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Campus renovations and the presidentialsearch was the primary focus of the board oftrustees meeting Tuesday night.
At the Student Affairs Committee Meeting,a $23 million renovation was announced forthe Student Center.
“It’s the most we can do given the circum-stances that we have,” Student GovernmentPresident Ryan Smith said.
More than $17 million for the project willcome from agency bonds and over $5 millionwill come from cash on hand.
There will be an increase under the 6 per-cent cap for tuition and student fees to helppay for the renovation which will effect inter-nal and external features of the building.
“We want to open up the facility, so thestudent can feel and experience where theirmoney went,” Vice President for Student Af-fairs Robert Mock Jr. said.
The students will be able to have a largeamount of input regarding their Student Cen-ter.
“We’re going to get feedback from stu-dents,” Mock said. “We’re going to go back toSG and say ‘OK, now this is the dollar amountwe are working with. What would you like tosee?’ We’re going to try to integrate as muchof their input as we can.”
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Hundreds rallied outsidethe Fayette Circuit Court-house on Tuesday to supportthe current uprising againstthe government of Libya.
The demonstration wasput together by UK studentLuebab Ahmed, a psychologyand business sophomore, andhis mother, Wafa Nashnoush,to show support to their rela-
tives and other fellow Libyans. “(This rally) was sparked
from what’s going on there,”Ahmed said. “It’s difficult tosit back and know that youhave family members that arejust being slaughtered in thestreets and I’m in the comfortsof home … I wish I could gothere right now, but I can’t.”
Ahmed said helping put onthe protest was really close tohis heart because of his father’spast actions and the current ac-tions of his family in Libya.
“It means a whole lot tome because this situation isn’tsomething that has been newto me. It’s not something thatwe’re just now experiencing,”Ahmed said. “Specifically, inmy past my father had takenaction into his own handswhen he was in college, andbecause of doing that he wasimprisoned, tortured and thenmanaged to escape. That’swhen we immigrated to theUnited States.”
His mother, Nashnoushsaid she loves her homecountry of Libya, but did notrealize Ahmed had the samefeelings until recently.
“I was really proud of
Luebab, I was sad that I hadmore feelings towards myhome country, but Luebabproved to me that he has asmuch belonging and feelingas I have,” Nashnoush said.
With a crowd of around80 people in attendance,Ahmed handed out signs forthe attendees to hold, andspoke about the problems inLibya as well as getting rid ofLibyan President MuammarGaddafi. Many protestorsbrought the old Libyan flag towear or wave around.
Mariam Addaret, a fellowprotester began with a speech
Libyan crisis reaches the bluegrass
See LIBYA on page 3
Students, Lexingtonshow support with rally
By Drew Teague
PHOTO BY BRANDON GOODWIN | STAFFBiology freshman Kasum Abdallah holds a flag in a downtownprotest against Libya’s government.
Trustees talkprez search, renovations
By Gary Hermann
See TRUSTEES on page 3
Students wanting to apply for StudentGovernment positions have one week left toturn in applications.
The deadline to apply for SG positions likepresident, vice president, senator-at-large andcollege and graduate senator is March 2 by 4p.m.
Todd Cox, assistant director of Student In-volvement, said applicants must complete cer-tain steps to be placed on the ballot.
Any student can apply for SG, Cox said. Students must complete the actual one-
page application form, turn in a $30 deposit,collect a certain number of signatures depend-ing on the position and e-mail a platform state-ment to SG.
By Taylor [email protected]
SG applicationdeadline
approaching
See SG on page 3
For many students, the cri-sis in Libya feels like a repeatof the recent episode in Egypt.However, for sisters MarwaEl-Amri, junior, and MunaAmry, senior, it is a call toduty to protect their homeland.
The UK students traveledto Washington D.C. lastThursday to help in alertingthe public of the situation inLibya, the African country inwhich they were born.
"What started it, of course,was what happened in Tunisiaand Egypt. We're trying tooverthrow a dictator who hasbeen in office for over fortyyears," El-Amri said.
The dictator Muammar el-Qaddafi’s main focus is ex-panding Libya's influence innorthern Africa and increasingwealth through the oil industry.
The sisters decided to takethe trip to Washington D.C.when they heard of the dangerthat is lurking in the streets ofTripoli, Libya's capital city.
"It's kind of turned into amassacre," El-Amri said."Qaddafi has ordered air-planes and tanks to shoot peo-ple on cue."
For almost a week, El-Amri and Amry have beenmaking calls to Libya, trans-lating the information they aregiven and posting the newsfor the world to see.
"Qaddafi has a really tightcontrol on the media," Amrysaid. "It is up to the people notjust to protest but to get thenews out ... we want to bypassthe media blackhole."
The programs that enabledthe girls to take the trip areFed 17 and Enough. Their pri-mary goal is to raise aware-ness of genocide throughcampaigning and fundraising.
As for school, both agreedthat professors have been un-derstanding and even excusedthem from a few of their as-signments.
In addition to translatingand posting news, El-Amriand Amry attended protests inanother attempt to make theirvoices heard.
"When it first started fiveor six days ago, nobody knewanything about what was hap-pening. They just knew some-thing was going on," Amrysaid. "I feel like this puts pres-sure on Qaddafi not to ignoreit.”
Libyanstudents
speak out
By Amelia Orwick
COURTESY OF PHOTOSPIN
For many Americans whosuffer from a mental illness,seeking help is a tough first stepto take.
It is generally accepted thatbody image disorders result froma combination of the media rep-resentations of the “ideal” bodyand pre-existing mental health is-sues. These are universal prob-lems that do not discriminate bygender, race or ethnicity; but forthe men who suffer from bulimiaand anorexia, taking that firststep to recovery may be a bittougher.
“It's harder for men to gethelp,” Donna Foster, director ofthe Kentucky Center for Eatingand Weight Disorders said.“They all feel a whole lot ofshame.”
By Colin [email protected]
Atoughfirststep
See DISORDERS on page 3
The struggle
between men,
eating disorders
UK sisters
protest, educate
about homeland
One of the most prominentgovernment agencies in thecountry is coming to the JamesW. Stuckert Career Center onWednesday evening to discusspotential career opportunitieswithin their branch.
Since 1947, when PresidentTruman signed the National Se-
curity Act, the CIA has beencharged with coordinating thenation’s intelligence activitiesand correlating, evaluating anddisseminating intelligence af-fecting national security, accord-ing to the CIA’s website.
As students prepare for po-tential internships and job op-portunities, the CIA has recog-nized UK as a top university foremployee recruitment by reach-
ing out to the Career Center forthis event.
“We didn’t choose them, theyselected the University of Ken-tucky to invite some of the beststudents in the country (for jobopportunities),” Lenroy Jones, as-sociate director and manager ofcorporate relations for the Stuck-ert Career Center said.
Agency representatives will
Agency seeks potential hires
By Shelisa Melendez
See CIA on page 3
CIA looks to bring UK students on to staff
Humans are increasingly be-coming a major staple on the in-ternational market.
The illegal slavery of youngwomen and underage girls assexual commodities is becomingmore profitable and more preva-
lent in the U.S.Sarah Buel, director of the
Diane Halle Center for FamilyJustice at Arizona State Univer-sity’s College of Law, will visitUK’s campus on today to dis-cuss this human trafficking issuein her lecture titled “A GlobalCrisis, A Global Response.”
Buel, a survivor herself and
a nationally renowned expert onthis illegal market, will specifi-cally discuss the coercion andagency aspects of human traf-ficking.
“A Global Crisis, A GlobalResponse” is part of the Spring2011 Invited Lecture Series
Lecturer talks human traffickingBy Joy Priest
See HUMAN on page 2
PAGE 2 | Wednesday, February 23, 2011
To get the advantage, check theday's rating: 10 is the easiest day,0 the most challenging. Aries (March 21-April 19) —Today is a 7 — When you focuson limitation, that is all you'll see.Take time to notice what's avail-able. There are more resourcesthan you first see to surpassobstacles. Taurus (April 20-May 20) —Today is a 7 — With all the socialactivity going on, take some timeto yourself to think things over.Practice meditation, whether sim-ply by breathing or doing dishes.Gemini (May 21-June 21) —Today is a 9 — A lot of energyfluctuates around your career forthe next few days. You feel com-petent, energetic and ready totake it on. You're grateful to be ofservice. Cancer (June 22-July 22) —Today is a 7 — Your mind wantsto go on vacation. Go ahead, andtake that trip. If traveling is out of
the question, armchair vacationsare all the rage. Add a bubblebath. Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) — Todayis a 6 — Let the right side of thebrain rule today. Paint a picture. Ifyou don't think you can paint, thinkagain. Who says you have to fol-low the rules? Art is relative. Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) —Today is a 5 — It's time to writeletters to special people. Commu-nicate your love, admiration andrespect for lasting impact. Theyweren't expecting it. Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) —Today is a 7 — Try mundane activ-ities with your eyes closed, likebrushing teeth. Really notice themoment. You may discover some-thing new in the familiar. It's agood metaphor. Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) —Today is an 8 — Your ideas keeppouring out. Write them down.Learn a new creative hobby.Remember that the joy lies in theprocess and not necessarily theend result.
Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)— Today is a 7 — It's time forquiet reflection. Meditate. Lookinto your heart. Listen to silence.Spend time with Mother Nature.She loves you unconditionally.Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) —Today is a 7 — The clouds areparting, and you see everythingclearly now. Get a new notepadfor doodling and writing it down.Don't buy on credit. Save up forwhat you need. Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) —Today is an 8 — Be grateful foryour work. Share your knowledge.You can contribute to others with-out spending a pretty penny. Offerkind words and the gift of yourtime. Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) —Today is an 8 — Your social lifejust got busier. You may want togo on a long adventure. Be readyto have others who want to comealong for the ride. Why not?
NEW YORK - Two actresses are runningvery different Oscar campaigns these days,raising questions about their odds of winning.
One of them may be improv-ing her chances, while theother may be sinking them.
Melissa Leo is consid-ered the front-runner for bestsupporting actress, for “TheFighter.” Before Oscar nomi-nations were even an-nounced, she won the equiv-alent at the Golden Globes,
which seemed like a just reward for a hard-working actress who, at 47, became an indiedarling for her performance in the 2008 film“Frozen River.”
That warm, fuzzy feeling began evaporat-ing when Leo launched her own Oscar cam-paign, taking out ads in trade magazines fea-turing a glamorous photo of herself under the
slogan “Consider ...” Leo bluntly admitted shewas “pimping” herself, which is fair enough,though she also used that word to describe thepromotional efforts of 14-year-old Hailee Ste-infeld, a competitor for the same award. Pun-dits are now wondering whether Leo’s seem-ingly crass tactics will lead Oscar voters to tapHelena Bonham Carter (“The King’s Speech”)instead.
Meantime, Annette Bening (“The KidsAre All Right”) is running her best-actresscampaign the old-fashioned way, blanketingthe media with appearances. Recently shehas spoken with Jay Leno, Regis Philbin,Jimmy Fallon and Charlie Rose, in additionto showing up at numerous other publicevents. Charming and self-effacing, Beningseems to be lessening the distance betweenherself and the Oscar, though it still seemsdestined to go to Natalie Portman for “BlackSwan.”
Will any of it make a difference? Oscarvoting closes Tuesday, and after that onlyPricewaterhouseCoopers will know.
Melissa Leo has fighting spirit
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sponsored by UK’s Center forResearch on Violence AgainstWomen, the Department ofGender and Women’s Studiesand the UK College of Law.
Carol Jordan, director ofthe Center for Research onViolence Against Women,said she invited Sarah Buel tospeak on this issue becauseshe is exceptionally skilled inthe areas of legal matters andresearch and can address bothsides in her lecture.
“I think (human traffick-ing) is an issue that is increas-ingly coming to the aware-ness of the law enforcementcommunity and women’s ad-vocates, as well as the re-search community and acade-mia,” Jordan said. “There arecomplex legal and critical re-
search issues that need to beaddressed.”
Jordan said 100 peopleare expected at the event andthe room will be filled withfaculty, students and staffwho have a research interest,in addition to attorneys whowork with victims of humantrafficking in Kentucky.
“We’re going to be talk-ing about the plight of girlsand women and the attentionof the commonwealth, the ac-ademic and legal community,is much needed,” Jordan said.
Cristina Alcalde, assistantprofessor of Gender andWomen’s Studies said shehopes that students, facultyand community memberscome away from the lecturefeeling more knowledgeableand prepared to take action onthis issue.
“Human trafficking af-fects every world region, in-cluding the U.S.,” Alcaldesaid. “It is also connected toother human rights issues,such as domestic violence,which takes place in every re-gion. Kentucky, Lexingtonand this campus have a roleto play in better understand-ing and preventing humantrafficking.”
“Coercion and Agency inHuman Trafficking” will bepresented by Sarah BuelWednesday from noon to1:30 p.m. in the College ofLaw Building Courtroom.
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If you goWhat: Coercion and Agencyin Human TraffickingWhen: Today at 12 p.m.Where: College of LawCourtroom
from the front
about why they were gatheredtoday.
“We felt compelled tomake a stand and give a voiceto the Libyan people, sincethey don’t have one,” Addaretsaid. “For over 40 years,Muammar Gaddafi has consis-tently demonstrated a flagrantdisregard for the right ofLibyan citizens to live in peaceand dignity. He has shown theworld he wouldn’t bat an eye-lash at killing the entire Libyannation as long as he can keep
his power. The people of Libyaare paying the ultimate pricefor freedom, they are sacrific-ing their lives so that otherscan live with dignity.”
Suleiman Darrat, a pro-fessor of Islamic studies and anative of Libya, has been inthe U.S. for about 26 yearsand said he feels that theprotest gives those youngpeople who have never beento their homeland a strongconnection to their roots.
“Keep in mind that allthese young people you seehere are born and raised inLexington, in Kentucky,” Dar-rat said. “Many of them neverwent home, could not go homebecause of their situations oftheir parents, but still their con-nections to the homeland oftheir parents is so strong thatthey feel that they want tobring to their homeland of theirparents the same values thatthey want to enjoy here.”
Darrat led the group insinging the nation’s old na-tional anthem “Libya, Libya,Libya.”
There also were Egypt-
ian-Americans at the rallyand others supporting theLibyan people in their fightfor freedom.
“Luebab (Ahmed) came inand told us about all his familymembers who are still in Libyaand it really made me cry,”Tyler Miller, an undecidedfreshman minoring in Arabicstudies said. “It made me up-set, so I wanted to be out here.”
Ahmed and others are
spreading the word by con-tacting Libyans and postingvideos and pictures on the In-ternet, so people can see whatis happening inside Libya.
“Now that this is finallygoing on, I am saddenedabout all the lives that are be-ing lost for no reason,”Ahmed said. “But I’m also sohappy and so proud to see theold Libyan flag waving in thesecond largest city of Libya.”
Wednesday, February 23, 2011 | PAGE 3
end and has been funded through theend of 2011, according to Smith.
At the meeting, many topics sur-rounded President Lee Todd’s retire-ment and the hiring ofhis successor.
A committee wasestablished to plan acelebration of the pres-idency of Todd.
It was also estab-lished that the presi-dential search processwould adhere to totalconfidentiality. Theprocess would becomeopen only if “all finalistsagree.”
There is a plan in place to bring thepreferred candidate to UK before a fi-nal hire is made.
Chief Information Officer VinceKlein presented on information tech-nology at UK and said there is a 51percent growth among instructors us-ing Blackboard.
UK Distance Learning and the UKmobile application are also rapidlygrowing, Klein said.
Todd spoke about many of the suc-
cesses of UK this school year includingthe Kentucky Satellite, the GattonBusiness School CPA program, thePatterson School iPads, and AwesomeTouch, a student company.
“We do unique things here,” Toddsaid. “We take ideas and concepts andapply them across the state.”
Todd said the firstDecember commence-ment ceremony was a“wonderful experi-ence,” and that hewould like to add “apersonal touch to thespring commence-ment.”
Todd also ad-dressed the contract ex-tension of Athletic Di-
rector Mitch Barnhart.“It is my responsibility to recruit
and retain top talent to this university,”Todd said. “I’d like to have done it ayear ago.”
The College of Education Depart-ment of Science, Technology, Engi-neering and Math (STEM) was ap-proved by the board. The Telecommu-nications program has been renamedMedia Arts and Studies.
During the meetings, UK acceptedmore than $5.6 million in gifts andpledges, according to a press release.
TRUSTEESContinued from page 1
news
According to the NationalEating Disorders Association,10 million Americans sufferfrom an eating disorder, andone million of those whohave reported the disease aremen.
However, despite itstreatability, anorexia has thehighest premature fatality rateof any mental illness; it is un-derfunded and its causes aremisunderstood.
“It certainly has enoughstigma on it for females,” JillKindy, sports dietitian andHealth Education Coordinatorat UK said.
“But for men it can beeven harder. In general guysdon’t tend to ask for help, andwomen are more likely to. To
be honest some of the guysI’ve had as patients have beenthe sickest because they waitso long to seek help,” shesaid.
When the statistics areconsidered, it can still be easyto assume men might be lesslikely to develop an eatingdisorder. But according toKindy, these disorders don’tdevelop alone, and otherhealth problems that alsodon’t discriminate againstgender are often contributingfactors.
“With any eating disorderyou almost always have otherconditions that go along withit, which is why it’s just aseasy for a guy to develop(eating) disorders,” Kindysaid.
Kindy continued to saythat women are not the onlyones who suffer from mental
disorders along with their eat-ing disorders.
“Most of the time they gowith other things mental dis-orders such as obsessivecompulsive disorder, depres-sion and anxiety; and guysare just as likely to sufferfrom these mental disordersjust as women.”
According to Mary Bolin,director of the UK Counsel-ing Center, the numbers donot reflect the fact that menare just as susceptible to thesediseases as women.
“Statistically, the reportedprevalence rate for eating dis-orders in males is lower thanfor females,” Bolin said. “Butmales can experience any ofthe forms of disordered eat-ing, exercise, or body image.
Bolin says that genderdoes not play a role in the in-ternel or external control is-
sues in ones life.“Regardless of gender, for
some individuals there are is-sues of control of one’s life –which may take the form ofregulating nutrition, exerciseand perception of one’s bodyand appearance meeting somestandard – internal or exter-nal,” Bolin said.
Athletes who have tomeet a certain weight require-ment or need to appear physi-cal, often reach higher rates.
“Rates are often higherfor males who must ‘makeweight’ [jockeys, wrestlers,body builders, any sport withweight classes or limits] orwhere physical appearance ispart of the ‘game’ – divers,gymnasts, dancers, skaters.For some males the ‘ideal’ isto be as thin as possible andstill have muscle definition –be ripped,” Bolin said.
Even with the prevalenceand dangers of eating disor-ders, there is still inadequatefunding.
In 2005, the National In-stitutes of Health estimatedthat funding for anorexiatreatment was $7 million,
while funding forAlzheimer’s disease, whichaffects less than half as manypeople, was $412 million.
The outlook for the futuremay be calling for these num-bers to change, however.
“It is on the rise,” Kindysaid. “It used to be a ‘middleclass white girl disease,’ butnow we are just as likely tosee African American womenmen and even now interna-tional students. It is on therise overall.”
Those who need help tak-ing the first step to recoveringfrom an eating disorder cancontact the University ofKentucky Counseling Centerby dialing (859) 257-8701 orby visiting 201 Frazee Hall.
DISORDERSContinued from page 1
According to the SG filing and elec-tion procedures, president and vice presi-dent tickets must obtain 500 signatures,and senator-at-large candidates must ob-tain 200 signatures.
Candidates need 2 percent of theircollege or 25 signatures, whichever ishigher, and graduate students need 0.5 ofthe graduate school or 25 signatures,whichever is higher.
Once students have turned theseitems in, the Election Board will certifythe signatures the students turned in tomake sure they are legitimate, Cox said.
Mary Kate Fulton, chair of the Elec-tion Board, said a candidate’s platformwill be based on his or her goals.
“It really depends on what’s going onin the community at UK,” Fulton said.
After all application materials areturned in, Cox said candidates must at-tend a meeting the Monday after the ap-plication deadline.
If a candidate attends the meetingand his or her signatures are legitimate,he or she will be placed on the ballot,Cox said.
Cox said members of SG can give astudent voice to help reshape policies atUK because they are representatives ofthe campus community.
Some recognizable names of formerSG presidents include Gov. SteveBeshear, former Lexington Mayor JimNewberry, and Dr. Britt Brockman, cur-rent chairman of the UK board oftrustees.
SG elections will be held March 30-31 at several polling locations and on-line, according to the SG 2011 SpringElection Timeline.
Uncertified results will be announcedMarch 31.
For more information, go touksga.org.
SGContinued from page 1
“With any eating disorder youalmost always have
other conditions thatgo along with it...”
JILL KINDYHealth Education Coordinator
PHOTO BY BRANDON GOODWIN | STAFFLexington residents protested Libyam Col. Muammar Gaddafi’s position on current protests and turmoil in the country.
“It is myresponsibility to
recruit and retain toptalent to this university”
LEE TODDUK President
cover a wide range of topics such asthe agency mission, potential careeropportunities and the online applica-tion process.
The agency representatives willprimarily focus on employment oppor-tunities for the finance officer position,which is a full-time position based inWashington D.C., with an annualsalary ranging from $53,468 - $79,122.
“The CIA would be a prestigiousemployer through counter terrorismefforts … these agencies are increas-ing hiring, likely to be an exciting andstimulating work environment,” ChrisClifford, an assistant finance professorsaid.
Despite the primary focus being ona financial position, students in all ma-jors are welcome to attend.
“Any student interested in lookingat job or internship opportunities shouldattend,” Jones said. “They (CIA) recruitpsychology, different sciences, busi-ness, IT and medical majors.”
Jones also suggested that studentsvisit the agency’s website before at-tending the event, to see the full list ofavailable employment opportunities.
CIA employment requirements are
the same for both full-time employ-ment and internship applicants — U.S.citizenship, successful completion of amedical evaluation, polygraph inter-view and an extensive background in-vestigation.
Students who attend will have theopportunity to ask the agency repre-sentatives any questions they mayhave at the close of the presentation.
Journalism sophomore RachelSarnovsky believes this type of em-ployment opportunity does not presentitself often.
“I think it would be cool becausethe CIA to me is a secret service. Be-ing able to learn more about it, or get-ting involved with it is a unique oppor-tunity for students,” she said.
Interviews for CIA positions willbe conducted on Feb. 24.
The event will be Wednesday at 7p.m. at the James W. Stuckert CareerCenter.
CIAContinued from page 1
If you goWhat: CIA employment presentationWhen: Wednesday at 7 p.m.Where: Stuckert Career CenterAdmission: free
LIBYAContinued from page 1
“We felt compelled to make a
stand and give avoice to the Libyan
people...”MARIAM ADDARRET
protester
PAGE 4 | Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Every year the ChristianStudent Fellowship puts on aPsalm(ish) Night where in-stead of a spoken sermon, asinger, songwriter and story-teller will perform for students.
On Thursday night, at8 p.m., Andrew Peterson willperform at the CSF buildingfor free. Peterson writes all ofhis work himself and playsacoustic guitar.
“People know the CSF be-cause of the water balloon fightat the beginning of the year orpancakes on Friday nights,”Brian Marshall, CSF's directorsaid. “But we wanted to givestudents a chance to hang outand listen to good music andhear an honest story.”
Peterson says that he isdeeply influenced to share hishappiness.
“When I hear and see art itinfluences me on a deep leveland it affects the thoughts andjoy I have,” Peterson said. “Itgives us a sense that there issomething great and mysteri-ous out there. A feeling thatGod has swept us up. When Itell my story, I hope that theaudience can believe some-thing they couldn't believe be-fore.”
Marshall said Peterson hasan uncanny ability to tell astory.
“(Peterson) just has thisamazing ability to turn smallstories into a gigantic pic-ture,” Marshall said.
Marshall believes that Pe-terson is the best Christianlyricist.
“I love his storytelling. I'vediscussed this with other peo-ple and we agree that he's thebest Christian lyricist in thecountry. He doesn't set Godapart from life. He sings abouthuman nature and I thought I'dlove to have him do that live. Ilove his humility and how helives a life with God.”
Peterson's latest album“Counting Stars” was No. 5on Christianity Today's top al-bums of 2010.
“I think that it only reallymattered because more peo-ple heard my music,” Peter-son said.
Peterson’s artistry is driv-en not by money and fame,but by impacting the lives ofothers.
“What drives me is asense of satisfaction,” Peter-son said. “I want to movepeople. I want people to cry. Iwant to inspire 20 more peo-ple to buy the record.”
Music isn't Peterson'sonly project. He's written aseries of books called theWingfeather Saga.
“I love stories and I waskind of a nerdy kid in juniorhigh school. I read a lot. Icared a little too much aboutmusic and movies, but I wasmore interested in guitar than
writing stories for a living,”he said.
Peterson's wife of 16years and his three kids in-spired him to start writingstories.
“I'm always reading sto-ries to them at night and indoing that it made me feellike I was 12 years old again.I was so moved by how thestories moved them.”
It was a famous authorwho helped Peterson developa stronger love for Christ.
“I've always been a C.S.Lewis fan, Peterson said. He,more than any other person,has helped me love Jesus. Hehelped me think about Jesusin a whole new way. Look atAslan in the Chronicles ofNarnia. I'm also a big Tolkienfan. I was intrigued by thefact that they were friends.”
Lewis and Tolkien wouldalways drink at this pub in Ox-ford sharing stories, critiquingeach other and laughing withfriends. Peterson visited thispub while in England on tour.
“When I was in Oxford Isat in the backroom. Thisroom was the Rabbit Roomand I decided to create thisreplica, this online place toshare and explore ideas andwhat happens when you gath-er with Christ to share adven-tures,” Peterson said.
When Peterson takes thestage he says he has a tenden-cy to over share.
“I've never had a hardtime going on stage, petersonsaid. Frederick Buechneronce wrote, 'the story of oneof us is the story of us all.'
“What I believe is thatthere is a great darkness inthe world. God is trying tohold back that darkness. WhatI want to do is go into thedarkness with beautiful thingsand I want to shed light onthe darkness,” Peterson said.
Peterson welcomes peo-ple of all walks of life tocome listen to his music withan open mind.
“No one is allowed todance,” Peterson says abouthis audience at his shows.
“I'm only joking.Whomever comes to see meplay is fine with me. What Ihope is that the audiencecomes willing to listen. Comewith an openness, and thatapplies to every nook andcranny of life. Stories are allaround you. Around everycorner is grace.”
Christian musiciancomes to CSF
By Mary Duffy
Instead of “suck it Trebek,” howabout a “suck it Watson” after the eventsthat unfolded last week?
Watson, an IBM-produced supercomput-er, created quite a stirwhen it handily defeat-ed former “Jeopardy!”record-setting contest-ants, know-it-alls KenJennings and BradRutter, in an exhibitionmatch on the long-run-ning quiz show wherecontestants supply thequestions to the an-swer.
So, in one foulswoop, artificial intelligence made amockery of the quiz show that CanadianAlex Trebek (Canada’s favorite son) hashosted since 1984 with style andaplomb.
As host of the smart person’s versionof “Wheel of Fortune,” Trebek remainsever stoic and gives the best snide “Ohh,I’m sorry” remarks when a contestant in-correctly answers “Voltaire” when a“Camus” was clearly necessary. Betteryet, he displays great range in his actingability, as he looks genuinely interestedin the stories of the genius children who
periodically appear on the show andshare their love of logic as it’s found innature and quantum mechanics.
Even in the face of IBM-producedavatar, Trebek, the consummate profes-sional, showed the utmost respect toWatson, which finished the three-daychallenge with a final score of $77,147,compared to Jennings’ $24,000 and Rut-ter’s $21,600.
Watson used a complicated systemof algorithms to parse clues by keywordsand sentence fragments to generate re-sponses to questions. Watson would thenrank the best responses based on statisti-cal probability and would buzz in only ifits confidence level was above a certainthreshold (basically, Watson had no figu-rative or literal balls).
Watson’s designers gave an insidelook as to how all this was made possi-ble and explained that POWER7 proces-sor-based systems blah, blah, blah, sci-ence, blah, blah, blah, more science.
But the greatest revelation was howlittle appreciation of Trebek the design-ers of Watson seemed to possess.
If you’re going to spend time mak-ing a computer with a sole purpose ofdoing well on “Jeopardy!” (why spendtime helping people with this technologywhen we can finally put Jennings in his
place, right?) you should make it a bigTrebek fan, but Watson exhibited no Tre-bekian adoration. How unbelievable.
As the victor of this challenge, Wat-son netted itself $1 million, which itdonated to charity proving, once again,that supercomputers still have a lot tolearn.
However, as a result of the show,you might ponder whether Man willeventually be replaced by machine.When the robot takeover might begin? Ifit will be a violent coup?
Or, perhaps, the most importantquestion of all: Does Trebek look betterwith or without his moustache that heshaved away in 2001 after three decadesof upper lip company?
This Canadian will be able to live inpeace, even if my toaster becomes myoverseer, if I know Trebek is clean-shaven and remains the best damngameshow host in the universe.
Canuck it Trebek: Host vs. computer
NICKCRADDOCK
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Every now and again anti-coal sentiment flares upamong the urbanites in central Kentucky. It shouldn’t sur-prise anyone that most of them seem to have minimal con-nection to coal mining country, but that’s why I’m writingthis article: to inform. Here are three points they seem tomiss about a government-controlled (or highly regulated)coal industry.
1. Coal is the only thing eastern Kentucky has. Povertyis rampant in eastern Kentucky. This is a fact. I’ve experi-enced this first hand. Of my large family in Appalachia,the only ones among them who aren’t straddling the pover-ty line have coal jobs, and they pay shockingly well. Witha little bit of training and dedication, a coal job can makeyou nearly $100,000 a year. I occasionally wonder why Ipass it up so I can just come out of college unemployed.It’s dangerous, but so are most jobs that don’t involve sit-ting in an office all day. If Frankfort decided to shut downcoal, what little prosperity that troubled region has wouldquickly die. Just to add another dimension to it, it wouldprobably drive a portion of my family, and many, manyothers into deeper financial trouble.
2. Coal keeps energy cheap. Coal produces 94 percentof energy in Kentucky. This means that every tax or arbi-trary regulation we put on coal will increase the electricbill for this state. Now, it’s easy to see this as a nonissue ifyou have plenty of money to waste, but let me tell you,winter electric bills suck. If they rose significantly, I would
probably have to move home, as I’m sure many studentswould consider. But at least I have an out. Imagine theKentucky’s poor when energy bills continue to rise. Mak-ing our energy more expensive would just increase statepoverty, lead to more reliance on state programs furtheringour debt and scare away would-be businesses.
3. More government control isn’t helping things. Themore control government has of an industry, the moreprone to corruption politicians will be. Huge regulatorypowers in the hands of state and local bureaucrats is ascary thing, and spreads to other government sectors. Whywouldn’t corporations fund campaigns and slide money un-der the table if they needed politicians and bureaucrats togive them permission and funds to undergo certain proj-ects? When this corruption gets going, certain government-backed corporations start to get preferential treatment overother groups, and don’t get cracked down on when theyhonestly break the law and disrespect the lives and proper-ty of others. Extensive government control creates a cor-rupt and unjust system.
So there are my three points. Coal isn’t perfect. Evenstill, I think these three points make a case for leaving coalalone that I think many people often marginalize or forget.So next time you get passionately anti-coal, consider thesepoints, and how anti-coal policy will impact the lives ofKentuckians.
M. Nolan GrayPhilosophy and political science freshman
Three reasons why coal protesters get it wrongLETTER TO THE EDITOR
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Capitol sleep-inhighlights rightsin 1st Amendment
When protestors gathered at the Capitol over the week-end of Feb. 11 to convey a sense of immediacy in regards tohalting mountaintop removal and strip mining to Gov. SteveBeshear, an underused right was put into action.
Americans’ freedom to assemble and express a collectivefeeling is one that often falls to the wayside, taken for grant-ed at times even. The importance for the general public toarticulate its feelings and opinions to governmental officialsis as elevated as ever if it wants results.
A democracy is intended to be just that: a governmentthat is run by the people and that is fit for the people of thisnation. Individuals around the country seem to have let theconcept this country was founded on slip away from them.
In this instance, Kentuckians concerned about an electedofficial’s actions pertaining to destruction of their homestate’s environment staged a gathering of environmentaliststo get their point across.
Though coal extraction from the Commonwealth is con-troversial and forces Kentucky residents to choose a side,the actuality that the act of protesting is possible from anyview is a common movement all can take part in. That sig-nificance is a bonding concept on its own.
But some individuals don’t believe the liberties of freespeech and assembly afforded to U.S. citizens are universal-ly understood.
“This action is one part of a historical struggle and anAppalachian struggle,” protester Martin Mudd said in a Feb.14 Kernel article. “Also, really important to me is that weexercise our democracy — true democracy in my mind isparticipatory and representative. That’s not the way it is rightnow.”
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UK head coach JohnCalipari couldn’t have beenmore serious when he said heknows why his team playedso well in its last two games.
“We were at home.”But with the regular season
winding down and every gamehaving postseason implica-tions, the Cats have to go onthe road two more times beforethe conference tournament.The first matchup of whichcomes Wednesday at Arkansas.
UK (19-7, 7-5 Southeast-ern Conference) has struggledwhen traveling in conferenceplay this season, notchingonly one win to five losses.
“We’ve played fairly wellon the road, and we’ve givenourselves a chance to winevery game,” Calipari said.“We’ve lost five nail-biters.We’ve been up 18 and madeit a five-point game three dif-ferent times. We’ve beendown 18, made it a one-pointgame with the ball and thenlost twice. We’ve just got tofinish some games off.”
Though optimistic, Cali-pari said the team must bringits best stuff Wednesday nightor it could find itself emptyon the road again.
Arkansas (16-10, 5-7SEC) is 4-2 in the conferenceat home this season, includinga five-point victory over SECWest-leading Alabama onJan. 15. The win came on theshoulders of junior RotneiClarke, a guard Calipari saidwill be a key factor inwhether or not UK is able tocome away with a win.
“He’s shooting deepthrees. He can do to us what(Vanderbilt sophomore guardJohn) Jenkins did to us …He’s really good, but so aretheir other guards. This is ateam that is dangerous.”
The Cats met the Razor-backs only once last season,
romping them 101-70 at RuppArena. But UK knows theyhave a target on their backs inopposing arenas.
“We feel like we’re pre-pared, we expect (to haveArkansas’ best shot),” juniorDarius Miller said. “We’regood, ready to go and confi-dent. We just have to stay fo-cused and give them a goodrun. We know we’ll be goinginto a packed house.
“There’s not really any-more pressure because it’s aroad game. We just have toplay the best we can.”
Being a team led by inex-perienced freshmen, no matterhow efficient, is one of theprimary reasons Calipari saidhis team has been strugglingon the road.
Upperclassman Millersaid the team has been morefocused as of late in an at-tempt to best prepare for theconclusion of the regular sea-son, thinking little of the SEC
tournament at this point.“We just always talk about
the stretch we have comingup,” he said. “Coach Cal triesto make a good point of takingit one game at a time, so that’swhat we try to do.”
Calipari credits the im-provements in practice toshorter sessions.
“Normally, at this time ofthe year we’re practicing anhour to an hour and 15 min-utes,” he said. “This yearsteam just has so much to do,we can’t just say we’re goodwhere we are. We’re not goodwhere we are.”
Though Calipari said histeam is working harder eachweek to improve, he knowsthe road won’t be easy.
“Every game from hereon out is a war,” Caliparisaid. “We’ve got two moreroad games. After that, every-thing is neutral, and our fansare everywhere. But let’s usethese to get better.”
On the road again:Cats head to Arkansas
By Chandler Howard
One of the most prolific players to everwear a UK women’s basketball jersey onlyhas one home game remaining.
UK’s senior forward Victoria Dunlapcame into the season with lofty expectations,being named preseason Southeastern Confer-ence Player of the Year and a preseason All-American. And instead of backing down,Dunlap has shined.
Dunlap has already been nominated tothe following prestigious lists: Wade TrophyWatch List, Naismith Top 30 MidseasonWatch List, John R. Wooden Top 20 Midsea-son Watch List and Pepsi Celebration ofChampions.
For the most part, Dunlap is content withhow the season has played out.
“I’m happy we have a pretty good recordright now, so I’m satisfied with that, but ob-viously the losses — I’m not proud of them,”Dunlap said. “You learn from those lossesand try to move forward.”
No. 20 UK’s (20-7, 9-5 SoutheasternConference) season has been filled with upsand downs, starting downhill when a keyplayer that made things easier for Dunlapwas injured at the beginning of the season.
In the summer of 2010, senior guard Am-ber Smith injured her knee and was ruled outfor the season, forcing Dunlap into an evengreater role than before. The role pushedDunlap to focus more on the team than her-self.
“It’s been okay, being the type of person Iam and coming off of last year, I guess that Ican say that I’ve been more comfortable withthe role I have been in,” Dunlap said. “Per-sonally, I need to make sure the teammatesknow what’s going on.”
Recovery went better than expected forSmith, and she had a chance to come backfor postseason play this season but opted totake the medical redshirt, allowing her toplay all of next season.
Dunlap’s numbers haven’t suffered fromthe absence of Smith, though.
In the SEC, Dunlap ranks first in scoringand steals, second in field goal percentage,fourth in rebounding and fifth in blocks.
“As an individual, I think having thesame mindset and working hard and puttingup a lot of shots and being more comfortablewith my shots and my game has been prettyconsistent, but more of my effort is being apart of the team,” Dunlap said.
Dunlap’s career has been one that will godown in UK lore. She ranks top six in nearlyevery statistical category, from career points,scoring average, field goals made, rebounds,double-doubles, blocks and steals.
Dunlap’s legendary career came as nosurprise for fans, who have seen the Cats’ ex-pectations rise each season since Dunlap hasbeen at UK.
The average attendance since Dunlap hasbeen at UK has also risen. In the top 10 at-tendances in Memorial Coliseum history,Dunlap has played in four of the games.
While her time is running out in a blueuniform, Dunlap is appreciating each mo-ment.
“I try not to think about (my career wind-ing down), but I try and cherish every mo-ment that I have, being here being with mycoaches and staff ... and my teammates,”Dunlap said. “It’s an offset right now, but ob-viously I have to think about it because it’scoming up pretty soon, so I’m just trying tobe positive right now.”
Dunlap’s collegiate careerwinding down
By T.J. Walker
PHOTO BY MIKE WEAVER | STAFFSenior Victoria Dunlap prepares for her finalgame in Memorial Coliseum.
PHOTO BY SCOTT HANNIGAN | STAFFUK’s lone road win in the SEC was at South Carolina.The Cats hope to get their second in Arkansas.
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