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By Metz [email protected]
For the second consecutive game, UK’sopponent stepped into Rupp Arena anddrained 3-pointers at will.
Despite Corey Allmond’s Rupp Arenarecord performance of 11 made 3-pointers,UK (3-0) dispatched the visiting Bearkatsto the tune of 102-92, thanks in part to abalanced scoring attack from the starterswhich saw all five score 15 or more points
and account for every point the Cats scored.After the game, UK head coach John Cali-pari could only think about his team’s de-fense.
“This may be, at this point, the worstdefensive team I’ve had since 1988,” Cali-pari said. “At the end of the day, if we’regoing to be what everybody thinks we’regoing to be, we have to be one of the bestdefensive teams in the country.”
Allmond, who was 4-14 on 3-pointersentering Thursday night’s game, lit up theCats from beginning to end. After allowingMiami of Ohio to go 15-26 on 3-pointers intheir previous game, the Cats allowed Sam
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Advocates to inform ofdisability rights at forum
By Nate [email protected]
Before the Americanswith Disabilities Act waspassed in 1990, life was a lit-tle different and tough forthose with disabilities.
The UK Human Develop-ment Institute will be hostinga seminar featuring two Ken-tucky disabilities advocates todiscuss the struggles and livesof those with disabilities be-fore and after the passage ofthe Americans with Disabili-
ties Act. The forum is the in-stitute’s final seminar of thefall series, which will includea documentary aired on PBS.
Marybeth Vallance, pre-service training coordinatorand social work director ofthe institute, said the docu-mentary is “emotional”.
“It shows how determina-tion and a yearning for inde-pendent living can help over-come a severe physical dis-ability,” Vallance said.
The two speakers areArthur Campbell, who was
born with a severe disabilitythat affects his speech andphysical mobility, and Norb
See Seminar on page 2
By Courtney [email protected]
UK is looking to defeat an SoutheasternConference rival in more than just football.
Monday marked the start of Big BlueCrush, a weeklong blood drive versus theUniversity of Tennessee, in hopes of increas-ing the blood supply for the upcoming holi-days.
“Our goal this year is to finally get an ade-quate amount of blood supply for the holidayseason,” said Stephanie French, executive di-rector of marketing and communications at theKentucky Blood Center. “We have not collect-ed the necessary blood for the holiday season
in 10 years, so (we are) really trying to raiseawareness about this issue.”
UK led the competition until Thursday,when Tennessee ended with 2,650 pints versusUK’s 2,610 pints. The blood center still needsat least 1,000 donors to win the drive. The fi-nal results will be announced Friday.
Despite Thursday’s decline, the blood cen-ter recorded a significant increase in donationsthroughout the week, resulting in a need formore staff at the center.
“The numbers have picked up a lot sincelast year, so we had to add a higher volume ofworkers to keep up with them,” French said.
Winning the competition is not the onlyreason students are waiting in long lines to do-nate blood.
“I choose to donate because I can,” saidNicolas Posten, a mining engineering fresh-man. “There’s nothing better than knowing Isaved lives.”
1,000 still needed to bleed blue UK falls behind UT in
blood drive competition
UK 102, SAM HOUSTON STATE 92
PHOTO BY BRITNEY MCINTOSH | STAFFFreshman forward DeMarcus Cousins speaks with UK head coach John Calipari in the first half ofUK’s win over Sam Houston State on Thursday. Cousins finished with 27 points and 18 rebounds.
Cats win despite bombsSam Houston State
catches fire from outside
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UK conducted two surveys tomeasure student and employeeresponses to the tobacco ban,including knowledge andunderstanding of the ban, andthe number of tobacco users.
Between Nov. 12 and Nov. 17: 1282 employee responded, 156were cigarette smokers
57.4%of employee smokers smoke 10
or more cigarettes per day
26.3%reported being “very” or“some-what” likely to quit smoking after
the Nov. 19 policy change
Between Sept.10 and Nov. 13667 undergraduate studentsresponded, 262 students hadused a cigarette in the past 30days
9%of student smokers reportedbeing “very” or “somewhat”
likely to quit smoking after theNov. 19 policy change
28%of student smokers reported thatthey “agree” or “strongly agree”
that the tobacco-free campuspolicy will increase their“motivation to quit using
tobacco products”
For the full survey, provided by assistantprofessor of communications Elisia Cohen,
visit kykernel.com.
IF YOU GO
What: Disabilities and CivilRights Past and PresentWhen: Friday at 1 p.m.Where: Human DevelopmentInstitute’s Coldstream TrainingRoomAdmission: Free
PHOTO BY ALLIE GARZA| STAFFPolitical science and international studies sophomore Adam Kidd and social work junior Robbie Moore lights a cigarette taped to the mouth of the stat-ue of James K. Patterson in an attempt to protest the new tobacco ban on UK's campus on Thursday.
By Landon [email protected]
On a UK men’s basketball gameday, the usual chants of students werealtered in response to the tobacco-ban— “C-I-G-S, CIGS, CIGS, CIGS!”
Under clouds of smoke, morethan 100 smokers and non-smokersgathered to protest the campus-widetobacco ban UK implemented Thurs-day by continuously using tobaccoproducts in front of Patterson Office
Tower and on the Student Center pa-tio.
The ban prohibits the use of ciga-rettes, pipes, cigars and chewing to-bacco, and extends to all properties
owned by the university in FayetteCounty.
“What are they going to do? Tellme that I can’t smoke?” said RobbieMoore, a social work junior and oneof the protesters. “I’m not going tostand idly by while the university tellsme that I can’t do something becauseit makes them look better on a nation-al scale.”
Students were joined by more thanjust their peers, as faculty and staffmembers protested the ban as well.
“I believe in freedom, I believe inindividual rights,” said Aaron Yel-lowitz, a UK economics professor andnon-smoker. “I think that a policy likethis is too paternalistic.”
Several guest speakers applaudedthe crowd for their support, includingKen Moellman, Chairman of the Lib-ertarian Party of Kentucky, and LanceWheeler, a campaign worker for U.S.Senate candidate Rand Paul.
CAMPUSCAMPUSTOBACCO-FREETOBACCO-FREE
11.19.09
See Tobacco on page 6
NON-COMPLIANCE
SURVEY STATISTICS
“I believe in freedom, I believe in individual rights. I think
that a policy like this is too paternalistic.”— Aaron Yellowitz, UK economics professor
Students defy tobacco ban
The Kernel conducted aninformal survey of smokers oncampus the first day of thetobacco ban.
Smokers around White HallClassroom Building:
9-9:20 a.m. 510-11 a.m. 1711-noon 312-1 p.m. 82-3 p.m. 43:15-4:50 p.m. 9
Staff writers Genevieve Adams, WhittneyJohnson, Ellen Baker, Adam Warner, Taylor
Moak, Melody Bailiff and Kyle Piercycontributed to this report
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LOS ANGELES — Despite her lofty Hollywood status,Sandra Bullock's ready to take a break from acting.
She's had a very busy year with "The Proposal,""All About Steve" and, now, "The Blind Side" hitting the-aters.
"I am so happy how I wake up now that I don'twant to rush off and do something else. I am very hap-py being Sandy in Sandy's world. I want to enjoy herworld for awhile," Bullock says during an interview atthe Four Seasons Hotel to discuss "The Blind Side."
Bullock's especially happy that break comes on theheels of such a positive project.
"The Blind Side," based on the book "The BlindSide: Evolution of a Game," is the story of a wealthyMemphis family particularly the feisty matriarch LeighAnne Tuohy who takes a homeless teen into their homeand how it changes all of their lives.
"The Blind Side," says Bullock, will entertain andhas the potential to make a difference.
"I hope someone will walk away from this film andthink that they have had a very good life and are nowwilling to share it with someone," Bullock says.
Bullock got to know the opinionated, headstrongand no-nonsense Leigh Anne Tuohy while getting readyto play her in the movie. She knew from their first meet-ing that Tuohy had a very distinct personality.
"She is not impressed by titles. She's only im-pressed by people's actions," says Bullock. "That's why Ido enjoy being around her. If you don't step up to theplate she has no time for you."
Playing such a character especially one with a heavy
Southern accent can be a challenge for an actor. Play therole too soft, and all of the determination and strong willare gone. Play the character too hard, and it comesacross as a bad Foghorn Leghorn impersonation.
Bullock initially didn't feel she could do justice tothe story, especially bringing Leigh Anne Tuohy to lifeon the screen. That feeling stayed with her through thefirst days of filming. She says she didn't feel comfort-able with the role until the second week. It was thefamily element that finally resonated with Bullock.
"I love kids more than anything, and I could've beena mother at 17. But I was smart enough to know howselfish I was. I knew I was not going to bring a childinto this world until I knew my world could be all aboutthe child," Bullock says. "Then life blessed me with thisfamily that was unexpected. That's when I realized Iwas ready and I didn't even know I was ready."
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Ryan, Kentucky’s ADA coor-dinator.
Campbell has been awell-known advocate on astate and national level forthe rights of those with dis-abilities. The documentary,“If I Can’t Do It,” focuses onCampbell’s life and his rolein the disability rights move-ment. Campbell will share
how a person can independ-ently live and make profoundcontributions to the disabilityand civil rights movement.
Ryan, who worked at theUK Human Development In-stitute from 1992 to 2001,will focus on the disabilitiesrights movements and the im-pact of the ADA.
Harold Kleinert, the exec-utive director of the HumanDevelopment Institute, said avery strong parallel existedbetween the disabilities rightsmovement and other civil
rights movements in Ameri-ca.
“I think understandingthat parallel would be eye-opening for many students,”Kleinert said. “That’s whythis seminar and future eventsare so valuable to many peo-ple.”
The seminar will be at theHuman Development Insti-tute’s Coldstream TrainingRoom at 1 p.m. and is free,but those wanting to attendwill need to register online atwww.hdi.uky.edu/news.
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UK Parking and Trans-portation Services will offer afree shuttle service from cam-pus to the Blue Grass AirportMonday through Wednesday.There will be daily pickuptimes at 6 a.m., 8 a.m., 10a.m., noon, 2 p.m. and 4 p.m.,according to a news release.
To schedule a pickup, stu-dents should e-mail theirname, campus address andcampus phone number or cellnumber, and the date, time andlocation of desired pickup withthe subject “ThanksgivingBreak Shuttle” to [email protected]. E-mailsshould be sent at least twobusiness days in advance.
After the e-mail is re-ceived, a PTS representativewill call to confirm a pickuptime and location.
A shuttle will not be of-fered after break from the air-port to campus, but LexTran’sAirport/Keeneland Express,which runs Monday throughFriday, picks up close to theairport at the bus shelter onTerminal Drive and drops offat the Vine Street bus termi-nal.
For more information, visitthe Web site,(http://lextran.nextinsight.com/routes.php?mrnid=27).
— KATIE PERKOWSKI
Free airport shuttle for breakTHANKSGIVINGBREAK SHUTTLE
What: Airport shuttleservice from campus toBlue Grass AirportWhen: Monday throughWednesday at 6 a.m., 8a.m., 10 a.m., noon, 2 p.m.and 4 p.m.To schedule a pickup:[email protected]: FreeFor more information:visit http://lextran.nextinsight.com/routes.php?mrnid=27
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Club team sets sights for growthBy Patrick [email protected]
While most UK athletic teamsshoot for the stars, one team is sim-ply shooting for clay pigeons.
The trap and skeet team, a clubsport, is in its 15th year and hasgrown substantially in recent years.Although the team had just fivemembers as recently as three yearsago, it now boasts 55 shooters.
Club president Daniel Birken-hauer attributes the growth to theteam’s competitiveness and open-ness to new members.
“No experience is necessary,”Birkenhauer said. “We have oppor-tunities for the most advancedshooters and for those who havenever fired a shotgun before.”
The team competes in the Mid-Atlantic Clay Target Conferenceagainst squads from Virginia Tech,Radford University and the VirginiaMilitary Institute. The teams partici-pate in conference shoots that arehosted by member schools.
“The conference shoots really letyou know who’s who,” said Birken-hauer, who placed first in VirginiaTech’s recent Hokie Invitational.
UK has done well at the confer-ence shoots, placing second overallat Virginia Tech this past weekendand earning strong finishes at theMissouri University of Science andTechnology and University of Mis-souri meets. Birkenhauer said thesecond place finish at Virginia Techwas the best road meet finish of theseason.
The trap and skeet team has per-formed well at home, too. Thesquad won the Wildcat Invitationaland conference championship, heldin Wilmore, Ky., on Nov. 7. Theshoot featured nine teams, includingOhio State, Eastern Kentucky andPurdue, as well as conference foesVirginia Tech and the Virginia Mili-tary Institute.
The Wildcat Invitational crownwent to the tournament’s overallchampion, while the regional titlewent to the best Mid-Atlantic ClayTarget Conference team at the
shoot. UK captured both honors.“We performed very well,” said
sophomore shooter and club vicepresident Davis Jackson. “It wasgood to see a great turnout from theother schools. It was very competi-tive.”
All of the shoots help preparethe team for the Association of Col-lege Unions International CollegiateClay Target Championships in SanAntonio, Texas, the week of April19. Last year’s tournament featured337 students representing 37schools from across the U.S. Theevent, which is sponsored by theNational Rifle Association, will bebroadcast on ESPNU.
Jackson said the trap and skeetteam has never participated in thetournament, but already expects tosend at least 10 shooters this year.
“I’m pretty excited,” Jacksonsaid. “We’ll get to meet a lot of newpeople and have fun. We should beprepared to do well.”
UK Trap and Skeet president Daniel Birkenhauer and Vice President of sportingclays, Cyrus Alexander of the practice shooting at the Bluegrass SportsmanLeague in Wilmore, Ky.
PHOTOS BY BRITNEY MCINTOSH | STAFFVice President of sporting clays Cyrus Alexander walks to a station with his gun on Thursday at the Bluegrass SportsmanLeague in Wilmore, Ky.
Athleticgraduationrates low
in SECBy Metz Camfield
Despite most UK athleticteams ranking in the middle ofthe pack in the NCAA’s aca-demic progress rate, manyteams still lag behind otherSoutheastern Conference insti-tutions in graduation rates, ac-cording to a report released bythe NCAA on Wednesday.
UK’s football GraduationSuccess Rate ranked 10th in theSEC. Tennessee and Arkansaswere the only schools with alower GSR.
Meanwhile, UK men’s bas-ketball’s GSR ranked ninth inthe SEC with Georgia,Louisiana State and Tennesseefinishing 10th through 12th, re-spectively.
The graduation rate isbased on a comparison of thenumber of students who en-tered a college or universityand the number of those whograduated within six years, ac-cording to an NCAA press re-lease.
This year marks the eighthyear that GSR data have beencollected.
Some factors that affect theGSR are when student-athletestransfer from their current insti-tution, leave the school early toplay professionally or drop outof the school for poor academicstanding.
Senior associate athletic di-rector Sandy Bell did not returna message Thursday for an in-terview request.
Houston State to stroll into RuppArena and hit 18 3-pointers.
“We’re not playing winning bas-ketball right now,” Calipari said.“And it will catch us and it maycatch us Saturday (against Rider) …(Rider is) a better 3-point shootingteam than the team we played to-day.”
Calipari warned anyone whowould listen at the beginning of theseason that his team might not bewhere he wants them to be until Jan-uary. However, when he said that hewas talking about offensively, notdefensively. He said he got so mad inThursday night’s game that his headalmost popped off.
Calipari wasn’t the only one whonoticed the lack of defense, though.The players were singing the sametune after the game. Freshman pointguard John Wall said the team isn’thelping each other out on defenseand they’re just worrying aboutthemselves.
“We’re not talking like we’resupposed to,” Wall said. “As aleader, I wasn’t talking like I wassupposed to. Ramon (Harris) wasprobably the only one that was talk-ing on defense tonight. Until you geteverybody on defense talking you’regoing to struggle.”
Offensively, the Cats saw theemergence of the man they call“Cuz.” Freshman forward DeMarcusCousins wrapped up his second dou-ble-double in as many games with 18points and 10 rebounds in the firsthalf alone. Cousins finished with 27points and 18 rebounds.
The big man from Mobile, Ala.,had been plagued by early foul trou-
ble in the Cats’ first two games, butonly picked up one foul in 27 min-utes of play on Thursday night.
“I guess the referees liked metonight,” Cousins joked.
After finding out that he onlypicked up one foul on the evening,
Cousins laughed in amazement.“That was the grace of God,” he
said.Contrary to how their coach
feels, Wall and Cousins said theyweren’t worried about their team’sdefense yet and said they could get itfixed. And despite agonizing over histeam’s lack of defense which pro-duced only seven steals, Calipari re-iterated that with such a young teamsuch the results shouldn’t be too sur-prising.
The Cats shot 60 percent fromthe field for the game, their highestpercentage on the young season, andCalipari said he still likes his groupand their potential.
“But we won, and I’m very hap-py that we won,” Calipari said.
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Slideshow of photos from Thursday’strap and skeet team practice
■ Read James Pennington’s columnfrom last night’s game■ Check out a position by positionbreakdown of UK’s Saturday matchupwith Georgia
PHOTO BY BRITNEY MCINTOSH | STAFFFreshman point guard Eric Bledsoe dribbles down the court against Sam HoustonState. Bledsoe had 19 points and six assists.
“We’re not playing winningbasketball right now. And it
will catch us and it maycatch us Saturday.”
JOHN CALIPARIUK head coach
OPINIONSFriday, November 20, 2009 Page 4
WILLIAM KILUBA, Kernel cartoonist
Quitting leads to sense of empowerment
Believe it or not, I actually feltsorry for those affected by the tobaccoban — that is, until today’s protest.
As a non-tobaccousing individual witha smoke allergy, thatmay seem farfetched,but the way UK hashandled the ban hasleft me a little saltytoward the whole sit-uation. There's justsomething about im-posing a ban withoutany sort of compro-mise that rubs me thewrong way.
Don't get me wrong, the campus-wide ban is better for the university asa whole, but UK should have imple-mented a strategic plan that looked atincrementally implementing a tobaccoban, with gradual steps and goals forreducing tobacco use.
It sounds sappy, but if campus isbeing pushed toward compliance, be-ing provided the necessary resources,the larger collective success grows —instead of forming groups of angry in-dividuals as Thursday's protest dis-played.
A very nice lady in the mailroomat the UK Hospital has shared herconcerns with me about the ban moreand more as doomsday approachedand I could tell how serious the ban isto the smokers. But her outlook ismore thoughtful and makes moresense than anything I’ve heard from
the anti-smoking: “a cigarette isn’tworth my job.”
And she is right, it isn’t. I want smokers to be selfish.
Think about yourselves and stop fight-ing a ban UK was set on carrying out,and realize one cigarette, a pack or alifetime of smoking is not worth one’sjob, but it’s also not worth one’s edu-cation — in fact, it’s not all that im-portant in the grand scheme of things.
Thursday, UCLA approved a 32percent increase in its tuition over thenext two years to counterbalance thehuge budget-shortfall California is ex-periencing. Students revolted in a na-
tionally covered protest. Even though UK and Kentucky
are in similar budget crises, somehow,I doubt there will be the same vigor tofight a perspective tuition hike as therewas with the tobacco protest. Thenthere’s other student-relevant issueslike health care and the failing econo-my we are preparing to enter.
There are several students whoprotested that will be active in manyother meaningful causes, but the factremains that issues that actually matterpose a huge stumbling for students.
Wesley Robinson is a Spanish sen-ior. E-mail [email protected].
Smoking restrictionsprotect majority rights
As a nurse and a Ph.D.student in the College ofNursing, I would like to re-spond to the Nov. 16 Kernelarticle: “For freshman, nico-tine relieves his stress.”
I respect and appreciateBradley Irvin’s service to ourcountry. I also applaud UKfor taking a step to promotethe health of the entire cam-pus community, including vet-erans’ health. Our veteranshave fought hard to protectour freedoms.
Smoke-free laws and regu-lations protect the constitutionalrights of all people by preserv-ing — (a) life by reducing sec-ondhand smoke related deathand disease; (b) liberty by pro-moting the freedom to work andvisit any public place withoutgetting sick; and (c) the pursuit
of happiness by ensuring theright to breathe clean air.
Tobacco is the single mostpreventable cause of death inthe U.S., causing 440,000deaths per-year. Tobacco useand secondhand smoke expo-sure are serious public healthissues, resulting in prematuredeath, disease and billions ofdollars in health care costsevery year.
UK is not merely followingin the footsteps of other schoolson this issue. President LeeTodd and the Board of Trusteesare showing extraordinary lead-ership, as the UK will be one ofthe first campuses of its size togo tobacco-free.
Amanda FallinNurse and Ph. D. student,
college of Nursing
As the smoking ban loomed weeksago, I looked down one day and real-ized I was going to be forced to adjust.
I would smoke acigarette every houror so, finding time tosneak a few more —thus creating a pack-a-day addiction. Inorder to function, I’dwake up and reachfor a cigarette. Inmoments I needed towind down, I reachedfor one. And mo-ments where I need-ed something to
make me happy, I reached for a stimu-lant-filled cocktail, store bought andsocially allowed.
It’s insane to think that in order torelax, someone needs to ingest some-thing that’s meant to bring you up,but smokers don’t see that, or at leastchoose not to look at it. Due to thisfatal error in judgment, smokers aregenerally less prone to noticing othermistaken labels they have assigned tothe various other chemicals they pairwith them.
Smokers don’t just smoke alone.They smoke with caffeine, with alco-hol, with the very medicines theytake to help themselves through thenatural afflictions that stress themout, fueling the urge to smoke more.
Speak to a smoker who onlysmokes when they drink. You’ll findsomeone who smokes more on ac-count of not wanting to drink, whohas cycled in a two-pot-of-coffee ad-diction, or a 12-pack-of-Mountain-Dew habit. If you dig deeper, youwill find the ways people blind them-selves to the power smoking has overtheir minds and their souls.
Blinded to the negative impact the
combination of cigarettes and otherstimulants make when accompaniedwith a stop at Starbucks, the cost notonly affects the physical well being,but it is eating your wallet dry.
The addiction of smoking is inthe mind of the smoker. It manifestsitself through daily routine, throughthe habitual behavior that makes updaily culture. Beating the habit is tru-ly as easy as recognizing the pres-ence, identifying the placement andexecuting the goal of realizing howprecious one’s life really is.
Ask any smoker when they aregoing to quit and they will tell you agoal, or tell you at least one failed at-tempt to give it up. No one smokesand doesn’t see the stupidity, butevery moment of clarity has its ownline of lies and excuses that allow thecrutch to lie in their hand.
The most honest person can bemade a liar if they are a smoker, be-cause it is pure dishonesty they sellto themselves by not quitting. I haveheard and used the misperception andthe excuse that it is the addiction thatkeeps you smoking, that the habit iswhat you can’t quit.
When someone needs a cigarette,they crave a fix. This same fix can be
satisfied in so many other ways thatdon’t cost $5 a pack and lead to alife-ending disease down the road.
Taking the time to identify the is-sue or the emotion, in order to con-structively work through it in themind, is much more effective thanspeeding it up for a second followedby the smoky haze that clouds it.
By labeling smoking a habit, it isbelieved to be within human control.The habit is perpetuated by thosewho empower it, and by those whocondone it.
Society is now becoming less tol-erant of the ignorance and the effectsshared through second-hand smoke,and those who have been honestwith themselves of its harm are re-ceiving the most attention.
By not being allowed to smokeany longer, smokers now have to dealwith their habits and it’s time to seehow much control over the habit theyhave.
I am a recovering smoker. I smoked for over 15 years. I beat
the habit almost four weeks ago. Iused free nicotine patches and gumprovided by University Health Serv-ices. These resources are a $50 tool Iwas unable to afford on account ofmy $150-a-month habit.
I see the money I have saved. Ifeel the improvements to my senses,my breathing. I can survey thehealthiness that has begun to takeover my mind, the clarity of honestlogic and reason. I see the change inmy diet, the cravings for caffeine. Inow enjoy the true taste of food.
It is empowering to quit the habit,to beat the addiction, to live life with-out a crutch in the hand to hold onto.It is empowering to say, “I quit.”
Austin Hill is an English senior.E-mail [email protected].
AUSTINHILL
Kernelcolumnist
When someone needs acigarette, they crave a fix.
This same fix can be satisfied in so many otherways that don’t cost $5 a
pack and lead to a life-ending disease
down the road.
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It was with disappoint-ment and surprise that I readthe Nov. 11 edition of theKernel and could find no ref-erence to Veteran’s Day any-where.
Virtually every newspaperand publication in the nationhas some mention of the ob-servance of Veteran’s Day.With more than 400 veteranson campus representing a sig-nificant portion of UK’s pop-ulation, it seems the Kernelcould somehow find a fewinches of space to recognizethe sacrifices and contribu-tions of America’s fightingmen and women.
A large portion of the stu-dents here at the universityuse the Kernel as their pri-mary source of news.
As gatekeepers of relevantnews on campus, the Kernel’s
responsibility to it’s readerswould seem to include themention of a major holiday.
Whether by honest mis-take or deliberate omission,failure over the first three daysof this week to even makemention of America’s veteransmakes for poor editorial judg-ment on the part of the Ker-nel’s staff and leadership.
Every news show, news-paper and webcast in theUnited States will make somemention of both the holidayand those whom the holidayhonors. It seems the Kernel issingular in this failure tohighlight the contributions ofthose who gave so much forthe benefit of their nation.
Tyler GayheartBoard Member,
UK Military Veterans of America
UK’s smoking ban hitcampus Thursday. As a non-smoker, this will not affectme personally, but the livesof many will be completelyreshaped.
To be realistic, UK willnever be entirely smoke-free.
When half of the en-forcers themselves smoke, thechances are they will begung-ho on the idea for a fewweeks, and eventually willfind themselves hiding be-hind the trees taking a dragalongside the others.
So what can we do as auniversity to compromise be-tween the two groups?
I think we should grabhold of the policy Bluegrass
Community and TechnicalCollege adopted in August.
With designated smokingareas, smokers will not haveto venture off campus tosmoke, be late for classes be-cause of their need for a ciga-rette or drop their cigarettebutts in local neighborhoods,but will be forced to grouptogether in a smaller, morecontrolled area.
In a perfect world, thesmoking ban at UK would ridthe campus of addiction, pol-lution and allergies, butmaybe the most realistic firststep would be a compromise.
Emily Weberjournalism freshman
Tobacco-free initiativeneeds compromise
Ban only achieves increating controversy
Walking to class has alwaysbeen an adventure, attemptingto avoid the smoke zones creat-ed by pedestrians lighting updirectly in front of you.
Although this can be un-pleasant, the smoke soon dissi-pates, and the slight distress itcauses is not a leading factorof students skipping class, noris it affecting the grade pointaverage of this university.
On Nov. 19, the ability foran 18-year-old to be permittedto smoke is being revoked bythe university. It is becomingillegal, something which theywill be written up for, as theyonce were in high school orjust told not to do, as theywere by their parents.
The smoking ban is takingaway the ability for collegestudents to feel like, collegestudents.
Days before the smokingban took place, it seemed to bethe topic of life while passingthrough a large group of smok-ers in front of the W. T. Young
Library. It was even a typicalconversation to hear whilewalking throughout my dorm.
These students are notpleased with this ban, they arenot willing to walk all the wayoff campus just to get their“smoke on.” Many promise thisban isn’t about to stop themfrom smoking at their leisure.
The ban seems a little dras-tic to me. The university couldhave found a way to compro-mise with the smoking studentpopulation — giving themsmoking sections, or enforcinga rule to not smoke directlynext to a building — instead oftaking away something that forsome students was a form ofstress management.
This ban was created to re-duce the amount of smoke inthe air, but created a smokin’topic that is found all overcampus.
Kerry Davidsonagricultural communications
freshman
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“Today we are all smok-ers,” Wheeler said as he lit acigarette. “This is the smokeof liberty my friends, enjoyit.”
UK Police surroundedthe Student Center patio andin front of POT. AssistantVice President for PublicSafety and co-chair of theTobacco-Free Campus TaskForce Anthany Beatty saidthe police were made awareof the protests beforehand,but no specific orders weregiven.
Wednesday evening, UKPhysical Plant workers col-lected smoking posts and oldtrashcans from around UK'scampus. Bob Wiseman, vicepresident for facilities man-agement, said the total dollaramount for 15 new trashcansand 30 trashcan lids, in addi-tion to 100 more ordered,came to $19,895.
The old concrete trash-cans have been taken to thegrounds compound nearCommonwealth Stadium tobe decided whether they willbe sold or recycled or both.
John Nunnelley, an Eng-lish sophomore and a non-
smoker, said he would notconfront a smoker becausehe does not agree with theban.
“If it’s outdoors then it’sfine,” Nunnelley said. “It’snot like you are trapped nextto a smoker outside.”
Political science sopho-more Zach Schiff said he un-derstands the ban but saidUK’s reasoning was not onlyfor a healthy environment.
“I understand UK is try-ing to implement the ban, butI think they are too worriedabout the school’s image(rather) than the students’ in-terest,” Schiff said.
History junior and for-mer Student Governmentpresidential candidate TylerOwen said making thechoice to use tobacco prod-ucts should be the student’schoice alone.
“They're trying to makeit about our health and that'sour choice,” Owen said. “... I'm upset with peoplewho smoke and walkthrough crowds. That's notpolite. But I can sit here bymyself and not bother any-body.”
Staff writer Laura Clarkcontributed to this report
TOBACCOContinued from page 1
PHOTO BY ADAM WOLFFBRANDT | STAFFUK students and faculty watch from White Hall Classroom Building as the protest against the newlyimplemented tobacco ban continues at Patterson Office Tower on Thursday.
PHOTO BY SCOTT HANNIGAN | STAFFUK students and other protesters walk to Patterson Office Towerfrom the Student Center Patio to continue their protest on Thursday,the first day of the tobacco-free campus.