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PHOTO BY SCOTT HANIGAN | STAFFUK students attend the Education Abroad Fair in the Student Center Grand Ballroom on Wednesday to learn more about studying abroad.

Research on gossip in the workplace,conducted within a branch of a U.S. com-pany, found that gossiping at work isn’tsuch a bad thing.

Giuseppe “Joe” Labianca, Gatton En-dowed Associate Professor of Managementat UK’s LINKS Center for Research on So-cial Networks in Business and Gatton doc-toral students in management Travis Gross-er and Ginny Kidwell-Lopez publishedtheir findings in the September issue of theHarvard Business Review, a UK press re-lease said.

“Gossip can be very helpful to peoplein organizations, especially when the flowof information from the top gets chokedoff, as often happens when companies arein crisis or undergoing change,” Labiancasaid. “If a few people know what's reallygoing on, gossip becomes the means ofspreading that information to everyoneelse.”

Labianca was conducting a differentstudy within a company when he was toldhe “really needed to study the gossip net-works in this place.”

According to the HBR article, surveysabout social networking in the office werecompleted by 30 of the company’s 40 em-ployees. The questionnaires allowed em-ployees to list with whom they exchangedgossip. They then indicated whether thegossip was mostly positive, negative or ablend of the two, Grosser said.

Findings demonstrated that the morestaff members gossiped, the better they un-derstood their social environment and thehigher their peers rated their influence.

“Gossip is merely the exchange of in-formation between two people about athird, absent person,” Labianca said. “Ahuge amount of gossip is devoted to

By Becca [email protected]

Researchfinds gossipnot all bad

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With the robbery on Columbia andPennsylvania Avenue on Tuesday morning,the number of laptop thefts continues torise.

This was the latest in a trend of laptopthefts on the UK campus since the begin-ning of this calendar year.

According to police reports, there havebeen 36 laptop thefts from all over campussince Jan. 1, 2010.

Prior to Tuesday’s robbery, there was atheft at the UK Bookstore, where a suspectbroke in by throwing a brick to take twoMac’s from the Apple Store located withinthe bookstore.

The person responsible for this laptoptheft must have known what they were do-ing, UK Police Chief Joe Monroe said.

Many of the thefts have occurred in un-locked rooms of buildings on UK’s cam-pus, with only one being reported at boththe library and dorms.

According to a police report fromMarch 29, 2010, a laptop was stolen fromthe third floor of the William T. Young Li-

By Drew [email protected]

Laptop theftscontinue

to rise

See THEFT on page 2

Broadening HorizonsCampus hosts Education Abroad Fair

Robberies a growing trendon UK campus

The University of Kentuckyhas a large campus. As studentslearned Wednesday, that campusextends throughout the entireworld.

UK held its annual EducationAbroad Fair Wednesday in theStudent Center Grand Ballroomfrom 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Theevent included 55 tables of bothindependent and on-campus studyabroad programs, attracting over2,000 attendees.

Exotic music, dancing, nation-al flags and food all filled theroom. Many students came seek-ing out information on their po-tential future travels.

“It’s a little overwhelming,”said international studies sopho-more Kate Lee-Butte. “There’s somany tables to visit.”

Last year the event was held

along the walkway from RoseStreet to the William T. Young Li-brary. It was moved to the GrandBallroom in order to make theevent more cost effective, as wellas have students stay a bit longer.

“Last year, we mostly hadstudents just passing through,"Sonya Cunningham, the event’sorganizer said. “Here in theGrand Ballroom, students are re-ally here to learn about studyingabroad.”

Cunningham, who has beenplanning the event since May,said that every region of the worldwas represented. Last year, UKstudents studied abroad in 60 dif-ferent countries.

Throughout the day, tableswere continuously packed, as stu-dents poured in between and afterclasses.

“It’s been really busy,” saidAbroadco representative ChrisSchiffhauer. “Students are asking

for a lot of different locations andmajors.”

“This is the biggest [fair]I’ve been to so far,” said Study

Down Under representativeDavid Gooden. Gooden, with

By Brian [email protected]

See FAIR on page 2

The world is coming to Lex-ington, and University of Ken-tucky students have a chance toexperience it for free.

The Alltech FEI World Eques-trian Games have declared thisSunday, Sept. 26, “College Day atthe Games” and are offering freeadmission to all Kentucky univer-sity and college students.

To gain free admission, stu-

dents must present a valid studentID to the Kentucky Horse Parkbox office, located near the Lex-tran shuttle drop off site. High-lights of the day include themorning reining events as well asthe daylong endurance event, a100-mile race.

“The World Games Founda-tion is extremely pleased thatKentucky college students willhave a day to call their own at theAlltech FEI World Equestrian

Games,” said Equestrian GamesCEO Jamie Link. “We encouragethem to wear their school colorsand cheer on these world classathletes.”

Additional costs will be at thestudents’ expense. Parking isavailable at the Kentucky HorsePark for a $20 cash only parkingfee. Students are encouraged totake advantage of LexTran’s $2round-trip shuttle service. Buseswill operate a continuous loop be-

tween downtown and the Ken-tucky Horse Park in 30-minute in-tervals beginning at 5 a.m.

“What a great opportunity forUK students to see the world inour own backyard,” Ryan Smith,Student Government president,said. “I hope to see a ton of blueat the horse park on Sunday. Justlike gameday in CommonwealthStadium, this is UK’s chance toshow the world the excitementthat is the Big Blue Nation.”

By Eva [email protected]

World Equestrian Games offering free tickets

PHOTO BY SCOTT HANNIGAN | STAFFStudents look through brochures as they are told about the potentials ofstudying abroad during the Education Abroad Fair.

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He may be big in Ger-many, but voters for "Danc-ing with the Stars" didn't likeDavid Hasselhoff, makinghim the first eliminated fromthe show's big 11th seasonon Tuesday.

Hasselhoff, 58, and hispartner Kym Johnson weretied for last place among thejudges, too, tying with Mike"the Situation" Sorrentinoand Margaret Cho for lastplace Monday amongjudges, with just 15 pointsout of possible 30. Theircha-cha to Tom Jones' "SexBomb" bombed.

"It's been a great ride. Ifeel bad for Kym becauseshe worked so hard in get-ting me going," Haselhoffsaid after the elimination.

"Of all the first people toleave in all the seasons I'vehosted, this was the biggestsurprise to me," host TomBergeron said.

For Johnson, it was thesecond time she and her part-ner were cut first, after work-ing with Penn Gillette in sea-son six. But she won thecompetition the last seasonshe was on, paired with Don-ny Osmond (she skippedseason 10).

Previously, she had alsowon a season on the versionof the show that airs in herhome country, Australia. Be-ing in the bottom, Hasselhoffsaid earlier in Tuesday's show,was "almost like 'America'sGot Talent' payback."

After a career that includ-

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The show doesn't sayspecifically how everyonewas ranked, but Disneychannel star Kyle Masseywas seen as the last onestanding alongside Hassel-hoff before being declaredsafe. Also among the six lastto be declared safe wereBristol Palin, Kurt Warner,Brandy and The Situation.

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praise.”He said that while 72 per-

cent of the gossip relation-ships had a blend of positiveand negative gossip, 21 per-cent had predominately posi-tive gossip and just 7 percenthad predominately negative.

When addressed with theclaim that gossip generally

spreads fear and anxiety,Labianca told HBR his resultsusually show the reverse.

“By sharing gossip, youmake a personal connection,which gives you social andemotional support,” Labiancasaid. “Gossip also dissemi-nates valuable informationabout a network … and pro-vides a means for censuringthose who don’t adhere tothe group’s norms.”

“What's more, researchshows that gossip often re-

duces individuals' anxiety andhelps them cope with uncer-tainty,” Labianca added.

He said many managersassume gossip is negative andtherefore give lower ratingsto employees who gossipmore.

Grosser said that negativegossip has more of a strongimpact and is more salient,therefore it creates a biasamong people that most gos-sip is negative.

It’s rare that you say neg-

ative things about others,Labianca said. “We expectthat our interactions will bemainly positive.”

The findings show thatsupervisors had more gossippartners than non-supervisorsdid. Labianca said this is be-cause managers need a lot ofinformation to do their work.

“You can’t simply bangossip,” Labianca said. “Inour research, we find that 96percent of employees admit toengaging in gossip at work.”

Gossip helps to maintainnorms in the workplace, hesaid. Newcomers can learnthe ropes about how thingswork, what’s appropriate andwhat’s not and what’s expect-ed of them in a company.

Labianca also told HBRthat gossip in the workplaceisn’t unprofessional.

“When managers warn usnot to be unprofessional,they’re really saying thatwhen we show up for work,they expect us to leave be-

hind the emotional and socialparts of who we are. Butwe’re unable to leave our hu-manity at the door. We reactto things emotionally, weform bonds with people, wegossip. To pretend otherwisemakes things worse.”

Grosser said gossip pro-motes competition amongemployees and holds them upagainst their peers.

“Praise is a cheap way ofkeeping people committed toan organization,” he said.

GOSSIPContinued from page 1

brary. The complainant advised police sheleft her laptop in the study area for approxi-mately 35 minutes for a phone call, andwhen she returned her laptop was gone.

This victim had taken precautions in caseher laptop was stolen, so they were able to givethe police the laptops serial number, as well ashaving LoJack installed on her computer.

Another police report, filed on April 1,2010, stated that a person entered the sleep-ing complainant’s room, in Kirwin II, be-tween 1 a.m. and 4a.m. and stole her laptop.

Monroe feels students need to be morecareful about leaving their possessions, espe-cially expensive items like laptops, unattend-ed in such public areas.

“[Students will] leave that laptop unat-tended, and it’s very easy, you know with theway laptops are compact now, somebodycould just fold it up and stick it in their bookbag and you’ll never know it,” said Monroe.

Other thefts have occurred in various

popular class locations, includingFunkhouser Building, Scovell Hall and theGrehan Journalism Building.

Several thefts have also occurred at theUK Chandler Medical Center, with a total offive different laptops being taken from Dec.18, 2009 to June 21, 2010.

Some students, like Ellyn Purpero, a psy-chology and Spanish sophomore, spend a lotof time in the Young Library on the fifth floorstudying.

“There have been times where someonewill leave there things in a pretty busy placebut no one ever takes anything, but that does-n't mean it won't happen,” Purpero said. “Ihave also had people ask me to watch theirthings which obviously must mean they trustme with their belongings.”

With thefts on the rise, Monroe advisedstudents to keep some information abouttheir laptop on hand, like the serial number,or possibly invest in special software to tracka lost laptop, such as LoJack.

For more information about the LoJacksoftware or laptop recovery by the UKPD, goto the UKPD Web site (http://www.uky.edu/Po-lice/computer-recovery.html).

THEFTContinued from page 1

his Aussie accent and inflat-able kangaroo, encouragedeveryone to study abroad atone point or another.

“I studied at UNCChapel Hill during the finalsemester of my senior year,”he said. “Getting to see thisnew culture made it the bestsemester of my life.”

A plethora of options pre-sented themselves as studentsattempted to compare ratesand offerings from 30 differ-ent independent programproviders, as well as UKSponsored and UK ExchangePrograms.

“I want to work withEastern European history, andthere are a lot of programswhich deal with that,” said

Lee-Butte.“I hope to live in a big-

ger city someday, so I wantto get a taste of differentcultures,” said architecturejunior Corey Jenkins, whoplans to study abroad nextfall. Jenkins said he’s con-sidering a program calledSemester at Sea, where stu-dents live on a boat for a se-mester, stopping at six dif-ferent countries around theworld.

In addition to studyingabroad, students had the op-portunity to discover severalothers ways to take their tal-ents beyond our borders.

Various internships wereavailable throughout manydifferent countries. ThePeace Corps was also onhand. Shoulder to ShoulderGlobal – a program whichtakes UK students to Ecuador

each summer – was presentas well.

Students obtained pass-port information, as well astravel guidelines from AAA.Financial aid and scholarshipinformation were also avail-able.

“The goal of this event isto let students know twothings,” said Cunningham.“First, we want to let themknow that they can go abroad,and we’re here to help. Sec-ond, we’re here to make themrealize that there are so manyoptions – where to live, howto live – there are so manydifferent ways to studyabroad.”

Some students took hermessage to heart.

“This event has given mea broader view of where tolook, and what to look for,”said Lee-Butte.

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FROM THE FRONT PAGE

More than two million women worldwidesuffer from fistulas, but few American stu-dents even know what a fistula is.

On Saturday, UK will host the Change OneWoman’s Life event in hopes of raising moneyto provide a cure for four women with fistulas.The event is sponsored by the UK College ofDentistry Class of 2013, Student National Den-tal Association, the African Student Associa-tion and UK’s Minorities in Agriculture Natu-ral Resources, & Related Sciences.

“One woman said she’d rather have her armcut off than have a fistula,” said HaregewoinBaye, a second year dental student who is help-ing plan the event. “It’s just heartbreaking.”

According to The Fistula Foundation web-site, a fistula is “simply a hole between an in-ternal organ and the outside world that shouldnot exist.” Women in developing countries getfistulas of the bladder or rectum as the resultof childbirth or sexual violence. A womanwith a fistula suffers from uncontrollable uri-nation or defecation.

“They can’t join the rest of society be-cause they smell,” Baye said. “Their husbandnormally leaves them and they are left to fendfor themselves.”

Fortunately, the cure for fistulas is simpleand relatively inexpensive. According to theFistula Foundation, it costs $450 dollars to

treat a fistula. Because they received all donat-ed supplies for the Change One Woman’s LifeEvent, event planners will donate 100 percentof the proceeds directly to a Fistula Founda-tion patient’s treatment.

According to the Foundation’s website,“there are 100,000 new fistula cases each year,but the international capacity to treat fistula re-mains at only 6,500 per year.” The patients whoget treatment for a fistula usually see results.

“Their surgery is 90 percent successful,”Baye said. “If it’s not successful, they findways for the women to live more normally.”

The Fistula Foundation allowed eventplanners to specify that they wanted eventproceeds to go directly to medical procedures.

“We will be able to track where themoney is going,” Baye said. “All we have todo is click on it and see how much is given inour name.”

Saturday’s event goers will enjoy donatedfood from Planet Thai, Cielito Lindo, SEKI,Mulligan’s, Curry House Casual Indian Din-ing and Masala, as well as entertainment andfistula education. Baye explained that eventplanners hope to raise 1,800 dollars--enoughto treat four women.

“We are trying to do one woman in fourdifferent countries,” Baye said. The four differ-ent women will be from Ethiopia, DemocraticRepublic of Congo, Angola and Afghanistan.

Baye, who is from Ethiopia, said theevent has a personal connection for her.

“Let’s just say I can see people Iknow being in that situation,” Baye said. Sheexplained that in Ethopia, “If you live in the ru-ral area, there are no hospitals so 100 percentof births happen at home.” She said that whilemany women can survive natural childbirth,“What they can’t survive is when you havemedical complications.”

Without medical treatment, a woman doesnot have the option of a Caesarean section.According to the Fistula Foundation website,that is why fistulas are basically nonexistent inAmerica and Europe, where hospital treatmentand Caesarean sections are readily available.

Baye explained that young girls in foreigncountries do not understand that they are tooyoung to have children, and medical compli-cations result. Baye said that in the U.S. “thereare teenage pregnancies, but you don’t hearabout it because they are probably well-nour-ished and have hospital care.” In many devel-oping countries, however, young mothershave underdeveloped or malnourished framesthat cannot accommodate delivering a child,and they develop fistulas in labor as a result.

“It takes two people to make a baby, butwhen this happens, you are the one who has todeal with it,” Baye said.

She hopes students will come to theChange One Woman’s Life Event and enjoyhelping someone else across the globe.

“Ten dollars is a lot as a student. I under-stand that,” Baye said. “We want it to be in-

formative, but also fun.”The Change One Woman’s Life event will

be Saturday, Sept. 25, from noon to 3 p.m. atthe E.S. Good Barn at 1451 University Drive.Tickets are $10. All proceeds go to the FistulaFoundation.

By Martha [email protected]

Hope for Healing: Event raises funds for little-known medical condition

The one that got away. The

friend you haven’t spoken to

in years. The grandma you

never got a chance to say

goodbye to.

We all have things we

wished we had said, words

that come to us when it is too

late to put them to use. Two

college friends from Chicago

realized this, and it inspired

them to start the Things Un-

said Project.

Much like Post Secret,

which exhibited at UK last

year, Things Unsaid gives

people a chance to say what

they’ve always kept to them-

selves; those gnawing memo-

ries that eat away because they

can’t be let out.

“We wanted to create a ve-

hicle where you had the op-

portunity to communicate

things in an authentic and sin-

cere way” said co-founder

Danny Smith. “Letter writing

tends to bring those qualities

out”. Rather than post cards,

Things Unsaid encourages

people to send letters; anyone

frustrated by their own silence,

anyone who wanted to say

what they should have said.

“You start to think about

things that you didn’t stand up

for or didn’t communicate be-

cause of embarrassment,

cheesiness, frustration, anger,

pettiness-- anything that held

you back,” said Smith.

Smith and his partner, Sean

Sullivan, are in no rush to be-

come a phenomenon, but

Things Unsaid has already ap-

peared all over the internet,

and has been featured on

Chicago’s WGN station.

Started in May 2010, the

first letters to the Chicago-

based group came from New

York. Things Unsaid has now

received letters from people

all over the country.

Some letters are angry, like

the abused daughter that told

her dad “you were the one that

was useless…I spent so long

being mad at you, now I real-

ize you’re not worth the ener-

gy”. Others are sentimental, like

the grandson who wanted to

thank his Pop “for helping to

shape the person I’ve become

today” and “apologize for not

saying goodbye properly…I

miss you and I love you.”

Sullivan offers no limita-

tions to what can be written,

and no limitations as to who

can write.

“If Coach Cal needs an

outlet, by all means we’ll be

happy to print it,” he joked.

The address for the project

is Things Unsaid Project, PO

Box 1103, Park Ridge, IL,

60068, and they are willing to

receive, listen and post what-

ever comes their way. “We

want it to go as long as people

have things to say” said Sulli-

van. “The boundaries are end-

less”.

Project give

s voice

to the unsp

oken

PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY CLINT NEAL | STAFF

To submit

Things Unsaid Project:

PO Box 1103

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In a year of relatively successfulreleases on the music scene, Sep-

tember’s final daysof summer haveseen some of thebiggest namesdrop new material.

The followingalbums are the bestreleases of themonth, in no par-ticular order.

John Legendand theRoots- WakeUp!September’s best release came

in the form of a monster mash-up asR&B legend John Legend teamedup with hip-hop legends The Rootsfor “Wake Up!”

The politically charged record

spans a wide range ofgenres, from funk tosoul to R&B. The col-lection of styles andtheir placements onthe album makes for arecord that can be lis-tened to from start tofinish without skip-ping a track.

The single, “Wake Up Every-body,” finds even more star powermaking an appearance as Commonand Melanie Fiona join in on a trackpleading for a generation to strivefor change.

Zac Brown Band- YouGet What You GiveVoted Best New Artist at the

CMA awards, Georgia’s Zac BrownBand set the bar high for their soph-omore effort. As impossibly high asit may have seemed, Brown’s song-

writing met expectations.The album is a bit

mellower than their de-but, “The Foundation,”but that isn’t to say itsany less catchy. The bandstill brings a host of opti-mistic songs about lifeand love, and listenerswill find themselves

humming the hooks long afterthey’ve listened.

One of the album’s highlightsfinds the group reliving their CMTCrossroads performance, as the al-bum’s folk-esque second track fea-tures country-favorite Jimmy Buffet.

While the album might not nec-essarily be the hit machine that theirdebut was, fans of the band will befar from disappointed, and “You GetWhat You Give” may even win oversome new ones.

Maroon 5- Hands AllOverWhile Maroon 5 doesn’t exactly

push out an album every other year,taking their time has seemed towork out for pop’s power band.

Maroon 5’s third effort finds theband sticking with the same soundthat has brought them success for theduration of their career- power pop.

While they revert back to thefull-band, electric guitar sound oftheir debut, the band sticks to theirtrademark infectious refrains.

The album’s single, “Misery,” isa relatively accurate representationof the album as a whole. Somesongs are as happy as they sound,while others are laced with bitter,tongue-in-cheek lyrics.

In all, there’s no reason to think“Hands All Over” won’t be anothernotch on the multi-platinum bedpost

of Maroon 5.

Robert Plant- Band of JoyFormer Led Zeppelin front man

Robert Plant surged back onto themusic scene with 2007’s “RaisingSand,” which he recorded with folklegend Alison Krauss.

When their follow up fellthrough, Plant decided to form an-other super group, this time invitinganother folk princess, Patty Griffin,to accompany him.

Like “Raising Sand” the albumconsists of mostly covers, but Plantputs his trademark folk twist onevery track.

Anyone looking for a return tothe days of Zeppelin will be disap-pointed, but for listeners looking fora fresh sound in the days of monoto-nous top 40 singles, this is just thealbum to break the trend.

Summer saves best releases for last

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INGLEWOOD, Calif. _ This is"American Idol, 2.0."

After almost two months ofdodging questions from the media,Fox officially announced Wednes-day who will replace Simon Cowell,Ellen DeGeneres and Kara Dio-Guardi at the judges' table in theshow's 10th season.

Who will sit next to RandyJackson? Well, not even RyanSeacrest could turn this into a com-pelling "dim the lights" moment. Ina grand press conference at The Fo-rum in Inglewood, where the lastround of cattle call auditions werebeing held, Seacrest announcedwhat has been speculated behind thescenes for weeks: Jennifer Lopez

and Aerosmith lead singer StevenTyler are the show's new judges.

About 3,000 "Idol" hopefulswere on hand to audition and hearthe news from Seacrest himself.Jackson told the crowd: "I'm calling'Idol' season 10 the remix, baby!"

Tyler said he wanted to be a "partof something bigger" than himself. "Iwanna bring some rock to this rollercoaster."

Lopez said she was very excited"to work with you and watch yougrow." In a press release, PeterRice, chairman of Entertainment forFox Networks Group, said, "We'reincredibly excited to have Jenniferjoin the Fox family. From theworlds of dance and music to televi-sion, films and fashion, she is aglobal superstar with iconic and

captivating style, along with impres-sive insight on how to reach andmove audiences worldwide."

The return to a panel of three andthe hiring of two new faces amountsto a sweeping overhaul of the No. 1show on TV, with an impact that isimpossible to predict.

Cowell announced his plans toleave "Idol" before the ninth seasonbegan. But DeGeneres, apparentlytaking her cues from the public's re-sponse, resigned this summer. De-Generes had been hired to replacePaula Abdul, who left the show un-expectedly a year ago over a contractdispute. Fox opted not to re-signDioGuardi, who joined the singingcompetition two years ago. Ratingserosion this past season also high-lighted the perception that the show

was losing its once-fast grip on view-ers.

Well, Cowell's gone, executiveproducer Nigel Lythgoe is back, andonly Jackson is left standing. In aninterview with Variety when hesigned his new deal last month,Lythgoe said that everyone had "lostsight of the fact that the most impor-tant people on the show are theyoung artists. It revolved aroundKara coming in to make fourjudges, which often left no time forthem to talk. Then it was aboutPaula leaving, and then about Ellenjoining.... Where did Ne-Yo orChris Brown come from? Wheredid Justin Bieber come from?Where are these kids?" Lythgoeasked.

Fox executives have been highly

secretive about why it took morethan two months to lock in Tyler andLopez. How well Lopez and Tylerwill fill those roles now remains tobe seen. Both are former chart-top-pers who have seen their careers coolin recent years. Lopez, who hasserved as an "Idol" mentor, has sold25 million records worldwide butwas dumped by Sony Music Groupfollowing lagging sales this year.Tyler, longtime frontman for the rockgroup Aerosmith, has tangled pub-licly with members of his band, whohaven't seen an original album goplatinum in nearly a decade.

The new judges will have theirwork cut out for them. Although rat-ings slipped this past season, tens ofthousands of hopefuls have turnedout for the auditions.

Scott CollinsMCT

American Idol selects new judges for 2011

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Tea Party movement carries weight in upcoming elections“Ambition must be made to counteract ambition.”James Madison’s famous words in Federalist No. 51 still

ring true to this day. This Federalist paper laidout the basis for the ideas ofchecks and balances and sep-aration of the branches ofgovernment.

A prophetic paper to saythe least, one of the smaller,yet lengthier, points was

Madison’s idea on factions. Factions, easilyinterpreted as political parties, Madison argues should alwaysbe present.

The only way to turn back the power of one party so that itdoes not get so big it blocks out the ideas of others is to havemultiple factions.

The two-party political system has been prevalent for yearsupon years, yet in 2010, one group has threatened to break upthis monopoly: the Tea Party.

Argue all you want about the radical ideas and actions ofthe self-proclaimed “Tea Partiers,” but their influence cannotbe understated. In 1788, when Madison wrote “ambition mustbe made to counteract ambition,” he was talking indirectlyabout a faction like the Tea Party.

No bones about it; I love the Tea Party. I don’t love the TeaParty as much for its ideals, as I love what it stands for.

Those who label themselves as Tea Party members standfor a check on government. Those same checks Madison wroteabout over 200 years ago are still needed today. The Tea Partystands for checks and balances.

Are you tired of what the government does?

Instead of writing a letter to your Senator, who may or maynot be in office for you, go out and run for Senator. Candidateslike Rand Paul and Christine O’Donnell are doing just that andhave been successful in the primary season.

Television personalities like Glenn Beck are taking to theairwaves to show their disapproval with the current govern-ment. Now, Beck tends to ramble and unnecessarily findminute details about policy and exploit them, but take Beck forwhat he is — a man who is ready to see true change.

It remains to be seen if Tea Party candidates can win inNovember, when a referendum on Barack Obama’s administra-tion is expected, but success or failure in November will not bethe true story here. Just as Obama energized the Democraticbase in 2008, the Tea Party is energizing the entire politicalscene in 2010.

Whether it be a Republican channel or a Democratic chan-nel, all the attention is going to the Tea Party. Notoriety is no-toriety no matter how you look at it.

Democrats want to print and spend money every chancethey get, and Republicans want to stop each and everything theDemocrats attempt to do. Where is the middle ground?

In every argument, two sides exist. One side wants this andthe other side attempts to argue the other way. Isn’t it abouttime a third party entered the argument? Gridlock in govern-ment can only exist for so long.

It’s time for a group with some willingness (ambition) tostep up and put an end to what some people like to call “Con-gress.” Give me the Tea Party. What’s the worst thing that canhappen?

Austin Schmitt is a finance and accounting junior. [email protected].

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SPORTS

The UK volleyball teamwill take its show on the roadfor the first time in Southeast-ern Conference play begin-ning this weekend.

The team travels toAuburn, Georgia and Ten-nessee, and will visit threestates in six days.

“The team is looking for-ward to it,” UK head coachCraig Skinner said. “Auburnhas had some good wins sofar this year, so we need toshow up for the match ready

to go. The team has practicedwell all week and I think weare ready.”

UK (7-5, 1-1 SEC) hasonly left the friendly confinesof Lexington twice so far thisyear, and has come backempty handed both times.They began the season partic-ipating in the AVCA Show-case in Omaha, Neb., inwhich they dropped both oftheir matches.

One week later they trav-eled north for a match againstthe Cincinnati Bearcats,which they also lost in fivesets. Last season, UK lost

only two road games all sea-son, one of which was to Ten-nessee, where the Cats willbe next Wednesday night.

Through a third of theirseason in 2010, they have al-ready dropped three roadmatches, and have ten moreahead of them in conferenceplay. But the Cats don’t planto adjust their approach tomatches as a result of earlyseason struggles, and will in-stead stick to their usualgameplan.

“We don’t approachthings differently whether weare at home or on the road,”

Skinner said. “Our focus isreally on Auburn right now,and getting our minds on exe-cuting. We only try and con-trol the things we can controland to not worry about thethings that are out of our con-trol on the road.”

But with every dark cloudthere is a silver lining. De-spite the challenges the up-coming road trip presents theCats with, it also serves as anopportunity to make a bigstatement in the midst of arocky season thus far. Yet theCats aren’t looking ahead intheir schedule just yet, and

have remained focused on thetask at hand this weekend.

“We can’t jump aheadand start talking about anygames ahead of us,” Skinnersaid, “because every match inthe SEC is tough. Right nowwe are focused solely onAuburn, and after that matchwe will focus solely on Geor-gia.”

Unlike their two previousroad trips, however, the Catswill not be making camp inone spot. UK has three gamesin three different states in amatter of only six days. Thatkind of traveling could poten-

tially take its toll on theyoung and inexperiencedCats, who have very littleroad experience. But youngor old, the Cats will be travel-ing as one team and will beready to play when they takethe court this weekend.

“There’s no magic way togo about getting the teamready,” Skinner said. “Theteam has good chemistry,they enjoy being around eachother. The road is a good timeto focus on ourselves andeach other, and I think all ofour players will benefit fromthat.”

By Ethan [email protected]

Road schedule lies ahead for volleyball

The UK women’s soccerteam completed its noncon-ference schedule having accu-mulated more wins than theyhad all of last season, but nowcomes a new test — South-eastern Conference play.

If the Cats (6-2-0) want tomatch their nonconferencesuccess in SEC play theymust get better, UK headcoach Jon Lipsitz said.

“We need to improve oneverything every single day,”Lipsitz said. “We are alwayslooking to get better.”

For the Cats to achieve, itstarts on the defensive end. Innonconference play UK onlygave up five goals. In all ofUK’s six wins, they only al-lowed one goal.

In order to continue itsdefensive dominance UK willneed its SEC Defensive Play-er of the Week, senior goal-keeper Sydney Hiance, tokeep up the stellar play. TheCats’ defense and Hiancerank in the top third of the

conference in saves, shutoutsand goals allowed average.

“Our defense is going toneed to step up more, teamsare just going to come at usand we pride ourselves on notgiving up goals and playinggood defense,” Hiance said.“I think that is going to takeus far into the SEC.”

Like most sports in theSEC, women’s soccer is verycompetitive. With three teamsin the top 25, UK is preparingfor the difference between theSEC and its nonconferenceschedule.

“It’s a completely differ-ent level, it’s really fast so weneed to make sure we are onour game, playing quick andno rust,” junior midfielderNatalie Horner said. “I thinkwe are getting there.”

UK will get no time todip its feet in to test the SECwaters. The Cats take on theclass of the SEC when No. 7Florida visits Lexington Fri-day night. Last season inGainesville, the Cats took theGators into overtime but

eventually fell 2-1. UK ishoping for a different out-come at home this season.

“Last year we didn’t playdefense for (the duration ofthe game), this year we arenot going to sit back and waitfor them to make plays,” Hi-ance said. “We are going togo at (Florida).”

UK is hoping to finishhigher in the conference thanlast season, but in the SECEast the Cats can only go up.UK finished at the bottom ofthe Eastern division last sea-son and tied for 10th overall.But the Cats think more com-munication from the teamwill help UK this season.

With a combination ofgood defense, better commu-nication and constant im-provement the Cats are look-ing to show their claws in theSEC this season.

“It's crazy, there is a lotmore talk, sideline is goingcrazy all the time, lots ofcommunication and we are allgetting used to playing to-gether,” Horner said.

By T.J. [email protected]

Cats’ defense keyto SEC fortunes

Taylor Wyndham likesthe song “What I Want” byHall and Oates. With six No.1 singles, Hall and Oatesweren’t a one-hit wonder, soWyndham is trying to becomea little more like Hall andOates.

UK fans probably best re-member Wyndham for one ofthe few memorable momentsduring Florida’s 41-7 shel-lacking of the Cats in Com-monwealth Stadium a seasonago. Gator fans probably bestremember the sophomore de-fensive end for concussingtheir golden boy of collegefootball, quarterback TimTebow, with a legal, yet pun-ishing, hit in the third quarterof last year’s game.

Playing in front of rough-ly 90,000 fans at Florida’sBen Hill Griffin Stadium,Wyndham expects to hearsome boos from the crowd,but he wants to move awayfrom being defined by theTebow hit.

“It’ll be pretty cool (afterSaturday’s game),” said Wyn-dham, who has received a lotof media attention all week.“Hopefully, people will forgetabout it and they will remem-ber me for making a big playthis weekend.”

The 6-foot-4, 238-poundlineman from Swansea, S.C.,wasn’t fond of the notorietyhe received last season afterthe Tebow hit and he still has-n’t warmed up to it.

Although many playersmight be more likely toboast about knocking outTebow, now with the NFL’sDenver Broncos, the individ-ual feat never appealed toWyndham.

“Probably what it all boilsdown to is that we lost thegame,” UK defensive linecoach David Turner said. “Wewould all rather have the winand that’s what we’re allstriving for…if we get notori-ety for the right things, in

terms of winning the game,I’m sure (Wyndham) wouldbe OK with it.”

Wyndham’s play this sea-son on the defensive line haswarranted attention, and per-haps for better reasons than asingle hit.

“(Wyndham’s) playing re-ally, really well for us,” UKhead coach Joker Phillipssaid. “(He’s put) a lot of pres-sure on the quarterback, get-ting off blocks, makingplays.”

Turner said continued re-habilitation from offseasonshoulder surgery and inexpe-rience have somewhat hin-dered the under-sized Wynd-ham, who added 15 poundsof muscle in the offseason,but that his progression issteady.

“I’ve got to keep makingplays,” said Wyndham, whois striving for consistency andnot only the occasional bigplay. “I’ve got to work on myrun-stop defense, I think I’mpretty good in the pass, butwhen it comes to first, seconddown I need to work on that alittle bit more.”

Developing more consis-tency hasn’t come at the ex-pense of Wyndham’s big-playability, however.

Against Akron, Wyndhamnotched 1.5 sacks for a loss of13 yards, and in the Cats’ sea-

son opener against Louisvillehe forced a fumble and talliedtwo tackles; although UK’sfirst three opponents haven’tpossessed the quickest of of-fenses.

“I’m not sure who canmatch up with (Florida),they’re a fast football team,”Turner said. “The big thingfor us that we talk about isthat everybody has got to bewhere they’re supposed to be,and be in your gap, do yourjob responsibly. It’s not goingto take any kind of super-hu-man effort…we’ve got to playsmart football.”

The UK coaching staffhas ensured that its defensewill not be intimidated by theGators’ reputation.

“I think our defense isfaster than its been in pastyears, might be a bit smaller,but I think we’re pretty quickand we’ll be able to containthem,” Wyndham said.

Wyndham hopes gettinga win on the road at Floridawill go a long way in makingpeople forget the Tebow hit.He also said making a bigplay—except knocking outFlorida quarterback JohnBrantley—would help.

“It’s just football, stuffhappens and if (Brantley get-ting knocked out) happens, Idon’t mean for it to,” Wynd-ham said.

By Nick [email protected]

Wyndham wants to putTebow hit in the past

STAFF FILE PHOTOUK defensive end Taylor Wyndham knocked out former Florida quarterback Tim Tebow on this hit dur-ing the UK vs. Florida game Saturday, Sept. 27, 2009.

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