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MONDAY
Days before classes started,Whitehall Classroom Buildingwas already full. Hundreds ofyoung men found seats in theauditoriums, waiting to learnabout brotherhood, leadershipand character. The speaker turnedto the crowd and began.
“Welcome to rush, every-body.”
Among the seated men was
Daniel Carson, a political sciencefreshman. For him, rush was criti-cal.
“I’m from Connecticut,” hesaid. “I don’t know anybody, sogetting to know people would behelpful.”
Carson and his classmates sit-ting around him were the first totest the new fraternity rush sys-tem, featuring two “previewnights,” where groups of potentialpledges toured all 18 of UK’srush-eligible fraternities.
The “preview nights” wereabout 15 to 17 minutes each, saidInterfraternity Council PresidentKelsie Willett.
“The fraternities have anopportunity to sell themselves andtell them what makes them differ-ent than the other 18 fraternitieson campus,” Willett said.
Willett said disappointingretention rates prompted thechange.
“If you look at nationalresearch, generally, 70 percent of
people are on the fence if theywant to join,” Willett said. “Wewere looking for a way to betterreach that 70 percent.”
After the short presentation,the men were divided intogroups.
Carson ended up in group 15.The group consisted of more than20 men and their group leader,the Gamma Guy.
The first afternoon, the group
By Brandon [email protected]
Men’s rush changes prove beneficial
See RUSH on page 4
Two groups of UK’s Information Tech-nology departments will be restructured, re-sulting in layoffs and new positions in thenext four months.
UK’s Chief Technology Officer DoyleFriskney said 13 employees will be laid offas the Web group site lab and the distributingcomputing group will no longer be a part ofUK’s IT department.
“We studied our strategic direction, anddetermined the kinds of departments weneeded to move forward in technology,”Friskney said. “Once we did that, we evalu-ated all the departments we had and lookedat each one to see if they complemented thatstrategic direction.”
Friskney said different aspects of eachgroup will be used to form a new group fo-cusing on applications for new portals, mo-bile devices and workflow.
“We determined not to have those twogroups, but instead use a series of skills fromthem to come up with 12 or 13 new jobs to
By Brian [email protected]
IT to lay off13 employeesthis semester
See IT on page 7
SOAKING THE HISTORY BOOKS
PHOTO BY BRITNEY MCINTOSH | STAFF5,976 people showed up at the Johnson Center fields Friday night to particiapte in what became the world’s largest water balloon fight.
When music performance sophomoreYunjung Lee moved into her apartment Aug.18, she expected to live there for the durationof the school year.
Ten days later, UK officials forced Leeand 11 other international students to vacatetheir apartments after a routine inspection re-vealed electrical problems.
“I don’t want to move, but I didn’thave a choice,” Lee said. “I had just got-ten organized, and now I have to moveagain.”
Crumbling insulation surrounding elec-trical wires forced out students living at anapartment complex at 404 Linden Walk, saidBen Crutcher, associate vice president ofAuxiliary Services.
“We had maintenance reports ofstrange things happening with the light-ing,” Crutcher said. “We talked to theUK fire marshal and decided there weresafety concerns.”
To accommodate the displaced students,UK has rented rooms at a hotel for the week-end and will have units available at Cooper-stown Apartments, Shawneetown Apart-ments and Commonwealth Village. Students
By Patrick [email protected]
Studentsmove out
after move-in
See MOVING on page 4
Workers broke ground Fridayafternoon for a memorial forFlight 5191 as friends, family andlocal leaders came together to re-member those who died on thatfateful flight.
Comair Flight 5191 crashedon Aug. 27, 2006, after taking thewrong runway at Blue Grass Air-
port, killing 49 of the 50 on board.Those in attendance were
happy to see such care and lovefrom the community and to begina memorial for their loved onesfour years after the crash.
“The level of giving and thepouring of love at the time of thetragedy by the community andthe state remains unabated today,four years later,” said Gerry Vander Meer, co-chair of the 5191
Memorial Commission and com-missioner of State Parks, in hisopening remarks.
Gov. Steve Beshear attendedand said the day was marked bysomething more than honoringthe lost souls because he tooknew people on board the flight.
“It’s so very appropriate to behere in such a beautiful place onsuch a beautiful day to honor andremember 49 beautiful souls who
in a tragic instant were torn fromthis world and set free four yearsago,” Beshear said. “But today isabout more than bittersweet mem-ories; it is about taking a step for-ward in something hopeful.”
Lois Turner, wife of LarryTurner, who died on the flight, saidthe service was more than just7honoring the lost love ones.
By Drew [email protected]
Workers break ground on Flight 5191 memorial
See 5191 on page 4
Splash into new recordAs late Friday night turned into ear-
ly Saturday morning, nearly 6,000 UKstudents and members of the Lexingtoncommunity gathered on the JohnsonCenter Fields to take back what oncewas theirs.
The only casualties were 153,497 la-tex balloons.
Officially, 5,976 people participatedin what was touted as—and, accordingto the Guinness World Records, whathas become—the world’s largest waterballoon fight.
The Christian Student Fellowshipworked for months to fill up all the bal-
loons for the fight, CSF director andcampus minister Brian Marshall said.
“We even filled up an extra 70,000balloons this past week,” he said.“Once we get going, we could fill upseveral thousand in a day.”
But what took many months to pre-pare took mere minutes to destroy.
Between 19,000 and 22,000 waterballoons each minute were reduced toscraps of rubber on the muddy grass.There were nearly 26 balloons for everyone participant in the fight.
Guys in bikini tops, people coveredfrom head to toe in garbage bags, boysbaring their chests in the breezy night
By Garrett [email protected]
See SPLASH on page 4
PHOTO BY SCOTT HANNIGAN | STAFFA participant in Friday night’s water balloon fight at the John-son Center fields reacts to getting hit by a water balloon.
PHOTO BY BRANDON GOODWIN | STAFFRushees listen to FIJI’s preview presentation.
■ Check out videos of ‘Minute to Win It’ chal-lenges and record-breaking water balloon fightonline
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Jimmy Fallon to host Emmys
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LOS ANGELES Jimmy Fallon has the perfect per-spective for his role as the host of "The 62nd AnnualPrimetime Emmy Awards."
"You just want to keep them moving and keep it fastand tight. And so I think we're all with the same goal inmind even the people in the crowd. There's just like,'OK. I already lost. Let's get this over with.' I want tokeep it moving and keep it fresh and fun and respectfultoo," says the "SNL" alumnus and talk show host.
Fallon calls being the ringmaster for the salute toTV's best a dream job because the show is watched bymillions and he can make fun of his peers to their faces.He's no rookie to award shows, having done a stint ashost of the "2005 MTV Movie Awards."
What makes him giddy as a "gleek" at a Chris Colfersighting in this past TV season?
"It is a crazy good year for TV with the new showslike 'Modern Family' and 'Glee' and 'Parks and Rec,' Fal-lon says. "And then the old shows going away, 'Law &Order,' '24,' 'Lost.'"
At the mention of the ABC drama about time-travel-
ing airplane crash survivors, Fallon gets a bewilderedlook on his face.
"(I'm) still trying to figure out what happened on'Lost,'" he says. "I don't know even know. Were theydead the whole time?"
Fallon has got some guilty pleasures when it comesto TV. He loves all of Bravo's "Housewives of ..." showsand "Jersey Shore."
"Don't tell me what happened. I missed it lastnight," he says.
Fallon doesn't want to reveal too much about Sun-day's Emmy telecast, but he hints there will be a Twitterelement and that "Glee" has had an affect on the awardsshow. Translation: Look for musical numbers.
"I like people to get surprised and see what we'redoing," Fallon says.
That could even mean some guitar playing by Fallonas long as it doesn't slow the show.
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Sagittarius (Nov. 22—Dec. 21)— Today is a 7 — Get down topractical matters as early as pos-sible. Others want to chat anddrink coffee. Steer them backtowards a purposeful priority.Capricorn (Dec. 22—Jan. 19)— Today is a 7 — Today you dis-cover that you truly love yourwork. Imagination and practicali-ty play together. You especiallylove the free time ahead.Aquarius (Jan. 20—Feb. 18)— Today is a 9 — You're com-fortable at home today, soremain there if you can. Youneed the down time, so reassertyour independence. Take a per-sonal day.Pisces (Feb. 19—March 20)— Today is a 9 — Get back intothe swing of things this week byapplying creative images fromdreams or meditation. They cometogether logically.
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On the first day of class,everything N.C. Central Uni-versity junior Ricky Mag-wood wore was much too bigfor him — from a billowywhite T-shirt to the gold chaindangling nearly to his waist.
But it's hot out, Magwoodargued. And he's an art stu-dent, so he's going to getmessy anyhow.
Ricky: Your chancellorwould like a word with you.
NCCU Chancellor Char-lie Nelms thinks eye-catchingoutfits — whether risque orjust-plain sloppy — are ob-stacles to learning. This fall,he's put in motion a subtlecampaign to eliminate every-thing from pajama pants toplunging necklines.
"Suggestive, revealingclothing, by men or women,should not be worn in a class-room," Nelms said recently."And you shouldn't be wear-ing pajamas to class!"
Nelms' concerns areechoed across America's col-lege campuses, where studentsroutinely file into lecture hallsin pajamas, baggy clothing orskirts better suited for a nightout on the town. Universitiesare fighting back; some haveimposed strict dress codes,others softer guidelines.
While the sloppy Ameri-can college student isn't spe-cific to historically black col-leges, those institutions placea particularly heavy emphasis
on appearance, said MarybethGasman, an education profes-sor at the University of Penn-sylvania who studies histori-cally black institutions.
"Many people look at oneAfrican-American and seehim or her as representative ofall blacks," Gasman wrote inan e-mail interview. "Peopledon't do that to whites — theyare seen as individuals. Thestakes are higher for African-Americans. I understand thatmany HBCUs want to makesure that their students areseen in the best light and thatthey look professional whenthey go into the workforce."
At NCCU, Nelms is soft-pedaling his message by urg-ing professors to talk aboutappearance. It is part of anongoing series of initiativesNelms has put in place sincetaking over at NCCU in 2007to raise expectations. Gradua-tion and retention rates mustrise. Employees are expectedto be more respectful and re-sponsive. And studentsshould be presentable.
"Please dress appropriate-ly for class," reads the syl-labus for literacy enhance-ment, an undergraduate courseenrolling 400 students in 20class sections. "Men shouldnot wear do rags or hats insidethe classroom. Ladies shouldnot wear mid-riff tops, mini-skirts or short-shorts in class."
There's plenty of skin ondisplay these days on collegecampuses. Young women are
more likely to dress provoca-tively — a shirt too tight, askirt too short — many stu-dents say.
"I look at it like a fashionshow," NCCU freshmanChelsea Gorski said. "Youwant people to notice you, butyou don't want to be flashy."
Gorski hit the campuscafeteria one recent day wear-ing a lime-green top stretchedover a lacy black camisole.
"It's like this top," saidGorski, nodding toward herchest. "I'd wear this without acami if I was going to theclub, but going to class, Iwear a shirt under it."
The male offenders leantoward the disheveled, such asMagwood, whose first-day-of-class outfit also included baggyshorts and an Orlando Magichat with the brim flipped up.
Public universities inNorth Carolina don't have for-mal dress codes, but some pri-vate institutions do. Saint Au-gustine's College in Raleigh,for example, prohibits hats, dorags, bustiers, halters, paja-mas, bedroom slippers and"Daisy Duke" shorts.
At NCCU, the issue canbe dicey. There are no harddata to prove clothing can dis-tract, just anecdotal evidencefrom professors. Administra-tors can't order students to buynew clothes, and they are waryof stifling free expression.
And what's OK to wear?Bernice Johnson, dean of
the University College, uses
common sense."If there's a student with a
dress so short people arewhispering about it, that's adistraction," she said.
But not all students go toclass dressed for a night ofclubbing. Some well-dressedstudent leaders led a counter-revolution of sorts last year,handing out information cardsdefining terms such as "busi-ness casual" and noting whatsort of dress was and was notacceptable.
And in some corners ofcampus, students and profes-sors take it a step further.
On the first day of hersenior-level career manage-ment course, business profes-sor Shirrell McNeill led herstudents in a detailed discus-sion of acceptable dress. Mc-Neill's discussion hit oneverything from appropriateskirt length to the proper col-ors for men's neckties.
McNeill's class meetsTuesdays and Thursdays, thebusiness school's designated"professional attire" days.That means students are tocome to class dressed for ajob interview _ suits and tiesfor men, smart business suitsfor women.
And keep the cleavagehidden.
"I don't want to see every-thing falling out of yourblouse," McNeill told her stu-dents. "That is really, really,really inappropriate."
By Eric FerreriMCT
Campus promotes attire awareness
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UK students transformedthemselves into gravity defy-ing, yo-yo slinging, back-flip-ping chocolate unicorns onthe Worsham Theater stageSaturday.
“Minute To Win It,” onlyone of the hundreds of KWeek events this year,brought students into thespotlight to do unconvention-al things with conventionalobjects. Participants werecalled to the stage by ticketnumber to watch a short clipof their wacky challenges,and then given only oneminute to complete the task.
On NBC’s version, partic-ipants who successfully com-plete tasks within the timelimit win $1 million. When-ever a UK student completed
a challenge on Saturday, thecrowd was showered with t-shirts, frisbees and stress balls– not quite as nice as a suit-case of hundred dollar bills,but almost as good to a groupof college students.
The first contestant had tosnatch up a pile of pencils, bal-ance them on the back of hishand, flip the pencils up in theair and catch them all in hishand, all while on stage infront of the screaming crowd.With every new stack, thenumber of pencils doubled.This tough task was not com-pleted in one minute, but theparticipant still won a prize.
Another number wascalled by the energetic K WeekCrew hosts, and a young manhad to shake his stuff with ayo-yo tied to his waist whileattempting to use it as a miniwrecking ball to knock over
stacks of empty soda cans. When pre-vet freshman
Joey Burton was called to thestage, he attempted a challengehe had seen on NBC before,the “Dizzy Mummy.” He hadto unroll an entire roll of toiletpaper by spinning around incircles without using his handsor ripping the toilet paper. Heput the end of the roll in hismouth and starting spinning asfast as he could. Burton wasclose, but not close enough.He ripped the paper when alarge loop caused part of theroll to get caught under hisfoot.
“That was definitely notas easy as the show makes itlook,” Burton said after thechallenge.
One student tried to stackseven round, chocolate snackcakes on her forehead whilestanding onstage, but could
not balance quite longenough to become a “Choco-late Unicorn.”
“I thought my challengewas going to be easy,” AmyAllen, secondary educationand mathematics freshman,said.
Allen had to keep threeballoons in the air at all timesfor the “Defying Gravity”challenge without lettingthem touch the ground, but astensions rose and Allen hus-tled back and forth across thestage to keep all the balloonsup at once, they got out ofcontrol and hit the floor.
Only a few challengeswere successfully completed.However, almost everyone inthe crowd left in high spiritswith some free stuff, provid-ed by the Office of New Stu-dent and Parent Programs.
By Hope [email protected]
Students compete in ‘minute’ challenges
PHOTO BY BRANDON GOODWIN | STAFFUndergraduate Studies freshman Valerie White balances cupcakeson her head during a ‘Minute to Win It’ challenge.
PHOTOS BY BRITNEY MCINTOSH | STAFFStudents wait to audition in the Briggs Theatre. About 40 people came out to audition for the seven plays of the fall season.
FINDING THE TALENT
Some students wet theirpants. Others side-swipebears.
Funny and embarrassingstories like these filled theBriggs Theater in the FineArts Building Thursday nightas more than 40 students au-ditioned for the festival ofseven plays set to kick offthe fall theater season.
Each student that audi-tioned for a part in one of theupcoming plays had only afew minutes to make an im-pression on the directors andstage managers by telling astory. Directors and man-agers were regaled with talesabout everything from lostlove to major accidents.
“My grandpa thought itwould be a great idea to driveoff,” psychology sophomoreBritany Geoghegan said.“And there I was, left on theside of the road peeing, withmy pants around my ankles.”
After about two hours of
a steady stream of auditions,the four directors broke todecide who they wanted tocall back for interviews.
“Remember, give asmany people a chance as youcan,” said Nancy Jones, chairof the Theatre Department,as she left the directors forthe evening. “Even if theyare just third spear carrierfrom the left, get them in-volved. Keep the love alive!”
About every other year,the Theatre Department startsthe fall semester with a festi-val to celebrate student work,which means that plays arewritten, directed and acted outentirely by students, Jonessaid. She said festivals likethese raise the interest, enthu-siasm and passion of the stu-dents.
This fall, however, thefestival is slightly differentbecause of the magnitude andfast production of the plays,said stage manager and the-atre senior Lindsay Warnick.Each of the four directors
only has two weeks to castand produce their plays be-fore opening night on Sept. 9.
“The next two weeks weare going to be busting it outof the park,”director and the-atre junior Michael Baird said.“I’ll be having rehearsals forhours every day. It’s going tobe so hectic but at the end, Iknow it will be worthwhile.”
Theatre freshman Do-
minique Luster, who will bedoing the lighting for all sev-en of the plays, said it will bea challenging but fun way tobalance her first semester ofcollege.
“I’m really excited for thisfestival,” Luster said. “I knowthat the workloads going to bea lot, and I’m going to stay re-
By Britney [email protected]
Acting Out
See AUDITION on page 6
The film industry is ap-parently recession proof.Whether or not we're buying
more ticketsbecause wewant acheap nightout in thisbad econo-my is irrele-v a n t . B e -cause - anddon't lie andsay youwon't go seeit again -J a m e s
Cameron is re-releasing"Avatar" (extended by 17minutes) and will undoubted-ly make another$100,000,000. Many of -youwill be partaking in America'sother favorite pastime this se-mester. Big blue people aside,the big screen has plenty tooffer in the coming months.Here are five notable selec-tions.
1. Machete, Sept. 3 Theoriginal trailer for “Machete”was actually a joke. It ap-peared in the B movie doubleheader homage “Grindhouse”in 2007. Director Robert Ro-driguez thankfully recognizedthe fact that this film neededto be made. A powerhousemovie cast will overshadow alikely pointless and certainlyviolent plot about a renegadeMexican Federale. The castincludes Danny Trejo,Michelle Rodriguez, StevenSeagal, Lindsay Lohan, DonJohnson, Jessica Alba andRobert De Niro.
2. Freakonomics, Oct. 1Based on a bestseller by thesame name, “Freakonomics”looks like the most excitingdocumentary in recent memo-ry. Just like the book,
“Freakonomics” uses eco-nomical research techniquesto objectively study subjectsranging from cheating insumo wrestling to the socioe-conomic patterns of namingchildren. If it’s anything likethe book, “Freakonomics”will challenge conventionalwisdom and reach unsettlingconclusions.
3. Jackass 3-D, Oct. 15Johnny Knoxville and compa-ny are back to make peoplelaugh at their own expense.Though it might be the lastmovie that “needs” 3-D treat-ment, it’s getting it anyway.The third installment of thefranchise that was founded bythe marriage of idiocy and hi-larity is a sure-fire bet.
4. Due Date, Nov. 15 Agoofy Zach Galifanakis andskittish Robert Downey Jr.road-trip film is a can’t-missflick. Galifanakis invented abreed of humor with his “TheHangover” character, Alan,and since then directors andfilm makers have been chas-ing him for it. The trailershint that Galifanakis willbring his signature humorback for “Due Date” as well.
5. Red Dawn, Nov. 24 In1984, the Cold War was com-ing to a close, but that didn’terase the ingrained culturalfear of the Red Army in theminds of Americans. Film-makers jumped at the oppor-tunity to exploit that fear with“Red Dawn,” an action filmabout a group of Americanteenagers saving their ruraltown from a Russian inva-sion. It’s not going to helpforeign relations, but this re-make, which replaces the So-viets with the Chinese, looksintriguing and exciting.
Must-see moviesof the fall
COLINWALSHKernel
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Psychology sophomore Britany Geoghegan tells a story during heraudition in the Briggs Theatre.
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walked to half of the fraterni-ty houses and listened to pre-sentations.
“I think the previews weregood,” Carson said. “A lot offraternities get promoted bywhat people say. This givesyou a chance for them to tellyou what they stand for.”
Willett said the idea for thepreview nights came fromFlorida State University, whichhas a similar policy thatincludes the traditional “openhouse" alongside a more for-mal recruitment method. IFCspoke with many universitiesin the South, and they all hadimplemented similar policies,Willett said.
Given the positive opportu-nities, Carson said the previewswere pretty much what heexpected, and most were aboutfraternities' histories.
Willett said not to expectanything more formal duringhis time as IFC president. Hesaid formality similar tosorority recruitment would bedifficult, because men don’tmove in early, and the num-ber of men rushing is a frac-tion of the number of women.
Willett said IFC’s goal wasto get 300 to 400 men to rush.More than 900 women partici-pated in sorority rush this fall.
“The logistics of sororityrecruitment is pretty vast, andthey have spent a long timeperfecting that," he said. "Weare certainly not going to jumpinto that during my time here.”
Because of the voluntarynature of fraternity rush, group15 ended the second previewnight with only six of the orig-inal 23 potential pledges.
"A lot of guys didn’t knowwhat to expect on previewnight, realized it was just 15minute presentations and thendecided not to come back,"Phi Sigma Kappa fraternity
member Alex Kingsbury said."Or they found the house andfraternity that they liked anddidn’t need to come back.”
Although participantswere scarce at the second pre-view night, Kingsbury said heliked the new addition to rush.
“I think it was definitelybeneficial,” Kingsbury said. “Alot of guys saw us on preview
night and then just kept comingon throughout the rest of rush.”
Other fraternity membersalso found the restructuredrush to be helpful.
“I think our numbers willnot only increase, but we’ll bemore diverse,” said RalphHollmeyer, agriculture eco-nomics senior and PIKE mem-ber.
RUSHContinued from page 1
will be charged the same ratethey paid at the Linden Walkcomplex, Crutcher said.
“We’re going to look atthe cause and get estimates,”Crutcher said. “We just don’twant students in any kind ofdanger.”
Although moving to asafer home, Lee, who will beat Cooperstown Apartments,will miss the luxury of beingclose to her classes.
“It takes me two minutesto walk to the Fine Arts
Building,” Lee said. “Now itwill take at least 15.”
The move will also hin-der Lee from practicing forthe upcoming LexingtonPhilharmonic Orchestra Au-ditions. Lee said she hopes tobe prepared for the tryout,but moving and reorganizingwill cut into her practicetime.
Although inconvenienced,finance sophomore Pin Chenlauded UK for its efforts inaccommodating the displacedstudents.
“They gave us a free hoteland a free truck to move,”Chen said. “They’ve been re-ally helpful and friendly.”
MOVINGContinued from page 1
air—even Gumby showed upfor the opportunity to be partof the hulla-balloon.
In the back of the melee,voice performance freshmanChloe DePriest said she triedto stay dry, but to no avail—thanks to her friend.
“We were breaking themover each other’s head,” herfriend Sarah Moore, a pre-physical therapy freshman,said.
One participant, pre-man-agement freshman Jeff Trau,insisted the blue team won,based on the fact that “we’renot as wet as them.”
“We were in the veryfront, but I got wet mostlyfrom friendly fire,” Trau said.
For many UK freshmen, itwas the most memorableevent of a busy K Weekpacked with different eventseach night.
Marshall attributed muchof the water balloon fight’ssuccess to the organization’spartnership with K Week.
“Partnering with Jared
Tippets and K Week wasgreat,” Marshall said, addingthat the event’s promotionhelped boost attendance.
But the water balloonfight was not just about re-claiming a world record. ForCSF, the event was about out-reach without pressuring stu-dents, Marshall said—out-reach by example.
“We say we want to liveout and spell out the Christianlife,” Marshall said. “Livingfree and fun.”
The title of “World’sLargest Water Balloon Fight”has been part of an ongoing
saga for UK and CSF, whosponsored the event for thethird straight year.
Last year, 3,902 peoplethrew 119,411 balloons, cap-turing the world record.Since then, however, Utah’sBrigham Young Universitybroke UK’s original record inJuly when 3,927 participantsthrew 120,232 balloons,prompting the fight on Fridaynight.
The Christian StudentFellowship at UK first at-tempted to break the record in2008, but fell short by 110participants.
SPLASHContinued from page 1
PHOTO BY BRITNEY MCINTOSH | STAFFMusic performance sophomore Yunjung Lee moves out of her hous-ing on Linden Walk due to poor electrical wiring.
PHOTO BY BRANDON GOODWIN | STAFFA member of Kappa Sigma fraternity greets a rushee August 22.
MATTHEW STALLINGS, Kernel cartoonist
Bookstoresoffer rentals,savings aremarginal
With the recent upwardtrend of textbook rentals,bookstores may be leftsearching for a solution onhow to achieve comparableprofits to the buy-only busi-ness they once knew.
Students, on the otherhand, have less to worryabout. Rental prices slasheddollars off textbook prices.
Additionally, the end-of-semester burden of sellingtextbooks back to the storefor a mere fraction of theoriginal price is no longer anunavoidable reality. Withrentals, returning books is assimple as paying a fee foryour books and sending themback five months later. Rent-ing books is an elementaryconcept and is surprising itwas not demanded sooner.
That being said, the newoption for renting books stillisn’t drastic enough. Even therental prices are not “cheap,”by student’s standards. Se-mester rental prices at UKBookstore, Kennedy Book-store and similar stores arecomparable to the purchaseprices at the cheapest onlineretailers.
Purchasing textbooks on-line trumps local options, yetagain. For renting a bookonly five months, the priceshould be significantly lowerthan the retail price.
Students can simply ill-afford to purchase textbookseach semester, especiallywhen new editions are re-leased seemingly annually.This often leaves desperatebuyers out of luck whenbrowsing the web for thecheapest books.
According to an Aug. 26
Kernel article, Sally Wia-trowski, the director of retailoperations at UK Bookstore,claims students saved morethan $6 million at the 27book rental pilot stores. Thenumbers could be monumen-tal on a larger national scale,because textbooks have his-torically been the largest hid-den fees of attending college.
But bookstores may notbe losing as much money asthey expect by lending outtextbooks one semester at atime.
As the idea takes shapeand becomes the traditionalway to acquire books, storeswill bring in more money.Less buyers will be forced torifle through website uponwebsite and instead turn totheir nearest book rental pro-gram, thus stimulating the in-come of those stores.
Students looking for un-common or niche textbooksare still left hopeless, consid-ering the UK Bookstore rentsonly one-third of its entirebook collection, most otherstores even less.
Once stores offer theirentire stock for rent, equilib-rium will be reached.
In the same Aug. 26 Ker-nel article, local businessspokesmen say the rentalbusiness is doing very welland acknowledge the benefitsit brings to students. It doesappear bookstores appreciatethe relief they bring studentswith textbook rentals, but it isuncertain whether sellers willbe able to provide all booksin that fashion.
Hopefully, as the rentaltrend becomes the norm, low-er prices will too.
Senior reflects,reality sets in
About four months areleft in 2010, and then it willbe the year I graduate college— shucks.
This reality hit me theother day as I took a strollthrough South Campus to getto the luxurious Commonswith my roommate (we gotlucky when her brother hadsome swipes he needed touse).
It was the first time I hadmade the walk from the “90”since my freshman year, andas I looked up at my place ofresidence my freshman year,Kirwan Tower, I became jeal-ous of the hundreds of stu-dents who live there this yearand get to start college fromthe beginning.
I remember growing up,my family members wouldalways tell me, “College willbe here before you know it,”and, “Those four years are thebest of your life,” but nowthat I’m actually in collegeand my days as an undergrad-uate are dwindling, what am Isupposed to look forward to?
The public programs peo-ple growing up to think ofcollege as the best time in aperson’s life, but what aboutafter?
I’ve never heard any ofmy friends say, “I can’t waitto get a real job and work a 9-5 everyday and then go hometo cook for my family.”
Which reminds me: I amexpected to act like a grownup — not someone who rollsaround in a T-shirt and shortsMonday through Thursday asa part of the college species— and have colleagues and aboss?
I know my life won’t beover when I graduate, and itwill be nice not to have togive an excuse about why Idon’t want to go out on aweekend night, but I guessI’m just trying to figure outwhere the last three yearshave gone.
I always seemed to be do-ing something, but what? Ijoined a sorority that I be-came involved in and as I gotinto my upper level journal-ism classes, I became in-volved in the Kernel; and Ihad the opportunity to studyabroad twice this summer, butI could have done more. Ithink I’ve only been to one KWeek event (and it was in myfreshman year), and I know amillion other organizationsand activities exist that I nev-er even looked into.
Now here comes the lec-ture part. I know I still have awhole glorious year of col-lege left, but freshmen, don’tlet your four years at UK goby in a blur without makingan effort to experience differ-ent environments and activi-ties. A whole list of them ison UK’s website, and differ-ent events are always beingadvertised on campus thatyou could check out.
Just don’t let yourself getto my point and wonder whatelse you could’ve done.
Katie Perkowski is a jour-nalism senior. E-mail [email protected]
“Awkward” silence proves advantageous:making the most of a pause
Our generation is sociallyinept, particularly in handlinga normal conversational de-vice: the pause, better knownas the “awkward” silence.
The signs of discontentwith the pause are obvious:sweat stains, nervous fidget-ing and uneasy glances.Even an eloquent speaker re-places the pause with flimsyfiller words such as, “umm,”“so” and “yeah.” These areuseless and make an ex-change more awkward.
The awkward silence isno stranger to conversation,but with the communicationshift toward texting, e-mailand social networking, the si-lence is more apparent. Elec-tronic communication is aneasy way to avoid the per-vading pause.
Through texting and e-mail, conversation is not inreal-time, and the facial ex-pressions are concealed.
Such dialogues are artifi-cial — they lack the natural,unavoidable pause.
As a result, we do notknow how to respond to abreak in conversation. Awk-ward silence is misjudgedand needs to be embraced asa natural element to a dia-logue.
NBC news correspondent
Bob Dotson addressed theawkward silence during akeynote speech for a con-vention of journalists in Syd-ney, Australia last month.
“Silence makes most ofus uncomfortable,” Dotsonsaid. “But it can help you geta better story more quickly.”
Dotson cited an interviewhe conducted in the aftermathof a tornado. After a victimdescribed the catastrophe, asilence ensued between Dot-son and the tornado victim.The man bent over, and un-earthed a “hunk of pink goo”from the rubble. This pinkmass, the man’s dentures,produced the most memo-rable sound bite: “"Well, thetornado got my teeth, but itdidn't get me!"
Rather than stumble forthe next question and avoidthe pause, Dotson embracedthe break and let the silencebuild a passionate response.
Dotson’s story is just oneexample proving that sup-pressed silence is an opportu-nity wasted.
This summer I internedfor the World Affairs Coun-cil, an organization fundedby the State Department.The WAC brings interna-tional leaders to the U.S. tolearn about a topic relatingto their field. In essence,these leaders build relation-ships between nations andincrease understanding.
In June, a panel of Iraqileaders spoke at an open dis-cussion in the Louisvillemayor’s office. After theIraqis answered questions
posed by the audience, theIraqis extended questions tothe audience.
Ahmed Mahmood Abdul-munen Abdulmunem, themayor of the Hit district, wasone of the first to speak. Hitis an area of concentratedfighting between U.S. forcesand foreign insurgents. Con-sequently, Abdulmunem ob-served the brutality of thewar in the proximity of hisneighborhood. Upon visitingthe U.S., Abdulmunem met acontradicting persona to hisinitial perception of Ameri-cans.
Abdulmunem stood andposed his question. Thetranslator transmitted thewords into the microphone,and the question still rings inmy ears.
“Why?,” was his ques-tion. Over and over, Abdul-munem asked.
After experiencing hospi-tality and generosity duringhis visit to the U.S., he couldnot understand why therewas so much violence, by thesame people, in his country.
No one in the audiencereplied. Abdulmunem’s bar-rage of “why” became fer-vent pleas.
Finally, his last “why”echoed the auditorium, and a
pause engulfed the room. Nearly a minute went by.
Finally, in response to this si-lence, a woman stood up toanswer the Mayor Abdul-munem’s cry.
Her response could nothave been more suitable.
“That day [the U.S. in-vasion of Iraq], we openedthe newspapers and askedourselves the same ques-tion,” she said. “We don’tknow why.”
Like a queue of domi-noes, audience membersstood up one by one and re-sponded to the question,
each response more eloquentthan the previous.
In this situation, the“awkward” silence ignited apeaceful dialogue betweentwo battling nations.
Contrary to its empty,unfilled connotation, silenceis productive. Silence in-cites reflection and thoroughresponse.
The “awkward” silenceis misunderstood. Ratherthan dodge an uncomfort-able pause, particularly witha stranger, embrace the si-lence.
Cassidy is a journalismand international studies jun-ior. E-mail [email protected]
Letter to the editorCollege is about two
things mainly: academics,and learning how to take re-sponsibility for one's ownlife.
I think issues related toeating choices fall squarelyinto the latter category. I'msorry to say this, but thiswhole argument is weak.
The writer drops the factthat 68 out of the 257 KWeek activities offer freefood of any kind as if it's aparticularly impressive figure,and then suggests that thisSodom and Gomorrah of freefood will train college stu-dents to be bottomless pits.
The writer is clearly ig-noring the fact that no Ameri-can young adult is innocentof passive, or ever [gasp] so-cial eating and K Week's freefood will hardly be a gamechanger between a healthyBMI or early death becauseof obesity.
Even if the reader decidesto go along with this delu-sion, he/she cannot escape thefact that ultimately these in-coming students are adultswho aren't going to be molly-coddled.
Mary Johnson is an Eng-lish graduate. E-mail [email protected]
CASSIDYHERRINGTON
Kernelcolumnist
KATIEPERKOWSKI
Kernelcolumnist
The awkward silence is no stranger to conver-sation, but with the communication shift
toward texting, e-mail and social networking,the silence is more apparent.
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STAFF FILE PHOT0Sydney Hiance is four saves away from 200 in her career, and is fourth on UK’s all-time shutout list. She had eight saves in Friday’s game.
The UK women’s soccerteam (2-0) continued itsstrong start with a 2-0 winagainst Indiana.
UK jumped on top earlyafter junior Natalie Hornernetted a goal in the thirdminute. With the Cats on abreakaway, Horner teamed upwith Taylor Parker and JennaGoobie to open the scoring.
“That might be goal ofthe year,” UK head coach JonLipsitz said. “It was brilliant.”
Lipsitz said the goal wasa key moment in the game.
“It was really importantto score that early,” Lipsitz
said. “We were a little flat inthe first half and to get anearly goal changes how youfeel about a poorly playedhalf.”
Despite the goal, UK wasnot playing its best soccer inthe first half. The Cats onlytook one shot in the first half,while the Hoosiers attemptedeight. Still, UK’s lone shot wasa goal, while all of Indiana’sattempts came out empty.
Even with the Cats play-ing flat, they were able tokeep the lead because of sen-ior goalkeeper Sydney Hi-ance’s strong play. She savedeight shots of the night —which brought her career total
to 196 — and posted the sec-ond shutout of the season.She attributes the two per-formances to the defense.
“The common goal forthe whole team was to keepthe ball out of my hands,” Hi-ance said.
Even though the Catswere winning by a goal goinginto halftime, Lipsitz expect-ed better play from his teamin the second half.
“I challenged them duringhalf time,” Lipsitz said. “I toldthem it’s up to you, not me.”
Lipsitz noticed that theyplayed with a lot more fireduring the second half. In thefirst minute of the second
half, junior midfielder KelseyHunyadi took a shot that Indi-ana’s goalkeeper saved withher fingertips.
“We started the secondhalf as the better team,” Lip-sitz said.
The Cats were lookingtired in the middle of the sec-ond half, when Hunyadiscored a superb goal, her thirdof the year. Hunyadi dribbledpast Indiana defenders on theIndiana end line and blasted ashot with almost no angle thatdeflected off Indiana’s goalieand went in.
Lipsitz said the goal madeit easier for the tired team tofinish the game strong.
By Matt [email protected]
Women’s soccer wins 2-0
The defensive line pro-duced one of the biggesthighlight-reel plays for UKlast season – Taylor Wynd-ham’s concussion-inducingknockout of former Floridaquarterback Tim Tebow wasone of the signature imagesof the season.
But that one famous hitwasn’t indicative of the sea-son’s performance, as UKranked last in the Southeast-ern Conference in sacks with16. Wyndham, fellow sopho-more Collins Ukwu and sen-ior DeQuin Evans bookend adefensive line that wants toapply heavier pressure onquarterbacks this year.
Evans, as the top return-ing player on the line, is go-ing to be the driving forcefor the front four. He led theteam with 6 sacks and 12.5tackles for loss. Named tothe preseason All-SEC sec-ond team, he’s looked at as aleader and is being countedon to produce again this
year.“I have to embrace it,”
Evans said of his leadershiprole. “If I don’t embrace itI’m not taking pride in whatI do. It’s a huge year for me,probably the most importantyear of my life.”
Evans has heard thedoubts about whether thefront four has what it takesto be the basis of a solid de-fense.
“We want to show we’renot an average defense,”Evans said. “We haven’tbeen practicing like one; wehaven’t been lifting likeone.”
While the defensive endposition seems solidified, thedefensive tackle spot appearsshaky. Faced with having toreplace NFL third-roundpick Corey Peters, the interi-or of the line is deep on bod-ies, but short on proven pro-duction.
Only one player, seniorRicky Lumpkin, has anystarts at defensive tackle, but
By Aaron [email protected]
Evans leadsyoung line
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Quick Hits: Defensive Line
Probable StartersDefensive ends: DeQuin Evans, TaylorWyndham/Collins UkwuDefensive tackles: Ricky Lumpkin, one of severaloptions
Who To Keep An Eye OnDonte Rumph: After finally becoming academicallyeligible, Rumph will look to make an impact on inex-perienced D-line.
Biggest QuestionCan the D-line create enough pressure up front toease the pressure for the other two tiers of thedefense?
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invest in for the future,” Friskneysaid. ”We laid off everyone in thosetwo departments and allowed themto resubmit their applications.”
The IT department will start hir-ing in about a month and a half, aim-ing to have the new jobs filled in thenext three or four months, Friskneysaid.
None of the 13 IT layoffs werestudents.
Friskney listed the growing im-portance of mobility in the internetas a primary reason for the newgroup.
“We are trying to make sure thatthe information everyone needs willbe available on mobile devices suchas laptops, cellphones and iPads,”Friskney said. “We are making surethe new jobs created will meet theneeds of the difference in mobilitycoming to give students and staffwhat they need for the future.”
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“We are here today to rememberthem, to honor them,” Turner said.“And on this day there is also a feel-ing of gratitude. We are grateful forthe privilege of sharing our liveswith the loved ones we have lost. “
Lexington Mayor Jim Newberrycame to support the memorial. Hesaid the memorial has an excellentlocation and will bring the city closerto the memorial for those who died.
“Whenever we come to thisspot in the future I hope the close-ness of our community … remindsus all of the closeness our commu-nity felt as (we) comforted eachother in the days and weeks follow-ing the loss of those 49 lives,”Newberry said.
Matthew Snoddy, member of theFlight 5191 Memorial Commissionand son of Tim Snoddy, a victim,compares the day of the crash to othermeaningful events in recent history.
“Much like the moon landings,President Kennedy’s assassinationor the terrorism of 9/11, many inour community remember exactlywhere they were or what they weredoing when they heard about thecrash of Flight 5191,” Snoddy said.
Douwe Blumberg, a Kentuckyartist, designed the sculpture.
Newberry was impressed thatthe sculpture will include a separatebird for each of the victims, all in anupward spiral motion and a specialinclusion from each family.
“The individuality of the 49 sil-ver birds serves as a distinct re-minder of each of those whose liveswere lost,” Newberry said. “Andthe inclusion of personal mementosin each figure will provide familiesand friends with a strong attachmentto this sculpture for decades tocome.“
Snoddy talked about the mis-sion of the Flight 5191 MemorialCommission and their focus for thepast few years while working to-wards getting a memorial ready.
“There isn’t a playbook or set
of guidelines on putting together amemorial like this,” Snoddy said.“The wishes of the family membershave always been the driving force(of the commission).”
Beshear was mindful of thosewho died four years ago, and said
he felt they were watching down onthe groundbreaking.
“I have a feeling that 49 beauti-ful souls are looking down on ustoday, who are also saying theirthanks to the committee,” Beshearsaid.
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PHOTO BY SCOTT HANNIGAN | STAFFAttendees of the ground-breaking ceremony gather at the UK arboretum.
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ally busy, but I’m excited.”In addition to celebrating
the hard work of veteran the-atre students, it is also meant toreach out to incoming fresh-men. With the large amount ofplays and parts to fill, theyhave a much better chance ofbeing casted in a role, said the-atre senior Alex Koehl, whowas also auditioning.
“It is important to get theminvolved and show them thatstudent work really does getshowcased here,” Koehl said.“It will be really good forthem to pace with us and tosee how we work as well.”
It is important for the in-coming freshmen to see that
students of all grades and ex-perience levels have to audi-tion the same way as equals,Koehl said.
Theatre freshman ChandlerHostin was one of many fresh-men to come out for auditions,and he said he’s anxious tostart building his theatre skillsearly in his college career.
“I love to do theatre so I’mjust trying to get involved asquickly as I can,” Hostin said.
Baird said the directorswere shocked with theturnout of students, both newand veteran.
“With the turnout we hadit was very easy to put peoplein every place we neededthem,” Baird said. “We didn’thave to fight for people likewe usually do, and we hadsomeone for every role.”
Students who throw their
inhibitions aside after just be-ing on UK’s campus for aweek, stand alone on a stageand proclaim to a room full ofstrangers that they talk tosquirrels or had dollar billsshoved in their bra, are thepeople who really want to beinvolved, Jones said. Thoseare the students that need tobe in the program, she said.
“If you are truly passion-ate about something, you willexcel. You will be driven byyour passion and your zeal,”Jones said. “And now is a per-fect time for us to find thosewho are truly passionate.”
Whether they hit a blackbear or pooped in their pantsat a bar, these student actorshave used their life hiccups tofind a place for their passionin this semester’s festival ofstudent work.
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he isn’t a proven difference maker afterrecording just 26 tackles and no sacks lastyear. Junior Mark Crawford and senior ShaneMcCord both have experience as reserves buthaven’t locked up time in the rotation.
“We know what everyone says about us,”Lumpkin said. “This line has a lot of doubt, butI don’t think people should be worried about it.We have great coaches, we have great talent,we have the energy, we have great players.”
When redshirt freshman Mister Cobblewas ruled academically ineligible, it made analready-thin line even thinner, and defensivetackle suddenly became a pressing issue.
“We were counting on (Cobble), there’sno question about that,” UK head coach Jok-er Phillips said. “He’s going to be a well-con-ditioned player when it’s all over with.”
But the concerns were eased with twonew additions to the line. Donte Rumph,
who originally signed with UK in 2008, hadbeen waiting two years to qualify academi-cally. Elliot Porter, a three-star tackle whooriginally signed with LSU, chose UK whenthere weren’t enough scholarships for him toplay for the Tigers. Both will try to crack therotation for the tackle spot opposite Lump-kin.
Fitted with a nickname of “‘Bout Time”for finally becoming academically eligible atUK, Rumph is not young, but he is inexperi-enced.
“Depth wise, I think we’ll be okay inside,I really do,” Phillips said of the tackles.“Rumph comes in at a position of need andexperience. He’ll bring some maturity to thatposition.”
The criticism of the big men in thetrenches has reached the ears of the defensivelinemen, but they remain focused on not talk-ing about whether they can get it done butshowing that they can.
“I like to hear things like that,” Evanssaid. “It makes us work harder. I like beingthe underdog. I like to surprise people.”
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Some thought this daywould never arrive, but Flori-da finally starts a quarterbackwho is going to impressscouts at the NFL combine.
No more questions aboutthrowing motion, takingsnaps under center or whetherthe Denver Broncos blew aperfectly good first-rounddraft pick.
Tim Tebow, the Gator inthe china shop, is gone.
John Brantley, the newguy, is 6 feet 3 with a beauti-ful release on his passes.
So why is everyone, in-cluding the coach, fightingback tears?
Because, unlike the NFL,the college game is still moreabout "the spread" than thespreadsheet. It's about inno-vation and inspiration and notputting cookie-cutter partsinto a machine.
Tebow may or may notmake it in the NFL. He mightnot be Steve Young, but heleft Gainesvillewith one Heisman Trophy,two national championshiprings and a postgame speechfor the ages, and was an in-
spiration to kids and manygrownups.
The thought of losingTebow made Coach UrbanMeyer sick. That had to bethe source of an ailment thatforced Meyer to resign theday after Christmas, only tochange his mind the next day.
Right?Doctors finally found the
source of Meyer's pain —esophageal spasms.
Months later, the shock ofPost-Tebow Syndrome ap-pears to be waning. After ashort sabbatical, Meyer isback, well-rested, chewingout reporters, eating morethan one granola bar a dayand ready to go nuts withBrantley.
"Last season, I walked inwith my third year of dealingwith some pain that was un-diagnosed," Meyer reflectedin July. "It's been diagnosed."
Carlos Dunlap, the cat-quick passer rush? He's gonetoo, along with defensive co-ordinator Charlie Strong, thenew head coach at Louisville.
Meyer, though, didn't getto 57-10 at Florida by flunk-ing intelligence tests, andmost in Gainesville are confi-dent Brantley will do a rea-
sonable job replacing KingGator.
Start with the speed com-bo of juniors Jeffery Dempsand Chris Rainey. Demps hasaveraged 7.6 yards per carryin his career and Rainey av-eraged 7.5 last year. Em-
manuel Moody, the formerUSC tailback, has not devel-oped into a superstar but hascontributed 795 yards andfour touchdowns in two sea-sons.
The schedule is typicalFlorida: the Gators don't
leave the state for nonconfer-ence play. They open withhome games against Miamiof Ohio (Sept. 4) and SouthFlorida before a key SECopener at Tennessee, notnearly as interesting nowwith lightning rod Lane Kif-
fin having moved on to USC.What, no parting reaction
to Kiffin's new team gettingplaced on probation?
"I'll let the commissionerhandle that one," Meyerquipped. "No comment. Sor-ry."
By Chris DufresneLos Angeles Times
Gators begin life after Tebow
