayette Urban Coun-ty Council meeting to vote on thetobacco ban being implemented oncity-owned sidewalks.When: Tuesday at 3 p.m.Where: Government building (200Main St.)Admission: Free and open to thepublic.
PHOTO BY ADAM WOLFFBRANDT | STAFFSmokers sit on the curb on South Lime-stone. City council will meet Tuesday todiscuss sidewalk tobacco enforcement.
By Roy [email protected]
The UK HeathCare Hospital System hasclimbed from a financial hole and has begunbuilding a staircase into record levels ofblack ink.
On Monday, Sergio Melgar, senior vicepresident for health affairs and chief finan-cial officer, informed the Board of TrusteesUniversity Health Committee that the UKHealthCare Hospital System, which in-cludes UK Hospital and Good SamaritanHospital, reported record levels of revenueand patient volume for the first quarter ofthe 2010 fiscal year after a dismal thirdquarter in the 2009 fiscal year.
After the first quarter of the 2010 fiscalyear, which includes July, August and Sep-
See Hospital on page 3
UK Hospital System recovers,sets revenue records
Tipoff in the Bluegrass: Check out the basketball special section on Wednesday
“Difference Makers”“Difference Makers” are a group of UKsupporters brought together by JoeCraft to fund the new “Wildcat CoalLodge” basketball residence. ! Armstrong Land ! Charles Baird ! Charles Bradley ! Nick Carter ! David Childs ! Joe Craft ! Luther Deaton ! Ted Doheny ! Franklin Farris ! L.D. Gorman ! Mike Jones ! Lynn Parrish ! C.L. Redmond ! Rex Smith ! Tom Smith ! Tom Snyder ! Jeff Speaks ! Wellford A. Tabor ! Greg Wells ! Charlie Wesley ! Lyle Wolf
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SITTIN’ ON THE DOCK OF THE BAY
What price fame? Ask the publicity-hungry dadwhose name - Heene - is forever linked with hoax
They built science experiments in their backyard,went on storm-chasing missions at all hours and ap-peared twice on Wife Swap. In other words, Richardand Mayumi Heene and their sons, Bradford, 10, Ryo, 8,and Falcon, 6, were not your typical Fort Collins, Col-orado, neighbors. "They are free-spirited," local JasonCreech tells Us. "Richard spends all day working on hisinventions." Neighbor David Martell is diplomatic: "Ec-centric is the nicest way I can put it." But when newsbroke October 15 that Falcon had accidentally airliftedhimself in the family's "flying saucer" balloon only to befound hiding in an attic, nobody doubted the -story's au-thenticity. "Richard is odd, but I want to believe it's nota hoax," local Amy Dengler told Us later. "What parentswould fake the possible death of their child?"
Apparently, ones who were desperate for notoriety- and got it. Ever since local police confirmed that the"balloon boy" saga - which transfixed the country fornearly five hours and cost taxpayers countless thou-sands of dollars - was actually a stunt hatched byRichard, 48, and -Mayumi, 45, in a twisted effort to landa reality-TV deal, their parenting style has come underattack. "It's so screwed up they should be put in a men-tal hospital," says one neighbor and search-team mem-ber. Says a friend of the two, "The worst part is theybrought their kids into it."
Falcon's emotional strain was clearly evident dur-
ing the family's media tour. The rambunctious kinder-gartner, who admitted in a live CNN interview he didn'tcome out of hiding because "we did this for the show,"vomited during his October 16 appearances on Todayand Good Morning -America. (A nonplussed Richardcontinued the interviews.) Now the couple, who denyany wrongdoing, are likely to face federal charges ofconspiracy and contributing to the delinquency of a mi-nor. (The kids face no charges, and state child servicesis investigating their situation.)
Fame-ObsessedNaturally, this story starts in Hollywood. Richard
reportedly met the Japanese-born Mayumi at L.A.'s LeeStrasberg acting school. "Fame is what drives him,"says a pal. But Richard chose to then seek it via a sci-ence-themed reality show. "He wanted to produce,"friend Vince LeGrow tells Us. "But no network everpicked up his ideas. He may have gotten frustrated."The pair moved to Colorado in 2007, where the highschool grad took up contracting work and reinventedhimself as a professional storm tracker and inventor, co-hosting a Web series called The Psyience Detectives.
But his thirst for attention ultimately jeopardizedhis kids' safety - especially when he began to take themon road trips to pursue violent storms.
Their dark family secrets
Living in the middle of the city can get busy. On weekends growing up, my family and I would spendmany weekends at our lake house just outside of Owensboro, Ky. We'd sit on our dock, eating watermel-on and fishing. Those times beat memories of city parks and pizza joints every time.
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tember, UK HealthCare's currentassets totaled $1.045 billion com-pared to $1.015 billion at the sametime last year, a $30 million in-crease.
Melgar reported the operatingrevenue for UK HealthCare to-taled $74.19 million, $4.93 mil-lion above budget and an all-timerecord for monthly revenue, andthe operating revenue for the 2010fiscal year to date was $205.4 mil-lion, $1.31 million above budget.
These highs follow a series oflows during the winter months ofthe 2009 fiscal year. Januarythrough March saw negative oper-ating margins as expenses out-paced revenues. The 2009 thirdquarter saw a loss of $4.9 million,a 7.9 percent deficit.
Melgar said an unusually se-
vere winter and the economicdownturn caused low patient vol-ume and were to blame for thelosses.
Even when many academichospitals decided to lay off staff inresponse to the recession, Melgarsaid UK HealthCare bet on recov-ery and did not lay off any staff.
“We know it was the right de-cision now,” Melgar said. “But ifyou had asked me if we would beseeing record patient volume atthis time, I wouldn't have bet onit.”
Melgar said inpatient and out-patient surgeries, major revenuesources for UK HealthCare, in-creased 10.2 percent and 5.6 per-cent respectively from the 2009 to2010 fiscal year.
Melgar said the number of pa-tients discharged per day and theconsistency of that number duringthe first quarter contributed to thesuccess.
Melgar said the latest trend is
for insurance companies to payhospitals a flat rate based on theillness the patient is diagnosed,creating an incentive for hospitalsto treat patients more efficiently.
Dr. Michael Karpf, executivevice president for health affairs,said he and his staff were still cau-tious the winter months of the2010 fiscal year would freeze thegrowth.
“We're not lighting cigars andsniffing cognac just yet,” Karpfsaid.
He said variables such asweather, the economy and NovelH1N1 Influenza could bring aboutan unexpected change in the fore-cast.
Melgar said the possibility ofa repeat of the 2009 third quarterwas possible but said Karpf wassimply being cautious. He said thelosses were an anomaly and com-pared the situation to a game ofroulette: He bets the financial ballwill land in the black.
Tuesday, October 27, 2009 | PAGE 3
The areas the study will re-design include South Limestonefrom Cooper to Avenue of Cham-pions, and on Upper Street, fromthe Scott Street area to VineStreet. Gleason said while thestudy and the current SouthLimestone Streetscape MasterPlan will not overlap, they aresomewhat similar.
Gleason said the quickest
changes would be minor, includ-ing alterations in signage orpedestrian crosswalks. Con-struction affecting traffic pat-terns would not occur any timesoon.
Engineering consultants withWilbur Smith Associates willpresent three design options and aformal presentation will be givenat 5:30 p.m Tuesday.
The South Limestone Multi-modal Transportation Study wasconducted by the LFUCG, UK,the Lexington Area MetropolitanPlanning Organization and the
Kentucky Transportation Cabinet.Eighty-percent of the $120,000bill for the study came from thestate, while UK and Lexingtonpaid 10 percent each.
Gleason said the study is veryearly in the process, and said thenext step is developing an alter-native plan, with short and long-term goals.
“We’re not going to walkout of the room knowing exact-ly which design we want tomove forward with,” Gleasonsaid. “It’s a hybrid of multipleideas.”
LIMESTONEContinued from page 1
Ryan Smith, Student Govern-ment president and board membersaid he intends to speak on the issueof the name changing at Tuesday’smeeting.
In 1988, the basketball programwas charged with 17 violations, in-cluding some regarding the lodge.In a 2005 Associated Press article,UK reported an NCAA violation re-garding the misinterpretation of a
rule regarding the number of ath-letes and non-athletes in the WildcatLodge.
Wiseman said following the ap-proval and the employment of an ar-chitectural service, the developmentof the new lodge could start in over ayear.
“It’s a building that was built notusing the standards we use today … ”Wiseman said. “The building is justaging ... Instead of putting anothermillion and a half, the donors said,‘Why don’t we just build a world-class facility?’ ”
LODGEContinued from page 1
and his staff want UK to be knownworldwide as a military-friendlycampus and has spent time makingsure that policies fit. Dotson haslooked into fees being waved for ap-plications and vouchers for theirbooks.
Many schools do not have organ-izations for veterans. Dotson said hewants to take the program beyondcampus grounds. One of the ways theprogram has reached out to veteransis by eliminating the application feefor veterans looking to apply to UK.
“This program has really come along way in such a short time,” saidAnn Haney, chair of the student af-fairs committee.
The Veteran’s Resource Programis also looking into veteran tutoringand recruiting retired veteran tutors.
“Academics are the number one
reason why veterans do not succeedor finish college,” Dotson said.
Dotson is also looking to create atransition course for recent veterans.Professors would also be veterans,and specific veteran orientation andadvising would be offered.
On campus, Dotson wants to es-tablish a larger center for the veteransso they have a place to gather. Healso wants to incorporate more veter-an events and recognition and gavethe example of the Military Apprecia-tion Day at Saturday’s football game.
“Why is this program importantyou might ask? Because it is the rightthing to do,” Dotson said.
He said he felt strongly about theprogram because education is the pri-mary incentive for joining the mili-tary. He said there is about $30 mil-lion in educational benefits and onlyhalf is used.
“This is a great way to bring di-versity to UK because the military isone of the most diverse groups,” Dot-son said.
VETERANSContinued from page 1
Buildings, which reviewedthe proposed name, found itcompliant with universitypolicy and recommended theapproval of it, according tothe agenda.
The new lodge wouldhouse the men’s basketballteam along with non-studentathletes, according to theagenda.
Board of Trustees ChairMira Ball said a December2008 plan proposing $1.5million in renovations toWildcat Lodge were put onhold because the universityanticipated building a newhouse.
Student GovernmentPresident Ryan Smith saidthere would be a briefing onSex Week and an update onthe Lexington Student Hous-ing Task Force report, aswell.
Smith said he would ad-dress how the housing reporthas been going and the roleof the university in the pro-posal.
If the acceptance of thedonation and naming of thenew Wildcat Lodge is ap-proved the proposal will besubmitted to the Council onPostsecondary Education onNov. 5, then to the CapitalProjects and Bond Over-sight Committee at its Nov.17 meeting for final ap-
proval, according to theagenda.
TRUSTEESContinued from page 1
If you goWhat: Board of TrusteesmeetingWhen: Tuesday at 1 p.m.Where: Board Room, on the18th floor of the PattersonOffice TowerAdmission: Free and opento the public.
UK Alumnus looks to ‘catch’ students’ imaginations through music and artBy Michael Kraus
Although the cat almostnever catches the mouse,Louisville musician andartist and UK alumnus, Ja-son Zavala hopes to capturethe minds and imaginationsof UK students with his mu-sic and art.
On Tuesday, at the Lu-cile Little Fine Arts Library,as part of the Little/Gaines
Artist Series, Zavala will beshowcasing “The Chase.”The theme will portray theclassic case of a cat andmouse scenario through popmusic, visual art and writtenword.
“I chose this theme be-cause it’s universal and canbe applied to many domainsof life, from cartoons to loveand beyond,” Zavala said.
Along with his collabo-rators, James Friley, Clay
Kennedy, Jesse Lucas andShannon Saur, Zavala ishoping to get UK students toopen their minds to the dif-ferent interpretations andforms of a cat and mousechase.
“I believe that the themeof cat and mouse is capableof reaching many people onan individual level,” Zavalasaid.
Whether or not a studentcan relate to the cat and
mouse theme, at the leastUK students can relate toZavala in one aspect: he wasonce a UK student himself.
Zavala graduated fromUK in 2005 with a bache-lor’s degree in architecture.Aside from being back at hisalma mater, Zalvala finds it agreat honor to be the mainartist being showcased dur-ing the Little/Gaines ArtistsSeries.
“Being chosen as the
lead artist for theLittle/Gaines Artist Seriesrepresents the largest-scaleinterdisciplinary project I'vebeen involved in,” Zavalasaid. “I was very excited tobe chosen and thought itwould be a great chal-lenge.”
Although Zavala has anexpansive knowledge andlevel of talent for art, he ismainly interested in writingand performing music.
Since the age of 15 he hasbeen learning and playingmusic and has even put out afew records in the process.Zavala is currently workingon a solo album “Ornament”and plays with the Louisvilleband, Lazer Crust, as well.
The showcase will beheld from 7 to 9 p.m. at theJohn Jacob Niles Center forAmerican Music located inthe Lucile Little Fine ArtsLibrary. Admission is free.
CRIME REPORTUNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY
Compiled from reports at UK Police Department.Compiled by staff writer Kirsten Clancy.
E-mail [email protected].
UK Police reports from Oct. 19 to Oct. 25.Oct. 19 Bicycle theft reported
at 330 Hilltop Ave. at9:04 a.m.
Oct. 19 Bicycle theft reportedat 701 Sports CenterDr. at 1:11 p.m.
Oct. 20 Theft from buildingreported at 411South Limestone at10:58 a.m.
Oct. 20 Fire reported at 321Columbia Terr. at11:53 a.m.
Oct. 21 Harassment reportedin progress at 406Administration Dr. at1:20 p.m.
Oct. 22 Criminal mischiefreported at 800 PressAve. at 4:07 p.m.
Oct. 23 Theft from buildingreported at 800 RoseSt. at 12:57 p.m.
Oct. 24 Non-sexual assaultreported at 305Euclid Ave. at 4:14p.m.
Oct. 24 Terroristic threaten-ing reported at 1540University Dr. at 8:24p.m.
Oct. 25 Criminal mischiefreported at 301Hilltop Ave. at 2:28p.m.
Oct. 25 Criminal mischiefreported at 701Woodland Ave. at2:29 p.m.
HOSPITALContinued from page 1
Housing committee to revise optionsBy Katie Perkowski
After months of specula-tion on proposed off-campusstudent housing plans, theUrban County Council’sPlanning Committee will de-cide which recommenda-tions to use for a final plan.
Members of the StudentHousing Task Force willmeet Tuesday morning todecide which options mem-bers support and those theywill consider dropping, said
Paul Schoniger, council as-sistant.
Schoniger said one spe-cific topic would be enforce-ment of policies.
“If we have somethingon books we should enforceit,” he said.
The proposed off-cam-pus student housing plan, orthe Student Housing in Part-nership Program, or SHIPP,is based on some ideas fromthe Ohio State Universityhousing model, according tothe meeting’s agenda.
The committee will alsodiscuss issues including thedefinition of a student house
and the definition of a soror-ity or fraternity house.
Schoniger said the defi-nition of specific housessuch as sorority and fraterni-ty houses could restrictplacement of “party houses”off-campus.
After the council decideson a plan Tuesday, it will betaken through the full coun-cil next week.
Tuesday’s meeting is at9:30 a.m. and is free andopen to the public.
If you goWhat: Special planningcommitteeWhen: Tuesday at 9:30 a.m.Where: Council Chambers(Second floor of the govern-ment building)Admission: Free and opento the public.
kernel. we do it daily.
With the Nov. 19 tobacco ban imminent, UK is scram-bling to find ways to make the seemingly unenforceablerestriction work.
Instead of taking responsibility for patrolling all areasof campus, UK is looking to hand off a large portion ofcampus — the sidewalks — to the city.
Hesitating to enforce these smoke free areas doesn’tlook good. It seems as if UK is looking for somewhere toplace the blame if its let’s-get-healthy campaign isn’t assuccessful as it hoped.
We’ve all seen what’s happened on the UK medicalcampus: smokers stand in droves along Limestone to gettheir nicotine fix.
UK realizes sidewalksare the inevitable option forstudents, faculty and staff oncampus as well. Asking thecity to patrol these areas forviolations is just a way UKcan point fingers if things gowrong.
According to an Oct. 22Kernel article, 3rd DistrictCouncilwoman Diane Law-less has expressed concernsover people moving outsidethe boundaries of campus tosmoke, making neighboringareas “UK’s ashtray.”
“I’d like to kind of pollthe neighborhoods because many of them have said sincethey heard about (the tobacco ban), they’re concerned thatpeople will be walking across the street and smoking intheir yards,” Lawless said.
This doesn’t seem to be something UK has put enoughthought into. If the university is trying to improve the re-lationship between the school and the Lexington commu-nity, making surrounding areas a wasteland of cigarettebutts isn’t the best way to do that.
Since the university is not willing to provide designatedsmoking areas for members of campus, more attention needsto be focused on helping these people drop their bad habits.
Relying on coverage in the Kernel and posters in ob-scure areas of campus about their quit-smoking programsisn’t enough. Be proactive and get representatives of theseprograms out on campus.
If not, come Nov. 19, we may finally be able to clear-ly define the ambiguous boundaries of UK’s campus. Justlook for the border of butts.
OPINIONSTuesday, October 27, 2009 Page 4
ALLIE GARZA, Kernel cartoonist
Responsibilitylies on UK, not city in ban
Political discourse detractedfrom column’s effectivenessThe following is a Web commentin response to “UK fails campuswith allegiance to big business”
A couple of things here. Firstand foremost, both your argu-ments have merit – the problemwith mixing politics and sport, andthe problem with the coal industry.
Unfortunately, those argumentsdon't belong in the same article.Criticizing UK for mixing politicsand sports is something we canagree on, but we part ways whenyou turn around and make the restof your article all about the politicsof the coal industry rather than thedecision by UK to mix politicswith sport, turning your piece intoa self-parody.
If you object to UK embrac-ing the coal industry because it isa polluter, say so. That may be apartisan position, but it is an hon-est one, fairly argued.
But when you take the posi-tion that UK shouldn't be mixingpolitics and sport and then go onto decry the particular politicalinterest they are de facto embrac-ing, it makes it look like the firstpart was nothing more thansmoke to make your politicalstance appear more reasonable.That looks dishonest, even if itwasn't meant that way.
If you have a point to make,make it, even if it looks like ascreed. People can appreciate hon-est attempts to debate a controver-sy, even if they disagree with theside you take. But it is unwise totry to hide behind a broadly appre-ciated "don't mix oil and water"theme to score political points offan opponent. Leave that sort ofmuckraking to the politicians.
Glenn Logan
Coal issues need balanced debateJust utter the word
“coal,” and emotions flare,hotter and higher than the
flames theblack rockgenerateswhenburned forenergy.
Thesupportersof coalminingfight backagainst theenviron-mentalists,
saying coal provides jobsand useful flat land in theimpoverished Eastern Ken-tucky, while the anti-coal ac-tivists say the technology isreadily available for aswitch to green energy, andwe are destroying our envi-ronment.
If only it were that simple. Kentucky has seen its
share of supportive ralliesand civil protests, but thereare few true discussions ofcoal mining and its effectson our lives. Whenever thereis an opportunity for variedperspectives, it often literal-ly turns into a screamingmatch. But thanks to the ef-forts of many at UK, there is
finally a chance. Journalists, environmen-
talists, big-time coal compa-ny executives and govern-ment officials will all cometogether on Nov. 5 to offerdozens of views on coal min-ing in the state of Kentucky.A true chance for educationand change comes with “AForum on Coal in Kentucky:Varied Perspectives.”
The events will start at 1p.m. in the Hilary J. BooneCenter on campus, andthroughout the day speakerswill present on the econom-ics, environmental impact,history, process and futureof coal mining in Kentucky.At 7 p.m. in Memorial Hall,a lineup of some of the mostsignificant names in thebusiness will give theirthoughts, sans slant.
President of the Ken-tucky Resource Council,Tom Fitzgerald, Joe Craft,the president and CEO ofAlliance Coal, Fred Palmer,a Peabody energy represen-tative will all give presen-tations. Jeff Goodell, theauthor of “Big Coal” hasbeen invited, and willhopefully make the event.This will be a truly bal-anced presentation.
During the event at Me-morial Hall I will give ashort presentation of mywork and what I learnedthrough a story I wrote lastyear for the Kentucky Ker-nel, “The Future of Coal.”
The story took over fourmonths to complete, and re-quired weeks of research,traveling, interviewing andwriting. Even though I wasborn and raised in EasternKentucky, there were manythings I learned about coalmining, some supportive ofthe industry’s claims, othersdownright stomach twisting.
After a lifetime of expe-rience with the effects ofthe business, I still don’tknow exactly how I feelabout coal mining. I know
I’m not with the supporters,but I have many reserva-tions about how the envi-ronmentalists attack thepeople of Appalachia whoare feeding their families bymining the black gold,rather than the unenforcedlaws and lazy legislationthat allows such a worn areato be taken advantage ofyear after year.
What I know for certainis that without productiveand civilized discussion,we will never make anyreal efforts to get awayfrom coal as an energysource. The forum is aplace for change, but ef-forts can start right now. 50percent of our energy isprovided by coal, and flip-ping off a light switchwhen you’re not in theroom, taking a slightlyshorter or cooler shower,and using less AC or heatall goes toward creatingless demand, and helps infinding a solution.
Come be a part of theresolution on Nov. 5., butuntil then, do your part.
Brad Luttrell is a UKalumnnus and former editor-in-chief of the Kernel. [email protected].
BRADLUTTRELL
Guestcolumnist
Whenever there is anopportunity for variedperspectives, it oftenliterally turns into a
screaming match. Butthanks to the effortsof many at UK, thereis finally a chance.
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There has always been a debateraging in Kentucky about coal. It pro-vides about 90% of the electricity toour state, but the negatives are quitewell-known.
Mountaintop removal reclamationusually only includes the stabilizationof rock formations, with resultant de-creases in biodiversity in nearbystreams as well as polluting and divert-ing streams; burning coal releases mer-cury and sulfates (which cause acidrain) into the atmosphere; burning coalproduces 130 million tons of coal ash(waste) per year ... the list goes onmuch further.
It seems as though "free marke-teers" would have a tough time withthis problem. But digging a bit deeper(pun intended) into this problem seemsto show that a market with less restric-tions could solve the situation.
Mountaintop removal was imple-
mented to mine low sulfur coal as wellas provide a safer alternative to under-ground mining. Let me say that again.Mountaintop removal was created to in-crease safety and decrease pollution.Government agencies such as the EPAmade it easier for coal companies to fillin valleys and hollers by allowing forpermits to be obtained to create gentlyrolling surface topography.
According to the environmentalLaw Resource, "A permit is requiredunder section 404 of the Clean WaterAct (CWA) in order to dischargedredged or fill material into the watersof the United States. The permit is is-sued by the USACE using the guide-lines developed by the EnvironmentalProtection Agency (EPA)."
If the government is the one allow-ing for coal companies to pollute ourstreams and rivers and watersheds,why should we think that giving them
more authority to make rules and gov-ern would create a solution?
An Austrian view would be toeliminate the Surface Mining Controland Reclamation Act and allow for cit-izens and property owners to file civilsuits against big coal for any infringe-ments. Having a smaller governmentwould mean that coal companieswould have a tougher time flexingtheir large budgets to scare away thesesuits and influence politicians.
On a final note, coal companieshave invested more than $50 billion inclean coal technologies, and the firsttruly clean coal plant went online inGermany with facilities to clean theemitted gasses and convert the pro-duced carbon dioxide into liquid formto be stored.
Campbell Fritschnermaterials science and engineering senior
U.S. mining process needs drastic overhaul
There’s an elephant in the room that the university hasfailed to address in regards to the new Wildcat Lodge.Coal is an inanimate object. It doesn’t think or feel orvoice its opinion on any matter. It’s coal.
The people who mine coal are a different story. Historically, they’ve worked in dark cramped under-
ground spaces to get this inanimate object out of the groundso we can burn it and have a cheap source of energy.
I understand why the “Craft Center” has such a name;it’s named in honor the individual who donated the mostmoney for the facility to be built.
If the university truly wants to honor the coal minerswho have made sacrifices to the Commonwealth thendon’t name the building after an intimate object.
The Steelers are not called the Steel or the molten ore.Instead, the team is named in honor of those individualswho sacrificed their lives to work in the harsh conditionsof the steel industry.
The Wildcats symbolize to the Commonwealth whatthe Steelers symbolize to Western Pennsylvania. Bothteams are a source of inspiration and hope for their sup-porters who traditionally have not come from the mostprosperous areas of the nation.
Though not everyone may respect coal, I think all re-spect the sacrifice coal miner’s have made to the Com-monwealth. Instead of honoring an intimate object, honorthe people themselves. Name the new lodge the “CoalMiner’s Wildcat Lodge.”
Mark RouseThird Year Law Student, Student Government Senator
I don’t know about therest of the student body, butI have grown sick and tiredof these lame excuses givenby the coal companies onwhy they should be reveredrather than criticized.
Their current excuseseems to revolve aroundthis idea that “coal is a partof Kentucky’s heritage,”and is thus somethingworth being proud about.
Heritage, however, isnot always something wor-thy of praise.
Take tobacco for in-stance. This state has a longand rich history tied with theproduction of tobacco, yet Ihaven’t seen anyone proudof that lately, especially UK.Such lauding of tobacco isnot missed, because we nowrealize just how harmful it isto society.
Fortunately, we are now
at a point in time where weare beginning to recognizethe consequences of bothcoal production and use.Thus, while many at thisuniversity may currentlyfeel proud to add the wordcoal to the name of theWildcat Lodge,
I wonder how they’llfeel in 10 years. In twentyyears, when even more evi-dence will have mountedagainst the use of coal, willthis university still feelproud of its association withKentucky’s heritage of coal?
I’m predicting that itwon’t, and thus the Boardof Trustees should seriouslyconsider the lasting effectsof associating one of theirmost public programs withthe coal industry.
Shea Sheppardpolitical science senior
Wildcat Lodge shouldhonor people not object
Future of university tiedto proposed dorm name
Since the universityis not willing to
provide designatedsmoking areas for
members of campus,more attention
needs to be focusedon helping thosepeople drop their
bad habits.
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Cats prepare for ‘most important game of season’By Ben Jones
Mississippi State is hard-ly a Southeastern Conferencepower. But every year, UK’smatchup with the SEC Westfoe seems to prove decisivein the outcome of its season.
Last season, Matt Roarkblocked an extra point to givethe Cats (4-3, 1-3 SEC) a onepoint win over the Bulldogson the road, making thembowl-eligible. Two years ago,Mississippi State stunned asleepwalking UK team 31-14,holding them back from a po-tentially charmed SEC sea-son.
This year is no different,many players said.
“It’s one of those gameswe have to win,” senior guardChristian Johnson said.
UK head coach RichBrooks said the reason whythe game is always so impor-tant could be because bothteams are fighting to leavethe league cellar.
“I think when you’re inthe lower half of the league,
historically, to get to the up-per half you not only have toknock off some of those bigboys up there but you alsohave to beat the guys who arelike you,” Brooks said. “Mis-sissippi State and Kentuckyhave been like each other fora long time.”
Mississippi State (3-5, 1-3 SEC) will be gunning foranother win in Common-wealth Stadium after nearlyupsetting Louisiana State ear-lier this season and playing
No. 1 Florida within 10points this weekend.
When the Bulldogsknocked off UK in 2007, theCats were without severalkey offensive contributors.UK appears to be withoutsenior cornerback TrevardLindley this time around andcould be without senior line-backer Micah Johnson.
Led by senior tailbackAnthony Dixon, who gashedUK for 75 yards and a touch-down in 2007, Mississippi
State employs an offensesimilar to Florida’s.
New Bulldogs head coachDan Mullen was previouslythe offensive coordinator forthe Gators, who hung 31points on UK in the firstquarter earlier this season.
Even though Mullen nolonger has the talent he had atFlorida, the players will makesure to look out for a quickstart on Saturday.
“I think it’s definitely themost important game of this
season,” senior defensivetackle Corey Peters said.“Not only because of where itfalls but also because wewant to go to better bowlgames.”Brooks nixes idea ofblack jerseys
Fans are being encour-aged to wear black to theMississippi State game inhopes of ‘blacking out’ Com-monwealth Stadium on Hal-loween night.
That sparked the annualspeculation that the Catscould be busting out blackjerseys.
Players were excited bythe idea of black jerseys, but
still weren’t sure what theplans were.
“That would be prettyneat if we did have black jer-seys,” sophomore safety MattLentz said. “But the only in-formation I have is that stu-dents told me it says ‘black-out’ on the tickets.”
Brooks, however, wasless than enthused with theidea of breaking out an alter-nate black uniform.
“I haven’t seen black inour school colors,” Brookssaid. “I think we’re blue andwhite and that’s that. I’m anold traditionalist, I guess.They tried to sell me on blackshoes too. That didn’t workout.”
UK remains in first after wild weekBy T.J. Walker
No. 12 UK (20-2, 10-1Southeastern Conference)faced the No. 4 and No. 2teams in the SEC this pastweek, and after the dustcleared the Cats still remainin first place in the confer-ence.
UK faced Tennessee onWednesday and the Volshanded the Cats their firstconference loss. Tennesseeonly needed four sets to oustUK. The Cats had no time torest as then SEC co-leaderLouisiana State ventured toMemorial Coliseum. Howev-er, the Cats clawed back andmanaged to beat LSU in thefifth and deciding set. Thanksto their perseverance, the Catsstill lead the SEC.
“We did not respond verywell against Tennessee,” UKhead coach Craig Skinnersaid. “I think it was a big mo-ment for us just to understandwe have to do what we doand do it well and only goodthings will happen.”
The Cats had a nine-gamewinning streak heading intotheir match against the Vols,which had given them a onegame lead over LSU.
Florida, LSU and Ten-nessee are all tied for secondin the SEC. UK has remain-ing games against Tennesseeon the road and will host
Florida later this season. Asa result, UK is making sureto focus on each game indi-vidually.
“Once you’re past a gameyou’re past it, once you’repast Tennessee you’re past it,and now we’re past LSU andwe’re looking towardArkansas,” said junior outsidehitter Sarah Mendoza.
Although a loss is never agood thing, the defeat comingfrom Tennessee and thecomeback win over LSUcould serve as reminders forthe Cats later in the season,allowing them to realize theycan lose to anyone on anygiven day, but if they ever do
fall behind they are very ca-pable of rebounding.
“LSU is a great team,they’re ranked and we weretied with them for leading theSEC,” senior setter SarahRumely said. “And down theroad if we are in a position, ifwe are not playing well, ornot comfortable, we havebeen there before and we cando it again.”
UK has a long road be-fore it can capture its goal ofa conference championship,and Skinner said it might notbe reachable unless everyoneon the team improves.
“There are a lot of greatmatches and every match isfor a conference champi-onship, but it starts in prac-tice, and we have to improveindividually and improve as agroup to play our best volley-ball at the end of the year,” hesaid.
The Cats know any teamcan sneak up on them, andthey don’t expect the rest ofthe season to be easy. TheCats control their own des-tiny, but in order to capturethe title they have to stay fo-cused.
“We have to keep going,we can not let up one bit,”said junior outside hitterBlaire Hitler. “Every teamwants to beat us and we haveto be ready.”
Ice Hockey keeps ‘killer instinct’ By Aaron Smith
They don’t just want to win. They want towin big.
The UK club hockey team has sprinted toa 12-1 start, and while the team is happy withthe number in the win column, the most im-portant thing is the way they got many ofthose victories.
“A win is a win, but when we are capableof winning big we have to do it,” UK headcoach Rob Docherty said. “We need that killerinstinct, that ability to get opponents on theirheels.”
The Cool Cats have proven themselvesmore than capable. An explosive offense al-lows the team to jump on teams early, buildon the lead and continue to pour in goals. UKhas scored 109 goals on the season and hasbeat teams by a margin of four goals or moreseven times already.
With UK seeking a high postseason berth,that ability to crush the competition pays off atthe end of the season, where success hinges onpast performance. Crushing an unranked teamby a large margin enhances the team’s reputa-tion in the eyes of the voters. Merely beating acellar-dweller can damage the notion that UKbelongs at the top of the standings.
“What we do in September and October af-fects what happens in February when the seed-ings come out,” Docherty said. “Voters look athow you win – good wins, bad losses – and whatwe do now matters an awful lot in the end.”
That mentality pays dividends on the ice,too. Most of the huge wins have come againstteams that sit below them in the standings, butbeating the bad teams helps UK keep the men-tality needed to defeat the good teams. Satis-faction with simply getting a result against un-ranked teams can breed bad habits.
“We can’t be content with a win, we needto keep that killer instinct and want to run upthe score,” junior goalie Jim Borgaard said. “Ilove to see the offense when they keep firingthe puck.”
The ability to keep the team skating end toend for 60 minutes, rather than switching oncruise control, can be chalked up to depth andmaturity. UK plays four lines deep and allhave shown they can have success, and veter-ans have stepped up as leaders to ensure theteam doesn’t get complacent with a big lead.
“The experienced players realize how im-
portant [winning by a wide margin] is,” juniordefender Andrew Serres said. “In previousyears we would let teams get back in thegame, but this year we’ve matured and wekeep pressing as if the score was tied.”
If the whole team has adopted this mental-ity – no mercy, play to the final buzzer –thanks to senior and assistant captain Tony Va-lerino. As the leader of the team, he is theheart of the offense, and the pulse never slowsdown.
“It’s the drive within him,” said Docherty.“He’s out to win. If he can score 20, he’llscore 20. If he can get a hat trick within thefirst minute, he’ll want that hat trick.”
UK may be able to outscore their opponentby a dozen, but their ability to win big shouldnot be confused with bad sportsmanship.
“It’s a fine line, and we know that,”Docherty said. “But we’re not out to embar-rass anyone. We just have to prove our valueagainst some of these teams we play and theonly way to do that is play as hard as we canfor 60 minutes.”
The team loves having a permanent greenlight. After all, who doesn’t want to go outand impose their will on an opponent?
“Everyone enjoys it,” Serres said. “Imean, beating a team is fun, but really stickingit to a team is even better.”
PHOTO BY SCOTT HANNIGAN | STAFFSenior forward Tony Valerino seen here againstNorthwestern on Oct. 3, has continued his scoringways in ‘09.
PHOTO BY BRITNEY MCINTOSH | STAFFSenior Sarah Rumely and theCats have had at least a share ofthe SEC lead the entire season.
Player Pos. Injury StatusMike Hartline
Trevard Lindley
Micah Johnson
J.J Helton
QB
CB
LB
LS
MCL strain
High ankle sprain
MCL strain
Flu-like symptoms
Will not play
Doubtful
Questionable
Probable
Injury Report
BEN JONES | STAFF
Sophomore safetyMatt Lentz is tack-led after making aninterception in thefourth quarteragainst Louisiana-Monroe on Satur-day.
PHOTO BYBRITNEY MCINTOSH
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