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Wall’s shot with .5 seconds left saves CatsBy Metz Camfield

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John Wall is in the building, and hemade sure everyone knew it.

With .5 seconds remaining in his col-legiate debut, Wall hit a 15-foot fade-away jump-shot. The basket not onlysank Miami of Ohio’s hopes of leavingRupp Arena with an upset win, but UK’snightmare of a catastrophic upset loss athome for the third consecutive season.

Miami of Ohio senior guard KennyHayes hit a 3-point shot near the top ofthe key to tie the game at 70 with sixseconds remaining. Wall then receivedthe inbounds pass and raced down courtbefore hitting the dagger just before thebuzzer sounded.

“I just needed to make a shot,” Wall

said. “I think if we would have let themset up into their defense it would havebeen tough to get a shot off because theywere playing great defense help side. Iwas just thinking to get the ball up courtand try and get to the basket but I sawthey had two people back so I just madea tough shot and it went in.”

The visiting Redhawks jumped outto an 18-point lead in the first half andlead the Cats for the majority of thegame. After taking a 36-18 lead with justover seven minutes remaining in thehalf, the Cats closed out on an 18-to-3run to pull within three at intermission.

“I was ecstatic we got down by 18,because I wanted to see what we weremade of,” UK head coach John Caliparisaid. “And then, when this teamwouldn’t go away, the thing I loved in

every huddle my team was saying,‘We’re not losing this, we’re not losingthis game.’ ”

The Cats and Redhawks battledthroughout the second half. The Catstook a 54-52 lead with 7:24 left in thesecond half, their first since being up 16-14.

After playing four minutes in thefirst half due to foul trouble, freshmanforward DeMarcus Cousins returnedwith a vengeance in the second half,scoring all 10 of his points and grabbingall 10 of his rebounds after the break.With 1:26 remaining in the game,Cousins hit a lay-up while getting fouledto give the Cats a 69-67 advantage.

“That’s what he does,” junior for-

Professor offers research for ‘60 Minutes’ pieceBy Cassidy Herrington

news@kykernel.com

Katie Couric and a camera crew stopped byLexington over the weekend to direct a nationalspotlight on communications professor Alan De-Santis.

“60 Minutes”, known for its in-depth newsstories, came to UK to unveil the prevalence ofcognitive enhancement drugs on college cam-puses. In June, the show’s associate producercontacted DeSantis for information on his re-search on drugs such as Adderall, to be used asbackground information for the show. However,

after learning how common the drug was, theprogram’s crew traveled to the state for a sit-down interview.

“It’s about being the right researcher at theright time and researching something peoplehaven’t picked up on,” DeSantis said.

The producers of “60 Minutes” and Couricflew in to meet and interview DeSantis and sev-eral UK students over the weekend.

DeSantis credits his draw to the topic to theproximity and involvement with the undergradu-ate population.

“I was writing a book about the Greek sys-tem, and all the Greeks were talking aboutAdderall very nonchalantly,” he said. “They

weren’t hiding it like marijuana or cocaine,Adderall was something like coffee to them.”

DeSantis selected several students from hisclasses to be part of the interviews.

“Any time there is a story about Kentucky,we’re portrayed in a negative light, by not thegreatest spokespeople,” DeSantis said. “I reallywanted to make sure my students were smart, ar-ticulate, camera friendly … and they were allthat.”

Scott Qualmann, a landscape architecturesenior, was one of the students interviewed.Qualmann said he does not use Adderall and

UK appointsalum to lead

campus sustainability

By Tommy Stuartnews@kykernel.com

After a nationwide search,UK alumnus and employee hasbeen named the university’s firstsustainability officer.

Shane Tedder, currently serv-ing as UK’s sustainability coordi-nator for the Office of ResidenceLife, will now be responsible forthe entire campus’ sustainability.

“I plan to approach this jobwith the same amount of enthusi-asm and effort that I did before,”Tedder said.

As an undergraduate, Tedderattended UK and majored in an-thropology and environmentalstudies. After graduating in 2004,he returned to UK for graduateschool to study conservation biol-ogy.

“What I want to do is devel-op programs on campus that helpinform people of what sustain-ability is and what individuals inthe university community can doto promote sustainability,” Ted-der said.

On an individual and institu-tional level, sustainability is aboutresponsible global citizenshipwith a triple bottom-line: eco-nomic vitality, environmentalstewardship and social justice,Tedder said.

Five other candidates wereconsidered individuals, but hisreputation, passion and ability towork with others put him overthe top, said Bob Wiseman, vicepresident for facilities manage-ment.

Wiseman appointed a com-mittee to choose the individualbest suited to be UK’s first sus-tainability officer.

Gail Hairston, UK spokes-woman and member of the com-mittee, said the decision, thoughdifficult, was unanimous amongmembers of the committee.

“With the challenges and ex-pectations in UK’s future, I be-lieve we chose the best person forthe job,” Hairston said.

Wiseman wanted a positionfilled at UK that was solely desig-nated to promote sustainabilitypractices.

“When sustainable prac-tices are a part of everybody’sjob, it becomes nobody’swhole responsibility,” Wise-man said. “I wanted someonewho woke up each morningwith sustainability as their coreresponsibility.”

Wiseman is optimistic for thefuture of UK’s sustainability prac-tices and improvements.

“I’m looking forward to (Ted-der’s appointment),” he said.

Tedder said he should take onhis new position sometime nextweek.

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TO SMOKE OR NOT TO SMOKE?

BUY THIS PHOTO AT UKCAMPUSPHOTOS.COM PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY ADAM WOLFFBRANDT | STAFFBeginning Thursday, students living on campus will have to find other places to smoke beyond the residential campus courtyards.

Ban forces students to risk or quit By Laura Clark

lclark@kykernel.com

From planning to quit to sneaking out-side their dorms, student smokers on UK’scampus are figuring out how they will dealwith the impending tobacco ban.

The ban, which begins Thursday, willprohibit any tobacco on campus. However,enforcement for the ban will be mostly stu-dent and campus leader-dependent.

“It’s not about enforcement or forcingsomeone to do something … it’s aboutchanging the habit and getting the help andmaking a safe environment for everyone,”said Ellen Hahn, co-chair of the Tobacco-Free Campus Task Force, in an October in-terview.

The tobacco ban will affect the entirecampus. Smokers will have to stand outsideof the campus boundaries for a smoke break.However, not all students are sure the banwill even impact campus.

Drew Simpson, secondary math educa-

tion sophomore who lives in the LambdaChi Alpha fraternity house on South Cam-pus, questioned how the university is goingto enforce the ban.

“I’ll feel like smoking a cig when I feellike smoking a cig,” Simpson said. “I’m notan anarchist, but (smoking) is something toget me through the day.”

Greg Ackley, a chemical engineeringsophomore living in the Blanding complex,said smoking outdoors does not affect any-one else.

“They should have designated areas (forsmoking) rather than take it completely offcampus,” Ackley said.

Chelsea Fischer, dietetics freshman, saidDonovan’s residence advisers warned stu-dents if they were caught smoking, theywould have to give out citations.

UK spokeswoman Kathy Johnson saidRAs are already trained in monitoring for to-bacco use.

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I’ll probably cut down, I needto quit anyway.”

CHELSEA FISCHERDietetics freshman in Donovan

Campus is basically a city, so smoking outside doesn’t

affect anybody.”MICHAEL JONES

Political science freshman in Haggin

They’re trying to make uspeople we’re not.”

DREW SIMPSONSecondary math education sophomore

in Lambda Chi Alpha house

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BUY THIS PHOTO AT UKCAMPUSPHOTOS.COM PHOTO BY ZACH BRAKE | STAFFFreshman guard John Wall celebrates after hitting a game-winningjumper with less than a second left to beat Miami of Ohio 72-70.

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CHICAGO — Curtis Jackson, better known as 50Cent, the gangsta rapper who broke onto the scenewearing bulletproof vests and rapping about guns and

drug deals, had one question for meMonday when we met at Macy's.

"Have you smelled this?" asked50 as he held his new fragrance,Power by 50 Cent. "You have tosmell it."

And with that, the New Yorknative who has rapped about spray-ing bullets on rivals sprayed my leftwrist with cologne.

This, America, is the new 50 Cent.He hangs out with Bette Midler, wrote a book with

"The 48 Laws of Power" author Robert Greene called"The 50th Law," and wears Giorgio Armani and TomFord suits.

"After 2003, my music took off, and I achieved fi-nancial success that allowed me to enter different cir-cles," 50 said about his transformation. "I was ex-posed to new information and turned onto differentthings.

"Suits are exciting to me. Tony Yayo (50's friendand fellow rapper) thinks he shouldn't have a suit on un-less he's going to a funeral. And we grew up threeblocks from each other."

50 isn't worried about the hip-hop communityquestioning his "street cred." He feels his past, he wasarrested for drug dealing and was shot nine times in2000, speaks for itself.

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business," 50 said of the hip-hop community. "Andwhen people talk about 'street cred,' I'm probably oneof the people they point to as having the most streetcred because I had the hardest time. But all thosethings are situations I felt unfortunate to have to gothrough."

On Monday, 50 will release his fourth studio al-bum, "Before I Self Destruct." Although his fashionsense has changed, his lyrics are just as raw as theywere on past albums (the record includes a little dittycalled "Death to My Enemies").

The album comes with a DVD, which 50 wrote, di-rected and stars in.

In one scene, 50 fans will see what was onceunimaginable: 50 Cent crying.

"You have to find the space emotionally to cry oncue," 50 said. "Everybody has had something happen tothem in the past that hurt. For me, I can utilize the lossof my mom. I went through a lot of confusion at thatpoint. I was 8 years old, and there was nothing aroundme that would make me feel the comfort that she mademe feel."

50 played a loan shark in the recently released (inthe U.K.) film "Dead Man Running," and can be seen in"Twelve" with Kiefer Sutherland and "13" with MickeyRourke (no connection to "Twelve"), both of which aredue out in 2010.

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does not judge those who do.“People need to be aware that maybe it is-

n’t the best idea to take Adderall,” he said.“Just because we haven’t heard of any nega-tive side affects doesn’t mean there aren’t ad-verse consequences.”

Lauren Spears, a political science junior,said she did not mind to admit she usedAdderall for test preparation.

“It’s something I agree needs to be re-searched by older generations, so I didn’t havea problem saying I used Adderall because Iwant to help educate other people,” Spearssaid.

Cognitive enhancement drugs are a gener-ational issue, DeSantis said. His researchfindings reveal that college students turn to

the drug because it is increasingly accessibleand inexpensive.

Additionally, students do not perceivethe practice as drug use because students be-come focused and driven to perform betterrather than escape from reality, DeSantissaid.

“They said they are now expected to (per-form) better in a shrinking job market and inan increasingly competitive college market,DeSantis said. “Students believe the bar is be-ing raised, which is an interesting perspectiveto take.”

The segment will not air until February,but for now, DeSantis is hopeful about thepiece.

“This is going to be one of those storiesthat shocks and horrifies moms and dads, butit’s more than just talking about its use,” De-Santis said. “We’re trying to engage in amoral and philosophical question about itsuse.”

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guidelines that have al-ready been in place for themover the past few years whenbuildings on campus weremade tobacco-free,” Johnsonsaid. “The only thing thatwill change is the conse-quences (of smoking on cam-pus).”

Paige Coleman, a market-

ing freshman living in Bland-ing Tower, said enforcementon the ban would be lenientat first, but will get stricter astime goes on.

“They should’ve started(the ban) next semester, be-cause students rely on ciga-rettes during finals,” Colemansaid. “It’s pointless to start itnow.”

Brian Reifert, interna-tional studies and Frenchsophomore who also lives inthe Lambda Chi fraternity

house, said driving smokersto the streets only makes itmore dangerous, and will nothave an affect on helpinghim quit.

“If I wanted to quit, I’dquit,” Reifert said.

Joey Moser, a pre-phar-macy sophomore who lives inHaggin, said UK was pushingit by enforcing the ban.

“What’s next, a dresscode?” Moser said. “Whereare they going to draw theline?”

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KERNEL EDITORIAL

Publicity surrounding the proposed student housing planhas students riled up because they feel targeted. But now theburden has turned on the landlords.

The city of Lexington flexed its authoritative muscle lastweek when it put five UK students out on the street. Accord-ing to a Nov. 11 Kernel article, the five students were forcedto vacate their residence on Woodland Avenue when a tem-porary injunction was placed on the house for not meetingfire safety code requirements.

Shoddy housing like the one Mike Haley and MichaelMorrison leased to these students should not even be avail-able to students. It is completely unacceptable for landlordsnot to meet basic safety requirements. Lexington-Fayette Ur-ban County Government has been targeted as the bad guysin this housing issue, but the landlords just took center stage.

While landlords are responsible for providing adequatehouses that are up to code, part of the responsibility still re-sides with the students. Students can do a number of thingswhen moving into a house:

! Note any damages or items needing repair when moving in.

! Call your landlord immediately when problems arise.! If your landlord does not respond, call the Better

Business Bureau to report problems with a certain landlord. Hold them accountable.

! If a fire code violation is evident, notify the fire marshal or the city of Lexington.

! Educate yourself about legal rights upon signing the lease.

As evidenced by the recent evictions, some landlordstake advantage of college students who are not aware oftheir legal rights when entering a lease agreement and use itas a way to cut corners.

The city of Lexington needs to come out and say theyare increasing inspections for the sake of the students. Upto this point, it seems they are out to push the studentsaway. At first glance, last week’s situation reinforces thatstereotype, but digging deeper will show the landlord is atfault.

Not every landlord is out to abuse students need for af-fordable housing, but the few bad apples overshadow thequality ones. Landlords get a bad reputation because of thesituation last week with Haley and Morrison.

There are plenty of landlords that play by the rules andprovide adequate housing for students, yet they are constantlyovershadowed by the ones who think they’re above the law.

This is where the landlords must hold each other ac-countable. The problem will continue to exist as it is ignoredby landlords. Creating a system of accountability where therebel landlords are weeded out by those trying to run aclean, successful business will lead to better housing for stu-dents, a better reputation for landlords and fewer public rela-tions disasters for the city of Lexington.

As the dialogue continues on the proposed housingplan, these issues must be examined with a careful eye. In-stances like kicking students out of their home can belearning experiences for all parties involved. It shouldteach students to be conscious of whom they rent from andit should tell landlords the city is not going to monkeyaround with their shortcuts.

Work together to create a better system for all.

Responsibilityof landlordskey in debate

Lost in the controversy over thedifference in pay between the twospeakers who are part of a continuing

campus and commu-nity discussion on theMiddle East is theethical impropriety ofthe Israeli speaker.

Since resigning asIsrael’s Prime Minis-ter after suspicion ofcorruption, EhudOlmert has been mak-ing the rounds atAmerican collegesand universities togive lectures, includ-

ing a stop at UK.Though he has been welcomed by

many university administrators andstudents, his presence has been equal-ly protested.

I encourage UK’s initiative tobring a leader they believed could ed-ucate students on a vital issue. I dis-agree with their decision to allowOlmert to speak.

In the question and answer portionafter his lecture, Olmert was asked hisopinion about the selection of Presi-dent Barack Obama as the NobelPeace Prize laureate. He jokingly saidhe had not read any peace treatiesObama had signed, but showered himwith praises about being a leader whohas been thrust with new responsibili-ty of achieving peace after becominga Nobel laureate.

I am surprised Olmert even knowswhat the word “peace” means.

I listened to Olmert over the mem-bers of the crowd who interrupted hisspeaking and he came across as a manso deluded by what he believes thateven the U.N. Mission’s report, whichfound the Israeli government guilty of

committing war crimes in Gaza, didnot even faze him.

According to the report, publishedon Sept. 15, “While the Israeli gov-ernment has sought to portray its op-eration as essentially a response torocket attacks in exercise of its rightto self-defense, the Mission considersthe plan to have been directed, at leastin part, at a different target: the peo-ple of Gaza as a whole.”

When a question was asked aboutthis particular report, Olmert brushedit aside and rejected its findings.

This was an opportunity for theformer prime minister to provide jus-tification for his actions, which wereresponsible for claiming more than1,400 innocent lives in Gaza. Yet hespoke with an air of arrogance andbrushed aside any criticisms.

Israel needs to look deeper and fur-ther an answer to the question of whythey have not been able to achievepeace for their nation. Is it because theyhave placed the million habitants ofGaza under siege, preventing themfrom receiving basic necessities likewater, food and medical care? Yes, it isan action that has been termed as col-lective punishment by the U.N.

A man’s main concern cannot bepeace if he has to worry about how tomake a living in a discriminatoryplace, how to take his child past theroad blocks for medical care or worryconstantly about food shortages.

Israel needs to realize it is losingpopularity quickly because of its un-just siege on Gaza and the compro-mises it refuses to make. Just like Is-rael has a right to exist, so does aPalestinian state.

I went to Olmert’s lecture togain some perspective or hear an ex-planation. Instead, I listened to him

as he showed a clear contempt forPalestinians.

I am not blind to the violent actsthe other side has made, but I expectbetter from a country which prides it-self on being the only democracy inthe Middle East.

A Kernel editorial said, “Contro-versy isn’t a bad thing, but there has tobe a purpose behind it.” Olmert’s pur-pose was to deny every wrong doing.

Next time, UK should do its re-search and select a speaker who canprovide the campus with genuine dia-logue and is not currently being indict-ed in their country for criminal charges.

Peace between Israel and Palestineis not impossible, but it will be diffi-cult for all parties involved.

Compromises must be made,promises must be kept and securitymust be given to citizens on bothsides. This can only be possible witha new state being born along side ofIsrael: the state of Palestine.

A Nobel Peace recipient oncesaid, “Too much blood has been shed.All of us have a responsibility towork for the day when the mothers ofIsraelis and Palestinians can see theirchildren grow up without fear; whenthe Holy Land of three great faiths isthe place of peace that God intendedit to be; when Jerusalem is a secureand lasting home for Jews and Chris-tians and Muslims.” That recipientwas Obama.

So while he may not have signedany peace treaties since he has takenoffice, he has certainly given momen-tum to a process that can finallyachieve that ever elusive victory that Is-raeli and Palestinian mothers have beenhoping for: peace in the Middle East.

Xeenia Tariq is a UK alumna. E-mail opinions@kykernel.com.

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ward Patrick Patterson said. “That’swhat we look for him to do down theroad and down the stretch. We knowhe’s a huge force to be reckoned withdown low, he’s a huge body, he has greathands and great touch around the rim …For him to be able to come in and pro-vide firepower like that only helps us.”

Wall hit a free throw with 19 sec-onds remaining to give the Cats thethree-point advantage before Hayes’game-tying shot. Wall then went to workand hit the game-winner to avoid disas-ter for the third consecutive year for UK.

Miami of Ohio was led by junior for-ward Nick Winbush, who hit 8 of 10 3-point attempts and scored 26 points.Winbush hit his first six 3-pointers be-fore missing his first attempt in the sec-ond half. It wasn’t a performance theCats were expecting and Calipari said hewas just happy to get the win after sucha good shooting performance from theRedhawks. Calipari said to be down 18with a freshman-laden team and comeback and win will help them as the sea-son progresses.

“This is a work in progress,” Cali-pari said. “This team, what it looks likenow, will be a totally different teamwhen you talk about us at Christmas.

Right now it’s pulling teeth, it’s playingwith young kids who have never playedmajor college basketball and trying towin games.”

BASKETBALLContinued from page 1

Freshman writes first chapter in his UK legacyMonday night, John Wall hit the

shot of his career. Thing is, his career tothat point had only spanned one game.

If you listened toany of the UK fanstalking up Wall’s na-tional player of theyear credentials,you’d think he’s afifth-year senior. Hislegend, already, isvast. But to this point,all that had been writ-ten was the preface.

Now, we actuallyhave some substance.

Chapter One: How I Hit My FirstGame-Winning Shot.

“I got nervous. Six seconds left,coach just said go make a play,” Wallsaid. “Coach likes players that can makeplays. Last game Eric was makingtough plays when we needed them so Ijust went, I had an open shot so I tookit. Thank God I made it.”

Had he not made it, I think hewould’ve been forgiven. The buzz sur-rounding his debut was enormous. His

first introduction at Rupp Arena sum-moned an almost-hysterical reactionfrom the packed house.

His first shot, a made 3-pointer,went down easily. His first turnover, aball stolen and taken the other way foran easy basket, was forgiven.

Wall seemed to have a pass all night.“Do whatever you want, John,” the fansseemed to say encouragingly. “Thisplace is yours as long as you want it.”

But as the night went on, Wall andhis young teammates continued to relin-quish control of the game.

Actually, Miami wouldn’t let anyoneor anything else stop it from takingover. Miami’s Nick Washburn hit 8 of10 from long range, and Miami hit 15of 26 as a team. At one point, UK wasdown by 18, 36-18.

How does a young team come backfrom that?

Just let Wall do his thing. He knowswho wants the ball and how to get itthere. He’s been at it for years now,right?

Well, not really. You wouldn’t knowthat by watching, though.

“It was kind of like back in my highschool days when we got down and Itried to do everything myself,” Wallsaid. “Coach Calipari took me over tothe side and it was just a learning expe-rience. He just said, ‘You can’t do it byyourself.’ ”

Rather than try to take over himself,Wall made sure fellow freshman De-Marcus Cousins got going after a slowstart thanks to early foul trouble.Cousins finished with 10 points and 10rebounds, all of which came in the sec-ond half.

But after the game, Cousins wasn’tconcerned with talking about himself.He wanted to talk about his teammate.

“With the hype he had, it’s all true.John Wall is legit,” Cousins said. “He’sthe real deal. There’s no guard out therebetter than him. I said to him after thegame, ‘John, you just started your lega-cy.’ ”

Chapter Two is coming Thursday. Itfeels like he’s been writing for a whilenow, though.

James Pennington is a journalismsenior. E-mail jpennington@kykernel.com.

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BUY THIS PHOTO AT UKCAMPUSPHOTOS.COM PHOTO BY BRITNEY MCINTOSH | STAFFFreshman point guard John Wall’s shot with .5 seconds left saved UK from an upset bid bythe Redhawks.